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diaries who have been of financial assistance during the making of the crop, to be turned 
over in turn by them to the owners of the preparing plants who have financed the inter- 
mediary. 
We have mentioned that the total production of coffee of the Island can be estimated 
to be roughly 300,000 quintales, that is, 30,000,000 pounds. The average price received 
by the growers for the last five or six years has been about 19 cents per pound or $19.00 
per cwt., this price being rendered possible on account of the extremely heavy protective 
duty levied upon the product coming into Cuba from foreign countries. This duty 
amounts to $23.40 per 100 kilos or 10.64 cents per pound. In the case of coffee the pro- 
duct of the United States, this including Porto Rico, a 20 per cent. preference is given, 
the duty on such coffee being, therefore, $18.72 per 100 kilos or 8.51 cents per pound. Those 
familiar with the average price of Brazilian and Central American coffee c. 1. f£. New York 
will thus realize that the duty alone on coffee entering Cuba is almost equal to the c. i. f. 
cost price of coffee delivered in New York. The placing of this heavy duty dates from 
Spanish times, and it was levied with the intention of inducing Cuba’s coffee planters to 
increase the acreage devoted to this product to such an extent as at least to provide a 
quantity sufficient to meet home consumption. The scheme has failed in this, however. 
as is shown by the table of importations given below, in which for the period covered 
263,388,611 pounds have been imported yearly, valued at $39,454,887.00. 
Fiscal Year, 1908-1909 Fiscal Year, 1909-1910 
Quantity Value Quantity Value 
United States................... 6,641,937 lbs. $584,340 1,585,643 Ibs. $160,148 
Dutch West Indies.............. 3,049 2Al = Satten wince | 
French West Indies............. 42 14 2 — 6 ees Gan 
ST 3,737,654 307,827 3,309,296 298,017 
Bema temmals,. oo... ooo. d joie ie /oselel neg ele ae eee 4,290 504 
BABING oo cs c's aos ue eee 382 40 2 ata iae See 
eee 85,534 6,880 169,196 11,200 
MS Rico............ ee 12,543,117 1,577,388 18,448,367 2,184,316 
Santo Domingo....:.-.....+<eeee 61,763 5,038 ke kee.) ||lU 
RETUIRUBY . 20... 5 oe ce se en ee cde) | ene 13,219 Laval 
ESBTICL A: « . «<a o,¢.bmalen ee 1,674,018 166,509 1,665,965 133,684 
MEERTIANIY. . 50's: s.'s tous ee ee 19 (GP 
rere 9 1 31 2 
RIP CG soo a aise ie dice ie ore 1,618 329 167 25 
United Kingdom................ 240 51 1,270 202 
RT 24,749,381 lbs. $2,648,665 25,197,444 lbs. $2,789,279 
Fiscal Year, 1910-1911 Fiscal Year, 1911-1912 
ae Quantity Value Quantity Value 
FESR NON oss 2 Sain! ose a atin a 1,052,663 lbs. § 
PRRGCRV Weak SUGGS soci sc as sek enauade = bie ‘ fies ee . sae ak : i 
Breneli West Indies... 2...600050. Saccates> (ekdWixzce . --  oanenene ae 
ak Geee oe es ce 504,179 65,732 42,636 5,819 
iene Rec nes ee ae 4” ee es 20,798 1,813 
Maeda ee ek ss 3,204 384 719 "127 
EER ea isis wa xy. Sn 18,965,142 2,598,490 20,670,121 3,524,944 
Santo Domingo............-..... 17,171 1,470 ce ee 
Wenemaels -.. Tater os ae 844,261 105,784 645,050 79,360 
Gennany...... Maes 4,947 751 
eben os RE ad Ve 16,326 "1980 
RAN osc - Sin PE os 196 pea "42 
med Matipnom, . oo... Ase. 22 6 29 6 
British West Indies............. 216 24. 233 .ece ee 
AES Elst ee ene 2,017 209 eee .. 
OS ik wesc eas = xiey sos 21,094,018 Ibe. $2,917,410 23,994,416 lbs. $4,049,317 
