32 T H E C U B A U i: \' I K W 



lai»Hl ac-nnrm;: t.. Varyiiii: I'li.-.s fur '.x; n.-iv.- T.-sl ('.•iiinriiL;nl Siii-'iir. Cost and 



Fr.'i-lit and iMity Taiil: , -- / . ,j, 



'.»]" toUl' ( W/(/l .l//orriii- (Add) 



I'ricc fM;° /oiM= ( /'«(/«'7 1 r. it/'. imfi/Pdid 



f. a/-. Dutfil'uid r. i(/'. litih; I'uid V< ntx duts 



(V«/x r(»(/.y 



.-,.<M» — .'•.!«> ti.(Kl — (J.Vrtt 



,j.(H»— (•.{>'.» 7.00— 7.00 



7.«Ml — 7.0! I S.iMt — S.!»!» 



S.(M» — S.!IO 0.00 — O.'KI 



JI.IMV- <».<|«» 1(MM> — Kl.'.Ct 



lO.lHV- lO.JHI ll.UO— ll.M'.t 



1 1 .(H I— 1 1 .".»'. • 1 2.00— 1 L'.'. « > 



1 2.< K>— 1 2.! t! I 1 : ;.oo— 1 : '..'. t; t 



Alliiwanct's at prices liiirlicf than nlmvc to In.- <>n saiin' |.r..iMirti(inate basis. 



<Mir liunn-s on tiio consnniiit inn of sn^rar in tlu- Tnitctl States fur the year 1010 

 aiv very interestinjr. tliis ti^nr*' liavin,:: e.xetvded, for tlie tirst time, tlie four niilliou 

 ton niari<. tlie total eonsuniption lieini: 4,(ir.7,<;71 tons. Tlie increase over lOls was 

 577.(Mi.-. tons or 10.305';^ It nnist he reinemltered tliat lOls felt the full eftect of 

 wartime conditions, antl in that year there were consunuHl 1S7.00:'. tons less than in 

 1017. 



The meltinjr of sujrar at the three Atlantic ports durin.L^ lOl'.t was ahout 7n(i.uu0 

 tons Ijir^'er than in lOls, hut this was offset \>y an increase of aiiont 4-(mi.(i(iii tons in 

 the exports of refined sujrar fntm these ports; at New Orleans the exports werej 

 ahout three times those of the iirevious year, and hence show a few thousand tons 

 fallini,' off in consumption. (Jalveston. however, enjoyed a substantial increase, and 

 fcjavaimah distributed about the .^^ame amount of sujrar throughout the country, and 

 in addition exported sonu' ls,(MMi tons. San Francisco recovered its lost ground of 

 last year. 



The fiirures for the year 1010 show a per capita consumption of s."(.4:; jionnds of 

 sujrar, ajrainst T^.'M pounds in lOlS. The amount of Cuba sujrars ctaisumed in 1010 

 was 2,(MJ7,(i.jl tons, as ajrainst 1,881,244 tons in 1018. Of course, the importations of 

 Cubas were nuich larfrer. but the raws were used in the manufa<ture of export jrranu- 

 lated to obtain the drawback of the duty and included over .".( M >,( ;< it ) tons that belonged 

 to the Koyal Commission that were refined here for their account. Of the sugar 

 consumed, the American Sugar Ilefiniug Co. inanufactui-ed 2~.ir2',. against .■•>l..">o% 

 in 1018, and the other refiners 40.73'/^ against 51. 70^^ last year. 



The following table shows the exports of refined sugar fidui all ports in the 

 United Stales for the year lOl'.i with countries of destination: 



K.Xl'dKTS OF UFFl.XFO SFCiAU FIIO.M TIIF ATF.WTIC I'OItTS 

 (New York. I'.osfon and Philadelphia! 



War 1010 

 /'oinidis To)ix'2,'24<ilh9. 



Great Britain :!2:!.4.". 1.222 144.:J07 



France 400,s:!s,«.n>:', 210,124 



Switzerland 2.240,787 1,(Mi(i 



Norwa V 14,2:!0.812 • (i,:',.">t; 



Sweden 22:^.,.-.2.j 100 



Denmark '.i,(I.".0,!M>4 4,310 



Greece .1U. 077,027 22.(125 



Holland 1 ,(130,.5G1 730 



Belgium l(;,8o7,237 7.525 



Germany 275.220 122 



Austria 2.015.577 0(K) 



Russia :',,248,2s:! l .4.50 



Gibraltar, f. o 7(>,234,lfK^> . :'.4,(t34 



Spain .54,003,4(J7 24.110 



Portugal 205,020 00 



Italy 24.207.001 10,850 



Turkey 27.s:;i ,:',c,:; 12,425 



South America :;."..o20.013 14.750 



