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la cosecha de remolacha de Europa de 3,912,500 toneladas, contra 3,719,325 toneladas 

 en la estacion pasada. 



Respecto a nuestra cosecha de azucar de cana de la Luisiana, se han hecho arreglos 

 con uno de los refinadores de Nueva Orleans para vender unas 30,000 toneladas de este 

 azucar con una margen de 85c. las 100 libras. 



Hay poco interesante que anotar respecto a la tarifa permanente, ahora en nego- 

 cialciones en Washington. A pesar de las peticiones para que al asunto de la tarifa 

 sobre el azucar de Cuba se le de pronta atencion, el Comite del Senado ha estado tan ocu- 

 pado en otros asuntos que se ha hecho poco progreso. Entretanto, el Congreso ha ex- 

 tendido el funcionamiento de la Tarifa de Emergencia, cuyo plazo estaba para terminar, 

 hasta que la ley de la tarifa permanente se ponga en vigor. 



Nueva York, Noviembre 26 de 1921. 



Mr. Robert B. Hawley 



Mr. Robert B. Hawley, for many years 

 connected with the Sugar Trade and one 

 of its most prominent and well-known 

 members, died suddenly on November 

 28th. Mr. Hawley was President of the 

 Cuban-American Sugar Co., one of the 

 largest sugar producing concerns in the 

 world, and also a Vice-President of the 

 Sugar Finance Committee, the organiza- 

 tion through which the Cuban government 

 has controlled the 1920-21 Cuban crop. 

 Mr. Hawley and Mr. Manuel Rionda rep- 

 resented the Cuban government in the sale 

 of the entire sugar crops of Cuba for the 

 campaign years 1917-18 and 1918-19 to 

 the United States government. His con- 

 nections with the above gave him a world- 

 wide reputation and as a great friend and 

 advocate of Cuba, particularly the sugar 

 producing end, his advice was frequently 

 sought by banking circles as well as by the 

 Sugar Trade. His death was a great shock 

 to the trade, as up to the last he was ac- 

 tively engaged in the negotiations regard- 

 ing the tolling arrangement of 900,000 tons 

 of Cubas. 



The expressions of sympathy throughout 

 the Sugar Trade are general, heartfelt and 

 sincere. 



India's 1921-22 Crop 



The sugar production of India from the 

 1921-22 crop will probably approximate 

 2,350,000 tons of crude sugar, compared 

 with the estimated yield of 2,500,000 tons 

 from the 1920-21 crop. This estimate is 

 based upon the acreage, unfavorable 

 weather conditions at the time of planting, 



and the condition of the crop about the 1st 

 of August, as reported in the first sugar- 

 cane forecast of the government of India 

 for this season. The sugar-cane acreage 

 reported in the first forecast of this year 

 is 2,371,000 acres, as against 2,553,000 

 acres finally reported for the 1920-21 crop, 

 but past results indicate that the final 

 acreage for this year will be a little larger 

 than this first estimate. 



Italian Production 



It is announced that the production of 

 sugar in Italy this year exceeds 2,000,000 

 quintals (1 quintal=220.46 pounds), 

 whereas last year it was only a little more 

 than 1,000,000 quintals. Since the con- 

 sumption is estimated at 2,200,000 quin- 

 tals and as there is a certain amount of 

 sugar on hand, Italy's need to import sugar 

 this year will be reduced to a very small 

 amount as compared with the 1,000,000 

 quintals purchased abroad last year. 



Estimated 1921 Crop of Natal 



In spite of the devastating drought which 

 has prevailed in the sugar-gromng districts 

 of Natal, it is estunated that the crop for 

 the present season will produce 150,000 

 tons of manufactured sugar, according to 

 Consul Lewis V. Voyle, at Durban. If 

 this amount is reached, it will be due to 

 the fact that the increased acreage planted 

 under cane has come to fruition during this 

 season. A further reduction in the con- 

 trolled price of sugar has been announced. 



