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THE CUBA K E V I E W 



\'icu- of tlie Lonja tie Comercio, Havana, Where 

 Arc tlic (iistoni ]l(iusc Wliarvcs and 



Picturesque Food Exhibit in Havana. 



There will he an exhibit of food prod- 

 ucts in Havana, Cuba, during December 

 next and the three following months. 

 The ground floor of the Lonja building 

 has been leased for the occasion bj' 

 President Xarciso Tdacia of the Produce 

 Exchange, with the approval of the board 

 of directors, and Senor Manuel Gimene;c 

 Lanier, director of justice, who is vice- 

 president of the Asociacion de Concur- 

 sos. The exhibit will be under the aus- 

 pices of these two organizations. Indian 

 tepes, bohios, reproductions of Spanish 

 architecture, miniature chocolate mills, 

 shredding machinerj-. small truit or- 

 chards, and like things of interest will be 

 introduced. 



Tariff Concessions Demanded. 



Reports are current among the legations 

 at Washington, says the Iron Age, (N. Y.), 

 that several foreign governments are pre- 

 paring to ('emand for themselves the same 

 Tariff concessions from Cuba as are 

 granted to the United States by the existing 

 reciprocity treaty. These concessions em- 

 brace reductions in the rates of the Cuban 

 Tariff ranging from 20 per cent, to 40 per 

 cent. Reciprocally, the United States grants 

 a flat reduction of 20 per cent, on all 

 Cuban products. This reciprocal concession 

 has been of great benefit to the Cubans, 

 who have been enabled thereby to market 

 their sugar and tobacco in this country on 

 verj'^ favorable terms. . . . Section 3 of 

 the Payne Tariff Law specifically provides 

 that nothing therein contained shall be so 

 construed as to abrogate or impair tlie ex- 



the Food Exhibit Will Be Held. On the Right 

 on the Left the Elevated Railroad. 



isting treaty or the provisions of the Act 

 of Congress passed for its execution, which 

 leaves it in full force and removed from it 

 the operation of the maximum and mini- 

 mum sections. Should any foreign gov- 

 ernment now demar. J from Cuba the con- 

 cessions made to the United States by the 

 existing treaty, the State Department would 

 support the island o-ovcrnment in a re- 

 fusal on the ground that the relation of 

 Cuba to the United States is similar to that 

 of a dependency to the mother country. 

 Such concessions are held to be exempted 

 from the operation of the maximum and 

 minimum provisions of the new Tariff as 

 found in Section 3. Nevertheless, it is 

 recognized that our oosition is by no means 

 impregnable, and that the contention as to 

 the Cuban treaty is not altogether consist- 

 ent with the minimum and maximum pro- 

 vision. 



Certificates Recognized. 



The American cliarQ;c d'affaires in Cuba 

 transmits a supplementary list of American 

 chambers of commerce whose certificates 

 as to the value of merchandise exnorted 

 from their districts to Cuba are to be re- 

 garded by Cuban customs officials as com- 

 petent evidence in determining the va^e 

 of imported merchandise subject to ad va- 

 lorem rates of duty. The first list was 

 promulgated May 24, 1909. The combined 

 list comprises the following chambers in 

 the United States : Albany, Baltimore. Bos- 

 ton. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Manila 

 (Philippine Islands), Milwaukee, New 

 Orleans, A'ew York. Philadelphia, Porto 

 Rico, Rochester, St Louis. San Francisco, 

 Wilmington, Worcester. 



