THE CUBA REVIEW. 



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Scene at the Pier at Baracoa. 



England Has Fifty Per Cent. 



W. A. Graham Clark, Special Agent 

 of the United States Department of 

 Commerce and Labor, made an investi- 

 gation into the cotton goods trade with 

 Cuba, and fovmd that out of annual im- 

 ports by Cuba of nearly loi million dol- 

 lars' worth in 1907-8 the United States' 

 share was $1,245,822, while the United 

 Kingdom got approximately 50 per cent. 

 Ultimately, Mr. Clark thinks, this trade 

 will be controlled by the United States, 

 but a larger proportion can be obtained 

 now by the exporters making a closer 

 study of the reciprocity rates, customs, 

 rules, importers' requirements, packing, 

 etc.* It may not be generally known, 

 but in the fiscal year of 1907-8 Cuba 

 bought more cotton cloth from the 

 United States than did any other coun- 

 try except China. But trade with the 

 latter country is dwindling and in the 

 past year was almost negligible. In or- 

 der of value, Cuba's imports of cotton 

 are cloth, knit goods, lace, ready-made 

 clothing and thread. 



The Cuban army wears khaki drills, all 

 supplied by a New York house. The po- 

 lice and mail carriers wear denims. 



_*See December issue of The Cuba Re- 

 view. 



These are 26 to 27 inches wide, 128 by 88 

 ends per inch and retail for 15 to 30 

 cents a yard. The bulk of these goods 

 are English. American denims while 

 better are less salable because finished 

 too soft and packed in 18-inch folds. 

 The English denim is back starched and 

 given a glazed finish. 



Agricultural Implements Wanted. 



Frederick B. Hill, treasurer of the 

 Ames Plow Company, in Boston, said re- 

 cently that in previous years his house 

 had sold quite a number of sugar plows 

 in Cuba, but had not followed up their 

 opportunities and other competitors had 

 come in and taken the lead. He felt 

 sure, however, that there was a large and 

 remunerative field in that secticn and did 

 not doubt that if concerted effort were 

 made to foster trade relations with the 

 southern ports of the lines plying be- 

 tween there and Boston his firm would 

 take an active part in establishing pro- 

 gressive business interests there. Mr. 

 Hill feels assured of a rich field among 

 the great sugar companies which have 

 their extensive plantations there and that 

 the call for agricultural implements of 

 every description there is not to be over- 

 looked. 



