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THE CUBA REVIEW 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



and Philadelphia furnished additional evi- 

 dence that uniformity was needed. 



The new scale is to be used at 20° C. The 

 standard temperature in sugar analysis is 

 20° C. The advantages as well as the 

 necessity of the new Bureau of Standards 

 Baume scale are shown by the following: 

 First, it is based upon the specific gravity 

 values of Plato, which are considered the 

 most reliable of any available; second, it is 

 based on 20 C, the most convenient and 

 widely accepted temperature for sugar work; 

 third, it is based on the modulus 145, which 

 has already been adopted by the Manufac- 

 turing Chemists Association of the United 

 States, by the Bureau of Standards, and by 

 all American manufacturers of hydrometers. 

 — Commerce Reports. 



SUGAR IN ENGLAND. 



According to an article in tlie Financial 

 Mail of London, the political disturbance in 

 Cuba has already made itself felt by increasing 

 the sugar shortage in the United Kingdom. 

 It seems to be thought that the shortage of 

 the Cuban sugar crop has already made some 

 difference in the supply going to the United 

 Kingdom. It is stated, however, that the 

 prospect of the sugar crop of Natal is en- 

 couraging and that the cultivation of sugar 

 is attracting much more attention in the 

 colony of ^Mozambique, which is very well 

 suited to the cultivation of sugar cane and has 

 already attracted British capital. 



ST. CROIX 



The following figures show the amounts of 

 ■sugar exported from St. Croix during the 

 past 16 years: 



Amount 

 Year Tons. 



1900 12,9X5 



1901 9,244 



1902 13,014 



1903 17,080 



1904 11,481 



1905 13,637 



1906 6,182 



1907 10,998 



1908 11,483 



1909 3,955 



1910 10,836 



1911 10,496 



1912 9,865 



1913 5,968 



1914 5,206 



1915 4,015 



CUBAN SUGAR CROP 



Under present outlook, and with normal 

 weather, 2,500,000 tons i.^ believed to be possi- 

 ble maximum sugar crop. Fires interrupted 

 railway traffic and labor disturbances have 

 caused great decrease in output, estimate of 

 which was too high in beginning, owing to 

 character of cane in large sections. Maximum 

 stated represents decrease from early estimate 

 of about 800,000 tons. Little authoritative 

 information is available as to amount of 

 decrease attributable to revolution, but loss 

 of 500,000 tons seems conservative estimate, 

 — American Consul General, Havana. 



AMENDED ESTIMATE 



The American consul general at Habana, 

 Cuba, states that the figures of the probable 

 Cuban sugar crop transmitted March 28 may 

 be increased by at least 10 per cent. 



PRESTON 



The United Fruit Company's mill at this 

 point has just completed the installation of 

 six large new settling tanks to replace twenty 

 of the old style, also four complete Sanborn 

 Evaporators with one LiUie additional, and 

 new heaters, preparatory to the additional 

 unit to be installed at this mill to be ready 

 for next season's grinding. 



The United Fruit Company is having 

 thousands of acres of land cleared and plowed 

 in the vicinity of Nipe Bay along the new 

 extension of their railroad from Preston, 

 preparatory to planting in cane for next 

 season's grinding. 



FORMOSA SUGAR 



When Formosa was taken over by the 

 Japanese in 1895, the sugar production 

 amounted to 75,000 tons per anniun. Lender 

 the Japanese adminstration the annual pro- 

 duction is now 350,000 tons. 



SUGAR CROP IN GUADELOUPE. 



Owing to the heavy demand in France for 

 sugar the prospects are that the prices for 

 this commodity will be high. The annual 

 export of sugar from the colony averages 

 about 40,000 tons. 



