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ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE-TOBACCO WORLD MANETOCIGAR GUHPERT BROS. Manufacturers 114 N 7^^ St ^^Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. (lord LANCASTER, lOci) Oil te Ui Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKr LBY, 5c.) Channing Allen® Co. Manufacturers of FINE CICABS 419 Locust St. Philadelphia Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 483G-A. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. (Incorporated) PHILADELPHIA, PA. EEKAHLER ^ READINC.PA. Manufacture CHARLOTTE CUSHMANr^ PAUCE SMOKER MONKEY Brand White CHIEF ^ •.EjJlLjm National Birdj |J^ J '*The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DEAL Samplet sent to Reputable Distributors I Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CAMO I E. A. GalVES (j^ Qo. <^jo^j> H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF 8 ♦^tHe TeB/ieeo Worlb^ CHICAGO DEALERS SATISFIED. Best Xmais Trade in Years and New Year Opening Up Well. Chicago, Dec. 30. The very good Christmas trade this 'e.ir came of its own accord, and, unlike )me seasons, did not have to be coaxed much. Nearly all the down-town dealers made some attempt at special window- displays, but none of them were very elaborate. More stress has been put on the brands themselves than on fancy trimmings and special holiday features. While Chicago will in all probability take second place in this regard to no other city, at the same time it must impress one that more time could be ypent on the windows, not only for special occa- sions, but through the year, and that it would be time profitably spent. The year opens up with no special changes in the trade. Not an important change in buyers of the wholesale houses is heard of, and the retail field is curiously devoid of news. Two small jobbing concerns not yet up to, or rather down to the ground floor degree have started, and of course they may grow to imposing proportions in time. Brummell & Buddinger is the name of a new firm that has started at 35-37 Randolph street. They will handle the La Turina of the American West Indies Trading Company and other well known brands. The Great Western Trading Company has been formed, with temporary quarters in the building at the southeast corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets. They will do a jobbing business, and the manager is Tom Farmer, formerly man- ager of the cigar department of White, Minor & Co. J. & B. Moos have recovered entirely from the effects of the recent fire. They had a new stock on the way a day or two after the fire, and are now back in their old location at Randolph street and Michigan avenue. There is little that is new in association lircles. The executive committee of the [tional is looking forward with a good ^eal of confidence to the annual conven- tion which takes place at the Sherman House on January 10. It will be a two- days' session. Good responses have been received from the active locals, and an attendance sufficient to make the convention rich in accomplishment is assured. I. Latzar, chairman of the advisory board of the Chicago branch C. D. A. of A., has established headquarters in the rooms of the National Association in the Atwood building, and is doing some aggressive work. The board of directors of the local will soon take action to make its wants known to the committee having charge of the new city charter. They think that by having all Unes of merchandise put on the same plane as near as possible, so far as the imposition of special licenses is concerned, they can do away with the present oppressive tax on the sale ot cigarettes. As a matter of fact, it is common knowledge that there are hun- dreds of saloons, fruit stores, etc., who manage to sell cigarettes without paying the tax. Of course this works an im- mense injustice to those legitimate and PROTEST AGAINST TARIFF CUT. NO TRVST IN MISSISSIPPI. New England Growers' Association Asks Governor Varda.man Turns Down Fisher Congressmen to Prevent It. Tobacco Co. as a Violation of Law. The New England Tobacco Growers' West Point, Miss, Dec. 29. Association has placed itself on record as Governor Vardaman of this State has being firmly opposed to any further held up the charter of the Fisher Tobacco mense mjustice to those legitimate and °. .,,;,.,. . •'■• j • r- r.\ • •. ^ .u-. ►^,..wj .u^. .u-. ^ , , , ^ , . reduction in the Philippine taritt, and is Co., of this city, on the ground that the honest dealers who always make it a , .