Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-28
Sugar is sweet.

soldiers.
Sugar is the most popular article of
food on earth.
Sugar willNstart O balky horse when
no amount of whipping has any effect.
Sugar in fancy forms will settle the
worst lovers quarrel that ever happen
ed.
Sugar will soothe a crying baby bet
ter than all the rattles in the world.
Sugar is used and liked by almost
everyone who is not afflicted with dia-
betes or kindred ailments.
Sugar is very scarce now, and that is
why so many people are irritable and
hard to manage.
Sugar was. not known to the great
bulk of the people 300 years ago. Even
for the wealthy it was a luxury to be
enjoyed only on very special occasions.
1t was kept in the apothecary shops
and doled out at the rate of about $50 a
pound. Even then 1t was mo- the fine
clean sugar we enjoy today. History
doesn't record a kick of the HI. G. Of L..
then.
Sugar, even In 1910, was produced
only t the extent of 1,2SS,00O tons.
while during the past foul years 1t has
taken $4,000, 900 toni annually to fill
the worlds "sweet TOOTH"
u. S. Eats 1900. 900 Tons Of Sugar.
Sugar, until the recent shortage, was
eaten up by the people of the q. b. at
the rate of 1000, 600 tons a year.
Sugar cane cannot be grown profit
ably except in a tropical or semitropi-
cal climate.
Z Sugar, however, is present In other
plants, especially in the beet, which
will grow almost anywhere. The bset
is cultivated extensively on account of
the sugar 1t contains, and is again rum
ming sugar cane a close race for su-
premacy. AS matters stand now, SO
per cent of the worlds sugar is made
from cane and 45 per cent from beets.
For about ten years beets held the lead
in the race.
Sugar In beets was discovered in 1747
but, 1t did not become commercially
important until the early part OF the
Nineteenth Century.
Sugar from beets is one of the princi-
pal industries in France and Germany.
The war has interfered to a great ex-
tent with this production, and hat is
one of the reasons for the present search
ty of sugar. There are many thous-
ands of people in Europe who do not
drink sweetsRed tea or coffee more than
once a month.
Sugar seems to grow in popularity
by leaps and bJunds. The production
of cant sugar has Jun ped from 100, 900
tons in 1904 to over 13,000,0 900 ton in
1917.
Brown Sugar In Lamp Making.
Sugar is used for a great many things
besides eating and drinking. For in
stance, a large concern that manufac-
lures incandescent lamps appealed to
the Food Administrators a few days
ago for an allowance of at least thirty
pounds of brown sugar a week to be
used ia the process OF lamp manufac-
ture, an infnitesimal quantity being
absolutely necessary in a certain part
of the work. If the sugar could not be
had, the lamp company stated that it
would be forced to shut down, and
thus throw 1000 hands out Of work.
The Food Administrator Immediately
took steps to avert this calamity and
arranged that the factory should get
lis bro wn sugar.
Sugar has been the means of saving
thousands of lives. 1t makes nasty
medicines palatable, and is a 'coaxer"
that helps down many a bitter pill.
Sugar is wonderfully sustaining. 1t
produces more energy than almost any
other food. In the form of chocolate
candy it will sustain human life and
relieve the psngs of hunger better than
any other concentrated food.
Sugar is now under investigation by
the committee OF the United States
Senate. Claus S%preckels, president of
the Federal Sugar Refining Company,
was the first witness called. He blam-
ed the sugar shortage 10 the East on
the Food Administrations fixed i'm
port price, and stated that sugar was
passing through New York, on the
way to Canada, where r%efiners are per-
mitted to pay higher prices.
Cuba's Big Sugar Output.
Sugar is one of the main industries
Of Cuba, which produces over $500, 900
tons per year. Sixty-seven per cent of
it is exported to the United States.
Sugar is easily grown in Java. There
is a great quantity of 1t there now ready
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