Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-09-27

MIR. Tansill, the founder of the house
OF H. W. Tnn>ill & Co., is still Young
man, although he hns been in active
business Tor over quarter of century,
and is now numbered among those sue
cessful and prosperous business men of
Chicago who have acquired wealth and
independence through their own talents
and exertions. Mr. Tansll was born in
the State of Virginia in 1874. His
mother died in 1916, and his father
being en- officer in the U. S. Marine
Corps, the duties of which required
cruises OF three years duration, the
subject OF our sketch was practically
lett an orphan when less than two
years o! age. In 1861 he accompanied
his maternal grand parents, Wecms,
to Illinois. where he decided to remain.
MIR. Tnnsiil is the linenl descendant of
the Rev. Mason Locke Wecms, who was
at one time the rector of Polic. General
Washinston's church, and is familiary
known MS the historian of the revolution.
His works included, among many 9th
ers, the life of Washington which CON
contains the original hatchet
story On January /, 1867
he married Mary +. Mottcr, of Clayton,
IL, and 1T was in this town that he
hrst engaged in the cigar business. At
an early date he became convinced that
Chicago was the coming city of the
west, and in 1868 lie decided to remove
his business to that city, where, in tho
great fire of 1871, his entire capital was
swept away. Like q great many other
OF Chicago's young business men. lie
was not crushed by this misfortune, but
making fresh start i'll business, paying
ms creditors 100 cents on the dollar, lie,
Tor number of years conducted one of
the largest cigar factories in Chicago.
The enormous growth of his business,
covering MS it did the whole country, to-
Gethcr with the increased demand for
manufacturing and shipping facilities.
caused him to transfer the manufacture
OF his cigars to New York. the wisdom of
which move has been demonstrated by
the continued expansion of his business,
so that he now enjoys the distinction of
having the largest mail order cigar
house i'll America.
The causes of Mr. Tansill's success are
not hard to find. He is n man of orig
inallty and action. In carrying out an
idea he has the rare faculty of adapting
the means to the end, and once satisfied
OF the soundness of his plan, he exc
S,'N' ~ IHtSt
are perhaps best illustrated by his
unique achievement of building up and
maintaining n great business with
out drumming. 1t is needless to
say that this desirable result could not
have been brought about had he not
possessed an intuitive genius for
advertising. 1t is Mr. Tansill's pol
Icy to, in all cases, do better by his
patrons than he agrees to do, but back
OF all this remains the fact that he is far
too shrewd to expend brain and money
IN pushing an article which lacks the |
merit to back up its claims. His goods |
are never allowed to deteriorate, no !
matter what the demand for them may
be. The wisdom of his policy is dem !
onstrated by the enormous business
which he has developed
MIR. Tansill is probably better known |
to the smokers of the country as the
originator of the celebrated ''ransill's
Punch. This brand he placed on the
market nearly n quarter of cen i
tury ago. Its popularity was phe-
nomenal from the start. Its sales
have been unparalleled in the his
tory OF the cigar trade, and it is recog-
nized to-day by the smoking public as
the leading cent cigar of the U. s.
Denver Republican, june 30th.