Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1901 — INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SUGAR. [ARTICLE]

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SUGAR.

As a good deal has recently appeared in print regarding the consumption of sugar, and as the importance of this article as a food, in which every individual is concerned, is apparently not sufficiently understood, the following facts and figures furnished by the wellknown sugar statisticians, Messrs. Willett and Gray (91 Wall street, New York), who are the publishers of the weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Jqurnal, must necessarily be of great Interest to all our readers: RAW SUGAR. Tons. Total consumptlowU. 8., 1900 (Willett andUray).2,219,847 Add 6.34 per cent, average annual Increase In consumption last 19 years. 140,733 Consumption for 1C01.2,360,583 Of which: Tons. p r o - ’ duces3so,ooo Beet (domestic) pro- ‘ duceslso,ooo H a wall (free/ pro—duces3so,ooo Porto Rico (free) produceslso,ooo 1,000,000 1,360,585 Paying duty at an average of say $36 per ton.. $48,981,000 (Equivalent to S4O per ton In Granulated.) (Price Increased because of tariff, $36 per ton.) Total consumption, 2,360,585 tons @ $36.... $84,981,060 Additional, people taxed annually and pay to provide the 49 millions for revenue $36,000,000 Viz.: To Louisiana planters on 350,000 tons at $36 per t0n,.512,600,000 To domestic beet planters on 150,000 tons at $36 per ton 5,400,000 To Hawaii planters on 350,000 tons at $36 per ton 12,600,000 To Porto Hico planters on 150,000 tons at $36 per ton 5,400,000 $36,000,000 Remove duty and the whole $84,981,060 accrues to the public. On October 8, the quotation for Cuba Centrifugal sugar, 96 per cent, test, free on board Cuba, was 1.96 cents per pound, and the duty on same amounted to 1.685 cents per pound, which is equivalent to 86 per cent, ad valorem. (Signed) WILLETT & GRAY, 91 Wall street, New York.