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This new line completing the railroad connection between Havana and Santiago, and Antilla,
on the Bay of Nipe, is of standard gauge and similar in its construction and equipment to the better
class of northern lines. All of its important bridges are of steel and masonry, and the line generally
is rock-ballasted. The main line passes along the center of the eastern and wider half of Cuba and
opens up a matchless and most picturesque agricultural region, and passes through the tropical forests
of mahogany, cedar, lignum vite, ebony and many other trees, hung with vines and millions of
orchids. Palm trees of magnificent aspect and great variety abound everywhere. The famed Pa-
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bath rooms and other modern conveniences, and is first class
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This old city has about 40,000 inhabitants, is pictures-
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It will satisfy any stock or fruit grower, sugar cane or timber man, cocoa-
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The only good town site on the North Coast east of Matanzas.
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advanced if we don’t receive $1,500,000 net profit in cash from the sale of
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“ALL ABOUT CUBA”?
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Vol. V DECEMBER, 1906
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No. 1
Jose Maria Heredia, Cuban Poet.
CONTENTS
Cover Illustration, In Santa Clara Province
Frontispiece: Beautiful Yumuri Valley
Wanderings in Cuba
Cuban Highways Ideal for the Automohile
Christmas in Cuba—Mary E. Springer
Cuba in Carnival Costume—Eliza Bunting
Santa Clara Valley
Some Phases of Camaguey
News from Havana
Things Queer and Quaint in Cabs ae Elizabeth ee
The President’s Message on Cuba
Cuban Securities c :
How We Visited a Cuban Plantation :
Cuba’s Agricultural Possibilities—Prof. F. G. Harle
Live Stock in Cuba—Dr. N. S. Mayo
Garden Crops—C. F. Austin
Cuban Fruit and Vegetables
Sugar in November
Bartle, a Thriving Colony
Along the Trocha (Ceballos)
Synopsis of Land Company Reports
Jaragua Plantation .
Boston Colony
Behlen Observatory
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ATTRACTIVE PROSPECT FOR THE AUTOMOBILIST, YUMURI VALLEY. (See p. 18.)
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SALLE ABOUE CUBA’
Copyright, 1906, by the Munson Steamship Line.
STREET VENDERS OF HAVANA WITH THEIR CURIOUS WARES.
Wanderings in Cuba
r es those who have wandered there, Cuba is a land of the lotus. To the northern
dweller racked by climatic tortures, the more intense because always sudden and
severe, and harassed by the fierce, strenuous, unjoyful existence, the modern
truggle for wealth only too often entails, Cuba is a fair island, a land of
sirens which beckon him to her shores for needed rest and enjoyment. He finds it
“a place
Blest by Heaven’s especial grace,
a pleasant shore,
Where a sweet clime is breathed from a land
Of fragrance, quietness, and trees and flowers
Full of calm joy it is, as we of grief,
Too full of joy and soft delicious warmth.”
Scenes more strange than those which India offers meet the eye on every side.
The whole world of nature is strange. The small-leaved forests of the continent are
replaced by taller, more leafy and graceful scions of the vegetable kingdom. The rich
and dainty plants whose acquaintances we made only in heated conservatories and hot-
houses where they were most tenderly nurtured and shielded from every chilling wind
and where at the best but stunted specimens survived, are here in Cuba, springing up
in every hedge and wayside, rude and healthy hoydens with a vigor of life and growth
that sends their branches far up above our heads. And what a novelty and balm the
very air is to northern frost-irritated lungs and bronchial tubes. Breathing is a pleasure,
for the bland airs steal over the system with a serene, soothing and healing influence,
and the feeling of security is always present that every day will be a pleasant day.
Morning after morning one wakes to another day of sunshine. Rains may come, and
showers spring up from nowhere and gently fall, while the whole sky is radiant. Just
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over your head are clouds, a mere handful, and the rain falls just there, but the rest
of the heavens is tranquil and clear.
The beginnings of Cuba’s real existence are linked with the advent to her shores in
October, 1492, of a colossal figure, that of Christopher Columbus. From that period,
Cuba began to mark time, with a feeble rhythm at first, but with stronger and stronger
beat as the centuries rolled on.
Prior to 1492, historians tell us the Indian inhabitants of the island lived a quiet,
peaceful life. We are told they were gentle, hospitable and docile, but disinclined te
any more effort than was required to maintain an easy, slothful existence. The island
was known then as Cuba, an Indian name, though Columbus on landing, promptly
named it Juana in honor of the eldest daughter of his sovereigns. After King Ferdinand’s
death the island was called Fernandina, and later on was named Santiago in honor of
Spain’s patron saint. Still later the inhabitants to show their piety named it Ave Maria.
Notwithstanding these several titles, it is to-day known as Cuba, a name which in all
probability it is destined to retain.
At Columbus’ time the island was divided into nine principalities under different
caciques, all independent of each other, and yet such was the pacific disposition of the
people, the utmost tranquillity usually prevailed. But the invaders soon changed all that
and troublous times came until 1511, when an expedition came from Spain purposely to
conquer and possess all the territory, in which they naturally succeeded, by reason of
their superior armament and methods, killing, it is said, some 500,000 natives in the
process. Few traces of the original inhabitants are now to be found, although in the
interior towns one may find a few descendants. Dating from these ancient days are the
principal towns of the island. Columbus believing he had reached the shores of India,
blundered into the Bay of Nuevitas, the same year.
To a river near there he gave the name of San
Salvador, having but recently left that place. The
river to-day is known as the Maximo, and the en-
trance is still called “Boca de las Carabelas” (en-
trance of the vessels). He also touched at Baracoa,
giving the name of Alpha and Omego to the point
now known as Cape Maisi, still believing that he
had reached the extreme point of Asia.
Two years later he came to Cuba again, reach-
ing Guantanamo Bay, which he called Puerto
Grande. Baracoa and Bayamo came into existence
about this time and in 1511 Trinidad, Santo Espiritu
and Puerto Principe, and four years later, Santiago
de Cuba and Havana, and in 1545 San Juan de los
Remedios. There has been little change in these
towns and the flavor of antiquity is everywhere
noticeable. Guanabacoa over the way from Havana
sprang into existence in 1545 and what is more im-
portant, with the conquering expeditions came the
introduction of sugar cane which has made Cuba
so enormously rich.
In 1538 De Soto’s ill fated expeditions to con-
quer Florida left Havana from which the brilliant
leader never returned.
Thereafter nothing very startling occurred until
1762, when the English took Havana and Matanzas
and the island. They imported negro labor and
set things going. There was a large emigration from
Florida and Santo Domingo to Cuba, which ma-
terially aided matters, and the Floridians brought
over bees and established the honey industry.
Honey and wax exportations of Cuba cut no small
figure in her annual exports. (She sold $776,000
= worth in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905.—Edi-
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tor Cusa Review.) The island was restored
to Spain in the following year by the Treaty
of Paris and the first newspaper established,
‘the Diario de la Marina, which is still enjoy-
ing a hale and vigorous existence in Havana.
Mountains, Plainsand Distances.
The Sierra Maestra are the highest
ranges in Cuba. They rise at Manzanillo on
the south coast and end at Cape Maisi. When
Columbus struck this point in 1494, he thought
he had reached the extreme point of Asia
and named the cape Alpha and Omega.
There is deep water here close to the shore,
and as one skirts the land, the great walls of
the canon of the Rio Grande, 2600 feet high,
seem to tower in the air. Near Santiago
they take the name of Cobre, meaning cop-
per, and there are great mines near the city.
which were first opened by Hernando de
Soto many centuries ago, but are now in
the hands of an American company. The
highest peaks in the island are here and
7670 feet is the maximum height. There
are more mountains in Santa Clara Proy-
ince and others in Matanzas where the
well-known “Pan of Matanzas” greets the
visitor in approaching Cuba. Then there is
the “anvil” of Barocoa, the “saddle” of Gibara,
all picturesque mountains.
Pinar del Rio is broken by many beautiful ranges, the highest being another “Pan”
2530 feet high. In all of this latter range marble deposits are abundant.
The coasts show a freedom from outlying rocks, reefs, bars and keys from Cape
Cruz, southwest corner of the Province of Santiago, to Nuevitas, about 200 miles, with
‘very few exceptions. From there on to Matanzas, the reefs are thick, but there are
many lighthouses along the coast.
Speaking of Bahia Honda, Humboldt said: “Its possession might well tempt any
maritime power at war with Spain.”
Nuevitas has two bays, one called Nuevitas, and the other Mayanabo. The three
islands in the harbor which the steamer passes on the way to the anchorage are called
“Los Ballentos’ (the young whales).
The water is shallow and the boat an-
chors miles from shore. Columbus
sailed into this bay over four centuries
ago, with his queer old ships, and
called it Puerto Principe. The islands
in the bay, probably “the young whales”
already mentioned, were named by him
“El Jardin del Rey,”
(the garden spot of the
Kine). It is said that
during the last election
iieerba, a citizen of
Nuevitas fearing trou-
ble, moved with his
family to one of these
islands and remained
there until the elec-
tions were over. The
city was originally i
VISTA OF
TOWERING PALMS.
NATIVE HOME IN THE INTERIOR.
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called Santa Clara. In 1513 the town was moved to the Indian village Caonao and to
Camagiiey, for the pirates were many and bold.
Nuevitas as a city began its municipal career in 1819 as San Fernando de Nuevitas.
Just across the harbor is “La Atalaya” (the watch tower) an American colony, and
when the owner, Mr. Saucier, of Boston, searched for a site for his house, he looked
for the remains of the old watch tower, which stood there centuries ago to give warning
of the coming of the pirates and the workman found it and a trace of the old founda-
tion, and Mr. Saucier’s house is there. The view from the upper balcony is one that
arouses the keenest admiration. Then the tarpon, the red snappers, needle fish, and other
varieties in the bay give the fishermen the gamest sport. In the mangrove swamps,
you will arouse the graceful heron, and he flies up through the palms like a patch
of blue sky.
Far overhead are countless birds none more graceful that the one called “man of
war” or frigate bird. Far up in the sky, a speck only, he floats along on suspended
wing apparently without effort. On a lower plane are the more plebeian birds, the
buzzards, and still lower the ungainly pelicans. The former are the scavengers of
Cuba and there is a fine of $50.00 for shooting them. The latter are the clowns
of their kind and their peculiar habits are a perpetual entertainment to the tourist.
Decidedly one should visit Nuevitas. One word, however, the hotels are abomina-
ble, absolutely, but you can stand it for a day or two if you are robust.
But after all it is Havana, the queen city of this Queen island, to which tourist
eyes and hearts turn, and though all these coast towns north and south and
all the interior towns strung like beads on the lines
of the United, Western, and the Cuban railroads,
have attractions and characteristics and an archi-
tecture and an atmosphere entirely their own, all
calculated to arouse the keenest interest and to
yield enjoyment not to be secured in other lands, to
every tourist, it is Havana which has a little bit of
all the cities, but which most of all is its charming
self.
So we leave Nuevitas and take the railroad at
the southern end of the city and start for Camaguey,
reaching there in two and one-half hours. There
is much to see in this short ride and more to inter-
est. There are the stations, especially Lugareno
and Las Minas where we stop for a few minutes
to get a cup of coffee at the quaint little booth on
the platform, and you get “ron,” that alluring pro-
duct of Bacardi of Santiago, and if you want the
real thing, order a “chiquita” or “tasita” of black
coffee, a demi tasse if you please, and empty into
a still smaller glass of the aforesaid “ron” or rum and
don’t forget the sugar, two pieces will, be enough.
You can also buy *naranjas or fpinas or jelly and
paste of guava, and bread rolls or a sandwich
of you wish. While you are partaking of this
simple refreshment, a bell rings and the inex~-
perienced traveler drops his rations and makes
a bee line for the train and—‘‘nothin’ doin’.”
The train remains stationary and the veterans
sip their “café y leche” (coffee and milk)
leisurely. Again a bell rings, two strokes, and
nothing happens. But when shortly after-
wards three strokes sound, everybody gets
real busy and in the course of a few minutes,
the conductor blows his whistle and the
train proceeds.
*Oranges. +Pineapples.
GIANT CACTUS GUARD THE ROADS.
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There are many American settle-
ments along this road, though there is |
no indication of their presence. Back
from the tracks across the meadow
land, a quarter of a mile, is a fringe of
trees and back of these you will find
many American settlements and plenty
of Americans living in cozy little houses
and raising fine potatoes and four-pound
lemons and grape-fruit, oranges and
pineapples in great abundance and de-
licious flavor. The land may not look
well just here, but get away into the
interior and there is none better. We
reach Camagtiey about 1 P. M. and
may possibly get to the Be
Hotel Cam-
CATHEDRAL
SANTIAGO.
agtey for
breakfast or
lunch as we
would call
it. We will
not remain in
Camagtiey, leav-
ing descriptions of
this most ancient and pictur-
esque city (it dates back to 1519) for another
chapter, for the train leaves Camagtiey at 3:00 for
SANTIAGO’S PICTURESQUE STREETS. Havana, and we hasten to secure our tickets
and enter the car marked “Primera clase”
(first-class) and are soon going through scenes that bewilder one with their novelty and
beauty. All these places, Camagtiey, the wonderful Santa Clara valley by moonlight,
a bright American lady’s side trip to a sugar plantation and many other interesting
matters are all separately described and pictured on other pages. But now Havana
is our objective point and we ride and ride on through the forests that come down al-
most to the car windows on each side. We pass villages and the inhabitants come
out from the huts and greet their many friends who are in the forward cars, those
of the “tercera clase’ (third-class) with that peculiar wriggle of the fingers of the
outstretched hand which is a universal form. When Queen Victoria the new “reina”
of Spain went into her box to witness the first bull fight, she with a graciousness that
won all hearts stretched out her hand and gave to the assembled multitude the identi-
cal “adios’ the Cubans, mulattos and negroes give their friends all the way to Havana.
Matanzas is well worth a lengthy visit. The city itself is quaint enough and the
buildings are old and picturesque. Then there is the grand harbor, a sail over to the
beach with very often a lucky find of most beautiful shells, the Yumuri Valley, about
which the tourist has already heard enough, but which all the same he must not fail to
visit, and while in the neighborhood enter the little hermitage, which seems to guard the
valley, and climb to the belfry tower, for the view of the city, harbor and ocean is en-
trancing. You may even be able to hire a volante and take a ride in that ungainly but
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comfortable vehicle, although the article is scarce, and the prosaic “rubber neck” automo-
biles are in evidence and make half hourly trips round about the city, past the railroad
station, and on to the Playa, where the baths are and the caves. These latter are likewise
worth a visit. The heat of the underground caverns has deterred many from venturing, al-
massacre of a lot of Indians by the Spaniards and others slyly intimate that it means
just the reverse, a great slaughter of the invaders. It would have been better to have
retained the old Indian name, Yucayo, so much more melodious and characteristic.
Don’t forget to visit the old Fort of San Severino on the harbor front. It was built
in 1692 and takes the shape of a star, the four points bearing the names of Nuestra
Senora de la Rosario, Santa Ana, San Antonio and San Ignacio. At the entrance, you
will find lying in the long grass some old cannon, some dating back as far as 1622.
After leaving Matanzas, the run westward to Havana is filled with the most beautiful
of scenery. It is a continual succession of charming, picturesque groupings of palms,
scarlet hibiscus, thatched huts, and people, that you have ever seen off the stage. Try this
trip after you are comfortably settled in Havana, taking the first morning train at Regla,
which leaves about 6:30 and you will have an experience so agreeable as to be always
remembered. The service of the United Railways is all that can be desired and the
comfort of travelers thoroughly looked after. It is a rolling country. We find here
Royal Palms in profusion and we pass station after station surrounded with gardens
glowing with color. The air is pure and elastic and in the early morning hours in the
country, a light overcoat is desirable. But one notices the results of this pure air in
the throat and nasal organs. Colds in the head are unknown and pocket handkerchiefs
are forgotten.
It is hard to realize as we look about us that but a few days ago we were in the
middle of the bitter cold and snow of the North. A little later in the afternoon, the
character of the views begin to change. The ingenios and cane fields become less fre-
quent, then cease altogether and the houses have more the appearance of pleasure re-
treats. The roads show lines of mules and horses loaded with panniers of fruits or
hidden under great loads of fresh fodder, destined for the mules and horses of the city.
Pleasure carriages appear, then Castle Atares comes in the landscape, Principe, the har-
bor, Morro, the sea, the ships, white, yellow and blue houses and with red tiled roofs
and we are in the streets of Havana close to the hovels and strange brown and black
faces eagerly watch the car windows for friends. Chinese soldiers, priests come in and
we are in the midst of the clanging of bells and the hurly burly of noisy Havana. As
you ride through the streets what a Gil Blas, Don Quixote feeling the names of “posada,”
“tienda,” “viveres,” “cantina,” “pannderia,” etc., give you.
The buildings interest one at every turn, all in different colors, not garish, but
subdued tints prevail, one color over another. It is apparently calcomine and the rain
and the sun has obliterated some and brought out others, making as one looks down the
street the most fascinating of color combinations. We catch a glimpse of the noble parks
and see daintily dressed children playing. Those of 8 and 9 were real little ladies, almost
stately and womanly in figure and demeanor. The Royal Poncianas are simply gor-
geous in great masses of orange colored blossoms that almost hide the leaves. But the
hotel is quickly reached, the principal
ones being near the railroad station.
You have your choice of the Ingla-
terra, Pasaje, Telegrafo and Florida,
but you will find none of them up
to modern requirements. The Hotel
Sevilla is now being built and it may
possibly be that it will be ready next
month. This will be first-class from
the American point of view. You
will be surprised to find that your
first breakfast will be a small affair,
fruit such as oranges, which will be
brought to you on a fork and peeled
down to the pulp, pineapples, and
if you want a sweet pine, ask for
NATIVE BAND.
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pifia blanco (white pine). Cubans don’t care for any other. They are sour to them.
You wili also get grape-fruit if you want it and the Cuban variety is really delicious.
Cubans up the country around Camagiiey call the grape-fruit the foolish orange,
because I suppose it looks like a big orange and it is something else, so you may be sure
they don’t like it. You will also get coffee and milk. Take a very little coffee and a
great deal of milk, for there is no deception about Cuban coffee. When you get out in
the suburbs and even in the cafes in Havana, the coffee will have a pronounced salty
taste, very disagreeable at first, but you get to like it or at least you put up with it as you
do with a lot of strange foods and customs in this strange land. You can also get a
roll for your breakfast and Havana rolls are fine, though those at Cienfuegos are the
best. You might get eggs if you try hard, but you will have to pay extra for them. If
you want an elaborate meal, you must wait for the real thing, which begins at 11 o’clock.
This is the breakfast. The dinner is from 6 to 8.
As you roam through the streets, you will come across distinctively Irish names
like O’Reilly, O’Donnel, O’Farrel and O’Lawlor. These are the names of descendents
of Irishmen who entered the Spanish service after the Battle of the Boyne. On another
page you will find a fuller description of many of the quaint thoroughfares of the city.
Havana was originally called Carenas, that is the place where the city now stands.
Sebastian Ocampo put in here a few years ago, to be exact, it was 1508, and found the
place everyway suitable for “careening” his boats for necessary repairs. Havana in 1519
was known as “San Cristobal de la Habana” and was situated at what is now known as
Batabano. But mosquitoes and fevers caused the town’s removal to Chorrera on the
other side of the island, near its present site. When you take the Vedado cars, you will
pass an old building jutting out into the Gulf, which dates back to these times. The pur-
poses of the occupants were to give notice of the coming of pirates and filibusters who
periodically called in on the city-with disastrous results to the inhabitants. History
seriously records that in 1665 one English predatory expedition, which landed on a dark
night near the Punta, was frightened away by the noise made by the huge land crabs,
and they do make an uncanny noise as they scuttle through the bushes, and by the
cucuyos, the Cuban firefly. The latter has two lights on his head that look like auto-
mobile lamps and they almost scare people who know what they are.
When Diego Velasques removed the city to its present place, he gave it the modest
name of “Key of the New World.” It was burned by pirates in 1528 and that decided
Hernando de Soto to begin the construction of La Fuerza. This old fort is at the foot
of O’Reilly Street opposite the President’s palace and a melancholy interest attaches to
it, that when De Soto sailed to Florida on an expedition from which he never returned,
his wife waited in La Fuerza for his return and died there of grief. The other notable
defenses, the Morro Castle, the Punta and the Cabanas fortress were ordered begun
about 1589 by Philip II. These buildings still stand in Havana and the visitor but a few days
from the prosaic modern up-to-date United States can feast his eyes on real undeniable
objects of antiquity centuries old. These three defences are recorded on the coat of arms
of Havana on exhibition everywhere, given the city by the same monarch. It is a shield
bearing on a blue field three castles argent in allusion to the three forts of La Fuerza,
Morro and the Punta. Under the castles is a golden key to signify that Havana was
the key to the Indies, the whole surmounted with a crown. Cabanas was begun because Morro
was built. The engineer, Don Juan Bautista Antoneli, pointed out that unless Cabanas
was fortified the defences of Morro were of no use as the latter commanded their posi-
tion and so Cabanas was constructed.
You will see bits of old walls here and there in Havana. They were started in
1663 and the old city proper was between them and the harbor front. Fifty years ago
travelers in describing Havana spoke of going in and out of the gates of these huge
walls, so they must have been standing then.
You will visit the Cathedral, of course. There is a tower at each angle, the floor is
of variegated marble, rich frescoed walls and delicate masonry of various colored stone,
the prevailing tint being yellow, and a high altar of porphyry. There is a look of the
great days of Old Spain about it and one can imagine knights and ladies worshipping
here in the old days.
We might go on indefinitely and take the patient reader all over the beautiful
island, for there is much of like things to be seen everywhere. We have aimed only to
suggest the delights in store, confident that the visitor will, if at all observing, see for
himself much more that is beautiful and interesting than here described.
18 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Cuban Highways Ideal.
The superb scenery, delicious balmy air, the quaintness and
charm of her ancient towns and cities, lure many
enthusiasts to these fair shores.
By W. J. Morgan.
Sar continued increase in automobiling warrants the belief that in a few years
during the winter months a warmer climate will be sought by the automobile
fraternity and in large numbers; in that event, Cuba will surely be on the list
of favorite places to visit for touring purposes.
My first experience with Cuba was, when I endeavored to get up a road race with
the aid of Messrs. E. J. Conill and Raymond G. Mendoza, the young Havana capitalist and
lawyer respectively.
THERE ARE A
THOUSAND POINTS
OF INTEREST
AROUND HAVANA,
AND ALL REACHED
BY THE FINEST
OF HARD _ ROADS.
TREES, FLOWERS,
HOUSES AND PEO-
PLE ARE A NEVER-
FAILING ATT RAC-
TION.
THE CUBA REVIEW. 19
ROAD LEADING INTO THE YUMURI
VALLEY.
The above gentlemen gave
me all the encouragement pos-
sible and it was Mr. Conill
who was the ptime mover of
the idea to give Cuba an an-—
nual winter international road
race, such as the Gordon-Ben-
nett of Europe and the Van-
derbilt Cup affair of Long
Island. The snag was run up
against by the International
Racing Association of Cuba.
Offers of financial support were made, and in some cases made good, but in some
cases the would-be donors defaulted, so that it rested with Mr. Conill and his few
willing associates to make up the deficiency, which is a matter of fact both in 1905 and
1906 tournaments.
Eventually the Secretary of the Board-of Public Works became interested and later
on it was suggested to the writer by Mr. E. J. Conill, who was President, and Mr.
Mendoza, who was Secretary of the Automobile Association, that I visit Havana and
see President Palma, asking for the Government's support and co-operation.
In company with Mr. S. A. Miles, General Manager of the National Association of
Manufacturers, I set sail for Cuba and had an interview with President Palma, who the
next day informed me that the Government would grant the use of the road from
HIGHWAYS LINED WITH ROYAL PALMS.
20 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Havana to San Cristobel for the international road race, and that he had so informed the
officers of the International Automobile Racing Association of Cuba.
Ways and means were at once discussed as to the raising of funds and for the
management of the races. Mr. Conill (it can be said) bore the brunt of the above propo-
sition strongly aided by Mr. Mendoza.
Owing to the recent unsettled condition in the Island it was found impracticable to
arrange a tournament this winter 1907, but may be in 1908 the road races may
be again resumed. Judging from a statement recently made by Mr. Mendoza, some
solid support will have to be given in a financial way by the Havana people, especially
the hotels and merchants, before another tournament can be announced.
The racing both winters was fair, and the only drawback to a complete success, was
accidents caused chiefly by the roads with which the foreign drivers were not
familiar. The Cuban driver seemed to have the best of it, as they were able to negotiate
the road much better than were the foreigners.
So much for the racing part of Cuban automobiling.
A far more important vista is that of automobile touring in Cuba. Recently the
writer has received several letters asking for information about Cuban roads, and if it
was safe to take a car there. I have given in answer, all the information possessed by
me and have assured my correspondents that it was perfectly safe to take an automobile
to Cuba, and that about Havana alone, the roads offer inducements for most charming drives.
One of the chief drives, as everybody knows, is San Cristobel, 90 miles from Havana.
Then there is a branch road from Guanajay to Mariel, one of the most delightful
side trips imaginable. I believe it would be possible to go with a car from San Cristobel
to Pinar del Rio, as I have been over part of the trail on horseback. The Cuban Gov-
ernment I believe made all plans to extend the Havana, San Cristobel road to Pinar
del Rio and I saw the bridge masonry work over streams in many places, showing that
the proposition is under way.
The trip to Vento Springs, a few miles out of Havana, is also a very good road and
it is often visited by automobile tourists. Then of course, there is the famous Prado
and Melicon drive at Havana.
It is safe to say, that the Cuban Government, whatever it may be, will surely see to
it that “good roads” country in Cuba will not be neglected, and I think the increase of
automobiling on the Island, especially in Havana, will do much good in spreading the
gospel of “good roads,” which means more to Cubans than it does to most other peoples,
as the climate there is delightful and the attractions superior to most places.
One of the finest automobile rides the writer has ever had, was one evening through
Mariel to Havana, some 50 miles. It was a moonlight night and the drive in the hon-
orable Horatio Reuben’s White steamer was something to be remembered while life lasts.
The one great point in Cuban automobiling is that it is a dry climate in winter and
very little rain falls, judging from the weather bureau reports and the writer’s personal
observation. Then the facilities of getting to Cuba are excellent, especially with an
automobile. They can be shipped by steamer and landed at the docks in Havana. It is
my belief that automobiling in Cuba will be a most important part of that country’s
life in a very few years, and while the cars in the north are practically frozen in, there
will be speeding under the warm skies in the beautiful Isle of Cuba.
e e
Christmas in Cuba.
The Midnight Mass. Traditional Provincial Dancing and
Singing.
N Cuba the advent of Christmas is heralded for several weeks before, by flocks of turkeys
with fiery red crests, emitting their loud “gobble, gobble,’ as they are driven through
Streets by a rustic flourishing a light whip to keep them together, while they hop
along gingerly, like a maid with mincing gait. Squealing pigs, and grunting swine
are also thus exhibited, and cooks and house-maids hasten out doors to make their
selection for the Christmas supper. Roast turkey, and a barbecued suckling pig with
a lemon in his mouth and a twist in his tail, are the traditional dishes for the cena de
noche buena. Cubans celebrate Christmas Eve with a supper as a family reunion
instead of Christmas dinner as Americans do. For weeks before hand, turkeys are
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kept in close quarters and fattened on walnuts to render their flesh more toothsome for
the feast. The supper tabie is laden with roast turkey, baked hams, previously boiled
in champagne and well sugared, and rice and black beans, or moros y cristianos as this
dish is dubbed in remembrance of Spain’s antagonistic races of olden times, the Moors
and Christians. Delicacies of all sorts, fruits, guava marmalade, cheese, preserves and
sweetmeats of all kinds are served and black coffee is succeeded by cigarettes for the
men, who regale themselves with the fragrant weed, while the ladies wink at their
smoking. Wines and champagne flow freely, but seldom does anybody drink to excess,
for intoxication is rare among Cubans who are generally abstemious and temperate, and
intemperance is an imported vice.
After supper people attend midnight mass, or the “Cockcrow mass,’ as it is called.
The birth of our Saviour is heralded by crowing roosters, pealing bells, blare of trumpets,
explosion of torpedoes anf street cries,—in fact by a loud clamor of voices everywhere,
and boys play pranks on unwary church-goers and sometimes pin women’s gowns
together, so when they get up from their knees there is a rip and a rent.
Natives of Old Spain form a ring in the plaza and dance their traditional provincial
dances and sing national airs. The strumming of guitars is heard as well as Cuban
bandurrias and guarachas. A bandurria is somewhat similar to a banjo, and guarachas
are Cuban ditties composed by natives who are apt versifiers, and whose favorite theme is love.
Many families pass the holidays in their country homes and gather around them a
merry house-party. Cavalcades of gallant cavaliers and gay maidens ride to church
while their elders prefer to go in their carriages. Upon their return from midnight
mass, the young people indulge in the langourous danza with its slow, plaintive measure
and graceful swaying movement. To add to the general merriment, sometimes a sprightly
old don will dance the papalote with the youngest girl, imitating the movements of a
kite, and while his partner will pull the imaginary strings, in obedience to every motion,
he sways from side to side and his speed and antics increase. Sometimes a pianist
furnishes the music, or else a number of colored musicians, with primitive drums con-
sisting of two wooden tubs with a hide stretched tightly over each one, on which the
performer beats time with two sticks and rhythmic regularity, while the strident notes
of the trombone or saxhorn intermingle with those of the botija, a clay jar, with finger
holes, into which the musicians breathes, his deep bass harmonizing with the accordeon,
and another son of Ham scratches the smooth surface of a gourd with a small instru-
ment, producing a rasping accompaniment.
Danzas as well as guarachas are often dubbed grotesque names. However, “a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet,’ so this does not detract from their melody. And the
languor, grace and beauty of the tropics seem to be portrayed in Cuban strains.
It is not the Cuban custom to give Christmas presents, as New Year’s Day is their
season for gifts or aguinaldos. On that day, members of families, friends and ove
dents are remembered.
During Advent, all the Roman Catholic churches have a miniature reproduction of
the Virgin Mother and the Infant Jesus. Mary, with the holy babe in her arms, is
represented near the manger, while the Wise Men from the East, who have followed
the star from afar, present their offerings to the Saviour of the world. In the back-
ground are the lowly denizens of the stable. Some devout Catholic families have
oratories in their pala-
tial homes and during
Christmastide also dis-
play a miniature repro-
duction of the Holy
Family in Bethlehem.
And thus we cele-
brate in Cuba the Christ-
mas holidays in com-
memoration of the day
when angels sang: “Glory
to God in the highest,
and on earth peace,
good will toward men.”
M. E. SPRINGER.
PRIMITIVE
WATER
SUPPLY.
22 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Cuba in Carnival Costume.
By Eliza Bunting.
CARRIAGES GAY WITH “SERPENTINA” CROWDING THE MALECON.
HILE the Cubans do not go in for the wonderful pictorial display
of barges, floats and other vehicles of similar grandeur that one
sees at the New Orleans Mardi Gras or the annual Battle of the
Flowers at Nice, yet there is about their spring carnival a distinct
flavor, an atmosphere peculiarly its own.
Early on the Sunday morning preceding Ash Wednesday you
will be awakened by the fusillade of fireworks which usually an-
nounce a fiesta of some kind on the island and if curiosity draws
you to your balcony, you will see on the street crowds of children.
usually of the poorer classes, prancing about in costumes quaint and
ludicrous with hideous masks turning their pretty baby faces into
grimaces of changelings. Unlike, however, the bedraggled fancy
costumes donned on Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s by youngsters of this
country, all the carnival dresses—no matter how cheap—of these children of
the south havea certain artistic value and are worn with the inherent grace
of their race. Many of them are composed entirely of thin colored tissue paper,
which by putting skirt upon skirt ad libitum is made to resemble a ballet
dancer’s costume, but which in the tumult of the day suffers disastrously and
leaves many an olive tinted body nearly bare by nightfall.
One of the most effective costumes, worn by a little dark eyed midget, who
holding out her tiny tambourine, begged in wheedling tones for “one cent,’
was composed entirely of rags torn into even strips about two inches wide and
sixteen inches long whose fluttering ends were most ingeniously gathered in
at the waist and then left to fly as she whirled along.
Walking along the side streets approaching the Paseo del Marti (Prado) which
is the center of gayety, one sees every shop closed, flags out on balconies, murmurs
from an interested populace, standing in doorways, of “Americana—Simpatica Ameri-
cana,’ for despite the large number of resident Americans in Havana, and the even
greater number of annual tourists, an American, and noticeably those of the gentler sex,
always causes a pleasurable thrill of excitement among the natives, and they are all con-
sidered that untranslatable word “simpatica,” which means everything that is delightful.
THE CUBA REVIEW. 23
About four o’clock in the afternoon after the hearty Cuban breakfast and its
subsequent much needed siesta, the real fun begins, and you are in luck if you have friends
on the Malecon or Paseo del Marti who have bidden you to watch the procession from
their private balconies, as the balconies of the various hotels along the line of
march, the Miramar, Telegrafo, Inglaterra and Pasaje, as well as that of the American
Club are usually packed to suffocation. Those who have no claim upon hotel, friend
or club, must content themselves with renting one of the thousand iron chairs, which
are placed along the route of the procession for the accommodation chiefly of the
less wealthy—no disfiguring wooden grandstands being allowed to mar the beauty of
the drive. Everywhere are cheerful venders of confetti and serpentina with the droll
nasal cry “una peseta papeta”’ (twenty cents a package) and we were bombarded with
confetti and flowers on every side by friend and stranger alike before we reached the
American Club where we stood for three solid hours watching the merry war beneath
as the occupants of various carriages and automobiles, pelted each other with accurate
and sometimes deadly aim. By five o’clock the carriages were four deep on either side
of Central Park and they all trailed long streamers of serpentina after them. The
amount of these carnival missiles you have thrown at you attests your popularity, the
carriages containing the prettiest girls always having more than others. One won-
ders at the fascination of driving around and around a circle not more than a mile in
circumference hour after hour for three consecutive afternoons, but the spectacle is
certainly amusing to onlookers.
To begin with, the horses which ordinarily are harnessed double, on carnival days
are driven tandem for no seeming reason other than the gallant display it makes.
THE
PARADE A
ON THE FLOAT
MALECON, OF CUBA’S
HAVANA’S WELL-KNOWN
FAMOUS SOCIETY
DRIVEWAY.
BEAUTIES.
24 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Their hoofs are often silvered or gilded and rosettes of flowers or ribbons gayly adorn
their ears and the various parts of their harness. On the spokes of the carriage
wheels are wound garlands of flowers or ribbons, and the body of the carriage itself
is often embedded in palms and ferns. Vehicles there are of every class—open vic-
torias predominating, from the old-fashioned volante, relic of the days of Spanish
grandeur, to the most modern of four-in-hands, swagger tea carts, and high power
automobiles. Everybody is out in his bravest attire and handsome uniformed officers
vie with duck-clad cavaliers on horseback in pelting the languishing seforitas or sprightly
American girls as they drive past. Throwing serpentinas so that they hit the desired
victoria is a fine art and your arm will ache with the effort long before you’ve mas-
tered it. By dusk the ground is inches deep with confetti, and sepentina trails from the
hundred balconies along the route. for the floral battle is waged not only on the
ground, but those on the balconies pelt those in the carriages who in turn throw their
missiles aloft.
Suddenly with the growing darkness and as if at a concerted signal thousands
of lights spring into being on the moving vehicles. The effect is magical; witchery
is in the soft southern air; the President drives by, his carriage filled with distinguished
guests—you cheer—and suddenly all is over, and you, fatigued and voracious, are more
than ready for dinner in one of the fascinating little cafés for which Havana is
famous. A masked ball at the Spanish or Cuban club follows and it is daylight before
you seek refuge in your casa.
BEAUTIFUL SANTA CLARA VALLEY BY MOONLIGHT. (See page opposite.)
THE CUBA REVIEW. 25
By a Lady from New York.
HEN we were told in Havana that the only train which would take
us to Camagtiey left at nine o’clock in the evening our disappoint-
ment was intense, for ever since our first trip to Cuba two years
before, when we heard of the majestic loveliness of the Santa
Clara valley, which runs through the heart of the island, we had
looked forward to discovering its beauties for ourselves, only to find out that it would
be night time when we passed through it.
It just happened, however, that circumstances forced us to start on our trip eastward
several days earlier than we had anticipated, and much to our chagrin we found that owing
to the stress of travel and the fact that there is only one sleeping car attached to the
train every berth was engaged and we would have to travel in an ordinary day coach.
With the philosophy induced by much travelling, we decided to make the best of it and
supplied ourselves with pillows and rugs, making up our minds to a sleepless night.
Matanzas was reached about midnight, and here some officers of the Rural Guard
(who always ride free of charge) boarded the train and with their songs and card-
playing, destroyed whatever idea of repose we had had, and I can never thank them
enough; for looking out of our window we saw a gradual but intense red glow steal
along the horizon which moment by moment became more lurid. Thinking it one of
the cane fires we had heard about we watched it with interest. Fancy our astonishment
when suddenly the golden disk of a great red moon made its appearance, and soon
the entire valley was flooded with light.
The Santa Clara valley by moonlight! How can one, with even the most ardent
enthusiasm, do justice fo the superb and almost supernatural beauty of that scene! The
moon in the tropics has, as you know, a brilliancy peculiarly intense, and as it shone
upon the slumber-shrouded valley with its cane fields and native huts guarded by sentinel
palms, the sight was one of unearthly witchery and charm. z
Jovellanos was reached in about two hours more and there we all sprang from the
train to snatch a cup of solacing coffee at the little stand which one finds at every Cuban
station.
About two hours before reaching Santa Clara, where one imbibes his matutinal
coffee, the moon fell asleep and the stars were put to bed; and then in the east faint
streaks of feathery lilac and rose and gold began to glimmer and gleam until, with a
mighty rush, the sun rose in all his proud effulgence.
Mile upon mile of wonderful country was passed. People began to appear from the
rude shacks; women with soft dark eyes and fugitive smiles; magnificently bronzed
laborers, barefooted and wearing naught but a pair of linen trousers, urging their patient
oxen toward the cane fields; and merry little children run down to the waiting train and
26 THE CUBA REVIEW.
stare at you unabashed with a frank curiosity in which there was nothing of boldness
but much of interest. The natives are all courteous, and even the lowest has a natural
grace and dignity worthy of emulation.
Cabelleros were seen in picturesque attire riding on old-time high-pommeled Mexican
saddles, swift-gaited, sturdy little Cuban ponies, as surefooted as Rocky Mountain burros.
One creamy-skinned woman, who from her haughty pose and rich garments, seemed a
person of consequence in the province, looked like a print of a hundred years ago. She
was riding with a caballero and the long skirt of her green silk habit almost swept the
ground. Shading her piquant face was a large soft-brimmed Panama.
He who longs for the picturesque must go to the country for such touches of local
color, and the person who, having visited only Havana and Matanzas thinks he has seen
Cuba as she really is finds himself vastly mistaken, for the old-time spirit and langourous
atmosphere has almost entirely departed from these busy seaport towns, driven out
by the active rush of northern enterprise.
As we rolled on toward the east the country became more level, and the palms,
while showing a greater variety, were stunted in their growth. Ten o’clock brought us
to Ciego de Avila, where everybody piled out for a wonderful breakfast served in an
oblong shack by one Ah Chong, an alert and canny Chinaman, who having been drawn
to that part of the country by the fortunes of war, was far-seeing enough to realize that
since the Cuban Company did not run a buffet car in connection with their train he could
do a thriving business with its ravenous passengers, and for the sum of 75 cents serve
with the utmost expedition a delectable meal of chicken and rice a la Chinese. Chong
and I were old acquaintances, so when we again boarded the train he rushed after us,
his arms full of sweet oranges and those spicy little red bananas from Baracoa, crying,
“velly good—you likee—Chong give you—goo-by.”
Made drowsy by our satisfying meal and the increasing heat of the day, we dozed
for a time, enjoying after our sleepless night a well-earned siesta, and at one o'clock
found we had reached our objective point,
Camagiiey, that quaint old city situated thirty
miles inland from the port of Nuevitas and the
commercial queen of all the interior towns of
the island, and growing every month greater in
importance.
CUBA—
“GAN EDAN—
THE
GARDEN
OF
DELIGHT.”
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Some Phases O Camaguey
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characteristics which distinguish them. Havana, for instance, is a gay coquette,
smiling, brilliant, frivolous and alluring, displaying her charm and beauty to
the most casual passerby. Camagtiey, on the other hand, might be likened to
an old duenna, wrinkled of visage and formal of manner, but with a gleam in her faded
eye that hints of the romance of Moorish days and a fund of historic anecdote which
she will unfold for you on closer acquaintance.
Untouched as they have- been until recently since the sixteenth century by the
modernizing influences of contact with other and more progressive peoples, the inhabi-
tants of Camaguey still retain their formality in social intercourse of the ancient Spanish
regime, and typify its conservatism more than any other city on the island. The old
Spanish families looked with a sort of horrifed amazement at the free and easy manners
of the first American tourists who flocked to Camagtiey with the opening of the new
railroad and hotel. This feeling was shortly changed to a sort of tolerant indulgence
when they saw how really harmless were our informal independent ways.
During the daytime the long narrow streets of Camagiiey are almost bare of the
ladies of this quaint city, but as one drives through them in an antiquated hack drawn
by a horse as seemingly venerable as the town itself, a glimpse is often caught of a
dim interior behind a quaint Moorish screen or equally ancient wooden-barred window
like those of Cairo, where in two absolutely straight rows and facing each other on
either side of the window sit the women of the household rocking—rocking and for-
ever rocking. Or if you glance above you on a second story balcony you may see a
dusky-eyed belle with a rose behind her ear who will gaze at you with -demure interest
while manipulating her fan as only women of southern blood know how.
It is in the evening, however, when the scars and ravages of a city even so battered
by time as Camagtiey are made beautiful and suggestive of romance by the “mystical,
magical moonlight” of the tropics, when one feels to the full the subtle spell of the lan-
gourous island. Then the youth and maiden meet in the historic plaza with its four
palm trees and now silent fountain and promenade around and around in a tireless,
animated circle, the men, according to etiquette, walking in one direction and the girls
promenading in the other, their intercourse with the sterner sex limited to formal bows.
In fact, as far as I could observe, the only place where the sefioritas and their admirers
did more than smile and bow was at the weekly dances.
Camagiiey has two boasts, the finest climate on the island and—the prettiest girls.
Certain it is that the air there in contrast to the seaport towns has a delightful dryness,
the ever present breeze is invigorating and one can exercise even in the heat of the day
without that feeling of lassitude which a moist atmosphere induces. I noticed this par:
ticularly in the daily horseback rides we would take to one or another point of interest,
unreachable except on one of those sturdy little Cuban ponies. An amusing thing about
C) oe like people, have a distinct individuality of their own and certain salient
28 THE CUBA REVIEW.
hiring horses in that part of Cuba is that you pay the same price whether you want
the beast for an hour or the whole day. The few American women down there ride
cross saddle as none but the most antiquated side saddles are obtainable, and these are
so aged and badly built as to be both unsafe and uncomfortable. For a bridle a rope
suffices. A pleasant road for driving leads out past the fascinating and exquisitely
colored old church of the Caridad, from where it stretches for miles a straight, level
length. Sunset is the time to take this drive and on it you will encounter barefooted
Carmelite monks; merry peddlers of fruit, shoes, milk or notions, shrieking their wares
in piercing tones from house to house, a large number of which were erected over 200
years ago; trim, splendidly-mounted officers of the Guardias Rurales, the well-organized
mounted police of which Cuba is so justly proud, and some of whom are drawn from the
proudest families on the island; strings of patient mules laden with the products of the
fields; an ox cart drawn by four magnificent cattle; a cabellero on horseback, who has
covered perhaps forty miles since sunrise, and the private carriages of the elite of
Camagiiey filled with gayly-gowned women. All the carriages are provided with bells
which their drivers clang sharply to warn
foot passengers of their approach. There is
but little high speed at Camaguey, how-
ever, the cab horses being of inferior
grade.
A restful immunity from mosquitoes
was another delightful surprise in Cam-
agtiey, and during our stay there we
never once had use for the protecting
netting with which our comfortable
modern beds were provided.
Camagtiey like all the large towns
has two clubs, a Spanish and a Cuban,
earnest in rivalry, and itis at the Sunday
STREET IN CAMAGUEY WITH
ITS CURIOUS OLD
WINDOWS.
CAVE NEAR
CAMAGUEY,
ONE OF THE
SIGHTS FOR
. TOURISTS.
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night balls at these clubs that one sees the inhabi-
tants to the best advantage. The first Sunday we
were there, we elected to go to the Cuban club,
having heard that it was the live-
lier of the two. We sat on the
balcony, which encircled three
sides with the duennas and other
spectators of the hall
looked down upon the
dancers. On the floor : i
was a heterogeneous col- ts j ‘ eee —
lection consisting of aera
black-coated Cuban civ-
ilians, officers of the
Rural Guard, handsome
and impressive in their
gilt-embellished khaki
uniforms; a captain of
the United States army;
two young Canadians
(temporary residents of
the city), and a host of HOTEL CAMAGUEY, IN ITS PICTURESQUE SETTING.
Cuban women, many oi
whom were beautiful, but whose pale cheeks the sensuous danson failed to flush. They
were dressed in very bright colors, but despite the heat none wore a low cut corsage. The
Cuban danson is very peculiar and consists in swinging your partner around and around
in a narrow circle to a sort of waltz step accompanied by the weird throbbing strains of
once-heard-never-to-be-forgotten music.
Between numbers we were led to a queer little café below stairs where upon bare
wooden tables and from a bar at one end of the same room we were refreshed with a
peculiar and insidious beverage made from limes and Rum Bacardi, the famous native rum
manufactured in the city of Santiago.
News from Havana.
Political Notes.
From our Own Correspondent.
HE rumors that elections would be held in December were not true. The proba-
bilities are that such elections for a new president may be carried out in June.
However, the unforseen is always happening and the political weather vane
always shifting.
November 14th Juan Gualberto Gomez called upon Governor Magoon with a request
that salaries of congressmen and senators should be paid to them, as they have not
received any part of such pay since the Intervention. Virtually there is no congress;
however, some representatives have been paid.
Ex-President Estrada Palma was in the city recently on his way to his old home in
Bayamo. The documents which Estrada Palma had prepared in explanation of his
recent course were withheld from the public upon due reflection, but these papers will
be valuable records for Cuban history. At present Estrada Palma takes no active part
in politics.
Major Black’s report on public works submitted to Governor Magoon shows that
thirteen million dollars is the sum total required for necessary improvements which were
provided for in the Cuban budget, and many will have to be omitted for the present,
only the most essential being considered.
The report divides the improvements required into three classes:
First: Works which have already been contracted for.
Second: Works being carried out already under the supervision of the provisional
government.
30 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Third: Works of imperative necessity, which should be carried out at once.
Major Black advises the government to appropriate six millions for repairs of public
roads, which are required by the people on account of the absence of railroads in some
districts, more than on the line of travel.
So far, no measures have been ordained for water works, sewerage and other matters,
which will probably be provided for later.
The government palace has been whitewashed and repaired and- many necessary
repairs have been effected on other public buildings. A regular housecleaning is going
on all over Havana, and paint, whitewash and water are freely used on all public build-
ings. Nature has already begun her work, and the trees in the parks are budding out
again, and soon will be covered with foliage.
Governor Magoon has rendered an important benefit to the public school system
and appointed inspectors to aid the others already engaged in drawing up improvements
for the education of the rising generation.
A petition embodying an appeal for an American protectorate over Cuba has
been in circulation with signatures of prominent men of affairs, natives of Cuba. The
document formulates a request for the preservation of the Cuban republic under the
watchful care of the United States, with a proviso that all the branches of government
shall be administered by Cubans, under an American protectorate. This paper which has
been submitted to President Roosevelt, has provoked a war of words from the Cuban
press. The consensus of opinion trends to American control over Cuba—however this
subject is a weighty one for consideration. Not many months ago the Ateneo, a literary
society of Havana, held a number of debates upon the electoral laws. Among the
orators were Manuel Sanguily, Juan Gualberto Gomez, and other well-known Cubans of
varying political beliefs. To a thoughtful mind the diverse opinions voiced at that time
were like straws which show which way the wind blows, and the revolution was fore-
shadowed in their utterances. The liberal party was loud in its denunciation of the
Platt Amendment and some hot headed politicians even went as far as printing thousands
of copies of the Cuban constitution without the clause embodying the Platt Amendment,
as though they could thus wipe out the moral obligation which was the frame-work of
their independence, without which the inauguration of the Cuban republic was impossible.
Those very men later appealed to American intervention for help to settle their diffi-
culties, saying, “We desire that the Platt Amendment be a guarantee more effective
than heretofore.”
Gov. Magoon will make a tour of the Island early in December to investigate
the conditions of the country for himself. His report will furnish a fair estimate of
Cuba’s needs.
The rumor that England will not send a minister at present is followed by a
report that France will follow England’s example as well as other European countries,
who consider that their governments only require consular representatives in Cuba under
the Provisional Government. However, the American Legation will be retained.
Rumors of discontent and incipient revolt were brought to the Governor and he
decided to take a trip in his automobile and inspect the surrounding country for him-
self, and he discovered that these reports were greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless Gov-
ernor Magoon held a conference with Gen. Bell and strenuous measures will be carried
out to prevent or punish petty thieving which has been very frequent of late. The rural
guards shall patrol the country outside the towns. No one shall carry weapons without
a license. Bands of disorderly persons in the rural districts who disturb the peace, shall
be dispersed for the good of peace and tranquillity.
The error in the decree regarding return of horses appropriated by the rebels and
which they had at the time of intervention was due to an alleged omission on the part
of the translator, and whereas it was issued in the official gazette, and to rectify it would
have caused unpleasant complications, therefore Commissioner Taft allowed it to stand.
It was not the intention of the government to allow these horses to remain in their pos-
session. The rebels were to ride to their homes after disarmament and then return their |
mounts to the legal owners. Many farmers thus deprived of their horses have entered
complaints against the rebels, and the loss of their property has been an irreparable
injury.
The sum that has been assigned to Gov. Magoon as his salary of Provisional
Governor, of $20,000 per annum, serves as a curious comparison with the salaries enjoyed
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by his predecessors in the government of Cuba. Gen. Wood, the Military Governor
during the period of American Intervention of 1899-1902, only recetved his army pay. But
at the beginning of the Spanish colony, when the chief executive was styled Alcalde of
the Fuerza fort, and Governor, he received only 600 ducats, an imaginary money, that
was worth about $650. Later the salary was increased to $3,308 and at the commence-
ment of the 18th century, had reached the rate of $10,000. During the administration or
command, of Cajigal in 1747 to 1760, it was $12,000. The Count of Santa Clara enjoyed
$14,000, and Count Ricla, in 1763, $18,000. Gen. José de la Concha in 1851, was the first
to receive $50,000,—not counting the large sums assigned him for secret service, most of
which were used against the filibuster and revolutionary movements of that time.
Notes for Business Men.*
HE question of foreign labor* is a most important one and many immigrants are
arriving from Spain. Sefior Mendoza, in the interests of the American Iron
Co. of Santiago, will bring into that district two thousand immigrants from the
north of Spain with their families.
Mr. Brooks of Guantanamo, also will introduce five hundred immigrants in Santiago
Province to work in his cane fields.
A movement will be carried out to induce laborers from Canada to come to Cuba
with their families. The immigration from Spain is still very great, and Spanish states-
men are pondering how to avert the loss of so many able-bodied men, who fancy that
America is the “El Dorado.”
Professor James Crawley has been appointed to fill vacancy at the Experimental
Station at Santiago de las Vegas. This station suffered during the recent troubles and
at one time from three to four hundred men were encamped on their grounds. Pro-
fessor Crawley is a sugar chemist and has had considerable experience in Hawaii. He
is the choice of the Agrarian League, an association composed of Cuban planters, and
was endorsed by Dr. Wiley, chief chemist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This
station was at first under the direction of Professor Earle, then Dr. Mayo had charge
of it, and now Professor Crawley is at the head. The loss and injury sustained during
the revolution and the recent storm will soon be repaired, for nature is already at work,
and the reports from the country promise good crops and a fruitful season. Neverthe-
less, there is still a scarcity of vegetables, because of excessive rainfalls.
The excessive duty on crates and baskets imported by truck farmers has been
reduced. This measure was brought about by Consul General Steinhart.
Col. Black with a number of officers, made a tour of inspection with a partv
of engineers, through the region around Tapaste with a view of laying a new railroad.
The report of this undertaking will he submitted to Governor Magoon.
All government property will be shipped from the Arsenal, and new piers have
been built. The appropriation for this work is taken from the budget provided by the
Cuban government with date of July Ist, 1906.
The Havana Central & United Railways may be incorporated into one com-
pany, and this is a current rumor, that this company will absorb the new electric line
which connects Habana with Guines and Guanajay.
A sturdy fight has been going on between the merchants and manufacturers and
the gas and electric company. The first demand better service and reduction in price.
Gen. Bell will leave for Washington and his successor, Gen. T. J. Wint, now in
command of the Department of Missouri, expects to succeed him on December 31st.
Gen. Bell has made many friends in Cuba, who regret his departure.
Plaza Hotel, Camaguey.
4 | 4 HERE is a new hotel in Camagiiey and it will be under the management of the
well-known and genial hotel keeper, Mr. Grossman, late of the Hotel Camaguey.
The hotel will be known as the Hotel Plaza, and is situated on the corner of
San Juan and Frantisquito streets facing both railway stations. American travelers
will find this cozv little house one of the most comfortable in Cuba. There are rooms with
shower and tub baths. There is modern sanitation and equipment. There is a first-class
dining room and what is more to the purpose, a first-class chef, insuring the best of meals.
Rates are moderate and the beautiful restaurant is already attracting good patronage.
*See the suggestion of securing Japanese labor in Willett & Gray’s <ugar article cn page 54.
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N
Things Queer and Quaint in Cuba.
By Mary Elizabeth Springer.
Street Names of Havana. ;
HE American tourist in Cuba—if indeed, he tours to any extent in
Cuba, during the coming season —in his rambles over old Habana. |
with camera under arm and “Spanish as She is Spoke,” in hand, start-
ing from the Plaza de Armas, in front of the Presidential Palace, may
inquire as to the names of the different streets he passes along, why
one is called Obispo, another Obrapia, Tacon, Ena, Empedrado, Te-
jadillo, Lamparilla, Amargura, Mercaderes, Oficios, ete., in this old
portion of the city “intra muros,’ and why a number of streets “extra
muros,” outside of the walls, are called after Saints, San Rafael, San
Miguel, San José, for instance.
The nomenclature of streets is an interesting subject to the
traveler; the Boulevards, Rues, Strasse, Rambla, etc., of the cities of |
the continent, that he may have traversed, and in America, the names
of by-gone patriots, and then a series of names of trees, Locust, |
Chestnut, Walnut, Spruce, Pine, etc., as in Philadelphia, the tangled
maze of old Boston streets, the capricious names of New York from
the Battery along its two nerves which preserve their ancient Dutch
names of Broadway and Bowery, soon running off into numbers for
the cross streets and alphabetical letters for
the parallel avenues; the broad stately avenues
of Washington, and the division of streets by
numbers, letters and points of the compass, a
system now followed by
most every city in the
Union, it may interest such
a tourist as the
one imaginatively
cited, to know
the meanings and reasons
of the names of Havana
streets.
For instance: Plaza
de Armas, is universally
known to be the Place of
Arms, in every Spanish-
built town, the central
square in front of the government
house.
Obispo Street, because it used to
be much frequented by the then
(1770) Bishop of the Diocese, Morei
de Sta. Cruz.
Ena Street, close to the Tem-
plete, another Havana curiosity, in
OLD ‘
CORNER-STONE
OF A
BUILDING IN
THE BUSINES
SECTION.
q
honor of General Manuel de Ena,
killed at the time of the Narciso ;
Lopez invasion of filibusters, in 1851. :
O’Reilly, which Irish name _ al- OBISPO
ways attracts attention, was named STREET,
in honor of General Alejandro HAVANA, “7
O’Reilly, who marched into Habana WITH
by this street at the time of the resto- che ead al |
SIGNS. ‘ s
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ration by the English in 1763, while
Earl Albemarle marched out with his
forces by Obispo Street.
Tacon Street, for General Miguel
Tacon, who governed from 1834 to 1838.
Mercaderes, because most of the
inhabitants were merchants and are to-
day.
In 1584, Habana had but four
streets of any account, and Oficios
Street was so called
because almost its en-
tire length
Wacisen taken
up by me-
celia 1c Ss,
trades men,
a Gitd i Cers,
etc. Lam-
parilla St.
“0,t its
name on ac-
count of a
little lamp
that a de-
yout resi- Hg
dent lit nightly in “.
front of an im-
age of the Virgin.
Oiaapaa,- Of
pious work, for
the house built by
reason of a bequest of Martin Calvo de Arrieta, who in 1679 left a large sum to build a
house, as an asylum, and to dower five orphan girls annually.
Amargura Street, or Way of Sorrow. It was through this street that many religious
processions took place, especially in Holy Week. There are many other streets in
Havana that have names related to the Church and its mysteries.
Tejadillo Street was so called for a small house with a tiled roof, the only one, for
all the others were thatched.
Empedrado Street, having been the first street in Havana to be paved, this was
previous to 1770, and the work was so well done it lasted till 1838, when it was repaved.
No. 13 in this street shows in the entry two beams broken by a shell at the time of
the English invasion.
STREET CORNER, HAVANA,
WITH UNIQUE GARDEN.
HAVANA STREET, SCENE FROM ELEVATED
STREET CAR STATION.
President Roosevelt’s Message on Cuba.
AST August an insurrection broke out in Cuba which it speedily grew evident
that the existing Cuban Government was powerless to quell. This Government
was repeatedly asked by the then Cuban Government to intervene, and finally
was notified by the President of Cuba that he intended to resign; that his
decision was irrevocable; that none of the other constitutional officers would consent
to carry on the Government, and that he was powerless to maintain order. It was
evident that chaos was impending, and there was every probability that if steps were
not immediately taken by this Government to try to restore order the representatives of
various European nations in the island would apply to their respective Governments
for armed intervention in order to protect the lives and property of their citizens.
Thanks to the preparedness of our navy, I was able immediately to send enough ships
to Cuba to prevent the situation from becoming hopeless, and I furthermore dispatched
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VEDADO RESIDENCE, A MODERN HAVANA DWELLING.
to Cuba the Secretary of War and the Assistant Secretary of State in order that they
might grapple with the situation on the ground. All efforts to secure an agreement
between the contending factions, by which they should themselves come to an amicable
understanding and settle upon some modus vivendi—some provisional Government of
their own—failed. Finally the President of the republic resigned.
The quorum of Congress assembled failed by deliberate purpose of its members,
so that there was no power to act on his resignation, and the Government came to a
halt. In accordance with the so-called Platt amendment, which was embodied in the
constitution of Cuba, I thereupon proclaimed a provisional Government for the island,
the Secretary of War acting as Provisional Governor until he could be replaced by Mr.
Magoon, the late Minister to Panama and Governor of the Canal Zone on the Isthmus;
troops were sent to support them and to relieve the navy, the expedition being handled
with most satisfactory speed and efficiency. The insurgent chiefs immediately agreed
that their troops should lay down their arms and disband; and the agreement was
carried out. The provisional Government has left the personnel of the old Government
-and the old laws, so far as might be, unchanged, and will thus administer the island
for a few months until tranquillity can be restored, a new election properly held, and a
new Government inaugurated. Peace has come in the island; and the harvesting of the
sugar-cane crop, the great crop of the island, is about to proceed.
When the election has been held and the new Government inaugurated in peaceful
and orderly fashion the provisional Government will come to an end. I take this oppor-
tunity of expressing upon behalf of the American people, with all possible solemnity,
our most earnest hope that the people of Cuba will realize the imperative need of pre-
serving justice and keeping order in the island. The United States wishes nothing of
Cuba except that it shall prosper morally and materially, and wishes nothing of the
Cubans save that they shall be able to preserve order among themselves, and therefore
to preserve their independence. e the elections become a farce, and if the insurrectionary
habit becomes confirmed in the island, it is absolutely out of the question that the island
should continue independent, and the United States, which has assumed the sponsorship
before the civilized world for Cuba’s career as a nation, would again have to intervene,
and to see that the Government was managed in such orderly fashion as to secure the
safety of life and property. The path to be trodden by those who exercise self-govern-
ment is always hard, and we should have every charity and patience with the Cubans
as they tread this difficult path. I have the utmost sympathy with and regard for them,
but I most earnestly adjure them solemnly to weigh their responsibilities, and to see
that when their new Government is started it shall run smoothly, and with freedom from
flagrant denial of right on the one hand and from insurrectionary disturbances on the
other.
Tehieh CUB Ay ROE Vy Te W- 35
A Visit to a Small Sugar Plantation.
By an American Lady Tourist.
T was the Captain, the merry, resourceful and ever gallant “capitan” who suggested,
I planned and executed that most successful outing which will forever remain a
fragrant memory in the minds of both M. and myself.
Although this was our second trip to Cuba we had never visited a sugar plantation,
for we had found the fascinations of the gay life at Havana so enthralling that we had
stolen no time for rural outings, save those to the Yacht Club at Marianoa which were
so smart as to have a distinctly urban flavor. So when the Captain, who was no end
of a personage on the island, being a Marquis of something or other,—which title,
because of its Spanish origin he dropped after fighting on the Cuban side during the
wat—heard this, he was fairly beside himself with tropical excitement, and, as he had
rather established himself as our cicerone, vowed that not another day should pass with-
out a visit to “the mos’ gran’ plantation—belong my cousin—hbig people.” As we long
before had found it useless to combat the Captain, we decided to fulfil our destiny with
the best possible grace.
I think it was somewhere in the neighborhood of five—at any rate the milk venders
had begun their shrill chant of “la lecha” under our windows,—when we were aroused
by the call of our faithful Ramon and we quickly completed our matutinal ablutions.
In the midst of a dainty al fresco breakfast,—spicy coffee, luscious little red bananas, alli-
gator pears and an irresistible morceau of a genuine Spanish omelette,—served in
the shrub-enclosed patio of our casa, in rushed El Capitan, his expressive face
aglow with sat-
isfaction, partly
at the success at-
tending his ef-
forts, and partly,
I think at the
dashing figure he
cut in his smart
Khaki uniform.
His yellow top
boots were pol-
ished till they re-
(7 sce Witteman assinetione mieten
MASSIVE
MACHINERY
OF A SUGAR
MILL.
BRIDGE ACROSS
THE YUMURI RIVER,
MATANZAS.
36 THE CUBA REVIEW.
flected the lithe, buoyant figure, and his gold mounted sword, a priceless heirloom, clanged
merrily on the tiles. A child of nature and impetuosity he was, and thoroughly likable!
“You ready? We commence! We fly! The horse he wait,” he cried with a for-
eigner’s true disregard for the correct terms in which to express his meaning; and with
unerring military precision he marched us into the waiting gua-gua (carriage), shouted
directions to the cochero (driver), and jumped in himself, beaming and gesticulating.
We reached the Muella de Luz, the ferry which conveys the Havanese to trains for
the Eastern provinces in time for the seven o’clock morning boat, and rarely have I
seen in one place a more heterogeneous gathering. There was a party from one of the
Embassies, both men and women, in up-to-date immaculate white linens, crowded up
against a grinning group of negroes with half-clothed bab‘es squirming in their arms; there
were high-bred Spanish grandames, with pale powdered faces and magnificently gloomy
eyes; also cool-looking Canadian business men; sharp, quick-moving little Cuban inter-
preters seeking custom and hustling baggage; impudent multi-colored newsboys who
laughed a “good-bye” to you,—the only English word they knew—by way of greeting; slim
handsome officers of the Rural Guard; a bunch of rolling-gaited middies from a visiting
French warship; American tourists fighting for their trunks; cabbies following them
demanding extortionate fees, and through this chaos moved the unperturbed Captain,
flinging here and there a joyous response to the salutes of numberless acquaintances.
On the train, even in the first-class coaches, the cigar-loving tourist may enjoy his
weed in comfort, and for sight-seeing purposes the last half of the car has great wide
window spaces and comfortable rattan armchairs.
Between Havana and Matanzas the scenery is exquisitely lovely and of greater variety
than further East. You pass through gorges, where from between moss-covered rocks
springs a most marvellous growth of quivering maiden-hair fern; then out into the
open where endless avenues of royal palms wave and beckon and nod. In the distance
you see the outlines of purple mountains silhouetted against a sky of the most in-
tense unbelievable blue. Goats and oxen regard you with a patient curiosity as you
go whirling by.
Matanzas, the
seaport town next
to Havana inimpor-
tance, is reached in
about three hours.
Here we left the
train and had our
second breakfast at
= a quaint little café,
a the excellence of
whose cuisine is
justly cele-
brated all
over the is-
land. It was
a typically
aA , C
RB’ ty-ae
(ae
CUBA’S FERTILE ACRES
WHERE SUGAR IS GROWN.
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ADMINISTRATION
HOUSE OF A
“ SUGAR
PLANTATION.
SUGAR-MILL.
RESIDENCE OF A PLANTER. :
Cuban déjeunér, plates heaped with congreros mores, those delicious crabs which reach
the highest state of delectability in the bays near Cardenas and Caibarien; large succu-
lent pink shrimps; wicked-looking little ruby lobsters——no wonder the Cubans are
sallow !—slivers of ham and olives; then black bean soup; a red snapper fried in batter
with its mouth open; and the eternal but always welcome omelette, stuffed this time with
the most tender little green peas. For dessert, a pineapple of such luscious sweetness
that sugar would have been an ifisult, and the usual guava jelly and Cuban cheese made
from goat’s milk.
Our volante, as the easy-riding native carriage is called, was due at the hotel at
twelve, but though we waited until one, frantically telephoning every ten minutes to the
stable and receiving assurances that it was on the way, it did not appear. Finally we
jumped into a “gua-gua” and drove furiously to the stable, where, after a conversation
conducted in Spanish more resonant than melodious, we found that the faithless and
greedy Pedro had “sublet” our volante, the most luxurious one in the city, to another
party of Americans for double the customary price. Now volantes are scarce, there
being only about a dozen in the town, and as the road we had to travel was impassable
except in one of those strange vehicles, the Captain was in a fine frenzy. He danced
from one foot to the other gesticulating madly and denouncing the oily-tongued but now
abashed Pedro in the most mellifluous and awe-inspiring Spanish expletives until he
finally produced a very decrepid volante which was made to suit our needs, the Captain
riding between us on a little mushroom-like stool fastened to the floor of the vehicle.
Our way lay over the famous San Isidro road, which coils and twists like a silvery
serpent for several miles up from Matanzas, and from the top of the hills commands a
splendid view of the beautiful city with its two rivers (Yumuri and San Juan), its
dancing bay, old forts and stately cathedrals. To the right and left of us were thousands
of royal palm trees, some growing in groups, some planted to form hollow squares or
avenues, and in the distance always the purple mountains, so striking a feature of that
particular part of the island,
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It was not, however, until we left the fine main road and taking down the bars of
a fence struck out literally across country, that we realized the value of a volante, for
no other carriage known to man would have been capable of traversing that fright-
ful country. Our cochero, as is the custom, rode the off horse, which is harnessed some-
what in advance of its mate, and skillfully guided us up hill and down dale, over
boulders that reached to our axle and out of bogs and ditches that would appall the
stoutest heart, with scarcely a jolt, so wonderfully swung and balanced is this peculiar
vehicle. Part of our journey lay through pathless cane fields and every now and then
we would come upon a great wagon drawn by four oxen which laborers were loading
with cane to be conveyed to the sugar mill miles away. The drive consumed over three
hours but finally we arrived.
The house attached to the plantation was mellowed by centuries into the most
exquisite tint of ivory and fronted by majestic pillars. It was almost Doric in its sim-
plicity and was set behind a time-worn iron fence in the midst of the most beautiful
undulating garden imaginable, wherein grew orange and lemon trees, great palms, a pro-
fusion of the most fragrant rose bushes, and numberless brilliant tropical growths, the
whole presenting a wonderful color scheme of orange and purple, yellow and green,
crimson and gold! The reception room with its plain whitewashed walls and _ tiled
floor, was almost bare of ornament, a large centre-table and several dozen rocking chairs
arranged in two solemn rows being the sole furnishings. Our host, who entered with
two shyly curious offsprings in his wake, showed at once by his manner that he was of
the “beau monde” and was, with his blue eyes and golden hair, as fair as a Swede. This
type of Cuban is moreover not at all rare. His wife was however, more the style oi
person we associate with the south, having dusky hair and heavily fringed dark eyes,
a creamy skin and the grace of a fawn in her movements.
We were the most graciously received, but as they knew no English and we but a
few words of Spanish, we had to converse mainly by smiles and gestures and the Cap-
tain was kept busy interpreting. We were immediately regaled with every available
Cuban refreshment. Oranges were brought in, deftly cut down to the quick by our
host and presented to us for consumption on the tines of a fork; mango apples which
puckered one’s mouth like a persimmon; juicy sticks of sugar-cane which we sucked
vigorously until absolutely sickened by its tasteless sweetness; brimming pitchers of
the Cuban’s favorite beverage, cocoa milk, rather flat and unpalatable to northern
palates; and lastly, wonder of wonders, bottles of American beer, which since our troops
were quartered in the country, has become a very popular drink with the natives.
After this refection we were escorted across the road to the sugar mill where two
picturesque-looking negresses with gay bandannas on their heads kept ceaselessly feeding
the long slim sticks of cane into the ruthless machine which ground them to bits and
separated the juice from the useless pith. The operation was intensely interesting and
in our eagerness to see everything, we penetrated into some parts of the building where
our shoes were fairly glued to the sugar-encrusted floor and we had to take particular care
not to slide down the slippery stairs. The building, like all sugar mills, was open and pro-
tected by only a roof. Nearby was another small building, from whose roof splashed a
continuous broad stream of cold water, like a miniature rainfall, which after much
difficulty I succeeded in elucidating was for the purpose of cooling the cane brought in
hot from the sun-smitten fields.
The juice of the cane after being squeezed out by immense crushers is then boiled
in great caldrons and stirred by a negro with a long, flat wooden stick. It is of a most
repulsive dark-brown color and smells horribly even a mile away. Great tubs of white
lime stand near the vats and this we found was used to bring any impurities of the
sugar to the surface, from which they were skimmed as we would scoop grease from
soup.
When the sugar leaves the mill it is coarse in grain and of a rich golden color. I,
in my ignorance, had expected to see it come out white. Nevertheless this brown sugar
is in use all over the island. The hotels and better class of residents use the refined.
We carried away several small bags of different grades.
Again were we conducted to the casa where refreshments were once more hospitably
urged upon us, and two of the seven sons presented each of us with an enormous bouquet
THE CUBA REVIEW. 39
a ———
culled from the choicest in their garden. One bright eyed little chap ran after me urging
the acceptance of a treasured doe skin. Our volante was laden with fruit, cocoanuts, palm
leaves and sugar cane, some of which we brought back to the States for friends less
fortunate.
The drive home through the hush of the golden twilight was something to be
remembered forever. Every mile or so as we rode through the fields, we would come
upon a solitary laborer cooking his evening meal in the open, using simply a small
TWO HOMES OF
SUGAR PLANTERS,
SET IN
GARDENS OF LUXURIANT
CULTIVATION.
earthen vessel balanced over a tiny
charcoal fire. He would greet us
gravely, and courteously.
As the sun set and the afterglow kindled the clouds into a thousand opalescent tints,
a mysterious silence seemed to settle over everything as if the course of nature had been
suddenly arrested. The palms which had nodded so gayly in the afternoon breeze, stood
motionless like giant sentinels; not a breath stirred the cane fields. Quietly the shadows.
deepened; night closed in and the day was done.
ao THE CUBA REVIEW.
Cuba’s Agricultural Possibilities.
By Prof. F. G. Earle.
Late Director Cuba Agricultural Experiment Station.
-
- che rs
=»
MILES OF WONDERFULLY FERTILE LANDS WITH NO HUMAN HABITATION IN SIGHT.
the great chances for improvement in the methods of production of Cuba’s three
great staples—sugar, tobacco, and cattle.
It seems unbelievable that great corporations with millions of capital should
be carrying on the strictly agricultural business of sugar cane growing without employ-
ing the best obtainable agricultural expert advice. They assuredly employ the best
legal talent; they employ the best machinists and engineers; and they employ expert
sugar chemists, to conduct the manufacturing side of the business; growing the cane
however, the foundation upon which the entire industry rests, is in most cases left
in the hands of ignorant overseers, who still follow antiquated methods and depend
almost entirely upon expensive hand labor. On those estates still planting new lands,
this exclusive use of hand labor is almost unavoidable; the greater part of Cuban
sugar is however to-day produced upon old lands where the use of agricultural ma-
chinery is not only feasible but imperatively required in order to cheapen production.
Experiments conducted at the Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station conclusively
proved that the implements used for cultivating cane and corn in the United States
can be used equally well in Cuba and by Cuban laborers, furthermore that their use
together with suitable fertilizers and a reasonable system of cultivation will cheapen
the cost of production nearly or quite 50 per cent. This is a most noteworthy economy,
and the greatest agricultural opportunity in Cuba to-day seems to me to be in the
employment of modern agricultural methods for the production of cane. This op-
portunity exists not for the great corporations alone, but for the man of small means
as well. Much of the cane for the large centrals is produced by small farmers, called
“colonos,” who farm either their own land or that furnished them by the company.
Any hard working farmer ‘from the Middle West who understands corn cultivation,
and who has sufficient capital to provide teams and tools, could make favorable arrange-
ments for securing land from almost any of the large sugar companies who would
take the cane, when mature, giving a certain percentage of its weight in sugar, or if
preferred its market value in money. On most estates advances will also be made after
the crop is planted to help pay for its cultivation. This is an opportunity for the
American farmer in Cuba, that is being entirely overlooked, but it seems to offer a
safe and fairly profitable business opening. The knowledge of farming methods, and
especially of the use of farm machinery that would be brought in by such people
would be of inestimable benefit to the whole sugar industry of the Island.
| considering Cuban agricultural conditions the first possibilities that strike one are
THE CUBA REVIEW. AI
The opportunities in tobacco growing lie along two lines; cheapening the pro-
duction and improving the product. All of the operations of the ordinary tobacco
grower are too expensive. The stable manure, so universally used in the districts
near Havana, costs from one to three hundred dollars per acre, while practically the
same result could be obtained by growing velvet beans, and the proper use of com-
mercial fertilizer, at one-eighth of the cost. The land is plowed from six to ten times,
with the wooden, Cuban plow, drawn by men. With this instrument a man plows less
than one-half an acre a day, so that the preparation of the land is unduly expensive.
The work could be much better and cheaper done by ploughing twice with a disk
plough, and harrowing two or three times. The cultivation of the crop is done entirely
with the hoe, this also is immensely expensive. The young plants are another large
item of expense. The raising of good seed beds is difficult and uncertain in most of
the tobacco districts; this is mostly because they have to be started during the hottest
time of the year, late summer or early fall. Heavy losses are occasioned by damping-
off fungi, and a great opportunity awaits the man who first obviates this difficulty
by solving the problem of soil sterilization. The quality of the product depends upon
the nature of the soil, the kind of fertilizer used, the exact state of maturity at which
the crop is harvested, the skill used in curing and fermenting, and last but not least
upon the quality of seed sown. The best quality of tobacco is grown on light, sandy
soils. In selecting fertilizers two points are particularly essential. The burning quali-
ty and aroma of the leaf depends upon an abundant supply of potash and on the ab-
sence of chlorine. Judgment must be used in the amount of nitrogen applied, since
too much of this necessary element makes the leaf coarse and unattractive. The
quality of the leaf depends very much upon the exact stage of maturity at which it
is harvested. If cut too green, when cured it lacks color and aroma; if too ripe it
becomes coarse and brittle; but if cut during a certain very short period of only three
EXTENSIVE
TOBACCO
FIELDS.
CHOICE TOBACCO LEAVES USED FOR “WRAPPERS.”
42 THE CUBA REVIEW.
A FIELD OF THRIVING
PINEAPPLES
PRIMITIVE CUBAN PLOW.
or four days, it will cure with
soft silky texture and _ pecu-
liar lustre which makes it very,
desirable. Very few of even
the most experienced growers
can tell with certainty just
when this most favorable pe-
riod arrives.
The curing of tobacco, as
at present conducted, is almost
entirely dependent upon the “ty
state of the weather; heavy MODERN DISC PLOW WHICH IS REVOLUTIONIZING CUBAN
losses in the barns often follow AGRICULTURAL METHODS.
periods of unseasonable rains. Some cheap provision for artificial drying, when needed,
would obviate these losses. The question of seed selection has received almost no atten-
tion in Cuba. A casual inspection in any tobacco field will show plants of many different
types growing side by side. There is the greatest imaginable difference in the shape,
number and quality of the leaves. The simple expedient of saving seed only from
plants of the best type would alone, in two or three years, practically double the
value of the crop. What greater opportunity could be asked than this?
Climatic conditions are such as to admit of making good butter and excellent
cheese, but nearly all of these products consumed are imported.
The greater part of the American settlers in Cuba are devoting their attention
to the raising of fruits and vegetables for export. The pineapple industry has been
longest established and has proven to be safe and fairly profitable; it is largely con-
fined to the red land district lying directly west of Havana.
The planting of oranges and other citrus fruits on a large scale only dates from
the first American intervention. The earliest planted orchards are now beginning
to bear and give evidence that this business will be a paying one wherever good judg-
ment has been used in the selection of soils and management of the orchards. As the
subject of citrus fruits has recently been discussed in these pages no further treat-
ment will be attempted at this time except to repeat the opinion already expressed
that the orange industry here bids fair to rival that of California within a few years.
The business of raising vegetables for export is constantly increasing, as many
people who are planting orchards grow vegetable crops between the trees, for the
first two or three years, with the reasonable hope of meeting current expenses. Ex-
perience here as in all other regions is that vegetable growing for distant shipment
THE CUBA REVIEW. 43
is a somewhat uncertain and risky undertaking. Some years the profits are good,
but heavy losses are liable to occur from glutted markets or unseasonable weather.
On account of our low freight rates, freedom from frosts, and, the long season dur-
ing which it is possible to plant these crops, the chances for success, on the whole,
seem more favorable here than in any part of the Southern States.
The lines already discussed, sugar cane, tobacco, fruit and vegetable growing, are
the principal ones attracting attention at the present time. Coffee growing was once
an important industry in Cuba, but the high price of labor seems to prohibit its
planting except for home consumption. Owing to a protective tariff the price now
obtained for Cuban coffee is very high.
Cacao is but little planted, although many parts of the country are well adapted
to its growth, and the business, if
properly conducted, would doubtless
prove profitable.
There are a great many other
products that might well receive at-
tention: Corn, beans and rice are
all imported in large quantities;
these can all be grown here and
doubtless it would be more profitable
to grow than to import them. The
growing of rice, in particular, seems
to offer a very attractive field; great
areas of land suitable for it, can be
“PALMICHI,”
FRUIT OF
THE ROYAL
PALM, USED
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FRUIT.
A CULTIVATED
“PEACH” MANGO
TREE.
bought very cheaply, so located that irrigation would be easy
and inexpensive.
The same methods of planting and harvesting with ma-
chinery, so successfully adopted in Louisiana and Texas, would
be equally applicable here.
The demand for nursery stock for orchard planting is destined to increase rapidly.
Besides citrus fruits there will be a demand for budded aguacates and mangoes, of the
finer varieties, and there is a real need of nurseries for propagating other native
fruits and the numberless ornamentals that can be so successfully grown in this coun-
try. There would seem to be a field, too, for growing palms and other ornamentals for
the northern greenhouse trade.
44 THE CUBA REVIEW.
The possibilities of rubber planting are almost unknown in Cuba. The very little
that has been done in this line has yielded some promising results. The original,
magnificent forests of middle and western Cuba have practically all been cut down
and destroyed. Some valuable timber still remains in the eastern part of the Island,
but transportation charges are so high, that most of the lumber used for structural
purposes is imported from the United States. Prices are very high and constantly
advancing. Unquestionably part of the now unused lands could to advantage be
planted with some of the more rapidly growing timber trees. The thinning could,
within a few years, be utilized for fence posts, fuel, and railroad ties. Enough of
these products could be sold to much more than pay all expenses, leaving the well
grown timber as a clear profit.
YOUNG AGUACATE
TREES.
THE AGUACATE
IS AN
IMPORTANT
NATIVE FRUIT.
APPARATUS FOR SPRAYING FRUIT TREES IN OPERATION.
These are only a few among the many overlooked opportunities that now exist in
Cuba. IT SEEMS INDEED REMARKABLE THAT A COUNTRY PRESENTING
SO MANY ATTRACTIVE OPENINGS FOR ACTUAL SETTLERS COULD SO
LONG REMAIN SPARSELY INHABITED, lying as it does at the very doors of the
United States. Cuba has a much larger proportion of level, tillable land than any other
of these same tropical islands. It has cheap water transportation to all parts of the world.
The means of internal communication are very good, and fast improving. The climate is
most delightful.
A man from the North can, with comfort, work out of doors every day in the
year. For the most part health conditions are very good. No one need hesitate to
come to Cuba, as the chances for serious sickness are less than in most parts of the
United States.
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46 THE CUBA REVIEW.
By Dr. N. S. Mayo.
Chief of the Department of Animal Industry, Cuban Agricultural Station.
T seems strange that this magnificent island lying so close to the United States of
I America is so little known and appreciated. To give a faint idea of the possi-
bilities of Cuba it should be compared with its sister island, Jamaica. Jamaica is
a mountainous island with comparatively little tillable land, yet this small
island, approximately one-seventh the size of Cuba, supports a population about one-
half that of Cuba.
I can imagine no pleasanter voyage than to leave New York in mid-winter with
its snow and cold, and in two and one-half days from Chicago by the most luxurious of
trains and a magnificent steamer, be landed in this beautiful tropical island where it is
always summer and where the roses are always blooming; away from the strenuous life
to this easy going land of “mafiana,” the land of to-morrow. To be sure this is a foreign
country, foreign in language, customs and architecture. A bit of old Spain in the tropics
With its strange but interesting flora. Surely when this old island, that was settled more
than a hundred years before the Pilgrim Fathers set their feet upon Plymouth Rock,
is better known it will become the Mecca for these Americans who desire to escape
the rigors of the northern winters especially when they find how easily and cheaply
the trip can be made.
It is also probable that with the influx of Americans much that is quaint and
strange will disappear before the progress that is sure to come.
To an American farmer that first visits central or eastern Cuba one of the
most impressive sights is the fine pastures, and to one who understand the handling
of livestock, these appeal strongly. Cattle raising in these regions has always been
an important and profitable industry and there is no reason why it should not con-
tinue to be.
Horses are also high priced in cee. The native horses are rather small but
very hardy and excellent saddle horses. They possess the natural saddle gait and
will take a running walk and cover five miles per hour regularly and if pushed faster
they have a rapid “single foot” that is a delight to a good horseman. There
is the foundation of a fine race of saddle horses in Cuba. These horses are kind and
intelligent. One can ride up to almost any variety of gate, open it, and pass through
and close it with ease and without dismounting.
The mule industry is very promising for Cuba. The demand for mules is in-
creasing and will continue to do so as mules to a considerable extent will replace oxen
that are too slow to be profitable for many kinds of work. At present practically
all the mules are imported but they should be raised here extensively. A large jack
crossed with native mares should give excellent mules for the country. A _ gaited
RE CUB AY REN T BW. 47
saddle mule is highly prized here and there is a splendid opportunity to raise them
from the native saddle gaited mares.
Near the cities where it is possible to market milk modern American dairying
should prove profitable as I have already indicated in a previous article.
One of the most profitable branches of the livestock industry and one which has
received little attention so far is swine. They are prolific, easily raised, mature quick-
ly and bring a good price. There are few diseases of pigs and if they are well cared
for and in a suitable location where there are plenty of royal palm trees, pasture,
and pure water, they should do well. The berries of the royal palm (palmichi), are
very rich food and pigs are fond of them. Native Cuban pigs are of the “razor back”
type, but the flesh is excellent. As a rule the Cuban countryman allows his pigs to
run wild in the woods. Every few days he takes a small sack of corn over his shoulder
and armed with his ever faithful machete he mounts his horse and, accompanied by
two or three native dogs, sets out to look after his pigs. The dogs range through the
woods and when they find a band of pigs, begin to bark. The pigs cluster together for
defense. When the owner hears his dogs he rides to the place, often cutting his way
through the thick tropical undergrowth, calls off his dogs, scatters a little corn about
for the pigs and then continues his search. The Cubans are great admirers of the
fine American breeds of swine, and breeding berkshire, poland chinas, duroc jerseys
or tamworths should prove profitable here. White hogs do not do well in tropical
countries, as the sun makes their backs sore.
Another profitable industry, if properly carried on, is poultry raising. This has
already been written upon several times in this magazine. Fresh eggs are worth from
4 to 5 cents apiece in Havana the year around and chickens from 60 cents to a dollar.
There are a number of diseases and parasitic pests of poultry, but with proper care
they will pay well. To those who contemplate going into poultry I would advise to
begin in a modest way and give them plenty of range and some animal food. As a
rule the Mediterranean breeds such as the brown leghorns or black minorcas do better
in Cuba than the heavier American or Asiatics.
SCENE ON A CATTLE RANCH
AT SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR.
48 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Garden Crops in Cuba.
By C. F. Austin.
Chief of Department of Horticulture, Cuban Agricultural Station.
Some Definite Information About What to Plant and When to
Plant, and the Best Varieties.
CANE. RICE.
grown in the garden, both by the home gardener and the commercial grower.
We believe that we are now in a position to give definite information as to
what types of vegetables can be successfully grown and what varieties of these
different types do the best in Cuba. We have tested many of the different varieties
of the different kinds of vegetables during every month in the year so as to be able to
tell not only the kinds of vegetables to grow but the time to plant them in order to
have the best success.
In a warm country where there is a growing season all of the time, many people
have an idea that one can succeed with a garden at any time of the year, but this is
a mistake, for in this country we find that there is quite a distinct season for garden-
ing, although there are some exceptions to this rule, some varieties of vegetables succeed-
ing fairly well through the whole year. The list of these latter is small, however, most
varieties having their season of growth just as in any other country, only the growing and
fruiting season is usually longer.
The garden season of Cuba extends from October until May. During this time
any person can have as fine a garden as will ordinarily be seen in any other country
at the height of its garden season. The care and work necessary for success will be
no greater than in any other garden section.
A good many things can be started in September, but the months of October
and November are the ones in which practically all classes of garden crops begin to
grow as if they meant business. This is the beginning of the season, not only for the
home gardener, but for the commercial grower. The sowing of seed and setting of plants
in the field can be repeated during the winter months as often as is needed to keep
up a continuous supply of fresh vegetables until the close of the season, which ends
during April and May.
With the beginning of the hot and rainy weather many varieties begin to loose their
vigor, some of the seeds fail to germinate, others make a weak, poor growth and do
not start with the vigor that is common with plants of the same kind during the be-
ginning of the season. The American types of tomato may be taken as an example.
\NOR over two years we have been paying a great deal of attention to what can be
THE CUBA REVIEW. 49
The plants will live and make some growth and blossom during the summer months,
but as a rule all the blossoms drop without setting fruit. This is true of eggplant and
many other vegetables. ;
A word might be said about the much talked-of rainy season in Cuba This js a
very variable affair. It may begin during April or May and last for several months,
with a long dry spell in July and August, or it may be dry until June, after which
will come two or three wet months, or there may be more or less rain through the
whole year; usually we expect a good deal of rain from May until October and these
rains usually come in the form of showers, occurring between noon and six in the af-
ternoon every day or two or three times a week, or there may be a dry spell of a week
to three weeks. From October until May we look for less rain; it may come in the
form of a shower every few weeks and lasting only a few hours or it may come as an
easy rain and last several days.
Before taking up the different kinds of vegetables which succeed in Cuba we
wish to say a little about the soil here at the Station, so that readers can have a
better idea of the work. Our soil is a heavy red clay which becomes very loose and
open during the dry weather and very sticky when wet. It is a very poor soil to
hold moisture, drying out so fast that shallow rooted plants suffer for water ina
féw days aiter a heavy rain. Several kinds of vegetables, that succeed in the sandy
and loamy soils of other parts of thé island, will not grow well here. We have seen
squashes, melons, etc., that fail with us, doing well in the lighter soils. In this
paper we shall give a list of the varieties that have succeeded with us.
For the convenience of the reader we will divide the vegetables into three classes:
first, those that have given good success; second, those which have given only fair
success; and third, those that have been practically a failure at the Station.
1. THe Kinps THat Have GIvEN EXCELLENT SUCCESS.
These are tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, okra, lettuce,
beets, carrots, parsnips, radishes, ruta bagas, salsify, a
A HEAVY
STRAW- ee
BERRIES
GROW
WELL IN
CUBA.
YOUNG LETTUCE PLANTS.
50 THE CUBA REVIEW.
turnips, dandelions, endive, mustard, spinach, Swiss chard, parsley, garlic, leeks, shallots,
cabbage, kohl rabi and sweet potatoes.
2. Tue Kinps With Wuicu WE Have Hap Fair Success.
These are Irish potatoes, beans (bush, lima and pole), cucumbers, pumpkins, squash,
Bermuda onion sets, celery, collards, and peas.
3. THe Krnps Tuat WE Have Founp Atmost A FAILure.
These are sweet corn, musk melons, watermelons, kale, American onions, broccoli,
Brussels sprouts, and cauliflower.
The varieties of the different kinds of vegetables that we have found to succeed
the best, both from test and observation, are as follows:
List OF VARIETIES RECOMMENDED.
Beans (Lima).
Potato Leaf (pole), Henderson’s Bush
Lima, Burpee’s Bush Lima, Dutch Case-
knife (pole).
Beans (Snap).
Stringless Green
Valentine.
Beets.
Edmond’s Blood Turnip,
Eclipse, Crimson Globe.
Cabbage.
Early Winningstadt, All Season, Early
Jersey Wakefield, Steen’s Flat Dutch,
Late Flat Dutch.
Carrots.
Carenten, Nantes, Strain, Half Long
Stump, Rooted, Half Long Danvers.
Cauliflower.
(Try) Extra Early Snowball.
Pod, Refugee, Red
Extra Early
Endive.
Giant Fringed.
Kohl Rabi.
Early White Vienna.
Lettuce for commercial growing.
Hubbard Market, Big Boston, California
Cream Butter. :
Lettuce for the home garden. To those
already mentioned may be added:
Iceberg, Mignonette, Grand Rapids,
Paris White Cos.
Salsify.
Mammoth Sandwich Island.
Spinach.
New Zealand, Long Standing.
Tomatoes.
Matchless,
giano’s Best.
Turnips.
Livingston’s Beauty, Bol-
Celery. Red Top Globe Shaped, Flat Dutch Strap
Golden Self Blanching. Leaved, Golden Ball.
Chard. Ruta Baga.
Swiss. Purple Top Improved.
Collards. Okra. ;
_ Georgia. Long Green, White Velvet.
Dandelions. Potatoes (Irish).
Improved Thick Leaved. Red Bliss Triumph, Early Rose.
Eggplant. Potatoes (Sweet).
New York Purple, Black Beauty. General Grant, Red Nose, Hanover Yam.
The growing of vegetables upon a commercial scale for export to the United
States has already become a well established industry and is rapidly growing. The
leading kinds of vegetables that it has been found profitable to grow for this trade are
tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, Bermuda onion, and Irish potatoes. The varieties of these
vegetables have already been given in the list.
There is also no doubt in our minds that when we have reliable refrigerator
transportation upon the steamship lines many kinds of the more tender vegetables
can be grown profitably for the export trade, such as celery, beets, carrots, lettuce,
etc., but at the present time the commercial grower will have to content himself with
the production of vegetables of the hardier types that can stand the long delays and
rough handlings that are common in the pioneer life of this industry.
We have put in a few pictures of vegetables as grown either here at the Station
or on the farm of some grower in the Island. They give an idea of what has been —
and what can be done. There is no reason why every person living in Cuba should
not have something fresh from the garden nearly every month in the year, and for
most of the time an abundance of choice garden vegetables. A garden in any country
means work and it is equally so in Cuba.
THE CUBA REWLE Ww et
Cuban Fruits and Vegetables.
Specially written for the Cusa Review by Urner-Barry Company.
HE fall crop of Cuban pines is now arriving, but the supply is much lighter than
usual, and the market less satisfactory than in some previous years, especially
last year. This is probably due to the liberal supply of Florida pineapples
_ _ arriving, together with the fact that the New York market is very liberally
supplied with fruits and vegetables, and prices generally rule low. Nearly all the
pines arriving from Cuba are of the Red Spanish variety, Cubans apparently giving
little attention to Abbakas, Smooth Cayennes, or Porto Ricos, these varieties doubtless
requiring more attention and carrying less favorably in transit, so that the Red Spanish
is considered the best kind to develop. Some Sugar pines are raised in Cuba, but they
are usually consumed in home markets except in mid‘immer, when some stock usually
finds an outlet on this market. Recent sales have been from $2.25 and $2.50 for choice
sound 24s, with prices ranging down according to the size, as low as 90 cents and $1.00
per crate for 42s. The smaller sized pines usually receive little attention on this market,
buyers rarely caring for fruit grading more than 36 to the crate, and 42s and 48s are
usually neglected, and do not command sufficient to warrant shipment from Cuba, except
in rare cases, when market is very short of stock.
SORT PINEAPPLES WITH CARE.
Cuban oranges and grape-fruit have been in light supply and selling rather low
not showing sufficient care in packing. The pines should be sorted carefiilly according
tO size, 18, 24, 36 or 42 to the crate, and if the fruit is of uniform size, it will fit
the crate snug enough to prevent shaking and bruising while in transit.
Cuban oranges and grape-fruit have been in light supply and selling rather low
owing to the large quantity of Florida fruit arriving. Late sales of Florida oranges
have been largely in range of $1.75 and $2.25 per box for lines of mixed sizes, though
selected sizes of strictly fancy have realized more, up to $3.00 and in instances higher.
Florida grape-fruit has sold generally from $2.00 and $3.00 per box, fancy up to. $3.50
and $4.00, and poor stock lower. Cuban oranges and grape-fruit usually average slightly
under Florida, but just at present few are arriving and advices indicate that stock is
being placed to better advantage in home markets.
CUBAN VEGETABLES SHOULD BE SHIPPED NOW.
There are no Cuban vegetables arriving just now, and while small shipments will
doubtless appear latter part of this month and next month, the season will not really
open until about January 1. Many kinds of vegetables are in very limited supply in New
York at present and receivers of Cuban products have calls from dealers daily relative
to Cuban tomatoes, peppers, etc., and if these vegetables could be shipped here now very
satisfactory prices could be realized, especially for tomatoes and peppers.
So many articles have been written on growing and cultivating vegetables in Cuba
that it is somewhat difficult to understand why the natives do not take hold with more
energy and develop the business to a greater extent. As it is now, most of the fruit
and vegetables exported from Cuba are grown and shipped by Americans or persons
other than native Cubans.
VEGETABLES FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE SHIPPING HERE.
As a matter of interest and with a view of giving Cubans an idea of the varieties of
vegetables arriving in New York from far distant points, we herewith mention the vege-
tables now arriving from Europe and other than local sections:
Asparagus is in very limited supply from France and Belgium, and extremely high
prices are being realized, French asparagus of white variety selling up to $7.00 and
$8.00 per bunch, in rare instances higher, though smaller bunches of green from Belgium
sell down to $1.00. A shipment of carrots arrived this week from Rotterdam. Chicory
and escarol are coming in freely from New Orleans, but prices are so high that stock
from both France and Belgium is arriving and selling at satisfactory figures. Horse-
radish often arrives from various European sections and usually sells in the neighborhood
of 5 cents per pound. Endive from Belgium is selling at 12 and 15 cents per pound,
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which is satisfactory to shippers. Artichokes are quite plenty from France and late
sales have been around $2.00 per dozen. Various vegetables have been received of late
from California, including many varieties of nearly all fresh stock, but prices realized
have been too low to attract other than sample shipments, and the only article now
arriving from California is tomatoes, which are coming in carload lots and meeting an
active demand when choice at $2.00 and $2.25 per small flat box, holding perhaps one peck.
New Orleans beans, shallots, lettuce and other salad vegetables are coming in freely
and meeting with ready sale at high prices, lettuce up to $8.00 and $10.00 per large sugar
barrel. From Florida string beans, green peas, egg-plants, peppers, lettuce, squash,
tomatoes, and some other vegetables are arriving more or less freely and bringing quite
satisfactory prices, making it evident that Cuban would bring profitable figures if shipped
at present time.
Frutas y Verduras Cubanas.
Escrito expresamente para la CuBA Review por UrNeEr-Barry Co,
A han comezado a recibirse pias cubanas de la cosecha de otono, pero las exist-
encias son mucho mas escasas que de costumbre y las condiciones del mercado son _
menos satisfactorias que lo fueron en afios anteriores, sobre todo el ano pasado.
Esto se debe probablemente 4 las grandes existencias de pifias de la Florida, y al
hecho de que el mercado de Nueva York esta aborrotado de frutas y legumbres, y las
cotizaciones son por lo, comtin bajas. Casi todas las pifias que se reciben de Cuba son
de 'a clase colorada espanola, pues parece que los cubanos no cultivan mucho las Abacas,
Cayenes lisas y Portorriquefias, quizas por que requieren mas atencidn y son menos
a proposito para transportarlas a larga distancia, por lo que consideran la colorada espafiola
como la mas ventajosa de cultivar. En Cuba se cosechan pifias de aztcar, pero, éstas
generalmente se consumen en el pais, excepto 4 mediados del verano en que se exportan
algunas a este mercado. Las ventas ultimament realizadas se hicieron a razon de $2.25
a $2.50, clase selecta, tamafio 24 en el huacal, bajando los precios segtn el tamafio, pagan-
dose de goc. a $1.00 por huacal de 42 pifias. Los tamafios pequenos tienen muy poca sali
da en esta plaza, pues rara vez hay demanda por pifias de tamamo menor de 36 en el
huacal, y los tamafios 42 y 48 no se piden, por lo que su importacién no esta justifcada
sino en casos muy raros, 6 sea cuando la plaza carezca de existencias.
ENCOJANSE LAS PINAS CUIDADOSAMENTE.
Varias son las quejas habidas con respecto a Ja mala calidad de las pifias cubanas, pues
la fruta llega podrida a causa del descuido con que ha sido empacada. Las pinas cubanas
‘deben escojerse con cuidado y segtin los tamanfos, es decir 18, 24, 36 y 42 en el huacal,
y si la fruta es de tamafio uniforme cabra con el suficiente desahogo para evitar sacudi-
das y golpes durante el transito.
Alguna existencia ha habido de naranjas y toronjas cubanas, las cuales no obtuvieron
muy buenos precios a causa de las grandes cantidades de estas frutas que se reciben de
la Florida. Las ultimas ventas de naranjas de la Florida se hicieron generalmente de
$1.75 a $2.25 la caja de tamafios mezclados, si bien los tamafios escojidos de naranjas
estrictamente finas obtuvieron mejores precios, hasta $3.00 y en varios casos mas. Las
toronjas de la Florida se vendieron por lo regular de $2.00 a4 $3.00 la caja, las finas de
$3.50 a $4.00 y las de clase inferior 4 un preico mucho menor. Las naranjas y toronjas
de Cuba suelen ser un tanto inferiores en calidad a las de la Florida, mas al presente son
muy pocas las que se reciben de la Isla, y las indicaciones son de que la cosecha se
consumira en el pais 4 mejores precios.
LAS VERDURAS CUBANAS DEBEN EXPORTARSE AL NORTE.
Al presente no hay arribos de verduras cubanas, y aun que se esperan algunas con-
signaciones a fines del presente mes y durante Diciembre, la estacién no comenzara real-
mente hasta principios de Enero. La plaza de Nueva York esta careciendo de varias verduras,
y los importadores de productos cubanos reciben diariamente demandas por tomates,
pimientos, etc. cubanos, cuyas verduras podrian exportarse a esta plaza ahora, en la
seguridad de obtener muy buenos precios, especialmente los tomates y los pimientos.
Son tantos los articulos que se han escrito con respecto a la siembra y cultivo de
verduras en Cuba, que no puede uno comprender el por qué los cubanos no han prestado
atencion a este ramo de agricultura y emprendido el desarrollo de los cultivos menores
con mas energia y en mayor abundancia. Tan es asi, que la mayor parte de las frutas y
verduras que se exportan de Cuba, se cosechan y embarcan por americanos 6 individuos
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Reconocido universalmente como
El mayor establecimienio del mundo
para habilitaciones de ninos.
Es una tienda dedicada exclusivamente a la venta de todo lo nece-
sario para vestir ninos de ambos sexos. EJ] tiempo, el capital y la energia
que por lo regular se dedican a la atencién de muchas secciones en otras
tiendas, se dedican aqui a un solo fin.
Ropa para nifios. Vestidos, trajes completos y abrigos para nifias y
sefioritas. Zapatos para nifos. Medias, calcetines y ropa interior para
nifios. Sombreros, gorras y habilitaciones para nifios. Sombreros para
nifias y sefioritas. Habilitacion completa para reciennacidos. Juguetes,
mufiecas, juegos y libros. Articulos para el colegio. ‘Trajes de etiqueta
para nifios y jovencitos. Vestidos de baile, teatros, etc., para nifias y
sefioritas. Blusas para nifias y sefioritas. Trajes de bafio para jovenes.
Articulos atléticos y de excursiones para ambos sexos. “Todo en dibujos
que son exclusivamente nuestros ; disefios y telas apropiados, y un surtido
tan completo como no se encuentra en ninguna otra casa.
PRECIOS MODICOS POR ARTICULOS DE PRIMERA CALIDAD
EL CATALOGO DE BEST
Facilitara a los parroquianos en lugares lejanos, la seleccién de lo que
deseen, pues contiene mas de 20,000 articulos minuciosamente descriptos
é ilustrados con grabados. Se remite 4 todo el que envie 4 centavos en
sello de correo para su franqueo.
Un comprador experto, empleado por Ja tienda, sigue fielmente las
instrucciones de los parroquianos que hagan sus pedidos por correo,
haciendo las compras con el mismo cuidado y la misma economia que lo
haria el interesado en persona, pero con un conocimiento mas completo
del surtido que tiene el establecimiento. De este modo, los parroquianos
que no residan en Nueva York son servidos de un modo eficaz y
satisfactorio.
HACER PEDIDOS POR CORREO
es tan satisfactorio y seguro como hacer las compras personalmente en la
tienda. No tenemos sucursales. No tenemos agentes.
60 y 62 West 23d St., Nueva York, E. U. de A.
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de otras nacionalidades, que parecen apreciar la inagotable riqueza de aquel suelo mejor
que los naturales del pais.
VERDURAS EXTRANJERAS QUE SE RECIBEN EN ESTA PLAZA.
Como asunto de interés y con el proposito de dar 4 los cubanos una idea de las
verduras que se reciben en Nueva York procedentes de paises extraujeros, 4 continuacion
mencionamos algunas que vienen de Europa y otros lugares.
Los esparragos recibidos de Francia y de Bélgica estan escasos, cotizandose 4 muy
altos precios, vendiéndose los esparragos blancos franceses de 7 a 8 centavos el mazo
aleanzando algunas veces mayor precio, si bien los mazos pequefios de esparragos verdes
belgas, se venden a $1.00. De Roterdam se recibio esta semana un cargamento de zana-
horias, de Nueva Orleans vienengrandes cargamentos de achicoria y escarola, pero se
cotizan tan alto que las existencias procedentes de Francia y de Bélgica se venden 4
buenos precios. Los rabanos picantes se reciben 4 menudo de varios puntos de Europa,
vendiéndose generalmente a unos cinco centavos la libra. La escarola belga se cotiza de
I2 4 15 centavos la libra, cuyo precio satisface a los exportadores. Las existencias de
aleachofas francesas son abundantes, habiéndose cotizado ultimamente a razon de $2.00 la
docena. De California se ha recibido enestos Ultimos dias varias consignaciones de
verduras, casi todas frescas, pero los precios obtenidos han sido demasiado bajos para
dar motivo a nuevas consignaciones, y lo unico que se recibe de California al presente son
tomates, que llegan en abundancia y tienen activa demanda, cotizandose de $2.00 4
$2.25 la caja pequefia, que contiene unos 9 litros. Las habas, chalote, lechuga y otras
verduras para ensalada se estan recibiendo de Nueva Orleans en grandes cantidades,
cotizandose 4 muy buenos precios, sobre todo la lechuga que obtiene de $8.00 4 $10.00
por bocoy. También se reciben de la Florida habichuelas, guisantes, berenjenas, pimien-
tos, lechugas, calabazas, tomates y otras verduras que se cotizan a precios satisfactorios,
lo que demuestra que los agricultores cubanos tendrian grandes oportunidades para
obtener buenos precios si exportasen sus productos ahora.
Sugar in November.
Importation of Japanese Suggested for the Cuban Cane Fields. Large
Numbers Employed on Hawaiian Sugar Estates.
Specially written for THe Cusa Review by Wittett & Gray, of New York.
UGAR in November is generally a quiet subject to write about and this year is no
S exception.
The European beet crop is under manufacture but scarcely on the market
to any extent. The Cuba and West India crops are still in the canefields. The
Louisiana and Texas cane crops are only beginning. All crops are surrounded with such
uncertainty as to make the month of November a month of guesswork rather than of
settled facts. As regards the Cuba crop which has already passed through several
periods of guessing at results, there is still another such period close at hand. A few
months ago prospects warranted the expectation of one of the largest crops on record.
Then came the insurrection which threatened (if continued to the crop maturity), to
cut the estimates in half, then the U. S. intervened and restored conditions to the first
level in all respects except as to labor. Now, close at hand, is the labor problem uvon
which depends the cutting of the cane to keep the factories going. The end of the in-
surrection has by no means settled the labor problem.
The negroes who are the cane cutters have had a taste in the war of living without
working and their nature is such that they may be disinclined now to work ior a hving,
to the extent that is necessary to harvest the full crop. A suggestion to meet this difficulty
may be acceptable just now taken from the methods of our domestic beet sugar industry.
Contracts are made with the leader of a band of Japanese in San Francisco to
furnish the requisite labor for making and harvesting a beet crop in Utah or Idaho or
elsewhere. The Jap brings his laborers, camps them out in tents, feeds them on rice and
does all that is required for a certain sum per acre. These Jap communities are now
about through with their beet root engagement and might be induced to transfer them-
selves to plantations in Cuba for the cane cutting campaign. The U. $. would undoubt-
edly see that these colonists were protected during their stay in the island. The Japs
have been employed in large numbers on Hawaiian sugar estates.
While this uncertainty exists regarding the labor question, the market for sugar in
<< ee ap ae Sa ee tHE CUBASREV LEW: 55
‘*“Meet me at Camaguey”’
NORMAL MAN LONGS FOR A HOME—"Tis the desire of every human heart.
A COMPETENCY —In old age is the birthright of your children.
OMAJA COLONY—None better located. Soil fertile. Water pure. Tracts any size, $20 per acre.
FIVE-ACRE GROVE—Planted. Cared for. Guaranteed the best plantation proposition in Cuba from
every standpoint.
A HOME—Prepare for that sought for by all normal men—a home and competency. while in the States—by
our five acre plan; the safest. surest, best; while going in and about your ordinary affairs. Not
necessary to be a capitalist to make money in Cuba.
LARGE TRACTS—<s0,000 acres of sugar land, at $4.50 per acre, on Deep Water Harbor; four annual pay-
ments—no interest. Natural increase in value so per cent. per annum.
TIMBER LAND-—1s,000 acres, solid timber. Valuable. As civilization advances timber supplies lessen.
The world is seeking good timber. Every ten acres, has more than $150 worth of timber, net.
Excellent location on the North Coast. No better sugar or fruit land on earth. $8 per acre.
PALENQUA-—A portion of this tract still offered at $20 per acre in 80-acre or larger tracts. NOTHING
: BETTER IN ALL CUBA. GUARANTEED more than $rs worth of timber per acre.
Mankind is Land Hungry.
The world longs for a home. You can acquire ajhome’or a productive farm, thereby satisfying that
natural hunger and thirst for habitation implanted in man’s heart by the Creator in the beginning of time.
What Have I to Sell P
Seventeen thousand acres (must be sold in one body), price $10.00 an acre. Two railroads criss cross this
tract leading to the three important harbors of the Island, Gibara, Nipe and Santiago. A town of three hun-
dred inhabitants and a railroad junction is a part of this property. The railroad excavations show more than
4% feet of rich, fertile black loam, that practical farmers from famous Indiana bottoms, from Central Illinois
garden spots and Iowa’s beautiful, rolling plains, pronounce it as never excelled. It fills all requirements as to
location, title, quality and price.
I have a five acre plantation proposition. No better soil in Cuba, natural drainage, every foot
tillable. Cash or installments. If you should default you do not lose out.
STOCK RANCH—s,066 acres fenced in ten pastures, adjoining a sugar mill being built. Nothing better.
Price $12.00 per acre.
Other Ranches. Other Large Tracts. We have Anything you want.
No irrigation problems. Ample rainfall solves that vexatious and expensive proposition. ‘‘LAND OF
PERPETUAL JUNE” where wealth-producing crops flourish twelve months in the year. The wealth of a
country depends upon many things; she may have all the good things spoken of above, but if she has not near
markets and cheap transportation, her people will be poverty stricken.
LISTEN—We are within a few hours’ ride of the populous Atlantic seaboard, with its millions of
population, with the ocean a free highway, God’s road unsurveyed, unstaked and unsold, with independent
steamers waiting to take the wealth of produce, raised from virgin soil in a winterless climate, to waiting buy-
ers, at prices that will make an industrious man of a few acres, independent and happy. He can soon own a
good home, with means to educate his children, and be that prince among men, an independent planter. Men
who have made the study of soils, people and climate the work of a lifetime, unhesitatingly say that this is the
last great ‘tround up” of fertile lands. The West is now a myth, the North a forbidding, cheerless, wind-
swept plain, and it is no wonder that all this fertile, wealth-producing land is made possible by the centuries of
the unspeakable history of Spain.
DON’T SPECULATE---INVEST
DO YOU WANT SOIL RICH AS THE FABLED NILE’S? ITHAVEIT. Do you want toown your-
self, or do you and your children and your children’s children want to be servants of servants? Since the
foundation of this nation was laid, her people have simply desired, reached forth their hands and taken Na-
ture’s wealth for their own. This, like other Nations of the earth, has reached maturity, where earning and
living are balanced and saving next to impossible. Accept this gift of kind nature, for it is the century’s
last and best gift.
What Do You Want? We Have It
and on terms and prices that you cannot duplicate in Cuba or in the world,
and on TERMS THAT YOU CAN BUY, HOLD AND PAY FOR. That means
better times for you and your children, and a little more sunshine in your old age
‘““Meet me at Camasguey”’
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Re ence Chicago D. E. KERR, ever! Managers
56 THE CUBA REVIEW.
the U.S. is inclined to remain firm although quiet at about the present level of quotations,
say 2%c. cost and freight for 96 test centrifugals. The small daily and weekly fluctua-
tions in the European beet sugar market during the month have little influence on this
side, in fact Cuba and its fluctuating prospects have more influence on Europe than has
Europe on Cuba or the U. S. Next month, December, will be of special influence to the
sugar trade.
Refined product has been in decreasing demand in November with several reductions
in prices as usual at this season of small cane consumption. The domestic beet sugars
of the West and the Pacific are supplying the demand in those sections of the country and
unfortunately for themselves and to the detriment of their profits are engaged at this time
in an aggressive warfare over the distribution of territory which each demands of the
other
Granulated on the Pacific has been marked down by the warring factions to 4.25¢ for
cane and 3.95c. per lb. for beet granulated, against the lowest quotation on the Atlantic
of 4.55c. per pound. This has no special bearing on the value of Cuban sugars for next
crop however, the prices to be obtained being well within control of the Cuban planters
themselves, limited only by the parity of the beet sugar market of Europe.
This season of cane grinding began in Cuba during the week ending Nov. 20th. Last
year not until Dec. 12th and in 1904 week ending Nov. 21 and in 1903, Dec. 5th.
Prospects of sugar production in Porto Rico are very favorable, the new crop being
estimated at 255,000 tons against 213 tons last year.
AGUSTIN EU LL ER COM PAN ™
CUBA, 76 and 78 45 BROADWAY
HABANA NEW YORK
MAQUINARIA PARA INGENIOS
Exportadores de Tudas los Articulos Necesarios en los Centrales
DEFECACION CONTINUA PATENTE HATTON
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EN PASTA
PARA CLARIFICACION DE JUGOS y SIROPES.
Una preparaci6én pura y concentrada de Acido Fosférico, fabricada enteramente con huesos, libre de
fierro, aluminium y Otras substancias deleterias, que impiden la cristalizacion.
AUMENTA EL RENDIMIENTO. MEJORA LA CALIDAD.
Pidan informes y prospectos a la
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El Trapiche Patente de Fogarty.
IN) Goes, lectores se interesaran en el trapiche patente del Sr. James H.
Fogarty, con toda la caja de acero, cuyo anuncio se halla en otra parte de este
periodico, y al cual el Sr. Fogarty ha hecho recientemente una mejora adicional
con colocar una viga. I encima de la caja, suspendiendo las mazas de la misma
sobre dos troles, por medio de los cuales se puede hacer rodar con facilidad las mazas
de la caja para conseguir cualquier objeto deseado. El grabado aqui muestra claramente
como se puede hacer esto.
La caja del trapiche del Sr. Fogarty, de forma circular, y toda hecha de acero de
60,000 iibras de fuerza de tension, parace ser la perfeccién en la practica de trapiches en
lo que toca a la caja. Segtin ya indicado, el ajuste de las mazas y del cuchillo, 6 placa
giratoria, puede hacerse de afuera, y toda la operacion del trapiche esta constantemente
a la vista. El Sr. James H. Fogarty, cuya direccién es 126 Liberty Street, New York,
solicita correspondencia acerca de su trapiche.
PLEASE MENTION THE CUBA REVIEW ANp BULLETIN WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS.
: THE CUBA REVIEW. 57
ACE no menos de 44 afios que estoy construyendo carruajes ;
durante este espacio no sdlo he adquirido vasta experien-
cia, si que también mis negocios han ascendido 4 tal punto
que en la actualidad mi fabrica es la mas grande del mundo que hace vehiculos y arneses
parata exportacién.
EI éxito que he tenido obebece 4 tres cosas:
Estudio los requisitos de mis clientes y les vendo la mercaderfa que hecesitan. Mis representantes
I © hemos pasado muchos .afios en distintos paises estudiando las clases de carruajes mas en bo;
yy c P ij , ga,
que luego he-fabricado. Actualmente no hay pais en el globo, donde sean desconocidos
y no gusten los carruajes ‘‘Birch’’; de Argentina a Australia, de Canada al Japon.
BS ~___ “SS Digaseme qué clase de vehiculo necesita Vd. y si no puedo suministrarselo, asi se lo
mW, Jk = indicaré y no procuraré venderle otro.
‘ REC Py. Para los productos ‘‘Birch’’ sdlo se emplean los mejores materiales y la :
; s (2) mano de obra mas diestra, de suerte que su durabilidad los hace bien cono-
cidos por todo el mundo.
Se presta atencién especial al empaque y encajonamiento de los carruajes, de modo que
(3) no hay duda que se entregan al comprador en perfecto estado. Estoy en la creencia
de que no hay otro exportador en e] mundo que dedica tanto cuidado y estudio como
yo 4 este importante problema, lo que exenta a Vd. de todo perjuicio en el transporte!
Si necesita Vd. algo del estilo de carruajes,
vagones, 6 arneses, por cierto y por verdad opino
que podré atender a sus deseos ofreciéndole mercaderias buenas 4
precios que le seran de entera satisfaccién.
Se manda gratis 4 solicitud un hermoso catdalogo artistico que
ilustra y describe mas de 200 carruajes y arneses, publicado en
inglés, espafiol y francés.
JAMES H. BIRCH,
Fabricante de los Renombrados Carruajes F: Arneses “Birch.”
BURLINGTON. NEW JERSEY. E.U.A.
SALTZ
pa}
AY
Se manda gratis 4 solictud
un hermoso Catalogo artistico
que ilustra y describe mas de
200 Carruajes y arneses, pub-
licado en inglés, espanol y
frances.
JAMES
H.
BIRCH,
Fabricante de los Renom-
brados Carruajes y
Arneses “Birch.”
Burlington,
New Jersey,
58 THE CUBA REVIEW.
El Azucar en Noviembre.
Jescrito expresamente para Tue Cupa Review por Willet & Gray, de Nueva York.
A situacion azucarera en Noviembre no ofrece generalmente asunto para comen-
tarios, y por ésto es poco lo que habremos de decir hoy con respecto a este asunto.
E] producto de la cosecha de remolacha en Europa esta en estos momentos
convirtiéndose en azticar, y muy poco de este articulo ha llegado al mercado. En
Cuba y en el resto de las Antillas aun no se ha terminado el corte de la cafia, en Luisiana
y en Tejas comienza ahora. Son tan inciertos los datos obtenidos con respecto a
todas las cosechas, que hace imposible al presente determinar cual sera el resultado de las
mismas. Con respecto 4 la zafra en Cuba que ha pasado ya por varios periodos de
calculos en cuanto a4 su resultado, esta ahora siendo objeto de nuevos calculos. Hace
pocos meses todo hacia esperar una de las mayores zafras habidas en la Isla, pero vino
la insurrecci6n que amenazé (de haber continuado hasta la época en que madura el
fruto) reducir los calculos 4 la mitad, después el gobierno de los Estados Unidos inter-
vino y restablecié las cosas 4 su primitivo estado en todos respectos con excepcion de
lo que se refiere a la cuestidn de brazos, que ahora constituye un dificil problema, pues
sin abundancia de trabajadores no es posible verificar el corte de la cama para que la
molienda continue sin interrupcion. Es evidente que el haberse terminado la insurrec-
cion no ha resuelto en manera alguna dicha cuestidn de brazos.
Los negros, que son los que hacen el corte de la cafia, han probado durante los meses
de insurreccion la manera de vivir sin trabajar y dada su manera de ser, es probable
que rehusen ahora trabajar tanto cuanto es necesario para la recolecta 6 corte de toda
la cama. Esta dificultad podria quizas obviarse en estos momentos, siguiendo el método
empleado en nuestras fabricas de azticar de remolacha, que es poco mas 6 menos el
que sigue.
Con el capataz de una cuadrilla de japoneses que reside en San Francisco, se hacen
contratos para la adquisicion de los brazos necesarios para la recolecta de la remolacha
en Utah 6 Idaho 6 en otra parte cualquiera. Ese capataz japonés lleva sus trabajadores
al campo, los instala en tiendas de campafia, los alimenta con arr6éz y se compromete a
hacer todo el trabajo necesario por una cantidad determinada por acre. Estos trabaja-
dores japoneses estan terminando su contrato para la recolecta de remolacha, y quizas
pudicra inducirseles a trasladarse a los ingenios de Cuba para hacer el corte de la
cana. El gobierno de los Estados Unidos atenderia indudablemente a que estos colonos
japoneses tuviesen la protecciOn necesaria durante su estancia en la Isla. Los japoneses
han sido empleados muchas veces en los grandes ingenios de las Islas Hawai.
No obstante esta incertidumbre con respecto a la cuestion de brazos, el mercado
azucarero en los Estados Unidos tiende 4 permanecer firme, aunque sin actividad,
manteniéndose el nivel de los precios que rige al presente, 6 sea 23c, costo y flete, por
centrifugas polarizacion 96. Las pequefias fluctuaciones que diaria y semanalmente tienen
lugar en los precios del azicar de remolacha en las plazas europeas durante este mes
influye muy poco el mercado en este lado del Océano, el hecho es que la zafra cubana y
las fluctuaciones de su azticar no tienen mas influencia en Europa que la que los azticares
europeos tienen en Cuba 6 en los Estados Unidos. En el entrante mes de Dicembre
habremos de presenciar cambios que influiran directamente en el mercado azucarero.
La demanda por aztcares refinados ha disminuido mucho en Noviembre y los precios
han tenido las bajas acostumbradas en esta epoca del aflo en que el consumo del azticar
de cafla es muy poco. Los azttcares de remolacha procedentes del Oeste y de la costa
del Pacifico, estan supliendo la demanda en esas comarcas, y desgraciadamente para los
fabricantes de dicho dulce y en detrimento de sus intereses, existe entre ellos al pre-
sente una grave desavenencia con motivo de la reparticidn de las plazas que cada uno
de ellos debe abastecer.
En las plazas del Pacifico el azicar granulado ha sufrido con motivo de la enconada
competencia que existe una baja en los precios, cotizandose ahora el aztcar de cafia a
4.25¢ y la de remolacha 4 3.95¢ la libra contra 4.55c la libra que se cotiza en las plazas
del Atlantico como el precio mas bajo. Esto, no obstante, no ha de influir por manera
visible en el precio de los azticares cubanos de la nueva zafra, pues las cotizaciones que
hayan de hacerse dependen por completo de las manipulaciones de los hacendados cubanos
mismos, limitadas solo por los precios que obtenga el azucar de remolacha en los mercados
europeos.
La molienda comenzé este afio en Cuba durante la semana antepasada. El afio
anterior la molienda no comenzo hasta el 12 de Diciembre, y en 1904 hasta mediados de
Noviembre, y en 1903 en 5 de Diciembre.
En Puerto Rico notanse indicios de una zafra azucarera mayor que la Anterior, pues
la de este afio se calcula en 255,000 toneladas contra 213,000 toneladas el afio anterior.
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LA DESFIBRADORA ‘*‘NATIONAL’’
Resarce su Costo muy pronto
Estudiense sus Ventajas
Construimos Desfibradoras de todos tama-
nos desde cino toneladas por hora, hasta de 75
toneladas por hora, y ademas vendemos toda
clase de enseres paraingenios de azucar, y dare-
mos con gusto los informes que se nos pidan.
Nuestras Desfibradoras de Cana ‘‘National”
tienen patente en todos los paises de] mundo,
y se usan con resultados excelentes en Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Java, Hawaii,
México, Yucatan, Guatemala, Argentina, Brasil,
Peru, Australia, Luisiana, Etc.
NATIONAL. 4 73 Gen: e ' __Las tienen algunos de los mas grandes ingenios”
ieee os oY ct S Spree i {de Cuba.
DESEIBRADORA “NATIONAL” PAR . CANA, TRABAJANDO CON UN TRAPICHE.
NEWELL MANUFACTURING CO., 149 Broadway, New York
ACEITES NO-FLUIDOS—“‘Los aceites que no gotean.” Llenan el hueco entre los aceites fltidos y las grasas.
Economizan todo el derrame y el desgaste de los aceites fliidos, porque son no-fliiidos. No engoman y empachan las
chumaceras como lo hacen las grasas, porque son ace/fes. Los aceites no fltidos son los lubricantes mas satisfactorios y
mas econdmicos para la maquinaria de los ingenios.
A peticién, se mandan gratis muestrasa para ensayos. AI pedirnos muestras, sirvanse indicarnos el tamano y la velocidad
de las chumaceras y la clase de la maquinaria, para que podremos escoger un aceite de la consistencia adecuada
N. Y. & N. J. LUBRICANT COMPANY,
14 Church Street, New York City, U.S. A.
Agente Cubano, Sr. N. S. LAMB, Habana, Cuba.
MAS CARROS DE CARGA EN CADA TREN.
No es declaracién inconsiderada, que se pueden poner mas
carros de carga Continentales en cada tren, que los de cualquier
otra fabricacion, : olamente porque se los pueden tirar con mas
facilidad.
Ruedas grandes y lubricacion cuidadosa lo efectuan.
Resultado: Dinero economizado en el manejo de la cosecha.
Pidanse nuestro Catalogo No. 4 de carros para cana.
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Bartle.
A Thriving Colony on the Cuba Railway.
|From our Own Correspondent. |
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NEW COLONISTS ESTABLISHING THEIR HOMES AT BARTLE.
B ARTLE makes a fine appearance as one approaches it on the trains of the Cuba
Company, which divides the colony. Going west, on the right hand is Manager
Bull’s spacious house, as comfortable and as handsome as any to be found ot
its size in the states, or in fact anywhere. The land about the house is cleared
and a park contemplated, which will help to make this section one of the show places
on the line and encourage development everywhere. On the left is the begin-
ning of the village proper. There is a saw-mill, a country store, many houses in
every direction, well built, cozy and substantial. A schoolhouse, even a bakery, are on
the grounds. Meats and ice come from Camagtiey. The store supplies all other needs.
A roomy hotel partly fills present requirements, though by this time, a new hotel is
almost ready for guests.
Dr. Preston, of Utica, N. Y., is building it. The location is near the depot. It
will be a three-story building of stone, will have bath rooms and electric lights and all
sanitary conveniences. The ample grounds, about six or eight acres, will be put in
thorough order and adorned with all kinds of plants.
No fault can be found with the Bartle proposition. The ground is undeniably good,
and the location desirable. Water is easily obtained at 40 or 45 feet. It is impregnated
with magnesia and the residents drink it freely without any but beneficial results. The
people live in the town and lots sell for $100.00 and up, size 60x127. Their acreage is
all further inland, and the land will yield abundantly. The ostensible plan is to plant
sugar cane for the main crop and dispose of it to the Company, who will grind it in a
mill shortly to be built. The net income guaranteed, I understand, is to be $40.00 per
acre. As sugar cane reproduces itself for many years without further planting, five, ten,
even twenty years and more with but little attention, it follows therefore, that a forty-
acre plot sold for $25.00 to $50.co per acre, will give the owner a sure income for many
years and leave him free to produce other crops that will yield greater profits. Many
are planting in addition to cane, pineapples, grape-fruit and oranges.
The majority of the residents have been in Bartle but a few months, but if what has
already been accomplished, not on paper, but in actual evidence in the shape of buildings,
and cleared and planted lands, is any criterion to go by, Bartle will be a banner colony
in this section. One cannot but marvel at the energy thus far displayed, which has
resulted in such a splendid showing of improvements. Given a little more time and the
Ten ECU B An RE VALE IW . 61
JAMES M. MOTLEY ASHBEL GREEN W. W. CALDWELL
President Vice-Pres. and Treas. Secretary
MOTLEY, GREEN & CO., Inc.
Locomotoras, carros, rieles y uniones para carriles trituradores de picdra, maquinas y
calderas, tanques, herramientas de ferrocarril, maquinaria para la fabricaciédn de azucar
maquinaria para trabaios de hierro y de madera, guarniciones de tubos, aserraderos,
maquinas de gasolina, maquinaria para la fabricacion de hielo, edificios de madera y
de hierro, puentes, lanchas, etc.
Cable Address 6-68 r r Correspondence
“PLICATION” 6 © Broad Street Solicited.
All Codes Used NEW YORK Address: Cuban Dept.
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THE FERTILE SOIL SOON TURNS INTO RICH GARDENS.
town will take on an appearance most attractive. I have visited but one other colony in
Cuba where the activities of the settlers were more strongly marked and in evidence.
Although it was the rainy season when I reached Bartle, there was no wet spots visible.
The rainfall rapidly drains away. It was extremely pleasant and the nights were ex-
tremely cool, the thermometer while recording 92 degrees at 2:30 P. M. dropping to 76
and 78 at night. There were many nights or rather early mornings when the writer
was glad to reach out on the bed for the heavy covering that had been previously dis-
carded. The men were all busy getting their acres into planting condition. Robert
Britan has 33 acres in sugar cane and Io acres or more planted to grape-fruit. Mr.
Jameson has 30 acres cleared and intended to plant all in grape-fruit.
There are hustling representatives in the colony from England, Pennsylvania, New
York, North Dakota and Michigan, but the greater number come from Canada.
The sun’s rays are intense in the early morning, but at 8 or thereabouts, a refreshing
breeze springs up. This is invariable and continues all day. Lumber is $45.00 per
thousand. Paroid roofing, one-ply, $6.50 per roll; two-ply, $7.50 per roll. Barbed wire
$3.00 per 100-pound roll. Situated as the colony is on the main line of the Cuba R. R.
it has satisfactory facilities for reaching the coast ports and steamers at Nuevitas and
-Nipe Bay and all the principal cities of the island to Havana. The children of the
residents looked particularly well in health.
COLONISTS’ HOMES IN A CLEARING.
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BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
Broad and Narrow Gauge
Single Expansion and Compound
LOCOMOTIVES
Compressed Air Locomotives Electric Locomotives with Westinghouse Motors
PLANTATION LOCOMOTIVES
For all Gauges of Track. To meet all conditions of service.
Specifications
furnished on application
BURNHAM, WILLIAMS @ Co.
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A.
Cable Address: « Baldwin, Philadelphia ”
Agents for Cuba, Krajewski-Pesant Co., Aguiar 92, Havana, Cuba.
ORANGE GROVES
Four Years Old, $3 Per Tree
IN THE BOSTON COLONY
the most up-to-date colony in Cuba, located in
the famous CUBITAS VALLEY, the richest
section of, and in the center of ‘the strongest
American “colony on the island, with all Amer-
ican customs, stores, churches, school, post-
office, two mails weekly, and all that goes to
make an up-to-date American country settle-
ment. Water transportation near, and a R. R.
surveyed across the land.
$3.00 PER TREE
buys fine, rich land, well located and nicely
cleared, set to fine, large, thrifty orange, lemon
and grape fruit trees of any varieties desired,
and given ample care for four years, with guar-
antee that not less than nine-tenths of said trees
will be well in bearing.
Sold on payments to suit purchasers. For
maps, literature and a call from one of our
representatives, address the
CUBAN FRUIT GROWERS’ ASS’N
220 Broadway, New York
Code:
Western Union.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for foreign customers.
Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
Cable:
Gillett, Tampa.
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Along the Trocha.
Three Pictures. Two Dark with War and Persecution. The
Last, of a Happy and Smiling People and a Great
and Prosperous Future.
beautiful orange groves, palatial buildings, factories and industries?
The history of the great enterprise which brought about a condition of
development in a few short years that makes the CEBALLOS District of
Cuba renowned throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, reads more like
a work of fiction than reality.
When Spain was resisting the last efforts of Cuba to gain freedom, she divided
the Island in two parts, drawing the line as near the center of the Island as possible.
The point selected was the narrowest portion of the Province of Porto Principe (now
Camagiiey), between Jucaro on the Carribean and San Fernando on the Atlantic. Here
the famous Trocha was stretched, which consisted of hundreds of tons of barbed wire
so placed as to entangle any one who might attempt to pass from one half of the Island
to the other. The Spanish government built and operated a Military Railroad along the
Trocha, and at the distance of one kilometer apart constructed Block House forts, seventy-
two in all, which were occupied by troops who would shoot down any daring insurgent
who might attempt to break through the barricade of steel points that the barbed wire
obstruction presented.
After the Treaty of Paris when Spain relinquished to the United States her Cuban
possessions, this railroad was among the effects surrendered to our Government, and
during the United States’ occupation of Cuba the operation of this road was conducted
by the military authorities.
The portion of Cuba traversed by this Jucaro & San Fernando Railroad was so
far removed from commercial points or ports, and was so sparsely settled that no culti-
vation whatever had been undertaken, and the lands were in a perfectly virgin state.
Locations along the Trocha were and still are designated by the numbers on the Block
Houses which mark each kilometer of distance from Jucaro to San Fernando. Between
Block Houses 35 and 44 was a belt of land considered to be the richest in all Cuba, but
wholly inaccessible by any then existing transportation mediums.
In the Spring of 1899, through the officer in charge of the Military Railroad, Mr.
George H. Gillett of New York, learned of this rich agricultural district, and the possi-
W 110 has not heard of CEBALLOS, Cuba—its fertile lands, waving caneGelds.
ORANGES, PINEAPPLES AND BANANAS ON THE CEBALLOS PLANTATIONS.
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THE WESTERN RAILWAY OF HAVANA, = Limited.
When in Cuba
American Tourists should not fail to visit the famous mineral
springs of San Diego, and the Government Experimental
Station at Santiago-de-las-Vegas. This line is the only one giv-
ing access to the celebrated Vuelta Abajo tobacco district.
Daylight trip to Pinar del Rio and back: comfortable coaches,
and good hotel accommodations.
THE ONLY RAILWAY COMPANY IN CUBA GRANTING FREE TRANSPOR-
TATION TO SETTLERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND FURNITURE.
For full information regarding lands, etc., address
THE GENERAL MANAGER, . HAVANA, CUBA, W. I.
THE CUBAN AND PAN-AMERICAN
EXPRESS COMPANY
The traveling public will find the service of this company of great convenience,
particularly in the Transfer of Baggage. Pursers on Ships and Messengers on
Trains will supply all information desired.
MAIN OFFICES:
New York, 136 Franklin St. Havana, 150 Havana St.
Hammond’s “Thrip Juice,’ No. I,
Used for Scale on Citrus
20 years in Florida
Keeps the Trees Clean. Note What is Said about Old Trees
CocoanuT Grove, FLoriDA, JULY 21, 1906.
Mr. H. B. Marsn, Live Oak. Florida.
Dear Sir: _ I have been using Hammond’s “‘Thrip Juice” for the past fifteen
years. As a Scale destroyer it hasno equal. It keeps citrus trees perfectly clean
and leaves no bad effect when used according to directions.
Yours truly, JOHN P. TOMS.
P. S. I find I can use two dippers full instead of one to the barrel, on old
trees, with safety.
A Good Thing to Have Around
Mayase Nursery Co., Horcuin, Cusa, Province oF SANTIAGO, AUG. 3, 1906.
Hammonp’s Stuc Snot Works, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Dear Sir: It has been a long time since writing you, but there is a reason.
At the time I bought your ‘‘Thrip Juice,’”’ No. 1, there were groves being set out
and Scale had not manifested itself, but now, with three years on them, they show
the want of aspray. My ten gallon order of three years ago has convinced me
that it is a good thing to have around the grove.
THOS. R. TOWNS.
THRIP:
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SLUG SHOT WORKS.
MAKES 1000
For Pamphlets on Bugs and Blights, address
HAMMOND’S SLUGISHOT WORKS,! FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.
ade WANTED—A RELIABLE MAN to join me in the
MERICANS may find comfortable | poultry and bee business. Also early vegetables and
é ; i i strawberry growing in the Isle of Pines, W.I. I own
furnished lodgings in commodious house | several tracts of land there suitable for above business and
am well acquainted on the island. Join our excursion from
at DR. WILSON’S, NO. 51 MONTE New Ror on Jan. roth, 1907, on the Ward Line steamship
: ‘*Morro Castle”’ to Havana, and look over -the proposition
STREET, HAVANA, overlooking Colon and country. For more particulars, illustrated circulars,
Pp etc., address F. M. Van Etten, 617 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
ark, the most central and pleasant lo-
cation in the city. WANTED:—To correspond with parties living in Cuba who
are familiar with West Indian Lepidoptera. Address Sidney
C. Carpenter, P. O. Box 191. Plainville, Conn., U.S. A.
66 THE CUBA REVIEW:
PORTION OF CEBALLOS VIEWED FROM THE PLAZA HOTEL.
bilities connected with the development of these natural resources strongly impressed
him, and he formulated plans having for their purpose the acquisition of these lands
and their subsequent development. After nearly two years of negotiations to get control
of the properties, THE DrEvELopMENT CoMPANY oF CuBa, with a strong Directorate, was
formed in January, 1901. The first two years of the Company’s existence were principally
devoted to perfecting titles and laying the foundation for the great work which followed.
The name “Ceballos” was given to the district and also to the town which later came
into existence.
The Washington (D. C.) Evening Star, in its issue of July 14th, 1906, tells the story of
“Along the Trocha” in the following graphic lines: Go back eight years. Paint in your
fancy the beautiful, luxuriously indolent Island of Cuba in the convulsive clasp of
war and Weyler—Weyler the Tyrant, Weyler the Butcher, Weyler the Accursed, whose
every memory the Cubans fain would erase from their history. Across the narrowest
part of central Cuba, from Jucaro on the south to beyond Moron on the north, you see
stretched the famous—or infamous—trocha, that impassable line of barbed wire, designed
to prevent the insurgents of the west from joining forces with their comrades in arms
of the east.
A kilometer apart block houses, crowded with Spanish soldiers, rise like sentinels.
The groans of the dying and the stench of the dead are everywhere, for the wholesale
devastation of the land along the Trocha by the Spanish soldiers, accompanied by shock-
ing atrocities, has acted as a boomerang, and the men themselves are daily dying of
starvation and the disease so rampant in tropical close quarters, where the lack of proper
Sanitation quickly brings its dire result.
At every ten miles is a Spanish barracks with a thousand eyes to spot the daring
rebel, who, in the intense blackness that precedes a Cuban dawn, ventures to force him-
self through the barricade with a message to those comrades across the line. Poof,
Bang! and another body is ready for the vultures which haunt the Trocha—another
man’s hopes, loves and ambitions are ended!
Ring up the curtain on the scene of 1906 and note the changes. One can now go
by train from Havana to Ciego de Avila, as sleepy a Spanish town, in the very center
of the Trocha, as one can well imagine; its few inhabitants lounge about their door-
ways unaffected by the hum of American industry that can almost reach them from
the north.
I wish I could paint for you the contrast between these two types of towns, so con-
tiguous to each other—the sleepy inaction of the Cuban village and the bustle of the
American town, pregnant with force, vitality and enterprise. The Cubans live in their
palm-thatched huts, or more pretentious quintas, as happy as the day is long, with a
‘horse, a cow, a pig and a few plantation trees sufficing for their needs.
They bid you welcome to their warm hospitality, and feed you on tortillas, arroz con
pollo, and with delicacies of the Cuban cuisine, but these pall after a time upon the
northern palate. To the artistic eye, after the picturesque beauty of Ciego de Avila,
with its stone buildings colored into luscious tints by age, its stately colonnades, its
pictorial plaza, and its general subtle air of romantic mystery, the up-to-date, business-
like, generally prosperous but wholly utilitarian atmosphere of a town like CEBALLos, the
largest American settlement along the Trocha, leaves one cold and unenthusiastic. But
there is a suggestion about Ceballos of “the pies that mother used to make,” and the energy
and enterprise in this little mushroom-like town, which sprang into being not more than
three years ago, is anything but romantic.
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isch Patente de James H. Fogarty Con Toda
La Caja de Acero.
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BE SURE—j
That your Engine and Pump is
packed with PACKING that will
increase power and save money
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Either one of which will give better service
and cost much less than any other. Be sure
and call for Genuine “ Eureka.”’
Send for Catalog.
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EUREKA PACKING CO.
CUBA 85 HAVANA
Caja de forma circular, toda hecha de acero de 60,000
libras de fuerza de tension. Esta trapiche permite ver lo
que se hace mientras que trabaja. No se usan ni tapas
superiores, ni tapas taterales, ni pernos de tapas laterales, ni
pernos reales. El ajuste de las mazas y del cuchillo se
hace afuera de la caja. Para datos completos dirijanse a.
JAMES H. FOGARTY, 126 Liberty St., New York.
The Jaragua Plantation owned by the Taco Bay Commercial Company
Comprises more than 20,000 acres of the best fruit land in Cuba, with its TITLE
FREE, CLEAR and PERFECT, recorded in both the cities of Baracoa and
Santiago. With half of its original capital stock in the Treasury, this Company
offers the remainder of the original issue of 10,000 share of Treasury Stock at par,
$10 per share.
No Bonds No Mortgage No Preferred Stock
First year of ownership, ending 1905, marketed 205,000 cocoanuts; a considerable
quantity of cacao; two crops of vegetables, including sweet potatoes, tomatoes,
string beans, cucumbers, squash, egg plant and plantain.
econd year of ownership, 1906, will market close to 500,000 cocoanuts, with
large increase in shipments of cacao and vegetables.
This Company owns some of the best cocoanut land in the world.
This Company has the foundation laid for one of the best cocoanut plantations in
the West Indies.
Cocoanuts are Money 365 Days in the Year
The world’s supply of cocoanuts is unequal to the demand. The confectioners alone
in the U. S. consumed 40,000,000 cocoanuts last year. A matured cocoanut tree is
dropping its fruit nearly every day in the year. Previous to the ‘‘ Ten Years’ War”
(1868-1878) this plantation marketed over 1,000,000 cocoanuts yearly. There is,
therefore, No Experiment, in growing cocoanuts on this plantation. 100,000
matured cocoanut trees (1,000 acres) will Net over 20 per cent on the entire capital-
ization of this Company, $500,000. This plantation embraces a splendid land-
locked harbor with deep water shipping facilities. Savings Banks cannot offer
better security to their depositors than this Company offers to its Stockholders. Its
large land ownership and great earning possibilities invite the most skeptical and
searching investigation.
Write at once for Stockholders letter and full particulars. Representatives wanted
for the sale of these securities. References exchanged.
TACO BAY COMMERCIAL CO., 11 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass.
(See description of this plantation in this issue)
68 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Fancy a town of that age with a bank, a fine modern hotel and administration build-
ing, a town hall, a general store doing a business of $100,000.00 a year; an electric light
and refrigerating plant—which latter one needs in that country to make life worth liv-
ing—and the Berlin system of sewerage, more perfect than any which has yet been
adopted even by the most enterprising cities in the States.
After all, does it not seem like some fable of the Arabian Nights? One could
easily fancy Aladdin and his wonderful lamp having had something to do with this almost
miraculous change from useless jungle to prosperous town; and oh, how good it is to
get once more into a real bed, with real mattresses on it, after weeks of sleeping on
the padded quilts the Cubans affect as covering for springs! The Plaza Hotel at
CEBALLOS has quite a piquant history, for it is nothing more nor less than as much of
the old Plaza Hotel which for so many years stood at the entrance to Central Park, New
York, as could be moved to Cuba. One feels upon entering it very much at home in-
deed. Ceballos is a sort of social rendezvous for a number of American colonists from
various parts of the States, who foregather for evenings at the hotel or town hall, their
days being spent in the raising of cane, bananas, oranges or pineapples.
But the three pictures I want you to hold before your minds are, first, of the ‘Trocha
district in Weyler’s time, fierce, bloody, ravaged and devastated; the women whose homes
lay along its ghastly trail, with their tongues cut out and arms chopped off, mutilated
beyond description for their loyalty, as I myself saw them. Then the Trocha of that
heart-rending reconstruction period, overgrown with tropical underbrush, a veritable
jungle, its people discouraged, impotent and anemic under the hopeless burden of their
poverty; and lastly, the Trocha of to-day, its wonderful natural possibilities being de-
veloped, its people happy and smiling, employment and a modicum of comfort for the
very meanest; centers of tremendous industry springing up where blood once dyed the
rich alluvial soil a deeper red; natives having their natural slothfulness organized into
activity and a general impulse of vigorous vitality inspired chiefly by American enterprise
and sagacity reaching out in every drection.
Under the title of “A Souvenir of Ceballos, Cuba,” Mr. Gillett has written a brief
but interesting history of what the Company has accomplished, illustrated by nearly one
hundred photographic scenes. He will mail a copy to any one who may be interested and
will address their request to him at 43 Exchange Place, New York. Since the publica-
tion of this book there have been many new and important developments resulting from
the re-occupation of the Island by the United States. Ceballos has been made the head-
quarters for the army officers stationed in Central Cuba, and several hundred troops are
also quartered there. The tourist season is now opening, and with the attractions offered
at Ceballos, this favored town will be the Mecca of Island visitors this winter.
THE PLAZA HOTEL, CEBALLOS.
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SS
69
Comforts and Luxuries
On Land and Sea
For the Tourist Going ‘to Cuba.
O the tourist, whose interest in the utilitarian features of the island is inconsider-
able; whose only thought for them is that they provide for his comfort; Cuba
offers a practically new and most delightful field for travel.
It is her grasp upon
her own advantages, and the combination with them of imported comforts and
luxuries, that make the island the splendid resort which it is to-day.
location, its beautiful configuration and its perennially mild
climate give it unrivalled prominence as a winter resort,
while its nearness to the United States and its accessibility
are sufficient reasons for its present and growing popularity
in this respect.
The Mobile Route to Havana.
The Quickest, Most Comfortable, Most
Direct.
60 Hours from Chicago.
A MERICAN transportation enterprise has done
much to aid in the growth and development of
Cuba under its own government. ‘The various
services of the Munson Line between Cuba and
the United States is frequent and regular, and the con-
nections with limited express trains at Mobile makes this
route to Cuba altogether the most delightful for tourist and
merchant. A glance at the maps dee that important
cities in the interior of the United States are provided with
through service to Havana.
The Finest of Trains, and the Quickest
Time to Havana, via Mobile.
The Queen & Crescent and Southern Railway route
from Cincinnati runs through trains of the highest type,
affording every convenience to Mobile on fast schedule.
This route allows a stop-over of a day in the quaint old
city of Mobile, a pleasant break in the journey to Cuba.
As the train arrives in the morning and the steamer sails
in the afternoon, there is ample time for a drive on the
famous shell road, along the shore of the beautiful Mobile
Its geographical
THE HAVANA LIMITED
CHICAGO & ALTON R.R.
MOBILE & OHIO--
MUNSON S. S. LINE.
LEAVE ARRIVE
Monday
Tuesday
2.15 P.M.
CHICAGO 2.30 P.M.
9.45 P.M. ST. LOUIS 7.49 AM.
Tuesday
Monday
6.25 P.M. an) yop g / Mi l210 Koon
6.00 P.M, sail | (ar. 8.00 AM.
5.00 P.M.
Saturday
8.00 A.M.
Thursday
HAVANA
ARRIVE LEAVE
50 THE CUBA REVIEW.
DINING-CAR, HAVANA LIMITED.
bay and for trips to the places of
historic attachment in Old Mobile.
The Chicago & Eastern Ilh-
nois and the Louisville & Nashville
railroads maintain through trains
with finest Pullman and dining-car
accommodations from Chicago.
The Louisville & Nashville
R. R. operates a fast night train
from Cincinnati to Mobile, leavin
the former city at 6.00 p. m. Sad
arriving at Mobile a short time
before sailing hour the following
day. While this route does not
give the opportunity of a short visit
to Mobile, it offers a faster sched-
ule to those whose time is limited.
The country traversed by
the several lines entering Mobile is
picturesque and attractive, the
roadbeds are rock-ballasted, and
free of dust and dirt.
The Chicago & Alton and
Mobile & Ohio operate the
“HAVANA LIMITED,” a
train “de Luxe,” which reduces the
trip from Chicago to Havana to
sixty hours. Twenty-four hours of this time are occupied in the railroad journey from
Chicago to Mobile, Ala., and thirty-six hours are
of Mexico to the harbor of Havana.
The Havana Limited.
This superb service will begin
January first, and its convenience
will doubtless appeal as strongly to
the traveller from Cuba as it will to
the winter tourist from the United
States.
The ride over the splendid
roadbed and amid the attractive
scenery of the Chicago & Alton.
then over the old historic Mobile
& Ohio from St. Louis to Mobile,
through Tennessee, Mississippi and
Alabama, and after that the de-
lightful voyage through the Gulf,
from Mobile to Havana on the
Prince George, one of the speedy
Munson liners, is an experience full
of comfort and the keenest pleasure.
The Munson liner employed
in this service is a new, commo-
dious, splendidly fitted up and
fast steamship, having accommo-
dations and_ providing _ service
equal to those of transatlantic liners.
The sail through the Gulf of Mex-
ico is a short, delightful voyage in
tropic seas, of which the voyager en-
required for the sail through the Gulf
OBSERVATION-CAR, HAVANA LIMITED.
: THE CUBA REVIEW. 71
joys every minute and the entrance
to Havana's beautiful harbor, be-
tween the ancient walls of Morro
Castle and the flower-lined prome-
nades of the Malecon, is a vision of
guaintness and striking beauty alone
worth the ‘entire journey to witness.
The promenade deck sweeps
unobstructed from stem to stern,
and is roomy and protected. ‘The
culsine provided is of course of the
highest quality, and the Munson
liner’s service in this regard has al-
ways been unstintedly praised.
All that experience and effort
could suggest and supply has been
done to make the tourist's ride over
the summer sea to Havana one of
greatest comfort: The traveller may
be sure of continuing his voyage in
security and with every luxury at
his command. The staterooms are
commodious, handsomely fitted up
and receive_an abundance of light
and air. The saloons, drawing-
rooms, and social halls are sump- SLEEPING-CAR, HAVANA LIMITED
tuously furnished. The Prince ‘ ;
George was built especially for tourist travel and is therefore fully equipped with all
those adjuncts and conveniences which add so much to the pleasure of the outing.
Surely, you want to join in the gayety and laughter a which Havana is full and
therefore now is the time to visit
Cuba—the gala season of the island.
Cuba is attractive at all times.
You need not fear the heat
of a Cuban summer. The air
is invariably agreeable, and breez-
es are always cool owing to the
trade winds which blow almost
every hour of the day. A proof
of their tempering effect is the fact
that sunstroke—common in many
cities of the United States in sum-
mer—is practically unknown in
Cuba. Though Spanish is still the
language spoken by the natives of
the island, Americans need antici-
pate no inconvenience on this score,
for English is spoken at all the ho-
tels and most of the shops. Ac-
commodations for tourists are most
adequate, for in addition to the
hotels, many private houses are
opened to visitors during the travel
seasons, and tourists can find room
in hotels of other Cuban cities even
when Havana is thronged.
Cuba, can justly be termed
a “‘tourists’ country,” though she
is much more than that. Her
COMPARTMENT ON HAVANA LIMITED.
72
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paiahis' YEAR IN
MOBILE AND
LUXURIANT GREEN PASTURES TWELVE MONTHS IN THE
CUBA.
“The heavy dew glittering on the waves of green gives them a soft brilliancy -
the cloudless skies, the buoyant air, beguiles the way
SUPERB PASSENGER SERVICE
BETWEEN
NEW YORK.
ie : Sa diversified, her shores are bold
marvelous in its luxuriance.
ravel is most enjoyable.
The railways are comfortable
and service is frequent. The
distances are not excessive and
points of interest are not far
Cy apart. Thus there need not
%, \ be a_ single dull moment
. : throughout a tour of the island,
and the visitor will return to
his northern home with every
“a Feeclleshon 3 pleasant one, and
ae fb with a fixed intention to return
again when opportunity offers.
One’s first visit to Havana remains a treasured mem-
ory throughout a lifetime—a remembrance fraught with
pleasurable sensations and a feeling that these were days
well spent. To the American it is a new land—a bit
of Old Castile set down in this garden spot of the New
World. In Havana alone there are enough novel and
interesting sights to hold the tourist for many weeks. There
is so much to see—so much to enjoy—that when the
time for departure arrives, you either drag yourself reluc-
tantly away, or, if you are full master of your own move-
ments, extend your visit.
INDUSTRY.
HE tourist, travelling at leisure, in pursuit of novel
scenes and interesting incidents, is invariably the
first to visit a country. After him comes the set-
tler, and the business man if opportunity exists.
In Cuba business opportunities are paramount. Its nearness
cities are of great historic interest, her scenery is grand and
and beautiful, her mountains
are lofty and majestic, her soil most fertile, and her vegetation
CHICAGO & EASTERN
ILLINOIS--LOUISVILLE
& NASHVILLE.
annie
Monday
12.45 Noon
Tuesday
5.10 P.M
CHICAGO
5.40 PM. TERRE HAUTE 12.05 Noor
9.20 P.M. EVANSVILLE 8.15 AM.
8.33 AM. BIRMINGHAM 9.18 P.M,
11.15 A.M. MONTGOMERY 6.33 P.M
Tuesday Monday
4.12 P.M av. | jl. 1.28 P.M,
6.00 P.M. say i MOBILE | at. B.00 A.M.
8.00 A.M.
HAVAN
Thursday A
5.00 P.M
Saturday
annie Leave _
Lab (CUBA, REVIEW - 73
AGRICULTURAL PROFITS TWELVE MONTHS OF THE
f YEAR IN CUBA.
Ea.
<
ss
FEBRUARY _
%
“The face of the land smiles with prosperity —the traveller rides aston-
ished through a garden of plenty—”’
THE BEST WAY ALL THE WAY 44227 :
VIA fe
THE MUNSON LINE.
to the United States, its soil, its climate, its grazing lands,
its forests, its mineral resources, all offer limitless possibili-
ties to capital and enterprise. Cuba is essentially an agri-
cultural country.
QUEEN & CRESCENT STOCK RAISING.
RO U T E = -$ 0 U T H E R N In all the opportuni eo EAE :
RAILWAY. for industrial investment 5
enterprise which Cuba of-
teave O annie fers, one, fact stands out guste =
Monday Tuesday most prominently. Cuba Ashe ans
8.00 AM. CINCINNATI 7.40 P.M. is an ““all-the-year-round”’
country. There is no un-
productive season. ‘There
; is no snow, no frost, no
time when vegetation re-
6.00 P.M. CHATTANOOGA 3.40 AM, fuses to grow or to bear
§ fruit, no months when live stock must be housed and
cared for. Several crops can be raised from the same land
4 in a single year and cattle graze from one year’s end to
another.
10.35 P.M. BIRMINGHAM 5.30 A.M,
AGRICULTURE.
The fact that frost is unknown in Cuba, which
greatly diminishes the dangers to the crops, and the
ei , spa elt” § unquestionable excellence of the Cuban fruits and vege-
6.00 PMs! MOBILE. sog4%, if tables, are all powerful factors, contributing toward the
spreading of the Cuban fruit and vegetable trade.
The farmer here does not find his investment idle
half the year, in the grip of frost. Instead of having his
property frozen up, literally paralyzed through the winter
tusay | HAVANA 500M = and his funds drawn upon to support idle stock, the Cuban
farm-owner is able to see products preparing for market
and going to market twelve months of the year. This
TARRIVE LEAVE
74
THE CUBA REVIEW.
SPACIOUS DECK OF A MUNSON LINE STEAMER.
actually means to him two years’ earnings in one, ten in five. Fruits and vegetables
of all kinds are being exported in large quantities.
LOUISVILLE &
NASHVILLE R. R.
\tave annive
Monday Tuesda
6.00 P.M. CINCINNATI 12.01 Noon
9.30 P.M. LOUISVILLE 820 4M,
833 AM. BIRMINGHAM 9.10 P.M.
11.15 AM MONTGOMERY 6.33 P.M,
8.00 A.M. HAVANA 5.00 P.M.
rsday Saturday
ARRIVE Leave
The island of Cuba cannot be divided properly into
agricultural zones or sections, as is the case on the conti-
nents, on account of the uniformity of its climate, the
nature of its soil, and many other causes that have an
influence on vegetable life; therefore it is not possible to
assign a special region to cane or another to tobacco, for
although the finest tobacco leaf is confined to limited
localities in Pinar de Rio, this plant as well as sugar cane
is cultivated all over the island with success.
There are many prosperous colonies of American
settlers, engaged in agricultural enterprises, and all the
older sections possess estates and plantations that, under
the present peaceful conditions of government, are pros-
pering.
Cuba, therefore, of all the beautiful and fertile islands
of the West Indies, is at once the most important. United
States intervention accomplished the island’s freedom and
this nation is pledged to maintain its peace. American
capital is having much to do with the new republic’s
progress and prosperity.
EXCURSIONS.
Through express trains, with sleeping and observa-
tion cars, run daily over the United Railways and the
Cuba Railroad between Havana and Santiago, affording
delightful glimpses of Cuban mountain scenery, the great
forests and the fine acricultural lands in the eastern por-
tions of the island. The pageant city of all Cuba, as well
as the city whose ancient and modern history has particular
interest for us, is Santiago.
