Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-12-21
Manufacture and Consumption Of
Cigars.

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II Las ALWAYS been and probably ever will
be, the common belief that the b"st cigars are
made Ia Cuhi and this is true in certain
measure. Previous to the year 1920 the man
facture Of cigars on that Island was mDnopO
lizrd by the Government but since then it has
been thrown open to all, and owing to the in
cessAnt d-mpnI- made upon the Cuban market,
there is hardly any real competition among
the manufacturers,
Beside tile immense quantity sold for cxpor
taiion over to';rteen hnndred sliijOn ci gars are
annually smoked on the island of Cuba alone.
The cigar manufacture is a Government
monopoly in the Philippine Islands. Tne brsl
Tobacco is raised in the northern portion Of the
island of Luzon, and is cultivated under the
immediate supervision of Spanish ofliciils and
agents who buy il directly from the planters.
There are three principal manufactures
The largest at Manila, aud employs seven
thousand women aud twelve hundred nrn, all
Of whom are paid by the piece, to insure great
er expedition aud better work. The o her two
average ab1ut four thousand hands each.
Nclrly on" hundred and and twenty five
million cigars. and prnpprlionately large
number OF clrrDOts and cigarettes are annual
Is exported from The Philippine Islands.
The colonies att riding better opportunities
and more advantages for the culture and prep
| aration of the valuable leaf, but few manuiac.
| tories nave Detn eSltDlls1tu III piDhlu ltStI
| Yet those that have been started have nearly
all continued in successful op.ratiOn, and the
one at Seville has gained world wide reputa-
| ion.
In France the tobacco manufacture IN all its
! branches has long been one of the principal
sources of internal revenue. As early as 1914
| the monopoly of the tobacco trade was sold
| to Jean Brenton for the sum of seven hundred
! thousand lvres or about one hundred and
| hny thousand dGllars.
The French cigars are mostly OF superior
quality. aud are SD skilfully shaped and deli
| cateiy MANIPULATED that none but experienced
conisrurs can detect the difference from genu-
inc Partagar or Nucito Abajos, whose superb
oriiy is mainly de to their peculiar favor and
uniform combustion.
Immense quantities of cigars and cigarettes
are manufactured in Bremen and Hamburg
| with very inferior or damaged leaves, and art
! shipped to all parts of the world, to be dspOs
ed of at extremely low rates.
| Bremen takes the lead in this branch o.
| trade. more than four thousand persons being
actively engaged in it, and the yearly expOria
! iiOns trom this city alone numbering over
thr % million cigars.
| Wherever civilization has penetrated, tho
cigar has made its appearance and has rapidly
| come into favor, however much has been saiC
against smoking.
The annual amount spent by the Englisl
| on tobacco alOne-and principally on cigars
! has been estimated mt not far from fourteen
million pounds sterling.
But in point of consumption as well as o
| traffic and manufacture, the United State
ranks foremost as far as cigars are concerned
The manufacture Of cigars has also becomt
quite largely one Of the industries OF America
More or less over the Northern and Eastern
| as well as the Southern States, is it carried on
| i,l !. Lao Oh
common qualities, hereabou.s, is the Connect
| icut and Ohio Seed Leaf. The better qualities
however, are usually made of the imported
Havana and Yara-tobacco, with seed lea
binding and wrappers. The com plant whcl
may be generally made against the article thu
made up, is the great variety in the qualit!
and flavor of the Cuba tob lcco, as scarccl.
two bales of the weed are 10 be found will
the slme fl .vor and strength. BY good luck
manufacturer may get a well favored bale
and during its consump ptiOn, his Cigars viii
please; while the succeeding, may be ran
ana wanting in flavor. The mlder, and NOR
delicious favored tobacco is the Iara, Du
this is not as common as the Havana, and il i
only occasionally to be found, and the rang
Oh price Is, III measure, IL OdT 10 us ust
| While the manufacture has been, and is Cal
ried on to some extent in Conneaut and Am
boy, there is an establishment in Kingsvill
that OF G. G. VIETs, where as good an articl
rs is made in these parts may be found; an
lately Il m lnufactory has been established i
this place by Mr. JACOB ROWLAND, employin
some four or five hands, and turning out yer
~ ,:,ol, Al,
and growing demand.