Industrial Cuba 



GENERAL SURVEYS OF CUBAN 

 INDUSTRIES 



If the commercial and industrial possibilities 

 of Cuba are to be based on her record of the past 

 ten years, it is most natural to conclude that her 

 future is exceptionally bright. 



A marvelous soil, a climate unexcelled, a 

 location directly in the pathway of Western and 

 Southern commerce, an ambition to excel in 

 those things which make for good government, 

 and a most liberal encouragement from outside 

 capital, together with friendly international rela- 

 tions, presage for this Republic most exceptional 

 industrial development. 



Cuba has in the past ten years increased her 

 imports 82% and her exports 140%. 



There has been expended on public works, 

 since 1902, approximately $100,000,000.00, or 

 about $9,000,000.00 a year. The Government's 

 fixed policy is one of industrial progress. The 

 Government's plan, in the construction of an 

 extensive system of macadamized highways 

 through the Republic, would serve well as a 

 paragon in many of our States. These highways 

 will serve every part of the Island, and have 

 already put in close touch many of the com- 

 munities which were formerly isolated. Three 

 principal highways will traverse the Island 

 longitudinally, from East to West, one on the 

 north end, one through the central part, and one 

 between the central part and the Southern coast. 

 Connecting with each of these principal high- 

 ways, branch roads are being built to all impor- 

 tant interior and coastal cities. 



