THE CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 

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VoL XII 



OCTOBER, 1914 

 Contents of This Number 



No. 



The cover page illustration shows the monument erected to the memory of the United .States 



troops who fell in storming the old fort at El Caney, Oriente Province. 



Commercial Matters: 



Cuban Merchants Want Credit 21 



Exports to Quebec 21 



Pineapple Exports 21 



Peru's Trade with Cuba 22^ 



Cuban Sugar in Japan 29 



Cuban Securities Prices 28 



European War will Benefit Cuba. 



Opinions from prominent men in Cuba and the U. S. predict prosperous times ahead 9, 10, 1 1 



Government Activities: 



Government Reduces Expenses 8 



President Remits Heavy Fine 8 



Spain's Trade with Cuba 8 



Spanish Subjects not well Treated 8 



United States Objects to Amnesty Bill 7 



Havana will have Winter Sports 13 



Lumber Trade of the Republic: 



Mahogany .Scarcity Coming 22 



Yellow Pine Exports 22 



Marriage and Baptismal Fees in the Republic 14, 15 



No Inspection of Baggage at Havana l.S 



Plague Discovered in Santiago 13 



Railroad Matters: 



Cuba Railroad Earnings 1(5 



Cuban Central Railway Earnings 10 



Cuba Railroad. Analysis by the London Statist 17, 18, 20 



Car Ferry Pier at Key West 20 



Havana Electric Railway Ear.iings 16 



Railroad Buildings Burned 10 



Rates Changed to Isle of Pines 16 



Santiago Traction Company Earnings 40 



United Railways Earnings 16 



Western Railway Earnings 16 



Reports of .Sugar Factories: 



Nipe Bay Company 24 



Santa Cecilia Company 26 



Sugar Industry Facts and Figures: 



England's Purchases of Sugar , 23 



Factory Changes Owners 27 



New Factory in Santa Clara Province (With Map) 27, 28 



Review of Sugar Market of Willett & Gray (English) 31, 32 



Review of Sugar Market of Willett & Gray (Spanish) 32, 34 



Sugar Tax Objections 7 



.Scarcity of Sugar Bags 23 



Three Months' Sugar Prices (Chart) 30 



Tobacco Industry: 



Market for Dark Cigars Wanted 37 



Tobacco Situation in Havana 37 



