THE CUBA REVI EW 



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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS. 



American Boots and Shoes. Cacao in Cuba. 



The suicide of Antonio Caboisas on Cuba's production of cacao in 1906 



Sept. lo, a prominent shoe manufacturer and 1907, from official reports, is as 



of Havana, was caused, his friends say, follows: 



to lessening trade, country merchants' Kilograms.* 



demand for his stock having fallen away 1906.. 3,271.969 



materially. 1907 1,689,668 



His manufacture was both on Spanish jj^ consumption of cacao for the year 



and American lasts, but the latter make ^g^y ^j^^ United States leads, with 37,- 



could not compete with those of Ameri- 526,505 kilograms; Germany, 34,515,400; 



can manufacture, either m prices or in prance, 23,180,300; England, 20,159,472; 



quality, although he employed skilled Holland 12,219,249: Switzerland, 7,124,- 

 workmen. , , ^ . , . ^200; Spain. 5,628.239; Austria, 3,471,700; 



. Ha started the business during the Belgium, 3,253,967; Russia, Italy, Canada, 



f^rst American intervention, when hign Denmark, etc., with a total of 7,619,809 



duties were placed upon shoes and kilograms.— Philippine Agricultural Re- 



Amencan manufacturers began to invade Yiew Mav 1909 



the Cuban market. The higher grade of » a ', -i ' ' i ^ ■ .^ „• ,„a^ 



. . , J- ii i- A • A kilogram equals 2.20642 avoirdupois pounds, 



American shoes, from the time Ameri- 

 can manufacturers began to cater to 



Cuban preferences in footwear practi- A Project Abandoned. 

 cally threw all other shoes out of the j^^^ ^os Nunez Company, formed 

 market, with the exception of some ^^^^^^ ^ by a syndicate of Lex- 

 French made women s shoes that are yet j^^g^^^^ ^^^ Louisville, Kentucky, busi- 

 in large demand. . -rr ■ ,0 ness men for the purpose of establish- 



The official figures of United States ■ ^ breeding plant in Cuba, has de- 

 exports to Cuba of boots and shoes for ^-^^^ ^^ abandon its project, 

 the year ended June 30 are as follows: ^ j^^ ^f 1^,^^ had been purchased and 

 Juantity, ^-^^^ j^^^^^ .^^g ^.^ establish a large breed- 

 /-^o rt. '^ "^^^^ ing farm there and to push the breeding 



^907 1,275.0^7 ?2,i45,4i5 Qf ^j^g American saddle horse in Cuba. 



^90« 1,976,901 2,577,966 Major Castleman, who is an authority 



^9°9 2,205,133 2,529,615 Qj^ saddle horses and who possesses 



some of the best stock of this kind in 



Duties on Soaps, Perfumes, Etc. Kentucky, was at the head of the project. 



The Consul General of Cuba at xNew The first known of the abandonment 



York answers an inquiry as to duties on 0/ ^he scheme was when the 30 high 



soaps, perfumes, etc., entering Cuba, and ^lass saddle horses, the nucleus of the 



quotes the Cuban customs tarifif as fol- Los Nunez stud, were ordered sold ar 



lows: The rates are for goods of Anier- auction in Lexington on Oct. 9. 



ican manufacture: 



Soap.— (a) Common soap in bars, in- Havana Winter Festivities. 

 eluding castile soap and ordinary scour- ^, r--^ r- -i r tt r- u 

 ing composition,s, G. W.-ioo kilos., $2.73. J''' S'^^ ^°""/'' °^ ^^u''^ ^"^''' 

 (b) Ordinary toilet soaps in cakes or P^^^^ }^'^ ^^^ ^9'", ^" elaborate pro- 

 tablets, G. W.-ioo kilos., $9.10. (c) Fine &^.^,"^ ^^7'"^ the winter festivities. This 

 toilet soaps, whether fancy, perfumed or fj" "^^^ ^o^" ^ lot of electrical work, 

 not. and all others including so-called Manufacturers, supply houses, contrac- 

 medicinal or medicated soaps, G. W.— ^ors, and others interested should com- 

 100 kilos., $15.60. municate with Reniigio Jimenez, engi- 



Perfumes and Essences.— (a) Of value "^^r, Malecon 240 Altos, Havana, Cuba. 



less than $1.25 per kilog.-Kilog, $.195 -Electrical Review, New York. 



fb) Of value more than $1.25 per kilog. 



— Kilog, $.195, and per cent ad valorem, Havana's Custom House Collections. 



19 and a half. ^_-_ ^..o 



Toilet Articles.— Ca) Toilet articles, not . , <t. ..^ir.r-, <tToo^V^^^, 



• 11 ,-1 i:nf J 1 August . . . .$1,516,254.53 $1,223,300.0^ 



specially mentioned, 26% ad valorem. "s •• h' -d , 0-+ 00 y , o>o -^ 



Cuba's Custom House Receipts. 



For the first six months of 1908 the 

 receipts totaled $14,130,467.69 and for the 

 same period in 1909 $14,856,471.17, an in- 

 crease in the latter year of $726,003.48. 



Santiago's Customs Collections. 



Santiago custom house receipts for 

 August were as follows: 



1909 $126,664.73 



1908 115,743.91 



