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SUGAR CONSUMPTION IN THE U. S. The people of the United States con sume Ualf their own weight In sugar ? every year. This may seem a start ling statemeut, but If we take the -quantity of sugar produced In the United States and add to this the ?mantlty brought from our own is lands and the quantity Imported from foreign countries, and subtract there irom the amount exported, we get a grand total of considerably more than 7 billion pounds consumed in the country; and by dividing the popula tion into this grand total, we get an average of 81% pounds per capita, .speaking in round terms, for 1010. and ;tbout a like quantity for 1009. It is not asumed, of course, that each per son necessarily consumes sugar equal 10 one-half bis indvidual weight; but taking the total consumption and com paring it with the total population in the section known as continental ''nlted States, the average yearly con sumption of sugar Is found to be about 81 Vi; pounds per capita. In fact, the people of the United States are larger consumers of sugar per capita than those of any other country of* the world except England, lor which the latest figures show a . onsumption averaging St> pounds per i apita. against our own average of| ,1V. pounds per capita. The next largest per capita consumption i.- in Denmark, 77 Vi ' pounds; followed by Switzerland. 64 pounds:; Swedes*, ">i| pounds; and Germany *iand Holland, each about 13 V6 pounds. Not only is the United states the I ecotld largest, sugar consumer per ? apita. bill the total amount consum d annually is much greater than that ?of any other country, aggregating, as above indicated, more than 7 billion pounds per annum, against about I I ill loll pounds in Knglnml ami about . billion pounds in Germany, About one-half of the sugar con sumed in the United Stilles 's brought. from foreign coutnrlcs, about onej lotirth from our own islands, and the temallUng one-fourth produced in this ?lUlltry. The total production of su ?gar in the United States now amounts i I :'>i billion pounds a year, of which, more than I billion pounds Is 1.t : llgnr ami about three.quarters of a billion cane sugar. It is only recent-j ly that the production of beet sugar lu the United Statea has come to ex ceed that of cane sugar. In 1300 do mestic production of cane sugar was twice a.; great aa that of beet sugar, and 20 years ago was more than 60 times as great; but the growth of beet sugar production has been very rapid in recent years, and in 1907, for the first time, exceeded in quantity that produced from cane and has so con tinued since that time. Of the sugar brought from other countries, nearly all is made from cane. While about half of the world's sugar is made from beets, most of it is produced in Europe and consumed in the country of production or In other p<rts of that grand division, while most of the world outside of Europe obtains its sugar supply from cane, grown of course, in the tropical and subtropical sections. Of the cane sugar which we consume, most of that coining from foreign countries is drawn from Cuba, the Dutch' Bast Indies, and smaller amounts from the West Indies, Mexico. Central and South America. All of that comjng from our own islands?Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines?is cane sugar, while of the domestic product about 40 per cent is produced from Cane. The beet sugar of the United States is grown chiefly in Colorado,1 California, and Michigan, and sonic in Utah, Idaho, and Wisconsin; while most of the cane sugar is produced in Louisiana, with smaller quantities in Texas, Florida. Georgia, ami South ('a rollna, The sugar 'habit" is evidently a growing one with the people of the United States and probably with those of other countries, since the total world production of sugar, including all countries for which statistics are available, has increased Tai per cent, in the last decade and about doubled in I", years." In our own case the con sumption has shown a rapid growth, the per capita consumption having been, in issu. P? pounds; in 185)0, pounds: in ISJ0O, f>0 pounds: and in ISMO, approximately SI xfe pounds. What is the cosl of this enormous quantity of sugar consumed in the United States? This is more difficult to answer. The valuation of thai brought from foreign countries and our islands is set down at about 175 million dollars in 1910. and the stated value of that produced in the United States, at approximately 7f> million dol'ars; though this comparatively high figure when considered by the price per pound, is due. to the fact that the valuation is based upon the refined article, while that of the su gar from abroad is the value of the unrefined artlclo In the country of production. If, however, we accept a general average of f> cents per pound as the retail price paid by our people for the 7 1-3 billion pounds of sugar consumed by them In 19-10, we should get a total of $366,000,000, or an av erage of approximately $i.ooo.uoo a day paid for sugar by the people of the United States. Abrams-Helhi ms? A very pretty home wedding took place at the home of the bride's par ents in Brewerton when Miss Kmmu Abrains eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I'reston Abrains became the bride of Mr. Furman Hellams. The marriage took place at seven o'clock in the ev ening, and was witnessed by a large gathering of relatives and friends of the young people. To the beautiful strains of "Mendelsohns Wedding March" played on the organ by Miss Betsy .lacks the young people march ed In procession to the parlor and taking their stand before the minister, the Impressive marriage service that made them man and wife was perform ed by tin- Rev .1. M. Dallas. The young couple then received many con gratulations for their future happi ness. Aii elegant supper was .served to the guests by Mrs. Abroms ably as sisted by Mrs. Ballantlne, and a very happy lime was spent by all. Mr. and Mrs. HellaiUS were loaVtcd, and wishes expressed for the prosperity of their new home near Shiloh church, where they take up their future res I. deuce. Miss Alma Wallace and Mr. Marion Ahrains signed the marriage register as witnesses lor the young marriaed couple. "Hello, old chap." greeted -the crowd at the club. "Back from your hunting irip. Bag anything?" "N'o." responded Chappyp Badshot