The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-15
SUCCESS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS.
An Interesting Interview About Maine
Mans Namesake.

Mr.. Chas. G. Davis, senior member of
the firm of ,Chas. @. Davis & Co., of
New Brunswick, N. j., has been spend
ing several weeks in our state, sojourn-
ing with his family at Poland Springs.
He was in the city yesterday,
and our reporter was courteously
accorded an interview. Mr.. Davis is an
educated gentleman, and very extern
sive traveller. He expressed himself
as charmed with Maine in general, and
Polands Springs in particular.
Reporter: 'sWhat is the most MOTTO
able thing you have observed in our
state, Mr.. Davis?''
Mr.. Davis: "That is very hard
question to answer. One thing | notice
is the satisfaction of the public in their
Railway system and its popular mana
ger.'
Reporter: "You think that our
people are fully justified in their loyalty
to Mr.. Tucker?''
Mr.. Davis: ''Most assuredly, do, but
| wish l could have been aware of it
year ago."
Reporter: s'Why sop
Mr.. Davis: well you see it was like
this: A year ago, while on visit to
Maine, Messrs Cook, Everett & Pennell,
of Portland. said to me that if the consent
of Payson Tucker could be obtained to
use his name on brand of first class
Cigars, that they would add Cigar de-
| partment, and create the largest business
in the state in any one Cigar. did not
| know Mr.. Tucker, but the members of
| the firm were so enthusiastic, that l, a
manufacturer of fine, hand made Cigars,
encouraged them to pursue the subject
| with the result that Mr. Tucker finally
| gave his consent, and we began the
manufacture of the Cigars. / only knew
Mr.. Tucker as popular r. r. manager,
but had no idea that his name was a
household word. But such found it
to be. Well, we started the Cigar and I
expected that we should probably sell
| some 100000 the first year, but as a
matter of fact, we have made, and sold,
nearer of million. We made, as we
| supposed, ample preparations to handle
| the business, butthe goods we furnished
were but as drop in the bucket. We
could not begin to keep up with our
orders. This forced us to transfer some
of our operatives accustomed only to
| Western work, to this Eastern style of
Cigar, which caused great deal Of
trouble.''
Reporter: "How so?
Mr.. Davis: 1.-THE Cigars sold mostly
in the West is small At in. perfect
shaped one, while you Eastern people
Londres. They are different in con-
struction, and as result, instead of not
getting enough tobacco into them as we
feared and guarded against, they got too
much and rolled the Cigar too firmly,
thereby, as every one knows who is
accustomed to handling tobacco, in
juring not only the smoke but the flavor
as well, and this, of course, created some
dissatisfaction
/ Reporter: 'Was this all your trouble?'
Mr.. Davis: mo, am sorry to say it
was not. Although it had been dinned
into our ears for years that the Eastern
/ people wanted to smoke Remedies to-
baccos, we found that while they were
perfectly satisfied to smoke these to.
baccos in the old established brands,
when they came to Payson Tucker,
they naturally expected it to be fal
that it should be so, and having in on,
warehouse a large quantity of tobacco
from the justly celebrated Vuelta Abajo
district of Cuba, acknowledged the
world over to be the finest tobacco
grown, we commenced using it in this
brand, and henceforth shall use nc
other"
Reporter: 'sThen you have vastly i'm
proved the quality of the Cigar ?''
Mr.. Davis: ENTIRELY so. If those
who have smoked the Payson Tucker
Cigar. and have not been entirely salts
fed with it, will try one of recent pro
duction, we feel confident that they will
become firm friends of the brand. AS
we have now sufficient force Of trained
operatives to meet any reasonable de
mand and have large supply of the
choicest Vuelta tobacco, which is the
finest of all Havanas, we do not see how
any more dissatisfaction can arise. But
you will have to excuse me now, as
have to meet my family at the station
But try this Payson Tucker, and recon-
mend it to your friends. Good-day sir. =
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