The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-08
Cigars and Tobacco.
An Interesting Explanation of Cigar
Making as Told by
Cigar Maker.

Paper Read Refore the ChnutnitQua Circle.
There are few things about cigars
and tobacco of which the majority of
have but little knowledge. |
How many men who smoke cigars by |
the hundreds every year know that in
one cigar are combined tobacco from
two, three or four states, thousands of
miles apart or that part of it grew on
land across the oce IN?
In cigar may be found tobacco from
and Pennsylvania with
some from one of the several tobacco
growing states of the far south, and
from the West Indies. They are very
seldom made from one kind of tobacco,
as if it is grown in different states.
countries OF climates. the quality and
flavor are not alike and can not be
used for the same purpose.
Tobacco that would make good filler
would not do for binders or wrappers.
The latter would not fill the place of
the former any better. Connecticut,
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania produce
the best of the domestic wrappers and
binders and some good filters. The
states of the far south produce better
quality and more richly favored filler
and for that reason it is used more ex-
tensively, but the best results are OBJ
tanned by mixing these with the tobacco
raised in the places already mentioned.
There is domestic tobacco used
that clos ely resembles Havana, in ap-
pearance, quality aud flavor. 1t is q
product of the southern states and by
swe ating and favoring, a process used
by the packers after it is purchased
from the growers, is made very uni
form product. 1t varies some III
strength and flavor but blends " ell with
and generally improves the flavor OF
any other tobacco. This is called Zim-
mer Spanish or more often thinner.
Havana tobacco has teen grown in
this country in climate and soil that
are supposed to be the same as in its
native land. Later soil was brought
from the famous Havana fields for the
purpose of duplicating this leaf but
both experiments proved alike and the
result vas that all hopes of them were
given up.
Sumatra tobacco has been more of {
success as by using tent arrangement
and growing it III the shade in some
parts of Texas it has many of the gooe
qualities of the imported Sumatra.
has taken years of experience to OBJ
! tain these results and only in the las
few years have they been abe to over
come the VT akness of tie leaf and brit
tIeness of it when dry to make it o
value.
q Comparatively, few men are goo'
judges of cigars for it takes long ex
, perience and constant practice to quail
fy one for this work. Many smoker
J think Havana is never poor and tha
J, domestic tobacco falls short if compal
led with it. That is not SO for Havan
is as bad if not worse than poor dc
nestle tobacco, for it is known fac
! that Havana is the heaviest tobacc
|, grown and is more severe on the nerve
} of the smoker than aEy other tobacc
: and If poor it has q strong, rank fave
3 and with its action on the nerves tn
3 result must be worse. With good d.
a mestic tobacco, by mixing and blent
t ing the different favors, many pleasar
: and richly favored cigars are made.
r A cigar made from good thinner {
: some Pennsylvania broad leaf with
: with a good Connecticut binder an
q wrapper, will fool men who are ia
j. judges of tobacco with the belief th'
d they are smoking Havana or part II
vana cigars. A great many ten Gel
n cigars now on the market that are 80
e for Havana goods are made of tn
's mixture only Sumatra wrapper
a used in place of the Connecticut.
'e Machinery has had little effect ,
4 this trade. So far the machines
vented for making cigars when test
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