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STATEROOM OF A MUNSON LINE STEAMER.
75
From Santiago steamship lines run to Kingston, which should not be overlooked.
It affords the traveller a chance to combine visits to these two famous islands (Cuba and
MOBILE &
pec) or if he wishes to continue further, to see St.
homas, Porto Rico, Santo Domingo and Hayti. The
trip to Kingston is important, as one may return there-
from to the States by the Hamburg American Line, the
United Fruit Co. and Royal Mail steamers. The steamers
“President” and “‘Oteri’’ leave Santiago regularly for
Kingston, and the fare is $20.00.
From Havana as a centre many interesting trips over
the United Railways of Havana are arranged for the
tourist Marianao, the bathing resort of Havana’s fash-
ionable people, is only a ten-mile ride through gardens and
plantations. Hoyo Colorado, another point of interest,
is further along on this same route. Guanabacoa, with
its mineral spring baths and famous shrines is just across
_the bay from Havana. Vento, the source of Havana's
fine water supply, is a short distance to the south. San
Antonio de los Banos, with its curious disappearing river,
and Guanajay, in the rich tobacco lands, are to be reached
along this line. Still further on is the Bahia Honda, site
of the U. S. coaling station, where there is a large Ameri-
can colony.
Guines, about forty-five miles to the southeast, and
Madruga nearby are picturesque towns in a cane-raising
section. Batabano is a thirty-six mile ride to the south.
It is the center of the sponge industry, and the starting-
pent of various steamer lines, one of which goes to the
_famous Isle of Pines. The Vuelta Abaio Steamshin Co.
sends boats twice weekly to Coloma, Punta de Cartes,
ailen, and Cortes, in fertile Pinar del Rio Province. Some
of Cuba’s finest coast sceneryis to be found along this route.
OHIO.
LEAVE
Monday
11,004M. ST. LOUIS
3,58 P.M: = CAIRO
1.22 P.M. JACKSON
3.05 AM. MERIDIAN
Tuesday
1.25
00
AM, ar. y
6.00 P.M, sait ee
8,00 A.M.
Thursday
ARAIVE
HAVANA
ARRIVE
Tuesday
1.37 AM,
2.32 A.M,
11.05 P.M.
2.47 P.M”
5.00 P.M.
Saturday
LEAVE
76 THE CUBA REVIEW.
PENNSYLVANIA R.R. Special excursions run eae from Hevana to Ma-
SOUTHERN RY tanzas and round trip can be made in a a The re-
’ markably low charge of $11 (children $7.50) includes
breakfast at Matanzas on arrival, drive by carriage or
“‘volante’” to the beautiful Yumuri Valley, the old Her-
mitage on Monserrat, and admission to the wonderful
caverns of Bellamar. Uniformed tourist agents conduct
these trips.
Cardenas, fifty miles beyond Matanzas, is an im-
portant port and the nearby seashore resort of El Veradaro
11.15 AM. WASHINGTONI0.00 P.M should surely be visited. Cienfuegos, across the island,
is an pene town and has many fine old buildings. “The
bay of Jagua on which it is situated abound in scenes of
delight to those who take the steamboat trip thereon.
The_western portion of the island is traversed by the
Western Railway of Havana. Two-thirds of this line is
paralleled by a beautiful range, La Sierra de los Organos,
verdure-clad over its numerous peaks, while quaint vil-
lages, wooded ravines, and picturesque villas make it one
10.5 LM. MONTGOMERY 6.30 P.M of the best trips on the island. _ Frree transportation is given
settlers by this road. ‘The terminus of the road is beyond
Pinar del Rio, a thriving city in the heart of the famous
tobacco region, Vuelta Abajo.
\eave ARRIVE
Sunday Wedressay
12.10 Night NEW YORK 6.30 4M.
S10 AM. ATLANTA = 12.00 Night
Tuesday Monday
4.12 P.M. an v. 1.78 FM. . .
6.00 PM | MOBILE | ¥, 300 4M Steamship Rates. Mobile-Havana.
First cabin, stateroom berth, $25.CO one way;
$45.00 round trp. First cabin, berth in berthing div.
lower deck aft, $17.50 each way.
3.004M. HAVA?
ies SG gest eae Steerage, $12.50 each way.
BRIE Leave
Connection---from, Mobile North.
Safe ae close connections are made with all lines entering Chicago AT CINCIN-
NATI for points north, east and west via Big Four, C. H. & D., Pennsylvania Lines,
Baltrmore & Ohio Southwestern. At St. Louis for all points west, north and east.
For further particulars, rates, tickets and reservations, address or call on the ticket
Say of the Chicago & Alton Ry., Mobile & Ohio R. R., Chicago & Eastern Ill.
. R., Queen & Crescent Route, See Soa Ry., Louisville & ‘Nashville R. R. or con-
Ps
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THE ‘*PRINCE GEORGE’? OFTHE MOBILE=HAVANA ROUTE.
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE, A. L. Ruland, Gen. Pass." Agt.,
82 BEAVER ST., NEW YORK.
Jas. Gibboney & Co., Commercial Agts., City Bank and Trust Co. Building, Mobile, Ala.; W. -B;
McDonald, Frt. and Pass. Agt., Mobile-Hayana Seryice, 5 Barratillo St., Havana, Cuba.
aE ICU BTA SRE T EW: 77
BARTLE = CUBA
BART LE is situated in Eastern Cuba,
On the height of land 400 feet above the sea. No prospective
buyer has visited BARTLE who afterward purchased and
settled at any other Cuban Colony. Many people owning
property elsewhere in Cuba after visiting BARTLE have pur-
chased and settled there.
On the Main Line of the Cuba Railroad
Has the very richest fruit and sugar land and no swamps.
Has four spring streams flowing, through it
- Temperature ranges between 50 and 90 degrees.
Has atrain service and mail both ways daily.
Has well stocked stores.
Has the finest station on the Cuba Railroad.
; Has made more progress in one year than any other Cuban Colony
has in two.
Has a new church out of debt, and the largest regular English-
speaking congregation in Cuba.
Has a good public school.
BARTLE LAND $25 TO $50 PER ACRE.
BARTLE TOWN LOTS $100 to $150 EACH.
Send for particulars and prospectus.
Cuba Realty Co., Limited
Head Office, Temple Bldg., Toronto, Canada.
Offices at 149 Broadway, New York, and Bartle, Cuba.
DUNCAN O. BULL, General Manager
PLEASE’ MENTION THE CUBA REVIEW AND BULLETIN WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS.
78 THE CUBA REVIEW.
a —., om “Ee
Synopsis of Reports by different Land
Companies respecting their Prop-
erties in Cuba.
OR the information of our readers, we intend printing each month a summary of
the salient points of the various land propositions in Cuba, now before the public.
and submit the first installment in this issue. We regret that much valuable
information of this kind came late and could not be placed, as our space was
limited, but a portion will be printed each month. These summaries are taken from the
printed reports issued by the companies.—Editor Cusa Review.
The Jaragua Plantation.
Owners, The Taco Bay Commercial Co., of Boston, Mass.
HE JARAGUA PLANTATION is located on the north coast of the Province of
Santiago, fifteen miles to the west of the city of Baracoa, has a five mile ocean
frontage, watered by four rivers, and embrace three harbors, one of which,
known as Taco Bay, is pre-eminently the best landlocked harbor of its size on
the north coast of Cuba. This harbor has ample depth of water for every requirement.
The officers are reputable and well-known business men. After a careful and most
exhaustive research, the “Jaragua Plantation” of 20,000 acres of the finest banana, cocoa-
nut, and sugar cane land was purchased. THE TITLE IS PERFECT AND HAS PEEN RECORDED
IN BOTH THE CITIES OF SANTIAGO AND BARACOA. ‘THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN PAID FOR IN FULL,
AND NO BONDS, MORTGAGE, OR PREFERRED STOCK HAS BEEN ISSUED AGAINST IT.
The Company is capitalized for $500,000, divided into 50,000 shares, par value ten
dollars ($10.00) per share, of which 25,000 shares, $250,000, is now in the Treasury. The
best legal talent, Messrs. Runcie and Lamar at Havana, together with Messrs. Dickinson,
Farr and Dickinson, of Boston, Mass., were employed to clear up the title, discharging
all liens and mortgages which then existed, so that this Company holds an absolute title
to the property. This plantation, previously one of the most successful atid prosperous
in the island, was during the war and others which followed, devastated by both the
Cuban and Spaniard, so that when the Taco Bay Commercial Company purchased it,
it was in but a semi-state of cultivation. Bananas, cacao, oranges and cocoanuts, under
practically no cultivation whatever, were growing. The Company marketed during its
first year of ownership, which ended October 15, 1905, over 200,000 cocoanuts.
PRODUCTS NOW GROWING ON THE PLANTATION.
Cocoanuts: During the year 1906 we expect to market from our own plantation
approximately a half million nuts.
Cacao: We have growing on our plantation some 7,500 trees. The crop is gath-
ered twice a year, during December and July. We are told that this season’s crop is
in splendid condition, and of first-class quality.
Bananas: During the many years that this plantation was under a high state of
cultivation, the valleys lying in the interior and near the western boundary were planted
to bananas, both the red and the Johnson (yellow). We are told that the owners at
that time shipped from 40,000 to 50,000 bunches of each variety yearly.
At the present time some 30,000 sub-plants, the red and the Johnson (yellow), are
growing wild in these same valleys. These will furnish all the plants the Company will
require in order to set a proposed acreage to bananas.
Oranges: There are great numbers of fully developed orange trees throughout a
large portion of the property, from Taco Bay to the Jiguani River, the extreme eastern
and western boundaries of our property. These trees, though bearing sour fruit, are
extremely valuable for grafting purposes.
By grafting these mature orange trees with sweet orange or grape-fruit stock, the
highest quality of both the sweet orange and the grape-fruit is produced in two years’
THE CUBA REVIEW. 79
BUCKEYE NURSERIES
Largest Citrus Nursery in the World
TAMPA, FLORIDA, U. S. A.
N planting a grove to Citrus
I Fruits the initial cost of your
tree should not be considered,
but true to name, free from white
fly, and arrival at destination in
good condition are very important
matters about which you should
investigate thoroughly before pur-
chasing.
Why deal with amateurs and ir-
responsible parties when the Buck-
eye Nurseries can give you the
benefit of twenty-eight .years of
experience?
One block of buds eight months old.
In purchasing from us YOU ENTIRELY
ELIMINATE ALL DANGER as our trees
are GUARANTEED to be TRUE TO NAME,
FREE FROM WHITE FLY and to ARRIVE
AT DESTINATION in GOOD CONDITION
Wihat morercain you dstcn = 2.594215 920:
AFTER MAKING DEDUCTIONS FOR ORDERS ALREADY BOOKED WE
HAVE THE FOLLOWING TO OFFER TO THE TRADE
FOR FALL DELIVERY
1448 MEDITERRANEAN Sweet Orange
50 BOONES EARLY se
6340 RUBY BLOOD of
18095 TARDIFF B
6739 VALENCIA LATE se
17570 PINEAPPLE sf
650 MAJORCA ss
700 GOLDEN NUGGET i
500 NORTON’S EARLY oe
16450 NAVELENCIA ss
5250 JOPPA LATE ot
884 TAHITI LIME
165 KING
685 TANGERINE
489 KUMQUAT:
11235 VILLA FRANCHA LEMON
25680 GRAPE FRUIT
17460 THOMPSON’S IMPROVED NAVEL
This List is Subject to Previous Sales
IT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST
Our trees at the age of six, laden with fruit.
80 THE CUBA REVIEW.
Synopsis of Reports by Different Land Companies respecting
their Properties in Cuba.— Continued.
time from grafting. Many of these trees reach to the height of thirty to thirty-five feet
with an equal spread.
Coffee: Elevations from 1,000 to 2,000 feet in Cuba are the most desirable, since
such elevations insure the most healthy plants. Toward the south boundary of this
Company’s plantation the hills reach an altitude of 2,000 feet.
Vegetables: Tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, peas, beans, strawberries, egg-plant,
sweet and Irish potatoes, celery,—in fact, nearly every vegetable used on our tables
in New England, grows to perfection on this property. Two crops of the above per
year can be grown easily.
Boston Colony.
N the North Coast of Cuba, adjoining the town site of La Gloria on the South, is
() located a tract of land known in Cuba as “La Caridad,” but for the past three
or four years better known as the “Boston Colony lands.” These lands are
located on each side of Central Avenue, the main thoroughfare from Port Viaro
through the center of La Gloria, the oldest and strongest American Colony in Cuba, on
to the Southwest toward the Cubitas mountains and Camagtiey, the Capital of the
Province, some 40 miles away. This is to be a Government highway and already the
Government of Cuba has expended several thousand dollars in its improvement.
The Company lets and supervises the work of clearing, planting and care of lands
for all who wish it, and at its own expense builds roads, and makes other improve-
ments for the good of the public. The average holdings of each landholder is about 8%
acres. When the Company sold its land, it informed the purchasers of just what they
were buying, the quality, condition, location, elevation of the lot bought, kind of soil,
cost of clearing, planting, care, etc. The cost of clearing, planting and care were placed
in each case at actual cost and the work guaranteed by the Company. This plan re-
sulted in extensive improvements by individuals with better work, better care and larger
groves for the age.
As to transportation: We now have water with a small steamer and several sail-
boats plying between Port Viaro and Nuevitas in connection with the steamers to New
York and the coast line steamers to all ports of the island.
Four-year-old orange groves may be had in the Boston Colony, all in bearing, ae $5.00
per tree, trees nearly all of which will pay their entire cost in the fifth year. Those
desiring lands can get them at from $50 to $75 per acre, all first-class and well located.
The Company has but about 600 acres left for sale and that amount is being rapidly
diminished. The time is near at hand when there will be none for sale at any reasonable
price. Three years ago lands in this colony were offered for $20 to $30 per acre with few
takers, but the same lands have since found ready sale at from $50 to $60 and $75 per
acre. Any of the lands of this Colony are cheap at $100 per acre.
Full particulars may be had by addressing the
Cusan Fruit Growers’ ASSocIATION, 220 Broadway, N. Y.
The San Jose Fruit Co.—Alliance, Ohio—Palm City, Cuba.
Incorporated 1903.
dae SAN JOSE FRUIT CO. was organized by a number of business men in
Alliance, Ohio, April, 1903, for the purpose of engaging in tropical fruit raising
in Cuba.
They selected the Cubitas Valley as having the richest land and accordingly
purchased 2758 acres adjoining Guanaje and Santa Rose on the north coast of Puerto
Principe Province.
The soil is chocolate color and well drained.
The land extends to the bay. Part of it is Savanna land and weil adapted for
vegetables. It also has natural springs of good, fresh water.
The greater part of this tract is covered with all kinds of timber, mostly Rose-
wood, Sabicu, Jiqui, Jocuma, Jucaro, Acana, Majaqua, Ceiba, Maboa, Cedar, Yaiti,
etc. The Royal Palm predominates, hence the name Palm City.
The town contains a bank building, saw mill, a number of private residences and
a moderate sized hotel is being built. A tramway is also being built from the town
to the bay and the company will have its own wharves and piers.
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If you want to know about Cuba: Lands. Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit
Growing, Industrial Enterprises, Manufacturers, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER.
He probably knows
ABOUT CUBA
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale. He is,
however, well informed concerning Cuba and will
answer freely all questions. No fee asked or re-
ceived; send only stamp.
WARD G. FOSTER,
6037-38 Metropolitan Building,’ Madison Sq., New York
Manager Standard Guide Information Offices :
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Fla.; Washington, D. C.; Havana, Cuba.
NEW STANDARD GUIDE TO CUBA
A complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba
and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of all
points of interest,-and a concise Spanish-English
manual of conversation. Richly Illustrated.
Paper cover, 50 cents;; Cloth, $1.00.
FOSTER & REYNOLDS, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
LA ATALAYA COLONY
(The Watch Tower Colony)
NUEVITAS, CUBA
This section is exceptionally favored as regards
location and fertility of soil.
On the magnificent harbor of Nuevitas, near the
city and of easy access to regular steamers to New
York for shipping fruits and early vegetables.
The salubrious climate and fertile soil assure per-
fect health, a beautiful home, and large income.
Little capital required. For particulars address,
F. X. SAUCIER, La Atalaya, Nuevitas, Cuba.
CANADA LAND AND FRUIT CO.
Los Indios, — Owners Isle of Pines.
CANADA AND LOS INDIOS TRACTS
Location: Siguanea Bay. The Deep-Water Harbor of the Island.
We have at our new and progressive town of Los Indios a sawmill, planing mill,
general store, school, hotel, church, post office and nursery, all under the supervision of
Americans. A strictly American town.
_ Wealso have row boats and gasoline launch for pleasure parties. Fishing and hunt-
ing the best.
We own the finest citrus fruit, vegetable and tobacco land on the island. We offer
same for sale in acres to suit purchaser, either for cash or on installments. Special _in-
ducements to actual settlers.
Write for prospectus and further information to our general office.
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN. -
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Synopsis of Reports by different Land Companies respecting
their Properties in Cuba.—Continued.
The land has a perfect title and has been deeded to the Company absolutely without
any encumbrance whatsoever. Every deed and land contract executed by the Company
contains a strong prohibitory clause against the sale of intoxicating drinks.
About 200 city lots have been sold and the owners are having them improved or
are having houses built for themselves. These lots are 60 feet front by 120 feet deep.
The San Jose Fruit Co. does not claim to be a colonization project, but the Company
- was induced to sell part of their land in five-acre tracts, about 100 of which have already
been sold. Many purchasers have their land already under cultivation and others are
arranging to do so.
The Company is able to give a clear title to its purchasers. But while it gives a
good deed it has also incorporated a strong prohibitory clause as follows: “Said prem-
ises shall never be used for the purpose of manufacturing, selling, handling, or giving
away intoxicating liquor or intoxicating drinks of any kind; that this condition and
restriction shall be contained in every deed, lease, or contract executed for said premises,
or for any part thereof, and shall be and operate as a continuing contract by whom
and in to whosoever hands and ownership the same may pass.”
This feature which other land companies do not have attracts the better class of
settlers.
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T. Shriver & Co. announce the removal of their Office and Works, on December
1, 1906. from 333 E. 56th St., New York City, to their New Foundry and Works at
N. J., where with greatly
Harrison,
enlarged
capacity and improved facilities, .all
orders will receive prompt and careful attention.
Jamaica
Kingston and Port Antonio
CUBA EASTERN
RAILROAD COMPANY'S
S. 8. “Oteri”
An up-to-date, commodious, sea-going vessel,
electric lights, baths, social hall, prome-
nade decks, smoking rooms, etc.
Fast Mail and Passenger Service Between
SANTIAGO DE CUBA
AND THE
ISLAND OF JAMAICA
From Santiago every Wednesday 5 p. m.
From Kingston every Friday, sundown
Calling at PORT ANTONIO on out-
ward trip whenever sufficient pas-
sengers offer
FULL INFORMATION FOR THE ASKING
Illinois Central R. R., Obispo 21, Havana
Silva & Parreno, Marina Baja 30, Santiago
CUBA EASTERN R. R. CO., Guatanamo
Belen Observatory.
Observatory became celebrated
through one of its scientists, an au-
thority on atmospheric and_ seismic
disturbances, the late Padre Vinas, of the
Society of Jesus,—had ever been other
than the property of the Jesuits. But this
building and its various annexes, known
as the Royal College of Belen, were only
delivered to the Jesuits for the establish-
ment of said College, in 1854. It has sub-
sequently been the principal Catholic insti-
tution of learning and teaching of the city,
and is situated between Acosta, Luz and
Compostela Streets.
The Society with its proverbial per-
sistency, endeavored to found a college as
far back as 1656, but did not obtain the
royal grant until 1722. It then held valu-
able legacies, as also the hermitage of St.
Ignatius erected by Bishop Compostela in
I is not generally known that the Belen
1695. In 1704, the Convent of Belen was
established. It was then known as_ the
Garden of San Diego and served as a
retreat and place of relaxation at certain
times, for Bishop Diego Evelino de Com-
postela, who had founded the hermitage
which was intended as a hospital for con-
THE CUBA REVIEW. . 83
valescents and for schools. Unable to carry out his advanced plans for lack of means,
upon his death, a merchant undertook the task. This was Juan Francisco Carballo, who
was asSassinated November 16th, 1718. His portrait with an inscription is to be seen
in the sacristy.
The school then kept by the Belemite Brothers, was the only free school towards the
end of the last century, and became famous for its scholars’ perfection in penmanship.
This school lasted until 1854.
The first Jesuits who came to Havana were shipwrecked from a vessel which was
taking them to Brazil, and after continuing their voyage, they reached that country
and there suffered martyrdom for their faith. In 1658, the Jesuit Father Andres Rada
arrived at Havana and endeavored to establish a school, but without success. In 1682 he*
repeated his attempt unsuccessfully. In 1704 the Jesuit Fathers Francisco Diaz Pimienta
and Andres Recino visited Havana, and used their influence upon the Havana priest,
Jorge Gregorio Diaz Angel, to attain their object, and gave $40,000 towards it unavailingly.
The Society persisted, however, and in 1724 erected the College, known as the Seminary,
which was finished about the middle of the century, building on the south end a church
which after being extended, later became the Cathedral.
The Jesuits settled in Puerto Principe in 1754, but the expulsion of the Society from
Spanish dominions by edict of Carlos III, took effect in 1767, and finally, in 1789, when
the Island was divided into two dioceses, their church became the Cathedral of Havana.
The clock that used to hang in one of its towers until 1850, when taken down for repairs,
was found to have been made in London in 1608.
The curious tourist always endeavors to decipher a nearly obliterated grey stone
slab, near the door on San Ignacio Street, which reads to the effect that His Grace
Pedro Agustin Morel Santa Cruz, Bishop of Cuba, consecrated this church on September
8th, 1755.
M. E. Sprincer.
Quotations for Cuban Securities Supplied by Lawrence, Turnure & Co.,
New York City.
: BID ASKED
Republic of Cuba, 5 per cent Bonds, 103% 103%4
G A OG Ee fs E Too 102
KG ee we Internal Bonds, go 907
Havana City rst Mortgage 6 per cent Bonds, 105 109
6s OG | ‘ “ “ oe 104 108
Cuba R. R. 1st Mortgage 5 per cent Bonds, ae 95
CG Preferred Stock, ‘ 5 50 56
Cuba Co. 6 per cent Debentures, . E ¢ : S . - : 7° 75
Havana Electric Consolidated Mortgage 5 per cent Bonds, C F ‘ és S 87 92
ab se Pre'erred Stock, . ‘ c 5 ; B ‘ : 86 go
a uf Common Stock, . 6 5 = 5 é : z 46 8
Western Railways, 5 5
United Railways,
Modern Disc Harrow Construction.
One of the latest improvements in disc
harrow construction is the tongue truck
dise harrow, as made by Fetzer & Com-
pany, of Middletown, O., and as will be
shown by the accompanying illustration.
IMPROVED
TONGUELESS
DISC-HARROW
ALL THE ADVANTAGES p
(OF THE TONGUELESS
AND NONE OF IT'S
ISADVANTAGES ¢
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TONGUE onLy GuiDES
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parenteo TONGUE TRUCK WS
ZF WQ WEIGHT OR PRESSURE ON HORSES NECKS:
It is a commonly known fact that there is
no work on the farm harder on the team
than ‘‘discing,’’ because the tongue pulls
most continuously down upon the horses’
necks and also there is a side pressure in
turning as well as the side pressure arising
from the striking of obstructions on one
side or the other, but with the tongue
truck disc harrow, as here shown, all of
these objections are most favorably over-
come and the tongue is only required to
steady and guide the machine.
Again the horses cannot get back into
the discs to become cut up or injured, like
with the regular or old style disc harrow.
Another thing, as compared with a tongue-
less disc harrow, the machine cannot run
upon the horses in going down a decline
when the machine is being transported on
the road.
84 THE CUBA REVIEW.
THE CUBAN PLANTATIONS, Limited
HEAD OFFICE: BERLIN, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Write for particulars of our Colony at CUPEY, in Santiago Province, Cuba.
INTERESTING FACTS FOR INTENDING!SETTLERS.
CUPEY is on the main line of the Cuban Railroad and is but 65 miles from Nipe. Is
thus not equalled in the matter of shipping facilities by any other colony.
CUPEY comprises land best adapted for the culture of sugar cane and citrus fruits—free
from marsh.
CUPEY is elevated and free from fever and other contagion. Temperature from 45 to 90 degs.
CUPEY has a daily mail service in either direction.
CUPEY has a good hotel now under construction.
LAND $20.00 PER ACRE. This initial price will shortly be advanced.
A Limited Number of Town Lots FREE.
Land Agents Wanted. Apply to Head Ofice—W. M. O. LOCHEAD, Secretary, Berlin, Ontario, Canada, or to
J. ENOCH THOMPSON, Sales Manager, No. 133 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Cale ished MSOF
at omission: euce an )
277 VWASHINETON ST New Vors,
10 acres of CITRUS FRUIT LANDS for $250.00.
Having taken advantage of the late temporary depression in Cuban land values, have secured option on a tract ofland
well situated near this city, which I will sell in small tracts at above prices. On cash payment of $130.00 accompanied by
12 notes of $ro.00 each, one payable monthly, deed will be given to property free of expense to purchaser, and inscribed in
his name. Money and notes to be deposited with Bank here, until delivery of deed. Mortgages on city property, paying
ro per cent per annum for sale, Address
#. B. COLLINS, Camaguey, Cuba.
9
Taber S Trees We have this year a splendid stock of Citrus Trees in all
the leading varieties. Our 1907 Catalogue contains descriptions
for Tropical Planting of these anda full line of Peaches, Grapes, Figs, and other fruits,
and a large line of Ornamentals. Write for a copy.
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries G. L. TABER, Proprietor. H. Harold Hume, Sec. and Mgr.
Box 44. Glen Ssmnt Mary Florid Highest Awards on Citrus Trees and Fruit at recent State Fairs.
3 ’ , orida
H. J. COOPER, Cuban Investments,
Camaguey, Cuba. Provinces of Camaguey and Santiago.
EASTERN CUBA offers the best opportunities for Profitable Investment of Capital.
Time and Money Saved to Investors. Large Tracts in Santiago Province a Specialty.
AND COMPANIES 3 rr" eS BE Preparing Pain,
pilers, BOookrers:
PAILROAD CORPORATIONS :: gi lati Guide “Books,
MANUFACTURERS «++ ¥ Cara see :
SFE ee ee E er ees
RB CHEMIGAL ENGRAVING COMPAN
16’ 20 OAK STREET. NEW YORK CITY
FOR YOUR HKALF- TONES, ZINC ETCHINGS, MAP REPROPOUCTIONS ETC.
AZMODERATE PRIC ND _FIRST— GLASS » w ORK
THE CUBA REVIEW. 85
COLLECTIONS
National
Bank of Cuba
Capital, $5,000,000.00
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
CUBA 27
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Habana.
Santiago.
Cienfuegos.
Matanzas.
Cardenas.
Manzanillo.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF U. S. A.
Sagua la Grande.
Pinar Del Rio.
Caibarien.
Guantanamo.
Santa Clara.
Camaguey.
THE TRUST COMPANY
OF CUBA
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
capirat $900,000
Transacts a General Trust
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Correspondence Solicited from
Intending Investors
The Royal Bank
of Canada
INCORPORATED 1869
Fiscal Agent of the Government of the
Republic of Cuba for the Payment of the
Army of Liberation.
CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $6,302,743.00
TOTAL ASSETS, - - 36,000,000.00
Head Office, HALIFAX, N. S.
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
Chief Executive Office, MONTREAL
Branches in Havana, Matanzas, Cardenas,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UDMANN & CO.
Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Safe Deposit Vaults
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159-163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
PALM CITY, CUBA
Do you want an orange,
cocoanut or pineapple
plantation which in a few
years will give you a
handsome income? Or
city lots in a growing
town? It is within your
reach NOW at low price
on easy payments. Per-
fect title, unsurpassed
soil, glorious climate, good
water, cheap transporta-
tion, good markets, among
excellent American peo-
ple. No taxes, droughts,
hailstorms, frosts or poi-
sonous reptiles.
Send for 50-page pam-
phlet giving reliable in-
formation about Cuba.
500 to 1,000 acres of
the richest land for sale
on special liberal terms, if
taken soon.
Also 40,uU0 orange trees in large or small lots.
Also a new cotton gin.
All kinds of timber for sale: Acana, Rose-
wood, Sabicu, Cedar, Jiqui, etc., suitable for
building, railroad ties, etc.
Address,
THE SAN JOSE aoe co.,
330 Broadway : 5 Alliance, O.
JAMES GREAL, Reene Palm City, Cuba
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
that will be appreciated. Send your friend
the CUBA REVIEW & Bulletin for the year
1907. A monthly reminder of your thought-
fulness. Fifty Cents, postpaid.
86 THE CUBA REVIEW.
HAVANA ADVERTISEMENTS
$ J. L. Head Dr. Maris L Diaz, D L.
HEAD : The J. L: Head Compan
HAVANA : REAL ESTATE and LOANS
Office, 1-11 Bank of Nova Scotia Building
: O'REILLY 30a
Cu BA INVESTMENTS A SPECIALTY
Our Customers are our friends. Ask for references. Land ‘in
every Province. Weknow our business and we know Cuba. We
have made money for others and will make it for you. Write or
call on us and we will convince you. HEAD.
Established}1900
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @ BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 560 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstanceb, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY C@
O’REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. O, BOX 727
The only American Store in Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
- G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT MOLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the poleee of Attorneys Customs Brokers
eee Cable Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
Ernest Lee Conant “CONANT”
at Poe aon Meveaderse 4 Officios 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
THE CUBA REVIEW. 87
CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH=-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bille, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: “Bulle.”
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND TRANS=
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
Cotton, Corn and Tobacco.
Titles perfect.
9 To read the ADVERTISING
t PAGES of the
CUBA REVIEW
It Will Pay You.
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
) The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores, Hotel, American School, all within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
WRITE OR CALL FOR INFOR
ATION.
JAMES S. CONNELL & SON
Sugar Brokers
Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
Cable Address—‘‘Tide, New York’’
PLEASE MENTION THE CUBA REVIEW Anp BULLETIN WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS.
88 THE CUBA REVIEW.
BUSINESS FIRMS
OF CIENFUEGOS
HARTASANCHEZ SORDO Y CA.
(S? en Gy
Comerciantes Importadores,
“Hartasanche.”
Cable: Cienfuegos.
_ SANCHEZ CABRUJA Y CA.
Comerciantes_Banqueros, Importadores y Comi-
sionistas en General. Calle de Sta. Clara y Sta.
Isabel. : Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Telégrafo: ‘‘Sanchez.” Correos: Apartado No. 12.
PEpro ALCAZAR. Jos—E M. Atcazar.
z ALCAZAR & HNO.
Customs Brokers, Commission Merchants,
: Ship Agents,
Santa Ysabel 7. Apartado 176.
Ms Teléfono 51.
Cienfuegos, Cuba
FEDERICO HUNICKE
AGENT OF
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE,
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
CARDONA Y CA.
Sociedad en Comandita,
Comerciantes Banqueros, Importadores de Viveres
y Ferreteria, Comisiones y Consignaciones.
Cable: ‘‘Cardona.”’ Cienfuegos.
SASSO Y MIRET
Representantes de Casas Extranjeras y Comisionistas
en General. Santa Isabel No. 4, Cienfuegos, C
2 : uba.
Cable: ‘‘Sasmir.” Apartado No. 296.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF MATANZAS
FARMACIA FRANCESA ce
Importacién de Drogas Productos Quimicos y
Farmacéuticos. Aguas Minerales, Perfumeria.
Viuda de Ernesto Triolet & Co.
Apartado 65. Telégrafo, Triolet. Constitucion, 49 y5l
MaTANZAS ICE COMPANY
ICE-MAKING AND BEER-BOTTLING
Importers—Cattle and Horses.
PLANT
GRAND HOTEL “LOUVRE”
Juan Escalante y Sobrinos, Propietarios _
Finest hotel in Matanzas. Faces Plaza. Favorite
for American families and business men.
ALTUNA, BALPARDA Y CA.
; (S. en C.)
Tirry 12—Apartado 11—Telégrafo: SANGINES.
Maderas, Barros, Carbones, Almacen de Azucar,
Taller de Aserrio. Remolcador ‘‘Yumuri.” Clave
en uso, A. B. C. 5a Edicién.
A. PENICHET Y CA., S. en C.
: Sucesores de José Zabala
Almacenistas de Maderas y Barros con Taller de
Aserrio Gelabert, frente al Muelle Principal
Apartado Num. 237. Direccién Cablegrafica: Penichet
AGUSTIN PENICHET, Abogado.
BusINEss FIRMS OF SAGUA LA GRANDE
MARIBONA, SAMPEDRQ CA.
Importadores de Ferreteria en General.
Despacho: Marti 30. Almacenes: Marti 48.
Cable: ‘‘Miaribona.’”’ Apartado 13. Sagua la Grande.
GOMEZ TRAVIESAS Y CA.
Almacén Importador de Ferreteria y Loza, estable-
tarios de Buques,
Marti 27, Sagua la Grande.
MANUEL RASCO
Comerciante Comisionista, Representante de Zaldo
Ca., Habana; Agente de Munson Steamship Line,
ew York. Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
EL YNFIERNO
Destileria de Alcoholes, Ron y Aguardiente de
José Ma. Beguiristain (S. en C.). Unico Alcohol
de Cuba Premiado con Medalla de Oro en la Ex-
posicién de Paris. Sagua la Grande.
9 Medallas de Oro.
MANUEL F. ARENAS Y CA.
Almacenistas de Viveres,
Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
LA LLAVE
Almacen Importador de Ferreteria y Loza, estable-
cido en 1862; Mu1no y Gonzates (5S. en C.), suce-
sores de Pedro Carbonell, Sagua la Grande.
Teléfono 15. Telégrafo: ‘Muizalez.’’ Apartado 12.
ALVAREZ Y
(S. en C.) ,
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres.
Direcciones: Marti 46; Apartado 41; Teléfono 60;
Telégrafo: ‘“‘Alvar.” Sagua la Grande.
CA.
SUCURSAL DE GALBAN Y CA.
Bankers, Importers and Exporters, Warekouses and
Lighterage. Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
P. O. Box 114. Cable address: ‘‘Galban.”
The Best Christmas Present
Send your relative or friend the CUBA REVIEW And Balletin for 1907. bet-
ter than a souvenir card. A welcome monthly reminder of your thoughtful-
ness.
Fifty Cents Per Year, Postpaid.
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Apartado 114. Cable: “Mata.”
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y DIEGO,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti 11 y 18. Apartado 24.
JUAN VIDAL LLANSA
Almacenista e Importador de Viveres,
Caibarién. :
Apartado 94, Cable: ‘‘Didal.”
R. CANTERA Y CA.
(S. en
-Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28. Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
(S. en C.)
Caibarién.
BUSINESS FIRMS
LA- MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
‘ de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Apartado 104. Telégrafo: ‘‘Bergnes.”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Calle Justa Num. 27. Cable: ‘‘Imaz.”
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Correo Apartado Num. 5. Telégrafo: ‘‘Arias.”
BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA (BRANCH).
Money transferred by letter and cable to and from
all parts of the world. Special facilities for col-
lections throughout the district. P. B. ANDERSON,
Manager. Cable address: ‘‘Bancocaib.”’
OF CARDENAS
BRANCH OF BANCA NACIONAL DE CUBA
Money transferred by letter or cable to and from
all parts of the world. Special facilities for col-
lections. C. M. Satotoneco, Manager.
Cable address: ‘“‘Banconac.”’
“LA GARANTIA” DE G. VINA
(S. en C.).
Mercancias en General, Comisiones y Representa-
ciones.
2a Ave. y Calle 5. Apartado de correos No. 22.
Cable y Telégrafo: ‘‘Garantia.” Cardenas.
VILA Y HERMANO,
Constructores de los trasbordadores de cafia al
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y de
fabricacién de hielo.
Telégrama: “Vila.’’ Cardenas, Cuba.
YGLESIAS DIAZ Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Ymportadores de Maderas y Barros, con Maquinas
Vapor. Cardenas, Cuba.
Claves en uso: Western Union y Watkins.
Correo: Apartado 6. Cable: ‘“‘Iglesias.”
PEDRO M. MEDEROS,
Commission Merchant, Importer and Exporter,
Cable: “Soredem.” Cardenas, Cuba.
G. H. FINLAY & CO.
G. H. Finlay. J. I. de Almagro. Carlos Villa.
Havana and Cardenas.
P. O. Box 662. P.O. Box 125.
Cable Address: ‘‘Finlayco.”
Beaver Building - = 5
MENENDEZ, ECHEVERRIA Y CO.
Gwende@)
BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Cable: ‘‘Estrada.”’ Cardenas.
W. L. FERNANDEZ
Ship Chandler and Commission Merchant. Whaole-
sale Dealer in Cigars. Cardenas, Cuba.
Cable: “‘Fernandez.’’ Watkins Code. P.O. Box 76.
J. PARRAVICINI
f Custom House Broker,
Cable address: ‘‘Paravicini.”’ Cardenas, Cuba.
CARLOS VILLA
Commission Merchant, Importer and Exporter,
Cardenas.
Cable: ‘‘Carvilla.” P. O. Box 125.
RAFAEL JOSE REYNALDOS
Attorney and Notary Public,
Ayllén 48. Cardenas.
SANTIAGO ESTEVEZ
Almacén de Depdsito y Lanchajes,
Cardenas.
Apartado 43. Cable: “‘Estévez.”
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importaci6n y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
omisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Factoria
2 Direccidn Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(CS; ‘en #G.)
IMPORTADORES DE FERRETERIA Y MACHINERY _
Telégrafo: Valribe. Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas clases.
Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron Carta
Blanca.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
ALMACENISTAS E IMPORTADORES DE MADERAS
Y MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCION. ;
Cristina Alta 10 y 11. Cable: Illivega.
Telégrafo: Rovira, MANZANILLO.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
_COMMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
ELWELL MERCANTILE COMPANY
LuMBER AND BuILDING MATERIALS,
EXPORT AND IMPORT. |
4 Cristina Street, Santiago de Cuba.
JOSE PRAT
IMPORTACION y EXPORTACION COMISIONES
Exportador de Cacao por Europa y America.
Cable: Prat.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well-ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
‘Bangueros CoMISIONISTAS EN IMPORTACION Y
; p EXPORTACION. :
Direcci6n Telegrafica, ‘“‘Badell,’’ Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort
French, German and English spoken.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Serecto “‘Gotonprina” y “Carta Cusa.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
AUSTIN MASSANA ‘
Almacen de Viveres y Fruto del Pais. Fabricante
de Tabacos, Marcas registradas ‘“‘La India” y “La
Yumurina.’’ Marina Baja 31, Santiago de Cuba.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importaci6n directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria de
Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales Apepos
Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santiago de
Cuba y Guantanamo.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana, Santiago
de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALU
Importers of General Groceries and Ex
Beans, Wheat, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
rters of
Importaci6n. Exportacion.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Compafia
de Seguros Aachen & Munich, Aix-La-Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIiA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor y
Menor Comisiones en general concernientes
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos
cumpto. Apartado 46.
K. FONTANALS & CA,
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
FP
ZATTINI Y CALAS
Importer of Boots and Shoes and Sewing Machines.
Sole agents of the famous Queen Quality and
Douglas Shoes (Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address, ‘‘Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
BANKERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
WhenBuying Machinery
USE THE LISTS IN OUR BUYERS:
GUIDE, containing 1,287 HEADINGS and
1,10) NAMES of leading manufacturers
in about 250
The guide is 15 cents, or with sam-
and contracting concerns
pages.
ple copy of ENGINEERING NEWS, 25
cents, stamps or coin. Don’t delay, as its
use will save you time.
ENGINEERING NEWS
220 Broadway, New York, N.Y.
Trees and Plants for Cuba
Citrus and Other Tropical Fruits.
Peach, Plum, Nut and Shade Trees
Evergreens and Flowering Shrubs.
CATALOG FREE
P.
J. BERCKMANS CO.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES
Established 1856 AUGUSTA, GA.
HENRY E. BROWN
Pharmacist
Shipping and Export Chemist and Druggist,
Ships’ Medicine Chests Furnished and Re
plenished. Prescriptions Compounded by a
Graduate in Pharmacy. ’
Trusses, Surgical Appliances, etc.
Office and laboratory, Room 36,
116 BROAD ST., NEW YORK
THE CUBA REVIEW. of
CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad 10.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Viens) Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him is my Specialty. R. J. MARTINEZ.
JUDY & SPIKER, Importers of American Men’s
M. “2 SENS Furnishings, Notions, Jewelry, etc. The only ex-
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camagiiey. clusively American store in Camaguey. Hats, Caps,
Solicita correspondencia de todos los centros impor- Hosiery, Ready-to-Wear Clothing, Shoes, etc.
tantos de los Estados Unidos de America. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
H | Pl Convenient and adjacent to both railway stations. Everything first-class
ote aZa and up to American requirements. Comfortable Rooms, with Tub and
Pp q
Shower Baths, Electric Lights, Filtered Water and Modern Sanitary
C Cc b conveniences
amaguey, uba The Restaurant connected with the Hotel will furnish the Best Cuisine
obtainable anywhere.
I. GROSSMAN, Proprietor MODERATE PRICES.
MARX & WINDSOR eons
Expert Examinations and Reports Gimber and Other Lands
Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P. O. BOX 114, CAMAGUEY, CUBA
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern Sanitary Fittings.
Spacious Courts and Gardens. Especially designed for
those who wish to live quietly in a
beautiful district and in
Al MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
**‘Manager, Hotel Camaguey,’’ Camaguey, Cuba
NUEVITAS BARACOA
Suecesores de Monés & Cia.
BERNABE SANCHEZ E HIJOS “SIMON & CO.
Eeipesietsjand Exporters Importacion - Exportacion - Banca
NUEVITAS, CUBA Bananas, Cocoanuts, Oranges, Cocoa,
Cocoanut Oil, Hardwoods, Etc.
Direccion Gelegrafica: SANCHEZ BARACOA, CUBA .
i Agents for Munson Steamship Line
Principal Commercial Codes Used 4 eS pcinoe davterreea
92 THE CUBA REVIEW.
; AND Direct to Cuba and Havana, Con:
QUEEN & CRESCENT Southern nects with Munson Line at Mobile
s from Cincinnati, Chattanooga and
ROUTE. Railway Birmingham.
For Rates and Booklet address
W. A. GARRETT, Gen. Manager W. C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
OE, —_—_—_————
The Laundry Work for the Munson Line is done by
R. Ho. H. STEEL. LAUNDRY
138 to 150 Oakland Avenue JERSEY CITY, N. J.
“a EIMER © AMEND
205-211 Third Avenue,
NEW YORK
Hace on a
surt
TODOS” Los INSTRU-
MENTOS PARA LA
PRUEBA DE AZUCAR
Y HABILITACION
DE LABORATORIO
Unicos Agentes en los
Estados Unidos y Ca-
nadi, South America,
Central America, Mex-
ico, Cuba, etc., para
los
POLARISCOPIOS de
Franz Schmidt &
Haensch
Su triple campo de
visi6n ha sido adoptado
por el Gobierno de los
Estados Unidos como
norma,
Toda la maquinaria
experimental y los ap-
aratos descritos en
‘‘Agricultural Analy-
sis,’’ del Prof. H. W.
Wiley. Se suministran
con gusto todos los in-
POLARISCOFIO SOBRE “BOCKSTATIV" LA FORMA MAS” MODERNA een eae pre.
Con caja 4 prueba de polvo, parte de prisma, y engranaje prolongado. cious Ilustradas.
isle elas sieeve v Vv auNr Yer Eriicin Prensas de
za WaRAAanan NERA re Filtrar
V\VVAVALVN
para Ingenios
SHRIVER
Filter Presses
Write us for Cata-
logue ‘‘C,’’ Prices
and Information.
T. SHRIVER & CO.,
Office and Works,
HARRISON, - N: Je
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KRAJEWSKI-PESANT CO.
32 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS
SUGAR MACHINERY
Cable Address, HAMEL P.O. BOX 44
J. E. HAMEL, S.enC.
Sail, Steamship Agent and Munson Steame
ship Line, Custom House Broker and
COMMISSION MERCHANT
CARDENAS, CUBA
L. V. PLACE
General Agent in Cuba of the
Munson Steamship Line
Apartado No. 41,
Havana, Cuba
AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Will not only be for yourself. but for your great
grandchildren, for no one has lived to know the age
of an orange tree. We havea plan by which you can
secure one at the lowest possible cost, and if you
can give us a little of your time without a cent
of cash, write to-day.
Cubitas Valley Company
57 Dexter Building, Chicago, III.
HOTEL BIENVILLE,
MOBILE'S NEW HOTEL.
MOBILE,ALABAMA.
“IN THE HEART OF MOBILE”
Opposite Bienville Square. Fine rooms with private
bath. Local and long-distance telephone in each room.
Café of peculiar excellence in connection. Buffet,
barber shop, Turkish baths. Rates, $1.00 per day up.
Frank A. Hervey G Son, Props.
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN,
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS
BAGS AND BAGGING
13 Summit St. (Atlantic Dock)
BROOKLYN
for Bag Flour, Bag and Bulk
Grain and General Cargoes
WILLE TT Be GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
SUGARS
RAW AND
REFINED
S82 WALL STREET, NEW YORK
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the Tecognized authority of the trade.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
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20 HOURS
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The Finest of Pullman Library, Observation, Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars, Wide Vestibuled Coaches and Dining Cars, with
Electric Lights and Fans, are used in the Limited.
TICKET OFFICE, 518 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOUIS.
R. V. TAYLOR,
GENERAL MANAGER.
JNO. M. BEALL,
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT.
LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO.
BANKERS
50 Wall Street, New York
Deposits received subject to draft. Inter-
est allowed on deposits. Securities bought
and sold on commission. Travelers’ credits
available throughout the United States, Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and
Spain. Make collections in and issue drafts
and cable transfers on above countries.
London Bankers — London Joint = Stock
Bank, Limited.
Paris Bankers—Heine & Co.
Havana Bankers—N. Gelats & Co,
Journal d’Agriculture Tropicale
Published by J. VILBOUCHEVITCH
10 Rue Delambre, Paris (France)
Subscription, One Year, - - - - 20Francs
Deals with the leading questions of the hour,
agricultural and commercial, of interest to tropical
countries. International in character. Illustrated.
Monthly. Descriptions of machines for tropical
crops a specialty. Complete review of new agricul-
tural publications. Commercial part intelligible
for every one and always interesting. 150 con-
tributors in West and East Africa, East and West
Indies, Java, Mauritius, Central and South Amer-
ica, and throughout the tropical world.
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Proprietors, Miners and Shippers of
Eureka Bituminous Steam Coal
Betz Building
~) 50 Congress St...
Balt. & Commerce Sts.,
WHOLESALE
The best varieties of Citrus Trees in Florida.
Send for Catalogue
and true to name.
Philadelphia
OFFICES: ) 1 Broadway s.s 3. «icine New VOtk
. Boston, Mass.
Baltimore
SHIPPING
WHARVES:
THE WINTER HAVEN NURSERIES
WINTER HAVEN,
80 ACRES
Ocean Westmoreland Gas Coal
New York, 6th St.,
City;
Philadelphia....Greenwich Point
Jerse
anton Piers
Baltimore
FLA.
RETAIL
Guaranteed to be well rooted, free from insects
OTTO QUITZAU
DEALER IN PRIME MEATS
POULTRY AND GAME
58-66 Fulton Market, NEW YORK
v7)
8TEAMSHIP AND YACHT
SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY
THE CUBA REVIEW. 95
Cuban Business Our Specialty
Daily Capacity, 200,060 Feet
VINEGAR BEND LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Exporters
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U. S. A.
Codes: AB C, Fourth Edition; Southards; WatKins; Western Union.
Cable Address: ‘‘TURNER’’
W. H. Bennett W.S. Walsh
Bennett, Walsh & Co,
18 Broadway, New York
Steamship Agents and Ship Brokers
Cable: ‘‘Benwalsh’’
The Munson S. S. Line Buy
Their Oils, Etc., from
KUHNE-LIBBY CO.
Manufacturers of
Lubricating Oils and Greases
~ Marvel Boiler Compound
60 Water Street, New York City
Agent—Cuba: A. H. de DIAS,
74 Cuba St., Havana, Cuba.
STERLING
Coal Company
GENERAL OFFICES:
421 Chestnut Street, - Philadelphia, Pa.
29 Broadway, - - New York
80 Church Street, New Haven, Conn.
14 Kilby Street, = Boston, Mass.
Continental Trust Building, Baltimore, Md.
Colliery Proprietors, Miners and
Shippers of the
Powelton ‘Sterling Vein’’
Semi=Bituminous Coals
Steamship Fuel a Specialty
oe ee ee
F. W. Hvoslof
‘The Comfortable
Way 99
Between the East and the West is via
the Toledo, St. Louis and
Western Railroad
“Clover Leaf”
Route
Rates lower than by any other direct
line. Send four cents in stamps for
copy of ‘‘Get Out or Get in Line,” a
booklet by Mr. Elbert Hubbard,
Chief of the Roycrofters.
WALTER L. ROSS
General Passenger Agent
Toledo, Ohio
EL NUEVO
HOTEL ALBERT
PLAN EUROPEO
Una cuadra al Neste de Broadway.
CALLE ONCE E:QUINA A UNIVERSITY PLACE,
NUEVA YORK.
El tinico Hotel construido absolutamente 4 prueba
de fuego coi todos los adelantos modernos, desde la
calle 23 al parque de Ja Bateria. Contiene 300 buenas
y cOmodas habitacio es, desde UN PESO en ade-
lante. 10:shavitaciones mas con lujoso bafio privado,
desde DOS PESOS en adelante. Departamentos
para familias con dos 6 mas habitaciones, sala y
bafio, A precios convencionales. Restaurant de
primera con precios mddicos.
Punto central y tranquilo. A muy corta distancia
del distrito Comercial al por mayor y detall.
SE HABLA EL CASTELLANO
L. FRENKEL, Prop.
96 THE CUBA REVIEW.
JOHN W. McDONALD
Telephone, 2204 Broad 63-65 Wall St., N.Y.
HENRY W. BABCOCK & CO.
Customs Brokers and Forwarding Agents COAL, WOOD, LUMBER
and TIMBER of Every
Description
_ Brokers—Munson Steamship Line
Notaries Public Custom House Rotunda
Goods Received on Consignment or for Sale
112 WALL STREET
| Near South Street NEW YORK
Tard: 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basi
THE SNARE AND Yard: 58.68 Reard Street, Erie Basin
TRIEST COMPANY Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hamilton
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Masonry Construction Engineers and Contractors
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates PURDY G HENDERSON, Inc.
on all classes of contracting work in Cuba. Engineers and Contractors
N. Y. Office Havana Office New York Chicago Boston
143 LIBERTY ST. LA LEAL BUILDING Cuba Office, Empedrado 32, Havana
° Agents at Mobile for Vacuum Oil and Swan & Finch
Rolf Seeber Oil Companies, and contract deliveries made. Full and
complete stocks carried of Packings, Paints and Supplies
of every description required by steamers or sailing ves-
e sels. All mail addressed to our care will have our prompt
ip an ery and careful attention.
Watkins & Scott’s Codes Cable Address: “Seeberg’’
Company Branch Stores:
108-110 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, La.,
MOBILE, ALA. and Gulf Port, Miss. (for Ship Island).
Business Firms of Gibara
M. CUERVO Y CIA.,
Gibara, Cuba.
Telegrafo: ‘‘Cuervo.”
MANUEL DA SILVA E HIJOS,
Banqueros, Importadores. Tabaco en rama.
MONARCH STUMP PULLER. Cable: “Silva.”
Will pull 7-ft. stumps without help. Guaran- SSS
‘ teed for 12 months, and to stand a strain of TORRE Y CIA.,
soo horsepower. Illustrated catalogue and dis- Cable: ‘“Torre:” Marina 2.
counts, address MONARCH GRUBBER CO. Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y
Lone Tree, Ia. Ferreteria.
DE BIG. FOUR OT ae
3 Daily Trains Each Way 3“ Misti Se &
Parlor Cars. Sleepers. Dining Cars. Ask for Tickets Via
BIG FOUR
We Lead BEOLA @& CO.
In the manufacture of Cooking Utensils Bankers and Commission
and can completely equip the kitchen of
any establishment from the most elaborate Merchants
hotel to the humblest dwelling.
Agents for the Munson Steamship Line
Bramhali Deane Co. GIBARA, CUBA
262=-4-6 Water St., New York City
THE CUBA REVIEW. 97
Orange and all kinds of
Fruit Trees, both Tropical
and Hardy; Ornamental
Plants, Shade Trees, Shrubs,
Palms, Ferns, Conifers, Bam-
boos, Vines, Flowering
Plants, etc. The greatest
variety gotten together for
the needs of the West In-
dies and warm countries.
We ship in perfect safet
every week in the year to all
parts of the tropics entirely
Caulkers, Spar Makers We ee g. batts ropics ent
Boat Builders, Fic, anon ee - send (at once) for large illus-
REASONER BROS., Oneco, Florida, U.S. A.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN ©. B. STILLMAN
92 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK
MERCADERES, 22, HAVANA, CUBA
eae ne and Consulting
Mechanica Engineer on
JohnMunro@Son | suGAR MACHINERY
Telephone _ Box 186
215 Hamilton Maritime Exchange
YULE & MUNRO
SHIPWRIGHTS
Steamship and SOBRINOS DE BEA & CO.
‘ ? D Bankers and Commission Merchants
Engineers Supplies Importaci6n directa de todas los centros
manufactureros del mundo.
13 Conover Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Agents for the
Munson Steamship Line, New York and
Mobile.
Cable Address: Kunomale, New York James E. Ward & Co., New York.
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
Vapores Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co.
Telephone, 196 Hamilton e Barcelona, Espafia Independencia
Street 17/21.
MATANZAS, CUBA.
Telephone, 33 Hamilton Cable Address:
Night Call, 411 Hamilton “Abiworks,’”’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, CoS aD
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers, Iron and Brass Castings. teamship
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Summit Streets Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOME INDUSTRY IRON WORKS
Engines, Boilers ana Machinery
Manufacturing and Repairing of all kinds. Architectural Iron and Brass
Castings. Light and Heavy Forgings. All kinds of Machinery Supplies.
Steamship Work a Specialty
SAS. 8. BOGUE, Supt. MOBILE, ALA.
WV y a buildings economic-
W ally and at the same time
HEN YOU ISH TO PAINT have a paint that will
wear well, do not buy a
teady-mixed paint that contains all the way from 20 to 75 per cent. adulteration, as the adulteration in
such a paint is absolutely worthless, and you are paying a big price for something that is worth nothing.
Ask for “DEVOE’S” PAINT. Notice that they guarantee it strictly pure Lead and Zinc and sell it
subject to chemical analysis. Dare other paint makers guarantee theirs pure? Look out for them. One
gallon of Devoe Paint will paint as much surface as two gallons of heavily adulterated paint.
F. W. DEVOE & C. T. RAYNOLDS CO., 101-103 Fulton St., NEW YORK CITY
98 THE CUBA REVIEW.
ANNOUNCEMENT
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE
NEW YORK -- CUBA SERVICE
CHANCE OF RATES
Extensive alterations are being made on the steamships “Olinda” and
“Curityba” which will provide an additional number of first cabin state-
rooms, and also saloon and stateroom accommodation for intermediate
passengers.
Effective with the sailing of the steamship OLINDA from New York
on the 21st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 10906, the following rates of passage
will be maintained between New York and Cuban ports.
FIRST CLASS
New York to Nuevitas eeu $30.00 $55.00
oi ‘a = Paerto-Pagre.. > 20: -. <geeo —
Gabarn> 4005.) .« 25) paces es 75.00
Nipe 40.00 75.00
INTERMEDIATE
Nuevitas . Mt ee $20.00 $35.00
Puerto: (Padre =. ==), «30.00 —
Gibara lel? sds x poe 830.00 55.00
Nipe 30.00 55.00
A. L. RULAND, 82 Beaver St., New York., General Passenger Agent
DIRECT SERVICE BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND NUEVITAS—4 DAYS
Steamers of the New York-Cuba service sall from Pier 6, East River, Brooklyn, during the rebuilding of
New York pier, Nuevitas being first port of entry, commencing with sailing of March 28th, 1906
From Nuevitas to New York direct as heretofore
NotTe.—Nipe Bay will be a regular port of call, commencing June 20th.
Passenger and Freight Service pike
Subject to Change Without Notice Only
OUTWARD HOMEWARD
From New York
to Matanzas
Cardenas
Steamer and Sagua
Nuevitas
Puerto Padre
Gibara
Nuevitas
New York
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Contents of This Number
AGRICULTURE AND LABOR—
Fibres in Cuba, henequen, native jutes, the value of banana fibre, are all touched
upon by Prof. Baker, on page 7. U. 8S. Consul Baehr, of Cienfuegos, discusses
henequen in an official report, and gives valuable data regarding outout, demand
and cost of production. Our readers will find this on page 8.
Fruit and vegetable industry at Herradura. Hints for clearing srass lands. Items
about Poles coming to Cuba as laborers and another of Porto Rican immigrants
will be found on page 15.
Another planter will try Greeks for field work, page 16.
Mr. Rafael Sanchez gives his views on pages 16 and 17.
Mr. Adam Gray tells of his suecess with. oranges and grape-fruit and in exterminating
the orange scale and other insect pests, pages 18 and 19.
Urner-Barry’s report on the month’s market in Cuban fruit and vegetables will be
found on page 21.
FENANCIAL. Page 14—
American currency is wanted in Cuba and a commission has called upon Governor
Magoon with this object. Soldiers’ savings accounts are invited by the National
Bank of Cuba.
The Nova Scotia Bank has a new home.
The Royal Bank of Canada has opened two more branches.
MILITARY NOTES—
A map on page 20 shows the position of the American troops in Cuba.
NEW BUILDINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION WORK. Page 11—
Two new hotels in Havana, with modern improvements, are almost ready. A
new high school is provided for.
POLITICAL. Pages 12 and 14—
Governor Magoon’s Cuban election programme. Santa Clara’s new governor. Governor
Nuiiez trying to form a new party.
RAILWAYS—
The United Railway’s important improvements; an extension of the Cuba Eastern
to Maya; a new railway of the Havana Central, are noted on pages 10 and 11.
SPANISH DEPARTMENT—
Willett & Gray’s sugar review is on page 24.
-The Urner-Barry fruit and vegetable review is on pages 24 and 26.
SUGAR—
Willett & Gray’s review will be found on page 22. There is much interesting
information as to the year’s production and prices.
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A city, suburb and country scene in Cuba. Note the fine roads in all three pictures, which are @
feature of most Cuban cities. Macadam highways radiate out in all directions.
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Volume V. ENEMIES =1907. Number 2.
FIBRES IN CUBA.
The Great Possibilities of Henequen—The Poorest Land the Best for This Product—
Native Jutes in Plenty—Banana Fibre Exceedingly Valuable.
By C. F. BAKER, Chief Botanical Department Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station.
Cuba uses many thousands of dollars worth of sacking, cordage, and allied
products each year, a large part of which is imported, and all of which might be
readily produced in the Island. This fact places the subject among the very im-
portant agricultural problems deserving the attention of planters and manufacturers
and of the Cuban Government.
Only one fibre is as yet being commercially grown and handled in the Island
and that is henequen. Many hundreds of acres are already planted to this important
fibre and several cleaning mills are in operation. There are also one or more cordage
factories in Havana. However, but a small part of the current demand for such
products is satisfied from the home supply. There is still a tremendous field for
expansion both in lands for planting and in markets for exploitation. Knowing the
possibilities here, one is certainly justified in believing that Cuba will one day export
henequen products. Thousands of acres of good henequen land are yet lying idle,
since the best henequen lands are of little value for anything else The quality of
henequen produced here is as good as any on earth—not even excepting the Yucatan
product. For this crop fertilizers are a detriment and cultivation unnecessary.
Plants require several years to come to bearing, but afterwards bear continuously
for several years more. Other similar fibres like Mauritius fibre, could be produced
here with the utmost readiness. Large Fourcroyas of several species are common
all over the Island.
A number of native jutes of good quality run wild throughout the Island. Some
of these are readily amenable to cultivation as we already know from actual trial,
and yield heavily and continuously from the same roots for some time. There is
most urgent need for a thorough trial here on the ground under the existing condi-
tions of the various methods of handling. If a practical and economical system of
handling can be arrived at, we can readily produce in the Island enough jute for all
the sacking used here—and more.
There is found in the Island, cultivated to some extent for its fruit, a certain red-
sheathed banana which yields a fibre almost if not quite equal to Manila hemp, the
fibres being somewhat coarser, but often six to eight feet in length and of great
strength. It is one of the many unused products of the Island which possess tre-
mendous possibilities for economic importance, but which still await capital and
energy. I do not know ofa single item in the long list of new subjects crying for
scientific investigation in Cuba, that is more worthy the attention of the Govern-
ment experts or of outside agricultural experts than this banana fibre. Here is a
plant producing a large amount of food for which there is a steady current demand,
and which, after the bananas are cut, will still yield a product of the most striking
value. Any single plant yielding two such distinct and important products is quite
unique among the fibre plants of the world.
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The true Manila fibre, as well as hemp, flax, and cotton are not suited to con-
ditions here, but ramie grows to perfection, as well as the East Indian sanseviera
which produces one of the strongest and most beautiful fibres in the world. We
have no need of Manila fibre when we have so good a substitute, and we can well
afford to forget flax, hemp and cotton in the face of the great possibilities in the
Island for henequen, fourcroya, banana, jute, sanseviera and ramie.
CUBAN HEMP TRADE.
Growth and Manufacture Both Extending.
Consul Max J. Baehr, of Cienfuegos, treats on the hemp industry in Cuba.
He writes:
Although there is in the island of Cuba considerable land planted in henequen
(hemp) and three or four industrial plants with the necessary machinery to prepare
the fibre for market, the output is yet limited and insufficient to furnish raw material
for existing manufactories, these being compelled to use imported fibre, principally
from Yucatan. The number of henequen plantations in Cuba has been increasing
and there is little doubt that in the near future the island will be able to produce
from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 pounds, which is the amount necessary to supply the
home market. On the north coast of the island there are large tracts of high land of
rocky formation, specially adapted for the cultivation of hemp, and persons who
have studied the matter affirm that this industry would be very profitable if
properly attended to. The leaf is said to contain 10 per cent. more fibre than the
plant that has been such a source of wealth to the Yucatan peninsula, and the
quality of this fibre is about the same in Cuba. The production is, on the average,
68 pounds of fibre for every thousand leaves.
A large factory in Habana was established in 1890, the company in 1900 also
purchasing a small factory in Regla. They have been doing business on a large scale.
Last year they imported 3,500,000 pounds of Yucatan hemp and 2,000,000 pounds from
Manila. At present they are cultivating hemp in two provinces of the island, ind
expect that within two years the Cuban production will reach 2,000,000 pounds
and that at no distant date it will be sufficient for the consumption of the factory.
Working night and day the factory makes 35,000 pounds of rope and bagging per —
diem and, with the exception of the tarred rope imported from Spain and Italy, the
factories at Regla and Habana are furnishing 95 per cent. of the rope consumed in
Cuba, and they use all the fibre cultivated in Cuba, which in 1904 amountetl to 550,000
pounds.
This factory is situated fronting the sea, thus facilitating the unloading on the
wharf of the raw material and its transportation by means of a railway to the
warehouses. The establishment contains all kinds of machinery, with which ig
manufactured from the finest to the heaviest and strongest cables for ships and
other purposes. It is provided with two steam engines and two dynamos, has a
-repair shop, boiler rooms, and warehouses, with sufficient capacity for 5,000 bales
of heniquen.
It is generally believed that in five or six years the production of fibre will be
more than sufficient for the national consumption and that a large amount will be
exported.
GROWS SPONTANEOUSLY ON BARREN LAND.
Two species of henequen are known in Cuba, Agave americana and Agave
cubensis, these plants yielding a hard, tough filament, applied mainly to the manu-
facture of rope and cordage. Both grow spontaneously and in the most barren
lands, unfit for any other kind of cultivation, always provided the mineral compo-
sition of the soil abounds in lime and sand. The cost of cultivation, including the
price of the. young plants, can be calculated at about $836 per caballeria (33 acres)
and the cost of cutting, preparing, and packing, $2,248, or a total of $3,084.
Information obtained on a large plantation of 25 caballerias shows that each
caballeria will hold 50,0co piants. These after three years, the time when they
attain their most perfect development, yield on an average three leaves monthly, and
as it is calculated that each leaf contains one and a half ounces of fibre 1,000,000
leaves gathered from a caballeria during one year will yield 420 bales of 4 quintals
(400 pounds each).
Surrounding the plantation referred to and where the leaves are gathered,
cleaned, and the bales prepared there are many smaller plantations where the
leaves are sold on the plant at the rate of 50 cents silver per thousand, the purchaser
paying for cutting, gathering, and_cartage. The leaves, collected in bunches of ten
each, are paid for at the rate of $1 currency per thousand. The life of a plant is
calculated at 15 years, but as each plant disappears it leaves an offshoot or young
plant which at the end of three years will again commence to give the same yield for
another fifteen years—U. S. Gov. Report, January 3, 1907.
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New construction work: The main street of Camaguey in process of reconstruction, and the finished
work. Asphalting the street made a most needed and welcome improvement. The telephone poles just
erected look strange in the picturesque streets of one of the oldest cities in the Island.
The accompanying illustration is of Mr. Storm’s house at Herradura, showing part of the orange
grove and pineapple plantation. ‘The orange trees are a little over a year old, and from six to eight
feet high. Orange growers from Porto Rico and Florida who have seen these trees state that they
never saw a better growth for that length of time.
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NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST.
From our own Correspondent at Havana and other Cities of Cuba.
RAILWAY MATTERS
The United Railway London board
numbers: President Emanuel M. Under-
down, K. C.; Sir Henry Mather Jackson,
Harrison Hodgson, Hon. Arthur Crich-
ton, Marquis del Solar, Juan Arguelles,
and Tirso Mesa.
The Havana board is as follows:
President Luciano Diaz, José Montalvan,
Francisco de la Cerra, Arturo Amblard
and Robert Orr.
The local officials of this road are Rob-
ert Orr, general manager; B. G. Hender-
son, traffic superintendent; Chas. Thorn-
ton, superintendent of motive power, and
A. E. Gibbs, store superintendent and
purchasing agent. A royal permit was
issued to the company in 1834 to build a
line to Guines, and in 1838 the line was
complete, and this English railway was
the first laid in Cuba.
This company has plans for new build-
ings, and improvements which will add
greatly to the comfort of passengers
when completed. It is their purpose to
build an elevated double track near the
grounds of Monserrate between Principe
and Cerro. This elevated road will cross
Carlos Tercero, and go along the old
line into a large depot, which will be
erected at the corner of San José street,
and the Prado, opposite Central Park.
The company intends to invest about
five million dollars in these improve-
ments, and of this sum about four mil-
lion dollars will be expended in the im-
provement of the terminal lines in Ha-
vana.
They expect to build on a lot of land
they own in that vicinity, of 1,000 feet in
extent, facing Dragones street and
Campo Marte on one side, and on San
José street along a distance of five hun-
dred feet.
This building will be of concrete with
a steel frame, and three stories high.
The material will be furnished by a New
York firm. The passenger depot will be
on the second floor, on a level with the
elevated track, and waiting rooms, a
restaurant and comfortable rooms will be
provided for passengers: On the third
floor will be the offices and the ground
floor will be used for baggage. The
parts of the building not used by. the
company will be for business offices, and
stores.
driven
Carriages and coaches will be
into a building, so. passengers
will not be exposed in rainy weather or
stormy days. The company intends to
use the western part of the block as a
local freight yard. Machinery has been
ordered from the United States and also
from England. The main shops will be
fitted fully with all the up-to-date re-
quirements, while the old shops in Cie-
nega and in Cardenas and Jucardo will
go on as before.
Other purchases besides the machinery
imported from the United States and Eng-
land, are for three hundred steel cars or-
dered from Belgium for freight service.
The United Railway has in running order
now, fully five thousand cars, and two hun-
dred engines.
In addition to aforenamed plans and en-
terprises, the company has taken a lease of
the Marianao Railway for a period of one
hundred years, and has extended its lines
as far as Hoyo, Colorado, beyond Marianao.
They intend to build a road from Guana-
jay to Cabanas and Bahia Honda, where
the United States coaling station is to be.
The United Railway has acquired several
other railroads and expended about twenty —
millions of dollars for this purpose. Among
the railroads acquired are the Cardenas and
Jucaro, Matanzas and Sabanilla, and these
roads will be greatly improved. The con-
solidated lines will abolish five stations and
join the roads by extensions and connec-
tions.
This company will pay a dividend of nine
per cent. this year. Last year they paid
ten per cent., and the year before, thirteen
per cent. The decrease is accounted for
by the unsettled condition of affairs in
Cuba in part, and by the lower price of
sugar for the past two years also.
Near Roque, where the track was often
under water, sometimes for fifteen feet,
the company intends to make a new road
to avoid the basin and to find a way of
not going all the way around by Cardenas
when there is a great deal of rain. The
compiny will grade their track quite high.
The Cuba Eastern road now will short-
ly be established to Maya, which is about
three miles from the Cuba Co. road.
They propose to put guaguas on this
road and passengers will soon be able to
go to Guantanamo by rail.
A new railway will be opened between .
Havana and Guanajay by the Havana’
Central Railway.
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RAILWAY MATTERS—Continued.
W. E. Ogilvie has been appointed
General Manager of the new electric
system at a meeting of the Directors of
the Havana Central Railway, held 1n ©
Jersey City, and Senor Luciano Diaz
was re-elected vice-president. The con-
trol of the Havana Central has passed
into the management of the London
bankers who are interested in the United
‘Railways. Mr. George Greenwood has
been re-elected General Manager of the
Havana Electric Company in Havana,
and great improvements have been voted
FORMAL a recent meeting.
Sir William Van Horne has been in
Cuba recently accompanied by his son
and left for Canada December 22. He
has appointed his son, R. B. Van Horne,
to the position of Assistant Manager of
the Cuba Railroad Company, and the
latter will reside in Camaguey after his
return to Cuba early in January.
Cienfuegos has granted a concession to
the United Railways to build a line
through that city.
NEW BUILDINGS
AND CONSTRUCTION WORK
Manuel Lopez, proprietor of the Hotel
Inglaterra, and Urbano Gonzalez, pro-
prietor of the Hotel Pasaje, in Havana,
have combined their interests and are
building the Hotel Sevilla in Havana on
the corner of Trocadero and Zulueta
streets. Trocadero street will be widened,
a work provided for in the appropriation
by the Government for public improve-
ments, and the space bounded by Zulueta,
Montseratte, Trocadero and Colon, will
be made a public park. It is asserted
that the city has already purchased the
ground. The old market will be trans-
formed into legislative chambers.
The new hotel will front on Trocadero
street and will be five stories high. The
250 rooms will each have a shower and tub
bath, and all the rooms will be front rooms.
Two electric elevators will be provided.
There will be a great court yard or patio,
bright with flowers and rich palms. The
steel entering in the construction comes
from the United States, the marble stair-
cases from Germany, and the furniture
from France. The china comes from Ger-
many and each piece will be stamped with
the coat of arms of Sevilla. The enameled
iron beds and the most comfortable mat-
tresses come from the United States. Noth-
ing has been left undone to insure the com-
fort of guests. Every sanitary appliance
will be used and every convenience intro-
duced that may be required. The great
roof will be turned into a roof garden and
dining-room, and made brilliant with elec-
tric lights. It will be encosed in glass to
guard against sudden storms. The hotel
was begun in May, 1906, and will cost half
a million dollars. Antonio Rodriguez is
the architect..
Sr. Horacio Tamayo, Assistant En-
gineer of the Provincial Department of
Public Works, is making plans for the
building of a new steel bridge to span
the River Almendares, and which will re-
place the one there now. The old bridge
rests on pontoons. The piers of the new
bridge will be made of steel and concrete
and the bridge will be five hundred and
fifty feet long and entirely of steel.
Another hotel called the Habana Hotel
was opened on Industria and Barcelona
Streets. It belongs to the proprietor of
the Telegrafo, and a banquet was given
upon the opening night. This house has
100 rooms and 85 are provided with pri-
vate baths.
The plans of the new Produce Ex-
change building in Havana have been
made by Purdy and Henderson. The
National Bank of Cuba building on Cuba
Street, corner of Obispo, will soon be
finished.
Merchants in the town of Santo Do-
mingo, province of Santa Clara, have
been authorized to install an electric
plant in that place.
A competition has been called for of
architects to furnish designs for a new high
school. An appropriation of $150,000 was
made for this building in July, 1906.
Colonel Black reports that water pipes
are being placed and improvements estab-
lished in the water works for supplying
Marianao and adjacent towns with an
abundance of water. Other improve-
ments will be rapidly carried out.
Michael Dady has obtained a contract
for the construction of the Matadora
canal from the Christina bridge to the
bay in Havana harbor amounting to half
a million dollars. This contract was
awarded December 19 upon the decree
from the supreme court granting the con-
cession for the canal to the Cuba Canal
and Wharf Company. Contractor Dady
is allowed six months wherein to carry
out this work. This enterprise is for
the advantage of lumber merchants and
will obviate the cost of lighters. Suit-
able wharves will be built for the unload-
ing of lumber, and the new canal will
insure a saving of time and expense.
A handsome new building will be
erected at Camaguey by the Royal Bank
of Canada, at an estimated cost of $50,-
ooo. The contract is in the hands of the
Purdy & Henderson Co. The Royal
Bank of Canada has already established
branches in Cuba’s largest towns, and
will open others throughout the Island.
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POLITICAL
The Cuban election programme as formu-
lated by Governor Magoon, provides for
the election of two batches of Congress-
men in 1907. The significant clauses in the
decree bearing on the matter are as follows:
“The vacancies hereby declared in the
House of Representatives shall be filled at
elections to be held under the provisional
government pursuant to the proclamation
issued by the Provisional Governor of Cuba
on September 29, 1906, and at the same
elections Senatorial electors shall be elect-
ed to elect Senators to fill vacancies in the
Senate by this decree declared.”
“As the term of office of members of
the House of Representatives elected in
1904 will expire on the first Monday of
April, 1908, and as under the law of Cuba
the election of their successors should be
held on December 1, 1907, and as it is ob-
viously unwise and against public interests
to hoid two Congressional elections dur-
ing 1907; therefore, if moral peace, tran-
quillity and public confidence are restored
to such an extent that the special elections
referred to in the sroclamation of the Pro-
visional Governor, dated September 29, 1906,
can be held prior to the date of the said reg-
ular elections in December, 1907, there shall
also be elected at such special elections the
successors of those members of the House
of Representatives who were elected in
1904.”
The following well known Cubans
have been suggested to Governor Ma-
goon as suitable persons to aid in the
legislative work in view for the drafting
of new electoral, municipal and other
laws, namely, Eliseo Giberga, Jose A.
Gonzalez Lanuza, Antonio Sanchez Bus-
tamante, Francisco Carrera Juztiz, Al-
fredo Zayas, and Miguel Viondi. The
first four are Independents and the re-
maining two belong to the Liberal and
the late Moderate party respectively.
Senor Gonzalez Tellez is now Provin-
cial Governor of Santa Clara and he has
visited Havana to confer with Governor
Magoon.
A colored party has been organized in
Santa Clara, a party which will clamor
for recognition in the distribution of
Offices.
Colonel or Brigadier Estonoz, late of
the Constitutional Army, issued a mani-
festo December 22, appealing to the
colored race in Cuba to come forth and
clamor for their rights—equal rights with
the white man.
Governor Nufiez is endeavoring to form
a new party and to infuse vigor into the
weakening ranks of the old party.
The. commission chosen by Governor
Magoon to draw up new electoral laws,
and other improvements required in the
laws of Cuba, had their first session
January 3, 1907. The members are Col.
E. H. Crowder of the U. S. Army, Super-
visor of the Department of Justice; Dr.
Erasmo Requeiferos Boudet, Senor Man-
ue] Maria Coronado, Mario Garcia Koh-
ly, Rafael Montoro, Felipe Gonzales Lar-
rain, Mr. Otto Shoenrich, Major Blanton
Winship, consulting attorney to the
United States Army, and Juan Gualberto
Gomez.
Foreign claims, the upshot of the late re-
bellion, amount to large sums. England
for her subjects has claims of over $400,000,
Spanish subjects’ claims are also very large,
probably over a million of dollars.
Marques Stirling, a Cuban writer, holds
forth in the “Lucha” against the Platt
Amendment and berates American inter-
vention.
The liberals have petitioned Governor
Magoon to appoint Carlos Mendieta as
civil governor of Santa Clara.
The report of Consul General Stein-
hart’s resignation was issued in the daily
press on December 18, but this is
incorrect, inasmuch as he will remain
in his post for the present.
Ramon Meza, a well known Cuban
author, has lately issued a treatise en-
titled, “Let Us Protect the Immigrant.”
Judge Landa has been appointed on the
Claims Commission to serve in conjunction
with Major Kernan and Captain Reed of
the United States Army.
THE DISCUSSION CONCERNING
AN AMERICAN PROTECTORATE.
Some Comments for and against this
Proposition, Taken from the Papers
of Cuba and of this Country.
“To withdraw the troops now would be
rank folly, and for every reason the
United States should establish a Cuban
protectorate.”—Philadelphia Inquirer.
“Whatever is done there in the way of
intervention, government control, pro-
tectorate or what not, is to be done for
the welfare of the Cuban people—New
York Tribune.
“Their present predicament must be
credited to their ignorance and their
seeming lack of ability to comprehend
the first duty of a free and independent
people. The duty of this country in the
premises is plain.”—St. Joseph (Mo.)
Gazette.
“For the present and the immediate
future there is no hope in anything but
the military.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
“The men who control the business of
Cuba and own the property want the
Americans to remain.’—Savannah News.
“The foreign element naturally depend
on American protection and frankly fa-
vor permanent American occupation.”—
New Orleans Picayune.
P
Road making in Cuba. Showing the foundation stone, which is first placed on the road-bed and
leveled to the approximate shape of the finished road. ‘This is then covered and filled with a finer size
stone, and rolled down. The stone used is the native field rock of the island, which can usually be
excavated at slight depth at points convenient to the road under construction.
Rolling the macadam roads, which are the pride of Cuba. ‘These Calzadas radiate in many directions
from Havana and serve as connecting links for towns off the railroads. They are used for hauling of
all kinds, but a weight limit is imposed and tires must be of a certain width. The calzadas are built
and maintained in excellent shape by the government, under the Department of Public Works.
14 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
mn
“Owing to her geographical location
Cuba finds herself within the sphere of
North American influence. That influ-
ence, however, must be exercised in a
fashion not to offend the susceptibilities
of a people whose worth and dignity
would invariably oppose oppressive and
humiliating constitutional formulas.”—
Diario de la Familia.
“Cuba wants no. protectorate, because
she needs none nor is she even satisfied
to endure the Platt amendment, which
‘was accepted in the pages of her consti-
tution merely because of the uncertainty
of the times when that document was
formulated, or perhaps because of an im-
‘patience justifiable at the moment.”—E]
Partido Liberal, Havana.
FINANCIAL
Havana’s Chamber of Commerce is ac-
tively interested in the endeavor to make
American currency the only medium of
exchange in Cuba. In that case, Spanish
coins would be recalled to Spain. The only
diffculty is whether prices of provisions
will be regulated in accordance to exchange.
Since the Royal Alliance and King AI-
fonso’s close relations with England, Span-
ish silver has gone up. Not long ago the
rate of exchange was one dollar and forty
cents for an American dollar, now it is
only one dollar and thirteen cents. But
prices have not. been lowered in proportion.
A commission from the*national liberal
party called upon Governor Magoon to re-
‘quest a national currency for the Republic.
As -already stated, there is some talk of
adopting American currency as the only
medium. It is already current in Santiago
de Cuba, and has been for several years.
The difference in exchange between Amer-
ican and Spanish currency is somewhat
confusing owing to the difference in value.
The National Bank of Cuba is also. an
United States depositary for Cuba. Saving
accounts are opened for the soldiers at
three per cent. interest, credited every three
months.
The Nova Scotia Bank has acquired
the property comprising land on the cor-
ner of Cuba and O’Reilly Streets with a
handsome building for a bank.
GENERAL NOTES
Governor Magoon states that the
Commercial Cable Company shall have
no monopoly, although a decree will
authorize said company to make land-
ings on the coast of Cuba and to con-
nect said landings with their central
office in Havana. The government of
_ improve sanitation.
Cuba makes a proviso reserving the right
to suspend such privilege and take pos-
session of the installation if occasion
arises to warrant such a procedure. In
that case, the government would deter-
mine the proper indemnity to allow said
company. The Postal Telegraph Com-
pany has obtained the franchise and the
representatives of this company have al-
ready purchased a site in the Vedado,
preparatory to establishing their works.
The copper mines of Ernesto Fernan-
dez and Julio Cuevas in Vinales, Province
of Pinar del Rio, are valuable property,
and the copper trust of New York has
offered $150,000 for it. This company
owns the rich copper mines of El Cobre
in Santiago de Cuba province.
BETTER SERVICE FOR LA GLORIA,
The steamer La Gloria, designed for the
service between Nuevitas and La Gloria,
came into Havana on the morning of De-
cember 7. She came across the Gulf from
Florida under her own steam. Her meas-
urements and plan, which have already
been printed in the Cuba Review, are as
follows: Length, 75 feet, width 18 feet,
and her draught is 27 inches. She can
accommodate forty passengers, and, of
course, what 1s more important, can carry
considerable fruit and vegetables to the
steamers on regular service to New York.
SIX NEW WIRELESS STATIONS.
The establishment of six new
stations has been decreed by the
ional Government. The contract was made
some time ago. The same system which
is now employed at Mariel station will be
employed. The Havana station will be
at Atares Castle. Other stations will be
located in Baracoa, Santiago de Cuba, Cam-
aguey, Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio, at an
estimated expenditure of $163,000.
wireless
Provis-
INCREASING THE RURAL GUARD.
Five hundred men are to be enlisted in
the Rural Guard, and it is purposed to
still further increase this force.
The blockhouses are to be preserved
by order of the Provisional Government,
a judicious measure as they were fast
becoming unfit for further use.
SANITARY MATTERS.
According to Dr. Barnet’s report, there
is only one case of yellow fever in Cuba
now and that is at Nueva Paz. The hy-
gienic measures taken to exterminate the
disease have been successful. Sanitation
has been greatly improved in every re-
spect.
SANITARY INSPECTION RIGID.
The Provisional Government is deter-
mined to put Havana in good condition and
Major Kean submitted
an exhaustive report,on the condition in
which he found restaurants and cafés, as
well as private dwellings, wherein the
plumbing is defective. Improvements will
be made as soon as possible in this respect.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 15
AGRICULTURE AND LABOR
HINTS Oe oa GRASS
ANDS
Manual Labor versus Machine Work—
The Disk Cultivator Will do the
Work of Twenty Men
with Hoes.
When proceeding to plow land covered
with grass, for sugar-cane or any other
crop, it is much better to plow at little
depth the first time, using a plow that
makes a furrow in such a way that the
grass is buried as lightly and as smooth-
ly as possible.”
The plow-share should be well sharpened
so that it may cut the grass roots with
ease and celerity. These thin furrow-slices
can be broken in pieces with a strong disk-
harrow. The second plowing should be
done, if possible, at right angles to the
first, using a disk-plow for this purpose,
and running it as deep down as possible.
This will bury completely the clods of earth
and the harrow will put the ground in
good condition for planting, with com-
‘paratively little work. If the ground is
plowed deeply the first time the large fur-
row-slices, or pieces of sod, would remain
standing on their edges, and if there are
frequent rains the grass would continue to
grow and the ground would be so rough
and uneven that it would be very difficult
to reduce it to a good state for planting
the crop by means of the subsequent use
of the plow and harrow.
After opening the furrows and putting
in the sugar-cane seed, many planters still
follow the old system of covering with the
hoe, and this is, at once, very slow, la-
borious and costly. Jf the ground has been
properly prepared one single man wth a
pair of mules and a disk cultivator, will
do the work of twenty men with hoes, and
the sugar-cane will be covered in a more
uniform manner.—Circular No. 8, Cuban
Agricultural Experiment Station.
The Herradura Fruit
Growers’ Association in the Province of
Pinar del Rio, make some _ interesting
statements regarding the fruit and vege-
table industry. Although vegetables have
been shipped from Cuba for several years
past, the prices paid for the same have
been lower than those paid for Florida
products, for instance, 25 and 50 cents per
crate less than Florida vegetables. This
fact is explained as follows: Until last
year most of the vegetables shipped from
Cuba were raised on heavy soil, irrigation
was used in some cases and but little or
no fertilizer. Owing to this the crop was
of a somewhat inferior quality. Two years
ago the lighter soil began to be broken up
and Vegetable
and last year’s crops were marketed from
this lighter soil, where fertilizer had to be
used. This caused a difference and im-
provement in the quality of the vegetables.
Although the past season was no criterion
to make an estimate from, owing to the un-
usually excessive rains, nevertheless Cuban
vegetables sold as high as Florida vege-
tables, and in some cases were quoted
higher.
POLES COMING TO CUBA.
To the Editor of The Cupa Review and
Bulletin.
DEAR SIR:
My information from Galicia is very
meagre. I know positively of one big land-
owner, Count Marassé, who will go to
Cuba by the end of January, with the in-
tention of buying land.
Independent from it, there is another
movement to direct the farmers with little
capital to Cuba. Some of the Polish news-
papers in Galicia are writing much about
it. I think the idea for it came from the
news that the Cuban Government is will-
ing to spend money to get the right kind
of emigrants for the island. The Poles
are not included in the list of nations
wanted, but that bill of the Cuban Con-
gress shows our people that a farmer has
a good chance in Cuba.
It is well known that Poles are born
farmers. Give -a Polish peasant a few
acres of land—and nothing else—and he
will not only support his family but save
some money.
Experience shows that the Poles can stand
splendidly the southern climate. In Hawaii
they had about 500 Galicians, who were
used with good result on the plantations.
For Panama, 450 Galicians were imported,
and as I have seen in official reports “they
could stand the climate better than any
other nationality.”
Yours very truly,
PORTO RICAN LABORERS FOR CUBA.
The subject of importation of Porto
Rican laborers, introduced by the Planters’
League, is being considered, and Dr. Men-
ocal of the immigration bureau favors this
propect, provided “the immigrants are sound
in body and are not afflicted with the
“hook worm,” a disease of the intestines,
and now prevalent in Porto Rico.
NORWAY IMMIGRANTS FOR CUBA.
Consular Agent A. F. Lindley, report-
ing from Baracoa, states that immigrants
are steadily coming into the eastern end
of Cuba from Norway, and from in-
quiries he has had he believes Americans
will soon be coming. Mr. Lindley says
that there are profitable opportunities
for the construction of short railroads in
that part of Santiago Province.
16 THE
Preparing wild land for plowing and cane planting.
methods and
ant-hills.
agricultural
machinery.
This land was
originally
The operator
forest land and
passing of the forest trees, the ant-hills became deserted.
CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
This photograph illustrates the use of modern
is using a modern steel scraper for leveling off
had been cleared and burnt over, and with the
See photograph of ant-hill on page 17; also
article giving interview with Mr. Gray, describing his methods of exterminating this pest, the Bibi-Jagua.
GREEKS FOR CANE PLANTATION WORK IN CUBA.
An Interesting Experiment to be Tried
on the Santa Lucia Estate.
The labor question in Cuba, always a
most important and urgent one, has _ be-
come more so as the acreage devoted to
sugar cane increases, and although the
Government several months ago devised
an immigration scheme of inviting col-
onists from various countries to come into
Cuba, allowing them certain financial aid
each year for current expenses and for
the securing of the necessary cattle, ma-
chinery and agricultural implements gener-
ally, the individual planters of the Island
have found this process all too slow and
have been forced, in view of the coming
large sugar crop, to devise other means
to secure the necessary labor for harvest-
ing the crop, which promises to be as
large as any they had for several years.
Mr. Rafael Sanchez, the owner of the
Santa Lucia plantation at Vita, who was in
New York City a few weeks ago, has se-
cured some Greeks for his plantation, and
if the experiment succeeds will get more.
He gave a representative of the CUBA
REVIEW the following interesting de-
tails:
The labor to be secured at Vita is in-
adequate and Mr. Sanchez was therefore
forced to look abroad for more material.
On coming to New York, he was ap-
proached by a well-known Greek who em-
ploys his men for various work in the
United States and other countries and who
suggested to Mr. Sanchez the advisability
of importing a lot of his countrymen for
the purpose of sending them on to Santa
Lucia to work on the plantation. Mr.
Sanchez thought so well of this plan that
he immediately made arrangements for the
importation of as many able-bodied work-
men as could be secured. He can use at
least four hundred, and took down with
him as many as he could gather, probably
forty or fifty. These men will be paid 80
cents to $1.50 per day, American currency.
They will have steady work the year round.
There are boarding houses and hotels at
Vita which will be able to accommodate,
at a moderate cost, all who come.
Mr. Sanchez does not maintain a country
store where the employees can purchase
such goods as they require, but permits
anyone who wishes to open a store. If
the Greeks, who may come down in suf-
ficient numbers, find it convenient to have
a store of their own, they are at perfect
liberty to do so and the plantation owners
will give them assistance, financial and
otherwise. If these men take their fam-
ilies with them, Mr. Sanchez will build
them a house and will give them sufficient
ground on which they can raise pineapples,
grape fruit, oranges, vegetables, etc., which
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 17
Cuban Fruits: The Marana.
almond, which they strongly resemble in flavor.
very rich in juice, held in a rubbery pulp.
they may require either for their own use
or for the purpose of selling to others. If
they build a house on-the land thus given
them and desire afterwards to leave, they
may dispose of the building to someone
else. It is their property. Any agricul-
tural laborer in the United States who
wishes to go to Cuba can make satisfac-
tory arrangements with Mr. Sanchez if
he desires to grow sugar cane on the plan-
tation. Mr. Sanchez will lease him as
many caballerias as he requires, help him
with oxen and agricultural implements, and
purchase the cane product and pay him the
market price. While he will not sell land
on the plantation to any colonist, there are
plenty of lands, if the immigrants so desire,
that can be purchased outside of the plan-
tation, but this is a question for later con-
sideration.
The most urgent requirement just now
is to karvest the coming sugar crop, and
Mr. Sanchez’ experiment with Greeks will
be watched with interest by all the other
planters in the Island who are hampered
by a scarcity of laborers. The opinion
seems to be that the Greeks will make
good workmen and that they will stand the
climate better than most colonists.
NOTES FROM SAGUA.
[From our own Correspondent. ]
The sugar season has begun under the
best auspices, especially as to weather,
A peculiarity of this fruit is its bearing the seed or nut on the outside.
These nuts haye been pronounced by confectioners in New York to be equal in all respects to the bitter
The fruit itself is of a pleasant flavor, slightly puckery,
The skin is light yellow and very thin.
which has been until now very good and
favorable for manufacture.
As has been often said, the jurisdiction
of Sagua needs more sugar estates to
consume the enormous quantity of sugar-
cane planted, for the grinding facilities
of the mills now in operation are in-
adequate and this lack of sugar estates
has brought loss to the many colonos
who have been unable to market their
product.
This year, trouble might have resulted
between the latter and the owners on this
account, the colonos demanding that
‘their sugar-cane be ground, and the
owners being unable to comply for lack
of sugar-mills in which to grind it. To
avoid friction therefore, the large sugar
estate belonging to Terry, “Caracas,” of
Cienfuegos, bought several millions of
“arrobas” which was satisfactory.
This subject has been treated with
great certainty and knowledge by the
daily newspaper of Sagua, “El Impulsor,”
whose editor is a man very well versed
in financial matters.
Crops other than cane sugar are al-
most abandoned, and as these products
are bringing very high prices, the living
expenses of the people are increased. It
is the old argument so many times re-
peated, of the necessity and profit that
lie in so many other directions than in
cane only.
18 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
An ant-hill in cane field, originally forest land.
hill was about eight feet high. The bet, giving
slope.
of chlorine gas. Mr. Gray exterminated
These ants are always exterminated in cultivated land,
these pests by different treatment.
Home of the Bibi-Jagua or leaf-cutting ent. This
an idea of size, lies one-quarter cf the way up the
one of the best methods being by use
See article on this page.
A TALK WITH ADAM GRAY.
Interesting Statements Regarding Oranges and Grape-fruit—The Future Promising.
Mr. Adam Gray of Cincinnati, the
well known owner of a large citrus fruit
plantation just outside of Havana, during
a recent visit to New York, gave the
REVIEW the following very interest-
ing details of his present success with
oranges and grape fruit and the en-
couraging outlook for the future.
So far he has sold many of his oranges
on the trees, but those shipped have
always sold for good prices; the price
equaling that of the best grade of Flori-
das. This also applies to the grape-fruit
he has shipped and he has found both the
Cuban oranges and grape-fruit carried
well, equal to the best from any other
locality. Both oranges and grape-fruit,
he believes, will become very popular in
Northern markets when they become
better known. Commission men _ to
whom he has so far made shipments are
anxious for the time to come when they
can receive regular supplies, as they say
the dealers who make a trial purchase
generally come back for more. He has
now 20,000 trees just coming into bear-
ing, 10,000 more from one to two years
old, and he expects to keep on planting
until he has 60,000 trees in all.
He also said that there will always
be a necessity for very careful cultivation
and expert care of all trees and that the
compensation for such labor and expert
care will be most remunerative.
ORANGE TREE PESTS.
Orange trees need deep soil, the tap-
root making this necessary, and all the
ground being planted to citrus trees in
Cuba is not of this character. He found
this out one day when walking through
an orange grove in another part of the
Island, full of dead and dying trees. The
ground was the dark rich kind and there
seemed no reason why the trees should
not thrive. As he walked along he no-
ticed some ants at work. They had made
a small mound and the soil they were
bringing up grain by grain was of a dis-
tinctly light color. This set him to think-
ing and a farther examination showed a
1ard white substratum about 18 inches
below the surface. As this white hard-
pan could not be penetrated by the tap-
roots or the tree get nourishment from
it, the reason for the bad condition was
at once apparent.
He found many species of scale on
orange trees, although it was not the
San José, which latter species does not
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 19
A view on Adam Gray’s plantation.
attack citrus trees. On the infected trees
he noticed the ants were very numerous
and to get rid of these he applied a
stick compound on paper, a preparation
called tanglefoot, which he wound about
the trunks of the trees, a narrow strip
on each. It worked like a charm, but
much to his surprise, the scale shortly
afterward also began to disappear. A
close and patient examination satisfied
him that the scale had several natural
‘enemies which kept its depredations with-
in bounds, if left unmolested. But the
ants he found were in turn the latter’s
enemies and had well nigh exterminated
them, leaving, of course, the scale to
continue its destructive work unchecked.
The use, therefore, of the sticky paper
rid him at once of two pests, the ants
and the scale. He has recently been ap-
plying the “tanglefoot’” without paper,
putting a band of the sticky substance
on the bark of the trees, say a foot above
the ground, and this seems to answer
every purpose as well as if applied on
paper.
ANOTHER PEST—THE BIBIJAGUAS.
Mr. Gray found huge nests of this ant
on his ground and devised many ways
of exterminating the pest, which on ap-
plication, were failures. The picture we
print will give an idea of the size of
these huge ant hills. But one day he
tried sulphur and this was effectual. Men
dug down into the nest, made a fire
of charcoal and when there was a good
bed of coals, threw sulphur on it and
covered up every orifice and drove the suf-
focating fumes through the entire nest by
means of an old-fashioned blacksmith’s bel-
lows, filling all the numberless tiny passages
used by the insects. Whenever smoke es-
caped, the earth was promptly stopped with
fresh soil. The length of these passages
was something surprising, Mr. Gray say-
ing that smoke was found issuing from
the ground circling the mound 15¢ feet
away, showing how far the underground
runs extended. It may be easily under-
stood therefore, the reason for the many
abortive attempts to get rid of the ants
by simply attacking the mound. The
pests at the first onslaught simply re-
tired to their underground tunnels and
remained there undisturbed until the
campaign for their destruction had
ended, and then began the building of
another nest. After the large nests had been
destroyed, he has used bisulphide of carbon
when the found smaller colonies at work,
and has had but little trouble in keeping
them under control.
A thriving Orange and Grape Fruit Grove on the same plantation.
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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN NEW YORK.
Recent Cold Weather in Florida Will Give Cuban Fruits and Vegetables a Good
t Outlet at High Prices.
Specially written for THE CUBA REVIEW by the URNER-BARRY COMPANY.
Receipts of Cuban fruits and vegetables continue very limited and the season
may be said to have not fairly opened as yet, especially as regards vegetables. The
few tomatoes arriving have sold at very satisfactory prices, choice carriers reaching
$4 per crate, and in instances up to $5, though some in poor condition have ranged
lower. Cuban eggplants are selling from $3 @ $4 per box, according to quality,
and peppers generally $2 @ $2.50. Cuban okra is meeting a good outlet from $2
@ $3 per carrier, according to the variety. Cuban squash in light demand and
weak at $1 per box. There have been no arrivals of Cuban potatoes or onions as
yet this season, and it is probable that owing to the local troubles there that there
will not be more than enough stock raised to meet home demand. Cuban fruits have
been in very limited supply and generally of irregular quality and value. Very few
pineapples are good enough to reach $2 per crate and prices range down to $1 for
ordinary stock. Cuban oranges selling readily when choice, but comparatively few
such, and some poor stock has sold very low. A lot of 69 boxes recently sold at
auction at 55c. @7oc. per box, which hardly covers expenses, and 45 boxes of
King oranges sold at 20c. per box, quality being very poor. One hundred and sixty-
four half-boxes of Cuban oranges recently sold at auction at 15c. @ 20c., and the
same day 56 half-boxes of tangerines sold at 80c. @ 85c., with 47 boxes of grap-
fruit selling from 7oc. @ $1.40. A few Cuban lemons have arrived, but of
unattractive quality, and a recent sale at auction reported at $1.35, though choice
stock would command considerably more.
The recent cold weather in Florida will cut off or curtail shipments of fruits and
vegetables for some time, and it is probable that Cuban stock will meet a very good
outlet at comparatively high prices. In order to give some idea as to what may be
realized from Cuban products, we herewith mention prices realized for stock from
other sections, especially vegetables which are scarce and coming from distant points
and realizing satisfactory prices. Hothouse asparagus is in very limited supply
from France, and selling at $1 @ $2 per small bunch for green, with white worth
considerable more, probably $8 @ $10 per large bunch. Beets are arriving freely
from New Orleans and selling at $2 @ $2.50 per barrel for old, and $2.50 @ $3 per
hundred bunches for new. Carrots also plenty from New Orleans and selling gen-
erally at $2 @ $3 per hundred bunches. Chicory is arriving from New Orleans and
bringing $3 @ $4 per barrel, rarely up to $5 when fancy, and some stock from
France is selling at $1.50 per dozen. Escarol in limited supply from same sections
and bringing about same figures as chicory. Endive in moderate supply from
Belgium, and generally bringing 12c. @ 15c. per pound. The New York market
is almost bare of outdoor lettuce at present, and hothouse stock is bringing very
satisfactory prices, generally 25c..@ 50c. per dozen heads, according to quality.
New Orleans romaine is in liberal supply and bringing very satisfactory prices, and
some stock is coming from Europe and also Bermuda, and if Cuban could be placed
here it would doubtless command very satisfactory prices. The market for string-
beans has been very lightly supplied of late, and Florida receipts have sold from
$5 @ $7 per basket or crate, when showing attractive quality, but owing to the
cold weather, much of the stock has been more or less frozen. Cuban beans have
not proved very profitable, but if stock could be raised equal to Florida, they would
command fully as much. Cuban white squash in moderate supply but receiving
very little attetion and seldom exceeding $1 per box. Cuban tomatoes, which are
probably the most profitable crop raised by those shipping their products to New
York market, have brought rather extreme figures of late, sales making mainly from
$3 @ $4 per carrier, though some very poor have ranged lower, and a few fancy
have realized $5. At the close, however, a steamer is due with considerable stock,
and these prices may prove rather high. Just at the mresent time very few Florida
tomatoes arriving and only scattering receipts from West Indian points. California
tomatoes are quite plenty, but nearly all arrivals from that point poor, and not
much of a factor for trade wanting good stock. Recent sales of California have
been from 50c. @ $1 per small flat box, holding perhaps a peck or more.
January 5, 1907.
22 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
SUGAR IN DECEMBER.
Specially written for THE CUBA REVIEW by WILLETT & GRAY, of New York.
In December, the making of the Cuba sugar crop began in earnest and pro-
ceeded much more rapidly throughout the month than in December of the previous
year, there being 122 centrals working at the close of the month against 20 last
season.
Free sales were made to the U. S. of the early manufacture, for December,
January and February shipment at from 23<c. per lb. cost and freight for 96 test,
down to 2 3-16c. per lb. which is the closing value. of the month.
Spot sugar quotations in New York fell from 3.875c. per lb. duty paid to 3.58c.
per lb. at which they close.
The market now seems to be at or near the bottom from which there should be
an advancing tendency a little later.
Our review of the year 1906 is of special interest showing the consumption of the
U. S. to have been 2,864,013 tons, an increase of 231,797 tons over the previous
year. Cuba supplied of this amount, 1,165,994 tons; Philippines 41,900 tons: Hawaii
and Porto Rico 537,835 tons; Domestic cane, beet, maple and molasses sugars 582,414
tons; and foreign sugars paying full duties supplied 535,870 tons.
The average price of 96 test Centrifugals for the year was 3,686c. per lb. and
of refined granulated 4.515c. per lb. against 4.278c. for raws and 5.256c. for refined
for 1905.
In the matter of crops which supply the United States, Cuba leads with 1,178,-
749 tons, the U. S. domestic beet crop being second with 395,000 tons; thus the latter
crop is growing from year to year at a rapid rate. Ten years ago, the crop was only
37,536 tons. New factories will be built the coming year and in time this industry
will become Cuba’s greatest competitor. The farmers take kindly to the raising of
beetroots now and in some sections their growings largely exceeded the capacity
of the factories to manufacture.
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
Bid Asked.
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Havana City first mortgage 6 per cent. bonds....-.....sse eee e cree eect eee eee eeenes 104 108
Havana City second mortgage 6 per cent. bonds....--....++ see eee cree eee eee eeeenee 103 108
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The world’s production this season is estimated to be 193,760 tons less than the
total output last campaign.
The year 1907 gives promise of a good year for all, with a rather higher average
price for raw sugar than in 1906.
Cuba is disposing of its early production at 29c. per 100 lbs. below the parity of
beet sugar, thus giving away all the benefit of the reciprocity treaty. No doubt this
is due to the need of funds and is also the result of existing fears that political
uprisings and troubles may come before the entire crop can be secured.
For the year 1906, Cuba sold its crop as a whole at 12c. per 100 lbs. below
the parity of beet sugar, thus retaining only 22c. per 10o lbs. of the reciprocity,
advantage.
Before the new year is ended, we believe that every pound of sugar which
Cuba can produce, will be wanted, to supply the ever increasing consumption of the
United States.
Centrifugal Sugar 96° test. Centrifugal Sugar 96° test.
Price at New York for November. Price at New York for December.
Solid line, 1903. Solid line, 1906.
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Cocoanut Grove, Florida, July 21, 1906.
MR. H. B. MARSH, Live Oak, Florida.
Dear Sir: I have been using Hammond’s ‘‘Thrip Juice’’ for the
past fifteen years. As a Scale destroyer it has no equal. It keeps
itrus trees perfectly clean and leaves no bad effect when used
according to directions. Yours truly, JOHN P. TOMS.
P. S. I find I can use two dippers full instead of one to the
barrel, on old trees, with safety.
A Good Thing to Have Around.
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pecial Directions™ riod HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. :
a Dear Sir: It has been a long time since writing you, but there is
a reason. At the time I bought your ‘‘Thrip Juice,’’ No. 1, there
were groves being set out and Seale had not manifested itself, but
now, with three years on them, they show the want of a spray. My
ten-gallon order of three years ago has convinced me that it is a good
thing to have around the grove.
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EL AZUCAR EN DICIEMBRE.
Escrito expresamente para THE CUBA REVIEW por WILLETT & GRAY de Nueva York.
En Diciembre comenzé6 la molienda en los ingenios de Cuba con gran actividad,
continuando durante el mes con mayor rapidez que lo fué en Diciembre del afio
anterior, pues habia 122 centrales moliendo 4 fin de dicho mes contra 20 en la misma
fecha la zafra pasada.
En los Estados Unidos se hicieron muchas ventas de los primeros productos
para entregar en Diciembre, Enero y Febrero 4 preciosque variaron de 2% cents. la
libra, costo y flete, polarizacién 96°, hasta 2 3/16 cents. la libra, que es la cotizacion
que rige al terminarse el mes.
_ Las cotizaciones por azucares 4 entregar inmediatamente en Nueva York,
bajaron de 3,875 cents. la libra, derechos pagados, 4 3.58 cents, que fué la ultima cot-
izacion.
Los precios parecen haber declinado todo lo que pueden, por lo que debe
esperarse dentro de poco un alza en las cotizaciones.
Nuestra revista del afio 1906 contiene datos muy interesantes. En ella se
demuestra que el consumo de azticar en los Estados Unidos durante ese afio fué
de 2,864,013 toneladas, que acusa un aumento de 231,797 toneladas sobre lo con-
sumido el afio anterior. De esta cantidad vinieron de Cuba 1,165,994 toneladas; de
las Filipinas 41,900 toneladas; de Hawai y Puerto Rico 537,835 toneladas; y se produ-
jeron en el pais 582,414 toneladas de azticares de cafia, de remolacha, de meple y de
mieles; y 535,870 toneladas de azticares extranjeros que pagaron los derechos del
arancel sin deducciones por ningun concepto.
El precio promedio de las centrifugas polarizacién 96° durante 1906, fué de
3.686 cents. la libra, y el de la granulada refinada fué de 4.515 cents. la libra, contra
4.278 cents. por mascabados y 5.256 cents. por refinada en 1905.
Con respecto a las zafras que abastecen los Estados Unidos, Cuba figura en
primera linea con 1,178,749 toneladas, siguiendo los azucares de remolacha producidos
en el pais con 395,000 toneladas, habiéndose notado que estos tltimos azticares
aumentan rapidamente ei produccién de afio en afio . Hace diez afios, la cosecha
era solo de 37,536 toneladas. Como quiera que durante el afio préximo se estab-
leceran varias nuevas fabricas de azticar de remolacha en este pais, puede predecirse
que esta industria llegra pronto a ser una temible competidora de los aztcares
cubanos. Los agricultores se muestran mas inclinados al cultivo de remolacha,
dandose el caso de que en algunas comarcas las cosechas exceden por mucho a
lo que los ingenios pueden buenamente moler.
La produccion de azticar en el mundo esta zafra se calcula que ha sido 193,760
toneladas menos que lo producido la zafra ultima.
El afio 1907 promete ser bueno para todo el mundo, pues los indicios son de que
habra un promedio de precios mas alto que en 1906 para los azticares mascabados.
Los hacendados cubanos estan vendiendo sus primeros productos de la zafra
actual 4 29 cents. menos en el quintal que el precio correlativo del azucar de
remolacha, con lo que dejan de aprovecharse en gran parte de las ventajas que les
da el tratado de reciprocidad. Esto obedece, sin duda, 4 la necesidad de fondos y
al temor de que ocurran disturbios politicos é insurrecciones antes de que se
pueda moler toda la cafia que hay en los campos.
Cuba vendié casi toda su zafra de 1906 a 12 cents. menos en el quintal que el
precio correlativo del azticar de remolacha, conservando sdlo 22 cents. en el quintal
de las ventajas que se le concede en el tratado de reciprocidad.
Nuestra creencia es que antes de que termine el afio 1907, habra una gran
demanda por todo el azticar que Cuba puede producir, con destino al abastecimiento
del siempre creciente consumo en los Estados Unidos.
FRUTAS Y VERDURAS EN NUEVA YORK.
El frio que reina en la Florida proporcionara 4 las frutas y verduras cubanas
gran demanda y buenos precios.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por la URNER-BARRY COMPANY.
Muy limitados continuan siendo los arribos de frutas y verduras cubanas,
pudiendo decirse que la temporada para estos productos no ha llegado atin
su apogeo, especialmente en cuanto se refiere 4 las verduras. Los pocos tomates
que se han recibido se vendieron 4 precios muy satisfactorios, obteniéndose por
los selectos $4 por jaula, y en algunos lotes hasta $5, si bien los tomates en mal
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estado se vendieron 4 precios mas bajos. Las berenjenas de Cuba se venden
de $3 4 $4 la caja, segtn la calidad, y los ajies se cotizan generalmente de $2 4 $2.50.
E] quimbombé cubano esta teniendo buena salida, cotizandose de $2 a $3 la caja,
segiin la clase. Poca demanda se nota por la calabaza cubana, cotizandose floja-
mente a $1 la caja. No ha habido arribos de papas ni de cebollas de Cuba en lo
que va de temporada, siendo probable que 4 causa de los disturbios habidos en
la isla, la cosecha de dichos frutos sera solo lo bastante para el consumo local.
Las existencias de frutas cubanas han sido muy escasas y por lo general de
calidad y precio muy irregulares. Muy pocas pifias son de calidad bastante buena
para que se vendan 4 $2 el huacal, variando los precios hasta descender 4 $1 e]
huacal de las corrientes. Las naranjas de Cuba tienen buena demanda si son
escojidas, pero pocas lo son, cotizandose 4 muy bajo precio las de clase inferior.
Una partida de 69 cajas se vendid recientemente en almoneda, obteniéndose de
55 a 70 centavos la caja, lo que apenas basta para el pago de los gastos, y 45
cajas de naranjas Rey, 4 20 centavos la caja, que eran muy inferior calidad. Recien-
temente se vendieron en almoneda 16414 cajas de naranjas de Cuba de 15 a 20 centavos,
y el mismo dia se vendieron 56 medias cajas de naranjas tangerinas que se cotizaron
de 80 A 85 centavos, y 47 cajas de toronjas a precios que variaron de 70 centavos a
$1.40. Escasos han sido los arribos de limones cubanos, y los Ilegados son de calidad
inferior, habiéndose vendido recientemente en almoneda una -partida a razén de $1.35,
si bien los de clase escojida obtendrian un precio much mas alto. os
El frio que ultimamente ha reinado en la Florida paralizara alli por algun tiempo
los embarques de frutas y verduras, por lo que es probable que las procedencias cubanas
tengan muy activa demanda 4 precios comparativamente altos. Con objeto de dar una
idea de los precios que podrian alcanzar los productos de Cuba, 4 continuacién citamos
los precios obtenidos por frutos de otras procedencias, con especialidad las verduras
que estan escasas y se reciben de lugares muy distantes y se cotizan a4 precios muy
satisfactorios. La existencia de esparragos de invernadero procedentes de Francia es
escasa, cotizandose de $1 a $2 por mazos pequefios de color verde, pues los blancos
valen mucho mas, quizas de $8 4 $10 los mazos grandes. De Nueva Orleans se estan
recibiendo remolachas en grandes cantidades, cotizandose de $2 4 $2.50 el barril de
las de la cosecha anterior, y de $2.50 a $3 el ciento de manojos de las de esta cosecha.
También se estan recibiendo de Nueva Orleans zanahorias en abundancia, cotizandose
por lo general de $2 4 $3 el ciento de manojos, asi como también achicoria, que se cotiza
de $3 a $4 el barril, pagandose hasta $5 por la muy escojida, si bien ésto no es de
frecuente ocurrencia; las existencias de achicoria francesa se cotizan a $1.50 la docena.
Escasa es la existencia de escarola procedente de dichos puntos, cotizandose al mismo
precio que la achicoria. Regular es la existencia de endivia procedente de Bélgica, y
se cotiza de 12 4 15 cents. la libra. La existencia de lechuga cultivada al aire libre es
muy escasa, y la cultivada en invernaderos tiene mucha demanda y se cotiza de 25 4
50 cents. la docena de cabezas, segtn la calidad. La lechuga romana procedente de
Nueva Orleans tiene muy abundante existencia y se cotiza 4 precios muy satisfactorios,
recibiéndose algunas partidas de Europa y de Bermuda, y si la cubana pudiese traerse
A esta plaza, es seguro que obtendria precios muy satisfactorios. Las existencias de
habichuelas han sido muy escasas Ultimamente, habiéndose vendido los arribos de la
Florida de $5 4 $7 el cesto de las de primera calidad, pero debido al frio que ha
reinado en aquella comarca, la mayor parte de las habichuelas recibidas se han helado
mas 6 menos. Las habichuelas de Cuba no han dado buen resultado, pero si se
cultivasen como las de la Florida, tendrian mucha demanda y se cotizarian 4 un precio
semejante al de estas Ultimas. Regular es la existencia de calabaza blanca cubana,
pero con poca demanda, cotizandose 4 $1 la caja. Los tomates cubanos, que constituyen
quizas el fruto que mas utilidad deja 4 los que envian sus cosechas 4 esta plaza, se
han cotizado ultimamente 4 precios un tanto altos, habiéndose obtenido en general de
$3 a $4 el huacal, si bien los de clase inferior se vendieron 4 menor precio y algunas
partidas de los finos lograron venderse a $5. Pero como quiera que al terminar estas
lineas se sabe que esta proximo 4 entrar en puerto un vapor con un cargamento grande
de tomates, lo probable es que bajen los precios. En la actualidad son muy pocos los
tomates que se reciben de Ja Florida, y solo pequefias partidas de los puertos antillanos
liegan 4 esta plaza. Las existencias de tomates de California es abundante, pero en
general, de calidad inferior, por lo que no influyen gran cosa en las cotizaciones entre
los que desean fruto de buena calidad, cotizandose en recientes ventas de 50 centavos
a $1 la caja chata pequefia, que contiene unos g litros 6 poco mas.
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ican customs, stores, churches, school, post-
office, two mails weekly, and all that goes to
make an up-to-date American country settle-
ment. Water transportation near, and a R
surveyed across the land.
$3.00 PER TREE
buys fine, rich land, well located and nicely
cleared, set to fine, large, thrifty orange, lemon
and grape fruit trees of any varieties desired,
and given ample care for four years, with guar-
antee that not less than nine-tenths of said trees
will be well in bearing.
Sold on payments to suit purchasers. For
maps, literature and a call from one of our
representatives, address the
CUBAN FRUIT GROWERS’ ASS’N
220 Broadway, New York
Cable:
Gillett, Tampa.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for foreign customers.
Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
Code:
Western Union.
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HAVANA ADVERTISEMENTS
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA
Improved and accelerated service to all points east of Havana. Five trains
each way to San Antonio de los Banos and Guanajay. Four trains daily to Ma-
tanzas, Guines and Batabano, at which latter point connection can be made twice
a week with steamers for the Isle of Pines and ports in the famous Vuelta Abajo
tobacco district in Pinar del Rio. Three trains daily to Union and to Cardenas.
Two daily express trains between Havana and Santo Domingo, Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara and Sagua. Daily through express to Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de
Avila, Camaguey (Puerto Principe) and Santiago de Cuba.
Parlor, observation and sleeping cars attached to principal trains.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS, ADDRESS
VILLANUEVA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA, st2710
3 HAVANA, CUBA
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @ BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY CoO.
O’REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. O. BOX 727
The only American Store Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
. G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the College of Attorneys
of Havana
MOLINA BROTHERS
Customs Brokers
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Cable | Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
Albert Wright Mercaderes 4
Ernest Lee Conant “CONANT”
J. M. W. Durant Havana Officios 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frokhock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bulle, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: ‘‘Bulle.”
Norton Bros.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
E! Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND TRANS=
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
Chas.
- ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en €);
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
Cotton, ‘Corn and Tobacco.
Titles perfect.
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores, Hotel, American School, all within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORM!
ATION.
If you want to know about Cuba: Lands, Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit Growing,
Industrial Enterprises, Manufactures, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale.
Cuba and will answer freely all questions.
He probably knows
ABOUT CUBA
He is, however, well informed concerning
No fee asked or
received; send only stamp.
WARD G.
FOSTER
6037-38 METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Madison Square, New York City,
Manager Standard Guide Information Offices:
Jacksonville, St, Augustine, Palm Beach, Beach, | Miami) Ei: Fla.; Washington, D. C.;
Havana, Cuba.
New Standard Guide to Cuba
complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of
an points of interest, and a concise Spanish-English manual of
FOSTER & REYNOLDS, | Madison Ave., N. Y.
conversation. Richly Mllustrated.
Paper cover, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00
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BART LE Coroxt*or™ CUBA
BARTLE is situated in Eastern Cuba, on the main line of the Cuba Railroad; on the height of land
400 feet above the sea. No prospective buyer has visited BARTLE who afterward purchased and settled
at any other Cuban Colony. Many people owning property elsewhere in Cuba after visiting BARTLE have
purchased and settled there.
Has the very richest fruit and sugar land and no swamps,
Has four spring streams flowing through it.
Temperature ranges between 50° and 90°,
Has a train service and mail both ways daily.
Has well stocked stores.
Has the finest station on the Cuba Railroad,
eg nog more progress in one year than any other Cuban Colony
as in two,
a See OS se ee
Has a new church out of debt, and the largest regular English-
speaking congregation in Cuba.
Has a good public school.
BARTLE LAND $25 TO $50 PER ACRE, BARTLE TOWN LOTS $100 TO $150 EACH,
Send for particulars and prospectus.
CUBA EALTY COMPANY, Limited Head Office, Temple Bldg., TORONTO, CAM.
Offices at 149 Broadway, New YorH, and Bartle, Cuba
DUNCAN Oo. BULL a General Manager
21 HOURS
St. Louis to New Orleans
20 HOURS
St. Louis to Mobile
The Finest of Pullman Library, Observation, Drawing Room
Sleeping Cars, Wide Vestibuled Coaches and Dining Cars, with
Electric Lights and Fans, are used in the Limited.
TICKET OFFICE, 518 OLIVE STREET, ST. LOUIS.
R. V. TAYLOR, JNO. M. BEALL,
GENERAL MANAGER. GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT.
cava rer co. ] mal Chee Tp
BANKERS 10 Rue Delambre, Paris (France)
50 Wall Street, New York Subscription, One Year, - - - - 20 Francs
Deposits received subject to draft. Inter-
est allowed on deposits. Securities bought
and sold on commission. Travelers’ credits
Deals with the leading questions of the hour,
agricultural and commercial, of interest to tropical
countries. International in character. Illustrated.
Monthly. Descriptions of machines for tropical
crops a specialty. Complete review of new agricul-
tural publications. Commercial part intelligible
for every one and always interesting. 150 con-
London Bankers — London Joint - Stock tributors in West and East Africa, East and West
Bank, Limited. Indies, Java, Mauritius, Central and South Amer-
Paris Bankers—Heine & Co. ica, and throughout the tropical world.
Havana Bankers—N. Gelats & Co,
TAYLOR, LOWENSTEIN & CO.
MOBILE, ALA. Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
ROSIN, TURPENTINE and CHARCOAL Cable Address—‘‘Tide, New York’’
THE BANK OF MOBILE “*2s2cccron””
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Capital . = $100,000.00
available throughout the United States, Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and
Spain. Make collections in and issue drafts
and cable transfers on above countries.
JAMES S. CONNELL & SON
Sugar Brokers
= = a
Surplus and Profits (earned) 37,000.00
Deposits over = ~ o - 800,000.00
_ This bank will accept all desirable business that is tendered to it. The management earnestly desire that its facili-
ties shall be at the service of customers--with small or large accounts--on equal footing. Will lend small and moderate
amounts of money, with proper security, at very lowest interest rates.
M. J. "IcDERMOTT, President SIDNEY LOWENSTEIN, Vice-President T. J. O’;CONNOR, Cashier
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BUSINESS FIRMS
HARTASANCHEZ SORDO Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Cable: “‘Hartasanche.”’ Cienfuegos.
_ SANCHEZ CABRUJA Y CA.
Comerciantes Banqueros, Importadores y Comi-
sionistas en General. Calle de Sta. Clara y Sta.
Isabel. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Telégrafo: ‘Sanchez.’ Correos: Apartado No. 12.
Prpro ALCAZAR. JosE M. Atcazar.
ALCAZAR & HNO. ~
Customs Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Ship Agents,
Santa Ysabel 7.
Apartado 176. Teléfono 51.
Cienfuegos, Cuba
OF CIENFUEGOS
FEDERICO HUNICKE
AGENT OF
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE,
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
CARDONA Y CA.
Sociedad en Comandita.
Comerciantes Banqueros, Importadores de Viveres
y Ferreteria, Comisiones y Consignaciones.
Cable: ‘‘Cardona.”’ Cienfuegos.
SASSO Y MIRET
Representantes de Casas Extranjeras y Comisionistas
en General. Santa Isabel No. 4, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Cable: ‘‘Sasmir.” Apartado No. 296.
FARMACIA FRANCESA ays
Importaci6n de Drogas Productos Quimicos y
Farmacéuticos. Aguas Minerales, Perfumeria.
e Viuda de Ernesto Triolet & Co.
Apartado 65. Telégrafo, Triolet. Constitucion, 49y51
MATANZAS ICE COMPANY
ICE-MAKING AND BEER-BOTTLING PLANT
Importers—Cattle and Horses.
GRAND HOTEL “LOUVRE”
Juan Escalante y Sobrinos, Propietarios _
Finest hotel in Matanzas. Faces Plaza. Favorite
for American families and business men.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF MATANZAS
ALTUNA, BALPARDA Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Tirry 12—Apartado 11—Telégrafo: SANGINES.
Maderas, Barros, Carbones, Almacen de Azucar,
Taller de Aserrio. Remolcador ‘‘Yumuri.” Clave
en uso, A. B. C. 5a Edicién.
A. PENICHET Y CA., S. en C.
y Sucesores de José Zabala
Almacenistas de Maderas y Barros con Taller de
Aserrio Gelabert, frente al Muelle Principal
Apartado Num. 237. Direccién Cablegrafica: Penichet
AGUSTIN PENICHET, Abogado.
BusINEss FIRMS OF SAGUA LA GRANDE
MARIBONA, SAMPEDROQ CA.
Importadores de Ferreteria en General.
Despacho: Marti 30. Almacenes: Marti 48.
Cable: ““Miaribona.”” Apartado13. Sagua la Grande.
GOMEZ TRAVIESAS Y CA.
Almacén Importador de Ferreteria y Loza, estable-
tarios de Buques,
Marti 27, Sagua la Grande.
MANUEL RASCO
Comerciante Comisionista, Representante de Zaldo
Ca., Habana; Agente de Munson Steamship Line,
ew York. Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
EL YNFIERNO
Destileria de Alcoholes, Ron y Aguardiente de
José Ma. Beguiristain (S. en C.). Unico Alcohol
de Cuba Premiado con Medalla de Oro en la Ex-
posicién de Paris. Sagua la Grande.
9 Medallas de Oro.
MANUEL F. ARENAS Y CA.
Almacenistas de Viveres,
Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
LA LLAVE
Almacen Importador de Ferreteria y Loza, estable-
cido en 1862; Mu1no y GONZALES &. en C.), suce-
sores de Pedro Carbonell, Sagua la Grande.
Teléfono15. Telégrafo: ‘“Muizalez.”” Apartado 12.
ALVAREZ Y CA.
(S. en C.) i
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres.
Direcciones: Marti 46; Apartado 41; Teléfono 60;
Telégrafo: ‘‘Alvar.” Sagua la Grande.
SUCURSAL DE GALBAN Y CA.
Bankers, Importers and Exporters, Warekouses and
Lighterage. Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
P. O. Box 114. Cable address: ‘‘Galban.”
WILLETT & GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
SUGARS
RAW AND
REFINED
82 WALL STREET, NEW YORK
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Apartado 114. “Mata.”
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y DIEGO,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti 11 y 13. Apartado 24.
JUAN VIDAL LLANSA
Almacenista e Importador de Viveres,
Caibarién.
Apartado 94. Cable: ‘‘Didal.”
R. CANTERA Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28. Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
(S. en C.)
Caibarién.
BUSINESS FIRMS
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Apartado 104. Telégrafo: ‘‘Bergnes.”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Calle Justa Num. 27. Cable: ‘‘Imaz.”
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Correo Apartado Num. 5. Telégrafo: ‘‘Arias.””
BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA (BRANCH).
Money transferred by letter and cable to and from
all parts of the world. Special facilities for col-
lections throughout the district. P. B. ANDERSON,
Manager. Cable address: ‘‘Bancccaib.”
OF CARDENAS
BRANCH OF BANCA NACIONAL DE CUBA
Money transferred by letter or cable to and from
all parts of the world. Special facilities for col-
lections. C. M. SatoLtonco. Manager.
Cable address: ‘“‘Banconac.”’
“LA GARANTIA” DE G. VINA
Cor enGa)E
Mercancias en General, Comisiones y Representa-
ciones.
2a Ave. y Calle 5. Apartado de correos No. 22.
Cable y Telégrafo: ‘Garantia.’’ Cardenas.
VILA Y HERMANO,
Constructores de los trasbordadores de cafia al
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y de
fabricaci6n de hielo.
Telégrama: “Vila.” Cardenas, Cuba.
YGLESIAS DIAZ Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Ymportadores de Maderas y Barros, con Maquinas
de Vapor. Cardenas, Cuba.
Claves en uso: Western Union y Watkins.
Correo: Apartado 6. Cable: ‘‘Iglesias.’
,
PEDRO M. MEDEROS,
Commission Merchant, Importer and Exporter,
Cable: ‘“Soredem.” Cardenas, Cuba.
G. H. FINLAY & CO.
G. H. Finlay. J. I. de Almagro. Carlos Villa.
Havana and Cardenas.
P. O. Box 662. P.O. Box 125.
Cable Address: ‘‘Finlayco.”
Beaver Building - - :
MENENDEZ, ECHEVERRIA Y CO.
(S. en C.)
BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Cable: ‘‘Estrada.”’ Cardenas.
W. L. FERNANDEZ
Ship Chandler and Commission Merchant. Whole-
sale Dealer in Cigars. Cardenas, Cuba.
Cable: ‘‘Fernandez.’’ Watkins Code. P.O. Box 76.
J. PARRAVICINI
Custom House Broker,
Cable address: ‘‘Paravicini.’’ Cardenas, Cuba.
CARLOS VILLA
Commission Merchant, Importer and Exporter,
Cardenas.
Cable: ‘‘Carvilla.” P. O. Box 125.
RAFAEL JOSE REYNALDOS
Attorney and Notary Public,
Ayllén 48. Cardenas.
SANTIAGO ESTEVEZ
Almacén de Deposito y Lanchajes,
Cardenas.
Apartado 43. Cable: ‘‘Estévez.”’
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Monthly Magazine. Fully Illustrated.
Fifty Cents per year, postpaid.
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importaci6n y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
omisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Factoria
2 Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(S. en C.)
IMPORTADORES DE FERRETERIA Y MACHINERY _
Telégrafo: Valribe. Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas clases.
Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron Carta
Blanca.
Apartado Num. 16. Telégrafo: Rovira, MANZANILLO.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
ALMACENISTAS E IMPORTADORES DE MADERAS
Y MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCION. :
Cristina Alta 10 y 11. Cable: Illivega.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
A _COMMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
ELWELL MERCANTILE COMPANY
LuMBER AND BuiILpING MaArTERIALs,
EXPORT AND IMPORT. _
4 Cristina Street, Santiago de Cuba.
JOSE PRAT
IMPORTACION ¥ EXPORTACION COMISIONES
Exportador de Cacao por Europa y America.
Cable: Prat.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well-ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
BaNQUEROS COMISIONISTAS EN IMPORTACION Y¥
‘ EXPORTACION.
Direcci6n Telegrafica, ‘‘Badell,’? Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort
French, German and English spoken.
WhenBuying Machinery
USE THE LISTS IN OUR BUYERS:
GUIDE, containing 1,287 HEADINGS and
1,100 NAMES of leading manufacturers
and contracting concerns in about 250
pages. The guide is 15 cents, or with sam-
ple copy of ENGINEERING NEWS, 25
cents, stamps or coin. Don’t delay, as its
use will save you time.
ENGINEERING NEWS
220 Broadway, New York, N. Y.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron SELEcTo “‘GoLonprina” y ‘“‘Carta CuBA.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
AUSTIN MASSANA
Almacen de Viveres y Fruto del Pais. Fabricante
de Tabacos, Marcas registradas ‘“‘La India” y “
Yumurina.”’ Marina Baja 31, Santiago de Cuba.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacién directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria de
Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales Apepos
Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santiago de
Cuba y Guantanamo.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. se Ciara, Havana, Santiago
e Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALU
[mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Beans, Wheat, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importaci6n. Exportacién.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de:
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Compafiia
de Seguros Aachen & Munich, Aix-La-Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIiA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor y
Menor Comisiones en general concernientes
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
K. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
ZATTINI Y CALAS
Importer of Boots and Shoes and Sewing Machines.
Sole agents of the famous Queen Quality and
Douglas Shoes (Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address, ‘‘Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
BANKERS AND GENERAL CoMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
Trees and Plants for Cuba
Citrus and Other Tropical Fruits.
Peach, Plum, Nut and Shade Trees
Evergreens and Flowering Shrubs.
CATALOG FREE
P.J.BERCHMANS CO.
FRUITLAND NURSERIES
Established 1856 AUGUSTA, GA.
HENRY E. BROWN
Pharmacist
Shipping and Export Chemist and Druggist,
Ships’ Medicine Chests Furnished and Re-
plenished. Prescriptions Compounded by a
Graduate in Pharmacy.
Trusses, Surgical Appliances, etc.
Office and laboratory, Room 36,
116 BROAD ST., NEW YORK
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CUBA
by way of
MOBILE
and the
Munson
Steamship
Line
S. S. PRINCE GEORGE
Sailing every
Tuesday 6 P. M.
from
Mobile to Havana
Every Saturday
5 PM:
S. S. PRINCE GEORGE Havana to Mobile
36-HOUR SEA TRIP
SPECIAL RAILROAD CONNECTIONS AT MOBILE
with Mobile & Ohio Louisville & Nashville Southern Ry.
For rates and further information apply to
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE
82-92 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK
W. B. McDONALD JAS. GIBBONEY & CO.
Freight and Passenger Agent Commercial Agents
HAVANA MOBILE, ALA.
or inquire of your nearest local Ticket Agent
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CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad to. .
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him is my Specialty.
R. J. MARTINEZ.
M. J. CABANA, JUDY & SPIKER, Importers of American Men’s
: Feb ae Furnishings, Notions, Jewelry, etc. The only ex-
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camaguey. : » IN ’ v 3 z
Solicita correspondencia ‘de todos los centros im- | clusively American store in Camaguey. Hats, Caps,
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America. Hosiery, Ready-to-Wear Clothing, Shoes, etc.
Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
10 acres of CITRUS FRUIT LANDS for $250.00.
Having taken advantage of the late temporary depression in Cuban land values, have secured option
on a tract of land, well situated near this city, which I will sell in small tracts at above prices. On
cash payment of $130, accompanied by twelve notes of $10 each, one payable monthly, deed will be
given to property, free of expense to purchaser, and inscribed in his name. Money and notes to be
deposited with bank here, until delivery of deed. Mortgages on city property, paying 10 per cent. per
annum, for sale. Address.
F. B. COLLINS, Camaguey, Cuba.
H. J. COOPER, Cuban Investments,
Camaguey, Cuba.
Provinces of Camaguey and Santiago.
EASTERN CUBA offers the best opportunities for Profitable Investment of Capital.
Time and Money Saved to Investors. Large Tracts in Santiago Province a Specialty.
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The Cuba Railroad
This new line completing the railroad connection between Havana and Santiago, and Anitilla,
on the Bay of Nipe, is of standard gauge and similar in its construction and equipment to the better
class of northern lines. All of its important bridges are of steel and masonry, and the line generally
is rock-ballasted. The main line passes along the center of the eastern and wider half of Cuba and
opens up a matchless and most picturesque agricultural region, and passes through the tropical forests
of mahogany, cedar, lignum vite, ebony and many other trees, hung with vines and millions of
orchids. Palm trees of magnificent aspect and great variety abound everywhere. The famed Pa-
rana and Guinea grasses, covering most of the open districts and standing from six to twelve feet
high and green the year round, together with frequent run-
ning streams, make this an ideal cattle country. No food
has to be put up and no shelter is required, The rich soils
everywhere are adapted to sugar, tobacco, cotton, corn and
an endless variety ot products. The swamps which occur
at places along the coasts of Cuba are absent from the inter—
ior. which is high, dry and exceptionally healthy. The trade
winds blow across Cuba every day, and bring to all parts
fre.h sea air; the extreme heat of northern summers is con-
sequently unknown and the humidity of other tropical coun-
tries is also unknown.
The Cuba Railroad Company’s Hotel Camagiiey, at
Camagiiey (formerly Puerto Principe) is by far the most.
popular resort in Cuba, Spanish in style, and provided with
bath rooms and other modern conveniences, and is first-class
in all respects.
This old city has about 40,000 inhabitants, is pictures-
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district. The hotel is especially favored by those wishing
to spend some weeks or months in a matchless sub-tropical
climate.
Map of The Cuba Railroad.
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Contents of This Number
aa TURE and Notes from some American colonies will be found on pages 18,
Ig and 20.
Some. new matter and illustrations will be found very interesting.
Mr. W. C. Hewitt, Supt. of the Citrus Fruit Department at Ceballos, has some-
thing to say about his work. Olives an experiment.
The colony at Byati. The steamer La Gloria.
Poultry Notes, the necessity of providing water for bees, profitable broom corn,
etc., receive attention.
COMMERCIAL. Page 17—
Imports and exports of U. S. from and to Cuba for 1906.
Brick and tile factory, etc. Page 18.
Cuban Fruits and Vegetables ,
A Review of the Market. ( Page 22.
FINANCIAL. Pages 16 and 17—
The report of the National Bank of Cuba. A new president for the Spanish
Bank of Havana.
GENERAL NOTES. “Page 21 =
Hygienic measures for schoalsea4 census. promised. The Department of Public
Instruction wants Gov. Magoon to make school attendance compulsory. Notes
from Sagua.
MILITARY NOTES. Page 16-—
Map making by the U. S. Engineers is rapidly going forward.
NEW BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION WORK. Pages 13, 14 and 15.
Building in Antilla. Car system for Camaguey. Reservoir work suspended in
that. city. Two more new hotels for Havana.
A Government telegraph line proposed through the island.
New docks, schools, bank Bullies, roads in contemplation or building in many
Cities. \
POLITICAL. Pages Io and 11:— ; ' Ae
Portraits of Gomez and Zayas. Numerous interesting notes reflecting the political
situation.
RAILWAYS. Page 12— ‘
Improvements along the Cuba Railroad and time table between Cacocum and
Herein:
SUGAR—
A Review -of the Market. Page 25.
SPANISH DEPARTMENT—
Fruit and vegetable review by The Urner-Barry Co. Pages 22 and 23.
Sugar review by Willett & Gray. Page 26.
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Copyright, 1907, by the Munson Steamship Line.
Volume V. PRB RUA Yo 1907: Number 3.
THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SITUATION IN PINAR DEL RIO.
Irrigation Urgently Advised—Moisture Requirements About the Same for Tobacco,
Eggplants, Tomatoes and Peppers—Orange Trees Well
Cultivated Withstand Drouth.
BYs Fo S. EARLE:
The season is turning out to be such an unusual one that an account of its effects
on the fruit and vegetable industry of this province may interest your readers. During
the last of September and the first half of October it was excessively wet. One heavy
rainstorm followed another so that the ground was continuously soaked and flooded,
giving very little chance to plow and prepare land for the winter crop. Vegetable seed
beds were mostly destroyed, and on most farms the season’s work had practically to be
begun over again. Showers continued in October, but now, except in a few scattered
localities, there has not been rain enough to wet the surface soil for more than
twelve weeks. So long a period of drouth immediately following excessive rains
and with the soil hard and compact puts the water-holding capacity of these soils to
the severest possible test. : :
On the heavy sugar lands, either red or black, the growing of vegetables in
winter without irrigation is seldom attempted, since it is only in occasional years
that the rainfall is abundant enough to bring them to maturity. In such a year as
“this it would be utterly impossible. Tobacco, too, on the red lands of the Partidos
district is always irrigated or, rather, I should say, hand-watered. Even deep-rooted
trees on these soils often suffer from drouth. This year the leaves have been curling
for many weeks during the middle of the day, and on thin shoots and feeble trees
many are now falling. Whether this will result in much permanent injury to the
trees it is yet too early to determine. :
In the great sandy land area of Pinar del Rio, extending westward from Punta
Brava on the Western Railway, including the districts known to tobacco men as
Vuelta Abajo and the semi-Vuelta, soil conditions are so variable that it is necessary
to make some distinctions in describing the present condition of the crops. Through-
out this district it is the custom to plant both tobacco and vegetables without irriga-
tion, relying on the splendid water-holding capacity of the soil for bringing through
the crop. There are, however, many farms that are provided with means of irrigation
from wells. In a year like this such a precaution 1s likely to repay many times its
cost. As has just been stated, the soils of this region are very variable. The surface
soil is, however, always more or less sandy, and it 1s underlaid at a greater or less
_ depth by heavy beds of clay. These are the moisture-holding reservoirs, and when
the surface soil is tilled to stop evaporation they keep feeding up motsture, so that it
is available for plant growth. The heavier of these soils have become baked and
hard, and crops on such land are beginning to suffer severely. Such crops as toma-
toes, however, that were planted early, either before or immediately after the rains,
have matured nearly a full crop, only the later pickings showing lack of size. Later
planted crops, however, on these lands will hardly mature unless rain comes very
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soon. On the softer, sandier lands, however, moisture conditions are much better,
and plants set long after the last rains are still growing and will probably mature a
fair crop without rain. The quality of the crop produced is very fine. Tomatoes
especially, though not quite so large, are very firm and will ship well. Late planted
tobacco seems to be suffering fully as much as the late vegetables. In fact, the
moisture requirements of tobacco, tomatoes, egg plants and peppers seems to be
about the same. Orange trees on these lands can not be said to have suffered at all.
Where well cultivated they are even continuing to put on new growth, but most
orchards are in a half dormant condition.
While these soils have again demonstrated their great drouth-resisting properties,
the fact remains that both tobacco and vegetable growers would have profited enor-
mously by irrigation. Since this entire region is crossed at intervals of three or four
miles by fine running streams from the mountains the greater part of it could be
cheaply brought under ditch irrigation. The ability even in a season of normal rain-
fall to turn on water at pleasure and thus be entirely independent of the weather as to
time of planting gives such a great advantage in growing crops that it seems certain
that these streams which now run to waste will soon be utilized for irrigation
purposes.
Jan: 1, 1907.
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One of the old blockhouses of Cuba. ‘The Government intends to preserve many of these picturesque
landmarks.
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The railway station of Herradura on the line of the Western Railways.
THE AMERICAN COLONY AT HERRADURA.
Herradura is on the line of the West-
ern Railways of Havana, about 146 kilo-
meters west of that city, and has a train
each way daily. The service is prompt
and the rolling stock and roadbed ex-
cellent. Herradura is a thriving colony,
and the talks the writer had with many
of the settlers convinced him they were
contented in their new home, especial-
ly as they were beginning to realize on
their holaings and securing profitable re-
turns on consignments of tomatoes,
peppers and eggplants. The packing
house was well filled with packed crates
of tomatoes, and these in a~~earance and
size left nothing to be desired.
The favorite tomatoes are the “stone”
and “matchless.” Seed beds are made
in September each year and this applies to
all early vegetables, and the young plants are
set out in October. Shipments begin usually
between December 1 and 10, though this
year they were later because of the Oc-
tober storm, which made it necessary to
plant over again. Despite this drawback
good shinments were coing forward, one
settler sending up to February 1 some
1,500 crates of tomatoes alone. Of pep-
pers the Ruby King appears to be the
favorite, while in eggplants the New York
Purple and the Florida High Bush, the
latter thriving especially well. Most of
the men have forty acres, though some
have more and a few less. Probably
each settler has about 50% of his acreage
under cultivation. Mr. W. H. Tripp, for in-
Stance, has 17 acres producing, divided as
follows: 9 acres to tomatoes, 2 to peppers, 2
to eggplants and 4 acres to miscellaneous
vegetables and fruits. Cucumbers are being
experimented with. Mr. Tripp found his
White Spine” variety turning yellow at the
ends, which interfered with their sale. The
soil at Herradura is distinctly different
from the average red and black soils of
Cuba, having a large preponderance of
sandy loam. This is favorable ground
for certain fruits and vegetables. Wa-
termelons were ripe on February 1 and
were of good size and quality. But they
seem capricious in bearing. Said F. Mc-
Cowan: “Sometimes you may casually
drop some melon seed here and there and
you will get fine, large fruit, and yet if
you plant a field with the expectation of
getting good-sized fruit you will prob-
ably be disappointed, the large speci-
mens not appearing.”” Mr. McCowan has
purchased 4 acres, one planted to orange
trees, which the company takes care of
for three or four years, until the trees
are in bearing, thev agreeing to turn over
to him 75 trees to the acre. For this he
paid $650. The varieties planted are the
late WValencias, Parson Browns and
others.
Strawberries do well, the Klondike and
Lady Thompson being the favorites. The
freight to Havana is 6 cents per crate and
$24 for a full car. In some cars almost
600 crates can be stowed. Clearing the
ground costs $5 or $6 per acre in 320-
acre plots. In smaller acreage the price
is higher, up to $10 per acre. Irrigation
has not been practiced yet, the soil hold-'
ing the moisture well. For heavy rain
ditching is suggested, which will dispose
of the surface water accumulations rap-
idly. Commercial fertilizers are used
largely because stable manure, which is
preferred, is both scarce and high. Some
of the residents are turning their atten-
tion to
TOBACCO.
and finding it exceedingly profitable.
Both Mr. Goetze and H. E. Havens have
many acres under cultivation and will
make handsome profits, as high prices are
now prevailing owing to a shortage in
the crop. The soil in this section seems
favorable to good flavored tobacco, but
Prof. Earle says that there are lands in
Eastern Cuba closely approximating
these soils which might produce, under.
proper cultivation, equally well-flavored
plants. The demand, said Col. Havens,
is greater than the supply, although there
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are always buyers on the ground in the
season ready to buy good stock at re-
munerative prices. Lobacco is as_ staple
as wheat; $1,000 to $3,000 per acre profit is
common under cover and $250 to $1,000
in the open air. Some growers are dis-
carding the cloth covering, setting up in-
stead wind shields in the rows. One
grower, continued Col. Havens, had 13
acres under cover and sold his crop for
$22,c0o0. Labor and seed brought up the
cost to $7,000, leaving a handsome mar-
gin of profit. Seed is sown in September
and plants set out six weeks later. Usu-
ally cutting begins in November, this
year about January, owing to windstorms,
Herradura.
Leoking north from the Railway station.
which destroyed many plants. The seed
is home-grown, as northern seed will not
answer. It can be purchased from the
natives for about $2 per pound. Cubans
sow the seed wastefully. The U. S. Ag-
ricultural Reports suggest a thimbleful
for 10 square feet. The best fertilizer is
well rotted stable manure, although many
use commercial fertilizers for reasons
already given. There are numerous in-
sect pests which must be closely watched.
The tobacco worm eats holes in the leaf,
and naturally such tobacco brines a poor
price. Col. Havens thinks Cuba is the
healthiest country anvwhere and never
felt better in his life.
The building on the left is the hotel.
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST.
From our own Correspondents
POLITICAL
Col. Carlos Aguirre, liberal, has been ap-
pointed special school inspector for the
Republic of Cuba, with a salary of $2,400
per annum.
A new consular office has been created
at St. Louis, and Alberto Santiso has been
appointed consul.
Gen. José Miguel Gomez disavows any
interest in the “Rebelde,” in an open letter
dated January 24, in which he says:
“T see that you have opened an active
campaign against our fellow liberal, Licen-
tiate Alfredo Zayas, and many -times this
campaign has taken on an extreme violence.
Apart from the warmly amicable rela-
tions existing between myself and Zayas,
there exist the most cordial relations, which
impel me to beg you, who are my sin-
cere friend, not to pursue the road you
have taken.”
The editor replied that it will respect
in Havana and other Cities of Cuba.
Gen. Gomez's wishes, as it considers him
as the supreme chief of all the liberals.
The Central Committee of Electoral
Propaganda will support Gen. Gomez for
the presidency. Among the prominent
members are Morua Delgado, Col. Manuel
Piedra, Gen. Lara Miret, and Col. Rodolfo
Berges.
A committee from Alquizar, under the
direction of the mayor, Sefior Rodulfo del
Castillo, petitioned Gov. Magoon for a gen-
eral amnesty to all convicted criminals of
the “army of liberation.”
Political meetings are being held in
Matanzas, and the candidacy of Luis Fortun
is being advanced.
At a recent meeting of constitutionalists,
attended by five constitutional generals, @
resolution was passed to call upon the Pro-
visional Government for still more dismis-
sals from office, of moderates, or those dis-
affected in the late revolution. This was
signed by Carlos Guas, Dionisio Arencibia,
Ricardo Fuster, Generoso Campos, Mar-
quetti and José Lara Mitet.
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Governor Nufiez favors the proposed in-
crease of rural guards. He does not know
why there should be so much opposition
towards this plan by the Cuban press.
Gen.
consideration of Gov. Magoon for a bill
which has been approved by the Chamber
of Deputies and favorably reported on by
the senate relating to claims by Army of
Liberation, said! claims having been
omitted at the time the list was drawn up.
Gen. Loinaz del Castillo, at a meeting
held February 7, railed and bewailed against
American intervention. Gen. Guas_ held
forth against the proposed increase in num-
bers of rural guards, and stated that these
10,000 men would be additional policemen
to influence and control the next election.
Gen| Estenoz (colored) said the increase
might not be prejudicial if Gen. Rodriguez
were not in command and that this mat-
ter did not come within the control of the
government of intervention.
A deputation of colored politicians, head-
ed by Colonel Estenoz, called upon Gov-
ernor Magoon to lay before him their griev-
ance in regard to lack of offices for colored
liberals.
J. Nelson Polhamus,
Consul at Galveston, has been trans-
ferred to New Orleans, and took pos-
session of his new post on Tanuary 27
last. He succeeds Sr. Manuel J. Yza-
guierre, resigned.
Rumor has the following politicians slated
for office, said appointments to be carried
out after March, namely: For Havana Provy-
ince, Gen. Ernesto Asbert; for Pinar del
Rio, Dr. Abraham Y Urquiaga; for Matan-
zas, Dr. Alfredo Carmot, formerly mayor of
that city; for Santiago de Cuba, Gen. De-
metrio Castillo Duany, now warden of the
penitentiary in Principe Castle; for Santa
Clara, Col. Carlos Mendieta, and for Cam-
aguey, Gen. Lopez Recio.
A meeting was held recently at the resi-
dence of Seftor José Bruzon, a well known
lawyer of Havana. This meeting was at-
tended by Rafael Montoro, Gen. Rius Ri-
vera, Gen. Emilio Nufiez, Lanuza. Desver-
nine, Leopoldo Cancio, Mayor Cardenas,
Ricardo del Monte, and Manuel Coronado,
with the purpose of organizing a new
party, and adopting a political platform for
the coming campaign. They expect that
a large number of moderates who have
withheld their support heretofore, will join
them.
formerly Cuban
Governor Magoon’s letter to the com-
_ Mission now engaged in meetings pre-
paratory to remodeling Cuban laws, has
been printed. Some of the salient points
are in reference to the electoral law, pro-
visional and municipal laws, organization
of the judiciary and the promotion of civil
service.
Several members of the advisory com-
mission favor the establishment of a law
to adopt the proporticnal census, which
would give the dominating party the right
José Miguel Gomez requested the ©
IT
JOSE
MIGUEL GOMEZ.
to select the majority of the government
offices. Others would like a central com-
mittee to supervise the registration of
voters, and keep a tally upon the lists, so
that said lists are not tampered with.
Justiz Carrera will submit his report for
a municipal law to the subcommission of
which he is a member. It is rumored that
he will offer a proposition to allow for
eigners to vote in municipal affairs.
The Liberals review their grievances
against Senator Zayas for not advising with
them previously to conferences with the
Advisory Commission. There is rivalry in
the ranks, and rivalry between the two can-
didates for the office of president, and just
now it hangs in the balance whether Zayas
or Gomez will get the most votes when he
election is carried out for the next president
fot Cuba.
Gen. Pedro Diaz recently telegraphed Gen.
Rodriguez, in the name of Gen.Varona and
a large number of officers of the wars of
independence, favoring the increase in the
rural guards. Mayor Ignacio Ayala of
Guines has resigned and Governor Magoon
has appointed Senor Leandro Rodriguez to
this office, which he held during President
Palma’s administration.
Ex-President Palma in the press, publicly
denies the truth of an account published in
the Lucha of a recent visit to ex-President
Palma and states that the opinions at-
tributed to him are a tissue of falsehoods,
eiven either intentionally or through care-
lessness, by persons whom he had received
as friends in his house. His home is at
Bayamo.
“Rebelde” attacks Alfredo Zayas on ac-
count of his not calling a méeting of the
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convention of which he is president. “Re
belde” publishes a communication signed by
Messrs. Gonzalo Perez, Morua Delgado,
J. I, Colon, Loynaz del Castillo, Malberti
and Arnaut6, as well as others, demanding
an immediate convocation of the national
convention for discussion and instruction for
Liberals, who are numbered now in the Ad
visory Commission.
José de Armas, better known under his
pen name Justo Lara, continues his propa
ganda in favor of the establishment of an
American protectorate over Cuba. He has
issued two pamphlets on this subject. He
says in part: “Instead of the farcical pro-
tectorate established by the Platt amend-
ment, the duty of the United States is to
re-establish the Cuban republic under a bet-
ter protectorate, that is, on a more stable
basis than before, dividing with the Cubans
the responsibility specified in the Treaty of
Paris, and without any other purpose than
that of maintaining forever in Cuba peace,
justice and freedom.”
The new conservative party has adopted
several resolutions incorporated in their
platform. Amendment of the constitution
so as to give greater centralization or unity
to the state. Reduction of rural guards and
maintenance of an army. To substitute a
per diem for the salaries of representatives
and councilmen. Tonegotiata more advan-
tageous reciprocity treaty with the United
States upon the expiration of the present
one, which will soon expire. To grant the
voting franchise to foreigners in municipal
elections, and reorganization of the judi-
cial power.
The consensus of opinion of the organ-
izers of this new party is that the Platt
law is inefficacious to prevent revolutions,
although it has sufficed to re-establish pub-
lie order.
RAILWAY MATTERS
THE CUBA RAILROAD
The roadbed is being heavily rock bal-
lasted in many places, and as a consequence
trains run easier and faster. As fast as
possible the whole line will be ballasted
wherever needed.
The section-houses and wooden stations
along the line have all been painted and
otherwise improved. The station at Bartle
is rapidly nearing completion. It is a very
handsome stone building, and now one of
the best looking stations on the line.
The company is soon to begin the im-
provement of the Alto Cedro lands. This
property was partly improved some time
ago, and wide avenues cut through the
forest, but for some reason the work stopped
and the avenues became clogged with shrub
bery. It is understood that the work will
be pushed to completion. The land is good
and Alto Cedro as a junction point to
Antilla and Nipe Bay on the north and
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And
ALFREDO ZAYAS.
Santiago on the south, is in a location which
will rapidly develop. The land is held at
high figures.
THE CUBA RAILROAD OPERATING A NBW
BRANCH LINE.
The use of the “volanta” to go from
Cacoctim to Holguin is now a thing of
the past, thanks to the branch line built
by the Cuba Railroad Co., and which has
been in operation for some weeks. Two
trains are being run in each direction
daily.
The schedule is as follows:
TGA VE sein sans Cacocim ..-.. Arrive
No. 73. No. 71. No. 70. No. 72.
3.30 P.M. 9.30 A.M. 9.00 A.M. 6.00 P.M.
ASTIVESs acv wip wa Holguin ...0sscseee Leave
No. 73. No. 71. No. 70. No. 72.
7.30 P.M. 10.30 A.M. 8.00 A.M. 5.00 P.M.
The through passenger train from
Havana to Santiago
daily at 6.20 P. M.
Cacocuum
gets to Cacocum
Train No. 73 leaves
for Holguin ten minutes after-
wards.
The through. passenger train from
Santiago to Havana gets to .Cacocum
daily at 9.25 A. M. Train No. 71 leaves
Cacocim for Holguin five minutes after.
Persons desirous of going to Gibara,
on the north coast, can go to Holguin
and from there to Gibara on trains of
the Gibara and Holguin Railway.
Rumor states that the entire control of
railroads in Cuba will be in the hands of the
United Railways of Havana and that the
merger will embrace the consolidation of
many millions of stock. Underwood Un-
derdown and a party of capitalists from
London have visited Havana and have re-
turned to England after the completion of
the business which brought them to Cuba.
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The railroad and
NEW BUILDINGS
AND CONSTRUCTION WORK
ANTILLA.
The Cuba Company will build eighteen
new cement block-houses, and contracts
have been let for ten. The houses are for
the use of the employees of the company.
A car system is promised for Camaguay,
and engineers are beginning the prelim-
inary work. Ground was broken near the
Jatibonico river on February 12 last, and
the building of a bridge begun. Jiqui wood
was used in the construction of the bridge,
which will be something over 50 feet long.
The company backing the enterprise is the
Royal Securities Corporation, of Halifax
and Montreal. There will be an election
for offices early in April, but for the pres-
eave B. Ross, K. C., of Halifax, is
president of both companies.
The city will be well covered by the rail-
way, but the main purpose is to build up
the city’s suburbs. The company has 437
acres southeast of Camaguey and are break-
ing these up into building lots. The price
asked is $600 to $1,000 per lot. The com-
pany are already laying concrete sidewalks,
conduits, macadam roads, and curbing, and
in addition sufficient ground has been re-
served for an extensive park. The subur-
ban residence idea has taken strong hold
of the city dwellers of Cuba, and proposi-
tions of this kind, with improvements al-
ready to hand, and others in contempla-
tion, are favored. Some of the best people
in Camaguey have already bought lots in
the new section.
The new reservoir for Camaguey has been
held up owing to the recent disturbances,
and as a consequence the city suffers for
lack of water, which is peddled in the
Streets, brought in wagons from the rivers
near by. It is none too clean, and is, there-
steamship wharf at Antila,
Nipe Bay.
and found the telegraph lines and postal
fore, unhealthy Nevertheless, the people
are compelled to buy this water for house-
hold necessities. It sells for a cent or two
per gallon. Some of the residents have cis-
terns, which keep them and their neighbors
supplied, but the abnormal drought has
dried up many springs and the supply of
good drinking water is limited. There is
no more important improvement needed for
the city than the building of the reservoir.
The money required for the project, some
$600,000, was appropriated some time ago.
The Royal Bank of Canada building is
rapidly nearing completion. It is a hand-
some structure, and is in a very prom-
inent location facing the Plaza de las Mer-
cedes.
The Bank of Nova Scotia purposes open-
ing a branch office in Cienfuegos. An ex-
cellent site has been found on the corner
of San Carlos street and the Plaza, near
the Liceo.
Purdy & Henderson have made a con-
tract to erect a new hotel on the lots on
Zulueta, Monserrate and Neptune streets,
and near the Hotel Leal. This wil be
five stories high and furnished with every
modern improvement. The work will be
‘begun within a few days.
An electric plant will be installed in
Matanzas, The firm. of Charles Hempel
has the concession.
