THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Drawing Room In the residence of Mi: Liao Xganton, formerly the Chinese :\Iinister to Cuba, 

 in Vedado, a suburb of Havana. 



Salon en la casa del Sr. Liao Nganton, antes Ministro Chino a Cuba. La casa esta en el 

 Vedado, el lindo suburbio de la Habana. 



The Tariff and Cuban Ores. 



The reduction of the duty on iron ore 

 to ISc. per ton, on careful consideration, 

 does not appear likely to result in any 

 important changes, or in any detriment 

 to our own mines. In the case of Cuban 

 iron ores, which have constituted about 

 two-thirds of our imports, the new duties 

 are less than the ainount named. By the 

 reciprocal trade agreement between the 

 United States and Cuba, the latter ob- 

 tains a concession of 20 per cent, below 

 the existing tariff rates, so that the duty 

 on Cuban ore is only 12c. per ton. 



That a considerable increase in the 

 mining of iron ore in Cuba, and its im- 

 portation thence into this country, is 

 not only possible but probable appears 

 certain. It must be remembered, how- 

 ever, that a limit on the use of such ores 

 more effective than the tariff is found in 

 the railroad rates from the seaboard. 

 This limit will probabl}^ be found to have 

 its line approximately coincident with 



the Alleghenies. To furnaces east of- that 

 line, Cuban ores will furnish the mixture 

 they need with local ores, and will to a 

 great extent relieve them from ti:e dis- 

 advantages they now suffer from, as 

 compared with furnaces west of the line, 

 in the high cost of freight on Lake ores 

 for that purpose. Quite probably this 

 will make possible the continuous opera- 

 tion of some furnaces which can now 

 only be run at a profit during periods 

 when demand for pig iron is heavy and 

 prices are high. — Iron Trade Review. 



Wire Fence Lightning Protection. 



To successfully ground a wire fence, at- 

 tach to the fence post with staples a piece 

 of galvanized wire, so that some part_ of 

 this wire will come into actual mechanical 

 contact with the fence wire and extend 

 thence about 2 feet into the ground. A 

 bolt of lightning which may fall upon a 

 wire thus grounded will be quickly carried 

 to the earth and rendered harmless. 



