New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-08
HAVE A FILIPINO CIGAR!
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tied extent proposed. the Philippine Market
Based upon our experience in Porto Rico, VIII be
worth over S1Oo000000 within very short
time and. with the free admission of American
goods. American producers and exporters viii
control at least ttree-fourths Of that market
selling there annually goods worth ST5OOOOoO
instead of -S5000000 at present
at is believed that the customs revenue OF
the Philippines instead of being reduced by the
free admission Of American goods, eventually
viii be increased, as those of Porto Rico
through the increased purchasing power Of the
people resulting from the free admission OF
their products into the United States and the
correspondingly better prices which they will
receive. =
FREE TRADE WITH PHILIPPINES 3,
The Payne law provides for the free adms-
sion into the United States of Philippine sugar
to the extent of 100000 tons a year. The total
sugar exports of the islands do not exceed l5o'-
GEO tons. These exports are principally to
China, and probably will continue TO that coun-
try. Therefore to reach the limit it will be
necessary to increase the sugar production of
the islands TO almost the full extent of the 300.
coo tons.
The present production of cigars in the
Islands. is ABOUT 1876, 600 600 annually of which
l2OO00000 now go to China, Japan and India,
the remainder being consumed in the islands.
These Asiatic markets are almost entirely de
pendent upon the Philippines for their tobacco,
and hence the increased production must be the
full 100000 in order to reach the limit
AUTHORIZED to be admitted free the United
States.
The free admission OF this number of cigars
TO the United States will result in higher prices
for cigars shipped TO Asiatic countries thus
beneftting the tobacco manufacturers. the oper-
atives and the producers of tobacco This is
equally true Of sugar. for which the Asiatic con-
sumer will be compelled to offer higher price.
THE free admission of leaf tobacco is limited
to 1900 geo pounds of filler and 100000 pounds Of
wrapper tobacco annually. The latter is unim-
portant, as no wrapper tobacco is produced in
the Philippines for export. while the limitation
on filler is so small that II Will be unimpOrtant
to the tobacco trade of the islands and this
country The Philippines now export annually
100000 pounds of filler tobacco to SPAIN,
where it is sold in competition with filler to-
bacco from this country.
There is no limitation upon the quantity of
cigarettes that may be imported free of duty
from the Philippines. but the character OF
the cigarettes made in the islands is entirely
different from those consumed in the United
States the Philippines cigarettes not likely
to compete in this market in any great extent"
MANILA's FINE FACTORIES.
Colonel Cotton explained that Manila has the
largest and ceanest tobacco manufacturing
plants in the world. He said that at one time
that city enjoyed monopoly of the Spanish to-
bacco market and largely supplied France with
its cigars and cigarettes. 1T is not generally
known" he continued that the Philippines,
with less than 100000 inhabitants consume as
many cigarettes as the people of the United
States the daily consumption being 100000.
The ART of cigarette making has reached its
highest point in the Philippines, the annual ex-
ports being more than 10000 O6o.
"A unique feature Of the cigar trade of the
Philippines and the United States under the
Payne law VIII be the inspection scheme now
being put in operation. All cigar factories will
be inspected and the government will provide
certificates which will be attached TO each
! package of cigars. cigarettes and other manu-
featured tobacco sent to the United States.
which will plainly indicate the grade of the to-
! baccO used, as standard, extra select and
/ also show that the articles We're manufactured
! and put up by healthy operatives working I'M
/ der sanitary conditions III factories regularly
| inspected by the Health Department Of the
/ Philippine government
! THUS any one purchasing Philippine cigars in
! the United States viii know from the label on
! the package if he will take the trouble to look
/ at it, that it is of standard or better grade and
clean product. If he buys alleged Philippine
cigars or cigarettes which do not bear this label
! he must take chances that they have been put
/ upon the market fraudulentIy, or that they are
/ below grade. or possibly are manufactured in
! factories which are not inspected by the Health
/ Department.
These cigars and cigarettes will be the only
| product in any market of the world having be-
! hind them a government guarantee as to their
! quality and cleanliness.
The new tariff law will not only result in
| increased expectations from the United states
to the islands, but Will be an important factor
| IN extending our foreign trade throughout the
East. with the Philippines as distributing
/ point. on the other hand, it. Will carry pros
perity TO the Philippines and Contentment to-
/ the Filipino people. II Will give 10 them feel
! ing that the American people are not only gen
erous, but that eventually, as a subject people
! Of the United States they VIII receive Justice"