Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-02
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SUGAR CONSUMPTION IN THE Uni.
TED STATES.

SUGAR. CONSUMPTION IN THE UNI
TED STATES.
| The people of the United States con
sumo half their own weight In sugar
every year. This may seem a startling
statement but if we take the quantity
of sugar produced In the United States
and add to this the quantity brought
from our own islands and the quantity
imported from foreign countries. and
subtract therofrom the amount exported
we get grand total Of considerably more
than seven billion pounds consumed in
the country; and by dividing the popu-
| lntion into the grand total. we get an
average OF SLY pounds per capita. speak
ing In round terms, for 1910 and about
Ike quantity for 1909. 1t is not as
sumed, OF course that each person me-
cessariiy consumes sugar equal to one
half his individual weight; but taking
he total consumption and comparing il
with tho total population in the section
known as continental United States. the
average yearly consumption of sugar is
found to be about Sly pounds per capita
In fact the people of the United
states are larger consumers of sugar
per capita than those of any other coun-
try of the world except England, for
which tho latest figures show a consump-
ton averaging So pounds per capita,
against our own average of S11s pounds
per capita The next largest per capita
consumption is in Denmark, 77s4 pounds
/ followed by Switzerland. a pounds: Swe-
den, 81 pounds and Germany and Hol-
land. each about 43H pounds
Not only is the United States the sec
ohd largest sugar consumer per capita,
nut the total amount consumed annually
Is much greater than that of any other
I country. nggregatinR, above ind-
Gated, more than seven billion pounds
per annum, against about four billion
pounds In England and about three bill
lion pounds in Germany.
About onehalf of the sugar consumed
in the United States Is brought from
foreign countries, about one-fourth from
our own islands. and the remaining one
fourth produced in this country The
total production of sugar in the United
States now amounts to Ia billion pounds
a year. of which more than one billion
pounds is beet sugar and about three
only recently that the production OF beet
exceed that of cane sugar In 1900 domes-
TIC production of cane sugar was twice
as grea. as that of beet sugar, and 20
years ago was more than 60 times as
great; nut the growth OF beet sugar
production has been very rapid in recent
years, and in 1907, for tho first time, ex-
ceeded TN quantity that produced from
cane and has SO continued since that
time.
or the sugar brought from other coun-
tries. nearly all is made from cane
While about half OF the worlds sugar is
made from beets. most of it is produced
in Europe and consumed in the country
OF production OF in other parts Of that
grand division. while most Of the world
outside OF Europe obtains its sugar SUD-
ply from cane. grown OF course, In the
tropical and subtropical sections. OF tho
cane sugar which we consume. most of
that coming from foreign countries is
drawn from Cuba, the Dutch East In
dies, and smaller amounts from the
West Indies. Mexico, Contra! and South
America. All of that coming from our
own lslands-Porto Rico. Hawaii. and
the Philippinos-is cane sugar while of
the domestic product about 40 per cent
is produced from cane. The beet sugar
Of tie United States is grown chiefly in
Colorado, California, and Michigan. and
some in Utah Idaho, and Wisconsin.
While most of the cane sugar is produced
H. Louisiana. with smaller quantities in
Texas, Florida, Georgia. and South Car
DINA.
The sugar habit is evidently a grow
ing one with the people OF the I-nitad