THE CUBA REVIEW 23 
CUBAN COMMERCIAL 
to-date. Havana should be an especially 
good market, for this municipality is pro- 
viding electric lights on all streets. Fine 
hundred watt gas-filled incandescent 
lamps have been substituted for the are 
lamps previously used in some streets. 
The are lamps are mounted in the hoods 
from which other mechanism has been 
‘removed, instead of purchases of new 
fixtures being made for this purpose. 
Bracket arms are used to suspend the 
lamps to distribute the light as evenly as 
possible. 
Sign lighting is scarcely known in Cuba 
outside of Havana and Santiago, but such 
of this equipment as is used is imported 
from the United States. The market is 
comparatively small therefore, but fairly 
constant and should afford reasonable 
development. 
FPlectric fans are much used in season. 
In stores and restaurants the ceiling fan 
is most used, and because of the high 
ceilings an extra length pipe must be fur- 
nished. Any but the plain type of pipes 
must be imported. Wall or desk fans of 
12 and 16 inch sizes are most common, but 
the market for 6 inch sizes is growing. 
American fans are popular, and the de- 
mand, especially for those not finished in 
the ordinary black enamel, is increasing. 
CUBAN MARKET FOR SOUTHERN PITCH 
PINE AND HARDWOOD 
Consul Frank Bohr, Cienfuegos, writes 
as follows regarding the Cuban market 
for Southern pitch pine and hardwood: 
There has been for some years a con- 
siderable market for pitch pine in Cien- 
fuegos which at present seems to be even 
increasing. The supply has been imported 
mostly by schooners from different ports 
of the Gulf of Mexico, but recently ship- 
ments have also been received from Jack- 
sonville, Fla. In the past, lumber was 
also received from different Canadian 
ports. In addition to pitch pine, limited 
MATTERS 
quantities of cypress lumber are also used 
in this district. The following table gives 
the quantity and value vf imports of plain 
undressed lumber during recent years at 
the port of Cienfuegos. In addition to 
this, considerable lumber is also imported 
through Caibarien and Sagua la Grande, 
which ports are also in this consular 
district : 
Thousand 
Year Feet Value 
1912-13 (fiscal year)..... 2,039 $29,104 
ODS Sesh (aes ane es SOR eieeaab 9,791 253,465 
OT ON Ae Se Pees Bor a Taare Shia 8,100 220,534 
1920 (first six months)... 5,602 200,134 
There is practically no market here for 
American hardwood, the limited demand 
of the local furniture makers being amply 
supplied by native hardwood varieties. 
No regulations which limit the use of 
pitch-pine lumber are known to this con- 
sulate. The recent increased importa- 
tions are understood to be in anticipation 
of the program for the construction of 
new office and residence buildings in this 
and other cities in this district. This 
program is believed to have been delayed 
because of the uncertainty of the labor 
situation and of the high prices of build- 
ing materials—rough lumber selling at 
about $100 a thousand, cement at $10 a 
barrel, and bricks at $50 a thousand.’ 
COTTON PIECE GOODS 
The following table shows the October 
shipments to Cuba of British cotton piece 
goods: 
1918 
2,553,400 yards 
1919 
2,662,000 yards 
EXPORTS OF PEANUTS TO CUBA 
Export of peanuts from the United 
States to Cuba during the calendar year 
1919 amounted to 747,593 pounds valued 
at $107,589. 
