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THE CUBA REVIEW 



WAR WILL BRING PROSPEROUS TIMES TO CUBA 



pean war end in the near future it would take 

 a year to re-establish the l)eet-sugiv industry 

 there. 



The Cuban sugar crop is worth ordinarily 

 $120,000,000 a year or more, which is nearly 

 $50 a head for every inhabitant of the island. 

 Our tobacco crop is valued at $32,000,000 a 

 year. The citrus fruit groves are 3'oung, but 

 the yield of citrus fruits and vegetables has 

 now an annual money value of $10,000,000. 



Cuba has but 53 people to the square mile, 

 whereas she could easily support 1,000. The 

 present population is under 2,500,000, which 

 is being increased at the rate of about 75,000 a 

 year. A Governmental effort is being made 

 to interest homeseekers and investors in 

 Cuba, a cordial invitation being extended to 

 homeseekers from both the United States and 

 Europe, with the assurance to investors that 

 capital will receive the same degree of protec- 

 tion in Cuba that is given in any part of the 

 civilized world. Cuba is a homeseekers' 

 paradise, with investment opportunities un- 

 limited. — ■Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, 

 Md. 



TURNING TO THE UNITED STATES 



A Cleveland, Ohio firm has received an 

 order from Cuba for a large sugar evaporator. 

 This order was placed with a company in 

 Glasgow, Scotland, before the war broke out, 

 but the Glasgow concern was apparently un- 

 able to fill the order. The same company 

 also reports considerable inquiry for sugar- 

 making machinery from this country and 

 Cuba. European builders of sugar-making 

 machinery have been strong competitors with 

 American concerns for the Cuban business, 

 but it is apparent that this foreign competi- 

 tion has now been cut off. 



SPECIAL TRADE OPENINGS IN CUBA 



According to telegraphic advice following a 

 government request, the United States consul 

 at Santiago wires that there are special open- 

 ings for the following merchandise: 

 Automobile tires, JeUies, 



Bags, jute, Jams, 



Books, all kinds of ac- Lithograph work, 



count, Medicines, patent, 



Crockery, Milk, canned. 



Canned goods. Malt, 



Cement, white, for tiles Office supplies. 

 Crystal ware, Paper, all kinds, 



Confectionery, Post cards, fancy, 



Crackers & Cakes, Porcelain ware. 



Electrical goods. Rice, American, 



Envelopes, all kinds, Soaps, perfumed, 

 Glass, plate, Toilet articles. 



Groceries, fancy. Tiles, roofing, 



Hardware, Textiles and fabrics 



Hops, Toys, 



Hats, straw, Wines & liquors, 



The United States Consul at Havana wires 

 Washington as follows regarding trade open- 

 ings in Havana. He says the commodities 

 enumerated below will secure a ready sale and 

 lead to greatly increased trade. 



Manufacturers of cotton, linen and silk, 

 machinery, hardware, electrical supplies, 

 drugs and chemical products, cereals and 

 other foodstuffs. 



Cuba, he says also is looking for a larger 

 American market for her sugar tobacco leaf, 

 cigars, bee products and hides. 



PHILADELPHIA GETTING BUSY 



Cuba has entered the American market for 

 part of the $30,000,000 worth of commodities 

 which she has annually imported from Eng- 

 land, France and Germany. And, according 

 to a communication received from Havana 

 by the Foreign Trade Bureau, of the Phila- 

 delphia Commercial Museums, N. R. Garcia, 

 of Cuba, will establish trade relations with 

 Philadelphia manufacturers. 



It is Mr. Garcia's intention to interview 

 manufacturers who are willing to extend their 

 operations to Cuba. 



The firm is particularly interested in all 

 kinds of textiles and hardware. 



Of the amount that Cuba spent last year 

 in imports, more than $12,000,000 represented 

 cotton goods. Inquiries from merchants show 

 that there is a demand for hardware, general 

 merchandise, leather goods of every descrip- 

 tion, stationery, toys, jewelry, pharmaceuti- 

 cal products and provisions. 



Cuba purchased $15,000,000 worth of com- 

 modities from England and $7,000,000 each 

 from Germany and France in 1913. That 

 the demand for American products is general 

 is shown by inquiries on file at the Commer- 

 cial Museums. One from M. Galvez Cabal- 

 lero, a merchant doing business in Chaparra, 

 Oriente Province, requests the names and ad- 

 dresses of manufacturers of toys. Another 

 from another section of the island Republic, 

 wants to get in touch with manufacturers of 

 textiles and hardware. 



CUBA WANTS FINE GOODS 



In the opinion of Senor Antonio E. Peranza, 

 president of the City Council of Havana, who 

 is visiting in Philadelphia, American manu- 

 facturers and bankers do not rightly under- 

 stand their neighbors in the South. 



"They do not seem to know," he says, "that 

 the Southern people do not want the kind of 

 articles that are sold in the United States. 

 We rarely see the representatives of American 

 manufacturers. They simply send us com- 

 modities by the ton and invariably they are 

 things that we do not want." 



Senor Peranza said further, "Because 

 American manufacturers can sell a cei'tain 



