The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-08-21


Its Sugar, Our Own Islands One
fourth and Our Own Fields Balance
Consumed-Big Increase Shown.
More sugar was brought into CONT
mental United States in the fiscal year
just ended than in any other year in
the history of the country, according to
the latest figures of the bureau Of for
eign and domestic commerce, depart
ment Of commerce, just given out at
Washington. The quantity of sugar
entering from foreign countries and
our own islands in the year ended June
80, 1913, was 6,5OO,OOO,OOO pounds and
exceeded by 50O,0OO,OOO pounds the fig
ures of the former high record year,
1912, when the imports from foreign
countries and the islands were in
round terms 6,OOOOOO,OOO pounds.
OF the 6,5OO,O0O,OQQ pounds brought
in during 1913, 1873 100000 came from
Cuba, 1,OOO,OO0,OOO from Hawaii, $780,
100000 from Porto Rico, nearly $780,
100000 from the Philippines and the
remainder chiefly from South America
Java, which has in some years sent as
much as 1,OOO,OO0,OOO pounds Of sugar,
sent but 100000 pounds in 1913,
while the quantity from Europe, chief
ly beet sugar, was 182,000,O0O pounds,
against but 6,50O,OOO in 1912, but be-
ing materially less than in certain
earlier years, the total quantity of beet
sugar imported in 1901 having been
9O9, 6S3,O78 pounds and in 1897 1866
SCI, 495 pounds.
Falling OF In Value.
In value, however, the years receipts
Of sugar fell nearly 100000 below
those of last year, despite the fact that
the quantity received was 5OO,OOO,OOO
pounds greater. The total value of
sugar imported from foreign countries
during the fiscal year 1913 was $1O4,-
639,823 and of that coming from Ha-
wall $50, $780,, 820, from Porto Rico $685.
619,15S and from the Philippines 3d.
500, 100, the latter, however, being in
cluded in the figures of imports from
foreign countries. The average value
per pound Of the sugar imported from
foreign countries in the fiscal year 1913
was 20 cents against 2.81 cents in
1912, 2.46 cents in 1911 and 2.6 cents in
1910.
These figures, which show that the
sugar imported in 1913 exceeded that
Of any other year, suggest that the
sugar consumption of the United States
in 1913 will be larger than ever before
and will for the first time exceed S,OO0,-
100000 pounds. The quantity brought
from foreign countries is about $780,
100000 pounds and from Hawaii and
Porto Rico nearly 2,OOO,OOO,OOO, while
the domestic production now approx
mates 2,00O,000,OOO pounds, the figures
for 1912 being Of beet sugar about
1,20O,0OO,OO0 pounds and of cane sugar
724,OOO,O00 pounds. Speaking in very
round terms, it may be said that for
eign countries supply approximately
one-half Of the sugar consumed in the
one-fOurth and our own fields about
one-fourth. Cuba supplies nine-tenths
Of that from abroad, Hawaii about
one-half of that from our islands and
beets nearly two-thirds of that pro-
duced at home.
Cuban Sugars High Record.
Sugar from Cuba made it's highest
record in 1913, 4,311, 744,O43 pounds,
against 3,509, 657 ,596 pounds in the for
mer high record year, 1910, while that
from the Dutch East Indies principal
ly Java) makes it's lowest record in
many years, being but 1880, 756
pounds, against 34O,396, 40 pounds in
1912, 916,S5s331 pounds in 1909 and
1,162, POP 1854 pounds in 1900.
Figures indicate that the United
States is clearly at the head Of the list
Of sugar consuming countries, the fig
ures of the current year suggesting a
consumption Of more than s, 100000, 600
pounds, while the latest figures indi-
cate consumption in India Of about
6,OOO, 100000 pounds, in Great Britain
over $3.50, 100000, Russia 3,OOO,OOO,OO0
and Germany 2,750OOO.OOO pounds.