Our Sweet Tooth 



France, with a per capita money 

 circulation larger than ours, con- 

 sumes less sugar but the high cost 

 of sugar in France, and the cheapness 

 of wine, may in a measure account 

 for this. 



Australia, with $47.18 of money 

 per capita as against our $35.18, 

 might reasonably be expected to 

 consume more sugar and she does 

 100 pounds per capita per annum 

 as against our 84.29. 



The comparison is not only true 

 as between nations. It is true as 

 between sections of the same nation, 

 as could easily be shown; and it is 

 true as between different periods of 

 a nation's prosperity. 



Taking our own case, the com- 

 parative figures read: 



Per Capita Per Capita 



Circulation Annual Sugar 



of Money Consumption 

 1850 $19.41 39.46 



1880 26.93 58.91 



1914 35.18 84.29 



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