Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-28
81 Correspondence Of the Dessert Neus By Frank G. cdrpencr)

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.r Iune i6.--A merry war is go
Inv s.,ween the British Imperial To-
Ing =" combination and the American
pu, .ao.o rust, For years the Brltishers
, IOD monopollzed the tobacco sales OF
nov United states They have mads
inc msoter part OF the cigars, cigar
'"e and tobacco used, and there are
eu.s ., about 500 tobacco factories In
'O1 .s,,on in different parts OF the
Ops .,rv The American Tobacco trust
10 ,as rs flrst invasion some years ago
=, negan by attempting to purchase the
,,sssst OF the British tobacco hrms'
S's' failed so It took the second. This
ss -. tnown as ogden's, a tobacco com
S~.non with stock selling at a market
D ',a. Of A little over sS0OO,OOO. The
1854 nald premium of 100000 to get
.a,rol Of the business and at once
,sgan to push the sales of Yankee
.sde tobacco after American methods.
:, Gas making rapid lnroads upon the
ss.losss of the Brltishers when the Inn
,a,s, Tobacco company was formed
oorose IT, This company now con-
ia, If a trust comprising 10 OF the
KIN Arms in the British tobacco trade
Ia ,o,srlng all parts OF the country,
ne Two trusts are now lighting each
o,tsr for all they are worth and the
S,stest exctes great interest among all
'ssses The newspapers are full Of It,
Tbsy nublish daily articles concerning
~, NIKE the American tobacco king
"a ms plans and the best displayed
4sSsrtlsenents are those of the rival
somnanles. Yesterday II was said that
.,orss would be established In every
,i'aea of the United Kingdom for the
M American made tobacco and to-
Ssyn Is reported that the American
SYNDICATE has offered SS5,OOO.OOO a year
Ia Inc French government for the mo-
nopoly OF the tobacco business OF
pance, which IS now run by the state,
ma end may be that the Americans
v11 establish enormous factories here
under British names and make their
Cigarettes and cigars with British la
bor
DOWN WITH THE YANKEE MO-
MOBILES.
The British tobacconlsts are much
excited over this feature Of the inva-
sion They publish requests for the
people TO down the Yankee monOpolies
and buy English tobacco, and over
Ner stores you may see signs urging
All pstri0tIc Englishmen to smoke
cigarettes and cigars made at home, ]
rata shilling for poster which | saw
IN cigar shop near London bridge
this morning. II Is a cigar advertise
mest backed with a British flag and
addressed to the British public. 1t
reads,
americans whose markets are closed
by pohlbitlve tariffs against British
GODS have declared their intention Of
mcnopoIlzlng the Tobacco Trade Of this
Country.
1t Is for the British public to decide
whether BRITISH LABOR, CAPITAL
AND TRADE are to be subordinated
10 he American system Of TRUST
MONOPOLY and all that is implied
hsitln.
The Imperial Tobacco company is an
inalgamatlon OF British manufacturers
who have closed their ranks with the
detsrmnation to hold the BRITISH
TRADE for the BRITISH PEOPLE.
Its aim Ii to provide the vast smok- |
l'gpublIc with CIGARETTES and TO-
ACC0 made solely by means OF BRIT
kH 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 |
Usry block. They are different from
ON American establishments. The |
iAops are small and the most OF the |
goods are In the windows. Little taste |
kshown in display, and box after box |
Gclgars and cigarettes, with the COW
'n OF and the tobacco showing, are |
ped one on top Of the other until the
widow Is full
Every iobaccolnst sells pipes and to-
hcco pouches. There are different |
Nands OF fine cut and plug, and all
N1s OF smoking tobaocoes. More
smoking is done by means Of pipes than |