. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. The Plaza at Cienfuegos. CIENFUEGOS By Consul Charles S. Winans The Cienfuegos district prospered greatly during 191S. Tliis prosperity was due to the high price of sugar, the most important product of the island of Cuba. The abnor- mal conditions which reigned during tlie war period, rendering inaccessible or cur- tailing greatly sugar supplies in other parts of the world, were practically unnoticed in Cuba. It is estimated that the 68 active sugar mills located in this consular district, covering the Province of Santa Clara, produced last year 6,397,510 ba
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW. The Plaza at Cienfuegos. CIENFUEGOS By Consul Charles S. Winans The Cienfuegos district prospered greatly during 191S. Tliis prosperity was due to the high price of sugar, the most important product of the island of Cuba. The abnor- mal conditions which reigned during tlie war period, rendering inaccessible or cur- tailing greatly sugar supplies in other parts of the world, were practically unnoticed in Cuba. It is estimated that the 68 active sugar mills located in this consular district, covering the Province of Santa Clara, produced last year 6,397,510 bags of sugar of about pounds each, equal to nearly one-fourth of the entire Cuban out- put. This district has been notably free from strikes or similar movements. The shortage of labor, which at one time threatened seriously to curtail the 1917-18 sugar crop, was overcome and the 1918-19 grinding season started favorably. GROWTH OF FOREIGN COMMERCE The record figure of §101,151,950 for the total foreign trade of this district in 1917 rose during 1918 to $111,553,, an increase of $10,401,609, or a trifle more than 10 per cent. Comparing the total value of exports from this district in 1917 and 1918, it is noted that the 1918 amount of $83,457,953 is $5,050,923 greater than the 1917 value of $78,407,030, representing therefore an increase of more than 6 per cent. In 1917 exports from the port of Cienfuegos reached a value of $39,261,532, but due to drought last year in parts of the country contiguous to this port, which reduced the production of sugar, the exports of 1918 were worth only $36,935,044, showing a decrease of $2,326,488. The decrease, however, was more than offset by larger shipments from other ports of this district. MORE SUGAR GOES TO GREAT BRITAIN Annual declared exports from the ports of Cienfuegos, Sagua la Grande, and Caibarien to the United States for 1918 amounted to $50,906,057, showing a decline of $4,812,778 from the value of $55,718,835 in 1917.
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