THE CUBA REVIEW 



23 



COMMERCIAL MATTERS. 



New Industries Encouraged. 



A bill to provide for the admittance 

 free of duty of the machinery, prime 

 material and other utensils for a period 

 of five years, to be used in the estab- 

 lishment of any industry and carrying 

 other protections for the development 

 of manufacturers in Cuba, was in- 

 troduced May 18 in the Cuban Senate 

 by Senator Martin Morua Delgado. 



The bill provides that when a new in- 

 dustry shall have been established, the 

 government shall prohibit the opening 

 of a similar manufacture during a period 

 of eight years. 



A condition is that sixty-five per cent, 

 of the employees be Cuban citizens, to 

 the exclusion of others. The bill was 

 referred to the committee on Custom 

 Tariffs for report. 



Companies desirous of establishing and 

 operating new industries in Cuba must 

 make application to the President of the 

 Republic through the Department of Ag- 

 riculture, Commerce and Industry, stat- 

 ing the nature of the industry to be es- 

 tablished, the raw material required, 

 place where the factory is to be estab- 

 lished, name and address of the appli- 

 cants, and other details, and must pay 

 into the treasury of the Republic, as a 

 deposit of guarantee of good faith, a 

 sum, either in cash or values, equal to 

 2 per cent, of the declared capital. 



When one of these companies has been 

 duly authorized and established, the gov- 

 ernment will prevent the establishment 

 of another company devoted to the same 

 industry during eight years fcom the date 

 on which the authorized company shall 

 have commenced operations. Should the 

 company fail to begin operations within 

 two years from the date of application, it 

 shall forfeit the sum deposited in the na- 

 tional treasury. 



Increased Duties on Beef, Mutton, Etc. 



A bill introduced into the House early 

 in May, while raising the duty on cattle, 

 also proposes to raise the duty to $13.60 

 per hundred pounds on all beef, mutton 

 or pork imported into the island, except- 

 ing fancy breeds with pedigree, imported 

 into the island for the improvement of 

 the breed, which shall be allowed free 

 entry. 



All salt meats, excepting hams, to be 

 assessed a duty of $22.72 per 100 pounds. 

 Lard, $18.18 per 100 pounds: all imita- 

 tions, $22.72 per 100 pounds; tallow, 

 $13.63 per 100 pounds; tasajo, $22.72 per 

 hundred pounds; bacon, $22.72 per hun- 



dred pounds; hams and shoulders, $22.72 

 per hundred pounds; fresh meats, in cans 

 or otherwise, $27.27 per hundred pounds; 

 cheese, $27.27 per hundred pounds. 



Foreign Consuls accredited in Cuba. 



Mr. Carlos Arnoldson, Consul-General of 



Netherlands and of Switzerland 



at Habana. 



The Consul-General of Netherlands 

 and of Switzerland, Carlos Arnoldson, 

 was born in Hamburg in 1870, and came 

 to Cuba in 1893. He was married in 

 1896 and decided to make his home in 

 Habana. Shortly after he opened a bank- 

 ing house, and in 1900 he was appointed 

 consul of Netherlands and a few years 

 later promoted to consul-general, an of- 

 fice he holds with credit and to the satis- 

 faction of his government. 



Mr. Arnoldson is a member of the 

 German Club, of the Casino Espanol 

 and vice-president of the Produce Ex- 

 change. It is due to his efforts that the 

 handsome building for the Produce Ex- 

 change has been erected on San Fran- 

 cisco Square, which is one of the most 

 costly edifices in Habana. 



Havana's Custom House Collections. 



1909. 1908. 



May .. $1,343,434.38 $1,370,85 



1907. 

 p.04 $1,573,055-22 



