29 Agricultural Cuba 



perishable nature, depends largely upon the 

 shipping facilities and the localities selected. 



A great opportunity is open for the canning 

 of pineapples in Cuba, thus solving the question 

 of transportation and increasing the price of the 

 product, as has been done in the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



The daily freight service between Havana and 

 Key West has been most beneficial to pineapple 

 shippers, and it is stated, on good authority, that 

 a forty per cent increase in price has been made 

 possible by this system. 



