. The Cuba review and bulletin. ises1,700 acres. A census is being taken byTile and the Department of Agri-Shoe culture. Industry and Com-Factories. merce of all Cuban industries,and industrial engineers arevisiting them to learn something of theirequipment, output, methods and profits. Thefirst inspection was of Diez and Planiel tilefactory, near Havana. This plants weeklyoutput is 100,000 tiles, and it has a capacityfor a larger production. The factory isprovided with the best modern machineryand equipment. The product, in the opin-ion of the department, is not inferior to thebest in the mar
. The Cuba review and bulletin. ises1,700 acres. A census is being taken byTile and the Department of Agri-Shoe culture. Industry and Com-Factories. merce of all Cuban industries,and industrial engineers arevisiting them to learn something of theirequipment, output, methods and profits. Thefirst inspection was of Diez and Planiel tilefactory, near Havana. This plants weeklyoutput is 100,000 tiles, and it has a capacityfor a larger production. The factory isprovided with the best modern machineryand equipment. The product, in the opin-ion of the department, is not inferior to thebest in the market. Srs. Soles & Bulnes shoe factory, inCerro, was next visited, where up-wards of 100 workmen are factory is run by hydraulic power, andhas all necessary mechanical appliances. Theweekly output is 150 dozen pair of shoes, ofa variety of models. The machinery, whichis all from the United States, is as good asthe best employed at the largest shoe fac-tories in the United States. i6 THE CUBA REVIEW And The Public Scliools of Cuba. A scene In a Sagua school. Note the American desks brought lii atthe first Intervention, and note also that colored children are among the scholars. There is no racediscrimination among the children attending schools in Cnba. Dr. Lincoln de Zayas, act- Englisli in ing secretary of public in- Ctiban struction, proposes increasing Schools. the number of English teach-ers in the public schools ofCuba. The number of teachers approvedfor this service has not been sufficient, theexaminations requiring 75 out of 100 pointsto secure appointment. As a consequencethe teaching of the English language hasbeen far from efficient. Five schools per day to one teacherproved too much and neglect of enthusiam among the teachers andpublic was also strongly in evidence, es-pecially in the time of Estrada Palma. With the second intervention comes animpetus for renewed work. There havebeen no examinations for teachers since1901. and as
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