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Show We and the British Have Sweet Tooth. Britons havo tho sweetest tooth, and Americans come next, if tho statistics statis-tics for consumption of sugar mean anything. An Englishman eats annually annu-ally 92.4 pounds, an American consumes con-sumes 79.2 pounds. In Denmark tho averago consumption is 72.G pounds per capita; in Switzerland It is 55 pounds; in Germany, Holland, Sweden Swed-en and Norway it is from 39 to 44 pounds; in Franco, 35 pounds; in Belgium, 33; In Austria, 24.2; In Russia, Rus-sia, 19.8; in Portugal, 15.4; in Spain nnd Turkoy, 11; in Italy, Bulgaria, Roumnnla and Serbia, from 6 to 7 pounds. Tho principal reason for theso variations varia-tions is found In tho relative highness or lowness of tho customs duties on sugar and on tho things with which It Ib commonly associated coffee, tea. etc. |