THE CUBA R E \' I E W 



The greater operation of new and im- 

 proved mills produced a result in the sugar 

 industry which ten years ago would have 

 seemed impossible. The American mill 

 was the principal factor, and it has set 

 the pace by which future sugar production 

 will be judged. Its success has inspired 

 others, and it is expected that the Cuban 

 sugar mills will in the future represent 

 the maximum limit of efficiency and 

 economy. 



Aside from the large production and 

 good price of Cuban sugar in 1910, the 

 most significant fact was the increase of 

 the industr}- in eastern Cuba. The gain 

 there has been steady and constant, and the 

 future seems certain to maintain the record. 

 While the Habana district still maintains 

 its lead in the shipment of sugar, and 

 Cienfuegos is still the greatest single ship- 

 ping port, the strides of Oriente Province 

 have been great, and it can well be 

 imagined that the day is not far distant 

 when it will be accepted as the center of 

 the industr3^ 



The production of tobacco in Cuba re- 

 ceived a severe setback in 1910, OAving to 

 the hurricanes of September and October, 

 1909, and the unfavorable weather follow- 

 ing. In 1909, 342,959 bales were exported, 

 while in 1910 they decreased to 241,244 

 bales, part of this decrease due, however, 

 to strikes in Tampa, the city using the 

 largest amount of Cuban tobacco in the 

 world. 



Aside from the great activity in build- 

 ing new sugar mills, improving old ones, 

 and installing new machinerj', there was 

 comparativeh- little industrial development 

 in Cuba in i910, and little can be said of 

 the island's domestic commerce for lack 

 of statistical information. 



About 37,764 immigrants arrived in Cuba 

 in 1910, of which 28,380 were Spaniards. 

 Nearly all this labor is transient and in 

 the course of time will return to Spain 

 and the canaries. 



The demand for Cuba's hardwood and 

 its cedar is increasing, as might naturally 

 be expected, and it is quite probable that 

 the succeeding j^ear's exportation will 

 show even larger gains. 



The percentage of distribution of ex- 

 ports to the United States and other 

 countries for 1909 and 1910 are given in 

 the following table : u. S. Others 



1909 1910 1909 1910 

 Per cent Per cent 

 Animals and animal pro- 

 ducts 72.00 30.60 28.00 69.40 



Sugar and products 99.2S 93.74 .75 6.26 



Fruits and vegetables 91.65 91.37 8.35 8.63 



Marine products 40.45 31.12 59.55 68.88 



Mineral products 99.65 99.97 .35 .03 



Forest products 60.60 56.50 39.40 43.50 



Tobacco products 62.25 61.00 37.75 39.00 



Miscellaneous 40.15 23.43 59.85 76.57 



The foregoing figures show how de- 

 pendent Cuba is upon the United States 

 for its market. 



The republic apparently cannot market 

 its products in another country than the 

 United States and that condition is Hkely 

 to continue. 



The city of Habana still holds its pre- 

 eminence in the matter of trade generally, 

 the customs receipts collected at that place 

 amounting to 70 per cent of the Cul)an re- 

 ceipts. The completion of the new docks 

 now being constructed in Habana will 

 facilitate trade with that port. 



PUBLIC WORKS IN CIENFUEGOS 



United States Consul Alax J. Baehr re- 

 ports that the Cienfuegos waterworks and 

 sewerage contract has been finished and the 

 water was turned on July 1.5th. 



American interests have commenced work 

 on the electric railroad and power enter- 

 prise. The $20,000,000 Cienfuegos, Pal- 

 mira & Cruces Railroad Power Co. has a 

 Maine charter and will develop 30.000 

 horsepower from the mountain streams. 

 Tracks have already been laid in Cien- 

 fuegos, whence the line will run through 

 Cruces, ]Manicaragua, Santa Clara, Cama- 

 guani, Tunas, Formento, Sancti Esperitus, 

 Sagua la Grande and Caibarien. These 

 are the important towns in Santa Clara 

 Province, and the road will also open up 

 the best sugar and tobacco lands in the 

 province. The company will furnish 

 electric light to the towns and electric 

 power to the sugar mills. All road mate- 

 rial to be bought in the United States. 



The concrete dam at headwaters in the 

 mountains will be 75 feet high, 1,000 feet 

 long, 50 feet wide at the base and 35 feet 

 at the top. Water will be stored during 

 the rainy season to last through the dry. 



In the Terry Theater, Cienfuegos 

 possesses one of the finest edifices and 

 best appointed theaters of the island, and 

 soon there will be opened another, the 

 Louisa ^Martinez Casado, now being con- 

 structed, seating capacity being 2.200. 



It is of steel and brick, and the total 

 cost will be nearly $70,000. It will have 

 an electric plant for 600 lights, and the 

 stage will be equipped with all modern ap- 

 pliances found in Xew York theaters. 



THE GROWTH OF CIENFUEGOS^ 



The total foreign trade of Cienfuegos 

 for 1910 amounted to $24,633,539, of w^hich 

 the imports were valued at $7,084,364 and 

 exports $17,549,175. 



Of the total imports into Cienfuegos the 

 United States supplied $3,836,028, the 

 United Kingdom and possessions $1,330.- 

 232, Germany $500,629. and Spain $464,286. 

 Of the total exports the United States 

 took $15,914,552, or about 90 per cent. 



*The frontispiece is a striking halftone of the 

 city's water front. 



