29 The Republic of Cuba 



Pineapples, cacao, honey, asphalt, iron, hene- 

 quen, mahogany, cedar, etc., yield 1 10,000,000.00. 



Its exports have increased in ten years 150 per 

 cent. 



Its imports have increased in ten years 82 per 

 cent. 



All but 19 per cent of Cuba's exports 

 (^254,292,000.00) go to the United States. 



67^ per cent of Cuba's imports 

 ($155,448,000.00) come from the United States. 



Since the beginning of the Republic (1902) 

 Cuba's Foreign Commerce has increased 250 per 

 cent. 



Cuba has 1,246 miles of magnificent shaded 

 auto roads or driveways. 



Range of temperature (mean) 12 degrees 

 Fahrenheit. 



January average, 70.3. July, 82.4 degrees. 

 Extremes, 60 to 92. 



Average rainfall, 54 inches. Dry in winter; 

 showers in summer. 



Population, 2,500,000. Yearly increase, about 

 75,000. 



Excess of births over deaths, 40,000. 



Average yearly immigration, 37,000. 



70 per cent of population white, 30 per cent 

 colored. 



Permanent schools, 4,011. Teachers, 4,111. 



There are 2,360 miles of railroads in Cuba, 

 with 200 miles of electric railways. 



22 steamers a week to the United States. 



Sugar cane on virgin land may be cut for 

 thirty years without replanting. 



Tobacco is planted, grown and gathered in 

 ninety days. 



In no part of the world are cattle, horses and 

 stock of all kinds raised with greater success. 



