THE CUBA REVIEW 



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people would not say so unless it was so ! 

 They — like the Mexicans, like all the Latins 

 who have been directed, ruled, twisted and 

 tossed about by Spanish and American 

 contact — are like little children : impulsive, 

 quick to belief of wrong or of right accord- 

 ing to the statement made, but never of 

 the caution before accepting statement that 

 would go into any thorough investigation. 

 — Tozi'ii Topics. 



ENTHUSIASTIC OVER CUBA's FERTILITY 



James Linn Rodgers, United States con- 

 sul general at Havana, and calling Colum- 

 bus his voting home, was a visitor in New 

 York recently after a conference with 

 executive departments at Washington. Not 

 so very many years back Linn Rodgers was 

 mighty well known in Ohio as private sec- 

 retary to Governor Bushnell, and a remark- 

 ably popular one. Prior to his official 

 honors J. Linn was inclined to journalism, 

 but after the statehouse experience yearned 

 more for the privilege of building up the 

 commercial interests of the nation, and was 

 sent to Shanghai, China, as consul-general 

 by President Roosevelt. This was done at 

 a time when the Roosevelt relations with 

 Ohio Republicans were less strained than 

 now, and the new consul was ably backed 

 by big Ohio men in Congress, although his 

 appointment was almost personal with the 

 president. The Rodgers way of doing things 

 in a region of unrest was much approved at 

 Washington, and when Havana needed the 

 same sort of consular administration there 

 was promotion of Rodgers to the Cuban 



port, and his record has been a remarkable 

 one in the face of difficult problems and all 

 else that vexes the spirit in Latin-American 

 countries. Consul Rodgers is remarkably 

 enthusiastic about Cuba and its resources, 

 insisting that our citizens don't realize how 

 fertile and rich the island is and what it 

 could be made to produce with the Amer- 

 ican way of doing things. — Cincinnati 

 (Ohio) Engineer. 



GOODS OF UNITED STATES MANUFAC- 

 TURE POPULAR IN CUBA 



American manufactures have taken 

 profitable advantage of the fact that their 

 products find a ready and continually in- 

 creasing market in Cuba. This is the 

 natural result of existing conditions, such 

 as the reciprocity treaty and Cuba's prox- 

 imity to the United States and the fact 

 that as there are practically no factories 

 operated in Cuba, nearly all manufactured 

 articles must be purchased abroad. Amer- 

 ican goods stand high in the opinion of the 

 Cuban people ; in fact, if a Cuban is as- 

 sured that an article which he desires to 

 buy was manufactured in the United 

 States he will give it preference to the same 

 kind of an article manufactured in other 

 countries. — Bath (X. Y. ) Plain Dealer. 



Cuba, like jNIexico, lacks a just land tax. 

 Such a tax in Cuba will open large areas 

 of uncultivated land to farming enterprises, 

 and will remove one great source of dis- 

 content, savs the .Vcrc ]^ork Times. 



James L. Rodxtrs, tlie United .Statis consul-gcncial in Havana, He took office July 1, 1907. 



