The morning times., 1897-01-12

1895 1886.
Districts Bales. Bales.
Remates and Grifas -. 10000 5000
San Juan and SanLuis.. 10000 1000
Taironas, Obas, Marcos
VazQUez, Paso Viejo, s.rs,,.
Rio Hondo and Pinar
del Rio ................ 10000 5000
Whales, Santo Tomas,
s. Felipe, Pimienta.
FL Ancon, Photos and f'1t.ls'.f.
consclacion ........ $4,000 10000
cerro, Guira, Mulo, Ca
bezas, Ysabel Maria, Su
midero, Hoyo Colorado,
Bramales ana Calentes 10000 5000
Luis Lao, Arenales, s. r-<-sa ~
Carlos, Macagua, Can
terra, Punta Sierra ,Acos-
tas ana Francisco.. 10000 5000
Teneria, Ulloa. Portales,
B0londrou, GudneS, PaSo
Real, Hat0 G1ane .Cata-
lima and M5ntezuelo. 10000 1000
Total ............... $4,000 $4,000
The disparity between the crop in the
two years is to he attributed 10 thedestruc-
tion caused by the conflicting forces.
bacco industry have been many aud war;
ious. Early iii the struggle he forbade
entirely the expectation of tobacco in any
form from the island. He allowed the ex-
porters, however, three weeks to ship
goods, before the order went into effect.
This produced a great rush among. buy
ers and sellers, who, OF course, desired
to get as much tobacco as possible into the
United states within the allotted time.
Every vessel available was pressed into
service and loaded to the waters edge
with the fragrant weed a ..s--..
Thousands of pounds were shipped just
as they came from the fields to the neigh
boring keys of Florida, there to be cured
and packed in bales at leisure.
After this order Went into effect the
Spanish general commanded that all prepa-
rations for sewing next years crop should
cease. Then he excepted from the action
of this order all districts which We're at
the time under Sapish Iurisdicti0n- Next
the whole order was rescfnded, only to be
re-enforced a short time after.
Thus, between the contradictory military
orders and the destruction of their crops
from time TO time by one or the other of
the parties, the poor planters are at their
wits ends, and for the most part are al
lowing their lands to lie fallow, waiting
for termination of the struggle ~
Tobacco Famine Inevitable.
With this condition of affairs in Cuba a
Havana tobacco famine is inevitable. But
there is at present n small stock OF Ha-
yana in most of the factories in this cOun-
| try, so that the eventual struggle to pro-
| vide a substitute for this queen of all to-
| bacco leaves is deferred for short time
| at any rate. Already, however, the search
| ty of Havana has begun TO be felt, and
| prices have correspondingly started on their
| journey skyward.
| Probably the first result is that the Ha-
vana, which formerly amounted TO about
one-third in the better grade of five-cent
cigars, is disappearing entirely from their
| composition. Instead of Havana, seedleaf-
that is, tobacco grown from the seed OF
II Havana tobacco transplanted in this coun
| try-is used
Another result is that the amount of Ha-
| vana in 10-cent cigars, which were for
! merly largely or wholly manufactured OF
| that tobacco, is being greatly decreased
Either that, or, if the quality of the cigar
| is maintained, the manufacturer in most
instances has found it necessary to make
the cigar smaller. Clear Havana goods
that is, cigars composed entirely of Havana
| tobacco-have bee 1.-THE lastto ofeelthe strain
but now even these have begun TO Greer
slowly upward in price.
The change has not yet affected their re
tail selling price, for a very fair imported
cigar can still be obtained at the STANDARD
| price of 1.-TWO for quarter but the rat