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Phone; 716/482-0300 -^^ Fax: 716/288-5989 © 1993, Applied Image, Inc., All Rights Reserved %^ %' ^ ^.3s ^^ Volume 28 no. 11 J January June 24 9 9 13-26 1908 1908 « *%»n^I M0 "'"^'^^h ^ # Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII. in 1881. ) ., No. 1. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. JANUARY 1, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACTIRERS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . IDLE HOUR . . . EPICURE (r,/M:,r) HUNT CLUB • • t Cut Plug Sliced Plug Shredded Plug Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND. VA. AJ p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York T\ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROBBBR & ARGUIMBAV 1/8 Water Street, New York )\ r ,^^ -^ I i-il ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^BS CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia ■^ CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED v. (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) # W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. m PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence \>ith Responsible Houses Solicited 1^ Guaranteed Strictly Hand Made Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. First District Penna. HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS, INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. c/ ^ . K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pocket Afford PERFFXT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. 4 SoIp Owiicrat and Mauufuc turnrs \A/!^ n\p^ri—^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^~^^^^^^^^ Pr^r Qo lo ^ cigar SCRAPS-Clean and Sound YYClllLaU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. lUl 00.1^1 Write Us for Prices T.I. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, NEW YORK EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouvcrneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 1 PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 1, 1908 One Dollar the Year STOGIE MANUFACTURER GONE. STOGIE AND CIGARMAKERS TO . ,c. . ^ MERGE r inancial Embarrassments Cause Him to Leave for Other Parts. An Old Record Behind Him. Wheeling. W. Va., Dec. 28. The action of A. J. Seamon running away rather than face the embarrass- ment of the financial disaster which he realized was inevitable, was almost "^ay be possible in a few weeks now. the sole topic of conversation about the though interested persons are saying streets of Moundsville. What effect nothing on the subject, his failure will have on the Seamon's At the meeting of Garfield Local, Original Wheeling Stogie & Cigar Com- No. 1. of stogie makers, it is under- Tentative Proposition to be Acted on in January. Wheeling. W. Va.. Dec. 28. For years the National Stogie Mak- ers' League has been fighting for re- cognition by the A. F. of L., and this pany is the subject that is interesting the public most, and it will likely be several days before the result is known. The plant is still in operation under the management of Messrs. S. A. Steele. Secretary and Manager, and J. W. Moorehead, President. These gentle- men are fully able to take care of the business, providing Mr. Seamon's fail- stood that Organizer T. H. Flynn, of the A. F. of L., submitted a proposi- tion from members of the Cigarmakers' International Union, which was tenta- tively accepted by the Garfield Local. This proposition, it is said, was re- ceived by Mr. Flynn while in con- ference with cigarmakers* delegates at the recent A. F. of L. convention ure has not crippled the company too at Norfolk, and will develop at a meet- much financially. The small creditors of Mr. Seamon were still scurrying about in search of some property to attach in order to se- cure their accounts. Mr. Seamon sent his resignation as treasurer of the I. O. 0. F. Lodge of the State to the Grand Lodge officers, dated December 5. 3907. It was writ- ng of the National Stogie Makers' League, to be held in January at Pitts- burg. A significant feature of this convention will be the presence of President Perkins, of the cigarmakers. From rumors it is understood the proposition looks to the merging of the two organizations, but with the stogie makers still maintaining their local ten on paper bearing the letter head and label and the cigarmakers extend- of the Sherwood House, Cincinnati, and »ng their recognition and protection, mailed at Chattanooga. Tenn. while on the other hand the cigar- The general impression is that Mr. makers will also maintain their organ- Seamon's destination is the extreme ization and autonomy over their branch Southwest, where he has two brothers o^ the trade who are interested in mining ventures. r« t m i?ne at c- One of his brothers was here on a visit SHOOT NIGHT RIDERS AT SIGHT about V«/V«««^% Carlton Succeeds Reed. Richmond, Va.. Dec. 28. Mr. Edgar S. Carlton has been ap- pointed by the directors of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland to succeed Mr. Wellford C. Reed as general manager of their leaf buying department in the United States. Having been with the com- pany for the last five years, and for the best part of this time directly under the training of Mr. Reed, the new general manager possesses quali- fications for the position that perhaps no other man who might have been chosen could have. Mr. Carlton is a native of Halifax county, and has spent practically all his business life in the tobacco trade. In 1889 he went to Danville as an em- ploye of the tobacco firm of Penn & Rison, with which he remained for three years. He then went into busi- ness on his own account. In 1896 he formed a co-partnership with Penn & Rison, the firm name being E." S. Carlton & Co. While he was conduct- ing the affairs of this company special attention was paid to the shipping of tobacco to England. The business in Danville was suc- cessfully conducted until July, 1902, when Mr. Carlton accepted the position of supervising buyer with the Imperial company. This position he held until last year, when he was made first as- sistant to Mr. Reed. Mr. Carlton's new duties as general manager of the leaf department in- clude not only the management of ail the leaf buying operations of the com- pany in America, but also the super- DULL TRADE IN CONN. LEAF. two years ago and the two of .. . „ ...,. ,., ,. - ..-- them sold considerable mining stock in Judge's Instructions to Special vision of the many branch plants of the ^^^p,^^ ^^ ^^^^^ this locality. There are few who be- lieve that Mr. Seamon has deserted his wife and family, for whom he al- ways manifested the greatest affection. It is not thought that he will see them in want, and his friends believe that as soon as he establishes a residence he will send for them. Tobacco Manufacturer Commits Suicide. Toledo, O., Dec. 27. J. Frank Zahm, a prominent tobacco manufacturer of this city, committed suicide in his office about 9 o'clock this morning, shooting himself with a re- volver. It is believed that melancholia, caused by ill health, induced the shoot- ing. A short time ago Mr. Zahm's physi- cian informed him that he would proba- bly not live more than three months. He had been suffering from Bright's disease. The tragedy occurred at the Council street tobacco plant. — A. M. Gilbertson has sold his cigar factory at Red Wing, Minn., to George ■J. Miller, and the business will be conducted at 320 Plum street. —Mr. Murphy, of the former firm of Cohen & Murphy, cigar manufacturers at Eleveth, Minn., will re-enter the trade on his own responsibility. Deputies in Case of Raid. Paducah, Ky., Dec 28. County Judge Lightfoot has received two anonymous letters, mailed from different points in a First District county, warning him to be on the lookout for "night riders." as it had been planned to visit Paducah. Al- though doubting the statement. Judge Lightfoot summoned a number of re- liable men to meet him, and gave them authority to act as deputies in case of emergency. Afterward he added to the list, making fifty men in all. They have been instructed to shoot to kill at the first appearance of any mob. "If night riders attempt to raid Padu- cah they will be given an object lesson that will stand for the whole State of Kentucky," said the Judge. "There is only one way to stop this thing, and that is for the officials to shoot down the lawless ones when they attempt to ter- rorize and destroy." Chief of Police Collins carefully in- structed his men to keep a close watch in the tobacco warehouse districts for suspicious characters. The policemen on duty at night were all assembled in the Police Courtroom and explicit in- structions were given by the chief. A secret system has been arranged by which reports will be made at the sta- tion, which in turn can be communi- cated to every man on duty by the officer in charge. concern throughout the country. Warehouses Start Sorting Tobac- co. Some Farmers also Sort- ing their Crops. Suffield. Conn., Dec. 27. All the tobacco warehouses in town have opened for their winter's work of sorting this year's large crop of to- bacco, with the exception of George Alderman's, which is expected to open in another week. Last week Matthew Leahy opened the American Tobacco Company's warehouse and L. P. Bis- sell started up his with forty hands to sort his own large crop of 150 acres, grown on the Bissell-Graves Syndicate in West Sutfield. E. A. & W. F. Ful- ler are sorting the small crops bought in town recently. All the West Suffield warehouses are in full swing, as is also William Pinney's, who does sorting and packing for Olds & Whipple, of Hartford. Many of the farmers have begun the work )f assorting their own crops on their own farms, many having re- modeled their tobacco barns, making a cement block foundation or brick under their sheds and turning it into a shop of their own, rather than wait for buyers to show up. The farmers who are sorting their own crops live near the river in the eastern part of the town, where the dampness of the air tends to cure the crop for the farmer. There have been only a few sales in town so far this year and the prices paid ran from 9^ to 11 ^ cents a pound and these were purchased by a local firm. The buyers claim there is a CO on the market. Wisconsin Growers to Hold for Higher Prices. Milton, Wis., Dec. 26. Directors of the tobacco department of the American Society of Equity de- cided that all tobacco not sold by Jan. 15 should be sized, boxed and placed in a pool. The minimum prices deter- mined upon are : Best grade, per pound, 15 cents; medium grade, 12^ cents, and the poorest grades, not in- cluding frost-bitten leaf, 10 cents. S. D Kump. Secretary of the State organization, says arrangements have been made for financing the pools and for assisting those who are not able to hold their crops until the sales can be made. The State organization, of which the tobacco society is only a department, will hold its annual meeting at £au Clair Jan. 14 to 16 inclusive. —A certificate of incorporation of the Mutual Cigar Company, capitalized at $25,000, has been filed in the office of the county clerk at Buffalo, N. Y. The company will do business in Buffalo --The Tobacco Corporation of Leon County, with headquarters at Talla- hassee, Fla., has been organized with a capital of $40,000. Sol. Brash, Presi- dent, and C. Treasurer. partly last year's >tock, and until that is sold they can go without this year's crop. Another representative of a large firm said that it cannot get the ready cash with which to pay for the crops, if bought, but would buy pro- viding he could get the tobacco at a reasonable price. Mexican Tobacco for Australia. Mexico City, Dec. 26. It is confidently expected that within a short time Mexico will be a rival of the United States and Cuba for the tobacco trade in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the tobacco now shipped to those islands is sent from Cuba and the States, but Henry C. Partridge, of Auckland, is now in this city for the purpose of inducing the Mexican tobacco growers to send a large part of their tobacco crop to that section of the world. —A defective chimney in the Central City Cigar Co.'s building at Jackson, Mich., caused the building to burn with $7,-500 worth of tobacco leaf and cigars. The factory belonged to W. B. Burris. a former cigar manufacturer of Greenville, Mich. —The cigar factory of P. Caatillo, G. Farlin Secretary, and in Ybor City, Fla., was badly damaged by fire last week. E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS o^-^ PHILADELPHIA f^^K THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ J. Vetterlein & Co.' m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 lohn T. Dohan > ^D 8lT* <^ ^™* ^' ^^^^^ fLOR %mj^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^J^-^^^ ^^^^ ^^' Leaf TobaccoK ^ «l» ) philada. Batobllshed I82S i L ^^B 7 LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia S Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. IPackers and Dealers In n^porters of SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warahouscs: Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction* Wis.; Baldwinsvllle. N. Y. TOBACCO /4/ M rh/rd St, P/ti/oUMATRA 1 UUU GOm 4 ImporU'lS and bealers in ALL KINDS OF SEF i( LEAF. nn (JMATRA X UUUUU llliN.3dSt.,Phila. I1.5TRAUS fJ A.LOCa IMPORTERS OF 9011^908 J!liii^lSS9lW H^HILADELPHa Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St, Philadelphia LiEOPOliD bOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phlla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. • J Lr KRUPPENBACH 1642-44 N.ELtVf^NTtl. ST w Philadelphia J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TBRAee E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ..IMPORTERS of Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorizea oy me Oovernment oi the Kepublic ot Cuba UUniondeFabR'^^''J"'''"^'^3acosyCigabros REPUBLICA.DECUBA. REPLBLICA.DE.CUBA .O^iMi^o, V^ DELA ^ISLAdeCUBA ulonzaciaporel Gobierno delaRepublica Garantiza que los fabacoscigarrosy paqaetes dc picadtira qoelleven esl"appeciPia son fabncados por ^55f( RbPLBLiCADECUBA nflPROPIEOAOARTISTICfl.E;iHOUSTRIflLESTfl:RECISTRAOA:EN:TOOOS;LflSPWSES0RE:puBiiCA:OE:cuBA HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT'^ NOTICE... The precedins: cut, is a fac-slmlle, In its actual size, of the Precinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Ci^rar and Cigaretto Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cuba by the Independent Manufacturers. Thas a copy of (hat warranty stamp attached to any box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any packa|es of Cut Tobacco, means that those Ci« gars. Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana, Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in the famous Vuelta Abajo DON'T FORGET THIS. RETAILERS, IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. No Hero Medal for Him. One evening a chirping party of gents sat in a cigar store under the bright glare of a beautiful light and boasted of their bravery. One of them was filled with so much nerve that it made him feel fat; an- other would rather ramble around in the dead of a dark night than flit through sunlit scenery, and still an- other feared nothing from a faded look- ing spook down to a burgling sinner. "It is all right to talk about your bravery while sitting in a cozy comer," remarked a member of the party, with a sceptical smile, "but I will bet a hundred that if any one of you fellows got up against the real thing you would shake loose your shoestrings. "Some time ago," continued the speaker, "I had to walk through a lonely spot in the country. • The night before a man had been held up there and robbed of sixteen cents and a plug of tobacco, and some of my friends tried to dissuade me from making the trip. "I merely laughed at them. I knew the locality well and had no more fear of holdups than a souse connoisseur has of finding microbes in a half pint. "This was in a lighted room, where your heart doesn't need any tonic, but after I had left and waded into the darkness I began to think a few thinks. I also put my pistol in my overcoat pocket where I could it get handily, not that I was afraid of highwaymen, but merely as a precaution against biteful dogs. "As I neared the lonely spot I be- came sensible of a wild and thumpy sensation in the west side of my chest. It was my heart. It was making over- time and palpitated so bumpfully that it rattled my teeth. "I could now see the shadowy bunch of bushes from which the highwayman had sprung, and deciding to be on the safe side, I drew out the gun and held it in my hand. All the nerve that I possessed at starting was gone. Never did a hero medal seem so far, far away. "Another minute and I would be past the bushes. Maybe my poor old heart wasn't going some now, and maybe I wasn't walking tiptoe fashion and almost pushing out my eyes trying to see things in that awful darkness. "Just as I got abreast of the clump there was a sudden terrifying rush through the underbrush and something dashed out into the path in front of me. I—" "The deuce it did !" interrupted one of the interested listeners. "What did you do?" "What did I do?" answered the speaker. "Why, I let out a yelp that sounded like a stung locomotive whistle and jumped so high and hard that I went all the way over the top of the telephone wires. When I finally came down again I was a hundred yards farther up the road. The—" "Well, what do you know about that?" cried the interested listeners. "What did the highwayman do?" "It wasn't a highwayman," grin- fully responded the speaker. "It was a little bit of a kioodle about the size of a gum drop, and he got at least a half mile away before I re- membered that I had a pistol in my hand." PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO, Etc. 872,632 Cigar cutter and match re- ceptacle; George W. Ansley, Medical Lake, Wash. 872,987 Tobacco paper for cigar- ettes ; Poindexter W. Capehart, Nor- folk, Va. 872,509 Tobacco pipe; Joseph Grun- inger. New York City. 874,280 Caledar match safe; Frank P. Andrus, Almont, Mich. 874,294 Display device for cigar boxes; Wilder P. Bowers, Chicago, ill. 873, 836 Roll for cigar machines; Richard A. Bright and A. W. Davis, Cranston, R. I. 874,170 Cigar vending machine; Harry Davidson, Washington, D. C. 874.332 Smoking pipe; Henry M. Hallett, Ludington, Mich. 874.347 Match scratch and recep- tacle; Diegu Lange, LaCrosse, Wis. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL at Jamestown Exposition. White Rolls Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street. Philadelphia. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices, These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on appIi'*ation. are the Best that can be made. Do you sell them? American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelberger & Noll, J ROBESONIA. PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^"'T^EALM opTfl- RETAILERS i ( THE UNITED CIGAR STORES" The True Story of Their Beginning and Growth. SOME TIME during during the year 1901. the first "United Cigar Store" was opened at 84 Nassau, street, New York. In appearance, it was a fac- simile of the hundreds of other United Cigar Stores in existence today. At that time no special attention was given the occurrence, no one dreamed this modest and unpretentious cigar store was the forerunner of a long and thriving chain of stores, exactly like it in every particular, which should ex- tend throughout the length and breadth of almost every State, and bring con- sternation to retail dealers such as they never had imagined. Yet auch was the case. Mr. George J. Whelan, President of the United Cigar Stores Co.. was com- pelled, at the Government investigation of the tobacco trust, to divulge some of the facts concerning the transac- tions of t' e United Cigar Stores, and for the first time the trade has known just how many stores were operated in the "chain." The fact that there are only 408 United Cigar Stores in the United States will come as a surprise to many, for it has been popularly sup- posed these stores numbered thousands. The United Cigar Stores Company was organized in 1901 by Mr. Whelan, who was then in the retail cigar busi- ness in Syracuse. At that time the company had no identification with the American Tobacco Co., but Mr. Whelan had faith in the success of such a plan, and proceeded with his organization, and opened the first store as stated. The company was capitalized at $2,500. Upon so limited capital, it was patent no extensive operations could be conducted. Capital was needed to make the project a colossal success. So Mr. Whelan opened negotiations with the American Tobacco Co.. with such good results that, on November 2, 1901. the trust purchased 5 per cent. of the stock of the United Cigar Stores, and the capitalization was im- mediately increased to $52,000. It is significant that the stock, in this trans- action, was transferred in the name of an individual, so that the interest of the American Tobacco Co. might not show on the books of the United Cigar Stores Co. After this consolidation the United Cigar Stores at once began active operations. Stores were acquired in most of the principal cities of the United States. They sprang into being like mushrooms, and appeared simul- taneously in several cities. In Chi- cago, Boston, Philadelphia, and other places, stores were opened, and a num- ber of additional locations were secured in New York. From the start, every store prospered, and customers seemed plentiful. So active and thriving a factor, pro- pelled into the retail tobacco trade, caused every dealer to "sit up and take notice." and manufacturers made it their business to find out who supplied the goods for this enormous demand. It did not take very long to determine that the United Cigar Stores were con- trolled and diriected from 111 Fifth avenue, trust headquarters, and the re- tail trade was soon made to feel the effects of their mods of operation. If it was desired to put a certain store out of business, a United Cigar Store would be opened perhaps next door to it. or in the immediate vicinity, and the same brands as handled by the inde- pendent dealer would be sold at a price so low that he could not compete with it. This would cause him in the end to discontinue business, and the United store would have the field to itself. Another method pursued by the United Cigar Stores Co. was to outbid a competitor for the more desirable locations. In many instances where a prosperous independent firm occupied a large and expensive store, the United has outbid their rent limit and secured the location from over their very heads. This has been true in several con- spicuous instances, commonly known in the trade. It developed, in the course of the evidence, that about fifty stores had been closed by the trust. This number is much under the average estimate of the trade, who have been under the impression that the number was several times greater, considering the wide field in which the United stores were conducted. As bearing upon this point, it was also brought out that the United was operating i63 stores in New York city, and also has flourishing stores in Philadelphia. Bos- ton, Pittsburg. Providence. Springfield, Buffalo. Rochester. Cleveland. Toledo, Cincinnati. Chicago. Indianapolis. Minneapolis. St. Paul. San Francisco. Oakland. Los Angeles, Spokane. Seat- tle. Portland, Houston and Galveston. Such a powerful combination could not but have effect upon the trade as a whole. Retailers began to raise a hue and cry about the United stores and their methods, without being able in any degree to alleviate or better condi- tions. No power the retailers could bring to bear could deter the exten- sion of the "chain." or hinder its operation, while manufacturers were brought face to face with a new con- dition, not only must they manufacture brands to compete with brands sold by the trust at wholesale, but they must furnish these goods to the independent dealers at such prices as would enable them to meet trust competition. In addition to the chain of United stores, the trust has also organized other store systems for the distribution of goods at retail. One of these, known the world over, by reputation at least, is the store of the "Royal Company," (this store has lately been taken over by the United Cigar Stores Co.) in the St. James Building, New York. This store was fitted up in magnificent style at an expenditure of many hundreds of thousands of dollars. The space occu- pied by the store is very large, occupy- ing the entire corner, and extending back the full depth of the building. The walls are done in art decorative mosaics in beautiful representations, while the floors, also, are in mosaic. Costly Turkish rugs cover the floors. The show cases and furni ure are of the most expensive, while every detail of finishings and fixtures is elegance itself. The humidors in this store are v/orthy of note, as none finer are in use today in any cigar store. The humidor is lighted by outside windows, a most unusual circumstance in a city, while the floor and partitions are of white tiling, the doors and trimmings being in nickel. It is inviting to look at. while the cigars contained within the trays are of the most expensive im- ported varieties. The Royal store was Soliciting Retail Trade by Mail. A cigar com any of Tampa. Fla.. has issued a circular letter to cigar dealers, offering to supply them direct, and soliciting business without the use of traveling representatives. The house seems to be depending entirely upon its mail solicitation, and the fol- lowing is its first^letter sent out: "Do you realize that in buying Ha- vana cigars from the wholesaler you are paying middlemen's profits? "We sell our entire output of clear Havana. Cuban hand made cigars direct to the letailer at factory prices. "In buying from us you save all middlemen's profits and get a fresh ci- gar, which is far better than the dry, crisp one the wholesaler has probably had in stock for months. "Your customers will also appreciate the fact that you get your cigars direct from the makers— in the greatest Ha- vana cigar manufacturing city in the world ! "Compare our prices with others, and bear in mind that we prepay all used especially for the sale of the im- express or freight charges. ^ '' As to the quality of our goods, we want you to be the judge and your customers the jury. "Let us send you a sample order (express prepaid) with the understand- ing that if you are not entirely satis- fied with the goods you may. within 30 ported cigars of the American Tobacco Co. The Wm. Baeder Co., another off- shoot of the United, was organized to operate stores in small towns where it was not considered advisable to open days, return every box at our expense. United stores. This was more of a local concern, however, and its opera- tions were confined to the small towns throughout New York and New Jersey. This system, of course, entered into direct competition with the small deal- ers in these towns. Thus the entire independent tobacco trade was roused into activity through the operations of the trust. Every dealer asked hims<^lf what the outcome would be, and the jobbers and manu- facturers were also concerned. As a result of their agitations, the "Tobacco Trades Protective League" was organ- ized last September, in New York, whose avowed purpose and intention was stated and incorporated in the by- laws to be the protection of the inde- pendent trade against the encroach- ment of the trust upon their rights. This organization has been quietly growing and adding to its member- ship, but it has not yet done any active "You take no risk, whatever, and an order for a hundred cigars will be filled as carefully and promptly as one for a thousand. "Fill out the enclosed order blank and mail it to us at once ! "The cigars will be placea in your hands in a few days without any ex- pense to you, whatever. Yours truly. Signed Manufacturers." Tobacco in South Africa. In replying to an inquiry made by a Virginia correspondent, Consul Edwin S. Cunningham, of Durban, furnisnes the following information concerning the use of American tobacco in South Africa : The imports of American tobacco at Durban in 1906. for consumption in the colony of Natal, was as follows: Un- stemmed. 5.700 pounds; stemmed. 2,- 800 pounds; entered at Durban but sent direct to other South African col- onies. 4.746 pounds. The foregoing work in the field. Just what it can ac- was made up chiefly of Kentucky and complish is yet to be demonstrated. Missouri leaf. This brief outline of the inception of Natal factories use at present 3.000 to the United Cigar Stores and of their 4.000 pounds of American leaf yearly, as operation, to the present time, is an compared with 30.000 to 40.000 pounds example of what may be accomplished per annum before the present tariff be- by co-operation and hustle. Upon re- came effective. The factories of the suits of the hostile agents now acting United Tobacco Works are situated in against it. the future growth of the Cape Town and Johannesburg. These United Cigar Stores largely depends, use large quantities of Virginia leaf The "United" in Orange. N. J. 'T'he United Cigar Stores Company re- •■• cently made its debut into the here- tofore peaceful city of Orange. N. J., and opened there another store in the for cigarettes and smoking tobacco. Very little if any. American tobacco IS used in Natal for these purposes. Since the duty has Deen fixed at 73 cents pet pound on unmanufactured and J7 cents per pound on manufactured tobacco the manufacture of chewing tobacco has been practically susoend^H in South Africa. long "chain" which is at the present m ^ • i, time being dissected almost link by link u is afTrlrf ^th^^^f'?*^ ^^? increased duty, ^u /-. L, ■ ,. . . ''- i^ ^'^'^sa that it systematical v hanH- in the Government's investigation into led much could be done in the rnanu facture of snuff from Missouri leaf for sale to the natives. Th tendency in all South Africa is u- "n ® rn'^® produce of South Africa chiefly Transvaal and Cape Colony leaf' arid to mix as little imported leaf there- with as possible. the affairs of the tobacco trust. Orange has been a fairly good town, size considered, for the sale of inde- pendent brands, and, as is usually the case when the United opens a new store, there will doubtless be some protests from neighboring dealers. THE TOBACCO WORLD • HOLIDAY QUIET IN LANCASTER Little Business in Lea! Market, and Cigar Factories also are DulL Some New Year Changes in Location. Lancaster. Pa., Dec. 30. There has been no change in the con- ditions of the local leaf market since my last report that is worth mention- ing. Comparatively little bu'^iness of any kind is being done by the leaf to- bacco packers, while jobbers are hav- ing some business filling out certain re- ■quirements of manufacturers. The cigar manufacturing industry is quite as dull now as the leaf tobacco trade, and there are estimated to be more idle cigarmakers in the county just now than has been the case for several years. Some factory pro- prietors are hopeful of being able to resume with their usual forces ere long, and some others have not even as sood prospects as that. No doubt some will feel the effects for months. We tiave a number of manufacturers in this •county who will make sacrifices in order to keep their hands in regular employment, but even they are finding it a stiff proposition to continue piling up stock and having money tied up in it, as has been the case since the outbreak of the recent financial dis- turbance. As to buying the new crop, little thought has been given it for a couple of months past, and about the most that has been done was the possible spotting of a crop here and there, but no actual buying has yet taken place, «nd no activity in that direction is ex- pected for some time to come. Nearly every packer still has a large block of his 1906 tobacco, and naturally lie would like to see it moving some be- fore he contracts for many additional purchases. Moving time is here and a few <:hanges will occur, as usually is the «a8e, but they are a comparatively few this year, and fewer than usual. B. F. Good & Co. are making prep- arations to remove to West James street, where they will have a larger building at their command, and J. K. Leaman will take possession of the present Good warehouse as soon as it is vacated. This building will give Mr. Leaman a larger floor space than he now has. Samuel Hartman & Co. are beginning business on West Grant street near Mulberry. Mr. Hartman was for a great many years connected with Gieske •& Neiman, of Baltimore, and is a thor- oughly practical man in his line of business. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8 point measure) To Manufactarers of Cigars: If you have any Gottin^s, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. 111. 1 -'-ISca WANTED, BY A CHICAGO BROKER, A line of Pennsylvania Cigars, ranging in price from $9 to $25, to sell to Jobbing Trade in the West. Address "Broker. " 707 Ogden BIdg., Chicago, III. 12-18h We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Ailentown, Pa. Il-I3ch v\ HOLESALE CIGAR DEALER, having established trade on union label cigars, wishes to associate with reliable firm making blue label cigars— eithir First or Ninth Dibtrict. Piesent bnsiness a out 80 000 per month, princi- pally with good Western wholesale trade, and can be doubled by good factory. Reference given and required. Address "Union." care Tobacco World. 1-lc PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTUR- ers want foreman for country fac- tory; must be practical, and thoroughly experienced in all branches ; good salary and permanent position; state all par- ticulars. Box 2, care Tobacco World, c \A7 ANTED-Every cigar manufacturer to know that I am selling the very finest light, large first size Sumatra in themarketat$3.25perlb. Soldin lotsof one pound or more. J. H. Spera, Eph- rata. Pa. Ma \^ANTED TO PURCHASE $2,000 to " $5,000 Cigar Factory; give full description, class of goods made, stock on hand, location, etc. Address A. A. 1, care Tobacco World. 12-12tf i 7-6.1h Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSaUc Straet. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Ci^ar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6-51h An up-to-date cigar foreman, who ^^^^-has been employed for several yeard in large cigar factories, is open for a position. Address Box 150, care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 1-lc TTNION MADE CIGARS. CoT- ^-^ respondence wanted with reliable Brokers and Jobbers. Address Frank Beck & Co., York, Pa. 12-4 1 , SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS A!SO PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salrsroom : 313 and 313 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach of All \^ ANTED— To represent several fac- tories on commission basis, making cheap, medium and high grade goods, also cheap and medium union made ci- gars. Have had 30 years experience selling jobbers in the West ; best of ref- erence. Address Wm. Rood, Bingham- ton. N. Y. Ma QUPERINTENDENT and Foremanon ^^ Nickel and Seed and Havana Cigars, for a number of years with one of the most successful manufacturers, wishes to make a change for a similar position ; reason for changing can be explained satisfactorily. Address Box 3, care of Tobacco World. l-lh pOR RENT-Third and fourth floors ^ of Factory Building, light on four sides; 3,535 square feet of floor space, basement extra ; steam heat and elec- tric elevator. Possession April 1. 1908. Apply to Christ, Peter & Co., 26 South Hall Street, Allentown. Pa. 12- 18a npRICK CIGARS^erle'ctlTharmless. -'• Packed 25 in a box. and banded. Just the novelty to increase your busi- ness and make big i rofits. Price $25 perM. Agents wanted. Write for sam pies. Address F., care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 10 2tf \X7ANTED, by an experienced cigar man, Pennsylvania accounts rang- ing from $8 to $25 per thousand. Ter- ritory, all New England. References exchanged. A. Wilson, 6 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 12 lltf | pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and ^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters, Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter, street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf Write for Samples ^Prices A. COHN &. CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of ^"^g ^^^ W .--^ --» ^ W«r«ho»««»f rin..t Bi^ Fla., !;^*8:ar i^eaf "J',r^£j«.^..^ Onondaga. ^ OD&CCO e. H.HfordVcoa..' CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED 7 ^^S THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^B QXO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. Third St., PHIUDELPBU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. ^. •. j i t^* and Commission Merchants. A Klladelphl&r Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. • # CSabU Adidress. "Halland. Lancaster* Talaphone Servic* JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Kaprasantlntf rga H. Inmrtll. Janeavllle. Wla.i /f Q 171 /^1_ a j O j < M1..I Valley I..I Tobacco Co.. ^O I!j« LlieSUlllt ijtreet Dayton, O.g ■roliB Tobacco Co.. Windsor. Ct.i >"• O. Box 178 . Doknnann & Son. Cincinnati. 0.1 I^ANCiASTERt PA* 'ay & Helland. Lltlts. Pa. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of '°r;'i>r-::r.: leaf tobacco N. E. Cor. Fiflk and Washin^lon Sis. Reading, Pa. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco I. VELENCHIK S. VELENGHIE VELENCHIK BROS. '"'^"i:;:'™ LEAF tob/i©©0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvaniaL Seed B s and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630»636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. I • EOWAKD C. HAEUSSEBMANN « L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CAEl L. HAEUSSEKMANN U. a. HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS Importersof Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. « THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street .IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Another Quiet Week in Havana. Buyers Scarce and Transactions in Leaf Tobacco are Few and Small. As to Crops Said to be Yet in the Farmers' Hands. Buying Crops in the Country Not Always a Pleasure Trip. Special Correspondence The past week has been a very quiet one, as excepting some purchases for low grades (botes) of Remedies for cigarette purposes and one transaction for the Austrian Regie, not many sales have become known. There was a rumor current of a large operation of 1,000 bales of Remedios (Ist capaduras) which were being made ready to be shipped, but upon investigation it was learned that this was an old sale and had already been reported. Only very few buyers have made their appear- ance during the past eight days, but this is quite natural at this season of the year. The people in town are tak- ing their time in looking around before making up their minds as to what they wish to invest in. Our daily press has been bringing out reports of some farmers who have their crops still unsold on their hands, and who owing to the very slight movement in our market cannot find buyers. In order to understand this and not to have Northern buyers go uselessly into the country, it need only be said that if these unsold vegas had any merit and could be bought cheap they would not remain in the country many days, as notwithstanding the scarcity of cash there are enough peo- ple here with money who would not let a bargain slip by their hands. Besides, if an American goes to the country to buy he is invariably asked a higher figure than any of our local dealers, and he must either buy the whole vega or no tobacco at all, for the farmer will not sell a part of it, as our dealers are willing to do, so in purchasing a vega with botes and other classes un- desirable for his trade, he will have to sell these classes in our market and he will have to accept lower figures than our dealers may obtain for similar Soods. In all probability the unsold vegas in the country have some defects or were held too high, and for this reason re- of The Tobacco World. ) Havkna, Cuba, December 23. 1907. mained unsold, and as our dealers are only anxious to please all coming buy- ers there will be no necessity for them to go on a wild goose chase and spend their time and money, and after all possibly get stuck, as no farmer will permit the close examination of his t^oods that the dealer is willing to sub- mit to. To reject a vega of tobacco in the country is always a more or less risky undertaking, and many tales have been told of cases where a buyer narrowly escaped losing his life, while now and then even, a buyer has disap- peared or his dead body has been found only after a lapse of time, without be- ing able to discover his assailant or murderer. The 1907 crop of Vuelta Abajo is all right, as one large local manufacturer told me, except that it is held too high for the manufacturers to make any money out of it, and if prices were lower few complaints would be heard. Sfcles during the week gone by total 2.114 bales, of which 439 were of Vuelta Abajo, 400 Partido, and 1,275 of Reme- dios. For the American market only 125 bales were reported as sold, for local consumption 1,425, and for £urope 564 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals:- Jack Jacoby and Ben Meyer, of Meyer & Mendelsohn, New York; August Kuttnauer, of Roths- child, Sons, & Co., Chicago; C. C. Rosenberg, of El Provedo Cigar Fac- tory, Tallahassee and Philadelphia. Departures :— David Delmonte, Jack Jacoby, and Ben Meyer, for New York ; Gilbert Frankau, for New York and London. HavanM Clffar Manafactnrers are now principally occupied with LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO MUNIX MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana ReiAa. 20, Hayan2L p. O. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER d SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco NEW YORK 165 Front Street HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAuO " PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS at «• PUERTA de GOLPE SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTI SPIRITLIS Factory Ve^as a Specialty Constitution ^^Vavan. stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. CHARLES BLASCO Comnnission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ciftari 1 O'Reilly St. bS^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especiaiidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Claae Cable: "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA, P H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED ^^' H. UPMANN CIGARS (hMm) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 & CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St-, New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal _. SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA |X ■ ,ti«MSTHE T OBACCO WORLD ^^B» BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the **SOL** Brand finest Taclta Abajo Tobacco iKclosively .lit, ^aw NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the Unitea States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba ^^'- "Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 p. O. Box, Apartado 270 H « Kc:il-I C» Cable: ZALEZGON llaUClIlCl UNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DiflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO I2S Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. GASTAIMEDA Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf TobaGGO EgidO; Corner Dragones Street, H A V ANA PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory # The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG? 4yBAH^^ The Best Cigars CifuenteSf Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: ciFMR Habana, Cuba AVMLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ONILEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ i! T 1_ and Dealers in ^631 i OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, C«ble: "Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA 10 J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobaeoo Specialty: Vuelta Ab»jo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street. HAVANA CUBA # Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO' ( oriespoadence Solicited in Entflisk LOEB^NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM EVARISTO GABCIA JOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abaio CON VeOAS PROPIAS '^ S>an Nicolas 126 y 128 c>ts: ■ -jonag'rcm- HABANA. CUBA Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA NeptUnO IZO-'IZ^ special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rot ista orders for Great Britain. Germany and Muniz Hnos. & Co. disposed of 150 other countries, ag the dennand from bales of Kemedios and Vuelta Abajo the United States has fallen off con- during the past week. siderably. Judging by the exports of cigars this cannot be noticed yet, as the trust made an extra large ship- ment this week, but it was stated to me that the trust will shut down tem- porarily on Dec. 24. and will not reopen until Jan. 2, or perhaps even later, ostensibly on account of taking stock. H. Upmann & Co. are still very busy, and their H. Upmann factory is work- ing undSr full headway upon orders which still have to be executed. They shipped "00,000 cigars last week of their own and other independent manu- facturers'brand?, and are not suffering from any lack of activity. Sol is busy, and although Behrens & Buyers for the French Regie shipped 164 bales of Vuelta Abajo which they had purchased from two houses here. Gonzalez & Miguel were sellers of some small lots of Remedios. H. Upmann & Co. bought 100 bales of leaf during the past eight days. Our Common Council is trying to make Havana attractive to visitors this season, and will devote some of its funds to having extra entertain- ments, etc. The different trade unions were also requested to contribute money for this purpose, but I hear that the leaf dealers and manufacturers begged to be excused from contributing this year, as they have had hard times Co. are conservative and do not care themselves, and as the tourists do not to talk freely, still I know thoir cigars leave money behind in their pockets, are being smoked in all first class cafes The burden ought to be borne by those and clubs abroad, and from the United who are really benefited by an increase States they have enough orders to last in the number of visitors, such as hotel them for some time to come. If they men. shopkeepers and owners of the various places of entertainment. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since are not making as many cigars as formerly it is because Don CarLs Behrens thinks it advisable at this sea- son to go a bit slow. Por Larranaga.— This concern has had its share of activity, but on ac- count of the hard times it, as well as other factories, has been compelled to retrench, but I trust that the new year will bring this house the trade its able management entitles it to. Don An- tonio J. Rivero, Don Ricardo Rivero and Senor Godoy, who so ably look after the interests of the firm, are all YORK CITY AND COUNTY NEWS excellent business men as well as fine Dec. 21 Jan.l Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 1.294 228.386 Semi Vuelta 594 20.891 Partido 1.789 40.158 Matanzas 897 Remedios & S.Clara 2.188 91.352 Santiago de Cuba 183 13.507 Total 6.048 %%»v^<%<»»» 395.191 men as gentlemen ("cumplidos caballeros"). Partagas. — This factory is working with full forces, and is enjoying a well deserved trade with the United States and CanadH. There is also a fair amount of orders from other points, and the firm of Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. is to be congratulated on what they have accomplished in the cigar industry. Trade with South America is also good. Eden.— Despite this being the dullest season in the year with the majority of the factories, Eden has still plenty of orders on hand, the principal de- mand being from the United States and Canada. Bny-inKt Selllns and Other Note* of IntereNt. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez were heavy shippers of tobacco, as they dispatched 250 bales of Remedios to one of their customers, 800 bales per Spanish steamer Maria Cristina to Santander. Spain, and they sold besides 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Sobrinos de V. Diaz bought some 2,000 bales of Remedios (botes) during the past ten days, and there was some gossip about its ultimate destination, as some surmised the bales were bought upon speculation, but when it became known that they were de- posited in the trust's warehouse at San Ambrosio, there could no longer be any doubt that they were intended for the cigarette factories of the trust. Planas & Co. were sellers to the extent of 300 bales of Remedios. J. F. Berndes &, Co. purchased 525 bales of leaf for the Austrian Regie, and perhaps part for the German market. Market so Dull People are Prone to Prolong the Holiday Season. Summing up for the Year. York, Pa., Dec. 30. The past week has baen about the dullest period of the entire year in the tobacco trade. Numerous factories have been practically closed down dur- ing the holidays and some do not ex- pect to resume until about January 6. At this writing there is not a well regulated establishment in the entire country that is not probably busy in taking stock, in order to ascertain ac- curately just what the results of the year's operations are. Some will prob- ably find it an agreeable surprise, but I venture the opinion that there will be some who had more "present worth" on January 1, 1906. than they have now. The output of goods for this division of the Ninth District, during the calen- dar year just closing, was very good, although it had fallen off during the past two months as compared with the corresponding period of last year. There have been many hindrances that marred the progress of the manufac- turers, and which made a more sub- stantial profit from the business al- most impossible. The leaf market was pretty high, wages 8ome>vhat ad- vanced, and the cost of various ma- terials used in manufacturing had not shown much decline— and all such things (Concluded on p. 22.) Rutherford ^'^sf^S^'s"""' are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. PABLO PEREZ CANOIDO 0BE8O Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) fLeaf Tobacco VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiiar Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Toba(xo Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: •'Calda" EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco II '^^ THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ ERNEST SLLINGER & CO.Nos.Sr-SgplneS,. Importers of HAVANA TOBA CCO New York eet LEAF TOBACCO. i A OFPICES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Starp Brothers r^rSs 0, liERF TOBACCO 131 Water Street ibli8hedl888 NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." OFFICEt 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA HTL and SEED LEAF lUUQL^CU 185 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street. NEW YORK 12 ^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. J New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, December 31. Tobacco League Pro^resslni. Metz^er Will Start Early. The Tobacco Trades Protective Al. Metzger, one of the best known League, an organization formed at the salesmen in the clear Havana trade, convention of the independent trade in and representing Berriman Bros, in New York last September, is steadily the States of New York, New Jersey, increasing in membership, and a very Pennsylvania and Maryland, has been substantial number is now enrolled, spending the holidays in New York, with a dollar for each one in the trea- He starts out on his opening trip of sury fund. As the membership grows, the possibilities of the organization ex- pand, for only with a large member- ship and a corresponding bank account can any really effective work be done in placing bills before Congress for the amelioration of conditions existing to- day in the independent trade. With the members, individually and coUec- the new year within a few days. Max Jacobs represents the same firm for the Southern States. ■ • « The Surbru^ Festivities. The Surbrug Company, manufactur- ers of cigarettes and tobaccos, will re- tain for 1908 the same force of repre- sentatives as in 1907. In fact, many tively, doing their utmost to promote of their boys have been with them for the independent cause, and money years. The list includes H. F. Adams, enough in hand to bring abuses in the vi^ho travels the Pacific Coa&t ; Harvey trade before the public and legislative m. Vreeland. who covers Chicago and bodies, the League will then become the Middle West ; W. A. Andruss, Ohio the strong, effective factor in the trade and Michigan: E. P.Jeffreys, Phila- which it was intended by the originators delphia, Washington and Baltimore; it should be. w. E. Pearce, Jr.. traveling through the Southern States; J. A. Baer, Utah and Montana ; Frank B. Elliott, who Max Stern, one of the firm of Syl- .glls cigarettes in New York State, vester & Stern, leaf importers, is ^nd A. B. Lauer, tobaccos for the same spending the holidays in New York, section; B. B. Bates, Boston exclu- Mr. Stern spends most of his time in aively, and John Vant, Connecticut. Cuba looking after the interests of his jt ig ^ custom of the Surbrug forces to firm there, and it is almost a year since gather at the home office the first of he was in New York the last time. each year . to unite in a glorious jol- • • • lification in which all participate, from Berriman Gointf to Tampa. the dignified John W., head of the firm. Matt W. Berriman will soon leave and Walter H. Jones, the jovial trea- for Tampa, to look over the interests surer, to the newest addition to the sales there of his firm, and will then go on force. The manner and place of the to Havana to superintend the purchase celebration is decided unanimously, and of tobaccos for use in their manufac- then everyone "turns to" to make the tory. He expects to be away for a affair a howling success. It always • • • Max Stern Visits Gotham. number of weeks. • • • Jac. Wertheini's Return. Jac. Wertheim, of the United Cigar Manufacturers, recently made an ex- tended trip through the Western States, and returned to New York just in time for the holidays. « • • Col. Brown*s Visit. has been, and the one of 1908 will be no exception. No arrangements have yet been made, as all the boys have not yet arrived, some of them spend- ing the holidays with their families. o • a Plans of the Elkln Pipe Co. The Elkin Pipe Company, successor to the AC Pipe Co.. 25 West Forty- second street, has been incorporated Col. Thomas J. L. Brown, of Tampa, with a capital stock of $300,000. A. is in town for the holidays. Col. Brown Walpole Craigie is President of the is President of the Tampa Chamber of company, Charles Elkin, Vice Presi- Commerce, and he will be remembered dent, and Charles Elkin, Jr., Secretary in the trade by the magnificent repre- and Treasurer. sentation of Tampa's cigar industry This company has been formed to which he managed at the Tobacco carry on in a more extensive manner Trades Exposition at Madison Square the business of the manufacture and Garden, last September. This was the sale of the Elkin pipe, which is already first time in the history of the cigar well and favorably known to the trade trade that Tampa's cigar products as the anti cancer pipe. The plan upon were placed before the p.iblic of the which this company has been formed North in an adequate manner, and it is unique, and stands alone in its origin- was through Col. Brown's efforts the ality. Jobbers and dealers, by buying- Tampa manufacturers were influenced a given quantity of pipes, receive at to make the exhibit. the same time a stipulated number of Col. Brown is also President of the shares of stock without additional Florida State Fair, which is held an- charge, thus becoming stockholders nually, and which takes place this year themselves in the company whose goods during the month of February. they sell over the counters— in other DTlTHPOPnOn CLEAR HAVANA words, they sell their own goods. KliinCKrUlVll CIGARS Mr. Craiigie reported their business Are Popular »» being very large, and spoke most Because They Please the Consumer. enthusiastically of the outlook for the # For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. !^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA T /-x ^v 5a <-^ /-^ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 CJ U CI Ci (_> 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK o i JOSH BILLINGS \ ESTABLISHED 1840 CABLE: NARGIL' coming year. The retail store at 25 West Forty-second street, which was run as the A-C. Pipe Company, has been discontinued, and the firm will no longer sell their pipes at retail. The Elkin Pipe Co., however, has secured a suite of offices upstairs in the same building, where they will take care of their rapidly increasing business. • « • Schulte*s New Stores. A. Schulte, an important factor in the retail trade of New York, has re- cently closed two great leases for ad- ditional stores. Mr. Schulte has signed leases with the owners of the Terminal Building for the exclusive privilege of selling cigars in the Terminal, and for the store at the northwest corner of Cortlandt and Church streets. The sum charged for the entire term is $500,000. A space of 600 square feet is occupied by the store, for which Mr. Schulte pays $18,000 annually. Altogether he has leased 1365 square feet. • • » Mayer Visiting Kaufmann Factory. Isador Mayer, general Western rep- resentative of A. G. Kaufmann & Co., is in New York for the holidays. Mr. Mayer will retain his connection with this firm during 1908, and will leave within a few days to take up the work of another year. • • • Harry Harris's En^a^ement. Harry L. Harris, of the Khedivial Co., has recently returned from a trip through the Middle West. Chicago has ever been a magnet that Harry could not break away from, and at last he has confessed the true rea- son. Of course a charming young lady is the great attraction, and announce- ment is now made of his engagement to Miss May C. Wiler, of that city. Miss Wiler is a sister of M. & H. Col- lat, a firm well known in Chicago trade. The wedding will take place in March, according to present plans, • • • Col. Mayer, of New Orleans. Col. Mose Mayer, of New Orleans, La., a retired cigar merchant of that cily, is in New York visiting his son, Edgar B. Mayer, Southern representa- tive of the American West Indies Trad- ing Co., Another son, Henry S. Mayer, is Vice President of the New Orleans Cigar Stores Co., of that city. • • • Vauffhan Succeeds Bellrin^er. An important change of salesmen is made today by the Nestor & Gianaclis Co., of Boston, whose New York oflfice is at 25 West Forty-second street. Herbert Bellinger, their former repre- sentative here, issucceeeded by Dudley C. Vaughan, who will also have charge of New York State and Pennsylvania. HUNTER 3c. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. EI Draco Cii^ar Mf|f. Co., Phila. Khedivial Plans for 1908. The salesmen who will represent The Khedivial Co. during 1908 constitute a formidable selling force. At their head as sales manager is Harry L. Harris, who was until a >ear ago gen- eral Western representative, with head- quarters in Chicago. His lieutenants for the new year are : W. S. Custer, Minnesota; George J. Richardson, New York State; E. J. Webb. W. S. A. Gait and F. M. Walters, Pennsylvania; Frank Swick, New Jersey ; L. Koskam, Ohio; C, A. Bryant and J. L. Du- breuil, Massachusetts and Rhode Is- land ; Sam Marcuson, Boston ; Fred Oilman, Connecticut; L. E. Sanders. Chicago; A. E. Hiscott, Michigan; M. Hemingsberg, California ; H. M. Moses, Wisconsin. Brooklyn is in charge of Cleve A. Harris, youngest son of the head of the house, and who at an early age evi- denced that he had inherited some ot his father's well known ability as a salesman. Cleve began his experience as a cigarette salesman in Brooklyn about two years ago, but so well did he take care of the trade and so stead- ily did the business grow in his care that he now has Brooklyn for his ex- clusive territory, and whatever busi- ness the company has there is credited to his painstaking and thorough work. • • • The A.-W. I. Co.'s Staff. The American West Indies Trading Co. retains for 1908 the same staff of representatives as in the year just closed. They are Henry Weiss, who travels in the East; Henry Kraften, who takes care of the trade of the Middle West; Edgar B. Mayer, South- ern repreaentative,and last— though not least— Leo F. Weiss, who covers the extreme Western States. • • • Kaufmann's Prospect for 1908. At the factory of A. G. Kaufmann & Co. the year closed with a much larger amount of business to show than for the year 1906. It will be remem- bered that this firm suffered a heavy fire loss last summer, but even con- sidering this great setback and the de- lays and annoyances attendant upon a disaster of such nature, the firm has overcome all obstacles. The financial conditions have affected their business in some degree, and while holiday trade has not been all they might have de- sired, as they put it, "We are not com- plaining." Their men start on their trips over the various territories in about a week. • • • Waldorf-Astoria Salesmen. C. B.- Cameron, of the Waldorf-As- toria Segar Co., visited the trade in Philadelphia last week, returning to New York on Saturday. The Waldorf boys have been at headquarters for the holidays, but will soon begin the new year's work. M. J. Buckley, who covers the Middle and Far West, left yesterday to start his campaign. J. C. (Continued on p. 15) 5c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best ft — Josh I^illixgs. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigaiv They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & GO. Makers, Established 1870. N C WErk, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, ,14 South Fourth St. 13 E. A. Calves & Cox:^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street ..IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA HARD TIMES TALK. The expressions heard among people in the trade concerning conditions of business are almsbt invariably depress- ing and skeptical. Were opinions to be secured from a hundred men, probably ninety of them would be to the effect that business was going to the dogs and that they were operating on a policy of general retrenchment. This sort of talk in the tobacco trade is of the same kind as that prevalent in every other trade, even where condi- tions are much better. There can be no question that the "financial panic" has had a deleterious effect upon the tobacco trade, which has suffered in common with other in- terests, but the thinking person can- not but wonder what rhyme or reason exists for the panic, and especially for any depression in the tobacco business. First of all, any real cause must re- fer back immediately to the natural supply of the country, where deficiency in production reacts at once and with vital strength upon every industry and every business. A drought, for ex- ample, that causes widespread ruina- tion of crops, or an untimely frost that exerts the same influence, or a flood, or any unavoidable disaster of nature, strikes at the root of the necessities of life. Let these be affected, and there is then reason for panic and depression. The people then would not have the actual wherewithal of existence, and they would be compelled to deny them- selves necessities and luxuries alike. But the present situation is an anom- aly. Almost world wide in its effects, it has come without valid cause. Never has the country been more prosperous. Crops are abundant, furninshing enough and to spare of the foodstuffs of life. Mines are giving forth generously of fuels for home and commerce. The rivers have supplied unlimited water power to turn the wheels of mills and factories dependent upon them, and, in fact, in no direction has nature re- trenched in her giving to the world. Every person should have from this store sufficient for all his needs, for primarily, upon nature's resources de- pends the supply of the world. Another anomalous feature of the situation is furnished by the official statistics of the world for the annual expenditures for the various com- modities of commerce. The earnest seeker after authentic information upon total money expenditures picks up a carefully tabulated statement, and is astounded to find that it reads something like the following, the long- est bars marking the greatest expen- diture of the world in dollars and cents : Whiskey •— .i*— ...-i_i_i.._i..^_^ Tobacco «i— —......-...^.....i.. Foodstuffs ■■■■■ »,.,i Clothing This comparative (Statement readily shows that more money by many mil- lions of dollars is expended for tobacco than for any other item except whiskey, while the expenditures for necessities are very greatly in the minority. Briefly stated, more money by a large per cent, is spent for tobacco by a family, as an average, than for any item of food or clothing. So, under present conditions, even should other lines cry hardships, there seems no feasible reason why the tobacco trade should be seriously affected, for more money is dedicated to the annual pur- 14 m^& THE TOBACCO WORLD \ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO iNCORPORATED 1902 No. 224 Arch Street. Philadelphia Cable Address. "Baccoworld. Havana Office. Prado 36, Alloa. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, By Subscription: $L00 the Year; 75 Cents Six Months; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2.00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Claas Matter, / ^ PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 1, 1908. chase of tobacco products than to any one commodity. Another calculation which enters into and very largely affects the situa- tion is the question of man's willing- ness to give up the weed from the standpoint of economy. A man might retrench on some other items, perhaps buy fewer neckties and articles of dress and possibly eat less expensive meals. If really necessary, he might also spend less per annum for rent, and lop off practically all expensive amuse- ments, such as theaters and dinners and trips; but when would a man feel he ought to give up smoking? If the average man were asked to do so he would feel that he not only had been deprived of man's special pet preroga- tive, but that his personal liberty had been assailed. As one man was heard to express it a day or two since, "If I couldn't have my smoke I should want to go off and hang myself." In many instances, this view of the question is shared by the wives also. The after dinner smoke and the Sunday reading smoke (all day performance) are so much a matter of habit that the women of many families would feel her "hubby" were being deprived of a God given right, and that he would really be miserable without his smoke. In fact, a woman often prefers to have the man follow his custom of smoking. The average man is in the condition o mind described by the poet, "Man can live without poetry, mu- sic and art," and so on through a long list of other commodities, but the last item would be "But civilized man cannot live with- out smokes. " "That there has been comparatively little reduction in tobacco purchases by consumers is evidenced by the small number of failures recorded in the tobacco trade, either of manufacturers, jobbers or retailers. They may talk hard times, but it is noticeable that most of the establishments of what- ever class are doing business at the old stand, and it is not conspicuous that their proprietors have materially re- duced their personal expenditures. A bit of what may be considered as expert opinion is interesting in connec- tion with this optimistic exposition of conditions in the tobacco trade :— In giving evidence on the witness stand at the proceedings instituted by the Government as to the conduct of the affairs of the American Tobacco Co., probably the richest and most powerful combination of interests in the world, Mr. Dula, Vice President of the American Tobacco Co., at one point in the testimony made the follow- ing very significant statement: "It is the rule for a tobacco man- ufacturer to be prosperous, and fail- ure can only be due to bad manage- ment." If expert advice has any value, and thousands of dollars are often paid for expert evidence in court trials, then this opinion of Mr. Dula should stand as incontrovertible, in giving which no consideration was taken of favorable or adverse circumstances. It should be of value to those engaged in the to- bacco business. Simmered down to facts, a most un- usual condition of affairs has prevailed in the business world, such as has not been known in years, and for which there seems to be no valid or sane rea- son. Every one talks distress, and this influence of itself is enough to make many men believe that distress exists. At best, the situation is merely tem- porary, and cannot continue for any considerable length of time. If a man wants to smoke, he will smoke, and not all the combined powers can deter him, and the consumer makes the prosperity of the manufacturer. The tobacco business has universally thrived, and while temporary deterrent factors may interrupt for a time, they can be only temporary. The business is to be had as always, and the hustling, progressive concerns will get it. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS PHILADELPHIA LEAF MARKET. Only a routine business has been done during the past week by the Philadelphia leaf tobacco men. In a spirit which is truly characteristic, they are looking forward to a more auspicious season after the close of the holiday festivities, and it may be said every one is full of hope and confidence. With a majority of houses 1907 has not been a record breaker, and some few may have fallen below the average of recent years, but yet the report is given out by others that the result of their 1907 business has been upon the whole very satisfactory, for while the volume of business has probably not been so large as during some previous years, there have been few failures, and those of comparative insignifi- cance, so that fair earnings have re- mained actually intact. SOME NEW YEAR CHANGES. Announcement was made during the week that with the close of the year Theodore Bremer, of Lewis Bremer's Sons, would retire from the firm and from active business. Mr. Bremer is one of the most highly respected leaf men in the entire trade, and hia de- cision to retire is deeply regretted by all who know him. It will, however, not make any material change in the business of the house, since Harry W. Bremer will remain the active head of the firm, and he is among the most popular in the trade. L. F. Mueller, for many years Penn- sylvania representative of Dohan & Tailt, has resigned his position, to join the selling force of Cullman Bros., of New York. Henry Bauer, after a seventeen years connection with ihe firm of Julius Hirschberg & Bro., has severed his connection with that firm and en- gaged in a similar capacity with L. P. Kimmig & Co., of this city, and will continue to cover his former territory. ] Wm. Dittenhoefer, who a few months ago closed out all his stock and retired from the leaf tobacco business, has de- cided to re-enter the business, and has again secured his old premises at 229 Arch street. Alfred W. Penner, who for the past year has been a member of the selling staff of Lewis Bremer's Sons, covering Philadelphia principally, has resigned to accept a position as Pennsylvania representative with Dohan & Taitt. He will start on his new duties on January 6. Mr. Penner came to Phila- delphia from Germany about five years ago, when he could scarcely speak the English language understandingly, but he was fortified with a fine education otherwise, and made rapid progress. Upon arriving here he found no diffi- culty in securing employment in a leaf tobacco warehouse, and by dint of his own energy he advanced himself to a point of being able to hold positions as salesman with the city's most promi- nent houses. K. Strauss & Co. have promoted one of their former office assistants, and now propose to have him cover some parts of Pennsylvania territory. He is Simon Schloss, who began with the firm several years ago as an office boy and later ss stenographer. He has lately been accompanying Adolph Loeb, of the firm, through the State, making formal acquaintances. L. G. Haeussermann, of L.G. Haeus- sermann & Sons, leaf dealers, has been confined to his home in Tioga by ill- ness. He is said to be now improving steadily, but may not be out for some days. Hippie Bros. & Co. report a very satisfactory year for 1907, both as re- gards -he volume of business done and the results. The firm had put up a packing of 1906 Pennsylvania Broad- leaf which turned out very satisfac- tory, and the goods are now selling steadily. The cigar manufacturers have closed a successful yeai, at least so far as the production of goods is concerned. Even though for some weeks preceding the holidays there was a noticeable falling off, the output for the year was ahead of that of 19 '6. Summer Greene & Co.. have been # I • • I te^g THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^^^7 To Protect the GmsimieKs ag^dnst t of Imitators of this Old Tmie Famous Brand of Ci^ar^ Eveisv^Box of the Gesvmne PoiiTooig>o Cigars 0' f»E9ti=*J ..■A ^^■ ^! MAMUFA6TURED ONLYBi^ Registered In U. S. Patent Office The JuanER)rhiondo(^arM]S.G). HIO-M Sartsom A.,PMadelpKa forging ahead steadily during the past year on their Green Seal, Greanco and other brand. Their friends are ex- pressing themselves confidently that their business is destined to become among the large ones of the city. Pent Bros, are opening their new retail store at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Filbert streets, January 1 (today). It will be handsumely fur- nished and fully up to the "Pent" standard of excellence. There are always more or less changes among cigar factory managers and department heads at this time of the year, and this year is no exception tu the rule, as indicated by the want ad columns of this week's issue. It is worth looking over. There may be something in it to interest you. paign for the promotion of Por Lar- ranaga products on this side of the bay. • • Newbnri{ to Have New Factory. Roswell T. Coleman, Jr., and Alex. W. Coleman are preparing fo enter the business of manufacturing cigars, at Newburg, N. Y., at an early date. The brothers will have a retail store at 138 Broadway, and as soon thereafter as can be arranged will begin the manu- facture of cigars. The place where this will be done has not been settled. Vlsitlnii Delroil. Harry S. Rothschild, President of the Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co , went to Detr< it Saturday for a brief visit. The well known leaf house of Roths- child & Bro., with headquarters at 141 Water street, has a braioh in Detroit, in charge of Fred R )lhschilJ, brother of H. S. THE TRADE IN NEW YORK. (Continued from p. 13) Wolfe, the "Working Man," well known in cigar circles, represents his firm in the Eastern States, and goes to Boston within a few days. All report a very satisfactory business, and look forward to large orders on their initia- tive trip in 1908. • • ■ Por Larranaiia Representative. The Por Larranaga, always named as one of the ten large independent factories of Havana, have made ar- rangements with D. Jacobs to repre- sent them in the United States, with headquarters in New York. He enters on his duties today, and will im- mediately begin an aggressive cam- Wolfe Ci^ar Co. Embarrassed. Isidore Wolfe, doing business as the Wolfe Cigar Company, wholesale deal- ers in cigars, 124 Front and 128 Water street, has filed a petition in bank- ruptcy, with liabilities $1,673 and assets $941. Judge Hough appointed Albert Falck receiver. He began this business on August 17 last. a • a Davis to Visit Havana. Saml. I. Davis, of Saml. I. Davis & Co., will leave within a few days on a trip to Tampa and Havana. Mr. Davis will be accompanied by his two daughters. • a • Schlffer «vlth Leopold Po«veil & Co. Jack J. Schiffer has engaged with Leopold Powell & Co. as their New England representative for 1908. He begins his itinerary with a trip to the Hub this week, and from there will make up the remainder of his route. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. fJ Draco Gitfar M£tf. Co., Philada. TALKS WITH PROMINENT TRADESMEN. An ( xpression from prominent manu- facturers in the trade upon the situa- tion in the commercial world at the present time and thf outlook for piob- able bu'ine'S in 1908 will be of univer- sal in!( re^t lo our readers. This is es peci:i ly true as applierl to the quesfirn of tl:L' direct tfftct un>n trade of the "financial panic." We pretitn' here- with a cotrrie of t^uch expressions, which, coming as ihey dt* from success- ful men in the various branches of the traiie. provide fo(id for reflection to every man engaged in the tobacco businet-s. who has before him the prob- lem of tiding his afTairs over the crisis now seefiiingly at its zenith, tut Ahose effects will not be altogether overcome either this year or next : From American-West Indies Tradinj^ Co. M. J. Levi, speaking for the American West Indies Trading Co., one of the largest Porto Rican houses in the trade, in reply to the inquiry as to what effect the "panic" had had upon their busi- ness), said : "Our business has suffered, in com- mon with that of all other houses in the trade, but the situation does not yet appear to have cleared sufficiently to determine just what the effect will be upon business for 1908. From pres- ent indications, the first of the year will see man ' commercial failures, but just what proportion of these will be m the tobacco trade remains to be seen. "While our trade has been /airly satisfactory, all things considered, pto- ple are not buying as many cigars as is u-ualb the case at holiday time." "But do yiu not get some of the trade of the clear Havana env kers?" queried the representative. "It would naturally seem that men who had been smoking the d( mestic c'ear Havana^, were they mov(d to economize on ci- gars', would take a good Porto Rico cigar instead; fur much of the Porto Rican tobacco is very similar in flavor and quality to Havana tobacco, and you know it has been rumored by the little du'vil of gossip who tells everything that some cigars called clear Havana are in riality made up principally of Porto Rican tobacco. So. much of this trade should legitimately come to the Porto Rican houses." "Well," replied Mr. Levi, "there is no question that we do get name trade from the clear Havana smokers, but not any considerable amount of it. A man becomes ac( usiomed to a certain brand of clear Havana cigars, and he cannot be changed. He will not smoke anything else. He likes the blend of the tobaccos ; that is what he wants. While what you say of Porto Rican cigars is true, and they are really a fine smoke, the smoking public must be educated to this fact, so they will ask for the goo'is when buying cigars. The average mm. if he has no favorite brand of cigars. Mill ask for some cer- 15 Our Capacity fcr Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^B Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co^ (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Address : F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality -OR A. H. REEDER, President. P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, 0. o- EDWARD E. SIMONSON ^0 Packer of and Dealer in © Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. ■Q J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO cf All Grades CraEey, Penna. Established 1895 Telephone ConnectioD T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lioa, Pa. tW»n*™OB!s. With .SpeciaUy Deslitned Bands. «nd PAN ANNA 5c. Citiars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correspondence with Responsible Houses solioilMi. Private Brands aiada to order. Norristown Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty 16 Samples submitted on appllcatioo tain imported cigars, knowing that the name guarantees quality ; but very few smokers outside the trade are ac- quainted with the various brands of domestic cigars. However, with all of these difficulties to overcome, and notwithstanding present financial con- ditions, we expect to carry on our work in 1908 in our usual n anner. Our various salesmen will start out on their respective routes soon after the first of the year, looking for 1908 business, and wanting to get all the orders they can. We do not know now what effect I he financial situation may have upon that business, but we shall proceed as though nothing had happened to disturb the commercial centers." From E. Regensburg 4 Sons. Melville Regensburg, speaking for E. Regensburg & Sons, said:— "Our business has been very satisfactory, especially our holiday trade, which has been better really than we thought it would be. The demand has been prin- cipally for our regular lines of goods, and while the demand has been steady and to supply actual wants, the orders have been very substantial. Our busi- ness has been very good indeed, and we have nothing to complain of. "As to our prospects for 1908 busi- ness, our travelers will start out soon after January 1, and we look tor large orders and more of them than we have been receiving, for the very rea- son that buyers have been ordering only suflRcient goods to supply im- mediate wants. We believe they will begin to order more liberally after the holidays. We shall carry out our 1908 campaign the same as in previous years." From The Surbrug Co. Walter H. Jones, Treasurer of the Surbrug Company, had to say : "Our December business for 1907 was the biggest month's business in the history of the Surbrug Company, and throughout the entire year each succeeding month was better than the preceding month. Not once have we fallen behind. We consider this most unusual in view of present conditions in the commercial world, and with it all our collections have been splendid, and the business has exceeded our ex- pectations. We give credit for some of this trade to the fact that we do not depend upon any one item, but have three great departmepts— our tobacco, cigarettes and cigarette papers. If a man is accustomed to smoking cigars and wishes to economize in that direc- tion, the first thing he buys is a pipe and a package of smoking tobacco, and he smokes a pipe. Also, many smok- ers, instead of buying cigarettes, get the cigarette paper and a package of tobacco and roll their own cigarettes, though our cigarette business has kept up well with the other departments. RUTHERFORD CLEAR HAVANA LEADER from the factory of El Draco Ciiar lAii. Co., Philadat "As a result of this excellent busi- ness, we have kept our tobacco factory at Richmond, Va., running full force all of the time to keep up with our orders, while our cigarette factory in New York has been doing the same thing. The fact that both factories are busy every minute would of itself show there was a large demand for our goods. "A fact worthy of special mention is that last month 'Golden Sceptre' passed its fiftieth anniversary, and in this year sales of the brand have been the largest since it was put on the market. As a high priced smoking tobacco, it has been on the market longer than any other blend. In other words, there is no brand which was put on the market at the same time as Golden Sceptre— fifty years ago— and is yet in existence. Taken throughout, our business has been highly satisfac- tory. "So far as 1908 is concerned, our 'boys' will all start out on their trips about the 15th of January, or perhaps a little earlier, and we expect to do as much business as ever. We cannot say that the financial conditions have af- fected us in any way, and we anticipate a good business during the coming year." From Berriman Bros. Matt. W. Berriman, when asked how the financial conditions had affected the business of Berriman Bros., replied: "The financial conditions have had no bad effect whatever, for when a man is nervous he will smoke. With two men less on the road than in 1906, our November business this year was 260,- 000 cigars over last year for the same month. I cannot state exactly at this date just what the December increase over last year will be, but from figures at hand to date as a basis the total sales will amount to not less than 250,- 000 cigars. Our factory in Tampa is working full time and is crowded to its fullest extent to put out orders. "With this large volume of business, our collections throughout the country have been excellent, and we have noth- ing to complain of on that score. So that, all in all, our business has not suffered in any degree from the panic. "Our plans for the first of the year? We expect to open our campaign for the year 1908 the same as in previous years, only a little harder. Our men will start out soon after the first to cover their various routes, and as our trade has not been ordering in advance, we expect a fair amount of orders! However, in my opinion business will be rather quiet during January and February, and I do not look for it to take any special movement until about the first of March. Until then we ex- pect a steady, quiet demand to fill the needs of the trade." From Imported Tobacco Mfg. Co. Henry P. Strause, President of the Imported Tobacco Mfg. Co.. manufac- turers of high grade cigarettes, said :— "I cannot say the financial stringency • m THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^^ has had any appreciable effect upon our business, except that buyers have been more conservative in purchasing. As example: One house in ordering their holiday stock, requested only about one-third of the amount of goods they ordered last year; but they duplicated the order twice afterwards, which brought their total purchases up to their usual requirements. The tpn- dency seems to have been to order les4 than might be demanded, and re- order rather than to overstock. On the whole, business has been fairly good. "Our business, it must be remem- bered, is individual and there is no other house that manufactures the same style of package as ours. We were th3 first to bring out fine cigar- ettes in a magnificent package, and as far as I know, no other firm has yet attempted the high grade plush boxes in which our brands are packed. "We cater with these brands to the most exclusive trade only, because the packages are far too expensive to have such a sale as would compare with a popular medium priced cigarette in a paper box. so that our business is really distinctive in the cigarette world. Our trade keeps up well, and we are steadily adding to our custom- ers, so we really cannot complain that financial conditions have exerted any influence upon our business." * « From Park 4 Tilford. "Our cigar business for the year 1907 has been excellent, and in advance of last year. During the month of De- cember, notwithstanding the financial conditions we took in more actual cash over our counter than in 1906, and the sales exceeded those of the same month last year. This applies both to the de- mand for imported cigars and for our own private brand 'Mi Favorita, ' the sales of which have doubled the sale last year. January 1, 1908. will find oar stock in better shape than in al- most any previous year, and we will close our books for the year with 225,- 000 less cigars in stock than on Jan- uary 1. 1906. We anticipate a big business for 1908, and confidently ex- pect this year to surpass any previous year in the history of the house in the amount of business transacted in our cigar department." From (he Khedivial Co. Sam. H. Harris. President of the Khedi /ial Co.. said:— "Our business for the year has been very good, better in fact than might have been expected. We moved into our new factory at the beginning of the year, and were subjected to the various delays and annoyances always encountered i i equipping and starting a large plant. But notwithstanding all this, and the financial panic besides. we have done a fine business and are very well satisfied with the year. We expect to start our men out im- mediately after the first, and are look- ing for a good, substantial business right along." From Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co. "Our business for 1907 has greatly exceeded in volume the business of 1906. The financial disturbances af- fected our holiday trade to some ex- tent. The month of November showed a decrease as compared with November last year, but December totalled up to about the same as December, 1906. However, while these two months were not as satisfactory as we might have wished, the amount of transactions for the entire year is very satisfactory. "We expect the first three months of 1908 to show an unusually large busi ness. for the reason that buyers have been taking only enough goods for actual necessities, and their stocks are depleted. With January 1, we expect purchasers to begin to buy normally and to get their stocks in better shape. If this expectation is realized, the year will open with a large business." HOLIDAYS AT THE HUB. Boston Retailers Had Busy Time, and their Hearts Rejoiced Ex- ceedingly Therein. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston. Mass., Dec. 30. The holiday business was well rel- ished by the cigar trade; the'weather was mild and resembled more like Easter season than Christmas time. The cut price drug stores did a slash- ing business while the cigar stores in the down town district all had addi- tional help to facilitate the serving of customers. This year more than ever before did the retailer push out lots of holdovers from previous years in pipes and cigars and it was a gen- eral clearing out sale. The cigar stores on Hanover street did certainly sell a lot of inferior brands of cigars all done up in attactive packages, on which the profits were very large. The pipe business was equally as good. Frank R. Ginn, a cigar and tobacco wholesaler and retailer at 85 Dover street, has made an assignment to Fred C. Gilpatrick for the benefit of his creditors. Mr. Ginn has been in busi- ness for a number of years; four years ago he did an extensive business in the wholesaling of independent and union made brands, hut gave up same later on when the tobacco trust allowed their jobbers to rehandle union made brands. It is said that Mr. Ginn owes about $5,000, of which the great part is due one concern in Boston. R. D. Carnes (Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co.) is at present spending his vacation in Norfolk, Va. | Will Rosenfeld. representing George C. Flattauer & Co.. New York, makers of the popular Union League 5 cent cigar, is at headquarters this week. Edward Leader is also in New York, visiting a daughter who is very ill. | M. F. Ledger, of the Nestor Gian- aclis Co., makers of the Nestor and Royal Nestor cigarettes, is in New York for a few days. Louis Shapiro (Nestor Gianaclis Co.) has returned from a trip to Portland. Charlie Abrahams, of Eriich & Kopf. is on a trip to New York and Baltimore. The factory praperty 156 to 160 Cam- bridge street, corner of and 2 to 4 Irv- ing street. West End. has been pur- chased Dy Joseph F. McGreenery. who already occupies it. There is a large five-story brick building, used as a cigar manufactory, with store on the lower floor and stand- ing on 2.076 square feet of land. The is $31,500. the land $16,600. The Alvin of which Daniel J. trustees, sells for of the total total taxed value being assessed for D. Puffer estate. Puffer et al. are a price greatly in taxed value. Mr. McGreenery is the manufacturer of the Poet and Marksman, two pupu- excess La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST. Proprietor Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. 10c==UINCLE JOSS" 5c Pretty Bessie York Nick. . . . Best Know^n. . Sc. Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 3 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity. 2.^.000 per day. Telegraph— York, Pa. (i) Emory Martin (I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Established 1890 I E.S. SECHRIST ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ X Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ei6ARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> 17 Our Capacity for A\anufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR OiNE A\ORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Oood Taste S/IN FELieE-5 R^ A HIGH GRADE R cJL>. CIGAR FORw3C. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J To J. DUIVIN Sz CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street, NEW VORK Louis E.Neuman &Co 123*-^Tol3Q^-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. LABELS & SHOW A. L S O CI TED SAVE AGENT'S COMIVIISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. lar brands of cigars, and formerly was a member of the well known jobbing firm of McGreenery Bros. & Manning. Baker Bro-., two young men of Wal- tham, Mass., have purchased the cigar business of the Boston Cigar Co., con- ducted at No. 834 Washington street, and will continue it on the old lines, using Cans Bros. New York brands of clear Havana cigars as their leaders. S. Glickman, manufacturer of Glick- man'd Favorite and other brands of Turkish cigarettes and tobacco, at 335 Harrison avenue, has just sold his business to Sam Davidoff, who will ectntinue it on the the old lincF. Dick Lawrence, fo-^merly with the American Tobacco Co., has taken a similar position with the Mentor Co., here. This concern, makers of the original Ramly cigarette, intend spend- ing a lot of money after the new year to get this brand selling in this market. At present the Ramly has been worked in New York and Philadelphia, but no work has ever been done on them in Boston, and now that Mr. Timyanis is out of the company and new interests are in charge, a big campaign will soon be started on the brand. The calendar season has arrived. One of the most attractive specimens received at our office was that of Frye Bros., Salem, Mass., who operate two up-to-date cigar stores in that town. Joyce Bros, have purchased the T. J. Boles cafe on Newspaper Row, 273 Washington street, and will operate same in connection with their Howard street branch. The cigar department is under the management of Sam M. Jacobs, who formerly had charge of same when his brother Lew Jacobs had the cigar department lease for six months when Mr. Boles first opened the store a year or so ago. Mr. Jacobs is very popular, and no doubt will make a good showing for his new employers. The Nestor Gianaciis Co. here, makers of the popular Nestor cigar- ettes, report a big business. For the past twelve months the output of their Boston factory has increased 65 per cent, over the previous year. Charlie Ellis, who has charge of the sales de- partment of the New England States, has two able salesmen under him in the persons of Louis Shapiro and Charles H. Williams. H. Bellringer has re- signed the New York and Philadelphia business, and his successor from the first of the year will be Dudley C. Vaughan, a very capable man who was formerly here in charge of the New England cigarette business of the American Tobacco Co., and who was later transferred to' New York. Mr. Vaughan particularly bad charge of the Murad cigarette when first placed on the New England market. Miss Emma Jeselsohn, a daughter of Louis Jeselsohn, the large American Tobacco Co. jobber here, was married on Tuesday evening, December 17. to E. Philip Finn, a prominent Boston attorney at law. The wedding was a private one. Erlich & Kopf, on Court avenue, is certainly a busy store this week. Their sales of fine meerschaum pipes are very large. They are using columns in our local newspapers to emphasize the fact that they are the only manufacturers in New England of meerschaum and briar pipes. Last year their retail sales for Christmas Eve were in the neighborhood of $2,000, and at the present rate of business they expect to exceed that amount this year. The Ware-Kramer Tobacco C^o. has just had copyrighted at Washington, D. C, Zoma and Lynnhaven, two titles that they will use on Turkish cigar- ettes. The two new brands will be ready for the market by January 15. The first is to be a 10 cent package and the other a 15 cent one. Both brands will be heavily advertised as in the case of the White Rolls. R. D. Games. New England representative, will put three men on to exploit the new brands. W. G. Akers, a prominent tobacconist of Broadway, Chelsea, suffered a loss of $2,500 by fire Isat week. Deputy Collector of Revenue A. T. Sweat has been appointed as Chief Revenue Agent of New England, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Oen. Sewall, which occurred some time ago. M Barnett & Co., leaf dealers, 164 Milk street, have removed their buai ness to Long Wharf. Ben AH. —The Wetzel Cigar Co nlanf of Brooklyne, W Va.,^as recenU^'/e' stroyed by hre, entailing a loss of $10,000. Insurance to the amount of $50,000 was carried. About seventh- five employes were thrown out of work by the fire, but the structure is to be rebuilt at once and work resumed as speedily as possible. ** E. R0SENWALD & BR For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to EstPblishcd 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSV iLLE, TA. H€^ THE TOBACCO WOR LD SSBn? J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Shafts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars H. L. WKAVtR Factory .!•>.■» /i E. E. HEAVtl WEAVER 6i BRO. Manufacturers of ^ 5 X a t* c ^°'' Jobbing - Vy I g d I O Trade Only For Quality. Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TBRRE HIUU, PA E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. ^ DCUVGr Pfl, CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Facfory QGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDpINGS RIBBONS J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes 1^^ It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiness and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNL Js specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskcFs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. Chaskel Chemical Works ::263 West Broadway, New York chaskeu'S CIOAR ^TO0^^ The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go* CXNTENNIAL. P4. I'J €i^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S BI6AR RIBB0NS ^Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain irslnlneot of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST 8i CO. (Formerly with ¥. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. lor 27 years) tilT d in JU m 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. \ f Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf Brothers, RED LION, RA. ..Any Plavor Vou INeed.. Wv'il Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. INJUNCTION AGAINST CHARLES P. MULLEN ^ CO. THE JUAN F. PORTUONDO CIGAR MANUFAC- ] TURING COMPANY vs. CHARLES P. MULLEN, trading as CHARLES P. MULLEN & CO. C. P. No. 3. March Term, 1906. No. 1259. In Equity. FINAL DECREE. AND NOW, December 5th, 1?07, upon the consent of the plaintiff and defendants, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED That Charles P. Mullen, individually, and trading as Charles P. Mullen & Co., the defendant, his servants, agents, salesmen and all persons in privity with him, be and they are hereby perpetually enjoined as follows: A. From using in connection with the manufacture, sale or advertisement of cigars, upon packages, boxes, cards, plates or otherwise any label, mark, picture, impression, or representation, exactly or colorably simulating the trademark of the plaintiff. The Juan F. Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Com- pany, called the "La Flor de Portu- ondo" mark, consisting of the word symbol "La Flor de Portuondo," said mark being registered in the United States Patent Office August 11, 1885, No. 12,500 ; also registered in the United States Patent Office December 19, 1905, No. 48,271; also registered in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania January 23, 1906. the manufacture, sale or advertisement of cigars, upon packages, boxes, cards, plates or otherwise any label, mark, picture, impression, or representation, exactly or colorably simulating the trade mark of the plaintiff, The Juan F. Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Company, called the "Plantation Scene" mark, consisting of the repre- sentation of a plantation scene com- prising a tobacco field with negroes working therein, and the representa- tion of an overseer mounted upon a horse and directing the work, all in the foreground of a low building and the name Juan F. Portuondo. said mark being registered in the United States Patent Office December 29, 1885, No. 12,879; also registered in the United States Patent Office December 19, 1905, No. 48,272; also registered in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania January 23, 1906; also registered in the office of the Secretary of State of Illinois October 10. J901, and there recorded in Trade Mark Rec- ord page 154. D. From using in connection with the manufacture, sale or advertise- ment of cigars, upon packages, boxes, B. From using in connection with cards, plates or otherwise, any label, the manufacture, sale or advertisement of cigars, upon packages, boxes, cards, plates or otherwise any label, mark, picture, impression or representation, exactly or colorably simulating the trademark of the plaintiff. The Juan F. Portuondo Cigar Manufacturing Company, called the "Matador" mark, consisting of the representation of two male figures, one attired in Indian costume, and the other in the costume of a Spanish Matador, leaning on op- posite sides of a circular border inclos- ing the representation of a tropical plantation scene, and the words "La Flor de Portuondo," said mark being registered in the United States Patent Office August 11, 1885. No. 12,499; also registered in the United States Patent Office December 26, 1905, No. 48,428; also registered in the office of the Sec- retary of the Commonwealth of Penn- mark, picture, impression or repre- sentation, exactly or colorably simu- lating the personal signature of Juan F. Portuondo, or any word or words, device or devices, color or colors, let- ter or letters, mark or marks of like import or so similar to any of the fore- going as to be calculated to deceive. E. From using for any purpose whatever the words "Manuel J. Portu- ondo," or "Manuel J. Portuondo Co. " or "Portuondo," either alone or in con- nection with other words or phrases. F. From using any box or boxes similar in general dress and style to the boxes herein marked "Plaintiff's Box" or "Defendant's Box." G. From holding out or representing in any way that the goods manufac- tured by the defendant are the same as those manufactured by the plaintiff. H. From authorizing, doing, writ- ing, speaking or uttering any other act, matter or thing calculated to cause confusion between the goods of the plaintiff and the goods of ihe defendant. IT on 1 one I , A like decree has been entered against sylvania January 29, 1906; also regis- Louis Weinberg and Samuel B. Sokoloff tered in the office of the Secretary of trading as Sokoloff & Weinberg. ' State of Illinois October 10, 1901, and ^Z there recorded in Trade Mark Record llnTlctiflfiinn ^^^ ^^^ Har- page 155. m ^ .u . ,*?* ^'^^^ Made in the good old way. C. From using in connection with EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. ALLEN H. REEDER 20 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO Stanleys Packers of Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN ^^m THE TO BA ceo WORLD "PPS Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY QiCO. Growers and Packers of Fine Ct^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty JSS3A--y/w; MILTON H. RANCH Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer in All Giades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. Saaiploa cheerfully •■bailttod npoo request Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples P. O. Box 96 CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in • All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Gonnecticnt and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pa. /. K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco United 'Phones 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Kear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenoe, York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Ciear Manufacturers. B. F. 600 D & eO. Leaf Tobacco PACKERS and DEALERS in J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco ackin^ House, Millersville, Pa OfBce and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^S^ 142 North Market Street LANCASTER. PA. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manafactnring W»rehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f j 1* RED LION, PA. Lancaster, r a. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue Maanfactnrcrs of 'm^ ■■ «^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 OFK, l^a. N. D. ALrEXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. 21 THE TOBACCO WORLD l38&l40CCNTRt5T iniffurAeTuinLir or all minds or Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦♦{♦♦ XXI Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦ 4 Largest stock of fP ^ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. i WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. (tlnrnii»onIRonCiji*''irif.*5rm}IUnn,\".V. 'JjimirhCi^ffirr, . •■ \' John McLaughlin. J. K. KauffmaA. ' JOHN McLaughlin (t co. Wholesale DMiera in All Kinds of t Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos ' Also, All Grado* of Fine Cigars Ql Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER. PA. 22 <^^>^^^^»»»»»»% •«%%»%*%« OUR LETTER FROM YORK. (Concluded from p. 18) figured conspicuously in the net results of the year's work. But manufacturers are not alone in finding it to have been not the most satisfactory year "ever." Other branches of the trade, and its allied interests, all feel the effects of the general conditions. In the leaf trade, for instance, while they apparently got fairly high prices for goods, the volume of their business for the year was in many instances, not a good comparison with that of 1906. Certainly there are a few who will be able to show even better results than last year, but they are no doubt exceptional. Isaac Kohler, a manufacturer at Yoe, this county, has been suffering with an attack of rheumatism, which rendered him almost helpless for a time. He is now improving. Isaac Ruby, a retired cigar manufac- turer of Red Lion, died last week, at the age of 69 years. R. D. Zech, who has been for many years a tobacco buyer at York, has se- cured the account of the Emil Berger Tobacco Co., of New York, and will purchase cuttings, scraps and siftings for them in this section. He did quite an active business, it is reported, dur- ing the month of December, having shipped nearly 200 cases of cuttings and 14 tons of siftings to New York. In addition. Mr. Zech also handles the product of the Red Lion Tobacco Co., in leaf tobacco and scrap fillers. In an interview with the writer Mr. Zech stated that concerning the 1907 crops of leaf tobacco, all the early crops are well cured and show fine colors. He. predicts, however, that most of the tobacco will be bought when straw hats are again quite comfortable, and at prices ranging from 7 cents to 10 and 2 cents, and that it will have to be a fine and well assorted crop, indeed, to bring as high as 10 and 2. There is n ) inlication of any buying yet. John W. Minnich & Son, on Friday afternoon last, gave a Christmas party to their employes. One of their larg- est rooms was utilized for a banquet hall. Short addr. sses were indulged in, and these, together with music and refreshments, made up a veritable feast, which was thoroughly enjoyed by everj one present. "HUNTERSlir is all to ihe front ; made by EL DRACO CIliAR MFG. CO . Philada. Announcement Extraordinary! THE SELLING PRICE OF THE Perfect Bunching Machine Has been made $18.30, Instead of $25.00 SIZE. 18 BY 10 INCHES- ••WEIGHT, IS POUNDS Where a Machine can do the work Better than the human hand, we let the machine work for us, and that is one reason why You want the Per- fect Bunching Machine. It Does the Work Better than the human band. The keen competition of the present time makes a profitable business Impossible, unles? as a result of economic, efficient, up-to-date methods. The Perfect Bunchinii Machine is the Econoniic, Efficient,'^lIp-to-Date method of Improvinii the Quality and at the same time Lesseninif the Cost of manufacturing cigars, it is the one machine which answers every re- quirement and gives satisfaction to both the employe and the manager. Write us for particulars, or call at our factory and see the machine In practical operation. &Ae Perfect Bunching Machine Co. 132 South Sixth Street. Philadelphia, Pa. # ff»^ THE TOBACCO WORLD OFFICE I JOHN D. UOINO No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of f^ IgS PS Cor. Maple £l Plum AveSc Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples ScHt tO RcspOHSiblc HouSCS. HERAAAIN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker oi Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale •% Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ■E-WJ. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tie Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application I Brands: S6ff Bear. G6ff Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY A CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made 1 Ciia FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR I 5c. Cigar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. | , Maker of Uitfb Grads Clitars Excloslvely. _ - ~v EiOno Union Made 5-C^"t Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Litflestown, Pa. ^^PERIEU«^ MAKER OF Fernside«nd Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited VY. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. iManiifacturcrs of Fine Bcmestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa^ HIGIIi:.Sr OtAi.lTY n>E.Sr PACKA(tl:..S Wholeaaie and Jobbing Trade oaily CorreaD<>»d 'oce wllb Acttva •> Faustfs Invltad R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. ODVAH IMDQr^s;^ H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars alweys duplicate 23 ^^S T H E TOBACCO WORLD SAMUBL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^^ C^ THE CYCLONE f «^^» BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ lUl 3t. ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and pruneFLAVORS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. g2 Reade Street, NE W YORK. The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug .Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes Leaf Tobacco Markets BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Most of the tobacco has been taken down and growers are now busily en- gaged in stripping. No buyers have yet appeared in the field.— Gazette. 24 CONNECTICUT VALLEY. In our last we leported the advent of a few buyers in the field, there must have been a dozen, but very little to- bacco was contracted for in this local- ity, and that at low figures, for I think that from 13 to 14 cents was the high- est price offered, and the farmers would not take the price, for they are expect- ing a higher price for their goods, but I am afraid they will take up with a low price, or at least those who sell in the bundle, for which I am sorry. The prices down in Connecticut seem to be fully as small as those paid here. The die is cast, an entering has been n^ade, and a wait of a few weeks will accomplish much in their favor, and we shall see the bulk of the sales made with the tobacco in the bundle will be small priced and unless the farmers show a disposition to assort their crop the sales will be slow, and in any event ihe sales will be low. Our correspondents write: Suffield, Conn. : "The tobacco ware- house of L. P. Bissell opened Monday, and about forty men are sorting Mr. Bissell 's crop. Hardly any of the sort- ing rooms are open, and what few are open here have only a few men work- ing Some more tobacco was taken down during the recent damp spell. Recent sales of tobacco : One crop at 12 cents and 5 cents, one at 8 cents, and one at 12 cents in the bundle." North Hadley, Mass. : "Tobacco is nearly all stripped, except the latest cut, which is not cured. Buyers are looking around and trying to buy at very low prices. The following sales have been made: R. H. Hibbard, 10 acres; C. M. Hibbard. 12 acres; P. Mojeski, 9 acres. Prices around 12 cents in the bundle." Conway, Mass.: "Tobacco stripping is nearly all done here now for this year. There was one buyer in town last week, but no sales reported. Quite a number of farmers of this town are going to have Swift assort their crops rather than sell at the prices offered." Hatfield, Mass. : "I report the sales of the^following crops of tobacco. M. W. Boyl, 15 acre?, Michael Hayes, 6 acres, Joseph Ripka, 5 acres, J. L. Newman, 23 acres, O. S. Graves & Son, 6 acres, M. P Bradford, 7 acres, F. W. Scheppe, 3 acres, J. M. Town, 15 acres, Paul Balisco, 6 acres, C. S. Shat- tuck, 5 acres, from 10 and 13 cents in bundle." North Hatfield: "R. M. Swift has his crop assorted, and has closed his shop. O. Belden & Sons have their HUNTER— A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. rA.HUSSEYl LEAF mm CO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. liOms \ STOKHUYZEN & BROflU Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite Frascsti Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day S^E TH E TOBACCO WORLD HIGHEST AWARD A ND GOLD MEDAL FOB EXCELLE!>iCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES . AT WOHLD' S FAI K . S i .!< > L IS. I904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Quality. Long Filler. Il^nJ M*de JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity SO.OJO.OJO u Year Factory: LANCASTER. PA. crop of 16 acres assorted, yielding 16 cases of light wrappers, 14 cases me- dium, 14 cases dark wrappers. How is that for 10 cent tobacco and there is more like it." — American Cultivator, EDGERTON, WIS. The closing days of the year finds the tobacco trade chiefly employed in making up their inventories, balancing their revenue hooks and trying to find out what amount shall be carried to the profit side of the ledger for the twelve months. We fear, too, that some of the statements will not tend to enliven holiday spirits. We hear of a few scattering sales of the new crop, but there is nowhere evidences of any organized movement among the larger operators who handle any amount of the crop. A transfer of a large block of '05 leaf has been completed in this market during the week for the account of the United Cigar Manufacturers Co.. but the trade was arranged in New York. A little leaf continues to go to export and a few sales on manufacturers' orders comprise the transactions in old leaf. Shipments 450 cases. — Reporter. TOBACCO SEED DISTRIBUTION. as well as improved types of existing varieties of tobacco. The Department has noted carefully just what seeds are suited for any given locality, and will govern the distribution in accordance with its investigations, thus making the distribution much mure valuable to I the tobacco grower. The method adopted for the distribu- tion is to allow the members of Con- i gress to transmit to the Department all requests for tobacco seeds, and they will be filled up to a maximum of about 150 packages for each member. Each locality will have its own special kind, adapted to the soil and the climate. Each packet will contain enough seed to furnish sufficient plants for the grow- ing of two acres of tobacco, although it is recommended that only a small plat be grown the first year, in order to make a practical demonstration of the comparative value of these new and improved varieties. Instructions as to planting, etc., will accompany each package. This has nothing to do with thR general distribution of garden and flower seeds, which will be con- ducted in the usual way. ^ «%* New Varieties Offered, Adapted for Each Locality. Washington. D. C, Dec. 28. The Department of Agriculture has notified the members of Congress as to tbe method adopted by the Department for the distribution of tobacco seeds. The Department has been at work for some time to improve the varieties of tobacco in the different tobacco grow- ing sections of the country, and the re- sult of these experiments has been the production of valuable new varieties. Jfei^When writing to advertisers, say that you saw the ad in The Tobacco World. The effect will be good all around. Patents and Trade Marks Booklet of information sent upon request. JOSEPH M. BOWYER, Attorney at Law & Solicitor of Patents 1110 F Street, N. W.. WASHINGTON. D. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ¥ ♦ ♦ ¥ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. F. KOHUER Nashville, Pa. Maker of i:ir;:i GQADC, lU.ND MADE Seed and Havana i^ • A and Fine Nickel V^lgaPS For Wholesale and Jobbioit Trade Correspondence with Respnnslble Houses Invited ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ ¥> ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X > Our r^rOPlt Off^r* ^ ^^'^ Flllimi $2.00 Fountain Pen and "The Tobacco WorW VyLll VJICQl VyiiCI • for one year. C|[Both for $1.50; the Regular Price Is $3.00. We have made a contract with one^ of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac- A PjrcfsPlDQQ Splf Filling Ppil turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with the best of its kind in tbe market. Every pen is solid goid. 14k.. point tipped with genuine irrtdium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen: if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifling cost. 0 ANY PERSON sending us $1.50. we will send this Bea Jtiful Fountain Pen. postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name'^for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco Wor'd." Should you already he a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended one year from the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign suoscriptions, which cost $1.0(> additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 25 ^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B] SttWW. SONS « COMP^ Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES \ IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS !•» ■(,!!<■.»*(. •«« "^'-^ f STOCK CARD3 ~» " ' ■> ' Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS. ETC. -^ \ I i ^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD '^^Sy-'tiT^C YZ Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 ^■tp* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦. ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD Label:) MET AL PRINTLL LAHtl S ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ^♦^ ■•♦♦♦•^♦♦♦^ «•»♦♦»#«• it It ♦ ♦ ♦ er tl« i3* f leiscKKau Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia.. 9 ♦ t I « i TKLKFHONE 15t)l ♦ ♦ LlTHOGKAPHINo ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^i SPECIAL ULMGN! 4 < /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦-'.•X> ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Deai«r In LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes Special Attention to GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING '"°^wo^r?''°^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinkings SpriniS, Pa. Established 1891 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO ST£:MS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to dn more and better work in a given time, wnh Jess labor, thnn any Press on the market, Unsurpassfd for power, strength, simplicily and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes minniactnred Write for prices and full p irticulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- bouses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON \uctioneers and Commission Merchanls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco '"onsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made oa Day of Sale HAVAIXALLIN ••••- ^t JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigur Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Bhickwcll Durham Tob.icco Co. Spalding cC- Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOl :;;.t'iIA': '''"^"' """" i{| {^oods 1-isewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses Good as Government Bonds Arf^ ihf^ C in A P Q ''^ ^^« following 1 C LilC V/IUMIVO KcKiatered Branca ^'Brilliant Star" Clear Havana . . lOc. *'S. B " Half Havana 5c, "S. B." Little Havanas 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2--I— No" Mildest Cigar Made 2 fof 5c. Special Braoda Mad« to Order Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. I B^^^^^jKU 1 ■1 Send Your Cigar Buyer Here We Will Save Yoa N«n«f For Sale by All Dealers ^ INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Ed^in^s 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. Is Gnarnntfvil to be the 31n>t Powrriul and L.istinii Havana Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It. Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, F^q. Tj V V Caveats, Trade Marks, 'ir^ 3.LGI1lS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. """"ITcntr" John A.Saul Le Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R Q I IV I A P E R 1 Q U B MIXTURE me AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW Y08F E. A. Calves &, Co.»%%>» Cigarette Manufacturer a Suicide Chicago, III., Jan. 3. Archibald R. Mitchell, a cigarette manufacturer, was found dead in his apartments 350 West Seventy-first street, today. Gas pojred into the room from four opei jets and the win- dows were closed. The police reported that Mitchell had cooamitted suicide. He bad recently met financial reverses. Two Tobacco Warehouses De- stroyed and Three Men Shot. Russellville, Ky., Jan. 3. Night riders, 1. Many shots were fired and three men were wounded. The Louisville & Nash- ville depot was threatened by the flames, but escaped. The attack, which was entirely unexpected, lasted an hour. Capt. W. R. Bruce, ihe chief of police, hastened to the fire tower, where he attempted to sound the alarm, but was overpowered by four of the masked night riders. The most seriously injured was Dr. C. M, Roberts, a guest at the Forest House, who was wounded about the head and face by a charge of buckshot. Dr. Roberts' home is in Evansville, Ind., and he was shot as the night riders were leaving town. NOB WELL ORGANIZED. He heard the confusion, and, thinking that the raiders had gone, ran out to see wi.at had happened. He came face to face with a group of the departing mob and as he started to run was shot. It is said that the mob come to Rus- sellville from the direction of Cave Springs, near where the members have had their rendezvous. The mob seemed to be well organized, with a head and lieutenants. All the men v/ere mounted and wore white capes, false beards and masks. Russellville is a town of about 4,000 inhabitants and the county seat of Logan county, which borders on the Tennessee line. It is in the heart of the dark tobacco district and but one ccunty, Todd county, separates it from Christian and Trigg counties, the scene of the recent depredations in and around Hopkinsville. This is the third raid made by night riders in Western Kentucky, and comes in the face of the announcement by the governor that disorder must cease. At this time a court is in progress at Hop- kinsville investigating a similar raid on that city. Troops are now on guard at Hopkinsville. —Geo. Wohlstadter & Son Cigar Co., St. Louis, Mo., was incorporated with a capital of $5,000, by Mary and Fred. Wohlstadter and Walter J. Hummel- stein, to manufacture and deal in cigars. E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS >-^ PHILADELPHIA TOBACCO WORLD :^^^| J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1855 John T. Dohao V?v — y'^/ Wm. H. Dohan I1.5TRAU& A, toes fLOR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^J^^JO^ Atch St. Leaf TobaccoK , Sm* ) philada. ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. MI&908j;iiiMl3dSlw mHILADEILPHai^ ffackers and Dealers in tap«r..r.„f SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia Warehouses: Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsville. N. Y. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Eiavaea Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia 74/ M Third St, Phi/ode/phia,. Impor.. IS atiu ocaieis in ALL KINDS OF SEFI LEAF. The Empire SEFI LEAF, m Leaf Tobacco "^y.^'*^ 11 SUMATRA 1 U Co., llhNJdSUPhila. liEOPOLD LOEB & CO. importers of Sumatra and Havana and Paclcers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeaF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Lr K^PPENBACH 1642-44 N.aXVtNTH, ST. PHILADELPHIA |j64: J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0B Aee0 E. A. Calves A Cox^c -X .IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA S^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD 1®3M Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the liovernment ot the Kepublic oi Cuba UO,^!ONDEF^BBlCANTESDETABAC0SYClGARR0S nt; &FSMM. b E CUB A 3^- ulcrizadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqdji^fes Je plcadJ^aauel!evenes^aprccl^[a son fabncadospor HABANA ■IJJ.IJIJH:™MJ:i.iJlil:l.«1:4;:Mii;i.llhi;lf:lli>j^^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. . . . I M P O R T A N T •^ N O T I C E . . . ThP Tirecedintr cut is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the Precinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cuba by the Independent Manufacturers. . u /-• Thu» a copy of lha« warranty stamp attached to any box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any packages of Cut Tobacco, means that those Ci- gars. Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana. Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in the famous Vuelta Abajo DON'T FORGET THIS. RETAILERS. IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. COURT TO SETTLE DISPUTE Former Pottstown Firm Appeals for Aid in Settlement of Part- nership. Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 31. Calvin F. Shively, and W. H. Sassa- man, of Pottstown, through their at- torney, Wm. F. Dannehower, have brought a bill in equity against George Miller, of the same place. The plaintiffs, together with de- fendant, comprised the firm of Shively, Miller & Co., manufacturers of cigars. They operated a large plant at Potts- town employing several hundred hands until January 1, 1906, at which time the co-partnership was dissolved. It had continued about four years. A disagreement arose between the plaintiffs and the defendant regarding certain settlements which have been made the basis of the suit. The court is asked to secure from the defendant a full account of the partnership transactions and that he be compelled to pay them such sums as appear to be due. It is also requested that an expert accountant go over the firm's books in order to ascertain what is actually due the plaintiffs. Wisconsin Warehouse Deal. Stoughton, Wis., Jan. 2. Edward E. Simonson, tobacco dealer, purchased a warehouse at this place on Tuesday last, from Ole Evenson and John K. Subey, at a cost of $4,000. The building, which is of orick, is situated on the railroad reservation, and is known as No. 4 among the trade. It is two stories high and has a good basement for tobacco sorters. A num- ber of improvements will be made in the near future. Mr. Simonson buys and packs tobacco on commission, and also buys on his own account. He has been in business a number of years, and is one of the leading tobacco men of this city. His purchase of this property is an indication that he intends to do a larger business in the future. HUNTF R— A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it Employes Get Zahm Plant. Toledo. O., Jan. 1. By a will which was filed in the pro- bate court yesterday J. F. Zahm, to- bacco and grain man, who committed suicide a week ago, provided $500 a month for his widow during her life : and divided his property among busi- ness associates after her death. The estate is valued at $250,000. After the death of Mrs. Zahm all the , property in the J. F. Zahm Tobacco Co. is given to Joseph N. Crowley, Fred Mayer and Fred W. Jaeger, trusted employes. All the remaining property, including the J. F. Zahm & Co. 's grain business, is given to Fred Mayer and F. W. Jaeger. Fixing Prices in Wisconsin. Milton, Wis., Jan. 3. Directors of the tobacco department of the American Society of Equity have decided that all tobacco not sold by January 15 should be sized, boxed and placed in a pool. The minimum prices determined upon are : Best grade, per pound, 15 cents ; medium grade, 12i cents ; and the poorest grades, not in- cluding frost bitten leaf, 10 cents. S. D. Kump, Secretary of the State or- ganization, says arrangements have been made for financing pools and for assisting those who are not able to hold their crops until the sales can be made. The State organization, of which the tobacco society is a department, will hold its annual meeting at Eau Claire January 14 to 16, inclusive. New Leaf House for Janesville. Janesville, Wis.. Dec. 30. Dr. J. F.. Walter and William Pem- ber have entered the wholesale leaf tobacco field in Janesville. As a firm the three btothers have purchased from Dr. J. F. Pember the brick business block built by Henry C. Klein on , North Franklin street. At present | carpenters are at work remodeling the , structure into a warehouse. Partitions i are being taken out, an elevator in> | stalled and other changes made. The new company will buy, pack and sell tobacco. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL at Jameslown Exposition. White Rolls Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street. Philadelphia. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right X\xt\Q. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality. Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on appli'^ation. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Hlninielberger & Noll, ROBESONIA, PA. M^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^M ©EO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Third St, PHIUDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up>to-Date LOUIS BYTHINJER & CO, Tobacco Brokers •JO O Kd.C6 ^1* nf •! j l L.» and Commission Merchants. T IVllaaelpni J Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. Cable Address. "Heiland, Lancaster" Telephone Servic* JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representinii Oaorrfe H. Rumrlll. Janesvllle. Wis.; >| Q 17 £^Vm. i. 1 Ci. i. Th« Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. ^(j lj« IjOBSinUt l3tr66l Dayton, O.; Tba Krobn Tobacco Co., Windsor. Ct.t ''• O. Box 178 Downard & Koklnii, Cincinnati. O.; W A 1\I#^ A CT'li^'D 1* A W. W. Dohrmann ik Son. Cincinnati. 0.| l^Ai^ ^ il.3 1 HiK, T A. ■•■•key & Heiland. Lltltz. Pa. HENRY RINDSKOPr Packer and Importer of Sumatra, Havana ¥ 1]1 A 1? nPtf^O k f^f^f\ and Domestic Ll!i Al 1 UO ALlLtU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St., READING, PA. • S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHU VELENCHIK BROS. '•"n^r'in LEAF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Lea£ Tobacco PennsylvaniaL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630^=636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERHANN « U. O. HAEUSSERMANN <& SONS I nn porters of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 14S North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. II THE TOBACCO WORLDS E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Closing the Year in Havana. Quietest Week on Record. Possible Buyers on Hand, but no Trans- actions Reported. No Free Tobacco in Sight, Although Dealers are Willing to Make Reasonable Terms. Special Correspondence The past week has been the quietest on record, as far as sales are con- cerned, notwithstanding that several buyers are in town who under ordinary circumstances would have purchased a fairly large quantity of leaf. Some allowance must be made for the inter- ruption of the Christmas holidays, but the chief reason seems to be that the buyers who come here think they can pick up all classes of tobacco at no matter what kind of low offers ihey are disposed to make, not taking into consideration that the cost of the leaf has been exceedingly high to ttie deal- ers; or some of them have been preju- diced by the false reports of the 1907 crop spread broadcast over the United States by dealers and manufacturers who condemned this year's growth as being unsuitable for the making of ci- gara. That there is some tobacco which has faults (being still raw) and which will not hold fire for any length of time is unfortunately true, and nobody will dispute it, but on the other hand there is a large quantity of Yuelta Abajo and Remedios which is of good quality and free burning. I will not mention Partido, as there is little left of this growth, and no com- plaints have been registered against this style of leaf. After a buyer has looked around our market he will be convinced himself that the 1907 crop has enough good vegas to pick from, and as regards prices he must make some allowances and meet our dealers and packers at least halfway, as it would be manifestly unfair to expect them to lose more than they can stand. They are willing not only to forego any possible profit upon their invest- ments, but considering all the ag- srravating circumstances, they are dis- posed to accept any offer that is within reason. The year which is closing tomorrow has been a very unfortunate one for all people in the tobacco trade, excepting of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, December cO 1907. those farmers who were wise enough to sell out their crops during the ex- citing times, when through the active competition of the trust, ridicuhusly high figures were paid. Manufacturers here and in the North have made no money as a rule, owing to the high leaf prices paid to the dealers and to the farmers, and the impossibility of rais- ing the selling figures of their cigars lo a correspondingly high level. Deal- ers here, excepting those who princi- pally handle only Partido, are still loaded down with stocks, and dealers in the North have only operated in Havana tobacco to a minimum extent. Commission houses have done an ex- ceedingly small business, which in some cases has not been sufficient to pay their running expenses for office, warehouse rent, porters, clerk hire, and the numerous incidental expenses which every firm of any standing is bound to have no matter whether any business is done or not. The four chief reasons for this ac- cumulation of unfavorable circum- stances are: (1) the lateness of the crop in coming to market and not be- ing fit for immediate use; (2) the pre- vailing high prices; (3) the false re- ports about the unfitness of the crop, and finally (4) the unforeseen financial crisis which commenced in October and which unfortunately has not yet en- tirely been followed by a revival in trade. However, the worst oi the "Krach" seems to be over and the year 1908 promises to open under more favorable auspices. People have not discarded smoking, and while the pipe and cheap domestic cigars have been resorted to during the hard times, with a better financial outlook, renewed activity in the commercial and indus- trial world, and a freer circulation of LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana ReiivdL 20, HavaneL p. O. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTISPIRITIIS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Mercliant l^eaf Tobacco and Cigars 1 O'Reilly St. ef^ Habana, Cuba Constitution Seed and Havana stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. GONZAl^EZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tafaaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Sanla Clara de Priraera Glase AMISTAD 97, Coble: -CASIN" HABANA* H. UPMANN &. CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MA NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED ^^. H. UPMANN CIGARS (hamna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal ^^ SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES_AND_CANADA tPl 8fS^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^M BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand finest ¥velta Abajo Tobacco Bicldsively %m NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A, Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba '^'llluter. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand MRTAGAS I02 B. DIAZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Aba|o and Partido Tobacco RRADO 12S Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTflflEDA Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Iieaf Tobacco Egido, Corner Pragones Street, HAVANA YG a AlBANB^ The Best Cigars • Cifuentesy Fernandez y Ca Proprietors 1^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFMR Habaua, Cuba AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ 1_ and Dealers in LCai 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: -Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobaeoo Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoives Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO" Conespoodence Solicited in Eotfilsk # • LOEBNUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSE DIAX J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VBOAS PROPIAS ^^^ T H E TOBACCO WORLD Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Neptuno 170-174 Cable — Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo money, the discriminating smokers will begin to look for the fragrant Habana weed in preference to the tasteless seed leaf, and as stocks of Havana to- bacco are nearly exhausted in the United States, the manufacturers and dealers will have to flock down here and supply themselves from our plenti- ful holdings. Whether the new crop will finally be large and good nobody can tell as yet, as there are too many considerations to be taken into account. Everbody wishes for an abundant and fine quality growth, but the wish alone does not make it so, unless Nature should see fit to bestow her bounty on us once more. Sales only amount to 659 bales in all. divided into 354 of Vuelta Abajo. 50 of Partido and 255 of Remedios. For the United States only 55 bales are reported as sold, while the local cigar and cigar- ette manufacturers took 604 bales. Bayers Come and Go. Arrivals,— I. Dankowitz, of I. Danko- witz, Lennie Greenhall, of Greenliall Bros., Bernhard Lichtenstein, of Lich- tenstein Bros., S. Ruppin, of S. Rup- pin, Dionisio Hevia. of D. Hevia. and Joseph Rosenberg, of H. Rosenberg. New York ; Maurice Winter, of M. Perez Co., Tampa; Charles Landau, representative of H. Upmann & Co. in New York. Returned. — A. Pazos, of A. Pazos & Co., New York and Havana. Havann ClRar Manafnctarcrs are working only slowly, as besides the trust, some of our independent manufacturers have either closed their factories after Xmas, or are working only with reduced forces. Some are taking this measure to take an in- ventory of their stocks, although ex- cepting a limited number of our larg- est manufacturers, orders just now are at a low ebb and all on account of the crisis in the United States. H. Upmann & Co. are still fully oc- cupied and have no lack of orders on hand which have to be filled yet, and they are also in receipt of new ones by every mail or by cable, principally from Europe. Their very successful representative, Charles Landau, who has charge of this factory's large trade for the United States and Canada, has come here to take a short holiday dur- ing the present lull in business and in order to be prepared for the coming campaign in January next, when he hopes to break all records of this house for the United States. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 600,000 cigars last week. Sol reports steady business, and this house was compelled to work over time to catch up with pending orders. This speaks well for the success of Don Carlos Behrens. Eden.— Calixto Lopez & Co. are working on orders in hand, and as they are still in possession of much choice tobacco which they bought at the right time, they are in a position to serve the cream of the 1905 crop to a given number of their customers. Partagas.— This house reports busi- ness fair and expects to continually progress. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. 's cigars ha\e always taken well in all parts of the American Union. Por Larranaga.— This house is hard at work figuring its proflts for the year, and although like many another factory this past season has been the worst on record, still I hope they will keep up the bound-to-be successful fight. Don Antonio J. Rivero, who is always far- sighted, paid prices perhaps against his better judgment, but on the other hand he was determined that Por Larranaga should have only the pick of the best sections of Vuelta Abajo. Iliiylntt:, ScIIIiik and Other Notes of Interest. Muniz Hnos. & Co. were the biggest sellers last week, as they reported sales of 504 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Re- medios to local cigarette manufac- turers. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. will move to their new store, corner Cardenas and Corales streets, this week. Don Antonio Prieto y Gonzalez suf- fered a severe blow on Christmas day, as he lost his only remaining son, and the sympathy of the entire trade was extended to him upon the day of the funeral. The numerous friends of the house of Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez in the United States will doubtless condole with the senior partner, and be very sorry to hear of his misfortune. Bernhard Lichtenstein and August Kuttnauer are credited with some small purchases so far, but as they are to remain here they may both make up their minds to invest heavily later on. The German Club gave its usual Christmas ball on Christmas evening, and the same was well attended not- withstanding the hard times. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since Dec. 28 Jan.l Bales 1,889 762 8 Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Remedios & S.Clara 2,459 Santiago de Cuba 19 Total 5,137 Bales 230,275 21.653 40,166 897 93.811 13,526 400,328 Cigar Box Factory Success. In 1901 The Inland City Cigar Box Co. began business at Lancaster, Pa., in a factory three stories high and measuring 40 by 30 feet in dimensions. Since then an addition, 40 by 35 feet, has been added to the original building. Numerous improvements have also been made in the equipment of the factor] , which now includes the most modern machinery, making it one of the best equipped plants in the country. Their trade is drawn from among the largest firms in Lancaster and vicinity, and the number of employes necessary to do the work required of this factory, which at the beginning was less than the proverbial "baker's dozen," has grown to more than four score. In addition to the manufacture of a large variety of cigar boxes and ship- ping cases, the firm is also acting as the selling agent in Lancaster of the cigar labels from the lithographic house of Kreuger & Braun. of New York. RUTHERFORD CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. PABLO PEREZ CANDIOO 0BE80 Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) fLeaf Tobacco ' VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specially Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo \eimt Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta ArriiM San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: "Calda" EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES d LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water Si., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to ordar* Cigars made strictly of very best iJMTKiiiiiajHUilBmP' Vuelta Abajo Tobacco San Nicolas !26 y 128 cat,: •jomac-rcu- HABANA. CUBA \ Hg^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Office, ERNEST BLLINGMR & CO. Nos. 87-89 Pine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York ,-.!^^ r\ and SEED LEAF 1 UUQI-.I.-.U 183 Water St., New York &. P. & S. LOEWEtSTMAL ^^ Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra the Young company, and vice versa, he said, which kept the agreement ef- fective. • • • Box Factory Plants Concentrated. The several factories of the Dasheff & Smulewitz Co., manufacturers of paper boxes, making a specialty of boxes for cigarettes, have now been concentrated under one roof, as is shown by their letter to the trade is- past been engaged in the tobacco busi- sued on January 2, and which reads as ness. follows: Joseph Hirsch has spent the major To Our Customers :— portion of his past life in the tobacco .^Z^H^^^f}"^, respectfully informed ^ J , • ,. xu C5. ^„*,„ ^"^^ °" *"" after this date all business trade, and is a veteran in the Sumatra carried on by us at Nos. 17 Elizabeth industry. By careful endeavor he has street, and 117 Hester street, Manhat- amassed a competency. tan, 327 Essex street, Brooklyn (E. N. His son is yet young, but is vigorous y->,^"l^,? uf^.^rtH/''^""^; Jamaica, J .,, J . • 1, L. I., Will be carried on at our new and energetic, and will undoubtedly factory, 235-253 Park will continue to hold the confidence of the trade which has been gained in the past. All of the present traveling repre- sentatives and salesmen of the old firm avenue, (corner Clinton avenue), Brooklyn, N.Y. We have increased the facilities, and are ready to rush work and make prompt deliveries. We have also installed a plant for will remain and continue to cover their the printing of cigarette paper, either accustomed territory. Wm. Neuberg plam, cork or gojd tipped. No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK 10 in New York City and Philadelphia ; D. Kalberman in Pennsylvania and South- ern territory, and A. Hirsch in the Western States and Canada. Rutherford ^^'^afgars'"" are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. We will be pleased to see you at our new factory any time, or will have our representative call to see you on receipt of postal. Yours very truly, Dasheff & Smulewitz 'Co. L. Busker, Mgr. Mr. Busker, who is now manager of this department of the above house, was formerly connected with the Khe- divial Co., of New York. • • # m For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. PA. THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^S» ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AIND PAC:HERS OF Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK T rk H « r^ r^ rk ^^^^"'^stic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds 1 LlUQI^dU CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY ESTABLISHED 1840 CABLE: "NARGIL' Office and Salearoom > 313 and 315 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach of All Red Mill Snuff Resuming. New Box Factory Incorporated. Under date of December 30, 1907, The Nicholaus Althaus Co., of New the following letter, which explains York, to manufacture cigar boxes, etc., itself, was sent to the trade: has been incorporated with a capital of Gentlemen: $50,000. by Nicholaus Althaus. Chas. We beg to inform you that on and p. Althaus. and E. Hermann Schall, after this date the business of theThos. „,, ^f ^^„, Vr^-b- Allen Red Mill Tobacco Co. will be ^" °^ ^^^ 2^,,^^^,^^ conducted under new management. %!*%•%•%* haf becoiif int'elEedr' aS "wui 'iri Tobacco Ifflports at Ncw Yofk conjunction with Mr. Thos. Allen con- Week ended Jan. 4. tinue to manufacture snuff and smok- p,„^ Havana. B.ie» ing tobacco. . , «„ „ . L Friedman & Co 59 We are now prepared to fill all orders , , ,. . „,, promptly, and shall appreciate a con- Manuel banchez 6^ tinuance of your patronage. G W Sheldon <& Co 28 Yours very truly. Wengler «fe Mandell 28 Red Mil^Tobacco^Co.. p^.^„, ^ ^o 26 • • • Jose Lovera Co I^j New Hussey Circular. E Rosenwald & Bro 15 ^, . ,, T r rr. u r. Janes & Davis 10 The A. Hussey Leaf Tjbacco Co. ^^^^^ has issued another of its periodical Hinsdale Smith & Co 7 circulars this month, and which is Hamburger Bros & Co 8 quite up to the high standard set by From Porio Rico. p«i<-. them in point of attractiveness. It Mendelssohn. Bornemann & Co — 34 takes up an interesting discussion on L Hirsch 25 the line of domestic filler tobaccos car- G W Sheldon & Co 15 ried by the house, and which is most R Fabian & Co 10 complete. A Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co 4 " — — " - "The Day After" at The Hub. Retailers Resting After the Holiday Boom. Salesmen Preparing to Resume Hostling for Orders. Display Use of Cigar Boxes. Who's Who in the Trade, and What He is Doing. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" enue Department does not specially 19 Devonshire Street] notify anyone concerning the law. Boston, Mass., Jan. 6. ^ '^^^"^.^"y salesmen who make Bos- „ , , . . J J J . , ton their head(juarters, but left for Trade has quieted down considerably ^^^ york and other places to spend since the First. Although it was ex- the holidays, are now returning in pected it would naturally be quiet after bunches. , . . thfl holidflva this vear it seems to be Lewis B. Snow, formerly in charge the holidays, this year it seems lo oe ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ j^^^^j ^^^^^^ ^^ worse than ever, and the reports reach- ^^^ managing the cigar department ing here from nearby and other towns at Klein's Pharmacy, corner Boylston in the Stite are not very encouraging, and Tremont streets. Gene Brown re- in Lynn the General Electric Co. are *'«T"he^- Thos. Allen Red Mill Tobacco only employing at present 3,000 hands ; q^ Rah way, N. J., has notified the when their factories are busy they trade that they are now conducting employ 17,000. And the large firms in the business under new management. .11 the n,ni town, seem to be working ^ ^Be=^er.^ °iit{?^?om'°Alien"Tn with one-third the usual help. manufacturing the many brands of The holiday trade was well enjoyed snuff formerly manufactured by the by both jobbers and retailers. Many Red Mill Snuff Co. ... >.. • „,:„j^„„ r„, Edward Leader has accepted a posi- retailers are using their windows for ^.^^ ^.^^ Estabrook & Eaton, and I the display of hold-over holiday goods understand that he will put his energies at reduced (?) prices. towards extending the business of the The Watch & Ward Society has been Big Brother accounts. ,. ., . „,^ „„„:„of fk« Nestor-Gianaclis Co., makers of the making another crusade against the ^^^^^^ ^^^ j^^^^, ^^^^^^ cigarettes. storekeepers handling obscene post- ^^^3 started the new year in great cards. During last week they made fashion. Chas. Ellis has two clever 18 arrests and the usual $100 fine was salesmen in C. H. Williams and Louis J . ^. i -4. «* „„„«„ Shapiro, and both are bringing m a imposed in the majority of cases. ^^^^^^ ^^ business. Charley himself The Revenue Office has issued a copy ^oo^ orders one day last week for 157,- of a letter from the department at 000 cigarettes. 1 guess that is going Washington, D. C, to a prominent ci- some. The Nestor brand is on sale gar retailer, in which the law is de- now at all the leading cigar stands tailed as to the proper way to have here, and it is a safe wager that you boxes of cigars on view in the show will find this brand in 80 per cent, of cases, and many of our cut price drug our cigar stores, while Charley's aim stores have already started in to pre- is to reach the hundred per cent. mark, pare their cigar cases to conform with Good luck to you, Charley, the law. Brother Lord, at Wood- Sig Baum, who used to come to ward's, and Mr. Steere, at Metcalf's, Boston in the interest of the Turco- were among the first to do this. In American Tobacco Co., New York, my next letter I expect to have a copy makers of the Omega cigarettes, has of the latest ruling of tre Internal resigned his position, and I understand Revenue Commissioner, so that every he is going to give up the road and re- cigar dealer can read it, as the Rev- tire to private life. Ben Ali. A. COHN 8i CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Bill Flats am ononL^ Tobacco CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Waraboaavs t Addlaon, N. Y. Bitf Plata. N. Y. Mrrldlaa. N. Y. E. Hartford. Cobb. 11 E. A. Calves & Co.. ',m '111. (' "a' #• fm'Em=t/ Wrj ^{^Ci^ERC iv'^vT^^ Resriatered in U. S. Patent Ollloe There are more Imitations of this old established and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars any other ci^ar in the worlcL MANUFA6TER.ED ONLV BY The Juan E Portuondo Cigar Hfj Cd 1110-1116 i'an5oro5t.,Philadelphia. 13 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa, THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste S-S/IN FELieE-5 5c. A HIGH GRADE S ^ CIGAR FOR ^i^m Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio To J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW VORK RESUMING BUSINESS AT YORK Louis EN EU MAN & Co -123*-^ToliG*-*^5T AND PARK.'AVE. N.Y. LABELS & SHOW! TED Many Factories Starting Up After the Holidays. General Expec- tation of Lively Trade Soon. York, Pa., Jan. 6. The trade in general is expected to enliven after this week, and most of the factories will start in on full time today, and with a full force. A few factories which had no pressing orders have been closed since the Friday be- fore Christmas, and the effects of the general curtailment of operations are shown by small sales of cigar stamps which amounted to $66,000 for the month of December. During Decem- ber, 1906, the stamp sales amounted to over $98,000, or over 50 per cent, more than during December of this year. A comparison of the receipts of the two years is as follows: Michael Hose A. F. Brillha.7Ci Dalliis Ciiar C Manufac- turers of 1907. 1906. January $106,167.54 $105,419.01 February 101.756.64 99,366.87 March 103.220.65 102.902.94 April 101,497.14 86.380.98 May 101.589.90 99,250.98 June 94,564.80 101,308.80 July 103.972.41 101,718.95 August 100,665.77 107,621.49 September 99.980.42 102,145.71 October 116,346.42 119.898.30 Novemoer 96,119.65 114.474.46 December 66,000.00 97.380.93 LEAF TOBACCO. SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CX3Ctiy any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0, Total $1,192,181.00 $1,237,810.42 The following announcement, which was issued by Robert M. Granat & Co. on January 2d, came as a surprise to a good many members of the trade- Robert M. Granat & Go. York, Penn'a. Sole Representatives: Liohtenstein Florida Tobacco Co. Quinoy, Florida. January 1, 1908. Mr. Robert M. Granat, formerly of the firm of Gilien & Granat. respect- fully begs to announce that on and after the above date he will engage in the packing and dealing ot leaf to- bacco, under the style and name of "Robert M. Granat & Company." Special emphasis is herewith directed to the fact that an interest has been secured in three of the largest planta- tions in Florida and Georgia whose holdmgs cannot be excelled as regards to style of packing, quality and burn, thereby virtually opening a source for the purchase of Florida at prices that will appeal to the jobber and cigar manufacturer. In addition to the extensive handling of Florida and Gerogia tobaccos, a full line of domestic leaf tobacco is offered at rock bottom figures. The same courteous treatment will be extended to both old and new as- sociations, as in the past. Any in- quiries for prices or samples will be given prompt personal attention. Soliciting your kind patronage, we are, Very respectfully, Robert M. Granat & Co. George A. Hain, since getting back into the retail cigar business at 45 W. Market street, has been doing con- siderable newspaper advertising and is building up a constantly increasing trade. Dallastown has kept up another week of unusual merriment. Following the initiative of John W. Minnich & Son, a banquet was tendered by P. G. Shaw to all his cigar factory employes on New Year's eve. The Merchants' Cigar Box Factory, as has been their custom for several years past, again tendered their annual banquet to all their employes at both the Dallastown and Yoe factories. The company is said to have had a very satisfactory year. W. H. Raab & Sons, of Dallastown, resumed operations in their cigar fac- tory last week, and were among the very first to do so. Other factories, it is expected, will resume today. W. A. Lahr, an enterprising cigar manufacturer at Red Lion, was expect- ing to take possession of a new build- ing for his business on the first of the year. Wolf Bros., after a close down of some days, started up again last week, at their factory in Red Lion. The Red Lion branch factory of Isaac Kohler, at Yoe, has also again started. C. D. Myers, another Red Lion manufacturer, is remodeling his fac- tory, to provide increased facilities. The new factory building of H. F. Kohler, at Jacobus, is now being put into thorough readiness for an active season. Gemmill & Gilien, tobacco dealers and cigar manufacturers at Red Lion have moved into their new brick building along the railroad, and con- template pushing their already exten- sive trade. The building vacated by them on Hyson alley has been secured by Streavig & Herrman, cigar manu- facturers, and they will move into it at once. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. fA Draco Gitfar Mfrf. Co., Philada. E. R0SENWALD & BR0. o i) i) For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. PA. J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Pine Havana OIPARC Hand-Made UIIIMIlO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ^^S THE TOBACCO WORLD ::?::^ ^B^^^^C^ Factory .i').!.! J H. L. WFAVtR E. E. HEAVtR WEAVER 8i BRO. Manufacturers of |^ i X r^ rr c f'o'' Jobbing EEEEVylgalO Trade Only ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars For Quality. Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TBRRB MILL, PA. E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. " DdlVCr Pft. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS V, Cigar Box Facfory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes i> It Will Remove Rankness irom Tobaccc Take Away Mu^tinexs and Give Ciliars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Js Specially adapted to y^i^G; that Peculiar Sourish Etlect desired. Cl.askers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considerin;^ what they do. A Card Will Brinfj More Information and Prices. CHASKEL'S CIGAR A'toBAC^ ^ BEST ^ And ooes Farthest. Cfaaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go* CENTENNIAL, PA. ^1.' ^^£^ ^^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B 0I6AR RIBB0NS 'I/Ian ufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain irsttlnent of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK H. R. TROST &. CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON < CO. for 27 years) LealTph 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. A Good Pair to Go On 0^^*^ 1 Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf Brothers, RED LION, RA. ..Any Plavor Vou Need.. We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor, Hanover, Pa. Propose Anti-Cigarette Law for Michigan. Lansing, Mich., Jan I. In the Constitutional Convention to- day a cigarette discussion that, in the beginning, gave the appearance of having been entered inlo jokingly, passed quickly into the serious stage and resulted in the adoption of a pro- posal prohibiting the manufacture and sale of cigarettes in Michigan. The proposition was carried in com- mittefi of the whole and later was adopted, 56 to 17, in formal seseion. The opposition to the proposal will be renewed when it comes up on second reading. Improvement in Canadian Leaf. Montreal, Can., Dec. 30. Surprising advances have taken place during the last few years in the qual- ity and yield of tobacco in Canada. This is partly due to the fact that t^killed experts in the growing and Lieatment of leaf tobacco have been at wotk instructing the farmer and supplying him with the bfst seeds to produce leaf of high quality and im- proved flavor. Excellent results have been achieved in the counties of Essex and Kent in Ontario, and that province now holds the record for acreage yield of Burley tobacco, showing l,k:50 pounds, as against 870 pounds of the nearest com- petitor, the State of Kentucky. Moreover, in that district of Ontario, known as the "Garden of Canada," the largest yield of tobacco ever re- corded has this year been obtained. It is on the farm of Mr. Seth Em- merson, of Mersea. From one of his fields, measuring two and a half acres, a crop was taken which totalled up to 6,143 pounds. Leaf Tobacco Markets crop has been started in the Vernon county district during the week, where the Bekkedal firm has closed contracts for a number of crops at from 7 to 10 cents for wrapper and binder grades for bundle delivery. This will appear quite a contrast from the prices of a year ago in that* section, and indicates that the pooling idea has not extended to that locality. In the cured leaf market the most important news comes from New York where the sale of 3,500 cases of Wis- consin tobacco is reported made to a large manufacturing firm, though the price named brings a cold shudder to packers, for it must be some points below the first cost of the lot. Local trade does not reach above smal 1 trans actions. The week brought a little more casing weather and stripping is proceeding. Shipments 200 cases.— Reporter. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Local conditions remain unchanged. The growers have their tobacco down and are now stripping. No buyers are yet in the field. —Gazette. EDGERTON, WIS. The new year brings some encourage- ment of brighter things for the tobacco trade. The prospect that financial matters are returning to normal con- ditions gives hope that business will improve all along the line. Informa- tion reaches us that buying of the new HUNTER 3c. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Giiiar Mii. Co., Phila. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Another week has passed and there are no sales of tobacco to report, neither have I heard of a single buyer in this vicinity, or in the whole valley, stirring around after a few cases of tobacco; "just a little to try to de- termine my own opinion of the crop." A good deal of the crop is not number one, that is, according to those who have examined it in a thorough manner, and, if my own judgment is good for anything, although I have seen but little of the crop, as a whole, what 1 have seen has convinced me that a crop which at this time of the year needs more warm weather to cure off the fat and green leaves is not the very best of tobacco, and I cannot doubt fully the word of those buyers who have pa«=8ed through this locality, when they call it a poor crop, taken as a whole. Our correspondents write: Amherst: "1 report the death of a veteran tobacco grower, who has been raising tobacco here for twenty eight years, Patrick Whalen, who died last week of heart trouble. John C. Decker and Walter W. Sanderson opened their tobacco assorting shops Thursday at South Deerfield, but are not employing their full capacity of help as yet." North Hatfield, Mass. : "No sales of tobacco in this vicinity lately and I do not know of a man who expects to sell at present, but all are hopeful of a stir in the market in the early months of the new year, and many are talking of a little lower prices being paid for the crop, as a whole, although some cling to the idea that good tobacco should bring as good prices this year as were received for last year's crop. "—Ameri- can Cultivator. 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY N Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN ^^^THE TOBACCO WORLD SSSS Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY (St CO. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Ueairr in All Giade.v of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples cheerfully •d upon request P. O. Box 96 CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pa. J. K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco United 'Phones ij8 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers In Leaf Tobacco Kear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenne York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Mamifacturers. B. F. 600D & eO. Leaf Tobacco PACKERS and DEALERS in J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, no and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^,Si^ 142 North Market Street LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. TRUMAN D. SHEKTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Avenue Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 OrK, I^U* I IS. D. AUEXANDBR, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. 17 THE TO BACCO WORLD ffXifurACTUirtLii c»r all minds or i38&i4oCcktre:5t MCW YORK« *f< Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER. Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue E. E. THATCHER. Mgr. ISan i'laMCjaco, 3ZU cjansume Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ^ ♦ ♦♦<♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦ .^4.^«««.^^^.^4.4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ -¥ ^ H. F. KOHLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GHADC. HAND MADE and Havana i^ i A ^ and Fine Nickel V^lgaPS For Wholesale aoil Jobbinii Trade Correspondence with Resp-msiblc Houses Invited ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■• ♦♦♦♦ •><»<^^4^4.^ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦»♦•»•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ IT r^clll oolifo Citf)ocimpr)if (^c>iu)imtu McLaughl JOHl McLaughlin. ^t^ti^*^^' nmniM| J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin %%%«%>»»»^%%W^^»»%%| %%»%»%V» PLANNING DESTRUCTION OF THE TOBACCO WORM. Government Expert Gives the Results of His Investigation in the '*Black Patch." Advice to the Growers. Facts and Figures. Hopkinsville, Ky., Dec. 27. The report of A. C. Morgan, the G »vtinment expert, who spent all of fie summer and several weeks in the fa 1 in the dark tobacco district, ex- parimenting with insects which preyed u;)on tobacco, with a view of finding s )nne method by which they might be exterminated and their ravages over- come, has been made public by the Department of Agriculture and it con- tains much of interest to the tobacco xtowera of Kentucky and Tennessee. VI r. Morgan made his headquarters at Clarksville but he visited nearly every county in the dark belt and various experiments were conducted under his tiirection. Mr. Morgan begins his report by r feience to the practice of canvassing of the tobacco beds for the double purpose of affording protection to the plants and also of making it so hot that the insects would be driven out. During the last sprir g though he says Lhe weather conditions were so cool that instead of driving the beetles out lhe canvas afforded them a warm place in which to live and they subsisted on the plants, he estimating that fully 25 per cent, of the shortage in the acre- Uj^e being due to this one cause. He says though that the plants could have ueen saved even under these circum- stances had the farmers used an arsen- ite spray. CUT WORMS. He refers to cut worms and other in- sects with unpronounceable technical names as being somewhat responsible for the damage to tobacco, but says that the loss thus occasioned is over- shadowed by the great pest, the to- bacco worm. Mr. Morgan classes these under two heads, the Northern tobacco worm, Phlegethontius quinquemaculta, and the Southern tobacco worm, Phlege- thontius sexta. He cites the year 1896 as the worst example known of the terrible destruction which can be wrought by these worms. The expert states that in that year whole fields were devastated, the plants being stripped of every part of the leaf ex- cept the mid-rib, and that one farmer did not cure a plant out of a planting of seventy acres. The year following this was a very light worm year and Mr. Morgan says this was due to the large amount of fall plowing which was done. According to Mr. Morgan the crop of 1906 was damaged from 10 to 20 per cent, according to locality, the loss estimated to be $1,000,000. The 1907 crop is estimated to be injured 10 per cent, or $800,000, and it would have been much greater had the use of Paris green been more general. Even at this Mr. Morgan says he does not believe that more than 60 per cent, of the farmers use Paris green. He tested the relative merits of using Paris green and of hand picking as a means of get- ting rid of the worms and found that an acre of tobacco was kept cleared of the worms at a rate of about $1 by using the poison, while it cost $12 per acre to keep the worms out by hand picking. When the tobacco was cut no difference could be told in the weight, texture or length of the leaves or the evidences of damage by worms. He urges the farmers to return to the practice of poisoning the blooms of "jimson weeds" with cobalt. USE OF POISONS. In reference to the use of poisons Mr. Morgan says: "Arsenites were ex- perimented with at the time of the maximum infestation by phlegethon- tius. The best results were obtained by applying Paris green as a dust with air-slaked lime as a carrier, to the under sides of the leaves. Seven washing rains fell during the fortnight following the application, yet at the end of that time there were no worms upon the treated plot. The check plot was nearly eaten up, while the re- mainder of the field, which was dusted with Paris green upon the upper side of the leaves by the grower in accor- dance with the method then commonly in vogue where poison is applied, showed a very considerable infestation by phlegethontius. A wide series of co-operative experiments with arsenites should be made next year." (Concluded next week. ) LAWS AGAINST TOBACCO Early Legislation to Restrict the Use of the Weed. One of the curiosities of early Colonial legislation is the laws enacted against the planting and the use of tobacco. Evidently the magistrates and elders of these days regarded that "creature called tobacko" as one of the many HUNTER fN^?c^2E I is all to the front ; made by I EL DRACO CIGAIL MFG. CO.. PhiUda. emissaries of the devil, against whom it was their duty to wage constant warfare. The planting of it was for- bidden except in small quantities to be used "for meere necessitie, forphisick, for perservaceon of the health, and that the same may be taken privately by ancient men." All keepers of hotels and other pub- lic places were ordered not to "suffer any tobacco to be taken into their houses." If they disobeyed the order, they were required to pay a fine to the "victualler" and one also to "party that takes it." A little later m CZfl/^f/^jyo/ fig€, THE TOBACCO WORLD JOHN D. LONG OFFICE 1 g'^ • FACrORYi No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ I ga TS Cor. Maple & Plum Aves. Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. DlX.ltt^ m HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale -% Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. f65ft»lO^ ^^'psiJTcu^*- MAKER OF Fernside-nd Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tl e Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: Bhe Bear. t5/>e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made W. R. DRUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. SHIRt£K ■i m u. FOR THE V¥hoIe!>ale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union .M nut ' uri 1 s (II Fine Domestic Cigars Hlifhea^t Ouulity Flne-kt Pucka|{e» Wholes.ile and Jo bing Trade only CArrcst>()i dfnce with Active Houses Invited Mc Sherry stown. Pa. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. G^ar WALTER S. BARE, LititaE, Penna. Maker of Ulrfh Orad* Cltfara Exclaalvaly. ■5 et- t>Nci ElOno Union Made 5 -Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Ghas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. CpVMIWQlCS^ H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate 19 THE TOBACCO WORLD '^^m SAiVlLJEU FREY Craley, Ra. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ( C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^^ C^ THF rvnoNr i <^v. rrown ruck m.n^oH^ r L lUl «)U THE CYCLONE j BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c, Samples to Responsible Houses FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the . . , WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. ^Simnlp FrPP ^^^ '^O'* Popular Flavor since 1856 JdlliyiC rice Please Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Fiper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug . J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 the law was changed so that it was forbidden to "take tobacco in any wine or common victual house except in a private room there, so as the mas- ter of said house nor any jzuest there shall take offense thereat, which, if they do, the said person shall forbear upon pain of 2 shillings sixpence for every such offense." No one was permitted to use tobacco "publicquely," not even in his own house, in the presence of strangers. It was against the law for two men to smoke together. In Windsor every user of tobacco was required to procure a physician's certificate before he was permitted to enjoy the obnoxious weed. All smoking was forbidden within two miles of a meeting house on the Sab- bath day. Connecticut, as a great in- dulgence to travelers, allowed a man to smoke orce during a journey of ten miles made not by trains, but afoot or by horse locomotion.— New York Press. Consular Reports on Tobacco. LEAF mm CO. GERMANY. Culture of and Import Dues on Tobacco ih Alsace-Lorraine. An official German report having just appeared relative to the tobacco industry in Alsace-Lorraine for 1906 and to the receipts on imports for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, Consul William J. Pike, of Kehl, has compiled the following review therefrom: The number of tobacco planters in 431 districts under cultivation reached the total of 8.044 in 1906. as against 8,154 in 439 districts in the preceding year. In 1906, 4.023 planters had their tobacco taxed by weight, while the others were taxed by the surface measurement of their plantations; 3,251 acres were under tobacco culti- vation in 1906, against 3,173 acres in 1905. The increase of the tobacco culture in Alsace-Lorraine has resulted from the good prices for tobacco in the pre- vious year ; in 1905 the average price per 220 pounds was $12.47, and in 1904 but $10.25. The members of the Al- sace-Lorraine Tobacco Union procure their seeds, together with a special fertilizer called "Martellin," from the Imperial Tobacco Manufactory of Straasburg, and the latter purchases the greater part of the tobacco grown from its seeds and pays up to $4.76 per 220 pounds more for the tobacco grown according to its instructions than for other tobacco. In the year 1906 8,214,- 793 pounds of tobacco in ripe and dry condition was grown, against 8,060,- 666 pounds in 1905. In general the to- bacco was of such good quality that the prices paid were higher than had been reached since 1879, the average price per 220 pounds being $13.40. For the tobacco harvested in the dis- THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL 0KDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA » NEW YORK \ CHICAGO \ ST. LOUIS i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : N«». 84—86 (Opposite FrascatI). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : S7 RokiA 41 100 Nes. opposite Fraacati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia Constitution ^^r.J'cfJr Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR NFG. CO.. PHIL A. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day ^ftg^s T H E TOBACCO WORLD HIGHEST AWARD AND GOL D MEDAL FOB EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES . AT WORLD'S FAI R . SI . I ( ) i IS. i 5104 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Quality, Lon^ Filler, Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE. BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.000,000 u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. tricts of Hagenau and Schlettatadt the following prices were paid for 220 pounds : District. Hagenau Schlettstadt First quality. 1906 1905 $10.71 $19 99 $9.99 $15.28 14 28- 16.18 12.85- 13.32 Second quality. 1906 1905 $13 09 $16.66 $11.42-$14.76 12.13 14 28 11.42- 11.90 Hagenau Schlettstadt The third quality in Schlettstadt brought $6.18 in 1906 against $2.85 the previous year. The quantity of to- bacco grown in the Saarburg distric amounted to 15,124 pound?, 9.374 of which was sold to the Imperial To- ba CO Manufactory at the rate of $19.- 04 and $11.42 per 220 pounds for the first and second qualities. The prices in the preceding year were $16 GQ and $15.71. The Imperial Tobacco Manu- factory bought 2,653.796 pounds from the different districts. Hagenau fur nishing 317.346. Saarburg 9.374. Schlettstadt 2,065.558, and Stras^burg 261.518. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, the amount paid in taxes on foreign raw tobacco and the manu- facture of tobacco amounted to $105,- 786, as against $413,465 in 1906. INDIA. Two Companies are Greatly Extending their Works. Consul-General William H. Michael, of Calcutta, contributes the following notes on the developing tobacco indus- try in India: The Peninsular Tobacco Company, with factories at Karachi, has. it is officially reported, also decided to erect factories at Monghyr, where the land necesssary for the purpose has already RUTHERFORD ^^'^L^dI^''^ from the factory of El Draco Giijar Mii, Co., Philada. been acquired, and the company's agents have begun to collect tobacco leaf from far and wide. The new in- dsutry will, it is anticipated, increase the importance of Monghyr as a manu- facturing and trading center. There will be a considerable addition to the demand for labor and cultivators will get better prices for their crops and be stimulated to improve its quality, as the company only seeks the better forms of the Itaf. The British American Tobacco Com- pany, doing business in India, has ac- quire] a fine property about 200 miles north of Calcutta and is rapidly ^n larging its cigar and cigarette bui^ines s. NORWAY. Importers Buy Principally Through Bremen. Consul F. S. S. Johnson, of Bergen, reports that sales of American tobacoo in Norway are made from commission houses at Bremen, and knows of no wholesale dealers in Norway. He has tried to get Norwegian manufactures to purchase direct from American firms, but thus far without avail. The large cigar factory at Christiania is the only concern which imports direct from America. Direct Importation of American Tobacco. Reporting later (November 1.^), Con- sul Johnson says that the 'irst direct importations of American tobacco have been made at Bergen. One shipment from Baltimore consisted of 586 casks of tobacco. The weight of this lot was about 351.000 kilos (kilo equals 2 1-5 pounds) and the customs duties 800,000 kroner (krone, 26.8 cents). Another cargo consisted of 792 hogsheads of tobacco from Norfolk, Va., the customs duties on which amount to 1,125,000 kroner. —So easy to give good advice ; and so hard to shell out a dollar to the poor devil in hard luck. La Imperial Cigar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FilNE CIGARS HoEiz, Renna. "f/v knoy^s a yood Thuty whe/Lhe seu-St ^ 10c== UNCLE JOSS="5c Pretty Bessie i York Nick. . Sc. Best Known..] Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 3 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence wi;h the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 25,(XX) per day. Telegraph- York, Pa. A^, --^ r^r^^^f Offcir* ^ *®*^ Filling $2.00 Fountain Pen and "Tlie Tobacco World*' V^Lir VJIt>al Vylid • for one year. <|[Both for $1.50; the Retiular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one^ of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac- A P]f*Qf sPt^SS Sclf Filling Pcfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with the best of its kind in the market. Every pen is solid gold, 14k., point tipped with genuine irridium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen ; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifiing cost. 0 ANY PERSON sending us $1.50. we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen. postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name*for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco World." Should you already he a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended one year from the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign suDscriptions, which cost $1.00 additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ) 21 a^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B' S^ttWR. SONS 4 cOMp Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. 22 Weidman Bros. & Moy er Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING "'° wo°rk*°^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinkinti Sprint^, Pa. Established 1801 INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, I^lbbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. S^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ;'5m«^ Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Productn Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes munuiactured SVrite for prices and full particulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works L^ndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established IS'M— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission IVlerclianls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Manufacturers and Importers of Havana Ci^ar Flavors, Casing Wines, Gums, Extracts, Belnnes, Sweetenings and Specialties for All Kinds of Tobaccos. E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Caveats, Trade Marks, Jl3.lCT1lS Design-Patents, Copy rights, etc. '''''ZTcntr'' John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. >o ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•• ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦^^^ ♦ METAL CNBOSSLD LABELS (HE f AL PKINlLr < ^ or ^^ 4 ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ll» 4l# f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street. Fhiladelphia. IKLKFHONE 1561 ^ LITHOGR.APHING >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ :;♦ %x ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^ SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« -•••- JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS o American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilbur n Tobacco Co, Blackwcll Durham Tob.icco Co, Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WILL PAY YOU '" '^^ "' "'^'^^'^ """" I ordering ifuutls elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS of Ihe ff>il(>Mlnrf uooci as uovernment oonds Keui»ifr.d Hraods ^'BRILLIANT STAR" ^ .ar Havar.a . IQc. "S. B.*' -""K •! i'i'«i H^N.ir.ii 5c» -KAThLEEN O'NEIL" .... 3c. "VULLTA SPRIGS" n^ McIKhv cgar . 5c. I ht'S)' l\iiiiios Si II til Merit unci ( c.n\lanll> Ke|i< ill . I I > I Ill-Ill 4i> (1 JuOtif for ^ ulli .Nt-lf >. Ii> lhi> l'ucl >c\fr ^liuis l)«iv«n . . SIAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO NEW MOLLAIND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O 1 IN I A P E R I Q U E i MIXTURE 5Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK i. E. A. Calves & Co.^:^c::> Havana, 123 North Third street IMUnOTCDQ /%«** -X* DUII AnCTI QUIA ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA :>c QBMg THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S W. A. LAHR HATH3SELEH .Old Ag£ Tells The S TORY Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondt^ncf invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. J ■*-4 w -• I 'Vs. ^v i'- S. Oep ""'""^OfAg^.^ltun Established in 1881. 1 [.,No. 3. ) Vol. XXVIII. PIlILAnELPIlIA and NEW YORK, JANUARY LI, 1908. f One Dollar I Payable in One Dollar per Annum. Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia r UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACTIRERS OF CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE Ct:',/:,i:,r) Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOO:;S INDEPENDENT FACTORT RICMMOISD, VA. r J V '^ p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OK LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ^ r J V Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROBDER & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York gg^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^fe. r CHARLES M. QUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED V (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) iiir M. & Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada, (NICKELBY. 5c.) W. W. STEWART & SON Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN BAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Sc. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Guaranteed Strictly Hand Made Imported Sumatra Wrapper Long Havana Filler CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. First District PeoDa. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown. Pa HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS. INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. ru/ Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. 1. .S()lo Owners and Manufacturers I— CUTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. T.». 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, NEW YORK Wanted p- Co |i2k ' CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I O r O d 1 1; I Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 3 PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 15, 1908 One Dollar the Year CIGAR TRUST BEHIND SLOT FLORIDA INVITES KENTUCKY MACHINE RAID. TOBACCO GROWERS. PROSPERITY IN MICHIGAN. KENTUCKY'S TOBACCO WAR. Not a Reform Wave, But Tobacco Fight ior Trust Supremacy. Chicago, III., Jan. 10. A local paper last Sunday came out with a statement that recent raids on slot machines were at the' initiative of the Cigar Store Trust, and said : Speculation as to the identity of the interests behind the arrest and prosecu- tion of sixty-one down-town saloon iceepers and cigar dealers for operating "penny-in-the-slot" gaming devices yesterday ended when it was shown that the United Cigar Stores Company is the actual prosecutor. It was learned that Lloyd C. Whit- man, the lawyer who secured the war- rants, and the six private detectives who developed the evidence, were hired by the retail cigar trust to rid the city of the miniature gambling machines. Business rivalry is said by those who claim to have definite knowledge of the affair to be behind the move. The in- 'dependent stores, it was stated, were winning a large amount of business from the trust stores through the use of the gambling machines, which usually won about as much as they lost for the dealers, but brought increased sales. The cases were continued until Jan. 30, yesterday, at Harrison street police station, when Whitman failed to ap- pear. Only consideration for the as- sistant state's attorney assigned to his court, who recommended the warrants, stayed Judge Newcomer from wiping the prosecutions off the docket. At Whitman's office yesterday after- noon it was said that he had gone to Detroit on business. Attorneys Edward Morris, Jacob Ring, Julius R. Klein and John K. Prindiville represented the Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co.»-l'^l'Ml^--^^:il-lli'^<^«.^^>^^>^^><^^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Preclnta or Stamp. .IMPORTANT^ NOTICE... i. • 4^— o<»«iia in i*f« ftptuai Size of the Precinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigar and Cigaretto ManufI5?u?e?s' U^^on^of the' [StnTof G^ ^a guL^^?^ Cigarettes an^d Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made m Cuba by the I"^«P-t".\" .,,„p ,«.eh.d to .ny box of Cigar, and Cigarette, or to any package, of Cut Tobacco nvean. that tho.e Ci- lar. Cigarette. alrCut Tobacco Have been made in Habana. Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Le*f Jrown in the lamou. Vuelta Aba^. gar.. Cigarette, and Cut ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ RETAILERS. IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. TAMPA INDUSTRY IMPROVING. Meeting of Manufacturers. Ce- lestino Vega's Visit. Box Fac- tory Increasing Forces. Tampa, Fla., Jan. 11. The Clear Havana Cigar Manufac- turers' Association held a general meet- ing recently and nearly every firm which is a member of the association was represented. The special business for consideration was the ditferences which have been pending for some time past between the manufacturers and the selectors. The situation had become very unsatis- factory to the manufacturers, and they resolved to take action which would bring about a better state of affairs. A resolution was adopted reciting that, whereas, the manufacturers some time ago met the selectors more than half way in their efforts to establish permanently peaceable relations, and after waiting on them a long period they had not received any response, hereafter the selectors will only be paid for the time actually worked. It was also resolved that any manufac- turer who violates this resolution will be suspended from membership in the association for three months. The matter was very thoroughly dis- cussed and the action on the matter was practically unanimous. Celestino Vega, head of the firm of Celestino Vega & Co.. which began business in its handsome new factory in Drew's subdivision of Northwest Tampa about five months ago, in con- versation with the writer several days ago, stated that while last year was an unfortunate one for the manufacturers of clear Havana cigars, he is still very well satisfied with the present con- ditions and the prospects for the future. "I am thoroughly convinced that Tampa is the place of all places for the manufacture of clear Havana cigars," said Mr. Vega. "We have advantages here which are not afforded by any other location, and 1 am very glad that I moved my factory to Tampa. "The possibilities of the expansion of the clear Havana cigar business in Tampa are limited only by the supply of tobacco from Cuba. The markets of this country would take an im- mensely increased quantity of our ci- gars, if we could furnish them." Mr. Vega reports that he has a very good file of orders with which to begin the new year. The Tampa Box Company's factory has been running with somewhat re- duced force for some time past, but orders have been piling in at such a rate this week that an immediate in- crease will be necessary. "The box factory is a very reliable indicator of conditions in the cigar in- dustry," said Manager Wilson. "Nearly all of the orders placed with us within the past few days were rush orders, and that shows very clearly a sharp improvement in the cigar busi- ness. "Prospects for the future appear to me to be entirely satisfactory." Several cigar manufacturers who have been questioned within the present week have expressed the opinion that next year will be a very prosperous one for them, and already there are signs which indisputably indicate that this estimate is correct. American Quits Frankfort, Ky. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 10. Tthe American Tobacco Company has given instructions to the represen- tatives here to rent out their ware- house, or rehandling house, at Frank- fort, and cease business until further notification. This is construed to mean that if the company buys the pooled tobacco of the Burley Association at Winchester, the inspection of which was to begin last week, it will need no more Burley tobacco at this time, and all the buyers in the Burley district will be with- drawn for a time at least. On the other hand, it is contended that it may mean that the American Tobacco Com- pany has decided to buy no more to- bacco at all. not even the pooled to- bacco. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL at Jamestown Exposition. White Rolls Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street. Philadelphia. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straight Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time -We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Sch!aeger& Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on appli'^ation. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ HUNTFJ^—A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelberger & Noll, ROBESONIA, PA. s ^^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B (9EO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Third St, PiULlDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. tsfial Tobacco Brokers JUO K2tC6 ^t*nf •! J 1 I.' and Commission Merchants. A I\ll8tClClplll Long Distince TelephonCj Market 3025. Cable Address, "Helland. Lancaster" Telephone Servic* JOHN F. HEILAND & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND DEALERS Leaf Tobacco Eastern Agents MaGee Tobacco Case Representinif Ocortfe H. Rumrlll. Janesvllle. Wis.; y| Q 17 f^l^ A i^ d i i th. MLnil Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.. ^Q Li. LllieStnilt iJlTeet Dayton, O.; The Krobn Tobacco Co., Windsor, Cl.« Downard & Koklnii. Cincinnati, O.s F. W. Dohrmann & Son. Cincinnati, 0.| Valskey & Helland. Litltz, Pa. P. O. Box 178 LANCASTER, PA. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra, Havana ¥ 11 A t1 rfl^D A f^t^f\ and Domestic Llj Af 1 UlJ ALlLU N. E. Cor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. John U. Fehr Established 1883 Geo. N. Fehr J. U. Fehr & Son Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St., 101 to 107 S. 7th St.-, READING, PA. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LEAF Tobacco B. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIE VELENCHIK BROS. ""••"tr'in LEAF TOB/iee© Sumatra and Havana 154 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: m-m N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. r L. O. HAELSSERMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSEBMANN • U. O. HAEUSSERMANN <& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. • 6 THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA The Havana Leaf Market in 1907. Report of Stocks on Hand, Receipts and Sales of Leaf Tobacco in Havana for the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 1907. Statistics and Estimates Carefully Collected for The Tobacco World. First Business Week of 1908 Opened Very Quietly. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, January 6, 1908. The market during the opening week of the new year has not shown any ac- tivity to speak of, as the transactions have been small, not reaching 1,000 bales. This abnormal state is due to the tightness of money, and until the national banks in the United States have recovered entirely from the low «bb of their reserves, and are prepared to give their mercantile customers the necessary legitimate credit to which they are entitled, no lasting improve- ment can take place in our market. The buyers who have visited us lately have shown some anxiety to post them- selves about the class of goods to be found here and to know the rock bottom prices, but they have operated only very sparingly, just enough to have a few goods on hand to show their cus- tomers in the North. The majority, however, have openly stated that they will be back here in a month or six weeks, as by that time the financial situation ought to be normal again. The following statistics of our leaf market for the year 1907 are presented to the readers of The Tobacco World to show figures which, while partly esti. mated, ought to be approximately cor- rect : Bales Jan. 1. 