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THE CUBA REVIEW 



Los productores de la nueva cosecha de Java, que empieza, a recolectarse en mayo de 

 1918, parecen estar ansiosos por disponer de sus azucares, pues queda en la Isla de Java una 

 grande cantidad de aziicar procedente de la ultima cosecha. No podemos obtener informacion 

 definitiva acerca de la cantidad que ha quedado, pues es asunto reservado, pero calculamos 

 que haj^ por lo menos 500,000 toneladas de aziicar sin vender. Con esta grande adicion de 

 aziicar y con la nueva cosecha que llegara en breve, los vendedores han hecho importantes 

 concesiones para efectuar ventas, y en este sentido el 22 de enero recibimos de Java un aviso 

 por cable en el cual se anunciaben ventas de azucar terciado crudo i. 2.35c. y de aziicares 

 crudos blancos a 2.78c. ambos fuera de almacen en Java. 



Ha finaUzado la investigacion de la escasez de azucar llevada si cabo por el Comite del 

 Senado, pero hasta ahora no se ha publicado nmgun inforrae acerca de su decision. 



WILLETT & GRAY. 



Nueva York, febrero 7 de 1918. 



LINK-BELT "GRASSHOPPER" CONVEYORS 



-Manufactured by the Link-Belt Co. of Philadelphia. 



The Link-Belt "Grasshopper" Conveyor is 

 the ideal conveyor, because all its worldng 

 parts are out of the material handled and 

 readily accessible, making it easy to inspect 

 and, therefore, less liable to a sudden break- 

 down due to lack of attention. 



The grasshopper conveyor, so called on ac- 

 count of its jumpy motion, is coming more 

 and more into general use, replacing the old 

 style apron and ribbon conveyors for the 

 handling of first and second sugar from under 

 the centrifugals. The simplicity of its carry- 

 ing medium, being merely a smooth open 

 trough, makes it particularly adaptable to 

 the conveying of granular or cry.stalline ma- 

 terial, without grinding or injuring the crys- 

 tals, and at the same time, its smooth surface 

 makes it self-cleaning. 



The sugar is moved along the trough in a 

 regular and continuous stream, and the inter- 

 mittent dropping of the sugar in batches from 

 several centrifugals in line over the conveyor, 

 is easily taken care of by reason of the quickly 

 vibrating motion of the trough which shakes 

 each batch down to a thin layer and delivers 

 it at the end of conveyor in an even feed. 



While the conveying medium is built as 

 light as is consistent with durability and 

 strength, the vibratory mechanism of the 

 machine is very ruggedly made. 



The makeup of this part of the mechanism 

 consists of a heavy hammered steel crank 

 shaft having a slight eccentricity, carried 

 in subtantial cast-iron bearings cast on one 

 common pedestal base to maintain the shaft 

 accurately in line ^^•ith cross head of connect- 

 ing rod. The cross head bearing of connect- 

 ing rod is of generous diameter and width 

 and provided with spht l^ronze bushings hav- 



ing removable shims to compensate for wear. 

 The attachment end of rod where it joins 

 the conveyor trough is arranged with springs 

 so as to soften the shock in the rapid change 

 in direction of vibrating force. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



Bank and Public Holidays Throughout the 

 World, 1918, published by the Guaranty 

 Trust Company of New York. In this booj^ 

 are shown the holidays which banks and busj_ 

 ness houses in every important country an^ 

 colony in the world are likely to observe 

 This is the first compilation of the sort ever 

 published and should be a great help to 

 American bankers, merchants and manufac- 

 turers engaged in foreign trade. 



Another Modern Link-Bell Gravel and Sand 

 Producing Plant, Booklet No. 354, pub- 

 lished by the Link-Belt Co., Philadelphia, 

 Chicago, Indianapolis. This booklet de- 

 scribes and illustrates the gravel washing and 

 sand drying plant of the Absecon Sand Co., 

 Absecon, N. J. 



Sanitary Peeling Tables for the Modern 

 Canning Factory, Booklet No. 356, pub- 

 lished by the Link-Belt Co., Philadelphia, 

 Chicago, Indianapolis. This booklet de- 

 scribes and illustrates the Link-Belt Sanitary 

 Peeling Table. 



The Walter A. Zelnicker Supply Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., have issued Bulletins No. 230 and 

 No. 234, which are free to the trade. 



The Ideal Drive jor Textile Machinery, 

 Book No. 258, published by the Link-Belt 

 Co., Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis. 



This book treats of the selection of the cor- 

 rect power transmission for the varied types 

 of machinery used in the modern textile mill 

 today, and contains many illustrations of 

 the Link-Belt Silent Chain Drives in opera- 

 tion. 



