THE CUBA R E V I E W 



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SUGAR BAGS 



The Cuban Chiinibcr of Commerce has 

 announced that the efforts of the C'uban 

 Government to secure the cooperation of the 

 British and I'nited States Covernments in 

 supplying the necessary ships to carry sugar 

 bags from India to Cuba have been successful. 

 The British Government announced that it 

 would devote several boats especially to the 

 transfer of sugar bags from Calcutta and 

 Rangoon to Havana ports. Following the 

 British Government's accession to the request, 

 the .'vmcrican CJovernment also acceded, 

 announcing that its Pacific ocean steamers 

 would transfer as much of this cargo from 

 India to San Francisco as was possible, the 

 bags being carried overland from San Fran- 

 cisco by rail. 



For some time the scarcity of sugar bags 

 has been a grave problem and it is hoped 

 that there will be an ample supply in the 

 future. 



GLYCERINE FROM SUGAR 



Discovery in the internal revenue division 

 laboratory of a process for manufacturing 

 glycerine from sugar was announced July 14 

 by the Treasury Department. 



Under the secret process evolved the cost 

 of this substance, a heavy factor in the manu- 

 facture of explosives, will be reduced to 

 slightly more than one-fourth of its present 

 cost. 



Glycerine is at present manufactured 

 almost entirely from fats, at a cost of 90 cents 

 a pound, which is six times its cost of pro- 

 duction before the war. Extraction of the 

 product from sugar will insure production, 

 officials estimate, at 25 cents a pound or less. 



The immense importance of the discovery 

 in conserving the fat supply of the nation is 

 pointed out by officials, who declare that 

 Germany's fat shortage is largely due to the 

 use of fats for production of ex-plosives. 

 Germany has long since been forced to dis- 

 continue the manufacture of soap in order to 

 conserve the fats for munitions making. 



The discovery is the first to be annomiced 

 by chemists working in co-operation with the 

 Covmcil of National Defense. 



This booklet is written by .Mr. A. Lee Henson 

 and describes the merits in mechanical con- 

 struction of the Chain Drive as used for power 

 transmission in the Smith Form-a-Truck, 

 manufactured by the Smith .Motor Truck 

 Corporation, Chicago. 



Link-Bell "TT" Class Jiollrr Cftnitis for 

 Tradors and Trucks, book No. 320, published 

 by the Link-Belt Co., Chicago. This booklet 

 gives some interesting facts regarding the 

 manufacture and use of roller chain. 



Zelnickers' Bulletin No. 222, August 14, 

 1917. This bulletin, called the Blue Streak 

 Special, lists locomotives, cars, track acces- 

 sories, etc., which the Walter A. Zelnicker 

 Supply Co. of St. Louis, .Mo., have for 

 immediate shipment. 



NEW BOOK 



Authority has been given by General 

 Marti, Secretary of War and Navy, for an 

 elaborate work illustrative of the hfe of the 

 soldier and sailor of Cuba. The book is 

 to be a complete history of the armed forces 

 of Cuba from the time of organization up to 

 the present time, and will contain photo- 

 graphs and biographies. The purpose of this 

 book is said to be to arouse renewed interest 

 in the army and navy and to give other 

 countries some idea of what Cuba's armed 

 forces are. The book is to be published in 

 three languages, Spanish, French and English. 



TRADE PUBLICATIONS 



"Some Fads About Roller Chain Drives," 

 book No. 361, pubhshed by The Link-Belt 

 Co., Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis. 



HAWAIIAN SUGAR MILL. 



A new sugar-producing plant to cost more 

 than $80,000 will be erected by the Olowalu 

 Sugar Co., one of the large producers on the 

 island of Maui, Territory of Hawaii. An- 

 nouncement of the project was made at the 

 close of a general meeting of the corporation, 

 which has decided to begin work on the new 

 factory at the close of harvest of the 1918 

 crop of sugar cane. The mill will be suppUed 

 w'ith rollers 18 by 27 and replace macliinery 

 in an eight-roller plant which has been in 

 service for a number of years. 



Reports received at Honolulu from planta- 

 tions on the island of Hawaii indicate that 

 practically all the sugar companies operating 

 there have decided to increase the storage 

 capacity of plantation warehouses from 50 

 to 200 per cent. There are 45 sugar planta- 

 tions in Hawaii, with an output valued at 

 $70,000,000 annually.— .4. P. Taylor, Cor- 

 respondent, Honolul u . 



