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Show More Sugar Eaten Than Ever Before More sugar has been eaten by the American people in the first half of 1925 than ever before in the history of the country according to statistics compiled by Facts About Sugar that s the recognized trade authority on this subject. The total quantity distributed dis-tributed between Jan. 1 and June 30 was 6,696,289,600 pounds or an average aver-age of 58.5 pounds for every one of the 114,000,000 population of the country. This is an increase of over 422,000- 000 pounds or about two and a half pounds per capita over the record for the first six months of 1924 and is more than twice the country's consumption con-sumption no longer that 1900. I While the use of sugar usually is larger during the first half of the year than during the second six months mon-ths the showing to date indicates that the total consumption of the United States during 1925 will be over 12,-000,000,000 12,-000,000,000 pounds or more than 100 pounds per person for the whole population. pop-ulation. The increase use of sugar this year is attributed to the heavy production which is larger than ever before and the fact that retail prices are about two cents per pound less than during the past two years. According to figures prepared by the United States government sugar is one of the cheapest foods that can be bout taking into account its calorific value. val-ue. Since the United States adopted the policy of extending tariff protection protec-tion to home grown sugar in 1897 the production within the country and its insular territories has increased from 750,000 tons to nearly 3,000,000 tons yhile Cuba which supplies practically all the sugar required by the American Amer-ican people and which has received a part of the benefit of the protective tariff since 1903 has increased its j yearly output from a little over one mill-on tons to 5,000,000 tons. 1 i HERE FROM CHICAGO ; Miss Esther Henry, sister to Pat-! Pat-! hie Henry of the Gunnison Drug com j pany, came in from the east last I week and is spending a week with i her brother. She will leave the last ; of the wek and bfore returning to her eastern home will visit many of the western scenic attractions. Miss Hcn-' Hcn-' ry will first visit the Yellowstone National park, later visiting Glacier National park and other famous beauty spots in Montana. A tour through the northwest ami then to Bunff and other Canadian points. Miss Henry has visited Utah before, having been at Marysvale, Eureka and other cities. |