The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-01-19
Sugar Consumption in
the United States.
PREPARED by Bureau OF statistics, washing
ton u. C.l

PREPARED by Bureau ot statistics, Washing
ton u. t.l
The people of the United States
con sumo half their own weight In
sugar every year. This may seem
"A startling statement. but IL We
take the quantity Ofsugar produced
In the United States aud add to this
the quantity brought from our own
islands and the quantity imported
from the foreign countries, and sub
tract there from the amount cX.
| ported, we get IA grand total Of con.
siderably more than billion pounds
consumed in the country; and by di.
viding the population into this grand
| total, We get an average Of SlI
pounds per capita, speaking in round
! terms, for 1910, and about Il like
quantity for 1909. tbs not assumed.
| Of course, that each person ucces-
! sari!y consumes sugar equal 10 one
| half his individual weight; but TAX
| ing the total consumption and com.
pairing 1t with the total population
! IN the section known as continental
| uitcd states, the average yearly
consumption of sugar is found to be-
about NI'a pounds per capita.
In fact, the people of the United
/ states are larger consumers Of su-
| gar per capita than those of any
other country of the world except
| England, for which the latest fig
urcs show consumption averaging
81 pounds per capita, against our
own average Of 81, pounds per cap
tia. The next largest per capita
consumption is in Denmark, 11l,
pounds; followed by Switzerland, vi
pounds SN"d"n, ~ pounds; and
Germany aud Holland, each about
i5'g pounds.
Not only Is the United State, the
second largest sugar consumer per
capita, but the total amount con-
sum"d annually is much greater
than that of any other county, az
sreguting, as above Indicated, more
than ! billion pounds per uuuum.
against about billion pounds in
England and about ) billion In Ger
many.
AbWt on"-half Of the sugar con.
sumcd in the United States J.,
brought from foreign countries,
about uuo-lourth from our own is
lands, and tine remaining un,-luurth
produced ia this country. The total
production of sugar in the [ u.trd
STATES now amounts Ia T.. LiIIr,n
pounds IA year, of which more than
hilIiou ,,nuuds J.. Lort .uro,. ,,,I
nhout tIirrn.,,I,nr,.r.n I,iIIi,,. ,..,,.,,
suppr II iI n,,Iv rar,.YtI,, ,I,, 49,,
Iprudurtinn of loo, surn,. H., a.,
tinted STATES Inns rn,,,n T., ,.,,.,.,i
tlut Of ruur sugnr In INN J,,,r,.
inc urYdurtin, If ann, -r,,,, ,,...
twice os yrr,t ps tlor M hoo, .r.,.,r.
ard ~ ynpr. opn wns MIR. tI..,, Eh
time. ~ gr.,f. huI tI,n or,,,,,,I ~,
beet ,uynr rrndurtin,, Lrs L,,.,, ,.,.,.,'
rnpid in recent vn,I. n,d I'm rqnt
for ihr first ti,pr n>cn.d.d il, ,,',.,,..
.,iiy that rr,,Iurrd NON r'r, .,.,l
Inn. 80 ruuiiuurd .,i,,,.r ,i,,t linn,
,, ,.. ...... ,....,.,
r,ur,rin. ,r',,l, aiii@,s ,,, 'win | ,r,,.
ruIIn. While nLnmt hnIr nf tLn
worlds supDr il m,,d. from n,,,.
unst of il H. prndur.d ia rnru,,,
nI,I consumed ia tLn.ruuut,.,, nr ,,,,,.
durtiun ar IN ohm ,,,f. a., n,,,
yruud divisinr Will MT az a.,
world nut.ilr Of Enrnr,, nht,ius rs
SMEAR supuly from rrur ,,rn,r nt
course. i'm me trupiruI nud .uhtrnui-
cal scrtiuus Oi tho rnur su,','r
which we consume most nf I'm,
coming from foreign ruurtrirs is
drawn from cuba. the Dutch En.,.Ir-
sides. and smaller nnounts rom tho
West lusidcs, Mexico, Crutml aud
South America. All of that coming
from our own islands Porto Rico, |
Hawaii, and the Philippines is cane
sugar, while of the domestic pro.
duct about 49, is produced from
cane. The beet sugar Of IT," United
states is grown chiefly i'm Colorado, |
California and Michigan. and some |
in Utah, Idaho and Wisconsin, |
while most of the cane sugar is pro-
duced in Louisiana, with smaller |
quantities In Texas, Florida, Georgia |
and South Carolina.
The SMEAR "hahitu il rvideutIv
a growing one with the peorle of m. |
United States and prohnbIv with |
those of other countries since the |
total world nroductinn nj sugnr In
cludirg nil countries for which SIN.
,i.,i,s 49,. ,,-,il.bI. -. - |