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THE CUBA REVIE W 



tured locally. A few elastic-webbing girdles 

 come from France. The most popular cor- 

 set in Cuba is of the long tjpe. made low- 

 topped. Washable material is preferred, 

 and the stays should be nonrustable. 

 Front-laced corsets are considered to be 

 well favoured. The corsets manufactured 

 locally are of practically the same styles 

 as the American-made product. Habana 

 has one rather large factory engaged in 

 the manufacture of corsets, girdles, and 

 brassieres. In addition, there are several 

 smaller establishments making high-priced 

 garments to order. This large factory is 

 run according to modern methods, employ- 

 ing about 100 people, and compares favour- 

 ably with those of its size in the United 

 States. All styles of corsets are made, 

 ranging in price from $10.95 to $65 per 

 doz. wholesale. Retail prices are about 

 double, except in the case of the cheaper 

 grades, where the ratio is smaller. The 

 materials used are white and pink cotton 

 coutil, cotton brocaded in silk, and silk 

 brocade, depending upon the price. Sizes 

 generally range from 22 to 36, but some 

 models run from 22 to Z2, and others from 

 24 to 32 or 36. The girdles made by this 

 particular Habana factory sell at from 

 $12.25 to $45 per dozen wholesale and are 

 made from elastic webbing, some of which 

 is imported from Italy. Sizes are the 

 same as for corsets, but girdles are con- 

 sidered to be more in demand than cor- 

 sets. This company also manufactures a 

 type of brassiere, known as "adjustador" 

 — a garment said to enjoy great popularity. 

 It is exclusively of Cuban origin, and no 

 garment of similar style is being imported. 

 It is made of white or pink cotton netting, 

 trimmed with lace edging, and is worn next 

 to the flesh, in addition to the corset and 

 perhaps American-style brassiere. Although 

 the Cuban manufacturers of corsets pur- 

 chase the greater part of their supplies 

 from the United States, the cotton netting 

 used in the manufacture of the Cuban 

 "adjustador'" is of English origin, and a 

 considerable quantity of the lace edging 

 used for trimming the adjustador comes 

 from England. Elastic used in the manu- 

 facture of girdles usually is imported from 

 Europe. One variety is from Italy and 

 another from France. 



5. A. Trade Journal. 



Patent Medicines I 



Regulations have been issued to the ef- 

 fest that patent medicines offered for sale 

 in Cuba must bear on the label the name 

 and address of the manufacturer. Before 

 being placed on sale, the Pharmacy Gen- 

 eral Inspection Ofiice must record all the 

 constituents of such preparations. Patent 

 medicines may be sold only by regular 

 druggists, who must, when required, 

 furnish information to the Pharmacy In- 

 spection Office regarding the source of 

 such medicines. Manufacturers or agents 

 seeking the registration of any medicinal 

 product must guarantee that its constitu- 

 ents are pure, and not prejudicial to health. 



Tobacco Exports 



During the first nine months of 1922 

 there were exported through the customs 

 of Habana 6,082,775 kilograms of leaf to- 

 bacco, valued at $8,521,434, and 4,629,- 

 136 kilograms of stemmed tobacco, valued 

 at $8,996,533. Other exports of tobacco 

 through the same port included 65,842,082 

 cigars, valued at $7,523,772; 16,744,091 

 boxes of cigarettes, worth $380,827; and 

 177,423 kilograms of scrap tobacco, worth 

 $167,266. 



Anglo-Cuban Sugar Refineries 



Papers of incorporation under the laws 

 of Delaware have been filed at Wilming- 

 ton by the Anglo-Cuban Sugar Refineries 

 with a capitalization of $5,500,000. The 

 purposes of the corporation are stated as 

 the growing and preparation for market 

 of sugar. 



Iron and Steel 



There exists in Cuba a considerable and 

 consistent demand for this class of goods. 

 The chief consumers are the sugar mills, 

 which use a considerable quantity of these 

 goods in the erection and continual repair 

 of their premises, out-buildings, sugar and 

 other warehouses throughout the Island. 



During the boom in sugar a few years 

 ago, very large importations were made of 

 all sugar mill construction material, and in 

 consequence for some time the market was 

 over-stocked. The heavy fall in the price 

 of sugar made further construction and re 



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