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THE CUBA REVIEW 



ALL AROUND CUBA 



A SENSIBLE CUBAN OFFICIAL 



President Menocal of Cuba is an advocate 

 of a single term, not in theory alone, but also 

 in practice, and therefore he gives early an- 

 nouncement that he will not be a candidate for 

 re-election. This stand in a country where the 

 acts and motives of ])arty leaders and men in 

 liigh office are always under suspicion, is 

 highly creditable to hini. 



For it would certainly be charged against 

 him, if he were to consent to stand for another 

 term, that he was building up a personal 

 machine and using the patronage of his office 

 to further his own ambitions. This would cer- 

 tainly l)e charged and there might be an ele- 

 ment of truth in it. The very fact that he has 

 been an excellent President and that his ad- 

 ministration has been of credit to himself and 

 ■of benefit to Cuba would be used to discredit 

 him. 



However, President Menocal has spiked the 

 guns of the opposition by taking himself out 

 ■of the running. And yet Cuba is not so over- 

 run with men of his standing and ability that 

 it will be easy to secure a satisfactory succes- 

 sor. The time for the Presidential election is 

 approaching, and the course of events will be 

 watched with interest by the United States. 

 — East St. Louis (111.) Journal. 



FIR FOR CUBA 



CUBAN RAILWAYS 



At length the railways serving the Island of 

 Cuba are beginning to enjoy some sort of de- 

 ferred prosperity. Bad weather was respon- 

 sible for damage both to the sugar and tobacco 

 crops, and also caused considerable delay in 

 getting these crops ready for shipment. Ap- 

 parently these drawbacks are being overcome, 

 even though the crop may not be so heavy as 

 it promised to be earlier in the season; while, 

 on the other hand, the trade of the Island 

 must benefit owing to the high prices ruling 

 for sugar. This week the United Railways 

 of the Havana has been able to secure a record 

 traffic of £53,165, the largest in the history 

 of the hne, while the Cuban Central, with an 

 increase of £2,350, has been able to turn its 

 aggregate takings into a modest increase of 

 £57. The United Railways' aggregate faUing 

 off has now been reduced to £47,066, and the 

 Western Railway of Havana's to £9,705. — 

 Morning Post, London. 



BRANCH BANK. IN CUBA 



It is reported that the Vice-President, Mr. 

 H. R. Eldridge, of the National City Bank, of 

 New York, will leave shortly for a trip to 

 Cuba. It is understood that the object of 

 Mr. Eldridge's visit is to look over the Cuban 

 field with reference to the establishment of a 

 Cuban branch of the National City Bank. 



A trial shipment of Douglas fir from British 

 Columbia to Cuba will be made shortly. 



GENERAL FARMING IN CUBA 



Roger W. Babson, a statistician of note, 

 who is writing a series of newspaper articles 

 on conditions in the West Indies, has this to 

 say in regard to Cuba: 



"The way to make money in this world is 

 to do what others are not doing. 



"Every farmer in Cuba is raising fruit and 

 other tropical products. Hence I should 

 raise general farm products, with a few pigs, 

 cattle and other animals. 



"For diversified farming is the most profit- 

 able in the long run, whether in Cuba or else- 

 where." 



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The above slab, placed by the Society, "The Explor- 

 ers of Matanzas," along the road to the Monserrate, 

 overlooking the beautiful Yumuri Valley, near Ma- 

 tanzas, marks the spot where seventy-six Cuban 

 patriots died for the freedom of Cuba during the War 

 of Independence. 



