THE 

 CUBA RLVILW. 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1920, by the Munson Steamship Line 



LIS!^ARY 



NEW YQ^K 



Volume XVIII 



FEBRUARY, 1920 



Number 3 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



LOSS IN CUSTOMS REVENUES 

 Because of the harbor strike, collec- 

 tions liy the Havana customs house dur- 

 ing the month of January fell off over 

 nine hundred thousand dollars from what 

 they were in December. During Decem- 

 ber the collections amounted to $3,147,- 

 0SS.55, and January collections totaled 

 only .?2.243,79S.0!i. 



FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT FOR 

 U. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 



Chauncey D. Snow has resigned as 

 United States commercial attache at 

 Paris to head a newly-created foreign 

 department of the Chamber of Commerce 

 of the United States. Mr. Snow, who 

 went to Paris a little more than a year 

 ago to investigate markets in France for 

 American goods, formerly was first as- 

 sistant chief of the Bureau of Foreign 

 and Domestic Commerce. 



Creation of the foreign-trade depart- 

 ment by the United States Chamber of 

 Commerce is the first step toward a re- 

 organization of the chamber's machinery 

 designed to divide up the work of the 

 chamber along the lines of the great di- 

 visions of industry. Other departments 

 to be instituted soon include domestic 

 production and distribution, transporta- 

 tion, insurance, finance, and civic devel- 

 opment. 



LETTER POSTAGE TO CUBA 

 Attention is directed to the fact that 

 many ordinary letters are received at the 

 consulate general at Havana from cor- 

 respondents in the United States bearing 

 5-cent postage, the required postage being 

 now but 2 cents on each letter. 



VICE CONSUL, MATANZAS 

 Thomas McEnelly, who has been serv- 

 ing as' U. S. Vice Consul at the City of 

 ^lexico, has been transferred to Matan- 

 zas, Cuba. 



AUDITORIUM OF MUSIC 



Secretary of Puljlic Works Villalon has 

 presented to President Menocal a decree 

 calling for bids for the construction of an 

 auditorium of music to be constructed in 

 Havana. The new auditorium will cost 

 $100,000, which amount has been appro- 

 priated by Congress. 



CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY 

 AND NAVIGATION 

 The construction of a six-story building 

 of reinforced concrete has been commenced 

 in Havana by the Chamber of Commerce, 

 Industry and Navigation of Cuba. This 

 building is on Mercaderes Street, corner of 

 O'Reilly, on the site which for more than 

 300 years has been occupied by the old 

 convent of Santo Domingo. The cost of 

 the building is estimated at $1,.:>C0,000. 



