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Vol. X 



SEPTEMBER, 1912 



No. 10 



Contents of This Number 



The cover page shows the heart of a cocoanut palm and the young cocoanuts. 



Cuban governmerit matters are given on pages 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. There is much exciting 

 news this month. The political situation is becoming more complex as the day of 

 election draws near. The Liberal Party seems hopelessly split. United States 

 Charge de Affairs in Havana, Mr. Gibson, was attacked by a reporter of a local paper 

 and there was a considerable exchange of notes between the United States and Cuba, 

 concerning the matter. Spanish subjects have filed claims against the Cuban govern- 

 ment for damages arising from the recent negro rebellion. The Reilly claim for the 

 Cienfuegos water works has, at last, been paid. Since then other claimants have 

 arisen for the money. The employers liability law. which makes insurance compulsory 

 on the part of employers, has been deemed unwise by the Washington administration, 

 because it creates a monopoly. The plague appears to be thoroughly wiped out, no 

 cases appearing for the last six weeks. 



Some interesting news notes regarding matters all over the island will be found on pages 

 12 and 13. 



A description of some new mining properties, of a Matanzas City trolley and other in- 

 teresting matter with suitable illustrations will be found on pages 14 and 15. 



An interesting letter describing the North East Coast of Cuba is on pages 16 and 17. 



Another article on the Panama Canal, showing advantages that will accrue to Cuba, is on 

 pages 18 and 19. 



Cuban railway earnings and security prices will be found on page 20. 



A statement of the operations of the Cuba Railroad Co. for the past seven years is given 

 on page 22. 



The annual report of the Nipe Bay Co. is given on page 23. This company will inaugurate 

 a system of irrigation for its fields from which they expect great results in the way 

 of an increased yield of cane. 



Financial and commercial notes will be found on pages 21, 24 and 25. Among the items 

 on these pages is one concerning an old locomotive now in use in Santiago. Further 

 commercial information includes Havana's custom house collections for five years, 

 Cuba's commerce, Rotterdam's exports to Cuba and the revenues of the republic. 



Various items regarding the tobacco crop will be found on page 27. 



A valuable analysis of cultivated soils in Cuba will be found on page 28. It is written 

 by Professor Crawley, who was formerly director of the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station in the island. 



How to clear out stumps by the use of dynamite, a practice which is becoming very 

 much in vogue among agriculturists, will be found on page 29. 



The sugar industry is given space on pages 30 and 36. Valuable information regarding 

 the growing of cane and the care of the fields are in these articles. 



Pages 34 and 36 are devoted to the usual 'valuable article by Messrs. Willett and Gray, 

 analyzing the sugar situation and giving prices at New York and future prospects 

 and yields. 



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