The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-26

sugar consumption In the United
states in the calendar year 1911 ex-
ceeded that Of any earlier year The
total quantity consumed in continent
tai United States was, according to
the latest estimate Of the bureau otI
statistics, Department Of Commerce
and Labor, 1910 million pounds, or an
average of S17S pounds per capita,
against the former high record OIL
S1.19 pounds per capita in the fiscal
year 1907
These figures are official so far as
relates to the quantity brought into
continental United States during the
calendar year from Hawaii, Porto
Rico, the PHILIPPINES and from foreign
countries. To this the bureau has
added the latest estimates of sugar
produced in the country during 1911,
and by subtracting the official figures
of exports from the grand total of i'm
ports and domestic production, OBJ
tains a total of 1910 million pounds,
or practically 50 pounds per capita, as
the indicated consumption of the cal
endar year 1911 Ten years ago, in
the fiscal year 1901, the indicated con
sumption was 5lS billion pounds. or
70 pounds per capita; twenty years
ago. in 1891, 3% billion pounds, or 81
pounds per capita, thirty years ago,
in 1881, one-fourth billion pounds, or
43 pounds per CAPITA and forty years
ago, in 1871, Y billion pounds. or
3615 pounds per capita.
This very large total consumption
of sugar in the country in 1911 accom-.
panied an unusually heavy production
both in continental United States and
its sugar-producing islands, Hawaii, (
Porto Rico and the Philippines. The
quantity brought from Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines in 1911 ex-
ceeded in each case that Of any earl
Ter year, and the estimated produc
ton of beet sugar in the country in
1911 was the largest on record, though I!
that of cane sugar was slightly below
the average of recent years. While !
the quantity of sugar imported from
foreign countries in 1911 fell some
what below the figures of 1911, the ag-
gregate of production in continental
United States, production in the non
contiguous territories, and imports
from foreign countries exceeds that
of any earlier year, while the quantity
exported was smaller than in the i'm
mediately preceding year.
The import valuation of the sugar
brought from foreign countries in
1911 was, speaking in round terms, 80
million dollars; from the non-contigu-
Gus territories, rs million; and the es-
timated value of chat produced in con
tinental United States, 80 million dol
lars. The bureau of statistics esti-
mates the duty paid on sugar import
ed from foreign countries in 1911 at
so million dollars.
One striking fact which comes to
Iue SuIldCG III lulS Sluug vi sugar WI
sumption in the United States is
found in a comparison of production
and growth in production of cane and
of beet sugar respectively. While eX-
act figures of domestic production IN
1911 have not yet been completed the
latest and best available estimate puts
the production of beet sugar at llO5
million pounds and that of cane sugar
at roo million pounds, the production
of beet sugar thus exceeding that Of
cane by more than 50 per cent. Prior
to 1907 the production of beet sugar
was never as great as that of cane
sugar. In 1901 the quantity of beet
sugar produced was less than one
third that of cane; in 1906 it nearly
equaled that of cane; in 1907 it eX-
ceeded that of cane, and has contin-
ued greater in each year since that
time, being in the year just ended, as
above indicated, more than 80 per cent
in excess of the cane sugar produced.
The quantity of sugar brought from
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines has also increased greatly dur