The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
THE PROBLEM OF CIGARS.
SHIFT TO THICH MiNUFA
NAVE BEEN u
Facts About tho supply or Leaf Tobncco rr
Clear Havana Cigars Substitutes from
Mexico. Fioridn. ana Characterization
who Can 10 M Arc Now stocLIny I'm,

Mexico. FiorIdn. ana ConncctIcut-Eirm
who Can DO w Arc Now stocking Tn.
The smokers OF what arc called clear Havana
cigars are feeling the effects of the war in Cuba.
In many cases they have noticed n change in the
brands they have been smoking for some time
without being able to diagnose 1t. One Of the
leading men in tho business gives the following
account of tho situation:
AT the timo when the cdict Of Gen. Wcylcr
forb'dding the expert 81 leaf tobacco from la.
vans dropped like a bolt out of II clear sky, the
cigar manufacturers in this country had only II
small stock on hand because IL was almost time
for the new crop, which was then being prepared
In Cuba for working. Some firms had already
bought largely of this new tobacco. but IL was
still in Cuba finishing its maturing process. and
II had always been held to DO ruinous to bring
leaf tobacco to this country before the Compic.
tion of this process. The tobacco ready for
moving was at once shipped ont Of the island
and brought 10 this %country when GEN. Wcylcr's
decree was published, and the rest, ns u rule, re-.
manned there. The manufacturers hoped that
as 1t was the property OF Americans
they would be able TO get it out on
giving proof Of ownership. This, however.
they were unable to do, and 50 the supply in this
market was very short. Only one large firm in
this country, TO my knowledge, took the bull by
the horns and brought the tobacco away from
Cuba half cured, and put it through the Cuban
process at its factory in Fl0ridn. 1t is stated
that the result has been cmincntly successful,
which, II true, shows that there are still great
and undevclOped possibilities in tobacco raising
in this country. But most manufacturers found
themselves with a very small stock of tobacco.
Last year about this time iAc manufacturers
of clear Havana cigars made various statements
as to the stool; OF tobacco they had on hand AID
the time 1t would last them and some OF them
announced that they would go out OF business
when the supply o. genuine Havana fell short.
~ ,h,, ,hor ,rnriI NV"
""' '''t e'''o All"
sell them on their merits. Nevertheless firms
IN last th.m +, sn,,cr,bc- 1soe ,rns,ilI ,nr,,
m-a,,, ~, - ~ 7''' va"
cigars which the smokers are pu2gling over.
"A statement was uphu.hrj tho Ohio J,v.o
the erect that there were only four Manufacture
ers in this country who were maxim; genuine
~" i",""" Its",H IL 'H"a ..Hn1' lhA' state
meht was practically correct, If IL was intended
,or,os ,rLt,h ,Gs ~, 'nln >" I"e-
49, - q L. oHt 'lt"t haNtlt
ouf GENUINE ICi,ar God, tI' IL ~ /" Wi IT, rturrnmdtdngE
Whofi Ia rhho .tu o , !. ~ 'oStiacF Eraues'
ton. One siunhi6caHt iSrt IL that 'Ppimmospt -" ",
1190 nr 7 n sH ho}f ne 7ynFn - nr1hiinE ~
Wa II, loa. ~ IL wa" nne . too.cc" rom iiANana'
,ort,t;"" , ~ t,n - iia' ~ /, ,loErl 10 SN-
t"n.nt.om! 1onl' !'frS ".H, IN thG Go,cc trade,
I "no u ThohltI! IN 'oUH; 10 shlp iIn Deans
80" a ~, =" j. T. ~, :, 70 = :. nn' tLc!c ttnlIHn.P tie
s si &c enc H%ra Oh Grslin''i2n II another yes.
