The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-16
CHEAP CIGARS ARE GOOD
IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF r8S
KEYsToSE s7ATE.
Tae rarme~ Docsn't welt for a Holiday 70
Smoke His Cigar. but Takes One Afer
Anoiher Al Day and Every Dny-Ths
Good CHEAP Cigar Has priv. n the Pip
Out OF Sicht-why This Is Thus.

Good CHEAP Cigar Has Drivsn the PiHe
Out OF Sirht-Nhy This 4. Thus.
READING. Pa. Oct Is. -Eastein Ponhsylvania
is a ycritahlc paradise for cigar smokers. No.
whe:c cl,c III tho United States ara natiye-
made c!.ars at once so good so chear. and so
generally enjoyed. Nearly overy nials citlzea
from the n.e o! II upWar! smokes mt cisa-
ret'rs or pipes, but cigars. aaG mighty good
c!Sar' 1t th?t, Mechanics. Eli hands. factory
operative. and farmers. as we'll as business
men aud Professions! men, s,aol: . tho fragrant
weed instead Vi the economical pipe. At all
cigar stores ~ u score OF bustiinG towns and
cities Throughout .hij region en- he seog mar.
| vellous displays o. So aah eli .ap c!sars, at
tractively arranged ia tho showcases. aud
known as "tute;s' AID "thgente.s," selling at
two for i've cents nnl three Tor five, besides
most allurins exhibits Of Straight "nvss" aud
some law boxes Of .;i.-cd..i ",cus' in A re-
mote cornoi. Very iow of tho latter lie sold,
aud these only to local naboha who lap,e1 &,
have more money THAI they mel.
The tutors" AMI "thrco!urs a,c superior
In quality to the o~rllnarT i~ivc.Gert ris.r soil
In thoasanda of saluciS Gnl ccrr.r .ro,erics
in New York aid rhiiods'rtiL. ani .ho "rvrs.'
as 4 rule. AFRO fully equal to The average tan
cent cigar solL in mos: rit.os. Tho ckesr-s.
Of theGe cigars nre male from good h>.oe.
grown tobacco. while :hc Nv" are mata
mostly OF in ported stock. cithee clsar or
mixel with domestic n!lci. J., my Of ::cso
Eastern ~cCiD'ics enc can Siv !rect Aom She
manufacturer for S3.iG pcr lO0. iinc. :.lIrant.
hand. Jade cisats, R!l-Havlna .illn: a,L Snma.
ira wrapper. which elsewhere |eul; retail sc
ten cents apiece.
II is ono OF the pecu!ia. inc!Jrt..s % viliags
lifo all over the country to enshar!.fstei
farmers. on tEc!r return from market after a
.llv'a nnfipr tift.pn A., fb,,. ,,.,,, .,,,n,
eithcr smoking holiday cigars or rrernr!ng tn
smoke such by thoroughly snlivatin: tns
Wrappers with thoir tongues in order to mase
thcm burn more slowly am. thus give better
return for the !aoncy. But this Ia never soen
hereabout fr tho prosperous agricu,tu.isls
Of east Pennsylvania treat themselves ID
cigars 10: only on market days and holidays.
hut on ove:y day OF tho week. ANA almost
every hoar OF the day. Out anon: tho farms
anywhere In these counties ono finds thrifty
husbandmen smoking good cigars all DAY
long. lighting one from the burning stump 1T
another. There Is no revenue law now to ire-
vent a tobacco farmer from making cigars
free o. tax for his own personal consumption,
MS cigarmaker3 habitually DO in factories. and
this is one Of the rea sons why tho uso OF tne
fragrant weed has lately become so popular
with the farmers as well as oil other Classes Of
peorlo hereabouts.
Tho other reasons for tho abundance. cheap
ness. superiority. and popularity Of east Penn.
s~y!vania cigars are that the tobacco is raised
hero. made up into cigars here. and sold hero
forthwith. without going to nnv great extent
through the hands OF midllemen. Tho rich
soil OF Lancaster. York. Daurhiu, Lebanon,
and Bcrks counties Is admirably adur;ed to
the production OF nne tobacco leaf. Expert
and deNterous c%iCarmakers are TO be found in
everv village aud tow and in nearly every
farmhouse In the region. and the retail deal
ers AFRO content with o small margin OF profit.
because they are assured Of a steady and con-
t!nuous business.
