Telegram-herald., 1889-11-15
FOUR BILLIONS OF CIGARS.
2As Number OmnlVorous Ansri-
cans SMoks Every Year
FseAees "a tAs ssrth 40. srsas
aad Crossing faaasEry Wa stlas1
$50 - Chssss Cis4E "a
asa - smsks IL

o. .14ls EN-. AaG YeE-sell. Iaey ars
l1e shat shey should De. al tas
smoker has ainself 70 blame for Dr.
4-s speaker AS Mr. 4 81. Delsno.
tle e,4llor ~ Ilr rs-co, the sesog "a LLsd
.of.rna- ~ she trl1s .l heE fora
--lhsmse-Fes ~ 1l84ef Was IN
cred u0-slg as-la4
Precisely HALF TIE number Of
smokers a ho use cigars smoke ~ please
tle eye. rather tnaa ths ID - All no
ralale. They prefer nlee. smooth,
81 kF--loalng wrapper on their cigars,
to ro4ga ana apparently coarser
wrapper, aud they uaae the choice ir-
resleet.ve o. tne smoking Qualities of
tae 1aci for - often happens -hat the
l-aa crle Hra0per conveys 20 the mSuLh
.1e .aLllc taste ~hlca Is altogether
Hal-I-s .a lhe other This preference.
a--e4 amounts - a hobby siGh some
people Las had a curious resuis IL has
see Domestic cigar leaf tobacco away IN
tts 1ack ground aad given ne lead %
an IMPORTATION p "a sea IS unef In hbre.
llE1ter ln color ent more attractive 20
tle eye tu- no- Sd grateful % the aDDe-
t.te. Has DO not been for this whlmsi-
cal taste 20 American smokers the
native leaf Wo-l1 stlll hold the place 10
Occ pied ten years ago as the almost
universal wrapper for his weed and
TIE fragrant EI-er IS we'll Now n Is
only Ile nller."
Inquiry "a % the cause OF this unpa-
tr.otlo releg4gl0n or domestic leaf
tobacco % second place disclosed some
facts interesting alike % smokers ana
statlstlclans. A decade ago. tobacco
culture IN lh8 North was, except in
Connecticut, an Industry practically IN
known. Experiments In PsnusylVania q,
" Wisconsin and New Io-k showed that
an excellent grade oi ciga- leaf tobacco
could De grown lu The States by plant
ing Havana seed a grade slightly
coarser IN hbre and lacking some OF the
richness tn coloring aad the distinctive
satiny gloss peculiar 20 the Cuban pro
duct. ye. infinitely superior 20 anything
hitherto raised on American soil Caoi-
tai vas invested and clra- EAT tobacco
planting VAS vigorously prosecuted In
tAe Middle, New Erg .ant and some OF
the " Nestern states and the result was
. wholly American cigar wrapper and
fller The south furnished the chew
ing and smoking tobacco for the nation;
the North demon strcted It's ability -
supply the 4,gt0. coo OF cigars which the
smokers annually craved. Havaaas
were high priced lrxury. They didn't
Interfere With the steady growth Of the
Northern product, which rapidly crea-
ted a market for itself and soon repre-
sented 33 per cent. OF the total tobacco
crop % The country.
With the Introduction OF Suma.ra
tobacco. the native Northern article
sustained a blow which was a heavy
discourage 20 the growers. As
tho narve Leaf Was soon hidden under
them. Now. almost every cigar. except
the very hlgh grades. has 4 Sumatra
wrapper and domestic filler
Il am constantly amused az tho queer
notions ot smokers. as shown IN the
way they rIcS ont cigar. said a large
dealer yesterday. "Oue man says he
prefers Is mild cIEar. 80 40 looks over q
box or two and arallr selects one with
a ~umatrs wrapper and domestic filler.
Another. who iav0rs q stronger weed,
chooses the same cigar wi Tn j darker
wrapper. which makes no difference
wlatever In tho st-eag th. Wrappers,
Lke the SMOOTH silky 0aes We get from
Sumatra. liie multitude or defects and
they also conceal 5ho strength Or mild
ness of The Weed. as tAey are cOlOrCd 20
suit any taste. Yet there are threa
Suuatra wrappers smoked nowadays 70
one good. sount and really fragrant na-
tive wrapper. and all on account Of tho
fine arrel rance ~ the leaf People
I41e to have o. cir G. -1rs look we'll just
rs they ltko 20 have -lcir other belong
inrs. So they sac.il.ce quality TO ap-
pe4rence.
"How does thot-e regard this super
selling oi etma-ra native cigar leaf?'