THE CUBA REVIEW 



17 



Trade in American Shoes Growing. 



Joseph Caunt, of the Joseph Caunt 

 Company, Boston, returned recently 

 from a visit to Cuba. In reply to ques- 

 tions about his trip Mr. Caunt said: 



"There is a splendid opening in Cuba 

 for the sale of American shoes. Manu- 

 facturers of this country can sell many 

 more pairs of shoes to Cuba than they 

 are selling at the present time. Sales 

 of American shoes to Cuba have in- 

 creased steadily during the past few 

 years. Our own firm, for instance, has 

 increased its sales to Cuba by twenty- 

 fold in the past three years. These sales 

 are large to-day, and we consider the 

 Cuban trade a very important part oi 

 our business. 



"The Cuban buyers are excel'ent gen- 

 tlemen with whom to do business. They 

 are very pleasant to meet, and they are 

 buyers of ability. They are careful m 

 the selection of styles. It is their usual 



practice to inspect a line of shoes, and 

 then to suggest in that line such changes 

 in lasts, leathers, patterns, trimmings, 

 or in details, that would make the shoes 

 more pleasing to the Cuban trad^*. Conse- 

 quently it is well for an American manu- 

 facturer who wishes to develop his trade 

 with Cuba to visit the Cuban buyers, and 

 to learn from them personally exactly 

 what they want in footwear." 



Havana's Custom House Collections. 



Customs collections for the month of 

 January amounted to $1,432,391.01, as 

 against $1,279,239.21 in 1909. 



The collections for the month of De- 

 cember at Matanzas have been the great- 

 est since 1899. 



The amount collected is $193,261.50, or 

 $29,223.33 more than the previous month. 

 For the past six months the ircrease is 

 $i35-8i5-43, compared with 1908. 



Stevedores eating breakfast on the Heck of a steamer. Contractors, steamship agents and 

 others having to handle this kind of Cuban labor, speak in high terms of its quality. The men. 

 are hard workers, and willing and dependable when rightly handled. They demand good wages 

 and get them. 



Estivadores almorzando sobre la cubierta de un vapor. Los contratistas, agentes de las 

 compaiiias de vapores y otras persones de esta gente. Estos hombres trabajan con ahinco y de 

 hacen elogios de las buenas cualidadas que estan en contacto con esta clase de trabajadores cubanos 

 buena voluntad, y se puede depender de ellos cuando se les trata bien. Asimismo obtienen buenos 

 jornales. 



