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Sugar Consumption in the United
States.
The people of the United States :
consume half their own weight in
sugar every year. This may seem
a startling statement, but if we
take the quanity of sugar produc
ed in the United States and add to
this the quantity brought from
our own islands and the quantity
imported from foreign countries,
and subtract therefrom the
amount exported, we get a grand
total of considerably more than 7
billion pounds consumed in the
country; and by dividing the pop
ulation into this grand total, we
get an average ot 81A pounds per
capita, speaking in round terms,
for 1010, and about a like quanti
ty for 1009. It is not assumed, of
course, that each person necessar
ily consumes sugar equal to one
half his individual weight; but
taking a total consumption and
comparing it with the total popu
lation in the section known as
continental United States, the av
erage yearly consumption ol sugar
is found to be about 81 i pounds
per capita.
In fact, the people of the Unit
ed States are larger consumers of
sugar per capita than those of any
other country of the world except
England, for which the latest fig
ues show a consumption averaging
80 pounds round per capita,
against our own average of 81
pounds per capita. The next larg
est per capita consumption is in
Denmark, 772 pounds; followed
by Switzerland, 04 pounds, and
Germany and Holland, each about
48£ pounds.
Not only is the United States
the second largest sugar consumer
per capita, but the total amount
consumed annualy is much great
er than that of any other country,
aggregating, as above indicated,
more than 7 billion pounds per
annum, against about 4 billion
pounds in England and abc.ut 8
billion pounds in Germany.
About one-half of the sugar con
sumed in the United States is
brought from foreign countries,
about one fourth from >*ir own
islands, and the remaining one
fourth produced in this country.
The total production of sugar in
the United states now amounts to
13 billion pounds a year, of which
more than 1 billion pounds is beet,
sugar and about three-quarters of
a billion cane sugar. 111 1900
domestic production of cane sugar
was twice as great as that of beet
sugar, and 20 years ago was more
than 00 times as great; but the
growth of beet sugar production
haß been- very rapid in recent
years, and in 1907, for the first
time, exceeded in quantity that
produced from cane and has so
continued since that time.
Os the sugar brought from other
countries, nearly all is made from
cane. While about half of the
world's sugar is made from beets,
most of it is produced in Europe
and consumed in the country of
production or in other parts of
that grand division, while most of
the world outside of Europe ob
tains its sugar supply from cane,
grown of course, in tht tropical
and subtropical sections. Os the
cane sugar which we consume,
most of that, coming from foreign
countries is drawn from Cuba, the
Dutch East Indes, and smaller a
mounts from the West Indies,
Mexico, Central and South Ameri
ca All of that coining from our
own islands—Porto Rico, Hawaii,
and the Philippines—is cane
sugar, while of the domestic pro
duct about 40 per cent is produc- ,
ed from cane. The best sugar in !
the United States is grown chief
ly in Colorado, California, and j
Michigan, and some in Utah, Ida- j
ho, and Wisconsin; while most of j
the cane sugar is produced in J
Lousiaua, with smaller qualities j
in Texas, Florida, Georgia and:
South Carolina.
The sugar “habit” is evidently
a growing one with the people of
the United States and probably
with those of other countries, since
the total world production of
sugar, including all countries for
which statistics are available, has
increased 50 per cent, in the last
decade and about doubled in 15
years. In our own case the con-j
sumption has shown a rapid
growth, the per capita consump
tion having been in 1880, 40
pounds; in 1890, 51 pounds, in
190<’, 59 pounds, and in 1910, ap
proximately 813 pounds.
What is the cost of this enor
mous quantity of sugar consumed
in the U mted States? This is mere
j difficult i" answer. The valuation
|of that brought from foreign
I countries and our island is set
down at about 175 million dollars:
in 1910, and the stated value of
that predneted in the United i
States, at proximately 75 million '
dollars; though this comparative-|
ly high figure when considered by ,
the price per pound, is due to the j
fact that the vacation is based
upon the refined article 111 the
country of production. If, how
ever, we accept a general average
of 5 cents a pound as the retail
price paid by our people for the
71 billion pounds of sugar con
sumed by them in 1910, we should
get a total of $306,000,0(0. or an
average of approximately SIOO
-a day paid for sugar hy the
people of the United States.
Jury list February Term.
