Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-07
NEWS ABOUT TOBACCO.

There are two kinds Of tobacco rec
ognized in commerce--chewing and
smoking Chewing tobacco is raised
mostly in Virginia, Missouri and Ken
lucky. The Virginia tobacco is the best
and it is made into plug Fine cut is
mostly made of Kentucky tobacco. Lou
isiana is made into big rolls called
Perique. The Missouri tobacco ranks
next to Virginia. They used to make all
the plug tobacco in Virginia, but during
the war they got into making it in New
York.
The best fine cut tobacco is made in
Detroit Michigan, where they have thir'
teen factories.
Yellow Scotch snuff is ground in
mill from tobacco which has been fer
mented in vat. Maccaboy, or black
snuff, is cut up with knife.
They use snuff most in South Carolina
and Arkansas, where many of the wo-
men eat it. They chew the end of
pine stick, then dip it into the snuff, and
hold it in their mouths.
Cigar tobacco is raised in Connecticut,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wiscon-
sin and Cuba. There is great yarla-
ton in price. For example: Cuba to-
bacco is worth on an average 81 per
pound. Vuelta lAbijo is the best in
Cuba, and is worth 81 05; Partidos and
Remedies are worth 30 cents; and lara,
which is raised in the rebellious district,
is worth 81. Connecticut raises the best
cigar tobacco in the United States. The
tobacco raised in Connecticut is gener-
ally used for cigar wrappers, and IS
worth So to IS cents per pound. The
next best is raised in New York, between
Syracuse and Elmira, on what is called
the Big Flats. 1t is worth 2S cents.
Pennsylvania tobacco is worth rs cents,
Ohio 20 cents, and Wisconsin II cents.
The most of our cigars are made from
Havana filling with Connecticut wrap
pers. Havana wrappers are rather too
expensive. They are worth 81 so per
pound.
The Henry Clay's Concha's and Up
mans, which is the finest brand, are
made in Cuba, but they are all initiated
in New York. The Partagas are cigar
made by Senior Partagas, in Cuba. They
are numbered l, 2 and 3-that is, first
best, second best, and third best. Most
all the Partagas smoked i'll New York
are made there. A Partaga Sd is about
as good as a Partaga lst, only 1t is
milder and looks rougher externally.
The other brands of Cuban cigars are
called Cabana, william, LEspanola,
Regalia, Britannia, Coquette, Figaro, and
LAfricaine.
The Cuban tobacco is the best, owing
to the climate. If tobacco plants are
brought from Cuba, and set out in Con-
necticut, they will change their normal
state in few weeks. They will draw
new juices from the ground, and absorb
new gases from the air, and the tobacco
will become inferior. 1t will become
rank.
The amount of tobacco exported is
about $4,000 hogshesds to France Ia
hogshead weighs from 800 to 1000
pounds, 10000 to Spain, $4,000 to Italy,
5000 to Germany, 5000 to Austria, and
from 10000 to 10000 TO England.
The amount of tobacco consumed in
this country, simply for chewing and
snufing, is 100000 fourteen-hundred
pound hogsheads. This, at fifteen cents
per pound, would amount to S2l 600, 600,
which goes into the hands Of the pro-
Queer. s4O,OOO,OOO goes to the retail
dealer.
According to General Pleasanton, who
collected the tax on cigars, there were
| 1892, GAG, 900 cigars used last year. Thus
one billion three hundred and thirty-two
million and two hundred and forty-six
thousand cigars were undoubtedly re-
tailed at ten cents apiece. So we
smoked up in this country last year
SlS9, 224 900 worth Of tobacco while the
amount paid for chewing tobacco and