THE CUBA REVIEW 



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CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



COCONUT INDUSTRY IN BARACOA PHOTOGRAPHIC.SURVEY OF CUBA 



The average annual production of coconuts Through arrangements recently completed 



in the Baracoa district for the three-year between Edward M. Newman, the travel 



period ended December 31, 1917, is estimated lecturer, and the Cuban Government, through 



at approximately 8,000,000. The production the Republic of Cuba News Bureau of New 



in 1917 fell to about 7,000,0000, of which York, Mr. Newman and J. V. Kiught, direc- 



4,500,000 were classified as "selects," and tor of the bureau.with a staff of photographers 



approximately half of this number were ex- and assistants, will shortly sail for Havana on 



ported to the United States, the declared a month's intensive photographic survey of 



value being $124,034. The remainder of the the whole island. 



selects were shipped to Habana and other sec- Upwards of 100 reels of film will be photo- 



tions of Cuba. The remaining 2,500,000 coco- graphed, as well as a comprehensive file of all 



nuts produced in 1917 were classified as matters relating to Cuban contemporary life, 



"sprouts" and "cracks" and were ground for and scenes on the island ot historical value, all 



oil in the local mill, producing about 400,000 of which will be embodied into a permanent 



pounds of coconut oil valued at $60,000. record by the news bureau and placed at the 



Practically all of the oil produced is now disposal of newspapers and news pictorial 



sold in Habana and Camaguey, principally syndicates free of charge, 



for use in the manufacture of soap. — ■ — -^ — ■ — ■ 



_, , . .• r « 1 4.n NEW STEAMSHIP COMPANY; 



The present quotations for "select coco- 

 nuts are $35 to $37 a thousand f. o. b. vessel Seiior Generoso Campos Marciuette has 

 Baracoa, and for oil 17 to 19 cents per informed President Menocal of the organiza- 

 pound, according to quality. tion of a Cuban trans-Atlantic steamship 



The coconut bud-rot disease, which be- company, 



came prevalent in the Baracoa district There have been acquired seven steel 



in 1904 has reduced the production nearly steamers built in the United States, and a 



50%. Some effort has been made by the number of shipping contracts have already 



Cuban Department of Agriculture to discover been signed. 



effective means for combating the disease, — — — - 



but thus far no remedy has been found. The TUG BERWIND 



disease has been checked to some extent by For the price of $110,000, the tug Berwind 



destroying trees by fire immediately when has been sold by the Havana Coal Company 



found to be affected. It now appears that to a local navigation firm. 



unless some remedy is discovered which will 



prevent the spread of the disease, the valu- LARD 



able plantations in Baracoa and other sec- Authorization has been granted by the 



tions of Cuba will be completely destroyed in American government to 'Armour & Co. for 



a short term of years.— Consul i/. M.T7oZco«, the exportation of 2,296 tierces of lard to 



Santiago de Cuba. Cuba. 



SUGAR AND MOLASSES 



According to data transmitted by Consul Charles S. Winans, at Cienfuegos, Cuba, the fol- 

 lowing figures repiesent the quantity and value of sugar and molasses invoiced at the American 

 consulate at Cienfuegos, and the agencies at Caibarien and^Sagua la Grande, Cuba, for the 



United States during the past two years: 1916 1917 



From Cienfuegos: Quantity Value Quantity Value 



Molasses gallons 24,860,000 $1,022,400 42,279,680 $2,021,104 



Sugar pounds 451,768,000 21,605,849 415,947,200 17,989,662 



From Caibarien: 



Molasses gallons 199,903 13,315 1,016,723 44,256 



Sugar pounds 506,289,600 16,732,927 349,126,080 14,262,920 



From Sagua la Grande: 



Molasses gallons 1,253,000 43,424 3,953,786 234,670 



Sugar pounds 473,632,320 19,385,596 454,429,120 18,464,354 



