Sugar-- A Basic Industry f i 



SUGAR is a commodity in universal demand because, directly and indi- 

 rectly, it is an indispensable modern food. Once a luxury available only 

 to the favored few, sugar today forms an important part of the every- 

 day diet of the masses. Its fundamental food value, however, is probably 

 not generally realized. Yet dieticians tell us that one pound of sugar con- 

 tains 1860 heat calories as compared with 1110 for roast beef, 1640 for wheat 

 flour, 635 for eggs, and 325 for whole milk. 



It is well known that glucose, grape sugar, maple sugar, 

 substitute syrups, and honey serve to some degree as com- 

 petitors of sugar, but generally these sweetening materials sell 

 chiefly on their own special merits, rather than as substitutes for sugar. 

 Even saccharin cannot be regarded as a substitute, for it has no food value. 

 Probably more than 80% of the total quantity of sweetening materials con- 

 sumed annually in the United States consists of sugar or its derivatives. 

 On the whole, therefore, sugar is an essential commodity of e very-day use, 

 enjoying a position of substantial monopoly. 



Competitive 

 Position of 

 Sugar 



