THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



GOVERNMENT TO:;,USElFILMilNiIMMlGRA- 

 TION CAMPAIGN 



According to the Havana Post, for the first 

 time in its history the Cuban government is 

 soon to make use of the cinematograph in 

 furtherance of a domestic political or economic 

 campaign. The innovation is the thought of 

 Secretary Agramonte, of the National Agri- 

 culture Department, who has appointed a 

 •commission of three men to make arrange- 

 ments with moving picture producers for the 

 taking of a series of great, many-reeled films, 

 showing the life of the Spanish immigrant in 

 Cuba from the time that he arrives. The film 

 promises to be a great success, but the gov- 

 ernment, as Secretary Agramonte was care- 

 ful to explain, is not interested in the picture 

 primarily as an artistic venture, but as an 

 instrument in its campaign of encouraging 

 Spanish immigration to Cuba. It is planned, 

 if Don Alfonso's ministers have no objection 

 to show the picture from the northernmost 

 Pyrenees to the Canary Islands. 



The Spanish and Cuban state departments 

 have at different times taken up within the 

 last year the question of the treatment re- 

 ceived by the Spanish workingmen in Cuba, 

 as a result of articles printed in the Spanish 

 newspapers criticising the treatment of her 

 nationals here; and Secretary Agramonte ex- 

 pressed the view that the proposed film 

 venture would, by spreading accurate inform- 

 ation on the subject among the workmen of 

 Spain, counteract the pernicious effects of 

 these rumors. 



FISCAL DISTRICT OF HAVANA 



The Treasury Department announces that 

 the offices of the Administration of Taxes and 

 Imposts of the Central Fiscal District of 

 Havana have been installed at No. 152 San 

 Miguel street, between Escobar and Gervasio 

 streets, and will be open for public business 

 every working day from 8 to 11 a. m. and 1 to 

 5 p.m., on and after the 23d day of November. 



ARMY MULES 



It is reported that four hundred native 

 mules from the pastures of Trinidad are being 

 assembled in Camaguey for shipment to 

 Havana, to be mustered into the mountain 

 battery service and pack train . 



CHINESE LABORERS FOR CUBA 



Thousands of Chinese laborers on the way 

 from China to Cuba soon will reach the 

 Pacific Coast and pass through the United 

 States, according to the San Francisco press. 



'J'he Cuban Government has given planters 

 permi.ssion to import the Chinese, as the 

 planters said that, without them, production 

 would have to be restricted. It will cost the 

 planters $127 to transport each laborer from 

 his home port to Havana. 

 \- The Chinese will be covered by bonds to 

 insure against their escape in crossing the 

 United States. 



CUBA TO GROW OILS 



Cuba is working with the Food Administra- 

 tion, not only to stimulate increased produc- 

 tion of sugar for the U. S. and the allies, 

 but also to plant large crops of seeds which 

 yield vegetable oil. Peanuts and soy beans 

 are to be planted, and also the castor-oil bean 

 which grows wild throughout the island. 

 This work is in charge of George Reno, chief 

 of the Cuban Department of Agriculture, 

 ( 'ommerce and Labor. 



BLACK FLY 



^ , Tlie Cviban Congress has passed a $50,000 

 appropriation bill for the extermination of 

 the black fly. 



EXPORT EMBARGOES 



In pursuance of the policy of supporting 

 the exports control of the United States Gov- 

 ernment, the President of Cuba has issued a 

 decree dated October 4, requiring that a 

 license shall be obtained from the Secretary 

 of the Treasury for the exportation of articles 

 named in the proclamation of August 27 by 

 the President of the United States. An 

 order based on the President's proclamation 

 of July 9 was issued as Customs Circular No. 

 21 on September 26. 



CUBITAS VALLEY FAIR 



The Cubitas Valley Horticultural and Fair 

 Association announces that the date of the 

 coming fair will be Feb. 19 to 23, 1918. 



The official progam and particulars will soon 

 be printed for general distribution. Those 

 who desire them may have them gratis upon 

 application to the Secretary. 



