The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-14
The Cigar Trade.

The Cigar Trade.
Cigars follow ale and beer by kind OF
natural sequence. The taste Of one seems
to generate an appetite for the other,
and, having shown in a previous article
the resources of our city for the produc-
ton of ale, it is fitting that we now al
Jude to the manufacture of its ysequent,
cigars. 49,,
In fact, Wheeling is known abroad In
the person of her common, or "stogy
cigars, as they are called, no less than BY
the excellence of her ales. They consti-
tute branch of manufacture of which
Wheeling enjoys almost monopoly A
few are made in Pittsburg and Steuben-
vile and, a few are manufactured IN
Washington, Pa, and other towns in our
neighborhood, but the bulk of the trade
belongs to Wheeling alone. Wherever a
Wheeling man goes, whether east OF
west, he introduces the Use OF stogies,
and orders for supply Of the article
come pouring in upon the manufacturers
from all quarters. An enormous trade
has been built up i'll this way. The COM
narrative cheapness Of the cigars COM
mend them to the use of all who are not
burdened with a superabundance OF this
worlds goods, and it is said that those in
the habitual use of stOgies acquire rel
ish for them which makes them prefera-
ble 70 fine imported cigars, even though
The latter were purchasable at the same
price.
HOW THEY ARE MADE.
This may be partially accounted tor
by the composition of the stogy cigars.
They are made from pure Kentucky tobac-
CO without drugs OF deleterious substan-
ces of any kind, such as impartithe pecul-
lar flavor to the smoke of many fancy
brands of imported cigars. They are not
liable therefore to produce those diseases
of the mouth which sometimes follow
the habitual use of foreign cigars they
consist of pure Kentucky tobacco, and
nothing more The process OF manufac-
tnre is simple and rapid The large
s'em5are stripped from the tobacco leavss;
the better leavel are used for wrap
pers and the more broken and inferior
ones for filling. The workman selects
enough of the broken leaves for a cigar
rolls them in his hands to give the roll
its required shape wraps a piece OF lea1'
cut to the proper dimensions, about the
filling, twists or pastes the end so that 1t
may not spring loose and the cigar Is
done 1t is then laid away to dry; the
tobacco having been dampened to pre-
vent it from crumbling while in the
hands of the workman 1t takes about
fifteen pounds of tobacco to make a
thousand cigars.
'rIPs'', "AfrSERvAs" AND 'sHANGHAIs. ~
In addition to the stogy cigar, which
i the main article of manufacture by
the tobacconists here, there are also
manufactured several other kinds Of
CIGARS containing more OF less HAVANA
tobacco mixed with that grown III Ken
lucky One variety of these is termed
tips and differs from the common sto-
gies by being tipped at one end with Ha-
wanna tobacco, or having small strip
of that tobacco running through the cen
ire of the cigar as far as thew are usually
smoked. "Minervas" are filled with a
mixture of Kentucky and Havana to-
bacco in about equal parts, and variety
of ,tnsy cigars about eight inches long
Is appropriately termed "Shanghais" by
its chief manufacturer, Mr.. MARSH, OF
Water street The tips" are sold at
thirteen, the "shanghais'' at fifteen and
the "minervas' at twenty five dollars per
Thousand
COST, TAXEs &C.
Cigars being considered purely an ar
ticle of luxury, have been selected 10y
our legislators as an appropriate sub
icct for heavy taxation. The tax has
been laid on in every conceivable way,
and i, increased at nearly every session
of congress according as the necessity
for an increasedreveuuea arises Tobacco
manufacturers are required, in the first
Mace, 70 take out license, costing ten
dollars. and which has to be renewed
every year They are then taxed three
dollars for every thousand OF cigars sold,
and in addition to these, there Is stamp
duty of five cents on each thousand. All
This must. OF course, be added to the
pricc of the cigars and paid by the con-
sumer The operations of the war have
materially interfered with the culture
of tobacco in kentucky and consequent
" the price of the raw material has been
LARGELY advanced \ few years ago,
Kentucky tobacco could he purchased Tor
from i've 10 eight cents per pound, aud
sometimes as low as four OF four and a
half now. 1t is difficult to obtain for
from eighteen to twenty-five cents. The
dcpreciation OF the currency and the