THE CUBA R E V I E \V 



Sorting Pineapples 



Fertilizer must be used to bring good results. Therefore, it is necessary to use com- 

 mercial fertilizer with the right amounts and the elements needed in the soil to 

 obtain good fruit. A good fertilizer for young plants should be applied at the rate 

 of about four pounds each of potash-phosphorous and nitrogen per 1,000 plants. 



CREDIT CONDITIONS IN CUBA 

 A well-known Cuban banker, now vis- 

 iting this country, brings word that Brit- 

 ish and French firms are both preparing 

 to invade the Cuban market in force, and 

 that unless credit conditions can be 

 changed, there is a prospect that some of 

 the trade now coming to the United States 

 will be diverted to Europe. 



"In this respect," said the speaker, "the 

 British, French and Germans have shown 

 that they know the commercial condition 

 of Cuba. The Cuban merchants want long 

 credits. The merchants of other countries 

 give our merchants credit covering a 

 period of six months, and sometimes 

 longer. But the Americans give sixty and 

 ninety days' credit, which is not sufficient. 

 Of course, Cuba has been prosperous late- 



ly and there is plenty of money in the 

 island, but it should not be forgotten 

 that prices have gone up, and besides, the 

 country has just embarked upon a vast 

 public improvement policy." 



SECOND PAN AMERICAN FINANCIAL 

 CONFERENCE 



Official invitations to appoint delega- 

 tions to the Second Pan American Finan- 

 cial Conference have been sent by Presi- 

 dent Wilson through the State Depart- 

 ment to the Governments of Central and 

 South America. The conference will as- 

 semble in Washington on January 12, 

 1920. It is expected that each delega- 

 tion will be headed by the Minister of 

 Finance. 



