The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-27
HOW TO TELL A CIGAR
Many Smokers Do Not Know what
They Want-Cigars Sold at the
Fabulous Price Of $2.2S
or $3.50 Each.

no less than 3,66s,l62,4sS cigars
and of this lumber nearly one-thiru were
made in New York city, and about one
fourth in the state OF pennsylvania
Nearly two-thirds OF those made IN New
York and seven-eiRhths OF the Pennsyi-
vania product were commo cigars made
by cheap labor 10 a great extent OF 10
mestic tobacco, To sell at . cents or less
apiece. On the other hand the remaining
third of the New York city product may be
broadly stated as being made OF a line
grade of imported Havana leaf by 'unah
or Spanish workmen, says w. II. P"nd'i IN
Tobacco.
To begin with, the good scent cigar, the
filler. or inside, Is generally OF Pennsyl-
vania leaf, sometimes in long pieces,
sometimes i'm short pieces known rs
.,~crann 7, Ia surrounded and heId to-
u..hash = ..h;,d.r,, co,n,osed az Penn.
" conn.a., 1t and ia. TWO
syivania ,ohne"'u
combincd. forming puhch' piace.
in a "mold' and pressed into the desire"
shape before going into the rollers hands.
When pressed these ..bunches' are COW
ered with n leaf of Sumatra, Come ,ticut
h-a.d i.af uo,sa,onic or sop,o Of the do
..~;.,;as ,.hioh s,n,Iy ,b.
,nes"c s,o~" s"aiss az.
leaves OF the hhes' texture. "oihe VI .n'
grade OF cigars contain "A 'sprig OF ma
vana" leaf and Others are made oil inferior
Havana leaf throughout. Such is the
maLe-up of the good recent cigar which is
- H.. H. nan,,fan,,no a, nr;ces vary
soauos - -
ing iroih 60 osfo = '' nv.
ing 10 size anu the puaI''i'y oi eN'r" INV
wrapper employed IN It's prouuction'
The good 10-cent cigar opens up n wild
field Of discussion, because the tastes OF
suoL ers ara so yarious. The cominv
90, o;aa, ~ ,ho day; - n,d,nh,o,ily m.
-"...a.' ~, - - - u...n
s's"' '"" ~" ~" -" 80"
tobacco covered WIN n very hhe Suiha.ra
wrapper. This wrapper. IN combination
with a well-manipnlated Havana filler.
makes q cigar of which "a man can smoke
an almos, unlimited number wi,bout ex-
nariancing ,ho haaviness tha, Tho same
ano,,nt ~ cignrs made entirely az Un-
yana would produc il the practice were
long continued. As a matter OF fact.
aItbongb n number 81 tn.,n are still made
Of domestic leaf. Inc great hulk az Inc 10
cent cigars are ,~ienenIent for their oual-
itv unon the Havana tobacco useJ for
Gilers.
Domestic leaf il worth from 40 cents per
Mound down 10 ann price~eyenb cents
ner pound. Havana tobacco costs from
N cents ,o a, and will The duty aver.
AGED al bO cents ner nonnd. may be said
IA cost 81 "a ner no,,nd irhe Vuel,a H.
the hivbest grade. and nossesses n nec,,.
iiarly distinctive f~raprancc and flavor
which no other tobaccn has Uf This "a.
bacco the finest cigars in the world are
made, and il may be stated without fear
Of contradiction that oIr domestic factor
les i'm their higher grade Havana goods
t,rn ont a cigar tbnt is in most resnects
equal and i'm some superior 10 the pro-
d,,ci of ,he world. When h, il known ,hnt
there are cigars made i'm this city for
which S7 per 1000 is maid simply for the
making. tiis * NOT Ia bc M.
THE Question OF auaii,y I'm n lin" Ua.
yaua CIGAR is d~enendcnt uunn The y,av In
which tIe high grade OF tobacco is Inn
lied For N tobacco from thc same vega
plantation field Inc given to three difTer.
ent manufacturcrs ali c,n,aIlv sLiilS,l
and expert. three very different ciyars ~
VARYING excellence. IN Inc onipinn III a
qualified exnert. will be turned o,t No
Vega IL made mn s;nyIy In, IL hia,,o,i
with tobacco from other y.ras In ,ha
manner hest calculntcd In hr,ng H. fra.
vrance and flavor into their biyt.s, Sal,
~ norfac,ion and 30 ,hn ,IaI;s".n, an.l
nerf.ct detail ~ This u,,n;,uiat;n = H.
the onaI,tv 81 The finer c,gars W."
The loaf ~ tba yn.lt. Aha;o ,I;s,r;,, 4.
conceded m. nalu Tor a,Yor anil nrn,,a
Ye, fulIy ~ Nor con-, ~ he c;cars ,,nama.
into IN, 4 ni,.d States nrc n,sJo ~ D. ,;,ln
,obacco ian infrrinr craJc, anJ H.
national taste IL unIn,h,a.II, snnu.uI.
~. ,L. g., tn III
nav he same ,r;nn Ear n, =, om s,"oMors
pfHaxana ,ab,n,.n Nv ~. n.n,,p h e,aauu..
ho,,.b, thc firs, .r,Jo ~ 49, ~ . na1s
cigars n, T,,h, Sasna' !" auruo
,han half ,l.,i chara.a e. ,i. =, ..a.
,ssned from a tma V,,.I,a aaa"nn Tsna
fine Vu,l,a c,,ar" ha,a y aIuus.
in Fura,e ,han ,h.. 90, =, ~ '..sa.
states nnJ san. II ,haN u .ni.cu
20 Russ,a con",.nl aas sen.
ION h, uarana. ~ si,s' pHr
co,ntr, n,n,hI Ill =, ~ aiIu.o .ns
~ So os ar SS IN 800 '"' "'"''" p''''
kmon, Tho c,r;,,,s s,,, -, ou,
Lnown -. ,uin, a. ya' 's nhs
nac,,i;ar r., a., n, 4. ~ 80. ~.
H. ..arit ~ aa.a nnau. - uo'n
cigar can h.. NJ, ai,on,,i ~ ~ wnn"na