New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
aAVE AFILIPlNo CIGAR !
III BE GUARANTEED BY
GOVERNMENT.
,,., already DiscOrered to Flood
4, United States 'rith Cheap
Tobocoo Is Frustrated.
rr-on The Tribune Bureau }

- Philippine cigars near
Wasfins .,.rt guarantee that they are OF
nc rapresented and have beeh "i"NS
be guam l sanitary conditions VIII soon
S she American mar NJ -. ,s,.,,
N On w ,,.b;oi, would have injured the repu-
sofe' ta,ftbe Filipino product has been
nnon ans headed on and the enterpflslhs
dsuo ,pa War Department ana of Inc
dhcaH .,--, ,,7..rt are preparing 10 demon
Pni44 h., philippine enterprise IS not behlho
SO" -. OcriLsut They are determined 1"
taS' ching I'm their power 10 make effective
o'.,iga1 and substantial way ire Philp-
-.,,on 81 tuc Payre tariff Law. They are
Ip .ro thar the free admission 10 tins
'-I r., Philippine products will be Of no
.n making the islands prosperous unless
a''. .ri,er consumer realizes that he is not
- su-ndled when De purchases Philippine
- tobacco or sugar
so,tatia1 which has been conducted dur
a. las, tea wears tv American interests
-, the free admission Of sugar and tobacco
-. ,be islands has created a prejudice in Ger
Quarters against Philippine products. es-
/ - cigars nh government officials have
a.f,re determined uVou novel plan 20 coun-
49, r, the eject ~ this prejudice They pur-
=. thai the United states shall guarantee that
80 cigars have been manufactured in sani-
sry factories hy operatives in good health.
MAY AFFECT HOME MARKET
Tia, This ulan VIII create a demand in this
lie, for Philippine cigars goes without say
t In some quarters IL is believed that the
e., viU be that American cigar menufactur-
=, srerfuaUy viii find IL necessary TO ask the
,ors-rmen, 10 give their products a similar
s..rseate Of character" and that the time is
-, car distant when the American smoker viii
.srs fhe same protection as To the quality and
.ssrlness II his cigars as ne now has when he
purchases articles covered 10y the pure food and
aug Law. Al the earliest practicable date a
.o-ral notice viii be- issued explaining what the
rorsrnmen, is doing to- insure the cleanliness
and ouaitv of cigars made I'm Manila.
There is little doubt that i'm taking this step
sor rlsd ing government guarantee on Philip
nine cigars the officials Of the War Department
were influenced by experiences which followed
the institution of free trade between the United
States and Porto Rico after the passage Of the
Foraker act in 1901. The demand for Porto
Rioan cigars Jed certain manufacturers in this
country and Porto Rico 10 put upon the market
cheap cigars made of inferior tobacco and in
fome instances inferior near tobacco" which
we're prominently labelled as products Of Porto
Rico. These cigars had most successful sale
for a time but the ultimate effect was 10 give
Porto Roan tobacco products an unenyiable
reputation ana in large measure 10 neutralize
ihf effect upon the tobacco industry Of that
Asnd which II was thought free trade with the
United States would produce.
rom unofficial sources il Is learned that
isgi six weeks ago certain cigar interests in
N United States entered into negotiations for
~ manufacture in Manila Of several million
osap cigars II VAS their purpose To have
hsse cigars sent 70 this country at the earliest
Fssbe date after the enactment Of the tariff
RE They contemplated the manufacture Of
M cigars in the seventeen Chinese factories in
Mania II is believed that the cigars were 70
= haae of cheap tobacco by inferior operatives.
'A were to be placed on This market and sold
agas OF the higher grades.
is not improbable that KNOWLEDGE ~, this
pa reached the officials Of the War Depart
1'nS ana was factor in their decision 10
Ho'eot ue good name of the Philippine product
~ prevent a fraud upon the American people
---'als o. the War Department refuse to com
-"' on me report that they had information
i's the plan - food this market with
~'ep cigars from the Islands b,,, s5,,,;, .t..
~. sou u ds ~ NE highest importance TO
-, 'essiu VI c"nsummatiou Of the new, trade
= O'is win the Philippines that the nrod,,c,s
f'"plho people should not GET blscl
-. 's American consumers In what tho.
kv i'itod OF the new tariff