THE, CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 

 An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, 82-92 Beaver Street, New York 



MUNSON STEAMSHIP LINE, Editors and Publishers 



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Vol. XII DECEMBER, 1913 No. 1 



Contents of This Number 



The Cover Page shows a picturesque part of Pinar del Rio Province. 



Agricultural Matters: 



Ripening Bananas by Electricity '. 30 



Automobile Ambulances for Havana 17 



P-aseball in Cuba 21 



Citrus Fruit Groves in Cuba 18 



Commercial Matters: 



Boot and Shoe Trade Figures 26 



Customs Receipts — Havana - _ 27 



Customs Receipts — Matanzas 27 



Customs Receipts — Santiago _ 26 



Fruit Prices in New York 26 



I'inancial News: 



Cuban Telephone Company Earnings -- _ 28 



Cuban Securities Prices 28 



Santiago Electric Light Company Earnings 28 



( 'lovernmcnt Matters : 



Amnesty P.ill Passed 9 



Maine Monument Plans 8 



National Budget Requirements ...- 8 



President's Action on New Loan 7 



Government Activities: 



Anti-Clerical Bill 10 



Agricultural Fair Projected hi 



New Bridge ]() 



Public Works 1 m 



General Comment on Cuban Matters 14, 15, Ij 



Lumber Imports of Cuba ..:..! 2/ 



Mortality of Matanzas Province 21 



New Service Between Jamaica and Cuba 24 



New Enterprises for Cuba: 



American-Cuban Shippers Organize i ,i 



Brick and Tile Plant 12 



Electric Plant Established . 1 ) 



Havana Harbor Bridge : IS 



Louisiana Factory for Cuba 13 



Opening for Nose and Throat Specialist , 12 



Plant for Manufacturing Paper . . 12 



Santa Clara's New Sugar Mill 24 



Religious Work in Cuba .. 19 



Railroad News: 



Cuban Central Absorbed by United Railway 2' 



Cuban Central Earnings 2.' 



Cuba Railroad's Progress 2 ' 



Cuba Railroad — Earnings of 



(iuantanamo & Western Railroad Notes j I 



Havana Electric Railway — Earnings of 



United Railways — Earnings of J2 



.Sliip])crs Want Duties Removed I ; 



Substitute for Cement 21 



Sugar Industry ,^2. 34 



.Sugar Crop Estimates 3-!, 3/ 



Sugar Review — Willett & Gray — English 3', 



Sugar Review — Willett & Gray — Spanisli 36, 3/ 



Tobacco Industry Matters 2'J 



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