Major Greble, supervisor of the depart-
ment of government, and Colonel Charles
Hernandez, director of posts, made a tour
through the island and scrutinized the plans
for a proposed government telegraph line,
which is to follow the line of the Cuba
Railway from Santa Clara to Santiago de
Cuba. While in Camaguey they select-
ed a site for the wireless telegraph sta-
tion, the equipment of which is now on
the way to Cuba. They have chosen Punta
Diamante as the station.
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These officials visited Nuevitas, Ciego de
Avila, Comocum, Holguin, Chappara and
Puerto Padre, as well as the first named,
and found the telegraph lines and postal
services quite satisfactory.
Two additional wireless stations will be
established at Guantanamo between that
place and the Caves, about eight miles
away.
The new Cuba Canal was opened on
January 18 at Cardenas, and the Munson
steamship “Cubana” was the first to in-
augurate the canal, and it only took seven-
teen minutes for her passage from the first
buoy at the entrance. ‘This is a matter of
great improvement for Cardenas transporta-
tion, and vessels will not be obliged to
anchor near Cayo Piedra.
Montoro and Zayas called upon the goy-
ernor to ask him to hasten in Matanzas the
work of erecting a bridge across the San
Juan and Marti rivers, and also to promote
the construction of roads between Matanzas
and Corral Falso and Loma de Naranjos.
Contractor Dady has begun work on the
canal which will open a passage for ships
from the harbor up Matadero creek to
Cristina station. This enterprise will cost
about $800,000.
Holguin looks for new school and other
improvements, and Governor Magoon has
promised an appropriation of $45,000.
Guantanamo wants a new market, and
the extension of the aqueduct ‘o other
towns, and the Governor is considering
the matter.
Cabafias and Morro Castle are now con-
nected with the palace by telephone, by
means of a cable under Havana harbor.
It is proposed to extend the Malecon to
the Paula dock. The cost would be about
$200,000.
The Almendares
River
The inausuration of the electric line in
Santiago de Cuba took place on January 21,
A committee visited Governor Magoon
in regard to the aqueduct for Matanzas
for which Congress voted $45,000, The
Governor replied that as soon as possible
this work will be taken up.
A permit has been issued for the con-
struction of a dock on the Almendares
River and has been approved by the Pro-
visional Board of Agriculture.
The Havana Coal Co. has also been au-
thorized to enlarge its embankment at Casa
Blanca.
A NEW HOTEL FOR HAVANA.
Work on the building of this hotel will
begin not later than March, and will be
finished about December, 1907. ‘There
will be 400 rooms in all, “of which 300
will be with bath rooms. The hotel has
a fine location on the Prado, on the
corner of Animas street. The projectors
of this new enterprise are the following:
Knickerbocker Trust Co., of New York;
M. H. Lewis, of the Cuba Eastern Rail-
road; José Marimon, president of the
Spanish Bank, and of the firm of Branet
& Co., importers and exporters, Havana;
M. J. Mandalay, attorney for the Cuba
Central, and Antonio Colas, president of
a brick manufacturing concern at San
Cristobal. Mr. Fernando C. Mesa, the
agent for the property, said that $290,000
cash had been paid for the lot on which
the new hotel was to stand, and that the
appreciation in Havana real estate had
been so pronounced that if the owners
wished to sell he had an offer to buy at
an advance of 50 per cent. over the
nurchase price. He said also they were
desirous of securing adjoining pro»verty
for further improvements,
near Havana.
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Zulueta street.
THE NEW
The Hotel Sevilla, jointly owned by
the proprietors of the Hotel Inglaterra
and the Hotel Pasaje, is nearing com-
pletion and will be ready for next sea-
son’s tourists. At least two hotels with
all the comforts and sanitary conveniences
‘American living demands will according-
cordingly house visitors next year.
The illustration at the top of this page is
of a very handsome building.
Improvements have been made in the
arsenal_two new piers and a new wharf,
which are among the finest in Havana har-
bor. Three or four vessels can be un-
loaded at the same time. The water is
deep enough for the largest transport to
anchor near by, thus avoiding the costly
and tardy way of unloading now practiced.
The two piers are 105 meters apart, and
both piers and wharf have double tracks
and turn-tables. This work was begun in
July.
The three new large warehouse sheds
are 100x113 meters, and are being used
for army stores and offices. Army sup-
plies are distributed from this central point
throughout the island. Transportation will
be easier after the Havana Central railroad
brings its line close to the Arsenal. It
is estimated that the demolition of build-
ings, re-erection, construction of new
wharves, warehouses and so forth, will
amount to about $800,000, and this expense
will be borne by the Havana Central Rail-
road Co. in settlement for their right of
way through the Arsenal grounds. The
engineering and contractor’s work is under
the direction of the T. L. Huston Con-
tracting Co. It is expected this new road
HOTEL SEVILLA,
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Trocadero street.
HAVANA.
will be in running order by the last of
January. The new line enters the Arsenal
grounds on the Factoria street side and
goes along the curve of the northern wall,
coming out on Egido street, almost op-
posite San Isidoro street. This will be
doubtless one of the best railroad terminals
in Havana.
Applications are being made to the Pro-
visional Government requesting the demolli-
tion of old ramshackle buildings along
Trocadero, Zulueta and Colon streets, and
that a new park shall be laid in this site.
The city council has granted a permit
to the National Bank of Cuba to establish
a restaurant and roof garden on the top
floor of the new building. The building is
almost ready for occupancy.
The Provisional Government has issued
directions for the department of public
works to build a road without delay be-
tween San Antonio de los Bafios and Al-
quizar, in response to the petition of Messrs.
Luis Marx and other gentlemen. This cart
road is badly needed.
The Havana Provincial Council asks for
a road to be laid to the town of Wajay..
Senor Agramonte offered to contribute
$1,000 provided it were extended to his.
estate.
The faculty of the Chicago University
are interested in the project to establish
a permanent station in the tropics for the
study of Cuban flora and other matters by
their students. Possibly this station may
be started near Santa Catalina, which is
well adapted for that purpose.
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MILITARY
The naval forces at Guantanamo are to
be strengthened, and the station improved.
A cable will soon be laid between Guan-
tanamo and Sandy Hook.
Three companies of engineers under com-
mand of Major Reese will work at the
completion of a correct map of the Island
of Cuba. They desire to finish this task be-
fore the rainy season begins. There are
now seven companies of engineers, com-
prising 600 men.
It is rumored that the American troops
now stationed at Ciego de Avila will be
- removed to Ceballos, about seven miles
away, as this is a very desirable location.
Lieutenant Mitchell of Company H, en-
gineers, and his men, completed three new
maps of Las Tunas and that district.
Colonel Wotherspoon will visit Guan-
tanamo to inspect the fortifications there.
Lieut, Mitchell has gone to Holguin to
complete the work on his map of that
district.
Captain Markham and his detail arrived
early in February at Camp Columbia, after
their reconnoisance through Santiago de
Cuba province for the purpose of draw-
ing up a new map.
SANITATION
An appropriation of $19,084.16 has been
assigned for special sanitation in Cruces
_and other places in Cuba.
War is still being waged on the mosquito
and the sanitary inspector with his squad
goes from house to house. And new regu-
lations in building, repairs and improve-
ments are being put into force. It is obli-
gatory for landlords to keep their houses
in good condition. A census has been taken
recently in Havana.
Saloonkeepers protested against the re-
cent rulings of the sanitary department and
appealed to Governor Magoon. A polite
reply enforced obedience to hygienic re-
quirements.
An appropriation of thirty thousand dol-
lars has been granted by Governor Ma-
goon for the sanitary expenses incurred by
the Army of Pacification.
Governor Magoon has ordered that the
new board of sanitation shall proceed to in-
troduce needed reforms throughout the
small towns, and to co-operate with the
municipal governments. The members of
this board are Colonel Black, of Public
Works Major Greble, Acting Secretary of
the Island, and Major Kean, in charge of
sanitation.
IMMIGRATION
lhe “Combate” of Camaguey states that
labor is not scarce in the country and be-
lieves that planters desire to pay lower
wages. “La Tribuna,” of Santiago, de-
clares that there is a demand for more la-
borers, otherwise the crop of next season
will be a failure.
The “Economista”’ avers that the lack of
field hands is a serious drawback. It says
that labor commands from $1.50 to $2 per
day in Santa Clara, but laborers with fam-
ilies find this insufficient and can obtain
more in Camaguey and the eastern dis-
trict.
The Chamber of Commerce has called the
attention of the Provisional Governor to
this question. It adds that the immigration
law approved by the Cuban government
ought to be put into effect at once and
every inducement offered to bring immi-
grants from Europe as well as Porto Rico.
The Chamber of Commerce seconds the
request.
The “Diario de la Marina’ sums up by
saying that it is possible that there may be
too many men at Camaguey and too few
on the plantations of Havana, Matanzas and
las Villas, and that wages are now offered |
at a figure never reached before.
FINANCIAL
The general balance sheet of the National
Bank of Cuba at the close of business De-
cember 31, 1906, is as follows:
act ASSETS.
ash ga4 thee oe Sec ieee $4,683,234.42
Bonds and stocks owned...... 3,760,994.39
Loans, discounts, time bills,
furniture, bank building,
Sundry accounts: ete) seers $10,474,629.1.4
LIABILITIES. -
Capital & surplus$5,500,000.00
*Undivided profits. 263,735.22
———— $5,763,735.22
Desositsy vy. .).6 tas ee eee 13,710,893.92
Total vor). ee eee $10,474,629.14
* Deduct $200,000 four per cent. semi-
annual dividend, payable January I, 1907.
(Signed) A. OLAvarriaA, Cashier.
ATTEST :
Edmund G. Vaughan, President.
W. A. Merchant, Vice-President.
Senor José Marimon has been_ elected
president of the Spanish Bank of Havana.
For many years he was associated with_the
banking house of C. Brauet & Co. at San-
tiago
"ay
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin, 17
BANKING METHODS IN CUBA.
Under the tenure of Spain no effort
was made to afford the Cubans an op-
portunity to bank their savings, nor were
the usual channels, found in other coun-
tries for the distribution of money, given .
United States Consul
Baehr of Cienfuegos. He calls attention
to the many banking institutions now
in operation, the Royal Bank of Canada,
which has branches all over Cuba and
which has recently bought out the Banco
del Comercio business the Bank of Nova
Seotia, the Trust Company of Cuba and
the National Bank of Cuba. Of the lat-
ter he says:
attention, says
“The bank has a savings department
which serves to bring money into circu-
lation, in addition to the bank’s capital.
Local loans are made and used for the
development of business in each section.
The surplus of one section is transmitted
for loans in other sections where there
is a demand for money. This prevents
the money from bein~« concentrated in
Habana, and gives facilities for the de-
velopment of the several sections of the
island, instead of one particular section.”
Aside from the sightly structure now
nearing completion the bank purposes to
erect buildines of uniform design in the
principal cities of the island.
COMMERCIAL
OUR TRADE WITH CUBA FOR 1900:
The following is a synopsis of the most
important items in the report of the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labor issued January 26,
1907:
IMPORTS.
_ The imports decreased $10,000,000 be-
low 1905. The fall is attributed to a re-
duction in prices of sugar, of which the
quantity imported in 1006 was greater
than in any earlier year. The import
figures for 1905 were $95,857,856, and for
1906 $85,055,205.
Sugar importations for eleven months
ending November, 1906, were 2,680,687,271
pounds, valued at $56,344,473. while for
the corresponding months of 1905 the im-
portations were 2,283,004,054 pounds, val-
ued at $69,573,899.
Average price per pound in _ 1906,
2.12¢., and in 1905, 3.05c.
Other importations for the same period
were as follows:
WerODACCO «04.05.26... 62s eee $14,098,105
Cigars and cigarettes. 2,938,089
SASL ORG. ee 2,145,284
PLATES 2658 ee ere 1,202,979
VID BISSS Soe re 625,289
EXPORTS.
Exports to the island have increased
two million dollars over 1905. They were
larger than any other year.
Total value in 1906, $46,491,944, against
$44.5€9,812. In the year 1903, preceding
the beginning of the present reciprocity
treaty with Cuba, our exports were $23,-
504,417.
Our exportations show a greater num-
ber and variety, and are as follows:
Manufactures of iron Wheat Flour.
and steel, Lumber,
Lard, Boots and shoes,
Bituminous coal, Cattle,
Cars and carriages, Vegetables,
Eggs, Instruments and ap-
Cotton cloths, etc., paratus,
Electrical machinery, Hams,
Pork, Lard compounds,
Bacon, Crude mineral oil,
Refined mineral oil, Paper,
Hardware, Sewing machines.
Locomotives,
Forty-five and one-third per cent. of
Cuba’s imports came from the United
States.
Eighty-six and one-half per cent. of
Cuba’s exports went to the United
States.
The Publicity League purposes to work
for the increase of Cuban trade and busi-
ness generally. The president is Walter
Stanton, vice-president of the Havana
Bond & Trust Company; J. N. Lanuza,
first vice-president; Rafael Fernandez, sec-
ond vice-president; W. A. Merchant, third
vice-president. The directors are H. Run-
ken, of Upman & Co.; F. J. Sherman,
manager of the Royal ‘Bank of Canada:
Robert Orr, manager of the United Rail-
ways; R. Truffin; ‘Frank Robins, and Blair
Robertson, manager of Bank of Nova
Scotia. All well known in business circles.
A visit of inspection is planned by
Major Terrell, supervisor of the treasury
department, to all the custom houses on the
island.
The United Commercial Club of Cuba
has issued its economic program, which
demands a reform in the liquor law and
a reduction of 30 per cent. of the contri-
bution for the Provisional Councils, and
establishment of American money as the
basis of transaction to attract to the city
representatives of all taxpayers.
Many complaints are being made against
the custom house for broken packages. A
plan for better protection of goods is under
discussion, as well as for warehouses where
goods will be better cared for.
The American Club recently appointed a
committee on trade and commerce. Walter
Stanton, vice-president of the Havana Bond
and Trust Company, is chairman.
Liquor manufacturers are protesting
against the internal revenue regulations,
and have decided to appeal to Governor
Magoon.
18 THE CUBA REVIEW
BRICK AND TILE FACTORY.
The new brick and tile factory at San
Cristobal is now almost completed and will
soon be in full operation. It belongs to a
Cuban company. The plant is an extensive
one, costing about a hundred thousand dol-
lars.
the railroad just east of town and inex-
haustible beds of fine clay are at hand.
Besides brick the company expects to make
the French roofing tile, now so extensively
It occupies a convenient location on
used in the island.
AGRICULTURE AND LABOR
Lemons, Oranges, Grapefruit and Olives
at Ceballos—The Most Satisfactory
Varieties and Insect Pest
Remedies.
Mr. W. C. Hewitt is the superintendent
of the Citrus Fruit Department at Cebal-
los, and in an interview with the CUBA
REVIEW representative . regarding the
varieties of citrus fruits, his exnerience
had proven most desirable, and some in-
sect pests and remedies, spoke as follows:
Scab was somewhat prevalent, he said,
appearing on lemons and grapefruit in
the shape of warts or swellings. It ap-
peared originally in Florida some 16
years ago, and attacks the leaves first,
some species of oranges being particu-
larly susceptible. The remedy was Mr.
Hewitt’s own formula and is as follows:
Make a thick paste of 5 oz. of carbonate
of copper and one pint of water; then
add 2 pints of ammonia, 28% strength
in Cuba, stir and add 50 gallons of water.
Apply by spraying, pressure to be not
less than 120 lbs. He could not give
exact times of application, experience
And Bulletin.
should teach this, but as scab appears on
the fruit when only as large as a pea,
close watching of the groves and prompt
spraying are obviously necessary.
Lemons can be grown profitably if
picked and shipped in September. He
made money in Florida doing this. Cali-
fornia is a formidable competitor, having
a crop all the year round, while Cuba
has but one season only.
Of grapefruit he found the following
varieties the most satisfactory, there be-
ing no appreciable difference in the yield
or vigor of growth.
Watters, principally silver Cluster Ork-
ing, and Marsh’s seedless.
In oranges he found the pineapple for
early crop, and late Valencias and Harts
Tardiff for late satisfactory. The pine-
apple was ready in the early part of De-
cember to January, and the Valencia
April to middle of May. Harts Tardiff
was eatable in January, but did not color
up well until April.
The rust mite was vigorously sprayed
against, sulphur being used with success.
The spraying should begin when the fruit
appears, and about once every month or
six weeks thereafter.
He had tried olives as an experiment
and had planted rooted slips from Cali-
fornia two years ago. These had grown
well and were now about 7 feet high,
looking thrifty and strong. He would
make no prediction as to the ultimate
success of the experiment.
Olive trees bear, he said, when four or
five years old. They are hardy, but the
bloom is tender, storms, drought, heavy
winds, etc., work much injury. As yet,
no insect pest had appeared on the trees.
The varieties planted were the Man-
zanillo, Rubra and Mission.
For the ordinary scale infesting orange
trees, whale oil soap proved efficacious.
The steamer La Gloria.
will ply between
Nuevitas and
When the Zanja is deepened, and this work will soon begin, the vessel
Port Viaro.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 19
An American Wonder lemon tree in Cuba, about 4 years old.
used like the
Some specimens of fruit recently seen weighed four pounds.
yields bounteously. This fruit is
lemonade and pies.
Mr. J. G. Airth, a fruit grower of large
experience in Florida, was visited at his
new home on the outskirts of Camaguey,
where he has a large acreage under culti-
vation, and out of his varied experience
said as follows.
“Regarding general conditions,’ he
said, “the lands in times of drought bake
and get very hard, and in the rainy sea-
son get too wet. The soil must have
stable manure to lighten it. Back of
Camaguey,” he continued, “the mountains
were full of bat manure and a fine mix-
ture for this purpose when stable manure
could not be procured, was bat manure
and wood ashes. Potash fertilizer and
cottonseed meal were likewise good.” He
also strongly advocated a mulch, as the
soil does not pack so quickly if the sun
cannot get directly at the ground. The
weeds were hard to eradicate. Three
years’ steady and skilful cultivation had
failed to get rid of them. Seeds in clods
of earth keep for many years and it was
almost impossible to cultivate them out
of existence. Asparagus with him was
not a success, but cabbages, beets, turnips,
carrots, onions and tomatoes grew fine
and yielded big crops.
Some two years ago he planted pecans,
but they were a total failure. He be-
lieved that he should have started the
seeds in bamboo pots and would thus
freely and
The tree grows
marmalades,
smaller lemons in the making of
have been enabled to transplant them
without injury by planting pot and plant
where the trees were to stand.
He said in conclusion that if Cuba’s
soil is thoroughly worked the results are
simply colossal in point of production.
Mr. Whipple, another American of Cam-
aguey, a neighbor of Mr. Airth, recently
sold the bulk of his lands at a very large
increase over the original price paid, re-
serving a choice portion for his own re-
quirements.
The new Hotel Plaza in Camaguey is in
full operation, and is a pretentious and in-
viting structure, well situated near the rail-
way station. Mr. Grossman, the owner, was
formerly manager of the Hotel Camaguey,
and is consequently well qualified to con-
duct a modern hotel.
BYATI.
There is a Swedish colony at this place,
and its manager and owner is Dr. A. Linn,
of Minneapolis. At present there are 50
to 75 people in the colony, though many
Norwegian immigrants are coming. There
is a comfortable-looking hotel on the prop-
erty, also managed by Dr. Linn, and a sugar
mill is contemplated. The investment is
30,000 to 40,000 acres. ‘The land appears
to be of first-class quality, but between the
property and the railroad is a deep ravine
with a river which in the rainy season
runs swift and deep.
20 THE CUBA REVIEW
LA GLORIA.
There is not yet a complete service
to La Gloria from Nuevitas by steamer
as was hoped . The new boat cannot get
through the zanja and passengers from
Nuevitas and La Gloria are transferred
to and from a sailboat in order to com-
plete their journey. The sailboat leaves
Nuevitas on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays at about 10.30 A. M., and the
destination is reached by evening. At
Viaro, where La Gloria passengers dis-
embark, a conveyance meets them and
carries them over the few miles remain-
ing. It is believed there will be no fur-
ther delay in the dredging of the chan-
nel, which when completed will give a
comparatively quick service to the col-
onv. The recent disturbances have held
up many improvements in other parts of
the island, and the dredging of the chan-
nel and the new road to Camaguey have
shared the same fate.
PROFITABLE FEEDING OF POULTRY.
Poultry can be raised with a verv small
expenditure, and the raising of cheap and
nutritious foods for home consumption
is sound economy. It will obviate the
outlay of money for comparatively ex-
pensive imported foodstuffs, which are
for the most part of less nutritive value.
—“Agricultural News,” Barbados.
WATER FOR BEES.
Mr. R. Beuhne, the president of the
Victorian Apiarists’ Association, writing
in the Journal of Agriculture of Victoria,
says:
“Few bee keepers are aware of what
amount of water is required by a colony
of bees during the summer months, and
how important it is that a permanent
supply should be available within a rea-
sonably short distance of an apiary.
Drinking troughs should be placed at a
distance of about 100 feet from the build-
ing, and the same distance from the
nearest hives. This distance is neces-
sary, otherwise the bees, when flying to
and from the water, interfere with work
in the apiary, and also cause confusion
at swarming time. There should be two
drinking troughs, and placed on a stand
at a height of three feet from the ground
in order to prevent poultry going to
them. If only one large trough is used
the bees are too much concentrated, and
a good deal of fighting and stinging takes
place occasionally.”
PROPAGATION OF TOMATOES BY CUTTINGS.
Seed from a good Aimerican variety of
tomato, locally grown, does not produce
such large fruit as seed direct. It is,
however, very easily grown from cut-
tings. A planter in Barbados has thus
grown tomatoes without using any seed
for ten years.—Agricultural News, Bar-
bados.
And Bulletin.
SPRAYING CATTLE FOR INSECTS.
In South Africa it is now admitted
that the most successful mixture for
killing insects on cattle is water and
kerosene oil, which is applied on the
cattle by means of a spray pump. It is
a simpler and cheaper method of get-
ting rid of insects on animals than dip-
ping the cattle.
The ideal pump for cattle spraying
would be an apparatus capable of sup-
plying two lines of hose, one on each
side of the cattle race, with an unvary-
ing percentage of oil in the mixture, and
which would not easily get out of order
in ordinary usage. No pump yet made
fulfills these seemingly simple require-
ments, but it is not too much to expect
that material improvements on the best
of the present pumps can and will be
made, particularly if cattle spraying be-
comes common.
A sprayer which would operate on
both sides of the cattle at the same time
would, it is thought, have a great ad-
vantage in the market, as it is necessary
to have two sprayers to accomplish this
end, thereby making the expense double.
PROFITABLE BROOM CORN.
The highest price is commanded by
long, straight, tough stems, which are
bright green when dry. The Dwarf va-
riety of broom corn produces a short
brush. This is somewhat difficult to
harvest. The Evergreen variety is good
all round. The Mohawk variety is earlier,
but the yield is smaller.
Further particulars regarding cultiva-
tion, cutting, drying and baling, will be
found in the West India Bulletin, Vol. —
VII.
LIME INDUSTRY IN THE WEST INDIES.
Mr. G. Whitfield Smith, Commissioner —
of Carriacon, points out in the Grenada
“Chronicle” that from a small beginning
the lime industry has taken first place
in Dominica and Montserrat. He says ©
further: ;
“Lime trees are generally planted at ~
15 feet apart, or 193 trees to the acres
When in full bearing a tree will yield ©
from 1,200 to 1,800 limes per annum. The ~
yield of an estate, under ordinarily favor-
able circumstances, may be estimated at
190 barrels per acre.” t
Assuming that the limes are converted
into raw juice, Mr. Smith’s figures show —
that an acre will give handsome returns ~
when prices are good. But as the market
for raw juice is limited, it may be neces-
sary to concentrate. By concentrating
the juice the planter will still obtain ex-
cellent returns. It is claimed by a suc- —
cessful lime planter in Dominica that “it
is an incontestable fact that it will yield
the greatest returns on the capital in-—
vested of any industry in the West Indies.”
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 21
GENERAL NOTES
Major Kean has mapped out hygienic
measures to be introduced into schools,
which will benefit the health of the chil-
dren, viz.: A system of physical culture
which will be of benefit to many. -In the
rural districts, particularly, the present
generation shows the ill effects of the war
and the reconcentration edict, in impaired
physical forces.
The sub-committee of the Legislative
commission has resolved to take a census
of the island and it is hoped that this will
be carried out speedily, as one is greatly
needed now.
Dr. Lincoln Zayas, acting secretary of
public instruction, has presented for Gov-
ernor Magoon’s approval a decree making
attendance at school obligatory for chil-
dren in Cuba, and this act will go into
effect in March.
The seismic station at the college of the
Jesuits was opened recently at Lujane, at
the Quinta “La Asuncion.” The two in-
struments which have been put up are so
delicate that they cannot be operated within
any city.
Among the resolutions recently passed
by the sub-committee on Civil Service law
was one that preference shall be given in
appointments to patriots who have suf-
fered during the Cuban wars. Another
that women may fill any office save such
as may be unfitted to their sex. Persons
from 16 to 70 years of age shall be eligible
to office.
Upon the recommendation of Colonel
Crowder, Governor Magoon has agreed to
pay $7,000 to Father Gonaalo of Trinidad
for injuries suffered by his school build-
ings in consequence of soldiers being quar-
tered in that building.
NOTES FROM SAGUA.
The sugar crop in Sagua is being made
without the slightest hindrance, thanks to
ideal atmospheric conditions, and it is esti-
mated that the crop of this jurisdiction,
estimated at 750,000 bags, will exceed
800,000.
The custom house collections in Janu-
ary were $37,392.50.
The trade and all the producing classes
have petitioned the Provisional Governor
to dredge the port, and in all probability
the work will soon be begun. With this,
in a comparatively short time, the mar-
ket of Sagua could count on a port for
ships of 20 feet draft.
The sanitary condition of Sagua is good.
BRINGING WATER
The tunnel under the Almendares river. The
Havana and the water is conducted under the river through this
at both sides. The walls of this tunnel are so well made that there is
into it and its floor is always dry.
TO HAVANA.
springs are on the farther
side of the river from
tunnel in the cast iron pipes seen
no leakage of river water
22 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Specially written for CUBA REVIPRW by URNER-BARRY CO., New York.
Fairly large quantities of Cuban vegetables have arrived during the past few
weeks and continued free receipts are expected. Tomatoes, which have comprised
the greater part of recent arrivals, sold a few weeks ago from $4 to $4.50 per carrier
for best grades. Since then prices have steadily declined, due to the extremely cold
weather prevailing at United States markets. At the present writing, business is
almost at a standstill, owing to the decreased consumptive demand, and fancy are
bringing $2 to $2.50 only, while $1.25 to $1.50 is being realized on choice. Small
sales have been made at slightly better prices. The market for Florida tomatoes
has also declined, but not so extensively, as the quality has been better. Cuban
tomatoes have been softer and show a yellowish instead of reddish cast. Complaint
has been made that recent arrivals were slightly chilled or frozen. Investigation
shows that notwithstanding the best precaution, it is impossible to prevent some
damage by cold during zero weather while carting a mile or more from receiving
dock to produce section. This applies to all vegetables.
Okra, which-is marketed chiefly here, is in good demand. Prices are steady
with ample supply, but no congestion. Long finger or short stub varieties have
ranged from $2 to $3 per carrier.
Peppers are plentiful with the Ruby King variety prevailing. This variety is
not so popular in New York as Bull Nose. The latter are bringing $5 to $5.50, but
some of inferior grade and condition have sold at $4 and lower. Many Ruby Kings
show considerable decay and about one-third show red. Buyers are paying $2.50 to $3
for best grades.
Eggplants are scarce and $6 to $8 per box has been paid for good size and
uniform quality stock. The quality, however, has been poor and repacking has
frequently been necessary, which has cut original shipments in two, For better
quality excellent prices could be obtained, as best grades of Floridas are selling at
$11 to $12 or more.
White squash has been in fair supply and when choice sold readily from $2.50 to
$3 per box. The demand is confined largely to fine stock and poor squash is
difficult to dispose of on any reasonable basis.
Some lima beans of very good quality recently received from Cuba are selling at
$6 to $8 per bushel crate. As limas are in very limited supply from any section
most of the year, prices usually rule high, and it would seem that growers might
give this vegetable more attention with advantage.
Cucumbers are arriving in small quantities and show fair quality. Late sales
have been at $3 to $3.50 per tomato crate for average best, with poorer grades ranging
down to $2 to $2.50.
Cuban onions have commenced to arrive in quantity and while $3.25 per crate
was realized a week or ten days ago, market at present is not above $2.75 to $2.85,
rarely $3. Advices to receivers here indicate a small crop of onions and prices are
likely to rule comparatively high until the Bermuda crop matures. The shortage of
onions has induced some dealers to obtain stock from distant points and several cars
were recently bought in Colorado. These were twelve days in transit, and while
shipped in fine condition reached here,so deteriorated that only the cheapest trade
could be interested.
A few pineapples of very good quality are arriving with each steamer. Sales
range from $2 to $2.25 for choice 24 sizes, down to $1.50 to $1.60 for small pines,
and a few in’ wasty condition have been shaded still lower.
Owing to few arrivals, no settled prices prevail for oranges and other citrus
fruits. Stock received shows wide range in quality, but is generally poor and too
wasty to command profitable returns.
FRUTAS Y VERDURAS CUBANAS.
Escrito expresamente para THE CUBA REVIEW por URNE”-BARRY CO., de Nueva York,
Durante las tltimas semanas han llegado 4 esta plaza grandes partidas de ver-
duras cubanas, y se espera que los arribos continten en abundancia. Los tomates,
que constituyeron la mayor parte de los ultimos arribos, se vendieron hace pocas
semanas de $4 4 $4.50 el huacal de los de clase superior. Después de esas ventas, los
precios han bajado constantemente debido al tiempo extremadamente frio que ha
reinado en los mercados de los Estados Unidos. En el momento de escribir estas
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lineas, las transacciones estan casi paralizadas a causa de la disminucion de la de-
manda para el consumo, cotizandose las clases extra finas solo de $2 a $2.50, y las
finas de $1.25 4 $1.50. Se han realizado algunas ventas a precios un tanto mayores.
Los precios por tomates de la Florida han bajado también pero no tanto, pues la
calidad ha sido mejor. Los tomates cubanos eran mas blandos y con un tinte amari-
lento en lugar de rojo. Se han oido quejz=: de que los ultimamente recibidos estaban
um poco pasmados 0 helados. Por investigaciones hechas, se ha sabido que no obs-
tante las mayores precauciones que se tomen, es imposible evitar los efectos de una
temperatura 4 cero mientras el fruto se trasporta a una milla 6 mas desde el muelle
al centro consumidor. Esto se refiere a todas las verduras.
El quimbombo, que se vende aqui casi exclusivamente, tiene buena demanda.
Los precios son sostenidos con abundante existencia, pero sin estar abarrotado el
mercado. Las clases largas y de zoquete corto se han cotizado de $2 a $3 el huacal.
Grande es la existencia de ajies, abundando la clase Ruby King. Esta clase no
es tan solicitaaa en Nueva York como la de Bull Nose. Esta ultima se esta coti-
zando de $5 a $5.50, pero algunas partidas inferiores y en no buen estado se vendieron a
$4 y menos. Muchos de los Ruby Kings estan pasados y como un tercio son rojos.
Los consumidores estan pagando de $2.50 a $3 por las clases mejores.
Las berenjénas estan escasas, habiéndose pagado de $6 a $8 por la caja de las de
buen tamafio y calidad uniforme. La calidad, no obstante, ha sido inferior habiendo
sido necesario reempacar el fruto, lo que ha reducido los arribos a la mitad. La de
calidad mejor se paga a excelente precio, pues las mejores de la Florida se venden
de $11 a $12 y mas.
Reguiar ha sido la demanda por calabaza blanca, vendiéndose la fina de $2.50 a
$3 la caja. La demanda se limita principalmente a la clase superior, siendo dificil dar
salida a la de calidad inferior.
Algunas partidas de habas de muy buena calidad recibidas recientemente de
Cuba, se estan vendiendo de $6 a $8 el canasto de 35 litros. Como quiera que las
existencias de habas es muy limitada durante todo el afio, las cotizaciones se man-
tienen altas por lo general, pareciendo logico que los agricultores deberian dedicar
mas atencion a esta verdura y recibir provecho.
Los pepinos se estan recibiendo en pequefias partidas que parecen de regular
calidad. Las iliimas ventas se hicieron de $3 a $3.50 el cesto por clase regular, coti-
zandose los de calidad inferior de $2 a $2.50.
Los arribos de cebollas cubanas estan siendo abundantes, y si bien hace una
semana 0 diez dias se vendieron a razon de $3.25 el cesto, la cotizacién al presente
no excede de $2.75 a $2.85 y rara vez a $3. Las noticias recibidas por los importa-
dores de esta plaza indican que la cosecha de cebollas sera escasa, por lo que es
probable que los precios se mantengan altos hasta que madure la cosecha de Ber-
muda. La escasez de cebollas ha inducido 4 algunos comerciantes 4 obtener este
fruto de puntos lejanos habiéndose traido hace poco varios carros llenos de cebollas
compradas en Colorado, los cuales estuvieron doce dias en transito, y aunque el fruto
se embarco en magnificas condiciones, lleg6 en tal mal estado que sdlo pudo venderse
a precios muy bajos.
Por todos los vapores se estan recibiendo pifias de muy buena calidad, variando
los precios de $2 4 $2.25 por las escogidas de tamafio 24 hasta de $1.50 4 $1.60 por las
de tamafio pequeno, habiéndose vendido algunas algo pasadas 4 mas bajos precios.
Debido a la escasez de los arribos, no hay cotizacion fija para las naranjas y otras
frutas de esta especie. Las partidas recibidas acusan gran variedad en la calidad,
pero es en general inferior, estando la fruta demasiado madura para que alcance
buenos precios.
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
Bid. Asked.
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a CRatamOubaKG per zGent.. PONAS ce sands adios pod aseoedlos Sa Wee eee cidee ms eae. Nominal.
Republic of Cuba 5 DELMCON MeN LLM ali DON OS ky acts ci eye en es Tae n ee gale aes de hema eh 90 95
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Cabamanltordenirs morteagel 5) per cent bonds 4.4. 454242525256-2-22.-0..04222.05-20.222.-2 89 95
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Old churches and buildings of three leading cities of Cuba.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 25
SUGAR IN JANUARY.
Specially written for THE CUBA REVIEW by WILLETT & GRAY, of New York.
The month of January opened with Cuba Centrifugals selling at 2 3-16c. per Ib.
for 96 test basis, equal to 3.55c. per lb. duty paid at New York.
European beet sugar quotation at the same time was 8s. 934d. f. o. b. Hamburg,
equal to parity of 3.84c. per lb. for Cuba Centrifugals at New York. :
Thus Cuba relinquished 29c. per 100 lbs. of the 34c. per 100 lbs. given by recip-
rocity. This difference of selling value has continued through the month, sometimes
being as great as 39c. per 100 lbs., or losing more than the entire advantage of
reciprocity allowance.
From 2 3-16c. the market declined with sales at 2%c. c. and f on the 11th, when
we remarked that prices must be at or near the bottom. In confirmation of this
Opinion there came into the situation a large buying disposition which under large
purchases has kept the price from going lower throughout the month, while at times
business was done at I-32c per lb. higher. The close is at 24%c. c. and f. for 96 test
basis, notwithstanding the fact that quotation for beet sugar is reduced at the close to
8s. 714d., equal to 3.80c. per lb: for Cuba Centrifugals, reducing the present parity of
value of Cuba Centrifugals to 32c. per 100 lbs. below beet sugar in New York.
Indications now point to a greater influence from Europe if its decline continues
and a lower basis for Cuba Centrifugals as a temporary result.
Thus far the sales of the Cuba crop for present and future delivery up to March
have kept pace with the production notwithstanding the fact that the production is
much more rapid than in previous years, the last week in January showing the largest
receipts at the shipping ports in Cuba of any week in any series of crop years.
A little curtailed demand and a resulting accumulation of stocks in the island
would lead to a desire to sell more freely than required by the United States for
immediate use.
Looking ahead, however, all the Cuba crop will be wanted by the United States
refiners sooner or later, and the more sugar that is forced to a sale below beet sugar
parity the higher will be the value of that portion of the crop held over for sale at
parity value later in the season.
Refined sugar during January held firmer than raw sugar on a steady, fair
demand which makes a good report of satisfactory consumption.
Regarding the political problems of the island, they will no doubt work out with
Cuban independence again established under an advisory commission of the United
States, backed by sufficient stability to succeed.
Oentrifugal Sugar 96° test. Price at New York
for January. Solid line, 1907. Dotted line, 1906. O RAN G EF G ROV FS
Jelsi4isié iit 13)
Four Years Old, $3 Per Tree
IN THE BOSTON COLONY
| the most up-to-date colony in Cuba, located in
the famous CUBITAS VALLEY, the richest
section of, and in the center of the strongest
| American colony on the island, with all Amer-
ican customs, stores, churches, school, post-
office, two mails weekly, and all that goes to
make an up-to-date American country settle-
| ment. Water transportation near, and a R.
surveyed across the land.
$3.00 PER TREE
: BER FOUND.
QUEHRE GEE LT | =
COCOA CEC buys fine, rich land, well located and nicely
3207 a cleared, set to fine, large, thrifty orange, lemon
and grape fruit trees of any varieties desired,
and given ample care for four years, with guar-
antee that not less than nine-tenths of said trees
Engineers and Contractors rol Ph cate suit purchasers. For
PURDY G6 HENDERSON, Inc. maps, literature and a call from one of our
\E a Cont sare representatives, address the
ee ccce ~~ Boston | CUBAN FRUIT GROWERS’ ASS'N
. Cuba Office, Empedrado 32, Havana 220 Broadway, New York
26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN ENERO.
Escrito expresamente para THE CUBA REVIEW por WILLETT & GRAY de Nueva York.
El mes de Enero comenzé vendiéndose los centrifugas cubanos 4 23/16 cts. la
libra polarizacién 96°, equivalente a 3.55 la libra derecho pagado en Nueva York. ;
La cotizacion del azticar de remolacha europea era al mismo tiempo 8s 934d a
entregar 4 bordo en Hamburgo, equivalente a la paridad de 3.84 la libra por centrifuga
cubana en Nueva York.
Asi es que Cuba cedid 29c. en las 100 libras de los 34 cts. las 100 libras dados
por el tratado de_ reciprocidad. Esta diferencia en el precio de venta continud
durante el mes, siendo algunas veces tan grande como 39c. en las 100 libras 6
perdiendo mas de toda la ventaja concedida por el tratado de reciprocidad.
De 23/16 cts. el mercado bajé con ventas a 2% cts. costo y flete el dia 11, cuando
advertimos que los precios deberian estar en su punto mas bajo 6 cerca de éste. En
confirmacion de esta opinion, se manifest6 una demanda que ocasionando grandes
compras impidieron la baja de los precios durante el mes, llegando a cotizarse con
un aumento de 1/32 en libra. Al finalizar el mes, la cotizacion era 2% cts. costo y
flete por polarizacién 96°, no obstante el hecho de que lo cotizacion por aztcar de
remolacha bajo también al finalizar el mes 4 8s 744d, equivalente a 3.80 la libra por
centrifuga cubana, reduciendo la presente paridad de precio de los centrifugas
cubanos a 39 las ‘100 libras, mas bajo que el azicar de remolacha en Nueva York,
Todas las indicaciones son ahora de que habra una influencia mayor de Europa
si continua la baja y se establece como resultado temporal una base menor para los
centrifugas cubanos.
Hasta el presente, las ventas de la zafra cubana para entrega inmediata y futura
hasta el mes de Marzo, no han excedido la produccion, a pesar del hecho de que
‘la produccion se esta haciendo con mayor rapidez que en amos anteriores, pues
durante la ultima semana de Enero acuso6 un arribo a los puertos de embarque en
Cuba mayor que en cualquiera otra semana en zafras anteriores.
Si la demanda flaquea un poco dando ocasién 4 que se acumule el aztcar en los
almacenes de la isla, sobrevendra el deseo de vender con mayor abundancia de la
requerida por los Estados Unidos para consumo inmediato.
Mirando hacia el futuro, puede asegurarse, no obstante, que toda la zafra de
Cuba la necesitaran los refinadores americanos mas tarde 6 mas temprano, y cuanta
mas azucar se venda forzadamente a un precio menor de la paridad del aztcar de
remolacha, mayor sera e] precio a que se vendera la parte de la zafra que se retenga
para su venta mas tarde en paridad con el de remolacha.
Durante el mes de Enero, el aztcar refinado se mantuvo mas firme que el
azucar en bruto, debido a la constante regular demanda, lo que demuestra que el
consumo esta siendo de proporciones satisfactorias.
Con respecto a los problemas politicos de la isla, es indudable que se resolveran
con el restablecimiento de la independencia cubana con una Junta Consultiva de los
Estado Unidos y apoyada por la suficiente estabilidad para que tenga buen éxito.
The site of the proposed new park in Havana. In the background is the Church of All Angels.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
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Largest Citrus Nurseries in the World. 800,000 TREES. Standard Varieties
True to Name. Clean, Vigorous, Well-Rooted. Have shipped 400,000 to Cuba and
Isle of Pines, all doing well. We guarantee delivery in good condition, and also
guarantee entire satisfaction. Why bother with amateurs? We can give you the
benefit of 27 years’ experience. Write for Catalog and information. M. E. GILLETT.
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LOS ACEITES NO-FLUIDOS llenan las exigencias de todas clases y de todos estilos de chumaceras d
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NEW YORK @ NEW JERSEY LUBRICANT CO.
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Agente Cubano, Sr. N. S. LAMB, Habana, Cuba,
We manufacture a complete line of
cane and plantation cars, logging cars,
dump cars, and railroad flat and ballast
cars in all sizes and gauges.
Write for catalogue,
IPMENT COMPANY
INCORPORATED
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Carros de Pasajeros sd _lodas Clases
CARROS PARA CANA: De 20 a 45 pies de largo
LOCOMOTORAS: De 12 a 60 toneladas. De todos Tipos y Vias
New and Second-hand Cars of Every Description.
Fitz-Hugh Luther Company
CHICAGO eee. .
ST. LOUIS Cable Address: “Fitzluth
MONTREAL No. 141 Broadway, New York, U. S. A.
If you want to know about Cuba: Lands, Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit Growing,
Industrial Enterprises, Manufactures, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER 4 pour cUBa
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale. He is, however, well informed concerning
Cuba and will answer freely all questions. No fee asked or
received; send onlystamp.
WARD G. FOSTER
6037-38 METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Madison Square, New York City,
Manager Standard Guide Information Offices:
Jacksonville, St, Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Fla.; Washington, D. C.; Havana, Cuba,
New Standard Guide to Cuba
A complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of
all points of interest, and a concise Spanish-English manual of conversation. Richly Illustrated.
FOSTER & REYNOLDS, | Madison Ave., N. Y. Paper cover, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00
° Agents at Mobile for Vacuum Oil and Swan & Finch
Rolf Seeber Oil Companies, and contract deliveries made. Full and
complete stocks carried of Packings, Paints and Supplies
of every description require.’ by steamers or sailing ves-
om sels. All mail addressed to our care will have our prompt
ip an ery and careful attention.
Watkins & Scctt’s Codes Cable Address: “Seeberg’”’
Company Branch Stores:
108-110 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, wWa.,
MOBILE, ALA. - and Gulf Port, Miss. (for Ship Island).
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BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
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Compressed Air Locomotives Electric Locomotives with Westinghouse Motors
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furnished on application
BURNHAM, WILLIAMS @® CoO.
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. Cable Address: «« Baldwin, Philadelphia ”
Agents for Cuba, Krajewski-Pesant Co., Aguiar 92, Havana, Cuba.
a,
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Trapiche Patente de James H. Fogarty Con Toda THE SNA RE AND
La Caja de Acero. TRIEST COMPANY
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Mascary Construction
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
Weare prepared to furnish plans and estimates
cn 11/1 classes of contracting work in Cuba.
N.Y. Office Havana Office
143 LIBERTY ST. LA LEAL BUILDING,
| Business Firms of Gibara |
| M. CUERVO Y CIA.,
| Gibara, Cuba.
lelegrafo: “Cuervo.”
MANUEL DA SILVA E HIJOS,
| Banqueros, Importadores, Tabaco en roma
Cable: ‘Silva.
TORRE Y CIA.,,
Cable: “Torre.” Marina 32.
Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y
| Ferreteria.
We Lead
| In the manufacture of Cooking: Utensils
and can completely equip the kitchen of
any establishment from the most elaborate
Caja de forma circular, toda checha_de acero ce hotel to the humblest dwelling.
60,000 libras de fuerza de tension. Esta trapiche
permite ver lo que se hace mientras que trabaja.
No se usan ni tapas superiores, ni tapas laterales,
ni pernos de tapas laterales, ne pernos reales. Hl |
ajuste de las mazas y del cuchillo se hace fuera de i
le caja. Para datos completos dirijanse 4 : 262-4-6 Water St., New York City
JAMES H. FOGARTY, 126th Liberty St., New York.
Bramhall Deane Co.
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Pee eee ean teeta ereeeregere ’
SSD DERREAURIAURLDI
Prensas de
Filtrar
para Ingenios
soannenentitll SHRIVER
Filter Presses
Write us for Cata-
logue, Prices and
Information.
| T. SHRIVER & CO.
814 Hamilton Street
HARRISON, N. J.
U. S. COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BALTIMORE, MD. NEW ORLEANS.
STEVENS BROTHERS : ia ; : =
HEADQUARTERS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE
Commission Merchants JAC, STICH
Reference: Merchants National Bank and Com- 219 Poydras Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA.
mission Agencies. Ship us. Baltimore, Md. —
— a = : JOHN MEYER
‘CHICAGO. Commission Merchant
LEPMAN & HEGGIE Wholesale Fruit and Produce of every description.
221-223 South Water Street, Chicago, U. S. A. 117 _Poydras Street. New Orleans, La.
WHOLESALE EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY ee
Correspondence Solicited
ST. LOUIS.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
re GERBER FRUIT COMPANY
GINOCCHIO-JONES FRUIT CO. FRUIT AND PRODUCE COMMISSION
Correspondence Solicited. Handle approved Con- MERCH ANTS cr
signments, Tomatoes and Pines. 5 ity ae alae
20 years in business in Kansas City. 804-806 N. Fourth Street, ST, LOUIS, MO.
Hammonds “Thrip Juice,” No. 1,
Used for Scale on Citrus
20 years in Florida.
Keeps the Trees Clean. Note What is Said about Old Trees.
Cocoanut Grove, Florida, July 21, 1906.
MR. H. B. MARSH, Live Oak, Florida.
Dear Sir: I have been using Hammond's ‘‘Thrip Juice’’ for the
past fifteen years. As a Seale destroyer it has no equal. It keeps
citrus trees perfectly clean and leaves no bad effect when used
according to directions. Yours truly, JOHN P. TOMS.
Pr. S. I find I ecan’use two dippers full instead of one to the
barrel, on old trees, with safety.
A Good Thing to Have Around.
4 Mayabe Nursery Co., Holguin, Cuba, Province of Santiago,
ILLUSTRATION, | SCALE ON ORANGE: Natural sip August 3, 1906.
; a || HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.
Special reckons | Dear Sir: It has been a long time since writing you, but there is
a reason. At the time I bought your ‘‘Thrip Juice,’’ No. 1, there
were groves being set out and Scale had not manifested itself, but
now, with three years on them, they show the want of a spray. My
ten-gallon order of three years ago has convinced me that it is a good
thing to have around the grove.
THOS. R. TOWNS.
For Pamphlets on Bugs and Blights, address
HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT WORKS, FISHKILL=-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.
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HAVANA
COLLECTIONS
National
Bank of Cuba
Capital, $5,000,000.00
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
CUBA 27
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Habana.
Santiago.
Cienfuegos.
Matanzas.
Cardenas.
Manzanillo.
Sagua la Grande.
Pinar Del Rio.
Caibarien.
Guantanamo.
Santa Clara.
Camagiey.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF U. S. A.
OF CUBA
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
capiraL $500,000
Transacts a General Trust
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Correspondence Solicited from
Intending Investors
THE TRUST COMPANY
The Royal Bank of Canada
INCORPORATED 1869
Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation.
CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, $45,500,000.00
Head Office, HALIFAX, N. S.
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
Chief Executive Office, MONTREAL
HAVANA: OBRAPIA 33, GALIANO 92.
CIENFUEGOS: MANZANILLO.
Branches in Hayana, Matanzas, Cardenas,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UPMANN & CO.
Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Safe Deposit Vaults
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 1592163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
Established 1876
N. GELATS & COMPANY
Bankers
Transacts a general banking
business.
Correspondence at all the prin-
cipal places of the island.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
Office: Aguiar 108
Cable: Code: _
Gillett, Tampa. Western Union.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for foreign customers.
Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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HAVANA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA
Improved and accelerated service to all points east of Havana. Five trains
each way to San Antonio de los Bafos and Guanajay. Four trains daily to Ma-
tanzas, Guines and Batabano, at which latter point connection can be made twice
a week with steamers for the Isle of Pines and ports in the famous Vuelta Abajo
tobacco district in Pinar del Rio. Three trains daily to Union and to Cardenas.
Two daily express trains between Havana and Santo Domingo, Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara and Sagua. Daily through express to Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de
Avila, Camaguey (Puerto Principe) and Santiago de Cuba.
Parlor, observation and sleeping cars attached to principal trains.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS, ADDRESS
VILLANUEVA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA, stvcr
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @ BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY CO.
O’REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. O. BOX 727
The only American Store in Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
I. G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT MOLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the College of Attorneys
of Havana
Customs Brokers
Cable | Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
hee see Conant ce pelea |
Tt right Mercaderes 4 zene
J. M. W. Durant Havana Officios S2, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bille, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre. Cable: “Bulle.”
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND TRANS=
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
_ ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F, A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
RESTAURANT—“PARIS”’
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
Banco de la Habana
CAPITAL PAGADO 62,500,000 Oro Americano
Presidente <= -«
Ofrece toda
clase de facilidades
Carlos de Zaldo
bancarias
SSIS ASS ASSAD Az
tton, Corn and Tobacco.
Titles perfect.
THE HERRADURA LAND
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores, Hotel, American School, all within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
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BART cotony oF COUJ BA
COLONY OF
BARTLE is situated in Eastern Cuba, on the main line of the Cuba Railroad; on the height of land
400 feet above the sea. No prospective buyer has visited BARTLE who afterward purchased and settled
at any other Cuban Colony. Many people owning property elsewhere in Cuba after visiting BARTLE have
purchased and settled there.
Has the very richest fruit and sugar land and no swamps.
Has four spring streams flowing through it.
Temperature ranges between 50° and 90°,
Has a train service and mail both ways daily.
Has well stocked stores.
Has the finest station on the Cuba Railroad.
pan ee more progress in one year than any other Cuban Colony
as in two,
(ay hs IM ATS Cee
Has a new church out of debt, and the largest regular English-
speaking congregation in Cuba.
Has a good public school.
BARTLE LAND $25 TO $50 PER ACRE. BARTLE TOWN LOTS $100 TO $150 EACH,
Send for particulars and prospectus.
CUBAN REALTY COMPANY, Limited Head Office, Temple Bldg., TORONTO, CAN.
Offices at 149 Broadway, New YorK, and Bartle, Cuba
DUNCAN O. BULL = General Manager
D o> wn le | & | The Finest of
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Observation, Draw-
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Cars, Wide Vesti-
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Dining Cars, with
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wo) «Cin the Havana
' Limited,
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} General Passenger
Agent,
St. Louis, Mo.
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BUSINESS FIRMS
HARTASANCHEZ SORDO Y CA.
(Ss ea Cy)
Comerciantes Importadores,
E€able: “Hartasanche.” Cienfuegos.
SANCHEZ CABRUJA Y CA.
Comerciantes _Banqueros, Importadores y Comi-
sionistas en General. Calle de Sta. Clara y Sta.
Isabel. Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Telégrafo: “Sanchez.” Correos: Apartado No. 12.
Jose M. Atcazar.
ALCAZAR & HNO.
Customs Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Ship Agents,
Santa Ysabel 7. Apartado 176. Teléfono 51.
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
PEDRO ALCAZAR.
OF CIENFUEGOS
FEDERICO HUNICKE
AGENT OF
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE,
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
CARDONA Y CA.
Sociedad en Comandita.
Comerciantes Banqueros, Importadores de Viveres
y Ferreteria, Comisiones y Consignaciones.
Cable: ‘‘Cardona.”’ Cienfuegos.
SASSO Y MIRET
Representantes de Casas Extranjeras y Comisionistas
en General. Santa Isabel No. 4, Cienfuegos, Cuba.
Cable: ‘‘Sasmir.” Apartado No. 296.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF MATANZAS
FARMACIA FRANCESA oe
Importacién de Drogas Productos Quimicos y
Farmacéuticos. Aguas Minerales, Perfumeria.
es Viuda de Ernesto Triolet & Co.
Apartado 65. Telégrafo, Triolet. Constitucion, 49 y 51
MATANZAS ICE COMPANY
ICE-MAKING AND BEER-BOTTLING PLANT
Importers—Cattle and Horses.
GRAND HOTEL “LOUVRE”
Juan Escalante y Sobrinos, Propietarios d
Finest hotel in Matanzas. Faces Plaza. Favorite
for American families and business men.
Business FIRMS OF
ALTUNA, BALPARDA Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Tirry 12—Apartado 11—Telégrafo: SANGINES.
Maderas, Barros, Carbones, Almacen de Azucar,
Taller de Aserrio. Remolcador ‘‘Yumuri.” Clave
en uso, A. B. C. 5a Edicién.
A. PENICHET Y CA., S. en C.
Sucesores de José Zabala
Almacenistas de Maderas y Barros con Taller de
Aserrio Gelabert, frente al Muelle Principal
Apartado Num. 237. Direccién Cablegrafica: Penichet
AGUSTIN PENICHET, Abogado.
SAGUA LA GRANDE
MARIBONA, SAMPEDROQ CA.
Importadores de Ferreteria en General.
Despacho: Marti 30. Almacenes: Marti 48.
Cable: ‘‘Miaribona.”’ Apartado 13. Sagua la Grande.
GOMEZ TRAVIESAS Y CA.
Almacén Importador de Ferreteria y Loza, estable-
tarios de Buques,
Marti 27, Sagua la Grande.
MANUEL RASCO
Comerciante Comisionista, Representante de Zaldo
Ca., Habana; Agente de Munson Steamship Line,
ew York. Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
EL YNFIERNO
Destileria de Alcoholes, Ron y Aguardiente de
José Ma. Beguiristain (S. en C.). Unico Alcohol
de Cuba Premiado con Medalla de Oro en la Ex-
posicién de Paris. Sagua la Grande.
9 Medallas de Oro.
MANUEL F. ARENAS Y CA.
Almacenistas de Viveres,
Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
LA LLAVE
Almacen Importador de Ferreteria y Loza, estable-
cido en 1862; Murno y Gonzates (S. en C.), suce-
sores de Pedro Carbonell, Sagua la Grande.
Teléfono 15. Telégrafo: “Muizalez.” Apartado 12.
ALVAREZ Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres.
Direcciones: Marti 46: Apartado 41; Teléfono 60;
Telégrafo: ‘‘Alvar.” Sagua la Grande.
SUCURSAL DE GALBAN Y CA.
Bankers, Importers and Exporters, Warekouses and
Lighterage. Sagua la Grande, Cuba.
P. O. Box 114. Cable address: ‘‘Galban.”
WILLETT & GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
SUGARS
RAW" AND
REFINED |
82 WALL STREET, NEW YORH
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade.
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FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Apartado rrq. Mata.”
Cable:
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y DIEGO,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti LT “Wass Apartado 24
JUAN ‘VIDAL LLANSA
Almacenista e Importador de Viveres,
Caibarién.
Apartado 94. Cable: “Didal.”
R. CANTERA Y GA:
CS, seq G.)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28. Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
(S. en
Caibarién.
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Telégrafo:
Apartado ro4q. “Bergnes.””
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Calle Justa Num. 27. “Tmaz.”
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Correo Apartado Num. 15. Telégrafo: “Arias.”
BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA (BRANCH)
Money transferred by letter and cable to and from
all parts of the world. Special facilities for col-
lections throughout the district. P. B, ANDER-
SON, Manager. Cable address: “‘Bancocaib.”
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CARDENAS
PEDRO M. MEDEROS.
General Commission Merchant, Importer and Exporter.
Cable: “Soredem.” Cardenas, Cuba.
VILA Y HERMANO, MENENDEZ, ECHEVERRIA Y CO.
Constructores de los trasbordadores de cafia al (Ss:
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y
de fabricacion de hielo.
Telégrama: “Vila.” Cardenas, Cuba.
YGLESIAS DIAZ Y CA.
{S.- en; G3)
Ymportadores de Maderas y Barros, con Maquin-
as de Vapor. Cardenas, Cuba.
Claves en uso: Western Union y Watkins.
Correo: Apartado 6. Cable: “‘Iglesias,”
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BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Cable: ‘‘Estrada.”’ Cardenas, Cuba.
J. PARRAVICINI
Custom House Broker,
Cable address: ‘‘Paravicini.” Cardenas, Cuba.
RAFAEL JOSE REYNALDOS
Attorney and Notary Public.
Cardenas, Cuba.
Ayllon 48.
VINA Y OBREGON
Mercancias en general Comisiones. Representa-
ciones. Cable: “Garantia.” Apartado de Correos
No. 22. 2d Ave. y Calle 5. Cardenas.
A LOS SENORES HACENDADOS
La Compania Anénima ‘‘Cal Larrauri,
** con patente exclusiyo, fabrica cal viva pulverizada al
yapor, siendo este el mejor producto de todos los deseubiertos hasta hoy, para defecar guarapo con
rapidez y limpieza.
Defeca esta con una cuarta parte de las otras cales; prueba sus grandigsos
resultados, el estar sirviendo 4 165 fincas azucareras su cal de defecacién, de las que puede enviar
sus nombres y lugares donde estin situadas, para que estas informen de sus resultados.
Recibe ordenes en la Calle Real, No. 304, CARDENAS, CUBA.
Apartado 7. Cable LARRAURI
FRANCISCO LARRAURI, Administrador
nc ee EET aE yan
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacion y Exportacion de Frutos del Pais y
omisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccién Telegrafica, “Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(Gienm >) ‘
Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery.
Telégrafo: Valribe. {
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta to y It. Cable:
Illivega.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto ‘‘Golondrina” y “Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importacion. Exportacién.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
0. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion. :
Direccién Telegrafica, “‘Badell,” Santiago, Cuba.
Sa CARTUPX Prop:
HOTEL EL ALBA.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacion directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza _de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P.O. Box 108. Telegraphic Address:
“Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers. ~
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box 2or
AN TILM A.
NIPE BAY
KRUM & CO.
Importers and Exporters.
Custom House brokers’ and general forwarding
agents.
Cable address: Krumco, Nipe.
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
Trees and Plants for Cuba
Citrus and Other Tropical Fruits.
Peach, Plum, Nut and Shade Trees
Evergreens and Flowering Shrubs.
CATALOG FREE
P. J. BERCKMANS CO.
’ FRUITLAND NURSERIES
Established 1856 AUGUSTA, GA.
HENRY E. BROWN
Pharmacist
Shipping and Export Chemist and Drug-
gist, Ships’ Medicine Chests Furnished and
Replenished. Prescriptions Compounded
by a Graduate in Pharmacy.
Trusses, Surgical Appliances,
Affice and laboratory, Room 36.
116 BROAD ST., NEW YORK
etc.
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WINTER HAVEN, FLA.
WHOLESALE 80 ACRES RETAIL
The best varieties of “‘trus Trees in Florida. Guaranteed to be well rooted, free from insects
and true to name. Send for Catalogue
KRAJEWSKI-PESANT CO.
32 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
SUGAR MACHINERY
NUEVITAS | ___ BARACOA
BERNABE SANCHEZ E HIJOS
Importers and Exporters
Succesores de Monés & Cia.
(Establecida en 1843)
J. SIMON & CO.
Importacion - Exportacion - Banca
NUEVITAS, CUBA Bananas. Cocoanuts, Oranges, Cocoa,
Cocoanut Oil, Hardwoods, Etc.
BARACOA, CUBA
Agents for Munson Steamship Line
Sobrinos de Herrera
Direccion Gelegrafica: SANCHEZ
Principal Com nerci.' Codes Used
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Proprietors,. Miners and Shippers of
Eureka Bituminous Steam Coal Ocean Westmoreland Gas Coal
Betz Building Philadelphia
OFFICES: 1 Broadway New York SHIPPING ) New York, 6th St
* Jersey City, N. J.
50 Congress St...Boston, Mass. jpyHA4RIES:
Baltimore anton Piers
Balt. & Commerce Sts., Ealtimore
Philedelphia....Greenwich Point
Rim —s AND Direct to Cuba and Havana. Con:
QUEEN & CRESCENT So uthern nects with Munson Line at Mobile
*5 z from Cincinnati, Chattanooga and
ROUTE. Railway Birmingham.
: For Rates and Booklet address
W. A. GARRETT, Gen. Manager W. C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Aat.
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Our Cypress Tanks are the best ever made. They are made of care
fully seasoned wood, and will not warp or shrink, but are built to
stand all kinds of weather. Endorsed by leading railroads, factories
and breweries.
Turpentine Tanks a Specialty
Send for catalogue and delivered prices.
H. F. LEWIS @ CoO., Ltd.
316 Baronne Street New Orleans, La.
CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad to.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy ; ; Holding him is my Specialty.
RoE MARTINEZ.
M. J. CABANA, JUDY & SPIKER, Importers of American Men’s
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camaguey. | Furnishings, Notions, Jewelry, etc. The only ex-
Solicita correspondencia de todos los centros im- clusively American store in Camaguey. Hats, Caps,
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America. Hosiery, Ready-to-Wear Clothing, Shoes, etc.
Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
MA R 4 & W | N DS O CIVIL ENGINEERS
Authorized by the Cuban Government
Expert Examinations and Reports Gimber and Other Lands
Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P. O. BOX 114, CAMAGUEY, CUBA
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern Sanitary Fittings.
Spacious Courts and Gardens. Especially designed for
those who wish to live quietly in a
beautiful district and in
A MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
*“‘Manager, Hotel Camaguey,’”’ Camaguey, Cuba
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOV AN, ¢ Summ Se siAtiantie Dock)
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS Gaiisir Gineral’ Cargoer
BAGS AND BAGGING
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MOBILE, ALA.
THE BANK OF MOBILE
NATIONAL BANKING
ASSOCIATION
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Capital - - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits (earned) 37,000.00
Deposits over - - - 800,000.00
This bank will accept all desirable business that is tendered to it. The management earnestly desire that its facili-
ties shall be at the service of customers--with small or large accounts--on equal footing. Will lend small and moderate
amounts of money. with proper security, at very lowest interes! rates,
Mm. J. IcDERMOTT, President
JAMES A. LEWIS,
President and Treasurer.
SIDNEY LOWENSTEIN, Vice-President
T. J. O’CONNOR, Cashier
L. GERMAIN, JR.,
Vice-President.
J. HOWARD SMITH,
Secretary.
Lewis Land and Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS
Yellow Pine, Cypress, Hardwoods of All Kinds
Mouldings, Casing,
Cable Address ‘‘All Woods’’
CODES
Southards and A. B. C, 5th Edition
and All Interior Finish
City Bank & Trust Building
MOBILE, ALA.
MOBILE TRANSFER CO.
«« The Connecting Link ’’
Between the Railway and Steamship Lines of Mobile
Our representatives on all trains and Munson
Line Steamers arrange for transfer of passengers
and check baggage through to destination.
Offices: UNION DEPOT and 57 N. ROYAL ST.
Hote. St. ANDREW
MOBILE, ALA. EUROPEAN PLAN
150 Rooms 75 Rooms with Bath
200 Room Addition will open January 1908
Centrally Located, Opposite Post Office
A. DACOVICH & SONS,
Proprietors
The Principal Hotels in Mobile, Ala.
THE CAW THON
(FIREPROOF )
European, 175 Rooms
$1.50 Up
THE BIENVILLE
(MODERN )
European, 150 Rooms
$1.00 Up
Both Hotels in Heart of City, Facing Bienville Square
H, W. LEINKAUF, Pres.
C. H. BROWN, Vice-Pres.
A. PROSKAUER, Cashier
Leinkauf Banking Company
Capital and Surplus, $265,000
Special Attention Given to Collections
MOBILE, ALABAMA
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215 Hamilton Maritime Exchange
JOHN W. McDONALD
COAL, WOOD, LUMBER
and TIMBER of Every
Description
YULE & MUNRO
SHIPWRIGHTS
112 WALL STREET
Near South Street NEW YORK
Yard: 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basin
Telephones: :
Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hzemilton
Caulkers, Spar Makers
Boat Builders, Etc.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET | aE
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN Oo. B. STILLMAN
92 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK
MERCADERES, 22, HAVANA, CUBA
Contracting and Consulting
Mechanica Engineer on
| John Munro ®) Son SUGAR MACHINERY
Steamship and SOBRINOS DE BEA & CO.
‘ ; ; Bankers and Commission Merchants
Engineers Supplies Importacién directa de todas los centros
manufactureros del mundo.
h
13 Conover Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Munson staan cee ENE York and
Mobile.
James E. Ward & Co., New York.
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
Vapores diateallenAces de A. Belch & Co.
Telephone, 196 Ham*'ton eee suas lasispentenes
MATANZAS, CUBA.
Cable Address: Kunomale, New York
Telephone, 33 Hamilton Cable Address:
Night Call, 411 Hamilton “Abiworks,’”’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, Coppersmiths,
Pattern Makers, Steet Iron Workers, Iron and Brass Castings. Sieenrshis
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and St'mmit Streets Brooklyn, N.Y.
HOME INDUSTRY IRON WORKS
Engines, Boilers ana Machinery
Manufacturing and Repairing of all kinds. Architectural Iron and Brass
Castings. Light and Heavy Forgings. All kinds of Machinery Supplies.
Steamship Work a Specialty
SASS SOGUE, supt. MOBILE, ALA.
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Daily Capacity, 200,000 Feet
Codes:
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Fr. W. Hvoslof
Bennett, Walsh & Co.
18 Broadway, New York
Steamship Agents and Ship Brokers
Cable: ‘‘Benwalsh’’
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ABC, Fourth Edition; Southards; WatKins; Western Union.
STERLING
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GENERAL OFFICES:
421 Chestnut Street, - Philadelphia, Pa.
29 Broadway, - - New York
80 Church Street, New Haven, Conn.
14 Kiiby Street, - Boston, Mass.
Continental Trust Building, Baltimore, Md.
Colliery Proprietors, Miners and
Shippers o; the
Powelton ‘Sterling Vein’”’
Semi-Bituminous Coals
Steamship Fuel a Specialty
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Cable Address: ‘‘TURNER’’
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AGRICULTURE. Pages 13 and 23.
Cuban bananas bring high prices. Grape-fruit marmalade and jelly. The trué
tropical paw-paw. Jamaica works for an early orange market. Prof. F. 3.
Earle discusses the fruit and vegetable situation in San Cristobal with different
systems of pineapple planting, on page 23.
COMMERCIAL. Page 14.
Cement blocks manufactured in Santa Clara. A new cable line between New
York and Havana; it means a decrease in rates. Havana Custom House
receipts.
CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Pages 23 and 24:
A review of prices.
FINANCIAL. Page 11.
Cuban railway securities during 1906.
“Cuba the wealthiest small country in the world.”
W. A: Merchant looks for heavy investments of foreign capital.
MINING. Page 14.
A short history of mining operations in Cuba, the kind, the output and the yield,
also the mining laws.
NEW BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION WORK. Page 12.
Roads and bridges being built in all parts of Cuba. Much in Havana Province.
La Gloria to have a road to Camaguey.
ROWMMMeAL. Pases to and rx
Interesting notes regarding the political situation and the coming election.
RAILWAYS. Page 12.
New electric line for Havana. Recent election in the Havana Electric Railway
Co. gives Cuban interests four directors instead of one.
SUGAR. Pages HG, 7 is UG) AO, 2 ehavel 2a,
List of the active plantations of the island. Chart of prices for 1905 and 1906.
An interesting summary. Willett & Gray review the sugar situation for the year
on page 25. The new mill of the Nipe Bay Co. at Preston is described and
illustrated on pages 7, 8 and 9g.
SPANISH DEPARTMENT—
A review of the sugar prices of 1906 by Willett & Gray. Page 26.
Cuban fruits and vegetables. Page 24.
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Volume V. MARCH, 1907 Number 4.
THE SUGAR ESTATE AT PRESTON.
A Marvelous Year’s Work Which Transformed a Virgin Forest Into a Great Indus-
trial Center.
As the steamer enters the noble harbor of Nipe, with its 37 miles of shore front,
a most beautiful panorama of mountains and primeval forests crowding down to the
water’s edge unfolds on either side. The bay widens in places into almost an ocean
in distance with the shore line but faintly visible and again the rugged beauty of the
surrounding land is brought close into the view. As the steamer nears Antilla, the
great mill of the Nipe Bay Company becomes visible almost directly opposite. The
mill, great though it is, is dwarfed by its environment of majestic hills and woods and
makes but a very small point in the vast landscape. It is only after one has landed
at the wharf, which reaches some hundreds of feet into the bay, and walks down to
the town proper of Preston, that the bigness of the structure which dominates every-
thing in sight, is realized. But what taxes one’s credulity to the utmost is the fact
that on January 1, 1906, the land now occupied by this great building was bare of
everything except hundreds of tree stumps, afterwards blown out with dynamite, and
that in March of the same year building was begun and that January 19, 1907, a little
over nine months afterwards, saw the huge mill grinding cane.
The Nipe Bay Co. is the originator and creator of this new enterprise. Long before
the smoke came pouring from the chimneys of the mill, and while dense forests yet
covered the ground, they saw the potentialities of location and soil and began preparing
their plans for the erection of the mill, and its essentially modern equipment, one which
to-day is probably unrivaled anywhere.
The same discernment caused the company to place Mr. Jos. Rigney in charge of
the undertaking, who as General Manager has faithfully carried out the Company’s
plans with many important and unique labor saving devices. He supervised the construc-
tion of the mill, railroads, bridges, telephone lines, employees’ houses and the planting
of the 16,000 acres of cane, which will keep the machinery going day and night for
about eight months every year.
Construction work began with the building of two huge traveling cranes on a
platform mounted on wheels, which ran on a track 30 feet wide, a method common
in the construction of steel buildings in the United States. The platform on which
the derricks were placed was 85 feet from the ground and the derricks were 35 feet
high. It took 18 days to build these cranes, but in 11 days after they were in position,
with their help, the frames of the three mill houses were standing, and on July 16 the
entire buildings were up except the chimneys.
In the latter part of February a representative of the Cuba Review visited the
mill, and the following description is from notes taken at that time. Mr. Rigney
kindly placed himself at the disposal of his visitor and accompanied him over the en-
tire plant, and later, over the plantation, pointing out and explaining with unvarying
courtesy and patience, the special features of mill and field which came under attention.
The interior of the mill represented the busy scene common to all mills during the
grinding season. The huge hoppers which receive the tremendous loads of cane were
in evidence directly at the entrance. Overhead the great electric cranes slowly let
down their chains as the cane cars backed in, and quietly lifted up the carload of twenty
tons of cane. This in a moment was lowered into the hopper, and the crane swung over
to the other side to fill the other hopper in the same way. The process of handling
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the cane and bagasse from here on to the boilers is altogether automatic, and
the power used is electricity, used more on this plantation than on any other in Cuba.
Besides the cranes for the hoppers there are others for storing and loading sugar.
An electric light and power plant supplies all the mill’s requirements and in addition
supplies light for the village houses. The plant is sufficient to supply light and power
for a city of 4,000 inhabitants.
The mill was in February turning out 1,000 sacks per diay, but rose to 1,600
shortly afterwards. The complete plant will produce 3,200 to 3,4co bags per day.
Five thousand short tons of cane will by the capacity of the mill produce 500 tons of sugar
or 10%, but next year the percentage will be higher, due to improvement in the quality
of the cane juice after one or two crops.
There is no steam wasted in this mill; it is used over again in its exhausted
condition, especially being made serviceable in imparting heat to the juice in the various
stages of treatment.
The 24 centrifugals were each under the charge of a Chinaman. One man ought
to be able to attend to two machines, but Nipe Bay is a section of Cuba where sugar
had never been made before, and much time and labor was wasted in necessary train-
ing of laborers.
The mills were in full operation, and an automatic trash cleaner was doing the
work of four men and doing it better. The dry bagasse near by was being gathered
up out of pits by automatic conveyors and dropped into the huge furnaces through
openings above. The ten boilers discharge the smoke through two chimneys, being con-
nected with them by long breechings. The vacuum or crystallizing pans are at the top
floor of the building. Their capacity is 70 tons each.
Of course, skilled workmen are in charge of the pans as likewise in charge of the
vats, where lime is added to stop the fermentation. It requires the nicest skill and
knowledge to judge when the juice is sufficiently crystallized and the exact quantity
of lime required at the vats. While well-known formulas help, it is the man in charge on
whom the greatest dependence must be placed. Chemists receive very good pay, the
sugar boilers and other skilled help about $125 per month. The mill has 24 defecators
or clarifiers and will have 36 in a short time. From the clarifiers to the mechanical
filters was a step. There are 22 now, but more will be installed later. They come from
Germany and work well. Close by is a fine complete laundry outfit for washing and
drying the filter bags. The quadruple evaporating apparatus comes from the Sugar
Apparatus Mfg. Co., of Philadelphia, Pa.
Every 100 gallons of cane juice yields 25 gallons of syrup and 75 gallons of
condensed water. The water is very hot and used to feed the boilers, and as nothing
goes into it to produce scale, the boilers were free from all incrustations.
The filter presses come from T. Shriver & Co., of Harrison, N. J. There are
24 of the largest built, 46 inches square and 54 chambers each. The residue has
a high manurial value, but is not needed on the estate, the rich virgin lands not
requiring any fertilizer. é
The mill uses 72,000 tons daily of sea water, and down on the lower floor are
powerful centrifugal pumps with a capacity of 750,000 gallons per hour.
Fresh drinking water for the use of the village and the workmen is brought from
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The Wharf at Preston (Nipe Bay).
the Mayari River, 8 miles away and pumped into 3 tanks each 30 feet high and 50 feet
in diameter, and from thence piped into every house in the place.
The plantation begins right at the village, and one year’s work saw 14,000 acres
in cane and 12,000 acres partly cultivated. Next vear there will be something like
4 square miles of cane, or about 26,000 acres. Twenty-seven miles of finely ballasted
railroad, standard gauge, reaches all parts of the canefields. The rock ballast is
secured from a quarry on the property and a crusher and other machinery prepares
the material. A fine telephone system is in operation, and as Mr. Rigney said, as the
party stopped at the various field) stations for orders, “There is as much system here
as on the Pennsylvania Railroad.”
Loaded cane cars were in readiness in various places and were quickly added to
the train on the return journey. The company has 27 miles of track and is building
more, expecting shortly to complete a five-mile stretch toward the Cuba Railroad. It has
9g locomotives and 225 20-ton cane cars. The employees will number nearly 4,000 and the
pay roll is over $60,000 per month. It owns 2,500 head of oxen and 176 mules. At
various places along the lines are small settlements of laborers who sleep in ham-
mocks under sheds. To maintain order among these oitentimes turbulent worxmen
the company has organized a police force of 30 men, who are continually in evidence.
A more than usually intractable individual is simply driven off the plantation and not
permitted to again enter the employ of the company. This is a greater punishment
than at first sight it would seem, for the company looks assiduously after the welfare
of its people. “There are 204 buildings in Preston, and there is a school and hospital.
Laborers are charged 20 cents per month for hospital and school, and there are 200
children receiving ‘instruction.
There are red and black soils. The red grows cane the richest in juice. The
first cutting of a new crop is always low, but increases steadily up to five years, so
that far better results are looked for in the years to come. There are two churches
in Preston and an hotel. The wharf has a depth of 20 feet at low tide and will be
built 400 feet farther out to get still deeper water. The houses occupied by the general
manager and his staff are fine, comfortable dwellings, and the office force is housed in
a large, airy building, roomy and convenient.
All day long the ‘loaded cars backed in, were relieved of their tons of cane by the
electric cranes, ‘and every part of the structure teemed with life. Upstairs busy men
were watching the vacuum pans, the vats, clarifiers and centrifugals, and down stairs
men were filling bags with the rich yellow sugar, and other men wheeling them away
to where electric hoisting machines stored them faster and better than men could do it.
As night came on the lights in the mill grew and spread until the ground shone round
about it, and still the activity and bustle went on unceasingly. Still the cars backed
in and the hoppers filled and the conveyors fed the mills and the river of cane juice
flowed and was boiled, crystallized, cleansed and emptied into the centrifugals, which
rapidly drove the molasses through the meshes and left the light brown crystals caked
up, 8 or 10 inches thick, against the sides of the whirling pans. This, pried away, fell
through chutes to the waiting men and bags below, and all through the night every
now and then a long drawn-out roar from one of the vacuum pans proclaimed another
boiling completed and another chapter of sugar production recorded—F. J. R.
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NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST..
From our own Correspondents in Havana and other Cities of Cuba.
POLITICAL
The Advisory Commission has given as
the result of its work the following resolu-
tions, which have been adopted for pro-
posed electoral laws and qualifications req-
uisite for voting:
A voter must be registered in the “Elec-
toral Census,” and give all information
which will serve to identify him. He must
have resided in the province, municipality
and ward in which he votes six, three and
one month, respectively.
The formation, revision, custody and in-
spection of the census shall be in charge
of the central board, and of the provincial
and municipal boards, which shall have a
permanent character.
The central board shall reside in Havana
and be composed of five members: The
president of the supreme court of justice.
one titular professor of the law faculty of
the University of Havana, elected by that
faculty, the oldest magistrate of the au-
diencia of Havana, and one ex-senator,
and one ex-president of different political
affiliations, chosen by the three first men-
tioned members, those who have been elect-
ed to the greatest number of legislatures
and from among these, the oldest to be
preferred.
The provincial boards shall be composed
of three members: The president of the
province, a professor of the high school, to
be elected by the professors of the same,
and the oldest judge of first instance or of
instruction in the provincial capital.
The municipal boards shall be composed
of three members. The services are obli-
gatory and gratuitous, excepting when legit-
imate excuses may be offered, this not pre-
venting the payment of traveling and per-
sonal expenses in cases determined by law.
THE COMING ELECTIONS AND WITHDRAWAL OF
THE AMERICAN ARMY.
According to the Government’s present
plans the municipal and provincial elec-
tions in Cuba will be held the coming sum-
mer, probably not later than July. This
will be for the purpose of testing the new
election laws. If they work out satisfac-
torily and the island remains quiet the elec-
tions for the Cuban Congress will follow
five or six months later, after which the
American army will be withdrawn. A
final decision on the programme for the
final settlement of the situation in Cuba
will be made when Secretary Taft goes
there on his forthcoming trip to Panama,
Cuba and Porto Rico.
The liberal leader, Zayas, has stated that
his party will hold a convention within six
weeks and that delegates have already been
elected.
Zayas’ candidacy is growing, and it is
claimed that he has twenty-eight delegates
pledged. José Miguel Gomez has a fol-
lowing in Santa Clara, but Zayas is sure
of Matanzas, Camaguey and Santiago de
Cuba.
Rafael Montoro is a native of Cuba and
was educated in Spain. An able man, up-
right and talented, and known as a gifted
writer. He was a leader of the auton-
omist party in Cuba and the title of Mar-
quis de Montoro was conferred upon him
by the Spanish government, a title he never
made use of. After the Republic was es-
tablished, Montoro was appointed Cuban
Minister to England and Germany. After
Palma resigned he returned to Havana and
is now one of the members of the Advisory
Commission. He advocates the plural vote
for Cuba in the coming elections, and ex-
presses his faith in the re-establishment of
the Cuban Republic on a surer basis.
There is still a split in the liberal party
in regard as to who shall be their candi-
date for the presidency of Cuba. Zayas
and José Miguel Gomez have each a large
following. The conservatives have adopted
a platform and suggest a new treaty with
the United States in order to improve the
commercial relations; also they want to
revise the constitution and to allow for-
eigners the right of suffrage.
RAFAEL MONTORO.
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The plural vote proposition has been ve-
toed by Carrera Justiz. It was favored by
Montoro, Coronado, Crowder, Winship and
Schoenrich, but opposed by Sarrain, Zayas,
Garcia Kohly, Viondi, Reguferos, Carrera
Justiz, and Juan Gualberto Gomez. The
Americans were in favor of the plural vote,
but they were overruled.
As noted, two Cuban and three Amer-
ican members of the committee favored the
proposal, while seven Cubans opposed. it.
The supporters of the proposal argued the
need of giving more influence to the edu-
cated and property holding classes in view
of the predominance of illiterates in the
island.
Juan Alberto Gomez is strongly op-
posed to allowing foreigners to have any
voice whatsoever in Cuban affairs, while
Rafael Montoro favors the foreign vote.
Zayas and Sarrain are also opposed to
the foreign vo*e. They say that grant-
ing the vote to foreigners will be a seri-
ous menace to their party, as in the city
of Havana there are but 20,000 Cubans
who would be eligible to vote, while
there are 32,000 foreigners who would be
eligible, most of them Spaniards, who
would form a compact party and give
the victory to whom thew chose.
REVISION DESIRED OF THE ELECTION LAWS.
As one-half the population of Cuba con-
sists of negroes, nearly all illiterate, the
necessity of preventing them from getting
control at the polls naturally engages the
thought of the commission now revising
the election laws.
The proposal to permit plural voting by
taxpaying citizens being defeated by the
liberal members of the commission—the
negroes being their adherents—it was pro-
posed to permit foreigners who own prop-
erty to vote at municipal elections after
five years’ residence.
A special cable despatch from Havana
shows that clamorous opposition to this
is made in liberal strongholds throughout
the island. The negroes are particularly
bitter in opposing this proposal to give
foreigners a voice in selecting the local
officials by whom their property is taxed.
The negro leader, General Estenov, is re-
ported as saying:—“If the Americans try
to force this on us we will declare war and
ask the Japs to help us whip ’em.”—New
York Herald, March 13, 1907.
The taking of a complete census of Cuba,
has been agreed to by the liberal leader,
whose following are in a great hurry for
the elections to be held. Liberal leaders
are convinced that a census is necessary
as a basis to ascertain the qualified voters.
None has been taken since the last Ameri-
can occupation. As the enumeration is to
be thorough it will take several months to
complete.
Gonzalez Lanuza’s statement that so far
the “Platt amendment has only served to
repress trouble, but should be made to
prevent it as well,” is the basis of his plat-
form, and is approved by the conservative
party.
FINANCIAL
There is every reason to expect heavy
investments of foreign capital during 1907.
—W. A. Merchant, in Dinero, a. Cuban fi-
nancial journal.
CUBAN SECURITIES STRONG.
It would probably not be incorrect to
state that the year 1906 added to the in-
trinsic worth of Cuban railway securities
as a whole.
In spite of the poor sugar and tobacco
crops railway earnings for the fiscal year
ended June 30 showed a substantial im-
provement over those of the previous year
and since the date mentioned have prob-
ably well maintained the increase.
There have been considerable fluctuations
in the price of railway stocks, among the
causes contributing to which may be men-
tioned :
The political disturbances in September.
Intervention by the United States.
Speculative activity.
High money towards the year end.
Most of the railway stocks are traded
in On One or more of the world’s large
exchanges. Steps are being taken to have
the preferred shares of the Cuba R. R. Co.
listed in New ork, London and Havana.
Bond issues of the railways have fluctu-
ated within relatively narrow limits, being
mainly affected by the world’s monetary
stringency.
The insurrectionary movement did virtu-
ally no damage to property, it being more
of the nature of a demonstration. The ac-
tion of the U. S. Government has given
most investors confidence as to the future.
The possibility of the establishment of
a protectorate or annexation lends an ad-
ditional speculative value to ‘Cuban se-
curities, especially those uf the Government.
CUBA, THE WEALTHIEST SMALL COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD, SAYS EDMUND G. VAUGHAN,
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL BANK
OF CUBA.
“T honestly believe that Cuba is the
wealthiest small country in the world,
so far as natural resources go. You will
observe that despite the many wars and
revolutions she has encountered, each
time she has regained her feet in an
astonishingly short space of time.
12 THE CUBA REVIEW
And Bulletin.
“Such has always been her
since the time of Coiumbus.
dation is on the naked rock. It cannot
be shaken. I am positive that the credit
of the island has been completely con-
served.
history
Her foun-
NEW BUILDINGS
AND CONSTRUCTION WORK
Appropriations have been made for pub-
lic works and a road will be laid between
Manzanillo and Calicito.
Another highway will be laid from Santa
Clara to Camajuani, and Sr. Vicente Abreu
has given a piece of land for this purpose
belonging to his estate, San Antonio,
The ports of Cienfuegos and Matanzas
are going to be very much improved, Gov.
Magoon having authorized a credit of
$194,000 for that purpose.
The naval authorities in Cuba have been
officially informed that wireless stations
have recently been opened at Fisherman’s
Point (Guantanamo Bay) and at Guan-
tanamo City also.
Postmaster Fernandez of Havana an-
nounces that excellent communication has
been established by wireless between the
Isle of Pines and Cabafias.
The new postofice in Havana will be
built on the lot where the Marti Theatre
now stands. Major Black, Major Greble
and Major Kean will make arrangements
to have the work finished as quickly as
possible.
A “memoria” issued by the Provincial
Governor Emilo Nufiez, is dated December,
1906, and is devoted to a description of
minor public works completed during the
year.
In the main these reports are of new
highways, streets, fences, drains and bridges
in Havana Province. The illustrations
accompanying the memorial, show these
roads, and also some very pretentious
bridges, spanning rivers and ravines. It
is the intention of the government to con-
tinue these improvements wherever needed.
The Cuban Central Railways, Limited.
is considering the construction of a
wharf in the port of La Isabela similar
to one built by the same company in
Cienfuegos. If this scheme is carried
out big ships may anchor near the wharf
and take on and discharge cargo or
freight more rapidly.
The Provisional Governor has author-
ized a credit of $50,500 to lay a cart road
from La Gloria to the Viaro wharf in
the province of Camaguey. Orders have
been issued to build bridges across the
rivers Sagua la Chica and Camajuani,
along the highway between Camajuani
and Santa Clara. Another bridge will
be placed over the River Hanabanilla. A
project or plan for the construction of a
cart road from Matanzas to Canasi was
recently passed upon favorably, and also
a plan for a bridge across the river of
the same name. All these improvements
will cost $70,000.
Santa Clara has petitioned Governor
Magoon through a deputation of planters
to make needed improvements and bet-
ter the communication between that
province and Cienfuegos. The Manicar-
agua Vallev is a beautiful region of gar-
dens, and most fertile, but there are no
telephones, telegraphs or cart roads to
connect that region with Cienfuegos or
Santa Clara at present.
The telegraph station at Cifuentes in
Santa Clara province is open for busi-
ness.
over
RAILWAY MATTERS
Romualdo Fernandez has proposed to the
city council a plan for the constructicn of
a new electric line, fares of four cents in-
stead of seven, as heretofore. The current
would be supplied from the Havana Gas
and Electric Company,
HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO.
At the adjourned annual meeting of the
Havana Electric Railway Company, held
March 6 at the company’s office at 52 Broad-
way, New York City, an entirely new
board of directors was elected and an in-
vestigation of the financial condition of
the company by expert accountants was
ordered. This is a victory for the Cuban
interests in the company, which have been
represented here by Frank Steinhart, Con-
sul-General for the United States at Ha-
vana. Instead of being represented on
the board by only one director, they now
have four of the eight directors.
The new directors are: Warren Bicknell,
a traction man of Cleveland; David T.
Davis, Robert Mather of the Rock Island
Railway; Walter G. Oakman of the Guar-
antee Trust Company; James Rattray of
Speyer & Co.; Samuel San Miguel, Henry
Runken Carlos Zaldo, and Frank Stein-
hart, the last four representing Cuban stock-
holders. H. L. Ashley, who was secretary |
and treasurer of the old board, was re-
elected. The directors will meet at a later
date to appoint the new officers of the
company. The old directors were Edward
Hanson, president; W. L. Bull, vice-presi-
dent; E. P. Bryan, George B. Hopkins,
William Gray, and N. Gelats.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 13
AGRICULTURE AND LABOR
GRAPE-FRUIT MARMALADE AND JELLY IN
DEMAND.
A woman has discovered that grape-fruit
makes a good marmalade. This sells in
New York City for 35 cents a jar, as does
the grape-fruit jelly. Both are beautiful in
coloring, being a delicate pale yellow.—
New York Times.
CUBAN BANANAS BRING HIGH PRICES.
Red bananas are double the price of the
yellow, which is now a staple all-the-year-
round fruit. The reds are _ considerd
- finer than the yellow and are more difficult
to obtain. They do not yield as well, and
come from Cuba on sailing vessels, which
make them more difficult to find. The sup-
ply was affected by the war in Cuba, and
is only beginning to recover. It is prac-
tically impossible at times to find a red
banana in the market—New Vork Times.
JAPANESE PEANUT CROP.
In 1905 the exports were 3,147,422 kin,
valued at $129,860, of which the United
States took $98,470 worth and Canada
$13,341 worth, Hong Kong almost dropping
out of the market.
The true papaw of the tropics, Carica
Papaya. is not in any way related to the
cultivated and wild species of the United
States. It is called in the United States
“melon papaw” for the sake of distinction.
—Agricultural News, Barbados.
A HINT FOR GROWERS IN CUBA.
Jamaica oranges have a free run in the
United States markets from August till
November. The high duty, Ic. per lb., has
virtually killed the market for Jamaicas,
except during the three months mentioned.
The only hope for Jamaica is so to work
the orange trees that the fruit will come
in early. Then, in spite of the high duty,
oranges will pay——Journal of the Jamaica
Agricultural Society.
(For another article on Fruits and Vegetables see Page 23)
The True Paw Paw of the Tropics. Carica Papaya Grown on the Plantation of Mr.
Kydd at Ceballos
14 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
MINING
Consul Max J. Baehr writes as follows
on the mining industry of Cuba.
The development of mining in Cuba dates
from 1830, when companies were formed
for working the copper mines in the prov-
ince of the Oriente. There were exported
more than 600,000 tons, valued at over
$48,000,000, and this only from two mines.
Subsequently mumerous copper and iron
mines were discovered and worked in
Oriente, and manganese mines were dis-
covered in the same province, and naphtha,
gold and copper in Santa Clara.
In 1899, considerable prospecting was
done in the province of Pinar del Rio,
where it appears that coal mines exist. It
is also believed that asphalt and copper
mines are to be found in the same prov-
ince, and in Habana and Matanzas. There
is not sufficient knowledge of the real
mineral resources of the island to make
an accurate estimate, but gold, silver,
iron, copper, manganese, lead, asphalt, pe-
troleum, naphtha, graphite, amianthus, as-
bestos, zinc, mercury, and coal are found
in most of the provinces, but the richest
district is the province of Oriente, followed
in importance by Santa Clara, Camaguey,
Pinar del Rio, Matanzas and Havana.
The total number of mines surveyed, and
the boundaries marked up to December 31,
1905, was 386, containing 20,871 hectares
(hectare, 2.471 acres), divided among the
provinces and classified as follows: As-
phalt, 78; copper, 77; iron, 63; pit coal,
II; oxide of red lead, 1; manganese, 84;
gold, 13; graphite, 2; lead, 5; zinc, 2; as-
bestos, 1; other kinds, 49; total, 386. The
total area of the mining regions of Cuba
is 56.305 acres, of which 44,586 belong to
the province of the Oriente, 4,288 acres
to Santa Clara, 5,202 to Camaguey, 1,361
to Pinar del Rio, 444 to Matanzas, and
514 to Habana.
Only very few mines of iron, manganese
and copper, in the province of Oriente, are
in operation. The others can be considered
only as concessions waiting for funds for
exploitation. The administration, under the
law, can not compel the miners to oper-
ate their claims. The owner is in pos-
session to perpetuity, and at his own will
may work it or not. The only cause of
forfeiture is the failure to pay the annual
faxes.
The applicants for mines can ask for
one or several claims at the same time.
A claim (pertenencia) is 300 meters (984
feet) long, by 200 meters (656 feet) wide
(6 hectares, or 14.8 acres), except when
the mines are of iron, coal, anthracite, lig-
nite, turf, asphalt, or bituminous clays, when
the pertenencia is 500 meters (1,640 feet)
long and 300 meters (984 feet) wide (15
hectares, or 37 acres).
The taxes to be paid to the government
are $5 yearly per hectare, or $30 for each
claim containing 6 hectares when the mines
are of precious stones or metalliferous sub-
stances. In other cases the tax is $2 per
hectare.
The annual production of the mines actu-
ally operated, namely, 5 asphalt, 3 copper,
12 iron, 3 manganese, and 1 naphtha, give
a total output valued at $1,446,000, as fol-
lows: Asphalt, $122,900; copper, approx-
imately, $13,068; iron, $1,146,882; man-
ganese, $163,140.
COMMERCIAL
A new industry has been established in
Santa Clara for the manufacture of cement
blocks for construction purposes. The
manufactory belongs to Messrs. Ruano and
Company.
This 1s
Yuecea roots of about a year’s growth.
the variety which is grown for starch and is not
edible. It is extremely rich in starch and grows
well in all the Cuban soils the year round.
The vice-president of the Postal Tele-
graph-Cable Co., Mr. C. Adams, and
Vice-President S. S. Dickenson, of the
Commercial Cable, with a party of
friends, were in Havana for a few days.
Mr. Adams stated that by September next
the laying of a direct line between New
York and Havana will be carried out suc-.
cessfully. This will be a fast cable of
the best modern construction. It will ren-
der it possible to cable to London or the
Philippines within ten minutes. The rate
will be reduced even lower than at pres-
ent, which is about 15 cents.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 15
GENERAL NOTES
HAVANA CUSTOM HOUSE.
Collections for February, 1907. .$1,415,208.39
Collections for February, 1906.. 1,651,860.60
Wecrease in 1907 ©... 2 ccs: $236,652.21
Havana, February 28, 1907.
The tobacconists in Havana are still on
a strike. They demand to be paid in
American currency.
An extension of time to April I, 1907,
has been given claimants for losses sus-
tained in the six weeks’ revolution of 1906.
For some time past the cattle law has
been in controversy and cattle raisers in
Camaguey and Santa Clara have petitioned
Governor Magoon to repeal the law pro-
hibiting the slaughter of temale cattle in
Cuba. In view of these petitions the gov-
ernor has modified the law and the new
edict is now in effect.
Mr. Frank Steinhart is the United States
Consul General at Havana. It is said that
he will resign shortly to represent the in-
terests of Speyer & Co. in Cuba.
NEW BRITISH CONSUL.
Governor Magoon, on the recommenda-
won of the acting secretary of state, has
authorized Mr. Wm. Mason to exercise the
functions of British consul in Santiago de
Cuba.
Governor Magoon has authorized the
editor of the “Figaro,’ the poet Manuel
Pichardo, to accept the decoration of the
“Palms” awarded to him by the French
Republic. As there is no Cuban Congress
at present, the governor’s permission was
necessary.
A manifestation took place some Sun-
days ago to petition the governor to with-
draw the edict against cock fighting. Gen-
eral Monteagudo headed the procession of
500 men, on horseback, and behind him
came Nicolas de Cardenas, José Manuel
Nunez and Francisco Montalvo. Three
bands of music rendered patriotic airs, and
each horseman carried a _ live rooster
adorned with a red handkerchief. Upon
reaching the palace, a deputation presented
a memorial to Governor Magoon, who prom-
ised to consider their petition in due time.
The Coca Cola Company has met with
such success in the sale of that beverage
in the island of Cuba that they have de-
cided to erect a factory and manufacture
the product in Havana. The factory will
be situated in the suburb of Cerro, and will
be ready for operation in May.
Proprietors of Havana restaurants and
cafés who refuse to comply with the sani-
tary regulations are fined and compelled
to obey the new laws.
Peanut Harvest.
bear heavily and command a high price in local markets.
bought nearly $100,000 worth from Japan in 1905, and Cuban growers could supply this market.
This crop produced about $50 per acre above all expenses.
Peanuts Cuban grown
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 2I
SUMMARY OF SUGAR PLANTATIONS.
Showing Nationality of Owners, by Provinces.
American Cuban IDISUESe SICEUNSE,
PROVINCE. | Ownership. - Ownership. TO AIRS Total.
l2IA IME ora cee Blo D ESTO. eo 2 8 10 20
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MUG ANZ AS ees oretisin, eee 2 osi 4. uici cleo) cers 6 pail 28 55
Saba CUA say-tei.c sia sates ates 12 30 29 71
Puerto Principe.......--.....- i 1 il 3
STG Oly ates rete veds lets acscel cusea evel are 10 5 3 28
RG tale OOhrs crtec rite ane | 31 70 82 183
Mo tall GOG? sr.3\cicyshe\ays cis) ct oe 30 76 73 179
RELATIVE SIZES OF PLANTATIONS.
| 1907
| No. of
Plantations. Total Output,
Overme OOOO DALS = OULD Uta... cs rete fog sehr eed ets drat eeermo ut ie) eumcaverd lave wiavees 3 950,000
Benween: 150:000'¥and: 200/000) bags ‘outputs... 205... 520k oe Set ee a eee cue 4 | 705,000
of 100,000 nel OO OOMm ese PN lah ere art ere RCRA RETRO Soren | 25. 2,865,000
se 50,000 ‘‘ 100,000 ** esha aU NCE us, eet Sten AND Gets PN 61 | 4,077,000
oe 25,000 ‘** 50,000 ‘ BEATA isecwca avaboraye eh ayarcis Rita SrsGate sere 51 1,867,000
Under 25,000 bags....... Be Gr RCE SoG SEI eI eR atte ot nae Rape ~ 38 | 633,600
OE. EABUNGTIIVES 6 GO ices c Oo NBlO OOo SICA Teena Gael OF AICI eon ether Sione een A cece crer EO Oepyona 1
183 11,097,600
Average output 1906 of all sugar plantations in Cuba.................: Y.... 46,285
vo LGOG Sy oes a as under Cuban ownership...... 36,454
ve se 190G ee Se - ss American ownership .. 64,175
The largest plantation in Cuba is the Chaparra Sugar Company, with an estimated output for 1907
of 350.000 bags.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVE PLANTATIONS BY PROVINCES.
Output figured in Bags.
ENGLISH, FRENCH,
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PROVINCE. AMERICAN | CUBAN | SPANISH, ETC. TOTAL.
OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP
| 1906 1907 1906 1907 | 1906 | 1907 1906 1907
| | (est’d) | (est’d) | | (est’d) (est’d)
Havana 2). 129,921 170,000 333,525 427,600 533,415 735,000 996,861 | 1,332,600
mare elmMRiower |= sso cs. | eolkanisen 135,852 188,000 15,854 25,000 151,706 213,000
Matanzas . . .| 829.032 370,000 938,661 | 1,136,000 | 1,076,515 | 1,525,000 | 2,344,208 3,031,000
Santa Clara .. 680.885 885,000 | 1,109,159 | 1,408,000 | 1,546,894 | 1,837,000 | 3,336,938 4,130,000
Puerto Principe . 75,829 85,000 84,421 100,000 64,087 85,000 | 224,337 270,000
Santiago 709,588 | 1,368,000 168.937 247,000 | 409,465 507,000 | 1,287,990 | 2,122,000
Total . . . . | 1,925,255 | 2.878.000 | 2.770.555 | 3.506.600 | 3,646,230 | 4,714,000 | 8,342,040 | 11,098,600
Percentage . . 23 26 33 32 | 44 | 42 100 100
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
Bid. Asked.
HenublichomCubay wanernacent) bondseeecaareme rence a dtcee ee eee eee cecan eee cr: 10034 101%
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Republic of Cuba 5 per cent. internal bonds...............-2ece cee cee eer eee eeees Bo detes) 3
Havana City first mortgage 6 per cent. bonds........-....---0.eeee cece e ete e eee e eens 103 107%
Havana City second mortgage 6 per cent. bondS..............2...ss see e treet tees eeeetOS 107%
Cuba R. R. first mortgage 5 per cent. bondS...........2-.2 2c cee teeter eter e eee 84 91
(Chole Te TR aN ay eGR REYs In ashe cory CeIn een les iG Oiblo Ole ace Can ECRiioe Bod Gia Baie Sicrolo ao nomena ric 44 53
Cuba Company 6 per cent. debentures............c ccc cece cee ee cece ett nese este enes _— 12
Havana Electric consolidated mortgage 5 per cent. bonds................222. sess eee eee eee 86 89
HavanaselWlectric: preferred) (StOCkKs j ach css s+. c)s sclnie clei sss clersi ce + civ el cie sieleielstovele «c/s sie) ei) e's seliele 78 80
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR 96° TEST.
Fluctuation of Prices for the Years 1905-1906 at New York.
Broken Line 1905.
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ANNUAL SUGAR NUMBER.
March, 1907, of the
The CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin,
82-92 Beaver Street, New York City.
Province of Pinar del Rio, 37 San Cayetano Province of Santa Clara. 122 Hormiguero
1 Mercedita 38 Saratoga 123 Santa Catalina EAU?
2 Asuncion 39 ©6Feliz 77. Aguada 124 Andreita —
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i (ott 50 Precioso 90 La Ramona 136 Rosalia 162 San Manuel kencretoncen
ee 38 Tull 51 Dos Rosas or Jesus — 137 San Pablo 163 Chaparra _ CUBA
12 Porty ate 52 Progeso 92 San Isidro 138 Reforma 164 Santa Lucia
% Aferaetitee 53 San Vicente 93 Resulta 139) Hel 165 Boston
4 Providencia 54 Algorta ; 94 Carolina 140 Fidencia 166 Nipe Bay Co. WA
14¥4Amistad 55 Santa Catalina 95 San Lino 141 Zaza 167 Hatillo Ay APE)
ie Cacnien 50 Nueva Luisa 06 Cieneguita 142 Adela 168 Union ; (Sa
10 Loteria soa Ohmpe, 97 Rance Alto 143 eae Gueustin a aa Sebastian 4 170 gg PLANT owaato
4 57 Soleda io equeitio 144 San José ofia Yaeger
% Nemes de Dios 58 Santa Filomena 99 San José 145 Purio 171 Soledad Oana ay
19 Averhoft 59 Santa Catalina too Gratitud ° 146 Tuinucu 172 San Miguel
20 Santa Rita 60 Carmen ior. Maria Antonia 147. Natividad 173 Santa Maria
a1 San Antonio 61 Socorro 102 Esperanza 148 Vitoria 174 Isabel
22 Josefita 62 Guipuzcoa 103 Santa Teresa 149 Santa Catalina 175 Confluente
23 Gomez Mena 63 Angelita 104 Corazon de Jesus 150 Narcisa 176 Santa Cecilia
24 Jobo 64 Espana to5 Santa Rosa 15t Jatibonico 177 Los Canos
30 Neuva Paz 65 San Ignacio 106 Unidad i iy 178 Romelie
66 Tinguaro 107 Santa Lutgarda Province of Puerto Principe. 179 San Antonio
r 67 Reglita ToS Macagua 152 El Senado I anta Ana
26 Py Province of Matanzas. 68 Union " 109 Dos Hermanos aoe El Lugareno
2 Sane AEatee 69 Santo Domingo tro Dos Hermanos 154 Francisco Sugar Co.
8 Bley uan Bautista 70 Australia 112 Santisima Trinidad :
84Indio hs pants ais di 113 ee fi Province of Santiago.
x 5 2 anta Gertrudis II4 an stin 15414 Tranquilidad
2 fats Maria 73 Alava 115 Cems en Saikeas
3 Valiente 74 Mercedes 116 San Antonio 150 Dos Amigos
33° Conchita ae apeilo sae yore t 157 San Ramon
M Porvenir fas or Fuerza II HORE ete 158 Teresa
35 Majagua ABuedita 119 Sele a 159 Isabel
1) A ; 80%Dulce Nombre 120 Sole ait 160 Niquero
81 Occitania 121 Manuelita 161 Cape Cruz
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 23
THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SITUATION IN SAN CRISTOBAL.
Thorough Cultivation Necessary in Citrus Fruit Groves in Times of Drouth.
Fertilizer Keeps Trees Thriving. Interesting Experiments with
Different Systems of Pineapple Planting and Results.
BYES: EARLE:
San Cristobal, on the Western Railway, and the present western terminus of the
government turnpike or “colzada,’ over which the Cuban automobile races are run, is
the center of a considerable American settlement. Citrus fruits, pineapples and vege-
tables are here the principal interests. Most of the citrus groves here, as well as else-
where in Cuba, are showing the effects of the prolonged drouth. This locality has had
no rain for over three months. This would be a hard strain on young trees under any
circumstances, but this winter it is especially severe, since the October storm loosened
the trees in'the ground, and in some cases even breaking and twisting the roots. All
fresh tender growth was whipped off by the wind, and much of the foliage was in-
jured. The trees were, therefore, not in a condition to stand drouth well. They have
made no winter growth and the leaves look yellow. In some cases the leaves are
falling badly, but this is usual where the roots have been further injured by grubs—
the larvae of the green orange beetle. It is probable that this injury will only be
temporary, but groves everywhere should receive abundant applications of fertilizer
and good cultivation in order to get them over this setback as promptly as possible.
It is to be noted that groves where winter vegetables have been planted and which
have consequently received an extra amount of fertilizer and cultivation, are in distinctly
better condition than those that have not received this extra attention. The oldest
groves bore a few fruits this year, as in only too many cases among the earlier plant-
ings in Cuba the unreliable nurseryman has gotten in his work and varieties are not
all true to name. One block of thirty acres was noted, that was planted for Dancy
Tangerine, but which proved to be a particularly worthless little seedling of the
Mandarin type. It will all have to rebudded.
The very dry winter has been hard for the vegetable growers, as very few of
them are equipped for irrigation. The lands in this region are mostly rather high
and well drained and they do not seem to stand drouth. Those who got their tomatoes
in early have shipped fairly good crops at satisfactory prices.
The well drained character of these lands, which in this year of exceptional
drouth has made them a little difficult for citrus fruits and vegetables seem to fit
them admirably for pineapples. Although no fertilizer has been used, the plants have
made a larger, thriftier growth than is usual on the red lands of the pineapple district
near Havana. They are blooming freely and promise an abundant crop of fine pines.
Some interesting experiments have been tried here with different systems of planting.
Some of the earlier plantings were made with nine closly planted rows on wide beds,
according to a system sometimes followed in Florida. The results have not been sat-
isfactory.. The plants have not grown as well as when given more room and the
fruit has not carried as well. The middle row -has been cut out from most of- these
beds, which has helped to some extent, but it is still unsatisfactory. Most of the plant-
ing has been made with double rows on narrow beds. This system has given good
satisfaction. It has been noted, however, that the pines grown an single rows average
slightly larger and carry rather better than those on double rows. As the single row
can be cultivated cheaper than the double row it will, on the whole, be found more
satisfactory, though, of course, there are a less number of plants per acre. Plantings
of pines are being considerably increased here, and it promises to become an im-
portant center for this industry.
ae CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Specially written for THE CUBA REVIEW by the URNER-BARRY COMPANY.
‘Vegetables have been arriving very freely from Cuba during the past month, but
a taterial increase in the arrivals of Florida and other southern vegetables has ruled
lower prices for all varieties. Cuban receipts are expected to continue liberal through-
out ‘the balance of March and probably during the early part of April, but prices
will doubtless rule’ materially lower than the high figures obtained -during the winter
months. Some vegetables from Cuba are showing less attractive quality, especially
tomatoes, and the quality is not good enough to attract best trade. At present fancy
are selling from $2 to $2.50 per carrier, with choice $1.to -$1.50.. Peppers have been
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scarce and high for some time past, and the heavy arrivals from both Cuba and Florida
during the past week or two have caused prices to drop. Late sales of Cuban have
been in range of $1.25 to $2.50, few at latter figure and some even lower. Florida com-
mand little if any more than Cuban. Okra has been in limited supply and late sales
from $3 to $6 per carrier, according to variety and condition. Eggplants have been
plenty and market has weakened to $2 to $3 per crate, with demand light. Many lack
color or arrive more or less defective, and such stock often has to be repacked to
draw attention from buyers. White squash has been more plentiful and has eased
off fully s5oc., late sales making at $2 to $2.50 per box.
Onions have continued in very limited supply and have sold promptly at generally
$3 per crate, with outlook very favorable, as the market is generally in firm position.
The first important arrivals of potatoes have appeared at the close and expected to
realize $5 to $6 per barrel for choice, with anything poorly graded or otherwise unat-
tractive, low. Some potatoes have arrived in bushel crates, but unattractive, and unless
quality is exceptionally fine it would be more profitable to ship them in barrels.
The few pineapples received have brought extremely high prices, owing to the
limited offerings from other sections, but steamer being unloaded at the close brought
about 3,,074 crates, which is the first important cargo of the season which is now opening.
The stock is wanted and will command high prices, particularly large sized fruit,
which is most in demand. Sales are making from $2.50 to $4 per crate for sound
fruit, acording to size. The standard sizes are 18s, 24s, 30s, 36s, and 42s, and shippers
should pack the stock according to size, so that the pines will fit in the crates snugly,
which will prevent shaking and bruising in transit.
New York, March 14, 1907.
FRUTAS Y VERDURAS CUBANAS.
Escrito expresamente para THE CUBA REVIEW por URNER-BARRY COMPANY. de Nueva York.
Durante el mes pasado fueron abundantes los arribos de verduras de Cuba a esta
plaza, pero a consecuencia de haberse recibido grandes partidas de verduras de la
Florida y otros puntos del sur, las cotizaciones en general se han mantenido bajas. Se
espera que los arribos de Cuba continten siendo abundantes durante el resto del presente
mes y los primeros dias de Abril, pero los precios habran de ser sin duda mas bajos que
los cotizados durante los meses de invierno cuando la demanda era muy activa y las
existencias escasas. Algunos de los frutos recibidos de Cuba no son de calidad bastante
buena para que alcancen buen precio, especialmente los tomates. Estos se venden al
presente de $2 a $2.50 el cesto los finos, y los escogidos de $1 a $1.50. Los ajies han estado
escasos y la cotizacién alta por algtin tiempo, pero los grandes arribos tanto de Cuba
como de la Florida durante las dos ultimas semanas, han causado una baja en los precios.
Las tltimas ventas que se hicieron de los de Cuba, se cotizaron de $1.25 a $2.50, reali-
zandose algunas partidas 4 un precio menor. Los de la Florida no alcanzaron mas alto
precio que los de Cuba. Escasa ha sido la existencia de quimbomb6, habiéndose cotizado
recientemente de $3 4 $6 el cesto, segtin la clase y estado del fruto. Abundante era la
existencia de berengenas, cotizandose de $2 4 $3 el huacal, con poca demanda, pues la
mayor parte del fruto llega descolorido y en mas 6 menos mala condicién, siendo necesario
en muchos casos reempacarla para llamar la atencidn de los compradores. Grandes han
sido las existencias de calabaza blanca, bajando la cotizacién unos 50 centavos, pues las
ultimas ventas se hicieron a razon de $2 a $2.50 la caja.
Las cebollas han continuado estando escasas, por cuya razon la demanda era muy
activa y la cotizacion firme a $3 el huacal, habiendo indicios de que los precios suban por
ser activa la demanda. A ultima hora hubo un importante arribo de papas, esperandose
venderlas 4 razon de $5 a4 $6 el barril de las escogidas junto con algunas algo inferiores
cuya diferencia en precio es insignificante. Algunas papas han venido empacadas en
huacales pequefios, pero su aspecto no es atractivo, y 4 menos que resulten dé calidad
excepcional, seria mejor que las hubieran embarcado embarriladas.
El escaso numero de pifias que se han recibido ultimamente se vendio a muy altos
precios debido 4 la poca existencia de esa fruta, pero un vapor que esta descargando en
estos momentos ha traido unos 3,674 huacales que es la primera partida de importancia
que se ha recibido en la temporada que comienza ahora. La demanda es muy grande y
los precios seran muy subidos, especialmente por la fruta grande, que es la mas apetecida
Se estan verificando ventas a razon de $2.50 a $4 el huacal por las sanas segun tamafio.
Los tamafios corrientes son 18, 24, 30, 36 y 42, y los exportadores empacaran la fruta
segtin su tamafio, de modo que las pifias queden desahogadas en los huacales y se evite
asi el que se lastimen en el transito.
Nueva York, 14 de Marzo de 1907.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 25
ANNUAL CUBAN SUGAR REVIEW.
Specially written for THE CUBA REVIEW by WILLETT & GRAY, of New York.
_Taking a retrospective review of the general situation and conditions of sugar
during the year 1906, we find several features of interest which may have been pre-
viously overlooked. Take, for instance, the notable increase of consumption of sugar
in the United States, reaching 2,864,013 tons, being an increase of 231,797 tons over
1905, and making necessary every ton of sugar produced in Cuba and all that could be
produced in all possessions having duty advantages with the United States proper,
and requiring beyond these amounts some 535,870 tons of full duty paying foreign
sugars.
The varieties of climate and uncertainties of crops in the United States are well
shown in a decrease of 100,000 tons in the cane crop of Louisiana and an increase of
about 125,000 tons in the domestic beet crops of the country. The increased con-
sumption constantly going on and not met from these two sources left a larger
margin for increased crop in Cuba for 1907 supplies.
It is already evident that whatever the amount of the Cuba crop may prove to
be, it can all be used in the consumption of 1907.
Prevailing conditions at the opening of the crop season stimulated an early
excessive production and corresponding early sales, throwing into the United States
an unusual amount of crop which may be felt in the way of much smaller offerings
later in the season. Large early sales naturally decreased values below the parity of
beet sugar from Europe, while the smaller offerings forthcoming later in the season
will restore values of Cuba sugars to the normal parity of beet sugar.
While Cuba is paying little attention to the value of beet sugar, it is a notable
fact that beet sugar in Europe is selling at about %c. per pound higher than last year,
which also will eventually benefit the planter who keeps his sugar regardless of the
present state of mind of the planter who is giving away all the benefit from reci-
procity. Much of the premature selling, which has caused the low prices in January
and February, was from fear of possible political and other disturbances in the
island, which fortunately have not developed. On the contrary, extremely peaceful
conditions have attended the making of the crop thus far and are likely to continue.
Taking the campaign of 1906-07 all together, the price obtained for the Cuba crop
will be higher than the price paid for the 1905-06 crop. The amount of sugar required
for the consumption of the United States places no limit upon the production of Cuba
for several years to come.
This is unlike the beet culture of Europe, which has already in several seasons
exceeded the requirements of the world’s markets.
We may add a few statistics confirming the above. Cuba Centrifugals 96 test in
New York brought 3.64c. pound duty paid in January, 1906; 3.395c. in February; 3.482c.
in March, 3.456c. in April, 3.45c. in May, 3.52c. in June, 3.795c. in July, and 3.898c. in
August. The average value of the crop of 1906 was 3.686c per pound in New York.
Early sales of the present Cuba crop were made in December, 1906, at 3.86c. duty
paid at New York, at 3.513c. in January, 1907; at 3.416c. per pound in February, and
Specimen Cabbage, Eggplant and Kohlrabis grown in Cuba.
26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
at 3.5Ic. per pound in March to this writing. After a little delay just now to equalize
matters of supply and demand, while the market is standing still or receding a little,
prices will continue to show improvement throughout the campaign.
This is virtually guaranteed by the present aspect and outlook for the future of
the sugar situation in Europe, where the beet crop is turning out some 240,000 tons
less than last year.
REVISTA ANUAL DEL AZUCAR CUBANO.
Escrito expresamente para THH CUBA REVIEW por WILLETT & GRAY de Nueva York.
Echando una mirada retrospectiva 4 la situacidn y condiciones generales del azucar
durante el afio de 1906, encontramos varios datos interesantes que quizas hayan pasado
desapercibidos. Citemos, por ejemplo, el notable aumento en el consumo de azucar en los
Estados Unidos, el cual llegé 4 2,864,013 toneladas, lo que acusa un aumento de 231,797
toneladas sobre el habido en 1905, necesitandose para satisfacer la demanda todo el aztcar
producido en Cuba y en todas las posesiones que disfrutan de ventajas arancelarias con
los Estados Unidos, y ademas unas 535,870 toneladas de azucares extranjeros que pagaron
los derechos de aduana integros.
Las diferencias de clima y las incertidumbres de las cosechas en los Estados Unidos,
quedaron bien demostradas por la disminuciOn de 100,000 toneladas en la cosecha de cafia
en Luisiana, y por el aumento de cerca de 125,000 toneladas en la cosecha de remolacha
de este pais. El consumo aumenta constantemente, y como no puede abastecerse con los
productos del pais, se deja 4 Cuba un amplio margen para colocar su mayor zafra en 1907.
Es ya evidente que cualquiera que sea la ascendencia de la zafra de Cuba, toda se
necesitara para abastecer el consumo en 1907.
El estado de cosas predominante a comienzos de la zafra, did lugar 4 un temprano
exceso de produccién y 4 las correspondientes ventas prematuras que hicieron venir 4
manos de los compradores norteamericanos una gran porcion de la zafra, lo que ha de
resultar mas tarde en una notable disminucién de ofertas. Las ventas de grandes canti-
dades de azucar realizadas a los comienzos de la zafra, hicieron, naturalmente disminuir
los precios del fruto a menos de los cotizados por el aztiicar europeo de remolacha, si bien
las pequenas ofertas que se haran mas adelante, restableceran los precios de los azucares
cubanos a la par con los de la remolacha.
Aunque en Cuba se presta poca atenci6n 4 las cotizaciones del aztcar de remolacha, es un
hecho notable que dicho dulce se esta vendiendo en Europa cerca de % de centavo mas
en libra que el afio pasado, lo cual podra al fin y al cabo ser beneficioso para el hacendado
que conserva su azucar sin cuidarse de lo que piense el colega suyo que esta renunciando
a todas las ventajas que le ofrece el tratado de reciprocidad. Muchas de las ventas pre-
maturas, que causaron la baja de precios en Enero’y Febrero, se hicieron por temor a un
levantamiento politico en la isla, lo que afortunadamente no ha resultado, pues por el
contrario, la completa paz y tranquilidad que han reinado-en aquel pais han permitido que
las faenas agricolas se llevasen a cabo sin interrupcién, pudiendo esperarse que terminaran
sin dificultades.
Considerando en conjunto Ta zafra de 1906-07, los precios que se obtengan por la zafra
de Cuba seran mayores que los alcanzados por sus azticares de 1905-06. El azticar necesario
para abastecer el consumo en los Estados Unidos es tanto, que por grande que resulten las
zafras de los afios venideros en Cuba, siempre encontraran facil salida en este pais.
Lo contrario resulta con la produccion de azticar de remolacha en Europa, pues durante
varias zafras ha excedido en mucho a la demanda en los mercados de! mundo.
En confirmacion de lo expuesto podemos aducir algunos datos estadisticos: los cen-
trifugas cubanos polarizacion 96° sé cotizaron en Nueva York durante el mes de Enero
de 1907 4 3.513 cents.; en Febrero a 3.416 cents. y a 3.51 cents. la libra en Marzo y hasta
el momento de escribirse estas lineas. Lo probable es que después de un breve interregno
necesario para equilibrar la oferta y la demanda, durante el cual los precios se mantendran
firmes 6 con pequefias fluctuaciones, las cotizaciones continuaran mejorando hasta el final
de la zafra.
Puede esperarse confiadamente en que resultara asi, si se consideran los indicios que el
presente y el futuro de la situacién azucarera én Europa ofrecen, pues la cosecha de remo-
lacha esta resultando 240,000 toneladas menor que la del afio anterior.
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Broad and Narrow Gauge Single Expansion and Compound
LOCOMOTIVES
Compressed Air Locomotives Electric Locomotives with Westinghouse Motors
PLANTATION LOCOMOTIVES
For all Gauges of Track. To meet all conditions of service. Specifications
furnished on application
BURNHAM, WILLIAMS @ CO.
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. Cable Address: * Baldwin, Philadelphia ”’
Agents for Cuba, Krajewski-Pesant Co., Aguiar 92, Havana, Cuba.
Brick- Making Machinery
FOR LARGE and SMALL CAPACITY
Cheaper to make your own
bricks than to buy them.
Small outfit for one horse will
make 5,000 bricks per day, and
costs less than $200.00.
We ta
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= THE ARNOLD-CREAGER CO.
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. A.
Kestner Climbing
Film Evaporator
New Principles
and New Results
WRITE FOR CATALOG Az
Kestner Evaporator Co.
333 Walnut St. Philadelphia, Pa.
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AMA iA AA jh PW BA: antes eenvvrorrrvirtnn wm
Prensas de
Filtrar
para Ingenios
SHRIVER
Filter Presses
Write us for Cata-
logue, Prices and
Information.
_T. SHRIVER & CO.
814 Hamilton Street
HARRISON, N. J.
CARR CHEMICAL COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS.
GUARBESF LIMPIA SU CALDERI FLUJDO SANIEARIO ‘*:CRISOLINE”’
y libre de incrustacién 6 grasa con usar el | Es la mejor y la m&s barata locién insecticida
YM S AR AS 4 <- 7
ec roost pes ress er eae UR | para carneros en el mercado. Asegura la muerte
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los Estados Unidos lo usan y muchas de las | de las garrapatas y de la sarna. En forma
mas importantes casas americanas que se valen | diluida es un remedio eficaz para heridas, llagas,
de vapor. Mandenos un pedido como ensayo, | -
mijeto 4 aprobacion. Referencias en Cuba y | ate., tanto en hombres como en animales. Hay
en Puerto Rico. muchos en Cuba que lo usan.
Carr Chemical Company 208 Summer St., Boston, Mass.
KRAJEWSKI-PESANT CO.
32 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS
SUGAR MACHINERY
THE SNARE AND
a
Seer CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Mascary Construction
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
Weare prepared to furnish plans and estimates
cn all classes of contiactit.z work in Cuba.
N. Y. Office Havana Office
143 LIBERTY ST. LA LEAL BUILDING,
For cleanliness and durability,
our Cypress Tanks are unequaled. §
The workmanship and quality of
the materials are the very best,
and asa strictly sanitary tank,
it leads the world.
eee aaa > ©. B. STILLMAN
H. F. LEWIS & CO., Lid. : 92 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK
316 Baronne St , New Orleans, La. Bory MERCADERES, 22, HAVANA, CUBA
Contracting and Consulting
Mechanical Engineer on
SUGAR MACHINERY
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ARADOS
MEJORADOS Hench
PARA CANA Dromgold & Co.
DE AZUCAR ae
Arados Rompedores Perfeccionados Sistema de ‘‘Hall’’
TODOS CON RUEDA y CUCHILLO
. I—Tamafio pequeno peso, 110 lbs., Anchura del Surco,
mediano *: = -
regular
grande
muy grande
GUILD @®© GARRISON
Brooklyn-New York, U. S. A.
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BOMBA PARA PRENSAS DE FILTRAR,
Fabricantes de Bombas Especiales para Fabricas y Refinerias de Aztcar,
Bombas de Vacio de la Mayor Eficiencia, Bombas de Magma, y Bombas para
Guarapo, Jarabe, Miel de Purga, Agua Caliente y Fria, agua del Mar, Bombas
de Alimentacién para Calderas, Bombas para Cal, Aparatos de Miltiple
Efecto, etc.
ple ve on oo De ie i ee ee a ee
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Ceballos °si.cré..-
The following is quoted from
THE HAVANA DAILY TELEGRAPH,
Friday, February 8, 1907.
“Major Treat, inspector-general, returned from his
tour of inspection yesterday morning.
“The major was loud in his praises of what he calls
the ‘garden spot’ of Cuba, CEBALLOS, located on the
Jucaro and San Fernando railroad about seven miles
distant from Ciego de Avila. The major was much im-
pressed with the magnificent hotel, which he states
Was more than could possibly be expected; with the
beautiful flowers with which the place has been made
attractive, and the magnificent fruit to be seen on all
sides. The banner lemons especially attracted his at-
tention, which he claims are larger than a grapefruit,
juicy, and of splendid flavor and perfect in shape.
The citrus department of this colony, which comprises
thousands of acres, is under the able management of
Mr. W. C. Hewitt, a well known California and
Florida horticulturist, who has made a specialty of
citrus fruits for the last twenty years.”’
A 3-year-old grapefruit tree in the
Ceballos groves, and its first product.
The TIME to invest in Cuba is now
The PLACE is in the ‘‘ Garden Spot,” Ceballos
TheOPPORTUNIT Y is offered by The Development Company of Cuba, owners of Ceballos
Write for information to
Geo. H. Gillett Secretary, 43 Exchange Place, New York
BUCKEYE NURSERIES %! £xfi7F P32
ORANGE TREES
Largest Citrus Nurseries in the World. 800,000 TREES. Standard Varieties
True to Name. Clean, Vigorous, Well-Rooted. Have shipped 400,000 to Cuba and
Isle of Pines, all doing well. We guarantee delivery in good condition, and also
guarantee entire satisfaction. Why bother with amateurs? We can give you the
benefit of 27 years’ experience. Write for Catalog and information. M. E. GILLETT.
THE WINTER HAVEN NURSERIES
WINTER HAVEN, FLA.
WHOLESALE 80 ACRES RETAIL
The best varieties of “itrus Trees in Florida. Guaranteed to be well rooted, free from insects
and true to name. Send for Catalogue
NUEVITAS ae BARACOA
BERNABE SANCHEZ E HIJOS Succesores de Monés & Cia.
(Establecida en 1843)
J. SIMON & CO.
Importacion - Exportacion - Banca
Importers and Exporters
NUEVITAS, CUBA
Bananas. Cocoanuts, Oranges, Cocoa,
Cocoanut Oil, Hardwoods, Etc.
Direcciton Gelegrafica: SANCHEZ BARACOA, CUBA
Agents for Munson Steamship Line
Principal Commerciai Codes Used Sabrinos de. Horrera
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KODAKS IN CUBA
AT HOME PRICES
SEED’S NEW TROPICAL PLATES
Century and Premo Cameras
COLLINEAR LENSES
Developing and Printing Carefully Done
ARTISTS’ MATERIALS, DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
EL PINCEL
me 79 OBISPO STREET
Cable Address ‘‘ Pincel’”’ Habana HABANA
If you want to know about Cuba: Lands, Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit Growing,
Industrial Enterprises, Manufactures, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER ,3our CUBA
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale. He is, however, well informed concerning
Cuba and will answer freely all questions. No fee asked or
received; send only stamp.
WARD G. FOSTER
6037-38 METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Madison Square, New York City,
Manager Standard Guide Information Offices:
Jacksonville, St, Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Fla.; Washington, D, C.; Havana, Cuba.
New Standard Guide to Cuba
A complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of
all points of interest, and a concise Spanish-English manual of conversation. Richly Illustrated.
FOSTER & REYNOLDS, |! Madison Ave., N. Y. Paper cover, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00
SEEDS ke,"
WILL MATURE EARLY CROPS IN CUE
We make a specialty of supplying Vegetabies, Flower
and Field Seeds of select strains for Gardeners’ use.
We secure favorable freight rates from Denver. Seeds
are shipped by mail at 8 cents per pound. Our 120-page
Catalogue will tell you all about them.
Barteldes Seed Co. > >> Denver, Comm
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J.B. & J. M. CORNELL CO.
ESTABLISHED 1847
ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS,
AND MANUFACTURERS OF
CANE AND BEET SUGAR MACHINERY
MULTIPLE EFFECTS FILTER PRESSES
VACUUM PANS BAGASSE FURNACES
CANE MILLS GRANULATORS
CANE SHREDDERS VACUUM PUMPS
CENTRIFUGALS PRESSURE BLOWERS
EVAPORATORS SUGAR WAGONS
DEFECATORS TRANSFER CARS
CRYSTALLIZERS ENGINES AND BOILERS
CLARIFIERS SMOKE STACKS
Estimates furnished for the erection of Complete Plants (from
the ground up), comprising Mill Buildings, Motive Power and all
Machinery for the.manufacture of sugar from the cane or beet to
the finished product. Send all inquiries to
26th STREET and [Ith AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY, U S.A.
Hammonds “Thrip Juice,” No. 1,
Used for Scale on Citrus
20 years in Florida.
H RIP: Ke 1c! Keeps the Trees Clean. Note What is Said about Old Trees.
Cocoanut Grove, Florida, July 21, 1906.
MR. H. B. MARSH, Live Oak, Florida.
Dear Sir: I have been using Hammond’s ‘‘Thrip Juice’’ for the
past fifteen years. As a Scale destroyer it has no equal. It keeps
citrus trees perfectly clean and leaves no bad effect when used
according to directions. Yours truly, JOHN P. TOMS.
P. 8S. I find I can use two dippers full instead of one to the
barrel, on old trees, with safety.
A Good Thing to Have Around.
Mayabe Nursery Cv., Holguin, Cuba, Province of Santiago,
; August 3, 1906.
HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT WORKS, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Dear Sir: It has been a long time since writing you, but there is
a reason. At the time I bought your ‘‘Thrip Juice,’’ No. 1, there
were groves being set out and Secale had not manifested itself, but
now, with three years on them, they show the want of a spray. My
ten- gallon order cf three years ago has convinced me that it is a good
thing to have around the grove.
THOS. R. TOWNS.
TVS STI _33iN¢ dIYHL ~OS
m™
- Natural aa
Dletiied
Q@@THRIP JUICE KILLS. SCALE.
ee Re Hite 8
ILLUSTRATION, SCALE ON ORAN'
24-Prsste bole, stain he 1b- Mle
pecial Directions"
For Pamphlets on Bugs and Blights, address
MAKES i500 HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT WORKS, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.
- ’
Taber Ss Trees We have this year a splendid stock of Citrus Trees in all
the leading varieties. Our 1907 Catalogue contains descriptions
of these and a full line of Peaches, Grapes, Figs, and other fruits,
for Tropical Planting and a large line of Ornamentals. Tie ie a ee
G. L. TABER, Proprietor. H. Harold Hume, Sec. and Mgr.
Highest Awards on Citrus Trees and Fruit at recent State Fairs.
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries
Box 34, Glen Saint Mary, Florida
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MOBILE, ALA.
f NATIONAL BANKING
ASSOCIATION
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
Capital - ~ $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits (earned) 37,000.00
Deposits over ~ - - 800,000.00
This bank will accept all desirable business that is tendered tu it. The management earnestly desire that its facili-
ties shall be at the service of customers--with small or large accounts--on equal footing. Will lend small and moderate
amounts of money, with proper security, at very lowest interest rates.
lM. J. "icDERMOTT, President SIDNEY LOWENSTEIN, Vice-President T. J. O'CONNOR, Cashier
JAMES A. LEWIS, L, GERMAIN, JR., J. HOWARD SMITH,
President and Treasurer. Vice-President. Secretary.
Lewis Land and Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS
Yellow Pine, Cypress, Hardwoods of All Kinds
Mouldings, Casing, and All Interior Finish
Cable at a Woods" City Bank & Trust Building
Bouthards and A. B. C, 5th Edition MOBILE, ALA.
MOBILE TRANSFER CO.) Hote, St. ANDREW
«The Connecting Link”’ MOBILE, ALA. | EUROPEAN PLAN
Between the Railway and Steamship Lines of Mobile 150 Rooms
75 Rooms with Bath
Our representatives on all trains and Munson a ;
Line Steamers arrange for transfer of passengers 200 Room Addition will open January 1908
and check baggage through to destination. Centrally Located, Opposite Post Office
Offices: UNION DEPOT and 57 N. ROYAL ST. | A. DACOVICH & SONS, Proprietors
The Principal Hotels in Mobile, Ala.
THE CAWTHON |. THE BIENVICES
(FIREPROOF) (MODERN )
European, 175 Rooms European, 150 Rooms
$1.50 Up $1.00 Up
Both Hotels in Heart of City, Facing Bienville Square
H, W. LEINKAUF, Pres. C. H. BROWN, Vice-Pres. A. PROSKAUER, Cashier
Leinkauf Banking Company
Capital and Surplus, $265,000
Special Attention Given to Collections
MOBILE, ALABAMA
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| MOBILE, ALA.
° Agents at Mobile for Vacuum Oil and Swan & Finch
Rolf Seeber Oil Companies, and contract deliveries made. Full and
complete stocks carried of Packings, Paints and Supplies
of every description require; by steamers or sailing ves-
e.% sels. All mail addressed to our care will have our prompt
ip an ery and careful attention.
Watkins & Scott's Codes Cable Address: “Seeberg’’
Company Branch Stores:
108-110 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, La.,
MOBILE, ALA. and Gulf Port, Miss. (for Ship Island).
HOME INDUSTRY IRON WORKS
Engines, Boilers ana Machinery
Manufacturing and Repairing of all kinds. Architectural Iron and Brass
Castings. Light and Heavy Forgings. All kinds of Machinery Supplies.
Steamship Work a Specialty
MOBILE, ALA.
U. S. COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BALTIMORE, MD. NEW ORLEANS.
STEVENS BROTHERS aan
HEADQUARTERS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Se Se Geen eae PRODUCE
Commission Merchants 219 Poyd Street o NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Reference: Merchants National Bank and Com- oydras Street, ,
mission Agencies. Ship us. Baltimore, Md. 3
JOHN MEYER
CHICAGO. Commission Merchant
LEPMAN & HEGGIE Wholesale Fruit and Produce of every description.
221-223 South Water Street, Chicago, U. S. A, 117 Poydras Street, New Orleans, La.
WHOLESALE EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY
Correspondence Solicited ST. LOUIS.
KANSAS CITY, MO. GERBER FRUIT COMPANY
GINOCCHIO-JONES FRUIT CO. FRUIT AND PRODUCE COMMISSION
Correspondence Soncited: A Handle approved Con- MERCHANTS
signments, Tomatoes an ines.
20 years in business in Kansas City. 804-806 N. Fourth Street, ST, LOUIS, MO.
JOHN W. McDONALD
COAL, WOOD, LUMBER
and TIMBER of Every
| John Munro ®@ Son
Description
Steamship and 112 WALL STREET
‘ ? s Near South Street NEW YORK
Engineers Supplies Yard: 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basin
Telephones:
13 Conover Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hamilton
Cable Address: Kunomale, New York Engineers and Contractors
PURDY 6 HENDERSON, Inc.
‘ Engineers and Contractors
‘New York Chicago Boston
Cuba Office, Empedrado 32, Havana
Telephone, 196 Ham*!ton
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REVIEW
And Bulletin.
2I? WASHINGTON ST.
Otallistied M07,
New YORK,
ESPECIALDAD FRUTAS Y VEGETABLES CUBANAS
SECHLER & COMPANY, 538-540-542-544 E. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Para Pasecs Ccmo Para El Uso,
Fabricantes de Vehiculos de Primera Clase
ESTABLECIDA EN 1841.
Carrito No. 34.
Colgado sobre resortes espirales. Muy suave y cémodo
en sus condiciones ruantes. Recomendado por su
liviandad. A la misma vez construido de una manera
so6lida y firme. La construcci6n de su rodaje es
admirable. Tiene aspecto 4 la moda y mucha demanda
en nuestro comercio. Se lo suministra con fuelle, si se
lo desea. Tiene limparas, guardafangos, asiento ancho
y espacioso, con respaldo alto, entapizado y ecdémodo.
Bien construido, con aspecto liviano,
cuyas ruedas delanteras dan
earficter mejor posible.
suministram catAilegos y cotizactones c. f. s.
Telephone, 33 Hamilton
Night Call, 411 Hamilton
Tanto
pero sumamente
una vuelta completa debajo de la
Un vehiculo magnifico para los usos del campo.
en eval ier
Carruaje No. 6080.
duradero. Su rodaje es del estilo
caja. Resortes, ejes y ruedas son del
Precio médico. <A petici6n, se
fuerte y
nnerto.
Cable Address:
“Abiworks,’’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths,
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Summit Streets
SOBRINOS DE BEA & CO.
Bankers and Commission Merchants
Importaci6n directa de todas los centros
manufactureros del mundo.
Agents for the
Munson Steamship Line, New
Mobile.
James E. Ward & Co., New York.
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
Vapores Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co.
e Barcelona, Espana Independencia
Street 17/21.
MATANZAS, CUBA.
York and
Pipe Fitters,
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers. Iron and Brass Castings.
Blacksmiths, Coppersmiths,
teamship
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Box 186
Telephone odd
Maritime Exchange
215 Hamilton
YULE & MUNRO
SHIPWRIGHTS
Caulkers, Spar Makers
Boat Builders, Etc.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN
TIES, TIMBER, LUMBER, POLES AND PILING
Creosoted if desired.
EDGAR H. QUINBY,
68 Broad Street,
Prompt Deliveries.
New York, N. Y.
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HAVANA
COLLECTIONS
National
Bank of Cuba
Capital, $5,000,000.00
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
CUBA 27
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Habana.
Santiago.
Cienfuegos.
Matanzas.
Cardenas.
Manzanillo.
Sagua la Grande.
Pinar Del Rio.
Caibarien.
Guantanamo.
Santa Clara.
Camaguey.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF U. S. A.
THE TRUST COMPANY
OF CUBA
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
capita $900,000
Transacts a General Trust
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Correspondence Solicited from
Intending Investors
The Royal Bank of Canada
INCORPORATED 1869
Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation.
CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, . $45,500,000.00
Head Office, HALIFAX, N. S.
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
Chief Executive Office, MONTREAL
HAVANA: OBRAPIA 33, GALIANO 92.
CIENFUEGOS: MANZANILLO.
Branches in Havana, Matanzas, Cardenas,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UDMANN & CO.
Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Safe Deposit Vaults
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 1592163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
Established 1876
N. GELATS & COMPANY
Bankers
Transacts a general
business.
Correspondence at all the prin-
cipal places of the island.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
Office:
banking
Aguiar 108
Cable:
Gillett, Tampa.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Code:
Western Union.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for foreign customers.
| Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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HAVANA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA
Improved and accelerated service to all points east of Havana. Five trains
each way to San Antonio de los Banos and Guanajay. [our trains daily to Ma-
tanzas, Guines and Batabano, at which latter point connection can be made twice
a week with steamers for the Isie of Pines and ports in the famous Vuelta Abajo
tobacco district in Pinar del Rio. Three trains daily to Union and to Cardenas.
Two daily express trains between Havana and Santo Domingo, Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara and Sagua. Daily through express to Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de
Avila, Camaguey (Puerto Principe) and Sartiago de Cuba.
Parlor, observation and sleeping cars attached to principal trains,
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS, ADDRESS
VILLANUEVA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA, stat
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @ BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstanceb, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY C@
O’REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. O. BOX 727
The only American Store in Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
I. G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT = moLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the polces of Attorneys Customs Brokers
ot yana
? ris Cable Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
Ernest Lee Conant “CONANT”
ae oe Meteaderes 4 Officios 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH=-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bulle, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: “Bulle.”
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND TRANS=
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
RESTAURANT—“PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
Banco de la Habana
CAPITAL PAGADO 82,500,000 Oro Americano
Presidente <= -«
Carlos de Zalido
Ofrece toda
clase de facilidades
banmcarias
SSD ASSSSASSSSSSSSSSSASSSTSSSSSS 2
(SSSAS ASS Sz (SSSISSAAS SAS SASS ASS SAS aS SAS SS AS aS SS aS ASS SS SOE
THE HERRADURA LAND COMPANY
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
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BAR TLE cotoxv*cor™ CUBA
BARTLE is situated in Eastern Cuba. on the main line of the Cuba Railroad; on the height of land
400 feet above the sea. No prospective buyer bas visited BARTLE who afterward purchased and settled
at any other Cuban Colony. Many people owning property elsewhere in Cuba after visiting BARTLE have
purchased and settled there.
Has the very richest fruit and sugar land and no swamps.
Has four spring streams flowing through it.
Temperature ranges between 50° and 90°,
Has a train service and mail both ways daily.
Has well stocked stores.
Has the finest station on the Cuba Railroad.
ee more progress in one year than any other Cuban Colony
as in two,
SER SP
Has a new church out of debt, and the largest regular English-
speaking congregation in Cuba.
Has a good public school.
BARTLE LAND $25 TO $50 PER ACRE. BARTLE TOWN LOTS $100 TO $150 EACH,
Send for particulars and prospectus.
CUBAN REALTY COMPANY, Limited Head Office, Temple Bldg, TORONTO, OAM.
Offices at 149 Broadway, New YorH, and Bartle, Cuba
DUNCAN O. BULL he General Manager
The Finest of
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Limited,
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4H} General Passenger
Agent,
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CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad to.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him is my Specialty.
R. J. MARTINEZ.
M. J. CABANA,
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camaguey. Rio reat
Solicita correspondencia de todos los centros im- Se ae ae A MORRO CASTLE | Sts Tt
aes ; : | Vigia No. 6, opposite Hotel Camaguey.
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America. } Canernilisinronmation@ tcc
CUBAN SOUVENIRS, CURIOSITIES, POSTAL
CAR. ETC,
’
MARX & WINDSOR wo, won cee
Expert Examinations and Reports Gimber and Other Lands
Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Construction and Superintendence
P. O. BOX 114,
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern Sanitary Fittings.
Spacious Courts and Gardens. Especially designed for
those who wish to live quietly in a
beautiful district and in
AA MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
**‘Manager, Hotel Camaguey,”’ Camaguey, Cuba
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN, ® Sm 5 :Atant Dest
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS Grintna Ginerat Cargoer
BAGS AND BAGGING
Business Firms of Gibara | Lead
M. CUERVO Y CIA.,
un. Gibara, Cuba. } Inthe manufacture of Cooking Utensils
Telegrafo: “Cuervo. } and can completely equip the kitchen of
MANUEL DA SILVA E EIJOS&,
Banqueros, Importadores. Tabaco en rama
Cable: “Silva.”
ener rate Bramhali Deane Co.
Cable: “Torre.” _ Marina 2 | | 262-46 Water St., New York City
Cemerciantes Importadores de Viveres y
Ferreteria.
any establishment from the most elaborate
hotel to the humblest dwelling.
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THE CUBAN PLANTATIONS, Limited
HEAD OFFICE: BERLIN, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Write for particulars of our colony at CUPEY, in Santiago Province, Cuba.
INTERESTING FACTS FOR INTENDING SETTLERS.
CUPEY is on the main line of the Cuban Railroad and is but 65 miles from Nipe.
: Is thus not equalled in the matter of shipping facilities by any other colony.
CUPEY comprises land best adapted for the culture of sugar cane and citrus fruits—
free from marsh.
CUPEY is elevated and free from
45 to 9o degs.
fever and other contagion.
Temperature from
CUPEY has a daily mail service in either direction.
CUPEY has a good hotel now under construction.
LAND $20.00 PER ACRE.
This initial price will shortly be advanced.
A Limited Number of Town Lots FREE.
Land Agents Wanted.
Apply to Head Office—W. M. O. LOCHEAD, Secretary. Berlin, Ontario, Canada,
or to J. ENOCH THOMPS( YN, Sales Manager, No. 133 a
Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
| BUSINESS FIRMS
FARMACIA FRANCESA +
Importaci6n de Drogas Productos Quimicos y
Farmacéuticos. Aguas Minerales, Perfumeria.
é Viuda de Ernesto Triolet & Co.
Apartado 65. Telégrafo, Triolet. Constitucion, 49 y 51
MATANZAS ICE COMPANY
ICE-MAKING AND BEER-BOTTLING PLANT
Importers—Cattle and Horses.
GRAND HOTEL “LOUVRE”
Juan Escalante y Sobrinos, Propietarios _
Finest hotel in Matanzas. Faces Plaza. Favorite
for American families and business men.
OF MATANZAS
ALTUNA, BALPARDA Y CA.
(SsrenkG:)
Apartado 11—Telégrafo: SANGINES.
Tirry 12
Maderas, Barros, Carbones, Almacen de Aztcar,
Taller de Aserrio. Remolcador ‘“Yumuri.” Clave
en uso, A. B. C.
sa Edici6én.
A. PENICHET Y CA., S. en C.
Sucesores de José Zabala
Almacenistas de Maderas y Barros con Taller de
Aserrio Gelabert, frente al Muelle Principal
Apartado Num. 237, Direccién Cablegrdfica: Penichet
AGUSTIN PENICHET, Abogado.
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Proprietors, Miners and Shippers of
Eureka Bituminous Steam Coal
fate Building
-) 1 Broadway
OFFICES: 50 Congress St...Boston, Mass.
Balt. & Commerce Sts., Baltimore
Ocean Westmoreland Gas Coal
SHIPPING
New York, 6th St., f
WHAR’ES: City, N. J.
Philedelphia....Greenwich Point
Jerse
anton Piers
Baltimore
AND
[QUEEN & CRESCENT
| ROUTE.
W. A. GARRETT, Gen. Manager
Southern
Railway
Cincinnati
Direct to Cuba and Havana. Con:
nects with Munson Line at Mobile
from Cincinnati, Chattanooga and
Birmingham.
For Rates and Booklet address
W.C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
WILLETT & ; GRAY, Wechece and Agents
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
SUGARS
82 WALL STREET,
RAW AND
REFINED
NEW YORK
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade.
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES :
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacion y Exportacion de Frutos del Pais y
Comisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccion Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(S. en C.) q
Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery.
Telégrafo: Valribe. ,
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion. :
Cristina Alta 10 y 11. Cable: Illivega.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion. ;
Direccion Telegrafica, “‘Badell,’’ Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacién directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto ‘“Golondrina’” y “Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
: Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
st NST La aN SEES eee aco
Importacion. Exportacion.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pafia de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
ee ee ee eee
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
; Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza_de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address:
“Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box 2or
KRUM & CO.
Importers and Exporters.
Custom House brokers and general forwarding
agents.
Cable address: Krumco, Nipe.
AN TILL A.
NIPE BAY
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
Trees and Plants for Cuba
Citrus and Other Tropical Fruits.
Peach, Plum, Nut and Shade Trees
Evergreens and Flowering Shrubs.
CATALOG FREE
P. J. BERCHKHMANS COQ.
~*~ FRUITLAND NURSERIES
Established 1856 AUGUSTA, GA.
HENRY E. BROWN
Pharmacist
Shipping and Export Chemist and Drug-
gist, Ships’ Medicine Chests Furnished and
Replenished. Prescriptions Compounded
by a Graduate in Pharmacy.
Trusses, Surgical Appliances, etc.
Affice and laboratory, Room 36.
116 BROAD ST., NEW YORK
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ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Apartado 114. Mata.”
Ferreteria, Mnebleria y ‘Docels
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y DIEGO,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti
rr yyrse Apartado 24.
JUAN VIDAL LLANSA
Almacenista e Importador de Viveres,
Caibarién.
Apartado 94. Cable: “Didal.”’
R. CANTERA Y CA.
CS:en) €.)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28. Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
(S. en
Caibarién.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién,
Telégrafo:
Apartado 1o4. “Bergnes.”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Calle Justa Num. 27. “Iman
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Correo Apartado Num. 15. Telégrafo: “Arias.”
BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA (BRANCH)
Money transferred by letter and cable to and from
all parts of the world. Special facilities for col-
lections throughout the district. P. B, ANDER-
SON, Manager. Cable address: ‘‘Bancocaib.”
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CARDENAS
PEDRO M. MEDEROS.
General Commission
Cable: “Soredem.”
Merchant,
VILA Y HERMANO,
Constructores de
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y
de fabricacién de hielo.
Telégrama: ‘‘Vila.”’ Cuba.
YGLESIAS DIAZ Y CA.
CS: en’ Co)
Ymportadores de Maderas y Barros, con Maquin-
as de Vapor. Cardenas, Cuba.
Claves en uso: Western Union y Watkins.
Correo: Apartado 6. Cable: ““Tglesias.”’
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Building - New York City
Cardenas,
Beaver
los trasbordadores de cana al
Importer and Exporter.
Cardenas, Cuba.
MENENDEZ, ECHEVERRIA Y CO.
(S. en C.)
BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Cable: ‘“‘Estrada.”’ Cardenas, Cuba.
J. PARRAVICINI
Custom House Broker,
Cable address: ‘‘Paravicini.”’ Bas Cuba.
RAFAEL JOSE - REYNALDOS
Attorney and Notary Public.
Ayllon 48. Cardenas, Cuba.
VINA Y OBREGON
Comisiones. Representa-
Apartado de Correos
Cardenas.
Mercancias en general
ciones. Cable: ‘‘Garantia.”
No. 22: 2d Ave. y Calle 5.
A LOS SENORES HACENDADOS
La Companfa Ané6nima ‘‘Cal Larrauri.’’
vapor, s
rapidez y limnieza.
resultados, el estar sirviendo
con patente exclusivo,
siendo este el mejor producto de todos los descubiertus hasta hoy.
Defeca esta con una cuarta parte de las otras cales;
4 165 fineas azucareras su cal de defecacién,
fabrica cal viva pulverizada al
para defecar guarapo con
prueba sus grandiosos
de las que puede enviar
sus nombres y lugares donde estin situudas, para que estas informen de sus resultados.
Recibe ordenes en la Calle Real,
Apartado 7. Cable LARRAURI
No. 304, CARDENAS, CUBA.
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VINEGAR BEND LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Exporters
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Cuban Business Our Specialty VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U.S. A.
Daily Capacity, 200,000 Feet Cable Address: ‘“‘TURNER’”’
Codes: AB C, Feurth Edition; Southards; WatKins ; Western Union.
W. H. Bennett W.S. Walsh f. W. Hvoslof
Bennett, Walsh & Co,
18 Broadway, New York
Steamship Agents and Ship Brokers
Cable: ‘‘Benwalsh’’
“The Comfortable
Way” :
Between the East and the West is via
the Toledo, St. Louis and
Western Railroad
Clover Leaf”
Route
Rates lower than by any other direct
line. Send four cents in stamps for
copy of ‘‘Get Out or Get in Line,” a
booklet by Mr. Elbert Hubbard,
Chief of the Roycroft<rs.
WALTER L. ROSS
General Passenger Agent
Toledo, Chio
STERLING
Coal Company AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Will not only pe for youre Buty fo yOuE gest
° andchildren, for no one has lived to know the ag
GENERAL OFFICES: 2 an orange tree. Wehavea plan by which you can
secure one at the lowest possible cost, and if you
421 Chestnut Street, - Philadelphia, Pa. can give us a little of your time without a cent
29 Broadway, 2 é New York of cash, write to-day.
80 Church Street, New Haven, Conn. Cubitas Valley epee cates =a
14 Kilby Street : Boston, Mass, | 297 Dexter Building, Chicago, III.
Continental Trust Building, Baltimore, Md.
4 MountBirds
BS We can teach you by mail tostuff and
¢>5 mount all kinds of Birds, Animals,
> Game Heads, etc. Also to tan skins and
S$ make rugs. Decorate your home with
Colliery Proprietors, Miners and
Shippers of the
Powelton ‘Sterling Vein’’
Semi=Bituminous Coals
7, “ mounting for others. Easily, quickly
be
aN catalogue and free sample copy of the
° ° z beautiful Taxidermy Magazine — Free.
Steamship Fuel a Specialty | The N. W. School of Taxidermy, Ine. Seer st, Ste, Omaha, Neb.
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To
Eastern Cuba
ANTILLA, NIPE BAY,
NUEVITAS, PUERTO PADRE,
GIBARA and VWITA
Munson Steamship Line
NEW YORK-CUBA SERVICE
STEAMERS SAIL from Pier 6, Martin’s Stores, Brooklyn, every other Wednesday
at3 P.M, (On or about April 1, Steamers will sail from Pier—new—No. 9
East River, New York.)
st d t Antill
oO UTWARD See So mean dees ‘forenene
(Special train connection at Antilla, Nipe Bay,
with the Cuba Railroad Co. for Interior Cities)
Due Nuevitas, Tuesday
res — ~ Th =
HOME W AR Dar. anus Nive nas bee
Due New York, Wednesday
Munson Steamship Line
82 Beaver Street, New York
ASMUS LEONHARD, Frt. & Pass. Agt.
(New York-Cuba Service)
Cuba 76-78 Havana, Cuba
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REDUCED RATES
$20.00 One Way
$35.00 Round Trip
(First Cabin accommodations only)
Effective April 6, 1907:
From Mobile, every Saturday at Io a. m.
From Havana, every Tuesday at 5 p. m.
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE
82 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK
W. B. McDONALD
Freight and Passenger Agent JAS. GIBBONEY & CO.
(Mobile-Havana Service ) Commercial Agents
HAVANA MOBILE, ALA.
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Model 1904-1905
EGONQMY ite BOAST
Lillie Quadruple eYeet for Nipe Bay Co., Cuba (Model 1904-1905. Condensers
not shown). Capacity, 600,000 gallons cane juice per 24 hours.
Apply for reading matter and information to
The Sugar Apparatus Manufacturing Co.
328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
8. MORRIS LILLIE, President. LEWIS C. LILLIE, Secretary and Treasurer.
"Save Your Steam to Boil Your Sugar”
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‘‘The Garden
CDALIIOSN - spot of Cuba’
The following is quoted from
THE HAVANA DAILY TELEGRAPH,
Friday, February 8, 1907.
“Major Treat, inspector-general, returned from his
tour of inspection yesterday morning.
“The major was loud in his praises of what he calls
the ‘gurden spot’ of Cuba, CEBALLOS, located on the
Juearo and San Fernando railroad about seven miles
distant from Clego de Avila. The major was much Im-
pressed with the magnificent hotel, which he states
Was more than could possibly be expected; with the
benutiful flowers with which the place has been made
attractive. and the magnificent fruit to be seen on all
sides. The banner lemons especially attracted his ate
tention. which he claims are larger than a grapefruit,
juicy, and of splendid flavor and = perfeet in shape.
The citrus department of this colony, which comprises
thousands of acres. is under the able management of
Mr. W. C. Hewitt, a well known Californian and
Florida horticulturist. who has made a_ specialty of
eltrus fruits for the last twenty years.’’
A 38-year-old grapefrult tree in the
Ceballos groves, and its first product.
The TIME to invest in Cuba is now
The PLACE is in the “‘ Garden Spot,” Ceballos
TheOPPORT UNIT Y is offered by The Development Company of Cuba, owners of Ceballos
Write for information to
Geo. H. Gillett Secretary, 43 Exchange Place, New York
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If you come to Cuba that WE LOAN KODAKS
FREE OF CHARGE, and after you have taken the
pictures that the EXPERTS in our DEVELOPING
AND PRINTING DEPARTMENT will deliver to
you the most artistic work possible to obtain. Be
sure and ask for our attractive booklet “OF IN-
TEREST TO TOURISTS.”
HARRIS BROS. CO.
O'REILLY 104-108 - - HABANA
If you want to know about Cuba: Lands, Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit Growing,
Industrial Enterprises, Manufactures, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER ,3oUr CUBA
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale. He is, however, well informed concerning
Cuba and will answer freely all questions. No fee asked or
received; send onlystamp.
WARD G. FOSTER
6037-28 METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Madiscn Square, New York City.
Manager Standard Guide Informaticn Offices:
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Fia.; Washington, D. C.; Havana, Cuba.
New Standard Guide to Cuba
A complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of
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Agents for Cuba, Krajewski-Pesant Co., Aguiar 92, Havana, Cuba.
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Largest Citrus Nurseries in the World. 800,000 TREES. Standard Varieties
True to Name. Clean, Vigorous, Well-Rooted. Have shipped 400,000 to Cuba and
Isle of Pines, all doing well. We guarantee delivery in good condition, and also
guarantee entire satisfaction. Why bother with amateurs? We can give you the
benefit of 27 years’ experience. Write for Catalog and information. M. E. GILLETT.
