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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



ENEMY TRADING LIST 



The special license extended to interested 

 persons in the United States to trade with, or 

 on behalf of, Nicolas Catano y Capetillo, of 

 Cienfuegos, Cuba, until October 1, 1918, as 

 announced in the press statement authorized 

 by the War Trade Board on January 28, 

 1918 (see page No. 27), should not be con- 

 strued as a general license to either export 

 or import goods. It is a "trading with the 

 enemy" license only. Any transactions with 

 this concern are still subject to export and 

 import license regulations. 



The War Trade Board announces that the 

 following names have been removed from the 

 Enemy Trading list: 



Gutierrez, Juan, Habana. 



Garbade,T., Habana ;SastreeHijo, Habana; 

 and Schwab, Consuelo, Habana. 



The following names have been added to 

 the Enemy Trading List. (The indication of 

 an address for a name on the list, or in supple- 

 ments to it, is not intended to exclude other 

 addresses of the same person or association. 

 Unless other^\ise specified, a listed name re- 

 fers to all branches of the business in the 

 country). 



Mena, Pedro G., Habana. (Dec. 21, 1917. 

 Retroactive). Santamario Saenz & Co., 

 Habana Dec. 31, 1917. Retroactive). 



Heibut, E. & Co., Habana. 



Michaelson, Hermann, Santiago de Cuba. 



Schumann & Co., Cristina Alta 9, Santiago 

 de Cuba. 



CONDENSED MILK INDUSTRY IN CAMAGUEY 

 The difficulties experienced recently in ob- 

 taining from abroad the relatively large 

 amount of food products imported annually 

 into Cuba in normal times have caused a cer- 

 tain amount of discussion as to the advisa- 

 bility of growing and manufactming in the 

 Republic foodstuffs to offset the decrease in 

 their importation. The National Govern- 

 ment has recently furnished a concrete proof 

 of its interest in this question by agreeing to 

 loan to the company "La Cubana," a con- 

 densed milk factory of Camaguey, Cuba, the 

 sum of $50,000 to aid this concern to enlarge 

 its business. 



In a statement of the "La Cubana" com- 

 pany addressed to the press it is claimed that 

 for two years it has sent to Habana 5 tons 



of condensed milk daily. It also says that it 

 has contracted for a sufficient quantity of 

 milk to be condensed, and that with the Gov- 

 ernment aid which has been given, it expects 

 to substantial!}^ relieve the present scarcity, 

 if not to make up the shortage altogether.^ ^ 



Number oj Cattle in Cuba — Retail Price of Milk. 



Natural milk is sold in almost all parts of 

 Cuba, but condensed milk is in very general 

 use and is consumed in relatively large quan- 

 tities. According to the census of 1907, there 

 were at that time 2,579,4f'2 head of cattle in 

 the Republic, which number it is estimated has 

 now risen to above 3,000,000. Camaguey, 

 having an extensive pasturage area, is the 

 largest cattle-raising Province on the island, 

 but figures are not available as to what pro- 

 portion of the total number of cattle are 

 found within its borders. 



Natural milk in Nuevitas retails at about 

 13 cents United States currency the quart and 

 is not of very good quaUty. The prices 

 charged for condensed milk at retail are not 

 now normal, 30 cents being charged for a 

 12-ounce tin of the condensed and 20 cents 

 for the same sized tin of evaporated milk. 



During the year 1916, 35,276,875 pounds of 

 condensed (including evaporated) milk, valued 

 at $2,725,587, were imported into Cuba, prac- 

 tically all being exported from the LTnited 

 States. — Consul John S. Calvert, Nuevitas. 



AMERICAN PURCHASES OF CUBAN 

 PRODUCTS 



The increased shipment of sugar was re- 

 sponsible for the large gain in the total value 

 of the articles invoiced at the American con- 

 sulate general at Habana, Cuba, for the 

 United States, during 1917, compared with 

 1916. There were also greater shipments of 

 molasses, tobacco and hides and bones. The 

 following table gives the principal items in- 

 voiced at the consulate general for the United 

 States during the past two years: 



Price per tanega 

 (Spanish Bushel) 

 Year Ordinary Estates 



1913 $14.03' $14.48 



1914 11-20 11.62 



1915 16.19 16.44 



1916 14.79 14.98 



1917 11.58 11.86 



