THE CUBA REVIEW. 31 



SUGAR REVIEW. 



Specially written for THE CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, New York. 



Our last sugar review for this magazine was dated Dec. 6, 1909. Centrifugals 

 were then 4.315c per lb. 96 test. Repeated declines in December brought quotation 

 to 4.02c at this writing. 



January shipments are 29.-'8C cost and freight, equal to 3.985c landed. 



European beet sugar, after declining during December to 12s O^d for December 

 and January and 12s 3d for May, recovered fully to the highest prices of the cam- 

 paign made on December 1st, say 12s 9d for December, 12s 934d for January, 13s 

 for May. 



Cuba Centrifugals are 69c per 100 lbs. below beet parity, a sufficient difference 

 to warrant the present enquiries for Cuba Centrifugals for shipment to the United 

 Kingdom, but no transactions reported. 



Last year, at this time, Cubas were 47c per 100 lbs. below beets. Notwith- 

 standing, the large Cuba crop estimate of 1,831,400 tons by Messrs. Guma-Mejer, 

 the smaller European crops, of which the average estimates of three leading ex- 

 perts is 6,108,000 tons, and other favorable conditions warrant expectation of a 

 steadily improving price campaign this year, eventually eliminating the above parity 

 difference to a large extent. 



We give herewith our annual statement of the sugar trade of the United States 

 for the calendar year 1909: 



The figures show the consumption of sugar 3,257,660 tons, an increase of 71,871 

 tons from 1908 or 2.256 per cent., against an increase of 191,810 tons or 6.406 per 

 cent, for the preceding year, against 4.469 per cent, average yearly increase for 28- 

 years. 



The total consumption of sugar upon which full duty was paid was 200,441 tons, 

 and of sugar on which a concession of duty was allowed was 2,193,123 tons; con- 

 sumption of domestic production, 864,096 tons. 



Cuba contributed 1,427,531 tons; Hawaiian Islands, 4^3,671 tons; Porto Rico, 

 235,117 tons; Philippine Islands, 46,804 tons; domestic cane, 409,960 tons; domestic 

 beet, 434,000 tons; maple sugar, 11,000 tons, and molasses sugar, 9,136 tons. 



The total consumption of refined sugar in 1909 was 3,110,430 tons, of which 

 the American Sugar Refining Company manufactured 1,341,988 tons, or 43.14 per 

 cent., against 45.14 per cent, in 1908 and 49.27 per cent, in 1907. 



The Independent refiners manufactured 1,318,684 tons, or 42.40 per cent., 

 against 37.98 per cent, in 1908 and 37.44 per cent, in 1907. 



Domestic beet sugar factories contributed 433,848 tons refined, or 13.95 per cent., 

 against 16.31 per cent, in 1908 and 13.19 per cent, in 1907. 



The Hawaiian Island cane factories contributed 15,144 tons, refined, or .49 per 

 cent., against .51 per cent, in 1908 and .06 per cent, in 1907. 



Foreign refined supplied 766 tons or .02 per cent., against .06 per cent, in 1908 

 and .04 per cent, in 1907. 



The average difference between raw and refined sugar in 1909 was .758c. per 

 pound, against .884c. per pound in 1908 and .893c. per pound in 1907. 



For the year 1910 the average value of raws, under the outlook of supply and 

 demand, should be somewhat higher than in 1909. 



New York, Jan. 6, 1910. 



Improved Railroad Service. Train No. 2 leaves Santiago daily at 



8 A. M. Camaguey at 4.25 P. M. and 



The improved through service of trams arrives in Havana the next morning at 



on the United Railways of Havana and 7.06. 



the Cuba Railroad brings travelers ' Train No. 3 leaves Luz Ferry, Havana, 



quickly and comfortably to Matanzas, daily at 7 A. M., arrives at Camaguev at 



Cardenas, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, 10.15 P- M. the same day. By this train 



bancti Spintus, Camaguey, Holgum, An- travelers are afforded a great daylight 



tilla, Santiago and all intermediate trip through the heart of the island. 



P°^"ts. Train No. 4 leaves Camaguey daily at 



Train No. i leaves Villanneva station, 6.30 A. M. and arrives at Luz Ferry, 



Havana, daily at 9 P. M., arriving in Havana, the same evening at 9.25 P. M. 



Camaguey at 12.40 P. M. the next day Trains Nos. 3 and 4 are modern, com- 



and Santiago at g P. M. on the same fortable cars, equipped with electric 



day. lights and fans. 