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L A GL ORI A the largest American towm in Cuba, the center of the American
Colonies in the Cubitas Valley. Nearly 1,000 American resi-
dents. Thousands of acres already in orange groves and pineapple plantations. Town lots
in La Gloria have advanced in price 500% in the past five years. An opportunity of a
lifetime. Many choice locations left, which can be secured by those who purchase soon.
Plantations of five, ten, twenty and forty, acres on easy payments on the installment plan.
For Particulars, address
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No. 32 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY
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The Cuba Railroad
This new line completing the railroad connection between Havana and Santiago, and Antilla,
on the Bay of Nipe, is of standard gauge and similar in its construction and equipment to the better
class of northern lines. All of its important bridges are of steel and masonry, and the line generally
is rock-ballasted. The main line passes along the center of the eastern and wider half of Cuba and
opens up a matchless and most picturesque agricultural region, and passes through the tropical forests
of mahogany, cedar, lignum vite, ebony and many other trees, hung with vines and millions of
orchids. Palm trees of magnificent aspect and great variety abound everywhere. The famed Pa-
rana and Guinea grasses, covering most of the open districts and standing from six to twelve feet
high and green the year round, together with frequent run-
ning streams, make this an ideal cattle country. No food
has to be put up and no shelter is required, The rich soils
everywhere are adapted to sugar, tobacco, cotton, corn and
an endless variety of products. The swamps which occur
at places along the coasts of Cuba are absent from the inter—
ior, which is high, dry and exceptionally healthy. The trade
winds blow across Cuba every day, and bring to all parts
fresh sea air; the extreme heat of northern summers is con-
sequently unknown and the humidity of other tropical coun-
tries is also unknown.
The Cuba Railroad Company’s Hotel Camagiiey, at
Camagiiey (formerly Puerto Principe) is by far the most
popular resort in Cuba, Spanish in style, and provided with
bath rooms and other modern conveniences, and is first-class
in all respects.
This old city has about 40,000 inhabitants, is pictures-
que and is situated in a beautiful and remarkably healthy
district. The hotel is especially favored by those wishing
to spend some weeks or months in a matchless sub-tropical
climate.
Map of The Cuba Railroad.
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Contents of This Number
AGRICULTURAL and Notes from American Colonies—
A Visit to Itabo, with full-page illustration. Pages 14 and 15.
A Visit to Ceballos. Pages 16 and 17. Other subjects on same pages are:
Popularity of Grape-fruit Increasing; Bananas and Limes Profitable for
Export. Diseases of Cocoanut Palms in Trinidad and Cuba. Notes of the
Present Severe Drought.
The Fine Oranges of Denia, Spain, on page 18.
COMMERCIAL ITEMS on pages 19 and 21—
CUBAN LAWS PASSED BY THE CUBAN CONGRESS. Page 23—
GENERAL NOTES. Page 22—
Electricity for Power Purposes in Havana.
Destruction of the Confluente Estate by Fire.
Association of Canary Islanders Formed.
Ex-President Palma to Make His Home in Manzanillo.
MILITARY NOTES. Pages 18 and 19—
Reorganizing the Military Forces.
The U. S. Army’s Field Wireless Outfit.
The Marines to Leave Cuba.
POLITICAL. Pages 9 and 1o—
Portrait of General Menocal, and numerous interesting notes reflecting the situation.
RAILWAYS. Page 21—
SUGAR. Page 26—
A Review of the Market.
U. S. NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA. Many Opinions. Page 11—
U. S. SECRETARY OF WAR TAFT IN HAVANA, and the results of his work,
on page 13—
SPANISH DEPARTMENT—
Fruit and Vegetable Review. Page 25.
Sugar Review. Page 28.
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ROSES IN CUBA.
Everyday in the Year. Directions for planting and for Cultivation. Choice
Varieties which are Constant Bloomers.
BY PROF: (G) F. AUSTIN.
Chief of the Department of Horticulture at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Santiago de 1 Vegas, Cuba.
While there are many choice flowers in Cuba, the rose is the queen of them
all for every day in the year.
At present Cuba cannot boast of her roses, but there is no reason why she
should not be able to do so, for they will grow in great beauty all the time, even
the most beautiful teas and hybrid teas blossoming in abundance. There is no
reason why the Pearl of the Antilles should not be a perpetual garden of roses.
The rose is very cosmopolitan as to soil and, while it does its best in land cori-
taining a good per cent. of clay, soil of this kind is not essential to success with it.
Roses must have a rich soil, however; they are not a plant for poor lands.
The soil should be well worked up before planting, so that it will be fine and
mellow to the depth of six or eight inches. An abundance of well-rotted stable
manure or other decayed vegetable matter should be worked into it. Be sure that
this material is fine and thoroughly decayed so that it will not fill the ground with
straw and coarse trash. After roses are planted they should have a good top dress-
ing of manure once or twice a year and worked into the ground. In addition to this
vegetable matter a good dressing of blood and bone or any good commercial ferti-
lizer, applied once in six months at the rate of one pound per plant, will add greatly
to their vigor of growth and flower. During long dry spells the plants should be watered
thoroughly every two weeks to keep them in continuous bloom.
Hoe roses frequently and prune freely. Do not be afraid to cut away the wood.
We have found that many of the more delicate roses do better when budded upon a
strong, vigorous stock. In planting budded roses set them so that the union of the bud
with the stock will be a little below the surface of the ground, in order as much as pos-
sible to prevent the sprouting of the stock, for if these sprouts are allowed to grow they
will soon choke out the bud.
Roses should not be planted closer than three feet each way, and many of the larger
types will want more space. The best time to plant is during: the months of March and
April, for then the rains soon come and start the plants into vigorous growth. Use strong,
one or two year old, field-grown plants, for they will give better results than smaller ones.
We have grown and tested many of the different types of roses, and it is in the tea
and hybrid tea groups that the choicest varieties for Cuba are found. They are constant
and profuse bloomers through the whole year. The following have done the best with us:
Bride, Bridesmaid, Empress Marie of Russia, Bon Silene, American Banner, Letty Coles,
Madame Vatry, Madame Lombard, Etoile de Lyon, Safrano, Kaiserin Augusta Victofia,
Helen Gould, Chestnut Hybrid, General McArthur, Mrs. Robert Garret.
On your lawn nothing will exceed the bright red color of the Bengals, for they are
always in bloom and are very showy and bright. Of this group the Agrippina, Douglas
and Louis Philippe are the best varieties. Among the Polyanthas, Perle d’or and Clothilde
Soupert have given the best results. The hybrid perpetuals, that are so successful in the
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
A Morning’s Cut of Beautiful Roses in a Cuban Garden.
North, have not done well here. They produce a few very choice flowers, but are very
shy bloomers. Paul Neyron is the best variety most commonly grown.
Many of the climbing roses do well and every garden should have the Marechal
Niel, for it is the best of them all. Climbing James Sprunt and Clothilde Soupert have
also given fine results.
To keep on blooming a rosebush must have the flowers cut every day, and in no
case must the roses be left to go to seed, for as soon as a bush becomes full of seed berries
it will stop putting out blossom buds until after the seed are ripened. Cut the roses with
long stems and in this way you will help to prune the bush.
Early morning is the best time for cutting the flowers, for then they are fresh and
handsome, and, if they are wanted for evening, they can be kept in perfect condition by
placing them loosely in a jar of water in a cool, dark room.
Flowers and Vines in February in Cuba. Joseph Rigney’s home in Preston, Cuba.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 9
Political
AROUND ABOUT CUBA.
Items Worth Reading Collected from Many Sources.
RAFAEL MONTORO SAYS CUBA NEEDS THE REST
CURE.
“What Cuba needs most,” said Mr.- Mon-
toro, “is the rest cure. The best way to
secure that is to continue the present gov-
ernment indefinitely. That will give the
people a chance to settle down, to resume
their former occupations, get many excited
people again in the habit of earning a liv-
ing outside of party politics and teach them
the advantages of peace and a good gov-
ernment.
“The great masses of the people of all
parties and all classes are in favor of law
and order. It is only the agitators and
their immediate followers who get up rev-
olutions.”
“Ts the present provisional government
satisfactory ?”
“Yes. It is giving satisfaction to every-
one who is not a candidate for office or
is not misinformed; to everyone who de-
sires the peace and tranquillity of the isl-
and; to all of the business interests; to the
property owners and the taxpayers.
“We have room in Cuba for 10,000,000
Or 12,000,000 of people, and even more;
it only needs peace to attract them here
for the development of the marvelous re-
sources of our island. A great many for-
eigners have come in since independence.
The foreign population has increased in
the eastern and central provinces more
than in Havana. A large number of farm-
ers from your country ‘have taken up land
in Camaguey and other provinces. They
have also gone into commerce. We have
more than $350,000,000 of foreign capital
invested in railroads, plantations, sugar
mills, tobacco factories and other interests.
Some of the railways which were formerly
owned by Spanish and Cuban capital, now
belong to English companies, and they earn
large dividends. Nearly all the foreign in-
vestments in Cuba have been profitable.
“The European powers have recognized
the right of the United States to intervene
in Cuba,’ said Mr. Montoro, in answer to
other questions. “The diplomatic corps as
a body has saluted Governor Magoon as
the chief executive power. They were led
by the Spanish minister, who is the dean
of the corps, and he read an address to
the governor. They have individually rec-
ognized his authority in other ways. The
British plenipotentiary presented his cre-
dentials to Governor Magoon only the other
day.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Morua Delgado, the colored senator,
expressed his views in an open letter
to El Eco de Panama, and his disap-
pointment that the American authorities
did not turn over the government io the
Liberals upon their arrival in Cuba. He
resents and condemns American control.
PROMINENT MEN OF CUBA.
Mario Menocal is spoken of as a_ possible
candidate for the Presidency of Cuba
should Zayas or Gomez withdraw.
Gen.
Gen. Menocal is not affiliated with any
party at present. He was graduated
from the Troy University, educated and
trained in the United States, and by pro-
fession he is an electrical engineer.
Menocal accompanied his uncle, Anicete
Menocal, to Nicaragua, some years ago,
where they were both commissioned by
the United States to make a survey in
connection with the proposed canal. He
took an active part in the Ten-Years’
War during the Cubans’ struggle for
freedom, and has won his spurs in the
army. After the evacuation of the Span-
ish forces in 1899, Menocal was appointed
chief of the police of Havana and re-
organized that force. 4
APPLAUSE FOR SPEECH URGING
AMERICAN SUPERVISION.
“Tt is indispensably necessary to specify
accurately and define our relations with the
United States, that the action of that coun-
try may be more efficacious among us.
The action of the United States, which here-
tofore has been merely potent to suppress,
must be made preventive.” Sr. Lanuza’s
STRONGER
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speech at a mass meeting of the Conser-
vative party.
This utterance of the orator was greeted
with the unanimous applause of the as-
semblage.
PLATFORM OF CONSERVATIVE
THE NATIONAL
PARTY.
A committee of ten representing the Con-
servative party recently visited Gov. Ma-
goon and delivered the programme of the
party. Senor Varona, the spokesman, said
in substance:
“Many Cubans who are certain that the
United States considers the interests of
all Cubans in an equal manner have de-
cided to form a party with a_ platform,
which we hereby deliver. The party desires
that the commercial treaty which is about
to expire be renewed on conditions favor-
able to both sides, and that as far as pos-
sible a permanent treaty with the United
States be made, and made so clear that
the Cubans will know the rights of both
nations under it.”
Gov. Magoon thanked the committee and
congratulated it upon its purpose, and said
that it was eminently correct in asserting
that it was the desire of the United States
to act in Cuba with equal favor to all and
without favor to any political organization.
—New York Sun.
ENGLISH IN CUBA EXPECTED LONGER PERIOD OF
AMERICAN CONTROL.
Members of the English colony say
the Secretary’s statement only guaran-
tees good business for a little over a
year, and that by the end of twelve
months it will be necessary to retrench,
owing to the uncertainty about the new
Government. It is plainly evident that
English interests anticipated a statement
assuring them a longer period of Ameri-
can control,
CUBA’S BUSINESS MEN DESIRE A CONTINUANCE
OF AMERICAN CONTROL.
The petitions sent out to Cubans of prop-
erty and those having substantial interests
for a continuance of American protection
are coming back to the headquarters of
the movement in Havana. There are
thousands of Cubans who would be willing
to sign these petitions except for the fear
that comes from identification with a move-
ment of this kind. One prominent Cuban
business man promptly signed the petition
at Remedios, and, sending in nearly two
hundred additional signatures, courageously
wrote as follows:
2 ye ate sie ee with you that an Amer-
ican protectorat® over Cuba with Cuban
autonomy is this country’s only salvation.”
There have been signers to these petitions
in all parts of Cuba.
THE ISLE OF PINES NOT AMERICAN TERRITORY.
That the Isle of Pines is not American
territory has been officially declared by
the Supreme Court of the United States.
The decision was rendered in the famous
case of Edward J. Pearcy vs. Nevada N.
Stranahan, Collector of the Port at New
York, and the opinion of the court was
announced by Chief Justice Fuller, who
said that up to the Paris Treaty the Isle .
of Pines had been considered as an integ-
ral part of Cuba, and that it could not be
held to be covered by article 2 of that
treaty, which included only islands in the
vicinity of Porto Rico.
The National Conservative party has
elected its executive committee. These are
the names: President, Dr. Enrique José
Varona; vice-president, Dr. José A. Gon-
zalez Lunuza; second vice-president, Gen.
Eugenio Sanchez Agramonte; secretary,
Col. Cosme de Ja ‘Torriente; . vice-secre-
tary, Col. José Clemente Vivanco; mem-
bers, Gen. Juan Rius Rivera, Gen. Emilio
Nufez, Dr. Rafael Montoro, Col. Manuel
M. Coronado, Dr. Pablo Desvernine; treas-
urer, Marques de Esteban.
CUBAN POLITICAL MURDER.
José Ayala, ex-Chief of Police of
Guines, Havana Province, was assassin-
ated at Guines April 3. The crime was
apparently political, as the victim led the
government forces in the vicinity of
Guines during the August revolution,
thereby incurring such enmity that he
went to Mexico, from which country he
had just returned.
The assassin, who was a member of
the late rebel army, escaped.
MINISTER QUESADA NOT A PRESIDENTIAL CAN-
DIDATE.
Minister Quesada will not be a candi-
date for the presidency of Cuba. It is
evidently his belief that his place is in
Washington.
RECEIPTS AT NEW YORK OF CUBA MAHOGANY
AND CEDAR FOR I905 AND 1906.
Figures supplied the Cusa Review. by
George F. Herriman, New York City.
I 19 015% IG ONG
Mahog. Cedar Mahog. Cedar
logs. logs. logs. logs.
jan. . .2,816 8o1r Jan. . .3,213 57708
Feb. . 796 7,724 Feb. . .2,024 7,004
March 780 15,964 March 13 7,653
April. 11,852 April. .3,897 8,500
May... 12 5.606 May . .4 155 smo
JOBE. oo. 2p 5, sds gee. anes 450° “7542
July: gi... 93,350 Julyo vo 12,717
Aug. . .2,411 3,401 Aug. . .4,146 21,923
Sept. . .3,950 5,262 Sept. . .1,068 11,818
Oct; 162 12,765 Oct. = .2,116 11,687
Nov. . . 809 3,896 Nov. . .2,330 14,790
Dec. . .2,803 5,177 Dec -1,029 15,756
14,628 88,350 31,063 136,449
Prices for Cuban mahogany ranged be-
tween 8c. to 12c., the highest price being
for the Santiago wood.
Cedar prices range between 11 and 14,
the wood from Santa Cruz, Santiago and
Mauzanillo bringing the highest price.
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THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA.
SPEAKER CANONS OPINION ABOUT CUBA AND
j CUBAN CIGARS.
Somebody asked Speaker Cannon, while
in Havana, what he thought about the
United States being in charge of Cuba.
sls here yet, isnt) ite) Min Cannom re-
plied. “We are not going to try to tow it
away. We wouldn’t be here if the Cuban
constitution didn’t provide for our occu-
pation and we found it necessary to come.
Solscuess its all right. The cigars are,
anyway. —New York Herald.
WORKING TO DEFEAT CUBAN AUTONOMY.
There is a peculiar mischievousness in
the present tactics of those who are con-
spiring to defeat autonomy in Cuba and
to compel continued American occupation
and ultimate annexation of the island. The
scheme of these conspirators, then, is to
play upon the proverbial timidity of capital
with tales of insecurity and corruption,
thus to impair the credit of the island,
frighten away investments and cause gen-
eral industrial and commercial depression;
thus, in turn, to provoke social discontent,
disorder and political strife, and so, finally,
to postpone to the Greek Kalends the res-
toration of Cuban autonomy.—New York
Tribune.
A PRESSING NEED.
The need becomes constantly more press-
ing for an official announcement from Pres-
ident Roosevelt that our stay in Cuba will
be governed by the wishes of the substan-
tial, order-loving and responsible people
of Cuba.—Tribune, Providence, R.I.
COST OF CUBA’S PEACE.
Extraordinary expenses to the United
States up to date, caused by the sending
of an army of pacification to Cuba, agegre-
gate about $2,500,000, according to figures
which have been prepared by the War De-
partment. The navy has made no extra-
ordinary charges for the part it has taken
in the maintenance of peace in the island,
but the marine corps has charged extra
expenses for the organization of a brigade
of marines to assist in preventing trouble.
—Kansas City Journal.
A QUIETING EFFECT.
Cuba will be assessed two and one-half
million dollars to pay for Uncle Sam’s
intervention last year. That ought to have
a quieting effect on any ambition Cuba may
have hereafter to disturb the peace—Kan-
sas City Times.
POLITICAL FREEDOM IN SMALL DOSES.
Instead of turning the whole machinery
of government over to the Cubans a sec-
ond time, they are to be given political
freedom in small doses. If they prosper
under this treatment the doses will be in-
creased in size until the cure is complete.
It is proposed that in June next the Cuban
people will be asked to hold general ‘‘mu-
nicipal and provincial” elections. This elec-
tion will be watched with interest, for
upon its proper conduct will depend the
proposal to hold a national election next
January for federal ‘officials —Cincinnati
Enquirer.
GEN. BARRY SAYS PEACE DEPENDS ON. PRES-
ENCE OF TROOPS.
Brig. Gen. Barry, commanding the Army
of Occupaticn, returned here April 2 from.
an extensive trip of inspection in the east-
ern section of the island. He says the
army is in good shape, and that peaceful
conditions prevail everywhere, and will con-
tinue so during the presence of the Amer-
ican troops and the provisional government.
He dwells on the quietude of the country,
but says that economically there is great
unrest.—Herald, Washington, D. C.
ANNEXATION DREADED BY ANDREW D. WHITE.
Andrew D. White, former Ambassa-
dor to Germany and Russia, has any-
thing but a flattering opinion of the
plan to annex Cuba and make it a state.
Mr. White has just returned from an ex-
tended trip to the West Indies.
“T believe the Cuban question a great
deal more serious that that of the
Philippines,” said he yesterday in a.s-
cussing the future of the island. “No
one would think of making the Philip-
pines a state, and I don’t see how it can
be done with Cuba. I dread annexation.
It would simply mean taking in a great
negro state utterly incapable of self-
government.—New York World.
“There will be general sympathy with
Mr. White’s objection to Cuban annex-
ation, but whether this objection would
be strong enough to overcome the mo-
mentum the Cuban question has attained
is a question events alone can answer.
That momentum might be greatly ac-
celerated should European credited
Powers insist that in simple justice to
them we should take over its govern-
ment.”’—Boston Transcript.
“Annexation is the only possible so-
lution of the Cuban difficulty. This
country cannot be continually annoyed
by the necessity of putting down Cuban
revoltions and bolstering up Cuban
governments. It should take possession
of the island and establish law and order
there for the world’s benefit and
Cuba’s.”—Chicago Journal.
A NEW CUBAN GOVERNMENT ADVISED.
Many foreigners in Cuba and also
Cubans themselves are agitating the
question of a United States protectorate
over Cuba. They say, and with truth,
that by establishing a provisional govern-
ment we assumed the duty of establish-
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ing a stable one. They say further that
as it has been shown that an independent
government is not stable, it follows then
that the government of the United States
must be a protectorate in order be
stable. Considering Cuba’s welfare alone
these arguments are true, but while the
island’s interests concern us deeply our
own must not be overlooked, and it
would be a grave injustice to our own
land to bring injurious complications and
tasks upon us, solely to benefit Cuba.
We have had enough of such colonial
experiments in the Philinnines, and it is
difficult to justify a new experiment
with Cuba.
Our way seems to lie plain and broad
before us, and that is to establish again
a new Cuban government for Cuba _and
with Cubans. While it may be well to
permit the co-operation of foreigners
in the government through the operation
of a new election system, our important
duty is to let the Cubans govern them-
selves. The right of oversight can still
remain ours, but it should not be exer-
cised except in most extreme cases, Elec-
tion scandals are rife in our own land
and it is a piece of hypocrisy on our part
to interfere, because of these occur-
rences and to declare the Cubans in-
capable of self-government.
to
The whole question simmers down to
this, that we should not expect from
Cuba any more virtue than we exhibit
ourselves. So long as we hold the opin-
ion that Cuba’s shall be a model govern-
ment, so long will we be disappointed.—
N. Y. Staats Zeitung (German).
THE POWERS OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
The electoral commission, which is de-
fining the limits and conditions under
which the suffrage is to be exercised, is
a distinctly extra-legal body, deriving its
powers not from any Cuban _ statute,
not from anything to be found in
the Cuban constitution, but solely from
the authority exercised by Governor Ma-
goon as head of the provisional govern-
ment.—Philadelphia Inquirer,
TO INTRODUCE STABILITY.
“Tt might seem that the only satisfactory
course were to have ready for application
a policy to let our foreign possessions work
out their own salvation under the control
of a ‘Resident.’ Such a plan would intro-
duce stability.”’—Indianapolis News.
ASSURANCES OF TRANQUILLITY REQUIRED.
The peace-loving and industrious peo-'
ple, who constitute an enormous ma-
jority of the population, must be as-
sured that their enterprises can go on
in safety and without danger of inter-
ruption—New York Sun.
Industries
of Cuba. 30xing Cigars
in
the Romeo and Juliet Factory, Havana.
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U. S. SECRETARY OF WAR TAFT IN HAVANA, APRIL 7, 8, 9.
THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION.
Despite the Cuban revolutionary commit-
tee’s demand, Secretary Taft refused to fix
a date for withdrawing the army of occu-
pation.
That the American occupation will last
for another year at least is the strong im-
pression created by remarks Secretary Taft
let fall.
Although the conservative and industrial
elements are unwilling to speak, much less
be quoted, it can be said on information
given by Secretary Tait that there is a
unanimous opinion that the country will
be satisfied with a prolongation of the Am-
erican provisional ‘government. On the
other hand, the radical elements of the
liberals want the Americans to quickly with-
draw, Loynaz Castillo being their mouth-
piece.
WHAT BANKERS AND THE CHAMBER OF COM-
MERCE WANT.
The bankzrs want the Americans to re-
main as long as possible, for their pres-
ence means public order. They also want
one or two years’ notice before the hold-
ing of national elections, declaring that
otherwise the island’s commercial condi-
tions would be disastrously affected.
They also urged the Secretary not to
change the present currency to American
money, claiming that so to do would in-
crease the cost of living by 12 per cent.
The committee of the Chamber of Com-
merce addressed the Secretary in like vein.
Secretary Taft told the bankers he un-
derstood that they preferred permanent
American control in Cuba, but that this
could not be, as “we have obligations to
the American people as well as to the
Cubans, and the matter must be consid-
ered in its political as well as its econom-
ical aspects.”
THE CENSUS AND PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS.
Secretary Taft said that “the consensus
of opinion seems to be that it would be
wise, and even necessary, to take a cen-
sus before attempting to hold an election,
not only under the present provisional gov-
ernment, but under any subsequent gov-
ernment. It would be wise in order to
test the condition of the country and the
operation of the election law, to hold a
preliminary election, municipal and not na-
tional, and the national election should be
_ delayed until the results of the preliminary
election are seen.” The census will take
about four months.
Mr. Taft added that the Roosevelt ad-
ministration is perfectly satisfied with Gov.
Magoon’s conduct of affairs and that more
power will be given to him.
SYNOPSIS OF THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED
APRIL I0 BY SECRETARY TAFT.
___ When shall the elections by held? All
the parties, through the committees, have
expressed the view that the wisest course
will be to hold a preliminary election to
test the electoral law and the tranquility
of the country.
The liberals urge that this be for mu-
nicipal and provincial officers, while the
conservatives insist that it ought to be lim-
ited to municipal officers, but they agree
in holding - preliminary election.
It is hardly necessary to reiterate that
the position of President Roosevelt is ex-
actly what it was when the first procloma-
tion was issued establishing a provisional
government under the Platt law in this
island, to wit: That Cuba must be turned
over to a Cuban Government, fairly elect-
ed, so soon as the conditions of tranquility
in the country permit and the stability of
the government established shall be assured.
I do not think four months a sufficient
time for the taking of a census necessary
for an election. All that can be done and
all that ought to be done is to declare that
the census be taken in as short a time as
possible, making the census thorough, fair,
and complete for electoral purposes, and
an announcement that the preliminary elec-
tion shall be held within such period there-
after as may afford a reasonable time for
complying with all the requirements of the
new electoral law.
The municipal and provincial elections,
which, in a sense, are local, should be held
at the same time.
Three months may not be su*cient time
in which to test the questions of tranquil-
ity and the success of the experimental pre-
liminary election, therefore, our declaration
should not Le more limited than that the
national election shall be held within six
months after the preliminary election.
It is, of course, proper to comply with
the constitutional requirement regarding
an interval of 100 days between the Con-
gressional and Presidential elections and
the voting by the electoral college, the as-
sembling of Congress, and the inaugura-
tion of the new President. The govern-
ment will than devolve upon the newly
ecected President and Congress.
The carrying out of this plan, of course,
is strictly dependent on the tranquility of
the country, which must continue through
two elections, and which must be given as-
surance of the stability of the new gov-
ernment, because without this the United
States would not be discharging the obli-
gation devolving upon it by reason of the
intervention.
It is in the interest of the business pros-
perity of the island that this plan be made
public. I have submitted the substance of
this letter to President Roosevelt. He ap-
proves it and has instructed me to direct
this communication to you.
WitiiaAm H. Tart.
™“
14 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
THE “CHICAGO” COLONY AT ITABO.
It was early in February that a repre-
sentative of the Cupa Review again vis-
ited the colony, a season of the year when
Cuba is most alluring to the northern
dweller. At home the snow and ice and
killing cold everywhere, here walking up
the grassy road from Itabo, a June morn-
ing, with the atmosphere cool and exhil-
arating, and walking a delight. Every-
where palms of all kinds, rolling land, with
blue hills in the distance. The colony is
on land owned by the Cuba Real Estate
Association, with offices at 1cg Prado, Ha-
vana. They have extensive holdings, and
many families from the United States have
already purchased many acres, built their
homes, and settled down to plant early
vegetables, bananas, strawberries, pineap-
ples, oranges, and grape-fruit. Most of
them own from 20 to 40 acres, and some
considerably more.
The visitor had not walked very far,
however, when he was hailed by Mr. R. H.
Leeder, the representative of the company,
who was coming down to meet him with
a wagon and a mule team. Under Mr.
Leeder’s courteous guidance, much of the
colony was visited and interesting infor-
mation and photographs secured.
Itabo was suffering, like the rest of Cuba,
from the effects of a phenomenal drought.
The orange trees had yellow leaves and
other fruits and vegetables showed the ef-
fect of the dry weather; tomatoes espe-
cially had become affected with a kind of
rot which greaily curtailed the yield. Yet
water is easily obtained if irrigation could
be practiced, at no great depth—at 18 feet
on Mr. Leeder’s place and 30 feet on Mr.
Jones’s land. The latter’s well had plenty
of water in it. On the other hand, despite
the general dryness, strawberries on the
farm of J. A. Gutzen looked well, and,
what is of more importance, yielded
abundantly. They were of large size and
exquisite flavor. The New Oregon is the
variety planted, and 100 plants were set
out in 1905. He now has 1,000 plants from
the original setting.
berries was picxed on Christmas, and the
yield will last well into April.
Potatoes are planted in November. Or-
dinary United States market potatoes were
planted. Because of the dry weather the
plantine was not a success. When seen
in February the plants were but six inches
high and had egg-size tubers.
L. C. Rounds keeps a general store, has
3 acres to oranges, owns 40 acres, has plant-
ed Valencias and Navels. His trees looked
well and some of them, small as they were,
bore fruit.
D. Rounds has been in Itabo 2 years,
Owns 20 acres and has 3 or 4 acres in or-
anges, keeps chickens and sells eggs and
fowl to Itabo people and also in Cardenas.
C. E. Peck has been there 214 years and
owns 90 acres, has % acre in pineapples.
The first quart of.
c
Sold 800 pines last season at 10 cents in
Cardenas. Has 5 acres planted to grape-
fruit.
Chas. H. Jones had some grape-fruit, but
did not know the variety. The intense
drought had kept everything back. Has
about 3% acres under cultivation, and %
acre devoted to a nursery. He found wax
beans grew easily and were productive, and
he had fine tomatoes. He planted about
November 1.
Henry Taipales has 20 acres, and has
about 2 acres under cultivation. His toma-
toes and potatoes looked very well because
he diligently watered them. He complained
very much of import exactions. declaring
that articles brought from the United
States cost:double price before they reached
him. Would buy much more if costs were
not so high.
Deer are fairly plentiful in Itabo.
are handsome little creatures, and are a
welcome addition to the larder. Mr. Jones
had shot one in his garden near the house
but a few days before.
R. H. Leeder has 2 acres under culti-
vation, has some 250 banana trees, and
gets roc. a hand, or 75c. per bunch.
John H. Green has 20 acres, manufac-
tures charcoal, keeps bees and _ chickens.
Has not much land in cultivation.
A large portion of the company’s newer
property purchase is devoied to sugar cane,
and the plants looked as well as any seen
in other parts of Cuba, indicating the fer-
tility of the soil.
Many of the settlers had small holdings
of sugar cane, and in every case the cane
was of good size. The Finn settlers had
experimented in this direction, and had
planted small quantities which they readily
sold to the Tingnaro mill at Perico.
Chickens bring $1, broilers 40c. to 50c.
Eggs joc. per dozen and upward.
Tomatoes 5c. per lb.
Strawberries 50c. per quart.
Itabo has two mails a day, and is easy
of access to Cardenas. If the production
warranted, no doubt, cars could be des-
patched without change from Itabo to Ha-
vana nnd to the North. Itabo is not much
further away from the Havana _ shipping
point than Herradura, and the settlers at
the latter place are making money shipping
early vegetables in the United States. The
trouble, said Mr. Leeder, is that people have
not much reserve capital and cannot im-
prove their holdings as rapidly as they wish.
There are 20 families in all. There is a
school with an American teacher, and 15 or
more children attend for ten months, be-
tween September and July. The teacher,
Miss Ella Tallmadge, is paid by the land
company. The children showed the results
of good tuition and readily went through
their lessons for the bencfit of the visitor.
Two flaxen-haired little Finn girls showed
wonderful progress in reading.
They
SCENES IN THE AMERICAN COLONY AT ITABO.
1. A young orange tree, with fruit. 2. Mr. Jones’ house. 3. Hous2 of a Finn settler. 4. The cane fields.
5. A mango grove. 6. Lay of the land.
16 AEE
CUBA REVIEW
And Bulletin.
A VISIT TO CEBALLOS.
The hotel is in good shape.
are well furnished in cocf
browns, enameled iron beds,
mattresses, wicker chairs and
all bright and inviting. The
opened on January 17 of this year and
has had a steady run of visitors ever
since. Most of the guests at present at
the hotel are the officers of the Aymerican
forces at Ciega de Avila and Ceballos,
with their wives and children. Perry E.
The rooms
greens and
comfortable
grass rugs,
hotel was
Tanner, of Akron, Ohio, is the general
manager.
The grounds of the colony showed
much improvement over last year. Tne
royal palms planted along the boulevard
looked strong and the flower and foliage
beds were numerous. The orange and
grape fruit trees had become large,
healthy trees and the fruit, which last
year in some instances showed defects
which would have possibly intereferd
with their salable qualities, this year had
very much improved. The grape fruit,
oranges, tangerines, in appearance, size
and flavor, left little to be desired.
The: colony is at the shipping roint,
and fruits are going north in consider-
able quantities and at a good profit.
About 3,000 boxes were sent up recently
to New York and a good profit per crate
realized. Orange culls are sold in the
neighboring city of Ciego de Avila for
40 and 50 cents per hundred in thousand
Irrigation tanks in a Tobacco field.
Agricultural
lots and there was considerable buying.
The company figure on 96 trees to the
acre and even at the lowest prices quoted
there is an income of nearly $100 per
acre as soon as the trees begin bearing.
The yield, of course, increases yearly.
Ceballos expects to have 1,000 acres of
citrus fruit in bearing next. year, and
allowing 96 trees to the acre and a box
eft fruit from each tree, the first fruits,
there will be 96,000 boxes for the New
York market next season. The grape
fruit and oranges were especially good
and the packing house presented a busy
scene, as a large force of men and boys
worked steadily from morning to night
packing and shipping the product of the
many acres under cultivation in this sec-
tion.
The ice plant is in full operation and
supplies Ciega and other places daily. It
is the company’s intention to build an-
other plant at Ciega and supply the de-
mand along the line.
Tea grows in Ceballos and the plants
on Mr. Kydd’s place (he has about 160
acres) were about two feet high and
very thrifty. The matter is still in the
experimental stage and nothing more
definite can be said at this time until
the leaves are dried and brewed which
will be in a few months.
Ceballos soil is red. The sugar cane
plantation, 1,000 acres, looked well. In
dry weather pines are not so sweet,
The Foreground is filled with young plants,
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 17,
though the pineapples of Ceballos were
sweet enough in all conscience. But
in April, when the rain- begin, the axils
of the leaves become perfect reservoirs
of water and the pine snugly ensconced
within sucks in the moisture greedily and
it becomes even more sweet.
THE POPULARITY OF GRAPE FRUIT INCREASING
IN THE UNITED STATES.
The popularity of grape fruit is a sign
of the times that invites consideration.
Three times a day in some households
does it appear at table, so complete is
its vogue, and no one is ever heard to
say that he is weary of it. Grape fruit
holds its own, now that it has really
come into its own, as not all fruits can.
For, besides the fine flavor of it, it has
certain properties, it is said, that make it
healthful, and that is a combination al-
ways desirable-——Boston Transcript.
BANANAS AND LIMES PROFITABLE FOR EXPORT.
The following is extracted from an ar-
ticle written by a Canadian correspondent
to the Demerara Daily Chronicle:
Throughout the West India Islands,
notably Jamaica, Dominica, St. Vincent
and St. Lucia, the development of the fruit
industry to replace the crippled business |
of cane-sugar production has been occupy-
ing attention for some years. In Jamaica,
the tendency has largely been in favor of
bananas, the markets of New York and,
to a lesser extent, of Great Britain, read-
ily absorbing the crops. In Dominica and
St. Lucia, the attention of planters has been
occupied by the cultivation of limes and
oranges, which, although requiring a longer
period to come to maturity, have the ad-
vantage that, once being established, they
require little attention compared with ba-
nanas. Dominica has by this means arisen
to comparative prosperity, and this year its
exports will. for the first time since the
collapse of sugar, top $500,000. These ex-
ports at present, in a very large propor-
tion, go to the United States.
Another important industry concerns the
manufacturer of citric acid, an article of
commerce which has increased enormously
in value of late years. As a matter of
fact, owing to the large increase in the
demand for citric acid astd the shortage of
the supply of limes, that commodity has
Practically doubled in value in the course
of a year. It is an article which is largely
used in many processes of manufacture,
particularly of mineral waters——The Agri-
cultural News, Barbados.
ee ES OF COCOANUT PALMS IN THE WEST
INDIA ISLANDS.
‘As many cocoanut palms were reported
as havine died in Trinidad, and owing to
the anxiety felt in regard to the cocoanut
industry in that place, Mr. F. A. Stock-
dale, B. A., the mycologist on the staff of
the Imperial Department of Agriculture, in
July, 1906, paid a visit to that colony, and
in itis report printed in the Trinidad Royal
Gazette, February 14, 1907, describes three
diseases attacking cocoanut palms in Trin-
idad, which he calls root disease, leaf dis-
ease and bud rot. He catls the root dis-
ease the most serious, because most widely
distributed, and causing considerable loss.
It may be recognized by the yellowing
and hanging down of the leaves, by the
disorganized condition of tne cortex of the
roots, by the red ring of discoloration that
may be seen in the stem, and by the pus-
tules bearing fungus spores that. are in-
variably seen, sooner or later, on the dead
leaf-stalks (petioles).
The leaf disease may be recognized by
the yellowish spots on the leaflets, espe-
cially near their tips. These spots gradu-
ally increase in size, the distal leaflets of
the leaf turn yellow then brown, and even-
tually die. When the leaflets of the
terminal 2 or 3 feet of the leaf have died,
this portion breaks off and hangs vertic-
ally downwards from the end of the dying
leaf. (This is characteristic of the disease,
and is probably due to the weight of the
dead tip causing it to break off.) Eventu-
ally the whole leaf dies, and others become
infected. :
Bud-rot disease. The cause of the
trouble is somewhat obscure. The roots
and stem of the palm appear to be quite
healthy. while the bud is involved in a vile-
smelling soft rot. In one instance, a fungus
was present in the advancing margin of
the diseased part, but generally bacteria
were the only organisms present. Three
kinds of bacteria were noticed, and two of
them had previously been found in trees
that were suffering from: other causes. On
no occasion could it be established, with
certainty. how the bacteria gains an en-
trance. or whether they are the primary
cause of the trouble. The remedy lies in
the destruction. preferably bv fire, of hope-
lesslvy diseased trees. and repeated spray-
ines of Bordeaux mixture. of affected
palms. particular attention being given to
the younger leaves—From the Agricultural
News. Barbados.
CUBAN COCOANUT PALMS AFFECTED.
Professor W. T. Horn, the head of the
bureau of vegetable pathology, Cuban Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, has gone to
Baracoa to investigate disease in the co-
coanut groves in that vicinity. He was
sent in answer to the petition of a commit-
tee who appealed to Governor Magoon for
an investigation of the trouble and a pos-
sible remedy.
THE SEVEREST DROUGHT IN 63 YEARS.
With the exception of a slight shower
in Manzanillo and a slight fall of rain in
Pinar del Rio, Habana and Santa Clara,
the severe drought continues. Wells in
Alacranes have dried up and it is feared
that the same thing will happen in
Guines. All along the coast where there
are forests and thick woods, heavy fogs
and dews have nourished vegetation to
18 THE CUBA REVIEW
some extent, but the lack of rain is a
On the
plains the scarcity of water is very in-
jurious, and seldom has there been such
a continuous drought as that which now
afflicts the
The temperature goes up and it is very
warm during the noon hours, although at
night and in the early morning hours
it is very cool—cool enough to wear
wraps and overcoats.
serious injury to the country.
isiand.
Frequent fires, whether intentional or
accidental, have also done much damage.
Since 1844 there has not been such a
severe drought. In Alacranes and some
other places the cattle have to be taken
to some distances from the farms in
quest of water, and in Manzanillo they
take the cattle to the hills in search of
good pasturage. The tobacco is feeling
the ill effects of the drought in Vuelta
Abajo, and also in Vuelta Arriba, and
the only hope seems to be to gather a
good crop in the Moron and Mayari.
Milk is very scarce and poultry and
eggs as well. The land is covered with
thick dust and vegetation is parched and
dry.
Dr. Crawley, in charge of the experi-
mental station in Santiago de las Vegas,
reports improvements. New sheds have
been built and pipes for water supply
have been laid.
A hitherto unknown insect has made
its appearance in Santiago de las Vegas
and is making ravages on the onions
there.
And Bulletin
THE FINE ORANGES OF DENIA IN SPAIN,
American Consular Service.
VALENCIA, SPAIN, February, 1907.
Editor The Cusa Review and Bulletin.
Dear Str:—The fruit described as Denia
oranges on British markets is not pro-
duced by a special variety of orange tree,
but its peculiarities are entirely due to the
conditions of climate, soil and cultivation
under which it is grown. The district of
Denia is tne center of production and ship-
ment of the famous muscat raisins, which
although grown in other sections of Spain
and prepared in the same way, are never
equal to the best Denias. The same oc-
curs with the Valencia orange. which finds
in the hilly slopes around Denia almost
ideal conditions—a light loamy soil, prox-
imity to the Mediterranean Sea, a moder-
ately moist atmosphere, a mild to warm
climate, seldom subject to extremes, and
plenty of sunshine, averaging about nine
hours daily for the whole year. The best
oranges of the Denia region are remark-
able for their fine silken skin, juiciness,
flavor and rich color. This orange, how-
ever, is so much a product of Denia and
similar favored spots in this region that,
when transplanted to the orange-growing
district of Castellon de la Plana, some
eighty miles further inorth, it acquires,
after one or two years, the rough skin,
coarse texture and extra acidity peculiar to
the fruit raised in that section. I am of
opinion that the average heat of Cuba is
considerably in excess of what the Valencia
orange requires for its growth and perfect
development. I am, dear sir,
Yours very truly,
H. A. Jonnson. American Consul.
Military
REORGANIZING THE MILITARY FORCES OF CUBA.
One of the difficult questions to be
solved in restoring the Cuban republic is
how and in what form to reorganize the
military e*tablishment of the island. One
party favors a regular army composed
of 2,5co infantry and 1,500 artillery, to-
gether with a Rural Guard numbering
about 3,800 officers and men. The other
party contends that the military needs
of the countgy can all be met by in-
creasing the Rural Guard to about 12.000.
The opponents of this plan insist that
the Rural Guard, being a civilian corps,
and in close contact with the people,can-
not develop the true military spirit or ve
made amenable to the thorough disci-
pline upon which efficiency depends. On
the other hand, it is pointed out that it
would be a mistake to create a mixed
force consisting partly of guards and
partly of regulars, such an arrangement
being likely to lead to confusion and
extravagance in administration and prob-
ably to friction and jealousy between
the two classes of troops. The whole
military question in Cuba is confused
and disheartening, but it must be settled
before the withdrawal of the American
forces. In adjusting that difficulty and
turning over to the Cuban people a mili-
tary organization able and ready to pro-
tect their liberties and maintain law
and order in the island, the officers of the
United States Army will again disclose
to the world their constructive energy,
tact and fidelity to duty—Army & Navy
Journal, New York.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 19
HOLGUIN CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ARMY AND
NAVY REGISTER.
The reconnaissance work assigned to
this battalion is completed and the men
are now enjoying a little relaxation from
field duty. They have been constantly at
it for the past three months, and the coun-
try for a distance of fifty miles has been
thoroughly explored and mapped.
A new baseball park is being erected in
front of the soldiers’ barracks. The entire
grounds are to be enclosed and a fine
grandstand erected.
Eighteen hundred troops were reviewed
late in March at Camp Columbia, by Brig-
adier General Thomas Barry, U. S. Army,
who was accompanied by General Rodri-
guez, commander of the Cuban Rural
Guards. The soldiers also marched past
Governor Magoon. A large number of
persons went from Havana to witness the
ceremony. The stands were filled with
American officials, attaches and numerous
ladies. Colonel Pitcher commanded the
troops, which consisted of two battalions of
engineers, two battalions of infantry, one
regiment of marines, a squadron of cav-
alry, a.battalion of light artillery, two
battalions of mountain artillery, two com-
panies of the hospital corps, one company
of the signal corps and a full equipment
of transportation.
The field wireless outfit assembled by
_the army signal office is realizing the ex-
pectations of its designers. The system has
been tried under practical conditions in
Cuba, where seven sets are now in place,
and additional sets are destined to be
shipped, until the entire island, so far as
the military occupation is concerned, will
be fitted with the means of wireless com-
munication. There are regular messages
exchanged between the wireless station at
Camp Columbia in Cuba, and the naval
wireless station in Key West. The outfit,
consisting of two sets, is so arranged that
it may be packed on the back of three
mules and carried over all sorts of coun-
try with the greatest facility and least loss
of time. It has abundantly proved its use-
fulness, and every effort will be made to
hasten the time when it will form a part
of every independent cavalry command.
The wireless communication in Cuba has
been under such conditions as are calcu-
lated to test the accuracy, efficiency and
durability of the mechanism, and no fault
has been found with the apparatus. There
is no trouble in exchanging messages any-
where from 30 miles wp to 125 miles, while
it can be unpacked and set up ready for
operation inside of four minutes, which
is in all respects a creditable demonstra-
tion of practical usefulness.
Holguin is a town which has about 8,000
inhabitants, and is one of the oldest on the
island. Jt was a concession to a dis-
tinguished Spanish officer, Captain Hol-
guin, of the engineers, from the Spanish
crown, in the beginning of the sixteenth
century. It has many evidences of its
ancient lineage in the form of several old
churches and houses that have been patched
and thatched to keep the semblance of their
originality. There are many beautiful
homes and the people seem to enjoy a
degree of prosperity that would astonish
our people at home. The inhabitants seem
to pay little attention to the outcome of
the coming elections, believing that which-
ever way it goes their prosperity and easy
mode of living will remain undisturbed.
THE MARINES TO LEAVE CUBA.
The government has decided to order
all the marines doing duty in Cuba to
their proper stations on board ships and
in barracks, believing that there are suff
cient troops of the cavalry, infantry and
artillery commands to cope with any
situation which is likely to arise.
Commercial
HAVANA CIGARS IN GERMANY, FRANCE, ENG-
LAND AND THE UNITED STATES.
During last year there were exported
from Cuba the enormous number of 256,-
738,029 “Havana” cigars. Contrary to
the general idea, however, that America
gets the bulk of this trade, only about
30 per cent. came here, the total pur-
chases amounting to 79,483,125 cigars,
while England took 92,459,687. Germany
buys from twenty-five to thirty million,
and France ten to twelve million. One
reason for the larger sales to England
than to the United States is the fact
that America buys a large amount of leaf
tobacco, which is worked up here; last
year twenty-five million pounds were
imported, while England took only
twenty-five thousand pounds. But few
Cuban cigarettes come to this country,
most of the manufacture going to South
America. Aithough two hundred and
fifty million cigars—the number we re-
ceived from Cuba—would appear to be a
considerable stock, cigar dealers’ cases
would soon be empty if that were the
only source of supply, as America
smokes some 8,000,000,C00 cigars annu-
ally — Scientific American.
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 21
The collections of the Havana Custom
House during March, 1907, amounted to
$1,828,364.78, a considerable increase as
compared with the figures for March,
1906.
HIGH PRICE OF RUBBER.
While enthusiastic rubber planters ‘are
developing production in various parts
of the world, some of the more thought-
ful experts in that line are looking into
the future and are asking what will be
the position of the article when the yield
of the new plantations comes into the
market? Dr. Willis, in the Tropical Agri-
culturist, expresses the opinion that the
present price of rubber (about $1.20 per
pound) is too high to encourage its use
for new purposes. Such a development
of consumption, he considers, is not to
be looked for until rubber goes back to
a normal price of about 70 to 80 cents
per pourndt He regards any venture
based on a higher value than 3 shillings
(72 cents) a pound for rubber as of a
speculative character.
REFUND OF DUTIES ON DAMAGED GOODS.
The Cuban Gaceta Official contains the
text of a government decree stating that
in view of the damage or destruction which
has occurred, and may in future occur, to
imported merchandise while in control of
the Cuban customs owing to cyclonic
storms, fire, or other accidental causes; the
secretary of the treasury is authorized, on
being satisfied as to the actual injury or
destruction by such cause of merchandise
in the custody of the customs, in bond or
transportation under bond, or within any
port of entry, to abate or refund, as the
case may be, the import duties payable. The
decree is made to cover all goods shipped
in since October 16, 1906—U. S. Con-
sular Report, March 26, 1907.
CUBA AND THE RECIPROCITY TREATY.
The Diario de la Marina calls attention
to the fact that the coming year will end.
the advantages derived from the reciprocity
treaty, and yet evidently nobody in Cuba
is considering this matter. It foresees op-
position from the sugar beet raisers and
tobacco planters in the United States, and
alludes to the failure of free trade for the
Philippines, although they belong to the
United States. It also says that the Am-
erican government is guided by public opin-
ion, and it is not likely tw consider it nec-
essary to intervene in a subject which does
not concern the country directly, and that
Cuba is condemned to utter misery if those
whose duty it is do not use some means
in her behalf. The Diario bids the plant-
ers to be up and doing.
Railways and
Public Works
Governor Magoon has issued orders
that the Havana Electric Railway Co.
shall repair the bridge over Matadero
bridge, in answer to a request presented
by Messrs. Ricardo Dolz, Ignacio Pla
and others. Col. Black has been in-
structed to carry out this order and re-
quire the tramway company to make the
repairs at their expense.
OPENING OF NEW BRANCH TO MARIANAO.
The extension of the Marianao Rail-
way to Hoyo Colorado was formally
opened on March 16. The new line,
which is leased by the United Railways,
passes through a very rich territory. The
stations on this short run, of which there
are five, are handsome concrete struc-
tures. The road bed is a fine piece of
work, heavily rock ballasted, hardwood
ties and 70-pound rails were used. The
mew service will consist of eight trains
on week days and nine on Sundays.
Snare & Triest, of New York and Hay-
ana, were the contractors. New cars
from the local workshops of the United
Railways and from the manufacturer in
the United States will soon replace the
present old equipment.
Despite the interruption caused by the
disturbed conditions in Cuba, the United
Railways Company has largely increased
its haul of sugar over last year’s rec-
ords.
FOR CERVANTES STATUE.
The committee in charge of the mat-
ter of erecting a statue to Cervantes,
which is to stand in San Juan de Dios
park, Havana, invite propositions from
artists, both local and foreign, who may
wish to submit designs for that statue.
CAMAGUEY PUBLIC WORKS.
Citizens of Camaguey are urging Gov-
ernor Magoon to begin the public im-
provements provided for by an adequate
appropriation of the last Cuban Con-
gress.
RAILROAD SERVICE TO CHAPARRA.
Chaparra is now in touch with the
main railroad lines of Cuba, the short
stretch of about seven miles to Velasco
having been completed. The continua-
tion of the line to a point a little north
of Holguin on the line between that city
and Gibara is also finished. Travelers
may now leave the Cuba Railroad ait
Cocacom and transfer at Holguin for
Chaparra. The lines north of Holguin
are narrow gauge, while that to Cocacom
is standard width.
22 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
TOBACCO CO, FACTORY
ANTONIO DE LOS BANOS.
The merchants of the place are very
much interested in a project for a cigar
factory, and offer to build a suitable edi-
fice for 1.000 workmen. The _ subscrip-
tions for this purpose already amount to
$6,000.
Two kilometers of
Guira de Melena_ to
under construction.
HAVANA FOR SAN
cart road from
Melena del Sur are
The cost is $14,266.
Two wireless telegraph stations have
been established in Punta de Pescadores
and in Guantanamo, to connect these
places with the naval station at Guanta-
namo.
Governor Magoon has approved the
plan for the rebuilding of the wharves
and sheds in Santiago. The plan for the
sale of the bridge “Casilda,” on the high-
way between Bayamo and Baire, has also
been approved.
General Potes
ELECTRICITY FOR POWER PURPOSES.
Manufacturing interests in Cuba have not
been slow to realize the advantages of elec-
tricity for power purposes. This is espe
cially true of induction motors, two recent
applications of which in Havana—one from
a viewpoint of economy alone, the other
from consideration of novelty as well as
economy—may prove of interest. One is
a 15-horsepower induction motor installed
in a cigar-box factory. This motor oper-
ates, through a line shaft, a large number
of small circular and jig saws. The inter-
esting part of the installation is in the
fact that a steam engine and boiler cost-
ing to install some $3.500, although still
new, were replaced by the motor at a frac-
tion of the cost of the steam plant. In
the new Centro Dependiente Clubhouse
now being built on the Prado, Havana,
large quantities of marble tiling are be-
ing used in the construction of the floors
and staircases, for the rapid installation
and finishing of which a “rubbing bed and
tiling machine” was devised. This ma-
chine is operated by a 15-horsepower in-
duction motor. It is interesting to note
that four men working at the electrically-
driven rubbing bed can accomplish in one
day what formerly would have required a
week with the same number of operators
using older methods. — New York Com-
mercial.
The natives of the Canary Islands re-
siding in Cuba, numbering perhaps 90,-
oco, have organized a new association
under the name of “Asociacion Canaria
de Beneficencia,’ with headquarters in
Havana.
The officers of the association are
influential business men. Antonio Perez
y Perez is president; D. Domingo Ama-
dor Garcia, first vice-president; Antonio
Suarez Franco, second vice-president;
Gorgonio Lorenzo Brito, treasurer, and
Camilo Romero y Lecuona, secretary.
An ice plant has been established by
Karl, Westerdhay & Co., contractors, for
Mes-rs. Lopez, Fernandez & Company,
in Rodas, Santa Clara.
RECOVER BUST OF ALFONSO XII.
Divers have recovered in water 112 feet
deep near Mariel a bronze bust of Al-
fonso XII, The Spanish steamer Alfonso
XII. was sunk there by Amer.can block-
aders in 1898. The bust, which is a fine
one, was presented to the ship by the
royal family of Spain.
HAVANA DOCTORS PROTEST.
The doctors of Havana have entered
a protest against the recent action’ of
Governor Magoon in licensing two Am-
erican doctors to practice in Havana
without first passing the examination in
the University of Havana, as is required
by law.
Dr. Armando de Cordova has been ap-
pointed auxiliary professor of pathology
and clinics in the department of nervous
and mental diseases in the medical
school of the University of Havana.
In pursuance of a desire to have a
burying ground for the Jewish race, the
United Hebrew congregation of this city
has purchased the estate known as Agua-
cate, consisting of 331-3 acres, located
one and one-half miles north of Gua-
nabacoa, opposite Havana, and the work
of surveying and putting into shape a
cemetery in the center of this tract has
already been begun.
DESTRUCTION OF CONFLUENTE ESTATE.
A fire late in March did a half million
dollars’ worth of damage to the Con-
fluente estate at Guantanamo.
The estate is owned in Spain by Sr.
Sanchez de Toca and the Marquis of
Loma, who live in Madrid. It was but
partly insured. The Diario de la Marina,
commenting on the calamity, said, “The
mill will not be rebuilt until the present
conditions in Cuba improve.” The mill
was put in first-class order only a year
ago.
Ex-President Palma left Matanzas ac-
companied by his family late last month
for Manzanillo and to his estate at La
Punta, which will be his home now.
(Continued on page 27)
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
23
CUBAN
William E. Curtis, the special corre-
spondent to the Chicago Record-Herald,
has been looking into the labors of the
Cuban Congress and writes as follows:
“T have a list of the laws passed by
the Cuban Congress before the begin-
ning of its existence in 1902 until the
recent intervention in August, 1906. At
the first session forty-four laws were
passed, at the second thirty, at the third
thirty-six, at the fourth ten, at the fifth
sixteen, at the sixth sixteen, at the sevy-
enth twenty-two, at the eighth, sixty-
one.
“There were liberal appropriations for
public works, for the support of chari-
ties, for the repair and furnishing of
public buildings, and for similar purposes,
and $6,000,000 was voted for education.
But scarcely a permanent law was added
to the statute books and no constructive
legislation whatever.
“Owing to the failure of the Congress
to perform its duty the reforms proviued
in the constitution of the republic have
not been accomplished, although that
document was adopted in 1902. The
members of the judiciary are still ap-
pointed by the president; they can be
removed by him at his pleasure, and are
therefore subject to his influence. The
same is true of the municipal officials.
They are the creatures of the executive
and he can change them any time he
likes.
There seems to be no desire on the
part of the natives to reorganize the
courts, although the business interests
of the country, and particularly the for-
eigners, are exceedingly desirous that
it should be done. There is a great
deal of complaint as to the administra-
tion of justice. There has been no change
since Spanish times.
To do the work which the congress
ought to have done, Governor Magoon
LAWS.
appointed a legislative commission to
prepare five laws of imperative import-
ance. This commission consists of
twelve members—three Americans, Col-
onel Crowder and Major Winship of the
judge advocate general’s department of
the army, and Mr. Schoenrich, an emi-
nent jurist from Porto Rico, who is fam-
iliar with Spanish law and procedure—
and nine Cubans. Four of these are
members of the moderate party—Rafael
Montoro, minister to England; Manuel.
Coronado, editor of La Discussion; Gar-
cia Kohly and Dr. Carrera Justiz, both
eminent lawyers. Four are members of
the liberal party—Alfredo Zayas, recent-
ly candidate for vice-president; Juan
Gualberto Gomez, Messrs. Sarrian and
Requioferos, lawyers, and Mr. Viondi,
another well-known attorney, who repre-
sents the republican party.
This commission sits several hours
every afternoon, and its proceedings have
attracted a great deal of public interest,
because the future politics of the coun-
try are involved more or less in every
one of the subjects which have been as-
signed to it. There have been some very
exciting debates and at times the mem-
bers of the Liberal party on the com-
mission threatened to withdraw when
they found themse!ves in the minority.
As a rule the three American members
find themselves voting with the mem-
bers of the moderate party on political
questions, because of their conservative
disposition and not on account of any
political alliance or sympathy. For the
same reason Mr. Viondi, the represen-
tative of the republican party, can usu-
ally be ‘counted upon to vote with the
Liberal members of the commission, be-
cause he is a man of radical views and
socialistic tendencies, and is more likely
to agree with them than with the con-
servatives on every subject.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
El Hacendado Mexicano, of the City
of Mexico, issues its annual sugar review
under the above title, covering the crop
of 1906-1907. It is the eight edition and
it has been carefully revised and correct-
ed up to date. Several of the larger plan-
tations are described in detail. The to-
tal crop for the year 1905-6 was 107,500
tons of sugar and 79,396 tons of molasses.
The estimated crop for 1906-07 is 115,000
tons of sugar. Altogether the review is
a valuable statistical document. The sugar
crops of many other countries are given in
-its pages.
A VALUABLE PUBLICATION.
The Central Union of the Beet Sugar
Industry of the Austria-Hungarian Mon-
archy, has sent the Cuba Review a year
and address book of the sugar factories
and refineries of Austria-Hungary. It
is the thirty-fourth edition and gives a
mass of valuable technical information.
Tables, calculations, chemical investiga-
tions, comparisons, formulas, etc., cover
thirty pages. Then there are most i1m-
portant mathematical formulas, weights
and measures, articles on agriculture,
business helps, labor regulations, taxes,
patent laws, sugar trade customs of the
Vienna, Prague, London and other ex-
changes, and general statistics.
2 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Demand Active for Cuban Onions at Profitable Prices—Outlook for Cuban Potatoes
Favorable—They Bring Prices Slightly Higher than Floridas—Careful
Sorting and Packinf of Pineapples a Profitable Invesment.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Urner-Barry Company, New York.
Vegetables are arriving very freely from southern sections and in consequence Cuban
vegetables of most kinds are receiving less attention. Most Cuban receipts are now over-
ripe, as it is more difficult to place the stock on this market in sound condition during the
milder weather than earlier in the season. The tomatoes, while usually showing attractive
style, packing, etc., are soft and spongy, and it is difficult to interest other than cheap
trade, with recent sales largely in range of $1.50@2.25 per carrier. Green peppers have
sold from $1.25@2 per carrier, but show too much red to attract best trade. Egg plants
are still arriving in quantity and selling from $2.50@3.50 per box, latter figure for very
nice stock and some wasty lots have had to go lower. Okra has declined to $1@2 per
carrier, though strictly fancy when found still reaches $2.50@3, but demand is becoming
very limited. White squash is selling well at $2@2.25 per box when ripe and choice, but
anything green or unattractive, either in quality or packing, has to go at lower figures.
Yellow crook-neck squash would sell well, probably higher than white, but very little
arriving.
Domestic old onions are nearly all more or less sprouted and unattractive, incident to
the lateness of the season, and with stock losing favor with buyers, more attention is being
paid to new, which are arriving from Bermuda, Texas and small quantities from Cuba.
The Cuban onions generally show very attractive quality, and it is probable that demand
will be active at profitable prices for some time. A few sales were made last week up to
$3.50 per crate, but market has eased off to $3.25 at the close, which is just a trifle under
Packing Pineapples in Cuba for the Northern Markets.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 25
rate being realized for Bermuda stock and considerably better than obtained for Texas
receipts, the Cubans classing in favor next to Bermudas.
Cuban potatoes have been more plentiful this month and they generally realize very
satisfactory prices. Red Bliss have sold from $6@7 per bbl. for No. 1, with crates of
same variety $2@2.25, while Rose have ranged from $5@6 per bbl. and $1.75a2 per crate,
with No. 2 stock about $4@4.50 per bbl. Bermuda are arriving in limited quantities and
receipts of new from Florida has just commenced, first carload lot arriving this week.
The outlook is very favorable for good Cuban potatoes and they usually sell slightly under
Bermuda and a little over prices realized for Florida receipts.
Receipts of pineapples from Cuba have been more moderate and with no important
arrivals from other sections, market has ruled firm and high, sales ranging from $2.50@4
_ per crate, according to size of fruit, 24s and 30s generally bringing $3.50@4, and smaller
pines $2.50@3.25, rarely lower if very small in size or of unattractive quality. The fruit
arriving has generally shown very attractive quality, but with no other stock, slight defects
would naturally be less noticeable to buyers, and shippers should remember that time spent.
in carefully sorting and packing fruit is usually a very profitable investment and essential
for obtaining full market values.
New York, April 4, 1907.
FRUTAS Y VERDURAS CUBANAS.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW, por Urner-Barry Company, Nueva York.
A causa de ser abundantes los arribos de verduras procedentes de las comarcas del
sur de este pais, los productos similares venidos de Cuba tienen menor demanda. Los
frutos cubanos llegan ahora papandujos por estar pasados de maduros, siendo mas dificil
darles salida en esta plaza en tales condiciones cuando la temperatura es beningna que
cuando es mas fria. Los tomates, que generalmente tienen muy buen aspecto, estan bien
empacados y atraen compradores, estan ahora blandos y esponjosos, por lo que solo tienen
salida 4 muy bajo precio; las ultimas ventas hicieron casi exclusivamente cotizandose de
$1.50 a $2.25 el huacal. Los ajies verdes se vendieron 4 razon de $1.25 4 $2 el huacal,
pero tenian demasiados puntos colorados para despertar la demanda entre los que major
precio pagan. Continuan los arribos de berenjenas en largas cantidades, cotizandose de
$2.50 a $3.50 la caja, siendo este ultimo precio por las muy escogidas; varias partidas de
este fruto en no muy buen estado se vendieron a mas bajos precios. El quimbombé ha
bajado, cotizandose de $1 a $2 el huacal, si bien los muy selectos se cotizaron de $2.50 4
$3, pero la demanda esta disminuyendo mucho. La calabaza blanca se esta vendiendo
bien 4 razon de $2 a $2.25 la caja de las maduras y escojidas, pero las verdes 6 las que no
son atractivas ya por su calidad 6 su empacado, se venden a precios menores. Las cala-
bazas amarillas de cuello jorabado tendrian gran demanda y obtendrian precio mas alto
quizas que las blancas, pero los arribos son muy escasos.
Las cebollas del pais estan casi todas mas 6 menos retofiadas debido 4 lo avanzado
de las estacion, por lo que la demanda va disminuyendo, pues se prefieren las nuevas que
estan Ilegando de Bermuda, Tejas y algunas de Cuba. Las cebollas cubanas son por lo
general de calidad muy buena, y es probable que su demanda sea activa y las cotizaciones
buenas por algun tiempo. La semana wtltima se vendieron algunas partidas 4 $3.50 el
huacal, pero la cotizacion ha bajado a $3.25 a ultima hora, lo que es algo menos que lo
que se paga por las de Bermuda, y mucho mas de lo cotizado por las procedentes de Tejas;
las cubanas figuran en cuanto a precio después de las de Bermuda.
Mas abundante ha sido este mes la existencia de papas cubanas que se cotizan general-
mente 4 muy buenos precios. Las Bliss rojas se cotizaron de $6 4 $7 el barril por las nim.
I, y los huacales de la misma calidad de $2 a $2.25, mientras que las rosadas se vendieron
a razon de $5 a $6 el barril, y de $1.75 4 $2 el huacal, y las nim. 2 de $4 4 $4.50 él barril.
El aspecto de le plaza es muy favorable para las papas cubanas de buena calidad, las cuales
suclen venderse 4 algo menos que las de Bermuda y un poco mas que las procedentes de la
orida.
Regulares han sido los arribos de pifias de Cuba, y no habiendo Ilegado ninguna de
esta fruta de otras procedencias, los precios se han mantenido firmes y altos, cotizandose
de $2.50 a $4 el huacal, segtin el tamafio de la fruta, pues los tamafios 24 y 30 se venden
por lo general de $3.50 a $4, y los menores de $2.50 4 $3.25, rara vez menos cuando se
trata de fruta en extremo pequefia y de inferior calidad. Los arribos habidos hasta el
presente han resultado de muy buena calidad, y no habiendo otras existencias, los com-
pradores no se fijan en pequefios defectos. Los exportadores de pifias deben tener pre-
sente que el tiempo empleado en una cuidadosa clasificacién y un esmerado empaque de la
fruta, es una inversidn muy provechosa y esencial para obtener los mejores precios en
esta plaza.
“Nueva York, 4 de Abril de 1907.
26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
SUGAR IN MARCH.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
March opened with Cuba centrifugals selling in New York at 3.42 cents per lb. duty
paid for 96° test, and at 2%c. per Ib. cost and freight for the last half of March shipment,
equal to 3.48c. landed. April shipment was held at 2 3-16c. c&f. European beet sugar
was quoted at 8s. 11%4d., equal to 3.87c. per lb. for 96° test centrifugals. Cuban parity
was thus 45c. per 100 lbs. below beet sugar based on prompt shipment. An improvement
began almost immediately in both markets and continued without interruption to the
close of the month, when the highest points of the month were reached at 3.61c. per lb.
duty paid, 2™%c. cost and freight for April shipment and 2 9/32c. c&f. for may shipment,
equal to 3.64c. per lb. landed. Europe advanced to 9s. 334d. for beets, equal to 3.95c. per
Ib. for centrifugals, leaving the Cuban parity still 34c. per 100 Ibs. below beet sugar. The
beginning of April shows a very strong position with improving prospects for prices.
The remarkably dry weather in Cuba throughout March enabled estates to continue
daily grinding, keeping receipts at shipping ports up to the highest mark . the end of
the month. If it was not for the reports of extreme drought throughout the island seriously
affecting the animal life and the growth of the spring planted cane, the indications would
point to a continued large outturn, but the known circumstances point rather to a sudden
reduction in production by the exhaustion of the available cane supplies. Actual results
cannot be known until our next review for -April.
The domestic beet crop of the United States has proved larger than expected, coming
up to 433,010 tons, an increase of 149,203 tons, or 52% per cent. over last year, and very
considerable of the production is carried over into the present year’s consumption. How-
ever, place will be found in the United States for all the remaining crop of Cuba at prices
tending upwards.
Refined sugar during March did not fluctuate or improve with raws, but remained
steady at one price, 4.55c. per Ib. net cash for granulated throughout the month, with a
very good demand all the time. The trend of refined will now follow the course of the
raw sugar market. The most important question agitating the sugar world at the begin-
ning of April is as to the actual final amount of the Cuba crop. On the answer to this
question will depend the increase or decrease of sowings for the European beet crops. At
present the indications point to an average of five per cent. increase in beet sowings for all
Europe.
In the Cane Fields. The Ox Team, the Cane Cart and the Workers.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. By
GENERAL NOTES—(Continued).
A NEW SUGAR MILL. with no expensive change in the present
The Stewart Sugar Company has been ‘System. He says that it seems to him of
incorporated at Trenton, N. J., with a ™ore importance that a child should have
capital stock of $2,500,000. The incor- Some general fundamental ideas about the
porators are William F. Corliss, Henry ture of soils and conditions of vege-
A. Yeomens and H. B. Boyesen. This table life than about countries which he
company will also have $1,250,000 6% ever will see. The future of Cuba is
first mortgage bonds and $1,500,000 7% ®gricultural, and no efforts should be
general mortgage bonds. The entire spared to put her in the way of compet-
issue of first mortgage bonds has already ‘ig successfully with scientifically trained
been sold at par, with a percentage of rivals. See a Cuban public school interior
stock. This company is formed in con- ON Page 20.
nection with the reorganization of the HAVANA TO LOSE TOBACCO FACTORIES.
Silveira Sugar Company. The new com- Owing to the strike of the cigar mak-
pany plans to complete the sugar factory ers at Havana, the tobacco combine has
at Silveira, near Ciego de Avila, Prov- closed a contract for the erection of
ince of Camaguey, Cuba, the construc- large buildings at Matanzas, to which it
tion of which commenced last year—— is intended to move the big Havana fac-
Willett & Gray’s Sugar Trade Journal. tories. The strike was declared in orcer
Later advices from Cuba are to the to compel the payment of wages in Am-
effect that this mill will begin grinding erican instead of Spanish money. It has
on December 15 next. Its capacity is pow lasted two months.
ae : :
200,000 bags.—Publishers Cuba Review. AVON? GUBEITSRUNSER TESTE.
AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN CUBAN The sum of $4,300 has been appro-
SCHOOLS. priated for the purpose of constructing
In the Revista de la Facultad de Let- a telegraph line from Bahia Honda to
ras y Ciencias, the organ of the Univer- Consolacion del Norte, Province of
sity of Havana, we find a very sugges- Pinar del Rio.
tive article on the urgent need for some a ee
instruction in the rudiments of agricul- Two hundred of Upham & Company’s
ture in the public country schools of employees, who are tobacconists, es.ab-
Cuba. The author, Prof. José Cadenas, lished an organization in 1902 and ‘heir
not only makes a strong plea for the in- bank for savings has been a _ good
troduction of this industry, but gives scheme. Their capital now amounts to
simple directions, with illustrations, about $913 each, as the fruits of economy
showing how easily it could be managed and _ thrift.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn...... 39 Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana..... 4
Baldwin Locomotive Works ............... 3 Snare & Trieste Co., New York and Havana 41
Buckeye Nurseries, Tampa, Fla............ 3 Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41
Bienville Hotel, Mobile .................. 32 Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 44
Bank of Mobile, Mobile .................. 32 Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York...... 37
Brom BHO vINOUGEI Ki sjalaves cintele srorehae siscarerate 37 Taylor, Loewenstein & Co., Mobile........ 37
Bramhall, Deane Co., New York.......... 38 U. S. Commission Merchants ............. 39
Brown, Henry E., New York ............ 40 Vinegar Bend Lumber Co., Ala........... 41
Cuban Land & Steamship Co.............. 3 Winter Haven Nurseries, Florida .......... 3
Cuba Railroad, New York ................ 4 Wiener Co., Ernst, New York............. 44
Cawthorn Hotel, Mobile .................. 32 Willett & Gray, New York ................ 39
Cuban! Realty, Cor Doronto! senses... ssc ne By Walle Ge Wilner, Miro han soocaconescqnace 39
Connell & Son, Jas. S., New York......... 37 American Grocery Co., Havana ........... 35
Cubitas Valley Co., Chicago .............. 41 American Hardware Store, Camaguey..... 38
Carn ChemicaliiCos Boston! see ae o 44 Business Firms of -Amntilla:(saactsce ged ac cntee 40
me Cloviermlscatwny MOUtel wane cave enicuesnim asc 41 Sf ViGarcdenas bocca 2 aetasiotecys 31
Development Co. of Cuba, New York...... 2 ma i GS IMIEKEINZES sococooocuace 39
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn.............. 38 2 ie CO Seinihaes@ cooogaogceesce 40
Foster & Reynolds, New York ............ 2 e tage £5) a Grilbara tins cece sescerchnere eaeees 38
Hotel St. Andrew, Mobile ................- 32 - Directory of Havana ............. 36
Grillete, ID, Cu5) Wennpey IMeSconcocoocecugu 34 Banco de la Habana, Havana ............ 36
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile ....... 39 Corman: Ge \Wreelne, IBlEnVaIOE, coocaococnccun0c 35
Hammond’s Slug Shot Works, Fishkill, N.Y. 31 Calnama, IMI, J[o, (Cammnetey coccoscosscoancn 38
Krejewski-Pesant Co., New York ........ 30 Gonzalez & Co., J. G., Havana ............ 35
Leinkauf Bankng Co., Mobile ............ 32 Gellats @ (Co, INL, IeleWaINA scoscscoascudscs 34
Wewis Wanda Sm leumbemn Conese cence: 32 Islenenis, Iie, ce (Coe, ISleneiNe, GooooecoadcoKs 2
Lewis & Co., H. F., New Orleans ....... 4I Herradura Land Co., Havana ............. 36
Link Belt Co., N. Y., Phila.. Chic., Ind’olis.. 29 Hotel Camaguey, Camaguey .............. 38
Mobile Transfer Co., Mobile.............. 32 Mioling IBmos., Islewelinte, Geccooaacabeou0cacc 35
Mobilem oO hilo Ra Rarer er eemon By Marx & Windsor, Camaguey .............. 38
McDonald, John W., New York ........... 39 INeim@mell eval @F (Cilbe Gooccconcccscconces 34
Munro & Son, John, New York ........... 39 Wortom JBROS., ISIAWEINA, Gooocconsecncoccecss 35
N. Y. & N. Tk Lubricant Co., New Jersey: 30 Purdy & Henderson, Havana .............. 39
Newell Manufacturing Co., New York. 30 Royal Bank of Canada, Havana ........... 34
Queen & Crescent Route ................. 39 Sobrinos de Bea & Co., I Matanzas ........ 39
Quinby, Edgar H., New York ........... 29 Sanchez e Hijos, Bernabe, Nuevitas....... —
Ramapo Iron Grenier tee ES Cn 39 Imes: (Coy Gi Cwloen, IsleieiMeY so scosccagoacuccd 34
Rolf Seeberg Tae Chandlery Co., Mobile 2. Upmann & Co., ei Jeanna te reisucne eteneronare 34
Shriver & Co., , Hlamison, IN; Jooescosacc 30 Urania! IRevihwenys Gi lelenyeiie Se 55 54a506n5c0a~ 35
28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN MARZO.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
La cotizacién del azticar centrifuga cubano era a principios de Marzo, 3.42 centavos
la libra por la de polarizacién 96°, derechos pagados, y 2% centavos la libra, incluyendo
costo y flete, por los azicares 4 embarcar en la segunda quincena de Marzo, lo que equivale
a 3.48 cents. puesta en el muelle. Para embarque en Abril se cotizé 4 33-16 cents., in-
cluyendo costo y flete. El azticar de remolacha europeo se cotizd 4 8s. 11%4d., equiva-
lente 4 3.87 cents. la libra de centrifuga polarizacién 96°. De modo que la paridad de los
azticares cubanos era 45 cents. en las 100 libras menos que los de remolacha, basada en
embarque inmediato. A fines del mes notése una mejora en los precios en ambos mer-
cados, que continud sin interrupcion hasta el término de aquel, en cuya fecha las cotiza-
ciones mas altas fueron 3.61 cents. la libra, incluso los derechos; 2% cents. la libra,
incluyendo costo y flete para embarque en Abril, y 29-32 cents. la libra, incluyendo costo
y flete, para embarque en Mayo, equivalente 4 3.64 cents. la libre, puesta en el muelle. La
cotizacion del azticar de remolacha subiéd en Europa a 9s. 334d., equivalente 4 3.95 cents.
la libra de centrifuga, dejando aun la paridad de los azticares cubanos 34 cents. las 100
libras menos que los de remolacha. En los comienzos del mes de Abril se nota gran
firmeza en las cotizaciones con indicios de que mejoren.
La extraordinaria seca que ha prevalecido en Cuba durante todo el mes de Marzo,
permitid a muchos hacendados continuar sus moliendas y por lo tanto manteniendo los
arribos a los puertos de embarque a4 una cifra muy alta a fines de dicho mes. Si no
hubiera sido por las noticias recibidas de que la extremada seca en toda la isla estaba
afectando seriamente la vida animal y el crecimiento de la cafia plantada en la primavera,
pudo haberse creido que la produccién hubiese continuado siendo grande por el resto de
la zafra, pero las antedichas circunstancias hacen esperar una rapida reduccién de la
produccion, debido al agotamiento de la cafia disponible para moler. Los resultados de tal
estado de cosas no podran saberse hasta que vea la luz nuestra revista de Abril.
La zafra de azticar de remolacha en los Estados Unidos, ha resultado mayor de lo
que se esperaba, pues llegd 4 433,010 toneladas, lo que acusa un aumento de 149,293
toneladas, 6 sea 524 por ciento sobre la del afio anterior, destinandose al consumo de este
afio gran parte de la zafra. Pero a pesar de ésto, podra colocarse en los Estados Unidos
todo el azticar de Cuba que quede por vender, 4 precios con tendencia al alza.
El azticar refinado no tuvo fluctuaciones en su precio ni subid éste 4 la par con los
mascabados, sino que se mantuvo durante todo el mes la cotizacién 4 4.55 cents. la libra,
neto, al contado, la granulada, con muy buena y constante demanda, pudiendo asegurarse
que de ahora en lo adelante, el aztcar refinado seguira el curso del mascabado en cuanto 4
precios se refiere. La cuestién de mayor importancia que preocupa 4 los que frecuentan
los centros azucareros, en estos momentos, es determinar la ascendencia de la zafra de
Cuba cuando se dé por terminada la molienda. De lo que resulte 4 este respecto, depende
el que se aumente 6 disminuya las siembras de remolacha en Europa, siendo todas las
indicaciones al presente que la siembra de remolacha en toda Europa aumentara por
término medio, un cinco por ciento. -
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
BID. ASKED.
méepublic of Guba.'595 Bonde; verses inne: eS eee eee ee 99 1 LO)
Republic of (Cuba 69. Bondsiy oss eno. bck be ee ee 98 102
Republic. of. Cuba 69, oInternal: Bonds 435, . «ce eoeceel cece nee 88 92
Havana City det Mortgage bo7.Bonds.... 0.0. see eee eee 103 107
Havana City 2d. Mortgage 69 Bonds ..2..c.ss2e dence teene eee 103 107
Cuba i. (Ro) ist | Mortgace/59, sBands «08. coe eee 85 92
Guba'-B.. RB. \Preterred “Stock 5.4.85. 4 «Seen ee eee 40 50
Cuba’ Company 69 -Debentures'.- «5 os 0c eon eee ee ee 60 75
Havana Electrie Consolidated Mortgage. 595. Bonds oa. stu tissoo roe 80 85
Havana Wlectric, Preferred) Stock. 5.50) sce eoeeee eee ee 72 75
Havana Mlectric,;Common Stock) 2.054550 eer ee 30 35
Western» Rallways): s,s s's< sectors Ooo ai Cee ee ee ee Nominal.
United. Railways 7.2.50 <5 seco ee eee Nominal
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“LINK-BELT AT NIPE BAY”
7 to 13-ton bun-
dles of cane are
dumped into hop-
pers and
Link-Belt
Conveyors
feed itto crushers
We make Cranes, Juice
Strainers, Bagasse Car-
riers and Feeders, Con-
veying and Driving
Chains, Sprocket Wheels,
Friction Clutches, The
Dodge Automatic Sling
Hook, etc.
LINK-BELT COMPANY
NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO INDIANAPOLIS
Que Quieren Uds. Lubircar?
é Maquinaria para Ingenios? é2Maaquinas? éMaquinaria para labrar
Madera o Metal? éCarros de Ferrocarril? ézBotes de Motor ?,;
é Automobiles ?
Estamos listos 4 demostrar 4 Uds. que los Aceites No-Flaidos no solamente les ahorran dinero cada
afio en el costo de la lubricacién, sino dan resultados muy superiores 4 los posibles con aceites fitiidos
6 grasas.
Pidase una descripcién completa y -muestras de los aceites No-Fldidos, indicindonos en donde se
hara la prueba de las muestras.
NEW YORK @® NEW JER LUBRICANT COQ.
14-16 Church Street ae ae aoc NEW YORK CITY
mss
LA DES FI B RAD ORA “NATIONAL”
Resarce su Costo muy pronto
Estudiense sus Ventajas
Construimos Desfibradoras de todos
tamanos, desde cinco toneladas por hora,
hasta de 75 toneladas por hora, y ade-
mas vendemos toda clase de enseres para
ingenios de azticar, y daremos con gusto
los informes que se nos pidan.
Nuestras Desfibradoras de Cafia ‘‘Na-
tional’’ tienen patente en todos los
: U paises del mundo, y se wusan con re-
NATIONAL : ee Sultados edceleutes en Cuba, Vuertu Rico,
ee a Te Santo Domingo, Java, Hawaii, México,
Yucatin, Guatemala, Argentina, Brasil,
Pert, Australia, Luisiana, Ete.
Las tienen algunos de los m&s grandes
ingenios de Cuba.
Desfibradora “‘National’’ para cafia, trabajando con wun trapiche.
NEWELL MANUFACTURING CO., 149 Broadway, New Work
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CARROS CANE
PARA % C A R Ss
C A N A Or EVERY
De todas DESCRIPTION
clases OF STEEL
Fabricados OR WOOD
de madera : =
6 Acero BED Be ed a Cable Address
Direccion RAMALIAM
Telegrafica ——
RAMALIAM gama
fen wowed IRON WORKS
170 Broadwa
New York, N, Y.
170 Broadway
New York, N. Y.
STN : Brsncwe ds
AS sinus \ A}, Filtrar ; .
anna Pit para Ingenios
SHRIVER
Filter Presses
Write us for Cata-
logue, Prices and
Information.
T. SHRIVER & CO.
814 Hamilton Street
HARRISON, N. J.
From the
5 FE a D North
WILL MATURE EARLY CROPS IN CUB@
We make a specialty of supplying Vegetables, Flower
and Field Seeds of select strains for Gardeners’ use.
We secure favorable freight rates from Denver. Seeds
are shipped by mail at 8 cents per pound. Our 120-page
Catalogue will tell you all about them.
Barteldes Seed Co. : :
LL rh us
Denver, Colo.
-KRAJEWSKI-PESANT CO.
32 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
SUGAR MACHINERY
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Hammonds “Thrip Juice,” No. 1,
Used for Scale on Citrus
20 years in Florida.
barrel, on old trees, with safety.
Keeps the Trees Clean. Note What is Said about Old Trees.
Cocoanut Grove, Florida, July 21, 1906.
Ha 5 MR. H. B. MARSH, Live Oak, Florida.
$ =! Dear Sir: I have been using I]lammond’s ‘‘Thrip Juice’’ for the
2 = past fifteen years. As a Seale destroyer it has no equal. It keeps
= S citrus trees perfectly clean and leaves no bad effect when used
w 3! according to directions. - Yours truly, JOHN P. TOMS.
Ss = PP. S. I tind I can use two dippers full instead of one to the
= B
= 8
a m
A Good Thing to Have Around.
Mayabe Nursery Co., Holguin, Cuba, Province of Santiago,
fRuezearion SCALEON OnANCE Natural|sizp August 3, 1906.
Special Directions” red Joa | HAMMOND'S SLUG SHOT WORKS. Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.
{i Dear Sir. It has been a long time since writing you. but there is
a reason. Af the time I bought your ‘‘Thrip Juice."* No. 1. there
were groves oeing set out and Scale had not manifested itself, but
now, With three years on them. they show the want of a spray. My
ten-gallon crd»r cf three years ago has convinced me that it is a good
thing to have around the grove.
THOS. R. TOWNS.
SLUG SHOT WORKS.
ON It mucsom my
For Pamphlets on Bugs and Blights, address
HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT WORKS, FISHKILL-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.
MAKES 1000
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CARDENAS
PEDRO M. MEDEROS.
General Commission Merchant, Importer and Exporter.
Cable: “Soredem.” Cardenas, Cuba.
VILA Y HERMANO, MENENDEZ, ECHEVERRIA Y CO.
Constructores de los trasbordadores de cafa al @en Gs)
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y | BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y Cable: ‘“‘Estrada.” Cardenas, Cuba.
de fabricacion de hielo. -
Telégrama: “Vila.” Cardenas, Cuba. J. PARRAVICINI
Custom House Broker,
ec PEs aoe Cable address: ‘“‘Paravicini.”’ Cardenas, Cuba.
Ymportadores de Maderas y ‘Barros, con Maquin- e
as de Vapor. Cardenas, Cuba. RAFAEL JOSE REYNALDOS
Claves en uso: Western Union y Watkins. Attorney and Notary Public.
Correo: Apartado 6. Cable: “iglesias.” Ayllén 48. Cardenas, Cuba.
THE CUBA REVIEW aml Beiter
An Encyclopaedia of Facts Regarding Cuba. VINA Y OBREGON
Monthly Magazine. Fully Iliustrated. Mercancias en general Comisiones. Representa-
Fifty Cents per year, postpaid. ciones. Cable: “Garantia.” Apartado de Correos
Beaver Building - - - New York City No. 22. 2d Ave. y Calle 5. Cardenas.
A LOS SENORES HACENDADOS
La Compania Andénima ‘‘Cal Larrauri,’’ con patente exclusivo, fabrica cal viva pulverizada al
vapor, siendo este el mejor producto de todos Ios descubiertus hasta hoy, para defecar guarapo con
rapidez y limnieza. Defeca esta con una cuarta parte de las otras cales; prueba sus grandiosos
resultadus, el estar sirviendo 4 165 fineus azucareras su cal de defecacién, de las que puede enviar
Sus nombres y lugares donde estén situudus, para que eStas informen de sus resultados.
Recibe ordenes en Ia Calle Real, No. 304, CARDENAS, CUBA.
Apartado 7. Cable LARRAURI FRANCISCO LARRAURI, Administrador
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MOBILE, ALA.
THE BANK OF MOBILE
UNITED STATE
NATIONAL BANKING
ASSOCIATION
DEPOSITARY
Capital - $100,000.00
Surplus and Profits (earned) 37,000.00
Deposits over - = - 800,000.00
This bank will accept all desirable business that is tendered tou it. The management earnestly desire that its facili-
ties shal! be at the service of customers--with small or large accounts--on equal footing. Will lend small and moderate
amounts of money. with proper security, at very lowest interest rates.
Mi. J. "IcDERMOTT, President
JAMES A. LEWIS,
President and Treasurer.
SIDNEY LOWENSTEIN, Vice-President
L, GERMAIN, JR.,
Vice-President.
T. J. O’CONNOR, Cashier
J. HOWARD SMITH,
Secretary.
Lewis Land and Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS
Yellow Pine, Cypress, Hardwoods of All Kinds
Mouldings, Casing,
Cable Address ‘tAll Woods’”’
CODES
Southards and A. B. C, 5th Edition
and All Interior Finish
City Bank & Trust Building
MOBILE, ALA.
MOBILE TRANSFER CO.
‘«« The Connecting Link’’
Between the Railway and Steamship Lines of Mobile
Our representatives on all trains and Munson
Line Steamers arrange for transfer of passengers
and check baggage through to destination.
Offices: UNION DEPOT and 57 N. ROYAL ST.
HoTeL. St. ANDREW
MOBILE, ALA. EUROPEAN PLAN
150 Rooms 75 Rooms with Bath
200 Room Addition will open January 1908
Centrally Located, Opposite Post Office
A. DACOVICH & SONS,
Proprietors
The Principal Hotels in Mobile, Ala.
THE CAWTHON
(FIREPROOF )
European, 175 Rooms
$1.50 Up
THE BIENVILLE
(MODERN )
European, 150 Rooms
$1.00 Up
Both Hotels in Heart of City, Facing Bienville Square
im, W. LEINKAUF, Pres.
C. H. BROWN,
Vice-Pres. A. PROSKAUER, Cashier
Leinkauf Banking Company
Capital and Surplus, $265,000
Special Attention Given to Collections
MOBILE, ALABAMA
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NOm ThE al A.
° Agents at Mobile for Vacuum Oil and Swan & Finch
Rolf Seeber Oil Companies, and contract deliveries made. Full and
complete stocks carried of Packings, Paints and Supplies
of every description required by steamers or sailing ves-
J
e sels. All mail addressed to our care will have our prompt
Ip an ery and careful attention.
Watkins & Scott’s Codes Cable Address: “Seeberg’”’
Company Branch Stores:
108-110 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, La.,
MOBILE, ALA. and Gulf Port, Miss. (for Ship Island).
HOME INDUSTRY IRON WORKS
Engines, Boilers ana Machinery
Manufacturing and Repairing of all kinds. Architectural Iron and Brass
Castings. Light and Heavy Forgings. All kinds of Machinery Supplies.
Steamship Work a Specialty
rop
SAS. 8. BOGUE, Supt. MOBILE, ALA.
U. S. COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BALTIMORE, MD. NEW ORLEANS.
STEVENS BROTHERS
HEADQUARTERS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES ETO Dee Be age? PRODUCE
Commission Merchants 19 Poydras § t 0 NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Reference: Merchants National Bank and Com- 219 Poydras Street, ?
mission Agencies. Ship us. Baltimore, Md. aes Ra ey Te ee PE ee rape
JOHN MEYER
CHICAGO. Commission Merchant
LEPMAN & HEGGIE Wholesale Fruit and Produce of every description.
221-223 South Water Street, Chicago, U. S. A. 117 Poydras Street, New Orleans, La.
WHOLESALE EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY
Correspondence Solicited ST LOUIS
KANSAS CITY, MO. GERBER FRUIT COMPANY
GINOCCHIO-JONES FRUIT CO. IT AND PRODUCE COMMISSION
Correspondence Solicited. Handle approved Con- uy MERCHANTS
SSeuTen iS, a crated. snes Pines. 804-806 N. Fourth Street, ST, LOUIS, MO.
20 years in business in Kansas City.
JOHN W. McDONALD
COAL, WOOD, LUMBER
and TIMBER of Every
John Munro @ Son
; Description
Steamship and 112 WALL STREET soge
‘ , p Near South Street NEW YO
Engineers Supplies “Se 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basin
Telephones:
13 Conover Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. |) CHES Hele dens Yard, 816 Hemilton
Cable Address: Kunomale, New York Engineers and Contractors
é PURDY G6 HENDERSON, Inc.
PelepHone, 190 Hamilton _.) Engineers and Contractors
‘New York Chicago Boston
Cuba Office, Empedrado 32, Havana
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HAV
COLLECTIONS
National
Bank of Cuba
Capital, $5,000,000.00
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
ANA
The Royal Bank of Canada
INCORPORATED 18609
Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation,
CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, $45,500,000.00
Head Office, HALIFAX, N. S.
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
Chief Executive Office, MONTREAL
OBRAPIA 33, GALIANO 92,
MANZANILLO,
HAVANA:
CIENFUEGOS:
Branches in Havana, Matanzas, Cardenas,
Camuguey and Sautiugo de Cuba,
ESTABLISHED 1844
CUBA 27
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Habana. Sagua la Grande.
Santiago. Pinar Del Rio.
Cienfuegos. Caibarien.
Matanzas. Guantanamo.
Cardenas. Santa Clara.
Manzanillo. Camaguey.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF U. S. A.
THE TRUST COMPANY
OF CUBA
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
PAID UP $500,000
CAPITAL
Eas acess)
Transacts a General Trust
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Correspondence Solicited from
Intending Investors
RSS SSS SRS SA SS SSNS,
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Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
| Safe Deposit Vaults
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
| Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159#163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
Established 1876
N. GELATS & COMPANY
Bankers
Transacts a general banking
business.
Correspondence at all the prin-
cipal! places of the island.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
Office: Aguiar 108
Code:
Cable:
Western Union.
Gillett, Tampa.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for foreign customers.
Terms reasonable. Correspondeace solicited.
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HAVANA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA
Improved and accelerated service to all points east of Havana. Five trains
- each way to San Antonio de los Banos and Guanajay. Four trains daily to Ma-
tanzas, Guines and Batabano, at which latter point connection can be made twice
a week with steamers for the Is:ie of Pines and sorts in the famous Vuelta Abajo
tobacco district in Pinar del Rio. Three trains daily to Union and to Cardenas.
Two daily express trains between Ilavana aad Santo Domingo, Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara and Sagua. Daily through express to Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de
Avila, Camaguey (Puerto Principe) and Santiago de Cuba.
Parlor, observation and sleeping cars attached to principal trains.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS, ADDRESS
VILL&ANUEVA
UNITED RAILWAYS OF HAVANA, st" |...
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
* SAN JUAN @ BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O'REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY CO.
O’REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. O. BOX 727
The only American Store in Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
I. G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT MOLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the College of Attorneys Customs Brokers
ot a
eee Cable Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
Ernest Lee Conant “CONANT”
ave sacar eee ay Officies 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street _ Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting | Co., 0” Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bulle, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
Cable: ‘‘Bulle.”
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND TRANS=-
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents,
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS,
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O'Reilly.
Chas.
Havana.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLB
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im- OF PINES FARM LANDS.
portations. Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
RESTAURANT—"PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
; Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
Banco de la Habana
CAPITAL PAGADO
$2,500,000 Oro Americano
Presidente <= -«
Carlos de Zaldo
Ofrece toi'da
clase de facilidades
bancarias
(CER ELL SSS SISDIS SSIS SIS SSIS SSSI ISIS IIL IS SI SIS SSS ISO
‘THE HERRADURA LAND COMPANY §
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
all within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
WRITE OR CALL FOR INFOR
Cotton, ‘Corn and Tobacco.
Stores, Hotel, American School,
Titles perfect.
v2
ATION.
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R’T THE BANNER @? 09 5 my
BA COLONY OF
BARTLE is situated in Eastern Cuba, on the main line of the Cuba Railroad; on the height of land
400 feet above the sea. No prospective buyer has visited BARTLE who afterward purchased and settled
at any other Cuban Colony. Many people owning property elsewhere in Cuba after visiting BARTLE have
purchased and settled there.
Has the very richest fruit and sugar land and no swamps.
Has four spring streams flowing through it.
Temperature ranges between 50° and 90°,
Has a train service and mail both ways daily.
Has well stocked stores.
Has the finest station on the Cuba Railroad.
kas) made more progress in one year than any other Cuban Colony
as in two.
i er are ae eC ea,
Has a new church out of debt, and the largest regular English-
speaking congregation in Cuba.
Has a good public school.
BARTLE LAND $25 TO $50 PER ACRE. BARTLE TOWN LOTS $100 TO $150 EACH,
Send for particulars and prospectus.
CUBAN REALTY COMPANY, Limited Head Office, Temple Bldg., TORONTO, OAM,
Offices at 149 Broadway, New YorHK, and Bartle, Cuba
DUNCAN O. BULL re General Manager
The Finest of
4 Pullman Library,
Observation, Draw-
ing Room Sleeping
Cars, Wide Vesti-
buled Coaches and
Dining Cars, with
Electric Lights and
Fans, are used
JNO. M. BEALL,
General Passenger
Agent,
St. Louis, Mo.
ces nt] mal eeu Ta
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Havana Bankers—N. Gelats & Co.
TAYLOR, LOWENSTEIN C0. JAMES S. CONNELL & SON
Sugar Brokers
MOBILE, ALA. Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
ROSIN, TURPENTINE and CHARCOAL Cable Address—‘‘Tide, New York’’
THE BIG FI UR ROUTE Through Train Service
Cincinnati, Toledo and Detroit
3 Daily Trains Each Way 3 ‘V's stern Central BB
Parlor Cars. Sleepers. Dining Cars. Ask for Tickets Via
BIG FOUR
and cable transfers on above countries.
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CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad ro.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
lumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him is my Specialty.
R. J. MARTINEZ.
CUBAN SOUVENIRS, CURIOSITIES, POSTAL
M. J. CABANA,
CARDS, ETC,
P -rciante-Comisionista, Apartado Camaguey. | 2
Comerci ante Ce one A : p i 3, Cc : &g a MORRO CASTLE
Solicita corresponadencia de todos los centros im- Vicis 7 a +
= ¢ a igia No. 6, opposite Hotel Camaguey.
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America. Genbralintornanon Once “
MARX & WINDSOR carrie cues covemnen
Expert Examinations and Reports Gimber and Other Lands
Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P. O, BOX 114, CAMAGUEY, CUBA
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern Sanitary Fittings.
Spacious Courts and Gardens. Especially designed for
those who wish to live quietly in a
beautiful district and in
Aa MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
**‘Manager, Hotel Camaguey,’’ Camaguey, Cuba
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN, ® S255 (tian Po
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS Gain tna Ginerat’ Cargoet
BAGS AND BAGGING
| Business Firms of Gibara | We lend
M. CUERVO Y CIA.,
Gibara, Cuba. In the manufacture of Cooking Utensils
Telegrafo: ‘‘Cuervyo.”’ and can completely equip the kiichen of
MANUEL DA SILVA E. HIJOS.
Banqueros. Importadores. Tabaco en rama.
Cable: ‘‘Silva.’’
any establishment from the most elaborate
hotel to the humblest dwelling.
sian Bramhali Beane Co.
Cable: ‘“‘Torre.”’ Marina 2. 262-4-6 Water St., New York City
Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y
Ferreteria,
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TIES, TIMBER,
Creosoted if desired.
EDGAR H. QUINBY,
LUMBER,
68 Broad Street,
POLES AND PILING
Prompt Deliveries.
New York, N. Y.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF MATANZAS |
FARMACIA FRANCESA ar
Importacién de Drogas Productos Quimicos y
Farmacéuticos. Aguas Minerales. Perfumeria.
Re Viuda de Ernesto Triolet & Co.
Apartado 65. Telégrafo, Triolet. Constitucion, 49 y 51
MATANZAS ICE COMPANY
ICE-MAKING AND BEER-BOTTLING PLANT
Importers—Cattle and Horses.
GRAND HOTEL “LOUVRE”
Juan Escalante y Sobrinos, Propietarios ‘
Finest hotel in Matanzas. Faces Plaza. Faverite
for American families and business men.
———
ALTUNA, BALPARDA Y CA.
(S. en _C.)
Tirry 12—Apartado 11—Telégrafo: SANGINES.
Maderas, Barros, Carbones, Almacen de Aztcar,
Taller de Aserrio. Remolcador ‘‘Yumuri.” Clave
en uso, A. B. C. 5a Edicién.
A. PENICHET Y CA., S. en C.
Sucesores de José Zabala
Almacenistas de Maderas y Barros con Taller de
Aserrio Gelabert, frente al Muelle Principal
Apartado Num. 237. Direccién Cablegrafica: Penichet
AGUSTIN PENICHET, Abogado.
AND
| QUEEN & CRESCENT
ROUTE.
W. A. GARRETT, Gen. Manager
Southern
Railway
Direct to Cuba and Havana. Con-
nects with Munson Line at Mobile
from Cincinnati, Chattanooga and
Birmingham.
For Rates and Booklet address
W. Cf. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Cincinnati:
WILLETT & GRAY, Brokers ana agents
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
SUGARS
RAW AND
REFINED
82 WALL STREET, NEW YORK
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade.
TELEGRAPHIC TARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
Telephone, 33 Hamilton
Night Call, 411 Hamilton
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Summit Streets
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, Cop ersmiths,
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers, Iron and Brass Castings. 8
Cable Address:
““Abiworks,’’ New York
teamship
Brooklyn, N. Y.
SOBRINOS DE BEA & CO.
Bankers and Commission Merchants
Importacién directa de todas los centros
manutactureros del mundo.
Agents for the
Munson Steamship Line,
New York and
Mobile.
James E. Ward & Co., New York.
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
Vapores Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co.
de Barcelona, Espafia Independencia
Street 17/21.
MATANZAS, CUBA.
Box 186
Telephone il
Maritime Exchange
215 Hamilton
YULE & MUNRO
SHIPWRIGHTS
Caulkers, Spar Makers
Boat Builders, Etc.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN
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E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacién y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
Comisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(Sen)
Importadores de Ferreteria y
Telégrafo: Valribe.
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
Machinery.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion. :
Cristina Alta 10 y It. Cable: Illivega.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion.
Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Badell,” Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
Banqueros
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacién directa de Ferreteria_y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto “Golondrina’” y “Carta Cuba.’
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
13. San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Mlavana,
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importacién. Exportacién.
ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address: “Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box 201
Te SDS 3 lhl a a
NIPESD AY
KRUM & CO.
Importers and Exporters.
Custom House brokers and general
agents.
Cable address: Krumco, Nipe.
o.
92 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK
MERCADERES, 22, HAVANA, CUBA
couleecnee and Consulting
Mechanica Engineer on
SUGAR MACHINERY
forwarding |
B. STILLMAN
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
HENRY E. BROWN
Pharmacist
Shipping and Export Chemist and Drug-
gist, Ships’ Medicine Chests Furnished and
Replenished. Prescriptions Compounded
by a Graduate in Pharmacy.
Trusses, Surgical Appliances, etc.
Affice and laboratory, Room 36.
116 BROAD ST., NEW YORK
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Daily Capacity, 200,000 Feet
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Bennett, Walsh & Co,
18 Broadway, New York
Steamship Agents and Ship Brokers
Cable: ‘‘Benwalsh’’
THEE SNARE AND
TRIEST COMPANY
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Masonry Construction
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
Weare prepared to furnish plans and estimates
on all classes of contracting work in Cuba.
N. Y. Office Havana Office
143 LIBERTY ST.
WATER
attention.
the world over.
the market.
VINEGAR BEND LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and @xporters
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U. S. A.
Codes: AB C, Fourth Edition; Southards; WatkKins ; Western Union.
Cable Address: ‘‘TURNER’’
‘The Comfortable
Way 99
Between the East and the West is via
the Toledo, St. Louis and
Western Railroad
Clover Leaf”
Route
Rates lower than by any other direct
line. Send four cents in stamps for
copy of ‘‘Get Out or Get in Line,” a
booklet by Mr. Elbert Hubbard,
Chief of the Roycroft¢rs.
WALTER L. ROSS
General Passenger Agent
Toledo, Ohio
LA LEAL BUILDING,
CYPRESS
AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Will not only be for yourself, but for your great
grandchildren, for no one has lived to know the age
of an orange tree. We havea plan by which you can
secure one at the lowest possible cost, and if you
can give us a little of your time without a cent
of cash, write to-day.
Cubitas Valley Company
57 Dexter Building, Chicago, III.
TANKS
Don’t waste money on a cheap metal tank that will rust and need constant
Our tanks are made of carefully selected cypress, chemically treated and
thoroughly seasoned, and bound with electrically welded hoops.
They will last longer and give less trouble than any other tank on
Write for Catalogue and Delivered Prices,
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They are the best
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New York-Cuba Passenger Service
INTENDED SAILINGS FOR APRIL AND MAY
(Subject to change without notice)
omer CURITYBA, April 24th for Nuevitas direct,
thence Antilla, Nipe Bay, Puerto Padre, Gibara and Vita.
HOMEWARD: Nuevitas May 9th, Nipe Bay May 10th,
due New York May 16th.
tee OLINDA, May 8th for Antilla, Nipe Bay, direct ;
thence to Nuevitas, Puerto Padre, Gibara and Vita.
HOMEWARD: Nuevitas, May 23rd, Antilla, Nipe Bay,
May 24th, due New York May 29th.
Sco: CURITYBA, May 22nd for Nuevitas direct;
thence Antilla, Nipe Bay, Puerto Padre, Gibara and Vita.
HOMEWARD: Nuevitas June 6th, Antilla June 7th,
due New York June 12th.
At Antilla, Nipe Bay, direct connection is make with the trains of the
CUBA RAILROAD COMPANY for interior points.
Steamers sail from Pier 6, Martin’s Stores, Brooklyn, every other Wednesday at 3 P.M
On or about May Jst steamers will sail from Pier 9
East River, foot Old Slip, New York.
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REDUCED RATES
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$35.00 Round Trip
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Effective April 6, 1907:
From Mobile, every Saturday at Io a. m.
From Havana, every Tuesday at 5 p.m.
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE
82 BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK
W. B. McDONALD
Freight and Passenger Agent JAS. GIBBONEY & CO.
(Mobile-Havana Service) Commercial Agents
HAVANA MOBILE, ALA.
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Model 1904-1905
ECONOMY its BOAST
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not shown).
Apply for reading matter and information to
The Sugar Apparatus Manufacturing Co.
328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
8. MORRIS LILLIE, President. LEWIS C. LILLIE, Secretary and Treasurer,
: Condensers
Capacity, 600,000 gallons cane juice per 24 hours.
CARR CHEMICAL COMPANY, BOSTON, MASS.
GUARDESF LIMPIA SU CALDERI
y libre de incrustacién 6 grasa con usar el
COMPUESTO PARA CALDERAS “YORK-
SHIRE.”’ Los Gobiernos de Inglaterra y de
los Estados Unidos lo usan y muchas de las
mAs importantes casas americanas que se valen
de vapor. Méndenos un pedido como ensayo,
sujeto 4 aprobacion. Referencias en Cuba y
en l'uerto Rico.
Carr Chemical Company
FLUJDO SANIEARIO ‘:CRISOLINE”’
[Es la mejor y la mfs barata loci6n insecticida
para carneros en el mercado. Asegura la muerte
de las garrapatas y de la sarna. En forma
dilufida es un remedio efleaz para heridas, llagas,
ete., tanto en hombres como en animales. Hay
muchos en Cuba que lo usan,
208 Summer St., Boston, Mass.
WE CAN COMPLETELY EQUIP
Sugar
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We manufacture Cars, Rails, Track, Turntables, Locomotives, Spare Parts,
etc.; our product is of latest and most approved design and manufactured of
the best materials that money can buy. LARGE STOCK ON HAND.
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Ceballos ° sire.
The following is quoted from
THC HAVANA DAILY TELEGRAPH,
Friday, February 8, 1907.
“Major Treat, inspector-general, returned from his
tour of inspection yesterday morning.
“The major was loud in his praises of what he calls
the ‘gurden spot’ of Cuba, CEBALLOS, located on the
Jucaro and San Fernando railroad about seven miles
distunt from Clego de Avila. The major was much im-
pressed with the magnificent hotel, which he states
Was more than could possibly be expected; with the
beautiful flowers with which the place has been made
attractive, and the magnificent fruit to be seen on all
sides. The banner lemons especially attracted his at-
tention, which he claims are larger than a grapefruit,
juicy, and of splendid fluvor and perfect in shape.
The citrus department of this colony, which comprises
thousands of acres, is under the able munagement of
Mr. W. C. Hewitt. a well known California and
Florida horticulturist, who has made a _ specialty of
eltrus fruits for the last twenty years.’’
A 3-year-old grapefruit tree in the
Ceballos groves, and its first product
The TIME to invest in Cuba is now
The PLACE is in the “‘ Garden Spot,” Ceballcs
TheOPPORTUNIT Yis offered by The Development Company of Cuba, owners of Ceballos
Write for information to
Geo. H. Gillett, Secretary, 43 Exchange Place, New York
Remember
If you come to Cuba that WE LOAN KODAKS
FREE OF CHARGE, and after you have taken the
pictures that the EXPERTS in our DEVELOPING
AND PRINTING DEPARTMENT will deliver to
you the most artistic work possible to obtain. Be
sure and ask for our attractive booklet “OF IN-
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O’REILLY 104-108 HABANA
If you want to know about Cuba: Lands, Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit Growing,
Industrial Enterprises, Manufactures, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER ,BoUur CUBA
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale. He is, however, well informed concern-
ing Cuba and will answer freely all questions. No fee asked
or received; send only stamp.
WARD G. FOSTER
6037-38 METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Madison Square, New York City.
\ Manager Standard Guide Information Offices:
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Washington, D. C.; Havana Cuba.
New Standard Guide to Cuba
= complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of
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furnished on application
BURNHAM, WILLIAMS @ CO.
Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. Cable Address: ‘* Baldwin, Philadelphia”
Agents for Cuba, Krajewski-Pesant Co., Aguiar 92, Havana, Cuba.
BUCKEYE NURSERIES % 2xemetE PR
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Largest Citrus Nurseries in the World. 800,000 TREES. Standard Varieties
True to Name. Clean, Vigorous, Well-Rooted. Have shipped 4c0,000 to Cuba and
Isle of Pines, all doing well. We guarantee delivery in good condition, and also
guarantee entire satisfaction. Why bother with amateurs? We can give you the
benefit of 27 years’ experience. Write for Catalog and information. M. E. GILLETT.
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and true to name. Send for Catalogue
LA GLORIA the largest American town in Cuba, the center of the American
Colonies in the Cubitas Valley. Nearly 1,000 American resi-
dents. Thousands of acres already in orange groves and pineapple plantations. Town lots:
in La Gloria have advanced in price 500% in the past five years. An opportunity of a
lifetime. Many choice locations left, which can be secured by those who purchase soon.
Plantations of five, ten, twenty and forty acres on easy payments on the installment plan.
For Particulars, address
Cuban Land @ Steamship Company.
No. 32 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY
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Sugar VPlantation—Cuba Railroad,
The Cuba Railroad
This new line completing the railroad connection between Havana and Santiago, and
Antilla, on the Bay of Nipe, is of standard gauge and similar in its construction and equip-
ment to the better class of northern lines. All of its important bridges are of steel and
masonry, and the line generally is rock-ballasted. The main line passes along the center
of the eastern and wider half of Cuba, and opens up a matchless and most picturesque
agricultural region, and passes through the tropical forests of mahogany, cedar, lignum
vite, ebony and many other trees, hung with vines and millions of orchids. Palm trees
of magnificent aspect and great variety abound everywhere. ‘The famed Parana and Guinea
grasses, covering most of the open districts and standing from six to twelve feet high and
green the year round, together with frequent running
streams, make this an ideal cattle country. No food
has to be put up and no shelter is required. The rich
soils everywhere are adapted to sugar, tobacco, cotton,
corn and an endless variety of products. The swamps
which occur at places along the coasts of Cuba are ab-
sent from the interior, which is high, dry and excep-
tionally healthy. The trade winds blow across Cuba
every day, and bring to all parts fresh sea air; the ex-
treme heat of northern summers is consequently un-
known and the humidity of other tropical countries is
also unknown.
The Cuba Railroad Company’s Hotel Camaguey,
at Camagtiey (formerly Puerto Principe) is by far the
most popular resort in Cuba, Spanish in style, and pro-
vided with bath rooms and other modern conveniences,
and is first-class in all respects.
This old city has about 40,000 inhabitants, is pic-
turesque and is situated in a beautiful and remarkably
healthy district. The hotel is especially favored by
those wishing to spend some weeks or months in a
matchless sub-tropical climate.
Map of The Cuba Railroad
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Contents of This Number
AGRICULTURAL AND AMERICAN COLONY NOTES. -Pages 19 and 20.
There are notes from Byati and Ceballos. How to replace medium and inferior
fruit trees with the better kind, etc.
CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Page 25.
A review of receipts at New York and prices.
GENERAL NOTES. Pages 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24.
The Methodist Church in Cuba. The Mayari Valley. U. S. sailors and Santiago
police in a row. Santiago rich in mineral deposits. Illustration of the
harbor at Daiquiri. Servants in Cuba. Emigration from Spain to Cuba.
MILITARY. Pages 17 and 18.
Illustration of Camp Columbia and of the Monument to the Rough Riders in the
National Cemetery. Cuba’s standing army. The medical department of Cuba.
POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT MATTERS. Pages to, 11 and 12.
Portrait of Gonzalez de Quesada. Some interesting cartoons reflecting newspaper
opinion on the future of Cuba and a general review of the situation.
PRESENT STATUS OF PROPERTIES AND LANDS IN EASTERN CUBA. A
special and valuable article. Pages 7, 8 and o9.
RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS. Pages 14, 15 and 16.
Illustration of the Cristina Station of the Western Railway in Havana. Demand in
Cuba for cement. Governor Magoon approves the expenditure of $13,000,000
for public works. Havana Railway consolidation. New reservoir and
aqueduct at Cienfuegos, with map showing these improvements.
THE U. S. PRESS ON THE CUBAN SITUATION. Page 13.
SUGAR AND PRICES, SPANISH AND ENGLISH. Pages 26 and 28.
NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL -ILLUSTRATIONS.
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“ALL ABOUT CUBA”
Copyright, 1907, by the Munson Steamship Line.
Volume V. MAY, 1907 Number 6
THE PRESENT STATUS OF PROPERTIES IN LAND IN EASTERN
CUBA. CUBAN LAND TITLES ABSOLUTELY GOOD.*
BY G. E. HARRAH, HOLGUIN, CUBA
Picking up any local newspaper in eastern Cuba to-day, one may read an
advertisement such as the following:
“Se venden ciento y seis pesos de posesiOn en el area de , tundada en
el camino real de Bayamo. EI que se interese puede dirigirse a la calle <
numero 69, casa de Francisco ee :
This may be rendered: “For sale, 126 dollars of possession in the hacienda
of , located on the Bayamo road. Inquiries may be made at the house of
Francisco ——_—, number 69, street.” ;
And the reader versed in the agrarian history of Cuba recognizes in the lines.
the “swan song” of the institution known as the “hacienda comunera,” or the com-
munal ownership of land, which was established in the island by the Spaniards.
during the first half of the sixteenth century. Soon the phrase, “dollars of
possession,” will be spoken of only as a curiosity in legal nomenclature.
To make clear the peculiar status, at the present time, of properties in land
in the province of Santiago de Cuba, there is here presented a brief sketch of
Cuban agrarian history, with an outline of the legislation effecting the emancipa-
tion of the agriculturist from medieval customs of landholding which have throttled
advancement. In the treatment of the subject, as given here, many details, in-
teresting in themselves as picturing practices of by-gone days, and rewarding
the student in his labor of research, are necessarily omitted.
Following upon the occupation of the country by the conquerors came the
appropriation of the lands, which in their luxuriance of tropical vegetation tempted
even the soldier to agricultural pursuits. It was the policy of the government
to encourage settlement; hence the “mercedes,” or grants, issued by sovereigns,
viceroys and “cabildos”’—the ayuntamientos or town councils in the pueblos (the
political system and modus operandi of the mother country furnishing the model
for colonial administration). But it would appear that these grants, while made
to individuals, entitled the beneficiaries, at first, to the use, only, of the land, the
specified purposes being for the raising of cattle and making plantings. The gov-
ernment retained the proprietary right to its rich patrimony.
Within fifty years from the time of the appearance of Juana, as the island was
called by Columbus, on the maps of the new Spanish empire, disputes over titles,
growing out of questions of occupancy and from the ill-feeling engendered by
the conflicting interests of herders who did not always respect boundaries more
or less arbitrarily fixed, forced the government to take some steps towards rem-
edying existing abuses. Its solution of the problem, satisfactory, perhaps, at
the time, but a source of vexatious complications in the future, was a law which
made the “pastos, montes, aguas y terminos” communal property. Henceforth those
Occupying the territory specified in a “merced” were to regard pasture, wood-
land, and streams within the recognized boundary as the property of all, to the
use of which all were entitled.
Thus originated the “hacienda comunera” in the first phase of its existence, the
community system of occupation of land. The word “occupation” is used some-
what guardedly, for as yet ownership, as domain, does not seem to have been
*In view of the fact that Juan Galberto Gomez has petitioned Gov. Magoon to have the system of
Hacienda Comunera abolished, this article will prove extremely informing.—Editor CUBA REVIEW.
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recognized, in law, as obtaining among the occupiers of land secured under the
“merced” or grant made by the cabildo, though many estates, as appears from sub-
sequent legislation, were at that time the property of individuals or speedily
became so by process of division. Occupiers ot land apparently did not recognize
the distinction between “use” and “domain” which the enactments ot the 16th and
19th centuries take into account. Rights of occupancy and use of land were be-
queathed and bartered away in exchange as if they were possessions 1 full
ownership. ‘at
The well-meaning intentions of the authorities towards the agricultural interests
of the island are seen in all the later enactments touching real property. In 1574
the Municipal Ordinances of Havana provided that “each cabildo of the island
within the limits of its own jurisdiction might issue licenses for farm sites and
house lots, and for estates (asientos) for farms and cattle ranches, as had been
done from the time of the discovery of the island, the interests of the public and
of a third party not being injured thereby.” This law remained in force until 1720,
when the power of making the grant known as “merced” was withdrawn from the
municipal councils. ,
By this time practically all the territory had been granted out. That disputes
over conflicting interests would inevitably arise can easily be seen in the light
of some of the circumstances attending the grants. In the absence of surveyors,
it was customary for the town corporations (cabildos) to determine the extent
of a newly-made grant by the judgment of a practical man, an artisan, who, with-
out making exact measurements, would locate the center of the estate and fix the
boundaries by any method satisfactory to himself. Grants were classified under
the distinctive names of hato and corral, according as their use was to be for
cattle or hogs (ganado mayor 6 menor), and their extent was determined by
various methods of mensuration, taking as the starting-point for the operations
the center (asiento) indicated in the grant. The center of the corral was the
door of the pig-sty, which would be located near some well-watered spot; and
the area of the corral would be 421 caballerias (13,960 acres, a caballeria being
33.16 acres), or the land enclosed within a circle, or polygon of 72 sides, having a
radius of one Cuban league (2.6 miles). In the hato, the center was the
“bramadero,” or place for branding cattle, and the radius was two leagues (5.2
miles), the total area being 1684 caballerias, or 55,841 acres. The “asientos” did
not always remain where originally placed, for survey proceedings instituted dur-
ing recent years found many near boundaries instead of at the center of the area
contained within the recognized limits. The boundary line was sometimes the path
traversed by a horseman who pursued a circular route, keeping always within the
sound of a horn blown by a man stationed at the center, the distance which the
sound would carry being, presumably, a league. Official surveys of recent years
have shown that in such cases the owner actually took less land that he was entitled
to by the grant, an amusing instance of a man’s defrauding himself.
From the inevitable confusion of rights and titles inherent in such a system,
there arose a crying need for the proper marking of boundaries and the division of
holdings. Aiter the restitution of Havana to Spain by England in accordance with
the Treaty of Paris in 1763, these operations went on rapidly in the western portion
of the island. There the occupied lands were around towns such as Havana, Matan-
zas, etc., the Spaniards having settled in large numbers in that part of the island
and built up prosperous communities. In the eastern part, where the country was
practically a wilderness, the movement was slower.
To promote surveys and do away with the existing confusion, a royal edict of
July 16, 1819, declared that the grants of land made by the cabildos until 1729 would
be respected as legitimate titles of domain, the possessors being entitled to alienate
them or devote them to any convenient use; in default of other title, that of lawful
prescription would be allowed, proved according to law. The numberless lawsuits
which had been due to the desire of occupiers of land to secure undisputed title were
materially lessened by this edict.
The hacienda comunera had now entered upon the second phase of its existence,
valid titles constituting a right of domain. But disputes over boundaries still con-
tinued. To remedy existing evils a famous ruling of the Audiencia of Puerto Prin-
cipe, known as the “Voto Consultivo,” had been promulgated on May 6 of the same
year, 1819. Recognizing existing usages in matters relating to the possession of
properties held in common, it provided for a system of procedure in the demarcation
of these properties. In spite of the faulty provisions of the Voto Consultivo, many
abuses and practices contrary to law being a consequence of its vagueness regarding
the actions and recourses open to interested parties, much good was accomplished
by it. In accordance with its provisions the greater part of the haciendas comuneras
in the jurisdiction of Sancti Spiritus and many elsewhere in the island were appor-
tioned before the year 1866. : Fs
That the survey and division of all the properties hitherto unapportioned did not
occur was due to the promulgation in Cuba, by a royal edict of December 9, 1865,
NOTABLE BUILDINGS OF HAVANA. The President’s palace where Gevernor Magoon now has
offices. It is an historical building and occupied in former times by the Spanish Captain-General
Weyler, later by ex-President Palma, and now by the Provisional Governor. It was built in 1834.
EDIFICIOS NOTABLES DE LA HABANA. El Palacio del Presidente, en donde el Sr. Gobernador
Magoon tiene sus oficinas.
of the Law of Civil Procedure which had been in force in Spain since 1856. This
law contained a clause providing that if before the actual operations of the survey
had begun any owner of adjoining lands should make objections to the same, the
operations should be discontinued (one of the main flaws in the articles of the Voto
Consultivo). This provision practically put a stop to the apportionment of the lands
in the eastern part of the island, where the “hacienda comunera” was well-nigh
universal. From interested motives, such as the fear on the part of owners of exten-
sive tracts that a survey would materially lessen the size of their holdings where
there were overlapping boundaries, or that their title was insecure in the absence of
documents to prove same, objections were readily forthcoming. The poverty and
ignorance of the small co-owners prevented their having recourse to legal proceedings
for securing a division which would determine the extent of their own holdings.
The Ten Years’ War, 1868 to 1878, with the disturbed condition of the country
thereafter until the American intervention, effectually stayed proceedings, although
the amended Law of Civil Procedure extended to Cuba in September, 1885, had
attempted to further agricultural interests by providing for the demarcation and
apportionment of properties held in common as had been done formerly in accordance with
the Voto Consultivo of the Audiencia of Puerto Principe.
With American intervention came the opfortunity to wipe out forever the
obstacle to agricultural advancement presented by the ‘‘hacienda comunera.”’ The
committee of eminent Havana lawyers appointed by the government of intervention
to frame a survey law, recommended that methods similar to those pursued in testa-
mentary cases and insolvency be followed. While their recommendations applied to
the determination of boundaries of lands in individual ownership as well as of lands
held in common, it is with the method to be followed in reference to the latter only
that the present article is concerned.
The petition for a survey may be made by any co-owner in the hacienda comun-
€fa, irrespective of the number of “pesos de posesion”’ constituting his holding. The
three stages of the proceedings to be followed, as outlined by the committee and put
in operation by the famous Military Order Number 62, promulgated March 5, 1902,
are: 1. Preparatory; 2. Demarcation (determination of boundaries), and Passing
upon Titles; 3. Interior Division (apportionment). Of these several stages in the
survey of an hacienda, the public is kept informed by notices inserted in the local
Papers of the judicial district in which the hacienda is located, and in the Official
Gazette of Havana.
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10 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
CUBAN MEN OF AFFAIRS.
Magoon as a representative of Cuba at The Hague,
island Republic.
LOS ENCARGADOS DE NEGOCIOS CUBANOS.
Gonzalez de Quesada, the Cuban Minister, recently appointed by Governor
and discussed as a candidate for President of the
Sr. Gonzalez de Quesada, Ministro Cubano, nombrado
recientemente por el Sr. Gobernador Magoon como el Representante de Cuba en la Haya, y discutido como
un ecandidato para la Presidencia de la Repftblica
de Cuba.
Political and Government Matters
Gonzalo de Quesada, the Cuban Min-
ister, has purchased the property at 1750
Massachusetts avenue northwest, Washing-
ton, which he will occupy, with his family,
in the near future. While the exact price
of the property is not made public, it is
understood to be about $30,000. He deliv-
ered an energetic opinion on Cuba’s future
in Washington recently, speaking as fol-
lows. We quote from the Washington
Post: “It has been learned since the trouble
in Cuba began that the forces opposing
President Palma did not intend originally
to overturn the government, and that they
merely sought to drive the President out
of the country. But the movement gained
such headway that a revolution actually did
occur, with the result that this country is
now straightening out our affairs. Order
has been restored, the government has been
ably administered, and when the elections
are held and the island is given another
trial at running its own government, I think
it will not fail.
Gen. José Miguel Gomez wants to in-
stitute many reforms for Cuba, among
which are the following:
Government expenses
duced.
Immigration by families should be pro-
moted.
Complete independence for the judicial
power.
Civil employees secured in their office
during good behavior.
The education of illiterate adults, and
for that purpose to establish night and
Sunday schools.
He says further that “the re-established
republic will not fall again. The law will
be respected and upheld with an iron hand.
CUBA’S REPRESENTATIVES AT THE HAGUE.
Cuba’s delegates to The Hague confer-
ence are Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister
at Washington; Dr. Bustamente, a profes-
sor at the Havana University, and Senator
Sanguily. Gen. Orestes ‘Ferrera is secre-
tary of the delegation,
should be re-
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. II
NO TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY BEFORE SEPTEM-
BER, 1908.
Talking to the reporters at Washing-
ton after a long interview with the Pres-
ident, Secretary Taft said he found con-
ditions in Cuba far better than he had
hoped. The Liberals appreciate that it
is necessary to make haste slowly and
that any other course would mean set-
ting up a government which could not
stand alone. The most hopeful sign
which the Secretary found was the per-
fect agreement reached on practically
the entire programme for the elections
and transfer of authority.
The question of who should defray
the cost of the American occupation of
Cuba, or how the expense should be
divided, was not decided in Havana, and
Mr. Taft will take the matter up with the
President. Cuba will send three dele-
gates to the Hague convention and in
all ways act in her relations with for-
eign nations precisely as if Governor
Magoon were a Cuban official and no
intervention had taken place.
He assumes that the final transfer of
authority cannot be made before Sep-
tember, 1908. However, these dates are
purely tentative and somewhat depen-
dent on intervening events.
SENATOR SANGUILLY A PRESIDENTIAL POSSI-
BILITY.
A big banquet was given April 15 in
Havana in honor of Senator Manuel San-
guily, who was recently nominated by
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the Puerto Principe provincial convention
for the Liberal nomination for the presi-
dency of the republic. The banqueters
wired President Reosevelt that “they re-
lied on his word of honor to re-establish
the republic in as short a time as pos-
sible and hand it over to a Cuban govern-
ment impartially elected.”
CUBANS NOT PRACTICAL, SAYS AN EMINENT
CUBAN.
Mr. Raimundo Cabrera is one of the
most eminent lawyers in Cuba. He be-
longs to one of the oldest and wealthiest
Cuban families, represents a large client-
age among the native planters and busi-
ness men and is the legal adviser of sev-
eral important corporations. Regarding
the best policy for President Roosevelt
to pursue, he says: “The Cubans are not
practical in matters of government; they
have had no experience, and the United
States mus‘ exercise some form of super-
vision until they are competent to govern
themselves.” He suggests that the Presi-
dent send Cuba an able, wise and judicious
American minister who will be persona
erata and by treaty stipulation will have
the right to advise the President of Cuba,
to caution him and to direct his policy
without ostentation or public interference.
Until Cuban political habits improve it
would be convenient, he says further, to
retain a number of troops on the island.
He thinks all conservative Cubans would
be glad of such an arrangement.—Chicago
Record-Herald.
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La libertad de Cuba no esta lejos. —Detroit Journal.
12 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
DOES NOT SEEK THE NOMINATION.
Srs. Alfredo Zayas, Juan Gualberto Go-
mez, Felipe Gonzalez Sarrain and Gen.
Asbert were given a banquet in Matanzas
a few weeks ago at which Dr. Zayas made
the following statement:
Dr. Zayas said that he had never attempt-
ed to have himself nominated a candidate
for the presidency, and that if the national
convention of the party should decide upon
José Miguel Gomez as its candidate, he,
Zayas, will be the first to accept the nomina-
tion of General José Miguel and vote for
him on election day, as he had ever held
party discipline a sacred duty.
He said that he is president of the Liberal
party by the will of the majority and he
stands ready to obey the will of his party
in all things and urged unity and party
obedience upon all.
NEW MOVE OF CUBAN LIBERALS.
The Liberals made a proposition to Gov.
Magoon on May 9 that --c remove the Pro-
vincial Governors and Councils, replacing
them with American Supervisors, who
would exercise all the functions of the
deposed officials.
The Liberals say that the Governors and
Councillors were elected fraudulently, as
well as President Palma and the members
of Congress in 1905.
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Nieeaee.
Can she go it alone?
Puede ella andar sola?
ANY TEN-CENT STAMP A SPECIAL DELIVERY
STAMP.
Governor Magoon has decreed that all
mail matter on which the proper postage
has been duly prepaid according to its
class, having additional Cuban postage
stamps to the value of ten cents in official
money affixed thereto and the words “Spe-
cial Delivery” plainly written thereunder,
shall be handled by the post offices and
delivered to the addressees in the same
manner as if it had the regular special de-
livery stamp afhxed thereto.
GOMEZ MAY CHANGE PARTIES.
It is reliably reported that José Miguel
Gomez will desert the Liberal party and re-
turn to the Republican party, of which he
was formerly the head. It is also stated
that Sefior Nunez, Governor of Havana
province, and Senator Tamayo will desert
the Conservatives and join the Republicans,
—Special cable to the N. Y. Sun, May 12.
FIXES CUBAN CENSUS.
Goy. Magoon has issued a decree for the
taking of a census of the inhabitants of
Cuba, which is the first step for the re-es-
tablishment of the republic. The census
will not cover economic conditions, but only
the population, conjugal conditions, race,
nationality, citizenship, occupation, literacy,
and the school attendance of children under
eighteen years of age. The enumerators
and other employees shall be selected for
their fitness only. If an employee wilfully
neglects his work he will be liable to a
fine of $100. Making false returns will
entail a fine of $2,000, or imprisonment for
two years.
Givers of false information may be pun-
ished by a maximum fine of $3,000, or im-
prisonment for a year. Impersonation of
a census enumerator will render the im-
personator liable to a fine of $1,000 or im-
priscnment for a year.
Mr. Olmstead, the director of the census,
will receive a salary of $750 monthly. An
assistant director, who has not yet been
named, will receive $500 monthly.
DIFFICULTIES OF THE CENSUS.—The cen-
sus will be taken soon and this will afford
employment to many men end women
as enumerators. Far from being able to
complete the work within six months, it
is probable that it will take more time.
The difficulties are many and as a rule
the illiterate and ignorant inhabitants
of the rural districts are averse to the
taking of a census, and put obstacles in
the way of the enumerators by refusing
to give the desired information.
POST OFFICE AT GUAYABAL.
The director general of communications
has authorized the establishment of a post
office in Guayabal, Havana Province, and
another at La Maria, near Placetas.
TELEGRAPH IN LA MAYA.
Provisional Governor i.sagoon has au-
thorized the director general of communica-
tions to establish a telegraph station at La
Maya, province of Santiago de Cuba.
THE BUDGET ESTIMATES.
The estimates for the budget of the en-
suing year are given a sum of six millions
as comprising the revenues of April,
May and June, and there is now in the
treasury upwards of eighteen million.
The custom receipts for the current fiscal
year are given as over $21,000,000. Busi-
ness is prosperous and new enterprises
in embryo—and in spite of the trouble-
some times Cuba has experienced, revo-
lution, cyclone and drought, her condi-
tion 1s now prosperous and money seems
plentiful and business good.
From May 1 to August 1 the fishery
and sale of turtles, tortoises or tortoise-
shell turtles is strictly prohibited by order
of the Provisional Government in con-
formity with the military order of Sep-
tember 9, 1900.
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THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA, WITH
SOME SUGGESTIVE CARTOONS
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE CAN BE SECURED BY
THE LIBERAL PARTY.
If the Liberals elect an honest man as
president, and the Americans withdraw
absolutely from the island, and if this
new Liberal administration gives the
whole Cuban nation a “square deal,” it
will not be long before the Moderates
of property are found among their sup-
porters. The idea of an American pro-
tectorate will die as the ability of the
Cubans to give a just and decent gov-
ernment manifests itself. All that the
Cuban property owners want is an in-
sured peace. If the Cuban Liverals can
give this, there will be little further talk
of an American protectorate, except as
it is inspired by some American polli-
ticians. The solution of the Cuban
problem is thus up to the Cuban poli-
ticlans now active in affairs. If they
fail they have themselves to blame.—
Boston Advertiser.
A STABLE GOVERNMENT COMING.
The Cubans will never forget April
20. It is the date on which the sun
of independence dawned for them, al-
though the republic was not formally
juaugurated until May 20, 1902. The
date that marked the intervention of the
United States in their behalf will, we hope,
be celebrated by many future genera-
tions of free and independent Cubans.
Just at present the island is under a
cloud, but it is a cloud with a silver lin-
ing, from under which the little republic
will emerge with a stable government and
great material prosperity.—Press, Al-
bany, N. Y.
POLITICS VS. THE SUGAR CROP.
Uncle Sam.—If I give it back to you this year,
I’m afraid you'll neglect your work. I will let
you have it later.
LA POLITICA CONTRA LA COSECHA DE AZUCAR
Tio Samuel.—Si se lo deyuelvyo este aio, temo
que Ud. descuidaraé su trabajo. Se lo daré més
tarde. —Minneapolis Tribune.
SATISFIED WITH AMERICAN CONTROL.
All the industrious people of the isl-
and ask is to be left to attend to their
business in peace. They care far more
for the security and tranquillity that are
assured under American control such as
we are now exercising than for those
vague advantages and certain perils that
would follow another experiment in self-
government.—Tribune, Providence, R. I.
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Better leave him a while longer.
Es mejor dejarle un poco mis tiempo.
—Des Moines, Iowa, Register and Leader.
NOT A FINAL SOLUTION.
The Taft programme is all right, but
we have no faith that it will prove a
final solution of the Cuban question.—
Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.
It would be well for talk in the United
States regarding the imminence of Cuban
annexation to cease. It cannot but have
a bad effect on the Cubans. It can bring
no credit to the United States—Milwau-
kee (Wis.) Wisconsin.
A VICTORY FOR MANANA.
The Omaha Bee calls Secretary Taft's
work in Cuba “a victory for ‘Manafa.’”’
It says further, “His manafia’ talk made
him popular, and that Cubans of all
classes are apparently happy and content
with the administration programme.” lhe
men who clamored for immediate resto-
ration of Cuban independence are assured
that they shall have it—not yet but soon.
First a census, complete and thorough.
This enumeration will begin pretty soon,
and will last until it is finished. Then
will come a test election and all this will
take time.
In brief, the Cubans may count on at
least two years more of American occu-
ration. The planters may go ahead with
their crops and the politicians may re-~
sume discussion of what they will do
when the time comes for them to do
something. Great is manana!
14 THE CUB. A REV [EW And Bulletin,
Railways and Public Works
[THE Lonc BEACH oF CARDENAS.—A com-
mittee of Conservatives want Gov. Ma-
goon to authorize the construction of a
road from Cardenas to Veradero. This
latter has one of the finest beaches in
Cuba, and is the summer dwelling place
for many of the leading families of Car-
denas. Many elaborate structures have
been built in the past year and many
more are contemplated. They also want
a highway from the northern boundary
of Matanzas province to Havana by way
of Jaruco and Aguacate.
Several appropriations have been sup-
pressed, namely, one of $20,000, voted
last July to construct a highway between
Remedios and Camajuani; and two
others, for $2,000 and $1,000, for public
works in Chuchicastro and the construc-
tion of a highway from San Diego to
Esperanza.
Appropriations amounting to $97,293
will be used for the construction of
bridges between Santa Clara and Cama-
juani, and for sewerage construction.
The purpose of the provisional govern-
ment is to devote $108,000 to the build-
ing of bridges and sewerages between
Cienfuegos and Manicaragua.
The Department of Public Works has
submitted plans for improvements in the
water supply in Regla at a cost of
$20,350.
It is the opinion of competent observ-
ers that what Cuba needs for the de-
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CUBA’S RAILWAY STATIONS.
velopment of her great resources and the
maintenance of order is an extensive sys-
tem of railroads. If railroad lines had
been running over and through the island
a few years ago the republican govern-
ment there would have possessed vastly
greater stability—Boston Globe.
DEMAND IN CUBA FOR CEMENT.
Consul M. J. Baehr writes that Port-
land cement is in good demand in Cuba,
one dealer at Cienfuegos receiving 600
barrels monthly. The consul says:
During the fiscal year of 1905-6, 31,749
barrels of Portland cement were im-
ported through Cienfuegos, 29,389 coming
from the United States, 1,279 barrels from
France, 639 from Germany and 442 from
Spain. Concrete is not yet extensively
used in the construction of buildings.
It is becoming popular, however, in
bridge building and in the construction
of pavements, sidewalks and sewers. Last
year this city contracted for a modern
system of waterworks and sewers, and
something like 50,000 barrels of cement
will be required for this contract. The
present selling price per barrel ranges
from $3.75 to $4 Spanish gold, worth 91
per cent. at present. Cement comes in
wooden packages only. The duty on a
barrel of too kilograms from the United
States, including the cost of the barrel,
is 30 cents. The freight rates from New
York, New Orleans or Mobile are alike
and range from 48 to 50 cents per
barrel.
The Cristina depot of the Western Railways at Jesus del Monte, Havana.
LAS ESTACIONES DE LOS FERROCARRILES CUBANOS. La Estacién Cristina de los Ferrocarriles del
Oeste en JesGis del Monte, la Habana.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 15
GOOD ROADS FOR CUBA.
Governor Magoon has approved a plan
for the expenditure of $4,500,000 for the
construction of roads greatly needed
throughout the island during the coming
year. It will put money into circulation
and give employment to thousands of
negroes. The entire scheme as prepared
by Col. Black, supervisor of the Depart-—
ment of Public Works, involves the ex-
penditure of $13,000,000, but it will take
several years to carry out the plan. Gov-
ernor Magoon will only authorize the ex-
penditure for the first year’s work.
Oriente and Camaguey provinces will
not benefit so much by the governor’s
road scheme as other more thickly popu-
lated sections, also the fact that at pres-
ent there is not sufficient skilled help to
simultaneously carry out the various im-
provements will delay matters some-
what. This difficulty, however, will be
overcome by employing the U. ©. Engt-
needs. Among the first roads to be com-
pleted is that from Bahia Honda to Ca-
banas, 25 kilometers, for which $231,000
has been appropriated. Guane is to have
a road to Luis Lazo, 26% kilometers,
which will cost $258,000, and work has
begun. There are thriving American
settlements at both of these places, also
from Paso Real to San Diego, 5 kilo-
meters.
CONTRACTS FOR NEW ROADS.
Contracts will soon be made for the
construction of a road from Bahia Honda
to Cabafias and another in Pinar del Rio.
The whole system of new roads will be
laid out with regard to their military and
strategical value. When the system is
complete it will not be difficult to rush
troops anywhere. At present the lack of
roads, particularly in the rainy season,
prevents rapid military movements.
Cane rons iiromn (Cojimar ie) (Case
Blanca will soon be begun. Cojimar
will soon be supplied with water from
the Vento aqueduct.
A cart road between Managua and Bat-
abano will be completed soon and the
sum of $84,000 is to be devoted to this
work.
A branch of the Marianao & Habana
Railway runs from the town of Mari-
anoa to the beach of the same name,
which is the only resort of this char-
acter near Havana, and excellent surf-
bathing may be enjoyed there summer
and winter.
It appears very likely that the United
Railroads of Habana, Cardenas and Ma-
tanzas will install a great number of their
workshops in Matanzas.
A petition has been submitted to Gov-
ernor Magoon signed by merchants of
Vinales asking for the dredging of the
port of San Cayetano, to facilitate the
anchorage of coasting steamers on the
south of Cuba.
HAVANA RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION.
The United Railways of the Havana and
Regla Warehouses, Ltd., having purchased
a majority of the outstanding capital stock
and certain of the first mortgage 5 per
cent. bonds of the Havana Central Railroad
Company, have submitted to the holders of
these securities a proposal for their ex-
change into those of the former company.
The United Co. offers in exchange for
each $100 share of the Central Co. the
equivalent of $35 in deferred ordinary stock
of the United Co. and for each $1,000 bond
carrying the May I, 1907, coupon the equiv-
alent par value in 4 per cent. debentures of
the United Company.
The May first coupon on Havana Central
bonds was not paid, but the United Co. has
announced its willingness to pay interest
for the six months at the rate of 4 per cent.
per annum on all deposited bonds. The
offer of exchange expires on May 31. It is
believed that the greater number of bonds
and shares will be deposited for exchange
under this offer, which is generally con-
sidered fair. The United Railway Co. now
controls virtually all the railway mileage
of the western half of the island of Cuba
and now has no competition. Valuable ter-
minal property in the City of Havana which
has been owned by the Havana Central
Co. will afford the United Co. a much de-
sired entrance into the heart of the city.
The new 4 per cent. debentures will be
secured upon the Havana Central bonds
and shares exchanged. ‘Their interest will
be payable January 1 and July 1, 1907, and
they will be dated July 1, 1907. It is fig-
ured that these debentures in the present
condition of the world’s securities market
should be worth about 76/78. All of the
United Railways issues are traded in on the
London Exchange and the company enjoys
good credit.
The Cuban Central Railways, Limited,
has asked the city council of Cienfuegos
for the right to put a double line parallel
with the one now in that city, from the
station as far as the bridge over the
stream E] Ingles, traversing the follow-
ing streets: San Carlos, Paseo de Arango,
Santa Cruz, Casales, Santa Elena, Vel-
azco, Boullon, Castillo, San Luis, Santa
Isabel, Declouet, Hourruitiner, Colon and
several others.
The Engineer Humberto Lamar has
been studying the conditions in Con-
solacion del Sur with the purpose of
building an aqueduct. It appears that
the water of the Salto de la Culebra is
very abundant and may easily be brought
to the town although at some distance
away
Caionel: Black has ordered the public
roads in Pinar del Rio now being built
to be finished as soon as possible in
advance of the rainy season.
A close study will soon be made of the
rivers Carrascal and Asiento Viejo to
ascertain whether they may supply water
enough for the city of Santa Clara.
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CONSTRUCTION WORK IN AND AROUND CIEN-
FUEGOS ; WATER WORKS, SEWERS AND A
NEW CITY MARKET,
It has been decided by Governor Magoon
that the contract between the city of Cien-
fuegos and H. J. Reilly, providing for the
construction of water works and sewers is
legal and binding and must be observed by
the municipality. This decision sustains
the previous action of the governor of
Santa Clara Province and overrules the
Ayuntamiento, which body has since the
second intervention refused to recognize
the contract. Work has been continued un-
der, the contract, however, principally on
the sewers, and more than $1,000,000 worth
of material has been contracted for and is
being shipped. The municipality is now in-
debted to the contractor in a large amount.
The decision will enable the work to be
vigorously prosecuted. It is of the great-
est importance to the city that an ample’
supply of pure water from the Hanabanilla
shall be provided in the near future and
also that the town shall be provided with
sewers and the present cess-pools abolished.
The city has issued $3,080,000 of 5 per
cent. bonds to provide funds for the water
works and sewers and market house. These
were sold to the Havana Bond & Trust Co.
at go. The contract for the water works
amounts to $1,652,092 and for the sewers
$724,065. The sewage will be pumped to a
septic tank and purified before being al-
lowed to flow into the harbor. Pumping
will be done by hydraulic motors, the water
being furnished from the water works. The
Rio Hanabanilla waters will be taken from
a point about twenty-six miles east of Cien-
fuegos and conducted to a reinforced con-
crete distributing reservoir near Cacnao and
benefitted by
important imprevements.
from that point distributed to the city.
Pressure will be about 60 pounds, and the
main leading to the city will be 24 inches
in diameter. About 15,000 tons of cast iron
pipe, 16,000 barrels of cement and large
quantities of other material will be used
in the work. The construction is under the
immediate charge of Mr. C. C. Vermeule,
of 203 Broadway, New York, who also
designed the works.
Another important public improvement
on which work will begin at an early date
is the Cienfuegos, Palmira & Cruces Elec-
tric Power and Railway Co., a system of
railways running from Cienfuegos to Santa
Clara, with a branch from Cienfuegos to
Manicaragua. ‘The plans of this company
called for ultimate extension from Caiba-
rien on the north coast and to Sanctu
Spiritus, where it will connect with the
Cuba Railroad. The hydro electric power
plant to operate this system and which is
intended also to furnish electric light and
power to the cities and plantations of Santa
Clara Province will be situated on the falls
of the Hanabanilla, about 35 miles east of
Cienfuegos. The fall at this point is 470
feet, and the company controls just below
en the same stream 220 feet additional
fall. The surveys have also developed the in-
teresting fact that the volume cf water can be
largely increased by closing the Sumidero
of the Sibacoa, north of Trinidad, thereby
forcing the waters of the Sibacoa over a
low divide into the Hanabanilla.
Cienfuegos is already a rich and impor-
tant seaport situated in the midst of the
mest fertile portion of Cuba, and these
important public works will do much to
quicken and increase its growth and pros-
perity.
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CAMP COLUMBIA, the headquarters of the American Army of Pacification in Cuba, near Havana.
CAMPAMENTO COLUMBIA.
Esta muy cerca 4 la Habana.
El Cuartel General del Ejérecito Americano. de Pacificaci6n en
Cuba.
Havana, April 18—The condition of the
Army of Occupation regarding its enlisted
personnel is steadily becoming more seri-
ous. The men are going home upon the
expiration of their enlistments, declining to
re-enter the service to serve in Cuba. No
reasons are given for this marked disincli-
nation to serve in Cuba.
MoNUMENT TO THE First U. S. VoLuNn-
TEER CAVALRY.—A granite monument to the
dead of the 1st U. S. volunteer cavalry,
or Rough Riders, which was President
Roosevelt’s regiment in the Spanish-Amer-
ican war, was unveiled with ceremony at
the Arlington National Cemetery, Wash-
ington, on April 12. The President attend-
ed the exercises and made the principal
address. The monument is a simple rough-
hewn shaft of gray granite, about 20 feet
in height. Over 100 names are inscribed
on the monument, which was designed by
Mrs. Allyn Capron, wife of Captain Ca-
pron, of the Rough Riders, who was killed
at Las Guasimas. A bronze tablet with the
names of the battles of Guasimas, San Juan
and Santiago, the three battles in which
the Rough Riders participated, is the only
decoration on the shaft. The inscription on
the monument reads: “In Memory of the
Deceased Members of the First Volunteer
Cavalry, Spanish-American War. Erected
by Members and Friends of the Regiment.”
The monument cccupies a commanding lo-
cation in the new nart of the ceme ery, over-
looking the city of Washington —Army and
Navy Register.
TO KEEP ARMY POSTS IN CUBA.
American military supervision of Cuba
will not end with evacuation by the army
of occupation, following the re-establish-
ment of the republic. The American
Government intends to establish military
posts on the American reservations at
Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. From
these points the troops will be in close
touch with all parts of the island, es-
pecially when the recently adopted sys-
tem of roads is carried out.
It is hoped to re-establish the republic
in the summer of 1908, and the army
will withdraw a few months afterward.
Washington, it is understood, will make
every effort to bring about the evacua-
tion before January I, 1909.
The retention .of the troops would
would not be an infringement on Cuba’s
sovereignity, as both reservations were
acquired from Cuba after the Spanish
war and are American territory.
Regarding the maintenance of army posts
in Cuba, Washington, D.C., officials com-
ment as follows:
There has been talk about maintaining
United States troops at Camo Columbia,
near Havana, and at Bahia Honda, and
of course the permanent naval station at
Guantanamo, near Santiago, will be gar-
risoned; but it is said that whether
troops will be kept at the two places
first named or not will depend on the
attitude of the Cuban Government.
CUBA’S STANDING ARMY.
The War Department has transmitted to
the military authorities in Cuba a plan for
the augmentation of the native force so as to
bring up the enlisted strength of the Cuban
military body to a total of 12,000 men. It was
originally provided by the Cuban legislature
that the rural guard should be increased to
10,000 and the artillery to 2,000. This pro-
vision was made in a plan which was adopt-
ed by the general staff in Washington and
submitted to Havana, where it was made
known in an official decree and met with
so much opposition on the part of the people
that it was found necessary to change the
system. There seems to be a suspicion that
the effect of the plan would be to render
liable for duty all male citizens between
certain ages. Of course, no such purpose
was intended, the provision in that respect
being the same as in this country, where
every young man is liable in time of war
to duty with the militia. The revised ar-
rangement has the same effect, so far as
providing numerical strength of the native
military force of Cuba. There will be-a
small standing army as an adjunct of the
rural euard, the effect being, in the end, a
total force of 12,000 men—Army and Navy
Register.
Commenting on this project, the Boston
Globe says: “It is a cruel and foolish
proposition. The expense would be burden-
some. It would mean the withdrawal of
12,000 able-bodied workers from the in-
dustries of the island.”
The Havana Telegraph says: “It is too
monstrous to believe. There is nothing
Cuba needs less than a standing army. At
the same ratio to population, the United
States would be saddled with the support
of 640,000 men.”
Ir 1s NEEDLESS AND PertLous.—lIf there is
any place where a standing army is especially
needless and peculiarly perilous, it is Cuba.
To make 12,000 of the population soldiers
with arms for their permanent occupation,
would create an instrument sure to be used
in politics. It is useless and dangerous
militarism.—Boston Post.
TARGET PRACTICE DIRECTED.
A general order has been issued from
army headquarters in Marianao, direct-
ing target practice by all of the organiza-
tions of the army in Cuba.
Under authority from the war depart-
ment, the regular season for this year
will be any neriod of three months from
May 1 to December 31. For the year
1908 the months of January, February
and March are designated as the regular
season, and any month from June 1 to
December 31, 19¢8, in the discretion of
the station commander,
THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN CUBA.
The medical department o fthe Army
has established itself with a degree of
efficiency in Cuba thoroughly character-
istic of that branch of the military ser-
vice. It was promptly on the ground
and in working order at the beginning
of the second intervention. Not even the
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Monument to the Rough Riders recently unveiled
at the Arlington National Cemetery, Washington.
Monumento 4 los ‘‘Rough Riders’’ ftltimamente
descubierto en el Cementerio Nacional de Arlington,
Washington.—Review of Reviews, New York.
calamity of wind, rain and fire which
visited Camp Columbia, Cuba, last Oc-
tober and in March has interfered. with
the operations of field hospital or the
base hospital or the general system.
The base hospital at Camp Columbia is
a restoration of the former hospital
which was established when the Ameri-
cans were previously in Cuba, and which
was inaugurated by Major J. R. Kean,
medical department, who is now in
charge of public health in Havana. The
base hospital is in charge of Major
Charles Willcox. There are, with Com-
pany A, 108 men, forming a force on
duty at the hospital as well as furnish-
ing detachments for service at the vari-
ous stations of American troops through-
out the island.
The presence of the troops in Cuba
has afforded an opportunity for the med-
ical officers to practically test a number
of devices. One is the galloping ambu-
lance, of which vehicles there are two
under test in the island. So far as the
observations of the surgeons permit a
judgment on the vehicle, it is believed
to come up to the expectations of its
advocates, and undoubtedly will be
adopted for permanent use in the mili-
tary establishment.
The hospital has the remarkable rec-
ord of not a single death since the hos-
pital was established last October. The
number of patients have averaged
sixty-five daily.
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Agricultural and American Colony Notes
Pinar DEL Rio wants an Experiment Sta-
tion. The Governor, Colonel Sobrado, Dr.
Gonzalez Alcorta and Ramon Cifuentes, all
leading citizens of the city and province,
have taken up the matter with Governor
Magoon.
Continuous DroucHt.—The drought is
steadily becoming more serious. Tobacco
experts say that the crop would have been
the largest in the history of the island but
for the lack of water, which will cause it
to be below the normal. Porto Rico, like
Cuba, has suffered from lack of rain. There
has been none since January I.
SUBSTITUTING FINE, PROFITABLE TREES FOR
INFERIOR AND MEDIUM KINDS.
Consul-General Richard Guenther, of
Frankfort, reports a movement among
German fruit growers for the purpose ot
getting rid of all inferior and medium
fruit trees and replacing them with the
finest kind and best suited to the climate.
The desired result can be achieved, even
with very old trees, by grafting, and the
simple stock or slit grafting is especially
recommended. In Switzerland many
thousands of old fruit trees are annually
regrafted in order to better meet the
demands of the trade.
CoNDITIONS NoT so Goop IN CuBA.—Sev-
eral days ago, from a private source of in-
formation, whose reliability cannot be ques-
tioned, we received a personal letter, under
date of April 8, from a party prominently
connected with the Cuban sugar industry,
in which he says of sugar conditions there:
“Lack of rain has burnt the cane to a ter-
ribly dry condition. Many houses in the
western end have closed down, and this
month (April) will see many more in like
condition. ‘The new cane is not growing,
and no planting has been done. Pastures
are dead, water supplies dry, and cattle, in
consequence, are suffering badly. Next
year’s sugar crop will be an extremely short
one, and it looks as if quite a number of
places may go wunder.’— Sugar Planters’
Journal, April 20, 1907.
NOTES FROM BAYATI.
Bayati is on the Canto River on the
line of the Cuba Railroad, halfway be-
tween Santiago and Antilla, at an alti-
tude of about 500 feet above the sea.
The Canto Valley has some of the
richest soil in the island. With numer-
ous small rivers and high undulating land
no overflow or swampiness is possible,
and the sanitary conditions cannot be
better. The colony consists of about
100 members, mostly of Swedish extrac-
most of them have been there about a
year. It requires work in Cuba as else-
where to make progress, and the one
tion, but all American citizens. The
that comes with the idea to get rich quick
without any trouble generally gets dis-
couraged and returns. The most of our
farmers, however, are contented when
they get 40 bushels per acre twice a
year of corn and get $1.25 per bushel.
The main crops here as elsewhere are
sugar-cane and tobacco. The cane yields
in this rich soil 40 and 50 tons per acre ,
and need not be replanted for 10 or 20
years. There is a sugar mill about 10
miles south of the colony on the rail-
road. The cane has been sold at the mill
for 5% sugar or has been contracted for
on the root at 50 lbs. of sugar per ton
of cane, the contractor doing all the
work of harvesting. A canning factory
is started for tomatoes and pineapples
and a starch factory is contemplated tor
the cassava. Vegetables and cassava
grow luxuriantly; even during this ex-
ceedingly dry winter this soil seems to
hold moisture enough for a luxuriant
growth without any other moisture than
the heavy night dews. A saw mill has
been going for about a year and a cart
factory is now being installed in con-
nection with it. A good sized hotel has
been erected this winter.
HARD LABOR REQUIRED IN CUBA AS ELSEWHERE
IF FINE FRUITS ARE WANTED.
Ceballos is an attractive place, and tne
soil will apparently grow anything. As-
paragus, butter beans, beets, kohlrabi,
chard, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, eggplants,
squash, peppers were growing freely last
February in the garden of the Hotel
Plaza and looked strong and had proven
productive. Some of these, perhaps
peas, beans and asparagus, while attain-
able for the table, will probably not
become a commercial factor for some
time, although as Cuba’s soil is system-
atically and scientifically tilled, as it al-
ready is and will be by skilled farmers,
there can be no prophecy worth uttering
regarding the great possibilities in store.
But some of the settlers seem to lose
heart when they find that labor and hard
labor is required in Cuba as elsewhere
in order to secure fine vegetables and
fruits which will command the best
prices. Besides, new and unknown ob-
stacles confront the newcomer. While
aseful plants grow tremendously with
proper cultivation, so do the weeds, and
to clear land and to keep it cleared costs
labor and money, and as many in the
smaller colonies have little or no reserve
capital when the land becomes theirs,
there is not much improvement work
possible and discouragement comes soon.
These, when able, sell out and go back
to the States and have no ood word
for Cuba. Every intending settler should
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have sufficient funds that he may the
more quickly bring his land under cul-
tivation and secure an income which
will keep him in comfort until the larger
and more valuable crops come into bear-
ing. There is usually a local market or
one easily accessible for the smatier
crops. The Cubans like the American
tomato and other vegetables and buy
generously. Pines from Itabo sell read-
ily in Cardenas for 1oc, apiece and straw-
berries from the same place bring 50c. a
quart. Likewise eggs and chickens are
easily sold, the latter at $1 each and the
former at from joc. a dozen up.
TO WIPE OUT THE HACIENDA COMUNERA.
Senor Juan Gualberto Gomez has de-
cided views on the subjects of the Haci-
endas Comuneras. He urges their dem-
olition without further delay to Gov.
Magoon. He says an order is still in force
which established rules for the demoli-
tion of the Haciendas Comuneras.
