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THE CUBA REVIEW 



THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY 



HAVANA'S CIGAR EXPORTS 



Cigar exports from Havana since January 

 1st compare as follows: 



Jan, I to Nov. 15, 1913 155,370,991 



Jan. 1 to Nov. 15, 1914 109,848,544 



WAR PERIOD TOBACCO EXPORTS 



The exportation of tobacco and its man- 

 ufactm-es from January 1st to November 15th, 

 1914, ^\dth comparisons with the exports for 

 the same period of 1913, make interesting 

 reading at this time, as the figures cover four 

 months of the European war, when the in- 

 dustry. 



1913 1914 



Leaf Tobacco (bales) 283,260 271,268 



Cigars 155,370,991 109,948,544 



Cigarettes (packs) . . 16,640,668 13,377,237 

 Cut Tobacco (kilos). 247,328 175,917 



1914 shows a loss of 11.992 bales of leaf 

 tobacco, 45,522,447 cigars, 3,263.43 cigarettes, 

 and 71,411 kilos of picadura. 



VALUE OF LEAF EXPORTS 



The value of the leaf tobacco exported from 

 Havana during eleven months of 1914 is offici- 

 ally given as follows: 



Bales 



January 29,135 



February 25,705 



March 28,087 



AprH 52,502 



May 21,662 



June 14,992 



July 23,793 



August 25,171 



September 18,810 



October 24,577 



November 21,753 



Value Value 



Per Bale 

 ,577,317 .$54.14 



1,649,049 

 1,772,883 

 2,. 568,232 

 1,349,802 

 777,685 

 1,180,807 

 1,234,,373 

 1,-322,644 

 1,073,931 

 1,045,132 



64.15 

 63.12 

 48.91 

 62.31 

 51.94 

 49.62 

 49.63 

 70.31 

 43.69 

 48.04 



CUBA'S TOBACCO CROP DAMAGED 

 BY RAIN 



Havana, December 31st, 1914. — It is 

 reported from Pinar del Rio Province that 

 the recent heavy rain storm did enormous 

 damage to the tobacco crop. It was thought 

 that the tobacco and fruit crops were totally 

 destroyed, and it may be necessary for the 

 Cuban Government to give relief to the 

 destitute farmers and laborers. 



ORGANIZATION OF CUBAN WORKERS PLAN 

 A. F. OF L. 



At Washington, D. C, the Executive Coun- 

 cil of the American Federation of Labor, is 

 considering plans for assisting the wage earn- 

 ers of Cul)a to organize and affiliate with the 

 Federation. 



MINIATURE^TOBACCO FACTORY 



A petition has been presented to the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture signed by many tobacco 

 factories, representing altogether 3,760 work- 

 men, asking that a model Cuban tobacco 

 factory should be installed as part of Cuba's 

 exhibit at the San Francisco exposition. It 

 is thought certain that the request will be 

 granted. 



EXPORTS OF CIGARS FROM HAVANA 



Cigars 



United States 1,397,695 



Great Britain 1,096,025 



Australia 187,750 



Canada 64,600 



Spain 41,425 



Bolivia 38,000 



Chile 22,000 



Dutch West Indies 17,0.50 



Spanish Africa 16,500 



Panama 7,900 



Egypt 7,200 



British East Indies 7,000 



Brazil 6,500 



Costa Rica 3,200 



Sweden 2,000 



Italy 1,500 



LTnited States of Colombia 1,500 



French West Indies 1,400 



British West Indies 1,390 



France 500 



Santo Domingo 500 



Venezuela 400 



Total from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15, 1914 2,922,035 

 Total from Dec. 1 to Dec. 15, 1913 8,696,360 



Dec, dur. the 1st half of Dec, 1914 5,774,325 



Total from .Ian. 1 to Dec. 15, 1913.173,666,137 

 Total from Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 1914.118,667,234 



Dec. during 11 J 2 months of 1914. . 54,998,903 



Decrease by countries during the first half 

 of December, 1914, as compared with 1913: 



Cigars 



Great Britain 2,179,285 



United States 1,8.31,810 



Germany 584,347 



Canada 435,050 



Spain 278,775 



Australia 131,06a 



Chile 123,028 



Argentine RepubUc 118,200 



Italy 57,.50(> 



Belgium 32,670 



Mexico 24,000 



Total 5,795.725 



