THE CUBA REVIEW 



19 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



ADVISES SUGAR GROWERS TO ORGANIZE 



Dr. C'espedes, Cuban minister to Washing- 

 ton, advises sugar mill owners and sugar 

 growers to organize, name representatives and 

 delegates and studj-^ all the problems as pre- 

 sented during the present harvest, in order to 

 aid more efficiently the diplomatic steps that 

 may be taken by the government in case the 

 continuation of the war makes it necessary 

 next year to follow the same procedure that 

 was employed this season in effecting the 

 sale of sugar. 



To this end, he requests that mill owners 

 and growers send to the legation at Wash- 

 ington, through the Department of State, all 

 data that may be used to demonstrate the 

 changes in the cost of production of sugar and 

 with these data as a base, arrange for the 

 price to be fixed for next year's crop. 



SUGAR IN VETERINARY SURGERY 



La Clinica Vcterinaria, No. 19, pages 766- 

 785, reports that sucrose as well as glucose 

 has been successfully employed as a dressing 

 in veterinary sm-gery. The article states that 

 its action as an absorbent as well as an anti- 

 septic dressing serves the purpose as well as 

 other compounds previously used and in ad- 

 dition it stimulates the nutrition of the 

 tissues and prevents all possible forms of in- 

 fection. 



NEW USE FOR SUGAR 



A new use for sugar has recently been found 

 by Drs. Swart and Ultce, of Java, in the cur- 

 ing of rubber. Heretofore acetic acid was 

 used exclusively for that purpose, but through 

 the experiments of the above-named scientists, 

 it has been learned that sugar acts equally as 

 well as, if not better than, acetic acid for this 

 purpose, and it may be employed at greatly 

 reduced expense. 



NEW CENTRAL "MARIMON" 



Central "Marimon," owned by the Com- 

 pania Azucarera Oriental Cubana, is located 

 on the line of the railroad from Guantanamo 

 to San Luis at about 42 kilometres from 

 Guantanamo and 45 kilometres from San 

 Luis. The administrator is Sr. Antonio 

 Arias. Central "Marimon" will have an out- 

 put of 50,000 bags and the sugars will be 

 exported through Boqueron, Guantanamo 

 Bay. The owners are unable to say when 

 this mill will commence grinding, inasmuch 

 as it is under construction. 



HAVANA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CO. 



The New York Stock Exchange, Febi uary 

 6, 1918, announced that application had 

 been made to list $1,218,000 additional 

 general mortgage 5 per cent sinking fund 

 bunds. Series A, due September 1, 1954. 



SMALL INCREASE IN RETAIL PRICE OF SUGAR 



Price Price Per Cent 



Article and Unit of Measure Julv 15, Oct. 15, of 



1912 1917 Increase 



Lard, per pound 148 .371 151% 



Corn meal, pound 030 .070 133% 



Pork Chops, pound 193 .388 101% 



Flour, pound 035 .070 100% 



Eggs, dozen 278 .551 98% 



Bacon, pound 246 .482 96% 



Ham, pound " 243 .426 71% 



Chicken, pound 200 .312 56% 



Sugar, pound .062 .097 55% 



Butter, pound 339 .508 50%, 



Milk, quart 087 .127 45% 



Potatoes, pound 023 .031 35% 



The above table, taken from the Monthly Reviews of the United States Bureau of Labor 

 Statistics for October, 1916, and December, 1917, shows average prices for the entire United 

 States, and indicates clearly that sugar, in addition to being one of the cheapest foods, has in- 

 creased much less in price during the past five years than many staple food items. 



It will be noted that the retail price of sugar at present is lower than the October, 1917, 

 price, consequently the percentage of increase of retail price of sugar is less than the 55% 

 shown above. 



