Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-01-04

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It has always been, and probably ever
will be, the common belief that the
best cigars are made in Cuba, aud this
is true in Il certain measure. Previous
to the year 1920 the manufacture Ct
cigars ON that island was mouUpOlizcd
by the Government, but since then it
has been thrown open TO all, and owing
to the iucessant demands made upon
the Cuban market, there is badly any
real competition among the mmufactu-
rors.
The Cabanas brands seem, however,
to bring somewhat higher prices than
those Of any other house, the best cigars
from that manufactory occasionally sell
ling for fifty cents apiece in Havana or
twenty-five cents at wholesale.
Besides the immense quantities sold
for expectation over fo,Dteen hooeircd
DiHioa cigars are annually smoked On
the island Of Cuba alone.
The Cigar manufacture is a Govern
ment monopoly in the Philippine Is
lands Tie best tobacco is raised in
the northern portion Of the island Of
Luzon, and is cultivated under the in
mediate supervision Of Spanish officials
and agents, who buy it directly from
the planters
There are three principal manufacto-
ries. The largest is at Manila and en-
plovs seven Thousand women and twelve
hundred men, all of whom are paid by.
the piece, to insure greater expedition
and better work The other two aver
age about four thousand hands each.
Nearly one hundred and twenty-five
million cigars, and a proportionately
large number of cheroots and cigarettes,
are annually exported from the Philip
pine Islands.
The colonies atfording better oppor-
tunities and more advantages for the
culture and preparation Of the valuable
leaf, but few manufactures have been
established in Spain itself Yet those
that have been started have nearly all F.
continued in successful operation, and I.
the one at Seville has gained a world |
wide reputation.
In France, the tobacco manufacture
in all its branches has long been one Of .
the principal sources Of internal reye-
uue. As early as 1914 the monopoly Of |
the tobacco trade was sold for six years
to Jean Breton for the sum of seven .
hundred thousand liyes, or about one .
hundred aud fifty thousand dollars.
The French cigars are mostly of a SIT
perior quality, and are so skiIlfulIy .
shaped and delicately manipulated that
none but experienced connieusseurs can !
detect the difference from genuine Parta-
gas or Vuelto Abaios, whose superiority .
is mainly due to their peculiar flavor 4
and Inform combustion.
Immense quantities of cigars and Gig
arcttes are manufactured in Bremen and .
Hamburg, with very inferior or dam
aged leaves, and are shipped to all parts
of the world, to be disposed OF at ex-
tremely low rates.
Bremen takes the lead in this branch
of trade, more than four thousand per-
sons being actively engaged in it, and
the yearly expectations from this city
alone numbering over three million
cigars.
FL, paasaat, it may he interesting for
the reader to know that seveuty-tive
Thousand ordinary sized cigars can be
proftablv manufactured out of six hun
dred pounds of good, unadulterated to-
bacco. This simple fact shows how
very renumerative the business can be
made.
Wherever civilization has penetrated
the cigar has made its appearance and
has rapidly come into favor, however
much has been said against smoking.
The mnuul amount spent by the Eng
lish on tobacco alone-and principally
on cigars-has been estimated at not far
from fourteen million pounds sterling.
But in point of consumption, as well
as Of traffic and manufacture, the
United States ranks foremost, as far as
cigars are concerned.