THE CUBA REVIEW 



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THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



sugar alone would not be possible. In the 

 human engine the food elements must balance 

 and subsistence on one alone would derange 

 the whole digestive system. 



In these days of war conservation it be- 

 hooves us all to use foods as sparingly as 

 possible, consistent with proper nourishment. 

 Efficient home managers who are planning 

 their menus on a calorific basis are not unduly 

 cutting their sugar consumption, but rather 

 are cutting down on those foods which furnish 

 slight food value at high cost. 



In this connection, from the following 

 United States Government tables, (C. F. 

 Langworthy, Chief of Home Economics, 

 Department of Agriculture) the extremely 

 high fuel value of sugar will be instantly 

 apparent. 

 One Pound Calories 



Sugar 1,810 



Corn 1,685 



Oats 1,670 



Wheat 1,625 



Rice 1,620 



Rye 1,620 



Navj^ Beans 1,560 



Pork Chop 1,535 



Lamb Chop 1,475 



White Bread 1,180 



Beefsteak 1,090 



Cream 881 



Eggs 695 



Cottage Cheese 495 



Potatoes 375 



Milk 315 



Apple 285 



Onions 220 



String Beans 190 



A consideration of these food value tables 

 needs but little explanation. They indicate 

 that sugar is today probably the most 

 economical of foods.— Ammcan Sugar Bulle- 

 tin. 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 



According to the Continental press, Aus- 

 tria's production of raw sugar during the 1917 

 campaign amounted to 530,000 metric tons, 

 or about 200,000 tons less than in 1916. 

 Hungary's output is placed at 130,000 tons, 

 as against 200,000 tons in 1916. Prices are 

 higher in Hungary than in Austria. 



SPECIAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING 

 REFINERS OF CANE SUGAR 



(r':ffective October 1st, 1917.) 



Rule 1. All carload shipments of sugar 

 shall be made in car lots of not less than 60,- 

 000 pounds each, unless a different minimum 

 is authorized by special written permisssion 

 of the United States Food Administrator: 

 Provided, however, that cars of lower carrying 

 capacity than 60,000 pounds may be used, if 

 loaded to their maximum capacity, without 

 such permission. 



Rule 2. No refiner of sugar shall buy 

 sugar from or sell sugar to any person after 

 notice from the United States Food Adminis- 

 trator that such person has failed to take out 

 a license as required by section 5 of the food- 

 control act, or that such license has been 

 revoked in accordance with said act, 



Rule 3. No refiner of sugar shall make, or 

 have outstanding at any time, any contracts 

 for the sale of sugar except such as require 

 shipment within 30 days, the specifications 

 thereof to be given within 10 days from the 

 date of the making of such contracts, and 

 excepting contracts with the Federal, State 

 and county governments and for export. 

 Any other contract of sale is hereby deter- 

 mined to be an unjust, unreasonable, and un- 

 fair practice. 



Rule 4. No refiner of sugar shall sell sugar 

 for delivery within the United States to any 

 person who is not regularly engaged in the 

 business of selling sugar at wholesale or retail 

 or using sugar in manufacturing or is not a 

 consumer of sugar. 



Rule 5. Every refiner of cane sugar shall, 

 on or before October 1, 1917, furnish to the 

 United States Food Administrator, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, and publish to the trade a price 

 list showing his selling price and all selling 

 terms and differentials then in force. After 

 such price list or any subsequent price list 

 shall have been issued no refiner of sugar 

 shall make any sales thereof except at the 

 price, differentials and terms shown in the 

 price list then in force until the refiner shall 

 have prepared and mailed to the United States 

 Food Administrator a new price list showing 

 any change made in said price, differentials 

 or terms. This rule shall not apply to the 

 sale of washed plantation sugars, clarified 



