New Britain herald., 1917-11-15
FACTS CONCERNING
 THE SUGAR SUPPLY
United States Is Recognized As
 Worlds Greatest Producer

States is the worlds greatest con- sumer of sugar, despite the fact that the per capita consumption has de- creased about 10 per cent as the result of the high prices. A compilation 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 S2 pounds per capita against 89 pounds in 1914 (the year preceding the war) The total quantity con- stunned in 1917 was, however, 1-2 billion pounds and we also exported 1 1-4 billion pounds, or twenty-five times as much as in the year before the war.
 The banks compilation shows that the worlds sugar production is now about 12 per cent below that of the year preceding the war. Beet sugar production in Europe has fallen 43 per cent but cane production in the tropics has increased about 26 per cent. The beet sugar of Europe, which was IS 1-2 billions pounds in the sugar year 1912-13. was but 10 1-2 billion pounds in 1916-17, and the world cane production, which was little more than 20 billion pounds 1n 7912-13. was over 25 billion pounds in l916-17; world production of cane and beet sugar in 1913-14 was AZ bill lion pounds; in 1916-17, 37 billion pounds. Beets produced one-half of the worlds sugar prior to the war, but in 1s16-17 supplied only one- third of the worlds total.
 In the United States and it's Island possessions there has been rapid in- crease in production. In evefS one of the sugar areas under the Amerl- can fiag-Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philippines, and the cane and beet fields of continental United States- there has been marked increase, the aggregate product of these areas hav- Ing grown from about billion pounds in 1912-13 to practically billion pounds in 1916-17. The share of our consumption drawn from foreign
 countries has fallen from 75 per cent in 1897 (twenty years ago) to AS 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 1-2 billion pounds
 in the fiscal year 1917 against ap- proximately billions in Germany, 5
 billions in the United Kingdom, and
 2 billions in France, the figures fol the European countries being those for normal years. Our per capita 1 consumption, however, is less thar
 that of certain other countries, Den
 marks consumption being 93 pounds
 per capita, England 90, United States
 S2. Germany 75, Norway and Sweder
 60. Netherlands 73, France 40, Rus
 sia 30, Spain 1 5 and Italy 10. Abou'
 25 per cent of our consumption 1:
 drawn from our own fields. 27 pe1 l cent from our Islands and 48 pel
 cent from foreign countries, chief!
 Cuba. The value of the sugar enter
 ing continental United States was, il the fiscal year 1914. S155, 5,000,0OO ant in 1917 $348, 100000, the average i'm
 port price per pound Gncluding tha
 from the Islands) having been, 1,
 1914, 2.s cents and, in 1917, 46 cents Our exports of sugar have grow l very rapidly during the war;: havinl , been, in 1914, 50 million pounds, il 1915, $50 millions and in 1917. 1,25 million pounds, the value of the ex t 1 ports increasing from less than $2, 100000 in 1914 to over $77,O00,00O il f 1917. Of the 1,250 million pound 3 exported in 1917, 450 millions wen t to France, about 150 millions to Grea l Britain, 50 millions to Italy, 250 mil |, l lions to Neutral Europe and abou t. 15O million pounds to South Amer !, ica.
 , The worlds chief producers of can = sugar are Cuba, India, Java, the Ha
 l waiian and Philippine Islands, an . Porto Rico; and the chief producer 6 of beet sugar are Germany, Russia 9 Austria Hungary. France and tn n United States. Cuba, from which W l draw our chief imports, is now tn - worlds largest producer, her crop i - the sugar year 1916-17 having bee t 6,73O 100000 pounds, India 5,882,0 000 . 900. Java 3,575. 900, ,000, Hawaii 1
 I2SS, S,000.o00 and Porto Rico 1,006, 900.