Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-28
- Correspondence Of the Desert Ma~ By Frank G. cdrpsnter


-, 1une ie.--A merry war is go
l'pS ,.tween the British Imperial To-
ing :" combination and the American
, U",' trust. For years the Brltishers
lVO't. .onopollzed the tobacco sales oil
nav ,,aited states. They have made
wv sreater part OF the cigars cigar
inc .od tobacco used, and there are
e',., ~, about 500 tobacco factories IN
49, rseon in different parts OF the
Ops ,.,ry. The American Tobacco trust
'ssds rs flrst invasion some years ago
!. Ian BY attempting to purchase the
,',ra.t Of the British tobacco firms
~, fsiled so It took the second This
~ tnovn as ogden's, tobacco com
s~.,,on with stock selling at market
',na Of a little over sS,OOO,OOO. The
,,,st paid a premium of 100000 to get
.o,rol Of the business and at once
,.gan to push the sales Of Yankee
,'da tobacco after American methods.
:, was ma king rapid lnroads upon the
.l,ass Of the Brltlshers when the Inn
..,,i Tobacco company was formed
:, oopose It. This company now con-
',,,, If trust comprising 10 OF the
KIM Arms in the British tobacco trade
ANA ,oyerlng all parts Of the country.
any nv ,wo trusts are now fighting each
,t,r for all they are worth and the
''sisst excltes great interest among all
5'sses The newspapers are full Of 1t.
Tbsy publish daily articles concerning
u, Duke the American tobacco king,
ana Ms plans, and the best displayed
sScartlsements are those Of the rival
somnanes. Yesterday II was said that
.,orae would be established in every
,'glsse of the United Kingdom for the
,,le Al American-made tobacco and to-
Ssyit IS reported that the American
syndicate has offered sS5,0O0O0O year
u ,be French government for the mo-
nonoy OF the tobacco business OF
pance, which IS now run by the state
ma end may be that the Americans
vil establish enormous factories here
under British names and make their
Cigarettes and cigars with British la
bor
DOWN WITH THE YANKEE MO-
NoPOLIES.
Tho British tobacconlsts are much
excited over this feature Of the inva-
son They publish requests for the
pfople TO down the Yankee monopoies
and buy English tobacco, and over
her stores you may see signs urging
all patriotic Englishmen to smoke
cigarettes and cigars made at home. ]
tsua shilling for poster which | saw
in 4 cigar shop near London bridge
his morning. II Is a cigar advertise
men, backed with a British flag and
addressed to the British public. II
reads
americans whose markets are closed
BY pohbitive tariffs against British
gods have declared their intention Of
mcnopollzlng the Tobacco Trade of this
Cogntry
It Is for the British public to decide |
whether BRITISH LABOR, CAPITAL
AND TRADE are to be subordinated
70 he American system OF TRUST |
MONOPOLY and all that is implied
naitln.
The Imperial Tobacco company is an |
tnagsmatlon OF British manufacturers
who have closed their ranks with the |
dettrminaton to hold the BRITISH |
TRADE for the BRITISH PEOPLE.
Its aim Is to provide the vast smok-
hgpubc with CIGARETTES and TO-
ACC0 made solely by means OF BRIT
III LABOR and CAPITAL" etc, etc.
CIGAR SHOPS IN LONDON.
i seems to me there are more cigar
aops than grocery stores In London.
lol ind them on every corner and in |
Hsry block. They are different from
tE American establishments. The
Aops are small and the most OF the
gods are In the windows. Little taste
shown in display, and box after box
Gclgars and cigarettes, with the COW
'n OF and the tobacco showing, are
pled one on top Of the other until the
widow is full.
Every tobaccolnst sells pipes and to-
aeco pouches There are different
Nands OF fine cut and plug, and all
Nts OF smoking tobaocoes. More
smoking is done by means of pipes than |