In accordance with the provisions of
that order many of the comuneras were
demolished without distinction as to
whether these were “mercedadas,” or not,
and upon the supreme court finding, as
recently it did, regarding the mercedadas
(granted mercy) there would result
numberless lawsuits by the purchasers of
the non-mercedadas, inasmuch as at the
time of the sales the lands were not
worth so much as now, and if the ruling
of the supreme court were to be accepted,
it would result that many who sold
would insist upon resuming ossession of
their properties, returning the purchase
money. In my opinion it is imperative
that both classes of the comuneras be
demolished and the demolition accepted
by all as an accomplished fact.
Gov. Magoon said the matter would
be settled with the least possible delay,
as he fully appreciated its importance.
General Notes
THROUGH THE ISLAND.
THE METHODIST CHURCH IN CUBA.
By a mutual agreement between the
two bodies of Methodists in the United
States the southern church has the Cu-
ban work. Bishop Candler was on the
field as soon as the last gun of the
The Methodist Church in Cuba.
La Iglesia Metedista en
Santiago de Cuba.
Mayari, Provincia de
Spaniards was silenced
plan for the work of Methodism. At
that time there were very few Protes-
tants here of any denomination
Our church followed soon after this
visit and since that time has been mak-
ing rapid strides in the work, and now
leads the Protestant work of the island.
We have about one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars worth of church prop-
erty, being located in all of the capitals
and nearly all the towns of importance.
We have choice property in Havana, Ma-
tanzas, Santa Clara, Camaguey, Santiago,
Pinar del Rio, Guantamo, Holguin, Ma-
yari, Carrol Falso, La Gloria and a num-
ber of other places—thirty in all.
The church has schools located at the
chief points of the island.
Under the wise direction of Bishop
Candler, who is still at the head of the
work, our success is unparalleled in mis-
sion fields; we have now two thousand
five hundred members (nearly all Cu-
bans), thirty preachers, a majority of
these are Cubans; and there are Sunday
schools and Epworth leagues at nearly
all the churches. J2 2s
Camaguey, Cuba, April 23, 1907.
THE MAYARI VALLEY.
One of the most interesting points in
Cuba is the Mayari Valley, situated about
twelve miles from Preston, on Nipe Bay.
Mayari is entirely off the main line.
She is lost in the mountains and se-
cluded by the forests. To reach Mayari
one must have courage and patience.
The road is rough and the bay may be
and began to
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The Royal Palms at Mayari.
Palmas Reales en Mayari.
rougher, but the scenery that awaits the
tourist after leaving Nipe Bay and en-
tering the Mayari River will amply repay
him. The scenery is ever changing.
Mountains to the right, mountains to the
left and mountains far away in the dis-
tance. The sky is of the bluest hue,
the river wide and beautiful, twisting and
turning in and out among the palm
trees. There are huts all along the
shore and farms of the natives, showing
the life of the farmer of this country.
Ox teams are moving along in snail-like
manner, using the plow of Abraham’s
time, and women are washing on the
banks of the river, steadily beating the
very buttons off the garment in their en-
deavor to remove the dirt. At the end
of two hours we find ourselves in May-
ari, with its beautiful laurel trees, its nar-
row streets and old-time houses.
It has a population of about two thou-
sand and is steadily growing. ‘the Span-
ish-American Iron Company is locating
near Mayari, and the little town is taking
on quite a business look.
The Methodist Church has a new
church building in Mayari, and another
in Gauyabo, a little town near. The
missionary work is encouraging.
MoNUMENT TO GEN. VARA DEL REeyY.—A
large number of Spaniards of Havana. in-
cluding the members of the Spanish Club,
have obtained Gov. Magoon’s permission
to erect at El Caney a monument to Gen.
Vara del Rey, whe defended that place
against the Americans.
The New York Sun, commenting on this
project, pays the following kindly tribute:
“El Caney should have a monument to
General Vara del Rey, as the Spanish Club
of Havana proposes. His feat in defending
the little town for ten hours against an
American force ten times larger than his
own, was perhaps the finest exhibition of
valor that the war records. He succumbed
only to his wounds and died a soldier’s
death. If he had been an American or a
British commander, his heroism would
have found an inspired singer. We are
glad to see that American officers who
served in Cuba desire to subscribe to the
monument fund.”
U. S. SAILORS AND SANTIAGO POLICE IN A ROW.
A clash occured in Santiago on April
30 between Cuban police and twelve
sailors from the cruiser Tacoma. The
latter were unarmed while the former
used revolvers and machetes. Ten ot
the sailors were wounded, one, Henry
L, Lee, very seriously. Commander Tap-
pan, of the Tacoma, in his despatch to
his government, said his men were at-
tacked by the Cubans while returning to
their ship. The American Consul, Mr.
Ross E. Holaday, has declared that Am-
ericans who come ashore are not sate
under the present Santiago police force.
Mayor Mesa of the city said the affair
was not a serious one. He saiu Police
Captain Lay was of long service and ex-
cellent character and unlikely to resort
to violence except under extreme provo-
cation. At the same time, Lee later
identified him, under oath, as the man
who shot him. He is not likely to sur-
vive. The Santiago newspapers censure
the American indiscriminately.
Gov. Magoon said he considered the
affair without particular significance, but
will investigate, sending Col. L. L. Bul-
lard. The authorities of the State, the
War and Navy departments at Washing-
ton are inclined to view the affray as
one of those not uncommon collisions
between civil authorities and sailors out
for a good time.
Scarcity oF WATER.—Water is being dis-
tributed by wagons in Santiago, as the water
works have gone dry. The same is true
of Camaguey and other cities where the
local water supply is entirely inadequate for
the. needs of the population, and resort is
had to the brooks in the neighborhood. This
water is naturally very bad, because of con-
tinual defilement by animals and decaying
vegetation. There must soon be a general
building of reservoirs in all parts of Cuba
to provide for the needs of the people.
THE DROUGHT IN CUBA BROKEN.
May 14.—Telegrams from Cuba indicate
that the drought that has prevailed on the
south side for more than eight weeks has
been finally broken by heavy rains at Santi-
ago, Bayamo, and at Havana, Camaguey
and Pinar del Rio.
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Santiaco Ricu in MinerRAt Deposits.—
Mining is one of the principal sources of
wealth of the province of Santiago de
Cuba, owing to the abundance and ac-
cessibility of the minerals. Iron is the
most abundant, but copper and mangan-
ese are found in sufficient quantities for
profitable exploitation.
Four principal companies are engaged
in mining and exploiting minerals. From
the mines at Daiquiri 3,536,121 tons of
ore were produced to December 31, 19°0.
The production for the year 1906 was
510,500 tons. The ore has all been
shipped to the United States, except
about 75,coo tons, which went to Eng-
land, Germany, Belgium and Cape Bre-
ton, Nova Scotia. _The Daiquiri ore,
which is red hematite, occurs on the
hillsides, usually near the top, and the
mining is all open-cut work, more in
the nature of quarrying, the only under-
ground work being the exploration tun-
nels. The company also owns several
iron mines on the north coast, in the
Mayari Mountains back of Nipe Bay,
and is about to commence the construc-
tion of a broad gauge railroad from the
mines to the bay at Cagimaya, at which
place will be built two wharves and other
necessary equipment for economically
handling the ore and exporting it to the
United States.
Another American company operating
near the Daiquiri mines shipped its first
ore in 1884, since which time about
5,000.000 tons have been produced, near-
ly all going to the United States. The
ore is transported from the mines ta
Santiago Bay by rail, where the com-
pany has a fine steel pier.
Lirtte Copper MINED AT PRESENT.—
Copper deposits exist throughout al-
most the whole of the southern portion
of Santiago Province, but so far the
only attempt that has been made to
mine it for exportation is in the vicinity
of El Cobre, about fifteen miles west of
Santiago. A deposit of extraordinary
richness exists in this territory. The
works were entirely destroyed during the
war of 1898. In 1902 an American com-
pany purchased them and began to drain
them by means of enormous. steam
pumps. At tide water on the bay the
company also erected reduction works,
comprising a smelter and concentrator,
the latter having a capacity of 300 tons
per day. Owing, however, to a series
of accidents et the mines these are not
in operation now. The copper contents
of the ore mined is about 5 per cent.
The company operates about 12 miles of
railroad, extending from tide water on
the bay to the mines.—R. E. Holaday,
U.S) Consult
OSTRICHES IN CUBA.
Thirty birds were recently brought
from Nice, consigned to the firm of
3arbour and Pearson. who have estab-
lished an ostrich farm in Marianao not
far from the place occupied by the late
General Fitzhugh Lee, when governor
of Havana.
Tue Custom Receipts at Havana for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, will aggre-
gate more than $21,000,000. April, May and
June will probably reach $6,000,000, and the
Treasury holds at this date some $18,000,000,
The collections for April, 1907, were
$1,830,054.95, an increase over the previous
year of $403,741.64.
Pier of the Snanish-American Iron Co. at Daiquiri, where the ore is laden on board of vessels for
shipment to the United States.
Cuban War against Spain, 1898.
.
This is also the place where the American forces disembarked in the
El Muelle de la ‘‘Spanish-American Iron Co.’’ en Daiquiri, en donde se carga el mineral en buques
para transportarse 4 los Estados Unidos.
Americanas en la Guerra Cubana de 1898.
También es el lugar en que se desembarcaron las Fuerzas
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 23
INCREASE OF WEALTH IN CuBa.—Gover-
nor Emilio Nunez, of the province of
Havana, tells Mr. Curtis, of the Record-
Herald, that the city has increased 30,000
in population during the seven years
since the republic was organized. The
increase consists chiefly of working peo-
ple from the Canary Islands, Galagos,
Galacia and other parts of Spain. “Vapi-
tal has increased much more rapidly
than population,” said Governor Nunez..
‘Wealth has increased at least 50 per
cent. by the establishment of new enter-
prises with foreign capital, such as banks,
manufactories, glass works, street car
companies, railroads and other pubic
improvements. The increase in the tax-
able value of property has been 100 per
cent., and city lots which were formerly
unsalable are now worth $5,coo and
$6,000. Business property in the city has
advanced about 1co per cent. since inde-
pendence. Railway and shipping facili-
ties have been increased three or four
times. The cattle industry has devel-
oped so fast that the price of animals
has run down and our ranchmen are now
demanding a duty to protect them from
Texas cattle and other imports from the
United States. Perhaps the most rapid
agricultural development has been in
fruit, in orange groves and pineapple
farms, chiefly by Americans. There are
several very prosperous American colo-
nies in the central and eastern parts of
the island, and we want more of them.
Every class of people and the public in
general have enjoyed the benefits of these
developments and the increase in the
value of property.
UNITED FRUIT COMPANY DEAL.
A special meeting of the stockholders
of the United Fruit Company has been
called for May 29 to act upon the acqui-
sition of the common stock of the Nipe
Bay Company. This will place under
one management the sugar interests of
both companies, which when fully de-
veloped will have a combined output
capacity of 800,000 bags, or rising 100,-
ooo tons of sugar each season. It is un-
derstood this does not involve any in-
crease in the capital stock of the Fruit
Company. It is learned that 90 per cent.
of the stockholders of the Nipe Bay
Company are interested as such in the
Fruit Company.—Journal of Commerce,
April 29, 1907.
SPLENDID MARKET FOR AMERICAN SAFES IN
CUBA.
Consul M. J. Baehr, writing from Cien-
fuegos, says: There is no country having
fewer safes than Cuba. There is a ten-
dency among business men to replace their
ancient lock-and-key cajas with modern
combination safes, and even doctors, law-
yers and planters could easily be persuaded
to buy a modern safe. One local firm
claims to have sold 700 safes of American
make during 1906. -
SERVANTS IN CUBA.
A new census will be finished before
the next election takes place, and the
last census was taken during the first
American intervention. The population
has increased greatly during the past
few years by the influx of immigrants
from Spain and other countries. How-
ever, the rural native of Spain still con-
siders Guba a treasure grove,.an El
Dorado, and leaves his patch of ground
untilled to come across the vast expanse
of water which separates Cuba from his
native land in search of fortune. The
colored people do not like to work, and
white servants are taking their places in
domestic service—mostly natives of Spain.
Wages have gone up as well as the rec-
essaries of life. Whereas cooks have
always commanded high wages, house
servants could be had for fifteen to eigh-
teen dollars a month, and women colored
cooks for ten or twelve. Now the wu-
trained men and maids, just arrived from
Spain, who’scarcely know the difference
between a broom and a pan, demand six-
teen to twenty or twenty-five dollars a
month. And they also want their laun-
dry bills paid by their employers in ad-
dition to their wages.
Havana has five new notaries, Dr. Alberto
J. O’Farrill y Sanchez, Dr. José del
Cueto, Sanchez, Lic. Alejandro Festar
Fonts, Lic. Adolfo V. Nufiez y Gonzalez
and Lic. Manuel Alvarez y Garcia.
ADDITIONAL MAIL FACILITIES FOR HAVANA.
—Havana is to have mail from the States
five days a week. A change has been
made in the schedule of boats leaving
this port for Florida, which will give
incoming and outgoing mail on every
day in the week except Wednesday and
Sunday.
No INTERMEDIARY NEEDED.—The Depart-
ment of Justice of Havana notifies all claim-
ants for damages sustained during the last
revolution, that it is the government’s pur-
pose that they receive their indemnities di-
rectly, without trouble or expense of any
kind, and that they need not make use of
any intermediary. They need but to in-
form the department of justice, through
the mail, of their domicile or address, to re-
ceive the check without any cost whatso-
evei.”
MARAUDERS BUSY.
Bands of negroes are reported to be steal-
ing horses and exacting money from_the
farmers in isolated sections in Santa Clara
and Santiago provinces. The marauders
are probably negroes who are idle because
of the ending of the sugar season.
DONATION TO THE CARDENAS MUSEUM.
The statue of Isabella II., which formerly
stood in Central Park on the spot now oc-
cupied by the Marti statue, and the old
suits of armor in the possession of the city
council, has been donated to the Cardenas
Museum by the Havana City Council.
24 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
GREAT EMIGRATION FROM SPAIN.
Every steamer from Spain brings new
arrivals to engage in the field of labor,
and not only does Spain supply Cuba
with immigrants, but Sweden, Norway,
Denmark, England, Canada and _ Italy
will supply a goodly quota. Captain
Otto Sverdrup is expected in Baracoa with
more Norwegian settlers to join the
twenty Norwegian families already es-
tablished in the Toa Valley. Christian
Haug is also expected and his object
will be to put saw mills into operation.
He is at the head of a concern of this
kind in his own country.
The immigration law of July, 1906, sets
aside twenty per cent. of its million dol-
lar appropriation towards encouragement
of immigration from Europe. No immi-
grant shall land in Cuba without certain
RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF
guarantees and thirty dollars in his
pocket. A Swedish colony is located in
Bayate, Santiago Province. The Swed-
ish colony at Caribou, in Maine, estab-
lished by William Thomas, United
States Minister to Sweden, has been
successful, and Swedish settlers have
proved satisfactory throughout the United
States. Upon landing in Habana, Span-
ish immigrants are taken to Trisconia
for a period of several days until some
responsible person vouches for their good
character.
Professor Crawley warns the authori-
ties against the importation of insect
pests and recommends restrictions in the
importation of fruits and trees from
abroad.
THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
They may be obtained from the Department at Washington.
BULLETIN NOS. 183 AND _ 179.—Mechanical
Tests of Pumps and Pumping Plants Used for
Irrigation and Drainage in Louisiana in 1905 and
1906, by Prof. W. B. Gregory, of Tulane University.
Irrigation and drainage concern the resi-
dents of Cuba very deeply, especially those
engaged in the growing of citrus fruits and
early vegetables for outside markets. The
Bulletin describes experiment work in
Louisiana and Texas, and in the introduc-
tion makes the interesting statement that
under irrigation “lands previously consid-
ered only for grazing were being rapidly
brought under rich cultivation.” Doubt-
less the many thousands of acres in Cuba,
apparently not very fertile, could be made
immensely productive by the employment
of similar methods. The profitable use of
a large part of arid or semi-arid lands de-
pends upon the storage and use of rain-
water and of underground and_ surface
streams. The subject of small storage res-
ervoirs forms the subject of Bulletin 179.
There are numerous illustrations.
Farmers’ BuLLeTiIn No. 270 treats of mod-
ern conveniences for the farm home, with
many drawings. Some of the subjects covered
are the construction of cisterns and water
tanks, windmills, house building, kitchen
improvements, disposal of waste water and
of sewage, subsurface irrigation, and build-
ing hints. It is by Elmina T. Wilson, C.E.,
formerly assistant professor of civil engi-
neering Iowa State College.
ButietTIn No. 266 deals with the “man-
agement of soils to conserve moisture,’ by
George H. Failyer, of the Bureau of Soils,
especially during arid or semi-arid condi-
tions. It enters into the subject very fully,
giving on plowing, cultivation, absorptive
power of the soil, management under irri-
gation in dry farming, storage of water, etc.
Butitetin No. 62 describes the San José
or Chinese scale, with numerous illustra-
tions, showing the ravages of the insect.
How it came, where it originally came from
and other interesting details are all giv-
en. The San Jose scale is in Cuba, but
widely scattered, and may not prove very
injurious under the general rule regarding
armored scale insects in warm coumitries.
Armored scales rarely appear or thrive in the
moist tropics, says C. L. Marlatt, entomol-
ogist in the U. S. Bureau of Entomology,
as shown by his explorations in the East
and West Indies. Fungus diseases which
thrive in warm and moist climates are the
principal agencies in keeping such scale in-
sects in check.
BuLtetin. No. gt relates to the prickly
pear as food for stock in Texas. This plant
grows freely in Cuba and if it will af-
ford fodder for cattle during the dry
season when the grass is parched the in-
formation is valuable. For steers a gain
of 134 pounds a day at an expense of
3% cents a pound compares very favor-
ably with results obtained with standard
feeds. The spines were burnt off with
torches for field feeding and for barn feed-
ing were chopped fine by a machine.
The rough treatment almost obliterated
the spines in this case, and cattle ate the
pears greedily.
FarMERS’ BuLitetIn No. 278 deals with
the subject of “Leguminous Crops for
Green Manuring,’ by Prof. Charles V.
Piper. There are chapters on soil nitro-
gen showing how legumes get nitrogen
from the air, and add it to the~ soil.
Green manuring makes sandy soils dark-
er in color and more retentive of mois-
ture, while clayey soils are made more
porous and friable, less likely to puddle
or bake and less subject to washing.
Corn, potatoes, tobacco derive great
benefit following green manuring. Cow-
peas, velvet beans, clover and vetches
are all food soil renovators when plowed
under.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
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CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Season in New York about over for Cuban vegetables—Pineapples now arriving
freely and outlook favorable for a successful season. :
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Urner-Barry Company, New York.
Cuban vegetables are still arriving in fair quantity, receipts last week footing
up. to nearly 5,000 packages, and steamer in first of this week brought over 1,000
packages. The season is so late, however, that the market is liberally supplied
with nearer by vegetables, not only from southern sections, but some early varieties
have appeared from points adjacent to and even further north than New York.
Prices prevailing for most vegetables at present are so low that the Cuban products
are not meeting with much favor, and the season is closing, commission receivers
here discouraging shipments of most vegetables from Cuba for balance of the
season. Cold waves and unfavorable weather in sections south, from which vege-
tables are shipped in competition with Cuban, combined to limit supplies early in the
season, and prices have ruled comparatively high for most stock, so that Cuban
shippers have had a most profitable season on stock shipped to this market.
Tomatoes have probably been the most profitable article shipped, though nearly
all vegetables have realized enough to clear a margin on bulk of the shipments.
At present the market is very heavily supplied with tomatoes from Florida, arrivals
reaching 30,Coo or 40,000 crates per week of late, and the high prices which have
ruled until just at the close show to some extent the unusually large outlet for
them on this market, and lead us to believe that there is little or no chance for
Cuban growers to overstock this market. This applies to a more or less extent to
many other vegetables and to fruits as well. Late receipts of Cuban vegetables have
sold comparatively low, dealers turning to nearer by products, and prices have
ruled irregular, especially as much of the stock is weak and of quality to necessitate
prompt use, so that shipping trade has almost entirely discontinued buying Cuban
stock. Late sales of Cuban tomatoes have been at $1 @ 1.50 per carrier, peppers
$1 @ 2 per carrier, okra $1 @ 2.50 per carrier, eggplants $1.50 @ 2.75 per box, lima
beans $2 @ 3 per crate, and these prices are evidently realizing little or no profit,
so that shipments should now be discontinued.
Cuban onions are in very limited supply, only scattering crates, in fact, and
they would sell readily at $1.75 or more per crate, as Bermuda, which are very
plenty—about 50,000 crates this week—are bringing $1.65 @ 1.75 and Texas $1.90 @ 2
per crate.
Cuban potatoes would also find ready sale at $4.50 @ 5.50 per barrel, as Bermuda
are bringing $5 @ 6 and some recent receipts from Cuba showing quality equal to
Bermuda have brought as much, in instances more.
Pineapples are now arriving freely from Cuba, -nearly 30,000 crates being
received last week and first steamer in this week brought 4,264 crates. The market
has sagged down slightly of late owing to the increasing supplies, but prices are still
high and not expected to go materially lower than at present in view of the fact
that there are no arrivals of importance from Florida or other sections. Late sales
of Cuban have been at $3.50 @ 3.75, rarely $4 for 24s, with 30s ranging from
$2.75 @ 3.25 and smaller sized fruit lower in proportion, down to about $2 @ 2.25
for 42s. Considering the fact that the pineapples arriving from Havana are as well
if not better packed and graded than fruit from any other section, it may seem
of little importance to caution shippers further upon this important point, but some
stock received from Cuban sections otner than Havana are miserably sorted and
packed, and such fruit has to be shaded in value as buyers want fruit of uniform size
and neglect marks where crates contain stock running irregular. One reason
buyers are so particular relative to the size is that if the crate is not snugly packed
the pineapples are more apt to shift and become bruised in transit sufficiently to
affect their selling value.
Advices from Cuba indicate that the pineapple crop will be equal to that of
last year. The dry weather has caused the season to be a little later and fruit of
smaller size, but the same conditions have prevailed in Florida where reports state
that the crop will be much later than usual, and with dry weather there also the
Cuban fruit will have more chance to be well marketed before Florida commences
to ship heavily. And with market depending almost entirely on Cuba before season
opens for Florida fruit, prices are expected to rule comparatively high throughout
the major portion of the season.
New York, May 7, 1007.
26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
SUGAR IN APRIL.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
April proved to confirm all that was expected from it in our review for March,
Beginning the month with Centrifugals at 2c. per lb. cost and freight for 96 test
equal to 3.61c. per lb., duty paid landed in the U. S., we can quote the closing prices
of the month at 27-16c. c and f for May shipment and 2%c. c and f for June shipment,
showing a gain of 3-16c. to 4c. per lb. for the month. a7
This advance followed closely on the weekly news from Cuba by cable, giving
the rapid drawing to an end of the making of the crop.
At the beginning of April 180 centrals were working, while at the close only 82
were grinding, a quite unusual decrease of 98 centrals for the month. Last season the
full number of 180 centrals kept at work throughout the month of April.
The rapidity with which the crop is making this season is shown by the figures of
visible crop on April 1 of 1,017,192 tons and on May 1 of 1,200,000 tons.
The indications are now that the total production in Cuba this season will reach
1,325,000 tons against last crop of 1,178,749 tons sugar.
The reports received from Cuba naturally affected the European beet-sugar mar-
kets, constantly causing an improvement in values there from 9s 3d at beginning to
os 6d during the month, the final quotation at end of April being 9s 5%4d, equal to
3.98c. for Centrifugals 96 test parity against New York spot quotation of 3.765c. The
difference in parity of beet-sugar and Centrifugals at beginning of April was .32c.
per lb. and at the close .215c. per lb.
The advance in Cuba values more than keeps pace with beet-sugar improvement.
The fact that beet sowings for the European crops are now estimated at only
214% increase instead of 5%, as expected, is an important factor for continued im-
provement in all sugar positions for a long time to come.
The reports from Cuba of continued drought and its effect upon the next crop
season is, also, an important factor in the same direction of increased value per
pound for the crop to be made.
From the first of May to the present writing (May 6) there has been quite
a sharp advance in values both here and in Europe.
Java sugars, which have been neglected because of the high prices asked, have
now found buyers in considerable amount at the asking prices of tos 3d to 10s 4%d
c. i. f., equal to 3.97c. to 3.99c. per Ib. duty paid for August/September arrival.
This is the beginning of a demand from United States refiners for outside sugars,
as the indications are that after absorbing all of the sugar available from Cuba and
American possessions, it will be probably necessary to bring 375,000 tons from
Java/and/or Europe before the next Cuba crop comes to market freely next
January.
Next crop beet-sugars hardly yet above ground are in demand at 6d, recent
advance to 9s Od, the parity of 4.04c. for Centrifugals at New York.
The whole outlook is extremely favorable for continued advance extending into
the. next Cuba crop season.
Refined sugar has been in fairly good demand through April, but with only
one change in quotations, an advance of Ioc. per 100 lbs. made on the 11th. Further
advances must be expected as soon as the demand for new business shows more
activity.
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
Carros de Pasajeros s&€ _lodas Class
CARROS PARA CANA: De 20 a 45 pies de largo
LOCOMOTORAS: De 12 a 60 toneladas. De todos Tipos y Vias
New and Second-hand Cars of Every Description.
Fitz-Hugh, Luther Company
CHICAGO Cable Address: “Fitzluth”’
MEMPHIS
MONTREAL No. 141 Broadway, New York, U. S. A.
Address after May 1, 1907: 140 CEDAR ST., CORNER WEST ST.
Locomotoras, Carros de Carga
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn..... - 39 Snare & Trieste Co., New York and Havana 41
Baldwin Locomotive Works ............. ai} Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41
Buckeye Nurseries, Tampa, Fla.......... Goat Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 44
Bienville Hotel, Mobile .............-..0. 5 BY Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York..... 37,
Bank of Mobile, Mobile .............. Mere se Taylor, Loewenstein & Co., Mobile......... 33
TOMO UI WR OUEE! cicieisicieters eserelsreisheie/ sveleveveve.cre 5 By U. S. Commission Merchants .......... coo BO
Bramhall, Deane Co., New York......... - 38 Vinegar Bend Lumber Co., Ala......... «. 41
Brown, Henry E., New York ........0.0. 40 Winter Haven Nurseries, Florida .......202. 3
Central Expanded Metal Co., Pittsburgh...... 29 Waener Co:;, Exnst,) News York. a.sicieiesciete ele 44
Cuban Land & Steamship Co.............. 3 Willett & Gray, New York ............00. - 39
Cuba Railroad, New York ................ 4 Yule & Munro, Brooklyn ............. 500) 6)
Cawthorn Hotel, Mobile ...............-. - 32 American Grocery Co., Havana ........... 35
Cuban Realty Co., Toronto .............. 37 American Hardware Store, Camaguey..... 3&
Connell & Son, Jas. S., New York........ 5 RF Business Firms Gi AWE os ssocokoas0n000 - 40
Cubitas Valley Co., Chicago .............. 41 “<7 @Cardenasi) Shrssccceee cdo SM
mGlovier -Weati ROUte.) crs cis-crsvessiere econ sere Boo v8 ie i OS Wiens ~ Sondabccoaa 55 SD)
Development Co. of Cuba, New York..... Bn 12 Sf os oo SENGNEEIIO) Gooccoco006 aco Ue
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn............- 5 38 s 8 © Gripe: scscoouscsc0nc - 38
Foster & Reynolds, New York ............ 2 SS IDRC HOIN? OH IBIENEIE, cococonuacade 36
Hotel St. Andrew, Mobile ................ - 32 Banco de la_ Habana, Havana ........... - 36
Gullete Dy) Ciampan ibilansonmiceecie coerce 34 Conant & Wright, Havana .............. - 35
Home Industry Iron eres, Mobile ....... 390 Cabana, M. J., Camaguey ............ sees 3S
Krejewski-Pesant Co., New York ........ Gonzalez & Co., J. G., Havana ........ Bobo ES
Leinkauf Bankng Co., Mobile ...... ae (E@lais Ce (Go, IN, ISIENEI@ Scoocccocagcno0S 34
Lewis Land & Lumber Co......... s ISlevene lines, Ce (Cos, ISIN Sooasccooncoace 2
Lewis & Co., H. F., New Orleans 4 Herradura Land Co., Havana ........ 600 ES
Link Belt Co., N. Y., Phila., Chic., Ind’olis.. 29 Hotel Camaguey, Camaguey ....... so Bt
Mobile Transfer neo IMiobiles. crises icvels < o/s< Molina Bros., Havana ....... 50 33
Mobile & Ohio R. R...............-- te Marx & Windsor, Camaguey .. -- 33
McDonald, John W., New York National Bank of Cuba ...... bo SYL
Munro Ae Son, John, New York Norton Bros., Havana ........ so BE
N. Y. & N. J. Lubricant Co., New Jersey.. 30 Purdy & Henderson, Havana ..... «2 OT
ueen & Crescent Route ....-.....-2+06. - 39 Royal Bank of Canada, Havana ...... 34
uinby, Edgar H., New York ....... d500) 26) Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas .... 39
amapo Iron Wiorkct eee hen 7 39 Sanchez e Hijos, Bernabe, Nuevitas....... —
Rolf Seeberg ohip Chandlery Co., Mobile 20 dhiust. Como Cubawtavanaleeee cide cece B00 Ys
Shriver & Co., Harrison, N.J.. 50 0 Wpmanné (Com lH... Havana ecieee ieee sooo BYE
Stillman, O. ne New York & Havana. Wate 4 United Railways of Havana ............ 500 SE
28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN ABRIL.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
Lo ocurrido en el mercado azucarero durante el mes de Abril, vino a confirmar
nuestras expectaciones expresadas en nuestra revista de Marzo.
Habiendo comenzado el mes cotizandose las centrifugas a 2% centavos la libra,
flete pagado, por las de polarizacién 96°, equivalente 4 3.61 cents., derechos pagados,
puesta en los Estados Unidos, las cotizaciones al terminar el mes eran: 27/16 cents.,
flete pagado, por partidas a embarcar en Mayo, y 2% cents., flete pagado, por partidas
a embarcar en Junio, lo que acusa una ganancia de 3/16 4 % de centavo en libra
durante el mes.
Esta subida ocurrid inmediatamente después de recibirse de Cuba noticias cable-
graficas anunciando la muy proxima terminacion de la molienda.
A principios de Abril habia 180 centrales moliendo, mientras que a fines de ese
mes solo habia 82 trabajando, 6 sea una disminuci6n de 98 centrales en el mes, que
es cosa extrafa. En la zafra anterior todos los 180 centrales continuaron moliendo
durante el mes de Abril.
La rapidez con que se esta haciendo la molienda esta zafra, queda demostrada por
Jas cifras del aztcar elaborado hasta el primero de Abril, que ascendia a 1,017,192
toneladas, y en primero de Mayo, a 1,200,000 toneladas.
Al presente todos los indicios son de que la produccién total de azticar en Cuba
llegara esta zafra 4 1,325,000 toneladas, contra 1,178,749 toneladas la zafra anterior.
Como es natural, las noticias recibidas de Cuba afectaron los mercados europeos
de azticar de remolacha, causando una constante alza en los precios, los cuales eran
os. 3d. al principio del mes y subieron a 9s. 6d., cotizandose a fines de Abril a 9s. 5%4d
equivalente 4 3.98 cents. las centrifugas polarizacién 96°, contra la cotizacion en
Nueva York para entrega inmediata de 3.765 cents. La diferencia de precio entre
el azucar de remolacha y las centrifugas, 4 principios de Abril, era. 32 cents. en
libra, y a fines de dicho mes, .215 cents. en libra.
Ia subida en precio de los azucares cubanos, mas que compensan la subida en los
del aztiicar de remolacha.
El hecho de que la siembra de remolacha en las cosechas europeas se calculan
ahora en un 21%4% de aumento en lugar de un 5% como se esperaba, es un factor
importante, pues demuestra que el alza en los mercados azucareros continuara por
largo tiempo.
Las noticias que se reciben de Cuba con respecto a la prolongada seca y a sus
efectos en la proxima zafra, es asimismo un factor importante que contribuye al alza
en el precio de los azticares de la molienda proéxima.
Desde el primero de Mayo hasta el momento de escribir estas lineas (6 de Mayo),
ha ocurrido un alza bastante grande en los precios tanto aqui como en Europa.
Los azticares de Java que no habian tenido demanda a causa del precio tan alto
a que se cotizaban, tienen ahora compradores en abundancia, cotizandose de 10s. 3d.
a ros. 4!4d., coste, aseguro y flete, equivalente 4 de 3.97 a 3.99 cents. la libra, derechos
pagados, por aztcares que llegaran en Agosto y Septiembre. Este es el comienzo de
la demanda por parte de los refinadores de los Estados Unidos por azticares extranjeros,
pues los indicios son de que después de absorber todo el aztcar disponible procedente
de Cuba y las posesiones americanas, sera necesario, probablemente, que importen
375,000 toneladas de Java y de Europa antes de que se pueda comprar azucar cubano
de la zafra proxima alla para Enero que viene.
Los azticares de remolacha de la zafra proxima, no obstante estar la planta aun
tetonando, estan ya en demanda, con una reciente subida de 6d., 4 9s. 9d., equivalente
a 4.04 cents. por centrifugas en Nueva York.
En general, el aspecto de los mercados azucareros hace esperar una continuada
alza en los precios del dulce por un periodo que alcance hasta mas alla del comienzo
de la molienda en Cuba la zafra pr6xima.
El aztcar refinado ha estado en buena demanda durante todo el mes de Abril,
pero con solo una subida en precios, 6 sea 10 cents. en las 100 libras que ocurrié el
dia 11. Es de esperar nuevas alzas tan pronto como se haga mas activa la demanda.
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
- Bid. Asked.
mRepnviic: of /Oupas 004, DONOS! ts s5.o5 saosin oe cde Oho ee vg ae CE ee EO Eee 10244 103
Republic: “or Guba “6740 “Ponds. ac e700 «sci s nce carb ste «cr acs ore Me nee teat en EE 98 102
HepupUes Of, Ona wb, pAnterual “DONGH? Wesiaca ccsueeac. seco ta Rae era no ee ental 88 92
Bravana:® City Ise: smorteage":69) ponds) 22 2h ews cacans bo CU ee eo Le eer eae 104 107
Mayank, Cityi20 “morteage 269% sDOMUS oi os eee eos mee ee ee er ee a cee 103 107
Guba iRaliroad | 196 “mortgage 595) ‘bonds.).....6 230 oe oC eee ee aL ee ee 90 95
Cuba haliroad: preferred: “sto: (Ao cecil salt se on Ee nee Tee 45 54
iba: Company. 67, debentures "2,3 302k ine aoe seu k wes Leis OCR, ELL ee oe 60 75
Havana ‘Klectric consolidated mortgage 159% “bonds \..3:. 51.2.0) bebe eaneeecseeeeeee oe 85 90
Havana <leotri¢™ preferred |) Stock. “saniarn ssc etu biivis oe cee eis oo ee ae eee Wee. (6: 15
mavana’s Wlectric common) Stocks. = i .0.. csc vate settee cdi: ae a ERE ae 31 32
Westerns Hallways. so2k-2 22 <ctinetie setts cheney Baicn coo an eee ee Nominal
United) Hallways) ixiecis crocsa.ce ston eee elo ama ite ee en oe ee ne ee ae eee Nominal
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TOTAL ASSETS, $45,500,000.00
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HAVANA: OBRAPIA 33, GALIANO 92,
CIENFUEGOS: MANZANILLO,
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ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UPMANN & CO.
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FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159-163
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Improved and accelerated service to all points east of Havana. Five trains
each way to San Antonio de los Bafios and Guanajay. Four trains daily to Ma-
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a week with steamers for the Isle of Pines and ports in the famous Vuelta Abajo
tobacco district in Pinar del Rio. Three trains daily to Union and to Cardenas.
Two daily express trains between Havana and Santo Domingo, Cienfuegos,
Santa Clara and Sagua. Daily through express to Sancti Spiritus, Ciego de
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Parlor, observation and sleeping cars attached to principal trains.
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at any other Cuban Colony. Many people owning property elsewhere in Cuba after visiting BARTLE have
purehased aud settled there.
Has the very richest fruit 2nd sugar land and no swamps.
‘ Has four spring streams flowirg throvgh it.
Temperature ranges between 50° and 90°.
Has a train service and mail both ways daily.
Has well stocked stores.
Has the finest station on the Cuba Railread.
Has made more progress in one yeur than any other Cuban Colony
has in two. ‘i
ERA a eae ae See
Has a new church out of debt. and the largest regular English-
speaking congregation in Cuba.
Has a good public school.
BARTLE LAND $25 TO $50 PER ACRE. BARTLE TOWN LOTS $100 TO $150 EACH.
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Contents of This Number
The striking cover illustration is of a stone sentry box on the walls of the centuries old
Cabanas Fortress, guarding the Harbor of Havana.
The leading artic’e is on Varieties of Oranges, the best and most profitable kinds to
plant, specially written for the REVIEW by H. Harold Hume, author of “Citrus
Fruits and Their Culture.” Pages 7, 8, 9 and 1o (fully ilustrated).
Land Titles in Cuba. Second Part of an important article on this subject will be found
on Pages 13, 14 and 15.
Political and Government Matters occupy Pages 15, 16 and 17. ‘There are portraits of
Juan Gualberto Gomez, General Emilio Nunez and the three additional representa-
tives of Cuba at The Hague, Oreste ferrara, Dr. Bustamante and Sr. Sanguily.
Some very interesting comments by the newspapers of the United States on the present
and future conditions of Cuba appear on Pages 18 and 19.
Information regarding coming Public Works will be found on Page 2o.
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Agricultural and American Colony Notes comprise many interesting paragraphs, includ-
ing a letter from Prof. Baker on Alfalfa in Cuba. This on Pages 21 and 22.
General Notes begin on Page 23. There is a story of an Ostrich Farm just started near
Havana. An American Haberdashery store is needed in Santiago de Cuba, says
U. S. Vice-Consul Wolcott. The city is safe and comfortable. Attention is called
to selling charcoal in Cuba. The salaries of Gov. Magoon and other rulers of
Cuba are given, and there are various other items about the Army and Customs
Receipts, which are all readable.
Cuban Fruits and Vegetables are reported upon on Page 26. ‘here is much valuable
information for shippers and growers on this Page.
The Sugar Situation is very adequately presented by Willett & Gray. Millions are
annually lost to the Cuban planters by reason of forced markets. The article
explains all this and some very interesting charts showing the fluctuations of beet
and centrifugal sugar accompany the text.
This same article has been translated into Spanish. It will be sure to be well studied
by the planters and merchants. Pages 30 and 31.
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Volume V. JUNE, 1907. Number 7.
VARIETIES OF ORANGES.
Recent Introductions—Very Early and Very Late Fruit Brings Best Prices—
Florida Market January to March—Cuban Market Follows — Plantings
Should be Made for this Season.
BY H. HAROLD HUME.
Author of Citrus Fruits and Their Culture.
Among citrus fruits, sweet oranges, known also as round oranges (Citrus Aurantium),
hold first place in commercial importance. Only the pomelo (grape-fruit) and the
lemon in anywise approach them in the amount. of fruit produced and consumed,
and the difference in the amount used is so great as to make these latter fruits seem
insignificant by comparison.
The number of varieties of sweet oranges which have been grown at different
times may be counted by hundreds, but by far the most of them are represented by
names only. These names are simply recollections that these varieties were once in
existence and the varieties which are now propagated by leading nurseries are not
more than thirty or thirty-five in number. Of these not all are equally good or desirable,
or adapted for general planting.
When we examine a large number of different kinds of oranges we cannot but
be struck by their close resemblance to one another. Pick the fruit, consider it apart
from the trees on which it grew, leave out the time of ripening (and many, of
course, ripen at the same period), and one is at a loss to say definitely what variety
he may be examining. But we must not at the same time lose sight of the fact that
there are differences in size, in shape, in time of ripening, in quality, and perhaps
above all, in prolificness, which are of great importance. While the individual speci-
mens of fruit resemble each other closely, the differences in these other respects are
often very considerable.
After all, the only certain way to secure the varieties desired is to purchase them
from reliable sources and be certain that the variety is true to name, true to the
old original strain.
Yet notwithstanding this close resemblance of varieties of oranges to each other
they may be separated in broad groups made up of varieties possessing certain char-
acteristics. It may be difficult at times to say definitely where a variety belongs, and
the tree and fruit must be carefully examined together.
The groups which may be distinguished more or less readily are:
I. Spanish Oranges, derived from the original introductions, and represented in
the main by the seedlings now found throughout Florida, Cuba and elsewhere. These
varieties are strong growers, with large pointed leaves, generally very thorny. As a
general rule, the varieties of this group make very satisfactory trees and it is for
the most part on these that the best reputation of the Florida oranges has been
made. The group is represented by such varieties as Boone’s Early, Early Oblong,
Homosassa, Madam Vinous, Magnum Bonum, Nonpareil and Parson Brown.
IJ. Mediterranean Oranges. Most of the varieties which may be placed in this
group have been imported into America from the southern portions of Europe, bordering
on, and the islands in, the Mediterranean sea. Some have originated in America.
They are for the most part of much more recent introduction than the Spanish oranges.
The trees of this group are compact growers, almost thornless, with abundance of
small, closely set leaves. The fruit is very juicy, rich and of the highest quality, with
few seeds. The types of this group are Jaffa, Majorca, Maltese Oval, though other
varieties, not conforming closely to the types, such as Pineapple, Centennial and Harts
Late, are best included here.
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RUBY ORANGES ON THE TREE. Ruby is the most popular of the blood oranges.
Naranjas, clase Rubi, en el naranjo. La naranja Rubi, mediana tardia, es la mfis acreditada de las
naranjas rojas. Es parecida al tipo meditarraneco y procedié primitivamente de la misma regi6n. La
calidad es insuperable y generalmente la fruta contiene pocas semillas.
III. Blood Oranges. ‘These varieties very closely resemble those of the Mediter- -
ranean type and came originally from the same sources and regions. The trees are
similar in growth and foliage. The main difference is that the pulp of the fruit, when
full ripe, becomes dark blood red in color. Long before this stage is reached, however,
they are fit for eating, and can be marketed. The quality of the oranges of this group
is unsurpassed and the fruit generally contains very few seeds. To this group
belong such excellent varieties as Ruby, St. Michael's Blood and Maltese Blood.
[V. Navel Oranges. Trees strong growers, rather dwarf, glossy green foliage,
almost thornless, fruit heavy, large, usually seedless, meaty, of excellent quality, but
not equal to that of the Blood group. Fruit marked with an umbilical marking at
the apex of the fruit. In many regions the navel oranges have proven to be rather
shy bearers. Of the group, the Bahia or Washington Navel is the most generally
planted and the most important. Other more recent introductions are Surprise, Navelencia,
Thompson’s Improved, Golden Nugget and Golden Buckeye. Some varieties included
in other groups are occasionally navel marked, but the character of the fruit is quite
different. Noteworthy ameng these are Ruby, St. Michael’s Blood and Boone (Boone’s
Early). So distinct is this marking on some specimens of these varieties that to the
uninitiated they would pass on their external appearances as true naval oranges.
HOW MANY VARIETIES?
Without knowing definitely the object and policy of the planter, it is difficult to
discuss the question of how many varieties to plant. We must, in the beginning,
separate the amateur fruit-grower from the commercial planter. The former, engaged
in growing oranges for the pure love of seeing the trees grow and fruit, will plant
many varieties; even as many as he can secure, but the commercial planter approaches
the matter from an entirely different point of view. He must consider the question
of financial returns.
But here again another difference arises. Is the planting large or small? If the
latter, he must perforce confine himself to a small number of varieties; if large, he
may or may not. But I firmly believe that for his own good and for the good of
the industry, every commercial planter should do something in: testing different
varieties. In any country where fruit growing as a commercial enterprise is just well
started in many localities, the knowledge which may be gained in this way, in regard
to the behavior and worth of different varieties, is of the utmost importance.
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If it is the aim of the grower to place his fruit in the market at some one particular
season, then only a few varieties should be planted. On the other hand, if a large
planting is to be made he may be desirous of starting his shipments as early as
possible and continuing them as late as he can. There is much to be said in favor
of either plan, but on the whole, the balance of evidence ts in favor of the continuous
shipment plan. It requires, however, a careful study of the market situation from
year to year to arrive at a definite conclusion.
Broadly speaking, very early and very late fruit brings the best price, because
the markets are undersupplied when these varieties are ripe, but it must not be for-
gotten that well-grown fruit, carefully packed and placed on the market in inviting
shape, is always in demand and will generally sell at a profit. On the whole, it may
be safely said that the planter who sets his orange grove with varieties which will
enable him to ship from the beginning of the season right through to the end of it, is
pursuing a wise policy. The planting, however, must be large to permit of the
production of a goodly amount of fruit for each month.
On the other hand, if he reaches the conclusion to plant for a particular season,
oranges for early shipment are desirable; so also are those which ripen for the late
market. Either or both are worthy of careful consideration The bulk of the Florida
crop is marketed by January 1; practically all of it by March 1. Usually the early
market in the large northern cities becomes demoralized because of the large quantities
of green fruit that are shipped by Florida growers. Much has been said and written
against this practice, but it still continues in force and it is likely to do so. Notwith-
standing this, ripe fruit, such as Cuba can produce at the same season, is in good
demand. As a matter of fact, the very early sweet oranges are by no means equal
in quality to the later varieties, and a reputation for high-grade fruit can only be made
with later varieties. This point is worth remembering.
After the Florida crop is practically cleared up, say, from March I to I5, is an
excellent time to start shipments from Cuba. Plantings should be made for this season.
There are no difficulties to be overcome in producing late fruit and holding it on the
trees until fully ripe.
CHOICE OF VARIETIES.
After this discussion, we are able to approach the selection of varieties with
definite objects in view, though we must not, of course, lose sight of personal preference.
This will not control a market, though, and the rule must be—sell the people what
they want, how they want it, when they want it, and go just a little further than
anyone else in an honest effort to please them.
Hart’s late oranges as they grow.
Naranjas tardias, clase Hart, tal como crecen. De las naranjas tardias, esta es una de las mejores.
Su calidad es fina y es muy productiva. Respecto 4 frutas tardias, el Sr. H. Harold Hume dice, “No es
posible establecer una reputacién para frutas de alto grado sino con las yariedades tardias.’
10 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
rit
Majorea Oranges.
NARANJAS, CLASE MAYORCA. La mayor parte de las variedades proceden de la parte meridional
de Europa, aunque hay algunas que han originado en América. Los naranjos crecen compactos y casi
sin espinas y la fruta es muy jugosa y de inmejorable calidad, con pocas semillas,
For successional ripening from very early to very late, we can select from the
following list of varieties: Boone’s Early, Parson Brown, Nonpariel, Pineapple, Ruby,
Jaffa, Old Vini, Mad. Vinous, Homosassa, Maltese Oval, Hart’s Late, and Valencia Late.
Between such varieties as Homosassa, Old Vini, Madam Vinous and Magnum
Bonum, there is little to choose. They belong to the Spanish group, closely resemble
one another, and all are good, large-sized midseason oranges. All of them are seedlings
derived from famous Florida groves and they are prolific and regular bearers.
Of all the varieties which have criginated in Florida, none is superior to Pineapple,
a late midseason orange. This variety originated near Citra, Florida, and has justly
attained the prominence its merits warrant. Late in the season, when full ripe, it becomes
golden red in color and its handsome exterior appearance and high quality combine
to make it a very desirable fruit. In point of quality, as already stated, no varieties
surpass those of the Mediterranean and Blood groups. Of the former, Jaffa and
Majorca are excellent, while Ruby is to-day the most prominent variety of the latter
class. Jaffa is quite generally conceded to be somewhat more prolific than Majorca,
though both are good bearers.
Of the very late oranges, Hart’s Late and Valencia Late are the best we have, and
leave little to be desired in prolificness and quality. Some maintain that there is a
difference between the two, while others say that there is not. Without entering into
a discussion of this question, it may safely be said that the difference, if any exists,
is so slight as to be not worth considering. It is not improbable that these so-called
distinct varieties are identical—in one case introduced into California as Valencia Late
and in tbe other into Florida as Tardiff, subsequently called Hart’s Late, after Mr.
E. H. Hart, who introduced it. Many nurserymen both in Florida and California
having derived their original stock from the two different sources, continue propagation
of the two as distinct strains.
Navel oranges have never attained the prominence in Florida that they have in
California. The difficulty has been that in the East they are inclined to be shy bearers.
They refuse to carry the crops that they do in California. The Washington Navel
has been more extensively grown and tested than any of the others. When buddea
on rough lemon and citrus trifoliata stock, thereby rendering it more prolific, it has proven
quite satisfactory for quite a number of Florida orange growers. To Cuban planters
the best advice that can be given is use only rough lemon and citrus trifoliata stocks
for this variety, and even then to plant only in comparatively limited numbers. It may
be they will prove entirely satisfactory in Cuba (we have not enough evidence yet to
say that they will), but if they do, the Washington Navel as a variety for shipment
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during December and January would have no superior. It is large, handsome, bright,
full of juice and meaty. ee :
To sum up, if we confine ourselves to very early and early varieties, we can make
a choice from Boone’s Early, Centennial, Nonpariel and Parson Brown.
Good midseason varieties are Magnum Bonum, Homcsassa, Madam Vinous and
Old Vini.
For medium late and very late varieties, Pineapple, Jaffa, Ruby, Hart’s Late and
Valencia Late.
If we select one variety for each season a good list would be: Parson Brown, Old
Vini (or any of the above midseason list), Pineapple and Hart’s Late.
CHURCHES OF CUBA. The Church of Santo Domingo in Havana, opposite the palace. It is 328
years old and was built by the Dominican Friars.
_ LAS IGLESIAS DE CUBA. La iglesia de Santo Domingo en la Habana. El edificio tiene 328 afios.
Tiene quince altares y un piso pulido de marmol negro y blanco. Los dominicanos principiaron, el
edificio en 1578.
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THE PRESENT STATUS OF PROPERTIES IN LAND IN EASTERN
CUBA. CUBAN LAND TITLES ABSOLUTELY GOOD.*
BY G. E. HARRAH, HOLGUIN, CUBA.
Second Part.
1. The preliminary or preparatory stage is occupied with the gathering of all
facts relating to the character, identity, rights and interest in the estate, of the
individual co-owners, documentary evidence on which the parties base their claims,
or, in default of such evidence, the testimony of witnesses in substantiation of their
claims, being presented to the court. The provision making obligatory the presen-
tation of all claims, complaints and protests before a certain date, after which time
none will be admitted, was an important feature of the order; for one great obstacle
to the successful end speedy termination of surveys in the past had been the con-
cealment of documents affording proof, and the withholding of information needed to
establish the location in the hacienda of certain points, such as the center or starting-
point for the survey.
2. The second stage, which includes the two proceedings of demarcation and
the determination of validity of titles, is heralded by the calling of a meeting, at
thirty days’ notice, at which the co-owners of the property and of the adjoining
haciendas are to be present to elect a “sindico,” or common representative. This
important personage in the proceedings is the representative of the majority, against
whose actions the minority may protest in a separate proceeding at their own ex-
pense. If within the thirty days preceding the meeting at which the sindico is to be
elected any co-owner shall present a protest against the location of the center or
against any of the statements made by the petitioner soliciting the survey (deslinde),
the co-owners are summoned to a meeting to vote upon the points under protest.
Each co-owner has at least one vote, but to those holding more than twenty-five
‘pesos de posesiOn” one vote is allowed for every twenty-five “pesos” held. If the
points in controversy are not settled, as occurs when the majority of votes does
not equal two-thirds of the “pesos de posesion” constituting the property, three
outsiders, men of repute, are chosen to determine the controverted points within
twenty days. The election of a sindico follows. At the same meeting, an official
surveyor is appointed by a majority vote of the co-owners.
All data necessary for demarcation being now in the hands of the court, an order
for the survey is issued, the center from which the operations are to be begun being
indicated. The work must be completed within sixty days from the receipt of the
order. A period of 120 days, which may be extended to 160 by the judge, is allowed
for the surveyor to complete the topographical plan and the appraisal of the lands,
which are classifed as wooded, fertile, savannah and useless.
In the meantime, the work of passing upon titles has been going on. At a
meeting called soon after the election of the sindico, two Referees on Titles (califi-
cadores) are elected by the co-owners, a third, who must be a lawyer, being appointed
by the judge. Their work deals with matters relating to titles in “pesos de
posesion,” by which phrase is to be understood the proportionate share or interest in
the estate possessed by a comunero (co-owner). An arbitrary valuation having been
placed in former times upon an estate or hacienda, and the total number of dollars
at which it was thus valued being divided among those occupying the lands or
having a recognized right to any portion of it, a man‘s interest or share in the estate
is expressed by the number of “pesos de posesion” (dollars of possession, or dollars
of interest) which he holds, as evidenced by existing documents or by occupation,
with evidence accepted as valid by the court for establishing his claim. The Referees
on Title examine all claims presented, pass on their validity, and present the result
of their findings in a report in which they state also the amount of the total posses-
sion held (in dollars of possession), together with the area corresponding thereto.
Any protest against their findings must be presented within fifteen days, and is
decided by a majority vote of the co-owners whose claims have been recognized as
legitimate by the referees.
3. The third stage of apportionment is then entered upon. Within a period
of thirty days after the order issued by the judge, the Referees on Title present a_
statement indicating the areas that correspond to each co-owner’s share of the estate
(or number of dollars of possession), and providing for the equal distribution, among
the co-owners, of the wooded lands, the savannahs and the useless portions. Careful °
provision is made, as far as is possible, for the equitable sharing of water facilities.
This plan of the apportionment is placed in court, subject to protest, for twenty
days, at the expiration of which time, no protest having been entered, the findings
are approved by the court. Finally, each tenant in common receives a plan of his
portion, executed by the official surveyor, and attached to a copy of the proceedings
*In view of the fact that Juan Galberto Gomez has petitioned Gov. Magoon to have the system of
Hacienda Comunera abolished, this article will prove extremely informing.—Editor CUBA RBVIEW.
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relating to his apportionment. This certificate is henceforth the title-deed to his
property, which he may record in che Registry of Property. He is now no longer a
“comunero’—he is an independent landholder, and for him the “hacienda comunera”
is a thing of the dead past. There remains but one thing for him to do which will
remind him of that chrysalis stage of his existence. He has yet to pay his share
of the costs incurred in the proceedings for the demarcation and apportionment of
the property.
The law provides that the common costs shall not exceed ten per cent. of the
value of the property, the costs being appraised by the surveyor after the lawyers,
surveyor, calificadores and others have presented their accounts for services rendered
im connection with the proceedings. The former “comunero” may pay his quota
in five equal annual installments. When, as is generally the case, the party peti-
tioning the court for a survey of an hacienda advances the amount of the common
costs and assumes the payment of the expenses that arise, these expenses 2re added.
to the costs, and such party becomes a creditor of the other owners, whose holdings
are encumbered on the books of the Registry of Property to the extent of their
indebtedness until the amount due as their share of the costs and expenses is paid
in full.
Notwithstanding the admirable character of the provisions of Military Order
No. 62 a marked sluggishness on the part of the comuneros to take advantage of it
in their own interests was noticeable. It required persuasive action on the part
of the government of Tomas Estrada Palma, in- the passage of the “Law for the
Demolition of Haciendas Comuneras,” enacted in October, 1g04, and an extension,
a yeat later, of the period within which applications for surveys could be made in
order to secure the benefits conferred by the law, to bring about a general move-
ment towards such demolition on the part of the comuneros in eastern Cuba. To
use the municipal district of Holguin by way of illustration, there is not one
hacienda comunera to-day of the thirty within its jurisdiction for which application
for survey has not been made. In other municipal districts, those of Puerto Padre,
Gibara and Mayari, which, with Holguin, are included within the judicial district
of Holguin, the work of demolition has been going on steadily and application for
survey has been made in the case of every hacienda comunera. With the recent
extension by Governor Magoon of the period during which a survey may be asked
for to May 31, 1908, there is every reason for believing that within the next four
years all the lands within this probince of Santiago de Cub a will be held in private
ownership.
The great benefits w hich will result from the agrarian changes of the next few
years in eastern Cuba can hardly be appreciated by ‘northerners, who do not realize
the condition of poverty prevailing to-day among the people of the rural districts.
Many of these have inherited a large interest in the lands around them, as is evi-
denced in titles in dollars of possession which they hold. But most of these lands,
amounting to vast tracts in the aggregate, are not under cultivation. The people
have no capital, no funds, and can secure none. In a town, a man can borrow money
on the house he owns. But a man who holds dollars of possession which entitle
him to a large number of caballerias of land cannot borrow money on these pesos.
With the completion of the survey he will be able to secure financial help from banks
which to-day absolutely refuse to advance money against property in dollars of
possession. With borrowed funds the land owner can stock his farm; and by steady
industry, with the opportunities for education which the state now affords his chil-
dren, but which were utterly lacking under the Spanish régime, he may enter upon
a new era of self-respecting citizenship.
The foreign capitalist, as well as the man of smaller means, who is looking
for profitable investments in Cuba, will benefit also by the change. Greater security
will be felt with the recording of all holdings in the Registry of Property, where
data concerning any farm or estate may easily be obtained. At the same time it
should be said that the opportunities for securing lands at a low price are unequaled
at the present time while titles are still in “pesos de posesion.” More than once
the writer has heard a holder of such a title say, relative to the price of his holding,
“As soon as the survey is completed, I shall ask much more per caballeria.” There
is no doubt that the prices at which lands can now be bought are at their lowest
level. As to the perfect confidence with which a land-looker can purchase titles in
dollars of possession, no other. proof is necessary than the examples furnished by
such organizations as The Nipe Bay Company, with an investment of $7,000,090,
and the Chaparra Sugar Estate, which has but recently extended its already large
holdings, held in dollars of possession title, by the purchaser of more pesos along
the ime of the Cuba Railroad. In spité of the tortuous proceedings involved in the
surveys, it has been demonstrated beyond cavil that “haciendas comuneras” can be
surveyed. As a proof may be cited the haciendas of Dumafiuecos, on the north coast;
Holguin, Bariay, owned by Sanchez Hermanos, Banes, Rio Seco and Mulas, the last
three owned largely by the United Bait Company of Boston. These have been
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taken out of the condition of “pesos de posesion,” and are now represented by cabal-
lerias of land and recorded in the Registry of Property. From all this it will be
seen that it is entirely , ossible to acquire land with a “pesos de posesion” title which
will secure to the buyer a definite number of caballerias of land with absolutely
undisputed title.
Confidence on the part of buyers of land in Cuba that they will be secure in
the possession of their property is further strengthened by the political outlook.
Everything indicates that the task assumed by the United States government in re-
establishing in Cuba a government for the island such as was realized for it during
the period of intervention, 1898-1902, and was left unselfishly, and as a sacred trust,
to the Cubans, is a matter requiring more than a few months for its accomplishment.
Should the government of the United States speedily withdraw from the task of
remedying shameful abuses and restoring honorable standards of public conduct
in administrative affairs, that great world-power will have shirked the plain duty
which devolved upon it with the destruction of the Maine, and it will have made a
grave mistake a second time. By the plain but thoughtful Cuban farmer as well as
by the intelligent man of affairs it is said that the government of the United States
should have retained control of the administration of Cuba’s affairs for six years
instead of three. The feeling is general that the great responsibility devolving upon
the United States will be faithfully executed, though years instead of months may be
required for the task, that the gentle but strong hand that has been laid on the
island will not be released to the detriment of its political and business interests, but
that the effects of its corrective pressure will be lasting, stimulating foreign capital,
the circulatory system of the body industrial, to further investments, not only in the
already improved western *ortion, but also in the east, in Santiago de Cuba, in the
great agricultural, manufacturing and mining enterprises of this, the richest of the
provinces in natural resources.
CLUSTER OF MAGNUM BONUM ORANGES.
(See article *‘‘Varieties of Oranges’’ on pages 7, 8 and 9.)
= Un Cetera de maranjas. clase Magnum Benum. Pertenecen al grupo de las naranjas espafoles.
recen fuertemente y generalmente son muy _ espinosos Es prine'p: : Or sti i
es { } ‘ Sos. y palmente por esta clase que se ha
establecido la fama de las naranjas de Florida.
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Political and Government Matters
Gomez, Leader of Liberals and
Juan Gualberto i b
Secretary of the Comisi6n Consultiva.
Political meetings are the feature of the
day, and the two parties, Conservative and
Liberal, are getting their forces together for
the Presidential campaign. José Miguel
Gomez’s friends are zealous in his cause,
while Zayas partisans are equally active.
SR. ZAYAS DOES NOT WANT TO BE THE CANDI-
DATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, BUT GENERAL
ORESTES FERRARA SAYS HE MUST.
Senator Alfredo Zayas is unwilling to
accept the Vice-Presidency nomination, and
in a public letter to the Liberal party ex-
presses himself as follows:
“T must state that had any of the gen-
tlemen come to me I would unhesitatingly
have told them that I am not willing to
figure as a candidate for the Vice-Presi-
dency of the republic, and do not consent
to my nomination thereto, and that I will
refuse it if the nomination be made in the
coming national convention.”
Thereupon Orestes Ferrara replies to
Zayas, also publicly, and assures the Sena-
tor that he is still the party's candidate—for
Vice-President. He says Zayas has never
resigned, and his resignation cannot be ac-
cepted now.
The Conservative party meeting on May
21 last may be called the first shot in the
Presidential campaign, and many Liberals
had been invited to attend and were present.
The speakers were Eduardo Dolz, Pablo
Desvernine, Alfredo Betancourt Manduley
and Sergio Cuevas Zequiera. Speeches were
made by Rafael Montoro and Gonzalez
Lanuza. The Liberals had to listen to
severe strictures on the events of last Au-
gust and September by Seftor Desvernine.
Sefior Dolz compared the 20th of May, 1902,
with the 2oth of May, 1907, and said that.
“there are only two ways of explaining the
sad contrast between these two dates. Either
the occurrences were due to the incapacity
of the government or to inexperience, and
he attributed all to the latter cause—not a
crime, but a misfor.une which might be
repaired by the union of all good Cubans
in one object, the national welfare of their
country.”
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY LOSES SOME PROM-
INENT MEMBERS.
Some leading Conservatives, it is said,
have abandoned the Conservative party, and
allying with Republicans, have formed a
new organization, which will support José
Miguel Gomez for President. The bolters
are Governor Emilio Nunez, Senator Diego
Tamayo and Sr. Cesar Cancio. With them
will join General Freyre de Andrade, ex-
Vice-President Mendez Capote, Mario
Barcia Kokly, Carlos Fonts Sterling, José
A. Cueto, Ricardo Dolz, and Senator Par-
raga.
General Emilio Nufez, Civil Governor of Hayana.
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EVERYTHING TRANQUIL IN PINAR DEL RIO.
Governor Nunez, who recently went on
a trip to Pinar del Rio, told the governor
that the people of Pinar del Rio were tran-
quil and apparently happy, and have ob-
tained a better price for tobacco this year
than ever before.
MAY 20, 1907.
La Lucha salutes “the Twentieth of May
as in former years, and prays sincerely
that the wisdom and unity of the Cubans
will make it possible that in the coming
year, upon the recurrence of this historic
date, the republic will have been re-estab-
lished, free and independent.”
From the English pages of the Diario
de la Marina: “On this fifth anniversary
of the establishment of the Republic of
Cuba we are glad to report that general
tranquillity prevails throughout the Island
and satisfaction with its present provisional
administration is universal.”
From La Discussion: “To-day we have
the stranger in our house, and we do not
know what is ours and what is his, or
what is going to be left us or is to become
his. A profound sorrow fills the heart.
We scarce have courage to peer into the
shadows that surround us in -hopes of
descrying the word ‘hope.’”
TO ABOLISH THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS.
“For years there has been a growing sus-
picion in the minds of the people,” says
the Havana Telegraph, “that the provincial
governments are purely ornamental, and
more than once their abolition has been
proposed. There have been numberless con-
flicts of authority between the executives
of the provinces and the national govern-
ment.”
“With an area less than that of New York,
and less than a quarter of the population
of the Empire state, why should Cuba be
split up into six provinces. with all the
costly paraphernalia of six provincial gov-
ernments? Governor Magoon would at
the same time save himself a deal of bother
and relieve the people of a mest vexatious
burden by abolishing the governors and
councils.”
‘
CUBA OWES FOR THE INTERVENTION EXPENSES.
What shall be done with reference to the
payment to the United States by Cuba of °
the indebtedness growing out of the inter-
vention is a questicn which the President
and his Cabinet have not yet decided, but
the War Department is keeping a careful
account of the amount paid out on this
score. It aggregates about $3,000,000 al-
ready. Cuba will probably be called upon
to shoulder this expense.
How much Cuba will have to pay as a
result of the claims for losses during last
year’s revolution is not known definite-
ly, but this item will probably exceed a
million dollars. By the time the expenses
of the census now in progress have been
paid, together with the other outstanding
obligations, it is roughly estimated that
‘resignation will take effect.
between seven and eight million dollars
will remain to be disposed of as the pro-
visional government sees fit. Part of this
will go toward the execution of the long
delayed contract for the paving and sewer-
ing of Havana, part for the extension of
public roads and part for the improvement
of harbors and other public works.
MAY WITHDRAW GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Provisional Governor Magoon is consid-
ering the advisability of recalling some
of the government bonds now outstanding.
There are two propositions. One is to
withdraw the entire amount of the out-
standing bonds known as the ‘96 revolu-
tionary issue. The bonds of this issue now
outstanding amount to a little more than
two millions of dollars. They draw 6 per
cent. The Treasury Department has reached
a decision that they can be withdrawn,
despite contentions to the contrary which
have been made. The internal debt issue
of $10,000,000 may be taken up in part if
Governor Magoon decides not to touch the
‘96 issue. There is enough money in the
Treasury to take up the entire issue of the
‘96 issue without the slightest inconvenience.
FOR THE CENSUS.
Henry Gannett, now connected with the
geological survey of the United States gov-
ernment, has been named as assistant to
Victor H. Olmsted, the director of the
Cuban census.
NEW U. S. CONSUL GENERAL.
Mr. James Linn Rodgers, who is to suc-
ceed Frank Steinhart as the American con-
sul-general in Havana, will take Mr. Stein-
hart’s place on July 1, when the latter’s
Mr. Rodgers
comes to Havana from Shanghai, where
he has been the American consul-general.
STEINHART TO STAY IN HAVANA. CONSUL
WILL BECOME GOV. MAGOON’S ADVISER
WHEN HE RETIRES FROM OFFICE.
After his retirement on July 1, Mr Stein-
hart, the American consul, will continue
as Governor Magoon’s adviser, as he has
been since the intervention. He will have
no official capacity and will draw no salary
from the government. It is well under-
stood, however, that Mr. Steinhart will rep-
resent in Cuba Messrs. Speyer & Co., the
well known New York bankers, and it can
be stated, furthermore, that the firm will
not establish a bank m Havana
HAVANA STREET CLEANING HEAD.
The new chief of the Havana street clean-
ing department is Sr. Eugenio Faures, ap-
pointed by Governor Magcon.
NEW TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
Postmaster Charles Hernandez has estab-
lished a new telegraph office at Guamo,
province of Santiago de Cuba.
Alfredo Zayas, Pino Guerra, Garcia
Velez, Juan Gualberto Gomez, and others
have petitioned Governor’Magoon that work
should be begun on the aqueduct for Cama-
guey, that the River Jatibonico should
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17
Representatives
of Cuba to the Peace Conference at The Hague,
June 15. The other member is
Gonzalo de Quesada, whose portrait appeared in the May issue.
Dr. A Sanchez Bustamante.
have canals built, the
streets of Camajuani
should be drained,
zing! Celine im@eial lore
laid from Caimito
Guayabal and Banes
Beach.
The plan for dredg-
ing three channels in
the port of Matan-
Dr. Oreste Ferrara.
Liberal party inevi-
tably will split, but
80 per cent.. of it
will remain with
Zayas, while only 20
per cent. will cling
to José Miguel.”
Moreover, though at
first he favored no
particular candidate,
zas has been ap- ’ when he saw the
proved. Sr. Manuel Sanguily. propagandists of
WHERE THE PEACE CONFERENCE WILL MEET. José Miguel making a canvass from
The sittings of the second peace con- ward to ward, carrying pistols and
ference will be held in the Hall of Knights,
a thirteenth century castle built for the
counis of Holland in the old days when
they, with the bishops of Utrecht and the
dukes of Guelders, ruled the low country.
READY FOR ANOTHER REVOLUTION.
Campos Marquetti, one of the political
leaders, declared at a recent meeting of
Zayas adherents, says the Havana Tele-
graph, that the Miguelistas stand ready to
start another revolution unless their leader
is elected. This threat has been repeat-
edly made in Sanitago.
ZAYAS AND GOMEZ PARTISANS FALL OUT.
A Liberal meeting at Placetas, Santa
Clara province, June 4, broke up in a shoot-
ing match between the supporters of Al-
fredo Zayas and José Migul Gomez. No
one was hurt.
JUAN GUALBERTO GOMEZ ON ZAYAS.
Sr. Juan Gualberto Gomez delivered a
lengthy discourse, saying among other things
that were applauded to the echo: “The
clubs, and even knives, he quickly decided
which candidate he ought to support.
DIFFERENCES TO BE SETTLED.
Persons in a position to speak with au-
thority say that the differences that have
been disrupting the Liberal party will be
settled within a week. Under new ar-
rangements Zayas will give way to General
Gomez, and Gomez will favor General
Asbert for Governor of Havana, as a com-
promise. Only one difference exists at the
present time between the Miguelists and
Zayistas, and that is regarding a choice for
Governor of Santa Clara.
CUBAN CODE TO BE REVISED.
Manuel Landa y Gonzalez, magistrate of
the audiencia of Havana, at present detailed
by the provisional government to duty with
the claims commission, has been selected
to succeed Francisco Diago, the retiring
acting secretary of the department of justice
resigned.
18 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA.
AS TO ALIENS VOTING IN CUBA.
A movement is on foot, backed by Eng-
lish and American property-holders in Cuba,
to secure a vote for a certain portion of
the alien property-owners on the Island.
But no man is entitled to be both a voter
and an alien in the same country, any more
than a person may be a citizen and a sub-
ject under a republican form of govern-
ment. Apart from the international fea-
tures of the case, the United States would
hardly be warranted in allowing property-
owning subjects of a foreign prince to exer-
cise voting privileges in an island of the
West Indies. Let those who are back of
this movement remember that a similar de-
mand in the Transvaal led the English to
Ladysmith and Modder river—San Fran-
cisco Chronicle.
The Cuban Treasury has a surplus of
$14,000,000, and the Havana bankers have
more money than they can profitably in-
vest. This may explain the anxiety of
the Cuban politicians for another session
of their Congress—Omaha (Neb.) Bee.
Making Havana a federal district like
our District of Columbia will be a factor
in preserving Cuban civil concord. — San
Francisco Chronicle.
“Sink the country, but save the Consti-
tution,” is alleged to be the slogan of one
of the two warring political factions down
in Cuba. To some of us who have fol-
lowed the ramifications of politics and revo-
lutions in that lovely isle, with ever-grow-
ing weariness. it seems to us that it would
be more sensible to sink both country and
constitution.—Seattle Week End.
THE ONE MEANS OF PACIFICATION.
Every returning tourist and, in fact, a
majority of those who have spent some
time in the West Indies, are united in de-
claring that the one means of pacification
is by United States protectorate—San Fran-
cisco Chronicle.
THE WRECK OF THE MAINE.
The suggestion has again been made that
the wreck of the battleship Maine, which
now lies many feet deep in the mud of
Havana harbor, should be removed inthe
interest of shipping, for the wreck takes up
at least three anchorages in Havana harbor,
which is exceedingly crowded at times. This
is regarded by many as sufficient to warrant
the removal of the obstruction at the ex-
pense of the Cuban people——Boston Tran-
script.
TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
So far as the economic policy which the
provisional government will adhere to per-
mits, many schoolhouses which are now
occupied by the military forces will be re-
turned to their proper sphere. Every effort
will be made to encourage education and
the fairly datisfactory condition of the
Cuban treasury at this time will warrant
an adequate expenditure in this direction.
It is hoped by improving the educational
system in Cuba to arouse among the popu-
lation a keener sense of the importance of
education—Boston ‘Transcript.
THE PATRIOTS OF CUBA.
Like all countries with new and untried
forms of government, Cuba is just now
cursed with men who believe that they
possess the genius for statesmanship or
militarism. They call themselves patriots,
they are hungry for office and they have
the impression that they are not appreciated.
They are responsible for many of the
troubles of the Island—Scranton (Pa.) Re
publican.
GOMEZ MAY BE THE MAN.
José Miguel Gomez perhaps will make
as good a man as any other calling him-
self Cuban. He may develop the qualities
necessary to insure stable government, peace
and prosperity for the Island. At least it
is to be hoped that he will prove such a
man. But whosoever is elected, it is the
intention of Uncle Sam to see that the
provisions of the Platt amendment are
carried out to the letter—Scranton (Pa.)
Republican.
SECRETARY TAFT’S QUICK WORK.
He disarmed a rebel force of from fif-
teen to twenty thousand, sent them back
to their work or their play, set up a tempo-
rary but alien administration and_ sailed
away in less than two months’ time with
comparative peace restored. To him, as
in the Philippines, the principle of Cuba
for the Cubans meant this: That every
measure, whether in the form of law or
an executive order, before its adoption
should be weighed in the light of this ques-
tion: “Does it make for the welfare of
the Cuban people or does it not? If it
does not make for the welfare of the Cuban
people then it ought not to be enacted
or executed.’—Boston Transcript.
CUBA’S REAL DAY OF CELEBRATION.
In theory the Cuban republic is. still
on the map. A few of the powers have
diplomatic representatives in the Island, but
their functions are light. The real capital
of Cuba is Washington and not Havana.
Gov. Magoon bears sway in the govern-
ment house at Havana, and 5,000 United
States troops garrison that. city and other
towns in the Island. Washington thinks
another self-government experiment will be
successful. But neither London, nor Ber-
lin, nor Paris, nor any other European cap-
ital is making any such mistake. Cuba’s
real Fourth of July will not be May 20,
but will be the day when the American
government ceases its folly of pretending
that the Cubans are either fitted for inde-
pendence or want independence, and when
it passes an act which will bring the Island
formally and permanently under the stars
and stripes—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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PATRONAGE IN CUBA.
Forty-five per cent. of the officeholders
said they were “non politicos,’ 23% were
Moderates and 22% Liberal. Seven hun-
dred of the latter hold office_by appoint-
ment of the provisional government. Its
policy has been to give a square deal in
the distribution, but preference given to
Liberals as vacancies occur, providing com-
petent men are available, until both Lib-
erals and Moderates are equally represented.
Wholesale dismissals will not be made to
hasten the equalization. The application
of this principle is causing trouble, but the
administration at Washington is satisfied
with Governor Magoon’s methods and will
not interfere—Washington (D.C.) corre-
spondence Boston Transcript.
CUBA’S ANNIVERSARY.
It has been the custom of the New York
Sun to notice Cuba’s birthday from year
to year and to comment on the Island’s
condition and progress. The history of
the Cuban republic is told in these excerpts
from its annual comments:
L eS, ;
A year old and doing quite as well as
could be expected. Her record for the first
year presents much that is deserving of
commendation and little that justifies crit-
icism.”
1904
“An excellent showing for a two-year-
old whose continued existence as a nation
for even that short space was doubted by
many Americans when the Island started
in business on its own account.”
1905.
“For three years la bandera Cubana has
waved over a land where law and order
have prevailed and industry has found its
reward in ever increasing prosperity. Never
before in her history were her prospects
so bright; never before was her condi-
tion so sound.”
1900.
“Tndustrially Cuba’s four years of inde-
pendence have been notable. Financially
the Island has presented a remarkable rec-
ord. From a political point of view the
experience of the country is open to crit-
icism. The charge is made that the only
real difference between the present system
and that of pre-revolution days is that con-
trol is in the hands of Cubans instead of
in the hands of Spaniards.”
FOUR MONTHS LATER.
Cuba went into political bankruptcy and
the United States once more assumed the
receivership. Industrial activity, financial
prosperity and the esteem of the world
were subordinated to corrupt political
schemes by self-seeking politicians. The
restoration of the state thus forfeited de-
pends entirely upon the attitude taken and
the course pursued by the people of the
Island. It is for them to furnish a rea-
sonable assurance of its proper administra-
tion. So runs the history of an experi-
ment in self-government.
AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HAVANA
JUDGES MADE NECESSARY BY PRES-
SURE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Secretary Taft continues to take a deep
interest in the efforts of the provisional
government to bring about the absolute in-
dependence of the judiciary. From advices
he has received he is inclined to believe that
the pressure of public business may soon
make necessary an increase in the number
of judges in Havana, and this is one of the
questions which the committee on the re-
vision of the laws will probably soon take
up. Sooner or later this same committee
will be charged with the framing of a com-
prehensive law, the effect of which will be
absolutely to secure the independence of
Cuban judiciary. Such a law would be en-
tirely in accordance with the constitution
under which the provisional government is
administering the affairs of the republic.
The Washington government believes it to
be a duty which it should not shirk, to place
such a law upon the statute books before
the provisional government goes out. It
may be that a succeeding Cuban adminis-
tration will be opposed to the law, but it is
hoped that public opinion in the Island
would in the meantime become so alive to
its beneficial effect as to prevent its re-
peal. Once the law is on the statute books
it is believed that there is much less danger
of its repeal under a Cuban administration
than there is chance of the passage of such
a law.—Washington (D.C.) correspondence
Boston Transcript.
RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA, OLD AND NEW.
The present reciprocity treaty with Cuba
expires in 1908. Negotiations with re-
spect to its revision and renewal have
been undertaken from time to time, but
it is understood not to be the present pur-
pose of the United States government to
conclude a reciprocity treaty with Cuba
before the American army of occupation
is withdrawn and the government of the
Island fully restored to its own citizens.
It is understood that the present plans of
the administration are to withdraw the
army of occupation early in the coming
summer after the ¢Snsus of the Island has
been taken, on which will be based the ar-
rangements for the elections to the Cuban
Congress.—American [ndustries, May 1, ’07.
CUBA’S HEALTH GOOD.
Surgeon General O’Reilly, of the War
Department, recently went to Havana and
inspected the medical supply depot, and also
the general sanitarv conditions. He stated
later that the health conditions in Cuba are
most encouraging. There is no serious ill-
ness among American troops stationed there.
—Washington (D.C.) Star.
RETENTION OF AMERICAN ARMY NECESSARY.
Even after fhe restoration of the indepen-
dent government, conditions in the Island
will continue to be sufficiently unsettled to
necessitate the retention of the army for
an indefinite time.—Boston Transcript.
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THE MATANZAS RAILROAD
COMPANY.
This company has recently begun most
extensive improvements on the western
shore of Matanzas bay in the section known
as Dubrox. Over three thousand acres have
been purchased, extending from the ancient
San Severino fort nine miles to the north,
including a thirty years’ lease of the new
government wharf, the fort and reservation
surrounding it, which is to be made into a
beautiful park.
The plans are being carried out by men
of experience and ability, who will make
of a rocky coast a populous and prosper-
ous suburb.
The enterprise (which already gives em-
ployment to over three hundred men) is
under the direction of Mr. A. T. Blundell,
general manager, with Mr. J. M. Wright in
charge of the engineering department, and
quantities of material for building and rail-
way use have been received.
The wharf built four years ago is to be
covered and enlarged. A large part of
the space between it and the fort is being
filled in to give increased track facilities.
The railroad is to be extended to the
warehouse to be built near the pilot sta-
tion, and later to Punta Sabanilla and be-
yond to the gulf.
A large sugar warehouse is to be built
at once; its dimensions are 600x150. From
this point a wharf is to be built out to a
depth of fifty feet of water. This will
probably be of concrete.
Two hotels for the use of the numerous
employees are being built and a well of
great depth is being dug.
NEW PUBLIC WORKS FOR HAVANA,
Governor Magoon having requested a list
of public works most needed in the city,
the city architect enumerated the follow-
ing, with cost:
Sewering and paving of city... . $14,000,000
AND WAREHOUSE
Newseitys ball tei a.. batiesisesie 600,000
BOtiie tuaGKets , towie.eis ee are dies oes 120,000
INC ouN Emer CLUS Cattee cis nclae a atorerarere 50,000
Bridge Over arbor, ....-. 2... - 600,000
ip sGuepaticStesce ico racenus oes 200,000
Aryeh eth ret cates dane See aoa $15,570,000
The bridge across the harbor from Cabal-
leria Wharf to Casa Blanca is designed
to enable the other side of the harbor to
be built up with cheap homes for the
thousands of work people who at present
have to pay rents altogether disproportion-
ate to their earnings. The bridge proposi-
tion elicits-the following caustic comment
from the Havana Telegraph:
“A low bridge from the Caballeria wharf
to Casa Blanca, with a drawbridge in the
channel, would be just about as desirable
The Pilot Station in Matanzas Bay.
La Estaci6n de los Piletos en el Puerto de
Matanzas. De este punto los pilotos ven los
vapores entrando y salen 4 traerlos.
as a toll gate across Obispo street, say, at
the corner of Cuba. A city architect should
not, perhaps, be expected to know much
about the needs of a harbor, but he should
have some idea of what a city most needs,
and there are few things that Havana can-
not more readily get along without for some
time to come than an obstruction of her
fine harbor. If the city architect has ever
been at the Caballeria wharf when a fresh
breeze was blowing, he must have a pow-
erful imagination, indeed, if he can picture
to himself a vessel safely towed through
a narrow drawbridge with such a sea run-
ning as only a moderate breeze suffices to
raise.”
Governor Magoon withheld his opinion.
MARKETS ARE SORELY NEEDED IN HAVANA.
Suburban housekeepers coming from
Vedado, Cerro, or Jesus del Monte, must
go to one or the other of the two markets
located in the central part of the city, which
entails hardship to buyers and produces
congestion in these markets, making it prac-
tically impossible to keep them in a truly
sanitary condition,
RAILWAY TELEPHONES.
The provisional governor has authorized
the Cuba Company to: establish telephone
lines for private use between the stations
of Jatibonico and Taguasco and the Jati-
bonico sugar estate.
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Agricultural and American Colony Notes
CUBA'S AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES.
Tihe Island has enormous natural re-
sources, one of the principal being the
amazing richness of the soil, a gift such
as nature seldom bestows. Hence the great
capacity for growing crops, particularly
those which flourish best in a tropical cli-
mate. Cuba already ranks high as an agri-
cultural region, but so far its surface ‘has
been merely scratched. There are possi-
bilities of growth in sugar, tobacco and
grain culture and in various other lines of
agricultural effort, as well as in many kinds
of manufacturing that have as yet been
hardly suggested. The Cuban Secretary
of Agriculture estimates that the Island can
support in comfort a population of
12,000,000, whereas at present the inhabitants
number but a little over 1,500,000.—Troy
GNPYS) i diinies:
TO RIPEN BANANAS BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.
It is said that an English electrical ex-
pert has discovered a means of ripening
bananas to order. The bunches are hung
in an airtight glass case, in which are a
number of electric lights. The artificial
light and heat hasten ‘the ripening process
in proportion to the number of lights
turned on. Records have been made which
enable the operators to make delivery of
any quantities at any agreed date—Steward’s
Bulletin (May), New York.
RESULTS OF IRRIGATING CANE FIELDS.
Sr. Eduardo Ferrer’s
tion on the Magdalena estate at Cayamas
is simple, but complete. The water from
six natural springs is conducted to a nat-
ural reservoir conveniently located and con-
ducted through a galvanized sheet iron
aqueduct 150 feet long, and discharged into
the principal reservoir, which is carefully
constructed and has a concrete bottom.
‘From here the water is directed over the
fields in irrigation ditches. It can be ex-
tended to an area of thirty caballerias.
Cane planted in June, 1906, and
cut in April under this system of irriga-
tion yielded 80,000 arrobas per caballeria,
and the juice showed a percentage of 19%
of sucrose.
A GREAT CONVENIENCE FOR LA GLORIA.
A municipal court has been established
at La Gloria to the great convenience of
the American settlers there. It means a
great saving of time and expense, for the
journey to the municipal court at Las
Minas, forty miles away, was no light mat-
ter, and meant considerable outlay and
about three days in time.
IMPORTANT LITTLE THINGS WHICH MAKE FOR
SUCCESS IN GROWING SWINE.
Good feeding is, of course, one of the
great essentials, but careful observation is
also necessary. He should watch his ani-
system of irriga-
mals daily, and see that each eats with
a relish and that the bristles look smooth
and bright, and if they are free from ver-
min. The pens should also be frequently
cleaned and disinfected. To keep the diges-
tion good they should have some charcoal.
The best is made from burning corncobs.
We use a pit made somewhat after the
form of a cistern, about six feet in diam-
eter and about the same depth, laid up in
stone. We start a fire at the bottom and
fill with corncobs, and as it comes to a
bright glow more cobs are added until
the pit is full; then we pour in salt water
in which some powdered copperas has been
dissolved and cover the pit as nearly air-
tight as possible. The best kind of char-
coal will result, and every. pig on the farm
will eat and relish it. One must get the
idea out of his head that anything is good
enough for a hog; the fact is that nothing
is too good for him—A. J. Lovejoy in Farm-
ing, for June.
CUBA’S CANE POSSIBILITIES.
A report of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture of Cuba on the comparative condi-
tions of the crops for 1903, 1904 and 1905
indicated the working of about 10 millions
of tons of cane each year and the produc-
tion of about a million tons for each of
the years, the yield being about Io per
cent. and the averace yield of sugar cane
per acre being about 27 tons. Incidentally,
it is stated that the republic of Cuba in-
cludes about 28 millions of acres of land,
of which 16 millions are cultivable, and
of which only 450,000 acres are thus far
planted in sugar cane. If all the land
in Cuba should go into sugar cane and
the present yield be maintained, the crop
of sugar would reach some thirteen or
fourteen millions of long tons.
NEVER SO LITTLE CUBAN TOBACCO.
The shortage of the tobacco crop, ow-
ing to the lack of rain, has been in a
measure compensated for by the excellence
of the quality. Not since 1902, it is said, °
has the quality of the wrappers been so
good as this year. While the drought has
not affected the tobacco of this class, which
is grown under shelter and artificially ir-
rigated, it has played havoc with the lower
grades and created a scarcity of filler ma-
terial—Boston Transcript.
NOTES FROM OMAJA, CUBA.
Omaja is on the main line of the Cuba
Company Railroad, 91 miles from Cama-_
guey, 106 miles from Santiago, and 89 miles
from Antilla on Nipe Bay. We have two
mails every day and direct railroad con-
nections with Santiago and Nipe Bay.
In Omaja townsite much road and bridge
work has been done, all residents keep-
22 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletm.
ing streets and roads clean of brush and
weeds.
The sawmill, shingle mill, and planer are
in daily operation, the building enclosing
the same being 40x80 feet. The full out-
fit, including furniture factory, wagon shop,
lath and box factory, veneer saw, portable-
house factory, ice plant, and electric light
plant, will be running within the next few
months.
The school has closed for vacation after
a successful term of eight months. Arrange-
ments are being made to open a high school
the first Monday in September.
There are nine languages representea
among the Omaja colonists, viz., English,
Spanish, German, French, Swedish, Nor-
wegian, Danish and Dutch, and six resi-
dent ministers take turns in preaching in
the schoolhouse Sunday mornings and
evenings. Omaja is the chief mission center
of the German Baptists in Cuba.
Mr. William Carleton has a lot of men
at work planting their first 100 acres of
citrus fruits. They will follow this with
a full section, 640 acres, in November and
December.
Tomatoes will be largely planted in
Omaja next fall for the northern market.
Many of the plants set out last September
and October are still producing tomatoes
of a good quality, in spite of the prolonged
dry spell. These plants produced many
specimens weighing over a pound each.
Much corn is being planted, there being
one field of 100 acres and many others of
from five to twenty acres. With corn at
$1.25 per bushel bottom price and two crops
a year, it is a good crop to plant.
Splendid rains the last week in May. The
nursery trees grew right along through the
worst dry spell that Cuba has had in
sixty-three years, and many of the trees
were successfully budded during this
drought. Everybody is now plowing and
planting.
There is a large deposit of sand here of
the very best quality. A cement block ma-
chine will be put into commission very soon.
A colony of industrious Finlanders are
coming to Omaja.
Omaja, Cuba, May 30, 1907.
Orel isola»
ALFALFA IN CUBA,
SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS,
May 31, 1907.
Editor THe Cuspa Review and Bulletin,
Gentlemen :—We have tried alfalfa each
year at the station, but have failed as yet
to obtain a good stand of it. It remains
now to determine if soil inoculation or
previous planting of burr clovers would
give good results, and these experiments
we are undertaking this year.
Respectfully yours,
C. O. BAKER,
Acting Director.
{If our readers in Cuba have made any experi-
ments in the growing of alfalfa, will they kindly
send results to The CUBA REVIEW Editor.]
QUARANTINE INSECT PESTS.
Prof. J. T. Crawley, the director of the
Cuban agricultural station, desires the de-
partment of agriculture to establish a rigid
quarantine against insect pests. Cuban
planters, he says, are earnestly engaged in
AGAINST
developing their industry and displaying
that enterprise that has generally char-
acterized those engaged in the industry
everywhere. In doing this, however, they
are liable, by importations of new canes, to
bring into the country insect pests which,
finding a suitable habitat in Cuba, may de-
velop so enormously as to effect very gen-
eral injury.
FOREIGN MARKET OPENING FOR ORANGES,
Consul Chapman Coleman, of Roubaix,
France, calls attention to a prospective mar-
ket for citrus fruit there. He says Amer-
ican oranges are not in evidence in the
markets and, it would seem, should find
ready sale at seasons when oranges of
French and other European origin have not
yet matured. No oranges are marketed
here in the summer and autumn. With the
beginning of winter they first appear, but
are sour and of poor quality, generally, and
not until March are good ones to be had.
The opportune time for the sale here of
oranges would be during the six months
from September to March; providing that
the fruit can be gotten here in good condi-
tion, and that it is offered for sale at a
fair price.
The beginnings of an Orange Grove.
Los principlos de un naranjal.
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General Potes
THROUGH THE ISLAND.
OSTRICH FARM
The Cuban Ostrich Company, Messrs.
Pearson & Barbour, proprietors, are active-
ly at work at Marianao. Both members of
the firm have been in the business in the
States in Arizona.
The firm has a lease upon about 27 acres
of land at Marianao. Later they intend
to buy a large place in the country for a
main ranch, the place at Marianao to be
retained for their show farm and breeding
place. The farm is being divided into pens
and the birds paired off for breeding pur-
poses. One pair of the birds will have
four nests of eggs a year and each nest
will be of from twelve to eighteen eggs,
the eggs being laid one every other day.
The eggs will all be hatched in incubators
at a temperature of from 100 to 102 degrees.
About 75% of the eggs will hatch, which
is somewhat more than the birds will hatch
naturally. When the birds are six months
old the first plucking of the feathers takes
place, and after that time pluckings are
made every six months. The feathers of
the first plucking are not of as good a
quality as those of the other pluckings.
They are divided into several classes, de-
pending upon their size and quality. Best
feathers, practically perfect, will bring as
much as $170 a pound. Each bird has
48 feathers, and the total weight of these
feathers will be from one pound to a
pound and six ounces. Each plucking of
a bird will average somewhat over $100
in value.
At the present time there are about forty
birds on the place, the majority of which
are young ones. There are also three
chicks of only about five or six weeks of
age. The birds were brought to the Island
in two shipments, one from Nice, France,
THE SANTIAGO OF TO-DAY.
To-day it is as healthy as any city in
the tropics, although it is the hottest town
in Cuba, so that ordinary people can live here
in safety and comfort. The chief objects
of interest since the war are a model school-
house built by General Wood with funds
furnished by Henry L. Higginson of Bos-
ton, and a memorial tablet to commemorate
the massacre of the crew of the Steamer
Virginius in 1868. They are as attractive
to visitors as Hobson’s prison and the old
opera house where Adelina Patti made her
debut. The model schoolhouse was intend-
ed as an educational object lesson to the
Cubans, but it has not accomplished its mis-
sion. Santiago is not an educational center
and there is very little to encourage a hope
of better things from the coming genera-
IN MARIANAO.
and the other from Arizona. Both ship-
ments stood their journeys well, only-a few
of the birds being slightly injured. There
are two varieties of birds, one from South
Some occupants of the Ostrich Farm at Marianao.
Una finca de ayestruces en Marianao, Cuba.
en esta finca unos 40 pajaros,
avestrucitos.
Hay
la mayor parte
Africa and the other from Nubia. The
former variety has the longer feather and
the latter the thicker and broader. It is
expected to cross the two species by care-
ful selection to produce a feather which
will be superior to that of either of the
present species, having the length of the
one and the width and thickness of the
other.
The birds are fed upon “alfalfa,” bran,
barley and occasionally given corn. The
main foods, however, are the “alfalfa” and
bran. The rainy season which has to be
encountered, it is thought, will not present
any great difficulties.
tion, although the first school in America
was established here in 1522, by order of
Pope Adrian VI.
AN AMERICAN STORE NEEDED IN SANTIAGO
DE CUBA.
Vice-Consul Wolcott thinks there’s an
opening at Santiago de Cuba for an Amer-
ican tailor and an American haberdasher.
A good trade could be worked up, he thinks,
among the American naval officers at the
naval station in Guantanamo, who require
a large number of linen and duck uniforms.
There is nothing which might be termed
an up-to-date men’s furnishing store and
a good line of American haberdashery would
sell here, without a doubt, among the Cubans
as well as the Americans. The native
tailors charge $1 gold for pressing a two-
piece suit—Hartford Courant.
24 THE
CUBA REVIEW And
Bulletin.
GOVERNOR MAGOON
RULERS OF CUBA.
The sum that has been assigned to Gov-
ernor Magoon as his salary of provisional
governor, of $20,000 per annum,
a curious comparison with the salaries en-
joyed by his predecessors in the govern-
ment of Cuba. Gen. Wood, the military
governor during the period of American
intervention of 1899-1902, only received his
army pay. But at the beginning of the
Spanish colony, when the chief executive
SALARY OF AND
serves as
was styled Alcalde of the Fuerza fort, and
governor, he received only 600 ducats. That
was worth about $630. Later the salary
was increased to $3.308, and at the com-
mencement of the eighteenth century had
reached the rate of $10,000. During the
administration or command of Cajigal in
1747 to 1760, it was $12,000. The Count
of Santa Clara enjoyed $14,000, and Count
Ricla, in 1763, $18,000. Gen. José de la
Concha, in 1851, was the first to receive
OTHER
$50,000- —not counting the
signed him for
large sums as-
secret service, most of which
were used against the filibuster and revo-
lutionary movements of that time.
FILIBUSTERS IN CUBA,
The Department of State at Washington
has received a request from Colombia that
a lookout for a filibustering expedition
from Cuba be kept, and this caused orders
to the Des Moines to go to Cienfuegos.
Colombia heard that revolutionary agents
landed in Cuba recently intending to buy
arms left over from the revolution last
year and to make Cuba the base for shipping
arms to Colombia, where an attempt was
to be made to overthrow President Reyes.
WATER SUPPLY.
The situation with regard to the city’s
water supply grows serious. It was found
necessary to send to the Guantanamo naval
station for a supply, and thousands of gal-
lons were taken over in barges.
SANTIAGO’S SCARCE
Selling Charcoal
LAS INDUSTRIAS DE CUBA.
lucrativa, porque se usa mas carb6n de
Vendiendo carbon de leia en las ciudades cubanas,
leia que carbon
in Cuban Cities.
Esta es una industria
depiedra 6 hulla destilada para cocinar,
CHARCOAL AND CHARCOAL BURNERS.
This industry is a profitable one in Cuba,
as more charcoal is consumed for cooking
than coal or coke. Those who engage in
this occupation are hardy and strong, and
for their work select some spot along the
hillside, near the woods. The trees they
fell and cut into small logs are certain
kinds which are not too closely grained.
They must choose the dry season also, and
use great precautions to insure success.
They form a sort of pyre of a conical shape,
and cover it with earth very carefully, leav-
ing an opening in the upper part and also
one in the lower part, thus making a
draught, after the wood is ignited, by means
of fire or matches applied to a lot of straw
which is stuffed into the hole. When the
wood begins to burn briskly the flames are
smothered by closing the openings, and
thus the wood is blackened and rendered
brittle and suitable for fuel. The charcoal
is then broken into pieces, packed in coarse
sacks and taken to town in carts to the
different establishments or dealers in fuel.
Carts go around the streets of Havana daily
and small bags of charcoal are sold to the
customers of these coal dealers.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 25
VALUABLE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY U. S.
ARMY OFFICERS IN CUBA.
The American army has dwindled by the
natural process of expiration of enlistments
from 6,500 to about 5,300 men. There are
also about 1,000 marines. Nearly 2,000
troops are quartered in Camp Columbia,
the garrison of Havana.
In a bloodless six months’ campaign, says
the Washington (D.C.) Star, its moral
triumphs have been the maintenance of a
standard of discipline and sanitation and
the preservation of perfect self-control while
in contact with an unsympathetic popula-
tion. Its greatest material achievement is
a chart of the Island of Cuba, one of the
most minutely perfect military maps in ex-
istence. The possibility of successfully
carrying on future guerrilla tactics may be
said to have vanished, for United States
troops would begin a campaign having per-
fect familiarity with the topography of the
whole Island. On the map will appear
every road, trail and pathway; every well,
stream and spring; every favorable place
for defense and offense; every good camp-
ing ground; every pasture for horses;
every source of supplies, and much other
information that will be of great value
in case it should ever be necessary to use
a military force there. They have been
working after the same plan that the Jap-
anese adopted in Manchuria for nine years
before war with Russia was declared. A
card index has also been prepared of the
principal men in every district in Cuba.
They have the name, the residence, the
business or profession, the antecedents, the
record, the political opinion and associa-
ciations of every person of importance, in-
cluding several thousand men in the differ-
ent provinces, so that in case of trouble
in the future the officers of our army may
know whom they can depend upon.
CUBA’S DEPRESSION TEMPORARY.
“Cuba is in a very depressed condition,
considered financially,” said Mr. J. T. Craw-
ley, director of the Agricultural Experiment
station of that country, to a representative
of the Washington (D.C.) Star. “The rea-
son of the stringency is in the poor crop
prospects. Last winter a general drought
militated against the sugar planters, and
when I left the Island the face of the coun-
try was as sere and desolate as a prairie
that had been scorched by fire. The failure
of, the rains caused the banks to refuse to
advance any money to the cane growers, |
and the tightness of money has produced
a stagnation that is felt in all lines of trade
and business. This depression is merely
temporary, and with another good crop pros-
perity will return.”
CUBAN LIBERALS SPLIT.
(Cable despatch to the N. Y. Sun.)
Havana, June 12.—Sefior Zayas says he
will have nothing more to do with José
Miguel Gomez. Conciliators have been
attempting to hold a harmony meeting on
Friday. Sefior Zayas declares that he has
forever separated from Gomez.
This splits the Liberal party hope-
lessly. Zayas thinks that many of
Gomez's supporters will join the Con-
servatives, thus making two strong
parties, meaning his own and the Con-
servatives, with Gomez vanquished.
APRIL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.
The customs receipts for the whole Island
during the month of April amounted to
$2,996,211, according to the estimate made
by the treasury department. During the
same month of last year the total was
$2,217,585. The receipts of the last fiscal
year were $28,600,746. ;
HAVANA CUSTOM HOUSE.
Receipts for May, 1907....... $1,507,063.86
Receipts for May) 1600.4-.- 4) b74n 251-07,
IWECKEASC HEAR Sere nua ee $ 234,187.21
SATURNINO Lastra, Collector.
Havana, May 31, 1907.
AN INTERESTING HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN CUBA.
Prof. H. H. Aimes of the College of
the City of New York has prepared “A
History of Slavery in Cuba,’ which was
issued by Messrs. G. P. Putnam’s Sons
early this month,
NIPE BAY PURCHASE APPROVED.
At the special meeting of the stockholders
of the United Fruit Co. held in Jersey City,
May 29, 1907, the proposition to take over
the entire common stock of the Nipe Bay
Co. amounting to $3,502,500, was wunani-
mously ratified and confirmed, say Willett
& Gray.
The property of the Nipe Bay Co. com-
prises a tract of approximately 130,000 acres
of land adjoining the shore of Nipe Bay,
Cuba. About 90,000 acres of the land are
suitable for cane cultivation; 12,000 acres
have been planted and are now producing
cane, and 10,000 acres additional have been
cleared and are in various stages of culti-
vation. Thirty miles of standard gauge rail-
way, laid with 60-pound steel, traverse the
property, and a modern cane sugar factory
capable of treating 3,500 tons of cane a day
has been in operation since January 109,
1907, and has produced thus far this sea-
son 72,000 bags of sugar, of 320 pounds
each, which is slightly in excess of the
quantity produced by the United Fruit Co.’s
mill at Banes for the corresponding period
of last year. A description of this mill, well
illustrated, appeared in the March Cusa
REVIEW.
QUARANTINE CAMP IN CUBA TO LESSEN IN-
CONVENIENCES FOR PASSENGERS TO
SOUTHERN PORTS.
The Government will establish a quar-
antine detention camp here, thus making it
possible for the voyagers to southern United
States to partially avoid the inconvenience of
the quarantine established a few weeks ago.
Passengers wishing to go home will re-
main in the camp a few days and then
board their steamers. The United States
Marine Hospital service has consented to
this arrangement.
And Bulletin.
26 THE CUBA REVIEW
SUGARS RECEIVED IN THESE WAREHOUSES UP
TO DATE.
Azucares recibidos en estos almacenes hasta
la fecha.
Matanzas, Mayo 31 de 1907.
Saco.
Ingenio SAnpiarael. ice ees 48,663
Santa. Amalia’ Wi. cases: 51,635
i Santo) Domingo. o.ne.<- 71,879
oa Sam USA CIO™ «siatratcre ae nee 62,602
o Wit NTH EGY scores Miso weeteea cate 26,269
i IP ORVOTITE wy." circ reece 17,742
ie Garolina: atccs +e ane eres 38,503
+ ATING tlaAle,..cocs aR 41,804
ck Belize 2c: cows aol 43,640
Saralomaeen ees teeter <a 24,193
ss Nrercedes: ..c3....3 aula es 93,634
JIGS CTE I Re eet Aree 77,779
S (SGHGHITA oo ane teens 92,681
ef Stawiieta Bah 1. eck. ss 46,526
8 TeUCHAV ISAT ols co's cee net om 48,769
BE Gel EnisaGa)e career es ee 27,490
: Carnie. steno ek, 62,384
rr Sta. Rita Galindez...... 45,570
e Sans Gaetano ssn. 6 os. 26,087
- Santa Filomena ........ 68,125
x INGA OW ~ tere cote ise 6 21,574
Z i@arsitan Ors mere cat ics 26,023
4 inion d Sone eer 79,520
a SOCOLLOM nae cir tare 135,393
i eA ONES? =." at. sctee Meee ee 33,450
= BlOrae ciperac tis eee 56,414
z Nombre de: Dios: 245.2% 5,101
5 Al giobahich VAayooe ne Abe cic 12,776
oa Cull IME Ibi eas se 3,657
fr impo sesccse se 7,038
s Merraottial weer: ose sictercte on 11,430
th POnehverza ene ae 8,608
vy BLetiateee nine toa eee 9,955
4: iesisa@Narian..ccs.e ete 21,709
7 IAiStralian eis nus cee es one 24,025
% Averhot ccna 56
e indi wetercneciicn sac cie 7,539
ee INte van azee eikciesrco ae 4,268
Ba Said: IV SCONE Oe Wiciene riety 550
j Satta, | Gataltntasncs -eeteae ae 2,867
=f Woloresa-ere Nee ee. 500
“LIKo') 211 Seno Ac ee a A ad 1,489,217
MUTUAL MEN IN SUGAR DEAL—J. J. WARREN
AND ROBERT H. M’CURDY FORM A CUBAN
CORPORATION.
Financial arrangements are said to have
been practically jcompleted there for the
operation of three new and extensive sugar
and fruit-growing plantations and a large
sugar factory in Cuba. The project is that
of the Jucaro & Moron Sugar & Land Com-
pany, a New Jersey corporation, capitalized
at $5,000,000. The president of the com-
pany is J. J. Warren, the Cuban represen-
tative of the Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany, who left for Cuba on Saturday after
consulting with capitalists here regarding
the flotation of the enterprise. Robert H.
McCurdy, formerly general manager of the
Mutual, is also primarily interested. Two
plantations aggregating about 30,000 acres
in the province of Camaguey have been ac-
quired. Two thousand acres are now un-
der cane cultivation. The company has also
acquired some 10,000 acres of property in
the same locality for growing fruits. The
first cost for the equipment of the factory
will be about $800,000. Contracts for the
machinery are to be let within the next few
days. A lease of the Jucaro & San Fer-
nando Railroad has also been obtained. The
line runs from the town of Jucaro on the
south coast to San Fernando on the north
coast, and will thus permit of the export
shipment of the sugar—New York Times,
June 10, 1907.
RESULT OF THE SUGAR CROP OF CIENFUEGOS IN
1906-1907.
Resultado de la Zafra de Cienfuegos de
1906-1907.
Ingenio GaraGag srt nce teen 173,000
Anidrertace vicisetlc malere eee 140,000
. FLOFMISMIErO (eye aes creehts 115,000
2 San cACustinne <hr 86,200
ik Perseverancia ........ 124,800
3 Soledadiyie. bit... 81,400
- Dos Hermanas ,000
x @onstancia cere ree 79,000
a Satita: Osa at:.4 eteee 75,500
° CGieneguita. crac «csi ee 63,000
i TECOUEILION peter eee 90,800
~ Portugalete 2 a. se 58,000
o d Rohe kab eae eee < 63,200
k Manuelita 54,000
si Sait ehranciscom. es. 4-e 56,500
j Parque “Alfio... <3 00 56,000
Pe Sera) (Ceyeibhaey Senne ce 63,800
ei Dos Hermanos’ =---ne= 33,000
me SarnulbinOtvtoc- seer 60,500
a Santa’ Maria 2.. .2-5m 56,500
Santisima Trinidad ... 60,700
Pe Pustota: <2. seen 36,700
J Aguada). % st. castesmiere 23,200
3 SaneAntoniop erie seer 45,000
: San ‘Cristobal Jo... :.<< 2g
= RGGla s:: ec apeeie ates fio 9,100
os Garolina’eccmceenk see 16,000
Total “SaCOS ae ereemeere sero 1,815,900
FERRARA THINKS AMERICA INTENDS TO
ABANDON CUBA.
Rome, June 11—The Mattino will pub-
lish June 12 an interview with Gen. Ferrara,
one of the Cuba delegates to The Hague
conference, who from information obtained
in Washington and London says that
Joseph H. Choate, one of the American
delegates, who in this case is backed by
England, intends proposing an international
guarantee for maritime traffic in time of
war. Hence the limitation of the prise de
guerre, and also the Drago doctrine will
be recognized and respected by the Euro-
pean Powers.
Gen, Ferrara added that it was his per-
sonal opinion that America intends equally
to abandon the Philippines and Cuba, but
will strive to establish a strategic base in
Cuba as a precaution against the contin-
gency of a German-American war.—Special
cable to New York Sun.
GEN.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Heavy Receipts of Pineapples in the New York Market Which are of Fine Quality
and Selling at High Prices—Season Over for Vegetables.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Urner-Barry Company, New York.
Cuban pineapples have arrived very freely in the New York market during the
past month or more, and while the fruit has averaged smaller in size than usual, owing
to weather conditions in Cuba during the growing period, the quality has been very
fine and stock has met an active and firm market at very satisfactory prices. During
the month of May the receipts from Havana were 237,000 crates, and it is probable
that arrivals from all other points did not exceed 15,000 crates, of which 1,000 were
from Mayaguez and 5,200 from San Juan. It will be seen, therefore, that Cuban
have had full sway in the market and it is thought most of the crop will be marketed
before heavy receipts from Florida appear.
The quality has not only been all that could be desired, but the fruit has arrived
in better condition than ever before. Perhaps the cool weather has had a favorable
influence toward allowing the stock to reach the market in good shape, as also has
the improved method of packing with joists on the steamers, whereby better ventilation
has been obtained.
Formerly a good many pineapples arrived in bulk, but from the standpoint of
this market that is an undesirable way to ship them, and during the past two or three
seasons crates have been almost universally used. However, an occasional lot arrives
loose, the steamer Jamaica bringing 5,000 in bulk from Nipe Bay early this week, and
also 700 crates. The steamer Matanza, also in the first of this week, had 31,000 crates,
and of this cargo 11,809 crates were sold at auction on Tuesday as follows;
39 crates, 24 Size, at $3.20 @ $3.80
817 30 $2.45 @ $3.05
1,867 < A * $2.20 @ $2.55
4,968 oi dia SS Ba) (@) Sst ce0)
4,103 2 48 i & $1.25 @ $1.65
54 $1.15
Prices during the last few weeks have not shown much fluctuation, and the above
gives a fair idea of rates prevailing at the close, as well as showing how small in
size the pines are running. It will be noticed there are very few larger than 30s. and
none in above sale larger than 24 size, whereas the bulk of the fruit is of 42 and
48 size. The Havana pines are so well packed and graded that they command about
as much as Florida, but stock from Cuban points other than Havana average lower, as
they are usually not as carefully graded and consequently do not carry as well in
transit, because of bruising by shaking in crates. Perfectly sorted fruit of the various
sizes will fit the crate so snugly that the jar incident to the long distance shipped
will have no depreciating effect.
It may be of interest to state that when the fruit reaches this market most of it
is sold at auction. The stock is unloaded on the docks and sorted according to
grade and mark, after which samples are sent to one or both of the two large auction
houses here, where buyers congregate and sales are held almost daily, these being
advertised in the local papers so that buyers know at just what time pineapples and
other articles will commence to be sold. Some stock is carted from the docks to
the stores of the commission merchants and sold to jobbers and other buyers, but
probably over three-quarters of the Cuban pines are disposed of through the auction
houses. With Florida pines a much greater percentage is sold directly from dock
received or from stores, the smallest half going to the auction rooms.
Vegetables are nearly all sold from store or from dock at which steamer arrives,
very rarely anything being sent to the auction houses. The season is now practically
over for Cuban vegetables. A few packages are still being received by each
steamer, but as a rule quality is uncertain, which is natural to the late season, as stock
seems to lack keeping properties and does not arrive in as good condition as earlier
in the season. Then again the market is so liberally supplied with vegetables of
nearly all kinds from near by southern sections that stock from far distant points
such as Cuba is under neglect, except at such low prices that shipments are not
profitable. Most Cuban vegetable shippers sending stock to New York have had a
profitable season, and the outlook for future seasons is most promising. Each season
shows marked improvement as regards quality, grading and packing, and it is evident
shippers realize the financial benefits to be obtained by paying close attention to the
small details. One item which we have not touched on in previous articles and which
at least some shippers do not give sufficient attention to is the package. Only strong
28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
standard crates should be used, a light flimsy package being dear at any price. Some
very fine stock has sold at little or nothing this season because the shipper saved a
littie by buying a light-weight weak crate, which did not stand the trip, and arrived
here in a more or less crushed and broken condition. Such a policy is “penny wise
and pound foolish.”
New York, June 6. 1907.
SUGAR IN MAY.
Accompanied by Charts Showing Beet Sugar and Centrifugal Sugar Prices—How
Bring Better Results for Cuba Sugars.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
In connection with the tables printed in this issue of THe Cusa Review on the
course of sugar prices for eight months of the present campaign, we desire to call
the careful attention of Cuba planters to a few things which these figures show and
prove and to the remedy that can be applied to bring better results for Cuba sugars.
At the opening of the beet sugar campaign in October, beet sugar was quoted
at os. 334d. f.0.b. Hamburg (parity of 3.95c. for 96 test Centrifugals duty paid, at
New York), from which point the setting of the beet crop at the height of the season
carried quotations down to 8s. 7d. (parity of 3.80c. ) late in October and again in
January, after which a steady advance continued until May, when 10s. 34d. was reached
(parity of 4.12c.) ;
The total decline in beet sugar was equivalent to but .15c. per pound.
Compare this with the course of values of Cuba centrifugals during the same
period, and especially during the height of the Cuba crop season, and note the remarkable
adverse action of the markets for cane sugar, as compared with beet sugar.
In October, 1906, cane declined from 4c. per pound only to 3.81c. in November
under the marketing of the new beet crop, but in December, immediately on the
beginning of the Cuba crop season, and quite independently of the beet crop, a rapid
decline set in from 3.875c. per pound for 96 test centrifugals, which did not stop
until 3.38c. per pound was reached, a_ full decline of Y%c. per pound against a decline
of only about %c. per pound in the European beet crop, the quotations for the latter
being all the time so far above the parity of cane sugar as to have no influence whatever
in causing the decline in cane.
Therefore, the reason of the great decline in cane sugar must be looked for at
home and in Cuba itself by a comparison of the different prevailing methods of handling
the crops in the two countries.
When European beets reached their low point of 8s. 714d. they were at or below
the cost of production. At this point a’ general indisposition was shown to follow
the market lower, and of so pronounced a nature that no artificial support was necessary
to maintain the value there, notwithstanding that Cuba was daily going lower and
lower in its parity with beets. From this it is evident that conditions exist in Europe
which prevent the necessity of selling the crop at certain seasons regardless of real value.
In Cuba, however, the conditions are quite opposite, and at certain seasons pressure
is exerted to sell without regard to actual values. Looking backwards it is quite plain
from these tables that the proper low point for selling the Cuba crop was reached
when beet sugar touched 8s. 714d. (parity 3.80c. per pound), and still the selling
continued until 3.38c. per pound was reached, and a large proportion of the crop had
been sold. Was it lack of money to carry the crop until wanted or was it lack of
storage facilities that forced the selling so:far below the dead line? The premature
selling caused the planters to realize .20c. per pound less or, say, an estimated total of
$3,000,000 on the portion of the crop sold before prices rose again to near the normal
line. Whatever was the cause, it is well for us to call this special attention to the
facts of the market as shown by these tables for the express purpose of seeing if
similar unfair conditions may not be avoided with the coming crop.
The previous campaign of 1905-’06, by the figures also given herewith, shows a
similar discrepancy in values of cane and beet sugar, though not to the same extent.
It will be a special misfortune if Cuba has to submit to similar deficiencies in securing
the profits which belong to her for the third crop season.
Cuba should take time by the forelock and prepare now in advance with methods
to secure more satisfactory returns from the next campaign.
May has been a month of well sustained prices at fairly near the parity of Europe,
and the planter who has crop still in reserve has no cause for complaint. The outlook
for the remaining months of this campaign is, also, quite favorable for some continued
improvement from time to time, after a possible slight reaction early in June.
The refined sugar market in May has been under the influence of very unseason-
able weather, which must have restricted consumption to some extent, although prices
have been fully maintained and are likely to follow the course of raws and ultimately
reach a higher level of prices when the heavy summer demand for consumption sets in.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 20
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30 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN MAYO.
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Comparacion de los precios del aztcar de remoiacha y de los centrifugas cubanos—
Las cotizaciones del azticar de remolacha exceden en mucho
comparativamente 4a las del azucar de cama— Mapa
de las fluctuaciones.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
En conexién con las tablas que se publican en este nimero de THE CusBa REviEw
del curso de los precios del azticar durante los ocho meses de la zafra actual, deseamos
llamar la atencidn de Jos hacendados cubanos hacia varios hechos que esos ntumeros
acusan y demuestran, y hacia el remedio que podria aplicarse para obtener mejores
resultados con los azticares de Cuba.
Al comienzo de la zafra del azticar de remolacha en Octubre ultimo, este dulce se
cotizaba a gs. 334d. entregado a bordo en Hamburgo (equivalente a 3.95c. por centrifugas
polarizacion 96°, derechos pagados, puestos en Nueva York), pero mas tarde, la venta
de la cosecha en el apogeo de la zafra, hizo bajar las cotizaciones a 8s. 744d. (equivalente
a 3.80c.) a fines de Octubre y luego en Enero, después de lo cual los precios continuaron
subiendo hasta el mes de Mayo en que se cotizO 4 10s. 34d. equivalente a 4.12c.)
La baja total en los precios del azicar de remolacha, equivalid solamente a 15 cents
en libra.
Comparese lo que antecede con el curso seguido por los precios de los centrifugas
cubanos durante el mismo periodo de tiempo y especialmente durante el apogeo de la
zafra en Cuba, y notese la acci6n adversa de los mercados de azucar de cafia en
contraposicion con los de azucar de remolacha.
En Octubre de 1906, el precio del azticar de cana bajo solo de 4 cents. la libra
a 3.81 cents. en Noviembre con motivo de ponerse a la venta la nueva cosecha de
remolacha, pero en Diciembre, inmediatamente después del comienzo de la zafra en
Cuba € independientemente de la cosecha de remolacha, se inicid una rapida baja
que partiendo de 3.875 cents. la libra de centrifuga polarizacion 96° llegé a 3.38 cents.
la libra, 6 sea una baja de ™% centavo en libra contra solo una baja de %& de centavo
en libra habida en el aziucar de remolacha europea, cuyas cotizaciones se mantuvieron
siempre mucho mas altas que las equivalentes del azticar de cafia, sin que influyerar.
en lo mas minimo la baja del precio de este ultimo, debiéndose por lo tanto buscar
la causa de la baja tan grande en los precios del azticar de cana, aqui y°en Cuba
misma, comparando los distintos métodos empleados en ambos paises para la venta
de la produccion.
Cuando los azucares de remolacha europeos llegaron a cotizarse a 8s. 7™%4d., se
vendian al costo de produccién 6 a menos del mismo, notandose entonces tan pronunciada
oposicion a permitir que el precio bajase mas aun, que no se hizo necesario artificial
soporte para mantener las cotizaciones en dicho punto, y ésto a pesar de que los
precios de los azticares cubanos bajaban mas y mas cada dia en su equivalencia con
ios precios del aztcar de remolacha. Esto demuestra de un modo evidente que en
Furopa hay medios de evitar la necesidad de vender la cosecha en determinadas épocas
sin tener en cuenta los precios que rijan.
En Cuba ocurre precisamente lo contrario, y en determinadas épocas del afio se
trata por todos medios de vender azticar sin consideraciOn a los precios que se coticen.
Mirando hacia atras, resulta claro de las tablas insertas, que se lleg6 al precio minimo
a que debia venderse el azticar de Cuba, cuando el precio del azucar de remolacha
bajo hasta 8s. 714d. (equivalente a 3.80c.la libra), pero la venta de azucares cubanos
continudé, no obstante, hasta que su precio bajo hasta 3.38 cents. la libra, habiéndose
vendido gran parte de la zafra. ¢ Obedecié a la falta de fondos para retener el aztcar
hasta que hubiera demanda para el dulce, 6 se debid a la falta de facilidades para
almacenar el azticar el que se forzase su venta a precios mucho mas bajos de los
que constituian el limite? La venta prematura hizo que los hacendados obtuvieran
20 cents. menos en libra, lo que se calcula asciende 4 $3,000,000 perdidos en la parte
de la zafra que se vendié antes de que los precios recuperasen su normalidad. Cualquiera
que haya sido la causa, es oportuno que Ilamemos la atencién a las circunstancias por
que ha atravesado el mercado azucarero segtin se demuestran en las referidas tablas,
con el propdsito de que se vea si semejante estado de cosas puede evitarse en la
zafra proxima. :
Por las cifras que damos aqui, se ve que la zafra de 1905-6 acuso similar discrepancia
en los precios de los azticares tanto de cafia como de remolacha, si bien no en
tan grandes proporciones. Seria gran desventura para Cuba si tuviera que someterse
a deficiencias similares para obtener las utilidades que le corresponden en la tercera zafra.
Cuba debe aprovechar la ocasion y prepararse con tiempo, arreglando las cosas
de manera que le sea posible obtener mejores resultados la zafra que viene.
En el mes de Mayo los precios se mantuvieron bastante cerca a los equivalentes
europeos, y el hacendado que tenga azticar en reserva no puede quejarse. Los auspicios
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Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana
Trust Co. of Cuba, Havana
Upmann & Co., H., Havana
United Railways of Havana
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Charts giving Prices of beet Sugar and Cuban Centrifugals from October, 1905, to May 31, 1907
The very low prices secured each year during January, February and March are not caused by the competition of other sugars but because Cuba tries to sell her sugar
more rapidly than refineries in the United States can consume it.
See chart in July issue showing arnivels and consumption of sugar at three ports north of Hatteras.
Cartas dando los Precios de los Azucares de remolacha y de los Centrifugas Cubanos de Octubre, 1905, a Mayo 31,1907
Los precios sumamente bajos, que rigen cada ano durante Enero, Febrero y Marzo, no resultan de la competencia de otros azucares, sino porque Cuba trata de vender
sus azucares con mas rapidez que los refinadores de los Estados Unidos pueden consumirlos.
azucares en tres puertos al norte del cabo Hatteras.
BEET SUGAR PRICES F.0.B. HAMBURG REDUCED TO AMERICAN MONEY
FOR PURPOSES OF BETTER COMPARISON WITH THE PRICES FOR CUBAN
CENTRIFUGALS.
Solid Line - Broken Line - 1905-06
LOS PRECIOS DE LOS AZUCARES DE REMOLACHA, LIBRE A BORDO, EN
HAMBURGO, REDUCIDOS A MONEDA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS CON EL
OBJETO DE FACILITAR LA COMPARACION CON LOS PRECIOS DE LOS
CENTRiFUGAS CUBANOS.
Linea Sélida_ - 1906-07
- 1906-07
Linea Quebrada - 1905-06
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COMBINED CHART giving prices of beet sugar and Cuban centrifugals. The compara-
tive steadiness of the beet sugar prices indicated by the RED lines emphasizes sharply
the conspicuous decline in the price of Cuban Sugar. The situation is fully analyzed by
Willett & Gray in an article on another page,
In all cases the solid line means 1906-07
And the broken line ............... 1905-06
CARTA COMBINADA dando los precios de los azGcares de remolacha y de los centrifugas
Cubanos, La firmeza camparativa de los precios de los azticares de remolacha, indicada
Por las lineas rojas, acentfia fuertemente la baja conspicua en los precios de los azficares
Cubanos. La situacién queda ampliamente analizada por los Sres, Willett y Gray en un
articulo en otra pagina.
En todos los casos la linea sdélida quiere decir 1906-07 y la linea quebrada 1905-06,
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PRECIOS DE LOS AZUCARES CENTRIFUGAS CUBANOS EN
NUEVA YORK.
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para los meses restantes de la presente zafra, son también favorables, pudiendo esperarse
una gradual mejora en los precios después de una factible pequefia reacciOn a principios
de Junio.
El mercado de azucar refinado ha estado durante el mes de Mayo, bajo la influencia
de una temperatura extemporanea que ha debido disminuir un tanto el consumo, aunque
los precios se han mantenido completamente y es probable que sigan el curso de los
azucares mascabados, llegando mas tarde a las mas altas cotizaciones con motivo del
gran consumo que habra durante los meses de verdadero calor.
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Buckeye Nurseries, Tampa, Fla.......... no Taylor, Loewenstein & Co., Mobile......... 33
Bienville Hotel, Mobile ................. - 32 Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York....... B77
Bankwofs Mobile, Mobile’ <2222sssc+++--+-- 32 U. S. Commission Merchants .............. 2
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Bramhall, Deane Co., New York.......... 38 Winter Haven Nurseries, Florida .......... 31
Brown, Henry E., New York ............. 42 Wiener Co., Ernst, New York............. 44
Central Expanded Metal Co., Pittsburgh.... 29 Willett & Gray, New York -......:........ 39
Cuban Land & Steamship Co.............. 3 Walle Ge Wilersire, Iirooldhn ccococsocceoscocc 39
Cuba Railroad, New York ................ 4 American Grocery Co., Havana ........... 35
Cawthorn Hotel, Mobile .................. 32 American Hardware Store, Camaguey..... 38
Cuban Realty Co., Toronto .............. 37 Business Firms of Antilla ............ 40
Connell & Son, Jas. S., New York... 5 By < eé ce Cardenasrs asker aevnae > aga
Cubitas Valley Co., Chicago ......... 2 AE Oo £6 sce Matanza simerreiciereretereln rcs 39
mClover weal.) ROUute ing © « sisicc dees coe ces « 41 ss “ 7 SENTINE@ cconaggooousod 40
Development Co. of Cuba, New York...... 2 ce ss SSO Ga arane eisiec c sfetederoectels 38
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn.............. 38 Ss Directory of Havana ............. 36
Foster & Reynolds, New York ............ 2 Banco de la Habana, Havana ............ 36
CiletiweD Cy wlanpaye Blas oem seroneme sens 34 Conant & Wright, Havana ............... 35
Hotel St. Andrew, Mobile ............-1... 32 Calera, IM Yo, (Cemieeiey onococapsncagoec 38
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile ....... 33 Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co., Antilla, Nipe Bay. 40
Krajewski-Pesant Co., New York .......... 2 Gonzalez & Co., J. G., Havana ............ 35
Leinkauf Banking Co., Mobile ................ 32 Gellar ke (Co, IN, IRENE oaoccgodancocsuc 34
Wewiswleand, & Wlumber) Cos..42- sees -2 2s 5 2 Islami, Ecos, Se CO. IBIENEME cosccoonccoss0s 2
Lewis & Co., H. F., New Orleans ....... 41 islemravelvirs, ibere! (Goh, IBIENERE, sonaonagcondos 36
Link Belt Co., N. Y., Phila., Chic., Ind’olis. 2 Hotel Camaguey, Camaguey .............- 38
Mobile Transfer _Co., Mobile.............. 32 Wieihing, Iires., IBIEMERE Goscoccgccascooooce 35
MobilerS& Ohio Ra Rivsee cee suees cs oe seus 37 Marx & Windsor, Camaguey ..........-.-. 38
McDonald, John W., New York ........... 33 INfevsioyeeill Bisvalie wrt (Cine) Goscocccccooucococe 34
Munro & Son, John, New York ........... 33 INi@meen JBROE.. IBIEMEIEL secéoccoococgcdocsne 35
Queen & Crescent Route ...............: 39 Purdy & Henderson, Havana .............. 37
Quinby, Edgar H., New York ................ 39 Royal Bank of Canada, Havana ........... 34
Nemogio® Moya WHE! 4p caadedudesucnossonee 2 Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas .......- 39
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Co., Mobile... 33 Sanchez e Hijos, Bernabe, Nuevitas..... oo
Shriver & Co., T., Harrison, N. J.......... 29 iuriist Comore Cubaw Elavatiateictealsciereetelelotetol=i= 34
Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41 Upmann & Co., H., Havana .......... oses 34
Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana...... 42 United Railways of Havana ..............- 35
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Cor. Imlay and Summit Streets
Pipe Fitters,
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Importaci6n directa de todas los centros
manutactureros del mundo.
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Munson Steamship Line, New York and
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E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacion y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
omisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccion Telegrafica, “Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA. o
(S. en C.)
Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery.
Telégrafo: Valribe.
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ROVIRA, MESTRE xy CO:
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
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Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta 1o y 11. Cable:
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion.
Direccién Telegrafica, “Badell, “ Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S, CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
Manzanillo.
Illivega.
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de -Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, ete. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
413 ‘San
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Selecto “Golondrina”’ y ‘Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba.
Ron
LARREA V4 BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.,
fmppetaciea. Exportaci6n.
ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
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Cadiz. _Larrinaga y Ca., de Livetacet Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
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y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
- LEDON ¥ PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address:
“Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4. :
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
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Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cube
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ANTIELA.,
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KRUM & CO.
Importers and Exporters.
Custom House brokers and general forwarding
agents. _
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YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co.
ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, CUBA
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber
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CONTRACTING Se AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Steel and Masonry Construction Will not only be for yourself but for your See
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We solicit your consignments.
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ST, LOUIS, MO.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CARDENAS
PEDRO M. MEDEROS.
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Cardenas, Cuba.
VILA Y HERMANO,
Constructores de los trasbordadores de cama al
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y
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Steamers sail from PIER 9, EAST RIVER, foot Old Slip, New York,
every other Wednesday at 3 p.m.
For rates and further information address
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Mobile-Havana Passenger Service
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valuable article, which every one who owns land in Cuba should study, and file away for reference.
Mr. H. Harold Hume, author of ‘‘Citrus Fruits and Their Culture,’’ contributes to the same issue a
valuable article on Varieties of Oranges, illustrated with many half-tones of the different kinds.
Every citrus fruit grower should read this article. Other important contributions from the same author
will shortly appear.
Dr. Mayo’s valuable article, ‘‘Hog Raising in Cuba,’’ will appear in the July issue. Dr. Mayo is the
Chief of the Department of Animal Industry at the Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station, and therefore
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eballos Spot of Cuba”
The following is quoted from
THE HAVANA DAILY TELEGRAPH,
Friday, February 8, 1907.
“Major Treat, inspector-general, returned from his
tour of inspection yesterday morning.
“The major was loud in his praises of what he Calls
the ‘garden spot’ of Cuba, CEBALLOS, located on the
Jucaro and San Fernando railroad about seven miles
distant from Clego de Avila. The major was much im-
pressed with the magnificent hotel, which he states
was more than could possibly be expected; with the
beautiful flowers with which the place has been made
attractive, and the magnificent fruit to be seen on all
sides. The banner lemons especially attracted his at-
tention, which he claims are larger than a grapefruit,
juicy, and of splendid flavor and perfect in shape.
The citrus department of this colony, which comprises
thousands of acres, is under the able management of
Mr. W. C. Hewitt, a well known California and
Florida horticulturist, who has made a specialty of
eltrus fruits for the last twenty years.’’
A 3-year-old grapefruit tree in the
Ceballos groves, and its first product.
The TIME to invest in Cuba is now
The PLACE is in the “‘ Garden Spot,” Ceballos
The OPPORTUNIT Y is offered by The Development Company of Cuba, owners of Ceballos
Write for information to
Geo. H. Gillett, Secretary, 43 Exchange Place, New York
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This new line completing the railroad connection between Havana and Santiago, and
Antilla, on the Bay of Nipe, is of standard gauge and similar in its construction and equip-
ment to the better class of northern lines. All of its important bridges are of steel and
masonry, and the line generally is rock-ballasted. The main line passes along the center
of the eastern and wider half of Cuba, and opens up a matchless and most picturesque
agricultural region, and passes through the tropical forests of mahogany, cedar, lignum
vite, ebony and many other trees, hung with vines and millions of orchids. Palm trees
of magnificent aspect and great variety abound everywhere. The famed Parana and Guinea
grasses, covering most of the open districts and standing from six to twelve feet high and
green the year round, together with frequent running
streams, make this an ideal cattle country. No food
has to be put up and no shelter is required. The rich
soils everywhere are adapted to sugar, tobacco, cotton,
corn and an endless variety of products. The swamps
which occur at places along the coasts of Cuba are ab-
sent from the interior, which is high, dry and excep-
tionally healthy. The trade winds blow across Cuba
every day, and bring to all parts fresh sea air; the ex-
treme heat of northern summers is consequently un-
known and the humidity of other tropical countries is
also unknown.
The Cuba Railroad Company’s Hotel Camaguey,
at Camagtiey (formerly Puerto Principe) is by far the
most popular resort in Cuba, Spanish in style, and pro-
vided with bath rooms and other modern conveniences,
and is first-class in all respects.
This old city has about 40,000 inhabitants, is pic-
turesque and is situated in a beautiful and remarkably
healthy district. The hotel is especially favored by
those wishing to spend some weeks or months in a
matchless sub-tropical climate.
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Cover illustration shows the entrance and patio of one of the beautiful residences on
the Prado, Havana.
The leading articles are: ““A Typical Cuban Farm,” on pages 7, 8 and 9, and “Profitable
Hog Raising in Cuba,” on page to. ‘The first describes the great richness of the
average “finea’’ or farm in Cuba and the characteristic antique methods in vogue.
The enormous profitable possibilities of such places are indicated by an expert.
Prof. Mayo’s article on “Profitable Hog Raising in Cuba” gives valuable information
to intending settlers who, the Doctor says, have neglected this industry. Both
articles are illustrated.
Railway and Public Works will be found on page 11. There is additional train service
on the Western Railways noted and business railway activities in Matanzas and
in eastern Cuba.
Political and Government matters will be found on pages 12, 13 and 14. “The Liberal
camp is divided. Gov. Magoon will nationalize the sanitary service. Col. Orestes
Ferrara, Secretary of the Peace Commission from Cuba, resigns. There are other
interesting notes.
Comments of the United States newspaper press on Cuba will be found on page 15.
Also comment on the cigarmakers’ strike, which threatens to seriously injure a
great industry, follows on page 16.
One of the most beautiful plantations in Cuba illustrated on page 17. Agricultural
and American colony notes will be found on page 18.
General Notes begin on page 19 and run to page 24. ‘There is an illustrated description
of two weeks on the Isle of Pines, together with a note regarding important public
works from the same section.
Rubber in Cuba. A new fan in use in India is described and illustrated. An interesting
illustrat.on is that on page 23 of a picnic of School No. 35 of Camaguey.
Sugar. An interesting chart will be found on page 26, showing the receipts and the
consumption of centrifugal sugar at four ports of the United States. It indicates
all too clearly that a forced market is the cause of the low prices. Willett & Gray
have some very interesting comment on fhis subject.
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A TYPICAL CUBAN FARM. BOTANK
GARDEN.
Its Characteristic Neglect and its Great Possibilities Under Expert Treatment
Described. The Conditions Exactly Those of Hundreds
of Other Cuban Estates.
BY C. F. BAKER, ESTACION AGRONOMICA, SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS, CUBA.
A recent visit to a ‘magnificent finca, near Bainoa, on the United Railway, made pos-
sible through the kindly hospitality of the owner, furnishes a most illuminating text on
the present condition of certain branches of Cuban agriculture, and the possibilities in
large part yet lying dormant. This finca is one of the very best types of Cuban farms—
rich soil, beautiful surroundings, and broad acres,—all combining to make it what it is
to-day—the valued heirloom of an old family. ‘There are countless fine trees of all the
native fruits. The soil is of the red type, characteristic of the Partidos tobacco district.
The farm includes, all told, 35 caballerias, or about 1,166 acres.
The primary purpose of the present inspection was to examine and estimate the value
of the rubber now growing on the place.* Many years since two trees of the Central
American rubber (Castilloa elastica) had been planted near the house, and are now
cf regal proportions, being over two feet in diameter at the butt. The parent trees had
seeded abundantly, and the seeds have grown readily, producing a small forest of seed-
lings near the parent trees. The men on the place, not understanding their value,
had been accustomed to slash them down with machetes. At this time there are about
2,500 seedlings, six to twelve inches high, and 800-1,000 two to six feet high, these varying
in value probably from 10 to 50 cents each. On another part of the farm there is about
half of a caballeria abandoned to brush and second growth forest, and in this adventiti-
ous seeding had also occurred many years ago, with the result that now there are some
fifty trees scattered through the plot that will average six to ten inches in diameter, and
many others smaller. The trees are healthy and give a splendid flow at this season.
Several trees were tapped and yielded good quantities of a heavy creamy latex. The
possibilities of the larger trees per year may run, possibly, from one to two pounds.
With rubber at $1.20 per pound, it would pay to tap. With the land planted to rubber,
as it might have been, it should be yielding from $300 to $500 per acre without outlay in
fertilizing or cultivation. -Even now the larger trees will give a splendid supply of seed
both for seed bed work and for direct sale. The seed should possess a good value in
Cuba at the present time. While the number of trees is not great enough to be called
a “rubber plantation,’ yet the evidences here so clearly set forth are such as to fill a
mrubber planter with both enthusiasm and regret. Taken hold of from ten to fourteen
Syears ago and managed properly, there might easily have been a rubber planting of great
“value on the ground now, for here the rubber is unquestionably thoroughly at home.
The rather remarkable lack of appreciation of opportunities in connection with the
> rubber, led up to the inevitable question, “What is being done towards the improve-
rT“ ment of this magnificent place anyway? Here is property of $100,000 in value at the
J lowest estimate. What interest on such valuation is it yielding, and is the capital being
“> augmented or impaired?”
* See brief article on ‘‘Rubber in Cuba’’ on page 21.
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Agriculture—to be successful—must rest on a sound business basis like any other
human activity. Here is a farm in exactly the condition of hundreds of other Cuban
estates—indeed, might serve as a replica of many others we have examined. So a careful
study of the details involved, assumed at once a keen interest, and became of some
general moment.
We proceeded first to examine the agricultural machinery with which the place is
being worked, since this feature is usually a fair index of general conditions. We
found one small American plow, in only fair condition, one small Planet cultivator, evi-
dently not in use, one ditcher for planting cane, also in poor condition, and a number of
the native plows which have so long made Cuban agricultural methods a joke in more
progressive countries. Finally should be mentioned a new four-foot dise harrow with
the sale tags still on it! There are no mules on the place! And this for 1,100 acres of
rich and beautiful land!
We found two widely separated wells with tanks of perhaps 10,000 gallons, and
small steam pumps. But the place could be well watered with automatic wind-mills and
larger tanks. Turning to the fields we found first about an acre of fine coffee trees in
shade, which we were told yielded about 600-800 pounds per annum. Here the rubber
story was repeated. Young coffee seedlings were coming up everywhere. Taken hold
of properly, years ago, there might now just as well have been forty acres of magnificent
coffee at an altogether trivial outlay. Further on we found a small plantation of oranges—
700: trees. It unquestioné ibly cost money to put this plantation out—and it might yield
money, if the right varieties were selected and the trees properly cared for. But it is
in a most lamentable state of neglect—uncultivated, unfertilized, the trees suffering for
Jack of pruning, covered with scale, and many dead and dying. Further on, we entered
what might be as fine a planting of henequen as any in Cuba, and here also neglect was
the most prominent feature the planta-
tion is growing up to brush and weeds,
old plants are dying out and should be
replanted, and many leaves are awaiting
cutting.
The most extensive planting on the
place is of cane, but we found only two*
caballerias of this. In the cane there
was a repetition of the same story,—
a striking lack of fertilization and
proper methods of cultivation every-
where evident.
The entire remainder of the place—
some seven or eight hundred acres—is
given up to pasture. In this pasture are
about 300 head of cattle and several
hundred hogs. The cattle are of the
poorest Texan and Floridan type, and
the hogs are the native “razorback.”
Here, with such magnificent opportuni-
ties at hand, there is no sign of modern
pasture management, no hint of a knowl-
edge of the advantages in a proper han-
dling of forage crops, or of system in
breeding up the stock instead of allow-
ing it to constantly degenerate. Here its
a farm on which, under proper manage-
ment, might be produced magnificent
cattle, hogs, mules and horses. But as
it is, one is very much discouraged over
the hopelessly scrawny cattle, and the
mere sight of the hogs spoils the appe-
tite for pork. The guiding principle at
present seems to be simply a “blind
trust in Providence.”
aref inspecti fails show <% saett T 3
_ Careful in | ection I uils : to show, A Old Castilloa—Rubber Tree. Grows to a great
single operation on this farni tending height in Cuba. (See article on page 20.)
toward permé anent improv ement and the Un arbol viejo de caucho en Cuba, cuyo
augmenting of its present value. Mod- nombre cientifico es Castilloa elastica. Es de di-
AC agricultural TiEthGie idence tive anes gigantescas, teniendo mas de dos pies
de diametro al pie. El rendimiento cada ano de
things in farm management,—output, and : sesrdo vy parecido a 1a crema de estos
at the same time permanent improve- 4rboles grandes suele ser de una 4 dos libras.
ment. Here is a farm from which crops €™em0S plantados con arbOles:de caucho epee
: producir de $300 a $500 el acre, sin gastos por
—such as they are—are each season be- Ebonos y cultivo. Hace tanto tiempo como el
ing removed—while as_ for fertiliz- ano de r830 que los’ Jardines -Botanicos de la
ere aS Habana distribuyeron entre los hacendados las
67 acres. semillas de este arbol.
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Cuban ox-cart in Palm Avenue, near Havana.
Una carreta cubana de buey en la Avenida de las Palmas, cerca a la Habana.
ing, planting of soil-renovating legumes, the formation of compost heaps,
planting of permanent crops of staple value, and all the other operations which
tend to make a farm worth more next year than it is now—there is none of it here.
And this can mean but one thing—impoverishment and depreciation in value.
Yet even a superficial inspection will convince anyone familiar with the best
modern intensive methods in tropical agriculture, that places like these possess
immense possibilities under proper management—resident management—for one of
the common causes of failure in tropical agriculture is non-resident direction—a
fatal condition at the outset. For what is true of farms of this size anywhere, is
equally true in the tropics—they are worth expert management—and under such man-
agement are often highly remunerative. Fine cane could just as well be
grown here as poor cane and the margin of profit would be larger. Larger
yearly extensions in rubber, coffee, cacao, and other permanent and_ valuable
plantings could be easily made at very little extra effort. The soil is of a char-
acter that would produce fine crops of tobacco, tomatoes, eggplants, and other things
that—with expert management—would yield immediate and good returns. Its propei
operation would at once involve more wells, more machinery, mules, fences, more meu,
etc. But the planting of bananas, melengas, plantains, sweet potatoes and forage crops.
etc., would tend to make the place self-supporting in the sense of offsetting these outlays.
A few good bulls and boars would soon entirely change the character of the stock, and
make far greater returns possible from this source. The proper management of seed beds
for the home plantings would, at slight additional cost, also yield abundance of stock for
sale over wide adjoining territory. As fine seedlings of rubber, coffee, cacao, tobacco,
oe eggplant, cabbage, etc., could be produced on this place as anywhere in the
sland.
Without pursuing the possibilities farther in their ramifying details: we may again
call attention to the importance of this farm as a shining example of the utterly dormant
condition of general agriculture in Cuba—the only agriculture in which the Island car
ever hope to find a safe and broad economic basis. Properly managed, a place of
this kind might serve as an educational example that would be worth millions to the
whole Island.
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HOG RAISING IN CUBA.
Few Diseases—American Breeds Do Well in Cuba—Five Litters in Two Years—
No Severe Weather to Cause Losses.
BY PROF. N. S. MAYO;
Chief Department Animal Industry, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cuba.
One of the most profitable branches of the live stock industry in Cuba and one that
requires a comparatively small amount of capital is the raising of hogs, and yet strange
to say this subject is one that is generally overlooked by American settlers coming to
Cuba. In my judgment, with a good location it is the most profitable business that a
stockman can undertake considering the amount of capital invested.
Hogs always bring a good price in the Havana market, about ten cents a pound live
weight Spanish gold, which is equivalent to nine cents a pound in American money, and
at the present time there are not enough native hogs to supply the Havana market. Many
American hogs are imported alive and slaughtered to supply the demand for fresh pork.
Hogs are easy to raise as there are few diseases to cause trouble, the only important
one is swine plague, which the natives call “pintadilla,’” and this is not common, so that
with reasonable care there is little danger of loss from this source, much less than in
the States.
In Cuba there are several types of hogs. The common “criolla” or native hog is of
the “razorback” style that is frequently seen in the southern states, but they are hardy
animals and good “rustlers,” that is, they are experts at hunting their own living. An-
other type is called “gallego.” These are short “chunky” animals that fatten readily but
are very small. The best type of all are the “chinos” (Chinese). These are good sized
black hogs without hair or bristles, but they are not equal to the best American breeds.
The American breeds do well in Cuba except the white breeds, and the only objection
to them is that the sun is liable to make their backs sore. The Berkshire hogs do well
when pure bred, or when crossed with native stock. The Tamworth, an English bacon
type, does exceedingly well; they are better rustlers than the Berkshires, but do not
fatten as readily, but the demand here is for lean pork.
It is a common sight to see a native sow tied by the neck with a rope near to the
country houses of the poorer class all over Cuba. On the large ranches the hogs are
allowed to run in the woods and rustle their own food which consists largely of the
nuts of the royal palm (palmichi), which is very nutritious and fattening, although the
lard is very soft. In some of the remote parts of the island the native hogs run wild
and are frequently hunted like wild animals. In such localities, however, there are native
dogs that have bred wild and these frequently catch and eat the young pigs. The Cubans
say that only the native sows are successful in defending their pigs against these wild
dogs. It is interesting to go with a Cuban to look after his semi-wild hogs in the forest.
He sets out supplied with a small sack of shelled corn slung over his shoulder and armed
with his ever faithful machete which he uses to cut a passage for himself and horse
through the dense tropical growth of vines and bushes, and accompanied by several
large native dogs. The dogs range through the forest until they find some hogs when
the dogs begin to bark. The hogs gather together in a bunch, the smaller ones in the
center and the old ones on the outside to fight the dogs away from the pigs. As soon as
the Cuban hears his dog barking, he rides to the locality indicated, calls off the dogs,
scatters a little corn on the ground for the hogs and continues his hunt. As a rule the
native hogs stay in certain localities in the forest, and in this manner the Cuban is able
to keep a pretty good general oversight of his hogs.
Hogs in Cuba are prolific breeders and the sows will give better than two litters of
pigs a year, about five litters in two years, and the mortality among the little pigs is
sia as there is no severe weather which causes such heavy losses of young pigs in the
tates.
The meat of the Cuban pig is very sweet and is greatly enjoyed by Cubans. In fact,
roast pig (lechon asado) may be considered to be the national meat dish of Cuba.
A picnic, or “fiesta,” in the country is not complete without this dish, and on Christmas
eve (noche buena) every family, if possible, has a roast pig for dinner, just as Americans
have their roast turkey for Thanksgiving. In the country when they kill a hog for
fresh meat and there is more than is needed for immediate use, the remainder is cut
into one continuous strip about one inch in diameter. This long strip of meat is
draped over a pole like sausages and smoked over a fire made of guava wood and leaves.
When properly cured it is hung up for future use and will keep indefinitely.
The essentials for successful hog raising in Cuba are plenty of royal palm trees,
plenty of range, shade and good water. Other foods are corn, cassava (yucca), sorghum
and sugar cane.
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Railways and Public Works
RAILROAD ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CUBA.
The Cuba Eastern Railway Company is
building several short lines at the eastern
end of the island. It has already completed
connection with Guantanamo, and is survey-
ing a route northward to the Bay of Nipe
and eastward to Baracoa. Several short
railways have been built from the coast into
the interior by the fruit trust, the steel
trust, a copper mining company, and a
Cleveland furnace company to reach their
deposits of copper and manganese iron.—
New Orleans (La.) States.
CONSTRUCTION WORK ALONG
HARBOR.
The new corporation called “The Matanzas
Railroad and Warehouse Co.” has bought
a strip of land along the west shore of Ma-
tanzas Bay seven miles long and half a
mile wide. The concession, which was se-
cured from the Cuban government in the
closing days of the Palma regime, included
a fifteen years’ lease of the new dock and
railroad, built under the first American oc-
cupation. This concession does not include
the Fort San Severino, by whose ancient
walls the work is being prosecuted. The
fort is for the people, for ten metres around
it a park will be built on the ancient mili-
tary reservation, laid out with artistic taste,
preserving the beauty of the fort redolent
with historic memories. By the terms of
the lease the aforesaid company has a lease
on government property outside of this
park. It includes ten or fifteen caballerias,
with the privilege of renewal after fifteen
years. In addition to this new work, en-
terprising business men who have at heart
the prosperity of Matanzas have located a
tobacco factory. A commodious building
in the center of the city has been secured.
The city is to give rent free for five years.
The deed thas been signed this week; price
to be paid is $20,000. This will give em-
ployment to 300 people.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE ON THE WESTERN
RAILWAY.
The Western Railway of Havana has in-
creased the number of its trains with date
of June 24.
The 7 a. m. train from Christina, is a
through train to San Juan, stopping at all
stations. An additional train to San Juan
leaves Cristina at 2:30 p. m., stopping at
all stations except Pinos, Ranchero Boyeros,
Dagame, Cafias, Mangas, Punta Brava,
Taco Taco, Ovas and Rio Feo. The 9 a. m.
train, going only as far as Guira, now
leaves at 9:10, and goes to Artemisa. The
4:30 p. m. train for San Cristobal, now
leaves at 4:50, and does not go beyond Ar-
temisa. The 7:00 p. m. train remains the
same.
MATANZAS
Old railroad built by the American government
along the west shore of Matanzas harbor. It is
to be extended by the Matanzas R. R. & W. H.
Co. very much further. The government wharf,
of which the company has a 30-year lease, may
be seen in the background. There is 4o feet of
water at the end of the pier.
Un ferrocarril viejo construido por el Gobierno
Americano 4 lo largo de la playa oeste de la
Bahia de Matanzas. La “Matanzas R. R. &
W. H. Co.” va 4 extenderlo mucho mas lejos. Se
puede ver al fondo de la vista el muelle del
Gobierno, que dicha compafiia ha arrendado por
un plazo de 30 afios. Hay 4o pies de agua a la’
extremidad del muelle.
Returning trains for Havana leave San
Jtam ac O2s7 &, im, ancl mene pp, wm, ‘Wine
former makes all stops, but the latter omits
the same stations, as the 2:30 p. m., down.
The company also announces additional
stations open on the extension to Guan-
trains stopping at Sabalo and Galafre.
The Commercial Cable Company has been
authorized to lay cable lines at the entrance
of Havana harbor from outside to the little
plaza on Tacon street. This permit may be
revoked at any time by the governor of
Cuba.
Work on building new schoolhouses in
Matanzas province has been begun and sev-
eral dwellings have been donated for that
purpose by their owners.
A determined effort is being also made
to locate all the workshops of the United
Railroads in Pueblo Nuevo of Matanzas.
It is proposed to remove the shops from
Cardenas and Cienega near to Havana. If
this is done, there will be employment for
one thousand men, and an expenditure of a
million and a half in buildings alone.
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REVIEW And
Bulletin
Political and Government Matters
LIBERALS DIVIDED.
The split widens between the liberals and
neither José Miguel’s, Gomez's, nor AIl-
fredo Zaya’s partizans appear disposed io
relinquish their purpose to advance the in-
terest of their presidential candidates.
Dr. Zayas referring to the rupture within
the party says that he has lost all hope of
a reconciliation. Later eight Zayisias head-
ed by Juan Gualberto Gomez refused to
attend a meeting convened to break the
deadlock. The Telegraph comments on
the situation as follows
Not so very long since, both Sr. Zayas
and Gen. Jose Miguel said solemnly that
they will submit unhesitatingly to the dic-
tum of the national convention of their
party, as good partymen ought, no matter
whom that convention shall see fit to nomi-
nate for the presidency. We do not know
if both rivals still profess the same beauti-
ful sentiments, but each seems determine’
that the convention’s dictum shall not
strain his party loyalty. Each apparently
recognizes that it will be much easier for
him to bow to the convention’s will if the
convention’s will coincides with his own,
and each, therefore, is doing his best to
see that the convention shall be made up
of partizans of his own. It is, alas, how-
ever a game that two can play at, and if,
whenever one capures a _ provincial as-
sembly and elects delegates all of his own
faction, the other holds another conven-
tion in the same province and elects a like
number of delegates of his own faction,
it’s hard to see where either is the gainer.
NO REORGANIZATION OF THE RURAL GUARD.
Governor Magoon has informed inquiring
politicians that he will do nothing toward
a reorganization of the armed forces of
Cuba. He has two plans before him; one
formulated by the war department in Wash-
ington, and the other by the Liberals.
Neither of the plans are altogether satis-
factory, so the governor has decided to
leave the rural guard and other military
forces in their present condition. The gen-
eral staff plan provided for an army of
12,000 men, at the discreticn of the chief
executive, which was objectionable to the
politicians.
The Liberals declared for an army of
three or four thousand rural guards, and a
regular establishment, consisting of in-
fantry and artillery, of two or three thou-
sand men, thus making the total six or
seven thousand.
GOV. MAGOON DECIDES TO NATIONALIZE THE
SANITARY SERVICE UNDER MAJOR KEAN.
On June 6, Gov. Magoon decided, in
order to facilitate the stamping out of yel-
low fever and generally to improve the
sanitary condition of the island, to nation-
alize the sanitary service.
The conirol of municipalities in sanita-
tion will be abolished, and all power will
be vested in the Department of Sanitation,
with headquarters at Havana. Major J.
R. Kean of the Medical Corps is to be su-
pervisor of the department.
CUSTOM HOUSE AT ANTILLA.
Very many business firms have peti-
tioned Governor Magoon for the establish-
ment of a custom house at Antilla, Nipe
Bay.
The signers say “there are more than 24
firms utilizing Antilla as a port of entry
and departure for goods, against only one
at Preston,” where the custom house now
is. They say further that there is not ade-
quate communication between the two
points and this causes delays and expense.
Antilla has a railroad tiat communicates
with all other points of the island, and a
line of steamers connecting with the North;
besides ample wharves for the discharge of
vessels, and warehouses for the deposit of
merchandise or for custom house _ pur-
poses.
CUSTOMS REVENUES CALENDAR YEAR 1905-9.
The total revenue for 1906 was $25,090,-
084.05, and for 1905, $25,258,005.44, a de-
crease in 1906 of $67,931.39.
PUBLIC MEN OF CUBA.
Julio de Cardenas y Rodriguez, Mayor of Havana.
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COL. ORESTES FERRARA RESIGNS.
Col. Orestes: Ferrara, lately secretary =f
the Cuban delegation to the peace congress,
has tendered his resignation to Gov. Ma-
goon, June 26, says the N. Y. World. Gov.
Magoon cabled to him, he said, that he re-
gretted his action and acceded to his re-
quest only at his insistent demand.
It was officially stated at the headquarters
of the Italian deiegation that no step against
Col. Ferrara had been taken by them. They
said they did not know whether the Italian
Government had taken any action in the
matter.
Col. Ferrara is counsel to the Italian Le-
gation and Consulate at Havana. He left
Italy, his native land, at the age of nine-
teen. He became a Cuban citizen in 1900,
and published in Spanish a pamphlet in
Paris on the “Influence of Political Econ-
omy on Sociology.” The Italian authorities
regarded the statements in the pamphlet as
being seditious and Col. Ferrara was sen-
tenced in contumacium to six montis’ im-
prisonment. He only heard of the sentence
two years after it had been pronounced.
Three years ago the sentence was an-
nulled.
MIGUELISTAS CONVOKE THE NATIONAL CON-
VENTION.
“The execuiive committee, reiterating
the delegates elected by the provincial con-
vention,” met recently and approved the trol-
lowing motion:
“The executive committee, re-iterating
the resolution adopted on April 3, convokes
the deelgates elected by the provincial con-
ventions, to assemble in this city on July
19, to constitute the national convention, 10
accordance with tie party’s rules.”
There were no Zayistas present.
The executive ccm-nittee of the national
convention of the Liberal party consists of
twenty-two members, exactly half of whom
are for José Miguel, the other half for
Zayas.
ROAD WANTED TO EL COBRE.
Archbishop Barnada, of Santiago de
Cuba, has presented to Governor Magoon a
request that a road be built from the city
of Santiago de Cuba to the mining village
of El Cobre, an improvement sorely needed
by the villagers.
A NEW MAP OF CUBA.
Charles Hernandez, director of communi-
cations of Cuba, has had made a new map
of Cuba, showing all the means of com-
munication in the island, including land,
railroad, messenger, cable, telegraph, mail
and wireless telegraph. The immense map
is the work of the engineers and draughts-
men of the Postoffice department.
CONTINUED AMERICAN OCCUPATION.
Gen. Loinaz del Castillo, a leader in the
last revolution, visited Gov. Magoon, June
27, to discuss Secretary Taft’s reported pre-
diction that the American occupation of
Cuba would continue for eighteen months.
