THE CUBA REVIEW 



CUBA'S COMMERCIAL MUSEUM 



A "Commercial Museum" is being estab- 

 lished in Cuba under the Bureau of Informa- 

 tion of the De])artment of State of that Re- 

 pubHc. This is learned from a circular from 

 the Secretary of State of the Republic of Cuba 



The circular reads as follows: 



Certain doubts having arised among pro- 

 ducers, manufacturers and business men in 

 some countries concerning the invitation ex- 

 tended in behalf of this Department through 

 our di])lomatic and consular representatives, 

 encouraging them to send their products and 

 manufactured articles to our Museum, the 

 Department of State is pleased to give the 

 following explanations: 



Products and articles of the soil and indus- 

 try of Cuba and products and articles of the 

 soil and industry of all foreign countries, ex- 

 cepting provisions, clothes, carriages, wagons 

 and other similar bulky articles requiring 

 much space, will be exhibited in the Museum. 



Each product and each article should be 

 accompanied by the following information: 



Catalogs. 



Name of producer, manufacturer or busi- 

 ness concern. 



Name of Commissioner or Commercial 

 Agent, if any. 



Postoffice and cable address of producer, 

 manufacturer or business concern. 



Address oi the commissioner or commercial 

 agent. 



Amount of freights. 



Amount of insurance. 



Current sale prices with and without pack- 

 ing. 



Price f . o. b. and f . o. b. s. b. 



Different forms of payment. 



Discount and bonus as the case may be. 



Kind of currency in which merchandise 

 should be paid. 



Weight units. 



Measures used, and further data, informa- 

 tion and details that may be added to com- 

 plete a minute and perfect information con- 

 cerning each sample of product or manufac- 

 tured article. 



As the Museum will be visited daily and at 

 hours to be determined by the business men 

 and producers of this country, no doubt can 

 exist that, in making their comparative 

 studies at and receiving their impressions from 

 such ample and complete source of informa- 

 tion importers will be afforded the means of 

 strengthening their business relations, and 

 thereby extending the scope of their business. 



Cuban diplomatic and consular officers 

 have been charged with sending to the Com- 

 mercial Museum: Directors of the principal 

 business centers; lists of trade mark and patent 

 agents; lists of the steamship lines in each con- 

 sular district; monthly quotations of prices 

 of products and manufactured articles ex- 

 ported to Cuba; port and warehouse duties; 

 statistics of monthly consumption and im- 

 portation in each consular district; alterations 

 in customs duties; and books and pamphlets 

 on commercial and industrial matters, as well 



as any details related to importation and ex 

 portation of the Republic of Cuba. 



Each nation shall be granted a separate 

 section in the Museum, and a division by 

 States or Province shall be made in such sec- 

 tion, devoting to each nation the necessary 

 space, bearing in mind the amount of products 

 sent to be exhibited in the Commercial 

 Museum. 



We would recommend that products and 

 manufactured articles of any kind be sent, 

 conveniently packed, direct to the Depart- 

 ment of State of the Republic of Cuba. 



The Department of State desires to express 

 its thanks to all persons or firms who may 

 send commercial products or manufactured 

 articles. 



CUBAN EXHIBITS AT FRISCO 



The Secretary of Agriculture has addressed 

 a note to the steamship and railroad com- 

 panies concerned, asking for an extension 

 of the period in which they have agreed to 

 transport exhibits to the exposition at San 

 Francisco. A large exhibit is now being 

 prepared for shipment and will be exhibited 

 in the Cuban pavillion. 



USE TWO CONSULAR INVOICES TO DEFRAUD 

 CUSTOM HOUSE 



The custom house authorities have been 

 informed of a fraud in a large shipment of 

 hats from Genoa, Italy, consigned to various 

 merchants of Havana. The department was 

 warned that a fraud was being committed, 

 as the consignment bore double consular 

 invoices, one bearing the true value of the 

 articles and the other a lower value, on 

 which the duty was to be paid. 



On an investigation being made it has 

 been found that this information was correct, 

 and it is probable that several criminal 

 actions will result. 



PETITION ASKING PARDON FOR 

 REPRESENTATIVE ARIAS 



A petition has been handed to the President, 

 signed by many members of Congress, asking 

 that a pardon be granted to ex-Representa- 

 tive Engenio Arias, who was convicted with 

 General Asbert. 



15.000 JAMAICANS FROM PANAMA 



The Immigration Department has received 

 information that in the near future a large 

 number of Jamaican negroes may be expected 

 from the Panama Canal Zone where they 

 have been working. 



It is belived that about 15,000 of them in- 

 tend to come to Cuba. It is not known what 

 will be the attitude of the immigration author- 

 ities in view of this invasion. Formerly any 

 able-bodied Jamaican was admitted who was 

 possessed of $30, but it is thought that some 

 modification of this rule may be made. 