1907. Stocks of all kinds of leaf in first hands at Havana 25,000 Dec. 31, 1907. Receipts from the country at Havana dur- ing the 12 months by rail- roads, steamers or sailing vessels 402,316 Received during the same per- iod by carts, electric rail- way, including bundled to- bacco (estimated) 20,000 Total 447,316 Bale. Sales reported from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1907 107.738 Number of bales pur- chased direct in the country by manu- facturers of Havana and a few from the United States (esti- mated) 150,000 Sales which were per- haps omitted in re- porting (estimated) 19,578 277,316 Balance of stocks on hand of all kinds of leaf at Havana. Jan 1, 1908 170,000 Estimated Tobacco Crop of the Island of Cubala 1907. Bales Receipts from the country by railroads, steamers and sail- ing vessels at Havana from Jan. 1. to Dec. 31, 1907 402,316 Receipts by carts and electric railways during the same period 20.000 Estimated stocks in the hands of farmers of Vuelta Abajo andPartido 10.000 Estimated stocks in the hands of farmers or dealers of the eastern end of the island, and including shipments made direct from ports like Santiago de Cuba, Manza- nillo, Cienfuegos. Gibara and Caibarien. as well as con- sumption by the small local manufacturers 19,678 LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO MUNir VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBA(XO ••Angel?''H.vana RciIVaL 20, HaVaHaL p. O. Box« SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 PLANTATIONS In VUELTA ABAjO at •* PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS Tobacco NEW YORK 165 Front Street and ESCOJIOAS: PUERTA de GOLPE SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTl SPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty Less received in 1907 up to April 5. of the 1906 crop. . . . 451.994 9.994 Total crop of the island of Cuba in 1907.. 442,000 Comparisons. Crop in 1905 483,000 bales Crop in 1906 294,000 " Crop in 1907 442,000 " Divisions In Round Numbers. 1905 1906 1907 Rales " Vuelta Abajo... 265,000 138,000 235,000 Semi Vuelta.... 25,000 13,000 25,000 Partido 58,000 Remedios 120,000 Mayari, Yara, Gibara. Mani- caragua from Cienfuegos... 15,000 42.(X)0 55,000 92,000 110.000 9.000 17.000 CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Clfiara 1 O'Reilly St. bS^ Habana, Cuba Total .... 483.000 294,000 442,000 These figures speak for themselves GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especial idad en Tabaco de Sania Clara de Primera Claae AMISTAD 97, Cable: -CASIM" HABANA* H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA IS INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^' H. UPMANN CIGARS (hamna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA m M€^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^H BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ^' SOL" Brand Finest f aclta Abajo Tobacco kclosively Iff, ^Bfif^^i yitw NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YC a 4^BANB^ The lOQl Best Cigars Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca, Proprietors i<^4 Industria Street Cable: ciFMR Habaua, Cuba Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba *^):!Ji Aatere' GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS, Especialidad en TABAGOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 p. O. Box, Apartado 270 ¥1 ^ U.^ — . -^ Cable: ZALEZGON IiaUQl IQ A VBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 ^'"oNiLEVA Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Grrowers, Packers and Dealers in FIGURAS 39-41. CaWe: "Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA Leaf Tobacco IVNO DIAZ 1. RODBIOUEZ B. DIflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA r>.ki. AJJ..... ••jrk«irr>AVBrk>> Correspoodence Solicited In Enillak • Cable Addresat "JOSECAYBO' • S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CRSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Jiavana Iieaf Tobacco Igido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A LOMB^NUNMZ HA VAN A CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM EVARISTO GABCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abaio CON VBGAft PROPIAS 8 San Nicolas 126 y 128 c»b'« "joMAcrRcu** MABANAr CUBA ^^Kthe tobacco world^^^ Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA Neptuno 170-174 - - - Cable — Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo and require no further comment, ex- with a sale of several vegas. as he cept that if the strike here, and the thoroughly understands that it is ad- crisis in the Unit«»d States, had not visable, under present circumstances, greatly curtailed the consumption of to dispose of tobacco at the best condi- Havana tobacco they would have been tions obtainable. PABLO PEREZ CANOIOO OBEaO entirely different as regards stocks on hand and sales during the year. SHlea during the week figure up to 897 bales, consisting of 372 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 125 of Partido and 400 of Remedios. I. Dankowitz left by the Saratoga, after having gone over our market very thoroughly. He left well satisfied with his purchases. Cardenas & Co. were sellers of 100 bales of Remedios for export. This Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Buyers from the United States pur- house is rapidly forging ahead in the chased 475 bales ; European exporters tobacco trade. 250, and local manufacturers 172., Buyers Coin« and Go. Arrivals : — Louis and Aleck Go!d- schmidt, of L. Goldachmidt & Co., New York; J. A. Lozano, of F. Lozano & Son, Tampa; G. W. Nichols and A. Bernhard Lichtenstein, who left also by the Saratoga on the 4th inst, in- vested but moderately, but expects to return later. He took along enough samples of his stocks on hand to show to his Northern customers. Gonzalez & Miguel were sellers of Spiritus sections. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since Vuelta Abajo Artolozaga, Key West and New York. ^^^ ^^^ ^nd capaduras Remedios at rul Returned :-Joe Mendelsohn, of M -^^^ ^^-^^^^ This house also is holding Suarez&Co.. Jose Rodriguez (Pepin) ^^^^ ^^ the most desirable tobacco of and Donato Arguelles of the Romeo y ^^^ Remedios, Montezuelo and Sancti Julieta cigar factory, Havana ; Manuel Martinez (Bolero), from Spain. Departures :— Bernhard Lichtenstein, I. Dankowitz, S. Puppin and Mark Pol- lack, for New York. Havana Clsar Manafactnrcra are working leisurely, as orders on Semi Vuelta hand are not too plentiful with most of Partido them, particularly from the United Matanzas States. Remedios& S.Clara 1,148 Great Britain and Germany continue Santiago de Cuba 115 to be the chief markets for our manu- facturers. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 700,000 ci- gars during the past week and are still very busy. Sol is active, and Behrens & Co. started in the new year with fresh im- fLeaf Tobaccol ">_ . ^ VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veitaa Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. Dec. 31 Bales 464 232 22 7 Jan. 1 Bales 230,739 21,885 40,188 904 94,959 13,641 Total 1.988 402,316 Louisville Will Soon Boom. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10. Supt. P. F. McCarthy, of the Hum- JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA mel & Vogt branch of the American petus to fill the numerous orders from ^jg^^ Company, Jackson and Jacob Europe. streets, announced today that the fac- Eden, of Calixto Lopez & Co., is in ^^^.y^ which has been closed down dur- receipt of a good amount of orders from ing ^^e holidays, had reopened with the United States, England and Ger- many, and has all the business the fac- tory can attend to fcr the present. BnrlnVf Selllnv and Other Ffotea of Interest. a full force of employes. The plant had been closed in order that some changes might be made which will facilitate its work. It is one of the largest establishments in Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez opened the new Louisville, and its payroll adds much to year by making a sale of over 100 the prosperity of the city. The mana- bales, and are ready to meet the com- gers say that the business outlook is so ing buyers in a liberal and fair spirit, bright and they have so many orders on as they are thorough merchants and hand that they will keep the plant run- understand fully that not every crop of ning at its full capacity for an in- tobacco is a profitable one for the definite period. packer or dealer. They are holding '^^***** some very choice vegas, the best which Au^USta Will Have Cigarettes. the year 1907 has produced. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 10. A. M. Calzada & Co. closed out 100 Over ninety firms and corporations bales of Remedios and are still holders had registered up till noon of the second of a large quantity of choice packings business day of the month, and the which they will be glad to show to the remarkable showing in this registration coming buyers. Don Antonio M. Cal- is the large number that will sell zada, who has lived for some time in cigarettes. the States, is thoroughly familiar with There were twenty-nine that regis- the demands of the American trade, tered for that purpose so far, which is and can always be found at Monte 156. considered unusual in view of the going S. Ruppin, who arrived last week, out of whiskey, as all the whiskey left again by way of Tampa on the 4th sellers took out this license last year, inst.. after having made some pur- Of this nearly a hundred registra- chaaes of fine leaf. tions, the most were from corporations, Perez & Obeso. — Don Pablo Perez, and these same will have to also regis- who is looking after the interests of ter with the Secretary of State under his house in the Vuelta Abajo, has been enactment passed two or three years sending in good news to his firm, of ago. their packings and holdings there, and Don Candido Obeso, who in the mean- time has been looking after the affairs Are Popular of the house here, opened the new year Because They Please the Consumer. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 90 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable 'Cald*" RUTHERFORD ^'^^^cfc^^I^^^ EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. ISOWaterSi.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to ordars Cigars made strictly of very beflt Vuelta Abajo Tobacco 9 THE TOBACCO WORLD Office, JERNUST ELLINGER & CO. ms. 87-89 pine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York TORAr.rO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK, j LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES: DETROIT, MICH. .AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, JO8. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. of Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Importers and Packers Starr Brothers LiEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS and PACKERS of ■■Ublished 1888 131 Water Street NEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE! 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 i Q o ia7« 4 ^ ^ Q # Amsterdam, Holland. 1 » 3 WQ t e F S t. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA-T-i^K^i^i^i^ and SEED LEAF lUUQtxL^U 185 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco ^ Florida Sumatra N D No. 138 Water Street. NEW YORK New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York Leaf Market. The leaf tobacco market is not yet active by any means, although sales- men now on the road are sending orders for odd lots needed for immediate use. Inquiries are growing somewhat, and a general opinion prevails that, although it may yet n quire some time, factories will resume with greater activity and their needs will become sufficiently urgent to enliven the leaf trade. • • • Cl^ar Manufacturers. The cigar industry has not resumed in the way which everyone would like to have seen it, yet a great many are working along with moderate forces. Salesmen are just beginning to go out in force, and since the manufacturers generally are very confident that there is going to be at least a little modera- tion in the price of leaf tobacco, they are looking more hopefully at the situ- ation. One thing is certain, and that is that few if any will adopt a policy of general retrenchment, for not only will they not decrease their usual force of salesmen but everyone will start out in a spirit of earnestness and endeavor to more than cover their last year's deficit in an expected increase of output. • • • Last Week's Hearing. The hearing of witnesses in the Gov- erment's suit against the American Tobacco Co. was continued last week and fairly good progress was made. Yet it is expected that the session will last until the latter part of January, when it will be necessary for the Gov- ernment's prosecutor to transfer the hearing to the South and Middle West. Among the first witness called to tes- tify was John Conley, Jr., Treasurer of the Conley Foil Company. The witness said that his company paid dividends of 29 per cent, in 1904, 26 per cent, in 1905, 15 per cent, in 1906 and 15 per cent, in 1907. The capital stock of the company, he said, was $825,000 in 1907 and the surplus for the same period was $275,000. When the witness was asked why his company's connection with the Johnton Tin Foil Company was kept a secret he explained that owing to a strike in their own factory it was feared a sym- pathetic strike would break out there if the connection was known. Mr. Con- New York, January 14. Swartz company, the whole matter was dropped. Karl Jungbluth, President of the MacAndrews & Forbes Company, a subsidiary concern of the American Tobacco Company, and the principal licorice paste manufacturer of the country, said the stock oi. his company was $3,785,000, with a surplus of $818,880. Questioned concerning the dividends of 1906, Mr. Jungbluth said it had paid the guaranteed dividend of 6 per cent, on its preferred stock and 15 per cent, on its common stock. The dividend of 1907 had not been declared, but wit- ness thought it would be about the same, with probably a $200,000 increase of its surplus. Attorney McReynolds then began the examination of independent tobacco dealers. The first witness called was David H. Schulte. who has a chain of stores in New York. Mr. Schulte testified that, while his own business has prospered since the United Cigar Stores Company entered the field, his profit had decreased fr«m 28 to 30 per cent, to less than 15 per cent. He said that he believed the policy of the United Cigar Stores Com- pany is to get control of the retail business in this city and exclude small dealers, many of whom, he said, have been forced out of business. He testi- fied that the number of tobacco job- bers has materially decreased since the formation of the Metropolitan Tobacco Company, a subsidiary corporation of the American Tobacco Company. A. H. Hillman, who is one of New York's best known independent job- bers, testified that the number of to- bacco jobbers in New York city had decreased from 175 to scarcely 20 since the advent of the Metropolitan Tobacco Company, a jobbing subsidiary of the defendant company assigned to this territory. Vice President W. R. Harris, of the American Tobacco Co., was recalled during the week for further question- ing concerning the operations of the British-American Tobacco Co. The latter company owns, according to the witness, the majority of the stock of tobacco companies in many foreign countries, most of which sell cigarettes principally. He denied that the British-American Company con- 10 ley was then questioned concerning the trolled the tobacco trade of China, and said that he wished it did. Among the company's competitors in China he mentioned the Japanese Government. He testified that in China, as in a majority of the countries of Europe and the Orient, the tobacco products sold were made from Ameri- can leaf. William H. Butler, connected with the Kinney Tobacco Co., told of the first combination between his com- pany, the Kimball Tobacco Co., Allen & Ginter, and Goodman & Co., cigar- ette manufacturers. The combination had been brought about, he said, by the American Tobacco Co.. the object be- indictment and conviction of James Flood, foreman of the Conley Foil Company, for attempting to get in- formation concerning the Myers Swartz factory at Kingston, N. Y. Mr. Con- ley admitted that he employed Flood to find out the whereabouts of a former employe of the Conley company named Hanson, v;ho, he said, knew several of the manufacturing secrets of the company. As soon as it was learned that Hanson was employed by the Constitmion ^^^^ and Havana stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. # • i For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARGIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and OnondagOL Tobacco CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED War.hoaseai Addiaoo. N. Y. Bia Flata. N. Y. Meridian, N. Y, E. Hartford. Conn. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom t 313 and 313 West Grant Street Correspondenc. Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach of AH ing to make a greater profit by reduc- ing operating expenses. • a • Wilson Joins Merrlam's Staff. A. Boyd Wilson, who had been with Trujillo & Co., has joined the selling staff of John W. Merriam & Co.. of Roycroft fame. No particular terri- tory has as yet bee» allotted to Mr. Wilson, who has been given the liberty to visit his many old patrons as here- tofore. • • • Gosantfes & Genslor In Bankruptcy Schedules in bankruptcy of the Co- sanges & Gensior Tobacco Company, 155 Bowery, show liabilities of $44,968 and nominal assets $25,327 Among the creditors are I. N.Vaughan & Co., Rich- mond, Va.. $30,576, partly secured, and J. C. Brasswell & Co.. Rocky Mount, N . C, $1,338. ^ ^ ^ Sutter's Neat Brochure. Louis P. Sutter & Bro. have just sent out to the trade a neat little bro- chure calling special attention to their present line of tobaccos. They call at- tention specially to their Florida wrap- pers, Connecticut Broadleaf, Onondago and imported Porto Rico fillers, and Rutherford •="si,«r'"' are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. Sjtter's Zimmer Spanish. It is artiit- ically gotten up. nicely printed, and upon the whole can't fail to prove very interesting to everyone who receives a copy. 0 9 9 News Notes. Charles E. Rockel. of Rockel Bros. & Co., of St. Louis, spent several days in the New York leaf market last week, after having visited Lancaster and other Pennsylvania points. He left for his home on Thursday last. E. J. Stoltz, formerly with E. H. Gate Cigar Co.. has associated himself with the Sanchez y Hermanos, and will leave about the middle of the month for the Pacific Coast trip, in the interest of the Shamrock and other brands of that house. Wilkes-Barre Co. Nay Build. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 10. At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Penn Tobacco Company which will be held next month the question of the new factory building for this company will be definitely de- cided, as will be the question of site. The company contemplates the erec- tion of a large new factory but have been waiting on the Greater Wilkes- Barre movement before making a de- cision. The company owns valuable real estate in Hanover township and if this section is to be annexed so that fire protection will be afforded the building will be erected in that end of the city. JOSH BILLINGS ^ 3c. Cigar ' (4 There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. I* A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars 1 They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N 6 WafK, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. 11 E. A. Calves & Co.«. Retail dealers are not over jubilant with the present amount of business they are doing, but all are, we may say, in a hopeful mood, and confidently expecting a gradual improvement as the month progresses. H. C. Ellis, of Arthur Hagen & Co., a few evenings ago tendered his annual dinner to the heads of the various de- partments of the firm and the salesmen, which took place at Mr, Ellis's home, and proved a thor jughly enjoyable affair. We have learned from a private source that J. Harvey McHenry, the junior member of the firm of Arthur Hagen & Co., has undertaken the superintendeney of a truck farm in Delaware county, to which he will this year devote all his spare time. We have also been given on the Q. T, to understand that a sectet process has been discovered in raising a certain species of cabbage, which when prop- erly handled and treated has great commercial value, and that he hoped to some day have the tobacco trust awaken to a hitherto untold revelation. Charged with stealing a box of ci- gars from the store of Mrs, Jennie Moonshine, at 1214 South Second street, Harry Morris, 17 years old, who says his home is in Buffalo, N. Y., was last week held in $500 bail for court by Magistrate Coward in the Seventh and Carpenter streets station house. Fire started Sunday evening in the cellar of a wholesale cigar and tobacco store kept by Benjamin Horwitz, at 260ti-2H08 Richmond street, and caused a loss approximating $5,000. Horwitz had several thousand dollars' worth of stock in 'he cellar, and in the last few days had kept a fire in the heater because of the damp weather. 'The heater fire was extinguished Sun- day, however, and Horwitz and his family left the house to call on friends. It is supposed that the blaze was caused by spontaneous combustion. The flames caught the slot gas meter, which ex- ploded, scattering money in all direc- tions. J. P. Tuckerman, head of the match department of Arthur Hagen & Co., has rounded an excellent year's busi- ness, and sales have assumed propor- tions far beyond expectations. A trifling fire occurred at 1 o'clock this morning at Casimir Shakel's cigar 12 store, 4774 Stiles street, Frankford. Mrs Casimir was awakened by the smoke, and the family got out quickly. A smouldering cigarette is supposed to have started the blaze. Among recent visitors in this city was G. M. Booker, head of the Booker Tobacco Co., of Lynchburg, Va., which claims to be an independent concern, and making a five cent package of ten all tobacco cigarettes called "Burley Cubes" little cigars. After having visited several jobbing houses Mr. Booker closed arrangements with Arthur Hagen & Co. as general selling agents here. Salesmen were almost immediately started with a line of new samples, and met with a hearty recep- tion from the trade. The first ship- ment of goods was received on Monday, but they had been already more than over ordered so that it was necessary to split orders to supply everyone with at least some of the new goods until more could be gotten from the factory. Fred L. Sigmund, of 8317 Bouvier street, was held in $500 bail by Magis- trate Scott this morning on the charge of selling slot machines used for gam- bling purposes. Special Policeman Knox, of the 30th District, testified that he had located a number of these machines in cigar and candy stor<>s in his district, and was told by the own- ers of them that Sigmund had repre- sented the machines as "protected." '*If the police bother you," Sigmund is alleged to have said to purchasers, "just hand them this business card of mine and they will keep their hands off." After several of the purchasers of the machines had testified that Sig- mund had said they were "protected," the defendant denied that he had sold the gambling devices with any under- standing that they were immune against police interference. Persistent missionary work is being kept up throughout the city in further exploitation of the White Rolls cigar- ettes, by means of signs, window dis- plays, etc., and sales are growing at a steady and rapid rate. Frank Hidalgo, a cigar manufacturer and dealer at Gratz and Diamond streets, has caused the arrest of Harry G. Miller, giving his address at Eigh- teenth and Berks streets, on the charge of false pretense, in giving Hidalgo a check for $5, which proved worthless, C. K. Hengst, a manufacturer of cigars at Lancaster, has been here to replenish his stock of high grade leaf used in the manufacture of his brands. Mr. Hengst has what may be called an exclusive business, and a very desirable box trade. Quiteanumber of members of the Lancaster trade are having their private smokers made up by Mr. Hengst. I. H. Kegereis, a veteran leaf tobacco dealer of Richland Station, was a casual visitor in this market, getting ideas of the new year's prices, but which he found had not materially changed since his last visit. BOSTON TRADE NOTES. Doings in the Local Trade. Vis- itors Coming and Going. Men- tor Co. Working Vigorously. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., Jan. 13. George Farrant and R. D. Carnes (Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co.) have both returned from their brief holiday vaca- tion spent in Norfolk, Va. The Savory cigarette, domestic made, is expected to make its Boston debut about the fifteenth of February. Lynn- haven and Zoma, the new brands of Turkish cigarettes made by the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., are also to make their first appearance on or about the same date. The Mentor Co. put out a crew of salesmen this week taking orders for their original Ramly cigarettes. The deal consists of three packages of Mentor cigars free with each 250 box. Most of our jobbers have placed trial orders for Ramly, and with Dick Lawrence at the head of the sales de- partment of the Mentor Co. great doings are expected in a short while. Fred Winkler (Charles Morris & Co.) was in town this week, looking after the sale of La Integridad, their leading brand. D. B. Bendheim, representing the pipe department of the Metropolitan Tobacco Co., is expected to reach The Hub this week. The new store of the Codman Cigar C'o., on Washington street, is now open for business. The store is a very neat one and well stocked, and all it now needs is business. Frank H. Dowell, who for many years has represented the cut plug de- partment of the A. T. Co., in this sec- tion, has been transferred to the State of Maine, with headquarters at Port- land. J. H. Mulligan, who recently worked this territory on the Fore'n Aft to- bacco, is now working for the R. A. Patterson Tobacco Co., under E. E. Steeves, New England representative. R. H. Moncure, with the cigarette department of the tobacco trust, known as "the fellow who was born in Virginia," has been transferred to New Orleans. Mr. Moncure made many friends while working this terri- tory, and who now regret his departure. P. J, Cox, who was the manager of the cigarette department for the to- bacco trust, has been transferred to Northern New York State, His suc- cessor here is E. J. Busch, who ap- pears to be a clever fellow and will no doubt make many freinds. Tom Powers, formerly in charge of the business done in Mame by the Larus Brothers Co., is now in Kansas City, Mo., working part of that terri- tory in connection with Frank H. Quinn, who increased the Western business of Larus Bros, Co, to such a large extent that it was found neces- sary to have two men to cover the field. J. J, Shiffer, representing Leopold Powell &Co., makers of Espina, Madoc and other brands of clear Havanas, made his initial trip to Boston, and in his brief stay here opened some very desirable accounts, Ben Ali. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12J cents per line, 8 point measure) To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Nana- facturers invited. 6 51h MONROE ADLER Cidar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. 12-18ca We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown. Pa. ll-13ch \A/ ANTED— To represent several fac- tories on commission basis, making: cheap, medium and high grade goods, also cheap and medium union made ci- gars. Have had 30 years experience selling jobbers in the West ; best of ref- erence. Address Wm. Rood, Bingham- ton, N. Y. i-ia 'T'RICK CIGARS-Perfectly harmless. ■^ Packed 25 in a box, and banded. Just the novelty to increase your busi- ness and make big profits. Price $25 perM. Agents wanted. Write for sam- ples. Address F., care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 10-2tf T/^ANTED, by an experienced cigar man, Pennsylvania accounts rang- ing from $8 to $25 per thousand. Ter- ritory, all New England. References exchanged. A. Wilson, 6 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 1211tf pOR SALE-Some J. R. Williams and ■^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf TA7 ANTED-Every cigar manufacturer to know that I am selling the very finest light, large first size Sumatra in the market at $3.25 per lb. Sold in lots of one pound or more. J. H. Spera, Eph- rata. Pa. j.^^ V\7 ANTED TO PURCHASE $2,000 to $5,000 Cigar Factory; give full description, class of goods made, stock on hand, location, etc. Address A. A. 1, care Tobacco World. 12-12'tf pOR SALE— One million Long Filler ^ Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-Otf TTNION MADE CIGARS. Cor- ^ respondence wanted with reliable Brokers and Jobbers. Address Frank Beck & Co., York, Pa. 12.41 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersviile, Pa. ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD SSB%d2 Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: P. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON, 0. I 0 EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. © -0 L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. I^ORl^j'pUY P I With ^peclMll> Uesliined Bands. .„., PAN ANNA 3c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Correspondence with Re.pooiible Houie. ■olicilwl. Private Brands made to order. Norristown Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers cf Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioi Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade • # i To Protect the ConsimieKS against the Ho^t of Imitators of this Old Tone famous Popular Brand of Ci^ar^ EveiisyBox of the POUTUONDO Cigars «»• iV Replitered In U. S. Patent Offloe MANUFASTURED ONLYBi^ The Jua[iER>rhionao (^arM§.G>. ]1]0*1]16 ^an^om ^.P^aJelplila Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^S For Gentlemen of Good Taste 5-S>qN FELI B^ A HIGH GRADE R^ kJC# CIGAR FOR^C. GAR FOR Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J T. J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW^ VORK Louis E.Neuman&Co 123*-^Tol3Q^-^5T ANi PARK AVE. N.Y. -^ LABELS & SHOW >^ i_ s o TED Michael Hose A. F. Brillh«./i Dalliis Ciiar C Manufac* turers of LEAF TOBACCO, SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Bost Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. END OF THE N. G. MEADS CASE. York, Pa., Jan. 13. N. G. Meads, of Red Lion, was put on trial last week in the quarter ses- sions court before Judge Bittenger to answer a charge of using counterfeit cigarmakers' union labels. The prose- cutor is George P, Allen, of this city, who is a member of the Cigarmakers' Idternationai Union of America, by whose direction this suit has been biought. The testimony of the prosecution was to the effect that on February 20, 1906, Mr. Meads, who was then doing business in Red Lion under the name ot the Jefferson Cigar Company, shipped a case of 10,000 cigars to William Edwards & Co., of Cleveland, Ohio. The goods were bought for Ed- wards by F. J. O'Hare, the buyer, tiom a broker, who in turn got the ci- gars from Meads. The cigars were to contain the union label upon the boxes, li is alleged that Mr. Meads did not conduct a union shop, and, therefore, had no right to put the union label on his goods. Notwithstanding this, it is chaiged that when the cigars were re- ceived by Mr. Edwards, they contained labels purporting to be the genuine ones, but after an investigation by the union authorities, they claimed to have discovered that they were counterfeits. The trial was marked by some sensa- tional testimony affecting I. B. Kuhn, of McSherrystown, the Cigarmakers' union official. Martin McWilliams, of York, formerly of Red Lion, went on the witness stand and swore that on the day of Meads' hearing before Alderman Keech, Kuhn met him on the steps of the Colonial Hotel and offered him $200 if he would testify that he saw Meads paste the counterfeit labels on the cigars shipped to Cleveland. McWilliams said that his son Lewis was present and heard this offer made. McWilliams said that he was talking to a gentleman from Red Lion on the day in question, and that when the con- versation was finished, Kuhn approached him and asked whether he knew Mr. "I do," said McWilliams. "What kind of a man is he?" asked Kuhn. "He is an all right man as far as I know," said McWilliams; "are you the gentleman that has a lawsuit against him?" "Yes," said Kuhn, "but I am afraid he will not get justice in this court," McWilliams responded to this that a man generally gets justice if it is due him. According to McWilliams, Kuhn then said: "If I could get some one to swear that they saw Meads use the union labels, he would be well paid. Uf TNTXCTD BEST FOR rlUlM 1 UK A NICKEL is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PhiUda. Maybe you would like to make a nice little sum of money." "In what way?" inquired McWilliams. "If you would swear that you saw Mr. Meads use union labels, I will give you $200." "I will not," answered McWilliams. On cross examination. McWilliams said that he did not remember who the man was that he was talking to before Kuhn met him. He said he first told the conversation to Mr. Meads' attor- ney, about three weeks ago, and that he never said anything to Mr. Meads about it. He admitted, however, that he "never forgets a favor," meaning that some time in the year 1903 Meads did him a kindness, but the details of this were not divulged. The witness Kuhn was also under an attack as to his credibility, the wit- nesses being cigar manufacturers from McSherrystown and Hanover. They all admitted, however, ihat Kuhn, acting for the union, had taken away from them the right to use the union labels on their c ears. The general line of defense of Mr. Meads was a denial of any knowledge whatever of the manner in which the labels were placed on the cigars he shipped to the Cleveland firm. He said that the brand ordered was "Honest George," but that nothing was inti- mated in the order that union labels were desired. He bought the cigars off the bench from his son, and the ci- gars were packed in the son's factory by N. G. Meads' packers, and after packing they were sent to Mr. Meads' warehouse and the case sealed. Both Meadses said they had no knowledge of how the labels got on the boxes; and the packers testified to the same effect In rebuttal i. B. Kuhn. of McSherrys- town, denied strenuously the story told by Martin McWilliams as to the offer of $200 made to the latter to testify that he saw Meads place the labels on the boxes. Kuhn said that he never knew Martin McWilliams; did not see him nor Lewis McWilliams in York on the day in question, and never had any conversation of any kind, directly or indirectly, with either of the Mc- Williams people. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty, and Meads was subsequently sentenced! There were two additional indictments against him for .the same offense, and to which he pleaded nolle contendre which is equivalent to a plea of guilty. On the verdict of conviction the sentence was a year in jail and $1 fine; on the second indictment the sentence was the same, but the im- prisonment is to run concurrently with it ; on the third indictment the sentence was $500 fine and no imprisonment. 1 he amount of the fine was immediately paid into court. ConstUution^^*^- are the Best that can be made Do you sell them? E. R0SENWALD & BR0. « For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. ^clleri->, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^M T H E TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^Eg^ J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS i-iand-IMade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. f Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. H. L. WLAVKH factory .l?)i».'5 E. E. HEAVEB WEAVER 8i BRO. Manufacturers of (^ i c5 o f^ c ^^^ Jobbing Trade Only # ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. For Quality, Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRB HIUU, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ^^^M^<'^OJ^ E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. ^ DCnVCr, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daijy Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustiiiess and Give Ciiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNL Js specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. CLaskel's Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering.^ what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. CHASKEL'S And Gors fARTMESt. •»-mm' # Chaskel Chemical Works 363 West Broadway, New York The Ideal Cigar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. fei^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^»B 6l@AR RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain ttrLent of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST a CO. (Formerly with ¥. C. LINDE. HAMILTON ^ CO. for 27 years) M! tm 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. A Good Pair to Go On . . c^jS?^ Two of Our Popular Five Cent Brands. Our Goods are Made of Best Selections, Made Carefully, and Made to Duplicate. Wolf Brothers, RED LION, PA. J. F. REICHARD Wholesale Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO of All Grades Craley, Penna. PLANNING DESTRUCTION OF THE TOBACCO WORM. Government Expert Gives the Results of His Investigation in the "Black Patch." Advice to the Growers. Facts and Figures. (Concluded from last week ) Mr. Morgan says that the suckers, which are often allowed to grow for weeks after tobacco is cut, furnish the principal food for the maturing of worms for hibernation and he there- fore especially urges the farmers to plow up the stubble remaining from the cutting ag soon as possible after the tobacco has been housed so that the suckers may not even be allowed to get a start. In support of this position the expert says: "Upon one field, from which the tobacco was cut about Sep- tember 1, a careful count on September 17 showed 400 full grown larvae of P. sexta to the acre. "Ten days later 350 of these larvae had pupated. The suckers were allowed to stand until October 16, by which time many larvae that were only half grown upon September 17 had become full grown and pupated. Undoubtedly many larvae that had become nearly matured before the crop was cut be- came matured and pupated in the two weeks befora the first examination upon September 17. On October 16 a portion of an acre was carefully spaded up and an average of 800 pupae per acre was found. All pupae were either in or near the middles between the rows. The average depth was four inches. None were found beneath the hills." Continuing, Mr. Morgan says : "£ight hundred pupae per acre is an alarming number to be permitted to go through the winter when the possibili- ties of reproduction are considered, and also when we remember that the moths emerging f^om the hibernating pupae are the progenitors of the gene- ration that works such havoc in the tobacco fields during July and August. If only half of the above number of pupae mature and if half of those that mature are females, we shall have 200 females per acre. Quaintance places the number of eggs deposited at 200 per female. This would give 40,000 eggs per acre and later 40,000 worms. This is in the spring. The females that mature from this number of worms will each lay 200 eggs for the July and August infestatino. The result would be 2,000,000 worms, if we suppose that only half of the 40,000 worms mature. HUNTER 3c. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Ciiar Mli. Co., Phila. SIGNIFICANCE OF FIGURES. "Something of the significance of the above figures may be understood when it is stated that upon tobacco near the field in which the large num- ber of pupae were found, count was kept of the number of worms appearing from August 7 until September 20. The average per acre from counts made upon fourteen plots was 21,600. At this rate the 2,000,000 worms would in- fest more than 92 acres of tobacco. The importance of the de&truction of the stubble by plowing is apparent. Your agent strongly advised that no suckers be allowed to grow, and that in cases where they had been allowed to grow the land should be plowed in the fall or winter to a depth of five to six inches instead of being disked." According to Mr. Morgan's estimate, the loss on the 1907 crop from all causes is over $3,000,000. He figures thus: "Flea beetle injury to seed beds caused a shortage of 25 per cent, in the crop and a consequent loss of approximately $2,000,000. The loss due to injury by tobacco worms is estimated to be at least $800,000. The number of acres that are hand-picked at a loss of $8 to $10 per acre is at least 40,000. The loss would be $320,000 to $400,000." EFFECT OF PARASITES. In reference to parasites the report reads: "In so far as observations of present season are to be relied upon, native parasites do not exercise a very appreciable control of tobacco insects. Comparatively very few larvae of phlegethontius were found parasited upon tobacco. Upon tomatoes, how- ever, the reverse is the rule. On Sep- tember 12, upon a row of tomatoea which separated two cuts of tobacco, 102 larvae of P. sexta were parasited by Apanteles congregatus and thirty- three non-parasited. A careful search upon tobacco near by did not discover a single parasited larvae. Another examination of the same tobacco on September 26 gave the same result. It must be that apanteles either does not oviposit freely upon larvae upon tobacco or that some chemo-toxic in- fluence is responsible for their non- development." In closing his report Mr. Morgan out- lines what he considers should be the programme for future study of this subject, which means so much to the farmers or the tobacco growers. In the lists he urges the study of the various insects which prey upon tobacco ALLEN H. REEDER 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO Stanley m Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^PP^^ ^ . t-l^'h-'— V« '-_ '>. -J Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ® CO. Growers and Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCK PacUrr of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Giades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples SsHiplea cheerfully ■■baltted upon request P. O. Box 96 GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Gonnecticat and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, LaflCOSter, Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers In Leaf Tobacco Bear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenoe, York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. 600 D & eO. J. K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco United 'Phones ij8 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market Street LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ¥^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactaring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Avenue Maaafactvrcrs of Cigar Scrap Tobacco York. Pa. IS. D. 9 Packer of and Dealer in Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemon and Arch Sts. n ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B ffiifffurACTUirc* or all mind^ or m^^^B^ 138 a 140 Centre 5t. New YORKc^ CIGAR Box LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦♦^♦4 Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber H Largest stock of ♦ ^ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. ♦ WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦!♦♦ (tlarcnfnmEpnii{i%^f^^^t^ Lancaster Tobacco Trade Banquet. The annual banquet of the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade was held on the evening of January 4. at the Stevens House. It was largely at- tended and was the most successful affair of its kind ever held by that body. The Board is composed of the leaf tobacco dealers of the city and county, and they had as their guests a number of the cigar manufacturers of the city and county. Shortly after 8 o'clock the members and their guests began to assemble at the Stevens House, and at 8.;10 they proceeded to the dining room on the second floor, which had been handsomely decorated for the occasion. From the ceiling f^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD JOHN D. UONO OFFICE: ^^ . No. 118 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of (^ 1 ga TS FACTORY: Cor. Muplc 6k Plum Aves« Lebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Telephone Connenion Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. HERMAN DELUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5c Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale -ft Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses tOfBrV?' : Bear Bros. Manufacturers of GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Litflestovvn, Pa. fCRj^SiO^ *!% MAKER OF Fernside-nd Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only Correspondence invited ;.{• ■^! .'^^' 'H 'S:i^ % ^(^ J^^^^T#^ m^L^k A specialty of Privat ^^-^^T^^'Sfe^^^^^^r^ ^^^ Wholesale and Jo ™?v9£5!?* W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO, &£S vate Brands for bbing Trades Correspondence solicited '"^*^- Samples on application Brands: l5/)e Bear, ly/m Cub. Essie, aiul Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made 5c. Cimrs FOR THE tVhoiesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union ^^W^B iManufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa^ HIGHEST OLAMTY FI.NEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbioii Trade oaly Correspondence with Active ■> Houses Invited Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. 1 1 Maker of | Ulrfh Grade Cl^ra Exclnslvely. _[ F^othsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of El One ' Union Made 5-Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly. Maker LEBANON, PA. WRIGHTSVILLE, PA. H. G. BARNHART Cifiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate ly I THE TOBACCO WORLD T.A.MYERS&ca, A I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 Zn MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE ) «^^« BROWN BUCK (Banded) [ ^ *^* «^^« ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Houses OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH -PRUNE FLAVOBS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade Street, NE W YORK. The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drumwond Natural Leaf Plug J, T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes were suspended laths of tobacco in the course of curing and everything was in keeping with tiie tobacco business. Each man's name was printed on a sample card, and the menu was printed on cards of a like color, with the picture of a stalk of tobacco at the top. During the banquet excellent music was discoursed by Roth's Orchestra. At the conclusion of the feasting Joseph Goldberg arose and introduced the President, J. Gust Zook, who was not present at the last banquet, as the toastmaster, at the same time ask- ing the members to drink his health. Mr. Zook said he was unable to be present last year, as he was in Cali- fornia for his health. He was glad to be present on this occasion and he said he would impose the duties of toast- master upon the Vice President of the Board, Mr. Goldberg. It is needless to say that jollity reigned supreme. Mr. Goldberg made a most accceptable toastmaster and he always had some- thing to say about those whom he called upon to make a few remarks. A. B. Hess was called upon and he re- cited an original poem, and those who responded to toasts were Rev. I. Rosen- thal, 1. H. Weaver, William DeHaven, H. J. Ryder, E. M. Cohn and others. A letter was read from B. Ezra Herr, President of the Lancaster County To- bacco Growers' Association, extending congratulations to the Board at their annual banquet. There were a few other addresses when the affair came to a close, as the hour of midnight had arrived. The officers of the Board are as fol- lows: President, J. Gust Zook; Vice President, Joseph Goldberg ; Secretary, Charles E. Long; Treasurer, Morris Rosenthal ; Directors, William De- Haven. J.W. Brenneman, L H. Weaver, Samuel Siessel, W. R. Cooper. The committee which had charge of the arrangements for the banquet con- sisted of L. Kramer, \. H. Weaver and C. E. Long. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO, Etc. 20 lEAf TOMCCO 0) THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL 0RDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA " NEW YORK CfflCAGO ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. 874.416 Match safe ; Robert R. Mont, New York City. 874,682 Match lighting device; Wal- lace C. Johnson. Ivy, and W. B. Hurt, Stockton, Mo. 875,071 Producing cigar bunch struc- tures ; Oscar Har:merstein, New York City. 875,369 Smoking pipe; Robert J. McMurray, California, Pa. 875.743 Cigar lighting apparatus; A. Soderlund, Arlington, and B. Hallen- brook, Boston, Mass. 875.773 Match box; H. J. Breeze. Port Huron, Mich. 875,998 Tobacco spearing machine; A. Hovey, Sun Prairie, Wis. 876,076 Tobacco seeder; B. Mylor and T. Heady, Warsaw, Ky. 876, 156 Cigar cutter ; W. E. Edwards, Irvington, N. J. RUTHERFORD ^^^^g^il^^ from the factory of El Draco Giiiar Nf|i. Co., Philada. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokfars to the Oeli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND ^ Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin I &TJV^s\wVa. Wi>BOX) me '."* s'i M I STOCK CARDS Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS. ETC. - Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. '^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Ci^ar Boxes GOLD LEAF EMBOSSING "'°"wo°,S*°^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., Sinkinii SprinfE, Pa. Established 1891 THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 \\ 2^2. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, wnb iess Jubor, than any Press on the markft. Unsurj^assfd for power, strength, simplicity and ihirftbility, as well as ease and qnicktiess in operation. Vari- ous sizes mrtnutactured Write for prices and full pirticulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware' houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works L^ndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. -Established 1S34- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale IT'S A WONDER WORKER Havana Tobacco Ferment Neutralizing Solution for Producing a Natural Fermentation and Sweat in Domestic Tobaccos Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor HANOVER, PA. Caveats, Trade Marks, A^^^cLlGHlS Design- Patents, Copyrights, etc. """S^er" John A.Saul Le Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. ^* ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^ ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABCL") MCI AL PRINTED LAHcLS ♦ ♦ it -J ♦ er ♦ H. u. f leiscKha\i Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 11 ♦ ♦ TK.LKPHONE 1561 Xt ><>44*44>**^**^^*>44^^v4^<» ♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<> ♦ 4^ LITHOGRAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ >^4444^444^'r^^^^*444^^*44444^*4444 ,^^^^^^^^^^^^<^^^^, XX xt -'4: i JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS i American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie 0> Luhrman & Wilhurn Tobacco Co. Blackwcll Durham Tab :cco Cn. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU '" ""^^ ''^ '•'"'^'' -""" orderinij jiootls elsewher*. Brilliant as Diamcnds ARE THE CIGARS (if llir foliuv«iiiii Gcod as Coveinirent Ecnos KeuiM.r.du.ands "BRILLIANT STAR" ^ a h.v„u . * S. b. ' -^'ttd anu Hdwii a *hA'ltiLh.LN O'NEIL" .... **VUELTA SPRIOS" n- m-I'-w c.gar . I h> >•' r r. lids ,S> II « Krpiui. ir> ili(>iiiu>tjJul.> Mils lucltii) >«\«l M.UIS l)u%tO . . lOc, 5c. 5c. dc. S i AUFFER BROS. MFG. CO NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O 1 IN 1 A B R I Q U E MIXTURE d/)e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORf E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 Norlh Third street ^ PHi^Abi::L.r'niA ....IMPORTERS of S^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S Great Eastern Cigar Factory I W. iNNICH km w^l^ms Proprietors MAKERS OF High Grade Fast Selling CIGARS High Grade Fast Selling CIGARS For the Jobbing Trade Only Oallastown Penna. Established in 1881. Vol.XXVIII.,No.4. } PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JANUARY 22. 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. WANLKAC:iLRERS OF CENTRAL UNION IDLE HOUR . . . Cut Plug Sliced Plug EPICURE ('cXer."') Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE G003S INDEPENDENT FACT0R7 RICHMOND, VA. £3 • V 8 U M TOBACCO T R A Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO T R A t u M TOBACCO T R A O Importations Over 3,000 Bales Annually u M TOBACCO T R A No. H. DUYS & CO. 170 Water Street, INENV VO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO T R A iy Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDMR <& ARGUIMBAU jj8 Water Street^ New York g^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oil Bl k Ci Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) W. W> STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Corresponclenco with I!pspoQslLle IIau.%es Solicited Guaranteed Strictly Hand Made Imported Sumatra \v rapper Long Havana Filler CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Factory 1839, First District Penna. HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS. INC. MAKERS Sinking Spring, Pa. H , K. Gresh & Sons, Makers; Norristown, Pa rcy Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AC.AINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Kacine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. JL Soil" Owners and Mnnufat turrrs VV dll LGU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK T.I. 722 Orchard For Sale \ CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 4 PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 1^2, 1908 One Dollar the Year LEAF BUYERS* AGREEMENT Clarksville Handlers Enter into Agreement Not to Handle To- bacco Pledged to the Planters' Protective Association. Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 18. The Clarksville, Tenn., buyers of loose tobacco have entered into an agreement as follows: "In view of the general apprehen- sion in the tobacco sections, and for the reason that some people are led to think that the disorders and outbreaks are caused by the buyers interfering with the pledges the farmers have made with the Association, the undersigned buyers of Clarksville have joined in the following statement : "We, the undersigned buyers of loose tobacco in Clarksville, Tenn., de- sire to say to the public generally that we have not knowingly bought tobacco that had been pledged to the Associa- tion, nor will we do so, or in any way interfere with the pledge the Associa- tion holds from the farmers. We fur- ther state that should we unknowingly buy any crop or crops previously pledged to the Association, we will refuse to receive same, when authori- tatively notified of same by the officials of the Association. (Signed) E. C. Morrow & Bro., Hayes-Sory Tobacco Co., R. W. Bogard. American Snuff Co., By F. N. Smith. Mgr. The Imperial Tob. Co.. (Inc.)i By E. S. Melton, Mgr. Luckett-Wake Tobacco Co., G. H. Luckett, Sec. R. A. Walker & Co." ASS'N TOBACCO TURNED DOWN Comparative Statement of Leaf Tobacco and Cigar Exports from Havana for tlie Years 1906 and 1907. [Special] Havana. Cuba. January 13, 191)8. The following figures, published by "El Tabaco" under date of January 10, 1908, (but delivered today) may be of interest to readers of The Tobacco World : Leaf Tobacco Production of Cuba Received at Havana from January 1 io December 31. 1906 1907 Vuelta Abajo 139.346 bales 234.012 bales Semi Vuelta 11.886 Partido 37.711 Matanzas 614 Remedies 87,851 Puerto Principe 1.028 Santiago de Cuba 7,852 21,885 75,344 904 93.950 1,009 13,641 Total .286,288 bales 440,745 bales Exports of Leaf Tobacco from Havana To Countries Taking Over 1.000 Bales each 1906 1907 United States 257.800 bales 180.274 bales Germany 9.352 Canada 4,492 Argentine Republic 1,104 Austria 1.009 Spain 797 France 1,100 Venezuela 6,945 3.361 1.671 2,930 2,950 330 1,038 Total 275,654 bales 199,499 bales Exports to all countries. 277,426 " 200,672 " Showing a Decrease in 1907 of 76.754 bales Exports of Cl|{ars from the Port of Havana To the Eleven Countries Taking One Million or More Cigars Each In 1906 In 1907 United States 7 '.483, 125 cigars 61.869,131 cigars Great Britain 92.459.687 Germany 27.821,603 France 12.326.890 Canada 10.251.005 Australia 5,867.668 Chile 4.775.497 Argentine Republic... 3,810.977 Spain 8,283.402 Austria 2.059,020 Belgium 1,357.756 .56.699.274 " 23.205,4)1 " 10.638.875 " 10.271,013 " 4,261,173 " 3,524.752 " 3.166.168 " 3 119.836 " 1,784,051 " 1.097,762 Independent Firm Refused to Re- ceive Pledged Tobacco. Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 16. The fact that the tobacco buyers in- tend to faithfully carry out the agree- ment they have made not to buy As- sociation tobacco, was demonstrated here when a man by the name of Lewis, .from Cumberland City, brought his tobacco and when seen by one of the agents and asked if it was pledged, said it was not. After an examination of the crop a price was agreed upon and the trade made. The wagons were driven to the factory, and when the name was given, the proprietor said he had information the crop was pledged to the Association, which was again denied by the owner, but the tobacco was refused and an Association prizer sent for, who came. When told that the grower was compelled to have money on it the prizer received the crop and advanced the necessary amount. Cigarette Factory for Portsmouth Norfolk, Va., Jan. 18. Portsmouth is to have a big new fac- tory in the near future. A majority of the capital stock of a new company organized to acquire patent rights Total 248,496,630 cigars 179.637,446 cigars Total Exports to all parts of the world. 256. 738.029 " 186,428.607 " Showing a Decrease in 1907 of 70,309.422 cigars and manufacture thereunder a smoking device of a new kind, has been taken by Portsmouth business men and in- vestors, and it is anticipated that within three months operations will begin. The product that it is proposed to make here is different from what has been on the market ever since smoking tobacco in paper wrappers became fashionable, and it is claimed by the inventor that the anti-toxic cigarette produced by his process is all that its name implies- a strictly safe and healthful smoke, free from nicotine and poisonous extract of the tobacco. The plant and offices of the concern will be located in this city, and if the plans of the gentlemen behind the new company are successful, it will be one of the largest industries to be established hereabouts in a long while. J. C. Darst, who was one of the first to realize the value of the patents under which it is proposed to operate, stated this morning that it is signifi- cant of the enterprise and push of this city that he has been able to organize this company here at this time, with $22,500 capital, when money was as tight throughout the country as has been the case of late. BIG SALES IN LOUISVILLE Nearly 1,400 Hogsheads Sold in Six Hours. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 16. Sales of tobacco on the local breaks recently surpassed all previous records for this market, there having been sold 1.393 hogsheads of tobacco, aggregating more than 1,500,000 pounds, on one day last week. The sale was especially noteworthy in view of the disturbances in the several tobacco districts. The total value of the tobacco sold was more than $175,000. The sales were made in six hours, including the time consumed in the trip between the various warehouses. This established a rate of 232 hogsheads an hour, or four hogsheads a minute. The money realized on the sale came pour- ing into the hands of the growers at the rate of $30,000 an hour, or $500 a minute. The average price of the Burley was 113 cents a pound. This is an especially good price, considering the quality and condition of some of the tobacco. WARNING SENT TO FARMERS Tobacco Growers Near Cincinnati Tell of New Reign of Terror. Few Dare Disobey. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 18. Anonymous notices have been sent to nearly every farmer along the Lexing- ton and DeCoursey pikes that they must not move their tobacco or offer it for sale under penalty of having their tobacco burned. One or two venture- some farmers have made a dash with a wagon load and slipped by the guards. Arthur Lately ran the gauntlet from his farm on the DeCoursey pike and landed his tobacco in Covington. In Covington strong guards have been placed around all warehouses. Josh and Wilbert Perry, farmers, who live eight miles below Covington, on the DeCoursey pike, say they are afraid to move their tobacco. John Wildey says that all farmers beyond Erlanger have been warned not to move their tobacco, and says that stringent measures have been adopted to enforce the orders. He reports that a wagon load of tobacco was stopped by armed men. and the tobacco was dumped on the ground and burned, while the farmer was held at bay at the point of a gun. A system has been put in force by the farmers along the pikes. It is agreed that should a farmer see a wagon load of tobacco being driven toward the city he shall telephone his neighbor, and the neighbor will stop the wagon as it passes his farm. WHY TOBACCO IS GUARDED. Lexington, Ky.. Reports White Burley Sales of Week Nearly $200,000. Lexintgon, Ky.. Jan. 18. One resaon for guarding tobacco warehouses with soldiers and special police appears in the great quantity of tobacco now being sold here. Accord- ing to a recapituation made today, by the White Burley Loose Leaf Tobacco Warshouse last week's sales reached 1.899.540 pounds, bringing an average of $10.40 a hundred, or a total sale of $197,736. One Madison county crop was sold last week at $29 a hundred, the highest price in years. MUST EXPOSE STAMP. Boxes Must Bear Revenue Stamp Until Cigars are All Sold. Under a new internal revenue ruling, the revenue stamp on a box of cigars must not be effaced or destroyed until all the cigars in the box have been sold. This law went into effect Jan. 1, and since then all cigar dealers have been adhering to the law to the letter. Many cigar dealers cut the cover off down to the stamp and then close the cover over so that the stamp is exposed at all times. The law was framed to prevent the fraudulent use of the stamp and to prevent the sale of cigars upon which no duty has been paid. E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North^Thkd^street IMPORTERS 0! J. Vetterlein & Co. '^^M T H E T OBACCO WORLD ^M Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1855 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan >>P8lT^ FLOR '%K^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^^^^ JO7 Arch St. Ireaf Tobacco 4BR\^b^ PHILADA. ■atabllshed "ST L ^^B Y S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IWPORTEKS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco H.5TRAUS A.VMM aotadosi^iii^isdsiv RlMILADELPHae?3^ 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. L. BAMBERGER & CO. Ifackers and Dealers in , ^ , SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch Street, Philadelphia War«houa«s> Lancaster. Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsvllle, N. Y. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE 6i SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia TOBACCO liEOPOUD bOEB 8t CO. importers of Sumatra and Havana and Paci(ers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., PhHa. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. rhin/Stt Phi/ode/phJ Import; IS and ^ieai^rs in ALL KINDS OF SEEi LEAF. The Jt^mpire Leaf Tobacco »^1^^^ SUMATRA Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. Vc KJ^UPPENBACH OILIER Mj yAF t^§ii^ L1042-44 N.ELIlVrNTM. ST PHILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TeSAee© E. A. Calves & Co.<6 y IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA ^^K T HE T O B ACCO W O R L D ^^^ Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized oy tne Oovernment oi the Kepublic ot Cuba 1 » rSLADEC-UiB\A: 1^. ulorizadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza ^'qae los tabacoscigarrosy paqij^tes dc picaduraqtiellGvenesfaprecina son fabncadospor HABANA 7«:»Jll:IIMIJJIJHAWIl-ll,IJIJJ.|.HliJtiM.II*l^ll^^^ll.ll*.^ A r. W. Dohrmann & Son. Cincinnati. O.i IjAil \-iil.3 I Hilly T A.. ■•lakey & Heiland. Lltltz. Fa. HENRY RINDSKOPF Packer and Importer of Sumatra, Havana ¥ I]! A 1? r|ir\1> k f^t^f\ and Domestic Lfj Af I UlJ ALlLlU N. E. Gor. Fifth and Washington Sts. Reading, Pa. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in ail kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco H. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK VELENCHIK BROS. '"""^tX'in LEAF TOB/iee© Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PcnnsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630=436 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. L. O. HAELSSERMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • U. O. HAEUSSERMAIVIM «& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.<'^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA More Buyers and a Better Feeling in Havana. Conditions Seem to Favor a Revival in Business. The Building Trades Strike is Ended, and that of the Cigarmakers Promises a Speedy Death. Good Out- look for the New Year Believed In. Special Correspondence The glad news reached us by cable yesterday that at last the National Bani/«W NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co.. 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana •j< lUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PARTAGAS Independent Cigar Factory # B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CnSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Iieaf TobacGO ^do. Corner Dragones Street, H A V ANA The Oldest Brand IE MRTAGAS I02 YC a 4^banb^ The Best Cigars Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca, Proprietors 114 Industria Street Cable: ciFBR Habaua, Cuba AVBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 ^""oNiLEVA Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ L and Dealers in Lk^2Ll i ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: "Cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA # Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO' C oriespoadeqce Solicited In Enrfllah LOEB^NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA iOSE DIAZ 8 J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abaio ICON VBGAft PROPIAS *^ 5an Nicolas 126 y 128 cat^: "jonagarcia" HABANA. CUBA ^THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^S Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Meptuno 170-174 Cable— Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo town, Pa. ; Rufino Alvarez, of Toronto, Canada ; Santiago Pulido.of Milwaukee. Returned.— Max Stern, of Sylvester &IiStern, New York and Havana ; Ces- areo Vigil, from Gijon, Spain. Departures. — Louis and Aleck Gold- schmidt, and G. W. Nichols, for New York ; W. K. Gresh, for Norristown, Pa. ; J. A. Artolozaga, for Key West, and J. A. Lozano, for Tampa. Havana Clfcnr MannfBCtnrerii having less orders just now very natur- ally tried to reduce their force of cigar- makers, but as soon as this became known the boss of the Federation of Labor (with which the cigarmakers are affiliated) Emilio Sanchez, declared that if the manufacturers were not willing to give employment to all of their forces, even if they, instead of work- ing full time, were only permitted to work three-fourth or one-half or even one-fourth time, that then the work- men should go out upon a strike. As the manufacturers have become tired of being dictated to, they have pre- ferred to see this out and will in the meantime remain closed. The follow- ing independent factories have shut down: H. Upmann, Romeo y Julieta, La Escepcion, Sol, Belinda, La Flor de A. Fernandez Garcia, La Dilingencia, Eden, El Rey del Mundo, Lord Beacons- field, Newton, La Flor el Todo , La Miel, La Flor del Puro Habano, La Sa- brosa, Partagas, Redencion and La Flor de Carlos E. Beck. Possibly more yet may follow suit. It is said that 3,000 cigarmakers are thereby made idle, and if the number of resagadores, strippers, and label pasters are added, and all the help needed in running a first class cigar factory, the number of all grades will reach close to 8,000 men, women and apprentices who will have to depend on their brother workmen for aid. The trust, as usual, for its own reason, is trying to make capital out of the strike, and has promised not to re- duce its force, although if the independ- ent manufacturers have no orders prob- ably the trust has none either, and therefore must be working only upon increasing its stock. The Union of Manufacturers at its last meeting re- solved not to make any compulsory order to close, but left all of its mem- bers (the trust is no longer a member) a free hand to continue to work, if by peculiar position they felt like doing 80, so Por Larranaga and La Flor de P. A. Estanillo, as well as Benito Suarez and Punch, have not closed as yet, and say they will continue to work with their present forces. The whole strike appears foolish on the part of the men, as it commenced in the coun- try, and they, instead of working and helping their non-working brothers if they wanted to do so, preferred to share their fate by suffering likewise. This idea of comradeship may appear highly romantic, but when hunger at- tacks them and their families, perhaps they may change their minds, particu- larly as it is very doubtful whether they will manage to get support and help from other people this time. The worst phase is that instead of acting manfully they quit work at the factor- ies, leaving prepared (wetted) material without finishing their day's work, and thus they inflicted a severe loss upon the manufacturers, without the least benefit to themselves, but on the con- trary causing bad blood and showing the vicious spirit that animated them in striking, and which will result in killing the little symapthy which some people may have felt for them. It is not believed that this strike will last any length of time, for two causes : Ist — Because th«» strikers will not get any assistance, and 2nd— Because with renewed orders the manufacturers will start up their factories with the former complement of hands. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 700,000 ci- gars last week. Iliiyins:, Selllnir and Other Notes of Interest. Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez sold ."^50 bales of 1st and 2nd capaduras of Remedios last week. Leslie Pantin did considerable busi- ness for his customers, and even after they had gone registered several vegas of tobacco. Suarez Hnos. disposed of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo during the past eight days, and they also sold some 349 bales of Remedios in December which have been omitted in the heretofore pub- lished figures. Louis Goldschmidt and his son Aleck did not make a long stay, but they managed to purchase some fair lots of leaf. Jose F. Rocha closed out 150 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to one of his customers. G. W. Nichols, and A. Artolozaga made some good purchases for their Key West factory. Sylvester & Stern were sellers of 150 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido from their stocks. J. A. Lozano was a buyer of some first class vegas for his Tampa factory. Cesareo Vigil, well known as a large packer and dealer in Havana tobacco at New York, and who retired in 1897, arrived here last week from Gijon, Spain. He looks well and hearty, but evidently has no desire to enter the ranks of leaf dealers here or in New York, and his principal object seems to be to spend the winter months in our beautiful climate and then to return to Spain, his beloved home. However, he still takes an interest in leaf matters, and expressed himself with a good deal of common sense about the present sit- uation. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. From January Ist to January 9, 1908. 587 bales Vuelta Abajo 13 " Semi Vuelta 30 " Partido 928 " Remedios 74 " Santiago de Cuba Total 1,632 bales Peper Tobacco Co. Directors. St L.ouis, Mo., Jan. 17. Directors to serve for the ensuing year were elected this week by the Christian Peper Tobacco Co., and con- sisted of the following: Fred.C. Peper, Christian Peper, Jr., Wm. F. Schulte, J. Henry Jurgens and Mrs M. P. Ball. RUTHERFORD CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS Are Popular Because They Please the Consumer. PABLO PEREZ CANOIDO 0BE80 Perez & Obese S. en C. \ (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) [Leaf Tobacco J VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specially Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo \eitiK Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA<, JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in KnRlish Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: ••Qaida" EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. ISO Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to ordera Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco 9 '^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B :ERN EST ELLIN GMR & CO. Nos.Sj-SgTine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, January 21. space wat- being used quite liberally in exploiting various products of the American Tobacco Co. • • • LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : DETROIT, MICH. .AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA ,CUBA. New York, J08. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Telephone; 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK Importers and Packers of Starr Brothers IMPORTERS and PACKERS of itablished 1888 liEflp TOBACCO 131 Water Street INEW YORK Telephone : 4027 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEi O.Z.VOORBURGWAL227 183 Water St. Amsterdam, nolland. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA •y^^U. 2-^^^^^ and SEED LEAF L U U CXK^ V^vJ 185 Water St., New York P. & S. LOENVENTHAL Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK 10 New York Leaf Market. There is some encouragement in the improvement which has been experi- enced in the leaf tobacco market dur- ing the past weok. True, there were no single tiansactions that are particu- larly worthy of note, but numerous smaller sales made up a business that was considerable in volume. Inquiries for all types of cigar leaf are coming in in greater numbers, indicating that manufacturers are at least prospecting in this market, even if now buying only in small quantities and of such goods as apparently are desired for immediate use. There has so far been no demoraliz- ing change in prices and no noticeable sacrifices of any kind in domestic cigar leaf tobacco. In Sumatra tobacco there was a more active market than for some weeks previous. The Havana market has failed of activity because of the inadequate sup- ply of old goods, and the fact that new goods are still slow in coming in. No difficulty is experienced in plac- ing desirable lots of old tobacco. • • • Cigar Manufacturers. Contrary to expectations the cigar manufacturers are not yet having the revival which was anticipated might set in by this time. It was the general belief that job- bers' stocks must of necessity have been reduced almost to the minimum, but salesmen's visits have revealed the fact that stocks in hand are much larger than was expected would be the case, showing conclusively that whole- sale houses had so very materially re- duced the volume of business just prior to ^the holidays, by a close scru- tiny of credits that, even though they bought only very moderately durirg December, they still have heavy stocks on hand, and could not be induced to take on any more goods for the im- mediate present than were actually needed to fill out certain lots. Fifth Avenue 'Bus Advertising Enjoined. Municipal efforts to develop a city beautiful and prevent commercialism from offending the artistic sense were given an uplift Saturday last when Justice Leventritt, in the Supreme Court, decided that the suit brought against the city by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company to enjoin municipal in- terference with the advertising signs displayed on the exterior of its 'buses must be dismissed on its merits. The 'buses, plying up and down fash- ionable Fifth avenue, succeeded a year ago the old stage coaches which were regarded as relics of old New York. The new double deck electric 'buses were plastered from top to bottom with garish advertising signs. The Rose t> Wobbe Incorporate. A charter was granted on the 14th inst. to Rose & Wobbe, with a capital of $200,000, to pack, import and deal in tobacco. The incorporators were: Menko Rose, 86 West 118th street, Chas. W. Wobbe. 429 first street, and Wm. 118th street, New York, offices of the firm are street. West Twenty- Fox, 37 West The general at 158 Water Constitution Seed and Havana stands for Quality and Workmanship. Remember that. Boston Jobbers Incorporate in New York. The George S. Harris Cigar Co. has been incorporated at Albany, with a nominal capital of $1,000. The direct- ors are George S. Harris. 162 Hum- boldt avenue. Boston, Mass. ; K. Rich- ard Wallach. and B. Benj. Schiff. 27 William street. New York. Mr. Harris is the senior of tha prominent Boston jobbing house of George S. Harris & Son. • • • Morris Tropauer's Schedule. A schedule has been filed of the bank- rupt estate of Morris J. Tropauer, wholesale cigar dealer at 714 Lexing- ton avenue, showing liabilities of $12,- 374, and good assets of $5,126, consist- ing of stock. $2,051 ; accounts $1,721, and fixtures, etc. He also names three trademarks, upon which he places a valuation of $5,000. • • • Starr Bros. Dissolution. The leaf tobacco firm of Starr Bros., at 1311 Water street, has been dis- solved. They had been in business for a period of twenty years, and were extensive handlers of Connecticut and other domestic leaf tobaccos, as well as importers of Havana leaf. Mr. Robert Starr has retired from the firm, and expects to engage in the leaf tobacco business at Hartford, Conn., but the present business will be continued at the old address by Na- than Starr. • • ■ Upmann Representative Laid Up. Word has been received from Havana to the effect that Charles Landau, the United States and Canadian agent for H. Upmann & Co., of Havana, and who is now in Cuba, is laid up with a bad attack of rheumatism which com- pelled him to postpone his return to the States. He had expected to return last wtek. • • • George L. Storm C> Co.'s New Vice President. Maurice Robinson, who has been, for eight years connected as traveling rep- resentative with George L. Storm & Co., has been elected to the vice presi- dency of that company, and placed in full charge of the selling staff of the house. His promotion is a marked tribute (Co eluded on p. 14) For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^K THE TOBACCO WORLD USa Announcement •) We beg to inform the trade that the following grades of our 1907 crop of Shade G^owiv floridaL Su^n^i**'^ Are NOW READY for Inspection. Li^ht Primes Medium Primes hin All Sizes Seconds « ?^ Our Packings Need No Introduction to the Trade in General We have spared neither effort nor expense to make this our finest crop. FLORIDA TOBACCO CO. 131 Maiden Lane, New York Plantations: QUINCY, FLORIDA Largest Exclusive Handlers of Shade Grown Florida Sumatra E. A. Calves & Co.^ IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA TAFT'S PHILIPPINE SPEECH. In a recent address, before 400 Boston ministers, Secretary Taft said great progress had been made in the last five years, but that the movement of educa- tion has been held back by lack of funds. He hoped that the islands would not be given up entirely to the sugar or tobacco industry, because both were controlled more or less by policies of the business world. He considered that the hemp industry was the most lucra- tive, while he strongly advocated the removal of the American tariff on sugar and tobacco from the Philippines. By reason of reports from Wash- ington to the effect that another Philip- pine Free Trade Bill was to go before Congress during the present; year, the trade had already become pretty well aroused to the necessity of much vigi- lance, and the Secretary's address had the further effect of positive conviction that he will again bring every influence possible to bear on such a measure, which he so strongly advocated at the previous session of Congress. Hence- forth every move of our nationnl legisla- tors will be most carefully scrutinized, and concerted action on the part of the different branches of the tobacco trade may be expected to develop momen- tarily. It will likely be another long siege, the ultimate outcome of which is re- garded with less serenity than the previous attempts at the passage of such a bill. Since, as Secretary Taft said, the ultimate self-government of the islands could be given to their people not earlier than a generation, or perhaps two of them, it would be a long time before such an act, if once enacted, would likely be repealed or rescinded, and the trade is fully cognizant of that fact. If the free admission of Philip- pine tobaeco products should be in- jorious to the welfare of the industry in this country, the injurious effect would be for an almost indefinite period. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS K^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD l^^H \ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday BY THE INCORPORATED HX)2 TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Address, "Baccoworld." Havana Office. Pr.do 36. Alios. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year; 75 Cents Six Months; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2.00 the Year. Entered al the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, / \ Independent Tobacco Men Elect Officers. Washington, Jan. 21. The Independent Tobacco Manufac- turers' Association of the United States at its annual session in this city today, elected the following officers: Presi- dent, Hugh Campbell, Richmond, Va. ; Vice President, William E. Strater, Louisville. Ky. ; Secretary-Treasurer, R. F. Whalen. Rochester, N. Y. ; Direc- tors, S. S. Bloch, Wheeling, W. Va. ; George T. Brown, Winston Salem, N. C. ; C. D. Larus, Richmond, Va. ; Albert Weieert, St. Louis ;5 Hiram D. Miller, Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 22, 1908. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12J cents per line, 8 point measure) The local trade is greatly gratified that an improvement has set in, even if purchases are resuming only in a ■mail way. The fact is that every house is now making daily sales of such goods as the trade needs for im- mediate use. There is also further encouragement in the fact that inquiry for goods and prices is growing steadily, indicating that as soon as trade becomes more nearly normal with manufacturers there is likely to be a fairly active leaf market in domestic tobaccos. In Havana tobacco importers claim it is more a matter of getting the de- sired goods than of being able to find a buyer. Of course old goods are wanted, and that class is not so plenti- ful. What stocks are held here are finding customers ready to look at them. Sumatra tobacco has been in fairly good demand. Although sales were not in large amounts numerous sam- ple bales were sent out, and pros- pects are favorable for some fair sized orders following in the near future. The manufacturing industry here is, perhaps, in better condition than in many sections of the country, and not only are factories beginning to re- sume with all former hands employed, 12 but in a few exceptional cases forces are being increased. Retail dealers have better reports to give out than at any time* since the holidays, and the favorable weather has also been very helpful to them. It i« stated that a Philadelphia cigar manufacturing firm has effected a pri- vate settlement with its creditors, and business is being continued as hereto- fore. Col. Levine, veteran cigar salesman, traveling for H. C. Nolan & Co., at Lansdale, has started out for an ex- tended trip through the Far West, where he has a host of friends who are always glad to see him. Vetterlein Bros, have added another factory to their list. They have se- cured the building at Sellersville for- merly occupied by A. R. Cressman's Sons, who some months ago removed to 514 Pine street, this city. A. B. Cunningham & Co. have taken possession of their former warehouse at 37 and 39 North Second street, which was gutted by fire some weeks ago. S. Weinberg last week again took possession of his former warehouse at 121 North Third street, an adjustment of the damage done to his stock having been effected. Emanuel Cohn, of the Globe Cigar Co., at Ephrata, has opened a leaf to- bacco salesroom on Third street above Race, and has placed Louis Friedberg, a son of J. Friedberg, cigarette manu- facturer at 604 South Third street, in charge of the place. There has been considerable activity at the offices of Dohan & Taitt since New Year, and not a day has passed that some shipments were not made. John T. Dee, of the Theobald & Op- penheimer Co., who has been for some years located in Chicago, has removed to this city and taken full charge of the sales forces. He has been a travel- ing man for nearly a quarter of a cen- tury. A. Boyd Wilson, formerly with Tru- jillo & Co., but now representing John W. Merriam & Co., made his initial visit for that firm to this city last week. W. P. Bushell, with E. M. Schwartz & Co., stopped off at Philadelphia last week, enroute to the South and West. M. J. Dalton will leave shortly on his annual visit to Havana, and will be accompanied by George W. Worthing- ton, manager of his branch store at 533 Chestnut street. Cigar Manufacturer as Factory Inspector. St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 18. Louis Gerard, of this city, the well known cigar manufacturer, has received the appointment of deputy factory in- spector for this district at the hands of Governor Johnson and will succeed Paul Friedlander in that position. The ap- pointment was made on Tuesday last, even while a number of other prospec- tive candidates were skirmishing round for endorsements. Mr. Gerard it is said, was appointed because he is a German and the district is German, and because he had the en- dorsement of the local labor bodies. Guards for Kentucky Warehouses Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 17. The American Snuff Company, one of the largest consumers of the dark to- bacco raised in Night Rider districts of Tennessee and Kentucky, in view of the recent night riding outrages going on in the dark tobacco Jaelt of tbe-two States for several months, have decided to guard its property more closely. The Nashville and Clarksville mangers de- cided to employ additional watchmen for their warehouses, located in the Clarksville district. Ex-Patrolman Charley Alley was selected as foreman of the men, and James Holerhan, Walter Johnson, Hor- ace Alley, Smiley Clemmons, Charley Miller and Hugh Etheridge were em- ployed to accompany him to Clarksville and report for duty. Arrangements for transportation were immediately made and the men left upon their mission. New York State Growers to Meet. Baldwinsville, N. Y., Jan 17. The annual meeting of the New York State Tobacco Growers' Associa- tion will be held January 25, at 10 a. m., at the Town Hall in Baldwinsville. The plan of giving prizes for the best samples of native tobacco has been abandoned, but there will be an interesting and instructive exhibition of wrapper and filler tobaccos grown in the Onondaga district, with a state- ment of the yield per acre and the fertilizers used to produce the crops. To Manufacturers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, New York 7-6-lh . Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6-51h MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. 12-18ca _^ We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buyins: easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown, Pa. ll-13ch A GOOD SALESMAN wants to repre- '^^^ sent, in the Eastern States, a Union factory making Seed, Florida and Su- matra wrapper goods ; also a non-union factory making cigars from $11 to $20, Londres and Perf ecto shapes ; commis- sion basis. Address^W. H., care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 1-220 npRICK CIGARS-Perfectly harmless. -■" Packed 25 in a box, and banded. Just the novelty to increase your busi- ness and make big profits. Price $25 perM. Agents wanted. Write for sam- ples. Address F., care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 10-2tf T^ANTED, by an experienced cigar man, Pennsylvania accounts rang- ing from $8 to $25 per thousand. Ter- ritory, all New England. References exchanged. A. Wilson, 6 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 12-lltf pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and ^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf \A7 ANTED TO PURCHASE $2. OOoli " $5,000 Cigar Factory; give full description, class of goods made, stock on hand, location, etc. Address A. A. 1, care Tobacco World. 12-12tf PIGAR FOREMAN who has been em- ^^ ployed in large factory for years— up to date in every respect— is open for position. Address Box 4, care of The Tobacco World. Phila. l-22c UOK SALE— One million Long Filler ^ Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-Stf Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersviile, Pa. ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S • #^ I Take no other but the Genuine ly^aUished 18^9 Incorporated ld93 Every Box of the Genuine Portuonpo Cigars Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo """^'ian,, -^•— ' ,rvVz; •*N f^'rfF* fe(irfi,^ IteKiatered in U. S. Patent Olfloe There are more Imitations of this old established and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand ot cigars any other cigar in the worl(L MANUFAGTER.ED ONLV BY The Juan E Portuondo Ci^ar M'f . Co 1110-1116 5'an5oni5t.,Philadelphia. Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED iifTi 'rranfa The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD. CONN. -OR A. H. REEDER, President. P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0. 0— # EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in <=> Tobacco Bought and Packed on Connmission Stoughton, Wis. I. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. Norristown Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c« With StpecUlly Desldaed Baods. .nd PAN ANNA 5c. Cifiars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Ceols Correapoiideoce with R.spoDsibl. Houaa. aalieiM^ PHvata Braads Bad* to order. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatiOA SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of AH Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom t 313 and 315 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Re.chiof All la Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste SflN FELieE^ R ^ A HIGH GRADE R ^ iJC. CIGAR FORiJC* Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio T. J. OUININ «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK Louis E.Neuman&Co 123^-^Tol30^-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. ■^ LABELS & SHOW r >V L S O NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE is » is cent package. Dick Laurence, (Concluded from p. 10) ^*io is now at the head of the sales de- of appreciation of his efforts and sue- partment of the Mentor company is cess. He has been the recipient of ^^11 known to the trade owing to his congratulations from his many friends former connections with the trust, in the trade. ^o^^ of our jobbing houses have taken on the Ramly brand, and many have their salesmen taking orders for samples boxes from their own trade. There is a rumor afloat that on or about February 1, the Mentor Co., will consolidate their business with that of the Menashi-Khoury Co., mak- ers of the popular Menashi and El Ahram high grade cigarettes. R. D. Carnea, New England manager of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., is spending a few days visiting the trade in Vermont, where the White Rolls ci- • • • L. Sanchez ^ Co.'s New Representative. W. H. Terriil, formerly a traveling representative with Sanchez y Haya, has been secured by L. Sanchez & Co., who are also manufacturers of clear Havana cigars. He will cover Pacific Coast States as far South as Texas. • • • The firm of Roseno Bros, line, has been formed to grow tobacco, manu- facture cigars, etc., with a capital of Michael Hose A. F. Brillha.?; Mk Ciiar C Manufac- turers of $25,000. The incorporators were Louis, „Q».^ff^a o-l i^oo^ u„ j n ' I p, . , , , \^ 11 * n^ garettes are fast becoming good sellers. I Darnel and saac Roseno, all of 114 g. Grysmisch, manufacturer of the Sprmg street. New York. ^^„ ^nown S. G. 10 cent Londres, is on a trip to Cuba, where he intends R. R. Uhler, of Lebanon, Pennsyl- to purchase a large supply of the new vania representative of H. Duys & Co., crop Havana tobacco, was a recent visitor at the firm's head- Alexander Herbert, of the Phillip quartets here. Morris Co., was in town this week go- ing the rounds in company with H. E. Jos. S. Vetterlein, of Vetterlein Nichols, the firm's New England rep- Bros., Philadelphia, John N. Kolb, of resentative. Mr. Herbert was well the Theobald & Oppehheimer Co., and pleased with the rapid progress of the Wm. Yocum, of Yocum Bros., Reading, Phillip Morris cigarette in this market. Pa., were visitors in New York last due to a great extent to the personal' LEAF TOBACCO, HAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. week. • • • H. S. Rothschild, of Rothschild & Bro., has returned tc this city after a brief visit to the Detroit oflfices. TRADE QUIET AT THE HUB . charge of the tobacco end of the busi- Crisp Notes as to What Well ness, using as leaders Bohemian Mix- Known People are Doing There, ture and Players sliced plug. The lat- ter brand is a 25 cent package, and is attractively put up in 2, 4, 8 and 16 oz. packages. The tobacco has consider- ity of Mr. Nichols, who is one of the most fetching cigarette salesmen com- ing to Boston. Frank H. Swick, formerly with the Khedivial Co., is now in charge of the cigarette business here of the Surbrug Co., while B. B. Bates is now in [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire StreetJ Boston, Mass., Jan. 20. Trade conditions have been very quiet the past week, in fact many of our jobbing houses have reduced their list of slow paying customers and will continue to do so till business gets more normal. Although the trade is very quiet, salesmen are here in large numbers. The Mentor Co., makers of the orig- inal Ramly cigarettes, have five or six salesmen out working the Hub on their brand. With each 250 box pur- chased the retailer receives three pack- ages of the Mentor No. 2 gratis, which able merit about it and ought to prove to be a ready seller. Mr. Swick is working on the Egypt- ian Arabs, and Dolma cigarettes are being given gratis to any retailer or- dering the Arabs. The Nestor Gianaclia Co. have come out with a gratis deal on their Nestor and Royal Nestor cigarettes. With each 250 carton of either Nestor or HUNTER -A Nickel Cigar Has won many races for dealers. Try it. NWA • 1^ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^ J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Pine Havana Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS C^ ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. H. L. WEAVER Factory .Sfl55 E. E. HEAVEK WEAVER & BRO. Manufacturers of 1^ S X •<» v* o ^^^ Jobbing ^ VylgarS Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HILL, PA LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars v^\M^ Also, All Gmdea of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER. PA. 18 ^^^%^»%%^%%»^i%%<^^^^^^^ %%%%%%%% THE TRADE IN READING. P Boyertcwn Disaster Causes Sor- row in the City. Many Victims Well Known to the Trade. Notes of the Cigar Industry. Reading, Pa., Jan. 20. A general gloom was cast over this city las«- week by the horrible disaster at Boyertown on Monday night, owing to the destruction of the Rhoads Opera House, \\hich cost nearly 200 lives, many of the victims and members of the bereaved families being well known to the trade here. Not only did em- ployes of the town's cigar factories meet an untimely fate, but some of the manufacturers lost members of thtir fami ies by the sad catastrophe. Among the dead were a daughter of F. J. Ritter, a cigar manufacturer, aUo John Graber, a son of Albert Gra- ber. who is foreman at the Eisenlohr faciory. He had escaped from the doomed structure, but was run over by a fire engine and died two hours later as a result of hi- injuries. The wife and a sister-in-law of Harry Lembach, who is employed as book- keeper by Henry Rindskopf, a leaf to- bacco dealer of this city, were also among the dead. Various degrees of activity are re- ported by the trade here ; a few of the smaller factories report fairly good orders sinct the beginning of the new year, and again some others are going ojt of business. It is reported that the N. & N. Cigar Co., a small factory on North Eighth street, contemplate the discontinuance of their manufacturing department. The Kline Cigar Co. also are begin- ning to close out their business. W. W. Riegel, at Third and Green- wich streets, will, as soon as the neces- sary arrangements can be made, re- linquish the manufacturing business, to devote his entire time to a leaf to- bacco trade which has been growing steadily for some time past. There was quite a gathering of leaf tobacco salesmen in this city during the past week. Among the number noticed by the writer were L. F. Mueller, with Cullman Bros., M. Le- vine, with M. F. Schneider, D. Kalber- man, with Jos. Hirsch & Son, R. R. Uhler and bon George, with H. Duys & Co., all of New York, and Julius Ecker- 3on, of F. Eckerson & Co., Philadelphia. Alfred W. Penner, with Dohan & Taitt, Philadelphia, made his initial trip here for that house last week. Some very attractive calendars of H. Duys & Co. were distributed among the trade in this vicinity. John U. Fehr& Son report that their sales of leaf tobacco this month so far have been quite satisfactory for Janu- ary, and that the month is exceeding in volume the business during the Constitution ^'t.%Sr Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. month of November or December, 1906, which is, to say the least, encouraging. The cigar box manufacturing in- dustry, the activity of which is gener- ally a fair barometer of the conditions of the cigar industry, is not at present very active, and some have only scant orders on hand, not sufficient to keep them running steadily. The year 1907 closed a very excellent volume of business with M. Steppacher, of this city, who is one of the oldest and best known manufacturers of union made cigars in this section of the country. It is agreeable to note that the demand for goods from his factory runs largely on the 10 cent grade. W. W. Stewart, of W. W. Stewart & Sons, has been confined to his home for some days by an attack of rheumatism, but is now improving. John U. Fehr & Son report a very satisfactory business in leaf tobacco during the first two weeks of this month, arr.ong manufacturers who have needed certain goods for immediate use. Lengel & Ernst are now running on full time. Jerome Lengel, of the firm, recently returned from a visit through the coal regions and reports a fairly satisfactory condition in that section. George W. Shupp & Co., at 863 North Sixth street, will hereafter go under the name of the Original Cigar Factory. They are increasing their force and report prospects good. THE MINNESOTA TOBACCO LAW Strict Regulations as to Selling or Giving Cigarettes to Minors. The following is the text of the Min- nesota law now in force as to the sale of tobacco and cigarettes : An Act to prohibit the manufacture. sale or use of adulterated cigarettes. and prohibiting the use of tobacco by minor persona, and by all minor pupils of public schools. Section 1. Any person within the State who manufactures, sells or gives to anyone, or uses any cigarette con- taining any substance foreign to to- bacco, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than thirty days. Section 2. Any person within this State who sells, gives to or in any way furnishes any cigarettes, cigars or to- bacco in any form to any person undef eighteen years of age, or to any minor pupil in any school, college or univer sity, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars or imprisonment in th county jail not to exceed thirty days for each offense. Section 3. Any person under eigh- teen years of age, any minor pupil, as described in section two of this act. who shall smoke or use cigarettes, c\- gars or tobacco in any form on any public highway, street, alley, park or other lands used for public pur- poses, or in any public place of busi- ness, shall be arrested by an officer of the law. who may be cognizant ot m THE TOBACCO WORLD S^Sf^' JOHN D. UOINQ OFFICE. g^ . FACTORYi No. 1 18 Mifflin Street Manufacturer of |^ I g & T S Cor. Maple & Plum A ves. L^ebanon, Penna. A Specialty of Private Brands. Tei.phone Connection Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. HERiVlAIN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5c Herdel Sc Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS ^old to Wholesale ^ Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: &^ Bear. S6ff Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey C. E. MATTINGLY 6i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa. Git^ars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Cigar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of aitfh Oratie Clears Exclnalvaly. _ ei-oiVQ ElOno Union Made 5-Cent Cigars are as Good as Cigars Can be Made Chas. A. Oberly, Maker LEBANON, PA. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. SoperTeo«^ MAKER OF Fernside.. ind Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Dallastown, Pa. M nu' • ur IS m Fine Domestic Cigars Hiijhest Ouulity Finest Tnckaitea Wholesale and Jo'-bing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Roth-sville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited iEstablished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. COWIDCCtfCft H. G. BARNHART Ciliar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate lU ^^K T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE j BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples to Responsible Housvs FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. ^Hmnfp FrPP "^^^ Most Popular Flavor since 185S jaill|JlC lltC Please Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 such offense; and further, it shall be the duty of all such officers, upon com- plaint of ore citizen, to arrest such offenders and take them before the proper court. The court shall impose a punishment at its discretion in the sum of not to exceed ten dollars, or im- prisonment in the county jail not to ex- ceed five days for each offense; pro- vided, if said minor person shall give information which may lead to the ar- rest of the person or persons violating section two of this act, in giving or selling to, or in any way furnishing said minor person tobacco, and shall give evidence as a witness in such pro- ceedings against said party or parties, the court shall have power to suspend sentence against such minor person. Section 4. Any person who harbors or grants to persons u der eighteen years of age, or to minor pupils as de- scribed in section two of this act, pri- vilege of gathering upon or frequent- ing any property or lands held by him, for the purpose of indulging in the use of cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco in any form, shall be held in the same penalty as provided for in section two of this act; provided, that no part of this act shall be so construed as to interfere with the rights of parents or lawful guardians in the rearing and manage- ment of their minor heirs or wards, within the bounds of their own private premises. Section 5. Be it further enacted that grand juries shall have inquisitorial powers over offenses committed under this act. Section 6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed. Section 7. This act shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of thirty days from the date •f its passage and approval. Approved April 24, 1907. Leaf Tobacco Markets rAHUSSEvl' LEAFMCCOO). THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA >a NEW YORK \ CfflCAGO I ST. LOUIS i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Local conditions remain unchanged. No outside buyers have appeared in the field and the growers are watching the market conditions in other States closely. A few are planning on assort- ing their crops, believing that an active market will be late in developing.— Gazette. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND •* Ofiice and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes, opposite Frascati # CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Well, the ice has been broken in this vicinity, at least, and some few crops have changed hands during the past week. Although sales were at low prices, it shows that the packers have at last started to stock up their empty warehouses. But it is beginning rather late to do much business this winter, and if the present action is kept up, there will not be much to be bought of RITHERFORD ''''^ti^D'^/'^^ from the factory of El Draco Gitfar Mf||. Co., Philada. Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Inoorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day ^^g THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^ HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIN. SI. lOllS. »904 WC MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'3 EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Qu4lily. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOICK, BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY HMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.UoO,OJJ u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. the farmers ; for much tobacco is being taken into the private assorting shops here and there. I was talking with a prominent grower, and asked him if he had been called upon by any of the buyers. He said no, and that he did not want them to call, for he had made arrangements with L. A. Crafts of Whately to assort his crop, and that he would put the tobacco into Mr. Craft's buildings early this present week. There will be some very nice tobacco this year. I examined a little of a lot of twelve tons that was fine tobacco. J. M. Crafts of Whately was visited last week by Mr. Alderman, who, after looking over his crop, inquired of Mr. Crafts his price, and did not appear to be frightened when he was told that it would take just 16 cents to buy the crop. But he could not pay the price quite yet, but thought the tobacco of that quality should bring good money. If they can buy a good lot of tobacco at their own figures they will take it. But I think not much will be bought for a price much over 14 cents, or not until they have picked most of the cheap grades. Our correspondents write : Conway, Mass. : "There has been a little stir here in tobacco the past week. Mendelsohn has bought three small lots. C. R. Cranson sold 7i acres at 10 cents ; G. H. Johnson, three acres at 8 cents ; A. J. Patterson, three acres at 10 cents. Max Antes of this town is buying some of the small lots and sorting them himself. He has bought of D. Miners four acres at 8 cents. H. D. Pease sold five acres at 8i cents." Leveret, Mass : "Two or three lots of tobacco have been bought here by parties from North Hatfield, Mass." Sunderland, Mass. : "W. W. Wolfram has bought of Frank Gripco a lot of twelve acres that weighed 113 tons. AHck Gripco, two tons at private terms. although Mr. Wolfram assured me that it cost all of ten cents. It was very pretty leaf and last year 16 cents or more would have been asked. They bought several other lots, but did not care to give names or prices yet."— American Cultivator. EDGERTON. WIS. While buyers are picking up a few crops of '07 leaf, there is still absent the indications of a general movement that ought to be due at this time of the year. The prices paid seem low enough to encourage trading if there- were not some better reasons why the movement is not under way. We hoar a few sales were made to Janesville buyers in the Orfordville district this week at figures around 8 centF. and further transactions reaching us are : Hanson Bros.. 4a at 9 and 2c. Ole Bakken. 2a at 8 and 2c. S. A. Hoffland. 7a at 8 and 2c. T. Melheim, 6a at 7 and 2c. Julius Sommerfeldt. 2a at 6 and 2c. The new crop is being handled in three warehouses of this market in a limited way and the result of the grad- ing is being watched with considerable interest as a guide for future business. The old leaf market is a good deal of a deadlock. Some 1906 goods might be moved if packers were willing to accept losses but as yet they are not ready to do eo, and ihus matters stand until one party makes a concession. We learn a few hund cd cas-es of 1905 goods were sold by a Janesville packer to an Eastern house this week. Shipments 400 cases. -Reporter. ^^%^'^r^' • — T. H. Doneghue. of Carmi, III., has arrived at Gadsden. Fla.. to open the cigar factory of Long & Doneghue. Rutherford, Constitution, Hunter — a strong trio. fil Draco Ciiiar Mi. Co., Philada. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Hoitz, Penna. 10c="UINCLE JOSS'Sc Pretty Bessie York Nick . . . . Best Known. . 5c Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 25,000 per day. Telegraph— York, Pa. /r>. d^^^f^4 r^ff^Ki* A Self Fillinrf $2.00 Fountain Pen and "The Tobacco World'* VJUr VjlGal VyllCl . for one year. <|| Both for $1.30; the Regular Price is $3.00. Wehavemadeacontractwith one^ of the largest Fountain Pen M^^^^^^^^^ FlrSt^ClaSS Sclf FilUllg PCIl tirerTin this ~counVry (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with the best of its kind in the market. Every pen is solid gold. 14k.. point tipped with genuine irndium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen ; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifling cost. lO ANY PFPqON sending us $L50. we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen. postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's namer;f or one year's a.i=..5rHn„>n "The ^^^ Should you already he a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended oSe year from ^^^ expiration!^ This offer does not apply to foreign suDscriptions, which cost $1.00 additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 21 Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS Established 1877 S^ New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK. PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Weidman Bros. & Moyer Manufacturers of Ci^ar Boxes SD.O..I AtLniion gQ^D LEAF EMBOSSING "'° wo°,k*°^ Factories: Womelsdorf , Pa., SinkinfE Sprinii, Pa. m Established 1891 ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer In LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. 22 INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgin^s 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. ^^g THE TOBACC O WORLD SHHH Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9, 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to dn more and better work in a given time, with Jess labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability , as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes m.inutactured Write for prices and full prirticulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. -Established is;j4- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Meitlidfi;> 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Artu 1 1^^ Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ^Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Dav oi Sale Cuban Licorice Casing Wine Is no longer an experiment, and your trade will be affected unless you fall in line and use this HELP TO MODERN CIGAR MAKING. Acme Extract and Chemical Works ^ F. G. ECKERL Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Caveats, Trade Marks, MrSiLGTlLS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^''"ioncuiT'' John A. Saul he Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ ♦ METAL CMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTEI.' tAHr.t^ > ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ¥ ♦ * ♦ ♦*♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ > ♦ ♦ ♦ *t I H* J* r ieiscKkauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. | I TtLF.PHONE 1661 >*l^t*f,t*it;?'*fj^*t**^"^*^'» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ^^^ ♦ LITHOGILAPmNti - SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /^^^^^^^^^^«^4^4^^ f Xt ••••- JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS <; American Tobacco Co. American Cig.ir Co. American Stogie Co Liihtman & Wilhurn Tobacco Co. liUickwcll Durham Toh :cco Co. Spulding c£' Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY VCU '■• "" '" ""'" ' -t orderlnij l^uuda> »-l.ve where. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS of ihe folUiMlnii (jooci as uovernment Donds Kniisiered Broods ^♦BRILLIANT STAR" Clear Havana . lOc. **S. B. ^eed ami Havana 3c« "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 3c. **VUELTA SPRIGS" The Meiiow c.gar . 5c* 1 he»i* Hmiids .S> II (III Mrril uiid ( cn.sfanll> Rpprut. Tr> I hem unci Juoii>- fur Yourself V\h> Ihis |-uil(ii> .Nr^rr .Shuts D<>%«n . . SIAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O 1 IN 1 A E R I Q U MIXTURE &Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORI E. A Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street / PHILADELPHIA IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» W. A. LAHR Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer ¥ i- ■i k '""^eASHTsPAlN'^'"''^ Red Lion, Penna. vi'^'^T^ Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. fj^ J Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII. in 1881. J I.. No. 5. ) PHILADELPBIA and NEW YORK. JANUARY 29. 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. MANUFACTURERS OF CENTRAL.UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE {"l',/.','.:,:-) Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND, VA. J J V V p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ^. r r \ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDBR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street, New York / H^^THE TOBACCO WO R L D S88» r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) I Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia OORRESPONDENOE SOLICITED J W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) Dii Bi. k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. EU PERKINS 1 Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Factory 1839. First District Henoa \i. Ml. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa Write for Samples ^Prices \ A/ J.^^— CUTTINGS-SCRAPS-SIFTINGS C^^ Qpi Ip \ ^'^^R SCRAPS-Clean i-.d oound VV a. n LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. I ■ U I O O. I O ) Write Us for Prices 6-3-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK \ E.VIIL EERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouver.icur Slip, Nl .V ViKK THE TOBACCO WORLD VoL XXVIII., No. 5 PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY 29, 1908 One Dollar the Year Jacksonville's New and Import- ant Industry* Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 24. Through the efforts of the Jackson- ville Board of Trade, and especially the work of Capt. Charles E. Garner, President of the Board, a handsome new building is being erected on Ashley street, just east of Bridge street, and when completed it will be occupied by the Gonzalez and Sanchez Company, manufacturers of high-grade Havana cigars and dealers in leaf tobacco. The Gonzalez and Sanchez Company is not a new institution, for it has been operating a cigar factory in this city for some years, but on a much smaller scale than it will in the future in its new factory building. An officer of the company stated there should be a correction of an erroneous impression given by the papers several months ago, through misunderstanding, when this matter was first given some publicity. I refer to the references made then to Cuesta, Rey & Co. As is very well known, Cuesta, Rey & Co. have one of the largest factories in Tamps. While they are interested in our business to a considerable extent and our relations are very intimate, yet the management and administration of the two factories are entirely separate and distinct. "The factory here— our factory- has always been operated under the sepa- rate corporate name of Gonzalez and Sanchez Company, and has its own brands, labels and devices, all of which have no relation whatever with its Tampa connection. The Gonzalez and Sanchez Compuny was organized here in Jacksonville by Cuesta, Rey & Co. as principal owners, several years before the big fire. It was originally designed to be an auxiliary plant in case of strike tie-ups at Tampa. The business in the beginning was almost exclusively confined to making cigars for Cuesta. Key & Co., and under their labels, but it was not long before the Gonzalez and Sanchez Company's own brands became so popular that enlargements to the business became necessary, and gradu- ally developed the factory into one of the largest clear Havana houses in the country. Two years ago the company was re-OTganized under the same name, Cuesta-Rey still retaining, as they d > now, an important interest. But the personnel of the administration was changed, and a vigorous campaign be- gun to make Jacksonville's big Havana factory famous. "No better illustration of the success achieved could be given than the big factory building just commenced on West Ashley street for our use. Six months ago it was a serious question whether we should be compelled to move to Tampa in order to get adequate and suitable quarters. The history of our efforts to remain here, and the val- uable assistance rendered by the Jack- sonville Board of Trade and its capable and untiring President, are already known." Enterprise at Columbus, Ga. Columbus, Ga.. Jan. 24. A petition for incorporation has been filed in the superior court of Muscogee county asking for a charter for the Georgia Tobacco Company. The peti- tioners are J. J. Kaufman, W. E. Mar- crum, S. M. Kaufman, A. A. McLeod and S. H. Kaufman. The capital stock of the corporation is placed at $10,000, with the privilege of increasing the same to an amount not exceeding $100,000. The business of the company will be the dealing in a general way in cigars and tobacco, and the privilege of also selling soft drinks is prayed for by the petitioners. The new company, it is understood, will take over the cigar and tobacco business of Kaufman Bros. Co. *^J*/*t*^IV% Increasing Forces at Tampa. Tampa, Fla.. Jan. 24. The various cigar factories through- out the city are increasing their forces now. The number of men recently put to work by the Havana-American Co. alone, in their various factories, numbered more than one thousand, and other additions will be made shortly. The big Sanchez & Haya Co. 's factory resumed operations today with a full force of three hundred men. Other factories are increasing their forces. Over in West Tampa there is not a factory that is not working a larger force than last week, and many of the factories have recruited their forces up to the full limit. Some of the factories had shut down entirely to take stock and make general repairs. But now all the factories are going again and orders are increasing. Iowa Jobbers Will Expand. Marshalltown, la.. Jan. 24. Jasper H. Fisher, formerly of this city, has decided to return here to live and will enter business here, having purchased a half interest in the La- Shelle Cigar Co. with which he will be actively identified from now on. He has resigned his position as traveling salesman for the United States Playing Card Company and has assumed his new duties. The LaShelle Cigar Company is one of the best known wholesale and retail tobacco companies in central Iowa and enjoys a very extenisve busi- ness, both locally and from outside points. The business was established about ten years ago and under the ex- cellent management of S. W. LaShelle has grown until he has found it advis- able to take in a partner upon whom some of the cares and responsibility of the company's affairs will devolve. It will also enable them to carry out long contemplated plans for its further im- provement and development. — G. W. Tutweiler has opened a cigar factory at Lincoln, 111. He was form- erly an employe of J. Stuckel, of that town, and is well known there. He will do a strictly wholesale business. Equity Plans for a Million Dollar Factory. Louisville. Ky., Jan. 24. Prof. J. D. Clark, Secretary of the Fayette County Society of Equity, states that he has held a conference with a Northern Kentucky capitalist, who. with a number of associates, is considering the feasibility of establish- ing a large tobacco manufactory in the Burley district, and that Lexington is the preference for the location. Prof. Clark says that in the confer- ence the visitor, who prefers that his name shall not be known for the pres- ent, said: "If we decide upon Lexing- ton as a location for the proposed to- bacco manufactory we will erect a $1.- 000.000 plant and utilize a large per cent, of the white Burley crop in the manufacture of the brands we will put upon the market." The plan of the promoters is to interest the leading to- bacco growers who are members of the Equity Society to take stock in the pro- posed enterprise. If they have not the ready cash an arrangement will be made to exchange their tobacco now in the pool for stock on a cash basis. Prof. Clark says that the establish- ment of large independent tobacco manufactories in the Burley district will be the natural evolution of the present situation and that besides the Kentucky capitalists, a representative of an Eastern syndicate, which is con- sidering the advisability of establishing a factory in this section, is also in this city. The Eastern people propose to put up a $500,000 manufactory, but alsD desire the members of the Society of Equity to take stock in the enterprise. »<%%^%»%^^ Louisville Exchange Officers Elected. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 24. The following officers and committees were elected at the annual meeting of the Louisville Leaf Tobacco Exchange: W. O. Head. President: F. G. Harp- ring, Vice President; C. G. Peper, Second Vice President ; F. W. H. Hahn, Treasurer, and R. B. Green, Secretary. Executive Committee. -Laban Phelps. H. T. Larimore. A. P. Barnard, ware- housemen ; F. G. Harpring, F. W. H. Hahn, J. A. Robinson, buyers. Arbitration Committee.— George C. Turner, J. G. Harris, C. A. Bridges, warehousemen ; C. D. Campbell, S. P. Owen, W. D. Collins, buyers. Committee on By-laws.- -Henry Glo- ver. J. C. Bright. Elam Perkins, ware- housemen ; W. D. Major, J. D. Shouse, J. M. Buckner, buyers. Reclamation Committee. -J. C. Bright J. C. Stone. E. S. Reese, H. T. Lari- more, warehousemen ; J. F. Dannen- hold, N. C. Shouse, Rucker Hampton, Frank Sutton, buyers. W. 0. Head succeeds Edward J. O'- Brien, who has served six consecutive years and positively refused to stand for re-election. Mr. Head, after his election, ap- pointed the following committees, which are appointive and not elective : Quotation Committee. -Henry Glover, F. G. Harpring, A. P. Barnard, E. J. O'Brien and R. B. Green. Sales Committee.— J. A. Robinson, Henry Anderson and R. B. Green. Storage Commitee. — W. C. Bridges and W. D. Major. Connecticut Growers Again Pro- test. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 24. When the New England Tobacco Growers' Association met in annual session last week they again went on record as being opposed to any tariff concessions in favor of tobacco imported from the Philippine Islands, by adoption of the following resolution : Resolved, That this association is as firmly opposed as heretofore t« any al- terations of the tariff on tobacco, where- by the interests of the New England tobacco growers are endangered or de- stroyed. In addition to the election of officers there was a general discussion of matters of interest to the growers. These officers were elected : President, Thaddeus Graves, of Hatfield. Mass. ; Vice President. Colonel E. N. Phelps, of Windsor, Conn. : Treasurer, W. S. Davis, of Hartford ; Secretary. W. F. Andress of South Windsor. Conn. New Illinois Factory Project. Springfield. III.. Jan. 24. It is probable Springfield will be the location of the box. furniture and label factory to be erected by the Home Ci- gar Company, organized in Peoria re- cently. J. F. Ball of this city, who was elected President of the organization, and J. F. Mester, one of the directors, say Springfield has an excellent chance for the factory if the proper effort is put forth to secure it. The company, as it now stands, is only a temporary organization formed that they might become incorporated. When the corporation papers are se- cured another meeting will be held, officers elected and a permanent organ- ization effected. The 134 men present at the meeting in Peoria do not com- prise the membership. The organization is a national one and it is expected stock will be sold to independent cigar manufacturers all over the United States. Only inde- pendent manufacturers who employ union men will be admitted to the organization. The object is to engage in the manufacture of cigar boxes, cigar store fixtures, labels, advertising matter, etc., and to buy tobacco, that the independent manufacturer may se- cure these articles at a reasonable price. The trusts have advanced these prices to such an extent that the man- ufacturers cannot afford to pay them, hence the organization. The Home Company will employ its own salesmen, send buyers to the to- bacco fields, and manufacture every- thing the dealers need. It will also manufacture a few brands of cigars and attempt to make them standard throughout the country. College Professor Cigarette Fac- tory President. Roanoke. Va., Jan. 24. At the last meeting of the Comas Cigarette Co.. at Salem, Va., Dr. F. V. N. Painter, of Roanoke College, was ap- pointed Presiden t of the company. A salary of $3,000 per annum is paid. E. A. Calves & Co.^^c::> Havana, 123 North Third street T«l. 722 Orchard ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS o^-^ PHILADELPHIA ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^»; J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOLINDED 1853 John T. Dohan \ ^Y) 8lT^-^ ^^' ^* ^^ohan fLOR "^^ de DOHAN & TAITT D 8cT Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^J^ JO7 Arch St. Leaf TobaccoK .^^ J philada. Bstablished 1825 7 ig LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Y S Julius Hirschberg & Bro. umporters of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. 1. VELENCHIK S. VELCNCHIki VELENCHIK BROS. '"""tr'in LEAF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA fat/e/p/u The Jtlmpire '""^^ 'II fi'S""* '" SEFi LEAF, m Leaf Tobacco "^y.^''^ vUMATRA 1 Co., lib iN. 3d St., Phila. H. STRAUS B^.@;i€^if@$^©§)^ A.t&eft IMPORTERS OF 30l&Wli!liii^ld^SlW I®HILADELPHa Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia LiEOPOUD LiOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., PhHa. and GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. I I m. U KRUPPENBACH ifi42-44 N. nrvcNTii. ST. Pmilaoelphia J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Cox:"c> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^KTHE TOBACCO WORLD Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Autnorizea uy me Government ot the Kepublic ot Cuba ulonzada porel Gobierno delaRapablica Garantiza qije los tabacoscigarrosy paquetes dc picad jra que lleven es^a preciPi a son fabricadospor HABANA Mj^Jli:^llilJ.lil4^:MHJ:^lJN.T1.v1:lj^.^jWJi^:l.!lk^^^M^i^^H;W,'k^^:^!.rwj!ll^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT* NOTICE... The preceding cut, is a fac- simile, in its actual size, ot the Frecinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cuba ^ by the Independent Manufacturers. Thus a copy of that warranty stamp attached to any box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any packages of Cut Tobacco, means that those Ci* gars* Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana, Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in the faa\ous Vuelta Abajo DON'T FORGET THIS. RETAILERS. IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. LOOK WHO'S HERE! Or, The Man Behind the StilL n^here is not another of the hosts of traveling •'• men who set foot on Pennsylvania soil that is more universally popular than Dr. E. G. Eckert, proprietor of the Acme Extract and Chemical Works, at Hanover, Pa. But, aside from his geniality. Dr. Eckert is a Past Master of chemical science, and one who has turned his talent to good account for himself and at the same time his efforts have proven a bene- faction to the cigar and tobacco industry of the country. His fame as a specialist extends through- out the length and breadth of the land, and his products have become a password and are in high favor with many of the leading manufacturers. Dr. Eckert is versatile. A member of the Amer- ican Extract Manufacturers' Association, and many a brilliant and highly interestine paper by his pen has been read before that body. Some noted products have come from the still of the Eckert laboratory, where extensive experiments have for years been made before a product was pronounced absolutely perfect. For instance, "Havanalin" is a product the effi- cacy of which has been thoroughly established in the manufacture of cigars and tobacco. Eckert's Spanish Belune has been an- other remarkably successful product, while the Cuban Casing Compound, and probably half a dozen other preparations, helped in Iheacheivements which have made the Acme Extract and Chemical Works one of the most noted establish- ments of its kind in the country. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL at BIG GATHERING EXPECTED. Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Dealers and Growers to Meet in Joint Session Next Month. Janesville, Wis., Jan. 24. This city will have a joint convention next month that will mean the gather- ing here of fully six hundred strangers from all parts of the Badger State. At a special meeting of the Janes- ville Leaf Tobacco Merchants' Associa- tion held recently, arrangements were completed for holding a monster State session of all leaf tobacco growers and dealers here about the middle of Febru- ary. Mayor S. B. Heddles is President of the association and through the effoits of himself and the other officers ar- rangements were made with George McKerrow, Superintendent of the De- partment of Farmers' Institutes, to hold the meeting here on the same date as the farmers' institu'.e which is scheduled here in February. Supt. McKerrow said that such an arrangement was entirely satisfactory to him and that he thought the idea an excellent one and that his department would co-operate with the Janesville Association and do all in its power to make the coming meeting one of the largest ever held in the State. The tobacco growers and dealers will probably meet either in the rink build- ing or the court house. At a meeting of the directors of the State Association held here President Estes said he would do all in his power to make the meeting here a success. —Montgomery & Brown, of lola, Kan., have rented the SchatFner build- ing at Humboidt, Kan., and will open a cigar store and factory. They have an establishment at lola but this will be separate from that one. , Jamestown Exposition. White Rolls Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street. Philadelphia. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straitiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger& Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on appli'^ation. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in _,: Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by'ij Himmelberger & Noll, ROBESONIA, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ (ABO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Third St, PHIUDEIPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco ZM Hippie Bros. & Co Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date t\ lai LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. „- .. j « r ; »nd Commission Merchants. rhlladclphia. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Lea£ Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse; 630-636 N. Prince SL Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LEA) Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers DEALERS AND PACKERS OF and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom: 313 and 315 West Grant Street Crrespon ence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Wilhin Be.ch ot AM Norristown Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Keyno i HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c. With Specially Desliined Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cidars TWO HAVANAS Two (or Five Gents Correspondence witK Responsible House* ■elieitoJ. Private Brands Bade to order. Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatio* Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbinfir Trade L. O. HAELSSERMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. UAEUSSERUANN • U. O- HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ^^ 6 ^^KTHE TOBACCO W Q R L D ^^ E. A. Calves & Co.<^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ..IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA More Business Now Doing in Havana. With the Presence of More Buyers the Market Shows Some Animation, and the Strike is Now Apparently the Darkest Cloud on the Commercial Horizon, but Hopes of a Settlement in a Short Time are Growing. Special Correspondence The two main topics of discussion here have been, the strike of our cigar- makers and the news that Cuba will have a government of its own once more, that is about February 1, next year. Now as regards the cigar strike, it has become general in all our leading factories, and it seems that it will last some time at least, with the eventual settlement favoring the cigarmakers. When times improve, as they are bound to do, then there will be work enough for all, and the men will go back, al- though this may not be the final end- ing, as Tampa and Key West are so near and our cigarmakers have only to go there to find work— an expert man being always welcome. The reason of the strike is, however, the unjust inter- ference of the agitators, represented by their overbearing President, "King Emilio Sanchez," who as a labor factor has shown new points to many of his brothers in the North. When a manu- facturer or other employer can not dis- charge men on the ground of lack of business, to save himself from going into bankruptcy, then things have come to a pretty pass indeed, and the public, which in most cases decides the event- ual finish of most strikes here, has al- ready taken sides against the cigar- makers committee. At this moment it looks, however, as if there might be some agreement reached between the manufacturers and the cigarmakers, and that the latter will commence work again on Tuesday the 2l8t inst. Business is beginning to pick up, so far as the leaf market is concerned, and in the last few days quite a number of buyers have arrived, helping to make things lively and waking us out of our lethargy, and if it were not for the HUNTPR — ^ ^'^^^^ ^'g^? Has won many races for dealers. Try it. of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, January 20, 1908. strike in the cigar factories, the entire business of the tobacco trade would be booming. The principal trading has been in Remedios and Vuelta Abajo leaf, but Partido has also come in for a fair amount of attention. SMlea du'ing the week gone by have amounted to 3,522 bales, divided as follows: Vuelta Abajo, 1.180 bales; Partido 319, and Remedios 2,073. For the American market 2,093 bales were purchased, local cigar and cigarette manufacturers took 150. and 1.279 bales were purchased for export to Europe. nnyera Couit> and Go. Arrivals:— S. Sheldon, of the F. B. Rice Mercantile Cigar Co.. and Fred Opp, of the Weinheimer & Opp Cigar Co., St. Louis; H. Anton Bock, of H. Anton Bock & Co., and E. P. Cordero, of E. Cordero & Co., New York ; E. L. Kohlberg, of Kohlberg & Co., San Francisco; Stephen Hart, of Hart & Murphy, St. Paul, Minn. ; J. A. Land- field, of New York, who is looking for an agency for one or more of our large cigar factories for the United States and Canada ; Robert Taggart. of Meyer & Mendelsohn, New York, who is down here on business for his firm and ex- pects to remain three or four weeks ; Francisco Garcia, silent partner of M. Menendez Parra, Havana ; Sidney Roths- child, of Rothschild & Bro., New York and Detroit, and established here under his own name; S. Grimish, of S. Grim- ish & Co.. Boston ; Peter Wohl. of Wohl & Comstok. and Michael Friedman, of Taussig & Co., Chicago; M. Berriman, Eduard C. Berriman and M. Sanchez, of Berriman Bros., Francisco Diaz, of V. Guerra Diaz & Co., Charles Jacobs, of M. Fernandez Co., W. T. Morgan, of Morgan Cigar Co., Tampa; Celes- tino Corral of Corral, Wodiska & Co., and Enrique Pendas, of Y. Pendas & Alvarez. Tampa, (the latter is also LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNI£ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?"' Havana RciAaL 20, HaVandk. P.O. Boxtt SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTI SPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Cigara I O'Reilly St. ^r^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase AMISTAD 97, Cable: ••CASIIN" HABANA* H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED t^ H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 aCHAS« LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal _^ sous REPRESENTATIVE OF H, UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA |X m S^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD :^^B BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ^^ SOL" Brand Finest ▼■elta Abajo Tobacco kclusively #/FlW NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: ••Antcro" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 Habana p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON UNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DIflZ 8t GO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco RRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JO^GE 8t P. CnSTAJlEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana lieaf TobacGO Efido, Corner Pragones Street, H A V ANA 8 PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO 0BE8C Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) • [Leaf Tobacco V VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiict Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. • s AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ 1_ and Dealers in ^6^1 1 OuSLCCO FIGURAS 39-41, CabU: -Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in L,eaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CIIRA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRC orrespoadence Solicited in Enrfllah LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama I4g and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSB F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA ^KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D :^^B Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA [Septuno 170-174 Cable- Rotista Special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo President of the Union of Manufactur- ers at Tampa). Havana Cigar MannfactnrcrM The following factories are working by special agreement with the strike committee; Por Larranaga, Diligencia, P. A. Estanillo, Cruz Roja, and Punch. At a meeting held recently by the Union of Cigar Manufacturers it was decided to have a complete shut-down, and any factory not obeying was to be expelled from the Union. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 600.000 ci- £:ars last week. BnrinK, Selling and Other Nntea of IntereMt. Sobrinos de Antero Gonzalez were sellers of 600 bales of their choice hold- ings of all classes— Vueltas, Remedios, and Partidos. This house is again tak- ing the lead, so far as the amount of sales is concerned, this year. Sylvester & Stern shipped 100 bales of their stock North on the last steamer. Don Maximo Stern and Don Jorge Wyatt are in the country attending to the numerous interests of their packing houses and vegas which are very ex- tensive. J. Cayro e Hijo disposed of 104 bales of Partidos to a Northern customer. Planas & Co. were sellers to the ex- tent of 300 bales Remedios for the North and Europe. Leslie Pantin has been active in the leaf market lately, and I understand he has taken close on to 1,000 bales be- tween Christmas and the present mo- ment. At one time he had four cus- tomers here at once. Charles Landau, who was taken sick lately, has entirely recovered and will shortly leave for New York, where he represents the important house of H. Upmann & Co., and when the strike terminates he will begin his very suc- cessful campaign of selling and push- ing the brands of his concern in the States and in Canada, as he did so suc- cessfully last year. Saturnino Miguel (Casin), who is at present in Spain, will sail for home on the 20th inst. and resume his duties at his firm's warehouse— Gonzalez y Mig- uel, Amistad 97. Por Larranaga has plenty of orders, and as its business is fairly active, the managers have decided to continue working the same as ever, or even with a trifle more vim than usual. Celestino Corral purchased some 300 bales of fine Vuelta Abajo for his firm of Corral, Wodiska & Co., Tampa. Gonzalez Benitez & Co. were sellers to the extent of 200 bales of Ist and 2nd capaduras. Avelino Pazos & Co. disposed of 150 bales of Vueltas and Partidos. M. Suarez & Co. have their hands full in attending to six or seven cus- tomers simultaneously, and while some of these claim that they have come principally for pleasure, they neverthe- less are seen looking at tobacco all over our market. H. Upmann & Co. purchased 300 bales of leaf for export. Suarez Hnos. closed out 100 bales of Remedios. Charles Blasco was qu'te a buyer of tobacco during the past week, having registered more than 300 bales for his customers. Cardenas & Co.. sold 95 bales of Remedios from their holdings. Fred Opp and S. B. Sheldon went in company with Don Pancho Garcia, in an automobile, to the country to have a look at the growing crop. Jose F. Rocha was a seller of a vega of Vuelta Abajo, over 100 bales, to one of his customers. The weather is rather too variable to be suitable for the maturing crop, and all tobaccos which are to be cut this month may be defective in having un- desirable spots, as far as wrappers are concerned, but on the other hand it is beneficial to the late planted tobacco as it hastens the growth. It remains to be seen how the months of February and March will finally turn out, but it would be foolish to build castles in the air at this time and count on a large and good crop, even if the manufactur- ers are praying for it. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since Jan. 18 Jan. 1 Bales Bales 728 1,315 130 143 92 122 Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas — Remedios & S.Clara 2,579 Santiago de Cuba 599 Total 4.128 3,507 673 5,760 New Plan to Kill Trusts. ' Frankford, Ky., Jan. 24. A bill of far-ieaching importance has been introduced in the House by Dr. C. F. Crecelius, representative from Pend- leton county. It is a stringent anti- trust act and if enacted into law will drive the American Tobacco Co. out of business. The bill simply provides that the General Assembly of Kentucky in the exercise of the power under the law as to the regulation of foreign corpora- tions, remove the American Tobacco Co. and its subsidiary corporations from Kentucky and deprive them from doing business in the State. An emergency clause is inserted. Lawyers in the Legislature declare the State has this right under its sover- eign power and may remove the com- pany without notice. The bill provides a fine of from $1,000 to $5,000 for any "trust" corporation to do business in the State or any agent for the "trust" to do business in the State. It also provides I hat all tobacco warehouses and manufacturers must secure a license and their books be sub- ject to examination. Wisconsin Growers Urged to Pool Eau Claire, Wis., Jan. 24. President Holmes of the Wisconsin Tobacco Growers' Association, in con- ference with the directors here, says a representative of the Association will go into the various districts of the State to help the growers to pool the unsold portion of the 1907 crop. Rutherford ^"cigarr"^ are sold by successful dealers. There is a Reason. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very beat Vuelta Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: -Calda" JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO id Commission Merchants Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 an( New York Office: 196 WATER STREET A. COHN 8i CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLC: "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Bifi Flats Warshonaes t Addlaoo. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Merldlaa. N. Y. ig OnOndagBL * ^ "^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^' Hanford. CoH. CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED THE TOBACCO WORLD omce, ERNEST MLLINGBR & CO.Nos.S^SoTineSUeet Importers of HA VANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFriCES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA ,CUBA. New York, JOS. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z, VOORBURGWAL 227 OFFICE: 183 Water St. Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA T^^ K c^ ^^ •> .01. and SEED LEAF IODQCCO 185 Water St., New York P. & S. LOENVENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra 10 No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK (^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. ^ New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, January 28. New York Leaf Market. nified an intention to attend the first There has been an improvement in inscription, and the leaf tobacco market during the past week but the activity is yet far from being even normal. There have been more or less numerous orders from manufacturers, but it was clearly in- dicative of present needs rather than the purchase of stock for later use, which latter condition must come about before the trade will generally assume a nrore pleasing shape. Leaf men will closely scrutinize the figures of the 1907 cigar output, which in its aggregate shows a slight in- crease over that of 1906, but not in the proportion of several years previous ; yet, since the figures show a really stupendous output, they have the posi- tive knowledge that great quantities of leaf will again be needed, sooner or later, and they therefore look more confidently to the future. In Sumatra tobacco importers report a moderate business, which has ex- ceeded the activity in the seed leaf market. From Havana come more cheerful reports of business than for several previous weeks. in order to do so he will sail on the iS. S Adriatic, leaving Feb. 26 He will be accompanied by his family. Cl^ar Manufacturers. A more hopeful view is beiginning to be taken of the situation than at any time since the opening of this year. Wholesale distributors are commencing United Eisenber^ to Go It Alone. M. Eisenberg, who was President of the Eisenberg Sumatra Tobacco Co., which has its headquarters at 169 Water street, has severed his connection with that company. The leaf tobacco brok- erage firm of Eisenberg & Schloss, of Cincinnati, which is Mr. Eisenberg's home, and which latter firm consisted of Moe Eisenberg and Nestor Schloss, is said to have also been dissolved, but Mr. Eisenberg will continue in the brokerage business at Cincinnati as formerly. Mr. Schloss, it is said, will also open a brokerage oflSce on his own account in the Queen City. • • • Upte^rove Visits Old Customers. W. E. Uptegrove, of the cigar box lumber firm of W. E. Uptegrove & Bro., of Brooklyn, has returned from a recent visit to many of his customers through Pennsylvania, where he was cordially greeted by hosts of his old friends and royally entertained by many of them. "United" Officers Go West. Maurice Wertheim, Secretary of the Cigar Manufacturers' Co., ac- to replenish stocks somewhat, even companied by Chas. H. Hirschhorn, of though they are as yet buying in only the same company, left last week on a western trip, the itinerary of which moderate quantities, but sufficient to start factories on a stronger footing. There are still large numbers of cigar- makers idle. • • ■ "United" Shield Protected. The United Cigar Stores Co. has suc- ceeded in restraining the United Deli- catessen Stores Co. from using as an emblem a shield similar to that em- ployed by the United Cigar Stores Co. will include points as far West as Den- ver. • • « Marqusee Warehouse Burned. It has been pretty accurately ascer- tained that the leaf tobacco warehouse of J. Marqusee & Co., at Janesville, Wis., which was destroyed by fire on last Friday night a week, contained - . about 4,000 cases of leaf tobacco, all of and which bears on it the word"United" which was totally destroyed. The value Under equity proceedings an opinion fuHy fnsured^^^^'^^^' ^"^ '' ^^^ ^""^"^ has been given by Judge Ward in the ' • • • Florida Tobacco Go's Offerinif. Announcement has been made at the ^?^^\?^^J'^ Florida Tobacco Company, 131 Maiden Lane, that the present supply of Florida wrappers is rapidly dwindling away, and they attribute the splendid sales to the extraordinarily nice lots that are offered. The house feels convinced that their entire hold- ings will be picked up as rapidly as U. S. Circuit Court, in which the Judge recited the United Cigar Stores Com- pany's ownership of the "United" shield through common law rights, and stated that its use by the United Deli- catessen Stores Co., which also oper- ates a chain of stores, was likely to be confusing and lead the public to believe the defendants' business was either . _^ ^^^^^'j owned or in some way connected with ^^^^^ ^^" ^® gotten ready for market, that of the United Cigar Stores Co., and he therefore enjoined the defend- ants from using it. • • Early Sumatra Inscriptions. The date for the first two Sumatra inscriptions to take place this year has been set, and is earlier than usual. The first inscription will takfi place on Friday, March 13, and the second will follow just a week later on Friday, March 20. KaulTman S. Falk, of G. Falk & Bro., is among the first who have sig- Trade Notes. Emil Wedeles. of Wedeles Bros.. Chi- cago, was among the late arrivals in the leaf trade. Albert Kraus. of the Kraus-McFarlin Co.. Chicago, is also expected here this W6CK, rin?n" ^V ^"^^' °J "^ ^"^^ ^ ^0. , haS returned from a short visit to Canada. D. M. Schoenfeld, a well known to- bacconist of San Francisco, has been visiting in New York. Henry Kraus, of Kraus & Co Balti- more, was another recent visitor in Gotham. • • T I i RETAIL TRADE IN BOSTON Reported as Generally Dull, But "There are Others" in a Like Condition, Only More So. {Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World'. 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., Jan. 27. The retail trade is still dull here, but the condition is hardly as bad as in some of the other large cities. T^e tobacco trust has put to work again most of the advertising men who were laid off a few weeks before Christmas. The Marlboro Cigar Co. is giving up most or its jobbing business, and will possibly hold on to White's T. D. pipe and one or two cigar accounts which sell fairly well. Will Rosenfeld, formerly with Flat- auer & Co., New York, is now working on a clear Havana proposition. Frye Bros., Dover, N. H., have be- gun manufacturing cigars once more. Their leading brand is the Sport Cohen, a Havana filled ten-center, which will no doubt sell well. The tags of Sickle and Town Talk, two brands of the American Tobacco Co., are now redeemable for presents by the premium department of the company. W. Gelpke, of Blue Hill avenue, man- ufacturer of the Barrymore and Sleep- er's Eye cigars, reports an increasing business on both brands, M. Barnett, of M. Barnett & Co , has opened a New York office for his leaf tobacco business, at No. 3 Burling Slip. Mr. Barnett spent several days in town last week, and did a profitable business. Edward Leader is now manager of the cigar department of Cobb, Aldrich & Co's store, corner of Kneeland and Washington streets. Larus & Bros. Co. are now placing with the trade a new package of cut plug tobacco, called Hand Bag. The tobacco is packed in 1§, 3i and 16 oz. packages. The latter size is a very handy tin hand bag, and when empty will make a nice lunch box, and no doubt will prove a good seller. J. G. Boardman, a prominent Chelsea tobacconist, left on a pleasure trip to Europe. Frank H. Swick, who now represents the cigarette business of the Surbrug Co. in this market, has started in very nicely. Messrs. Aldrige and Murphy are doing the missionary work. The deal on Arabs consists of 8 packages of Dolma cigarettes free with each 1,000, The Dolma is a high grade ISc.package, The Mentor Co. is making a big hit on the Ramly cigarette. Most of our retailers are placing trial orders .for some of these goods, and reports com- ing in show that the brand is moving nicely. Victor Sheppard is painting the cigar store windows in great shape, advertising the Ramly. Dick Lawrence, of the Mentor Co., who has been out of town for the past few days, is expected back today. S. H. Kitsis and W. H. Kennerly, two of the Mentor Co's hustling salesmen, are keeping the factory working overtime 80 as to be able to fill orders promptly. Sam Marcuson (Khedivial Co.) is not letting any grass grow under his feet. He is taking his usual weekly number of orders from the jobbers. The Sa- maris and Natural are good sellers. Although th.> sale of the Virginian cigarette has greatly falhn off here during the past year, the White Rolls, under the clever guidance of R. L. Carnes and George Farrant, show a BILLINGS For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. fif^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ substantial increase. The trade is now awaiting the two new brands of Turk- ish cigarettes which the Ware Kramer Tobacco Co. will shortly introduce in this market. I understand the adver- tising on these brands will mostly be done thf-ough the local newspapers. The Khedivial Co., New York, has sent a circular letter to the trade, an- nouncing that Wm. P. Walker, formerly head of the cigarette department of the A. T. Co., is now Vice President of the Khedivial Co.. and James M. Di.xon. also formerly with the A. T. Co.. is the new Secretary of the Khedivial. C. F. Williams, representing Andrew Dougherty, the New York playing card manufacturer, called on the jobbing trade this week. Ben Ali. STILL QUIET AT LANCASTER. Leaf Dealers Continue to Report Few and Small Sales, but there is Some Stir in Cigar Factories. Lancaster. Pa.. Jan. 26. Another week has passed and still no material change in the conditions of the local leaf tobacco market. No busi- ness except everyday transactions ot small lots is reported by jobbing houses. There is perhaps a slight betterment in cigar manufacturing circles. Orders are coming in a little more freciuently, and for larger quantities, but manufac- turers are not yet by any means busy. It has been reported that a few crops of the 1907 leaf had been bought, but the announcement has not been fully verified. The prices said to have been paid ranged from 7 to 9 cents, a vast reduction from some figures paid last year. Packers are yet in no way anxious to buy the new crop, and in fact many have considerable ot the 1906 goods on hand. Stripping: has become pretty general since the present spell of ex- ceptionally favorable weather set in. One thing is certain buyers will have an opportunity of making a more satis- factory examination of the crops offered them this year, and be better able to decide upon the merits or demerits of the goods before purchasing, and that fact should help to avoid legal contro- versies. I Good progress has been made during the past few weeks on the new cigar factory building of the S. R. Moss Cigar Co., which is now making a most imposing appearance. When Meyer and Sam. Jaskuiek, of ' Jaskulek. & Co.. Cleveland, O., were here recently they secured several medium sized lots of leaf and the fact that these purchases had been made by out of town parties had. at least, an encouraging effect on the market. D. R. Oberholzer. cigar manufacturer of Bowmansville. made a Western trip recently, visiting Chicago, St. Louis and other points, and reported trade conditions at those places to be fair, with signs of still further impro ement. Milton H. Ranck, packer of leaf to- bacco, with warehouses at Lancaster and Strasburg, has engaged W. D. Sahm, of Akron, as a salesman. We learn that there has been some buying of the 1907 crop in the Northern section of the county. The prices range from 6 to 7 cents for wrappers and 3 for fillers. Towards the end of the buying season for the 1906 tobacco in many instances double the above named prices were paid. It is said there is considerable of the 1906 tobacco in warehouses throughout j Lancaster city and county and it can | scarcely be sold at what farmers were I paid for it. | Buyers expect to have difficulty in inducing farmers to sell their 1907 to- bacco ai priced materially lower than a year ag). but surface indications are that present trade conditions will not warrant the high prices of 1907. Harry Lefever, residing on R, F, D. No. 3, Lititz, sold his tobacco to a Lancaster packer for 10 cents. The first tobacco sales reported were in Iha vicinity of Hopeland. The buy- ing has been done by D. M. Helman & Co., and thj reported prices are from 6 to 7i cents for the best and 3 for fillers. In some cases it is said slightly over 7* was paid. 3c. Cigar There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billixgs. This Is the Best. »* A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. Ncwark, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. E. A. Calves & Co. tories. Correspondence with Nanu* facturers invited. 6 51h MOINROE ADLER Cidar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, IlL 12-18ca We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buyingr easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown, Pa. ll-13ch MII-..II — — — ■■■ ^l.»B I. I. ■,._ ^.. »■— I ^ To Ci^ar Manufactarers. 'T*HERE are several cigar factories ^ vacant in Perkasie, Bucks Co., Pa. (1st Dist. Pa.), on the N. P. Branch of P. & R. R. R., 33 miles from Philadel- phia, which can now be rented at a low rent. Plenty of good hand-work hands can be secured. This is one of the largest cigar centres in the State. Ap- ply to The Perkasie Board of Trade, John Schwartz, Secretary. l-29c? A GOOD SALESMAN wants to repre- •^^^ sent, in the Eastern States, a Union factory making Seed, Florida and Su- matra wrapper goods ; also a non-union factory making cigars from $11 to $20, Londres and Perfecto shapes ; commis- sion basis. Address W. H., care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 122c npRICK^IGAJRS-Perfectly harmless. -"■ Packed 25 in a box, and banded. Just the novelty to increase your busi- ness and make big profits. Price $25 perM. Agents wanted. Write for sam- ples. Address F., care of The Tobacco World, Phila. 10-2tf was a slight interruption of business owing to a severe storm last week, but all quicklyrecovered from its effect. Robt. Klee, a well known manufac- turer of cigars at 1304 Girard avenue, called a meeting of creditors this week, before whom was laid a statement of his present financial condition, and which he declared had become burden- some. There was a prettly full repre- sentation of creditors pre'^ent, and they were somewhat surprised upon learn- ing that the total libalities were in the neighborhood of $3,000, and the assets approximating $10,000. A tentative offer of settlement at 25 cents on the dollar was made, but some of the creditors felt that 33.^ per cent. modern retail store, with good facilities in the same building for manufacturing purposes. They propose to carry a large line of pipes and smokers' articles. On February 1 Pent Bros, will have a fine opening of their new store at the Southeast corner of Eleventh and Fil- bert streets. The store has been elab- orately furnished and makes a handsome appearance. The firm will Tahoma, their which is one of the popular brands in Philadelphia. Large display windows are among the many other improve- ments in the new building, and these will be advantageoubly utilized in ex- H. L. Heiser, a popular cigar box manufacturer of Lancaster county, came to this city last week with some friends for the purpose of selecting an automobile, which he proposes to take to his country home for pleasure pur- poses. Fred Bauer, representing L. E. Neu- mann & Co., lithographers, of New York, has been circulating in the trade Vy ANTED. -Good reliable salesman ^' to handle our line of Roofing and Building Paints. Salary or commission, exclusive territory. Exceptional oppor- tunity for proper party. Address Gar- land Refining Co., Cleveland, O. l-29c \A7 ANTED, by an experienced cigar man, Pennsylvania accounts rang- ing from $8 to $25 per thousand. Ter- ritory, all New England. References exchanged. A. Wilson, 6 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 12-lltf should be realized. It was learned P'o'ting their wares and products, that they could probably be induced to accept, but the matter was, at least temporarily, kept under advisement. Mr. Klee has the good will of all concerned, and everybody interested is hopeful that he may be able to fix a figure that will be satisfactory all around. strongly feature the here for some days past, taking orders great nickel leader, for new labels from cigar manufactur- ers. San Francisco Buyer to Visit the East. Advice has been received from Kohl- berg & Co., leaf tobacco dealers at San Francisco, to the effect that Eugene L. Kohlberg, of that firm, left for Havana, Cuba, on January 6, and would visit the East about February 1. Sig. C. Mayer & Co. are busy getting ready for the removal to a new building There was no noticeable interruption of business at the Theobald & Oppen- heimer Company factories since New Year. Their entire force of salesmen are on the road now and the real activ- ities are just beginning. Each mail is bringing in a goodly number of orders, which keep all hands busy. John T. Dee, of this company, whose former headquarters were at Chicago, has now POR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and ^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf WANTED TO PURCHASE"$2,000to '^ $5,000 Cigar Factory; give full description, class of goods made, stock on hand, location, etc. Address A. A. 1, care Tobacco World. 12-12tf niGAR FOREMAN^ho has been em- ^^ ployed in large factory for years— up to date in every respect— is open for position. Address Box 4, care of The Tobacco World, Phila. l-22c — Vice President Harris, of The American Tobacco Co., while testify- ing in the government suit against his company, stated that pipe smokers con- sume more than half of the tobacco at 517, 519 12 and 521 Lombard street, removed with his family to this city, to grown in the United States. pOR SALE— One million Long Filler ^ Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-Stf \A/ ANTED- An Experienced Stogy Roller Foreman. Must be sober and reliable. State reference. Miami Valley Cigar Mfg. Co., West Milton, O. • • I I « 6 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. fitmfC THE TOBACCO WORLD To Protect the Omsimiers ag^imst the Host of Lnitators of this Old Tone Famous Popular Brand of Ci^ar^ EvewBox of the Genuine portuonpo Cigars %^^^;' Registered In U. 8. Patent Office MANUFACTURED ONLYK^ The JuanER)rhiondoG^arMg.G). inO-1116 5an5om A.. Philadelphia^ GEO. W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of ^(/perTeuB^ High Grade Cigars Fernside Parr Value Lord Wharton (ORRESPONDENCE INVITED Special Brands Made to Order SAMPLES ON APPLICATION t 13 © Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER H^^THE TOBACCO W Q R L D ^^tf Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-5 R^ A HIGH GRADE » ^ kJL># CIGAR FORwJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J T. J. DUINIV «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-40/5 E. mst Street, NEW VORK Louis EN Eu MAN & Co .1 23 V^To 130^-^,57 AND PARK AVE. N.Y. ; - LABELS & SHOW TRADE MARKS REGISTERED. JURYMAN 15 467 For cigars, cigarettes and cheroots. Regisu-red Dec. 30. 1907, at 9 a. m., by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. HAVANA NICKEL 15,468 For cigars. Registered Dec. 30, 1907. at 9 a. m., by Star Cigar Co., Hellam, Pa. SWEET NECTAR 15.469 For cigars. Registered Jan. 2. 1908, at 9 a. m., by John P. Snader, Akron, Pa. HUNT-HER For cigars. I ..-. ^ow l_ S O TED SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why shou d the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exactly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. 15,470 cigarettes and tobacco. Registered Jan. 2. 1908, at 9 a. m., by A. E. Furlou, Lititz, Pa. 73" 15,471 For ci^^ars. cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 2, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Lape & Leitner, Sheridan. Pa. WIN 15.472 For cigars, plug and smoking to- bacco. Registered Jan. 7. 1908, at 4 p. m. , by Jacob G. Shirk, Lancaster.Pa BIG X 15.473 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 8, 1908. at 3 p. m., by Zugschmidt Ci- gar Co., Pittsburg, Pa. MALTESE CROSS 15,474 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 8. 1908, at 9 a. m., by Zugschmidt Ci- gar Co.. Pittsburg, Pa. 15.475 Cancelled. SPEAR 15.476 For cigars. Registered Jan. 13, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Robison & Bos- sert, Philadelphia, Pa. CAVALIER'S DELIGHT 15,477 For cigars. Registered Jan. 14, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Wallick & Gohn, York, Pa. ROBERT LONGFELLOW 15,478 For cigars. Registered Jan. 14, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Wallick & Gohn. York, Pa. VILLA NOVA 15,479 For cigars and tobacco. Registered Jan. 15, 1908, at 9 a. m., by S. T. Banham & Bro., Philadelphia, Pa. COL. CRAWFORD 15,480 For cigars, cheroots and stogies. Registered Jan. 14, 1908, at 3 p. m., by J. H. Doyle, ConnelJsville, Pa. OLD FOXIE 15,481 For cigars. Registered Jan. 20, 1908, at 3 p. m., by Taylor & Bupp, York, Pa. THE WERNER & BIDEZ CO's 213. 15,482 For cigars. Registered Jan. 22, 1908, at 3 p. m., by Sig. C. Mayer & Co., Philadelphia. EVERETT TRUE. 15,483 For cigars, cigarettes and cheroots. Registered Jan. 23, 1908, at 3 p. m.. by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. SUSANNESUE. 15,484 For cigars, cigarettes and cheroots. Registered Jan. 23, 1908, at 3 p. m., by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O HARRIGAN. 15,485 For Cigars. Registered Jan. 23 1908. at 9 a. m., by Central Litho Co.! Cleveland, 0. FIRST HERO. 15.486 iqSP'" ,^i83"- Registered Jan. 25, 1908. at 9 am., by J. D. Ryan Co.. Cleveland, O. FIRST SENATOR. 15,487 ^Jo'^ cigars. Registered Jan. 25. 1 08. at 9am., by J. D. Ryan Co. Cleveland, O. AGREATONE. 15.488 laE."'" ,^i?^^s. Registered Jan. 25. 1908. at 9 am., by J. D. Ryan Co. Cleveland, O. JACK MALONE. 15,489 iQrffi'''" .""if^"- ^^K'stered Jan. 25. 1908. at 9 am., by J. D. Ryan Co. Cleveland, 0. ' PAT KELLY. 15,490 1Q&'' .""o^^"' Registered Jan. 25, 1908. at 9am.. by J. D. Ryan Co. Cleveland, O, EVER-FIRST. 15.491 iQnc°^ cigars. Registered Jan. 25, 1908, at 9am., by J. D. Ryan Co. Cleveland, O. ' EVER-RIGHT. 15,492 ^Qn^'' Jf^""^' R,eK>?tered Jan. 25, 1908. at 9 a m., by J. D. Ryan Co. Cleveland. 0. * EVER-GOOD. 15.493 lonsf .^'i?^"- J^egistered Jan. 25, ClfvefaU^O.'^-'^^'-^-^^-C-: YANKEE-MAN. 15.494 iQni?'^ cigars. Registered Jan. 25, Rejections. Nation's Bell, Namreh, Runnymede Army and Navy, Bulls E^e, Sydn^ U Chief. Teddy Bear, 213. Royal Tip Al- dine. First President, First Chief. First Citizen, Great Patriot, Old Ben Mas- ter-Man, Red Star. ' Correction. PYCB. Registered Nov. 13. 1907. by George F Loundy & Co.. should have been Pycb— or Russ. Transferred. Cancelled. ROBERT FULTON. Registered An Tp'.' S'h'/ ""• ^- ^5^" Ltncls-- ler, ra., has been cancelled. NWA • For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established i8go Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^g THE TOBACCO WOR LO^E£CZ^. J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of ^XVV\AM ^ Hussey*s Business-Getting Liter- ature. Cigar manufacturers throughout the country have recently received from the A. Huseey Leaf Tobacco Co. some more of their business-getting litera- ture, and it is needless to say that the firm is now getting the business. And how could they help but get it ? They claim to be the largest and best organized mail order leaf tobacco house in the country, and their methods clear- ly show that they are masters in getting out advertising matter that is effective. One of their most recent pieces was a folder, printed in three colors, en- titled "Marching through Georgia." Of course it treats specially on their offerings of Georgia wrapper leaf, and showing a large line of goods at prices ranging from $1.50 to $3.10 per pound. A variety in which any one must find something to meet his requirements. Following closely the issuance of the folder referred to, the house also sent out a calendar consisting of a pad of twelve sheets, one for each month, be- tween each of which was bound an order blank. Each sheet also portrays a scene of some kind, and be it a pic- ture of an assorting room in a ware- house or a field of growing tobacco, it seivts to interestingly embellish the wotk, and truly carrying out its object of effectiveness. The Hussey literature is always worth a careful perusal. No Compromise in Kentucky. Frankford, Ky., Jan. 24. Junius Parker, counsel for the Amer- ican Tobacco ^ o. has written a letter to R. K. Smith the head of the com- pany's leaf department in Kentucky, instructing him be buy only 10,000,000 pounds of the Burley tobacco in the pool of the American Society of Equity, which precludes any possibility of the settlement Governor Willson had de- sired. He said, however, that he would meet with a delegation of representa- tives of the society if they would go to New York, but added that he did not believe any good would result from the conference. In the meantime there was a meeting of 35 of the legislators from the dark tobacco and Burley districts here, and a bill was agreed upon providing for a $100,000 penalty for any grower who would sell pooled tobacco, and ex- empting any grower from giving bond who desired to bring an injunction against growers who desired to pool tobacco. Another bill is also proposed, creating a tobacco bureau in Kentucky to handle and grade all of the tobacco raised in the State, and if buyers do not give a satisfactory price then the State will put its convicts to work manufacturing it. Miss Gaston Has New Hope. Springfield, 111., Jan. 24. Miss Lucy Page Gaston has taken new hope from the continuance of the Legislative session, and returns to Springfield to secure the passage of an anti cigarette law which will take the place of the one passed by the Assembly in May, it having been declared uncon- stitutional so far as it attempts to pre- vent the sale of cigarettes to any but minors. There is a bill on third reading in the Senate which, if passed, would put a stop to the sale of cigarettes in the State. SmuggHng Lea! Into Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 25. Three wagons containing independ- ent tobacco were smuggled into the Cincinnati markets, through Covington, early last week. The Society of Equity later learned that the tobacco had been brought in and started an investigation. They learned that the tobacco passed the toll gates about 4 a. m., but were unable to locate the owners. E. P. Mann, of Morningview, Ky., who represents the Kenton county growers at the general meeting of the society in Winchester, admitted that tobacco was being smuggled into the markets, but said they were powerless to stop it. He said : "We know that independent tobacco is being smuggled into Cincinnati and Covington from Kenton county, but what can we do, other than to talk to growers about it and urge them not to sell it? There are 40 acres of pooled tobacco in Kenton county and about 150 acres of independent tobacco. In Boone county there are 900 acres of pooled and about 400 acres independent. In Grant county there is about 5,000,000 pounds of tobacco, and none being sold. Pendleton county has 4,000,000 pounds, and 95 per cent, of this is pooled. "I want to makfi it very emphatic that the tobacco growers of Kenton, Boone, Pendleton and Grant counties are unanimous on the subject of raising tobacco this year. There will be none raised. We are looking for some action in the Legislature that will relieve the situation. "The Society of Equity is being blamed for all these disturbances of the night riders. Nevertheless, none of the tobacco destroyed was the property of the American Tobacco Company, which we are fighting. As the repre- sentative of the society here I have warned the local growers not to resort to violence, and the same instructions have been given all over the State. We expect relief from the State or Government, and never have advocated violence." HUNTER Sc. Cigar is successful with successful dealers. El Draco Gidar Mf|{. Co., Phila. ALLEN H. REEDER 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. 1. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO Stanleys Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN ^^K THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^fl Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ® CO. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCH Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Gtades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples Saiaples cheerfully •■bailtted upon request P. O. Box 96 CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticot and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, i^ancaster, F*a. / K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. ""'phLes LANCASTER, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of \U West Market Street, on Mason Avenae, York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco Nos, 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. Si^tJ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturiof Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. MAIN OFFICE; Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue HaBufactorcrs of "^7- -m w^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco I Orliy JPa* N. D. AUEXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemop -and Arch Sts. 17 THE TOBACCO WORLD kii^^^S ffjifiurAcruRes or all minds or I38&I40CCNTRL5t Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. EEBS'1)k Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGEK, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. mm.m C igar Boxe s ♦4 ^* >-♦ Cigar Box Lumber ♦« Largest stock of |f Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, * Ve^jeered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AYENfJS and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦♦♦<♦ (t larcnDon 2.\pnii s Also, All Grsdea of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. 18 <^%%%^^^ %%%%%»»» %^^»^^^<% I BRIGHTENING IN YORK COUNTY Optimistic Reports from Cigar and Box Factories at Many Points. The Hall-Bitner Suit. York, Pa., Jan. 27. A tone of general improvement is prevalent throughout the cigar and tobacco trade sections of this county. Orders are beginning to reach cigar manufacturers at more frequent in- tervals and for larger quantities than has been the case at any time previously this year. Everybody is now entertaining a .spirit of greater hopefulness and con- tidence, and that alone has much to do with the likelihood of greater business activity. Manufacturers in particular tre greatly encouraged by the fact that brokers and salesmen are now on their igular trips, and already orders are (u'lrinning to reach them in consequence. V.s.ting leaf salesmen were again lumerous during the past week, and all report having done some business. Several manufacturers were recently visited by E. H. Billings, who has engaged in the cigar brokerage busi- ness, with headquarters in Kansas City, Mo He came here recommended by one of the oldest brokers of that city, .md secured some desirable accounts. Some heavy orders have been booked by manufacturers, and cigar box fac- uric-s are again able to resume on full 'ime. It is reported that the Porto Rico Cigar Factory at Red Lion, now opera- ted by W. A. Lahr, has booked orders aggregating 1.000,000 cigars, and that the force of cigar makers will be in- creased forthwith and as rapidly as possible. It is expected that quite a number of hands can be drawn from the New York Factory at Dallastown, which has been idle for some time. C. S. Gable, of York, is also among those who have lately received some big orders. George W. Htffener, a son of H. W. Heffener, one of York's best known cigar box manufacturers, was married last week to Miss Margaret Viola Har- man, a popular young lady of York. E. S. Sechrist, of Dallastown, was the recipient last week of orders for 100,000 cigars. His factory has been in operation steadily since New Year, but even greater activity than before now prevails. H. F. Kohler, of Nashville, is re- ceiving some nice orders from his several salesmen who are now on the road. He has also secured the services of an additional representative for this year. Myers Bros., of this city, are retir- ing from the cigar and tobacco jobbing business. They have sold their stock in its entirety to Chas. H. Stallman & Son, jobbers, of York. Constitution ^"fna'SfZ" Made in the good old way. EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. Yoe. Z Every cigar factory in Yoe is now working full time and it is expected that they can be kept steadily employed from now on. Isaac Kohler, of Yoe, is still confined to his home by illness, and although improving some the progress is slow. B. S. Taylor, of Yoe, one of the most widely known leaf tobacco dealers in the county, has started his scrap factory. • • • Red Lion. D. Frank Kaltreider, cigar manufac- turer, has bought from Miller Bros., cigar box manufacturers of that town, their cigar band business, and will make it a specialty. He will have a large line of goods of that class with which to supply the trade generally. During the past week Danl. Spangler secured orders for 100,000 long filler cigars. J. H. Quigley has placed all his hands on full time. They had been limited to a certain number of cigars per day for some time. Windsor. G. W. Gable has closed down several branch factories, but all the hands were taken on at his main factory. W. H. Snyder has been on a business trip to Philadelphia and New York, and secured some additional orders for his product. W. H. Grim has also lately been a visitor to New York city, in the interest of his cigar business. • • • Judge Hassler, of Lancaster county, has handed down an opinion in the case of Harry G. Hall vs. Charles W. Bitner, of Lancaster, which is of considerable importance to tobacco growers and dealers in this county and elsewhere. In August, 1906. Harry G. Hall, of Stewartstown, this county, sold his 1906 crop of tobacco to Charles W. Bitner, of Lancaster, and entered into a written contract of sale. On January 23, 1907, in pursuance of notice from the defen- dant, the plaintiff delivered the tobacco to the defendant at Stewartstown. On the day the tobacco was delivered the defendant, through his duly authorized agents, examined and inspected the to- bacco and afterwards accepted and re- ceived the same. After it was weighed and accepted the defendant issued his check payable to Hall, for $466, *-6, in payment of the same. The defendant subsequently stopped payment on the check, and refused to pay for the tobacco, alleging that it was wet, pole burnt and otherwise damaged and not according to contract. He afterwards offered to pay Hall $367, about $100 less than he owed. Hall would not accept this reduction and he placed the claim in the hands of W. B. Gemmill, his attorney. Hall then, through his attorney, brought suit in the Lancaster county courts, and the defendant filed a lengthy affidavit of defense, alleging that the THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations o.'-e in tlir most famous growing section Fine Handling Supeib Quaiiit Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. RtEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0. HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5& Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Slold to Wholesale * Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G^ Bear. G^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FI>EST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbind Trade «ml9 Correspondence witb Active Hoases Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR if^^^ 1 GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF Fernside-d Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited \ 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Ultfh Grade Cltfara Ezclnslvely. ^ H. G. BARNHART Gliiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate C. E. MATTINGLY & CO, .'Aanufacturers of Hi^Ii Grade L'liion Made FOR THfc ¥hole>ale Trade Only Union Chief Snpreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa, R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. 19 :^^S THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^g T.A.MYERS&co ▲ YORK, PENNX. ^^7^ ^SHhBs^^^ SAmUEU FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- Zr THE CYCLONE ) *^^« BROWN BUCK (Banded) [ ^ 10* 3C, ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples (o Responsible Houses OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH -PRUNEU Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar Mi Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1853 FRIES c& BRO. g2 Reade Street, NM W YORK. The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes tohacco was wet, unsound, damaged and not sized properly, and that fillers were mixed with the wrappers not ac- cording to contract, and that the writ- ten contract had been rescinded. The case was carefully argued by both sides before boih judges of Lan- caster, and it is considered an impor- tant one to the growers and dealers. Judgment was entered in favor of Hall and against Bitner, for the amount of the claim with interest, making $494.42, for the want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. W. B. Gemmill, of York, and Appel & Appel, of Lancaster, for the plaintiff, and M. C. Hensel, of Lan- caster, for the defendant. Leaf Tobacco Markets BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Local conditions remain unchanged. Many of the growers are now assorting their crops. No outside buyers have been in the field. — Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. The week just passed has been as un- eventful as any of the previous weeks of the new year, as, indeed, many of the weeks of the past year. The same old story, no sales or buyers. All the movement in the weed has been from the farms to the warehouses, where it is being assorted for the different own- ers, either to be sold by the individual owners, or to be sold by the packers for a light commission after the tobacco has passed through the sweat. But it is not pooled, as is being done by many in some of the States of the West. Our correspondents write: "North Hadley. Mass. : "Not much doing in the tobacco sales. These lots were sold last week : Hickey Brothers, 25 acres; F. Grabin, 10 acres; J. White, 10 acres, to Gheen at around 10 cents." North Hatfield, Mass. : "I report the sale of three acres of tobacco by Mrs. Kate Flynn, probably at a low price, and this was one of the best crops in the neighborhood. At the packing house of L. W. Swift about 70 men are at work sorting tobacco. They have the sweat room filled with 330 ca&es, of which 200 cases will be removed Feb. 1, and they will then have enough to replace the amount taken out. What is to be taken out will be sampled some time soon after its removal to the sweat room." East Whately, Mass. : "Erastus Graves has sold his last year's (1906) crop of two acres. John Pease has started the warehouse at the depot, with about 25 men. He assorts for Gheen & Co. "—American Cultivator. ao EDGERTON, WIS. The buying movement does not seem to gain much headway. But few firms RUTHERFORD CLEAR HAVANA LEADER from the factory of £1 Draco Giiiar Mf|i. Co., Philada. rAHcml THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST TVIAIL 0KDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers " Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite FrascatI). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Broktrs to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND -* Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite Frsscati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa^. Manufacturer of Fine and Common iiacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day M^RTHE TOBACCO WORLD -' ' HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FPU EXCELLENCE AND QtALIIY Or STOGIES. AT WOKLD'.S FAI H . S I . K H I S^^l 904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLU£ LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Quality. Long Filler. H^nd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE, BOSS. CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity SO.UJO.OJO u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. have interested themselves in the deal so far and even these do not seem anxious to increase their holdings Not but what the prices are reasonable enough, but other reasons stand in the way of a general movement at this time. The pressure of circumstances leads some growo'S to dispose of their crops at what they can get and hence a good share of the trading is probably done by this class. A few sales com- ing to notice since last report are : Martin Nelson. 6^a at 8 and 2c. Thoa. Thompson, I'^a at 8 and 2c. Hagenson & Gilbertson.Sa at 8 and 2c. G. E. Hulsether, 2ia at 8 and 2c. James FuHerton, 4a at 5 and 2c. E. Gilbertson, 3a at 6 and 2 c. H. O. Johnsrud, 6a at 7 and 2c. Scarcely any improvement is noted in the market for old leaf as yet. Both manufacturers and jobbers are waiting lower prices which packers are not yet willing to concede. An exporting firm has been in the State during the week and has been able to secure a few small lots but at figures that are not attrac. tive. The burning of the Marqusee ware- house at Janesville, entailing the second largest fire loss on tobacco in this State, is causing the local trade some uneasiness, lest it may lead to unsettled insurance conditions. Shipments 100 cases.— Reporter. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO. Etc. 876,327 Cigarette machine; D. J. Campbell, New York City. 876,883 Cigar cutter and lighter; A. von Kaspis, Pittsfield, Mass. 876,921 Match machine; W. E. Williams, Chicago, 111. 877,071 Tobacco pipe; A. A. Fur- ness, Guildford, England. 877,324 Pipe cleaner; E. T. Gilbert, Rochester, N. Y. Using Convicts to Make Plug and Twist. Louisville, Ky.. Jan. 25. Settlement of the tobacco troubles in Kentucky may be effected by using the convicts in the State penitentaries and the inmates of the School of Re form in the manufacture of plug and twist tobacco, under a plan which has been proposed by Senator J. W. New- man. Senator Newman offered a reso- lution in the Senate providing for the appointment of a joint committee cf the House and Senate to investigate the tobacco troubles and try to arrive at some plan which will bring an end to the difticulties which now present themselves. The committee will try 'o recommend such action as will insure a S(iuaredeal to the producer and seller of tobacco and is composed of the fol lowing Senators : J. W. Newman. Conn Linn and Joe Bosworth. In defining the duties of the commit- tee the resolution provides, among other things, it shall recommend such action as will insure both the seller and the purchaser of tobacco a square deal in this Commonwealth and bring order out of chaos. It shall also in vestigate and report whether or not the convicts at the penitentiaries and inmates of the House of Reform c^n be used in the manufacture of plug and twist tobacco, and if so whether such course is advisable and practical. The committee is authorized to employ counsel and also to summon witnesses and take testimony and it is hoped that something can be done to settle the tobacco situation and end the night riding, as well as put an end to the alleged extortion which has been prac- ticed by the trust. Rutherford, Constitution, Kunter — a strong trio. fll Draco Giiiar Mfif. Co., Philada. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FIINE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. K fTiTknoHS a yootilhinff IOc.=«UINCLE JOSS==5c Pretty Bessie i York Nick 5c. Best Known. . j Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Pure — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 20,000 per day. Telegraph York, Pa. Olir r^rO^i Of for* a Self Filiinrf $2.00 Fountain Pen VyUl VJlCUl V^ild • for one year. <[|Both for S1.30; t and"Tlie Tobacco World'* the Refiular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac- A ITiftof -l^loQe Qplf F^lllincf Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with xl 1- H Ol-V/ldOO vJCII L lliillg 1 Cll the best of its kind in the market. Every pen is solid gold, 14k., point tipped with genuine irriJium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifling cost. 0 ANY PERSON sending us $1.30, we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen. postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name' for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco World." Should you already be a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended one year from the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign suoscriptions, which cost $1.00 additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 21 STHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^« 1 ^XtxU^^ SONS ^ C0Ml>^ Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street. NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of I Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard YORK Aves, u DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S. A; Soln Owners and Manufacturers- I Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Ed^in^s 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD :^E¥? Minnich Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Product-^ Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a Hiven timet wtb less labor, tlvin any Press on the markt't, UnsurfMssrd for power^ strength, simplicity and durffbility, as well as ease and quickness in opt^ration. Vari- ous sizes nimuiactiired Write for prices and full p irticulars. They are indispens- able in Ivif packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834 WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Is extensively used in Cuba for Toning Tobaccos. It removes all mustiness or other objectionable properties, giving the desirable uniform effect con- sidered indispensable in Leaf, it is largely used in Damaged or Defective Leaf, being an Excellent Restorer. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Hanover. Pa. E. G. ECKERT. Proprliior. yj J ^^4.^ Caveats, Trade Marks, JtSLZCIIZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^'T^ucutT^ John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. \ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*! ♦ ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS NETAL PKINTCC tAHLL> ♦ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I uer f I il lis ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«, SPECIAL DESIGN* ♦ f /♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦< r JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, lilackwcll Durham Tob icco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WILL PAY YOU '.".Hfir '"'"' """" ^'''^^ ly (llo\«lnii Good as Government Bonds Keduicred Braods ^'BRILLIANT STAR" Ckar Havana . lOc. "S. B." ^t'fd and Havana 3c« ♦KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow cigar . 5c. 1 hfse Hrunds .S»ll uii Mrrll and ( cn&lantly Repeat. Try I hem uiid Judtf.- fur Yourself Wh> I his Kacloi> .Never .Shuts Dumo . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN 1 A R E R I Q U E MIXTURE dAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOBI 22 E. A. Calves & Co.^:^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMHORTERS of PHILADELPHIA BfMC< THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» Established 1889 Incorporated 1907 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. 1 INCORPORATED Manufacturers of v^JlM^d HIGH GRADE Havana, and Domestic Cigars Advantageous arrangements will be made with progressive distributors in territory not al- ready covered .* ., .^r These brands are strong specialties, finding favor wherever introduced Factory and Office: I If 349 to 331 North Shippen St, LANCASTER, PA. ^^ - '^ ^ \908 Established in 1881. Vol. XX VII id in 1881. ) 11., No. 6. