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"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 

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Vol VIL FEBRUARY, 1909 No. 3 



Contents of This Number 



The cover page is a characteristic Cuban scene, and represents a seller of water, a 



service very necessary during the drouth which prevails at times on the island. 

 The frontispiece shows the Reception Room in the Palace at Havana where President 



Gomez will receive his visitors. 

 Cuba's inauguration ceremonies are described on pages 7 and 8. 

 News items regarding the division of officers and condition of the Cuban Treasury are 



on page 8. 

 On page 9 is an interesting photograph of the wife of the President and family. 

 Further items of Government activity, showing Sagua's improvements; Havana Art 



and Trade Schools on page 10. 

 The President's Cabinet as officially announced, and some striking photographs of new 



and old roads in Cuba, on page 11. 

 Some United States newspaper cartoons are given on pages 12 and 13. They indicate 



prevailing sentiment on the present and future of Cuba. 

 Commercial matters begin on page 14. Items regarding matches and the introduction 



of California wines into Cuba are on that page. 

 Cuba as a soap market and the Customs Collections, on page 15. 

 Sponge fishing at Batabano (illustrated) is on page 16. 

 More commercial information, giving Cuba's trade in 1907, its exports of food products 



to the United States and the falling off of its trade with New Orleans on page 17. 

 Bishop Warren A. Candler reviews conditions in Cuba, and a picture of Cuba's Statue 



of Liberty are on page 18. 

 Havana's tenements and their occupants are described and illustrated on page 19, 

 together with information regarding Cuban mahogany and cedar arrivals at 

 New York. 

 Cuban railway construction, organization and earnings are on page 20. 

 Some interesting comment on Cuban character is on page 21. 

 The portraits of the United States Consul-General and Vice-Consul-General of Cuba 



will be found on page 21, with short biographical sketches. 

 Valuable information of the cost of tobacco growing, together with statistics of exports, 



on page 23. 

 Page 24 is devoted to the Isle of Pines. 



Cuban Fruits and Vegetables in New York, with arrivals, demand and prices, especially 



prepared for the REVIEW by The Urner-Barry Company, will be found on page 25. 



United States Consul-General Rogers' reports on Cuba's opportunities for the American 



colonist on page 26. 

 Decay in Oranges. The result of experiments by the United States Bureau of Plant 



Industry is condensed on page 27. 

 Sugar Review by Willett & Gray on page 28. A Spanish translation of same article 

 on page 30. 



'The number is handsomely illustrated. 



