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4.19 cents, los centrifugas en Nueva York. La nueva cosecha de remolacha europea 

 se ha repuesto algo del retraso que sufrio. 



Hasta ahora no se han anunciado ventas de azucar de remolacha europeo para 

 su embarque a los Estados Unidos, pero es posible que haya que adquinr algun 

 azucar en Europa antes de que comience la nueva zafra en Cuba. Todavia hay 

 tres centrales moliendo en dicha isla por no haber podido concluir de moler toda su 

 caiia y la produccion de azucar visible hasta la fecha es de 1,465,000 toneladas, que 

 es la mayor zafra de que se tiene noticia; la caha sembrada para la zafra que 

 viene esta creciendo muy bien y quizas la produccion del afio entrante exceda 

 considerableniente la del presente. . . 



Las noticias que se reciben con respecto a la cosecha de cana en Louisiana y a 

 la de remolacha, continuan siendo favorables. 



Todos los indicios son de que los primeros azucares de la proxima zatra de 

 Cuba se pagaran a muy buenos precios. 



Nueva York, Septiembre 1° de 1909. 



Cuba's Greatest Sugar Mill. 



The largest and best equipped sugar 

 mill in Cuba, Central Chappara, in Ori- 

 ente Province, of which Sr. Mario Men- 

 ocal is superintendent, broke the record 

 for the production of sugar this year, 

 says the Tampa (Fla.) Times. Under 

 his able management the mill is attain- 

 ing a wonderful success. The mill's 

 sugar production for this year was 483,- 

 000 sacks, with thirteen arrobas to the 

 sack. (Arrobas is a Spanish measure 

 consisting of twenty-five pounds to the 

 arroba.) The price per arroba is sev- 

 enty-five cents. The total amount of 

 arrobas produced was 6,279,000, at sev- 

 enty-five cents per arroba, which is 

 $4,709,250. Sr. Mario Menocal is being 

 congratulated all over the island for his 

 great success, as this production is con- 

 sidered the largest ever made in any 

 part of the world by one sugar mill. Sr. 

 Menocal was the candidate of the Con- 

 servative party in Cuba for the Presi- 

 dency at the last election, but was de- 

 feated by the present chief executive. 

 Many claim that if the republic had 

 been in the hands of Mario Menocal* the 

 republic would have progressed a great 

 deal more than it has, not only because 



he is the certain type of a man to gov- 

 ern a country, but because of his busi- 

 ness ability and enterprise, the evidence 

 being produced by the fact that this 

 mill never before had such a magnificent 

 output. 



Philippine Sugar. 



The tariff act approved on Aug. 5 pro- 

 vides for the free entry into the United 

 States from the Philippines annually of 

 300,000 tons of sugar; of wrapper to- 

 bacco, 300,000 pounds; of filler tobacco, 

 1.000,000 pounds, and 150,000,000 cigars. 

 The entire yearly imports are not ex- 

 pected to exceed these amounts of the 

 articles for several years, and the law 

 therefore really provides temporary free 

 entry of sugar and tobacco. — New York 

 Times. 



The Cuban-American Sugar Company 

 announced on July 21 a dividend of one 

 and three-quarters per cent, on the pre- 

 ferred capital stock outstanding, payable 

 on August 10, 1909. Transfer books 

 closed July 30, and will reopen August 

 11, 1909. 



*See cartoon on page 13. 



SAN CLAUDIO 



Only- tHirty-six miles from Havana, on tHe splendid 

 deep-Mrater Harbor of Cabanas je/ £/ £f ^ 



Deep, fertile soil, high, healthful and well watered. Land all cleared, 

 ready for the plow. Government stone highway direct to Havana. Regular 

 Freight Service direct from San Claudio Wharf by boat to northbound steam- 

 ers in Havana harbor; low freight rates, no re-handling. Fine American 

 Hotel, General Store, School, American neighbors, daily mail, boating, 

 hunting, fishing, three sugar mills near by. Farms on easy terms. 



For full particulars and Illustrated Book on Cuba and Tropical Agri- 

 culture, write 



FRED C. BECKER, Manager, *"«i?^P^5Si^^ 