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 5, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANUFACTURERS OF . . . Cut Plug Sliced Plug CENTRAL UNION , IDLE HOUR . . EPICURE {*i\:^lur) Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTOBT RICHMOND, VA. ^ U M TOBACCO T R A Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO I Importations R Over 3,000 Bales A Annually CA u M TOBACCO T R A • U M TOBACCO T R A No. H. DUYS & CO. 170 Water Street, NENV YO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO T R A %: iJ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDBR <& ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York r^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD "mMk r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED r HILADELrHIA W, W> STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) DMir Bi k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondei'Cc witb Ilfspon^iLIc IIpendent manufacturer, it is impossible to set the date of our annual meetings to suit the comings and go- ings of each and every one of our members, so. doubtless, there are uther members who are not with us today by reaosn of their more important personal engagements, but I am glad to find so many here, and while, since our Asso* elation was first formed, many of the members who took part in ics formation are now no more, yet happily there are still a good many left, willing, able and anxious to supply every user of to- bacco in the United States who desires a package of smoking or plug of chew- ing tobacco, cigarettes or snuff, with goods made in an independent factory. This has unquestionably been the most eventful year in the history of the tobacco business since the forma- tion of the American Tobacco Company in 1890. for, during the year, the Gov- ernment has taken an active part in controlling the operations of the Trust. At our meeting held in Philadelphia, on December 12th. 13th and 14th. 1904, a committee was appointed to ask the attention of the Government to what we considered the unfair and illegal methods pursued by the American To- bacco Company in its determination to monopolize the tobacco business, not only of this country but of the world. Your committee, as instructed, called member of the clerical force stated that upon the attorney general of the United January of the present year finds the States, and were assured that our com- plant busier than the same month last year, with heavier sales and shipments. Tuesday was the biggest day in the history of the firm, with the exception of one or two days following floods when delayed shipments were gotten out in a hurry. Kalamazoo Firm Forging Ahead. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 30. Cleenwerck & Son, who operate several cigar stores here, have secured a lease on another building on East Main street, formerly occupied by the Kalamazoo Savings Bank, and as soon as some extensive alterations can be completed they will open another fine retail establishment. plaint would have due consideration. Soon thereafter Mr. Herny W. Taft was appointed special attorney general to investigate the busir.ess and methods of the American Tobacco Company and its allied companies, and in a very short time he had gathered facts enough to satisfy himself that the methods of the Trust were contrary to law, and he then instituted the Licorice Suit. If you independent manufactur- ers will recall our position in the spring of 1905, you will remember that each and every one of us felt that the great- est menace hovering over our heads at that time was the control which the American Tobacco Company had ac- quired over the licorice business, for, without licorice, we could not continue our business, and licorice we could only get from Trust owned or con- trolled concerns. We had had the price of licorice paste advanced from six cents to ten cents per pound, and it was very evident that, if the Licorice Trust had the power and right to make these advances, it could have gone on ad- vancing to any figure it pleased, or it could have refused to sell us altogether. As a New York attorney in a recent tobacco case, with which we are all familiar, said; "It was my client's right to sell or not to sell, just as it chose, and it had the right to refuse to sell for any reason or for no reason at all." It is, therefore, to my mind self evident that, had it not been for Mr. Taft's prompt, masterly and unrelent- ing action against the licorice com panies, many of us would, ere this, have been driven out of business for want of licorice. You know the result of that licorice trial, and while it may not give you your licorice without cost, «t enables you now to get your supply at a price you can pay and still remain in business. In the course of this Licorice Suit, a most important decision was rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States, by which it became obligatory upon the defendants to furnish the Government with any records or papers which might be called for, and under this decision there was brought out in the licorice trial correspondence which astounded us, but which pales into in- significance before that brought out recently in New Yoik in the Equity Suit. After the licorice trial, Mr. Taft re- luctantly retired from this Trust prose- cution. He had given nearly two years of indefatigable work to it. and by his efforts had insured us the right to live, and for all time we shall owe Mr. Taft a debt of gratitude for his devotion to this case and the preservation of our business. After Mr. Taft's retirement from the case, happily the Government found a worthy successor, and Mr. J. C. Mac- Reynolds was appointed to carry on the good work, and after careful investiga- tion and much study, he filed the bill in Equity which is now pending, and which has already brought great relief to the tobacco business in this country, bringing to light any heretofore hidden mysteries, so that we now know why certain competitors were able to spend and squander money as if it was water in their efforts to get our business from us. A few years ago it would have betn inconceivable to suppose that any great over forty years Mr. Turpin has been corporation such as the American To- connected with the tobacco business in makers' International, and President Riley and members of the Stogie- makers' League, came to an end. The local people who had been attending: the conference came home on the late trains, and reported that an agreement had been reached by the representatives of the two trades as a basis upon which the stogiemakers would be recognized by the cigarmakers and ultimately by the American Federation of Labor. This decision, while not made public in its details, is understood to provide for the merging of the two organizations, though with each craft maintaining supervision over the respective tiades. Before the argeement becomes effective it must be submitted to a referendum vote of the stogiemakers and a refer- endum vote of the cigarmakers. Local stogiemakers last evening did not feel greatly encouraged over the result of the conference, as it is prac- tically the same result as that arrived at several years ago. when the stogie- makers strove to be recognized. At that time on the referendum vote the stogiemakers lost. N. Y. State Leaf Unsatisfactory. Baldwinsville. N. Y.. Jan. 30. George W. Harris, government to- bacco expert at Baldwinsville, recently said that conditions are not satisfactory this winter in the tobacco market. He said that the crop had cured down fairly well and that the bulk of it was ready for market. There are few sales re- ported in the Baldwinsville zcne, buyers are seldom in evidence, the warehouses are still closed, with the exception of J. W. Upson's house, and he is handling tobacco which he contracted for in the summer. Mr. Harris said that he had not de- cided where he would handle the to- bacco which was grown under his supervision, that conditions were the same all over and that the trade had no intimation of future developments or the outcome of prices. Death of Louisville Tobacconist. Louisville. Ky.. Jan. 31. A. J. Turpin. a veteran tobacco dealer of this city, died last week at his home at Okolona. of pneumonia. after an illness of several weeks. For bacco Company would sloop to the mis- erable meannesses that have character- ized its course against competitors from 1903 until Mr MacReynolda filed his bill in Equity. The Battle Axe fight, while fierce and relentless and successful in its object, was still con- ducted in the open by the American Tobacco Company on the (Uie hand, and the then great independent manufac- turers, Leggett & Myer:*. Drummond. Lorillard, Sorg. Finzer and Daniel Scotten, on the other, but ihe Ameri- (Continued on page 5) Kentucky, and was known to all the tobacco men of the country. He had the contract to supply nearly the whole British army and navy with tobacco. Mr. Turpin was sixty eight years of age. He was born in Breckenridge county and came to Louisville at an early age, but in the last few years has been living in Okolona. Besides his wife, tour children survive. Ernest. Edgar. Lander and Mrs. W. L. Douglas. E. A. Calves & Co.^rc y IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ^^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» J. Vetterlein & Co." m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 John T. Dohan \ ^jj 8lT^ Havana, 123 North Third street " ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorizea oy me Oovernment of the Kepublic ot Cuba UUNIONDEF^BBlCANTESDETABAC0SYClQ&RR0S ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqdjefes dc picaduraqucllevenesf'aprecipfa son fabncadospor HABANA ^^ILREPL BLICA OE CUBA HA PROPIEDAO flRTISTIDI.E;iHDUSTRIIILiSTA:REGISTMDflIN:m^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMRORTANT*^ NOTICE... The preceding cut, is a fac-simlle, in its actual size, of the Precinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigrar and Cigaretta Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cub* ^ by the Independent Manufacturers. Thus a copy of that warranty stamp attached to any box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any packages of Cut Tobacco, means that those Ci- gars* Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana, Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in the famous Vuelta Abajo DON'T FORGET THIS. RETAILERS. IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. (Continued from page 3) <;an Tobacco Company met these com- petitors in open combat, for it had not then learned the art of guerrilla war- fare which it has waged against us since 1903. In 1902 Chicago dealers were stirred up at the threatened invasion of their city by the United Cigar Stores Com- pany, and formed, as you will remem- ber, an association to fight for the pre- servation of their business. A member of that association came to Richmond, Va., and at his request a few manufac- turers there met him and listened to an enthusiastic address from him, and upon his suggestion a local Independ- ent Tobacco Manufacturers' Associa- tion was then and there formed. Later, it was determined to call a meeting of all the independent tobacco manufac- turers in the United States to be held in this city, and accordingly we met in Washington in January, 1903, and formed this Association. Our first endeavor was to gain relief from Congress from the obnoxious practice that had grown into our busi- ness of giving coupons on the side, and, through the action of the Associa- tion, the Otjen Bill was successfully carried through the House of Repre- sentatives by a large majority, but was blocked in the United States Senate. Our Association was then pnthusiastic- ally in favor of that bill, and the Trust as determinedly opposed to it, but be- fore another meeting of our Association the Trust had acquired ownership or control of quite a number of our mem- bers, and when we again met in Wash- ington on December 10th and 11th, 1903, it was ably and numerously repre- sented at our meeting. In August of that year it had acquired a two thirds interest in the R. A. Patterson Tobacco Company, of which the then President of our Association was Vice President; it had a large interest in Nail & Wil- liams, which was represent d by Mr. Bow ; it had a large interest in the company which Mr. John W. Brown represented; it owned the Bland To- bacco Company, of Petersburg, which Mr. R. P. Hamilton represented; it ■owned Spencer Bros., of Martinsville, which Mr. Spencer represented; it owned Lipfert, Scales & Co., which Mr. Lipfert represented ; and, in addi- tion to these secretly owned or con- trolled manufacturers, since our previ- ous meeting it had openly bought the businesses of several others of our members, notably Butler & Bosher Company, of Richmond, and B. Leiders- dorf Company, of Milwaukee. At that meeting it was charged that we had "wolves in sheep's clothing" in our midst, and therefore it was necessary that we should establish some qualifica- tion of membership, but with the cards stacked against us, the proposition was, of course, voted down. A year after- ward, at our Philadeplnia meeting, this requirement was successfully carried, which marked the beginning of the end, for. like snow in summer, these secretly owned concerns disappeared from our membership. While we may not since then have been numerically as strong as we were before, we have been able to speak out at our meetings freely and fully and frankly, and with- out fear of a traitor being by our side. Since the summer of 1903 every one of us has had to meet the relentless, vindictive and vicious competition of these apparently independent but secretly owned and subsidized com- panies, posing before the trade of the United States as independents like ourselves, damning the Trust and ap- parently fighting it, while secretly re- porting to it every move they made. The developments brought out by the Government suit against the Tobacco Trust are appalling, and one wonders at the exhibition of "man's inhumanity toman." During December some of the correspondence between two of the vice presidents of the American Tobacco Company and these secretly owned con- cerns was unearthed, and from these letters it appeared that, beginning in 1903. Nail & Williams were subsidized and paid two cents per pound on every- thing they sold by the American To- bacco Company, and all through the correspondence with Mr. Middleton and Mr. Bow. Mr. Dula "suggested" to them how they could get the business away from certain independent manu- facturers, or prevent them from get- ting business in new territory. He also "advised" them of new brands to get up for competition, and what to do in regard to the corner in hurley to- bacco which the trust engineered in 1904, and while he was carrying on this correspondence, directing his letters to Mr. Milddleton's house, he was in regular correspondence with Mr. M. C. Patterson, President of the R. A. Pat- terson Tobacco Company, "advising" him what to do in the way ot getting up new brands and going after the business of independent manufacturers after trying in vain to buy them up. He was also doing the same thing with Mr. R. P. Hamilton, of the Bland To- bacco Company, Petersburg, and while Mr. Dula was following up these con- cerns, Mr. Percival S. Hill was direct- ing the Queen City Tobacco Company in its onslaught upon the Day & Night Tobacco Company, of Cincmnati. ' and was also instructing Mr. Carter, of : the Wells- Whitehead Tobacco Company, { what to do in the independent cigarette business. Each and every one of ihese apparently independent concerns were (Continued on page 13) I AWARDED GOLD MEDAL at Jamestown Exposition. White Rolls Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street. Philadelphia. INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! Columbia Straidht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality. Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa. Samples on appli^'ation. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelberger & Noll, ROfiESUNlA, PA. ^^THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ (8EO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS in N. Third St, PHIUDELFHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. ILcaf Tobacco Brokers J UO K^CC ^t* nf •« j i l,o and Commission Merchants. rKllaaelpni& Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025, S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in ail kindsof SEED LEAf Tobacco L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With Specially Desiiiiied Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Citiars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Correapondence witk Reaponaible Houaea aolicil«cl. Private Brands made to order. A AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630=436 N. Prince St. Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom : 313 and 313 West Grant Street Correspon ence Solicited LANClASTEjRy PA. Prices Within Reach ol All Norristown Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on appIicatiM Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing: Trade L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • U. O. HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS 1 nm porters of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.<':rc> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of Increased Business in Havana. More Sales Reported Notwithstanding the Strike in the Factories. Market Prices Have Moderated, Dealers Preferring to Sell Their Stocks. No Change Either Way in Figures Now Ruling is Expected. Special Correspondence Business during the past week has shown quite an increase in the volume of sales reported, and this notwith- standing the dullness in the demand from the local independent factories, due to the strike. Prices for all classes of tobacco have moderated and manu- facturers have no longer any reason to complain of exotbitant figures. Un- fortunately, however, dealers are the ones who have to pay the piper, but they prefer to sell their stocks rather than hold on to them in the hope of perhaps being able to do better later on. It is not likely that prices will ad- vance, but on the other hand neither does it seem probable that they will go any lower. Buyers who come here now have the advantage of making their selections, while later they will have to be satisfied with the second or third choice of goods which may remain unsold. Undesirable and faulty tobaccos will have to be sold at very low prices be- cause under ordinary circumstances no- body wants them, except socalled bar- gain hunters who may be closing their «yes and looking only for low prices. Every manufacturer who understands his business knows, however, that a high priced article may in reality be cheaper than a lower priced one, as the former gives pleasure and satisfaction, while a cheaper cigar (at a low figure) may be abominable and nasty. The smoker may be tempted to try such a cigar once, but he will not stick to it and order it again. Unfortunately the cigar business is a peculiar one, as, with abnormally high prices for the raw leaf, the manufac- turer is unable to get a corresponding advance for his finished prodcut, and therefore it may have been excusable to fake cigars to a certain extent. However, as prices for Havana tobacco have come down, it is time for the in- of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, January 27, 1908. telligent manufacturer to again produce a better cigar, and thus increase the number of his customers. Tampa and Key West have imported from Havana 54,454 bales of unstripped leaf, and 1,417 bales of stripped fillers during the year 1907. Adding to this 17,712 bales of old Havana tobacco from the stocks held by the manufacturers in bond, or in their factories January 1, 1907, it would only give them some 75,- 000 bales in all, and from which they ha e made about 400.000,000 cigars. As the factories surely cannot get more than 4,000 cigars from a bale of Ha- vana tobacco, they must have employed 25,000 bales of leaf which was not grown in Cuba. The assumption here is that the large, reputable factories are not guilty of any faking, but that some of the new comers and smaller concerns have taken advantage of the universal fair fame of Tampa and Key West (as makers of strictly clear Havana cigars, wrappers and fillers), and used substi- tutes from Mexico, Porto Rico, Florida and other domestic leaf to trade them off as "Puros. " However, while there may be some laws to punish evildoers in selling goods under false colors, generally the trade and the public are bound to find out the deception in the long run, and the ultimate result is that the fakers lose their business in the end. Honesty is always the best policy, after all. SMlea run up to 5,027 bales during the past week, divided between Vuelta Abajo 2,480, Remedios 2,418, and Partido 129 bales. American buyers took 4,259 bales, exporters to Europe 618, and the local cigar and cigarette factories only 150 bales. BnyerB Come and Go. Arrivals— Sam. I. Davis, of S. I. Davis & Co., Tampa and New York; Jose Cosio, of Jose Cosio & Co., Tampa ; PHILADELPHIA LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO NUNIX MUNIZ HERIVIAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of YUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBA(XO Cable : "Angel," Havana 20, Havan^L p. O. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTISPIRITIIS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission IViercliant Leaf Tobacco and Cigai% I O'Reilly St. gf^ Habana. Cuba GONZALEZ Y IVIIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especiaiidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase AIMISTAD 97, Cable: •'CASIN" HABANA* m rrm H. UPMANN St CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT M A NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED '^M4. H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 aCHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal -_ SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA pf ■ H^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B. BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest f aeha Abajo Tobacco liclasively NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba ^'Jljutero GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PABLO PEREZ CANDIDO 0BE8 — — ^ VLELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Xeifn Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St. Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA, • AVELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 ^""oNiiEVA Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ 1_ and Dealers in ^6^1 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: -Cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA B. DIAZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE & P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Iieaf TobacGO Efido. Corner Pragones Street, HAVANA 8 J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO < urrespuadence Solicited In Entfllah LOEB^NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA ^^«THE TOBACCO WORLD Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA ' " Neptuno 170-174 - - - . ^ ^ Cable— Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo Jose Gestal, of Jose Gestal, New York ; Andres Diaz, of Andres Diaz & Co., New Yoric and Tampa. Returned— Ike Bernheim, of I. Bern- heim & Sons, Havana and New York. Departures — Charles Landau, J. A. Landfield and S. Herzog, for New York ; S. Grimish for Boston ; Fran- cisco Diaz, Jose Cosio and W. T. Mor- gan for Tampa, and H. Anton Bock for Tampa and New York. Havana ClKar MannfactnrcrH The trust is still working with full forces, although there are rumors that it will reduce its hands by 1,500 this week. If this should happen then the committee of the Federation of Labor ought to declare a strike in the trust factories also, in order to be consistent in its actions. On the other hand, some of the large independent factories have been offered competent and peaceful ci- garmakers, if they will open branch factories in a few of the country towns 4d4Y4NA, 123 North Third street ^ ^-^ V.T-S. - >/. PHILADELPHIA IMPORTERS of THETOBACCO WORLD A GROWING TENDENCY. Modern business methods are con- cededly far-reaching, especially wich the vast aggregations of capital called corporations and trusts. While not a new thing in the business world, it is said that the tendency of large cor- porations to acquire newspapers and magazines for the purpose of "influ- encing" and "moulding" public opin- ion is growing. While regular news- paper and magazine publishers may not lie this encroachment upon what they feel to be their legitimate do- main, they, with others, cannot but decry "manufactured sentiment"— a carefully prepared opinion, or set of opinions, designed to bolster up or fur- ther schemes of a selfish nature ; to ex- ploit the interests of a few at the ex- pense of the many. In connection with this subject, the following from the National Advertiser of New York, is interesting to tobacco interests and the tobacco trade press : The latest rumor is that the Ameri- clm Tobacco Company has acquired a controlling interest in the Hampton Advertising Agency, and that Mr. Hampton, in turn, owns the Broadway Magazine. This is the magazine that for some months has been making trade deals to the extent of $100,000 with newspapers throughout the coun- try in exchange for some stale but select fiction that appeared some years ago. Meanwhile the magazines are the chief competitors of the newspapers and in view of the above combination, and with Harold Roberts, of the American Tobacco Company, as the principal owner of McCiure's, it will not be long before the magazines are carrying all the cigarette business at the expense of the newspapers. With a number of magazines in control of the tobacco trust, a great deal could be said in favor of that monopoly which might be quite mis- leading and make it harder for inde- pendent dealers to get along. On page three of this issue will be found the report of Vice President Hugh Campbell, of the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers' Association, which was delivered to this oflice on Friday morning last by "Jack" Fowler, manager of the Philadelphia office of the United States Tobacco Company, of which company Mr. Campbell is President. The report is a comprehensive and masterful review of the operations of the Association since its inception, and especially covering the past two years, during which the Association has been more active than before. It is interesting and instructive, and can be read with profit by every member of the trade, regardless of their personal views or inclinations. In a letter addressed to Mr. Fowler by Mr. Campbell, who was then in Boston, he stated that The Tobacco World was the first trade paper to which he dispatched a copy of the report, and he requested that a large number of copies of this issue should be reserved for the use of the Associa- tion. While such a request is not an unusual occurrence, it is regarded as a compliment from the present head of the Independent Tobacco Manufac- turers' Association. —As Philadelphia expands and grows, so does the demand for cigars and tobacco. The demand opens many new cigar itores— and thus the indus- try grows. 14 i\ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 ; Published Evefy vyAednesdfiy BY THE INCORPORATED HW2 TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia ^-^'' • C»ble Address, "Bnccoworld." ' ' , >,,»>• Havana Office. Prado 36. Altos. ! ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year; 75 Cents Six Months; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2.00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter. / \^ PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 5, 1908. Inscription Dates Fixed. Through Herrn. J. H. A. Gebing, the well known Maakelaer of Amster- dam, Holland, we are advised that the dates for the coming Spring and Sum- mer Inscriptions ef Sumatra tobacco have been set as follows : . Amsterdam. March 13 and 20. April 3 and 10. May 8, 15 and 30. June 5. July 3 and 10. Rotterdam. May 1 and June 27. The Newest Thing in Cigarettes. The above is the title of a full-page announcement of the Havana-American Co., of New York, which appears this week for the hrst time in our advertis- ing columns. It refers to the new El Principe de Gales cigarette, which is the latest pro- duct of that company and is now being placed upon the markets of the country. The manufacturers claim that these cigarettes are made of genuine Havana tobacco, oval in shape, cork tipped, and rolled in both rice and Cuban pectoral paper, but that they are made in Amer- ica and in the American way, and that, because of this fact, they cost the trade less than half as much as the imported bifands. The wholesale trade price is $7.50 per M., and they retail at 10 cents for a box of ten. Dealers can place orders with their nearest jobber and be supplied. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The leaf trade can this week be characterized as having been keeping itself busy on some "filling in" orders for goods needed for immediate use, but in a general way the market was still a trifle desultory. Inquiries have been sufficiently numerous to result in a big business, but when prices are quoted orders fail to follow. Offers are being constantly received, but the prices, leaf dealers declare, are such that they have to be turned down almost invariably. The business actu- ally done was largely in Pennsylvania Broadleaf and Zimmer Spanish. No transactions of consequence have been reported in York State or Wisconsin tobaccos this week. But for the prices asked, Connecticut seconds would be a very saleable commidity in this market. There is, however, an apparent differ- ence of about 6 cents per pound be- tween the holders' figures and the price manufacturers seem willing to pay, and one side or the other must needs make concessions before any active trade can result. In Sumatra tobacco sample bale lots have been the rule. Havana tobacco is moving slowly. Manufacturers ^evidently are waiting to see more of the new goods, which are slowly coming in. The new tobacco is said to have an exceptionally good aroma, but is yet a little too green for immediate use. Our manufacturers seem to be quite fortunate in securing sufficient orders to keep their factories working steadily and with full forces. There are signs of a continuing increase in business from now on, and a greater degree of confidence is now prevalent than at any time since November last. A number of the city's best known finan- cial institutions have reported a surplus of cash, which is regarded as favorable to the city as a business centre. «<% The trade is still somewhat perturbed over the unsettled condition of the affairs of Robert Klee, whose financial embarrassment was reported in our columns last week, but through a typo- graphical error we were made to place the liabilities at $3,000 instead of $30,000, as it should have been. It was at that time thought probable that an amicable settlement with creditors could be effected by Mr. Klee, but two suits have since been brought against him by leaf houses, and a department store has secured judgment for a couple of hundred dollars. That bankruptcy proceeding will next be instituted does not now seem improbable. Gerson J. Heymann, a son of the late Henry Heymann, formerly proprietor of T. J. Dunn & Co., which was then at Broad street above Race, died a few days ago, at his apartments at a hotel in this city. He was but 29 years of age, and was well known in the cigar trade before his retirement a few years ago to engage in other lines of business. The cigar manufacturing firm of Sumner Greene & Co., which consists of Sumner Green aftd Edward T. Col- gan. has been changed in name to the Greene & Colgan Co., but the factory will be continued at 2330 Market street as heretofore. Business has been very satisfactory with this firm, and good progress is being made on their Greene Seal and other brands. Lelan M. Hal- ler, one of the firm's salesmen, is this week covering New Jersey points. Chai-feed with breaking into the cigar store of George Deitsch. at 441 North Broad street, on Thursday night and stealing cigars and tobacco valued at about $100, thiee boys were arraigned before Magistrate O'Brien, in the Tenth and Buttonwood streets police station, and held in $800 bail each for court. The prisoners gave their names as Eugene Mi chell, 18 years, of 1040 Nectarine street; George Heister, 17 years, of 2333 South Woodstock street, and John H. Kerr, 18 years, of 1223 Wallace street. John H. Leggett, who keeps a cigar store at 633 North Broad street, was also arrested, charged with receiving stolen goods. He was held in $800 bail for court. Leggett denied that he knew the stuff was stolen property when he purchased it. The boys say they received $25 for it. A new package of cigarettes is being introduced in this market at present, which comes from the factory of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., Norfolk, Va., and is being distributed through Arthur Hagen & Co. It is called White Rolls— Special Turkish Blend, packed 20 CO a box, and retailing at 15 cents per package. We are informed the goods have already made a decided hit here. President Hugh Campbell of the United States Tobacco Co., of Rich- mond, Va., passing through Philadel- phia on Friday morning last, enroute to New England, stopped off for an hour to meet the company's local manager, "A Fowler," when it was arranged that Mr. Fowler should meet Mr. Campbell in New York this week. Mr. Fowler will be accompanied by two prominent members of the local trade, and we are expecting to receive some very interesting news within the next few days. The Pent Bros, opening of their new store at Eleventh and Filbert streets on Saturday was quite a gala event with that firm. Hundreds of souvenirs were distributed among the visitors, and the business of the day was gratifyingly large. Chas. M. Gudknecht, President of La Hilda Cigar Factory, informs us that they have felt no ill effect of the panicky times, but that there continues a steady and even demand for their product from all sections. If anything, there has been a specially strong de- mand for the several leaders of the house which had been most aggressively pushed during 1907. H. Sommer Co., of Quakertown, which is one of the oldest as well as one of the largest factories in the nearby towns, has, in common with other factories in the First District, had a very satisfactory business for the month of January. This is espec- ially true of their Dorothy Dijc, a leader in the 5 cent line, which is closely fol- lowed by their Red Ola brand. —The record for last year in the 'Missouri Meerschaum' industry shows that ninety- five carloads of corncobs were converted into 26,206,934 pipes, representing a cash value of $402,513. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^SB A DIRSCTORY THAT DIRECTS ! Price, Two Dollars # YOU ARE INTERESTED IN OUR New and Perfected Edition TOBACCO TRADE DIRECTORY AND Ready Reference Because it contains Vital Informa- tion You Can't Get Any Other Way. 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Sec. 7.— cigar box MANUFACTURERS. Includes all in the United States. Sec 8.— prominent BRANDS. The names of hundreds of prominent brands of goods, their prices, and in every instance the name of the manufacturer and where to reach him. f Don't Delay ! Send your order at once as the supply Is limited. Use the coupon below. 1908 Tobacco World Publishing Company, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Gentlemen : Enclosed find | draft ^^^^^ | for Two Dollars, for copy of your new " Tobac- co Trade Directory and Ready Reference," to be delivered free. N; ame. Busi usiness Street- own. State. 16 BLRHD ■SI THE TOBACCO WORLD H. Kohler # Manufacturer of ■ ,'..'■ 4 ■ • 1 til [II o >,•■ .■-■■ j i . m - f^ »^ 54 ! 1^ ■ ',''.*• 1 1 1 0/P^ H pm ^ 1 ^ r / '> jim^ ' « High Grade Nickel and Seed and Havana .CIGARS.-. M . . .4 1,4' Factories, Nashville and Jacobus, Pa. Main Office, Nashville Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Houses invited. €) i) 16 Our Capacity for A\anufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersviile, Pa. ^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^3 Take no other but the Genuine Incorporatedl893 Every Box of the Genuine Portuonpo Cigars Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo """«<«^, .,A: W Kesriatered in U. S. Patent Olfloo There are more Imitations of this old established and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars any other cigar in the worl(L MANUFA6TER.ED ONtV BY The Juan E Portuondo Ci^ar M'fi Ca 1110 -1116 ^an50in5t..Philadelphia. Mr. Campbell's Address. (Continued from page 13) sustained in a very able decision ren- dered by Judge Knowlton, of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and I congratulate this Association upon the final result reached in that long fought litigation. The farmers and mechanics of this country are fast opening their eyes to the might and power of the hallot box. and it is inconceivable that for any length of time a few trusts, dominated by a few men, are goin»; to be allowed either to rule or ruin this country, for the American people will not be made serfs, and the sooner a few magnates of the country realize this, the better for them. They have had a little pre- liminary taste during the past few months, and so sure as they persist in their combinations, monopolies and disregard of the rights of others so surely will a day of atonement be reached. Many of the States have passed acts prohibiting a railroad company from buying or acquiring any interest in a parallel or competing line, and this surely is sound policy, viewed from the standpoint of the greatest good to the greatest number, and in these days of anti-trust agitation it seems to me that the time has come for the National Government to exercise control over the large industrial corporations of the country, and that a law should be en- acted making it illegal for any indus- trial corporation, which has forty or fifty per cent, of the business in the United States in the article which it manufactures, or in which it trades, from buying up a competitor, and it should also be made illegal for a great corporation to sell goods at a less price in one part of the country than it does in another. You and I have seen the Tobacco Trust give goods away for nothing, sometimes less than nothing in one locality, in order to accomplish its nefarious purpose of killing a com- petitor, or so demoralizing him that he would sell out. If the business of the country is to be preserved for the peoj le of the country, if younp men are null to have the inspiration, encouragment and hope their fathers had of one day being in business for themselves, then the growth by fair mean?* or foul of these great trus a must t)e rcstrjined. If our legislators are wise, they will now take time by the fort lock, and pass a law controlling combination^, and not delay until people become desperate and wanton dedtruction rnd waste en-!ue. A fair index to what may be expected is now taking place in Ken- tucky. In January. 190;i, thii^ Association took an active part in bring ng to the attention of Congress the in quities of the coupon system in connection with the tobacco business, coupons being placed in smoking tobacco and tags upon plug tobacco for redemption, so that when a man bought a (jackage of smoking or piece of plug tobacco, he ac(iuired a small to he-divided interest in a needle or an anchor, a shot gun or an automobile. A bill was introduced by Mr. Otjen and passed the House of Representa- tives but was held up in the Senate. At the following session arother bill was introduced, but by that time the Trust had a grip upon the throat of our Association, and as an association we did nothing in favor of the bill, and it was voted down in the Ways and Means Committee of the House At the hear- ings before that committee the Trust did not openly appear in person, but instead it had officers of apparently in- dependent concerns, but which it owned, appear at the hearings before that Ways and Means Committee in opposi- tion to the bill, one of the most active being Mr. R. P. Hamilton, of the Bland Tobacco Company, Petersburg, which company was at that time entirely owned by the American Tobacco Com- pany, and yet he had the audacity to argue before that committee that his business would be greatly injured, and that the act would be a great wrong to his independent concern. Mr. George D. Bow, representing Nail & Williams, aipo came to Washington to work j'vrainst the hill. The officers of the Trust and others in authority at 111 Fifth avenue wrote to the officers cf nearly aH its secretly owned or con- trolled concerns to become active in op- position to this anti-couooii bill, using their best efforts with their congress- men against the measure, and so, with a great many apparently independent concerns protesting against the bill, the Ways and Means Committee was natur- ally led to suppose that the independent manufacturers were by no means united, whereas the fact developed that at that time there were only two really independent manufacturers in the United States, so far as we can ascer- tain, who were earnestly against that measure. Mr. Tawney has again agreed to in- troduce a bill to rid the country of this obnoxiou.s practice, to stop giving some- thing on the side, and I now recom- mend that we take up this anti-coupon (juestion and settle it once and for all time, and get it behind us. 1 would also recommend to the Asso- ciation that it consider whether or not it is possible to bring the tobacco ware- houses of Louisville and Cincinnati to realize that their present method of sampling tobacco is outrageously un- just, a large proportion of the samples drawn being utterly unlike the hogs- heads from which they are taken, and at times the wonder is where the samples come from. The Association should also consider the Free Leaf Bill, which is again be- fore Congress, and arrange to have its passage opposed, tor should it become law it will surely injure the tobacco manufacturing business and fail utterly to benefit the farmer. Other matters of interest for our As- sociation will come up for discussion, and I hope each member will go away feeling well repaid for the journey here. —Trade journals are glad to help advertisers prepare effective copy. They have men trained to do such work. It is a part of their business. TRADE QUIET IN BOSTON. What Various Parties are Doing to Stir Up Business. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World'* 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., Feb. "?. The Boston trade is still (juiet. Job- bing houses complain of poor conditions. The weather was very cold the past few days and people now look for a speedy improvement in business. Our banking houses are in a sound and healthy con- dition, unlike some of those in other large cities. Visiting salesmen have not been very numerous the past week. The Mentor Co. is making a big splurge on their Ramly cigarettes here. Jobbers are pushing the sale of them and the retailers are also taking kindly to the proposition, owing to the good profits to be derived from their sale. A crew of capable salesmen are doing some telling work, and as soon as the new advertising matter arrives numer- ous window displays will be made. Attractive cigar bands will shortly be placed in each package of Ramly cigar- ettes free to the consumer. Frank Swick and his two able sales- men, Messrs. Levy and Murphy, are working slowly but surely to better the sale of the Egyptian Arabs cigarettes. Mr. Swick is as slick a cigarette sales- man as any here, and usually makes good at anything he tackles. The Markell Drug Co. on Scollay Square is getting to be a regular meet- ing place for most of the cigarette salesmen. Drop in any morning and you can always find four or five there, and they generally receive a small 17 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa, THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ kJC. CIGAR FORkJC. CIGAR FOR Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J T. J. DUNN «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 F. 91st Street. NEW VORK Louis E.Neuman&Co 123*-^Tol30*-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. "> LABELS & SHOW " >V l_ s o RTED BA Michael Hose A. F. Brillhari, Dalliis Ciiar C Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, Dftioi Fn SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We (urnish All Shapes of the Bost Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. order from Smiling Long John (new nickname) to help start the day's business. F. L. Roberts, the cigar jobber at 31 Central street, has recently taken on Daruma, a seed and Havana cigar from the house of Mendell, N. Y. Wm. Lakamp, of New York, the Edstern representative of the Brunhoff Manufacturing Co., makers of cigar cutters, lighters, etc., spent several days here the past week, and reports having done a fair business. The proprietors of the Hotel Nether- lands, on Boylston street, have filed a P-'tition in bankruptcy. The cause of the failure is attributed to the strin- gency of the money market. This hotel was formerly known as the Hotel Lex- ingion. The Premium Department of the Americanj|Tobacco Co. is making ar- rangements with many of our retailers to open a number of depots here, where thjir tags and certificates can be re- deemed instead of having to send them to New York. Harry Baker, of Baker Bros., the Hanover street jobbing house, was married last Thursday evening to a Miss Finkelstein, of Chelsea. The ceremony took place at Commonwealth Hall, East Boston, and was largely at- tended by members of the trade. The Norma Cigar Co. is meeting with much success in placing the Flor de Mendell cigars, made by Mendell & Co., New York. J. F. McGreenery has notified the trade that on and after February 15 the price of Poet Londres lO's will be $66 per M., and Poet Perfectos $68 per M., which is an advance of $2 per M., and the price of Marksman will be advanced from $34 to $35 per M. L. Shapiro will start tomorrow on a trip through Connecticut in the interest of the Nestor Gianacles Co., and no doubt will make a good showing on the famous Nestor cigarettes in that territory. Ben Ali. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO, Etc. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12J cents per line, 8-point measure) To Mannfactnrers of Cigars: If you have any Gnttin^s, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6-51h MONROE ADLER Ciiiar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. 111. 12-18he We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown, Pa. ll-13ch L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown and separated ; 1,800 In ^'??^ '^®' P®*" ^^^^ ' packets, 25 and 50c. Open grown, unseparated, $5 per lb John S. Weaver,S^:7j Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t "^^ANTED, by an experienced cigar man, Pennsylvania accounts rang- ing from $8 to $25 per thousand. Ter- ritory, all New England. References exchanged. A. Wilson, 6 Milk Street. Boston, Mass. 12-lltf 877.697 Treatment of tobacco; A. C. and G. Q. Bedortha, Windsor, Conn. 877.698 Treatment of tobacco ; A. C. and G. Q. Bedortha, Windsor, Conn. 877,827 Cigarette machine; H. Bil- gram, Philadelphia, Pa. 877,700 Receptacle for tobacco wrap- pers ; E. C. Brockmann, Davenport, la. F^E?^.^^"^?.*?!"® J. R. Williams and ;^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberraan Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf pOR SALE— One million Long Filler iftfv !*^""J??® ^**?" *" ^"'* Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-Stf E. R0SENWALD & BR0. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Entail. bhcd ISJO Monroe D. teller**, KEYSTOiNE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLLRSVILLE, PA. ^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^ ^^^^^^^ J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS |-iand-IVIade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. H. L. WCAVLR Factory tS').*).! r. E. WEAVLt LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes WEAVER Sl BRO. Manufacturers or |^ 5 #< a t* c ^^^ Jobbing V/lgdlO Trade Only For Quality. Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRB HILL, PA. E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DdlVCT Pfl,. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mua»tine.ss and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNt: Js Specially adapted to ^ive iliat Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considerin;^ what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. chaskeiTs '•CHABtC CIOAR *T09A^ ■m»m' ^ BEST ^ And ooes Farthest. ^^ Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York The Ideal Ci^ar Msde in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go* CENTENNIAL, PA. 1 1 ^^STHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» Cigar Ribbgns Wlanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain ir.tleo* of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK H. R. TROST ^ CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ^ CO. lor 27 years) """""" """"is HBi! 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. mjamaamM:smaBjmLi^saKiMm^^.MLM WOLF BROS. Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Qnality and Workmanship piilf^HENT fs^*l!2^^ To Insure Their Own Risks. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 31. Authoritative information has been given to the effect that the members of one of the largest tobacco growers' societies in the State are considering the plan of forming a mutual insurance company to take care of the tobacco which is in their pool. It is added that a bill has been drawn up, ready for presentation to the Legislature, which is to grant a charter to the company. It will provide for a stock company of $50,000 capital, the limit permitted by law being $100,000. The reason why the growers have started the move is because of the frequent cancellations of tobacco risks by the insurance companies. The growers beli«^ve that it is absolutely necessary, in order to maintain their pool, to protect the tobacco, and since the regular companies hesitate to handle the risks under present con- ditions, they intend to take care of them. Pinkussohn Co. Branching Out. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 31. The J. S. Pinkussohn Cigar Company has opened another handsome cigar store, the location being at the corner of Broughton and Drayton streets. This makes the third store owned and controlled by this firm in Savannah. They also operate stores in all of the principal cities of the South. R. L. Bentschner is in charge of the new Savannah store and is presenting to friends and patrons souvenirs of the occasion. -» ^^ ^'.^^ Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Plumadora Duke of Taranta Red Lion, Pa. Q- EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer In © <> Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. ^0 Foreclosure on Connecticut Co. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 31. The Bloomfield Tobacco Company, organized under the laws of the State of New York, must make good on a mortgage which the Security Company holds on land in Bloomfield for the mortgage will be foreclosed unless the money is paid on or before the last Monday of March of this year. There is a total of $6,418.68 due under the mortgage, which is secured by nine parcels of land, comprising 140 acres, two dwelling houses and tobacco barns. William J. Gabb, of Bloomfield, and Charles L. Tuttle of Hartford testified that the property is worth $10,000. There is a second mortgage on the property and other claims against it. The judgment for the Security Com- pany was ordered by Judge Milton A. Shumway in the superior court. The Savings Bank of New Britain obtained judgment against Thomas W. Mitchell and others for the fore- closure of a mortgage on property on Dublin Hill. New Britain. There were several mortgages concerning different lots. One judgment was for $1,461 and the other for $853 33. The judge directed that the defendants have to the first Monday of June to redeem. Duluth House Incorporated. ;Duluth. Minn., Jan. 31. The Fitzsimmons Cigar Co., of Duluth. has been incorporated to do a general cigar and tobacco business and has an authorized capital of $25,000. The otficers are as follows : President, Chas. T. Fitzsimmons; Vice President. Thomas Thompson, and Secretary and Treasurer, Hugh J. McLearn. LANCASTER MARKET IS QUIET. Buyers Scarce and Shy and Sales are in Small Lots Only. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 3. Again there is little change to report in the leaf market, and with no out of town buyers present there is little prospect of any immediate activity. Field operations are yet at a stand still practically, and only an occasional crop is reported sold in one section or another. There is, however, some indication that growers are getting anxious to have buyers come around and at least look at their crops. Even a tentative offer might have the effect of cheering them up just now, but packers are yet loath to go in the market to buy, ap- parently preferring to wait until the tobacco is all stripped, and can be seen at the best advantage. In a suit brought up in Common Pleas Court last week, by B. H. Pownall vs. John F. Brimmer, packer, the plaintiff tried to recover on a breach of contract for refusal to receive a tobacco crop purchased at 13 cents per pound. A motion by the attorney for the defen- dant for non suit was granted by the court on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the tobacco was in marketable condition and also failing to prove the ruling price when the tobacco was resold. Manufacturers as a rule report a' better outlook than at the beginning of the year, notwithstanding that orders are not piling up on them any. A generally easier tone is indicated by the correspondence they are receiving, and it has at least had the effect of encouraging them and engendering a spirit of greater hopefulness. Leaf salesmen have been less numer- ous this week than last, but the several seen report that although buyers would not consider large lots, yet some busi- ness had been done on goods needed by them for early use. John P. Schnupp, with L. G. Haeus- sermann & Sons, of Philadelphia, has lately called on his customers in this section. ALLEN H. REEDER 20 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ' ''""" DAYTON, OHIO Stanley v Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN THE TOBACCO WORLD '^MB Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY «IC0. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer la All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples J. K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer hi Samples cheerfully i'abmltted upon request P.O. Box 96^ CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenue York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER (or Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 31 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 329 Norlli Queen Street LANCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. '"'p^ues LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER. PA. I^ht^ TRUMAN D. SHEMTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Aveuue Manufacturers of "^T 1 W\ Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OrKf £ 0« N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemop and Arch Sts. 21 ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S I38&I40CCNTRC§T. NCW YORKe mmi raennftm or all mimos or CIGAR Box LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr, Chicago, 55 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ^ •^♦♦^ ♦♦♦•>'»';♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦• ♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦•»4^»-^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. F. KOHLBR Nashville, Ra. Maker of IIIGU CnAnC. TMND HADE Seed and l~ia\ arto and Fine Nicl«p'>nsihlp Hou.se.s InvU^rl jIAW'^lll rtr •» a more normal shape although the vim and activity which at more favorable times characterized the trade are yet wanting. There has been a little toba2co bought in the county, but prices are reported to have been low as*^ compared with last season. One buyer has reported the purchase of 30 acres, some of which he will receive soon and begin packing opera- tions. Manufacturers have started a busi- ness getting campaign and a good many are sending salesmen out on the road now. John Fidl^r. with J. W. Minnich & Son, has scarted on a Western trip, with a line that is superior to any ever offered by tiem. A. C. Frey, of Red Lion, is at present also on a trip — covering Southern ter- ritory. L. J. Smi h & Co., of Red Lion, will rebuild on the old site as soon as weather con iitions will permit. C. A. RoU has lately been in Con- necticut on JL purchasing expedition and is said to have made selections of some line wrapper leaf. Martin Neff, of Red Lion, is now engaged in packing several carloads of Cjnnecticut tobacco which he recently received. Harry Blasser, representing J. H. Stiles, packer, of this city, has lately been covering the Middle West, and secured sone good business there. Mr. Stiles his just returned from a visit lo Connecti.'ut. Wm, Sm th, a son of the late F. X. Smith, of McSherrystown, has engaged in the cigar manufacturing business at that place. Leaf Tobacco Markets number of lots of tobacco have been sold, mostly at low prices. Some lots were to be assorted and shipped directly to New York, and a few good crops were bought by farmers, I presume to patch up their own crops, that may be lacking somewhat of quality. The prudent mixing of a small lot would not surprise the buyer who was exam- ining the samples of the whole lot offered. Such things are sometimes done in other trades, and why not in the tobacco trade? The crops sold are not bringing the prices I should like to have seen, but the holders thought perhaps that it was better to sell than to put the tobacco into the warehouse to be assorted ; sometimes a long tale might be un- raveled before the crop was sold and the money safely deposited in the pocket of the holder or in the vaults of some local bank. Our correspondent writes: North Hatfield, Mass. : "1 report the following sales : Stephen La Cooler, 5 acres, 8,400 pounds, atlO^c; Frank P. Jones, 26 acres, also what he bought ; Hiram Bradwell, 2 acres; Kidder Bros, of Sunderland, 35 acres; Wells T. Smith, Whately, 6 tons ; Elisha Graves, William Strip, 4 acres; Walter CooJey 3 to 4 acres ; Henry Johnson, George Sanderson, 5 acres or more ; William Koncol, 3 acres ; George Moore, 4 acres ; Daniel Dickinson, 6 acres. All but one lot at private terms, but probably around 10 cents, as that seems to be the going price this year. Belden Brothers, of Bradstreet, sold their 16 acres of tobacco some little time ago." —American Cultivator. •^^I^^K% %>%<»%%%f%<% %f^i/%f^^^^ Wf J. K. KauffmaA. * ^* le Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco CNo. 307 North Queen St. it LANCASTER, PA. || BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. A number of sales have been reported in the last few days. J. W. Upson has bought several filler crops at from 5 to 7 cents in the bundle. Charles North- rop of Lysander is reported to have bought several crops in the bundle at from 5 to 6 cents. A buyer from Bing- hamton is reported to have bought two carloads near Cato at prices ranging from 4 to 8 cents. John Dudley of Meridian is reported to have bought several crops at 6 cents. John Mehan of Cato and Charles Cusick, of Weeds- j port, have been riding but no purchases by them have been reported. I A large number of growers from all over the tobacco section were present at the annual meeting ofj the tobacco growers' association held here last Sat- urday.—Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. During the past week or so quite a EDGERTON. WIS. While no organized effort is yet being made to lift the new crop, scattering sales are taking place all the time, but generally upon a basis that will permit of filling export orders. None of the large operators have so far shown any disposition to join the movement even though the prices named seem attrac- tive. A few of the remnants of the '06 crop remaining in growers' hands are being lifted. We learn Chris. Felland sold 21 cases at 13 cents. The market tor old leaf shows but little improvement as yet, although a somewhat better feeling pervades the Eastern centers. Aside from a couple small lots sold to an exporter and the usual trade to manufacturers' orders, local markets are barren of transac- tions. Some of the new crop is being laid loosely in cases as it comes in for ship- ment on an. export order with a hope that a larger trade will be opened up. Shipments 300 cases.— Reporter. J. H. LlEFflNCKTzOOrT Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascatl. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. # •) ^^Sthe tobacco world Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in tlic most famous growinjj scrtiun I ine Handling Superb Qualitv Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. REFDLR. President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON. 0. HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5c Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS ^old to Wholesale •% Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses '■M.OLi.n Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. ^o. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Litllestown, Pa. ! '-^ERIE, ^^"^oR^ MAKKR OF Fernside-.d Lord Wharlon Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited Brands: GAff Bear. GAe Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W.-R. DAUGHE1RTY& BRO Dallastown, Pa. •*SHIRl£}r 1 .»! till iir IS «•! Fine Doirjeslic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Puckai^e.^ Wholesale and Jo bing Traiic o ily Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Ultfh Grade Clears Exclaalvely. ^ CMM DWS^^^ "• ^- B ARNH ART ' " "^' Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vaie, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicato C. E. MATTINGLY 6i CO. .Manufacturers of ni^h Grade Union Made %. Cipn RDR THfc V hole^ale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union McSherrystown, Pa, R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, Pa. Correspondence vi/ith the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. 23 THE TOBACCO WORLD i'-'J(f:ri>tlt^&=^t # SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufaclnrer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE \ Zn MILD AND PLEASANT THE CYCLONE ) BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samp'.es (o Responsible Houses } 2 for 5c. FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the . . . WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. ^iimnlp FrPP ^^® Most Poputar Flavor since 1865 jauiyit ilCC p,e„e Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best The AmericaE Tobacco Co, Boot Jack FJug Fipcr Hcidsieck Plug Star riuf> Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 24 CIGAR LEAF CROP REPORT. By U. S. Department of Agriculture. NEW ENGLAND. No average price for the crop in this district is givtin, because only a very few crops have been contracted for. Priced for these have ranged from 4 to 20 cents per pound. Quality is very mjch inferior to that grown in 1906 on account of unfavorablf weather during both the growing and curing seasons. The tobacco was put in the sheds two or three weeks lattr than usual and was cured during qooI weather, which cause! it to be too dark in color to make high priced goods. There will be only a very small per cent, of light wrappers, and more binders and fillers t an in an average crop. On account of the light sales only about 2 per cent, was marketed up to December 20. NEW YORK. A few crops have been sold in this district at lower prices than were paid last year, but not enough to give a correct idea of values. Some of the early product shows good quality, but the larger per cent, of this year's to- bacco was harvested late aYid has cured dark and has too much body and gum to make wrappers or binders. The an:iount marketed up to Dectmber 20 is about 2 per cent. PENNSYLVANIA. No sales are reported from this dis- trict. The weather during both the growing and curing of this crop was unfavorable and the quality is not so good as last year. Some early tobacco is reported to be of good quality, but most of the crop was late ; some was not cured when an early cold spell caused it to freeze in the sheds. OHIO -MIAMI VALLEY. As none of the tobacco in this district has been contracted for or delivered no price can be quoted for the 1907 crop. The quality is much better than last year on account of less damage while curing. Some of the late tobacco cured green, but the larger per cent, has good color and is of excellent quality. WISCONSIN. No tobacco has been contracted for or delivered in Wisconsin, and therefore no attempt is made to give the value of the crop. About 20 per cent, was damaged oy frost in the field, and some was damaged in the sheds by a freeze before it was cured. There is some fine tobacco in this crop that will make binders. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. All the shade grown and 95 per cent, of the sun-grown tobacco in this district had been delivered to market, making about 97 per cent, of the entire crop delivered up to December 20. The shade grown crop is not so good as that grown in 1906. It is darker and has more body and will not cut as many wrappers to the pound. Damp weather at curing time also caused some damage to the sun grown crop, which is not equal in quality to that grown in 1906. Ttie shade grown tobacco sold at prices ranging from 60 to 90 cents per pound and the sun grown from 18 to 25 cents. The average for the district is 43.5 cents, an advance over the price a year ago. rAHUSSEvl lEAFMOiOa). m THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL 0RDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK t CHICAGO i ST. LOUIS i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Ne». 84—86 (Opposite FraxcaU), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND * Office and Sample Rooms : S7 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite FrMc&ti Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St., Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa^. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day THE TOBACCO WORLD ^m3. HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOE EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOQIKS. AT WORLD'S FAIR. .Si. i.OI iS. I904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES Firif Quality. Long Filler. Kind M«de JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOJCE^ BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.0t.i1«*'li,t»'( ADEN BUSER Manufaciurur of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Dealer In LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. ">» .J Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Albrd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned hy all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known, Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. 1. Sol<^ Owners and Manufacturers' INLAND CITY CIGAE BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716-^728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA, THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S». Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 • 26 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LBAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to dn more and better work in a given timet ^ylth less labor, than any Press on the markft, Unsurj^assfd for power, strenf^th, simplicity and d^irability% as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes minuiactured Write for prices and full p irticnlars. They are indispens- able in It'.'if packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works Landisrille, Lancaster Co., Pa. -Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Describe the Flavor You Want and our Laboratory will fit you out with complete satisfaction. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. F.CKERT, Proprietor HANOVER, PA. ♦ ♦ ^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦ ♦ NCTAL CNBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LAbfcLS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ll* J« 1? leiscKKa I uer Cigar Labels !p f\ 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia, f 'I X 1 TKLKFHONF 1561 i i ♦ 4 LITIiOCKAPmNG SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ f ^^^•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'»♦♦♦♦♦#»»< >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1* JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS cV American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwcll Durham Tab icco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU 'o" *"'" "" ■■•"^'' "*' " »rderla({ | I hem and Judiif fur Yourself %\h> Ihis Faclur> INever .Shuts Du>tn . . STALFFER BROS. MFG. CO, NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers •n J J Caveats, Trade Marks, JrateiltS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. Correspondence JQ^N A. SAUL . '^'"'"^"j^ Droit Baildini, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O 1 IN 1 A R E R I Q E MIXTURE SAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORI E. A. Calves & Co. ....IMPORTERS of -^ ^ Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA S^ffiC THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^1 r W. A. LAHR ^^StlC 611100^ Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. r> h fr J Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII.. No. 7. } PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 12, 1908. One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco UNITED STATES CO. MANLFACTIHERS OF 310 Race Street Philadelphia r CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE ('i',/:.'.:.n Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORT r^lCHMOlND, VA. J J- P. & S. LOEWENTHAL V V Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ^ r r Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDBR & ARQUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York \ N ■^^M. THE TOBACCO ^ORLD "iMM. r "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I HILADELrHIA V. (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) OMir Bros, k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada, (NICKELBY, 5c.) W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Hesponslble Houses Solicited ■W*' [^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ^/V' n ''.■^^ 1 'l'^^^^ 0m 'I I; I ■A'J Factory 1839. First District PeoDa. vw\\ \S w^ LVV THE BEST ^UNION MADE 5<|C|GAR I'^dh the Market 'MSteppacher k < r..j/ ^ yi. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa U: <. ^Manufactureir . Reading p^ Write for Samples ^Prices T«l. 722 Orchard ^r\r Qpi lp I ^'^AR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound ' vJl OCHC] IWrite Us for Prices 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK | EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO.;>8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK \A/j.^p|— CUTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS VV 3n LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 7 PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 12, 1908 One Dollar the Year TOBACCO WAR STILL RAGING. Miami. Fla.. Expects Big Factory STANLEY N. KROHN HONORED Knights of the Torch, Gun and Whip Again Active. Adams, Tenn., Feb. 7. "Night riders," well armed and mounted, visited the farms of Hugh C. Lawrence and Washington T. Vickers, within three miles of Adams, at mid- night and burned the barns on both farms, together with 20,000 pounds of tobacco. They shot and wounded Lawrence and his son Bradley, and un- mercifully whipped a negro named Motlow. The "riders" first visited the farm of Lawrence. He and his son were in the barn loading their tobacco on wagons, and, hearing the "night riders" com- ing, they left the barn and started toward the house. When near the house they met a group of the "riders" and opened fire on them. The "riders" returned the fire, wounding Lawrence in the cheek and hand and his son in the leg. The "riders" retreated at the first lire, but rallied, and with reinforce- ments renewed the attack, firing 70 or .80 shots through the windows of his li«use. The Lawrences returned the fire, but without effect. Mrs. Lawrence, in the house, narrowly escaped being wounded. The "riders" then went to the barn, and, after shooting a horse, placed dynamite under two wagon loads of to- bacco and blew them to pieces. The barn was burned, together with 12,000 pounds of tobacco. At the farm of Washington T. Vicker the "riders" burned the barn and 8,000 pounds of tobacco. It was there that the negro Mctlow was beaten. Lawrence and Vicker belong to the "Hill Billie" class, having never Joined the union. Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. 9. Night riders, 150 strong, masked, armed and wearing the insignia of a secret clan, last night invaded Fredonia, Crittendon county, captured James Scarberry, operator of the Cumberland Telephone Company.and cut out all tele- phone connections. They then forced a drug clerk to open his store, in which they imprisoned several citizens. Leaving a large guard in the town, the riders galloped to View, five miles away, and blew up with dynamite Alfred H. Cardin's tobacco factory, containing 35,000 pounds of tobacco, and burned Cardin's barn containing 10,000 pounds of tobacco. The Cardins were away from home. Eighty percent, of Crittenden county farmers are members of the Society of Equity, but Cardin is not a member. He was formerly a candidate for Gov- ernor on the Populist ticket. —The Turco-American Pipe Co., of Rochester, N. Y., has incorporated with a capital of $15,000, to manufac- ture pipes, etc. Incorporators are James C. Spaulding, Jr. ; Frank N. Mustagh and Arthur J. Meyer, all of Rochester. Miami, Fla., Feb. 6. The prospects for locating a large cigar factory in South Miami look very bright and it is probable that ar- rangements will be completed to that «nd within a few weeks. When the Brickells donated a large block of land in South Miami for the establishment of a large cigar factory the news was published broadcast, which has resulted in several concerns making inquiries regarding the proposition, and several have corr.e from large and influential concerns. Secretary Brossier is kept busy answering letters of inquiry and at this writing everything looks favor- able for the establishment of a factory soon. It is expected that no proposi- tion will be accepted by the Board of Trade except from a factory that has an established reputation for making a high class of goods and one with plenty of capital to carry on the work. The stipulations are for a factory which employs at least 100 cigarmakers. The site offered by the Brickells is well located on high ground adjoining the city on the South. The block designa- ted for the factory site is, as nearly as possible, in the centre of the tract donated. A wide street will be paved through the center around the block where the factory will be located. It is probable that arrangements will be made with the water and electric light company to extend these conveniences to South Miami when needed. Cubans Offered Spurious Goods, Tampa, Fla., Feb. 7 Recently some Cubans, having with them a number of boxes of cigars bear- ing the name of a Tampa manufacturer, but having the number erased, were making themselves obnoxious by their persistence in trying to dispose of the cigars on an Atlantic Coast Line train near Lakeland. They were particularly persistent in trying to sell some to an old gray haired gentleman, who, if they had but known him, they would have shunned like poison. He was Charles P. Lynch, deputy collector for the United States internal revenue- service. Finally they persuaded him to take a box into his hand, when upon looking it over he noticed the absence or erasure of the factory number. This being an offense against Uncle Sam's laws, Mr. Lynch proceeded to take possession of four of the boxes and the manufacturer will be called upon to explain to Judge Crane as to the reason for the erasure. Morris Opens New Branch. Asheville, N. C, Feb. 6. The Morris Wholesale Cigar House of Cincinnati will establish a branch in Asheville and Western Carolina with high grade cigars in many varieties. The branch will be in charge of A. M. Goodman, who was formerly a rail- way mail clerk and is therefore well acquainted with the people and the territory. Elected to Presidency of the Ohio Leaf Tobacco Packers' Associ- ation. Dayton, 0., Feb. 7, 1908. At a meeting of the Ohio Leaf To- bacco Packers' Association, held at the office of Xenophon Hanna, the well known Dayton broker, on Tuesday last, Mr. Stanley M. Krohn, of the Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co., was honored by election to the Presidency of the Association for the ensuing year, and succeeding the venerable Henry Meyer, of Cincinnati, who wished to be relieved of the duties, owing to his advanced age and business requirements which occupy his entire time. Walter Brenner, of J. L. Brenner & Sons, was elected Vice President, and Wm. J. Lucaswitz, of Wolf & Lucas- witz, was re-elected Secretary, and also Treasurer. The meeting, which was well attend- ed, proved an interesting session, and trade matters were discussed at some length. Almost every topic was touched upon, except prices, which were not discussed. The handling of crops was the most important matter taken up, for tobacco men say more attention should be given to it. Among other things discussed was the holding of a mass meeting of farmers, or rather a conference of the farmers and tobacco men, to get around the matter of crop handling satisfac- torily. This, with other matters of like char- acter, was referred to the executive committee for further consideration and action. Plan to Suppress Night Raiding. Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. Representative Kimball, of Ken- tucky, introduced today an anti-trust bill to prohibit inter-state carriers from transporting any product of a tobacco, cigar, or snuff factory, owned or controlled by persons interested in any way in a trust or other combination of interests whose purpose is the fixing of the price of the raw material. The penalty for violating the proposed law is fixed at a fine of not less than $2,000 or more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not less than one year. Nacogdoches Factory Resuming. Nacogdoches, Tex., Feb. 5. The Nacogdoches cigar factory, which has at times worked as many as fifteen hands, besides a number of other em- ployes, and counts for considerable importance in agricultural and business circles and which had to lay off its cigarmakers on account of the panic, held an official meeting and decided to resume at once. E. A. Blount, E. C. Branch and I. L. Sturdevant, all lead- ing business men, are to have charge of the entire business, being elected directors. Louis P. De Mouche con- tinues as factory manager and sales- man. Englehardt Will Buy in Cuba. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6. Thomas Englehardt of the Thomas Englehardt cigar factory left last night for Havana, Cuta, for the purpose of buying an enormous quantity of to- bacco for his factory here and the branch factory of Thomas Englehardt & Co.. of Tampa. Mr. Englehardt has heretofore bought the tobacco for his famous brand of Engle cigars through a broker in Ha- vana, but the large expansion of his business has necessitated his making a trip to Cuba. The branch factory, which was established in Tampa only two years ago. has been phenomenally successful under the management of Mr. Jose Maseda, who has had twenty years' experience in the manufacture of cigars in Cuba. The firm, which originated in Nashville some years ago, has succeeded in making a wide dis- tribution of its product in the North and throughout the Southern States. Mr. Englehardt will remain in Cuba the entire month of February, as he intends selecting his tobacco with care. New Factory for Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 7. The "White Ash" cigar, which al- ready has a popular reputation in Fort Wayne, will hereafter be manufactured by L. C. Kasten and Alois Rieg. Mr. Kasten has been identified with the cigar trade for twenty years right here in this city, while Mr. Rieg is a skilled cigarmaker and well known. The "White Ash" will be improved, intro- ducing into it a genuine Porto Rico filler, something heretofore unknown in a 5 cent cigar in this part of the country. Lexington Independent Factory Progressing. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 7. The White Plume Tobacco Company, recently incroporated here, completed the installation of machinery in the new plant today and will begin opera- tion Monday with a force of about twenty hands. It received its first consignment of tobacco today from the Equity Society. John D. Walker is manager. This is the third independent tobacco factory for Lexington. Two of them have decided to use only E^quity tobacco. South Bend Factory Increases Capital. South Bend, Ind., Feb. 7. The Temple Shaw Company, of South Bend, of which Lyman Shaw and W. L. Temple, formerly of Leavenworth, are principal stockholders, has filed notice of an increase of capital stock from $70,000 to $100,000. Waterloo, la.. Jobbers Damaged. Waterloo, la., Feb. 7. Martin Bros., of this city, suffered considerable loss by smoke entering their establishment during the de- struction by fire of the Schiel & Corson hardware store which was immediately adjoining. E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co. Havana. 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA _ ^ ....IMPORTERS 0« J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FOUNDED 1855 de DOHAN A TAUT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^P^JO/ AtCh St. Leaf Tobacco\ .Ji^. ) philada. 4BR\^h Batabllshed II Y S ^LEWIS BREMEM'S SONS I.WPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra B AND PACKERS CF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. I. VELENCHIK S. VELENC1I1& VELENCHIK BROS. ""-"'Er'in LE AF TOB/1(3©0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA Third St, Phi/ade/p/iia.Pa. SEFi' LEAF Leaf Tobacco "^y.^''^ ,UNATRA Co., H.5TRAUS A.U&M aOI&908i^iiiMl3S9lw litllLADELPH^ Benj. Labc Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LAEE Havana, 123 North Third street .IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA fe^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Aiitiici»*i2eii A>y ^i^tc; vi^overmnent Ci£ the iiepublic ot Cuba UOmiondeFaJR>canjesdeTabacosyCiq/^rros ■•I'S:'I^?]flt-D E-G©'*B^A ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepoblica Garantiza 'qije los tabacoscigarrosy paqueles dc picaduraqtiellev8ncsl"8precirfa son fabncadospor HABANA ^^77gmgBRlJJiltfH:MlJJ:ldJN.n.H1:4Jk^Jl,;jil!l.!l^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The orecedin^ cut is a fac-simlle, in its actual size, of the Precinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigar and CigaretU Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cub* by the Independent Manufacturers. ^ , ^ ^ t. /-• Thus a copy of thai warranty atamp attached to any box of Cigar* and Clgarettea or to any package* of Cut Tobacco, means that those Ci- gars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana. Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in the famous Vuelta AbafO DON'T FORGET THIS. RETAILERS. IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. Former Reading Manufacturer Again Enters Trade. Reading Pa., Feb. 7. Willard F. Crouse will open a new «igar factory at 573 Front street, dur- ing the latter part of the month and will cater to the box trade.making high grade cigars. Mr. Crouse is an expert cigar man, being a former member of the firm of Crouse & Co., and has had many years' experience. Annual Meeting of Globe Tob. Co. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 6. At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Globe TobaccoJ Co held on Monday last, the following board of directors was elected : Walter R, Ham- per, R. Kempf, Homer McGraw, A. C. Stellwagen, W. T. McGraw. The fol- lowing officers were then chosen : Homer McGraw, President ; R. Kempf, Vice President; Walter R. Hamper, Secretary, Treasurer and General Man- ager. Kentucky May Get Big New Plant Mt. Sterling, Ky., Feb. 7. Local capital is behind a project to open a chewing and smoking tobacco manufactory here. J. Wells Wilkerson will be made general manager, and a salesman will soon be put on the road. Mr. Wilker- son claims to have discovered a new method of curing which will be of benefit to the tobacco. Death of George R. Blackwell. Durham. N. C, Feb. 6. George R. Blackwell, a member of a well known Durham family, died at his home here after a long illness in which his family and friends watched the painful decline and finally the dis- solution. Mr. Blackwell was born in Person county forty-eight years ago and came to this city in 1878. He married Miss Bessie Morris, and four children, Miss Annette, Miss Vivian, Miss Nellie and George Blackwell, Jr., survive with Mrs. Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell engaged in the manu- facture of tobacco when he first came to Durham and had been identified with many Durham enterprises. —International Cigar Stores Co., of Chicago, has incorporated, with capital of $2,500, to handle tobacco, etc. In- corporators were, G. H. Powell, E. W. Fehling and S. W. Vanostrian. —The Rosemead Tobacco Co., of Quincy, Fla.. on January 23, filed a charter, with capital of $30,000. The ofl[icers are B. H. Hardaway, President; W. F. Landreth, Secretary and Treas- urer. AWARDED GOLD MEDAL at Jamestown Exposition. White Rolls Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street, Philadelphia. ©c STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior ¥ Makes a Specialty of Wo o d . . Fi"i"g 'Jp Cigar Stores ^ & Work.. Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia INCREASE YOUR PROFIT I Columbia Straiiiht Will Do It. We bought a large supply of Good Hav- ana and Domestic Tobacco at the right time. We are located where Good Workmen can be had at Fair Prices. These facts enable us to make our COLUMBIA STRAIGHT a Five Cent Cigar of Highest Quality, Best Work- manship, to be Sold at Good Profit. Fred Schlaeger & Co., Columbia, Pa, Samples on appli''ation. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Naaufactured by ^ Himmelberger & Noll, 'I ROBESONIA, PA. STHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^« OEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Thinl St, PHIUDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly lIp-to*Date LOUIS BYTHINSR <& CO. ILeaf Tobacco Brokers •JUO K2tC6 ot* pf*| % t i« ai\d Commission Merchants. Jl iVlmClCipillCk Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025, S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LEAI Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. t!>»»™Hicn,jy With Specially Designed Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correspondence witK Re.poosible Houses solicilwl. Private Brands made to order. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse : 630-636 N. Prince St. Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom: 313 and 315 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANdASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach of Ail Norristown / Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 3c. Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on application Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade L. G. BAELSSERMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSEBMANN • ^ U. a. HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS • Inn porters of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^S E. A. Calves & Co.<'"'c> Havana, 123 North Third street ..IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Slow Buying in the Havana Market Possible Buyers Few in Number and Dilatory About Making Purchases. Unfavorable Reports Regarding the Coming Crop. Higher Figures May be Asked for Good 1907 Leaf. The Strike Situation. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) Havana. Cuba, February 3, 1908. During the past week the market has shown less activity, principally owing to a diminished number of buyers in town, and these are taking their time in looking over the market situation before purchasing. While the sales in town make only a very poor showing, two large transactions were cpnsum- inated at Pinar del Rio, where the trust bought 3.500 bales and Enrique Pendas, of Y. Pendas & Alvarez, se- cured 1.000 bales of different vegas, so this decreases the visible supply of stock on hand. As far as the new crop is concerned, all reports to hand so far speak un- favorably about the tobacco housed, as it has been damaged by rain at the wrong time and contains much of worm- «aten and torn material ; therefore, un- less the now growing fields should be cut in better condition, the average yield may be far from satisfactory, and prices after all, for good serviceable leaf, may rule considerably higher than some people imagined. Under these circumstances it would not be surprising if our dealers in the near future should be less disposed to accept any kind of a bid, and on the contrary will try to obtain better figures for the good vegas of the 1907 crop. Of course one concern cannot make the market any better or lower, as the majority of buyers and sellers are the ones who establish the ruling figures ; and to forecast, the future movement with any degree of accuracy depends upon too many casualties, therefore it is best and safer to abstain from all such guesses at the moment. SMlea total for the week ending February 1. 1.296 bales, of which 707 were Vuelta Abajo and 589 bales Remedies. Amer- ican buyers are reported to have taken 739 and the local cigar and cigarette manufacturers 557 bales. Bayers Come and Go. Arrivals.— otto Eisenlohr and Gus. Eisenlohr, of Eisenlohr Bros., and Ven- tura Blanco. Philadelphia ; J. A. E. Blaise, of S. S. Pierce Co.. and Henry and John Freedmao. Boston. Mass. Departures Matt and Ed. C. Berri- man, and Charles Jacobs, for Tampa ; Peter Wohl and Mike Friedman, for Chicago. Havana Clicar Mannfaetarera are still handicapped by the strikes, and excepting the trust. Por Larra- naga. La Diligencia. Modeio de Cuba Flor de P. A. Estanillo and Punch, who are working, all the factories are shut down tight. Romeo & Julieta is going to open a branch factory at Artemisa today and the Castaneda Cigar Co. is likewise to open a branch establishment in some other nearby country town, where the labor situation is different and cigar- makers are anxious to work. Other manufacturers may follow suit unless the cigarmakers should make up their minds to go back to work before it may be too late, and the cigar industry shall have been transferred to our country towns. Finally, the leaders of the union will undoubtedly regret their at- titude and will have to submit, as the strike has not the sympathy of the city's best element, as it had to a cer- tain extent in the previous strike. The manufacturers are entitled to manage their own affairs, and to carry on their business as they wish, and the condi- tions which the central committee are asking are utterly out of question when not a single manufacturer made money last year. Unylng:, SelllnK and Other Notes off Interest. Sobrinos de Antero Gonzalez sold 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios during the past week. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ VCNANCIO DIAZ. Special Partixer HILARIO NUNir MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana Reii\a. 20, HavansL p. 0. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER iSf NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba "^^^^o- GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana ILNO DIA£ R. RODRIGLEZ PABLO PERE2 CAN DIDO OBEe^ Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Paiacios) fLeaf Tobacco "> : VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veit^- Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St. Cable: "Sode'cio." HABANA, CUBA. AVBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 1^3 oNiLEVA Havana SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ fTl 1 and Dealers in L eat i OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, cbU: "Cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of , Jiavana lieaf Tobacco Efido. Comer Dragones Street, H A V ANA 8 J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobaeoo specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO ' (onespoadence Solicited ia Entfllah LOnS-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA • THE TOBACCO WORLD Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA Neptuno 170-174 Cable- Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo Samuel I. Davis is reported to have made some heavy purchases, but the amount is unknown at present writing. A. M. Calzada & Co. report sales of 189 bales of tine Remedies to several of their Northern customers. Suarez Hnos. disposed of 107 bales of Vueltas and Remedies. Leslie Pantin is stated to have bought some 200 bales of Remedios upon orders received from his American customers. Saturnine Miguel, known in the trade as "Casin," returned yesterday by the Spanish mail steamer Reina Maria Cristina. He looks the picture of health and is anxious to go to work again. His tirm of Gonzalez & Miguel are holders of some good Partido vegas, and a tine assortment of Remedios, which they are willing to sell at cost price. Exports per steamship Saratoga were 2,756,938 cigars. Exports of leaf tobacco to all ports of the United States amounted to 2,845 bales during the past week, indicating that the cigar industry in the United States is still using Havana tobacco. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since Feb. 1 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 1,795 4,079 Semi Vuelta 291 434 Partido 2 130 Matanzas 200 246 Remedios & S.Clara 2.857 7,359 Santiago de Cuba 91 814 Total 4,73^ 13,062 Tampa Factory Increases Capital Tampa. Fla.. Feb. 6. The Tierra Del Lago Cigar Co. will on February 10. increase its capital stock from $10,000 to $50,000. In the notice of application which the com- pany has caused to be published, as re- (luired by law, it also announces that since the organization of the said com- pany and its commencement of t)usiness there has never been a full dijtributitn among the stockholders of the net pro- tits arising from said business, and whereas in the increase of stock here- inbefore provided for. it is the inten- tion and purpose to give the present stockholders the benefits of the said undivided profits in the increased stock, so that every share of the stock of the said company, after said increase, shall be of the same and e»iual value. Another Factory in Tampa. Tampa. Fla., Feb. 6. The Torany-Fernandez Company, a new concern, capitalized at $25,000, will shortly begin the manufacture of cigars in this city. A. Fernandez, the local leaf dealer, is one of the incor- porators of the concern. The new fac- tory will probably be located in West Tampa. \ —The leaf tobacco warehouse of Henry C. Durland. at Wellsburg, N. Y., was damaged some days ago to the extent of $2,000. The tlames started in the office, and the fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NtW YORK Will receive and attend to order* CiiJars mack' strictly of very best Vuelta Alxijo Tohacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Good^ for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, p. 0. Bjx 595 HABANA, CUBA Cable: ••Calda" JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bomennann & Co. Importers ol HAVANA TOBACCO d Commission Merchants an New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 BUY STOCKS NOW! CALL AND SEE OUR SANTA CLARA, First and Second Capadura. HIGH GRADE VVELTA in Bales and Barrels. PA RT I D 0 for Clear Havana Cigars. If unable to call, write for samples which will be sent free of charge. HAMBURGER BROS. & CO. Stripping Department, Gervasio 137, Havana, Cuba. Importers of Havana, 228 Pearl Street, New York. ^^KTHE TOBACCO WORLD MRNEST ELLINGER <& CO. Nos.Sr-SgTine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York '^■~"'^^- LEAF TOBACCO. OFriCES: DETROIT, M:CH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVAKA ,CU9A. New York, J08. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone; 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE: 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 t o o ^at . q . Amsterdam, Holland. lOO WaierOl. Cable Address: "HERE." |[^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATERNEW YORK. New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, February 11. New York Leaf Market. large business while 'other houses re- The past week has been generally Ported trade quiet. In fact they have quiet in the leaf market, with a mode- been steadily busy smce January Ist. rate business composed of small lot and since the 15th ult. they have been sales, which by the way were fairly booking more sales than at any time numerous, and in the aggregate a con- ^or several months previously. M. siderable quantity of goods has changed Loewenthal. a son of one of the mem- hands, but not in such amounts as to bers of the firm, together with H. irt'dicatetha*^^manufarfturerfl are buying Fruend. are looking closely after the any stock ahead. Sumatra tobacco has trade in Greater New York. Max been having a fairly ready sale, but it Raphael is at present covering the is stated that some goods have been Northwest; M. H. Dallett is in Iowa, turned over at pretty close margins, and W. L. Burger in Kansas. F. A. rather than take chances on any pos- Peck, who has recently returned from sibility of having to carry them over New York State, has started for the the time for new goods to be coming in. East, and Meyer Sachs is energetically The Havana market has not been covering Pennsylvania territory, very active, and little can be said con- Speaking of Florida tobacco, the cerning it. except that choice Remedios writer was informed that trade had had the call. been very good on that class of leaf, • • • but which they attributed to the fact The Ci^ar Industry. t'hat they had just the right tobacco. If there has yet been any real im- provement in the cigar industry it Enjia^ement of Melville Re^ensbur^. failed to show for itself in the output The engagement of Melville E. for January, during which month there Regensburg, son of Edward Regens- was a heavy falling off as compared burg, head of the firm bearing his with the output of January. 1907. name, to Miss Sophie E. Pollak, of Naturally manufacturers are inclined New York, has been announced. Mr. to go slowly in the matter of purchas- Regensburg is widely known in the cl- ing or contracting for large supplies of gar trade -and extremely popular. He raw material, and this in turn has has for several years been associated affected the leaf market perceptibly. with his father and brothers in the man- Every move that is made is done ufacture of several well known brands with much caution, and only after of clear Havana cigars, careful consideration of the present • • • financial conditions. News Notes. — T. J. Dunn & Co. report that, all Hamburifer's Latest Offer. things considered, their business is in In the advertising columns of this a very satisfactory shape, and they week'sissue will be found an announce- look forward to a gradual and steady ment of Hamburger Bros. & Co. who. improvement during the approaching are offering a line of Santa Clara to- spring. Their representatives, most of baccos, in both first and second capa- whom are now out on the road, are se- duras, Vuelta, in bales or barrels, and curing good results in the various sec- Partido leaf, which they say they are tions they are covering, offering at reasonable prices. — • • • — S. W. Levine. a well known cigar salesman of this city, and who did much in bringing the Vicente Portuondo Cigar Co. products to the front here, has accepted a position with the E. H. Gato Cigar Co., to represent them in NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA X^ K ^ ^ ^ ^ and SEED LEAF lUUClCCO 185 Water St., New York P. St S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK 10 American Declares Dividends. The American Tobacco Company de- clared the usual quarterly dividend of 2i per cent, and an extra dividend of 2i per cent, on its common stock, pay- o„.,i.i * i. tt i_ . . A^ M u 1 D 1 1 c^ u Southern territory. He has a ready able March 1. Books ckse February „i.„.i. j i. u- j ^ • ,. , Muiorp, ,;"^ started out on his maiden trip. 15 and reopen March 12. These dates are also applicable for the purposes of the annual meeting of stockholders. This declaration on the common stock is the same as was made three months ago. —David Coblentz, a prominent cigar- ist of Seattle, was in New York last week. and. having left a goodly number of orders for shipment at regular inter- vals, he set sail on Saturday last on a vacation trip to Europe. now — E. A. Kline has just returned from at 204-208 East Twenty-seventh street. Havana, and found that orders for the will remove about May Ist. to more El Symphonie and other brands of the commodious, quarters at 413 415 East house were coming in encouragingly Twenty-Fourth street. New and addi- well, tional machinery will be installed, and — Removal of Tobacco Co. The International Tobacco Co. the firm's facilities will be generally improved. • • • Loewenthals* Good Report. —Visitors in the leaf market during the past week included A. H. R^eder, of the Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co.,* Dayton; Alfred W. Gieske, of Gieske Owing to the large selling force & Neiman, Baltimore; J. F. Reichard, employed by P. & S. Loewenthal, the York, Pa., and L. A. Wheeler, of Allen firm has lately done a comparatively & Wheeler, Troy, O. Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. ^^MTHE TOBACCO WORLD # m Newest Thing in Cigarettes — not merely new in name, but also new^ in essential features — just the kind of a cigarette that will please your customers. A cigarettee filled with genuine Havana tobacco but made in America in the American way. That is why they cost less than half as much as imported brands. If you want to see your cigarette sales increase just offer your trade El I rincipe J ^ Cork t Tip Gale s Havana Cigarettes They have been on the market only a short time yet they have made a tremendous hit. El Principe de Gales Cigarettes are made of genuine Havana tobacco, the finest and costliest tobacco in the world, and the most delightful of all tobaccos tj the great majority of smokers. El Principe de Gales Cigarettes are oval in shape, cork tipped, rolled in both rice and Cuban pectoral paper. The wholesale trade price is $7.50 per thousand Send in a trial order to your nearest jobKer it ^^• 'I mean increased sales and more profit for you. Retail price, 10c per box of 10. Packed 100 in a carton. HAVANA-AMERICAN COMPANY, New York U .( E. A. Calves & Co.. Y. Birf Flats. N. Y. Merldlaa. N. Y. E. Hartford. Coaa. la Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-5 eZ^ A HIGH GRADE B^ kJC CIGAR FOR c-)Li# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J T. J. DUINIS <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK Louis ENEUMAN& Co 123^-^Tol3G^-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. ~ LABELS & SHOW " >^ i_ s o CI RTED Michael Hose A. F. BrillhaTir Mk Ml C bookkeeijiers. billing clerks, stenogra- phers, private telephone exchange, salesmen, etc. On that floor there has also been equipped luxuriant bath and toilet r>om3 Not a comfort, either for one of the firm, or for an employe, has been overlooked. The eighth and ninth floors are de- voted to the imported advertising novelty department, which is under the personal supervision of Chas. J. Feis. The firm was founded in 1870, by the laie Wm. Steiner, who died in May, 1900. In tho meantime Mr. Steiner had admitted two sons, Henry and Idsidor, and a son-in-law, Jos. Kopperl, into the business, which was thereafter known as Wm. Steiner, Sons & Co. The office force is very ably headed by J. Abramovice. Besides that there is also a good force of salesmen, prin- cipal among which is I. Steiner, Jr., who looks closely after New York City business, and Saml. Kaufman, the Pennsylvania representative. Several years ago this firm bought the business of Emil Steffins Co., which had considerable following in Pennsyl- vania, and which business the firm has bince carried. TAWNEY'S ANTI-COUPON BILL the Government, but to put a stop to the prize giving practice, by which the tobcco trust is enabled to eliminate competitors from the field. I am go- ing to press the bill purely in the in- terests of the independent tobacco men." SPECIAL notices! (12i cents per line, 8-point measure) To Manofactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non*Union Ci|ar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Nana* facturers invited. 6- 51b Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO. SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, d\rect to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exaCtly any shape you are nov/ using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0, Keeping up the Fight Against Gift Coupons. Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. Representative Tawney, chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House, has reopened his fight on the tobacco trust by reintroducing his bill to impose a Federal tax on t' e issuance of all prize coupons accompanying ci- gars, packages of tobacco, and snuff. This bill was originally introduced by Mr. Tawney in the Fifty-sixth Con- gress, and passed the House, but failed in the Senate. He reintroduced it in the Fifty-seventh Congress, and it was shelved in the Committee on Ways and Means, after a favorable subcommittee report had been made on it. "The object of the bill," said Mr. Tawney, "is not to raise revenue for GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c, f;er ox. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to uny place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. HartCord, Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main SU E. Hartford, Ct. MONROE ADLER CiiEar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. lU. 12-18he We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head todav NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown, Pa. il-13ch L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown and separated ; 1,800 to 2,000 lbs. per acre: packets, 25 and 50c. Open grown, unseparated, $5 per lb John S. WeaYer,;;^^- Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t^ pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and ;^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf pOR SALE— One million Long Filler t'r. Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf E. R0SENWALD & BRa For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esublished 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^THE TOBACCO WQR L D .^B^^'IZJ? J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Pine Havana Hand-IVlacle No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS # • m o ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ^^VV\AM<)AC/r5^^ H. L. WEAVKR Factory A^i.'t.'i E. E. HEAVEK WEAVER 6i BRO. Manufacturers of 1^ f X ^^ v* c ^^^ Jobbing — V/IgClI O Trade Only For Quality. Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HIUU, PA. E. RENNINGHR Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium (xraile. Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVGr PS,. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS \ Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustine&s and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNt Js Specially adapted to ^ive that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering^ what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York cjaskeTs CI OAR *To9A^ ^^^ ITABUSHCO 1071 The Ideal Ci^ar Mode in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL. P4. HH^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^H CieAR RIBB0NS Vanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain \v.ivL.nt at Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK H. R. TROST a GO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) IfialTitali 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. n WOLF BROS. Manufacture! s of an Exclusivo line of NICKEL GOODS VVIvch can be recommended for Quuhiy and Workmanship ©P'-S?*'^ / V \ ./ 1 Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Flumadora Duke of Taranta Red Lion, Pa. ©= EDWARD E. SIMONSON © Packer of and Dealer in © Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, >Vi». © IMPROVEMENT IN LANCASTER. Not Much, but Enough to Indicate that Possibly the Tide is Turn= ing. Tobacco Suit Decided. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 10. Everything taken into consideration there ia some evidence of a slight but general improvement in trade condi- tions. There has been a moderate in- crease in the output of cigars during the month of January, as compared with the preceding month. There has also been a little more doing among leaf tobacco dealers. Manufacturers are still buying sparingly and for im- mediate use only, but with an increas- ing output even "the immediate" needs are likely to increase also, and dealers may naturally expect a greater demand for raw material. There has been some more buying of the new crops of late, although it if not yet general. There are a great many now driving through the country, but they seem more en- gaged in spotting desirable crops than i 1 actually buying. Prices have ranged from 6 to 10 cents per pound, but 7 to 1\ cents may be set down as having been a fair average. The United Cigar Manufacturers Co. 's representatives have been strongest in the field. The report of the Collector of Inter- nal Revenue shows sales of cigar stamps during the month of January amounting to $155,358.75; snuff and to- bacco of $2,376.87. The above figures of the sale of cigar stamps show an output of 51,786,250 cigars. The output during December, 1907, was 46,428,940, showing an in- crease for January of 5,357,310 over December, while in January, 1907, the output was 67.422,250, which is 15,636,- 000 more than during the month just closed. The suit of George Sangrey vs. Sig- mund Morris and Charles Haas, in busi- ness as Haas Brothers, was attached for trial before Judge Landis on Mon- day, it is a suit to recover damages in a tobacco transaction. The plantiff is a Conestoga township farmer and the defendant is a firm of leaf dealers in Cincinnati. The plaintiff's testimony was that in Octobei , 1906, he sold to John McAllister, an agent of the de- fendant, six acres of tobacco at 15^ cents for wrappers and 6 for fillers ; that an agreement was signed, the terms of which were that the tobacco was to be sound and in merchantable condition ; that in the January follow- ing McAllister called on the plaintiff, told him his tobacco was unsound and it would not be received. Sahgrey then consulted counsel and was advised to deliver the tobacco. He took it to the Willow street station, where the de- fendants were receiving tobacco. An agent of the defendants examined one bale, pronounced it unsound and refused to receive the tobacco. The defendants were then notified that the tobacco would be sold for the best prices ob- tainable and they would be held for the difference. The tobacco was sold for 12 cents for wrappers and 4 cents for fillers. This suit is brought to recover the loss sustained, 3^ cents on wrappers and 2 cents on fillers. The defense in the suit was opened on Monday afternoon. It was that the tobacco of plaintiff was examined after it was shipped and a fourth or fifth was found unsound. Plaintiff was then notified that the tobacco would not be received. When it was delivered the defendants were allowed to examine only one bale, and it was not sound. For that reason the tobacco was re- jected. The jury found in favor of plaintiff for $283.30, the full amount of the claim. Acting under its new policy of dis- tributing new varieties of tobacco seed, to improve the quality of tobacco products, the Agricultural Department recently accepted a suggestion of ex- County Commissioner M. L, Greider, to have the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers' Association make the distri- bution in Lancaster county. A special meeting of the Association will be held today, at which the scheme of the Department will be fully ex- plained and 150 samples of seed distri- buted. J. L. Weidler, a manufacturer of union made cigars at Rothsville, this county, will build a new factory as soon as weather conditions will permit. Ohio Concern Embarrassed. Bryan, O., Feb. 5. Judge Killits has appointed George H. Crane, of Fayette, as receiver of the A. A. Walp Company, manufac- turers of cigars, at Fayette. At a meeting of the Fayette stockholders, who were interested in the concern through the efforts of A. A. Walp, of Toledo, it was decided to liquidate. The Bank of Fayette obtained a judg- ment of $1,715.50 against the company, and in a petition asking for a receiver said they had other claims amounting to $3,700. The bank also said the cigar company's assets do not exceed $4,000, and that business has been conducted at a loss for some time. —William and John Geary have opened a cigar factory at Decatur, Ind., where they are well known, and will cater to the local trade. ALLEN H. REEDER 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY N Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN m^ THE TOBACCO WORLD: v.-"«^> v=- -v. - ►-.1— — "'^.ir -.'MMr' J*^^* Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ® CO. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCH Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Deulrr in All Giade.^ of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 £t 203 ^. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples Samples cheerfully ••■biiiltted upon requexit P. O. Box 96 CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenae York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. J. K. LMAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. '■■«"'„,, lANCASTBR. PA. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 31 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^Si.'^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse* 13 East Clark Avenue Manufacturers of ^^ I f^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco I OrKf f^O* IS. D. AL-EXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber ia Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemop «wid Arch Sts. n THE TOBACCO WORLD ffHSfUrACTUVCflr or all «CINrCH» oir I38&I40CCNTRESt. CIGAR Box LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office. 573 Bourse Bldg.j H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicafifo, 53 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ♦♦!♦♦ lilBYe.SllElFMfG.CO. Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber If Largest stock of If X i * Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, t Imitation Cedar. I WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦^ ♦♦: ISrruuh (l^ffiff. • John MrL.iu'^Iiliri. J. K. Kauffman P i JOHN McLaughlin ^ co. Wholesftle De«lera in All Kinds of rrholesftle Ue«lera in All Kinds of ( Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos ^ Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco! No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER. PA. |%»%»^^^^^^^^%%<^^^^^^'^ %»%%%%%% |^I>»%^»»%»»»^^|»»| %%%%«%«i«'< SOME CIGAR BOX HISTORY. An Old Time Cigar Box Maker Tells How Boxes were Made Years Ago. Old Way Had Its Advantages. "That brings to mind the good old days," paid the old time box maker, as he handed his visitor an old cigar box of large size, "the time when a box was simply that and nothing more." "In (hose days," continued the box man, "the call was for tenth boxes, that is, of Fize to hold 100 cigars, and our help was trained to handle what now ap ears a most unwieldy package. After a while the twentieth box, the 50 cigar p\Z'', made its appearance and how we box makers did smile when the new package gained in popularity, for it meant double output to us and a proportionate increase in sales. But it was really beyond our understanding at that time why the cigar manufac- turers hhould encourage the new pack- ing when it meant a material increased cost to them for their boxes and an increased expense otherwise, in the packing of the cigars and the stamping and handling of the boxes. The twentieth box has crowded the tenth out of the market praciicaly, especially here in the west, and we make so few of the large size that our help steers shy whenever an odd lot goes through the factory. None of the girls of today want to tackle the 'coffins ;' they belong to a past generation, and the 1908 trimmer can't some how get her hand into working the large box with ease. "Then you'll notice another little difference in the box you're holding and the one in use today," pursued the old timer, in an reminiscent mood. "We hadn't heard of drop lids at that time and all boxes were made with plain covers ; that is to say, the front, back and ends were sawed to an even width and the cover was full size; in fact, of same dimensions as the bottom of the box. This was quite an innovation as it affected very much the first step in the process of manufacturing, the saw- mg. Up to that time, it was a com- paratively easy matter for the sawyer, but with the box materially reversed and the ends nailed on to the front, instead of these parts being nailed on to the end pieces, it became necessary for the box sawyer to do a little figur- ing. He had to add the thickness of the front and back to the cigar length to arrive at the correct length of the ond pieces, adjust his saw specially in ripping where heretofore he could put all four frame pieces through the saw with the one setting. It was quite a departure from the old system." "Well," queried the visitor, "why should the change be made, why not continue the old style plain cover?" "Because the box makers wanted to please the cigar man," replied the veteran, "and to do so it was necessary to reverse the old style of construction. Many a time would the cigar packer, when nailing down the cover of a box. drive the nail into his thumb, for after setting the nail he would press in the front of the box so that the nail would drive true. And whenever he met with such a mishap and nursed an injured thumb he would explode in wrath and say things about his box maker. For the nail points were imperfect, not pin- pointed as today, and, therefore, had a tendency to drive either inward or out- ward, particularly with the front of the box of the thinnest material. And so it came to pass that the box makers worked out of the old rut and gave the cigar men a thicker front piece in their boxes." "Where did you get off on your in- creased manufactuting cost?" asked the visitor, as he leaned back in his chair and lit a fat Perfect) the box man had passed him. "Well, I'll tell you. We old chaps weren't very long on figuring manufac- turing cost," answered the box maker; "we thought that that was a waste of valuable time and, besides, we knew what our goods cost us. I mean we thought we knew. But in this matter of drop lids we had no hesitancy in making an extra charge of 50 cents per hundred boxes, and, what's more, we got it, too. You see, before the drop lid fancy took hold we could pick our tops out of our tops and bottoms, both being of one size, and that was mighty convenient and assured a fine lot of covers besides. It was more economical, too, for what wasn't good enough to answer for tops was used for bottoms. In sawing the covers to a shorter length, as we do today, the pieces that are not up to grade cannot be used on that lot of boxes and can only be utilized for a smaller size, which means considerable waste and extra handling. "Here's another little reminder of the olden days," continued the box man, passing his caller a letter quoting prices on cigar box lumber. "You notice the term 'end stuff' ; well, that isn't end s uff in the strict sense of the term, but back and front stuff. It means the thick cigar box wood, the 7 32 inch. Before the entry of the drop lid, or falling cover, as I have told you, the thickest lumber, or 7 32, went into the box end, for box makers always nail into the thickest board for obvious reasons, hence the term 'end stuff.' But in this day the ends are cut out of •top stuff,' the 3-16 inch, as the ends are nailed on to the front and back." "Your method of manufacturing must have undergone quite a change," remarked the visitor, with a view of prolonging the conversation sufficiently to burn up another Perfecto. "Well, just a little," retorted the box maker with a smile. "Why, way back in my .early training, before the THE TO BAGGO WORLD ^KM Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES I Tfac Krohii Tobacco Co. CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED I (0/ Windsor, conn.) Address: F. B. GRIFFIN. A\anager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are i:^ tlic most famous i^rcwl.'^^ rcction Fine Handling Supeib QuJ'wk -OR A. H. RbEDER. President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAV70N. 0 HERiVLAIN DEULE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5c Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS ^old to Wholesale ^ Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. ^o. 8. YORK. PA. ^^jh. A specialty of Private Brands for §^ the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: GAe Bear. G6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST UUAIITT FINEST ^AChAtiLS Wholesale and Jobbing Trad* oall Corresoo'«d «ace with Actlv* Boaae« Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Cigar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Hlih Grade Cldara Exclaslvely. COVMMClies;^ H. G. BARNHART Ci|{ar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Litllestown, Pa. ^^JPerfieoR* MAKER OF Fernside -.a Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Corresponds nee invited C. E. MATTINGLY 8i CO. Manufacturers of Hijjh Grade Union Made I CI w FOR THfc Vholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union McSheppystown, Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER ^^ ^«__^ Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. lu THE TOBACCO WORLD SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ) Cp MILD AND PLEASANT THE CYCLONE ) ^^» BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samp'es (o Responsible Houses } 2 for 5c. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and pruneFLAVORS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES (& BRO. 9^ Reade Street, NE W YORK. The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 advent of machinery, the nailint^ on the large tenth boxes was done entirely by hand, and bj mouth, I may add. The 'lails were driven into the sides, that IS. Hf't in position, and after this pre- paration the boys would place a side on u an end and with three swift blows Irive the nails home. All the nailers lad black stained mouths, as a result )f feeding the nails from the mouth ind many of the old timers, who fol- owed this work for some time, wore a V-shaped gjpoove into their front teeth, through the continuous feeding of nails. I belong to that class myself and here's the proof," concluded the box maker as he bared his teeth to confirm the statement. "With the introduction of the drop lid. and as the twentieth box doubled the quantity of boxes to be nailed, the nailing machine came into use. At ihat time, the horizontal foot power style, on which the frames were first 'singled' and then 'doubled.' And you should have heard the hand nailers denounce the new method, for with the inexperience of operating the machines no speed could be attained and the old trained hand nailers would easily beat them out. But in time the machine operators made headway and the hand nailers reluctantly gave up the fight. "In these days of upright power nailers and of improved machinery, and the many other aids that time has brought," added the maker of boxes, as his visitor made ready to go, "the box man of later days cannot realize the changed conditions, or in the ver- nacular of the street, know what the old timers were 'up against.' " — Pack- ages, Milwaukee. Why the Vice President Does Not Use Tobacco. Vice President Fairbanks does not smoke or use tobacco in any form. He does not care for it, and relates a boy- hood experience as his reason for dis- liking tobacco. "At the time," he tells his friends, "when there were a lot of little chaps attending a country school, of whom I was one, the most common way of us- ing tobacco was in a pipe or to chew it. A cigar was a sign of affluence infre- quently affected by the inhabitants of that community. "One day a young man came to see our teacher, who was a young woman, and he wore in his face a long black ci- gar, that meant he had much money in his pocket ; was president of a bank or something equally important. When he came in he left that cigar on the outside carefully put away on a window ledge. Some spirit of deviltry or per- vereeness induced me to filch that ci- gar, and I divided it up in pieces among my companions. Each of us took a bite, and in about five minutes all of us were wildly groping about for some- thing to hold on to so we^would not fall off the earth. That's the way we felt, and that experience made me so sick I i have never been tempted to repeat it." rAHUSSEvl LEAF TOBACCO Ctt THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frsscad), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokbrs to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite Frascati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pql. Manufacturer of Fine and Common jfacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day THE TOBACCO WORLD :^?y»^ HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOE EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIKS. AT WORLD'S FAIR. SI . I <>l IS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Quality. Long Filler. Hand M>dp JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHAUTEIi. BLENDED SMOKE, BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLh:. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS. Etc. Factory: LANCASTER, PA. Factory No. I64S. Capacity 50.UJO.UJJ u Vear Leaf Tobacco Markets BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The local market remaina quiet. The extremely cold weather and storms of the last few days have doubtless kept the local buyers who have been in the market from riding. Milder weather is looked for and it is expected that better conditions will then prevail. -Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. The tobacco buyers have been here, but for the last week or ten days they have sought new fields in which to work. They are like the crows. Today none are seen, but next day some far- mer has drawn out some dead animal, and it is scented by the crows for miles around, and the air is alive with them for several days, until the carcass has been devoured, and by that time carrion is scented in another quarter and every crow is gone. So it is with those who buy tobacco. If one is missing, in a few hours the rest follow. They arc scented by those left behind. Soon they will remove again, not one alone but all of them. It seems like concerted action, but may all be acci- dent. I have heard of one buyer during the week, but he was a Western man, and unacquainted with the manners and customs of our Eastern buyers, so he can easily be excused, for he bought a little, and I hear it rumored at very good prices. Aside from thib one buyer I have heard of no looking even, much less of any being bought. Our correspondents write: East Whately. Mass. : "John M. Crafts has sold his crop of 10 acres to Dare of Pennsylvania for 14 cents in bundle." North Hatfield, Mass. : "John Bren- nan sold to a Pennsylvania firm 9 acres at a reported price of around 11 cents. Frank Jones is shipping an order of tobacco to New York. Gilbert Morton is shipping about 140 capes of old to- bacco, and quite a lot of this last sea- son's growth."— American Cultivator. EDGERTON. WIS. Conditions in the local tobacco mar- kets have not changed during? ihe week. Everyone is waiting a general move ment of the crop, which does not come. A few scattering sales are bein^r made in nearly all sections, but buyers cjf ihe large operators are not ridmir and a general indifference is nuieJ all alon^r the hne, even though ti bacco can \ e purchased at reasonable figuies. The impression seems to prevail that as long as the market for old goods con- tinues so dormant there is little incen tive to add to the hol.iings new leaf The few transactions reaching us sinc» last report are : W. Haskins. 6a at 8 and 2c. N G. Nelson, 2a at 7 and Ic. F. A. North. 4ia at 7 pnd Ic. George Seeley, 2^i at 7c. Charles Starks. 2a at 5i and 2:. Aug. Teigs. 23 at 5^ anQl Vyild • for one year, fjj Both for S1.30; the Rerfular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac A F^f f«cf = f^1occ ^plf F^lllincf Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field) Every pen is solid gold, 14k the best of its kind in the market. whereby we can suppiv you with point tipped with genuine irridium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen ; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class I'en at a trifling cost. 0 ANY PERSON sending us $1.50. we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen. postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name'for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco World." Should you already he a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended one year from the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign suoscriptions. which cost $1.00 additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 21 ^^K TH E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^B , StEll»W- SONS 4 COUp^ Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS LABELS - #^^;g; ISTOCKCARDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. 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Thfsp Rrand.s .S» II un Mrrll and (lonsl.ntly Repeat. Try I hem aud Judde for Yourself V\h> Ihis Kac(or> iNever .Shuts Do««n STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. [\ENV HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I IN 1 A E R I Q E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORI E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ■^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of m9M\ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» <^ To Protect the GmsinneKs a^dnst tlie Host of Imitators of this Old Tbae Famous Popular Brand of Ggars Evei^Box of the 6endiwe portuondo Cigars l#ifr s = *■ *>-.i Re^stered In U. S. Patent Office MANUFACTURED ONLYK!' TheJuanlPorhiondo GjarM]8.G). 1I10-1116 ^an^orn A..Pliila(lelpKa GEO. W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of High Grade Cigars Fernside Parr Value Lord Wharton CORRESPONDENCE INVITED <5 Special Brands Made \o Order SAMPLES ON APPLICATION . ■■ 'i >?^f','-- - ^^\ '<--:■' Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Sollcttod Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Fnclory 1839. First District Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa Wanteci Tel. 722 Orchard -CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, MEW YORK Fnr ^Pl lp ' CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sou ' ^' OdlC) Write Us for Prices nd EMIL EERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 8 PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 19, 1908 One Dollar the Year SLOT MACHINES IN CHICAGO FIRE IN SAGINAW FACTORY. KEN TUCKYANDTHE CIGARETTE WHEELING JOBBERS TO MOVE. Three Dealers Plead Guilty of Their Use; 158 Stand Trial. Chicago, 111.. Feb. 14. Three cigar store keepers pleaded guilty today before Judge Newcomer to the charge of operating slot ma- chines. In the other 158 cases the dealers insisted on jury trials. A. J. Hunsaker, 82 Washington street, was prosecuted by Assistant State's Attorney McCormick, and Ed- ward Morris defended. Best & Rjssell pleaded guilty to operating three machines. Edward Wahl, 132 Wabash avenue, and Charles J. Simpson. 281 La Salle street, each pleaded guilty to one charge. Judge Newcomer ordered the ma- chines impounded for three months in the care of the city custodian and per- mitted the cases to be stricken from the docket with leave to reinstate. Attorney Morris in questioning the veniremen intimated that the prosecu- tions were being brought at the in- ^8tance of the United Cigar Stores. This intimation brought on a brush with As- sistant State's Attorney McCormick. Louisville Warehouse Deal. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 14. Another large real estate deal prob- ably will be put through this week, as the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Com- pany is negotiating for the purchase of the big warehouse at Twenty-second and Rowan streets. This warehouse occupies the entire block, running from Twenty-first street to Twenty-second street and from Rowan to Main street. It is one of the largest warehouses in the country, and has a capacity of several thousand hogsheads of tobacco. In the past few weeks the business of the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company has been so large that the officers are finding it difficult to get sufficient storage room. Every build- ing available has been rented or pur- chased outright and still the company is in need of more store room. The property at Twenty-second and Rowan streets is considered the best of its kind in the country. Even in this city of big warehouses it has a capacity greater than any other ware- house, and if it can be purchased by the Louisville Warehouse Company the latter will then have sufficient storage room. Negotiations for the sale of the property have been on for several weeks and probably will be brought to a close in the next day or two. Only a few thousand dollars are keeping the parties to the sale apart. Soldiers Sent to Hopkinsville. Middleboro, Ky., Feb. 14. Fifteen men and two officers of com- pany H., second Kentucky regiment, left for Hopkinsville over the L. & N. railroad this morning, Lieut. Stair is in command. Maj. Albrecht, of the board of survey, left with them. Wolverine Plant Suffered Slight Damage. Employes Scared. Saginaw, Mich., Feb. 14. With great quantities of smoke roll- ing out of the second story of the Wol- verine Cigar Co. 's plant at 121 South Hamilton street, much apprehension was felt of another serious conflagration The fire started in the stock room from some unknown cause and spread to a closet adjoining, but aside from damage to some stocks of tobaccos and cigars the damage will not amount to much. F'or a time there was (luite a scare among the girls employed in the shop, but all got out of the building without trouble and soon after the fire department apparatus left went back to their work, the fire being extin- guished with the chemical. Julius Ahrens in regard to the com- pany's loss said that he could not make any estimate on it at present. Some stock in the basement, he said, was un- doubtedly damaged and there were about 90,000 cigars in the stock room. This room has been locked up pending the arrival of insurance adjusters. Owensboro's Newest Enterprise. Owensboro. Ky.. Feb. 14. A movement is on foot for the or- ganization of a company in Owensboro to manufacture plug and smoking to- baccos from natural Greeri river leaf. The promoters are experienced tobacco men, and it is understood that they have interested a number of prominent Owensboro business men in the enter- prise and that the company will be in- corporated within the next few weeks. It is proposed to organize the concern with a capital of $25,000. most of which can be used as operating capital, as the investment for equipment will not be great. It is pointed out by those in- terested that the largest independent tobacco manufactories in Kentucky have been started with less capital than that proposed for the new Owens- boro concern. It is believed that a smoking tobacco manufactured of pure Green river leaf would become immediately popular. The Bennett Tobacco Company, of Owensboro, is manufacturing such a tobacco, but the output of the plant, it is said, is not nearly large enough to supply the demand, and there is no other factory in this particular line in the five counties in which the Green river type of tobacco is grown. Even Owensboro smokers who like a natural leaf tobacco of the dark or strong type are. for the most part, using tobacco grown outside of the Green river district. A great deal of "black patch" tobacco is smoked in this section, and Duck river tobacco, grown principally in Maury, William- son and Giles counties, Tenn.. has a large sale locally. The trade through- out this section, it is argued, should be supplied with tobacco grown and manu- factured in the Green river country. Proposal to Collect a $10 License Fee from Tobacco Dealers Who Carry Cigarette Paper. Louisville. Ky., Feb. 14. The State Internal Revenue Agent. S. H* Nash, it is understood will make an effort to enforce the collection of a $10 license from dealers who handle to- bacco here, and also deal in cigarette papers, this being the amount of the special license re -D €lT-- < V^v yW^ fLOR de DOHAN Sl TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^^^^^JO^ Arch St. Leaf Tobacco 4nR\^K PHILADA. ■atabllsh ^^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra I L ^^B y s H.5TRAUS i^.S^€(i^:S€$^^)^ A.Loes IMPORTERS OF MUtdOS^^IiiMl^dSlw Ill^HILADELPHie?^^ AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. I. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHII VELENCHIK BROS. '•"n^kr'm LE AF TOB/lQe© Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia IiEOPOLiD liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phlla. and rhirdSt, Phi/ot/e/phia,P*i. lmpov^;is ati&d beaiers in ALL KINDS or SEFi LEAF. The llimpire SEFi LEAF, m 1 Leaf Tobacco "^y.^''^ 11 iaPP.|l vUMATRA 1 UUUUUU Co., 118 N. 3d St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Lr KRUPPENBACH mmm^ m; iimF tobaccos )42-44 N.ELEvr:NTH. ST Phiiadelphia J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.^c IMPORTERS of Havana. 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA ^^S T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba )a=iiijii.iii*iTjjm;vii=ijjH:iii*^imiati!l!§^iiHaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA More Activity Reported in the Havana Market. Heavy Purchases by a Couple of Manufacturers Swell the Sales reported. Prices Steady, and Buyers and Sellers Alike Seem Willing to Concede Something. Threat to Move Cigar Factories May Cause Strikers to Sit Up and Take Notice. Special Correspondence Business during the past week has been active, and while the number of buyers in town has been only limited, three of them have operated quite ex- tensively and this has swelled the total. One Tampa manufacturer, who (last fall) cried down this last year's Vuelta Abajo crop evidently has become con- vinced that there are enough good vegas to be found, and he has pur- chased about 1,500 bales, and perhaps may reach the 2,000 bale mark before he has finished his buying trip. Another Western manufacturer has taken 900 bales, as much as he usually buys, and the Cinco brand manufacturers from Philadelphia have invested in about 2,000 bales of Second Capadura:?. Prices are steady, and it seems as if buyers as well as sellers, are willing enough to make material concessions. The former need the leaf for manufac- turing purposes, and the latter are anxious to turn their goods into cash, to meet outstanding obligations and to prepare for the coming crop later on this season. As the cost of raising the new to- bacco to the farmers will be quite high, owing to the increased cost of labor, seedlings, and replanting, they will not be anxious to sell at the beginning at any low figures, and as our packers and dealers will fight shy this year of repeating last year's experiment in paying exorbitant prices to the "veg- ueros," very likely the buying season may open later in 1908 than in 1907. Besides, it yet remains to be seen when the rainy season will commence, and what quantity may finally be raised, as well as how the quality will be after the tobacco has passed the sweat in the "pilons," or piles. It is very doubtful that any packer or dealer will purchase this year's growth until it has undergone the first sweating pro- of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, February 10, 1908. cess, as the buying of green tobacco in the drying sheds has pr ved to be a very risky undertaking. Summing up these reasons the holders of the 1907 crop will have plenty of chances yet to sell their stocks to Northern buyers before the new leaf will come to market. Snlea during the past eight days sum up to about 5.400 bales in all, divided into 2,500 of Vuelta Abajo. 400 Partido, 2,150 of Remedies, and 850 bales of Mayari. American buyers are reported to have taken 4,550 bales, exporters for Europe 500, and local manufacturers 350 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals— John Fielding, of Roths- child & Bro., Henry Oppenheimer, of Henry Oppenheimer & Co., and Benito Rovira, of B. Rovira & Co., New York ; Robert Middlemas, of Walters & Co., cigar importers, London., Eng. ; A. F. Rico, of A. F. Rico & Co., and George A. Burbank of Estabrook & Eaton, Boston. Departures— Otto and Gus. Elsenlohr and Ventura Blanco for Philadelphia. Havnnn Clisnr Muniifnetnrern are gradually getting the best of the striking cigarmakers, as it is stated that by the opening up of branch fac- tories in the country towns many of the best workmen are willing enough to help the manufacturers, and have de- clared their intention to go to the coun- try, where they are sure to find work, rather than to stay in the city, where they are half starving. When the Cen- tral Committee wakes up to find the men leaving Havana it may declare the strike off, as it is in reality broken al- ready. Last week there appeared an advertisement in one of our daily papers offering the famous Romeo y Julieta factory building for rent. Whether the LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Parlner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VllELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana RelivaL 20, HavanaL p. O. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS In VUELTA ABA^O at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTI SPIRITIIS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Cifta? "^ I O'Reilly St. m^ Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Priraera Clase Cable: 'CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA, H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA IS INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED '1 'W^. H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS« LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA S^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^»H BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the '' SOL'' Brand Finest faelta Abajo Tobacco kclasively ijt. ^ABP^^^i ^/Fii%% NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: ••Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PABLO PEREZ CANDIDO OBES^ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Aba|o and Partido Tobacco RRADO 12S Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CASTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of , Jlfii^sina lieaf TobaGGO Efido, Corner Dragones Street, HAVANA 8. Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) fLeaf Tobacco 1 VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta AbaJo \eim?) Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. AVSLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 12)3 ^'"oNiiEVA Habana SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ L and Dealers in LjGSLI 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, CobU: "Cuetara • HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobaeoo specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 DragOAcs Street, HAVANA CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO" ( or.espoadence Solicited In EntflUh LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta ArrilM San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES'* HABANA, CUBA I ^^S T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^« Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA Meptuno 170-174 - - .^ . Cable- Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo owners really have an idea of remov- ing their operations entirely to the -country, Artemisa and Pinar del Rio, remains to be seen. Orders for cigars from the United States and Europe are not coming fast now, as it seems that there are suffici- ent stocks yet in the hands of the im- porters and retailers in the North. Bayingr* SelllnK and Other Ntttea of Interest. Perez & Obeso were sellers to the extent of 1,000 bales of Vuelta Abajo from their choice holdings of lowland vegas. Sam. I. Davis is reported to have purchased 1,500 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Sobrinos de Antero Gonzales sold 700 bales of Vueltas and Remedies. Otto and Gus. Eisenlohr are stated to bave purchased close on to to 2,000 bales of Remedios (second capaduras) paying quite liberal prices, but getting the best vegas which have been raised this year. B. Diaz & Co. disposed of 500 bales of their fine assortment of Vuelta Abajo holdings. Stephen Hart, after a thorough study of every vega which is to be found in our market, has invested in 900 bales of Vuelta Abajo for his firm of Hart & Murphy, of St. Paul, Minn. Muniz Hnos. & Co. closed out some 500 bales of Remedios and Mayari to- bacco. H. Upmann & Co. were buyers of 300 bales of Remedios for export. Sylvester & Stern made sales to the extent of 400 bales of Partido. Sol. Hamburger, who has been here for about a month, has been gradually picking up vegas here and there, when- ever the price and quality suited him, and from a very good authority I learn that his total purchases this trip may figure up to over 1,000 bales of all grades of leaf, although he has not yet made up his mind when he will depart. His brother in the meantime, in New York, is disposing of the goods as fast as Sol informs him of his purchases. Gonzalez & Miguel sold 109 bales of choice vegas of Remedios and Partidos during the last week, at good figures. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Feb. 8 Bales EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Ciijars made strictly of very beat Vuelta Abajo Tobacco Vuelta Abajo 1,664 Semi Vuelta 207 Partido 23 Matanzas ^ Remedios & S.Clara 1,037 Mayari & Yara 89 Since Jan. 1 Bales 5,743 641 153 253 8,396 903 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in F^nfflish Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: "Calda" Total 3,027 16,089 The coming Carnival season promises to be exceptionally fine here this year, as the city Common Council and private people are endeavoring to beautify the city in every respect and provide plenty of entertainments of all kinds, and it is to be hoped that the number of tour- ists may be correspondingly large, to reward the heavy outlay of money. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 Removal Notice. WM. STEINER, SONS &z: CO. Lithographers and Importers Respectfully desire to announce to their friends and patrons that they have Removed to their new factory — Steiner Building, 257-265 W. Seventeenth St., New York Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. THE TOBACCO WORLD Office, ERNEST MLLINGBR & CO. Nos. 87-89 P'neSUeet ImpoHers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFriCES: OETROIT.MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York. JO8. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN 1. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." OFFICE* 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA -pu^ and SEED LEAF I VJIJCXk^K^VJ 185 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL ^^ Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK f TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK, j 10 New York Leaf Market. The leaf market during the past week was less active than in the week pre- vious and only a few houses have re- ported transactions of any note. Sales made consisted largely of Wisconsin and Zimmer Spanish tobacco, which brought prices that were satisfactory to the holders. The trade generally seems to accept the idea that no unusual activity can be expected for several weeks yet. or not until the cigar industry shows a sign of healthier activity. The de- crease in the output of cigars has certainly not had any encouraging effect, and only as much buying is ex- pected as will suffice to meet the needs for immediate use. The market during the week was practically bare of any large buyers, although it recently had visitors who were offering goods, but finding it an unfavorable time to make any sales of consequence in New York, they re- turned to their homes to visit us again at a more opportune time, when trade conditions are more generally favor- able. The Sumatra market has, however, shown a greater degree of activity than seed leaf, and a fairly satisfactory volume of business was done, notwith- standing the fact that the time for the beginning of the 1908 inscriptions is close at hand, which is usually a season when manufacturers want to hold off until they ascer.ain something about the new goods. The Havana market has also shown somewhat of an improvement. In- quiries have become more numerous, and available stocks are also becoming a little more abundant. • • • Ci^ar Manufacturers are experiencing a gradual improve- ment, and in a few instances forces have been slightly increased, although they are not yet up to the usual comple- ment of hands. In most cases the out of town fac- tories of our larger concerns are being operated, even if with only moderate forces, in order to have their respective establishments in good working condi- tion when the busier season begins, which is almost certain time, and in when every facility will again be needed. • • • Steady Galas for Porto Rico Goods. At the offices of the American West Indies Ligar Co. it was learned that orders are arriving in greater volume from their various distributors for the finer grades of goods, of which some new and special shapes were recently introduced. Leo Weiss is now covering the Middle West, and E. B. Mayer is booking good business in the Southern States. Henry Weiss was last week covering the principal points in Penn- sylvania, where he was most cordially received and secured some very satis- factory orders. • • • Will Make Only Clear Havanas. The Eriich Manufacturing Co. has decided to withdraw from the seed and Havana cigar manufacturing business and devote all their time and energy to the further exploitation of their clear Havana lines. The house has for several years past been operating three distinct plants, two of which are in New York city and another in Tampa, but owing to their retirement from the seed and Havana New York Bureau of The Tobacco World Now York, February 18. located at 241-243 West Broadway, as well as the Tampa factory. Resigned— Not "Expelled." D. Jacobs, United States Represent- ative of the Por Larranaga Factory, of Havana. Cuba, authorizies a contradic- tion of an announcement recently made in a trade paper which was to the effect that his factory had been ex- pelled from the "Union of Manufac- turers" in Havana. Mr. Jacobs an- nouces that as a matter of fact his house had formally tendered its resig- nation to that association as early as January 11, 1908. and had withdrawn from the Union. « • • Re^ensbur^s Maintain Old Prices. E. Regensburg & Sons, makers of clear Havana cigars, have issued a letter to the trade announcing that they will maintain old prices, notwithstand- ing the increased cost of raw material. The letter is as follows: New York, Feb. 8, 1908. Gentlemen : We have made a most thorough in- vestigation and careful study of the Ha- vana leaf tobacco market, and found, as a result of abnormal conditions, the price of raw material had increased fifty per cent, and more. As is a custom with all manufactur- ers of repute who make Havana cigars» we fortified ourselves as usual with ample material requisite for our wants, notwithstanding the high cost of same, and believe our many friends in the trade appreciate how essentially neces- sary it was to do so. We have zealously labored many years with jealous pride to build up a business on a foundation rf pre-eminent quality. The meritorious results si- lently testify the success of our under- taking. Oftimes we have experienced simi- lar conditions, when a raise in price would have been justifiable, but recog- nizing that changes of this character in our particular line, instead of benefit- ing and stimulating trade, tend only to retard advancement, and rather than disturb our business, we sacrificed our profits. After a researchful review of the present general business conditions, and most careful and mature consideration, we have again concluded to sacrifice our pecuniary reward for the benefit of the business, and now advise you that current prices are guaranteed for this year. We feel assured our action will merit appreciation, and respectfully solicit- ing your increased orders, we remain Very truly yours, E. Regensburg & Sons. • • • News Notes. -Herman Wasserman, President of the International Tobacco Co. recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his wedding, which was attended by the whole Wasserman family. The celebration consisted of a dinner at an uptown hotel, and was followed by a theatre party — —The United Cigar Mfrs. Co. has de- clared a quarterly dividend of I'i per cent, on the preferred stock of the company, payable March 1, 1908. — Heyman L. Bendheim, manufac- turer and retailer of cigars, 523 Sixth avenue, has filed a petition in bank- ruptcy, with liabilities $2 878 and assets field they will relinquish one New York $i,G92, consisting of stock, $1,331 ; fix city factory, which is located in East tures, $352, and cash, $9. He has been ()8th street, and is now for rent. in business twenty years. Judge Hough They will, however, continue to oper- appointed John Gruenberg receiver; ate their main New York city factory, bond $1,000. Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. S^& THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^m • '^ • # v\ Th. Newest Thing in Cigarettes - not merely new in name but also new in essential leaturcs — just the i^ind of a cigarette that vvill please your customers. A cigarettee filled with genuine Havana tobacco but made in America in the American way. That is why they cost less than half as much as imported brands. If you want to see your cigarette sales increase just offer your trade El I rincipe Je Havana Cigarettes Gale s They have been on the market only a short time yet they have made a tremendous hit. El Principe de Gales Cigarettes are made of genuine Havana tobacco, the finest and costliest tobacco in the world, and the most delightful of all tobaccos t > the great majority of smokers. El Principe de Gales Cigarettes are oval in shape, cork tipped, rolled in both rice and Cuban pectoral paper. The wholesale trade price is $7.50 per thousand Send in a trial order to your nearest jobber — it will mean increased sales and more profit for you. Retail price, 10c per box of 10. Packed 100 in a carton. HAVANA-AMERICAN COMPANY, New York U E. A. Calves & Co.nts are con- cerned, and something that we cannot overlook and disregard. My clients therefore feel that you should promptly publish a retraction of your statements, ideas and insinu- ations expressed in the above men tioned article, and that you should give said retraction as conspicious a posi- tion and as general a circulation as the article above referred to had. Very truly yours. Signed Thomas H. McKee. --As the constant dropping of water wears the stone, so the insistant adver- 12 \ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday BY THE INCORPORATED 1902 TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street. Philadelphia Cable Address. "Baccoworld." Havana Office. Prado 36. Altos. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, By Subscription: $1.00 the Year ; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, [L \ PHILADELPHIA. FEBRUARY 19, 1908. tising makes a lasting impression on the the consumer. When the consumer feels his need, it goes by acquired habit to the establishment that is advertised. %«MI^%<«% THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The conditions in the leaf market of this city remain practically uncharged. Some business has been done, but in small lots, consisting as it did of numer- ous sales, but a moderate aggregate volume. Nor has there been any marked activity in any particular type of domestic leaf tobacco. There were but few out of town buyers in the market but a goodly number of sellers were here. Their offerings, however, did not attract much attention, because of the prices asked by them. Both manufacturers and dealers are simply waiting, and whether they will be eventually able to buy at much less money than goods are now offered for remains to be seen. Against the argu- ment that the output of cigars has been so greatly curtailed that the consump- tion of leaf has necessarily fallen off to such an extent as to affect prices, comes also a reasonable and sane argu- ment that conditions are bound to ulti- mately change. The demand for cigars is certain to increase in time, and then the manufacturers will be forced to replenish, even if at a higher price than is now prevailing. Both sides are seeking some form of consolation. During the month of January the output of cigars in the First Pennsyl- vania District amounted to 43,500,000, but this number is 12,000,000 below the output during January, 1907. At first sight the figures would seem rather discouraging, but it must be taken into consideration that this district has suffered less than some others have, and that is an evidence that the First District is not really losing any of its old time prestige. At the present time the manufac- turers are running along smoothly enough, and all working moderate sized forces. There is reason to hope that taking into consideration the fact that this month has but 22 working days, and five of those Saturday half holi- days, the month will in reality show some gain over January. Every manufacturer of importance is losing no opportunity to increase his sales by any legitimate means and in some instances an increased force of salesmen is employed. A hearing on the applications filed by a son and grandson to administer to the estate of John Allen, a well known tobacconist in the Northeastern section of the city, who died recently at his late residence, 2956 Richmond street, leaving effects valued at $14,000, took place Monday before Register of Wills Charles Irwin. The son, William H. Allen, resides at 3009 Richmond street, and the grandson, Clarence Allen, lives at 2956 Richmond street. The attorney who appeared in behalf of the son claimed that his client was entitled under the law to letters in the estate, but counsel for the other peti- tioner entered his protest. He said that William H. Allen and the deced- ent were co-partners in the tobacco business, and, being a surviving part- ner, he was regarded as being antagon- istic to the estate. It was contended, on the other hand, that William H. Allen was not a surviving partner, as the business had been conducted solely by the decedent. William J. Price, cashier of the Ken- sington National Bank, testified that John Allen & Sons had an account at that bank, and that the signature of the firm had been made by William H. Allen. The hearing was continued for one week. A. Coin, a retail cigar dealer of this city, having a store at 1014 Girard ave- nue and another in Eighth street near Vine, has been accused by an agent of Anthony Comstock, the great anti-vice crusader of New York, of having dis- played obscene pictures in his stores, and was brought up in Court of Com- mon Pleas No. 2 last week, before Judge Audenried. He was represented by an attorney who declared to the court that Oscar H. Pierson, who was his (Coin's) accuser, had tried to extort money from Mr. Coin. After advising Coin to place the pictures in question in his show windows, Pierson, accord- ing to the attorney, gave the informa- tion upon which the arrest was based. After the arrest, it was said, Pie* son wrote three letters to Coin stating that if he was paid he would leave town and not appear as a witness against Coin. Comstock, however, stated to the Court that Pierson was not his agent, but was merely paid for such information as was furnished by him, and Judge Audenried decided to con- tinue the case. «^ A. Fowler, local manager and repre- sentative of the United States Tobacco Co., makers of the popular Central Union plug cut and other brands of to bacco. has been busy lately in stirring up renewed vigor in his firm's product in this city. Some good window work and other effective advertising has been done, and already there are unmistak- able signs of increasing sales. There is much evidence of the ener- getic manner in which Arthur Hagen , & Co. have taken up the sale of the White Rolls cigarettes here, by the numerous window displays on exposi- tion this week, the number of which s shown by the following list : Ziblouski. Sixth and Green and 2018 Columbia avenue. Steinhouser. Twenty-first and Berks. Abramson, Seventh and Reed. Bayuk. Sixth and Walnut. Devery, 2341 Pennsylvania ave. Bartman. Thirteenth and Callowhill. Fisher, 324 Vine. Talbot. 413 Vine. Brown. Fifteenth and Cumberland. Kivatinus, Sixth and Arch Sobel, Fain & Sobel, Tenth and Arch. Rahme, Broad and Filbert. Chandler & Co., Second and Arch. Fitzgerald, Forty-third and Lancaster avenue. Brukche, 4616 Lancaster avenue. George, Broad and Jackson. C. Shull & Co., 1619 P'ederal. George Gerhard, 4725 Lancaster ave. Since such well directed efforts are an indisputable benefit to the retailers in general, there should follow even greater reciprocity and encouragement than before. Harry Dolinsky, of H. Dolinsky & Son, has been in Connecticut for the past two weeks, superintending the packing of a fine lot of Connecticut leaf which the firm recently purchased in the valley. J. Kosminsky, representing the Kraus-McF'arlin Co., of Chicago, and of Quincy, Fla., was a visitor in Phila- delphia early in the week. Mr. K. ar- rived here from New York State, where, he reports, he found a number of manufacturers who were really busy. In Philadelphia he also found a satis- factory market for some of his finest Florida tobaccos, and consequently is well pleased with his trip. He is not yet fully decided which direction he will go after finishing up here. One thing is sure— he is constantly on the job. M. Falk, the veteran tobacco sales- man, and head of the Falk 'Tobacco Co., New York and Richmond, Va., was an early arrival in Philadelphia this week, and was greeted with an old time wel- come by his many friends in the trade here. Blue and Scarlet is a new piece of plug cut tobacco being put upon the market through Arthur Hagen & Co. It is a IH oz. package in foil, bearing the Blue Label, and is manufactured by the Booker Tobacco Co.. Lynch- burg, Va. «« W. W. Stewart, of W. W. Stewart & Sons, Reading, was in the leaf market here last week. G. M. Booker, President of the Booker Tobacco Co., Lynchburg, Va., was a recent visitor in this city. J. F. Reichard, a leaf tobacco packer of York, Pa., stopped over at Philadel- phia on Saturday last, enroute to his home from Connecticut, where he had made some purchases of desirable to- baccos for his trade. Mr. Reichard is a very energetic leaf man, and has an extensive trade in his section. C. W. Saunders with the Cortez Ci- gar Co.. of Key West, is in the Quaker City this week, effectively expounding the merits of the Cortez cigars. Under date of February 7. Arthur Hagen & Co. issued a circular letter to the trade advising that Arc Light matches will be advanced 10 cents per gross on March 1. Orders for moderate quantites, however, will be accepted at the present price, if received before March 1. •) #. s i m m r For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD "^MB Take no other but the Genuine E>.stablisKed 1869 IncorpoTatedl893 fS Every Box of tlie Genuine Portuondo Cigabs Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo The Juan E Portuondo Cigar KfjCa O'"'^ #' f^'=m=t/ \DZ\ SE^Gl^EREl >^ !^ K«Klatered Jn U. S. PateDt OUloe MANUFA6TER>ED ONLV BY There are more Imitations of tWs old establislied and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars any Other cigar in the worlcL 1110-1116 i'an50in5l..Philadelphia. DUYS' SUMATRA OFFERINGS. On the back outside cover page of this week's issue appears an announce- ment of the Sumatra importing firm of H. Duys & Co., who are offering a large and complete line of Sumatra to- bacco at attractive prices. Although New York leaf houses are reporting a rather quiet trade, the volume of busi- ness done by this firm during the pres- ent year would truly indicate that there must be some special attraction about their offerings. The idea of the design used in this advertisement is to portray the fact that it is only a short chain of com- mercial routine for a manufacturer to be practically supplying himself with Sumatra tobacco direct from the island on which it is grown, i. e., From the plantation to the well known Amster- damshe Tabakshandel Maatschappij ; thence direct to H. Duys & Co., New York. Concerning the activities of this house, we might mention that John H. Duys, of this firm, will sail within a short time for Europe, to attend in person some of the early inscriptions of Sumatra at Amsterdam. To Manufacturers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market a^ Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOB4(:CO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7 6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard A. COHN Si CO. IMPORTERS OF v^^^^»^m — C. A. Koonz, of the Sioux City, la., jobbing house of C. A. Koonz & Co., has been spending a few days in New York city recently. SPECIAL NOTICES. (124 cents per line, 8 point measure) Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown andseparated ; 1,800 to 2,000 lbs. per acre; packets, 25 and 50c. Open grown, unseparated, $5 per lb John S. Weaver.Kr/J.Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t STERNFELD & LEIISCH No. 36 LaSalie Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non*Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Nanu> facturers invited. 6 51h MONROE ADLER Cid^ir Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, III. 12-18he We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentowp. Pa. ll-13ch L. BERNFELD Ci^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and -*- fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street. Philadelphia. 10-2tf pOR SALE— One million Long Filler -*- Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street. New York ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLC: "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats aod OnondagflL Warshoases i Addlaoa. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED i& Our Capacity for Alanufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. 0^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^m For Oentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-s R^ A HIGH GRADE R ^ kJC# CIGAR FOrOC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Urima, Ohio J T. J. DUNN <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 F. Olst Street, NEW VORK ■ «D«»rmc^pi~ i. aa- - tgim. x^nBttiaKaaaiKKVi Louis E Neuman &Co. . 123*-^Tol3G^-^5T AND PARK AVE/N.Y;:;- ' '" LABELS & SHOW r ><\ i_ s o CI RTED M^ww: BAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate exaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar /Wold Co., Cincinnati, 0, American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelberger & Noll, TRADE IS SLACK AT THE HUB. Boston Now Notes Some Tremors of the Late Financial Shake. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire StreetJ Boston, Mass., Feb. 17. Trade still remains quiet here. It would seem as if the recent monetary panic in New York is just being felt in this market, but most of our large business concerns txpect a change for the better by the first of March. P enty of cigarette salesmen are here all )^ lugging for business, and it would seem that every week a new brand is being placed on the market. The clear Havana cigar business has quieted down considerable since New Year, possibly on account of the rise in prices. E. Kleiner, of E. Kleiner & Co.. N. Y., makers of the Lord Macauley ci- «ar, spent several days in town this week, and took his usual quota of orders. Ralph M. Cans, of Cans Bros., N. Y., was another one of our visitors. He went the rounds with S. A. Frank, their Boston representative, and took away a bunch of nice sized orders for the William the Fourth and also for the Gaubro brand. Louis Shapiro (Nestor Gianaclis Co.) returned last night from a successful trip through Connecticut, where the Nestor cigarettes are fast becoming famous. An announcement was made this week of the failure of George L. John- son, 75 Hanover street, who has been in the cigar and tobacco business many years at the same address. In fact, Johnson's cigar store is the oldest to- bacco store on the whole of Hanover ROBESONIA, PA. street, and was formerly operated by Mr. Johnson's father. It is said a settlement will be made with the cred- itors, and Mr. Johnson will be able to continue the business. McGreenery & Manning are placing with the trade the new Principe De Gales cigarette, which is being adver- tised extensively in the newspapers. Barnet I. Siegel has just purchased the retail cigar business of the Amiaon Cigar Co., 260 Massachusetts avenue. Reuben Ellis, representing the Mel- achrino cigarettes, is in town. Mis- sionary work is now being done on that brand, which is selling well here with the better trade. Ben Ali. Charles Noulter's Critical Con- dition. Buffalo. N. Y., Feb. 15. Chas. Moulter, one of the oldest leaf tobacco dealers in this section, is lying ill at his home here and in a critical condition, as the result of an accident sustained a few weeks ago, when through a fall he ruptured a blood vessel in one of his limbs. Later gan- grene set in and physicians say that amputation of the leg is the only hope of saving his life. His advanced age and greatly enfeebled condition are much against his ability to withstand the shock of so serious an operation, and there are grave fears for his re- covery. Oscar Jensen, of Andrew Jensen & Sons, of Janesville, Wis., with whom Mr. Moulter has extensive business dealings, came East last week on re- ceipt of a letter advising them of Mr. Moulter's condition. —J. V. Bogart has sold out his ciffar business at Spokane, Wash. Bevan & Uark have opened a new cigar store in that City. NWA f) f> m # For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. isellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD :S^S;- _: J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. H. L. WEAVKR Factory ,J!>ri.l E. E. WLAVEt WEAVER 8i BRO. Manufacturers of (^ i r< ^ rr q ^^' Jobbing Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HILL, PA. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of E. RENNINGER Established 1889 Manufacturer of High and Medium (Vrade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVCr PS,, High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Facfory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS :m^ It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco. Take Away Muslin e.ss and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNfc Js specially adapted to ^ive that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskcPs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering^ what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York CKASKEt'S The Idea! Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day dc. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go* CENTENNIAL, P4. ^^M THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^B 0I6AR Ribbons ^Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST Sl CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ^ CO. for 27 years) iHlT d in JU '15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. P WOLF BROS Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of n NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship ^j^lS?*^^ Uncle Roman La Plumadora ed Li Dun Bonanza STILL BLUE IN LANCASTER. u« Duke ot Taranta [ ion. Pa. I o EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in =0 O Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wi&. © Small Lot Sales and Few of Them. Price of 1907 Leaf Unchanged. The Growers* Meeting. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 14. General dullness has again character- ized the leaf market during the past week. The business done was prin- cipally a jobbing trade, and consisted of small lot sales. There has been some buying of the 1907 crops during the week but it was, if anything, less active than during the preceding week, and prices remained about the same, 8 cents being a fair general average. M. J. and N. J. Lederman, who con- stitute the Domestic Leaf Tobacco Co., have secured ihe warehouse on Chris- tian street which until recently was occupied by Chas. J. Lederman, who is a brother. This new firm has purchased some crops c f the 1907 tobacco in the vicinity ol Qubrryville. Mori is Le\y, for the United Cigar Mfrs. Co., hfcs been operating consider- ably in Manor Township, in which sec- tion the farmers have the reputation of growing some of the finest crops in the county. A very large attendance of tobacco growers was present Monday at the regular metting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Growers in G. A. R. Hall. Officers for the ensuing year were elected and the old officers were chosen. The re-elected officers are: President, B. Ezra Herr; Vice Presi- dent, M. L. Greider; Secretary and Treasurer, George Hibshman. Of the large number of growers who were present at this meeting a large proportion joined the association and th-^ Secretaiy was busy for some min- utes taking down new names. President Herr called the attention of the body to ihe cloud resting on the 1907 crop. The trouble is, he said, we we do not grow our tobacco good enough, or it is not being devoted to the purpose if should be. We should have a standard of our own, he thought, and give it the imprint of our county. What is grown here is of a great variety of grades. We must change our tactics to hold the position we now have as filler growers. M. L. Greider then said that the United States Agricultural Depart- ment wants to introduce some ffller seed in this vicinity. This association had been chosen as the means of distri- bution. Records will be taken of the growths and this will serve as a guide for future distribution. Heretofore the Government has put out seed, but there were never any reports received. The time has come, the speaker con- tinued, when the cigarmaker wants quality and not quantity. Improved quality also is desired by the packer, as he sustains less loss from deteriora- tions to which packings are subject. Mr. Rineer, of East Petersburg, dif- fered with Mr. Herr as to quality and not quantity being the principal item in connection with the crop. He was willing to take weight before quality any time. When buyers go around, he said, they generally are limited to their prices and cannot give a much higher ffgure to one farmer than to another, although his crop does possess quality. Another grower responded by saying that the conditions in this county are such that no standard can be main- tained. There are so many different kinds of soil and there will be a corres- ponding variety in the grades of to- bacco. Mr. Greider said that he, as a cigar manufacturer, wants quality no matter if the leaves are only fifteen or eighteen inches long. It is not true, he de- clared, that the farmers cannot get their price for a tobacco of quality. A grower of 48 years experience said he had tried all kinds of tobacco, coarse and fine. He got some seed from Mr. Cassel and none came up. He tried some more and it came up melons. When tobacco growers go around, he said, they want long tobacco when the grower has short tobacco; when he has long tobacco they want short ; when the grower has light tobacco they want dark tobacco, and light tobacco when he has dark tobacco. He advised the growers to raise for weight for they can never get the price for tobacco of quality. We raise tobacco for money and the more weight we have to sell the larger will be our receipts. H. C. Reinhold said that the packers should co-operate with the growers. They know how to get the prices and we do not ; they have an organization which the growers do not. He urged the forming of an organization at this time because the farmers had turned out in such large numbers and now would be the opportune time. Farmers too frequently show the white feather, he said, in their tobacco transactions. Mr. Herr said the only place he knew the growers organized was in Ken- tucky. If the packers were 5,000 in number, as the growers, it would be impossible for them to organize, he ex- plained. The manufacturing industry is slowly improving, but it has not yet increased to such an extent as to urge them into a tobacco deal of any consequence, and leaf dealers are simply waiting for the ALLEN H. REEDER 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ^ «"DER DAYTON, OHIO Stanley ^ Packers of Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN e~:^:^^Si^ mS^& THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ® CO. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples Samples cheerfully •■baBlMad upon request P. O. Box 96 GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, l^ancaster. Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. » Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason AvennCs York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & CO. ^B' ' ^^i^^^BS^kif 1 i IS^m i^^ttJil^ 1'' i •"itfll :. i 1 I- 'sJJLb * 1 " ''^d^^^^^M MILTON H. RANCH Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. J. K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. ""ph'Ls LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. K:2 TRUMAN D. SHERTZER H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 320 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactaring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue Manufacturers of "^T 1 W^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OFllf Jl a« IS. D. ALrEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemop «nd Arch Sts. 17 THE TOBACCO WORLD ffH^MurACTumt* or Aa.i. kinds cmt t^i l38&l40CCNTRt5To Cigar Box Labels AND trimmings: Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. '♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦ H. F. KOHLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HI(l ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4^ m i John McL;iUi;hliii. J. K. Kauffmaiv. ! I 18 ^>%%»^»%^^^%^^^%^%^^^^^^^| %»%%»»%<%'< time to come when manufacturers will virtually be compelled to buy. The borough of Terre Hill is agitated over the strange disappearance several weeks ago of Charles M. Clime, one of its leading business men. He left a wife and seven young c ildren. Clime conoucted an extensive cigar manufacturing business, in which he was thought to be highly successful. But last week, in the United States District Court, Philadelphia, hia credi- tors, chief of whom is his father, filed a petition asking that he be declared an involuntary bankrupt. His financial obligations will rrach probably $28,000. In the meantime his cigar business, on which many residents of the town re- lied for subsistence, has been at a standstill. The business had been conducted under the firm name of Chas. M. Clime & Bro.. I hu fiim oiiginally consisting of Chas. M. Clime and his brother Abner, but the last named subsequently with- drew from the firm. Two executions, amounting to $900, had been issued against ihe firm, and thib fact prompted the father, A. M. Clime, also of Terre Hill, anii who is one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of ihe county, to take the action he did, baing himself a heavy creditor for money advanced. IMPROVING SLOWLY AT YORK. January Output of Cigars Larger than that of December, but Far Below January, 1907. York, Pa , Feb. 17. While there would seem to be some improvement generally, the trade con- ditions are still far from satisfactory. The February report of the Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, in charge ot' this division of the Ninth District, -hows sales of cigar stamps amounting 10 $74,000. This sum represents an output of about 25,000,000 cigars. But this amount is nearly 11,000,000 below that of January, 1907, although larger than the month of December, 1907. In the month of February eighteen new licenses were issued as follows: W. J. Smith, Taylor & Bupp, Saml. K. Caslow, and Jas. Hildebrand, at York ; W. C. Fife, York Township; J. E. Keesey, Springfield Township; W. E. Haines, Paradise Township; Franklin Neff and J. Edward Reisinger, Craley ; JOHN Mclaughlin Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES I CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES ! IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS New Orleans. San Francisco Cigar Labels 1 tm^^^T^mmH ' .jh,% f^ q^.W^-* Wi'.iiiiilW '-.WitfeCTa ■; LABELS 4 jitir ^^: ^ ^ ;l Ai^ ^^v\v\\tA STOCK CARPS |-**««.-»*-^i'.*W»»t-'':. ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer I LUMBE LABELS EDGING ETC. l^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. IL Chicago. New York. Cincinnati. Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S.i. Solft Owners and Manufacturers^ INLAND CITY CIGAE, BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. THE T OBACCO WORLD ^M^ Minnich BsLling Press Patented march 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with Jess labor, than any Press on the markft. Unsurftassfd for power, strength, simplicity and dnrRbility, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes manufactured Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispens- able in h'.if packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works LBnclisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Dav of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ il. J. f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels tx 238 ArcK Street Philadelphia. | i TELEPHONE 1561 I ♦ ♦ xt #^<^4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦'♦♦♦♦♦^'♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦# ♦ ♦ LITHOGRAPmNG SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦»»<| XX X t I JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman <§• Wilbur n Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WII I PA Y Yflll *° ^^^ **^ PRICES before orderin|{ ^oods elsewhere. HAVAImALLIN Is Guaranteed to bo the Mi,>t PowerJuI and Lasting Havana Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It. Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. D o -^ z^ ^^ -^ o Caveats, Trade Marks, M^^Si Z OH ZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. "^Xfir^ John A. Saul Le Droit Bonding, WASHINGTON, D. C. Brilliant as Diamonds ^^^ ^^^ Gccd as Government Bonds iteiitst.rrd Br.nda •'BRILLIANT STAR'Vuar Havana . lOc. **^. b." i5cid i-n.; iijVui.a 3c« 'KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" ihu Meiiow cigar . 5c. Ihf^t> Brands Si II on Merit and Clonstantly Keptut. Try 1 hem Ui^J Ju^fi^- for YiiUrs«lf V h> Ibis factory ISever Shuts Down . . STALFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N 1 A P B R 1 Q U E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORI E. A. Calves & Co. 1908 S.OepartmertofAgricultur. Established in 1881. Vol.XXVIII.,No. 9. } PeiLADELPBIA and NEW YORK. FEBRUARY 26. 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Philipp J. Kolb&Co. Importers & Packers OF Leaf Tobacco 310 Race Street Philadelphia •3 UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. MANUFACTURERS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE (%'.isr.°') Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORT RICHMOND, VA. J J \. ^ P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND € SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ^ r r Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDER & ARGUIMBAU lY^ Water Street, New York B^^ THE TOBACCO WO R L D SIBB, r' CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President ■^ La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street correspondence solicited i hiladelphia J W. W. STEWART & SONS r ■. A' ^^^**^^ L^ i\ 1 ^ Cigar /> 1 (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) Reading, Pa. ' Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Sc. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Currespondence with Responsible Houses Solicited CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. ■.^: ^.f 7?//<» li?:i Manufacturer 1 RJEADIIiGP/V Write for Samples ^Prices \A/^ I^X^^— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS Y V d I I LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. Tel. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, r.EW YORK Fnr ^n lp ^ ^'^AR scraps— Clean and Sound I U I V^ d. I C I vVrite Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur SHp, NEW YORK 1 THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIIL, No. 9 PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 26, 1908 One Dollar the Year A LIFE AND DEATH QUESTION. Judge Hill, of Kentucky, Urges the Unity of Would-be Tobacco Growers. New Castle. Ky., Feb. 20. Judge B. F. Hill, of this place, issued an appeal to the farmers of Henry county who wish to grow a tobacco crop this year, pleading with them to attend a meeting of the anti-Equity farmers that has been called for Feb- ruary 22 in this town. At the great meeting of growers held here on the first Monday in this month to consider the tobacco situation, and addressed by Judge Hill for the "antis" and former Senator J. Campbell Cant- rill for the Equity people, no decision was reached. The Equity men, how- ever, were apparently in the majority. The proposed meeting is to be made up of "antis" only— that is, men who wish to grow a crop. Judge Hill's appeal for a full attendance is as follows : "I appeal to the men of Henry county who wish to grow a crop of tobacco. to come to New Castle February 22. The situation is acute. The demand that no crop be grown in 1908 is unlawful, immoral and inhuman. It cannot be heeded, ought not be heeded and will not be heeded. "More men will be ruined, more families be beggared by not raising a crop than belong to the Society of £quity, and they are the poor, the weak, the helpless ! As a rule, the members of Equity are strong. They do not need a crop. They own farms, have herds of cattle, horses, mules, sheep and hogs. A majority of them never knew what it is to really want a ..»|%<% Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B. J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1855 John T. Dohan y >T) 8lT^ <^ ^™' ^* Dohan rioR "^^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^'^^^J^^^^ ^^^* '^^• K. STRAUS U ^^ A.Loea IMPORTERS OF Batablished 1825 LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. 9OI&9O8i^0mi3d9lW IfflHflLADELPH^ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK VELENCHIK BROS. '"'"tX'in LEAF TOB/1GO0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA /4}r M Third St, Phi/ode/p/ua,Pkt. The Empire Leaf Tobacco Gom ImpGn.iS and k>ealers in ALL KINDS OF SEFi LEAF. HiWANA and SUMATRA 118N.3dSt.,Phila. ll I bEGPOLiD LOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Pacicers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. and GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. U Kruppenbach i\ BEALER m\ LEAF TOmeCO; 1(342-44 N.CLtlVCNTH. ST. PhiIADELPHIA ^ J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 \ E. A. Calves & Cox:^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street .IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA S€^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^1 Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UOe^!ONDEF^BR^CANTESDETABAC0SYClGARR0S -^^-^ ^- DELA S] ulonzacia porel Gobierno dela R^p(Jblica Garantiza q(je los tabacoscigarrosy paq^jefes dc picadjra qciellevcn es^apreciria son fabncadospor HABANA ^f( REPUBLICA OE CUBA Hfl PROPIEOAD:ARTISTICA.i;iHDUSTRIflLESTA:REGlSTWD/i:EN:T0O0S;L0SPWSK« REPUbucadtcuba Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut, is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the Frecinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cub* by the Independent Manufacturers. Thus a copy of that warranty stamp attached to any box of Cigars and Cigarettes or to any packages of Cut Tobacco, means that those Ci- gars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana, Cuba, with the genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in the famous Vuelta Abajo DON'T FORGET THIS. RETAILERS. IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. A MIX.UP IN AUGUSTA. Magistrate Attaches Factory (or Rent. Uncle Sam Pleads Prior Claim. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 20. The Federal Government, by A. W. Wimberley, colored, local collector of internal revenue, has laid claim to cer- tain goods of the Ximanies Cigar Fac- tory, which were attached for rent and which are now in the hands of Magis- trate E. T. Bennett. M. lob who owns the building oc- cupied by the Ximanies Cigar Factory at the corner of Ellis and Campbell streets, swore out a distress warrant for $60 rent, alleged due. The warrant was issued by Judge Bennett, and Con- stable Spires served the paper, and a levy on the goods in the cigar factoiy was made. Now A. W. Wimberly claims that the Government— the Revenue Depart- ment—has a prior claim on the goods. He has written to Judge Bennett to this effect. It is set out that a certain inspection of the goods has not been made, and that the magistrate court has not a right to sell the goods at public outcry, under a levy, until the alleged prior lien of Uncle Sam has been satisfied. Magistrate Bennett says he will sell the goods at the regular time, next sales day in his court, but it is most probable that before that time the deputy collector and the judge will, have arranged all claims satisfactory. ^y^u^M^ Tobacco Prizery Burned. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 21. The brick tobacco factory of H. S. McMurry & Co., association prizers at Springfield, has been burned, together with 110,000 pounds of tobacco. The factory was valued at $10,000, with $2,000 insurance, and the tobacco was insured for $7,500. The residence of Mrs. Archie Thomas, editor of the Springfield Record, and contents, were also destroyed. Her loss was $2,500, and insurance, $750. The origin of the fire was accidental. Cigar Dealer Peculiarly Charged. Butte, Mont., Feb. 17. John Wimich, proprietor of a cigar store at 54 East Park street. Ana- conda, who was arrested by the police a few days ago charged with receiving , stolen goods, was made the defendant in a complaint issued by the county at- torney. The new charge is unusual. Inquirj into the evidence failed to bring out anything to show that Wimich bought stolen articles, but there is said to be > testimony that Wimich urged certain boys to bring him all the cigars they could find and that he would buy them, and that he did buy a box of Balti- mores which the boys brought him, acting under instructions of the Butte detective department. This box of ci- gars was not stolen. Therefore, the complaint against Wimich is "conspir- acy to commit an offense detrimental to public morals." This charge will be prosecuted before Justice Rhoades in Meaderville. Ruling as to Glass Cigar Jars. Internal Revenue Commissioner Cap- ers has ruled that containers made of glass or other material which will not permit of the complete erasure of the factory number, etc., and which have once contained cigars, can not be used again for such purpose, and can not be sold nor given away by the dealers when emptied. ©c; STEPHEN F. KETRAN ^ KJ ^; Interior Wood.. Work.. Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 tol623 McKean St., Philadelphia r^ Makes a Specialty of Fitting Up Cigar Stores :^ !\ ©^ Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Havana Market is Again Reported Sluggish. Uncompleted Deals May Help to Even Up the Average, and New Arrivals of Buyers May Give More Vigor to Trade. Independent Manufacturers Apparently in Earnest about Seeking Outside Locations for their Cigar Factories. Special Correspondence During the past week the completed operations here showed a retrograde movement, but as a number of deals are still pending perhaps this coming week's totals may tell a different story. Several new buyers made their appearance in town and others are ex- pected to arrive shortly, so business may be expected to be done on a fair scale. A few local dealers and export- ers, who have either sold out their holdings or are trying to provide them- selves for the coming wants of their customers, have been endeavoring to locate weak spots, and by making very low bids influence the holders into sell- ing their tobacco. In this they have not succeeded, as most packers are con- vinced that there is no need to slaughter their goods, and they prefer to hold on. But rather than sell to the above named local firms they should prefer to sell to Northern dealers or manufacturers, and make the sacrifices to the latter, if there was no other help for them. There is logic and common sense in such reasoning, because surely the local competitors want to make a profit upon their purchases, so why should not the sellers here reap at least this benefit ? Excepting Partido to- bacco, all people here who have handled Vuelta Abajo and Remedios tobacco have burned their fingers and are heavy losers, owing to the strike and to the financial crisis in the United States. Besides, some parties, in order to de- press our market more yet, have taken pains to run down the 1907 crop, hold- ing out hopes that the 1908 crop will far surpass the previous growth. There is no denying the fact that there were some poor vegas last year, but who can tell how this year's growth may finally turn out? Three bales of new Partido "libra de of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, February 17, 1908. pie" arrived on Saturday, but as one swallow does not make a summer, so this does not indicate anything yet about the crop coming sooner to mar- ket. "Libra de pie," or ground leaves, are packed in bales as soon as dry and often are artificially wetted, for which reason they are liable to rot also, and usually are only fit for cigarette pur- poses, although a few cigar manufac- turers have at times made use of them. On the 15th inst. we had a heavy rain- fall all over the country for some hours, but toward night the wind shifted to the North and it is quite cool again. SHlvm footed up to 2,442 bales in all, among which were 730 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 100 of Partido and 1,612 bales of Reme- dios. For the United States 680 bales are reported, for Europe 350 bales, and 1,412 bales for the local cigar and ci- garette manufacturers. Iluyorn Coui<* and Go. Arrivals :— Benito Rovira, of B. Ro- vira & Co., A. Guedalia, of A. Guedal a & Co., August Biedermann, of August Biedermann, John H. Goetze, E. W. Russell, of the Stratford Cigar Co., Louis Cantor, of Leonard Friedman & Co., and Alfred and Victor Ettlinger, of E. Hoffman & Son, New York ; Harry Cohn, of Cohn Bros., and Fran- cisco Bolano, of F. Bolano & Co., Chi- cago; Herman Vetterlein, of Julius Vetterlein & Co., and Godfrey S. Mahn, of Philadelphia: Wm. Smith, of The Hunter Wiltshire Co., London, Eng. ; M. de la Vega Armijo, London, On- tario. Departures : — Henry Oppenheimer, for New York ; Samuel I. Davis, for Tampa ; John Fielding, for Key West. Ilnvnna Clfcnr Mannfnot nrorN are calmly awaiting coming events, but LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO MUNIX MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana ReindL 20, Havana. p. 0. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABA^O at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTISPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission IVlerchant Leaf Tobacco and CIgani 1 O'Reilly St. m^: Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidtid en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase AMISTAD 97, "" HABANA. m H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MA NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^^ H. UPMANN CIGARS (hamna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 Si CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA £3/J£^^^ ~r Lj p TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest faeha Abajo Tobacco kclasively ^^Bf^Ti 'mtm^ NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "Antcro" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABAGOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ K. KODRIGUEZ B. DIflZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOJ^GE & P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of ^ Hsivana Lieaf TobacGO %ido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V ANA 8 PABLO PERE2 CANDIDO 0BE8-' Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) fLeaf Tobacco VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo VeiiAS" Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St. Cable: -Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBAc • •) AVMLINO PAZOS c& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaeo en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ONILEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ L and Dealers in ^631 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, c«bie: "Cuetam" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA Cble Addres.< "JOSECAYRO" Correspondence Solicited laVodlUh LOMB-NUNnZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaeo en Rama i4g and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta ArrilM San Mii^uel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA ( S^K THE TOBACCO WORLD Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA Neptuno 170-174 Cable- Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo they are bound not to give in to the ci- £:armakers this time, if they can pos- sibly help it. In the meantime nearly all of the indpendent manufacturers are trying to open branch factories in the various country towns, and wherever there are some good cigarmakers to be found, as a nucleus, to gather around them those of our city cigarmakers who are dissatisfied with the central com- mittee of the Federation of Labor, and prefer to work rather than receive a pittance per week and half starve. Al- though the trust is working, it seems that some of its cigarmakers have re- fused to support the central corr.mittee ^ith a share of their earnings, and if this revolt should spread then the cen- tral committee, without funds to distri- bute, must declare the strike off and disband. Baying:, Selling and Other Notes of Interest. Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez sold 1,200 bales •of leaf during the past week. The trust purchased for its cigarette factories about 1,200 bales of loose leaves and picadura of Remedios. Hernandez & Alvarez were sellers to the extent of 580 bales of Vuelta Abajo. A. Fanego Rico was a buyer of sev- eral hundred bales of Remedios. Henry Oppenheimer, in his usually -quick manner, purchased several fine vegas of different kinds of leaf, and kept a prominent broker hustling all the time he was here. Sobrs. de V. Diaz disposed of 150 bales of Remedios. Buyers for the Spanish Regie are re- ported to have acquired some MOO bales for prompt shipment to Spain. Francisco Bolano came here princi- pally with the object in view to go to the Vuelta Abajo to look over the pros- pects of the coming crop, although, after his return, he may purchase something for his immediate wants. I. Kaffenburgti, of I. Kaffenburgh & Sons, Boston, arrived here with a party of his friends and went with them to Manicaragua. where the extensive farms of his firm are located, right in the "Hoyo, " and where the choicest leaf is grown. John Fielding did not tarry long, but managed to pick up some choice lots of Vuelta Abajo for the Armas de Oro fac- tory, Key West. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since Feb. 14 Bales 2,145 13 10 EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to order* Ci^jnrs made strictly ol very best V iH'lta Al)aj() Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Good-? for the American Market Correspondence solicited in Knglish Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas — Remedios & S.Clara 1,659 Santiago 217 Total 4,044 ««%i«%««*«« Jan. 1 Bales 7,88-^ 654 163 253 10,055 1,120 20,133 Monte 15 6, p. O. Box 595 HABANA, CUBA Cabie: •"Calda"' JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ — A charter has been filed at Talla- hassee, Fla., by the Boston-Florida To- bacco Co., with capital $100,000. Presi- dent, Levi W. Scott ; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas W. Hall. Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO id Commission Merchants ant New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 Removal Notice. WM. STEINER, SONS 8z: CO. Lithographers and Importers Respectfully desire to announce to their friends and patrons that they have Removed to their nevsr factory — Steiner Building, 257-265 W. Seventeenth St., New York Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO OfRce, Nos. 87-89 Pine Street New York LEAF TOBACCO. ornces: DETROIT, MICH. AHSTEROAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York. JO8. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER Importers and Packers of JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 1 50 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE: 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 t o o ^^ . ^ Amsterdam, Holland. iOO Waier ol. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA Xy-w K c^ ^ ^ ^ and SEED LEAF lODOCCO 185 Water St., New York P. St S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street. NEW YORK 10 New York Leaf Market. The leaf tobacco market was again confined to only a routine business, purchases having only been made in quantities that were required for early use, and of such types as were actually needed. Manufacturers' stocks are known to have been heavily depleted, but all are endeavoring to hold out to the last minute in a hope that some further concession in price might be secured by waiting. Packers have so far displayed little or no eagerness to buy the new crops in several of the cigar leaf growing States, in view of the continued dull- ness of trade and the stocks of old goods still in their warehouses. The Sumatra market has not been quite so active during the past week, but this was not unexpected, as ^the time for the beginning of the inscrip- tions is now at hand and there is usu- ally a lull about that time. Havana is having a good inquiry, and a generally improved condition charac- terized the market during the past week. • • ■ Sutlers* New Booklet. Louis P. Sutter & Bros, have just issued to the trade a new and hand- somely printed booklet, entitled "Good Luck, or the Way to Win It," which is gotten up in four chapters under the respective captions of: L— Buy the Right Leaf Tobacco. IL— From the Right People. IIL— At the Right Price. IV. -On the Right Terms. It is printed in colors with a beauti- fully lithographed cover and replete with prices, etc. It is really educa- tional to look at, and thoroughly inter- esting from start to finish. • • • New Phillip Morris Cii^arettes. The cigarette manufacturing firm of Phillip Morris & Co. is about ready to place upon the market a new cigarette which will be designated by the name of Ambassador. This new product con- sists of a cigarette that will be 3j| inches long, of the finest blend, and packed ten in a box. They are calcu- lated to meet the demand for a large sized cigarette, and will sell at 35 cents. The general make up of the pack- ages, aside from the size, will conform closely to the present style of Phillip Morris products. « • • Little Traveler's 39lh Trip. New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, February 25. bound to be appreciated by every re- cipient. The Newest Schulte Store. A. Schulte has added another and new store to the already extensive "chain of stores." The new premises are located at the corner of Broadway and Broome street, and all of the dis- tinct Schulte lines of goods are now being dispensed from the latest acquisi- tion of this remarkably successful re- tail house. • • • "Keep A-Goin'!*' If you strike a thorn or rose, Keep a-goin' ! If it hails or if it snows. Keep a-goin' ! 'Taint no use to sit and whine When the fish ain't on your line; Bait your hook an' keep on tryin' "FELT MATS." When the weather kills your crop, Keep a-goin' ! When you tumble from the top. Keep a-goin' ! S'pose you're out every dime? Gettin' broke ain't any crime! Tell the world you're feeling prime — ORDERING "FELT MATS." When it looks like all is up. Keep a-goin' ! Drain the sweetness from the cup. Keep agoin' ! See the wild birds on the wing ! Hear the b lis that sweetly ring ! When you feel like singing — sing SEND MORE "FELT MATS." (Frank L. Stanton.) Refrain by C. E. Akins, Manufacturer of Felt Mats, New York City. • • • Local Firms Embarrassed. Several financial embarrassments of New York firms were reported during the week. Trujillo & Co., manufacturers of clear Havana cigars at Key Wast, Fla., with offices in New York, had a meet- ing of creditors on Wednesday last, at the offices of their attorneys, Frank- thaler & Sapinsky, of 35 Nassau street. In a preliminary statement the firm's liabilities were placed at about $60,000, with assets of $13,000. No definite result of the meeting has been an- nounced. The leaf tobacco firm of Alexander Bros, has also made an offer of settle- ment with creditors of about 30 cents on the dollar which has not yet been accepted. The liabilities are placed at $30,000. • • • News Notes. Quite a number of passages have been engaged on the steamer Ryndam, This title of a neat booklet issued by which sails for Holland on the 26th inst. Louis P. Sutter, of L. P. Sutter & Bros., will be among the passengers. the A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. is familiar to practically every cigar manufacturer in the United States, who has at some time or another re- ceived a copy of the "Little Traveler." It is now out on its 39th trip, and looks brighter and more cheerful than ever. A masterpiece of printing, profusely illustrated, it contains a fund of useful and interesting information that is D. A. Shaw, of the Florida Tobacco Co., has returned to his home at Quincy Fla. Sol Hamburger, of Hamburger Bros. & Co., returned to New York from Havana last week. Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD m # m # The Newest Thing in Cigarettes — not merely new in name, but also new in essential features — just the kind of a cigarette that will please your customers. A cigarettee filled with genuine Havana tobacco but made in America in the American way. That is why they cost less than half as much as imported brands. If you want to see your cigarette sales increase just offer your trade El I rincipe J ^ Cork I Tip Havana Cigarettes They have been on the market only a short time yet they have made a tremendous hit. EI Principe de Gales Cigarettes are made of genuine Havana tobacco, the finest and costliest tobacco in the world, and the most delightful of all tobaccos to the great majority of smokers. El Principe de Gales Cigarettes are oval in shape, cork tipped, rolled in both rice and Cuban pectoral paper. The wholesale trade price is $7.50 per thousand Send in a trial order to your nearest jobber it will mean increased sales and more profit tor you. Retail price, 10c per box of 10. Packed 100 in a carton. HAVANA-AMERICAN COMPANY, New York U E. A. Calves & Co.<':^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B ANARCHY IN KENTUCKY. The State of Kentucky seems unable to maintain order among its people. Certainly the condition of practical an- archy in the tobacco growing regions is as shameful as it is injurious to the Commonwealth. The State troops, it would appear, could be put to no better use than in checking the night riders and putting an end to their crimes. Originating, probably in a legitimate desire to secure the best bargain pos- sible for their crops, the "Tobacco Growers' Insurrection" has sunk t« the level of the "White Caps." The same cowardly crimes mark it. Helpless citizens are dragged from their beds by armed mobs and beaten, towns are terrorized and property destroyed in open defiance of local authority and seemingly with an utter contempt for the power of the State. Such outrageous actions as the shoot- ing or whipping of inoffensive residents, and the burning of barns and crops should arouse the authorities to prompt action. Have they not at hand the means to restore order, to protect life and property, and to insure to every man the right to sell to whom and at what price he pleases ? If the National Guard is not to be used under such conditions as now exist in the Kentucky tobacco belt, when may it be used? Kentucky needs a strong man and a strong force to pro- tect its people and to uphold its laws. — The business man who does not seek business publicity is in a rut. What he needs to take him out of that rut is a greater demand from the trade. Such a demand can be created by judi- cious and intelligent advertising. It will enable him to enjoy a more ener- getic and prosperous existence. / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1«81 Published Every Wednesday INCORPORATED 1902 BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street. Phi'^idelphia Cable Addreas, "Baccoworld." Havana Office, Frado 36, Altos. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, \ PHILADELPHIA, FEBRUARY 26, 1908. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS Prospects in the leaf trade are not looking much brighter than they have done for some weeks past, and business is still at a low ebb. Not only is this true of sales, but local houses are not inclined to do much buying just now. Many of our local dealers declare that until there is a more active demand for leaf they have a sufficiently large stock of goods, and that not even lower prices would be an effective inducement for them to buy now. This fact seems fully verified by the experience of some visitors who were in the market re- cently with a desirable line of goods which were offered at prices that at a more ordinary time would have been highly interesting, but upon this occa- sion attracted little or no attention. So far as the actual business done is concerned, it was not confined to any particular class. Small lots of a vari- ety of goods were sold to numerous buyers, none of whom could be induced to take up any amount to stock up on, although very moderate prices are now being quoted to buyers. «^ Our manufacturers are moderately busy, but none are buying much ad- ditional stock, preferring to use up some of the more or less heavy purchases made more than a year ago. There is not much demand for cigar- makers, nor are there very many idle in this city. There seems employment for all that are skilled, but some are working on a limit of output. 12 The condition of the affairs of Robt. Klee, whose reputed embarrassment was reported recently, is now becoming more acute. Additional suits are com- ing, and there seems less likelihood of a settlement being possible than be- fore. Several creditors who, it was understood, had practically consented to the settlement offered, have since changed their minds, and now refuse to accept any settlement except payment in full. Sig. C. Mayer & Co. will in a short time be ready to remove to their new factory building on Lombard street. Alterations are in progress there, and will be pushed forward vigorously. M. Zifferblatt is opening a new cigar store on Tenth street below Market, under the name of Emze Cigar Manu- facturing Co., having taken his sons into the enterprise. He has for some years conducted a cigar store at 34 North Thirteenth street and also a fac- tory. The new store, which is in a business section, will be modernly equipped and stocked with a selected line of goods, such as are likely to meet with favor in that neighborhood. Goldsmith & Arndt have recently added Joseph M. Gold to their force of salesmen, and he started last week on his maiden trip. He has been with the firm in various capacities for some time. Al. Metzger, with Berriman Bros., was in the city last week calling on his regular customers for duplicate orders. Chas. Spiegelmeyer, of York, Pa., was a visitor in the leaf trade here last week, and was joined by W. E. Gheen, of Jersey Shore. J. Howard Graflin, of Baltimore, representing H. Duys & Co., of New York, and Mr. Sievers, with Sneeringer & Co., of Baltimore, were in Philadel- phia during the week. J. Kosminsky, of Kraus-McFarlin Co., was a visitor in this market and afttfr consummating some important business here he left for New York State. Rapid progress is now being made on the new factory building of the Theo- bald & Oppenheimer C^o., at Fourth and Cambridge streets, and the firm is hopeful of being able to take possession at an early date. «« John T. Dee, of the T. & O. Co., has been looking over the territory in the West and his reports are very encour- aging for a good business to come. A. F. Hostetter, a wholesale cigar manufacturer at Hanover, Pa., has been visiting the jobbing trade here recently. Victor Neuman, representing Larus & Bros. Co., of Richmond, but resid- ing in this city, started out last week on a six weeksj trip through Pennsyl- vania where he will exploit the merits of Qboid, Edgeworth and other brands of that house. The Vicente Portuondo Co. report an unusually active business on their brands, and that they have been work- ing steadily with a full force since New Year. So far they are running magnificently ahead of the previous year's business. The New Hotel Plaza, on Broad street below Arch, has installed a thor- oughly up- to date cigar department, which is in charge of Frank Rodgers, who was formerly chief clerk at the retail store of Boch & Co., on Broad street below Chestnut. A specialty is made of the products of Henry Schaf er, who some months ago began manufac- turing cigars on South Fifth street. "Jack" Fowler, general representa- tive of the United States Tobacco Co., is this week covering Baltimore and Washington. Aug. Eisenlohr, of Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., has been recently on a visit to the firm's warehouses in Wisconsin, to make a preliminary examination of the firm's holdings of tobacco in that State. They have opened their Edgerton ware- houses for the packing season. On his return he made immediate preparations for a trip to Europe, to attend the early inscriptions of Sumatra at Am- sterdam. 'Way back in 1871 Herman Krull be- gan the manufacture of cigars in a very small way, but he had entered on the work with a determination to win success, and did so by his industrious efforts and careful management. For a period of thirteen years he labored persistently and earnestly, and finding his efforts crowned with success he re- tired from active business and left the establishment to the care of his son, Charles A. Krull, who is today not only even more extensively engaged in man- ufacturing, but who also conducts a very large jobbing trade from his head- quarters a^ 1924 Oxford street. So rapidly has the trade grown that the output of more than one factory is re- quired to provide several special brands alone. The jobbing business was be- gun in 188o, and the two factories are located respectively at Quakertown and Akron, Pa. The Quakertown factory is in charge of H. W. Shelly, a thorougly practical cigarmaker.and only high grade strictly hand work is done. The Akron factory is and has been for many years under the personal supervision of C. F. Steiner, who is one of the most capable manufactur- ers in Lancaster county. In the line of cigars Mr. Krull handles hundreds of brands for which there is a demand, while of his own product he makes a strong specialty of the La Medalla, a high grade 10 cent cigar. Of the nickel variety the KruH is a popular leader, and is pretty generally distributed throughout the city. It is made up in five shapes, and has been successfully introduced in the thor- oughly up-to-date stores as a standard product. The Earl of Warwick is another 5 cent cigar which is finding much favor among the dealers who have taken up its sale, and is running a close second to the Krull. Mr. Herman Krull, the founder of the business, died in 1889. A Tobacconist's Novelty. In the advertising columns of this week's issue appears an announcement of The Edwin A. Denham Co., Inc., of 498-500 Broadway, N. Y.. advertising the American Vest Pocket Cigar Lighter, which is said to be of the most perfect construction and works automatically. For the man who smokes —and who don't ?— there can be no greater convenience. No more matches necessary. No more danger of setting fire to anything from flying sparks, and this convenience and security can be had at the small cost of 50 cents. It will undoubtedly appeal to every man who sees it. $160,000 IN SUITS Against Farmers Charged with Violating Pledges. LaCentre, Ky., Feb. 20. Order grew out of unexpected chaos at a meeting of the District Tobacco Planters' Protective Association of Ballard county. The meeting had been called for the purpose of determining what action should be taken against alleged violators of association pledges. It was finally determined, after most of the farmers had been excluded from the session, to file $5,000 suits against each of the alleged thirty-two violators, a total of $160,000. John M. Moore, a prominent attor- ney, was commissioned to file the suits. They are to be made under the recent Owen county decision of the Court of Appeals. County Chairman J. S. Lawrence called the meeting, and when he had stated the purpose he was surprised at the pandemonium which broke loose. "Let's run them out of the country," shouted the hot-heads, and the house divided while trouble seemed impend- ing. Finally those farmers opposed ta ¥/' m • I * i For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 IVlonroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. H€fgS THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^¥^p.^ To Protect the Coiisimier.s a^dnst t] of Imitators of this Old Tone Famous Brand of Ci^ar^ Eveisv^Box of the Gesvwe Portuondo Cigars MANUFACTURED ONLY BY' i^^f^- X»,S' H«^fltered la U. 8. Patent Offloe The JimiER)rhionao(^arMg.G). 1110']1[6 5aii>som^.PyaJelpfe | taking any action left the hall, and the decision was made by the committee itself. The decision was unanimous. After the meeting the cries of the opposing parties filled the air, and the list of the offenders was triumphantly waved by the farmer" who sided with the committee. Night riding is feared. Calixto Lopez 4 Co. Incorporated 7-6-lh Calixto Lopez & Co. have incorpor- ated in Jersey City, N. J., for the raising, curing, etc.. of tobacco, with a capital of $500,000 The incorpor- ators named are B. G. Baskus, C. J. Kelaher, s. Bernheim. M. Geisman and J. R. Turner, Jersey Cti>. To Manofactnrers of Cigars: If you have any Cnttin^s, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOB4CCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip. New York T*l. 722 Orchard STERNFELn £« LEUSC:il No. 36 LsSalle Strrrt. ClilCACO Agents for Union and Non-Union Ci|ar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Mana* facturers invited. 6 51h Baltimore Firm in Financial Straits. A petition in involuntary bankruptcy has been filed against A. M. Pacholder & Co., of Baltimore. Md., manufac- turers of all-tobacco cigarettes, and Alfred W. Gieske, of Gieske& Neiman, and Benj. Rosenheim have been ap- pointed receivers. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8 point measure) r'lGAR FACTORY (1.000 sq. ft. floor ^~^ 8pace)at a bargain, within 50 miles of Philadelphia, on four railroads; low taxes; plenty of high quality labor; be quick, if you want it. Box 15, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 2 26c MONROE ADLER CiiEar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. 12-18he POR SALE— One million Long Filler ■*- Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to CoDsamers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown. Pa. ll-I3ch L. BERNFELD Ci^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENDS SMITH EDMUND M. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown and separated ; 1.800 to 2.000 lbs, per acre; packets, 25 and 50c. Separated seed in 2i lb. lots and up. $4 per lb. : single lb. $5. John S. Weaver.J^tX Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t pOR SALE-Some J. R. Williams and ^ fifty-two Miller. DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CASLe: "NARGIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest BiiS Flats Addison. !S. Y. Bm Flats. N. Y. big aoa Onondaga. m. ^^^ w<^ m^ -^^ '^^ V-r e. H.rtlord, Cobb CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED T o b t Q Q o »<«rtdi... N. Y, It Our Capacity fcr Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM TOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. ^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S For Gentlemen of Good Ta»te FELieE-5 R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ kJL># CIGAR FOR iDC Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J To J. DUINN <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 40)1-405 F. 91st Street. NEW VORK ■— ■w^f^tTiw^itwi tiww "wi TRADE MARKS REGISTERED. Louis E.NEUMAN& Co 123*-^tq13Q*-^5T and PARK AVE. N.Y. - LABELS & SHOW >V I- s o SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. A WIRELESS TO YOU. 15.495 Forciuais, cigarettes, cheroots, to- bacco and Htogies. Registered Janu- ary 29. 1908. at 3 p. m. by John A. >chmiiJt, Cincinnati, 0. C OLONEL THOS. G. LAWLER 15.496 For cigars, cigarettes, tobaccos. Registered February 8, 1908, at 9 a. " ni by Fred H. Moffatt, Rockford, 111. THE FENDER. 15,497 For cigarg. Registered February 8 1908. at, 9 a. m. by I. Fein, Phila- • lelphia. Pa. COMMODORE THOMAS READ. 15,498 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, ptDgie?. Registeied February 11, 1908. at 9 a. m. by Lape & Leitner, Shtridan, Pa. LANCASTER GENERAL. 15,499 For cigarF. Registered February 14 1908. at 9 a. m. by Fisher & Der- ridinger, Lancaster, Pa. WINCHESTER'S COMMERCIAL CLUB. 15,500 For cigars. Registered February 15. 1908, at 9 a. m. by M. P. Baker. Winchester, Ky. "H" (with Higdon on one side of the bar of the H. and Hilton on the other) 15,501 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots. stogies, tobacco. Registered Febru- ary 19, 1908. at 9 a. m. by Bennett Tobacco Co.. Owensboro, Ky. BLACK DIAMOND CHAMPIONS. 15,502 For stogies. Registered February 21. 1908. at 9 a. m. by Pebler & Chute. Wheeling. W. Va. CHAMPION?. 15.503 For stogies. Registered February 21. 1908. at 9 a. m. by Pebler & Chute, Wheeling. W. Va. SOCIAL LIGHT. 15.504 For cigarettes. Registered Febru- ary 21, 1908. at 3 p. m. by I. Mogu- leksi. Philadelphia, Pa. ELYSIA. 15,505. For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots. Registered February 22, 1908. at 9 a. m. by Central Litho Co.. Cleveland, O. EL VARSITA. 15,50(5 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots. Registered February 22, 1908, at 9 a. m. by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, 0. ZANOLA. 15,507 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots. Registered February 22, 1908. at 9 a. m. by Central Litho Co., Cleveland.O. EL VARITA. 11,508 For cigars cigarettes, cheroots. Registered February 22, 1908, by Central Litho Co., Cleveland, O. EL COLISIA. 15,509 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots. Registered February 22. 1908, at 9 a. m. by Central Litho Co., Cleveland,0. CONSPICO. -j5,510 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, tobaccos. Registered Febru- ary 24. 1908. at 9 a. m. by A. F. Muehlhauser. Quakertown, Pa. SCIPIO 15.511 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, tobaccos. Registered Feb- ruary 24. 1908. at 9 a. m. by A. F. Muehlhauser, Quakertown, Pa. ATTRACTO. 15,512 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, tobaccos. Registered Feb- ruary 24. 1908. at 9 a. m. by A. F. Muehlhauser, Quakertown, Pa. VINDICO. 15,513 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, tobaccos. Registered Feb- ruary 24, 1908. at 9 a. m. by A. F. Muehlhauser. Quakertown. Pa. THREE YOUNGSTERS. 15.514 For cigars and cheroots. Regis- tered February 26. 1908. at 9 a. m. by Pennsylvania Cigar Co.. York, Pa. MAY K. 15,515 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, chewing and smoking to- bacco. Registered February 26, 1908, at 9 a. m. by Powell-Witter-Leniger Co., Danville, Pa. Rejections. Prospero, Bedoium, Pliny, Delicio, The Pennsylvania Club, Wage Earner, Dollar, Cultura, Radiosa, El Rozano. Pappoose. Equity. La Moneta, Mari- posa, Morena. La Divina. La Prospero, La Carita. La Diosa. Vanoni. Pals, Zeno, Experto, Total, Maritama. Bob White. Old Glory, Buckeye, Royal Tip, Aldine, Our Pride. Transferred. CARL MARX. Registered August 6. 1903, by Daniel H. Trumbore, Read- ing. Pa., has been transferred to Com- monwealth Co-operative Association, Reading, Pa. Waterloo, la.. Firm Incorporated m,- ,. Waterloo, la., Feb. 20. The Martin Bros. Cigar Company has been incorporated, with a capital of $10,000. The officers are Hope Martin President; L. H. Martin, Vice Presi- dent; A. M. Kruckman, Secretary and Treasurer. The Martin Bros, have been in the retail and jobbing business here for some years and built up an extensive trade. Arthur Kruckman has been the manager for several years past. —The T. J. Mattax Cigar and Tobacco Company, of Montgomery,Ala., notified the Secretary of State that the name of the corporation had been changed to that of the T. J. Mattax Cigar and To- bacco Company, Incorporated. NWA %h\m € O ^^K THE TOBACCO WORLD "«? ' HIGHEST AWAKD AIND GOLD MEDAL KO« EXCELtEWCE AND QUALITY ur STOCIEX. AT WOBID'S KAIK. ST. H>l IS. 19U4 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S ETE. ROrAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOCIES First Qu.lity. Long Filler. H.nd M.d. JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE, BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity SO.OUO.OJJ u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. IMPROVING SLOWLY IN YORK. Cigar Factories Rather Quiet, but Leaf Men Report a Little More Purchasing. York, Pa., Feb. 24. There is a gradual improvement in trade conditions noted, but the progress while constant is very slow. The cigar industry is still rather quiet, but in the leaf trade there seems to be a little more doing. From Red Lion, where there are a number of scrap manufacturing estab- lishments, there come reports which are to the effect that there is a lively demand for such products, which, on the surface, would indicate an increase in the demand for scrap tobacco. W. M. Gemmill & Co., wholesale to- bacco and cigar dealers, of First ave nue. will receive a carload of Wiscon- sin binder tobacco within ten days and have arranged for a carload per week thereafter. They report the tobacco business as much better than a few weeks ago, though not much new to- bacco has been housed. John F. Reichard recently returned from a trip through Connecticut, where he made selections of some very desir- able tobacco for his trade here. Noah Gillen has lately been a visitor in Wisconsin tobacco markets. J. Kosminsk'-. the York manager of Kraus McFarlin Co., Chicago, is at present on a trip through New York State, and reports trade conditions very satisfactory in that section. Saml. A. Price, who was for years engaged in the cigar manufacturing business in York, died at his home here last week. He had been ill but a short time, suffering with an attack of typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Price was 48 years of age and was a brother of Chas. W. Price, who is also engaged in cigar manufacturing in West York. Business has lately brightened up a great deal with John H. Baker, whose factory is now again in full swing. Robert M. Granat was the purchaser of the Manhattan Island Cigar Factory, which was sold by the trustee in bank- ruptcy for Wm. Kauder, the late pro- prietor. About $4,000 was secured, and the sale included quite a quantity of leaf tobacco. The cigar factory of F. M. Meadp, at Windsor, has been clo"«ed down for about a week, owing to a slackness in order.o. C. G. Willis, who riacks tobacco here for W. H. Raab, of Dallastown. is paid to have already secured considerahlo tobacco of the new crops, and is mak- ing preparations for an active packing season. Fred Bauer, the general traveling representative of L. E. Neumann & Co., label lithographers of New York, is covering this section on one of his regular trips. Although he found trade conditions not wholly favorable, he se cured an exceptionally good number of orders for new labels and many orders for duplicate editions of old labels. John W. Minnich, the popular cigar manufacturer of Dallastown. accom- panied by Mrs. Minnich. has been so journing among the winter resorts of Florida, on a pleasure trip. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprielor Manufacturer of FIIVE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage i repaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Harlford. Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. 10c===UINCLE JOSS=«5c Pretty Bessie York Nick . . . . Best Known. . 5c. Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 3 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity. 2', 000 per day. Telojrraph York, Pa. REAT eiQAR NeVELTY Automatic Vest Pocket Ci^ar Lighter 100 per cent. Profit Sell on Sight to Every Smolder Make a Fine Premium Strong and Durable Extra Parts in Stocl^ "A Light in a Second' THE EDWIN A. DENHAM COMPANY, Inc. Write for Prices CHICAGO 498-300 Broadway, NEW YORK BERLIN ST. LOUIS [♦♦<^*<»<^K»<'^** ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•>♦•:->♦♦•>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•:♦ •:•<• •:-:->*x-:-:-:-:-:-x-x-x»<*<»*x->«k«*<' ^•♦•>«x^>»x-x-:»<^>«x»<«>«>«>«>«x~>«>»>J 16 6l6AR RIBB0NS "'Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain ;€^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B^ irstleot of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST 8i CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ij CO. lor 27 years) lialT d in JU Its Hi * 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. n WOLF BROS. i Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship ccN-Moite^ Uncle Roman La Plumadora Dun Bonanza ULaPl Duke of Taranta ed Lion, Pa Paranta I LITTLE CHANGE IN LANCASTER ©= EDWARD E. SIMONSON -=© Packer of and Dealer in © Tobacco Bouglit and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. © Some Leaf is Being Bought, but . Quantities are Small and Don't Aggregate Large Figures. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 24. There has been little change in the condition of the leaf market, although there are constantly some goods going out and stocks are being gradually re- duced. The market seems much more quiet than it really is, because there are so few sales of goods in any quan- tity, and the contrast between the bulk sales of previous seasons and the hand to mouth business of the present time is so strong that it almost produces the "blues." As a natural result, a long period of inactivity always has a tendency to affect prices to some extent, even if there is no other good reason appar- ent. And it is true of this year, but it has not come so forcibly as to create any break in the market and no one has become panic stricken. Altogether the trade has been guided by saneness and sound reasoning, offering goods on certain concessions, which would prob- ably have been no greater than an rtdiltd item of interest, insurance and other incidental and necessary expenses m canying stock would amount to. The cigar industry has not yet re- vived to the extent that it should have by this time, nor even to the extent which it seems was expected by every one, a fact which the leaf man in par- ticular is fully cognizant of. Some selections were made here re- cently by M. Kemper & Sons, of Balti- more, and Rose & Wobbe, the newly organized leaf firm of New York. L L. Kemper has been here for his firm at Baltimore and Carl W. Wotbe, ac- companied by Wm. DeHaven, of this citv, as local representatve of Rose & Wobbe, of New York made some pur- chases here. There continues to be some buying of the new crops, but as yet very few of the local packing houses have bought to any great extent. The major portion of the buying has been done for large out of town concerns. A. B. Hess, a leaf tobacco packer of more than local prominence, has se- cured the services of John F. Schnupp, who was for some years connected with a Philadelphia jobbing house. Mr. Schnupp is a native of New Hol- land, Lancaster county, and by reason of his previous connection he has be- come well and favorably known to the trade, particularly in the Ninth Dis- trict. He will begin on his new en- gagement this week. C. M. Clime & Bro., of Terre Hill, have been adjudged involuntary bank- rupts, upon a creditors' petition which was filed when execution was issued on judgment secured, and a levy has been made by the sheriff on the personal property. The petitioning creditors were A. M. Clime, of Terre Hill, who was a creditor to the extent of $16,810; George H. Rumrill, of Janesville, Wis., a creditor for $1,123.15, and M. M. Fry & Co., of Lancaster, creditors for $4,- 832.26. The unauihenticated report is that the total indebtedness will amount to $28,000 to $30,000. There is still no knowledge of the present whereabouts of C. M. Clime, who was the sole pro- prietor of the business, and whose sud- den and strange disappearance was re- ported last week. Orders have been issued from the office of the Ninth Internal Revenue District giving notice that certified checks would again be received in pay- ment for revenue stamps. Since last October the York and Harrisburg offices have not been receiving these checks, cash being required. Leaf Tobacco Markets BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The market still remains quiet. The warehouses that have been opened are busily assorting. Ira.— Last week's rain afforded a good opportunity for farmers to take down the small amount of tobacco that was still on the poles. Lysander.— Mcintosh and Maurrier, of Ira, have opened rooms at the wool house for the assorting of tobacco. Some fine crops have been received. The tobacco interests are lively in this section. As yet few sales have been made. In quality it ranks with the best.— Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. As in the valley, so it is all over the country. A lot here and there has been picked up by the buyers, until, when you come to look around, you will find that the cream of the crop has been gathered into the warehouses of the buyers, or has gone into the shops of the sorters to be assorted, and gener- ally to be sold on commission. What is left, after the holders have got sick of waiting, will be bought up with a rush, for what man known as a good, sound business man, cannot borrow a few thousand dollars, if he can show that whole crops can be bought for a price below the selling price of good fillers? But the conditions are the same in all the tobacco sections of the country. ALLEN H. REEDER 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO Stanley v Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED,lCONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN S^M T H E TOBACCO WORLD :^2^3^ # • ^ # Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ® CO. Growlers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCR Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer in All Gtades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples Samples cheerfully •■bailtted upon request P. O. Box 96 GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, F*Q. .1 PACKERS and DEALERS in W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Rear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenne. York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & CO. Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. E H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER, PA. J, K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. ""'Phones LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. Fbttl TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Mannfactnriof Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co, Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse. 15 East Clark Avenue Haanfactnrera of "^^ | V^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco * OPiCf KQim N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana LemoP «nd Arch Sts. Lranca^ter, Pa. IT THE TOBACCO WORLD I38&I40CCHTRe5t Of tax MIMDS CIGAR Box LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. ■ ■ * jk^'-ji^ji- *-* gi Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg.ii H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ♦♦{♦♦ t >♦ ^* Cigar Boxes * Cigar Box Lumber 1, SUP MFG. CO t V4 Largest stock of H Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES M> COLOMBIA AYENIJE and SIXTH 3TREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦!♦♦ [<^%%%%»%%%'%%%<%'%<^>» iii^%%^i^<%/%%%>»%%%^/%^>^%^»»% 5 John McLaughlin. j. k. Kauffmaiv JOHN Mclaughlin (h co. P Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of i Plug ® Smoking Tobaccos ^ Also. All Grades of I Fine Cigars ® Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Quceo St. LANCASTER, PA. 18 One will notice that the prices have been kept very low for the best stock that was produced. How easy, then, for all the balance of the crop to be gathered in by a well directed cam- paign of a few resolute buyers. How quickly it was done last year at good prices. The talk that it is the lack of money that is the cause of the crop not "cing bought seems all bosh, and when ihe time comes for a grand "coup," it will probably be made. If it does happen, it will he before a great many days. In fact, there is but little time to do this work, and whatever is done must be done quickly. It will not be long before there will be a desire on the pan tf the growers to part with this tobacco to enable them to grow an- other crop. They may not get enough to pay for what fertilizer they may de- sire to purchase, but, as every little helps and as something must be done with the tobacco, it must be sorted and tjacked, for it cannot be kept long in the bundle. As each one knows that they have struck an off year, they will generally think it better to sell than to improperly sort and pack. They also know that what they do must be within six wteks, for the farm work will demand their attention, and they will dacide not to cry over spilled milk. Smce much of the crop will bring only small prices it might as well go early as to pack and wait indefinitely for a chance to dispose of it. The assorting shous are all doing a rushing business at present, but whether the crops will finally satisfy both the grower and the dealer to the extent that he will get for his crop enough more for sorting the crop remains to be seen. The good crops will undoubtedly do so. The poorer crops I don't know, but hope ihey may. But if the grower gets his ideas up to 18 cents or more, I am afraid he will be disappointed. Our correspondents write: North Hadley, Mass. : "Not very much doing in the tobacco trade. A few sales have been made in the past week at from 7 to 10 cents, in the bundle. Many farmers are assorting rather than sell at the low offers." North Hatfield, Mass. : "1 report the sale of two lots of tobacco at this place. Charles Carson one acre at 10 cents, George Donaldson four acres at private terms, but he asked 14 cents a few days ago. I hear that these were both fine crops— American Cultivator. to be mainly of the better selections, have come to notice : Chris. Julseth, 12a at 8 and 2c. Johnson & Nelson, 10a at 8 and 2c. F. Rockney. 7a at 9 and 2c. asst. E. Lande, 6a at 9 and 2c. asst. S. E. Benedictson, 8a at 7i and 2c. F. Engestad, 9a at 8 and 2c. John Simonson, 6a at 8 and 2c. E. Volenberg, 6a at 7^ and 2c. E. Scenjem, 5a at 7i and 2c. Westby & Jenson, 7a at 7^ and 2c. A. Kopplein, 4ia at 8 and 2c. John Midthun, 4a at 8 and 2c. Soren Midthun, 2^3 at 8 and 2c. Deliveries are now being made of re- cent purchases sufficient to keep the warehouse already opened in operation. Handling will become more general soon now as the buying proceeds. There has been but little develop- ment in the cured leaf market during the week worthy of mention. Trading is largely confined to small lots on manufacturers' orders. Shipments 400 cases.— Reporter. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO, Etc. EDGERTON, WIS. The buying of the 1907 crop can now be safely said to be well under way. Riding is being freely done in all sec- tions and the aggregate sales will foot up a good hundred acres for the week. Buyers say growers quite readily ac- cept the going figures and trading is rather an easy proposition when crops are found that meet their expectations. Prices are now so well established that a general movement seems likely. The following sales, which.are supposed 879,192 Cigar machine; S. I. Pres- cott. New York City. 879,311 Tube transferring mechan- ism ; R. L. Patterson, assignor to American Tobacco Co., New York City. 879,450 Cigar holder; P. Faracchion. Philadelphia, Pa. 879.594 Pipe cleanser; J. E. Simp- son, Brooklyn, N. Y. 879,597 Cigar buncher, W. Stern- berg, Milwaukee, Wis. 879,632 Cigarlighter; A. C. Gruhlke, Waterloo, Ind. 879,677 Smoking pipe; H. K. Sad- dler, Oakmont, Pa. 879,713 Waterproof self-sealing tube for protecting the mouth-end of cigars ; R. H. Young, Nanticoke, Md. 879.796 Tobacco pipe; W. H. Plane, Chicago, 111. CORR=WILUAMS VINDICATED. Suit Charging Complicity with Trust Dissolved. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 20. Chancellor G. C. Lyell heard argu- ments yesterday in the case of the State of Mississippi vs. the Corr-Wil- liams Tobacco Company et al. This suit is instituted by Attorney General Fletcher, and in which he declares the company is in a trust and in company with several other concerns for the control of business in restraint of trade, wherefore its right to do business in this State is forfeited and it should be ousted and the penalty of $5,000 per day as permitted under the statute assessed and collected. One of the largest snuff and tobacco concerns is associated with the Corr-Williams Company by the At- torney General and it is proposed to put a stop to their operations here. Testimony was taken in this case several weeks ago, but because of limited time it was agreed that the arguments should be postponed until such day as Chancellor Lyell might be able to give a hearing. Several of the most prominent attorneys in the State are employed in the case and the legal battle will be a brilliant one. ^^^^ THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^BB' Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality; Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. ■OR A. H. RELDbR, President. P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0. m i # HERMAIN DEUUE; York, Penna. Maker oi Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale •% Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G/^e Bear. S^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey ■»e.AH. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. fCWJi^iO^ '"perieo'** MAKER OF Fernside.-d Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^li Grade Union Made Wr R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST OLAMTY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobblad Trade ooly CorresDendenre with Active Houses Invited A ( Ci^?5rs of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Cigar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of A % Clpf s FOR THE Vhoie.saie Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union |i Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars F^othsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Grade Clears Exclusively. j Hirfh Grade ciiars Exclusively. .| Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER icOSWI WCS^r^ ^' ^- ^^ARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only Hisrh Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. 19 THE TOBACCO WORLD For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. i=>elleri», KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. ^^K T H E TOBACCO WORLD^ SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE \ Zr MILD AND PLEASANT { 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE | ^^» BROWN BUCK (Banded) ( ^ lUl DU ALLEN GOODRICH. 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and PRUNE FLAVORS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES <& BRO. 92 Reade Str^^et, NM W YORK. The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Fiper Hcidsieck Plug Star Phiiy Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 PIPES. IIow dear to the reflective smoker is '■ ^ an old pipe, mellowed and seasoned by time and use! There are men who declare that their old pipes are their dearest ]n ssession?, made eo by mem- ory, association, travel and admiration. B.> that vtrdict true or not, old pipes inspire u 1 assion in the breasts of their owners curious and pathetic. Pipes grow up with men. They re- tain tht'm long after they have passed the last ftages of usefulness. What may bp s. id of one pipe may be said of every kird of pipe, from the costly meerschaum and briar down to the h imble and insignificant cob and clay. To bilieve, as many people do, that the older the pipe grows the better it is. is eniiie misconi:eption. This, how- ever, holds good up to a certain period tjf time, fur each pipe must improve on its individual merits. When a pipe is first used it is raw, unseasoned and often bitter. This is true in the best as well as in the cheap- eat wood. Smoking gradually mellov^s and flavcrs the pipe. As the pipe gajrs rnellouness and flavor it will lose its unseasona leness and bitterness; it will smoke hard, and in some cases burn the wood and become untrust- worthy as a test of tobacco's quality. It is impossible to say when this process of deterioration begins, as it is gov- erned entirely by the individual smok- er's practice. The real pipe lover seldom smokes when it is hot, for if the pipe is new it may burn. Many men carry two pipes with them, and have a little pipe rack at home which holds a half dozen pipes, and they smoke them alternately. By this method pipes are given a chance not only to cool but to "season" to a particular t)lend of tobacco. Pipes grow old and outlive their time, and the veteran smoker can find no other use for them but to handle oc- casionally and cherish for the senti- mental and picturesque history which surrounded the blue and white clouds of tobacco smoke that came from them and dissolved into pipe dreams. A pipe before the end of its days may be patched and mended with cobbler's wax thread, or a new mouthpiece be added and undergo an entire transfor- mation from its original self. Build Up An Auto Trade. A utomobiling is now so general a ^*- pastime or pleasure, it might be a good plan for retailers to make a bid for automobilists' trade by inducing manufacturers to name certain brands of cigars after famous or widely known racers and racing vehicles. On long journeys a box or two of smokers are a part of every well-stocked automo- bile— especially if the party consists wholly of men. Few men care to ride long hours in an auto without a pull at their favorite cigar. Quite a trade, it would seem, could be built up along the hnes indicated by enterprising manu- facturers and retailers, and it could be a profitable trade, for owners of auto- mobiles as a rule can afford to buy smokers of the higher price grades. FaSseyI^ lEAFTOMCCOm J. B. MILLEYSACK iViuuufacturer of CIGARS Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. H. L. WEAVER Factory .19.1 .'i E. E. HCAVEB WEAVER Si BRO. > THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST 7\AAIL 0RDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM AMERICA » NEW YORK t CHICAGO ST. LOUIS i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite FrascatI), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge Manufacturers of Cigars For Jobbing Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HIUU, PA American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Si/cs Manufactured.'by Himmelberger & Noll. 1 ROlSt SOINIA, PA. CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS V, Cigar Box Facfory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin 4L 100 Nes. opposite Frascati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St., Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Daliastown, Pa^. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day It Will Remove Rankness from Tobacco Take Away Mustinessi and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH hZimt Js specially cidapted to i^ivc thai Peculiar Sourish Effect desirciL Cl.askt'rs flavors the Cheapol in the market, considerin;^^ v\li;il lliey do. A Card Will Brin{| More Information and Prices^ Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New Yorlt CmaskeTs CfOAR *T09'^^ itLAV0«5 :m^ H»TABU3HED 1671 The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 3c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, P4. THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^B I ' f ^ ^ttxm. SONS 4 COH^ Lithographers 116-122 East 14th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS LAB ELS .^" ^#Jf?J 0^ >2C h*AMt ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of I New Orleans. San Francisco. m Cigar Labels Chicago. New York. Cincinnati i Dealer In LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. "> Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. 2- Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. i. So\m Owners and Manufacturers- ( INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^BP Minnich Press Patented March 9, 1897 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t^# ^^♦^♦^METALEMBOSStD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ Z^ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^\* tl. cl. f leisckhayer ♦ ♦ For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the markft. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes minulactured Write for prices and full p irticulars. They are indispens- able in lonf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. j«j Cigar Labels ! I 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f 1 TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ XX ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 I :* ♦♦♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»» SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ 4 /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ XX JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilhurn Tobacco Co. Blackwcll Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WII [ PA V Vfill *** ^^^ ^^ PRICES before "^ \ orderinij (joods fisewherc. -Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchani:^ 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ( ■ V " VT ■ ;f.-^;f - 1^ Mimn ii' " ■ i 1 • ■.*.'' ■ Hfl VUtlla Wau.ixa Tuiti 1 1 ARE THE CIGARS uf the following Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses uood as uovernment Bonds Ke,ii»tered Br..d« "BRILLIANT STAR" Ci.ar Havana . lOc. **i?. b. JStttl oPii Havana 5c. "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. Ihfse Brands Sell un Merit and Constantly Kepral. Try Ihem uud Juurfe for Yourself Hhy Ihls Factory iSever Shuts Down . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO, NEW HOLLAMD PA. Spanish Betune Is extensively used in Cuba for Toning Tobaccos. It removes all mustiness orother objectionable properties, giving the desirable unilorm etFtct con- sidered indispensable in Leaf, it is largely used in Damaged or Defective Leaf, being an Excellent Restorer. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Hauover Pa. E. G. ECKERT, Propricior. T> ^ ^ Caveats, Trade Marks, MT clLdl Li^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^^''HFiZVr John A.Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. Par Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN I A R I Q U E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORI E. A. Calves & Co.<-:'c> Havana. 123 Norih Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA 1^1 P ^^ ....IMPORTERS of £5ra^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» ;£'"* ;i,;;'.i ««*^ W. A. LAHR Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. «i J Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII.. No. 10 } PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MARCH 4, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGNIZED STANDARD C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS and CIGARMAKERS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANIIFACTLKERS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE Cs:^'.:.:') Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTOKT RICHMOND, VA. r5 s u M TOBACCO T R A Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO T R A • U M TOBACCO T R A ^ Importations Over 5,000 Bales Annually t u M TOBACCO T r A. H. DUYS & CO. INo. 170 Water Street, NEW YO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland 8 U M TOBACCO T R :P Growers ^d Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDBR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York 1 y % .. - * . '^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD B>gfa|^ r ■^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED i HILADtLrnIA V. (lord LANCASTER, lOc) BliBr Bit k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market $t, Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. ^ Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. EU PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Factory 1839. First District Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers. Norristown, Pa \A/ori + i2kH— C^UTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS 1 p^j. C p. 1^ I CIGAR SCRAPS VVdriLtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. I Ul Oa.lC| Write Us Tel. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, MEW YORK > — Clean and Sound 1 Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIIL, No. 10 PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 4, 1908 One Dollar the Year PROTEST AGAINST THE FREE LEAF BILL. PREMIUM COUPONS Speaker Cannon Urged to Deny It Consideration. President Joseph F. Cullman, Jr.' of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, has addressed a letter to Hon. Jos. G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, protesting, on behalf of the leaf tobacco dealers in the United States, against the pas- sage of the bill which has been reported by the Ways and Means Committee. President Cullman argues on behalf of his constituents that the passage of the bill would in effect greatly increase opportunities for fraud, and also cause •a loss in revenue by the sale direct to consumers of untaxed tobacco, as well as discriminate heavily against regu- larly registered leaf tobacco dealers. "The letter is as follows:— New York. Feb. 25, 1908. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon. Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Sir:— On behalf of this Association, "which embraces within its membership practically all of the registered leaf tobacco dealers of the United States, I desire to protest against the passage of the bill H. R. 17.520 recently re- ported froni the Ways and Means Com- mittee and entitled "A bill for the relief of tobacco growers." The immediate effect of this measure "Would be to permit leaf tobacco to be sold from hand to hand practically without restriction in competition with tobacco handled by regularly registered and licensed leaf dealers, and. in the case of certain kinds of tobacco, in •competition with regularly manufac- tured and tax paid goods upon which the Government must rely for a large part of its revenue. There can be no ■doubt that under this bill, if enacted, a large number of unregistered dealers would immediately begin the handling of leaf tobacco and would not only drive legitimate registered dealers out of business but would constitute a serious menace to the federal revenues, not only through competition with manu- factured goods in the case of chewing and smoking types, but in the case of cigar leaf by inviting unscrupulous manufacturers to purchase material from them on the ground that the -Government would have no record of the transaction. Registered leaf dealers, especially in the cigar trade, are now required to keep costly records for the protection of the Government and to enable it to trace all tobacco which may be pur- chased by cigar manufacturers. The present law now permits a grower to sell direct to a manufacturer without keeping records although the manufac- turer is required to enter such pur- chases upon his material account. Prac- tically all the frauds now perpetrated upon the revenue result from direct purchase by cigar manufacturers from the growers, for if the manufacturer in such a case fails to enter upon his Government books the leaf so bought no record whatever of the transaction will exist. The passage of the pending bill would greatly increase opportunities for fraud, would cause a heavy loss in revenue by the sale direct to consumers of untaxed tobacco in condition for consumption and would discriminate heavily against regularly registered leaf dealers. For these reasons we earnestly hope that the pending bill will be denied consideration. Respectfully yours, (Signed) Jos. F. Cullman, Jr., President National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association. waited on by a band of neighboring t3- bacco growers today, and ordered to May be Abandoned by the U. C. S. return home with twenty-one hogs- Co. Experiments in Cleveland. ^^^^^ °^ tobacco, which he had prized Stores to be Increased in Num- ber. Cleveland, O., Feb. 26. Entire abandonment of the coupon system is believed here to be the gen- eral policy of the United Cigar Stores Company. It is understood that the throwing out of premium certificates in the Cleveland stores will be followed by similar action in those at Toledo and Cincinnati. The giving away of coupons with cigarettes was discontinued at the "United" stores in Cleveland some months ago. The experiment proved conclusively that their cigarette trade could be held without the aid of certifi- cates, it is announced, therefore the and started on wagons to this point, where they were to be loaded and shipped to some market to be sold. It was seen that the farmers meant business, so Maloney complied with their wishes. It was no disorderly crowd, but was composed of the very best citizens in this county. Cars were already on the tracks at Carlisle, await- ing the tobacco. Tume Allington, who does not belong to the pool, was notified that if he de- livered his tobacco before April 1 he stood in danger of having his house and barn destroyed by fire. He promised he would not sell before then, and one of his neighbors went on his bond to keep his promise. decision to abandon the practice alto- gether. This information comes through Infernal Machines for Tobacco- one who holds the confidence of the nists. officers of the United Cigar Stores Company and his statements are cor- roborated by the events of the past week. He states that the percentage of expense in sustaining the premium department of the "United" nearly in question was one of the twenty which were received in the same bundle of mail matter at the Ver- sailles office and each, in addition to the blood red warning to the party ad- dressed, contained a cartridge and a match, indicative, no doubt, of the in- tention of the sender should the warn- ings not be heeded. The investigation established the fact that the letters were mailed in a street Versailles, Ky., Feb. 27. While Assistant Postmaster Kelly White was stamping the incoming mail here, a cartridge in an envelope which was being sent through the mails ex- , ^. ^ . ploded. An investigation proved that equals the percentage of rent m every j.jjg letter city where the stores are installed, and ex- m some instances the premium penses are even greater. The officers of the company have de- cided to forestall any possible aggre- gate loss of trade by opening a number of new stores, at least fifty per cent, more stores in some cities, while in others they will double the number of stores, the expense of this increase in the number of stores being less than if the coupon system is continued. The cost of the "United's" coupon system last year amounted to about $1,300,000. Even though the company should lose a large per centage of their trade, which they claim is improbable, with the 50 per cent, increase in the number of their stores they would still be ahead. In fact the amount of money spent on premiums would pay the ex- pense of opening and operating the added 50 per cent, of stores. The energy with which the managing officers of the "United" are carrying out the plan to introduce these import- ant changes is shown by the activity of their agents in Cleveland. Louis J. Lee, John H. Blood and E. C. Taylor, the heads of three different real estate operating concerns of Cleveland, have been requested to find ten new locations for the "United." It is doubtful if all will be opened immediately, but there is no question that at least five new stores will be in operation within a few weeks. There are at present in Cleve- land four "United" stores which have flourished since the company invaded the city three years ago. Farmer Sent Back with Crop. Carlisle. Ky., Feb. 28. Matt Maloney, a prominent farmer near Moorefield, this county, was mail box in Georgetown, Ky. Of the twenty received here, it was learned that one was received by each of the following farmers: C. B. Sulli- van, Will Edwards, David Watts and James Turner. The signatures to the threats are the initials N. R. Fear is entertained as to the result of the letters sent out to the Woodford members as none knows the size of the organization behind the move. The letters were sent alike to members and non-members of the Equity society, but in every instance the party addressed is said not to be in sympathy with the raising of no tobacco crop this year. Growers Defy Organization. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 27. Dr. F. F. Bryan, of Scott county, one of the largest tobacco growers in Central Kentucky, owning five farms, in an interview here says he is opposed to cutting out the 1908 tobacco crop, and declared his intention of raising a larger crop this year than before. Dr. Bryan has steadfastly refused to ally himself with the Society of Equity, and although threats have been made against him for his independent atti- tude they have had no effect. He brought a large consignment of tobacco to Lexington for sale on the local breaks. Conference on McChord Bill. Louisville. Ky., Feb. 27. The report that the Green river 1906 crop of pooled tobacco has been sold to the American Tobacco Company is a mistake in the opinion of several of the most prominent local tobacco men, and it is said that no meeting was held in this city at which this matter was dis- cussed. "The only meeting that has been held in this city," said a prominent official of the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse ('ompany last night, "was an informal meeting held last Monday afternoon at the Old Inn, when several of the to- bacco men from the Western section of the State, who have been to Frankfort to oppose the McChord tobacco bill, met some of the local officials and dis- cussed the general situation." Among the tobacco men from the Western part of the State who were in Louisville Monday and who were re- turning from Frankfort were S. B. Lee, Secretary of the National Tobacco Growers' Association ; George M. Tay- lor, Secretary of the Home Warehouse; S. T. Burns, of the Home Warehouse, and L. M. Massey, of Owensboro. Indiana Will Increase Acreage. Jeffersonville. Ind., Feb. 27. Many farmers in Clark county, who are watching the Kentucky tobacco- growing situation, have been ap- proached by representatives of the American Tobacco Company, making inquiry if they would increase their to- bacco acreage, and what sort of crop they would be able to raise. A farmer in Charlestown township, who has given the matter attention, said that 100,000 acres of tobacco will be planted in Southern Indiana next year. He says there is plenty of suitable soil, and that tobacco will grow satisfactorily upon all the limestone soils of the Ohio river counties. A considerable quantity of tobacco is already grown in Clark county, still it is inconsiderable as compared with some other Indiana counties, the crops being confined chiefly to one or two townships. The probability is that the crop will be much increased next year. Buying Slowly In Wisconsin. Madison, Wis,, Feb. 28. Tobacco buyers have begun to travel about among the farmers purchasing a few crops. There is no very active work and all the men are just looking over crops with a view to future pur- chase. "Good tobacco is being sold for ten cents a pound," said one of the buyers. "Many of the farmers seem glad to get this. Only in a few cases have I found crops worth more than this. This seems to be about the average price. The crop will not be bought up very fast, owing to the money stringency, which makes it impossible to invest much mone^ until last year's crop has been marketed." E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of J. Vetterlein & Co. ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^R Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 185a John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FLOR de DOHAN «i TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^^lOT' Arch St. Leaf Tobacco\ ,4i^. J philada. 4SR\^b^ ■■tablished I L I B V S ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. I. VELENCHIK S. VELENCBlfi VELENCHIK BROS. '■"niYe^'in LEAF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA ^^ " -"^M/M Third St, P/ii/ade/phia.Pa. The Empire '"""^•'■fSl'?'"' '° SEK/l LEAF, m Leaf Tobacco " 1^^ 11 .UNATRA 1 U lib N. 3d St., Phila. GOm H. STRAUS A.u^eB 90l&908I%l^l3dSlW HSMILADELPHI^ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Lea£ Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPObD LiOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Paci(ers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. and GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. r { t /T r ^^-^-imti^! U KRl'PPENBACH PEmER IN: LEAF 1QBACC0 ye)42-44 N.ELLvr;NTM. ST. Philadelphia J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & COx^C>HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized iby tlie Gcvernment of the Republic of Cuba UOHSONDtFiVBRiCANJESDElABAcoSYClG/^RROS DE LA ^i=s?E*A^D^E ^mmrt gf*-- ulorizada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza que los fabacoscigarrosy paqaefes de picaduraquellevenesfaprecirfa son fabncadospor HABANA ^^7Mmirmj.iiuii:mij.j:i,uN.n.wi-4ik-^ii,ij Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Lower Prices in Havana Attract Leaf Buyers. More Than Five Thousand I^ales Changed Hands Dur- ing the Week. Trouble Brewing Among the Strik- ing Cigarmakers. Central Committee May Possibly Lose Its Grip as Workers Begin to Think Over the Situation for Themselves. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) As correctly foreseen in my letter of a week ago, our market has shown more life, and it seems that the buyers onw here are more disposed to operate upon the lower basis of prices. Business in the United States evi- dently is getting back to its accustomed volume, although curtailed possibly by restricting its amount more upon a shorter credit or cash basis, and which is certainly a healthy sign. The system in vogue in the United States, to give long credits, may be productive in do- ing a larger business, but it is liable to create also an over-production or infla- tion, which sooner or later is bound to lead to a crash like we have seen last year. The reaction experienced since that time has only been natural, and in order to restore a normal state of affairs it is better that the manufac- turers and dealers confine themselves to smaller purchases at a time, and which they can repeat if necessity should warrant the same. Of course the local dealers would prefer to do a larger volume of business just now, in order to get rid of their surplus holdings, and for this reason have lowered their ask- ing prices considerably. The proximity of the coming crop has also a great deal to do with the lowering of figures, although it is still impossible to say how much there will be of good tobacco and how much of poor, or what the final quantity may be. Time will solve this riddle in due order, but in the meanwhile it would behoove all prudent merchants to avail themselves of the opportunities which our market offers them. There is enough good tobacco to be found in the Havana market, and prices are surely low enough if compared with the figures which ruled a year ago. Snleii during the week total 5,148 bales, di- Havana, Cuba, February 21, 1908. videdthus: Vuelta Abajo, 1,050; Par" tido, 900; Remedios, 2.89S and Mayari, 300 bales. Our American buyers have taken 3,598 bales, exporters for Europe, 1,050, and the local cigarette and small cigar manuafacturers, 520 bales. Bnyern Coni«> and Go. Arrivals. — F. Egerton, of Egerton & Joel, Boston ; Angel Cuesta, of Cuesta, Rey & Co., W. E. Fisher and A. Mistai. of Gonzalez, Fisher & Co.. and Alvaro Garcia, of Garcia & Vega, Tampa ; Julian Llero, of Garcia & Co., M. Her- zog, of P. Dennerlein & Co., and An- tonio Rocha, of Antonio Rocha, New York; Max Pflaum, Minneapolis; Wal- ter E. Sutter, of Jacob Sutter & Sons, Chicago; E. Reichert, of Reichert & La Boule, Milwaukee; H. Korn, of Ar- mas de Oro Factory, Key West. Departures.— Sol Hamburger, August Biedermann, Julian Llero, E. W. Rus- sell, and John H. Goetze, for New York ; Godfrey H. Mahn, for Philadel- phia; Harry Cohn, for Chicago; F. Egerton, for Boston ; Max Pflaum, for Minneapolis. Ilavnna Ciifar MnnnfaotnrorH are watching with keen interest the growing dissensions among the cigar- makers themselves, as a large part of the best workmen are dissatisfied wtih the management of affairs by the Cen- tral Committee of the Federation of Labor. The workmen of H. Upmann (an association formed for mutual help and protection, owning real estate which it sells to its members upon very easy and favorable terms) insisted that the Central Committee call a meeting of cigarmakers for last Friday, the 2l8t inst. At first the Central Com- mittee tried to bulldoze the petitioners, but finally gave in. While the meeting has not yet resulted in any formal ac- tion to declare the strike off, there LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?" Havana Rei A9L 20, HaVaildL P. 0. Box M SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER dL SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABA^O at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTI SPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant l^eaf Tobacco and Ci£af%i 1 O'Reilly St. B'rilS>: Habana, Cuba GONZAl_EZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama •Especialidad en Tubaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase AMISTAD 97, Cable: "CASIN" HABANA^ P H, UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MA NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED W^. H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 m CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA ^^KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^S Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA [^^p|;UiqiQ 170--174 Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ^^ SOL" Brand Finest Vvcha Abajo Tobacco Aiclasively >/*m% NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Hab£Ln£i, Ouba Cable: "Antcro" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 Habana p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON lUNO DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco RRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. ORSTRJiBDR Growers, Packers and Exporters of , Jisivana lieaf TobaGGO Efido, Comer Dragones Street, H A V ANA PABLO PEREZ OANDIDO 0BE8C Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) • I^Leaf Tobacco) VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veii«g^ Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBAc # AVSLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ TH L and Dealers in LjGSLI I OUaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: "Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 DragOAes Street, HAVANA CUBA C-ble Address: "JOSECAYRO ' < or- e.poudence Sol.cit.d i„ EoUlUh LOEB^NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama 14^ and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM 8 JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA THE TOBACCO WORLD was, however, a clash of the opposing elements which were for and against a continuance of the strike, and it is said that even weapons were flourished to intimidate those cigarmakers who wanted to work. As hunger is surely the most potent factor in human life, it is but reasonable to suppose that the strike must be upon its last legs and is bound to collapse shortly. Romeo y Julieta is working with over 200 men at its branch factory at Arte- misa, and its good cigarmakers are only waiting uniil the owners have en- larged their facilities suflioiently to seat more men, when perhaps 100 addi- tional hands may be employed there. The other independent manufacturers are either increasing their working forces in the country or are devising means to open up in neighboring vil- lages or to come to terms with their men here in order to resume opera- tions. The trust, on the other hand, has commenced to work only four days out of six during the week, owing to slack orders and a large stock of cigars on hand for which there is little or no de- mand. BnyliiK. Selling and Other N<>tea of Interest. Alfred and Victor Ettlinger. of E. Hoffman & Sons, have started in to purchase freely of all kinds of leaf, having already acquired 700 bales, and are apparently in the market for more goods. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez sold 600 bales of tobacco during the week, and shipped 500 bales to the Spanish Regie by the Spanish mail steamer which left here on the 20th inst. Sol Hamburarer, who left on the 15th inst. for New York, was quite a large buyer and, if correctly reported, pur- chased nearly 1,000 bales in all during his stay here. Sylvester & Stern made some very good sales to their customers, as they shipped 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido by the last steamer to New York. Harry Cohn was a buyer to the ex- tent of 400 bales. Perez & Obeso disposed of 200 bales of fine Vuelta Abajo vegas. August Biedermann was unfortun- ately handicapped by his health, in not getting what he came for, but he left in good health by the steamship Ha- vana, and has options on quite a num- ber of fine vegas, samples of which he has taken along with him. Suarez Hnos. closed out 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. F. Egerton was quite a heavy buyer of fine vegas of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo. A. M. Calzada & Co. made some sales of leaf to local manufacturers. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since Feb. 22 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 1,285 9,173 Semi Vue Ita 274 928 Partido 4 167 Matanzas — 253 ft — Josh I^illixciS. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. Ncwark, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNSST nLLINGER & CO. Nos. 87-89 pine SUeet Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York '^^^^^^^ j^\ Water Si? LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : OETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, iOS. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Importers and Packers of heaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Su matra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMFOBTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 OFFICEt Amslerdam. Holland. 183WaterSt. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, March 2. New York Leaf Market. entered Columbia in the last two years. No unusual developments have oc- ^^' Meylan has found that the physi- curred in the leaf tobacco market dur- cal condition of the smokers-that is ing the past week.and a very moderate their weight, height. lung capacity and sales total strength— is, on the average. .business consisting of small lot constituted the week's transactions. Extensive operators are becoming in- terested, to a greater or lesser extent, in the buying movement now going on in several of the cigar leaf tobacco producing States, but they are going ahead with extreme caution, carefully selecting all crops which they really buy. The great falling off in the produc- tion of cigars, etc., throughout the United States has had its certain effect on the leaf market, and although, even if a reduced output should continue for some time, the figures are still large JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANAXr\Kai^r^i-k and SEED LEAF 1ULIQI^L>U 183 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobaccb X Florida Sumatra 10 No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK better than that of the non-smokers. • • • Julius Marqusee Retires. Julius Marqusee, of the house that bears his name, has retired from active business, and is now recuperating at Atlantic City. The firm of Julius Mar- qusee & Co. consisted of Mr. Marqusee and Mr. Leopold Loeb, of Philadelphia, and the interest of Mr. Marqusee has now been taken over by Mr. H. N. Gitt, of Hanover, Pa., who has upon previ- ous occasions been a business associate of Mr. Loeb. The business will be continued under enough to show conclusively that there ^^e old firm name, and at the present lo- will be needed all the good tobacco available, and consequently goods still in the hands of original holders will eventually find their way into the hands of manufacturers, all of whom must sooner or later replenish their stocks of raw material. In the meantime the market condi- tions have not yet materially affected the price for the really most desirable goods. The reported sale of a pack- ing of Pennsylvania Broadleaf at what seemed a very low figure was current on the streets, but it was ascertained that the particular lot of tobacco was not the most desirable and could not have commanded a much higher price than it is reported to have been sold for. The Sumatra market has been normal and steady, notwithstanding the fact cation. It is generally believed that Mr. Marqusee will again enter the trade, after a prolonged rest, if he recovers his usual vigor and good health. • • • Roads Leading to Amsterdam. There will be many roads leading to Amsterdam for a few week's now, and a more than usually large number have found the way. It will be a thoroughly representative gathering from the prin- cipal houses in the trade. Louis P. Sutter, of Louis P. Sutter & Bros., sailed on Saturday last, on the steamer Rhyndam. August Eisenlohr, of Otto Eisenlohr &, Bros., Philadelphia, left New York on Wednesday last. John H. Duys, of H. Duys & Co., that the first inhcriptions for the 1907 ^ill set sail on Tuesday (tomorrow), goods are now near at hand. There Benno Neuberger, of E. Rosen wald was a moderate business reported for & Bro.. will sail on Tuesday, the week. Kaufman S. Falk, of G. Falk & Bro., Havana tobaccos are beginning to at- ^'^^ a^^® ^^ave for Europe this week, tract a little more attention. Sales Bernard Liberman, of Philadelphia, have increased on the island, and so arrived in New York and will sail to- morrow for Amsterdam, to attend sev- eral of the early inscriptions, after which he will travel in Europe for a few weeks, intending to return to this country in about six weeks. have importations to the United States. • • • The Cli{ar Industry. This branch of the trade is feeling keenly the general falling off in output for the past few months. The official figures from Washington became public late last week, and they show a reduc- tion in the output of cigars for the month of January, 1908, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, of 119,000,000. There had been some hope that the month of February would show results that would be a little more favorable, but the possibil- ity of such a result is now despaired of. It is hoped that the month's output may not show an even greater propor- tionate reduction than January and December showed. Additional Facilities for Beri^er. The business of the Emil Berger To- bacco Co., has increased at a wonder- fully rapid rate during the past few months during which Mr. Emil Berger has headed the concern, and arrange- ments have been completed for an early enlargement of their plant by taking up for their own use the entire buildings at Nos. 6 8-10 Gouverneur Slip. In order to utilize the additional space to its fullest advantage the offices will be installed on the ground floor. They will be fitted out in a thor- oughly modern manner, and convenient ' ' ' in every detail. Smokers arc Best. -"^^'^ house is an extensive handler r^ f^ T im 1 u • I J- *^^ cuttings, scraps, si f tings, etc., a Dr. George L. Meylan. physical di- considerable portion being exported.and rector of Columbia University, has just the" are always in the market for the completed statistics showing the effect ^**^^. ?^ Koods of which they make a of the use of tobacco upon 687 new Jhev r/n Jn^!^ Position is such that ..^ i.ii!i u. ^"®y ^^^ supply manufacturers with students, mostly freshmen, who have raw material at advantageous prices. Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^^ i \. For Sale Either for Cash or For Tobacco or Other Article of Value, Twenty-nine shares of Interna- tional Tobacco Company stock, in any amount, from one to twenty-nine shares. Suite :S28, 45 Broadway, New York City. IZ '\ u E. A. Calves & Co.<5 / IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA The leaf tobacco trade is heaving a Bigh of relief, we hope, for it has ex- perienced a period of weeks of the slowest business generally speaking, that has been the case in years. True, dealers have all done some business, but it was mostly of such a small nature and so little sized up to what was expected that no material headway waa made, and yet this city has so far and, under the circumstances, been extremely fortunate in having no really bad failures in the trade, which seems to be in a pretty sound condition gener- ally, and fully ready for any revival in business, when such shall be our good fortune. During the past week there was again only a moderate volume of business done, but now that February is over, which is usually looked upon as an off month, better things are being looked for. Manufacturers are working steadily for the most part, but with only suffi- cient orders ahead to keep their usual forces at work on fair time. Certainly none are rushed and no one is seeking additional bands at present. The statement published elsewhere in this issue to the effect that the United Cigar Stores Co. would abandon 12 ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B. SIGN OF TRADE RECOVERY. \ The first industry to feel the effect of the recent financial depression, and an industry which it may freely be admitted does not deal in a necessity bat in a luxury, was the tobacco trade, and the first industry to recover and to prove itself a barometer of returning confidence has been the steady increase in sales of manufactured tobacco in all parts of the country and especially in New York," said George J. Whelan, President of the United Cigar Stores Company. Mr. Whelan expresses his confidence in the re-establishment of normal con- ditions, not as a matter of theory but as a result of a study of his own busi- ness, which he knows to be very sensi- tive to the influences that make or shake confidence. "I think I speak fairly when I say that our corporation is representative of the retail tobacco trade of this country. "The surest indication of retrench- ment m expenses as shown in our trade is the increase in the sale of pipe to- bacco and the falling off in the sale of cigars that retail for fifteen cents each, or two for a quarter. This became manifest immediately after the first financial flurry following the suspension of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, Oct. 22, and the subsequent troubles in other institutions brought about by an absolutely senseless fear, as events have proved. The sale of cigars fell off almost immediately, but the cigar- ette sales were affected in only a slight degree— and that is one of the curious results of mental unrest, which neces- sarily follows financial disturbances. It has been observed by students of the phenomena— if you can give it such a title— that the smoker of cigars cuts down his supply the moment he is dis- tressed, but that the cigarette smoker soes to the opposite extreme and con- Bomes more than he would ordinarily." THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS 7 BOSTON BUSINESS BREVITIES. THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday INCORPORATED 1902 BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Prado 36, Altos. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year ; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, / PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 4. 1908. premium coupons at their Cleveland.O., stores, does not affect Philadelphia, as indicated by a postal issued under date of February 26, 1908, and which reads as follows : "Dear Sir :— Saturday next. Feb. 29, is 'Leap Year Day.' As a reminder, we will give double certificates on that day only. Come and take advantage of the deal at this store." The postal was issued from store No. 53. which is located at 933 Chestnut street. Edward T. Colgan, of the Greene & Colgan Co., has been on a week's busi- ness trip among his old customers, where he was cordially received, and brought back with him a good sized pack of orders. Victor Neuman, local representative of Larus & Bro. Co., of Richmond, has been on a several weeks trip through Pennsylvania and found the demand for his firm's product was gaining steadily. This trip is proving very satisfactory. Mr. Mahle, with the leaf house of John H. Goetze & Co., of New York, was calling on his friends in the Phila- delphia trade this last week. P. F. Murphy, of the P. F. Murphy Co., wholesale dealers and jobbers at Sixth and Cherry streets, and who has been confined to his home by illness for several weeks, has now so much im- proved that he makes visits to the office on fair days. M. C. Miller, of Hartford, Conn., leaf tobacco packer, is covering the trade in Pennsylvania at present, and was last week in this city. J. C. Kirk & Sons Co., on North Third street, wholesale druggists, have become financially embarrassed, and are now in the hands of a creditors' committee. This committee has issued a statement to creditors showing the total assets and liabilities, and also announce their belief that under their plan they will be able to pay 100 cents on the dollar. The house also handled some cigars, but its indebtedness in the tobacco trade was not very heavy. A large majority of the creditors have already assented to the plans of the creditors' committee. Harry W. Bremer, of Lewis Bremer's Sons, is sojourning among Florida pleasure resorts, on a strictly pleasure trip. Mr. Hannis, of the firm, announ- ces that their business has been keep- ing up agreeably well during February, and was really good during January. All of the firm's several salesmen are doing good work, and securing a good share of trade. H. E. Spannuth, who has been with the house a number of years, continues to call on his trade as usual, and Horace C. McComas, who joined the selling staff several months ago, is doing well, at present in the East. 6. Liberman, who several years ago was prominently identified with the trade, will leave for New York today, and sali on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II. for Europe. He expects to arrive at Amsterdam in time to attend several inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco. «^ John N. Kolb, of the Theobald & Oppenheimer Co., sails this week for Amsterdam, in accordance with his usual custom of attending the Sumatra inscriptions. A. C. Eisenlohr, of Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., left for Europe last week. The products of Melachrino & Co. are being now pushed in this market by Mr. Gay, as the local representative of the house. W. A. Lahr, a cigar manufacturer of Red Lion, was a visitor in Philadelphia this week. Henry Bauer, with L. P. Kimmig & Co., left on Sunday night for a trip to the West. His first stopping off place will be Pittsburg. Simon Schloss, traveling for K. Strauss & Co., returned last week from a trip through Pennsylvania. George Kaufman, with the same firm, is at present covering the South, including Baltimore, Washington, Richmond and other points. TAMPA'S FIRE LOSS $800,000. One Thousand People Homeless; 4,000 Out o! Employment. Tampa, Fla., March 2. The total loss by the fire on Sunday is now estimated at $800,000. The build- ings burned were mostly cigar factories and residences of the men employed in them. The fire raged for four hours, and 1,000 persons are homeless while 4,000 who depended on the factories for employment are out of work. The fire is said to have been started by a man falling asleep with a lighted cigarette in his mouth, from which the bed cloth- ing was ignited. Retail Trade Continues Quiet, but Hopes of a Speedy Revival are Entertained. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., March 2. Trade conditions are still quiet in this section, but, as the reports coming from other parts of the country are of a worse nature, we can consider our- selves mighty lucky. Retailers and jobbers are placing orders for future deliveries, and every one looks for an improvement within the next few weeks. The cigarette business must be on the improve here, judging by the many different brands being pushed by sales- men. Surbrug Co. are advertising their Egyptian Arabs and Dolma ; Khedivial Co. are working on the Samaris, Oxford and Alma, their new beauty package; Melachrino & Co. have a salesman located here doing missionary work on their brands ; Nestor Gianaclis & Co. have four men doing display work and selling their Nestor and Royal Nestors; Mentor Co. are plugging their Ramly brand— each package contains handsome cigar bands; Menashi-Khoury Co. are still getting a good share of the busi- ness on their Menashi and El Ahram. The Turco American Tobacco Co., N. Y., is about the only firm which has not a representative located here, and in consequence their Omega and Kef brands are fast dropping by the way- side since Brother Morris was taken from this section. Shinasi Bros, have a representative here now working on both Prettiest and Naturals, and the Phil Morris Co. have a hustling repre- sentative in Brother Woods, who is doing nice work on both Unis and Cam- bridge brands Johnny Brooks has been showing samples of the new Savory cigarette, and I understand that a Mr. Crawford is to be permanently stationed here to book this new brand. George Russell (Allen Tobacco Co.) reports a good sale on the Telonettes ; in fact during the past month Mr. Russell sold close on to a million Telon- ettes in these haunts. George Cawthorne (Whitelaw & Co.) has returned from a trip to New York and is now offering the trade a good gratis deal on the Glorifier little cigar, and as this brand is now bearing the union label it ought to sell well. Any- way, George is the man for it, and I expect to see him make a good show- ing. Through advices received from Balti- more about the financial diflSculties of A. M. Pacholder & Co. (makers of short smokes) it is expected that a speedy settlement will be made. A few of our Boston tobacconists are stockholders in the concern. J. McGreenery. maker of the Poet and Marksman cigars, has just launched a new brand of nickel goods on the market, called Sagamore. It goes to the retailer at $30 per M., less 2 per cent. C. Zevitas & Bros, have made many alterations in their Dover and Washing- ton streets store, and will now cater for cigars and tobacco on a larger scale. J. Casey is the manager of the cigar department, and is up to date in every respect. This store features Gans Bros, clear Havana cigars in many sizes. • * i • I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^M T H E TOBACCO WOR LD S^^ Take no other but the Genuine ly^ablished 1869 Bicorporatedl893 ^^^i^i Every Box of tlie Genuine Portuondo Cigars Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo ""*''«»J^, -**!'•• " #ae»F=»y ■^^^ iRfCi^TLREC >* •,.-1^ Kegriatered in U. S. Patent OUloo There are more Imitations of this old established and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars any other ci^ar in The worl(L MANUFAGTERED ONLV BY The Juan E Portuondo Cigar Mig.Ca 1110-1116 5'an5om5t.,Philadelphia. M. Barnett. New York leaf dealer. after spending several days in this section returned to New York Satur- day night. Mortimer M. Frank, a New York cigar broker, also left on Saturday for home, after being here for the past four weeks. The new gratis deal on Tolstoi cigar- ettes—three packs of Helmar with every 500 carton — is taking nicely. Surbrug Co., Nbjv York, are doing a nice business here on their Players sliced plug, which is put up in 2. 4, 8 and 16 oz. decorative tin packages. B. B. Bates has placed this tobacco in all our leading stores and the sale of same is very encouraging. Green sisters have re opened the miniature cigar store at 4 State street. Miss F. I. Morrison has purchased the cigar stand in the Barrister Hall Building on Pemberton Square. M. Falk (Falk Tobacco Co.. N. Y.) is in town and is taking orders for Champagne Cocktail, a 20 for 10 cent package, similar in style of package and quality to the Fatima. a brand which is selling a little here at present. Ben Ali. SPECIAL notices! (12i cents per line, 8- point measure) pOR RENT— Cigar Factory. 32 by 80 ■*" feet; 3 stories; steam heater; ele- vator; good lighting system. Located on Phila. & Reading Ry.. very close to depot. Low rent ; good cigarmakers. Apply to Box C, Coopersburg, Pa. 3-4h MONROE ADLER Cidar Broker 36 La SaHe St. Chicago, 111. 12-18he pOR SALE— One million Long Filler •*- Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOtha, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf To Mannfadarers of Cigars: If you have any Gnttin^s, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market ap Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip. New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle .Str»<>t. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cijar Fac* (ories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6-51h A. COHN 8i CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown. Pa. ll-13ch L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2jBtf Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown and separated ; 1,800 to 2.000 lbs. per acre; packets, 25 and 50c. Separated seed in 2i lb. lots and up, $4 per lb. ; single lb. $5. John S. Weaver.J;^:^," Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t pOR SALE-Some J. R. Williams and ^ fifty-two Miller. DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad dreaa Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street. New York ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA 'T^ g^h% c^ g-y r> r\ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 O U Q Ci C> O 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK Cable "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Bill Flats am Waraboaaas i Addlaon. N. Y. Birf Flats. N. Y. Onondaga. * ''^-^ ^^^ «- -^^ ^^ v-r e. Hartford. Com CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED X o b> ^: <;zco *«.rtd.... n. y 13 Our Capacity fcr Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Oood Taste B A HIGH GRADE R^ kJL># CIGAR FOR iDC CIGAR FOR Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J T. J. DUININ <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK Louis E.Neumaki&Co 123*-^Tol3Q^^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. -^ LABELS & SHOW .A. i_ s o CI RTED FLORIDA TOBACCO EXHIBITS. TOBACCO MERGER UPHELD. Two Companies Growing Tobacco in Gadsden County Make Good Showing at the State Fair. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 26. The tobacco exhibit of Gadsden county is the only one of any considerable size of this product at the State Fair, and iis inspection is a source of great in- terest and instruction for the great throng of visitors who daily crowded into the space of the display. The piincipal displays are made by (he Owl Commercial Co. and the Thos. L. Ward Co., both extensive growers in the section around Quincy.and who have helped fo materially in making the name of the town famous. W. M. Corry, the genial manager of the Owl Commercial Company, never tires of sounding Gadsden's praise as the champion tobacco producer of the State, and when in the Gadsden booth he was continuously surrounded by an interested audience listening to his yraphic and felicitious description of her gteat resources. ««^«^««« A. T. CO. FAVORED SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. By a Resolution of the Louisville Board of Trade. Louisville, Ky,. Feb. 29. At a meeting of the directors of the Board of Trade in this city recently, resolutions were unanimously adopted against agitation having for its object the driving out of the State of the American Tobacco Company. Such a I result, it is claimed, would throw out j of employment thousands of persons in this city and State, now receiving more than $75,000 weekly, and would have the additional effect of deterring other manufacturers who desire to enter the State of Kentucky from coming here. This action was taken because sundry and divers bills have been introduced into the Legislature directed against the largest employers of labor in this city. It was resolved also that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Repre- sentatives at Frankfort, urging them to ;be conservative and reasonable in their demands and to make such laws as will assist in building up the city and State. Court of Errors and Appeals Re- fuses to Set it Aside. Trenton, N. J., March 2. The Court of Errors and Appeals to- day gfave a decision sustaining the Court of Chancery in the matter of the suit of Richard T. Dana to have set aside the merger of the American Tobacco Co., the Continental Tobacco Co. and the Commercial Tobacco Co., under the name of the American Tobacco Co. The Chancery Court had refused to set aside the merger. The Court of Errors and Appeals bases its decision entirely on the grounds of delay on the part of Dana in bringing his suit. Box Factory in New Location. Lancaster, Pa., March 3. J. Frank Bowman, proprietor of the Gilt Edge Box Factory, one of the old- est in Lancaster, has secured new quar- ters on North Cherry street, in a build- ing formerly occupied by Miller for similar purposes. Mr. Bowman's business has grown very rapidly during the past few years, and especially the manufacture of pack- ing boxes, so that larger quarters had becooae a necessity. Auctioneer for the Trade. The real estate firm of Essig & Buch, of Lititz, Pa., has a large clientele among members of the tobacco trade, and in addition Mr. Essig, of the firmi is also an auctioneer who has a number of notable sales to his credit. In fact, he makes it a specialty. Their an- nouncement, which appears in our ad- vertising columns, should be of interest to all who contemplate any business of that kind in that territory. — R. M. Benitez Cigar Co., of Tampa, Ha., has been incorporated with a cap- ital stock of $10,000. The officers are R. M. Benitez. President, and R. L. Kicnard, Secretary and Treasurer. J. H. LIEFTINCK & ZOON Sworn Tobacco Brokers OflSce and Sample Rooms : Brakke Grond and Frascatl. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NWA o I • ^^m. THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^^^ HIGHEST AWABD AND GOLD MEDAL FOR KXCELLEJNCE AND QUAHTY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIR. ST. lOIIS. I904 WC MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE^ First QuAlity, Long Filler. H4nd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE. BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc Factory No. 1645. Capacity SO.OUO.UJO u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. LANCASTER'S TOBACCO TRADE Movement of Old Goods Is Small, but Packers are Not Worrying. Notes from the Factories. Lancaster, Pa., March 2. There was again a very small move- ment of old poods. The transactions were comprised principally of jobbing sales, and consisted of small lots. mostly to cigar manufacturers who have ready use for the goods. Packers are, however.not losing much sleep on account of the slow movements of goods ; on the other hand, they are taking it easy and looking more or less leisurely over the conditions and visit- ing farmers, but buying slowly and only of such crops as appeal most strongly to them, and at prices that are many shades below those of last year'i^ aver- age. Country packers art- apparently doing more buying than any of the larger local houses. Prices have been hovering around an average of 8 cents for wrapper grades and 3 cents for fillers. When Otto Eisenlohr & Bros clofed their factory here, on Saturday week last, it came as a severe blow to a large number of cigarmakers. not all of whom can find employment at any other factory just now, as they have about all the people they can use at present. There are all kinds of rumors floating about concerning the closing down of the factory. It was hinted that the jQrm had certain grievances, and as a result the factory would oe closed permanently. It was pointed out, in support of this theory, that the hands had been requested to take all their tools with them. The greatest credence, however, is given the report that ow- ing to a dullness of orders, advantage would be taken of an opportunity to do some weeding out or the less skilled hands, and that the factory will be eventually reopened, without an invita- tion being extended to certain former bands to return to their places. Considerable tobacco of the new crop is now being received in Lancaster. which will soon afford employment to a good many people. A. B. Groff & Co., of New Holland, have so far purchased about enough to- bacco to make 160 cases when packed. J. G. Usner & Son, of Rothsville. were closed down for a week, but have again resumed operations. R. E. Jacoby. of the same town, has continued to work steadily throughout the months of January and February, and orders are reported to be coming in at a fairly satisfactory rate. J. L. Weidler. of Rothsville. had also closed down last week. A. N. Wolf, of Akron, is now r n an extended Western business trip, and it may be reasonably expected 'hat he will return with a sutlicicnt amount of orders to keep his factory running steadily for some time. L S. Stauffer, manufacturer of union made goods at Akron, has also experi- enced a dull spell, and ceased opera- tions temporarily. The large union factory of C. Ruppin, at Akron, is also working on short time. S. S. Watts, a cigar manufacturer of Terre Hill, and who is well known in the trade, has been appointed receiver of the bankrupt estate of C. M. Clime & Bro. and C. M. Clime individually. A bond of $20,000 was filed and Mr. Watts is now in charge. A sneak thief jzained an entrance to the office] of the lona Tobacco Co . on Charlotte'street, and forcing some desk drawers found several pay envelopes containing the wages of a couple of employes who had not ye' called for their money. It would seem from the peculiar manner in which entrance was j gained that the thi»^f was sotr.e one familiar with the premises. L. L. Schloss, a po{iUlar cigar broker of Chicago, visited Lancaster this week, Mr. Stroebel. with the Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co., of Dayton, O., was a recent visitor in this city. He made his headjiuarters with John F. Heiland & Co.. on North Queen street. C. W. Bittner visited the Philadel- phia market last week. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. 10c="UINCLE JOSS==5c Pretty Bessie i York IMiek. . . . > Sc. Best Known. .J Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 3 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity. 2.">,000 per day. Telegraph York, Pa. r^lir r^r^il^^i Offr^r* ^ ^®*^ FilllnjJ $2.00 Fountain Pen and "The Tobacco WorW wLII vJIt^Ql V^lit3l • for one year, ^ Both for $1.50; the Reiiular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac- A ITiftQf-Ploee Cplf Pillinf^ Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with the best of its kind in the market. Every pen is solid gold. 14k.. point tipped with genuine irridium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifling cost. O ANY PERSON sending us $1.50. we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen, postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco World." Should you already be a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended 1 one year from the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign suoscriptions. which cost $L0O additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 15 Ml '^m THE TOBACC O W O RLD ^^B \'. eTP^ A P T? TRl^^lSJQ Ar.ttLntof Plain and Fancy Ribbons 1 vjr /\ IV A\. 1 JD JD ^C/ IN O write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W Sindings, Galloons, WM. WICKE RIBBON CO Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST &. CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON ^5 CO. lor 27 years) nn J (Formerly Ltn U JU *15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. n WOLF BROS Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of ri NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza ULa Piumadora Duke of Taranta | Red Lion, Pa. \ ^ EDWARD E. SIMONSON ^=0 Packer of and Dealer in Q> Tobacco Bought and Packed on Comnnission Stoughton, >Vis. - © TOBACCO NEWS SCARCE IN YORK. No Change in Trade Conditions, and Business in This Section is Reported Slow. York, Pa., March 2. There is not much news transpiring in the tobacco trade. Conditions have not changed much, and visiting tobacco mtn say they find trade sluggish. Much interest has been manifested in a suit which was heard in the Common Pleas Court this week, and which in- volved August Sonneman, one of our oldest leaf dealers. The suit had been brought by Logan A. Marshall against Mr. Sonneman to recover a balance alleged to be due on a promissory note dated November 2, 1903, and drawn by Meyer Fink, so it is alleged, for $4,000 to the order of August Sonnrman, and by him endorsed over to Mr. Marshall. Mr. Sonneman claims that he never endorsed the note, and that his signa- ture as endorsed is a forgery. This is the second trial of this case. A former trial was reversed by the Supreme Court, which tribunal decided that a notice of protest signed by a notary public, and personally delivered by him to the endorser is not sufficient to charge the latter, where it appears that the notice was addressed to another person than the endorser and stated that the holder looked to such other person for the payment of the note. Lawyers Glessner, Hoober and Wiest appear for Mr. Marshall, and Niles & Neff for the defendant. Handwriting experts played rather an important part in the trial. Mr. Sonneman has denied that the signature on the $4,000 note in question, which purports to be his endorsement, was written by him, thus raising the issue of forgery. It was in this connection that several samples of handwriting some of which were written by Mr. Sonneman, and others which were the work of penmen who attempt to imitate Mr. Sonneman's signature for the purpose of testing witnesses, were submitted in court. Mr, Sonneman himself was asked to pick from this list his own signatures and those which were admitted to be imitations. While the charge of forgery is made in the case, the first thing upon which the defense relies to win is the allega- tion that the notice of protest given Mr. Sonneman at the time the note fell due some years ago was not sufficient to hold him. The claim is made that the notary in delivering the protest notices gave to Mr. Sonneman the one intended for Mr. Marshall, the plaintiff in this case, and the man who advanced the money on the note, while the one that should have gone to him was given to Mr. Marshall. Notary Public Kraber, who served these notices, is of the opinion that he did not mix them in the manner stated, but it appears that Mr. Sonne- man has in his possession, or rather his attorneys have, and have had since the time of the protest, the notice addressed to Mr. Marshall. It was on this point that an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court after the first trial of the case two years ago, and it resulted in the reversal of the verdict for the plaintiff and an order for a new trial. A verdict was returned for the de- fendant and the plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs. H. C. Fauth, who conducts a cigar factory in Red Lion, was arrested Thursday night and placed in jail after confessing that he had been stealing tobacco from the warehouse of John Shindler and converting it into cigars. Shindler declares that the stealing from his factory has been going on for more than a year, while other tobacco manufacturers of the town have been strangely missing some of their finest leaf for years. The town is poorly policed, and gaining access to the frame factories is an easy matter. Fauth was captured after he had locked himself in his factory by Detec- tive Grant Raub, who climbed a ladder and entered a broken window. Mr. Shindler accompanied the officer. "That's your tobacco there, John," said Fauth. "Let's fix it up; I'll pay you for it." Fauth, however, was committed to jail. Members of the trade are conspicuous in the political arena at present. August Sonneman, Jr., a son of the well known leaf tobacco packer, is a candidate for Recorder of Deeds on the Democratic ticket; Z. B. Toomey, of Dover, a ci- gar manufacturer, is out for the County Treasurership, also on the Democratic ticket; A. D. Hoover a cigar manufac- turer at Star View, is seeking nomina- tion for Director of the Poor. GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford, Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer. Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN HREEOER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY K Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED.ICONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN ^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ana i^ • A t and Pine Nickel V^lgaPS J For Wholesale aoJ Jobbinii Trade ^ CorrpspooHpnce wllh llo-.p >nsihle Houses InvKori ^ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ > (t Im-j^ii libn tsonin Jt Tinst ii ♦'! Ct.Broo klnn.N.V. ■.ni Hastlnndolijl) Ot.CCliitago.Sll. * . , «^<%%«^«% %(%<%«/%««« » John McLiiu-'hlin. 1 J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholeule Dcftlera in All Kinds of • Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos > Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER, PA. 18 Cigars as Financial Barometers. in its way the cigar is something of a prosperity index, says the Richmond Dispatch. Within limitations it de- clares "ratings" like some handy and up-to-the-minute D jn's or Bradstreet's. .Vhen times are booming and money overflowing, genuine Havanas, with no aint of Connecticut or New Jersey in cheir ancestry, blossom in pocket-cases ind mouths everywhere. When stocks 3 ump and currency tightens, they dis- appear as by magic. Men who have smjked the costly brands then come >i jwn to middle class ones. Those who nave smoked the middle class sort de- scend to the cheap. Those who have snoked the cheap cease using any. I'hsy look about for the old briar pipe vvith the black bowl and the much chewed rubber bit. This is merely one way of saying that a man'd cigars ate his first and most obvious economy. That many men have been scrimping themselves here of late is made evident by the figures. In October, 1907, the produc- tion of cigars in this country amounted CO 732,541,850. In November the pro- Juenon amounted to 576,950,550 cigars. In December it amounted to 488,42"^,- 370. This is a falling off of some 35 P:>r cent, in two months. While details are lacking, it would doubtless be safe cu assume that most of this loss was in Che more expensive grades. The fact chat there was also a decrease in the production of cigarettes during these (Honths indicates, further, that the men who "gave up" cigars either re- sorted to the pipe or the quid, or gave up ihe weed altogether. But this setback of the cigarette is doubtless only temporary. Its popu- latity has been growing by leaps and bounds. While cigars showed a decline of some 20,000 000 in 1907 over 1906, the output of cigarettes increased by 930,061,509. Neither hostile legislation nor parental castigations nor the gibes of the jokesmiths have been able to check the rihe of the little coffin-nail. Death of Smith Fields. Fulton. Ky., Feb. 27. Smith Fields, one of the foremost financiers and wealthiest men of West- ern Kentucky, President of the City National Bank, senior member of the firm of Fields Bros'. Tobacco Company, the Italian Government's agents, senior member of the Fields- Wearan Whole- sale Grocery Company, and a director of the Alexander County National Bank, of Cairo, died here today at the age of torty-two years of tuberculosis after a lingering illness. Mr. Fields was known in this section as the "Tobacco King," and ranked as the wealthiest man in the county. Though still comparatively young, he had made remarkable success in the to- bacco prizing industry, and was also a financier of no mean rank. He had re- cently built a $10,000 home in Fulton, and is survived^.by a wife and three daughters. rAHUSSEvl LEAF TOMCCO CO. Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, COI\N.) Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFItLD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Qualit? -OR THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MIAIL ORDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ? CHICAGO ST. LOUIS nsj STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HERiVlAN DELUE iij^^^ York, Penna. •■•MiflW Maker of Delman 5& Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale * Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses ■EVJ. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS f R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: 56ff Bear. S^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. 1 M mr ' ur ?s (rticnlars. They are indispens- able in If'if packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦^^ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ¥ ♦ ♦£4 ♦^^ tit ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. J. f leiscKKaMer 14 Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f f TKLKPHONE 1561 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦'v ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APIHNO »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ :^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIQN5 ♦ f /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ■* JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa, JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co. Luhrman & Wilhurn Tobacco Co. Blackwcll Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU fo GET MY PRICES before orderini^ ^oods elsewhere. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON i \uctioneers and Commission Merchanls '^ 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA \ Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday ! Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles \ Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco ' Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ..Any Flavor Vou Need.. We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. WeMl Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprielor. Hanover, Pa. Xj J J Caveats, Trade Marks, JiRtCIllS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^''"^n.ff.T'' John A. Saul Le Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. iB ^rllA H.tu.in* fill. I i i Briliiant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS Gccci as Government Bonds K.-iiisiered Br.ada ^•BRILLIANT STAR'^Kar Havana . lOc. it • * *'i!'. L." i3«-tii i»nil Iljvana KATHLEEN O'NEIL' VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . I he.se Umnd.'s S> II un Mrrit and (Constantly Kept at. Try I hem u..d Ju^(i.> fur Yuuisclt V» hy ihJs Factory Never Shuts Down . . 3c. 5c, 3c« STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I IN 1 A R E R 1 Q U E MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOU E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ri^S; THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S H. Kohler Manufacturer of High Grade Nickel and Seed and Havana ..CIGARS.-. VIOME Ri/^ Factories, Nashville and Jacobus, Pa. Main Office, Nashville Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Houses invited. ' M i^ l^ ^^^^^H ^^^^^^1 BK^ •^^^^^^^B 1^ Jr^l^y- V ^ ^1 ■ifliHH T?^ ^^ ::.t»cK«^'^"^^ Established in 1881. ) [., No. 11. I Vol. XXVIII. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MARCH 11, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGNIZED STANDARD C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS CIGARMARLRS' KMVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACTLRERS OF • • • Cut Plug Sliced Plug CENTRAL UNION IDLE HOUR EPICURE Cei/.r.r) Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND, VA. J J V V, p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ■^ / Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDBR & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York ) r I^^THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D :^ "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED T HILADELPHIA ! B9 %mm^} Km W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) II Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeuce with Responsible Houses Solicitod Manufacturers 615 Market St.. Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ■^ ) ^ '^k » " < Faclnry 18.')9. First nistrlct Penna. i /,// ■w^ .6L '-'/<' tHEBEST ?>:>';' ^/^v Vv' rUNiONMADE S /:, nV .'^^^^-^T.'" U' % i m \i* K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa •^-: SiCiaAR ' oh tne Market ^*^i^ Manufacturer I Reading p^ V* ^< "^ w^ i Write for Samples ^Prices \A/ci n + oH-^U'^'^'NGS-SCRAPS-SIFTINGS p^^ Qpi Ip i VVClllLeU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. ■ ^> V^CIIC| Tel. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 11 PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 11, 1908 One Dollar the Year The Tobacco War in Kentucky. Memorials Against Free Leaf Bill. Warehouse Burning, Seed Bed Scraping, Wire Cutting, etc., on One Side; Threats of Retaliation, New Law, Injunction, Military Protection on the Other. The outrageous acts of night riders CUTTING TELEPHONE WIRES. atill continue despite the statement j^^- Olivet, Ky March 5 repeatedly made that peace was here a band of night riders, composed of at last, or that a truce had been formed, about twenty-five masked men, eup- «tc. But the depredations have become posed to be from Nicholas county, more diversified. While the destrue- made a raid through Robertson county, tion of warehouses by burning them The men came in over the Blue Lick continues as a leading pastime of the and Piqua turnpike to Piqua. where it lawless, there is also much injury and jg said that they fired several shots damage inflicted in other ways. The into Curtis Bros.' store. Estil Curtis, a scraping of seed beds is now looked member of the firm, having recently upon as an effective means of hindering bought several crops of non Equity to- those who desire to raise the usual bacco. Before leaving Piqua the raid- crop this year, and for which prepara- grs cut the telephone wires between that point and Mt. Olivet, and then came on through Mt. Olivet. After cutting the telephone wires ^. , ^ . , , between here and Sardis, at the north The large tobacco warehouse of __j _f 4.1,^ ,.„„,„ .. „ _ ■ . , _j p c^°.:i. :_j J 1. L ^"" ^^ ^"^ town, the mob proceeded out the Sardis pike about one mile, where a wagon loaded with tobacco Independent Tobacco Manufacturers Take Action and Urge the Support of the Cigar Trade. Since President Cullman, of the Na- tional Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, tion are now necessarily being made BIG WAREHOUSE BURNED. Frankfort, Ky., March 5 ge tobacco warehouse Head & Switzer, independent buyers at Switzer, seven miles east of this city, ori the Frankfort and Cincinnati ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^„ ^^^ ^^^^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^ railroad, was burned down. It is said ^e taken to Maysville Thev upset to have contained 100,000 pounds of t^e wagon and scattered the tobacco unpooled tobacco. Conflicting reports have reached town this morning as to the origin of the iire, but no one has been found who saw night riders in the vicinity. It is said over the road, THREATS OF RETALIATION. Mt. Sterling, Ky., March 5. A sensation was caused here when it that an overturned stove started the became known that many members of blaze, but this cannot be corroborated the Society of Equity in this county now. The warehouse and contents are had received threatening letters re- said to have been insured, but the warding tobacco raising. A letter sent to J. M. Bigstaff, the wealthiest man in the county, was inclosed in an en- Telephonic communication with the ^«'°P« ^^^'^^ ^''° contained powder and matches. The notice reads : Dear Sir :— This is to notify you if there is any beds or any tobacco de- stroyed in Montgomery or Bath coun amount is not known and the fact can- not be substantiated. little village is cut off over one line, and no one can be secured over the other at this hour who can give full de- tails of the affair. Franklin county is ties this 1908, you had better look out a strong Equity county, but with the fo"" your own property. Tenants, exception of a few mildly threatening Similar letters were received by letters the feeling against the growers other tobacco and cattle raisers, say outside of the pool has not taken tang- ible form. SCRAPING SEED BEDS. Owingsville, Ky., March 5. A tenant of the William Smithers being threatened. ing: "If we cannot raise tobacco, you can't raise any cattle. " Some of these letters were turned over to the postal authorities. This is the first instance of members of the Society of Equity farm, several miles north of this place, concluded to defy the no crop tobacco people and the warning of the night riders. He sowed a large tobacco NEW LAW TO PROTECT BUYERS. Franfort, Ky., March 5. A bill placing tobacco buyers under «io«f ^^A ™;fu ^.,^^^A i^^^^*.i * police control was passed by the House plant bed with avowed intention of Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 66 to rai8:ng a crop of tobacco this summer. 21. The bill will now go to the Senate. A gang of night riders went through It is designed to prevent raids of night his place, shoveled his plant bed into a bank, destroyed his new canvas, and riders in tobacco growing districts. NIGHT RIDERS INDICTED. told him if he sowed another seed they would tear him limb from limb. Will Wyatt, a farmer near the Mont- Hopkinsville, Ky., March 5. The Grand Jury returned an indict- ment Tuesday last against Robert , _, , , Wood, a young farmer, on the charge gomery and Bath county line, had of sending a threatening letter signed sowed several large plant beds, and he "Night Rider." Wood is held under also was visited by a large crowd of ^°"^ ^or trial on March 25. night riders who destroyed his plant MILITIA GUARD THREATENED SECTION, bed, rolled up the new canvas, dug a Hopkinsville, Ky., March 5. grave in one o€ his plant beds, and left State troops from Whitsburg, Ky., a written notice that if he sowed any have reached here and reported to more seed he would be buried in the Major Albrecht, who is in charge of the „.,„ «.!.„«. ,.L.„., . „j j„„ „„j .. „. .. militia guarding various parts of West- grave that they had dug, and that the ern Kentucky from the threatening at- canvas should be his winding sheet. tacks of night riders. lodged an objection against the Free Leaf Bill with Speaker Cannon of the House of Representatives, last week, which was fully reported in these columns in last week's issue, other interests have also become active, and there is now good reason to hope that this activity may culminate in a con- certed effort, joined in by all allied interests as well, that the defeat of the measure may be all the more certain. The following letter rceeived from S. S. Bloch, of the Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., Wheeling, W. Va , explains itself and clearly defines Mr. Bloch's unalter- able opposition to the measure, owing to the possibility of its great harmful- ness to a large and legitimate industry : "Wheeling. W. Va., March 4. 1908. "Editor The Tobacco World. Philadelphia, Pa. "Sir:— The enclosed petition has been mailed to all the Independent To- bacco Manufacturers for their signa- ture. Am also enclosing you a letter which WHS mailed with the petition. "There is no doubt in the mind of the writer that the cigar manufacturers are as much interested in defeating this Free Leaf Bill as the tobacco manufacturers, for this will enable any person to buy a pound or more of to- bacco and make his own cigars. It opens up channels for illegitimate manufacture and the harm cannot be estimated. "As your advertisers and subscribers are interested against this measure, would ask of you to attract their at- tention to the enclosed, and you can further say that the writer can furnish the cigar manufacturers with petitions like the enclosed for their signature. I am, Yours truly, (Signed) S. S. Bloch." The following letter was issued to the independent tobacco manufacturers, and sent in company with the formal petition or memorial. It will be remembered that Mr. Bloch has also offered to supply the petitions to cigar manufacturers or others inter- ested : "Wheeling, W. Va.. March 3. 1908. "Dear Sir:— At a meeting of the In- dependent Tobacco Manufacturers As- sociation held in Washington. January 20, 1908, the Association appointed the writer to look after any legislation that might be introduced in Congress in the form of a Free Leaf Bill. "You are no doubt aware that H. R. Bill No. 17520, introduced by Mr. Dalzell, was favorably reported to the House by the Committee on Ways and Means. Should you not be familiar with this bill would suggest that you write to your Representative for a copy. "There is no doubt that if this bill was passed, it would be very detrimen- tal to the interests of all tobacco manu- facturers and would jeopardize the existence of many. "The enclosed memorial explains the situation fully, and if it meets with your approval, will you please sign the three enclosed memorials, sending one to your Congressman and one each to the Senators representing your State. "Could 1 ask of you to let me know by return mail if you have complied with this request? It is essential that these memorials be signed and forwarded at once. "When signing the memorial please date same, having the name of your firm or incorporated company in full, and the City and State in which your factory is located. I am. Yours truly (Signed) S. S. Bloch." The following is morial referred to : a copy of the me- Memorial Independent Tobacco Manufacturers, aijalnst 11. R. Bill I 7520. "To the Honorable members of the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United Stales, Wash- ington, D. C. : "At a meeting of the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers Assoi iaiicn of the United States, held at The New Willard Hotel. Washington. D. C. January 20. 1908. a resolution was un- animously adopted protesting against the adoption of any measure by Con- gress which would permit the sale of Leaf Tobacco, for consumption, without the payment of the Revenue Tax. "H. R. Bill 17520 has primarily been designed for the benefit uf the grower in the present tobacco growing district, consisting of three or tour States. We believe, howevt^r, this is founded on an unwarranted assumption. In 1890 a law was passtd somewhat similar to the law now proposed, which law was subsequently repealed in 1894. During thp period that this law was in effect, it is understood that the consumption of raw leaf on which no tax was paid rose to fifteen million pounds per an- num, notwithstanding that the seller was then required to make a record of every sale made, which is not rt(iuired in this bill, and we believe that with the greater increased consumption of tobacco since 1894 that the consumption of raw leaf will quickly rise to 60.000,- 000 pounds per annum, from which the Government will derive no revenue. During the same period the price of leaf tobacco in the principal leaf mar- kets of the United States reached probably the lowest prices in the history of the trade. "The proposed law would be dis- astrous to the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers, and would have the effect of driving many of them out of business, after having devoted the best years of their lives to the up-building of a business which this proposed bill will seriously jeopardize, if not entirely destroy; and which is paying the Gov- ernment in all of its branches nearly fifty millions per annum, and so remove the only competitors which the farmers now have against the one great buying interest. "Under the proposed law, growers in the present tobacco growing districts will also suffer greatly, because a new class of growers will arise all over the United States, raising small crops of leaf for consumption in their immediate vicinity. "We believe that the Government will suffer severely in the loss of revenue that is now paid into the Treas- ury by the bonded tobacco manufac- turers by the opportunities for illicit manufacture, as tne bill requires no registration ; consequently, no efficient supervision by the Government officials is possible "We believe this is class legislation E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 8 E. A. Calves & Co.lD 8lT^ < FLOR de DOHAN & TAITT 0 &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^^^ J07 Arch St. Leaf TobaccoK ^^^ J philada. 4^RIB^ ■atabllshed 1825 LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK VELENCHIK BROS. '"-"tX'in LE AF TOB/ie©0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA /4^Mrhirt/St, Phi/ode/ph/a,Pa. Impov . iS and i>eaiers in ALL KINDS OF SEfA LEAF. The Empire Leaf Tobacco "^r^^'*^ SUMATRA Co., llbN.3dSt.,Phik H.5TRAUS ^.@;i9#iD^^©§)^ A.Loea IMPORTERS OF MI&908J!l«iiM3d9lV IHHILAOELPHIl^ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOliD LOEB & CO. importers of Sumatra and Havana •ad Pacicers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. ^ U Kruppenbach WMMK IN; LEAF T^ACCQ *''i *it ja42-44 N.ELllVF:NTt1. ST. PhiiADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T©BAee0 E. A. Calves &, COx^C>HaVANA, 123 North Third street ..IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLDS Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by tnc Government oi the Kepublic of Cuba jrfl'JUJii-.fiiyjijrsm^ llil:l:a:ili:iat»l:Ui:)lUli:fH:lJJH.IIM.Hm4l]:l. UO^^IONdeFi^RIC ANTES deTabacosyCIGARROS DELA ISLADECUBAi ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza 'que los tabacoscigarrosy paq^jetes de picaduraocjellevenes^aprccipfa son fabncadospor ^SSIL REPLBLiGA DE CUBA - LA PROPIEDAOflRTISTICAIJHDUSTRI/lL ESTAiREGISTRADfllNIOOOSlOSPWSESy repubiica-OE CUBA HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut, is a fac-simlle, in its actual size, ot the Frecinta or warranty stamp which is now used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these stamps, were made in Cuba by the Independent Manufacturers. Thus a copy off that warranty stamp attached to any box off Cigars and Cigarettes or to any packages off Cut Tobacco, means (hat (hose Ci- gars, Cigare((es and Cut Tobacco have been made in Habana. Cuba, wi(h (he genuine Tobacco Leaf grown in (he famous Vuelta Abajo DON'T FORGET THIS, RETAILERS, IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic : dark blue. and pernicious, inasmuch as it discrimi- nates against the manufacturer who is obliged to pay his internal revenue tax. whereas this bill allows the tobacco to s:o to the consumer without payment of tax. "These same matters were before Congress in 1905, 1906 and 1907, and the facts and reasons then presented will be found in the report of the hear- ings before the sub-committee of the Finance Committee of the Senate, which report is now particularly re- ferred to under date of March 1, 1907. "We, therefore, respectfully ask that H. R. Bill 17520 be not enacted into iaw." UNION GOODS HOLDING OUT. So Declares a Minor Official of the Organization. Milwaukee, Wis., March 4. John Reichert, business agent of the cigarmakers, has received a report showing the output of the cigar in- dustry, for 1907 as compared with that of the year before, there being a total decrease in the number manufactured of over 20,000,000. The larger part of this decrease was in the months of November and December, during the financial depression, and strangely «nough the decrease was larger in the non-union districts of New York and Pennsylvania than in the union dis- tricts. Little cigars and cigarettes show a slight increase. Petition Against Nashville Firm. Nashville, Tenn,, March 6. A petition in involuntary bankruptcy has been filed against the Shyer Cigar Co., of Nashville. The creditors enum- erated in the petition are P. C. Fried- man Leaf Tobacco Co., St. Louis; Tri- State Milling Co., Nashville; David Laser, Hot Springs, Ark. ; Julia Mc- Cann, ex., Nashville, and Schuster Bros., Milwaukee. Tobacco Works May Enlarge. Nashville, Ky., March 6. News has been received that the Nashville Tobacco Works are going to move the manufacture of two of their brands of tobacco to Nashville in the near future. When interviewed on this subject J. P. LeSueur, of this firm, stated that nothing has been definitely decided in the matter, but he did not deny fhat plan- were being arranged toward this end. If this plan is carried out it will mean a large increase to the present pay roll in this city, and a number of employes will find occupation who are now probably out of work. It is also stated that the Nashville Tobacco Works is going to experiment with several diflferent varieties of Ten- nessee tobacco, and if these experi- ments are successful it will mean an additional benefit to the city. More Buying in Wisconsin. Stoughton. Wis.. March 5. The best price reported yesterday for tobacco was 9^ cents obtained by Mons Staff, of Utica, who just com- pleted sorting the 1907 crop. The price was a good return as the work was done by the family and no great expense incurred. Nearly all the buy- ing is being done by agents of the United Cigar Manufacturers. Gilson Homme got 8 and 2 in the bundle. C. 0. Felland H and 2, Mons Have 7c. Even Ellestad 7i, Cal Whaley 8 and 2, Amon Anderson 7 and 2, Ed. Simonson purchased a number of crops during the day at about the same figures and expects to start sorting at his Stough- ton warehouse on Monday. I Handling will become more general soon now as the buying proceeds." ©c: STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior ¥ Makes a Specialty of Fitting Up Cigar Stores ^ o ^ Wood.. Work.. Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia M Q HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Leaf Stocks Slowly Decreasing, Some of the Present Stocks May be Carried Over to the Fall and Dealers May Move Slowly in Buying the New Crop from Planters; Would-be Buyers at that Time May be Limited to Remnants of Old Stock. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, March 2, 1908. As soon as some buyers have gone E. H. Smith, of Hinsdale Smith & Co., away satisfied with their purchases Ernest Ellinger. of E. Elilnger & Co., others are coming again, and therefore and Max Schwartz, of New York ; Fa- while business is by no means booming, cundo Arguelies and Celestino Lopez,of there is something doing and stocks Arguelis Lopez & Bros., Tampa : Fran- are gradually decreasing at last. Of cicso Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & course, if the present pace is kept up Co., Philadelphia; B. Rothschild, of and there should be no acceleration, a Rothschild. Sons & Co., and S. Shutan, good part of the present holdings will of Chicago. have to be carried over till next fall. Departures. — I. Kaffenburgh. for which would be a severe drawback to Boston; F. Bolano and Walter Sutter, our dealers, as it would curtail their for Chicago; Stephen Hart, for St. purchasing power to handle the coming Paul ; Manuel Vega, for London, Ont. ; £^£^!^ M^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^»M Rf BAVTISTA y CA."Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA I\eptLinO 170--174' Special Partner— Gume-sindo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Imthn Abajo Tobacco Aiclosively ^^BA^^^^ NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York PABLO PEREZ CANOIDO 0BE8C Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco^ VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo \eimm Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio." HABANA, CUBAc • • A VBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba '^^^.^ SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ ^11 1 and Dealers in ^601 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cable: "Cuetara" HAVANA CUBA GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 F. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ K. RODMIGUEZ B. DiflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobaeco Specialty: Vuelta Abejo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street. HAVANA CIIRa Cable Addre.st "JOSECAYRO" i j ■■^▼>^1^A, I^UBA c^^Aini^ ( orespondence Solicited In Endll.k ^- ^^l^ Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CnSTflJSlEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Havana Lieaf Tobaeco Bfido. Corner Dragones Street, HAVANA fi LOEB^NUNBZ HAVANA CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama 14^ and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA THE TOBACCO WORLD bales of dfTerent vegaa purchased in January. He says that in his opinion there are not over 5 000 bales of good, well cured Remedios for sale here, and that it is folly to expect to purchase these at any lower rates later on Very likely after these are gone the coming buyers will ha '6 to pay the same fig- ures for the second and third choice. If the new crop Remedios is flimsy in ;general, then the good heavy quality of the 1907 crop will be in active de- mand, and perhaps even sell at higher figures than are ruling at present. Sobrs. de Antero Gonzalez were sel lers of 1,000 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Frank Dominguez was a buyer of 400 bales of choice leaf for E. A. Calves & Co., of Philadelphia. A. M. Calzada & Co. sold 560 bales of Remedios last week. A. Guedalia made some purchases of line leaf, and is still trading upon more lots. Sylvester & Stern report to have sold 500 bales of Partido to their customers. Alfred and Victor Ettlinger left rather suddenly on the 26th ult., but their total purchases, on good author- ity, footed up to 1,000 bales of the best styles of all kinds of leaf. Bruno Diaz & Co. closed out 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Walter E, Sutter, after recovering from his attack of grip, was quite a liberal buyer of a number of choice vegas. c Gonzalez y Miguel disposed of 150 bales of leaf from their holdings. Facundo Arguelles and his partner, Celestino Lopez, have been in many warehouses and it is stated upon good authority that they secured several hundred bales of choice Vueltas and Partidos. Martinez & Co. sold 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. F. Bolano did a fair business, acquir- ing some very good vegas. Cardenas & Co. shipped 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo which they had sold to their customers. RECEIPTS FROH THE COUNTRY. fJOS Week ending Feb. 29 Vuelta Abajo 1,133 Semi Vuelta 74 Partido 26 Matanzas 6 Kemedios& S.Clara 1,004 Mayari 67 Total 2,310 ''^•m^^m^^ Since Jan. 1 Bales 10,306 1.002 193 259 12.267 1.210 25.237 Sale Rumor Denied. The N. & N. Cigar Co., of Reading, deny the report that they were about to retire from business. They declare they are too busy to think about selling out just now, and have been disposing of over 100,000 cigars a month. GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HDNTTING. E. Hartford. Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co, 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: -Calda' JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 y HEADOUARTICRS FOR Wisconsin Tobacco L. B. CARLE & SON Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. msl JOSH BILLINGS 3c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best >• — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. 1. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. NeWaFK, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. H^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B MRNEST SLLINGER & CO, Nos. 87-89 Pine street Importefs of HA VAN A TOBACCO New York TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. J New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, March 11. LEAF TOBACCO. OPFICCS : OETROIT, MICH. .AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA. CUBA. New York, JOt. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco 150 Water St., NEW YORK Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES. CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPOBTEBS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." OFFICEi 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA Xi^K a i^i^i^ and SEED LEAF lUUQCCU 185 Water Si.^ New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street. NEW YORK 10 New York Leaf Market. Tawney Anti-Coupon Bill their support. . Ask your friends to do the same. Do There was a moderate business done jj. ^o^ay. Now is the accepted time. in the leaf market here last week. The Immediate concerted action will wipe fact is that the 1907 crop in nearly all out the meretricious coupon. of the cigar leaf producing States is not fully up to the standard of recent years, and that is one of the reasons why it is not being bought up so rapidly. It is not, however, due to the fact that packers are afraid of accumu- 'Yours for honest merchandise, John W. Merriam, Presid.nt." m m m Londoners Coming Here. M. Isaacs, of Zeegan Bros. & Co., of London, England, has declared his in- tention of retiring from that firm on lating more tobacco than the market jyne 30th. He is expecting to come to may in time requ.re, for every bit of it New York, and hopes to arrive here by will be needed. Great caution is being July 6th with his family, and make hi» J . ... -^u - .; . home here permanently. experienced m selecting, with a view ^^ Zeegan, of the above firm, will to securing only such leaf as will in all be in New York, on a purchasing trip probability turn out satisfactory. No on April 18th. Mr. Isaacs has hereto- sacrifice is being made by present f^r^t^fg^fl^m^'"^ the American buying holders of goods, because of their abso- " • • c lute confidence in the future, and in j^^w Home for "Ganbro." view of the fact that the new goods ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ manufacturers of will certainly not be of a superior William the Fourth, and Ganbro brands quality or quantity, they all expect to of clear Havana cigars, and who are ultimately find a market at reasonable now located at No. 22 Fulton street, have secured new quarters at 417 East P"^®^- ,, , . . ^ Seventy sixth street. This ac, ion they Of the seed leaf variety the transac- g^y vvas made necessary to keep pace tions during the week were confined with a steadily growing demand for largely to Pennsylvania Zimmer Span- their product, The new premises will • u J \i7- -^„„:.. !.,„* afford them adequate facilities for ish and Wisconsin leat. „..^^ «■;.»,« t^^ ^^^^ n«j ^^.,4-„:.. -.u^.,4. , , L i. J sjme time to come, and contain about The Sumatra market has been steady 1^,000 square feet of floor space. and of fair volume. Little interruption • • • seems to have ensued as a result of the j^ p^,^^ ^ ^o. to Move. approaching inscriptions. i. u u j u T TT .Lu u u ii.i.1 Arrangements have been made by In Havana there has been very little Marcelino Perez & Co. to remove. change. Sales have not been large, about May ist. to new factory head- but were of fair number. • • • The Cl^ar Industry. In the cigar trade conditions also re- main rather unsettled, not only in the way of orders coming in, but the con- quarters at 70-72 Cliff street. The premises are centrally located, and afford ample accommodation for their force of cigarmakers. « • • Hussey Buys Cuttings. The A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. tinued stiff leaf market is puzzling issued a postal on March 6, announcingr many of them. The manufacturers ^^^^ H"^'' further notice they will „ , • i. • J • r L allow 11 cents per pound f. o. b. cars, have all along maintained an air of ab- f^^ g^od clean dry seed cuttings, free solute positiveness that the leaf mar from scraps, strippings, stems, dirt ket would show a decided change in and must, in exchange for any of their their favor, and they can hardly recon- K°o^s- This they claim, is more than • 1 ^u 1 4. «.u« f^,.*- <-k„f it. u the largest tobacco manufacturers are cile themselves to the fact that it has paying at present. not turned out that way. • • • That this branch of the trade is still News Notes. far behind the activity of last year is b^„„„ Neuberger, of E. Rosenwald clearly shown by the internal revenue & Bro., sailed for Eurone on Tuesday returns, and in the two principal Met- last, on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm ropolitan districts a decrease over Feb- ^^' ^^- Neuberger has been visiting ,.ary. 1907. of 23.000.000 i, shown, and ^„rretTarl"'o'/tre'i"!t*26 ;r«:''- is composed of a falling off of 9,719,550 in the Second District and 13,583,530 in the Third. • • H. Upmann, of the famous cigar manufacturing firm of H. Upmann & Co., of Havana, arrived in New York from his home in Hamburg, Germany, recently, and after only a short visit here sailed for Havana, where he has H. S. Rothschild, of Rothschild & Bro., left last week for a short visit to the firm's Detroit headquarters. Tobacco Trades Leafjue Action. The Tobacco Trades Protective League has become quite active in urging the many and extensive interests, passage of the Tawney Anti-Coupon Bill, and the following letter has been issued to its members and others whom it was thought could be effectively reached. Howard Stephenson, Pennsylvania "Dear Sir: The Tawney Anti-Coupon representative of E. Rosenwald & Bro.» Bill is now in the hands of the Ways was a visitor at headquarters here. and Means Committee in Washington. "Help us get the bill passed before The American Snuff Co. has declared this Congress adjourns and you will the regular quarterly dividend of IJ thereby deliver a "knockout" blow to per cent, on its preferred stock, and the ungodly cigar and tobacco trust 3 per cent, on its common stock,* pay- and also help raise the standard of the able April Ist. independent cigar and tobacco trade. "Write or ask your Congressman, B. Rothschild, of Rothschild, Sons & Senator or any one with influence to Co., leaf dealers at Chicago was a help us kill the octopus by giving the visitor in the New York leaf market # Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. ^^K THE TO BAG CO WORLD ^^^o^ A. COHN &. CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith &: Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA "T r\h^ ^* r> r> r\ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 CJ U Q Ci Ci O 125 Maiden Lane WHEN IN BALTIMORE STOP AT THE fi ^ ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and Onondag«L Warehouses t Addison. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. T O t> t^ ^ C O Weridl... N. Y E. Hartford. Conn CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED !^^^2t^~;;^^ liOTEl JOYCE 130 Rooms Elegantly Furnished Unexcelled Cuisine EOROKAN I Rooms VV y with Bath ;5^ and en Suite Centrally Located Opposite Camden Station Main Depot B. ^ 0. R. R. STOP AT THE New Princess HOTEL WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY Rates $1.00 per Day and Upwards SEND FOR BOOKLET HOTEL JOYCE Baltimore, Md. South Carolina Ave., 300 feel from Beach The Princess Hotel is newly fur- nished throughout with rare taste, and possesses all modern requisites for convenience and comfort of the guests. Golf privileges and privi- lege of the Atlantic City Yacht Club extended to the guests. American and European Plan A BOOKLET will be gladly fur- nished upon application Rates : Running from $12.50 co $30 per week, according to location of the rooms. For further information address CROWELL & COLLIER THE PRINCESS HOTEL Atlantic City. N. J. Favors the Tawney Anti-Coupon Bill. President Cullman, of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, Endorses the Proposed Measure. The following is a copy of a letter ad- keenly realized the demoralizing inHu- dressed to Hon. Sereno E. Payne, Chair- ence upon the tobacco trade, and espec- «^„^r>«, man of the Committee on Ways and ^^^'^ "P°" that branch engaged in the BETTER BUSINESS IN BOSTON your c ommittee will report the bill favorably and that it will become a law at an early date. Respectfully yours. (Signed) Jos. F. Cullman. Jr., President National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association. %«««<%^%« ,, J. ., rj c. TT J. n ^ manufacture of cigars, of the gift en Means ot the U. S. House of Represent- terpnse schemes that have come into atives, by President Jos. F. Cullman, existence since the repeal of Section 10 Jr., of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco of the Dingley act. We believe that Association, urging a favorable report reputable manufacturers as a class pre- fer to sell their products strictly on upon the bill New York, March 9, 1908. Hon. Sereno E. Payne, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. their merits and would never resort to these schemes were it not that in a few instances it has seemed necessary to adopt the methods of their competitors in the keen rivalry that characterizes the cigar trade. The passage of a law Dear Sir :-0n behalf of the National ^^^'"« InH^T.l^ r ZV"^^^ ^""n m T" Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, which P^.'^S^^.^.^^/rSri nn L "l^iui ^'^""^ is composed of a large number of pack- «" manufacturers on an equality. ers and distributors of domestic cigar This Association was largely instru- leaf tobacco and importers of foreign mental in establishing in the courts leaf, including substantially the entire the illegality of the various estimating cigar leaf trade throughout the country, contests conducted by the Florodora Tag I desire to urge upon your Committee Company and other similar concerns, an early and favorable report uoon the which were held to be lotteries and bill recently introduced in the Houst by therefore illegal. By an unanimous de- Representative Tawney imposing a tax cision, the Court of Appeals of the on redeemable coupons sold with statu- State of New York sustained our con- tory packages of cigars, cigarettes, tentions. and subsequently the Post- manufactured tobacco, etc. master General, acting upon an opinion When the so-called Otjen-Tawney of the Attorney General, ruled out of anti-coupon bill was presented in Con- the United States mails all advertising gress more than five years ago this As- matter relating to such estimating con- sociation endorsed it and sought in tests. every legitimate way to secure its The passage of the new Tawney bill passage. The history of the measure veould speedily remove the effects of 18 well known to you. including its final the (luestionable practices that have abandonment because of the belief of a grown up since the repeal of Section 10 majority of your committee that its of the Dingley act and would in no terms were unconstitutional. We are ^ay hamper the legitimate manufac- convinced that such an objeelion cannot turer in exploiting his products or in beurgedtothenewTawney bill, which, identifying them with his name and as you are aware, 18 drafted on entirely brands, for there is nothing in the different lines and contains none of the measure that would prevent or restrict features which rendered the former the use of cigar bands, labels, tags, measure repugnant to the Constitution, etc.. so long as the same are not re- The members of this association have deemable. We earnestly hope that Pleasant Weather Aids Retailers. Who the Workers are and How They are Working. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston. Mass.. March 9. Business conditions were a trifle better the past week. On several days the weather allowed retailers to keep open their doors, and this of course helps along the business considerably. Collections, although still quiet, are much better than they were, and mem- bers of the trade with whom I daily come in contact express themselves as being confident of the usual good spring business arriving on time. The tobacco trust is advertising in our daily papers which tobacco tags they redeem for presents, and also stating that many of our retailers will redeem same for the public, who will save much annoyance and expense if they choose the latter course. I understand that the House of Lords, the new 25 cent package cigarette, is a failure, and the trust is now back again working on the Egyptian Deities. The price of the "after dinner" bize has been reduced— so that the retailer can sell same at 25 cents a package and make a reasonable profit. Victor Sheppard has been engaged by the Khedivial Co. of New York, and has already started in a heavy adver- tising campaign on the Oxford cigar- ettes. Hundreds of window displays are to be made in Boston and every retailer's window obtainable will be painted up in various shades of water color to boom the Oxford brand. The Khedivial Co. 's new cork-tip 15 cent package. Alma, is selling nicely, owing to the clever salesmanship of Sam Marcuson. the firm's Boston represent- ative. Another 15 cent package selling well here is the Royal Nestor. Charley Ellis has a crew of three hustling fellows under him and the showing they are making would lead one to believe there were a dozen or more working on the Nestor and Royal Nestor about town. The Menashi Khoury Co., through the untiring efforts of Bros. Williams and Mulligan, have the Menashi cigar- ette on a sound selling basis. I. C. Rosenthal, of Rosenthal Bros., New York, makers of the R. B. and other brands of cigars selling well here, spent several days calling on the jobbing trade. This was Mr. Rosen- thal's first trip to the Hub and he de- parted well satisfied with his visit. He booked a nice sized order for his new brand— Rosenthal Bros. Special, from Rosenthal Bros., the Hanover street wholesalers, who will be the Boston distributors of same. Lynnhaven, the new 10 for 10 cents Turkish blend cigarette from the fac- tory of Ware Kramer Tobacco Co., Nor- folk, Va., has arrived and R. D. Carnes and George W. P'arant, the firm's local (Concluded on p. 14) 11 E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA .IMPORTERS of ff^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD APPEALING TO THE LAW. It is stated that the Burley Tobacco Society is proceeding in the right di- rection now and that it will resort to the law to right its wrongs. This is a creditable act, and Ken- tucky, like other States, is pretty well protected by statutes, but even if she has the backing of ample statutory laws, and they are not enforced, what then? The cause of Kentucky's greatest present trouble dates back several months, and in that time vain efforts for relief have been made by appealing to the law. Not long since some of Kentucky's lawless citizens failed to be indicted by grand juries, notwith- standing the overwhelming evidence of their guilt of the charges of arson, murder and other heinous crimes. If the Burley Tobacco Society now suc- ceeds in its boasted effort of appealing to the law, and succeeds in securing proper and effective legal action, it will have done much toward the re- demption of the good name of the State as a law abiding commonwealth. — The Kentucky Senate, on Friday last, passed the Crecilius bill, which tobacco growers say will cause the end of nieht riding. It had already passed the House. The bill provides a fine for anyone who violates his agreement to pool tobacco.— Daily Paper. Well, perhaps that will be an easier method than blowing up tobacco wagons with dynamite, or burning the tobacco barns. To a man up a tree it might seem that a section could have been added providing imprisonment for any man who plants tobacco in Kentucky this year. HARRY REEDER ON THE LEAF SITUATION. Editor Tobacco World : You will doubtless recall that through your columns I broke into print four- teen months ago telling the trade that they had gone crazy on high prices, and now I think the amount of pessi- mism in the trade is entirely unwar- ranted and they are going to wake up in due time to find that business has not gone plumb to the demnition bow- wows. There is not one pound too much good tobacco in the country today, and while I certainly agree that prices have been abnormally high and that there has been an adjustment of condi- tions going on, I do claim that good, sound, serviceable tobacco will be sought after with avidity before the roses bloom in June. In the mean- while, packers have learned a lesson, and the new crops will be bought at such prices that will enable them to make a fair profit and sell the jobber and manufacturer at a price which will let them live. The speculator has had his day, but stayed too long and had his wings clipped. The era of the business man is at hand. Sincerely, A. H. Reeder, Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. Dayton, O., March 6, 1908. —There is no other means by which a man enlarges his trade that approaches advertising in effectiveness. There are no better means of accomplishing such results than by the use of trade paper advertising, by which means he would 12 i\ /I THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday INCORPORATED 1902 BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street. Philadelphia Cable Address, "BaccoworlH." Havana Office. Prado 36. Altos. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year ; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered al the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 11, 1908. be sending out thousands upon thou- sands of couriers among the people directly in the trade, and more thor- oughly acquaint them with his goods. Thus he becomes better known to a steadily enlarging trade, and a steadily enlarging trade means new customers and an increased business. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The leaf business seems to have been about the dullest branch of the trade for the past few weeks. Business among jobbing houses would have been practically at a standstill had it not been for traveling men on the road to personally solicit the business. A ma- jority of them, however, report that it was only by the most earnest endeavor that a fairly good showing could be made. The demand for leaf had to be almost created. Mail orders were practically nil, save in the case of re- tailing jobbers. There has been no movement of goods in bulk, and even large packing houses are resorting to jobbing movements to place goods. Trade in Sumatra has also been com- paratively quiet during the past week, and only a few small lot sales were reported. The Havana market remains un- changed in prices and general condi- tions. The manufacturers have held their forces together pretty well. Salesmen on the road are meeting with fairly good success and mail orders are also coming on with some degree of satis- faction. Some feM complain of collec- tions being rather difficult, and that it retards their progress to some extent. Last week was rather favorable to the retail trade so far as weather con- ditions were concerned, and with it the volume of business was also somewhat improved, particularly among those who have a transient trade patronage. Since the beginning of the financial stringency last fall the retail dealers have been sailing more closely to the wind, in that they have not been adding much to their stock in many instances, or by taking on new lines of goods, but have contented themselves by handling only their former regular lines, which require a little less money. Certainly it is not encouraging to the manufac- turer who is endeavoring to expand, but it is one of the conditions which he has to meet. There were but comparatively few visiting salesmen in the city during the past week. Among them were J. M. Alvarez. Jr., (Y. Pendas & Al- varez), E. P. Jeffreys, with the Sur- brug Co., H. G. Alces, with Simon Batt & Co., and Harry Prochaska, who came here in the interest of Balbin Bros., New York and Tampa. Mr. Ellis, representing M. Melachrino & Co., of New York, manufacturers of high grade cigarettes, is expected here shortly. The goods from the Melachrino factory are being favorably received here. Arthur Hagen & Co. reported an encouraging improvement in trade con- ditions during the past week, which was the beginning of the arrival of mail orders in numbers. The increased activity began Monday morning week last, and continued through the week. George Frings, of J. Frings' Sons, has returned to this city after a short, but well earned, recreation trip to Florida. F. D. Ware, President of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., of Norfolk, ar- rived in Philadelphia on Saturday morn- ing, after a flying trip through the Middle West and as far Northwest as Minneapolis. Mr. Ware stated that he was much pleased with the progress which was being made in the sale of his goods at all the points covered by him. In Philadelphia he found the progress mad«^ was particularly good. F. Eckerson, of F. Eckerson & Co., Havana importers, is at present in Cuba, and reports the purchase of several desirable lots of Havana to- bacco for their trade here, and the leaf is being promptly forwarded to Phila- delphia. Jacob Labe, of B. Labe & Sons, has gone on a flying Western trip. Upon his return he will prepare at once for a trip to Amsterdam to attend several of the spring inscriptions. His son, who was recently operated on for appendi- citis, has improved very much and is believed to bo on a sure road to full recovery. «^ Frank Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & Co., is still in Havana, where he is diligently looking over tobaccos in the hope of flnding suitable stocks for their trade. Owing to the conditions pre- vailing in the market there it has been slow and arduous work. "Lynnhaven" is the name of a new cork-tip Egyptian cigarette, made by the Ware Kramer Tobacco Co. and being placed on this market by Arthur Hagen & Co. When Mr. Ware was here last week he seemed quite san- guine of the success of their latest creation. Lynnhavensare neatly pack- ed. 10 to the box. and retail at 10 cents. %/% John T. Dohan, of Dohan & Taitt, has been for several weeks in Wis- consin, superintending the handling of th<)ir packings in the Badger State, and has just returned to Philadelphia. v% We understand that George Meade, with Jos. Way. and in charge of the 911 Market street branch, and John H. Keely, a popular retailer of 260 South Eighth street, are planning an extended trip through Europe, and are expecting- to start some time during March. Why not make it a trio, by taking Robbie ? The numerous displays in hotels^ cafes and high class stores indicate that there is something doing here on the New Seraph cigarettes of the Mentor Co., of Boston, which are be- ing handled by Arthur Hagen & Co., of this city. John F. Schnupp, until a few weeks past, was a salesman and office man with L. G. Haeussermann & Sons, but resigned his position to connect himself in a similar capacity with a Lancaster leaf packing house. F. B. Robertson, has relinquished hia offices at 1031 Spring Garden street, and now receives all his mail at P. 0. Box 428, Philadelphia. His entire time is now devoted to looking after his trade and in developing the sale of his Arm's product. Only a few days ago he gave a demonstration of his goods at the re- tail establishment of W. A. Haug, 17 North Ninth street. It was done by not only having a personal chat with many of the numerous customers who came into the Haug store, but an en- velope containing a sample each of Match-It Cheroots and Manchester Stogies was handed everyone -and the sale of these goods was effectually in- creased by it. S. S. Shivers, a district manager of the cigarette department of Arthur Hagen & Co., has just spent a week in Philadelphia, shaking hands with old friends and making many new onei. The Burley Cubs little cigars are ap- parently a decided hit in this market, and dealers declare they can hardly keep a stock on hand. In an interview with a member of the creditors' committee of the Robert Klee affairs, we were informed that fully ninety per cent, of the creditors had consented to a proposed plan of settlement of his affairs on the basis of 25 cents on the dollar. It is hoped to secure the consent of all the creditors before the project is pushed to a finish. A Convention JCommittee was ap- pointed at the annual meeting of the Philad'a Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, on Tuesday afternoon, and before the day closed the Finance Committee had practically assured itself of the pe- cuniary aid necessary to successfully carry out the plans. m I m • I I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esubiished isso Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. €^^ THE TOBAG CO WOR L D y^MSkt To Protect the Gmsxmiers agDinst t] of Imitators of this Old Tbae Famous Brand of Ci^ar EvewBox of the Genuine portuonpo Cigars MANUFA6TURED ONLYKT .t'V: ^m Re^Btcred la U. S. Patent Office I The JumEforhiondo (^arMS.G). fflO'lH6 ^an>som ^.PLilaJelpHa MEETING OF PHILADELPHIA LEAF BOARD. Held Annual Election of OlTicers and Appointed a Special Convention Com- mittee. Delegates to the National Con- vention to be Appointed by President. Entire Set of Old Officers and Board of Directors Were Re-elected by Acclamation. Philadelphia. March 10. The regular annual meeting of the Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade was held this afternoon, at the Harris Club, with a majority of the members of the Board present. The reports of the various officers were read, and showed that considera- ble business, largely of a routine na- ture, had been transacted during the year just closing. The Treasurer's report also showed the Association's finances to be in a very wholesome condition. A report was made by the delegates who attended the last annual meeting of the National Association, and was to the effect that an invitation had been extended to the National Association to hold their convention in 1908 in this city, and that the invitation had been accepted. This report was received with hearty favor by all members present, and steps were at once taken for a welcome reception and entertainment to the Na- tional Delegates. Two special Con- vention Committees were named, and were divided as follows: Finance— George W. Bremer, Jr., E. A. Calves, Julius Vetterlein. Entertainment — Leopold Loeb, F. Eckerson, John K. Young. When the matter of appointing dele- gates to the National Convention was brought up it aroused the greatest de- gree of animation of the afternoon's proceedings. There was soon found to exist a strong sentiment in favor of sending instructed delegates, that is to say, instructed to the extent that Ihey were to urge the National Association to consider certain matters which were deemed timely and important topics, and that if the matter came to a vote the Philadelphia delegates would vote in favor of certain views held by a ma- jority of the members of the local board. During this discussion Mr. Julius Vetterlein took advantage of a suitable opportunity to inform the men bers present that he feels that if the Asso- ciation does not stand out for a more fixed principle, and adhere consistently and persistently to that principle, it will fail to accomplish any real purpose. The real nucleus of success in an or- ganization such as this lies in the fact that it has specific purposes in view. He urged that the delegates to the National Convention this year be instructed to urge the adoption of certain measures. Mr. Vetterlein's remarks brought a resolution from Mr. Young, as follows, and it was adopted: "Resolved. That the delecrates to ♦he convention of the National Leaf Tobac- co Association be and they are hereby instructed to notify the National Asso- ciation that it is the serseof the Phila- delphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade that the Legislation Committee should receive specific instructions to the effect that there should be a specific uniform rate of duty on all imported leaf to- bacco: that said duty should not be more than 50 cents per pound, and that it should be assessed at the time of withdrawal. A'so, that they be in- structed to offer at the convention the following resolution : "Whereas, The welfare of the leaf tobacco trade and the cigar manufacturing industry are inter- dependent, the National Board should recommend to the various lo- cal boards the advisability of admit- ting to membership all cigar manu- facturers in the respective localities of the local board?, ard that the constitution of the National Board should be amended to conform with such resolution." After calling Vice President Bremer to the chair. President Rosenberg sug- gested that an honorary membership be created by naming several former and well known members of the trade, but nov/ retired, as honorary members. The suggestion was most favorably received and, by a unanimous vote, the following gentlemen were named aa honorary members : Jos. A. Bremer, G. W. Bremer, Sr., Theo. Bremer, L J. Dohan, Mr. Julius Vetterlein jocularly re- Arthur Hagen. John Hay, Max Bamberger, Julius Sundheim. UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES ►•< H. O. BURKV ►- M A K E R «N \ |/\_ HAND MADE | A -^ lUC. HAVANA CIGAR lUC. 5c. A HIGH GRADE CIGAR FOR 5c. Write for Samples and Prices FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING. PA. 13 Our Capacity fcr Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROCM FCR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. #S^^ THE T O B ACCO WORLD ^^H For Gentlemen of Oood Taste FELieE^ ri^ A HIGH GRADE R kJU. CIGAR FOrOC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lima, Ohio J T. J. DUISN «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 r. Dlst Street. NEW VORK «-ti-^Jfc.; t^^fi I. Louis E.Neuman&Co 123^-^Tol30^-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. - LABELS & SHOW >\ i_ s o RTED SAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- facturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar Mold Co., Cincinnati, 0. naiked that while the action of taking into the association as honorary mem- bers the several named as "now re- tired" was commendable, he felt that under the present trade conditions al- most a. I members of the leaf tobacco »rade were practically retired. This remark biought a round of applause. The ( lection of a Board of Directors and Officers for the coming year was next in order, ard at the suggestion of Mr. Young the entire board of directors and Sft of officers were re-elected by acclamation. They are as follows: Directors* :— H. W. Bremer, Harry Hirschberg, Geo. Burghard, L. G. Haeussermann, S. Weinberg. Officers : President— Morris Rosenberg. Vice President--Geo. W. Bremer, Jr. Secretary — J. S. Batroff. Tnasurer— W. H. Dohan. The meeting was then adjourned. President Rosenberg will announce his appointments of delegates to the National Convention at a later date. Better Business in Boston. (Concluded irom p. 11) representatives, have taken sample orders from most of our large whole- salers. Although the package is not a specially attractive one, the cigarette is one of quality and ought to prove a winner, if it gets the proper distribu- tion and advertising. J. Paris has purchased the cigar and tobacco store corner Hancock and Myrtle streets. D. Bonanno, of New York, manufac- turer of Italian stogies, is here taking orders from the jobbing trade. During the past 12 months, in certain sections of the city, the Toscani and Napolean- tani have begun to be big sellers and the cheap three for five cents cigars seems to have seen its best day since Italian stogies came to the front. Estabrook & Eaton are having a hard time of it with their Big Brothers since ! they changed the style from five for 10 cents to four for 10 cents. Although handsome presents were given away to help along the sale, the cigarros have fallen flat, and the sale is very light. Free samples are now being distributed, but that is not helping the goods sell so you could notice it. Ben Ali. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8 point measure) To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cattin^s, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orohard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICACO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6-51h We Want to Send FREE To every Cigar and Tobacco Man Our NATIONAL CATALOGUE of Tools, Supplies and Novelties a reference book that makes buying easy and profitable. Make your request on your letter-head today. NATIONAL SELLING COMPANY Allentown. Pa. ll-13ch L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown and separated ; 1,800 to 2,000 lbs. per acre; packets, 25 and 50c. Separated seed in 2J lb. lots and up, $4 per lb. ; single lb. $5. John S. Weaver,J:^:5 j Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t MONROE ADLER Ciiiar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. 111. 12-18he POR RENT— Cigar Factory, 32 by 80 feet ; 3 stories ; steam heater ; ele- vator ; good lighting system. Located on Phila. & Reading Ry., very close to depot. Low rent; good cigarmakers. Apply to Box C. Coopersburg, Pa. 3-4h pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all m good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf pOR SALE— One million Long Filler m^u "5^"^*^® Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-Stf NWA f) ra^^TH E TOBACCO WORLD SSS3 HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOB EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WOBLD'S FAIR. SI. H)IIS._1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES Firil Qu4lity. Long Filler, Hand Madr JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE. BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 5O.O0O.UJO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. VERY QUIET IN LANCASTER. February's Cigar Output Report Has a Depressing Effect on the Market. Kinports Factory Gets a Big Order. Lancaster. Pa., March 9. While the leaf market during the past week has not shown much revival in activity, packers are a little en- couraged by the increased number of inquiries which have been received. There have been times when the re quirements of the local manufacturing industry amounted to a considerable quantity, but lately their needs seem to have lessened and fallen far below the average, owing to the slackness of orders for their goods. It is not believed that even conces- sions in price would move a great quan- tity of tobacco just now, and there cer- tainly has not, in that respect, been a break in the market. The price of leaf has remained practically unchanged since January 1. There is little consolation to be found in the report of the Collector of Inter- nal Revenue, for the month of Febru- ary. It is but a reiteration of the sad story of January's decrease in output. The report of the sale of stamps Ehows that $144, 537. 36 in revenue was received by the Government. This amount repre- sents an output of 48,388,750 cigars during the month of February. For the corresponding month of 1907 the out- put was 63,629.976. During January, 1908, the output amounted to 51,712,- 958. By a little calculation we find that the comparison between the output of February, 1908, and that of Febru- ary, 1907, shows a falling off of 23 per cent, in the output. By making a comparison of the output for the month of February with that of January, wc find that the month shows over 6 per cent, reduction from the January out- put. The effect of this showing is plainly visible, not only in a quiet leaf market, but there seem° to have bIpo come a lull in the buying of the new crops Packers now seem less anxious to buy, even at recent prevailing figures, than they were before this information be- came known, and several large houses have withdrawn their buyers from the field entirely, at least for the present. Some of what are here called country packers were still driving, at last re- ports. There are a large number of factories in the county which are, at least tem- porarily, closed down, but soon after it had been made public that one of the largest factories operated in this city had closed, with no definite time set fcr re-opening, there also came the wel- come news tha^ an order for 2.000,(JOO cigars had been received by M. Kin- ports, at Ephrata, from the New York headquarters of the United Cigar Man- ufacturers' Co. A force of 200 hands is now employed, and more are bein^ taken on. E. B, Slote. a veteran leaf tobacco salesman who was fur a great many years employed by Walter S. Bare, now at Lititz, died last week at the Lancaster Hospital, where he had been under treatment for some weeks. The immediate cause of death is said to have been heart trouble, although the deceased had for several years been a constant sufferer from athsma. Mr. Slote had for some time prior to his ill La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FlIVE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. 10c."=UIMCUE JOSS"=5c Pretty Bessie i York Nick. . . . 5c, Best Known. .J Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 25,000 per day. Telegraph York, Pa. /^lir" r^ri:i«f ^^Hc^r^^ ^ *®*^ Filling $2.00 Fountain Pen and "The Tobacco World'* VyLir vJlt^Ql Wild • for one year, ([[Both for $1.50; the Regular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac- A PirQf-PljlQQ ^plf PilllTltf Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), wtiereby we can supply you with «*^ *• irol=\/lpni> ^Enot ii *hGt.BrnnlU\jn,\-.V. tTl HaotlRnnftiilpb BtCtliimgoJll. Guar IIahrb,I6anili; ^"Snmmings. I W%%«%%%%'«/W««i%i%^ V%%%«l%%% 4fWW^^W^/^ ^^'%%^% ^^%%^^^^ M^ !l John MrLauj^hlin. J. K. Kauffmaiv. I JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of t Plug Qi Smoking Tobaccos ' Also, All Grades of I I. Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco No. 307 NoHh Queen Si. \\ LANCASTER, PA. j 18 Caution for Cigar Dealers. A recent decision of the Treasury Department is of importance to all dealers in cigars. It is well known that many dealers in this commodity make a practice of removing the entire tops of cigar boxes, thus destroying the greater portion of the internal ri\ enue stamps. Such removal is made wiih the idea of gaining space in win- (]eller^i, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. i>: ]. B. Manufacturer of Hine Havana Hand-Made CIGARS No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars \ ^^vv^W^*'^^,^ CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES H. L. WEAVER Factory Jf)'*,! E. E. HCAVLI WEAVER 8i BRO. Manufacturers oi |^ S X ^ i^ o ^^'^ Jobbing V/ I g O I O Trade Only- For Quality. Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE MIUU, PA. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured.^by Himmelberger & Noll. ROBESOiMA. PA. The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes It Will Remove Rankness (rom Tobacco Take Away Mustine^s unci Give Clears Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETLNE Js specially adapted to ^^ive lliat Peculiar Sourish ICffect desired. Cl.askers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering.; what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* ^^^m^"^ And Qots .^•«IM Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York 4|»TABUSHE0 1671 The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. I ^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B VIEWER. SONS « cOAf/.^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West i7th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels Chicago. New York, Cincinnati ADEN BUwSER Manufacturer of r Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. ^ .J Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS. BANDS, ETC. Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^ U.S. 1 Sol» Owners and Manufaf^urers 22 INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgin^s 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. i.^ THE TOBACCO W O R L D :5MS3 Minnich Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9, 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTOX, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a ^iven time, with Jess labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurjtasst^d for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and qnickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes m'^nniactured Write for prices and full pirticulars. They are indispens- able in lenf packing and tobacco ware- houses* Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works LBndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^ 4- ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦^ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl# J« r leiscKhaxier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ¥ ♦ ♦ •^ LITHOGRAPHIfW ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 X X II ♦3t XH xt ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦^ Xt '—' —Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchanis 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Manufacturers and Importers of Havana Ci^ar Flavors, Casinji Wines, Corns, Exlrads, Be^unes, Sweetenings and Specialties for All Kinds of Tobaccos. E. G. FCKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, F'r . jrj J ^^-^o Caveats, Trade Marks, JlSL Z GH ZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^""'ZYicHeT'" John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding ver Shuts Do««n . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN I A P E R 1 Q U E MIXTURE 5Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORI E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPOOTCQK ««^ -X PUN AHFI PHIA ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» W. A. LAHR • Old Agc Telus The. Story Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer Red Lion, Penna. VIRUT4 Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. Volume 28 no.12 Missing LIBRARY • \f 18 Established in 1881 Vol.XXVni..No!l3 3.1 PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MARCH 23, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables J) RECOGNIZED STANDARO C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS CIGARMAKLRS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACrtRERS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE (*"c;/.r,r) Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND, VA. J J V V, p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York N r r Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDBR & ARGUIMBAU 1/8 Water Streety New York ^^M THE T 0 B A ceo WORLD M^^. r "■^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET OORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED r HILADELrHIA V. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) OMir Bris. k Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Fnctnry 1830, First District Penna W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeace with Responsible Houses Solicited W 11 I ^Sf^^M^j^ W^ WwA ^ W'^wk W/^^^ mm Wj ^^^K^KAMMgjy m\ E vii^^^^ J0^ ''^My^^^ SP^D£IV^ ^ . ^^•pohamc fi^^lOEE-^ THE BEST WWM MADE 5mMj ontheMarket M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer ! Reading p^ 5 i^-^^'i^i IV. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa '^ Write for Samples ^Prices f YVdllLeU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. ' ^i OdlCI T*l. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, hEW YORK CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 13 PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 25, 1908 One Dollar the Year TOBACCO HEARING CLOSES. Details Told o! (he Absorption of the English Corporation. New York. March 23. The hearing before United States Commissioner Shields in the proceed- ings brought by the Goveinmen' to dis solve the American Tobacco Company was closed today with the examination of William R. Harris, Vice President of the defendant corporation and chair- man of the directorate of the British- American Tobacco Company. Mr. Harris said he was in England in Sep- tember, 1902, when the arrangements were made for the taking over on Octo- ber 31 of that year of the Imperial To- bacco Company's plants and factories in England and Australia. There was one plant in London, two in Liverpool and one in Ashland Gate, all in England. The property taken over was paid for by an issue of stock, one third of which was credited to the Imperial To- bacco Company. The stock was sold for cash and of the proceeds the Imper- ial Company was paid by check about $3,000,000. With this purchase the British-American Company took over the good will, trade-marks and other rights of the Imperial in all foreign countries. In addition to the purchase of the plants in England, Mr. Harris further testified, the British-American for $2,- 434,864 bought the Imperial's plants and factories in the United States, lo- cated at Rochester, N. Y., New Or- leans, La., and Durham, N.C. The record of the hearing, which fills over 4,000 typewritten pages, by Judge Lacombe's order will, about May 18 next, be submitted to three Circuit Court Judges in this district, who will make the necessary certification to carry the matter before the Supreme Court of the United States. New Jersey's Cigarette Law. Trenton, N. J., March 19. The anti- cigarette bill introduced by Assemblyman Cattel, of Gloucester County, has been signed by Governor Fort. This act will undoubtedly lessen the sale of cigarettes among children. The gift or eale of cigarettes, cigar- ette paper or tobacco in any form to any one under the age of 18 is prohib- ited by the new law and a penalty of $50 fine or three months in the county jail is provided. Progress on Tampa Factories. Tampa, Fla., March 21. Work is progressing steadily on the Andres Diaz and Calixto Lopez cigar factories which are being erected in John H. Drew's subdivision of North- west Tampa. They will be magnifi- cent buildings, and these firms will prove tremendously valuable additions to the business and industrial life of Tampa. A large number of people have purchased lots in the vicinity since work was begun on these build- ings, all realizing that this is an ex- cellent field for investment. Leaf Men Want a Hearing. President Cullman Appeals to Senator Aldrich for a Hearing on the Free Leaf Hill. President Joseph F. Cullman, Jr., of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco As- sociation, has addressed the following letter to Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, chair- man of the Senate Finance Committee, protesting against the further oonsider- ation of the so-called Free Leaf Tobacco Bill, and asking to be heard should the Committee decide tu take up this measure: New York, March 20. help the tobacco grower in his effort to FARMERS DESTROY SEED BEDS. Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, Chairman Finance Committee, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C. find a market for his product outside the usual commercial channels, it would cause an enormous loss to the public Dear Sir :-l am informed that the •"^^enue. bill H. R. 17.520 entitled "A bill for The demoralization that would result the relief of tobacco growers," which throughout the cigar leaf trade, which was recently passed by the House, has 's an important special branch of the been referred to your Committee. On tobacco industry, should this bill be- behalf of the National Cigar Leaf To- come a law. can hardly be calculated, bacco Association, of which I have the The national revenues would undoubt- honor to be president, I desire earn- ediy suffer because of the facility estly to protest against the further with which unscrupulous cigar manu- consideration of this measure, but if facturers would be able to procure leaf jour Committee shall decide to take it tobacco from parties who are neither up for action, I would request that growers nor registered leaf dealers, for hearings thereon be accorded and that the internal revenue officials would have this Association have the earliest pos- "^ means of tracing such tobacco and Bible notice thereof. '" addition to the actual loss in rev- I enclose herewith copy of a letter ^"'^e, it would be necessary to greatly which I had the honor to address to the increase the present staff of special Speaker of the House, under date of agents and to impose additional safe- February 25, 1908, in which I outlined guards which would work a great hard- briefly some of the reascns why this ship to the legitimate trade. Thereput- Association as well as the tobacco trade a^'® registered leaf dealer would also at large is unalterably opposed to this ^^^ himself forced into competition measure. This is a particularly inop- with an army of unregistered, un- portune time for the passage by Con- licensed dealers, the majotity of them gress of a bill which would greatly re- having no fixed place of business or duce the revenue from manufactured commercial credit, and it would only be smoking and chewing tobacco and facil- a short time before this branch of the itate frauds upon the revenue by un- ^"^^^6 would be thrown into the hands scrupulous manufacturers of cigars and of commercial freebooters, ready at all cigarettes. Internal revenue experts times to enter into conspiracies with have frankly expressed their inability conscienceless manufacturers to defraud to calculate the probable loss of revenue the Government. that would result under this bill but it I have not undertaken to give you is perfectly obvious that inasmuch as more than a brief outline of some of every pound of taxpaid tobacco dis- our objections to this bill. Should it placed by untaxed leaf sold direct to be taken up, hov/ever, I shall be glad the consumer would cost the Govern- to present the reasons for our opposi- ment the full tax thereon, the alleged tion in detail and in such a manner that benefits to the tobacco growers to be I am confident they will prove convinc- derived would be exactly measured by ing. Respectfully yours, the loss to the national Treasury, In (Signed) Jos. F. Cullman, Jr., other words, unless the proposed law President National Cigar should absolutely fail of its purpose to Leaf Tob. Assoc'n. Fear of Night Riders Induces Ken- tucky Farmers to Destroy their Plant Beds and Quit the State. Lexington, Ky., March 23. Because of warning letters and visits from night riders, manj farmers in the 42 counties in the White Burley tobacco region are destroying their plant beds. Many huge signs have been erected de- claring the intention of the farmers not to raise a crop this season. Realizing the difficulty of making a living in case the decision to raise no tobacco is ad- hered to, other farmers are preparing to remove from the State, while many owners have placed their property on the market with the avowed purpose of leaving Kentucky. '*'*^i%<^^» Activity at Baldwinsville. Baldwinsville, N. Y., March 19. Hinsdale Smith & Co. received five carloads of tobacco at the freight house on Wednesday. Herman Slade is buy- ing for Rose & Wobbe this week in Clay. He is alleged to have paid as high as 7 cents a pound in the bundle. Mr. Kaiser, of Kaiser & Boasberg, has registered at the Seneca House and is buying extensively. C. S. Northup is still running a full force in Lysander. J. W. Upson has all hpnds at work in his warehouse and will continue the work into May. Dunham & Mills are assorting and bulk sweating for all who so desire. They employ a full force. In other parts of the State sales are reported from 3 cents to 10 cents psr pound. The crop is very uneven, having been harvested at all stages of development and much of it having failed to cure. Buying Slowly in Connecticut. Windsor, Conn., March 20. Tobacco buyers are playing the wait- ing game with the tobacco growers hereabouts, for to date only about one- fifth of the crop has been sold, and that at prices as low as six cents and not higher than 14 cents in the bundle. Last year at this time nearly every crop was bought up at prices ranging between 20 and 30 cents a pound in the bundle, but according to reports only 125 acres have been sold. New LaFayette Establishment. LaFayette, Ind., March 19. Having signed a five years' lease on a store room in the Family Theatre building Ferdinand M. Brown, a popu- lar young Lafayettean. will install brand new fixtures and open up a new "smoke shop." He will buy an entire stock of cigars, tobacco, etc., and will be ready for business by the first of April. His place will be known as "The Smoke Shop" and will be modern in every detail. He has contracted with the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Com- pany for the furniture for his shop and it will all be of the mission style. Art glass doors will be constructed in the front and a window sill will be made in the lobby of the Family Theatre. Two huge leather upholstered settees will adorn one side of the shop and the cases for tobacco, which will be of the old mission pattern, will have pretty art glass designs. When hnished in every detail the store will be one of the hand- somest and most attractive of its kind in the State. The store will be owned and managed by Mr. Brown. Ohio Factory Removal. Springfield, O.. March 20. Louis Bretzfelter has leased the Pa- trie Furnace plant in West Washington street and is making preparations to move his cigar factory from Bellefon- taine. Mr. Bretzfelter purchased the factory from the George A. Carr Cigar Co., of Bellefontaine, in October, 1907, and since then has increased the output from 20,000 to 50. (00 cigars per week. He will use the entire second floor at his new location which will allow about 5,000 square feet of floor space. He will employ about fifty people and will double the output of his factory. Mr. Bretzfelter has retained Mr. Boehm, of Bellefontaine, as manager. The bulk of the output will be shipped west of St. Louis, as many of the larg- est jobbers in that section are handling his cigars. The name of the factory will be changed from the Bellefontaine Cigar Co. to the Bretzfelter Cigar Co., and it is expected to be in full opera- tion by the first of April. E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA. 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA '^^M. THE TO BACCO WORLD MmMi. r '~\ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I H I LAD t Lr H I A V. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. ini Bros, k Co Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Fnclory 1839. First nistrU* Penna. \i. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa \A/^j^J.^^— CUTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS YY dl I LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. Tel. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, r\jEW YORK Fnr ^P^ lp ^ ^'^AR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I U I O a. I C I vVrite Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 13 PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 2S, 1908 One Dollar the Year TOBACCO HEARING CLOSES. Details Told of (he Absorption of the English Corporation. New York. March 23. The hearing before United States Commissioner Shields in the proceed- ings brought by the Govemmen' to dis solve the American Tobacco Company was closed today with the examination of William R. Harris, Vice President of the defendant corporation and chair- man of the directorate of the British- American Tobacco Company. Mr. Harris said he was in England in Sep- tember, 1J>02, when the arrangements were made for the taking over on Octo- ber 31 of that year of the Imperial To- bacco Company's plants and factories in England and Australia. There was one plant in London, two in Liverpool and one in Ashland Gate, all in England. The property taken over was paid for by an issue of stock, one third of which was credited to the Imperial To- bacco Company. The stock was sold for rash and of the proceeds the Imper- ial Company was paid by check about $3,000,000. With this purchase the British-American Company took over the good will, trade-marks and other rights of the Imperial in all foreign countries. In addition to the purchase of the plants in England, Mr. Harris further testified, the British-American for $2,- 434,864 bought the Imperial's plants and factories in the United States, lo- cated at Rochester, N. Y., New Or- leans, La., and Durham, N.C. The record of the hearing, which fills over 4,000 typewritten pages, by Judge Lacombe's order will, about May 18 next, be submitted to three Circuit Court Judges in this district, who will make the necessary certification to carry the matter before the Supreme Court of the United States. New Jersey's Cigarette Law. Trenton, N. J., March 19. The anti cigarette bill introduced by Assemblyman Cattel, of Gloucester County, has been signed by Governor Fort. This act will undoubtedly lessen the sale of cigarettes among children. The gift or eale of cigarettes, cigar- ette paper or tobacco in any form to any one under the age of 18 is prohib- ited by the new law and a penalty of $50 fine or three months in the county jail is provided. Progress on Tampa Factories. Tampa, Fla., March 21. Work is progressing steadily on the Andres Diaz and Calixto Lopez cigar factories which are being erected in John H. Drew's subdivision of North- west Tampa. They will be magnifi- cent buildings, and these firms will prove tremendously valuable additions to the business and industrial life of Tampa. A large number of people have purchased lots in the vicinity since work was begun on these build- ings, all realizing that this is an ex- cellent field for investment. Leaf Men JiYant a Hearing. President Cullman Appeals to Senator Aldricli for a Hearing on the Free Leaf Hill. President Joseph F. Cullman. Jr., of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco As- sociation, has addressed the following letter to Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, chair- man of the Senate Finance Committee, protesting against the further oonsider- ation of the so-called Free Leaf Tobacco Bill, and asking to be heard should the Committee decide to take up this measure: New York, March 20. help the tobacco grower in his effort to FARMERS DESTROY SEED BEDS. Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich, Chairman Finance Committee, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir :—l am informed that the bill H. R. 17.520 entitled "A bill for the relief of tobacco growers," which find a market for his product outside the usual commercial channels, it would cause an enormous loss to the public revenue. The demoralization that would result throughout the cigar leaf trade, which was recently passed by the House, has '« an important special branch of the been referred to your Committee. On tobacco industry, should this bill be- behalf of the National Cigar Leaf To- come a law. can hardly be calculated, bacco Association, of which I have the The national revenues would undoubt- honor to be president, I desire earn- edly suffer because of the facility estly to protest against the further with which unscrupulous cigar manu- consideration of this measure, but if facturers would be able to procure leaf jour Committee shall decide to take it tobacco from parties who are neither up for action, I would rcciuest that growers nor registered leaf dealers, for hearings thereon be accorded and that the internal revenue ofMcials would have this Association have the earliest pos- "o means of tracing such tobacco and Bible notice thereof. '" addition to the actual loss in rev- I enclose herewith copy of a letter enue, it would be necessary to greatly which I had the honor to address to the '"crease the present stafl? of special Speaker of the House, under date of agents and to impose additional safe- February 25. 1908, in which I outlined guards which would work a great hard- briefly some of the reasons why this ship to the legitimate trade. The reput- Association as well as the tobacco trade a^'^ registered leaf dealer would also at large is unalterably opposed to this fi"^ himself forced into competition measure. This is a particularly inop- with an army of unregistered, un- portune time for the passage by Con- licensed dealers, the majority of them gress of a bill which would greatly re- having no fixed place of business or duce the revenue from manufactured commercial credit, and it would only be smoking and chewing tobacco and facil- a short time before this branch of the itate frauds upon the revenue by un t""ade would be thrown into the hands scrupulous manufacturers of cigars and o^ commercial freebooters, ready at all cigarettes. Internal revenue experts times to enter into conspiracies with have frankly expressed their inability conscienceless manufacturers to defraud to calculate the probable loss of revenue ^^^ Government. that would result under this bill but it I have not undertaken to give you is perfectly obvious that inasmuch as more than a brief outline of some of every pound of taxpaid tobacco dia- our objections to this bill. Should it placed by untaxed leaf sold direct to be taken up, hov/ever, I shall be glad the consumer would cost the Govern- to present the reasons for our opposi- ment the full tax thereon, the alleged tion in detail and in such a manner that benefits to the tobacco growers to be I am confident they will prove convinc- derived would be exactly measured by ing. Respectfully yours, the loss to the national Treasury. In (Signed) Jos. F. Cullman, Jr.. other words, unless the proposed law President National Cigar should absolutely fail of its purpose to Leaf Tob. Assoc'n. Activity at Baldwinsville. Baldwinsville, N. Y., March 11>. Hinsdale Smith & Co. received five carloads of tobacco at the freight house on Wednesday. Herman Slade is buy- ing for Rose & Wobbe this week in Clay. He is allegtd to have paid as high as 7 cents a pound in the bundle. Mr. Kaiser, of Kaiser & Boasberg, has registered at thi Seneca House and is buying extensively. C. S. Northup is still running a full force in Lysander. J. W. Upson has all hands at work in his warehouse and will continue the work into May. Dunham & Mills are assorting and bulk sweating for all who so desire. They employ a full force. In other parts of the State sales are reported from 3 cents to lo cents per pound. The crop is very uneven, having been harvested at all stages of development and much of it having failed to cure. Buying Slowly in Connecticut. Windsor, Conn., March 20. Tobacco buyers are playing the wait- ing game with the tobacco growers hereabouts, for to date only about one- fifth of the crop has been sold, and that at prices as low as six cents and not higher than 14 cents in the bundle. Last year at this time nearly every crop was bought up at prices ranging between 20 and 30 cents a pound in the bundle, but according to reports only 125 acres have been sold. Fear of Night Riders Induces Ken- tucky Farmers to Destroy their Plant Beds and Quit the State. Lexington, Ky., March 23. Because of warning letters and visits from night riders, man: farmers in the 42 counties in the White Hurley tobacco region are destroying their plant beds. Many huge signs have been erected de- claring the intention of the farmers not to raise a crop this season. Realizing the ditliculty of making a living in case the decision to raise no tobacco is ad- hered to, other farmers are preparing to remove from the State, while many owners have placed their property on the market with the avowed i)urpose of leaving Kentucky. New LaFayette Establishment. LaFayette, Ind.. .March li). Having signed a five years' lease on a store room in the Family Theatre building Ferdinand M. Brown, a popu- lar young Lafajettean. will install brand new fixtures and open up a new "smoke shop." He wiil buy an entire stock of cigars, tobacco, etc., and will be ready for business by the first of April. His place will be known as "The Smoke Shop" and will be modern in every detail. He has contracted with the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Com- pany for the furniture for his shop and it will all be of the mission style. Art glass doors will be constructed in the front and a window sill will be maoe in the lobby of the Family Theatre. Two huge leather upholstered settees will adorn one side of the shop and the cases for tobacco, which will be of the old mission pattern, will have pretty art glass designs. When finished in every detail the store will be one of the hand- somest and most attractive of its kind in the State. The store will be owned and managed by Mr. Brown. Ohio Factory Removal. Springfield, O., March 20. Louis Bretzfelter has leased the Pa- trie Furnace plant in West Washington street and is making preparations to move his cigar factory from Bellefon- taine. Mr. Bretzfelter purchased the factory from the (ieorge A. Carr Cigar Co., of Bellefontaine, in October, 1907, and since then has increased the output from 20.000 to 5(),(()(t cigars per week. He will use the entire second floor at his new location which will allow about 5,000 square feet of Moor space. He will employ about fifty people and will double the output of his factory. Mr. Bretzfelter has retained Mr. Boehm, of Bellefontaine, as manager. The bulk of the output will be shipped west of St. Louis, as many of the larg- est jobbers in that section are handling his cigars. The name of the factory will be changed from the Bellefontaine Cigar Co. to the Bretzfelter Cigar Co., and it is expected to be in full opera- tion by the first of April. E. A. Calves & Co.<'^c> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Cox^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of^-^ * PHILADELPHIA ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD :^^B J. Vetterlein & Co.' m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia John T. Dohan FOUNDED 1853 fLOR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of Leaf Tobacco Wm. H. Dohan "^A^ELT^ 4^Rieit. 207 Arch St. PHILADA. ■atabllshed 1825 L ^^B Y S LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. I. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK VELENCHIK BROS. '"""tr'in LEAF TOB/ie©© Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA /4j^ M Third St, Pht/ode/phia^Pa. The Empire Leai Tobacco Co., ALL KINDS OF SE^il LEAF, m i HAVANA I (] IGpn SUMATRA 1 UUUUU 118N.3dSt.,PhiIa. K. STRAUS A.L^eB 90l&9082^ii^l^9lW PHILADELPHIA Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia LiEOPOLD LOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. and GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. DEALER IN LEAF TOBACCO k^' 1642-44 N.ELtVENril. ST. ftilLADELPH^\ J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAe ee A X N ^ \. E. A. Calves & Co.^^c"> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA g^^THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^M Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the iiovernment ot the Kepublic of Cuba ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza q(je los tabacoscigarrosy paq^ietes dc plcada^ac^*/^*/%^»^ Washington Cigarist Retires. Yakima, Wash., March 19. J. F. Moore, late of Minnesota, on Wednesday morning took possession of the cigar factory and retail business of F. X. Nagler, 5 East Yakima avenue. The deal has been pending for several days and was finally closed on Wednes- day. The new firm will be known as Moore Bros., a brother being expected here later in the summer. Mr. Moore, who is a practical cigar man. will retain the present quarters and continue to wholesale and retail. ©= © Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. © Cigarettes ARTHUR HAGEN & CO., General Agents, 151 North Third Street. Philadelphia. © a. I ^^Sthe tobacco world E. A. Calves & Co.^:'c> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Collapse of the Cigarmakers' Strike in Havana. And as Usual, the Workmen Pay tlie Cost of the l>nter- tainment. It Will Require Many Weeks of Work at Good Wages to Make Up Their Losses, while the Attempt to Dictate How Many Shall be Employed Has Entirely Failed. Trade Not Good Last Week. * Special Correspondence Business during the past week has not been as active, and it almost seemed as if neither buyers or sellers cared to increase their bids or lower their ask- ing prices in order to bring about larger transactions. The former mistakenly think that their cash is worth more than in normal times, and the latter, having an eye upon the less favorable aspect of the new crop, are not inclined to slaughter their holdings at any price. The continued drought in the island of ■Cuba is having its effect upon all the late plantings of tobacco, and even if it should rain now it is almost too late to do any good, especially as far as the Vuelta Abajo is concerned. Tobacco which has not reached its maturity by the middle of March has never given any good result as, when cut after this date, there are nine chances out of ten that the leaf will not dry enough before the rainy season sets in. As far as the crop in the Santa Clara Province is concerned it is also too late to increase the quantity of Capaduran of heavy quality, because, even if with timely rains a good deal more tobacco might be raised, it would be only of light quality styles. Some people think, and their argument appears to be sound, that prices have touched the bottom figures, and with an active de- mand prices are more likely to rise again or at least remain very firm. First class vegas, or escojidas which are thoroughly cured are only in scant supply, and are held by dealers who can afford to wait and take their chances. Some poor packings in the country have been sold at very low figures, as the owners were pressed for money, but the question for the manufacturer is whether he is not better off in using only prime leaf, even at higher figures, than poor stuff at a low price? Some more deals have of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, March 16, 1908. been closed, but the tobacco has not been registered yet, and other transac- tions are still pending, therefore the total sales for next week may be larger again. Shies for the past week summed up 3,550 bales, of which 2.300 were Vuelta Abajo, 150 Partido, 1,100 Remedies. American buyers took for their needs 1,350, exporters for Europe, 1,400, and the local cigarette manufacturers 800 bales. nnyern Come nnd Go. Arrivals: Matt Wengler, of Wengler & Mandell, Chicago, 111. ; Charles Se- mon, of C. Semon & Sons, Cleveland, O. ; J. M. Fortier, of J. M. Fortier, Montreal, Can. ; H. B. Tompkirs, of The Superior Cigar Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ; Manuel Lopez, of Calixto Lopez & Co, E. M. Falk and M. Wallach, of G. Falk & Bro., New York; M. Berriraan, of Berriman Bros., Tampa. Fla. Departures: L. W. Scott and Frank Davenport for Boston, Mass. ; J. M. Fortier for Montreal, Can. ; Felix Eck- erson for Philadelphia, and Dionisio Hevia for New York. Havana Clisar MannfaoiurerB The troubles of the Havana independ- ent cigar manufacturers seem to be finally over, as the strike has come to an end, and from today all factories will be at work again. The Central Committee of Federated Labor would not give in, but as the majority of the sensible cigarmakers finally saw that if they did not revolt from the unjust decisions, they would only starve them- selves, they bolted at last, one factory after another, and thus the movement collapsed. The cigarmakers themselves have recognized the fact that the man- ufacturer ought to be the boss in his own factory, and discharge any man for incompetence, or in case he has not LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO MUNII VENANCIO DIAZ, Speci&l Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and RENEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?" Havana RciIVaL 20, HaVaHaL P. 0. Box M SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAjO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTlSPiRITllS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Mercliant Leaf Tobacco and Cigan^ I O'Reilly SL Cable : "Blasco." Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidud en Tabaco de Sanfa Clara de Primera Clase AMISTAD 97, Cable: "CASIN" HABANA. ,IJi mil.Lll.ilM !■ I IMA ili|f.U!m^L.'BLH.L» -=r: H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA 1& INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED ^Mj H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 aCHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal -_ SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA pf ■ ^K T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Neptuno 170—174 Cable— Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo bemrens & eo. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ^' SOL" Brand Finest f acUa Abajo Tobacco fcclosively lit, ^ABA^^i wir£m NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba '^^r^.. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 Habana p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON lUNO DIAZ K. RODRIGUEZ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco RRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA PABLO PEREZ CANDIDO 0BE8C S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CnSTflriEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of J4avana Iieaf Tobacco Efido. Corner Pra?ones Street, H A V ANA Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco j VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta AbaJo Veiiafli Prado 121, Eotrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBA« • AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 12 J Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ 1! T^ L and Dealers in LlG^t i ODdCCO FIGURAS 39-41, C«ble: "Cuetara- HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Oealers in Leaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA Cble Address: -JOSECAYRO' < or.espondence Solicited l»*E«MII.h LOME NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA orders sufficient to employ all his forces, then he can lay off as naany men as he sees fit to do. This the Central Lom- mittee stupidly denied, and as its con- tention was based upon a false hypoth- •sis it was bound to be defeated. Be- sides, it usurped power in refusing to let the cigarmakers of each factory vote separately and in secret, whether they wanted to strike or not. Don Emilio Sanchez and his associates of the Central Committee have had a good «nough time themselves, but the cigar makers now feel very bitter against them, and there are even charges of not distributing the funds collected in a fair and equitable manner. H. Upmann & Co. are now workng with 400 cigarmakers in Avenue de la Independencia (formerly Carlos the Third street), besides 170 men at Cala- bazar and 60 at San Jose de las Lajas, thus turning out about 70,000 cigars per <]ay. This is proof enough that the H. Upmann factory has had enough ac- cumulated orders, and has put on full ateam in order to catch up. Behrens & Co., of the famous Sol factory, only.opened their doors today to their men, but will also be obliged to work hard for some time to come, to be able to clear their accumulated order slip. Bnrlns, Selling and Other Notes of Intereat. Ernest Ellinger has been making some heavy purchases of the 1907 crop, and he is a strong believer that all the good vegas of all kinds of leaf will be in active demand this summer. Rodriguez, Arguelles & Co. sold 1,400 bales of Vuelta Abajo colas to the buy- ers of the Spanish Regie. H. Upmann & Co. purchased 600 bales for account of their customers for export. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez were sellers to the extent of 500 bales of all kinds of leaf, and have several large transac- tions pending. J. M. Fortier is reported to have pur- chased 400 bales of Remedios. Muniz Hnos. & Co. disposed of 300 bales of Remedios. E. M. Falk and M. Wallach, of the firm of G. Falk & Bro., have purchased quite heavily of the 190Y Remedios crop, believing that at present prices it is good property to handle. During the last few years, when they visited Havana, they left invariably without baving bought any tobacco, but evi- dently this year they have changed their tactics, and this ought to be a straw to show from which side the wind is blowing tor those buyers who are still on the fence and cannot make up their minds whether they ought to come here and purchase or leave Havana to- bacco alone this year. L. W. Scott and Frank Davenport made some purchases to cover their necessities. E. H. Smith is said to have made some investments of a larger nature, although no reliable information could be obtained. Charles Semon is looking around and doubtless will not leave empty handed. Felix Eckerson was complaining that the tobacco was still too backward, but he has nevertheless made some fair purchases. Havana is still in its festive garb, and the new "Hotel Sevill*^," which opened its doors last week, is filled with tourists from top to bottom. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since March 14 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 1.039 12.696 Semi Vuelta 23 1,032 Partido 33 394 Matanzas — 261 Kemedios& S.C lara 296 13.743 Mayari 14 1.248 29.374 Total 1,405 DRUGGISTS STILL AT WAR. THE TOBACCO WORLD will be hot times on Westminster street when he opens up for business. Mr. Walker. Vice President of the Khedivial Co., N. Y.. has been here all week, going the rounds with Sam Mar- cuson,the firm's Boston representative. A new 25 cent paskage, called Lord Baltimore, will shortly be placed on the market. The package is an original get-up, and the Khedivial Co. expects it to prove a winner. The Hilson Co., N.Y., has notified the jobbing trade of a special discount of 5 per cent on its package goods, viz.. one per cent is allowed on all purchases be- tween March 16 and April 16, and on all purchases between April 16 and May 16. where the first order has been dou- bled, an extra four per cent is allowed. Emil Abraham has notified his many friends and customers that since the winding up of the affairs of the A. M. Pacholder Co., Baltimore, Md., he has connected himself with the Allen To- bacco Co., N. Y., makers of the popu- lar Telonette cigars. The Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. is do- ing some clever work on the new Lynn- haven cigarettes. Messrs. Carnes and Farrant are working night and day to make this brand a success. Lynnhaven has only been on this market a few weeks, and the duplicate orders coming in are very encouraging to the firm's representatives. Brother Farren, who sells the Poet, Marksman and the new Sagamore ci- gars for Joseph McGreenery. is quite a joker, and at all times original. He usually calls on the retail trade week- days and on Saturday calls on the job- bers for ord(>r?». A fpw wppkp aeo he called on a jobber and noticed ihac ihe Selling Cigarettes Below Cost and Hampering Legitimate Traders. Wage Reduction Announced and Factory Strike Feared. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., March 23. The cut price war on all the popular brands of cigarettes is still on. the Jaynes-Riker Co. and the Adams House 'Pharmacy being the leading partici- pants. Cigarettes are being sold a lit-' tie less than cost. The prices— Shinasi Bros. Naturals. 9c. the Pall Mall. 15e. and Phillip Morris, 15c are stunners, and wholesale tobacconists are having quite a hard time in convincing their trade that these prices are below cost. How long the war will be continued no one knows, but it certainly makes it very hard for retailers to get the full prices. Trouble is brewing again in the Pip- pin cigar factory. H. Traiser & Co. have notified the Cigarmakers & Strip- pers' Union that they intend to reduce the price on stripping tobacco half a cent a pound, and unless the union will agree to the reduction they will close their Pitt street factory and will con- fine their operations to their other two factories, where they manufacture ci- gars with tobaccos that are stripped in Connecticut, New York and Cuba, and come to the factory all prepared to be worked. Ever since the last strike of the tobacco strippers, most of the leaf tobacco has been stripped elsewhere. The union held a meeting at Fanueil Hall on Friday night, to protest against the reduction in price, and I fear that another strike will be the outcome. The tobacco trade colony at Winthrop, Mass., has organized a base ball club for the coming season, and will soon be ready for challenges. From advanced "info" I can state that there will be something doing before long. I expect to receive reports of the "warm ups," "try outs," etc., and same will be duly chronicled in my weekly letter. S. L. Bernard, Eastern representative of Wm. Glaccum & Sons, N.Y., makers of King Bird, Glaccum's Straight Five, etc., union made cigars, is meeting with much success. The cigars are duplicat- ing nicely in this vicinity. John P. Mangen (U. S. Tob. Co.) has returned from a successful trip to Low- ell, Lawrence and Haverhill, Mass., where he sold plenty of the Central Union, Honest Toil and Worker tobac- cos. Geo. Wise, formerly with the United Cigar Stores Co., and who for the past six months has conducted a cigar and tobacco store on Wybosset street, has just leased, over the head of the United, his old store on Westminster street. Providence, R. I. The United people have leased another store, a few doors away, and will soon move into it. Mr. Wise is a bold price cutter, and there jobber had 2,000 Poet cigars in his cigar humidor. During the following week Mr. Farren mailed orders to this jobber for 2.200 of these cigars, and when he called the following Saturday he was surprised to see 3,000 F*oet cigars in the humidor, as he knew the jobber had not ordered any cigars from the factory during his absence. Mr. Farren there- upon remarked, "That thing ain't bo humidor ; it is an incubator. Last week you had 2.000 cigars and this week 3,000. You did not buy any from us since, and 1 sold 2.200 of them beside." MEERSCHAUM DEPOSITS FOUND Discovery of Two Deposits Re- ported in New Mexico. Washington, March 23. The U. S. Geological Survey has re- ceived reports that two deposits of meerschaum have been located in the upper Gila River valley, one about 23 miles east of north of Silver City, and the other at a mine about 12 miles north- west of Silver City. The deposit lies in the bottom and walls of the canyoD of Bear Creek, occurring in veins, lenses, seams and balls in limestone in both nodular and massive form. The nodular meerschaum thus far tested contains iron stains and particles of grit, and is inferior to the meerschaum of Asia Minor. The more compact, massive material may perhaps be found free from stains and of better quality. —John T. Smith & Co.. cigar dealers at Mayaville, Ky., have assigned to Wm. E. Stallcup. Assets and liabilities oro nf>t 8'iv«»n. Cincinnati tobacco men are among the principal credtttrs. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW VORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very hem Vuelta Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: '"Calda" JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 y HEADOtARTi:R.S FOR Wisconsin Tobaeco L. B. CARLE & SON •>^ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. ^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ .-**::■ " m R ERNEST :ELLINGER & CO. Nos. 87-89 Pine street Importers of HA VAN A TOBACCO New York (^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. J New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, March 24. New York Leaf Market. gars, at Tampa, Fla., have secured There has been a fairly steady trade very desirable office headquarters at in the leaf market for the past week, 1181 Broadway, this c.ty and propose made up of small sales, but in the ag- to make it their main office. Hereto- gregate it may represent a really larger fore they have made Chicago their volume of business than that of any headquarters. recent week. Pennsylvania and Wis- Having made an enviable success of consin were probably the strongest their brands in the West, the firm pre- factors in the seed leaf market of the PO^es to now also exploit New York past week. Connecticut tobaccos are and the East, which is a new and un- selling slowly and at comparatively low developed territory for them. The prices. The fact that Florida wrappers "^w quarters are being prepared as brought a big price last year led to rapidly as possible, and the firm hopes greater confidence in the possibilities to be in possession by April 1st. of Connecticut leaf, but it appears that even prime Florida tobaccos are not New Home for Steinecke. bringing the fancy prices of last year, The R. Steinecke Co., makers of the and Connecticut has not yet benefited Liederkranz Cabinet and other brands, materially. Ohio tobaccos are in de- and who have occupied their present mand from certain sections, but the premises on East Seventh street for the actual purchases have been only of a past twenty-seven years, have secured most modest nature. a new factory building at 157 East The Sumatra market has been a trifle Forty-eighth street, where extensive chaotic, for, on account of the not too alterations are now in progress, which encouraging reports from Amsterdam, it is hoped can be completed in time for manufacturers evinced a desire for old possession to be taken by May 1st. The goods, and yet they were awaiting the building will be thoroughly modernized, arrival of some new tobaccos, and con- and every known convenience will be H S C FT! ILD _, .!4tWat?rS;tv LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, J08. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER Importers and Packers of JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 1 50 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN sequently some sales were held in abey- ance. Two inscriptions of Sumatra bava been held at Amsterdam, but only a comparatively small quantity has been 30 far secured for the American mar- Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." OFFICES 183 Water St. NEW YORK installed, to afford tha desired additional facilities. • • • Colonial Co. Bankrupt. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed against the Colonial Tobacco Co.» ket, some of which is expected to ar- manufacturers of cigars and wholesale rive in New York this week. dealers in tobacco, Nos. 1554 and 1556 Havana withdrawals from bond have Third avenue, by these creditors: Mon- shown a decided increase during the tauk Cigar Co., $275; Abraham L. Low- past week, which has occasioned a more enthal, $277, and Oskinsky & Zu ty, optimistic view of the conditions of the $25. It was alleged that the company cigar industry, although actual eales did is insolvent, made preferential pay- not show any great increase during the ments $1,000 and transferred merchan- dise and accounts $2,000. The business was started in 1897, and incorporated Septemb«>r28, 1906, with a capital stock of $10,000, which was increased to $25,- 000 in October, 1907. Liabilities are week. • • • The Ci|{ar Industry. Little improvement is noticeable in the cigar manufacturins: trade, and it is feared that March will again show a reported to be about $20,000 and assets regrettably large decrease in output. $8,000 to $10,000. Manufacturers, however, feel more en- • • • couraged because more favorable re- Local Company Orifanlzed. ports are now coming in from the more The Crow Cigar Co., with a capital distant and large consuming sections. stock of $5,000, has been organized. Forces are being gradually increased, Directors are Nathan Lieberfreund, 75 but there are still many idle cigar- Nassau street, Henry Mendelsohn, 194 JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANAT^ L -^^ and SEED LEAF lUUQI^UU 183 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL ^^ Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK makers. • • • Death of Capt. Flaherty. Michael E. Flaherty, a tobacco broker who was widely known in the trade. Broadway, and Chas. Dottelbaum, 25 East Twentieth street, all of New York. • • « Elegant New Offices. E. Rosenwald & Bro., the well known died on Thursday last at his home in y^^^^^ ^^reet leaf house, have had a Brooklyn. Capt. Flaherty had been ^^-^^^ ^f „^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^ ^^^ identified with the trade since his early among the finest in the city, if not in boyhood, when as an office boy he en- ^^e country. A period of nearly two tered the employ of Celestino Palacio months was required in which to do 10 & Co which hrm was subsequently the woik. but the very elegance in both merged with f- Garcia Bros. & Co. comfort and convenience is compensa- Later he engaged in the cigar manu- tj^^ ^^^ the trouble caused while the facturing business, but after several ^ork was in progress. In the new ar- years again entered the leaf tobacco rangement not a single attache of the trade as a broker, and continued m that office was in the least degree over- line until his death a week ago. j^^^ed. and besides that, an economy * * * of space has been secured. One of the Optimo Commit to New York. attractive features of the new oflRces is A. Santaella & Co., makers of the the reception room, which has not only popular "Optimo" clear Havana ci- (Continued on p. 13) Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. '^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^ A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS or # m Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 125 Maiden Lane Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: NARQIL' FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and Onondaga. Warahoasea i Addiaon. N. Y. Bl^ Flats. N. Y. Meridian. N. Y I O O t ^ C O E. Hartford. Conn CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED WHEN IN BALTIMORE STOP AT THE ftOTEL JOYCE EUROPEAN \ 130 Rooms Elegantly Furnished Unexcelled Cuisine Rooms with Bath rzi'it and en Suite Centrally Located Opposite Camden Station Main Depot B. ^ 0. R. R. Rates $1.00 per Day and Upwards SEND FOR BOOKLET HOTEL JOYCE Baltimore, Md. 0= m m GEO, W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of STOP AT THE New Princess HOTEL WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY South Carolina Ave.. 200 feet from Beacli The Princess Hotel is newly fur- nished throughout with rare taste, and possesses all modern requisites for convenience and comfort of the guests. Golf privileges and privi- lege of the Atlantic City Yacht Club extended to the guests. American and European Plan A BOOKLET will be gladly fur- nished upon application Rates : Running from $12.50 to $30 per week, according to location of the rooms. For further information address CROWELL & COLLIER THE PRINCESS HOTEL Atlantic City. N. J. 0 ®^perTSu^^ High Grade Cigars Fernside Parr Value Lord Wharton CORRESPONDENCE INVITED Special Brands Made (o Order SAMPLES ON APPLICATION 0= 11 0 E. A. Calves & Co.. inOHl6 Sartsom A.,Py a JelpKa DEATH OF CHARLES D. LARUS. One of the Most Prominent To- bacco Men of Richmond. Richmond, Va , March 23. Charles D. Larus, senior member and President of the Larus & Bro. Co., died suddenly at his home in this city on Saturday night last having been appar- ently in good health up to a few hours before the end. By the death of Mr, Larus the city and the entire trade will suffer an irre- trievable loss. He was always public- spirited and progressive, and his firm is among the largest independent man- ufacturing concerns in the country. It is expected that the business will be continued with but a slight interrup- tion. Lynnhaven Cigarettes in Atlanta Atlanta, Ga., March 23. Mr. Samuel Kramer, of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co,, of Norfolk, Va., recently spent a week in this city, in- troducing the firm's Lynnhaven brand of cigarettes. This is a new brand of Turkish cigarettes and Mr, Kramer was successful, as he always is, in supplying: almost every concern in At- lanta handling the little smokers. The Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. is also man- ufacturing an exceptionally fine quality of cigarettes under the name of White Rolls, and which are already large sell- ers among tobacconists in this city. The R. F. Penn Tobacco Co., of Reids- ville, N. C, is now exploiting here their Union Quality brand of smoking to- bacco, and sampling the city heavily. Tobacco News of New York City. (Concluded from p. 10) been enlarged but is made more coti- mndious in every way. Three additional private oflficea have been provided for the use of the nf w members of the firm, and these make a vast improvement over the old ar- rangement. The bookkeeping depart- ment has also been rearranged so as to afford the desired increased conveni- ence. The floors are of inlaid hard- wood, and the other interior woodwoik is of cabinet oak. The walls are of burlap, and the ceilings of metal. It would be difficult to surpass the finish in richness and taste, and is truly characteristic of everything that the firm of E. Rosenwald & Bro. does. • • • News Notes. Mort. M. Frank is on a trip through York State in the interests of B. Van Leer& Co., 136 Water street, importers of Sumatra tobacco. A. M. Pacholder & Co., Baltimore, have purchased the business of the de- funct firm of A. M. Pacholder & Co.. Incorporated, and will continue to man- ufacture all the brands of cigars, etc., made by the old firm. Emil Abraham, formerly with the Pacholder Co., is now with the Allen Tobacco Co., N. Y. N. E. Nichols, (Phiilp Morris Co.), has just returned from a trip to Boston. Albert Kraus, of the Kraus-McFarlin Co., Chicago, was a visitor in Gotham last week. Louis Hirsch, of Jos, Hirsch & Son. sailed last week per steamship Lusi tania, for Amsterdam. Good Progress of Blue Grass Co. Lexington, Ky., March 3. These are busy times ac ihe Blue Grass Tobacco Company out on London av» nup, the working forces having ahi ut all they can handle in every de- partment. Conditions appear to be straightening up ail over the country, and the Lexington factory is appar- ently getting its i?hare of the business. Few people in Lexington and in Cer- tral Kentucky, for that matter, realize what a splendid institution this com- munity haV YORK LOUIS E.NEUMAN&CO 123*-tq13Q^^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. " LABELS & SHOW ^ " jfK i- S O TRADE IN YORK AND VICINITY. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12J cents per line, 8-point measure) Leaf Business Continues Slow, and Factory Men are Growing Despondent Over the Situation. York, Pa., March 23. Businefs during the past week has 'neen exceptionally dull throughout this cDunty, and more factories have been clr'Feti than at any time since the begin- ning of the present year. There are a number of them which do not expect to resume operations before Apirl 1, if then. It is also reported that one of the largest factories in the county, making a medium priced grade of goods, and which employs as many as 200 hands, is at present without any orders in hand. The proprietor is said to have stated that if no orders are re- ceived by today the factory will be closed entirely and for an indefinite period. Leaf tobacco men are finding this a hard territory to do business in just now, as very many manufacturers are inclined to not want to even look at goods just now, much less to want to buy. And those who do buy, take goods only in a very small way, so that it has become practically an impossi- bility to do any volume of business. There were but a few visiting leaf salesmen in town during the past week, they appear to have scented the dull times, and are looking for a more salu- brious clime. D. Kalberman, with Jos. Hirsch & Son, of New York, importers of Suma- tra tobacco, had the courage to come here last week, and he did not find it necessary to go away without orders either. Chas. Goldsmith ariived here last week with bag and baggage. He has _^ o a t tt. o t r> fakpn an anartment here and will make h^R SALE— Some J. R. Williams and taken an apartment nere ana wiu mawe j^ ^f^y.^^^ Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used. To Manafactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sifting to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orohard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Nanu- {acturers invited. 6-51h To Ci^ar Manufacturers. T*HERE are several cigar factories "'- vacant in Perkasie, Bucks Co., Pa. (Ist Dist. Pa), on the N. P. Branch of P. & R. R. R., 33 miles from Philadel- phia, which can now be rented at a low rent. Plenty of good hand- work hands can be secured. This is one of the larg- est cigar centers in the State. Apply to The Perkasie Board of Trade, John Schwartz, Secretary. 3-18r L. BERNFELD Ci^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 25tf Pennsylvania Tobacco Seed Scientifically grown and separated ; 1,800 to 2,000 lbs. per acre ; packets, 25 and 50c. Separated seed in 2^ lb. lots and up, $4 per lb. ; single lb. $5. John S. Weaver,J:^X Kinzers, Pa. 2-5t MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. 111. 12-18he HAVE AGENT'S COMMISSION Why should the Cigar Manufacturer pay Agent's Commission? We furnish All Shapes of the Brst Grade Cigar Mold, direct to Manu- tacturer and will duplicate CXaCtly any shape you are now using. Send for our Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes The American Cigar /Hold Co.. Cincinnati, 0, York his permanent home. Mr. Gold- smith represents Emanuel Hoffman & Son, of New York. He is the third resident lepresentative of an out of town house who has established local headquarters in York. GuB. Beck, of Warren Beck & Bro., returned recently from a visit to Pitts- _ burg and other points, where he was ?^-ty There are thousands of readers who cordially received by his old customers, buy what they want from seeing what and secured at least sufficient orders to advertisers offer. In fact, when certain . , , ^ J things are offered in a happy way, un- feel somewhat encouraged. numbered wants are created by the ap- Clarence S. Gable has been on a trip peal that lead to profitable sales. and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf "pOR SALE— One million Long Filler "*- Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf E. R0SENWALD & BR0. # # o J ^^S THE TOBACCO WORLD ^S^, HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOl EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY DF STOGIES. AT WOULD'.S FAIR. ST. lOl IS. 1*104 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE* First Quality. Long Filler. Hand MAtli* JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE.. BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.0U0,UJU u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. through the South, and went as far as New Orleans. He also found some business doing there, though he was not particularly burdened with their num- ber and volume. Mr. Hene, manager of the cigar de- partment of Austin, Nichols & Co., wholesale grocers and cigar distribu- tors in New York, and who by the way, is a brother of T. D. Hene, the York representative of Wedeles Bros., of Chicago, was in York last week, com- bining business and pleasure in his trip. D. W. Glover, a cigar broker of Mif- flinburg. Pa., was a visitor last week among the cigar manufacturers of this city and county. Mr. Levy, of the Ashland Cigar and Tobacco Co., of Ashland, Wis., was here last week on one of his regular trips. Mr. Levy procures a great many goods in this section for his wholesale business in Wisconsin. H. F. Kohler, of Nashville, resumed operations this week at his Jacubus factory, which had been temporarily closed down by reason of a dull trade. H. C. Kuntz, of Seven Valley, had also closed down his factory for a short time, but is to resume operations today. There has been talk of the possible erection of a large new leaf tobacco warehouse at Red Lion. The proposed site is a lot of ground which is located in the central section of the town, and is owned by C. A. Rost, himself a leaf tobacco dealer. When seen by your correspondent Mr. Rost admitted that there was a movement on foot, but said that the plans were still in embryo and that nothing really denfiite could be said about it. There also came a report that C. W, Bittner, of Lancaster, an extensive leaf packer, is contemplating the erec- tion of a large leaf tobacco warehouse at Felton, a few miles distant from Red Lion. This latter report, however, was somewhat doubted, and the suggestion made that as Red Lion is regarded as a more advantageous point, it was pos- sible that common gossip had gotten the places mixed, and that Red Lion was probably the most likely place for such an enterprise, and may be it was he who was negotiatmg with Mr. Rost. Neither confirmation nor denial couKI be had. W. H. Snyder, of Windsor, made a short trip to Philadelphia last weel\ but reports that trade conditions Iheie are not much better than here. Hiram Martin, since entering the trade as a manufacturer this spring lit Windsor, has been hustling q'lite ac- tively, but declares it is difficult to dn a very large volume of business at the present. S. S. Flinchbaugh, an old time cigar and tobacco man of this city, is now devoting much of his time to promoting his political aspirations. He is out as a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer. — An observant public librarian has found that only ten and one half per cent, of readers looked at the adver- tisements in a magazine, and it was an exception to the rule to find any such advertisements read from beginning to end. No advertising medium produces results for the trade like trade papers. as every user of trade paper advertis- ing will testify. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FINE CIGARS Holtz, Renna. 10c.="UINCLE JOSS="5c Pretty Bessie i York Nick .... 5c. Best Known. .J Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 3 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Pure — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity. 2.').000 per day. Telepraph - York. Pa. /^lir r^r^C^^i f^Hc^r^* ^ *®*^ Filling $2.00 Fountain Pen and "The Tobacco WorW VyUI VJI tJQl V^liCI • for one year. fjJBoth for $1.30; tlie Regular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the largest Fountain Pen Manufac- A I^irsf-PIaQQ ^plf Plllintf Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with ^ T IFol^i/lcloO Ocii L liilllg I CII l^the best of its kind in the market. Every pen is solid gold, 14k., point tipped with genuine irridium. T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifiing cost. O ANY PERSON sending us $1.50. we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen, postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco World." Should you already be a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended one year from the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign subscriptions, which cost $L0<) additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. J5 ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S 0I6AR RIBB0NS ^^lanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain irslnLot of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST Sl CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. n WOLF BROS. Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Wh'ch can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship ptiKe2ff^f EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in -=0 For cigartttes. 3. 1908. at 9 a. m, Fhiladelphig. SCORO. 15,518 For cigarettes. 3, 1908. at 9 a. m.. by M Philadelt^bia. TURKISH TRANSFER. 15.519 Fur cigarectus. Registered March 3, 1908. pt 9 a. m., by M. Rappaport, Philadflphia. TURKISH GARDEN. 15 520 For cigarettes. Registered March 3. 1906. at 9 a. m., by M. Rappaport, Philidclphia. SOUTHERN PEER. 15,521 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies ard tobacco. RegiBtertd Mprch 4, 1908. 9 a. m., by M. Rappa- port, Philadelphia. PROBONA 15,522 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots and stogies. Registered March 5, 1908, at 9 a. m , by M. P. Baker, Win- chester, Ky. BILLY SUNDAY. 15.523 For cigais. Registered March 5, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Gallagher Bros. Litchfield. 111. INPERFECT HAVANAS. 15.524 For cigars, cheroots, and stogies. Registered March 7. 1908, at 9 a. m., by H. & E. Kerns. Milwaukee. Wis. PLAIN FACTS. 15,525 For cigars, cheroots and stogies. Registered March 7. 1908. at 9 a. m., by H. & E. Kerns, Milwaukee, Wis. EVERYMAN. 15,526 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots and tobaccos. Registered March 11. 1908, at 9 a. m., by 1. Lowengrund, Phila- delphia. MY BOYS. 15.527 For cigars. Registered March 12, 1908, at 9 a. m., by Phillip W. Unger & Co.. Philadelphia. GEROSO. 15,528 For cigais. Registered March 13. 1908, at 9 a. m.. by S. Oscar Gerhart. Philadelphia. CUPIO. 15.529 For cigars. Registered March 16. 1908. at 9 a. m.. by Wm. E. Metcalf and E. C. Reagen. West Chester. Pa. RED FEDORA. 15,530 For cigars. Registered March 17, 1908, at 9 a. m., by Codorus Cigar Co.. York. Pa. TURKISH LEAF. 15.531 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobaccos. 1520. J5.534 For cigars. 1908. at 9 a. Philadelphia. DONJEILLO. 15,535 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies, tobaccos and snuff. Regis- tered March 19. 1908. at 9 a. m., by H. A. Rosner. Newark, N. J. Rejections. Slavom. Commodore Nub, High Card, Winning Card, Big Stick, Madona, The Credential. La Egypto, Aida, Everybody. Esperanto, Comet, The Comfort, Fountain Sudan, Sound Money, The Magnate, The Bee, The Dandy-Postal The Bait. Original Norma Everyone, The Wizard. STILL QUIET IN LANCASTER. Nevertheless Much of the 1906 Leaf Has Changed Hands in Small Parcel Sales. Lancaster, Pa., March 23. There is apparently a continued quiet- ness in the local leaf tobacco market. It is made to appear all the more dull because of the absence of any large sale transactions, such as the packers and dealers had become used to durinsr the past few years. Yet the fact really is that a considerable proportion of the 1906 goods has changed hands, but it is passing off in a number of such small lot sales that it is scarcely noticeable. When taken in the aggre- . gate, however, it represents consider- able, and shows in the depletion of the amount of stock still remaining in the bands of the packers. It is undoubtably true that offers made by some large buyers were not accepted because of the low price, but the majority of the packers have adopted a somewhat different course this year, and if they cannot sell in great bulk, they are willing to sell in smaller lots, provided a reasonable price can be gotten. It may be also said that unless the price is fairly reasonable there is simply no sale. Buying of the 1907 crops is progress- ing slowly and sanely. There 18 no Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. o © March 17. 1908, at 9 a. m., by Soda Fountain & Bar Flavor Co., Phila- delphia. LA ZIFFO. 15,532 For cigars. Registered March 18, 1908, at 9 a. m., by M. Zifferblatt, Philadelphia. EMZE. 15,533 For ciyars. Registered March 18, 1908. at 9 a. m., by M. Zifferblatt, Philadelphia. GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to Registered any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L HUNTTING, E. Hartford, Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Paoker, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. ALLEN H. REEDER STANLEY M. KROHN The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co .. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO Stanley m Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH,IMEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. 16 • fc^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^Wl ^2C3rc3:^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ^ |r Philadelphia Office. 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. X t t Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. FamseyI LEAFTOMCroCO. ♦ « t scramble, nor effort to outbid a rival huyer. Offers are made on what the merits cf the various crops are believed to be, and that either gets the crop or the crop "gets left." Tobacco is coming in at a lively rate, and if the present week should prove of kjood weather, the receipts are likely to )L' the largest of any week this season. April 1st is rapidly approaching, and a number of growers are anxious to de- liver, so as to realize on their tobacco before this great settlement day. There are a number of new buyers in the field this year, some of whom have not been engaged in the packing of tobacco but A»Me directing their energies entirely ..I the manufacture of cigars. Among hese is the KruU Tobacco Co., at Ak- • nil which is under the direction of C. F. Steiner, an Akronite who is both well and favorably known in the trade. They have bought quite a number of crops m some -jf the best growing districts. -TLJp RPC^T P)DCAM[7Fn .nd they say they have only just begun 1 1 IL L)L. J 1 WK.V^'/AIMIZ.L.J^ in.l are in the market for more crops ^QST COMPLETE AND " T^ cigar trade is still exceedingly LARGEST iVlAIL OKDEK fl it. and has shown no sign of improve- T P A p TOR A CCO ment for several weeks past, if it has LiE./\l i k^ LJi\\^\^\y ESTABLISHMENT IH AMERICA TOBACCO WORLD "^XS^^^K. Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co, (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN. Alanagcr, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR- A. H. RfcEDFR, President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0. IISX-IUKUB^ WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AYENOE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦!♦♦ P.I I iiM , 1^ m 'ohn McLaui;hlin. J. K. Kauffmaiv i Hit really gotten worse. John Slater & Co. were agreeably surprised some days ago upon the re- ceipt of an order for 100,000 stogies, nade up of their various brands. Oblinger Bros. & Co. have also booked SDmegood sized orders lately, but other factories report trade to be generally quiet. A. M. Wolf, of Akron, recently re- rurned from a trip through the Middle Western States, and considers himself fortunate in getting a nice lot of orders for his product. Some of the cigar towns in this county are practically at a standstill. Wm. Fisher, of the new cigar manu- facturing firm of Fisher & Derridinger, was on a business trip last week, and feels rather encouraged with the re- ception that was accorded him. J. ti. Shirk, the well known West Chestnut street tobacconist, reports some improvement in the jobbing trade. The retail dealers seem to find it necessary to replenish stocks, and some tnay be buying a little more heavily in inticipation of an improvement with ihe spring season when doors can once more be thrown wide open to the public, A'hich always has its good effect. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO. Etc. y NEW YORK CHICAGO ^ ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : (Opposite Frascatl). HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale ■% Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers cf FINE CIGARS R. F. D. ^o. S, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: 5Ae Bear. G6ff Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey rjrJM^iiiar*^BJCar.'«3MK.: jrvrf WJM E." -■LW.t] W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Manufacturers (;f Nes. 84-86 AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERiWAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Bro!:fcrs to the Deli Maalschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin Cotreapondence with Active Houses Invited Cigars cf Oiiality Sell and Repeat. ^^?S^n THE DOCTOR 3c. Ciijar A fmmsimm i WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Pcnna. Maker of Uldh Grade Clears Exclusively. HUNTER T§ll^ is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PhiUda. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pssl. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day "^ H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Litdestown, Pa. ^iJPERieu"* MAKER OF Fernside..d Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited C. E. M4TTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^li Grade Union Made FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars F^othsville, Pa, Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of Leaf Tobacco WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. ly THE TOBACCO WORLD T.A.MYERS&ca. ▲ I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE 1 C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE ) ^^- BROWN BUCK (Banded) | ^ *W* ^^« ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samp'es to Responsible Houses OLDEST AlANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and PRUNE fLAVORS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES & BRO. g^ Reade Street, NM W YORK. \ The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes MATCHES IN NICARAGUA. Germany and Sweden Supply the Trade of the Country. In transmitting the following in- formation Consul B'rederick M. Ryder, of San Juan del Norte, calls the atten- tion of the American manufacturers to the fact that nearly all the matches consumed in Nicaragua are of German and Swedish manufacture: There is not a match of American manufacture in this district ; merchants have tried in vain to place these upon the market, but consumers have con- demned the product as not suitable in this climate, which has a record of 265 inches of rainfall in twelve months. Not only must matches be especially adapted to the extremes of dampness and humidity of this climate, but they must be packed with the greatest care in order to protect them from any possible contact with such dampness. Tney should be wrapped in packages of 12 small boxes, and these done up in packages of a dozen each, wrapped in prepared waterproof paper, thus mak- ing a grods of these small boxes; 6 of these waterproof packages are then placed in a light tin case, which is soldered, thus making it air-tight; 6 of these tin cases are inclosed in a case made of good quality spruce, not more than seven-eighths of an inch in thick- ness, as this lumber is less liable to split and is more serviceable in every way for the purpose. The sale of matches in the Republic being exclusively in the hands of the Government, there is only one customer for the manufacturer to deal with, and there would appear to be no reason why ihe American manufacturers should not have a fair share of the trade. Leaf Tobacco Markets and countermanded all the contracts made by the purchasing agent. Some of the lots were good, as I was told by the man who furnished the team to carry the agent around, good tobacco, considering the year it was grown in. Some of it was bought for as low as 8 cents per pound, and one of the best lots bought was to be at that figure. But the buyer would not take the crop. Before leaving he was offered the crop at 1 cent off, but it was not taken at that price. He was told that the buyer would take the tobacco at 5 cents, which the farmer refused. And so it is going all over the country. In Wisconsin the agents have been recalled, under the impression that the tobacco will not sweat well. It is rumored that the same thing is to happen in Pennsyl- vania. Whether these same orders have been given here I do not know, but something has happened, I know not what. The buying here has practi- cally stopped. Still the tobacco continues to come forward to the assorting shops, and if the present low prices continue the shops will be compelled to run as long as they will desire to keep their shops open. I have heard that the American Cigar Company were taking the bundles and breaking them, and putting the to- bacco loose in the cases, not sorting at all, so I suppose they are to call it all one grade, either fillers or seconds or binders, and as they are only buying for themselves it may be perhaps as good a way as any. One thing will surely happen, the filler element in this case will be apt to get a good hard sweat.— American Cultivator. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Will S. Martin, of Lancaster, Pa., representing Keiser & Boasberg, of Buffalo, has been riding with D. G. Al- bright and they have made a number of purchases, which they received at the D., L. & W. R. R. station on Tues- day, shipping to Buffalo. E. L. Bsbee has been buying for Charles J. Leder- man, of Lancaster, Pa. J. W. Upson's warehouse is running with a full force handling Mr. Upson's purchases and his own grown tobacco. F. M. Dun- ham and C. S. Mills have a large force at work in the Upson brick warehouse in West Genesee street handling to- bacco for the growers.— Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. The bottom has apparently dropped out of the market, and the man who cannot sell a cased lot of tobacco for lie or less is not in it. A buyer from Pennsylvania who rode through this part of the valley, and contracted for several carloads, has shipped one or two loads home within a few days. The head of the firm was on the ground 20 EDGERTON, WIS. That the buying movement is slack- ing up somewhat is quite evident. Some of the large operators who were in the market last week have withdrawn their buyers for the time being and even those who are riding are proceeding very carefully. The great bulk of the transactions now being closed are upon an export basis and at figures too small to be quoted in this column. The sales which we append are supposed to be for the better selections of the crop. John Lukken, 15a at 9^ and 2ic asst. A. H. Algrim, 15a at 7^ and 2c. Geo. Halverson, 10a at 7i and 2c. J. Simonson, 8a at 9 and 2c asst. O. C. Olson, 6a at 7 and Ic. Chas. Tall, 6a at 6i and 2c. H. C. Marsden, 6a at 7 and 2c. Len Marsden. 7a at 8J and 2c asst. Chris Onsgard, 7a at UJ and 2c. S. A. Simenson, 7a at 7^ and 2c. Halvor Let, 4a at 8* and 2c. Geo. Hanson, 10a at 7^ and 2c. Lars Nelson, 6a at 7\ and 2c. O. M. Nelson, 8a at 7^ and 2c. John Slagg, 5ia at 7i and 2c. John Hanson, 6a at 7i and 2c. Deliveries are being made in suffici- ent quantities to keep the warehouse forces at the packing centers busily oc- cupied. The market for old goods shows no improvement as yet, though packers are still hopeful for a better outlook. Shipments 868 cases. —Reporter. • For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Bo.xes, go to Established isso Monroe D. ^el!er->, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSViLLE. PA. ^^S£ THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^gg^ J. B. MILLEYSACK Mauufacturer of Fine Havana Hand-IVIade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co: LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ^XVV\M««'AC|^^^ H. L. WEAVKR Factory J9.'>.'> E. E. HEAVEft WEAVER 8i BRO. Manufacturers of f^ I gi -r^w^c ^^^ Jobbing : V^'IgOl O Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TBRRE HIUU, PA. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured.^by Himmelberjier & Noll, ROBESONIA, PA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS \ Cigar Box Faclory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes I It Will Remove Rankness (rom Tcbacco Take Away MustincvSS unci Give Cigars Havana Flavur. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETL'NL Js specially adapted to ^ive that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. CiiaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considerin;^^ v\li;il ihey diK A Card Will Brinfj More Information and Prices* Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York "CLIABlX CIOAR *TO0'^^ ^mi CftTABusHEo lari The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, PA. ^^STHE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S CIGA^ BOX ^Xtim^ SONS 4 COMP^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West i7th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves, YORK DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Farmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. i. vSoln Owners and Manufacturers ■^ Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. V- .J Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of kf Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. )> 1 1 1 22 THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnich Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9. 1897 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦^ ^^♦^♦^METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^VO^DER WORKER Havana Tobacco Ferment Neutralizing Solution for Producing a Natural Fermeniation and Sweat in Domestic Tobaccos Acme Extract and Chemical Works Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS (jccG as (jovernment Bonds K.8ister«d Br.ud. "BRILLIANT STAR" C it ar Havana . lOc. *'b. b. fciLicJ i-rnJ IIjVa:ia 5c. "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. Ihcse Brands St-ll un Merit and Clonstantly Repfal. Try Ihem auiJ Juurfo for Youraeil %\ hy This Factory Never Shuts Down . .. STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAMD RA. For Sale by All Dealers E. G. EGKERT, Proprietor HANOVER, PA. Caveats, Trade Marks, mT a^LGZlLi^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^XSr* John A, Saul le Droit Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I N I A F> R I Q U MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORK E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^H r W. A. LAHR Wholesale cigar Manufacturer 0OODAt4 '"^ AS HIS PAINK.** Red Lion, Penna. MX'^^A Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. J yjfffi^ i^ Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII.. No u.} PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. APRIL 1. 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables ^ RECOGNIZED STANDARD C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape o! cigar head TUCK CUTTERS and CIGARMAKERS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Go. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. MANUFACTURERS OF CENTRAL UNION . IDLE HOUR . . . EPICURE {"^-J.'rlun HUNT CLUB ... Cut Plug Sliced Plug Shredded Plug Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND. VA. ^ 8 U M TOBACCO T R A Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO T R A U M TOBACCO T R A Importations Over 3,000 Bales Annually 8 M TOBACCO T R A H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 NVater Street, INE>V YO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO T R %. I Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDSR & ARGUIMBAU jjS Water Street, New York I *A ' • I V '^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^. r ■^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED T HILADELPHIA Kr ' ^ /^.^IK^^^H^^^^II 1^ KM^i^MHi W. W. STEWART & SONS (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. m PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neuinann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839, First District Penna. IfV. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa Wanted Tel. 722 Orchard ■CUTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK Fnr ^Pl lp I CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound rUrOaiet Wnte us for Pnces EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 14 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 1, 1908 One Dollar the Year PENNSYLVANIA NIGHT RIDERS? FEBRUARY CIGAR OUTPUT. OHIO GROWERS ORGANIZE. Seven Tobacco Barns Burned in Lancaster County. Oxford, Pa., March 27. Seven immense tobacco sheds burned this year, two of them within the past week, have convinced the tobacco raisers of lower Lancaster county that the night riders of Kentucky have ex- tended their operations into this terri- tory, and that a fight to the finish is on. In the domestic tobacco war against the trust, the Lancaster field is a most powerful factor in favor of the trust, because many of the tobacco raisers are Dunkards and refuse to form any agree- ment whatever as to price. They in- sist upon selling whenever it suits them, and by some tobacco men it is held that they do more than any other agency to thwart the efforts of the Kentucky league which is trying to set the price for their commodity. All the victims of the seven fires have been Dunkards, a people who are 80 peaceable that it cannot be imagined that the fircs were the outcome of per- sonal enmity. They carry no insurance and never go to law about anything, so that the firing of their barns was a comparatively safe undertaking. For some time strangers have been noticed in the vicinity of the various fires, and this lends color to the theory that the Kentucky raiders are at the bottom of the trouble. On Wednesday night the large sheds of Henry Herr were burned, his entire crop of tobacco being destroyed. On the preceding Friday, a similar misfor- tune befell Amos Brubaker. In both cases every evidence pointed to incen- diary origin. Outside of the Dunkards, who take everything as a matter of course, there is considerable unrest among the to- bacco raisers, and there is talk of forming an organization to run down the incendiaries. They will not permit any such war as is now going on in Kentucky to get a foothold here, and it will go hard with the night riders if they are discovered. ^^^^^^ American Denies Reported Deal. The American Tobacco Co. has au- thorized the statement that it is not in negotiation with the American Society of Equity, an organization of tobacco £;rowers in Kentucky, relative to the purchase of the tobacco crops of 1906 and 1907. A statement appeared in the news- papers last week that negotiations had been completed by the American To- bacco Co. for the purchase of these two crops. New Red Mill Company. Rahway, N. J., March 28. The Red Mill Tobacco Co. ha3 been incorporated with a capital of $125,000, by Walter Becker and Stewart B. Miller, of Rahway, and Saml. M. Levy, 115 Broadway, N. Y., to manufacture tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff, etc., and deal in smokers' articles generally. Revenue Stamp Sales Indicate a Expect to Secure Higher Prices DES MOINES WILL ADOPT SLOT MACHINES Heavy Decrease in Production for the Month. The official announcement of the sale of stamps for the month of February, just made public, shows a decided fall- ing off in the production of cigars and cigarettes. An increase is shown in the production of manufactured tobacco and snuff, as well as of little cigars bearing a 54 cent stamp: 1907 1908 Cigars at $3 547.698.393 469,141.367 Little cig., 54c 90,847.611 91.837.333 Cig'tes at $1 08 412.976,101 372,959.620 Cigarettes at $3 1,152,530 1.039.790 Cigarettes at 54c 53.303 926 75.392.018 Mfd tob.. lbs. 29.789.072 Snuff 2,004,681 Cigars — decrease. Little cigars — increase. Cigarettes— decrease. M'f't'd. tobacco— increase. Snuff— increase 30.792.910 2.024,397 78.557.026 989.722 18,041,129 1,033.833 19,716 m^^^^^^^ N.Y.. N. H. 4 H. BARS CIGARS. Will Not Permit Vendors on Its Passenger Trains. New Haven, Ct., March 27. An order issued by the New Haven road prohibits the sale of candy and ci- gars on the trains operated by the com- pany. The rule, it is understood, does not prohibit the sale of sandwiches and fruit on trains while they are making station stops. The order is said to be a result of the complaints of passengers who object to the candy and cigar boys. Old Des Moines Factory Sold. Des Moines. la., March 27. Negotiations which have been under way for some time relative to the sale of the Frank Albrecht cigar store, on E.Sixth and Grand streets, to the Piker cigar store have been practically com- pleted. The consideration has not yet been made known. Since the death of Frank Albrecht several months ago. Hollet & Maseeh, owners of the Piker cigar store and formerly in the employ of Albrecht have made advances for the sale of the stock and location. It is one of the oldest cigar factories in this city. California Town Bars Cigarettes. Palto Alto, Cal., March 3. The anti-cigarette ordinance, advo- cated by the women's clubs of Palo Alto, was passed so amended as to apply to all youths under twenty-one years of age, instead of the original provision of eighteen. The ordinance was passed without discussion when the amendment of the age limit was made. The law forbids any person under twenty-one yearb of age to smoke a cigarette in any railway car or public vehicle or on any public street or square or in any public building or place. by Forming Associations. Greenville, O., March 26. The recent disturbance among the tobacco buyers and growers in Kea* tucky has caused a great deal of in- terest all over the country and the farmers in all parts of the tobacco growing district are gradually getting together to find some way which will compel the buyers to pay a price which will make it possible for the farmers to realize a profit on their crops. But these disturbances are not the only things which are arousing the indigna- tion of the growers. In most every county where tobacco is grown buyers have been offering such prices as 5, 6, 7 and 8 cents. Those prices are entirely too low and the buyers are securing but little of the crop. In Miamisburg last Saturday the Tobacco Growers' Association of Miami Township held an open meeting and a great number of farmers attended. All were invited to join the association and the majority did. Interesting talks were heard and all agreed to exercise their utmost efforts for a higher price. A short time ago buyers came into this vicinity and offered from 6 to 8 cents. They got but little tobacco and soon left. About two weeks later buyers from another firm came and offered 5, 6 and 7 cents. They got no tobacco at all and departed in a few days. The companies expect to beat the farmers down to an unreasonable price, as for a few days last year the price was high. This, however, they will be unable to do, for the farmers in and around Greenville are organizing an association much similar to the one in Miami township, Montgomery county. The work of organization has been pro- gressing rapidly and in a short time the union will be complete. They in- tend to form a bank for the purpose of loaning to growers who are not able to hold out for the association prices. A meeting will be held in the Van Buren township house next Tuesday. No lawless tactics will be advocated and all will hold out until they get their price. In speaking of the present situation Mr. Bowers, temporary presi- dent of the association, says: "If the local buyers do not pay the price we will contract for every crop raised by association members to one firm and ourselves get the benefit of the buyer's expenses. "—Dayton Herald. For Vending Cigars and Under- take to Revolutionize the In- dustry. Des Moines, la., March 28. The Dodson Vending Machine Co. holds patents on a cigar vending ma- chine, and have decided to put the ma- chines to practical commercial use. The officers of the company and the hundred business men who have exam- ined the machine are confident that it will only be a matter of a short time before this company will be one of the biggest of Ues Moines home institu- tions. The company's profits will come from the sale of the cigars for use in this machine. The machine is so constructed that only the cigars manufactured by this company can be used. Thus it will be seen that the orders for the cigars will be made by mail to the elimination of the salesman. This item saves 10 per cent, of the cost of mar- keting the cigars. Three grades of cigars will be manu- factured, oc, 10c and 2 for 25c cigars. The machines will not be sold, but will be leased to the merchants, and the money will be made from the sale of the cigars, just as the profits on phonographs ate made from the sale of the records. [Note.—This theory is beautiful, but it IS so old and worn out that we have fears of Its successful revival.— Ed J NEW HOME FOR 7-20-4. Mail Pouch May Suspend Tem- porarily. Wheeling, W. Va., March 28. In all probability the Bloch Bros. Tobacco Works on the South Side will be closed down soon, but a definite statement to this effect cannot be made. It is said that the company's Roger G. Sullivan Will Build at Manchester, N. H. Manchester, N. H., March 27. Roger G. Sullivan of this city, who is the manufacturer of the popular 7-20-4 brand of cigars, and himself one of the best known manufacturers in the East, has decided to erect an elegant new building, notwithstanding the cry of some calamity howlers, who declare the whole country is going to the demnition bow-wows. Not so with Manchester. Here will be employment for 600 hands and in a factory that will be quite as comfortable as the average home. The city is proud of this industry, and Mr. Sullivan is proud of this city. The combination is therefore admirable. The 7-20-4 and other brands made by Mr. Sullivan have grown to wonderful proportions in their sales and enlarged quarters and greater facilities became an absolute necessity in order to cope with the demands of the trade. Milwaukee Factory Incorporated. .Milwaukee, Wis.. March 28. The Frobach Cigar Co.. one of the best known cigar factories in Milwau- kee, has been incorporated with a nom- A minimum fine of $10 is provided as orders are about filled- and the employes '"«• capital of $5,000. by P. I. Bichler, a penalty for the first offense and a are now working on stock. A susoen- ^* ^- '^'''*^/"?u^"?u '^' ^^PJ^^:,, ^*. is expected, that the capital will of course be increased commensurate with minimum offense. fine of $20 for an additional are now working on stock, sion, however, would only A suspen- last but a few weeks. the needs of the business. E. A. Calves & Co.^^c:;> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA W^E THE TO BACCO WORLD SM-ffi r- "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED J W. W. STEWART & SONS (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) m m. k C Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3 c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.NeumannS: Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Factory 1839. First District Penna. muiK W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa Wanted Tel. 722 Orchard —CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK Fnr ^::i lp I cigar scraps— Clean and Sound I Ul OaiC| Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK J THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. U PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 1, 1908 One Dollar the Year PENNSYLVANIA NIGHT RIDERS? FEBRUARY CIGAR OUTPUT. OHIO GROWERS ORGANIZE. Seven Tobacco Barns Burned in Lancaster County. Oxford, Pa., Match 27. Seven immense tobacco sheds burned this year, two of them within the past week, have convinced the tobacco raisers of lower Lancaster county that the night riders of Kentucky have ex- tended their operations into this terri- tory, and that a fight to the finish is on. In the domestic tobacco war against the trust, the Lancaster field is a most powerful factor in favor of the trust, because many of the tobacco raisers are Dunkards and refuse to form any agree- ment whatever as to price. They in- sist upon selling whenever it suits them, and by some tobacco men it is held that they do more than any other agency to thwart the efforts of the Kentucky league which is trying to set the price for their commodity. All the victims of the seven fires have been Dunkards, a people who are so peaceable that it cannot be imagined that the fircs were the outcome of per- sonal enmity. They carry no insurance and never go to law about anything, so that the firing of their barns was a comparatively safe undertaking. For some time strangers have been noticed in the vicinity of the various fires, and this lends color to the theory that the Kentucky raiders are at the bottom of the trouble. On Wednesday night the large sheds of Henry Herr were burned, his entire crop of tobacco being destroyed. On the preceding Friday, a similar misfor- tune befell Amos Brubaker. In both cases every evidence pointed to incen- diary origin. Outside of the Dunkards, who take everything as a matter of course, there is considerable unrest among the to- bacco raisers, and there is talk of forming an organization to run down the incendiaries. They will not permit any such war as is now going on in Kentucky to get a foothold here, and it will go hard with the night riders if they are discovered. American Denies Reported DeaL The American Tobacco Co. has au- thorized the statement that it is not in negotiation with the American Society of Equity, an organization of tobacco growers in Kentucky, relative to the purchase of the tobacco crops of 1906 and 1907. A statement appeared in the news- papers last week that negotiations had been completed by the American To- bacco Co. for the purchase of these two crops. New Red Mill Company. Kahway, N. J., March 28. The Red Mill Tobacco Co. hag been incorporated with a capital of $125,000, by Walter Becker and Stewart B. Miller, of Rahway, and Saml. M. Levy, 115 Broadway, N. Y., to manufacture tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff, etc., and deal in smokers' articles generally. Revenue Stamp Sales Indicate a Expect to Secure Higher Prices DES MOINES WILL ADOPT SLOT MACHINES Heavy Decrease in Production for the Month. The official announcement of the sale of stamps for the month of February, just made public, shows a decided fall- ing oft* in the production of cigars and cigarettes. An increase is shown in by Forming Associations. Greenville, ()., March 26. The recent disturbance among the tobacco buyers and growers in Ken- tucky has caused a great deal of in- terest all over the country and the farmers in all parts of the tobacco For Vending Cigars and Under- take to Revolutionize the In- dustry. Des Moines, la., March 28. The Dodson Vending Machine Co. holds patents on a cigar vending ma- chine, and have decided to put the ma- the production of manufactured tobacco growing district are gradually getting chines to practical commercial use. and snuff, as well as of little cigars together to find some way which will bearing a 54 cent stamp: 1907 1908 Cigars at $3 547.698.393 469.141.367 Little cig., 54c 90.847.611 91.S37.333 Cig'tes at $1 OS 412,976,101 372,959.620 Cigarettes at $3 1.152,530 1.039.79n Cigarettes at 54c 53.303 926 75.392.018 Mfd tob., lbs. 29.TS9.072 30.792.910 Snuff 2.004,681 2.024,397 Cigars -decrease, 78,557.026 Little cigars— increase. 989.722 Cigarettes decrease, 18.041.129 M't't'd. tobacco— increase, 1.033.833 Snuff— increase 19.716 N.Y.. N.H.^H. BARS CIGARS. compel the buyers to pay a price which will make it possible for the farmers to realize a profit on their crops. But these disturbances are not the only things which are arousing the indigna- tion of the growers. In most every county where tobacco is grown buyers have been ottering such prices as 5. 6. 7 and 8 cents. Those prices are entirely too low and the buyers are securing but little of the crop. In Miamisburg last Saturday the Tobacco Growers' Association of Miami Township held an open meeting and a great number of farmers attended. All were invited to join the association and the majority did. Interesting talks were heard and all agreed to exercise their utmost efforts for a higher price. A short time ago buyers came into this vicinity and offered from 6 to 8 cents. Will Not Permit Vendors on Its Passenger Trains. New Haven, Ct., March 27. An order issued by the New Haven road prohibits the sale of candy and ci- gars on the trains operated by the com- pany. The rule, it is understood, does not prohibit the sale of sandwiches and fruit on trains while they are making station stops. The order is said to be a result of the complaints of passengers who object to the candy and cigar boys. Old Des Moines Factory Sold. Des Moines. la., March 27. Negotiations which have been under around Greenville are organizing an way for some time relative to the sale association much similar to the one in of the Frank Albrecht cigar store, on Miami township, Montgomery county. E. Sixth and Grand streets, to the Piker The work of organization has been pro- The officers of the company and the hundred business men who have exam- ined the machine are confident that it will only be a matter of a short time before this company will be one of the biggest of Des Moinei home institu- tions. The company's profits will come from the sale of the cigars for use in this machine. The machine is so constructed that only the c i k' a r s manufactured by this company can be used. Thus it will be seen that the orders for the cigars will be made by mail to the elimination of the salesman. This item saves 10 per cent, of the cost of mar- keting the cigars. Three grades of cigars will be manu- factured, oc, loc and 2 for 25c cigars. The machines will not be sold, but will be leased to the merchants, and the money will be made from the sale of the cigars, just as the profits on e from the sale cigar store have been practically com- pleted. The consideration has not yet been made known. Since the death of Frank Albrecht several months ago. Hollet «& Maseeh, owners of the Piker cigar store and They got but little tobacco and soon left. About two weeks later buyers phonographs ate mad from another firm came and offered 5, of the records. 6 and 7 cents. They got no tobacco at [Note.-This theory is beautiful, but all and departed in a few days. it is so old and worn out that we have The companies expect to beat the fears of its successful revival.— Ed J farmers down to an unreasonable price, »*--v*^mi^ as for a few days last year the price NEW HOME FOR 7-20-4, WHS high. This, however, they will be unable to do. for the farmers in and Roger G. Sullivan Will Build at Manchester, N. H. Manchester. N. H.. March 27. Roger G. Sullivan of this city, who ia the manufacturer of the popular 7-20-4 brand of cigars, and himself one of the gressing rapidly and in a short time the union will be complete. They in- tend to form a bank for the purpose of ^^"^ ''"°'^" manufacturers in the East. has decided to erect an elegant new loaning to growers who are not able to hold out for the association prices. A meeting will be held in the Van Buren formerly in the employ of Albrecht township house next Tuesday. No have made advances for the sale of the stock and location. It is one of the oldest cigar factories in this city. California Town Bars Cigarettes. Palto Alto. Cal., March 3. The anti-cigarette ordinance, advo- cated by the women's clubs of Palo Alto, was passed so amended as to apply to all youths under twenty-one years of age, instead of the original provision of eighteen. The ordinance was passed without discussion when the amendment of the age limit was made. The law forbids any person under twenty-one yeart of age to smoke a cigarette in any railway car or public vehicle or on any public street or square or in any public building or place. lawless tactics will be advocated and all will hold out until they get their price. In speaking of the present situation Mr. Bowers, temporary presi- dent of the association, says: "If the local buyers do not pay the price we will contract for every crop raised by building, notwithstanding the cry of some calamity howlers, who declare the whole country is going to the demnition bow-wows. Not so with Manchester. Here will be employment for 600 hands and in a factory that will be quite as comfortable as the average home. The city is proud of this industry, and .Mr. Sullivan is proud of this citv. association members to one firm and The combination is therefore admirable. The <-20-4 and other brands made by Mr. Sullivan have grown to wonderful proportions in their sales and enlarged quarters and greater facilities became an absolute necessity in order to cope with the demands of the trade. ourselves get the benefit of the buyer's expenses. " — Dayton Herald. Mail Pouch May Suspend Tem- porarily. Wheeling, W. Va.. March 28. In all probability the Bloch Bros. Tobacco Works on the South Side will be closed down soon, but a definite statement to this effect cannot be Milwaukee Factory Incorporated. .Milwaukee, Wis., .March 2S. The Frobach Cigar Co.. one of the best known cigar factories in .Milwau- kee, has been incorporated with a nom- made. It is said that the company's A minimum fine of .$10 is provided as orders are about filled- and the employes 'na' capital of $5,000. by P. L Bichler, a penalty for the first offense and a are now working on stock. A suspen- "?* ^' Artz and Wm. J. McElroy. It ^i^i^,-,,^ «.,« ^t Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 8 INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. ....IMPORTERS of ^^K THE T OBACCO WORLD ^^» Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 185d John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohaa >^8lT^< FLOR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^J^^**^ ^^^^ ^^' Leaf Tohacco\ .Jl» j philada. ■atabllshed i L ^^B ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS i s IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. H. STRAUS (1 A.tOCB IMPORTERS OF aail^908i!liimt35SlW I!^H I L A D E L PH^e^ VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIl VELENCHIK BROS. '"""tr'in LE AF TOB/ioee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA Third St, Pht/ecfe/ph/a,Pki, Impor^x. IS m^ ii>eajiers in ALL KINDS OF SEKi LEAF, The Jtimpire Leaf Tobacco ""^It^^ SUMATRA Co., lib N. 3d St., Phila. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE 6i SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOLiD LiOEB & CO. importers of Sumatra and Havana Pacicers of Leaf Tobacca 306 North Third St., Phila. I •ad GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Lr KRUPPENBACH Jm0iW4 iEM.ER m\ LEAF TXiiBAeCDj LI642-44 N.ELLVCNTII, ST PuilADELPHlA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TeBAee© E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS or -^ PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO W O R L D "^S Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba ;[r(i3a!raTifrjIi Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Small Sales in the Havana Leaf Tobacco Market. But the Trust Gathered in a Big launch of Vuelta Abajo Colas at Low Figures. Speculations Regarding the 1908 Crop. Tobacco Man Nominated for Represent- ative. Notes Gathered in the Warehouses. Special Correspondence Some disappointment might be felt at the small transactions put through last week, and which would have been rather insignificant if it had not been for nearly 2,200 bales of Vuelta Abajo colas which the trust bought for its ci- garette factories. As the independent cigarette manufacturers still have a large stock on hand, and therefore were indisposed to increase their holdings, even at the considerably lower ruling figures (possibly also for want of ready cash) the trust had a cinch in securing these colas at prices ranging from $17 to $18 per qq. As last summer up to ^33 per qq. had been paid for the best styles of colas it shows the enormous shrinkage in value, leaving out of ac- count loss in weight, storage, fire in- surance and interest on the capital in- vested. One good point for our dealers is that gradually the local cigar manu- facturers are beginning to look around for wrappers and fillers, and surely this is a sign that their holdings not only are small and need to be replenished, but also that they are less sanguine about the coming crop being larger, of a uniform good quality, or that prices for the latter will be low. The conviction that the crop of 1908 . Arrivals— Mortimer Regensburg, of E. Regensburg & Sons, D. E. Klein, of E. M. Schwarz & Co., E. J. Weil, of Weil & Co., M. Manels, of Smith & Manels, New York ; Allie Sylvester and Max Stern, of Sylvester & Stern, New LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIX VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBA(XO "Angel?" Havana Reil\^ 20, HaVa.ndL P. O. Box M SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco NEW YORK 165 Front Street HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTI SPIRITIIS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant -^ Leaf Tobacco and Cigars 1 O'Reilly St. bT^: Habana, Cuba GONZAl^EZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Cable: "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA. H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MA NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^' H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 aCHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal _. SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H, UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA pE ■ a^^ T H E TOBACCO WORLD ^»B Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA ^^pttinO 170--174* Special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the '' SOL'* Brand V Finest f aelta Abajo Tobacco Ikclosively ^ABA^h Wim NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada : National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba *^"*' ••Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 F. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON lUNO DIAZ Habana K. BOOBIOUEZ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTfllMEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of Hsivana Iieaf Tobaeeo %ido, Comer Dragones Street, H A V ANA PABLO PEREi: CANDiDO 0BE8C Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco j VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo \ei^^ Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBAo AVJELINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ fYl 1 and Dealers In LCai 1 OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, CabU: "Cuetora" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoi\es Street. HAVANA riiRA Cable Address: -JOSECAYRO' < .., „ * **^^ ^l^^f %^Vi%A a^v.»in^ I orrespoodence Solicited In Endllak if LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama X4!g and 144 Consulado Street Hah ana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCMA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA THE TOBACCO WORLD York and Havana ; Salvador Rodriguez, of Charles The Great Factory, Tampa; William Crump, of Crump Bros., Chi- cago. Departures : — Charles Semon, for Cleveland, O. ; W. Smith for London, Eng. ; E. M. Falk. M. Wallack. M. Manels, Edward and Ellis Arendt and E. H. Smith, for New York. Havana ClKnr MnnufM«'i iir«-r« are all busy for the time being, that is to say the independent ones, while it is said that the trust is only working half time. The former have enough orders on hand to keep them busy, but it remains to be seen whether business has really improved sufficiently so that new orders will come in large enough volume to take the place of the exe- cuted ones. The precipitate reports about the goodness and large 3908 crop may prevent some importers and re- tailers from laying in large stocks until they convince themselves that tr ese statements were premature and not based upon actual facts. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 500,000 ci- gars during the past week, and their factory is hard at work to fill all of its pending orders. Behrens & Co. are also busy, as their orders for Sol and Luis Marx cigars re- lllnK and Otiier ISotei* uf Intereat. Perez & Obeso sold 1,400 bales of Vuelta Abajo during the past week. Don Pablo Perez, the senior partner, while yet a young man has been honored by being nominated Representative for Vuelta Abajo by the Liberal party, and as his side has a large majority, the nomination is equivalent to an election. In the name of The Tobacco World we congratulate not the man but the coun- try in having some prominent grower of tobacco among the law makers of Cuba Libre, as with his judgment and public spirit many roads and other im- provements will be sure to come to our famous tobacco district, the unrivaled Vuelta Abajo. E. H. Smith is reported to have pur- chased about 800 bales of all kinds of leaf during his sojourn here of three or four weeks. Muniz Hnos. & Co. were sellers to the extent of 750 bales of Vuelta Abajo. , Matt Wengler, while still here, has already secured some 200 bales of very choice Vueltas for his Chicago factory. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez disposed of 525 bales of all kinds of leaf during the past week. D. E. Klein is credited with having invested in a couple of hundred bales of leaf for his firm of E. M. Schwarz & Co. M. Manels, of Smith & Manels, New York, came here with Mrs. Manels on the steamship Oceana, and while he did not have any intention of doing any business and only passed through here on pleasure bound, still I heard it stated that he visited some of his many friends in the tobacco line, and inci- dentally made some purchases. (Concluded on p. 14) EDEN CIGAR FACTORY ¥ BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very beat Mffiffw- Vuelta Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA P.O. Box 595 Cable -'Calda' JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 uosH billings] 5c. Cigar "There hain't none better thao the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. ^SRBiUlN^ »» A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars y HEADOUARTICRS FOR Wisconsin Tobacco L. B. CARLE St SON Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. NcWafk, N.J. , Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, \ 14 South Fourth St. ^^m T HE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B omce, MRNEST EILINGER & CO. ms. 87.89 fine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York S "T^-'ri. -lE?^ LEAF TOBACCO. OPriCES : OETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, iOt. S. CANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER Importers and Packers of JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICES 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 l Q o ia/« f ^ r CI 4 Amsterdam. Holland. ^0 Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S AMENDING ANTI-TRUST LAWS. Congress is apparently looking for trouble, for it is proposed to amend the present anti-trust laws, and a bill calcu- lated, it is said, to bring such a course about has been presented by Represent- ative Hepburn. The basic idea is, so its sponsors say, to properly amend the anti-trust laws along the lines recommended by Presi- dent Roosevelt in his message to Con- gress, but it appears that the real idea of the bill is to protect corporations and combinations which are worthy, while prohibiting such as are monopolistic and tend to restrain trade. The Sherman Act was so loosely drawn that no corporation is safe, and the Supreme Court has decided that under it any combination, whether rea- sonable or not, may be prosecuted, and, with an administration favorable to it, dire consequences could undoubtedly be brought about by a wholesale prose- cution of corporations. Under the pres- ent Sherman Law, an Attorney General 80 inclined could easily plunge the whole country into a panic the like of which never has been experienced. Carefully considered amendments, therefore, would seem an essential. While the new Hepburn bill covers a great many points, some are eminently satisfactory, but others will lead to the fiercest kind of debate if debates once get started. It does not, for that reason, seem to fully cover the Presi- dent's idea, for in his message the President did not yield upon the prose- cutions of those corporations already under the ban, but with proper pub- licity, with corporations filing reports and accepting the law which he has proposed, he has evident intentions of calling a halt upon prosecutions for past misdeeds,and practically beginning afresh. Under the proposed regime, contracts which corporations wish to enter into can be submitted to the Bureau of Cor- porations, and there be approved or re- jected, and in that way they could at least escape the danger uf doing any- thing illegal and thus inviting prose- cution. Next to tariff revision, trust legisla- tion is liable to keep the country in a more or less unsettled condition for months to come. It is the agitation of just such sub- jects as these that has much to do with a depression in business conditions, and by which the country is suffering now. %m^f^^%/^ THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS Although there are still signs of im- proving conditions in the cigar trade, there is a more or less desultory trade in leaf tobacco, and a job lot busi'iess has rather been the rule during the week. Yet the Philadelphia leaf men are about as hopeful a lot as exist any- where. They are fully conMdent that their time will again come, so that it is but a matter of waiting a little longer. There are a few who still ex- perience trouble in having to renew the paper for too many customers, which disturbs their serenity somewhat by upsetting their calculations. The Quaker City cigar manufacturers are faring very well nowadays, and orders are beginning to come with something more like old time activity. Reports from salesmen are a unity of 12 \ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday BY THE INCORPORATED 1902 TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHINC CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Address, "Baccoworld." Havana Office, Prado 36, Altos. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, By Subscription: $1.00 the Year; 75 Cents Six Months; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 1, 1908. encouragement ^nd, everything taken into consideration, prospects are en- couragingly brighter. Bayuk Bros., manufacturers of the popular Havana Ribbon, Mongolian and other brands of 5 and 10 cent cigars, have purchased from Benj. and Clarence Wolf, property at Nos. 237 to 247 Spruce street and No. 271 South Third street, all occupying a lot 82 by 100 feet at the North East corner of Third and Spruce streets, at a total cost of $27,- 000. It is proposed to erect on the site a six-story cigar factory building. There has been a large increase in the number of cigar factories located in the down town sections during the past few years. The number already includes the American Cigar Co., on Washington avenue, Vicente Portuondo Co., Passayunk avenue and Kimball street, Allen R. Cressman's Sons, 512 Pine street, Sig. C. Mayer & Co., 515 Lombard street, and with the addition of Bayuk Bros, that section will be pretty well represented by factories of good siz?d proportions, in addition of a large number of smaller ones. President F. D. Ware, of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., of Norfolk, Va., was in this city on Saturday last, en route to his home. Mr. Ware took ad- vantage of an opportunity pf saying a few encouraging things to the several cigarette salesmen of Arthur Hagen & Co., the general selling agents here of the Ware Kramer Co. The boys all say Mr. Ware is a peer in cigarette manu- facturing and selling, and they are pushing the Lynnhaven and White Rolls for further orders. C. W. Saunders, of the Cortez Cigar Co., was a visitor here last week, en route to Atlantic City. Burdsall & Adams, cigar manufac- turers at Media, Pa., resumed opera- tions on Monday last on full time, hav- ing been closed down for a short time owing to a dullness of trade. M. C. Vanaman, 9 North Juniper street, reports tr^de on the increase. Owing to the central location of this store the transient trade is probably the largest in this section. It is worth while to stop in and see Mr. Vanaman's large display of postcards and novelties. E. W. Rugby, the well known sign writer, assists during the busy hours. Arthur Weldon, a retail cigar dealer at Thirteenth and Silver streets (above Market), died on Monday last. This is the store that was formerly con- ducted by the late Jas. A. Stead, who died a year, or a little more, ago. George H. Dennerlein, of P. Denner- lein & Sons, leaf dealers of New York, spent several days in the Philadelphia market last week. Richard C. Bondy, of Bondy & Led- erer. New York, manufacturers of the Tom Keene 5 cent cigars, spent several days here last week, during which time he made his headquarters with Gold- smith & Arndt, the local distributors of their products. C. W. Bitner, of Lancaster, was a visitor last week, and accompanied George W. Newman in making the rounds of the trade. Frank Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & Co., has returned to this city after a protracted stay in Cuba, during which he succeeded in making satisfactory selections of a moderate quantity of desirable Havana tobacco to meet the requirements of the trade here. Harry Dolinsky, of H. Dolinsky & Son, has concluded his packing season in Connecticut and has returned to this city. Arrangements have been made by which Jacob Labe, of B. Labe & Sons, expects to leave for Europe on April 15th, accompanied by his family. A new cigar store is soon to be opened in the Perry Building, at Six- teenth and Chestnut streets, by Theo. E. Payne. Z. John Morris, Philadelphia manager for I. Lewis & Co., of New York and Newark, N. J., has spent a few days at Atlantic City. «^ The sales of the El Principe de Gales Havana cigarettes are gaining rapidly in this city. They are being adopted largely by professional and business men who desire a short smoke, but of something a little heavier than the average cigarette. Leopold Powell, head of the house bearing his name, was a visitor here last week, and was cordially received by every one whose acquaintance he had made. He was on his way to Tampa and Havana. D. H. Moulsdale, representing San- chez & Haya, made one of his regular visits to Philadelphia last week. The week of October 4th to 10th has been designated as "Founder's Week" in Philadelphia and set apart for a pop- ular celebration of the 225th anniver- sary of the foundation of the "City of Brotherly Love." It goes without say- ing that the tobacco trade will bear its part in making the occasion a memora- ble one. BOSTON'S TRADE IMPROVING But Not by Leaps and Bounds — Cut Price War is Nearly Over — Trade Men and Their Doings. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World"^ 19 Devonshire StreetJ Boston, Mass., March 30. Trade conditions are improving but not as quickly as members of the trade would like. The cut price war on cigarettes is still on here but I expect it to be all over by the end of this week. The latest reports from the bedside of Gov. Guild, who has been seriously sick, are verj encouraging and his re- covery is now looked for. The Governor is very popular here, and is down on the list as a candidate for Vice Presi- dent of the United States. Mr. Altgeld (Shinasi Bros.) has been looking after the sale of Naturals and Prettiest. J. B. Krinsky, N. Y., man- ufacturer of the Fifth Avenue cigar- ette, was in town introducing a 10 cent package of Turkish cigarettes, called Egyptian Heroes. George Cawthorne (Whitelaw & Co.) is doing some telling work on the Glor- ifier little cigars. Hugh Campbell, President United States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va., is in town calling on Nat. Ives, the firm's New England representative. F. H. Roseboom, representing John J. Bagley &Co., Detroit, Mich., makers of union made tobaccos, is h«»re on his initial trip, and is introducing to the trade a smashed cube cut tobacco packed in I'i oz. tinp, called Sweet Tips, which retails at 10 cents. He also is offering Wild Fruit, IjJ foil, cut plug, which re- tails at 5 cents. Mr. Roseboom wa« formerly in charge of the Western trade of Bagley & Co., and was located at Spokane, Wash. He is now going to try and cultivate a good New England business for his concern, whose brands are very little known here, outside of Long Tom and Mayflower tobaccos. Stephen Herz (Falk Tobacco Co.) was in town this week and took many orders for Champagne Cocktail, their new 20 for 10 cents cigarette, a similar piece of goods to the Fatima. N. B. Clarke, formerly with the Marlboro Cigar Co., is now the New England agent for the Booker Tobacco Co., of Virginia, and is placing with the trade Blue and Scarlet, a 1^ oz. foil package of cut plug. I hope Mr. Clark has at last got hold of a live one. D. Bendheim (Metropolitan Tob. Co.) spent several days in town. Sam D. Marcuson, who for the past two and a half years has been the Boston representative of the Khedivial Co., and who without a doubt has made good here, has been transferred and will in the future look after the Phila- delphia trade for his concern. Sam has many friends and acquaintances here who regret to see him leave, espec- ially on such short notice, but it is understood that Sam will be much better off financially by the change of territory. Well, here's good luck to you, Sam. F. F. James was here all week show- ing up a nice line of clear Havana ci- gars from the factory of Alonzo Pandoz Co., New York. Mr. James was form- erly connected with a Pennsylvania concern. M. Barnett, of M. Barnett & Co., a Burling Slip, N. Y., leaf tobacco mer- • » I i I r For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. Take no other Imi the Genuine E^^ahlifihed 1869 Incorporatedl893 Every Box of tlie Genuine Portuondo Cigaps Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo ""»*«^, ^r- ' ^'t II.* «»*• #' *ae»f=»y ^AOE^MKffl ^^Z^^^,.^'- Resristered In U. S. Patent Olfloe There are more Imitations of this old established and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand ot cigars any other cigar in the worlcL MANUFASTERED ONLV BY The Juan E PortMondo Cigar Kg. Co. 1110-1116 >5'an50in^t„Philadelphia. chants, was here for a few days and closed a few good deals in Havana and Zimmer Spanish. Mr. Barnett is in search of a good salesman to represent him in this market. Bert M. Frankel. representing Callero & Co., N. Y., has just leturned from a six weeks trip. Louis Shapiro and Courtney Perkins (Nestor Gianaclis Co.) have, just re- turned from Hartford, Conn., where they done a smashing business on Nestor and Royal Nestor cigarettes. Abe Shadoff, manager of Frye Bros. Hotel, the finest hostelry in Dover, N. H., was in town this week, purchasing many of the necessaries for the estab- lishment. M. Bloom (Butler-Butler Co.) was in Providence, R. I., all week and took many orders there for the famous Pall Mall cigarette. J. Pearlstein (American Cigar Co), has returned from a successful trip to Rhode Island. George Russell (Allen Tobacco Co.) was in Amesbury and Portsmouth this past week, Emil Abrahams, of the same company, was here a few days shaking hands with old friends and left for Providence, R. I. Telonette little cigars are still in public favor here, and the sales are increasing monthly owing to the untiring efforts of Mr. Russell, the firm's local representative. The Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. is making a big hit in this market with the Lynnhaven Turkish blend cigarette. There is practically no advertising be- ing done on the goods, and the cigarette is selling on its own merit. Messrs. Carnes and Farrant are placing the brand with much success, as retailers seem eager to push the sale uf a; y brand bearing the union label. The United Cigar Stores Co. is about to invade the city of Waterbury, Conn. A store in a prominent part of the city has been leased and will soon be open for bu-iness. Fred. Oakes, a prominent tobacconist in Waterbury, is maling its capacity. Since the Lilies factory was removed to Detroit, a number of the union ci- garmakers. who had heon stripping, have been given emi loymcnt in the Verdon plant, and more may be put en soon if the present business conditions continue. r UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES "^ ►•<< M. Q. BURKY ^ppORI " »sx .«'^ M A K E R |A_ HAND MADE |A_ lUC. HAVANA CIGAR lUC. A HIGH GRADE 5C, CIGAR FOR Write for Samples and Prices 5c. FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT. READING. PA." lO Our Capacity fcr A\anufacturlng Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-5 R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ kJC. CIGAR P^ O R OC« Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers L,ima, Ohio J T. J. DUIVN «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW YORK Louis E.Neuman&Co. 123*-^Tol30^^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. - " LABELS & SHOW >V L S O CI RTED Michael Hose A. F. BrillhMtl, Dallis Cir C Manufac> turers of LEAF TOBACCO. onnt! OUR LETTER FROM HAVANA. (Concluded from p. 9) B Diaz & Co. closed out 200 bales of Vuelta Ahajo and Partido. Gonzalez y Miguel sold some of their pxcelltnt Remedios packings to a Northern dealer. The death of Captain Mike Flaherty )ecame krown here on Saturday after- noon, through the Associated Press cables, and his many friends here were on every pound ot tobacco imported. Then there will be a great loss that cannot be figured. The manufacturei of the big cigar will be hard hit. "In the last eleven years the Domin- ion Government's revenue from the cigar trade has been at least $300, COO each year. At interest with five per cent, this amounts to at least $5,000.- 000, and I could buy all the cigar in- dustries in Canada at the present time for $3,000,000. The Government has made the big money out of the business. Many have failed, and only those who struggled hard have made money. It is a burning injustice and a direct call for votes— a political dodge." Other manufacturers in the city ex- pressed themselves in the same tone. That prices of cigars would be increased as H result of the change was not stated. The competition of the Cana- dian grown goods will make this prec- tically impossible. La Imperial Cigar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of FIIVE CIGARS Holtz, Penna. 10c.==UINCLE JOSS-.5C. I Pretty Bessie i York Nick .... 5c. Best Known. . j Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 2.^,000 per day. Telegraph York, Pa. /^lir" r\r^£^^i Off^^r* ^ *®*' Filling S2.00 Fountain Pen and "The Tobacco World'* V^LII Vjlt^ai WIit:>I • for one year, 4]| Both for $1.50; tlie Regular Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the largest Fountain Pen Manu lac- A fTiftof .PIooq Qplf Fillinf^ Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with [.the best of its kind in the market. Every pen is solid sold, 14k., point tipped with genuine irridium T The illustration shows the exact size of the Pen ; if not satisfactory for any reason, it will be exchanged cheerfully. This is an unusual opportunity to get a High Class Pen at a trifling cost. O ANY PERSON sending us $1.50. we will send this Beautiful Fountain Pen. postpaid, and will, in addition, enter the person's name for one year's subscription to "The Tobacco World." Should you already be a subscriber and desire to secure one of these Pens, your subscription will be extended one yeas tioxn the date of its present expiration. This offer does not apply to foreign suDscriptions, which cost $1.00 additional. Address The Tobacco World, 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 15 ^MTHE TOBACCO W O R I n ^^^ ^^ T^AR R TRR^ISJ^ i«'."Lo.of Plain and Fancy Ribbons \m,y 1 \jr r\. rV XX. 1 JLJ JD ^Cy IN O Wme for sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK ^^drIufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain H. R. TROST Sl CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) LealTinli on JU 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. WOLF BROS. 1 Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Wh'ch can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship pUKBOFTREiy^ iiiii',ilS!ll '", :^ O^igOR^ J Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Plumadora Duke of Taranta Red Li uuke ot Taranta I on. Pa. I 0 o EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. -=0 © SETTLING TIME IN LANCASTER Little Change in the Leaf Market, But the Sales Have Increased. Factory Improvement Looked for After First of April. Lancaster, Pa., March 30. The leaf tobacco market has not undergone much change during the past week, although there were a few more sales for the week than during the earlier part of the year. Some out of town h Idings have changed hands, but the prices received are teing kept very quiet. It is admitted that the prices asked now are a little shaded as com- pared with figures quoted earlier in the season. Buying of the ]907 crops continues at a moderate rate, the prevailing prices being still aiout 8 cents, and a higher figure is the exception. It is claimed by some that probably half the 1907 crops have been bought up, but it is yet difficult to estimate with any degree of accuracy. It is easily noticeable, however, that large quantities of the new leaf is being received both here and at country warehouses. Last weeks' deliveries were the largest of this season. It is quite natural that farmers should be anxious to deliver their crops now if they have sold, for in the first place many have use for the money, and again all are preparing for spring work, which if present weather conditions continue will beign early this year. It is to be hoped, at least, that we shall not have another late season like that of 1907. Farmers are giving much thought to the acreage question this year. They admit that even at the price received this year, which is low as compared with last year, a good crop of tobacco is still the most profitable product for the farmer. The question of labor entered seriously into the matter of acreage last year, but unless business generally brightens up considerably farmers should not have much difficulty in that respect. The cigar industry does not yet look any too promising with a majority of manufacturers, yet there seems to be a feeling that after April sets in there will come a decided change for the better. B. F. Good & Co. have issued an at- tachment against C. H. Myers & Co., for $2,750, and have named another and prominent Lancaster packer as gar- nishee. Peter Dommell, a tobacco man of this city, was recently made the victim of a bold robbery. Boarding a trolley car he was jostled about by several men who were standing op the platform, who succeeded in picking his pocket of a roll of money containing about $60, and managed to make good their escape. There has been rather more than usual activity during the past week at the leaf house of A. B. Hess, on North Prince street. Shipment of con- siderable goods recently sold was made and some new goods are also being received. L. E. Ryder last week left for a short visit to Philadelphia and other points. Business has been somewhat quiet with him of late, but it is likely to be stirred up by Mr. Ryder's energetic work on the road. Several union cigar factories in this county have lately received some fair sized orders and work has been resumed. The new factory building of the S. R. Moss Cigar Co. is now rapidly nearing completion, and will soon be ready for occupation. John Sachs, father of G. Henry Sachs, the well known King street cigar man- ufacturer and retailer, died suddenly last week at his home in this city. De- ceased was 74 years of age, and appar- ently in good health until stricken with heart disease, expiring almost instantly. Wolf Bros., of Red Lion, recently booked several good sized orders for cigars, and they are entering the work with renewed vigor. An eleven year old son of F. M. Meads, cigar manufacturer at Windsor] died last week of pneumonia. IN YORK AND VICINITY. Orders Beginning to Come to the Cigar Factories, and Hopes of Revival are Brightening. York, Pa., March 30. With the beginning of April so near at hand tobacco men are taking a "sigh of relief," believing it will be a turning point and that at least a fair degree of improvement will set in soon. Already there are some indications, several manufacturers having received orders for goods that came as an agree- able surprise. Others are making pre- parations in anticipation of a revival. Most of the York factories seem to have a moderate amount of business, but there are still a large number of idle cigarmakers about. John F. Sechrist is expecting to open his York factory about April 1st, while at his Holtz factory he has continued to work with a moderate force. Word has been received from Felton that several cigar factories there, which had been closed down, had re- 26 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co *^-" ""OER DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GE8HARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN ^B^. THE TOBACCO WORin Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY 7 THE TOBACCO WORLD 08 a 140 Centre 5t. wiwurjKeTURc* or all nimo» or- %f WCW YORH* Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. ri.iladelphia Office, 578 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr, Chicago, 56 Filth Avenue. E. K. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦ ■i I I I ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦ H. P. KOHUER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE and Havana i^ i A and Fine Nickel V^lgaPS For Wholesale and Jobbla|{ Trade Corrpspondpoce with Respr>n<:lble Houses Invited I i r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^■♦♦♦^♦t «♦♦♦♦♦♦<» ^^^■^•♦♦♦♦♦♦^^^ ♦♦♦■♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^ ITl Hfistlnnf>olpli Ot.(f hiragoJU. John M. L.,u-hi.i.. j. p;. Kauffman. I JOHN McLaughlin ries are particu- larly busy, considering that the trade generally is dull. The York Railways Company has noticed a falling off in business along the suburban lines, and determining to ascertain tbe cause, made a census of Lhe trolley towns, so far as industries ire concerned, and learned that many plants have been closed or are running »n considerably reduced time. This was especially so in the case of cigar aotories. However, most of them have reopened on short time and the hope is entertained that soon all will t)e working full time again and that all cne towns will be busy and prosperous IS before. .\'2cording to the reports received by the company the following cigar fac- ;oties were affected : Name and Location. Hands Premier Cigar Co., Hellam 70 d VV. Strickler, Manchester 8 »V. S. Schroll, " 10 \. Swartz & Son, Dover 20 Z. B. Toomey, " 12 'V. R. Daugherty & Bro., Dallastown 15 A.HUSSEY \ LEAF Wm CO. B^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD' Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED I The Krohn Tobacco Co. I (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOA\FIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Qualic? -OR A. H. RttDER, President. P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, 0. E S. Sechrist, (J. VV. Conway, N. Y. Cigar Co., 1. C. Heckert & Co., iVIerchants Box Co., P. 0. Shaw, W. H. Raab & Sons lohn Peeler, C. A. Spatz, Jacob F. Spatz & Son George Wagman, " Miller Bros (boxes) Red Lion J. E. Detwiler (boxes) " L.'elestino Ccstello & Co, " Royal Box Co.. (All Red Lion factories were working half time) M. Meads, Windsor H. Jacobs " «• «« << << << 75 8 100 35 40 20 50 20 15 15 10 35 20 40 25 THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK t CHICAGO ^ ST. LOUIS i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frasca(l). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HERA^AIN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker oi Delman 5c Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS •^old to Wholesale * Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: GAe Bear. GSe Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey '^ah. F. K. vV. w. 12 8 18 10 16 80 85 15 15 25 30 NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Broilers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Roktn 4L 100 Nes. opposite Frsscsti W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa, HIGHEST QUALITY FINE.ST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbiad Trade oaly Correapondence witb Active Bonaes Invited # H. Grim H. Miller H. F. Martin, G. W. Gable W. C. Smith Shearer & Cc, U. C. Gable D. A. Frey K )hler & Tschup (boxes) Windsor — The Meriwether branch of the American Tobacco Co., at Clarksville, is to be removed to Nashville, Tenn. About 150 hands have been employed at Clarksville and they will be taken to Nashville —The Levean Cigar and Tobacco Co., of Anderson. Ind., has incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000. The directors are Saml. Leveen, Henry Kohn and Joseph Leeven. Color and Cancelling Stannps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common iiacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Mailer of Ultfh Grade Clrfara Excinaivcly. H. G. BARNHART Cliiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only Bigh Grade Tobacco Used Cigmra always duplicata GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. fe5]IJ5*P^ ^*J^erieU«^ L MAKER OF Fernside.cd Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Corrtspondence invited C. E. MATTINGLY ^ CO. .Manufacturers of Hi^li Grade Union Made S. Clpi'S FOR THE cVholesale Trade Only Union Chief Sopreme Union tv^>5PS5i% Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade invited Eatablished 1870 Factory No. 7C S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. 19 THE TOBACCO WORLD SAMUBL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturfr of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade ^LD JUDGE \ i;^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^-. C^ THE CYCLONZ | *^^« BROWN BUCK (Banded) J ^ lOl 3U ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples (o Responsible Houses FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest Houso in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the . . . WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. ^Qmnlp PrPP "'"^^ Most Popular Flavor sinoe 1856 JdUipiC rice p,^„, Writ* for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best I The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Ping Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 CHANGE AT COLORADO SPRINGS $5,000 For a Corner Store and Business. Colorado Springs, March 25. S P. Madeira has sold his cigar and (obacco business at the corner of Tejon and Kiowa streets, to R. E. Dale and D. E. Dibb, both of this city. The consideration is understood to have been in the neighborhood of $5,000. Dale & Dibb will be the name of the new firm. The Madeira store is one of the finest of its kind in the city. Mr. Madeira will remain here and de- vote his time to his various other inter- ests, chief among which is his ranch in Fountain Valley. Mr. Dibb has been connected for the last two years with the Wells-Fargo Kxpiess Company. Mr. Dale owns a grocery store on the coiner of Huerfano street and Wahsatch avenue. The firm will make many improvements in the store and personally conduct it. About Tobacco Plant Beds. We are now one week nearer the time when work will be required upon the seed beds. If the weather contin- ues warm the beds will be ready to plow or dig over, where plowing was done last fall. It used to be the fad to plow and rake up the seed beds on Fast day, if the frost was out of the ground, and when we saw that the preparation fur sowing the seed was going on at any place all the boys in the neighborhood would gather to help tread, and we would have the bed made into sections, one for each boy. Then the treading began, stepping our feet near together, so as to make the bed as even as pos- sible. When the whole bed had been trodden hard and solid the owner would take a common farm hay rake, turned teeth up, and smooth off the ground, and sow the seed, afterward planking it down to cover the seed. We expected to get plants to grow upon this hard surface. They did grow when the roots were strong enough to push their way through the soild earth, and we would usually get the plants ready to be trans- planted by the middle of June. Some- times the ground would be so hard we would loosen it with a pitchfork or a dung fork. I would not advise any one to tread their beds in the least, or even board them down to cover the seed. But I would have them start early at the work, and after making the soil as light and loose as possible, try to keep it 80, and when the seed is sown use as little water as is consistent with the condition of the soil at time of sowing. When sown, cover with the glass frames immediately, or if cloth is to be used use it as soon as the seed has been sown. Water is of little account at the time of sowing unless the ground is dry, which is of rare occurrence usu- ally. Don't use too much fertilizer at the time of sowing, but use the best grades. Apply some after the beds have been weeded. See that the ferti- lizer is well worked into the soil, so as to'give each plant an equal chance to be fed. In saying do not use much fer- tilizer at sowing time, I do not wish it to be understood that I would have you stint the plants. Use a libeial quan- tity. If your bed was treated to a coat of manure last summer, and the ground should be dry at the time of sowing, the manure you plowed in will be of little avail to the growing plants. Manure without water amounts to about as much as so many gravel stones The little feed roots of plants take their nourishment only in the liquid form. Bu»^^ it would be a failure to be watered as some do this work, especially where the water has to be brought in pails, or even in barrels. What is a barrel of water to a tobacco bed that is 100 feet long and 9 feet wide, in a dry, hot time? You would hardly know that you had applied any. It is in the case of dry weather that I would have you apply a liberal dressing of some kind of commercial fertilizer upon the top of the ground at time of sowing. It is easily dissolved, and the water passing down into the soil may carry just one tiny drop to be absorbed by the little rootlets, and the result will soon be seen.— American Cultivator The Leaf Market in Wisconsin. The buying is reviving somewhat in many localities and altogether a good deal of riding is being done. While the buying is very largely confined to the cheaper grades, all classes of leaf are moving in quantities that are slowly but surely absorbing the crop. Some of the best posted operators claim that fully one-half the crop is already lifted, and if this be true the balance will be slipping away before those who are waiting to buy their supply in the "good old summer time" are aware of it. Now that spring work is coming on growers are seemingly willing to ac- cept prices that will permit the goods to be sold for export or scrap purposes, so the opportunity looks ripe for a more rapid finish of the buying move- ment. There is, however, more tobacco being assorted and packed by growers than for some years past. Deliveries have been coming to the receiving points very plentiful during the week, growers being particularly anxious to dispose of their holdings be- fore April 1st. Warehouse handling is in full swing at most packing points. A few lots of cured leaf have found a market recently at fair prices, but the local trade reflects the dullness that prevades the general market. Shipments 700 cases.— Reporter. — The North-Rowe Leaf Tobacco Co., of Quincy, Fla., is one of the latest to- bacco companies incorporated in the Peninsular State. The capital stock is $15,000. The ofl^cers are : O. A. Rowe, President ; C. H. North, Secretary and Treasurer. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 18S0 Monroe D. ^eller^, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^MTHE TOBACCO WO R L D ^^g J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Havana OIOADO Hand-Made UlUHllO No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTEK, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. H. L. WEAVKR Factory .)9.)3 E. E. WEAVEK WEAVER & BRO. Manufacturers oi f^ f ri 21 1* c ^^^ Jobbing ^ V/ i ga I O Trade Only For Quality. Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HIUU, PA. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ojja^Mc, American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelberj^er |& Noll. ROBESONIA. iM. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes It Will Remove Rankness trom Tobacco Take Away Mustine&s and Give Clears Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what (hey do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York chaskeTs FLAVORS '^^m. THE TOBACCO WORL D ^^»' HilLLU CIGAR BOX luhbeM ^^^l^EK, SONS 4 COMP^^ Lithographers 257 to 2»5 West i/di Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUwSER Manufacturer of New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels m^/'im/i/ New York. Chicago. Cincinnati Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. "\ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. JL Sole Owners and Manufacturers • INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER. PA. #> !i I '.■ THE TOBACCO WORLD "-^■^3^^ .-uvli:,=>:^ Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9, 1897 For All Kiniis of Pnuluct-i Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTOX, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LUAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to d} more and better work in a t^iven time, with Jess labor, th.tn any Press on the markrt. Unsiir/uisstd for power, strength, simplicity an♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^f^4 ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ 4^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦^♦^ ♦ ♦ XX JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, Blackwcll Durham Tob:icco Co. Spalding cC- Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU :." """ "^ ''""^•^'' "'' " '■¥ orderini^ (foods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS (jGod as uovernment Bonds Ked.stered Br.nd. "BRILLIANT STAR" CUar Havana . IQc. **S. B. Seed and Havana 5c« •KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c, I hese Brandai St- II oo Merit and C^onstantly Keprut. Try Ihem uud Judrfo for Yourself Hhy I his Factory Never Shuts Dowa . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. ISEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R Q I N I A R E R I Q U E MIXTURE G6e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOK # ^^txm. SONS ^ C0Af;>4^^ Lithographers 257 to 255 West i7th Street. NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of New Orleans. San Francisco Cigar Labels me/'/m// New York. Chicago. Cincinnati Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves, YORK v Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. ">» Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. 1. SoIa Owners and Manufacturers- INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. '^1 # # THE TOB ACCO WORLD "WWX Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9, 1897 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ .^* ♦METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4 ^^ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦# For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LBAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to dn more and better work in a given time, with Jess Jabor, th:in any Press on the markrt. Unsur/msstd for power, strenfith, simplicity and dtTRbility, as well as easf^ and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes ni tnutactured Write for prices and full p trticulars. They are indispens- able in It'.'if packing and tobacco ware* houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Cuban Licorice Casing Wine Is no longer an experiment, and your trade will be affected unless you fall in line and use this HELP TO MODERN CIGAR MAKING. Acme Extract and Chemical Works ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ hi ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ lis »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦» SPECIAL DESIQN5 ♦ 4 t tt JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Black well Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU ':^^^7, '" """' "'""' \ni ( Havana, 123 North Third street ■^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of GM:^j^[^ 8^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B H. F. Kohler Manufacturer of High Grade Nickel and Seed and Havana ..CIGARS.-. Factories, Nashville and Jacobus, Pa. Main Office, Nashville Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Houses invited. ^VUU^M T/f^.^ i) 1 ^- J #) # # 'feijifei Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII. in 1881. ) [., No. 15. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. APRIL 8, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGNIZED STANDAKD C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS and CIGARMAKERS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACitRERS OF . . . Cut Plug Sliced Plug CENTRAL UNION IDLE HOUR . . EPICURE Csl^Vur) Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND, VA. J J- V ^ p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ■^ r \ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDER & ARGUIMBAU T/8 Water Street^ New York '^^m THE TOBACCO WORLD SRe^l ■^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET OORRESPONDENOE SOLICITED T HlLAUtLrnlA I (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oii Bi. k ti. Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. • Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeoce with Responsible Houses Solicited CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Factory 1839. First District Penna. W. K. Gresb & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa \A/r,.^ + /-v^— CUTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS Pp.^. Colpl Wanted emil berger tobacco co. roroaiei T«l. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 15 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 8, 1908 One Dollar the Year WISCONSIN PACKERS DULL. HEARING ON THE ANTI=COUPON BILL, bonded warehouse in DAYTON Many are Idle and None Packing Heavily. Slow Season Caused by Holdings of 1906 LeaL Janesville, Wis., April 3. A Janesville paper says that less to- bacco Ip being packed in Janesville this winter than for years. Only about half the buyers are packing and those that are packing are employing but about half their usual forces. This condition is due to two causes : the slump in the market and the poor quality of the 1907 crop. There is no disagreement among to- bacco men regarding the failure of the 1907 crop. One dealer said this morn- ing that after five weeks of riding he had come to the conclusion that only ten per cent, of the crop was fit for binders. Another buyer stated that the crop was being secured at one- third the price the 1906 was purchased for. BUYERS WHO ARE NOT PACKING. The dealers who are not packing at ^11 this winter but are holding the 1906 product are Sanfotd Soverhill, A. N. Jones. Thomas Welch, M. F. Greene & Son, Fisher & Fisher, Geo. M. Decker, J. T. DeForest, J. A. Ryan and Julius Marqusee & Co. F. S. Baines is running with 45 hands, about half his oidinary force here, but with fair sized forces at three other points. George B. Rumrill is employ- ing 36 at his local warehouse and about 50 at Evansville. L. B. Carle & Son, with 50 employes, are operating at ■about half their capacity. McGiffin & Birkenmeyer have just started packing with 35 hands, and still being in the market for good 1907 leaf expect to in- crease their force. McGee Brothers are not yet packing, but will later in the season. Pember Brothers have 25 hands at work, but are hampered by the incompleteness of their warehouse. Others who are doing some packing are S. B. Heddles, Robert Erier. Joseph Orundy, Samuel Grundy and W. B. Conrad. NEW FIRM IN FIELD. Pember Brothers are on their first season in the tobacco business. They have purchased considerable of the 1907 crop and are packing it at their ware- house on North Franklin street. This building was erected as a store struc- ture by Henry C. Klein several years ago. It has been converted into a ware- house and further changes are now be- ing made. A basement is being con- structed for a work room and the first and second stories are being strength- €ned for storage purposes. Some pack- ing has already been done, but while the further repairs and alterations are \ being made packing will be done at the Eagle warehouse, formerly operated for Mr. Rowe by J. M. Thayer. Mr. Thayer is in charge of the Pember warehouse. Besida the store building the Pember Brothers have an adjoining brick structure, formerly used as a carpenter shop, which serves for stor- age purposes. Many Independent Manufacturers, Supported by the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, Appear Before the Ways and Means Com- mittee and Urge Its Enactment. Bloch Brothers Oppose the Measure. Washington, D. C, April 3. The first session of th6 hearing be- fore the Ways and Means Committee, on the Tawney Anti-Coupon Bill which was fixed for yesterday, began a little late of the hour set for it, but it soon became thoroughly animated, and from the start it was apparent that, with possibly few exceptions the fight was to be waged on the ground that coupons were more favorable to the tobacco trust and therefore objectionable to the independents represented by John W. Yerkes, who was the first to be heard, and who appeared on behalf of the following: Strater Bros. Tobacco Co., of Louis- ville; the Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co., of Louisville ; Ryan Hampton Tobacco Co., of Louisville; Blue Grass Tobacco Co., of Lexington ; Frishmuth Bros., of Phil- adelphia; Larus Bros. Co., of Rich- mond, and Weisert Bros. Tobacco Co., of St. Louis. Others of his clients who were present at the hearing were Hugh Campbell, of Richmond; Benj. Pearson, of the Byfield Snuff Co., of Byfield, Mass., and F. D. Ware, of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., of Norfolk, Va. Mr. Yerkes made many strong points in favor of the bill and emphasized all pertinent points so strongly that all who heard him felt convinced of its telling effect. S. Bloch, of Bloch Bros, Tobacco Co., and R. F. Whalen, of Whalen & Co., were also present, but with counsel as their spokesmen. Hugh Campbell, of the United States Tobacco Co., of Richmond, Va., was on hand person- ally, and brought with him an interest- ing array of packages, signs, coupons, etc., which were used as exhibits. Mr. Campbell presendted his own case, and in a truly forceful manner declared that the bill was purely anti- trust legislation, and in the interest of the weak as against the strong. A brief sent by President Cullman, to the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Asso- ciation, was read, and was as follows : Washington, D. C, March 27. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : As President of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, an organiza- tion that embraces within its member- ship a large number of packers and dis- tributors of domestic cigar leaf tobacco and importers of foreign cigar leaf, I desire heartily to endorse the move- ment looking to the enactment of a law that will put an end to the use of re- deemable coupons or other devices sold with statutory packages of cigars, ci- garettes, manufactured tobacco, etc. I earnestly hope that your committee will take early and favorable action and especially that your bill may be put through the House in time to receive consideration in the Senate at the pres- ent session. Section 10 of the Dingley tariff law imposed a very salutary restriction upon the gift enterprise as applied to the tobacco trade, and its repeal, based, as we believe, upon a gross misappre- hension, was greatly regretted by the members of this association. Inasmuch, however, as methods for the evasion of the Dingley law had already been de- vised, and especially because it was held to prohibit the use of what is now regarded as legitimate advertising matter and the devices by which manu- facturers identify their goods, the to- bacco trade will be glad to see enacted in its stead such a comprehensive meas- ure as that now before your committee, which while taxing redeemable coupons, would permit the use of cigar bands, tags, etc. This association strongly endorsed the so-called Otjen-Tawney anti-coupon bill which passed the House by a vote of 170 to 10 and failed of action in the Senate only because it did not reach that body until the day of final adjourn- ment. This measure was finally aban- doned because of its doubtful constitu- tionality, but the support which it re- ceived from the independent tobacco trade throughout the country was a fair index of the strength of the proposition that tobacco products should be sold strictly on their merits. With regard to the bill before your committee, introduced by Representa- tive Tawney, of Minnesota, I desire to say that this association endorses un- reservedly the object at which it is aimed and the principle upon which it is based. We are prepared, however, to accept any modifications which your committee in its wisdom many deem desirable, especially in the event that such changes may appear to you to be necessary to safeguard its constitution- ality. It is significant that the most reput- Bble manufacturers throughout the to- bacco trade have rejected all the thou- sand and one coupon schemes which have been brought to their attention since the repeal of Section 10 of the Dingley Act. As in the case of pro- ducers and dealers in other industries, they believe that it is to the interest of the consumer to put as much value as possible into the goods he buys and not to seek to induce him to puchase some- thing he does not want by offering him (Concluded on page 5) Movement to that End Fostered by the Collector of Customs. Dayton, 0., April '^. O. I. Robbins, Collector of Customs of the Dayton port of entry, has sub- mitted a proposition to the American Cigar Company to have all its tobacco, imported for the Dayton, Louisville, Cleveland and Western factories, shipped through the local port and have a warehouse in this city, from which all tobacco imported can be distributed. This would be a saving of time and freight bills to the cigar company, as the present method of importing all goods through New York causes delay in ^hipment and also loss of money in the freight bills. Mr. Robbins has been working hard to have his proposition accepted, as this would increase the business of the local port of entry almost $100,000 a year, and would give employment to a large force at the company's warehouse and distributing station. A letter was received from W. A. Willingham, manager of the leaf de- partment, with headquartes at New York, stating that the proposition was being considered, and the letter looked good to Mr. Robbins, who thinks the company will erect a distributing sta- tion here and accept his proposed plan. GOODRUM CO. SELLS OUT. Birmingham Concern Takes Over Well-Known Atlanta Business. Atlanta, Ga., April 4. Atlanta became subject to Birming- ham in another instance yesterday by the purchase of the J. J. Goodrum To- bacco Co. of this town by the R. D. Burnett Cigar Co. of Birmingham. As a result of this transaction over $200,- 000 changed hands, making it one of the largest tobacco transactionr to occur in the South for some time. Negotiations for this purchase have been under way for some time, but were only concluded last week. Mr. Burnett has spent a major portion of the last three weeks in Atlanta work- ing on it and by the consummation of the deal will practically control the to- bacco trade of Atlanta. The J. J. Goodrum Tobacco Co. operates eleven stores in Atlanta, having succeeded the Harry Silverman Co. a few years ago. These stores include practically all the good tobacco locations in the Gate City. Mr. Burnett will continue to reside in Birmingham and will run the Atlanta business in connection with the local concern, instructions being sent from Birmingham to Atlanta. The R. D. Burnett Cigar Co. operates a large wholesale house there and a large num- ber of retail stores. The wholesale de- partment only recently moved into new quarters in the old Mecca saloon stand on First avenue, Birmingham. Reynolds Bros, have just leased the Aragon Hotel Cigar Stand, and propose to carry a full line of high class goods. E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA H^K TH E TOBACCO W 0 R L D :^g^ r "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED J • (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oil \\i V li Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) W, W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. First District PeoDu. \i. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa RlAblNGP^ Write for Samples ^Prices y \A/««4-^/>|— CUTTINGS-SCRAPS— SIFTINGS Fni-Qnl<:»' W anted emil berger tobacco CO. r or oaie ^ T«l. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. IS PHILADELPHIA, APRIL S, 1908 One Dollar the Year WISCONSIN PACKERS DULL. HEARING ON THE ANTI=COUPON BILL, bonded warehouse in da YTON Many are Idle and None Packing Heavily. Slow Season Caused by Holdings of 1906 Leaf. Janesville, Wis., April 3. A Janesville paper says that less to- bacco ip being packed in Janesville this winter than for years. Only about half the buyers are packing and those that are packing are employing but about half their usual forces. This condition is due to two causes : the slump in the market and the poor quality of the 1907 crop. There is no disagreement among to- bacco men regarding the failure of the 1907 crop. One dealer said this morn- ing that after live weeks of riding he had come to the conclusion that only ten per cent, of the crop was fit for binders. Another buyer stated that the crop was being secured at one-third the price the 190G was purchased for. BUYERS WHO ARE NOT PACKING. The dealers who are not packing at all this winter but are holding the 1906 product are Sanfoid Soverhill, A. N. Jones, Thomas Welch, M. F. Greene & Son, Fisher & Fisher, Geo. M. Decker, J. T. DeForest, J. A. Ryan and Julius Marqusee & Co. F. S. Baines is running with 45 hands, about half his oidinary force here, but with fair sized forces at three other points. George B. Rumrill is employ- ing 36 at his local warehouse and about 50 at Evansville. L. B. Carle & Son, with 50 employes, are operating at about half their capacity. McGiffln & Birkenmeyer have just started packing with 35 hands, and still being in the market for good 1907 leaf expect to in- crease their force. McGee Brothers are not yet packing, but will later in the season. Pember Brothers have 25 hands at work, but are hampered by the incompleteness of their warehouse. Others who are doing some packing are S. B. Heddles, Robert Erler, Joseph Grundy, Samuel Grundy and W. B. Conrad. NEW FIRM IN FIELD. Pember Brothers are on their first season in the tobacco business. They have purchased considerable of the 1907 crop and are packing it at their ware- house on North Franklin street. This building was erected as a store struc- ture by Henry C. Klein several years ago. It has been converted into a ware- house and further changes are now be- ing made. A basement is being con- structed for a work room and the first and second stories are being strength- ened for storage purposes. Some pack- ing has already been done, but while the further repairs and alterations are being made packing will be done at the Eagle warehouse, formerly operated for Mr. Rowe by J. M. Thayer. Mr. Thayer is in charge of the Pember warehouse. Besida the store building the Pember Brothers have an adjoining brick structure, formerly used as a carpenter shop, which serves for stor- age purposes. Many Independent Manufacturers, Supported by the National Cij^ar Leaf Tobacco Association, Appear Hetore the Ways and Means Com- mittee and Urge Its Enactment. Bloch Brothers Oppose the Measure. Washington, D. C, April 3. The first session of th^ hearing be- fore the Ways and Means Committee, on the Tawney Anti-Coupon Bill which was fixed for yesterday, began a little late of the hour set for it, but it soon became thoroughly animated, and from the start it was apparent that, with possibly few exceptions the fight was to be waged on th^i ground that coupons were more favorable to the tobacco trust and therefore objectionable to the independents represented Ly John W. Yerkes, who was the first to be heard, and who appeared on behalf of the following : Strater Bros. Tobacco Co., of Louis- ville; the Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co., of Louisville ; Ryan Hampton Tobacco Co., of Louisville; Blue Grass Tobacco Co., of Lexington ; Frishmuth Bros., of Phil- adelphia; Larus Bros. Co., of Rich- mond, and Weisert Bros. Tobacco Co., of St. Louis. Others of his clients who were present at the hearing were Hugh Campbell, of Richmond; Benj. Pearson, of the Byfield Snuff Co., of Byfield, Mass., and F. D. Ware, of the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., of Norfolk, Va. Mr. Yerkes made many strong points in favor of the bill and emphasized all pertinent points so strongly that all who heard him felt convinced of its telling effect. S. Bloch, of Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., and R. F. Whalen, of Whalen & Co., were also present, but with counsel as their spokesmen. Hugh Campbell, of the United States Tobacco Co., of Richmond, Va., was on hand person- ally, and brought with him an interest- ing array of packages, signs, coupons, etc., which were used as exhibits. Mr. Campbell presendted his own case, and in a truly forceful manner declared that the bill was purely anti- trust legislation, and in the interest of the weak as against the strong. A brief sent by President Cullman, to the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Asso- ciation, was read, and was as follows: Washington, D. C, March 27. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: As President of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Ass^ociation, an organiza- tion that embraces within its member- ship a large number of packers and dis- tributors of domestic cigar leaf tobacco and importers of foreign cigar leaf, I desire heartily to endorse the move- ment looking to the enactment of a law that will put an end to the use of re- deemable coupons or other devices sold with statutory packages of cigars, ci- garettes, manufactured tobacco, etc. I earnestly hope that your committee will take early and favorable action and especially that your bill may be put through the House in time to receive consideration in the Senate at the pres- ent session. Section lu of the Dingley tariff law imposed a very salutary restriction upon the gift enterprise as applied to the tobacco trade, and its repeal, based, as we believe, upon a gross misappre- hension, was greatly regretted by the members of this ast^ociation. Inasmuch, however, as methods for the evasion of the Dingley law had already been de- vised, and especially because it was held to prohibit the use of what is now regarded as legitimate advertising matter and the devices by which manu- facturers identify their goods, the to- bacco trade will be glad to see enacted in its stead such a comprehensive meas- ure as that now before your committee, which while taxing redeemable coupons, would permit the use of cigar bands, tags, etc. This association strongly endorsed the so-called Otjen-Tawney anti-coupon bill which passed the House by a vote of 170 to 10 and failed of action in the Senate only because it did not reach that body until the day of final adjourn- ment. This measure was finally aban- doned because of its doubtful constitu- tionality, but the support which it re- ceived from the independent tobacco trade throughout the country was a fair index of the strength of the proposition that tobacco products should be sold strictly on their merits. With regard to the bill before your committee, introduced by Representa- tive Tawney, of Minnesota, I desire to say that this association endorses un- reservedly the object at which it is aimed and the principle upon which it is based. We are prepared, however, to accept any modifications which your committee in its wisdom many deem desirable, especially in the event that such changes may appear to you to be necessary to safeguard its constitution- ality. It is significant that the most reput- able manufacturers throughout the to- bacco trade have rejected all the thou- sand and one coupon schemes which have been brought to their attention since the repeal of Section 10 of the Dingley Act. As in the case of pro- ducers and dealers in other industries, they believe that it is to the interest of the consumer to put as much value as possible into the goods he buys and not to seek to induce him to puchase some- thing he does not want by offering him (Concluded on page 5) Movement to that End Fostered by the Collector of Customs. Dayton, O., April 3. O. I. Robbins, Collector of Customs of the Dayton port of entry, has sub- mitted a proposition to the American Cigar Company to have all its tobacco, imported for the Dayton, Louisville, Cleveland and Western factories, shipped through the local port and have a warehouse in this city, from which all tobacco imported can be distributed. This would be a saving of time and freight bills to the cigar company, as the present method of importing all goods through New York causes delay in ^hipment and also loss of money in the freight bills. Mr. Robbins has been working hard to have his proposition accepted, as this would increase the business of the local port of entry almo>t ;?1imi,(MiO a >ear, and would give employment to a large force at the company's warehouse and distributing station. A letter was received frcm W. A. Willingham, manager of the leaf de- partment, with headciuartes at New York, stating that the proposition was being considered, and the letter looked good to Mr. Robbins, who thinks the company will erect a distributing sta- tion here and accept his proposed plan. GOODRUM CO. SELLS OUT. Birmingham Concern Takes Over Well-Known Atlanta Business. Atlanta, Ga., April 4. Atlanta became subject to Birming- ham in another instance yesterday by the purchase of the J. J. Goodrum To- bacco Co. of this town by the R. D. Burnett Cigar Co. of Birmingham. Aa a result of this transaction over $200,- 000 changed hands, making it one of the largest tobacco transactionr to occur in the South for some time. Negotiations for this purchase have been under way for some time, but were only concluded last week. Mr. Burnett has spent a major portion of the last three weeks in Atlanta work- ing on it and by the consummation of the deal will practically control the to- bacco trade of Atlanta. The J. J. Goodrum Tobacco Co. operates eleven stores in Atlanta, having succeeded the Harry Silverman Co. a few years ago. These stores include practically all the good tobacco locations in the Gate City. Mr. Burnett will continue to reside in Birmingham and will run the Atlanta business in connection with the local concern, instructions being sent from Birmingham to Atlanta. The R. D. Burnett Cigar Co. operates a large wholesale house there and a large num- ber of retail stores. The wholesale de- partment only recently moved into new quarters in the old Mecca saloon stand on First avenue, Birmingham. Reynolds Bros, have just leased the Aragon Hotel Cigar Stand, and propose to carry a full line of high class goods. E. A. Calves <£, Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co.<5 y IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA ^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B J. Vetterlein & Co." mporters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 185d John T. Dohan V^^ y'^J Wm. H. Dohan FLOR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^*5^*N ^©7 ^^^A St. Leaf TohaccoK , «^ J philada. 4BR\9b- ■■tobllshed s ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra B AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHU VELENCHIK BROS. '"■"tr'in LE AF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA rhirdSt, Phi/a Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UOhiondeFkbbicantesdeTabacosyCigarros -^^^^"' utonzaciaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqtjefes cfc plcadJ^aquellGVBnes^ap^eci^fa son fabncadospor ^^gTaiiirmjj.iJi4H:mMJ:i.ijiin.Mi-tik4Ji>>jj|i!i.iikti;|f;||^^ HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or ihat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta. or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a jjruarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cue Tobacco packages which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers' Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA: Black with pale blue ground: fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. Hearing on the Anti-Coupon Bill. (Concluded from page 3) a cheap premium. In isolated cases the competition of similar articles has induced a few manufacturers to employ coupon scheme?, but a law that would abolish all such devices and put all manufacturers on an equal footing would, I think, be welcomed almost unanimously throughout the tobacco industry. The cigar trade throughout the United States was several years ago subjected to the demoralizing influence of a series of so-called estimating or guessing con- tests. One of these, conducted by the Florodora Tag Company, exerted so pernicious an influence upon the cigar trade that the National Cigar Leaf To- bacco Association deemed it advisable to test the legality of these schemes under the anti-lottery laws of the State of New York. After a stubborn con- test the New York State Court of Ap- peals unanimously decided that these contests were lotteries. Immediately after the announcement of this decision the association took the matter up with the Post Office Department at Washing- ton in the hope that the Postmaster General would see his way clear to es- tablish a comprehensive rule covering all such contests. The Attorney Gen- eral, Mr. Moody, now a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, in an opinion held that the so-called esti- mates depended largely upon chance and were therefore conducted in viola- tion of the federal anti-lottery law. The opinion thus rendered was promptly adopted by the Post Office Department and has since exerted a most salutary influence, not only throughout the to- bacco trade but in many other lines where the demoralizing influence of these schemes had been severely felt. We believe Congress can perform no more important work in the interest of good commercial ethics than the aboli- tion of redeemable coupons sold with statutory packages containing tobacco products. The interests of manufac- turer, dealer and consumer alike will be subserved by the pasasge of the pending bill. Jos. F. Cullman, Jr., President National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Asso. H. M. Russell, of Wheeling. W. Va., on behalf of Bloch Bros. Tobacco Co., presented an argument in opposition to the bill. This firm is the only instance of desertion from the ranks of the In- dependent Tobacco Manufacturers' As- sociation. &Z ^ > %/%<%/%i%<%%^ STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior ¥ Makes a Specialty of ^ Wood.. Work.. o Fitting Up Cigar Stores Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia —The LaCrosse. Wis., branch of Fay Lewis & Bros, Co.. was damaged by fire some days ago. The fire, which is believed to have been caused by an ex- plosion on defect of the gasoline plant used in lighting the store, was extin- guished before very great damage was done. It was confined to a small rear room, known as "The Den." The store was closed for a short time, in order to ascertain the exact amount of damage done. dc: D(^ GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada. Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford, Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer &. Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. rj \J 0= © © Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. v^ ^ © ^ REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . . . S^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD '^^e OEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Third SI., PHiUDELPHU Hippie Bros. & Co. WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up*to-Date LO UIS B YTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 Race Si. -J- •! i i «• and Commission Merchants. rlVllaaelpni& Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAI Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With Specially DesUned Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Corre.pondeoce with Re.poosible Hou... aotieitod. Private Brands made to order. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Wareliouse : 630==636 N. Prince St. Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone: 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. >: SAMUEL HARTMAN «i CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom : 313 and 315 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTERs PA. Prices Within Reach of All Norristown Keyno Tobacco Works HAVANA shorts) norristown, pa. J Manufacturers of 2oz.5cy Tj ci A Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on appllcatioi Established 1895 Telephone Connecticm T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing: Trade rf L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN *l EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • U. O. HAEUSSERMANN <& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO W O R L D "^^fe E. A. Calves & Co.<'^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Fewer Buyers in the Market for Havana Leaf. Transactions Will Now Probably be Limited to a Few Year-Round Buyers and the Clear Havana Manu- facturers. Holders Would Sell at Present Reduced Prices, but are Unwilling to Recede Further. Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, March 30, 1908. Semi Vuelta 2.245 bales, Partido 178, and Remedies 842 bales. For the Amer- ican market 2.140 bales were taken, by exporters for Europe 350. and by the local cigar and cigarette manufacturers 775 bales. Very few buyers arrived during the past week, and as we are now almost in April we can hardly look for any large number of Northern buyers to come here, excepting the few who gen- erally visit us all the year round, and the clear Havana cigar manufacturers who do their principal buying during the summer months, when the new crop is to their liking. On the other hand, some of our American dealers and packers here, who ought to be well posted as far as the coming growth is concerned, have made some fair sized purchases already of old heavy Vueltas and Remedios and are still active in the market. This surely is an indica- tion that the 1908 crop may be deficient in good heavy styles. Last week we had some light showers in Havana (for two days) which did not last more than half an hour at a time, and the same conditions prevailed in the country in some places, but the rains were not general, and since that time the drought and hot weather has con- tinued, so there really has been no benefit to the growing plants, nor will the atmosphere permit the dry tobacco to be thrown into piles after it has been bundled. Undoubtedly the majority of our dealers would prefer to let go of their holdings, but on the other hand they are not so discouraged, as some people imagine, to sacrifice more of their cap- ital than they have done already, and rather than slaughter their goods they prefer to hold on and run their chances. With improved conditions in the United States the demand is bound to come, and all good tobacco will be needed be- fore long at the established lower range of prices, which ought to be maintained in future. Snles during the past week totaled 3,265 bales, consisting of Vuelta Abajo and lluyern Come and ti u. Arrivals: -F. Fonseca. of F. Fonseca & Co.. New York and Havana; Charles B. Cameron, of The Waldorf-Astoria Co.. New York; Vicente Guerra. of V. Guerra. Diaz & Co.. Tampa. Departures:— Sidney Goldberg, Sol Salomon and E. J. Weil. New York; D. E. Klein and Jose Lovera.for Tampa. llnviiiia ClKHr Hnnufactarera are still busy filling old orders, as well as the fresh ones which are coming to hand, althogh it seems a pity that, ow- ing to the unfounded reports of a com- ing excellent crop, some importers per- haps have prepared to hold back further calls. Usually this is the off season for all manufacturers, and under ordin- ary circumstances there never is a very brisk business, but as, owing to the strike, the old stocks ought to have been nearly exhausted, a better state of affairs should exist. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 750.000 ci- gars of their own and orher independent manufacturers' brands, and cannot com- plain of not receiving quite a number of orders from various points. Sol is working with the required number of hands and. as it has orders enough on hand for some time, "hustle" is the word of Behrens & Co. Eden, of Calixto Lopez & Co.. is an- other factory where harmony and steady work are shining examples of what able management can do in running a large factory in first class style. Iliiylnp:, SelliiiK nnil Otiior Not«>ii of InfereMf. Sobrinosde A. Gonzalez sold 450 bales of all kinds of leaf Vuelta Abajo. LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO MUNI£ VENANCiO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : 'Angel," Havana ReiAdL 20, Havana. p. O. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER Su SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS In VUELTA ABAuO at " PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS and ESCOJIDAS: PUERTA de GOLPE SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTI SPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission IVIercliant "^ l^eaf Tobacco and Cigars 1 O'Reilly St. -^^r Habana, Cuba GONZAl^EZ Y MiGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de San(a Clara de Primera Clase AMISTAD 97, Cable: -CASIN" HABANA. P H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MA NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^' H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 aCHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA VS^S. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA •^ NeptUnO 170—174 special Partner-Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest faelta Abajo Tobacco kclosively %m .^4eAt*J^^ ^WW NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba Cable: •Aatcro' GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 P. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ R. BODRIOUEZ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Aba|o and Partido RRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOHGE 8t P. CflSTflflEDR Growers, Packers and Exporters of . ]4avana Iieaf Tobaceo Efido, Corner Pragones Street, H A V ANA 8 PABLO PEREZ CAN DIDO 0BE8C; Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) • Leaf Tobacco r VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta AbaJo Veiiac Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBAo AVSLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ fll 1 and Dealers in LeHi i ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41. cu.: -caeter." HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in L,eaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Aba jo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO" urrespondence Solicited In Enrfllah LOME NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana m Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco fispecialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: »'DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA v THE TOBACCO WORLD Partido and Remedios— to their numer- ous clientele during the past week. Vicente Guerra, of V. Guerra. Diaz & Co.) arrived here sick on the 26th inst . and went to the Quinta "La Covadon- ga," where his numerous friends here hope that he will promptly regain his usual health. Don Vicente is the Span- ish Consul at Tampa and one of the old- timers in the cigar manufacturing line. A. M. Calazada & Co. were sellers of 1,000 bales Ist capaduras during the last fortnight to a prominent jobber of the West. He pronounced this lot of tobacco one of the best he had seen this season, and it certainly looked and tasted good. This house has been very successful in its trading this year, and as they claim that they bought at the right time they can afford to name a moderate price to their customers. Don Antonio N. Calzada leaves this week for Vuelta Abajo to superintend their important packings there. Matt Wengler made some further purchases this week of very choice Vuelta Abajo vegas. B. Diaz & Co. disposed of some 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo during the past week to Northern and local manutac- ti^rers. Sidney Goldberg has invested in some choice vegas, and leaves tomor- row, by the steamer Saratoga, in his usual good humor. ; Gonzales & Miguel sold out 113 bales of Remedios and Partido. Viuda de Jose Gener bought 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo colas. Sylvester & Stern sold 420 bales of choice lowland tobacco from the Vuelta Abajo to E. M. Schwartz & Co. and Jose Lovera. They say that the medio tiempo tobacco is pretty good in some sections, but the tardio growth will not amount to much, owing to the lack of rain. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since March 28 Jan. 1 Bales 663 Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta 201 Partido 25 Matanzas 29 Remedios & S.Clara 723 Mayari 261 Total 1.902 Bales 14.150 1.432 540 306 16.310 1.522 34,260 Charles Soby Retires from Trade Hartford. Conn., April 6. While Charles Soby, who for twenty- six years has conducted a retail cigar store at 867 Main street, has retired from the retail business, much to the regret of hundreds of patrons, and par- ticularly members of the sporting fra ternity in this city and all over the country, the business is to be continued, James Woods and Herbert S. Weeks, under the firm name of Weeks & Woods, took charge last week. Soby's cigar store has for years been a favorite resort for those interested in all sorts of athletics. Scoreboards have been maintained there and sporting men from all parts of the country, when in Hartford, have made it a point to call and see Mr. Soby. They will continue to see a familiar face at the store, for Mr. Woods has been associ- ated with Mr. Soby for twenty three years. Herbert S. Weeks. Mr. Woods' partner, has been engaged in the cigar business with his father, George Weeks, at 1015 Main street. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very beat Vuelta Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. ' Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: •"Calda" JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUARE2 Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO id Commission Merchants Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 an( New York Office: 196 WATER STREET J V. H E A l> O II A R T i: R S FOR Wisconsin Tobacco L. B. CARLE & SON >^ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. ^ To Protect the GmsumeKs a^dnst the Host of LnitatoKs of this Old TSme Famous Popular Brand of Ci^ar^ Eveisv^Dox of the Genpine poktuondo Cigars ^r.v..:^ 5^ :,Tr^^■':^^^. Herlstered la U. S. rat€nt Offloe MANUFACTURED ONLYEy The JuaiiIR)rhiondo(^arMS.G). II10'1116 5aii>som A.. Philadelphia THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^H Office, BRNMST BLLINGUR & CO. Nos. S^-S^Pine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York gfe-r_, .g^Sa LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES: DETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, JOt. 8. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IN POSTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 OFFICES Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." 183 Water St. NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANAX^Kcii^^^ and SEED LEAF 10JjClC Havana, 123 North Third street D IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD CUTTING SALES REBATES. Grocers and tobacco jobbing firms are elated over the action of the American Tobacco Co., which has sent out notices that after May 1st it will discontinue special premium offers to jobbers' sales- men. The practice had been the subject of bitter attacks on the part of the whole- salers and jobbers, who declared it was merely a form of subsidy for their agents and had a demoralizing effect in handicapping the sale of the products of competing firms. Its abandonment is the result of a co operation move- ment urged by the Tobacco Committee of the National Wholesale Grocers' As- sociation. WAS THERE A SURRENDER ? Although the State of Kentucky and the Tobacco Trust have been reported as surrendering to the night riders and the tobacco pools, some later news raises a question whether the capitula tion has been complete. One man has been sent to jail for three months for writing a threatening letter. A prom- inent physician has been indicted for night riding, and he has surrendered himself, relying perhaps on the discre- tion of the trial jury. The tobacco war began and has been most savage in the "black patch." or the group of counties where the dark tobacco, bought not by the trust but for European Governments, is raised. The report of the agreement of the trust with the night riders came from the White Bur- ley region, but in two of the largest counties in that group many farmers are reported to be defying the night riders and proposing to raise more to- bacco than ever. Most of the night riders are said to be known, and if wit- nesses will testify and jurors will con- vict the reign of terror can be broken up. A surrender to the night riders would be very dangerous. Many of them are likey to degenerate presently into mere highwaymen. SLOW SMOKING SAFEST. A recent letter from Vienna revives the old question of how to smoke with safety to the smoker, emphasizing the general idea that it is safer and better to enjoy our pleasures with moderation, just as it adds to our comfort and well- being to bear with patience whatever of disappointment we may meet by the way. For our part, and we have had some experience as a "fumeur, " we think the smoker whose only object is to consume the greatest amount of to- bacco in a given time had better join the Kentucky night riders. The letter referred to says : Dr. Liebermann and Dr. Davidovics tested pieces of cotton which had been placed in mouthpieces of pipes and ci- gar holders and found them covered with yellowish biown flecks. These were found to be of a tarry nature, produced during the process of combustion, and highly poisonous. It was found, also, that two cigars of the same brand and strength often produced differing dergees of discolor- ation of the cotton. Further investiga- tion showed that these differences were due to the length of time occupied in smoking. The same weight of tobacco smoked in five minutes produced nearly three times as many yellowish brown spots as if it were smoked in J5 minutes. The professors therefore concluded that a rapid smoker inhales a much larger quantity of poisonous substance, to the consequent injury of his health, than does his more phlegmatic colleague. 12 \ 7 BANDING CIGARS BY MACHINE. THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday BY THE INCORPORATED 1902 TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Address, Baccoworld." Havana OflGce, Prado 36, Alloa. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, By Subscription: $1.00 the Year ; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada. $2 00 the Year. Entered a( ihn Philadelphia Post Office as Second Claas Matter, k: PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 8, 1908. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The leaf trade is on a slow mend. The volume of business for March shows some increase over the previous month in most instances, but it is still far from what is expected at this time of the year. There has been no heavy trading in the local market during the past week, and the business done was confined largely to out of town points. Owing to the generally quiet business the leaf men will have ample time to attend the Convention of Leaf Men which will be held in this city in May. President Rosenberg, of the Philadel- phia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, has made his appointment of delegates to the Convention, and named the follow- ing gentlemen: Karl Straus, of K. Straus & Co. ; Leopold Loeb, of Leopold Loeb & Co. ; H. W. Bremer, of Lewis Bremer's Sons, and Julius Vetterlein, of J. Vetterlein & Co. The alternates named are as follows : S. Grabosky, of the Empire Leaf Tobacco Co. ; J. S. Batroff , broker ; W. H. Dohan, of Do- han & Taitt, and E. A. Calves, of E. A. Calves & Co. The cigar manufacturing trade in this city is looking fairly prosperous, and orders have lately been coming in at an increasing rate. A majority of the factories are working on full time and with their usual forces. The March output shows a healthy increase over the previous month, and compares more favorably with the corresponding month of the previous year than did any month this year so far. In the death of Dr. Lee Lowengrund, which occurred last week at his home, 1827 North Eighteenth street, the trade has lost another of its best known members in the retail business. Dr. Lowengrund has been long con- nected with his brother I. Lowengrund who operates a chain of stores in the business sections of the city, and was extremely popular in the trade. He was fifty-five years of age, and was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of this city, but he preferred an active mercantile pursuit and did not follow his profession. His death came very suddenly, and he is survived by three children and a widow, who be- fore her marriage was Miss Helen Vendig, a sister of Chas. H. Vendig of the Hotel Vendig, at Twelfth and Mar- ket streets, this city. Charitable institutions were benifi- cently remembered in the will of the late Arthur Hagen, who died on March 22, at the Hotel Edouard. The testa- ment admitted to probate by Register of Wills Irwin last week disposes of a personal estate of $500,000 and realty appraised at $3,000. Two sons of the decedent. Christian A. Hagen and Arthur Hagen, Jr., are named as exec- utors of the terms of the document, which bears date of September 15, 1905. The principal of Mr. Hagen's fortune, while passing to the surviving sons of the testator, is, in part, divided among several local charitable institutions under the conduct of the Roman Catholic Church, of which faith Mr. Hagen was a member. The Methodist and Jewish Hospitals are also remembered, as is the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, to whom Mr. Hagen leaves a substantial bequest in memory of an old slave. The Commercial Cigar Co., which had been conducted by John H. Hum- ber at 1630 Columbia avenue, has sold out its entire stock and fixtures to the American Cigar Brokers at 12th and Columbia avenue, and Mr. Humber has again taken up his former position as manager of the sales department. B. Liberman, of the Liberman Mfg. Co., is expected back from Europe this week. Mr. Liberman has attended vsfv^ral of the Sumatra inscriptions at Amsterdam, and, although it is not definitely known, it is believed that he has made quite a number of purchases of tobacco. W. W. Kohlberg, formerly a member of the leaf firm of Kohlberg Bros. & Ruthenberg. of New York, but now a traveling representative for J. Lichten- stein & Co. and the Lichtenstein Florida Tobacco Co., spent several days with the trade in this city last week. From here Mr. Kohlberg will visit Baltimore, Washington and Southern and Western points. E. A. Calves & Co. have been quite active in the Havana market since the return of Frank Dominguez of that firm. M H. Myers has returned to his old territory in New York State, where he has built up a desirable patronage, and Charles Martinez i's hustling ac- tively through Pennsylvania. M. C. Miller, of M. C. Miller, Inc., of Hartford, Conn., spent a day in this city last week, en route to Lancaster and York, Pa. A. Sola, of Sola e Hijos, importers of Porto Rico leaf tobacco, was a visitor in the Philadelphia market dur ing the past week. Henry Weiss, of the American West Indies Trading Co., was a recent visitor in this city. An Invention That Does the Work of Twenty Hands. Occupies the Space of a Typewriter. The banding of cigars has become a fixed charge in most* factories. By identifying the brand, the label has be- come a protection to all honest manu- facturers and dealers, and many smok- ers refuse to buy a cigar unless it carries a mark of distinction which as- sures him that he is getting the article he pays for. The custom of banding cigars has been a great disadvantage to the cigar manufacturer; it has materially in- creased his cost of doing business, be- cause the work has always been done by hand, and hand work is slow, irreg- ular, and demands an inordinate amount of floor space. For a long time cigar manufacturers have waited for a mechanical device that would handle this work satisfac- torily. A mechanical device was plainly "a long felt want," but the difficulties of the situation seemed insuperable. MR. THOMAS E. FEARON for many years a practical cigar manu- facturer, has patented a machine which cuts the cost, time and labor of band- ing cigars down to the very least ex- pense. He conceived the original idea some eight years ago, and with the proverbial patience of inventors, has kept steadily at work bringing it to perfection. His financial success has been greatly aided by the assistance of his brother, Mr. James J. Fearon, who is known throughout the country both as an emi- nent inventor and as an authority on mechanics often called into court as an expert witness. THE FEARON CIGAR BANDING MACHINE occupies the space of an ordinary type- writer, and weighs only twelve pounds. Thus it can be carried about easily and will not crowd a cigar packer's table. " Absolutely no skill is required for its operation, and it bands from 50 cigars a minute up to the limit of the speed obtainable by the power used, which may be electric, steam, hand or foot power. ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WORK. A truly wonderful feature of the Fearon Machine is the delicacy with which it handles the cigars, and is claimed to never injure the wrapper in the slightest degree. Likewise it places the band in any position desired. Being constructed with the mechani- cal precision of clock-work, the lapping of the band ends is always uniform and straight. Furthermore it makes impos- sible any sticking of the band to the wrapper. This single feature is suffici- ent reason for any manufacturer giving most careful consideration to the ma- chine. This machine fits into any factory routine of handling goods that are in process of manufacture. No drying is needed, and cigars are ready for pack- ing immediately on leaving the machine. In these days of high rents, it is necessary to keep a manufacturing plant as compact as possible. This suggests some interesting figures. The Fearon Machine with its operator oc- cupies the space of only one worker but accomplishes as much as fifteen to twenty-five workers. Allowing four square feet to each person, this brings • m m I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to E.tabi.