wearily. "Well, no wonder. You arc a back number. The idea of going hunting with a tailless pointer." COTTON CULTIVATION. The Highly Export Report of the English Authority, Prof. Dunstan. London Times. The report on the "Present Posi tion of Cotton Cultivation." which was presented by Prof. Wyndham Dunstan. director of the Imperial Institute, to the International Con gress of Tropipc.il Agriculture held in Br?ssels last May, ha-, now been published by the International Asso ciation of Tropical Agriculture and Colonial Developpment. To it are appended special reports on the pres ent position and prospects of cotton growing in each of the actual and poetical cotton-producing countries of the world. Attention is drawn to the fact that at present the sub-trop ics produce the majority of cotton of the quality required by the Lan cashire manufacturer?namely. the United States and Egypt. Informa tion is given as to the present con dition of cotton cultivation in both these countries. Emphasis is laid on the fact that in the United States the industry has had the great advan tage of tlie assistance of an efficient Government department of agricul ture, whose labor- have contributed in no small measure to surmount the many obstacles with which American cotton cultivation has had to contend. In Egypt the absence of any Govern ment department of agriculture to afford guidance co the cultivator and to conduct experiment is deplored, al though credit is given for much valu able work to tht Khcdivial Agricul tural Society. In a footnote it is added that the Egyptian Government has now decided to create the agri cultural department which has been so long needed. It i- understood that Mr. <I C. Dudgeon, inspector of agriculture in West Africa, who in that capacity has been attached to the Imperial Institute, lias been cho sen as the first director general of agriculture in Egypt. The problems to be solved in connection with Egyptian cotton growing arc discuss ed, and reference i- made to the great possibilities presented by 'the Anglo Egyptian Sudan for bringing a large area of that country under cotton cul tivation, a subject which was dealt with in a leading article in the TilrtCs of October The prospects of cotton growing in the flritish Empire has been dis cussed in Prof Dunstan's report to Parliament of last year. In the pres ent report they are separately con sidered, as is also the position in India. Stress is again laid on the importance of continuous experimen tal work under Government auspices, since the problem in most' countries is to establish an acclimatized type of cotton suitablbe for the purpose of the manufacturer. Progress, though slow, appepars 'to be satisfac tory. In Nyasaland success seems to have been achieved, a new cotton, to be known as "Nyasaland Upland," having been established. This cotton is said to be in some respects supe rior to the best "American Uppland" and to satisfy all the requirements of Lancashire. The prospects in Uganda arc mentioned as of special promise, and the progress made in West Africa is referred to, attention being drawn to the developments which are likely to occur through the opening of the Northern Niagara Railway now approaching comple tion Accounts arc given of cotton cultivation in French, German, Dutch, Portugese, and Italian colonies, and also in South America, tltc South Sea Islands, Japan and China. In China it is stated that the production of a coarse cotton annually, and the ef fect > of an extension of this cultiva tion arc considered. Asia Minor is spoken of as a prom ising field for the growth of cotton of the "American Upland" type, and in this connection reference is made to Prot. Dunstan's previous report on this subject, and especially to the openings for cotton cultivation pre sented by the great plain of Cilicia. The importance of the work of the British Cotton-Growing Association i- dwell upon, ami it i-- satisfactory tu learn that the British Government has decided to assist its operations by the conditional grant of ?10.000 a year for a term of years. It is also undcrstiod that the chancellor of the exchequer has under cinsidcration the question of assisting British en terprise in the Sudan, in operating on a large scale in a promising dis trict of that country, in respect of which, as has been recently pointed ? mi in these columns, Grcal Britain has an important vested inlcrcs'i and responsibility. The rcporl a gOO<l (sample of the Useful work which may be' done by the International Association for Tropical Agriculture in subjects of this kind, which are materially ad vanced by discussion among work ers of different nationalities, such as those who have contributed to this report. It also indicates the impor tant place which is now being filled by the Imperial Institute in connec tion with the Colonial office as a cen tre for information and reaseareh re lating to the development of the re sources of the tropics. Mount Unihivher Woodmen; The officers of Mount Gallagher Camp, W. 0. \\\. were installed Fri day night at a regular meeting of the Camp. Mr. ('. A. Power, consul com. mundet- of I .an tens Camp. No 98. and a member of the Head Camp of South Carolina, attended the meeting and officiated in tho installation ceremon ies. Saves Two I,lies. "Neither my sister nor myself might he living today, if it had not been for H?\. King's New Discovery'' writes A i>. 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Pursuant to an Act of the (loll 01'III Assembly of South Carolina approved the 18th day of February, A I). 1905. providing therefor: II ? it resolved by <he Hoard of Coun ty Commissioners of Laurens Count', in the State of South Carolina, in reg ular annual meeting assembled; That the license for traffic in Seed Cotton and Unpacked Lint Cotton within the limits of said county for and during the period Imginning (he lath day ot August and ending the 20th day of Deeenih >r ot the year A D IUI I he ami tin- same Is hereby fixed in the sum oi Two Hundred ami Fifty Dol lars. All li< em , :, tu be Issued by the Clerk of Court of said county as pro vided i>> law I ion ? at Lau i l ie S C. this I In- '.I h ? lay ol January, A. D. 1011. Attest: II II Humbert. Messer llahh Super, isor. Cb rk of the Hoard 25-41 Wait for the 8 ig Sale Clothing, Mats, Shoes. 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