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Vol. X 



AUGUST, 1912 



No. 9 



Contents of This Number 



The cover page shows a cigar factory in Havana. 



Political gossip is given on page 7. There is much dissatisfaction over the convention 

 which nominated Mr. Zayas as the standard bearer of the Liberal Party and there 

 is talk of another convention. There is also much agitation regarding the chances of 

 Jose Miguel Gomez, the present incumbent of the presidential chair, securing a renom- 

 ination. The portraits of four prominent citizens mentioned in connection with the 

 presidency appear on page 8. A United States Congressional Committee of five will 

 investigate Cuba's sanitary conditions. There is further discussion regarding tlie 

 Zapata Swamp concession and a note of objection from the United States Govern- 

 ment is said to have been sent to the Cuban administration. Other government matter 

 and illustrations will be found on the succeeding pages. 



General Menocal, the candidate for the presidency on the Conservative Party Ticket, ex- 

 presses himself very clearly regarding the reforms he will carry out if elected. His 

 statement will be found on page 11. 



Some interesting press comment on Cuban matters is on page 12. 



Foreign talk regarding annexation and some brief news notes are on page 13. 



Pages 14 and 15 are given over to some very interesting illustrations of Sagua la Grande 

 in Santa Clara Province. 



Cuba's mineral wealth is well known and it is very interestingly described by H. H. 

 Nicholson, a mining engineer of Lincoln, Nebraska, on pages 16 and 17. 



Havana's hack fares and otlier notes are on pages 18 and 19. 



Traffic receipts of Cuban railroads and July quotations for Cuban securities are on page 20. 



Further railway earnings; Mobile's trade with Cuba and ten year's stock quotations of the 

 American Sugar Refining Company are on page 21. 



The condition of Cuba's treasury is shown in an official report on page 22. 



Some additional official information is on page 23. 



Cuba's sugar production by months for the last four years and Havana's Custom House 

 Collections for the seven years past are on page 24. 



Agricultural information will be found on pages 26, 27 and 28. The articles include some 

 expert advice to colonists regarding home markets. The statistics of the pineapple 

 crop of 1912; the use of the Roselle plant and an interesting statement regarding 

 light tobacco. 



"Consideraciones Sobre la Semilla de Cana de Azucar," by an expert engineer, is on 

 page 29. 



'iThe Prevention of Scale in Boilers," by John Green, in Poiver, will be found on pages 

 31 and 32. 



Review of sugar prices and of the crop by the well-known sugar authorities, Messrs. 

 VVillett & Gray, is the subject of a special article on pages 34 and 35. 



The same article in Spanish appears on pages 35 and 36. 



Much interesting reading matter appears among our advertising pages. Do not miss these 

 valuable news notes. 



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