The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-25

the result Is sos for every day I'm the
year. Adding to this the Appropriated
sales of the foregoing places II does
not appear tn be a bad guess that
1000 cigars daily find suction I'm the
faces of the smoking element.
Think Of paying duties on tobacco
that more than equal its original price
That accounts largely for the expense
on some grades more is paid per pound
for entry into the United States than
Is paid for the tobacco itself 10 de
ponds on the texture of the goods Su-
matra tobacco. for instance. il "A very
fine article. silky and fearfuliy expen-
sive. A bale. about two by one by
four feet I'm dimensions will not pass
the customs officer without the pay
ment of over $3.50 by the importer AMI
this In addition To the price paid the
producer.
For the best all around cigar tobacco
look to Havana. That's where the
makers focus their optics. The Porto
Rico weed is truly weed Near as
u
coarse article that springs from its
soil. There is something I'm the sun
and ground that makes good tobacco
leaf and that is where Cuba shines.
American grown tobacco Is not very
popular though there is a continual
enlargement in its culture. the use of
hot houses coming widely into favor
of late. Aroma and tradition. how
ever, stand i'm favor of the Havana
growth and doubtless always VIII.
Expressions of wonder are yery fire.
quently heard by tie non-smOkers
who would like To know why il Is that
some users of the weed prefer dark
colored cigars and others light coIored.
IL does not always make much differ
ence. The dark colored wrapper is
stronger in taste than it's octoroon
brother but the filling is the same i'm
both. The difference therefore is but
slight, SO far as CO.Or is concerned
ana the choice resolves itself to a
question OF taste i'm appearance. 1t is
little else than caprice or habit on the
part of the smoker The difference i'm
cost of cigar depends not only on the
grade of leaf used but also i'm its stvIa
of construction. A hand made cipar
Always costs more than one made by
machinery and it can always be told
by the round corner on il. The ma
chine made article possesses a teIltaIe
square corner. II is rare five cent
cigar that is made by hand When =
ciga' draws poorly it is safe to say
1t was put together by machinery.
Some of the dealers. those who cater
to the more transient trade, sell four
times as many five cent cigars as ten
centers. When the war tariff was
placed on cigars il had the effect of
turning great part of the five cent
trade 20 ten cent cigars. How the
dealers explained il was only by the
fact that the people suspected there
would be even less than the customary
care in the preparation of the cheap
grad But whereas some dealers
have better five than ten cent trade
with others it is exactly the reverse.
Wages of cigar makers are not So
bad They are paid from twelve To
eighteen dollars week after they
have served their apprenticeship. the
size of the wad depending on the num-
Der they are able To- roll out in that
length of time II is a very scarce
American. however, who can roll cigars
as the Cubans do. Native to the art.
some of these men in New York and
other places make as high as $3.50 a
month and sport about with all the