New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28

These leaves. when mad" into cigars 4,
freely with n brown or white ash. which ~
sometimes rem lin as such until the clo,
half smoked In each of the foregoing e.
there are again. several grades OF the =
juriado" there are three qualities. of which a
best is the "injuriado de reposo." the ren.,as
the other two being 'primeros' and "segunts,
Imperfect leaves Of the "desechito" and !,
libra" are called 'injuriado bueno." Will. .
the undesirable the poorest quality or h,ol
leaves of the finest-s termed "injuriado NAL.
The trade distinguishes all these classes -.
grades by numbers. which. t. the expert .n ~
gest the names.
THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION
A vega Of thirty-three acres may produce sh,
ten thousand pounds Of tobacco, Of which A.
hundred may be "desecho.' or best; two thou,s~
"desechto." or seconds: three thousand "libr, /.
or thirds, and four thousand five huna,.
pounds Of "injuriado" 10 estimate the n,ofs
Of a tobacco farm in a good year is difficult !,
the price per bale may vary from $40 to san
according to the class OF leaf and the renu.
ton Of the vega.
Since in Havana alone there are over ,u
hundred Fabricas the traveller is liable TO M,
in the Key = the New World" as poor a ci,,,
as anywhere in London or Ncw-York What 4,
churches are to Rome. the Fabricas are Ia IN.
Paris Of the Tropics" from the tiny "tiena,.
open to the street and working two or three =.
sistants to the huge factories employing finn
five hundred T. a thousand. As the process .
MANUFACTURES and the classification OF grades i
much the same with all the best makers. som,
details OF typical Fabricl-such as that \
Partagas. Cabanas. Upprann. Iarraiaga 4
Muria-will illustrate the method OF any OF IN
great houses. The sales per annum b. one 4
these houses only have amounted previous \
the present war 20 thirty million cigars a
which Spain England. Latin America and IA
States imported about five million each Franz
and Germany some three million each the r,
mainder either never passing into commerce .
being retained for Cuban consumption MANY a
the DrOprietOrs ~ the Fabricas contract Wit
the planters Of the Vuelta Abajo: others has
their own vegas The irst-class houses will NJ
touch the 'njuriadO." but export IT,
The manipulation must be not only an arts
but an expert in everything relating to the Il
bacco plant. which can develop more "cussea
ness than anything else in the vegetable kins
dom H.. next with sense Of quantity tha
neS rr rails him. lays tho sufficient amount
"trpa" on \ leaf strip twists the whole in 90
second into the shape u cigar. and next M
ment has rolled the "capa' around it, n
UshanerO OIccdor' is not merely sk!.e
workman h is a juggler. He has made Il
cigar Of JUS, the right length and size Sithoc
one trinmin. Of he knife. The employees
this room are he men the highest in consider
ton in the "a tory. Most %, them have a
quire: their experience in their subject BY SCI
eral seasons on the vega as well - half a IN
timr IN he Fabrica. Each must have 'noe
an uncrtIng &c. sound nerve. the hngers
the constituencies Of 2nt"nn9. sometimes ey.
4 judicial palate. But they arr cAptally pat
The "rscojedor-s' get from 81 70 81. or eel
sionaly * per day. the "tDrcedorcs' from s.
81 Thr men under them are paid per h0Usar
cigars probably s. To 50