THE CUBA REVIEW 



swept the capital and some of the Provinces in 1909-1910. and the aid extended to the 

 eastern section of the island in 1912. With the same philanthropic spirit the society 

 sent funds to Europe during the protracted Balkan war. At the time of the bubonic 

 plague epidemic, the Cuban Red Cross co-operated with the secretary of sanitation and 

 charities in caring for the sick at the isolation camps in Triscomia. But the greatest 

 work of this society was during the World War. when the ladies' central committee 

 through popular subscription raised the sum of 3528,212.57, w^hich enabled the society 

 to send eleven shipments of medical supplies and food to Europe. These shipments 

 represented an expenditure of nearly SlOO.OOO. In addition, the Cuban Red Cross has 

 made the following donations : 



International committee of the Red Cross. Geneva S50(J.(XJ 



Women's Club of Habana SIOO.OO 



International committee of the Red Cross, Geneva SI, 000.00 



Supplies for the soldiers at the front Sl.537.75 



Soldier's relief fund 85,000.00 



Society of the Red Crescent $500.00 



League of the Red Cross Societies for Eastern Europe (Fr.) 25,000.00 



Espluches Orphanage of Paris (Fr.) 600.000.00 



Donations to the Joffre Institute (Fr.) 500.000.00 



From .the foregoing account, it is evident that the Cuban National Red Cross Society 

 may well feel that it is fulfilling its purpose, manifesting the noble sentiments of brotherly 

 love and love of countn,-. — The Pa)i America)i Union. 



Crude Petroleum 



Ini the year 1922 Matanzas imported 

 27.675,021 gallons of crude petroleum, all 

 of which, with the exception of 14,177 

 gallons from the United States, came from 

 [Mexico. During the first six months of 

 1923 Matanzas imported 32,390,025 gal- 

 lons of crude petroleum, or 4,715,004 gal- 

 lons more than for the entire year of 1922. 

 Of the quantity imported for 1923, ^Mexico 

 furnished all but 7,631 gallons, which came 

 from the United States. 



The increased importation for 1923 is due 

 primarily to the fact that the higher price 

 obtained for sugar enabled those sugar 

 mills that last year burned wood to use 

 oil for fuel during 1922-23 grinding 

 season. The prosperity of the sugar in- 

 dustry was reflected in other consumers of 

 oil, such as the railroads, foundries, and 

 brick mills, and resulted in increased con- 

 sumption by these industries. Consump- 

 tion, and consequently importation, of 

 petroleum is heaviest from December to 

 June, the grinding period of the sugar mills. 



It is believed that the importation of 

 crude petroleum through this port for the 

 coming year will be as great or greater than 

 for the present year, provided the price of 



sugar remains sufficiently high that it will 

 not be necessary for the mills to return to 

 wood as a fuel for lack of cash or credit. — 

 \'ice Consul Jam.es V. Whitfield, Matanzas. 



Exports of Cuban Tobacco Increase 



Ex-ports of leaf tobacco and cigars from 

 Cuba have shown a slight increase in the 

 first six months of 1023, compared with the 

 same p3riod of 1022. There were 184.563 

 bales of leaf tobacco e.xported in the first 

 sLx-month period this year, compared with 

 177,861 bales last year; and 42.716,072 

 cigars e.xported, compared with 40,804,303 

 cigars last year. On the other hand, the 

 exports of cigarettes show a decided de- 

 crease to 1.622.450 packets from 8.Q3S.2O0 

 packets during a similar period of last year. 



The total amount of tobacco arriving at 

 the Habana market from the Provinces for 

 the first six months of 1023 was 55,245 

 bales, from the following districts: Vuelta 

 Abajo, 23,070; Semi-Vuelta. 2,307; 

 Partidos, 9.548; Matanzas, 38; Santa Cruz 

 or Villas. 18.200; Puerto Principe, 230; 

 Santiago de Cuba, 1,744.— Consul A. C. 

 Frost, Habana, Cuba. 



