The San Francisco call., 1896-08-13
have improved the plants. have been grow

have improved the plants / have been grow
ing them from the seed for years.
'fDo you know, though il is not generally
supposed the best cigar tobacco outside OF
California, in the United States, comes from
such Northern States as Connecticut and Della
ware, and not from the Southern States. This
will be a curious revelation to most people,
but it is true. There is something in the
Northern atmosphere that help mature good
cigar leaves.
"But outside of Cuba there is no country that
produces such magnificent tobacco Tor cigars
as California. / wonder more men do not go
into the business. 1t has a bright future. /
consider the tobacco grown here in all respects
equal to that of Cuba.
ait secures the largest prices of any tobacco
in this country. Why, for several years had
my crop forwarded TO New York and turned 1t
in to big manufacturing firm of Havana
cigars This firm advertised their brands as
you see leading Eastern brands advertised
here.
'Well, they took my San Felipe crop of to-
bscco and made it into cigars and put their
brand on them. Well. these cigars went like
hot cakes They were sold al high price and
gave satisfaction everywhere.
''But wasn't getting enough out of the pro-
ject. / wasn't getting any credit for what
was doing. I've got some boys, and wanted
to get them to handle the business eventually,
so quit sending my tobacco to New York and
started to get the cigars made here The new
departure works well. get my name on every
box, and it does me lot of good.
california ought to be by rights the largest
grower of tobacco on this cor tinent, and that
is putting it mild. She ought to produce and
manufacture four-ffths of the cigars of the
United States The climate, soil and freedom
from disease by the plants are all advantages
enjoyed by no other State.
mot long since l tried growing Turkish to-
bacco at San Felipe. Turkish tobacco is very
nice, but the trouble with it is that it is very
strong-too strong for our people to use. How
ever, sent over and got some and began ex-
perimenting with the Turkish tobacco. am
glad to state that have got it down to so mild
constituency that it is pleasure to smoke
it. The tobacco is as yellow as gold, very deli
cate and cheering in its mild seductiveness.
Yes, topacco-growing ought to be one OF the
greatest of indus tries In California"
"There are 1000 mechanics in Moline, ILL.,,
and the whole population of the town is
only 14,0o0," remarked C. C. Webber, a
stockholder in the great John Deere
Plow and Implement Company of that place,
who is at the Palace on his annual visit to the
company's agencies on this coast SIT is strictly
manufacturing town. Practically no other
business Is done. Agricultural implements of
all kinds and wagons comprise almost the
whole output of the factories. OF course we
are all for Mckinley. If Bryan should be
elected-but we will not even grant the proba-
bility Of Bryan's election-we can see
ahead nothing but unsettled confidence
and disaster for number of years.
There are among the mechanics a good
many silver men, but their number
is steadily decreasing. BY election day there
Will not be more than third as many favor
Ing silver there as there are to-day. The most
active silver leaders in that town are
three, disgruntled Republicans. One was
an applicant for the postmastership and
was turned down by Harrison. Another
was a candidate for Congress- and was turned
down by the people. The third is himself
largely interested in silver mines. Recently