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made liy tlif stcaiiisliip "Orizaba" of (>(» hours l)et\veiMi tliis port and New York 

 to tX) hours. Tho '•Siltmiey," a sister ship of the "Oriznlta," will 1)8 put in the 

 New Yortc-IIavaua run tliis Fall and this tiiiic the 60 hours will he the rejj:ular 

 schedule of these vessels. 



LABOR UXREST: Tlie terms of settU'iiient of the recent harltor strike in 

 Havana have not as yet been put into effect by President ]\Ienocal and the IIarl)or 

 Unions are tlireatenin^' another strike. A meeting has lieen called for Saturday of 

 this week, the L'4th. The workers declare that had they tlumght that the agree- 

 ment was to he subjected to further study they would not liave returned to work 

 as soon as they did and that if this matter is not disposed of between now and the 

 date .set for tlie meetini: they will consider tlie advisability of renewing the strike. 



GREATER PRODIX^TIOX COXVEXTIOX: Mucli interest is being evinced by 

 members of the Anieiican Chamber of Commerce of Cuba in the great annual 

 gathering of business men to be held at Atlantic City the last of this month l)y 

 the Cliamber of Conunerce of the United States for the discussion of ways for in- 

 creasing the production in the Uiuted States, and a number of repre-sentatives from 

 Cul>a will figure there in attendance when the Convention meets. Colonel Walter 

 F. Martin of Havana will he Ciiairman of the Connnittee of Havana representatives 

 which will attend this Convention. 



ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL: No figures have l)een made public, that we know of, 

 as to the amount of money which has been collected b.v the Committee in Cuba for 

 this fund but the personnel of tlie Committee, containing as it does the names of 

 some of the most prondnent business men on the Island, assures its success and the 

 certainty that a large amount of money will not be hard to j-aise for an appro- 

 priate lasting memorial to Roosevelt, the great friend of Cuba. 



CUBAX SUGAR PRODUCTIOX: The recent unprecedented rise in the price 

 of sugar has caused consideralde comment throughout the Island and statistics 

 gathered would indicate that the drought experienced last year at the time when 

 rains were so urgently needed for the cane to fully mature has caused a complete 

 revision of figures on the production of the Island. Many Centrals have ceased 

 grinding earlier this year than last — tliere being only ITS Centrals grinding now 

 as against 195 a year ago — and the production forecast by persons well informed will 

 be more than 500.0<i0 tuns less than was predicted. Exports of sugars have been 

 greater, thus far, this year than last on account of the high pi-ices maintaining and 

 the production to date has i)een 177,500 tons greater than at this time last year 

 but prospects for continuing grinding until July and August, as was the case last 

 year, are very remote and the crop, as stated above, will lu' ukuc than .~00,0<h» tons 

 short. 



MUNICIPAL LOAN FOR WATERWORKS With the city floating the loan, which 



IMPROVEMENT is to l)e for $5,000,000, backed by the 



According to the Havana Post, a muni- government's guarantee, it is now hoped 



cipal loan, to l)e guaranteed by the nation- that the great enterprise \\ill be under- 



al government, is planned to finance the taken, 

 enlargement of the Vento water works. 



The project of such an improvement has 



been more than once considered but was CUBAN EN\OY TO TRADE CONGRESS 



The Cuban Chamiter of Cunnnerce will 



never acted upon l)ecause, according to 

 the Secretary of the Treasurv, the Govern- 

 ment could not at any time dispose of ^^^ represented at tl,e International 

 more than a small part of the sum need- Foreign Trade Congress to lie held in San 

 fill- Francisco in May. 



