THE CUBA REVIEW 



23 



TOBACCO EXPORTATION AND DUTIES. 



Cuba's exportations from January 1 

 to June 30, 1909, were as follows; 



Countries. Bales. Cigars. Cigarettes. 

 Untd. States.. 149,171 72,123,603 722,054 



Total 1909 .152,908 87,151,904 5,802,843 

 Total 1908 .116,111 78,701,912 7,101,791 

 — Official Bulletin of the Cuban Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, Commerce and 

 Labor. 



to be of much smaller proportions than the 

 increase on cigars, which naturally does not 

 please local cigar manufacturers, who see 

 in this only a tendency to protect the Ger- 

 man industry in prejudice to the local cigar 

 business. This is making the talk of an 

 export tax on leaf tobacco all the more 

 accentuated. There being many reports as 

 what the duty really amounts to on cigars 

 in Germany, but I have been informed that 

 it has been raised from 35 cents a pound to 

 50 cents a German pound, which is equal to 

 3/4-kilogram and 40 per cent, ad valorem 

 additional." 



Germany Advances Duty on Cigars. 



The news of an advance in the duty of 

 Havana cigars in Germany seems to be 

 confirmed by general reports. Tobacco 

 (N. Y.) says: "The tax on leaf tobacco 

 is not known ofificially, but it is supposed 



Cigar shipments from Havana for the 

 first half of June showed poor results, but 

 the last two were more satisfactory there 

 being an increase of about 3.000,000 cigars 

 as compared with the same period in 1908. 

 The record for the month showed an in- 

 crease in exports of 1,271,526 cigars over 

 May. 



Hand Packing Department at the "El Siboney" factory, Havana. Cigarettes seen in the belt 

 conveyor are of the well known brand of Cabanas. The cigarettes are packed by women and tied 

 in bunches of 26 packs. The room is well ventilated and kept clean. The belt conveyor takes 

 the bundles down to the floor below, where they are packed into boxes for export or sent out in 

 boxes for the city delivery. 



Departamento en la Fabrica de Cigarrillos "El Siboney" donde se encajetillan los cigarrillos 

 a mano. Las cajetillas que se ven en el conductor de correa son de la muy acreditada marca de 

 Cabanas. El encajetillado lo hacen mujeres empleadas para esa labor, quienes al mismo tiempo 

 amarran paquetes de 26 cajetillas. El conductor de correa lleva esos paquetes al piso de abajo, 

 donde se encajonan para exportarlos 6 se envian en cajas a los distintos puntos de venta en la ciudad. 