Del Castillo was dissatisfied with the re-
sult of his conference. He said upon leav-
ing the palace that he intended to cable to
Mr. Taft that his promises to the revolu-
tionary committee would not be kept if the
occupation lasted that long.
The Discussion, a Moderate organ, says) it
will be much longer before the Americans
leave the island, and in effect declares that
the longer they stay here the better—N. Y.
Sun.
The liberals, partizans of Gen. Jose Mi-
euel Gomez and the liberals, adherents cf
Alfredo Zayas, both retain their name and
neither cares to adopt janother political
designation.
Meetings held between friends of the
rival candidates of the liberal party have
met with no success, for neither will retire
from the field, and, consequently, both Gen.
José Miguel Gomez and Senor Alfredo
Zayas remain as presidential candidates.
Gen. Pino Guerra’s efforts to bring about
an understanding between them were in
vain.
HAVANA QUARANTINE STATION IN OPERATION.
Triscornia, the quarantine station for out-
going non-immunes, was opened June 2
for passengers to quarantined ports in the
States. These include Tampa, Miami, Key
West, Mobile and New Orleans—all the
poris south of Maryland except Galveston.
No passengers will be taken at Triscornta
for New York, that State and Texas being
quarantined under state laws while the
United States Government is responsible
for the other quarantines.
$13,000,000 IN PUBLIC WORKS.
The public works to be built in accord-
ance to the last edict of Governor Magoon
who thus approves of the plan submitted
by the Supervisor, will cost about thirteen
million dollars. A network of cart roads
and many main roads will be laid, probably
requiring three years for completion. Many
of these roads were contemplated by the
Cuban Congress and appropriations were
voted for that purpose during the past year.
In October, 1906, there was only 600 kilo-
meters of macadamized roads in Cuba. It
is purposed to build 809 kilometers of road
during the three years, which will facili-
tate transportation and increase trade.
TO DREDGE HAVANA HARBOR.
The acting secretary of public works has
approved the draft of conditions for public
bidding to supply the materials needful ior
this important work.
MANAGUA BATABANO ROAD.
The provisional governor has decreed a
credit of $84,000 for the completion of the
cart road from Managua to Batabano.
A stretch of 12 kilometers, from Bata-
bano to Duran, is already built.
POST OFFICE AT GUANTANAMO.
The post office at the naval station at
Guantanamo has been officially named Bag-
ley, after Ensign Bagley, who was killed in
the Spanish-American War.
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QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AND EXPENSES.
The Detention Camp at Trisconia has a
number of sojourners who have to go into
quarantine before sailing for ports of
Tampa, Miami, Key West, Mobile, and New
Orleans—all ports south of Maryland ex-
cept Galveston. Passengers to New York
do not have to go to Trisconia, as New
York and Texas have state laws governing
that matter. The rates at the quarantine
grounds are reasonable, $1.50 per day for
first-class passengers, and 50c. a day for
steerage. Passengers are under control «f
the Cuban Immigration Department, but Dr.
Stansfield of the U. S. Marine Hospital
Corps, makes a visit of inspection daily.
If any passenger shows symptoms of yel-
low fever, he is taken to the hospital. ‘ris-
conia is screened from the pest of mos-
quitoes. Visitors are not permitted and a
guard is established to watch the place.
HAVANA CIGAR FACTORIES TO SHUT DOWN IN-
DEFINITELY.
The cigarmakers not having replied to the
ultimatum of the manufacturers to submit
their differences to arbitration, which ex-
pired June 30, the manufacturers announce
their intention to close all their plants in-
definitely.
EARLY INDEPENDENCE DEMANDED.
Gen. Loynaz Castillo has sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Secretary of War Taft:
“The newspapers say that eighteen
months will be required after the comple-
tion of the census to restore the republic.
We hope that such an unjust and unlawful
delay will not be. It must not be. Cuba
is anxious that her independence shall be
postponed not one day beyond July 4,
”
1908. ;
TAFTS PLANS FOR CUBA.
On July 1 Secretary Taft threw addi-
tional light upon his plans for the Ameri-
can evacuation of Cuba by sending the fol-
lowing cablegram to Gov. Magoon at Hav-
ana:
“T am in receipt of a telegram from Gen.
Loynaz Castillo as to something I have
said with reference to the restoration of
Cuba to the republic. The plan for the
devolution of the government of the island
upon the person to be selected by a fair
election, as outlined in my letter to you,
has not been changed in the slightest. The
question of the time within which that can
be worked out, due to doubt as to the
time in which the census can be taken, is a
mere matter of opinion. Please advise
Gen. Castillo accordingly. TAFT.
A permit has been issued to continue
the building of a road between Cuatro
Caminos and Managua.
An appropriation has been made of
$26,900 to finish the cart road between
Cuatro Caminos and Managua.
Authorization has been’ granted _ to
Luis Swords MclIrwin to establish a tele-
phone between his three houses on his
estate at Los Pinos, near Guanabacoa.
GOVERNMENT CLOSES OPTION ON PROPERTY IN
HAVANA.
Upon direction of the President, Secretary
of War Taft notified Provisional Gov. Ma-
goon of Cuba to close the option on certain
property owned by the Roman Catholic
Church in Havana.
Gov. Magoon replied that the property
would be taken over.
The properties include the custom house,
valued at $1,080,000; university and institute,
valued at $351,000; Academy of Sciences,
valued at $50,000; a house in Obrapia street,
valued at $15,000, and a house in Cardenas
street, valued at $3,550, making a total of
$1,499,550, less rent of $110,904.31.
The options on these properties were
taken out during the first American oc-
cupation, and have been extended. Secre-
tary Taft, owing to charges that the price
asked was excessive, endeavored to secure
a further extension of two years, but the
apostolic delegate refused, because Sir Wil-
liam Redding stood ready to take over the
property for the United Fruit Company
and a line of steamships at the original fig-
ures.
In his letter to the President, made public
last night, the Secretary states that a careful
investigation shows the price asked not to
be excessive. He points out the absolute ne-
cessity of the purchase by reason of the
wharfage front rights. For this reason,
the transfer cannot be left to the new Cuban
republic for disposition. — Washington
(D. C.) Herald, June 30.
CONSUL-GENERAL RODGERS.
Among the arrivals in Havana a few days
ago was Mr. James L. Rodgers, who comes
to succeed Mr. Frank Steinhart as consul-
general of the United States in Cuba.
Philip Braundage Windsor has received
due authorization to establish an electric
plant in Bayamo for lighting of streets and
houses.
Sefior Emilio Terry has asked for a per-
mit to build an iron pier and wharf in
Cienfuegos.
An underground sewer and a bridge will
be built in Sancti Spiritus, and the contract
has been awarded to Juan Sarrain.
The Havana city council on June 24 made
provision for an appropriation of $34,000
for a lodging house for homeless vagrants
who, instead of sleeping on stone benches
in the city parks, will be supplied with
night lodgings free or at a nominal rate.
The plans submitted for the building of
a cart road from Cartagena to the railroad
of Rodas have been approved, and the work
will speedily be carried on.
A bridge will be made across the river
Lagunillas, near the cart road from Cien-
fuegos to Manicaragua.
Plans have been approved for the con-
struction of a cart road between the station
of Hatuey, of the Cuba Railroad and the
town of Sibanicu in the province of Cam-
aguey.
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THE UNITED STATES NEWSPAPER PRESS ON CUBA.
IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENCE OR ANNEXATION
A DREAM. :
The Government of the United States has
still a great work to do. ‘The period of
sentimental experiment will presently have
run its course. The Platt amendment and
the promises Congress made when war was
deciared against Spain were beautiful and
sentimental, and they have been rightly ad-
hered to. The situation depended on the
circumstances of years, and they have much
changed. It is for us to say when the
ante-war engagement becomes non-oper-
ative. There is not likely to be any sort
of home government in Cuba worthy of the
name until we condignly take up the work
of enforcement. It will be necessary to
maintain our suzerainty indefinitely, and
that rigorously. Immediate independence,
or annexation to the United States with
the full rights of citizenship under the con-
stitution was a dream. Our rule must be
frowning, as well as patient and virtuous.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
SOME WANT ANOTHER CUBAN REPUBLIC.
It is well to remember that while ‘he
conservative element in Cuba, as well as
the foreigners, favor annexation to the
United States, a very large element, includ-
ing the politicians and small farmers, de-
sire the revival of the Cuban Republic
with the abrogation of the Platt amendment
and the withdrawal of American troops as
speedily as possible. This element op-
poses the use of Cuban revenues for the
payment of the expense of the intervention
or for the inauguration of any public works
under the regime of the Provisional Gov-
ernment, because they desire that all money
possible should be held in the Cuban treas-
ury until they and their friends acquire the
right to handle it under a restored republic.
The whole Cuban idea of politics is “he
holding of office, and every man who takes
any part whatever in political affairs ex-
pects to receive a lucrative office—New
Orleans Picayune.
THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE ARMY IN CUBA.
It was originally arranged that the Amer-
ican force should be termed “the Army of
Cuban Intervention.” and the letterheads
had already been printed with these words,
when a cablegram was received from
Washington, directing that “the Army of
Cuban Pacification” had been selected by
the President as the official term for the
American forces then in Cuba, and these
words were substituted. — Diario de la
Marina, Havana.
CUBANS DESIRE AN INTERPRETATION OF THE
PLATT AMENDMENT.
The president of the Conservative party
of Cuba is reported as earnestly desiring
some interpretation of article 3 of the Platt
amendment, which gives to the United
States government authority to intervene in
Cuban affairs whenever it sees fit, Cuba
having nothing whatever to say in the mat-
ter. President Lanuzea is so unreasonable
as to suggest that the article ought to be
so interpreted that Cubans may know with
some definiteness under what circumstances
to expect our next visit. Senor Lanuzea
supposes that as there was a price set for
allowing the first government to be estab-
lished so there will be another price for
allowing the next government to start busi-
ness, but what that price may be he does
not think anybody will find out until our
forces are about to leave.
The Cuban patriot is plainly sarcastic. He
evidently wishes that we would clear out
and leave Cuba alone, but expects no such
good luck. Neither, unfortunately, do we.
Tf there is any one thing which would please
the people of this country it is that we
should never hear of the Island again, ex-
cept in the ordinary course of private busi-
ness as we hear about Nova Scotia.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
1899 CENSUS INACCURATE.
The census of the island taken in 1899
under the direction of Gen. Sanger of the
United States army is believed to be in-
accurate; not from the fault of the enu-
merators, but because many ignorant people
eluded them for fear they would suffer
injustice in some way. Their experience
under Spanish rule made them very sus-
picious, and they did not know what the
census was for. Since then they have be-
come more familiar with such things and
are no longer afraid of the government.
Therefore it will be comparatively easy to
make an accurate census——Wm. E. Curtis in
Chicago Record-Herald.
STOP THE SELF-GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS.
It would probably be a great deal better
if the United States would stcp the ex-
periment of trying to set the Cubans up in
self government and secure them govern-
ment by a proctectorate by the United
States. In the end it will come to that,
and all delays will be the cause of costly =x-
periments. The intelligent Cubans want. it,
and expect and ask for it. To refuse to
grant it simply encourages the lawless cle-
ment to persist in their lawlessness, and
keep the law abiding element out of a gov-
ernment they want and can respect—Bing-
hampton (N. Y.) Republican.
NOTHING LESS NEITHER WISE NOR SAFE.
The Cubans will be permitted to try
again. But the restoration will be safe-
guarded in pretty thorough fashion against
a repetition of the chaos that preceded in-
tervention. The administration is now
working out a plan which will not only en-
list the support of the Cubans in maintain-
ing tranquillity, but will insure good order,
whether the Cubans co-operate or not.
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THE STRIKE OF THE HAVANA CIGARMAKERS SERIOUSLY
AFFECTING A GREAT INDUSTRY.
DECREASE IN EXPORTS OF CIGARS
STRIKE OF CIGARMAKERS.
The strike of the cigarmakers employed
by the Trust, and the lockout of the work-
ers of the independent manufacturers have
caused a great falling-off in the export of
cigars from Havana.
El Yobacco prints a comparative table
showing the number of cigars exported dur-
ing the first five months of 1907 and 1906.
The decrease in the value of the exports is
OWING TO
$2,355. 035. The difference in the number of
cigars exported is 41,214,406.
The 1907 exportations for the first five
months were 63,897.190 cigars, and for the
same period in 1906, 108,111,686.
CUBA’S CIGARMAKING INDUSTRY
AFFECTED.
The cigarmaking industry of the Cuban
lately suffered from a prolonged drought
capital is in a bad way. The Island has
and the tobacco crop will be much below
normal in point of quantity, but the quality
of the leaf promises to be exceptionally
fine. The grower will probably make up in
one way what he loses in the other, but this
won't help the consumer of Havana cigars
in the less expensive grades which it 1s
only reasonable to suppose will be advanced
in price.
The cigarmaking business in Cuba _ is
being still more seriously and prejudicially
affected by another adverse circumstance.
More and more of the leaf tobacco is being
sent to Key West and other points in the
United States for manufacture there. This
product escapes the high duties with which
cigars imported into the United States are
chargeable and can be put on the market
at more favorable figures than is possible in
SERIOSULY
Havana-made article, and
Cuban interests are feeling the effects of
this unequal competition. For that reason
Governor Magoon is being petitioned to 1m-
pose a heavy export duty on Cuban to-
bacco.—Philadelphia Press.
the case of the
THE CIGARMAKERS STRIKE.
If the strike, which was brought because
the manufacturers refused to pay their men
in American gold instead of Spanish gold,
should be settled at once it would be a
month before conditions could become
normal. On account of climatic conditions
manufactured cigars cannot be kept in
Cuba, so that all of the surplus stock was
in storehouses in this country when the
strike started. So far there has been no ad-
vance in prices, as the competition among
importers is so keen that they have sup-
plied their customers at the old prices.—
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
THE CIGARMAKERS STRIKE,
On June 24 the Henry Clay and Bock
Company offered its striking tobacco strip-
pers a 5 per cent. increase in their wages.
This represents the limit of their conces-
sions. They declare that if it is not ac-
cepted thev will suspend operations indefi-
nitely. Their action has been officially en-
dorsed by the Manufacturers’ Union.
On the same day, G. G. Valez, represent-
ing the striking cigarmakers, notified Gov.
Magoon that they had decided to reject the
cigar manufacturers’ proposal to arbitrate
and insisted on their original demand—that
the payment of wages be in American cur-
rency. The prospect of a settlement of the
strike is now considered to be remote——
New York Sun.
A Native Cuban Sow—See article by Prof. N. 8S.
Mayo, on page 10.
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The results of skilled labor on an American plantation in Cuba. Scenes on the lands of the
Paso Real Fruit Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, at Paso Real, Cuba. The upper picture shows a part of
the land in the rough after being first acquired, the second marks the beginning of improvement
work, and the last picture shows how thoroughly all the work was done. It is said to be one of
the prettiest plantations in the western provinces.
Los resultados de labor perita en una hacienda americana en Cuba. Escenas en los terrenos
de la “Paso Real Fruit Co.,’? de Cincinnati, Ohio, en Paso Real, Cuba. La vista primera muestra
una parte del terreno escabroso inmediatamente después de comprado; la segunda indica el principio
del trabajo de mejoramiento; la tercera demuestra con cuanta eficacia se llevd a cabo todo el trabajo.
Se dice que es una de las haciendas mds bonitas en las provincias del oeste.
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Agricultural and American Colony Hotes
COFFEE IMPORTERS AND ROASTERS WANT MORE
PROTECTION.
The importing coffee merchants and cof-
fee roasters of Cuba are petitioning the pro-
visional government to differentiate the duty
on green coffee from roasted coffee by 25
per cent., as green coffee loses this much in
the roasting process.
“A hundredweight of unroasted coffee,
they say, pays the state duty on one hun-
dred pounds, whereas the same hundred
pounds of coffee, if imported roasted,
weighs but seventy-five pounds, and pays
duty on only that quantity, and defrauds
the treasury of that much revenue.
Gathering Palmiche, the
Palm.
article on page to.)
fruit of the Royal
A splendid food for hogs. (See Dr. Mayo’s
DISEASES WHICH ATTACK AMERICAN
IN CUBA.
American horses turned out to pasture in
Cuba are usually attacked by an irritating
skin disease.
The skin of the legs, neck and head are
principally affected and usually the disease
appears within about 48 hours after the
horse has been turned out.
There is intense itching and the horse will
rub or dig at the skin with his teeth until
he rubs the skin off and frequently causes
bleeding. Not all horses suffer from this
disease but others are very susceptible.
he disease seems due to bacteria or a
vegetable parasite like a mould. It is sot
an animal parasite and does not appear con-
tagious.
The disease is not mange, nor is it the
‘dobe itch” of the Philippines.
Treatment: Keep the animal up and apply
strong antiseptics. The best success has
been obtained with a 1:500 solution of bi-
chloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate)
in water.
Apply thoroughly twice daily.—Circular
No. 15, Headquarters army of Cuban Pa-
cification
A NEW COTTON TREE IN CUBA.
The U. S. Department of Commerce and
Labor in its Consular Trade Reports for
June prints an article on the Caravonica
cotton tree in Australia. It seems to
reach a height of about 15 feet and grows
freely. The interesting part of the report
to our readers in Cuba, however, is the
following:
“An interesting letter dated November 10,
1906, has been received by Doctor Thom-
atis of Cairns, Queensland, from Mr. W. H.
Bemis, Baracoa, Cuba, stating that trees of
Caravonica cotton grew from seed sent by
Doctor Thomatis to the height of 7 i-2
feet with 4 feet of spread in forty-four
days, which means thirty-four days cf
growth, as ten days are required for
germination. The writer also stated that
the trees had over 60 blossoms on and have
created great interest in the island. This
phenomenal and luxurious growth in Cuba
of the Caravonica cotton is said also to be
met with in Ceylon where it grew 15 feet
in three months.”
A HORTICULTURAL EXHIBIT COMING.
The Cuban Horticultural Society intends
to hold an exhibition in January, 1908, in
Havana. . President Earl hfs appointed
several committees, viz.: for transportation,
packages and packing, marketing and stor-
ing, citrus fruits, pineapples, native and
tropical fruits, temperate zone fruits, vege-
tables, ornamental, orchard management, in-
sects and diseases. and’ legislation, which
are presided over by well known agricul-
turists.
HORSES
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General Notes
TWO WEEKS ON THE ISLE OF PINES.
We leit Batabanoa Sunday at 10 a. m., on
the “Campbell,” a small side-wheel steamer
with a rather picturesque crew of Ameri-
cans, Cubans and negroes. All day the
little boat headed south and it was late in
the evening when the island was seen on
the horizon. Flocks of sea-birds and por-
poises playing in the water were interesting
sights, and we passed a large fleet of sponge
boats.
The boat steaming three miles up the
Sante Fe River landed us at Jucaro. Here
is a wharf, a brick warehouse and one lone
residence, occupied by an ex-American
soldier and his Cuban wife. After unload-
ing, the boat steamed around to Nueva Ger-
ona, a distance of fifteen miles. This ended
the sea voyage. We spent the rest of th
night on board and the next morning reg-
istered at the American Hotel.
Nueva Gerona, the capital of the island,
is on the Rio Cassas. East and west are
mountains which form a valley about three
miles wide. Through the center flows the
river with water as clear as cystal, but
man’s works do not equal Nature’s, for the
buildings are decaying, the streets are dirty
and everything has a desolate run-down ap-
pearance. Santa Fe, on the river of that
name, is the only other Spanish town in the
island. With its Cuban shacks and mas-
sive stone buildings of Spanish style, it is a
quaint place. There are many Americans
in the town and I am told they own most
of the real estate. The Santa Fe Hotel.
VERANDA DUNNING HOTEL, McKIN-
NEY, ISLE OF PINES. Has bathrooms, cement
floors, gas and running water.
El ortico abierto del Hotel Dunning, Mc\Kinley,
Isla de Pinos. Este hotel tiene cuartos de bano,
pisos de cemento, gas y agua corriente.
run by an American, is good and clean.
Santa Fe has been patronized by Cubans
for years as a health resort. There are hot
water and magnesia springs, also a fine
stone bathhouse.
The Isle of Pines, the fourth island in
Batabano fishermen gathering sponges. About 1500 men are engaged in the industry. ' There are
more than 150 boats in the service.
The fishing grounds are 30 miles off the coast.
About’ one-half
of the Cuban sponges are marketed in the United States, the balance to England, France and. Germany.
Los pescadores de Batabano recogiendo esponjas.
esta industria y hay mas de 150 botes dedicados a su servicio.
pesca se encuentra 4 la distancia de mas 6 menos 30 millas de la costa.
1500 hombres mas 6 menos estan empleados en
El lugar en donde se ocupa dela
La mitad de las esponjas
cubanas se manda 4 los mercados de los Estados Unidos y el resto 4 Inglaterra, Francia y Alemania.
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Las Casas river and harbor of Nueva Gerona, Isla of Pines.
for two miles and more for boats drawing not more than 15 feeet.
El Rio de Las Casas y el Puerto de
El rio es navegable por dos millas y
point of size, in the West Indies, is well
watered by springs and small rivers. There
are mountains, but most of the land is roll-
ing. The forests contain pine trees, palms,
and many other tropical trees of which I do
not know the names. Birds are every-
where, pigeons, partridges and blackbirds,
with flocks of chattering parrots. The scen-
ery is beautiful, the climate is delightful
and the nights cool enough for blankets,
while the sun’s rays are tempered by pleas-
ant winds. There are more Americans
than natives on the island, but most of
them live in the country. Columbia and
McKinlev are thriving American settle-
ments. Let one leave the town and he will
imagine himself in the States, for Americans
are everywhere busy clearing land, building
houses and planting fruit trees. Here in
the tropics the American is displaying the
energy that made the West and which will
in a few years make the Isle of Pines a
well organized settled community of white
Americans. J. C. YarprouGH.
MARRIAGES CONTRACTED DURING THE WAR.
An important matter is the decree for
the prompt registration of marriages con-
tracted in the field during the past Cuban
wars. Failure to register may cause endless
trouble and litigation. Death will make it
difficult to substantiate claim to property if
proper registration to establish the claim-
ant’s legal rights is lacking.
MINE OWNERS LIABLE TO LAND OWNERS FOR
DAMAGES.
Some trouble has arisen over the question
whether asphalt mines and other minerals
exist on lands near Havana on which a
claim has been filed. A legal authority,
Sefior Claudio Mendoza, son of late Chief
Justice Antonio G. de Mendoza, states in
Nueva Gerona.
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Depth of water, 18 feet. Navigable
La profundidad del agua es de 18 pies.
mas para buques que no calan mas de 15 pies.
the press that even if proven that said
mines do exist, the owner of the mines
does not own the surface above them, and
could only obtain the land he might re-
quire for carrying on his business, and for
warehouses. And he would have to pay for
losses and damages such business might
cause to owners of the aforementioned
ground surface.
IMPORTANT PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE ISLE OF
PINES.
Governor Magoon has signed a decree for
an appropriation of $22,653 for important
public works on the Isle of Fines. An
emergency hospital and an autopsy room
will be built and streets will be repaired
and the sewers of Nueva Gerona put in
good condition, while the sanitation and
drainage of the town will be attended to.
A slaughter house will be established in
Nueva Gerona and another in Santa Fé.
CORRECTIONAL SCHOOL AT GUANAJAY.
Junior republics and reformatories, 1f
properly managed, are of great good for the
community in uplifting the boys who go
astray. This school at Guanajay is now
under the supervision of Capt. Bugge, of the
28th Infantry, who has been in command
since December, 1906, of that place. This
school was established in 1900, and the
situation is excellent. There are about 146
boys and these are separated into three com-
panies, each company being under the
charge of a sergeant of Cuban artillery from
the Cabafias, detailed for this service. Per-
sonal cleanliness and order is inculcated
and daily drill and exercises and work oc-
cupy the time. Agricultural pursuits and
different trades will be taught the boys, and
every endeavor will be used to make them
good citizens.
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ent ae ere aa oa A Te aS Tey ERTL GS TT A on ae eee
RUBBER IN CUBA.*
The shipment of some 450 pounds of
rubber from Cuba to New York was the
prime reason for a visit recently paid the
island by Mr. Henry C. Pearson, of “The
India Rubber World,’ and he embodies his
experience and observations in an interest-
ing illustrated article which appears in the
current number of his journal. ‘That the
climate and soil of Cuba are suitable for the
cultivation of certain species jof rubber
trees has been known for half a century
or more.
Even with very considerable outputs of
sugar and tobacco only some 10 per cent.
of the 30,000,000 cultivable acres in Cuba
are being worked, and Mr. Pearson esti-
mates that there are at least some 20,000,000
acres of fertile land still available. ‘The
rainfall is heavy enough for rubber, and
the soil in many parts of the island very
suitable for the cultivation of these trees.
So far next to nothing appears to have been
done in the planting of the Hevea Brasili-
ensis variety.
At the Cuban agriculturai experiment sta-
tion at Santiago de las Vegas there are Cas-
tilloas 5 years old which seem to be the most
fancied variety for Cuba, for, in Mr. Bak-
er’s opinion, they might just as well be
planted as a shade for tobacco instead of
the worthless trees at present used for that
purpose. As far back as 1830 Castilloa
Elastica seeds were distributed from the
Havana Botanical Gardens among plant-
ers. Some of the seeds managed to find
their way to mother earth, and are now
represented by small clumps of well-grown
‘trees, with thousands of naturally-reared
seedlings growing up under their shade,
in each case furnishing, as Mr. Pearson
points out, “a natural nursery that could
easily be developed into a large planta-
tion.” The secretary of the Secretaria de
Agriculturia was equally at a loss with the
editor of our contemporary to discover any
planting of Hevea Brasiliensis in the island
on a scale extensive enough for an expert
to judge of the fitness or unfitness of the
variety for cultivation in Cuba. The Ficus
Elastica seems to do well, and, apparently
indigenous to the island, are a number of
rubber-bearing plants. Mr. Pearson directs
attention to a number of possible rubber
producers in the province of Pinar del Rio.
These are indigenous plants, and are known
to the natives as “goma,” “gomero,” and
“palo babo.”
So far, however, comparatively little at-
tention has been paid to the rubber planta-
tion potentialities of Cuba. Mr. Pearson |
says, “the unfortunate part of the Cuban
rubber cultivation proposition is that to-day
there is only one producing plantation—
away down at the eastern end of the is-
land—and there the chief attention is paid
to coffee, cacao and other crops, and no
definite records of rubber -are obtainable.
This plantation is known as Olimpo and
1s owned by Senor Arturo Mourthe. It is
situated some 40 miles from the city of
Santiago, in a section where the land is
exceedingly rich and well adapted for Cas-
tilloa cultivation.” When American enter-
prise does develop the industry in Cuba,
the output of the rubber plantations, it :s
safe to assume, will follow those of the
properties now controlled by Americans in
Mexico and Central America to the United
States, where the demand for the com-
modity 1s, if possible, even greater than it
is to-day in Europe, and is bound, human-
ly speaking, to show an even larger ratio of
increase in the future. The hint given by
the botanist in charge of the -station at
Santiago de las Vegas need not be over-
looked by those already engaged in planting
in the island. Such planters might weil
grow Castilloa as shade for coffee, cacao
and tobacco, for the tree would unques-
tionably serve its primary purpose, and the
cultivation under varying conditions would
supply scientists and others with valuable
data for future and further operations.—
Rialto, London, Eng.
AMERICAN CRUISERS LEAVE CUBA. °
The cruisers Tacoma and Des Moines
have gone from Cuban waters, the former
going to Boston and the latter to New
York, both for general overhauling and
cleaning. The Dixie in Havana harbor is
now the only naval vessel in Cuban waters.
BRITISH VICE-CONSUL.
The czpartment of state has authorized
Mr. Richard Brooks to discharge the duties
of British vice-consul at Guantanamo, dur-
ing the absence of Consul Theodore
Brooks. ;
NEW BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL BANK
OF CUBA. i
A new branch has been established at
Sancti Spiritus and at Cuarto Caminos.
SR. BACARDI, ONE OF CUBA’S OLDEST MER-
CHANTS, IS DEAD.
Jose Bacardi, brother of ex-Senator Ba-
cardi, owner of the celebrated Ron Bacardi
Distillery, and of which he was general
manager, died June 24 at Santiago de Cuba
after a month’s illness. Senor Bacardi was
also a member of the city council of Ha-
vana, and very well known in business and
social circles, both in Santiago and Havana.
He was one of the oldest of Cuba’s mer-
chants, and part owner of the rich sugar
plantation Central San Jose at Melena del
Sur, and interested in extensive business
affairs in Santiago and a prominent member
of the Board of Trade. ~
* See article entitled “A Typical Cuban Farm,’ on page 7, for some curious discoveries of
seedlings on a Cuban farm. and the earning power per acre planted to rubber.
ty
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
New Fan for the Tropics.
Un abanico nueva para los paises tropicales.
El .abanico tiene como medio de pro-
pulsion una maquina de aire caliente, si-
endo generado el calor por una lampara de
kerosina, conteniendo mas 6 menos un
cuarto de galon de aceite, bastante para
mantener el abanico en operaciOn por mos
de veinti-cuatro horas. A la lampara se
junta. un tubo pequefio de vidrio, que se
ajusta dentro de otro mas grande de metal
conectado con la maquina. Encima de la
maquina se colga el abanico, semejante
en forma y tamafio al abanico eléctrico or-
dinario, y la velocidad se gobierna por el
tamafio de la llama; esto quiere decir,
para reducir la velocidad se baja la mecha,
y para aumentarla se alza la mecha. El
equipo completo pesa mas 6 menos treinta
libras, y se monta sobre un estante pe-
quefio, que levanta el nivel del abanico
mismo al nivel de un escritorio ordinario.
Se le pone asideros para poder moverlo
con facilidad 4 cualquiera parte que se
desee de una pieza 6 de una casa. Se ha
visto que puede hacer la competencia con
el abanico eléctrico en el campo propio de
éste, debido a que el costo de operarlo es
sumamente barato, llegando a ser ia quinta
parte aproximadamente del costo de operar
un abanico eléctrico.
NEW FAN FOR THE TROPICS.
Consul E. H. Dennison writes from Bom-
bay that a portable fan has been introduced
there by a German firm and he predicts
for it a large sale.
Something similar would prove a boon
in Cuba. The fans sell at a rather pro-
hibitive price, $62, but our American manu-
facturers could probably place them in Cuba
at a much lower figure. Through the cour-
tesy of the Bureau of Manufacturers, a pic-
ture is presented herewith showing the fan
set up and ready for service. Mr. Den-
nison’s description is as follows:
The fan is propelled by a hot-air engine, the heat
being generated by a kerosene lamp which holds
about 1 quart of oil, sufficient to keep the fan
running for over twenty-four hours. To the lamp
is attached a small glass chimney which fits into
a larger metal chimney connected with the engine.
Upon the top of the engine is hung the fan, similar
in shape and size to the ordinary electric fan,
whose speed is governed by the size of the flame;
that is, to reduce the speed, the flame is turned
down, and to inerease it the flame is turned up.
The whole outfit weighs about 30 pounds, and sets
upon a small stand, raising the level of the fan
proper to that of an ordinary desk. It is fitted
with handles, and can be easily moved into any
portion of the room or house des'red.
It has been found that it can cempete with the
electric fan in the later’s own field, owing to the
extreme cheapness of the cost of its running, which
is about one-fifth of that of the eleetrie fan.
HAVANA EDITOR INDICTED.
H. B. Leavitt, editor of the Havana Pos‘,
was indicted June 18 for criminally libel-
ing Consul General Steinhart, whom he
accused of conspiring with Gov. Magoon
and others to swindle Cuba in the purchase
of church property. The maximum penalty
fer the cffense charged is six months’ tm-
prisonment and $500 fine on each count.—
Ne Y¥. Lames:
PopuLATION oF CuBaA.—According to the
census of 1899 Cuba’s population num-
bered 1,600,000. 1,300,000 were Cubans,
and among the 300,000 foreigners 200,000
were Spaniards. In corroboration of the
overwhelming majority of Spanish resi-
dents is the influx of Spanish immigrants
during ‘the past few years. Cuba un-
doubtedly has now about two million or
more inhabitants.
The La Gloria Cemetery Association was
recently incorporated at Passaic, N. J. The
capital is $2,000, and the incorporators
Lewis F. Wilson, Frederick H. Ridgway,
Frederick W Frost and William W. Wil-
son.
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER SHOT AT HOLGUIN.
In a clash with the police of Holguin, in
the Province of Santiago, June 29 last, re-
sultine from the alleged refusal of four
American soldiers of the Eleventh Infantry
to pay for drinks, Corporal P. J. Green was
shot. He died July 2.
HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY DIVIDEND.
The board of directors of the Havana
Electric Railway Company has declared a
dividend of 1 1/2 per cent for the quarter
ended June 30.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 23
School No. 35 of Camaguey, Cuba, off for a day’s outing.
Los discipulos de la ESCUELA NO. 35, DE CAMAGUEY, CUBA, saliendo para un dia
THE GUAJIRO OF CUBA TO BE TAUGHT AGRI-
CULTURE.
Agricultural stations for the instruction
of the poor guajiro are needed in Cuba.
Little does the rural inhabitant of Cuba
know of physical laws nor of new methods
of cultivating the soil. His implements are
primitive, indeed; their counterparts are seen
in the Far East, and oxen are yoked much
in the same primitive fashion, with rings
and with cords passed through the car-
tilage of their noses.
Schools are wanted, but of what good
are schools without proper means of reach-
ing them. Therefore, Governor Magoon’s
schemes and plans for new roads and for
improvements for the Island make him a
public benefactor. The guajiro is illiterate
and ignorant, and little does he know of
new methods of cultivation or of laws which
govern nature. The almanac is his guide,
and he thinks that is an infallible oracle.
If he cannot read, its pages remain a
sealed book, but if he has a smattering of
knowledge he consults it daily. Modern
machinery and agricultural implements
have been put into operation on many Cuban
estates and the poor tobacco farmers are
obliged to sell their patches of land, un-
able to compete with capitalists. Yet he
is contented with his lot. Abstemious, tem-
perate, frugal, he subsists on the product
of his vegetable patch, seldom eats meat,
and his chief diversion is a country dance,
called the zapateo. He is a ready versifier,
and fond of music. On moonlight nights,
strumming on a bandurria, a sort of banjo,
he serenades his ladylove with verses of his
own composition. Illiterate and untaught,
yet he is shrewd and quick-witted. The
depaseo.
guajiro is hospitable, and however hard his
lot, however limited nis means, yet he
always regales every visitor with excellent
black coffee, and is kind-hearted. The
women in the rural districts are very shy
and bashful. As a rule, they are virtuous
and faithful.
FOR TWELVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR CUBA.
The Cuban government, says the New
Orleans Planter, is anxious to encourage
satisfactory immigration into the Island, and
its recent appropriation of $1,000,000 for
that purpose is commanding the attention
of Cuban statesmen. The present Amer-
ican intervention may disturb the arrange-
ment, which was made before President
Palma surrendered his control of the gov-
ernment. As shadowed out preliminarily, of
the $1,000,000 appropriated $800,000 were
to be used to transport families from the
continent of Europe and from the Canary
Islands, and $200,000 for transporting single
men from northern Europe and northern
Italy—Chinese and West Indian negroes be-
ing barred by the limitations of the law.
The Cuban Secretary of Agriculture esti-
mates that the Island can support a popu-
lation of 12,000,000, and he believes that
with proper immigration laws such a popu-
lation can be reached within a few years.
RECENT APPOINTMENTS.
Two important appointments have been
made lately. Gen. Julian Betancourt has
been made chief statistician of the treasury,
and General Monteagudo has been appoint-
ed second assistant director of the census.
Both belong to the liberal party, and Gomez
counts Monteagudo among his followers,
while Betancourt is a partisan of Zayas
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MR. STEINHART NOW MANAGER OF THE
HAVANA ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Mr. Bicknell, president of the Havana
Electric Railway company, arrived recently
in Havana to look into the business of the
company, and te place Mr. Frank Steinhart
in his new post as general manager.
LIQUOR MEN THREATEN STRIKE.
The Union of Liquor Manufacturers have
voted almost unanimously to close their es-
tablishments early in July on account of the
excessive excise tax imposed by Senor Irri-
barren, Chief of the Excise Department.
The manufacturers assert that his inter-
pretations of the law are vexatious and un-
just and that the fines are excessive. They
have appealed to Gov. Magoon without re-
ceiving any satisfaction.
The payment of the so-called Speyer loan
of $25,000,000 is based on the revenue from
liquors, matches and cigars. The manufac-
turers pay $1,500,000 in taxes annually.
Rain has been very plentiful throughout
the provinces of Matanzas and Santa Clara
during the third week in June, but not so
plentiful along the southern coast of Ma-
tanzas and Havana provinces and in the
capital of Pinar del Rio. A swarm of
locusts has appeared in Alacranes, but birds
such as toties, gray kingbirds and black-
birds made short work of these insects.
DAMAGE TO CUBA’S INDUSTRY.
The press of Paris comments extensively
‘on the cigarmakers’ strike in Havana, re-
marking upon the damage done the Cuban
industry by the strikers’ delay in accepting
the propositions of their employers.
Reports of a predicted uprising in Pinar
de Rio proved to be without foundation,
and Governor Sobrado, after investigation,
telegraphed to Governor Magoon, “Perfect
order prevails throughout the whole proy-
ince.
PORT OF MANZANILLO, SUGAR SEASON OF 1906 TO 1907.
Statement of the sugar exported through this port for the sugar season recently
ended, with the names of the estates:
June 18, 1907. INI GTIEKO) clr erre ee 6,000
Sacos. BGSTESA uc Sela inca eae 10,000
DSSDEl poet tee ee am ol es 1,529 Dos Amicos 5.3.6 >see 3,000
Gape Crugskiss eee asec 4,100 Rranqiuilidad sscsee. eee 4,000
Isabel SW dosirrin, Segre 6,000 Sanh aimOne pera eres 10,000
Cape Griz). x. en eke 5,000 IDYoler sath -xo\speaeaty og Boies ee 6,000
Salwadotecmrantcrsicis ena 3,000 USabél’ ape ose eee 14,000
STi Wl cas e6 (010 ea eae ge 6,000 Cape Grigio ae eee 13,000
NELESats Mae re oe eet 5,000 INIGIELONR Leon eee 6,000
ViGaI ball. ate camors ta, ata ee noire 12,000 WEROG AKL ohio hah eee 6,000
Gi a oul Ga alee ie ae 13,080 DOsSwAIMIGOS ee see ere 2512
MANAG ore ces os erase. 5,000 [sabel sie ok es oes 11,040
SySVGE. “3 ys, eens eee ee er ae 2,300 Nigtero sae 6,000
Lisi nell Se ae Sota tidioscne 13,240 Salvador 2,500
(CEG Oi qi raat eg ee Pes eg 16,920 icanqiiltdacl eset 3,000
Salvador mc oobi ene ea 2,500 INIGUEer Ou ae at ee eee ee ae 8,000
GIG UETO, chase sctenn rere ss 7,000 Salvador 1,600
Sam Raman)... sneaker. £0,000 Sofia, Set aoe: eee 592
IDYous /Nawbtcory een once Gon one 6,000 INA e se 2 six dicch stare 2,748
A SRER de rik ooo) o-oiac xmas toa 11,000 San Ramone: Wo is seeeeres 8,398
Mranquilidad) <7 24.5. ee- 6,000 Iisabe@lijettnasdocceaereete 10,000
Sania Ole << eee Sata 6,200 Gane dCri7iGians ase dee 8,000
AGA DEL oom otnepee tee as 12,000 BAN CISEO © fsa ls care As teioete 1,870
Gare ORAZ ke Sra dis Se es 9,000 GeTEGA) |. ct ceen eae hee 8,274
Niquero 6,000 San Ramom <<. Seneees a 293
Salvador 3,000 aa
Sofia 2,050 321,746
5 ee QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
. Bid . Asked.
i ah SONS, cere tetoetele mietele ere ohellns = iaie wisiexncolshelntsiai=la}stm\s letepeiava, ai sts (oloyeure 102 103
Saas of en GOs MB ONGS ey ricteeiee hao ohare (oie cel ley ate Pola chenas falein wl pe wlaleleheloje)eVet siete 98 102
Republic of Cuba 5% Internal Bonds .......-+-+seer sees cece reset cece cceees 85 88
Havana City 1st Mortgage 6% [o2eFaic ye hee aR eNRRETOInS SIGUE Oct ONOtecio Ded So eRe 104 107
Havana City 2d Mortgage 5% Bonds ....-.-.seeeee rere eee re eee e cere eee eee 103 107
Cuba R. R. ist Mortgage 5% Bonds ....--- sss e cece cree eee e eee e eee reste eee ee 8s 93
Cuba R. R. Preferred Stock .....--.--s0cseceee eee e ert e eee rece rte etc ceeces 37 45
Cuba Company 6% Debentures ....------ Peete denne eee eee e nee ee ee eees 60 70
Havana Electric Consolidated Mortgage 5% Bonds ......-eeseesseeeeceeeeeees 8x 84
Havana Electric Preferred Stock ......+2ssseeeeee seer e cece teers eee ces ences aa fe
Havana Electric Common Stock
THE DIVIDEND ON HAVANA ELECTRIC PREFERRED STOCK HAS- BEEN RAISED
PER ANNUM.
TO 6%
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CUBAN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
-Most Profitable Season for Cuban Vegetables Closes—Fruit Season Nearing a Close
as far as New York Market is Concerned—lIncreased
Acreage Expected Next Season.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Urner-Barry Company, New York.
The New York market is so liberally supplied with vegetables from local sec-
tions that stock from far distant points will not command enough to realize a profit
and in consequence shipments to New York from Cuba have about stopped. Each
steamer is still bringing a few packages, mostly of peppers and okra, but even these
two vegetables are not commanding much money and it is doubtful if shippers were
warranted in sending the stock to the market. The season being over it will be of
interest to note that the arrivals this year have been in excess of any previous
season, and the satisfactory prices realized for most stock has caused the season to
be very satisfactory to both shippers and receivers. The marked improvement in —
grading and packing has helped to maintain values, and many merchants have com-
menced to use Cuban products this season who have previously shown a preference
for Florida or other southern. The profitable prices realized will doubtless cause
an increased acreage in Cuba, and New York dealers anticipate a still larger season
next year, should weather conditions be at all favorable. Many of the New York
commission merchants have much capital invested in southern sections, not only
supplying shippers in some parts of the country with seed, but other capital, and
these merchants thereby control shipments from many important growing sections.
Merchants who do business in this way are continually on the lookout for new
fields and more interest is shown in Cuba than most Cubans realize. It is not im-
probable that some of the large New York houses will establish large farms on the
Island, and already one or more of these New York people have traveled through
Cuba sizing up the conditions with that end in view. Increased shipments would
mean increased and improved transportation facilities, and taking everything into
consideration the future seems very bright, and it looks as if it was only a question
cf time when all the large northern markets would be liberally supplied with Cuban
products throughout the entire growing season.
Pineapples are still coming in freely from Cuba and while Florida have also been
in liberal supply, receipts from these twe states combined have barely been
sufficient for the demand and prices have been steadily climbing upward for some
weeks past. Throughout most of the season the Cuban pineapples have had a
preference over Florida and have averaged higher in price, which should be very
gratifying to Cuban shippers, and is an example of what can be done by education
along the lines of grading and packing. Just at present many of the Cuban pines
are arriving a little over ripe and wasty, and so many shippers have now turned to
Florida, regardless of the less favorable sorting and grading, that the Cuban are
averaging slightly under Florida in price. The present market is from $2 @ $4 per
crate for Cuban, according to size, whereas the Florida are selling from $2.25 @
$4.50, and the outlook for continued high prices is very favorable for the balance of
the season, though stock should be graded even more carefully than early in the
season, with the ripest pines held back for a nearer market.
New York, July 3, 1907.
SUGAR IN JUNE.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
This month proved disappointing in its weather conditions and 1907 will long
be noted as the year without any Spring. Cold and backward in all respects, it
gave little encouragement to buyers of refined sugars; nevertheless the month was
not a bad one on the whole for the raw sugar producer as the close is about as
high as the beginning.
The month opened with 96 test Centrifugals at basis of 3.90c. per Ib. and beet
sugar at 10s. per cwt. f. 0. b. Hamburg.
A combination of unfavorable weather and a strike of dock laborers kept buyers
out of the market and prices fell to 3.70c. per lb. about the middle of the month.
This proved the low point of the reaction and the recovery during the latter part
of the month restored prices at the close to basis of 3.875c. per lb. for 96 test,
but not held strongly at this figure.
Futures for shipment from Cuba participated in the decline going from 2 Q/I6c.
per Ib. c. and f. for 95 test basis to 2 7/16c. c. and f., recovering to’ 2%c. at the close.
Beet sugar in Europe declined from 10s. to 9s. 8d. and recovered to gs. od., but
closing barely steady.
The visible crop of Cuba continued to exceed all expectations showing the fal-
lacy of estimates. derived from current conditions which constantly change. It is
evident that Cuba is now in condition to produce maximum crops of sugar right
along and the mest important proposition facing the planter is how to obtain the
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26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
faster than it is required for use by refiners. We give herewith a table showing
how much faster the last crop has been sold than it could be used.
Beginning with January, 1907, Cuba gave the U. S. 97,801 tons out of 143,000
tons required for meltings. By the end of February, Cuba alone had given 290,734
tons out of 305,000 tons required. By end of March, 494,613 tons for 489,0Co tons
required. Up to April 30, 691,461 tons for 688,000 tons required. To May 31,
014,985 tons against 899,000 tons required, and by the end of June, 1,096,456 tons
against 1,108,000 tons required. For four of these months the receipts from
Cuba alone exceeded the total requirements of each month. As a_ certain large
amount of sugar must come in from other countries, it is quite evident that such
pressure from Cuba must depress prices, far below the level which could be main-
tained by more conservative selling on the side of Cuba during these four months,
spreading the sales over eight months to October.
Of course, the Cuban planter is ready with good reasons why he must push
sales, such as deterioration of quality by keeping, lack of warehouse facilities,
political influences, etc.
As regards deterioration, this is very important but not impossible to overcome.
If the Centrifugals must be made by a process which aids deterioration of quality,
the methods recently introduced into the Hawaiian Islands and Porto Rico will
remedy it. Raw sugar dryers are used in quite a number of factories in the
Hawaiian Islands for hot air drying of both firsts and seconds. They are reported
to have given good satisfaction and planters in those Islands are putting them into
use more and more.
The manager of a sugar plantation in Porto Rico who is using a Dryer speaks
very highly of it as a business proposition.
Now that this process has been tried and proved, we may quote the views of
an exrert of the process, viz.:
“No large Cuban planter can profitably maintain his present status of being
unable to carry in the early spring his raw sugar beyond the low market point,
because of deterioration in quality, when by the installation of a drying outfit he
can prevent deterioration and actually increase the quality of his output. The
mere fact of having a Dryer would not necessitate its use when market conditions
were favorable, but when unfavorable it would save him from serious loss as at
present.”
With the beginning of July we are having more favorable weather for the con-
sumption of refined which should hold firm and more active for two months to
come, giving promise of a good market for the balance of the season in raws and
refined.
Tons 2240 lbs. From Jan. 1, 1907, at U. S. 4 Ports and New Orleans.
Receipts
To Meltings All Sources Cuban
Al citi 83 Leer iarcr. ores 143,0CO 163,266 97,801
lel sevteyere hee taney Cane 305,000 398,584 299,734
Mian gaetietn ciatis stoi 489,000 660,672 494,613
Apr tie. < t.6c ee 1 te eS eCO 906,652 691,461
Wanye Sick 4 hetraeeeete 899,000 1,209,029 914,985
Wane SOLso. 2. ees 1, 1¢8,000 1,446,522 1,096,456
June 30, 1907—Estimated available balance of present Cuba Crop. 265,000 tons
June 30-Dec. 31, 1907.—Required by U. S.for Meltings ............ 1,280,000 tons
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FRUTAS Y VERDURAS CUBANAS.
La estaci6n mas ventajosa para las verduras cubanas termina—La estacion de las
frutas esta llegando 4 su fin en cuanto al mercado de Nueva York
se refiere—Se espera aumento en la producci6n para
la temporada proxima.
Escrito espresamente para The CUBA REVIEW por la Urner-Barry Company, de Nueva York.
La plaza de Nueva York esta tan abundantemente abastecida con verduras y
legumbres de distintos puntos del pais, que los arribos del extranjero no se coti-
zan lo bastante altos para que dejen utilidad, y por la tanto las importaciones de
Cuba han cesado casi completamente. Los vapores procedentes de la Habana siguen
trayendo algunos bultos, principalmente de ajies y quimbombo, pero ni aun estas .
dos verduras se cotizan a buenos precios, y es dudoso si los expedidores han estado
justificados en hacer esos embarques para este puerto. Habiéndose terminado la
estacion, sera de interés el que apuntemos que los arribos han sido este aflo mucho
mayores que en el anterior, y por haberse obtenido muy satisfactorios precios por
la mayoria de los productos, la temporada ha sido muy provechosa tanto para los
exportadores como para los importadores. La notable mejora en la seleccién y
empaque ha contribuido mucho 4 mantener las cotizaciones, dandose el caso de que
muchos comerciantes que nunca habian puesto atencion a los productos cubanos
por preferir los de la Florida y otros puntos del sur, han comenzado éste aflo 4
vender frutos de Cuba. Es de esperarse sin duda, que los buenos precios obtenidos
haran aumentar la produccion en Cuba, y los comerciantes de Nueva York esperan
una temporada aun mejor el ano proximo si las condiciones climatolégicas contri-
buyen a ello. Gran ntimero de los comerciantes comisionistas de Nueva York
tienen invertido mucho capital en comarcas del sur de este pais, abasteciendo 4
muchos de los productores con simientes y a otros con fondos, por lo que esos
comerciantes monopolizan asi los embarques procedentes de gran numero de centros.
productores. Los comerciantes que hacen negocios de esta manera, estan con-
stantemente alerta en busca de nuevas oportunidades, y el interés que parecen tener
en Cuba es mayor de lo que los cubanos se imaginan. No es improbable que al-
gunas de las grandes casas de Nueva York establezcan fincas importantes en Cuba,
pues ya una 6 dos de esas casas han enviado hombres 4 la isla para viajar por el
pais y estudiar las condiciones del mismo con la idea de llevar 4 cabo esos planes. El
aumento de produccion implicaria el aumento y mejora de los medios de trans-
porte, y considerando el asunto desde un punto de vista general, parece que seria
cuestion de tiempo cuando todos los mercados del norte de este pais se abastezcan
en gran parte de los productos cubanos durante toda la temporada del cultivo.
Continuan recibiéndose abundantes consignaciones de pifias cubanas, y si es.
verdad que los arribos de las procedentes de la Florida han sido también grandes,
el fruto recibido no ha bastado para satisfacer la demanda, por lo que los precios han
estado subiendo constantemente por espacio de algunas semanas. Durante casi toda la
estacion, las pifias de Cuba han tenido la preferencia sobre las de la Florida, ob-
teniendo mejores precios, lo cual habra de ser muy lisonjero para los cultivadores
cubanos, siendo ademas un ejemplo de lo que se puede hacer cuando se estudia
como es debido la cuestién de la seleccion y empaque. En la actualidad se estan
recibiendo pifias de Cuba algo pasadas de maduras 6 podridas, por lo que muchos
importadores ha recurrido a las de la Florida a pesar de que no estan tan bien es-
cogidas y empacadas, y con este motivo los precios de la pifias de la Florida estan
un tanto mas altos que los de las de Cuba. El precio actual es de $2 4 $4 el huacal
las de Cuba, seguin tamafio, mientras que las de la Florida se cotizan de $2.25 a
$4.50, esperandose que los precios se mantengan altos durante el resto de la tem-
porada, si bien la fruta debera escojerse y empacarse con mayor cuidado que a
principios de la estacién, dejando las pifias mas maduras para su venta en mercados
mas cercanos 4 los centros productores.
Nueva York, Julio 3 de 1907.
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28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN JUNIO.
Los hacendados cubanos estan dispuestos 4 producir el maximo de toneladas de
azicar en cada zafra—El problema consiste en cOmo obtener el precio
corriente del producto.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
El mes de Junio fué causa de grandes contrariedades con motivo de la temperatura
que prevalecié durante el mismo, y el amo de 1907 se recordara por mucho tiempo
como el afio sin primavera. Lo fria y retrasada de la estacion hizo que no fueran
grandes las demandas de aztcares refinados; pero después de todo, el mes no fué
en conjunto malo para los productores de azticar mascabado, pues al finalizar el mes
los precios eran tan altos como a sus comienzos.
El mes comenz6 cotizandose las centrifugas polarizacion 96° sobre la base de
3.90 cents. la libra, y el azicar de remolacha a 10s. las cien libras, puestas a bordo
en Hamburgo.
La circunstancia de unirse al mal tiempo la huelga de estivadores, ahuyenté
compradores del mercado y los precios bajaron a mediados del mes a 3.70 cents
la libra. Esta fué la cotizacién mas baja de la reaccidn, pero mas tarde los precios
mejoraron mucho, llegando a fines del mes 4 3.875 cents. la libra de la de polarizacion
96°, si bien no era cotizacion firme.
Los nuevos cargamentos llegados de Cuba participaron en la baja, pues los precios
descendieron de 2 9/16 cents. la libra, costo y flete, polarizacién 95° a 2 7/16, costo
y flete, subiendo a 2% cents. al finalizar el mes.
En Europa bajo el azucar de remolacha de 10s. a gs. 8d., subiendo luego a gs od.,
pero sin ser firme a Ultima ‘hora.
La zafra apreciable de Cuba continud excediendo todas las expectaciones, y domos-
trando la falacia de los caleulos basados en el estado corriente de las cosas, que cambia
sin cesar. Es evidente que los hacendados cubanos estan ahora en condiciones de
producir el maximo de toneladas de aztcar en cada zafra, pero se encuentran con que
han de resolver el importantisimo problema de obtener para sus productos el precio
corriente. En la actualidad, la zafra ha de venderse mucho mas aprisa de lo que los
refinadores pueden comprar, y acontinuacion damos una tabla demostrando con
cuanta mayor rapidez se ha ido vendiendo la ultima zafra en comparacion con la
demanda para el consumo.
Desde Enero de 1907, se importaron de Cuba para los Estados Unidos 97,801
toneladas de las 143,000 toneladas necesarias para refinar. Para fines de Febrero, se
habian importado de Cuba solamente 290,734 toneladas de las 305,000 toneladas requeridas.
Para fines Marzo: 404,613 toneladas de las 480,000 requeridas. Para fines de Abril:
691,461 toneladas de las 688,000 toneladas requeridas. Hasta 31 de Mayo: 914,985
toneladas de las 899,000 requeridas; y para fines de Junio, 1,096,456 toneladas de las
1,108,000 requeridas. Durante cuatro de esos meses, los arribos de Cuba sdlo excedieron
el total de lo requerido cada mes. Como quiera que de otros paises debe venir gran
cantidad de aztcar, es natural que semejante acumulacidn del dulce cubano _hiciera
bajar los precios considerablemente, lo que pudo evitarse si las ventas su hubieran
hecho con mas prudencia por parte de los hacendados cubanos durante esos cuatro
meses, extendiendo las operaciones de venta por un periodo de ocho meses 6 sea
hasta Octubre.
Por supuesto que los hacendados cubanos tienen buenos pretextos para forzar
las ventas, tales como el deterioro del producto si lo tiene almacenado largo tiempo,
la falta de almacenes a proposito, las influencias de la situacién politica, etc.
La cuestion del deterioro es muy importante pero no imposible de resolver. Si
las centrifugas se elaboran por un procedimiento que contribuye 4 su deterioro, los
sistemas introducidos recientemente en las islas Hawaii y en Puerto Rico remediarian
ese inconveniente. En gran nimero de ingenios de las islas Hawaii se emplean
secadoras de aire caliente para secar los moscabados de primera y de segunda, y son
tan satisfactorios los resultados que estan dando, que los hacendados de esas islas
estan adoptando su empleo en mayor ntmero cada afio.
El administrador de un ingenio de Puerto Rico que esta usando una de esas
secadoras, hace grandes elogios de las mismas por los resultados practicos que dan.
Ahora que este procedimiento ha sido probado, y demostrada su _ conveniencia,
podemos muy bien citar la opinion de un experto en el mismo:
“Ningtin importante hacendado cubano puede continuar viéndose imposibilitado de
almacenar sus mascabados a los comienzos de la primavera para no tener que
venderlos a la mas baja cotizacién del mercado 4 causa del deterioro que el almacenaje
causaria, pudiendo evadir los perjuicios que eso le ocasiona con la instalacién de
aparatos secadores, que no solo evitan el deterioro sino que también aumentan la
produccion. El] mero hecho de tener una secadora, no implica que débe usarse cuando
las condiciones del mercado son favorables pero cuando suceda lo contrario, su empleo
evitara las grandes pérdidas que los hacendados sufren al presente.”
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 20
Desde los comienzos de Julio la temperatura es mas favorable para el consumo
del azucar refinado, cuyo precio habra de mantenerse firme y la demanda mas activa
durante los dos meses venideros, prometiendo un buen mercado para el resto de la
temporada tanto para los azucares mascabados como para los refinados.
Toneladas de 2,240 libras.
Arribos desde el primero de Enero de 1907 a los cuatro puertos de los Estados
Unidos y Nueva Orleans.
Hasta Para Arribos de Arribos
refinar. todas procedentes
procedencias. de Cuba
IZING Oily dinlie amo craic 143,000 163,266 97,801
JENS) REVRO) ASN Ooo ope ciuclo esac 305,C00 308,584 200,734
IMERIEAG) Bit he oy cesta cheers 498,000 660,072 494,013
PAU nila Omnsea series eee Shanta 688,000 906,652 691,461
IW itaisy, Olas ilan ie ceemreerniee tees 899,000 1,209,029 014,985
Mii Os BO ase sees 1,108,000 1,446,522 1,096,456
Junio 30 de 1907.—Resto de la actual zafra
de Cuba que se calcula disponible..265,000 toneladas.
Junio 30 a Diciembre 31 de 1907.—Requer-
ido por los Estados Unidos para re-
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Location: Siguanea Bay. The Deep-Water Harbor of the Island.
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We also have rowboats and gasoline launch for pleasure parties. Fishing and
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We own the finest citrus fruit, vegetable and tobacco land on the island. We
offer same for sale in acres to suit purchaser, either for cash or on installments.
Special inducements to actual settlers.
Write for prospectus and further information to our general office,
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn..... - 39 Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 44
Baldwin Locomotive Works .............. 5 6S Taylor, eerenctein & Co., Mobile......... 33
IBenmettymvVialsht Ge \GOy sien staie «leis cis <1 sieve o 41 Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York....... 37
Buckeye Nurseries, Tampa, Fla...... Bicletereterue 3 U. S. Commission Merchants ............-- 42
Bienville Hotel, Mobile .................. Vinegar Bend Lumber Co., Ala..... peericte 41
IBIS RPBOUTOROUtE) seice sinioie cielcicieis clelsisisvelsicle s Wiener Co., Ernst, New York.......... soo 2Y%
Bramhall, Deane Co., New York.. Willett & Gray, New York ..............- - 39
Brown, Henry E., New York ..... Yule & Munro, Brooklyn ............. soo ff
Cuban Land & Steamship Co.............. American Grocery Co., Havana ..........- aS
Cuba Railroad, New York ................ American Hardware Store, Camaguey..... 38
Cawthorn Hotel, Mobile .................. Business Firms of Antilla ................
Cuban Realty Co., Toronto .............. Ss se “* Caibarien
Connell & Son, Jas. S., New York......... ce & *« Cardenas
Cubitas Valley Co., Chicago .............. « cs SS Gibata wz srersatccielcele
mClover meat Route: <a .s6 - -iclscicis so oe BS om «* Matanzas
Development Co. of Cuba, New York...... 2 se s «< Santiago
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn.............. 38 we Directory of Havana ............. 36
Foster & Reynolds, New York ............ 2 Banco de la Habana, Havana ............ 36
Gillette Di CS Mampameblarc cits se sic clei le 34 Canada Land & Fruit Co., Isle of Pines.... 29
Hotel. St. Andrew, Mobile ................- 32 Conant & Wright, Havana .............. 6 SG
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile ....... 32 (CChinera, il, Ia, (Cemrratey Goosoogpooocacce 38
-Journal .’Agriculture Tropical ............. 37 Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co., Antilla, Nipe Bay. 40
Lleinkauf Banking Co., Mobile ................ 32 Gonzalez & Co., J. G., Havana ..........- 35
Lewis Land & Lumber Co................ 32 (Gales (Se (Gb, ING, IBIEMENEEL Gconcooocddc00K00 34
Lewis & Co., H. F., New Orleans ....... 41 Harris Bros. & Co., Havana .............. 2
Link Belt Co., N. Y., Phila., Chic., Indplis. 31 Herradura Land Co., Havana ........... -» 36
Mobile Transfer Co., Mobile.............. 32 Wisiltenn 12, 18M Sococédodascsntacaccaccds 27
Mobile & Ohio R. R............2-0e-ceeee 37 Hotel Camaguey, Camaguey ............-. 38
McDonald, John W., New York ........... 33 Wigihme. Iiros., Isler Gooocdoooonecesoone 35
Munro & Son, John, New York ........... 42 Marx & Windsor, Camaguey .............. 38
Queen & Crescent Route ................. 39 National Bank of Cuba .................-: 34
Ramlapoy irom) Works sso snes sles. laters «le 31 Norton Bros., Havana .............-++----- 35
Richardson Scale (Gone elee lei eile lee el 44 Purdy & Henderson, Havana ............-. 37
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Co., Mobile... 33 Royal Bank of Canada, Havana .......... “38
Sinmivter Ce Cos, Ah, Jalemecera, ING Io soeocoas 31 Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas ....... - 39
Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41 Trust Co. of Cuba, Havana .............. oo a
Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana...... 42 Upmann & Co., H., ISR ERE! Gouoaqoadcaqcnc 34
Snare & Trieste Co., New York and Havana 41 United Railways of Havana .............-.- 35
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CUBA AZUCARERA EN LA PORVENIR.
Articulo Segundo
El Fabricante de Aztcar.
POR JAVIER RESINES
Hemos pasado una ligera revista 4 los agricultores cubanos, y visto cuan poco
estudio se hace acerca de tan importante materia. Vamos 4 tratar ahora de los fabricantes
de azticar, quienes se hallan 4 la misma altura que sus cofrades, en cuanto a la ciencia
empleada en su trabajo.
Antes de pasar mas adelante, queremos hacer constar que nuestras objeciones se
refieren 4 la generalidad; no conocemos muchas excepciones, mas deseamos dejarlas a
salvo, pues no es nuestro deseo el herir susceptibiliadades.
Hemos dicho antes, que el Colono cubano desconoce casi todo cuanto se relaciona
con la cafia que siembra. Pues bien, el Hacendado, tampoco sabe una palabra acerca de
la cafla que muele, ni del guarapo elaborado, ni de la riqueza de la primera, ni de la
calidad del segundo. Parece una afirmacién exagerada la que hacemos, y sin embargo,
esta tomada de la realidad misma.
En todos los Ingenios, se pesa la cafia que se recibe de los colonos, pero en
ninguno se mide el guarapo producido por esa cafia. Y decimos que no se mide,
porque si bien es verdad que en todas las fincas se suele hacer un calculo del
guarapo extraido, por medio de las “defecadoras” corridas, negamos en absoluto que
tal medida sea exacta, no siquiera aproximada. En efecto. Sabemos que el guarapo
suele subicarse a su llegada a las defecadoras, en el momento del bombeo. Las defecadoras
tienen una gran superficie; el guarapo bombeado, suele contener una gran cantidad de
aire, de basuras; la medida suele hacerse “a ojo.” Con tales datos, unicos que se
toman, es posible que aceptemos la medida efectuada? No puede ser Para la medicion
del guarapo extraido, hacen falta contadores, y estos aparatos no se usan en las fincas.
Dejamos sentado, pues, que los Hacendados cubanos desconocen la cantidad de
guarapo que extraen los molinos.
Asi mismo, desconocen también, la calidad del guarapo, porque no suelen analizarlo,
y sin analisis no es posible saber lo que el guarapo sea.
También desconocen totalmente, las pérdidas sufridas por mala presion, porque el
bagazo, tampoco suele analizarse.
Estan los hacendados cubanos en malas condiciones para su negocio, porque saben
poco, acerca del valor ni de la cantidad de la primera materia que elaboran.
Comienza la elaboracién, como hemos dicho, desconociendo la que ha entrado en
la casa de calderas.
Prescindiendo de calentadores de guarapo, vamos a examinar la primera operacion
A que es sometido el jugo de la cafia. Consiste, en la defecacién, que en Cuba suele
hacerse, por medio de la cal, bajo el influjo del calor. La cal, sabido es que precipita,
ayudada por la temperatura, muchas de las impurezas contenidas en el guarapo, y que
se reunen en la superficie y en el fondo de la defecadora, constituyendo la cachaza.
Pero hay que tener en cuenta, que un exceso de cal, ademas de precipitar las
impurezas, forma con el aztcar del guarapo, un compuesto, el “sacarato de cal,” que
de no operarse quimicamente sobre los jugos después de la adicion de cal, suele hacer
que se pierda una parte del azttcar. La falta de cal, deja los jugos acidos, cosa poco
conveniente para el posterior trabajo.
Indicamos, no mas, lo anterior, para hacer constar que la operacion de la alcalini-
zacion por medio de la cal, debe sujetarse 4 analisis quimico. No puede hacerse, si
se quiere trabajar con provecho, del modo empirico y rutinario como se lleva a cabo.
Y asi como no sabe el hacendado cubano cual es el resultado de la molienda en
guarapo crudo, también desconoce, por lo que hemos dicho, la cantidad y calidad del
guarapo defecado, como asi mismo también ignora, las pérdidas que pueda haber habido
por arrastres 6 reacciones quimicas, y que han ido a para a los residuos lIlamados
“cachazas.”
Pasa el guarapo defecado, al “triple-efecto.” La operacién en este, parece sencilla,
y lo es, en efecto. Pero cuantas veces hemos visto en los ingenios, que los “triples”
no trabajaban bien, 6 que el guarapo era arrastrado por el vacio! Y qué finca hay dis-
puesta en Cuba para poder contestar 4 estas preguntas: Corresponde la cantidad y
calidad de la “meladura” obtenida, 4 la cantidad y calidad del guarapo suministrado?
La cantidad del vapor empleado en la coccion en el triple-efecto, es la debida? Pues
estos datos, deberian de tomarse en consideracién por todo fabricante de azticar.
Lo mismo que hemos dicho del triple-efecto, puede aplicarse a los “iachos de
punto.” Tan enterados se hallan los hacendados de lo que se hace aqui, como en las
anteriores operaciones.
Hoy, suele trabajarse en Cuba, con inyeccién de miel en los tachos. Y cuan pocos
ingenios, si hay alguno, saben qué clase de miel inyectan! Cuan pocos 6 ninguno, sabe
si el rendimiento en aztcar corresponde a los caldos elaborados!
(Continuacion en el numero de Agosto)
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Caibarién, Cuba.
Apartado 114. Cable:
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
“LA LLAVE
DH INCHANSTI Y HNO.
: Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti 11 y 13.
R. CANTERA Y CA.
(S) ex @)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
mene
Caibarién.
P. B. ANDERSON,
Ship Broker.
Caibarien, Cuba.
Agent for Munson Steamship Line and Lloyds.
MARTINEZ & CO., S. en C.
Comerciantes Banqueros,
Importadores de Viveres,
Exportadores de Azaear-
’ Mata.”
Apartado 24.
Caibarién.
U. S. Consular Agent,
Apartado 115. Telegrafo: Urquiza.
COMERCIO,
Hotel - - Restaurant - - Cafe
De José Urquiza.
Calle de Marti nums 16 y 18 - - Caibarien
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Telégrafo:
Apartado 104. “Bergnes.”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Calle Justa Num. 27. “Tmaz.”
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Correo Apartado Num. 15. ‘Telégrafo: “Arias.”
ZARRAGA Y CA.,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Casa Banca. Exportadores de Azucar.
BONIFACIO DIAZ,
Gran EOLCIOE y Sombrereria.
Marti 17 - - - Caibarien
Constantes novedades en los dos giros de esta casa.
RODRIQUEZ Y VINA, S. en C.,
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres en General,
Comisiones y Consignaciones,
Consignatarios de Buques.
“Depositos de Carburo.”
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HAVANA
COLLECTIONS
National
Bank of Cuba
United States Depositary
Depositary of Republic of Cuba
CAPITAL, $5,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
CUBA 27
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Havana. Sagua la Grande,
Monte 226, Havana. Pinar del Rio.
Santiago. Caibarien.
Cienfuegos. Guantanamo.
Matanzas. Santa Clara.
Cardenas. Camaguey.
Manzanillo.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF U. S. A.
THE TRUST COMPANY
OF CUBA
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
PAID UP $500,000
CAPITAL
Transacts a General Trust
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Correspondence Solicited from
Intending Investors
The Royal Bank of Canada
INCORPORATED
1869
| Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation
CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, - $45,500,000.00
Head Office, MONTREAL
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
Branches in Havana: Obrapia 33, Galiano 92;
Matanzas, Cardenas, Manzanillo, Cienfuegos,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UPMANN & CO.
Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Safe Deposit Vaults
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159#163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
Established 1876
N. GELATS & COMPANY
Bankers
Transacts a general
business.
Correspondence at all the prin-
cipal places of the island.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
Office:
banking
Aguiar 108
Code:
Western Union,
Cable:
Gillett, Tampa.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for forelgn customers.
| Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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United Railways of Havana
Cuba’s First and Foremost Railroad. (First Section opened to Traffic in 1837)
Takes you to All Parts of the Island East of Havana Comfortably and
Quickly through Varied and Beautiful Scenery and Past
Extensive Sugar Plantations
Parlor, Observation and Sleeping Cars attached to principal trains.
Full information and through tickets to all points in Cuba reached via the United Railways
of Havana can be obtained of the following:
Thos. Cook & Son Ward Line Southern Pacific R. R.
Seaboard Air Line R. R. Florida East Coast Railway Mobile & Ohio R. R.
Foster & Reynolds Washington Southern Railway Raymond & Whitcomb Co.
Atlantie Coast Line R. R. Peninsular & Occidental SS. Co. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Illinois Central R. R. Munson Line
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @G BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY CO.
O’REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. 0. BOX 727
The only American Store in Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
I. G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT MOLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the Collere of Attorneys Customs Brokers
eens Cable Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
Ernest Lee Conant “CONANT”
ae eurEhe Mcreoder es 4 Officios 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ 2 CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba 5 Havana, Cuba
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CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bille, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre. Cable: “Bulle.”
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND _ ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND TRANS-
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
RESTAU RANT—"PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
Banco de
la Habana
CAPITAL PAGADO $2,500,000 Oro Americano
Presidente - -
Ofrece toda
clase de facilidades
Carlos de Zaldo
bancarias
Cotton, Corn and Tobacco.
Titles perfect.
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
) t The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments,
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores, Hotel, American School, all within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for buyers. ;
WRITE OR CALL FOR INFOR
ATION.
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BARTLE
Twenty-five thousand acres of the richest and best watered land in Cuba on
the main line of the Cuba Railroad, with the finest station on the line, 120 miles
from Nipe Bay—the best harbor on the Island; also the nearest to New York.
No swamps or insect pests.
BARTLE is not in the wilderness—we offer all the comforts of civilization
GOOD STORES, HOTEL, CHURCH, SCHOOL, SAW-MILL, Etc. d
TWO MAILS DAILY.
SUGAR, FRUITS, TOBACCO AND VEGETABLES produce wonderful crops
at BARTLE.
When you consider Soil, Transportation, Social, Religious and Hducational
advantages, BARTLE offers something not to be had elsewhere in Cuba. Write
for particulars.
DUNCAN O. BULL, General Manager
CUBAN REALTY CoO., Ltd. Temple Bldg., Toronto, Canada
141 Broadway, New York Bartle, Cuba
The Finest of
Pullman Library,
Observation, Draw-
ing Room Sleeping
Cars, Wide Vesti-
buled Coaches and
Dining Cars, with
Electric Lights and
Fans, are used
JNO. M. BEALL,
General Passenger
Agent,
St. Louis, Mo.
ac nape «| tl Cte Tr
BANKERS 10 Rue Delambre, Paris (France)
50 Wall Street, New York
Deposits received subject to draft. Inter-
est allowed on deposits. Securities bought
Subscription, One Year, - - - - 20 Francs
Deals with the leading questions of the hour,
and sold on commission. Travelers’ credits agricultural and commercial, of interest to tropical
available throughout the United States, Cuba, countries. International in character. Illustrated.
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and Monthly. Descriptions of machines for tropical
Spain. Make collections in and issue drafts J | crops a specialty. Complete review of new a ricul-
and cable transfers on above countries. j | tural publicationns Commercial part intelligible
for every one and always interesting. 150 con-
London Bankers — London Joint = Stock tributors in West and East Africa, East and West
Bank, Limited. Indies, Java, Mauritius, Central and South Amer-
Paris Bankers—Heine & Co. ica, and throughout the tropical world.
Havana Bankers—N. Gelats & Co,
JAMES S. CONNELL & SON
‘Engineers and Contractors
(e)
PURDY & HENDERSON, Inc. Sugar Brokers
) Engineers and Contractors Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
'New York Chicago Boston Cable Address—‘“‘Tide, New York’’
l Cuba Office, Empedrado 32, Havana |e CRA oD
THE BIC FOUR ROUTE esstetnn ses
Cincinnati, Toledo and Detroit
3 Daily Trains Each Way 3 (Via Michigan Central R. R.)
uty Cars, Sleepers, Dining Cars. Ask for Tickets Via
BIG FOUR
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CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad 1o.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him is my Specialty.
R. J. MARTINEZ.
M. J. CABANA, CUPFAiw =©SOUVENIRS, CURIOSITIES, POSTAL
: meee = CARDS, ETC.
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camaguey. ;
Solicit spondencia de tod los centros im- MORRO CASTLE
OUCKES COReSPORGeners | po Sener Vigia No. 6, opposite Hotel Camaguey.
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America. Genbral: “nfoniatinn eo nice
MA RX & W | N DSO R oe oe pees
Expert Examinations and Reports Timber and Other Lands
Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P.O, Box 15727, CAMAGUEY, Cuba Calle Cuba 67, HAVANA, Cuba
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern San-
itary Fittings. Spacious Courts and Gardens.
Especially designed for those who wish to
live quietly ina beautiful district and in
A MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
“MANAGER, HOTEL CAMAGUEY,’”’? Camaguey, Cuba
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN, ® =" %,5%(Atiazt# Posto
DEALER IN
for Bag Fl , bo dB
D UNNAGE MATS Grain and General eae
BAGS AND BAGGIN
Business Firms of Gibara | We Lead
M. CUERVO ¥ CIA., In the manufacture of Cooking Utensils
Ethane, Sane and can completely equip the kitchen of
SN lh any establishment from the most elaborate
MANUEL DA SILVA E. HIJOS. hotel to the humblest dwelling
Banqueros, Importadores. Tabaco en rama.
Cable: ‘‘Silva.’’ Bramhall Deane Co.
TORRE Y CIA., an E
Cable: “Torre.” Marian 2. 262-4-6 Water St., New York City.
Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y l :
Ferreteria.
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| BUSINESS FIRMS OF MATANZAS_
FARMACIA FRANCESA A
Importaci6n de Drogas Productos Quimicos y
Farmacéuticos. Aguas Minerales, Perfumeria.
Viuda de Ernesto Triolet & Co.
Apartado 65. Telégrafo, Triolet. Constitucion, 49 y 51
MATANZAS ICE COMPANY
ICE-MAKING AND BEER-BOTTLING PLANT
Importers—Cattle and Horses.
GRAND HOTEL “LOUVRE”
Juan Escalante y Sobrinos, Propietarios c
Finest hotel in Matanzas. Faces Plaza. Favorite
for American families and business men.
ALTUNA, BALPARDA Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Tirry 12—Apartado 11—Telégrafo: SANGINES.
Maderas, Barros, Carbones, Almacen de Azucar,
Taller de Aserrio. Remolcador ““Yumuri.” Clave
en tiso, A. B. C. 5a Edicién.
A. PENICHET Y CA., S. en C.
Sucesores de José Zabala
Almacenistas de Maderas y Barros con Taller de
Aserrio Gelabert, frente al Muelle Principal
Apartado Num. 237. Direccién Cablegrafica: Penichet
AGUSTIN PENICHET, Abogado.
——
QUEEN & CRESCENT
ROUTES? ©
"AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Direct to Cuba and Havana. Connects with Mun-
son Line at Mobile from Cincinnati, Chattanooga
and Birmingham. For Rates and Booklet address
W. C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
CINCINNATI!
WILLETT & GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC
82 WALL
SUGARS
STREET, NEW YORK
RAW AND
REFINED
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
Telephone, 33 Hamilton
Night Call, 411 Hamilton
Cable Address:
“Abiworks,’’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, Coppersmiths,
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers, Iron and Brass Castings. 8
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Summit Streets
teamship
Brooklyn, N. Y.
SOBRINOS DE BEA & CO.
Bankers and Commission Merchants
Importacién directa de todas los centros
manufactureros del mundo.
Agents for the
Munson Steamship Line, New York and
Mobile.
James E. Ward & Co., New York.
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
Vapores Transatlénticos de A. Folch & Co.
e Barcelona, Espafia Independencia
Street 17/21.
MATANZAS, CUBA.
Box 186
Telephone ,
Maritime Exchange
YULE & MUNRO
SHIPWRIGHTS
Caulkers, Spar Makers
Boat Builders, Etc.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN
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E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacién y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
omisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccion Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(Sy en 7G.)
Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery.
Telégrafo: Valribe.
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta 10 y It. Cable: Illivega.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS a
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Prices reasonable.
Splendid service.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion. ,
Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Badell,” Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacién directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto “Golondrina” y ‘Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importacién. Exportaci6n.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address: ‘‘Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box 201
PN TUE A,
(NIPE BAY
THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS OF CUBA,
A yaluable map, 49 x 18 inches, showing location
Price with one year’s subscription
of all estates.
to Cuba Review, 75 cents.
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co.
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, -CUBA
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber
We cater to the Colonist Trade.
Write
for prices.
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VINEGAR BEND LUMBER CO.
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Cuban Business Our Specialty VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U. S. A.
Southards ;
Cable Address: ‘‘ TURNER ’’
Watkins; Western Union
W. H. Bennett W. S. Walsh
Bennett, Walsh & Co.
18 Broadway, New York
Steamship Agents and Ship Brekers
Cable: ‘‘ Benwalsh ”’
F. W. Hvoslof
cee HTT
For cleanliness and durability,
our Cypress Tanks are unequaled. §
The workmanship and quality of
the materials are the very best,
of and asa strictly sanitary tank,
it leads the world.
Write for catalogue and
delivered prices
H. F. LEWIS & CO., Ltd.
316 Baronne St , New Orleans, La.
‘The Comfortable
Way”
Between the East and the West is
via the Toledo, St. Louis and
Western Railroad
“Clover Leaf”’
Route
Rates lower than by any other
direct line. Send four cents in
stamps for copy of “Get Out or
Get in Line,”-a booklet by Mr.
Elbert Hubbard, Chief of the Roy-
crofters.
WALTER L. ROSS
General Passenger Agent
Toledo, Ohio
AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Will not only be for yourself but for your great
grandchildren, for no one has lived to know the age
of an orange tree. We have a plan by which you
ean secure one at the lowest possible cost, and if
you can give us a little of your time without a
cent of cash, write to-day.
Cubitas Valley Company
57 Dexter Building, Chicago, Ill.
THE SNARE AND
TRIEST COMPANY
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Masonry Construction
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates
on all classes of contracting work in Cuba.
N. Y. Office Havana Office
143 LIBERTY ST. LA LEAL BUILDING
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U. S. COMMISSION MERCHANTS
NEW YORK
Capital $100,000.
Experience
25 years.
COURTIN & GOLDEN ©CO.,
FRUIT
Specialties—Oranges,
We solicit your consignments.
85 and 87 Front Street - - -
BALTIMORE, MD.
STEVENS BROTHERS
HEADQUARTERS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Commission Merchants
Reference: Merehants National Bank and Com-
“fission Agencies. Ship us. Baltimore, Md.
CHICAGO.
LEPMAN & HEGGIE
221-223 South Water Street, Chicago, U. S. A.
WHOLESALE EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY
Correspondence Solicited
KANSAS CITY, MO.
GINOCCHIO-JONES FRUIT CO,
Correspondence Solicited. Handle approved Con-
signments, Tomatoes and Pines.
20 years in business in Kansas City.
COMMISSION
Grapefruit and Pineapples.
Stencils and market reports furnished on application.
MERCHANTS
NEW YORK
NEW ORLEANS.
FRUIT AND PRODUCE
AC, STICH
NEW ORLEANS, LA
WHOLESALE
J
219 Poydras Street,
JOHN MEYER
Commission Merchant
Wholesale Fruit and Produce of every description
117 Poydras Street, New Orleans, La.
ST. LOUIS.
GERBER FRUIT COMPANY
FRUIT AND PRODUCE COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
804-806 N. Fourth Street,
ST. LOUIS, MO
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CARDENAS
PEDRO M. MEDEROS.
General Commission
Cable: “Soredem.”
Merchant,
Importer and Exporter,
Cardenas, Cuba.
VILA Y HERMANO,
Constructores de los trasbordadores de cana al
conductor y carretos del patente Enrique Vila y
Talleristos con aparatos de clavarar maderas y
de fabricacion de hielo.
Telégrama: ‘‘Vila.” Cuba.
YGLESIAS DIAZ Y CA.
(Sen G)
Ymportadores de Maderas y Barros, con Maquin-
as de Vapor. Cardenas, Cuba.
Claves en uso: Western Union y Watkins.
Correo: Apartado 6. Cable: “Iglesias.”
VINA Y OBREGON
Mercancias en general Comisiones. Representa-
ciones. Cable: “Garantia.’”’ Apartado de Correos
No. 22. 2d Ave. y Calle s. Cardenas.
Cardenas,
MENENDEZ, EERE REE ¥ “CO:
(Ss )
BANKERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT.
Cable: ‘“‘Estrada.”’ Cardenas, Cuba.
J. PARRAVICINI
Custom House Broker,
Cable address: ‘‘Paravicini.”’ Cardenas, Cuba.
RAFAEL JOSE REYNALDOS
Attorney and Notary Public.
Cardenas, Cuba.
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ment to the better class of northern lines. All of its important bridves are of steel and
masonry, and the line generally is rock-ballasted. The main line passes along the center
of the eastern and wider half of Cuba, and opens up a matchless and most piciuresque
agricultural region, and passes through the tropical forests of mahogany, cedar, lignum
vite, ebony and many other trees, hung with vines and millions of orchids. Palm trees
of magnificent aspect and great variety abound everywhere. The famed Parana and Guinea
grasses, covering most of the open districts and standing from six to twelve feet high and
green the year round, together with frequent running
streams, make this an ideal cattle couniry. No food
has to be put up and no shelter is required. The rich
soils everywhere are adapted to sugar, tobacco, cotton,
corn and an endless variety of products. The swamps
which occur at places along the coasts of Cuba are ab-
sent from the interior, which is high, dry and excep-
tionally healthy. The trade winds blow across Cuba
every day, and bring to all parts fresh sea air; the ex-
treme heat of northern summers is consequently un-
known and the humidity of other tropical countries is
also unknown.
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This old city has about 40,0co inhabitants, is pic-
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Contents of This Number
Cover illustration is of a Cantina, to be met with all over the island.
Wild Life in Cuba is the leading article, and the illustration facing it is of the primeval
forest in which curious animals and birds dwell. (Illustrated.)
On page to will be found an account of a most tremendous discovery of over 500,000,000
tons of iron ore in Cuba. The map which accompanies the article shows the exact
- location of the property.
Uses of the Royal Palm, are described on page It.
purposes (fully illustrated).
The tree serves a variety of usefuls
Railways and Public Works will be found on page 12. New wireless stations are
mentioned, and the improvements contemplated by the Havana Electric Railway.
A map is given on page 14 of the present holdings of the United Railways of
Havana, and a half-tone of Frank Steinhart appears on page 13.
Politics and Government matters on pages 15, 16 and 17. The political situation is
reviewed, and the movement toward the general use of American currency noted.
The beginnings of Governor Magoon’s road work is described in a summary of
Major Patrick’s report on operations in Pinar del Rio province. A half-tone of the
new consul general, James L. Rodgers, is given.
Views of Los Indios, an American settlement on the Isle of Pines, on page 20.
A full-page picture of Brig. Gen. Barry, commanding the U. S. forces in Cuba, is on
page 18, and on page 19 is a map showing the American garrisons on the island,
revised to August 1.
Agricultural and American colony notes appear on pages 21, 22, 23 and 24. There
is important information about the Carayonica cotton tree, notes of an apiary
in Bayate, and numerous other valuable items.
Improvements at Matanzas are stated on page 25.
Sugar Review on page 27.
Sugar Review in Spanish on page 28.
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WILD LIFE OF CUBA.
Mammals not Numerous—Virginia Deer Common—Cuba Well Favored with Birds,
Having some 280 Species—One Thousand Species of Butterflies and Moths.
BY B. S. BOWDISH.
Special Inspector of Wild Birds imported by dealers, for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and
Chief Clerk of the National Association of Audubon Society.
The wild life of Cuba, while not at all what it may have been pictured in the
imaginations of those who have never visited the West Indies, is nevertheless
intensely interesting.
Mammals, it must be confessed, are not very numerous, either as to species or
individuals. Aside from some twenty-five or thirty species of bats there are only
about eight varieties. The common rat and the roof rat, the latter often building
nests in the trees or bushes, are common. The roof rat is about the size of the
other but has much finer hair and is more attractive in appearance. The common
house mouse of the states also occurs in Cuba. Three species of the genus capromys,
called by the natives “hutia,”’ are found, the “hutia conga,’ “hutia de hoyo” and
“hutia carabali.’” They are more like the opossums in appearance than like any
other of our animals, and partake of the habits of both those creatures and rats.
They are largely arboreal in habits and are rodents. Another creature of somewhat
similar nature, the solenodon cubanus,* called by the natives “almiqui” at Bayamo
and “tamache” at Cienfuegos and Tejon is a rare and little known animal. To
Gundlach, the German naturalist who contributed so much to the knowledge of
Cuban natural history, we owe much of what we know of this creature. He found
it in the mountains between Cienfuegos and Trinidad, in the estate Buenos-Ayers,
Naranjos and Cimarrones (where it is very rare, none having been seen there in
late years), Bayamo, Sierra Maestra south of Bayamo, mountain near Sagua de
Tanamo and Mayari. He writes that he met with evident signs of the existence
of the animal in places where it had been scratching in the soil in search of food
(worms and insects) and also saw holes made by the animal in which it lives
during the daytime. Few naturalists have met with it and specimens are not
abundant in collections.
The Virginia deer has been introduced and is quite common in some sections.
In the matter of birds Cuba is well favored. Something like 280 species have
been found, of which number 196 are identical with birds of the United States,
while many of the others differ but little from allied forms in our avi-fauna, or
represent in Cuba genera to which some of our birds belong. Cuba lies more in
‘line with the trend of migration of birds between their northern summer homes
and southern winter ones than any other of the Greater Antilles, and also being
the largest it naturally gets a great number of our migrants.
Bm Two grebes or hell-divers are found in Cuba, our pied-billed grebe or dab-
e@ chick and the Dominican grebe. The former, being the larger, is called “zamagullon
©» grande” by the natives, while they give the name of “zamagullon chico” to the
“latter. There are records of three species of gulls, the herring, ring-billed, and
Y™ laughing or black-headed, all birds of the States. Nine of our terns occur in Cuba;
© also the black skimmer, Wilson’s petrel, Audubon’s shearwater, red-billed tropic
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bird, two boobies, the anhinga or water turkey,
two cormorants, the white and brown pelicans,
man-o-war or frigate bird, twenty species of ducks,
of which all but four are common to the States,
as are the foregoing sea-birds. Included in Cuba’s
avi-fauna are three species of geese, flamingo,
roseate spoonbill, five ibises and thirteen of the
heron family. While the writer was engaged in
natural history research for the United States
National Museum at the mining camp of Gauma,
some sixty miles from Santiago, he was presented
with a nearly full-grown young black-crowned
night heron which proved an interesting and amus-
ing pet. The sandbill crane is to be included in
the list, eight of the rails, two gallinules, the coot
and the Mexican jacana. There are twenty-one
of the sandpiper family, seven plovers, a turnstone
and the American oyster-catcher, concluding the
water birds. The natives call the bobwhite or
quail “codorniz” or “coloni.””. Two species occur,
one native, the other the Florida variety. There
is also an introduced species of Guinea fowl. The
native name for pigeons is “torcaza,’ for dove
“paloma.” Of the former there are four species,
and of the latter eight. The turkey vulture is
very abundant and quite tame; the black vulture
is quite rare. There are fifteen hawks, of which
three native species have rarely been taken by
naturalists. Five species of owls occur. The
beautiful barn owl, the “lechuza,”’ of the natives,
differing somewhat from our bird, is largely white
and has several peculiar cries. It is abundant, as
is the curious little pigmy owl, called by the
Noung ‘bisek-erowned night heron. “Caught Cubans “siju.” The barn owl sometimes hunts
at Gauma, 60 miles from Santiago on cloudy days or in the late afternoon, but the
; little pigmy, scarcely as large as a robin, hunts
at all times, in bright daylight, and is quite
fearless and inclined to be curious regarding the intruder. Of the Cuban macaw
the writer has no personal knowledge, having never seen it in its wilds. It is
supposed to be nearly extinct. Parrots, however, were not uncommon in parties
of from two or three to seven, and even one of the birds can at times make a noise
like a whole flock. They are the white-fronted parrots and are poor talkers, and
unless taken young are said to refuse food in confinement and starve themselves
to death. The paroquets are very abundant in flocks of twenty or thirty. They
wheel through the air in evolutions of machine-like precision, sometimes silent,
more often producing a din of noise. Suddenly a flock swoops down on a tree
where food of fruit or buds is growing and for a moment the tree is alive with
fluttering and a pandemonium with cries. Then all is silent and apparently motionless
as each bird settles to his eating. All at once the flock springs into the air with
tremendous outcry, circles swiftly and return to the same tree or one near by, or
dashes away to some distant point.
There are five species of cuckoos, including
that strange departure from the cuckoo type,
the ani, called by the natives “judio.” This
is a black bird with a bill quite unlike that
of any other, and several females unite in
laying the bulky nest full cf eggs—as many
as twenty—light blue with curious chalky
white markings. Another interesting mem-
ber of the family which is quite abundant is
the great lizard cuckoo, locally known as
“arriero,’ reaching a length of twenty-two
inches, of whica twelve is tail. One of the most
beautiful of the Cuban birds is the trogan,
about ten inches in length, the head, back and
wing-coverts glossed with metallic blue and
green changing reflections, inner tail feathers
the same, pol ogi white, throat, breast and A notable reptile in Cuba is the large Iguana,
belly grayish white, abdomen and under tail- pot unlike a small alligator in: general appearance.
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coverts blood red, wings with white bars. Itis extremely abundant and not wild, but not
so easily seen as its brilliant colors might lead one to suppose. The belted king-
fisher winters in Cuba, which also produces an odd little relative of the kingfisher,
the tody, called in Spanish “podovera.” The total length is only three and three-
quarters inches and the wide, flat bill is three-quarters of an inch long. The upper
parts, wings and tail are bright leaf green, chin and throat blood red, the sides
beautiful salmon pink, and the remaining under parts grayish white, faintly washed
with pink. - Only six species are known and all are confined to the West Indies.
Like kingfishers, they excavate in banks of earth for their nests and lay white eggs.
Five species of woodpeckers occur, including the Cuban representative of that
now almost extinct, grandest of American woodpeckers, the ivory-billed, also the
beautiful Cuban green, and the Cuban flicker. All woodpeckers are called by the
natives “carpinteros” because of their method of drilling in dead wood for food and
nests. The nighthawk and two species of chuck-wills-widow are found, three
swifts and three hummers, one our own ruby-throat, another one of the smallest
known species. There are our common kingbird, the gray kingbird and the Cuban
kingbird, the latter much larger than any of the others, also Couch’s kingbird and
several other species of flycatchers, including the acadian, crested, wood pewee and
phoebe, familiar friends of ours. Two native species of crow are found, one a small
one; the bobolink, three blackbirds, including our yellow-headed; four orioles, three
of which are common to the United States; a grackle related to our crowblackbirds,
the pine siskin and fifteen members of the sparrow tribe, including two species
of grasshopper sparrow, our chipping, savanna, and seaside sparrows, the obnoxious
and widespread English sparrow, the “negrito,’ a black sparrow with white spots
on the wings, the indigo bunting and three species of grassquits. Of the tanagers,
four species are found, three of which are birds of the United States, the blue gros-
beak, a martin closely related to our purple martin, and four species of swallows _
occur (of which three are United States birds and the fourth is a near relative of
our cliff swallow), also the cedar waxwing. Six species of vireos are found, four
common to the States, and there are thirty warblers, of which only five are not
found in this country. There are two gnat-catchers, one of them our blue-gray, the
catbird and two species of the genus mimocichla, which resemble our robin in form
but not in color, which is chiefly bluish gray. Cuba has two species of mockingbirds.
Our robin, and wood, Wilson’s, olive-backed and gray-cheeked thrushes have also
been recorded.
Of reptiles and batrachians there are somewhere about seventy species. The
boas of the genera ungalia and exicrates are some of the more important snakes.
Unlike Porto Rico Cuba is well supplied with snakes. On the mountain trails they
are frequently met with, but it is said that there are no poisonous species. Another
notable reptile is the large iguana, not unlike in general appearance a small alligator.
As in other parts of the West Indies, lizards abound in great variety.
Of butterflies and moths there are supposed to be about one thousand species.
Many are very beautiful, and some species so confine themselves to the tree-tops
that they are very difficult to secure. Callidryas avellandra is bright yellow blotched
with bloody red, while papilio gundlachianus is black with green bands in the fore
wings and large bright red spots on the hind wings, which like other members
of the genus are ornamented with “tails.”
Scorpions, centipedes and tarantulas are not uncommon. While the natives
do not as a rule like to be poisoned by these creatures any more than we do to
be stung by a wasp, yet they usually seem to have no fear of any deadly effects,
showing the greatest amount of respect for the scorpion. All of these creatures
are wont to make their headquarters in the native huts which are built of banana
and coaconut leaves, and the writer has never heard of any serious trouble resulting
from contact with them.
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Wimieui (Solenodon cubanus). ‘% natiirl Grope
Solenodon Cubanus.
La Compania Kny-Scheerer, de Nueva York, ofrece de $10 4 $15 por un animal muerto en alcohol,
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Map ot the Mayari District, showing the Spanish-American Iron
Nipe Bay, and the proposed Village of Felton on Cagimaya Key.
BLANCO,
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SMINK MINE O
from which the experimental
cargor® were taken.
Company’s Claims, the
Smink Mine is also Located.
Railroad to
Mapa del distrito de Mayari en la provincia Oriente, consignando los titulos de la Compafiia ameri-
cana-espanola de hierro,
milliones de toneladas.
el ferrocarril de Nipe Bay
esta hacienda la Compania acaba de descubrir un deposito
Se va construir grandes obras para excavar el mineral.
y el pueblo proyectado sobre Cogimaya Key. En
tremendo de hierro agregando mas de 500
A MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF 500,000,000 TONS OF IRON
ORE DEPOSIT IN CUBA.
The Spanish-\merican Iron
a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, has large plans for the de-
velopment of its Mayari properties near
the northeast coast of Cuba (see map).
A discovery has been mate in this section of
an ore body estimated to contain 500,000,000
tons. The prospecting began in the early
part of 1904, and the exploration and prov-
ing of the ore body and the acquisition
of lands and mineral rights has since been
carried on almost unknown to the public.
In the United States, Bessemer ores are a
rapidly diminishing quantity, and the Span-
Company,
ish-American Company’s Mayari discoveries
are most timely.
The new ore range is located in the
Province of Oriente, in the Mayari district,
about 12 miles south of Nipe Bay. The ore
deposit is of blanket formation and unique
in that it begins at the roots of the trees,
there being no overburden to be stripped.
It is chiefly in the form of red earth, but
on the surface the ore is like bird shot and
slightly superior in iron contents to the
earthy ore beneath. The plateau in which
the deposit exists is roughly 10 miles long
and four miles wide.
EARLY WORK IN I9Q04 AND 1905.
The early exploration of the land by en-
gineers in 1904 demonstrated the advisabil-
ity of systematic tests, and pits were dug
100 meters apart, later to 400 and 500
meters, and augur borings made in the
bottom of each pit. Analyzation proved the
ore of uniform quality. The pits were still
later discontinued and borings only made,
checked by shafts, tunnels and open cuts.
In all, 3,030 borings were made and 15,000
analyses. The entire claim aggregates
27,870 acres. The experiments covered over
18,000 acres in 1904-05, and borings proved
that the ore bedy reaches a depth of 12
to 40 feet, but in general the depth was
uniform, averaging 15 feet, which at 20 cu.
ft. to the ton gives 605,000,000 tons. This
figure may be exceeded, for the analysis
shows that 94 per cent. is regarded as work-
able ore.
NEW MECHANICAL AND METALLURGICAL FEA-
TURES PRESENTED.
The soft nature and blanket formation
of the deposit invite the use of steam shov-
els, but its tenacity makes a new form of
dump-car necesary. It contains a high per-
centage of water, so drying is required to
reduce freight charges, while the dried ore,
almost dust like, ‘demands its compression
into brick for furnace use. These and other
difficulties in the line of economical cpera-
tion have been largely overcome. The elab-
orate tests made were not made with ore
from the plateau already described, but
from a place called the Smink mine (see
map), within 2 1/2 miles of Levisa Bay.
A small deposit, identical, with the Mayari
ore, was found here, and 5,000 tons shipped,
and steel manufactured.
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_ The great size of the ore deposit ensures
the permanency of the work,and necessitates
‘substantial construction, both of plant and
dwellings. Those who are responsible for
these important investigations and results
are Charles F. Rand, president Spanish-
American Iron Co., Jennings S. Cox, Jr.,
general manager, and others. The prop-
erty has been examined several times by
E. C. Felton, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Co.; F. W. Wood, president
of the Maryland Steel Co.; F. C. Smink,
president of the Reading Iron Co., and
others.
These developments promise to be the
most important, if the careful estimates are
borne out, since the discovery of the Mesaba
range in I8oI.
Maceo fought here in this grove with the Spanish general, Luque, during the early war.
It is on the
outskirts of San Cristobal.
Una arboleda de Palmas Reales cerca de San Cristobal.
durante la
General Espanol Luque
Maceo di6 batalla en esta arboleda con el
primera parte de la guerra.
THE USES OF THE ROYAL PAEM:
BY M.
For beauty the magnificent royal palms
surpass all other varieties. Towering above
all vegetation, their slendor boles crowned
by a cluster of leaves which resemble
enormous plumes, they form the most pic-
turesque feature of an intensely picturesque
country. This also is a very useful tree,
as its trunk is easily split into strips which
are put to a variety of uses. The trunk
is without bark, and its center is very
porous, increasing in density as the outer
surface is reached. The wood takes a
beautiful pclish, and from it handsome
tables are often made.
The leaves grow from the center of the
trunk, with a slender spire always shooting
up. This spire gradually unfolds into a
leaf, and grows out from the parent stock
to a very great length. One of the peculi-
arities of this palm is the stem of its long
leaves. It is semi-circular in shape and em-
braces the trunk of the tree securely, hold-
ing the leaf in place until the time comes
BENSON, CEBALLOS, CUBA.
to wither and drop to the ground. This
stem is called the “zagua,’ and is often
found as large as a good sized board. It
is thin and pliable, and is made to serve
a variety of purposes, the principal use,
however, being that of a tarpaulin to cover
bales of goods, tobacco, etc., and during
the rainy season as a waterproof covering
for the load of the pack mules. Zagua 1s
also extensively used in place of a ridge
board on the palm-ihetched roots ot the
Cuban shacks. By soaking in water zagua
becomes pliable and is then fashioned into
a number of articles for domestic use by
the rural Cuban. By folding and fasten-
ing with a wooden pin, a catarro is made,
which serves as a water bucket, a wash
basin, a receptacle for milk, and even as
4 kettle in which beef and yams are cooked,
for the water keeps the fibrous wood from
burning, and no salt is required in the
food thus cooked other than that ex-
tracted from the zagua in the process of
12 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
Type of a Cuban
of a ridgeboard and is seen on every hut.
Tipo de una aldea cubana. EE) tallo de la
cooking. The long leaves of the royal palm
are much used for decoration on ali festal
occasions, and the writer attended a social
function in the American town of Ceballos,
in the heart of Cuba, when the long leaves
reached from one end to the other of the
dancing pavilion. This palm produces no
palm leaf called **zagua’’ :
See article ‘*‘The Uses of the Royal Palm,”
hoja de
mente en lugar de una tabla del caballete y se ve
Village. The stem of the royal
la palma
‘nn las chozas en la vista.
is used extensively in place
on preceding page,
real, que se llama zagua, se uSa extensa-
article of food except the bud, or heart of
the center spire. This consists of a tender
substance which forms a very palatable food
either raw or cooked, or made into a pre-
serve with sugar. The palm reproduces
itself by its berries, which are borne in
a great cluster from the center of the tree.
Railways and
Public Works
EXTENSIONS OF THE UNITED RAILWAYS.
The increase of capital required for a
controlling interest in the Havana Central
Railway of Havana by the United Railways
has received the unanimous approval of the
directors of the latter company. The meet-
ing was held in London. Mr. Robert Orr
will continue as general manager of the
combined interests.
TROLLEY IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
The Electric Traction .Company of San-
tiago has nearly finished laying the rails
and other works in connection with the
road.
TO DREDGE HAVANA HARBOR.
There is talk of dredging Havana harbor.
It is being slowly filled up with sedimentary
deposits brought into it by the river Luyano
and various creeks, says Dr. Erastus Wil-
son. He was told by D. Miguel Herrera
that 60 years ago his largest ships could
anchor in places where now there are not
two fathoms. He suggests the use of pow-
erful submarine suction dredges in com-
mon use in Liverpool, the Mississippi and
in the harbor of Philadelphia, which
can easily transfer the deep sediment to
the mud flats in the southern borders of the
harbor and make them healthy and valuable
territory.
CUBA EASTERN R. R. EXTENSIONS.
A. V. Sims, president and general man-
ager of the Cuba Eastern Railroad and al-
lied companies, reports the completion of
their new extension to a junction with éhe
Van Horne system at San Luis, which
makes the Cuba Eastern system a part of
the through trunk line of the island.
Operations will be begun just as soon as
the formalities of acceptance by the Cuba
Railroad Commission are completed.
The construction of this road has in-
volved some bold engineering work, and
has been the most expensive work done in
Cuba. The rails used are 80-lb. and 85-]b.
the heaviest so far employed on the island.
The earnings of the Cuba Eastern Rail-
road show a decided increase over the fiscal
year ending March 1, 1906.
The Chaparra Sugar Co. has been auth-
orized by the railroad commission to open
a public service on its private railroad from
Velasco on the line of the Gibara and
Holguin R. R. to its batey and from the
latter to Caserio de las Delicias, a total
extension of 28 kilometers.
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STEEL BRIDGE NEEDED NEAR SANCTI SPIRITUS.
Senator Martin Morua Delgado and José
Maria Espinosa presented to the governor
a petition signed by many of the citizens
of Sancti Spiritus, asking that a bridge be
constructed over the Tubainicu, on the
Santa Rosa road. They explained to Gov.
Magoon that this road was the principal
one to many of the great fruit farms of
the district, and that its construction was
urgent and necessary.
NEW ROUTES OF THE HAVANA ELECTRIC RY.
By the establishment of the Vedado-
Malecon route, the Vedado will be con-
nected with the Malecon and _ residential
district. Heretofore passengers bound
from Vedado who wished to get to the
Malecon were obliged to come to Central
Park, get off at the corner of Egido and
Neptuno and then take a Vedado car, pay-
ing another fare. This expense is obivated
by the new route.
The other change, the Vedado-Jesus del
Monte route, will be a great convenience
to working people living in these sections.
Both lines as now established have been
very favorably commented upon. This im-
provement is one of the first made by the
new general manager, Mr. Frank Steinhart,
former U. S. Consul to Cuba.
Fifty trolley cars for use in
the City of Havana are at pres-
ent being constructed at the
shops of the Havana Electric
Railways in Havana. Ten of
these new cars will be placed
in service within a few weeks.
The traffic department of the
Havana Electric Railway, un-
der the direction of Chief En-
gineer Hild, are at present
studying new routes and the
construction of curbs, etc., with
the object of facilitating more
communication between points
within the City of Havana.
By a decision rendered on
July 31 by the Supreme Court
of Cuba confirming judgment
of the Audiencia of the Prov-
ince of Havana, the Havana
Central Railroad is obliged to
indemnify the Western Rail-
ways of Havana in the sum of
$223,821.09 Spanish gold for
a strip of land taken by the
former company at Tallapiedra.
Recent resolutions of the rail-
way commission were approved
July 22 by Govorner Magoon.
These included the approval of
the itinerary of trains on the
Gibara and Holguin Railway's
Chaparra branch and a recom-
mendation to the Treasury De-
partment to transfer to the
United Railways of Havana of
the deposit of $7,600, deposited
in the treasury by the South
Cardenas Railway to guarantee
the construction of the line.
Frank Steinhardt,
now General Manager of the Havana Electric Railway, heartily
eulogized by the Provisional Governor
the “‘Man behind Magoon.’’
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The work of building the new Episcopal
Church in Havana is progressing satisfac-
torily. The walls on the Aguilar street side
of the edifice have reached their full height,
and a roof has been placed over part of
the structure. It is expected that Novem-
ber will see the completion of the building.
NEW WIRELESS STATION AT POINT SAN
ANTONIO, CUBA.
Representatives of the United Fruit Com
a Boston concern, controlling a large por-
tion of the trade in tropical fruits, had a
meeting by appointment with Secretary
Taft, August 15, in furtherance of their:
application for permission to erect a wire-
less telegraph station at Point San Antonio,
on the extreme westerly end of Cuba.
ile appears that the application for the
permit was originally made to the present
government in Cuba, but its approval had
been withheld for the reason that the gov-
ernment has projected a general system of
wireless stations on the coast of Cuba, in-
cluding one of Pinar del Rio, only sixty
miles distant from the point selected by
the United Fruit Company as a site for its
(Continued on page 15.)
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Political and Government Matters
station, and it was feared that there would
be “interference” to an extent that would
make the government station valueless.
Secretary Taft, after hearing the argu-
ments, decided that he would issue to the
company a revocable license, subject to the
approval of Governor Magoon, so that the
station might be discontinued at any mo-
ment if it interfered with the Cuban gov-
ernment station.
GEN. CASTILLO AND THE CANDIDACY OF GEN.
GOMEZ.
Gen. Castillo now favors Gen. Gomez for
president, according to La Discusion. He
thinks Zayas and Gomez will never again
unite, and that the Liberal party will all be
the latter’s in a little while. Havana might
be for Zayas, but outside all are Miguel-
istas.
ANOTHER NEW POLITICAL PARTY.
Rumor has it that a new political party
is being formed under the name of “Ami-
gos de la Patria,’ representing the com-
mercial interests, which will nom-nate a
candidate for the presidency. At the
proper time doubtless other men
than those now prominent in the
public view, will appear in the
presidential race.
GOV. MAGOON’S WARNING TO GEN.
GOMEZ.
Gen. Gomez called upon Govy-
ernor Magoon to renounce his
post on the “Jobs and Claims
Commission.’ The governor in-
formed him that it was a source
of regret not to see more har-
mony and unity among the Lib-
eral partizans. Unity and con-
cord are needed now more than
ever, if the Cuban republic is to
be reorganized again.
NO ELECTIONS THIS YEAR.
It is predicted that there will
be no elections of any sort in
Cuba this year.
The census enumerators start
late this month (August) and it
now seems certain that the work
will take six or seven months,
and even more, and it will be
late in December before the re-
turns are in such shape that they
may serve as a basis for registra-
tion for the municipal elections.
Probably all the census work
will consume the time until Feb-
ruary, 1908.
UPRISINGS PROMPTLY CHECKED.
An uprising in Santiago de
Cuba and San Luis, in the same
province, predicted for July 12,
proved abortive, the authorities
having got word of the outbreak
James L. Rodgers,
and stopping it. It appears that some Amer-
ican officers planted 100 cocoanut trees at
the Santiago Morro. The Cubans, seeing
this, decided that the Americans were going
to stay in Cuba until the trees bore fruit,
which would be in six years, so they made
plans to drive out the Americans at once.
Governor Magoon promptly gave orders
to pursue the rebels and to annihilate them
if they ‘did not surrender at once.
POLITICAL LEADERS STILL AT ODDS.
Discord and dissension continue in the
liberal ranks and the partisans of Gen.
José Miguel Gomez and Sr. Alfredo
Zayas are Catrying on a vigorous cam-
paign for their favorites.
Neither Gomez nor Zayas have budged
an inch from their position and both
maintain their presidential ambition.
Both keep the name of liberal.
WIRELESS STATIONS.
The government hopes to have wireless
communication with the station at Pinar del
Rio very soon. The station at the Morro is
also nearing completion, but those at points
in eastern Cuba have not yet been begun.
the U. S. Consul-General to Cuba.
office July 1, 1907.
He took
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MODERATES WANT ELECTIONS POSTPONED, SAY
CUBAN VETERANS.
Several Cuban veterans have addressed
a letter to Governor Magoon, dated Alto
Songo, July 27, denying that any intention
exists to disturb public order, and alleging
that all such rumors emanate from mod-
erates who desire to postpone the elections,
being aware that their chances of success
are but few. The veterans state that the
moderates desire to retain office and put
off the elections. The signers of this letter,
Brigadier José de la Puente, ol. Silveriro
Mercadal, Brigadier Rafael Petrolojo, all
members of the Constitutional Army, and
Liberals to wit, offer their services to the
governor and make themselves responsible
for the preservation of peace in that district.
GOMEZ LIBERALS FUSE WITH REPUBLICANS.
A fusion of the Republicans and Gomez
Liberals was carried out successfully early
in July, under the leadership of Senor
Viondi, thereby largely increasing the
strength of General Gomez, and the Repub-
licans becoming by the coalition a party
of importance and a factor in the island's
affairs.
CUBAN NEGROES WANT OFFICES.
Cuban negros are organizing in Pinar
del Rio. They want more political recog-
nition. They have borne the brunt of the
many wars, have done some hard fighting
and feel that 1 more liberal division of of-
fices among them is their due. If an or-
ganization is effécted it will be a strong one,
is the general opinion, and it is one that
will grow rapidly in all the provinces. They
want the re-establishment of a republic, be-
lieving they will fare better under a Cuban
regime than under that of the Americans.
A negro politician, Batrell Oviedo, is rous-
ing his class by statements showing the
great services the negro has rendered to
the government and the small patronage
he has thus far received.
The colored Cuban Brigadier, Estenez, at
a meeting on August 6 at San Juan y Mar-
tinez, in furtherance of this object said that
they neither belong to the Liberal or Con-
servative parties; that they are neither fol-
lowers of Gomez or Zayas.
The purpose of the administration in Cuba
seems to point to a gradual change to
American currency in all the departments
of industry. On the railroads, custom
house, postoffice, etc, values are already
based on American money, and in Santiago
and many other cities east of Camaguey,
Spanish money will not circulate except at
a large discount. Nevertheless, the change
will cause serious disturbances in many
quarters where labor is largely employed
and commercial interests will be best
served by a cautious adjustment of the
difficulties the change will develop.
There is a fear among business men that
the payment of the tobacco workers in
United States currency may form a prece-
dent which will cause other classes of labor
to make a similar demand. In the case of
the sugar planters this would be deplorable
because it would increase the labor ex-
penses over 10%, the ‘difference between
Spanish gold and American money, with-
out the possibility of any compensatory in-
crease in the price of their sugar. As a
matter of fact the planter is now and has
been for several years working not only
under the burden of unfavorable prices,
created in a world market by competition
with the sugars of other countries, but also
hampered by unfavorable weather condi-
tions. The wages paid the laborer on the
sugar plantations for the past two years has
been steadily increasing, and payments in
American currency would prove the “last
straw” in many cases where the margin of
profit has already been cut down to the
most slender proportions.
TOBACC@ STRIKERS TO BE PAID IN AMERICAN
CURRENCY.
Many independent factories in Havana
have opened on the basis of Spanish gold
at the same prices which prevailed before
the strike. The independents as a whole
are willing to pay their workmen in Am-
erican currency later, when matters can be
adjusted.
J. N. Staples, director of Henry Clay &
Bock Co., defined the terms which ended
the strixe, and promised that American cur-
rency would be used in payment of tobac-
conists employed by Henry Clay & Bock
Co. in Havana, Bejucal, Guanajay, Santi-
ago de las Vegas, and Hoyo Colorado.
“Governor Magoon’s letter,” he says to the
Union de Fabricantes, “has thoroughly clari-
fied the currency question for the Republic
of Cuba.”
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
Republic of Cuba 5%
Republic of Cuba 6% Bonds
Republic of Cuba 5% Internal
Havana City 1st Mortgage 6%
Havana City 2nd Mortgage 5%
Cuba R. R. ist Mortgage 5%
Cuba R. R. Preferred Stock
Cuba Company 6% Debentures
Havana Electric Consolidated Mortgage 5%
Havana Electric Preferred Stock
Havana Electric Common Stock
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. as
ENERGETIC BEGINNINGS OF GOVERNOR MAGOON’S
NEW KOAD WORK IN CUBA.
Major Mason M. Patrick, in charge of
road building in Pinar del Rio, has sub-
mitted a report showing progress of road
work in that province.
The road from Guane to Luis Lazo
commences at Guane and passes through
a mountainous region in the districts of
Portales, Teneria, and Punta de la Sierra,
situated in a very fertile region almost ex-
clusively devoted to the cultivation of to-
bacco. The. rock found at intervals along
this road is a hard limestone, which is be-
lieved to be good material for road build-
ing. The soil varies in nature from hard
and sticky clay found in the cuts on some
of the hills to a light sand on the plains.
At some points the clay has been
so hard as to necessitate blasting with
dynamite or powder. The officer charged
with the local construction of this road is
Captain Clark S. Smith, Corps of Engineers,
assisted by a detachment of soldiers from
Company E. Second Battalion of Engineers.
The contractor has 275 men, 47 mules and
wagons, plows, carts, scrapers, etc., at work.
The road from San Juan y Martinez to
Punta de Cartas is being built by Lt. of
Engineers R. C. Moore, with a detach-
ment of Co. G, Second Battalion of Engi-
neers. Major Patrick recommends that the
road be run so that along the greater part
of its length it will benefit both the city
of San Juan and the city of San Luis. This
recommendation, which was duly approved,
involves the necessity of a new bridge over
the San Juan river, to replace the old
bridge now in existence.
Bids will be asked for supplying and put-
ting in place 130 feet of steel beams, the
government constructing the arches. The
officer charged with its supervision is Lieu-
tenant of Engineers R. C. Moore, with a
detachment of Company G, Second Battal-
ion of Engineers.
The road from Pinar del Rio to Vinales
starts from the northern end of the bridge
over the river Guama, in the outskirts of
the city of Pinar del Rio. The work in-
cludes the building of a bridge over the
river Guama ic take the place of the old
wooden bridge at present in use. The new
bridge will be a steel structure, with a cen-
tral span of 130 feet, with spans of 50 feet
at either end. The work is being done by
Lt. F. B. Downing, Corps of Engineers,
with a detachment of Company H of the
Second Battalion of Engineers.
From the foot of the hills outside of
Pinar del Rio to Vinales the road passed
over the mountains to a very rugged region,
which rendered the finding of a “practicable
route difficult. The right-of-way has been
conceded by private owners wherever the
road passes, except for a short stretch in
the vicinity of the new bridge over the
Guama river, but this will be obtained
when necessary.
The road from Vinales to San Cayetano
extends through a very rugged region. On
this road many short cuts will have to be
made. They are now working on it some
400 men, and it is possible that this number
will be increased if laborers can be secured.
The officer in charge of this work is Lt.
of Engineers W. A. Johnson, with a de-
tachment of Company F, Second Beltie non
of Engineers.
Orders have been given to finish the
cart road from Guanabana to Lagunillas,
in Matanzas, and to build a bridge across
the river Guanictin on the cart road from
Cristo to Songo, in Santiago province. This
latter will be completed early in November.
Ancther bridge will also be built across
the Porkquelo, near Mayari, also n San-
tago province, and the Tayaba aqueduct in
Trinidad will receive much-needed repairs;
which will cost nearly $3,000.
The examination of plans for the building
of a cart road from Los Arroyas de Man-
tua are being made in order to build this
road as quickly as possible.
The plans for the construction of 2,360
lineal metres of cart road on the road from
Baracoa to Maisi have been approved, and
the plans have been approved for a cart
road from San Luis to the railway station
of the western road.
NEW POSTOFFICES.
postofices are at Salamanca
and Jiguani, Santa Clara Province, two
more at Bacuranao and Cojimar. The Sala-
manca office was on August I made a money
order office, and on the same date Itabo was
also made a money order office.
CUSTOMS RULINGS AND RECEIPTS.
In view of some doubts in regard to the
proper classification of
POWDERED ASBESTOS.
which does not appear on any customhouse
list, it has been decided to place this article
in Class 315.
Two new
FAN PALMS
will be classified under No. 82 of the regu-
lation. now in force, and
STEEL HOUSES,
complete or taken apart, for sugar houses,
will be classified under No. 215 in future.
HAVANA CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS.
The duties collected in the six months
commencing January 2, and ending June 30,
1907, as compared with the same “period of
1906, are as follows:
Jan. 2 to June 30, inc., toy: . $9,831 ,697-69
For the same period in 1906.... 9,668,008.69
WMOHEISS TOOY cocococesncd ee $163,689.00
For the months of July, 1906 and 1907,
the following are the official figures:
Collections for July, 1907... ...$1,688,017.90
Collections for July, 1906...... 1,587,223.95
Increase over last year........ $100,793.15
General Thomas H. Barry, U. S. A., Commanding the Army of Cuban Pacification in Cuba,
with Headquarters at Camp Columbia.
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20 THE
CUBA REVIEW
And Bulletin.
Views around the American colony at Los
Indios, Isle of Pines, of the saw mill, resi-
dence of Charles S. Brown, and of a fine
3-year-old grapefruit tree.
Vistas en la cercania de la Colonia
Americana en Los Indios, Isla de los Dinos.
El aserradero; la casa del Sr. Charles 58.
Brown; una pamplemusa hermosa de tres anos.
The tracts of this colony cover
23,000 acres. It is on the extreme
western part of the island. There
is a large amount of fine quality long
leaf yellow pine close by, and a large
acreage has been cleared, ploughed
and planted to citrus fruits. The Provis-
ional Government seems determined to com-
plete some very important public improve-
ments in the island, and orders have been
given for much-needed roads, deepening of
harbors, etc.
ISLE OF PINES
Besides the building
many roads and bridges, some important
dredging work will be done. The sand
bars at the entrance to Jucaro and Nueva
Gerona will be taken away and the same
work will be done along the west coast.
Gov. Magoon has recommended the work
and it is hoped the fall will see some im-
provements accomplished. An engineer has
been officially commissioned to study plans
for these necessary public works, and to
advertise for bids for the building of roads,
especially between Jucaro and Santa Fe.
A road between Los Indios and Nueva
Gerona is being petitioned for.
The Isle of Pines parrot season opened
IMPROVEMENTS.
and repairing of
last month, and 1,200 birds were shipped.
This is the twenty-fifth season, the aver-
age shipments aggregating 5,000. They
are, as a rule, splendid talkers, and retail
in the United States at $3 to $5.
BUSINESS OPENING FOR CUBAN WOMEN.
The Havana city council will try to pro-
tect and aid Cuban women in their endeavor
to become self-supporting. Heretofore, a
Cuban woman thrown on her own resources
would do needle work for a miserable pit-
tance, but now other fields are to be opened
to her. Cubana women teach school, are
employed in public offices and find other
profitable occupations.
All clerical offices vacated in
to be filled by women.
A free medical course will be established
in the Havana University.
A public laundry will furnish employment
to many, and ii is urged to exempt from
taxation all industries established by women,
if they employ women exclusively.
future are
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 21
Agricultural and American Colony Notes
THE CARAVONICA COTTON TREE.
In the July issue The CUBA REVIEW printed a paragraph regarding
the growth of this tree in Cuba.
An interesting letter from Mr. W. H.
Bemis, of Baracoa, referred to in the reports of the U. S. Department of
Commerce and Labor, has since been received by the REVIEW, and is
herewith given. Also some further comment from the U. S. Department
of Agriculture on the same subject.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE TREE BY AN ENGLISH
COTTON EXPERT.
The Caravonica cotton plant, planted in
hot countries, yields much more than the
varieties planted in Mexico, the United
States, etc. After a careful study of this
tree, Mr. John Bottombay, a cotton expert
of the Association of British Cotton
Brokers, thas decided that “Caravonica cot-
ton is the first cotton of the world.”
There are two kinds of Caravonica for
tropical regions—Caravonica No. 1 wool,
and Caravonica No. 2 silk.
They have the following advantages over
all other varieties :
The plants are thrifty. The greater part
of the first planting of Caravonica gives a
crop during twelve years, and may continue
up to twenty years.
The plants are arborescent, from three
to six metres high, with comparatively few
leaves. They are planted at a distance of
two and a half metres from one another,
and corn or other vegetable products can
be planted between the rows.
The two varieties of Caravonica produce
the bolls, that is to say, the cotton, in
six months, and, like oranges, lemons, etc.,
flowers, green fruit and ripe /fruit are
found on the same tree.
The yield of the Caravonica tree No. I
is surprising. A tree of 12 months and of
a height of 3 metres, yields five kilos of
cotton in the boll. The second crop gives
from seven to eight kilos, or from three
to four kilos of ginned cotton.
The Caravonica No. 2, at the end of two
years, yields from 12 to 15 pounds, or 50%
cotton and 50% cottonseed.
To plant one hectare of land* with No. 1
or No. 2, one kilo of seed is required.
One hectare contains 800 trees, that in
the first two and a half years have pro-
duced 3,000 kilos of cotton and 3,000 of
seed—‘“El Hacendado Mexicano,’ Mexico
City, August I, 1907.
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS BY THE U. S. DE-
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
States Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Plant Industry.
Washington, D. C., July 19, 1907.
Editor Cusa Review and Bulletin:
New York.
Dear Sir:—Your letter of July 2, ad-
United
* A hectare is 2.471 acres.
dressed to the Department of Agriculture,
with reference to Caravonica cotton tree,
was duly received and has been referred
to this office.
We have referred the matter to the
cotton expert of the Department, and we
quote from his letter in reply as follows:
This Department has conducted some _ experi-
ments with Caravonieca cotton, but thus far with-
out any satisfactory results. Seeds planted in
Texas failed to produce any fruits during the
first season. The Caravonica cotton, like most of
the perennial cottons, does not fruit within ten
months, and can not be grown successfully in
regions where the temperature falls to the freezing
point. It would therefore be impossible to grow
this cotton anywhere in the United States except,
possibly, in very restricted localities in southern
California and southern Florida. Many of the
humerous newspaper accounts of this cotton are
very plainly written from the standpoint of the
advertiser or promoter. From our present actual
knowledge of this cotton I would not recommend
experiments on a larger scale. ¥
Trusting that this information will be
satisfactory, [ remain,
Very truly yours,
Davin - FAIRCHILD;
Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Foreign
Explorations.
THE TREE GROWS THRIFTILY IN CUBA.
A further letter from the same Depart-
ment:
Washington, D. C.,
July 26, 1907.
Editor The Cusa Review and Bulletin,
New York.
Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 23d to
Mr. Fairchild, regarding the Caravonica
cotton tree in Cuba, has been referred to
me for reply, and I beg to state that we
have been informed by our cotton expert
that the plant grows very thriftily and
satisfactorily in Cuba.
R. A. Youne,
Scientific Assistant.
ACTUAL RESULTS IN CUBA.
Experiments at Baracoa and the results
obtained by an American colonist:
Baracoa, Cuba,
July 4, 1907.
Editor The Cusa Review and Bulletin,
New York.
Dear Sir:—Your favor of June 21 to
hand regarding Caravonica cotton. My
knowledge is limited, but such as it is you
are welcome to it. In June, 1906, I re-
ceived a few seeds from the Jamaica Agri-
cultural Society, but having . disposed of
to
to
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
back yard in town. ‘The wool seed was
eaten by hens, but the silk seed came up
in four days afier planting, which was
July 26. The plant grew phenomenally,
and in about forty days was seven feet tall,
with over seventy blossoms formed, but
north winds from the sea burned off all
foliage and tender growth on side exposed.
This occurred three times during the win-
ter and once the tree was completely up-
rooted, but notwithstanding all this and
six months’ severe drouth, without a drop
of rain or water, except from washbowl at
times, the tree is now more than twelve
feet tall, with eight feet spread. First boll
was picked May 13, and up to date 217
bolls, containing I pound 3 ounces, 3,970
seeds and 34 pound pure lint, there are
more than forty bolls still on the tree ready
to burst and a second crop of blossoms
larger than the first, but I think these last
blossoms should be removed to confine the
crop to the dry months. The tree cast off
a great many squares, but careful exam-
ination with a glass did not disclose any
cause other than severe drouth. I am ar-
ranging to plant two or three caballerios
next fall, forty miles east of Baracoa,
where the land is extremely rich, loose
and level. Quite a lot of Norwegians who
have located around Baracoa are becoming
interested in Caravonica and will test it in
a small way with seeds which I have been
distributing until my supply was exhausted.
Very respectfully,
W. H. Bemis.
THE BEE MAN OF BAYATE.
Bayate, 37 miles west of Santiago, on
the line of the Cuba Railroad, is a Swedish
community largely. Most have gone into
citrus fruit growing. One, a Mr. J. A.
Nystrom, has ventured into the business
of honey getting with more or less success.
He has been in Bayate nearly two years
and his bee farm is close to the station.
His bees are the Italian variety and his
queens come from the United States. He
started with 230 hives, standard make, and
has 372 now. His receipts of honey av-
erage 10 gallons per colony. The bees feed
on the flowers of the hard-wood trees in
the dense forest which surrounds the town.
These trees blossom three or four times a
year. Cacao blossoms, Mr. Nystrom finds,
make the honey dark and some other flow-
ers turn the honey a light green, although
the flavor is not impaired.
Spring honey is bitter, and the season
when this may be looked for is in April
and it lasts some three weeks.
Apparently, his bees work the year round,
but in April, May and June they breed, and
for the time being collect no honey. He is
never required to feed them, the constant
growth in Cuba always providing flowers
at all times of the year. Has no foul brood
and has lost none by disease. He noticed
some little sickness, the cause of which was
Mr. Nystrom’s Apiary at Bayate.
unknown, but he cured the ailment, what-
ever it was, by the use of carbolic disinfec-
tants and by transferring ailing colonies to
new frames. He uses a veil, but is rarely
stung, but he noticed that on rainy days the
bees were always cross.
His market is Santiago, Sweden, Havana
and local. He gets 30 cents per gallon, or
4 I-2 cents per pound, in Bayate. There
are twelve pounds to a gallon. In winter
time the honey is heavier. He gets 43
cents plata per gallon in Havana, but is
charged extra for the barrel holding 80
to 125 gallons, while at 30 cents per gal-
lon barrels are supplied free. Standard
hives cost $2.75 each, including freight,
bought in Havana. There are cheaper hives
which can be secured for $1.75, but the
higher hives were the cheapest. One man
he found could care for 350 hives. He got
15 pounds of wax from every 100 pounds
of honey, and the wax sold for 27 cents
per pound. The local price for honey was
5 cents for a pint bottle full. Mr. Nystrom
has a small workshop equipped with mod-
ern honey extracting apparatus, and has
his little venture well in hand.
The colony in general is progressing
steadily. Some have left to spend the sum-
mer in the States, and others are coming.
The sawmill is running at full speed since
the new boiler arrived, and several new
houses are going up. This summer has
not been so rainy as the last. Engineer
McCormack spent a few days on his farm.
He has a large crew of men at work clear-
ing and planting, and will soon have the
biggest farm in the colony. The general
health is excellent, and the farmers are all
busy.
FILLED WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION.
“The Cusa Review and Bulletin, an in-
teresting monthly, New York City, ought
to find its way into every business house
doing business with the island republic.
The Cupa Review is well written and
printed, and is filled with valuable infor-
mation about Cuban opportunities for busi-
ness.’—From Packing and Shipping, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
THE COSTS AND PROFITS OF RAISING BANANAS.
The Cuban Department of Agriculture
calculates that the cost of cultivating 33 1-3
acres of bananas five years will be $4,893.75,
and that that amount of land should pro-
duce in five years 37,000 bunches of ba-
nanas, which should bring an average price
of 31 cents a bunch. Subtracting the cost
of production—$4,893.75— there remains a
profit to the grower of $6,731.25, a total
profit of $1,346.25 a year on only 33 1-3
acres.
SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE
ESTACION CENTRAL AGRONOMICA.
Already arrived—Chief of Department of
Chemistry, Robert W. Stark, a graduate
of the University of Illinois, and of twelve
years’ experience as a chemist. For the
past two years he has been connected with
the Illinois Experiment Station.
Assistant Chemist, J. D. Rose, a graduate
of the Minnesota Agricultural College.
Assistant Horticulturist, C. F. Kinman,
a graduate of the Kansas Agricultural Col-
lege, who at the time of his engagement
was doing post graduate work in horti-
culture at Cornell University.
Assistant Botanist, Dr. J. H. Haselbring
of the University of Chicago. Dr. Hasel-
bring is a graduate of Cornell University
and has held positions in Cornell University,
New York Experiment Station, Hlinois Ex-
periment Station, and in the University of
Chicago, where for the past two years
he has been conducting investigations.
To arrive within the month—Chief of
Department of Agriculture, Professor Har-
mon Benton of the Bureau of Plant Indus-
try, U. S. Department of Agriculture. After
graduating from the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College of Alabama, Professor
Benton had charge of an experiment sub-
station for eight or ten years, and after-
wards became professor of Agronomy in
the South Carolina Agricultural College
and Agronomist of the South Carolina Ex-
periment Station. From this place he went
to the division of farm management of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture as agri-
cultural expert in charge of work in North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. All
together Professor Benton has had more
than fifteen years’ experience in southern
agriculture, so that he is specially fitted for
work in Cuba.
Assistant in Department of Plant Pathol-
ogy, J. S. Houser, a graduate of the Kan-
sas Agricultural College, who for several
years has been assistant entomologist of
the Ohio Experiment Station, and has writ-
ten several important bulletins on ento-
mological subjects.
VUELTA ARRIBA TOBACCO.
Reports from Santa Clara province on
tobacco are to the effect that there are
about thirty “Escojidas” (selecting sheds)
in operation throughout the province.
Twenty of these are important. The out-
put this year, according to the planters,
will double that of last year.
23
At Remedios, the principal center in the
Vuelta Arriba district, there are at pres-
ent six large escojidas. About 1,045 per-
sons, including men and women, are em-
ployed at these places, and the wages: are
zood. During the last month (July) 1,900
bales have been packed. Manufacturers
have agreed to pay 70 cents for twenty-five
pounds of picked tobacco.
aos
A tobacco factory at Remedios.
LETTER FROM SANTA LUCIA, NUEVITAS. CUBA.
Editor The Cupa Review and Bulletin,
Dear Sir:—I have been experimenting
with broom corn. I think we can grow
a good quality of brush at this place. Some
that I have grown for the seed is a little
bit coarse. I am told by planting thicker
the brush will be finer.
What is the experience of your readers
along this line in other parts of the island?
Yours very truly,
C. C. MarsH.
Buttetin No. 12 of the Hawaii Agri-
cultural Experiment Station deals with
the mango. It gives full directions for
soil requirements, selection of seed, how
to plant, budding, layering, grafting,
transplanting, pruning, etc. Considerable
space is devoted to the “uses of the
mango,” and to mango breeding and its
diseases. Hawaii has 4o different va-
rieties and Prof. Higgins records a col-
lection of 500 in India. He calls it the
“King of Fruits.” There are many fine
illustrations.
SALE OF THE SANTA CATALINA SUGAR ESTATE
TO AN AMERICAN COMPANY.
This important plantation, located within
the boundary of Recreo, near Cardenas,
belonging to Diaz & Co., was sold August
3 last, by Zaldo & Co. to an American
company, for the sum of $250,000, United
States currency.
The company that bought it has the in-
tention of removing all the force and the
new machinery to Ciega de Avila for a
large sugar estate that will be established
there.
24 THE
CUBA REVIEW
And Bulletin.
This plantation, in the condition in which
it was equipped and in the hands of se-
cured capital, could produce a crop of
80,000 to 90,000 bags.
THE I907 SUGAR CROP.
Estate Lugareno, Nuevitas.— Made this
year, 94,757 bags sugar.
Estate “Senado,’ Nuevitas—Made this
year, 100,520 bags sugar.
Estate “Trinidad,” in Trinidad de Cuba.
—Made this year, 55,928 bags sugar.
Estate “Boston” at Banes (belonging to
the United Fruit Co.) made the following
sugars this year: Firsts, 243,747; seconds,
38,542; total, 282,289 bags.
SUGARS RECEIVED IN THESE WAREHOUSES UP
TO DATE.
Asucares recibidos en estos almacenos hasta
la fecha.
Matanzas, Julio 31 de 1907.
Sacos.
Ingenio San Rafael.............. 48,663
$ Shiner /yaciheh os sip erie = 51,635
= Santo Domingo 71,879
s San Ignacio 62,912
ok Wiallienter gas stettnyserae ee ee 26,269
fe Porvenir 17,742
° (Garolinaye sien vse cones 38,503
ii AGiOnla es... on accde A2AkO
de Belize ays os cise = rere, AQ OAO,
4 Saratoga 24,193
s Mercedes 93,634
s Niaseitarts steric cn ae 77,779
eS Conchita 92,681
% Santa Rita Baro. oat 240,520
7 SRAM Ua One a cateeir mess oc 48,769
&: Central elettisas (G)ier ease 27,499
a Giigac’sis Lh ayia Siti = 62,384
re Santa Rita Galindez.... 45,570
- San Cayetano 26,087
x Santa Filomena 68,134
vr Araujo 21,574
- Jicarita 26,023
ny Union Sn ket ee TOUE SS
ha SOCOLLO ME ae eae ee 136,660
Limones 33,450
“ Flora 56,414
Z Nombro de Dios. 5,101
: Triunfo cates kL oer
3 Central Nueva Luisa.... 3,657
= Olimpo 7,038
# Ma laetiaiegc 8 isercut. site 11,430
= Poritierzai ec. tiecies rica 8,608
~ Blea pct ce oete cee BLO S
ieSusy wMlaihitdaes 3-102 te eee Le OO
. AISthalian neon ercetes ie LED,
re AVIGNON = ee aie. aeen ec tiee 56
és Nin diogea se octal sas 7,539
dy INtdevaeaz ieee. poceeten | iE cOo
€ Sanle VICENLOL sores tate 550
id Sanita Gatalind 2-2 teres ee OO,
ss Dolores 500
eS Colonias 242
Rotaly Avs eee. ye eed OZER
oie & Co., Matanzas.
PINEAPPLE SHIPMENTS FROM HAVANA
July 27, 1907.
To date, 635,174 crates of pineapples were
shipped from this port.
For the year
1906 there were shipped
from the
same port 927,202 crates.
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Sugar prices at New York for July.
Broken line, 1906
Solid line, 1907
SUGAR PRODUCTION OF MILLS OF THE DISTRICT
OF CAIBARIEN, CUBA.
Season 1906-1907.
Name Number of Bags.
of Mill. Ist quality. 2d quality. Total.
Laz de ee le ATO O77 III 110,088
INESRSICEI ns sede QI,010 7,300 98,310
Vit Oniaueeeee eet 88,520 920 89,440
Adelags ssn: - 70,000 5,100 75,100
San Agustin... e 338 4,701 75,039
Bidencia se... - 248 1,700 52,048
Bet Seis. a zabee 1,215 51,274
Reforma 38,408 3,191 41,689
Altamira oe: 40,003 BE 40,003
San Jose--2- 32,297 2,541 34,838
IROSallitawests- oss 23,560 2,190 25,750
Sans Baulo) cee. 10:e3 7, 1,588 21,425
Viiliaweeee ee lOOng, 882 10,929
695,394 31,439 726,833
P. B. ANDERSON,
Caibarien, August 6, 1907.
SOLENODON CUBANUS WANTED.
The Kny-Scheerer Co., New York City,
are anxious to secure from Cuba rare in-
sects and also insectivorous animals, Solen-
odon Cubanus, for which they can probably
pay $10 to $15 for a dead animal in al-
cael or for its skeleton, or skin, if in good
(See picture on page 9.)
condition.
The hotel at Bayate, built entirely of native woods
of Cuba. The piazza floor is all mahogany.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
25
General Notes
MATANZAS IMPROVEMENTS.
The electrical plant now being constructed
in Matanzas will supply power for an elec-
tric railway and light and power for gen-
eral purposes. C. Hemple & Co. of Ha-
vana hold the concession, which is for 20
years.
The cigar factory seems an assured fact.
It will afford employment to 600 men and
the payroll will be about $20,000 monthly.
As soon as the title is cleared, the work
will begin.
A Glorieta is proposed for the Playa to
add to the entertainment of city dwellers,
where all kinds of refined entertainment will
be provided. There will be no side-shows,
but high-grade attractions only. The project
has the endorsement of first-class people.
The Matanzas Railroad & Warehouse Co.
has a large force of men at work building
The front of the splendid new edifice of the National Bank
of Cuba, in Havana.
The temporary track.
a second track at the base of the San
Severino fort. A temporary track is -al-
ready in place designed chiefly for bringing
up construction materials for the real road
further inland. The old pier collapsed
some time ago, but will be strengthened
and reconstructed. A new pier will be built
in about three months. All the
most modern machinery for
handling and storing sugar
and other products will be
installed in the new _ store-
house as a measure of econ-
omy. A double track will be
built into the city and the old
drawbridge and tracks will be
used. Col. J. M. WTarafa is
the president, A. F. Blundell,
the general manager, and J. M.
Wright, the superintendent.
The company owns 12 miles. of
water front.
The city offered some strong
inducements to the Havana To-
bacco Co. to settle here, among
which are no taxes or rent for
five years, with privilege of
renewal, the city to buy the
building. The price asked
for the property was $20,000.
Some of the public spirited
citizens of Matanzas ad-
vanced a sufficient sum to
make the initial payment in
order to secure the property,
the balance of the amount
due to be paid in about seven
years.
The business men of the
city have formed a Board ot
Trade, which will exercise a
stronger supervision in busi-
ness matters for mutual pro-
tection. The matter of cred-
its will receive close attention
and members will be prompt-
ly informed of slow collec-
tions and delinquents, infor-
mation that heretofore each
merchant has secured through
costly experience.
Ne
26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
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CUBA’S IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The development of Cuba’s resources has
been phenomenal, but she needs vast quan-
tities of machinery, railroad material, build-
ing material, electrical plants and modern
appliances of all kinds for sugar factor-
ies, canning factories, sawmills and other
basic industries.
Although within the torrid zone, the tem-
perature does not differ materially from
that of the Gulf states, but the climate is
more equable, owing to its insularity and
the protection afforded from winter Atlantic
gales by the Bahamas Islands.
The total commerce betwen Cuba and
the United States for the year 1906 amount-
ed to $131, 547,028, which compared with
the previous year, shows a ‘decrease of
$8,880,640.
The following table shows the changes
in the commerce between the two countries:
Imports Exports
Years. from Cuba. to Cuba.
ESQU" sien eae RS TOLS 710 $13,320,493
EQOO. 5, dafrcreane 31,747,22 26,934,524
1Q02) sts. seo: AG.O10,58o 23,061,623
10,8 i eaeyrinee Seat 57,228,201 23,504,417
EQOPs Sdn ne ree 74,950,992 32,044,345
TOOK 2 aa OS 65 72650 44,560,812
OOO | take felon -nc- 28 85.055, 184 46,491,844
Cuba’s imports from the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906,
were as follows:
Iron and steel . $0,879,648
Provisions, including ‘products “of
iSoeah een VG | pany | ee aR Nae ee Re 6,350,157
Geredlsenlour elena. ka nadc- oo) Or 4,885,169
PNTIMIATD Sr eye tes ety ete re oe ae 2,721,311
Wood and its manufactures...... 4,080,282
CoP: ada ren Re tein Ree ne Ree 1,977,123
Cotton and its manufactures...... 1,507,705
SHOESE Rete fearon bie Rees oe 1,769,796
MMittierale OLS: sescr.s...0 cures se se 796,002
Drugs, medicines, etc../......... 1,008,522
HE QHECM Ro tits tes Siete 430,317
Wesetaplesiecte = .tacn sas eee ob te 919,790
ars ecoachess ClCac.. sons 1,472,428
Scientific instruments ........... 58,684
Paetsch he cts Oe oo ene 429,760
Telefe lon epee eae Le Bee Re ta a 642,890
Of the 1904-1905 exports, raw sugar ac-
counts for $61,992,000, or 61.3 per cent. 3,
leaf tobacco, $12,616,900, and manufactured
tobacco, $14,141,100, a combined percent-
age of 26.5; products obtained from sugar,
such as molasses, alcohol, etc., $1,711,900.
Fruits, cocoa, vegetables, etc., $3,434,500;
hard woods, ‘dyewoods, fibres and other
forest products, $1,452,000; animals, skins,
and other animal products, $1,192,100; min-
eral products. such as iron ore, manganese,
asphaltum, $1,909,400; sponges and shells,
$341,300; all others, $160,600.
Synopsis of a resumé by Otavia a Zayas
y Adan, consul general of Cuba at New
York, in the Exporters’ Review.
YELLOW FEVER BREAKS OUT AMONG AMERICAN
TROOPS.
Yellow fever has broken out at Cien-
fuegos among the American garrison, with
10 cases and one death as the record to
date of August 13. It is feared other sol-
diers may be infected, as there are 300 men
stationed there—all of the 15th cavalry.
Dr. Agromonto, the Cuban yellow fever ex-
pert, has no fears of the fever spreading,
and thinks it can be checked without dif-
ficulty. There were additional cases a few
days later at Matanzas and Ceiba Mocha,
near the former city.
The third death occurred on August 19
and one new case developed on the same
date, making 10 cases in all. Secretary
Taft was much disturbed by the presence
of the fever, and before leaving on his trip
around the world sent specific instructions
to Governor Magoon to keep the war de-
partment informed daily as to the spread
and treatment of the disease. Governor
Magoon’s cable in response was as follows:
“Kean reports from Cienfuegos: ‘I re-
gard the epidemic among troops as under
control. and no cause for further uneasi-
ness. But sanitary condition of this city is
bad; no sewer; cistern water supply utter-
ly deficient, no efficient mosquito work be-
fore arrival of Havana brigade last week,
and infection had spread. Will require
probably two months’ hard work for its
eradication. These conditions probably un-
avoidable under municipal sanitary control
with limited resourcess at their command.’ ”
It has been determined therefore to na-
tionalize the sanitary systems of the various
cities of the island, and President Roose-
velt has directed Governor Magoon to issue
a proclamation to that effect, giving all
power to the provisional government to
take such measures as may seem necessary
to control the sanitary situation. The de-
cree, which will be issued at once, will co-
ordinate all the health offices into one
system, under the direct supervision of the
government, taking all sanitary work out
of the hands of the municipal authorities.
COMMEMORATING THE REVOLUTION OF AUGUST,
1906.
A meeting in Havana by the supporters
of Alfredo Zayas was planned for August
19 to commemorate the beginning of last
year’s revolution. Why August 19 was se-
lected it is hard to say, for trouble began
about August 15 and an uprising was re-
ported in Pinar del Rio on August 18.
The meeting passed over without any un-
usual demonstration. Speeches were made,
but owing to previous criticism in political
circles as to the propriety of the meeting
they were temperate and subdued. Gen.
Gomez, the rival Liberal candidate for the
Presidency, refused to participate. It is
believed the real reason for Gen. Gomez’
refusal to participate in the meeting is that
he is desirous of placating the Moderates,
whom the Liberals defeated at the last elec-
tion. The latter’s supporters have con-
stituted themselves a Liberal national con-
vention, wholly without authority, say the
Zayistas.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
SUGAR IN JULY.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
The month opened with Centrifugals quoted at 37%c. per.lb. for 96 test, and closes at
Bis Ocepenelb:
Beetroot sugar in Eurcpe opened at gs. od., and closed at gs. gd.
In the intermediate time during the month the fluctuations were quite small and with
cane sugar generally upward, while beet varied from Qs. gd. to 9s 634d. to gs. 744d. to
gs. 54d. to gs. od. to gs. 814d. to gs. 934d. to gs. od.
The business in sugars was much reduced as shown hy the small receipts in the
United States from week to week, the first week 22,135 tons, second 14,983 tons, third
19,592 tons, fourth.13,840 tons. Total for the four weeks, 70,550 tons. The requirements
for meltings during same time were 186,000 tons.
As a result of the month’s work,.stocks in the United States and Cuba together decreased
from 639,013 tons to 505,428 tons. Toward the close of the month when these conditions
ot reduced sunplies of dutv favored sugars and large requirements for the refined product
became prominent, our refiners evinced greater interest in the market for raw sugars and
secured at highest values all the available supplies on offer at the time amounting to
some 200,000 bags Centrifugals at 3 15/16c..per lb. for spots 96 test and 2 9/16c. per Ib.
c. & f. for 95 test basis equal to 3.95c. per lb. landed.
The refined sugar demand was backward by reason of the late season until towards
the end of the month when favorable weather and a concession of 10 to 20c. per 100
Ibs., temporarily, brought in considerable orders for contract sugars, and jobbers are now
well supplied for 30 days.
The European markets were sensitive as shown by the frequent small change of
quotations as the reports of crop conditions varied from favorable to unfavorable, the
result being that the beet crops of Europe are several weeks behind their normal at this
season of the year.
The outlook at beginning of August is for further improvement on the probability
of refiners having to renew their supplies from full duty paying sugars, a contingency
which has always existed as to come sooner or later when the full parity of European
prices must be paid for either beet or Javas. Cuba Centrifugals can command a further
rise of r0c. per 100 lbs. before such parity is reached.
This means .that the objective point for Cuba Centrifugals this season of 4c. per Ib.
96 test, will soon be realized.
A matter which is creating possibly more interest and speculation as to its effect,
than it is really entitled to at this early! date, is the notice given by Great Britain to the
Brussels Convention that Great Britain decides to withdraw from the Brussels Convention
to which she is a party on expiration of the five years’ agreement, September I, 1908.
The view generally taken of this withdrawal both here and abroad is that it is
unreasonable and unfortunate.
Unreasonable because the Convention has worked beneficially to all concerned, and
because the withdrawal is more a matter of sentiment, in that it conflicts with the British
free trade policy rather than with British business interests. The only parties to benefit
by the change seem to be certain manufacturers of sweets for export, but their business
may even be curtailed by the assessing of countervailing duties by the other countries
_in the Convention against British goods.
On the other hand, the British Colonial interests will be put back on the same
unsatisfactory basis as existed before the Convention was formed.
The withdrawal is unfortunate for the entire sugar producing world as it does
away with conditions of the five years of its existence which have proved remarkably
satisfactory to the entire sugar interests and introduces again the elements of possible
bounties and cartels as of old.
Russia not being a member of the Brussels Convention, and having increased her
sugar production by some 400,000 to 500,000 tons beyond home requirements will have the
British markets opened to the surplus production which will displace an equal amount
of other Brussels protected sugar which must find an outlet elsewhere. By some means,
not now evident, it may result that Germany and Austria will be obliged to come to the
United States and become much more formidable competitors of Cuba than they have
heretofore been. Looking ahead, beyond September 1, 1908, 2 low era of sugar values is
likely to be forced upon the entire sugar producing interests of the world. Before
September 1, 1908, no particular influence from this withdrawal should be felt except
such as is entirely sentimental, which may possibly be sufficient to close the possibilities
of improving values which might come without this action of Great Britain.
28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
CUBA AZUCARERA EN LA PORVENIR.
Articulo Terminado.
El Fabricante de Azicar.
POR JAVIER RESINES.
En resumen: El hacendado cubano ignora casi en absoluto, lo que en su finca se
hace. No tiene “control” establecido, ni para saber si el maquinista lleva bien la presion
de los trapiches, ni si el maestro de azucar elabora los caldos como debe. Y cuidado
que no queremos meternos a avy eriguar si el uno y el otro saben hacerlo mejor de lo que
lo hacen, pues la materia se pres.a a conjeturas.
Lo unico que sabe positivamente el hacendado, por medio del “control” que lleva es:
Que en el conductor hanse echado tantas arrobas de cafa, pertenecientes a Fulano y
Mengano, y que de las centrifugas se han recojido tantos sacos de azucar, de los que tiene
que dar, por cuenta de la cana, tantos a Fulano, y tantos a Mengano. Que el resto,
es para la finca, como asi mismo la miel, y que del producto de ambas cosas, tiene que
pagar los gastos de la zafra. Si algo queda, eso de mas tiene, y si no queda * * *
paciencia.
Parece incongruente, que este modo tan primitivo se llevan negocios que
importan millones de pesos cada ano, y sin embargo, cuantos nos lean en Cuba saben
que es verdad exactisima cuanto dejamos dicho.
Ahora bien; prometimos al principio, que después de examinar la forma de trabajo
de los hacendados y colonos, estudiariamos sus mutuas relaciones.
La base de los negocios entre colonos y hacendados en Cuba, es la siguiente:
El hacendado paga al colono, determinada cantidad de azucar, de polarizacion definida
préviamente, por cada cien arrobas de cafia que eniregue el segundo al primero.
Es equitativo esto, dadas las condiciones que hemos enumerado? No; no lo seria
en ninguna circunstancia, porque la situacidn puede compararse exactamente, 4 la de
un refinador de metales preciosos, que comprase cantidades de materias primas, y las
pagase atendiendo tnicamente al peso. Todo el mundo comprende a primera vista, que
esto seria un absurdo. Todos sabemos preguntar cuando vamos a comprar una joya,
cual es la ley del oro de que se halla formada, en su caso, pero si a un hacendado 6
colono cubanos les pareceria una enormidad el no enterarse de la ley del metal en un
objeto que van a adquirir, y que puede valer una futesa, ambos hacen negocios por
valor de enormes cantidades, SIN ENTERARSE DE LO QUE COMPRAN NI DE
EO -OUE VENDEN. Las canas de aztcar suelen tener una composicion quimica, muy
diversa, y que varia con arreglo a las circunstancias que las rodean, pero nadie tiene en
cuenta ninguno de esos valosisimos datos. Nadie se fija mas que en el’peso de la cafia.
Los unos venden, y los otros compran los metales de que hablabamos al principio de
este parrafo, sin atender a nada. El refinador de metales obtiene una determinada
cantidad de oro 6 plata, finos, y los reparite como pan benedito, quedandose con lo que
sobra * * * si sobra; pagando a los unos, de mas, a los otros, de ménos, y
no sabiendo el jamas lo que hace, 4 no ser que los circunstancias le hayan permitido
establecer su negocio bajo una base leonina.
-Esta es, a grandes rasgos, la situacion de la industria azucarera en Cuba. No puede
nadie decir, si es buena 6 es mala, financieramente hablando, porque se trata de una
produccion que suele tener alteraciones enormes en su precio, y a veces resulta que,
a pesar de todos los pesares, llevandose el negocio bajo una base ruinosa, técnicamente
considerada, sin embargo, hacendados y colonos suelen ganar dinero; pero si puede
afirmarse sin temor de ser desmentido, que si a pesar de hacerse azticar en Cuba con
los ojos cerrados, no se han hundido cuantos en tal negocio se hallan interesados, de
hacerse cientificamenie, produciria esta industria enormes ganancias.
EL AZUCAR EN JULIO.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
El mes comenz6 cotizandose las centrifugas 4 37% cents. la libra, polarizacién
96°, y termino con el precio 4 315/16 cents. la libra.
El azucar de remolacha en Europa comenzo el mes 4 9s 9d y lo termino 4 gs od.
Las fluctuaciones durante el mes fueron muy pequefias, teniendo el aztcar de
cafia tendencias al alza, y la de remolacha las siguientes cotizaciones: 9s 9d; 9s 634d;
9s 7¥2d; 98 514d; 9s 9d; os 8%4d; 9s 934d; Qs Od.
Las transacciones en azticares fueron mucho menores, como se ve por la dis-
minucion de los arribos a los Estados Unidos de semana en semana, pues en la
primera semana del mes se recibieron 22,135 toneladas; en la segunda, 14,983 tonela-
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das; en la tercera, 19,592 toneladas; y en la cuaria, 13,840 toneladas. Total durante
las cuatro semanas: 70,550 toneladas. La demanda por parte de los refinadores
durante ese periodo ascendié a 186,000 toneladas.
Como resultado del consumo habido durante el mes, las existencias en los
Estados Unidos y Cuba disminuyeron de 639,013 toneladas a 505,428 toneladas.
Hacia fines del mes, cuando se acentud la disminucion de las existencias de los
azucares favorecidos por el tratado, nuestros refinadores demostraron mayor interés
en su demanda por azucares mascabados, y compraron a los mas altos precios todas
las existencias disponibles que se les ofrecian, ascendentes a unos 200,000 sacos de
centrifuga a 315/16 cents. la libra para entrega inmediata de la polarizacién 96°, y a
29/16 cents. la libra, costo y flete, por la de polarizacion 95°, equivalente a 3.95 cents.
en el muelle.
La demanda de aztcar refinado estuvo encalmada a causa de lo tardia de la
estacion hasta cerca del fin del mes, en que una temperatura favorable y una
concesion transitoria de 10 a 20 cents. en las 100 libras, did lugar a que hubiese
considerables pedidos por aztcares para entrega futura, y los destajistas estan
ahora bien provistos para 30 dias.
Los mercados europeos estuvieron sujetos a rapidas_ fluctuaciones, como lo
demuestran los pequefios cambios en las cotizaciones seguin fueran las noticias
de la cosecha favorables 6 desfavorables, resultando que las cosechas de remolacha
en Europa estan atrasadas varias semanas para esta época del ano,
Los indicios al comienzo de Agosto son favorables al alza por ser probable
que los refinadores tengan que volver a abastecerse con azucares que pagan los
derechos completos, una contingencia que ha existido siempre y que debia sobre-
venir mas tarde 6 mas temprano, cuando han de pagarse los precios equivalentes
a las colizaciones europeas por azucares de remolacha 6 los de Java. Los centri-
fugas cubanos pueden obtener una nueva alza de 10 cents. en las 100 libras antes de
que se paguen dichos precios equivalentes.
Esto significa que el proposito de que los azticares centrifugas cubanos lleguen
a venderse en esta estaciOn a 4 cents. la libra, se lograra pronto.
Un asunto que parece despertar mayor interés en cuanto 4 sus efectos, del que
realmente merece en estos momentos, es la notificacién hecha por el Gobierno de la
Gran BretaMa a la Convencion de Bruselas relativa a que Inglaterra ha decidido
retirarse de dicha Convenci6dn a la expiracién del convenio por cinco afios, que
ocurrira el primero de Septiembre de 1908.
