THE CUBA REVIEW 



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THE SUGAR INDUSTRY 



One Day's Output 



General Mario G. Menocal, who was a 

 candidate for the presidency of Cuba, is 

 manager of the Chaparra estate, which has 

 the largest sugar plantation in Cuba. To 

 a friend in New York, General Menocal 

 has sent some comparative figures that are 

 interesting. In the twenty-four hours of 

 March loth the Chaparra mills turned out 

 1,805,700 pounds of sugar. Shipment of 

 this in one lot would require a train of 

 thirty-six cars of 50,000 pounds capacity 

 each. — Nezv Orleans Picayune. 



Ownership 30 Per Cent, Production 



50 Per cent 



The production of American-owned 

 sugar mills warrants the belief, already ex- 

 pressed, that the percentage of production 

 of sugar by these mills in Cuba during this 

 season will reach at least 45 per cent of the 

 total output. The significance of this, as 

 well as the general record of efficiency now 

 being established by other new American 

 sugar mills in Cuba, is being commented 

 upon widely, and the statement is freely 

 made that the American production will 

 in another season be over 50 per cent of 

 the whole, although numerically the Amer- 

 ican mills represent only about 30 per cent 

 of the whole. — U. S. Consul-General Jas. 

 L. Rodgers, at Havana. 



Wharves Authorized 



By decree of the president, the Cha- 

 parra Sugar company has been authorized 

 to construct a railroad track on the coast 

 of the Chaparra inlet, Puerto Padre, as well 

 as a wharf, four warehouses and iron 

 tanks for the use of the Chaparra sugar 

 mill and the San Manuel sugar mill. 



La Discusion of Havana, under date of 

 August 31st, said that well-known Amer- 

 icans had been inspecting lands in Guane, 

 Pinar del Rio Province, on which to build 

 a sugar mill. The finca "El Caracol" and 

 the old mill San Francisco, situated be- 

 tween Guanajay and Cayajabos, it is said, 

 will form the nucleus of the new central. 



The Preston Mill 



The Preston mill, Oriente Province, 

 finished grinding August 27th with a total 

 output of 450,538 bags, thus closing the 

 season's work of the mill, with an increase 

 of 163,822 bags over the output in 1909. 



The past records of the Preston since it 

 was founded in 1907 have been : 1907, 

 98,034 bags; 1908, 122,492 bags; 1909, 286,- 

 716 bags, and 1910, 450,538 bags. The mill 

 at the beginning of the season estimated 

 an output of 380,000 bags, and made 78,- 

 538 bags m_ore than that figure. 



The Preston is owned by the Nipe Bay 

 Company of Boston, Mass. ; the manager 

 is O. G. Sage. 



Cuban Liquid Sugar Arrivals 



(From Vice-Consul John W. T' omas, Manchester, 

 England) 



A recent arrival at the Manchester docks 

 was a cargo of thick liquid sugar from 

 Cienfuegos to be used by a local firm for 

 the manufacture, in conjunction with hops 

 and other ingredients, of cattle feed and 

 other specialties used in the rearing of 

 farm stock The shipment was pumped 

 from the vessel into tank cars in which 

 it was conveyed to the manufacturer's 

 works. 



This liquid sugar differs from molasses 

 in so much as the non-crystallized cane 

 sugar retains such valuable materials as 

 pectin, juice, lime, glucose, and gums, 

 which are not found in the ordinary white 

 sugar used for domestic purposes. 



The bulk of liquid cargoes were until 

 recently convej'cd in barrels, but the intro- 

 duction of tank vessels has proved so 

 economical that this mode of shipping will 

 probablj' be more largely adopted in the 

 future. 



It illustrates the latest innovation at the 

 port of Manchester. 



Laborers Emigrating 



Pinar del Rio Province is losing its 

 population because of hard times. About 

 400 families have emigrated in the last 

 month to Santa Clara Province, where 

 they have been offered homes and work 

 on some of the sugar estates. There are 

 but seven active sugar plantations in the 

 former province, while in the latter there 

 are ten times that number. Work is more 

 plentiful on the sugar estates than in the 

 tobacco fields, where unfavorable weather 

 conditions have affected the crop and left 

 the laborers without work. 



Quarterly Dividend Declared 



The Cuban-American Sugar Co. has de- 

 clared a quarterly dividend of one and 

 three-quarter per cent on the preferred 

 stock, payable October 1st to stockholders 

 of record on September 15th. 



