. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 13 American Cotton Goods Conditions as regards Cuba are even more favorable for the development of the American cotton goods trade than was the case in the Philippines. In spite of the fact that Cuba consumes over $10,000,000 worth of imported cotton goods each year, during 1910 the American manufacturer supplied only $932,382 of this amount, and these figures showed a faUing off from the omount exported to Cuba the preceding year. The United States supphes only about one-sixth of the cotton goods con- sumed in Cuba, in spite of the fact that American cotton
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA REVIEW 13 American Cotton Goods Conditions as regards Cuba are even more favorable for the development of the American cotton goods trade than was the case in the Philippines. In spite of the fact that Cuba consumes over $10,000,000 worth of imported cotton goods each year, during 1910 the American manufacturer supplied only $932,382 of this amount, and these figures showed a faUing off from the omount exported to Cuba the preceding year. The United States supphes only about one-sixth of the cotton goods con- sumed in Cuba, in spite of the fact that American cotton goods are admitted into Cuba under a reciprocity treaty, allowing them a reduction in the duty very similar to that in effect in the Philippines. Under this reciprocity agreement, which has been in effect since 1903, the American manufac- turers are given a 40 per cent preference on knit goods, and 30 per cent preference on other manufactures of cotton, which, to all intents, makes conditions, as far as duty is concerned, almost identically the same as in the PhiHppines, where English and Japanese goods have to pay a duty of 25 to 30 per cent, while American goods come in free. If the Phihppine market, under the new tariff law, was developed from a little over half a million dollars to above two milHon in a single year, there is every reason to believe that the Cuban market might also be dveeloped to a cor- responding degree. Preference is given American goods; there is an advantage geographically, and the market is a large one. The largest portion of Cuban cotton goods is now supplied by the United King- dom, but there is no reason why the Amer- ican manufacturer cannot secure a greater share of this trade and of trade in other foreign markets.—American Wool and Cotton Reporter. Xez^' The peddler of dry goods and notions in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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