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,KW American! realize that
dowu In the Quit of Mexi
co at our tery gateway
there hag grown op in the
lait twenty yean on the baslg of a
mediaeval Spanish colony a mod
ern American state that, although
politically Independent, thanks to
uo, It to all Interna and purposes
practically a part cf the United
States.
' A realization of how ' little we
know of this new land of Cuba was
brought forcibly to public attention
by the recent visit to this country
ot the Cuban Commercial Mission
appointed by the President of Cuba
to present, Cuba' financial plight
and to plead against the Imposition
ot a 60 per cent Increase In the
tariff on Cuban sugar. This In
crease was enacted In the emer
gency tariff and la now, making It
difficult for Cuba to recover from
the serious business and (Innuclal
. . , depression, which afflicts the Island,
i In presenting Cuba's case to
'. the Senate Finance Committee
,, ., ,! Cfcrongh the State Department the
i , commission pointed out that there
' enactment of this 60 per cent In
crease In the permanent tariff bliul
. wuuiu mulct upon i;uua a oiow
' from which she could not recover
many years. 1
The average man has not real
ized the Important port which this
new member of free nations plays
.In the world's trade. Certain It'll
that the average man does not re-
allxe to what extent Cuba depends
' upon the United States, her foster
mother, for fair treatment In order
that the may speedily recover her
' economic and political stability.
?he man lb the street still thinks
i ot Cuba, as a leml-barbaroiis Innd
of Insurrection, Ignorance and pov
erty. This It wna twenty years ago.
i Then It was a country, thnt sold ns
angar and tobacco, but Aid most ot
Ita buying In -Europe. The man In
, the street, whllo Inordlnntoly proud
2 . ot Mio' fnct that the Cnlted State
had a large part In freeing the Is-
. . . land from Spanish oppression,
" ' does not at the anmo tlmo realize
" ' ' oor responsibility for keeping the
THE PRAOO OF HAVANA, CUBA-
THIS CITY 13 ONE OF THE MOST
CHARMING CAPITALS OF THE
( WESTERN WORLD.
Island out of the same economic and
political disturbances which Span
ish misrule caused. Cubans know
that Spain tuxed Cuba to death and
brought upon herself the train of
misfortunes In the Island which re
sulted In the loss of Cuban terri
tory. The plea ot the Cuban mis
sion In Washington was In effect
that we do not follow the unfortu
nate example ot Spain and lose
Cuban markets for our exports.
The change thnt has taken place
In Cuba since Spain was driven out
of' the Island has come quickly, but
so gradually that few of us realize
It Probably fow know, for. In
stance, that Havana can be reach
ed by train to Key West In forty
hours from Washington and the re
maining ninety miles covered by
airplane In one and one-half hours,
a trip American and Cuban busi
ness men are constantly taking. It
will be a surprise to mnhy, too, to
learn that a long distance telephone
line tins been established between
New York and Havana and Inter
mediate points which Is In almost
hourly use.
; Then there Is a fast ferry service
with dally sailings between Key
West and llnvana, carrying loaded
freight curs tin (I making the round
trip In twenty-four hours. Steam
ship lines with nlinostdnlly sailings
connect New York with every Cu
ban port. Mare merchandise enters
and leaves llnvnim harbor every
year than passes through any port
of the United States excepting New
fork harbor. ;
Nil, Cub Is nn longer Isolated
from its. Today slip does about V(i
per font of her Imornntlonul busi
ness, both buylntt and selling, with
the United States. The heavy sugar
anil other machinery formerly
bought : in Englnnd, France and
Oermary now 'comes , fram' 'lie
United Stntp, loaded on ears nt the
fnumles !n Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Miclionn. Alabama. IOiilshitui un.l
other sullen and delivered in lliu
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PRODUCE EXCHANGE, HAVANA .CUBA-THE REPUBLICS
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL WELFARE IS CLOSELY
INTERWOVEN WITH THAT OF THE UNITED STATES.
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mill yards ot Cuba without trans
fer or cost of handling. Cuba Is
now our fourth largest Interna
tional customer. ... It Is this rich
trade, dependent as It Is upon the
prosperity of Cuba's chief Industry,
(he raising of sugar, that Is men
aced by the 60 per cent Increase In
the tariff on Cuban sugar enacted
by the emergency tariff . act.
There Is a slang phrase of the
street that runs something like this,
"The bigger they urc, the harder
they full." This could bo applied
to the Cuban 'situation, with refer
ence to our responsibility for her
welfare. We have made Cuba big.
We have holped her In her advanca
In civilization all airing the line.
