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speaking elements of Cuba. Contact with the high officials of the Educational Depart- 

 ment of Cuba rapidly convinces one of the fact that there is a heartfelt seriousness and 

 earnestness among them, and that it is fully realized that Cuba's hope lies in the 

 improvement in the education of her people. In the words of one of these officials, who 

 has occupied a high position in the Department of Agriculture during and ever since 

 the American occupation, "The Cuban people are moving forward toward the attainment 

 of those ideals most dearly held by them in their desire to enjoy present stable govern- 

 ment, and the certainty that they may determine their own destiny in the future, and 

 that they will attain this by means of the general instruction of her people, virtually 

 bringing about through this that the Piatt Amendment added to Cuba's Constitution 

 shall in reality become a dead letter, this also being a supreme aspiration of the people 

 of the Republic." 



Link-Belt Company 



The Link-Belt Company, Chicago, has 

 announced the completion of the new Link- 

 Belt Crawler Crane. This is the newest 

 machine coming from the Link-Belt shops 

 at Chicago and marks a forward step, from 

 an engineering standpoint, in the art of 

 building Crawler Cranes. It embodies in 

 a distinctive design many features which 

 will be recognized as clever by engineers. 



Link-Belt Book No. 444 describes the 

 new Link-Belt Power Hoe for storing and 

 reclaiming of materials: much interesting 

 information and many illustrations on the 

 subject are given. 



Tobacco Crop 



The tobacco crop of 1922 is nearly all 

 harvested and bundling and packing has 

 begun. It is reported to be fair in quality, 

 the weather having been favorable and 

 the recent drought having had no effect on 

 the yield. The Remedies district had a 

 good crop, though that of Partidos is be- 

 Heved to be short, and the Vuelta Abajo 

 crop is irregular. 



The market has been quiet for the past 

 month. Most of the heavy purchases, 

 which are now being rapidly exported, 

 were made previously. Rumors persist 

 that a second tobacco trust is being formed, 

 which will bring a number of independent 

 brands under control of capital from the 

 United States. 



The exports of leaf and stripped tobacco 

 to the United States and other countries 

 for the first three months of 1921 and 

 1922 are shown in the following table: 



Quantity and value of tobacco exported from Cuba 

 during the first three months of 1921 and 1922. 



1921 

 Kilos Value 



745,679 81,940,577 

 1,537,200 3,410,980 



905,650 2,640,098 

 999,098 2,647,335 



1922 

 Kilos Value 



1,412,331 $2,305,043 

 2,698,943 3,711,513 



1,467,439 2,959,450 

 1,534,873 3,065,533 



Destination 

 Leaf tobacco: 



United States 



All other countries . 

 Stripped tobacco: 



United States 



All other countries . 



Destination 

 Leaf tobacco: 



United States 



All other countries . 

 Stripped tobacco: 



United States 



All other countries . 



Exports of both classes of tobacco for 

 the first quarter of 1922, in comparison 

 with the same period of 1921, show a 

 marked increase in quantity, though the 

 average price per pound has fallen off. 

 Shipments of leaf tobacco show an increase 

 to all countries (except to Germany, 

 Sweden and Porto Rico) over those of the 

 corresponding period of 1921. The United 

 States is the principal market for stripped 

 tobacco and exports to this country were 

 over 500,000 pounds larger for the first 

 three months of 1922 than in the first quar- 

 ter of 1921. — Acting Commercial Attache 

 Chester Lloyd Jones, Habana. 



