Show our sweet tooth washington the a average citizen catiz n of tile the united sta states tes seems t to 0 havo consumed one half his own weight in ill sugar in the year year just ended says a statement is issued aed by the bui bureau eau of statistics of the department of conin commerce berce and labor the average per capita consumption was seventy six pounds the amount bount of sugar cons consumed timed was pounds at it a cost of over of this enormous constin consumption pt one fifth was produced in ill this country another fifth was imported from our island ions and the remaining three fifths from foreign countries tho the quantity of beet sugar produced in the file united states wa was pounds showing a remarkable increase and for tho the first time exceeding tho the production of the product from froin cane there was an increase of per cent i in n the production of beet over cane sugar from 1900 to 1906 rapid a as s the increase ill in su gar productions in the U united n i ted states has been in recent years it lias not by any means kept pile pace with wilh the increased constin colsum eption lit in alie last ten years i there has been tin an i increase n cloase jn in i tile consumption of this article of pounds i itou t 1 a v f ing mote more than three times timea as great reat as the inor increased eased horne home production |