The following is a list of the
Grand and Traverse Jurors drawn
to serve during the February Term
of Toombs Superior Court and
they are hereby summoned to be
and appear at the Court House in
Lyons, at 9 o’clock a. m., on the
3rd Monday in February 1911:
Grand Jurors
.J. B. Anderson, 'lhos. Harden,
E R. DeWitt, M. M. Coleman,
J. L. Wolfe, R. 1,. Page. S A. Mc-
Coleky, W C. Oliver, D. L. Math
ews. J. A. Kitchens, C. E. Adams,
R. L. Curry, L. N. Brown , T. J.
Coursey, A P Thomas, B F South
well, E L Williamson, M Laeder,
E L Carpenter, W H Sharpe, M W
Meadows, F E Long, I Q Coleman,
J W O’Neal, H T Stanley, W A
McNatt, .J A McDildea, F W Mc-
Call, D S Faircloth, L L Mc-
Gregor.
Traverse Jurors—lst week
H C Willis. J W Currie. Thos.
Thompson, W R Jones, R C Giles.
YV D DeLoach, S T Stanley, Mel
vin Collins, R A Peavy, R L King,
A H C Mann, V H Coursey, Dun
can Odom, M W Mathews, D W
Thompson, D H Holland. D W
Galbreath, C M Carter, B F Mor
ris, E L Davis, P M Mann, W O
Shuptrine, G S Spell, G W Harden
G H Mcßride, J E Shumpert, W
F Peacock, J H Uowart, F M Dur
den, H H Maun, A C McCorkle,
I) F Clarke, A .J Thompson, Den
nis Moseley, Joe Perrv Collins. J
P Dees,
Traverse Jurors—2nd week
M W Williumsan, ] PCollins Jr
J A Bland, C A Clifton, L Clifton.
Robt A Smith, W W Odom, F J
Jones, \V R Griner D P Averett,
T A Rockett, Thos Clifton, A S
Mosely, II 0 Gibbs, N M William
son. J II Smith, F P Shuman, R
S Sharpe, S G Jesup, C H Ham
mons, D G McLenney, W J Wi 1-
liamson. J L VV'ilks, C C Ander
son, H V Mosely, B L Thompson,
.J L Mclntyre, J A Dent, E H New,
H P James, R E L Mann, R J Par
tin. B F Brown, E M Wimberly,
W F Cauley, S I Hussey.
J. E. Thompson,
Sheriff Toomb9 County.
Citation.
GEORGIA —Toombs County:
Nellie Corbin vs. A. Corbin—Libel for di
vorce in Toombs Superior Court—February
Term. 1911.—T0 the Sheriff of said county,
greeting: The defendant. A. Corbin, is hereby
cited and required, personally or by attorney,
to be and appear at the Superior Court to be
j held in and for said county on the third Mon-
I day in February. 1911, then and there to make
j answer or defensive allegation, in w riting, to
I the plaintiff's libel, as in default thereof the
1 Court will proceed according to the statute 1
in such cases made and provided. Witness I
the Hon. H. T Rawlings. Judge of said Court,
this 28th day of November, 1910.
D. T Gibbs,
Clerk Superior Court Toombs County.
L. J, Cowart. Palintiff’s Attorney.
Citation.
GEORGIA —Toombs County:
To all whom it may concern: J. P. McLeod
1 having made application to me in due form of
I law to be appointed permanent administrator i
j upon the estate of Geo. W. McLeod, late of |
said county, deceased, notiee is hereby given i
] that said application will be heard at the regu
i lar term of the Court of Ordinary for the said
county to be held on the Ist Monday in Febru
■ ary. 1911 Witness my hand and official signa
' lure this 2nd day of January, 1911.
G. T. Mason.
Ordinary Toombs County.
Citation.
GEORGIA—Toombs County:
Della Mclntire vs. Will Mclntire. Libel for!
Divorce it: Toombs Superior Court. Feb- j
ruary Tern . 1911.
To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting:
The defendant. Will Mclntire. is hereby
cited and required, personally or by attorney,
to be and appear at the Superior Court, to be
eld in and for said county on the third Mon
y in February. 1911, then and there to make
....■over or defensive allegation, in writing, to
the plaintiff's libel, as in default thereof the
Court will proceed according to the statute
in such cases made and provided.
Witness the Hon H. T. Rawlings. Judge of
said Court, this the 30th dav of Nov.. 1910.
I>. T. Gibbs.
Clerk Toombs Superior Court.
Williams & Williams.
Plaintiff’s Attorneys.
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Lyons Lots and Farm
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Citation.
'"EORGIA—Toombs Couniy:
Whereas Hiram and L. K. Clifton, adminis
trators upon the estate of the ate Peter Clif
ton, represent to the court in their petition
duly Hied and entered on record that they
have fullv administered the estate of the late
Peter Clifton, this is to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause,
if any they can. why said administrators
should not. be discharged from their adminis
tration and receive letters of dismission on the
Ist Monday in February. 1911.
This January 2nd. 1911.
G. T. Mason. Ordinary.
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