Ah a result of the fUnn tr.' ' and
transportation relations . between
the United States and C ba he hu
man differences ber.veon us; and
our nnllonnl fostcrehlld arc fnat
disappearing..- We have made her
big, we have made her part of us,
llnunclnlly and Industrially, and we
should see thnt she does vjt fM,
fis she i quite likely . If w. i -.Ixe
a permanent tnrltr hni,o:, "i;"li
would have the efl'ei'l f ' fbiitti-.,
net svgur,. her vlrlet pror.'. t. , "iom
the United States, her .chief mar.
tiet. For we must remember that it
takes years to readjust the crops
of a nation or. to build up new mar
kets for her exports. Cuba's pres
ent shaky financial condition would
not stand the strain of such a period
of readjustment.
English has become the language
of the Cuban business community.
Young Cubans are being educated
In the schools and colleges of the
United Sttttos. Education has re
placed Ignorance, orderly govern
ment has supplemented Insurrec
tion, sanitation ' has uusted dirt,
prosperity has' succeeded to pov
erty, and all of this Is dependent
on the prosperity of the sugar In
dustry. ' ' '
The development of education In
the Island Is oile of the most mark
ed changes hotwoen. the Cuhn .ot to
day and that of two deeadeB ago.
In 1800 the' population of the Inland
was l.n7B.7!)t. ;f whom MOO.SS
were Unable to read, 33,003 knew
how to read, Imr could not writ?,
while I!) 1.18 had : received some
higher edilrntln.: Tho ehauge for
the bolter besaii nitll Anierloiin In
torvcnilon often Alexis E. I'rya wus
FIELD OF CUBAN TOBACCO-
NFVT TO JffAR CHIEF OF
THE ISLANDS RICH AGftlCUL
TURAL RESOURCES..
sent by this country to Havana to
establish an Amerlcnn school sys
tem. With the Installation of the
Cuban republic In 1002 public In
struction came directly under su
pervision of the federal govern
ment, and the secretary of public
Instruction was made a member of
the President's cabinet. Today
there are over 1,100 schools In
Cuba with nearly 800.000 pupils.
There are 5,6S5 teachers In the pri
mary schools. There Is a coeduca
tional normal school In each of the
Island's five provinces and Havana
has two additional normal schools,
one for boys and one far girls.. Eng
lish Is one of the chief subjects In
all these schools.
Cuba's chief Institutions of high
er lonrnlnii are the Institute of
Havana, which occupies a place be
tween the grammar school and the
university, and the National Uni
versity of Havana, founded In 1T2S
and now a big well equipped mod
ern Institution. In 1018 a school of
Domestic Economy, Arts and Sd-.
ences, known ns "The School of the
Home," was established. -
The American colonist or vlsltoi
also finds Cuba ph -si . i a most
attractive spot It Is a land of plc-j
tu.-esque mountains, beautiful val
leys, fertile plains and plateaus all
overspread with luxuriant tropical
verdure.
Its climate Is free from extremes
of temperature and other weather
conditions which often make life In
or near the tropics unpleasant to
northerners. .
And the man made environment
of Cuba Is equally delightful to the
northern . sojourner, particularly
that of such modern cities as Ha-
i vana. This city Is one of tue most
delightful capitals In the western
hemisphere. It is a city, modern In
every respect thnt promotes com
fort of living and up to date com
mercial activities, In a quaint, his
toric setting that dates - back in
part nearly 400 years. Havana to
day Is a mixture of modern con
crete and stone office buildings five
or six stories high with little one
or two story thick walled, trie
roofed structures, some of them
R00 years or more old. It Is a clean,
sanitary town, far different from
the fever Infested city the Ameri
cans found there two short decades
ago.
The chief railroad systems oi
Cuba nro the United Railways of
Havana, the Cuba railroad, with
Us subsidiary, the Cnmoguey and
Nucvltns railway, nnd tho Cuba
Northern rallrond. They have an
aggregate of about 2,200 miles ot
track.
Cuban mineral wealth Is Just at
the beginning of Its development.
The early Spanish dreams of gold
In Cuba have never been realized,
but they are supplanted today by
actuality In the shape of rich de-po-it
of copper, tfon, manganese
and rrome. Asphalt and petroleum
are also found In paying quantities,
and In recent years numerous com
panies have been formed to develop
these resource.
Cuba a also rich In timber. Thera
are S07 varieties of valuable hard
woods found In ber forests. Of
these only cedar and mahogany ar
Imported to thla country In any
quantity. This natural resource
has as yet been little exploited.
But In agriculture Ilea Cuba's
wealth. Soli and climate oombln
to make ber one of the most fsrtlle
blta of land on the globe. 8ugar
and tobacco, ot coarse, are her prin
cipal crops, and In these the Cuban
farmer has become a specialist.
With an annual output ot over.
4,000,000 long tons ot rawaugarah
la far and away the greatest sugar
producing country In the world.
