, 1891-02-11
Havana.
From the Louisiana Planter

Sugar Market Owing to better advices
from New York, the demand has notably
> improved at this place, but transactions
have continued limited on account of high
er.pretensiOnSO on the part of holders, who arc
asking to-day prices that fully exceed by /
and ] real the sum those buyers could Iea-
soDably pay in harmony with quotations
ruling abroad.
The, shipments to Spain, which during
pre- yious years have always been very ac-
tive at this time, have totally subsidized, on
account of the strong competition made to
the Cuban sugars by those produced in
Spain and she Canary Islands, on which
the heavy duties to which our produce is
subjected on its entrance into the peuinsu-
la are not levied.
A fact we'll known to our planters, AMI
against which our cham bers of
have repeatedly and vainIy claimed, is that
Notwithstanding all that has been and is
said to the contrary, the production of sugar
in Spain and the Canary Islands is ra-
Their insignificant and the industry is kept
up for the only purpose OF distributing
through the whole peninsula French and
German beet sugars, struggled through
Gibraltar, as proceeding from the national
factories, whose total production does not
amount to one-tenth part of what it is
said to be. 2
The sales, owing to the reasons stated
above, were rather limited, especially nthis
market, during the past week, and only ag-
gregate 1000 bags centrifulgals, SO test,
new crop at 81 RS; 5000 bags, 944 test,
old crop at 4.923 RS; $500 bags 90 to So test
new crop, at Oardenas, at ST rs; 5000 bags,
96 test, at NJ atanzas at 81 rs; and $3.50 bags
04 to SO test, at CienfuegOs, at from 81 to 81
rs; the average price ObtaiDed being 6274
-. 1nn;-oIonk fn . RQ3 Oonfo mar I1nnn1 at.
Crop Prospects The odd and dry wea-
cher having continued to prevail all the
plan tationS OH which grinding has al
ready been ~inaugurated are obtaining
splendid results as regards both the quail-
THY and quality of the sugar manufactured
We are glad to state that our planters
nave at last understood the utility Of chem.
icallaboratories to keep IA strict and sclen-
tifc account of the juice yield OF the cane,
density of the same, Slccharlne richness,
etc, To facilitate their settlements with
cane tenants, and a certain number OF
those whom we are always certain TO find
at the head ofthe sugar manufacturing IN
dustry on this island have already taken NIL
the necessary steps to establish on their
plantations one of these, to-day, i~ndlSpensa"
Die laboratories.
Central Narcisa at Yag1ajay, in the dis
triCt Remedies, has terminated the setting
of the new apparatus and machinery, which
has been added to complete the installation
of this grand sugar producing centre, COM
prieing one chimney 110ft. by ST.; asplendid
brick and stone dwelling for the owners
family another building with capacity for
100 workmen; a three nave department for
the machinery a "a metre cooler a new
set of enormous rollers; a cane shredder;
q 60-hogshead vacuum pan; three new
boilers, and a green bagasse burner.
This estate is expected to produce this
year, 10000 hogsheads of sugar, and has
placed under cultivation an additional ex-
tension of land, which will allow it to t1rn
out 1900 or $4,000 hogsheads next year.
On the 28th ult. the large central Con.
S~tancia, at ~CienfuegOs, commenced grind.
ing, under the most favorable conditions.
January s, 1891.
s.. BIS.