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THE CUBA REVIEW 



which he was a prominent witness were on the Cuban Reciprocity Bill in 1902, the Harkwick 

 Hearings on the American Sugar Refining Co., and the Dissolution Suit of the American Sugar 

 Refining Co., now awaiting a decision in the U. S. Circuit Court. 



In his personal capacity, Mr. Willett had an exemplary character, with a gentle disposition, 

 that his partners in business have never known to have become ruffled. It can be truly said of 

 him that "to know him was to love him." 



It seems a pathetic coincidence that after a 65 years' experience in the sugar trade, Mr. 

 Willett's passing should occur at a time when a world-wide calamity should occasion the 

 necessity of regulating the supplj', demand and price of sugar, none of which were thought 

 necessary during his lifetime in the business, although such period included wars and panics. 



During the last few years, Mr. Willett had not been active in the publishing of the Sugar 

 Journals or in carrying on the other branches of the business but had left the handling of all 

 matters to his junior partners. — (Abridged) from Weekly Statistical Sugar Trade Journal. 



CUBAN MINES 



Upon his return to Baltimore from Cuba, 

 President C. Wilbur Miller of the Davison 

 Chemical Company, made a report of the 

 progress of the ore mining development which 

 his company is carrying on there. 



Mr. Miller explained that approximately 

 6,000 tons of ore could be delivered monthly 

 to the Davison plant at Curtis Bay at this 

 time. The thing that prevents immediate ship- 

 ments is that the docking improvement plan 

 and the construction work on the company's 

 railroad have not yet been fully completed by 

 the contractors. It is expected that by June 

 1 next the Davison Company will begin to 

 receive its supply of raw material from the 

 Cuban property. 



"The work so far," said Mr. Miller today, 

 "is particularly gratifying to me, and only 

 those who visit the property and see what a 

 magnificent development we have under- 

 taken can reaUy appreciate what it is going 

 to mean to the future of our concern. We 

 could begin shipping ore tomorrow from Cuba 

 if our railroad were completed and docking 

 facilities were in shape to take care of boat 

 loading. We are building two spurs of tracks 

 into our mines, one out of Cienfuegos and 

 the other from Cumanayagua. The con- 

 tractors are hurrying work on both branches 

 and this work, together with the new docks 

 which are to be utilized by our company at 

 Cienfuegos, will be in shape next summer 

 and by the first of next June the Davison 

 Company should be getting ore from its 

 Cuban mines. 



"Our properties will be operated by elec- 

 tricity, to be furnished by the Cienfuegos 

 Light and Power Company. This corpora- 

 yon owns a modern steam plant and is also 



building a large hydro-electric plant up in 

 the mountains on the other side of our mines 

 and we will have two plants from which to 

 draw our electric power." 



As a result of the Davison Company's ac- 

 tivities in the Cienfuegos section a syndicate 

 of Cuban bankers has been formed to finance 

 industrial enterprises in that part of Cuba. 

 It is claimed that the business men, and 

 moneyed interests especially, have welcomed 

 the advent of the Baltimoreans in under- 

 taking the development of ore lands at the 

 expenditure of millions of dollars and are 

 beginning to realize that this undertaking 

 will give impetus to the general development 

 of that portion of the island. — Baltimore 

 {Md.) Sun. 



MANGANESE MINE 



In the province of Oriente there has been 

 denounced a manganese mine by Seiior Pedro 

 Duany Mendez, who asks for the demarca- 

 tion of 100 hectares of land situated on the 

 estate named "La Pedrera," near the village 

 of Cuabita. 



SUGAR PRODUCTION IN TAIWAN 



Figures have been compiled showing the 

 production of centrifugal sugar in Taiwan 

 for the 1917 season. The amounts from the 

 several sugar-manufacturing companies in 

 pounds are: Taiwan, 216,532,207; Toyo, 138- 

 359,314; Yensuiko, 125,920 246; Meiji, 118,- 

 650,423; Dai Nippon, 91,790,089; Taihoku, 

 80,781,654 ; Niitaka, 67,352,545; Rin-Hon- 

 Gen., 38,185,952; Shinko, 13,057,827; Tainan 

 8,109,474; Taito, 3,138,899; total, 901,878,630 

 pounds. — Consul M. D. Kirjassoff, Taihoku. 



