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Show THE CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR INCREASES According to tho figures of WlUott & Gray, tho total consumption of sugar In tho United States during 101C amounted to 3,801,531 long tons an Increase of 40,704 tons ovor thn amount consumed In 1914, or 1.082 per cent. Tho average yearly Increase In-crease for tho past thirty years has been 3.89 por cent or about 2 per cent moro than tho IncrenBO last year Tho Interesting feature of this year's small increaso lies in the fact that n decrcaso of 1.0C per cent In tho country's consumption of sugnr noted for tho first bIx months if tho year was overcorao by n sharp Increaso In-creaso In tho uso of sugar during tho latter half of tho year, largo enough In volumo to nbsorb tho decrcaso in tho first porlod nnd to result Anally in n total increaso being recorded for tho entlro year. This appears to substantiate tho view that tho dogreo do-greo of gonoral prosperity is raoro of a factor In determining tho amount of sugar used than is a slight advance ad-vance or decline In prices. 4. ' ' " |