26 THECBUAREVIEW 



UNITED STATES CAN SUPPLY ALL THESE GOODS 



CUBA'S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS 



The United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has comjiilcd expressly 

 for The Iron Age, of New York, statistics of our exports to Cuba of iron and steel products 

 in the fiscal year just ended as compared with 1913 and 1912. These figures show very- 

 substantial totals which, however, are now likely to be materially increased owing 

 to the inability of German and English producers to supply their former quota. 



The United States now furnishes about three-fourths of Cuba's consumjrtion of iron and 

 steel products and, according to the trade experts of the Department of Commerce, there 

 is no reason why we should not supply practically all of these goods used in the 

 island, esi^ecially in view of the tariff concessions which American products enjoy under the 

 reciprocity treaty. The following table shows the total exports of iron and steel and manu- 

 factures thereof from the United States to Cuba in the three fiscal years, 1912, 1913 and 1914: 



Exports of Iron and Steel and Manufactures of 



1912 1913 1914 



Builders' hardware $136,947 $173,347 $238,614 



Car wheels 60,164 40,735 66,883 



Castings 53,288 64,021 44,529 



Cutlery 52,095 56,105 55,933 



Locomotives 280,786 424,863 678,615 



Stationary engines 129,687 135,559 76,428 



All other engines 431,101 579,818 682,833 



Printing presses 129,969 39,222 204,002 



Pumps 415,076 359,452 291,350 



Sewing machines 382,920 398,692 360,976 



Typewriting machines 111,984 104,635 94,407 



Ail other machinery 2,317,437 2,766,895 2,526,116 



Cut nails 44,216 31,589 24,983 



AU other nails and tacks 202,527 222,082 189,765 



Pipes and fittings 1,016,423 1,021,391 909,434 



Rails 1,094,364 949,870 908,280 



Scales and balances 86,138 117,396 99,799 



Sheets and plates 419,748 396,756 163,002 



Structural shapes 548,566 723,794 531,854 



Tools n e s 386,990 330,373 301,968 



Wire 509,991 427,551 421,142 



AU other iron and steel 2,540,000 2,783,351 2,710,621 



Totals $11,350,817 $12,173,397 $11,386,534 



It is probable that, notwithstanding the bright outlook for higher sugar prices in Cuba, 

 due to the war in Europe, the total volume of Cuba's import trade for the fiscal year will 

 fall below that of 1914, while that portion contributed by the United States will show a material 

 increase. If, however, sugar prices are as high the coming year as present conditions seem 

 to indicate, our consular representatives in Cuba predict that there will be a very heavy 

 demand for machinery, agricultural implements and miscellaneous manufactures 

 of iron and steel, which will be supplied from the United States if our exporters 

 are reasonably diligent in looking after this trade. Attention is called to the fact 

 that transportation facilities are still very good, notwithstanding the withdrawal of steamers 

 of two lines which touched at ports in eastern Cuba, and there should be little difficulty 

 in the matter of securing shipping. There are no banking and exchange embargoes or mora- 

 torium obstacles to trade in Cuba. W. L. C. 



BUYS CUBAN IRON ORE by the Spanish- American Iron Company in 



_,,,.., J- 1 1 1 r 1 I 1 October were larger than in any recent month. 



The tirst cargo of a block of low phosphorus ^^^ ^^ ^^e increased number of boats offering 



iron ore from El Cuero, Cuba, has been de- ^^^, ^^ ^^^ totaUed about 50,000 tons. 



hvered to a Chester Pa., fiu-nace, which ^^^^^^^ Transcript. 



recently undertook the manufacture oi low 



phosphorus pig iron. The block involved 



30,000 tons for shipment over a period of 



months. The same interest is said to have In the future the immigration officials of 



contracted for a block of Cuban Bessemer Cuba must reject all immigrants who try to 



ore, of about the same tonnage. enter Cuba and who have been rejected by 



Cuban ore shipments to the United States other countries. 



