Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-03-26
All About Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff.

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tiSer prints good deal Conformation
concerning tobacco in the following
racy "interviewers' style:
"Mr. A, how many kinds of tobac.
co do you recognize in commerce p
1.-TWO chewing and smoking"
allow about snuff"
"That is included with the chew.
ing tobacco"
Where is chewing tobacco raised?"
MOSTLY in Virginia, Missouri and
Kentucky. The Virginia tobacco is
the best and it is made into plug
Fine cut is mostly made of Kentucky
tobacco. Louisiana is made into big
rolls called perique' The Missouri
tobacco ranks next toVirginia. They
used to make all the plug tobacco in
Virginia, but during the war we got
to making it in New York"
Where is the best fine-cut tobac-
co made ?"
In Detroit, Michigan. where they
have thirteen factories"
SHOW do they make snuff"
yellow Scotch snuff is ground in
mill from tobacco which has been
fermented in a vat. Maccaboy, or
black snuff, is cut up with a knife"
where do they use snuff most 2"
"Well, in South Carolina and Ar-
kansas, where most of the women
eat it. They chew the end of a pine
stick, then dip it into the snuff, and
hold it in their mouths"
Where is cigar tobacco raised 2"
ain Connecticut, New York Penn
sylVania, Ohio, Wisconsin aud Cuba.
ais there difference in the to
bacco,raised in these different states?"
ayes, There is great variation
in price. For example: Cuba tobac-
CO is worth on an average 81 per
pound. Vuelta Abijo is the best in
Cuba, and is worth S1.05; Palidos
and Remedies are worth 80 cents /;
and Yara, which is raised in the re-
bellious district, is worth ST."
(which state raises the best cigar
tobacco in the country ?"
"Connecticut raises the best cigar
tobacco. The tobacco raised in Con-
necticut is generally used for cigar
wrappers, and worth 80 to IS cents
per pound"
"What state raises the next best
tobacco 2"
Anew York. Her best tobacco is
raised between Syracuse and EImira.
on what is called the Big Flats. 1t
is worth % cents. Pennsylvania to-
bacco is worth % cents, Ohio 90 cts,
and Wisconsin II cents.
"From what tobacco are most of
our cigars made Z"
"From Havana filing with Con-
necticut wrappers. Havana wrap.
pers are too expensive. They are
worth $3.50 per pound"
Where are the best cigars
smoked 2"
ain New York"
"Where are they made 2"
"Here in the city"
"What cigars are made in Cuba ?"
"The Henry Clays,' 'Conchas' aud
the 'Upmans,' which is the finest
brand, but they are all initiated
here"
"What are Partagas ?"
"They are cigar made by Senior
Partaga, in Cuba. They are mum.
bered l., 2, and Shat is, first hest,
second best. and third best. Most
all the Partagas smoked in New
York are made here. A Partaga Sd
is about as good as Partaga 1st, only
it is milder and looks rougher ex-
ternally."
"What other brands of Cuba CT
CARS are there 2"
"The brands called Cabano, william,
L'Espanolo, Regalia, Coquette, Figaro
and D'Africaine."
"What makes Cuban tobacco the
best ?"
at is owing to the climate. 1t to-
bacco plants are brought from Cuba,
and set out 10 Connecticut, 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"
10 what countries do we export
tobacco 2"
ave send about 25, 900 hogsheads
10 France "a hogshead weighs from
800 to 1000 pounds), 10, 900 to Spain,
Is, 900 to Italy, $4,000 to Germany,
5000 to Austria, and from 30 1000 to
$1,000 to England"
"How much tobacco do we con-
sumo in this country simply for
chewing and snuffing?'
"105, 900 fourteen hundred pound
hogsheads. This, fifteen cents per
pound, would amount to 81, 000, 900,
which goes into the hands of the
producer. s40,OO0,0O0, / should say,
goes to the retail dealer. This for
chewing and shutting alone, and that
is Only the commencement of the
story. You would despair at the
smoking statistics"
Well how many cigars were
smoked last year ?"
According to General Pleasanton,
who collected the taxes on hem,
there were 1882, 246, 900 cigars used
last year. Thus one billion three
hundred and thIrty.two million and
two hundred and fortynsix thousand
cigars were undoubtedly retailed at
ten cents apiece. So we smoked up in
this country, last year, sl3I ga, 900
worth of tobacco"
"Good gracious !" said | "If |
only had my old Saratoga statistican
here uow, how be would revel over
these figures !"
"133,224,OOO for cigars, you say,
Mr.. Az"
ayes"
chow much spent for -four. them"
Il suppose about s2O0,OO0,000."
Now that little $133, 224 900 was