Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-05-27
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright. 1920, by Free Press,


Washington, May Elf the American
people want to bring down the price Of
sugar, they have a very simple remedy
available. David Franklin Houston, secre-
tary of the treasury, who used to he
secretary of agriculture. and who is Just
now trying to exert the influence of the
treasury department. in the movement to
cut down the cost of living. is the author
of the suggestion that the best way to
handle the sugar question is to point out
some salient facts about sugar ConSump-
ton that Will probably be amazing to the
average householder.
did you ever look over the data as
to the amount of sugar folks used to eat
10 to 10 years ago." remarked Secretary
Houston to the writer as he took from
the shelf in his office a thick volume
called The Statistical Abstract of the
United States" and opened it to page
o61.
Down the page of figures is the average
amount that was consumed by every
individual in the United States since 1855,
In that year, dividing the total amount
Consumed by the population of the coun-
try, Approximately is pounds was eaten.
AT the end of 1873, this had gone up to
43 pounds. Ten years more and the per
capita consumption was "A pounds. In 1895
it was G. pounds and in 1905 it n
pounds. From that year on the amounts
gary between 10 and so pounds and in the
year 1918 when tho food administration
was urging conservation, the per capita
consumption was II pounds.
Now. what do you think was the
average consumed last year," continued
Secretary Houston, at was SO pounds,
5ure,y there Is no necessity for such a
'erge consumption. We used to get along
on cHs and if we cpuld only conserve o
thin o. - pounds per Individual. hf
prtcG of sugar. 5yoal6 onpa do@-' 'mmo-
,..ata1y
ut tsnN a. the oraAkfast table whe-o
tho over consumption Gf sugar n"curs
Il ISM no sugar We -ake with our
cntYec or vito cereals chat cDunts up.
nut wa al 20 much cpt' 0NC ;'inS and
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rvswesaA But ,hc.r 'h2"rr sreit ohssrv-
.ng ne rule ,hemsnivaa We could
gN sinng and 10 t1se a. healthy a
;, Cpl, have oenn Tor nhe .asr N years
il ~e CONSUMED lf~s Cigar If each
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:haf . Vas 10 a ,arge extent oufAidt
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tn dsmxnd for sugar To raise pricea
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