12 THECUBAREVIEW 



FOUR YEARS OF TRADE WITH CUBA 



U. S. EXPORTS SHOW MARKED DECREASE 



United States Imports from Cuba 



1911 1912 1913 1914 



Value. Value. Value. Value. 



Cattle, hides and skins $379,636 .$627,544 $425,-336 $1,526,788 



Copper ore 620,522 729,525 741,917 2,123,174 



Sugar— cane 76,226,966 106,414,904 93,850,298 115,517,900 



Tobacco— leaf 91,593 186,305 207,826 196,419 



Tobacco— aU other 15,818,867 15,767,120 14,523,310 14,504,856 



Total imports for each year $106,098,026 $137,890,004 $125,093,740 $146,844,576 



United States Exports to Cuba 



1911 1912 1913 1914 



Value. Value. Value. Value. 



Agricultural implements, and parts of. $254,411 $272,795 $247,105 $222,867 



Books, maps, etc 259,888 306,505 241,381 246,6l3 



Boards, joists, etc 2,288,005 2,037,048 2,939,581 1,686,786 



Boots and shoes 3,297,704 3,483,566 3,857,378 3,585,082 



Bacon 556,588 673,949 1,136,067 l,781,2l2 



Corn 1,402,792 1,815,979 1,660,500 l,868,3l4 



Cars— passenger and freight 1,603,821 1,245,521 2,420,049 1,289,430 



Cotton cloth 1,657,757 1,867,837 1,661,357 1,860,626 



Coal— bituminous 2,776,619 3,061,934 3,473,626 3,011,776 



Furniture 752,867 857,728 908,228 651,836 



Hams and shoulders— cured 638,311 766,698 994,985 963,5l4 



Iron and steel pipes and fittings 1,237,047 902,940 1,059,062 813,60l 



Iron and steel sheets and plates 712,455 456,636 



Iron and steel, structural 802,685 619,889 735,910 517,103 



Leather— glazed kid 47,878 53,252 70,140 59,544 



Lard 3,974,656 3,478,059 5,573,753 5,182,098 



Lard compounds and substitutes 1,542,264 2,398,597 1,490,911 l,348,7l5 



Locomotives— steam 291,918 266,302 734,122 437,680 



Oil— cottonseed 182,008 255,637 340,478 470,5l8 



Oil— crude 374,298 237,008 343,672 482,504 



Oil— illuminating 54,439 101,923 155,191 17,893 



Oil— lubricating and heavy 395,454 548,289 567,915 500,043 



Pork— pickled 806,512 820,447 883,968 329,601 



Printing paper 129,265 209,177 216,272 268,700 



Sewing machines 338,017 373,340 440,614 277,786 



Typewriter machines 101,721 111,601 107,406 92,027 



Tin plates, terneplates, etc 119,681 162,619 204,.596 126,901 



Wheat flour 3,981,049 4,330,747 4,094,182 4,326,135 



Wagons 37,611 41,481 



Wire 560,931 415,117 470,822 395,272 



lotal exports for each year $62,280,509 $65,228,061 $73,238,834 $67,881,768 



United States Trade with Cuba 



In spite of the fact that the United States bought nearly twenty-two millions more from 

 Cuba in 1914 than in 1913, the United States exports to Cuba show a decrease of over five 

 million dollars. Nearly every commodity as shown in the above table, shows a decrease. 

 Floiu- need not be considered as affecting the general results, but items which the United 

 States could advantageously supply, demonstrate that Cuba's trade has not been properly 

 sought after by American manufacturers. Cotton cloth is an exception. It indicates an 

 advance on the part of the United States and it may be safely assumed that the large demand 

 in Cuba for the various weaves of cotton cloth has received more attention. Since the Euro- 

 pean conflict has disturbed the trade of Cuba with England, Germany and France, it is 

 essential that the manufacturers of the United States devote more time and study in regard 

 to the opportunities for the development of trade in Cuba. Spain, for instance, has an 

 excellent trade with Cuba, and in some lines it is not possible for the United States to compete, 

 as such articles as wines, Spanish onions, olive oil, sardines, lace, etc., can be supplied by 

 Spain_^ without considering the^ competition of the United States. But on other articles, 



