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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Cotton Goods and Trade Opportunities. 



The splendid opportunities for in- 

 creased cotton goods trade with Cuba, 

 and methods of increasing trade are de- 

 scribed in the report which W. A. G. 

 Clark, the special agent of the United 

 States Department of Commerce and 

 Labor is about to submit to his govern- 

 ment. Mr. Clark has been conducting an 

 investigation along the lines of his re- 

 port, not only in Cuba, but other coun- 

 tries, studying textile conditions. 



In submitting Mr. Clark's report to 

 Secretary of Commerce Nagel, Chief of 

 the Bureau, John M. Carson, has this to 

 say, which makes interesting reading for 

 all in the textile trade: 



"The report gives the results of Mr. 

 Clark's investigation in Cuba, Mexico 

 and the different republics of Central 

 America. The conclusion drawn from 

 these inquiries enforces the value of this 

 market for the United States, Cuba, 

 after Brazil, the Argentine Republic and 

 Chili, is the best market for cotton goods 

 of any country in Latin America. Its 

 imports now amount to more than $10,- 

 000,000 annually, and now steadily grow- 

 ing. Of this trade the United Kingdom 

 has goods to the value of $1,000,250 

 annually, being in this respect behind 

 Spain. The trade has improved under 

 the reciprocity treaty with Cuba, which 

 grants a reduction of 40 per cent, on 

 knit goods and 30 per cent, on other 

 manufactures of cotton. Ultimately this 

 trade will be controlled by the United 

 States. In the meantime the special 

 agent suggests that a large proportion 

 may be obtained by a closer study on the 



part of exporters of the United States 

 of the detailed reciprocity rates. He 

 also points out the advantages which 

 would result if the reduction on goods 

 from the United States were placed at 50 

 per cent." 



Cuban Iron Ore Shipments. 



The iron ores which have been mined 

 in Cuba up to the present time consist 

 largely of hematite and magnetite and 

 are obtained near Santiago, in the Prov- 

 ince of Oriente (Santiago). Recently 

 large deposits of brown ore have been 

 attracting considerable attention, espe- 

 cially those of the Mayari and Moa fields 

 in Oriente Province and those of the 

 Cubitas field in Camaguey Province. No 

 ores of this type have been mined, how- 

 ever. 



The following table, taken from a re- 

 port of the United States Geological 

 Survey, shows the shipments of iron ore 

 from Cuba since the opening of the 

 mines in 1884: 

 .SHIPMENTS OF IRON ORE (in long tons). 



?7 454,285 



38 168,339 



377-1 



1884 25,295 



1885 80,716 



1886 1 12,074 



1887 94.240 



1888 206,061 



i88g 260,291 



1S90 363,842 



1891 264,262 



1892 341,654 



1893 351,175 



1894 156,826 



1895 382,494 



1896 412,995 



By far the large proportion of this 

 ore came to the United States, the im- 

 ports from Cuba in 1908 being 579,688 

 long tons. 



1900 446,872 



1901 552,248 



1902 669,734 



1903 632,621 



1904 387,273 



1905 561,159 



1906 640,574 



1907 681,393 



1908 819,434 



North Coast Reefs. 



