The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
SUGAR CONSUMPTION

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The year OF the greatest consump-
tion Of sugar In any single country Of
the world ended In the United States
on December 81, 1913. The best figures
T! obtainable at this early date indicate
a consumption of 4.ss7.ss2 tons OF
sugar expressed in terms as produced.
which is equal to 4.17e.osi tons express
ed as refined sugar or as consumed
The last figure is 72s.S43 tons greater
than the corresponding figure for 1913
and AS. i5S tons greater than for 1917,
the year Of previous largest consump-
ytion.
f; IL Is estimated that this Is enough
to furnish every man, woman and
child in the United States with eighty
seven and a half pounds of sugar, an
amount fourteen pounds greater than
: the per capita consumption Of 1918 and
seven pounds over that of 1917. II
surpasses the rate in any other coun-
try in the world except Australia.
These estimates are based on the
amount OF sugar delivered from the
refineries. beet sugar factories and
I Louisiana cane plantations and
strictly speaking 1t Is perhaps not
absolutely correct to class all OF
this sugar as actually consumed.
Some of 1t may still be in the hands
of retailers or consumers.
However. the pressure to obtain
sugar has been such during the
past year and the efforts made to
hunt out and utilize all available
supplies have been 80 intense that
IL does not seem possible that any
considerable amount of sugar can
be in other hands than those OF
consumers.
/ The increase in consumption was
made possible by a heavy draft on
the increased Cuban crop. $4,000
tons more of which were shipped to
the United States than in 1918. as
compared with a decline Of 1885
tons in shipments to other countries
The consumption Of domestic beet
and cane sugars also show mark
ed increase.
The consumption of beet was 906.-
557 tons against 527.6se tons in 1913
and 791.sIi tons in 1917. OF cane 1t
was 224 s06 tons against 165,Os7 and
/ 266,797 tons. OF the domestic beet
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the old ls1s-19 crop and 41s23s tons
were from the crop just nearing its
Jend. This was 331.339 tons more
! than was ever consumed in any pre-
vious fall. We have reduced our
estimate for this crop to $4,000
tons in accordance with advices
from reliable sources, which esti-
mated it as $4,000 tons.
Similar private advices in regard
to the Southern cane crop indicate
an outturn including Texas of only
10000 tons. The consumption in
cludes 1000 tons of this and 1884,
o6 tons left from the 1918 crop.
The total receipts from Cuba We're
2.971 $50 tons as compared to 2,2O5.-
$50 tons last year. OF this amount
$50. 900 tons belonged to the British
Commission and merely passed
through the United States for re-
fining in transit.
The actual exports are reported to
have amounted to 1919 tons en-
pressed as refined sugar. This COM
pares with l5O.55S tons in 1918. lSi,2l
tons in 1917. and 70S.s6o tons in l'lS.
In the table the exports are expressed
in terms of raws and for convenitn nee
the British Commission sugars are
Included in the exports.
In spite of the continually increasing
prices, the Porto Rico crop showed
a decline this year and iS,Io4 tons less
II those sugare reached the United
States than in 1918 and 1861 tons less
than in 1917.
Hawaiian receipts showed a mod
crate advance of 64,a62 tons over 19ls.
but were S7.l25 tons less than in 1917.
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United States toward the end of the
u year led TO an active search for sup
plies In many out OF the way sections
o. he world. As a result the total
receipts of full duty sugar were T,oos
tons. compared to 24.72I tons last year
and $685. tons in 1917.
/ Even Java was drawn on for
16.17 tons. a fourth of which was
brought into Mexico last June and
was found available for the use
of the United States this fall.
The total consumption of all
sugar reaching the United States
by ship was 3.266.419 tons against
2.961,623 tons in 1918. The melt
ings were 3.902.791 tons against
l3.0S5.0s2 tons. and the MEETINGS for
against 2,924,010 tons. Refiners
therefore delivered 266.2s1 tons
more sugar for domestic consump-
tion than in, 1918.
The final stocks of raw and re-
fined sugar on January /, 1920. are
estimated at 32s.334 tons as coS-
pared to 690.253 tons on January
I, 1919. As usual at this time in
the year they consist mainly of
domestic beet and cane. The stock
of Louisiana sugar is estimated at
10000 tons. of which 2.201 tons in
New Orleans. Stock of beet sugar
is estimated at 230.761 tons.
There were stocks of 1891 tons
foreign raw sugar in New York.
1891 tons in Galveston and 5.72S
tons in San Francisco. The ball
ance of the stock consists of re-
fined sugar in various ports
The following table shows the amount of
sugar consumed in the years 1919 and 1915
Tons 2240 lbs 1919 1918
Stock. January /:
Atlantic & Gulf Ports
Imported Raws.... 12,64G 1,5SI
Atlantic & Gulf Ports.
! Rehned 29.562 Is. 032
San Francisco. .... 29.276 277la
Louisiana Crop. 1916 $3.50
Il United States Beet
Crop ............. 4s7.s1s ssI, Dos
/stock, Total. 600. 6e0,25s 42O. .I37
Imports from:
80 20