The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-01-12
CROMWELL MAKES
CIGAR STUDIES
Manila internal Revenue Collector
Finds Ideal Conditions
Here.

~ have made study az conditions
governing tho Manila tobacco business
In the United States, and l have many
suggestions to take back TO the Philip
pines which win help out the manufac.
turors In their business relations with
dealers in the homeland. Many things
have learned will be brought to tho
attention Of the large manufacturing
concerns Of Manila, aud will undoubt-
edly result in much good, said Capt.
Ellis Cromwell, collector of internal
revenue of the Philippines, Tuesday
ON the steamer Manchuria.
Mr.. Cromwell holds n position which
enables him TO do much for the tobac-
co manufacturers of the Islands, as we'll
rs the tobacco dealers of the United
States. The collector of internal reve-
nue. prescribes the rules under which
cigars shall be made for the American
market, and also fixes the amount of
each class which shall be exported TO
the home country each year.
Cigars Graded.
The cigars from oil factories are
divided into classes according to grade
and price, and only 80 many hundred
thousand are allowed shipped of each.
All cigar shipments have to 20 through
the bureau of internal revenue whore
the United States internal revenue
stamps are affixed. Thus the shipments
60 right to their destinations on Che
mainland without being held up by Gus
toms or internal revenue officers when
they reach port of the United States.
When free trade, up to certain
limit, went into effect as to cigars
under the Payne bill, the manu-
facturers Of the Philippines rushed a
lot of inferior cigars, that is of the
cheaper qualities, into the country,
being abetted in this by the manufac-
turers in the United States who want
ed to spoil the smokers tastes Tor the
Manila product. As soon as the results
Of this move were known, tho bureau
of internal revenue in the islands, under
orders from the governor-general, pre-
scribed regulations for the shipment Of
cigars and named the amount of each
kind that could leave the islands for
the home market.
Rigid Inspection.
Inspectors of the bureau are station.
ed in each factory to see that the to.
bacco used is up to standard and that
the cigars themselves are up to the
standard set for shipment out of the
country. The American officials believe
that trade should be stimulated by the
right kind of products, and so this
drastic action was taken in regard to
the cigars shipped to the United States
81 have found, = said Captain Crom
well, g that in the United States, espe
cially in the East, there is trouble il
keeping the Manila cigars in proper
Temperature and moisture to have then
retain their flavor and their texture
In all places the dealers seem unable t.
keep them in a place moist enough to
prevent their drying and cracking open
after they, have been in stock few
months.
GunBt Conditions Fine.
"Here in Honolulu 1 found different
conditions today. In tho cellar of a
prominent local dealer l was shown
cigars which had been kept for several
months, and were in just as good shape
las when they were shipped from Ma
Mia.
For an experiment, one box wal
opened which had been in stock fol-
more than year and the cigars were
in perfect condition.
Takes Many Monthly.
"Another thing which agTeeably sur
prised me here, was the amount of Gig.
ars that Honolulu is bringing in from
Manila. In one shipment coming for
M. A. Gunst & Co. for instance, am
told that they win have 100000 Ma
nilas
If that amount, in proportion to the
population, could be taken care of by
the dealers in San Francisco and New
York it would be great boon to the
cigar business in the Philippines.
"We have the largest and the best
factories for the manufacture of cigars
and cigarettes in the world, and we want
our product to have the standing it
should have in the markets of the world
We are all working to that end
tOur manufacturers are Spanish
Filipino and European companies in Ma
mia, and they do not know all the re-
guiremsnts of the American trade al
yet. J have made an exhaustive study
iof cigar conditions in the United States
in the past few months, and what ]
have learned will be of interest and
help to the manufacturers in the ISL
andB. -
Well-seasoned Tobacco.
In speaking Of cigarettes, Captain
Cromwell told of the IhsuIar Factory
which makes a speelalty OF cigarettes.
He said that the leaf used Ia tho Gig.
arettes manufactured by this company
was kept for more than year In the
warehouse before II WAS made Into the
cigarettes which have taken the taste
Of Americans aud Foreigners in the isl.
aads and which all Of them smoke.
Captaiu Cromwell Is one Of the old
guard IL Manila having gone 10 tile
Islands IN tho pDayb 1T the Empire -
as . captain VI volunteers aad has been
there ever nlpee. ne va associated
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