The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-04-16

Florida is destined to.take an important plrt
in the culture of Tobacco in the future. lis soil
and climate adapt il to the growing oil the nnest
leaf known, and being so near Cuba the q'ality
should be as good if the right kind OF seed be
used, The profits Of growing tobacco IN FLORIDA
should be as much greater than IN Sumaira from
the fact that all of the leaf which is grown from
the Cuba seed (Vuelia Abajp), which will not
make fine wrappers, will, when cured, produce
a high class filler which will sell at "A large prom.
per acre, even if no wrappers are produced; out
it has been shown beyond doubt that the yield
of wrappers will be fully as large as in any coun
try, running from 30 to 70 per cent. according To
the care given the leaf during and after lis
growth 1t is a well known fact that only the
finest wrappers from crop OF Sumara are use
tul or valuac lie in our market, as the peculiar
quality of the leaf will not allow OF its use tor
filler purposes, and the lowing OF Suma'ra can
not be so profitable as the Cuba leaf The sue
cess of Florida tobacco depends entirely on its
care after it is grown. II ii is handled and cured
right there is not land enough in the whole State
TO cause over production. The natives have no
knowledge of the proper curing process neces-
sarv to iii the tobacco for this market. Ii seems
to us that the time is now ripe for our people
here in the trade to show a little enterprise and
secure fortunes that await the asking.
There certainly must be brains and money
enough right here among Us to properly develop
this matter, and from our standpoint all that is
needed is leader who possesses the proper
knowledge and executive ability. We could
name one person who would fill the bill com
pletely, who haseyven years of time to the
scientific study of both the growing and curing
of the leaf one whose name is so familiar to the
tobacco trade of the world that il is hardly
necessary to mention 1t, Mr.. Chas S. Phillips, of
1873 Pearl street, New York. II he could be in
duced to take the management OF a Florida en-
terprise there could be no question about the
of nd Il i1yNn cbnulN no rull q
up higher than the best paying Dutch or SumaIra
Company He is a selt-m made, successful business
man, many years familiar with the handling OF
labor, with proved executive abilities, inventor
of the most valuable patents known for curing
of tobacco, and parties investing their money IN
any company under his management could feel
certain OF biz profits. Every one AT all familiar
with the subject knows that tobacco is the best
paving crop of the world. Florida tobacco will
sell for at least three times the price OF Conn Get
icut or any other Northern or Western tobacco
and yet it is not an unusual thing for our East
ern farmers to make more than 100 per cent. on
their tobacco crop. Ii they did not they would
no. continue to make 1t special crop year after
year as they have.
With such 90 ID prospects for making money,
it ought not to be difficult mlttcr to raise ali
the capital needed for growing the leaf on a
large scale and supplying our marker with fine
goods superior TO Sumttra and enrlchlng the
trade ana me country 10 the extern Oh many
millions Of dollars yearly, instead OF enrlching
foreign merchants. Ole good company in
Florida will do the trade more coed than thou
sand small farmers who do not know how to
cure the leaf, and would continue to flood the
market with trash; for no matter how we'll ii Is
grown it must be handled and cured right at
forwards to be of value for cigar WRAPPERS or
filters \ vast field is open to on trade. Oar
yearly increase of population gives us a steadily
increasing demand for The leaf Florida has
only limited quantity OF land suited for tobac-
CO. and the first parties 10 locate there will ret
the cream OF the land. She Will never be- Il
competitor Of Northern seed leaf or Havana
seed, but viii compete with Samaira AMI Cuba.
The acreage and development OF tobacco chi
iure in Florida will necessarily be slow com
pared - the wants and needs of The market,
and it j. ii question il she ever produces enough
to seriously effect The m trllet prices Of either
Slmatia or C0ba Leaf: aud II such should prove
e. b. 4 lac, then Florida would rul. high in
price, ~ liking il Still N II remuncrlive 10 the
sroWers ot il. There is no good reason Why
Florida should 1t furnish u with ali the wrap
p"y> i3r nli he clear Havana cigars made
IL thi~ country, aud rs a proper Development
If 1hc finer Q1n'uir~, W could become tX-
poT'e;> oi five cigals-FACrs- in y. !. r
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