Cuban Cane Sugar 



production of cane sugar may be of 

 interest. 



Country Short Tons 



Cuba 3,000,000 

 British India (consumed locally) 2,400,000 



Java 1,264,000 



Hawaii 585,000 



Porto Rico 350,000 



Philippines 300,000 



Peru 200,000 



Brazil 194,000 



Argentina 175,000 



State of Louisiana 150,000 



State of Texas 1,000 



The secret of Cuba's superiority 

 lies in both the quantity and quality 

 of her soil. 



With a depth, in some places, of 

 as much as thirty feet of soil, the 

 richness is such that cane, with a 

 single planting, will bear its annual 

 crop for from seven to ten years; 

 while in the two next important cane 

 countries Java and British India 

 replanting is done every year. 



In Cuba, too, the seasons are ideal 

 for the economical production both 

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