The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-05

| Deerance. The royal verdict upon Incu.
| however. was that they were "blawsted
/ beastly.' and the experiment has not been
| repeated. Better success has been attained
with the Western tobaccos.
Many man on Broadway. putting con-
| tentedly at a twO-fOr- a quarter import
| ed is in reality getting smoke out of a
| filler grown In Crawford county. Wis, a
4 binder grown in Ohio. and a wrapper grown
| in Florida. The imitation of the Cuban
| handmade articles now turned out in
American factories from American tobacco
| is really remarkable. but. as it is one Of
| the secrets Of the trade, no especial printed
commentator OF it is asked.
The Florida Product.
The tobacco now grown extensively in
Florida. from Cuban seedlings, has every
| characteristic of the genuine Havanese
! plant. except fragrance and flavor. In ap-
| pearance it is Identical, and is therefore
used for covering. II is a feature OF the
pure Havana tobacco cigar that when light
ed it shows a pale yellowish ring just above
the ash, ana the Florida counterfeit viii
/ do this also Therefore he must be an CID
| smoker who is able 10 tell when he is being
! buncoed in the cigar-shop these days
Down In Ohio. since the establishment Of
| the Weyler embargo, they have teen grow
| ing plant known TO the trade as thinner
] n. a
il tmCng factory men. 1t loOHs ike cuban
tobacco and often tastes something like IL,
though The Ohio climate has made modi-
ficatiOns in the texture and flavor OF the
seeding leaf which came originally from
Cuba
1t helps TO make q handsome cigar, how
ever and is used generally for binders,
or the case which encloses the hller or
central part Of the cylinder The Nlscon-
sin tobacco produces great Eiany short
leaves which are sorted carefully They
are known technically as BIS. Or
bees as it is sometimes spelled Ihey
are also used for binders. and some OF the
makers prefer them TO thinner Spanish.
The great increase in the tobacco acre
age of the United States has been forced
by the manufacturers. who had To have
something with which TO work. They could
have got along with the native stock on
hand and importation of Sumatra ana Ma
Mia and Mexican stun II all smokers were
alike but there are large numbers OF the
consumers OF cigars who demand a great
deal OF body. They want strength as well
as flavor. and strength is the conspicuous
quality lacking in all the cigar tObaccos
produced in foreign countries other than
Cuba
In Mexico a cigar is sometimes prepared
from half-cured stock and IL rasps the in
side Of the mouth like a file, but when
the Vera Cruz tObaccos have been properly
sweated they lose muscle. A burner or
strong tobaccCs will. puff away an day at
the Manilau article. and never know that
he has had a smoke and this is true also
OF a straight Sumatrau rope though h. i5
seldom met with. almost the entire product
of that island being taken for wrappers
or lace. some tObaccOs planted i'm Texas
because of Weyler. have given promise of
the proper strength and appearance.
The Havana Output.
Il is given out by buyers through this
region that the present crop in Cuba VIII
be so much larger than was expected a
year ago thar the striugpucy in Havana
stock will Doe much relieved IL is notice
able however. that there has been no
slaCkeuluE iu the demand Tor Wisconsin
stuff. The truth probably Is that the man
Ufacturers have attained such perfection il
creating Havana cigars" out Of American
material that they wish 90 keep D. up es-
pecially as 10 means money 90 them This
may work some hardship upon the Cuban
planters, who. since the ending of the war.
have increased their acreage by more than
500 per cent above the acreage which OBJ
tanned during the closing years OF their
revolution.
Il is contention Of Americans that Hay
aTe-made by them are apt 10 be better
than the output of the makers located iu
Cuba. because they have q better way of
buying. II is the habit Of the Lariu-Ameri-
can maker 90 buy his tobacco always from
the same district. Ifahe has begun as
patron Of the growers IN the NueltI AbajO
district and has made a reputation for his
goods. he viii continue 10 buy from them
so long as he is In the business. regardless
OF climatic OF CTDu conditions
As Cuba is q pretty b K country. there
is apt 20 be wide divergence IN the crops
OF the various districts iu any one year.
In 1895 the AbdjO product may have been
| superior. and in 1909 the palm may have
gone 90 some other part of the island bu-
these shifungs Of quality make no differ
ence to the manufacture who has plant
. in Cuba. The Americans. on the contrary.
I sending their samplers TO the island regu-
I larry, buy i'm the districts wherein the jUdg-
meut of their men tells them that the best
quality of Tobacco is TO be found.
They contend. also. that a cigar made OF
pure Cuban tobacco in Key West is just as
good as a cigar made Of pure Cuban tobacco
. in Havana. or. on account of superior work
mauship and environment, may even be
. little better They take no stock in the
theory that the tobacco must be rolled iu
the atmosphere in which 10 was grown, and
must then be subjected TO a voyage around
the world IN the hold OF a sailing ship be-
fore il reaches perfection.
The farmers of the Northwest who have
gone in for JObaCCO-raisrng are apt TO CON
tinue at il, because il pays them better
than corn or wheat. oats. rye. or barley.
The average money product 20 the acre
is $50 and small grains have TO be at a
soaring figure before any such sum can BE-
realized from them. The return OF WisCOn-
sin tobacco in pounds to the acre is be-
tween I 200 and 1 500.
The amount Df planting to a farm will
not often exceed ten acres. From five to
seven acres is the usual amount Like cot
ton in the South. the crop is held TO be
ready money. in that it can be converted
into cash as soon as it is partially cured in
the Tobacco shed. The producer sells il and
pockets his check without moving from his
own land. and $500, money down. 10 q Nor
wegian settler. is a fortune He will get
more out Of it than an ordinary city man
viii get out Of five times that sum.
FITTING OUT IN BALTIMORE.