THE CUBA R E V I E W 



SHOES CUBA WANTS 



"Take shoes, for instance," said Mr. J. 

 X. Polhanius recently in a speech Ijefore the 

 Manufacturers' Ckih at Atlanta, Ga. "The 

 shoes you send us must be smaller than 

 those usually suited to the local trade. Our 

 feet are small. Our ladies do not walk 

 about so much going to bridges, suffrage 

 meetings and lectures on the amelioration 

 of mankind. They rather specialize on fans, 

 slippers and hosiery, and we men are very 

 devoted to them. The Cuban shoes must 

 be small, hollow in the shank and highly 

 curved. The ladies require especially small 

 shoes, and low-cut tans in special designs 

 are the favorites, being used all the year. 

 They should all he lined carefully, and the 

 inner sole should be of oak leather in order 

 to protect light-colored hosiery from being 

 stained." — Speech of J. N. Polhanius to the 

 Atlanta (Ga.) Manufacturers' Club. 



PACK WITH CARE 



United States Consul General Dabney, 

 stationed at San Salvador, gave the Pro- 

 gressive Union the other day, and later the 

 merchants and manufacturers" bureau of 

 that organization, some most interesting 

 points and timely warnings of what United 

 States merchants must do to get the trade 

 of Cuba. 



He said that "all the commercial chances 

 are in our favor but for a few minor mat- 

 ters, the poor packing of the goods (this 

 being our chief defect), the question of dis- 

 count and our indisposition to cater to the 

 tastes of our neighbors — that is, give them 

 what they want, instead of endeavoring to 

 make them take whatever we may choose 

 to offer. These points have, of course, 

 been touched on before : indeed, the federal 

 government has been for years endeavoring 

 to improve our careless packing methods. 

 American goods reach their destination in 

 more or less damaged condition, because of 

 the bad packing, while our chief competi- 

 tors, the Germans, are among the best pack- 

 ers in the world." 



PROTECTING THE TOURISTS 



Cuba protects tourists from unscrupulous 

 persons who would take advantage of their 

 ignorance of conditions in Cuba. A trav- 

 eler writes in the Engineering News as fol- 

 lows : 



"Upon arrival at the dock in Havana a 

 policeman hands you a card on which is 

 printed in the English language : 'Tourist's 

 protection in care of National Police. In 

 case of any accident apply to the chief of 

 police (telephone. A21.5S). Your coach is 

 the No. 827, poUceman No. 20.' In hand- 

 ing you this card the policeman is particu- 

 lar to inform you that the price for the use 

 of the vehicle from the dock to the hotel 

 is 20 cents Spanish silver. He tells you 



*\- bit of rfcligi'ji:.-. zeal incoijjuratuu in a bu.siness 

 building, on ^lercaderes Street, Havana. 



Ui! pcdacito de celo religioso incorporado en un 



cdificio de tieiida en la Callc Mcrcadcres en la 



Habaiia 



that if the driver finds any fault with the 

 amount paid him, he is to be turned over 

 to the nearest poHceman. During the four 

 days that I have been in this city, using 

 these Victoria coaches a dozen times a da}', 

 I have had no trouble whatever with any 

 of the drivers." 



The excellent health conditions of the 

 island increased the tourist travel in Cuba. 

 F"rom November 1, 1910, to ^Nlarch 30, 1911, 

 37,712 persons arrived in Cuba from for- 

 eign ports, as against 34,153 during the 

 same period in 1910, or an increase of 

 3, .559, equal to 9.05 per cent. — President's 

 Message. 



$8,000,000 BOND ISSUE 



The Compania del Puertos of Cuba, the 

 owners of the great franchise of improv- 

 ing all the ports of the island, purpose issu- 

 ing $8,000,000 worth of bonds, and Norman 

 H. Davis, vice-president of the Trust Com- 

 pany of Cuba, was recently in New York 

 in that interest. The bonds are to run 

 for twenty-five j-ears, w^hile the concession 

 granted to the company by the government 

 is for thirt\' years. If Mr. Davis is not 

 successful in interesting New York bank- 

 ing houses, he will go to Paris and London 

 financial firms. 



