The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-24
MANILA CIGARS
At LOW PRICES
Fitzpatrick Brothers Get LARGE
Consignment From Leading
Manufacturer.

The Philippine tariff bill will bring
Manila Cigars to the consumer at a
| rate about equal to what it was in the
days of the Monarchy, although it is
impossible to get any great amount at
the present time.
In arranging the tariff on cigars and
| tobacco, the trainers of the treaty safe
| guarded the interests of the smokers
as well as the manufacturers of Amer
lean cigars. Manila products of tobac-
co are not to be allowed absolute free
| dom of entry; limit on the number
of cigars to be exported has been plac-
ed by the commission, and beyond that
| number none may come duty free. Nor
| is "any old thing in the shape of a
cigar to pass as the genuine Manila.
Every package is to be inspected and
each must have the approval stamp of
| the customs inspector. He is to de-
clare on printed and stamped blank
that the cigars are "Standard'' or
"Below Standard,'' for there are but
two grades of quality in the Manila
cigars coming to the United States
under treaty. The certificate must bear
witness to the fact that the cigars were
made in sanitary factory, approved
by the Board of Health, and by clean
| labor.
Never, from the day when Sir Walter
| Raleigh blew smoke into his servitor s
| face, has tobacco had such attention
| by the government, with view to
| furnishing the consumer the most
| healthful smoke it is possible to pro-
cure. Having such keen attention from
| the authorities, the tobacco business,
| in an export way in Manila, will be
| limited to those makers whose desire to
| furnish the best is above that for pelf.
| Another, and almost forgotten, condi-
| ton of export under the treaty, is the
| one which demands that the best grades
of cigars shall be made from leaf grown
in Isbella and Casgayan provinces, Sec
tions of the archipelago which produce
! the best grades of tobacco as certain
| sections of Cuba grow better tobacco
| than others.
The S. S. Mongolia brought to Homo
| lulu on Saturday large shipment of
I cigars from hdu1Ids tdSH bCdl7
ing the government stamp as to pre-
| scribed conditions. 4 majority of the
cigars are for Fitzpatrick Brothers. In
view of the pending tariff changes.
Messrs. Fitzpatrick made inquiry of
| persons passing through as to the most
reliable and up-to-date manufacturer in
Manila. Honolulu people, including AL
bert Judd, had no hesitancy in say
ing that the clubs, both Army and
| Navy and commercial in Manila, secur-
ed their supplies from Walter E. Olsen
because he had unusual opportunities
| for securing the best leaf. His estab-
lishment complies with every regulation
! demanded by the Commission and the
Board of Health besides he has in
augurated a few on his own account.
Messrs. Fitzpatrick decided that Mr..
| Olsen was the man TO handle their bust
ness in the Philippines, and the result
| has proven most satisfactory for the
! packages received are all that the heart
of the most particular smoker and the
best Judge of the good qualities of
i tobacco could ask. The goods, or most
| of them, are in the cases at Fitzpatrick
| Brothers two stores ready for deliv-
/ cry by the box or the single smoke.
| They are absolutely fresh.