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THE CUBA REVIEW 



FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS. 



Cuban Central Earnings. Havana — James Linn Rodgers, C. G., 



1909 1908 born in Ohio. Joseph A. Springer, V. 



Week ending April 24. . . £4,305 £8,871 ^nd D. C G. born in Maine, Henry P. 



" May 2 . 14,607 8,784 Starrett, D. C. G., born in Massachu- 



May 9 .... \2.Si7 7^035 setts. 



Cardenas — Pedro "SI. Mederos, Agt., born 



Total receipts for year to in Cuba. 



1909 1908. Matanzas — Alfred Heydrich, Agt., born 



April 24 £356,948 £304,426 in Cuba tt u i ^ r 



May 2 .. 371,555 313,210 Santiago de Cuba— Ross E. Holaday, C, 



May 9 384,092 320,245 born in Ohio; Henry M. Wolcott, V. 



and D. C, born in Vermont. 



Antilla — George Bayliss, Agt., born in 



Western Railways of Havana Earnings. England. t-. ,j t- j, 



1909 1908 Baracoa — Arthur rield Lindley, Agt., 



Week ending April 24... £4,830 £4,929 ^ born in New York, 



'''^f'^^^ ^ ^{ 1 _ 4 936 5,240 Manzan.llo-Francis B. Bertot, Agt., 



Mays;... 4,618 4,883 born in Cuba. 



Abbreviations. 



Total receipts for year: Agt consular Agent. 



C Consul 



1909. 1908. c.' G., Consul -General. 



Week ending Apr. 24. £231.536 £220,375 D- O., Dej^ut^y ConsuL^^^ Extraordinary ane Min- 



May 1.. 23d,4/Z mi,OV:) jgtpr plenipotentiary. 



May 8.. 241,090 230,498 v. c, vice consni. 



Beer Production in Cuba. 



' Salt Importations. According to statistics issued by the 



Salt is mainly importe*! into Cuba Bureau of Special Internal Tax of the 



from New Orlea'ns. The cost of a bag Treasury Department, the number of 



of salt weighing approximately 200 pounds liters of beer manufactured during April 



is about 80 cents and freight. The was 1,499,469 which paid a tax of 



duty imposed on salt under the present $8,330.38. 



tariff is $1 per 100 kilos on salt in bulk, — — ■ 



and $1.30 when imported ground. This Cuban Ore. 



represents about 100 per cent, duty and is , , , ■' ■ /in 



considered a sulficient protection for the Tlie present duty on iron ore is 40 



Cuban production. The annual impor- cents a ton. Cuba gets a 20 per cent^ 



tations reach about 5,000,000 pounds. diiYerential so that Cuban ore now pays 



Legislation toward increasing the duty 32 cents a ton. The Aldnch bill puts the 



on salt is now pending before the lower futy on ore at 25 cents. If ^uoa con- 



l~ f jl^, ^ tinues to receive its 20 per cent, advan- 



house of congress. ^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^ ^^^^j^ hereafter come in at 



20 cents a ton. These figures are of di- 



Present U. S. Consular and Diplomatic '"^ct interest to Philadelphia investors, 



Service in Cuba. s>"ce the Pennsylvania Stee Company 



^ , A -1 or. inr,n owus Cuban ore, which it will import. — 



Corrected to April 20, 1909. pj^jj^ (P3_) pj.ess. 



Diplomatic Service. 

 Edwin V. Morgan, E. E. and M. P., born 



in New York; residence, Havana. Industrial Notes. 



Fred Morris Bearing, Sec. of Legation, The Pratt Engineering & [Machine Coni- 



born in Missouri; residence, Havana. pany, of Atlanta, Ga., has found it neces- 



C. Cornell Tarler, 2d Sec. of Legation. sary to augment its New York selHng force, 



born in New York; residence, Havana. and has employed ]\Ir. R. E. S. Geare as 



Consular Service. manager of the New York oflfice. 



Cienfuegos — Max J. Baehr, C, born Sir. N. A. Helmer, who has heretofore 



Germany; Buenaventuro Caibo, V. and been in charge of the New York office, will 



D. C, born in Cuba. now be enabled to direct sales of sugar 



Caibarien — P. B. Anderson, Agt., born in machinery in all sections, and have better 



Sweden. opportunity to supervise the manufacture 



Nuevitas — Dean R. Wood, Agt., born in of sugar machinery in the Company's shops 



New York. at Atlanta. 



Sagua La Grande — John F. Jora, Agt., The Company will shortly open a perma- 



born in Cuba. nent ofifice in Havana, Cuba. 