^ , . • u . • •., : io». .., <^ .1 « -' . niakimr ptfnrts to nreventanv such action, comoany s charter is in violation of the making efforts to prevent any such action, company's charter is in violation of the In furtherance of this the association is spirit of the antitrust laws of the State, sending to each Senator or Representa- The charter was presented for executive tive in the present Congress the follow- approval some weeks ago. and the ciov- ing letter, dated from Suffield, Conn. : ernor's action was taken on account of a To aid the Philippines, the proposition clause in it which provides that any is made that there shall be a further tobacco company or corporation domi reduction of the United States tariff on ciled in Mississippi or in any other State ties to the country. It is quite possible the products of those islands. of the Union, can hold stock in the that we may again hear of her in a very ^mong those products is tobacco, an West Point company. article holding a most important place in The anti-trust laws of the State provide the agricultural economy of the I'nited that no corporation can hold stock in States. To make a further reduction of another corporation, since only in this the duties on Philippine tobacco would way can the State prevent combines, and point to comply with the law, and who are the ones who are always held strictly accountable by the city authorities. Speaking of cigarettes. Miss Lucy Page Gaston seems to have relieved the city dealers from her vigorous attentions of late and to have transferred her activi- forcible way in the city in the not far dis tant future. CLERGYMEN HELP INDEPENDENTS Won't Buy a.t United Cigar Co.'. Stores transfer to those islands a very large part thus hinder one company from owni . „ . . . "g of the business which now supports and controlling the stock of all com- thousands of American citizens in the panies engaged in a similar line of busi- cigar leaf growing districts of the United ness This is the first time this provision Some of the clergymen of this city ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ose investments in of the anti-trust law has been put into seem to be finding new duties which ^^.^ ^^^^-^y^^^^ ^.^ ^f agriculture can operation in Mississippi. not well be turned to other use. There is no chance of securing the If this plan of reduction comes before charter until an amendment is made plugging hard for the independents m ^^^ decision, we desire you to bear chminating the objectionable features, to their fight against the encroachments of .^ ^.^^ ^^^ interests of the tobacco which the Governor has called attention. in Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 29. belong to their jobs. According to one of the local daily papers, which has been the United Cigar Stores Co.. many com- ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^j^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^j^„ munications pledging support have been ^^^r^^^^- districts of the United received by the former from "bankers, lawyers, clergymen, workmen and labor- -P States. WILL TEST TRADING STAMP ACT. Before those principally affected will ers. Lest this appear as a blunt protest ^^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ j^^ -^ ^y^^^^ against aid justly due to a newly acquired and unexploited dependency of the United States, we call your attention to chusetts, which taxes trading stamps, coupons, etc., test cases will be brought and strong efforts made to prove the law unconstitutional. A member of the legal firm of Platzek The article says : A clergyman writes that after reading V^'.u"T-dtbL«oT:st h'/nTaTe 'be peculiarity of the leaf tobacco si.ua inquiries of some of his flock as to the tion, whereby all tropical countries suited localities of trust stores, so that he could to tobacco culture and having supplies ^ gtrooch, of New York, counsel for the avoid bestowing his patronage by mistake ^f cheap labor are able to compete with ^^.^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^'^ j^^^ ^^^^ •„ upon a trust store. ^^^ ^^^^ producers in temperate cli- _ - -. To his satisfaction he found that those ^j^j^ protective tariffs. If it of his flock who were using the weed '"''^ ' [ . were not only posted as to the locations be the destiny of the Philippine Islands Fall River, Mass., during last week in consultation with City Solicitor Dubuque were noi oniy posicu cts lu mc iu«-«iiiui.a ' -- and David F. Slade, counsel for the of the trust stores, but all were also in to produce leaf tobacco and cigars on a ^^^^^ Trading Stamp Co., and it was sympathy with him to avoid them. large commercial scale, such an industry ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ conference was held large commercial scale, such an industry ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^y^^ conference was held with It is probable that this man of God in will surely develop there without further ^ ^.^^ ^^ bringing a test case for violation his enthusiasm for a righteous cause reduction of our present tariffs, which are ^^ ^j^^ ^^ extends his help directly from the pulpit such as allow tropical countries having law was not meant to apply to coupons of the nature of those used with tobacco. Extend Operations to Louisville and Fail to Get Away With the Goods. The telephone order thieves have extended their operations to Louisville, excise tax law at as early a date as . . . _ possible. and delivers notices something like this: no 25 per cent advantage to ship tremen- ^^^ American Tobacco Co., as told . 