The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-31
of Finance
WORLD SUGAR PRODUCTION
AND CONSUMPTION

The United States is the worlds
greatest consumer of sugar, despite
the fact that the per capita consump-
ton has decreased about 10 per cent.
a the result of the high prices. A
fcompilation by The National CITY
Bank OF New York shows that the
consumption of sugar in the United
/, states for the fiscal year 1917 was
! but 81 lbs per capita against 81 IDS.
] In 1914 (the year preceding the war;.
| The total quantity consumed In 1sli
was. however, s IL billion lbs, and
| We also exported l IL billion lbs. or
Ifwonty-five times as much as In the
year before the war.
The banks compilation shows that
\ me worlds sugar production is now
4 about IL per cent below that OF the
year preceding the war Beet sugar
iproductfon In Europe has fallen AZ
DOR cent, but cane sugar production In
the tropics has Increased about 70
Ipor cent The beet sugar of Europe
wbch was Is IL billion lbs. in the
sugar year 1912-1S, was bus 10 IL
Fbiuion lbs. in 1861, and the world
cane production, which was little
more than 20 billion lbs-' in 1sl2-lS'
was over 20 billion lbs in 1857;
A auxar in 1913-14 was AZ billion lbs;
t! in 1s16-17, 81 billion lbs. Beets pro-
duced one-half of the worlds sugar
prior to the war, but in 1851 sup
lpliod only one-third of the worlds
] In the United States and its Island
fpoesessions there has been rapid in
crease in production. In everye one
or the sugar areas under the Amer1-
can flag-Porto Rico. Hawaii, the
tPhilippines, and the cane and beet
fields OF continental United States
| there has been a marked increase, the
3aegregate product of these areas hav-
ing grown from about A billion lbs in
1928 to practically billion lbs.
! in 1857. The share of our con-
aunption drawn from foreign coun-
J tries has fallen from rs per cent. in
! 1897 yltwenty years ago) to AZ per
cent. in 1917.
In consumption of sugar the United
States stands at the head of the list
! OF the world countries, our total con-
! sumption being 8 1-2 billion lbs. in
the fiscal year 1917 against approx
lnateiy 5 billions In Germany, bill
II lions In the United Kingdom, and 2
billions in France, the figures for the,
Huropean countries being those for
normal years. Our per capita con-
sumption, however, is less than that
OF certain other countries, Denmarks
consumption being 93 lbs. per capita,
England 30, United States 81, Ger
many rs, Norway and Sweden so,
5Netherlands 73. France 40, Russia 80,
Y Spain Is and Italy 10. About rs per
cent of our consumption is drawn
from our own fields, 81 per cent.
from our islands, and 48 per cent
Ffxom foreign countries, chiefly Cuba
The value of the sugar entering con-
itinental United States was, in the fis-
cal year 1914. 100000 and in
1917 $34s.00o, 900, the average import
tpr1ce per pound (including that from
1.-THE islands) having been, in 1914,
81 &c, and in 1917. Acc
Our exports OF sugar have grown
svery rapidly during the war, having
fbeen. in 1914, SO million lbs, in 1915
1880 millions and in 1917, 1880 mil
Hon lbs, the value of the exports in
Increasing from less than 100000 in
1914 to over $77,000,000 in 1917. OF
Ithe 1850 million lbs. exported in
<1917, $50 millions went to France,
fabout $50 millions to Great Britain,
ESQ million lbs. to South America.
The worlds chief producers of cane
ksuear are Cuba, India. Java, the Ha-
Ewaitan and philippine Islands, and
Porto Rico; lind the chief producers
3Eof beet sugar are Germany, Russia,
kAuetrta- Hungary, France and the
limited States Cuba, from which we
Edraw our chief imports, Is now the
Eworid's largest producer her crop in
kthS sugar year 1916zf7 having been
Ee,780, ZOO, 900 lbs, India 5,Ss2, 200, 900
lava s,575, 900, 900. Hawaii 1885,
loco, 600 and Porto Rico 1,o06. 100000
Ibis, while Germany,s beet sugar pro-
tduction in 1894 (the latest peace
tyear) was 1,74s, 100000, the United
4 Estates In 1s16-17, 1.646,00o.000 lbs. OF
kbeet sugar and 613.00o,000 lbs Of
lcane. &c.
The worlds sugar production. al
liar as can be statistically stated was
I'm 1870 5000. 0Oo, 900 lbs in 1880, T.,
t000,D00, 900, in 1880 1900, 900, 900, II
1900 10000, 000, 900 in 1910 $4,000.
1000, In 1914 $4,000. 600, 900, and IL
1871 $1,000, Ooo. 900 lbs. this fall of
lin 1917 being due to a reduction o.
product in che beet fields of the Eur
lopean countries at war: Our own con
sumption has about kept pace will
this rapid growth in world produc
Itfon, since we consumed in 1870 q
per cent, of the worlds output an,
s4rerQ1TA11 mar cent IF the world 70