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Winter Haven Nurseries 



Established 1884 



A. M. KLEMM, Proprietor 



Winter Haven, Fla. 



Wholesale Growers of Citrus Stock of the best commercial varieties. We 

 guarantee our extensive Stock to be well grown, free of insects and true 

 to name. 



Silver Cluster Grape Fruit our leading Specialty. 



Prices right. Grading and Packing perfect. Write for Catalogue. 



The Standard Guide to Cuba 



Reliable— accurate— maps- illustrations. 

 30 cents. 



FOSTER & REYNOI^DS, 1 Madison Avenue, :Ne\v York. 



BUSINESS FIRMS OF SANTIAGO 



E. GIRAUDY & CA. 

 ALMACEN DE VIVERES 

 Marina baja n. 33, Santiago de Cuba. 

 Afentei de Schlitz Beer. 



JULIAN CENDOYA 



Steamship Agent and Broker 



COMMISSION MERCHANT 



CABLE: Cendoya. Santiago de Cuba. 



VALLS, RIBERA & CA. 

 (S. en C.) 

 Importadores de Ferreteria y Machinery. 

 Teligrafo : Valribe. 



Santiago de Cuba y Manzanillo. 



A. B. C. Code, 5th Edition. Telephone, 190. 



P. O. Box, 95. Cable address: SILVAPA. 



SILVA Y PARRENO H. 



General Commission Merchants. 



Custom House Brokers — Forwarding Agents. 



Consignees of the Cuban steamers of the Carlos J. 



Trujillo, S. en C, Line, formerly Alenendez & Co. 



References: — J. Cendoya and Nat'l Bank of Cuba. 



CAMP HERMANOS, Santiafo de Cuba. 



Ron Selecto "Golondrina" y "Carta Cuba." 



Medalla de Oro, St. Louis, 1904. 



RON BACARDI 



DE BACARDI & CO., Distillers, Proprietors. 



.\3 San Ignacio, cor. Santa Clara, Havana, 



Santiago de Cuba. 



LARREA Y BESEALIE 



Importers of General Groceries and Exporters of 



Cocoa, Wax, Honey and Woods. 



Apartado 65, Marina Baja 46. Cable: Larrea. 



Importacion. 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. 



BROOKS & CO. 



Bankers and General Commission Merchants. 



Santiago and Guantanamo. 



The American Traders' Attitude. 



Americans are too independent ; that's the 

 reason why they're losing in the commer- 

 cial game in Cuba, is the opinion of Wil- 

 liam Henry Cox, who was several years in 

 the office of American consul at Havana, 

 Cuba. 



"The French, EngHsh, and Germans are 

 picking up the money down there," says Mr. 

 Cox, "because they cater to the wants of the 

 people. 



"I remember a case in Havana that shows 

 the difference. An American merchant was 

 showing samples of silk to a 'dealer whom I 

 knew. On one piece the stripes ran up and 

 down. 'My customers want the stripes run- 

 ning the other way,' said the Cuban. 'That's 

 the only kind I have,' said the American ; 

 'take it or leave it.' 



"The Cuban left it. 



"A few days later a Frenchman came 

 along with silk with the stripes running 

 up and down. The Cuban made the same 

 complaint that he had made to the Amer- 

 ican. 



" 'All right/ said the Frenchman, 'wait 

 a month and I'll have silk made for you 

 with stripes running whatever way you 

 want them.' The Frenchman is now sell- 

 ing the Havana merchant all the silk the 

 latter uses. 



"Americans can't pack goods well, either. 

 Stuff coming from New York will land in 

 Havana all knocked to pieces, because it 

 was poorly packed. Goods from Europe 

 are always well packed and arrive never 

 damaged in the least." — Washington (D. 

 C.) Herald. 



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