THE CUBA REVIEW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 

 An Illustrated SMonthly SMugazine, 82-92 'BeAver Street, SNs'w York 



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Vol VIL SEPTEMBER, 1909 No* 10 



Contents of This Number 



'Ihe cover-page illustration is of a proprietor's tine residence on one of the large sugar 

 plantations. 



Pages 7 to 12 are devoted to Cuban Government matters. President Gomez' stirrnig 

 speech on August 22 is well worth reading. The latest news concernmg the 

 National Lottery and half-tones of the two new members of the President s 

 cabinet, together with information of Havana's paving work, installation of new 

 automatic telephones in the city, and a description ot the new Post Office, are 

 all recorded and illustrated. 



Cuban cartoonists' views of the general situation are given on page i3- 



Pages 14 and 15 give opinions of some United States leading newspapers. 



On page 16 are valuable opinions of the United States press translated into Spanish, 

 for our Spanish readers. 



Pages 18, 19, 20 and 21 are given over to financial and commercial information. 

 There are' reports of earnings of the various railroads of Cuba, together with 

 information as to improvement work constantly going on. On page 19 is the 

 official report of the Cuban Secretary of the Treasury. Cuban Custom House 

 collections for the six months of 1909 are on page 20. 



Page 22 is devoted to tobacco. 



On page 23 is an interesting article by a French engineer chemist on the manu- 

 facturer of banana alcohol. 



Pages 24 and 25 are given over to a condensation of a bulletin issued by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture on the protection from lightning, describing an 

 inexpensive method of wiring. 



Isle of Pines matters on page 26. 



Agricultural information, with numerous interesting illustrations, will be found on 

 pages 27, 28 and 29. Some of the articles treated are ground-nuts, lemons, etc. 



The monthly Sugar Review by the well-known authorities, Messrs. Willett & Gray, will 

 be found in English on page 30, and the Spanish translation of the same article 

 will be found on page 32. 



On page 33 is the conclusion of the Spanish sugar article, and some interesting notes 

 regarding the output of the plantations. 



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