Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-02-12

JAM, 1852. Authority to sell Havana cigars
was given 10 the reggie, the administration
which has charge Of The monopoly for the
benefit Of the State, by ordinance of 5h
Nav, 1880.
Perhaps amateurs in the U. States would
like to know what they would have 10 pay
in France for the luxury Of choice cigar.
The decree Of the 4th instant thus regulates
the prices. The kiIogrsmme e lbs. 3 2
or, avoirdnpois very nearly) is supposed
TO contain $50 cigars, and sells
To Con- To Re- A Single
sumers. tailers. Sigar
Panetelas, LIST qual. $50 90 SIS 40 cents.
I'd i" II so 500 7"
Regalias, extra, Is 20 l3 60 )"
Eegucros II so IL 20 Sc
1t is generally supposed that the State
monopoly for the sale and manufacture Of
tobacco in France originated in an imperial
degree in 1910. This isa mistake; i, dates
as far back al Louis XIV. This monarch
invented j. in 1874. England a. the time
in war with Europe allied against him. he
issued decree fprbidding private persons.
to manufacture or sell tobacco upon pain.
for the frs, off:nce, of 1000 ivres fine, and
Of coporeal punishment for the second. The
privilege was reserved to the King, "wh"
hoped, thereby, to ease his people Of por-
ZION Of The extraordinary expenses of the
present WARP Instead Of having tobacco
manufactured by his own agents, and sold
for his own benefit, he disposed Of the mo-
nOpoly 10 certain persons al SO much per
annum. This system prevailed for forty
! five Years, the income derived from it an
nualy increasing, lll in l7l5, it bad reach
ed four millions Of livres (SS0O,OOO) In
1919, decree of the Council Of Regency
abolished the monopoly, and freed The to-
bacco trade from all shackIes save an import
duty. The cultivation, however, Of the
weed in France continued to be prohibited.
In l72l The monopoly was resumed in favor
of the King, and continued without Interrupt
ton for 70 years.
! The last contract entered into with the
Farmers General on the part Of the King
for the manufacture and sale of tobacco, in
1890, was for lhiry-lwo millions of lIvres
! (S6,4OO,OOO.) In 1891, the National As
sembly again suppressed the State monopo-
ly, prohibiting the importation of foreign
manufactured tobacco, and levying duty
on leaf tobacco from abroad. From this
time, till 1910, the trade continued free, and
also the manufacture, but under continually
increasing taxation and shackles. The i'm
port duties were increased on the raw artl-
Gle /: the manufactured article was taxed
licenses were required for the manufacture
and for the retail: and after all the income
from this source in 1909 did not reach the
sum of S3OO0,0OO. In 1910, Napoleon,
by an imperial decree, re-estabished the
Slate monopoly, but in lieu of the ancient
system, he introduced the actual practice Of
entrusling to special administration (regie)
the manufacture and sale of tobacco in the
name and for the benefit Of the State. Sue
cessive laws in 1916 and 1910 continued
and confirmed the system. Since the decree
Of 1910 to the present time, the Stale reve
nue. from this source has been steadily and
wonderfully increasing. The total quanli
" sold by the regie from | July, 1911, to
81 December, 1914, was 55,S97975 kilo
grammes (l22.976,000 lbs.,) and The ne,
proceeds of sale going into The Stale Trea-
sury was SlS,67l,l6S or abou. S5,334, 6l7
per annum. 10 1915 the net income from
The tobacco monopoly was S6.424,66O. In
1880 it had reached the sum of 1886, 4Sl,
with slight relrogade movement in 1923,
1926, 1927. In 1881 there was a small
falling off from the last mentioned sum-
Since that date the income has annually in
creased. 10 1886 i, was S1l,125,9OS. In
! 1910 it was Sl4O22.23l. In 1913 the net
income was S17,Oj4,215. From l July,
1911, to 81 December, 1913, The admins
tra,ion, in behalf Of the State, effected the
sale Of 5l6,SS2,124 kiIogrammes (l,l37,-
l40,673 lb<.) of tobacco, which has ,hown
into The national treasury. all expenses paid,
The aggregate sum of S393,3 566. The
expenses amount to about 81 of the gross
receipts. The reggie will no, render its de-
tailed account of operations during 1919,
till the commencement, of 1852, but il is
already ascer,ained that the profits will
prove to have exceeded Sl7,2QO,O00.
These satisfactory results are attributed
to the superior character Of the French
manufacture. French snuff is universally
admitted 10 be better than can be procured
in any other European State. The French
manufacturers employ not only the indlgen-
Gus plant, but by judicious mixture Of
oxolic leaves, by more sklful preparation,
by improvements in the manufacturing pro-
cess, they succeed in z living to French snuff>.
that peculiar and fine aroma which diStn
cuisines Them, and which foreign manufac-
lurers so much envy, but strive in vain to
initiate. There are ten tobacco factories in
France, located in The cities of Paris, Hare,
MorIsix, Lyons, Toloues, Bordeaux, Ton
niers Marselles, Suasbourg and Lille. The
indigenous tobacco, used in The six depart
ments of Lo,,-Lot ct Garonne, HE A
VlIaine, the Lower Rhine, the North, and
= Pas de- Calais. Foreign tobacco is obtain
ed from all quarters OF the globe-Europe,
America, ASA and Africa. The reggie has
lis AGENTS for The purchase Of leaf lobaccns