STATISTICS OP SUGAR, 1881-1912. 



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Table 18. — Railroad freight rates, per 100 pounds, on refined sugar carried in carloads, 

 over selected routes in the United States, May, 1913.^ 



From- 



To— 



Chicago, m. 



Rate per 



100 

 pounds. 



Minimum 

 weight of 

 carload. 



Omaha, Nebr. 



Rate per 



100 

 pounds. 



Minimum 

 weight of 

 carload. 



Atlanta, Ga. 



Rate per 



100 

 pounds. 



Minimum 

 weight of 

 carload. 



Bay City, Mich 



Colorado sugar-factory points (Long- 

 mont, Fort Morgan, Brush, Gree- 

 ley, etc.) 



New Orleans, La 



New York, ^f. Y 



Salt Lake City, Utah 



San Francisco, Cal... 



Cents. 



Pounds. 

 33, 000 



33, 000 

 60,000 

 33, 000 

 33, 000 

 33, 000 

 60, 000 

 36, 000 

 60,000 



Cents. 

 38 



25 



Pounds. 

 2 33, 000 



33,000 



33, 000 

 33, 000 

 33, 000 

 60, 000 

 36, 000 

 60, 000 



Cents. 



Pounds. 

 333,000 



< 33, 000 



24,000 

 24, 000 

 « 33, 000 

 4 60, 000 

 4 36,000 

 4 60, 000 



1 Data furnished by the Bureau of Tariffs, Interstate Commerce Commission. 

 ' Mlnunum weight, Mississippi River to Omaha, 36,000 pounds. 

 » Minimum weight, Cincinnati to Atlanta, 24,000 pounds. 

 < Minimum weight, Memphis to Atlanta, 24,000 pounds. 



Table 19. — Sugar imported into the United States from foreign countries and received 

 from Hawaii and Porto Rico, 1901-1912.^ 



[In the statistics of the foreign trade of the United States the Philippine Islands are treated as a foreign 

 country; all other noncontiguous possessions as parts of the United States. Most of the imported sugar 

 is raw.l 



Country or possession from which consigned. 



Year ending June 30— 



1901-1905 1906-1910 



Average per year. 



IMPORTS. 



Cuba 



Philippine Islands 



Dutch East Indies 



British Guiana 



Brazil 



Danish West Indies 



Santo Domingo 



Peru 



Dutch Guiana 



Austria-Hungary 



United Kingdom 



Canada 



British West Indies 



Mexico 



China - 



Guatemala 



Germany 



Hongkong 



Venezuela 



Other countries 



Total imports 



SHIPMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES FROM— 



Hawaii 



Porto Rico 



Total, Hawaii and Porto Rico 



Grand total 



Short tons. 



935, 736 

 17, 446 



364,622 

 66, 624 

 78, 144 



11,015 

 53, 666 

 41, 749 

 6,505 

 32, 014 



3,006 

 1,631 

 76, 629 

 2,941 

 2,401 



1,691 



123, 701 



646 



37 



40,255 



1,860,459 



375, 547 

 107, 771 



483,318 



2,343,777 



Short tons. 



1, 469, 948 



39, 246 



305, 196 



15, 056 



11, 552 



9,029 

 33, 427 

 13,019 

 6,813 

 3,674 



4,129 

 1,135 

 9,796 

 4,355 

 414 



1,157 



67, 100 



199 



169 



8,300 



2, 002, 714 



477, 965 

 234, 539 



712, 504 



2, 715, 218 



Short tons. 



1, 673, 803 



115,176 



114,039 



7,051 



344 



1,157 

 12, 291 

 4,569 

 3,231 

 1,000 



19,007 



587 



53 



121 



911 



12, 622 



247 



327 



2,047 



Short tons. 



1,593,317 



217, 785 



170, 198 



13, 527 



13, 482 



9,022 

 8,841 

 6,579 

 4,266 

 3,751 



2,930 



2,877 



2,781 



1,256 



674 



441 

 285 

 179 

 135 

 83 



2,052,309 



505, 608 

 322,917 



602,733 

 367, 145 



828,525 



2,797,514 3,022,187 



1 Compiled from reports of the Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States, Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce. 