Her annual crop brings her In soma
$250,000,000 today, and upon the
prosperity ot this one Industry de-
pends largely the general prosperity
ot the Cuban people. It can easily
be seen then how much Importance
In attached to the present visit ot
the Cuban mission and Its effort to
avert the enactment of ruinous
American tariff against sugar, in
asmuch as Cuba depends upon the
United States as a market for bait
of her enormous sugar crop. Over
a billion dollars, more than half
American capital, la Invested In
sugar production In Cuba.
Tobacco, her second largest crop,
Is worth over $00,000,000 a year to
her. About three-fifths of this crop
Is exported, the greater "part ot It
to the United States. ,,. . , ' : , ,
Two other agricultural products
Imported from Cuba to the United
States In large quantities are pine
apples and honey. Practically all
of America's Importations of pine
apples, amounting to nearly $4,000,
000 a year, are from Cuba. Our
Imports of honey from Cuba amount
to well over $1,000,000 annually, or
about halt our total Imports of that
commodity. , .
' Coffee Is another large agricul
tural product of Cuba. Cubans ar
said to be the greatest coffee drink)
era on earth. ...
Other considerable agricultural
products are mangoes, cltronaj
fruits, bananas, grapes, cacao, v
nllla, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants,
peppers, okra, squash, beans, corn,
wheat, rice and peanuts. Stock
raising, Including horses, cattle,
hogs, sheep and goats, Is followed
to a considerable extent. Poultry
raising la also, a rapidly growing
Industry.
When the American government
was established at Santiago In 1898
one of Its first acts was to begin
the stabilization ot Cuban currency.
This reform was completed by the ,
Cuban Congress under the law of
October 29,; 1914, by which the Cu
ban gold peso, of weight and fine
ness similar to the American dol
lar, was declared tae unit and United-States
money legal tender. t
- In view of this-close harmony ot
Interests the visiting commission
from this new Cuba holds that the
erection of greater tariff walls be
tween the two countries Is Illogical
and harmful to the best Interests of
both. ,
CITY NEWS
(Continued from pngo five)
today after spending tu days in Eugene.
Mr. Pixley maintains bin home In tub;
Uy. and Is residing teuiporai'ily in the
lion county city. - '
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Oaileota Bounty
"L. U. Miller of Trent collected a ft!
bounty on a bobcat pelt today.
As. enable IHT-
ftStra. C. E. CJrlbble. of the Appleirote,
Furniture company, was unable to attend
W her duties at the Applcgnte furuiliiiV
kjjlro today on account of IIIiichn.
tVetram a Friday Nloht
llTlie proxrani and Christiana ti-e; to be
aVttl by the Cnngregatlonul Sunday k -lionl
KJ oe on Friday mailt at T:;lu o clock.
public Ik Invited
ease Is Crested
marritufc llceuae was htmicd to Law
rence M. WilHon, age 28, of Aulilnnd, and
I'enrl Srarii. 23. of Cottage drove by the
county clerk today.
Takes Position at Bank
.Mi.sH Nell Sloan, stenographer and
bookkeeper foe the MeCornaok 'Aiilo
company .fur the past six nionthfl, has
taken n position In the bookkeeping de
partment at the United States Nutionat
bunk.
is going to Uoseburg Saturday to spend
Christinas nt her home, .. ' . ;
Drive to Cottage Grove
MIhk .MaxKie Hums', Airs. Hubert Mar
kee and Mr. nnd Mrs. It. T. McMullen
drove to CVittiiicn drove Tuesday to
spend th a day on business.
Fuqua In Eugene '
Kd Kuoun. who lives eight or ten
miles west of Eugene on the Khnlra roua i the tree.
spent the day In Eugene transacting
business. ,. . ; -
Bank Will Have Party
A Christinas party will lie held by t'ac
employes of the United States Natlonn:
bank Friday afternoon after banking
hours.' Each employe will have a gift
New Deposit Boxes In
Nine tv-aii new steel safety ' deposit
hoses have been installed this week In
the re I r," o reed concrete vaiut at the
l aiti'd States National bank. The hoxe
are J I inches by 3 inches in sisc.
doing Home for Christmas
Miss Mildred Parks, stenographer '.n
the offices of l'otter, Foster and Iiniael,
Wade Ilros.' (lift Certificates
are useful gifti
Gift SuffXCo'lOtS
. fB.wrj,tKBua ,tWw'
Imported wool hose
$1.25
They're made of that soft,
silky wool that they know how
to miu hi well over there. .lust
the heather .shtulet nn.1 just the
right rlbhe I eflVuts to ro with
brogue oxfords; they're speeinl
ly priced at '
$'.25
WADE BROS.
Hurt, Schuffner & Marx Clothes
Roturn Home to Marcola
Mr.-and Mrs. David Hill returned to
their home at Fischer's camp nenr Mur
eolu this afternoon after spending tne
day in Eugene on business.