All over tho country the fame Of Pennsyl.
vaIia as a tobacco-crowinG and ciGgr-produc.
~ StLts Is inI:tiy increasing, and well may it
increase. Tho Keystone State raises moro to-
bacco than any other state. and q large part
grown .sywher re- in So oaH A 1n q As 5hns
count, " lancaster alone raises more tobac-
The pennsylvania ,leai is used not only for
HI,srs and BINDERS; lnt fer wrGpisrs as well.
a hsTs'SiG ire t best c GSmes'is wr ieS. has but bs sSs
S s9n'iiay u OF WIZ M t. ttosNn ax. 70 Ehs s lsai is 81 FI9FP aS
sylyE MIA aud Connecticut ara Wisconsin,. Ohio.
and New York in the rr" %!uc,ion Of domestic
tobacco. Havana sgr.l leaf. raised hcreahouts
pound whereas II few vcnrs ago only 20 and -
was received for j.. IN addition to, rais;n: the
become one OF tho largest c~ontres IL the rro.
dnction Of manufactured cigars. III" city OF
INLAND ,ciGar.making town in tho Enitcf
S Sta t rs b ,, mo noW the r :H,, must ne ass2r!sd TO
estimates that lO5.OOv.O0O cigars viii he mnis
this year by tho no cigar factories Of this CITY
ontIro district; which conrrisea tie c]aln:ie.
Chester. ,Leiich. Schusisill. ard Northain pion.
IN tno Wiio:e ot;!ts2 enhsyly;inia l.ouU.urO.-
900 wore mnlc in the year 1891.
living 70 ihe impetus .Ircn to it by the NJ.
kinley bill. the tobacco industry OF tho rns;r:n
and within i "as tho ' 'Uast tH y Scnrs shdp t sroMetS:
make rs. AMI dealers have made Il more spoci!:
i CT A. its rnmiiicatlons tan ever before.
ago OF tobacco planted has boon greatly in
e;eased. prices have rise; RAPIDLY and aprre-
been normously augmented. while tho. prize
pnid bythG cigar smoker has remained san:
dimiSsishod consiioraGYIy:. Is VT iit,is
or no smoking tobacco is manufactured here
ers have not turned Their nttnmtinn to IT. orr 10
no pro1nctiGn Of chewing 'nhascr continuing
All through til. tobacco "ountie ot York,
Adams. l,nuphin. i.epnnon. Bcrks. aud Lrni-h
t,lt tatnin: nohu!ati"n arc mainly les,:rn!
:''Siny " ""a i"te IiITissat's e!a i:H' ,. TSitstl'H a. ' lie
:. Iennsylyania Dutch, iIcrs ,nr c]nrion.
women working in tho. r"ids MS lily 10 in
o ana iMn hau Europe; %lninI'I il heavy sheys
unh sun uoNnSlh. ana "ltl t.elr dresses AMI
gowns caught up TO tlloir knees t. uro.ng;s
freedom Of movement, Usually the farmer
and ne male help stand about assisting me-
dcntally iC the Torl, ii gatherin. IN the sop.
or supervising the details. without pcrfrrminx
much personal Labor themselves. Thi- =
callod doing the Indian act" I.!kowiso in ,le
Of tho CROP, while growing. much %! lis
brcl im!nary work is .iono ly tie women am!
r%GiI!r"n. From tho time III. ,er! is piluird
IN Nay until tho, crop is house! IN Srptennrr
I'M" plants need constant care and wdtchful.
dreaded green worn.." I,avo to ls r"mInv.T
and drstroyed with diligence. and tho entire
L!inta'ipn must bn gone owe: every 1av.
Npmct mos rs Innny as u GUAR. y! "Gr.na
worms are taken from tho leave, on II single
acre; These worms aro about tie sia. OF u
nomrnnl rnpihity. ;n,! Il LOTT unii,tirlod
would dcr4ur tho Who'll, leaf wh!rli OF course
Is the niir!:etnblc portion IL the tobacco p!aut.
After, the "rop is housed i, must b. funI!rd,
rhsed, cured. and hweat,.n, and MI TINS entails
r"nSide:;lnle Labor an! ;llins. but |; /, highly
emnnc,at!v". thank, to the lercilrcnt Loot
u tlis Mckinley turin IN imported topacrus.