La South Porto Rico Sugar Company en Puerto Rico y su expansin a La Romana, Repblica Dominicana: problemas de produccin, propiedad de la tierra,

fuerza de trabajo y de mercado, 1900-1920

Humberto Garca Muiz Instituto de Estudios del Caribe Universidad de Puerto Rico-Ro Piedras junio de 2013

Sistema azucarero estadounidense, 1930

Fuente: Myer Lynsky, Sugar economics, statistics, and documents, 1948

U.S. Companies in the Caribbean Included in the List of the 500 Largest American Industrials in 1917
Rank 1 2 63 97 349 371 395 422 Name United States Steel Corp. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey Cuba Cane Corp. Cuban American Sugar Co. South Porto Rico Sugar Co. Francisco Sugar Co. Manat Sugar Co. Central Cuba Sugar Co. Assets ($000,000) 2,449.5 574.1 83.3 51.4 15.5 15 14.2 13

Fuente: Thomas R. Navin, "The 500 Largest American Industrials in 1917," Business History Review, 44, no. 3 (Autumn, 1970), pp. 360-386.

Centrales en Puerto Rico, 1914

Mapa de la provincia de San Pedro de Macors, 1917

Anuncio de negocios de H. H. Gosling, 1920

Hubert Edson, memorias del viaje exploratorio a La Romana, ca. 1909

Duringmy stay at Guanica the SPRSCO became interested in the possibility of sugar production in Santo Domingo. Their attention had been called to a large underdeveloped area in the eastern part of the island, some miles east of San Pedro de Macoris. Mr. Todd, one of the Guanica field representatives and I were asked to go to Santo Domingo to investigate and report on the potential property. The whole area we had traversed, at least 30,000 acres, was unbroken by any large streams or canyons and was covered by heavy tree growth that indicated rainfall sufficient to grow good caneBack at Romana we made soundings of the sea inlet approaching the town and noted that the width of the inlet would permit ships of only moderate size to maneuver. Our report as to the feasibility of developing a successful sugar property was very favorable, at least with respect to the natural conditions of the location. We did call attention that political instability should be considered before venturing into further investment.Hubert Edson, From Scarcity to Surplus, New York: Chemical Publishing Co., 1958, pp. 99, 100.

Caricatura de William Bass, ca. 1911

Caricatura de William Bass, 1911

F. A. DILLINGHAM, A RETIRED LAWYER Ex-Head of South Puerto Rico Sugar Company Practiced Here for 47 Years DIES IN MILLBURN AT 71 Represented Island's 'Sugar Producers at Tariff Hearing MILLBURN, N. J., Aug. 21Frank Ayer Dillingham, retired lawyer and former president of the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company. died at his home here this afternoon. Mr. Dillingham retired last April as a member of the law firm of Rounds, Dillingham, Mead & Neagle of New York. Last December he relinquished the presidency of the sugar company and became chairman of the board. He graduated from Yale in 1891. He received his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1894. He formed a partnership the next year with Ralph S. Rounds. In 1904 the firm was merged with Hatch & Debevoise. The firm later became Rounds. Dillingham, Mead & Neagle. Mr. Dillingham became interested in Puerto Rican business affairs early in his career. He had been a member of the executive boards of the American Colonial Bank of Puerto Rico, the Lake Placid Improvement Company. The Century Mortgage Company, the Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company and the Metallurgical Securities Company.

RALPH S. ROUNDS, RETIRED LAWYER Ralph Stowell Rounds, retired New York lawyer and long time leader in the Foreign Policy Association, died yesterday at the age of 84. His home was in Cannondale, Conn. Born in Cleveland, Mr. Rounds received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in 1887, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Columbia University Law School in 1892 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from New York University in 1904. After being admitted to the New York bar in 1902, he was a prize lecturer at the Columbia Law School, 1892-95, and a professor at the New York University Law School, 1895-99. Mr. Rounds retired from law practice in 1942, when he was a partner in the firm of Rounds, Dillingham, Mead & Neagle. He was a founder of the Foreign Policy Association and served as chairman of its directors for many years.

The New York Times, August 22, 1941

The New York Times, October 23, 1948

Lugar de construccin, Central Romana, ca. 1910

Ciudad de La Romana, ca. 1911

El pueblo de Gunica y el poblado azucarero (sugar town") de Ensenada, 1930

Puerto de La Romana, 1911

Muelle de carga en La Romana, ca. 1912

Construccin de Lnea de Ferrrocarril del Central Romana, ca. 1911

Inauguracin del Ferrocarril del Central Romana, 1915

Embarque de caa, La Romana, hacia Gunica, 1916

Trayecto martimo entre Gunica Centrale y Central Romana

Abastos de Caas de la Guanica Centrale: Zafras 1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21

(tons.)

Zafra 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 *Porcientos redondeados

Russell & Co.. C. por A.

Colonos

Central Romana 117,095 (20) 76,531 (14)** 79,242 (13) **Primera molienda

Total 591,086 555,168 611,328

313,810 (53%)* 160,181 (27) 263,909 (48%) 295,955 (48%) 214,728 (39) 236,131 (37)

La Romana Cane Imports to Guanica, 1931

Both Central Guanica and Central Aguirre have more than one million tons of cane to grind. In addition Guanica is planning to grind a large quantity of cane grown in Santo Domingo. As much as 250,000 tons may be brought in by two chartered ships from there. Central Romanawill grind to full capacity in Santo Domingo, and an effort will be made to bring to Porto Rico for grinding the balance of its cane crop. Besides prolonging the grinding season here [Puerto Rico], the Insular Government will benefit from these cane importations to the extent of $2.50 a ton. For some years Guanica imported cane from Santo Domingo until the duty was increased from $1 to $2.50 per ton under the Smoot-Howley tariff. -Harwood Hull, Porto Rico Expects Record Sugar Crop, The New York Times, 22 November 1931, p. 76

El poblado azucarero de Ensenada, Guanica, Puerto Rico, ca. 1920

El esquema adoptado en la Central Romana fue el de desmontar una parcela de terreno, plantarla con caa de azcar, enviar la caa de azcar en cierto tipo de barco a Puerto Rico el canal all es bastante estrecho, es un corto tramo- convertirla en azcar crudo en el ingenio de Puerto Rico y luego refinarla en los Estados Unidos. Adolf A. Berle, hijo, entrevista con Douglas Scott, 1970.

Central Romana, 1918, postal de Valentn Nazario

Guardias de cuello negro vs gavilleros dominicanos

Central Romana, 1918

CENTRAL ROMANA, 1922