The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1883-01-28

tobacco have become alarmed, aud they have besegcd
Congress to set down the handsome stranger, And
the demands OF the farmers have been listened TO- for
the tariff bsuow pending raises the duty on sumatra
tobacco from thrtynve cents per pound 10 seventy
1--WE cents per pound, ''it must bo remembered ''
said The cigar manufacturer, "t that this tobacco Is
wholly used Tor the outside or wrapper OF cigars
The inside, nier, Is something that smokers 40 NOT
particularly examine. IS long as they don't get
mouthful Of tobacco dust when they bIto on the end
oia cigar they are satisfied.
"But all these cigars, ~ ventured TO saw In the
midst Of the narrative, ''are cheap cigars aren,t
they2N "oh, no, " tho cigar man replied; "moy
are the kind usually retailed for ten cents or three
Tor quarter.N hIIow about the 1--WE. centersY,,
"rhc less say about them the better. rhey are
made Of scraps and odds and ends--somethne like
the George Washington pie that school, boys used to
fancy. And again the trade for vecent cigars is so
brisk and universal that they form the larger part Of
the tenemont-houso industry That Industry IA n
curse and blight TO the regular factories and New
York Is the head centre for IT, Tho system Is to colo
nire families In rooms weigh out so much tobacco to
tho head o the family and receive so many cigars In
return. The clgar-m makors in tenement houses are
chiefly Bohomians. They live like cattle, and the
wife and children eat, sleep, and work IN rooms that
average eight by ten. The employer has no waste,
Tor every twenty TO twenty five pounds Of tobacco
furnished his employees must produce l. 600 cigars
lie makes proht on the rent and besides has absO-
Lutte control OF the workmen who are inmates OF his
house. 1t isa dirty, nlthy business but tho profits
are very large, and tenement-house cigar manufac.
turing Is constantly on the increase. When the
cgar-maGers employed get used to tho ways Of this
country they pretty soon abandon the tenement
houses, but their places readily nled by recruits
from the old country. | could tell you some nasty
storiesabout the way tenement house cigars are made
but u spare your feelings. 1t Is enough to say that
cigars that are made In the ath OF families living in
crowded rooms is suggestive enough without going
into the details.''
'Glye me some cue, please, so | may know how
aud what cigar to buy said. Well, ~ the ex-
poser Of cigar aduleraton said 'lf you must smoke,
buy imported cigars at not less than twenty hve cents
apiece "But can't afford that" ''Then never
buy cigar costing less at retail than ten cents
straight Choose one that is medium dark and is
mild In tone. The presence OF too much flavor is apt
to be a sign Of doctoIlng. good seed and Havana
cigar Is really pleasant smoke and there are lots OF
manufacturers who stake their reputation on their
goods. Buy therefore, cigars only OF the make OF
wel-known manufacturers. II you want TO know
the difference between imported aud domestic cigars
You can always tell 1t by the grain OF the wrapper
Havana tobacco has straight veins, Iwhilc In domestic
the veins run crooked and diagonal. sumatra
wrapper can be detected by Its smooth oily and, when
1t Is old wrlnkled appearance AuRYCuEFF.