La opinion general con respecto a esa retirada, tanto aqui como en el extranjero,
es’ que la misma resulta injustificada é infausta. Injustificada, porque la Convencion
ha trabajado para el bien de todos los interesados, y porque esa retirada se debe
mas al deseo de Inglaterra de adherirse 4 su politica referente al comercio libre, a la
que la Convencion es antagonista, que a ningtin conflicto entre la misma y los
intereses comerciales de la Gran Bretana. Los tniecos que se benefician con el
cambio parecen ser algunos fabricantes de dulces para la exportacién, pero las
aspiraciones de estos favorecidos pudieran verse menoscabadas por la imposicion de
derechos compensatorios por otros paises representados en la Convencion contra los
productos ingleses. Por otro lado, los intereses coloniales de Inglaterra volveran
a estar sobre las mismas nada satisfactorias bases que estaban antes de formarse
la Convencion.
Dicha retirada es infausta para todo el mundo productor de aztcar, por que
destruye el estado de cosas existente durante los cinco afios que lleva funcionando
la Convencion, que ha sido prédigo en bienes para todos los interesados en la
industria azucarera, y restablece las causas que dieron lugar a la concesién de primas
y la extremada competencia de tiempos pasados.
Rusia, que no forma parte de la Convencién de Bruselas y que ha aumentado
su produccion azucarera en 400,000 6 500,000 toneladas en exceso de lo necesario
para el consumo interior, tendra los mercados ingleses abiertos para su exceso de
produccion, eliminando de los mismos una cantidad igual de los aztcares pro-
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 31
tegidos por la Convencion, los cuales habran de buscarse otros mercados. Pudiera
resultar que por medios no evidenciados aun, Alemania y Austria se vieran
obligadas 4 venir a los Estados Unidos con sus azticares y ser competidoras de
Cuba mas formidables que los han sido hasta ahora. Mirando al porvenir, pasado
el primero de Septiembre de 1908, puede predecirse que sobrevendra una era de
precios muy bajos para el azucar en todos los centros azucareros del mundo. Antes
del primero de Septiembre de 1908, esa retirada de Inglaterra no tendra determinada
influencia excepto tna puramente sentimental, que quizas sea suficiente para eliminar
toda posiblidad de alza en los precios, lo cual podria ocurrir sin ese paso dado por
Inglaterra.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
‘Aguila de Oro 9 Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn...... 39
Baldwin Locomotive Works ............... 3
Benet Wall shen Cosscnseisue cowsers cave stusineine 41
uckeye Nurseries m= sbanipas lace eee 3
CORK TIP CIGARETTES Bienville Hotel: Miobile arse sve.s.c cierccnsenetotera eve 32
ss i Out) ROGUE crave eins srciw nie ears eeoareaeerele
Favorite of Smokers | Brewin. lgi@arey IB, INiew Woda Gocososcgocce 3g
CubanwWand7é& (Steamshipy Coeac-ee eee eee 3
CubaeRailroad New sVOrk nen. -ee eee eee 4
GCawthorn! Hotels Mobile @aceece veel 32
Cubanw Realty .Comelorontomeeeeepn cee oore 37
Connell & Son, Jas. S., New York......... Bai
Cubitasy Vialleym@o: Chicago... see eee 41
=: Clover eat MROUtOL Bick bien siens/steieis sore teneols 41
Development Co. of Cuba, New York...... 2
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn.............. 38
Foster & Reynolds, New York ............ 2
Gillett) 7@— Bampaswl lane ce sae 34
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile ....... 2
journal seAericulture Wropical esses By;
Bewis) Jeand (&-Wumber Cos aace cee ese eines 32
Bewisn & €or Heke New Orleans) =. ---- Al
Link Belt Co., N. Y., Phila., Chic., Indplis. 31
Mobiler&s(Obtom Ra ReErene eer cece 37
McDonald, John W., New York ..........-. 33
Mimroné sons john New, Viorkerr-.icr tele 42
Qneens&aiCrescent Routemme nese eee ae 39
Ramap oman Woks ire crisis racroraretere 31
Richardsonm@scalen Comerern emer rio ieciecte 44
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Co., Mobile... 33
Sinsiy@r Ge (Co, Ae. Welarmiseia, ING Ie sacoacor 31
Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41
Stillman, ©. B., New York & Havana..!).: 42
Snare & Trieste Co., New York and Havana 41
Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 44
Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York....... 37
WE Se Conimission Merchants) sae essere 42
; ~op eS = Winecar Bends Eumber Cor -Alaseeee sere oe 41
LSID A= AD mm! G Batis > Wiener (Col Erst. News viorks se emeecenicee 44
KV Re S\E = : Pp Wallettiga Grays News Moreno ce nmeen tinea 39
Ce s= BN = aE - Valen caliMinross Brooklyn eee etm anette 39
= American Grocery Co.) Havana eee ene 35
u American Hardware Store, Camaguey..... 38
\ Business: (Minrmssot eAntilla 4 eee cle ele ese 40
oF a4 SS Catbarten kwie. jccereretensin eres 33
fe SS SE MGibaray sais seccrctstacers.cteterale 38
6 = Fee OANtla On picsteraci eet 40
te Directory ot Elayanayceeeeie cece 36
Bancomdemiamrabanas) Elay-naueee ieee 36
Canada Land & Fruit Co., Isle of Pines.... 29
Conaneie aWitichteblavancaee een eee eae 35
Cabanaevie pan Camacii cya ieee eter 38
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co., Antilla, Nipe Bay. 40
GonzalezySaiCono Gea elavanaue nen seri. 35
GelatsnG Coe Ne Elayanagmn aeimicietes see 34
ElarnisheBrosscean Cow elavarial verse syne creteieiete 2
Herradura Wands Com Havatia meters cet 36
Hotel Camacuey, Camaguey, ase soci 38
Pectoral Paper Rice Paper MolinagBross pelavyana mie scceenmiacirerciers 35
Mas & Windsor, Gomaeucy ehdtsvaneneheter aera becets 38
ationa ayalle Gi (Gee, Goacodooooddaccacce 34
PRICE, 10 CENTS Norton ross a ilavana es ses te eres cicero erent 35
iRindyecaebiendersonasayanaeeee eae sees 37
The Best Cigarette Manu- RoyaleBbanisotlCanadasellavanae eee 34
. Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas ........ 39
factured in Cuba. ... . ihace Co; @! Chia, IENERA sosocnccoscesscr 34
2 Wpmann ei Cor Hea elavanay crlerleleeeeieteiere 34
Depot, Zulueta 10 Mavyana, Cuba United Railways of Elavanaje-..e- 2 seer 35
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Steamship Work a Specialty
MOBILE, ALA.
JAMES A. LEWIS, L. GERMAIN, JR., J. HOWARD SMITH,
President and Treasurer, Vice-President, Secretary,
Lewis Land and Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS
Vellow Pine, Cypress, Hardwoods of All Kinds
Mouldings, Casing, and All Interior Finish
Cable eee ans Woods” City Bank & Trust Building
Bouthards and A. B. C, 5th Edition MOBILE, ALA.
The Principal Hotels in Mobile, Ala.
THE CAWTHON THE BIENVILLE
(FIREPROOF ) (MODERN )
European, 175 Rooms European, 150 Rooms
$1.50 Up $1.00 Up
Both Hotels in Heart of City, Facing Bienville Square
? Agents at Mobile for Vacuum Oi] and Swan & Finch
Rolf Seeber Oil Companies, and contract deliveries made. Full and
complete stocks carried of Packings, Paints and Supplies
of every description require. by steamers or sailing ves-
e sels. All mail addressed to our care will have our prompt
ip an ery and careful attention.
Watkins & Scctt’s Codes Cable Address: “Seeberg”’
Company Branch Stores:
108-110 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, wa.,
MOBILE, ALA. and Gulf Port, Miss. (for Ship Island).
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Cable Address:
Pitchpine,
Mobile, Ala.
CHICAGO LUMBER & COAL CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND SHIPPERS OF
Pitch Pine—Export and Interior
Docks at MOBILE, ALA., and PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS.
General Offices: ST. LOUIS, MO.
Office Export Department: MOBILE, ALA,
OLLINGER & BRUCE DRY DOCK CO.
Ship Builders and Repairers
Operating seven Sectional Dry Docks,
3,000 tons. Equipped with Air
cleaning vessel’s bottoms.
Plant for
eapacity 1,000 tons,
operating
and one Balance Dock, capacity
Pneumatic Tools, and Steam Pump for
25-TON DERRICK BARGE AND STEAM PILE DRIVER.
Material cf all kinds kept on hand.
furnished promptly, and at reasonable rates.
Shipwrights, Caulkers, Painters, Sparmakers and Riggers
Correspondence solicited.
MOBILE, ALA
MANUEL RUIZ S. en C.
Fine Stationery, Engraving and Printing.
Specialty in
Copper Plate Engraving
CARDS
*Phone: 108
Cable Address: MUYZAR
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Apartado 114. Mata.”
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y HNO.
: : Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti 11 y 13.
R. CANTERA Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28.
Apartado 24.
Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
en
Caibarién.
P. B. ANDERSON,
U. S. Consular Agent,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Agent for Munson Steamship Line and Lloyds.
MARTINEZ & CO., S. en C.
Comerciantes Banqueros,
Importadores de Viveres,
Exportadores de Azucar.
Ship Broker.
Apartado 115. Telegrafo: Urquiza.
COMERCIO,
Hotel - - Restaurant - - Cafe
De José Urquiza. :
Calle de Marti nums 16 y 18 - - Caibarien
INVITATIONS
18 and 20 Obispo S'‘reet
HAVANA, CUBA
HEADINGS
Code Used:
A.B.C. 5th Ed
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Apartado 104. Telégrafo: “‘Bergnes.’”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Calle Justa Num. 27. Cable: “Imaz.’””
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles. |
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba. :
Correo Apartado Num. 15. Telégrafo: “Arias.”
ZARRAGA Y CA.,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Casa Banca. Exportadores de Azucar.
BONIFACIO DIAZ,
Gran Peleteria y Sombrereria.
Marti 17 - - - - Caibarien
Constantes novedades en los dos giros de esta casa.
RODRIQUEZ Y VINA, S. en C.,
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres en General,
Comisiones y Consignaciones,
Consignatarios de Buques.
“Depositos de Carburo.”
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HAVANA
COLLECTIONS
National
Bank of Cuba
United States Depositary
Depositary of Republic of Cuba
CAPITAL, $5,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
CUBA 27
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Havana. Sagua la Grande,
Monte 226, Havana. Pinar del Rio.
Santiago. Caibarien.
Cienfuegos. Guantanamo.
Matanzas. Santa Clara.
Cardenas. Camaguey.
Manzanillo.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF JU. S. A.
THE TRUST COMPANY
OF CUBA
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
PAID UP $500,000
CAPITAL
Transacts a General Trust
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Correspondence Solicited from
Intending Investors
The Royal Bank of Canada
INCORPORATED 1869
Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation
CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, - $45,500,000.00
Head Office, MONTREAL
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 Wiliiam St.
Branches in Havana: Obrapia 33, Galiano 92;
Matanzas, Cardenas, Manzanillo, Cienfuegos,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UPMANN & CO.
Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Safe Deposit Vaults
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159-163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
Established 1876
N. GELATS & COMPANY
Bankers
Transacts a general
business.
Correspondence at all the prin-
cipal places of the island.
SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
Office: Aguiar 108
banking
Cable: Code: —
Gillett, Tampa. Western Union.
D. C. GILLETT
Tampa, Fla.
Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Business transacted for foreign customers.
} Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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HAVANA
United Railways of Havana
Cuba’s First and Foremost Railroad. (First Section opened to Traffic in 1837)
Takes you to All Parts of the Island East of Havana Comfortably and
Quickly through Varied and Beautiful Scenery and Past
Extensive Sugar Plantations
Parlor, Observation and Sleeping Cars attached to principal trains.
Full information and through tickets to all points in Cuba reached via the United Railways
of Havana can be obtained of the following:
Thos. Cook & Son é Ward Line Southern Pacific R. R.
Seaboard Air Line R. R. Florida East Coast Railway Mobile & Ohio R. R.
Foster & Reynolds Washington Southern Railway Raymond & Whitcomb Co.
Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Peninsular & Occidental SS. Co. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Illinois Central R. R. Munson Line
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @G BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
AMERICAN GROCERY CO.
REILLY 30 HAVANA TELEPHONE 26 P. O. BOX 727
The only American Store an Havana Making a Specialty of Fine Groceries
I. G. JESSEL, Mgr.
Our prices are right Ask tor price list
Free Deliveries Mail Orders receive prompt attention Prompt Service
CONANT & WRIGHT MOLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the College of Attorneys Customs Brokers
of Havana
Cable Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
ence 452 Conant ae Oey T
rt right ercaderes 54
J. M. W. Daraut Havana Officios 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF HAVANA
CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bulle, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: ‘‘Bulle.”
Norton Bros.
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND _ ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
E! Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND_ TRANS-
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., 102 O’Reilly. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
eee
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS,
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
www
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
Chas.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLS
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
RESTAURANT—“"PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14. O’Reilly, 14 Habana
Banco de
CAPITAL PAGADO
Presidente =
Ofrece toda
clase de facilidades
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
la Habana
$2,500,000 Oro Americano
Carlos de Zaldo
bancarias
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province ve Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
Cotton, ‘Corn and Tobacco. The land has al
1 been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores, Hotel,
Titles perfect.
American School, all within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
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ATION.
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BARTLE
Twenty-five thousand acres of the richest and best watered land in Cuba on
the main line of the Cuba Railroad, with the finest station on the line, 120 miles
from Nipe Bay—the best harbor on the Island; also the nearest to New York.
No Swamps or insect pests.
BARTLE is not in the wilderness—we offer all the comforts of civilization,
GOOD STORES, HOTEL, CHURCH, SCHOOL, SAW-MILL, Etc.
TWO MAILS DAILY.
SUGAR, FRUITS, TOBACCO AND VEGETABLES produce wonderful crops
at BARTLE.
When you consider Soil, Transportation, Social, Religious and Educational
advantages, BARTLE offers something not to be had elsewhere in Cuba. Write
for particulars.
DUNCAN O. BULL, General Manager
CUBAN REALTY CoO., Ltd. Temple Bldg., Toronto, Canada
141 Broadway. New York Bartle, Cuba
The Finest of
‘Iman Library,
bservation, Draw-
ng Room Sleeping
‘ars, Wide Vesti-
ruled Coaches and
Vining Cars, with
lectric Lights and
ans, are used
, the Havana
Limited,
INO. M. BBALL,
reneral Passenger
Agent,
St. Louis, Mo.
ce ra co, al Cet Tp
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Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
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AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad ro.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
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Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P.O, Box 152, CAMAGUEY, Cuba Calle Cuba 67, HAVANA, Cuba
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern San-
itary Fittings. Spacious Courts and Gardens.
Especially designed for those who wish to
live quietly in a beautiful district and in
A MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
“MANAGER, HOTEL CAMAGUEY,’”’? Camaguey, Cuba
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN, * S*™™,5%,(Atiantie Posto
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS Grintina General Cargoes
Business Firms of Gibara
| JOHN W. McDONALD
| COAL, WOOD, LUIIBER
and TIMBER of Every
Description
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MANUEL DA SILVA E, HIJOS., 112 WALL STREET
Banqueros, Importadores. Tabaco en rama. | Near South Street NEW YORK
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M, CUERVO Y CIA,,
Gibara, Cuba.
Telegrafo: ‘‘Cuervo.’’
Cable: ‘‘Silva.’’ Yard: 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basin
a ee lelephones:
Gables) ““Porre », FORRE ¥ oL., Marina 2 Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hamilton
Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y
Ferreteria.
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CANADA LAND AND FRUIT CO.
LOS INDIOS Owners ISLE OF PINES
CANADA AND LOS INDIOS TRACTS
Location: Siguanea Bay. The Deep-Water Harbor of the Island.
We have at our new and progressive town of Los Indios a sawmill, planing-mill,
general store, school, hotel, church, post office and nursery, all under the supervision
of Americans. A strictly American town.
We also have rowboats and gasoline launch for pleasure parties. Fishing and
hunting the best.
We own the finest citrus fruit, vegetable and tobacco land on the island. We
offer same for sale in acres to suit purchaser, either for cash or on installments.
Special inducements to actual settlers.
Write for prospectus and further information to our general office,
Marinette, Wisconsin.
———— ee) § Direct to Cuba and Havana. Connects with Mun-
0: UEEN as CRESCENT son Line at Mobile from Cincinnati, Chattanooga
ROUT e- and Birmingham. For Rates and Booklet address
anes = W. C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY CINCINNATI
WILLETT & GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND RAW AND
DOFIESTIC SS 1 (6 G a rR os REFINED
82 WALL STREET, NEW YORK
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
Telephone. 33 Hamilton Cable Address:
Night Call, 411 Hamilton “Abiworks,’’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists. Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, Coe ersmiths,
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers. Iron and Brass Castings teamship
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Stmmit Streets Brooklyn, N.Y.
Telephone _ Box 186
215 Hamilton Maritime Exchange
SOBRINGS DE BEA & CO.
Dee ii. tee Catred VULE & MUNRO
manufactureros del mundo. SHIPWRIGHTS
Agents for the
Munson S-eamship Line, New York and
Mobile. Caulkers, Spar Makers
James E. Ward & Co., New York. A
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool. y
Vapores Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co. Boat Builders, Etc.
de Barcelona, Espafia Independencia
Seat er Ae CUBA No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Neat Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN
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And Bulletin.
E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacién y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
omisiones en General. Enramadas 58 ¥ Fac-
Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(S. en C.)
Importadores de Ferreteria y
Telégrafo: Valribe.
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
toria 2.
Machinery.
ROVIRA, MESTRE ¥ CoO:
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA ¥. CO:
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta 10 y 11. Cable:
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion.
Direccién Telegrafica, ‘“‘Badell,’ Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
Illivega.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacién directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Selecto “Golondrina” y ‘Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Ron
Apartado 6s, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importacién. Exportacién.
ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpodth Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address:
“Zattitia.,
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box 2o1
ANTILLA,
Nive BAY
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS OF CUBA.
A valuable map, 49 x 18 inches,
of all estates. Price with one year’s
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showing location
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ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, CUBA
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber
We cater to the Colonist Trade. Write
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VINEGAR BEND LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Exporters
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Cuban Business Our Specialty VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U.S. A.
Southards ;
Cable Address: ‘‘ TURNER ”’
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W. H. Bennett
W. S. Walsh
Bennett, Walsh & Co.
18 Broadway, New York
Steamship Agents and Ship Brekers
Cable: ‘‘ Benwalsh ”’
THE SNARE AND
TRIEST COMPANY
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Masonry Construction
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates
on all classes of contracting work in Cuba.
N. Y. Office Havana Office
143 LIBERTY ST. LA LEAL BUILDING
Honest Homeseeker
with some working capital can get
small farm near Havana on trial
for two years, with option to pur-
chase on easy terms at end of first
or second year. For particulars
send 4 cents in stamps to F. B.,
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WALTER L. ROSS
General Passenger Agent
Toledo, Ohio
AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Will not only be for yourself. but for your great
grandchildren, for no one has liyed to know the age
of an orange tree. We have a plan by which you
ean secure one at the lowest possible cost, and if
you can give us a little of your time without a
cent of cash, write to-day.
Cubitas Valley Company
57 Dexter Building, Chicago, Ill.
4 MountBirds
6 We can teach you by mail tostuff and
f= mount all kinds of Birds, Animals,
f= Game Heads, etc. Also to tan skins and
fees make rugs. Decorate your home with
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Contents of This Number B50TANICAL
GARDEN.
The cover page is a picture which one may see from the windows of the Cuban Railways.
The handling of oranges from the tree to the packing box has been fully described
by Professor Hume, who is an authority along these lines. It contains information
of value to every grower in citrus fruits in Cuba. It will be found with numerous
illustrations on pages 8 and 9.
Pages rt1 and 12 give a resumé of the political situation with an illustration ot
General Guerra.
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been taken from the official records submitted by the Department of Public Works
to Governor Magoon, and is therefore authentic. It represents an outlay of
over $3,000,000.
Commercial Notes will be found on page 16.
A visit to a Cuban cigar factory (illustrated) appears on page 17.
The opening of the beautiful new building of the National Bank of Cuba and description
of the American Camp at Matanzas and the work of Colonel Sweet will be
found on pages 18 and 19.
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Volume V. SEPTEMBER, 1907. Number Io.
HANDLING ORANGES AND GRAPE-FRUIT.
Valuable Suggestions on Picking, Curing, Grading and Packing.
BY H. HAROLD HUME.
Author of Citrus Fruits and Their Culture.
FROM THE TREE TO THE BOX.
The crop of fruit is on the trees, ready for the hand of the picker. How can we
handle it to get the most money out of it? Granted that it is good fruit, the idea
is to put it in the market in as perfect condition as it is on the trees, without speck,
spot or blemish. If properly handled no fruit will keep longer or carry better than
the orange and grape-fruit, but the fruit must be picked carefully, cured well and
packed tight. The skin must neither be broken nor bruised. It requires as much
care, just as much effort to market the fruit successfully as was required in growing it.
Handle like eggs!
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT.
Packing house. A packing house of some kind should be provided. The floor
space should be large enough to store the fruit before packing (and it must not be
in deep piles), and allow enough room for the sizer and for work. An open shed
may be used, but a closed room is best. During the time the building is used for
packing, it should not be used for any other purpose.
Sizer. Oranges and grape-fruit must be sized accurately, and this can only be
done with a machine. A good one must run the fruit through true to size on its
largest diameter, whether round or flat. It is run by foot power or by a gasolene engine.
One of the best sizers is the Huntley. It costs about $30. It is simple in construc-
tion, easily operated, and allows two lines of fruit to run through at once. Thus
oranges and grape-fruit may be sized at one time, or two grades of oranges.
In default of a sizer the fruit may be sized by means of a board with notches
of the right width cut in one side. The fruit must be sizcd closely, as many of the
sizes only vary 1/16 of an inch in diameter.
Picking Baskets. YVhe rattan basket in general use in Florida, and shown on
page 8, is the best receptacle for picking fruits. Tt measures 18 inches high
at the front, 15 inches high at the back, 15 inches wide and 10% inches from back
to front, and holds about one bushel. Two stout rings in the rim, through which a
broad strap for the shoulder may be passed, provide the necessary handle. The sides
are thick, and protect the fruit well. It is best to pad the bottom with a piece of burlap.
Field Boxes. When the fruit is gathered, it is emptied into the field boxes. In
the packing house the fruit can best be cured in the field boxes, so a sufficient number
should be provided. The ordinary orange packing box may be used, though a shallower
box is preferable. Do not fill these boxes too full, as it is very handy to set them
up in the packing house, one on top of the other, and there is danger of bruising
if the fruit projects above the sides, even a little.
Washers. All the fruit should go into the market bright and clean. It often
becomes necessary to wash it. Small quantities may be washed by hand in a tub of
water, using a soft brush. The bristles must not injure the rind. For larger quantities
the washer shown in the accompanying illustration is the best we know. It does the
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work thoroughly, without injury. It con-
sists of a large cylinder placed so that it
may be revolved in a vat of water. Inside
it is lined with burlap and provided with
a spiral of rubber hose to assist in moving
the fruit forward. The fruit is put into
the vat, fed with sponger into one end of
the revolving cylinder, comes out clean, and
is lifted from the vat at the opposite end.
It must then be spread out to dry. The fruit
should be washed immediatély after picking
and before curing.
PICKING.
Time. The fruit should not be picked
until ripe. The skin is then well colored
and the juice sweet. The grape-fruit has
lost its bitterness and has acquired that
flavor which makes it the best breakfast
fruit known. Do not pick while green.
There is no reason why Cuban growers
should do this. If they do’ it will prove
ruinous to the reputation of Cuban fruit. 3asket generally used when picking oranges.
Pick early oranges as soon as ripe; mid- Holds about half a box,
season and late fruit may be gathered any time within a period of several weeks.
Bright, clear weather, free from fog, with a temperature of about 70 or 80 degrees,
is splendid. Do not expose the fruit to the sun after picking. Set it in the shade
or cover it.
Pickers and Picking. Great care must be taken, for the skin of the orange is
full of moisture, almost brittle, and easily injured. A fall of a foot and a half, the
fruit dropping on a wooden floor, will bruise it. It will not do to pour it from
one basket or box to another, letting it fall from any distance. It will bruise. The
bruise may not be visible at the time, but it will later, in the form of rotten spots
and decayed fruit.
Pick the fruit by hand, clipping it from the tree with clippers. Cut the stem
‘close to the fruit, else the stubs of stems may stick into and injure other fruit in the
ibaskets or boxes. See that the skin is not cut or injured by the shears. Five to
twenty per cent. of decay has been traced to this cause alone.
From the tree to the basket, from the
basket to the field box, then to the packing
house, always handle with the mest extreme
care.
CURING.
The easiest way to cure the fruit is in
the field boxes. Stack them up, one on
top of the other, allowing for circulation
of air. Early in the season four or five ‘days
will be about right for curing, later on this
may be shortened to a couple of days. In
curing, the moisture in the skin escapes,
leaving the skin thinner, tough, leathery and
pliable. If packed fresh from the trees,
without curing, this mcisture wets the wrap-
ping paper and invites rot. In the process
of curing, slight injuries and bruises will show
up, making it easy to cull out injured fruit.
GRADING.
Grading is a matter of prime importance,
and the duller the season and the more
bountiful the crop, the greater the necessity
for rigid grading. A great deal of badly-
graded fruit finds its way into the market;
fruit well graded and packed brings a much
better price. Two groups must be made,
Brights and Russets. Of the Brights, three
erades should be made—Fancy, No. 1 and
No. 2. Of the Russets, two grades are
enough—the third should go to the cull heap.
Fancy fruit should be bright, smooth, thin-
30x packed with oranges—this is the regulation skinned, free from specks and injuries, fancy
box used by Florida shippers. in quality and appeararice.
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Soneoe BARS D eresecereu
Number and size 96 Number and size 112. Number and size 126.
Prof. Hume’s diagrams, showing the arrangement of cranges of different sizes in crates. No. 96, diameter
3% inches; No. 1.2, diameter 31%, inches; No. 126, diameter 3% inches.
No. 1 fruit should be smooth, thin skinned, with only a very few specks allowed,
but in quality equal to fancy.
No. 2—In this grade is fruit showing large spots and marks, but it should
be perfectly solid and free from bruises or rot. The different grades may be
marked as follows: Fancy Russet, Russet No. 1; Fancy Bright, Bright No. 1, and
Bright No. 2. The accompanying photo shows the different grades of Fancy Bright No. 1,
No. 2, and culls.
In culling remove all specimens showing large unsightly marks, sunburn’ spots,
bruises, thorn punctures, creases and cracks. Pack only good looking fruit.
PACKING.
Boxes. The best box for Cuban growers is the Florida orange box. The size
of this box is fixed by law and contains exactly two cubic feet of fruit. It is sep-
arated into two compartments by a middle partition, each compartment measuring
I2x 12x12 inches inside (see illustraticn on page ..). The materials which go to
make up this box are as follows:
Ends and partitions.............3 pieces, 7 x 12x 12 inches
Sides, top and bottom........ 4 pieces, 4 x 12 x 26% inches
The boxes should be clean, bright and thoroughly dry. Green lumber causes
mildew, resulting in a dirty-looking box.
Box material is secured in bundles; the boxes must be made up afterward. Be
sure in putting them together that the partition is exactly in the center, with both
compartments exactly true to size. It will save trouble in packing.
Packing Diagrams. Yo put the fruit in the box to the best advantage, it must
be packed in layers, according to a definite plan or diagram. The diagrams on page
show the packing methods in practice among Florrda orange shippers.
Paper. The wrapping paper should be thin and strong. It serves as a protection,
and no fruit should be shipped without wrapping. Paper printed with a suitable trade-
mark, name and address, can be used with good effect.
The first two layers of fruit in the bottom should have the points of the wrapping
paper turned up, as this is the top when opened. It should be stenciled Top on the
outside of the box. Afterward turn the twisted ends down. Press each layer snugly
into place. When the box is packed, the fruit should stand about one-half inch above
the sides. The cover is placed on and by means of a press, exerting gentle but
firm pressure, the cover is put down ready for nailing. Nail it down and put
the straps in place.
Stenciling. The end of the box should be marked with a stencil, showing the
number of fruits, the grade and variety, and perhaps a trademark. The marking of
the size, grade and variety is done as follows:
150 FANCY BRIGHT, RUBY 150
leaving the remainder of the end for the shipping directions and the name of the
grower. The box is ready.
A FEW WORDS OF ADVICE.
Cuban fruit, to make its way in the market, must be carefully graded and packed.
Poor fruit and poor packing from one man will injure the sale of good fruit sent
Layers1 and 3: 5. Layer 2: 4. Layers Land 3: 6. Layer2 6. Layers Land 3: 8. Layer 2: 7.
Number and size 28 Ntmber and size 36 Number and size 46.
Prof. Hume’s diagrams, showing the arrangement of -grape-fruit of different sizes in crates. No. 28,
diameter of fruit 514 inéhes; No. 36, diameter 5 inches; No. 46, diameter 4%, inches.
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by another.
Every grower should do his utmost to establish a reputation for the island,
and every package of good fruit sent out will help in this necessary work.
Don’t pack and ship uncured fruit.
Fill the boxes full.
Grade carefully, true to size.
Ship only the best fruit.
Fruit with thick, puffy rind should not be shipped. Young trees produce this kind
of fruit.
When the tree has been in bearing longer and kas got down to the: bearing
habit, the tree will bear thinner skinned, juicy fruit.
TOBACCO.
THE CUBAN TOBACCO MARKET IN 1905 AND 1906.
From January 1 to December 31, 1906,
Cuba exported 277,426 bales, and in 1905,
317,087 bales, a decrease of 39,661 bale’.
256,738,029 cigars were exported i
1906 as against 227,028,621 in 1905, an
increase of 29,709,508.
15,643,275 packs of cigarettes were ex-
ported in 1906 and 3,814,199 packs in
1905. The increase was general among
the nations.
The values of these exportations are
as follows:
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Leaf tobacco, 227,
aiep7O reach mews settee $19,419,829.00
Cigars, 256,738,029, at $65
NE TAMIECOO See ae ott sm craters 16,688,571.88
Cigarettes, 15,643,275 pack-
aces, at $25 per 1,000... 391,081.87
Cut tobacco, 169,260 kilo-
grams, at $1.20 each
203,112.00
Ripotal tess more oe See ei actsers $36,702,585.75
The value of the tobacco exports in
1905 was $29.115,961.16, the increase in
1906 being $7,286,624.50. ;
The home consumption in 1906
amounted to $12,334,154.72, increasing the
value to $49,036,740.47, an increase Over
1905 of $6,761,627.05. Adding miscel-
laneous consumption. the production, in-
dustrv and trade of tobacco in Cuba in
1906 had a total value of over $51,000,000.
—Bulletin International Bureau of the
American Republics.
Dr. Hubert H. S. Aimes, in “A
Slavery in History of Slavery in Cuba”
Cuba a New (Putnams), enters a field with
Book. which American readers and
even historical students are
strangely unfamiliar. Few writers in Eng-
lish have attempted to treat of Cuban his-
tory in a scientific manner, and the litera-
ture of the subject accessible to American
readers is truly meager. Dr. Aimes gives
a useful bibliography of the subject and
promises a later work dealing with the do-
mestic slave regime on the island. The
present work, which is an exposition of the
Spanish policy governing the slave trade in
Cuba, throws much light on the historical
relations between Spain and her Antillean
dependency.
Grant Duff, the British Min-
Cuban ister, will soon make repre-
Railroad — sentations to Governor Ma-
Damage goon in behalf of English
Claims. interests in several railways
that have claims against the
Government for damage to their property
during the revolution last fall. The claims
amount approximately to $300,000. Under
the present programme they cannot be
reached for several months. The appoint-
ment of special agents to investigate the
British interests immediately is suggested.
A cablegram from Governor
Yellow Magoon, September 14, says
there are four new cases dis-
covered at Cienfuegos. All
are Spaniards, except one American sol-
dier, Private William Foster, of the Fif-
teenth Cavalry. This case is believed to
have been contracted in town and does not
indicate an infection of the camp. The
discovery of these cases is attributed to
the increased efficiency of the medical pa-
trol. There is also one new case at
Alacranes and one at Nuevapaz, both
Spaniards.
More
Fever.
The schools which have
Methodist been established in connec-
Church Work tion with nearly all the
in Cuba. missions on the island, par-
ticularly Candler College, at
Havana, and Eliza Bowman College, at
Matanzas, are doing a noble work. ‘Meth-
odism in Cuba, as elsewhere the world over,
is alert and aggressive. The following sta-
tistical report shows this: American mis-
sionaries, 12; Cuban probationers for the
ministry, 12; churches, 25; organized con-
gregations, 33; parsonages, II; members,
2,305; candidates for membership, 1,447;
Sunday schools, 36; Sunday school schol-
ars, 1,541; Epworth Leaguers, 705; lady
missionary teachers, 15; pupils attending
schools and colleges, 564; amount contrib-
uted on missions towards self-support, $791 ;
amount raised for improvements and cur-
rent expenses, $14,849; receipts for tuition
from: schools and colleges, $10,137.18; to-
tal value of church property, $151,168.18.
Cuba affords a magnificent field for mis-
sionary enthusiasm and energy.—Rev. A.
B. Haines, Bartle, Cuba.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. I
Political and Government Hatters
The political situation is Santiago. Cama ; -
Two ever changing, “The breach the achons GF ae em ei gate
? i eral party is widen- refused to send an re : ans ee
Parties. ing, and there are two well- were declared to le eee ane
defined parties within the the committee Havana Pena.
camp, each with a Liberal candidate for for Zayas. Governor Magoo ee ey
the presidency of Cuba. The one faction “that the national eee ee asics
oe ena Gomez and the other determined to harmonize Sau aees Bae
e ayas. si : : Seon i
Both factions continue to hold separate es Se eee of the
meetings and there is little talk of har- entity, and <o effectuall sees pelted
mony or little chance of unity despite Gov- ernment of inteey anna he oe SONG
ernor Magoon’s oft repeated advice in this sible at an early date the ee tblish.
direction. ; ment of the republic.” eae
José Miguel Gomez is a Gov. Magoon avoided any endorse-
Who the native of Santi-
Candidates Spiritus, and he
are. took an active part
in the last war, as
well as in the war of 1868, and
was then appointed major in the
Cuban army for his bravery and
services in the cause of Free
Cuba. He entered the Cuban
ranks gain in 1895, and was pro-
moted to colonel, and then to
major-general of the Cuban
Army of Liberation. He was a
member of the Commission
which repaired to Washington to
inform and advise the American
Government how to disband the
Army of Liberation after the
war was ended. Gomez was
electe 1 a delegate to the Consti-
tutional Convention by 63.000
votes. He was appointed Civil
Governor by the Government of
Intervention of the United
States, and afterwards this choice
was confirmed by popular vote.
Alfredo Zayas, the other Lib-
eral candidate. is a lawyer by
profession, and has a large fol-
lowing. At the time of the re-
cent trouble and revolution
Zayas was a mediary between the
Constitutionalists and the Am-
erican commissioners, and his in-
terviews with Mr. Taft and Mr.
Bacon were frequent and daily.
He keeps his own counsel, and
cleverly manipulates the political
machinery.
The committee of
Governor the national con-
i MEN TALKED 4 Y A—PINO GU ‘
Magoon vention, of the fac- : ere RECOM EER mee
ren ee ee
| Y L 2 ey, ho | ne August revolt and was
en omez for appointed to General Guerra’s general staff as legal adviser of the
president of Cuba, recently called First Army Corp of the Revoluntionary Army. At present
Colonel Herrera is the Cuban Charge d’Affaires at Madrid. He
form
ally on Governor Magoon. was appointed at the close of the war when Cosme de la Tor-
They presented delegates from tiente, then Cuban Minister in the Cortes, resigned.
The other is General Faustino Guerra Vuentes, Colonel of the
the provinces of Pin 1
ar del Rio i i
» Army of Liberation, and who was made : ajor-G Pe
Matanzas, Santa Clara and _ so-called Constitutional Army. smear Io. Ne
12 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
ment of the Miguelista representa-
tion of the national convention, plainly
stating that he could not mix in the in-
ternal affairs of the liberal party, and
advising that harmony not division should
prevail. At this meeting Senor Eusebio
Hermandez was nominated for vice-
president on the ticket headed by. Gen.
Gomez.
A breakfast was given later
Gomez to these delegates in Ha-
Willing to vana. The utterances of the
Resign speakers were all concilia-
to Secure tory. Unity was urged and
Unity. even humiliation was to be
endured in order that mod-
erates, conservatives, and zayistas might
join their ranks.
Dwelling on the same subject Gen.
Gomez, the candidate for president ot
Cuba, said that it was not yet too late
to win over Zayas, and that, if the unity
of his country men required it, he was
perfectly ready to resign his presidential
candidacy.
It appears certain, says the
New York World, that the
Compulsory advisory commission which
in Cuba. is now formulating and
modifying Cuban laws, un-
der the supervision of Col. Enoch Crow-
der, will present a proposition to make
voting obligatory, with a penalty for non-
compliance,
Should this become a law it will have
most important political consequences.
Some of the best men in Cuba favor it.
It will bring out the vote of the best
classes, which the professional politicians
cannot control. If the better classes are
compelled to vote they will, of course,
desire to vote for good men, and will
accoruingly be interested in putting such
on the ticket as candidates.
The Conservative party is
Conservatives at variance with both fac-
Favor tions of the liberal party.
Gomes. They clearly intimate, how-
ever, that while holding
aloof from all political transactions with
both factions, they approve and com-
mend the prudent conduct lately ob-
served by the followers of General
Gomez. It has brought them, they say,
nearer Gomez and Zayas.
Negro politicians are work-
V oting
Negro ing up organizations in
Politicians Camaguey and Santiago
Active. provinces. Several weeks
ago a movement among the
negroes started in Pinar del Rio, for
recognition by the Provisional govern-
ment in the distribution of offices. It is
said they may select a candidate for
president of Cuba, but so far no one has
been mentioned.
The conservative party mapped out
their tour of propaganda beginning
August 22, and a political meeting was
held in Santiago de Cuba upon their ar-
rival. The party was presided over by
distinguished
Nunez, Dr.
Desvernine, and Gen.
Betancourt, Gen. Menocal, Rabi and
other prominent conservatives. Dr.
Lanuza, Sefior Rafael Montoro and other
and other
Governor
Dr» Lanuza:
members were
Tamayo, Senor
speakers were enthusiastically received
by the people along their route. :
New post offices are being
Many rapidly established (by
New Post Postmaster-General Charles
Offices. Hernandez) all over the
island, and whenever war-
ranted money-order privileges are added.
Mails accordingly are much more fre-
quent and the new roads being made in
all the provinces permit more rapid de-
liveries. The following new offices have
been recently established: Alfonso, in
Santa Clara province; Candelaria has
been made a money-order office; San
Pedro de Mayabon, in Matanzas prov-
ince.
Gov. Magoon has placated
Gov. Magoon the army of cigar-makers
Tranguilizing and through them has won
Cuba. the good will of thousands
of illiterate Cubans
throughout the country. Heretofore it
has been the Cuban’s experience to have
the government against him. It is true
promises have been given him, but noth-
ing more. Now he finds an American
government making no promises special-
ly, but unhesitatingly doing something
which immediately advances his wages
10 per cent. However illiterate he is, he
can understand the benefits of such pro-
cedure without difficulty, and it pleases
him, consequently the wage-earning class
in Cuba feels friendly to the administra-
tion. But Gov. Magoon does _ better
things. Many thousands are idle during
June and up to the grinding season of
sugar. Now there are vast road works
projected and in course of construction,
affording employment to the idle thou-
sands and making them tranquil, pros-
perous and contented. New roads and
highways will open regions in hereto-
fore inaccessible places, developing busi-
ness intercourse and increasing trade
everywhere.
Regarding the rumors cir-
General culating in the press in Ha-
Guerra’s vana about General Guerra
Friends being named to succeed
Campaigning. General Rodriguez, there is
nothing definite unless the
present commander of the Cuban forces
should resign. In no case would Gen-
eral Rodriguez be removed by the Am-
erican intervention, as he is very well
thought of by Governor Magoon_ and
Major Slocum, supervisor of the Cuban.
armed forces. The reports which have
been published in the press are only the
result of a campaign on the part of Gen-
eral Guerra’s friends to create discussion.
Gen. Guerra’s portrait will be found on
page II.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulietin. 13
ROAD MAKING AND BRIDGE BUILDING ACTIVE THROUGH-
OUT CUBA.
Millions Being Expended in Important Construction Work in all the Provinces.
An Army of Laborers Employed.
The following important data are taken
from the report of Acting Secretary of
Public Works, D. Lombillo Clark, to
Governor Magoon, filed August 17, cov-
ering works on roads and highways up
to June 30, 1907. The report includes
work which is being surveyed and under
consideration.
PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO.
RIO BLANCO TO CONSOLACION DEL
NORTE. — Highway. Appropriation, $80,000.
Sixty-five men employed on the work. Grading
1/3 part done. Excavation for foundation com-
1
pieted. Four-fifths of the concrete work done.
2.810 lineal meters have been constructed under
old contract. -
VINALES TO THE PORT OF “LA ESPER-
ANZA.”—Highway. 6.840 kilometers. Appro-
priation, $108,500. Thirty-two men already on
the work. Of the present contract all the exca-
vating and masonry work for the foundation has
been finished. One-auarter part of the grading
has been done and the work of gathering mate-
rial on the site is continued.
BRIDGE OVER THE HERRADURA
RIV ER.—Extension of the approaches of bridge
over the river Herradura. .812 kilometer. Ap-
propriation, $4,447. Eighteen men on the work.
Four-hiths part of the grading done. Concrete
work nearly completed, and work is about com-
pleted.
CABANAS TO BAHIA HONDA.—Highway.
2.766 kilometers. Appropriation, $231,600. Sev-
enty-two men working. 3,800 lineal meters con-
_structed under old contract. 7,839 lineal meters
of grading done. This road is included in the
program of highways of April 5, 1907.
PINAR DEL RIO (CITY OF) TO LUIS
LASO. — Highway. Aporopriation, $258,000.
2.650 kilometers. Nothing shown on report as
having been carried out.
CABANAS TO OUIEBRA HACHA (Section
to Quiebra Hacha).—Highway. .920 kilometers.
Appropriation, $7,700. Twenty-four men work-
ing. 2,050 cubic meters of grading done. 160
lineal meters of the present metaling work done.
This work will probably be ended by July 31.
SAN JUAN Y MARTINEZ TO LUIS LAZO.
—Repairs of the road. Appropriation, $7,000.
53 men. 823 cubic meters of excavating done.
g11 lineal meters of grading done.
SAN LUIS TO RAILROAD STATION. —
Highway. 1.108 kilometers. Appropriation,
$21,778. Compieted.
GUANE TO LUIS LAZO. — Highway.
2.650 kilometers. 275 men working. The work
of grading has been carried from kilometer 1.5
to kilometer 8.5 from Guane. A rock quarry
has been onened at kilometer 4, and work of
quarrying stone is being done. Work on several
culverts has also been started.
SAN JUAN Y MARTINEZ TO PUNTA
CARTA.—Highway. 15.00 kilometers. Appro-
priation, $105,000. 3170 men working. Grading
has been completed for a length of 1,300 lineal
meters. Slow delivery of material has been the
eause of much delay, but work is now being
pushed on. Culverts and fills are also being con-
structed at present.
PINAR DEL RIO TO VINALES.—Highway
24.00 kilometers. 300 men. Contract includes
construction of steel bridge over Guama _ river.
For about 8 kilometers, from Pinar del Ric, the
road has been roughly graded. Two steei cul-
verts have been built and two concrete bridges
started. Awaiting further plans to push work
more rapidly.
SAN CRISTOBAL TO PINAR DEL RIO.
Extension of road. The project of this work
has been submitted for approval.
TWO BRIDGES OVER THE RIVERS
TENERIA Y SUNSUENA. — $70,000. Project
approved.
A _ BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER RIO
HONDO.—Plans for this work have been re-
turned to engineer of the district for modifica-
tions.
RAILROAD, STATION AT MANGAS TO
PIJIRIGUA.—Highway. Appropriation, $10,000.
10.00 kilometers. Being surveyed.
BRIDGE ON THE ROAD TO MANTUA.—
Under consideration.
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER AJICONAL.
—Plans under consideration to change from steel
to wooden pridge.
CAYAJABOS TO CABANAS.—Extension of
the highway. Under consideration.
FORD OF CAYO NEGRO IN GUANE.—Re-
pairs under consideration.
FORDS OF “LA MAJAGUA”’
TUNAS,” IN GUANE.—Repairs.
eration.
ARROYO DE MANTUA TO MANTUA. —
Highway. Under consideration.
ROAD FROM CANDELARIA TO SOROA.
—Repairs. Under consideration.
BRIDGE OVER RIO LA PLATA IN CaA-
BANAS.—Under consideration.
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER GUAMA.—
$30,00.. The appropriation for this work has been
reduced irom $50,000 to $30,000, and $20,00
transferred to construct the bridge over the San
Juan river on the highway from Punta de Carta
to San Juan y Martinez.
SAN DIEGO DE LOS BANOS TO PASO
REAL.—Highway. 4.90 kilometers. Appropria-
tion, $50,000. Constructed under former contract.
1040 lineal meters. Of the present contract only
preliminary work has been done. Gathering of
material on the site continues.
PROVINCE OF HABANA.
SAN ANTONIO TO CEIBA AND GUANA-
AND “LAS
Under consid-
JAY (by way of Encrucijada).—Highway. 1.090
kilometers. Appropriation, $10,000. 100 men
working. 2/3 part of the grading done.
SAN ANTONIO DE LOS BANOS TO
GUIRA DE MELENA.—Highway. 3.000 kilo-
meters. 57 men working. 4,840 lineal meters
constructed under old contract. 2,600 lineal
meters of present contract nearly completed.
HAVANA (ARROYO APOLO) TO BATA-
BANO, VIA MANAGUA.—Highway. $137,600-
31.300 kilometers. 87 men. Construction under
former contract 29,239 lineal meters. Section up
to Duran completed. 10,000 lineal meters under
construction. :
GUAYABO TO OQUIVICAN. — Highway.
$50,000. 5,635 lineal meters completed. Grading
completed.
PUNTA BRAVA TO SAN
Appropriation, $50,400.
PEDRO.—High-
4,606 kilometers.
way. j
Constructed under old contract, 4,000 lineal
meters. Telford macadam completed. On the
two road houses, nothing has been done as yet-
LA CABANA (FORTRESS) TO COIMAR.—
Road work here is mainly of repairing. $18,000.
600 kilometer. 35 men working. 4,800 square
meters of brush cleared. 2337 cubic meters of
grading done.
CUATRO CAMINOS TO MANAGUA.—High-
way. 6.16. Appropriation, $72,400. 52 men at
work. Constructed under former contract 3,982
lineal meters. Under present contract all the
work is done, less 1,500 lineal meters of Telford
macadam.
14 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
GANZA TO MADRUGA. — Highway. Ap-
propriation, $100,000. 8,603 kilometers. Half
grading done. 87% and 90% of the excavating
and bridges done. 8% of the road houses done.
LA GALLEGA AND GUANABO TO BOCA
DE GUANABO.—Extension of highway. 8.100
kilometers. Appropriation, $92,000. 62 men
working.
1,000 cubic meters of grading done.
Gathering and storing material on the site con-
tinues.
GUINES TO LA CATALINA.—Highway and
bridge over the Manposton river. $30,000. 70
men working. 4475 cubic meters of grading done.
50 cubic meters of concrete work done.
SAN FELIPE TO QUIVICAN. — Highway.
6.000 kilometers. Appropriation, $32,600. The
contractor has not begun work as yet. Prelim-
inary survey done.
GUANABACOA TO SANTA MARIA DEL
ROSARIO.—Highway. 8.00 kilometers. Appro-
priation, $30,000. Survey of 8 kilometers and
cross sections done.
TAPASTE TO MINAS.—Highway.
meters. Appropriation, $60,000. 11314 cubic
meters of grading done. 24 lineal meters of
concrete done. Pipes laid and storing of mate-
rial on site of work,
JUCARO AND SANTA FE TO
GERONA.—s5.50 kilometers.
coo. -% grading done. 140 meters of concrete
work done. (Isle of Pines.)
GUINES TO NUEVA PAZ.—Highway.
Contract awarded, but work has not been com-
menced. Surveying continues.
JUCARO TO TUMBA CUATRO BY WAY
OF LA CATALINA.—Highway. Appropriation,
$25,000. Contract awarded. Storing of mate-
rial on site of work. Surveying continues.
ALOQUIZAR TO CANAS.— Highway. 4.50
kilometers. rol men. 3,900 cubic meters of
grading done. Awaiting further estimates to con-
tinue work.
SAN ANTONIO TO LA GUIRA,
TO ALOQUIZAR.—Highway. 3-10 kilometers.
Appropriation, $25,000. 51 men working. All
the grading has been done. 2/3 of the afirmado
Telford macadam completed.
CAPELLANIAS TO PUERTA DE LA
GUIRA.—Highway. 4.50 kilometers. Appropria-
tion, $30,000. 92 men working. 5,190 cubic
meters of grading done. Storing of material con-
tinues.
GAMUZA TO MATANZAS FROM LA CAT-
ALINA.—Highway. Appropriation, $182,000. 26
14. kilo-
NUEVA
Appropriation, $35,-
7-50.
BRANCH
kilometers. 5700 meters of wire fences. 2 kilo-
meters constructed. Storing of material con-
. tinues.
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER JUCARO NEAR
DON MARTIN.—Appropriation, $2,000. Inspec-
tion being made and report to be filed.
BAINOA TO SANTA CRUZ DEL NORTE,
by way of Caraballo.—Highway. Under consid-
eration.
WOODEN BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER
BANES, on the road from Madruga to Pipian.
MARIANAO TO JAIMANITAS, by way of
Arroyo Arenas.—Highway. Under consideration.
ARTEMISA TO CANAS, and Puerta de la
Guira.—Highway. Under consideration.
SAN FELIPE TO GUINES.—Highway. Un-
der consideration.
PROVINCE OF MATANZAS.
CHIRINO TO BACUNAYAGUAS.—Highway.
Appropriation, $25,000. 1.810 kilometers. All
grading completed. Concrete work and _ wire
fences removed and constructed. 27 men at this
work.
SAN JOSE DE LOS RAMOS TO VILARO
AND BANAGUISES.—Repairs to road. $10,000.
.716 kilometer. Completed June 1.
COLON TO GUAREIRAS.—Road.
meters. Completed in June.
MATANZAS TO MADRUGA. — Highway.
$100,000. 2417 cubic meters of grading done.
1.200 kilo-
Gathering of material
men,
COLON TO CARDENAS.—Highway. Under
consideration. The appropriation of $20,000 is
for the purposes of purchasing road engines, etc.
on site continued. 150
PEDRO BETANCOURT TO NAVAJAS. —
Highway. $17,000. 2.950 kilometers. Completed
June, 1907.
ENCRUCIJADA TO GUANABANA (second
section).—Highway. Appropriation, $30,000. 3,772
kilometers. Constructed under former contract,
3200 lineal meters. %4 of grading done. Rock
excavating 2/3 completed.
MATANZAS TO CANAS{.—Highway. This
work includes a_ steel bridge. Appropriation,
$40,000. 1.800 kilometers. Constructed under
former contract, 1500 lineal meters. % wire
fences removed. % grading done.
material on site continues.
MATANZAS TO LA _ CIDRA. — Highway.
$81,528. 5-100 kilometers. 57. men working.
Branch to Santa Ana completed. Constructed
under former contract, 14,700 lineal meters. Of
the last 828 lineal meters, 4 of the Telford
macadam completed. 4/5 grading done.
JOVELLANOS TO CARLOS ROJAS. —
Bridge on road. $135,000. Grading completed.
Concrete work done and the placing of the
bridge will take place shortly.
SALE TO VARADERO.—Extension
2631 cubic meters of grading done.
tion, $25,000.
MACAGUA TO LOS ARABOS. — Highway.
Appropriation, $25,000. 2.587 kilometers. 71 men
working. Half grading done. :
ROAD SOUTH OF BOLONDRON.—Repairs.
Half completed.
CARDENAS TO COLISEO.—Highway. Ap-
propriation, $40,000. 4.870 kilometers. 420 lin-
eal meters of Telford macadam completed. 6036
cubic meters of grading done. Gathering of ma-
terial continues.
Storing of
of road.
Appropria-
PEDRO BETANCOURT TO NAVAJAS. —
Highway. Appropriation, $15,600. Surveying
continues.
CARDENAS TO CAMARIOCA. — Highway. ,
Appropriation, $40,000. 2.920 kilometers. 15,805
lineal meters constructed under old contract.
New work will commence shortly.
GUANABANA TO LAGUNILLAS.—Highway.
$100,000. Contract awarded.
PROVINCE OF SANTA CLARA.
QUEMADOS DE GUINES TO SAGUA. —
Highway. 2,360 kilometers. Appropriation, $22,-
ooo. Advertising for bids.
BRIDGE OVER THE LAGUNILLAS RIVER
-—Abutments under construction.
CIFUENTES TO SITIO GRANDE.—High-
Way. 1.020. $16,000.
\ ; 36 men working. Grad-
ing done. Bridge over stream crossing completed
and work will be finished shortly.
PLACETAS TO SANCTI SPIRITUS. — Ap-
propriation, $80,000. Masonry work under con-
struction. Half grading done. One bridge built.
SAGUA TO LA MAJAGUA.—Highway. Proj-
ect approved. Road 3.235 kilometers. Appro-
priation $40,000.
BRIDGE OVER RIVER CAMARONES OR
CANAO.—Approrriation $1,560. 36% of the
work done.
REMEDIVS TO YAGUJAY.—Highway. Ap-
propriation, $18,566. Project approved.
CIENFUEGOS 10 MANICARAGUA.-—High-
way. Appropriation $50,000. 3.047 kilometers.
Half of the work done. Two culverts constructed.
6 kilometers built under old contract.
SAN JUAN DE LOS YERAS TO MANICA-
RAGUA., — Highway. .800 kilometer. Appro-
priation, $1,600. 27 men. Nearing completion.
SAGUA TO SANTA CLARA. — Highway.
Completed.
SANTA CLARA TO CAMAJUANI.—High-
way. 2.810. Apnropriation, $34,000. 5 men.
2/3 part completed. :
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SS — h—h CC C'?
CIENFUEGOS TO RODAS. — Highway.
28.000 kilometers. Appropriation, $100,000. 10
men working. Storing of material on site.
SANTA CLARA TO ROBLE. — Highway.
1.400 kilometers. Completed. .
SANTA ISABEL DE LAS VUELTAS TO
VEGAS DE LAS PALMAS.—Highway. Will
be completed this month.
TAGUAYABON TO R. R. STATION.—High-
way. Completed. -
TRINIDAD TO CONDAO.—Highway.—2.350
kilometers. Appropriation, $16,427. 1/3 work
done.
CALABAZAR TO SAGUA.—Highway. Grant-
ed. To be constructed.
CORRALILLO TO SIERRA MORENA AND
RANCHO VELOZ.—Highway. Appropriation of
$20,000 granted. To be constructed.
RANCHO VELOZ TO QUEMADOS DE
GUINES.—Highway. Appropriation of $10,000
granted. To be constructed.
PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY.
BRIDGE BURENS. — Appropriation, $12,100.
Construction delayed on account of shortness of
cement.
BRIDGE NAJASA (ECUADOR... and repair
of the Najasa road. Appropriation, $51,100. 55
men workine. 2/3 grading done.
BRIDGE ON NAJASA RIVER (HATO
POTRERO).—Appropriation, $29,730. Grading
completed. Two spans placed and central span
on site of work will soon be placed.
BRIDGE GUAREAO.—Apnropriation, $15,000.
Men now working. Work on the bridge com-
menced, but delayed by rains.
REPAIR ROAD TRONCONES. — $34,000.
3-000 kilometers. 50 men working. 3/4 part of
the work carried out, but delayed on account of
rains.
BRIDGE LAS GUASIMAS.—Apnropriation,
$13,750. 5 men working.
CIEGO DE AVILA.—Repair of highway. Ap-
propuation, $40,000. 12.000 kilometers. 1/3 work
one.
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER GUAIMARO.
—Appropriation, $8,050. Work commenced. Stor-
ing of material on site continued.
ROAD AND PONTOON BRIDGE.—Con-
struction of 3 kilometers of the Central road of
Las Yaguas to San Geronimo. Work com-
menced. Foundation for pontoon bridge com-
menced.
REPAIR OF THE ROAD OF MORON.—
Half work done.
GUAIMARO TO GUAO.—Highway.
and project completed.
SAN GERONIMO TO FLORIDA R. R. STA-
TION.—Highway. Appropriation, $105,000. Ad-
vertising for bids.
LA GLORIA TO THE PORT OF VARAO.—
Highway. Pending decision of the director of
public works.
COSCORRO TO R. R. STATION.—Highway.
Surveying and topographical plans being prepared.
SABANICU TO R. R. STATION AT HAT-
UEY.—Highway. Advertising for bids.
Survey
The completion of the great public works described in the foregoing official list provides for an outlay
of $3,598,529. T
four years in highways and bridges
pearly 3.006, but it is obv-ous that many
different provinces.
The Government
is making hundreds of these fine
This is in accordance with Goy. Magoon’s determination to spend $13,000,000 and over in
threughout Cuba.
thousands
number
employment in the
The number of men partially at work
more will find profitable
reads in ,Cuba. This highway reaches down to
San Cristobal, distant 102 kilometres west of Havana.
16 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
Commercial
James L. Rodgers, the new
U. S. Consul- consul-general to Havana,
General having assumed his office
Rodgers First July 1, 1907, sends up his
Report from first report in August, which
Cuba. is a review, of Cuba’s com-
merce and industries during
1906. He says: “The trade of Cuba
prior to the last American intervention
had never been better, but the prospect
of another revolution was a_ serious
deterrent to trade. The rapidity, how-
ever, of the change in government rather
checked evil results, and though the vol-
ume of trade was smaller the gain was
large in those things which produce fu-
ture benefits.”
The exportations were:
Manufactur- Sugar, 60 per cent.; tobacco
ing Devel- and manufactures thereof,
oping. 26 per cent., and agricul-
ture, 8 per cent. Manufac-
turing for export and local consumption,
while of small moment in the past, 1s
beginning to develop and with good
promise of success. There are many
signs of future activity. He says: “AlI-
though the year 1906 does not show it
in volume, the effect of American inter-
vention and the program of internal
improvement inaugurated thereunder will
be plainly visible in the 1907 statistics
and in those of the fiscal year 1906-7.”
The present reciprocity
Exports from treaty with Cuba _ expires
other coun- December, 1908, and it was
trics keep pace believed that a new treaty
with those would be sent to Congress
from the some time this winter, but
United States.this plan was abandoned
when the revolt came
against the Palma administration. While
the exports to Cuba continued to in-
crease so likewise did the exports from
other countries, and it was charged that
the money received by Cuba from, the
United States for her sugars, tobacco,
etc., was being expended in other lands,
The new treaty, therefore, it was under-
stood, included heavier cuts in the Cuban
tariff on American products, although
the concessions the United States receive
have been regarded jealously by other
governments and they have sought thus
far in vain to secure like advantages.
Statistics can be misleading, as witness a
statement issued by the U. S. Depart-
ment of Commerce and Labor, which
shows an increase in trade with Cuba
under present tariff arrangements. While
Cuban exvorts to the United States have
increased during the four vears about 50
per cent., the shipments from the United
States to Cuba have gained 125 per cent.,
says the report.
This moves the Iron Age
Untied States of New York to say: “Ex-
imports from pressed in percentages this
Cuba far in is, of course, an excellent
excess of its showing from the Ameri-
exports to thecan standpoint, but a state-
Island. ment of actual values is not
so flattering to the manu-
facturers and exporters of the United
States. The total value of American ex-
ports to Cuba in 1903 was $20,140,132,
but as a treaty involving tariff reduc-
tions was then in immediate prospect the
export movement was at an abnormally
low ebb. In 1907 the shipments to Cuba
were valued at $48,330,913, or a gain in
four years of about $28,000,coo. The ex-
ports from Cuba to the United States in
1903 were valued at $62,942,790, while in
1907 they rose to $97,441,690, a gain of
nearly $25,0c0,000. It thus appears that
the actual gain in values has been 20 per
cent. greater in our imports from Cuba
than in our exports to the island, and
that at present we purchase nearly twice
as much in Cuba as the Cubans buy in
the United States.’
Cuba’s imports from the
_ Large United States show large
mcrease im gains in flour, lard, lumber,
boots and shoes and coal.
In the metal schedule, loco-
motives have ‘risen from
$67,970 in 1903 to $765,770 in the fiscal
year ending June 320, 1907. Imports of
builder’s hardware has nearly doubled,
scientific instruments, sewing machines
and agricultural implements also show
gratifying increase, but, continues the
Iron age, inasmuch as nearly all our
important foreign competitors have made
corresponding gains, it is apparent that
the existing treaty has merely increased
Cuba’s purchasing power and that only
about one-half the money we send to the
island is expended by the Cubans in our
markets.
exports in
metal lines.
Within the last nine years,
Capital says World’s Work, Ameri-
Flowing into can and British capital to
Cuba. the extent of more than
$300,0c0,0c0 has flowed into
Cuba, although checked sharply by the
late insurrection. That it will resume
within. the next vear or so is the confi-
dent hope of capitalists. If it continues
uninterrupted for the space of a few
years, the future of VUuba is assured, and
it will become a highly important com-
mercial factor in the world.
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a a elena ch ES
IN A CUBAN CIGAR FACTORY.
The Cigarmaker a Most Independent Workman—Curious Workroom Customs.
“La Meridiana’’? Fact ory in Havana.
The picture shows a portion of “La Meri-
diana’ brand factory in Havana. It is in
this factory where the cigars for some of
the crowned heads of Europe are made.
The room is of high ceiling, ventilated and
free circulation of air. Every cigarmaker
is provided with plenty of room to work
and sits in a leather covered chair or tab-
ouret. A special room is set aside for hats
and coats, although the cigarmaker prefers
to keep on his hat while working. They
are known to the company for record pur-
poses by a number, although the shop fore-
men sometimes keep a list of their names.
To the right of the picture and in the
rear can be seen a man sitting in a stand.
This man is the reader who was engaged
in reading when the picture was taken. The
reading fomunene is maintained by the private
funds of the cigarmakers. The
cost to each man ranging from
ten to fifteen cents per week
which covers the cost of the
books, novels and newspapers
as well as a salary of three dol-
lars which is paid the president
of the reading committee to
cover for the time he is sup-
posed to lose from his work
while engaged in counting votes
or making the weekly collec-
tion. These readers earn from
$40 to $60 per week, reading for
a period of three to four hours
a day. As a rule each factory
has two readers and news-
papers are taken up in the
morning and books or novels
in the afternoon.
The selection of the book or
novel to be read is an inter-
esting feature of the reading vyana.
question. It takes the charac- del
ter of a political election, each most
Salesroom of the Henry Clay
It is located on Prado No. 118 in the well known
Louvre.’’
commodation of persons
elaborately fitted up
man voting for the book which
in his opinion is the best and
for his favorite author. One of
the cigarmakers who acts as
president of the reading com-
mittee counts the votes cast in
favor of any book and an-
nounces which one has obtained
the majority of votes. This
book is then bought and placed
in its turn to be read.
The cigarmaker is one of the
most independent of workmen.
He is not hindered by set hours
but is at liberty to enter or
leave the factory whenever he
pleases and remain away from
work for a reasonable time and
still can.obtain his old place
back again. He works on the
basis of piece work and _ his
wages are in accordance with the size or
kind of cigar he is able to manufacture. He
is not restricted from talking or smoking
while at work but the reading keeps them
quiet and industrious.
Those unable to read or write are yet
kept informed on public questions and are
able to intelligently discuss problems of
National and municipal interest. They
seem to be well posted on scientific dis-
coveries and other matters.
There are many features of the reading
question which will surprise the new-
comer. For instance it is very common that
the newspapers have editorials or articles
which arouse the patriotic feelings of the
men. Then the reading is stopped, voices
are heard commenting on the subject treat-
ed and their knife or “chaveta” is struck
in Ha-
**Acera
the ac-
of the
and Bock & Co., Ltd.,
It has a reading and writing room for
visiting Havana and is one
stores to be found anywhere.
18 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
violently on the flat surface of their work-
ing table. This is their mode of applauding.
Sometimes the national hymn and _ other
popular airs are entoned, but singing is
reserved for important occasions, such as
the victory of a Cuban in a foreign coun-
try in some athletic contest, in a hard game
wrung from some of the baseball teams
which visit Havana each year. The ex-
citement, however, only lasts for a few
minutes; work is at once resumed and the
only voice heard in the big room is that
of the reader.
In the general mass of cigarmakers all
classes ‘are represented as well as races.
Cubans predominate, and men of all caliber
and intelligences are to be found among
them. Some are unable to read or write,
while others are men who have received
a good school education, but instead of oc-
cupying some office position have selected
this lucrative trade as a means of liveli-
hood.
lhe wages earned by the cigarmakers
vary. Some make as much as $50 a week
while others who are not experts in mak-
ing the selected sizes draw a weekly sal-
ary of $10 or $15 a week. Some cigar op-
eratives need only to make a small num-
ber of good cigars a day to draw big
wages, because the cigar they make is
an expensive one, for
he gets fifteen or twe
each.
which
Jd nty cents
They are paid twice a
weex, and their wages are now
in American currency, which
is the result of the victorv in
the last strike sustained against
the | Henry Clay and Bock &
Co.’s factories, and which last-
ed five months.
A cable despatch
Direct Cable to the New York
to Havana. Sun, under date
of September 12,
Says that the cable steamer.
Silvertown, with over I,300
miles of submarine cable on
board, sailed from London
yesterday. The cable is to be
laid between New York and
Havana for the Commercial
Cable Company. The object
of laying a cable direct between
New York and Havana instead
of following the old route be-
tween Cuba and Florida, is to
create effective — competition
with the Western Union com-
pany by greatly reducing the
time of transmission and _ in-
creasing reliability. This could
only be accomplished by cut-
ting out the long land lines
along the Atlantic coast,
which are subject to stormy
weather.
Governor Magoon replying to
American Secretary Tait, on the cur-
Currency rency question, on September
for Cuba 16, says that the American
system is already practically
the standard, and is gradually becoming the
controlling medium. He does not want
the demonetization of the other moneys in
use in the island, by any legal measure, as
it would disturb interests antagonistic to
changes. This feeling is particularly prey-
alent, he says further, among some large
foreign owners of sugar plantations. He
favors a gradual development, and believes
it would be unwise to introduce a special
Cuban currency like that in the Philippines.
Nothing will be determined, however, until
Secretary Taft returns.
Major Edward St. John Gfeble, advisor
to the Department of Government, was pro-
moted to be a lieutenant colonel of field
A Well artillery on August 21. Col-
Ppeercot onel Greble was born _at
Prepention the Military Academy at West
* Point in 1859. His father, an
officer in the army, was the first regular offi-
cer in the Union army killed in the Civil War.
After the establishment of the provisional
government he was appointed by Governor
Magoon as advisor to the Department of
Government. Few officers in the American
army are so universally liked.
Major Edward St. Jobn Greble, advisor to Department of Govern-
ment and recently made lieutenant-colonel.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
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LEADING BANKING HOUSES OF HAVANA—Interior of business office of H. Upmann & Co.
Rezardinge the new head-
Havanas quarters for Havana’s fire-
New Fire fighters, the municipal
Ouarters. architect has not done any-
thing as yet, as the ap-
propriation for the new quarters while
included in the budget has not yet been
sanctioned by the Treasury Department,
before which department it is now pend-
ing. As the site where the present Prado
headquarters are located belongs to the
Gallego Society, the whole block will
soon be demolished to make room for
their clubhouse. The mayor is now
considering a temporary home.
Mr. Liao Negantow, the
The Chinese Chinese minister, is build-
Minister's
New Villa.
ing a seaside villa in the
Vedado. The house was
purchased from Mr. Carlos
Aguirre, and is being remodeled and re-
built. A miniature lake, a grotto and
handsome grounds with tropical trees
and rare plants will render this residence
very attractive, and the house itself will
be furnished with oriental luxury.
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Alaricultural and American Colony Notes
A SHIPMENT OF CANNED PINE-
APPLES FROM CUBA.
Prices Secured—Hints of Market Re-
quirements.
During August, two young men form-
ing the Matanzas Fruit & Rubber Co.
some 1,600 boxes of
Their farm is at a
shipped north
canned pineapples.
place called Potrerillo, across the bay
from Gibara on the north coast. This is
their first shipment, as their plant has
just been installed. It may interest
readers of the CusaA Review to learn
some facts concerning this enterprise
secured from Mr. P. F. Smith of the
firm: “We canned the Red Spanish, and
we canned them full ripe. We began
canning in the middle of May and put
up 6,670 gallons, in gallon tins, and
shipped them all north. The machinery
for canning and the cans came from the
States. The plant has a capacity of
10,000 pines a day and cost to _ install
$3,000. “Remember,” cautioned Mr. Smith,
‘it might cost another man a good deal
more, for I set up the plant myself, and
built the house myself, and if labor is
hired for this work the cost will be cor-
respondingly increased.” The cans cost
14 cents each, which included freight
and duty. In exporting the cans came in
free. Mr. Smith has 200,co9 plants, all
Red Spanish, they averaged 3 to 6 pounds
each. The machine can handle a 6-
pound pine only. The smooth Cayenne
he found unsuitable, as it must be peeled
by hand, and that meant hired labor and
consequently increased expense. Mr.
Smith is more than satisfied with the
prices he received. anu will make a very
much larger shipment next season. He
found the dry weather very discourag-
ing and injurious to the pines, keeping
them small in size. Sugar lands, he
was Satisfied, were not good lands for
pineavples and neither was black soil.
The best were red soils and a mixture
of red and black.
Mr. Charles T. Howe, of Howe & Co.,
who sold the ~ineapples for Mr. Smith,
said that as specimens of Cuban fruit
they “were all right.” They left nothing
to be desired. Such fruit put up as re-
quired by the New York market would
sell readily and at remunerative — prices.
There is a good demand for canned pine-
apple and the demand was increasing.
but Mr. Howe advised the grower in
Cuba to get in touch with reliable firms
in New York for information as to the
best manner of canning pineapples in
order to secure prompt sales. He said
further: ‘There are many different ways
of canning pineapple, the public demand
one kind and then another. Some are
canned with sugar and some _ without.
These Gibara pineapples though without
sugar were so sweet tuat I almost ac-
cused the grower of sweetening them.
There is also grated or crushed pine-
apple largely used by pie-bakers. crushed
pineapple takes care of the waste and
small pieces. Then there is sliced pine-
apple and pineapple in chunks and in
cubes. In fact,
ferent styles
market.”
The trade in canned Porto Rico pines
is growing and the prices secured will
give our readers an idea as to the profits
of a similar venture in Cuba:
Sliced pineapple, 3-inch slices, sells for
toc. to 10'%c. per lb. to the retailer. This
price is for fruit alone, excluding the
weight of the cans. There are about
5 lbs. in a gallon can. Grated pineapple
there are about 134 dif-
to please the New York
with sugar sells for $5 to $5.50 per
dozen gallon cans. Put up in pound
cans, sliced pineapples would sell at
retail in New York readily for 20c. per
can. The demand is great and con-
stantly increasing. The firm mentioned
disposes of 185,000 cases per year and
there are many other firms dealing in the
same product. We might add that any
American community in Cuba could make
arrangements with this firm upon the
receipt of assurances as to their relia-
bility and secure financial assistance in
the establishment of a canning industry
in their colony.
Los Indios, located on the
Notes from west coast of the Isle of
Los Indios. Pines, on the deepest har-
bor on the island’s coast, is
an entirely new town, populated by Am-
ericans. A good many of the people are
employed in the sawmills of the Cafiada
Land & Fruit Company. From the saw-
mills a long tramway leads to the Los
Indios river, where the lumber is loaded
on schooners and shipped to Cuba, where
it finds a good, ready market. The best
pine lumber brings from $20 to $30 per
1,coo feet; red Spanish cedar and ma-
hogany un to $150 and $200 per 1,000
feet in Havana. There are large tracts
of land under cultivation with citrus
fruit and there are fine vegetable gar-
dens. A company store and a rooming
house with up-to-date modern improve-
ments afford comfort to newcomers and
visitors.
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Views cf colonists’ hemes at Omaja,
No. 1, residence of L. N. Kreider; No. 2,
of the land on the town site; No. 5,
Cuba,
distant
of €. Plant; No. 3,
house of E. C. Pierson; No. 6,
some 100 miles west of Santiago de Cuba.
of W. P. Felker; No. 4 sbows the lay
temporary station and office,
facing the tracks of the Cuba Railroad and built by the Colony officials.
NOTES FROM OMAJA.
The colonists here are all busily at
work. They are a hardworking, indus-
trious class, skilled in profitable farm
work, with their homes and acreage
mostly in a flourishing condition. The
land south of the station is largely savan-
na, somewhat despised by the Cubans,
who laughed at the idea of the Ameri-
cans attempting to raise anything in
such poor soil. But their opinions
changed when they saw the fine gar-
dens of Mr. Kreider and Mr. Plant. All
kinds of vegetables, fruits, melons, Rocky
Fords and watermelons of excellent
quality and size, bananas, oranges and
grape-fruit all growing lustily and yield-
ing satisfactorily, filled the cleared
ground. Mr. Plant found that much
rain had a tendency to make the melons
grow so fast that they cracked when
near ripe. Otherwise he had had fine
success.
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NOTES FROM BARTLE.
Bartle is some 65 miles east of Camaguey,
and the Cuba Railroad passes through the
property. It is a place which strikes one
favorably at first glance, inasmuch as the
town site was first built upon, and there are
numerous cozy residences of the colonists
visible from the car windows. Mr. D. O.
Bull’s house north of the track
makes an especially fine ap-
pearance. The colony is young
about two years and much
cannot be expected in that
time, but work is being done and the place
The Sugar
Mill Not Yet
Built.
Among the improve-
ments in Jartle, none
is more striking than
the beautiful new stone
station. A year
ago,
business was carried on
in the old
which
tion. The picture
the old and the
freight car
served as a Ssta-
shows
new.
is being gradually developed.
pointment has been expressed because of
the failure of the company to build the
promised sugar mill. The acres of the set-
tlers are some distance from the town sites,
and the original idea was that a good in-
come could be attained by planting the land
to sugar cane and selling to the mill. “As
the land is undeniably fertile, it was be-
lieved that a good crop of cane could be
secured from year to year without much
trouble and expense after the original plant-
Much disap-
ing. Planted to cane the colonist was sup-
posed to make a profit of
Gossip $40.00 or $50.00 per acre.
of the But the revolution of August,
Colony. 1906, interrupted the plans of
the company, as it did many
others in the island, government and pri-
vate.
The Torrens family has left Bartle, and
for a little while their hotel was run by
the Realty Co. It has since been sold. The
new hotel is not ready. Among the deaths
in the colony have been Mr. Bearthmann,
Mrs. Arthur Beedham and Miss Jeannie
Young. There have been some departures
for the States, some final, and there have
been many new arrivals and 25 or 30 more
are expected this month. Mr. H. S. Bun-
bury, the postmaster, has been superseded
by Mrs. Acosta, the wife of the station
agent, who was appointed to the office in
August. One of the sights of Bartle is the
former's garden, of which a special illus-
trated description will be given in another
issue. It is a miniature agricultural experi-
ment station, for at considerable trouble and
expense Mr. Bunbury secured valuable trees
and shrubs froin different parts of the world
and planted them in his garden, carefully
noting their growth. All the strange com-
pany he has collected are growing finely and
An Agricul- in this work which is a labor
tural Experi- of love, Mr. Bunbury has
ment Station proven that many valuable
on a Small plants will grow easily in
Scale. Cuba.
Miss Jeanette Overhaugh,
the school teacher, was married some time
ago to Joseph Roberts.
Mrs. Cameron Jonson is the mother of
a fine boy. Mr. and Mrs. Jonson were the
first to leave the townsite and go to the
bush and live and develop their land. They
have 26 acres cleared and stumped, have
much citrus fruit planted and will go into
cattle raising.
Dr. Preston, the owner of the new hotel
now building, has bought 60 acres and will
plant to grass, keeping cows and other cat-
tle, and planting fruit and vegetables for
the use of his hotel. The saw-mill has been
enlarged and a planer and shingle machine
added.
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Twenty years ago the banana
Increased was an unfamiliar fruit to
Consumption many in America. To-day
in Tropical several of the Pacific Coast
Fruits. markets consume a carload
each of bananas per day. A
few years ago grape- fruit was practically
unknown. To-day its increasing consump-
tion is surprising wholesale dealers.
The pineapple has only begun to gain in
popularity. The avocado is a rarity in a
few markets and never reaches most of the
large cities. The mango is not known. All
these and a number of other tropical fruits
will certainly make a large place for them-
selves in the American market, and the
eastern markets will be supplied by Cuba,
and other tropical regions.—J. E. Higgins,
Horticulturist, Hawaii Agricultural Experi-
ment Station.
There were 112 vellow fever
Yellow cases in Cuba during the
Fever m year 1906, of which 33
1906. proved fatal. Havana had
71 and 12 deaths. Fitty
cases occurred between October 1 and
December 31—Bulletin Int. Bureau of
the American Republics.
Coffee was introduced into
A Short Cuba as early as 1720, and
History of the first coffee plantation was
Cofttée. established near Havana in
1748. French immigrants
from Hayti extended the cultivation
Of this bermy im 1780, and the in=
dustry thrived so well that in 1846 there
were about 2,328 coffee plantations in Cuba.
The price of coffee went down, and its cul-
tivation began to diminish in 1850, and in
1894 there were only Igr estates. The
cause of this decrease was not simply owing
to the lower prices it commanded, because
coffee was imported from South America
and East India, and on account of com-
petition, but principally owing to the care-
less methods employed in the cultivation
of coffee, so it decreased in quality and
quantity. Furthermore, it was found to
be more profitable to raise sugar cane and
make sugar. A small patch of ground,
about two hundred feet, would be sufficient
to produce enough coffee to supply a fam-
ily of eight persons. Mountainous or hilly
regions and a fertile soil, loose and fresh,
are the requirements for producing a good
crop. The tender shoots are easily injured
by dry weather and heavy winds, so it 1s
desirable to plant them in a shady place,
well sheltered from storms and rains.
Therefore, the plantations are generally de-
voted to other products and the plants are
raised between orange, banana or other
trees. The plantations begin to produce
-the berries within three or four years, and
within seven years the crop is usually very
flourishing. The little plants bloom from
December to May, and the berry takes from
seven to eight months to ripen and develop
fully. The harvest is in October. Usually
the cultivation of other products will cover
the cost of cultivating the coffee plants and
after a few years the harvest will bring in
good profits.
Albany, August 19, 1907.—
New The Colombia Sugar Co. of
$1,000,000 New York, $1,000,000 cap-
Sugar ital, has filed articles of in-
Company. corporation with the Secre-
tary of State. The direc-
tors are: FF. Velez, of Havana, Cuba,
and A. T. Hanabegh and F. H. Field, of
Brooklyn.
The governor’s decree na-
Governor's tionalizing the sanitation of
Decree the island, is welcome. It
Welcome. centralizes the service and .
obliges municipalities to
contribute services and funds to a por-
tion of the work. The new board will
consist of one chief and five members
holding office four years. The decree
was signed August 26.- The army con-
trol over sanitary matters will be a re-
lief to those American officers who up
to now have had the general supervision.
Major Kean, supervisor of the Depart-
ment of Sanitation, and his assistants
were constantly hampered by the indif-
ference and jealousy of the municipal
doctors, who, protected by political in-
fluence, resented army suggestion and
direction. The nationalization of the
sanitary work takes all their authority
away and places it wholly under the
direction of the U. S. Army. The ex-
penses of the department will be de-
frayed by the state and city councils will
contribute ten per cent. of the cost. Dr.
Lopez del Valle has been chosen local
sanitary chief of Havana. Presidents
and chiefs will be elected or appointed
and the biological, chemical and bacteri-
ological laboratory will be sustained in
Havana, supplied with the necessary
equipment for carrying on the work. The
chief surgeon and medical doctor shall
be appointed for a term of four years,
and a sanitary board shall be appointed
to direct matters in the capital, and
local chiefs at each town with such em-
ployees as may be required.
PRnoaiill Week ending
s 1323 crates.
Exports. August 17,
August 10,
Week ending
1351 crates.
from Havana. Week ending (eee 24, 885
crates. Week ending August 31, 450
crates. Total from January 1 to August 31,
inclusive, 640,276 crates.
buildings Matanzas
Some
course of construction by the Matanzas RR. & W. Co.
new facing harbor, in
THE CUBA REVIEW
And Bulletin.
THE BEAUTIFUL NEW BUILDING OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF CUBA
OFFICIALLY OPENED.
Governor Magoon was among the invited
euests at the opening of the National Bank
of Cuba’s new five-story steel and concrete
building at Obispo and Cuba streets on
\ugust 31 last. Others were the leading
business men of the city, officials of the
Government and officers of the American
army. President Vaughn showed the visit-
ors through the building. There are prob-
ably few bank offices anywhere so com-
plete and convenient and so well adapted to
the transaction of business. There will be
exhibition ‘days for some time to come as
invitation cards have been sent to the I1,000
base of fine
Separating the
are marble
bronze and
enclosure has a
Carrera marble.
mpartments
by
This
white
different rar
columns surmounted
glass globes.
depositors of the bank and to
many others.
The officers of the bank occu-
py the whole of the first floor, a
large and airy room with high
ceiling supported by huge steel
and concrete columns.
Looking towards the comfort
had at a moment's notice in of fire
from the heavy pumps which have been es-
tablished in the engine room.
The building is of Corinthian architec-
ture, designed by a Cuban architect, Senor
Jose Toraya and built under his directions
case
by the contractors, Purdy & Henderson.
ets 85 feet high, 70 feet in width and
its depth on Cuba street 1s 121 feet. The
materials employed consisted of cement
and steel, marble and the beautiful Cuban
woods. The building is more than usual-
ly commodious and comfortable, the high
ceilings making the interior pleasurably
cool. The furnishing and fit-
tings are of the highest order
and in thorough good taste. The
building has elevators and con-
venient rooms for tourists, wom-
en depositors and visitors. A
picture of the front of the ed-
ifice appeared in the August is-
sue of the Review.
HAVANA CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS.
The collections of the Havana
Custom House during the pres-
of the employees the bank has
laced } } ‘er. batl : A white Carrera marble staircase in the front of the room
placed enougn 5 1o0wer baths 1M jeads into the basement and to the Safe Deposit Vaults, which
the rear which may be used by are built of armor plate and concrete.
the employees. In the rear of the
basement 1S the engine and dynamo room ent month were $1,695,600.55.
~h anstor = : ren he . i : f od
which transforms the current from the For the ‘first six months ‘of smoogmeae
street for the use of the building and to run
the two electric elevaters which have been
installed.
The other four stories of the building
have been built to accommodate tenants.
The upper stories are reached by two elec-
tric elevators of the latest type and by mar-
A mailing chute, the first of
its kind in Cuba, has been installed.
Standpipes with hose attached are to
be found on every floor, and water can be
ble staircases.
duties collected at the customhouse of the
port of Habana were $9,831,608, as com-
pared with $9,668,009 for the similar period
of in which there were no such
events as a changed government, strikes at
1go6,
ports of destination of vessels, a practically
complete suspension of the manufacture of
cigars, and various other untoward inci-
dents.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 25
a aa a aaa a ee,
>
THE AMERICAN CAMP AT MATANZAS.
Headquarters of the Twenty-eighth Regiment, U. S. Infantry.
Headquarters of the 28th U. S.
is an old Spanish barracks,
occupied by the
building
Guard and new
J. Sweet commanding.
Col. Owen J. Sweet, commanding the 28th
Regiment, U. S. Infantry, is cozily quar-
tered with his command in an old spacious
Spanish barracks in Matanzas. The premi-
ses were afterwards occupied by the Rural
Guard until the second intervention, when
they removed to the equally old Fort San
Severino, on Matanzas Harbor, which they
still occupy. Every evening at sundown
many hundreds of Matanzas citizens with
their wives gather to hear the regimental
band play and to witness the picturesque
closing military exercises of the day. Col.
Sweet has kept a sharp eye on sanitary vio-
lations in the city, and in many instances has
insisted on immediate and drastic reforms
where conditions in and around dwellings
were unusually unhealthy. The close
proximity of cesspaol and well, when
discovered promptly brought forth or-
ders to close the latter and the house-
holders forced to install city water.
This latter is plentiful and of good
quality but the service is unusually
costly, the company charging high
prices for the accommodation. Col.
Sweet has an enviable army record,
born in 1845, he saw active service
all through the war of the rebellion,
and for activity, skill and marked gal-
lantry was in 1865 personally thanked
on the field by the commanding Ma-
jor-General John W. Geary. After
the war he was placed in command
of different army posts and in various
responsible positions until 1899, when
he was ordered to the Philippines and
again engaged in active warfare
against the ‘Sultan of Jolo. He de-
stroyed a nest of Sulu pirates effect-
ually wiping out their stronghold and
was invalided home in 1901 broken
in health. For his services in the
Philippine campaign Col. Sweet re-
ceived unstinted praise from the press
of the United States, and from the
Infantry in Matanzas. The
later devoted to the Rural
American garrison, Col. Owen
leading merchants of Jolo. Thoroughly
conversant with all details of regimental
routing he is thoughtful and solicitous.
for the comfort of his men and there-
fore deservedly popular.
Matanzas as a city is very much im-
proved, and there is apparent a determi-
“nation on the part of the progressive
business men of the town to improve it
still more. A company owning 12 miles
0 water front on the harbor intends to
establish different industries which will
afford employment to many. There are
city works contemplated, the Santo
Theater has been renovated, and the
Plaza Libertad will be beautified.
Colonel Owen: J. Sweet. commanding the 28th infantry,
with headquarters at Matanzas, Cuba.
26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
RAILROAD STATIONS IN CUBA. Sagua la Grande in Santa Clara Province on the north coast. Sagua
has a population of about 14,000,
Buildings of all sorts and and windows with iron gratings is pret-
Many New conditions are being put up erable for the tropics, where spacious
Buildings in throughout Habana, Jesus apartments are more conducive to com-
Havana's del Monte, la Vibora, Camp fort than more elegant habitations of
Suburbs. Columbia, Marianao and_= restricted dimensions. Modern improve-
Vedaao. Many residences ments are now introduced in the way of
have been built after an architecture drainage, bathrooms and other con-
which is not confined to the old Spanish veniences. However, luxurious dwellings
style, but partakes of American, English, of wealthy Cubans have always been
French and Dutch. Nevertheless, the provided with baths, built after the
old style with its spacious rooms, high fashion of those of Roman villas or
studded, large windows and_ big doors, Pompeian baths.
The Royal Bank of Canada
The Royal with head office at Montreal
Bank of and with branches in Ha-
Canada in vana, Matanzas, Cardenas,
Camaguey. Cienfuegos, Manzanillo, and
Santiago de Cuba, has had
a branch in Camaguey for three years.
In June, 1907, it moved into its new stee!
and cement building, on Chas. A. Dana
Plaza, corner Cisneros Street.
The building is two stories in height,
has living rooms upstairs, and contains
every improvement. E. del Castillo, who
speaks English fluently, is the manager
of the branch. He was optimistic as to
general conditions, and believed a steady
improvement had already set in. The
bank’s business was growing and Cama-
Branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. at the 8&Uey was destined to become a most im-
corner of Chas. A. Dana Plaza, Camaguey, Cuba. [POrtant city.
i ie ie 7
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
SUGAR IN AUGUST.
Little Change in Prices—Weather Conditions Unsatisfactory—Refined Sugars
Demand Below the Average—The Brussels Convention.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
August opened with centrifugals quoted at 3.94c. per Ib. for 96 test, and closed
at 3.92c. per Ib.
Beet root sugar opened the month at gs. od. per cwt. f.o.b. Hamburg, 88 analysis,
and closed at 10s.
During the month the highest quotation for centrifugals, 96 test, was 3.94c. per Ib.,
and the lowest 3.89c. per Ib.
The highest for beet sugar was 10s. 34d., and the lowest gs. 84d.
Refined granulated opened at 4.65c. per lb., and closed at 4.65c¢. per lb., the highest
during the month, being 4.65c. and the lowest 4.65c.
It will be noted that very little change in prices occurred in August. The market
as a whole was extremely dull for both raws and refined, and this dullness led to
the decline in raws in the middle of the month to 3.89c., which was not fully recovered
until the beginning of September.
The weather conditions for the growing crops of Eurepean beet and Cuba cane
during the month, and especially at the close, were reported unsatisfactory by experts,
giving a very marked strength to the European sugar exchanges under an active
demand both for consumption and _ speculation.
Owing to a rather unusual shortage in the fruit crops in this country, the demand
for the refined product has been below the average and has kept the wants of
refiners for raw sugars much less urgent than was anticipated. Hence the European
markets have been allowed to advance to 19c. per 100 lbs. above the parity of our
market. Eventually, our market must respond with an improvement, also.
Even with the drawback of a limited refined market, the sugar situation as a
whole must be considered satisfactory and capable of further improvement in prices.
The Brussels convention, to which reference was made last month, has held a
meeting of its permanent committee, the result being that England’s proposal to with-
draw was accepted, and the convention extended by the remaining countries until
September 1, 1913. This action leaves England free to buy sugar from any part of
the world, whether bounty fed or not, but by further action England is prevented
from exporting into convention countries any manufactures containing bounty-fed sugar.
It remains to be seen what effect, if any, will be noticed in the general sugar situa-
tion after September 1, 1908. Very much will depend on the sugar policy of Russia
as it may develop in the meantime.
Cuba need not necessarily be specially influenced except that the present satis-
factory world conditions will be somewhat disturbed by the action of Great Britain.
September cpens with an upward tendency for both raws and refined.
MIGUEL de CARDENAS
Statistics Regarding Importations and
Exportations through the port of
Havana furnished.
P. O. Box 743 Havana, Cuba
4
2
Se
1s
1
23
sz
=
6
2a
sz
=
1G
Ga
Sugar Prices at New York for August:
Broken Eine ese. es. a. - 7-6-2 ln 1906 |
SOU GL@pMNSNDTT ie yee rey pepecaypatiat lies oliarisvenerie sens) diana) Neustenene 1907
28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN AGOSTO.
Muy pocas alteraciones en los precios—Condiciones atmosféricas desfavorables—La
demanda por aztcar refinado menor de lo normal—La convencion de Bruselas.
Escrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
El mes de Agosto comenz6 cotizandose los centrifugas 4 3.94 cents. la libra, polari-
zacion 96° y cerré a 3.92 cents. la libra.
El azticar de remolacha se cotizaba al empezar el mes 4 9s. od. las 100 libras,
‘el mes.
La cotizacién mas alta durante el mes, de los centrifugas polarizacion 95°, fué 3.94
entregado a bordo del buque en Hamburgo, analisis 88, y se cotizO6 a 10s. al terminar
‘cents. la libra, y la mas baja fué 3.89 cents. la libra.
La mas alta del aztcar centrifuga fué 1cs. 34d., y la mas baja fué 93. 8M%d.
El refinado granulado abrié a 4.65 cents. la libra y cerré a 4.65 cents. la libra, siendo
la cotizacién mas alta durante el mes 4.65 cents., y la mas baja 4.65 cents.
Se observara que fueron muy pocas las alteraciones en los precios habidas en
Agosto. El mercado estuvo en extremo calmado en cuanto a la demanda por azucares
mascabados y refinados se refiere, y esa calma dié motivo 4 la baja de los mascabados
hacia mediados del mes a 3.89 cents., no restaurandose los precios completamente hasta
principios de Septiembre.
Las condiciones atmosféricas para las siembras en los campos, tanto de remolacha
europea como de cafia cubafia, durante el mes y especialmente a fines del mismo, se
ha considerado desfavorable por los expertos, dando muy marcada firmeza a los mercados
azucareros europeos con una activa demanda tanto para el consumo como para especular.
Debido 4 una extraordinaria disminucion en las cosechas de frutas en este pais, la
demanda del azucar refinado ha sido menor de la normal, y ha hecho que los refinadores
no tuvieran la urgencia por comprar mascabados que se crey6. De aqui que los mercados
europeos hayan podido subir hasta 19 cents. las 100 libras sobre la equivalencia de
nuestro mercado. Al fin nuestro mercado debera responder también con un ailza.
Aun con el inconveniente de una limitada existencia de aztcar refinado, la situacién
azucarera puede considerarse en conjunto satisfactoria y capaz de otra mejora en los
precios.
La Comisién Permanente de la Convencion de Bruselas mencionada en la revista
del mes pasado, celebr6 una sesién, con el resultado de haberse aceptado la proposicion
de retirarse que hizo Inglaterra y prolongarse la Convencion por los paises restantes
hasta el primero de Septiembre de 1913. Este acto deja a Inglaterra libre de comprar
azucar en cualquier parte del mundo, ya esté sujeta 4 primas 6 no,: pero por un acto
subsecuente, se prohibe 4 Inglaterra exportar a los paises afiliados a la Convencion
articulos que contengan azticar sujeta 4 primas. Falta saber que efecto, si es que
produce alguno, tiene tal medida en la situacion azucarera en general después del
primero de Septiembre de 1908. Mucho dependera de las medidas que con respecto
a) azticar adopte Rusia en el entretanto.
Cuba no ha de afectarse necesariamente, excepto en lo que se refiere a que la
presente situacién tan satisfactoria en todo el mundo, habra de trastornarse un tanto con
motivo del acto de Inglaterra.
El mes de Septiembre comenzé con una tendencia al alza tanto para los mascabados
como para los refinados.
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HENRY CLAY & BOCK & COMPANY, Ltd.
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
Retail Dept. Prado 118, Havana Dave Echemendia, Mer.
The Henry Clay and Bock and Co., Ltd., extends a cordial iny:tation to the traveling public
to visit their display rooms at Prado 118, between the ‘‘Inglaterra’’ and *‘Telegrafo’’ hotels, where
all the prominent periodicals and newspapers from principal cities are on file, and where a
writing room and stationery are at your disposal. Information is gladly given as to points of
interest to the tourist, ete. It is the earnest desire of Henry Clay and Bock and Co., Ltd., that
every visitor should carry away a pleasant recollection of Cuba, for which purpose this display
room has been established.
BRANDS:
CABANAS & CARVAJAL HENRY CLAY and BOCK & CO.
CORONA CAROLINA VILLAR y VILLAR
and many others.
Sale oo ~ ne y Booth, Wallsees Cox Chicago épuk volcan ee eee 4!
‘A uila de Oro 9 Brown; Henry E., New “York:> i... seuss 31
pe pei a rs kg Ro ee Co
ba: Railroad, New York ..0 cess cecmnen 4
CORK TIP CIGARETTES Cawthorn’ Hotel, Mobile™... 3.232. ceva seen 32
Chicago Lumber & Coal Co., Mobi.e, Ala... 33
Favorite of Smokers Cuban Realty Go., ‘Toronto. oi. seen 37
Connell & Son, an S., New: Yorks. senor ma 37,
H Cubitas’ Valley Co:, Chicago .%..0.... meee 41
“Clover Weak” Route: «2 sia. oviccrts relies 41
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn... ........seee 38
( | Fidelity Commercial & Trading Co., N. Y.. 43
il Foster & Reynolds, New York............. 31
7 Gillett; Di"G:; Tampa, Plas. sant clei eee 34
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile ....... 32
Journal, .wWAgricultare Tropical cox. -mseuieee 37
Lewis “Land & Lumber Cots. «cic. cciisteteten 32
Lewis & Go:, H. F:, New Orleans? c.e- oc 31
Link Belt Co:, N. Y., Phila., Chic., Indplisg 29g
Mobile & Ohio: R: Reis. scresisse-w ovetsiereateie ene 37
McDonald, -Johne W., INNew York... co... 38
Munro & Son, John, New York....... 3.0. 31
Munson Steamship Line, New York-Havana. 42
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Co., Mobile, Ala. 33
Queen & Cresctnt Route: ssc) os cce vier 39
Ramapo Lrouy WiOGKS «ois <.icle ohanesele eeesis oem 29
| Richardson: scale: Gos See sce sors seni ee 4
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Co.. Mobile... 32
Shriver (& (Co:, ‘i:, (Elarrison, IN: Ji. are 29
Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41
Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana...... 42
Snare & Trieste Co., New York and Havana 41
Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 44
Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York....... 37
WU. S.Commission Merchants: 4) ..0 7 ase 31
Vinegar Bend Lumber Co., Ala........... 4"
Wiener Gos Ernst, New Works... .20 eee 44
Wallett & Gray, (New York © 2'-\-)0%< oisteercetes 39
Yule&) Munro, Brooklyn | ..js1s;ere 0/1staleteteretene 39
Adams Engineering Co., Havana........... 44
Business” Firms: of Antillasic..:.c./-/eselere otererete 40
Business’ Firms. of (Gamaguey-.. -. «si nismieereiene 38
‘s ee “~ ‘Caibarien! «<0 cee erste 33
ss “ {© (Gibara) “asset osteo neee 38
= ne © ‘Santiago 2 /< ows «cate 40
# Directory of Elavana) «01 scene 36
=a, = Banco de la Habana, Havana ............ 36
REILLY 9A Canada Land & Fruit Co., Isle of Pines.... 39
Carlos. Muecke,, (\Camapuey....--.1-:-1-) <1 teeerenennne 33
Conant) & Wright, Havana ..</\.2. sesrenen 35
Dardet .&. 'Gos, "Havana sca: sjc« 3.5 pies ee 28
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co., Antilla, Nipe Bay. 40
Pectoral Paper Rice Paper cones eee A cli ack ce <a,s wit ietete a
PRICE, 10 CENTS Harris Boe. cat fe Havana’ ceili sore rtoeien 2
e sg Henry Clay and Bock & Co., Havana...... 30
The Best Cigarette Manu- Herradura Land ‘Go., Havana <c... sess seme 36
factured in Cuba. ... . Hotel Camaguey, Camaguey ....!:.0s+uee8e 38
Depot, Zulueta 10 Havana, Cuba Manuel Ruiz S. en C. Havana.............. 35
Miguel de Cardenas, Havana’. .. . 22. seemeeer 27
Molina Bross, Elavana’” .):\- «<a <sielejeiet eine 35
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. Marx & Windsor, Camaguey .........-..+. 38
i : National, Bank of ‘Cubali<.. «sos sersteepinteiees 34
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn...... 39 NortonBros., Havana’ ...15s0.sssscm eee 35
3aldwin Locomotive Works ..........++e0- 3 Purdy & Henderson, Havana °..... «sue chy
Leet Sugar Gazette Co., Ohicago:” Uns. ven 2 Royal, Bank Jof Ganada, Havana ..-ecseeeeee 34
Pennetta Wialshi we) Ose .s mrs cinereus 41 Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas ........ 39
Buckeye Nurseries. Tampa, Fla..........+ 3 rust (Coot Cuba, Havana sors. cle(s/1oeeite 34
Rrenwille. Hotels iMobile ity cieeicremeria eats 32 Upmann’ & Co; Hs, sblavana sons nici clelsteieete 34
Big. Pour “Route” c.cec.ccr shies eerie 37 United ‘Ratlwavs of Havana ..2--> 5.) oe 35
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U. S. COMMISSION MERCHANTS
NEW YORK
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Mobile, Ala. i
CHICAGO LUMBER & COAL CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND SHIPPERS OF }
Pitch Pine—Export and Interior
i
Docks at MOBILE, ALA., and PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS,
General Offices: ST. LOUIS, MO.
Office Export Department: MOBILE, ALA,
Operating seven Sectional Dry Docks,
Material ef all kinds kept on hand.
furnished promptly, and at reasonable rates.
“A CINCH”
CARLOS MUECKE
Camaguey a)ssurs Cuba
OLLINGER & BRUCE DRY DOCK CO.
Ship Builders and Repairers
eapacity 1,000 tons,
3,000 tons. Eyuinped with Air Plant for operating
cleaning vessel's b ttcms.
25-TON
DERRICK BARGE AND STEAM PILE DRIVER.
Shipwrights, Caulkers, Painters, Sparmakers and Riggers
Correspondence solicited.
MOBILE, ALA
and one Balance Dock, capacity
Pneumatic Tools, and Steam Pump for
2,850-acre tract in Camaguey Province
—three miles from railroad station and
only 800 yards from a town having tele-
graph, post-office and schools. For sale
(undivided) on easy terms. Price, $6.75
per acre. Small cash payment; balance
five years, at 6 per cent.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Apartado 114. Mata.”
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y HNO.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti 11 y 13. Apartado 24.
R. CANTERA Y CA.
(Sy Ga (G5)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28. Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
en
Caibarién.
P. B. ANDERSON,
U. S. Consular Agent,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Agent for Munson Steamship Line and Lloyds.
MARTINEZ & CO., S. en C.
Comerciantes Banqueros, ;
Importadores de Viveres,
Exportadores de Azucar.
Ship Broker.
Apartado 115. Telegrafo: Urquiza.
COMERCIO,
Hotel - - Restaurant - - Cafe
De José Urquiza. Zen
Calle de Marti nums 16 y 18 - - Caibarien
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Apartado 104. Telégrafo: “‘Bergnes.”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba. =
Calle Justa Num. 27. Cable: “Imaz.
ARIAS Y COMP.
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles. |
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba. Ene
Correo Apartado Num. 15. Telégrafo: “Arias.
ZARRAGA Y CA.,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Casa Banca. Exportadores de Azucar.
DRG ACR Oe ee ee ee
BONIFACIO DIAZ,
Gran Peleteria y Sombrereria. —
Marti 17 - - - a Caibarien
Constantes novedades en los dos giros de esta casa-
RODRIQUEZ Y VINA, S. en C.,
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres en General;
Comisiones y Consignaciones,
Consignatarios de Buques.
“Depositos de Carburo.”
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HAVANA
The Royal Bank of Canada
COLLECTIONS | ===
| Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
| Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation
| CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
| TOTAL ASSETS, - - - $45,500,000.00
Head Office, MONTREAL
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
National
Bank of Cuba
United States Depositary |
Depositary of Republic of Cuba
| Branches in Havana: Obrapia 33, Galiano 92;
| Matanzas, Cardenas, Manzanillo, Cienfuegos,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
CAPITAL, $5,000,000
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UDMANN & CO.
Bankers
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Safe Deposit Vaults
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA
COR, OBISPO & CUBA STS.
BRANCHES
Gallano 84, Havana. Pinar del Rio.
Monte 226, Havana. Caibarien.
Santiago. Guantanamo.
Cienfuegos. Santa Clara.
Matanzas Camaguey.
Cardenas. Sancti Spiritus.
Sagua la Grande Manzanillo.
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF JU, S. A,
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159+163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
THE TRUST COMPANY
OF CUBA N. GELATS & COMPANY
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA
Established 1876
Bankers
cos Re ae wy |
PAID UP Transacts a general bankin
CAPITAL $500,000 business. 2
Correspondence at all the prin-
eae cipal places of the island. ji
Transacts a General Trust SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
and Banking Business
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
Office: Aguiar 108
Cable: Code: :
EE Gillett, Tampa. Western Union.
Examines and Guarantees Titles, Collects D. C. GILLETT
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages : :
AE Ee Ee ES | Tampa, Fla.
Correspondence Solicited from Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Intending Investors Business transacted for foreign customers.
| Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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HAVANA
Se ae
United Railways of Havana
Cuba’s First and Foremost Railroad. (First Section opened to Traffic in 1837)
Takes you to All Parts of the Island East of Havana Comfortably and
Quickly through Varied and Beautiful Scenery and Past
Extensive Sugar Plantations
Parlor, Observation and Sleeping Cars attached to principal trains.
Full information and through tickets to all points in Cuba reached via the United Railways
of Havana can be obtained of the following:
Thos. Cook & Son Ward Line Southern Pacific R. R.
Seaboard Air Line R. R. Florida East Coast Railway Mobile & Ohio R. R.
Foster & Reynolds Washington Southern Railway Raymond & Whitcomb Co.
Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Peninsular & Occidental SS. Co. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Illinois Central R. R. Munson Line
NORTON BROS. COMPANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN © BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O'REILLY 102, Havena.
i About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstance, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
MANUEL RUIZ S. en C.
Fine Stationery, Engraving and Printing. Specialty in
Copper Plate Engraving
CARDS INVITATIONS HEADINGS
*Phone: 108 18 and 20 Obispo Street Code Used:
Cable Address: MUYZAR HAVANA, CUBA A.B.C. 5th Ed
a ee ee ee ee
CONANT & WRIGHT MOLINA BROTHERS
Attorneys-at-Law
Members of the College of Attorneys Customs Brokers
of .
ee Cable Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agente
Ernest Lee Conant “CONANT”
Albert Wright Mercaderes 4 Officios 52, Havana
J. M. W. Durant Havana
ee ee
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bille, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: “Bulle.”
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND _ ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., Bernaza 3.
TRANS-
All languages.
» DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
RESTAURANT—"PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
Banco de
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
la Habana
CAPITAL PAGADO 82,500,000 Oro Americano
Presidente - -«
Ofrece toda clase de
Carlos de Zaldo
facilidades bancarias
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
3) Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar’ del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
Cotton, Corn and Tobacco.
The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on.instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores,
Titles perfect.
Hotel, American School, all within short distance from Havana. City..
Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
WRITE OR CALL FOR INFORMATION.
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BARTLE
Twenty- five thousand acres of the richest and best watered land in Cuba on
the main line of the Cuba Railroad, with the finest station on the line,
ao Nipe Bay—the best: harbor.-6n -the- Island;
- No. swamps or insect. pests:
120 miles
- also the nearest to New York.
‘BARTLE is not in the: “sHlidiesness re offer’ all the comforts of 1
GOOD STORES, HOTEL, CHURCH, SCHOOL, SAW-MILL,: Etc. civilization,
TWO MAILS DAILY.
: SUGAR,
at BARTLE.
Re When you border Soil,
. advantages,
for particulars.
Transportation,
BARTLE offers something not to be had elsewhere® in Cuba.
ERUITS, TOBACCO AND VEGETABLES produce wonderful crops
Social, “Religious and Educational
Write
DUNCAN O. BULL, General Manager
CUBAN REALTY CoO., Ltd.
141 Broadway.
New York
Temple Bldg., Toronto, Canada
Bartle,
Cuba
Fans,
Passenger
Agent,
St. Louis, Mo.
LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO.
BANKERS
50 Wall Street, New York .
Deposits received subject to draft. Inter-
est allowed on deposits. Securities bought
and sold on commission. Travelers’ credits
available throughout the United States, Cuba,
Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and
Spain. Make collections in and issue drafts
and cable transfers on above countries.
London Bankers — London Joint = Stock ©
Bank, Limited.
Paris Bankers—Heine & Co.
Havana Bankers—N. Gelats & Co.
‘Engineers and Contractors
PURDY 6 HENDERSON, Ine.
Engineers and Contractors
‘New York Chicago Boston
Cuba Office, Emnvedrado 32, Havana
Journal d’Agriculture Tropicale
_ Published by J. VILBOUCHEVITCH
10 Rue Delambre, Paris (France)
Subscription, One Year, - - - - 20Francs
Deals with the leading questions of the hour,
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for every one and always interesting. 150 con-
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Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
Cable Address—‘‘Tide, New York’’
THE BIG FOUR ®
a Cars, Sleepers,
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CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad ro.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind Mills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Goods.
Live and Let Live Policy. Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him ny Specialty.
MARTINEZ.
M. J. CABANA, THE GOVERNOR OF CAMAGUEY.
6 ° | Me > a)
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camaguey. | $.,fn¢ halftone of, the, Gorerner of Samasiey
Solicita correspondencia de todos los centros im- | ij) appear in an early issue of ’
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America. THE CUBA REVIEW.
MA RX & W | N DSO R Pied ier ab ee pe,
Expert Examinations and Reports Timber and Other Lands
Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P. O, Box 157, CAMAGUEY, Cuba Calle Cuba 67, HAVANA, Cuba
HOTEL CAMAGUEY
CAMAGUEY, CUBA
Large and Airy Rooms, Bath Rooms and Modern San-
itary Fittings. Spacious Courts and Gardens.
Especially designed for those who wish to
live quietly in a beautiful district and in
A MATCHLESS CLIMATE
For particulars address
“MANAGER, HOTEL CAMAGUEY,’? Camaguey, Cuba
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN, " S*™™St{Atiant Pest
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS 22.32 Flour, Bag and Bulk
BAGS AND BAGOOD__\Q)]==U
Business Firms of Gibara | | jouHN w. McDONALD
M, CUERVO Y CIA., COAL, WOOD, LUFBER
Gibara, Cuba. and TIMBER of Every
Telegrafo: ‘‘Cuervo.”’ Description
MANUEL DA SILVA E. HIJOS. 112 WALL STREET
Banqueros, Importadores. Tabaco en rama. Near South Street NEW YORK
Cable: ‘‘Silva.”’ Yard: 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basin
= Telephones:
Cable: “Torre » TORRE ¥ cIA., Marina 2 Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hamilton
Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y l
Ferreteria.
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LOS INDIOS Owners ISLE OF PINES
CANADA AND LOS INDIOS TRACTS
Location: Siguanea Bay. The Deep-Water Harbor of the Island.
We have at our new and progressive town of Los Indios a sawmill, planing-mill,
general store, school, hotel, church, post office and nursery, all under the supervision
of Americans. A strictly American town.
We also have rowboats and gasoline launch for pleasure parties. Fishing and
hunting the best.
We own the finest citrus fruit, vegetable and tobacco land on the island. We
offer same for sale in acres to suit purchaser, either for cash or on installments.
Special inducements to actual settlers.
Write for prospectus and further information to our general office,
Marinette, Wisconsin.
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g Direct to Cuba and Havana. Connects with Mun-
Qu LEN sameermaiy son Line at Mobile from Cincinnati, Chattanooga
ROUTE and Birmingham. For Rates and Booklet address
W. C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
CINCINNATI
AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WILLE TT & GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND tiie, 1 Be CG a FR SS RAW AND
DOMESTIC REFINED
82 WALL STREET, NEW YORK
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade,
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
Telephone, 33 Hamilton
( Cable Address:
Night Call, 411 Hamilton
““Abiworks,’’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, Cop peremiths,
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers. Iron and Brass Castings. teamship
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Strmmit Streets Brooklyn, N.Y.
Telephone _ Box 186
215 Hamilton Maritime Exchange
SOBRINOS DE BE\ & CO.
Bankers and Commission Merchants
Importacién directa de todas los centros
manufactureros del mundo.
Agents for the
Munson Steamship Line, New York and
Mobile.
dames E. Ward & Co., New York.
erra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
Vapores Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co.
e Barcelona, Espana Independencia
Street 17/21.
MATANZAS. CUBA.
YULE & MUNRO
SHIPWRIGHTS
Caulkers, Spar Makers
Boat Builders, Etc.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN
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BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacién y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
Comisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
CS5. en 2s)
Importadores de Ferreteria y
Telégrafo: Valribe.
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
Machinery.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
\partado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta 10 y It. Cable:
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion.
Direccién Telegrafica, ‘‘Badell,’’ Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
Illivega.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacién directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto “Golondrina’”’ y “Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Exportacién.
ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Importacion.
L
Cadiz. _Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address: “Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4. ,
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box 201
NIPE- BAY
AN PA
THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS OF CUBA,
A valuable map, 49 x 18 inches, showing location
of all estates. Price with one year’s subscription
to Cuba Review, 75 cents.
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co.
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, CUBA
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber
We cater to the Colonist Trade.
Write
for prices.
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Cuban Business Our Specialty VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U.S. A.
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Cabie Address: ‘‘ TURNER ”’
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W. H. Bennett W. S. Walsh
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Steamship Agents and Ship Brokers
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ea
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TRIEST COMPANY
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS
Steel and Masonry Construction
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates
on all classes of contracting work in Cuba.
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Toledo, Ohio
AN ORANGE GROVE IN CUBA
Will not only be for yourself but for your great
grandchildren, for no one has lived to know the age
of an orange tree. We have a plan by which you
ean secure one at the lowest possible cost, and if
you can give us a little of your time without a
cent of cash, write to-day.
Cubitas Valley Company
57 Dexter Building, Chicago, Ill.
©. B. STILLMAN
92 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK
MERCADERES, 22, HAVANA, CUBA
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Contents of This Number
The cover page represents a beautiful scene in the Isle of Pines. It is a mountain
of marble, and a fine description of this interesting place will be given in the
November issue.
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Political matters take precedence. They will be found beginning on Page 8. The
situation is reviewed to date and many interesting features given.
Beginning with Page 9 are items describing government constructica work. Bridges
are being built everywhere and roads are being repaired and restored to use.
Four pages are devoted to general notes, with many interesting illustrations concerning
events in all parts of the island.
Cocoanuts in Cuba. M. T. Horne gives a fine description of the disease that is now
attacking the cocoanut trees of Cuba and seriously injuring the industry. What
the Cuban Agricultural Department is doing to stamp out the disease and the
prospect of success is all told. Future articles will give further information.
Agricultural matters receive attention and illustrations given showing the members
of the staff of the Cuban Agricultural Station at Santiago de las Vegas. In addition,
there are various items of interest.
Willett & Gray’s Review of the Sugar Market, printed in both English and Spanish.
The illustrations this month will be found particularly interesting. Next month we
shall print a valuable article on pineapples by Prof. Austin of the Cuban Agri-
cultural Station, which, like the article on oranges in the September issue, will
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THE CUBA REVIEW
AND BULLETIN
(ALE ABOUT CUBA
Copyright, 1907, by the Munson Steamship Line.
LIBRARY
NEW YORK
BOTANICAL
GARDEN.
Volume V.
OCTOBIBRe 1907,
Number Il.
POLITICAL
On September 25, a band
of fourteen men fired on the
rural guard, near Myari, in
the northen part of Santiago
province. There were no
casualties. Later, a private dispatch from
Cienfuegos hinted of agitation, but that
Disturbances
Somewhat
Exaggerated.
was all. Reports from Camaguey said
there was much cattle stealing in that
- province, which is an old story. In brief,
there is a not unusual unrest throughout
the island, but not so much as these dif-
ferent reports would seem to _ indicate.
Governor Magoon has partly succeeded in
arousing a friendly feeling among the
laboring classes towards the administra-
tion. He indirectly secured to workers in
many lines, the payment of wages in
American currency, openly advocated the
use of this medium all over the island,
and gave remunerative employment to thou-
sands in the dull season just preceding the
beginning of plantation work. It is not
likely, therefore, that the Cuban laborer is
anxious to disturb conditions which are
all in his favor, for under
Cuban La- the peaceful conditions gen-
borers Now erally prevailing the people
Prospering. are beginning to realize a
little prosperity. A ~ wild
story which received little credence, was
that BE. WH. Harriman, J. P. Morgan, and
other big American financiers were behind
the movement to bring about another revo-
lution. On September 26 the government
arrested Masso Parra, Juan Ducasse and
Luis Lara Miret, accused of conspiring to
blow up bridges and to kill Americans.
Ducasse had friends among the Conserya-
tives, while Miret was defended by the Mi-
guelistas. All three denied any connection
with the alleged conspiracy. The govern-
ment’s principal witness was Nariega, a
former harbor policeman, and an active
politician.
It is freely predicted that the Government
will not be able to prove the charges against
ihe prisoners. The case against Ducasse is
considered particularly weak. No more ar-
rests are expected.
Consideration of these disturbing occur-
rences leads the Washington Herald to
say that “It is not surprising that the ques-
tion should insistently occur whether we
shall ever be able to leave Cuba entirely
at the mercy of her own political leaders,
and entrust her rapidly growing interests
to the whims of an unstable populace.”
Gov. Magoon is praised on
Governor all sides, and Gen. Loinaz del
Magoon’s Castillo, the most radical of
Firmness all the Cuban generals, has
Praised. said in a letter written to the
El Mundo, that Governor Ma-
goon is the best governor Cuba has had
since the time of General Las Casas who
ruled Cuba many years before any attempt
was made to throw off the Spanish yoke.
General Gomez, the rival
Anti- candidate of the ~ Liberal
American party for the presidency of
Ideas Cuba, is charged with se-
Charged. cretly holding anti-American
ideas, and a dispatch to the
New York World says that Governor
Magoon has cautioned him against attempt-
ing to further his political ambitions by
permitting his orators to stir up anti-
American feeling.
Further disturbances may
Census Workinterfere with the census
May Be work, and as the elections
Delayed. cannot take place until the
work is done, further delay
will result from the operations of these
three irresponsible agitators who, General
Pino Guerra says, could not rally fifty men
to their side in all Pinar del Rio province.
8 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
Reports reach the govern-
Negro ment of much restlessness in
Liberals in Pinar del Rio, among the
Pinar del Rionegro Liberals, who, like
those in Camaguey, are be-
ginning to make a place for
themselves, and by organization to become a
political force which must be reckoned with
at the coming elections. The lack of har-
mony in the Liberal party, to which they
nearly all belonged, and which has now
split into two distinct factions, the one fol-
lowing General Gomez and the other Sr.
Alfredo Zayas, is largely responsible for the
political action of the negroes.
Restless.
The negroes of Camaguey
Negro have issued a manifesto to the
Liberals in Cuban people and to the citi-
Revolt. zens of color, urging them to
unite in a great movement in-
dependent of political affiliations, to secure
the uplifting of the colored race and assur-
ing to the colored people of Cuba the full
enjoyment of their rights. All race rancor
is disclaimed, and representatives of all
parties are asked to join. They want free
university education, and equality in schools
everywhere. The race question in Cama-
guey is dividing the Liberal party widely,
On the appearance of this manifesto, Sr.
Xiques, the head of the provincial Liberal
assembly of Camaguey, declared all negroes
of the party in rebellion who would hold
political meetings without the sanction of
the party leaders.
The negroes answered this by calling for
even stronger association and open rebellion
against the provincial Liberal committee.
Governor Nufiez, of Ha-
Conservatives vana, thinks the conservatives
Active. are gaining ground every day.
Sr. Gonzales Lanuza, the
well-known Conservative leader seems to be
very popular with the workingmen of Ha-
vana. At a dinner given by the latter to
Mayor Cardenas, as a compliment to his
efforts in their behalf, Sr. Lanuza made an
address eulogizing the mayor, at the con-
clusion of which, he was enthusiastically
hailed as the “Future President of Cuba.”
The Conservatives are trying to organizea
party in Santiago. A big rally in Esperanza,
near Santa Clara, recently, was largely at-
tended.
Another big meeting in Cruces, province
of Santa Clara, was very enthusiastic. Per-
fect order prevailed.
The Miguelistas, as that
Miguelistas faction of the Liberal Party
Advising the is called which follows Gen.
Governor. Gomez as their standard bear-
er for President of Cuba,
sent a memorandum to Governor Magoon
very reecntly of some resolutions adopted.
They are deeply displeased over the appoint-
ment of Zayistas to office, over the appoint-
ment of census enumerators, and demand
the abolition of the claims and jobs com-
mittee which, created for the entire Liberal
party, now only serves the ends of the
Zayistas.
Good and competent Miguelistas, they com-
plain further, have been dismissed from
office to make room for other persons not
of their party. Always seeking office, La
Lucha says the Miguelistas think the
Governor favors other than representatives
of their party.
The Zayistas complain that
La Lucha members of the Gomez fac-
Says All tion are accorded more atten-
Parties Are tion than they, and the Gomez
Dissatisfied. followers declare just the re-
verse. La Lucha sums up
the situation as follows: “The Miguelistas
desire that neither in the palace nor in any
official circle shall attention be given to any
petitions save theirs. The same may be
said of the Zayistas and the Conservatives.”
Both factions of the Liberal
The party, headed by General
Moderate Gomez and Alfredo Zayas, re-
Party. spectively, are quietly seeking
the good will and support of
members of the Moderate party. The lat-
ter may become an important factor at elec-
tion time and in a close election may hold
the balance of power, providing they pos-
sess an efficient organization. They may
even, if the Liberal factions widen still
more, name and elect a candidate of their
own. But the presidential election is a long
way off and may not take place until 1909.
The work of the census will not be com-
pleted for registration purposes much be-
fore March, 1908, and postpones the elec-
tions materially. It is believed that the
public may weary of the quarreling factions
and welcome a strong united party present-
ing a strong candidate not a politician.
They are making rapid
Winning strides in securing adherents.
Adherents. They have made _ various
political excursions through-
out the island and have been well received.
Many persons who have heretofore remained
away from active politics are joining the
new party, and many others are awaiting a
definite declaration that the policy of the
party will be along the lines of protecting
the agricultural interests of the country.
Both parties held meetings
The Uprising on October 10, commemorat-
of 1868 ing the uprising of 1868. Ef-
Commem- forts had been made to se-
orated. cure a combined meeting of
Miguelistas, Zayistas and
Conservatives, but without success. Gov-
ernor Magoon thad been invited to at-
tend these meetings, but declined. When
his letter was read the band played Amer-
ican patriotic airs. Demonstrations of loy-
alty to the Governor appeared at other as-
semblies. Zayas and Juan Gualberto Gomez —
praised his tact and firmness, and his wise
advice to the strikers. Gen. Loynas del
Castillo wrote: “We very much regret
your absence. We all hope that on our
next national day the republic, under your
wise and noble presidency, will be as peace-
ful as now.”
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 9
sos essssssssEO
The Liberal factions, head-
Liberals Unfit ed by Zayas and Gomez, are
to Govern. still out of harmony with
agin owaer 9 “Lei Iieidne,”
which was the supporter of the Revolu-
tion, recently severely rebuked the factions
and plainly told them that their policy was
one of failure, and they were not fit to goy-
ern the country because they had no doc-
trines and only cared about their personality
without giving one single thought to the
country’s welfare, future and reorganization.
A few of the alleged revo-
Sentenced l\utionists who took arms
as Thieves. near Cienfuegos recently,
have been tried and_ sen-
tenced to fourteen years in prison on the
charge of horse stealing.
In appearance Sr. Alfredo
Pen Picture Zayas, the president of the
of Sr. Zayas. Liberal party and a candi-
date of that party for Presi-
dent of Cuba, says the New York World,
is a man of medium stature, with a schol-
arly stoop in his shoulders and a finely
formed head thatched with a mass of thick
iron gray hair. His beard is sparse, and
he is always clean shaven. On account of
his hair and an imaginary resemblance to
the Asiatic type, the enemies of Zayas
dubbed him “El Chino.” or “the China-
man,’ and the comic papers in the island
constantly depict him with the oriental
pigtail and costume of a son of the Celes-
tial Kingdom.
One of the cartoonists on
Like Abra- a comic paper, published in
ham Lincoln.this capital, said lately that
when making his cartoon of
Zayas he was impressed with the resem-
blance of the doctor to Abraham Lincoln.
There were the same deeply sunken eyes,
high cheekbones and intellectual forehead,
so well known in Lincoln’s pictures. The
manner of wearing the hair, the chin, and
the protruding underlip are present in both
men. President Lincoln was a man of
towering stature, while Dr. Zayas is only
of average height.
Governor’s Magoon’s de-
The Census cree required that the census
Enumeration. enumeration be finished by
the 14th of next month. The
decree calls specific attention to the fact
that while the census has the character of
a general census of the population, it is,
above all things, an electoral census, and
special attention should be given to includ-
ing in the tables delivered all the necessary
data for the formation of a strictly accurate
list of all persons having a right to vote.
GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION WORK
Many hundred miles of fine
Road roads will be ready by the be-
Building ginning of the tourist season.
General. Orders have been _ issued
from the palace that by De-
cember I, all of the calzadas of the province
must be finished and in good order, and,
never in the history of Cuba, has so much
road-building and road-repairing been in
progress as at the present time.
The province of Havana will soon have
a network of smooth highways. Holguin
gets $4,000 for enlarging the road to Sao
Arriba.
The government has been
New Roads. petitioned to perform needed
repairs to the road from Gua-
jimico to San Jose, in the township of
Cienfuegos. Plans are being prepared for
further improvement of cart roads between
Pinar del Rio and Vinales.
Rancho Velez and Guines, in province,
are to have another good connecting cart
road.
The chief engineer of Camaguey has been
authorized to purchase a steam roller to be
used in building the road from La Gloria
to Puerto Viaro, and the plans and speci-
fications for the bids to supply the state
with a dredging boat to clear the Zanja
channel between La Gloria and Nuevitas
have been approved. The said boat is not
to cost more than $20,000.
$15,000 has been allowed for repairs on
the Najesa road, and $25,000 for the Tron-
cones road, both in Camaguey province.
ithe Law Committee
Higher which is at present engaged
Judicial in the reorganization of the
Salaries. judiciary laws has recom-
mended that the salaries of
the Presiding and Associate Judges of the
Supreme Court be raised to $8,000 and
$6,000 per annum, respectively.
Governor Magoon has au-
A New thorized the United Fruit
Wireless Co. to set up a wireless sta-
Station. tion at Cape San Antonio.
The work will begin at once,
and will cost $30,000 and will be as power-
ful as the one at Guantanamo. The decree
provides that the Company “transmit free
messages from and to vessels belonging to
the Cuban government and to the United
States, and naval and military stations of
the United States.”
The station must not interfere in any way
with the government wireless, and shall
never be used detrimentally to the interests
of the Cuban government. In time of war
it shall be subject to supervision by the gov-
ernment.
Other stations are rapidly nearing com-
pletion. Messages from the station at
Morro Castle were intercepted recently 490
10 THE CUBA
miles distant, and the Santa Clara station
has been in communication with the Isle of
Pines plant.
Officials of the department
Isle of Pines of public works have under
Harbors consideration the dredging of
Deepened. the harbors of the Isle of
Pines, and it is highly prob-
able that within a short time funds will
be appropriated for this purpose. Projects
of the work were made recently and are
now in the hands of the proper authorities.
It is impossible at present for the Cristobal
Colon, a vessel belonging to the Isle of
Pines Steamship Company, to enter the
harbor at Nueva Gerona, the chief port of
the Isle of Pines.
The contract for building
New Bridges,the road from Cartagena to
Wharves, etc. the railway, in the province of
Santa Clara, has been award-
ed to Sr. M. D. Monsate, who will do the
work for $8.642.45.
Srs. Sobrinos de Herrera have been au-
thorized by the provisional governor to re-
pair and extend their wharves at the port
of Caibarren.
The contract for building a bridge over
the Guasinmal river, on the road from
Guane to Mantua, has been awarded to Sr.
Pedro P. Cartana, who will do the work for
$26,060.01.
The chief of the district of Camaguey
has been authorized to use the sum of $4,300
for finishing the Ciego de Avila works.
The bill of specifications for an iron
bridge to be constructed over the Ponte-
zuelo creek at Mayari has been returned
approved to the headquarters of public
works in Santiago de Cuba.
The National Meteorologic
New Station, located in Havana
Meteorologic on the fifth floor of the Ha-
Station. cienda Building, is to be re-
moved to Triscornia.
The Government, at the request of
Weather Chief Carbonnel, has set aside a
place to the southwest of the Detention
Camp, at Triscornia, where a tower will
be constructed. The buildings and office
will occupy a space 9f about 3,000 squire
meters. The tower will be of the same
height as the Morro Lighthouse.
The hospitals of the Island are to be
thoroughly overhauled, renovated and im-
proved, which will require an outlay of
over $500,000. Colonel Greble has arranged
the final details with Governor Magoon, and
the work will begin immediately.
The Guanajay Hospital will receive
$10,000 for much needed repairs and con-
struction work. Matanzas Hospital re-
ceives $20,000 for the same purpose. Colon
Hospital receives a like amount for ad-
ditional reforms. Cienfuegos Hospital re-
ceives $50,000. A modern surgery depart-
ment will be established. Remedios Hos-
pital will have its needs taken care of.
Camaguey Hospital receives $20,000.
$4,000 have already been spent in repairs.
REVIEW And Bulletin.
When all the money has been expended,
Colonel Greble thinks the hospitals will be
as good as any in the Republic. $40,000
goes to the hospital at Santiago de Cuba.
Hospital No. 1, in Havana, has received
special attention from Colonel Greble, and
improvements and equipment contemplated
will make it one of the best institutions in
the world. $250,000 will be spent upon it
Sierra, in Oriente province,
Majagua in Camaguey Prov-
ince, Sabanilla, province of
Matanzas, and Las Ovas,
province of Pinar del Rio, have been made
money order offices.
New Post
Offices.
The following additional road construc-
tion data complete the official records in
the offices of the Provisional Government at
Havana, and printed in the September is-
sue of THE Cupa Review:
PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY.
CAMAGUEY TO SANTIAGO. — Highway.
Appropriation, $32,000. 1.925 kilometers. Con-
tract awarded.
CAMAGUEY TO SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR.
—Highway. Appropriation, $32,000. Bridge at
Las Minas repaired. Awaiting awarding of con-
tract.
PROVINCE OF SANTIAGO,
HIGHWAY IN BARACOA.—Half done.
GIBARA TO BANES.—Repairs to highway.
One-fifth done.
GUANTANAMO TO SAGUA DE TANAMO.—
Highway. One-eighth done.
PALMA SORIANO TO SANTIAGO DE
CUBA.—Work commenced.
MANZANILLO TO CALICITO. — Highway.
Appropriation, $2,980. Work to commence soon.
MANZANILLO TO BAYAMO. — Highway.
Bids submitted have been rejected. Advertising -
again.
VEGUITA TO JICOTEA.—Highway. Appro-
priation, $3,000. Under consideration.
MAYARI TO SAN VICENTE. — Highway.
Under consideration.
RAMON DE LAS YAGUAS TO CANEY.—
Highway. Under consideration.
CAUTO TO BAYAMO.—Highway. 20 kilo-
meters. Appropriation, $15,000. Under consid-
eration.
HOLGUIN TO SAO ARRIBA. — Highway.
Appropriation, $5,000. Work being done by mu-
nicipality. Well advanced.
BAYAMO TO REGLA. — Highway. Project
approved. Appropriation, $15,000. 2.266 kilo-
meters.
CUBA TO SEVILLA AND SECTION TO
JAUCO.—Highway. AegsLe Four-fifths work
done. Nearing completion.
GUANTANAMO TO YATERAS. — Highway.
2.284. Appropriation, $5,000. Work will soon
commence.
TES Camaguey contract for water pipe
was let October 2 to Mr. M. P. Mar-
ceau for $664,756.50, being some
$40,000 below the next higher bidder. It
is understood that Mr. Marceau bid on be-
half of the American Trading Co. of New
York.
HE chief engineer of Havana province,
M. A. Corralles, visited recently the
Isle of Pines, where he went to in-
spect the road work now being done on
that island. It is probable that he will
order that a road from Nueva Gerona to
McKinley and one from Santa Fe to Los
Indios be constructed.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
If
INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.
STRIKE ON THE HAVANA RAILROADS.
It is stated that all the
The cigarmakers and other tobacco
Labor World. workers will be united in one
association. When this has
been accomplished their energy will be di-
rected towards the formation of a federa-
tion of all the labor unions of the republic.
Matanzas gas men have struck for higher
wages. All classes of labor are restless.
_ The bakers and cigarmakers at Santa Clara
have gone on strike. They want to be paid
in American currency.
The shoemakers and harnessmakers are
on strike in various parts of the island.
They demand that footwear and harness
which now comes from the United States
for the use of the American army, be pur-
chased here, so as to protect Cuban in-
dustry. They will also ask for a reduction of
5 per cent. on all material imported for the
manufacture of shoes, and an increase in
wages.
Tobacco packers at Sancti Spiritus are on
strike. They demand payment in American
currency and increased wages.
The cigarmaking industry in Cuba.
Ltd., in Havana. Here is
being selected in colcrs and
work.
departments.
pressed into
Banding
the boxes. é
The cigar boxes pass from this department to the trimming department.
A geteral strike of the employees of
the United Railroads and the Havana
Central Railroad was declared on Sep-
ternber 25. Trains were running with the
help cf the engineers only without fire-
men or conductors. On several days no
trains left Havana and when they did it
was under guard. The original cause of
the trouble is dislike of an official. The
men row demand that they be paid in
Ameticen money. The strike is only part
ot a general labor movement resulting
from the. victory of the cigarmakers
seme months ago.
The Cuba Central em-
Strike ployees intended to strike,
Extends to but are waiting, knowing
Railroads that if the United Railways
is forced to pay wages in
American money their road will have to
do co also,
Officials of the United and Western
roads complain they are not receiving
the assistance from Gov. Magoon they
are entitled to and are considering an
appeal to the British Foreign office. As
yet there has been no violence.
A scene in one of the factories of the Henry Clay & Bock Co.,
where the bands are placed on the cigars after
Women are employed generally in this kind of
12 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
RAILWAY
United Railways at
The station of the
railroad connections with all
36,000, though it has
parts of the
STATIONS OF
Matanzas. The city has a
island.
grown appreciably since then.
CUBA.
magnificient
The population at the
harbor and fine
last census in 1899 was
RAILWAY NEWS.
Fifty of John
strike-breakers
Farley's
Farley's left New
Strike York October 3 and arrived
Breakers in Havana October 7 on
Arrive the “Monterey” to help the
United Railway Company
defeat the striking employees. Fifty
more are expected to follow. Farley did
not come in person. The strike appears
to be a serious one. The Western Rail-
way un October 2 was completely closed
to ordinary traffic, but the mail and com-
missary supplies for the troops went
throuzh without detention. The strikers
definitely demand an eight-hour day and
payment in American money. A com-
promise arrangement on a 3 per cent.
increase was rejected. The War De-
partment at Washington is making in-
Guiries into the action of the United
Railways in importing strike-breakers.
Governor Magoon on October 7 also
took official action in this matter and
directed Sefor Menocal of the Immigra-
tion Department to make an investiga-
tion. At last reports there had been
no outbreak but the railway officials
said some of the men were coming back
to work and others would do so, but
were afraid of personal violence.
W* are informed that the manage-
ment will not concede to strikers’
demands in any manner and while
the importation of the strike breakers
may cause some trouble it is thought
that it will be the means of ending same.
There is no confirmation up to the pres-
ent time about the rumors circulated
that Engineer Lainé had resigned as
chief of the workshops at Cardenas.
Mr. Lainé’s resignation is one of the
Gemands that the strikers made of the
management.
The City of Havana has
issued an order to the West-
ern Railways and the United
to place within the term of
thirty days, automatic barriers at all cross-
ings of their lines within the City of
Havana.
Automatic
Barriers.
The trains of the Western
Extension of Railways of Havana, which
the Western until a short time ago only
Railways. reached as far as San Juan
y Martinez, now run as far
west as Talafre and Sabale. They will
soon reach Guane, the work for extending
the road being far advanced, and plans have
already been approved for new extensions
as far as Las Martinas.
HE Cuba Co. has made a reduction
of fifty per cent. on their present
freight tariffs on all merchandise
imported through any port in the Prov-
ince of Camaguey and carried by their
lines. The freights arriving on steam-
ers destined to Camaguey are at present
landed at Nipe and carried to Camaguey
by rail.
HE Cuba Railroad has constructed a
provisional station at the town of Hol-
guin to facilitate traffic. The com-
pany proposes to construct a modern
station which will be known as the South-
ern depot.
DIVIDEND of 1%% has been de-
clared by the Havana Electric Rail-
way on the preferred stock. It is
payable at the New York office of the com-
pany. a ee
A STATION is to be constructed at the
place known as Santa Maria, between
kilometers 5 and 6 of the branch of
the Cuba Railroad to Cacocum.
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COMMERCIAL.
The following are the
What Cuba principal articles (and their
Buys From value) exported from the
the United United States into Cuba for
States. the fiscal year ending June
30, 1907:
TRON Grane tes er cee seas te ene aa $3,121,846
TL ira. Us ae rece se eee cee a ee ae 2,948,487
Lumber . Be 2,330,867
oorsmandashOes. 4... 5.c.0a5 2,145,415
Coaill, Toiiwimrnogis scscoccueceuee 2,013,913
Lard, compounds 1,731,427
(COI): ee eee 1,600,082
Vegetables ues 1,380,147
a ioMCAblaces. ElCia-.-12.- 4.2). 1,050,473
IB GeEG (5 wiala'a Se geste mere ree See ae 1,030,641
Croitirom “ Clotins) aatas oo seuss eae 990,754
Milk Heat Agha aes 812,031
WOCOMOEIVES ss 05+ se Usk ees oo: 705,770
Pork, salted or pickled........ 727,816
Scientific inst’m’ts and apparatus 620,467
IBAGOsiy Sloe Qe eeeecleces ene ee eee 618,293
Cotton m’n’f’t’res (except cloth) 617,899
HeMieMIitIe gee. as asec Mates oe when cos 609,498
JERS aiTNSy i,t a Ste caceese eee Rene Ene 607,040
iptilders; hardware....-2:..:... 573,507
Paper and manufactures of..... 552,083
Wineral oil! refined... ..5...... 490,074
Mineralorlsenudee 25. .52 22: 455,980
Cattle. * o2 Se ae a eee 439,795
Senne imkeienineSesenssoee sone. 330,463
Leather Rae ape) 328,721
Books, “amaps; ete.....2........ 201,762
Horses 2 Su ER BPRC ae ee CO 287,000
@Cottonseedi oleic 1052055558 - 252,037
IF POLS. hal “Mek een Ag ae ee ae 233,379
pli eteeLGS) cis cin, tack ees sake =< 118,534
Tobacco, manufacturers of..... 118,303
Goalberantinnacites .2 4) 5.2.00 205. 97,808
Agricultural implements........ 05,334
PNleOpmemn anticleseoesa 4422-2. -) 17,827,004
Total domestic exports.....$48,330,913
It seems to be the practice,
Trade Marks says the Havana Post, of a
Imitated in number of people in that city
Cuba. of getting trade marks in
close imitation of existing
marks, and of issuing others to which they
have no right. It says that firms coming
to Cuba to do business have found their
trade marks already registered by people
who either wished to hold them up and
make them pay liberally for the use of their
Own property or they wished to manufac-
ture some imitation under the same trade
mark and get the value of advertising and
reputation of the original firm. ‘There are
a number of the best known firms in the
United States which can not sell their
goods in Cuba to-day under their own name
for this very reason. If they wish to do
business here they have to sell their goods
under another name. Under these condi-
‘tions the American manufacturer should
register his trademarks promptly in Cuba.
New Cuban Reyenue Cutter Hatuey.
The port of Santiago de
Saving Cuba is to enjoy the same
Harbor privileges as the port of Ha-
Fees. vana in regard to the signal-
ing of orders to vessels from the Morro.
The provisional governor has authorized
the clearance of vessels from the port by
means of signals from Morro Castle, thus
relieving them of the necessity of entering
une port for the purpose of taking instruc-
ions.
A familiar spectacle in Cuban cities. The baker
going his morning rounds. They make fine bread
in Cuba, from American flour, of which the island
imported. in the past year to the amount of
$3,121,846.
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Although the United States in consequence
of political influence and geographical posi-
tion has secured the lion’s part of the Cuban
commerce—in 1905 not than 8614 per
cent. of the Cuban export and 45% of the
import—Germany does not fare so badly,
Says the National Zeitung, of Berlin.
less
The “active” balance of
Germany's Germany's commerce with
Trade with Cuba was 2,000,000 pesos in
Cuba. the last year, as it exported
to Cuba about 6,000,000 and
imported from there for about 4,000,000.
The import from Germany into Cuba has
grown continually. In 1899 it was only
2,000,000, fluctuated in the next following
four years between 3,000,000 and 3,500,000,
increased in 1904 to 5,000,000 and in the
last reported year, as mentioned, to 6,000,-
ooo. Besides America, only England and
Spain share a bigger part of the Cuban
import than Germany. ‘The proportional
large share of Spain, which is 10%, proves
that the centuries old political relations, even
if they ceased nearly ten years ago, still
affect the economical relations. This in-
fluence is indicated also in the enormous
Spanish immigration into Cuba. Of the
34,000 immigrants of the second half of
1905, not less than 30,600 were Spaniards,
and only 112 Germans.
Custom House Department of the
Treasury office, Section 3 of Article
77 of the Custom House rules relating to
the writing out in full the numerals of the
kilos on the manifests, has been abolished.
GENERAL NOTES.
The Mary Kingsley medal,
Foreign given by the Liverpool School
Honors for for the Study of Tropical
Dr. Finlay. Diseases, has been awarded
to Dr. Charles Finlay, chief
sanitary officer of Cuba, for his great serv-
ice to humanity in discovering the fact that
the mosquito transmits yellow fever, a dis-
covery which led to the control of the dis-
ease.
‘LY the request of the Department ov
Agriculture, Industry and Com-
merce, the State Department has
forwarded to the Cuban Consuls at Bar-
bados, St. Thomas, Port au Spain, and
Santo Domingo, all the instruments nec-
essary to make meteorologic observa-
tions which are to be forwarded to the
Central station in Havafia. This measure
has been adopted in view of the fact
that these points have no such facili-
ties.
The fine beach at Veradero, near Cardenas.
summer resort for the citizens of the city.
more are ccntemplated. After November,
is the finest season of the year,
During the first six months
Cuban of 1907, there were but 9,266
Immigration.immigrants to Cuba, as
against 14,044 during the same
period in 1906, and 18,192 in 1905, says the
Havana Post.
Commenting on this, the Louisiana Plant-
er says: It is very significant of the
diminishing interest in Spain in the advan-
tages of migrating to Cuba. For many
years there has been a constant flow of
immigrants from Spain to Cuba and years
ago, while visiting Cuba, we were told that
all Spain would come to Cuba were it not
for the prevalence of the yellow fever.
With the yellow fever practically extir-
pated in Cuba there would be every reason
to anticipate a constantly increasing emigra-
tion from Spain to Cuba. From this point
of view, the figures given above are de-
cidedly startling, the movement having fall-
en off one-half in two years.
a aa ee
It is across the bay from the city ,and is an enjoyable
Many
the place
but it is too cold for
fine residences are already
is deserted. To the visitor
Cubans.
standing, and many
from the north, this
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 15
Specimen new house in the Vedado,
a suburb of Havana,
delightfully situated on the gulf. The
recent additions to the Vedado section are very beautiful, but the roads are still in a bad condition.
Permits for buildings in
Havana Su- Havana and suburbs exceed
burbs Rapidlyall former records. The city
Developing. is now undergoing a great
building boom which affects
not only the city proper, but extends to out-
lying sections like Cerro, Vedado, Principe,
Jesus del Monte, ete. Nearly all the houses
now being constructed are fine buildings
and ornaments to their locality.
The annual report of the
The Army's quartermaster general shows
Valuable that during the fiscal year
Services. ending June 30, his depart-
ment has spent $2,554,970 on
the Army of Cuban Pacification, from the
beginning of the intervention. Cuba is re-
ceiving full value for the money expended.
The army is rendering valuable service in
cleaning up her cities, building her roads,
reorganizing all her departments, resuscitat-
ing her moribund school system, training
her armed forces, and remodeling and har-
monizing. her laws.
In Cuba, says Brig. Gen.
The U. S. James Alton, chief signal offi-
Signal Corps cer,the signal corps established
in Cuba. a telephone system with inter-
communicating trunk lines
from the headquarters of the Army of Pa-
cification to Camp Columbia and the City
of Havana, and it also undertook the opera-
tion of the Cuban government telephone
lines between these places.
The officers and men of the corps alsa
handled all official government messages
over the Cuban government telegraph lines
wherever American troops were stationed
on the island. The more important army
posts were connected by telephone, and the
service proved highly satisfactory. The
wireless system between Havana and the
Isle of Pines was repaired.
The Havana Leper Hospital
will be removed to Marill. It
was anticipated that residents
and property owners of the
latter city would offer strong
objections to the transfer, but these did not
appear. The new location is on the Horatio
Rubens property, well out of town on the
hill top with a magnificent view of the city
and bay, and it is perhaps because so far
away that more serious objections were not
made. $350,000 are to be spent in improv-
ing the building now in an uncompleted
condition, and many new houses will be
built for the lepers. The location comprises
1,700 acres.
The Leper
Hospital's
New Site.
A census is being taken by
Tile and the Department of Agri-
Shoe culture, Industry and Com-
Factories. merce of all Cuban industries,
and industrial engineers are
visiting them to learn something of their
equipment, output, methods and profits. The
first inspection was of Diez and Planiel tile
factory, near Havana. ‘This plant’s weekly
output is 100,000 tiles, and it has a capacity
for a larger production. The factory is
provided with the best modern machinery
and equipment. The product, in the opin-
ion of the department, is not inferior to the
best in the market.
Srs. Soles & Bulnes’ shoe factory, in
Cerro, was next visited, where up-
wards of 100 workmen are employed.
The factory is run by hydraulic power, and
has all necessary mechanical appliances. The
weekly output 1s 150 dozen pair of shoes, of
a variety of models. The machinery, which
is all from the United States, is as good as
the best employed at the largest shoe fac-
tories in the United States.
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The Public Schools of Cuba. A scene in a Sagua school.
the first intervention, and note also that colored
discrimination among the children attending schools
Dr. Lincoln de Zayas, act-
English in ing secretary of public in-
Cuban struction, proposes increasing
Schools. the number of English teach-
ers in the public schools of
Cuba. The number of teachers approved
for this service has not been sufficient, the
examinations requiring 75 out of 100 points
to secure appointment. As a consequence
the teaching of the English language has
been far from efficient.
Five schools per day to one _ teacher
proved too much and neglect followed.
Lack of enthusiam among the teachers and
public was strongly in evidence, es-
pecially in the time of Estrada Palma.
also
With the second intervention comes an
impetus for renewed work. There have
been no examinations for teachers since
1901, and as there are now many persons
in Cuba competent to teach English, new
examinations are asked for and a corps of
able and experienced instructors can easily
be secured
BARTLE'S SUGAR MILL.
To the Editor of
THE CuBa REVIEW:
Referring to the article in your September
number on Bartle, we desire to add thereto
later information in reference to the Sugar
Centrale for Bartle. Since your September
children are among the scholars.
in Cuba,
Note the American desks brought in at
There is no race
issue contract has been closed between the
Cuban Realty Company and the “Bartle
Centrale” for the purchase by the Centrale
of several thousand acres of land at Bartle
and guaranteeing the erection of a large
Centrale thereon, ready for grinding by
December 1, 1909. This Centrale will be
under the control of Sugar Centrale people
from Porto Rico who have looked over the
district and believe in Bartle for one of the
best possible sugar districts in Cuba.
BARTLE CENTRALE,
By C. J. Frexp.
The cable ship Silvertown
All-Sea Cable laid the shore end of the
to Havana-New York cable on
Havana. October 4 last at Havana and
sailed for New York the same
afternoon.
The acual work of paying out the cable
between Cuba and New York will take only
about two weeks, and the only all-sea cable
line between New York and Havana will
be in operation before the end of the pres-
ent month.
Messages can then be sent between New
York and Havana in three minutes instead
of thirty minutes as now, predicts Vice-
President Nally, of the Postal Company.
The New York terminal will be at Coney
Island.
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AGRICULTURE.
THE NEW STAFF OF WORKERS AT THH CUBAN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION,
SANTIAGO DE LAS VEGAS.
1. C. F. Kinman, first assistant in the Department
of Horticulture.
2. Dr. Enrique Babe,
of Chemistry.
first assistant, Department
3. J. D. Rose, assistant chemist.
4. Guillermo Gouzalez, assistant chemist.
5. J. T. Crawley, director of the Cuban Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.
The alligator pear has fre-
Aguacates quently been called the avo-
Palatable, cado or avocato pear, though
Profitable. that name is merely a corrup-
tien of the Mexican aguacata,
which has nothing whatever to do with the
law. Alligator is presumably a corruption
of avocado, and as it bears no relation what-
ever to the alligator, so the fruit, or vege-
table, is nothing like a pear, except in its
shape. Its scientific name, says the New
York Times, is Persea gratissima, and the
fruit is indeed grateful to the palate, with a
well-compiled dressing of olive oil, lime
juice, and a dash of pepper, it is ripe, mel-
low, and nutty.
Hawaii, noticing the increase in the de-
mand for aguacates in the United States, is
shipping them, and also pawpaws.
According to the Chicago Record Herald,
the aguacate arrives in Chicago after its
long trip from Hawaii in almost as good
6. Prof. C. F. Austin, Chief Dept. of Hcrticulture.
7. J. S. Houser, first assistant, Department Ento-
mology and Vegetable Pathology.
8. Dr. Nelson §. Mayo, assistant director and chief
of Department of Animal Industry.
9. R. H. Mayberry, second assistant, Department
of Animal Industry.
10..Ricardo Villaescusa, first assistant, Bureau of
Agriculture.
condition as when it was picked from the
tree, and sells in the market for from 35 to
50 cents.
Director J. C. Crawley
Ex- has gathered about him a
staff of capable people, ex-
Station pert in their several lines,
W ork. and allare prepared for work.
Investigations of importance to cane and
tobacco growers, to cattle raisers, truck
gardeners, citrus fruit growers, etc., are
scheduled for speedy attention. The re-
sults of their research will receive a wide
distribution over the entire island by
means of pamphlets and bulletins supplied
free to all who need them on request to
the Secretary of Agriculture.
Within the next two months the station
will issue bulletins on five different sub-
jects and these will be written in both
English and Spanish, so that the English-
speaking interests as well as native Cuban
and Spanish interests will be covered.
Cuban
periment
18 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
THE COCOANUT INDUSTRY IN CUBA.
Cocoanuts Dying of Bud Rot and the Industry Seems Doomed—Character of
Disease—Investigations and Former Attempt at Government Inspection—
Present Work and Views of the Cuban Agricultural Experiment
Station—Possibilities of the Industry.
SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THB CUBA REVIEW BY MARY TRACY HORNE.*
During recent years cocoanut growing in Cuba, as a commercial industry, has
been limited to a few regions at the east end of the island, the only important
point of export for cocoanuts being Baracoa. This narrowing of area is chiefly due
to a disease known as the heart rot or bud rot, which has practically ruined the
cocoanut groves in the middle and western parts of the island. Around Baracoa this
disease has recently made serious inroads, and competent authorities are convinced that
unless the bud rot can be checked the whole industry is doomed.
This is a serious outlook. Sr. Sim6n, the chief buyer of cocoanuts in Baracoa,
states that the monthly production of nuts in the surrounding region, which might at
one time have been roughly estimated at three millions (including those used for
feeding pigs, those sent to the oil mill, etc.), is now reduced to two millions, and
is still dropping. This represents a money loss to the region of about ten thousand
dollars per month, comparing the present with the best days of the industry.
The diminution is in spite of the fact that new cocales (cocoanut groves) have
<a) Reproduced by permission of the Estacion Central Agronomica de Cuba.
_ Two cocoanut trees which have died from the bud rot, and an affected tree, which afterwards
died. When the picture was taken the leaves of the living tree were beginning to turn yellow.
_* Mrs. Horne is the wife cf Wm. T. Horne of the staff of the Cuban agricultural station, especially
assigned to investigate the cocoanut disease at saracoa. ” : :
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 19
been constantly coming into bearing, so that, were it not for the bud rot, the produc-
tion would have increased. ’
The cocoanut growers near Baracoa now became alarmed and appealed to Governor
Magoon to authorize an expert investigation of the disease and its possible remedies, and,
through this appeal, Mr. Wm. T. Horne, of the Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station
(Estacion Central Agronomico de Cuba), was sent to Baracoa to study the conditions
there and see what could be done.
Mr. Horne had already made careful studies of the cocoanut bud rot, the depart-
ment of vegetable pathology of the experiment station having taken up the subject
in 1904. In the Primer Informe Anual of the station, issued in July, 1906, the disease
is reported on as follows: ,
“Heart rot occurs in the region about Havana and is reported to us from various
other localities; probably no part of the island is safe from it. The first sign is
when all the young nuts fall. Then the leaves slowly turn yellow, a young leaf in
the center is seen to be dead, and after this the other leaves die gradually, the ends
falling down against the trunk so that a tree dying of this disease can be recognized
from a distance. Various opinions have been expressed as to the cause of this
disease. Professor Earle,t in describing the same trouble from Jamaica, expressed
the opinion that it was a bacterial ‘disease, and Dr. Erwin F. Smith,£ bacteriologist in
the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and probably the most competent author-
ity on the bacterial diseases of plants, reached the same conclusion after some time
spent in studying the disease in various parts of Cuba in the spring of 1904. Final
proof, however, is still lacking.
The attempt to determine the organism causing the disease has been continued
since this report was written, and, although no absolutely conclusive results have
been obtained, Mr. Horne, like Professor Earle and Dr. Smith, is confident of its
bacterial origin, which he expects to demonstrate in time. His attempts at finding a
cure for the trouble have convinced him, also, that there is little dependence to be
placed on any measure except that of a thorough sanitation of the groves, consisting
of the destruction by fire of all dead or hopelessly affected trees, and the disinfection
by fire of those showing the attack in its early stages. The call to Baracoa has
given him an opportunity to begin an extensive test of this method, which has been
Reprcduced by permission of the Estacion Central Agronomica de Cuba.
Cocoanut tree hopelessly affected by the bud rot. The youngest, undeveloped leaf, held out by
the man in the top, is rotten, and the lower leaves are turning yellow. On each side of this tree
may be seen the stump of one already dead.
+ Erwin F. Smith. Bud rot of the Cocoanut palm in the West Indies, Science, March 31, 1905; p. 500.
;+F. S. Earle. Report on a trip to Jamaica, Journal N. Y. Botanical Garden, January, 1903: p. 4.
20 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
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recommended from the British West Indies, and is also being tried in India and Ceylon,
At this writing (August, 1907), it is still too early to give the results of his
work, but he is already much encouraged as to the possibility of saving the trees
which are still in the early stages of the rot, and of demonstrating that the disease
can be kept under control, though it will probably be impossible to completely ex-
terminate it.
In March, 1907, Mr. Horne found the groves in Baracca_ half destroyed, although
the trouble had not yet extended into plantings a few miles toward the interior.
After studying the conditions, arrangements were made for experimenting in two
cocales near the town aqueduct in Baracoa.
Nearly half the trees in these two groves were either sick or dead from the
disease. Both groves were cleared by felling and burning all hopelessly affected trees,
while all other trees showing signs of the disease were disinfected by burning out
the dry sheathing materials at the top of the tree. If the youngest tender leaves
were beginning to decay the trees were pronounced hopeless and felled, but if these
leaves were still healthy the tree was merely disinfected. In all the trees felled in
the two groves the mistake of felling a tree with a healthy bud was not once made.
Mr. Horne left Baracoa on March 28, and did not return until the middle of
June. In the intervening months new cases had developed. Some of the treated
trees had died, but others showed signs of recovery. It must be remembered, how-
ever, that no matter how encouraging the outcome of these experiments may be, the
cocoanut industry will remain in imminent danger until the government establishes
some general and thorough system of sanitation.
To understand the full importance of this effort to save the cocoanut industry of
Cuba, one must realize that while the demand for cocoanuts and cocoanut oil is con-
stantly increasing the area for the commercial production of cocoanuts is confined
to a rather narrow strip of land bordering the tropical seacoasts. The control of the
bud rot will greatly increase the industry, for not nearly all the suitable land has
yet been planted and the production and handling of the nuts is still carried on
in the crudest way. There are still no roads and the cocoanuts are carried to Baracoa
from the surrounding country on horseback or by the waterways. In bad weather
it is often impossible to bring in the nuts at all, but the building of a certain amount
of road has now been undertaken by the government and will lead to the planting of
many tracts now virtually inaccessible.