^hcU isbO Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD AT LAST? A Cigar Banding Machine Perfect in Every Point 7 The Fearon Ci^ar Banding Machine Bands 30.000 to 150.000 cigars a day. Cannot injure or rough up the wrapper. ^ Easily operated by inexperienced hands. Places bands on perfectly straight, anywhere you wish and never permits bands to stick to wrapper. Saves wages of twelve to twenty-five employes, also floor space occupied by them. Cost so low that you cannot afford to be without it. Absolutely simple, sure and satisfactory. We have no shares to sell. Our business is solely to supply you with Banding Machines. V ^ ^ Treasurer of Boston Cigarmakers' Union, No. 97. has resigned that posi- tion, the resignation to take effect May 1st. Mr. Lipp is to go into busK ness in Chelsea. A flim flam man easily took $10 from Miss Lillian Berlo, clerk in the cigar store of Abraham Nathan, 4 Brom- field street, last week. It was the old game of buying some cigars, giving a UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES >•< H. O. BURKY -•< 10 c. A HIGH GRADE HAND MADE 1A« ff^ HAVANA CIGAR lUC. OC, CIGAR FOR Write for Sample? and Prices 5c. ^ FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING, PA* 13 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. t! THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Oood Taste ^SyqN FELieE^ P^ A HIGH GRADE R^ kJC. CIGAR FORkJC# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers L,im£i, Ohio T. J. DUNN «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street, NEW VORK Louis E.Neumai\i& Co. ' 129^-^Tol30^^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. -" LABELS & SHOW " ALSO CI RTED Michael Hose A. F. BrillhayV Diillis Cilif C CM-. LEAF TOBACCO, ManufaC' turers of CIGAR MOLDS Hiji^hest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co* 1931-1935 Western Ave., «nd 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. $10 bill in payment, and getting double change. When he gave Miss Berlo the $10 bill, she started to hand him the change. He pocketed the change, saying he had a smaller bill than the ten. and tender- ing ir, at the same time taking back the original bill. The man is said to be between 45 and 50 years old and a smooth talker. J. Dubruil is now the Boston repre- sentative of the Khedivial Co. He has two able assistants in Messrs. Busch and Warsaw. Special attention is now being paid to exploiting the Alma cigarette, B. Rogers has opened an up-to-date cigar and tobacco store at 13 Fleet street. Miss I. F. Morrison has purchased from Louis Kriger the cigar stand in the Hotel Rexford, and will operate same in connection with her stand in Barrister Hall. D. J. Murphy is making a good show- ing in placing the Blue and Scarlet cut plug about town. Louis Miller is now doing missionary work here on the Keystone cigar. Miss Kitty Griffin, manager of the cigar stand in the Kimball Building on Tremant street, reports an increasing business. Gans Bros.' William the Fourth and Ganbro are her leaders in clear Havana cigars. Miss Griffin has a winning way about her. Traveling salesmen galore call on her and her pocket book carries a large collection of their lards. I believe she carries four ot Mr. Woods' cards. Ben All. —The Newburg Tobacco Co., of New- burg. Ind.. ban increased its capital aiock from $25,000 to $75,000. --The Yatter, Rothschild & Harmon Cigar Co. has been incorporated to do I busiiness in Chicago with a capital of ! $2,400, by Samuel Yatter, Maurice F. Rothschild and Adolph Harmon. —The Michels Co., Aurora, HI., for the cigar and tobacco business has been incorporated. Capital, $30,000. Incor- porators: Flora A. Michels, George SchroU and Jas. A. Raymond. —The Bijou Cigar Store, at 1626 Second avenue, Davenport, la., of which Charles Lutes and William Bey are proprietors, was recently entered by burglars who got $15.30 in cash and a small amount in goods. —The W. H. Dee Cigar Co., of Calu- met, Mich., will shortly occupy the premises recently vacated by Cavan & Co. New and thoroughly modern fix- tures will be installed and a thoroughly up to date establishment opened. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8-point measure) To Manafactnrers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Sittings to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu- facturers invited. 6-51h To Ci^ar Mannfactarers. npHERE are several cigar factories -*- vacant in Perkasie, Bucks Co., Pa. (1st Dist. Pa.), on the N. P. Branch of P. & R. R. R., 33 miles from Philadel- phia, which can now be rented at a low rent. Plenty of good hand-work hands can be secured. This is one of the larg- est cigar centers in the State. Apply to The Perkasie Board of Trade, John Schwartz, Secretary. 3-18r L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. ]2-18he pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and -■- fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf pOR SALE.— A second-hand all-glass -*- Floor Case, 13 ft. 6 in. long. Can be seen at Smith's Pharmacy, 1933 Tioga St. No reasonable olfer refused. 4-8h \A7 ANTED— Good cash jobbing house ^ to use about 5,000 Union Label Ci- gars a week. Will make any grade or shape desired. Address Manufacturer. Box 6, care Tobacco World, Phila. 4-lh pOR SALE— One million Long Filler ■*- Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8t£ E. R0SENWALD & BR0. o m i m m ^^m, TH E TOBACCO WORLD '^^B0 HIGHEST AWARD AI\D GOLD MEDAL FOR EXCELLEMCE AND QUAUTY OV STOGIES. AT WORLO'S FAIK. SI. MUlS. 1«)04 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. DULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINT.. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First QuAlity. Long Filler. lUnJ M«d«> JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDLil) SMOKE^ BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.0U0,0JU u Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. APRIL CHANGES IN READING. Reading, Pa.. April 6. A number of removals among cigar manufacturers in Reading and Berks county were recorded at the office of Deputy Internal Rvenue Collector Fred W. Cranston. L. J. Spohn was granted permission to move his factory from 638 South Sixteenth and-a-half street to Stoners- ville. Similar permission was granted to Joseph Graybill to move his factory from a point along the Reading canal, near Gibraltar, to Gibraltar. John Fornorman will move his fac- tory from Ninth and Douglass streets to another location. E. A. Shenk, Womelsdorf. was granted permission to move into his new factory on April L E. A. Lehr will move from 937 North Eleventh street to 1117 North Twelfth street. G. Sam Hansch will move from 431 Spruce street to 251 Penn street, where his store is located. Walter Musser will move from 334 Chestnut street to 350 Tulpehocken. The Runer Cigar Company moved from 254 South Ninth street to An- gelica. William K. Slater was granted a permit for th«> removal of his cigar factory from 329 Elm street to 420 North Ninth street, and a similar per- mit was granted to E. Rehr to move from 937 North Eleventh street to Twelfth street beyond Green. The body of Henry Strohl, a tobacco dealer, aged -^3 years, who came here from Lancaster nine years ago, was found in a public road three miles weit of Reading last week. Nearby was a bottle which had contained carbolic acid and which had been dtained of its contents. Strohl is believed to have committed suicide because of financial troubles. He was formerly manager of a cigar factory operated at Ephrata. Pa., by Harvey Bitzer, when the latter was quite a prominent figure in the ci- gar trade at that place, but subse- quently failed. TOBACCO RISKS CANCELLED. Two Insurance Companies Can- cel Kentucky Tobacco Risks Outside the Cities. Louisville, Ky.. April 3. Tobacco men were much worried when it became known that two of the leading fire insurance companies doing business in Kentucky had notified agents to cancel all tobacco risks in Kentucky except insurance held in Louisville and other cities. The amount to be cancelled is placed at about half a million dollars. Other companies are contemplating the same course. The action is taken on account of night riders. New Haven Strike Unsettled. New Haven, Conn.. April 3. The refusal of the Cigar Manufactur- ers' Association to withdraw the ulti- matum issued to its employes a few days ago, will, it is expected, result in the locking out of cigar workers. The ultimatum was to the effect that unless a strike, which had been de- clared at the factory of J. P. Kilfeather, was settled immediately, a lockout would take place. About 19 cigar man- ufacturing establishments are affected. Capacity 25.000 per day Telegraph YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprielor Manufacturer of FJJ^E CIGARS Holtz, Pa. ,,^OHA Bbjy^,^ © LEOINA BLAIND © Pretty Bessie I Best Known . York Nick 5c. OAK TWO CRACKER JACKS—2 for 5 Cents. MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and .lobbing Trade Only Invited PURO /^liri r^r^^«f Off^I^r* ^ *®'^ Filling $2.00 Fountain Pen and "Tl V^UI vJit^QI Vyild • for one year. ([[Both for $1.50; the Re^u The Tobacco World** lar Price is $3.00. We have made a contract with one of the Wrgest Fountain Pen Manufac- A Pif«Qf_PlaQQ Qplf Flllincf Ppfl turers in this country (Nathaniel Field), whereby we can supply you with ** * ** 5l=Vl The condition of the cigar trade in this section is Ktill far from satisfac- tory although the output of cigars for March shows some increase over the month of February. Only eight new licenses were taken out for cigar man- ufacturing during March, which is an unusually small number. The follow- ing is the list of new factories: J. A. Sterner, Hanover; L. O. Shellenberger, R. F. D. No. 1, Windsor; Jas. E. Bow- man, Kingsdale; Ida E. Crum, Arendts- , ville; Faith Hershey, R. F. D. No. 1, New Freedom ; George Butcher, R. F. D. No. 2, Glen Rock ; George Patterson Cigar Co., Two Taverns, and Wm. A. Scott, Gettysburg. Of the above number Mr. Steiner, of J Hanover, is expecting to employ as many as 25 hands, and is therefore the largest in the list. There are still many factories in the county that are having very litttle trade while a few, but exceptionally few so far, are finding improvement. The leaf men are feeling the effect of the present trade conditions, and their ALLEN H. REEDER 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. R"DER DAYTON, OHIO Stanley n Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. / ''•'•: 1 STANLEY M. KROHN fc^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY «tco. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Lea£ Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street- LANCASTER, PA. Critical Buyers always finii it a pleasure to look over our Samples I Saaiplaa cheerfully ■■knitted upon request P. O. Box 96 GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in <-' i * All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Gonnecticnt and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco lear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenue. York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco J. K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer in Ljeaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. """ptones LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ¥s!:^ Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. # H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stocli 327 and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER, PA. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccoa and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manafactoriof Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f j H RED LION, PA. Lancaster, ra» The York Tobacco Co* Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue York, Pa. laanfacturers of Cigar Scrap Tobacco N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in l^EAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana LemoD and Arch Sts. Uanca^ter, Pcu 17 THE TOBACCO WORLD ffXvrurACTuire* or Att mimds or l38&l40(CNTRtST Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. i)i^ ^^.» * K*-5 -A-A-O- JKJ Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. rH\TCHER. Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. ♦♦^♦4 II. u 1 i If MFG. CO Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦ % % Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar. * 9 Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. I WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA •♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ (tlnrcriOonlTxPoii Sc?cast n »hl5tUrDoklm-Ni.V. ;%«'«<%%<«%^ w%%%%%^ v%«%%«%%% %%«»%^<»%%%%%»^^^l *^^^^'*'%%%%%%%<%%»%%^>%»»^i )ohn McLaughlin. j. k. Kauffmajv JOHN McLaughlin %»%%% most energetic efforts only result in a comparatively small volume of busi- ness, as sales are running along in small lots, just enough to keep them moving. The cigar factories of B. S. Taylor and the Kohler-Snyder Co., at Yoe, are doing a fair business at pres- ent, but nearly all other factories there are 'ery quiet, and that of the State Seal Cigar Co. was closed down entirely ast week. The cigar box factories are also working on short time, owing to dull- ness in the cigar trade. There is a little improvement notice- able among some of the Dallastown factories. Windsor and Red Lion factories, with bu^ few exceptions, are quiet. W. A. Lahr, Wolf Bros., and John Shinder, at Red Lion, are among the biasiest in that town at present. TheMcuU gin Cigar Co., at Red Lion, has been shipping goods fairly steady =0 far, and say they can really not com- plain much about trade, considering that so many factories have but few orders in hand. John F. Reichard, of Craley, has re- moved to Red Lion, and will make it the base of his operations in the future. His former home at Craley will be occupied by W. C. Jackson, who was formerly engaged in the cigar manu- facturing business at East Prospect, but who has entered the employ of Mr. R -ichard. The new cigar factory of L. J. Smith & Co., at Red Lion, is having the fin- ishing touches put upon it and will soon ue ready lor occupation. Noah Gillen, of York, has been visit- ing the leaf markets of Wisconsin for the past week. Nay Drop Tobacco for Beets. Milwaukee, Wis., April 3. Tobacco raising, one of the greatest industries of Wisconsin, is to be re- placed by beet sugar, according to J. H Wagner, President of the Menominee Sugar Co., which owns and operates six large sugar producing plants in Wiscon- sm and the Upper Peninsula. Mr. vVagner says that in Dane county, which is one of the banner tobacco dis- tricts of the State, farmers have dropped tobacco and are going in for beet rais- ing on a large scale. The amount of work connected with tobacco raising is very much greater than that of raising beets, and prices are nearly on a level. In addition, farmers derive a benefit from the beet pulp afttr the albumen has been ex- tracted, the pulp forming an excellent foodstuff for cattle. The pulp, as a rule, is given free to growers for the taking away. Mr. Wagner believes that the acreage of beets this season will be nearly one-third larger than that of 19U7. — Chas. Herring, of Jones, Mich., has purchased the cigar store of E. C. Garmire, on West Joseph street, Mis- hawaka. Mich. rA.HUSSEvl LEAF Me CO. ^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD S"^"'::"' Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICIT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Qualit? •OR A. H. REEDbR, President, P. 0. BOX 57-1, DAVTON. 0. t THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MMl ORDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA » NEW YORK t CHICAGO I ST. LOUIS i STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84-86 (Opposite Frascall). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brolctrs to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : •7 Rokiix (H 100 Nes. opposite Frascati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St., Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day HERMAN DELUE mmm^^^ Yofk, Pcnna. iMffrar Maker o:f Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale ^ Jobbing: Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses <# Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited '*"^*^ Samples on application Brands: GAe Bear. G6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W. R. DRUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. M-fPul ('urtrsoc Fine Domestic Cigars illi{hest Quality Finest Packaf^es Wholesale and Jo .bing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Ci<|ars of Quality Sell and Repeat. Try THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Malier of Ulib Oradi. Climra Exclnalv.ly. _ H. G. BARNHART Cifiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. fCWJS^Sipfc -«r»fm ^"^PERIEU**^ MAKER OF Fernside-cd Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited C. E. MATTINGLY Si CO Manufacturers of Hi^li Grade Union Made 3c. Cipn FOR THE fVholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa< R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factoid No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. 19 SM^K THE TOBACCO WORLD I T.A.MYERS&£^ ▲ I YORK, PENN'A SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade mo JUDGE ] Cp MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^- C^ f HE CYCLONE ) «^^« BROWN BUCK (Banded) ( ^ 1^1 ^^* ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Ho^es OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and PRUNE FLAVORS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar aad Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 185S FRIES & BRO. y2 Reade Str*iet, NM W YORK. The American Tobacco Co, Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 Tobacco in Santo Domingo. Vice Consul A. W. Lithgow, of Puerto I*iata. jegards tobacco as (he most im- i) irtant crop in the island of Santo lJ>)mint:o. by reason of benefiting the iargejt number of people. He de- •irribes the present status of the in- lijstry: The tobacco crop of the Dominican Itepublic the past year was the largest viiown, but has been a disappointment )wing to the long-continued drought, the young plants not receiving rain when most needed. A sufficient area wa-» planted to have produced 300,000 bales, or 36 000,000 pounds (a bale Gon'ains 120 pounds), but the crop has not exceeded 220,000 bales, or 26,400,000 pounds. The quality has also been poor. Virtually all the tobacco of this count' y gofs to Germany, whence a great quunlily is sold to Russia, Aus- tria, and England, where it is used in I he manufacture of inferior cigars and ^ipe tobacco. In this connection an error occurs in the statistics of "Foreign C'ommerce of the Republic in 1905," published in the Bulletin of the Bureau of American liopublics in May, 1906. That report •tates that 11,510,712 pounds of leaf obacco, valued at $840,487, were ex- ported, of which Germany took 5,890,665 pounds, th6 United States 3.719,458 pounds, and France 1,900,639 pounds. However, only 41,870 pounds were actually for the United States. This error arose from the fact that the Clyde Line steamers carry tobacco to New York in transit, from where it is trans- shipped to Germany. Another statis- tician, in writing on the foreign trade of the Republic for the first six months of 1906. says: The shipments of tobacco to Germany dropped from 3,362,684 pounds to 744,180 pounds, while the United States in- creased its purchases 600,000, having been less than 60,000 pounds during the first half of 1905. The remainder, 349.114 pounds, went principally to France. I find that only 1,866 pounds were actually shipped for the United States during the entire year 1906. Neither does France take any of this tobacco. The amounts credited to her are simply ^hipments made by the French line of steamers and transshipped to Germany from Havre. Leaf Tobacco Markets Lee and Orville Gilford, who have been buying for Hinsdale Smith & Co., are reported to now be buying for them- selves. No other buyers have appeared in the market during the past week. Lysander— Robert Gans, of the firm of Gans & Son, of New York, has been in town, accompanied by John R. Slau- son. He purchased several crops of tobacco, prices ranging from 5 to 9J cents That purchased in the bundle is being assorted by Maurer & Mcintosh. Mr. Johns, the tobacco buyer who was in town last year, has been here recently purchasing tobacco, delivering to the Northrop warehouse to be assorted.— Gazette. C. D. M. J. C. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. In this section the assorting season is soon to come to an end. The best crops have been accepted and sorted, but the five cent tobacco will not pay to put much labor on it, and there is much I am afraid will remain unsorted and may sweat in the bundle. No sales to report.- American Cultivator. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. J. W. Upson is in the market for 200 boxes export tobacco. E. C. Munroe is riding and is reported to have made a number of purchases. J. Wallace EDGERTON, WIS. The tobacco crop probably moved more rapidly during the week than any time since the market opened, and this too at prices that average lower than those previously paid. The bulk of the recent sales do not rise much above the 6 cent mark, which will permit the to- bacco to be sold for export or scrap purposes, and the growing districts are pretty thoroughly ridden by buyers ready to take over unlimited quantities at these figures. The buyers of the American Cigar Co. are in the field, as well as representatives of the stogia and scrap manufacturers, which, alto- gether, is fast absorbmg the crop that is already better than half gone. Sales coming to notice are : Thos. Moore, 10a at 6 and 2c. Elias Saunders, 10a at 5 and 2ic. Mrs. O. P. Saunders, 12a at 5 and 2c. L. B. Crandall, 8a at 6Jc. E. Robinson, 5a at 5^ and 2c. L. Earle, 4a at 53 and 2c. Mumland, 4ia at 7, 6 and 2c. McNally, 8a at 5 and 2c. H. Gerhart, 5a at 5c. George Noyes, 6a at 6i and 2c. H. Saunders, 5a at 4J and 2c. Flarity & McGrane, 6a at 5J and 2c. The deliveries keep pace with the needs of the warehouse forces at the packing points, where the work of handling is progressing rapidly. Help however, is reported scarce at some points. The market for cured leaf continues dull. A few transactions are reported but at prices that do not furnish much encouragement to holders of this stock. So far but little has been done towards the laying of the plant beds, which will be next in order. Shipments 1,407 cases. —Reporter. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO, Etc. 882,825 Cigar and cigarette holder ; I. A. Heald, Washington, D. C. 8882,703 Wrapper-smoothing mecha- nism for cigar machines ; W. S. Luck- ett. East Orange, N. J., and M. Fogde, New York City. 882,770 Forming hygienic metallic ends on cigars and the like ; A. A. van der Meulen, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 882,651 Paper-strip controlling and prmtmg mechanism for cigarette ma- chines; S. I. Prescott, New York City. 883,156 Pressing cigars ; R. Woerner, Mannheim, Germany. .882,729 Match holder, lighter, and cigar cutter; J. Zander, Hoboken, N. J. 883,622 Tobacco stemming machine : J. T. Carter, Danville, Va. •) For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to E:tablished isso Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. 0SS& THE TOBACCO WORLD :Z.: ^i^-^' m J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of CIGARS Hand-IVlade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS H. L. WEAVKR Factory .Sf>.li» E. E. HtAVtB WEAVER 6i BRO. Manufacturers ot |^ i X ^ »▼ c ^^^ Jobbing V/ 1 g a I O Trade Onljp For Quality. Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HIUU, PA. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelberj3;er & Noll, KOBE^OiNIA. PA. It Will Remove Rankness Irom Tobacca Take Away Mustiness unci Give Cifiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNfc Is Specially adapted to ^ive that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. GhaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Price& Chaskel Chemical Works^ 265 West Broadway, New York cRaskeTs CieAR*ToaAC^ H^TABUSHCO 1871 The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Ci^ar Go. CENTENNIAL. PA. ^^S. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B! BOX SXtl^^^^^ SONS ^ COMP^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West iZta Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS. BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoraed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. 1 Solm Owners and Manufacturers I ADEN BUSER Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. "^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. i ;^^K THE TOBACCO WORLD :s®SB Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with Jess labor, than any Press on the markft, Unsurpasst-d for power, stren/^th, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari' ous sizes mtnuiactured Write for prices and full p irticulars. They are indispens- able in lenf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works L^ndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Dav of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ #♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ XX ll. J. f leiscKKaxier Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ Xit xr* xH 4 t TELEPHONE 1561 : ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APHINO SPECIAL DESIGNS 4> ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^ »## XX XX r «-^T^- I JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS cf American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co, Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WII I DA VVmi <« «KT MY PRICES before 11 TTlLL r A! lUIJ orderlni^ ^oods elsewhere. We Make The Best PfiittPriEffl 101 JUI In (he Market ACME EXTRACT & CHEMICAL WORKS E. G. Eckert, Proprietor Hanover, F^Q. J3 ^ ^ Caveats, Trade Marks, IrSiLGllLS Design-Patents, Copyrigbta, etc. "^^'^rftfr" John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D, C. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS Good as Government Bonds Kriiistered Br.nda (* BRILLIANT STAR" Ckar Havana . lOc. **S. B.** iJt'td and Havana 5c« ^'KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. Ihese Braod.% StU un Meril nod (loostantly Rept-ut. Try Ihem aud Juu(|>> fur Yuuracll Wh> I his factory iNever Shuts Dowo . . STALFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I N 1 A R B R I Q U MIXTURE 5Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK ^Xtxm. SONS 4 COMp^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West i7tn Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS. ETC. *^ Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Cigar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. iL Soln Owners and Manufacturers- Dealer In LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^ISa Minnicb Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the markft, Unsurpassfd for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes mnnutactured Write for prices and full p irticulars. They are indispens- able in Icr^f packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works LsLndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale We Make The Best . ACME EXTRACT & CHEMICAL WORKS E. G. Eckert, Proprietor Hanover, Pa. jrj . . Caveats, Trade Marks, IrSiZClIZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^"""^uSr^ John A. Saul I^ Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- ♦ METAL CNBOSStD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ LITHOCR.APHING tl. J. r leiscKhayer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ n XX ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦« SPECIAL DESIGNS ^ f ^♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ I JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU IT^^S; to GET MY PRICES before ^ iJoods elsewhere. 1^ ^^I^Bl^2b^>4^^$^^^V M^H ■^^mjB^^i L \ Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS uooci as uovernment oonds Kedistered Brands "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana **S. B. Setd and Havana . . , , lOc. 5c. "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. Ihrse Brands SrII on Merit and Constantly Repeat. Try Ihem and Juti^e for Yoursall V^hy This Factory Never Shuts Down . . STALFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I IN 1 A R E R I Q U E MIXTURE 66e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOKE '^2 ,i.<4 < 'iiiU'iiiiii'ii ■»■ -u .. 1 1 iii».wiHaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPnPTPD.Q ««^ -X DUil AnFI PUIA ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD I W. A. LAHR ^qVSSOKi^ g;il.l*H^NlGn^, Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer fiC*'"'^^^^ Br PrPM, J<^uAA J/^tc^'UjAy Red Lion, Penna. I^^JOR PAu^ y Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade, Samples^ Free to Responsible Houses. f Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII. in 1881. ) ,. No. 16. I PHIL4nELPHIA and NEW YORK. APRIL 15. 1908. 1 One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables J RECOGNIZED STANDARD C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS and CIGARMAKERS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Go. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. MANUFACTURERS OF CENTRAL UNION . IDLE HOUR . . . EPICURE (%:i'.r.."') HUNT CLUB . . . SPHINX MIXTURE . UNION MADE GOODS Cut Plug Sliced Plug Shredded Plug Cube Pipe Tobacco Smoking INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND. VA. i3 >^ S U M TOBACCO T R A Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO T R A • U M TOBACCO T R A Importations Over 3,000 Bales Annually 8 U M TOBACCO T R A INo. T H. DUYS & CO. 170 NVater Street, NEW YO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO T R A 0 Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDER & ARGUIMBAU 178 Water Street^ New York ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ?iQ:rt« r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President "^ La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I HILADELPHIA W. W. STEWART & SONS ing, Pa. (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) ill Bfbs. k I Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. EU PERKINS 3c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence ^ith Responsible Houses Solicited Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NiCKELBY, 5c.) ■■u.*.'TBtga CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Fncfnry 1A39. First Dtolrlct Peona. \i. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa \A/cnn+ar|-^u">""^'NGS-scRAPS-siFTiNGS Fnr^Pilp^ VVdllLCU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. I ' ^> OCHC | T.I. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK t • I THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 16 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 15, 1908 One Dollar the Year CONNECTICUT GROWERS MEET. Movement Started to Form a Lo- cal Association. Springfield, Mass., April 9. More Activity in Connecticut. Hartford, Conn., April 11. Improvement in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., April 11. DEATH OF FRANCIS S. KINNEY Mr. Kinney was born in West Brighton, S. I., on Oct IV. 1839. He was educated in the public schools, but early in life went to sea. He got to The past week has added materially Conditions cannot be said to be the Explorer, Inventer, and Founder to the amount of tobacco sold in East very best among the cigar factories of of a Great Tobacco Firm. Hartford and South Windsor. Many the State. Last year the output was ^ew York, April 10 The tobacco growers of the Connec- interests are working in the market exceptional until the financial troubles Francis S Kinney founder of the ticut Valley met in Carnegie Hall a an^^ the competition cannot fail to help struck the country, and nothing in the tobacco firm of Kinney Brothers and few days ago and listened to arguments the grower. Many buyers have been line of an article selling for a dime or the owner of the Hoffman House and favoring an organization for the pur- riding about for weeks making pur- less was hit quicker than cigars. On the Albemarle, died on Sunday last at pose of selling the crop. The hall was chases here and there. They all work top of this the agitation on the liquor his city home, 19 West 54th street well filled. F. P. Newkirk, President Quietly, and their talk to each other in business and the combination has been of the Three County Agricultural the Hartford hotels after the day's an expensive one to the manufacturers. Society, introduced the speakers, and work is not entirely frank. An in- The factories in Detroit are all run- the first was Hector Chapman, Presi- teresting story is told on one prominent ning, and many of them with benches nK ^o be done. '^°/"'"'^" ^^''^ «"<^ Vice President Forbes of the same as- and paying 22 and 23 cents for a crop in the Albany Cigar Co.. and is now r^"...* D°T/A„'^';?!!!!!_:ff„^\. !.. sociation told what organization had o** ^^^' ^" '^® market it is understood associated with J. E. Lopez in that ■done in other branches of farming, and **'**' *^® purchases were made at top thriving Albany industry. Mr. Saxon he advised a tobacco association for Prices to protect a large amount of will spend much of his time on the road City Business Committee, headed by Max Caras, visited the Stachelbergs yest rday, to see what could be done to this vicinity. Col. Phelps of Windsor. 1906 broadleaf still in their warehouses, in the company's interest. The Albany ^'^nV^in^V^^f^'T '"^ in Ybor City. «ave a ringing speech in favor of out. whatever was the motive, it Cigar Company is building up a fine ° : J . k-! /o.^^'u il ^^ ^^'^'^ ' '^ ^^'ey are forced. Pease of Hatfield, and others, all of Saturday Thomas Murray, agent for the local speakers favoring the forma- ^- Rosenwald & Brother of New York. tion of an association. A vote was opened the Bijur warehouse on Burnside then taken, and no one opposed the plan, avenue. East Hartford, and took in the A committe of eight was appointed to crops of, John and James Reardon of hustling representative of Hart & formulate plans and report at a future South Windsor, twenty-four acres in Murphy, cigar manufacturers of St Salesman Enters Cigar Business. Fargo. N. D. April 8. B. A. Wilbur, for several years the them, and have them rebuild in Ybor City. This assistance will doubtless be quite substantial, judging from the tenor of what was done and said in Mr. Caras' oflice. Among those who were inter- ested in the proceedings were : Montiel meeting, comprising the following : E. »"• Packing will commence this morn- Paul, with headquarters in Fargo, has * Mav " M rarr^R^n^^^ J. Everett of Deerfield, Lemuel Graves '"8'" '^^'s warehouse, to which other severed his connection with that con- g' vaLuez lud^e I T Y f u' of Whately, Thaddeus Graves and Levi crops purchased by the Bijur-Rosenwald cern and purchased an interest in the „;^kJo- AHom i^a/ t r^-' V.' Pease of Hatfield, F. L. Whitmore of combination will be delivered from Sulzbach Cigar Co., of this city. Sabin " *^"*' Sunderland, Thomas Gerry and Alex- *^'™® ^^ *'™®- ander Hurd of Hadley, Frank Merrill <%>^>f»»» —The Hemenway & Moser Co., of Mr. Wilbur will handle the sales department of the company and with _ ^„ Southam ^on'^°" *"^ ^^' ^'"*^'®^ °^ "7^' ^- ^°"« * ^^" '''*^" *« conduct his extended acquaintance with the Salt Lake City, nas filed articles of amp on. ^^^^^^^^^^ a cigar store at Portsmouth, Va.. has trade over the entire State, there is no incorporation to carry on a general to- — The John B. Dahin Cigar Co. is a incorporated. J. W. Taylor is Presi- reason why the Fargo factory cannot bacco business, with a capital of $10,000. new enterprise at Nashville, Tenn. *^®"*^' ^- ^* Long Secretary and Treas- keep a great deal of the business in The officers are: U. G. Moser, Presi- J. B. Dahin is manager, L. Shyer, sales urer. Capital, $6,000 minimum, and North Dakota which formerly went dent and Treasurer, and John B Milan department, and W. H. Fox secretary. $10,000 maximum. into other States. Jr Secretary ' E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^C THE TOBACCO WORLD S^i^:^-:: r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street correspondence solicited t hiladelphia ^SBlHJj^H ■P i^ mm ^^BP^^Pi^^- - .»•-''' -1. ' .-.^^^ ■■■ I W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. • • (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oiler Ml. k C Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Makers of the - ^ %p— 'u -■.'». u.— .r. • 'T-ri' . K.U MTCKX CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Fiictnry 1839. First District Penna. ___ ^'BOHATOZgWRAHTEE yi. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa I VA/o in + oH— ^^"^'^"^^^-^^^^'^^""^"^"^'^^^ Fnr Ql^ Ip^ ^ cigar scraps— Clean and Sound YVdllLeU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. ' ^> OCllC| Write Us for Prices 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK Tel. 722 Orchard THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 16 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 15, 1908 One Dollar the Year CONNECTICUT GROWERS MEET. Movement Started to Form a Lo- cal Association. Springfield, Mass., April 9. The tobacco growers of the Connec- More Activity in Connecticut. Hartford, Conn., April 11. Improvement in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., April 11. DEATH OF FRANCIS S. KINNEY The past week has added materially Conditions cannot be said to be the Explorer, Inventer. and Founder of a Great Tobacco Firm. New York, April 10. Francis S. Kinney, founder of the tobacco firm of Kinney Brothers and the owner of the Hoffman House and to the amount of tobacco sold in East very best among the cigar factories of Hartford and South Windsor. Many the State. Last year the output was interests are working in the market exceptional until the financial troubles ticut Valley met in Carnegie Hall a ^^^ '^e competition cannot fail to help struck the country, and nothing in the few days ago and listened to arguments ^^^ grower. Many bujers have been line of an article selling for a dime or favoring an organization for the pur- riding about for weeks making pur- less was hit quicker than cigars. On the Albemarlerdied on 'sunday"Iasrat pose of selling the crop. The hall was chases here and there. They all work top of this the agitation on the liquor ^jg city home, 19 West o^th street well filled. F. P. Newkirk, President quietly, and their talk to each other in business and the combination has been Mr. Kinney was born in West of the Three County Agricultural the Hartford hotels after the day's an expensive one to the manufacturers. Brighton. S. 1., on Oct IV 1839 He Society, introduced the speakers, and work is not entirely frank. An in- The factories in Detroit are all run- the first was Hector Chapman, Presi- teresting story is told on one prominent ning, and many of them with benches dent of the Hartford County Aasocia- dealer that bears out one way of fore- full. The output of high priced cigars tion. He declared that the success of '"8 a competitor into a bargain. A is not as good as it was a year or two tobacco growing was in selling the group of buyers were lingering over ago, but what is lost there is largely ^rop, but the farmers of the valley had their coffee and cigars in the Allyn made up in the nickel cigars, which neglected this part of the business. House recently seeing which could tell are in good demand. One of the big They had failed to keep in touch with the biggest yarn. This dealer was factories here is working on an enor- the market and were receiving 10 and K'ven the diploma, for he said he would mous quantity of nickel goods to be 12 cents a pound for their tobacco, "ot buy a pound of broadleaf this sea- marketed soon. when they should receive 30. The ^o"- The words were hardly out of his Some of the factories have experinced bore his name. Mr. Kinney was the farmers were pushing the interests of "louth when a bell boy came through trouble in getting hand workmen for inventor of valuable mechanical ap- every one else and leaving their own the dining room with a call for him. their fine good. *?, as the men and women pliances. to take care of themselves. They do ^^^ gang, suspicious as usual, watched doing this sort of work seem to be hard He was a member of the Seawanhaka- not know how to sell the crop. He ^^^ departure and were rewarded by to find these days. Just what has be- told what organization had done for seeing him in a heart to heart talk come of them is not known. Kentucky. In 1903 the black tobacco ^'th a south end grower. In a half "The outlook is growing better for was selling for three cents a pound, ^o"** ^® rejoined the party and one of all grades of cigars now and we will and after the farmers had organized the buyers exclaimed to him, "By have a fair season," said one of the they received seven cents for a similar Heck! If you don't buy that crop, I'll manufacturers who caters to the job- <:rop thus making $800,000. He ex- get it in the morning." bing trade. "We are doing a very plained the methods that the buyers ^t this he crawled, and owned up to good business in the West, in fact, our adopted to secure the crops at the the crowd that he had just closed the outside orders look better than they lowest possible prices. They not only ^®^' *"d ^^^ tenth crop of 1907 broad- did a few weeks ago." was educated in the public schools, but early in life went to sea. He got to be mate on a sailing ship, but tired of a sailor's life and entered business. While following the sea, however, he commanded an expedition that explored the Parana and Uruguay Kivers in South America in 1S133 4. In 18G9 he began the manufacture of tobacco, and founded the firm which <<%%%%%%% Changes in Georgia Factory. Albany, Ga., April 11. W. R. Saxon has purchased the in- •combined, but played all sorts of games '®*^ ^^^ bought. on the tobacco growers. He advised ^^^t Monday a New York dealer's forming an association and having a ^K^nt struck into the South Windsor warehouse, where the crop could be section and created havoc with the 14 sorted, stored and cured, and then sold fo 18 cent buyers who had been work- for the highest possible price. '"8^ through the district, by offering terest of J. B. Easterlin, of Montezuma, Vice President Forbes of the same as- *"*^ paying 22 and 23 cents for a crop in the Albany Cigar Co.. and is now sociation told what organization had ^^ two. In the market it is understood associated with J. E. Lopez in that HaVANA, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ii^rA^ E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of J. Vetterlein & Co. ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FOUNDED 1853 '>^8lT'>< FLOR %s^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^F^ JO7 Arch St. IfCaf TobaccoK , «^ ) philada. ■atabllshed f g i s ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. II.STRAUS %^.^€(iMl^^©§)b Axoett IMPORTERS OF t • aMftaOS jlnidll 99 Sik E»«ILADE:LPHie?S VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK VELENCHIK BROS. ^""••tr'in LE AF TOB/l©e0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA rh/rdSt, Phi/o€fe/p/ua,Pti, The Empire Impof!; ts mi IDealers in ALL KINDS OF SEFi LEAF Leaf Tobacco "^1^^^ .UNATRA Co., llbN.3dSt.,PhiIa. \ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Paders and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia LiEOPOUD LiOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Pacicers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. 4 U KRIJPPENBACH 642-44 N.ELLVCNTH: ST PHILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0B Aee© E. A. Calves A Cox:"c> Havana, 123 North Third street - IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^». Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized iby the Government of the Republic of Cuba REPUBLICADECUBA. REPUBLICA:DE:CUBA DELA lISbADECUBA ulonzada porel Gobierno deia Repablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paquetes de picaduraquellevepcs^aprecirfa son fabncados por ■5f( REPUBiiGA OE CUBA vin PRQPIEDflDHRTISTICfl TJNDUSTRIflL iSTAiRECISTRilDAlNJODOSlOSPAiSCS^^ BEPUBilc/tDE CUBA HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blanlc space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a sruararitee that Cigars. Cif?arettes and Cul Tobacco packag<;s which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers' Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA: Black with pale blue ground; fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. LANCASTER TOBACCO NOTES. Leaf Trade SHll Dull. Packing the 1907 Going on Briskly. The Prices for New Hang About 7c. Lancaster, Pa., April 13. The dullness of the leaf trade is fully made up by the activity in the packing of the new crops, which are being re- ceived quite rapidly. There was only a small jobbing busi- ness done during the past week in old goods, and purchases were made princi- pally by local manufacturers. Buying of the 1907 crops was some- what enlivened by the arrival of several new buyers, but prices seem to have had a downward trend rather than up- ward, only 6i to 7 cents being paid for the wrapper grades, and little difficulty seems ro be experienced in securing tobacco at those figures, notwithstand- ing the statement that farmers pro- posed to pack their crops in preference to accepting such low offers. It is argued by some that the pick of the crops has been made, but buyers arriving during the past week declare that there is just as desirable tobacco to be had today as at any time this season. Receipts during the week were heavy, indicating that purchases are being made at a fairly rapid rate. Growers are not making much pro- gress in the preparation of seed beds yet, and weather conditions during the past week were not at all favorable. Unless there is a change in the condi- tions of the weather pretty soon plant- ing will again be a little late this year, and it is to be hoped that we shall not again have a late cold spring, as was the case last year. There is just a slight improvement noticeable in the cigar trade, and several factories which had temporarily suspended operations have again re- sumed. In the country towns the con- ditions seem to vary, at one place a fair business is reported and at another it is quiet, and so on. As a result of a dispute over a to- bacco transaction, the courts have been resorted to for adjustment. Coyle & Keller, attorneys, of this city, on be- half of Heinrich Neuberger, of New York, have brought suit against Charles J. Lederman, a local packer and dealer, to recover a certain sum of money alleged to be due on a transaction in- volving over 100 cases of tobacco. Mr. Lederman's side of the contro- versy has not yet been gotten, because he has been out of town a great deal lately, looking after his purchases of new tobacco, of which he is packing heavily. R. D. Oberholzer. of Bowmansville, has again started his cigar factory on full time. He had endured a dull period of several weeks. John Slater & Co. have made during the past few weeks some heavy ship- ments of stogies to various sections of the country. The factory is now run- ning with a full force. Amos Cooper, of Landisville, this county is said to have formed a partner- ship with James Sheckard, of Columbia, who was formerly field manager of the Chicago National Ball Team, The new firm is to engage in tobacco packing. %■ STEPHEN P. KETRAN Interior Y Makes a Specialty of ^ Wood.. Work.. o Fitting Up Cigar Stores ^ Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia ■k GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage (repaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford, Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. © © V^ ^ ^ ^ f Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. © ^© f REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . . . THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^^ OBO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. in N. Third St, PHIUDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Areli St., PhUadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date t\ LOUIS BYTHINER <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 Race St. p. •! ail.* aivd Commission Merchants. A KllaQClpnUL Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630^=636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. t tc t SAMUEL HARTMAN £k CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF I. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco L. J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. With Specially Dealdned Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. CifSars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Cents Corre.poDdence with R.tpoo.ibl. Hmi... ..licilaJ. Private Brands ntada to order. Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom > 313 and SIS West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Belch ol AU Norristown Tobacco Works HAVANA shorts) norristown, pa. y Manufacturers of ^^' y Havana Shorts Private Brands tor Jobbers a Specially Samples submlcted on appllcatiM Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbinsr Trade L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • U. a. H A BUSS ERM ANN <& SONS importers of Packers and Exporiers of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 6 i THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Conditions Unchanged in Havana Leaf Market. Business of the Week Restricted to Local Exporters and Commission Houses. Havana Factories. Buy- ing in Small Quantities. A Strike that Did Not Strike Home. Buying and Selling Notes. Special Correspondence The same conditions have prevailed during the past week as during the previous one and our market situation has not changed. Only two Northern buyers arrived here, but the activity has been kept up by our American exporters, as well as by some com- mission houses here who seem to be supplied with some orders from their customers. Remedios tobacco has been in good demand, 1st and 2nd capaduras. and prices are well sustained. Evidently there must be more call for these styles at the ruling figures which, compared with last year's prices, are low indeed. Prospects for the new crop have under- gone no change for the better ; on the contrary, as the dry weather continues, the quantity will be smaller than cal- culated upon and heavy styles may be scarce next winter. This undoubtedly must be the reasoning of the present buyers who have been in the market and still continue to be on the lookout for further opportunities to increase their holdings. The local manufacturers seem to be operating only sparingly, as they still are holding enough stock for the de- mand (which is by no means keen) for immediate shipments, and therefore they are only buying principally some light wrappers with which they are not so well supplied. The Trust for the moment does not appear to be in the market and seems to have stopped its purchases temporarily. The call for cigarettes is rather quiet and as all manufacturers have enough stocks for some time to come, colas are neglected as a natural consequence. New "libre de pie" from the Vuelta Abajo has been coming in from the country in small lots and has been readily purchased by our manufacturers around $25 per qq. As it mixes well with the old crop, the demand is likely of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, Apiil (5, 1908. to keep up. Everybody stems to be on the qui vive, now, waiting for the rainy season to set in so that the dry tobacco can be taken down from the poles, put into bundles and then undergo the first fer- mentation process. Before the latter has taken place it is more or less hazar- dous to form any opinion about the 1908 crop. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO MUNII VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VIELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?" Havana RciIVa. 20, HaVana. p. 0. Box N SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO SHlea during the week gone by have footed up to 3.525 bales in all, divided into 550 bales Vuelta Abajo, 380 Partido, and 2,595 Remedios. American buyers, including the houses which purchase for this market, have secured 2.875 bales, European exporters 375, while for local consumption only 275 bales have been reported. HnytT»i C«iii«« and <5«. Arrivals: Morris Bluemlein, of A. Bluemlein & Co., New York; Manuel Campos, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Returned: Hilario Muniz, of Muniz Hnos. & Co., Havana. Departures: Charles B. Cameron and Morrij Bluemlein for New York ; Matt Wengler and Wm. Crump for Chicago ; Heinrich Upmann for Hamburg, via New York. Ilnvunn Clicar Manafactarom are pegging away, filling the orders on hand, and while business is rather quiet, particularly for the United states, other markets continue to call for fair sized quantities, thus helping the Independent cigar manufacturers to keep occupied. The Trust is said to have laid off 1,800 men last Saturday, owing to the heavy stocks of cigars on hand, there being no demand for its product. The factory of the Trust, Antonio Y Cleopatra, at 88 Belascoain street, has been closed as it is rumored that this brand had been previously registered by some Independent manu- facturers in the United States. LEWIS SYLVESTER &. SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO at PUERTA de GOLPE •• PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANi " SANCTI SPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant "^ Leaf Tobacco and Ci^arai I O'Reilly St. b£^: Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primers Glaae AMISTAD 97, HABANA* H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED S^' H. UPMANN CIGARS ChMna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS. LANDAU, 82 Wall St-, New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal Soti REPRXSENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA s '^f^^m^ 'm^K THE TOBACCO WORin ^^^^^ Rf BAVTISTA y CA.--Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA NeptunO 170—174 Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo BEHRENS & eo. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest Taclta Abajo iijf/, Tobacco — ■ kclasively SBi^Ti NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba "^^ Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 F. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON Habana lUNO DIAZ B. RODKIOUEZ B. DIAZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 123 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA PABLO PEREZ OANDIOO 0BE9C S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOf^GE & P. CflSTfl|SlEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of ^ Havana hcaf TobacGo %ido, Corner Dragones Street, HAVANA Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) I^Leaf Tobacco^ VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a SpedaUy Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Vei{as Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBA. • • AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana ^ Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers T f ril 1 and Dealers in JLeat 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, CabU: -Cuetara" HAVANA CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Wwehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street. HAVANA run a C>blo Addressi "JOSECAYRO" , V "AVArVA, CUBA ■ pondeoc. Solicited Id Ea^llah LOEB^NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriki San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA THE TOBACCO WORLD H. Upmann & Co. shipped 800.000 cigars of their own H. Upmann brand as well as of other independent cigar manufacturers' make. Wh^n their cigarmakers learned that 100 of their number, who were making only par- ticular sizes, for which there was no call at the moment, would have to go, they threatened to go on strike again, but when they saw that H. Upmann & Co. were cool and independent, and were perfectly willing to let them strike, the men quickly came to their senses, and continued to work as here- tofore. Evidently the cigarmakers have learned the lesson that a manu- facturer does not decrease his forces unless he is compelled to do so, and that there ought to be no antagonistic feeling on either side, as both capital and labor can only prosper when perfect harmony reigns on the part of the employes and employers. Behrens & Co , of the Sol factory, are working satisfactorily under the prevailing market conditions, and are looking , forward to a very active de- mand after the new crop shall be fit for the cigarmakers' tables. Bnylnar* Selllns and Other Notes of Intereat. A. M. Calzada & Co. have purchased for account of some of their customers quite heavily of Remedios, and so far as learned, the number of bales has reached 780, although not having been able to see Don Antonio, the quantity may be even larger. They shipped 150 bales by last week's steamer. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez sold 350 bales of leaf, consisting of Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedios, to local and Northern customers. Sylvester & Stern have been quite active purchasers of Remedios during the past week, adding 600 bales of fine 2nd capaduras to their holdings, and for the benefit of their numerous clien- tele. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. shipped 250 bales of all kinds of leaf last week. J. Bernheim & Sons are reported to have purchased 300 bales of Remedios. Jorge Y P. Castaneda disposed of 280 bales of Partido. The buyers of the Spanish Regie secured 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo colas for shipment by the next mail steamer for Coruna or Santander. Jose Menendez closed out 225 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Hilario Muniz returned by the French liner La Champagne from his vacation in Spain. He looks the picture of health and is ready to buckle on the harness again in the interest of Muniz Hnos. & Cia. Morris Bluemlein came like a meteor, as he only remained here four days, but as he purchased 500 bales during that time, he has certainly made good use of his time. The numerous friends of Mr. Heinrich Upmann were sorry to see him leave us on Saturday last per steamship Havana, but they all wished him god- speed and a safe return before very long. He expressed himself very favor- ably as to the future outlook of busi- ness for the island of Cuba. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very beat Vuelta .Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: "Calda" RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since April 4 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 316 14,466 Semi Vuelta 3 1,435 Partido 112 652 Matanzas 4 310 Remedios & S.Clara 714 17,024 Mayari 103 1.625 Total 1,252 35,512 JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bomemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 LUIS MARX Tobacco Grower No. 8 Cuba Street Post Office Box 77 HABANA •l«.x*<*<**:*<*<**x**:**x*^^^^ . •J*»t**J»»J»»J»«J»»J»«J»»J»»t*»J»«J» tl**l»*l»»l^^>^^><<*<»<^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST MLLINGER & CO. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO omce, Nos. 87-89 Pine Street New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : OETROIT, MICH. .AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA .CUBA. New York, JOS. S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK ' NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IM POSTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." OPFICEi 183 Water St. NEW YORK New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, April 14. New York Leaf Marlet. Blumenstiel against Morris J. Levi, his Transactions in seed leaf tobacco partner, for an accounting and to wind have been on a very limited scale dur- up the partnership, Judge Hendrick of ing the past week, and while the ag- the Supreme Court last week granted a gregate would represent a considerable receivership to take charge of the is lost sight of in the num- firm's assets, and named Aaron J. volume it ber of small lot sales which constituted the trade of the week, and no one par- ticular type was specialized. More activity is reported from the packing centers and operations are going at a good pace in several States, but withal crops are being much more critically inspected than for several seasons past. The Sumatra market seems to have been strengthened by the results of the several inscriptions of new tobacco. Manufacturers seem to be more eagerly looking over the offerings of old goods, and increased sales are resulting. At the inscription at Amsterdam on Friday last there were more purchases made for the American market than at any of the previous sales of this year. A moderate business in Havana to- baccos is reported by importing houses, and the withdrawals from bond show that manufacturers are taking up con- siderable quantities of the leaf. ■ « • The Cliar Industry. The condition of the cigar manufac- turing industry is still far from satis- factory, although some little improve- ment is shown. There is a better general feeling, and by reason of the approaching summer season there is noticeable an increased hope for a steady improvement. • • • New Sumatra Purchases. Nearly 3.000 bales of Sumatra are Bach, of the well known Water street firm of Elias Bach & Sons, whose bond was fixed at $100,000. The firm has been in business since 1892, and were extensive operators in Porto Rico. In a statement issued in January last their assets were given at $567,911, with liabilities of $153,212. Present liabilities are reported to be over $300,000. A meeting of the creditors has been held but no definite action has as yet been decided on. • • • Rothschild & Bro. in New Quarters The well known house of Rothschild & Bro. are now comfortably domiciled in their fine new quarters at 138 Front street, which are* most elegantly ap- pointed, and well adapted to the needs of their growing business. Only a slight interruption of the large routine of office work was occasioned by the removal, although it was several days before all the work of electricians and other mechanics had been fully com- pleted. These new offices are among the best lighted and most cheerful in New York City, and on the ground floor. • • w New Size Principe Cigarettes. The Havana- American Co., which has made a good hit with its EI Principe de Gales Havana cigarette, has decided to market a new size known as the King Edward, and which is somewhat larger than the ordinary size, and is reported to have been purchased at last retailed at 20 cents per package of ten. JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA-pr\Ka/^r^4^ and SEED LEAF 1 UJJQCCiU 185 Water St., New York F». & S. LOEWENTHAL Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street. NEW YORK 10 Friday's inscription, and among the more extensive purchases by New York houses were those of A. Cohn & Co., E. Rosen wald & Bro., H. Duys & Co., and E. Spingarn & Co. Smaller lots were also secured by L. Friedman & Co., S. Rossin & Sons and Jos. Hirsch &Son. • • • A Thousand Dollars for Bravery. A check for $1,000 signed by H. S. Collins, Second Vice President of the United Cigar Stores Co. was sent last week to Joseph J. Cassidy, twenty years old, who is prostrated at his home, 503 East Eighty-seventh street, from a fight he had with two men, who beat him in an attempt to rob the com- pany's store in the Hotel Manhattan, East Forty-sceond street. When President George J. Whelan reached the United Cigar Stores Com- pany offices from his home in Plainfield he requested Vice President Collins to forward the check to Cassidy. Mr. Collins sent with the check a letter in which he praised Cassidy highly. Cas- sidy's salary is $18 a week. All the expenses of his illness will be paid by the company. « • • Receiver for Levi, Blumenstiel £i Co In an actioa brought by Alexander • • • N. Y. Leaf Board to Meet. The annual meeting of the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon, at its local headquarters 141, Maiden Lane, and a good attendance is looked for. as important matters are to come up. President Bijur has announced his in- tention to refuse a re-election to the presidency, and a new president will therefore have to be chosen. If Mr. Bijur should consent to serve another term there is no room to doubt that he would be elected again. A meeting of the trustees of the Board was held last Tuesday, which was well attended, and the newly organized leaf firm of Rose & Wobbe was elected to membership. At tomorrow's meeting delegates will be appointed to represent the local organization at the annual meeting of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Asso- ciation, which will convene in Phila- delphia on Monday, May 11. • • • H. Upniann*8 Visit. One of the most distinguished visit- ors in the trade here last week wat Heinrich Upmann, head of the great (Concluded on p. 15) • t t M Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. ^^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S A. COHN &. CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York JOSH BILLINGS \ 5c. Cigar ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA T r% |-\ 5a ^^ /^ /-w and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 OUClddO 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. fJrB;.' "fu.s Cigar Leaf T o h> t; o c o ant f OnondagSL CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warahoaaes t Addlaon. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Meridiaa. N. Y E. Hartford. Cona A Good • • • Money • • • Alaker This portable Vacuum House-cleaning machine will earn from $25 to $50 per day— expenses about $6.00. Latest and best method for cleaning carpets, rugs, upholstery, draperies, etc., without removal from the house. Sucks out the dust into tanks in the wagon. In big demand the year round for homes, churches, theatres, halls, stores, etc. A clean, legitimate, independent busi- ness, at good prices, netting from $3000 to $5000 per year to hustling men with about $3000 capital. Some customers V. areoperatingasmany as four outfits. Ex- clusive territory with practically no compe- tition or risk. Wehelpy«u get the business. Descrip- tive literature to re- sponsible parties with necessary cap- i^ital. We also install stationary Vacuum Clean* inj Plants in Residences and Public Build- ings of all kinds. American Air Cleaning Co. MILWAUKEE, WIS. STOP AT THE New Princess HOTEL WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY Wadon Aii«nts Wanted If you don't care to buy, perhaps you can aell (or us. Big com- miaaion lo lire agents who can find cuatom- era for our wagon out - (ila. Parliculara to ihoae who mean buai- neaa and can (urniah referencea. South Carolina Ave.. 200 feet from Beach The Princess Hotel is newly fur- nished throughout with rare taste, and possesses all modern requisites for convenience and comfort of the guests. Golf privileges and privi- lege of the Atlantic City Yacht Club extended to the guests. American and European Plan A BOOKLET will be gladly fur- nished upon application Rates : Running from $12.50 co $30 per week, according to location of the rooms. For further information address CROWELL & COLLIER THE PRINCESS HOTEL Atlantic City. N. J. "There hain't none better than the best** — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N cwark, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. -•i E. A. Calves & Co.<5 x IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA S€S« THE TOBACCO WORLD ^»B THE SITUATION. f Leaf tobacco dealers are having some business, but it consists of sales of small lots, entailing a greater propor- tionate expense than more extensive transactions would, and yet they de- clare the margin of profit on goods sold at prices just now prevailing is noth- ing, and in some instances it means a loss. The entire manufacturing trade at present seems to think there is really no price on leaf any more, and that it is governed largely by the degree of anxiety of the holder to sell. How long the manufacturer can maintain this attitude remains to be ascertained. Leaf tobacco men are, of course, human beings, and it may be that some are willing to make actual sacrifices, particularly to old customers, in dull times, just for the sake of doing something, but then tobacco is really a staple article and always has a value. The price generally is gov- erned by ihe law of supply and demand. Present conditions indicate a supply greater than the demand, and conse- quently prices have been seriously affected. But one may well stop a moment to consider the future. There is undoubtedly a certain amount of stocks in the hands of the manufac- turer, but it cannot be an over-abun- dant amount, and with orders coming to him slowly, he naturally feels in- clined to use up all the available stocks he has in hand, rather than buy now, because he lacks courage or confidence in the future, and he figures out that under these conditions there can be no increase in the price of leaf. Such reasoning, however, demands that he also look at the matter irom the leaf man's viewpoint. His offer- ings consist principally of the 1906 to- baccos, or 1905 possibly, and probably some little of older goods. The 1906 and 1905 tobaccos were high priced at cost, it is admitted, and even though he is willing to make some sacrifice of his usual marign of fair profit there must be a reasonable limit, and if he cannot get down low enough to meet the present-day idea of the manufac- turer, he makes no sale. Supposing then that the manufac- turer fails to replenish his reduced stock, and there comes a revival in trade. There is then likely to be a sharpening demand for leaf, and up will go the price. And the demand will do it, for with the 1907 crops of the world all short or inferior, 1906 must supply the deficiency where 1907 is short. Tobaccos of 1907 crops would have commanded a better price than they have BO far, had not the disastrous slump of last fall come just at the time when tobacco is usually bought. But with practically no demand for tobacco, and considerable (luantities of old goods on hand, the leaf man was not eager to buy heavily of the new crops the general characteristics of which did not strike him any too favorably. Because of a short season much of the tobacco was cut before it had fully matured, a very undesirable factor, and it is therefore a serious problem as to what the tobacco may develop in the sweating process, and consequently the crop does not bring the price of several previous years. At best the 1907 crop tobaccos will not be in a marketable condition for some months, and if in the meantime the manufacturer finds himself forced to replenish his stock he will be obliged to pay the price which the market may then command, be it more or less than goods can be gotten for at this time. 12 1\ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 Published Every Wednesday BY THE INCORPORATED 1902 TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Address, Baccoworld.' Havana Office. Prado 36, Altos. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year ; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Odire as Srcond Class Matter, / \ PHH.ADELPHIA. APRIL 15. 1908. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS The leaf market was far from active during the past week, but. to use the vernacular of the street, there was at least something doing, and jobbers have done a little trade in a small way even if only enough to keep their time occupied. No transactions of any real impoitance nor of any special type of domestic leaf tobacco were reported during the week. There was some little business in Sumatia tobaccos, in ^^hich old goods have seemed to arouse renewed inter- est, believed to have been caused by reports concerning the general charac- teristics of the new leaf which is just now being brought into this country. The Havana market remains practi- cally unchanged with no over-abund- ance of stock. Importers are not in- clined to make any undue concessions in price for desirable tobaccos. If the prices be at all along the ideas of the manutacturer the goods are being taken up readily. The cigar manufacturers of this city seem in a very much more hopeful spirit for a thorough revival in trade conditions than they have been at any time since New Year. Orders received from the more distant points in partic- ular have been encouragingly good in size, and local trade is at least keeping up to the later standard of volume. That the cigar trade of the First Pennsylvania District has not suffered to the extent that some other districts have is shown in the report of the Col- lector of Internal Revenue, which shows an output in this district of 49,192,530 during the month of March, and which as compared with 55,910,470 output of March, 1907, shows a falling off of nearly seven millions. Large as this seems, it is a much more favorable comparison than can be shown by any other district in the country. A local daily paper recently published a special edition in which was com- prised a total of 118 pages. In its col- umns it referred eloquently to the vast and diversified manufacturing indus- tries of this city, but not one word was contained in it which referred to the cigar and tobacco trade, notwithstand- ing the city's pre-eminence in that line, for within its borders are located the headquarters not only of a number of very extensive cigar manufacturing industries but also the oldest and what is claimed to be the largest independent tobacco manufacturing establishment in the United States, that of Frishmuth Bros. & Co. It is, however, difficult for us to assign any good reason for this apparent oversight, and we cer- tainly would not wish to think that it was due to any apathy on the part of the trade. The weather conditions are now much more favorable to the retail trade than any we have had so far this year, and the more progressive of the dealers are taking time by the forelock and are actively overhauling their stocks and weeding out such undesirable goods as they find they may still have on hand, which will be disposed of even at a sacrifice as quickly as possible. They are ordering a little more freely of new stocks with which to replenish, and are putting their places in apple pie order in anticipation of a better spring and summer trade. Members of the minor city judiciary, of which Magistrate Gorman is a mem- ber, and associated with the Anti Cigar- ette League and Charles J. Walker, of the Juvenile Protective Association, are back of a crusade which has been in- augurated to stamp out an alleged vio- lation of the law on selling cigarettes to minors and small boys. Work has begun in the district of the , Twentieth and Federal streets station, where evidence has been found against fifteen tobacco dealers, and against whom warrants have been sworn out. Their hearings will take place Monday afternoon at 251 Girard avenue. In most cases the offending dealers have been accused by the boys to whom they have sold. Agents for the various societies on the lookout for juvenile cigarette smokers have taken them before Magistrate Gorman, who re- leased them when they told where they bought the cigarettes and placed their signatures upon affidavits. A majority of the corner tobacconists of the district have been implicated, showing how generally the illegal sale has been carried on throughout the city. Dealers upon whom warrants have al- ready been served are : M. McLaughlin, 2119 Dickinson street; A.M. Waters, Mole and Tasker streets; E. T. Seville, Fifteenth and Tasker streets; William Kendall, 1402 South Twentieth street ; Edward Devlin, Twenty-second and Tasker streets; J. Huelamon, Twen- tieth and Ellsworth streets; Mary La- vinda. Twentieth and Kimball streets; William Greenliiz, Twenty-first and Ellsworth streets; J. Meyers, Twenty- second and Ellsworth streets; Edward W. Wilson. Twenty-third and Ellsworth streets; John McCune, Twenty second and Alter streets; W. R. Thomas, Twenty-first and Kimoall streets; Mrs. Green, Twenty-fifth and Kimball streets; A. J. Smith, Cleveland and Washington avenues and John Doe, ad- dress not given. There art several others who will probably be arrested before the hearing takes place. The law under which the prosecutions are brought was passed by the Legisla- ture of 1903. It provides that any dealer S' lling cigarettes to a person undnr 21 years of age is liable to a fine of $300 and imprisonment. Tobacco in other forms may be sold to boys more than 1() years old. A very destructive fire occurred last week at the lumber yard of Sheip & Vandegrift, and the damage is esti- mated at $75,000. The fire was first discovered in the dynamo room and it was only by the most heroic efforts of the firemen that the flames were kept from consuming the entire plant and possibly destroying the entire city block. J. J. Tracy, of Gumpert Bros., has just returned from an extended trip to the South where he met with excellent success with his firm's product. Active preparations are now going on for the removal and concentration of their fac- ttiries inio the prrmisfs formerly occu- pied by S g C. Mayer & Co. at 417 L')cust sttett, and whtre the office hoartquarlers will hereafter be also lo- cated. %% Thos. E. Fearon. of the Fearon Cigar Banding Machine Co , this week started out to see the trade in the interest of the new banding machine which, by reason of its exploitation, is now at- tracting widespread attention. This device, which was referred to at some lenpth in last week's if sue of The Tobacco World, is the result of several years of diligent work. The inventor is James J. Fearon, who stands in the front ranks as a mechanical engineer and machinist. This is not his first appearance as an inventor, as he has made a number of successful inventions now in general use. He was induced to undertake the development of such a machine, and was at all times assisted by his brother Thomas E. Fearon, who as a cigar manutacturer knew the actual need of such a machine, and who had, of course, practical knowledge of what would be demanded of it, and of the factory conditions under which it would be used. As a result, it is claimed, there has been produced a machine which is not only mechanically perfect but thoroughly practical from the cigar manufacturer's view point, and in which every possible objection that might have been made to a band- ing machine has been successfully eliminated. • Joseph Meyers, treasurer of the Cor- tez Cigar Co., of Key West, Fla., tias been a visitor in this city recently ac- companied by Mrs. Meyers, who is visiting relatives here. During Mr. Meyers' stay here he made his local headquarters with the Boch-Griffin Co., proprietors of the cigar stand "In The Corridor" of the Real Estate Trust BIdg. at Broad and Chestnut streets, who are extensive handlers of the Cor- tez product. After closng a good sized transaction in Havana leaf tobacco, Julius Vetter- lein, head of the well known Arch street importing and packing house of J. Vetterlein & Co., left last week for Lancaster where he will make a tour of inspection of the leaf markets. His •irm is this year putting up a nice packing of Penni-ylvania tobacco. John N. Kolb, of the Theobald & Op- penheimer Co., returned on Wednesday last from his Sumatra purchasing ex- pedition to Amsterdam, and expressed himself as being very well pleased with his selections of this year's tobacco, of which he says he has secured at least enough to carry the firm over until the fall inscriptions. H. C. Gresh, of W. K. Gresh & Sons, Norristown, who ac- companied Mr. Kolb to Amsterdam, has not yet returned, having decided to attend the intcription which was held in Amsterdam April 10, after which he will also return to the United States. Mr. Rigby, of the T. & O. Co. is now at the company's headquarters here, and will remain for some little time. Chas. S. Cameron, who recently bought the drug store at Fifty- second and Spruce streets, to which is attached a considerable cigar trade, is now specializing in that department quite effectively. Last week he was featur- ing the Capitano cigar, manufactured by F. H. Belt, of Schwencksville, and which is being distributed here by Goldsmi h & Arndt. There is also an excellent demand at this store for high grade clear Havana goods, such as Duncan & Moorehead's Marcello, T. H. Hart & Co.'s Leda, and others. The Abraham Lincoln 5 cent cigar and other products of the La Hilda Cigar Factory, of this city, have heretofore also been strong favorites of this estab- lishment. ^ Al. Metzger, of Berriman Bros., of New York, has lately been making the rounds of the trade in this city and was the recipient of some nice sized orders. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to EstaL^shed isso Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^^^ T H E TOBACCO W Q R L D jg^gp' ^Kjgt^ I I 8> Take no other but the Genuine I^^taMi^Iied 1869 Incorporatedl893 Every Box of tlie Genuine Portuondo Cigars Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo "'■'^m^, i*<«— ' #• ifcrV CEs, Ibri^i^Rici^TtRE?^'"'* ''*'' . ..,.1* • Registered in U. S, Patent OiUco There are more Imitations of this old establistied and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand ot cigars tHan^ any other cigar in the worlcL MANUFA6TER.ED ONLV> BY The Juan E Pbrtmndo Cigar Kg . Cd 1110-1116 5an50in5l..PhiladelpliB. J AT LAST? 7 V The Fearon Ci^ar Banding Machine Bands 30.000 to 150.000 cigars a day. Cannot injure or rough up the wrapper. Easily operated by inexperienced hands. Places bands on perfectly straight, anywhere you wish and never permits bands to stick to wrapper. Saves wages of twelve to twenty-five employes, also floor space occupied by them. Cost so low that you cannot afford to be without it. Absolutely simple, sure and satisfactory. We have no shares to sell. Our business is solely to supply you with Banding Machines. ^ f A postal card will bring [ull terms and particulars r Size. 10 X 10 X 10 inches. Weight, 12 pounds. Runs by any power, n- hand or foot pow«>r. Does not crowd any, table. Can be moved about. May be used with or without hopper! The machine is entirely covered and protected from dust, etc. ^ FEARON CIGAR BANDING MACHINE CO., 405=406 Betz Bldg., PHILADELPHIA f^ 13 Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. STHE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S For Gentlemen of Oood Taste FELieE-s A HIGH GRADE H CIGAR FOR ZJC Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers L,ima, Ohio J T. J. DUrMN «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 F. 91st Street, NEW YORK Louis E.Neuman&Co. \ 123*-^Tol30'-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. - LABELS & SHOW >V I- s o CI RTED n^WB^re*— ir» Michael Hose A. F. Brillhari Mk Ml C Manufac> turers of LEAF TOBACCO. Very eatisfactory progress is being r. ported by Henry Schaetfer, of South Pifih streft, who is now beginning to leceive wood sized duphcate orders on h s various brands. George Valentine, of A. S. Valentine X- Son, who has been confined to his ho:iie by illness for a couple of weeks, I ' now much improved and it is hoped that he will soon be about as usual. H. B. Grauley, at Sixth and Chestnut sneets, manufacturer of the Golden Rule and other popular brands, has se- T-G-lh cured the Fervices of Wm. H. Hamilton as a traveling salesman. Mr. Hamilton will cover the South and West. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8- point measure) To Manafactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York Tel. 722 Orchard H D Narrigan & Co., the well known cigar jobbing house, have secured 'he ilistributinp: agency here of the E. II Guto Cigar Co. 'b Key West productE^, uiid will carry an extensive line of those jioods. L. Balistocky. a cigar manufacturer liicated at 1247 North Second street, has purchased the cigar business ot F. vVolf, at 504 North Eighth street. I. M. Strasser. a leaf tobacco dealer of Albany, N. Y., was a recent visitor in the leaf market of this city. The Genesee Leaf Tobacco Co., of Rochester, N. Y., was also represented in the Philadelphia leaf market lately. STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Mann* facturers invited. 6-51h L. BERNPELD Ci^ar Broker West Haven, Conn* 2 5tf MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. 12-18he POR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and ^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Patera Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co. 1931-1935 Western Ave..-nd 1201-1209 Dayton Street. Cincinnati, Ohio. Kentuckians Migrating. Since the night riders began their depredations in Kentucky and the edict went forth there, two months ago, that no tobacco ehould be raised this year, hundreds of Kentuckians are crossing the Ohio River and seeking homes in Indiana. More than t ne hundred fami- lies have thus located in Switzerland county within the last sixty days, and it is more than likely as many more have located in every Ohio River county in the State. All going to Switzerland county will engage in tobacco culture. Most of them are good, thrifty citizens, and many are buying farms, while others are rent.ng. —The Deliame Tobacco Co., of Chi- cago, has oeen organized with a capi- tal of $30,000, to deal in tobacco. The principals of the company are Wm. Ed- ward Williams, Henry Schrottand Her- bert S. Duncombe. piGAR MANUFACTURER with long ^^ experience in the business desires to run a branch factory of about 25 hands capacity in the First District Penna. Write, for particulars, P. 0. Box 32, Richland Centre, Pa. 4-16b \A/ ANTED— Good, reliable Salesman to handle a full line of Non-Union Cigars in Ohio and Illinois on Commis- sion. Address Manufacturer, Box 9, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-15c WANTED-By a New York Broker, a line of Union Cigars, from $20 per M up; also Non-Uunion Cigars from $9 per M up. Address Broker, Box 8, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-15tf HUNTER f'^Jcl^ is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. Philada. pOR SALE.— A second-hand all-glass -^ Floor Case. 13 ft. 6 in. long. Can be seen at Smith's Pharmacy, 1933 Tioga St. No reasonable offer refused. 4-8h "pOR SALE— One million Long Filler -^ Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-Stf EXPERIENCED Cigar Foreman open -■-' for position. Address Box 7, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4.15c E. R0SENWALD & BR0. • t . •^n ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD 5S&*S: HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOB EXCELLENCE AMD QUAMTY OF STOOIF.S. AT WORLD'S FAIR. SI. M»IIS. ir»04 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'l EYE. ROYAL BLUZ LINZ. CV-LONT AND BIG STOGIES Fir»J Quality. Long Filler, t! .n J MaiI^ JOHN SLATER ^ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES "^ H. Q. BURKV EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in O Tobacco Bought and Packed on Comnfiission Stouf^hton, Wis. © 10 C. h'HSSa "otgfR 10 C. 5c. * 0%% °f"o*r°^ Write for Samples and Prices 5c. FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT. READING, PA. 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN H. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY ^ Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN • |o^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD^ Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L, NISSLY MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Giades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. n s < CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco' York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 82 and 34 East Chestnut Street, LanCOSter Pa J- K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Lmaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. ^"pbones LANCASTER, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco lew of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenne. York, Penna. We Make SCRAP niLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & CO. "•*SSs,„ Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. f J. W. BRENNEMAN 1 Packer and Dealer in I Leaf Tobacco I Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, I 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. "^^ E E MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32 T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Mannfactaring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and » j Tk RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Fa, The York Tobacco Co Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse. 15 East Clark Avenue Haanfactnrcrs of — _ _ ^^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco I OPK, Pa. N. D- AUeXANDeR, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana LemoD «nd Arch Sts. 17 THE TOBACCO WORLD wxffurACTUirttt or AtL wiwos or i38&i4oCcnt^e:5t Cigar Box Labels I .# ^AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bld^. H. S. SPRINGER, Murr. Chicago, 53 Firth Avenue. r". Hi. '"U VTHHRR. Mvrr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. r ^rif"^" ■■■iJHPM Capacity 25,000 per day ■- Telegraph-YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SE CHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of fl^^ CIGARS Holtz, Pa. ; \^ >|4ABl9 m >i V'" M ...» .'.^'■* ■**■•' "'^ffl! ■■■■ "' >'.. -, ■; '7^- (<■'' fc. . j^m^^H ^ ^^. jHmDH^h ... t ;«^ ^fl fe >4 , V r . ^m ?t h r/r;!SStQq. ^9 . ■ A. :. : .^.. - ^ WB /-dt- «-ttw; / A SLIGHT BETTERMENT in YORK © LEOISA BLAIND © Pretty Bessie ) -^ Vork Nick . . . h ^C. Best Known . ) ^^^ TWO CRACKER JACKS===2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PURO PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited I f i^^»«^^^^^^^^^^^% »%%»^^^%%<%^^^i^^^^^^i^^^l John McLiu-hlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin m, co. P Wholesale Dealer* in All Kinda of { Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos ' Alao, All Grades of Fine Cigars ^ Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si LANCASTER, PA. 18 City Cigar Factories Generally at Work, but Short Time Rules. York. Pa., April 13. There is a slight improvement noted in the (ondition of the cigar industry in some sections of the county. The city factories are working moderately, but none are in any way pushed with orders, and short time is still the rule. York crunty tobacco is not being bought up so rapidly, although some ehipments are being made from the lower tnd of the county, mostly to Lancaster. C. W. Bitner & Co., of Lancaster, are receiving several car- loads at Felton this week. The ciy:ar business is still dull at Felton and vicinity, and while most factories are working all are on limited time. T. J. Smith, a cigar manufacturer frum Alt'xma. has been for some time assisting F. 0. Noll t) get his cigars packed and fixtures ready for shipment to Altoona, where they will operate a cigar manufacturing establithment. Mr. Noll doped his factory here on account of the dullness of trade. They will leave in a few days. The Raab factory, in the Wambaugh Building at Glen Rock, began opera- tions again last week after a several weeks t-uspension owine to dull business Arthur Doll has purchased the cigar business formerly owned by his father, Jacob Dull, at Saginaw. He will in crease the force of workmen and make improvements to th^ plant. C. A. Rost, of Red Lion, tobacco dealer, has begun the erection of a nev/ warehouse on West High street. Peter McGuigin has closed his Red Lion cigar factory for an indefinite period, and Isaac Kohler, of Yoe, has resumed operations at his Red Lion oranch factory. The several cigar factories at Spry are all working on a limited output at present. There have been a number of leaf salesmen in York this week, and they are a unit in declaring that trade is anything but brisk. Noah Gilkn has returned from another visit to the tobacco centers of Wiscon- sin. Mr. Gillen has been dealing ex- tensively in Wisconsin leaf since the first of ihe year. L J. Smith &Co., of Red Lion, have taken possession of their new cigar fr»ctory building, which, although not yet finished, affords them the facilities Ahich ihey have needed. — Clamment W. Ewers has purchased the cigar business of George Kraft, 1120 Main street, Keokuk, la. — R. B. Jones & Co. has been incor- porated at Richmond, Va., to do a cigar business, with capital of $10,000. The officers are: Jas. J. Pollard, Presi- dent; R. M. Pollard, Vice President, and R. B. Jones, Secretary and Treas- urer. rAHUSSEvl lEArMttOCO. • THE TOBACCO WORLD Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) ^Address; F. B. GRIFFIN. Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section. Fine Handling Superb Quality -OR- A. H. RbfcDfcR, President. P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, O."- f THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MMl 0RDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Fmscati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brolcbrs to the Deli Maatsohappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : •7 Rokin H 100 Nes. opposite Frsscati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common HERMAN DEUUB York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c UNION MADE CIGARS ?old to Wholesale 4 Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses CM. ■E^a Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G6e Bear. SSe Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST OtAlJTY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbiai Trade CNtly CofTcapendeace with Active Boaaca lavtted ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day S Cirfars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz* Penna* Maker of Ulrfh Grade Cliara Exclaalvaly. Q H. G. BARNHART Cl|(ar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only Bigh Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicata GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. MAKER OF Fernsideaod Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to the Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited C. E. MATTINGLY 6i CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made sg. im FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars '^^'^i^?fe:;l^ Roth-sville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. 13 0^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD SAMUBL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade »OLD JUDGE ] C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE | «^^« BROWN BUCK (Banded) [ ^ i^* «^^« ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples (o Responsible Houses FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. CnfYipIp prpp The Most Popular Flavor since 1855 JaiU|JlC IICC Please Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 CIGARETTE PAPERS. Practically the World's Supply is Made by France. Rice pap r, with which cigarettes ird made, has nothing to do with rice, but is made Irom the membranes of the bread fiuit tree, or more commonly )t' fine new trimmings of fiax and lump. Fran:e makts cigarette papers ftr rile whole world, says the London Tri- bune, the output of Austria and Italy >eing insigriificunl. C garni le paper should be of the very best and punst quality obtainable, and every effort is made by manufacturers Lu provide a paper free from injurious sile.noiits and effects. All the alleged harm of cigarettes is Jue to had paper, the deadliest thing a smoker can consume. This manutac- lurers have recognized, and the cigar- it te paper is now as pure and perfect 18 possible. So light is it that 500 of the tiny s'leets go to the ounce. They are per- c'ctly combustible -and give off the .ninimum of smoke. Before being rolltd wiih tobacco they are analyzed to prove that they are free from all .ieleterious ingredients and that they contain nothing but the purest paper libre. Only new material— flax and hemp trimmings — is used, and these are thor- oughly purified. Chopped by machinery into minute particles, they are well mixed by a revolving fan and then re- duced almost to dust. This is placed in a solution of lime and soda. in order that every foreign substance may be eliminated it undergoes a thor- ough cashing process, the water being obtained from artesian wells sunk for the purpose. The pulp is again crushed and rolled out into paper. This is of a grayish tinge, and the pure white of the finished leaf is obtained by an elec- tric process, which also cleanses it of all possible impurities. Leaf Tobacco Markets Our ccoi respondents write: Wethersfield, Conn. : "We have had a few sales of tobacco lately. E. R. Smith, G. F. Warner, J. Eagon, J. S. Wells and Churchill Bros.' crop of 1907 at probably about lie through, to Hartfcrd parlies mostly." North Hadley, Mass. : "Tobacco is about all sold in the bundle, or has been ■}rted and boxed. About 330 acres has been sold in the bundle. Farmers are making tobacco beds and buying fer- tilizers for another crop. There will be no c ange in the acreage." Conway, Mass. : "A few of the grow- ers have started another crop by sowing the hot beds the past week. There will be no increase in acreage here this year, rather, I think, a little falling off." North Hatfield, Mass. : "There has been no stir during the past week in the tobacco trading. But the farmers are making preparations for the crop to be grown in this vicinity the coming season. I think the acreage will not be reduced to any considerable extent. —American Cultivator. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Will these cold winds ever come to a scop so that farmers can sow their tobacco beds? If they do not, I am afraid the farmers of Wisconsin will get ahead of our own farmers, for I notice that they have begun to lay their plant beds. But had they been in Massachusetts they would have been obliged for the past week to have used a pick in order to have loosened the soil, for the thermometer has been below 20 degrees for the last three or four mornings. But the time is not far off when we must attend to the sowing of the to- bacco seed if we mean to get a crop this year, and with the experience of last season vividly in the minds of many, I think there will be a struggle to get our seed in early and try to get an early start this season. EDGERTON, WIS. The buying of the tobacco crop goes steadily on and the movement is each week cutting out large slices from the unsold portion. While the great bulk of the sales are made at seemingly bargain prices, seldom raising the 6 cent figure, and much of it around filler prices, there are some lots moving at a fairly remunerative basis. The fol- lowing transactions show the range of prices : Ole Void, 10a at.9 and 6c asst. Gilson & Anderson, 9a at 9ic asst. A. Asleson. 9a at 9^c asst. Ole Peterson, 9a at 9, 6 and 2c asst. E. C. Stebbins, 5a at 5i and 2c. M. Higgins, 5a at 5 and 2c. B. Montgomery, 5a at 6c. A. M. Neidley, 5a at 5 and 2c. Anson Bliven, 5a at 4c. F. Handtke, 8a at 3c. The cured leaf market is as yet under a cloud that shows no silver lining. Packers are hoping and waiting the return of better business conditions than at present appears in the eastern centres. We learn of the sale of a few hundred cases of forced sweated Wis- consin at figures lower than old stock is held at and yet returns a profit to the seller. Deliveries at receiving points con- tinue liberal for growers are anxious to complete this work before entering upon their spring seeding. Warehouse handling at the packing points is dragging because of the short- age of help. Two or three hundred hands could find employment for several weeks to come in this market and the same complaint is noted elsewhere in the tobacco section. As yet very little has been done toward starting the seed beds as suit- able weather conditions have not yet arrived. Shipments, 910 cases.— Reporter. t For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established isso Monroe D. teller**, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSV ILLL. PA. MO^ THE TOBACCO WORLDS? J. B. MILLEYSACK r*iunufacturer of CIGARS Hand-IVIade No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. f H. L. WEAVKK Factory Jfi.'i.l L. Ii. HLAVLE WEAVER Si BRO. Manufacturers ot |^ 5 rf a t» c ^^^ Jobbing " V/ 1 ga I O Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TBRRE HIUU, PA. ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of • High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ^xXi.\AM«JA^^^^ 1 American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Hiinnielberger & Noll. I^MKRICAJV ROBt^ONlA, PA. The Gilt Edge CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS , RIBBONS Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes N It Will Remove Rankness irom Tobacco, Take Away Mustiness and Give Citiars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNfc Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish EtTect desired. Chaskers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do, A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices. Chaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York CI OAR *T09A^ The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go* CENTENNIAL. P4. .1 i ^^STHE TOBACCO WORLD m ^^txm, SONS ^ co^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West i7th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels Chicago. New York. Cincinnati. Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of f ' ^ j Dealer in LUMBER i LABELS 1 EDGING 1 ^'^^' Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. A. Sole Owners and Manufacturers Z2 INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. % THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 • I I ••(^ I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LAHtLS ♦ ♦ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ :«: Jit ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl. >t Powcilul and Lnstin:^ Havana Cigar Flavor ever produced. We Sell It. Acme Extract & Chemical Work^ JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman <& Wilburn Tobacco Co. BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU '" ""^^ "' '''"^''* ''''"* '^f 1 orderinij ;^«iuds elsewhere. t ■ ■ ... , 1 :''mV I ■■ VtltltA MlUJlHA 'fklx. ^ ARE THE ^ CIGARS Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses uood as (jovernment Bonds Re,iisiered Br.nd. "BRILLIANT STAR" CUar Havana . lOc. **S. B." Seed and Havana 5c« ^'KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 3c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c, These Brands St-ll uo Merit and CJonatantly Repeat. Try Ihem and Judje fur Yourself \thy Ibis Factory Never Shuts Do«vn . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. COt NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Caveats, Trade Marks, JL€lLdlL\^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. "^'ZTcuir" John A.Saul U Droit Bnilding, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O I IN I A E R 1 Q U E MIXTURE dAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK i : StW^W. SONS 4 COUP Lithographers 257 to 265 West 17th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS t J ■. J r THE TOBACCO WORLD ^P^fe> ^7..:^/.''~- Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9, 1897 • Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. 22 Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^ U.S. A. Solm Owners and Manufacturers- • • >• I INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdginfts 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, FA. For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses t Paweriul and Lm^tiii^ Havana Cigar Flavor vver produced. We Sell It, Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Caveats, Trade Marks, JlSL L en ZS Design-Patents, Copy rights, etc. "^"^iTcutr' John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦A ^^♦^* METAL EMBOSStD LABELS NETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦^ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦# ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H lis ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦t^it?'if ^^^^^♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ UTHOGR.APHIN1; SPECIAL DESIQnI ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ,^^^^^^^^^^ X XX X* ilr ••#•- JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman t§ Wilburn Tobacco Co. BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WII I Pa V YOU *° ^^^ *'^ PRICES before ordering l^uods elsewhere. i Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses uood as Government Bonds R.duier.d Br..d. ARE THE ^ CIGARS "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana , lOc. **S. B." Seed and Havana 5c« "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c^ These Brands Sell on Merit and Constantly Repeat. Try Ihem and Judtfe for Yoaraalt Hhy This Factory Never Shuts Down . . (« STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. Ear Sale by All Dealers V I R a I IN 1 A F> B R I Q U MIXTURE d^e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORK E. A. Calves & Co.<'^c> Havana, 123 North Third street -' PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of Jll. • KoKler jdA^T-^M *^<>sti},, fvU^ Manufacturer of High Grade Nickel and Seed and Havana /.CIGARS.-. Pactories, Nashville and Jacobus, Pa. Main Office, Nashville Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Houses invited. ^\VUAM XH^i t >♦ I Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII.. No. 17. } PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. APRIL 22, 1908. I One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGMZED STANDARH C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS and CIGARMAKERS' HMVES Liberman Manufacturing Go. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA. PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANUFACTUKEBS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE {"^./Mu.") Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND, VA. J J V V. p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ^ r r Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROBDMR & ARGUIMBAU J78 Water Street^ New York THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^H r CHARLES M. QUDKNECHT, President "^ La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street correspondence solicited t hiladelphia iSENLOHlOS^**^ .^ft© .M PbilaJelpbia ^>' W. W, STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Ollini Bros. V Ci. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeoce with Responsible Houses Solicited Fiictory 1839, First District P«no0. \i. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa \A/^ l^4.^pj— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS VV dl I LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. Tel. 722 Orohard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, KEW YORK For ^Pl lp ^ ^'^AR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I \J\ KJCk\KD\ Write Us for Prices ^ EIV.IL BERGER TOBACCO CO., G-S-iO Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD VoL XXVIIL, No. 17 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 22, 1908 One Dollar the Year T. P. A. PROTESTS AFTER TOBACCO GROWERS. H. R. 17520. sale of leaf without pay- Against the Adoption of the Free Leaf Bill by Congress. St. Louis, Mo., April 17. At a meeting of the National Board of Directors of the Travelers' Protec- tive Association of America, held at St. Louis on April 11, a resolution against the Free Leaf Bill was adopted, and the Secretary of each of the 187 Posts of that organization, which is among the strongest in the country in which traveling men in general have an interest, were requested to write to the Senators from their respective Districts asking them to oppose the measure. The resolution is as follows: "Whereas, There is a Bill now be- fore Congress known as proposing to permit the tobacco to the consumer ment of tax, and "Whereas, If this Bill becomes a law the consumption of manufactured tobacco will be greatly curtailed, (par- ticularly natural leaf tobacco, which is principally manufactured by indepen- « Whitlock branches, is slated for whpat and potatoes, will this season ^^^ Presidency of the Federal Cigar try to grow tobacco in the limestone ^ojnpany soil in the district west of Allentown, as an experiment. A Pipe Story. Jersey, as a consolidation of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company, the Consolidated Tobacco Company, and the Continental Tobacco Company. It has $40,000,000 common stock and $78,700,000 preferred stock. The preferred stock has no voting power, that being solely vested in the common stock, which is limited to 6 per cent, earning power. According to a statement made last night by Special Prosecutor McRey- ""^""^ T-k i. L u nolds, the evidence gathered by the General Manager Dart has been in ^ ^ . ..^ . » . Government shows that the American Tobacco Company, with its $274,000,- 000 of assets, and the subsidiary com- panies, with their $100,000,000 of as- sets, together with the British-Ameri- can Tobacco Company, with its $100,- 000,000 of assets— making nearly $500,- 000,000 in all— are controlled by eight men. or estates. These eight men. or estates, by a New York for several days in confer- ence with officials of the American To- bacco Company over the proposed dis- solution. The orders to close the Whit- This story comes from Chicago: lock branch were received by telegraph After Ventura Dominico, thirty-four yesterday. years old. had arisen VVednesday morn- SEPARATE REOROANIZATIONS. mg he lit his pipe and seated himself ,• j . in his window, in the third story of 389 " is believed that the whole Ameri- Grand avenue, to see what was going can Cigar Company, the American or on in the world below. Leaning too United Cigar Stores Company, the characteristic exercise of "high fin- far out, he lost his balance and tumbled .«,«-:„-« ^'j-,-> Cf„«^„ /' ^ ..u >. . I .1- . . ^.\1 to the cement sidewalk. A passerby American Cigar btands Company, the ance' control the whole $o00,000,000 summoned a police ambulance, but American Snuff Company, the Ameri- combine through their ownership of a when the vehicle was within half a can Licorice Company, together with majority of the $40,000,000 of common nicS^ft'u;.'rake'himtlf"a^"d''rm '»^^ '"^"^ ""'"'^'"^ *"^ 'f''"^'^'^ ''^^ ^! '"^^ American Tobacco Com- into the house, still smoking. Neither compan»es composing the American pany. the parent concern. To do this Dominico nor the pipe, full of fragrant Tobacco Company, will undergo the they need hold but $21,000,000 of the cut plug, suffered serious injurj . same process as that of the three ma- stock. (Concluded on p. 5) E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana. 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD "^^M r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT "^ La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I HILADELPHIA J (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) DMli Bl I Cl. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited ^amt ^nm^tmmsm CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. v^: ; Wi %. %, I '^?^M Fnciory 1830, First District Panoa. ' f-.*Vi.j|iVMihri>-a-n'ii-irfV-'| \i. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, P^ /. #^ ^N LV^^^ ^\ ;\\\ ^^ THEBEST S^UNIONMADE SIlClGAR /on the Market RSTEMeR iJ'ii Manufacturer , ! Reading PA ^:e ''<:~-:^-=. ^* '1 Write for Samples ^Prices WpI ntpH-^^''"^"^^^-^*^'^^^'^-^"'"^'^^^ Fnr ^?» lf» ' cigar SCRAPS-Clean and Sound . YVailLCU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. I rUIOaie| Write Us for Prices T.1. 722 Orchard 6-8-1 0 Gouverneur Slip, KE-W YORK | EWIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., G-S-IO Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 17 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 22, 1908 One Dollar the Year T. P. A. PROTESTS AFTER TOBACCO GROWERS. Against the Adoption of the Free Leaf Bill by Congress. St. Louis, Mo., April 17. At a meeting of the National Board ■of Directors of the Travelers' Protec- tive Association of America, held at St. Louis on April 11, a resolution against the Free Leaf Bill was adopted, and the Secretary of each of the 187 Posts of that organization, which is among the strongest in the country in which traveling men in general have an interest, were requested to write to the Senators from their respective Districts asking them to oppose the measure. The resolution is as follows: •'Whereas, There is a Bill now be- fore Congress known as H. R. 17520, proposing to permit the sale of leaf tobacco to the consumer without pay- ment of tax, and "Whereas, If this Bill becomes a law the consumption of manufactured tobacco will be greatly curtailed, (par- ticularly natural leaf tobacco, which is principally manufactured by indepen- dent tobacco manufacturers), resulting in many traveling salesmen being thrown out of employment, and "Whereas, Wholesale grocers and -wholesale tobacconists, as well as to- bacco manufacturers and cigar manu- facturers, will be greatly injured by the passage of this Bill, inasmuch as it will greatly reduce the volume of busi- ness on manufactured tobacco and ci- gars, "Therefore be it Resolved, That the Travelers' Protective Association of America respectfully request that this Bill be not enacted into law." The adoption of this resolution is due partly to the active energy of Wood F. Axton, President of the Axton- Fisher Tobacco Co., of Louisville, Ky., and who, as a member of the Board, and ac- companied by John W. Scharf, Secre- tary of the Weisert Bros. Tobacco Co., of St. Louis, who is also Pref>ident of Post A, T. P. A., of the Missouri Division, appeared before the Board and staunchly advocated the final passage of the resolution. Big Sales of Independent LeaL Owensboro, Ky., April 17. Practically all of the 1907 purchase of trash of the independent tobacco dealers in Owensboro has been sold during the past week, at an average of about $6.50 a hundred. The exact num- ber of hogsheads included in these deals is unknown, but the number will be large. The majority of the trash will be exported to England. The entire pur- chase of leaf, lugs and trash of N. B. Cooke, which was bought by Nelson & Phillips, will be exported to England. F. E. Birk & Co. have sold their purchase of about 75,000 pounds to an Owensboro firm. C. E. Birk & Co. have sold about one hundred hogsheads of trash which will be exported to England. A number of the other independent dealers have sold their purchases of trash, and others have negotiations on for sales. Texas Representatives Visiting Troubled Section of Kentucky. Houston, Texas, April 17, For the purpose of inducing tobacco growers to come to Texas from that section of Kentucky where troubles have existed for some time, Garrett Dobbin, colonization agent for the Santa Fe, will leave Monday. TRUST DISSOLUTION RUMOR AND DENIAL. Proposed Reorganization of $500, 000, 000 Concern said to have been Advised by Counsel is Denied by Official upon Return of l^resident Duke. Will Fight the Government's Suit. Ryan the Largest Stockholder. Associated Press dispatches published chine-made cigar plants, and that a He will on Saturday last in the daily papers, number of supposedly independent com- go to the districts where independent savored of sensational developments as panies controlling the tobacco and tobacco growers have met with fire a result of the Government's suit to paper cigarette, boxes, licorice, Rus- and pillage, and he believes that with dissolve the Tobacco Trust. The dis- sian and Turkish cigarette, leaf, ex- the showing he can make regarding patches were as follows: port and other companies, will ail be Texas lands he can prevail on some of Richmond, Va., April 18. reorganized under separate heads. All them to take up their abode along the Frightened by the evidence gathered this, it is said, is to be completed be- Santa Fe lines in Texas. Many of the against it by the Government, and fore Congress adjourns, independent Kentucky growtrs are rather than face the trial in New York HOW THE STOCK IS HELD, moving out rather than face further on May ID before the United States New York. April 18. difficulty. Circuit Court, the Tobacco Trust, ac- J. C. McReynolds, one of the Govern- Mr. Dobbin will take with him sam- cording to a story current here yester- ment's special assistants in the prose- pies of the tobacco grown in F^ast Tex- day, is about to dissolve. cution of the Tobacco Trust under the as. He will also carry with him a The dissolution of the $850,000,000 Sherman law, said last ni^ht at the Government analysis of lands adapted combine was practically admitted last Hotel Aberdeen, in this city, that he to tobacco, and these, with the low night by ot!icial> of the American To- had not heard ot the proposed dissolu- price placed on tobacco land in Texas, bacco Company, who would not allow tion of the combine. Such a step are anticipated to cause an exodus their names to be mentioned in con- would be possible, he said, and might from Kentucky to Texas. Many Ken- nection with their admissions. This be agreed on without his knowledge, tucky farmers, he is informed, are step, it is said, has been decided upon He would not say what effect a disso- casting about for locations in other on the advice of the attorneys for, t^ e lution at this time would have on the parts of the country, where strife and Trust in Washington, who are of the Government's case against the combine, flames are not at their heels. Texas of- opinion that the company will be liable. The prosecution has been underway fers these inducements, and Mr. Dobbin anyway, to forcible dissolution by the for months, many hearings have been is going to lay the proposition before Federal Government, under the Sher- held, three thousand printed pages of them. man Anti-Trust law. evidence collected, and the arguments As further indications of what can be Another explanation is that the Trust on the action for a forcible dissolution grown in Texas Mr. Dobbin will take has grown to such enormous size, and are scheduled to come up in this city with him a number of samples of vege- its methods have become so compli- on May 19, before United States Cir- tables and fruits just now coming into cated that dissolution has been agreed cuit Judges Lacombe, Cox, Ward and the markets. Among them will be the upon more as a matter of business expe- Noyes. famous Texas Bermuda onion. Here- diency. A dissolution is possible under The (iovernment's suit names as de- the mutual agreement of the directors. WHITLOCK BRANCHES CLOSED. turned Saturday morning from Falfur- rias, bringing back half a dozen of the white pearl variety— onions measuring six and eight inches in diameter. When plants of the American Cigar Company, these are placed before the Kentucky ^ branch of the Trust, closed yesterday farmers, and the tobacco samples are here, and in Jersey City. N. J., and shown them, it is expected that they Lancaster, Pa. The shut down is said will prove attractions hard to resist. to be for the purpose of taking an in- ventory. When they reopen, it is said, they will no longer have any open or ostensible connection with the Ameri- fendants the American Tobacco Com- pany, sixty and more allied and subsi- _,. ,,,..», , u- J • diary concerns, and about twenty in- The Whitlock machine-made cigar .. , , ... dividuals connected therewith. %•<%%%%%<% Lehigh County Experiment. Allentown, Pa.. April, 18. The American Tobacco Company was incorporated October i;». YMW, in New Jersey, as a consolidation of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company, the Consolidated Tobacco Company, and the Continental Tobacco Company. It has $10,000,000 common stock and $78,700.u00 preferred stock. The preferred stock has no Dr.D.D.Fritch.ofMacungie.known ^^" tobacco Cojnpany, but will be ^^,.^^ power, that being solely vested as one of the most scientific farmers known as the Federal C.gar Company j^ the common stock, which is limited W. S. Luckett, of New lork. now head ^ ^ to 6 per cent, earning power. in Lehigh county, who has established a State-wide reputation as a grower of of the Whitlock branches, is slated for whPat and potatoes, will this season ^^^ Presidency of the Federal Cigar try to grow tobacco in the limestone company soil in the district west of Allentown, as an experiment. *>%%%%%%• A Pipe Story. This story comes from Chicago General Manager Dart has been in New York for several days in confer- ence with officials of the American To- bacco Company over the proposed dis- solution. The orders to close the Whit- lock branch were received by telegraph After Ventura Dominico, thirty-four yesterday. years old. had arisen Wednesday morn- SEPARATE REORGANIZATIONS, ing he lit his pipe and seated himself , . . ,. in his window, in the third story of 389 " >8 believed that the whole Amen- Grand avenue, to see what was going can Cigar Company, the American or on in the world below. Leaining too United Cigar Stores Company, the characteristic exercise of "high fin- far out, he lost his balance and tumbled Ar.,«..:^o« r'S^o.. s:fo«^o r'^.« « *U .» . I *l- LI •-.«.. to the cement sidewalk. A passerby American Cigar btands Company, the ance' control the whole $o00.000,000 summoned a police ambulance, but American Snuff Company, the Ameri- combine through their ownership of a when the vehicle was within half a can Licorice Company, together with majority of the $40,000,(X)0 of common blockof the house the driver saw Domi- the many underlying and subsidiary stock of the American Tobacco Com- nico set ud shake himself and walk ~— -^ v^w... into the house, still smoking. Neither compan'es composing the American pany. the parent concern. To do this Dominico nor the pipe, full of fragrant Tobacco Company, will undergo the they need hold but $21,000,000 of the cut plug, suffered serious injur: • same process as that of the three ma- stock. (Concluded on p. 5) According to a statement made last night by Special Prosecutor McKey- nolds, the evidence Kathered by the Government shows that the American Tobacco Company, with its .^274,000,- 000 of assets, and the subsidiary com- panies, with their $100,000,000 of as- sets, together with the British-Ameri- can Tobacco Company, with its $100,- 000,000 of assets— making nearly $500,. 000.000 in all— are controlled by eight men, or estates. These eight men, or estates, by a E. A. Calves & COx:rc>HAVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA INTENTTO ^ws^ E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^S J. Vetterlein & Co." m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia John T. Dohan FLOR FOUNDED 185d ^^ y ^D &.T^ patches would not. of course, place much credence in them, for in the first place, they did not bear the earmarks of an authoritative announcement, emanating as they did from Richmond, while the Chief Counsel are located in New York City, and in the second place the present officials are not so easily persuaded to depart from a certain fixed principle, and which is for any- thing but retrenchment. Gx: STEPHEN P. KETRAN Interior Y Makes a Specialty of Fitting Up Cigar Stores ^ Wood.. Work.. . Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia ^ % r\ KJ GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Harlford, Cl. V^ <> ^ ^ -^^ ^ ^ A WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. f REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . . . THE TOBACCO WORLD eSO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS n9 N. Third SL, PHIUnELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco •3M Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly l]p*to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 Race St. ^. •! j f «• and Commission Merchants. rlVllaaelplllt. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in ail kindsof SEED LEAT Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. iomLgyPitv ygfgfMfxmciff^ With Specially Desiiined Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cidars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents CorreiponJence with Reaponsible Houses lolicitail. Private Brands made to order. A AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PcnnsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse : 630==636 N, Prince St. Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464- A. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom : 313 and 315 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANOASTER* PA. Prices Within Reach of All Norristown Keyno Tobacco Works HAVANA SHORTS/ norristown, pa. j^ Manufacturers of navana IShorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioi Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade •< L. O. HAELSSEKMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERHANN • U. a. MABUSSERMANN «& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 6 THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.<':^c> Havana, 123 North Third street .IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Between Season Dullness in Havana Market Actual Sales of the Week F^ew and Small, but Holders are Not Pushing their Goods on the Market. Specu- lations about the New Crop. Cigar Factories Mod- erately Busy, but Not Rushed to Any Extent. Special Correspondence Although the total sales reported this week do not show such a big shrinkage in the number of bales traded in it ought to be stated that this is owing to several previous transactions being in- cluded for statistics' sake, as the actual business done during the past 8 days has been very small indeed. Only two Key West manufacturers and one repre- sentative salesman of a New York leaf house have arrived here during the week, so naturally no large transac- tions could have been made with Amer- ican buyers. While our leaf dealers would only be too glad to turn over their present holdings, the reports to hand of the coming crop are of such a nature that they are in no hurry to press their stocks, and on the contrary feel more hopeful that not only will the present basis of prices be sustained, but that the market may eventually advance later on. The cold weather of last winter thor- oughly seasoned the 1907 crop, and it is now in a good condition to be worked by the cigar manufactures, having lost its raw taste and mellowed down con- siderably in the majority of vegas. While there have been better growths than last year, the Vuelta Abajo leaf may now be said to classify as an aver- age crop. Partido in 1907 was superior in quality, and Remedios now is also considered as above the average. As far as the new crop of this year is concerned, everybody seems to be at sea yet, although the preponderance of opinion seems to be that the quantity will be smaller than last year, and that only a very small proportion of the temprano growth may be of a high aroma, tine in texture, and good in burn. The bulk of the crop is stated to be of inferior styles, spotted, flimsy, or too gummy. It is strange how people in the North last winter became enthu- siastic about this year's growth and of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, April 18. 1908. spread the opinion that it would be fine in quality and abundant in quantity. Now the other extreme seems to pre- vail as to quality and quantity, and perhaps in a few months we may have to modify our opinion again. The truth of the matter is that until the tobacco has safely passed through the two sweating processes, in the piles and in the bales, nobody knows what the final outcome will be, and as re- gards quantity it is also extremely difficult to foretell the final result. Some sections have no doubt lost con- siderably by the prolonged dry weather, while others have not suffered as much, therefore, as no ofi^cial statistics are kept here by the government, it is al- most impossible to form a reliable opinion from the farmers' statements, who naturally expect to get higher prices when the crop is cried down as short. In any event, even if the 1908 growth should be smaller in quantity, there are enough stocks left over from the 1907 growth to prevent any famine of the Cuban leaf in the markets of the world. .Snles were 2,490 bales in all, comprising 1.370 Vuelta Abajo, 192 Partido and 928 Re- medios. For the United States 700 bales were purchased, for export to Europe 970, and for local consumption 820. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals.— Luis Martinez, of the Luis Martinez Co., George W. Nichols, Henry Nichols, and A. Artolozaga, of G. W. Nichols «& Co., Key West: Robert Taggart, of Meyer & Mendelsohn, New York. Departures.- -Francis Taylor and Max Stern, for New York. Havana Clirar MnnnfnctnrorH are moderately active, although, as this is usually the off season, nobody is LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO NUNIZ MUNIZ HERMAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana ReiAa. 20, HavandL p. 0. Box SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER »i{/fer^rt^rT,Mt:^n™ 1^ ft ^ mlMf| I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<^^ 11 E. A. Calves & Co.8 circulating in the trade here this sidering reports coming from many week, and has again succeeded in open- other points. Although orders are only '"K several desirable new accounts. I. H. Hoober, leaf packer of Lancas- ter, was in this city lately, and was ac- companied around the tobacco district by broker J. S. Batroff. «^ Pent Bros, are featuring the Cortez coming forward in goodly volume from This line of goods is being strongly cigar at their Juniper and Sansom certain limited sections, yet they have featured by several of our most pro- streets store this w^k. been sufficient to keep the trade in fair gressive dealers, and the Acker Quality Edward Wodi8ka,*^f Corrall, Wodiska shape. Shops are among the latest to take ^ Qq ^^s a visitor here last week. Jobbers and retailers find conditions somewhat improved and that fact is at them on. Sig. C. Mayer & Co. have now com- Their La Duse brand is being attrac- tively displayed at the Bromall Lafay- ette Cigar Co. store on Thirteenth wm^^t^ W. Keyer, Dayton. O. BOTH PHONES. 15,568 For cigars. Registered April 18, 1908, at 9 a. m., by O. K. Sechrist, Reading, Pa. READING'S NEW. 15,569 For cigars. Registered April 18, 1908, at 9 a. m., by O. K. Sechrist, Reading, Pa. MISS CINCINNATUS. 15.570 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered April 20, 1908. at 9 a. m., by O. C. Danner, Cincinnati, 0. PERSONAL LIBERTY LEAGUE. 15.571 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots stogies and tobacco. Registered April 20. 1908. at 9 a. m., by O. C. Danner, Cincinnati, 0. CAPITAL PERFECTOS. 15,572 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and' tobacco. Registered April 20, 1908, at 9 a. m., by Robert Shafgas, Philadelphia. tributed more to the favorable weather pleted all the detailed arrangements of street. than any other one thing. Local re- t^heir new factory at 515 Lombard ppyiy ai fOMES SLOW in YORK tailers are taking full advantage of the street, which has been made a model «»^'*»'^*' ^" nice days in opening their doors wide, manufacturing] plant, and will afford factories Report Dull Business which is in itself an invitation to all them the increased facilities which ^^^ Some are Closed. A. T. Co. transient trade, and many are benefited were needed. ^^^^ ^^ y^^ Buying 1907 Leaf. by it. York Pa April 20 %* Hiram Martin, a manufacturer of rj,^^ ^^^^^ ;„ ^y^-^^ ^^^^-^^^ ■ ' reviving JUDGE JUSTICE. 15 573 The many friends of Geo. H. Valen- Windsor, Pa , was in the city last yery slowly and numerous factories are For cigars. Registered April 21, tine, the present senior member of the week, and secured some nice orders for closed down entirely— some for only a 1?^8. at 9 a. m, by E. J. Zudrell, well known cigar manufacturing firm the new line of goods which he is now short time and a few indefinitely. .^t^vif^L^^' ,^ ^n. There is considerable buying of the DREMLETS. 15,574 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered April 21, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Penn Cigar Co., Pittsburg, Pa. of A. S. Valentine & Son, will be manufacturing on his own account. „e'w crop in this county and in fact it shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. %% ig J^^^^ pretty well bought up. It has Valentine, which occurred at her home x D Hene '"representing Wedeles been ascertained this week that a con- at Womelsdorf, Pa., on Saturday last, Bros., of Chicago, was a visitor this fil^Tn^i^^S'lT midd^e^^^^^^^ after a lingering illness extending over ^eek, showing the trade a line of sam- ArSer?c^an Cifar Co. ™sTta?ement is a period of many months. Mrs. Valen- pies of Florida tobaccos. From here to an extent verified by the fact that Rejections. Derby, High Noon, Three Sisters, tine, who was a most estimable lady, ^j. Hene will go to New York where 'he tobacco is not being shipped to Lafayette, Wisdom, Blue Bell, Dixie was widely known in the local commu- he is exoectinir to meet Emil Wedplpa Lancaster as has been generally be- Girl, Rosebud Society Girl, Sunbeam, , /• . 1 4^ ^ u 11 u expecting to meet i?.mii weaeies ijgyg^j but that it is shipped to Rich- Stunner, Annette, American Favorites. nity and highly esteemed by all who of the firm, who stopped off at Phila- mond, Va., for packing. On Wednes- National Favorites. Oak Leaf. Ros^ knew her. delphia last week on his way East. day last C. W. Bitner was receiving at Mary. Sky Lark. Lady Lou, Big Four, Our deepest sympathy is extended to „ Red Lion, and about 30 to 35 wagon Nero, Pharo, Caesar, Wolf Head, Ster- Mr. Valentine, who has himself not t^ . . j « -4. i t. • a loads came into town. Mr. Bitner is ling Sunshine, La Armada, Zenith, I- been entirely well for some weeks past, ^" "*^ ^^^^ definitely ascertained ^^j^ ^^ ^e buying this tobacco for the needa. Crown Point, Standard, Arrow and who is suffering a serious set back that the United Cigar Stores Co. has American Cigar Co., and shipment is Head, Three Queens, The Reading, Tip through the loss of his wife. secured a new store room at Broad and made to points South. Top, El Vasco, Lady Lou, Dixie Girl. 12 • •> ? J P & • For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go lo Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. '^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^ To Protect the Gmsimier^ against the Host of Imitators of this Old Tmie Famous Popular Brand of Ci^ar^ EveisyBox of the 6ewuine poktuondo Cigars MANUFACTURED ONLY EST .«>' IJUCJ^" •■«4i-^ H«Cl>tcre. 1I10-1116 Ss^rtsom .St.PLya(lelpl^a -0 GEO. W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of High Grade Cigars Fernside Parr Value Lord Wharton CORRESPONDENCE INVITED Special Brands Made to Order SAMPLES ON APPLICATION G 13 (b Our Capacity fcr Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-5 B A HIGH GRADE R^ kJC. CIGAR FOR kjC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lrima, Ohio J T. J. DUINIV & CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 F. 91st Street, NBW YORK GOOD EASTER TRADE in BOSTON ■"opwak^-i^dih- PMH Louis E.Neuman&Co 123*-^Tol30^-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. LABELS & SHOW y^ I- S O CI TED Michael Hose A. F. Brillhari Uk i\m c Manufac* turers of ScDm^ LEAF TOBACCO, CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. - Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co. 1931-1935 Western Ave., «nd 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Trade Losses in the Chelsea Fire. Business in the New England Towns Reported Dull and Hub- bites are Congratulated on Bet- ter Fortune. [Huston l^ureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire StreetJ Boston, Mass., April 20. The Eastf r trade was very good here. Must of our retailers had their window displays appropriate to the occasion and it did a heap of good. The fire in Chelsea on Sunday a week was indetd a sad affair. The confla- gration did about seven million dollars damage and left thousands of people h imeless. Many cigar stores were wiped ut, and the cigar factories of Sinon Starr, S. Gordon, Meckelberg & Co , and M. Merrit were completely destroyed. Chelsea is at present being thtonped with sightseers, and all the storf a that were lucky enough to escape I he fire are doing a thriving business. On the night of the fire when the militia was called out to protect property, etc., some of the cigar stores there sold completely out. The fund for the relief of the Chelsea sufferers now amounts to $250 000, and it is expected that this amount will be doubled within the next 10 days as assistance is coming in from all parts of the country. C. W. Free- man lost three of his drug stores in the fire, and has just opened a new one on Washington avenue at a rental of $75 a month. The same store previous to the fire rented at $25 a month. A new cigar store will open on April 25 at 359 Hanover street, under the name of Hanover Cigar Store. J. J. Bagley & Co., Detroit, Mich., are making a good showing here with their Sweet Tips and Wild Fruit to- baccos. A Boston ofifice has been es- tablished at 27 Exchange street. Sam Bernson, who represents the Globe Tobacco Co., of Detroit, is doing a very satisfactory business for his concern in this vicinity. He is plug- ging Fame and Nerve Navy plug chew- ing tobaccos, and Eve, a 2oz. cube cut put up in an attractive style. Plenty of advertising matter is being distri- buted to help boom the goods. Baker Bros. 834 Washington street, are working up a nice trade on their John B., a 5 cent Londres shape cigar. Al Levy (Surbrug Co.) was over to Chelsea on Monday after the fire and sold Arab cigarettes to nearly every ci- gar store there. Kid Nichols (Phillip Morris Co), has left on a trip through Connecticut ac- companied by Harry Cohen, who will SPECIAL NOTICES. (12i cents per line, 8 point measure) To Manafactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non*Uuion Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Manu* facturers invited. 6-51h L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 5tf MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. 12-18he pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and ■^ fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf pIGAR MANUFACTURER with long ^-^ experience in the business desires to run a branch factory of about 25 hands capacity in the First District Penna. Write, for particulars, P. O. Box 32, Richland Centre, Pa. 4-15h \A7ANTED-By a New York Broker, a line of Union Cigars, from $20 per M up; also Non-Uunion Cigars from $9 per M up. Address Broker, Box 8, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-22a pOR SALE— One million Long Filler -■' Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf pxperienced suction and hand-work ■^^ foreman wan's position. Has been with good house some time. • Best refer- ences. Box 10, Tobacco World, Phila. c E. R0SENWALD & BR0. i THE TOBACCO W Q R L D :^^ HIGHEST AWAKD AND GOLD MEDAL FOK EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WOKLDVS FAIR. ST. I OlIS. 1 904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULLS EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE'S First QuAlity. Long Filler. lUnd M^dr JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED .<=-.MOKii^ BOSS, CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.000,0 JO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. do the missionary work on Cambridge and Unis. The Surbrug Co., N Y.. are oflFering a gratis deal on Arabs with eveiy pur- chase of Dolma, their 15 cent cigarette. Boston trade is in a fairly good con- dition and is rounding to nicely. The reports from many of our New England town"* are not very encouraging. Lynn and Salem especially are very quiet. Over in Waltham, the watch trust, em- ploying thousands of help, are only working 45 hours a week, and the con- dition of the trade there can be well imagined. Traveling salesmen coming here state they are finding conditions much better here than in any other of the large cities. Quite a wind storm struck town yes- terday. Two plate glass windows in the Woodward Drug Co., on Tremont street were demolished and many mer- chants in town suffered likewise. J. N. Pike, a tobacconist in Lynn, Mass., made an assignment last Wednes- day for the benefit of his creditors. Mr. Pike was a prominent tobacco trust jobber, with stores in Lynn and Salem. Owing to ill hea'th he closed aphis jobbing business in Lynn, by sell- ing out to McGreenery & Manning, and later sold his store in Salem to Chas. L. Polep, and simply retained his retail store in Lynn. W. Frisch (Regulus Cigar Co.. N. Y.) was in town on Friday. He blew in from New Beoford to see a few friends and left the same evening for New York. Mr. Frisch reports having had a good week's business. A new cigar and tobacco store has just opened for business at 164 Hampden street. James Casey is the proprietor. Sam. M. Frank, the N. Y. pipe man- ufacturer, is in town calling on the wholesale trade. Simon Starr, a cigar manufacturer, has started a retail store at 394 Broad- way, Chelsea. Mr. Starr will manufac- ture cigars in the rear of the store. Wm. Glaccum & Sons are having a nice run in Chelsea on their King Bird and Glaccum's Straight Five cigars. Kid Nichols (Phillip Morris Co.) is a busy man nowadays. He has two able salesmen under him in L. S. Woods and H. Cohen. They have Unis and Phillip Morris placed with all our leading re- tailers, and numerous window displays about town are helping along the sale of these goods. Nat. Morris, formerly here in the in- terest of the Turco-Amtrican Tobacco Co.. is now working for the American Tobacco Co. in Connecticut. Sam. Kitsis (Mentor Co.) has re- turned from his initial trip in the in- terest of the Ramly cigars. Mr. Kitsis did some telling work in New Haven. Conn., and placed the brand with prac- tically every retailer in that town. Clark Tobacco Co. is distributing many free 1 ounce sample packages of the Blue and Scarlet cut plug, and re- tailers are having many calls for the brand E. U. Harrington is having his many salesmen pay particular attention to the placing of Larus Bros, new brand of cut plug. Hand Bag. which is packed in 1^ oz. 3^ oz. and 16 oz. Frank H. Swick (Surbrug Co ) is dis- tributing an attractive advertising win- dow transparency- -his own clever idea. The sign reads as follows: "Smoke Arabs -the good cigarette — 10c. " When Mr. Swick came here a few months ago to take charge the Arabs was a dead one, but with hard plugging and with the able assistance of two clever mis sionary salesmen. Messrs. Levy and Murphy, he has succeeded in getting; the brand back again in public favor. The cigarette can now be purchased at any cigar store in the city. Johliers tell me that owing to the large sales here of Arabs, Ramly, Lynnhaven and Samaris cigarettes the American To- bacco Co. is continually offering the retailer some deal or other. Courtney Perkins (window dresser of the Nestor Co.) is now making many window displays around the Hub. An especially attractive display is the one in the American House on Hanover street, which is causing much comment owing to its originality. Louis Shapiro reports having done a good missionary business the past week on Nestors and Royals. M. E. Mosher. representing the Flour City Briar Pipe Co., of Rochester. N. Y.. spent the week in town and did a very satisfactory business. Owing to his prices being right, jobbers ordered goods from him very readily. Wm. Kenny is doing some nice work about town on Cohen's American Smoker. P. R. Moore (Wells Whitehead Co.) was in Boston a few days this week, in the interest of the Wilson cigarette, and left on Wednesday for Worcester. The Mentor Co. is to be congratulated on their new lithographed package of Kamly, and it certainly ought to help along the sale of this cigarette. Dur- ing the past week Jack Proudy was in Connecticut, Mr. Connors was canvas- ing Pawtucket, Mr. Battrick was in Marblehead, Sam Kitsis in New Haven, and Messrs. Kennerly and Weislow were working Boston. Tne price and free deal on the Ramly cigarette brings its cost very low and retailers delight in pushing the sale of this brand on ac- count of the good profits. The Allen Tobacco Co. are now offer- ing to the trade a new cushion top package of little cigars called Telc(\ Th»> wicds are Havana filled and retail at in for 10 cents. George Russell, the Npvv England representative of the firm. ^ as taken sample orders for some of this brand from all the leading Boston wholesalers. Ben Ali. Independent Factories Close. Hrpkinsville. Ky.. April 18. Both th*» Imperial Tobacco Company and the Regie house of the Tandy & Farleigh Company are arranging to close their facioiies today fur the pres- ent season, having finit^hed handling all of the tobacco on hand. This is about two weeks earlier than the usual time, but the favorable season caused the tobacco to come in more promptly. Both companies have handled the usual amount <'f tobacco. The other inde- pendent factory, the big plant of the Amtrican Snuff Cumpany. is still going ahead, and is u>ing Association tobacco altogether. — Lewis Hauselman has purchased the cigar factory and store of Ed. Dirr» of Huntington. Ind. — "Make good" your promises either in your adve^tifement^-. your show win- dow or your drily life. ♦♦^♦^ ♦ ♦ Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber v4 Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. t WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AYENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» 0I6AR RiBBeNS •Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain \"ivL.nt of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 Hast Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK H. R. TROST Si CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON < CO. for 27 years) lealTotaliiviorsUeitt 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. r% WOLF B Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of ROS. 1 P on NICKEL GOODS Wh'ch can be recommended for Qualiiy and Workmanship CfH-WJORu^ "1 Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Plumadora Duke of Taranta I La U ed Lion, Pa. Our Letter from Lancaster. (Continued from p. 9) now hopeful that he will soon be about again as usual. Walter S. Johns, formerly a dealer in general merchandise at Martindale, but who later removed to New Holland and b 'came associated with Aaron Gehman in the tobacco business, was also stricken with paralysis last week, but has almost completely recovered. At the meeting which wilj be held in Philadelphia on May 19 by the Under- writers' Association of the Middle De- partment, composed of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, the Lan- caster Board of Underwriters will urge action looking to the readjustment of tobacco rates in this district. In ware- houses where the tobacco is force- sweated the employment of a system of artificial heat necessitates, of course, the use of a boiler, which results in an increase of the insurance rate 25 per cent. The assured would not object to I he increased rate during the period of forced sweating, only a few months, but they do object to paying the tax for an entire year, during most of which time the plant is not in use. There was a good attendance on Mon- day afternoon at the regular meeting of the Lancaster County Tobacco Grow- ers' Association held in G. A. R. Hall. President B. Ezra Herr, presided. Last year's crop, he declared, was a peculiar crop. He believed, taking it as a whole, that his cured as nicely as any he ever raised. He had fourteen acres of the narrow leaf variety, with an average of 1,500 pounds to the acre. Stripping was delayed until the begin- ning of the new year, and when baling was commenced quite a good bit was found to be mouldy. Then he was ready to take almost any price that was offered, in order to get rid of it. He believed that there was something in the crop very peculiar, and could not account for this condition of his to- bacco. In conclusion, he said, he was very anxious to know how the tobacco would come out in the end. Other mem- bers related a similar experiences. ©^ © 0 Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. "- © y HEADOUART|i:RS FOR V >Visconsin Tobaeco L. B. CARLE & SON ^ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. ^ ^ UNiON IVIADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES ""^ ►•<< H. O. BURKV ►•^ ©= EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer In © e Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. © ^•»,MA C'*^ M A K E R ^OWJMfitett A HIGH GRADE 1A^ HAND MADE lA^ C<^ lUC. HAVANA CIGAR lUC. DC, CIGAR FOR Write for Samples and Prices 5c. FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING, PA. ALLEN H. REEDER STANLEY M. KROHN 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. # B^M. THE TOBACCO W O R L D MjSh Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY «tco. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Lea£ Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCH Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer lo All Gtades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. Critical Buyers always find it a ' pleasure to look over our Samples I Sa^plaa cheerfully labaalttad upon request P. O. Box 96 GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 82 and 34 East Chestnut Street, l^ancaster, f^Q. J. K, LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142s North Market St, "^^•ptLes LANCASTER, PA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Kear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenne York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER (or Cigar Manufacturers. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, no and 112 West Walnut St. B. F. GOOD & GO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER, PA. LANCASTER, PA. United PhonM TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufactaring MAIN OFFICE; Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. The York Tobacco Co Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Avenue Maaufactnrers of y^r m •mr^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco I Ork, "et. N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemop ^nd Arch Sts. n i THE TOBACCO WORLD cii^^^S ffiUfuriieTU^cv or all mimos or %f» I38&I40CCHTRC5t. HEM YORKo CIGAR Box LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg.J H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Ch.cago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. Capacity 25.000 per day Telegraph -YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer Of flM CIGARS Holtz, Pa. v«< 11^ ^D ■: VPSl^j^raH IR M. jM^^^B H^^^^^mH H m 3/ RyfTjissio/i^X^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^K^ t ^Ul^3m F'li^^^RHK' *■ © LEONA BlwAIND © | Rretty Bessie) ,_ York Nick . . . ^ '^C. Best Known . j ^^^ TWO CRACKER JACKS—2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PURO PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited (iiicBl ocl'ifc iTitfjoompriif (i^oniiimin (tlnrrm"»ont1l\oni» s Also. All Grades of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norih Queen Si. |j LANCASTER. PA. || I 18 Tampa Adds Another Factory. Tampa, Fla., April 16. The Tornay-Fernandez Cigar Co. will open up for business in the old El Gus- toso factory in Ybor City on May 1. The new company will employ a good sized force and will be a valuable ac- qjisilion to the ranks of Tampa manu- lasturers. Wisconsin Low Grade at 2c. Viroqua, Wis., April 18. Much of the tobacco in this vicinity is being bought. Those who receive as high as seven cents count themselves fortunate, compared to some of their neighbors, who are obliged to accept two, three and five cents. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascati). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brokers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Ofllice and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite Frascati Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallasiown, Pa^. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAV.\NA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Go. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section, Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN. A\anager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD. CONN. -OR- A. H. REbDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON, 0. pMSi>fwa^ HERiWAIV DEUUE York, Penna. Maker oi Delman 5c Herdel Sc. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale •% Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses l^NF^*^^^ Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS W R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing: Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G6e Bear, 5^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey m W. H. DAUGHERTY & BRO. ^Dallastown, Pa. ^m Manuf icturersoi >|{MSHIRteK i Fine Domestic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Packaf^es Wholesiile and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna* M.lier of Ultfh Orad. Clrfara Exclnsivdy. ^ ^ H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only fliffh Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. fj^ii^^ ^OPERiEUR^ MAKER OF Fernside -nc Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to ',hc Jobbing Trade only. CorrLspor.dencc invited C. E. MATTINGLY & CO, Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made 5b. Cipn FOR THE iVholesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rpthsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Eatablished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. 10 THE TOBACCO WORLD SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. . Vlannfacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGZ ) !^^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^^ C^ fHE CYCLONE ) ^'^- BROWN BUCK (Banded) J ^ *"* ^V.^ ALLEN GOODRICH. 3c. Samp'es to Responsible Houses ■J"»»» It. !._-.■. i«. -^ *» OLDEST iMANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and PRUNE FLAVORS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES <& BRO. g2 Reade Street, NM W YORK. The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Flu.u Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes Leaf Tobacco Markets CONNECTICUT VALLEY. No new developments have occurred in the tobacco lin- in rt'gard to the etc p of 19')7. Much of II is in the eases--, some of it has passed through the sweat rooms, some is piled up in barns and a^^soriing shop store rooms to be left to piss throu^^h the sweat in the old fat-h- ioncd ornatural manner by the heat of the summer season, But.it has been asserted that it would n It stanrl a natural sweat, and that in Litno the assertion will be corroborated. 0;i the other har tl. it may mean that cM'jreare other experts as discerning as th )se who predicleii an unnatural death to the crop of 1907 by allowing a natural sweat to take p issession of the crop. As surely ;is the tobacco is left t ) itself it will as ijurely pass into the sweat as though it had been placed in the sweat by artificial means. So this theory will either hold or be exploded before the m uith of June has passed away. Local ► acktrs believe that what tobacco is fairly g )od stands as good a chance to come out all right as any crop grown for tlie past ten years. But the trash, the Lord only knows how it will sweat or lo )k by the time other goods shall have been placed upon the market. It represents very little money value, and the only thing that can be said of it is that we hope it may be sold for enough to pay the expense of boxing, and to pay for the fertilizer. The men who raised it are willing to throw in their work. We hope it will be sold, however, and shipped from the country to be distributed among the cheap people of the world, and they that use it will have the pity of the growers. Our correspondent writes: North Hatfield, Mass. : "I report the sale of three acres of tobacco by Cor- nelius Murphy, to R. Billings, of Hat- tit'ld. for the A. T. Co., to be shipped to Virginia to be stemmed. E. H. Field, of Bradstreet.is drawing his crop to the sweat room of Mr. Swift. It was as- horied by Charles Marsh. Somebody «:own at the old street, has toiacco plants up with four leaves. — American Cultivator. the bundle. He believes the acreage for 'OS will be reduced materially— Gazette. W o 1 e o 1 1.— Anthony O'Connor and Michael Stnnett are sorting tobacco at Furnace village. Each has about thirty- five cases, some of which they raised. The crops they bought are from three and one-half to six cents a pound in the bundle. Mr. O'Connor said Tuesday night the '07 crop was the worst he had known for twenty- five years. Not many crops will be raised about here next season. — Lake Shore News. 20 BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. John F. Schnupp, of Lancaster, Pa., is in town and has been buying. E. L. Beebe is buying for the Nissley Leaf Tobacco Co. of Lancaster. E. C. Mun- roe has been buying and on Tuesday re- ceived several carloads of his purchases at the D., L. & W. station. Lysander— Charles Northrop has sold his entire tobacco packing, consisting of 175 cases, to Kieser & Boasberg. M. McCarty, L. Merrifield and L. J. Elderhave sold their tobacco crop for 9 cents per pound. A correspondent in the Chemung Valley says that about seventy-five per cent, of the crop has been sold around Waverly. Recent deals have ranged from three to seven cents per pound in EDGERTON, WIS. Buyers are still industriously at work all along the line taking over large quantities of last season's crop at pre- vailing prices which yield but meagre profits to the producer. It is believed that better than three quarters of the crop has now been purchased and if the movement continues at the present rate a few weeks longer the crop will be practically cleaned up. While the bulk of the sales do not rise above the 6 cent limit, some of the better grades of assorted lots bring satisfactory fig- ures. We might quote columns of 4 and 5 cent transactions. Growers have been rushing their to- bacco to receiving points very rapidly during the week and the warehouses are being crowded up with bundle goods that will require some weeks to handle, as help is still scarce at the packing centers. There is scarcely any improvement to note in the market for old goods, but packers are holding out well for profits. The seed beds for another crop have been sown quite extensively during the week, but weather conditions have not been unusually favorable. Shipments 500 cases.— Reporter. QUEEN at CIGARETTE FACTORY Caresses Baby of Worker, Who Kisses Her Majesty's Feet. On their recent visit to SevilU, while King Alfonso hunted or played polo. Queen Victoria enjoyed seeing the local life of the people. The ladies of Se- ville, noted lor their beauty and grace, showed her Majesty their dances and took her to visit a cigar and cigarette factory where many hundreds of women and girls are employed. One cigarmaker she noticed had a cradle with her child in it by her side. The Queen took the haby in her arms and caressed it warmly. The mother wept from emotion, and, falling on her knees, kissed the Queen's feet. An old woman who packed cigarettes with marvelous rapidity was asked by the Queen how long it had taken her to acquire such speed. She said that after 42 years of regular work she could fill 5,000 packets a day.— Ex- change. HUNTER f'ill^ is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFG. CO.. Philada. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established isso Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. VX. ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ggBQ J. B. MILLEYSACK iMunufacturer of CIGARS Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. H. L. WLAVCR Factory JU.lo E. C. HLAVEK WEAVER 8i BRO. Manafactnrers o( 1^ f ri 21 r^ c ^^^ Jobbing ~ V/IgClI O Trade Only ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ^,vvV*MdAq^5^^ For Quality. Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HIUU, PA. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manuf.jcturjd 1 y Himmelberffcr & Noll. K()Bt:SOMA, PA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS Cigar Box Facfory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER, PA. Daily Capacity; Five Thousand Boxec :msi It Will Remove Rankness Irom i obacca Take Away Mustiness and Give Ciciars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering what they do» A Card Will Bring More Information and Prices Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, IVew York CHASKEL'S CJOAR\oaAC^ The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, P4. 21 x: '^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnich Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9. 1897 ll ^^txn^^ SONS ^ COMP^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West i7th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ^-i0 1 1 ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j^^ ^^♦^* METAL CMBOSSID LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦^ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<» ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦^* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl« Owners and Manufacturers- IV ADEN BUSER Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. '^ J Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the markft. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes manufactured Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Spanish Betune Is extensively used in Cuba for Toning Tobaccos. It, removes all mustiness or other objectionable properties, giving the desirable uniloim etftct con- sidered indispensable in Leat. It, is largely used in Damaged or Defective Leaf, being an Excellent Restorer. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Han(^ver. Pa. E. G. ECKERT, Proprielur. JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. '-^ JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman iS: Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwcll Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOU '^r^^ir ''""^'' ""*"' 1^ ^oods elsewhere. ■^ ARE THE CIGARS Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses C J r^ .¥»••*' •''* following ijood as (jovernment Bonds Ke,iisi«,«d Brands "BRILLIANT STAR" Ckar Havana . lOc. *'S. B. Setd and Havana 5c. ••KATHLEEN O'NEIL" . . . . 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 3c. Ihfse Braads St-ll un Merit and (Constantly Repfut. Try Ihrm aud Judti« for Yourself Why this Factory .Never Shuts Down . . STALFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers JPcB'f/:kt^i-c^ ^^^^^^f ^r^de Marks, JL HL tyll L O Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. """"ITcittr" John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O 1 IV I A R E R 1 Q u MIXTURE dAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORK Lithographers 257 to 265 West 17th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS LABELS [<»] icXWwsXXTyoVcKv -^c.<^^>:^^^' '..oi-' of .^ ; jS^^'i^^^' ^^ FSTOCK CARDS y. rti/'^ii ^L ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnicb Baling Press Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. PATENTED MARCH 9. 1897 W!m ^Hi 1 ^•->r k ' ^ ;;•; ^ < m. : * iP' 1 ■■' i: ..••:■^:;v,^"' .'•-r-'* " \^mmam\ F^ 1 ^^M i^<-t-Wf^^^ g^t^ff^M^^^i^:;; |^B«fc-..«- .C>>* I'.--.- -• ■■Bam ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦ •♦^ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ^^ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^l DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. # Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockels Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis^ U.S. L t) Sol#« Owners and Manufacturers Dealer In LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. ' Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Isabels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes mnnufactured Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnie li Machine Works Landisville^ Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merciianls 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Spanish Betune Is extensively used in Cuba for Toning Tobaccos. It removes all mustiness or other objectionable properties, giving the desirable unilorm effect con- sidered indispensable in Leat. Ic is largely used in Damaged or Defective Leaf, being an Excellent Restorer. Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Hanover, Pa. E. G. ECKERT. Proprietor. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦2* x'' ♦ tl. il. r leiscKhauer ♦ -8* Cigar Labels n 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f X i TELEPHONE 1661 | TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ ♦ LITHOClLAPHINti SPECIAL DCSIQf ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦^♦^ tt '—' JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Lnhrman iS: Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding ^ V Caveats, Trade Marks, AT itL CU to Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ''"'ZTeuir' John A, Saul Le Droit BttUdittg. WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I IN 1 A E R I Q U MIXTURE GAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORI V. E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of 0^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» W. A. LAHR Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer flpT^'g^fff^^ Red Lion, Penna. I Get our pi ices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. 0 m m i -^RA »c Al^ ■ ^artiidtt if Established in 1881. Vol.XXVIII.,No.l8. } PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, APRIL 29, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGNIZED STANDARh C Thimbles made to orderto fit any desired shape of cigar head TLCK CUTTERS t and CIGARMAKLRS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street nilLADELPlilA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANUFACTUKEKS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . IDLE HOUR . . . EPICURE ('^£;/.^".r..-) HUNT CLUB . . . SPHINX MIXTURE . UNION MADE GOODS Cut Plug Sliced Plug Shredded Plug Cube Pipe Tobacco Smoking INDEPENDENT FACTORT RICHMOND, VA. S U M TOBACCO T R A ti Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO T R A u ' M TOBACCO T R A Importations Over 5,000 Bales Annually i u M TOBACCO T R A H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, NENV YO De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandeimaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland 8 U M TOBACCO T R A >^ k Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROMDMR & ARGUIMBAU ij8 Water Street^ New York ^^m THE TOBACCO W 0 RLD BwSM r ■^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street correspondence solicited f hiladelphia W. W. STEWART & SONS (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) iipi' M k I Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) ing, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited ■ w^it^r^ifca Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 8 ■^4, ,: 1^^ THE TOBACCO W O R L D ISBS r ■^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Ill Bl k C W. W. STEWART Sn SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) B*w>airh>.tMi^*»~-.-'«:'d7«.^x-. .'k.jmjw3K«ar«nfl -^«W'f ■■ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. ■^' '^ i //<> k kv ^v. (7'' •m 4l'iiv 'Br' filEST fJ.f^^'" '^'^ Factory 1839, First District Fenna. /. UNION MADE m^:^^"^^ W^N m M SICIGAR ^: ontheMarket ISteppacher /tAManufactureir I REAt)i^iGP^ i>^*5." W« K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa ;i Write for Samples ^Prices \A/^j^J.^^— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS c YV dll LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. Tel. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, IMEW YORK Fnr ^7\ lp * ^'^AR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I Ul V-IClia| Write Us for Prices • EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 18 PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 29, 1908 One Dollar the Year SHOWS GOOD 1907 BUSINESS. United Cigar Mfrs. Co. Had Net Profits of $1,310,068. An excellent showing on its business for the year ended Dec. 31, 1907, was made by the United Cigar Manufac- turers' Co., of New York, in its annual report. Gross profits were $2,271,603 and net profits $1,310,068. The com- pany's gross profits for the nine months «nded Dec. 31, 1906, amounted to only $1,892,852 and its net profits to $76,987. Administration and selling expenses for 1907 involved $961,535, but mis cellaneous income and interest account amounted to $101,402, making total profits for 1907, $1,411,470, compared with $841,247 for the nine months ended Dec. 31, 1906. Interest on loans in- volved $199,435, leaving a balance of ^1.212,035. Preferred stock dividend disbursements involved $350,000, leav- ing a net surplus for 1907 of $862,035, compared with $509,323 for the nine months ended Dec. 31, 1906. The general balance sheet, as of Dec. 31, 1907, showed total assets of $23,- 592,371, compared with $23,701,617 on Dec. 31, 1906. Change in Brewer-White Co. Dayton, O., April 25. Frank Brewer has purchased the in- terest of Thos. L. White in the well Icnown tobacco firm. The Brewer-White Company, on East Second street, and will conduct the business on his own account. Mr. Brewer has enlarged the business foy establishing a retail store in connec- tion with the large wholesale cigar manufacturing business of the firm. The retail business will be carried on at the old stand on East Second street. Brewer and White were partners in business for many years, and the firm recently incorporated is one of the best known tobacco firms in the Miami "Valley. Mr. Brewer is a prominent member of the fraternal Order of Eagles, and is Past Worthy President of the local aerie. Middletown Gets Branch of National. Louisville, Ky., April 23. That part of the National Tobacco Works which is engaged in making the "Big Four" brand of plug tobacco is to be removed shortly to Middletown, O. The manager of the branch said today that a shift of a portion of the works to the Ohio city did not mean necessarily that the local production was to be curtailed, but that other changes might be made which would place the local branch on its former basis. At present, however, these plans are altogether indefinite. — Chas. Solomon Co., to manufacture and deal in cigars, has been incorpo- rated in Chicago, with capital of $8,000, by C. S. Shoenmann, Bernard Boretli and C. J. O'Connor. Fine New Connecticut Warehouse Tariffville, Conn., April 24. The Ketchin & Hayes Tobacco Co. here, is building a new warehouse 8o ft. X 54 ft. 6 in., which has been inspected by Government experts and pronounced the finest tobacco warehouse of its size in the country. The exterior walls are of brown stone, and the interior of reinforced concrete. The floors, roof, partitions and stairways are also of concrete, which makes it as nearly as possible a fire proof structure. It is equipped with all modern im- provements known, and supplied with a sweating room. 85x43 feet. The Ketchin & Hayes Tobacco Co. is a new corporation which takes over the businesss of Ketchin & Hayes, growers and packers of Connecticut tobacco. American's Plan not Abandoned. Chicago, 111., April 23. Arrangements are under way by which the plan of the American To- bacco Company to erect a big plant at Forty-second avenue and the Belt rail- road will not be dropped. The building committee of the corporation has gone over the ground and the low price of building materials has resulted in the revival of the scheme. Revised plans will call for a building on the ten acres owned by the company, to cost in the neighborhood of $750,000. Work may be started this summer. The building committee's investigation resulted in the discovery that the plant could be built now for from 10 to 15 per cent, less than a year ago. "TOBACCO'S" COMMENTS ON THE REGISTRATION TRUST. From "Tobacco," April 23. A plot to hold up the trade to the For these so-called registrations To- tune of tens of thousands of dollars bacco's would be contemporaries have annually was consummated during the in the past charged $1. For a so-called past week, when the Registration search, which at best was wofully in- Triist, otherwise known as the "United adequate, they have made a nominal Registration Bureau," went into opera- charge of 25 cents, tion and boosted prices 500 per cent. But so numerous have been the appli- for the registration of titles for new cations for registrations and searches brands and 800 per cent, for the making that at those prices the papers in ques- of so-called searches. tion were handsomely paid, and it af- Two of Tobacco's would-be contem- forded them each a considerable source poraries are the prime movers in this ^^ regular income. But in their inordi- plot. One of them has almost invari- "^^e greed to bleed the trade still fur- ably been found arrayed in opposition ^^^'' ^^^y have entered into a combina- to every movement in the interest of ^'O" and raised the prices, so that to- the trade in the past, and quite recently ^^y '^ costs $.'> for a registration and distinguished itself as the defender of ^2 for a so-called search, thus imposing the gift coupon sharks who wanted to a" arbitrary and unwarranted tax upon prey upon the trade. ^^6 trade of $4 for each registration The other was not long ago made de- ^"^ $175 for each search, which is fendant in a prosecution for criminal nothing less than extortion, libel because of its wanton and scur- For example, the new tariff went into rilous attack upon the great clear Ha- vana industry of Tampa that had steadily refused to patronize its adver- tising columns. operation last week, when there were 71 registrations, which in the past would have cost the trade $71. whereas under the new conditions imposed by %««»»%^^^% Change at Renovo. Pa. The cigar manufacturing and jobbing firm of Beckman & Co.. at Renovo. Pa., has changed hands. The establish- ment was gutted by fire on February 14. Subsequently the partnership be- tween W. P. Beckman and Wm. J. Straley was dissolved, by the retire- ment of Mr. Straley, and the business was continued by Mr. Beckman in his own name. He is, however, confining his energies entirely to manufacturing and wholesale trade, having discon- tinued the retail department. Active Stogie District. Moundsville, W. Va., April 24. The stogie trade is noticeably more active than it has been for some time. The Seamon Cigar and Stogie Com- pany is working a full force of em- ployes at its plant on Water street. Orders are coming in lively and the outlook for the future is good. A. J. Seamon, who was formerly the head of this concern, but who disap- peared mysteriously several months ago, has been adjudged a bankrupt in the District Court. — In France the number of operatives employed in the tobacco industry is 18,- 000, in Austria 35,000, and in Germany 165,000. These two precious publications, the Registration Trust they cost the which have been at more or less bitter trade $355. thus relieving the trade of enmity for years, have at last joined $284. to b** divided among the parties hands in a plot to relieve the trade of to the combination, tens of thousands of dollars annually. But that was not all. There were In other words, these two trade during the same week 79 searches made papers, which have in the past persist- at a cost of $2 each, or a total of $158 ently misrepresented the trade to which for the identical service which previous they look for a livelihood, have now got to last week would have cost but $19.75, together on a proposition to hold up the thus taking from the pockets of the trade to the extent of some $30,000 or trade another $138.25 to be divided $40,000 a year— to take this large sum among the promoters of the Registra- from the pockets of the trade without tion Trust. It will thus be seen that conferring upon the trade one additional the Registration Trust took from the favor or service beyond what it has trade for registration and searches received in the past without the pay- during the first week of its operation a ment of this most oppressive and bur- forced levy of $424.25. Even at this densome tax. rate it would mean the imposition of These two would-be contemporaries an unnecessary annual tax of approxi- of Tobacco have united in the formation mately $22,000 upon the trade. But as of a trust in the registration of titles a matter of fact the number of both for labels for brands of cigars, cigar- registrations and searches would run ettes, snuff, smoking and chewing to- much higher in some weeks than it did bacco and at the same time have in- in the first week of the operation of cidentally boosted prices from 500 to the Registration Trust, and it is well 800 per cent. within bounds to say that if this form As the trade is well aware, two of of extortion is to be successfully con- Tobacco's would-be contemporaries tinued the actual loss to the trade will have long maintained so-called regis- range from $30,000 to $40,000 each year, tration bureaus, in which they have or a matter of from $200,000 to $2.50,000 made so-called registrations of titles in the next five years, selected by manufacturers or litho- It will not help matters to argue that graphers for new brands. As Tobacco the bulk of the charges for registration has often pointed out. these so-called of titles in the past has been met by registrations are of comparatively little the lithographic houses and that they value, as they afford the person regis- are wealthy and can afford to meet the tering them not the slightest guarantee additional tax. It is perhaps true that of real protection, being at best no in the past, when the cost of registra- more than a possible assistance in es- tion was merely nominal the litho- tablishing a claim to priority of use of grapher has quite often been the one any label over the title to which legal to shoulder the expense, making no dispute might arise. charge to the cigar manufacturer or The registration, however, would not jobber who became the real owner of be accepted alone and unsupported as the title registered, proof. In actual practice it would be But with the cost of registrations the weakest link in the chain of evidence arbitrarily increased 500 per cent., the which a claimant to rights in a title lithographer is bound to adopt another would have to construct. course, and the cost of registrations E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 8 E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third' street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO WORLD J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco .^ 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1859 lohn T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan — rzv '57 — ^ FLOR de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^P^JO^ Arch St. ■■tabllshed i L ^^B ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS s IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg & Bro. haporters of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. I1.5TRAUS :^ A.LMS IMPORTERS OF 9ai&9a8j^iimi;i5siw I^^IILADELPH^I Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe I. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIE VELENCHIK BROS. ""n«i:r'in LEAF TOB/1GG0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA MjTM Third St, Phi/ode/phia,. Impofiris and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEFl LEAF, The Empire Leaf Tobacco "^y.^''^ SUMATRA Gom llbNJdSUPhila. BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia IiEOPOliD liOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Lr KRUPPENBACH ^''•fitCr'SICf^O 42-44 N. ELEVENTH. ST PHILADELPHIA J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Cox:"c> Havana, 123 North Third street ^ ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^MTHE TOBACCO WORLDS Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba REPUBLICADECUBA REPUBLiCA.DlXUBA UUNlONDEF^BBlCANTESDETAByiCOSYClGABROS IISLAdeCUBA utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza qLie los fabacoscigarrosy paq^jetes de picadura que Ilevenes^aprccirfa son fabncados por ^55lf REPLBLiCA DC CUBA v u PROPIEDAOflRTISTICflE.IHOUSTRI/lL ESTfliREGISTRflOATN.TOOOSiOSPAISES ^ repubuca-DECUBA HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers* Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA: Black with pale blue ground; fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. ^ill be passed along to the trade just as the cost of extraordinary taxes for public improvements is shifted by the big real estate owners from their own shoulders to the shoulders of the people who pay rents. But Tobaccco does not believe that this exhibition of wolfish greed on the Xmrt of its would-be contemporaries will be allowed to go unrebuked by the trade. Indeed it is perfectly confident that the trade is in no temper to tamely submit to such a transparent hold-up. Tobacco believes that this display of predatory rapacity upon the part of its would-be contemporaries will ultim- ately lead to their losing a considerable ■amount of advertising patronage, which is to be withdrawn from their columns because of this display of wolfish in- stincts to get the trade by the throat and squeeze it for the last possible drop of blood. Tobacco believes that the punishment should be made to fit the crime, and it is satisfied that there are plenty of bright, intelligent men in the trade who can devise speedy and certain ways to administer that punishment. It is possible that legal steps may be taken to bring about the dissolution of the Registration Trust as a combination in restraint of trade. But if that shall be decided to be inexpedient there are plenty of other means that can be in- voked to reach the trade papers in the combination and to reach them in a way that will make them feel most keenly the displeasure of the trade that they have plotted to hold up: A Panic Among Night Riders? "Panic among night riders," is the substance of a dispatch from Hopkins- Tille. It sounds almost to good to be true. The irony of the situation is too fine to be taken in all at once. A panic among night riders ! It were a consummation devoutly to be wished. The night riders themselves have been the cause of panic among their non-riding neighbors long enough, to be sure, to merit a little panic among their own members. The panic among the neighbors has been due to lawlessness, assuming the forms of incendiarism, bodily violence, terrorism, coercion, murder. The panic among the lawless, on the other hand, is due— if it exists at all— to the en- forcement of the law. The stirring incidents in Calloway county the past week, when a strong group of Judges and officers gave a demonstration of integrity and courage both rare and splendid, directly cause the feeling of uneasiness among the night riding elements of society in Christian county. What is happening in Calloway county may spread ! It is a wholesome panic, granting it prevails. Nothing could be more logi- cal and gratifying than that a crew of terrorizers should themselves become terrorized. Nothing could be more salutary than that a band of law-break- ers should become afraid of law. A good beginning ; let it go on : Kongo Tobacco Culture. Consul-General Henry W. Diederich, writing from Antwerp, says that the soil in certain parts of the Kongo Free State has proved very favorable for the cultivation of tobacco, the prospects for which he discusses as follows : Stanley refers to this fact in his re- ports, in which he says that he saw throughout the Dark Continent the to- bacco plant, and that a large portion of the population made use of the weed. From experiments made it has been shown that the plant grows in abun- dance in the Free State and that cer- tain species have a peculiar flavor of balsamic nature hitherto unknown. The Kongo tobaccos are destined to be successful not only for the cut vari- eties, but also for the manufacture of cigars. The Belgians, who are essentially a cigar manufacturing people, have de- voted much time to the improvement of the Kongo product and expect to com- pete to advantage on the European market with American tobaccos. It is expected that before long tobacco will constitute one of the most important resources of the African Continent. I The tobacco trade is frequently dis- turbed by the constantly increasing prices of foreign tobaccos and many j merchants are looking forward to the advent of the Kongo product in greater quantities to more nearly equalize supply and demand. Gx: STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior Y Makes a Specialty of Fitting Up Cigar Stores ^ ^ Wood.. Work.. Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St.. Philadelphia =^ r\ /" KJ ^ <> ^ ^ rs r. ^ REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . , . THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» QBO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Third St, PmUDELPHIi WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., PhOadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to*Date LOVIS BYTHINMR & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers «)UO KB.C6 ^t* nf •! j « f^* ai\d Commission Merchants. rlVllaaelpni& Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LEAF Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. tfHUfl^rBfecies With Specially Desttfoed Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Corretpondeoce with RespoD.i)>1e Hou.ea Bolieilad. Private Brands aiade to order. A AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630=436 N. Pdnce St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone; 1464-A. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom: 313 and 313 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach 0! All Norristown Keyno Tobacco Works HAVANA SHORTS/ norristown, pa. /"^ Manufacturers of ilavana Snorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioi Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing: Trade • L. O. HAELSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • "^t U. O. HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Ilavana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. v: THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.^rc> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA More Buyers in Havana and More Sales Noted Over Five Thousand Bales Reported Sold in the City, While the Trust Made Large Purchases in the Coun- try. Independent Ci^ar Factories Continue at Work, but the Trust is Said to be Laying Off Employes. Special Correspondence Owing to the arrival of a few more buyers from the United States, as well as to the trust having been again in the market for colas, the amount of the past week's transactions shows quite an increase over the previous one, and this seems to demonstrate that if only a few leaders would take hold of our market in earnest it would soon get out of its ruts, and instead of having a dragging tendency it would become buoyant. Undoubtedly business must have improved in the United States, and as stocks held by manufacturers and dealers are very small an improved demand ought to be noticeable before long. Surely the ebb tide has prevailed long enough, and the incoming flood tide of better business all over the world is certain to make itself felt before long. With a short crop of to- bacco this year in the island of Cuba the surplus holdings of the 1907 growth will be required to do service to satisfy the coming demand, and while it would be dangerous to see the prices go up again right away, there is no longer any fear of further decline at the pre- vailing prices. Besides sales reported in the city of Havana about 2,000 bales h^ve been sold in the Vuelta Abajo, the principal buyer of which has been the trust. While the dry weather still continues in the city of Havana and the passing clouds did not bring us any rain at all, it is known that some showers have fallen in the country, and if the latter should continue then the packing season may open up in earnest before long. Already some more escojidas, in addi- tion to those previously reported, are in operation, and some new tobacco is arriving from the country. This re- fers, however, principally to Semi Vuelta and Partido, as well as to the Santa Clara province, while conditions in the Vuelta Abajo up to now have of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, April 20, 1908. been too unfavorable, and the drought in this section does not seem to have been broken yet. As more or less all the new tobacco has been partly pre- cipitated in bringing it to market, it would be premature to form an opinion of the whole crop by these first lots. during the past week total about 5.300 bales, of which 4,030 were Vuelta Abajo, 150 Partido and 1.120 Remedies. American buyers purchased 2,500 bales, 250 were taken for export to Europe, and 2,550 for home consump- tion. Buyem Come and Go. Arrivals :-E. J. Stachelberg. of M. Stachelberg & Co.. and E. Ortiz, nf Ortiz & Suarez, Tampa: Victor K. Ettlinger, of E. Hoffman & Sons, and Bernhard Lichtenstein, of Lichtenstein Bros., New York; Alfred Meyer, Ham- burg and New York. Departures.— G. W. Nichols, Henry Nichols and H. H. Strater. for New York ; Victor Ettlinger. for New York via New Orleans; A. Artolozaga. for Key West. Havana Cliear Mannfactnrera There is no change in the situation as far as our Havana cigar manufac- turers are concerned, and while the Independent factories are continuing LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNI£ VCNANCIO DIAZ, Special PaHner MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel," Havana Reiiva. 20, Havana. p. 0. Box WM. L, LIGETY Established 1SK9 Commission Merchant < • SUPREME UNION >•< •■ ■ ^^»ms^«M^ FIVE CENT GOODS For Wholesale Trade Only McSHERRYSTOWN, PA. )OOCXXXDOOOCOO: OCOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOCXXXXXXXDOOOOOOOOO< I I THE TOBACCO WORLDS ERNEST ELLINGER & CO. nos. 87-89 ^ne sti^et Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES: OETROIT, MICH. jAMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. >4AVANA,CUBA. New York, iOO. 8. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS & CO. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 1 50 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICEt 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 i q o i a7« 4 ^ ^ q 4 Amsterdam, Holland. lo3WaterSt. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, April 28. During the year $33,132 was expended for additional machinery and $250,000 was invested in affiliated companies. New York Leaf Market. There has been a moderate business of small sales in the last week which in the aggregate have made a consider- able volume; but for that fact it seems a smaller business than it really is. Large sales are not looked for imme- diately, although prospects are said to be better as inquiries are stronger than they had been and some out of town buyers are again arriving. The new Sumatra tobacco is being fairly well received; at any rate the samples which are in hand have already been much inspected and some few sales have been made. In Havana tobacco the business has necessarily been confined to a more or less routine nature, since there is no abundance in the market. • • • The Cii{ar Industry. Among cigar manufacturers there appear.some signs of improvement, but conservatism is pretty generally preva- lent, and factories are operating only with moderate forces rather than stack up great quantities of goods. What orders are received are executed promptly, but with only a short time ahead until the warmer weather is liable to again affect trade conditions there is little likelihood of real lasting activity before fall. •) • • Report of U. C. Mfrs. Co. The United Cigar Manufacturers' Co. recently issued a statement of its opera- tions during 1907 which shows the busi- ness to have been very satisfactory, and showing gross profits of $2,271,603. The net earnings were $1,411,470, and after the deduction of dividends there remained a surplus of $862,035. In comparison with the nine months of the previous year, the figures are as follows : 12 Mos FnH'a 9 Mos. End'< De-r. 31. '07 Dec. 31. '(X) Gross profits $2,271,603 $1,892,862 Adm. & sell'g exp. 961.535 1,125.875 Profits $1,310,068 Mis inc. &int.acc't 101,402 Total profits Int. on loans, etc. $1,411,470 199.435 Surplus $1,212,035 Preferred dividends 350,000 $76,987 64.260 $841,247 156,924 $684,323 175,000 JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA Xi-wK a i^i^i^ and SEED LEAF 1 ULIQCdJ 185 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL ^^ Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK 10 Net surplus $862,035 $509,323 The general balance sheet as of De- cember 31, 1907, compares with that as of December 31, 1906, as follows: Assets. 1907. 1906. Cost of property $16,969,624 $16,936,492 Abe Lewis a Benedict. Abram I. Lewis, of the well known cigar manufacturing firm of I. Lewis & Co., of this city and of Newark, N. J., is now on a wedding tour through the West, combining business with pleasure. The bride is a daughter of Morris Rachlin, a wealthy real estate owner of Newark. Upon their return to Newark Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will make their pernament home in that city. • • • McPlke Company Organized. J. N. McPike & Co. is a newly or- ganized firm in the cigar trade. It is headed by the well known and popular former department manager of Ben- nett, Sloane & Co., who has bought out the cigar business of H. L. Van Ness, which was established many years ago. The headquarters will be at 235 Green- wich street, and Mr. Van Ness, it is stated, will retire from business. • • • The Internationars Removal. The International Tobacco Co. will remove this week to its new quarters at 413 and 415 East 27th street, where greatly increased factilities are at com- mand. The move has been contem- plated for some time, but extensive alterations to the premises caused a delay. • • • Levi>Blumenstiel Solvent. It has been announced by the trustees agreed upon to take charge of the affairs of Levi, Blumenstiel & Co., and the two corporations virtually owned by them, the American-West Indies Trad- ing Co. and the National Cuba Co., that the firm is in reality solvent. Every confidence is placed in the trustees, who it is believed will be able to carry out the provisions of the trust agreement to the satisfaction of all concerned in a reasonable time, but no specific statement could as yet be given out, as to the exact amount of liabilities and assets. Already a major portion of the credi- tors have consented to the plans pro- posed and no difficulty from that source is anticipated. Messrs. Levi and Blumenstiel are to continue to manage the affairs under the directions of the trustees. Insurance, etc. Supplies, etc. Bills receivable Acc'ts receivable Cash Advances Total 68.644 4,208.256 144.867 1,712.623 466.141 22,215 143.147 4,077,974 98,281 1,842.706 572.680 30,337 $23,592,371 $23,701,617 Liabilities. Common stock $15,000,000 $15,000,000 Preferred stock 5,000.000 5,000.000 Accounts payable 100.460 158.554 Bills payable 1,711,563 2,661,563 Loans and deposits 408.990 372,177 Surplus «. 1,371,368 609,323 ToUl re $23,692,371 $23,701,617 Petty Frauds in New York. The latest in the way of petty swind- ling is being done at the expense of shop-keepers in towns near New York and in other sections of the State. The victimizing is being accomplished by a smooth-tongued individual, a spe- cific instance of whose methods is shown in the case of J. R. McDermott, who, with his wife, opened a store at Elm and Atlantic avenue, Richmond Hill, L. I. Oo April 7th, a man described himself (Continued on p. 16) # r, m • Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLDS A. COHN A CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Jmporters of SUMATRA and HAVANA "^ r\h\ Pi r> i^ r\ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 U U Q t-i C-« O 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK CABLE: 'NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and Onondaga. T o fc> ^.~ Q c o CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warchonscai Addlaon. N. Y. Bl^ Flats. N. Y. Merldiaa. N. Y E. Hartford. Cona The New Kenmore ALBANY. N. Y. One of the Best Hotels in the City EUROPEAN PLAN $50,000 SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS $1.50 and Upwards 150 Rooms with Shower and Tub Baths: 175 Rooms with hot and cold running water : Telephone in every room. Special attention paid to tour- ists. Cuisine and Service unexcelled. Nearest Hotel to Capitol Building, Theatres, and Union Station. J. A. OAKS Also LAKESIDE HOTEL. Modem Summer Resort, with all Improve- ments. Situated at Thompson's Lake, Helderberg Mountains, N. Y. Altitude 1650 feet. Seventeen miles from Albany. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE BOOKLET STOP AT THE New Princess HOTEL WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY ^ JOSH BILLINGS 3c. Cigar "There hain't none better thao the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. ft South Carolina Ave., 200 leet irom Beach The Princess Hotel is newly fur- nished throughout with rare taste, and possesses all modern requisites for convenience and comfort of the guests. Golf privileges and privi- lege of the Atlantic City Yacht Club extended to the guests. American and European Plan A BOOKLET will be gladly fur- nished upon application Rates : Running from $12.50 co $30 per week, according to location of the rooms. For further information address CROWELL d COLLIER THE PRINCESS HOTEL Atlantic City, N. J. A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N CWafk, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. 11 E. A. Calves & Co.