STATISTICS OF SUGAR, 1881-1912. 15 
Table 16. — Average cost of producing cane sugar in Louisiana, 1909, 1910, and 1911. l 
Item. 
Per ton of cane used. 
Per pound of sugar made. 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1909 
1910 
1911 
COST OF PRODUCING CANE. 
Planting and cultivating 
$0. 500 
.739 
2.911 
SO. 740 
.757 
2.810 
$0. 774 
.799 
2.428 
Harvesting 
Other, including repairs, maintenance, 
supplies, taxes, insurance, etc. 2 
Total 
4.150 
4. 182 
.331 
.334 
.811 
4.307 
4.090 
.324 
.371 
.713 
4, 001 
4.530 
.340 
.341 
.635 
COST OF MAKING SUGAR. 
S0.O267 
.0021 
.0022 
.0052 
SO. 0277 
.0022 
.0025 
.0048 
0. 0340 
.0025 
Repairs and maintenance 
.0025 
Other operating expenses, including sup- 
plies, taxes, insurance, office expenses, 
etc 
.0049 
Total 
5.658 
.288 
5.498 
.246 
5.846 
.226 
.0362 
.0018 
.0372 
.0017 
.0439 
.0016 
Total cost of manufacture and sale. . 
5.946 
5.744 
6.072 
.0380 
.0389 
.0455 
6.856 
6.198 
6.462 
.0438 
.0420 
.0485 
1 From report on The Sugar Industry, by F. J. Sheridan, Department of Commerce (Miscellaneous series 
No. 9), pp. 3 and 72. 
2 Excluding interest and depreciation. 
Table 17. — Monthly prices of sugar per pound at New York and New Orleans, 1909- 
1912} 
FINE AND STANDARD GRANULATED, AT NEW YORK, N. Y. 
Month. 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
The year 
1909 
Low. High 
Cents. 
4.65 
4.55 
4.65 
4.95 
4.95 
4.95 
4.85 
4.95 
5.05 
5.15 
5.15 
4.95 
4.55 
Cents. 
4.65 
4.65 
4.95 
5.05 
5.05 
4.95 
4.95 
5.05 
5.30 
5.15 
5.25 
5.25 
5.30 
1910 
Low. High 
Cents. 
4.95 
5.15 
5.25 
5.15 
5.15 
5.15 
5.15 
5.15 
5.05 
4.65 
4.60 
4. CO 
4.1 
5.25 
Low. High. 
Cents. 
4.70 
4.60 
4.70 
4.80 
4.90 
4.90 
5.00 
5.65 
6.25 
6.65 
6.15 
5.80 
4.60 
Cents. 
4.80 
4.70 
4.80 
4.90 
4.90 
5.00 
5.65 
6.20 
6.80 
6.80 
6.65 
6.05 
6.80 
1912 
Low. High. 
Cents. 
5.40 
5.40 
5.50 
5.10 
5.10 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.10 
4.90 
4.95 
4.95 
4.90 
Cents. 
5.80 
5.85 
5.85 
5.55 
5.25 
5.25 
5.15 
5.15 
5.15 
5.15 
4.95 
4.95 
.85 
OF 96° POLARIZATION, AT NEW YORK, N. Y. 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September — 
October 
November 
December 
The year 
3.67 
3.75 
4.02 
4.18 
3.42 
3.86 
4.39 
3.61 
3.74 
4.08 
4.36 
3.45 
3.80 
4.39 
3.74 
4.00' 
4.36 
4.42 
3.67 
3.92 
4.36 
3.86 
4.05 
4.24 
4.36 
3.86 
3.92 
3.98 
3.86 
3.95 
4.24 
4.33 
3.80 
3.86 
3.86 
3.86 
3.92 
4.17 
4.30 
3.83 
3.98 
. 3.83 
3.92 
4.02 
4.30 
4.36 
3.98 
4.70 
3.77 
4.02 
4.11 
4.30 
4.48 
4.61 
5.36 
3.98 
4.11 
4.24 
4.05 
4.42 
5.25 
5.96 
4.17 
4.20 
4.40 
3.80 
4.00 
5.74 
5.96 
4.05 
4.30 
4.45 
3.80 
3.93 
5.06 
5.74 
4.05 
4.02 
4.33 
3,9'3 
4.05 
4.61 
5.06 
3.73 
3.61 
4.45 
3.80 
4.48 
3.42 
5.96 
3.73 
4.65 
4.80 
4.67 
4.36 
4.05 
3.98 
4.05 
4.24 
4.36 
4.17 
4.05 
4.05 
1 New York prices from Yearbook of United States Department of Agriculture; New Orleans prices from 
the Louisiana Planter. 
