24 THE CUBA REVIEW 



of riiili-i'iitl \vi>rc <■ plflcd Iroiii CiiiiiiiiiMyM^iuii !<• tlif spur of the Carloln iiiiiio, 8 



kiloiiu'tt'is froin ("niiiiMo to llif Hay of t'k'iiltu'^ios, ami 4 kilomctt'rs on tlic ("I'licos 

 hrancli. lloweviT, iioiu' of tlu'sc l»raiiclit's is as vfl in npcral imi. Passciiircr t raffle 

 ((•iitiiiiit's to incrcast' and 1(> cars have liccii added tn llu' ((Hiipany's sci-vicc duriiif; 

 tlu' year I'.HS. 



Al tilt- Carlota mine. Ilic propei-ty id' llic Kaxisoii Snlplinr iV: I'hospliatf Co., il is 

 claiiiiiMl thai -."lO tons ol' sulplnn- oi-c arc licin^' minod ihiily. Transporl facilities, how- 

 ever, are mil c pleled, tiiou>;h woi-k is heinir pushed on a tcnniiial coiuluctor ex- 

 tending' into the Hay of ("ieiifiie^'os hy which the ore is to he loaded on vessels. The 

 interveninj; rail facilities are idmiit completed. 



The Ciihan CViitral Railroad (Ltd.) is now rendiMinji an hourly passenger service 

 (o I'almira and Cnice.s. Progress has been made in the const nietion of the Cienfuegos, 

 Taliidra, and Cruees lOleetric Railway & I'ower Co. While this progress has been 

 slow, the various branches are Hearing complel ion. The lack of suitahU; terminal 

 facilities will preveiU the road from taking iiart in the l'.»IS-l'.t sugar trallic. 



STRKI<7r PAVING IN CIEXFl'ECJOS. 



The results in I he jiaving of the Cienfuegos streets have not l)een so satisfactory 

 as in r.MT, a smaller percentage of work having been accomplished in 1918. There 

 still remains a very considerable portion of the streets to he jLived. notwithstanding 

 the fact that the contract will shortly terminate. An extensinn will in ail i>rohahility 

 he reipiested. The work is considered of such importance as to m<'iit iiatieiice, con- 

 sidering especially the high cost of material, which has jiroliahly prevented a more 

 siieed.v complet ion. 



KXTIO.VSIOX OF AMERICAN TRAD 10 



Selling in this consular district is carried on largely thi-ough s:iles agents, who 

 usually carry a line id' samjdes. Most staple products are imi>oi-ted direct by the 

 jtrinciiial importeis. ami distributed to small dealei's for the rel;iii trade. Great 

 care should be taken in the .selection of agents. Practically all food products, as 

 well as manufactured articles of all kinds, are imported. Farming in this section 

 is linuted almost entirely to the raising of sugar cane and tobacco, while maiuifactur- 

 ing is linuted to the production of sugar. These conditions make il necessary for 

 tlu' inhabitants to depend on foreign products, and there is a tendency to extrava- 

 gance, owing to the prices obtained for exports anil the high \Vages of the working 

 classes. 



This district should afford a permanent market for American goods. There 

 is a good demand for textiles of all grades, novelties, shoes, jewelry, chinaware, 

 toys, house and offlce furnishings, musical instruments, automobiles, trucks and 

 tractors, electrical sui)plies, sanitary plumbing, sewing machines, cash registers, 

 typewriters, calculating machines, photographic apparatus and .supplies, stationery, 

 canned and iireserved foodstuffs, drugs, chemicals, toilet articles, traveling bags, haber- 

 dash(>ry, hosiery, underwear (light weight), cooking utensils, sheet and bar steel, 

 sporting goods, jiaints and oils, hardware, and many other articles. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 



Total values of merchandise imi)ort«l from and exported to Cuba during May 

 and the eleven months ended May, 11)2<», compared with corresponding periods of the 

 preceding year, have been made puldic by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce, Department of Commerce, as follows : 



:i/0H/7( of Md)/ Eleven Monthft Ended May 

 1920 P.I19 1020 1919 



Imports from Cuba .$72,071,010 .$.")2,800,:!.-t4 !i;")19.(5<)0,8:« .$2!>9.UO,755 



Exports to Cuba 50,170,509 21,11.5,0(jl .%?.,087,SSO 2U9,!X)5,094 



