The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-20

the passage Of the Underwood law the
question Of tho manufacture Of direct
consumption sugars in Cuba for export
to the United States has called forth
considerable discussion here and more
than occasionally rumors are set aAoat
that certain factories are about 70
install equipment that will permit. the
making Of this class Of product. Usual
", however, when these rumors are
traced to their sources they amount
to nothing more than a casual remark
by the chemist superintendent or ad,
ministrator of the factory in question
concerning the practieability Of such
a procedure, says q Havana correspond
ent of the Louisiana Planter and Sugar
Manufacturer. Il
Within the past few days rumors Of
this kind have been more than usually
plentiful and continue TO be persistent
regarding the intention Of the owners
Of a large and modern house in the
Orient to so alter their equipment that
direct consumption sugar might be
turned out and also in regard TO the
intentions OF the owners Of Central
Cuba to make q part Of their product
into high-grade stuff. Neither Of those
reports could be verified but we do
learn that the work of almost complete.
" rebuilding Ingenio Fortuna, Havana
Province, is now being pushed as fast
IS possible and that II is intended to
have this place in shape 20 grind bet
ween the tenth and fifteenth of the
coming January and to turn out a d.
rectly edible product.
Probably For Local Demand Il
We are not informed as to whether
any effort is to be made to export For.
tuna 3 output, but as there is a growing
local demand for sugars of this grade,
It is more than likely that market
can be found here on the island that
will be profitable. Especially should
this be true as Fortuna is only short
distance from Havana by rail-
So far as We are able to Judge, entire,
~, independent of any promptings by the
work at Fortuna, several Of the local
dailies this week devote themsolyes
etitoriaIly TO admonitions to the in.
genio owners that they should not al.
low the prospective profits of l9l4- 1915
to slip through their fingers but should
plant the greater portion in factoryaim-
provements that look toward the manu-.
facture Of higher grades of sugar
Couched in terms that lose no little by
translation says one editor; ''Esta
OCCASION hay que cuidarla como a una
nina bonita a In que sc presenta un
buen partido, un novio con todos los
periquitos. aE al..
Mucha prudcncia, hijita, mira 10
que haees, pom los cinco sentidos, por-
que otro come este no Sc te vuelve a
presentar mas nunca. %Is& .a-,|
Which is to say that the coming
year win present the opportunity for
which all have waited, and which must
not be allowed to pass in the belief that
ii will return. .,,.'-'.'. i
Report BY NOEL Deer 4
Also in this connection, the secre,
tary of agriculture has just issued q
little pamphlet gotten up by Mr.
Deer, dealing with the causes that
bring about the deterioration in stored
sugars and the means which may DO
employed in getting rid of these causes,
This pamphlet does not report any new
work that has been done here in Cuba,
but as it is short and 10 the point and
written in language which may be
easily understood by those who are
not familiar with the subject of micro
organisms, it should be more than help,
full to those who have had trouble with
the keeping qualities of their sugars,
especially TO those who are subscribers
to belief fairly prevalent here that it |
Is the bagasillo left in the juice which |
M a. ln,.y az a. III
of stored sugars. @ile aF
In recent letters we have made re- /
ference to reports that crop would |
be taken of In 1915 at Ingenio Elizslde |
and now we learn, on very good author. |
ty, that the work Of putting the old
factory in shape is going forward. We
understand that little or no new APP |
paratus Is being installed although the
factory has lain idle for, some years.
A considerable quantity of cane grown
in Elizalde's own fields is available,
hut we are not informed as to the
amount of sugar which the owners
count on making. ~
Railroad Extension
Down at Juragua an extension of the
narrow,gange railroad Is
being built 10 connect with the broad,
gauge lines of 1ngenios Maria Victoria
and Perseverance, whose sugars will
be shipped TO port over the Juragua
lines This will be on arrangement
like others that are occasionally seen
here when it becomes necessary to
change from, broad TO narrow gauge the
cars being so built that they may be
lifted from the trucks Of one width,
which are then run from beneath the
suspended body and replaced by the
trucks of the other gauge.
Central Caracas, which is also in the
ienfuegos districts is receiving very
thorough oyerhauling at the hands Of
It's new owners, and there Is every in-
dieatioR that At viii be put in shape 20
grind "a larger, quantity Of cane than
therefore ppd also 10 work M the
resulting mlee more eeOnOmieallv, al
thorgh we note that a shplNal Of coal