Industrial Cuba 



1,877 kilometers of paved roads have already 

 been opened to the public. These are distributed 

 in the six provinces, as follows: 



Pinar del Rio 544 



Havana 520 



Matanzas 247 



Oriente 215 



Santa Clara 261 



Camaguey 90 



Total, 1,877 kilometers, not including roads 

 built by Provincial and Municipal Governments, 

 which are estimated at about 250 kilometers 

 additional, especially in the Provinces of Havana 

 and Matanzas. 



One English mile equals 1,609 meters or lyoVo^ 

 kilometers (K. M.), or approximately 5 miles 

 equals 8 kilometers (K. M.). 



With only fifty-three inhabitants to the square 

 mile, and ample room for the sustenance of three 

 hundred, and but 20 per cent of the available soil 

 adapted to the production of sugar, the possi- 

 bilities of future growth along other lines than 

 that now producing the greatest revenue are 

 apparently marvelous. These opportunities open 

 to and challenge the capital and enterprise of the 

 world. 



While in Cuba sugar is conceded to be the 

 king of industries, it does not monopolize the 

 attention of the Cubans, notwithstanding the 

 fact that at the present time it represents seventy 

 per cent of the Republic's agricultural products, 

 reaching in 191 6 approximately ^250,000,000.00 

 in value. 



Some extent of this sugar industry will be 



