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THE CUBA REVIEW 



PURE FOOD REGULATIONS 



Any manufacturer of food in Cuba who 

 puts any substance other than the food 

 into what he manufactures must have the 

 permission of the health department and 

 must state on his labels the names of sub- 

 stances contained in the food. 



The above ruling of the health depart- 

 ment was issued July 1. The different 

 manufacturers of chocolates in the island 

 were notified that they will be allowed to 

 use cornstarch in the preparation of their 

 chocolate, provided that on the wrapper of 

 the chocolate it is stated that cornstarch is 

 used. 



SAGUA's trade GROWING RAPIDLY 



The collections of customs at Isabela de 

 Sagua, Santa Clara Province, for the fiscal 

 years ended June 30th compare as follows: 



1910-11 1909-10 1908-09 



$454,60.5.76 $343,206.30 $218,581.78 



The North Coast Railroad of Cuba, a 

 new railroad corporation organized in 

 Havana, has informed the treasury de- 

 partment of its intention to construct a 

 line extending from Nuevitas to Caibarien, 

 passing through Moron. The new line will 

 have an extension of 350 kilometers. The 

 president is Pedro F. Diago. 



A bill was approved by the Senate July 

 3 by a large majority, making it a crime 

 to bet on the game of jai alai. If passed 

 it will be the end of the Spanish game of 

 jai alai in Cuba, according to the opinion 

 of all who know anything about the game. 



Settlement of the estate of the late 

 Tomas Estrada Palma, first president of 

 Cuba, was lately effected in the court of 

 the first instance of Havana. The entire 

 estate was $66,355.66. 



The property consists mostly of lands in 

 Bayamo, Oriente Province, which President 

 Palma inherited from his mother, who was 

 very wealthy, and his widow now receives 

 the share which corresponds to her under 

 the Spanish law, which amounts to $13,- 

 338.88. Each of the children will receive 

 $8,837.96. 



The new line of the Cuban Central Rail- 

 ways between Yaguaramas and Rancho 

 Veloz , Santa Clara Province, was inaug- 

 urated early this month. 



The new line connects Rancho Veloz 

 with all the main lines of the Cuban Cen- 

 tral Railways and was subsidized by the 

 government according to the Mendieta act. 

 It may divert much sugar traffic to Isa- 

 bela de Sagua. 



The Compania Resinera Cubana has se- 

 lected Sagua de Tanamo, Oriente Province, 

 as a site for a turpentine mill. The com- 

 pany is asking for exemption of duties on 

 the machinery imported. The large pine 

 forests in this neighborhood will furnish 

 the raw material. 



The large dock at the United States naval 

 station at Pensacola will probably be re- 

 moved to Guantanamo. This move is jiow 

 under consideration by the navy depart- 

 ment. 



The new Atlantic Fruit and Steamship 

 Company, recently formed, comprises the 

 following companies : Atlantic Fruit Com- 

 pany, Central American Growers and 

 Traders' Company, Tanamo Agricola of 

 Cuba, Cayo Ascosta of Cuba, J. Simon & 

 Co., of Sama, Cuba ; Simon Fruit Com- 

 pany, of Cuba ; Donald Steamship Com- 

 pany, of Cuba, and the Cuba Fruit Com- 

 pany. 



Jose Di Giorgio, president of the At- 

 lantic Fruit Company, will be president 

 of the new corporation. 



The United States war department has 

 announced that permission has been 

 granted to the government of Cuba to send 

 two Cuban army officers to attend the 

 Army Service School at Fort Leaven- 

 worth, Kansas. The Cuban government 

 will select the officers to attend the school, 

 and it is a distinction which has been 

 granted to no other government. 



The new extension of the United Rail- 

 ways in Matanzas Province from Coliseo 

 to Cardenas has been opened to the pubHc. 

 It reduces the distance seventeen kilo- 

 meters and saves twenty minutes in the 

 running time between Havana and Car- 

 denas. 



The Maria Cristina barracks at Ma- 

 tanzas are to be converted into a $300,000 

 hotel, according to plans recently submitted 

 to the Cuban government. The department 

 of the interior favors the petition of those 

 seeking a lease of the property. 



Permission has been given the Carde- 

 nas Railroad and Terminal Company to 

 extend the time in which to complete its 

 dock at Cardenas. 



The race course at Almendares is to be 

 enlarged so as to also admit of a two- 

 mile automobile course. Arrangements 

 are also being made to hold international 

 shooting meets here, at which prizes suffi- 

 ciently large to induce them to make the 

 journey here. 



General Rafael de Cardenas, one of the 

 most brilliant heroes of Cuba's war of in- 

 dependence, died July 11th, at his home, 

 Villa Antolina in Luyano, after a pro- 

 tracted illness. 



Despite the appeals of Mrs. Jeannette 

 Ryder, president of the Band of Mercy, a 

 bullfight was held at Luyano July 9, which 

 was witnessed by over 100 men, women and 

 boys at the finca Los Zapatos. 



