The daily gazette., 1876-03-02


OH Tobacco, &c.
In Wilmington, as in al other cities
tobacco and cigars are used in very
large quantities and it is safe to say
that five sixths of the male population
of the place are addicted to the use of
the "filthy weed" In addition many
females use snuff and smoking tobac-
CO, and altogether it will be found
that there are very few houses in the
city where the presence of tobacco in
some shape or other, is not found.
The manufacture of cigars is also
carried on very extensively in Will
mington there being, in all, about 81
manufactures in the city. Some of
these are quite extensive, and their
productions are sold all over the Pen
insula and in the adjoining counties of
Maryland. In addition to the maui
factories there are number of small
retail stores, while the drug and gro
Gerry stores, hotels and saloons, add
largely to the yearly aggregate Of to-
bacco and cigars sold in this city.
The repl tation of Wilmington made
ly sought after by country dealers, in
preference to those manufactured in
Philadelphia and Baltimore. 1t is
fact.conceded by many persons that the
average five cent cigar of Wilmington
is better in quality and flavor than
many brands retailed in leading Phila-
delphIa stores at ten cents each.
In retail price, the Wilmington ci-
gars range from 2 to 25 cents each.-
Imported cigars sell from 25 to so cents
each, but their consumption here is
not very extensive. Ten cent cigars
have considerable sale, and the sale
of "five centers" is very extensive
But the average Wilmingtonian puffs
away on three CENTER" and the sale
of three cent cigars will equal and
frequently exceed the sales of all the
other prices combined. 1.-TWO for five"
is popular brand with poor people
who cannot deprive themselves of
their daily luxury, and many others
buy fair article fer two cents. Small
boys are accommodated with a vii
ainous compound of twisted stems and
damaged leaves, called cigar only out
of politeness, and retailed at one cent
each. Cigarettes arc retailed at ten
cents per dozen, but though quite cx.
| uSCt thCJ ulC INV hlauu'
factured in this city.
Smoking tobacco is also used in large
quantities, the favorite brands being
Durham" and "Fruits of Flowers. J
"Shorts," composed of the clippings
from manufactured cigars, and highly
esteemed by many smokers, are exten'
sively used, and sold at 40 cents pei
pound. Fine Turkish tobacco Is uset
by those who can afford to pay the
high price charged for it. In smok
ing these tobaccos, all kinds of pipe
are used; frem the common clay to tn,
costly meerschaum.
In chewing tobacco the "Navy" il
most generally used, though "Rebec
ca, ,""Flounder, ""Rough. and Ready,
"Cavendish, "and all the various brand
of fine cut come in for a share of coz
sumption. Prices range from 60 cent
to 8l.25 per pound. No chewing tc
bacco is manufactured in this city.
Snuff is favorite luxury with col
ored women, and not few white mel
: and women are addicted to its use. =
: The principal brands sold here ar
= Garrett's and Ralph's.
The taxes on tobocco are very high
dho u " tho CACtSolfC
: tion, the Government derives an enoI
: nous revenue from this source alon
T in Delaware. Manufactured cigars
$ from the cheapest to the most costly
2 are taxed 60 cents per hundred, an
therefore the man who buys 4 hig
f priced cigar, gets more for his none,
2 than he who buys cheaper article
r r the tax being equal on all grades.
b Chewing and smoking tobaccos c
!. all grades are taxed "a cents per poun
i and the man who buys one-quarto
: pound of "shorts" for 10 cents, pays
t cents of this money to the support O
our costly and extravagant nations
y administration. The tax on snuff is
: cents per pound.
5 In 1874 the revenue derived in Del,
il ware from tobacco was $34l ,049.7
r and in 1875, 1914, l23.64. Most of tn
d tax was paid by the people of Wi
mington, and little computation
based on the above figures, will readi
h enable one to estimate how extensiN
h business is the manufacture and sa
,r of tobacco in this city.
al Police Gases.