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quarter of the world's sugar production and one-half of the world's exportable surplus, 

 while all the rest of the world, including our former allies, France, England and Italy, 

 are all on short rations clamoring for sugar. 



All this sugar has been supplied at a wholesale price of 8.82 cents per pound and 

 the retail price of about 11-12 cents per pound, while French people pay 10.8 cents 

 wholesale, England 12 y 2 cents and other countries much higher prices. 



American people want even more sugar than they have received. The question 

 arises as to whether we have the moral right to take away out of the world's "sugar 

 cake" more than we have already taken, even if more sugars were available. 



United States Sugar Equalization Board, Inc., 

 Statistical Division, 



October 14, 1919. 



According to advices from New Orleans in regard to the domestic cane crop just 

 started, the major portion of the crop averages poorly, although beneficial rains and 

 high temperatures during the latter part of September assisted in the improvement 

 of the cane. The condition on October 1st was fixed at 53% of normal, which would 

 indicate a sugar crop of about 125,000 tons of sugar or about half a normal crop. 

 The first arrivals of new crop Louisiana sugars at New Orleans were reported to us 

 this week. This lot consisted of 162 barrels of clarified sugar, and sold at 20% cents 

 per pound. This is, of course, to a large extent, a sentimental price, buyers con- 

 tinuing their custom of many years in paying a liberal premium on the first lot of 

 new crop sugars. 



The distribution of the new crop domestic beet sugar is now becoming general 

 in the territory west of Buffalo-Pittsburgh and the 80th meridian, but owing to the 

 serious shortage of sugar in these sections, the supply will go but a short way in 

 filling in extremely heavy demand. These sugars are being distributed on the basis 

 of 10 y 2 cents less 2% Seaboard basis, despite the opinion of the Attorney General 

 that the price of 10 cents less 2% Seaboard basis is the highest price justified. 



According to our cable advices from the United Kingdom, the household sugar 

 ration, which had previously been maintained at 12 ounces per head per week, was 

 recently reduced to one-half this amount, but later, on the settlement of the English 

 railroad strike, the quantity was increased to eight ounces per person. Wholesale 

 grocers, however, are being restricted to 75% and manufacturers to 50% of the 

 amount used by them in 1915. 



New York, N. Y., October 29, 1919. 



SALE OF CANE AND TIMBER LANDS SUGAR AND MOLASSES* 



M. H. Lewis, President of the La Maya A report from the vice consul at Matan- 



Valley Land & Improvement Co., has sold zas, Cuba, says that 27,098 tons of sugar 



the cane and timber business of the com< were shipped direct to the United States 



pany and its 60,000 acres of land and in American vessels during September and 



other property at Belona, on the Guan- 2.3,025 tons of molasses; also 5,071 tons 



tanamo & Western R. R., to the Belona of sugar in foreign vessels. 

 Sugar Co. of Havana. It is the intention 



to develop the property into a 500,000-bag FORECAST FOR CROP OF 191 9-20 IN 



central. INDIA 



— - According to official advices the fore- 

 cast of India's sugar cane crop for 1919-20 



CENTRAL SANTA MARIA . g {]mt |he ( . V()p wi]1 be good in lnost f 



Mr. M. Gurri, Administrator of the La the important cane-growing provinces. 



Maya Valley Land & Improvement Co., at The total area planted is estimated at 



Belona, Oriente, has been appointed Ad- 2,086,000 acres, as against 2,550,000 acres 



ministrator of Central Santa Maria, Guan- at the corresponding date last year, and 



tanamo. final acreage last year of 2,820,000 acres. 