The nut production of the region may also be greatly increased by better cultural
methods and more attention to seed selection and the planting of choice varieties. At
present in Baracoa a tree is considered to have given an average yield if it produces
fifty nuts per year. In India, two hundred nuts a year per tree is not exceptional,
and in the Philippines the instructions are that nuts shall not be saved for seed from
any tree yielding less than one hundred and fifty nuts per annum.
If the bud rot could be controlled, cocoanut growing might be counted as one of
the most promising minor industries of Cuba. At the best, however, it will be a
very difficult and expensive task, and it yet remains to be seen whether or not the
government will feel justified in undertaking the task.*
Landing pier under construction in the bay of Cojimar. The bridge will be made entirely of steel
and concrete, extending over 50 meters in length. As soon as the pier is constructed a line of steamers
connecting the town of Cojimar with Havana will be inaugurated. The pier is being constructed by
private parties interested in the development of Cojimar.
* A report on the final outecme of Mr. Horne’s experiments will be made in a later number of
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THE GUARDIA RURAL OF CUBA.
Its Beginning During the First Intervention—Its Steady Development
Under American Instruction to its Present Perfection.
to be known as the Rural Guard, acting
under immediate orders of the separate De-
partment Commanders, and being paid from
the Cuban Treasury. The total strength of
this separate Rural Guard force was 1,208
men.
This condition existed until January 1,
1901, when, by direction of the Military
Governor (Gen. Wood), a board of selected
Rural Guard officers from the separate
provinces, with Major (then Captain) H. J.
Slocum, chairman of the Board, and rep-
resenting the Military Governor, was con-
vened for a reorganization.
The force as reorganized by this board
and approved by the Military Governor, was
as follows:
1 Brigadier General, Commander,
1 Lieutenant Colonel, Inspector,
1 Lieutenant Colonel, Adjutant General,
Gen. Rodriguez, Commanding the Rural Guard
of Cuba.
HE following is a brief official history
of the Rural Guard establishment
from January I, 1899, the day the
American Government first took possession
of the island of Cuba:
The island was at this time divided into
six United States military departments:
Santiago, under General Wood; Puerto
Principe, under Gen. Bates; Matanzas and
Santa Clara, under Gen. Wilson, and Ha-
vana and Pinar del Rio, under Gen. Lee;
Gen. Ludlow being in command of the
city of Havana and Gen. Brook command-
ing the division, with headquarters at
Havana.
The Spanish Government had on the
island an irregular military force known
as Guardia Civil, whose duty was to sup-
port the civil authorities throughout the
rural districts, preserving peace and pro-
tecting property. It was a semi-military
organization under the Spanish Governor-
General. It was this force that the Rural
Guard was intended to relieve of its duties;
the American forces merely supporting it
by the moral effect of their presence
throughout the island.
Each of the United States Department
Commanders was authorized and directed
by General Brook to organize in their DEONE. Rural Guards and Municipal Police Officer—the
inces an independent force of native troops, latter in the center.
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1 Major, Quartermaster and Paymaster,
1 First Lieutenant, Aide de Camp,
and fifty-seven officers and 1,302 enlisted
men, the officers being divided in the fol-
lowing manner:
5 Lieutenant Colonels,
4 Majors,
19 Captains,
15 First Lieutenants,
15 Second Lieutenants.
This entire force was mounted.
In January, 1902, the Military Governor
authorized an increase of 40 men in Ma-
tanzas Province for protection of the sugar
plantations, and in May of the same year
there was another order issued by the Mili-
tary Governor for an extra increase of 200
establishment consisted of a force of 1,604
men, and was so maintained until April 18,
1903, when a reorganization took place in
obeyance to law, there being an increase
of 1,416 men, the total strength of the corps
being 3,020.
Another change took place on March 12,
1903, when a law was passed for an in-
crease of three lieutenant-colonels, inspec-
tors, and six majors; also three surgeons.
When the recent trouble was anticipated
by the Cuban Government early in August
last, the strength of the Rural Guard being
3,020 men, as above stated, President Palma
issued a decree on August 20, 1906, pro-
viding for an increase of the Rural Guard
forces.
Major H. J. Slocum, in Command of the Armed Native Forces
of Cuba.
men, to be distributed throughout the island.
On May 1, 1902, the offices of inspector-
general (lieutenant-colonel), and adjutant-
general (lieutenant-colonel), were united
and one officer with the rank of colonel was
made adjutant and inspector-general.
Each officer and enlisted man was re-
quired to furnish his horse and horse equip-
ments at his own expense, to feed and
care for the same, and to provide uniforms,
the government only furnishing arms, belts
and ammunition.
On May 20, 1902, when the Republic
of Cuba was constituted, the Rural Guard
Again on September 15 President Palma,
in obedience to law, issued another decree
for a further increase of the Rural Guard
to 10,000 men, and the Artillery Corps to
2,000 men.
The decree of August 20, providing for
an increase of 2,000 men, was complied
with, and the Rural Guard force, thus in-
creased, consisted of 5,020 men. The in-
crease to 10,000 Rural Guards and to 2,000
Artillery, provided for by decree of Septem-
ber 15, has not yet been made, for reasons
submitted in memorandum to the Provis-
ional Governor October 18, 1906.
REGIMENT NO. ONE.
Jurisdiction: Provinces of Havana
and Pinar del Rio.
Headquarters: Havana.
STAFF,
1 Colonel Emilio Avalos, Dragones Headquar-
ters,
1 Lieut-Col. Juan Antonio Lasa, detailed to
General Staff as Acting Adjutant General.
2 Lieut.-Col. Jose Miguel Valle, commanding
Second Diy., with headquarters at Guana-
bacoa,
1 Quartermaster, Major Thomas Armstrong
McMahon, Dragones Headquarters.
2 Major Serapio Arteaga, special detail at
Guanabacoa. ;
3 Major Clemente Gémez, commanding Third
Diy., headquarters at Guanajay.
4 Captain Arturo Sonville, Surgeon, headquar-
ters at Cabanas,
Province of Pinar del Rio.
SQUADRON “A.”
7 Vinar del Rio, City of—Captain Alfredo Re-
vena and 48 men,
—Lieut. Rafael Quesada and 18 men.
9 Consolacion del Sur—Lieut. Rafael Gonzalez
and 18 men.
9340 vas—Corp. Andres Cruz and 8 men.
to La Palma—Sergt. s_ Medina and 10 men.
11 Sumidero—Corp. José Robaina and 10 men.
12 Pilotos—Corp. Enrique Pérez and 9 men.
13 Alonso Rojas—Corp. José P. Cordero and 9
men,
14 San Andres—Corp. Pastor Cabrera and 9 men.
8
SQUADRON “B.”
15 San Cristobal—Capt. Julio Montejo and 26 men.
16 \rtemisa—Corp, Adolfo del Pino and 14 men.
05 Palacios—Lieut. Rafael Valdes and 16 men.
Alfonso and 10 men,
19 Paso Real—Corp. Francisco Sarmiento and 13
men.
20 San Diego de los Bahos—Corp. Pelayo Cade-
illa and 10 men.
s—Arturo Leal and 11 men.
Carlos Fernandez and 11 men
. EF. Rodriguez and 11 men.
Sergt. Antonio Dominguez and 10
men,
SQUADRON “
Guanajay—Capt. Daniel Tabares and 23 men.
Punta Brava—Lieut, Guillermo Espinosa and
19 men.
26 Bahia Honda—Sergt. Pedro Alonso, 13 men.
27 La Luisa—Corp, Ernesto Fosa and 7 men,
4 Cabaiias—Sergt. Diego Betancourt and 11 men.
28 Ouicbra Hacha—Corp. Francisco Gomez and
11 men.
29 Mariel—Corp. Abelardo Rubio and 8 men,
SQUADRON “H.”
70 Guane—Lieut. Diderico Pattersen and 31 men,
7 tinas—Corp. Calos Santa Cruz and 14 men.
uco—Corp, Ignacio Rodriguez and 11 men,
E Lazo—Corp. Pelayo Vasquez and 11 men.
74 San Juan y Martinez—Corp. Rogelio Fernan-
dez and 15 men,
n Luis—Sergt. José Diaz and 11 men.
ibalo—Corp. Alejo Ariet and 10 men.
Mantua—Sergt. Feliciano Nardo and 12 men,
78 Dimas—Corp. Emilio Rodriguez and 12 men.
79 Rio del Medio—Corp. Pedro del Medio and
12 men,
Province of Havana.
COMPANY “K.”
1 Havana, City of—Dragones' Headquarters.
Capt. Armando Montes and 101 men,
1 Havana, City of—Fuerza Castle. Sergt. Vi-
cente Nunez with 4 mcn.
1 Havana, City of—General Headquarters. Corp.
Juan Perez and 13 men.
1 Havana, City of—Regimental Headquarters.
Corp. C, Rodriguez and 13 men.
COMPANY “I.”
1 Havana, City of—Atares Castle. Lieut. Al-
ergo Casas and 69 men.
1 Havana, City of—Treasury Building. Sergt.
Jose A. Perez and 13 men.
1 Havana, City of—Regiment’s Headquarters.
Sergt. Severo Monal and 5 men.
1 Havana, City of—Cabana Fortress.
Jose Perez and 7 men.
Corp.
1 Havana, City of—Vento Springs (Havana's
water supply). 4 men.
1 Havana, City of—General Headquarters.
Corp. Ifelio Betancourt and 12 men.
5 Nueva Gerona (Isle of Pines)—Lieut.
lipe Montoro and 11 men.
6 Santa Fé (Isle of Pines).
guel Castillo and 7 men.
30 Caimito—Sergt. Ramon Nunez and 14 men.
31 Hoyo Colorado—Corp. Toribio Llanes and
i2 men,
32 Ceiba de Agua—Corp. Angel Paez and 10 men.
SQUADRON “D."
33 Marianao—Capt. José Perdomo and 43 men,
1 Havana, City of—Dragones Headquarters.
Corp. Mario de Varona and 26 men.
39 El Cano—Corp. Alfonso Salguero and 8 men.
35 Wajay—Corp. Rafael Falcon and 9 men.
36 Mazorra—Corp. Manuel Hernandez and 6 men.
37 Calabazar—Corp. José Lopez and 9 men.
38 Santiago de las Vegas—Sergt. Crispin Acosta
and 7 men,
39 Vento—Corp. Jacinto Fernandez and 4 men.
4o Carcel- and Zulueta, City of Havana—Corp.
José Cuervo and 5 men.
SQUADRON “E.”
41 Guines—Capt. Eliseo Figueroa and 28 men.
42 Madruga—Lieut. Bernardo Gonzales and 16
- men,
43 Nueva Paz—Lieut. Octavio Rodriguez and 9
men,
44 Los Palos—Sergt. J. Martinez and 11 men.
45 Melena del Sur—Sergt. Saturnino Somar-
tiba and 12 men,
46 Vegas—Corp, Justo Gonzalez and 12 men.
47 Catalina—Sergt. Domingo Garcia and 13 men,
48 San Nicolas—Sergt. Juan F. Vorrez and 11
men.
49 San Antonio de las Vegas—Corp. Francisco
Diaz and 12 men,
SQUADRON “F.”
50 Guanabacoa—Capt. Luis Troncoso and 36 men.
51 Campo Florido—Sergt. Joaquin Martinez and
9 men.
52 Jaruco—Lieut, Alberto Barreras and 12 men.
53 Aguacate—Sergt. Alfonso Fraga and 11 men.
54 Caraballo—Corp. Domingo Acosta and ro men.
55 San Antonio Rio Blanco—Corp. Carlos Garcia
and 11 men,
56 San Jose de las Lajas—Lieut. Herminio Mesa
and 13 men.
7 Cotorro—Sergt. Oscar Gonzales and 10 men.
58 LTapaste—Corp. Modesto Capote and 10 men.
59 Managua—Corp. Francisco Chenique and 12
men,
SQUADRON “G.”
60 San Antonio de los Banos—Capt,
Martin and 4 men.
61 Rincon—Corp. Rafael Pefia and rz men.
Fe-
Corp. Luis Mi-
Ramén
CUBAN RURAL GUARD.
Force is composed of 5,218 men, Maj.-Gen. Alejandro Rodriguez commanding, and is divided into three regiments, called One, Two and Three. Each
regiment is divided into eight squadrons and two companies.
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62 Guira de Melena—Lieut. Bernabé Martinez
and 13 men.
63 Alquizar—Sergt. Antonio Leén and 9 men.
64 La Salud—Prov. of Havana. Sergt. Ramon
Nufiez and 9 men.
65 Gabriel—Corp. Manuel Domini and 10 men.
66 Bejucal—Juan J. Medero and 12 men.
67 San Felipe—Corp. Fernando Aran and 10 men,
68 Batabano—Corp. Rafael Gutierrez and 11 men.
69 Quivican—Corp. Dionicio Gonzalez and 12
men.
REGIMENT NO. TWO.
Jurisdiction: Provinces of Matanzas
and Santa Clara.
Headquarters: Matanzas, City of,
San Severino Castle.
STAFF.
80 Colonel Manuel A. Martinez, Headquarters.
80 Lieut.-Col. Braulio Pena, Commanding at
Santa Clara, 2d Div.
80 Lieut.-Col. Silveiro Guerra, Inspector, special
detail at General Headquarters.
80 Quartermaster-Major Fedrico Rasco,
quarters.
80 Major José Simidey, detailed at Colon.
80 Major Emilio Laurent.
80 Capt. Felipe Blanco, surgeon.
Head-
Province of Matanzas.
COMPANY “F.”
80 Matanzas, City of—Capt. Manuel Lavastida
and 95 men.
SQUADRON “B.”
109 Cardenas—Lieut. Isidro Diaz and 26 men.
110 Cantel, Matanzas—Corporal José Péfaver and
9 men. =
111 Jovellanos—Lieut. Julio Morales and 8 men.
112 Coliseo—Sergt. Francisco Diaz and 7 men.
113 Limonar—Sergt. Timoteo Leiva and 9 men.
114 Rancho del Medio—Sergt. José Antonio Ac-
osta and 11 men,
115 Maximo Gomez—Corp.
and 9 men.
116 Perico—Sergt. Amado Escobar and 9 men.
117 Banaguises—Corp. Cecilio Hernandez and 4
men,
118 San Jose de los Ramos—Corp. Juan Gon-
zalez and 1 man.
SQUADRON “Cc.”
119 Colon—Capt. Leevigilio Casanova and 23 men
120 Calimete—Lieut. Ricardo Pau and 10 men.
121 Guarciras—Corp. Lorenzo Cabrera and 7 men.
122 Macagua—Sergt, Eduardo Castellanos and 10
Constantino Suarez
men.
123 San Pedro Mayabon—Corp. Luis Mendoza
and 9 men.
124 Amarillas—Seret.
men.
125 Aguada—Lieut. Alfredo Lewis and 9 men.
126 Yaguaramas—Sergt. Wenceslaus Ruiz and 6
men.
127 Herquita—Corp. Manuel Hernandez and 11
men,
128 Matun—Corp. Armando Nunez and 10 men.
129 Conyento—Corp. Julio Galvez and 8 men.
130 La Vega—2 men.
Enrique Machado and 8
SQUADRON “E.”
180 Union de Reyes—Capt. José N. Iglesias and
18 men.
181 Bolondron—Corp. Manuel Paez and 14 men.
182 Bermeja—Corp. Pedro de la Villa and 8 men.
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184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
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133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
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Alacranes—Corp. Feliz Ferran and 10 men,
Seiba de Agua—Lieut. Luis Solano and 11 men.
Cabezas—Corp. Eusebio Vieta and 9 men,
Guanabana—Sergt. Eusebio Cantero and g men,
Canasi—Corp. José A, Hornedo and g men.
Cidri—Corp. Clementino Ponce and 9 men.
Navajas—Lieut. Juan Gil and 17 men,
Torriente—Corp. Candido Diaz Garcia and 14
men.
Agramonte—Corp. Rafael
men,
Castellon and 15
Province of Santa Clara.
COMPANY “Kk.”
Santa Clara, City of—Capt. Trrancisco
Sanchez and 58 men.
Caibarien—Lieut. Enrique Robau and 25 men.
Isabela de Sagua—Sergt.
and 16 men.
Castle Jagua (Cienfuegos)—Sergt. José Per-
era and 24 men,
Palmas Altas—Corp. Rafael Vinageras and
7 men.
SQUADRON “A.”
Cienfuegos—Capt. José Fernandez and 42 men.
Cruces—Sergt. José Villar and 7 men.
Caunaos—Corp. Angel Davalos and 6 men.
Guaos—Corp. Cecilio Figueroa and 7 men.
Policarpio Lafont
La Sierra—Corp. José C. Prendes and 5 men.
Cumanayaguas—Corp. Isidoro Rumbua and
men.
Camarones—Corp. Marcelino Martinez ani
5 men,
Palmira—Corp. Juan M. Medina and 5 men.
Arimanao—Corp. Agustin Martin and 5 men.
Rodas—Lieut. Heriberto Hernandez and 19
men.
Abreus, Santa Clara—Corp. José I. Her-
nandez and 9 men.
Lequito—Corp. José Hernandez and 9 men.
Santisima Trinidad—Corp. Victor Otero and
7 men.
Lajas—Corp. Enrique Bolafos and 9 men.
Diamante—7 men.
Ciego Montoro—Sergt. Ignacio Alfonso and 7
men,
Limones—Corp. Nemesio Jimenez and 7 men.
Vacantes—i1 man.
Salto—Corp. Rafael Morrel and 9 men.
Cartagena—Corp. Mariano Machado and 9
men.
Soledad de Cartagena—Gabriel Cardoso, corp.
and 7 men.
Ojo de Agua—Corp. Antonio Solano and 7
men. :
Cavada Farm—6 men.
SQUADRON “
Sagua la Grande—Capt. Ignacio Delgado and
26 men.
Quemado de Guines—Lieut. Nilo Mauro and
18 me
Rancho
n.
Veloz—Sergt. Raul Cartaya and 10
men,
Coralilllo—Corp. Gervacio Llerena and ro men.
Sierra Morena—Corp. Emilio Leon and 10
men.
La Sierra—Corp. Pedro Alvarez and 10 men.
Sitiecito—Corp. Antonio Pérez and 10 men,
Rodrigo—Corp.- Manuel Medina and 10 men.
Cifuentes—Corp. Enrique Sanchez and 9 men.
Guayabo—Corp. Rafael Penton and ro men,
Calabazar—Sergt. Adolfo Rodriguez and 10
inen,
Encrucijada—Lieut. Francisco Gomez and 12
men.
Santo—Corp. Pedro J. Brunte and 11 men.
SQUADRON “H.”
Sancti Spiritus—Capt. Raoul D. Acosta, 21
men,
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Paredes—Corp. José Armas and 11 men.
Jibaro—Corp. Florentino Rodriguez and’ 11
tien,
Trinidad—Lieut. Rafael Alonso and 17 men.
Condado—Corp. Arturo Borhoque and rr men.
Caracusey—Sergt. Manuel Vila and 11 men.
San Pedro—Corp. Mariano Sanchez and 11
men.
Guinia de Miranda—Corp, José Ibargollin
and 10-men,
Guayos—Lieut.
men.
Desiderio J. Rangel and 12
Fomento—Corp. Evangelista Moreno and 9
men.
Taguasco—Corp. Santiago Gomez and 13 men.
SQUADRON “F."
Remedios—Capt. Emiliano Amiell and 24 men.
Vueltas—Sergt. Francisco Cortez and 13 men.
Camajuani—Sergt. Erasmo Castillo and 11
men.
La Quinta—Corp. Ramon Pineda and 9 men.
San Andres—Corp. Guillermo Pichardo and 8
men.
Placetas—Lieut. Arcadio Torres and 13 men.
Zulueta—Corp, Fernando Nodal and 7 men.
2 Buenavista—Corp. Adriano Romero and § mer
Remate—Corp. 1986 Quinones and 8 men.
Seibabo—Corp. Luis M. Galvez and ro men.
Yaguajay—Corp. Agustin Cancio and 14 men.
Meneses—Corp. Matias Gonzalez and ro men.
Mayajigua—Corp. Rafael Escobar and 12 men.
Santa Clara, City of—Capt. Rogerio Cabal-
lero and 15 men.
Esperanza—Sergt. Alberto Rojas and 8 men.
Ranchuelo—Lieut. Toribio Gomez and 12 men.
San Juan—Corp. José Gronig and 7 men,
Jicotea—Corp. Luis M. Aniceto and 5 men.
Santo Domingo—Sergt. José Hernandez and
17 men.
Cascajal—Sergt. Victor Gouillard and 7 men.
Manacas—Corp. Marino Machado and to men.
Manicaraguas—Lieut. Luis Viga and 12 men.
Hoyo Manicaraguas—Sergt. Jose Vega and 12
men.
Provincial—Juan Pachechi and 10 men.
Baez—Corp. Manuel Muriadas and 2 men.
Falcon—2 men.
REGIMENT NO. THREE.
Jurisdiction: Provinces of Camaguey
and Santiago.
(Santiago Province has been officially changed to
Headquarters:
“Oriente.””)
Santiago de Cuba,
City of.
STAFF.
Col. Saturnino Lora, commanding at Santiago
de Cuba City.
Lieut.-Col. Juan Vaillant, commanding at
Camaguey, City of.
Lieut.-Col. Leopoldo del Calvo.
Quartermaster Walfredo Consuegra.
Majors Matias Betancourt, Carlos Machado.
Captain Huan Pedro, surgeon.
Province of Camaguey.
SQUADRON “A.” 6
Ciego de Avila—Capt. Prospero Pérez .and 21
men.
Santa Rita—Sergt. José Miranda and 6 men.
Vlorida—Corp. Carlos Sanchez and 5 men.
Central Silveira—Corp. Francisco Diaz and 7
men,
Magarabomba—5 men. _
Chambas—Corp. F, Alejo and 7 men.
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Moron—Lieut. Federico Escalante and 12 men.
Ceballos—Corp. Miguel Regueira and 8 men.
Jicotea—Corp. Francisco Echemendia and 8
men.
Angel Castillo—Corp. Manuel Rodriguez and
6 men.
Marroqui—Corp, Antonio Eguez and 9 men.
Arroyo Blanco—Sergt. Manuel Lopez and 6
men,
Jatibonico—Lieut. Hilario Rivero and 13 men.
Majagua farm—z men, —
SQUADRON “B.”
Camaguey, City of—Capt. Gabriel Gonzales,
36 men.
Bidot—Corp. Francisco Martinez and 11 men.
Altagracia—Corp. Jacinto Agramonte and 9
men,
Gutierrez—Lieut. Aquimedes Mendez and 12
men,
Bacallao—Corp. Julio Hernandez and 9 men.
Saata Cruz del Sur—Lieut. Agustin Porro and
13. men.
Guanasi—Corp. Andres Tena and 9 men.
Cuatro Caminos—Corp. Noverto Garcia and 6
men,
SQUADRON "“C.”
Nuevitas—Jose Miguel Noy and 26 men.
San Miguel—Corp. Luis Lecha and 9 men.
Arenillas—Corp. Fidel Rivero and 4 men.
San Antonio—Corp. Gustavo Sariol and 7 men.
Sibanicu—Sergt. Carlos Cruz and 11 men.
Senado—Lieut. Alberto F. Acosta and 9 men.
Lugareno—Corp. Antonio Gonzales and 8 men.
Gloria—Sergt. Oscar Pereda and 8 men.
Guanaia—Corp. Robert Rubio and 9 men.
Francisco—Juan J. Pena and rs men.
Guimaro—Sergt. Jose Beltran and ro men.
Coscorro—Antonio Pena and 9 men.
Tena—Corp. Antonio Florez and 8 men.
Province of Oriente.
SQUADRON “B.”
San Geronimo, Oriente—Corp. Jose Perez and
9 men.
COMPANY “I.”
Santiago de Cuba, City of—Capt. José A.
Bernal and 107 men. ae
Dos Caminos Cobre—Corp. Joaquin Pinto and
4 men.
Cubitas—Corp. Aristides Berenguer and 4
men, ,
Caney—Corp. Justo Cruz and 5 men.
Cobre—Corp. Julio Retena and 9 men.
Daiquiri—Rafael Palacio and 10 men.
Tirmeza—Corp. Rodolfo Franco and 10 men.
_ COMPANY “K.”
Mayari—Capt. Joaquin Meza and 35 men.
Punta Tabasco—Corp. Joaquin Malledas and
8 men,
Santa Isabel—Corp. Daniel Feria and 8 men.
Saetia—2 men.
Sagua de Tanamo—Corp. Joaquin Mufioz and
7 men.
El Coco—Corp. Eligio Zayas and 2 men.
Cayo Mambi—Corp. Ruperto Coloma and 3
men.
Baracoa—Lieut, Isidor Claramut and 22 men.
Sabanilla—4 men.
Sabana—q men,
Guandaso—Corp. Manuel Guibeaux and 6 men.
Imias—Corp. José Salas and 5 men.
Guantanamo—Corp. Pascual Reimod and rr
mien.
SQUADRON ‘D.”
Manzanillo—Lieut. Atlio Leén and 27 men.
Cano—Corp. Luis Gonzales and 6 men.
Yara—Corp. Apolino Castillo and 8 men.
Zarzil—Corp. Luis Gonzales and 8 men.
Jibacoa—Corp. Javier Hernandez and 9 men.
253 Campechuela—Lieut. Elicier Alvarez and 17
men.
Calicito—Sergt. Maximo Mayo and 12 men
Ceiba Hueca—Corp. Alfonso Diaz and 6 men.
Saa Ramon—Corp. Aristides Aguilera and
men.
257 Media Luna—Corp. Victor Rodriguez and 16
men.
238 Niquero—Corp. Manuel Castillo and 8 men.
259 Pilon—Corp. Pedro Diaz and 10 men.
SQUADRON “E.”
260 Bayamo—Capt. Jose Martinez and 26 men.
261 Veguita—Sergt. Iluminado Reina and 8 men.
262 Bueycito—Sergt. Maximiliano Reina and 6
men.
263 Jiguani—Lieut. Juan Corona and 15° men.
264 Guisa—Corp. Floridiano Ramirez and 6 men.
265 Baire—Corp. José Lopez and 7 men.
266 Vijagual—Corp. Aurelio Oramas and 6 men.
267 Los Negros—Corp. Catalino Arias and 6 men.
268 Bibaney—Corp. José Sosa and 6 men.
269 Tunas—Lieut. Ignacio Tamayo and 16 men.
270 Caisimu—Corp. Claudio Reyes and 9 men.
271 Guamo—Corp. Lorenzo Perez and to mem
272 Cauto—Corp. Federico Sanchez and ro men.
SQUADRON “‘F.”
73 Holguin—Capt. Luis del Rosal and 29 men.
4 Velazco—Corp. Manuel Ozorio and 8 men.
5 San Andres—Corp. Ernesto Curbelo and 9 men.
6 Cocscum—Sergt. Roberto Puig and 8 men.
7 Deleite—Corp. Felipe Gonzales and 9 men.
8 Auras—Corp. Ignacio Diaz and 9 men.
9 Puerto Padre—Lieut. Cristino Garcia and 9
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280 Chaparra—Sergt. Jesus Garcia and 9 men.
281 San Agustin—Corp. Ceferino Garcia and 9 men.
282 Gibara—Lieut. Pablo Pujada and 11 men_
283 Santa Lucia—Sergt. Agustin Marbau and 13
men.
284 Banes—Sergt. Ramon Pupo and 13 men.
SQUADRON “G.”
285 San Luis—Lieut. Salvador Esteva and 35 men_
286 Palmerito—Corp. Manuel Lucero and 7 men.
287 Alto Cerro—Corp. Benjamin Arias and 8 men.
288 Palma Soriano—Sergt. Joaquin Salmon and 13
men.
28814 Hatillo—Corp. Teleforo Menrice and 7 men.
Genero Lora and 7 men.
5 men.
SQUADRON “H.”
296 Guaatanamo—Lieut. Francisco Perez and 50
men.
297 Sampre—Lieut. Jose Delgado and’ 15 men.
2098 San Antonio—Sergt. Gabino Lobato and 4 men.
299 Tiguabos—Sergt. Vicente Rizo and 9 men.
300 La isperanza—Corp. Rafael Vera and 8 men.
301 Boqueron—Corp. Ernesto Acosta and 5 men.
302 Soledad—Corp. Luis Gonzales and 5 men-
303 Santa_ Ce —Corp. Agustin Parra and 6 mea.
304 Los Canos—Corp. Fernando Suarez and 5 men.
305 La Isabel—Corp. Jesus Cayol and ro men.
The rest of the force are distributed at the
Headquarters of Regiments and at the General
Headquarters. There are a number at the In-
struction Schools in Cabanas, Matanzas, Cien-
fuegos, Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
Corporals assigned to duty at garrisons where
there is mo superior officer act as sergeants. _
Superior command of the Rural Guard during
the present administration of the Cuban Republic
by the United States is vested upon Major Slocum,
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THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN SEPTIEMBRE.
Eserito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
Al comenzar el mes de Septiembre, los centrifugas polarizacion 96° se
cotizaban 4 razon de 3.92 cents. la libra, derechos pagados, y al terminar dicho
mes la cotizacion era 3.95 cents. la libra. Casi todas las transacciones que tuvieron
lugar en el transcurso del mes se hicieron al ultimo precio citado, siendo 2 9/16
cents. la libra, polarizacién 95°, el precio equivalente del aztiicar vendido sobre la
base de costo y flete.
El azucar de remolacha se cotizaba al principio de dicho mes a razon de 10s.
el quintal, analisis 88, entregado a bordo en Hamburgo, luego subid a Ios. 3d.,
bajO 4 9s. 101%4d., subid a 10s., reacciond a 9s. 7¥2d. y cerro a Qs, od.
El azucar refinado granulado abrié a 4.65 cents. la libra, al contado, neto, y
cerro & 4.65 la libra, es decir, que no tuvo fluctuaciones durante el mes, excepto
en California, donde bajé 20 puntos debido a la competencia local.
En general, el mes de Septiembre result6 ser un mes en que las cotizaciones
no tuvieron grandes fluctuaciones ni se vieron influenciadas notablemente por
cambios en la situacién de los mercados azucareros.
La produccién total obtenida en la ultima zafra en Cuba, calculada por los
Sres. Joaquin Guma-Federico Mejer en 1,427,673 toneladas, no varia de los
calculos finales. Semejante zafra fué sdlo posible debido al inusitado buen
tiempo que reind durante la época de la molienda, que permitid a los ingenios
moler sin cesar hasta consumir toda la cafia disponible. Esto, no obstante, deja los campos
limpios de cafia con que comenzar la proxima molienda, lo que hace suponer una zafra
tardia y menor que la presente, que es sin duda la causa de la actitud firme y expectante
de los centros azucareros de Europa.
Todas las noticias recibidas recientemente con respecto a la cosecha de remolacha,
acusan tiempo favorable, y es probable que la produccion exceda el minimo calculado por el
Sr. F. O. Licht, el perito europeo, 6 sean 6,230,000 toneladas, pero quizas no Ilegue al
maximo calculado de 6,700,000 toneladas.
Al presente existe tendencia general 4 un marcado optimismo con _ respecto
4 los mercados azucareros del mundo en la proxima zafra, basada en*la expecta-
cion de acontecimientos concernientes 4 la produccién y al abasto y la demanda,
que puedan dar lugar a un promedio de los precios mayor que el habido en la
ultima zafra. Seria muy aventurado exponer ahora las razones para tal opti-
mismo, y, como es natural, el desarrollo de tales acontecimientos se observara
por todos con inusitado interés.
Las importaciones de aztcar de Java a los Estados Unidos excedieron en
mucho este ano a las del anterior, siendo la ascendencia del fruto a flote 170,000
toneladas hasta el primero de Octubre, contra 140,072 toneladas el afio anterior,
y 115,5C8 toneladas en 1905. Todo este aztcar se necesitara aqui antes de que
pueda disponerse de los aztcares cubanos de la proxima zafra. Las wultimas
ventas del azticar de Java, polarizacion 96°, se hicieron a razon 3.95 cents. la
libra, derechos pagados.
Los arribos en Septiembre de aztcares extranjeros a los puertos norteameri-
canos de la costa de Atlantico y del Golfo, ascendieron a 117,759 toneladas, y la
demanda vara refinar fué de 196,000 toneladas. Las existencias totales en los
Estados Unidos y Cuba juntas ascendian en primero de Septiembre 4 374,662
toneladas, que quedaron reducidas a 296,980 toneladas a fin de Septiembre.
Las indicaciones para Octubre son que los precios se mantendran firmes
tanto de los azticares mascabados como de los refinados, pues las existencias se
van aumentando con la produccién del pais, tanto de aztcar de cafia como de
remolacha, que esta arribando a los centros consumidores, con la posibilidad de
que la produccioén del primero sean este afio mayor que la del pasado, y la del
segundo igual a la de la zafra Ultima.
Alguna atencion se esta prestando 4 la compra de contratos por aztcar de
remolacha para entregar en Mayo proximo, que se cotiza a 10s. el quintal, equiva-
lente a4 4.11 cents. la libra, derechos pagados, por centrifugas polarizacién 96°, 6
sea 234 cents., costo y flete, puestas en Nueva York por centrifugas cubanos.
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26 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
SUGAR IN SEPTEMBER.
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
September opened with Centrifugals, 96 test, at 3.92c. per lb. duty paid and
closed at 3.95c. per lb. Nearly or quite all the business of the month was done
at. the latter basis, the cost and freight equivalent being 2 9/16c. per Ilb., basis
test
93" Beet root sugar opened at ros. per cwt. f. 0. b. Hamburg 88 analysis, advanced
to 10s. 3d., declined to gs. 10%d., advanced to 10s., reacted to gs. 744d, and
closed at gs. od.
Refined, granulated,, opened at 4.65c. per lb., net cash, and closed at 4.65c.
per lb., making no change during the month, except in California, where a
decline of 20 points occurred owing to local competition.
As a whole, September proved to be a month of quiet, steady markets, unin-
fluenced to any great extent by changing conditions.
The final outturn of the last Cuba crop as given by Messrs, Joaquin Guma-
Federico Mejer, 1,427,6573 tons, did not vary from estimates. Such a_ sizable
crop was only possible by reason of the unusually favorable weather of the
grinding season which enabled factory work without ceasing until all the cane in
the fields was used. This, however, leaves the fields bare of cane for early use
the coming season and indicates a later crop and undoubtedly a smaller crop this
season, which expectation is no doubt at the basis of the firm and expectant markets
of Europe.
All recent reports of the European beet crop are of favorable weather, and it
is likely that the minimum estimate already put out by Mr. F. O. Licht, the
European expert, of 6,230,000 tons will be exceeded, but perhaps not reach his
maximum estimate of 6,700,000 tons.
There is a general disposition to take a very favorable view of the sugar
markets of the world for the coming campaign, based upon expectation of crop
developments and of supply and demand which may lead to a higher average
of prices than for the last campaign. It is, of course, too early to give definite
reasons for such a belief, and all developments in that direction will be watched
for with unusual interest.
Java is sending the United States a considerably increased amount of sugar
over last year, the amount now afloat being 170,c00 tons to October 1, against
140,072 tons last year, and 115,508 tons in 1905. All this sugar will be needed
here before the next Cuba crop is available. The last sales of Javas, of 96 test,
are on the basis of 3.95c. per Ib., duty paid.
The receipts of foreign sugar in the United States in September, at the
Atlantic and Gulf Ports, were 117,759 tons, and the requirements for melting
were i96,000 tons. The total stocks in the United States and Cuba, together, on
September I were 374,662 tons, which is reduced to 296,980 tons at the end of
‘September.
The outlook for October is for a steady firm market for both raws and
refined, the supplies being added to by both the domestic cane and beet crops
which are now coming into active consumption with promise of fuller supplies
of cane than last year, and about equal of beet sugar.
Some attention is being given to purchases of beet sugar contracts for next
May delivery, which are quoted at Ios. per cwt., equal to 4.11c. per Ib., duty
paid, for 96 test Centrifugals, or say 234 c & f New York for Cuba Centrifugals.
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE TURNURE & CO., New York City.
Republic of Cuba: 0% Bonds wo. sdues tlie sds nose A ee 100% toe i
Bepublic of Cuba (Op Bonds. Pisco. cea ee se oe ae ae saree 97 102
Republic .of: Cuba (696, internal (Bonds... Soscckscicc cceae een Cae eee 87 87%
Havana City 1st Mortgage 6% Bonds 105 107*
Wayans City 2d Mortgage. 5% Bonds: 255 2s eac Shes es eee ee 104 107*
Cuba" Re Bist: Mortgage 69. Bonds! fees nis otter ee ee S85 90
Cuba R. R. Preferred Stock........ 31 37
Cuba Company 6% Debentures ........ 60 vit)
Havana Electric Consolidated Mortgage 8114 84%
Havana: Blectrie Preferred: Stock). sss sorce oe ences cn ee A eee 74 76
Havana. Wlectrie Common “Stock 3)).05 Go50 od be ee ote aie eee eee tee eel. 32
* Ex October Coupon.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
HENRY CLAY & BOCK & COMPANY, Ltd.
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES
Retail Dept. Prado 118, Havana Dave Echemendia, Mgr.
The Henry Clay and Bock and Co., Ltd., extends a cordial invitation to the traveling public
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Cuba Railroads News Viorke cere eee oe eereee 4
CORK TIP CIGARETTES Cawthorn Hotels Mobile a-ce sneer 3z
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Foster & Reynolds, New York............. 31
Gillette DiC eilampay (Blase. cee een 34
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile ....... Bo
Journal j2Aericulture) Mropicall-- ee sat 37
Bewis Wanda camisumber Cone relies ieee ae
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es Munson Steamship Line, New York-Havana. 42
—— Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Co., Mobile, Ala. 33
Queen & Crescent Route ................. 39
lRevaneyn@ Wren WOES. cnn occogsucesocaedoe 2
IRiglencien Seale (CO, scasccesvensseosossac 44
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Co., Mobile... 32
Shriver 6 Co: ea ebarnisony See ein le 2
Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York.. 41
Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana...... 42
Snare & Trieste Co., New York and Havana 41
Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 44
Turnure & Co., Lawrence, New York....... 37
W “S) Commission Merchants: 22.2---.----- 31
Vinegar Bend Lumber Co., Ala........... 41
Wiener Co., Ernst, New York............- 44
Willett & Gray, New York .............--- 39
NS Se = z Yule & Munro, Brooklyn ................ 39
—~e ii . Adams Engineering Co., Havana..........- 44
8 é i ll So thc Business Firms of Antilla ................ 40
= peo TOs SN OPPS Business Firms of Camaguey..........:..-. 38
; oe =f C CailoermiGn scagscdocovdr 33
ss os OS (Gye, “coobisoodsgeoscc 38
ss £8 G SrimisGe@ Saesodcoccosac 40
oa Directory of Havana ...........--. 36
Banco de la Habana, Havana ..... soogeoos 36
Canada Land & Fruit Co., Isle of Pines.... 39
Carlos Muecke, Camaguey..........-...---- 33
Conant & Wright, Havana .........-:.... 35
Dyenraiee ke (Cou. IElewaizl- cocccaopnococ conan dé 28
| Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co., Antilla, Nipe Bay. 40
= Gonzalez & Co., J. G., Havana ..........-- 35
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- enry Clay an ock & C€o., Havana...-.- 30
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factured in Cuba. ...- -~ Hote joamseueys Came euey BHeaaoseneuoNS 38
: Manuel Ruiz S. en C. Havana..........---- 35
Bevel Zolneta 10 Havana, Cuba Miguel de Cardenas, Havana...........---- 27
Molina ees Davens Sean cee cco 35
Marx & indsor, | Camagucyse-lee =e sii 3
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS. National Bank of Cuba ...........---..--- 34
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn...... 39 Norton Bros., Havana .........-..-+-.---- 35
Baldwin Locomotive Works .........---++: 3 Purdy & Henderson, Havana ........------ 37
Beet Sugar Gazette Co., Chicago, Ill...... 2 Royal Bank of Canada, Havana .........-- 34
Bennett, Walsh & Co. ....-----+ seer eeeee 41 Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas .......- 39
Buckeye Nurseries, Tampa, Fla........---- 3 Trust Co. of Cuba, Havana ............--.. 34
Bienville Hotel, Mobile ..........-.----:: 32 Upmann & Co., H., Havana ......---+.+--- 34
Big Four Route ........------se++eeeeees 37 United Railways of Havana ........------- 35
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GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES COMPANY, Box 1, Glen Saint Mary, Florida
G. L. TABER, Pres. and Treas. H. HAROLD HUME, Secretary
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Comerciante. Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
Caibarién, Cuba. de Calzado.
Apartado 114. Cable: © Mata.’’ Caibarién.
= = = = Apartado 104. Telégrafo: “‘Bergnes.”
ata rig! Loceria
ie 7
DEP INCHANSTI Y HNO. Moe
Caibarién, Cuba. Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Marti 11 y 13. Apartado 24. Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
es en ee —— : Caibarién, Cuba.
R. CANTERA Y CA. Calle Justa Num. 27. Cable: ‘‘Imaz.”
(S25 jem: 1G) =e
Comerciantes Importadores, ARIAS Y COMP
Escobar 28. Caibarién.
EF arg : Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
oo eS ee Caibarién, Cuba. eS
Correo Apartado Num. 15. Telégrafo: “Arias.
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
(S. en
Caibarién.
= a - ZARRAGA Y CA.,
; ?P, B. ANDERSON, Caibarien, Cuba.
Ship Broker. Shere U. S. Consular Agent, | Casa Banca. Exportadores de Azucar.
Caibarien, Cuba.
Agent for Munson Steamship Line and Lloyds.
BONIFACIO DIAZ,
MARTINEZ & CO., S. en C. Gran Peleteria y Sombrereria.
Comerciantes Banqueros, Marti 17 - - - Caibarien
Importadores de Viveres, Constantes nov dade en los dos giros de esta casa.
Export adores de Azucar.
Apartado 115. Telegrafo: Urquiza. RODRIQUEZ Y VINA, S. en C.,
COMERCIO Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres en General,
Witell wet ok tReatanandc: ae 0 eats Comisiones y Consignaciones,
De José Urquiza Consignatarios de Buques.
Calle de Marti nums 16 y 18 - - Caibarien | ‘“‘Depositos de Carburo.”
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TOTAL ASSETS, - - - $45,500,000.00
B a n k O f C u b a | Head Office) MONTREAL
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
INCORPORATED 1869
| ———SE eee
United States Depositary
Depositary of epublic of | Branches in Havana: Obrapia 33, Galiano 92;
Pp y R P of Cuba | Matanzas, Cardenas, Manzanillo, Cienfuegos,
SSS Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
CAPITAL, $5,000,000
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA ESTABLISHED 1844
COR. OBISPO & CUBA STS. | i. UDMANN & CO.
BRANCHES
Galiano 84, Havana. Pinar del Rio. , Bankers
Monte 226, Havana. Caibarien.
Santiago. Guantanamo. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Cienfuegos. Santa Clara. CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
Matanzas. Camaguey. CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Cardenas. Sancti Spiritus.
Sagua la Grande, Manzanillo. Safe Deposit Vaults
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF JU. S. A,
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 159-163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
DaGERUST COMPANY | ccs,
OF CUBA | N. @ELATS & COMPANY
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA Banherc
ey
PAID UP Transacts a general bankin
CAPITAL $500, 000 business. r :
Correspondence at all the prin-
ee cipal places of the island.
| Transacts a General Trust SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
and Banking Business A eee
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT | ——— ae
| Gillett, amnpat Western Union.
Examines and Guarantees Titles,Collects | D. C. GILLETT
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages
Tampa, Fla.
Correspondence Solicited from Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Intending Investors Business transacted for foreign customers.
Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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United Railways of Havana
Cuba's First and Foremost Railroad. (First Section opened to Traffic in 1837)
Takes you to All Parts of the Island East of Havana Comfortably and
Quickly through Varied and Beautiful Scenery and Past
Extensive Sugar Plantations
Parlor, Observation and Sleeping Cars attached to principal trains.
Full information and through tickets to all points in Cuba reached via the United Railways
of Havana can be obtained of the following:
Thos. Cook & Son Ward Line Southern Pacific R. R.
Seaboard Air Line R. R. Florida East Coast Railway Mobile & Ohio R. R.
Foster & Reynolds Washington Southern Railway Raymond & Whitcomb Co.
Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Peninsular & Occidental SS. Co. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Illinois Central R. R. Munson Line
NORTON BROS. COM PANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN @ BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
MANUEL RUIZ S. en C.
Fine Stationery, Engraving and Printing. Specialty in
Copper Plate Engraving
CARDS INVITATIONS HEADINGS
"Phone: 108 18 and 20 Obispo Street Code Used:
Cable Address: MUYZAR HAVANA, CUBA A.B.C. 5th Ed
MIGUEL de CARDENAS MOLINA BROTHERS
Statistics Regarding Importations and Customs Brokers
Exportations through the port of
Havana furnished. Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
P. O. Box 743 Havana, Cuba Officios 52, Havana
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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33
CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH=-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bulle, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: “Bulle.”
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., Bernaza 8.
AND TRANS=
All languages.
9 DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
RESTAURANT—“PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O’Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20.
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
| COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
| S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
Banco de
CAPITAL PAGADO
Presidente - «=
OQfrece toda
clase de facilidades
la Habana
$2,500,000 Oro Americano
Carlos de Zaldo
bamcarias
Cotton, Corn and Tobacco.
We have a new and progressive American
Stores, Hotel, American School, all
Titles perfect.
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
The land Hes all been euveyed =o aad =
i red for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for or on instalments,
Be We ts : ie town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
within short distance from Havana City.
Transportation from Havana free for bu
WRITE OR CALL FOR INFOR
d sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
ers.
ATION.
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BARTLE
Twenty-five thousand acres of the richest and best watered land in Cuba on
the main line of the Cuba Railroad, with the finest station on the line, 120 miles
from Nipe Bay—the best harbor on the Island; also the nearest to New York.
No swamps or insect pests.
BARTLE is not in the wilderness—we offer all the comforts of civilization,
GOOD STORES, HOTEL, CHURCH, SCHOOL, SAW-MILL, Etc.
TWO MAILS DAILY.
SUGAR, FRUITS, TOBACCO AND VEGETABLES produce wonderful crops
at BARTLE.
When you consider Soil, Transportation, Social, Religious and Educational
advantages, BARTLE offers something not to be had elsewhere in Cuba. Write
for particulars.
DUNCAN O. BULL, General Manager
CUBAN REALTY CO., Ltd. Temple Bldg., Toronto, Canada
141 Broadway, New York Bartle, Cuba
The Finest of
Pullman Library,
Observation, Draw-
ing Room Sleeping
Cars, Wide Vesti-
| buled Coaches and
Dining Cars, with
Electric Lights and
Fans, are used
in the Havana
Limited,
JNO. M. BRALL,
General Passenger
ent,
St. Louis, Mo.
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JAMES S. CONNELL & SON >
Sugar Brokers
Established 1836, at 105 Wall Street
Cable Address—‘‘Tide, New York’’
Engineers and Contractors
PURDY & HENDERSON, Inc.
Engineers and Contractors
‘New York Chicago Boston |
Cuba Office, Empedrado 32, Havana
THE BIG FOUR ROUTE Mressserwea sn
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3 Daily Trains Fach Way 3 (Via Michigan Central R. R.)
Parlor Cars, Sleepers, Dining Cars. Ask for Tickets Via
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CAMAGUEY
AMERICAN HARDWARE STORE. Camaguey, Soledad 1o.
General and Builders’ Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Water Closets, Soil Pipe, Fittings, American
Plumber, for Instalations, Wind M
Live and Let Live Policy.
ills, Expert Instalation, Stoves, Kitchen Utensile, Sporting Good
. . » 5.
Getting a Customer is Easy; Holding him is my Snecialte
R. J. MARTINEZ.
M. J. CABANA,
Comerciante-Comisionista, Apartado 3, Camaguey.
Solicita correspondencia de todos los centros im-
portantos de los Estados Unidos de America.
THE GOVERNOR OF CAMAGUEY.,
A fine half-tone of the Governor of Camaguey,
Manuel Ram6én Silva, with a sketch of his life,
will appear in an early issue of
THE CUBA REVIEW.
MARX & WINDSOR
CIVIL ENGINEERS
Authorized by the Cuban Government
Expert Examinations and Reports Timber and Other Lands
Construction and Superintendence Surveys, Plans, Specifications, Estimates
P. O. Box 152, CAMAGUEY, Cuba
Calle Cuba 67, HAVANA, Cuba
“SUGAR NEWS FROM CUBA”
is the title of the interesting correspondence from the tropical
island, appearing in every issue of “THE AMERICAN SUGAR
INDUSTRY AND BEET SUGAR GAZETTE.”
Capable correspondents, in every part of the world, write
regularly, covering reliable sugar news for “THE AMERICAN
SUGAR INDUSTRY AND BEET SUGAR GAZETTE.”
Subscribe for it if you want to keep posted. $2.50 per annum.
Sample copy free.
Send for advertising rates.
Address: BEET SUGAR GAZETTE Co.
145 La Salle Street,
Chicago, I11., U.S.A.
Telephone Call, 274-A Hamilton
JOHN M. DONOVAN,
13 Summit St. (Atlantic Dock)
BROOKLYN
DEALER IN
DUNNAGE MATS
BAGS AND HAG)
for Bag Flour, Bag and Bulk
Grain and General Cargoes
Business Firms of Gibara
M. CUERVO Y CIA.,
Gibara, Cuba.
Telegrafo: ‘‘Cuervo.’’
MANUEL DA SILVA E. HIJOS.
Banqueros, Importadores. Tabaco en rama.
Cable: ‘‘Silva.’’
TORRE Y CIA.,
Cable: ‘‘Torre.’’ Marina 2.
Comerciantes Importadores de Viveres y
Ferreteria.
EEN
JOHN W. McDONALD
COAL, WOOD, LUIIBER
and TIMBER of Every
Description
112 WALL STREET
Near South Street NEW YORK
Yard: 58-68 Beard Street, Erie Basin
Telephones: :
Office, 1905 John Yard, 316 Hamilton
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CANADA LAND AND FRUIT CO.
LOS INDIOS Owners ISLE OF PINES
CANADA AND LOS INDIOS TRACTS
Location: Siguanea Bay. The Deep-Water Harbor of the ee
We have at our new and progressive town of Los Indios a sawmill, planing-mill,
general store, school, hotel, church, post office and nursery, all under He supervision
of Americans. A strictly American town.
We also have rowboats and gasoline launch for pleasure parties. Fishing and
hunting the best.
We own the finest citrus fruit, vegetable and tobacco land on the island. We
offer same for sale in acres to suit purchaser, either for cash or on installments.
Special inducements to actual settlers.
Write for prospectus and further information to our general office,
Marinette, Wisconsin.
Se Direct to Cuba and Havana. Connects with Mun-
QUEEN ae lasaapi) son Line at Mobile from Cincinnati, Chattanooga
ROUTE and Birmingham. For Rates and Booklet address
W. C. RINEARSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY CINCINNATI
WILLETT & GRAY, Brokers and Agents
FOREIGN AND RAW AND
DOMESTIC SS UU G a rR ss REFINED
82 WALL STREET, NEW YORH
Publishers of Daily and Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal—the recognized authority of the trade,
TELEGRAPHIC MARKET ADVICES FURNISHED
Telephone, 33 Hamilton Cable Address:
Night Call, 411 Hamilton ““Abiworks,’’ New York
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Engineers and Boiler Makers
Machinists, Plumbers, Tinsmiths, Pipe Fitters, Blacksmiths, . Cope ersmiths,
Pattern Makers, Sheet Iron Workers. Iron and Brass Castings teamship
Repairs a Specialty.
Cor. Imlay and Summit Streets Brooklyn, N. Y.
| Telephone _ Box 186
215 Hamilton Maritime Exchange
SOBRINOS DE BEA & CO. |
Bankers and Commission Merchants Y | ILE & MI INRO
Importacién directa de todas los centros
Be ne mundo. SHIPWRIGHTS
Agents the
Munson Steamship Line, New York and
Mobile.
James E. Ward & Co., New York.
Serra Steamship Company, Liverpool.
pe aes Transatlanticos de A. Folch & Co.
Barcelona, Espafia Independencia
Street 17/21.
MATANZAS, CUBA.
Caulkers, Spar Makers
Boat Builders, Etc.
No. 9 SUMMIT STREET
Near Atlantic Dock BROOKLYN
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E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacion y Exportacién de Frutos del Pais y
Comisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direcciédn Telegrafica, “‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
sent G)
Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery.
Telégrafo: Valribe.
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta 10 y 11. Cable: .Illivega.
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion.
Direccion Telegrafica, ‘‘Badell,”’ Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importaci6n directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto “Golondrina” y “Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 -San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana,
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importacion. Exportacion.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pafiia de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza _ de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address:
“Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4.
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks.
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cuba.
P. O. Box zor
ANTILLA,
NIBE BAY
THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS OF CUBA,
A yaluable map, 49x18 inches, showing location
of all estates. Price with one year’s subscription
to Cuba Review, 75 cents.
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co.
ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, CUBA
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber
We cater to the Colonist Trade.
Write
for prices.
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VINEGAR BEND LUMBER CO.
Manufacturers and Exporters
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Cuban Business Our Specialty VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U. S.
Daily Capacity, 200,000 Feet Cable Address: ‘‘ TURNER ”’
Codes: A B C, Fourth Edition; Southards; Watkins; Western Union
Ww. H. Bennett W. S. Wals h F. Ww. Hyoslof
Bennett, Walsh & Co. “The Comfortable
18 Beiedeay, New York 99
i a
Steamship Agents and Ship Brekers ? y
Cable: ‘‘ Benwalsh " Between the East and the West is
= a = cs via the Toledo, St. Louis and
Western Railroad
“Clover Leaf”
Route
Rates lower than by any other
direct line. Send four cents in
stamps for copy of “Get Out or
Get in Line,” a booklet by Mr.
ee Elbert Hubbard, Chief of the Roy-
THE SNARE AND. crofters.
TRIEST COMPANY. WALTER L. ROSS
CONTRACTING ENGINEERS General Passenger Agent
Steel and Masonry Construction Toledo, Ohio
Piers, Bridges, Railroads and Buildings
We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates |
on all elasses of contracting work in Cuba. |
N. Y. Office Havana Office
143 LIBERTY ST. LA LEAL BUILDING
; = — Will not only be for yourself but for your great
> “ r grandchildren, for no one has lived to know tbe age
FRED WOLFE of an orange tree. We have a plan by which 7
> = = ’ - Se ean secure one at the lowest possible cost, and
BORGES AND MULES | you can give us a little of your time without a
4 cent of cash, write to-day.
Cubitas Valley Company
Concha and
Ensenada 57 Dexter Building, Chicago, Ill.
Streets
HAVANA
“es 1 Motor Vehicle Exchange
Take Jesus
del Monte Automoviles y carros de Gasolina para carga
eg eS Maquinas de Traccion y Lanchas de Gasolina
oma uente , ¢ atte :
Mona silos! Vehiculos de Locomicion Propia en General
Prado 50 : - ‘ Apartado 344
HABANA
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¥ MUNSON LIN
EB" hee:
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Passenger Steamers sail every alternate Wednesday at 3.00 P. M. for
Eastern Cuban Ports
INTENDED SAILINGS
(Subject to change without notice)
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Noy. Nov. Nov. | Nov. Nov. | Nov. | Nov.
CHOIR VG BAUS 2s ciactojeyeid eter sais sees os 6 II 12 I4 21 22 27
' : Nov. Noy. Novy. Nov. Novy. Dec. Dec. Dec.
OPIN GD AR ier ce eis erevaien divas baaetes 20 25 27 28 30 5 6 II
IMPORTANT NOTICE.—The S. S. “CURITYBA,” scheduled to
sail from New York December 4, will be substituted by a steamer having
capacity for freight only. No passengers can be accommodated for the
sailing of December 4.
At ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, direct ccnnection is made with the trains of the Cuba Railroad Company
for intericr points.
At NUEVITAS, ccnnecticn is made with the Nuevitas & Pto. Principe R. R. Co., for Camaguey and
intermediate points.
For rates and further information address
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE
General Offices, Havana Office,
82 Beaver St., New York 76 Cuba St., Mavana
MOBILE-HAVANA PASSENGER SERVICE
Passenger service suspended until further notice
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Lillie Multiple Evaporators
Model of 1904-1905 (Patented)
Model 1904-1905
ECONOMY ite BOAST
Lillie Quadruple effect for Nipe Bay Co., Cuba (Model 1904-1905. Condensers
not shown). Capacity, 600,000 gallons cane juice per 24 hours.
Apply for reading matter and information to
The Sugar Apparatus Manufacturing Co.
328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
6. MORRIS LILLIE, President. LEWIS C, LILLIE, Secretary and Treasurer.
LA AMBROSIA
MANUFACTURERS of the well-known brand of Chocolate, ‘‘LA AMBROSIA,’’ Biscuits. Macaroni,
Bonbons, all kinds of Confectionery
GUAVA PASTE AND EXTRA FINE GUAVA JELLY
ORDERS RECEIVED FOR EXPORT
BALDOR, FERNANDEZ & CO. . r - 5 “ Sol 21 & 23, Havana, CUBA
Write for quotations.
Stecl Eanst Wiener Cars
*COMPANY:
RAILS, FROGS, 66 BROAD ST. - NEW YORK ae
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Contents of This Number
The cover pages picture the beautiful San Juan river at Matanzas.
News. of. political matters appears on pages 7 and 8. The Miguelistas want early
elections and other factions do not.
The Agrarian League of Cuba wants free trade with the United States. See page 8.
The new waterworks at Santiago de Cuba are described and illustrated on pages 9
and 10. Other government matters, construction work, are referred to on succeed-
ing pages. Illustrated.
The story of the industrial situation is told on page 13. here are strikes and
disturbing conditions everywhere.
United States magazine and newspaper comments on Cuba’s present conditions are
on page 14.
General Notes are on pages 15 and 16.
Cuban mahogany and cedar importations on page 16.
The marble mountain of the Isle of Pines is described on pages 17 and 18. Illustrated.
La Gloria after seven years, on pages 20 and 21. Illustrated.
Omaja notes on page 22. Illustrated.
Tobacco news on page 23.
Agricultural notes, pages 23 to 25.
Rubber in Cuba on pages 24 and 25. Illustrated.
A review of a new work on “The Campaign of Santiago de Cuba’? is on page 26.
Also the figures giving the trade of the United States with Cuba.
The Sugar article by Willett & Gray, in English and Spanish, is on pages 27, 28 and 30,
with chart of New York prices on page 28.
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Volume V. NOVEMBER, 1907. Number 12.
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POLITICAL MATTERS. BOTANICAL
GARDEN.
a - The month’s political news and it urges other political
Politics is not particularly enlivening, Petition parties to express their opin-
Quiescent. as all parties striving for the Does Not ion. A protest against the
; leadership in the struggle for Represent resolution of the Miguelistas,
the Presidency of Cuba have been inactive. Cuban followed very quickly from
The various factions have held but few Will. Sr. Leandro Gonzales Al-
meetings of any importance, and there are
no signs of any ‘harmony between the two
wings of the Liberal party. One faction
supports Sr. Alfredo Zayas and the other
Miguel Gomez, the former candidate of the
Liberal party at the last election Cuba has
held, when Estrada Palma was re-elected
President. Both factions are maintaining
their ground, holding meetings as occasion
offers to keep alive the enthusiasm of their
followers.
The executive committee of
February the Gomez faction of the
Elections Liberal party petitioned Gov-
Wanted. ernor Magoon asking that the
date for the municipal and
provincial elections be definitely fixed for
February.
The request concerning the elections
voices the dissatisfaction of the Liberals
at the continued postponement. Under the
present governmental programme it seems
impossible that the first elections can be
held before March or April, or possibly
even later.
Commenting on this petition the Diario
de la Marina says the resolution may be
sent to Washington and lead the United
States government to imagine that the peti-
tion represents the will of the Cuban peo-
ple, which the Diario declares is not so,
corta, a prominent, influential
Liberal and leader in last August’s revolu-
tion. He says no such hasty measure is
warranted by the conditions. The political
divisions, he says, should be obliterated
and Cubans should unite. Like the Diario,
he does not believe the petition represents
the people. El Mundo falls into line and
urges good Cubans not to precipitate the
establishment of a republic, but help to have
good laws framed and tested before they
act, taking all necessary time in order to
experiment successfully.
At the present time there
Dowt Want are four politcal parties in
February Cuba, and the faction headed
Elections. by Jose Miguel Gomez claims
to control the political situa-
tion. All other parties, except this faction,
are willing to have the elections a year from
now, and not next February. The New
ork World says that these political factions
would rather see the continuation of the
American government in Cuba than to take
chances on the election of Gomez.
It was hoped that when the enumera-
tion had been completed that the widely
varying views of the leaders would end
and that all parties would have a desire
for a peaceful and fair election. While
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these hopes have not been fulfilled, it is
undeniable that the Provisional overnment
and Washington are in much better repute
with the Cuban than ever before.
Rumors of uprisings have
Who come from this and_ that
the quarter, but as no official in-
Revolutionists formation reached the palace
Are. thy died down, only to spring
up afresh another day. The
last bandits in Santa Clara province re-
cently surrendered to the authorities, and the
province is now quiet. A few outlaws es-
caped from ,the Bejuial jail and roamed
between Managua and San Antonio, in Hav-
ana province, but a few days ago surren-
dered. Almost the same fate has befallen
the band near Cienfuegos, the majority of
which surrendered, with only four men
remaining in the bush. The Mayari band
is almost exterminated, and the Niquerors
band surrendered on Oct. 23 on the promise
that they would escape the death penalty.
“The real bandits now,’ El Mundo says,
“are those who in the cities are conspiring
against the Americans and spreading news
of turbulence when no serious disorder ex-
ists in the corntry.”
The Miguelistas also feel
Miguelistas dissatisfied with Governor
Dissatisfied Magoon’s acceptance of the
with Agrarian League’s sugges-
Gov. tion for the appointment of
Magoon. a commission to suggest
legislation for the economic
problems of Cuba, and declare that mem-
bers of Congress should have been chosen
for such work. They also determined to
hold meetings to discuss further economic
measures, and asked the governor if he ‘had
any objections to their holding such meet-
ing. ‘The governor replied that he had no
objection, but that no official character
could be attached to their deliberations and
that he would be grateful for any help they
could give in solving government problems.
PROTECTION TO CUBA’S GREAT AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
DEMANDED.
Nace agriculturists of Cuba have at last
got together and for the first time
have appealed to the government for
better protection to their interests. They
want closer trade relations with the United
States, almost free trade, in fact, to be se-
cured by a more favorable revision of the
reciprocity treaty. This gives them now a
20 per cent. advantage over other countries
exporting sugar to the United States, a
benefit which they complain they do not
receive but that the refiners profit alone by
the rebate. The Agrarian League has taken
the matter in hand and some weeks ago
they prepared a memorial and presented it
to Governor Magoon. In it they say they
suffer from the non-enforcement of laws,
from inefficient railroad service, excess of
political agitation and lack of rural econo-
my. Everything is subordinated to politics.
There is money for sanitation, for water-
works, for sea walls, roads, etc., but noth-
ing for model farms, agricultural stations
or colleges. An immigration law and an
appropriation for agricultural stations were
secured near the close of the republic, but
the law is a dead letter and the appropria-
tion never expended. A banking law for
proper credit operations was asked for
and likewise the establishment of an
agricultural bank, but without success.
Rafael Fernandez de Castro, the president
of the Agrarian League, said: “Electoral
and municipal laws were not the important
things most needed, but free trade with the
United States, to save the island from im-
pending ruin,’ which utterance created a
great sensation. They petitioned Governor
Magoon to appoint a commission “to re-
port on laws in which changes are urgently
demanded by our critical economic condi-
tions and state of our agriculture.” The
league represents nearly all the sugar plant-
ers of the island. On October 28 Governor
Magoon asked the leacue to nominate men
who would be willing to serve on a com-
mission he purposed to appoint to consider
certain reforms. The league agreed to do
this without pay.
The governor in reply to this offer said
the desire to work on the commission with-
out remuneration was highly creditable to
the organization, but that in all justice they
should receive the same compensation as
that allowed to members of the existing
law commission.
The leasue in reply to this refused the
offer of compensation, saying “their services
were offered free as they wished to set an
example in a country where office grabbing
is a curse on the people and whose budget
has been enormouslv increased on that ac-
count.” The league will also defray the
office expenses of the commission.
The president of the association selected
nine men who will form the agricultural
advisory commission and investigate all
complaints of exorbitant charges and invite
all Cubans to join the league. The nine
men chosen are as follows: Fernandez de
Castro, Gabriel Casuso, M. F. Cueivo, Leo-
pold de Sola, Eduardo Dolz, Claudio Men-
doza, Luis Galban, J. M. Espinosa and Luis
Marx. The last is an American, Galban is
a Spaniard, and the rest are Cubans.
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GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION WORK
THE SANTIAGO
N the year 1905 the government of Cuba
awarded the contract to the Snare &
Triest Company for the construction of
a waterworks system at a total cost of
$400,000, which involved the building of a
dam across the Purgatoria River at a point
about four miles irom the city, to be used
in impounding the flow of that stream ‘dur-
ing the rainy season with the expectation
that sufficient water would be stored up for
supplying the daily needs of the city of
Santiago during the dry season,
the city heretofore depending
upon a meagre supply of water
from the Boniata River, which
vas also so unhealthy and scant
in quantity that during the dry
season the city of Santiago
was for a number of hours
every day entirely without water.
The contract involved the
building of a pipe line from the
dam to the city of Santiago, de-
No. 2. Lower side of Dam showing
outlet connection to the city.
WATERWORKS.
also a standpipe of sufficient elevation to
supply the high service. This contract was
completed, and accepted by the Department
cf Public Works on November 1 of this
year.
The dam proper was built by erecting a
concrete core wall across the river and an
earthen embankment on each side of the
same, requiring about 75,000 meters of earth
fil, the inner face of the wall being rip-
rapped with stone and concrete.
ihe
No. 1. Crest of Dam.
The entire project was built
along the best up-to-date engi-
neering lines and has proven
quite satisfactory in the volume
of water stored, and the city of
Santiago, for the first time in its
livering t!.e water to an interior
distribution reservoir at an ele-
vation sufficient to supply the
lower section of the city, and
View of the interior reservoir at Santiago.
No. 4.
No. 3. Upper side of Dam.
history, has had a supply suf-
ficient for the needs of the
day.
Other cities in Cuba lack an
adequate water supply, andi it
is Governor Magoon’s inten-
tion to construct reservoirs as
soon as possible. Engineers
are at work at various places
throughout the island making
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projects for the construction of water-
works. So soon as the projects are made
up the matter will be laid before the pro-
visional governor and an appropriation re-
quested. During the coming year the water
supply in the towns and cities of Cuba will
be vastly improved, new plants built in
some instances and in many others prac-
tically rebuilt. Santiago at the last Sete
in 1899 had a population of 43,000 and i
has probably largely increased in Hiri:
since that time, and although it is one of
the most ancient cities of the island it was
not until 1907 that the city actually wit-
nessed the construction of waterworks suf-
ficient for its needs. The official reports of
the United States engineers accompanying
the army of Cuban Pacification confined
largely to locations where an American gar-
rison was located, shows an unsatisfactory
water supply in many places, unsatisfactory
either in quality or quantity. The source of
Cienfuegos’s supply, for instance, is the
springs of Candelaria, 5 miles distant. The
quantity was ample and the quality good,
yet the precaution was taken to sterilize the
drinking water. Havana, Caibarien, Bara-
coa, Cardenas, Matanzas, Sagua la Grande,
Santa Clara and several other cities and
towns are credited with an ample supply of
most excellent water. The interior towns
are supplied by wells and cisterns and near-
by rivers and creeks which the engineers
found unsatisfactory, and instructions were
general to boil all water used for drinking.
These conditions are rapidly being improved
under the direction of the National Sanita-
tion Board now controlled by the United
States army.
Recognizing the financial
Five stringency. Governor Magoon
Million on November 11 offered
Dollars $5,000,000 in cash from the
for Treasury to the banks at 5
Cuba’s per cent. interest in order
Needs. to give them sufficient funds
to be used for the agricul-
fail and other industrial needs of the isl-
and only. As security banks were required
to deposit bonds of the Republic of Cuba,
of the city of Havana, of the Gas & Elec-
tric Co., and of the Electric Railways of
Havana and the United Railways at Io per
cent. less than their market value on date
of loan. Loans will not be called until
July 15, 1908. Banks are obliged to apply
for deposit before the 30th of this month,
and will pay 6 per cent. per annum for
time deposits unreturned after that date.
The newspapers praise Governor Magoon’s
action as being altogether wise and likely
to restore shaken confidence, but bankers
and planters think the time of the loan
should have been eighteen or twenty-four
months instead of seven.
New post-offices have been
New established during the past
Post- month at the following
Offices. places: Sagua de Tanamo,
Santa Clara
between Camajuani
Caonao, in
Chucho Luz,
province;
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and Placetas; Sabana, in Oriente province;
Guantao, in Oriente province, and Amaro,
in Santa Clara province.
Everything points to a good
Progress of census and the work is being
the Census. carried with precision and ac-
curacy, judging by the re-
ports received from all parts of the island,
says Mr. Olmstead, secretary. The enum-
erators have until November 15 to finish
their canvassing, at which time the work
will be fully revised by the district inspec-
tors who will order any corrections that
they think proper. After the work is
passed on by the district inspector the work
is inspected fully by the Provincial inspec-
tor, who in turn reports to headquarters.
On November 17 it was stated that the
Cuban census was complete. An unofficial
estimate for the island shows a population
of about two millions. The New York
Herald’s special advices of the same date
estimate the population of Havana as 299,-
278, an increase of 18% since the last cen-
sus. It is also said that doubtless many of
the names mentioned will be challenged, and
ir this is done, it will entail a long delay
before the lists can be approved and post-
pone still further the municipal and presi-
dential elections,
According to the first two
Rural articles of the new electoral
Guards law recently approved by the
Have advisory committee, members
No Vote. of the rural guard find
themselves classed with very
undesirable people, to wit, inmates of asy-
lums, those mentally /incapacitated, those
judicially under the ban through criminal-
ity and members of the land and sea forces
in active service. These have no vote in
the Cuban elections, although all other male
Cubans over twenty-one years and regis-
tered, may vote at all elections required
by law.
On November 20 the ad-
Foreigners visory legislative commission
May unanimously granted _ for-
Hold eigners the right to be
Office. elected city councillors after
a five years’ residence, and if
established in business. No right to vote
is granted.
The position of chief of the signal sta-
tion at the Morro Castle, at Santiago de
Cuba, with an annual salary of $1,000, has
been created by the provisional govern-
ment. The department of the interior has
been authorized to acquire two sets of flags
of the series of the international code, and
aJl other necessary material.
Governor Magoon may repeal his orders
making hunters get out a license for
each gun carried. Sr. Sobrado, the acting
head of the Department of the Interior,
pointed out the impossibility of carrying
out the order.
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“The extraordinary ex-
Cost of the penditures of the pay depart-
Army of ment chargeable to Cuban
Pacification, pacification have been, in
gross, for the seven months
beginning with October, 1906, and ended
with February, 1907, $204,000.16, or an
average monthly expenditure of about $30,-
000,” says the annual report of C. C. Snif-
fen, paymaster-general of the U. S. Army.
“The three largest items for the period are:
$40,128.44 for 10 per cent. increase of pay
to officers for foreign service; $112,302.08
for 20 per cent. increase of pay for foreign
service to enlisted men, and $32,584.23 for
mileage to officers and contract surgeons.
“Calculating the yearly expeditures on
the basis of the month’s actual expendi-
ture, we may conclude that $360,000 will be
the pay department’s share of the annual
cost of the maintenance of the army of
pacification, provided that army shall be
neither increased nor decreased.”
The new Cuban Revenue
The New Cutter “Baire” was recently
Cuban accepted by the government.
Revenue At the trial trip the “Baire”
Cutter. made 15.3 knots per hour and
her engines worked evenly. At
present she is being repainted and refur-
nished. The new cutter was built at Dan-
zig, Germany, at the shipyards of J. W.
Klawitter, under a contract with Messrs.
Hampel & Co., of Havana, who had the
contract with the Cuban government. Her
cest is about $116,000. Her engines are
double and develop 1160 horsepower, and
her coal bins have a capacity of 120 tons;
her tonnage being 200. The “Baire’s”
armament consists of two 2%-inch Krupp
rapid fire guns mounted on both sides un-
der the bridge and at her bow she has a
revolving machine gun. She is also fur-
nished with 10,000 candle-power searchlight.
At present Captain Luis Florez Castellanos
has been assigned to her command.
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The new Cuban revenue flag. The white star is in
a red field and the stripes are blue and white.
The programme of public
Praised works inaugurated bythe pro-
for visional government greatly
Public pleases the Cuban Press. The
W orks. leaders recognize that the
best work can only be done
without precipitation. La Lucha says that
since the intervention the work during one
year has been wonderful. More than two
hundred kilometres of roads have been fin-
ished and five hundred kilometres are un-
der construction. Many bridges have been
built and the harbors improved, which is
more than was done by prior governments
during one century.
El Diario de la Marina, said that in Pinar
del Rio province alone 5,000 men are em-
ployed on the public roads.
La Discusion, El Liberal, El Comercio,
La Union, La Espanola, La Avisador and
La Comerciale use the same language, in-
sisting that the provisional government is
meeting with general approval.
ATANZAS parents are subject to
heavy fines by the National Sanitary
Department if they send children to
the public schools who have not been vac-
cinated. This is a precaution required by
lew.
The new Cuban revenue cutter “*Baire.”
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The church of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, in the c
first edifice was built in 1631, but the present more pretentious structure soon took its place.
almost in ruins owing to the collapse of the walls from
is intended to soon build another church in the valley.
Appointed by Governor
Want a Magoon to make a study of
Children’s criminology in this country,
Court General Carlos Garcia Velez,
chief commissioner of the
Cuban prison system, and
Senor Solito Diaz Aluz, judge of the First
District Court of Havana, visited the New
York City courts. They also visited the
Children’s Court and said they would ad-
vocate the establishment of such a branch
of justice in Cuba.
in Cuba.
Under new regulations issued by the pro-
visional governor of Cuba, all female sheep
aud cattle under six years of age belonging
to the Shorthorn, Hereford, Aberdeen-An-
gus, Red-Poll, Galloway, Devon, Jersey,
Guernsey, Ayrshire, Zebu, Mysore or Brah-
min breeds, imported for breeding pur-
poses, and all cattle under six years old,
imported from Porto Rico or the Argen-
tine Republic for this purpose, shall be
admitted into the island duty free.
oie LUIS SIMON, a‘ wealthy citizen
and owner of large industries of the
city of Guantanamo, has offered the
building occupied by the city of Guanta-
namo for its City Hall for sale to the cor-
poration. His public spirit and wishes of
prosperity for his own city have been in-
fluential in having him ask a low price for
the building.
Sefior Yero has been reinstated as cap-
tain of the port of Havana from which he
of that name. The
It is now
mining operations constantly going on. It
copper mining settlement
the
was suspended eight months ago on charges
made by Customs Collector Lastra. The
latter's resignation is now expected.
Mr. Dady, contractor, is
Improvements dredging for the government
at at Cienfuegos, making a
Cienfuegos. channel and removing the
bank outside of the wharves
that all ships can manoeuvre with
safety. It is possible that the mercahnts,
owning the wharves will later consider the
dredging of their private property. The
government work promises to be finished
by March of April, 1908.
SO
Governor Magoon has appropriated $8o,-
ooo for improvements on the wharves at
Cienfuegos. Work will begin in the near
future.
A public park has at last been decided
upon and the site is bounded by Trocadero,
Colon, Morro and Zulueta streets. Plans
will soon be drawn.
The Department of Public Works sent
a dredge to the Isle of Pines a few weeks
ago and work was begun on the dredging
of the harbors of that island.
The engineers’ work at surveying the
road from Nueva Gerona to McKinley, Isle
of Pines, has been completed and given to
the government.
Contracts for five superstructures for
bridges in various parts of Oriente prov-
ince were awarded Oct. 23.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 13
THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATION.
: Loans to the sugar planters
Business amount annually to between
Conditions $5,000,000 and $10,000,000, and
im Cuba, this year the banks are hesi-
tating about advancing so
much monev because of general disturbed
conditions, due more than anything else to
widespread labor troubles. At last reports
the United Railways was moving all its
trains, but the Western Railway was badly
crippled. The former has numerous branch-
es and subsidiary lines forming a network
of track along the north coast to Cardenas
and beyond, and up through the center of
the island to Esperenza. The latter road
taps Pinar del Rio province as far west as
San Juan and is one straight line without
any branch connections. No serious violence
has yet been reported, or clashes between
the strikers and the strike-breakers. But
the hesitancy of the bankers in money mat-
ters leads the Diaris de la Marina, an in-
fluential paper in Havana, to predict that
the next sugar crop will fall 40 per cent.
below the normal, bringing the output down
to about 900,000 tons. The newspapers gen-
erally see a most serious con-
Disturbing dition of affairs confronting
Conditions Cuba, unless the general
Everywhere. doubt and uncertainty regard-
ing the political future, and
the labor strike, be removed. The demand
cot the strikers in all parts of the island for
payment in American money is also another
‘disturbing factor. This matter could prob-
ably be easiest settled by a currency de-
cree from the Provincial Governor, but
there is no reason to believe that Mr. Ma-
- goon will depart from his well-known de-
termination not to interfere in controversies
of labor and capital.
Members of the Federation
of Labor who gave testi-
for mony in court to prove that
Perjury. De Menocal and Manager
Robert M. Orr, of the United
Railways, had infringed on the immigration
laws by importing strikebreakers, have
been indicted on a charge of perjury, as
their testimony was found to be false. They
depended mainly on the testimony of two
alleged strikebreakers, Americans, who had
signed statements declaring that they came
to Cuba under contracts, for whom the
police are also searching. This practically
ends the Federation’s case against Man-
ager Orr. The United Railways announces
that all applicants for the places of the
strikers, if acceptable and capable, are sure
of the permanency of their positions.
The striking railway employees had a
conference with Governor Nufiez, of Hav-
ana province, on November 12, and refused
the terms of settlement offered by Manager
Orr of the United Railways. The strike
is therefore still on.
The terms of the strikers refused were
debated at a meeting at which were present
Arrested
a committee of the railway strikers, Robert
M. Orr, general manager of the United
Railways, and Governor Nunez, of Havana
Province, and are as follows:
The men who are now occupying posi-
tions with the United Railways are not to
be disturbed. Firemen’s salaries to be
raised to $55 on passenger trains and $50
on freight trains. There is to be no eight-
heur day at present, and payment-in Am-
etican money is refused. Similar conces-
sions were offered by the Western Rail-
way, and, as already stated, were refused
by the men.
The Association of Archi-
275 tects and Builders have re-
Cases of ports of 275 cases of violence
Violence.- against working masons. The
strike has seriously hampered
building operations in the Vedado and else-
where. Buildings under construction are
guarded by police to prevent overt acts of
strikers. These charges were brought to
the attention of Governor Magoon and as
a preliminary to the prevention of further
violence the police force has been increased.
Strikes have taken place at two planta-
tions in Havana province and at the Ha-
vana Coal Company, where the workmen
struck because the firm would not agree to
apply to the workmen’s asociation when
it needed new men. At last accounts Chi-
nese had taken the places of the strikers.
Labor conditions show no
improvement. The railroad
strike continues, and the offi-
cials complain that they are
not getting sufficient police protection. Loyal
employees have quit because of threats of
strikers. There is considerable talk by the
British railroad officials of appealing to their
government to obtain more protection.
The threatened cartmen’s strike in Hav-
ana was averted by the Chamber of Com-
merce and Produce Exchange members
agreeing to pay the men for their unprofit-
able idleness caused by the railroad strike
and general business stagnation.
Representatives of the workingmen called
Cov. Magoon’s attention to statements in
their proclamations disclaiming any connec-
tion with political parties and protesting
against the charge that they were in sym-
pethy with conspirators. They only desired
to see the re-establishment of
the Cuban republic, and firm-
Republic to ly supported Cuban indepen-
Be Restored. dence. Governor Magoon
said in reply “that the Am-
erican government is bound to keep its
word to the Cubans and restore the re-
public. “The Platt Amendment compelled
the American government to keep order in
Cuba and protect the interests of all citi-
zens. Cuba will not be annexed to the
United States; the latter does not wish to
annex Cuba. They only wish to see Cuba
enjoying happiness and prosperity.”
Strikes
Extending.
The
14 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER COMMENT.
The economic welfare of almost every
one of the West India islands is in direct
proportion to its intercourse with the
United States, says Lewis R. Freeman in
the Review of Reviews, and yet the Ameri-
can flag floats over but one of them. The
writer describes the conditions he finds at
each of these islands and suggests the peace-
ful annexation or purchase of the British
West Indies as a good thing for all con-
cerned. Mr. Freeman has also decided opin-
icns about Cuba and says that not excepting
Java it is the most productive island in the
world. Sugar and tobacco have made phe-
nomenal increases, and the railroad mile-
age has nearly doubled since the war, there
being now in the vicinity of 1500 miles of
broad guage lines on the island in addition
to hundreds of private lines which serve
the sugar plantations. The island cannot
niake the showing it is capable of during
the present unsettled conditions, and these
make American and foreign investors in
Cuba unreservedly in favor of annexation,
or at least a permanent protectorate. This
feeling is probably thoroughly understood
in this country, but the writer states that a
belief that annexation with which they are
in full sympathy must come is held by near-
ly all the British and foreign officials in
the West Indies. He quotes the Hon. Hugh
Clifford, C. M. G, the colonial secretary
of Trinidad, as follows: “Your govern-
ment will have to annex Cuba in the end,
whether it desires to or not.” He finds the
ravages of the serious drought, from Novem-
ber, 1906, to May, 1907, almost as severe as
that wrought by years of warfare, and sees
the necessity for irrigation systems every-
where. Should this be done, “the uncounted
mullions of damage that has resulted from
the drought need not be checked up as
total loss.”
¢ Undoubtedly there will be
Cuba Pros- great prosperity if the island
berous Underis not given a setback by the
American establishment of another in-
Occupation. dependent and unstable Cu-
ban government, says the Chi-
cago Tribune. During the last year of
American occupation there has been a
marked growth in Cuban trade, and the
growth will not be checked as long as the
occupation lasts, and every day that it en-
dures adds to the certainty of its indefinite
ccntinuance.
President Roosevelt said in his last mes-
sage that the provisional government which
had been established in August would ad-
minister the island “for a few months. until
tranquillity can be restored, a new election
properly held, and a new government in-
augurated.” Nearly eleven months have
elapsed and nothing is being done toward
inaugurating a2 new government. Instead,
sanitation, road building, and other perma-
nent improvements are being looked after.
The situation satisfies perfectly the prop-
erty owners and taxpayers of Cuba, both
native and foreign.
The New York Sun says
Business the lines of least resistance
in for the United States, com-
Cuba. mercially, unquestionably run
north and south, rather than
east and west. It says further that in the
lands south of the United States are mar-
kets which could be profitably cultivated,
yet we hear more about trade opportunities in
the Far East than about those which lie at
our door, notably Cuba. It is a matter of
record that exports from this country to
Cuba are much below the imports of Cuba
from all other countries, and that the im-
ports of the United States from Cuba are
very much larger than Cuba’s. exports to
other countries. American merchants, says
the Sun, might increase their sales indefi-
nitely by the simple process of going after
the business in a businesslike way.
The real development of
Cuba's Cuba has been internal, says
Internal the Nashville Tennessean,
Development. and its foreign trade rela-
tions is but an imperfect in-
dex of the island’s industrial growth. The
augumentation of her natural industries,
such as raw sugar, tobacco and its manu-
factures, agriculture and fruit productions,
have been very noticeable. The importation
account has been swelled by such articles
cs iron and steel products, machinery of
various kinds, provisions and many other
staples, which all express the effort of new
capital entering a country in which material
progress and increase in the laboring popu-
lation has begun. Manufacturing for ex-
port and local consumption is also begin-
ning to develop in the right direction.
It is utterly uncertain when
New Talk inthe American troops will be
Washington withdrawn from Cuba, says
of a the Washington correspond-
Protectorate. ent of the New York Globe,
and there is much warrant
for the belief that an American protectorate
will eventually be established. There is but
little annexation talk. It does not think the
tabulation of the census returns will be
finished until May, 1908. It will conse-
quently be near the close of that year be-
fore a president can be elected. Then will
come a wait of three months for the inau-
guration, and it will be well into 1909 with-
out unforseen delays before the re-estab-
lished Cuban government is under way.
American officials have not an overserious
expectation that things will run so smoothly
as to see all these matters finished within
the time stated, or that whatever party
wins, it would prove strong enough to give
Cuba a stable government without the back-
ing of the United States.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 5
GENERAL NOTES.
The 47,000 members of the
WV ant New Jersey Junior Order of
Wreck of United American Mechanics,
Maine who deplore the fact that the
Removed. wreck of the battleship
Maine still lies in the harbor
of Havana and that many of the bodies of
the crew are still in the hulk, have adopted
resolutions asking President Roosevelt to
take action looking to the removal of the
wreck and the proper burial of the dead.
These resolutions request him to include
in his annual message to Congress a recom-
mendation for legislation that will result in
the speedy removal of the wreck to the
United States and the interment of the
bodies with appropriate honors.
Every day the sanitary de-
Milk partment of Havana is find-
m ing large quantities of milk
Havana. in bad condition, owing to
Tainted umscrupulous dealers, says
; : ___ the Havana Post. No atten-
tion is paid’ te whether or not the milk
may be alive with tuberculosis germs.
Nowhere in the world is consumption
more prevalent than in Havana. The great
white plague kills more of Cuba’s citizens
than several other diseases put together.
This is in spite of the fact that Cuba has
an excellent climate, better than which can-
rot be found anywhere.
A crusade i: urged to save the lives of
children, similar to that begun in some
cities of the United States, says the Atlan-
tic Monthly. The lives of
A the city children hang in the
Crusade balance to-day. If there is
Needed. any means by which we can
bring back ruddy cheeks and
healthy bodies to children unjustly deprived
of them, if there is any way by which we
can lower our present fearful death rate,
who of the community can refuse to lend
interest or give aid?
Another cable from Mo-
Another bile to Cuban ports is pro-
New posed by the Western Union
Cable. Telegraph Company. Nego-
tiations, it 1s understood, are
already under way for the laying of the
cable. At present the cable business to
Cuban parts from Mobile goes by way of
New Orleans. The new direct cable be-
tween New York and Havana was formally
opened last month, and the first message,
from Clarence H. Mackay, the president of
the company, was to Governor Magoon, and
wished peace and prosperity to Cuba. The
governor sent a suitable response.
UPERINTENDENT of Schools Cor-
onado, of the Province of Havana, has
found many teachers who have be-
come unfit to hold their schools and who
will be removed. It is alleged that posi-
tions were obtained by persons, especially
women, who were unfit to teach, and some
have already been discharged. Superin-
tendents in other provinces are investigating
along the same lines.
Picture shows man with
bugle used to eall firemen to big conflagrations-
A HAVANA FIREMAN.
Havana will have a regularly paid fire
department just as soon as the necessary
preliminary steps are taken by the city gov-
ernment for its authorization and main-
tenance. A fund of $80,000 has been pro-
vided, $15,000 for a regular force and
$65,000 for a new station. The service has
heretofore been a volunteer one, entirely
inadequate for a city of 300,000 inhabitants.
The governor has authorized Colonel
Greble to remove the fire station to the
ground floor of the Audencia building, front-
ing the Malecon. The department will re-
main there until their new building 1s com-
pleted.
The fire on Baratillo street, in Havana,
scme weeks ago is still a fruitful subject
for discussion by the Havana press, and
it is teferred to to call public and official
attention to the urgent necessity of provid-
ing better fire apparatus for a city of 250,-
000 inhabitants, which was Havana’s popu-
lation in 1899. The present system is en-
tirely inadequate, as the fire proved.
HE mortgage for $203,255, which the
Spanish Bank of Havana kad on the
old Cristina market, was cancelled on
October 24. The mortgage was transferred
to the Vento Works which supply the city’s
water supply. The property will now be
demolished and a park constructed at the
place.
16 THE CUBA’REVIEW And Bulletin.
Captain Granville R. For-
Special tescue, United States Army,
Instructor retired, has accepted from
for the Governor Magoon a commis-
Rural sion that carries with it the
Guard. duties of special instructor to
the Cuban forces.
Captain Fortesque is a relative of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and served with him in the
Spanish War in the Rough Riders. He
will rank second to Major Herbert Slocum.
Although a young man, Captain Fortes-
cue has seen service in many quarters of
the globe. He has a distinguished service
medal, granted for gallantry at San Juan
Hill.
At the outbreak of hostilities between
Russia and Japan he was sent to the Far
East as military observer with the Japan-
ese forces and attached to General Nogi’s
staff, with the Third Army Corps. In this
position he saw the entire siege of Port
Arthur and all of the great battles fought
in the vicinity of the beleagured city.
Under the guidance of the President and
the War Department, Governor Magoon of
Cuba is instituting radical reforms in the
island soldiery, and in this work Captain
Fortesque will take a prominent part. He
will be stationed at Matanzas.
The new chief engineer in charge of the
Gibara waterworks is W. J. Bancus.
On November 11 there were six cases
of yellow fever on the island, the last case
being that of an American soldier at Ciego
de Avila, Camaguey province, Private L. H.
Woods.
October receipts were less
than any one month this
year so far. There is not a
large amount of ,wood on
the market, and fresh receipts of mahogany
of good size should meet with a fairly
prompt sale. The arrivals since January 1,
1907, aggregate 19,597 logs, and for Octo-
ber 631 logs. The arrivals for September,
1907, were 5,516 logs. Prices ranged be-
tween 8 and 12, the highest prices going
to mahogany from Santiago. More ports
were represented in the October arrivals
than usual, yet the aggregate number of
logs received was less, and
Cuban the stock on hand a month
Cedar. ago remains practically un-
changed.. The arrivals from
all places in Cuba up to November 1 from
January 1 was 118.715 logs, and for the
month of October alone 4,407 logs. Sep-
tember’s arrivals aggregated 7.958 logs. No
wood was received from Nuevitas, Santa
Cruz. Cardenas, Zaza, Cienfuegos, Havana
or Guantanamo. Prices ranged 714 to 9.
— From George F. Herriman’s Trade Report.
HE new electric plant installed at
Guines is now working and the light
and power furnished by the company
is highly satisfactory. The electric light
improvement is one of the many improve-
Cuban
Mahogany.
ments that have been recently made in
Guines, the center of the vegetable zone in
the province of Havana.
The press of Caibarien is
Railroad, urging all land owners _ lo-
Electric Plant cated between Caibarien and
and City Nuevitas to grant the right of
Market for way to the syndicate which
Caibarien. proposes to construct a rail-
road between Nuevitas and
Caibarien which will be known as _ the
Northern Railway. Representative citizens
of Moron, Yaguajay and other nearby
cities which will be benefitted by the line
are likewise asked to co-operate in the good
work of encouraging the syndicate to con-
struct the line and to influence property
owners to heip the line, so that the road
may be constructed at once.
The work of reconstructing the electric
plant at Caibarien is now nearly finished.
The boilers at the plant suffered by an ex-
plosion which took place some months ago
aud three of the galleries had to be recon-
structed.
The Aldermen of Caibarien recently ap-
proved the following resolutions: To ap-
propriate the sum of $12,000 to rebuilt the
public park; and, To construct a modern
city market with all the modern improve-
ments, for which purpose the sum of $10,-
000 is to be spent.
ORK on the railroad branch of the
Cuba Railroad, which will unite
Palma Soriano with San Luis (Ori-
ente), are now nearing completion. The
cert road which is being constructed by the
government is also about finished.
HE new hotel which Mr. Rafael Bor-
gella is constructing on Marti Street,
Palma Soriano will be opened to the
public within a few weeks.
A Cuban stevedore at work at Matanzas.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
17
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A MOUNTAIN OF MARBLE IN THE ISLE OF PINES.*
How a Search for Gold Disclosed Marble and a Search for Flowers a Gold Vein.
Specially written for THe Cusa Review By S. G. KEENAN.
The immense marble deposits of the Isle
of Pines have remained practically un-
touched, owing, chiefly, to political condi-
tions.
It was not until 1834, three hundred and
forty years after Columbus discovered the
Isle, that a French chemist and geologist,
M. Chueaux, exploring the West Indies in
quest of gold found here instead a mountain
of marble. This is the Sierra de Caballos,
1600 feet in height, situated at nearly equal
distance (about two miles) from Columho
Bay on the east, the little port of Nueva
Gerona, the capital, on the north, and the
las Casas river on the west, at the point
where it is joined by the Brazo Fuerte.
Caballos, like all the other mountains of
the Isle, rises abruptly from an almost level
plain. It is honeycombed with curious
caverns, which have been only partially ex-
plored, and covered with a great variety of
tropical trees and plants, except a cliff, near
* See Octcber
cover page for illustration of this
A distant view
its western summit, about a hundred feet
in height.
The first blow of the geologist’s hammer
disclosed the fact that the dark gray sur-
face was the weather-stain of ages upon '
pure white marble, such as is to be found
without and within the famous quarries
of Carrara.
Abandoning the quest for gold, M.
Chueaux at once took steps to secure
from the Spanish government the right
to work the quarry. In this connection
he obtained, besides, the land on both
sides of the Brazo Fuerte to its mouth,
in order to avail himself of its water
power in working up the rough blocks
into marketable shapes. The Brazo
Fuerte (Strong Arm) is a stream of
crystal water, less than a mile in length,
which gushes from a spring, the over-
flow from a subterranean lake directly
beneath Mount Caballos, and runs swift-
ly into las Casas river. All lay ready
marble mountain.
of the Mountain of Marble-on the Isle of Pines.
18 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
to the capable hand of M. Chueaux, and
by the following year his ox-teams were
hauling blocks of marble down the gen-
tle slope of the plain to the mill near the
mouth of the Brazo Fuerte. Schooners
ascended the river to this point, where a
wharf was constructed substantially
faced with brick and made on the spot
from the clay underfoot. Thence the
finished product was shipped to Cuba
and elsewhere. The water impregnated
with iron and magnesia first filtered
through the rifts and caves of the marble
mountain, then, emerging from the hid-
den lake as a swift little stream, served
to cut and polish the blocks, and finally,
joining the Casas river, helped to bear
the finished product to a market.
The exceptional advantages of natural
situation, at the command of a capable
and energetic man, made the work profit-
able from the outset. The marble like
that of Carrara was found to be of three
grades, viz.: dense snow-white, statuary;
the second class used for interior build-
ing, and the coarse-grained, gray product
used for paving.
Having found marble when he sought
for cold, M. Chueaux found gold when
he sought flowers. He had created a
beautiful garden in the plantation of
Brazo Fuerte, importing trees and plants
from many countries. It was while
botanizing in search of rare specimens
that he came upon a lead of gold-bearing
quartz, which he believed to be so rich
that he determined to file his claim
immediately. Yellow fever raged in
Havana, but, fearful of being forestalled,
he hurried thither to “denounce” the
mine, was stricken with the disease in its
most virulent form, and died within three
days.
With him died the secret of the gold,
like that of other treasure already mined
and minted, and believed to have been
hidden by the Buccaneers in this, their
ancient rendezvous.
Quarries, machinery and tropical gar-
den stood, neglected for five years after
Chueaux’s death. In 1844. O’Donnell,
then Captain-General of Cuba, bought
the marble mountain and formed a com-
pany to exploit the product.
A great mill was erected at the quar-
ries, equipned with American machinery,
quarters for superintendent, guards, and
the prisoners, whose unpaid labor was
to make the promoters rich.
A lime kiln was built for burning the
refuse, and extensive docks at Columbo
Bay, the nearest point on the sea and
the only deep water on the north coast.
The Snanish government (or the mili-
tary officer in charge) reaped a profit of
one real (ten cents) per day for the labor
of each prisoner, political or criminal,
and he micht be worked at the discretion
of the contractor. Old shackles and
chains at Brazo Fuerte show how this
Santa Fe on Isle of
Famous mineral springs at
Pines.
discretion was exercised, and _ tallies
scratched upon the walls of the curiously
segregated prisons at the ruined mill
still bear witness how wistfully the exiles
counted the days.
The first block of marble O’Donnell’s
company took out, was wrought into a
baptismal font and presented with re-
ligious solemnities to the Church of the
Blessed Virgin, the only one on the
island, and is still in use.
The. company’s officers were chiefly
personal or political friends of O’Donnell
magnificently salaried but almost as ig-
norant of the work as were their unpaid
toilers. Even so, the business was suc-
cessful until enemies of O’Donnell pro-
cured the imposition of a tax upon the
sea sand used in cutting the marble
blocks. This additional handicap brought
about the collapse of the company in
1840.
Some years later, Major Sarda, a noted
Spanish engineer, acquired Caballas,
Brazo Fuerte and Columbo. He contin-
ued at Brazo Fuerte the manufacture of
bricks and tiles, but did not attempt to
operate the abandoned quarries, where
palms and bananas grew in the roofless
quarters, and thrust through the rusting
machinery. The product of his brick-
yard went largely to join the slabs of
marble in Havana, paving parts of Morro
Castle as well as numberless lesser struc-
tures public and private.
Sarda was the builder of the Havana
market and other important government
works, and was understood to cherish
ambitious plans for the future when he
died, not long before the outbreak of the
last Spanish-Cuban war.
From his widow and children, Cabal-
los, Columbo and Brazo Fuerte were
bought, in i1oor, by T. J. Keenanieor
Pittsburg. At the latter plantation, Mr.
Keenan has established his winter home,
and is gradually restoring its wasted
beauties. Owing to unsettled conditions,
the auarries have lain idle, as during the
tormented half-century that followed the
day of O’Donnell.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
19
LEADING
Eank of Canada.
Santiago de Cuba,
district of
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN CUBA. Exterior of the Havana branch of the Royal
The bank has branches in Cienfuegos, Manzanillo, Matanzas, Cardenas, Camaguey,
and has just established another branch at Mayari, the center of
Cuba.
QUOTATIONS FOR CUBAN SECURITIES.
Supplied by LAWRENCE, TURNURE & CO., New York City.
Bid
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ReowIoOe Ge Cimloe, G7 IONS oossoccocovoccuoseconcenunceHoauce 99
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Havana City ist Mortgage 6% Bonds................-.......-- 104
Havana City 2d Mortgage 5% Bonds ......................... 102
Cuba R. R. ist Mortgage 5% Bonds.......................... 87
Cio IR, IR, iWirerereneel Simei oooucocncostdoacdacnonnsouagouoddG 25
Cuba Company 6% Debentures .............------+2+seseeeeeeeee Neminal
Havana Electric Cons. Mortgage 5% Bonds...................... 80
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the iron mining
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LA GLORIA COLONY. The main
street of the
village as it is to-day.
LA GLORIA AFTER SEVEN YEARS.
La Gloria is the oldest American colony
cn the island, for it is now nearly eight
years old. Much has been said and writ-
ten regarding this pioneer settlement. The
hardship the first settlers endured were
many and severe, but American pluck and
determination slowly but surely bettered dis-
ccuraging conditions year by year until to-
day with a population of about 800 Ameri-
cans and 200 Cubans, it is a thriving set-
tlement, with hope and confidence in the
future in every heart.
Knowing the interest in the north con-
cerning the progress of the La Gloria com-
munity and the desire for information as
to its present condition, THE CUBA RE-
VIEW interviewed Mr. L. F. Wilson, the
president of the Cuban Land and Steam-
ship Company, whose interests are largely in
this section and from him the following
facts were received:
The long awaited highways are coming,
for the government is diligently building
A colonist’s garden in La Gloria.
the road to Port Viaro, and others, open-
irg up the interior, which will place
La Gloria in communication with other cities
and towns, will follow. ‘The water way to
Nuevitas and northbound steamers has like-
wise improved, and the sailboat of former
days has given place to a trim little steam-
er for at least a part of the way, and when
the Zanja is deepened, a public improve-
ment many times promised by the govern-
ment, and now near realization, there will
be speedy communication between La Gloria
and Nuevitas and the markets of the
United States.
There are now probably 2,000 non-resident
La Gloria land owners, said Mr. Wilson,
and their lands are being cared for by the
residents, who many of them earn much
money each year in such services. Some
of the finest plantations in La Gloria are
owned by non-residents. The plantation of
the Rev. Mr. Stuart, of London, Ont., is
one of these and will yield this year about
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 21
3,000 or 4,000 boxes of oranges and other
fruit. His output represents about one-
third of the entire output of the colony,
which Mr. Wilson estimated would reach
about 15,000 boxes of fruit, oranges, grape-
fruit, tangerines, etc. y
There are no data showing what percent-
age of these non-resident holdings are be-
ing improved, but it is probably a small
one. Neither is there data giving accurate
information as to what is being done by
residents with their own holdings other
than that conveyed by the information that
the colony after seven years will pick about
I1,000 or 12,000 boxes of citrus fruits. There
is not much money in the community, con-
tinued Mr. Wilson, and those who are earn-
ing some in caring for other people’s farms
are improving their holdings as rapidly as
possible.
There is some income from garden prod-
uce, sold in town and in neighboring vil-
lages. But the home market is limited and
Camaguey, a large city with about 25,000
inhabitants at the 1899 census, is some 40
miles away, and the ‘haul is a long one
and transportation charges high. How
much this local and Camaguey trade
amounts to Mr. Wilson could not say,
neither could he say how many of the resi-
dents were living off of the products of
their acreage and making the farm pay.
Cthers again seek employment at teaming,
logging and freighting, and earn something
that way. Asked if he could cite one case
wherein a settler’s condition had signally
improved, he gave the case of a barber,
who worked his farm, plied his trade, dab-
‘bled in real estate until he is worth about
- $6,000 in cash and real estate. There may
be others equally prosperous, but at all
events, everyone has benefited by the great
increase in property values. La Gloria has
advanced considerably and when the forest
roads are completed and the water-ways
deepened it will take another long step
forward, and every one familiar with the
heroic struggles and the unflinching cour-
age and energy displayed by this colony,
will heartily wish it all the prosperity it
deserves.
TALK WITH A LA GLORIA SETTLER.
Aguacates Mr, Carleton, a Minnesota
and Potatoes.man, returned a few weeks
ago to his home in La Gloria.
and future conditions of this pioneer col-
and future “conditions of this Pioneer col
only. He has been there seven years.
When he first arrived, he planted a seed of
an aguacate. It is now 30 feet high; has
a spread of 25 feet and for three years he
has had a_ bountiful supply of aguacates
from his tree, four months every year. He
picks them while green and hard and mel-
lows them in the house. He has not had
much success with Irish potatoes, the soil .
does not seem quite right for them. They
require, said Mr, Carleton, a sandy loam.
He has his own ideas on potato growing
and has had a long training in Minnesota
and thinks he can raise them. He pays four
and five cents per pound for them at the
store. Those who raise them in other towns
easily sell at the prices given all they care
to dispose of. Bananas, he
thinks, are not a commercial
proposition in La Gloria. Itis
easy to raise enough for home
use and local demands, but be-
cause of droughts a full crop cannot be
depended upon. Futher east, he continued,
where the rainfall is more uniform and
plentiful, bananas will grow well. Smooth
Cayenne is the pineapple most preferred
and also the Dominicana. Each reaches, a
weight of from 6 to 14 pounds.
There will be a large crop of oranges and
grape fruit this season, although the severe
drought this year had a bad effect on all
the trees.
Orange and
Grape Fruit
Crop Large.
The La Gloria saw-mill is
Orange Box now getting out an orange
of Native box that is both stronger and
W ood. better looking than anything
ever imported from the States.
It is a panel end box, made from Ocuji,
a native wood of reddish brown color and
very tough. In weight it will average well
with the imported article, as it can be
turned out to scale not more than eleven
pounds.
COLONY OF LA GLORIA. The new steamboat at the wharf at
Port Viaro.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
OMAJA COLONY, Looking south from the Station on the Cuba Railroad.
NOTES FROM OMAJA COLONY.
Among the late arrivals are Mr. and further planting. They will commence
Mrs. Williams and daughter Majorie, Miss
Williams, Mrs. N. Williams, Mr. and Mrs.
Smidt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mahan and
family, Mrs. Graves, Miss Partridge, Miss
Light, Miss Snell, Miss Cranston, Mr.
Stewart, Mr. Gordon and Mr. Gardiner.
Several new houses are being built. Mr.
Pierson’s, Mr. Mahan’s, Mr. Yoder’s, Mr.
Arter’s and Mr. Young’s are practically fin-
ished. Mr. Smidt, Mrs. Graves and Mr.
Blosser’s are under way.
Mr. Keck has just harvested a fine crop
of Virginia peanuts. From four rows thirty
feet long he gathered three bushel of nuts.
The Buena Vista Fruit Company have,
since January I, 1907, prepared and planted
io orange trees and corn one hundred acres.
One hundred and five acres are ready for
used also on
is euite a
» schcolhouse at
Omaja,
colony
Sunday for religions services.
clearing one hundred and twenty-five acres
more this week.
Many fine musk melons and tomatoes
have been raised here this summer. The
tomatoes brought $2 a five-gallon can in
Camaguey. Mr. Ben realized $30 from less
than one-eight acre of tomatoes.
Mr. Pierson has a nursery which he is
rapidly gettine into shape on a portion
of his 160 acres. In Mr. Kreider’s gar-
den alfalfa was growing vigorously,
despite the statement often made that
alfalfa will not grow in Cuba. He has
eggplants and other vegetables all the
year round. Ira P. Eby makes fine but-
ter. His methods will be described in
another issue. American money rules in
Omaja.
The picture shows that there
settled here.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 23
TOBACCO.
Effects of the Cigarmakers’ Strike.
HE strike of the Cuban cigarmakers,
who won their demands for payment
_ in money of the United States, which
was equivalent to an advance of 10 per
cent., says the Philadelphia World, was fol-
lowed by a similar demand by the planters,
who insisted that goods sent into the United
States must also be paid for in American
coin. This is a direct advance to the Am-
erican factories of 10 per cent.
The strike in Cuba also set producers
back many months in their orders, and the
factories in Key West, Tampa and other
cities are advertising for cigarmakers, be-
ing short of thelp, the demand for cigars
now being almost unprecedented. The
strike has even affected the holiday box
trade, and the largest producers will not
book orders for any kind of holiday pack-
ages, and Christmas gifts of cigars, usually
packed in fancy boxes, will this season be
sent out in ordinary boxes. The strike, say
some independent producers in the United
States, is also responsible for the cutting off
of a popular 5-cent brand which cannot now
pe made at a profit. Money is scarce in
Cuba, says the Tobacco World, October 7,
and rates of interest on loans forbiddingly
high, consequently now is the time to buy
in the island, for many dealers wish to les-
sen their holdings, and the man with cash
can make favorable purchases.
While Havana cigar manufacturers are
werking with full forces, the World says
a new strike would cause no surprise. The
cigarmakers committee’s demands include
among other things that instead of reducing
his help ‘during slack season, that he re-
duce the hours of labor, and thus keep all
employed. In reply to this the Manufac-
turers’ Union said they intended to remain
scle masters of their factories and would
conduct their business according to their
own best judgment. Owing to the friction
in the cigarmaking field, buyers are com-
pelled to overlook many blemishes in color
and workmanship.
FORMALIN AND BORDEAUX MIXTURE PREVENTS
: AND CHECKS DAMPING OFF.
Circular No. 28, issued in September by
the Cuban Agricultural Station, and pre-
pared by Mr. W. T. Horne, gives the re-
sults of experiments made to overcome the’
damping off of young plants, especially to-
bacco.
Full description is given of experiments in
sterilizing the soil by means of formalin
and bordeaux mixture. The former was
found to be a preventive only, for if the
disease appeared in the sterilized seed beds
it spread as rapidly as in the unsterilized
beds. (‘The bordeaux mixture is recom-
mended to stop the pudricidn or damping
off after it has appeared. The circular
gives full directions for making this mix-
ture, but cautious against its careless use,
if not carefully made, for it will kill all
seedlings. It gives the costs of the forma-
lin preparation as $14 for 5 gallons and
the cost of 30 pounds of copper sulphate to
make the bordeaux mixture as $4.50. This
latter will be sufficient for treating 2,000
square feet,
Later experiments carried on after the
circular referred to was issued gave the
following interesting results. No further
data regarding the action of formalin was
recorded, as the weather being dry no
pudricién appeared in the open fields. It
cid appear, however, in the closed beds
and bordeaux mixture was found to effect-
ually check the damping off and unexpected-
ly protecting the beds from cut worms,
another very destructive insect enemy.
AGRICULTURE.
We have already mentioned
A Machine to this curious machine, about
Wrap which some details have
Oranges. reached us, says the Paris
Journal d’Agriculture Tropi-
cale. The machine receives the oranges as
they come out of the sorter on an endless
chain furnished with pockets of felt and
rubber. The wrapping paper comes from
a roll. It is printed, cut into the desired
sizes and wrapped around the fruit. The
latter is held between a fixed pad covered
with felt and a piston of rubber, while a
single operation twists the paper so as to
completely envelop the orange. There is in
all this a notable saving of paper over
wrapping the fruit by hand about 20 per
cent. Moreover, this avoids the buying of
paper of different sizes, as it is possible to
adjust the machine for oranges of all sizes.
The machine operates with such delicacy
that even eggs can be handled without the
slightest injury. The machine wraps 72
oranges a minute, or 40,000 in ten hours.
EXPORTATION OF CUBAN PINEAPPLES.
The exportations of Cuban pineapples
from January 1 to November 2, inclusive,
were as follows:
1906 1907.
20,542 crates. 650,776 crates.
The abnormal drought all through the
pineapple season of 1906-07 had the effect
of materially decreasing the crop, as the
fisures show.
Nevertheless the exports for the four
weeks ending November 2 show an in-
crease over the same period of 1906. The
exportations were:
1900
5,170 crates.
1907
6,205 crates.
CASTILLOA ELASTICA,
ition in
abou
the
+ +1
tO tn
Cuba
re no
1
t three years old.
RUBBER
world’s rubber
territory while on the edge
tinctly within the rubber belt.
but comparitively little at-
e rubber plan-
, said recently
the India Rub-
definite records
The rainfall,
for rubber and
e CUBA REVIEW.
One of the rubbers for Cuba, thrifty and hardy.
IN CUBA.
the soil and climate of Cuba, especially in
the eastern part of the island, very suit-
alle for the cultivation of these trees, facts
which have been known for a half century
xr more. He found rubber bearing plants
in the province of Pinar del Rio, indigenous
to the island and known to the native as
“soma,” “gomero” and “palo babo.”
C. F. Baker, chief of the Botanical De-
partment at the Cuban Agricultural Ex-
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 25
ARGENTINA
ZONE OF RUBBER PRODUCTION.
Cuba is within this zone.
periment Station, found recently on one
finca or farm* near Havana which he visit-
ed especially to. estimate the value of the
trees, some 2,500 seedlings near the parent
trees of the castilloa elastica, six to twelve
inches high, which, he says, the men of the
farm not knowing their value had been ac-
customed to slash down with machetes. He
feund also on the same farm other seed-
lings from two to six feet high which re-
ceived the same treatment. He found trees
in an abandoned section of the farm, six to
ten inches in diameter, healthy and yielding
a splendid flow of heavy creamy later,
from one to two pounds per tree. A plan-
tation of castilloa elastica could easily earn
$300 to $500 per acre. In Mr. Baker’s
opinion these trees could serve as a shade
for tobacco instead of the worthless trees
ncw used for the purpose. Outside of Man-
tanzas, along the highways on each side,
many rubber trees have been planted and
locked healthy and strong.
THE WORLDS PRODUCTION OF RUBBER.
According to the Review of Reviews
125,000,000 pounds of rubber are used in
the world each year and the highest grade
free of impurities still costs the manufac-
turer $1.50 a pound, which is one of the
highest prices paid for any of the great
staple commodities. The value of the
world’s total production, says the same pub-
lication, is valued at $80,000,000, of which
the Amazon Valley is credited with 65 per
cent., leaving 35 per cent. for the rest of
the world. The United States uses over
one-half of the entire product.
American enterprise will undoubtedly de-
velop the rubber industry in Cuba, and
make it as successful as similar properties
controlled by Americans in other countries.
One serious drawback in Brazil and the
Cengo is the labor question.
The valley of the Amazon which sup-
piies the bulk of the supply, and the Congo
De
Canary /s.
Ascension
e St. Helena
It is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Free State which also supplies a good per-
centage, are neither of them a white man’s
country. No one other than a native can
work in the river bottoms. The mortality
is so great that it is said every ton of Bra-
zilian rubber costs a human life. It is not
so in Cuba. White men can and do work
hard in the island without experiencing any
soil effects, and the rubber industry can be
developed and pursued in security.
Prof. C. F. Austin, ‘horti-
Pests of — culturist, and Mr. William
Citrus T. Horne, plant pathologist,
Groves im of the Estacion Central Ag-
Cuba. ronomica, recently examined
the citrus groves of Orr
Brothers at Taco Taco. The fruit showed
up well and the navel oranges were de-
cidedly juicy, although in many orchards
the contrary was found to be the case.
The usual troubles were present, such
as bibijaguas, fire ants, blue beetle grubs,
etc., also a few cases of gummosis, which
had appeared among the grape fruit trees
in the highest part of the place. This is a
type of gummosis in which twigs and
trunks are both affected. It seems to be
rather common in Cuba and has usually
been associated with dry soil. Gummosis
appears in many forms of citrus trees and
is a very serious trouble in Cuba, but the
pathologist of the |Estacion Agirondmica
finds no evidence that it is due to a specific
germ. It seems to be caused entirely by
soil conditions. The groves were planted
three years ago in deep red, gravelly and
sandy loam well drained.
C. BOURDETTE has a number of
¢ avocados planted along the road out-
side the fence of his plantation on
West Front Street. They are only four
years old, but from two of them he has
picked 144 fruits—La Gloria Cuban-Am-
erican.
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UNITED STATES TRADE WITH CUBA.
In the nine months end-
Exports ing with September, 1907, the
to latest period for which fig-
Cuba. ures have been received by
the Bureau of Statistics of
the Department of Commerce and Labor,
the total value of the exports from the
United States to Cuba is, in round terms,
$40,000,000, against a little less than $35,-
000,000 in the same months of last year,
and the total imports ftom the island, $84,-
000,000, against $75,000,000 in the corre-
sponding months of last year.
It is estimated that the figures for the
calendar year 1907 will be $50,000,000, as
against $46,500,000 in 1906 and $44,500,000
in 1905. The increase occurs in flour, lard,
coal, bacon, hams and pork. Corn, milk
and boots and shoes. Vegetables sent to
the island in this same period are valued at
$1,181,035, against $618,755 in the corre-
sponding months of 1906.
NEW BOOKS
C. McCLURG & CO., of Chicago,
¢ have issued “The Campaign of San-
tiago de Cuba,” by Captain Herbert
H. Sargent, U. S. A., in three volumes of
about 250 pages each. The author has des-
cribed other campaigns, notably Napoleon
Bonaparte’s first campaign, and the cam-
paign of Marengo, adding his own com-
ments as also in the Santiago campaign.
He has seen much service in Cuba and in
the Philippines, as colonel of the Fifth U. S.
Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-
American Wax, and as lieutenant-colonel of
the 29th U. S. Infantry during operations
in the Philippines.
The three volumes under discussion are
accompanied with twelve valuable maps il-
lustrating the various operations of the
land and naval forces during the campaign.
The volumes begin with the first Cuban
insurrection in the nineteenth century, that
ef October 10, 1868, when Carlos Cespedes,
at the head of 140 Cubans, raised the stand-
ard of revolt in the province of Santiago
and proclaimed a republic. The author
narrates the facts dispassionately and then
gives his comments which are of unques-
tioned value to all seeking an answer to
the many peculiarities of the struggle. He
outlines the errors of the combatants, point-
ing out where each failed to take advantage
of the weakness of the other. As a speci-
men of his clear, concise criticism we
quote a portion of his comment on the
conditions which prevailed at the very
beginning of the outbreak:
“The cavalry force of the Spaniards was
much too small. The oppressive heat of the
island made active campaigning there very
Gebilitating for dismounted troops. Mount-
ed troops would have been much more suit-
able for aggressive warfare. Cavalry was
needed to scout the country thoroughly to
hunt out the insurgents from their hiding
The increase in imports
Imports occurs in sugar while leaf
from Cuba. tobacco shows a marked de-
cline. 12,000,000 pounds in
1907 as against 18,750,000 pounds in 1906.
Cigars, cigarettes and cheroots also show
a slight decrease, likewise bananas. Oranges
sLow a marke falling off, but it is generally
understood that the decrease in exports
of this fruit from Cuba is due to a rapidly
growing home demand and to the effects
of the drought which decreased the crop.
The total value of the imports from Cuba
for the nine months ending September 1907,
was $84,221,713 as against $75,118,420 in
1906, and the total value of the exports to
Cuba in the same period were $39,627,673 in
1007 and $34,746.670 in 1906. Cuba took in
1906, the latest year for which statistics are
at hand, 48.6 per cent. of her imports from
the United States and sent to us 84.8 per
cent. of her exports, chiefly, of course, sugar
and tobacco.
ABOUT CUBA.
places and to attack and crush them when
found. It is plain that if Spain had pos-
sessed twenty or twenty-five good cavalry
regiments in Cuba, and had energetically
taken the offensive and overrun the rebel-
lious parts of the island, she could hardly
have failed to conquer.” With his experi-
ence with the United States cavalry, and
their activity under similar conditions, he
dces not hesitate to add that “there never
was a time during the insurrection when the
iusurgents with their lack of organization,
poor discipline and disinclination to con-
centrate and fight could have prevented a
single brigade of United States cavalry from
niarching victoriously anywhere on the is-
land.”
The first volume deals with the begin-
nings of cperations of the land and naval
forces and the blockade of Havana sand San-
t2go harbors. ‘The second volume begins
with the sailing and disembarkation of the
Fifth Army Corps under orders to capture
the garrison at Santiago and assist in cap-
turing the harbor and fleet, and follows
with a description of the fight at Las
Guasimas, the operations and battles of El
Caney and San Juan and the destruction
of Cervera’s squadron. The third volume
opens with the siege and capitulation of
Santiago de Cuba, and some interesting let-
ters are printed between Major-General
Shafter, U. S. A., and the commander-in-
chief of the Spanish forces, relative to the
surrender of the citv. General comments
fcllow on recent changes in the military art,
the military policy of the United States,
and the army and navy. There are numer-
ous appendices, giving correspondence and
figures regarding the Spanish and Cuban
forces engaged. statistics of casualties, etc.,
and best of all, a very full index. The
volumes are handsomely printed in clear
type on fine paper with generous margins.
THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 27
SUGAR IN OCTOBER
Specially written for The CUBA REVIEW by Willett & Gray, of New York.
October opened with Centrifugals 96 test at 3.95c. per Ib. duty paid and closed at a
decline to 3.90c. per Ib., which has been followed, however, by a decline to 3.80c. per |b.
at this writing, Noy. oth.
Beetroot sugar in Europe opened at gs. od., declined to os. 714d., and advanced to Os.
gd., declined to gs. 3d. during the last week of the month, rallied to gs. 414d. and closed
at Qs. 334d.
Refined granulated opened at 4.65c. per Ib., net cash, and closed at 4.6sc. per lb., having
made no change ‘during the month, throughout the United States. Beet granulated sugar
from domestic factories at the West declined ten points during the month, and is now sell-
ing on the basis of 4.55c. per Ib. net cash at New York.
From the above it will be seen that the tone and tendency of the sugar market were
to a decline in both cane and beet sugars at home and abroad. The reason for the decline
at home is to be found mainly in an acute disturbance of our financial markets, which
tended to reduce the consumption of refined sugar, to some extent, and acted as a disturb-
ance to the sale of our domestic crop of sugar, both cane and beet.
At New Orleans, where the domestic Louisiana cane crop began to come to market
in some quantity, towards the close of the month, prices naturally fell below the nominal
Entrance to the Central Santa Teresa at Sitiocito.
28 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
parity of the New York market, and, at this writing, 96 test sugar is selling there at
356c. per lb., equivalent to 3.84c. delivered at New York.
Regarding crop prospects, during the entire month of October, the weather for the
European beet crop proved favorable. Estimates of the European beet crops, made by
five different experts, are as follows: F. O. Licht, 6,580,000 tons; Otto Licht, 6,600,000
tons; Blat, 6,730,000 tons; Gieseker, 6,240,000 tons; Factories, 5,879,920 tons without the
other countries, which are generally estimated at about 450,coo tons by others.
The actual crop outturn for preceding year was 6,717,000 tons. It will be noted that
the estimates for the present crop are less than the last, with one exception.
Regarding the cane sugar crops of the world, we have given out our preliminary
estimates by countries amounting to a total of 7,196,000 tons, showing a net decrease of
165,936 tons from previous year. In these estimates the important changes are decreases
of possibly 277,000 tons in Cuba and 50,000 tons in Mauritius, and an increase of 105,-
000 tons in Louisiana and 100,000 tons in Java. For Cuba, we estimate a minimum of
1,200,000 tons and a maximum of 1,300,000 tons, against last year’s crop of 1,427,673 tons.
The weather conditions in Cuba have improved considerably of late, but the crop will un-
doubtedly begin later than usual.
The receipts of foreign sugars in the United States in October, at the Atlantic and
Gulf ports, were 169,938. The requirements for meltings were 210,000 tons. The total
stocks in the United States and Cuba together on October Ist were 296,980 tons, which is
reduced 256,418 tons at the end of October.
The outlook for November is disturbed by the financial conditions prevailing through-
out the country, and for this reason no improvement in prices can be looked for, while,
on the other hand, the financial disturbances appear to be extending to European markets,
which may eventually turn those markets downward for beet sugars temporarily.
As regards supplies for refiners use up to the beginning cf the Cuba crop, it is evident
that such supplies will be sufficient to meet the consumption demand without inconveni-
ence, inasmuch as a considerable portion of this demand will be met from the domestic
products of cane and beet refined production. Meltings of raw cane sugars may be ex-
pected to be reduced for the balance of the year.
Beet sugar contracts at the close are quoted at 9s. 734d. for May.
other mill may be built in that district, ac-
cording to reports. Laborers in the Trini-
dad district are preparing to migrate to
other sugar-producing regions on account
of the short crop expected.
The grinding season at the
Sugar News Trinidad Central is to be a
from short one this year on ac-
Trinidad. count of the shortness of the
crop. The lands near to the
plantation are about the best in the Trini-
dad valley, and this mill which could easily
make 50,000 bags will have a low produc-
tion this season. The grinding will be
commenced by about January 15 and end by
April, as there is very little cane available
at this time. The 1908-9 season will be
larger, however, as cane is being now plant-
ed at the Manaca and Guaimaro colonies
which are tributaries to the central. An-
GILBERT POTTERFIELD, E. G.
¢ Mills and Federico Delgado, the lat-
ter an interpreter, are at present at
Cienfuegos as delegates of the Claim Com-
mission to take testimony from the owners
and other witnesses in the case of the Con-
tancia Sugar Co. on the alleged losses suf-
fered by that company during the August
revolt.
SUGAR PRICES AT NEW YORK, OCTOBER.
BROKEN LINE, 1906.
L112 15/45 Jo] 713 )9 Polit [i2]15 4 his he]i7]18)19 [20/21 [22 4312425 |26|27|23}29)50)S 1)
SRE EE | |
SOLID LINE, 1907.
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PINEAPPLES
Method of Planting and Varieties for market and for the home garden. The Ridge and
Level methods of culture compared.
PICKING, GRADING AND PACKING
Practical instructions in all these important operations which insure safe arrival and the
highest prices. Fully illustrated. By Prof. C. F, AUSTIN, of the Cuban Agricultural
Station.
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COMMISSIONS CUSTOM HOUSE BROKERS
Forwarders of Pineapples and Vegetables
Accounts Solicited
Office: Munson Line Building—Baratillo 5, Havana, Cuba
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
UNITED STATES. U. S. Commission Meret be ee batt 32
: : Vinegar Bend Lumber Co., Ala...-....- 2
Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn.... 40 Hes ‘ y Oras
Balwin Locomotive Works, Phila....... 3 es cers Bast ew nok rete reese oe
Beet Sugar Gazette Co., Chicago, Ill.... 39 y 4 ett & Gray, New aes GB OR GDRCRILIGOO 4
Bennett, Walsh & Co., N. Y. ..-....-:- 5 ule & Munro, Brooklyn ..............- 40
Buckeye Nurseries, Tampa, Fla. ....... 3
Bienville Hotel, Mobile ................ 33 CUBA.
Big Four Route, Cincinnati ............ 38 5 i 's
Brown, Henry E., New York.......... 2 Adams Engineering (CO, Islenyeine) ssscces 44
Cuban Land & Steamship Co., N. Y.... 3 M. B. Alberty, Ceballos .............--. 2
(Cwioa IRenikoacl INGi, Mork beeosaaccncce 4 Business Firms of Antilla ............. 4I
Cawthorn Hotel, Mobile ............... 33 Business Firms of Camaguey ........--- 39
Chicago Lumber & Coal Co., Mobile, Ala. 34 Business Firms of Caibarien ...-......... 34
Cuban Realty Co., Toronto ............ 38 Business Firms of Gibara ...........-+- 39
Connell & Son, Jas. S., New York...... 38 Business Firms of Santiago ............. 41
“Clover Leaf’? Route, Toledo .......... 2 Business Directory of Havana .......... 37
Development Co. of Cuba, New York.... 2 Banco de la Habana, Havana .........-- BY,
Donovan, John M., Brooklyn ........... 39 Canada Land & Fruit Co., Isle of Pines.. 40
Foster & Reynolds, New York.......... 2 Dardet & Co., Havana............ Vettes 2
Gilllege, ID; (Ci, Wesenjoe, Wee scoosadascece 25 Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co., Antilla, Nipe B 41
Glen Saint Mary Nurseries .......------ 34 Gonzalez &2 (Coes Ws Ge; Ileame ooosssess 36
Hammond Iron Works, Warren, Pa. ... 2 Gelats & Co., N., Havana ...........--- 35
Home Industry Iron Works, Mobile.... 33 John W. Hall, La Gloria ...-..-.--.--- 39
Journal Agriculture Tropical, Paris.... 38 Harris Bros. & Co., Havana .........-- 2
Lewis Land & Lumber Co., N. Orleans.. 33 Herradura Land Co., lslenyakew! Goeccn aces 37
Lewis & Co., H. F., New Orleans....... 2 \Waon, 18, Tsnll @e (Co. IBIEWEINE! soo50555556 39
Link Belt Co., N. Y., Phila., Chic., Ind. 31 Hotel Camaguey, Camaguey .....------- 38
Mobile & Ohio R. R., St. Louis ........ 38 La Ambrosia Chocolate, IBIERVEVMZo Shs oot 44
McDonald, John W., New York........ 39 Manuel Ruiz S. en C., Havana ......... 36
Munro & Son, John, New York......... 2 Miguel de Cardenas, Havana ......-.--- 36
Munson S. S. Line, N. Y. and Cuba.... 43 Molina Bros., Havana .......--+------- 36
Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Co., Mobile. 34 Marx & Windsor, Camaguey ...---.--- 39
Queen & Crescent Route, Cincinnati..... 40 Motor Vehicle Exchange, lalenyenol 35 5c 2
Ramapo Iron Works, New York........ 31 National Bank of (Guballa. ..---2-- 1 - 35
Rolf Seeberg Ship Chandlery Co., Mobile 33 J Wornom Ices, IleWeiNe) Soccot¢esooscoeccs 36
Shriver & Co., T., Harrison, N. J....... 31 Purdy & Henderson, Havana ........--- 38
Schaeffer Brew. Co., F. & M., New York 41 Royal Bank of Canada, Havana ......-- 35
Stillman, O. B., New York & Havana... 2 Sobrinos de Bea & Co., Matanzas....... 40
Snare & Trieste Co., N. Y. and Havana. 2 Trust (Coy OF (Citloas ISIENEIE) soscercocode 35
Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co., Phila, Pa.... 44 Upmann & (Coy, 1B, IRENE, soscocccsts 35
Tropical America Pub. Co., New York.. 42 United Railways of Havana .......-.--- 36
Turnure & €o., Lawrence, N. Y...-...--- 38 Ered) Wolfe, Havana 2.---..cce--+------- 42
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30 THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin.
EL AZUCAR EN OCTUBRE.
Pscrito expresamente para la CUBA REVIEW por Willett & Gray, de Nueva York.
El mes de Octubre comenz6 cotizandose los azticares centrifugas polarizacién 96° a
3.95 cents la libra, derechos pagados, y terminé habiendo bajado la cotizacién a 3.90 cents
la libra, cuyo precio sufrid otra baja, pues dichos aztcares se cotizan al escribir estas
lineas (Noviembre 9) a 3.80 cents la libra.
El azticar de remolacha se cotizaba al comenzar dicho mes a gs. gd., baj6 a 9s. 7%4d.
subié a gs. Od., baj6 a gs. 3d. durante la ultima semana del mes, subid mas tarde a Qs.
4d. y se cotizaba al finalizar el mes a 9s. 334d.
El aztcar refinado granulado se cotizaba al principiar el mes a 4.65 cents la libra,
neto al contado, y se cotizo al mismo precio al finalizar el mes, no habiendo tenido, por
lo tanto, fluctuaciones en todos los Estados Unidos. El] aztcar de remolacha granulado
para consumo de las fabricas del Oeste de este pais, bajo diez puntos durante el mes, y
ahora se cotiza a 4.55 cents la libra neto al contado, puesta en Nueva York.
Por lo expuesto se vera que el tono y tendencia del meicado azucarero fueron hacia
la baja, tanto en los azucares de cafia como en los de remolacha, aqui y en el extranjero.
La razon para la baja habida en este pais, esta principalmente en el profundo disturbio
ocurrido en nuestros mercados financieros, que tendiéd a reducir el consumo del aztcar
refinado hasta cierto punto, y vino 4 poner obstaculos en la venta de los aztcares de cafia
y de remolacha producidos en el pais.
En Nueva Orleans, 4 donde comenzé a llegar el azucar de cafia procedente de
Louisiana en importantes partidas hacia fines del mes, los precios bajaron, naturalmente,
A menos del equivalente de la cotizacidn en Nueva York, y en los momentos en que
escribimos el azticar polarizacidn 96° se vende en la primera de dichas plazas a 35 cents
la libra, equivalente 4 3.84 cents entregada en Nueva York.
Durante todo el mes de Octubre, el tiempo ha sido favorable para la cosecha de
remolacha en Europa. Calculos hechos por cinco distintos peritos con respecto a la produc-
cion de azticar de remolacha en Europa, dan las siguientes cifras; F. O. Licht, 6,580,000
toneladas; Otto Licht, 6,600,000 toneladas; Blat, 6,730,000 toneladas; Gieseker, 6,240,000
toneladas; Factories, 5,879,920 toneladas, sin contar los otros paises que se calcula por otros
produciran en general unas 450,000 toneladas.
La produccion real en el afio anterior fué de 6,717,000 toneladas. Se observara que
lo caleulado con relacién a la presente cosecha es menos de lo que fué la ultima, con una
excepcion.
Con respecto a la produccion de azucar de cafia en todo el mundo, ya hemos publicado
nuestros calculos preliminares por paises, ascendentes a un total de 7,196,000 toneladas, lo
que acusa una disminucion liquida de 165,936 toneladas en comparacion con el afio anterior.
En dichos calculos, los cambios importantes son disminuciones probables de 227,000 tone-
ladas en Cuba y 50,000 toneladas en Mauritius, y un aumento de 105,000 toneladas en
Louisiana y de 100,000 toneladas en Java. Con respecto a Cuba calculamos una produc-
cién minima de 1,200,000 toneladas, y maxima de 1,300,000 toneladas, contra 1,427,673
toneladas producidas en la zafra del ano anterior. El tiempo ha mejorado considerable-
mente en Cuba durante las ultimas semanas, pero la molienda comenzara, sin duda, mas
tarde que de costumbre. ;
Los arribos de azucares extranjeros durante el mes de Octubre a los puertos de los
Estados Unidos en el Atlantico y el Golfo, fueron 169,938 toneladas. Lo necesario paral el
consumo de las refinerias fué 210,000 tonetadas. Las existencias totales en los Estados Unidos y
Cuba juntas en primero de Octubre, eran 296,980 toneladas, que quedaron reducidas a
256,418 toneladas én fin de Octubre.
El aspecto de] mercado para Noviembre no es de lo wejor, debido 4 los disturbios
financieros que han ocurrido y que afectan a todo el pais, y por esta raz6n no debe espe-
rarse por algun tiempo ninguna alza en los precios; por otra parte, los disturbios financieros
parecen haberse extendido a los mercados europeos, y ésto pudiera con el tiempo hacer
bajar temporalmente los precios del azticar de remolacha en equellos mercados.
_Con respecto al abasto de las refinerias hasta el comienzo de la molienda en Cuba,
es evidente que las existencias actuales seran suficientes para suplir la demanda para el
consumo sin inconveniente, dado que una considerable parte de esa demanda se satisfara
con los aztcares refinados de cafia y de remolacha producidos en el pais. El refinado de
azticares mascabados de cafio habra de disminuir en lo que queda de afio.
Al terminar estas lineas, los contratos para azucar de remolacha se cotizan 4 gs. 734d.
para entrega en Mayo.
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U. S. COMMISSION MERCHANTS
NEW YORK
Capital $100,000 COURTIN & GOLDEN ©CO., Experience 25 years.
FRUIT COMMISSION MBRCHANTS
Specialties—Oranges, Grapefruit and Pineapples.
We solicit your consignments. Stencils and market reports furnished on application.
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221-223 South Water Street, Chicago, U. 8. A. 117 Poydras Street, New Orleans, La.
WHOLESALE EGGS, BUTTER AND POULTRY - —
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KANSAS CITY, MO.
Pas GERBER FRUIT COMPANY
GINOCCHIO-JONES FRUIT CO,
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signments, Tomatoes and Pines.
20 years in business in Kansas City. 804-806 N. Fourth Street, ST, LOUIS, MO.
If you want to know about Cuba: Lands, Farming, Stock Raising, Fruit Growing,
Industrial Enterprises, Manufactures, anything
ASK MR. FOSTER 4 Bour CUBA
Mr. Foster has no land or stock for sale. He is, however, well informed concern-
ing Cuba and will answer freely all questions. No fee asked
or received; send only stamp.
WARD G. FOSTER
6037-38 METROPOLITAN BUILDING, Madison Square, New York City.
Manager Standard Guide Information Offices:
Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami, Washington, D. C.; Havana Cuba.
New Standard Guide to Cuba
A complete handbook of the island, maps of Cuba and Havana, routes of travel, descriptions of
all points of interest, and a concise Spanish-English manual of conversation.. Richly Illustrated.
FOSTER & REYNOLDS, | Madison Ave., N. Y. Paper cover, 50 cts.: cloth, $1.00
John Munro ®@ Son
Steamship and
Engineers’ Supplies
13 Conover Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
For cleanliness and durability,
our Cypress Tanks are unequaled.
Cable Address: Kunomale, New York , The workmanship and quality of
the materials are the very best,
and asa strictly sanitary tank,
4 it leads the world.
Telephone, 196 Hami!ton mee grt 2
i Write for catalogue and
delivered prices
H. F. LEWIS & CO., Ltd.
316 Baronne St , New Orleans, La.
Write to M. D. ALBERTY, Ceballos, Camaguey
Province, Cuba. He manufactures an all-iron fur-
nace for destroying Bibijagriar. Best thing on
the market. Write for particulars.
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MOBILE, ALA.
HOME INDUSTRY IRON WORKS
Engines, Boilers ana Machinery
Manufacturing and Repairing of all kinds. Architectural I
i ng z i ron and B
Castings. Light and Heavy Forgings. All kinds of Machinery Gioplics
Steamship Work a Specialty
A. KLING,
JAS. a B GUE: Supt. MOBILE, ALA.
JAMES A. LEWIS, L, GERMAIN, JR., J
President and Treagurer. Vice-President. pa alerts Sree
Lewis Land and Lumber Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS
YVellow Pine, Cypress, Hardwoods of All Kinds
Mouldings, Casing, and All Interior Finish
Ceble Address “All Woods” City Bank & Trust Building
Southards and A. B, C, 5th Edition MOBILE, ALA.
The Principal Hotels in Mobile, Ala.
THE CAWTHON THE BIENVILLE
(FIREPROOF ) (MODERN)
European, 175 Rooms European, 150 Rooms
$1.50 Up $1.00 Up
Both Hotels in Heart of City, Facing Bienville Square
? Agents at Mobile for Vacuum Oil and Swan & Finch
Rolf Seeber Oil Companies, and contract deliveries made. Full and
complete stocks carried of Packings, Paints and Supplies
of every description require’ by steamers or sailing ves-
e sels. All mail addressed to our care will have our prompt
ip an ery and careful attention.
Watkins & Sccit’s Codes Cable Address: ““Seeberg”’
Company Branch Stores:
108-110 Tchoupitoulas St., New Orleans, La.,
MOBILE, ALA. ® and Gulf Port, Miss. (for Ship Island).
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Mobile, Ala.
CHICAGO LUMBER & COAL CO.
MANUFACTURERS AND SHIPPERS OF
Pitch Pine—Export and Interior
and PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS,
Office Export Department:
Docks at MOBILE, ALA.,
General Offices: ST. LOUIS, MO.
MOBILE, ALA,
OLLINGER & BRUCE DRY DOCK CO.
Ship Builders and Repairers
Docks,
Operating seven Sectional Dry
Plant for
3,000 tons. Equipped with Air
cleaning vessel’s bottoms.
capacity
operating
1,000 Balance Dock,
Steam
eapacity
Pump for
tons, and one
Pneumatic Tools, and
25-TON DERRICK BARGE AND STEAM PILE DRIVER.
Material of
furnished promptly,
all kinds kept on hand.
and at reasonable rates.
Shipwrights,
Correspondence solicited.
Caulkers, Painters, Sparmakers and Riggers
MOBILE, ALA.
is a cardinal principle in our business.
for the South are our leading spec ialties.
GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES stock is genuine,
We have all the leading varieties.
TABER’S TREES THRIVE
Satisfied customers in every state testify to the quality of our trees. Citrus fruits for tropical planting and trees
Our Catai
GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES COMPANY, Box 1, GLEN SAINT MARY, FLORIDA y
. TABFR, Pres. and Treas.
Strict attention to this point
come into bearing early and are highly productive.
They are grown right, by experts, from superior stock.
and Future, Frees
gueand Bocklet,* Past, Present
. HAROLD HUME, Secretary.
BUSINESS FIRMS OF CAIBARIEN
ANGEL MATA
Comerciante.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Apartado rr4. Mata.”
Ferreteria, Muebleria y Loceria
LA LLAVE
DE INCHANSTI Y HNO.
Caibarién, Cuba.
Marti 11 y 13.
Apartado 24.
R. CANTERA Y CA.
(S. en C.)
Comerciantes Importadores,
Escobar 28.
Caibarién.
A. ROMANACH
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres,
(S. en
Caibarién.
P. B. ANDERSON,
U. S. Consular Agent,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Munson Steamship Line and Lloy ‘ds.
Ship Broker.
Agent for
MARTINEZ & CO., S. en C.
Comerciantes Banqueros,
Importadores de Viveres,
Exportadores de Azucar.
Apartado 115. Telegrafo: Urquiza.
COMERCIO,
Hotel - Restaurant - - Cafe
De José Urquiza.
Calle de Marti nums 16 y 18 - - Caibarien
LA MARIPOSA DE EVARISTO BERGNES
Importador de Peleteria y Talabarteria, Fabricante
de Calzado.
Caibarién.
Telégrafo:
Apartado 104. “Bergnes.”
YMAZ Y CA.
Ymportadores de Ferreteria en General.
Apartado de Correos Num. 15,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Cable:
Calle Justa Num. 27. ‘Vnaze
ARIAS Y COMP
Provisiones, Loza y Muebles.
Cuba Num. 20, Esquina a Marti,
Caibarién, Cuba.
Correo Apartado Num. 15. Telégrafo: “Arias.”
ZARRAGA Y CA.,
Caibarien, Cuba.
Casa Banca. Exportadores de Azucar.
BONIFACIO DIAZ,
Gran Peleteria y Sombrereria.
Marti 17 - - Caibarien
Constantes nov edades en los dos giros de esta casa.
RODRIQUEZ 3 Y VINA, S. en C.,
Almacenistas Importadores de Viveres en General,
Comisiones y Consignaciones,
Consignatarios de Buques.
“Depositos de Carburo.”
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HAVANA
| :
: 3 ‘The Royal Bank of Canada
60 LLECTI () N S INCORPORATED 1869
Fiscal Agent of the Government of the Republic of
SE a a EE: | Cuba for the Payment of the Army of Liberation
National | CAPITAL AND RESERVE, $8,200,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS, - - - $45,500,000.00
B a n k O f C u b a | Head Office, MONTREAL
NEW YORK AGENCY, 68 William St.
United States Depositary
Depositary of Republic of Cuba
| Branches in Havana: Obrapia 33, Galiano 92;
Matanzas, Cardenas, Manzanillo, Cienfuegos,
Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba.
CAPITAL, $5,000,000
ESTABLISHED 1844
H. UPMANN & CO.
Bankers
HEAD OFFICE, HAVANA | |
COR. OBISPO & CUBA STS.
BRANCHES |
Galiano 84, Havana. Pinar del Rio. |
Monte 226, Havana. Caibarien. |
Santiago. Guantanamo. TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
Cienfuegos. Santa Clara. CORRESPONDENTS AT ALL THE PRIN-
Matanzas. Camaguey. CIPAL PLACES OF THE ISLAND
Cardenas. Sancti Spiritus. A
Sagua la Grande, Manzanillo. Safe Deposit Vaults
MEMBER OF AMERICAN BANKERS’
ASSOCIATION OF U.S. A,
Manufacturers of the Famous H. Upmann
Brand of Cigars
FACTORY: Paseo de Tacon 1592163
OFFICE: Amargura 1-3
HE TRUST COMPANY |)" wenmaiee
OF CUBA N. GELATS & COMPANY
Offices: CUBA 31, HAVANA Bankers
eRe SO ECGS
PAID UP Transacts a general banking
CAPITAL $500,000 | business.
Correspondence at all the prin-
ae _cipal places of the island.
Transacts a General Trust | | SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
and Banking Business | Pile ouaee oe
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Cable: Code:
————E | Gillett, Tampa. Western Union.
Examines haa ee eas | D. C. GILLETT
Rents, Negotiates Loans on Mortgages Tampa, Fla.
Correspondence Solicited from Custom Broker—Forwarding Agent
Intending Investors Business transacted for foreign customers.
Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited.
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HAVANA
United Railways of Havana
Cuba’s First and Foremost Railroad. (First Section opened to Traffie in 1837)
Takes you to All Parts of the Island East of Havana Comfortably and
Quickly through Varied and Beautiful Scenery and Past
Extensive Sugar Plantations
Parlor, Observation and Sleeping Cars attached to principal trains.
Full information and through tickets to all points in Cuba reached via the United Railways
of Havana can be obtained of the following:
Thos. Cook & Son Ward Line Southern Pacific R. R.
Seaboard Air Line R. R. Florida East Coast Railway Mobile & Ohio R. R.
Foster & Reynolds Washington Southern Railway Raymond & Whitcomb Co
Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Peninsular & Occidental SS. Co. Louisville & Nashville R. R.
Illinois Central R. R. Munson Line
NORTON BROS. COM PANY, Incorporated
Wholesale and Retail Nurserymen
SAN JUAN & BAYAMON, Porto Rico. Branch Office: O’REILLY 102, Havana.
About 50 varieties of orange, grape fruit and lemon trees grown under the most favorable
circumstances, and we guarantee our stock to be healthy, free from insects and true to name.
Write for prices.
MANUEL RUIZ S. en C.
Fine Stationery, Engraving and Printing. Specialty in
Copper Plate Engraving
CARDS INVITATIONS HEADINGS
’Phone: 108 18 and 20 Obispo Street Code Used:
Cable Address: MUYZAR HAVANA, CUBA A.B.C. 5th Ed
Customs Brokers
| Forwarders, Lighterageand Ship Agents
Statistics Regarding Importations and
Exportations through the port of
Havana furnished.
P. O. Box 743 Havana, Cuba Officios 52, Havana
MIGUEL de CARDENAS | | MOLINA BROTHERS
1 |
J. G. GONZALEZ @ CO. Gonzalez Steamer Company
Chandlery and Provisions || Transfers, Towing and Water
2% San Pedro Street Enna Street, No. 1
Havana, Cuba Havana, Cuba
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CHICAGO MEATS AND FINE GROCERIES.
Frohock, Empedrado 30-32.
CAPTAINS’ EXCHANGE BUFFET.
Wm. Harty & Co., Obispo and San Pedro Sts.
IMPORTERS OF HIGH-GRADE CANNED GOODS.
Friedlein & Co., Obrapia and San Ignacio Sts.
MARIEL NURSERY CO.
Barker Mercantile Co., Prop., Obispo 1.
CONTRACTORS.
T. L. Houston Contracting Co., O’Reilly 110.
CIVIL ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS.
Hobby & Binckley, Empedrado 30.
COMERCIANTE IMPORTADOR.
G. Bille, Mercaderes 15%.
Tejido de Alambre.
ORANGE TREES.
Norton Bros. Company, 102 O’Reilly.
Cable: “Bulle.”
PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES AND ARTISTS’
MATERIALS.
El Pincel, 79 Obispo St.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHERS AND _ TRANS=
LATORS.
A. G. Touceda & Co., Bernaza 3. All languages.
DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES.
The American Eagle, 16 S. Rafael St., Direct Im-
portations.
RESTAURANT—“PARIS”
A. Petit, Proprietor; successor to Eduard Chaix.
Telephone 781
14, O’Reilly, 14 Habana
Banco de
CAPITAL PAGADO
Presidente -<- -«
Ofrece toda
clase de facilidades
ELECTRIC SUPPLIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Agents, Havana.
REAL ESTATE AND SUBURBAN LOTS.
Rutherford & McLaurin, 6% Obispo.
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Louis G. Cone, Prado 111.
STONE QUARRIES.
Chas. H. Thrall y Ca., Havana.
FANCY GROCERIES.
Antigua de Mendy, de Recalt y Restoy (S. en C.),
22 O'Reilly.
HOTELS.
Miramar, foot of Prado, under American manage-
ment.
HORSES, CATTLE AND MULES.
Fred. Wolfe, Marine No. 2.
SUGAR MACHINERY.
O. B. Stillman, represented by L. J. Pelly, 22 Mer-
caderes.
SPORTING GOODS—OPTICIAN.
F. A. Baya, San Rafael 20. "
Catalogues and prices furnished in English or
Spanish.
SPECIALTIES—HAVANA CITY LOTS AND ISLE
OF PINES FARM LANDS.
Johnson & Wall, 3 Bernaza.
COMMISSION MERCHANT AND BROKER.
S. Marti Hernandez, Habana 116.
la Habana
$2,500,000 Oro Americano
Carlos de Zaldo
bancarias
Office: No. 3 Bernanza Street, Habana, Cuba
CAPITAL, $440,000.00
Own 22,000 acres of land in the Province of Pinar del Rio, suitable for Oranges, Vegetables,
Cotton, Corn and Tobacco. The land has all been surveyed and sub-divided into 40-acre tracts
and is offered for sale in acres to suit the purchasers, for Cash or on instalments.
We have a new and progressive American town with Railroad Station, Telegraph, Telephone,
Stores, Hotel, American School, all within short distance from Havana City.
Titles perfect. Transportation from Havana free for buyers.
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BARTLE
Twenty-five thousand acres of the richest and best watered land in Cuba on
the main line of the Cuba Railroad, with the finest station on the line, 120 miles
from Nipe Bay—the best harbor on the Island; also the nearest to New York.
No swamps or insect pests.
BARTLE is not in the wilderness—we offer all the comforts of civilization,
GOOD STORES, HOTEL, CHURCH, SCHOOL, SAW-MILL, Etc.
TWO MAILS DAILY.
SUGAR, FRUITS, TOBACCO AND VEGETABLES produce wonderful crops
at BARTLE.
When you consider Soil, Transportation, Social, Religious and Educational
advantages, BARTLE offers something not to be had elsewhere in Cuba. Write
for particulars.
DUNCAN O. BULL, General Manager
CUBAN REALTY CO., Ltd. Temple Bldg., Toronto, Canada
141 Broadway. New York Bartle, Cuba
The Finest of
Pullman Library,
Observation, Draw-
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Cars, Wide Vesti-
buled Coaches and
Dining Cars, with
Electric Lights and
| Fans, are used
in the Havana
Limited,
JNO. M. BRALL,
General Passenger
Agent,
St. Louis, Mo.
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ON SALE FIFTEEN ACRE ORANGE GROVE JOHN M. DONOVAN
OF 700 SIX YEAR OLD TREES
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Oranges, grape-fruit and tangerines, now carry- anise fn
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budded trees on the Island. Will be soldy vere 3 unn age Mats
cheap for a quick sale, as owner must leave
‘hs ; , , FOR BAG FLOUR, BAG AND BULK GRAIN
Cuba on account of health. Address JOHN W. AND GENERAL CARGOES.
HALL, La Gloria, Cuba.
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LOS INDIOS Owners ISLE OF PINES
CANADA AND LOS INDIOS TRACTS
Location: Siguanea Bay. The Deep-Water Harbor of the Island.
We have at our new and progressive town of Los Indios a sawmill, planing-mill.
general store, school, hotel, church, post office and nursery, all under the supervision
f Americans. A strictly American town.
We also have rowboats and gasoline launch for pleasure parties. Fishing and
hunting the best.
We own the finest citrus fruit, vegetable and tobacco land on the island. We
offer same for sale in acres to suit purchaser, either for cash or on installments.
Special inducements to actual settlers.
Write for prospectus and further information to our general office,
Marinette, Wisconsin.
—— Direct to Cuba and Havana. Connects with Mun-
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ROUTE and Birmingham. For Rates and Booklet address
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E. GIRAUDY & CA.
ALMACEN DE VIVERES
Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba.
Agentes de Schlitz Beer.
JAIME ROVIRA & CA.
Importacion y Exportacion de Frutos del Pais y
Comisiones en General. Enramadas 58 y Fac-
toria 2. Direccion Telegrafica, ‘‘Gavalda.”
VALLS, RIBERA & CA.
(Ss a G5))
Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery.
Telégrafo: Valribe.
Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo.
ROVIRA, MESTRE Y CO.
Gran Fabrica de Licores y Tabacos de todas
clases. Unicos propietarios. Del legitimo Ron
Carta Blanca. Telégrafo: Rovira, Manzanillo.
Apartado Num. 16.
ILL VEGA Y CO.
Almacenistas e Importadores de Maderas
y Materiales de Construccion.
Cristina Alta 10 y 11. Cable:
MANUEL DE J. TRILLAS
Commerciante Importador.
Marina Baja 52. Santiago de Cuba.
HOTEL LUZ CAFE & RESTAURANT
MANUEL LOPEZ.—Prop. Enramadas baja, No.
57, 59 and 61. First-class hotel. Short distance
from wharf and railroad. Well ventilated rooms.
Splendid service. Prices reasonable.
BADELL Y COMPANIA
Banqueros Comisionistas en Importacion y
Exportacion. i
Direccion Telegrafica, “‘Badell,” Santiago, Cuba.
HOTEL EL ALBA. S. CARITX, Prop.
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS
Every Comfort.
French, German and English spoken.
Illivega.
INGLADA, VIVES Y FRANCOLI
Importacion directa de Ferreteria y Maquinaria
de Ingenios Cristaleria y Loza, Efectos Navales
Apepos Para la Agricultura, etc. Offices, Santi-
ago de Cuba y Guantanamo.
JIN TE DEE re
BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO
| Cristina alta No. 1, Santiago de Cape
CAMP HERMANOS, Santiago de Cuba.
Ron Selecto “Golondrina” y ‘Carta Cuba.”
Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904.
RON BACARDI
DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors.
43 -San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana.
Santiago de Cuba.
LARREA Y BESEALIE
{mporters of General Groceries and Exporters of
Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods.
Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea.
Importacion. Exportacion.
L. ABASCAL Y SOBRINOS
Agentes de las lineas Pinillos Izquierdo y Ca., de
Cadiz. Larrinaga y Ca., de Liverpool. Com-
pania de Seguros, Aachen & Munich, Aix-la-
Chapelle.
O. MORALES & CO.
FARMACIA BOTTINO. Droguitas por Mayor
y Menor Comisiones en general concernientes al
ramo de Farmacia, Aparatos é Instrumentos de
cumpto. Apartado 46.
R. FONTANALS & CA.
Destiladores Licoristas
Importadores de Viveres
Marina baja 28.
LEDON Y PORTUONDO.
Importers of Boots and Shoes. Sole agents of
the famous Queen Quality and Douglas Shoes
(Plaza de Dolores), Santiago, Cuba.
P. O. Box 198. Telegraphic Address:
“Zattina.”
BROOKS & CO.
Bankers and General Commission Merchants.
Santiago and Guantanamo.
LA PRINCESA DE RAMON FELIN,
Santo Tomas baja 4. :
Spanish Shawls, Laces, Drawnwork and Silks
Full assortment.
BRAVO & PORRO
Custom House Brokers, Commission Merchants,
Real Estate Brokers.
. O. Box 201
NIPE BAY
THE SUGAR PLANTATIONS OF CUBA.
A valuable map, 49 x 18 inches, showing location
of all estates. Price with one year’s subscription
to Cuba Review, 75 cents.
YOUNG AND CO.
The Pioneer General Grocery Store.
American Canned Goods
and Liquors a Specialty.
Gomez-Gillett Lumber Co.
ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, CUBA
Dealers in Yellow Pine Lumber
We cater to the Colonist Trade.
Write
for prices.
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Manufacturers and Exporters
Long Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber and Timber
Cuban Business Our Specialty VINEGAR BEND, ALA., U.S. A.
Daily Capacity, 200,000 Feet Cable Address: ‘‘ TURNER ”’
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Rates lower than by any other
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Tolede, Ohio
Steel and Masonry Construction
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We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates
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Automoviles y carros de Gasolina para carga
Maquinas de Traccion y Lanchas de Gasolina
Vehbiculos de Locomicion Propia en Genera!
Prado 50 ; ; . . Apartado 344
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At ANTILLA, NIPE BAY, direct connection is made with the trains of the Cuba Railroad Company
for interior points.
At NUEVITAS, connection is made with the Nuevitas & Pto, Principe R. R. Co., for Camaguey and
intermediate points.
For rates and further information address
MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE
General Offices, Havana Office,
82 Beaver St., New York 76 Cuba St., Havana
MOBILE-HAVANA PASSENGER SERVICE
Passenger service suspended until further notice
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Lillie Multiple Evaporators
Model of 1904-1905 (Patented)
Model 1904-1905
ECONOMY tte BOAST
Lillie Quadruple effect for Nipe Bay Co., Cuba (Model 1904-1905. Condensers
not shown). Capacity, 600,000 gallons cane juice per 24 hours.
Apply for reading matter and information to
The Sugar Apparatus Manufacturing Co.
328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
8. MORRIS LILLIE, President. LEWIS C, LILLIE, Secretary and Treasurer.
LA AMBROSIA
MANUFACTURERS of the well-known brand of Chocolate, ‘‘LA AMBROSIA,’’ Biscuits, Macaroni,
3onbons, all kinds of Confectionery
GUAVA PASTE AND EXTRA FINE GUAVA JELLY
ORDERS RECEIVED FOR EXPORT
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General Contractors and Importers of Machinery
OFFICES: 305-306 NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, HAVANA, CUBA.
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