The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-02-22

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states in the calendar year 1911 ex.
ceeded that Of any earlier year The |
total quantity consumed in continent.
al United States was, according to
the atest estimate of the Bureau of |
statistics, Department of Commerce
and Labor, 1870 million pounds, or
an average Of 81.7S younds per CAPT.
ia, against the former high record OF
sl.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 for
eign countries. To this the Bureau
has added the latest estimates Of
sugar produced in the country dur
ing 1911, and by subtracting the Of
fetal figures Of exports from the
grand total OF imports and domestic
production, obtains total of 1870
million pounds. or practically SO
pounds per capita, as the indicated
consumption Of the calendar year
1911. Ten years ago, In the fiscal
year 1901, the indicated consumption
was 5h billion pounds, or 70 pounds
per capita; twenty years ago, in 1891,
az billion pounds, or 81 pounds per
capita; thirty years ago, In 1881, IA
billion pounds, or 43 pounds per capt.
ia; and forty years ago, in 1871, ~
billion pounds or 36h pounds per
capita.
This very large total consumption
Of sugar in the country in 1911 ac-
companied an unusually heavy pro-
duction both in continental United
States and its sugar-producing is
lands, Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines. The quantity brought
from Hawaii, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines in 1911 exceeded in each
case that Of any earlier year, and The
estimated production of beet sugar
in the country In 1911 was the larg-
est on record. though that of cane
sugar was slightly below the average
Of recent years. While the quantity
of sugar imported from foreign coun-
tries in 1911 fell somewhat below
the figures of 1910, the aggregate Of
production in continental United
States, production in the nonconugu'
Gus territories, and imports from
foreign countries exceeds that OF any
earlier year, while the quantity ex-
ported 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, &c
million dollars; from the noncontigu'
Gus territories, rs million; and the
estimated value Of that produced in
continental United States, 80 million
dollars. The Bureau of Statistics es
Inmates the duty paid on sugar i'm
ported from foreign countries in 1911
at 60 million dollars.
One striking fact which comes C
the surface in this study of sugar
consumption In the United States il
found in a comparison of product on
and growth In production OF cane
and Of beet sugar respectively. While
exact figures Of domestic production
in 1911 have not yet been completed
the latest and best available estimat,
puts the production of beet sugar al
1,105 million pounds and that OF cane
sugar at 700 million pounds, the pro
duction of beet sugar thus exceeding
that OF cane by more than so pei
cent Prior to 1907 the production o.
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; II
1906 1t nearly equaled that Of cane
in 1907 1t exceeded that of cane, ant
has continued greater in each yea
since that time, being in the yea
Just ended. as above indicated, more
than so per cent in excess Of thu
cane sugar produced.
The quantity of sugar brought from
Hawaii. Porto Rico, and the Philip
pines has also increased greatly dur
ing the decade. that from Hawai-
having been in 1901 but sos million
pounds, against 1,136 million in th'
year just ended; and from Porto ri
co, 1853 million pounds in 1901
against 654 million in 1911. From thu
y Philippine Islands the increase haI
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