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that the prices in restaurants catering to the laboring classes be reduced. Good results 
from these recommendations are already discernible in many places and it is hoped that 
the prohibitive prices being charged will assume a downward trend in the immediate 
future. 
GENERAL GorrHALs May Supervise Roap Burtpinc Here: At an honorary 
luncheon tendered Major General Goethals at the Midday Club, he expressed his will- 
ingness to come to Cuba and direct the construction of the proposed national highways 
which the new administration will construct. General Goethals, from his experience in 
road-building in Panama, recommends the use of a concrete roadway as best adapted 
for the Island, considering the nature of the soil and the economy of upkeep of such a 
roadbed. During his stay in Cuba a conference was held with President Zayas, in ad- 
dition to interviews on the subject with many distinguished public citizens and officials, 
but no definite decision has as yet been reached. 
Hore Piaza CHANGES MANAGEMENT: Announcement of a change in management 
of the Hotel Plaza, one of the leading hotels in the city of Havana, has just been made, 
and it is reported that the yearly rental is $120,000. The new managers, F. Mestre 
& Co., are well known to residents and tourists, having managed the Hotel Florida 
restaurant for several years. 
The Plaza has always been a very popular rendezvous for 
Americans and under the new management undoubtedly will continue so. 
Mail Order Shipment of Tobacco 
Products 
A bill to permit Cuba to ship cigars, 
cigarettes and cheroots into the United 
States in quantities of less than 3,000, the 
minimum shipment under existing law, 
has been introduced in Washington by 
Chairman Fordney, of the House, Ways 
and Means Committee. 
The measure was offered at the request 
of the Treasury Department and _ its 
passage would permit development of 
mail order shipments to this country of 
Cuban tobacco products. 
Shipments of Vegetables and Grape- 
fruit from the Isle of Pines 
The season for shipping vegetables 
from the Isle of Pines to the United 
States lasts from about January 1st to 
May 31st. In 1920 early shipments were 
much interfered with by transportation 
difficulties in Havana. These difficulties 
were later removed and the season’ on 
the whole proved successful. 
The outlook for a good season this year 
is highly promising. During the months 
of January and February, 1921, vege- 
tables shipped to the United States 
reached a total of 4,784 crates, valued at 
$6,440. During the corresponding months 
of 1920, vegetable shipments aggregated 
3,732 crates, valued at $4,962. 
The late crop of grapefruit is also being 
shipped to the United States in large 
quantities. The shipping season lasts 
from the middle of January to the end of 
April. In January and February, 1921, 
there were 15,144 crates of grapefruit 
shipped to the United States, with an 
invoice value of $54,286, as compared with 
8,966 crates, valued at $30,725, for the 
corresponding months of 1920.—Consul 
Charles Forman, Nueva Gerona. 
New Cable to Cuba 
Direct cable communication between 
New York and Santiago, Cuba, was in- 
augurated June 13th by All America 
Cables, Inc., with the opening of its ° 
office in the latter city. The company 
reaches Santiago through an extension 
of its existing line to Fisherman’s Point, 
Guantanamo. The new cable puts All 
America Cables system in closer touch 
with the eastern end of Cuba, and also 
with points in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, St. 
Thomas, St. Croix, Guadeloupe and the 
British West Indies. 
Toilet Preparations from United States 
Exports of perfumeries, cosmetics and 
all toilet preparations from the United 
States to Cuba during the year 1920 were 
valued at $975,320. 
