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railroads, more everything — but whence is 

 to come the labor to operate these? The 

 problem is diilficult but not insoluble, and 

 we shall await with interest the presenta- 

 tion of the solution which we have no 

 doubt General Menocal has already formu- 

 lated in his mind. The difficulty is that 

 the sugar industry will develop with a 

 rapidity altogether disproportionate to the 

 country's development along other lines, 

 and for that reason there will be a dead 

 season each year during which there will 

 be a dearth of employment for the thou- 

 sands that must be brought here to cut 

 the cane during the grinding period. There 

 is an obvious error on national economy in 

 bringing from abroad an army of men to 

 earn high wages which at the end of the 

 grinding season they will take back to their 

 homes abroad, draining the country of 

 wealth which should remain here. General 

 Menocal says that Cuba needs small farm- 

 ers, and were there a few tens of thou- 

 sands more of these to draw upon for 

 cane cutters the problem would be solved. 

 But the development of small farms will, 

 we fear, be a slow process. The problem, 

 how^ever, is so vital that its solution is 

 certain. Necessity is the mother of in- 

 vention. Capital and labor Cuba must 

 have for her inevitable development. Cap- 

 ital will come and it will attract labor, for 

 capital has wonderful powers of attrac- 

 tion, and is wonderfully resourceful. — 

 Editorial in the Havana Telegraph. 



A COLLAPSIBLE BARREL 



A patent has recently been taken out for 

 what is described as a reversible barrel. 

 It consists of two equalized conical steel 

 halves bolted together in the middle at a 

 joint consisting of an elastic and chemical 

 proof Dermatine ring lying in a groove. 

 The principal advantage of this design is 

 that, in returning empties, the halves can 

 be nested one in another and so take up far 

 less space. Steel barrels for holding 10 

 cwt, of molasses and weighing themselves 

 2 cwt. each are returned empty to Natal 

 at a freight charge of 7s. 6d. each ; nested 

 barrels of the same capacity would go for 

 2s. 6d. Again, mineral oil barrels which 

 would cost £l 17s. 6d. to return to the 

 United States (the charge being by space), 

 could be replaced by nesting barrels which 

 traveling by weight would cost 5s. to return 

 empty. There are other advantages claimed 

 for this patent barrel, such as the ability 

 to clean and coat the insides. All halves 

 are interchangeable, any two will make a 

 barrel, or single halves may be used with a 

 cover plate. — International Sugar Journal. 



There are but two commercial bodies in 

 Cuba. One in Havana and the other in 

 Santiago. The former takes the title of 

 Chamber of Commerce for the Island of 

 Cuba and has representatives in the differ- 

 ent provinces. The other is simply called 

 the Santiago Chamber of Commerce. 



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