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THE CUBA REVIEW 



New Orleans that the American is to pay 6.35c. f. o. b. New Orleans for the 20,000 tons of 96° 

 raws which they were able to secure on their offer for 100,000 tons, instead of an average of 

 6.225c. Only a small part of this sugar will be refined at the Chalmette refinery, as three cargoes 

 have been ordered to North Atlantic Ports. The demand for these Louisiana sugars has been 

 so heavy that refining grades are not offered and all of these grades arriving are applied on con- 

 tract. The planters are also considerably oversold on clarified sugars and Plantation Granu- 

 ated. There is considerable difficulty in obtaining railroad cars to move the sugar. 



The refined sugar situation throughout eastern sections of the United States is still in a 

 critical state, although somewhat relieved bj- further releases to the domestic trade, by the Food 

 Administration, of export sugars taken over by the Government from neutral interests and 

 Russia. Some twenty-five cars of Domestic Beet sugar have also been rushed east for distri- 

 bution throughout the New England States, where the shortage has been most acute, and a 

 further quantity which will arrive shortly is now being alloted to the buyers in eastern sections. 



The quotation for caue refined was reduced by the American fiom 8.35c. to 8.15c. less 2% 

 for cash basis, recently, American being the only refiner in position to offer any sugar at the 

 present writing and the quantity offered being infinitesimal, although the National refinery enters 

 the market occasionall.v and accepts a little business. Distribution of refined is being made in 

 five or ten barrel lots, even to large buyers. Pennsylvania Sugar Co., also accepts an occasional 

 order, but our other eastern refiners as yet have no sugar to offer. Some relief, however, is ex- 

 pected the latter part of this month and by the end of January, conditions will no doubt be 

 normal. Some of our Cuban friends have requested usual offers of refined sugar, but the export 

 of same is still impossible. The E^xport License Bureau is in close harm ony with the United 

 States Food Administration and licenses are refused except where permission to ship is ob- 

 tainable from the latter organization, which is possible at present only in the case of certain 

 of our Allies. 



New York, N. Y., Dec. U, 1917. WILLETT AND GRAY. 



HOME-MADE BEET SYRUP. 



The authors describe a method for the man- 

 ufacture of beet sugar (Patent No. 1,555,806 

 ■of October 5, 1915). 



The beets are carefully cleaned by soak- 

 ing for a few minutes and then washing mth 

 a brush. A barrel is placed upright and the 

 beets finely sliced with a sharp knife on the 

 barrel, so that the slices fall inside. Boiling 

 water is then immediately poured over the 

 beets so that they are well covered. The 

 barrel is then covered, wrapped in a cloth 

 folded many times, and left for an hour; 

 from time to time it is shaken without being 

 uncovered. The liquid is then filtered through 

 a cloth or run out through a tap in the cask. 

 The filtered liquid is then evaporated over 

 an open fire till it becomes syrupy. Thirty- 

 five litres of beet give 70 litres of slices which 

 are covered with 38 litres of boiling water. 

 The slices are not crushed after maceration ; 

 as they still contain a little sugar, they make 

 an excellent food for i>oultrv, pigs, etc. The 

 •scum which rises during heating must be 

 ■carefully removed; by this means the syrup 

 loses the disagreeable taste of the beets. 

 The syrup, while still hot, is put into boxes 



or bottles, which are carefully closed up so as 

 to prevent the formation of moulds. — D. C. 

 Townsend and H. C. Gore, in United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 

 823, pp. 13, fig. 10., Washington, May, 1917. 



HAWAIIANS MAY INVEST IN PHILIPPINE 

 SUGAR MILLS 



A deputation of three Hawaiian sugar pro- 

 ducers has left for Manila to investigate a 

 project there for the organization of one to 

 three new sugar centrals, the mills to be capi- 

 talized, constructed, and operated by Hawai- 

 ian capital. The lands are to be operated as 

 cane-sugar estates by Manila capitalists. 



The mills, if authorized, will be constructed 

 by the Honolulu Iron Works. A first-class 

 mill heretofore has cost from $700,000 to 

 •11,000,000. The higher price of materials 

 may easily cause an initial cost of $1,000,000. 

 This company already has furnished two cen- 

 trals for the Philippines and four for Formosa, 

 and has constructed practically aU of the 

 mills in operation throughout the Hawaiian 

 Islands, besides furnishing one for Mexico and 

 two for Cuba. — A. P. Taylor, Correspondent, 

 Honolulu. 



