34 THE CUBA REVIEW 
The Sugar Industry 
Operating Results in Cuba 
Under date of May 7th, Facts About 
Sugar gives the following information 
on operating results in Cuba: 
Figures showing the operating results 
obtained by a number of important Cuban 
sugar mills, up to about-the end of March, 
indicate the extent to which the 1920-21 
campaign has been subject to interruption 
from unfavorable weather and give data 
on the showing of the current crop in 
sucrose content, purity and yield. 
Among the mills reporting are those 
of the Punta Alegre Sugar Company, 
the American Sugar Refining Company’s 
Central Cunagua, several other large mills 
in the eastern provinces and one or two 
in Santa Clara. The data are as follows: 
Percentages 
Yield 
Sucrose Normal juice 96° 
in cane Suc. Pur. sugar 
12.82 13.19 $1.62 11.37 
12.07 13.76 79.10 10.38 
11.84 13.82 82.37 10.62 
13.20 15.21 $3.67 11.75 
12.21 14.11 82.48 10.84 
12.20 14.02 80.21 10.57 
11.35 13.10 80.39 9.85 
12.16 14.61 $4.06 10.69 
13.13 15,08 $4.60 11.43 
12.99 15.59 $3.80 11.21 
12.43 14.38 84.18 1115 
12.65 14.24 $1.00 11.53 
12.90 15.06 $4.75 11.19 
13.43 ares ee 11.40 
The highest percentages of sugar re- 
covery among the mills in this table is 
shown by Central Florida and the lowest 
by Central Agustin. Sucrose in 
cane was highest at San Ramon and 
lowest at San Agustin. Sucrose in juice 
was highest at Caracas and lowest at 
San Agustin. Purity of juice was highest 
at Soledad and lowest at Rio Cauto. 
The highest percentage of time lost 
during the campaign is reported by 
Punta Alegre, 32.66%, the figures for other 
mills reporting being as follows: Trinidad, 
3144; Rio Cauto, 28.73; Caracas, 
27.21; Cunagua, 26.27; Florida, 19.72; 
Soledad, 18.39; Hormiguero, 18.02; Ermita, 
17.24; San Agustin, 15.79; Agramonte, 
12.88. The eastern mills in this group 
have, on the average, lost more time than 
those in the western provinces. 
San 
Consumption of fuel oil to weight of 
cane ground was greatest, among mills 
reporting in this particular, at Caracas, 
7.20%. Ermita was next with 4.35%. 
The percentages for the other mills are: 
Jatibonico, 3.37; Trinidad, 3.05; Soledad, 
2.63; Rio Cauto, 2.34; Punta Alegre, 
2.24; Cunagua, 1.42. 
New Refinery at Cienfuegos 
The formation at Cienfuegos of a new 
company for the operation of a sugar 
refinery has just been announced. It 
is known as the Damuji Refinery and 
is capitalized for $125,000. Construction 
operations have been begun, and it is 
announced that the plant will be ready 
for operation about the middle of July. 
It will have a capacity of about 100 bags 
of sugar daily. 
The officers of the company are Enrique 
Regalado, president; Roberto Caballero, 
vice-president; Rafael Fiol Caballero, 
secretary; Florencio Rafael Velis, trea- 
surer; Justo Regalado, manager. The 
directors are Cipriano Arias, Carlos 
Trujillo, Antonio Oviedo, Federico Laredo 
Bru, Donato Artimé, Ricardo Guerra, 
Luis Emilio Hernandez and Emilio Mon- 
tano. 
Estimated German Sugar Consumption 
for Production Period 1920-21 
Mr. Howard W. Adams, representative 
of the Department of Commerce, reports 
from Berlin that it is estimated that the 
German sugar production for the 1920-21 
period will reach a total of 970,000 tons. 
It will probably be necessary to supple- 
ment this amount by an importation of 
20,000 tons. The retail price of sugar 
during the current production year has 
averaged 8 paper marks per kilo (2.2 
pounds), and the average price for im- 
ported sugar has been about 12 paper 
marks per kilo. With these prices as a 
basis for calculation, the total expen- 
diture in paper marks by the consumers for 
the production year 1920-21 will be as 
follows: Sugar of domestic production, 
7,760,000,000 marks; imported sugar, 
240,000,000 marks; total, 8,000,000,000 
marks. 