Going to Portland
Dr. mid Mrs. U S. Whetstone arc go
ing to Portland on Friday to remain over
Christinas. They will return tho middle
of next week.
MoKenile Men In Portland
"Shine" Edwards nnd Kill Montgomery
who live on the McKeniie nenr the fish
hatchery, are In Portland where ' Mr.
Montgomery Is receiving medical atten
tion, .
Leave for Rosoburg
Mr. mid Mrs. M. S. Allen, of 20!)
Seventh avenue east. left, last nicht tor
Hosehurc where they will spend a few
days vlsitiaa with relatives. IVfore con
cluding their vacation, they will journey
to 1'nrtlnnd for a short stay with friends.
BEEBE JURY COMPLETE
Albany, Ore., Dec. 21. Jury In the
first di'trree murder ease of Carson I).
(Pete) Ileebe was' completed early this
afternoon and left 'immediately for the
scene of the allegd .. crime . near the
Painter farm house nt I.aeomb.
WILSON, GREB TO FIGHT
. New York,- Lee.' 21. Johnny Wilson,
middleweight champion, and Harry Grcb
siKiied up to meet nt Madisou Square
garden on February OV i -
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOK TtKNT lirnisluvl housdiocplnir
rooms.- ('lost in; UrIU nnd water fur
' nished. 2RI Went Sth .St. tf
LOST Knitted Htr'ipod scarf in or
urVniud -tin I'liivrrsity oamuus Wed
nesday nislit. Uewnrd. l'lume UJ. il'SJ
LOST Huston bull terrier dop. Itrown
nnd white. .MuK Phono 4H-J. dJ2
Applegatot Go Home
Fred Annlejcnte returned lo bin home
nt Yoncalln today after spending Tuesday
nud Wednesday at the homo of Albert
Applojtatn in this city. He wan aceoinpa;i
ted home by Mm. Tied Applet. to and
Mrs. (irant Applopalr ami noit, Freder
ick, who have been here f,r a week idtop.
Pin.
Eugene Attracts Sous-i Oniu'ir i
Thnt Klineae Is the ueM t rlMftpst
and altogether mol nuraifte little
plaec he wn ver in (nnd tv travel
with the hand have himilif h';u U . nvx
ptaceA) r the op in - on o K. V. New
roinb. aolo eorneti.it with Hm't bnrA
which plnye-l here a nirit. lie ha
announced his intei.timi nf ivm i-'mp h-vo
to live, s noon a, h en-tr,t't with the
(rKisuintion in cnu'lude'V -r v dins be
run nitike (utine nneeu- n .f n 'uim
ness nature. Mr. Xrwiviub. in addition
to h1 work bm vnliUt, ik also a bund
director nnd arvhitert.
Rontcr Sues Woman
f i Chnrffii e that he nuitod ber nuvh and
-t i nnrnii p mm ne nyiton ner rnncn and
jslie pro it'Md to pay for battue the hay,
.jJohti Suvtor siarted Knit In circuit court
I todny axntHKf Knuuii.e iray. Suytor al
lAjh'lt' be rented t!i defcndcntV Linn
court
tin
county ranch knonn lis the "(Jreymere"
in t'ctobir. 1tlt. ui'd tlmt it cost" him
Vttl t bale the rav. Uo charuefl that
his Irtndlady owes fore the billing
nnd for other labor ii'"OMi;tri n follows:
IST. $!S, and M with Interest at sit
pet ceut.
YOU KNOW
jStj A 4 'toil
Thnt boy of yours wnnts
n bieyclo he 's been in
hero looking at ours
dozens of bovs have luea
looking nt the "Nation
als," "Indians" -and
"Flyers" here during thfj
past few days. Make it
a regular Xmas for him
come in and see. these
wheels you'll know then
why the boy wnnts one of
ours. Wo have tricycles
for tho kiddies, and all
sorts of stuff that boys
waut.
Smith McKern
Cycle Co.
9th and Oak : Phone 2!)0
Our store is filled
with fine gifts at
any price you
wish.
Our store is filled
with fine gifts at
any price you
wish.
Heating Stove Sale
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We offer about. 30 new Stoves of guaranteed quality ur a
wide variety of styles and sizes at Exceptional Prices. . v '
We do not care to make extravagant statements or to
quote for comparison prices that might be misleading a per
sonal visit will show this to be an opportunity to secure a
good stove at a very low price. ' '
, If you expect to need a heater within a year, don't delay
they can't last Jong at our present prices.
ALL STOVES DELIVERED AN D INSTALLED
"Dedicated to Better Homes"
1. Your credit is good.
2. Lowest cash prices.
3. Free delivery.
4.
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5. New goods ex
changed for old.
6. All Goods Guaranteed.
Puuwaud) Uis ciiK ot ut siavac.
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