IMPORTS OFSUGAR
iriCREASiriG
1 -W t
United. States Gaining Steadily
' 7 and Rapidly InConsump-; .
- tiort of Sweats. - --r-.
icANE pRooubt syowkit
. A i A CAIN OVER BEET
;PeK Capita Consumption Is "TJot aa
-lr at in tbt .United.. Kingdom,
--jrn6uf.pneiJFwttJLt-JYorld,l
Supply trUaed.
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(Weealagtea Boreas f The Itvul.)
Washington, Jan. 1. gititmtnU
; 1 Just prepared by - the department of
commerce and labor through It bureau
o of statistic ahow that of tb mora than
11,100.000,000 worth ot merchandise
brought Into th United States during
the last rear more than 1150,000,004
, worth waa sugar. Cucar formed by faf
th , largest Importation which tha
United States has aver mad In any
-islngl yar. f-'-' v:o- ,' . '
. Th vlu of sugar brought Into this
. country . during tba year ltd will far
exceed that of any earlier year.- The
vaiue or sugar Brought into tha oonntry
during th 11 months ending with
November was 1141,671,146, of which
161.486,164, or more than on third of
the total value, was . from the non
contiguous' : territory or : tne united
States, and It la quite- clear that th
figures of th remaining month of the
year ltOi will bring th grand total
of Sugar Imports considerably above
$110,000,000, while th highest figure In
eny fiscal year prior to 1006 waa 1117,
000.000 In the year 1004, when an un
usually large Quantity, of sugar was
brought into the country- In anticipa
tion ot a chang In the tariff on that
arUCI. . ., - ..;'... : w-,.,,:-
- v Ooasumptloa laor.asi.- '
Th United States Is. Increasing
steadllx and rapldly.lta consumption, .of
sugar. Th sugar producers' at home
are increasing their output of bath cane
andbeat augait but ven taetrrwpld tn
cross In production Is not keeping
pac with, th increasing home demand,
and a a 'consequence the quantity of
t ' Mm mm S "mTm n n le ' ! 1 i WLmm ",c
- The-- family ot- Mrs. -M. -I Bobbttt
w . swW nwr urinsx ana
JiniV i. . i "T wr. t DfJ moil
klllful phyioUn nd rry fmrty
ylewiy but surely taking her llf. Ia
wi, iui. nuui M.j . iun i new jliis
overy for Consumption turned despair
Into, joy. The first bottle brought Ira
mediate relief and Its continued us
completely cured her., - It's the most
and lung troubles. Ouareateed bottle
ivo ano ii.ee. xriai potties rre at
ft "kidtnor Co, Druggists, 161
Third street.
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sugar broughl"rlnttha r-country in
creases from year to year. It has
doubled In th last SO ye re, while, th
population, meanwhll Increased but 10
pr cent. r,-,.;-
. Th United States Is th largest
augaiconsumlng country in s the world.
though th per capita consumption in
this country - la not as- great a the
united Kmiaom, . in tout consumption-In
10 aggregated 1,767.000 tone,
making an average consumption for each
individual for th : year- of about 75
pounds. Th estimates of Wlllete and
Gray, acknowledged aiathoritl&a in sugar
production and consumption, puts the
consumption for ' th year ltOS at
I.03I.0OO tons, though this doubtless
represents a larger valu than that of
th preoedtng-year. by rearon of the
tncrad"p rices which -prevailed linh
various sugar-produoing countries of th
worlds
i ., t- oat nuu os arappiy. ' .
. JL-comparison of. th figures of our
own consumption with those of the
world's 'total production Indlcatea that
th United States' . consumes about on
fourth f th sugar production of th
worl41ompating - our oonaumptlen
with th accepted uthortta4v.-aUt-
ment of (the world's production for a
term of years,' tha figures Indicate that
In ttle five-year period. .ending with
iibo. eur consumption wsa about XI per
cent ofi ths world's product., In the' five
years ending with , 1I0,. about it , per
cent ', - ; - -
' Nearly all of tha sugar brought Into
the United States, whether from for
eign countries or our own non-contlsa-ous
territory, . Is produced from cane,
and It may h said that tha (United
States consumes fully one half of the
canes sugar produced In th world. Th
accepted figures of th world's produc
tion f can sugar In. the year ltOf are
i,!4,00 tons, and aa tba quanuty Of
can I sugar brought "? Into th United
BUtes in that calendar yf was 2,17 1,
009 tons and th domestto product 111,
141 tons. It Is quit apparent that th
people of the United States consumed
practically . one half of th can sugar
recorded in the official - figures of th
world's production of that article.
