New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-23
OUTLOOK FOR HAVANA CIGARS
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subject which is interesting many peop'e ~ '','S
.or,rv AZ the present time is the outlook lot 'ne
, go. WIN the island OF Cuba. AZ every
=. L,ous the best cigars In the world or Al ie"s'
the best tobacco for their manufacture con'o' 49,
that island From time 10 time u h"s DC"
por;ed that the supply Of Havana TOBACCO wac a.,
most exhausted and that the smokers VI ITO
cicars would have TO dispense with them a.o
rother or pay exorbitant prices Tor 'hei" '''
.,oo-,v view Of the Havana cigar and TOBACCO oc'-
look has been intensified by many exporters oi ''e
article and others engaged in the tohacco raoe'
"a admitted IN commercial circles that II Is oh'
natural that Havana tobacco dealers or NJ ieas' "
number Of them should take this view FOR 'he pu'-
80 =, ,rcreasIne prices II for no other reason
D,.,do poct the head of the Book cigar Manu-
occurring Comnanv was quoted recently as saying
that cuba In commercial sense. was ios' ~ "p"'"
and that instead of drawing any reNe""
cuba span was losing money in retaining the ISL
ora T, has been said that the Province OF Nuena
or" 49,. ,o,eet ,oha eco growing district OF Cuba.
49,. ,oor en- devastated by the Cuban Insurgents
,h, rtt,e could be expected from 1t In the way OF
producing toba eco for at least twenty years eNo.
Z, neace was Immediately declared AFTER "eheia'
wevlers decree prohibiting tobacco exports 'he IN
.urrents IL has peen said. attacked the plantations
with fury ana IN 1880 ues"o''' ''
pounds of tobacco.
Several leading importers In this city VINO arc
-. ,aa,,io3d With the Havana cigar ana tobacco
,rode when seen nv Tribune reporter. ola not
,ora en- gloomy a view Of future Havana cigar pro-
duc,on One OF the leading merchants seen was
VI T Nerral OF the firm OF Acker. Neral q con-
dit. 5000
1T disagree with tho opinion OF many men quo'eo
in relation 10 the future OF the Havana cigar ana
tobacco trade" said Mr. Neral. We do Iarge
business with the Book Cigar Manufacturing COM
| pany and the Henry Clay people. and Know that
| our orders are all promptly accepted by them. ol
course Havana cigars and Havana tobacco, ike All
| other products are governed by the inexoraoie
law Of supply and demand. Whenever there is
/ poor crop OF Havana tobacco the price is sure TO
| 70 up but we would certainly have been informed
by our agents In Cuba II an increase in prices was
, expected in a short time AS long as there Is a
demand for Cuban tobacco have no DOUBT tnad IL
| will De supplied. Like sugar cane tobacco is one
! Of the products which support Cuba. and neither
the Spaniards nor the Cubans can afford TO prevent
its production. The Spaniards have always been
this they would be killing the goose That lays the
proverbial Of untold value 80 T..
It does tho demand will doubt decrease. Many
people who smoke Havana cigars Will learn 10
| smoke those OF a domestic brand. have not only
| smoked cigars of American tobacco but have en-
joyed them. II IL largely matter OF taste cutl-
| waited by the OF particular brand OF cigars be
| II made OF either Havana or domestic tobacco And
President McKinley's and Mr. Dingley's idea OF
| helping the producers of American goods There
may be considerable difficulty IN obtaining certain
Havana cigars and also the same in relation 10
color. but there appears to be plenty of Havana
fllers TO be obtained AS long this is the case
! we manage very well there is an abundant
supply OF Sumatra tobacco, which is largely used
for wrappers TO Havana filed cigars. 1t is for
| Of the outlook for the Havana cigar trade. There
you have the whole thing In a nutshell