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Show Americans Great j Sugar Consumers Durhur the first six months of 1024 I tho Amtiican people consumed G.fJ-JT,-1 000,000 pounds of sugv.r, according to Iguus compiled by Facts About Su- i gar, the trade journal of the sugar i ; industry. This rcpresnts an average I of approximately 56 pounds for every man, woman and child in the country, ; irclud'ng of course the quantity eons' eon-s' lined in manufactured products such i as candy, ice cream, soft drinks and bako:y products as well as that re-I re-I quired for ordinary household usee. Tins is an average of over two j pounds ;i?r week per person for the whole country. For the six months i;d the amount v.ed per capita ic rbcri two pounds move than during the f'rst half of 1923 and about two pounds less than in the first half of V.22 when consumption of sugai ! cached its highest record. While the distribution of sugar is jrgalariy higher during the first halt ci the year than during the second half present indications are that the i total amount used during 1924 will amount to 11,200,000,000, pounds o; nn average of 100 pounds for each ' resident of the country. Last year it was about 95 pounds. Apparently the explanation of the laiger consumption this year is to be found in the fact that the average retail price has beer from one to two cents a pound less than last year. This year's crop of beet, sugar in the central and wcstei n states and cane sugar in Cuba, Porto Ilico and Hawaii, all of which enjoy a tariff preference in the United States Sta-tes markets are larger than last year's and the increased supply has brought down the price paid by consumers. |