The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-27

| that many miliionaires, especially those
| in the dry goods district smoke the
| higher grades of this type OF cigar,
that a store in Broadway, near Wall
| street. sells enormous quantities TO
| comparatively rich men. and that John
Jacob Aston splits the difference by
smoking cigar of this latter type.
costing him about $40 per 1000. while
he buys imported Cuban cigars as high
as $500 per 1000 for his guests. 1t Is
|, also interesting to note that In make
up and general raw material the high
grade scent cigar of to-day is prac-
tically the 10-cent cigar OF 10 years
ago.
Next in grade comes the 10-cent and
two for a quarter Sumatra and Ha-
vana cigars. a type which was slowly
introduced 10 or IL years ago, and grew
slowly in favor to the period of the
Mckinley bill. when II doomed into
fame I'm night. as 1t were. 1t is now
manufactured in enormous quantities
by high-class manufacturers, one In
this city expecting to make about 65,-
900, 900 cigars this year. 1t Is composed
of very fine grade Remedies tobacco,
as a rue. for the inside or filler, and Is
made by hand. and also by the i'm
proved machinery. A new firm claims
to use the higher priced Partidos to-
bacco for the inside. although the
rINcHculOS 10 QetfntQ 10 De the best
blend, and this cigar sells to the dealer
at from $50 to $140 or so per 1000. 1t
is known by some of the best adyer-
tised brands In this country. those
which stare at one from every dead
wall, fence and weekly publication.
The next type of cigar made here is
produced chiefly by either Spanish or
Cuban firms located in this country.
This is the clear Havana cigar, made
ha rA Of 10 cd
from Cuba only. exactly like cigars of
corresponding grade in the Havana
factories. This is the aristocrat of the
cigar world, made with exquisite care.
Every leaf Is laid like the leaf of a
book in the hands of the man forming
the inside. or bunch" a sit is called,
and the cigar is called a booked
filler to distinguish Vt from the hap
py-go-lucky bunch of the machine or
other cigar. Every scrap of leaf Is
laid with the veins on Ii pointing in
the same direction, upward, this being
TO insure perfect combustion. II a to-
bacco leaf were held by the stalk and
the point lit. the flame would run
along the edges of the leaf, leaving
veins point downward: but II the leaf
were held by the podnt and the stalk
end were lit the reverse would be the
case. Let any one take two, high
grade Havana cigars light them at
opposite ends and note the difference
in taste and burning qualities. These
cigars sell to the consumer at from 10
cents to 81 each. The workmen receive
as high as Is cents each for making the
latter grade. and In the ordinary
grades earn I'D to $50 a week. A curl
Gus feature of this part of the business
Is that the clear Havana cigarmakers,
while at work, pay professional read
err to read to them while at work and
the literature chosen is of the very
highest type. and very varied.
These three are the most important
grades of the American cigar industry.
which turns out for home consumption
about 5000, 100000 cigars a year. The
stogies and cheroots in the cheap
goods are manufactured chiefly of do |
nestle grown tobacco.