Show DEMAND FOR SUGAR are sugar factories in alt a dozen states producing millions 0 pounds of sugar and yet the importation por tation 0 sugar does not diminish demonstrating diat although tho beet sugar industry has expanded at a rapid rate of late years the growth in the home industry has not kept pace with alie increasing consumption of augar iu the states the sugar brought into the united states in the year about to end will exceed million dollars in value more than GO million dollars worth of this comes from our own islands of hawaii porto rico and the philippine islands and more than million dollars worth foreign countries the total value of sugar brought into the country in the year 1903 will by far exceed that of any preceding year in the ten months ending with october the total value ot sugar brought into the country was million dollars and as the figures or the month of october alone exceed 8 million dollars it Is quits apparent hat the additions made in the months of november and december will carry it far past the million dollar line never before the year 1890 had tho value of augar imported reached as much as million dollars in the fiscal year 1891 it was millions and slowly increased until in the fiscal year 1894 it was millions then the total fell again below millions and so remained until ane fiscal year 1900 when the total was again millions out in no year has reached anything like the figure which the present calendar year promises as tho total value of sugar brought into the country prior to 1900 all sugar coming in was stated under tho general head ol 01 imports since 1900 the sugar coming from the hawaiian islands and porto rico is not classed as an import but is shown separately in the figures of the bureau ot statistics the figures of the bureau of statis ic tot the tea months ending with october 1905 latest figures on this subject show the value of sugar imported from foreign countries to be from tho hawaiian islands and from porto juco prom the philippines tho value of sugar imported in the ten months in question was 2 but this egure of sugar from tho philippines is included in the statement of imports above cited since the philippine islands are not at the present time considered a customs district of the united states and therefore the merchandise ra calved from them is classed by the bureau of statistics as an import of foreign merchandise the value of all bagar imported into the united states in the ten months ending with october 1905 was against in the same months of 1904 and in the same months of 1903 the value of sugar imported into the united states from cuba was against 54 in the corresponding months 1904 and in the corresponding months of 1903 and the quantity imported from cuba pounds in tho ten months ending with october 1905 a against pounds in the same months 1904 and pounds in same months of 1903 this remarkable record which year 1905 will present of more million dollars worth of brought into the united states is rather to increased prices than to increase in quantity the total quantity of sugar brought in from foreign countries and from hawaii and porto rico combined is in the months ending with october 1905 pounds and ia the months ending with october 1904 was pounds thug actual quantity of sugar brought ahe country in the year about to will be something less than that last year while tho valuation s based upon the selling price at ports from which it is shipped to states will be more than million dollars in excess of the kalua ion of sugar brought in during ear |