THE CUBA REVIEW 



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eye not only of the United States of America, but of every foreign nation, and that 

 they will justify the faith which has been placed in them, is scarcely susceptible of 

 serious doubt. 



The future of Cuba, despite the harpings of the pessimists is, apparently, secure. The 

 opening of the Panama Canal is but another inducement offered them to lay fast hold 

 on the destiny which is apparently awaiting the people. 



GOODS MARKETABLE IN CUBA 



There is a market in the West Indies 

 for almost every kind of goods that we 

 produce in this country. 1 have already 

 mentioned hardware, agricultural imple- 

 ments, boots and shoes, perfumery, furni- 

 ture and office inpliances, and to these may 

 be added clothiuj;, provisions, patent medi- 

 cines, notions ot all sorts, musical instru- 

 ments, jewelry, etc. Sugar estates are large 

 buyers of valves, fittings, pumps, belting, 

 hibricating oils and various sorts of small 

 machinery. Most of the new buildings that 

 are now being erected throughout the West 

 Indies are of reinforced concrete and there 

 is a big market for cement and structural 

 steel, which I believe will grow fast, as it 

 seems that the future buildings throughout 

 the West Indies will probably be largely, 

 or wholly, of this class. 



Because the West Indies are near the 

 United States the matter of prompt de- 

 liveries is greatly in our favor. I believe 

 so far as Cuba is concerned that it is 

 generally figured that about 10 per cent, or 

 rather the difference between 30 per cent 

 and 40 per cent in the cost of goods laid 

 down, is in favor of the United States; 

 that is to say, that on hardware or ma- 

 chinery bought from Europe about 40 per 

 cent is roughly figured to cover duty and 

 expens^es, while on the same kind of hard- 

 ware or machinery from the United States 

 30 per cent only is added to the cost. — 

 Edgar A. Wilhelmi in Am. Exporter. 



AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS COMPLAIN 



Charging that discrimination by certain 

 officials of the Cuban treasury department 

 has caused them to lose much of their trade, 

 the G. W. Lewis & Sons Co., of Burlington, 

 N. J.; the Penn Shoe Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, of Reading, Pa., and the Emery & 

 Marshall Co., of Haverhill, Mass., rep- 

 resented by H. S. De Rees, of Havana, filed 

 a joint complaint and claim for damages, 

 with the officials of the Treasury Depart- 

 ment on September 9th. 



They were assured that the charges will 

 be sent to the American legation in Havana, 

 and will probably be investigated by Charge 

 d'Affaires Gibson. 



CUBA IMPORTS SPANIARDS 



President Gomez issued a decree on Sep- 

 tember 15th in which he gave the Ponupo 

 Mining Company of Oriente Province, per- 

 mission to import 500 laborers from Spain 

 to work in the mines of the company. The 

 imported labor is from Galicia and the com- 

 pany agrees to pay the expense of the im- 

 portation and transportation to the mines 

 of the company. 



Following the close of the American 

 League season the Philadelphia Athletics 

 will go on a barnstorming trip in Cuba. 

 The team will leave Philadelphia on Oc- 

 tober 26th. 



Matives carrying water from tlie River. 

 Natives del pais llevando agua desde el rio d siis casas. 



