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Wants 



Treaty 



Changed 



The figures, giving the vol- 

 ume and vahie of Cuba's 

 trade with the United States 

 in 1910. are shown in a most 

 interesting way in the chart 

 which forms the full page illustration on 

 page 6. The American Economist of Xew 

 York, analyzing these government statistics, 

 has the following to say in a recent issue : 

 ■'Last year, according to Cuban returns, 

 she sent 86 per cent of all her exports to 

 the United States, but took from this coun- 

 try only 52 per cent of her imports. She sold 

 Spain one-half of 1 per cent of her exports, 

 but took nearly 8 per cent of her imports 

 from that country. She took over $6,542,000 

 of her imports from Germany, but sold to 

 that country only $3,646,000 worth. From 

 France she bought $5,514,000 worth and 

 sold $1,500,000. From the United Kingdom 

 she purchased $12,000,000 worth and sold 

 to that country $10,000,000. From other 

 countries she bought $16,000,000 worth, and 

 sold only $4,000,000. 



■'In other words, the United States paid 

 Cuba a net lialance of $68,000,000 to spend 

 in buying goods from other countries, 

 which gave Cuba no advantages of any 

 kind. The treaty should either be greatly 

 changed in favor of the United States, or 

 else abrogated.*' 



A new bill for introduction in the Senate 

 provides that each senator be furnished 

 with a private secretary at a salary of 

 $2,000. The legislators declare that routine 

 •letail takes up too much time. 



Castellanos has beeti appointed President of 

 Cuba's Civil Service Commission 

 Dr. J. Lorenzo CastcUaiios. Presidcnic de la 

 comision del Scrvicio Civil 



The first wireless messages to be ex- 

 changed between Cuba and Mexico over the 

 wireless telegraph were finished on Decem- 

 ber 1st. when the government station at 

 Morro Castle was atile to reach the new 

 station recentlv installed at Veracruz. 



Cuba's Customs Revenue 



The total receipts of Culia's 

 officially given as follows : 



1906 



Banes $256,027 



Baracoa 18.221 



Batabano 6.168 



Caibarien 409.866 



Cardenas 461.544 



Cienfuegos 1.641.;)41 



Gibara 172.952 



Guantanamo :!94.35l 



Habana 17.>9T.672 



Jucaro 



]\Ianzanillo :i44.030 



Matanzas 7:i4.()19 



Xipp 82.777 



Xueva Gerona 1.828 



Xuevitas 292.093 



Puerto Padre 97.192 



Sagua 319.345 



Santa Cruz 3,s23 



Santiago de Cuba.. 2,003.163 



Trinidad S..'>56 



Tunaz de Zaza .... 32.534 



Total $25.17>.lii9 



customs houses for the five vears ending with 1910 is 



1907 



$78,588 



17.267 



4,731 



444.597 



379,975 



1,519,312 



148,119 



322,144 



19,328,064 



362.075 



823,923 



284,911 



1,114 



227,136 



57,9.52 



297,844 



3,605 



1,992,916 



1.378 



16,167 



1908 



$31,027 



16,59.5 



3,042 



472,220 



380,875 



1 ,,372,883 



112.202 



196,367 



16.244,257 



326.048 

 715,736 

 378,587 



6,5.54 



153,577 



44,447 



211,651 



4,101 

 1,-554.896 



1 ,076 



6,824 



1909 



$46,010 



10.056 



1,064 



531.015 



459.479 



1.674. 81() 



127,994 



235,426 



7.127.584 



1.790 



404.470 



902.313 



.■07.762 



9.363 



137,148 



71.069 



264.056 



4.951 



1.614.206 



9S0 



13.. 524 



1910 



$52,884 



' 7,845 



5,949 

 579,196 

 549,120 

 1,670,175 

 153,955 

 297,857 

 17,215,332 



3,987 

 502,691 

 973.616 

 619.637 



6,033 

 165,707 

 107.027 

 402,496 



7.249 

 1.561.152 



2.784 



1 492 



$26,311. > 26 



$22,232,974 



$2t.l i:).:iS5 



$24.S26 195 



