The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-06-04
FACTS ABOUT
SUGAR IN U. S.
Lowest Cost In Experimentation
y Consumption Of s%accharine Product
Indicates Place Held in CiviIiza-
tion-Cheapest in America.

n consumption OF Sacchartne PRODUCT
Indicates Place Held in civiIiza-
tion-cheapest in America.
New York.-Let us have a littleJtalk
about sugar. Why? Because 1t is a
sweet subject? No. Then. why? Be
cause he per capita consumption of
sugar of the United States is greater
than in any country in the world, and
neither heaven nor Our constitutions
will forgive us simply because we
know not what to eat.
Every person in the United States"
says j. 81. Freeman, secretary of the
I American Sugar Refining company, ac-
cording to a writer in the New York
Evening Sun, consumes more than a
pound and a half of sugar a week, but
he isn't aware of the fact. We not
only use sugar in our tea and coffee
n Ice cream, but in a multitude OF
articles of daily consumption; in can
dy, in crackers, condensed milk, chew
ing gum and even in chewing tobacco.
And. contrary to popular belief, an I'M
! limited quantity of sugar can be eaten
without stirring into life the duly pre-
iscribed ills that flesh Is heir to-"
Corollary-there are no sweet
'toothed bacteria.
And now let us lay this %flattering
JUNCTION to our souls. "Show me the
nation that eats the most sugar." said
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley once upon a
time, land I'll show you the most civ
tilized nation in the world"
Business of Uncle Sam bowling. Back
drop showing the Goddess of Liberty
putting a fourth lump OF sugar in her
tea. For, as we are the greatest sugar
consuming country, 1t follows, accord
Ting to Doctor Wiley. that we are also
1.-THE most civilized, with England a
close second. Civilization thus is a
sweeter boon than ave. we dreamed.
What is this ubiquitous commodity
made of? Most people ara under the
impression that all sugar comes from
the tropical cane. stalk This is the
tprincipal source, truly, but it is not
! generally known perhaps, that sugar
is made. also from dates, raisins, cocoa
nuts and other fruits, and that the
heather Chinese. for. instance, sweet
ems his beer, or whatever else the ma
tional beverage is called, with this
kind iof sugar.
"But half of the worlds supply OF
sugar" says Mr.. FREEMAN, comes
from the nj stalk in tropical coun
ties-from Cuba. lava, Jamaica and
1 the East and West Indies. The other
: half is derived from the beet; not the
: ordinary popular esculent that bears
that-name, but one that contains four
teen or fifteen per cent sugar. II
grows in,temperatesclimes. Russia and
Germany being the big beet producers
In the last ten years the beet produc
, ton in the United States has jumped
1 from 10o,000 tons to 600, 900 TOMS
Il Tremendous increase. The fprincipa,
l beet producing states are Colorado
California, Utah, Idaho. Montana, Ne
> braska, Michigan and Ohio, In the or
. der in which they are manned.
, "a remarkable thing,about sugar is
, the fact that, while most food com
0 modities,have gone up lin price, sugar
which is an article Of universal con
sumption and of universal taxation
has shown a graduaU decline in price
~ n this in spite of'the fact that thu
import duty On Cuban sugar-whenct
we get almost exactly one-half of on
supply-is now one cent a pound
There are several reasons for this de
crease in price. Oue.is that Cuba ha!
in the last ten years doubled it's pro
duction. Another is the stremendou.
growth of the beet -suga Industry il
the United States. Half the sugar con
sumed in the United States Is free o
any tax. All local and domestic sugal
is free, and so are Hawaiian sugars.
Another thing, while the impor
"A duty of one e per pound may seer
high, 1t is less than the.tax in any 9th
er large country in the world excep
England, where the tar is one-half cen
a pound. In addition. the United State,
: is one of'the few countries in the worlt
that Toes not levy IAN excise ak. AS {
result the price oflsugar in the United
States is less than in n other coun
try except England, where the impor
tax is less and where there is also NJ
excise tax. In France, Spain. Aus
tria, Russia and Italy you pay q highe
q price for sugar than in this country
n In Italy the price is exorbitant be
J. cause there is a tax Of several cents
4 pound"
Here are some of the retail price,
. in different countries prepared iron
: data. gathered by American consuls IL
y July, 1911. and whose relative value.
will stand generally from other dates
Italy, IA cents; Spain. 1888; Greece
ia; Portugal, 1913; Netherlands, 81
IS sweden, 8; Russia, ~: Austria, 6.5
y France, So; Germany. SO; Unite,
= Kingdom. 5; average Of all Europe
rs: United States, 81. The price to
q day is four cents. but these relative
values remain about the same.
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