286 The Sugar-Beet in America 
use seems only reasonable, since it supplies a wholesome 
and nourishing food, which is relished by all classes of 
people. d 
USE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 
The annual per capita consumption of sugar in the 
United States and the leading countries of Europe is 
shown in Fig. 33. It varies from 89.59 pounds for each 
individual in the United Kingdom to 8.94 pounds in 
Italy. According to their use of sugar, the countries 
come in the following order: United Kingdom, Denmark, 
United States, Switzerland, Norway and Sweden, Germany, 
Netherlands, France, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Russia, 
Spain, and Italy, — the people of the British Isles using 
ten times as much as the Italians. Figures compiled by 
Palmer! show the following percentage increase per 
capita in sugar consumption during the twenty-six-year 
period from 1889 to 1915 in the countries mentioned : 
Germany, 323; Netherlands, 198; Russia, 188; Austria- 
Hungary, 187; Switzerland, 150; Denmark, 144; Bel- 
gium, 102; United States, 71; France, 54; Spain, 46; 
United Kingdom, 22; and Italy, 16. 
He also compiled Table XXII, which shows the total 
consumption of sugar in the United States and several 
European countries. This table shows that in less 
than thirty years the use of sugar has increased several - 
hundred per cent in most countries. France is the 
only one in which it has not more than doubled in that 
time. 
1 Palmer, Truman H., ‘‘Concerning Sugar’ (1916). 
