THE CUBA R E \M E W' 



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RAILROAD RECEIPTS AND COMMERCIAL NEWS 



The Cuba Railroad. Company's Earnings 



The Cuba Railroad Co. has issued its report for the year ended June 30, 1911. It 



shows a surplus for the years equal to 7.97 per cent on the preferred stock. The 

 income account compares as follows : 



1911 1910 1909 1908 



Gross $3,059,650 $2,559,335 S2,157.165 $2,039,468 



Expenses 1,685,579 1,452,036 1.207,076 1,318,180 



Xet 1,374,071 1,107,299 950,089 721.288 



Charges 576,755 435,210 399,290 365,863 



Surplus *797,316 672,089 550,799 355,425 



Previous surplus 2.025,383 1,644,085 • 1,093,287 698,031 



Total surplus 2.822,699 2,316.174 1,644,085 1,053,456 



Mail earning adjustments 9.209 39,830 



Surplus 2,822,699 2,325.383 1,644,085 1,093.286 



.Di\-idends 400,000 300,000 



Previous and last surplus 2,422,699 .2,025,383 1,644,085 1,093,286 



*Equal to 7.97 per cent on $10,000,000 outstanding preferred stock. 



The earnings and expenses, in detail, compare as follows : 



GROSS EARNINGS 



Passenger $1,205,230 $1,001,291 $928,242 $898,086 



Freight 1,319,303 1,136,474 896,759 826,474 



Mail, express, etc 535,117 421,571 332,164 314,908 



Total 3,059,650 2,559,336 2,157,165 2,039,468 



Operating expenses : 



Maint. way and struct $387,512 $352,607 $304,904 $382,321 



Main equipment 249,722 209,693 183,363 206,206 



Cond. trans 824,233 698,163 575,744 569,899 



General expenses 154,891 146.586 106,877 111,666 



Antilla Terminal 69,219 44,987 36,158 48,088 



Total 1,685,579 1,452.036 1,207,075 1,318,180 



REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS 



Under the provisions of the existing 

 Cuban law with respect to trade marks, 

 any person whatsoever can legallj- register 

 well-known foreign trade marks and de- 

 prive the foreign owners of such trade 

 devices of the benefits arising from their 

 possession. This has happened recentlj- 

 in several instances involving patent or 

 proprietary- medicines. When the third 

 part}' has once registered the trade marks 

 in due form under the law, the onlj' redress 

 possible for the rightful owner or 

 originator is to bring action for fraud, and 

 proof of fraud is naturally very difficult 

 under such conditions, even in the most 

 obvious cases. 



The registration of trade marks is a 

 simple and inexpensive matter in Cuba, and 

 rightful owners may easily prevent diffi- 

 culty by having their trade marks regis- 

 tered at once whenever there is am- like- 

 lihood of entering the Cuban market. It 

 is urged that American manufacturers 



take note of this matter and b}^ forestaUing 

 the registration of their trade designations 

 by strangers in the island avoid future 

 trouble. 



CUBA S ROSIN IMPORTATIONS 



The same authority which is quoted 

 above regarding coffee importations of the 

 republic supplies these figures concerning 

 the island's importation of rosin and for 

 the same periods : 



1905 1,760.478 pounds 



1906 1,536,070 



1907 3,709,909 



1908 2,520,339 



1909 2,848,506 



Sehor Xicolas Perez Stable, appointed 

 Cuban consul for the port of Galveston 

 by a decree issued August 9th, by President 

 Gomez, took possession of his office on 

 August 23d. 



