THECUBAREVIEW 35 



CENTRALS REPORTED AS FINISHED GRINDING 



MAY 7, 1917 



Bags Per Cent 



Central Est. Actual Short Over Short Over 



KWANA 



Occidente 25,000 16,542 8,4.58 347c 



MATANZ.\S 



Armenia 8.5,000 77,300 7,700 9% 



Elena 15,000 19,000 4,000 27% 



Feliz 135,000. 142,000 7,000 5% 



G Mena 365,000 325,000 40,000 119c 



Triunfo 20,000 30,000 10,000 50% 



SAGUA 



Maria .\ntonio 50,000 40,300 9,700 19% 



CAIBARIEN 



Vitoria 165,000 30,000 13.5,000 82% 



CIEXFUEGOS 



Dos Hermanos fAcea) 28,000 28,000 



NTJEVITAS 



Senado 270,000 64,000 206,000 76% 



ANTILLA & NIPE BAY 



Alto Cedro 90,000 (?J Abandoned 



Cupey 110,000 30,000 80,000 73% 



Elia 115,000 2.3,000 92,000 80% 



jobabo'' 300,000 60,000 240,000 80% 



SANTA CRUZ 



Francisco 350,000 195,000 155,000 44% 



2,123,000 1,080,142 

 1,080,142 



1,042,858 bags short, or about 150,000 tons. 



Estates reported finished 15 



Per cent of estimated crop reported 8.7% 



Average shortage 49% 



SUGAR REVIEW 



Specially vritfen for the Cuba Retiew by Wilktt & Gray, Xeo York. 



Our last re%-iew for this magazine was dated April 9th, 1917. 



At that date Cuba centrifugal sugar 96° test basis was quoted at 5-1 /32e. cost and freight 

 and at this MTiting is 53^c. c. & f. 



During the interim the changes were as follows: April 10, 5140.; 11th, 5-5/16c.; 12th, 

 o3/^c.; 13th, 5-7/ 16c.; 19th, SMc; 23rd, SJ^c; 24th, 5-3 'IGc; 25, o^c; 26th, 5-3/16c.; 

 May 1st, 5Mc.; c. & f. unchanged to date. 



From these quotations it is to be noted that fluctuations were He. dovm to 3, 16c. up from 

 the 5Mc. level, at which the month began and closed. 



Sugar must now be classed among other food products subject to regulations to be fixed 

 by the Ciovernment. Thus far the Government has made no special regulations, but much 

 talk relating thereto is being heard from "\^'ashington. 



No doubt the action of refiners in limiting the distribution of refined sugar to the countrj' 

 to the actual requirements of consiunption has done much to keep prices from advancing as 

 thev might have done, temporarily at least, under a strong speculative demand from all sources. 



