THE CUBA RE r I K IV 



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Santo Domingo' s Sugar Output 



Rains have been frequent and fairly 

 abundant in Santo Domingo, in contrast 

 to conditions prevailing last year, and the 

 managers of the sugar estates are feeling 

 correspondingly encouraged over the out- 

 look for the next campaign. Although the 

 growing cane is not in as good condition 

 as they would like to see it, it is improv- 

 ing steadily and a continuation of ample 

 moisture should put it into fairly good 

 shape by the commencement of the grind- 

 ing season. 



In spite of the damage inflicted by the 

 abnormally dr>' weather last year the out- 

 put of sugar from the grinding of the 1922- 

 25 crop, which is now completed, has 

 reached a slightly higher figure than was 

 generally predicted in estimates made be- 

 fore the opening of the season and while 

 grinding was under way. The production 

 of the principal mills, in bags, was as fol- 

 lows ; 



Romana 226,000 



Consuelo 175,419 



Santa Fe 137,633 



Barahona 127.000 



Quisqueya 93.203 



San Isidro 91,778 



San Luis 64.063 



Colon 57,458 



Porvenir 56,467 



Italia 48,381 



Angelina 45,304 



Boca Chica 45,000 



La Paja 43,158 



Ocoa 3,651 



Ansonia 329 



Total 1,214.843 



This is equal to 173,549 long tons. In 

 addition, the output of the small mills 

 near Puerto Plata — Cuba, Amistad, Mer- 

 cedes, San Carlos and Monte Llano — 

 amounted to 9,821 tons, making a total of 

 183,370 tons for the whole crop. Actually 

 the outturn from cane grown in Santu 

 Domingo was slightly higher than is in- 

 dicated by this figure, as La Romana. in 

 addition to its output of sugar, shipped 

 considerable quantities of cane to Central 

 Guanica in Porto Rico. The sugar from 

 this cane ligures. of course, as part of the 

 production credited to Porto Rico. 



Corn Sugar 



It was reported recently that the Corn 

 Products Company had developed a new 

 com sugar called Cerelose that would 

 shortly be put on the market in competition 

 with cane and beet sugar. This is now 

 said to be entirely without foundation by 

 the officials at the New York offices of the 

 company. The articles referred to had 

 asserted that the new form of com sugar 

 was equal in sweetening power to the best 

 grade of refined cane or beet sugar now 

 offered in the market and that it could be 

 manufactured at a much lower cost. 



The only basis for these statements, ac- 

 cording to Corn Products officials, is that 

 the company has recently made improve- 

 ments in the corn sugar which it has been 

 manufacturing heretofore so that it is able 

 to turn out a pure white product of 99.5 

 per cent. It is a dextrose, however, and 

 is not claimed to be a competitor of sucrose 

 in its familiar commercial form. 



In fact, the merit of the new form of 

 corn sugar is said to Lie in the fact that 

 it is inferior in sweetening power to cane 

 and beet sugar. It is intended to be used 

 for special purposes where a high testing 

 sucrose is not desirable. One of its most 

 important applications is expected to be in 

 the preparation of infant foods, where a 

 less degree of sweetness than would be im- 

 parted by ordinary sugar is desired. It is 

 said that it is appUcable also to various uses 

 in the medical field, as in cases where 

 h>podermic injections are required. 



With this dextrose product, it is pointed 

 out, food can be sweetened sufficiently for 

 the use of infants and invalids and can be 

 assimilated more easily than sucrose by the 

 digestive organs. Levulose. it is said, is 

 converted by the process of digestion into 

 dextrose, so that the new product may be 

 described as a partially digested product. 



The manufacturers, it is stated, intend 

 to turn out their new product on a com- 

 mercial basis, but only for special purposes 

 such as those mentioned above, and do not 

 intend to offer it on the market generally. 

 They anticipate only a limited demand for 

 it and do not consider it in any way a com- 

 petitor of ordinar\- cane and beet sugar. 



