The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31
THE FUTURE FOR SMOKERS.
EFFECT OF GEN. WEYLER's EDIcT
CPON THE CIGLR TRADE.


,hat ,ne sverAEc ,NncrIoan c'tl.on -
Taxing y "'''y in.ereS' W uo culco III "oh.
ne'""' p'''"'e"S "" oApoi'au'h "
Nu""' ''pN''V' :. '"""n % "Wo 'n""ho's"s
tu.,Uo"' " w 't"""oo ''e0u' NV
uoaerS' III man eN"c' '"o ue"ier oNaues
u uLos'"nN' o''ner 'r"a polcS or slnply
u0,"u'o 10 "o's " "a hl"Eo', uI1''ne" y"
,ea, oP'r"' '" Wei-'n'or"'"p oor
pIe '"ore " o"ts ""o p"''i"ie outcome 20 iaf
~ "a s"I''. ,"n. '"'"' INV" 'nA' u .nas
no " 'ouH wiz ," pinh'" III ,uuA thnS
,a'l' ana ""nseanepuS There WIZ he II" to-
u ~ i''.N"'" III i"u'' 'hus "AAlhh W
Ut Wv ,'.S ""o'S poi."u pors'"t'' t"chtF
o".. oi"'' ."N'0 VIM 10 any t'"Aooo ~
=" ouoAn mar"'', eNeh u "osuii'les 'eass
IN i'o' IN t'W' TOT n crop III io's' ms
onee. upon A"p'riohn Cigar sih"ke's IL ors-
c~. ny oApert4 ~ Io'ows'
FOR "oont hTk or eIght mehtls there WIN
oe 10 scarcity III inc matter OF Clear tfa'ans
oit"Ir' WHOM Aro "n"o e",'reiS OF topacc4
In the famous Nuolta Abaio and Particle
districts Of cuba, the stock on hand in this
country 6eing amply sufficient for tho de-
inand. Tsnn tho finer leaves called wrappers,
used to cover the SiaaTS' will run cut saa
.he otGarH wiz nave 70 10 covered WIN
the e%.rser, les slightly, and less aro-
,n"' go 49,. 49, ~ uW no" .no w
ieT' OF ieaNes "hich FORM TIA interior OF
juro tho quality to the taste Of the cu,ti-
ys,rd smoker and also ma.s tho c,oarS dsrtse
In color, hut not necessarily stronger. BY
TIL. time the fine tobacco in tho hands Of
manursotnrer' In TINS country will remain
With the larger and Weather Arms only. and
~ ~ ," "."er houses s vii. el,ner nave 10 go ou'
OF business TOT a time "hti more .uhan to-
nao %o,. comes .mss in, or use ,s seine ne substitute, 10
,sh $500 L., .hi. ,.assn..s, ~, -.
r.,,. no1 Uses III nau 'nis preu,o ca VIII eloss
~ ,,,lou. xm ih ",r ,ea,' .,, ,hV ss,a no. au.,o SO pune
got, of which there is quite a fair quantity
in this country, and will cover them with
wrappers OF Florida tobacco, with which largs
quantities of cigars have been covered for
some years past. Here again the supply on
hAha IL not large net nearly adequate sq
"a far x a. r really - fine M, tobacco is concerned. but
ZOO, an sIp' u. !. ~ n'of i'
dse. VIII uhaoubpy be planted. The psq
reduce the sosi Of 1Iis Tyre Il ,sissrs, a "
t cseb y nsay,sr, ana more OF II IS needed Tor
oncco: Aitnengh enc Leaf tobacco house
per tobacco. T. is not nearly enough, to e.
aroupa' nor Is there any surplus OF wrap-
Factories, And then comes the probable sup
Ply OF manila, never popular here; and then,
bacoo, Thts peculiarly thin and glossy Leaf ID
very handsome, ana while eninsntly suita-
Known as Remedlos. Wien dSsne made Lu up into a"o mist
called seed and Havana cigars, its bitter
{aSsoo ruins 9or the Son aromssaG Vucita aGd Paf tidSs
months or SO the smoker OF clear Havans
t fafnino !" n sm9k, 10 10 nave smit s2 Si% trT Tha IN OBJ
Iayans cigar: a year, and import, about 30
are sompsred With s,iso,9sii ,soa, the gross
atn0unI o. al Types OF oigafe maze IN this
calendar year OF 1898, it Will be seen thai
tne e.ear mavana cigar smokers are laraaiT
:. According to the best authorities, thor. 10
little fear OF any increase in price Such .
OF the . mSnufsct%rs pr.'v who ds. 40 ne n bnttn u ~
hold their trade together and teep II, vol
s 1stissied than so long MAKE e they a st GfR: At for the the old mpe eisii,'
nominal extra profits which any possible in-
tse , IN prices would give them m No mat
there must still be sold fve-cent; ten-cent, and
nreeIIorta,auar.e cigars, ana u an increase
supplied: HENCE the policy OF the clear Hs-
ss man ,ha at may o saaaj now
clear Havana cigars in this country threat
ems Ine aaiy W1rK OF aoo4s 4u.ooo c1Ear.
f mHf the cd edlc St Of fe Gen. Weyier G Is that rses the clean clean
Havana armak are largely Guhsns.
f s9eaK of TS Sos,i Wsss'' t sna th nstr s,aie ne Gnb oSSs
nave eaoh contri6uted Two DAYS, nay every
week 10 the insurSents treasury, WIN wnicH
70 purchase ammunition and arms. WIN
the scarcity OF suitable tobacco for these
"orkmen, these oohtrioutions VIII o%lnoie.
4, iurhlrg 70 the other pranch OF the Gigaf
INDUSTRY ahectsd by this edict, e very dinerf
STATE Of thihgs Is touha. me Ionscc9s
known as nemeuios WIN some niue sem!-
us,ta ana Mahicaraeulal Is USED almost solely
as MIXERS tor cigars co'eIea WIN ane nriHnos
GtnssSS t nT ,. 9uma1ra' M9'c "a. u crown n .mS
islahu OF LhAt name ahu also IN oavA ana
t sSF taste, p phs S Wa. aak lssr has IN a t shaish1 msr Sass
uht,I aoo4t is's: Dnt now GUS q VERY con;
Giderabie nRure IN what are termsd seea AND
itavana ciRars' AZ least three Iactorlee IN
ms o mae anu aputsisha Turn out over nj
cigars OF thls type each year WIN
only = ,air percentaxe OF seed-wrapped G9oas
~ u stated nss comEetent }noaes
tnat there Is IN thls country humcieht nemo.
dlos tonacso at the present time 70 iast the
nr,ncip pa arWs a niattsr OF onree SsaI y. tas00nA
date; put: OF course. IL 70 not al OF the nnSb
sei"cted Iuailty RehefailS USED IN titne OK
Pienty. me stocks nt suieaoie SHhaIIa s-
Daccos are coinpaIatiVety sHan. iherS
cSnsideranlo quahtity Of u. put ~ ~ ossHer
than oesirs4i, aha the aarser IL II inc moro
pronounced Is the DlIteT mayor. NOW, bmOkS