Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-08-27
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
Points OF Interest to Smokers and Stude0tA
or Political Economy.

Points OF Interest to Smokers and Studs0ta
or Political Economy.
''There is no doubt said J. T. Moon
shat the best gars are made at Ha-
vana on the island of Cuba. The best
tobacco is grown there. There are two
varieties, known to dealers as the Vuel-
Ia and the Patita. These varieties are
SO called because they are raised in
districts bear ng those names The
Vuelta brand is the better of the two,
1t being richer and heavier. But the
cigar trade with Cuba is not as extern
slve an affair as good many people
think. Not long ago petition was
presented to Congress by the cigar deal
ers IN relation to the tax and it was
therein set forth that not more than five
per cent. Of the cigars consumed in this
country are imported from Cuba. Be-
cause a cigar comes from Cuba it does
not signify by any means that it is al
ways sure to be a first-class cigar.
There are some gars made at Key
West that will average better than the
Cuban cigar. The super GRITTY of the
best Cuban cigars les in this fact: that
the Cuban manufacturers buy and keep
for their own use the very best wrap
pers that can be obtained. They do not
dispose of a single select wrapper to
outside makers, but they use them for
their own advantage. There is really
no difference in the filters in the Havana
and the Key West cigars
''The next best cigar that il used is
made in Key West Both Cubans and
Americans are engaged in it's manufact-
ure. There is little difference save in
the quality of the wrapper, and that is
due to the causes that | have set forth.
From fifteen to twenty per cent. of the
cigars used in the United States come
from Key West After the Key West
comes the New York cigar This is
very excellent article made with SUI
matra wrapper and Havana filler. The
cigars made in Chicago are rapidly ad-
vancing to the front. The demand
for them is constant increasing, and it
comes from all sections of the country.
The Chicago brand Is highly esteemed
by smokers as one of the best domestic
cigars manufactured. The greater pro-
portion of the cigars consumed are of
the domestic brands ranging in prices
from five cents upward. The nickel
Cigar is made of all seed tobacco, or else
they have Sumatra wrapper and Ha-
vana clipp ngs.
The amount of money spent every
year by tobacco consumers is very large.
l can not give the figures accurately,
but in general way / can say that not
quite SO much money is spent for to-
bacco as is spent for whisky or beer.
The cigar traffic will not fall far behind
the beer traffic. By far the larger sum
OF money is spent in the purchase of do
nestle cigars. There are few cigars
made in the United States that are ex-
ported. England buys from this
country great quantity of leaf tobacco
and makes it into cigars by It's own
workmen. The governments of Spain.
France, Italy and Austria monopoiize
the business of cigar making, and each
one of these countries also uses large
quantities of American tobacco. The
best tobacco raised in this country is
grown in Connecticut It is the most
expensive Of all--near as expensive, in
fact as ihe finest Sumatra. Next. in
order comes the tobacco raised in Penn
sylyania and Ohio, and this is closely
followed in it's standard excellence by
the Wisconsin weed. Mother Western
State grows tobacco for the manufact-
ure of cigars. The Virginia, Ken
lucky and Tennessee crop is used nearly
altogether for chewing and smoking
purposes.-Chicago Post.