'(,y 'JTv? Oaaa Ingur raoieaee.
Cane sugar is- forming at present a
larger proportion of th world's sugar
supply than' was th case during the
period from Ilia to 1101. , In 1I0 beet
sugar supplied l.7 per - cent of th
world's product; In ll0i (7.7 par cent;
101. l.l per cent; but In ltOI.lt fell
vt v per cent vt in iviaj. .
During the half .century prior to
lt0t however, beet auger formed a
mucb.amaller proportion ofjih worlj'a
sugar production, ' th percentage which
beets supplied ' tit ' world's sugar
product being In 1140 about 4,1 per
cent; In IliO, 14.1 per cent;, In 1160,
10.4 per-cent; In 1170, 14.4 percent; In
1110. 4S. per cent, and in 1890, as al
ready Indicated. 11.7 per cent,' while
1000 showed for beet sugar the highest
proportion In th world's production of
sugar, 7.T pef cent.. ,'. . .,'';'
oi7 ; abitSTorla OasaiTW O. 1
' Saeelal tMepetca to Th evaroel.)
. Enterprise, Or, Jan. I. Th En
terpris camp." W,0. W.r at- tbetr-eeiv
Mention Tuesday evening. Installed off!-
txMMAjn Am stos mrynornja.
T. J. Chambers, Ed. Vindicator; Lib
erty, Texas, writes December 16; 1101;
-"With pleasure and unsolicited by
you, I .bear testimony to- ths curative
rwer of Ballard'a Horehound Syrup,
have need It ia my family and can
cheerfully affirm it la th moat affec
tive and beet remedy fer cousha and
colds I have ever used." Sold ha Wood
ard, Clark 4t Co. - ,
cere .as follows: Consul commander,
a, Xeltner; adviser lieutenant. J. D.
Woodell ; clerk,' C. A. Ault; banker, J. A.
French; escort, W. W. Zurcher; watch
man, J. U. Matheny; sentry, W. D. Wea
ver; managers, R. . I Day and W, U,
Graves. y "' r., ,''..'. ,
7 Absolutely Correct Changs.
Automatlo '' register, 404 ' Marquam
building. , ,:. . . .
CH0ATE FOR PRESIDENT
7; OF THE NEW YORK BAR
M' ; h , . ... , V ; " ,
(Jeeraal apeetal Brvto.t.
Albany, N. T., Jan. 1. Repreeen ta
li va Char la SL JUtUsfiaid. of Main-wiu
be ths principal speaker before tha
annual meeting of tha New York Stat
Bar association, which will open la ths
assembly chamber this vning, Mr.
Llttlefleld .will speak on th subject
"Th Thre Departments of Government
and Their Relation to Each Other."
President JUchard l7 Hand will speak
on th subject of "Th Judicial Power."
Otbsf addresses which will be delivered
during- th two days of tb meeting
will be: . "Th Massachusetts Ballot
System," by Richard H. Dana of Boston:
"Tha Disregard of Law, by Judge l
phoaso T. Clearwater of Kingston;
"Should th Grand Jury System Be
Abolished T" by Oeorg Lawyer of Al
bany; "Fraudulent Conveyances," by
Frederick S. Walt of New Torkj "Com
binstloa af Contracts 1 1 Sals of Per
sonal Property," by Edward l alio
of Nsw York: "Th Ore ;
Movement for Uniform Dlv.
by Clinton B. Olbb of Yuf:
Th subject of ballot r
Clacussed by WlUle t 2X I:
feated Republican candidate for mayor
of New-York.- It la. generaUyconceded
that Joseph H. Choat. th former
United States ambassador to " Grat
Britain, will be elected president bf tha
Bar association. .? .. ..'"''.
TO MAKE RATES TO -V
COAST CONVENTIONS
. fjovnal Special Service.)
Los Angeles, Cel., Jan, It. - Tha
Transcontinental passenger association
Is In session her to discuss th mat
ter of reduced - rates for- aom of th
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big gatherings af tb oemlnc summer.
Among tha convention. w which rates)
wUl be fixed are those af tba Natioaal
Eduoationel association in San jPran
cisoo, th Grand Army national encamp
ment In - MlnneapVlla and tb Myetlo
Shrtnsrs and CbrUUaa, Esdeavorera in
Lioa Aagalea. '..i , - - . . , . ? v P - ,
2 Baldwin's Health Tablets.
Take them tonight be well tomorrow.
Cure constipation. 16c Druggists.
7 Grand Ball Thursday Eve..
Arlon halt, Genta - tie. - Xdiea frM.
GOLULaDIA-
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