. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA REVIEW 35 Stiulonts (if I lie iii(l,i-;t IV declare tliat 1t:e iiroadeniiiK of s'ligur ;irp only well under way and tluit l)el"<)re yi-ars tiie ])c'i- capita eonsunijjtion of other countries will appnjxi- mate that of the Ignited vStates. They contend that, comixircd witii other foods, it is one of the cheai)est and that it is K^inK to be a matter of production and not consun'.ption that will bother the world l)efore loiif;;. They say, too, tliat liie end of tiu' war will farnish a {greatly increased demand in lOarojVe, as t
. The Cuba review. Cuba -- Periodicals. THE CUBA REVIEW 35 Stiulonts (if I lie iii(l,i-;t IV declare tliat 1t:e iiroadeniiiK of s'ligur ;irp only well under way and tluit l)el"<)re yi-ars tiie ])c'i- capita eonsunijjtion of other countries will appnjxi- mate that of the Ignited vStates. They contend that, comixircd witii other foods, it is one of the cheai)est and that it is K^inK to be a matter of production and not consun'.ption that will bother the world l)efore loiif;;. They say, too, tliat liie end of tiu' war will farnish a {greatly increased demand in lOarojVe, as the beet supjar indvistries of tiie Central Empires have not been well cutivated in the ])eri()d of hostilities, and the seed matter is likely to ])laKiie the l)eet farn)- ers. Sujrar st(K'ks have fallen to a ver\ low sta;e and will retiuire ;;. If the i)redietion of ti^.e stvidents that the i)r()l)lem of tlie future is K'>i"K f" '«' niorc in producing enoiigh sugar to n^.eet the demand rather than finding a good market for the an^.ount produced, it is gonig to be necessary to look for additional good territory for sugar raising. Of the cane districts of the world none compares with fvuha. Of the other West Indies islands, Porto Rico ranks next to (\i1)a, but Porto Rico's yield is little than one-eighth of that of Cuba. Tlie Hawaiian Islands ])roduce a little less than ( tons a year, or al)out IS'^ of what Cuba furnishes. Hawaii lias about reached the of its ]iossibilities. The croj) of Cuba today makes up practically one-tiiird of the caiu> cro]) of the world, and Cuba has not reached 'ts limit l)v anv mean-;. I I i •. LoadinK C'aiie C'ar'ts mvaitiiis tlieir tui'ii at tlie !M ill THE SUGAR REVIEW Specially written for The Cuba Review by Willett & Gray, New York, N. Y. Our last review for this magazine was dated February 6, 1917. At that d.;te, Cuba Centrifugal sugar 96° test basis, was quoted at 'SJ'ic. per lb. cost
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