THE CUBA RE V I E JV 



Dr. Eduardo Gonza ez Manet 



Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez Manet 



Dr. Eduardo Manet left Santiago de 

 Cuba for Havana eight years ago. He is 

 a lawyer, gifted with a brilliant mind, 

 ready wit and facile pen, being the author 

 of "Como Vemos las Cosas," pubhshed in 

 "El Mundo," a Havana daily paper. 



Dr. Manet was appointed by President 

 Zayas to succeed Dr. Francisco Zayas, as 

 Secretary of Public Instruction and Fine 

 Arts, effective July 4, 1923. Upon taking 

 charge of his new office, he eulogized pub- 

 lic school teachers and advocated their 

 advancement and the betterment of their 

 condition. 



Dr. Manet was a representative of the 

 Conservative party in the Cuban Con- 

 gress. 



Extraordinary Tax 



The Secretary of the Treasury has at 

 last removed, as from July 18, the ex- 

 traordinary tax of 30 cents per bag on 

 sugar, effective when sugar is quoted and 

 sold at six cents or more. It is probable 

 that the sugar companies will not be con- 

 tent with this ruling, and through compari- 

 son with the official prices just quoted it 

 is easy to see why they believe their claims 

 justified. 



In spite of the retroactive spirit of the 

 law exempting colonos from payment of 

 the 8 per cent tax on profits, several over- 

 zealous collectors in the interior began a 

 campaign to force colonos to submit bal- 

 ances and pay arrears, and the Secretary 

 was obliged to order these officials to de- 

 sist from their activities. 



— Facts About Sugar. 



Cuban Ruling on Drafts 



The holder of a draft in Cuba who 

 wishes to file a protest against the other 

 party to the transaction must obtain the 

 signatures of two witnesses before his case 

 will be admitted to trial, according to a 

 ruling recently handed down by a court in 

 Havana. Information to this effect has 

 been received by the Department of Com- 

 merce from Commercial Attache Edwards 

 at Havana. His message to the United 

 States department, which he holds to be of 

 great importance to persons having deal- 

 ings involving drafts with parties in Cuba, 

 follows : 



"One of Havana courts of first instance 

 recently handed down a decision the ef- 

 fect whereof is to render worthless as 

 document upon which attachment proceed- 

 ings can be brought against drawee draft 

 whose act of protest has not been signed 

 by two witnesses as well as holder. At- 

 torneys and banks here state that there 

 are few cases where acts of protest have 

 thus been signed. You will fully realize 

 what this does to the negotiable instrument 

 in Cuba and the specific prejudice to the 

 large quantity of claims evidenced by pro- 

 tested drafts held here by banks and at- 

 torneys for account of drawers in United 

 States protested in manner which hereto- 

 fore has been accepted as wholly adequate. 



"I believe it the duty of Department 

 of Commerce to give immediate publicity 

 to foregoing paragraph without alteration. 

 This case will be appealed immediately, but 

 party at interest does not think that pub- 

 lication of above paragraph can have other 

 than salutary effect." 



Honorary Consul of Panama 



Sr. INIiguel Pont of Havana, has been 

 appointed honorary consul of Panama. 