~ ~. tinI a. ~ hn ; l uSsl"'! sn.iieinihE
:, tnio Hihu Is pcIhE aohe mere. especially as
S 81 IN iIFins n,t"'yh NsW l"rk ana CUBA
- ni.Ato 40. ~ no hcT s,Eh!HI;'At Iact
pointlnE IN the same direction IS that IN" price
Vi .ncNi,'h tot'CIp Ias nlE"hgcih nearly 100 per
.S omii ~ !rnr 80 w. it'lic CHLlc mere ana one
S3msI ~, y =, az y ~ y, wa m"n.'. " - ms !" p"dla.
- '''iu "a 49, -. 1 ~ 'yh!7
"nm,o e" ~ r IL ny ~ "'.nS7 GseH 10
kGinT I'M rs az % ~ r., t I"HASa"' mt !ai lne
- 80 q Pot.i nur!; >oM a ic.Shi "c'l,
S ~ % = M.'prJ' t""A:fp WIZ -. a Lo"hS
nl,htCa' l"nao." iHr 80" rose from Almost
nU'n:'E ~ ntpar ,",I' 1880 IHVl'I. Ll.a
IT - ~ ~ ; s ,,nr W., n, - An. ~ 'PTl. Ero."E,
c r'"I u ,rn ~, 81, "'m ~ !t' 'tJlC'". me normal
unint4 ii"it'.', y w. ,,',l thn,'i''t ri-%Fr l. :
h Ia f" ne ""," 80, ';'"W''"i'' nj Is iAe
, u%h'nI ~, i" ~ VIZ: 49," Mrn' S".n, id1nAt,'
a All b h., : - 49, T. ri III ~ T dE".n ',.riiahE.
ilsS I'm nf r'I'ihtN- tohsl'.rhb.e hticAI!oi1 81
IatG: ihr '",acyo Is o. me qNa!Ity. ire
sromSrs IN r'oI5'S VA snIa !as' MMcrk NJ a
ebhnmt q, hnh1nn T Icnrfs ~ a pn"''t. 49, rs
-, ,nN nv. Wn"!.S u i"Gt'."' or 1.'nfSh tYF
Il" "."ui 1880, t-"TN. IL y ,t"."l ilhi iluci
~ "a 4, "a ~, + ~ 10y ~ !'t"E l,.t up IN ma
na.rs 'h" lhG '"'Ht',n Wlisi r"incs from Ia;
,'lt' nm" = prominent Lt't ,@.s'r'o man Siii
III" otu'I VA! nAnt un"n IN tonN''licNi thsl
Wcr" ia%kin: I9hneci.-ut leaf toh2cc" in the
ni,E!y. hH,. 10 u g'sNh! oh@eFyrr. II ~oAIf not
ImL'tvvann fi ,natS"o a" VT I'm IND ;b. rms n WI;,h
} 'ar h-o hau on!! Innh,lo enough Tor iour
n ,Iof, 80 = ~ MI ~. " ,It r"t'.nf. ms may r.,
iLn't S"c '.t'n-e sum sM'"Hyr, nave noticed IN
~" wtNo' "a 'h"'n '",ut!le "E"i"s'
deal tnInr,i,nrs AZ Thn Sm,nk ~ ] "fm:" 20 S"
"Jn. s"T'ttt''tS, ~ Sui"t'r' OF uhr t.I"!5
Mi!o "',l NJ ihr ''"t!"E sln.t- ana pay good
Iti'as "tc Ay'clLtlE 'g' IhyNllAbt' ana ar 40
ing Wn"l wa. heNGE uohr n'ior' 10 any 'Eicnl
III ms 'ouhlrA' VIC! ar HloyNtiiS w th"T
GOOD Sisarst in thr!- N hnS ) '' I.H nHi ,te" ana ~ ig arp
9n!! ing "a SIN h.ont"' 7WIiI!' ne! are 'lNihS
,H a ou'n' OF n"a tuil'- t'.! ,'h tc.' mapping
va, nr ~ W. HarSta ~ $3.50" t'inI ~" ni""H lh-
purpose. Many n' The club, are bur INK ali tie