. The Cuba review. 20 THE CUBA K E V I E W. \'icu- of tlie Lonja tie Comercio, Havana, Where Arc tlic (iistoni ]l(iusc Wliarvcs and Picturesque Food Exhibit in Havana. There will he an exhibit of food prod- ucts in Havana, Cuba, during December next and the three following months. The ground floor of the Lonja building has been leased for the occasion bj' President Xarciso Tdacia of the Produce Exchange, with the approval of the board of directors, and Senor Manuel Gimene;c Lanier, director of justice, who is vice- president of the Asociacion de Concur- sos. The exhibit will be under the aus-
. The Cuba review. 20 THE CUBA K E V I E W. \'icu- of tlie Lonja tie Comercio, Havana, Where Arc tlic (iistoni ]l(iusc Wliarvcs and Picturesque Food Exhibit in Havana. There will he an exhibit of food prod- ucts in Havana, Cuba, during December next and the three following months. The ground floor of the Lonja building has been leased for the occasion bj' President Xarciso Tdacia of the Produce Exchange, with the approval of the board of directors, and Senor Manuel Gimene;c Lanier, director of justice, who is vice- president of the Asociacion de Concur- sos. The exhibit will be under the aus- pices of these two organizations. Indian tepes, bohios, reproductions of Spanish architecture, miniature chocolate mills, shredding machinerj-. small truit or- chards, and like things of interest will be introduced. Tariff Concessions Demanded. Reports are current among the legations at Washington, says the Iron Age, (N. Y.), that several foreign governments are pre- paring to ('emand for themselves the same Tariff concessions from Cuba as are granted to the United States by the existing reciprocity treaty. These concessions em- brace reductions in the rates of the Cuban Tariff ranging from 20 per cent, to 40 per cent. Reciprocally, the United States grants a flat reduction of 20 per cent, on all Cuban products. This reciprocal concession has been of great benefit to the Cubans, who have been enabled thereby to market their sugar and tobacco in this country on verj'^ favorable terms. . Section 3 of the Payne Tariff Law specifically provides that nothing therein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate or impair tlie ex- the Food Exhibit Will Be Held. On the Right on the Left the Elevated Railroad. isting treaty or the provisions of the Act of Congress passed for its execution, which leaves it in full force and removed from it the operation of the maximum and mini- mum sections. Should any foreign gov- ernment now demar. J from Cuba the con- cessions made to the United Sta
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