THE CUBA REVIEW 



THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



ANALYSES OF CUBAN SUGARS 

 Tlie following aitide by W. I». Ilunie, 

 Ph.D.. aiipeiuvd in Facts About .SH//«r. 

 March 2oth : 



In the accuiuiiaiiyiug taWIe is givi'n a 

 set of average analyses of Cuban cvn- 

 trifugal sugar.** received during the past 

 nini'tivn years at one of the Atlantic Sea- 

 board refineries. A careful .study of these 

 analy.ses shows that for the past few 

 years the Cuban sugars of tliis class have 

 averaged a little above 0">.5 polarization, 

 about 0.6 per cent, ash, aliout 1.3 per cent, 

 glucose, and a trifle less organic matter. 

 The moisture content has been a little 

 more than 1.1 per cent. 



These figures are fairly satisfactory, 

 indicating the composition of a sugar 

 which keeps well in storage and which 

 can be refined with satisfactory results. 

 It is particularly gratifying to note that 

 In the effort t<» produce vast quantities 

 of sugar Cul»a is, as a rule, maintaining a 

 satisfactory quality in the product. Re- 

 finers are becoming more discriniinatinLr 

 in regard to the refining character of the 

 sugars purchased and are closely watch- 

 ing the individual marks, with the result 

 that those estates producing sugars most 

 advantageous for refining have the greater 

 demand for their output. 



A%'EBACE AX.VLVSKS OF ClIiAN CeNTRTFU- 

 G.\L SlG.XRS 



JAVA 1918-19 CROP 



Tlie ollicial figures of the Java crop of 

 1918 have been published Ity M. W. C. 

 DIcklioff, Director of the Association of 

 I lie Sugar Industry of Java, and ap- 

 lieared in the Journal dcs Fabricants of 

 June 4th. 



The rei)ort places the crop at 1,778,207 

 metric tons of sugar, compared with 

 1,752,158 tons in 1917, the largest previous 

 crop. 



During the season 186 factories ojier- 

 ated, of wliich 102 are in the eastern sec- 

 tion, 53 in the center, and 31 in the west. 

 Ihe area planted for the crop was 4(t2,785 

 acres against .392,284 acres last year, the 

 cane produced 15,882,.54S tons. This 

 su;:ar classified as follows: 



Tons 



White 879,430 



Haw over IC I >. S 4^3., 185 



Haw 12 to It I». S .",77,169 



Lower grades .51,248 



T..tal 1,791,0.32 



Total sugar 1 .778.207 



The lower grades include molasses 

 wiiicli, in determining tlie total produc- 

 tion of .sugar, is converted at the ratio of 

 4 parts molasses to 3 of sugar. 



The yield of cane per acre was about 

 4() tons as compared to 44 tons last year. 

 The yield of cane in sugar was 11.19 per 

 cent, and the yield of sugar iier acre 4.41 

 tons compared to 4.60 tons. 



The croj) to be harve.sted this summer 

 (1919 ( covers 3:'.9,.">04 acres. 



IMPORTS INTO SWITZERLAND 

 Considering that before the war Switz- 

 erland imported approximately lO.ortft tons 

 of sugar per month, or 120,000 tons a 

 year, it is suri»ri.sing to note the decline 

 In her imports of sugar during the first 

 three months of 1919. According to the 

 Journal <h h Fabrkants the imports during 

 January, Februar.v. and March, amount- 

 ed to 7,860 tons compared with 16,755 tons 

 for the same period last .vear. Of the im- 

 port.s. 1,.3.36 tons were from Mauritius; 

 4,395 tons from Java : 2,043 tons from Cen- 

 tral America and 86 tons from other coun- 

 tries. 



