Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-13
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Philadelphia Ledger.
Onc Of Philadolpha's oldest cigar
mauulaCturcrs--a man OG ~ years cSpc ,
rieuce IN tho business-ChattCd tho other
day about domestic and imported cigars. .
" You are making the Samo mistake .
that 50 many AmcrSaus mlke,' said he, |
when the superiority uf Cuhln tobacco !
was suggested. . II is q great error tu
suppose that the best tobacco comes from
Cuba" ho continued " There is just as
poor tobacco raised IN Cuba a. IN this
country. We have as good tobacco here
rs auy IL the world, only with tl.a dlil,r
euco as compared with Cuba There they
raise good tobacco In propo,tjOuatcly
larger quantities That is al. Il is no
better, only there is more nf II. Take, Tor
instance the tobacco produced in Penn
syivauid, Connecticut aud Wisconsin.
Among these tobaccos you can pick out as
tiue u quality As there Is "a the wuli pro
vided you are judge enough ~ know
good tobacco when you see II.
UnfortuUatcIy. good judges Of tobacco
are very tcw indeed. Ia large
crop, say of pennsy lyaun tobacco, | can
pick out utty different NIud, "a. ling all
the way up from She y,rs' cabbage
Leaf to the finest that rI'l %. elsewhere
produces. II our people were aS careful
IN selection ana would manufacture
cigars upon the Cuban priuupIe, there
would be less talk OF the superiority OF
| the pure Havana The principle Of the
| manufacture of cigars is a peculiar thing.
| Ii requires more judgmrut aud mAulpulA
| tiJn 70 produce u good C0slr than uinA.
tenths of the people have any idea. Ine
! great point ia making gool cigars is good
| judgment ia selecting the tOJNaCJ, caro- IN
! preparation Ut the tOblc', tDr IN" work
mau, and proper treatment OF the latter
after II gets into his hands. ILe host
part OF cured Loaf tobacco is us
| points, and its worst Is where the stem
enters the leaf. Between those Two points
there is a regular grlia,an Of excellence
from the point Of the leaf dOwuwards.
| Bearing this fact III mlud, il is obvious
that the careful workman v Ill 50 construct
his cigar, aud that the best part OF the
leaf will always point towards that end OF
the cigar which is lighted, and this fac.
applies 20 filters, binders and wrappers.
This is the Cuban plan, and they had for
long time the advantage OF US IN this
country, for here the tobacco was thrown
in iudiscriminately. At the present time,
however, the Cuban method is adopted by
many of our manufacturers aud the result
is seen IN much better cigars
The trouble with the Americans Is the
idea current that a good cigar cannot be
obtained unless high price IS paid for It,.
| This is an error. | can make a selection
OF Pennsylvania tobacco and produce a
cigar that will deceive an expert. can
make a domestic cigar and sell it for
less than an imported cigar that is usually
sold over the counter a. fifteen cents
apiece, or two for twenty five cents, will
actually cost in Havana about S3j per
thousand and at the latter rate, in Cuba,
II cannot be sold cheaper ia this country
on account OF the heavy duty,
cost Of transportation, factors com
miss ions, profits, sc \ cigar that
sells in Havana for s3j is really pOOl
cigar and as it Is sold here, two for q
quarter, falls far below the domestic at
the same price. To get a good cigar in
Havana, from eco to 500 will have tO be
paid. What are considered the best
cigars in Cuba do not come To this cOun.
try, or they come IN such small quantities
| as 10 be hardly worth noticing. They are
heavy, strong cigar, have much more
nicotine II them, and burn with a dark
| ash. Such 4 cigar IS not relIshcd by
| Americans they prefer mild tobacco.
| When au American says be wants a
strong cigar he means that he wants a
| dark cigar, dark, but mild. Ii a manu-.
! facturer should start here aud turn out d
! cigar, such as Cuban would pronounce
to Uo the best, he would soon dud tina,
there would DO 20 market for such az
articla, aud would have to close up.
What | call good domestic cigar
can be bought three for a quarter. Such
cigars, if made by reputable firm, are
superior To any i cent imported ones
Most all OF the domestic cigars contain
Havana tDbaooo, not, as | tod you be
fore, because that tobacco is superior &c
the American, but because the latter oI
the same grade is sCarCCr. The advantage
which Cuba has is in the quantity of good
tobacco, not the quality. 10 all my cxpe.
rIenCe | never knew the domestic cigar To
have as good reputation as il has to-day
The majority OF the five cent cigars made
in Philadelphia are not only pretty goOC
article, but very good article for the
price, and think that Philadelphia beats
other parts of the country in this respect
Here the manufacturers pay attention u
quality first aud looks afterwards. Ia New
York it s just the reverse. There they
are all for looks and tho quality can tax,
care of itself. The good dy5 cent cigars
are made Of domestic wrapper aud binder,
aud part domestic and Havana fl,ers."