THE 

 CUBA RLVILW 



"ALL ABOUT CUBA" 



Copyright, 1911, by the Munson Steamship Line 



Volume IX 



FEBRUARY, 1911 



Number 3 



CUBAN GOVERNMENT MATTERS 



NEW COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH SPAIN THE PRESIDENT POSITIVELY 



DECLINES A RE-ELECTION POPULATION INCREASING 



In a recent letter to Seiior 

 Spain Rafael Labra, a leading 



and senator of Spain, Presi- 



Cuba dent Gomez expresses him- 



self clearly as to trade ar- 

 rangements between the two countries, 

 which is likely to advance the negotiations 

 for a commercial treaty. 



In the course of his letter he draws at- 

 tention to the "cordial feeling of friend- 

 ship existing between the old mother coun- 

 try and the young Cuban republic," and 

 says : "In Cuba, as in all America, there 

 is a frank feeling of friendship for Spain, 

 which, especially in Cuba, is not new. In 

 other Spanish-American countries feelings 

 of hatred were deeply rooted and could 

 not easily be eradicated. But in Cuba no 

 sooner had the smoke of the last battle 

 disappeared than the hard feeling was con- 

 verted into love and fraternity between the 

 enemies of a day before." 



Regarding trade relations he finds these 

 at present "an exceptional advantage for 

 Spain," but future enlargement will not be 

 possible "if Spain persists in refusing all 

 privileges to our tobacco, notwithstanding 

 the fact that she can easily accord such 

 privileges, that industry being a state rev- 

 enue in Spain." 



The president hopes that "Spain will at 

 last make up her mind to buy of us three 

 or four million dollars' worth of tobacco, 

 which is at present the Cuban industry, de- 

 serving preferential attention from the gov- 

 ernment." 



Failing to establish better trade relations, 

 he intimates that he will be unable to pre- 

 vent congress from initiating retaliatory 

 legislation. 



In the last ten fiscal years, ending with 

 1908-9, the official figures of the Cuban 

 treasury department show that Cuba's pur- 



chases from Spain during this period ave- 

 raged nearly 10 million dollars yearly, while 

 Spain's purchases from Cuba totalled a lit- 

 tle over one million dollars yearly. 



Entre Cnba y Espaiia. — Jose Miguel: iQuieres 



que el tratado hagainos? A ver lo que nos 



compramos. — La Lxtcha 



Among the bills which re- 

 Measures ceived the approval of the 

 Under house on February 7th with- 

 Discussiou out debate, was one exempt- 

 ing from duties the railroad 

 material which is to be imported for the 

 construction of the Cienfuegos, Palmira 

 and Cruces Railroad. Another bill favored 

 including in the railroad subsidy law of 

 July 5, 1906, a railroad line to run between 

 Guantanamo and Baracoa. 



A senate bill, recently discussed, reduces 

 by one-half the fees paid by the students 

 of the high schools and the university. It 

 also provides for free admission for all stu- 

 dents after the present course is finished. 

 m\ port improvement bill was favorably 

 reported by the finance committee and ap- 

 proved by the senate on February 9th, with- 