<5 IMPORTERS of Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD QUEER HUNAN NATURE. The tobacco industry has to deal with a good many cranks and harmless ma- niacs, and it is to the credit of the trade that the men therein usually handle all such human freaks with suc- cess. Take some men for instance. The man who could not successfully peddle peanuts is the very fellow to tell the big leaf tobacco merchant how to manage his business. Then there's the man who, at home, is afraid to drop a burnt match on the carpet, but who will bustle into Mr. Retailer's store, scatter ashes, expectorate in and on everything but the cuspidors, and then march out leaving a trail of dust behind him. Then there's the freak who smokes two-fers during the week but who bobs in before holidays for a ten-center. He puts up more "kicks" than a regiment of 25 cent cigar pa- trons. There's the man, too, who is making 200 per cent, in his line of trade. Hoiv he wails because he can't get six five centers for a quarter, and hints that the cigar man is a genuine Shylock. Again, the fellow who gives regularly at church is apt to be the first one to stand-off the tobacco mer- chant. Take it all in all, Mr. Tobacco Man meets some queer characters in business. But the world seems full of them, and so we must "put up with it." •DE-NATURED" TOBACCO. Salt is of little value without its savor— and nicotineless tobacco, a sort of new preparation of My Lady Nico- tine more or less put on the market, has met with little welcome from smokers at large. Nicotineless tobacco (if it can be called tobacco at all) is on a par with flowers without fragrance. Take tobacco's chief charm away and how disappointing the result! There are thousands— perhaps mil- lions— in this sin-soaked world who get nearly all their enjoyment in life out of the soothing influence of the pipe or the cigar. Take that away from them, and what would they have left? Think of the effect that a total abstention from the use of tobacco would have, say on this country. It would deprive the candidate for office of one of his most potent ways of securing support. It would take away half the excite- ment of the campaign by depriving people of all taste for their favorite wager. Abstention from the use of tobacco is like government ownership of rail- roads. It may ultimately come, but let us hope that it may not drop down on us in these days when it is so hard for the average man to make a living. —Perhaps there are men who do not know that advertising starts a demand for a particular line of goods. Such a line may lie more or less dormant De- cause it appeals only incidently or acci- dently to the purchaser. When it is l\. / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 1881 ■*" Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. INCORPORATED 1902 No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Addreas, '"Baccoworld." Havana Office. Prado 36, Altoa. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year ; 75 Cents Six Months ; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2 00 the Year. Entered at the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Claas Matter, \/ PHILADELPHIA. APRIL 2y, 1908. Rousing Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love Prepared by Entertainment Committee of the Local Board for Delegates to the Tenth Annual Convention of National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, to be Held in Philadelphia, May 11th, 1908. There are many members of the trade opportunities for recreation at intervals who recall with much pleasure the first convention of the National Association of Leaf Tobacco Dealers, which was held in this city in May, 1899— just nine years ago. There is soon to be enacted and enabled to enjoy the festivities which are in preparation for them. It is not difficult to see that there must of necessity be many matters of deep interest come up for consideration the second chapter of Philadelphia hoi- this year, and that the proceedings will pitality as an ideal Convention City, therefore be animated and spirited to and in this respect at least the previous a more than usual degree. The great record for brilliancy of entertainment will doubtless be far surpassed. What the practical results of this year's gathering may prove to be can noc yet be predicted, but the social features can be fully vouched for, as was certain from the day that the com- mittee, consisting of Felix Eckerson, Leopold Loeb and John R. Young, was named. And the enterprising spirit of these gentlemen has been reinforced by a finance committee composed of Messrs Bremer, Vetterlein and Calves. Surely a stronger combination could not have been found, and so successful have been their efforts that ample funds are already in hand to fully carry out the elaborate plans which have been made for a royal entertainment of the guests of the trade. It appears that a great interest has been aroused in the ap- proaching convention, and that contri- butions have made with a free hand and in a generous spirit. The delegates will this year be pro- vided with the traditional banquet and with various other diversions as well. The programme at present includes a planked shad dinner at the Orchards, on Monday evening. May 11th, and it is probable that the party will be con- veyed on a river steamer. There need not be many idle moments for those who are seeking pleasure, and all who take active part in the two days' proceedings will be provided with changes which the trade has undergone during the past year will alone produce much matter for discussion, and in ad- dition many and serious legislative questions are likely to arise for which due provisions and preparation should be made. Tariff revision is among the probabil- ities of early legislative consideration, and is of paramount importance to the tobacco trade. It is hinted that some resolutions with reference to tariff revision will be offered by members of the Philadelphia trade and that some lively discussions will result. John R. Young and Julius Vetterlein are ex- pected to take an active interest in such matters, and advisory remarks of more than ordinary earnestness may be safely counted upon. And this suggests the necessity and desirability of a man of the widest ex- perience to head the Association during the coming year, for not only the life of the Association but the welfare of the entire trade is at stake. For this reason a mistake in the selection of such a man, however trivial it may at first appear, may prove of dire con- sequence. Eloquence, while a pleasing faculty, is an insufficient qualification in matters that require rare executive capacity. There is no lack of men of the required qualification in the trade, if they can be induced to accept the position. advertised and exploited in the trade XHE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS ^^^ ""^ specific type of tobacco, largely papers, a gcod buying public is made owing to the fact that it is only a job- conscious of its existence. Advertising The past week has not been alto- bing business that is now bemg done, not only helps to sell goods, but it en- gether bad in the local leaf tobacco The concensus of opinion is that prices courages the habit of frequenting the market, although it was not character- are likely to again advance somewhat establishment, and enables a wise man ized by any significantly large transac- before the year is out, and this possi to enlarge his clientele. ^M^9^M^^ —Get your trade marks registered in The Tobacco World Registry Depart- ment. IS tions. There were more or less numer- bility is attributed to various ous shipment! of small lots by local ing causes houses, which in the aggregate made up a fair volume of business. There is still no Dotaceabl« deinaMi underly- It seems, however, that cigar manu- facturers have not yet entertained any fear of aucb an outcome ; at any rate there is no surface indication that they have taken such a serious view of matters, and they are far from eager to lay in heavily. The least possible quantity seems to be a rule with them just now. Sumatra transactions have been- about normal, but by no means active, in the past week, and single bale ship- ments have been the rule. In Havana tobacco there appears to have been no change, either in price or general conditions. There is not much complaint heard among cigar manufacturers in this section. Orders continue to be received in moderate quantitieB and of sufficient size to keep the factories in steady operation. It is now expected that within the next few weeks there will be a better demand for goods than at any time so far this year, and that it will continue until the usual summer dullness begins after July 4th. F. B. Robertson, factory representa- tive of the Manchester Cigar Manufac- turing Co., of Baltimore, has returned to this city after a several days' trip through Delaware and Maryland, where he found a fair trade in his factory's products. The exodus to the Shore has begun, and dealers located in the river front districts are finding a greatly improved trade. This is particularly true at the several stores of A. Runge & Co. and B. F. Batten, both of whom are ad- vantageously located to capture a heavy transient trade during the summer season. Several members of the trade have taken up their sea-shore residences for the summer, and will make daily trips, while others are beginning to travel to nearby suburban points. The cigar store of the late Alfred Weldon, at 22 North 13th street, has been purchased by Allen Kaplan, who came here from Phoenixville, where he had been engaged in an entirely differ- ent occupation. H. C. Spannuth, one of the best known Philadelphia leaf salesmen, and who has for some years past repre- sented Lewis Bremer's Sons, is still confined by illness. He has been away from business for several months. W. T. Pomeroy, a leaf tobacco dealer of Edgerton, Wis., was a visitor in this market recently. The National Cigar Stands Co. has for a long time been seeking a foothold in this city, but until recently had met with little if any encouragement. They did not despair, however, and recently made further attempts which have re- sulted in a little better success, and their stands have been finally placed in a few drug stores about the city. B. J. Strauss, representing Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, clear Havana cigar man- ufacturers of New York, recently visited his old friends in this city. H. C. Gresh, of W. K. Gresh & Sons, the extensive cigar manufacturers at Norristown. has just returned from Amsterdam, where he attended several inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco and was a successful bidder on several de- sirable parcels which will be used by his firm. #) m I J I # I < IT For Genaine Sawed Cedar Ci^ar Boxes, go to Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD Take no other birt the Genuine Iksiablished 1669 BiCGrporatedl893 Every Box of tlie fewnNE PORTUONDO ClGABS Carries this Trade Mark and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo ??i.> eici^EREi Registered in U. S. Patent OlUoe There are more Imitations of this old establislied and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars than^ any other cigar in the worl(L MANUFAGTERED ONLY» BY The Juan E Portuondo CJ^arKfjCd 1110-1116 ^an^oma.Philadelphia. TRADE NARKS REGISTERED. LENA BEAUTY. 15 575 For cigars. Registered April 23. 1908, at 9 a. m., by John H. Snyder, Fullerton, Pa. LITTLE WILKS. 15,576 For cigarp. Registered April 23, 1908, at 9 a. m.. by John H. Snyder, Fullerton, Ps. THOMAS GOLDFIELD. 15,577 For cigars. Registered April 23. 1908, at 9 a. m., by John H. Snyder, Fullerton, Pa. JOICE VENTRULA. 15,578 For cigars. Registered April 23, 1908, at 9 a. m., by John H. Snyder, Fullerton, Pa. JUGGLER. 15,579 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 24. 1908. at 9 a. m., by F. E. Myers & Co., York, Pa. PALM. 15.580 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 24, 1908. at 9 a. m., by F. E. Myers & Co., York, Pa. SPARKER. 15.581 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 24, 1908, at 9 a. m., by F. E. Myers & Co., York. Pa. NIGHTCAP 15.582 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 24. 1908, at 9 a. m., by F. E. Myers & Co., York. Pa. PATSY. 15.583 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 24. 1908, at 9 a. m.. by F. E. Myers & Co.. York, Pa. OLD VALUE. 15,584 For chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 24, 1908. at 9 a. m., by F. E. Myers & Co., York, Pa. WILD FIRE. 15.585 For chewing anH smoking robacco Registered April 24. 1908 at 9 a. m , by F. E. Myers & Co., York. Pa. RINGLET. 15.586 For chewing and smckinp tobacco. Registered April 24, 1908, at 9 a. m., by F. E. Myers & Co., York. Pa. ALL AROUND. 15.587 For chewing and smr4«intJr tobacco. Registered April 24. 1908. at 9 a. m.. by F. E. Myers & Co.. York, Pa. W. S. B. 15.588 For cigars. Registered April 24. 1908. at 9 a. m., by H. W. Smith. Bellingham, Wash. REYMUS SEAL. 15.589 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered April 28, 1908. at 9 a. m.. by Penn Cigar Co., Pittsburg, Pa. HIGH GRADE UNION MADE 15.590 (A design of a star with lettering H. G. U. M. inside) For cigars, stogies, chewing and smoking tobacco. Registered April 28, 1908, at 9 a. m., by Gabe F. Cooper. Toledo, 0. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SE CHRIST. Proprietor Manufacturer of FIINECIQARS Holtz, Penna. Correction. DR EM LETS. Registered April 21, 1908. by Penn Cigar Co., Pittsburg, Pa. should have been "Dreamlets." Rejections. Polo. Eye Opener. Big Chief, Merry Widow, Walkover. "HUNTERl^^liF is all to the front ; made by EL DRACO CIGAR. MFC. CO.. Philada. 10c="UINCLE JOSS-Sc Pretty Bessie! York Niek }5c Best Known. .J Two Cracker Jacks (2 for 5 cents) Oak Mountain Bouquet — Boston Beauties Puro — Porto Rico Crooks Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only invited. Capacity, 25.000 per day. Telegraph -York, Pa. 13 Our Caraclty fcr i^kniifacturlng Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROCA\ FOR ONE A\ORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD <v i_ s o RTED Michael Hose A. F. Brillhafft Mk Ml C Manufac- turers of & Dtfi^r LEAF TOBACCO, CIGAR MOLDS Hij^hest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co. 1931-1935 Western Ave., and 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. QUIET RULES IN LANCASTER. Jobbers Sell Some Small Lots of Leaf, but Packers are Practi- cally Idle. The Manufacturers Complain of Poor Collections. Lancaster, Pa., April 27. There is still a general quietness in trade conditions. There has been a -mbll hand to mouth business by job- bers, but packers have done practically nothing. Their attention is being largely engaged in packing new to- tiHcco, some of which will be bulk sweated and placed on the market as speedily as possible, but just how much ut a competition it will make with the older goods depends somewhat upon its quality when ready for the market. Even admitting that the filler grades will he considerably lower in cost than the 1906. it must be also remembered Uiat only certain people will use new I'bacco, end its sale is necessarily Fomewhat limited. The remaining new crops are being picked up, and now only a comparatively Moail precentage remains in farmers' hands. There have been some very favorable lays lately for tobacco, and farmers are aking full advantage of the weather in preparing their ground. The writer noticed several fields today that are practically ready for setting as soon as plants are large enough. Trade with cigar manufacturers is improving very slowly. In fact in some sections it is very dull, while in other localities there are some signs of >t cigarmakers. He is experiencing an increasing de- mand for his product. G'is. Neuwahl. a cigar broker of Al- toi>na. was visiting his factories in this, section last week. Local option seems to have played aib important part in the dullness of the cigar trade lately, as evidenced by the fact that a large local factory on Mon- day last recfivrd an order from a job- bing house in the Middle West which reqiested rush shipments, as the goods were needed because orders had been held up pending the result of the local option agitation in that State. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Established 1890 (1) Emory Martin ^ E. S. SECHRIST Dallastown, Pa. ♦ ♦♦4 ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 •♦ •♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Manufacturer of 4 4 Fine and Common eiSARS Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day o ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4>*>^^^^>^*>^^***^*^^***^^>^^^'»'^* ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4^ 4444 444-^44444>444**4 4444 4^44 4 4*4 444 4444 4 444*^44 ^ H. P. KOMLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE and Havana i^ i A ^^^ and Fine Niel small dealers against fraud, as a number of these swindles have been perpetrated. The capture of swindlers of this sort is frequently so difficult thar, it was thcught best to make the matter public in the trade journals. Trade Notes. Cans Bros., makers of Wm. the Fourth clear Havana cigars, have for- mally announced their removal to 417 E. Y6th street, with increased facilities for the handling of a rapidly growing business. — The Goodman- Kinstler Cigar Co., of New York, with a capital of $25,000, has been organized. Directors are: Seymour B. Goodman, 2062 W. 29th street. Los Angeles, Cal. ; Leo L. Braunfeld, 808 Westchester avenue, and Herman Cohen. 25 W. 111th street. New York. — Harry M. Duys. with H. Duys & Co., Sumatra importers, sailed on Saturday last per steamer St. Louis for Amster- dam where he will attend several of the remaining inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco. — Ferd Opp, of Weinheimer & Opp, St. Louis, has been a visitor here recently. L Latzar, of Chicago, spent several days last week at the local headquar- ters of Taussig & Co., on Water street. © 0 Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Plumadora Duke of Taranta La ed Lion aranta I Norttiern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively . LA CROSSE, WIS. ^________^ 0 -^ headouarti!:rs for > Wiseonsin Tobacco L. B. CARLE Sl SOM -\ Packers and Dealers JANESViLLE, WIS. ^ UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in =0 e Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. © ►•-4 M. a. BURKV -^ ' '^^j^^^^^i^ ' "•'vr.ijr'- 1 A « *" HAND MADE lUC. HAVANA CIGAR 10 c. Write Ifor Samples and Prices S^ A HIQH GRADE C_ 3C. CIGAR FOR DC. FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING, PA. ALLEN H. REEOER STANLEY M. KROHN 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ^ ""°"" DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. » I THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^IH Telephone Call, 432— B and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY (St CO. Growers and Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples Saaiplaa ckeerfnily •■biBiMad apoB req««at P. O. Box 96 GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Gonnecticat and Pennsylvania a Specially 82 and 34 East Chestnut Street, l^anCOSter, Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Kear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenoe, York, Penna. We Make SCRAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & GO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leal Dealer In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 ^. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. J, K. LMAMAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. ""•'pbLes LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^^ Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manafactariiif Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. Lancaster, Pa. The York Tobacco Co* Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Avenue. Maaafactvrers of Cigar Scrap Tobacco York, Pa* IS. D. AUEXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber ia Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana LemoD a^d Arch Sts. UanccLster, 17 THE TO BACCO WORLD 138 a I40 Centre: 5t IPKIfWi rxcTUffiw <»r alu miuds or Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office. 573 Bourse !Bldg-.l H. S. SPRINGER, Mgr. Chicago, 66 Fitth Avenue. E. r: THATCHER, Mrt. San Francisco. 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. Capacity 25,000 per day Telegraph -YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacture^ FINE CIGARS Holtz, Pa. © UEOINA BUAIND O Pretty Bessie) York Nick . . .\ Best Known . ) 5c. TWO CRACKER JACKS—2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PURO PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME ni HnstEnnftolpli ljt.(f IiitanoJU. J. K. KaufTman. John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin ^ co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinde of • Plug Qi Smoking Tobaccos > Alao, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. || LANCASTER, PA. i || 18 Specially Fine Weather Helps the Boston Retailers, and Jobbers Profit by Their Good Fortune. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire StreetJ Boston, Mass., April 27. The ideal weather we have had the past week has helped along the business considerable. The basball season has started off nicely. To go to the ball grounds any day and see the crowds there, one would wonder if these were the hard times depicted by the news- papers. Cigarette salesmen galore represent- ing Independent firms are canvassing this market and the Tobacco Trust in consequence is offering many substan- tial deals to the retailers. The Mentor Co. is making a big suc- cess with the Ramly cigarette. So well are these cigarettes selling that the free deal of Mentors will soon be taken off. The Uamly is one of the leading sellers in cigarettes in Worcester, Mass. and the Truat is at present distributing many free sample packages of Helmar in that city to help corrail the sale of Ramlejs. Thousands of sight-seers are daily going to Chelsea to view the ruins, and un Sundays many special trains are ueing run to bring in the out of town people. The merchants who were lucky enough to escape the fury of the flames in Chelsea report a good business. Sam Marcuson (Khedivial Co.) spent Saturday and Sunday here shaking hands with his many friends. Sam is now in charge of the Khedivial Co. 's New York business and has 8 salesmen under him. He is making his head- quarters at the Hotel Raleigh on Broad- way. J. L. Dubreuil (Khedivial Co.) came in Saturday from Worcester and offered the following deal to the trade: With each purchase of 200 Oxford lO's, 100 Almas and 200 Samaris Plain, 60 Oxford lO's will be given gratis. Messrs. VVarsowe and Busch are doing some good work here on the Khedivial Co. 's various brands. The Alma cork tip 15 cent brand is going especially well. Charlie Ellis (Mentor Co.) spent several days this week in New York visiting the "great wh«te way." L. Shapiro (Nestor Co.) left Satur- day night on a two weeks' trip down .Maine, where the Nesior cigarettes have a big following. F. Ledger, of the Nestor Gianacles Co., left last week on a trip to England, combining business with pleasure. George L. Symons (Symons-Krauss- man Co., N. Y.) was in Boston last Monday and took enough orders to keep his factory busy for some time. 1. Cohen, of New York, makers of the Keystone cigars, spent Saturday calling on the jobbing trade. Louis Miller is doing the missionary work oh the Keystone cigar here and is making a nice showing with this.brand. LEAFMCCOO). Growers and Packers of * HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^g The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Address : F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. ■OR- Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAVTON, 0.* THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL 0RDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascati), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Bro!(brs to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : S7 Rokin 41 100 Nes. opposite Frsscsti Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Inoorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pe^. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars HERMAN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker ot Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS 9old to Wholesale -6 Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. ^t^PElJlEU**^ MAKER OF Fernside .ud Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to '.he Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing: Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G^ Bear. G6ff Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobblorf Trade oaly Correspondence wilh Actlv* Houses Invited C. E. MATTINGLY &. CO. Manufacturers of Hi^li Grade Union Made Sfi. Ci w FOR THE i^olesale Trade Oaly Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa. Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE. Lititz, Penna. Maker of Ulrfh Grade Clears Exclaslvsly. _, Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^valet Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only Hiffh Grmde Tobacco Used Cigan always duplicaU R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa, Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. 10 ^^m. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^» SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] C^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 1 f^- C^ THE CYCLONE j ^^» BROWN BUCK (Banded) f ^ IWi 3^^* ALLEN GOODRICH, 3 c. Samples to Responsible Houses FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the . . , WORLD-RENOWNED SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. CqiyipIp prpp "^^^ Most Popular Flavor since 1866 jaUiyiC 1 1 CC p|„86 Write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best [ The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack FJug Piper Hcidsieek Plug Star Ping Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 20 A fire at B. M. Wollenberg's cigar store on Castle Square, last week, caused by an electric wire, did $2 500 damage. As soon as the repairs shall ')e made Mr. Wollenberg will add a Irug department to hia store. Jo»» Mendel, of ihe house of Mendel, N. Y.. makers of a high grade line of seed and Havana cigars, was in town this week going the rounds with Jimmy Finkelstein, the firm's New England representative. E. .1. Gwillim, who for many years las manufactured cigars and conducted a retail store at 43 Essex street, will shortly move elsewhere owing to the termination of his lease, which he has been unable to get renewed. A. Baker, of Baker Bros., retailers it 832 Washington street, was in New Yi)rk for the greater part of tha week. Emil Abrahams (Allen Tob. Co.) is in town, and will remain a couple of weeks. George Russell has left on a trip through Connecticut. The Globe Tobacco Co., of Detroit, Mich , has an able representative here low in S. Bernson, who is without a loubt a hustler. He is placing Nerve Navy and Fame plug tobaccos with all our leading retailers. Eve, a cube cut Lobacco put up in a rather racy 2 oz. package, is also selling nicely. Gans Bros., of New York are having .1 good sale here on their William the Fourth and Ganbro clear Havana cigars. Ralph M. Gans, one of the concern, is expected here on May 2nd. The busi- ness done by Gans Bros, has increased .so fast the past year that the firm has moved into larger quarters at 417 East Seventy-sixth street New York, a building with a capacity of 12,000 square feet of space, where the firm will now be better able to cope with the increas- ing business. Ernest Calvin has just purchased the Rexford Hotel cigar stand from Irene Morriron. Ojr large cut price drug stores did an especially good soda water business (he past week. A Cuban cigarmaker is manufactur- ing cigars in one of the windows of the Epstein Drug Store on Boylson street, and the attraction is helping along the sale of clear Havana cigars wonder- tully Rosenthal Bros.' Special, an Invin- cible shape 5 cent cigar, is making a big hit in this market. Rosenthal Bros, the progressive Hanover street jobbers, are the distributors of this brand. Ben Ali. Leaf Tobacco Markets heard, did not recover their beds with the frames until the next morning. During the night the temperature drop- ped to 21 degrees in this locality, and as a consequence the ground was frozen when the frames were put back. If the seed had sprouted they will prob- ably find by the time that setting has commenced diminished number of good plants. The soil was frozen to the depth of three inches outside the beds and must have been frozen quite deep in the beds. No great harm was prob- ably done to the unsprouted seed, but where the sprouts i egan to show it must have injured them. I hope this practice did not extend far, for every exertion should be made this year in order to even up the last year's deficit, and it will require your best efforts. Our correspondents write: Bradstreet, Mass. : "Belden Bros, have recently sold 71 cases of their packing for from 8 to 10 cents in the cases. Plants are looking well on the early beds ; the Belden Brothers have plants that are as large as a ten cent piece. Charles Marsh has his plants up and looking well." Hatfield, Mass. : ''l hear that down in the old street setting is very prob- able to begin as soon as the middle of West Whately, Mass: "Out at West Whately some of the beds in warm places are looking fine. Mr. Strop has plants that the fourth leaf has set, and such plants will easily set in May or the first week of June."— American Cultivator. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. E. C. Munroe is still buying and E. L. Beebe is in the market for assorted tobacco. D. G. Albright is buying for Keiser & Boapberg of Buffalo. Orville Gifford is reported to have bought about 100 cases of assorted tobacco during the last few days. South Granby: Seed is being sprouted for the 1908 crop which, as far as we can learn, will be about the same acre- age as last season. Not many beda are sown yet, the season being so cold and back ward. —Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. At least the strong, cold winds have apparently left us for a while, and we can enjoy the quiet of this April weather. The tobacco beds are sown, and a few are reporting their plants showing above ground. But with the cold weather of the last week very little growth can be reported. Last week Wednesday we had rain and a good many took off the glass in order to water the beds and to save the wash- ing from the leakage in spots. As it cleared off at a late hour, some I have EDGERTON, WIS. Buyers are still quite busily engaged throughout the State in the movement that bids fair to clean up the remaining portion of the 1907 crop. Another big slice has certainly been taken out of the unsold fraction during the week. Com- petition IS getting a little more brisk and possibly the average price a trifle higher but the great bulk of the buying *^ ??L?°"® ^^ bargain figures. We could fill a page of sales running from 4 to 6 cents, but rather give space to some of the better grades that indicate some profit to the grower and yet show the range taken : Ladd & Flom, 20a at 9 and 2ic asst. K. H. Tiesberg, 15a at 8| and 2ic asst. T^l^ Johnson, 10a at 9| and 2ic asst. A. E. Thoraon, 10a at 7i and 2c. Thos. Gretybach, 7a at 6| and 2ic. Peter Severson, 4a at 7c. Chas. Tall, 9a at 6i and 2c. Business at the packing points ia progressing slowly owing to the scarcity of vvarehouse help that is surely pro- longing the handling season far beyond the usual limits. The market for cured leaf is not with- out some movement, but generally in small lots to accommodate urgent needs of manufacturers. Packers are still noping for a revival of trade. The plant beds for another crop are now mostly laid and the weather of the week is especially favorable to early germination. In some localities young plants are already appearing. Shipments 1,644 cases.— Reporter. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established isso Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. TA. ^^K THE TOBACCO WORLD S^BO^ J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Pine Havana Hand-Made No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. H. L. WEAVES Factory J9o3 L. E. WLAVEI WEAVER & BRO. Manafactorers .{ CI ri 2» t* c ^°'" Jobbing 1 g O I O Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HILL, PA. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ^V\j\AM«/Ai American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes .Manufactured by Hiramelberger & Noll. AMfRICA^ ROBESOMA. PA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES ' The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes It Will Remove Rankness irom 1 obacco Take Away Mustiiie&s unci Give Ci({ars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNt' Is Specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. ChaskePs Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considerinjr what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices* chaskeUs '*CLIABUC CIOAR *TO0A<^ , BEST And ooes Farthest. Chaskel Chemical Worksi; 263 West Broadway, New Yorli :^m The Ideal Ci^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, P4. 21 SttWW- SONS ^ COA,;.^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West 17th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS •••i ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. 'I Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. H^ ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockeis Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Go.^ Racine, Wis., U.S. A. Sol« Owners and Manufacturers' INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in ^ Labels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Ghristtan St. LANCASTER, PA. » THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnich Baling Press Patented March 9. 1897 ♦ ♦ « « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< ♦ ♦ METAL CNBOSSLD LABELS NETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with Jess labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes manufactured Write for prices and full p'lrticulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works Landisville^ Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established Ls;i4- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Mercliants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Dav of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦£♦ ♦^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H* cle f leiscKkaxier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ♦ i ♦at ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦v>^*4*^4'*44^4*4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^^<^ ^^♦^4 LITHOGKAPHINO SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ^^^^^.^^-^^^^^^^^^^^ xt tx TGLKPHONE 1561 JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS cl American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WILL PAY YOl '° ""^^ ""^ '''"'^"' "'"•" 1 ordertnil (^oods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS ijood as uovernment Bonds K«aister«d Br.. Ibis Factory Never Shuts Down . . ..Any Plavor Vou INeeU.. We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, F*&. STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO, NEW HOLLAND PA. -For Sale by All Dealers Caveats, Trade Marks, MrSiLGIlLS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^xar" John A.Saul Le Droit Balldittt, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O I IN 1 A P E R I Q \J E MIXTURE dAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YORI 22 f 3^tll^a, SONS ^ COAf;> Lithographers 257 to 265 West 1 7th Street. NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS •'m ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 f) H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. D«aler in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. ^ Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Alfofd PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Go.^ Racine, Wis., D.S.1 Sol« Owners and Manufacturers' INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in ^ Labels, Ribbons, Edftini^s 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ Minnicb Baling Press Patented March o. i807 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4> METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LAHELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦St Il« 4l« rleiscKkaue ♦ ♦8* For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with Jess labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes manufactured Write for prices and full particulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1S34— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Marie Settlements Made on Day of Sale ..Any Plavor Vou INeed.. We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works Cigar Labels ,^^ f I 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f I t I TELEPHONE 1661 t X , ♦ ♦ UTHOCKAPHINO SPECIAL DES10N5 4> ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦»»g :♦ It JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS ct American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co, Spalding 4& Merrick Tobacco Co. IT WIT I Pa Y Vnil ^** ^^^ ^^ PRICES before orderin|{ (foods elsewhere. i ••--r, f ' 1 i '. , 1 1 Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS uood as Government Bonds a.dutered Br^a* "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana . lOc. **S. B." Seed and Havana 5c* "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. These Brands Sfll on Merit and Constantly Repeat. Try Ihem and Judife for Yoursall Hhy This Factory Never Shuts Do«vn . . E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers Caveats, Trade Marks, mTSL L GU ZS Design-Patents, Copy rights, etc. '^S:r£'"^ John A. Saul Le Droit BaUiing, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R O I IN I A P E R 1 Q U E MIXTURE l5/)e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YOU 22 f , THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^W ^XVm- SONS 4 cow;. Lithographers 257 to 265 West 17th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK I DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indoned by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Go.^ Racine, Wis^D.S.i. Sola Owners and Mannfactnrcrs' Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK. PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in > Labels, Ribbons, Bdftin^s 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. Minnicb Baling Press Patented March o. 1807 HP' ""1 ^^Hr-^- ff r= iitM ^H^^'''' z r IV . '^^- ■ 'iJM ^: 4 ■^ ■- n %^ 1 1 • ■|K>- . If', 1 ! r ( ■P' m " :i^.^J m ^ mam _■ , '. , " ^ •' '^ . . , •«'' iji^- -. % t For AH Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LBAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to dn more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the markft. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes manufactured Write for prices and full pnrticulars. They are indispens' able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works LsLndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Mercliants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ..Any Plavor Vou INeedl.. We'll Turn Out in Our Laboratory Under Our Guarantee. We'll Make Your Troubles Ours. Acme Extract & Chemical Works ♦ ♦ « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LAhELS ♦ ♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tot *4x ft ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ II. J. f leiscKhauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. | I' ♦ ti Ik m TELEPHONE 1661 ^ ♦ ♦ LITHOCKAPHINO SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ t^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦ ♦ ^»g Xt U r :r-T,! JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS c/ American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Lubrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. GET MY PRICES before IT WILL PAY YOl 'o°^"^f. n^ (joods elsewhere. i 1 ! 1 f 1 la \^ Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS uood as Government Bonds ii.tfut.r.d nrud. "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana . lOc. **S. B. Seed and Havana 5c. "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. Ihese Brands Sell on Merit and Constantly Repeat. Try Ifaem and Judrfe for Youra.lf Hhy This Factory Never Shuts Down . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO, NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Caveats, Trade Marks, IT Si Z GU ZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^ar" John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R Q I IN I A P E R I Q U E MIXTURE SAe AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. NEW YOBl 22 E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ^^Kthe tobacco world Esiablished 1889 Incorporated 1907 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. 1 INCORPORATED •*i- Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE HavansL and Domestic Cigars Advantageous arrangements will be made with progressive distributors in territory not al- ready covered - - These brands are strong specialties, finding favor wherever introduced "1 Factory and Office: J H 349 to 331 North Shippen St * « LANCASTER, PA \ :• \ lie::-: ..:. R Y Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII. in 1881. ) ., No. 19. I PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 6, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGNIZED STANOARI) C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS and CIGARMAHERS' KMVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA. PA. J J UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO, . . . MANLFACTtRERS OF . . . Cut Plug Sliced Plug CENTRAL UNION IDLE HOUR . . EPICURE ('s/.l?r..*") Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco r SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND, VA. P. & S. LOEWENTHAL V. S Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York r r Growers and Packers of ;:i_-^.»c- FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDBR d: ARGUIMBAU K !bn^ . '' lr«f P <* ' ^ Mil iTll \ll J 78 Water Street^ New York ^. ^r^^mm^'^rm fW '^BMi T H E TOBACCO WORLD IBlXl r "^ ! CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street correspondence solicited i hiladelphia V. (lord LANCASTER. 10c.) OiifirBiHi. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. EU PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondeoce with Responsible Houses Solicited m CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 18.10. First District Penoa. 1 i ^^H *■ O V" 1 1 }|V 1 V^' CD m X.'- .■;/rf?n.-.r^.f.f^^ liii iH i » W. Ka Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. THE BEST Wmm MADE 3mDiT ' ontheMarket M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer [Reading PA // ^^-^^irgtvjn: ^ Write for Samples &Pfices iiYV ail LtJU EMIL BERQER TOBACCO CO. Tai. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Qouvemour Slip, NEW YORK Fnr ^Pl lp \ CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I \J\ \JCX.\K^\ Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 19 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 6, 1908 One Dollar the Year MAIL POUCH TO RESUME. PENN TOBACCO CO. PAYS WELL Machinery Being Repaired and Preparation Made for an Early Resumption. Wheeling, W. Va.. April 30. The management of the Bloch Bros.' tobacco ^works on the South Side has taken advantage of the shut down to make needed repairs on the machinery of the works and to that end a force of men has been placed at work. Every- thing will be put in ship-shape condition for the resumption of operations in full and as was stated when the plant closed down it will resume with full forces fiome time during the coming week and .probably Monday or Tuesday. For the past several weeks and up until last Monday the works have been running full time with the result that an over stock soon accumulated and the shut down for the space of one week was ordered. ^tw^iwm^ Gilbertsville Factory Closed. Gilbertsville. Pa,, April 30. W. K. Gresh & Sons have closed tt eir large cigar factory at Gilbertsville. About 100 hands are thrown out of em- ployment. It was the largest industry in the village. The firm has a large supply of cigars on hand and they l^ut I discovered that behind expenses ; second, even though the in creased expense were immaterial, it would suggest the idea of costliness of operation to the "bargain hunter" or to one to whom "price" is the first con- sideration. On the other hand, there are many buyers in this country to whom "qual- ity"—"quality" in the articie bought, "quality" in the service rendered and "quality" in the environment and ap- pointments of the salesroom— are feat- ures which appeal to their sense of re- finement and comfort, and these buyers are willing to pay a fair price for these advantages. An extreme illustration of the above principles many be found in the restau- rant line. In a Bowery lunch room a full course dinner may be had for a quarter, but what will the same num- ber and kind of dishes cost at Sherry's? And yet both restaurants are well pat- ronized, because the proprietors adapt their service and their prices to their respective classes of patrons. My personal opinion is that where prospective patrons are of the well to- do class, and particularly where they are refined, educated and have exten- sively traveled, that the "artistic in a store" not only appeals to them favor- ably, but subtly establishes a feeling of confidence and satisfaction that the establishment is in a superior class and the lath and plaster was an uniform series of arches, the centers of which were 20 inches higher. The architect approved the idea of ripping off the lath and plaster and gettmg the benefit of the higher ceiling and also the artis- tic effect of the arches, which were supported by richly decorated beams. This additional height facilitated the idea of utilizing one-half of the room for a balcony without marring the beauty of the room, and possibly ac- centuating it. The result was emi- nently satisfactory. Considerable thought was given to combine utility with artistic effect. That this has been successful is evi- denced by the complimentary remarks made by foreigners as well as Ameri- cans who have visited it. I think the result of the experiment has also vindi- cated the theory that the general public appreciate in a practical way "the artistic in a store," provided it is asso- ciated with honest goods, up-to-date service and fair prices. My own beautiful store is a psycho- logical problem in its entirety, and also in many particulars, and ranks as the most beautiful salesroom and unique luncheon balcony in the world. A dis- tinguished Parisian who inspected it enthusiastically exclaimed : "You call this a salesroom ! In France we would call it a palace." Paris, London, the Orient, the great that the management is keenly alive to cities of this country and the leadinir the constant progressive changes which are taking place, and that consequently they can depend upon securing the most up-to-date goods and service. From a commercial point of view, confidence of this character is worth a World's Expositions have all contri- buted some ideas to this modern scheme of adorning a strictly commercial enter- prise with such a beautiful and artistic garb that the buyer not only gets value in his purchase, but at the same time great deal to the firm, because it elimi- absorbs a sense of intellectual exhilara- E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^Se^STHE TOBACCO W O R L D 1S|^ r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President ■^i La Hilda Cigar Factory (INCORPORATED) Manufacturers and Importers 231 chestnut street correspondence solicited i hiladelphia W. W. STEWART & SONS (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Bris. k Ci. Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited ^^Mv^Sj^v ^BSj^M< ^Kl^SIHpHBBMwliirv^ v ^ y ^ ^-aw* V 1 Bl^iMBfeZ^^L>. ^ V^!i>^.-'**. *.?:• --m^: H^;^^^^ Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. Factory 1839. First District P«an». 9 .1 i r^ W^ %. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa. ^v^^ i^^ THEBEST r UNI ON MADE I I ^ //. t 5MDW ontheMarket M.STEPPACHER Manufacturer . Reading PA 1^ Write for Samples aPfices ! \k/^ ,^4.^^— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS •»VV dl I LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. T*i. 722 Orehard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK Fnr ^Pl lp ' ^'^AR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I U I V-l d I C I Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 19 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 6, 1908 One Dollar the Year MAIL POUCH TO RESUME. PENN TOBACCO CO. PAYS WELL y Machinery Being Repaired and Preparation Made for an Early Resumption. Wheeling. W. Va.. April 30. The management of the Bloch Bros.' tobacco Jworks on the South Side has taken advantage of the shut down to make needed repairs on the machinery of the works and to that end a force of men has been placed at work. Every- thing will be put in ship-shape condition for the resumption of operations in full and as was stated when the plant closed down it will resume with full forces some time during the coming week and probably Monday or Tuesday. For the past several weeks and up until last Monday the works have been running full time with the result that an over stock soon accumulated and the shut down for the space of one week was ordered. QUALITY SHOP TALK Agreeable Surprise to Its Stock- >^ by finley ac ker holders. ^ Wilkes Barre, Pa., April 80. Finley Acker, head of the widely nates the frequently unreasonable de- Stockholders of the Penn Tobacco known firm of Finley Acker & Co., mand that goods be sold at a loss or Company, of this city, were agreeably proprietors of the Acker Quality shops, without profit, and assures the securing surprised when they received the quar- fancy grocers and restauranteurs. has of a reasonable profit and at the same terly statement of the company show- given out for publicity some pertinent time maintains the confidence and good ing that they were entitled to an annual remarks on the success of a store will of the buyer. dividend of twenty percent. 8 per cent, artistic, and the Acker Quality Shops It was with the above ideas in mind on the preferred stock and twelve per •" particular, but it is interesting read- that I analyzed the proposition to uti- cent on the common. i"K> and we print it herewith: lize the first fioor and part of the base- The Penn Tobacco Company is a The primary purpose in every com- "lent of the S. S. White Building, cor- local company selling tobacco through- mercial enterprise is to make money, out the entire country, and the success Whether or not money is made de- which has been met with so far has pends upon whether the aggregate ex- ner Chestnut and Twelfth streets. Phil- adelphia, and which is now known to many as the "Acker Quality Shop." prompted the directors to secure a new pense of'^ doing"business,"iJicIuding de- '^^'^ salesroom was about 220 feet long and about 45 feet wide in the centre and had been occupied for forty years by a well known jewelry firm. Not- withstanding its admirable proportions and ideal location, it was unattractive site and erect a large new building in the lower end of the city, the site for which has not yet been decided upon. %%%^%%«/% DARK TOBACCO GROWERS MEET preciation of plant, interest upon in- vestment and loss by bad accounts, is less or more than the aggregate gross profit. The cheap character of business done by some firms, and the exacting de- and gloomy, but I believed the building «m>%<%»%%% Kentuckian Assails Governors of mandaof the customers who are served. Gilbertsville Factory Closed. Gilbertsville, Pa., April 30. W. K. Gresh & Sons have closed tt eir large cigar factory at Gilbertsville. About 100 hands are thrown out of em- ployment. It was the largest industry in the village. The firm has a large supply of cigars on hand and they decided to remove the plant from Gil- bertsville. Steelton May Get Factory. Steelton, Pa., April 30. Steelton is to have a new cigar fac- tory. Rosenstein & Co.. of New York, have secured an option on a large plot of ground upon which to erect their plant. A large two-story brick build- ing will be constructed as soon as pos- sible, to be ready for business by next fall, when 1,000 hands, mostly girls, will be employed. Pennsylvania Seed for India. John S. Weaver, of Kinzer. Pa., a scientific breeder of tobacco seed, and who has exploited his theories to a con- siderable extent by advertising and other methods of attaining publicity, has received an order for his improved Broadleaf tobacco seed grown by his scientific and intense culture methods, from Prince Hayaji Rao III, Gaekwar of Baroda. India, for experimental pur- poses on the model farms of the Prince at Baroda. Death of Bennie Heller. The sympathy of the entire trade is extended to H. E. Heller, a packer and dealer in leaf tobacco at Greenville. O., who has suffered the loss of his son, Bennie Heller, who died on April 24. The deceased was stricken with ap- pendicitis. The most skillful physi- cians were called in and a surgical operation was performed, but it was discovered that there were obstructions of the bowels and that the patient was past medical aid. Kentucky and Tennessee. Clarksville, Tenn., April 30. The Dark Tobacco Growers' Associa- iton met here this week in regular ses- sion with a large attendance. District reports showed the association to be in fine condition. Tobacco plants are al- most ready for setting out and with favorable weather much of the weed will be planted. Ed Martin of Stewart county made a talk in which he spoke of the success of the association. He had no ill will towards Clarksville and did not think the town should be held responsible for the acts of a few indi- viduals. He believed ninety-five per cent, of the people of Clarksville were in sympathy with the association. Ed Webb of Trenton, Ky., created a sensation by his attack on Clarksville require that the operating expenses be reduced to a minimum in order that low prices may be quoted and yet in- sure a profit to the firm. In such cases it is unwise to give the "artistic" ele- capable of many desirable changes. The plans which were finally approved included the facing with marole the Twelfth street front and inrroducing ten additional show windows, five addi- tional entrances and twenty exterior sons: First, if allowed to permeate the details of management it will neces- ment serious consideration for two rea- show cabinets. These changes practi- cally gave us an additional frontage of 220 feet. The ceiling was 20 feet high sarily increase the ratio of operating a"^ ^'at, but I discovered that behind expenses; second, even though the in- ^^^ lath and plaster was an uniform creased expense were immaterial, it series of arches, the centers of which would suggest the idea of costliness of ^^^^ 20 inches higher. The architect operation to the "bargain hunter" or to approved the idea of ripping off the one to whom "price" is the first con- 1^^^ ana plaster and gettmg the benefit sideration. of the higher ceiling and also the artis- On the other hand, there are many ^'^ ^^^""^ "^ ^^^ »'<^*^^«' ^^ich were buyers in this country to whom "qual- supported by richly decorated beams. ity"-"quality" in the article bought, '^^'^ additional height facilitated the "quality" in the service rendered and "^^^ °^ utilizing one-half of the room "quality" in the environment and ap- ^^"^ * balcony without marring the and Gov. Patterson of Tennessee and Pointments of the salesroom -are feat- beauty of the room, and possibly ac Gov. Willson of Kentucky for official "^'^^ ^^ich appeal to their sense of re- "ntuating it. The result was em, acts made, he claimed, against the as- finement and comfort, and these buyers "^^^ -^^^ ut*^ .? ' u. sociation. remarks. He was very bitter in his %%%%%%%» Allen Was Not Parner. Newark, N. J., April 30. are willing to pay a fair price for these advantages. An extreme illustration of the above principles many be found in the restau- rant line. In a Bowery lunch room a Considerable thought was given to combine utility with artistic eflfect. That this has been successful is evi- denced by the complimentary remarks made by foreigners as well as Ameri- cans who have visited it. I think the result of the experiment has also vindi- cated the theory that the general public appreciate in a practical way "the artistic in a store," provided it is asso- ciated with honest goods, up-to-date service and fair prices. My own beautiful store is a psycho- so That Thomas Allen, of Rahway, has ^"'* course dinner may be had for a failed to establish that he is a partner ^"^rter, but what will the same num- of Arthur C. Becker in a tobacco and ber and kind of dishes cost at Sherry's? snuff business in that city, which for- ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ restaurants are well pat- merly belonged to Allen, but which ''0"'zed, because the proprietors adapt Becker bought in at a bankrupt sale. ^^^^^ service and their prices to their is the gist of a memorandum which respective classes of patrons. Vice-Chacellor Howell filed in injunc- My personal opinion is that where logical problem in its en ti^rety "and a'l tion proceedings brought by Becker prospective patrons are of the well to- in many particulars, and ranks as the against Allen three weeks ago. do class, and particularly where they ^ost beautiful salesroom and unique In a bill filed in Becker's behalf by are refined, educated and have exten- luncheon balcony in the world A dis- ^iH"^ ^^tl\ ""i Elizabeth, it was sively traveled, that the "artistic in a tinguished Parisian who inspected it monTh ago ord^reT t?a\ tli^^ ola'n^t' hP ^Jore'' not only appeals to them favor- enthusiastically exclaimed : "You call shut dow^n^rbuTn' ss^^^^^ %^'y' ^"^ subtly establishes a feeling this a salesroom ! In France we would whom Becker had taken into his em- ®^ confidence and satisfaction that the call it a palace." ploy as salesman, directed the foreman establishment is in a superior class and Paris London the Orient the irrpat he wls\'*l\nneirtKon^^^^^ that the management is keenly alive to eities of this country and the leading cord™ "to'^^he Dill, a fracas"2nsued: ''" ^o"«tant progressive changes which World's Expositions have all contri which resulted in the arrest of both are taking place, and that consequently buted some ideas to this modern scheme Allen and the foreman, and when both they can depend upon securing the of adorning a strictly commercial enter- were freed on giving bail they returned most up-to-date goods and service -^u u u ''»^'"' enter to the plant and kept it running until T service. p^ae with such a beautiful and artistic stopped by a temporary restraining Irom a commercial point of view, garb that the buyer not only gets value order incorporated in a rule to show confidence of this character is worth a in his purchase, but at the same time cause secured by Mr. David. great deal to the firm, because it elimi- absorbs a sense of intellectual exhilara- E. A. Calves & Co. ..IMPORTERS of -^ Havana, 123 North Third street PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co. Havana. 123 North^Thkd^street ....IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO WORLD J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOLNDED 1835 John T. Dohan Wm. H. Dohan FLOR . "^E^ de DOHAN Sl TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^J^^J^O/ Arch St. Leaf TobaccoK ^^^ J philada. H.STRAUS R.^€(MI@)^©§)b A.tota IMPORTERS OF ■■tabllshed K — If ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AND PACKERS OF ,S^ Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia L f B aOI&9O8^!l0i^l^9lw ER^HILADELPHae?S Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. I. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIl VELENCHIK BROS. '"-"tr'in LE AF TOB/IO©© Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOliD liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana and Paci(ers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phtla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Third St, Phi/ode/fifut Impon^i^ and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEFi LEAF. The Empire Leaf Tobacco "*!*"* SUMATRA Co., lib N. 3d St., Phila. 42-44 N. ELEVENTH. ST. U K^PPENBACH Philadelphia J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia iBrokerIn LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Cox^c> Havana,' 123 North Third street ^ ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA ^^MTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^B Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba ^ U Union de F^bR'cantes deTabacosyCigarros -^^"" ''^ DELA utonzada porel Gobierno de!a Repablica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqoetes ^z picaduraqucllevenes^aprecipfa son fabncadospor HABANA m REPLBLIGA DE CUBA nflPRQPIEDflDflRTISTICATIINDUSTRIflLESTAiRECISTMDflTNJODOSiOSPAISESv REPUBLIC A-DE CUBA Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers' Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA: Black with pale blue ground: fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. tion such as is imparted by a visit to a gallery of art. ^_ Query.— Will not the recollections of the artistic beauty of this French per- fumery department enhance the plea- sure of the purchaser in the actual use of these dainty and useful toilet prep- arations? Will not the cleanly and dainty manner in which foods are dis- played and handled whet the appetite and impart a delightful sense of confi- dence when the food is served at the table? Will not these picturesque booths recall to mind foreign climes and add a sentimental charm to the beverages which they produce? The twenty-foot wide marble stair- case and the graceful lines and rich modeling of the dining balcony to which it leads may remind you of the Grand Opera House of Paris. The visitors will be tempted to ascend these stairs and seat themselves at the tables of the Parisian cafe or the English inn or the men's Dutch kitchen. A psychological problem of the balcony is whether many diners will not enjoy lunching amid such pleasing and versatile environ- ments more than they would in an un- interesting and conventional restau- rant? Also whether the food is not likely to be more readily assimilated? The "Quality" Shop Library was an after-thought, but its success is at- tested by its increasing membership. It is the purpose, so far as practic- able, to select for the "Quality Shop" attendants who look only upon the genial and bright side of life. If a pessimist inadvertently creeps in, he or she must be converted into an optimist or resign. The resulting problem is whether the concentrated cheerfulness and courtesy of over a hundred employes in a single salesroom will not enable the buyers to carry away with them sufficient exhil- aration to make trading seem more agreeable and less exhausting than any other salesroom in the world. WM. L. LIGETY Established 1««9 Commission Merchant ^ Leaf Tobacco IMPORT — - EXPORT 160 Water Su New York We Buy or Sell for You Write Today Cable Address "Ligely," New York Cable Codes, Wealern Union and ABC GT FADER IN NEW CORPORATION. Chesapeake Tobacco Co. Formed with $320,000 Capital. Baltimore. Md., April 30. A. Fader, the well known Baltimore street cigarist, is one of the incorpora- tors of a new corporation which will be known as the Chesapeake Tobacco Co.. and which has an authorized capital of $32').0OO. Associated with Mr. Fader are Meyer Rosenbush, Ambrose V'ogt, Edward A. Weller and Gustav Kerb. »%<%i%%<»'%% A BENEFICIAL INSTITUTION. —The United Cigar Manufacturers Co. reports a steady gain over the pre- ceding months. The demand from the West is showing more strength than at any time since the beginning of the year, with encouraging prospects. Report Showing Vast Sums Paid Out in 29 Years by the Cigar- makers' Union. The Cigarmakers' Official Journal of last week contains an interesting re- port of the finances and benefits paid out by the union in the last 29 years. During that time the total strike bene- fit has been $1,159,484.26: sick benefit, $2,537,677.92: death and^totalidisability benefit, $1,907,509.03 : out of work bene- fit, $1,089,274.61. In 1907 the benefits paid were : Strike, $22,644.68: sick, $173,505.67: death and total disability, $207,558.87 ; out of work $19,497.50. The total cost per member | for all benefits in 1907 was $9.05, a de- crease of 44 cents from the preceding year. A study of the table for the 29 years shows a slowly growing expenditure! from the sick and death benefit funds, while the strike and out of work bene- fits vary, 1907 being smaller in each than several preceding years. STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior 7 l^^^^s a Specialty of Fitting Up Cigar Stores '^ ^ Wood.. Work... A Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St.. Philadelphia ■% r\ \^ ^ ^ ^ C\ f REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . . . ^THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^» (^EO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Third SL, PHILADELPBU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco :Mi Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St, Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers •JUO K81CC ^t* f>|^ •« i i « • aivd Commission Merchants. T IVllaaelpnUL Long Distance Telephone, Mau-ket 3025. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers find Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. A. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Lea£ Tobacco Pennsylvania. Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630-636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom: 313 and 313 West Grant Street Conespondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach of All Norristown With Specially Designed Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cidars TWO HA V ANAS Two for Five Gents Corretpondeoce with Reapoasible He«s«a solicitor. Private Brands made to order. Tobacco Works HAVANA SHORTS/ norristown, pa. y Manufacturers of oz. c^ Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty L Samples submitted on application Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbinsr Trade L. O. HAEUSSEKMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN m L-. a. HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS 1 m porters of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. >-• THE TOBACCO WORLD E. A. Calves & Co.<^:;^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Market Pendulum Swings Back in Havana. Increased Number of Visitors Does Not Seem to tiave Helped Trade as Much as Was Expected. Indepen- dent Factories Receive Orders but Slowly, and the Trust has Laid Off All Its Cigarmakers in the City. Special Correspondence Business during the pas^ week has iiot shown up as well as during the one previous. While some buyers have again favored us with a visit, they do not seem to show a great deal of ani- mation in stocking up as they ought to <]o under the present circumstances. Surely no blame can be attached to our dealers, as they show enough willing- ness to facilitate matters for all the buyers who are coming here ; therefore the trouble must be that business in the United States has failed to fulfill the •expectations of the tobacco trade in general. However, after the political combinations have been made and the country at large shall have been as- sured that there will be no revolutions in the tariff, or in the policy pursued by the United States in its relations with other nations, it is reasonable to sup- pose that there will be a gradual in- ■crease in all lines of business. Cuba's welfare being so much bound up with that of the United States, we must be prepared to suffer the consequences of a lessened demand in the industries in the North. Besides, we are suffering from other abnormal conditions, as ow- ing to the shortness of the sugar crop last year, and the continued drought this year, making it probable that the crop will be even shorter, a fact which the price of sugar has not counterbal- anced, curtails the purchasing power of Cuba for goods which it needs to im- port for home consumption. The less- •ened demand for cigars has necessarily thrown out of employment a large number of cigarmakers. who are now •clamoring to our Provisional Governor for assistance. But notwithstanding the dark outlook for the immediate future, there is no necessity for despairing, as a change must come in the natural course of events. While prices now ruling here for all classes of leaf tobacco have un- of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, April 27, 1908. doubtedly touched rock bottom, it does not follow that one or the other holder, through pressing needs to fill his en- gagements, may not be forced to make further concessions in his figures. Under these circumstances it ought to be good policy on the part of the Northern dealers and manufacturers to come here and take advantage of the existing con- ditions. While the weather is already quite warm there is not the least sick- ness here, so that no quarantine exists between Havana and the Southern ports of the United States. The dry weather still continues and there isn't a single packing going on in the Vuelta Abajo, although in the Partido district a few packings are working with small forces, and when the weather conditions all become more favorable the escojidas will soon be in full blast. The best judges of tobacco declare openly that it would be foolhardy to predict anything about the final out- come of this year's crop, as everything will depend upon how the tobacco turns out after it has undergone the sweating processes in the piles and in the bales. §Hles during the past week amounted to 8,350 bales, divided into 900 of Vuelta Abajo, 150 Partido, 1,500 of Remedios and 800 of Mayari. For the American market 1,450 bales were purchased, 1,000 for Europe and 900 for local consumption. Bayer* Come and Go. Arrivals: Max Stern, of Sylvester & Stern, New Y )rk and Havana; Simon and Clarence Batt, of S. Batt & Co., Simon Ruppin, of S. Ruppin, Charles Brenneman, of M. J. Cassidy & Co., and 1. Reinitz, of New York ; Frank Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & Co., Philadelphia: George C. Mayer, of Philip D. Mayer & Sons, New Orleans. Departures: E. J. Stachelberg, for LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO MUNir MUNIZ HERMAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of YUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ••Angel?"'Havan» RcilVaL 20, HaVaHaL p. 0. B«« SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO " PARTIDOS " REMEDIOS at PUERTA de GOLPE " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTISPIRITIIS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Comnnlssion Merchant "^ Leaf Tobacco and Clears 1 O'Reilly St. m^: Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y IVllGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Cable: -CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA^ H. UPMANN 8t CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED ^^' H. UPMANN CIGARS ( BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS« LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA ^^Ethe tobacco world ^^b Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA Neptuno 170-174 ^ ^ -.^ --.-.^ r. ...... Cable— Rotista Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ^^ SOL" Brand Finest f veUa Abajo Tobacco iKclQsively Iff, ^ABJ^^^i WR^ NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Ouba Cable: "Antcro" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 F. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cible: ZALEZGON Habana ILNU DIAZ R. RODRIGUEZ PABLO PEREZ OANDiOO OBESC^ Perez & Obese S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacc VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo X^itkm Prado 121, Entrance, Dragoaes St Cable: "Sodecio." HABANA, CUBAc rfta AVMLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en RamM PRADO 123 ON I LEVA Ururhr SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en G.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T 1_ and Dealers In LeBI i OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41. cbu: -Caetar." HAVANA, CUBA B. DIflZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers o( Vuelta Aba|o and Partido Tobacco RRADO 12s Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOHGE & P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of ^ H^ivana Lieaf Tobacco Efido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V ANA 8 J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 DragoAcs Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO" ( orrespuudence Solicited In Enrfliali LOnB-NUNnZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" , HABANA, CUBA • • THE TOBACCO WORLD Tampa ; Berphard and Julius Lichten- stein, for New York ; Pepin Rodriguez and Donato Arguelles, for Europe via New York. Havana Clirar MnnafRctnrera are still sutfering from dull times and new orders are coming in very slowly to our Indepenent manufacturers. The Trust has discharged all of its cigar- makers in the City of Havana, and is only working moderately in its branch factories at Santiago de las Vegas and San Antonio de los Banos. H. Upmann & Cc. shipped 700,000 cigars during the past week. Behrens & Co. continue fairly busy in their Sol factory. BayiuKy Selllntc and Other Note* of Interest. Rodriguez Bautista & Co. sold 500 bales of Remedios tobacco during the past week. Bernhard Lichtenstein left by the steamer Saratoga, accompanied by his son Julius, expressing himself as well pleased with the business he had done during his stay here. He did not care to divulge the number of bales pur- chased, but stated that he held options on a good many lots, upon which he would decide after he reached New York. Muniz Hnos. & Co. are reported to have closed out 500 bales of leaf to- bacco. Isaac Bernheim & Sons are said to have been purchasers of Remedios again this past week, and are apparently in the market for more. Sobrs. de A. Gonzalez were sellers to the extent of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo during the past ten days. S. Ruppin has been going around the market with his usual vim, and has already purchased several vegas. Perez & Obeso disposed of 300 bales of Vueita Abajo to local manufacturers. Simon Batt and his son Clarence have not let the grass grow under their feet and they have succeeded in finding some very choice vegas at the right prices. B. Diaz & Co. have closed out 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to local and Northern buyers. Alfredo Mey6r has been quite a large buyer of low grades of Remedios for export to Germany, at prices fully 50 per cent, lower than were ruling last year. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since April 25 Bales 460 Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta 17 Partido 13 Matanzas 4 Kemedios& S.Clara 775 Mayari 135 Jan. 1 Bales 16,970 1,682 684 321 18.773 1.987 Total 40,417 1,404 STORM RUINS TOBACCO CROPS. Much Damage Done by Tornado Near Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, B'la., April 30. A terrific wind storm destroyed con- siderable property a few miles east of this city today early. Tobacco sheds, barns and other wooden structures were razed and the damage to crops is heavy. The wind swept directly through Leon county, the tobacco section of Florida. So far as known there was no loss of life. Wires are down in many direc- tions, making communication difficult. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders CiiJars made strictly of very beat Vuelta Abajo Tobacco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Growers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco Especial Attention Paid to Goods for the American Market Correspondence solicited in English Monte 15 6, HABANA, CUBA p. O. Box 595 Cable: ■•Calda" JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO id Commission Merchants an( New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 LUIS MARX Tobacco Grower No. 8 Cuba Street Post Office Box 77 HABANA ♦%»X»<«X»<»»K»<»<*<*<*^<»^<*<»<*<*<»<^^^ ^x-x-x» •:«:-x-x-x-x-t-:-x-:-:-:-:-:-x-:-:-x» .% y ♦ TO run TRADE: Our Mr. A. Martin will call on the trade next week with a fine line of First and Second Capaduras of Santa Clara and Selections of the Finest Vuelta Abajo Values are of Special Attraction Hamburger Brothers & Co. Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco No. 228 Pearl Street NMW YORK .!.»XH ►•♦♦^•♦♦♦X*«X»»X»»X»<»»X**X»*X»*XK« •X»*X»*X»*XK»«X** : ^^♦^^♦♦-♦♦^•♦^♦♦.♦♦^►•^♦^L^^i^^^U*^^* •^•♦-•^^••—•♦^^•^•♦•♦♦^♦♦^►^^♦^^^♦— •♦^^^^•♦^•^^ J 9 THE TOBACCO WORLD ERNEST nLLINGER & CO. Nos. 87-89 Pine street Importers of HA VAN A TOBACCO New York f TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK, j New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, May 5. New York Leaf Marl et. Cosio Merjies with Stelnecke. There was only a quiet and routine The R. Steinecke Co. has consunn- buFinessdone in the leaf market of this mated an arrangement with the Cosio city during the past week. It is grad- Cigar Factory, at 130 Maiden Lane, ually dawning upon the trade that the which is an option of four months, and heavy purchases by the American To- under which arrangement a strong bacco Co. of Peinsylvania and other campaign to expand the business of the tobaccos may have much significance, Cosio Co. will be at once entered into from the fact that much if not nearly under the personal direciion of Presi- lill of it is being shipped to Southern dent Roberts of the Steinecke Co. points for handling. Under continuing « • • ^^"^ iMI>ORfERS«NDfWK£fl^^ LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : DETROIT. MICH. ^AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. HAVANA, CUBA. New York, JOt. 8. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS & CO. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco normal conditions there would not, it is declared, have been an overabund- ance of leaf, and now that so much of the 1907 Pennsylvania is getting prac- ..11 ^ ^ li, u ^ t *u^ t««^« ;f smith, who will do a general leaf to- ticallyoutof the hands of the trade it ^___\_, ^ ^__ u.„^..,„-..-„ is reasoned that when the factory de- mands again increase in activity their J 11 -^i 14.- 1 K««„.,o« «f gentlemen were formerly connected needs will rapidly multiply because of * .^^ ^^ ^ ^ „4._^^4. u^.,„« ^* t r-^i^ the fact that stocks have been well New Leaf Firm. A partnership has been formed be- tween Charles Earthen and R. Gold- smith, who will do a general leaf to- bacco business, and have headquarters at 209 Pearl street. Both of these nigh exhausted, and that the demand will in all probability again cause an advance in market prices. Although goods of that type have been offered on this market at concessions in price. with the Front street house of L. Gold- schmidt & Co. Inscription at Rotterdam. The first of this year's inscriptions o^ Sumatra tobacco at Rotterdam was Telephone; 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 OFFICES Amsterdam. Holland. 183WaterSt. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK there is none really sacrificed, and held on Friday last. May 1st. at which there is every chance of advance within time about 8.000 bales were offered, a comparatively few months. ^^^ practically all of the tobacco suit- There was a moderate demand during able for the United States trade wa» the week for Wisconsin tobaccos and secured by American buyers, aggregat- some types of Ohio, and transactions >"« about 1.000 bales, were running large in those types of The principal purchasers were S , Rossin & Sons, 280 bales; B. Labe & The Sumatra market shows little Sons. Philadelphia. 200 bales ; H. Duys change in the past week, and sales & Co., 130 bales; A. Cohn & Co.. 13(> have not been specially active. bales ; E. Rosenwald & Bro.. 100 bales ; In Havana tobacco the market re- L. P. Sutter & Bros.. L. Schmidt & mains quiet and prices are practically ^o. and Jos. Hirsch & Son. unchanged. • • • Cl|{arette Factory Expandin|{. e gar n us ry. ^ Melachrino & Co. have decided It is the concensus of opinion that ^^ securing larger factory quarters and matters in the cigar trade have changed j^^ve also practically decided on a to a permanent improving condition, pj^j.^ rj-jj^ products of this factory and already some increase is shown in yiaye grown to such an extent that the the output of April over that of March, present facilities are deemed inadequate Factories are gradually increasing their ^^ their needs, making this step neces- forces and it is now hoped that within another month the full complement of hands will find employment. sary. JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANAT^^L ^^^^ and SEED LEAF lUUQl^dJ 183 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra May Day Removals. * * * May Ist, the usual moving day in the Philadelphia Week Next. business sections of the city, was this Many members of the trade are look- y«" "'a'^ed by a more than usually ing forward with pleasant anticipations ^^^«^ number of changes in the to- to next week, when they will visit ^acco trade. the "City of Brotherly Love." either The Owl Commercial Co. took pos- as Delegates to the Convention of the session of its new offices at 130 Water National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa- street. tion or merely as members of the trade. Rothschild & Bro.. who had really and it is fair to assume that there will ^^^^^n possession two weeks ago. have be some business mingled with the J^s^ ^^o^^ completed all the details of furnishing the elegant new offices at 138 Water street. The A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. is now comfortably located at the new 10 No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK pleasures of the occasion. • • • Honor for Asa Lemleln. Asa Lemlein, manager of the New office, 127 Maiden Lane. York office of the E. H. Gato Cigar H. Koenig. Popper & Co. have also Co., was signally honored last week by taken up new quarters at 178J Water his election to the Presidency of the street. New York State Division of the Travel- ers' Protective Association. The T. P. A. has a large membership from the tobacco trade, among the more promi- nent of which are Jas. W. Geyer, Neil McCoul. W. W. St. John and E. J. Stoltz. • • • Trade Notes. A charter has been granted to the J. SchnurrCo., of Brooklyn, to deal in cigars, etc. ; capital $3,000. The direc- tors are A. B. Neuman, 288 East Hous- ton street, Jennie Schnurr, 444 Grand # ■f • • Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA and Paciiers of CONNECTICUT LEAF Tobacco ESTABLISHED 1840 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK CABLE: "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and OnondagOL T o fc) i.^ czco CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warahonscsi Addison, N. Y. IMi Flats. N. Y. Meridian, N. ^ E. Hartford* Conn HOTEL RICHMOND 1 7th and H Streets WASHINGTON, D. C. 100 Rooms, 50 Private Baths. American Plan: $3.00 Per Day. Upwards; With Bath. $1 Additional. European Plan: $1.50 Per Day. Upwards; With Bath. $1 Additional. A high-class hotel, conducted for your comfort. Remodeled, refurn- ished throughout. Directly on car line. Union Station. 20 minutes. Capitol. 20 minutes. Shops and The- atres, 10 minutes. Two blocks to White House and Executive Build- ings. Opposite Metropolitan Club. SUMMER SEASON JULY TO OCTOBER Wayside Inn and Cottages, Lake Luzerne. N. Y., in the Adirondacks. Switzerland of America. 45 minutes from Saratoga. Send for Booklet. CLIFFORD M. LEWIS, Proprietor STOP AT THE New Princess HOTEL WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY South Carolina Ave.. 200 feet from Beach The Princess Hotel is newly fur- nished throughout with rare taste, and possesses all modern requisites for convenience and comfort of the guests. Golf privileges and privi- lege of the Atlantic City Yacht Club extended to the guests. American and European Plan A BOOKLET will be gladly fur- nished upon application Rates : Running from $12.50 co $30 per week, according to location of the rooms. For further information address CROWELL & COLLIER THE PRINCESS HOTEL Atlantic City. N. J. street, and Celia Diamant, 23 Pitt street, New York. The Cayey-Caguas Tobacco Co. has removed to new quarters at 133 Water street. The Graham-Ernst opened new offices at way. Cigar Co. has 12 West Broad- Jesse Falk, of G. Falk & Bro., re- turned last week from a business trip through the West. D. L. Goldberg, of S. L. Goldberg & Sons, left last week on a flying trip West. D. A. Shaw, President of the Florida Tobacco Co., has returned to his home at Quincy, Fla., after a protracted stay in New York. STRIPPERS STRIKE IN BOSTON. H. Traiser 4 Co.'s Tobacco Strip- pers Quit Work on Saturday. The Cigarmakers May also be Called Out. XBoston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass.. May 4. As predicted in my previous letter all of the tobacco strippers in the H. Traiser & Co. factories here quit their work Saturday and went on a strike. This is one of the largest union cigar factories in the United States, employ- ing from 800 to 900 hundred cigarmak- ers and having a yearly output of 75,- 000,000 cigars. The strike was sanc- tioned by the American Federation of Labor. The cigarmakers will work up all the prepared stock and then, if the International Cigarmakers' Union co- incides, all the cigarmakers will be called out. The cause of the strike was on ac- count of Traiser & Co. having most of their fillers stripped elsewhere and shipped here prepared to be worked, having the local strippers simply strip the binders and wrappers, which could not be stripped elsewhere. The Boston strippers wanted Traiser & Co. to have all their tobacco stripped here, and they refused the demands of the Strip- pers' Union. It is said that H. Traiser & Co. have a supply of cigars on hand to run them into the month of August. The firm has just notified their jobbers of an extra 2 per cent, on all purchases between May 1st and May 29th, each shipment to contain 4,800 Pippin and 200 Howard cigars, and on all orders from June 1st to 30th, where the previous month's business has been doubled, an extra 4 per cent, will be allowed the jobber. The American Cigar Co. has notified the jobbing trade that on and after May 1st all brands of cigars, cheroots and short smokes made by them will be manufactured and marketed by the Federal Cigar Co., Ill Fifth avenue, which is a subsidiary branch of the company. Joe Pearlstein, who is the Boston representative, is at present on a visit to the factory in Richmond, Va. The Tobacco Trust is distributing many free samples here of a 1 ounce tin box of Blue Boer, a high grade smoking mixture. Ed. Davis is meeting with much suc- cess in placing the Rodena clear Ha- vana cigars about town. Ralph M. Cans (Cans Bros., N. Y.) spent several days calling on the job- bing trade this week, and took a nice bunch of orders for their Wm. the P'ourth, Ganbro and Dona Roma clear Havana cigars. The sale of Estabrook & Eaton's little Marguerite pony cigars is increas- ing nicely. Much of this success is due to W. W. Hutchinson, one of the firm's local representatives, who is in every respect a hustler. Mr. Woods (Phillip Morris Co.) is distributing some new handsomely framed signs advertising the Phillip Morris cigarette. The Unis 15 cent ci- garette, made by this concern, is surely gaining many friends here. M. Barnett, the Springfield, Mass., wholesaler, was in town Tuesday. He stopped off on his way home from Lynn. Victor Sheppard. formerly with the Khedivial Co., is now placing on the market Victor Breath Bits, a package of breath prefume. I heard Saturday that Max Morse (Porto Rico Cigar Co.) 202 Milk street, had died very suddenly during the past week. Mr. Morse for many years operated a cigar stand on Broadway Extension near Washington street. He left many friends who were shocked to learn of the sudden death. The Mentor Co. called off their gratis deal on Ramly cigarettes on Thursday, and most of our jobbers placed large orders for this brand. It has been announced that the Regu- lus Cigar C'o., N. Y., which did consid- erable business here with their line of clear Havana cigars, has retired from business. It is hoped that Wm. Frisch will be able to make his regular trips here for some other live concern, as Mr. Frisch has many friends and acquaint- ances among the Boston trade. R. & W. Jenkinson Co.. Pittsburg, Pa., are placing their new Santa Gloria 2 for 5 cent banded stogies with the local trade, and dealers report them as selling well. The Khedivial Co.. N. Y.. are placing in each package of their Samaris cigar- ettes a coupon with a cash value of 1 cent, redeemable by the company, or the retailer will give a box of Samaris cigarettes to any person bringing in ten of the coupons. Herbert Nelson (Durlach Bros., N. Y.) was in town Monday taking orders for El Rigodon, El Durbo and other brands of Porto Rico cigars. Ben AH. TO PROTECT CROPS IN OHIO ■ Farmers Will Use Guns Furnished by the State. Columbus. O., May 4. In the belief that it will not be neces- sary to call out the National Guard to repel invasions of night riders into the river counties if the tobacco growers have means of defending their crops. Governor Harris is preparing to send guns to the Brown county farmers. This step had been determinf^d on be- fore the raid across Beudes Ferry and the burning of a tobacco barn and the destruction of $'MM) worth of property. The State cannnot loan the regular guard rifles, which are the property of the U. S. Government, but will send 75 of the 45-calibre Springfield rifles not now in use. To make this legal, bond for their return will be given and the farmers receiving them will be sworn in as deputy sheriffs. 11 E. A. Calves & Co.^^'i:'':M «t^^H ' . tL* ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^H r- ■ \;. ;^^^^H l^'.-.v ■ ' /'J^^k'^ , , • '^^^^^^^1 g;'i . a ■ HARRY S. ROTHSCHILD, New York, Representing domestic and importing and extensive manufacturing interests. FERD. CRANZ. New York, Representing imp'^riing interests exclusively. JOS. F. CULLMAN, Jr., New York, Representing seed leaf tobacco interests « xclusively. WILLIAM TAUSSIG, Chicago, Representing Florida tobacco interests. Or the Dark Horse— Which? to the interests of the Florida industry. A goodly number of the delegates so far selected to attend this year's con- vention are interested directly or in- directly in Florida-Georgia. From Chicago, for instance, comes a man of more than ordinary brilliancy and ora- torical eloquence, who is an out and out Florida man. Dayton, 0., and Lancaster, Pa., will be represented by men who have Florida interests. Balti- more will send a delegate who repre- sents Florida interests. Connecticut, THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS president of such an organization n . -,, . ^ ^ -, \ , . ^ 1 J • < too, will be represented, and surely looked to as a leader in any movement . ' c.*^ i. ^ ^ \ ^ ... , J i. I rru • 1.1. that btate cannot be counted on very which may be undertaken. The right . , , . . , . .«, strongly for support in a low tariff man must be a man of impartiality and who will not harbor too strongly any personal views which he may have, and which under ordinary circumstances he has a perfect right to advocate with all his power. But in this instance har- agitation. Furthermore, a casual glance over the list of delegates from New York, will convince anyone that the Florida interests were by no means overlooked by the New York Board. ^ . . . - .. ,. In conclusion, we want to add that mony must be sought for or the result ^^^^^ .^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ,^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ would soon be a discord if not a dis- terial for some lively times, and a good agreement that might cause a serious big attendance is sincerely hoped for. 12 With no particular change in the con- dition of the local leaf tobacco market, the trade has had to content itself wi h a moderate business, represented in small lot sales. There wtre no out-of- town buyers present and mail orders and orders from saleemen on the load were chiefly depended on for business this week. Some of the individual members of the trade have been busy in completing the details of the arrangements for the convention of leaf men to be held here next week. Happily their work is all but finished. At least, the plans have all been made, and it now only remains for them to be carried forward to com- pletion, and of that there is not the slightest reason to doubt. We may safely add that all participants will find them admirable and agreeable in their entirety, including as they do an outing, a planked shad dinner and a banquet that will be in keeping with any that has been given heretofore. The manufacturing industry as a whole IS now getting a fair volume of business, and a steady increase is now being shown. This is attributed largely to the fact that oiders are now begin- ning to arrive from sections which had for a considerable time not been order- ing many goods. Once those sections again get into active operation manu- facturers having trade there can reas- onably look for a noticeable and con- tinuing increase. The retail trade is also moderately good, although weather conditions for the past week were not the most favor- able. It is more promising at this writing, and the trade will be much pleased with a continuance of season- able weather. # %)>) ] I 1 \ \ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, Co lo ^ Established 1880 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE. PA. To Protect the GmsumeKs agednst the Ho^t of InutatoriS of this Old Tone Famous Popular Brand of Qgar^ EveisyBox of the Genuine poutuondo Cigars •s.*' .r^\z' &-. R»erl8tere-houid be addressed to the 1 (. bacco World Publishing Co., 224 Arch street. Philadelphia, accompanied by the rece8>ary fee. unless special arrange- ments have been made. Cost of Registration. Certificate and Publication is SI for each Trade Mark. For Searching a title which does not result in registration, 25 cents. For Transferring and Publishing Transfer of Registration, 50 cents. For issuing Duplicate Certificate, 50c. Applicants should be careful to fully specify the use of desired Trade Mark. EL ANIVERSO. 15.591 For cigars. Registered April .'iO. 1908. at 9 a. m., by George Schlegel, New York. A CLEAR STUNT. 15.592 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Registered May 1, 1908, at 9 a. m., by West York Cigar Co., West York. Pa. THOMAS HOWARD DUKE OF NOR- FOLK. 15.598 For cigars. Registered May 1, 1908, at 9 a. m., by George Schlegel, New York. 15,594 Cancelled. NIGHT STAR. 15.595 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 2. 1908. at 9 a. m., by F. M. Howell & Co., Elmira, N. Y. FLOWER OF ERIN. 15.596 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 2. I9iis, at 9 a. m., by F. M. Howell &. Co., Elmira, N. Y.. WATCHER. 15,597 For cigars, cigarettes ani tobacco. Registered May 2, 1908, at 9 a. m., by F. M. Howell & Co., Elmira. N. Y. 15,598 Cancelled. BELLE OF NORWAY. 15.599 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 2, 1908. at 9 a. m., by F. M. Howell & Co.. Elmira. N. Y» VILLAGE DOCTOR. 15.600 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 2. 1908. at 9 a. m., by F. M. Howell & Co., Elmira, N. Y. ELWOOD STOGIES. 15.601 For stogies. Registered May 2, 1908. at 9 a. m., by Tipton & Berry, Elwood, Ind. LANGLEY. 1.5.602 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 5. 1908. at 9 a. m., by Albert F. Langley. Hartford, Conn. LANGLEY'S SPECIAL FIVE. 15 603 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 5, 1908, at 9 a. m., by Albert F. Langley, Hartford, Conn. SUMMORE. 15,604 For cigars. Registered May. 5 1908. at 9 a. m.. by Indianapolia Stogie Co., Indianapolis, Ind. VULTAIRE. 15.605 For cigars and cheroots. Regis- tered May 5. 1908, at 9 a. m., by West York Cigar Co., West York. Pa. 18 Our Capacity for A\anufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Oood Taste FELieE-s R^ A HIGH GRADE B^ cJC. CIGAR FOR OC# GAR FOR Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lrima, Ohio J T. J. DUNIV «& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK Louis E.Neuman&Co 123^-^Tal30^-^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. LABELS & SHOW >^ L S O CI RTED BA Michael Hose A. F. BrillharV Dalliis Ciiar C ASPERTINL 15,606 For cigars. Registered May 5, 1908, at 9 a. m., by George Schlegel, New York. ST. HONORE 15,607 For cigars. Registered May 5, 1908, at 9 a. m., by George Schlegel, New York. ZANETTO. 15.608 For cigars. Registered May 5, 1908, at 9 a. m., by George Schlegel, New York. DELZA. 15,609 For cigars. Registered May 5, 1908 at 9 a. m. by George Schlegel, New York. DAN & JACK. 15,610 For cigars. Registered May 6, 1908, at 9 a. m., by K. H. Jacobs, Windsor, Pa. LA FLOR de MERACANO. 15.611 For cigars. Registered May 6, 1908, at 9 a. m., by E. M. Schwarz & Co., New York. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12^ cents per line, 8- point measure) To Mannfactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cuttings, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard Manufac> turersof STERNFELD & LEUSCH No. 36 LaSalle Street. CHICAGO Agents for Union and Non-Union Cigar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Nanu- facturers invited. 6-51h L. BERNFELD Gi^ar Broker West Haven, Conn* 2 5tf MONROE ADLER Cidar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago, 111. 12-18he LEAF TOBACCO. Rejections. Stand Pat, Gerona, Par Excellence, Mystic Tie, Don Pedro, Genuine, Rich- ard Weston — Earl of Portland, Edward Hyde— Earl of Clarendon. Double Star, Polar Star, Harmony, Bright Star, Smoker, Day Star, Repose, The Storm, Tom Jones, Royal Palms, White Ele- phant, Crescico, Elwood Gems, Red Star, Cupid, Auto, Dancourt, Unic, El Passant, La Domo, The Old Oak, Stars and Stripes, Hustler, Millie, Royal Family. pOR SALE— Some J. R. Williams and -*- fifty-two Miller, DuBrul & Peters Dieless Suction Tables, slightly used, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co., 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2tf TT^ANTED— By a New York Broker, a line of Union Cigars, from $20 per M up; also Non-Union Cigars from $9 per M up. Address Broker, Box 8, care of Tobacco World, Phila. 4-22a pOR SALE— One million Long Filler ''- Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers' Cigar Co., York, Pa. l-8tf CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co. 1931-1935 Western Ave., and 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Qineinnati, Ohio. I W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES 'Wholesale and Jobbing Trad* Oiily Corrcapondence with Actlv* " ' Houses Invited E. R0SENWALD & BR0. # ^ ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD "^f^^. HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOB EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WORLD'S FAIW. SI. I OlIS. 1904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE* First Qu4lity. Long Filler. lUnd Midc JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE^ BOSS. CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE. LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS. Etc Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.000.030 a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. INPROVENENT IN LANCASTER. Not Very Widespread, but Encour- aging to the Trade. Lancaster. May 4. There was an apparent improvement in the local leaf market during the past week, when several hundred cases of goods changed hands, and this fact has had an encouraging effect in trade circles. Elach succeeding week is now bring- ing the close of the buying season nearer. In fact there is but a compar- atively small precentage of the 19G7 crops remaining in the growers' hands, and the major portions of the crops that have been bought have been al- ready delivered at the warehouses. It is generally admitted that there has been a slight advance in the price, but in only very few cases was it greater than 1 cent a pound, which brought the figure up to about the 8 cent mark. There is also a little improvement noticeable in the cigar industry, but it has not yet gotten up to an even normal volume. But any improvement, how- ever small, will be most welcome. The case of S. B. Benar. administra- tor of A. B. Benar. against Aaron and Mary Lippus was taken up in the Com- mon Pleas Court last week. It is an action in replevin. In the opening of the case it was stated that A. B. Benar conducted a cigar factory in Ephrata from 1899 to April 12. 1906. when he died. At his death there were a num ber of cigarmaker's tools and stock in the factory and after his father's funeral S. B. Benar met Lippus, who wanted to purchase the Ephrata cigar factory and its contents. Appraisers were appointed to fix the value of the stock, etc.. but after their value was fixed Lippus refused to purchase, but kept the goods. S. B. Benar issued a writ of replevin and secured the goods, giving bond in the sum of $2,200. The defense was that the cigar busi- ness did not belong to A. B. Benar, but that it consisted of a partnership composed of Benar, Aaron and Mary Lippus. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. F. S. Groff and John E. Ma- lone forjplaintiff'and W. U. Hensel for defendant. George K. Rettew, of Rothsville» who has been conducting a small cigar factory, but who also gave much of his time to the hotel business in which^ hia father was engaged, will now devote all his energies to the cigar business, because his father has sold the hotel property. P. W. Jacobs, of Akron, a cigar man- ufacturer, was last week on a business trip through the coal regions. W. D. Sahm, formerly engaged in ci-. gar manufacturing at Akron, but lately a leaf tobarco salesman with Milton* H. Ranck, of Lancaster, has removed to the latter place. Menno M. Fry. of the leaf tobacco Hfflmiiiii'iiFc.ca ♦♦!♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ -«► ar Boxes . ar Box Lumber 11 Largest stock of H ♦ t ^ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, t Imitation Cedar. ^ WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. u ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4^ H. F. KOMI^ER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE and Havana i^ i A ^ and Fine Nickel v^lgaPS For Wholesale aod Jobbinit Trade Correspondeace wllh Responsible Houses Invited ♦ ♦ 4- 4-. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦ J5 THE TOBACCO WORLD CieAR RIBB0NS Mfanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, i Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain ir.l"!nent of Ploin and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK H. R. TROST 8i CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) IHIT niiiiiiin&wu 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. n WOLF BROS. Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship /V% packing firm of M. M. Fry & d., re- turned recently from Arizona, where he had gone to spend the winter for the benefit of his health. The Lancaster delegation to the Con- vention of the National Cigar Leaf To- bacco Association, are making active pi-eparaiions for next week. I am in- formed that SDme of them are now sit- ting up "late o' nights" writing out speeches, etc. STILL HOPEFUL IN YORK In Face of the Fact that Stamp Sales Show a Decreased Output of Cigars in April. Yoik. Pa., May 4. There is probably a flight improve- ment to be no.ed in the trade during the past week, but it is only slight. It was expected that the April out- put would show at least some increase over the preceding month, but the in- ternal revenue receipts which have just been made public show a slight de- crease as indicated by the following table of stamp bales: April, 1908 $71,000 March. 1908 71,088 February, 1908 64.000 January. 1908 74,000 While the April receipts were only a few dollars less than during March they were $30,000 less than during the cor- responding month of 1907. The following comparative table output will be interesting: 1907 1908 Jany 35.334,000 24.667,000 Feby 31 334.000 21,334.000 March. . . .34 362,600 23,696.000 April 33.666.700 23,666.700 of Total . . 134.697,300 93 363.700 Deciese in four months 41,333.600 Only seven cigar manufacturing li- censes were taken out during April; they were as follows: L. J. Smith & Co., Red Lion; Wm. C. Eisensmith, Red Lion ; West York Cigar Co., West York; G. H. Shenberger, 156 South Richland avenue, York ; L. A. Berk- heimer, 934 West Princess street, York ; Larry P. Sevis, Springvale, and W. H. Sechrist, Yoe. 3- © Uncle Roman La Plumadora Dun Bonanza Duke o! Taranta Red Lion, Pa Laranta I 0= Norttiern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. © y HEADOUARTICRS FOR V Wisconsin Tobacco L. B. CARLE & SOIN -^ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. ^ ^ UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES "^ e EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in =0 Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. 0 © ► •^ H. O. BURKV ►•^ •*«)A C»^- M A K E R ^eWMfftfa lA^ HANOI [MADE lA^ lUC. HAVANA CIGAR lUC. 5c. A HIGH GRADE CIGAR FOR 5c. Write for Samples and Prices FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING, PA. ALLEN H. REEDER STANLEY M. KROHN The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ^. REEDER DAYTON, OHIO Stanley. Packers of Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. 16 # THE TOBACCO WORLD '^^m Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY (St CO. Growers and MILTON H. RANCH Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Giadea> of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples - SaaplM cheerfully P Q. BoX 96 ' •■bniltted upon request * * ^^* ^^^^ JJVF Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. J. K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer in GHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Connecticut and Pennsylvania a Specially 82 and 34 East Chestnut Street, LwatlCaster, Ra. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco tear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenae. York, Penna. We Make SOIAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. B. F. GOOD & GO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light (Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. LnAF Tobacco 142 North Market St. ""'Ptones LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Miilersvilie, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^S.'^ ^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing MAIN OFFICE: Lancaster, Pa* Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 13 East Clark Aveaue Haaulactnrerfl of y^T 1 V^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 OrKf KCkm N. D. ALEXANDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana LemoD «nd Arcti Sts. n THE TOBACCO WORLD Cfiil^*^S WKmisrikenimzm I38&I40CEHTRE§T or ALL miuds or Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. I'hi a-1. Iphia Ofice, 573'Bour8e Bld^' H. S. SPRINGER. M»?r. Ci icago, 56 Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. Capacity 25,000 per day Telegraph— YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer^of fl^^^ CIGARS Holtz, Pa. , © LEOINA BLAIND © Pretty Bessie) «_ York Nick . . . ^ ^C. Best Known . j ^^^ TWO CRACKER JACKS=«2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PURO PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited Leaf tobacco men are still complain- ing of the inactive conditions of trade, and I notice that visiting salemen are not as plentiful as they have been when there was more doing. Harold Kohlberg, who was formerly engaged in the leaf tobacco business, arid had lately taken a position with Chas. J. Lederman, leaf packer at Lancaster, has returned to York. D. E. Salomon, with John Leopold & Son, of New York, was a visitor here last week. Pius Tyson, of Red Lion, has re- sumed operations at his factory, and others are beginning to see the dawn of better timfs in the ciftar trade. The Merchants Box Factory at Dal- lastown worked full time for the last week or sn, indicating that conditions are really improving in the cigar trade. E. P. Gillespie, the wholesale cigar dealer, hus removed his offices to the new premiees of the Gillespie Co., the removal of which was noted last week. R. D. Zech, a well known tobacco bu>er of this city, is at present buying and packing a fine lot of tobacco for Myers, Adams & Co., of this city. He has bp( n making very careful selec- tions of crops and caKing the best that could be obtained. He received 160,000 pounds, at the York warehouse last week, and now has a force of 47 hands sorting and packing. He says the prices he paid were slightly higher than commoner grades could have been se- cured lor, but he desired only certain kinds, and would accept no other. He says he is still in the market for desir- able crops. DECIDED AGAINST THE UNION. rAHUSSEvl LEAFMCCOCO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IH r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS '.•■ " : - •■ ISiniith'WHirf. lTlHastl^nn^olpl1Bt.(^llirf^9oJll. . ^^k«%%%% 1»»%»^»^^^>^^^^^^^^^^^^' ( I John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauflfman. JOHN McLaughlin <& co. P Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of f Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos > Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. \\ LANCASTER, PA. |j %»%%%»%%1 Arbitrator in Cigarmakers' Dis- pute Files His Findings. New Haven, Ct.. May 5. The final answer of the International Cigarmakers' Union to the protest against shop conditions which gave rise lo, first, the strike at the John P. Kil- Ceather factory in this city, and later lo the general lockout, has been re- ceived here, and on the referendum vote the claims of the New Haven Union are decided adversely so lar as the Inter- national Union is concerned, and the rr.cn can now go to woik here or else- where. The International Union no longer recognizes any of the claims, and the strike benefits which have been paid for the last seven weeks cease at once. The finding of Arbitrator G. R. French, of Louisville, is sustained in every particular by a large majority of the union men of the United States and Canada. The strike and lockout involved be- tween 300 and 400 men, and has cost the International Order $1,500 a week for the seven weeks, the men $50,000 in wages, and the manufacturers a large amount. Constitution ^'fn.%Sr Made in the good old way. I CL DRACO CIGAR MFG. CO.. PHILA. STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite FrascatI). AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brol(brs to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokin ^ 100 Nes. opposite Frascati Color and CancelMng Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day ^^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD :^B^ Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Qualitf -OR A. H. RFEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0, # HERiWAIN DEULE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5& Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale -6 Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8. YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: G6e Bear. G^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey W, H. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manuf icturersoi Fine Domestic Cigars ill|{hest Quality Finest Packa|{e« Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. THE DOCTOR 5c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Uitfh Grade Clears Excloalvcly. _ H. G. BARNHART Ciiiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Litdestown, Pa. fC^IS^O^ SuperTeu*** MAKER OF Fernside -od Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to '.he Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited C. E. MATTINGLY & CO Manufacturers of High Grade Union Made Sk. Ml FOR THE il^holesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa, R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Eatablished 1870 Factory No. 7ft S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE. PA. is> ^^KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» T.A.MYERS&CO:. ▲ I YORK, PENNX. SAMUEL FREY Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade OLD JUDGE ] C^ MILD AND PLEASANT THE CYCLONE ) ^^* BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples (o Responsible Houses } 2 for 5c. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH -PRUNE ^ FlAfOBS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 1855 FRIES dt BRO. g2 Reade Strf^et, NM W YORK. r The American Tobacco Co. Boot Jack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plui> Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes GENUrNE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Gi-own from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per Ih.. postage prepaid to inv nlace in the U. S . Canada, Cuba or VIexifo. S^•nfl noptal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford,^ WILLIAM L. HUNTtTnG Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco t^eed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. A Convenient Tobacco Hanger. The usual method of suspending to- lacco in the curing shed or drying house s to string the leaves on twine. The ibjection to this method is that the twine will sag in the center so that the leaves hanging upon it will slide to- ward the center and running together cause a good deal of damage to the tobacco. To overcome this difficulty ci tobacco hanger has teen invented, consisting of a pair of laths laid parallel 10 each other und spaced apart at the ends and center by means of spacing t)lockp. Over the top of the hanger bus formed a rubber plate or strip is secured. At regular intervals in its length this strip is slitted, there being two short slits which intersect each )iher at right angles to form a cross. The stems of the tobacco leaves are thrust up through the slits and gripped by the elastic action of the rubber strip so that they are held in position. When- ever desired, the leaves may be with- irawn with comparative ease and with- out injury. Owing to the fact that the leaves may be acurately spaced on the hanger, more leaves may be hung in a specified space than with the old twine and needle method. This economizes on the labor in hanging the hangers in the drying room. Furthermore, there is an ecomony of time in fastening the leaves to the hangers. The inventor of this improved tobacco hanger is H. M. Lott, of Havana, Fla. Leaf Tobacco Markets these men will have to forego the pleas- ure of filling their sheds with tobacco, at least this year. Tobacco beds are looking fine, and appearances indicate an tarly setting season. I have viewed several beds within a day or two whose owners will be obliged to make every hour count if they get the fields ready for the plants as soon as the plants are ready for the fields. Among those who have good beds are Mr. Swift, John Bren- nan, C. H & F. A. Crafts, and several others nearby. The Crafts brothers have the manure put out in small heaps ready for spreading on about six acres, and have plowed four acres, but they will have plenty of plants as soon as they are ready for them. **— Our correspondents write: Wethersfield, Conn. : "Tobacco news very dull at present. Quite a number have ca^ed their tobacco rather than take the low price offered for it. There will probably be about the usual acre- age raised." Agawam, Mass. : "Tobacco plants are looking well considering the weather. There will not be quite as much raised in this locality as usual. The 1907 crop is mostly sold at low prices, discouraging beginners, and cer- tainly some of the old growers." North Hatfield, Mass.: "1 have no sales to report. Plants are coming for- ward rapidly."— American Cultivator. BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. A large percentage of the crop has now been bought up, although there are a number of first class crops still unsold. Plant beds have been prepared and some of the beds have plants al- ready up. The beds as a rule are about a week ahead of last season.— Gazette. 20 CONNECTICUT VALLEY. At last we have had a few warm days, and if we could have a 24 hours rain I think we should look quite spruce. Within the last week a good advance has been made in the line of farm work, very much of the manure has been drawn to the fields of tobacco. Not so much manure will be applied to corn or potatoes as usual, but it will be applied to the tobacco crop this spring to save a few dollars, that is usually spent for fertilizers. Some of the companies selling fertilizers refuse to sell their fertilizers except for cash, or thirty days time which is virtually the same as cash. Some men cannot pay cash down for the fertilizers, and can see no way to pay for them in thirty days either, and unless some philanthropic person steps into the gap. EDGERTON, WIS. The buying movement is still pro- gressing in all sections, though the volume of sales is falling off somewhat, as it requires more riding to reach scattering lots. But everything is be- ing taken over that can be secured under a 6 cent limit which most buyers are working under. The better grades of assorted lots find a market at stronger prices, and altogether the crop is fast being absorbed. It is re- ported that 95 per cent, of the crop in the Vernon county district has been sold and in the Southern district the fraction remaining is not large. The crop is being received about as fast as purchased; some is, however, being weighed up on the farms to be delivered later. Over 200 car loads have been sent out of the State in bundles the past few weeks to stem- meries. Warehouse handling is still dragging on account of the scarcity of help and promises to extend into the summer months. Packers report a somewhat better de- mand for old leaf but sales so far are limited. Shipments 950 cases.— Reporter. # For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to E.-tablifhed I8f0 Monroe D. Selleri^, KEYSTOiNE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVlLLiL, i A. ^^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD '}^MS^'-^y' Factory J953 J. B. MILLEYSACK Manufacturer of Pine Havana Hand-IVlacle No. 821 Lake Street LANCASTER, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. CIGARS ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars t .v\j\AW«/A5 H. L. WEAVER i:. Z, WEAVEl CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS Cigar Box Facfory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes i C^TABUSHEO 1671 The Ideal Gi^ar Made in an Ideal Way Stephen Day 5c. Brand Is Strictly Union Made Ideal Gi^ar Go. CENTENNIAL, P4. WEAVER 6i BRO. Manufactnrers of 1^ S rC '!^ rr c ^°'" Jobbing V/lgaro Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship, Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HILL, PA. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes HimsnelbcHer & N^)il. ROBESONIA, PA. It Will Remove Rankness ironi 1 obacca Take Away Muitiness and Give Cigars Havana Flavor. CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to ^ive that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Cl.askers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considerin;^ what ihey do. A Card Will Brin^ More Inlormalion and Prices.. Cliaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway, New York «CLlA9tC 21 TOBACCO ^^tXT»ER. SONS 4 COAf/.^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West i7th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK. PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. JL Solf^ Owners and Manufacturers' I Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. 22 .J Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of v Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Isabels, Ribbons, Bdgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. i ^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Minnich Baling Press -^- .. For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTOX, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LSAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given time, with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplieity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes manufactured Write for prices and full pnrticulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works L/andisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1884— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Le^f Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Manufacturers and Importers of Havana Ci^ar Flavors, Casing Wines, Gums, Extracis, Betunes, Sweetenings and Specialties for All Kinds of Tobaccos. E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, F^g. P O / ^ n / e Caveats, Trade Marks, JL it L CLL Co Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '""^JlS""' John A, Saul Le Droit Bonding. WASHINGTON, D. C. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL CMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ^ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ :«: tit :-t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. J. r leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ♦ « ♦ t'l ♦ ♦ LITHOGRAPHINti SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ f » ♦# TELEPHONE 1561 :♦ xt - --t I JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS o/ American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co, Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WII I PAY VOII *** ^^^ ^^ PRICES before orderlnf^ floods elsewhere. ' ' • . '■ • ( 4 1 1 1 Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS uood as (jovernment Bonds Re,iist«red Br..d. "BRILLIANT STAR" Ckar Havana . lOc. **S. B.* ijetd and Havana 3c» ^'KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c* Ihese Brands Sell on Merit and Constantly Repeat. Try Ihem and Jud^e fur Yoursall Why ibis Factory Never Shuts Down . , STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN 1 A R E R I Q u E MIXTURE 56e AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOU :x. TOBACCO WO R L D ^^ C I G A^ BOX ^t^l^a. SONS 4 COMP^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West 17th Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS. EDGINGS, BANDS. ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., D.S.!. SoIk Owners and Manufacturers' Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETC. Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of v Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Bd&in^s 716— 728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. 22 1 # s m THE TOBACCO WORLD 3BE^ Minnich Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9. 1897 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTOX, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given timet with less labor, than any Press on the market. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ons sizes manufactured Write for prices and full pnrticulars. They are indispens' able in leaf packing and tobacco ware bouses. Hundreds in use* Minnich Machine Works LsLndisville^ Lancaster Co., Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4^ ♦ METAL CNBOSSLD LABELS HETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦£♦ ♦^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ il« J« r ieiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. i TELEPHONE 1661 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦V^^'*^*^'*'*^^^^*^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦A ♦ ♦ LITHOCR^APHlNti SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦# X t tH ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ —Established 1834- WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles special Sales of Le^f Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale JACOB a SHIRK Lancaster, Pa, JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS oi American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co, American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilhurn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WILL PAY YOU '„° ""^ "^ ''""^'=' -""'• "t rderln|{ ifoods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS n J n _ o£ the fuliowlntf uGod as Oovernment Bonds B.^uured Br..d» "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana . lOc. **S. B.* Setd and Havana 5c» "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c^ Ibese Brands St-ll on Merit and Conataatly Repeat. Try Ihem and Judiie for Yonraall %Vhy This Factory Never Shnta Down . . Acme Extract and Chemical Works, Manufacturers and Importers of Havana Ci^ar Flavors, Casing Wines, Gams, Extracis, Betanes, Sweetenings and Specialties for All Kinds of Tobaccos. E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor. Hanover, Pa. Po^zi^^o Caveats, Trade Marks, LT it L CU to Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. Cor^n4ence JQHN A. SAUL I^DndtBaUdiat, WASHINGTON, D. C. STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers V I R a I N 1 A R R 1 Q u MIXTURE S/ie AMERICAN TOBACCO CO^ NEW TOU ^m±' E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North^Thj^rd^street ....IMPORTERS of iC T H E T O B A CCQ WORLD W. A. LAHR Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer l*^"^'"*4 J<}vuA 'y/A\ cou-a_ Red Lion, Penna. ^aJORpjvu,, Get our prices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. ■1;*, \ • , # Establisheii in 1881 ) I., No. 20. ) Vol. XXVIII. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MAY 13, 1908. { One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables 3 RECOGNIZEH STANDARH C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTTERS CIGARMARtRS' KNIVES Liberitian Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACTLSERS OF . . . Cut Plug Sliced Plug CENTRAL UNION , IDLE HOUR . . EPICURE ("£^/.l'.r..") Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTOBT RICHMOND, VA. kJ Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade., oQ^.f>-jv • »^ *. ' ^ '.1 ./ , ^ Samples Free to Responsible Houses. ^^^•''^^'^^'i-^ u M TOBACCO T II A TOBACCO Samples gladly submitted on application s u M TOBACCO T Importatioiiiss. ^'v^^'^ ^'''fl* R Over 3,000 Bales A Annually V • •. — u M TOBACCO H. DUYS & CO. No. 170 NVater Street, NEW" YORK De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland TOBACCO ^ Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROBDER & ARGUIMBAU ij8^ Water Street^ New York H^M THE TO B A C C O WORL D ^B© r "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I HILADELPHIA V (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) W. W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence >vtth Responsible Houses Solicited Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neuniann& Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Fnctory^l839. First District Penni*. \i. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa ,1 \A/^ j^J.^^— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS VV dl I LtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. Tfi. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK Fnr ^Pl 1^ \ C^'GAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I Ul VjaiO| Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 20 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 13, 1908 One Dollar the Year TOBACCO MEN CAUTIONED. TAKES STANDARD SNUFF CO. TROOPS OUT IN TOBACCO WAR. "FREE LEAF" REPORTED DEAD. Revenue Collector Hershey Says Permits to Sell Product Must be Asked for Before Shipping. Lancaster, Pa., May 8. Cigar and tobacco manufacturers who •do not live up to the letter of the law in the way of asking for permits to sell their product will find themselves in trouble in the future. Revenue Collec- tor Hershey, of Lancaster, has sent an order to the deputy collectors in the ^inth District which makes this very plain. In this it is stated that some man- ufacturers in this district have fallen into the habit of failing to ask for these permits and the order provides that if After being cautioned they continue this practice the tobacco is to be seized and the matter reported to the United States attorney. Attention is also called to the fact that rectifiers are not taking inventor- ies as often as they should. Twice a year is said to be about the proper manner of taking these inventories. Following is the notice in full : Internal Revenue Service, Ninth Dis- trict of Pennsylvania, Collector's Office, Lancaster, Pa., May 5, 1908. "Deputy Collectors: Your attention is called to the fact that there are some •cigar and tobacco manufacturers in your division who are in the habit of not asking for permits to sell tobacco until the end of each month. "This is especially so among the large cigar and tobacco manufacturers. You will, therefore, upon your next visit to your different factories caution the proprietors to be more careful, for if it is found that they have shipped tobacco in this or other districts with- out first having secured the necessary permit the tobacco will be seized and reported to the United States attorney, through orders from the Department. "This was reported to the Commis- sioner by the last Examiner. You will fiee that this order is carried out. "As to the deputies having rectifiers in their division, they are informed that on page 106, No. 7, rectifiers are to make inventory of their stock from time to time. It has been the practice in this district to make the inventory once a year. "This must be done more than once a year. Whenever you desire it they must take an inventory of stock. I suppose twice a year would be all right. Read series 7, No. 7, carefully. Yours truly, H. L. HERSHEY, Collector." New Salt Lake Concern. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 8. The William Webster Cigar Company filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk last week. The capital stock is $5,000, with shares at $1 each. The officers are: M. J. Frankland, President; Fred J. Scheffer, Vice President; Jacob A. Kahn, Secretary and Treasurer. Fire Damages Kentucky Factory. Lexington, Ky., May 8. Fire damaged the tobacco factory of W. L. Petty & Co., here, on Saturday, about $1,000. The flames started in the dryer and some tobacco was destroyed. Consolidation of Snuff Factories at Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn., May 7. On May 1 the American Snuff Com- pany formally took over the business and properties of the Standard Snuff Company of this city, and hereafter both factories will be under the same management, with James E. Harwood, the present manager of the American Company here, still at the head of the concern. Mr. Harwood has been man- ager of the American plant here for eight years and, although still quite a young man, lias shown remarkable business and executive ability and now occupies one of the most responsible positions in the gift of the American Snuff Company. A. B. Hill, the Presidert of the Stan- dard Snuff Company, will be in the leaf department of the American Snuff Company, and will occupy a responsible position with that department. Mr. Hill is known as one of the best tobacco men in the country, and was the man who started the Standard Snuff Com- pany several years ago, and who more than any one else is responsible for the important position it attained in the business world. D. L. Scott, who has been the capa- ble Secretary and Treasurer of the Standard, will be in the Auditing De- partment of the American Company. The American Company operates a factory at. Tenth avenue and Harrison street and the Standard Company oper- ates a plant at 1908 Johnston avenue. Both companies have supplied the snuff trade of the South for years and the Standard has been making a strong bid for the business of the American Company. The American Company holds the majority of the stock of the Standard, and the transfer is merely a formal taking over of the property. Illinois Label Federation. Peoria, 111., May 5. At a convention held in this city last week, by representatives of the cigar- makers' unions throughout Illinois, a State organization was formed. This organization will be known as the Illinois Cigarmakers' Label Federation, and its purpose is to promote unity of action among the different locals, and to provide more effective means of advertising their blue label. The convention adopted a strong pre- amble condemning the inhumanity of child labor and declaring that the honest wage earner in the cigar indus- try was being oppressed by powerful and unscrupulous competitors. Those present represented about 3,000 union cigarmakers. The following officers were elected : Presidfent, Charles Wright, Decatur; First Vice President. J. A. Kain, Chi- cago; Second Vice President, Clifford Reed, Danville; Third Vice President, F. A. Peterson, Monmouth ; Fourth Vice President, G. A. Hicks, Canton ; Fifth Vice President, Jos. Oppen- heimer, Jacksonville; Secretary-Treas- urer, L. A. Allton, Peoria. Threats to Burn Ohio Towns Met by Show of Military Force. Columbus, Ohio, May G. Threats to burn the towns of Aber- deen an Higginsport emanating from unknown sources but resulting from the bitter warfare in the Burley tobacco district of Ohio and Kentucky, are largely responsible for an order issued by Governor Harris last night to Adju- tant-General Critchfield to dispatch troops to the towns mentioned. Troop B, of Columbus, left for the scene of threatened trouble this morning at 5 o'clock. Captain R. W. Knauss has about fifty cavalrymen in his command. Company F, 1st Regiment, at Cin- cinnati, and a company at Batavia are also said to be under waiting orders. Major General Speaks, of the Ohio National Guard, will have charge of the troops in Brown county. The request for troops was made by Sheriff Perry A. Randall, of Brown county, who was here in conference with the Governor and Adjutant Gen- eral for the greater part of the day. A mass meeting of the tobacco growers of Kentucky across the Ohio River from Brown county, is to be held to- night. The meeting is said to be planned to induce the growers to join in the movement not to raise any to- bacco this season, and the Ohio inde- pendent growers, who have refused to join the movement, fear that there may be an invasion of the State follow- ing the meeting. New Stogie Factory at Sandusky. Sandusky, O., May 8. Another industry, which promises to develop great proportions in the course of time, is to be located in Sandusky within ten days. It is a stogie factory, and, needless to say, will mean much to the city. Thad Troy, of Wheeling, W. Va.. who heads the new concern, is here making arrangements. He has already secured several rooms in a down town building. The product of the concern will be stogies — nothing but stogies. Mr. Troy was formerly in the tobacco business in Wheeling, and is well acquainted with the line of goods he is to handle. He has plenty of backing and will in- crease the size of the factory as the sale of the product demands. The new factory will give employ- ment to about ten men. Mr. Troy ex- pects to get it started in a week or ten days. His equipment and tobacco has already been ordered and will arrive next week. It was through the efforts of several prominent business men that Mr. Troy was induced to locate in Sandusky. They had been in communication with him for several weeks with the result that he came here, and, upon investiga- tion, found everything to his liking. —The Texas Cigar Co., Fort Worth, Tex., with $20,000 capital, has been in- corporated by W. L. Temple, H. T. Rey- nolds, W. C. Barrhardt, and others. Bill Believed to Have Died in the Senate Finance Committee. Washington. D. C. May 7. Senators and Representatives from certain tobacco growing States, who have been urging the passage of the so-called Free Leaf Bill, are now ready to admit that the bill abolishing the six cents per pound tax on leaf tobacco has no chance to pass the Senate at this session. This is something that should have been quite obvious before. The fact that the bill went through the House counted for little or nothing, and there has never been any doubt in the minds of the unprejudiced outsider about the final fate of the measure. It is now stated that Senator Aldrich, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate, to which the bill was re- ferred, has pigeonholed it and will not report it. This would seem to dispose of the measure effectually, for this session of Congress at least. Pro- moters of the bill say. however, that they have not lost hope of securing such legislation at some future time, and that the fight will be continued until some buch law is passed for the benefit of the tobacco grower, whom it is intended to assist. %%»%%%%% NEW KENTUCKY RUMOR. That the American Tobacco Co. Will Sell Lexington Property. Lexington, Ky.. May 9. According to the statement of F. R. Toewater, of this city, who is the general manager of the leaf depart- ment of the American Tobacco Com- pany in Kentucky, the American To- bacco Company will sell all of its ware- houses and other property in this city. All the tobacco which the company bought here during the winter has been shipped. When asked if the tobacco company's property was for sale in Lexington only Mr. Toewater said : "No. the property both in this city and Maysville will be sold if we can get cost for it. These cities are the only ones in the territory under my control in which the company owns any property of importance. While I am general manager for the State, the city of Louisville is not em- braced in my territory." Although Mr. Toewater was reticent and guarded in his statements for pub- lication, in private statements officials of the American Tobacco Company here intimate that the American Tobacco Company has decided to withdraw from the State as a purchaser of leaf to- bacco. It is understood that the com- pany will now turn its attention to the development of tobacco production in other States and expects to quickly build up a production and market which will take the place of that left behind in Kentucky. Missouri is expected to be the principal beneficiary, and of- ficials of the trust here express the opinion that that State will, in future, supply the needs of the company for tobacco which has heretofore been fur- nished by Kentucky. E. A. Calves & C0x^C>HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 3 m^S. THE T 0 B ACCO WORL D S»S«> r "\ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET Philadelphia CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED V (lord LANCASTER, lOc) 8 W. W. STEWART & SONS rBiKL&C Manufacturers 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D.Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence M'ith Responsible Houses Solicited ^F ^^^!iy'^>' K&p- 1 m^^g^^H B w Hsisi^^^iggJiBjm m Fnctnry 1839. First District Fenot*. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa i \A/^ i^J.^^— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS VV dll LCU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. Tel. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK For ^P^ lp ' ^'^AR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound I Ul V-^dlCl Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII. , No. 20 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 13, 1908 One Dollar the Year TOBACCO MEN CAUTIONED. TAKES STANDARD SNUFF CO. TROOPS OUT IN TOBACCO WAR. "FREE LEAF" REPORTED DEAD. Revenue Collector Hershey Says Permits to Sell Product Must be Asked for Before Shipping. Lancaster, Pa , May 8. Cigar and tobacco manufacturers who do not live up to the letter of the law in the way of asking for permits to sell their product v./ill find themselves in trouble in the future. Revenue Collec- tor Hershey, of Lancaster, has sent an order to the deputy collectors in the Ninth District which makes this very plain. In this it is stated that some man- ufacturers in this district have fallen into the habit of failing to ask for these permits and the order provides that if after being cautioned they continue this practice the tobacco is to be seized and the matter reported to the United States attorney. Attention is also called to the fact that rectifiers are not taking inventor- ies as often as they should. Twice a year is said to be about the proper manner of taking these inventories. Following is the notice in full : Internal Revenue Service, Ninth Dis- trict of Pennsylvania, Collector's Office, Lancaster, Pa., May 5, 1908. "Deputy Collectors: Your attention is called to the fact that there are some <:igar and tobacco manufacturers in your division who are in the habit of not asking for permits to sell tobacco until the end of each month. "This is especially so among the large cigar and tobacco manufacturers. You will, therefore, upon your next visit to your different factories caution the proprietors to be more careful, for if it is found that they have shipped tobacco in this or other districts with- out first having secured the necessary permit the tobacco will be seized and reported to the United States attorney, through orders from the Department. "This was reported to the Commis- sioner by the last Examiner. You will see that this order is carried out. "As to the deputies having rectifiers in their division, they are informed that on page 106, No. 7, rectifiers are to make inventory of their stock from time to time. It has been the practice in this district to make the inventory once a year. "This must be done more than once a year. Whenever you desire it they must take an inventory of stock. I suppose twice a year would be all right. Read series 7, No. 7, carefully. Yours truly, H. L. HERSHEY, Collector." New Salt Lake Concern. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 8. The William Webster Cigar Company filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk last week. The capital stock is $5,000, with shares at $1 each. The officers are: M. J. Frankland, President ; Fred J. Scheffer, Vice President ; Jacob A. Kahn, Secretary and Treasurer. Fire Damages Kentucky Factory. Lexington, Ky., May 8. Fire damaged the tobacco factory of W. L. Petty & Co., here, on Saturday, about $1,000. The flames started in the dryer and some tobacco was destroyed. Consolidation of Snuff Factories at Nashville, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn., May 7. On May 1 the American Snuff Com- pany formally took over the business and properties of the Standard Snuff Company of this city, and hereafter both factories will be under the same management, with James E. Harwood, the present manager of the American Company here, still at the head of the concern. Mr. Harwood has been man- ager of the American plant here for eight years and. although still quite a young man, lias shown remarkable business and executive ability and now occupies one of the most responsible positions in the gift of the American Snuff Company. A. B. Hill, the President of the Stan- dard Snuff Company, will be in the leaf department of the American Snuff Company, and will occupy a responsible position with that department. Mr. Hill is known as one of the best tobacco men in the country, and was the man who started the Standard Snuff Com- pany several years ago, and who more than any one else is responsible for the important position it attained in the business world. D. L. Scott, who has been the capa- ble Secretary and Treasurer of the Standard, will be in the Auditing De- partment of the American Company. The American Company operates a factory at Tenth avenue and Harrison street and the Standard Company oper- ates a plant at 1908 Johnston avenue. Both companies have supplied the snuff trade of the South for years and the Standard has been making a strong bid for the business of the American Company. The American Company holds the majority of the stock of the Standard, and the transfer is merely a formal taking over of the property. V%'%%«««<% Illinois Label Federation. Peoria, 111., May 5. At a convention held in this city last week, by representatives of the cigar- makers' unions throughout Illinois, a State organization was formed. This organization will be known as the Illinois Cigarmakers' Label Federation, and its purpose is to promote unity of action among the different locals, and to provide more effective means of advertising their blue label. The convention adopted a strong pre- amble condemning the inhumanity of child labor and declaring that the honest wage earner in the cigar indus- try was being oppressed by powerful and unscrupulous competitors. Those present represented about 3,000 union cigarmakers. The following officers were elected : President, Charles Wright, Decatur; First Vice President. J. A. Kain, Chi- cago ; Second Vice President, Clifford Reed, Danville; Third Vice President, F. A. Peterson, Monmouth ; Fourth Vice President, G. A. Hicks, Canton ; Fifth Vice President, Jos. Oppen- heimer, Jacksonville; Secretary-Treas- urer, L. A. Allton, Peoria. Threats to Burn Ohio Towns Met by Show of Military Force. Columbus, Ohio, May 'i. Threats to burn the towns of Aber- deen an Higginsport emanating from unknown sources but resulting from the bitter warfare in the Hurley tobacco district of Ohio and Kentucky, are largely responsible for an order issued by Governor Harris last night to Adju- tant-General Critchfield to dispatch troops to the towns mentioned. Troop B, of Columbus, left for the scene of threatened trouble this morning at 5 o'clock. Captain R. W. Knauss has about fifty cavalrymen in his command. Company F, 1st Regiment, at Cin- cinnati, and a company at Batavia are also said to be under waiting orders. Major General Speaks, of the Ohio National Guard, will have charge of the troops in Brown county. The reciuest for troops was made by Sheriff Perry A. Randall, of Brown county, who was here in conference with the Governor and Adjutant Gen- eral for the greater part of the day. A mass meptingof the tobacco growers of Kentucky across the Ohio River from Brown county, is to be held to- night. The meeting is said to be planned to induce the growers to join in the movement not to raise any to- bacco this season, and the Ohio inde- pendent growers, who have refused to join the movement, fear that there may be an invasion of the State follow- ing the meeting. New Stogie Factory at Sandusky. Sandusky, O., May i^. Another industry, which promises to develop great proportions in the course of time, is to be located in Sandusky within ten days. It is a stogie factory, and, needless to say, will mean much to the city. Thad Troy, of Wheeling, W. Va.. who beads the new concern, is here making arrangements. He has already secured several rooms in a down town building. The product of the concern will be stogies— nothing but stogies. .Mr. Troy was formerly in the tobacco business in Wheeling, and is well acquainted with the line of goods he is to handle. He has plenty of backing and will in- crease the size of the factory as the sale of the product demands. The new factory will give employ- ment to about ten men. Mr. Troy ex- pects to get it started in a week or ten days. His equipment and tobacco has already been ordered and will arrive next week. It was through the efforts of several prominent business men that Mr. Troy was induced to locate in Sandusky. They had been in communication with him for several weeks with the result that he came here, and, upon investiga- tion, found everything to his liking. -The Texas Cigar Co., Fort Worth, Tex,, with $20,000 capital, has been in- corporated by W, L. Temple, li. T. Rey- nolds, W. C. Barrhardt, and others. Bill Believed to Have Died in the Senate Finance Committee. Washington, D. C, May 7. Senators and Representatives from certain tobacco growing States, who have been urging the passage of the so-called Free Leaf Bill, are now ready to admit that the bill abolishing the six cents per pound tax on leaf tobacco has no chance to pass the Senate at this session. This is something that should have been (juite obvious before. The fact that the bill went through the House counted for little or nothing, and there has never been any doubt in the minds of the unprejudiced outsider about ihe final fate of the measure. It is now stated that Senator Aldrich, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate, to which the bill was re- ferred, has pigeonholed it and will not report it. This would seem to dispose of the measure effectually, for this session of Congress at least. Pro- moters of the bill say, however, that they have not lost hope of securing such legislation at some future time, and that the fight will be continued until some buch law is passed for the benefit of the tobacco grower, whom it is intended to assist. %%%%%»%» NEW KENTUCKY RUMOR. That the American Tobacco Co. Will Sell Lexington Property. Lexington, Ky., May '.<. According to the statement of F. R. Toewater, of this city, who is the general manager of the leaf depart- ment of the American Tobacco Com- pany in Kentucky, the American To- bacco Company will sell all of its ware- houses and other property in this city. All the tobacco which the company bought here during the winter has been shipped. When asked if the tobacco company's property was for sale in Lexington only Mr. Toewater said : "No. the property both in this city and Maysville will be sold if we can get cost for it. These cities are the only ones in the territory under my control in which the company owns any property of importance. While I am general manager for the State, the city of Louisville is not em- braced in my territory." Although Mr. Toewater was reticent and guarded in his statements for pub- lication, in private statements officials of the American Tobacco Company here intimate that the American Tobacco Company has decided to withdraw from the State as a purchaser of leaf to- bacco. It is understood that the com- pany will now turn its attention to the development of tobacco production in other States and expects to (juickly build up a production and market which will take the place of that left behind in Kentucky. Missouri is expected to be the principal beneficiary, and of- ficials of the trust here express the opinion that that State will, in future, supply the needs of the company for tobacco which has heretofore been fur- nished by Kentucky. E. A. Calves & Co.^^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA E. A. Calves & Co. Havana, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA IMPORTERS of '^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^ J. Vetterlein & Co.' m porters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 John T. Dohan VST .to/ Wm. H. Dohan riOR de DOHAN «i TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^J^ JO7 Arch St Leaf TobaccoK ^ «» ) philada. 4*fRlBb- Batobllshed IS2S i L ^^B 7 LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra AISD PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia s Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIE VELENCHIK BROS. '•"•"tr'in LE AF TOB/l©e0 Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA MjT M Third St, PMade/pfy/a.. Irapod. iS aind iiealers in ALL KINDS OF SEEi LEAF, The Empire SEEi LEAF, m Leaf Tobacco "^l^''^ 11 SUMATRA 1 u Co., llbN.3dSt.,Phik K.$TRAUS A.XJMM IMPORTERS OF MII^9O8^^0i^l3dSiw ESjHILADELPH^^ Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labe BENJ. LABE a SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia liEOPOliD liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phlla. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. U K^UPPENBACH ofHA MMMR UNl LEAK TQBACJ LLe42-.44 N.ELtVflNrii. ST. PHILADELPHIA I J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.<£ -^ ..IMPORTERS of HaVANA,M23 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA ^^M. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^KF Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUniondeF^bRICantesdeTabacosyCicarros -^^'" '^' ^ISLAdeCUBA utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepciblica Garantiza que los tabacoscigarrosy paqije^es de picadura quelleven es^aprecina son fabncadospor HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or chat of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers' Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA: Black with pale blue ground: fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. SON OF TOBACCO MAN FOUND. Located After Absence of Fifteen Years. His Strange Story. Los Angeles, Cal., May 3. Joel Kinney, son of the late Francis Sherwood Kinney, of the Kinney To- bacco Company, was located recently in Los Angeles after being absent from home fifteen years. As soon as he was found he was lost again, and E. C. M. Rand, of the New York district attor- ney's office, has been compelled to re- turn without the young man for whom he came and is minus $500 he gave to get Kinney in his custody. Young Kinney, according to Rand, quarreled with his father fifteen years ago and was sent on a trip around the world in a chartered sailing vessel, ac- companied by detectives whose duty it was to see that he did not return to New York. They plied him with liquor while on the boat until he was almost a wreck, and succeeded in keeping him from the parental roof. No effort was made to find him until his father died two months ago, and then the other heirs to the $12,000,000 estate began a search. Through Dis- trict Attorney Jerome's office he was traced to Los Angeles and Rand was sent for him. "I was approached by two well known Los Angeles men," said Rand, "shortly after I arrived. They offered to bring young Kinney to me, but de- manded a sum of money for their ser- vices. Detectives had failed, and after beating them down to $500 I decided to take their offer. "They brought the young man and I paid them the money. Then they wanted to go to the bank, they said, and wanted Kinney to go with them for a few minutes. "I consented and have not laid eyes on Kinney since. I saw the men after- ward but they denied that they had anything to do with Kinney after they left the bank." J. A. Graves, President of the Far- mers and Merchants National bank, corroborates Rand's statement. He says he knows the two men, whose names are kept secret for the present, GENUINE CONNECTICLT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., 'postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford,^. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer. Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. and that the money was paid in his office at the bank. Abbott Kinney, millionaire land owner and banker of southern California, brother of the late tobacco magnate, corroborates the story. ^'' Before Rand returned to New York he said he had satisfied himself after a short talk with Kinney that he was the missing heir. Kinney has two brothers and a sister who will share with him the estate of their father. | WEGGENHORN CO. IN MONTANA. STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior ¥ Makes a Specialty of Fitting Up ^ Wood.. Work.. o Cigar Stores Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 tol623 McKean St., Philadelphia ^ D^ Wisconsin Concern Will Open a Branch Factory at Helena. Helena, Mont., May 6. A certified copy of the articles of in- corporation of Weggenhorn Bros.' Com- pany of Wisconsin has been filed with Secretary Yoder. It has a capital of $50,000, is engaged in the cigar and to- bacco business, and has named V. F. Meyer, of Billings, as its State agent. Factory to Remove on Account of Local Option. Edwardsville, 111., May 9. Kent & McCarthy, manufacturers of cigars, at Jacksonville, III., have writ- ten to the Civic League of Edwards- ville stating that they are desirous of removing their factory to another city, ! and that Edwardsville, is one of the probable places. The company employs about 300 men. The fact that local option carried Jacksonville at the re- cent election is given as the cause. j —Frank Boyle has opened a new ■ cigar factory in the Arcade Building, on Main street. Champaign, 111. The Latest Success LynnhaveiY Cigarettes 10 for 10 Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. Norfolk, Va. ARTHUR HAGEN & CO. Philadelphia, Pa. AGENTS ^ REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . . . STHE TOBACCO W O R L D :^H eEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS m N. Thiril SI., PHIUVELPDU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers «)Uo KSICC ^^*nf.*f j 1 f^* and Commission Merchants. A l\ll&ClClpnUL. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kindsof SEED LEAF Tobacco L J. SMITH & CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Red Lion, Pa. 0gMmKl9s With Specially DesiiiDed Bands. and PAN ANNA 5c. Cigars TWO HAVANAS Two for Five Gents Correspondence with ReapoDsibte Hotisas selicita^. Private Brands made to order. AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvaniaL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630^=636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone : 1464-A. ¥ SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom i 313 and 313 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach of All Norristown Tobacco Works Keyno HAVANA SHORTS/ norristown, pa. /"^ Manufacturers of / navana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioi Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade ; L. O. HAEIJSSERMANN CARL L. HAfiUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • U. O. HABUSSBRMANN «& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. E. A. Calves & Co.<'^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ...IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Panic Creators Did Not Succeed in Their Purpose Attempt to Start Panic in Havana Frustrated by Cool Judgment and Wise Counsel. Brightened Outlook for Crops on Account of Rains is the Island. Prices Adjusting Themselves to the Changed Conditions. Special Correspondence During the beginning of last week the rumor mongers, pessimists and stock gamblers tried to create a panic by causing a run on some of our banks, but thanks to the cool judgment of the large financial concerns and the firm stand unanimously taken by our daily press, nothing came of the dastardly attempt to increase our difficulties. Cuba has been feeling the effects of the late crisis in the North only lately, when, through the shortness of the sugar crop and the lessened sales of leaf tobacco at lower prices, less money has come this way than is usual during the winter and spring months. Ex- cepting some failures in the country districts principally, business is upon a solid basis here and all of our banks and banking institutions are sound. If a run had taken place upon one concern the others were ready to lend it assis- tance in case of need, and united there would have been no power strong enough to do them any harm. Toward the end of the week the out- look for the future has considerably brightened, as the long continued drought in the country has been broken at last and the rainy season seems to have begun, thus assuring very likely a larger sugar crop for 1909, and per- mitting the farmers to go to work upon their escojidas, as well as planting corn, sweet potatoes, etc., for their own sustenance. The volume of leaf tobacco sales has been smaller during the past week and prices are barely maintained, although one or two American export houses are on the lookout to pick up all lots offered by parties needing money, and the buy- ers are satisfied to pay the ruling low prices. Buyers who are coming here now can surely find goods upon which they have a reasonable chance to make a living profit, and they ought not to neglect their opportunity in taking of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, May 4, 1908. hold ')f the favorable circumstances. The majority of our dealers are anxious and willing enough to stand the severe losses which our packers have to sus- tain in order to get rid of their holdings, and their only consolation is that they hope to have better years in future, so as to enable them to make up their losses through foresight and hard work. As values for all staple articles have shrunk considerably (sugar excepted), leaf tubacco was bound to come down in price likewise, and the sooner accep- table figures are reached to suit the manufacturers of cigars and cigarettes the quicker business will become nor- mal and expand in volume. SHieM during the past week amounted to 2,020 bales in all, consisting of 700 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 100 of Partido and 1,220 bales of Remedios. For the American market 1,800 bales were purchased, and for local consumption by our manufac- turers 220 bales. lliiyerM Come and Oft. Arrivals :— Sol G. Salomon, of G. Salomon's Sons, and E. P. Cordero, of "Mi Hogar" factory, New York; Jose Lovera, of Jose Lovera Co., and M. Fernandez, of Tampa. Departures :— C h a r 1 e s Brenneman, Simon Batt, Clarence Batt and S. Rup- pin for New York. Ilnvunn ClRar Mnnnfnotnrora Business in the Independent cigar factories is only moderately active, and very likely there will be no change until the new leaf will be fit for work- ing. Then, however, renewed activity is bound to spring up, as the majority of the Independent manufacturers have already quite a large amount of orders on hand for such goods. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 920.000 cigars last week of their own famous H. Upmann brand and of other Inde- pendent manufactures. LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ HILARIO MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ, Special Partner MUNIZ HER1V1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?" Havana Rci ASk. 20, HaVanaL V. 0. Box N SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco NEW YORK 165 Front Street HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABA^O at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTIAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTISPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Merchant Leaf Tobacco and Ci^a Habana, Cuba 1 O'Reilly St. Cable : "Blasco." GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especial idad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Clase Cable: "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA* Of H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED ^M, H. UPMANN CIGARS (habana) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 m CHAS« LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA mM& THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^B Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA NeptunO 170--174 special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo Cable— Rotista BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the '' SOL" Brand Finest faclta Abajo Tobacco kclosively >/*«% NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba "^J^L Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 Habana F. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON lUNO DIAZ B. DIflZ & CO. ■ . RODBIGUEZ Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTflflEDR Growers, Packers and Exporters of ^ ]4^^^^^ lieaf Tobacco %ido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A 8 PABLO PEREZ CANOIDO 0BE8C Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Leaf Tobacco VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Veiias Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio/' HABANA, CUB Ac # AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ON I LEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ T^ L and Dealers in LlG^l 1 OOaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, cbU: "Cuet«r«" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoives Street, HAVANA CUBA Cable Address: MOSECAYRO • (or.espoadence Solicited I. English LOEB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM • JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA f! ,1 LUIS MARX Tobacco Grower No. 18 Cuba Street Post Office Box 77 HABANA THE TOBACCO WORLD Behrena & Co.. of the well liked Sol brand, have still a fair amount of cigars to make for immediate delivery for shipment to different parts of the world. Through their late purchases of leaf. Behrena & Co. have been able to make the same blend which the smokers of Sol cigars have ao much appreciated ^nd which has distinguished this brand from others. The Trust is still shut down in Ha- vana» ostensibly to make some repairs or alterations. BnTlns:, SelllnK and Other NoteM nf Interest. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez were again the biggest sellers this week, as they •disposed of 650 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. I. Bernheim & Son have again been buyers of some choice packings of 1st •capaduras for their customers, and while 400 bales are credited to them it is possible that the quantity may be still larger. Sylvester & Stern sold out 250 bales ■of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. S. Ruppin made some excellent pur- >chases upon his last trip to our island, and from good authority it is learned that he must have secured 700 bales. Rz. Bautista & Co. closed several transactions during the past week which summed up 320 bales in all. Simon Batt speaks very highly of the new wrappers in the escojida of Don Luis Marx, and says that they are as fine a leaf as was ever grown upon this island. He, with his son Clarence, purchased some 250 bales of old fillers of Vuelta Abajo. "La Ver- dad" factory is sailing along splendidly, and Don Simon thinks that the hard times have gone by not to return before another cycle of 14, 16 or 20 years shall have elapsed, and when another panic may eventually turn up. Jorge y P. Castaneda have received some new wrappers from their San Antonio de los Banos packing, and good judges pronounce the leaf as superfine in taste, texture, color and burn. Frank Dominguez. who arrived here on April 25, has made good use of his time in selecting some 300 bales for E. A. Calves & Co. Don Pancho is also optimistic, as far as their business is concerned at least, and his repeated visits to thij island are the best proof that E. A Calves & Co. must be hust- lers, and that they buy and sell their tobacco right. M. Fernandez, from Tampa, is said to have come here with the object to inspect some leaf purchases made for account of Yocum Bros, and Rusch & Co., cik^ar manufacturers of Reading, Pa., and who it is stated are on the point of joining hands to open a clear Havana cigar factory at Tampa. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since May 2 Jan. 1 Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 1.1()3 18.133 Semi Vuelta 55 1.737 Partido 81 765 Matanzas 10 331 ttemedios& S.C ara 195 18,968 Mayari 3 1,990 Total 1.507 41,924 —The Dilaime Tobacco Co., head- quarters in Cham er of Commerce Building, Chicago, to export and sell tobaccos, capital stock $30,000, has been incorporated oy Wm. Edgar Wil- liams, Herbert S. Duncombe and Henry Schrott. EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co, 180 Water St.. NEW YORK Will receive and attend to ordera Cigars made strictly of very best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco Cable Address "Calda." Telephone t>071. A. M. Calzada & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse Monte 156 Code used, ABC— 4th and 5th edit'ns P. 0. Box 595 Havana, Cuba JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: Havana, Cuba: 196 WATER STREET MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 fGsl JOSH BILLINGS 5c. Cigar '*There hain't none better than the best — Josh Hillings. This Is the Best. ft A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars ^ They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. N C Wafk, N. J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 South Fourth St. u. 9 ^^Mthe tobacco world ERNMST ELLINGER & CO. Nos. Sy-siPine street Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO New York 'r-.^- » j-rJH ^gt^^a. ^^^ LEAF TOBACCO. orrices : DETROIT, MICH. iU48TERDAM, HOLLAND. XAVANA.CUBA. New YoRK« iOt. 8. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I, ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. Leaf Tobacco Importers and Packers of Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES. CORNER KUIPERSTEEG. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Jl Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 OFFICE: 183 Water St. Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANA T-L and SEED LEAF i KJ U CX\^ Lj\J 183 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK 10 [^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK. J New York Bureau of The Tobacco World New York, May 12. name, but felt the consideration was sufficient to warrant him in doing so. Aside from the retirement of Mr. Kline no special changes are thus far contemplated, and the business is to be activity naturally followed. Inquiries continued along the same lines as pur- as well as immediate sales had in- "^®^ heretofore. creased, and in view of the 1907 tobacco After several months of rest and being now pretty well bought up and recreation, Mr. Kline intimates. New York Leaf Market. Somewhat improved conditions pre- vailed in the leaf tobacco market dur- ing the past week. More enthusiasm was aroused and a spirit of greater he will engage in the leaf tobacco busi- ness, and will probably confine himself to Havana tobacco exclusively. « « • M. Perez 6k Co.'s New Quarters. Marcelino Perez & Co. have now re- moved their factory to 70 and 72 Cliff street, after having thoroughly re- modelled the premises to provide for private offices, stock rooms and a gene- ral office on the second fioor. It was so carefully planned and ac- curately carried out that the removal from their old quarters caused practi- cally no interruption to business and the continued shipment of goods. They are about placing on the market a new brand of clear Havana cigars under the name of Onliwon, and which is to be made in various sizes at their Tampa factory. • • • The April Output. A falling off in the cigar production of the city districts for April is shown by the internal revenue returns. The First District (Brooklyn) shows a decrease of 1,740,120; the Second (New York) a decrease of 8,084,210; the Third (New York) a decrease of 16,616,680, making a total for the month in the three metropolitan dis- tricts of 26,441,010. The gross output was as follows: its quality more definitely ascertained, the holders of 1906 goods seem pretty well satisfied with their investiments and sanguine of the ultimate results. Wisconsin and Ohio tobaccos have suddenly taken somewhat of a spurt. Connecticut broadleaf also formed a considerable portion of the week's trading. In Sumatra tobacco a fair volume of business was done in both old and new goods. Buyers are now afforded full opportunity for choice between old and new goods, and can no longer make the want of choice a plausible excuse for delay in buying. In Havana tobacco only a normal business was done during the week, but encouraging reports from Havana were received. They were to the effect that rains had set in and ended the long drouth which had prevented to- bacco from being taken from the poles and handled. • • • The Citfar Industry. The cigar manufacturing industry continues to improve slowly, but nearly everyone is in a good mood and thor- oughly hopeful of a complete revival ere many weeks. Traveling men now out have been getting some business lately and are more encouraged than they had been, and they report that prospects for the future have bright- ened considerably. There are still some idle cigarmakers, but their num- ber is gradually growing less. • • • El Symphonie F'actory Sold. E. A. Kline has sold his interest in the firm that bears his name and an- nounces that on June 1 he will retire from the cigar manufacturing business. Mr. Kline began his career in the cigar business when but sixteen years of age, by entering the employ of a cigar factory at Cleveland, as a tobacco common stock for the current quarter, stripper. Later he engaged in the • • • First Second Third 7.364,770 15,895.420 46,798.670 Total 70,058,860 ! According to these figures the de- crease is about 37i per cent. • « ■>■ American Tobacco Co. Dividend. The directors of the American To- bacco Co. last week declared the regu- lar dividend of 2i per cent, and an extra dividend of 5 per cent, on the business on his own account at Cleve- land, and subsequently removed to New York. Then a factory was also opened at Tampa, and for a time one was operated in Havana. The real fame of E. A. Kilne & Co. was achieved by their El Symphonie and Rigolette brands, and which to- gether with all others now owned by the firm will be included in the transfer of the business to the new interepts, the names of the principals of which have not been divulged, although a well known wholesale house has been prominently mentioned in connection with the deal. Mr. Kline stated that he was some- what reluctant to part with the firm Delegates Held Caucus. A caucus meeting of the delegates elected to represent the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade at the Conven- tion to be held in Philadelphia this week, was held at the local headquar- ters of the Board ana elected A. Bijur as Chairman of the delegation. • • • Trade Notes. John L. Fielding, with Rothschild & Bro., left tor Havana, Cuba, on Satur- day last, and will remain on the island several weeks. • • • A parcel of 354 bales of Deli My. H were bought by E. Rosenwald & Bro. at the inscription held at Amsterdam on Friday last. # THE TOBACCO WORLD PHILADELPHIA, MAY 13, 1!K)S. The Tenth Annual Convention of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association Sessions Held at the Belleviie-Stratford Monday and Tuesday, \yith a Big Attendance of Members and Many Visitors. Delegates' Take an Evening Outing on the Delaware and 'Enjoy a Planked Shad Dinner. Detailed Report of the Conyention Proceedings. Philadelphia Maintains Her Reputation for Ability to Give the Glad Hand to Visitors. Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia, May 11, 1908. The National Cigar Leaf Tobacco As- isociation today again meets in annual session in Philadelphia, where the or- ganization was founded in 1899. It may be, therefore, said to be this year an anniversary as well as annual session. ITS EARLY HISTORY. On February 24th, 1899, Hon. G. W. Wilson, Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue, issued a ruling declaring that <]ealers in leaf tobacco could no longer sell to registered cigar manufacturers or other dealers in leaf tobacco in quan- tities less than an original hogshead, case, bale, or other original package. A careful perusal of the governing regulations revealed the fact that this interpretation was not in strict con- formity with the letter of the law as Charles Fox, New York. Present Secretary. laid down in the Revised Statutes, and it was so pointed out in the columns of this publication at the time, and it was predicted that the ruling would un- doubtedly be rescinded. About the same time J. S. Batroff. a leaf tobacco broker of Philadelphia, specially visited every tobacco house in the city to secure a concensus of opin- ion concerning the desirability of form- ing an association of the local trade. A call was made out, a preliminary meeting held, at which every house in the city was represented, and the result was the organization of the present as- sociation known as the Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, of which John R. Young was elected President, Walter G. Wilson Secretary, and W. H. Dohan Treasurer. A hearing had been arranged for with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and a committee, consisting of John R. Young, the late Walter G.Wilson. Harry Bremer and L. P. Kimmig, was ap- pointed to proceed to Washington. The ruling did not affect the local trade alone, and leaf men in all parts of the country, who saw the disastrous guimbau and Aaron J. Bach. Chicago: J. L. Friedman and Ben. Rothschild. Cincinnati : John Oberhelman and Alex. Pappenheimer. Baltimore: William A. Boyd, the late Walter L. Stewart, and Ed. Wisch- meyer. The hearing was quickly followed by the Commissioner reversing his ruling, and the leaf men attributed their suc- and on the first Monday in May. 1899, the trade met in its tirst annual con- vention. It is also a singular fact, and partly coincidental, that the Bellevue- Stratford, at which hotel the meeting is this year held, occupies the identical site of the former Hotel Stratford, at which the tirst meeting of the organiz- ation was held. OPENING OF THE CONVENTION OF 1908. The meeting, aside from the regu- larly elected delegates, was also well at- tended by visitors from near and more distant points. A number of the dele- gates made their headquarters at the Bellevue-Stratford, and some of them had arrived as early as Sunday morning. ROSENBERG WELCOMES DELEGATES. It was a little Tater than the origi- nally scheduled time that the meeting was called to order. Joseph F. Cullman, Jr., New York. Present President. effect which the ruling would have, were also incited to activity. Taking the initiative of Philadelphia, delegates representing local organizations were also sent to Washington, where they joined the Philadelphians. The several delegations from other points were as follows : New York : Morris Rossin, Frank Ar- cess, at least partially, to the fact that they acted as a unit in protesting against the unfairness of the ruling and pointing out its weakness from a legal standpoint. It was in Washington that the real nucleus of the present organization was formed. A call was issued for a meet- ing of the leaf trade of the country, F. Eckerson. Philadelphia, Present Treasurer. President Morris Rosenberg, of the Philadelphia Tobacco Board of Trade, made a short address of welcome to the delegates, on behalf of the local Board, under the auspices of which the meet- ing was this year being held in Phila- delphia. It was greeted with hearty applause, and the session was formally opened at 10.45 o'clock. MONDAY MORNINGS SESSION. The meeting was called to order by President Cullman, of the National As- sociation, but the regular reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with, and the President's report was then read by Mr. Cullman, and the reading was closely followed. It is here given in full, as read : 18 a P. 11 hMf^iMk^ ^W^ MM THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD John Staun, Cincinnati, Vice President. PRESIDENT'S REPORT. Gentlemen of the Convention : tions made by the Association these would deprive us of the right to do amendments were adjusted in what ap- business in this manner would be npth- peared to be a satisfactory manner, ing short of ruinous and would afford Subsequently however, the diverse in- no advantage whatever to the internal terpreiations given to the new regula- revenue service. tions in the different revenue districts Concerning the requirements that threatened the complete demoralization packers should make daily entries of of the leaf packing business and ener- the names and addret'si s of individual getic action on our part became neces- farmers from whom purchases were sary. Certain collectors of internal made, I pointed out to the Commis- revenue held that under Treasury Deci- sioner the hardship thai would be im- sion 1134, which had been promulgated posed in view of the custom ami n^ to take effect July 1, 1907. leaf tobacco farmers of delivering their leaf in com- dealers doing business in New York paratively small lots and at irregular City, for example, who might pack leaf intervals. My contention in this re- tobacco in storage warehouses in Wis- gard was strongly seconded by dealers consin or some other leaf growing in leaf intended for the manufacture of State, must not only register as leaf chewing and smoking tobacco, who, tobacco dealers at at least one ware- in connection with transactions by auc- house in each district in which they tion on the warehouse floor, are accus- packed or stored tobacco, but they were tomed to buy tobacco in much smaller debarred from recording the sales made quantities than in the cigar leaf trade, by them at their places of business in Especially vexatious was the requiie- New York on their Book 59 kept at ment that a leaf dealer making a sale New York and must record all sales as of tobacco for future delivery must having been made at the warehouse refrain from entering the transaction from which the goods were shipped to upon his Book 59 at the time but must the purchaser. The decision was fur- enter each individual delivery when ther held to require leaf dealers to made. As I contended in presenting register daily the names and addresses the matter to the Commissioner, this of all farmers from whom leaf was requirement was clearly contrary to purchased, together with the exact the law, which specifies that sales shall amount in each case. Finally, the be entered on Book 59 and is entirely John R. Y>)ung, Philadelphia, Director. bacco dealers maintaining storage ware- houses in the leaf growing distticts, regulation was interpreted to require silent on the subject of jecord ng de- principal place of business that a leaf dealer selling a lot of to- liveries by installments. A point which jg j^ go^e o. her district, to register at . , ,. . , J . ^u -"- ■ I ''«8fa^<^6^ »3 o* ™"*^^ '"™P°'[^^nc® *"^ onp of such warehouses and ken there- hiL7'i^:'"l""T'l"'?*^"Ki!"^"A'2fJ^/: f^^t^^^'"' b^t "«J delivering the whole upon which 1 put special emphasis was ^rBolk 59 irwh.crwill be en^^lre^as bacco to another dealer or to a manu National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associa- amount at the time, must "enter on his the fact that a leaf dealer selling to a x,a^. .,..». v^.e,„c ^^«. ^^^„^^v, ...^v,^..- amount at ine iime, must enter on iuh tne lact tnat a leai ueaici dcih.ik ^^ « «.niirphavpd from farmers" without tion my annual report, to briefly out- b^qJ^ 59 g^ch installment as actually jobber and carrying the tobacco for the ^P'^^^.*.:^" names or addresses the line our scope of action during the past delivered. jobber's account, is not informed con- ^^;^n^t"rier of tXacc^in pounds whc^ year, and place before this Convention quantities or looacco in pounas wnicn the present status of questions vital to the tobacco trade. I have been called upon to act both on tobacco regulations and legislation and it has been my policy to follow, to the best of my ability, the tenor of the past wishes and resolutions of this Association. We have been treated with courtesy and consideration in our dealings, and have had the most friendly co-operation of allied interests. LIBERALIZATION OF TOBACCO WARE- HOUSE REGULATIONS. Soon after our last convention, the Association was called upon to take up with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue the most important subject to which it has been necessary to give attention during the year. I refer to the regulations governing tobacco warehouses, which had been in a more or less chaotic state as the result of efforts on the part of Government oflS- cials to impose requirements for the convenience of the internal revenue service but which threatened great fo^'^wh^ch^here'^was''n^a°^^ in"ikw'forthese"7equirementT and'Tt consignee, the disclosure of which the formjty with the law law. It affords me pleasure to report ^^^ exceedingly Wm. Taussig, Chicago, Director. Frank Inksater, Elmira, N. Y. Director. may be bought from growers from time to time, provided our private ware- house records are open to the inspec- tion of the internal revenue otficials at all reasonable times; also that where leaf dealers make sales, but hold the tobacco so sold in their own warehouses for their customers' account, such sales are to be entered by the seller and buyer in their repsective Book 59 when made, and the purchaser, should he re- sell the tobacco, must thereupon enter in his Book 59 the names and addresses of the parties to whom the tobacco is sold and the districts into which it is shipped. in connection with th s regulation I beg to state that for many years it has been the custom to transfer in bulk the tobacco in our storage warehouses in the leaf growing districts to our Book 59 kept in New York, for ex- ample, and thereafter 10 record al) sales in our New York book, shipments being made fi-om the warehouses direct to our customers. This practice is ab- solutely neccessary for the protection In my opinion there was no authority cerning the identity of the ultimate of our trade secrets and is in strict con- doubtful whether jobber is naturally unwilling to make, I desire to ask, therefore, whether I Treasury Decision 1134 was fairly sus- I urged that where a leaf dealer made am correctly informed that under the erning amended and as a result of representa S2I?,?I^^,?a rolo^fnf fL thf for himself or on commission, to sell. Book 59 at the time made and the pur- register as leaf dealers at any of our J!f«y„ 0^5 f^! »ro?.nf Jofna nf thp or offer for sale, or consign for sale on chaser should make a corresponding storage warehouses, we are quite will- ma?f.r nrnmUps^/nTp nrf^^^^ commission, leaf tobacco. " Packing entry in his Book 59. When the to- ing to do so as an accommodation to ^^ fJn? 1 ll;!,n^i;oro^ fha^^^ in warehouses as usually conducted in the bacco was removed from the warehouse the Government in consideration of the fki\,^LV !!f 10.^ Thp r«c,„iaHnn« crnv cigar leaf trade are clearly exempt for shipment, the party to whom it be- modifications you have made in the re- iinin^ .hi Vlnnon w!?phn.,s?s wprp ""^er the provision quoted and were longed should enter in his Book 59 the quirements of T. D. 1134 and provided erning me looacco warenouses were gpecifically relieved from the obliga- names and addresses of the parties to we can continue to follow the practice tion to pay special tax under the Span- whom shipment was made and the dis- with regard to the transfer of our ish war revenue act by the provision tricts into which the tobacco was sent. that "nothing herein contained shall Such a system, I was convinced, would require a special tax for the storage of afford the Government full protection goods, wares or merchandise in other and would accord with the practice than the place of business." As is well throughout the tobacco trade and with known throughout the trade, for many commercial methods in all lines. years it has been the custom at the end The negotiations with the Internal of the packing season, or before, to Revenue Bureau regarding these im- transfer tobacco in storage warehouses portant questions occupied more than in the leaf growing districts to Book a month but the Commissioner, after 59 as kept at the packer's principal patient hearing, and a most painstak- place of business and thereafter, when- ing investigation, conceded all the ever a sale was made, to instruct the points we had contended for and incor- agent at the warehouse to ship the porated them in the Revised Regula- goods to the packer's order at the point tions issued on July 1st. With a view of destination, the bill of lading being to obviating any possible misunder- endorsed to the buyer of the leaf, thus standing as to the construction to be enabling him to secure delivery thereof placed upon the Revised Regulations I by the carrier. In this manner the dis- addressed the following letter to the closure of the .private details of the Commissioner, under date of July 10, packer's business was obviated and at 1907: the same time the Government was Hon. John G. Capers, afforded complete and accurate records Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with which to trace all leaf tobacco Washington, D. C. : from the grower's hands to the cigar Dear Sir : I. H. Weaver, Lancaster, Pa., manufacturer's factory. It was my I am advised that the Bureau is about Director. contention that any regulation which to issue a regulation requiring leaf to- 14 • I » • ^ Oflicers: Joa. F. Cullman. Jr., Prest., New York. John Staun, Vice Prest., Cincinnati. Charles Fox, Secretary, New York. Felix Eckerson, Treas., Philadelphia. Directors : John R. Young. Philadelphia. I. H. Weaver, Lancaster, Pa. W. J. Lukaswitz. Dayton, O. I. L, Kemper. Baltimore. Md. B. L. Haas, Hartford, Conn. William Taussig. Chicago. Ferd. 0pp.' St. Lnuis. A. Cohn, New York. Frank Insater, Elmira, X. Y. Delegates and Alternates. New York : L L. Kemper, Baltimore, Md. Director. packings from our Book 59 at the stor- age warehouse 10 our Book 59 at our principal place of business. I desire to take this opportunity to express my hearty appreciation of the uniform courtesy which you have ac- ccorded to me and to our Washington representative throughout these nego- tiations. You have shown a quick grasp and an intelligent understanding of a somewhat complicated technical matter and your consideration in giving personal attention to our representa- tions cannot fail to inspire the entire tobacco trade with confidence in your administration. Your painstaking effort to formulate regulations which, while providing every necessary safeguard to the interests of the Government, will relieve our trade of vexatious and use- less restrictions, will not cnly be deeply appreciated but will induce prompt compliance with the spirit as well as the letter of your rules. Upon receipt of the affirmative reply to the inquiry above set forth it will afford me pleasure to advise the mem- bers of this Association of the satisfac- tory character of the revised regula- tions from our trade standpoint and to earnestly urge them all to observe them scrupulously and cheerfully. I have the honor to be. Very truly yours, (Signed) Jos. F. Cullman, Jr., President National Cigar Leaf Tob. Assoc. Cmmissioner Capers at once replied very courteously confirming my inter- pretation of the new regulations and thus the entire controversy concerning a matter of the utmost moment to the leaf trade was brought to a satisfactory conclusion. I cannot speak too highly of the patience and consideration which has marked Commissioner Capers' at- titude toward us throughout the pro- tracted negotiations. [The remainder of this report will be found in our regular edition. ]2 A. Bijur G. W. Spitzner Ferd. Cranz Leopold Cohn H. S. Roths3hild Leonard Cohn J. Lichtpnstein Sig. H. Koenig E. A. Kraussman Jerome Waller F. M. Dolbeer F. A. Bach Charles Mei'=sner Richard Weil Jos F Cjllman, Sr. M L Gerschel Mano Fleischman Morilz Newberger Celestino Lopez Allie L. Sylvester John H Duys C W. Wobbe Sig Schleuierer H G. Vetterlein • « 4F ; balance on hand. $2 137.44. The r* port was accepted, and the thanks tf the Association were ex- tended to Mr. Eckerson. Jerome Waller, D< legate from New York. Julius Vettorltin. Delegate from Philadtlphia. be considered, your Beard of Directora desire to make the fi lowing rtc( m- mendations, viz : FIRST: That the position already taken by the Association en the (lues- tion of a reduction of the duties on Tobacco and its manufacturtrs im- ported from the Philippine Islands ia the correct one ani that the Conven- tion by resolution should not only strongly endorse the action thus far tak»n bu^ sptve notice on all those aspiring to high public otlice that if they desire ttie support of those in- terested ir our industry they must act in accordance therewith. SECOND: That the so called P\-ie Leaf Bill recently passed by the House of Representatives is not only a most iniquitous measure but one for which there can be no possible ex- cuse, for. even if it shoultl become a law it cannot possibly be of any benefit to the small number of citi- zens in whose interest it is seemingly being urged, owing to the fact that its provisions are in direct conflict with the prtsent internal revenue laws and against the principle of our institutions in that it is the most barefaced class hgislation ever at- tempted to be enacted by Congress, therefore, we recommend that the incoming President and the Legisla- tive Committee be plainly and em- phatically instructed to combat by every means in their power the pass- age of the Bill in the Senate. THIRD: That, as there will moat likely be a revision of the taritf in the near future it is of the utmost importance that plan*" be formulated at this Convention. v\hich will secure unanimity of action by the several branches of our industry so that we may secure legislation which sha'l be for the greatest good of the greatest number. This can only be done by allowing the fullest discussion of the subject en the floor of the Conven- tion, by a forgetfulness of what may seem to be individual interest and the adoption of such a plan of action as may best secure the purport of all the varied interests, as it is only by united actitn that we can hcpe to E. A. Kraussman. Delegate from New York. A report from the Board of Directors was called for. and .John R. Young on behalf of the Board, presented the fol- lowing report : DIRECTORS' REPORT. To the President and Members of the National Cigar Leaf Tob. Assoc. Gentlemen : Your Board of Directors beg leave to report that the President and the Legislative Committee having so ably acted on all questions which in any way affected the interests of the trade, it has been unnecessary for the Board to take any oflicial action, hence, the only report we can make is to endorse what has been done by your President, of which he will fully advise you, but. in view of the fact that during the coming year there will doubtless be questions of the utmost importance to Joseph F. Cullman, Delegate frjm Nt.v Vorl-- 15, THE TOBACCO WORLD u THE TOBACCO WORLD H. S RothPchild. Delegate from New York. •secure any benefit from tariff re- vision. FOURTH : That decisive plans should be formulated to secure fmm all en- ga^ed in the leaf tobacco business a •more lively interest in the work of the Association. We believe that if all of the above »ecommendations are considered, dis- cussed and favorably acted upon. Rreat good will inure to our Afsociation and to every member thereof. Signed by the members of the Board. Mr. Young, of Philadelphia, then asking special privelege of taking the floor, delivered what was found to be "next to the President's report one of the most interc'stinir documents of the morning's session. Mr. Young combined a review of the workings of ih*' organ- ization wtih certain recommendations. The paper met wiih a spontaneous ap- plause, it was not only ordered re- ce ved. but the secretary was also au- thotized to give it publicity in trade papers and otherwise. Following is Mr. Young's dissertation: TOUNG'S REPORT e> RECOMMENDATIONS. Having had the privilege of sharing in the work of organizing what is now The National Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco As- sociation. 