THE CUBA REVIEW 



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This stock on hand agrees, according to declarations of leaf dealers in Havana. 



Approximate Yield of the Tobacco Crop in Cuba in 1913 



Vuelta Semi Total 



Abajo Vuelta Partido Remedios Oriente Bales 



258,056 31,867 16,858 174,729 7,870 490,280 



Receipts by rail and water at Havana 



Receipts bj- carts 300 



Estimated still in the country to arri\e.. s.OOO 500 



Shipped from outports 



Consumption estimated in the provinces 



of Santa Clara and Oriente 



Total 266,956 32,667 



Less receipts up to April 4, belonging 



to the 1912 crop 5,821 574 



r0.053 



1,5(1(1 



70,353 



3,000 1,000 14,(J00 

 4,000 4,000 



12,000 9,000 21,000 



88,411 189,729 21,870 599,633 



(■56 



591 



8,094 



Crop of 1913 261,135 32,093 88,059 188,973 21,279 591,539 



Comparison of the Crops of the Last 9 Years, in 1,000-Bale Lots 

 1905 



Vuelta Abajo 265 



Semi Vuelta 25 



Partido 58 



Remedios 120 



Oriente 15 



483 



The Tobacco Industry 



DUTY DISCOUNT NOT ALLOWED 



Cuban cigars imported from England to 

 the United States are not entitled to the 20 

 per cent reduction on the regular duty as 

 provided by Article H of the Cuban reci- 

 procity treaty, and it was so decided by 

 the board of United States General Ap- 

 praisers on January 28th last. 



In overruling a protest by O. C. Hemp- 

 stead & Son, of Philadelphia, the board 

 upheld a collector's assessment at the rate 

 of $4.50 per pound and 25 per cent ad 

 valorem. 



The full decision of General Appraiser 

 Hay is as follows : 



"The protestants claim that the cigars in 

 question should have been assessed at 20 

 per cent less than the regular rate under 

 the provisions of Article II of the Cuban 

 treaty promulgated by the President De- 

 cember 27, 1903. This 20 per cent reduc- 

 tion was not allowed for the reason that 

 certain regulations made by the Secretary 

 of the Treasury which pertain to the 

 method of proof in case Cuban products 

 are brought in from some other country 

 have not been complied with, and it is con- 

 tended by the protestants that these regula- 

 tions are void because they are in contra- 

 vention of the treaty itself. Without pass- 

 ing upon that question we must overrule 

 the protest for the reason that the record 

 in no way shows that the cigars had not 

 mingled with the commerce of England 



before being imported to this country. 

 While the language of the treaty does not 

 expressly provide that to be entitled to 

 the 20 per cent reduction the merchandise 

 shall arrive m this country by direct ship- 

 ment, or even that it sho'uld be imported 

 from Cuba, we think the entire purpose of 

 the treaty would be defeated if Cuban 

 products that had been exported to other 

 countries, and had become a part of the 

 commerce of other countries, and were 

 then from those countries exported to this 

 country, should receive the benefit of that 

 treaty. 



"The treaty was intended to extend a 

 tariff privilege to the republic of Cuba, this 

 privilege to be extended upon considera- 

 tions expressly stated in the treaty. When 

 the citizens of that republic had ceased to 

 be interested in its products by having ex- 

 ported them to another country, the pur- 

 pose of the treaty would not be served by 

 allowing the 20 per cent reduction when 

 they were brought here from that other 

 country. While the authorities construing 

 the reciprocity agreements entered into 

 under section 3 of the tariff act of 1897, 

 lay emphasis upon the fact that in section 

 3, although not in many of the treaties 

 negotiated under its provisions, 'producing 

 and exporting to the United States' is the 

 language used : yet we think the principle 

 upon which these authorities are based 

 render them authorities in point in the case 

 at bar." 



