The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-01-04
NUMBER 10

main in the goiI and add approximate
iy Il ton of vegetable matter to the
acre; because in rotting these rootlcts
enrich the lower strata of the soil and
pcrmI, the roots Of following grain
crops push down through the iutcr5tices
left 10y the rooted beet rootlats ard
draw uutrimcnt from twelve inches
Of soil instead of siy: because Of the
frequent weddings necessary the farm
cr ,ias his field of weeds and other
noXious growth which sap the vitality
Of the soil; because itgryatly increases
stock raising and hpnc" the supply of
harn-yard manure with which to enrich
tn, soil, AID for many other reasons.
Wien acreage which had heretofore
been devoted to other crops Is devoted
to sugar brrts. IS the decreased yield
OF other crops in the locality very per
rrptiblr?
On the coutrarY,in Europe. whenever
tine beet sugar industry has been es-
tahIi.hcd the prduction of all Other
crops has been Increased, the beneficial
influ,uc. tn" brcts on the soil NOR,
than cogu;,rba!@ncing any decrease il
| area.
What effect has sugar beet culture
on stock raising?
The figures Of European states show
| that wherever the culture is introduced.
the stock carrying of the farms has
greatly increased, in some sections
| it has more than doubled.
To what extent has the worlds pro
duction Of cane and beet sugar increas-
ci GuriuE the past century?
In lNlJ, tae world production Of cane
sugar was l,OoJ,uOO tons; today it is
| S, ,t6LOoo tons. IuISio the world pro
auction Of beet sugar was 80 600 tons
today il .l27. 900 tons. TIE combiu-
ed increase during the past 70 years
has b,cu from ,05O.Ooo tons to 1IOl6
eco IONS or nearly 1tlmas.
To wAat extent has on sugar con
sumption Increased during the past
century!
IN 1870 our total consumption Of
domestic and imported ~ug"r amounted
to $4,000 long cons; last year it
amounted to $3.50. coo long tons, which
is about nrc-Gth of all Tia, sugar pro
ducad in the would.
To What rst,ut has onr per capita
consumption of sugar increased?
In 1896 our consumption was L
pounds per capita. Today it is SIG
pounds per capita. During the same
period Great Hritain's per capita
consumption has increased from lG
pounds to o@er 50 pounds. Great
Britain is the only great nation in the
world which consumes more sugar per
capita than the United States.
It should be remember .that il
computing per capita consumption
sugar. entering al manufactured prod
ucts Is included. 1t is estimated that
the rarrhas" #ri consumption Of sugar
as such amounts to 80 pounds per
capita.
How m".. 90 we eNpenda a year for
sugar:
About rrni.lion dollars for every
working day Of the year.
How docs the present price Of sGga,.
coururn Oh former prices
Sugar Is die one food product which,
he been steadily decreasing in price.
II la7G the average New York whole
sale pricn Of standard hard CranuIated
sugar #.- 1914 cents per pounds; 1880.
te.sI cents. 1900, CT cents; 1900, 5.32
cents, l"lo. i."7 cents.
How does the retail price Of sugar
in the United States compare with
the retail price in Europe
The latest United States fgnres
complied by the Bureau of Labor are
for the year 1907, when the average
retail price IN the United States was
81 cents per pound. The latest figures
for Europe, as given by the Depart
mcrt Of Agriculture. are for 1908, and
are as follow: PARIS, 5.8 cents per
pounds; Bremea and Brussels, 6 cents.
Vienna and Budapest, IL cents.
Stockholm. Is cents; Amsterdam and
Madrid. ~ cents, Milan l2,i cents.
How does the present tariff on re-
fined -ugar compare with tG' former
tariffs
In 1883 it was 5 cents y.. pound:
I7a:, cents; iala 10 cents 1912, 8
cents; 1876, 20 per cent ad valorem;
1861, 6 cents; 1867 4 cents. 1864, >
cents: 1870. I cea.-. ts,' al ruEts:
1890. free. with cents bounty on
hone produced sr~aF- 1-g1. go per cent
ad va,9rsm. 1881. '.-r MS. 1905 80
ccut-.