. The Cuba review. THE CUBA RE V I E JV. Dr. Eduardo Gonza ez Manet Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez Manet Dr. Eduardo Manet left Santiago de Cuba for Havana eight years ago. He is a lawyer, gifted with a brilliant mind, ready wit and facile pen, being the author of "Como Vemos las Cosas," pubhshed in "El Mundo," a Havana daily paper. Dr. Manet was appointed by President Zayas to succeed Dr. Francisco Zayas, as Secretary of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, effective July 4, 1923. Upon taking charge of his new office, he eulogized pub- lic school teachers and advocated their advancemen
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA RE V I E JV. Dr. Eduardo Gonza ez Manet Dr. Eduardo Gonzalez Manet Dr. Eduardo Manet left Santiago de Cuba for Havana eight years ago. He is a lawyer, gifted with a brilliant mind, ready wit and facile pen, being the author of "Como Vemos las Cosas," pubhshed in "El Mundo," a Havana daily paper. Dr. Manet was appointed by President Zayas to succeed Dr. Francisco Zayas, as Secretary of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, effective July 4, 1923. Upon taking charge of his new office, he eulogized pub- lic school teachers and advocated their advancement and the betterment of their condition. Dr. Manet was a representative of the Conservative party in the Cuban Con- gress. Extraordinary Tax The Secretary of the Treasury has at last removed, as from July 18, the ex- traordinary tax of 30 cents per bag on sugar, effective when sugar is quoted and sold at six cents or more. It is probable that the sugar companies will not be con- tent with this ruling, and through compari- son with the official prices just quoted it is easy to see why they believe their claims justified. In spite of the retroactive spirit of the law exempting colonos from payment of the 8 per cent tax on profits, several over- zealous collectors in the interior began a campaign to force colonos to submit bal- ances and pay arrears, and the Secretary was obliged to order these officials to de- sist from their activities. —Facts About Sugar. Cuban Ruling on Drafts The holder of a draft in Cuba who wishes to file a protest against the other party to the transaction must obtain the signatures of two witnesses before his case will be admitted to trial, according to a ruling recently handed down by a court in Havana. Information to this effect has been received by the Department of Com- merce from Commercial Attache Edwards at Havana. His message to the United States department, which he holds to be of great importance to persons having deal- ings involving drafts w
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