The Red Cloud chief., 1882-11-03
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"How win ron have your ciS.n-
ssyiish. eosory. o. b h flavor that you
~anfy"
"Are there ssyiss and iash;ons In
c,garsF"
ITO b sure" the tobacco man m
Piled "Fashions and styles chspSe in
.igsn ' more than they do In dres,.
The judges Of . really guod cigar arc
very few. indeed The average smoker
buysa cigar through his eyea Now.
here ID one" tax ng it from . g~.Itfering
showcase. "that sells for i've cents.
g,ossy and handsome. Il has no quail
~. bat . smoker Is satisfied with II be-
cause IL looks well. and. stuck In his
mouth, IL serves thu purpose Of stwenfy-
iive-cent cigar. remember when IL
was fashionable TO smoke light co!orcd
cigars, Claro or Colorado. a. they are
known Ia the trade. but now everybody
wants dark, colory goods This has led
TO the use OF coloring extracts. and
Havana tobacco extract j. now q staple
article Of merchandise In the trade. In
shapes the cigar manufacturers are O n
trolled by mold-makers. who. in order
10 stimulate their business. are as mex
orablc In their seasons changes IS are
the makers OF hatters' blocks. Cigars
are pressed into wooden molds before
the wrapper II put On, and according
20 the mod. the cigar Is turned GU tn
be thick or thin, dumpy. pointed NJ end
or entirely round. Smokers, as ] said
before. are attracted by appearance.
and some shapes become very popular
and have q great run; others don't take
at all. and then the mold.mskers get up
another shape. As for quality. IL Is
simply a matter of taste. Some men
actually prefer the taste Of a nickc
cigar. Just as an lrishman will cling 10
his clay pipe and niger head But
il Is n curious fact that il q smoker once
inlales the flavor Of n fine cigar he Loses
all taste for q cheaper article
Eyes; people are gradually becoming
educated In the matter OF taste, and
there would soon be no market for
nickel cigars IL the ranks OF smokers
were not constantly recruited from boy
cigarette smokers. Last year the con
sumption OF cigarettes were 100000
less in this country than the year be-
fore. This shows that recruits have
been added 10 the ranks Of cigar
smokers. Perhaps you don't know that
New York has become the largest man
ufacturing center Of the cigar industry
in the world. For the seven months of
this year ending July 80 there were
AL. 236. 900 cigars made in New York
City. These. nj % per thousand. yielded
q very handsome revenue 10 the Govern
neni.
1.-THE cigar industry Is controlled by
foreigners, and all have made money.
come principally from
many are from Bohemia. and
q few are from Belgium. Holland and
England. German c~igar-makers are
coming over now in large numbers, and
are settling in New York at the rate Of
Z. 0O0a year. They all find employment
at remunerative WAGES. A good work
man gets $3.50 per 1000 for making
cigars, and he can turn out from 500 to
700 cigars q day.
Tobacco is a peculiar plant. Every
leaf differs. The more tender the leaf
the finer the quality. No machinery has
yet been perfected to supplant the skill
full manipulation Of the human hand. al
though there have been numerous at
to make cigars by machinery.
The essential parts of q cigar are the
filler and the binder. which is called q
bunch, and the wrapper. The wrapper
is not the thirtieth part OF a c;gar. and
yet it is the part which imparts flavor
to the whole. A bad wrapper will spoil
the filler and binder, while n good
wrapper put on a poor bunch will make
a very good smoke. The introduction
OF q new tobacco grown on the Island
of Sumatra into this market has lately
q great iutter in the trade.
This tobacco is grown upder the dircc-
ton Of a wealthy Dutch syndicate at
Amsterdam. which employs coolies
o raise tobacco on their possessions in
the East Indies. The tobacco has only
been in this market two years. yet il Is
favor SO rapidly that the i'm
of 1t have increased at the
of 100 per cent. q year. In 1874
the total tobacco product Of the Isl
and OF Sumatra was only 96. 1863
pounds. Last month 147. 224 pounds
were brought to New York. The
Sumatra leaf is cured so well, and is SO
and handsome in appearance,
cigar-makers eagerly take it. Its
is very poor, but since four
pounds Of it will cover 1000 cigars,
where twelve pounds OF seed or domes-
tic arc ordinarily used. it is much
20 use Sumatra tobacco where
appearance only Is considered, notwith-
standing its duty OF thirty-fivc cents q
pound and ten per cent, ad valorem. |
Cigar manufacturers SAY that American
growers of tobacco have become very
in the cultivation of their to |
bacco crops. 1t requires one year of
before the crop is ready for the
market, and the 80 and 81 crops have
been found SO poor that in self defense
he handsome Samaritan stranger has
been given the preference. Lately the
Tariff Commission, while ut Long
Branch, heard arguments for the sup
of this imported tobacco BY /
on an additional fifty per cent, |
DR. 100 per cent. al valorem duty. Cigar
manufacturers aver that they prefer
o use Pennsylvania or Connecticut
tobacco If they get it for use in
cigars. The native leaf. they say. has
he quality. but it is poorly cured and
bad color. The sorting Of colors of
tobacco is graded with the
most perfect nicely. There are, for in
thiity-three shades of brown.
comprising dark red. yellow and middle
and light and dark fallow. 1t
s the nice arrangement OF colors which
,auses the Sumat-a tobacco to be pre-
and it is said that American
growers might take . valuable lesson
rom the care and skill which character
xe the coolie labor."-N. i. Sun