THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



13 



COMMERCIAL. 



The following are the 



What Cuba principal articles (and their 



Buys From value) exported from the 



the United United States into Cuba for 



States. the fiscal year ending June 



30, 1907: 



Flour $3,121,846 



Lard 2,948,487 



Lumber 2,330,867 



Boots and shoes 2,145,-115 



Coal, bituminous 2,013,913 



Lard, compounds 1,731,427 



Corn 1,600,082 



Vegetables 1,380,147 



Cars, carriages, etc 1,156,473 



Eggs 1,030,641 



Cotton cloths 990,754 



Milk 812,031 



Locomotives 765,770 



Pork, salted or pickled 727,816 



Scientific inst'm'ts and apparatus 620,467 



Bacon 618,293 



Cotton m'n'f't'res (except cloth) 617,899 



Furniture 609,498 



Hams 607,040 



Builders' hardware 573,507 



Paper and manufactures of 552,683 



Mineral oil, refined 499,674 



Mineral oil, crude 455,980 



Cattle 439,795 



Sewing machines 330,463 



Leather 328,721 



Books, maps, etc 291,762 



Horses 287,000 



Cottonseed oil 252,037 



Fruits and nuts 233,379 



Timber, etc 1 18,534 



Tobacco, manufacturers of 118,303 



Coal, anthracite 97,8o8 



Agricultural implements 95,334 



All other articles 17,827,094 



Total domestic exports $48,330,913 



It seems to be the practice, 

 Trade Marks says the Havana Post, of a 

 Imitated in number of people in that city 

 Cuba. of getting trade marks in 

 close imitation of existing 

 marks, and of issuing others to which they 

 have no right. It says that firms coming 

 to Cuba to do business have found their 

 trade marks already registered by people 

 who either wished to hold them up and 

 make them pay liberally for the use of their 

 own property or they wished to manufac- 

 ture some imitation under the same trade 

 mark and get the value of advertising and 

 reputation of the original firm. There are 

 a number of the best known firms in the 

 United States which can not sell their 

 goods in Cuba to-day under their own name 

 for this very reason. If they wish to do 

 business here they have to sell their goods 

 under another name. Under these condi- 

 tions the American manufacturer should 

 register his trademarks promptly in Cuba. 



New Cuban Revenue Cutter Hatuey. 



e . ^'^he port of Santiago de 



paving Cuba is to enjoy the same 

 Harbor privileges as the port of Ha- 

 Fees. vana in regard to the signal- 

 ing of orders to vessels from the Morro 

 ihe provisional governor has authorized 

 the clearance of vessels from the port by 

 means of signals from xAIorro Castle, thus 

 relieving them of the necessity of entering 

 the port for the purpose of taking instruc- 

 tions. 



A familiar spectacle in Cuban cities. The baker 

 going his morning rounds. They make fine bread 

 in Cuba, from American flour, of which the island 

 imported in the past year to the amount of 

 $0,121,846. 



