Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-29
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wear the Philippines exported to the
United States only a few hundreds Of
dollars worth of tobacco, or less than
one one-hundredth Of per cent. of the
tobacco irnportations of that country.
While it may be true that Philippine
tobacco may never entirely Suppldnt
Cuban and Sumatra tobacco in the
United States, there is certainly every
inducement to encourage and improve
the industry until modern cultural
methods have realized to the fullest ex-
tent the highest perfection of the crop.
In\ the manufacture of high grade
cigars certain essentials are necessary.
| The tobacco must burn smoothly and
freely, with a pleasant taste, not rank
and strong nor too mild. When the
taste is pleasant, not sharp and bitter,
the aroma will invariably be good.
The wrapper of the cigar. as distin-
guished from the filler, must be light in
color, rich in grain, thin in texture.
small in vein and stem, very elastic,
| and of good burning quality. 1t should
stretch and cover well, have little
aroma and appear well on the cigar.
The most desirable sizes are 40 and As
centimetre leaves, for from such leaves
wrappers from each leaf, with but lit
tie waste. After such a suitable wrap
per leaf is grown it must be properly
cured, assorted and classified. The
manufacturer can never afford to pay a
, high price for bale of tobacco unless
he can calculate just how many suit
able leaves. it will contain. This is one
reason why Sumatra tobacco COM
III f<~,.
fully is the grading and asserting done
that the manufacturer knows how
many cigars each package Of tobacco
will wrap, and that the color will be
uniform.
For cigar filters the leaves should be
somewhat shorter, of medium body,
have rich brown color and burn
smoothly and freely. The quality of
the filler determines the character of
the cigar: hence the filler must pos
sess the desirable aroma that distin-
guishes a good cigar.
Philippine tobacco has some of the
above properties, and has earned it's
reputation on account of it's agreeable
aroma, fine veins and notable elastic
ity. This applies only to the better
quality of tobacco, grown on the al
luNlal lanQS OF the CaEdyar river, IN
Northern Luzon. The tobacco grown
in the Visayan Islands is coarser, I'M
even in color and of great strength.
From the provinces along the west
coast of Northern Luzon the tobacco is
of heavy body, and that grown near
the sea has but little combustibility.
Its ragged, broken character also low
erS it's market value.
Professor Dorsey believes that the
islands can and should produce cigar
filler tobacco that is fully equal to the
finest product of the Vuelta Abajo dis
trict Of Cuba, and a cigar wrapper
equal to Sumatra tobacco. With care
full attention to soil and climatic con-
ditions. it is believed districts can be
found that will raise tobacco similar in
flavor and aroma to that grown in the
best districts of Turkey. Philippine to-
bacco today does not occupy the posi-
ton it should, and every planter or
company engaged in it's cultivation
should strive to place it on the high
standard it deserves.