Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-16
Tulsans Spend
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stantly, as a large run on some par
ticular brand viii keep going for a
month or two and then drop off Just
as suddenly as IT began and theret win
probably not be dozen calls week
for II.
Cigar men account for this change
by thd fact that man who Is a reg
ular smoker can seldom stand TO
smoke the same kind continually, and
whenever there Is O new brand placed
on the market he tries II for while.
The Tulsa makes are the most popu-
lar brands at most OF the stores.
A great demand Of the regular smok
ers Of the same brands of cigars all
OF the time are the same way, and any
other kind cannot be foisted upon
them, Prices do not have any effect
upon some of the poorest customers
and II they like a thirty cent brand
they will buy just as many Of them
as they would Il they were buying
"three-for" stogies. "It is impossi-
BILE to tell the financial status Of a
smoker by the price of his cigars"
said a cigar merchant yesterday I'VE
have two bank president who buy all
Of their cigars here, and nine times
out Of ten they will buy a five cent
cigar, while there are many laboring
men who patronize us for the three
for a quarter kind"
Men of moderate means compose
the best trade at the stands and us
ually buy on an average OF twice as
many cigars as more wealthy per-
sons. According to some of the cigar
men, the brand and style OF cigar
man smokes Is a good indication OF
his character One who smokes
short stubby bull dog brand Is usual
" that kind OF n man and hard &c
get the best Of in an argument One
who walks down the street with
long stogie in his mouth is almost
always o good-natured fellow and easy
to get along with. and so on down
the long line Of the different kinds
"A great many men Cmost of them
beginners In smoking) buy cigars by
the name or color of the band around
them, and the fancier they are and
the more colors there are on them.
the better they like them, and quite
a few brands Of cigars are made es-
pecially for these persons
For q few weeks prior TO the pri-
mary election. the cigar salesmen had
a large run" in cigars. They expect
another such run" Just before the
general election this fall The sales
were trebled the week before the pri-
mary election.
The types OF men who buv cigars
and cigarettes are entirely different
according 10 the dealers The cigarette
trade Is sustained principally by the
sports and young men between rs
and 2S years Of age. After they get
over that age they usually quit smok-
ing or start smoking cigars and pines
Cigarettes are also the most costly
smoking material sold. because Of tho
fact that they are SO quickly smoked
and then. too. one only causes desire
for another one. and since the cheap.
est resdv-m made cigarettes sell for one
half ~ - cert ppiece II is nuite a
costly habit. Regular cigarette srnok-
ors usual'v use FROM two - three
hoves dav pnd m0~t 80 tho Gales
-" NJ 'he io,oout AVID is-ce~' '.nri-
otinq rha rricos of mo disfe~an'
- cn0'q hov - - - co~'~ hNv
~ ci-a~ WON ficure thet " tho 10
1.-Two Nv 'h~ saio i''creo zoe ~ ~ go~'a
,.oto 9e % ha- hoor Ht.i,,g ro- NO iaes
'--o vears, none will be sold in ten
years.