THE CUBA REVIEW 



17 



COMMERCIAL MATTERS. 



Cotton Goods for Cuba. Sugar Making Machinery in Demand. 



. Cotton goods is a leading item in the J^^\S^:Z^f^,^'^:t She d" 



^"'"•"'^fmnnnn^ .t^eHin'.. '^av tfeToi? n and for^ugar-malSng equipment from 



over £1,000,000 sterhng, say the Lon ? especially heavy just now. 



don, Eng and, Textile Mercury. The ^ j^j^ ^j^^g ^f ^h^ year estimates can be 



classes selling best are madapolams and ^;Jl'\'^'\l' '^^tf^ok for the annual 



shirtings fine and medium for under- made on tne ^.^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^_ 



wear and bed linen, batistes, zephyrs "^^^.^ .^ ^^^ ^. 



oxfords and Vichy and Irish cloths of ^'f^^^hlY i'^dustry on the island has the 



the very thinnest, as we 1 as ordinary and °*J^^f^/f"^^, I /ecord-breaking crop been 



printed calico with the _ bulk of the P P ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^1^^ ^ 



trade m British and Spanish hands, but ^°^[ fj^^^ ^^^ ^^^ factory people 



a quantity comes also from France and Pf J-X°\^^ii ^ave pknty of n^oney to 



Germany. As regards designs, the " ^J'^^^ J ^^1,,^/ %^ t^.de is hearing 



small patterns in clear colors usually l^^l^\^^^^^ The buymg that has been 



enjoy the preference, the tmts being pale ^jom tnen \ J '='^^^^^^^ that of 



blue rose red, mauve, lilac, etc., on a f°f^„\^^^ ^^^^^^ Pf l|,8, and a number 



white background There is also a cer- i^ent machinery men are now in 



tain trade in black printed goods. The °X looking for business or arranging 



black female population, which repre- V .^7, r";^ .°,:„^^:„o. „^.iprs — Iron A^e 



sents about a third of the total, usually If^^J""' delivering orders, iron Age, 



wear orange, yellow, or maroon-colored i>Aa.r. ^o. 



cotton goods^ The best qualities of Industry for Cuba. 



these, with designs of flowers, come . , . , »a., 



from Great Britain, France, or Germany, There has just been incorporated ^^ ihe 



and are often good imitations of printed Cuba Mill and Furniture Company un- 



muslins. Oxfords, zephyrs and Vichy der the laws of the territory of Arizona, 



cloths are employed for men's under- with a capitahzation of $500,000, of which 



wear, and the cheapest qualities have the $100,000 is 8% cumulative preferred stock 



readiest sale, the poorness of the native and $400,000 is common stock. The pre- 



restricting the demand for the best ferred stock must be retired at par and 



goods. accumulated interest before any divi- 



The're is a good trade in drills such dends can be paid on the common stock, 



as are worn by Europeans in the Congo, Par value of each share, $10. The pre- 



but a great deal of this demand is served ferred stock sells at par, and each share 



by Barcelona firms, owing to the strong carries some of the common stock as a 



Spanish element in the island and to the bonus. E. B. Curtis is president and 



conservatism of the Cubans. Prices are Geo. T. Street is secretary-treasurer, 



very finely cut, and competition in these Main office of the company is located at 



lines is keen. The Havana merchants Camaguey. The company has valuable 



insist on having very light goods owing timber contracts, and will manufacture 



to high import duties. This trade is done building material, including shingles and 



at six months' credit, with 2^ per cent. doors, and will also manufacture crate 



discount. and cigar-box material, ax and pick han- 



dies, wagons, bull carts and a very high 



grade of furniture, utilizing the many 



Welsh Coal for Cuba. varieties of valuable hardwoods to be 



The anthracite mine owners in Wales ^o^nd in Cuba^^ 



have discovered a new market in Cuba, ^^ Havana Customs Collections. 



and are sending their product there. x-cuiuaiy .leonocin 



In a recent U. S. Consular report 1907 ^ 'tiv'nS? n« 



mention is made of a shipment of anthra- 1908 j'o^? V^no^ 



cite washed "beans" from Swansea to 1909 , 'InnJ: a 



Cuba. These beans are three-fourths to The collections for March, 1909 and 



1 inch in size, and well screened and 1908, were as follows: •.c^o^o^oi 



washed. Recently there was another March 1909 $1,562,486.Z3 



shipment of anthracite washed "nuts," March, 1908 1,445,400.1b 



1^ to 2^ inches, for Cuba. The con- _ 



signment was one of 2,000 tons, the f. o. Increase over 1908 $117,0«b.0» 



b. price was $6.20 per ton, and the rate 



of freight to Cardenas $2.68 per ton. Application has been made to the City 



Like a former shipment, this one was Council of Cienfuegos for a franchise 



made through a German house.— U. S. for the establishment of a trolley line 



Government Report, Mar. 29, 1909. in that city. 



