Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-01
ABOUT INFERIOR CIGARS.
One of the Tricks Which Has Led 20 the
Present State of Things

One of the Tricks Which Has Led 10 the
Present State OF Things
IL read a recent article on cheap ci-
gars with interest said a cigar manu-
f~acturer to u reporter. II not only manu-
facture cigars, but / do a retail business
as well. | don't think that the quality
of the popular cigar rs as bad as it has
been pictured
"Do you think the quality could be
made any worseF' asked the reporter,
.'Certainly," said the cigar man, ut
could be made a great deal worse"
''Then | should certainly give up the
weed and go back to the cob pipe and
oak leaves Of my boyhood delight" said
the reporter.
1.-THE fact of the matter is" said the
cigar man, there are a great many peo-
pie who do not know a good cigar when
they get hold of it. I've tested that
matter to my satisfaction. l have DELHI
erately retailed a 10 cent cigar for 5
cents, and | have had persons look at
n of these, turn it over, smell it, and
declare it was nc good, and insisted upon
the regular old o center. Again, a Gus
toner, after smoking my regular grade
of 8 cent cigar for a long time, was fur
nished some Of the 10 cent brand. The
next time he came in here he said:
"'Why did you change cigars on me?'
al gave you a better grade and /
thought you would prefer it,
"'Wcll, | don't think there isanything
better about it, and | am sure | don't
prefer it. Give me some OF the same
stock ! have been used to having
"You see, the mans taste is thor
oughly vitiated. He would have made
the same complaint had 1 given him 4
90 cent cigar. The better the cigar the
worse he would have considered it,"
'That all may be true replied the
reporter, ''but the fact remains that most
of the cigars offered at public prices are
simply stinkers. How do you account
for it,
''The fact Of the matter Is said the
dealer, my custom is good and l have
10 furnish n high grade of cigar. But
there is q class of manufacturers and re-
tailers who cater TO what we call tran
silent trade. They are the people who
get rich in a hurry and retire from the
business. They, the retailers, never
think of giving a man the grade Of cigar
he asks for. They never expect to see
him again, and unless he investigates his
cigar very closely he will not discover
the inferiority of it until it begins to
burn his tongue. Then he fires it into
the gutter with an imprecation. They
are the rnen who have 10 conscience,
vino make the money and who are re
sponsible for the gTowl about cheap CT.
gars. Where are theyl Everywhere.
Then, again, these transient trade
sellows calculate that whcu a man has
smoked the first half of a cigar he throws
il away. To clinch an uncertainty they
have manufactured for them a cigar the
first half of which Is filed with first class
tobacco, while the second half is filed
with miserable ~pickingS. When The man
finishes the first half he is in splendid
humor: when he enters on the second
half he liude his tongue beginning To itch,
and the salivs in his mouth % have a
pungent, nauseating taste, which makes
him throw the cigar away. He cannot
understand il, but thinks that il is all
CAUSED by the nicotine which collects in
the second half of the cigar the nearer it
is burned out.
"Oh, yes; it il sharp dodce-one Of
the trade-aud dealers W no count almost
entirely on transient trade work it for all
il is worth. II is in a majority Of cases
this second half Of miserable pickings
which is causing most Of the complaint
about the bad quality OF the popular
cigar. Not every man wakes up immc
diately 10 the deception. and he puff
away on the second half with as mucl
vigor and satisfaction as he did on tn,
first. Sometimes he don't discover il
and sometimes lie does, but don't care {
Ig. He smokes to be smoking, and {
slinlier suits him just as well as thy
choicest brand Of Havana would. New
York Evening sun.