Evening journal., 1892-08-26
CIGARETTE - CIGARITO.
A Match at One End and a Fool
at the Other Work it Nicely.
AVERAGE SALES IN WILMINGTON

AVERAGE SALES IN WILMINGTON.
what Local Dealers Are Doing Pcrqui-
sites and Rebates Many Different va
rieties sweet CaporaIs and Richmond
straights "oId Judge to the Rear.
History telleth not the name Of the orig
inal manufacturer or inventor of the Gig
arctic but, studying the question from
all standpoints.it must be concluded that
they were first made in a country which
did not owe allegiance TO the United
States
Cigarettes, "cgaritos" are French
and Spanish names but the probability
is that the first cigarette ever manufac
tured was made in Havana, Cuba.
Old-Fashioned Cigarettes.
Men Of the present generation can
well remember the Honradez cigarettes,
the Cabana cigarettes and others Of that
class. Thirty years ago they We're sold
for 20 cents per package, each package
| containing twenty cigarettes. The Hon.
radez cigarette was wrapped in white
paper; the Cabana in brown paper, some
times sweetened with licorce
Those cigarettes are still i'm the
market. but they are only smoked by
Cuhans, Frenchmen, or few Americans
who acquired the cigarette habit in their
youth.
1t might possibly have been better for
the rising generation If the manufacture
of cigarettes had been confined 10 Cuba.
But when an enterprsng American be-
comes interested in anything touching
his pocket lac will branch out for him
self, no matter whether it be cigarettes,
cigars whiskey or dessicated eggs Once
catching the popular appetite the sup
plier is all right, provided he has
money enough TO keep up the racket If
| his bank account is not plethoric how
ever lac is liable TO run against stone
wall
In the shane of Trusts
which are made easy in protected
| America Some dealers in tobacco
refuse TO sell cigarettes at all They
| argue that when they cannot make more
! than one cent a package it does not pay
Before the cigarette trust was establish
/ ed the profit was greater both pecuniar-
/ lily and in the way of perquisites and
rebates. The rebates still continue, but
| the perquisites do not
George Steinicken is prominent tobac-
conist in Wilmington, but he sells few
/ cigarettes. Not many years ago
he sold as many cigarettes as
any dealer IN town His speciality was
Dukes Best, and with every order for
| 600 cigarettes Duke & Co sent him, as
they did other dealers, two pounds of
| tobacco worth forty cents a pound
When the trust was formed Duke & Co.
ceased TO give the extra tobacco, and in
company with others, stopped
The Chromos ana Photographs
which had previously been enclosed in
every package Every cigarette smoker
/ knows the popular brands One Gus
/ toner will call for Sweet Caporal an
other for Virginia Brights, &c. &c
/ but by no means does every smoker real
ize how many different brands of cigar
cites are sold in this little city Of vii
mington Nor can he "call the turn" as
to the most popular cigarette-the popu-
larty being evidenced by sales
The firm of a. A. Chapman, Son & Co.
is well known, and Mr. Harvey, chief
clerk. reports the sale of cigarettes con.
stantly increasing This firm sells on
an average 80, 600 cigarettes every two
months Dukes Best have the call, fol-
lowed by Virginia Brights' and Sweet
Caporals.
Probably the best ordinary cigarette
is the Richmond Straight Cut. but il
costs eight cents for a small package,
where others cost FIVE
For Sweet Caporals, Virginia Brights
and cigarettes of that class the price
paid, on the average, is $3.50 per 1000.
Richmond Straight Cuts cost 49, 80 per
/, 600 and on a small package the dealer
realizes one cent? on the large package
two cents. Samuel Hawkins handles a
good many cigarettes but does not make
this branch IA speciality by any means.
His sales Of cigarettes, however, keep up
the impression that Dukes Best" have
the call closely followed by Virginia
Brights' Sweet Caporals" and Rich.
mond Straight Cuts Occasionally the
"Old Judge is called for, but only by
those who are willing TO be classed as
back numbers.
James H. Hawkins who is another
large dealer says that he probably sells
more Richmond Straight Cuts. In com
parison with his sales of other cigarettes
than most tobacconists' His profits from
that branch of the business amount &c
but little however
- H. DuloNtlN sells -1,NUV luke
Best monthly 90 0C0"Virginia Brights;
1900 Sweet Caporals;" 70, 600 Cam
eos. and few Gross Cuts.
From these figures some idea can b,
obtained of the number OF cigarettes solo
in Wilmington. A few Of the prominent
dealers only are mentioned Some OF
, them are wholesalers, some regular Job
bers and some simply retailers But II {,
, D nuN 20 ffa hos @ IL
great amount Of money from their cigar
cite sales
] In conversation with these dealers IN,
5 EVENING JOURNAL reporter asked thei
opinion as 10 the 0dmiXture of opium
with the tobacco used in making tn,
cigarettes. Each and all smiled at TIA,
idea. That drug, they said. was too costly
TO be used for any such purpose
Cigarette manufacturers viii not volnnta
rily mix an eight-or-ninedo llar-a .poun,
| substance with a fortv-cpnt 81. NOM,