THE CUBA REVIEW 



25 



CUBA'S TRADE WITH THE WORLD 



The official figures of the exportations and importations of the Cuban repubHc have 

 just come to hand. They embrace the trade of Cuba with all countries for the calendar 

 years 1910 and 1911 and are as follows: 



IMPORTATIONS 



United States.... 

 Other countries of 



America 



Germany 



Spain 



France 



Great Britain 



Other coimtries of 



Europe 



From all others . . 



1910 

 ^54,569,393 



8,319.929 

 6.542,760 

 8,680,256 

 5,514,939 

 12,292,219 



5,."32,357 

 2,223,728 



1911 

 $59,962,409 



9,159,359 

 7,234,657 

 9,046,531 

 6,202,738 

 13,699,060 



5,352,137 

 2,398,863 



EXPORTATIONS 

 1910 



United States $129,328,507 



Other countries of 



America 3,391,216 



Germany 3,646,398 



Spain 727,297 



France 1,549,080 



Great Britain 10,696,289 



Other countries of 



Europe 915,175 



All others 569,945 



1911 

 $106,660,616 



3,641,696 

 3,641,555 

 459,703 

 1,307,517 

 5,697,314 



809,075 

 726,176 



Total $103,657,581 $113,055,774 Total $150,823,907 $122,943,652 



The difference of $28,000,000 less in the exportations of 1911 as compared with those 

 of 1910 is found in the last six months of 1911 and is largely due to the larger sugar 

 crop of 1909 and 1910 which was not reached in 1910 and 1911. 



UNA VALVULA DE REDUCCION 



La pieza de maquinaria mas molesta con 

 que tiene que luchar un ingeniero en la 

 operacion de un trapiche es la valvula de 

 reduccion. Cuando se requiere una gran 

 cantidad de vapor todas las valvulas fun- 

 cionan como es debido, pero cuando se 

 requiere poco vapor 6 cuando se corta el 

 vapor la ma3-or parte de las valvulas se 

 aprovechan de la pieza de reduccion hasta 

 que la presion de reduccion es igual a la 

 presion inicial, y a menos que los tachos al 

 vacio esten equipados con valvulas de se- 

 guridad pueden ocasionarse perjuicios, y 

 donde los tachos al vacio esten equipados 

 con valvulas de seguridad tiene lugar un 

 constante escape de vapor a la atmosfera, 

 que es un desperdicio. 



La Corporacion Lytton Manufacturing 

 fabrica una valvula de reduccion que evita 

 este inconveniente. Esta valvula ha sido 

 ensayada en varias instalaciones durante el 

 ano pasado, asi como en la Marina de los 

 Estados Unidos, y esta dando perfecta sa- 

 tisfaccion en todas partes. 

 _ La Corn Products Refining Company, 

 situada en Argo, Estado de Illinois, recien- 

 temente puso a prueba una valvula de 8 

 pulgs. de esta clase, haciendo una reduccion 

 de 150 lbs. de presion inicial a 40 lbs. de 

 presion reducida, y desde entonces han 

 duplicado el pedido, reconociendo y atesti- 

 guando de este modo el trabajo excelente 

 de dicha valvula. 



LOSSES THROUGH LABOR SCARCITY 



"The injury to the sugar industry on 

 account of the scarcity of labor has been 

 enormous during the last season according 

 to advices received on every hand," writes 

 The Cuba Review's Havana correspondent. 

 A Havana writer on sugar topics has com- 

 piled statistics of twenty-eight sugar mills 

 aft'ected by the scarcity of labor ; they show 

 that the output which the 28 mills had 

 up to April was 1,867,852 sacks. Had the 

 mills had a sufficient number of la'^orers 

 their output would have been 2,337,100 

 sacks. The calculation of the mills re- 

 garding the shortage in the yield under 

 these circumstances is figured at 414,000 

 sacks. 



A fair idea may thus be attained of the 

 large losses which must have occurred 

 throughout the entire island, owing to the 

 great scarcity of laborers during the time 

 of grinding the cane. 



The Central Stewart in Camaguey Prov- 

 ince finished grinding on June 19th with 

 205,000 bags to its credit. 



The Jagueyal sugar estate at Moron, 

 Camaguey Province, ceased grinding on 

 June 19th with a yield of 180,156 sacks of 

 sugar. It would have made much more, 

 but the excessive rains prevented. Last 

 season the yield was 143,156 bags, an in- 

 crease this year of 37,000 bags. 



Over $17,000 worth of goods have dis- 

 appeared from the Havana wharves in the 

 last month, according to President Gelats, 

 who says that there is reason to suspect 

 that an organized band of thieves is en- 

 gaged in the work. The collector of cus- 

 toms will make an investiention. 



Complaints have been very frequent of late. 



