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"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 

 An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 82-92 Beaver Street, Neiv York 



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Vol. XI 



OCTOBER, 1913 



No. 11 



Contents of This Number 



The Cover Page Illustration is a View of the Picturesque Canimar River. (Courtesy 

 of the United Railways of Havana.) 



Cuban Ports Company Matter 9 



Comment on Cuban Matters from All Sources .........."!'!!^...'..7lb, 11 



Financial News: 



Cuban Treasury Report 26 



Cuban Securities. Prevailing Prices 26 



Cuban Telephone Earnings 25 



Earnings Santiago Electric Light Co '. !!''"!!''"" 25 



Speyers and the New Loan 25 



Government Activities: 



A National Highway Projected S 



Agricultural Fair 9 



Immigration to Cuba 9 



Office Patronage Views of President Menocal 7 



The New Loan 9 



Isle of Pines News 29 



Industrial Enterprises: 



Alpargata Factory in Regla 12 



Brick Factory in Cienfuegos 12 



Cuban Ore Properties in American Hands 12 



Charcoal Burners' Work and Pay 13 



Electric Light and Power Plants 12 



Gas .Stove Exposition 12 



Lumber Notes from the Gulf Coast 30 



Ko(|ue Canal Work Progressing 20 



liailroad News: 



Earnings of the Cuba Railroad 22 



Earnings of the Cuban Central 19 



Earnings of the Havana Electric 22 



Earnings of the United Railway 22 



Earnings of the Western Railway 19 



Guantanamo and Western Annual Report 23 



Sea Ferry to Havana 25 



Shoe Trade of Cuba: 



Manufacturing Plants 1 4 



Popular Styles 13 



Purchases and Credits 1 6 



Packing Directions 17 



Sugar Industry: 



Report of a Sugar Estate 38, 39 



Sugar Estate News 31 



Sugar Review (English) by Willett & Gray 32, 33, 34 



Sugar Review (Spanish) by Willett & Gray 35, 36 



Trade News: 



August's Trade Increases 17 



Canarla and the Cuban Market 17 



Customs Receipts (^Jreat Increase 18 



New Customs Regulations 18 



One Year of Commerce 17 



Trade Mark Ruling 1 7 



United Kingdom atul Cuba 18 



Tobacco Industry: 



August Exports from Havana _ 27 



Crop News 27 



Exports to England 27 



Spurious Cuban Cigars 27 



