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THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBAN COMMERCIAL MATTERS 



BRITISH COMMERCIAL DIPLOMATIC 

 APPOINTMENT 



Mr. George T<)rr;iiK(> Miliio, O.B.E., h:is 

 recently been appointed Commercial Sec- 

 retary (Grade 1) H. B. M. Legation, Ha- 

 vana. 



Mr. Milne has had some twenty years' 

 experience in Latin-America, in the oiii- 

 ploynient of various firms, and for the last 

 two years he lias held tlie jiost of H. M. 

 Seinor Trade Commissioner in Canada 

 and Newfoundland. 



MARKET FOR CANVAS SHOES IN 



ANTILLA 

 Vice Consul J. F. Buck, Antilln, Cul):i. 

 reports that there is a demand in his dis- 

 trict on the part of laborers for clicap can- 

 vas half-shoes in white, blue, and brown. 



GLASS MANUFACTURE 

 A large glass plant for the manufacture 

 of bottles and table and illuminating glass- 

 ware has recently been erected at Havana. 

 Cuba. This is the first plant of its kind in 

 Cuba (says the United States Bureau of 

 Mines Report), and the outlook for its 

 success seems promising. One of the fac- 

 tors most favorable to the establishment 

 of the glass industry in Cuba is the supjily 

 of raw materials available on the island. 

 The new company controls about 3,000 

 acres of glass sand, with an average con- 

 tent of 99.43 per cent, silica, and has am- 

 ple resources of high grade limestone. Ma- 

 cliiiiery and supplies are being purchased 

 in the United States, and arrangements 

 are IxMug made for the introduction of a 

 number of experienced glass workers. 



PROTEST AGAINST EIGHT HOUR WORK 

 DAY 



The Argentine dclcgntion to the Inter- 

 national Lal)()r Conference presented an 

 agreement of a draft providing that for- 

 eign workers residing in any countries 

 should have the same rights and obliga- 

 tions under the woi'kineirs comp(>nstion 

 laws as citizens. 



The Cuban delegates had jtrevionsly pro- 

 tested against the application of the eight- 

 hour day agreement to workers in raw 

 sugar, contending it was more an agri- 

 cultural than an industrial occupation. 



It was explained that 50,000 to GO,(iO<» 

 Emigrants annually entered Cuba to work 

 in the cane fields, yet there was always 

 a scarcitv of labor. 



COMMERCIAL SERVICE BUREAU 

 A Connnercial Service Bureau has re- 

 cently been established in. Havana by tlie 

 Wholesale Dealers' Association. This bu- 

 reau will furnish wholesale inii)orting 

 houses with information concerning the 

 credit and rating of retail buyers and 

 dealers who request credit. 



PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 

 hilling the first six months of 1919, 

 i's.").i.;4 gallons of gasoline were imported 

 int(t Santiago from the United States, ac- 

 cording to figures furnished by Consul 

 Harold 1). Cluni. of that city. Amotmts 

 for other petroleum iiroducts are as fol- 

 lows: Refined ])etroleum, 26S,30G gallons; 

 other refined oils. 7r),707 gallons ; crude 

 oils (exclusive of crude jtetrolemn), 13,062 

 gallons: tar. 0."):'> gallons: and naphtha. 

 Ml gallons. 



UNITED STATES TRADE WITH CUBA 

 The total values of the imports into and 

 domestic exports from the United States 

 to Cuba during the year ended December 

 31, 191S, for merchandise only, are shown 

 in the following table: 



Imports .i;L'T.S,G3r),027 



Domestic exports 214,003,70!) 



BRAZILIAN SHIPS 

 Senor Perez Cisneros, Cuban Minister to 

 Brazil, has notified the Secretary of State 

 that Havana has been made a port of call 

 for Brazilian ships. 