1 believe I will be pardoned for asking for a little of your time to briefly review the work done since the organization ^on Miy 22nd 1899. in this City, not for the purpose of calling at- tention to the work of any man or men, t)ut for the express and only purpose of answering the charge, so often made, that the Association had done nothing which entitles it to the supp )rt of the members of our industry. Most of you will remember that the cause which brought th • Association in to being was a ruling made by che Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which, had it been allowed to stand, would have prevented the sale of leaf tobacco by dealers in other than origi- nal packages, a very important and lucrative portion of the business of 'tnany of you. By prompt pnd effective work the Commissioner was induced to •fecind his action, and I submit that this first and one action should have made every dealer continuously thankful that there was an organization ready and willing to protect them in their rights and able to secure that protection. As a further result of the work done by your officers at that time, and on many occasions since, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has not only recog- nized the right of the Association to protest against any ruling of the De- partment or action of local collectors which has been in their opinion con- trary to the letter of the law or unjust to the merchant or manufacturer, to invite suggestions as to methods in pre- vention of fraud against the Govern- ment and in the establishing of an amicable understanding between the internal revenue officers and our own members, instead of that spirit of mutual hostility which formerlv ex- isted, generated on the side of our members by reason of unwise and at F. M. Dolbeer, Delegate from New York. 16 Joseph Goldberg, Delegate from Lancaster. times unlawful restrictions and regula- tions. Oni* of these, which r quired registration as leaf dealers afj>l the keeping of books at each warehouse, first came up in Juno. 1899, but was re- cmded throu>;h the t fforts of th ^ A-sso- ciation in September of same year and license lees which had been paid re- turned to our members. This s »me rul- ing was repeated in 1907, but in a short time again recinded at our request. In addition to this we have secured more satisfactory rules relative to the keep- ing of Government Books and the mak- ing of returns to the Government. The proper handling and settlement of these questions has benefited promptly the packer, hence, the Association is en- titled to his support for services ren- dered. Efforts to change the Dock-weight law were begun in 1899, and on Febru- ary 1st, 1900, a bill was presented in Congress for the desired relief. This was continuously pressed through the various channels and would undoubtedly have been passed by Congress had it not been for the opposition of the Col- lector at New York, although later we secured his endorsement of another plan, but which failed for reasons of political policy which approved any change in the existing tariff laws. Al- though the immense amount of work done in this matter seemingly has been unfruitful, yet it has, beyond question, placed ua in such a position that when the tariff is revised we will secure that for which we have so long labored. In March, 1901, by prompt and deci- sive action at Washington and with the assistance of the cigar and tobacco organization in Havana, we prevented the accomplishment of an effort to have Porto Rican tobacco admitted to Cuba free of duty, recognizing as we did that the Cuban product should be kept pure. By this the cigar manufacturers were benefited. In Januray, 1901, by reason of per- sonal work of your officers with and before the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, we secured an additional appropriation for and the elevation of the Division of Soils to the dignity of a Bureau, be- lieving that the work of that Depart- ment was entitled to our support and endorsement simply because the result would be enhancement in the value of American tobacco. This benefited many of our members, especially those inter- ested in Florida tobacco. The work of your officers before the various Committees of Congress has been continuous, and in several inst- ances we have been instrumental in securing wise amendments to the Bank- ruptcy Act, which have been a benefit to all our members. From the beginning of the agitation of reciprocity with Cuba it was appar- ent to every one interested in the to- bacco business that Legislation might be enactdd which would be inimical to our interests. To prevent this and se- cure for you legislation that would be of the least injury became the aim of your oflBcers, and for months they were constantly at work, and as a result pre- vented a 50 per cent, reduction, which had it been allowed would have seri- ously affected the manufacturers of fifie cigars and perhaps driven many of them out of business. In this connec- tion let me note here that, for the first time in the history of our industy, through our efforts, there was secured joint action by all branches of the in- dustry, for on January 21st, 1902, the most representative body of tobacco mtn that have ever been brought to- gether met in Washington, presented their cause to the President personally and appealed before the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Rep- resentatives. Let those who claim that unity of action cannot be secured remember this. The conditions under which Cuba was finally given reciprocity you all know, but you also know that the United States has never received the benefits which it was argued its citizens would recti ve, but on the contrary almost all the predictions we made when oppos- ing reciprocity have become true. The manner in which the Philippine question has been handled and the re- sults obtained not only reflect great credit on the men who did the work. Chas. Emory Long, Delegate from Lancaster. but every man interested in any way, from the largest tobacco grower down to the stripper boy in the factory, ought to daily thank them for what they did to prevent the entry in competition with 1 he American-made cigar of the mdnufactured product of the islands made by collie labor. If the cigar manufacturer and his employes will for a moment consider what would be the result to their interests of the admis- sion to the American market of this cheap product they will realize from what they have escaped, and it should make them willing and anxious to sup- port the Association in opposing what seems to be one of the pet schemes of the Administration. On the cigar Import Stamp, let me quote from President Bijur's report to the 7th Annual Convention "One of the most gratifying incidents of the year, and one to which the members of our Association may refer with a very proper pride as reflecting the advant- ages to be gained through organized effort, is the change in the customs stamp formerly placed on boxes of Im- ported cigars." Is it necessary for me to say that this one act has done more to cause the remarkable growth in the manufacture of clear Havana cigars than anything else? Yet I venture to say that were I to ask any one ;of the clear Havana manufacturers— "What has the Association done for jou?" the answer would be. "NOTHING!" But have I not said enough to convince any reasonable man of the valauble results obtained, without dwelling at length on the immense amount of work done, in the trade industry, on such matters as the estimating Contests of the Trust, the suit against the Ameri- can Tobacco Company, and the Mac- Andrews & Forbes Company, the sup- port given the independent manufac- turers in their contest against the Trust? Yet there is one other import- ant matter that should receive the con- sideration and tl aiks of the entire trade for actual service rendered. I refer to the Free Leaf Bill. Twice has it been defeated, and for the third time I predict the same result, and hope that after this attempt at the rankest kind of class legislation the matter will be buried so deep that its resurrection will be impossible. Just a few words more, and I am done. At the first convention of this Association, on May 22, 1899, I said, "The formation of such a representa- tive body as this must be of great bene- fit to the entire trade, for all can now feel there is an official body ready and willing to defend the interests of the trade whenever they may be attacked." I now submit our record for nine years to the world and ask. Has the Associ- ation done anything? J. M. Dolbeer, chairman of the In- surance Committee, made a report on behalf of his committee, which was accepted but referred to the Committee on Resolutions for further considera- tion and later action. The election of officers would have been rext in order, but the regular pro- cedure was dispensed with in order to hold the election of officers at the close of the final session of the Convention. M. Eisenberg, of Cincinnati, reported that John Staun, of that city, who is the Vice President of the organization, had been taken ill and was unable to attend the meeting. A unanimous vote was passed instructing the Secretary to forward a telegram expressing the Association's regret at Mr. Staun's inability to attend, and hoping for his speedy recovery to his usual good health. RESOLUTION COMMITTEE. A Resolution Committe was appointed by the chair, consisting of five, and which was as follows: Samuel Sternfeld, Chicago; Leonard A. Cohn, New York ; Harry W. Bremer. Philadelphia; H. Schlessinger, Cleveland ; J. C. Mitchellson, Tariffville, Conn. The meeting was adjourned at noon to reconvene at 2 p. m., but it went into executive session, which occupied all the afternoon. e m • Meyer Jaskulek, Delegate from Cleveland. President Cullman's Report (Concluded) ATTEMPT TO REPEAL BANKRUPTCY LAW Since the original Federal bankruptcy law was enacted, this Association has co-operated in the effort to prevent its repeal which has been sought in every Congress by certain interests in the South and West. The opponents of the law are divided into two classes, a few large business concerns which em- ploy legal representatives io every State and thus secure important advan- tage over smaller creditors, and or- ganizations of retail merchants who are opposed to the statute on the ground that its provisions are drastic and favor the creditor at the expense of the debtor. We have taken the position that, while the law is not perfect, it is far superior to the patchwork legisla- tion of the different States and through- out the present session, as in the past, we have strongly opposed its repeal or emasculation. Merchants who object to any alleged advantages the law may accord the creditor class should bear in mind the fact that unless manufacturers and wholesalers receive a reasonable measure of protection under the laws they will be obliged to find it for them- selves by curtailing credits, thereby imposing far greater hardships upon the debtor class than could result from the present Federal statute. I am glad to be able to report that the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction of this subject, has refused to report any of the pending bills for the repeal of the law, and I am advised that no action will be taken in this Congress. ANTI-COUPON LEGISLATION. F*»deral legislation to put an end to the demoralizing practice of selling to- bacco products with the aid of prizes represented by redeemable coupons, has long been favored by this Associa- tion, which has taken an active part in the campaign in Congress to secure the enactment of an efficient statute. You are familiar with the fate of the so-called Otjen-Tawney bill, which, after passing the House, was abandoned because it was demonstrated to the satisfaction of both friends and oppo- nents that it was of doubtful constitu- tionality. Representative Tawney sub- sequently introduced a bill based on an entirely different principle and thin measure in a carefully revised form was recently again presented in the House of Representatives. It levies a tax of 2 cents upon "every coupon, prize ticket or other device attached to, packed in or with, or forming part of, or encircling, or given with any manufactured tobacco, cigar or cigars, little cigar or little cigars, cigarette or cigarettes or snuff or stamped pack- age or receptacle thereof," if such coupon is made redeemable or is ac- tually redeemed. With regard to the position we have assumed in this matter, we submitted a statement to the Ways and Means Committee clearly defining our attitude in favor of this measure, basing our arguments on the grounds that it is to the best interest of the trade and con- sumer to put as much value as possible into the product, having the output sell on its merit, and not seek to induce a purchase by the glamor of a cheap premium. That the new Tawney bill is constitu- tional was very convincingly argued at the hearing before the Ways and Means Committee by Ex-Commissioner of Internal Revenue John W. Yerkes, whose high legal attainments and long experience at the head of the Internal Revenue Bureau lend great weight to his conclusions. Mr. Yerkes empha- sized the statement that the United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the principle of equality in taxation, as laid down in the Constitu- tion, reour oflicers that, while neither the grower nor any other individual should be permitted to sell leaf tobacco to a manufacturer without making a detailed record of the transaction, the records of the in- ternal revenue service showing the transactions between growers of to- bacco and leaf dealers are valueless to the Government, no matter in what form they may be kept; and the great burden placed upon our trade by the present law and regulations requiring us to keep these unnecessary records is absolutely unjustifiable. I trust that when the revision of the tariff law is undertaken, we shall be able to con- vince Congress of the propriety of re- lieving the leaf dealers of the necessity of keeping elaborate and costly records of our transactions with the growers, so long as the latter are permitted to make unreported sales to manufac- turers. TARIFF REVISION. The prediction that the tobacco trade would not be called upon to meet any of the demoralizing results of tariff revision during the past year has been fully verified. It is probable, how- ever, that before we meet again a very comprehensive revision of the Dingley Act will have been undertaken and it should be one of the important tasks of this convention to instruct your olficers as to the policy to be pursued with reference to the amendment of the to- bacco schedule. It is the present plan of the majority leaders in Congress to pass a new tariff law early in the Gist Congress, either at a special session to be called soon after the inauguration of the next President, in March, 1909, or at the first regular session which meets on the first Monday in the following Decem- ber. The House leaders anticipate the passage before the adjournment of th e present session of a resolution recently introduced by Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee authorizin g a Committee to take certain preliminary steps during the coming recess to se- cure data as the basis for the general overhauling of the schedules which is now in contemplation. No change of rates or classification, however, will be determined upon in the present Con- gress, which does not expire until March 4, next. There can be no doubt that the to- bacco schedule stands in need of com- plete recasting. It should be possible by definite statement in a new tariff to do away with the present unsatisfactory assessment of tobacco on dock weights and have duties levied on withdrawal weights. If a uniform rate of duty on wrappers and fillers is provided the friction between importers and custom officials and the frauds which have been rendered possible under the differential rates would be obviated, but if the present classification is retained a workable definition or standard for commercial wrappers should certainly be provided to relieve importers of the hardships they have suffered under the existing schedule and to put an end to unfair competition at which there is good reason to believe, certain customs otficials have connived. It is inconceiv- able that Congress will revise the tariff law at all comprehensively and not pro- vide a substantial measure of relief from the abuses that have arisen under the present schedule. In this connection an opportunity will be afforded us to co-operate with the cigar manufacturing industry in securing certain changes in the statu- tory packages of cigars which appear to be much desired. We have hereto- fore favored a measure authorizing a package to contain ten cigars, either in addition to. ur in place of, the twelves and thirteen ^ permitted by the present law. Such packages are now authorized for little cigars and cigar- ettes and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is on record as advocating the extension of this privilege to cigars of standard size. RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA. The possibility of tariff revision in the near future naturally suggests a reference to the existing reciprocal trade arrangement with Cuba which will expire next December, While it is not possible at this time to fore- shadow the course that will he pursued by the Government at Washington in making a new treaty, 1 desire to sub- mit a few facts and deductions regard- ing fame. The existing treaty expires by limita- tion after having remained in force five years, but unless modified six months before the date of its expiration it will continue in effect automatically until six months after due notice shall have been given, either by the United States or Ciha, of a desire to terminate the arrangement. It is obvious therefore that in default of action before next December the existing treaty will con- tinue in force indefinitely. The second point to be borne in mind is the fact that the independent govern- ment of the islands will probably not be restored and the military forces of the United States withdrawn for at least another year and t at the State Department is unwilling to negotiate a treaty prior to the restoration of the civil government; otherwise the criti- cism would be made by foreign govern- ments that the United States had mani- pulated both ends of the new agreement in its own interest. In the third place, it should be re- membered that the chief reason for amending the existing treaty is the fact that the concessions made by the United States in opening up a great market for Cuban sugar and tobacco by a 20 per cent, cut in the Dingley tariff rates have far exceeded in value those made by Cuba in reducing by varying percentages the duties on American products entering the island. To correct this ineijuality it is proposed merely that the Cuban Government shall make additional reductions in the rates on American products, and should this plan be adhered to it would not be necessary to submit the new agreement to the Senate for ratification, or to the Ilouse for concurrence in the modificat tions, which would be limited to changes in the Cuban tariff. Should any attemp- 17 E. A. Calves & Co. iiOLD MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY OF STOGIES. AT WOKtD'S FAIR. ST. LOUIS^_i904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Qu4li(y. Lon« Filler. Hknd Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHARTER, BLENDED SMOKE, BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE, EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc Factory No. 1643. Capacity 50.0J0.JJJ j Vear Factory: LANCASTER, PA. rtur* T. J. DUINN <& CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-403 E. 91st Street. NEW YORK_ Louis E.Neuman&Co 123*-^Tol3Q^^5T AND PARK AVE. N.Y. LABELS & SHOW r >v I- s o TED CI Michael Hose A. F. Brillhait Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, DiM, Pel CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue ot 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co 1931"1935 Western Ave., ..<■ 1201"1209 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST Ol'AMTY FI.NtST PACKAGES Wbolcaale and Jobbing Trade oidy Correspondence >*lth Actlv* Honscs Invited NWA THE TOBACCO WORLD EI6AR RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain A:.irL.nt of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St.. NEW YORK H. R. TROST 8i CO, (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) 1 1 J 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. WOLF BROS. Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship LANCASTER TOBACCO MARKET r .:_ij| Still Reported "Quiet." But it is Claimed that Nine-Tenths of the 1907 Crop Has Been Bought. Lancaster, Pa., May 11. The local leaf market has again set- tled down to a general quietness, and what business was done came princi- pally from out of town points. There weie no large sales such as once were of common occurrence. The business that was done consisted of small lots shipped here and there. There now remains but a compara- tively small percentage of the 1907 crop not yet contracted for, and some put the amount at less than 10 per cent. Packers are just beginning to fully realize what a big quantity of the 1907 Pennsylvania tobacco has been secured this year by the American TobacpoCo., and are also somewhat amazed at the short time that has elapsed since buy- ing began, and that it is already nearly over. There are perhaps few who would not, if they had it to do over, have tried to buy much more at the figures paid for the crops this year. That there will not be much increase in acreage, if any, this year is now rea- sonably certain. Farmers are com- plaining of the difficulty in getting labor, although they are hoping to get their crops out reasonably early this year Plant beds are making pretty good progress. As reported last week the cigar in- dustry in certain sections shows some signs of improvement. The revenue returns for April show more encouragement and a slight in- crease in the output of cigars as com- pared with the previous months of this year. The receipts for April were $167,213.92, as against $159,780.87 in March, a gain of $7,433.05. These figures represent an output of 55.771,300 in April as against 53.260,290 in March, a gain for April of 2,511,010. In some of the nearby towns the in- dustry is not yet thoroughly active. Of the several factories at Akron the 0^ © Uncle Roman La Plumadora Dun Bonanza Duke of Taranta Red Lion (uke of Taranta I (£) Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. © y ^ HEADOUAKTERS FOR NVisconsin Tobacco L. B. CARLE & SON ■-\ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. /- "^ UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer In *^C. Best Known . J ^^^ TWO CRACKER JACKS="2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PURO PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited (tlnr»*ni»on2,\oniiJcGnflt^i»''Gt.l'>rnoUl\jn.\"^. ISiniirh d^ffirr. iTiHnstBnndolvli St.CfliirogpJll. Krull Cigar Co. is the only one that has cominued work steadily, although othtrs are finding some improvcmont now. S. N. Wolf, of Wolf & Hai-kman, Akron, is now on business through the West. Chas. S. Stroebel. of the Miami Val- ley Leaf Tobacco Co., of Dayton, O., and Alfred W. Penner, with Dohan & Taitt, Philadelphia, have been visitors in this city recently. j Morris Rosenthal, A. B. Hess, Joe | Goldberg and Chas. Emory Long com j pose the Lancaster delegation who will i this week attend the National Corvcn- 1 tion to be held in Philadelphia. I Jacob G. Shirk, the well known cigar' and tobacco jobber, has been on the sick list for several weeks, but is now \ much improved and is about as usual. IN NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. There is some activity in the tobacco market now and the purchase of the 1907 crop of the Clinton county weed has commenced. Buyer Rich has been in this district for a week or more and is accompanied by Cyrus McCurdy. These gentlemen have examined a lot uf tobacco and have already purchased a goodly num- ber of cases. Grant Gresser, of Charlton, is also bu\ ing up a large quantity of the weed for Lancaster parties Up to Friday he secured the Thompson crop at Charl- ton and the crops raised by Messrs. McGuire, Markf>, Crumley, Snyder and Moore in Wayne township, comprising 120 cases which filled two freight cars. The price paid is not up to that of former years, altl ough the crop is a good one, and many growers have de- cided to hold off for a larger figure. In view of the f^iump in the price, the acreage in tobacco in Clinton county will be much less this year than for many yeara past. The growers are sati^fied it will pay them better to plant corn and potatoes. TOBACCO SUIT DECIDED in YORK FamyI LEAf mm CO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL 0RDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IH fisr AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS ^^^^M^^»%%^%<%|%<^%%»^%» %^k'%«i%%% %^^t^%i John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin m. co. Wholctftlc DMiera in All Kinds off Plug Qi Smoking Tobaccos Also. All Crudes of I Fine Cigars @. Leaf Tobacco LNo. 307 North Queen St. 11 LANCASTER, PA. | Verdict Rendered by Judge Wan- ner in Favor of Messrs. Granat and Lichtenstein. York, Pa.. May IL A rather dull market was somewhat enlivened last week by a litigation which resulted from a tobacco deal, and which involved quite a large sum of money. The matter was finally brought up before Judge Wanner in equity proceedings. It was shown by the testimony that an arrangement had been entered into some months ago by Noah Gillen and Robert M. Granat, composing the firm of Gillen & Granat, of this city, and John F. Reichard, a leaf tobacco dealer, formerly located at Craley, this county, but who recently removed to Red Lion, and whereby a certain packing of 1906 tobacco was put up. On January 1, last, however, the firm of Gillen & Granat was dissolved by the retirement of.Mr. Gillen, 'who^sold STOKHUYZEN & BROitt Sworn Tobacco Brokers Office and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascatl), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Bro.'cers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Office and Sample Rooms : 87 Rokii\ 41 100 Nes. opposite FrascUi Color and Cancelling Stamps Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST. Dallastown, Pa^. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day ^^S THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^1^. Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, COI\N.) Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section, Fine Handling Superb Quality Address: F. B. GRIFFIN. Manager, NORTH BLOOMFIELD, CONN. -OR A. H. REEDER, President, P. 0. BOX 574, DAYTON. 0. ' • i^M HERA4AIN DEUUE York, Penna. Maker of Delman 5& Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c. UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale 4 Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK, PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: B6e Bear. S6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. ^i>PERTEU«*^ MAKER OF Fernside.nd Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to ihc Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manuf.icturersoi Fine Domestic Cigars HliJhest Quality Finest Packa|{es . Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. ~-^iS^ 1 THE DOCTOR 3c. Ci^ar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Maker of Uitfh Grade Clears Exclaslvely. _ H. G. BARNHART Cliiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa. One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always duplicate C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made 5b. Ciian FOR THE Wholesale Trade Only Union Chief Snpreme Union Mc Sherrystown, Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. Id IRREGULAR P ^W^ S^^THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S ( 1 SAMUEL FREV Craley, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigars for the Wholesale Trade 43LD JUDGE ] Z^ MILD AND PLEASANT ) 7 f^- C^ THF rvri ONT r c^Vy. RROWN RIICK rRnnripH^ f A- lUl <)U THE CYCLONi: ) BROWN BUCK (Banded) ALLEN GOODRICH, 3c. Samples (o Responsible Houses FRIES &BRO. 92 Reade St., NEW YORK The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the ^ WORLD-RENOWNED I SPANISH BETUNS Only Non-Evaporating Cigar and Tobacco Flavors SWEETENERS, ETC. ^Qmnlp Froo "I"*^* Most Popular Flavor since 1866 3dllipie rree p,e„e write for Them Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best [ The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug , Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 26 his interest to Mr. Granat, and the latter continued the business under the firm name of Robert M. Granat & Co. Substquently a trade deal was made wiih Julius Lichtenstein, of J. Lichttn- stein & Co., New York, by which ar- rangement said Lichtenstein was to take 456 cases of tobacco, and Granat & Co. and Reichard were to take a certain quantity of Florida leaf to- bacco. Something like 250 cases of tobacco had been loaded on cars at York pre- paratory to shipment to New York, when an injunction was issued against Granat & Co. and the Railroad, re- straining them, temporarily, at least, from allowing the tobacco to be moved. In his petition for an injunction Mr. Reichard alleged collusion and claimed that the deal was made without his knowledge and consent, and that he was an interested party to the extent of one-third the value, placed in the neighborhood of $10,C00. Granat & Co., of course, filed a peti- tion to have the injunction litted, and in support of their motion declared that the basis of the deal with Lichtenstein, a trade of Florida leaf for the Pennsyl- vania leaf, had been satisfactory to Reichard, and that he had signed an agreement to that elfect. Mr. Reichard asserted that the agree- ment was made with the understanding that he (Reichard) was to sample the Florida tobacco to satisfy himself of its value before the deal should be consummated, and he claimed that he had not been allowed that privilege. Several witnesses were called In sup- port uf the conflicting claims and the Judge then took the matter under ad- visement for a day. The following day Judge Wanner rendeied his decision, which was in favor of Messis. Granat and Lichten- stein. The opinion was in part as fol- lows: "The weight of the evidence shows to the satisfaction of the court that the exchange of plaintiff's tobacco for the Florida tobacco was not fraudu- lently made by the defendant?, Granat and Lichtenstein, but with full and sufficient authority so to do in the de- fendant. Robert M. Granat, and that it was done with the previous know- ledge of the plai itiff Reichard. "The plaintiff having failed to show any conspiracy on the part of the de- fendants Granat and Lichtenstein to cheat and defraud him out of his one- third interest in said Pennsylvania leaf tobacco, or any wrongful or fraudulent taking of the same or any part thereof by either of them, he is not entitled to a continuance of the preliminary in- junction heretofore granted in this case, to prevent the removal of the tobacco by said Lichtenstein & Co. "Reichard, by his acceptance and retention of one- third of said Florida tobacco down to the present time, has forfeited any right to the retention of the Pennsylvania leaf tobacco, in which he claims a one- third interest, asiwas under the terms of said agreement to be delivered to said Lichtenstein & Co., and has no right to prevent the removal of the same by said defendant, Julius Lichtenstein & Co." O. H. Hankey, of this city, who kept a cigar store in the front of Hotel O'Bold at Hanover, this week removed his stock and fixtures to York by trolley freight, and it was the first freight shipment to York from Hanover on the trolley road. The tobacco trade in this section for the most part remains quiet, both with the leaf men and the manufacturers. Leaf Tobacco Markets BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. Nearly all of last year's crop in the bundle has been bought up. Most of the crop still in the growers' hands has been assorted and some fine crops are included in this portion of last year's tobacco. The seed beds make a good showing being in a more advanced con- dition than last year at this time, nearly all of the beds showing a fine stand of plan s.— Gazette. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. Tobacco plants are growing very fast. There are many of them that 10c silver pieces would not cover, and I have heard of plants that are larger than a quarter of a dollar. Such plants will soon demand as much time as the chores, and it is as necessary to attend to these little fellows as it has been to give the live stock attention during the trying months of winter and spring. When plants get to the size of which I have spoken, two weeks make great changes. Our correspondents write : Montague, Mass. : "A few seed beds are sown. I have 1,000 square feet under glass, and the plants are coming up well. About 75 per cent, only will be planted to tobacco this year, as compared with last year." Hatfield, Mass. : "The Whalen Bros, have sold 91 cases of their 1907 packing (unsweat) for J 4c. No other sales to report." Bradstreet, Mass. : "The Belden Bros, have sold their 1907 packing, somewhere about 150 cases now, but at low prices." North Hatfield, Mass. : "No sales to report, but Mr. Swift has had a rather flattering offer on his entire season's packing, and just upon his recommendation without the party see- ing the goods. "—American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The movement that seems destined to clean up the balance of the '07 crop goes steadily on. While the volume of trans- actions is falling off the buyers now in the field are as actively engaged in hunt- ing up the remnants as at any time. There can not be much more than ten per cent, of the crop remaining unsold, which a few weeks more at the present rate will absorb. The bulk of transac- tions continue to be made at low figures, mostly under 6 cents. A week of cold rains has held back the growth of the young plants, which are appearing plentifully in the beds. A few days of warm weather will doubt- less bring them up to average condition. Shipments 1,050 cases.— Reporter. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established isso Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERS\ IlLil. I'A. MG^. THE T O B A 000 WORLD J. B. MILLEYSACK .Manufacturer of Pine Hav^ana Hand-IVlade No. 821 Lake Street CIGARS LANCASTER, PA. r Correspondence with the Jobbing Trade solicited. H. L. HEAVtR Factory ^9.5 3 i:. E. VttAVtl WEAVER Si BRO. Manufacturers of ESTABLISHED 1889 INCORPORATED 1902 i A. B. HESS CIGAR CO. SUCCESSORS TO J. E. Sherts & Co. LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Seed and Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES The Gilt Edge CIGAR BOXES SHIPPING CASES LABELS EDGINGS RIBBONS \ Cigar Box Factory J. FRANK BOWMAN Cigar Manufacturers' SUPPLIES of All Kinds 51 Market Street LANCASTER. PA. Daily Capacity: Five Thousand Boxes Cigars For Jobbing Trade Only For Quality, Workmanship. Style and Price Our Goods are Correct. Correspondence Solicited TERRE HILL, PA. American Protectorate A Choice 5c. Cigar Handsomely Packed and put up in Several Popular Shapes and Sizes Manufactured by Himmelber8[er & Noll, ROBESONIA. PA. It Will Remove Rankness Irom 1 obaccc Take Away Mustincss and Give Ciiiars Havana Flavor, CHASKEL'S SPANISH BETUNE Is specially adapted to give that Peculiar Sourish Effect desired. Chaskers Flavors the Cheapest in the market, considering^ what they do. A Card Will Brin^ More Information and Prices^ Chaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway, New York NavopS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ lis Ja r leiscKKaue Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street Philadelphia, ft I TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ LITHOGRAPHINO SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ f ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ /♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ :: xt ••••- JACOB a SHIRK -it Lancaster, Pa, JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co, American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co, BlackwcU Durham Tobacco Co, Spalding c€- Merrick Tobacco Co, IT WILL PAY YOl '„" "" "^ •""^"^ """" >rderlni{ ^oods elsewhere. I Bl ^u«l|« M.1UXM.1 T>Ci^. 1 Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS of ihe fullowlntf Good as Government Bonds Ke^istcred Br«.d«. (t "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana . lOc* **S. B." Seed and Havana 3c. KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c, Ihese Brands Sell on Merit and Constantly Repeat. Try I hem and Jud^e for Youraalt %^h> Ihls Factory Never Shuta Dowa . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. [NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers Describe the Flavor You Want and our Laboratory will fit you out with complete satisfaction. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. F.CKERT. Propriefor HANOVER, PA. Xj J J Caveats, Trade Marks, r^HZCtlZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. '^'ZucittT'' John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. C. V I R a I IN 1 A R E R I Q u E MIXTURE GJie AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOK % .? ^^THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLDS SttWtK. SONS 4 COMp^^^ Lithographers 257 to 265 West iZth Street, NEW YORK SPECIALTIES CIGAR LABELS ADVERTISING NOVELTIES IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BANDS ■■ \ Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H. W. HEFFENER Howard and Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. DEALER IN CIGAR BOX LUMBER, LABELS, RIBBONS, EDGINGS, BANDS, ETC. Parmenter Wax-Lined Coupon Ci^ar Pockets Afford PERFECT PROTECTION AGAINST MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE Advertising Medium known. Racine Paper Goods Co., Racine, Wis., U.S. A. Sola Owners and Mannfactnrcrs' ADEN BUSER Manufacturer of Dealer in LUMBER LABELS EDGING ETO. 22 Cigar Boxes and Cases R. F. D. No. 3 YORK, PENNA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacturers of v Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA. Minnicb Baling Press PATENTED MARCH 9. 1807 For All Kinds of Products Requiring Baling TOBACCO STEMS, PAPER, COTTON, Etc. Specially Constructed Presses FOR LEAF TOBACCO PACKERS Warranted to do more and better work in a given timet with Jess labor, thnn any Press on the markft. Unsurpassed for power, strength, simplicity and durability, as well as ease and quickness in operation. Vari- ous sizes minuiactured Write for prices and full p'trticulars. They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- houses. Hundreds in use. Minnich Machine Works LBndisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1S34— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS . METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦' >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦^^ ♦«♦ H# J# I leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ♦ Ik TELEPHONE 1661 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ #^♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ UTHOGR.APHINO ^^^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦^.^^.^^^ SPECIAL DESIQIU ♦ ♦ JACOB G. SHIRK Lancaster, Pa. JOBBER and DEALER in PRODUCTS of American Tobacco Co. American Cigar Co. American Stogie Co Luhrman & Wilburn Tobacco Co. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co. Spalding & Merrick Tobacco Co. IT H/II I DA V VAII '" GET MY PRICES befor* 11 IT ILL lAI lUt ordering ^oods elsewhere. Brilliant as Diamonds Fragrant as Roses ARE THE CIGARS of Ihe following Good as Government Bonds Registered Br..d«. "BRILLIANT STAR" clear Havana . lOc* "S. B." Seed and Havana 5c. "KATHLEEN O'NEIL" .... 5c. "VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 5c. These Brands Sell on Merit and Constaatly Repeat. Try Ihem and Judde for Youraalf Why This Factory Never Shuts Down . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. NEW HOLLAND PA. For Sale by All Dealers Describe the Flavor You Want and our Laboratory will fit you out with complete satisfaction. Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. F.CKERT, Proprielor HANOVER, PA. Caveats, Trade Marks, Jl stents Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. <^^^°f *"** John A. Saul le Droit Bonding, WASHINGTON, D. C. V i R a I N 1 A E R I Q \J E MIXTURE 6Ae AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YOU klVA' E. A. Calves & C0.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of ^^KTHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^S Take no other but the Gemiiite Incarporatedl893 Every Box of tlie Genuine Portuondo Cigars Carries this Trade Marl^ and Signature of Juan F. Portuondo The Juan E Portuondo Ci^ar M'f|. Ca """■Msij^, -Uur* .>^X ^^t^ ■#• *3H»?=»/ udW m nWAoE _Skn» RE(y^EREt >, v—Afc.a ReKiAtered ia U. S, Patent Olflco MANUFA6TER.ED ONLY* BY There are more Imitations of tWs old establislied and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars any Other cigar intneworlcL 1110 '1116 5'an50iTiiSl.,Pliiladelphia. A. COHN 8i CO. i ► ^♦♦4^^^^»^>«4-^4^4^4^4^-«^>^^4^^^4-^4 4>4 4-«4^^4 4-4^^^4«'4^^-«^>>4>4 IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York "•€NOS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUA\ATRA and HAVANA T rf^ V\ PI rf^ rf^ /^ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 U U Q i-< U Vj 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK ESTABLISHED 1840 CABLE: "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Bii{ Flats Onondags. T O b £7 <^ C O CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED Warahouacs t Addiaon. !S. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Merldlaa. N. ^ E. Hartford. Cona ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I H. F. KOHLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of I1K3H GRADE. HAND MADE Seed and HaN ana and Pine N For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Corrpapondence with Responsible Houses Invited ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ I ♦ I 4 ♦ ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I 4 : 4 4 I 4 4^ 4 4 4 4 4 ♦4444444 ♦♦44 4444 ♦♦♦♦444 ♦♦♦4 4444 44^* 444444444444 ^ Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII. in 1881. 1 ,, No. 21. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORh. MAY 20, 1908. 1 One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Liberman Suction Tables J RECOGM/EI) STANDAKh C Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CUTIERS CIGARMARLRS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Go. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACTIRERS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE (''£:/.^'.r,°') Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTOBT RICHMOND, VA. y V ^ p. & S. LOEWENTHAL Importers and Packers OF LEAF TOBACCO AND SHADE GROWN FLORIDA SUMATRA 138 Water St. New York ^. r r Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROBDER <& ARGUIMBAU 178 Water S treaty New York ■BBM. THE TOBACCO WORLD SgBQ r "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, PRESIDENT La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I H I LAD ELP H I A W, W. STEWART & SONS Reading, Pa. (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oil Bris. k Cb. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D.Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839, First nistrlct Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa i WritefofSainples&PricesI Wanted T.I. 722 Orchard -CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK ForSale{ CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 21 PHILADELPHIA, MAY 20, 1908 One Dollar the Year THE BOUTELLE BILL S. F. HESS 4 CO. TO DISSOLVE. RETAIL CIGAR HIT at WHEELING CIGARETTE RED NOSE. Provides that Name of the Actual Owner Shall be Placed on All Tobacco Packages. Washington. D. C, May 13. The bill introduced by Representa- tive Bontelle, of Illinois, is calculated to do away with the secrecy in the holding by the so-called Tobacco Trust of the stock of subsidiary companies, because it provides that on all manu- factured tobacco and snuff the name of the owner of the producing plant shall appear as well as the name of the pro- ducer and the place and date of pro- duction. It is believed that the measure is a result of the recent hearings before the Ways and Means Committee of the House on the Tawney anti-coupon bill. The bill is as follows: "Be it enacted, etc.. That section 3364, Revised Statutes of the United States as heretofore amended, shall now be amended so as to read as fol- lows: '• 'Section 3364. Every manufacturer of tobacco or snuff shall, in addition to all other requirements of this title re- lating to tobacco, print on each pack- age, or securely affix by pasting on each package containing tobacco or snuff manufactured by or for him a label, on which shall be printed the name of the bona fide owner and manu- facturer, the number of the manufac- tory, the district and State in which it is situated, and these words : " 'Notice. The manufacturer of this tobacco has complied with all require- ments of law. Every person is cau- tioned under the penalties of law not to use this package for tobacco again.' "When a tobacco manufactory is con- ducted in the name of a certain person, partnership or corporation, but the ac- tual owner of the manufactory is some other individual, partnership or corpor- ation, or a majority of the stock of the manufacturing company is owned by an- other corporation, person or partnership, then the name of such person, partner- ship or corporation must appear on the label as well as the name of the manu- facturer, and these names must appear in such way as to indicate clearly which is the true legal owner of the manufac- tory or of a majority interest therein. " Rochester's Oldest Tobacco Firm at a Standstill. Rochester, N. Y., May 15. Justice Sargent, of the Supreme Court, has issued an order directing all persons interested in the firm of S. F. Hess & Co. to appear before D. Curtis Gano as referee on July 16th, and show cause why the concern should not be dissolved. The statement>f the financial affairs of the company shows total liabilities of $106.464 55. The assets are: Real estate, $86,887.04; accounts receivable. $1,457.70; tobacco stock, $1,880; fix- tures. $100; cash $947.75, making a total of $91,272.49. %%i»»%<%^ NEW SINCERIDAD FACTORY. TOBACCO IN LOUISIANA. State Nay Prove Haven of Refuge for Kentuckians. Baton Rouge, La., May 15. L. M. Rice, of Louisville, Ky., called on Commissioner Charles Schuler this morning and informed that official that he had purchased 6,000 acres of land in the parish of St. Landry which he will plant in tobacco. Mr. Rice said he was one of the to- bacco planters run out of Kentucky by the night riders and their depredations. The entire outfit of his farm, he says, one of the largest in Kentucky, will be moved to Louisiana. , His removal to this State follows a movement started by the Progressive Union of New Orleans to encourage Kentucky tobacco planters harassed by night riders in that State to move to Louisiana, the Commissioner of Agri- culture having issued a bulletin to the effect that there were thousands of acres of land in this State suitable for the cultivation of tobacco. Gonzales, Fisher 4 Co. Will Erect Fine New Building. Tampa, Fla.. May 16. Within probably a week's time the plans for the new La Sinceridad cigar factory of Gonzalez, Fisher & Co., will be completed and turned over to the contractors for estimates. Miller & Kennard, architects, are now at work on the detail of the drawings. The plans are for a three-story and basement brick and stone structure of a type somewhat different from the usual type of cigar factory. The main building will be fifty feet wide and one hundred and thirty-seven feet long, with a wing 35x60 feet. This wing will form a portion of the front of the building, making the front of the structure eighty-five feet. In this wing lies the departure from the U6ual mode of building for cigar factories. It will contain the hall and stairways, stripping department, ele- vators, etc,, leaving the floors of the main building free from the usual space- takers of this nature. This will pro- vide room for a great number of cigar- makers. Manager A. Nistal said that the loca- tion for the new building had not yet been definitely decided upon. It may be erected on the site of the old fac- tory, which was destroyed in the con- flagration of March 1. That structure was a three story frame affair on Eighteenth street, near Twelfth ave- nue. If the old site is not used, then the factory will probably be built some- where along Michigan avenue. Mr. Nistal returned a few days ago from Cuba, where he went several weeks ago to look after some business matters. While there he looked over the tobacco situation He says that while the crop is not one of the largest, the outlook is much better than last year, for quantity and quality of leaf. —The G. Penn Tobacco Co., of Dan- ville, Va., has increased its capital stock from $48,000 to $100,000. The officers are: Green Penn, President; Rucker Penn, Vice President; George Penn, Secretary, and B. R. Penn, Treasurer. Union Cigar Stores Co. Scores a Big Success. Wheeling, W. Va., May 15. Probably no firm in the city has achieved greater success than the Union Cigar Stores Co., of 42 Four- teenth street, who have just completed a deal for the purchase of a store at 1906 Market street, and who will in the near future, it is said, open another store on Tenth street to take care of their Island and North Wheeling trade. The new over-the-creek store will be conducted in the same progressive manner that the Fourteenth street store has been, and contracts have been placed for the new fixtures. The won- derful growth of this concern shows in a most forcible manner what newspaper advertising will do when combined with an aggressive management and offering of meritorious goods. This firm, starting in a very modest way less than one year ago. have in this short time developed into the lead- ing tobacconists of this section. Every week they announce their specials through the daily papers, and each week shows their establishment to be a greater Mecca for tobacco.shoppers. Wilkes-Barre Youngsters Denied Tobacco. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., May 15. A number of persons selling tobacco in the city have the idea that to sell it to a child under the age of sixteen is all right, provided they have a written note requesting its purchase, but this is a mistake which has gotten several merchants into trouble during the last few months. Humane Agent Haffey said that ac- cording to the law tobacco cannot be sold in any form or under any circum- stances to a child under the legal age. and that from now on any such case re- ported will be dealt with in the sever- est manner. The following section of the law is quoted : "A person who sells, pays for or furnishes any cigar, cigarette, or to- bacco in any of its forms to any child actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years, is guilty of a misde- meanor. Burglars Cause Destruction of the Cortez Factory. Key West, Fla., May 15. It has been definitely established that the destruction of the Cortez Cigar Factory last week was caused by burg- lars. The watchman, in making his rounds, discovered burglars in the build- ing and immediately gave chase to them. One of the burglars had a lighted lamp which he threw at the watchman, thus seting fire to the fac- tory, and together with the building a large quantity of cigars and loose to- bacco were destroyed. Three arrests were made by the police immediately following the fire, and searching parties found a quantity of cigars about a mile from the factory. The stealing has been going on for some time and more arrests are expected. The Latest Wonderful Discovery of London Medicos. A new peril of the cigarette smoking habit is made public by the British Medical Journal. The case is that of a youth who sought medical advice in re- gard to the redness of his nose, and was informed that the headlight con- dition was solely due to his habit of exhaling the fumes of his cigarette through his nostrils. It appears that this passage of smoke causes the blood vessels to dilate, and thus produces an external redness. A small boy with a cigarette, hero though he is with his companions, does not attract the fullest meed of hero- worship unless he "blows it through his nose." It is the fixed opinion of the very young men that to toy negli- gently with a cigarette, and to exhale the fumes disdainfully through the nos- trils imparts to the performer a dashing air. There is nothing particularly dash- ing, however, about a bright scarlet nose. Circular by Connecticut Growers Hartford. Conn.. May 15. The Hartford County Tobacco Grow- ers' Association has now been in exist- ence a year and has proven helpful to its members in the way of making a better market for their tobacco than was expected early in the season. The members have been kept posted as to market conditions and the shortage of the tobacco crop of 1907. and as a result many growers have cased their 1907 to- bacco, in the belief that better prices will come as the season advances. In a circular letter to the members of the association President Hector Chapman and Secretary William K. Ackerly have this? to say : What we want to know is. every case of leaf tobacco held by our members who are growers, by return mail, so that we can issue a letter to some of those manufacturers and dealers, who have not been here to buy tobacco from us, inviting them to inspect our to- bacco with the view of buying direct from us. for we have the goods first handed, and can sell them at reason- able prices. We must have this information at once, for the manufacturers are re- ported as not having large stocks of unmanufactured tobacco on hand, and will probably be on the buy soon. We ought to raise money to build a warehouse and own it ourselves, and have it ready by November 1, 1908, to pack our own tobacco. Let's get down to business right now. We believe that we can sell tobacco at profitable prices yet. — Thos. Saier has purchased an in- terest in the cigar store of L. E. Moyer, Michigan avenue. East Lansing, Mich., and the new firm will be Moyer & Saier. —The Sunday laws were enforced in West Chester. Pa., on May 17th, and ev- ery cigar store in the town was closed. E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street ^ PHILADELPHIA ....IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco .:^ 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia FOUNDED 1853 John T. Dohan FLOR '%K^ de DOHAN & TAITT D &T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of Leaf Tobacco Wm. H. Dohan H,5TRAUS %^..^€(iM)ii^ *-'• 'i- ■ »'#^* ■ *^. ^.' •»f;.! J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T0BAee0 E. A. Calves & Co.^^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street ^ ^ PHILADELPHIA '* ' ....IMPORTERS of THE TOBACCO WORLD Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized hy the Government of the Republic of Cuba . kS^ UUNIONDEF^BRICANJESDETABAC0SYClCABR0S ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza 'q(je los tabacoscigarrosy paq^etes Jc pcaduraqucIlevBnss^aprccinla ^son fabricadospor 5i{ RFPL 8LICA OE CUBA LA PROPIEDAD flRTISTIC/ITIHDUSTRIflLiSTA.RECISTmDAEHTODOSLflSPAISES^ RCPUBUC/iDE CUBA HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta. or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers' Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA: Black with pale blue ground: fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. NEW CANADIAN REGULATIONS. The Uniform Cigar Stamp Act Will Become Effective June 1st. London, Ont., May 15. Cigar manufacturers of the city have been notified that the new regulations governing the manufacture of tobacco will go into effect upon the first of June. Just how these regulations will work out is a matter of some specula- tion. The manufacturers of the city unanimously opposed them, but the Government, in behalf of the growers of Essex and Quebec, insisted. "It is a scheme entered into by the Government to gull the public," de- clared a prominent manufacturer— a well known Liberal, by the way. The order that a uniform stamp be used upon all cigars is the chief provi- sion of the new regulations. What- ever the purpose of the Government the effect of this is to remove any dis- tinguishing mark as between the im- ported and the Canadian-grown tobacco. Heretofore the Government author- ized three kinds of stamps. One of these — a green stamp- -was placed upon the pure Canadian tobacco ; another, pink or red, was upon combination home-produced and imported tobacco, and the third, black, was upon pure imported goods. The new stamp is black and will be placed by the Government upon all cigars whether they contain Canadian or foreign leaf. Thus, the Government guarantee which the consumer formerly had that his purchases were foreign, if they were foreign, is removed. He is now at the mercy of the manufacturer, who is not prevented from giving his own guarantee as to what may or may not be in his goods, but whose guar- antee, it will be recognized, by no means eliminates fraud, as the Govern- ment guarantee was supposed to do. Another feature of the new regula- tions is the changed duties. These duties are claimed by the inland reve- nue department to work out to practi- cally the same conclusion as the present duties, with the exception that the manufacturer's capital will be tied up for a considerably longer period, thus affecting the smaller manufacturer seriously. Goodrum's New Quarters. Atlanta, Ga., May 14. J. J. Goodrum, the tobacco man, whose wholesale warehouse and general offices were burned out, has taken up temporary quarters at 64 North Pryor street, and is making final arrange- ments for a permanent location. He will probably occupy permanently the place of business formerly rented by the Newcomer-Manry Co., at 74 North Broad street. Mr. Goodrum's stock and furnishings were a total loss, but he believes the loss was fully covered by his insurance. His safe, containing his books and papers, is still under the derbis of the burned district. Until it can be gotten out and opened no definite statement of the loss or compensating insurance can be made. Fourteen men were employed at the warehouse and general offices. All of them have been kept in service and are drawing full pay. Mr. Goodrum had re-established his business in its present quarters by 10 30 o'clock Friday morning, while the fire hose were yet playing on the flames that had forced him to move. A complete new stock has already been ordered. Every order has re- ceived telegraphic confirmation, and Mr. Goodrum is advised that all of his new goods are now in transit and will be here within three or four days. PATENTS RELATING TO TOBACCO. Etc. ©C ^ STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior Y Makes a Specialty or Fitting Up Cigar Stores Wood.. Work.. Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia ^ ■:y^ 886,352 Cigar ash thimble and pro- tector; H. S. Cunnington, New York City. 886,688 Match box and other recep- tacle; B. von Eigen, Newark. N. J. 886,692 Price marker and lid holder for cigar boxes ; W. I. Gale and F. Davis, Moulton, la. GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD ! LEAF TOBACCO SEED ' Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba ori Mexico. Send postal orders to ' WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford. Cf. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of I Leaf Tobacco i Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. Office, 812 Main St.. E. Hartford. Ct. I The Latest Success LynnhaveiY Cigarettes 10 for 10 Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. Norfolk, Va. ARTHUR HAGEN & CO. Philadelphia, Pa. AGENTS %^\ "^-A.VA C»^- M A K E R «»wHliteg |A_ HAND MADE' | A -, lUC. HAVANA CIGAR iUC. C^ A HIGH GRADE ff_ 3C. CIGAR FOR 3C« Write for Samples and Prices ^ FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING, PA. S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in ail kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco • A AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse : 630-636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. >; 0= EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in =0 Tobacco Bought and Packed on Comnnission Stougtliton, Wis. 0 0 L. O. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. UAEUSSERMANN • =^ U. O. HAEUSSERMANN «& SONS Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. v« THE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^g E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street .IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA No New Buyers in Havana, but More Leaf Sold Tobacco Transactions in Havana During the Week Exceed the Record of Any Week for a Long Time. Local Houses Buying for the American Market are Principal Agents in the Activity. Special Correspondence While practically no buyers have made their appearance in our market since my last report, a much larger volume of transactions have gone on record in the week that has elapsed than during any single week for quite a period. This ia attributed to the active buying campaign of some houses (American concerns established here principally), who are buying mainly of Remedios First and Second CHpaduias on a speculative basis, as well as some buying that has been done for the American market through local com- mission houses. Likewise, the Havana cigar manufacturers have been buying right along for their own consumption. Prices have touched "rock-bottom figures" and a willingness to negotiate is mainfeston all sides. This has facil- itated business lately and started the ball rolling. In the past week prices have barely been sustained, but there are some holders who are very stiff after the reaction. It is said one house was offered $55 for its packing and in- sisted upon $60 per quintal for its 1st Capaduras of Santa Clara, last year's crop. Evidently the American export hou;ies are trying to clean the market of all desirable vegas, and if this keeps on then there will be nothing left ex- cept poorer classes, with perhaps a few better packings which, however, cannot be bought at the present ruling figures. The late rains reported benefited the crop conditions far beyond expecta- tions, and in consequence thereof pros- pects all over the most important to- bacco growing sections are of the very brightest kind. The farmers look at things with renewed hopes and are working with energy to reshape their affairs damaged by the long terrible drouth which had killed the grass and all green vegetation. In fact, the lack of rain was akin to a plague of the worst kind. The rains have been a of The Tobacco World. ) Havana, Cuba, May 11, 1908. blessing and the past week in Vuelta Abajo and in the Remedios sections has oeen a period of thankgpiving on the part of the farmers. The so much dis- cussed new crop question is no longer an enigma. A fair crop is assured, tak- ing everything into consideration. Mak- ing a general comparison the "much criticized crop of 1907" will take a back seat in the history of tobacco crops alongside of it. Under the circumstances that will prevail, that is, with a large stock of old tobacco yet in the market, and com- paratively low prices ruling for the old as well as the new— because it is calcu- lated that figures will be comparatively lower this year than have been paid to the farmers in the last several years— the general conditions here, especially concerning the manufacturer, will spell a decided improvement over the two year of depression. during the last week amounted to a total of 6,140 bales, consisting of 2,604 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 230 of Partido and 3,306 of Remedios. For the Amer- ican market 2,990 bales were purchased, 850 were bought by buyers for European concerns, while 2,300 were annexed by parties here who bought for local con- sumption. Bnyera Come nnd Go. There were no arrivals. Departures : The steamship Saratoga, which left last Sunday for New York, took away a host of people identified with trade affairs in Havana and the United States, including : Sol Salomon, of G. Salomon's Sons, Alfred Mayer, of Alfred Mayer & Co.. C. E. Beck, of C. E. Beck & Co. (Havana). Richard Taggart, of Meyer & Mendelsohn, C. M. Wintzer, of Charles Blasco (Hav- ana), Cesario Vigil, of Havana, and Ernst Horn, of Heinrich Neuberger, for New York ; .Joseph Loeb, of Loeb- LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNIX VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERIV1AN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ••Angel?"'Havan. RciIVa. 20, HaVana. p. 0. BoxH SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAaO at PUERTA de GOLPE PARTIDOS REMEDIOS SANTIAGO de las VEGAS SANTA CLARA QUINTA CAMAJUANI SANCTISPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission Mercliant Leaf Tobacco and Clgara 1 O'Reilly St. Bf^: Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y MIGUEL Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especiaiidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Primera Glase Cable: "CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA* H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED H. UPMANN CIGARS Chamna) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS« LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal SOL£ REPRESENTATIVE OF H. UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA IB ^^STHE TOBACCO W O R L D ^^» Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA Neptuno 170-174 Cable— Rotista Special Partner— Gumerslndo Garcia Cuervo BEHRENS & eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the ** SOL" Brand Finest fvelta Abajo Tobacco kclosively #/*m% NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street. New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba "^J^ Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 Habana p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON lUNO DIAZ R. BODBIOUEZ B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 12S Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. GflSTflflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of V. J4a vana Lieaf Tobacco %ido, Corner Dragones Street, H A V A N A 8 PABLO PEREZ CANDIDO 0BE8C Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) (Leaf Tobacco^ VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta Abajo Ve|{as Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: -Sodecio.- HABANA, CUBAc AVMLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ONILEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ i! TH "L and Dealers in LCai i OOBCCO FIGURAS 39-41, cbie: "Cuet«ra" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragones Street, HAVANA CUBA Correspoadence Solicited In Entfliah Cable Addresst "JOSECAYRO* LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 1431 and 144 Consnlado Street Habana Cable: REFORM JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: "DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA LUIS MARX Tobacco Grower No. 8 Cuba Street Post Office Box 77 HABANA r • THE TOBACCO WORLD Nunez Havana Co., for Philadelphia. W. Barron, of Barron Bros., Chicago, will leave tomorrow, via sieamship Merida. Rafael G. Marques, of the High Life factory, Havana, will also depart via Tampa tomorrow. Havann ClKnr Miiiiiifn«'iiira «if Intereat. The exports of leaf from the port of Havana, for week ending May 11th, are as follows : To all parts of the U. S. 1.254 bales " Europe 1,332 " " South America 154 " Total 2.740 bales Sylvester & Stern have been pack- ing in Havana at their warehouse 56 Monte stieet, since last Monday the 4th instant. Their tobacco is fine in textute. colors and burn. A. M. Calzada & Co. are getting ready for the coming season, making some alterations in their large ware- house at Remedios. so that they will be able to seat 1,000 hands. They shipped 100 bales to Europe the previous week and this past one 111) bales to the United States. Don Antonio is a hustler, and while he was not spared the losses which all dealers had to undergo on the 1907 crop, he has not lost his courage and is bound to make up in a short time what he may have suffered. Muniz Hermanos & Co. sold this week over 600 bales principally of Re- medios. They sold in this quantity one lot of 500 bales of First Capaduras. Jose F. Rocha sold 450 bales of all kinds of leaf. Hernandez y Alvarez closed out a big sale durint? the week of nearly 2,000 t»ales of Vuelta Abajo. This was the largest sale in a single instance in the week'. Don Vicente Guerra, of V. Guerra, Diaz & Co.. of Tampa, left the La Covadonga Sanatorium last week, com- pletely recovered from his late illness. He departed at once for Tampa. He was bidden good-bye on his departure by a host of friends in the leaf and manufacturing business here. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since May 9 Bales Vuelta Abajo 484 Semi Vuelta 51 Partido 147 Matanzas — Remedios & S.Clara 646 Puerto Principe — Majari — Total 1,328 Jan. 1 Bales 18,617 1,788 912 331 19,534 80 1,990 43.252 EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES A LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of ver>' best Vuelta Abajo Tobacco Cable Address "Calda." Telephone 6071. A. M. Calzada & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse Monte 156 Havana, Cuba i Code used, ABC— 4th and 5th edit'ns P. O. Box 595 JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bomennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 96 e- =0 . ORP^UDIEV L.J. SMITH ». S. GANS MOSES J. GANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS & CO. "^m^kefs of Leaf Tobacco Telephone: 346 John 150 Water St., NEW YORK M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Telephone: 377 JOHN Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICES \"„rfrSt,"" 183 Water St. Cable Address: "HERE." NEW YORK (^ TOBACCO TRADE NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK, j New York Bureau of The Tobacco World JOSEPH HOLZMAN SUMATRA, HAVANATT^U.-^^^^ and SEED LEAF lUUQCdU 183 Water St., New York P. & S. LOEWENTHAL ^^ Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco X Florida Sumatra No. 138 Water Street, NEW YORK 10 New York Leaf Market. The leaf tobacco market has slightly improved, while houses having sales- men out in various parts of the country report varying conditions. Withal there is more enthusiasm and a spirit of greater hopefulness prevails, and a further improvement is now looked for. Prices are no longer receding, and with a gradually growing increase of the output it seems posbible that prices may become firmer. There came a report of the purchase of large quantities of low grade to- bacco in Wisconsin by large interests, which will reduce the supply consider- ably, indicating that the quantity now on hand will not be any too large should the market again become active. There has been very active buying in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The Sumatra market is reported as fairly active, and both old and new goods had fair attention and more or less numerous inquiries. The Havana market has benefited materially by the recent encouraging reports. Notwithstanding a somewhat better price a good demand has been experienced. • • • The Cii{ar Industry. Improvement in this branch of the business has been slow, but is gradually coming about and a larger trade is now coming in from the far West. Every- one is more cheerful and prospects are generally much brighter for a full re- sumption of activity. • • • Sixth Sumatra Inscription. At the inscription at Amsterdam, held on the 15th inst., about 1,400 bales were secured for the American market. The following purchases are reported : E. Spingarn & Co., 500 bales; G. Falk & Bro., 290; S. Rossin & Sons, 145; B. Labe & Son, 100; Louis P. Sutter & Bros., 65; Hinsdale Smith & Co., 50 ; and Joseph Hirsch & Son, 45. But there were also purchased out of hand : 245 bales by G. Falk & Bro., and 150 bales by A. Cohn & Co. Owing to the sudden death of Mrs. Lena Neuberger, mother of Benno Neuberger, Mr. Neuberger was not in attendance. • • • Colonial Tobacco Schedule. The schedule of liabilities of the Colonial Tobacco Co., recently declared bankrupt, has been filed showing total liabilities of $17,397, and assets of $11,675. The sale of two brands, which an officer of the company declared he had sold two months before the failure, has been attacked, as it was believed that if possession of those brands could be again secured, creditors could realize dollar for foliar on their claims. The brands in question are El Fenel and Intermission. For the purpose of forc- ing that issue an indemnity fee was paid by an attorney in the interest of his clients. New York, May 19. Guerra-Dlaz N. Y. Office. With a view to opening an office in New York city, F. R. Diaz, of V. Guerra, Diaz & Co., has spent some days here, sailing on Saturday last for Havana. Arrangements have already been made whereby two salesmeD formerly connected with Park &Tilford will be associated with the new enter- prise, the local headquarters of which will be at 76 Broad street. San Francisco's Failure. The failure of Rinaldo Bros., of San Francisco, who were among the larger distributors of cigars on the Pacific Coast, came as a shock to the members of the trade here, and several New York houses are heavily interested as creditors. It is stated that one house had given the firm credit to the extent of $40,000. • • • Loewenthal Men Active. There has been considerable activity by the several salesmen of P. & S. Loewenthal, several of whom were at the home office during the past week. H. L. Berger, who covers the South and Southwest, has started out again after a short visit to headquarters. Max Raphael, who is on a Western trip, has been securing a good business right along. M. H. Dallett was at headquarters only a few days when he again started out. S. A. Peck came in from the East today, and Mayer Sachs is continuing the usual tenor of his way through Pennsylvania. • • • Garcia-Pando Removal. The well known firm of Garcia, Pando & Co., makers of clear Havana cigars, are expecting to remove to Tampa at an early date. Jose Pando will go to Tampa this week to complete the pre- liminary arrangements, although the New York factory will not be entirely discontinued. Trade Notes. Fred Trese, a well known Front street leaf dealer, has been visiting the trade in Michigan lately. B. J. Kraussman, with E. A. Krauss- man, has spent several days at local headquarters. H. Duys & Co.. exclusively Sumatra importers, continue to secure choice lots of leaf at Amsterdam, and recently acquired 300 bales of very desirable marks. The A. Schultz Co. has been incorp- orated with a nominal capital of $5,000, by Albert Schultz, 1774 Washington avenue, Edward Joseph, 333 East Ninety-third street, Adolph Messer, 1824 Second avenue, and Louis Kraut, 240 E. 100th street, to manufacture ci- gars and tobacco. The Tobacco Growers' Society of the Antilles has increased its capital from $1,000 to $25,000. The Navarino Cigarette Co. has filed papers at Albany increasing its capital from $20,000 to $30,000. m • • Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD WHAT IS DOING AT THE HUB. Strippers' Strike at Pippin Fac- tory Still On, but Has Not Been Taken Up by the Cigarmakers. [Boston Bureau "The Tobacco World" 19 Devonshire Street] Boston, Mass., May 18. The tobacco strippers are still out on strike at the Pippin Cigar Factory, and all the tobacco is now being stripped out of town. The cigarmakers so far have not quit work, and it is not ex- pected that they will go out, as the Cigarmakers' Union claims that before the strippers declared their strike they ought to have first consulted with the Cigarmakers' Union. McGreenery & Manning, the large trust jobbers here, have commenced a •cut price war on both independent and trust made brands of cigars, tobaccos and cigarettes, and their salesmen are calling on a lot of new trade, informing them of the new prices. This cut is being met by most of our jobbers, who in consequence are practically selling fnany brands at a one and two per cent, profit. The following are some of the new prices : Pippin cigars are listed at :$3.30 per 100; Royal Nestor, Menashi, Melachrino No. 9 cork, are listed at $9.26 per M. ; Moguls plain at $9. and cork at $9.50; Phil Morris and Milo at ^16.32 per M. ; Oxfords and Murads at ^9 per M. ; Prettiest at $6.65 per M. ; Mecca and Naturals. 5c, at $3.50 per M. ; Planet Tobacco at $3.70 for 7i lbs. ; Sweet Caporal, Perfection and Hassan cigarettes at $3.80 per M. ; Helmar at $6.98 per M., and Trophies at $7.25 per M. John J. Bowers is now selling the Glorifier cigars here for J. Whitelaw & Co., N. Y., and is doing nicely. Mr. Russell (Allen Tob. Co.) has re- turned from a trip through the Western part of this State. He reports that the general condition of business in Springfield and Holyoke is rather quiet. Still he was satisfied with the amount of business he secured in those towns. In a former letter I mentioned that I heard Max Morse, of the Porto Rico Cigar Co., had died recently. I have since learned that the report is untrue, and on the contrary Max is alive and kicking and is at present at Portland, Me., doing business. Max is indeed a lucky fellow, being able to read his own obituary notice. Sam Green has started manufacturing Turkish cigarettes at 44 Green street. His leaders are Turkish Triumph and Turkish Flats. The cigarettes are union made, each package bearing the union label. Mr. Green has had many years experience in the cigarette busi- ness, is considered a good judge of Turkish tobaccos, and now that he has started in on his own hook he will no doubt make a good showing. Mr. Michaels, Secretary of the But- ler-Butler Co., N. Y., was in Boston two days last week going the rounds with M. Bloom, the firm's New England representative. At present there are four salesmen in this vicinity plugging the Pall Mall cigarette. D. J. Murphy, who represents the Clark Tobacco Co. here, is striving hard to get the Blue and Scarlet plug cut tobacco on this market. He is re- ceiving much encouragement from the trade and duplicate orders coming in tell the story. Jno. J. Bagley's salesmen are also hustling for business. They are taking orders for Gold Band and More Wages plug tobaccos, and Sweet Tips, a cube cut, and Wild Fruit, a Hake cut smok- ing tobacco. Mr. Roseboom. the New England representative, has established an office at 27 Exchange street, where the trade can be promptly supplied. L. Shapiro (Nestor Gianaclis Co.) has returned from his trip down Maine. Courtney Perkins, with the same concern, did some effective work on Nestors the past week in Lowell and Lawrence, Mass. The genial Charley Ellis, who was also out of town for a few days, returned in time to play in the baseball game between the Namrah and La Integridads, which was won by the former team with the exciting score of 19 to 18, a thirteen inning game. Mr. Ellis made good as a pitcher. Kid Nichols brought in the winning run in the 13th inning by striking the first ball that came over the plate for a long drive to left center where the ball finally lodged itself in Mr. Henaults' motor car, and before it could be re- covered Mr. Nichols had crossed the home plate having made a remarkably good home run. Salesmen are here doing missionary work on Bock & Co. and Henry Clay paper wrapped Havana tobacco cigar- ettes. C. B. Perkins & Co.. the jobbing firm, are distributors of same. Rosenthal Bros, the Hanover street wholesalers, report a big 'business on the Rosenthal Bros. Special, a 5 cent Invicible shape cigar manufactured by the well known Rosenthal Bros, cigar factory of New York. The Flor de Ftanklin nickel cigar of Hull.Grummond & Co. .Binghamton, N. Y., is duplicating well in this market. Bieringer Bros. Co. are the distributors. Although the free deal is off on the Mentor Co. 's Ramly cigarette, the same is selling as well as ever. Ben Ali. NEW ENGLAND LEAF NOTES. SUFFIELD. George Alderman, who packs tobacco for L. Osterwies & Sons, of New Haven, will keep his warehouse open until the 1st of June. He is employing seventy-five men, besides twenty- five women who come from Springfield each day by trolley. Next week Mr. Alder- man will start sorting his own crop of thirty acres. Mr. Alderman says that he was still in the market for sorted tobacco that is not cased. John F. Barnett, Jr., who packs for Kutinsky, Adler & Co., of New York, has also started up again and has enough tobacco bought to keep his gang of twenty-five men at work for the next three weeks. SPRINGFIELD. Dissatisfied with the prices received for last season's tobacco crop many farmers near New Milford, it is said, will give up raising tobacco this season and will go more extensively into the cultivation of corn. It is further pointed out that the 1906 tobacco crop sold for good prices to the assorters and packers but the latter are said to have had much trouble in disposing of it to manufacturers, one large packer having as much as $200,000 worth stored in one warehouse with practically no demand for it. This packer is said to have lost nearly $50,000 on the 1«)06 crop. As a result of the amount of old tobacco on hand the packers showed little disposition to take up the 1907 crop and the farmers' returns were un- satisfactory. I A. COHN &. CO, IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OF Seed Leaf Tobacco and Growers of Georgia Sumatra 142 Water Street, New York ENDS SMITH EDMUND H. SMITH Hinsdale Smith & Co. Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA "T^ r\h\ C^ f^ f^ ri and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 LI U Cl U U \J 125 Maiden Lane ESTABLISHED 1840 NEW YORK Cable "NARGIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. Packers of Finest Big Flats and OnondagOL T o b 4L~ o c o Warchonses t AddlaoD. N. Y. Bid Flats. N. Y. Mrrldlaa. N. Y. E. Hartfordt Com CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED HOTEL RICHMOND 1 7th and H Streets WASHINGTON, D. C. 100 Rooms, 50 Private Baths, American Plan: $3.00 Per Day, Upwards; With Bath, $1 Additional. European Plan: $1.50 Per Day. Upwards; With Bath. $1 Additional. A high-class hotel, conducted for your comfort. Remodeled, refurn- ished throughout. Directly on car line. Union Station, 20 minutes. Capitol, 20 minutes. Shops and The- atres, 10 minutes. Two blocks to White House and Executive Build- ings. Opposite Metropolitan Club. SUMMER SEASON JULY TO OCTOBER Wayside Inn and Cottages. Lake Luzerne, N. Y., in the Adirondacks. Switzerland of America. 4.t minutes from Saratoga. Send for Booklet. CLIFFORD M. LEWIS. Proprietor STOP AT THE New Princess HOTEL WHEN AT ATLANTIC CITY South Carolina Ave.. 200 feet from Beach The Princess Hotel is newly fur- nished throughout with rare taste, and possesses all modern requisites for convenience and comfort of the guests. Golf privileges and privi- lege of the Atlantic City Yacht Club extended to the guests. American and European Plan A BOOKLET will be gladly fur- nished upon application Rates : Running from $12.50 to $30 per week, according to location of the rooms. For further information address CROWELL & COLLIER THE PRINCESS HOTEL Atlantic City, N. J. 11 E. A. Calves & Co. factorers invited. 6-5lh L. BERNPELD Ci^ar Broker West Haven, Conn^ 2 5tf MONROE ADLER Ciiar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. Ilf.. 12-I8he EL HOSETA. 15.632 Re registration. For cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco. Regis- tered May 13, 1908. by Dallas Cigar Co., Dallastown, Pa. ODYSSEUS. 15.633 For'cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Registered May 14, 1908, by Schmidt & Co., New York. THE ANTHONY HOTEL, Fort Wayne, Ind. 15.634 For cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. May 19, 1908, by Gumpert Bros., Philadelphia. Rejections. Best Ever, Ulysses. Merry Widow, Aurora, El Miranda, \'im. Ostra, Maple Dale, Don Juan, Princess Ar- butus. SPECIAL NOTICES. (12| cents per line, 8 point measure) To Manafactarers of Cigars: If you have any Cnttin^s, Scraps or Siftin^s to sell, write us. We are at all times in the market as Cash Buyers of all these products. EMIL RERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouvemeur Slip, New York 7-6-lh Tel. 722 Orchard pOR RENT. REASONABLE-Cigar ^ Factory at Gilbertsville.Pa.. U miles from Boyertown. on Philadelphia Pike, 32x80 feet, three stories high and bape- ment. Phila. trolley line passes factory. Hands easy to get. Address J. L. Lein- bach, Gilbertsville, Montg. Co.. Pa. 5- 13a T^ANTED-The addresses of UnioD Factories which make Florida wrapped goods at $20 per M. Only fi- nancially responsible firms, and those capable of turning out lu M. a week, need apply. Address O. M. N., care of Tobacco World, Phila. 6-J3tf pOR SALE-Some J. R. Williams an* ■^ fifty-two Miller. DuBrul «i Peiora, Dieless Suction Tables, slightly up#-d, and all in good working condition. Ad- dress Liberman Mfg. Co , 812 Winter street, Philadelphia. 10-2if T^horoughly experienced Foreman de- sires position. Experienctd in hand and suction work. Out of town factory preferred. Address Box 9. care of To- bacco World, Phila. 5-13h pOR SALE— One million Long Filler -^ Hand-made Cigars in Full Cedar lOths, for $15 per thousand. Write to Consumers* Cigar Co., York, Pa. 1-Stt 13 Our Capacity fcr Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE A\ORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-5 R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ iJC. CIGAR FOR kJC Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lrima, Ohio J To J. DUNIN & CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK t»4mm^cxp^^fr^ • PACKING REVIVED IN YORK. K*,.ammmi^mmmi.m Louis E Neuman&Co .. :l23*-^To43Q^-^5T AND PARK 'AVE; N.Y. " LABELS & SHOW " >v i_ s o RTED Michael Hose A. F. BrilihaTi Uk Cipr C Manufac- turers of &D«i^ LEAF TOBACCO, CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co* 1931-1935 Western Ave., «nd 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Big Loss in Cigar Manufacturing but Trade is Generally Growing Better. York. Pa.. May 18. Wholesale leaf tobacco dealers in this city are engaged in packing tobacco of the 1907 crop and employment is being given to a large number of men and boys. The local firms expect to pack about 8.000 cases. This is unusual, as the packing of leaf tobacco in York warehouses declined more than a decade ago. Since then little or no leaf was packed in this city, the deliveries of the bulk of York county's annual yield of tobacco being made to warehouses in Lancaster and other towns in Lan- caster county. In former years not more than a total of 1,000 to 1,500 cases of leaf were packed in York warehouses and last year, when the highest prices were be- ing paid to the farmers for the tobacco of the 1906 crop, there were less than 1,000 cases packed here. Depression in the cigar trade and a big drop in the prices of leaf tobacco, it is stated by local dealers who are in- I vesting in large packings this year, is I responsible for the revival of the to- I bacco packing industry in York . The i York county crop was about one-third larger than that of last year and the prices paid by the buyers to the grow- ers were about one-half less. The buying season opened late owing partly to the glut in the leaf tobacco market and the deliveries were delayed. Some tobacco was delivered to the York warehouses in January, but the larger volume of deliveries are now being made. The shipments of York county to- bacco to Lancaster warehouses this year were comparatively small. Fully half of the crop, it is stated, was bought by the American Tobacco Company, and is being shipped to warehouses in the South for packing and sweating. Nearly all of the growers in the lower end of the county sold their to- bacco to the American Tobacco Com- pany and the deliveries were made to stations on the Maryland and Pennsyl- vania and the Western Maryland rail- roads. One wholesale dealer in discussing the situation said : "The tobacco pack- ing industry was revived in York this year because the prices are low and the investment of capital required is not so great as when the growers were re- ceiving unprecedented high prices for the leaf. In recent years it did not pay local dealers to put up large packings of tobacco, as the capital needed was too great and we could not compete with the large tobacco corporations like the American Tobacco Company. "Conditions are now more normal. We can afford to buy the leaf, pack it, sweat it by the natural processes and hold it until the demand comes. Just at present there is depression in the cigar and tobacco trade. Warehouses are filled with the 1907 crops of the to- bacco growing States. There will be a revival in the trade within another year- it is bound to come— and then the packings which are being handled now may be marketed at a fair profit. "Those growers who had the storage facilities held their tobacco crops and are packing the leaf in cases. They will hold the packings until the ex- pected trade revival comes when they will no doubt be able to dispose of the leaf at better prices than they would have received by selling to the buyers > > now It has been estimated that the loss to the cigar industry during the six months from October 1, 1907, to March 31, 1908, amounted to nearly $6,000,000, a loss which more than wiped out the entire increase in the output of our cigar in- dustry during the last fiscal year. And the loss was particularly heavy in the output of large cigars, which are the mainstay of the prosperity of the cigar industry and indirectly also of our cigar leaf market. The loss of large cigars reached in six months the tremendous figure of 488,766,660, which accounts more eloquently than any words could describe for the continuous depression of the leaf market. The diminished decrease for the months of February and March show conclusively that the disastrous effects of the panic are gradually letting off on the cigar industry. They furnish solid ground for the expectation that in about two or three months the cigar industry will revert to normal condi- tions, and when that event arrives the market will again become not only normally active but exceptionally brisk. E. R0SENWALD & BR0. m m ^^g THE TOBACCO WORLD 5f?^^--> HIGHEST AWARD A.ND GOLD MEDAL FOB EXCELLE.NCE AND QLALirY OF SroOILS. AT WOMLU'S t'XlU. .ST. I (HIS. 1 904 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE* First Quality. Long Filler. Hand Made JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLKNDED .SMOKE, BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY S.MOKE, LITTLE HAVANA. LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Pactbry No. 1645. Capacity 50.0G0.000 a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. It must not be forgotten that during the six months of distress all available supply in the factories has been worked up, and therefore whon a rushing de- mand is setting in again factories will be compelled to replenish their ex- hausted stock in a rush also. And if within the next few months only nor- mal conditions are restored, that is to say, that if the cigar industry's output reaches again the figures of last year. then the old leaf stock in the market is likely to appreciate again in value, be- cause the 1907crop3 have yielded nothing like it in quality. To those who are in the habit of looking ahead and who have confidence in the quickly recuper- ative powers of the country it must be- come evident that the bargain days of the leaf market will soon be over. " — Exchange. That the cigar industry is gradually reviving is evident from the fact that orders are now beginning to arrive for goods in larger quantites than for some time. A small factory at Red Lion last week received orders for 50,000 cigars, in one mail. C. A. Rost, of Red Lion, has com- pleted the erection of a new warehouse and is now beginning to store goods in it. W. A. Lahr, is pretty well filled with orders from various parts of the country There is also more activity at the Dallastown factories, and that is one of the important cigar centers of the country. The York factories, a majority of which are engaged in making higher priced products, are also finding an im- provement, and yet they were less affected by the slump in business than chose engaged in making a cheaper grade of goods. V»^^^l»%<» BRIGHTENING IN LANCASTER. Tobacco News from the "Garden ol Pennsylvania" Indicates a More Cheerful Outlook. Lancaster. Pa.. May 18. The leaf market still shows little im- provement, if any. yet there ha3 been a certain volume of business cione. com- posed of small sale*, that amounted to something at any rate. Of course, the leaf men are encouraged by the fact that the cigar industry is begirning to show some revival, and it is expected that it will now be ( nly a matter of time until the leaf market again geta. into full swing. The ll»07 crop has now been practi> cally all contracted for and the great bulk of it has been received at local warehouses. Frtirners will soon be getting ready t'» s^et out their 190s crop. While it ia believed th . acreage will not be as large a-? in 1907. it will not be much less. Year after year, after tobacco sells for a low price, the same story is heard of a decreased acreaife, but when planting: time comes farmers coido to the wise conclusion that no other crop brings such returns, even with low prices, and about the usual acreage bobs up. Former U. S. Senator J. Donald Cameron will sec 90 acres on his "DnneKctI Farms." near Marietta. There are a few packers who have ♦♦^♦^ HHE SB m. ca Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber I ... H Largest stock of |f Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, t Imitation Cedar. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. :♦ ♦♦^♦* H. F. KOHLER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE Seed and Havana i^ i A ^^ and Fine Nickel V^lgarS For Wholesale and Jobblnil Trade Correspondenre with Respooflhle Houses Invited ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^•►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4-^^ Our Capacity fcr A\anufacturing Cigar Boxes Is— ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE GOOD CUSTOMER Monroe D. Sellers, Sellersville, Pa. TOBACCO WORLD For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-J R^ A HIGH GRADE R ^ kJd. CIGAR FOR kJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers Lrima, Ohio J To J. DUNN Sz CO. Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR 401-405 E. 91st Street. NEW VORK ■ UH^B^txr;*^ n PACKING REVIVED IN YORK. majv •.'^Miauk 44K.' .1 >WM» f0m Louis E.Neuman&Co . ;:123*-^To430*-^5T AND PARK 'AVE. N.Y. -^ LABELS & SHOW" >\ l_ s o RTED Michael Hose A. F. Brilihaifi Dalliis Ciiar C Manufac> turers of LEAF TOBACCO, CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Ci^ar Mold Co. 1931-1935 Western Ave., ood 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Cineinnati, Ohio. Big Loss in Cigar Manufacturing but Trade is Generally Growing Better. York. Pa., May 18. Wholesale leaf tobacco dealers in this city are engaged in packing tobacco of the 1907 crop and employment is being given to a large number of men and boye. The local firms expect to pack about 8.000 cases. This is unusual, as the packing of leaf tobacco in York warehouses declined more than a decade j ago. Since then little or no leaf was 1 packed in this city, the deliveries of the bulk of York county's annual yield of tobacco being made to warehouses in Lancaster and other towns in Lan- caster county. In former years not more than a total of 1,000 to 1,500 cases of leaf were packed in York warehouses and last year, when the highest prices were be- ing paid to the farmers for the tobacco of the 1906 crop, there were less than 1,000 cases packed here. Depression in the cigar trade and a big drop in the prices of leaf tobacco, it is stated by local dealers who are in- vesting in large packings this year, is responsible for the revival of the to- bacco packing industry in York . The York county crop was about one-third larger than that of last year and the prices paid by the buyers to the grow- ers were about one-half less. The buying season opened late owing partly to the glut in the leaf tobacco market and the deliveries were delayed. Some tobacco was delivered to the York warehouses in January, but the larger volume of deliveries are now being made. The shipments of York county to- bacco to Lancaster warehouses this year were comparatively small. Fully half of the crop, it is stated, was bought by the American Tobacco Company, and is being shipped to warehouses in the South for packing and sweating. Nearly all of the growers in the lower end of the county sold their to- bacco to the American Tobacco Com- pany and the deliveries were made to stations on the Maryland and Pennsyl- vania and the Western Maryland rail- roads. One wholesale dealer in discussing the situation said : "The tobacco pack- ing industry was revived in York this year because the prices are low and the investment of capital required is not so great as when the growers were re- ceiving unprecedented high prices for the leaf. In recent years it did not pay local dealers to put up large packings of tobacco, as the capital needed was too great and we could not compete with the large tobacco corporations like the American Tobacco Company. "Conditions are now more normal. We can afford to buy the leaf, pack it, sweat it by the natural processes and hold it until the demand comes. Just at present there is depression in the cigar and tobacco trade. Warehouses are filled with the 1907 crops of the to- bacco growing States. There will be a revival in the trade within another year- it is bound to come— and then the packings which are being handled now may be marketed at a fair piofit. "Those growers who had the storage facilities held their tobacco crops and are packing the leaf in cases. They will hold the packings until the ex- pected trade revival comes when they will no doubt be able to dispose of the leaf at better prices than they would have received by selling to the buyers now." It has been estimated that the loss to the cigar industry during the six months from October 1, 1907, to March 31, 1908, amounted to nearly $6,000,000, a loss which more than wiped out the entire increase in the output of our cigar in- dustry during the last fiscal year. And the loss was particularly heavy in the output of large cigars, which are the mainstay of the prosperity of the cigar industry and indirectly also of our cigar leaf market. The loss of large cigars reached in six months the tremendous figure of 488,766,660, which accounts more eloquently than any words could describe for the continuous depression of the leaf market. The diminished decrease for the months of February and March show conclusively that the disastrous effects of the panic are gradually letting off on the cigar industry. They furnish solid ground for the expectation that in about two or three months the cigar industry will revert to normal condi- tions, and when that event arrives the market will again become not only normally active but exceptionally brisk. E. R0SENWALD & BRa # m fiS^ THE TOBACCO WORLD 5SS8> HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOR KXCELLEMCE AND QllALlTY OF STOGIKS. AT WOWLO'S FAIR. .SI. KHIS. I «i04 WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EYE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIE* First Quality. Long Filler. lUnd M^idf JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS, BROWNIES, GOLD NUGGETS, JERSEY CHAUTEK. BLENDED SMOKE, BOSS, CASTELLO, AMERICAN PUFFS, LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY S.MOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS, GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity 50.OG0.O00 a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. It must not be forgotten that during the six months of distress all available supply in the factories has been worked up, and therefore when a rushing de- mand is setting in again factories will be compelled to replenish their ex- hausted stock in a rush also. And if within the next few months only nor- mal conditions are restored, that is to say, that if the cigar industry's output reaches again the figures of last year, then the old leaf stock in the market is likely to appreciate again in value, be- cause the 1907crop3 have yielded nothing like it in quality. To those who are in the habit of looking ahead and who have confidence in the quickly recuper- ative powers of the country it must be- come evident that the bargain days of the leaf market will soon be over. " — Exchange. That the cigar industry is gradually reviving is evident from the fact that orders are now beginning to arrive for goods in larger quantites than for some time. A small factory at Red Lion last week received orders for 50,000 cigars, in one mail. C. A. Rost, of Red Lion, has com- pleted the erection of a new warehouse and is now beginning to store goods in it. W. A. Lahr, is pretty well filled with orders from various parts of the country There is also more activity at the Dallastown factories, and that is one of the important cigar centers of the country. The York factories, a majority of which are engaged in making higher priced products, are also finding an im- provement, and yet they were less affected by the slump in business than chose engaged in making a cheaper grade of goods. %^^/»%i»^<» BRIGHTENING IN LANCASTER. Tobacco News from (he "Garden of Pennsylvania" Indicates a More Cheerful Outlook. Lancaster. Fa., May 18. The leaf market still shows little im- provement, if any. yet there has been a certain volume of business (ione. com- posed of small sale*, that amounted to something at any rate. Of course, the leaf men are encouraged by the fact that the cigar industry is beginning to show some revival, and it is expected that it will now he cnlv a matter nf time until the leaf market again gets. into full swing. The 1907 crop has now been practi- cally all contracted for and the great bulk of it has been received at local w:irphouses. Frtirners will soon be getting ready t"i !-et out their UH)S crop. While it ia belif'vetl th , aereuKe will not be as large a-< in 1907. it will not be much less. Year after year, after tobacco sells for a low price, the same story is heard of a decr.'aced acreage, but when planting time comes farmers come to the wise conclusion that no other crop brings such returns, even with low prices, and about the usual acreage bobs up. Former U. S. Senator J. Donald Cameron will >ei 90 acres on hia **DoneKc»l Farms." near Marietta. Thpre are a few packers who have ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ Cigar Box Lumber ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ t H Largest stock of if Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦ ::♦ ►: ♦♦!♦♦ ♦ H. F. KOHUER Nashville, Ra. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MADE Seed and Havana and Fine Nickel For Wholesale and Jobbinif Trade Correspondence >«ith Responsible Houses Invited Ci^a PS ^►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.^4^ THE TOBACCO WORLD CieAR RIBB0NS Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain H. R. TROST & CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twenty-Second St., NEW YORK FS&WBl! 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. WOLF BROS- Manufacturers of an Exclusive line of NICKEL GOODS Which can be recommended for Quality and Workmanship \ r- OBH-JWRC/IU Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Plumadora Duke of Taranta I La PI ed Lion, Pa Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade faranta I bought little if any of the 1907 crop, but there are others who have bought even more than in the previous year. In addition to packing some tobacco at Lancaster this year, Milton H. Ranck is this year also packing at Strasburg, with a Mr. Rohrer, under the name of Ranck & Rohrer. The several Lancaster delegates who attended the convention of tobacco men in Philadelphia last week returned highly pleased with their trip. A report comes from Lock Haven, that representatives of the American Tobacco Company are still in that sec- tion buying all the crops of last season which they can get at their own figures, which are said to be very low. Thus far about 800 cases have been purchased and shipped from that section to various points, but the report also itates that the finest crops still remain unsold, as the growers would not sell at the prices offered. Columbia is now prospecting for a new cigar factory, and it is said that the United Cigar Manufacturers have been interested. It is stated that 600 women and girls are wanted to start the plant, and that applications are now being taken. The S. R. Moss Cigar Co. is now comfortably housed in its new factory at Prince and Lemon streets, which is one of the largest and finest factories in the State. In a few days the interior was almost completely transformed and everything was quickly gotten into readiness for business, with the result that there was practically no interrup- tion. Mason C. Miller, of Hartford, visited the local trade here last week after attending the convention in Philadel- piia. Among other visitors of the week were T. R. Wheeler, with S. Rossin & Son, New York ; Geo. F. Schnath, with A. Cohn & Co., New York; Carl W. Wobbe, of Rose & Wobbe, New York, and Barney Livingston, a leaf tobacco commission merchant. Union factories in particular are seemingly getting a good share of busi- ness, and it is reported by the union here that they are not carrying a single man on the out-of-work list at present. John U. Fehr & Son have lately re- ceived a considerable quantity of 1907 tobacco, which is being packed as rapidly as possible. Mr. Fehr, in com- pany with J. W. Ramsey, a leaf tobacco man of this city, attended the conven- tion in Philadelphia last week. %»%<*^<%i%»% NEWS FROM FLORIDA. JACKSONVILLE. The Florida Sumatra Leaf Tobacco Company is leading in this industry this year. It is incorporated with a paid-in stock of $50,000, and is owned by local parties. This company has a twenty-five acre shade, fine large barns, and has bought property to be converted into a packing house. The plants have all been transplanted and are growing nicely. Some of them were planted April 1st. In six more weeks the tobacco will have attained its growth, and will be seven feet high. It is worth a trip some distance to sea this plantation, and the tobacco. Madison expects great things from the industry. One citizen alone is planning to put in fifty acres next sea- son. Each of the following has a five-acre field under shade : J. E. Hardee, C. B. Ashley, B. B. McCall, A. E. Fraleigh, C. H. Smith and H. M. Taylor. MADISON. The past two years have added two institutions to the town of Madison, both of -which are destined to greatly benefit and boom the town. One is the cultivation of the Sumatra shaded tobacco. Last year ten acres were planted as a trial. The success was so wonderful that this year sixty acres are under shade and abojt $75,000 have already been invested. IN THE CAPITAL of OLD BERKS. Leaf Tobacco Markets Reading Cigar Manufacturers Re- port Improvement in Trade. Reading, Pa., May 18. The cigar manufacturing trade in this section of the country finds a decided improvement over recent conditions, and the outlook is now much better than it has been any time since the beginning of the year. A great many of the factories have been increasing their forces, and there are now comparatively few idle cigar- makers around. CONNECTICUT VALLEY. If Pennsylvania sold her tobacco crop ahead of all the other cigar leaf growing States I think she will have to take a back seat when she comes to compare notes with Massachusetts in regard to getting the 1908 crop started. May 8 the Belden Bros, commenced setting their crop by starting with one acre. Who can beat that, either here or anywhere else in thic country North of the lyiason and Dixon line? Someone suggested thedangerof frost. "Well," ALLEN H. REEDER STANLEY M. KROHN 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO Packers of Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^Pg^^^ -.^/^-^, Telephone Call, 432— B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY laco. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCK Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Giades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 N. Duke Street LANCASTER. PA. Samples cheerfully ■■bailtted npon request 1 Critical Buyers always find it a . pleasure to look over our Samples ' P. O. Box 96 CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Gonnecticnt and Pennsylvania a Specially 32 and 34 East Chestnut Street, l^ancaster. Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Bear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenae, York, Penna. We Make SCKAP FILLER for Cigar Manufacturers. J. K. LEA MAN Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco 142 North Market St. ''•'k,;.',,, ,, LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, no and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. Sr r" Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Maoafactorini^ Warehouses; MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f i T% RED LION, PA. Lancaster, ra* The York Tobacco Co. Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse, 15 East Clark Avenue Maanfactnrcra of -m^ -m w^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco I Orlif RSkm N. D. ACEXAINDBR, Packer of and Dealer in L^EAF Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana LemoD and Arch Sts. > 17 THE TOBACCO WORLD ^>r Ati. Minos or smm/i^f, l38_ai40CCNTRC5T. Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office. 573 Bourse Bld^. H. S. SPRINGER. Mgr. Chcago, 6 Fifth Aenue. F. E. THATCHER, Mtfr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mjarr. Capacity 25,090 per day Telegraph— YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of Y\^^ CIGARS Holtz, Pa. © LEOINA BLAIND Pretty Bessie) __ York !Nlck . . . ^ '^C. Best Known . j ^^^ TWO CRACKER JACKS===2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited ..^4 ! .> ^ PURO siys Mr. Belden, "if the plants freeze we shall have to reset them, and if they do not Ket frozen we shall have some early tobacco." If those plants happen to go through all right, you may expect to hear that before the middle of August this same tobacco will be in the sheds. Our correspondent writes: Northampton, Mass. : "A tobacco grower in one of these valley towns says the farmers will never combine to protect themselves from the middle- men for three or four reasons. First, it doesn't run in the blood of the aver- age farmer to make any combination for self protection that they will hold together on. Second, the independent grower who understands his business well and has made provision for "a rainy day" and winters without income, does not care to cast in his lot with Tom, Dick and Harry who raised an in- ferior article and are careless in curing their stock. Third, there are quite a number of large growers in every sec- tion of the valley that manage sorting shops and act as sub agents for heavy buyers that would not join any combi- nation of buyers. Fourth, the quality of the cured stock is so variable in value that dissatisfaction with the price received is bound to often be the luck of the grower and sometimes with good reason. But this authority claims there are inherent conditions connected with the business that make it much harder and less hopeful for a safe combination than there is connected with the milk business. "—American Cultivator. rA.HUSSEvl lEAfTOMCCOO). (tlnrcndon W^oni> ScCast ^^ »'' Gt.BrooUUpl^f.t. ^ .^. ' ,l!>rhnrli ©ffitf, . '' tTlIEaBtEnnftolijli St.dliiwgoJU: BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. The interest of the growers is now centered in the plani for the new crop. Thi indications at present are that there will be a slightly decreased acre- age this year. The plant beds are pro- gressing well, all of the beds showing a fine stand of plants.— Gazette. i^^M^»»^^»%%%%%»^^<%%»^^^ %f%^^^^n/% '»»»»»»^^»%%%^%%^>^^^^^^| John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman, JOHN McLaughlin (h co. i Wholesale Dcalera in All Kinds of fl Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos > AUo, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norih Queen St. LANCASTER, PA. 18 EDGERTON, WIS. The buying movement is steadily coming to a close. Buyers are yet out gathering in the scattered remnants and probably will continue in the field jntil the crop is lifted, but only a small fraction remains unsold and the volume )f trar sactions of the week have mater- ially declined over the previous ones. Prices show but little change; except for some of the better lots of assorted goods, the figures are still low. Deliveries continue to come in quite freely at receiving points, but the ware- house handling is proceeding slowly be- cause of the scarcity of help. A few concerns have finished the season's packing, which will relieve the situa- tion somewhat, but warehouse handling will be prolonged well into the summer months. Aside from a stronger inquiry pack- ers report but little improvement in the cured leaf market. Sales are still confined to small lots to meet urgent needs of manufacturers. The plant beds are reported to be coming forward quite satisfactory despite the cool wet weather. Shipments 1,284 cases.— Reporter. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL OKDEK LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO i ST. LOUIS STOKHUYZEN & BROM Sworn Tobacco Brokers Oflfrce and Sample Rooms : Nes. 84—86 (Opposite Frascati), AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND. NIENHUYS & HESTERMAN Sworn Tobacco Brokers Brolcers to the Deli Maatschappy AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND OflJice and Sample Rooms: 87 Rokin <& 100 Nes. opposite Frsscsti Color and Cancelling Stamps , Lead Seals and Stencils QUAKER. CITY STENCIL and STAMP WORKS Incorporated 234 Arch St.. Philadelphia E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa.. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ifacturer of Cigars Established 1890 Capacity, 20,000 per Day H^S THE TOBACCO WORLD ^S^:SB Growers and Packers of HIGHEST GRADES CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED The Krohn Tobacco Co. (of WINDSOR, CONN.) Address: F. B. GRIFFIN, Manager, NORTH BLOOWFIELD, CONN. Our Plantations are in the most famous growing section Fine Handling Superb Quality -OR A. H. RtFOFR, President, P. 0. BOX 574. DAYTON. 0. ' HERA4AIN DELUE York, Penna. Maker oi Delman 5a Herdel 5c. Alex. Martin 5c UNION MADE CIGARS Sold to Wholesale 4 Jobbing Trade only Samples to Responsible Houses C.H. ■Ea«. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R. F. D. No. 8, YORK. PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades Correspondence solicited Samples on application Brands: GAff Bear, 66e Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey W» R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manuf.icturersoi Fine Domestic Cigars Hli^hest Quality Finest Packages Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cigars of Quality Sell and Repeat. TP THE DOCTOR oc. Ligar WALTER S. BARE, Lititz, Penna. Mailer of Hldk Grade Cigars Ezcloalvaly. _ H. G. BARNHART Ciiar Manufacturer Sprin^vale, Pa* One of Our Leading Brands : Cuban Duchess Only High Grade Tobacco Used Cigars always dttplicat« GEO. W. PARR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Littlestown, Pa. tf' fC^JSl^lD^ SoPERieu"* MAKER OF Fernside.»d Lord Wharton Five Cent Goods Sold to '.he Jobbing Trade only. Correspondence invited C. E. MATTINGLY & CO, Manufacturers of Hi^h Grade Union Made St. CiH FOR THE if holesale Trade Only Union Chief Supreme Union Mc Sherry stown. Pa. R. E. JACOBY Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of Hl^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Rothsville, Pa. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited Eatablished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. KOCHER Manufacturer of Fine Havana Cigars and Packer of WRIGHTSVJLLE, PA. 19 ^^M T H E TOBACCO W O R L D ^B Norristown Keyno HAVANA SHORTS 2 oz. 5c. J Tobacco Works NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Havana Shorts Private Brands for Jobbers a Specialty Samples submitted on applicatioi OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH and PRUNE FLAVOBS Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS Cigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc. Write for Free Samples and Particulars Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best Established 18S5 FRIES & BRO. g2 Reade Str*^et, NM W YORK. \ i. The American Tobacco Co. Bootjack Plug Piper Hcidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Newsboy Plug Drummond Natural Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes AMERICAN vs. RICHARDSON TOBACCO CO. Hearing Before Vice-Chancellor Howell, at Newark. Newark, N. J., May 15. The hearing before Vice Chancellor Eiowell, in the case of the American Tobacco Co. against R. Richardson, Jr., & Co., of Reidsville, N. C.was begun on Monday last, Mr. J. B. Duke, of the American Tobacco Co., being one of ih3 interested spectators. Although the healings were to be continued ihrough Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- tiay it was decided that they should then go over until December 2, when they are to be concluded. 2 The action was brought to compel the defendant company to transfer on its books 600 shares of its 1.000 shares of capital stock to the American Tobacco Co. as per an alleged agreemennt made at a time when an issue of stock was increased to that amount. The bill sets forth an alleged agreement to the effect that the competition between the two firms would be a "friendly" one in this event. It is also alleged ihat the Richardsons accepted the agreement and actually transferred 600 of the 1,000 shares of stock of their company to the complainant. The stock, however, thus given to the Duke interests, it is alleged, was never transferred on the books of the defendant corporation. The Richard- «ons declined to do this upon the de- mand of the American Tobacco Com- pany, alleging that the agreement had been broken inasmuch as the competi- tion was not "friendly" but real. The alleged agreement was entered into Aug. 12, 1903. A suit is now pending in North Carolina to have it set aside as fraudulent, and a collateral issue in the present case involves an application to enjoin this action. The original contract provided for the increasing of the capitalization of the Richardson company from $50,000 to $3110,000, und'^r terms agreeable, it is asserted, to the Trust. In the answer of the defendant, which was substantiated by Robert P. Rich- ardson, Jr., on the witness stand, it was set forth that the execution of the contract by which the American To- bacco Company sought to absorb the North Carolina concern was obtained by fraud, and under duress and threats of business extermination. Mr. Richardson testified that the American Tobacco Company has "by aggressive methods and ruinous cutting of prices, contrived with remarkable success to overcome and break down competitors." When certain letters from Percival S. Hill, Vice President of the American Tobacco Company, giving directions as to the conduct of the Richardson com- pany's business, and finding fault with the net results, were put in evidence by Mr. Hardin, the court asked where the American Company got its information. Mr. Hardin reminded the vice-chan- cellor that the American Company had placed a book keeper in the Richardson Company's oflTice. "But," the vice- chancellor made rejoinder, "one letter speaks of not having received reports, and of having gotten 'information from other sources.' " "You will have to ask Mr. Hill how he got his information," Mr. Richard- son put in, with a deprecatory gesture. In one letter Mr. Richardson was directed to quit the California territory, and when he was asked what business reasons the Richardson Company had for continuing there, C. D. Watson, one of the trio of counsel from North Carolina tor that company, explained : "There was a sharp controversy be- tween Mr. Richardson and Mr. Hill over the direction by the latter for the Richardson Company to 'work your own territory.' We shall show why it was necessary to go out and get other territory. The warfare to which we had before been subjected was again being forced upon us. It was again arising in Mississippi especially. By going abroad and covering more terri- tory we would make that warfare more expensive for the American Tobacco Company." Mr. Richardson agreed with Mr. Watson, saying : "A narrowly circumscribed territory would afford the American Tobacco Company the opportunity, of which it had before availed itself, to concen- trate and localize its competitive war- fare on our trade." Mr. Richardson gave as another rea- son for widening his company's territory that for the past ten years there has been a tendency in many States to enact legislation inimical to cigarette smoking, and inasmuch as the "Old North State" brand was largely used in the form of cigarettes, it became necessary to extend the area of trade in order to minimize the hazards of such legislation. In a letter signed "J. Fletcher, Jr.," who is connected with the American Company, Mr. Richardson was apprised of a prospective visit of a Mr. Hall, a representative of the American Com- pany. The letter stated that "Mr. Hall will call if there is no risk in having him in your city again." and the writer suggested that if Mr. Rich- ardson was of the opinion that Mr. Hall's visit to Reidsville involved any risk the meeting might take place in Danville instead. As throwing a side light on the methods of the American Company, Mr. Hardin read a letter from Junius Parker of counsel for t^at company, in which Mr. Parker directed Mr. Richardson to address future communi- cations to him to "D. C. Williams, Box 70, Madison Square Branch, N. Y. City." The reading of this letter oc- casioned considerable amusement at Mr. Parker's expense, James B. Duke, himself, who sat immediately behind Mr. Parker, joining in the smile that went around. Mr. Richardson testified that in com- pliance with orders from Mr. Hill he had put a man in the field in North Carolina and South Carolina. Mr. Hardin asked, "With what resulf" "He didn't make his salt, "Mr. Rich- ardson answered. 20 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Established 18S0 Monroe D. Sellers, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSV ILLK. VX. ^^g THE TOBACCO W O R L D :^?^g^ J. B. 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They are indispens- able in leaf packing and tobacco ware- bouses. Hundreds in use, Minnich Machine Works Lsindisville^ Lancaster Co., Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 27 South Second Street PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special Sales of Leaf Tobacco Consignments Solicited Advances Madf^ Settlements Made on Day of Sale IT'S A WONDER WORKER Havana Tobacco Ferment Neutralizing Solution for Producing a Natural Fermentation and Sweat in Domestic Tobaccos Acme Extract and Chemical Works E. G. ECKERT, Proprietor HANOVER, PA. yj V ^ Caveats, Trade Marks, JlSLZGTIZS Design-Patents, Copyrights, etc. ^"T^iilueT'^ John A. Saul Le Droit Building, WASHINGTON, D. 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"VUELTA SPRIGS" The Mellow Cigar . 3c* These Brands Nt-ll on Merit and Constantly Repeal. Try Ihem aud Judtfe for YourseU %^hy Thla Factory Never Shuts Down . . STAUFFER BROS. MFG. CO. INENV HOLLAND PA. Par Sale by All Dealers V I R O I IN 1 A R E R i Q U E MIXTURE me AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., NEW YORK .- — ■ si 'X E. A. Calves & Co.^^c> Havana, 123 North Third street ....IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA M^K THE TOBACCO WORLD ^»B . A. LAHR ^^tS^SiUQ^ g;^UTANTl(NlGj| t Wholesale Cigar Manufacturer t^'m^**A Br PcHMittiOM, Red Lion, Penna. ^AJORPAU,, Get our pi ices, and make a fair comparison with those of other factories. Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples Free to Responsible Houses. Established in 1881. Vol. XXVIII., No. 22. } PHIUDHI nil^ and NtW Mm, MAY 27. 1908. I One Dollar per Annum. Payable in Advance. Libermaii Siicticn Tables 3 RECOGMZFl) STANDAKh ( Thimbles made to order to fit any desired shape of cigar head TUCK CLITTFRS CIGARMAKERS' KNIVES Liberman Manufacturing Co. 812-814 Winter Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. UNITED STATES TOBACCO CO. . . . MANLFACTIRERS OF . . . CENTRAL UNION . Cut Plug IDLE HOUR . . . Sliced Plug EPICURE (%'.i'.r..*") Shredded Plug HUNT CLUB . . . Cube Pipe Tobacco SPHINX MIXTURE . Smoking UNION MADE GOODS INDEPENDENT FACTORY RICHMOND. VA. >^ M u M TOBACCO T R A s u M _^a of ^tatAt^^ u M TOBACCO T II A Samples gladly submitted on application TOBACCO T R A Importations Over 3,000 Bales Annually u M TOBACCO H. DUYS & CO. IVo. 170 NVater Street, INE^V VORK De Amsterdamsclie Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam, Holland u M TOBACCO v.. a k Growers and Packers of FLORIDA TOBACCOS Write for Samples SCHROEDMR & ARGUIMBAU T78 Water Street^ New York ^^M THE TOBACCO WORLD 'BB^B: r CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, F»resident La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED I HILADELPHIA \\ W. W. STEWART & SONS (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc. JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS Sc. Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 3-cent Gi^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Factory 1830, First District Penna. \i, K. Gresh & Sons, Makers, Norristown, Pa " ij t \A/^^J.^^— CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS p^.^ O^ 1^ I CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean a i,YVd.riLtJU EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. I Ul OClltJl Write Us for Prices T«l. 722 Orchard 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK and Sound THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 22 STORY of MISSISSIPPI DRLGGIST As fo American Tobacco Co*s Alleged Methods of Competition. Newark, N. J., May 20. When the hearing of the suit brought by the American Tobacco Company against R. P. Richardson, Jr., & Co., manufacturers of smoking tobacco at Reidsville, N. C, was resumed before Vice-Chancellor Howell, Perry B. King, a druggist at Jackson, Miss., was called to tell about alleged tactics of the American company to capture the Mississippi market. Mr. Perry related that "Old North State," a brand manu- factured by the Richardson company, had practically had the Mississippi market to itself up to 1899, when the American company began through agents to introduce "Bull Durham." In 1901, Mr. Perry declared, the American company made him an offer to deliver three cases of twenty-five pounds each for each order for one case, two to be sold by him and the third for gratis distribution, the price named being sixty cents a pound, which was less than the price he paid for "Old North State." "They told me," Mr. Perry went on to testify, "that they were going to have the Mississippi business and I might as well buy now, when I could get 'Bull Durham' at half price, as to buy later when I would have to pay full price." The American company's agents made the offer still more attractive, according to the witness, by giving away books of cigarette papers, the retail price of which was five cents. Robert H. McCarter, who is one of a quintet oi counsel for the American company, objected to the line of ques- tioning, and in the course of his re- marks he spoke of a "declaration of war" made by the Richardson company on the American company, and urged that "what we did after that can't be made to characterize what we did be- fore, when we were partners." Charles L. Corbin, also of counsel for the American company, urged that it had never been represented by the American company that there would be no competition with the Richardson company. Richard V. Lindabury, who is taking the leading part in the prose- cution of the case, objected to the testi- mony which John R. Hardin was draw- ing out, that it was embarking upon an inquiry that would be limitless. Com- petition, he went on to say, seemed to be one of the requirements of the age. It was unfair competition when one man lied about another's business. To give away goods to "whet the appetite or stimulate the taste" could not be called unfair competition. The Vice-Chancellor said that he would admit the testimony, "but it would have to be connected up." "We'll connect it up all right," both Mr. Hardin and Cyrus B. Watson, the latter of the North Carolina bar, put in in unison, Mr. Hardin adding, "we'll show in due time that these agents PHILADELPHIA, MAY 27, 1908 Tables Showing Comparative Extent and Value o! Cuba's Tobacco Industry for Four Years. Compiled by Manuel Suarez y Ca. Amistad 95, Havana. TOBACCO CROP (in bales) OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA: Years 1904 1905 1906 1907 Vuelta Abajo 250.404 269.661 139,346 234,012 Semi Vuelta 22.995 25,704 11.886 21.885 Partidos 60.420 52,727 37,711 75.344 Matanzas 241 363 614 . 904 Remedios 88.262 119.998 87,851 93.950 Puerto Principe 748 67 1.028 1 .009 Santiago de Cuba 5,038 5.097 7,832 13,641 Total 428.108 473.617 286.288 440,775 EXPORT OF LEAF TOBACCO (in bales) from CUBA: To the United States 196.861 245,915 257.800 180.274 To All Other Countries 53,777 71,172 19.626 20.398 Total Export 250,638 317,087 277,426 200,672 CIGARS AND CIGARETTES MANUFACTURED AND HOW DISPOSED OF: Cigars- Exported to United States 60,745,446 64,680.975 79.483.125 61.869,131 to Other Countries ..156.809.636 162,347,546 177,254.904 124.559,476 Total Exports.... 217,645.082 227.028.521 256.73.S.029 186.428.607 Consumed on the Island 184,216 000 214.515.975 196,127,500 177,972.390 Grand Total 401,861,082 441.544.496 452.865,529 364.400.997 Cigarettes— (Packages of 16) Exported 1^456.877 11.829.076 15.643.275 16.505.104 Consumed on the Island 208.434.500 200.908,743 217.960.616 210.794.390 Total Packages... 226.891,377 212,737,819 233,603.891 227,299.494 Or— 3,630,262,032 cigarettes in 1904; 3.403,805.104 in 1905; 3,737,662,256 in 1906; 3,636,791,894 in 1907. APPROXIMATE VALUE OF TOBACCO INDUSTRY OF CUBA : Years 1905 1906 1907 Exports of Leaf Tobacco, Value. $14,220,176 00 $19,419,820.00 $14,960.933.0<» Cigars, " 14,756,853.86 16.688.571.88 13,112,226.00 Cigarettes " 295.726.90 • 391,081.87 449.928.00 Cut Leaf (picadura) Value, 143.204.40 203,112.00 122.821.60 Total Value of Exports $29,415,961.16 $36,702,585.75 $28,645,908.60 Consumed on the Island : Value of Cigars $8,580,639.00 $7.845, lOO.OO $8,898,619.60 Cigarettes 4.018.174.86 4.359,212.32 4.637,486.04 Cut Leaf (picadura) 260,338 40 129,842.40 161,534.50 Total Value of Island Consumption $12,859,152.26 $12,334,154.72 $13,697,640.04 Total Value of Industry . . . .$42,275,113.42 $49,036,740.47 $42,343,548.64 One Dollar the Year CHANGE AT ALTOONA. The Taylor-Lafferty Co. Changes Hands. Altoona. Pa., May 23. The Taylor Lafferty Tobacco Com- pany, at 918 Eleventh avenue, which for several years has been conducted by Harry Taylor and Samuel Lafl'erty, passed out of existence last week and was succeeded by an entirely new firm, the Calvert-Lafferty Cigar Company, of which John H. Calvert and J. B. LafT- erty are the principal stockholders. They will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Calvert is not new to the cigar trade. He has been in the business for the past eight years, and has built up a profitable trade. At the present time he has a wholesale house on Green ave- nue, near Ninth street. His stock will be merged with the stock of the new firm. Mr. Lafferty is a well known Altoona business man. F r many years he has conducted a meat market in the First ward, but he has withdrawn from this business in order to give all his time to his new venture. He will have charge of the house force, while Mr. Calvert will look after the firm's out- side interests. The Calvert-LafTerty Cigar Company will make a specialty of the celebrated Cinco cigar, of Otto Eisenlohr & Bro., Philadelphia, having completed ar- rangements with the Cinco firm to handle this brand in this vicinity. The business will be continued along the old lines, with such changes as the trade requires to make the relations between wholesaler and retailer even more harmonious. »«^*<*i%«««% were the representatives of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company." Mr. Perry, being permitted to pro- ceed, took up his recital of the Ameri- can company's alleged enticements. "Here we are again," he said, was the greeting of a subsequent agent. "Here we are with a new proposition and a new brand." It proved to be a brand of granulated smoking tobacco labeled "Cherry." "At last," Mr. Perry said the agent told him "we have produced a brand that is the exact duplicate of the 'Old North State' and we are dead sure now of getting the Mississippi business. We are going to supplant 'Old North State' at any cost." Mr. Perry was eventually withdrawn and Robert P. Richardson, Jr., Presi- dent of the defendant company, was called to again take up the thread of his story, part of which he told last Thursday and Friday. —The Tobin Tobacco Co. has been incorporated at Chicago, 111., with a capital of $10,000, by Walter Tobin, Cbas. M. Aldridge and H. W. Stroud. Baines' New Leaf House. Janesville, Wis.. May 23. Contractor Fred Little, of Fond du Lac, has been awarded the contract of building the new $12,0CK) tobacco ware- house to be erected on Madison street by Frank S. Baines. The structure is to be one story in height, 96 feet square, and entirely of concrete. It will be fire proof, no wood whatever being used in its constructon, and will be the first of its kind to be erected in the State for leaf storage. The site ad- joins that of the present Baines ware- house. There will be a division wall of concrete in the center, creating two sections with an aggregate capacity of 6,000 cases. Kalamazoo Factory Enlarging. Kalamazoo, Mich., May 23. Ollie Hungerford, formerly of South Bend, Ind., but who has been engaged in cigar manufacturing here for some time past, has made arrangements for the erection of a new three story build- ing. He has also engaged a number of Cuban cigarmakers to turn out some high class workmanship. Tampa Forging Ahead. Tampa, F'la., May 22. Shipments of cigars from Tampa show that the business here is gradu- ally resuming its normal condition. The shipments for last week were larger than for any week during several months past. More than nine hundred cases— to be exact, 919— were shipped from Tampa last week, and they enclosed 4,595,0 cigars. The withdrawal of tobacco for the month of May promises to exceed that of the past month. Ohio Cigar Factory Burned. Steubenville, O., May 23. Roy Buckey, son of McCormick Buckey, of this city, met with a disas- trous loss by fire at his home down the river at Rockland. He had built up a nice little cigar factory and had a nice trade in cigars and was doing well. On Saturday morning the factory took fire and a high wind prevailing at the time it was soon a total loss. He lost all his stock and ten thousand cigars that were ready for shipment. The loss is total as he bad no insarance. His father has gone down to aid him in get- ting another start. EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK E. A. Calves A Co.<^:;^c"> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 8 H^^ THE TOBACCO WORLD r "^ CHARLES M. GUDKNECHT, President La Hilda Cigar Factory (Incorporated) Manufacturers and Importers 231 CHESTNUT STREET CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED T HILADELrHIA \ ^ W. W. STEWART & SONS (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) ■i? ^^^^^^.. E!7/]l ^^^bI'' ^HbB9^^ %a 1 1 p^^^^ 1 Reading, Pa. Makers of the JOHN HAY LADY HELEN lOc, JOHN HAY, Jr. ELI PERKINS 5c. Hi^h Grade Seed and Havana Cigars Correspondence with Responsible Houses Solicited Manufacturers 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight 5-cent Ci^ar Made by Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839, First nistrict Penna. W. K. Gresh & Sons, Makers; Norristown, Pa % # •Wanted Tel. 722 Orchard —CUTTINGS— SCRAPS— SIFTINGS EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO. 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK Pp.^ C PI Ip I CIGAR SCRAPS— Clean and Sound ' ^" OdlCl Write Us for Prices EMIL BERGER TOBACCO CO., 6-8-10 Gouverneur Slip, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO WORLD Vol. XXVIII., No. 22 STORY of MISSISSIPPI DRIGGIST PHILADELPHIA, MAY 27, 1908 One Dollar the Year As (o American Tobacco Co*s Alleged Methods of Competition. Newark, N. J., May 20. When the hearing of the suit brought by the American Tobacco Company against R. P. Richardson, Jr., & Co., manufacturers of smoking tobacco at Reidsville, N. C, was resumed before Vice-Chanceilor Howell, Perry B. King, a druggist at Jackson, Miss., was called to tell about alleged tactics of the American company to capture the Mississippi market. Mr. Perry related that "Old North State," a brand manu- factured by the Richardson company, had practically had the Mississippi market to itself up to 1899, when the American company began through agents to introduce "Bull Durham." In 1901, Mr. Perry declared, the American company made him an offer to deliver three cases of twenty-five pounds each for each order for one case, two to be sold by him and the third for gratis distribution, the price named being sixty cents a pound, which was less than the price he paid for "Old North State." "They told me," Mr. Perry went on to testify, "that they were going to have the Mississippi business and I might as well buy now, when 1 could get 'Bull Durham' at half price, as to buy later when I would have to pay full price." The American company's agents made the offer still more attractive, according to the witness, by giving away books of cigarette papers, the retail price of which was five cents. Robert H. McCarter, who is one of a quintet of counsel for the American company, objected to the line of ques- tioning, and in the course of his re- marks he spoke of a "declaration of war" made by the Richardson company on the American company, and urged that "what we did after that can't be made to characterize what we did be- fore, when we were partners." Charles L. Corbin, also of counsel for the American company, urged that it had never been represented by the American company that there would be no competition with the Richardson company. Richard V. Lindabury, who is taking the leading part in the prose- cution of the case, objected to the testi- mony which John R. Hardin was draw- ing out, that it was embarking upon an inquiry that would be limitless. Com- petition, he went on to say, seemed to be one of the requirements of the age. It was unfair competition when one man lied about another's business. To give away goods to "whet the appetite or stimulate the taste" could not be called unfair competition. The Vice-Chancellor said that he would admit the testimony, "but it would have to be connected up." "We'll connect it up all right," both Mr. Hardin and Cyrus B. Watson, the latter of the North Carolina bar, put in in unison, Mr. Hardin adding, "we'll show in due time that these agents Tables Showing Comparative Extent and Value of Cuba's Tobacco Industry for Four Years. Compiled by Manuel Suarez y Ca. Amistad 95. Havana. TOBACCO CROP (in bales) OF THE ISLAND OF Cl'BA: Years 1904 1905 190G 1907 Vuelta Abajo 250.404 269.»)l?l 139,;i46 234,012 Semi Vuelta 22.995 25,704 11. S8(? 21.^^5 Partidos 00,420 52,727 37,711 75,344 Matanzas 241 3G3 bl4. 904 Remedios 88.262 119.998 87,851 93.9553 86 16.688.571.88 13.112,226.00 Cigarettes " 295.726.90 • 391,081.87 449.928.00 Cut Leaf (picadura) Value, 143.204.40 2u3.112.00 122.821.60 Total Value of Exports 829.415,961.16 $36,702,585.75 $28,645,908.60 Consumed on the Island : Value of Cigars $8,580,639.00 $7,845,100.00 $8,898,619.50 Cigarettes 4.018,174.86 4.359.212.32 4.637.486.04 Cut Leaf (picadura) 260,338 40 129,842.40 161,534.50 Total Value of Island Consumption $12,859,152.26 $12,334,154.72 $13,697,640.04 Total Value of Industry . . . .$42,275,113.42 $49,036,740.47 $42,343,548.64 CHANGE AT ALTOONA. The Taylor-Lafferty Co. Changes Hands. Altoona. Pa., May 23. The Taylor Lafferty Tobacco Com- pany, at 918 Eleventh avenue, which for several years has been conducted by Harry Taylor and Samuel Lafferty, passed out of existence last week and was succeeded by an entirely new firm, the Calvert- Lafferty Cigar Company, of which John H. Calvert and J. B. Laff- erty are the principal stockholders. They will continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Calvert is not new to the cigar trade. He has been in the business for the past eight years, and has built up a profitable trade. At the present time he has a wholesale house on Green ave- nue, near Ninth street. His stock will be merged with the stock of the new firm. Mr. Lafferty is a well known Altoona business man. F r many years he has conducted a meat market in the First ward, but he has withdrawn from this business in order to give all his time to his new venture. He will have charge of the house force, while Mr. Calvert will look after the firm's out- side interests. The Calvert-Lafferty Cigar Company will make a specialty of the celebrated Cinco cigar, of Otto Eisenlohr & Bro., Philadelphia, having completed ar- rangements with the Cinco firm to handle this brand in this vicinity. The business will be continued along the old lines, with such changes as the trade requires to make the relations between wholesaler and retailer even more harmonious. %«^%/%«^<*<% were the representatives of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company." Mr. Perry, being permitted to pro- ceed, took up his recital of the Ameri- can company's alleged enticements. "Here we are again," he said, was the greeting of a subsequent agent. "Here we are with a new proposition and a new brand." It proved to be a brand of granulated smoking tobacco labeled "Cherry." "At last," Mr. Perry said the agent told him "we have produced a brand that is the exact duplicate of the 'Old North State' and we are dead sure now of getting the Mississippi business. We are going to supplant 'Old North State' at any cost." Mr. Perry was eventually withdrawn and Robert P. Richardson, Jr., Presi- dent of the defendant company, was called to again take up the thread of his story, part of which he told last Thursday and Friday. —The Tobin Tobacco Co. has been incorporated at Chicago, 111., with a capital of $10,000, by Walter Tobin, Chas. M. Aldridge and H. W. Stroud. Baines' New Leaf House. Janesville, Wis.. May 23. Contractor Fred Little, of Fond du Lac, has been awarded the contract of building the new $12,000 tobacco ware- house to be erected on Madison street by Frank S. Baines. The structure is to be one story in height. 96 feet square, and entirely of concrete. It will be fire proof, no wood whatever being used in its constructon, and will be the first of its kind to be erected in the State for leaf storage. The site ad- joins that of the present Baines ware- house. There will be a division wall of concrete in the center, creating two sections with an aggregate capacity of 6,000 cases. Kalamazoo Factory Enlarging. Kalamazoo, Mich.. May 23. OIlie Hungerford, formerly of South Bend. Ind.. but who has been engaged in cigar manufacturing here for some time past, has made arrangements for the erection of a new three story build- ing. He has also engaged a number of Cuban cigarmakers to turn out some high class workmanship. Tampa Forging Ahead. Tampa, Fla., May 22. Shipments of cigars from Tampa show that the business here is gradu- ally resuming its normal condition. The shipments for last week were larger than for any week during several months past. More than nine hundred cases- to be exact, 919— were shipped from Tampa last week, and they enclosed 4.595,0 Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA 8 E. A. Calves & Co^^^^^P^ JO7 Arch St. Leaf Tobacco 4^RIB^ PHILADA. ■■tabllshed L f B ^LEWIS BREMER'S SONS IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra H,5TRAUS l^.§^ll^ilis$^©§)^ A.\JMM IMPORTERS OF ^ aotadoo^^oi^isdsiw nSMILADELPm AND PACKERS OF Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia Julius Hirschberg 6c Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra and Packers of Seed Leaf Tobacco 125 North Third St., Philada. Benj. Labe Jacob Labe Sidney Labc BENJ. LABE & SONS IMPORTERS OF Sumatra and Havana Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco 228 North Third St., Philadelphia i I. VELENCHIK S. VELENCHIK VELENCHIK BROS. '"n^eX'in LE AF TOB/ieee Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA LiEOPOLiD LiOEB & CO. importers of Sumatra and Havana Paci(ers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 Nortli Third Street, Phila. %L Third St, f/p/i/a,. Import; IS and Dealers in ALL KINDS OF SEEi LEAF. The Empire Leaf Tobacco »^y.^^^ .OMATRA Com llbN.3dSt.,Pliila. U K^UPPENBACH mm^^'^^ ^ 642-44 !^J.ELL\rNTt1. ST. PHILADELPHIA # 1 ( J. S. BATROFF 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF T©BAee0 \ E. A. Calves & Co.<^C>HaVANA,*123 North Third street IP/IPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA THE TOBACCO WORLD Export Stamp Issued by Cuban Independent Ci^ar Manufacturers Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUniondeR^RICantkdeTabacosyCigarros -3^^<^^^ lis LADE CUBA 1^- ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza qae los fabacoscigarrosy paqijetes cfe picadurflq(jcllevenes''aprecirfa son fabncadospor afREPL BLiCA orcuBA - LA PROPIEOAD flRTISTICA E:iHOUSTRIflL ESTAiREGISTfMDflENTOOOSlOSPAISES- REPUB HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this Precinta or Stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The above Precinta, or Warranty Stamp, is only used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that Cigars, Cigarettes and Cut Tobacco packages which bear these Stamps were made in Cuba by such Independent Manufacturers belonging to the Union. BE IT KNOWN: That said Guarantee Label only the manufacturers belonging to the Manufacturers' Union have the right to use and to attach on all cigar boxes and other packages of their goods. COLORS OF THE PRECINTA : Black with pale blue ground ; fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. The Suit Against the American Tobacco Co. Arguments Heard in U. S. Circuit Court. Briefs Submitted by the Attorneys for the Government and for the Company. EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESENTATION OF EACH SIDE. %• New York, May 23. The suit of the Government against the American Tobacco Co. has been brought another step closer to its final disposition, and this week the case came up for argument by the attorneys of both sides of the litigation before the full bench of the U. S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. The case has attracted widespread attention, and in the court room could be noticed a number of gentlemen prominent in the trade. Among these highly interested spectators was F. D. Ware, of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., of Norfolk, Va., who spent several days in New York last week. The courtroom was crowded with lawyers connected with corporations on whose business a decision in this case will have a direct bearing. Many in- dependent tobacco manufacturers were represented by counsel. The Govern- ment was represented by Special United States Attorney General J. C. McRey- nolds and E. P. Grosvenor. The Ameri- can Tobacco Company was represented by William J. Wallace. W. W. Fuller, OeLancy Nicoll and Junius Parker; the Imperial Tobacco Company, one of the British corporations involved, by William B. Hornblower, W. W. Miller and John Pickrel of Richmond, Va. ; the British-American Tobacco Com- pany, the foreign distributing agency of the American Tobacco Company, by Joseph Hood, a London solicitor, and the United Cigar Stores Company by Solomon H. Stroock. The arguments will consume several days, and before they began volumes of evidence taken before United States Commissioner Shields were brought into court. Before the Government lawyers opened their argument Horn- blower, for the Imperial Tobacco Com- pany, said he would argue his case separately from the cases of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company and the other involved corporations. His point was that the relations of his company with the American ToLacco Company were only by contract. Counsel asserted that the American Tobacco Company had more than forty allied corporations; The United Cigar Stores Company more than ten corpora- tions, and that the other corporate de- fendants were sued through the officers. Theargument of McReynolds. for the Government, was based on the provi- sions of the law as to combinations in restraint of trade. He cited the Sher- man act and its prior statute, the Wil- son act. as the authorities under which the Government had proceeded in the case at bar. He maintained the right of Congress to preserve unrestricted the flow of commerce. The Constitu- tion had imposed on the Federal courts the duty of keeping such avenues of commerce open. All combinations in restraint of trade since the passage of the Wilson act. he held, had been de- clared, in one way or another, by the courts to be illegal and contrary to public policy. Counsel for the Government proceeded to argue that the American Tobacco Company controlled by stock ownership all of the defendant companies. He defined monopoly as a union of indepen- dent business interests whereby one or more men, acting in concert, gained sufficient power to control prices. Such a combination he held the defendants to be. Having discussed the legal phases of the case, counsel diverted to tell the history of the formation of the , (Continued on p. 16) j STEPHEN F. KETRAN Interior 7 Makes a Specialty of Fitting Up ^ Wood.. Work.. o Ci^ar Stores Bank, Church, Office, Store Fixtures and Special Cabinet Work 1615 to 1623 McKean St., Philadelphia ^ :^ The Latest Success Lynnhaveiv Cigarettes 10 for 10 Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co. Norfolk, Va. ARTHUR HAGEN & CO. Philadelphia, Pa. AGENTS ^ REGISTER YOUR TRADE MARKS IN THE REGISTRY DEPARTMENT OF THE TOBACCO WORLD . . . H^m THE TOBACCO WORLD :^B OEO. W. BREMER, Jr. BREMER BROS. m N. Third SL, PmUDELPHU WALTER T. BREMER Importers, Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Hippie Bros. & Co. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in Leaf Tobaccos 231 Arch St., Philadelphia Our Retail Department is Strictly Dp-to-Date LO UIS B YTHINnR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 Kace St. ^j- m , . « • and Commission Merchants. rl\lIaaClpnUL Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. SAMUEL HARTMAN & CO. DEALERS AND PACKERS OF Domestic Leaf Tobacco of All Kinds CONNECTICUT A SPECIALTY Office and Salesroom: 313 and 315 West Grant Street Correspondence Solicited LANCASTER, PA. Prices Within Reach ol All UNION MADE ALL QUALITY UNION BOXES >•< H. Q. BURKV i^*^ ^r-^-'''W9ff*&WM7!: ps25j^N> M A K E R %OnBUHgs S. Weinberg 121 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA Importer of SUMATRA and HAVANA Dealer in all kinds of SEED LEAF Tobacco ^ •<: AARON B. HESS Packer of and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco PennsylvanidL Seed B's and Tops READY FOR THE MARKET. Write for Prices. Office and Warehouse: 630=°636 N. Prince St Lancaster, Pa. Bell 'Phone : 77-X. Independent 'Phone: 1464-A. © © 0 Northern Wisconsin Leaf Tobacco Co. PACKERS OF AND DEALERS IN Northern Grown Wisconsin Tobacco Exclusively LA CROSSE, WIS. © J HEADOUARTr:RS FOR Wisconsin Tobaeco I.. B. CARLE & SON ^ Packers and Dealers JANESVILLE, WIS. ^ © \l lOc. HAND MADE^ Iftr A HIGH GRADE HAVANA CIGAR lUU. 5C. CIGAR FOR Write for Samples and Prices 5c. ^ FACTORY No. 1898, FIRST DISTRICT, READING, PA. ^ EDWARD E. SIMONSON Packer of and Dealer in =© Tobacco Bought and Packed on Commission Stoughton, Wis. t © © t :i L. O. HAELSSEKMANN CARL L. HAELSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN • =": U. O. HA Importers of ANN Sz SONS Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra and Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA 148 North Third Street, Philadelphia, Pa. :^m 6 THE TOBACCO W 0 R L D ^^ E. A. Calves & Co.HaVANA, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA Little Doing in the Havana Leaf Tobacco Market The Dried-Out Soil Quickly Absorbed all the Moisture Brought by the Recent Rains, and Packing Tobacco in the Country Has Not Yet Become General. Special Correspondence There is very little news on hand from the country regarding the new crop, but the reports that have reached this city say that rain is still needed. Although heavy showers fell a few weeks ago the dried up soil, after such a spell of drought.immediately absorbed all the dampness that remained after the rain, and consequently in many dis- tricts the tobacco cannot be taken down from the poles in the drying sheds. In some neighborhoods (in Alquizar there are several escojidas running) the packing of tobacco has commenced but in the large majority the tobacco has not been taken out of the "pilon" where it is yet in the process of fer- mentation. Where packings are already working, tobacco fit to be used for blending purposes will be ready around the early part of July, and in some iso- lated cases perhaps in the latter part of May, but in cases where packing to- bacco has not already been commenced the goods will be more greatly delayed. The crop almost entirely, therefore, will be even more "tardido" than was expected. The farmers this year, it is generally thought, as in the case of the 1903 crop, will have to attend very largely to the packing of the 1908 crop on their own farms, as the local dealers and usual packers have still large stocks on hand of the old goods of the previous crop, and as money is distinguished at the present time for its scarcity, they are not very anxious to venture into greater enterprises than the selling of their present stocks. This accounts for the absence of that fierce competition usually seen in the country among the buyers desirous to get the farmers' crops, to which has been owed in the last couple of years the fabulous prices tobacco, green in the country, has reached, and the evi- dent prosperity of the farmer. The same absence of competition this year of The Tobacco World.) Havana, Cuba, May 18, 1908. is likewise calculated to lower the fig- ures in the country to no small extent. liiiyiiiK, SellliiK and Other Note* of Interest. The volume of leaf tobacco sales this week does no. correspond favorably with the many transactions of the week previous, as the quantity sold was about half. The principal purchases were made by American export houses here, such as I. Bernheim & Son; Gar- cia & Co., and Sylvester & Stern, who bought almost exclusively or Remedies. Two German houses here also bought some Remedies for export to Germany, but which consisted mainly of Second Capaduras. Puente, Granda & Co. sold nearly a thousand bales of tobacco. Of this quantity the Trust bought 500 bales of Colas of Vuelta Abajo for cigarette purposes. The rest consisted of Reme- dies First and Second Capaduras which they sold to several parties. A. M. Calzada & Co. were very busy this week, when I called at their office, with a shipment of over .SOO bales of Remedies First and Second Capaduras to Philadelphia. Sobrinosde Venancio Diaz sold nearly 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo to a local buyer, and about .')0<» bales of Colas to cigarette manufacturers. Rodriguez Bautista & Co. do not re- port much business this week. Their time and -attention was devoted almost exclusively to their late openings of escojidas in different sections of the country. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez were not very busy this week, selling altogether only about 125 bales. The previous week, instead of the small number of bales reported as sold, they disposed of nearly 600 bales. .Manuel Suarez & Co. made some pur- chases this week, as "El Grillo" had several customers on his hands. Ramos y Machado sold over IVW bales LUIS NUNIZ MANUEL NUNIZ HILARIO NUNII VENANCIO DIAZ, Speciftl Partner MUNIZ HERMAN05 y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel?" Havana ReilVdL 20, HaVaildL P. 0. Box « SYLVESTER & STERN SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS SYLVESTER & SON Growers, Packers and Importers of Havana Tobacco HAVANA, CUBA Monte 56 NEW YORK 165 Front Street PLANTATIONS and ESCOJIDAS: In VUELTA ABAoO at PUERTA de GOLPE " PARTIDOS " SANTLAGO de las VEGAS " REMEDIOS " SANTA CLARA " QUINTA CAMAJUANI " SANCTI SPIRITUS Factory Ve^as a Specialty CHARLES BLASCO Commission IVierchant "^ Leaf Tobacco and Cigars 1 O'Reilly St. "b!^^" Habana, Cuba GONZALEZ Y IVl i G U E L Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Especialidad en Tabaco de Santa Clara de Priraera Clase Cable: •CASIN" AMISTAD 97, HABANA^ H. UPMANN & CO., HAVANA, CUBA m INDEPENDENT M A NUF ACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED '^^. H. UPMANN CIGARS (nMM) BANKERS SHIPPERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1844 CHAS« LANDAU, 82 Wall St., New York; Board of Trade Building, Montreal --^ gnTT! REPRESENTATIVE OF H« UPMANN BRAND FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA pfi ■ p€^S THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^^^ Rf BAVTISTA y CA.-Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA Cable— Rotista NcptUnO 170--174' Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo BEHRENS&eO. Havana, Cuba Manufacturers of the " SOL" Brand Finest f aelta Abajo Tobacco fcclasively ^^BP^T% NO BETTER GOODS MADE QUALITY ALWAYS RELIABLE Sole Representatives for the United States and Canada: National Cuba Co., 147 Water Street, New York Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez LEAF TOBACCO MERCHANTS Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana, Cuba Cable: "Antero" GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en TABACOS HNOS de VUELTA ABAJO. PARTIDOS y VUELTA ARRIBA Monte 114 Habana p. O. Box, Apartado 270 Cable: ZALEZGON lUNO DIAZ B. RODRIGUEZ B. DIAZ & CO. Growers and Packers of Vuelta Abajo and Partido Tobacco PRADO 125 Cable: ZAIDCO HABANA, CUBA S. Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOI^GE & P. CflSTAflEDfl Growers, Packers and Exporters of .. fia vana Lieaf TobacGO Ef ido- Corner Dragones Street, H A V ANA 8 PABLO PEREZ CANOIOO 0BE8C Perez & Obeso S. en C. (Sobrinos de G. Palacios) Leaf Tobacco VUELTA ABAJO FACTORY VEGAS a Specialty Proprietors of famous Lowland Vuelta AbaJo Veiias Prado 121, Entrance, Dragones St Cable: ^^Sodecio.'' HABANA, CUBAc AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123 Habana Cable: ONILEVA SUAREZ HERMANOS (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ Tl 1 and Dealers in Leat 1 ODaCCO FIGURAS 39-41, CaWe: "Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Ueaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office: 92 Dragoives Street, HAVANA CUBA r.Kl« AJJ,..., -jn^rr-AVBo.. ( or,espoudence Solicited In Enrfll.h Cable Address: "JOSECAYRO' LOEB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama 142 and 144 Consulado Street Habana Cable: REFORM t t JOSE F. ROCHA Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO Cable: ''DONALLES" HABANA, CUBA LUIS MARX Tobacco Grower No. 8 Cuba Street Post Office Box 77 HABANA THE TOBACCO WORLD of RemedioH Colas for cigarette pur- poses. Sylvester & Stern sold to the Trust about 300 bales of Colas of Vuelta Abajo and Hojas of Remedios. Sierra y Martinez sold 100 balps of First Capaduras to 1. Bernheim & Son. Planas & Co. disposed of 300 bales of Second Capaduras to two local Gtrnian houses, for export to Germany. BaldomeroGrau also sold 144 bales of Second Capaduras to a German concern here, for the same purpose. SMl«a during the last week aggregated about 4,020 bales in all, consisting of 1.400 of Vuelta Abajo, 300 of Partido and 2,320 of Remedios. For the American market about 2,300 bales were purchased ; nearly 1,000 bales were taken by German buyers, and the balance of 720 bales were bought for Jocal consumption. llny<*rM Come and Go. Arrivals: David Goldberg, of S. U Goldberg & Sons, New York ; Felipe Bustillo and Jose Diaz, of Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, and Enrique Pendas, of I. Pen- das y Alvarez, Tampa. There were no departures. llBvnnn Ctfcnr Mannfn<>inrora Business in the Independent cigar factories, while conducted on a relaxed scale, is quite satisfactory for this sea- son of the year. The Trust factories, however, are idle just at present, with the exception of the Cabanas factory at Zulueta 10. The J. S. Murias branch is making some repairs and has advised its workmen not to return until a few weeks later, H. Upmann & Co.. shipped last week 810,000 cigars of their own famjus H. Upmann brand and of other independ- ent cigars. The famous Por Larranaga brand is working at the height of activity in ppite of the general state of business. It has received lately large orders, both by letter and cable, from it« active and pushing representative. D. Jacobs, who is giving the factory here the greatest satisfaction, from the way the parties at the head of the concern here ex- pressed themselves. The Por Larra- naga factory in the last few days was informed by its buyers in the field that an acquisition had been made of two of the most famous vegas to be had in a very celebrated part of the Vuelta Abajo district. With the late purchases of their buyers, the Por Larranaga fac- tory holds one of the choicest selections of the new crop. The Belinda factory is well supplied with orders, under the prevailing cir- cumstances Behrens & Co., of the well known Sol brand, is working at a steady rate of output. The Sol brand has been mak- ing a steady headway toward popularity in the American trade, and in New York and Philadelphia today is a favor- ite in all the large and well-to-do clubs. The Romeo y Julieta factory has heard from Jose Rodriguez, called familiarly by his friends "Don Pepin," who is at present in London. He re- ports business always on the increase for the Romeo y Julietas in that market. RECEIPTS FROM THE COUNTRY. Week ending Since May 16 Bales 252 EDEN CIGAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA, CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., NEW YORK Will receive and attend to orders Cigars made strictly of very beet a*""^ Vuelta Abajo Tobacco Cable Address "Calda." Telephone r>071. Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta 38 f'artido 143 Matanzas 4 Remedios & S.Clara 580 Puerto Principe — Santiago de Cuba 12 Total 1,029 Jan. 1 Bales 18,869 1.826 1,055 335 20,114 80 2,002 44,281 A. M. Calzada & Co. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse Monte 136 Havana, Cuba / Code used, ABr--4th and 5th odii'ns P. 0. Box 5i>5 JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornennann & Co. Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amistad 90 New York Office: 196 WATER STREET G- G L. J. SMITH /^ i^ and Packers of CONNECTICUT LEAF 1 O U Q V-< U U 125 Maiden Lane NEW YORK fSTABLISHED 1840 CABLE; "NARQIL" FARNHAM & REYNOLDS Home Office: ADDISON, N. Y. 3c. Cigar "There hain't none better than the best — Josh Billings. This Is the Best. »t A cigar of merit with a push behind it. The Best Little Cigars ever offered the American public. Golden Eagle Cigars Packers of Finest Bit! Flats T O b 4L> c c o Warahonaaai Addison. N. Y. Bitf Flats. N. Y. MeHdiaa. N. Y. )» OnOndagSL * ''-^ »*^-' *-' *^ ^^ ^^-^ E. Hartford. Cooa. CONNECTICUT HAVANA SEED They are extra large, Havana blend, and of perfect workmanship. Finest package. I. LEWIS & CO. Makers, Established 1870. NcWark, N.J. Z. JOHN NORRIS, Manager of the Philadelphia Office, 14 Sbuth Fourth St. u. 11 r E. A. Calves & Co.^^c^> Havana, 123 North Third street IMPORTERS of PHILADELPHIA The conditions in the local leaf trade show some improvement during the past week, and a more steady trade in moderate quantities was experienced. Considerable quantities of Pennsylvania were sold by local houses and inquiries for other types of tobacco have also increased recently. Sumatra tobacco has been moving steadily, but not in very large quan- tities. The Havana market has been about normal, all the conditions considered. Cigar manufacturers all have seen an increase in business. Duplications have begun in greater earnest, and traveling men are meeting with more encourage- ment on the road. Local retailers find the warm weather a good business adjunct, and with the streets now thronged with people from morning un- til night in the business section those 12 H^g THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^S A WARNING NOTICE. We have reliable information that a certain representative of a contem- porary has been circulating statements which were calculated to prejudice people against this publication and thus injure its business. Due warning is hereby given that the Tobacco World Publishing Company will deal vigorously, by immediate and summary action, against any person who shall make statements that are derogatory, without basis of fact, and calculated only to deceive the trade and injure us. THE TARIFF QUESTION. Although it was not done in an open meeting, it has leaked out that the Tariff Revision agitation had a serious setback in the recent convention, since no unanimity of action could be se- cured, and unless such unanimity can be arrived at, there is little hope that anything definite will be accomplished by an attempt to bring about a lower rate of duty on imported leaf, of which Sumatra is the chief factor. There is, however, a vast difference between the controversy which this question already has and will likely still further bring about and the usual tariff disputes. Ordinarily it is charged that a foreign commodity is cheap and its cheaper importation would he an injus- tice to domestic production. But Su- matra tobacco is not a cheap tobacco, yet it is argued by the opponents that a lower duty would affect the domestic industry, and the people favoring the high duty, or who imagine they would suffer by its repeal, are firm in insisting on it, as do the producers who profess to be afraid of foreign competition. Connecticut growers have always fought strenuously against a low duty, and now their forces are augmented by the tobacco interests of Florida. The interests of manufacturers are most largely at stake, and many no doubt favor a lower duty, but it re- mains a question whether their influ- ence will be sufficient to overbalance the influence of the domestic growers and others opposed to such a measure. —Ohio is talking of declaring martial law in the tobacco districts. Some means of entertainment certainly should be provided for the night riders, who must at times feel lonely. THE LOCAL TOBACCO NEWS i\ / THE TOBACCO WORLD ESTABLISHED 18«1 Published Every Wednesday INCORPORATED 1902 BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. No. 224 Arch Street, Philadelphia Cable Address, Baccoworld, Havana Office, Prado 36, Altoa. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. By Subscription: $1.00 the Year; 75 Cents Six Months; 5 Cents the Copy. Foreign Subscription, for all Countries of the Postal Union and Canada, $2.00 the Year. Entered al the Philadelphia Post Office as Second Class Matter, TRADE MARKS REGISTERED. A PHILADELPHIA, MAY 27. 1908. dealers are reaping a large increase in transient trade. Next Saturday will be a gala day with the Theobald & Oppenheimer Co., and it is planned to make it the occa- sion of memorable ceremonies. Their new factory at Fourth and Cambridge streets will be opened to the inspection of the public on that day and more than ordinary festivities have been arranged for, to which the trade at large is in- vited, • A parade of their employes and others from the old building to the new is among the features to be pulled off. After the reception at the new factory a luncheon will be served to guests of the company at a near-by cafe. The full details are being arranged by Manager John N. Kolb, and it is cer- tain they will be carried out in the brilliant way, which is characteristic of everything the firm does. Arthur Hagan & Co. have issued a circular to the trade, as follows: Commencing with this date and until June 15th we are authorized by the Nail & Williams Tobacco Company, Inc., to allow a conces- sion of six (6) cents per pound on all purchases of "Pure Grape," when covered by other brands of their tobacco (exclusive of "Union Standard," which brand cannot be includtd.) On purchases of "Pure Grape" not covered as above a concession of three (3) cents per pound will be made from list. In consequence of the advancing market, owing to the scarcity of "Burley Leaf," we advise liberal purchases. %% Mr. Vanaman, a well known retail dealer at 9 N. Juniper street, has been ill for the past two weeks, but is gradu- ally improving and expects to be around in a few days. E. W. Rugby, the well known sign-writer and designer, has charge of Mr. Vanaman's business dur- ing his absence. Trade, last week, was reported very good. «^ It is noted that a considerable num- ber of new factories are again being started up about town. This is at least an indication that confidence has in- creased and that it is believed oppor- tunities have again arisen tu success- fully launch new enterprises. The new store of the United Cigar Stores Coupon Co., is scheduled to be opened on Saturday next, Decoration Day. The event had been postponed owing to a delay in getting the elabo- rate fixtures, which are to be installed, completed. Philip Morris & Co. have entered on an active campaign in this city on their high grade cigarettes. A force of missionary men, marshalled by Arthur Herbert, have begun energetic work, and the city is to be thoroughly awak- ened to the fact that they are here. The splendid work done on the Lynn- haven cigarettes of the Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., by Arthur Hagen & Co., distributing agents here, is being per- sistently followed up, and the goods are continuing to gain steadily in popularity and sale. Al. Metzger, of Berriman Bros., New York, was among the recent visitors here and found a very satisfactory business on his goods. Recently they placed a line of new goods with Finley Acker & Co.. at the Quality Shop, under the name of Flor de Acker, which is now beginning to win considerable trade. N. Banks, formerly at 619 Poplar street, has opened a new cigar store and factory at 1804 N. Thirty first street, with up-to-date fixtures. Eugene Powell, who has for many years been a city salesman with George Burghard, leaf dealer, recently returned from a three weeks vacation spent in Chicago and other Western cities. Harry N. Goldsmith, of the cigar distributing firm of Goldsmith & Arndt, has been spending a short vacation in the mountains, but will return next week. An active demand has been created for the Burley Cubs cigarros of the Booker Tobacco Co., of Lynchburg, Va., which are being handled here by Arthur Hagan & Co. Mr. Booker, of that company, stopped off at Philadel- phia last week, en route to New York, where he expected to hear some of the arguments in the suit of the Govern- ment against the American Tobacco Co. W. C. Smith, a cigar manufacturer of Windsor, Pa,, was a visitor in the trade last week. He was accompanied by broker Githens. S, Weinberg, Third street leaf dealer, did considerable business in Pennsyl- vania tobacco last week. His trade has lately shown considerable activity. Reports from the A. S. Valentine " \^ IteKiatered in U. S. Patent Olfloo There are more Imitations of this old established and JUSTLY FAMOUS brand of cigars any other cigar in the worl(L MANUFA6TER.ED ONLY" BY The Juan E Portoondo Cigar Hfj Ca 1110-1II6 5'an5oni5t..PhiIadeIphia. OUR BOSTON LETTER. Mr. Dubreuil iKnedivial Co.) has West Virginia Wants Tobacco. (Concluded from p. 11) notified the jjbbing trade of a new Charleston. W. Va May 20.' H. Zarling, who a few months ago gratis deal on the 5 cent Natural cigar- Up to two o'clock yesterday the total reopened the cigar and tobacco store at ette, and I know where Mr. Dabreuil ['^"?^5'' ^^ licensees issued for the sale 77 Green street, has already built up took a few 100,000 orders with this deal. This brand is a big seller here. Another cigarette which has a very promising future here is Falk's Cham- pagne Cocktail, a twenty for ten cents Thome & Mayer Block. Bemidji', Minn cigarette. Retailers are finding it a =^=^^ -rrrT=. a very satisfactory business Jenkinson's Santa Gloria stogies, which were recently placed here, are duplicating nicely. Ed. Davis, who has this account for Boston, is also of tobacco in the city and county for the current year had reached 242. — Roy Burkhart and Jo?. Fleckenstein have opened a new cigar factory in the STEKNFLLl) ^ LEUSCH No. 36 La.Salle Street. CHICAGO A|ents for Union and Non-Uaion Ci^ar Fac- tories. Correspondence with Mana- facturers invited. 6-51h making good with the Rodena clear big duplicator. Havana cigar. Brody & Co. have just openei a cigar Edw. Leader, manager of the cigar and tobacco store at 22 Munroe street, department of Cobb, Aldrich & Co., is Lynn. These people were formerly in using one of their mammoth windows business in Chelsea and were burned in closing out many old brands of cigar- out in the conflagration. Many former ettes and cigars at sacrifice prices, business people in Chelsea who met Although these bargains are moving with a like fate have started in business lively, there is enough of such goods in again in other towns. It seems as if the stock room to continue the sale for an indefinite period. F. M. Henderson (M. MelachrinoCo.) is here exploiting the new after dinner size of the famous Melachrino cigarette. business will be in a bad condition in Chelsea for the ne.xt few monthf. Ben Ali. SPECIAL NOTICES. '12^ cents per line. 8 point measure) Bankrupt Sale. REAL ESTATE and PERSONAL PROPERTY of C. M. Clime (Ind. etc.) Terre Hill. Penna. Real Estate Consisting of Warehouse, Factory Build- ing and Dwelling. L. BERNFELD Cigar Broker West Haven, Conn. 2 oil MONROE ADLER Ci^ar Broker 36 La Salle St. Chicago. Ilf. 12-1 She %«%%«%%% JAMES A. FREEMAN'S SONS. 1229 Chestnut St.. Phlla.. Pa. TRUSTEES' SALE At 144 Si 146 Noble Street. Phila., Pa. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1908 At Ten A. M. Larije and Valuable Stock of a TOBACCO S\IOKi:\G PIPE MANUFACTORY Consisting of Briarwood Blocks, Apple- wood, Rosewood, Violet and Olive Woods, Horn Tips, Pipe Bowls, and all materi- als necessary for the manufacturing of tobacco smoking pipes. By order of WILLIAM NAX, ERNEST SCHWARTZ, Trustees. Alfred D. Wiler, Esq., Atty.-at-Law, 2131 Land Title BIdg., Phila., Pa. Warning for Ohio FarQiers. Dayton, O., May 22. "Warning, this means you! "You sell your tobacco for less than lo cents per pound ; you will see what you will iret. "Try it and see." This warning, written in red ink, was placed in the rural delivery boxes of 5-27h two prominent farmers, Ephraim Long and Jesse Murray, of Trotwood, Ohio. As a result all the farmers fear night riders will burn the tobacco barns of those who sell their crop at the pre- vailing prices. — Saml. Bufkin has opened a cigar factory at New Castle, Ind., and has placed a new cigar on the market under the name of County Council. 7-6-lh pOR RE.VT. liEA.sONAHLE-Cigar Factory at Gilbertsville. Pa., U miles from Boyertown. on Philadelphia Pike, 32x80 feet, three stories high and base- ment. F'hila. trolley line passes factory. Hands easy to get. .Address J. L. Lein- bach. Gilbertsville. Montg. Co., Pa. 5- 13a WEDNESDAY. JLNE 10, Ii23^Tol3id^st AND PARK AVE. N.Y. - LABELS & SHOW >v I- s o CI TED Michael Hose A. F. Brillhtae* Oalliis Cier C Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, CIGAR MOLDS Highest Grade Mold at Lowest Price. Write for Catalogue of 1,500 Shapes. The American Cigar Mold Co. 1931-1935 Western Ave., and 1201-1209 Dayton Street, Cineinnati, Ohio. Packers Say There's Little Prof tt, Yet Movement Sliows Life. Lancaster, Pa., May 25. The outlook for the leaf trade seems to have improved of late, and a far more cheerful disposition is now pre- vailing with the majority of the trade. Although several small packings have lately changed hands and packers de- clare there was no profit in it— if not really a loss— they feel encouraged over the fact that the cigar industry is again showing activity. The end of the pack- ing season is now in sight, and in fact quite a number have practically finished that work. With more settled weather tobacco planting will be on in full swing very shortly, as plants have become large enough for that operation, but hereto- fore the ground could not be gotten into readiness, owing to excessive moisture. Chas. J. Lederman has about finished his big packings of 1906 tobacco. He informs me that he and others inter- ested with him in certain packings have about 12,000 cases of 1905 and 1906 goods, made up of Pennsylvania, New York State and Connecticut tobacco, and that they are in position to take care of a large trade this year, because they can sell at interesting prices. Lancaster seems to have been the center of attraction for cigarette manu- facturers lately. We were visited this week by representatives of Schinasi Bros., New York; T. H. Hart & Co., Philadelphia, handling the account of Stephano Bros. Ramesis cigarettes ; D. E. Fishach, with the Nestor Gianaclis Co., of Boston, Nestor cigarettes; Arthur Herbert, with Philip Morris & Co., New York, and Wm. J. Noonan, with M. Melachrino & Co., New York. Fluffy Ruflfles, a new 5 cent cigar of the Union American Cigar Co. branch of the American Co., has made its ap- pearance here. J. G. Shirk is handling them, and believes the brand will be a success. Wm. R. Cooper is this year again putting up a packing of Pennsylvania I tobacco. He did not pack any himself I last year. John Berger & Son, of Cincinnati, have been operating quite actively here of late. Mr. Geo. Berger, of that firm, was here after the convention in Phila- delphia, and made some additional purchases. Wm. M. Amer, of Lititz, has sold his packing of 1906 tobacco to a large West- ern cigar manufacturer. R. P. Swarr, a packer of Landisville, has also sold his packing of 1906 to- bacco, J. E. Longnecker, of Mt. Joy, who puts up a packing each year, has also disposed of his 1906 packing. Root & Baker, of Landisville, will this year have a good sized packing. They made early selections of crops and regard their purchases as among the best that were to be had. West Chester has put an effective ban on cigar selling on Sunday. A druggist was recently fined $4 for selling a soda on Sunday, and that action has intimi- dated the trade so much that even restaurants that were opened on Sun- day refused to sell any cigars. Mother of Salt Lake Mfr. Dead. Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20. Mrs. J. Bernstein, mother of A. Bern- stein, a prominent cigar manufacturer of Salt Lake City, died at the home of her son, 2 Shelmerdine court, Friday evening, at the age of 73 years. Mrs. Bernstein had been suffering for over four years from a paralytic stroke and the end had been expected for some time. Mrs. Bernstein ia survived by a hus- band and seven children living in differ- ent parts of the West. She was a great charity worker and won esteem and respect among the poor of the city. GENUINE CONNECTICUT BROAD LEAF TOBACCO SEED Grown from selected plants. Price 50c. per oz. or $6 per lb., postage prepaid to any place in the U. S., Canada, Cuba or Mexico. Send postal orders to WM. L. HUNTTING, E. Hartford, Ct. WILLIAM L. HUNTTING Packer, Dealer & Grower of Leaf Tobacco Have on hand choice Broad Leaf wrap- pers and binders, cheap for cash. Choice tobacco seed a specialty. [Office, 812 Main St., E. Hartford, Ct. E. R0SENWALD & BRa I • t pern. THE TOBACCO WORLD SP HIGHEST AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL FOK EXCELLENCE AND QlAlirY OK SKKjIhS. \T WORLD'S KAIK. M. ' ' >l 'S. i UVl WE MAKE THE CUBAN EXPORT. BULL'S EVE. ROYAL BLUE LINE. CYCLONE AND BIG STOGIES First Quality. Long Filler. IIaoJ Mxdf JOHN SLATER & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Hand-Made, Long Filler and Mold Stogies OUR OTHER BRANDS NEW ARRIVALS. BROWNIES. GOLD NUGGETS. JERSEY CHARTER. BLENDED SMOKE. BOSS. CASTELLO. AMERICAN PUFFS. LANCASTER BELLE. EVERY DAY SMOKE, LITTLE HAVANA, LITTLE DUTCH BLUE POINTS. GOOD POINTS, Etc. Factory No. 1645. Capacity oO.OOO.OJO a Year Factory: LANCASTER, PA. FLUCTUATING TRADE IN YORK. NIGHT RIDERS PAY $15,000. Reports Vary from Week to Week, But Hope Grows Stronger. York. Pa.. May 25. The cigar trade in this county seems to fluctuate considerably. That is to say, one week it is active and the next it will probably be dull again. Mr. Hose, of the Dallas Cigar Co., of Dallastown, which is a going con- cern, was heard to remark, a few days ago, that recently they had a week's business in which they shipped as per orders received a considerable quantity of cigars, in fact more than during an average good week, and during the following week trade again dropped down to a low mark, but happily it was again on an upward trend. Reports that are substantially the same also came from others. There are now a good number of factories in the county that are having an increased business and it is to be hoped that condition will continue. Leaf men, however, report a sluggish market because manufacturers are not in a mood to lay in any great quantity ; consequently sales are of small quan- tities, and not any too numerous at that. g Geo. A. Hain, a retailer on Market street, has been lately featuring the Marcello clear Havana cigar of Duncan & Moorehead. Philadelphia. Robert M. Granat. of R. M. Granat & Co., last week started on a Western trip, and may be away several weeks. The cigar factory formerly operated by the United Cigar Manufacturers Co., of New York, at Dallastown. but which has not been opened since the Christmas holidays, is now believed to be closed for good, as all the fixtures and machinery has been removed to York. L. F. Mueller, with Cullman Bros.. of New York, was a visitor here last W. C. Smith, of Windsor, has re- turned from a short business trip to Philadelphia and other points. :— Luther A. Myers, of Macon, Ga., who was a local representative of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., of Win- stonSalem, N. C, was drowned while bathing with some friends that were attending a Sunday School picnic. —Johnson Bros, have opened a fine new cigar store and manufactory in the Coffeen Block, at Sheridan, Wyo. Victim Compromises Verdict for $35,000 Obtained in Kentucky. " Paducah, Ky., May 26. ^The Hollowell night riders damage suits were compromised today. The plaintiff receives $15,000. Robert Hollowell obtained a verdict for $35,000 in the United States Court a few weeks ago against 29 residents of Calloway county, who were accused of raiding his home and compelling him and his family to flee the State to save their lives. Tlie Cigar Store Indian. History and romance have embalmed the American Indian in imperishable memory. Since that far distant day when Powhattan and his braves tradtd good Virginia farms for shoe buckle?, the red man has been sung in poetry and story coincidentally with beinj? cheated, lied to and vaccinated under the benign ascendancy of his pale-factd brother. For the beneficent rewards of enliRht- enment and civilization the Indians have paid a fatal price. After givirg alien invaders their lands, thrir tobacco and their hunting grounds, the simpi- - minded aborigines turned thtir f-ces toward the setting sun and began their melancholy journpy along the lonely trail where all the footsteps pointed one way. Todny the remnant groups of former proud tribes are crowded into reserva- tions or burdened with farms whiih the Government refuses them the right to dispose of. Only faded traditions are theirs, and but a few cheerless years more and the last fuli-bloods will have been gathered to the Great Spirit in the everlasting happy hunting grounds. Through injustice, oppression and slaughter the heart of the red man has ever been sustained by lordline.s of race and his soul comforted by martyr resignation. Under the nanifold de- nials of their claims to justice the Indians have been patient. It ng suffer- ing and silent. But there has come a day when the indignation of an outraged people burst forth in protest and demand is made that at least one ofifense to their dignity shall be removed. They ask that the cigar store Indian shall be abolished. Z Whoever it was that first conceived the placing of a wooden effigy repre- senting the noble savage in front ot a tobacco shop, instigated a monstrous wrong. Aside from all other consider- a4:ion8. the debt of gratitude we owe the American Indian for giving us the fragrant weed can never be repaid. But what poor return for such a boon to civilized man is the grotesque sacri- lero of usinjr the Indian as a siv^rhoar*'. For a century the patient woodtn warrior with club defiantly poised has stood as a majestic rebuke to a concjuer- ing people. In sunshine and storm, throueh all the changing seasons, beau- tiful Minnehaha has rosed uprn n ped- estal, one moccasined foot slightly ad- vanced, a pathetic sheaf of tobacco leaves in one hand and a box of sculp- tured cigars in the other. Down in Oklahoma a state senator, a Chertkee Indian by blood, has intro- duced a bill prohibiting a further con- tinuation of this age-hoary insult to his race. One can understand the bitter- nss of his cry for belated justice in the wiping out of an infamous custom that reflects dishonor upon his people. The bill should pass. Oklahoma is a great and prosp'^rous member of the national family, but it is the home of many respectable Indian citizens who have a right to demand that this ind'g- nity thall end. Let 'be c'gar store Indian !ny down his club and tade into the mysterioua haze that enfolds the spirit of his noble prototj pe. —Frank C. Lewis, a millionaire cigar manufacturer of Peoria. III., began buying land in Western Kansas as an invfstment srme time since and is now the owner of nearly 30.000 acres. He has recently been to Kansas to look over his property and is well pleased wi'h its appearance. Mr. Lewis owns I'.S rjuarter sections in Greeley county, 34 in Wichita and 42 in Kearney and Scott counties. He has a plan to hold his lards for 10 years to gain the ap- jreciaiion that period will give to Wes- tern Kansas. Then, if not before, he will put them under cultivation, secure tenants anfl engage in wheat and barley raising. He is already p'anning to fur- nith sttar*^ pVvvs which will work thft en^iT hiiitiingf. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ H. F. KOHUER Nashville, Pa. Maker of HIGH GRADE. HAND MAOK Seed and Havana C^ i and Fine Nickel V^l For H'holesale aod Jobblnii Trade Correspondeoce nith Responsible Houses la\lted ♦ ♦ • ♦ . ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ . ♦ . dars ^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 15 ^^m. T HE TOBACCO W ORLD ^^B CieAR Ribbons IWanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain H. R. TROST 8i CO. (Formerly with F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON 4 CO. for 27 years) «„„T«»„onf„fjJ|„j i'«o"!n.n. of Plain and Fancy Ribbons Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W WM. WICKE RIBBON CO. 36 East Twemy-fccond St., NEW YORK (Formerly iJiilTgIa JU 15 East Lemon Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufi Excl 1 WOL NICKE Which can be recommended f( Quality and Workmanship r oP»-52««e4|, Uncle Roman Dun Bonanza La Plumadora Duke of Taranta Red Lion, Pa raranta I 2] Established 1895 Telephone Connection T. L. ADAIR Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Special Lines for the Jobbing: Trade SUIT AGAINST THE AMERICAN. (Continued from p. 5) several defendant companies, beginning in 1890, when the Dukes organized four separate companies under the name of the American Tobacco Company, and distributed the stock among the owners of the four companies. This corporation, counsel charged, was organized to stifle competition, notwithstanding the contention of the Dukes that it was formed to improve business conditions in the tobacco in- dustry and to lower prices. The defen- dants turned out about 95 per cent, of all the cigarettes manufactured and 5,000,000 pounds of smoking tobacco annually, the lawyer said. From the day of its inception, said counsel, it became an illegal combination in re- straint of trade. He gave a history of the American Snutf Company, with a capital of $25,000,000, which also bought up its competitors to control the trade, he said. He traced the inroads of the American Tobacco Company in the foreign field and the formation of the two British corporations, made defen- dants in the action. Afterward came the organization of the United Cigar Stores Company by the combination headed by Ryan, Brady, Elkins, Payne, Widener and Duke, in control of the tobacco situation. When the court was adjourned counsel for the Government had finished. In presenting the case of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company, Junius Parker, of counsel of the defence, declared that the company's business was not only not immoral, but well within the law. "And," he added, "we say, 'what are you going to do about it?' " Mr. Parker declared that the defen- dants considered the statement of facts as given by the Government grossly inaccurate. For one thing he urged that ihe price of leaf tobacco had steadily increased since the formation of the defendant companies. He called the attention of the court to the fact that some of largest inde- pendent manufacturers of tobacco, called to the witness stand by the de- fendants in the present action, had testified that their business was pros- perous, while four representatives of the independents, called by the Govern- ment, had testified to the same condi- tions. "We believe that our business," said he, "has not been a detriment to the public or to the development of the to- bacco business, and we say that an in- telligent and impartial review of this record will show that we have been a benefit to the planter, the manufac- turer, and to the consumer. We con- tend, and will show, that we have not restrained, but have developed, com- merce within the States and brought about a tremendous development of foreign commerce." Mr. Parker took up the development of the tobacco business chronologically, tracing incidentally the career of James B. Duke, head of the American Tobacco Company, from a farmer's boy in South Carolina to the presidency of a concern that turned out, in 1889, 940.000,000 cigarettes, and told how, in 1890, Mr. Duke sold this business to the American Tobacco Company, accepting stock in payment. "This," he said, "was simply the organization of a corporation and the acquisition by it of the properties of five manufacturing concerns. The com- pany was not organized to create a monopoly, nor was it ever contemplated that other companies should be pur* chased. Nor was there any idea of controlling the price of the raw pro- duct, for, on the contrary, the price of leaf tobacco has steadily increased since the formation of the corporation. " Having invested $25,000,000 in the business, said Mr. Parker, and observ- ing that there was throughout the country a growing hostility to the paper cigarettes, and that States were legis- lating against them, the American To- bacco Company deemed it wise to strengthen its securities by engaging in another branch of the trade, and manufacture the all-tobacco cigarette or "little segar. " Three manufactories were bought for this purpose and others added later. Mr. Parker next traced the defen- dant's acquisition of various companies, among others those of some plug manu- factories. Next came the organization of the Continental Tobacco Company. The American Company never owned a majority of the Continental stock, said the attorney. Both, he said, were dealt in on the Exchange and naturally drifted into the same hands. Duke only became President of the Continental Company to prevent an internecine difficulty, Mr. Parker each corporation was rately and distinctly. Both concerns invested large sums in the American Cigar Company, and changes in the tariff made it necessary to embark in the tobacco business in England. To secure capital for this the Consolidated Tobacco Company with a cash capital of $30,000,000 was formed. The Consolidated secured stock holdings in the two older com- panies by a bond and stock exchange. No threats or inducement were made to enforce the exchange. So inter- explained, and operated sepa- 16 The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. ALLEN HREEDER DAYTON, OHIO STANLEY M Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, GEBHARDT, DUTCH, MEXICAN SEED, CONNECTICUT, Etc. STANLEY M. KROHN :^^'^C^',^^ &&^ THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^' Telephone Call, 432—B Office and Warehouse: FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLY ® CO. Growers and Packers of Fine Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty MILTON H. RANCR Packer of Penna. Broad Leaf Dealer In All Gtades of Saaiplaa checrfnily •■biBlttad npon reqnast Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look over our Samples P. O. Box 96 CHAS. J. LEDERMAN Packer of and Dealer in All Kinds of Domestic Leaf Tobacco York State, Gonnecticot and Pennsylvania a Specially 82 and 34 East Chestnut Street, Lancaster, Pa. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Packers and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Bear of 144 West Market Street, on Mason Avenue. York, Penna. We Make SCRAP HLLER for Cigar Manufacturers. Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobaccos 201 & 203 >'. Duke Street LANCASTER, PA. / K. LEAMAN Packer of and Dealer in LSAF Tobacco 143 North Market St. '''■/•/".'„.., LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in Leaf Tobacco J. W. BRENNEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office and Salesrooms, 110 and 112 West Walnut St. LANCASTER, PA. ^^^ Nos. 49 and 51 West James Street Lancaster, Pa. t t TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in H. H. MILLER Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Georgia and Florida Sumatra | IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA! AND MUCH Fine Binder and Filler Stock 32T and 329 North Queen Street LANCASTER. PA. Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manafactoring Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE: LANCASTER and f J n RED LION, PA. Lancaster, r a. The York Tobacco Co Packers and Jobbers in All Grades of LEAF TOBACCO Office and Warehouse. 15 East Clark Avenue Haanfacturcra of 'm/- m «^ Cigar Scrap Tobacco 1 Ork, Jl a* N. D. ALrEXAINDER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO Jobber in Sumatra, Florida Sumatra and Havana Lemop «uid Arch Sts. 17 THE TOBACCO WORLD or ALL Minoe or ^ I38&I40CCHTRe5t Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bojrse Bldi?. H. S. SPRINGER. Mirr. C icago, 5» Fifth Avenue. E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Fiancisco, 320 Sansome Street. L. S. SCHOENFELD. Mgr. Capacity 25.000 per day Telegraph—YORK. PA. La Imperial Ci^ar Factory J. F. SEGHRIST, Proprietor Manufacturer of pj^f] CIGARS Holtz, Pa. t.^0^^ Bl^/li^^ © LEOINA BLAIND Pretty Bessie] _. York INick . . . > *^C» Best Known . j ^^^ TWO CRACKER JACKS="2 for 5 Cents. OAK MOUNTAIN BOUQUET BOSTON BEAUTIES PORTO RICO CROOKS Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited © PURO niH.nstlnnMpli St.CCliiwgoJU. i»»%%^»%%%%'%^'»<»%^ j^»^%^^^^%>»^^%%% »^%%%%%^ J, K. Kauffmaiv. I John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin m. co. Wholcule Dealers in All Kinds of fl Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos > Also, All Grsites of Fine Cigars