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T II !•: «• r r. a k i: \ i i; w 



Ciil.a 7 800.230 



Mniiziinill.. 9 849,091 



Siuitii ("niz (l.-l Siir 1 449,590 



Nut'vilas 2 474,745 



Antilhi liii 3.:{n(U>34 



Niiv I?ii V 1 :'.07.755 



Jiuiin. ; !•-• 2,;»2:;.44S 



Giliaiii iiiiil riK-il.) I'jMlic •■'. 1,011,074 



Baii.'s 1 408,290 



Maiial i ] 507,366 



Zaza 2 55,985 



Trinitla.l 1 114,572 



190 27,802,435 



:5,nT 1,770 tons 

 (►ill- itirrrsiM.iKlriil in I'mlo li'uo lins issued his estimate I'nr tlie 1919-20 crop as 

 42(;.(;:',l imis. Weather ((nulitious are favorahle and Lirindinu' is now getting well 

 under way. 



Tlie season is practically over in r.ouisiana. it l)eiim- reported at tliis writing 

 that Duly two sugar factories are still in operation, witli the quantity of sugar manu- 

 factured not expected to exceed 105,000 tons of sugar. 



Our regular monthly cable from the Plulippines gives exjiorts during November 

 of 7,<XtO tons to San Francisco and 1,000 tons to Oriental count lies. 



From Java our cable giving November figures reports exports of 25,0(M) tons to 

 Europe and i:'r..ri('0 tons to the Far East. Tlie following is the latest statistical posi- 

 tion of Java : 



'I'ons 



Stoek April 1, lOI'.i .•!1<;.1S7 



Crop, 1910 1,:'.:'..">,763 



Total Sui)ply 1 ,051,950 



Exports, April 1 to .\"(.veiiiiK i- :;(i. i'.)i!» *l.i:!s,c,i4 



II. .me <-onsumption 4U,(HK( 1,17^,014 



Ksiiinat«'d balance of snpi.ly to I>eceiiibcr 1. I'.H'.i 473,336 



* Includes T.Uli :nid lOlS crop. 



In the T'nited Kin;:(loni all dealings in sugar onlside tlie country are iirohibited 

 except under authority of the Iloyal ( "oinmissioii, whether or not tlie sale is or is not 

 to be efttMied in the I'. K. 



New York. N. Y., Decmber 31, 1919. 



McNARY SUGAR CO.NTROL BILL 

 On December :ilst I'lesicU-nt Wilson 

 signed the McNary iiill continuing Gov- 

 ernment control of sugar in the United 

 States. 



This bill confers discretion on the Presi- 

 dent in the matter of purchasing the sugar 

 crop of Cuba. Some of the Cuban sugar 

 has already been purchased and there is 

 no control over sugar in Cuba as there 

 was last year and it nught, therefore, be 

 impossible for the Government now to step 

 in and purchase the sugar without increas- 

 ing the price to the consumer. 



The bill, however, continues the licens- 

 ing power also and this jiower may be used 



to assist in controlling profiteering among 

 distributors. Much Cuban sugar is com- 

 ing in now and the indications are that 

 prices have reached their peak and that 

 there will lie a tendency for prices to fall 

 in the next few weeks. 



The main purpose in signing the bill 

 apparently was to retain licensing power 

 in the hands of the Government so that 

 it may be exercised in case conditions de- 

 velop which appear to make this advis- 

 able. 



It is understood that a large measure 

 of discretion is to be left with the Sugar 

 Equalization Board as to the exercise of 

 the authoritv conferred bv the law. 



