The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-19
WRINKLES IN CIGARS.
what Dealer I'm Them Has to Say of
the Trade Up to Date.

the Trade Up to Date.
"A. II. Hoefer, man who has been
seliing cigars on the road for 20 years
made his first visit to Anaconda re-
Gently. His route heretofore has been
IN the upper Mississippi valley, where
ne represents st. Paul house. AS
may be supposed by his long experi-
ence IN the business. he is very wen
posted on tobaccos and all about them
Mr.. Hoefer is as well ACQUAINTED With
the growth and cultivation of the Vir-
ginia house plant as he Is with the
GOODS when ready for the market. He
was discussing trade with a customer
wniie Standard reporter was caves
cropping yesterday and heard a few
things that were new to him. and ,ner-
haps will be to Others
smokers" said he, ARE the most
fastidious, notional men on earth.
Many OF them are cranks on the sub
Ject. or their favorfte smoke. and when
man once falls In love it's next thing
to that passion. sure, when he gets sc
accustomed TO a particular brand of
Z tobacco that he will keep on usinr, AZ
j year after year and swears there is
. none other like 1t. Heaven and earth
couIo not convince him to the contrary.
NOW, as matter of fact. no dealer or
manufactures can carry the same to-
pacco year after year. One crop cam
not be preserved longer than three or
four years. and every new crop is Diff
iereut from the last.
1T Is notion, too, which now
amounts to fad and is driving cigar
makers in this country to desperation.
that there Is no cigar so good as a
light colored one. AS a matter of fact
the color has nothing whatever to do
with the strength or quality of a CT
gar. 1t is the filler that counts and
that is substantially the same in All
cigars OF the same brand. for ii all
comes from the same stock. Only the
wrappers are graded in color maduro
Tor the dark. colorado for the medium
brown, and claro for the lighter shades,
with intermediate grades similarly
named. The filters and binders,
which are enclosed by the thin paper
ike leaf are not assorted or graded
and the black wrapper is as ant TO
contain a mild smoke as the highest
.claro Many times I have made the
test on an obstinate smoker by blind
folding him and then passing him the
light or dark cigar, which was put be-
tween his teeth. 1t is but one chance
In dozen that he will name the right |
cigar, and 1T Is great sport to see how |
sheepish the victim looks when he |
names one claro. the other maduro and |
finds he has smoked the same kind of |
cigar each time. A few years ago |
a black cigar was popular. but to-day |
the call is for light cigars. The public |
asks for them and the trade must sup
ply the demand. ms mas caused an
advance in the price of the claro wrap
pers from 50 per pound to s4.75 per
pound in the market OF the dealers in |
Many factories are now
stamping goods that are almost madu-
TO in color as claro. and this scheme
satisfies the average smoker, to whom
the strength of cigar lies wholly in
Its name.
Modern methods have been revolu-
tionizing the manufacture of cigars of
late years, as well as other lines of
business. Machinery has reduced the
aDor SO that two men can now make
900 cigars per day, where, a few years
lgo,, they could not make SO many in
week. The large factories are mod
lis Of neatness and convenience. and
he days of the tenement house strin-
ping rooms and sweat shops are gone
)y.
THE latest wrinkle in cigars Is 10
,ncase them in a glass tube TO keen
hem moist, but that is a fake and an
expensive one. too. for the smoker.
Havana cigar may be slightly bene-
Tilted by IL. but a domestic one Is more
Ipt to be spoiled by the dampness
hose little tubes cost the factory
bout SIS per thousand. and OF course
hat amount must therefore be saved
n the quality OF the tobacco used. so
hat the purchaser in buying a 25-cent
igar VIII be wise 10 spend his money
llfor cigar and not for a glass tube
I'VE have them TO sell. Shall send
GU couple OF thousand2 No: we'll |
II right That's all to-day. is IL? We
III send your order by express. and {