The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-19
YEARS SUGAR USE
SHOWS DECREASE
Heavy Exports, Higher Prices
Lower Total Consumption
In United States .

Sugar consumption in the United
States during 1916 dropped materially,
Figures from two sources show thil
reduction In the use of the principa
product Of the Hawaiian Islands, and
though somewhat different in detail
they agree in general tenor b.. .
An Associated Press despatch re
ccived yesterday from Washington an
ncunced the figures given out by the
department. of commerce as showing a
drop in sugar consumption during 1916
that brought the total lower than any
year since 1912. lin
Heavy exports and light imports and
a poor American crop are the causes at,
tributed by the department Of com.
merce. The department figures show Q
consumption of 1913 pounds per capita
during 1916, against 84.06 pounds for
1915. The United States consumed
1890, 100000 pounds of sugar, accord
ing TO the government figures, while the
world production was 37,l93,000 900
pounds.
willett q Gray Figures !
Willett 4 Gray, in their review Of
1916, show the same falling of in sugar
consumption. Their figures show the
consumption of sugar at 3,65S,607 tons,
decrease of 142,024 tons from 1918, OF
$3.50 per cent, against an increase OF
40,704 tons, or LOSE per cent for 1918
andsa 3.494 per cent average yearly in
crease for thirty years. ..'
The average price for graduated for
1915 was 6.S62 cents, and for centrifu.
gals. duty paid, 5.7S6 cents; difference,
1.076 cents, against last gears differ.
ence of OBI cents.
Writing of the causes Of the de.
creased consumption of sugar, and re-
viewing the situation for the year,
Willett & Gray's report states: Z
High Prices Chief Cause
"The decrease In consumption in the
Y, 3. is directly attributable to the
higher prices that have prevailed
throughout the entire year ....# !,
Another factor, almost as i'm.
portant in this connection, was the late
start Of the beet harvest in Ohio, Mich.
igan and the Middle West.
"This delay. caused by an unfaVor-
able growing season, precluded the pos.
sibility Of easier prices during Septem.
Der to December, and instead of there
being ample supplies of beet sugar to
relieve the market, there was only d
limited supply for the Middle West
and none for territory east of Buffalo
and Pittsburgh. These conditions &C.
+ counted for the sharp advance in prices
during the period of September
November. -.
Beet Consumption Less 49,. =
Although the 1856 beet crop
was a large one and 1867 crop
even at reduced estimates of $4,000
tons is also Of good size, the eonsump-
tion of beet sugars shows decrease
during the calendar year A consider
able portion of the I9I6l7 crop is be.
ing carried over to 1917 for delivery.
Atlantic Ports refners MEETINGS are
again the largest on record, the rein.
efies in general being worked nearer
to their capacity than in any previous
year The very large export figures,
however, have reduced the business Of
the Atlantic Ports refners for United
States consumption to below that Of
last year, which year in turn was less
than that of 1914.
Record Exports Shown
Below is table showing the desl
tnatiOn in detail of the record exports
of 635, 279 tons from Atlantic ports and
$1,000 tons from New Orleans during
1915, the figures being in tons of 2240
pounds Of refined sugar: