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CUBA REVIEW 



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Charges that custom ollicers are in 

 league with Cuhan tobacco leaf exporters 

 and re-exporters of New York and Florida 

 to defraud the Cuban and United States 

 governments were made in Havana June 

 15th b}' the collector of the port. The 

 collector did not give the details, nor did 

 he make known the source of his infor- 

 mation, but he alleged that bonded ware- 

 houses were also involved. — New York 

 American. 



Harris, I. L. Harris, E. G. Harris, Jacob 

 Lychenheim, L. C. Cole, R. R. Ellis of Ha- 

 vana, L. C. Lupton of Wilmington, Del., 

 and U. M. Weir of Montreal, Canada. 



Sir William Van Home is quoted by 

 La Liicha of Havana as saying that re- 

 cent legislation in Cuba, and especially the 

 port improvement act and the proposed 

 irrigation bill, are extremely prejudicial to 

 Cuba. This legislation has caused a most 

 disastrous impression in London financial 

 circles. 



Sir William believes that the time has 

 now arrived for both Cubans and foreign- 

 ers to join in protecting Cuba's best inter- 

 ests by entering vigorous protests. 



The Atares Wharf and Warehouse 

 Compan}^ of which Harris Brothers Com- 

 pany, of Havana, is the largest individual 

 stockholder, is offering an additional 

 $50,000 of first mortgage 6 per cent gold 

 bonds to complete the development of its 

 property. 



The directors of the company are T. H. 



La Liicha, in a recent editorial, very can- 

 didly declared its opinions were not at the 

 demand of any presidential candidate, be- 

 cause the editor not being a native Cuban, 

 he could never aspire to that high office. 

 Accordingly the newspaper's platform has 

 three planks — one for La Liicha, one for 

 Antonio San Miguel, its editor, and the last 

 for its business office and to the better- 

 ment of these three propositions. 



The Cuban constitution bars out Cubans 

 who are not Cubans by birth from becom- 

 ing eligible to the office of the president of 

 the republic. 



The sanitary ordinances which provide 

 that all new buildings in Havana must 

 have fifteen per cent of uncovered area on 

 the lot, regardless of the space occupied 

 by balconies and bath-rooms in the yards, 

 is to be enforced. 



Harbor stevedores in Havana went on 

 strike May 11th because a Ward line 

 steamer, instead of loading in the harbor, 

 docked at the Havana Central wharf, as 

 other steamers of the company do to load 

 pineapples. 



Photograph showing the "]\Iaine" after the first pumping when the water within the coffer- 

 dam was lowered five feet. Note the barnacles and marine growth along the exposed decks. 

 (Photo by riarris Bros., Havana.) 



