The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-15
CIGARS LOOK DARK.
CUBAN WAR CAUSES A SCARCITY OF
GOOD HAVANA WRAPPERS.
Many Key West Brands Failing In
QuaIity-A Tobacco Salesman EN-
prafns--Growers of the Leaf i'm
Connecticut and other states Get
ting High Prices-Bus Few Large
Factories supplied With Pure
Wrappers.

All smokers Of good cigars. sisat lie these
who manage 10 find satisfaction IN a TWO
fer" have probably noticed changes n
their fgvorite brands. The wrapper has
been darker in many. the filler inferior In
some, and the price raised in others. Many
brands with good regulations have been
Withdrawn from the market The cause
OF this Is found IN combination OF cir
cumstances. chief among which Is the Gu
ban war.
The smoker is legion, and as he bites of
the end Of his weed and the wrapper
cracks ana tears, he heartily wishes ths
Cubans might be free or conquered, or IN
some way recalled to their duty OF pro-
ducing good tobacco. Filters have not
been made so scarce as wrappers because
most large companies putting out Ea-
vana filed cigar were wei stocked But
the delicate leaf in which cigars are wrap
ped must be OF the finest quality. II APP
peals directly 10 the eye of the smoker and
influences his purchase.
few pointers on cigars were given 10
a Post-Intsllisencer reporter yesterday by
George Noble, who Is an acknowledged
authority.
''Au Key West goods. more or less. havs
been tempered with he said. You VIII
notice most Of the high grade cigars are
very dark. That Is because Florida and
Mexican wrappers are being used instead
OF Havana. II Is true that ia portions or
several counties OF Florida and some dis
tricts of Mexico. fine leaf. equal in many
respects to Havana. IS raised, Three on
four years ago Havana seeds were planted
In Florida. ard il parts Of the state good
results have been obtained. It is like a
wheat heIi-grain IN different districts
varies in quality. IL 10 impossible for any
but an expert 10 tel q good Florida or
Mexican wrapper from the Havana. The
T. 80 fia.t44
In color. A good quality or wrapper for
cheaper grades OF filler comes from Con-
nectieut, French Canada and Quebec.
"Of tne hundred or more factories IN the
United States dealing in Key West Eav-
ana goods not more than a half dozen are
putting out clear goods The cid estAb-
iished factories with money 20 80 in ana
buy wrappers had the foresheughi 20
supply themselves. The oSt. Te2.shls
houses are putting as good cigars on the
market now as ever. A number OF coTn-
psnles who have butt Up a reputation on
a brand OF cigar are not forcing their
goods now for the sirupis reason that they
90 not wish 20 send out inferior goods %
damage their business. They have man
aged 20 wprk up reputation bat cannot
sTcrd 70 pay the price for Havana goods.
7 have noticed great falling OF IA sais
OF CIGARS Ike the e Mo6eto. Our city
business n this brand has fallen OF from
5000 a month 70 1880. This Is ewing 70
rise in price - 5 = thousand, which vas
announced October l. n Is 50 with other
brands Tnose using the pure Havana
wrapper have been forced 70 q slightly
higher price. and sales have fallen or.
Others are complies - Use TIRE F1srtda Or
Mexican Wrapper ard aFs cguseo u-ntly
mach darker u eo'og."
Mr.. Noble took agar from his pocket
AID BIT or ths end Taen re turned II
around ard putting The business end" 70
his mouth. blew through tbs cigar.