'Remember the legular prayer service dous quantities of tobacco to the United j,^^^ ^^^^1,^ has taken the stand that the on Wednesday evening at half past States in competition with home growers, seven. We have received great spirit- The letter is signed by Edmund H alia- ual blessing at these services lately and day. president, and Thaddeus Graves, a full attendance is desired. Brethren E. N. Phelps and Frank Abbe, commit- jelephoNE THIEVES ARE FOILED. are requested to get their smoking and tee chewing at Blank's; all independent goods. Five-cent brands a specialty. Regular communion on next Sunday morning at 10:30." SANTELLA TOBACCO CO. MUST PAY while a curious crowd of residents of the DAMAGES OF $9,400. place witnessed the proceedings. The A case which excited much interest in tobacco, which was owned by F. C. the Northwest, and which has been vig- Holtz, was damaged, and he instructed ^ orously contested in the courts, has been the deputy to destroy it, as every pound ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ ^y telephone, this time settled by the award of $9,400 to the of tobacco purchased by a manufacturer for $50 worth of cigars at J. T. Stier & nl.intiff The case was that of Otto F. of tobacco goods has to be accounted for Son. An employe became suspicious at plaintift. 1 ne case was uiai 01 wuu r. & ck«,.m v.- a remark made bv the expressman who Lange vs. the Santella Tobacco Co.. of by him to the government. Should he ^^^^^^[^^^^^ ^^'^^^ ^^J^ ^^^ f.n^^ed Dubuque, la., in which the plaintiff discontinue business at any time he j^j^ ^nd recovered the cigars, claimed that the defendant company had must either sell the material on hand or dealers in all parts of the country are violated its contract in depriving him of destroy it, and he must first pay the warned to efaU,^^^^^^^ no the exclusive agency of a certain cigar. government tax on it. matter how safe they may seem. BURNED TOBACCO IN ORDER TO AC- COUNT TO GOVERNMENT FOR IT. Deputy Revenue Collector Feather burned about 150 pounds of unused ^^ ^.^er successfully working the game tobacco at Sinclairville, Pa., last week .^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^.^.^^ ^^^ .^ ^^^ Kentucky town the game was nipped in the bud after the cigars had been gotten out of the store. As in the other cases, an order for C. A. ROST 8z CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THE -TOBACCO WORLD 6UMPERT BROS. Manufacturers HARTMAN «& KOHN, 114 N7^?St. Philadelphia (lord LANCASTER, lOci) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKC LBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®. Co. Manufacturers of FINE %.? %y • l'>5 igar 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. R!^!H E===-- =f:^ aSS'^ "^ ^ ^^=— -?^>"''^ i jW-^ Sf*'^- K jil'*^'' ' " &?-■"■"• ■' s^*^ " .- ■ ~ ' ^J IBK'*'' -r.*' .•^ ■H»K:4^HIMil^hlA ** ^HRi^l^^al'^ K^^g^^^BH^J 419 Locust Si. Philadelphiac Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. CHALLENGES COMPARISON r .::V 4igr^ FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. (Incorporated) PHILADELPHIA, PA. €( 5^ I I ,MU, t* 1 Til life. I 111 Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. oc uf Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Sample! sent to Reputable Distributors ac I ^-iiljftf^ White Chief National Biro j|J^ Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ^*iSB»^ C& Go. <:^o^ Havana 123 N. THIRD ST IMPnRTERf^ OF MILAOBLRHIA •^TH T0B/ieeo WoKLB^ CHICAGO DEALERS SATISFIED. Best Xma^s Trade in Years and New YetiLr Opening Vp Well. Chicago, Dec. 30. The very good Christmas trade this ir came of its own accord, and, unlike me seasons, did not have to be coaxed much. Nearly all the down-town dealers made some attempt at special window displays, but none of them were very elaborate. More stress has been put on the brands themselves than on fancy trimmings and special holiday features. While Chicago will in all probability take second place in this regard to no other city, at the same time it must impress one that more time could be ?pent on the windows, not only for special occa- sions, but through the year, and that it would be time profitably spent. The year opens up with no special changes in the trade. Not an important change in buyers of the wholesale houses is heard of, and the retail field is curiously devoid of news. Two small jobbing concerns not yet up to, or rather down to the ground floor degree have started, and of course they may grow to imposing proportions in time. Brummell & Buddinger is the name of a new firm that has started at 35-37 Randolph street. They will handle the La Turina of the American West Indies Trading Company and other well known brands. The Great Western Trading Company has been formed, with temporary quarters in the building at the southeast corner of Randolph and Dearborn streets. They will do a jobbing business, and the manager is Tom Farmer, formerly man- ager of the cigar department of White, Minor & Co. J. & B. Moos have recovered entirely from the effects of the recent fire. They had a new stock on the way a day or two after the fire, and are now back in their old location at Randolph street and Michigan avenue. There is little that is new in association tirdes. The executive committee of the Itional is looking forward with a good feal of confidence to the annual conven- uon which takes place at the Sherman House on January 10. It will be a two- days' session. Good responses have been received from the active locals, and an attendance sufficient to make the convention rich in accomplishment is assured. 1. Latzar, chairman of the advisory board of the Chicago branch C. D. A. of A., has established headquarters in the rooms of the National Association in the Atwood building, and is doing some aggressive work. The board of directors of the local will soon take action to make its wants known to the committee having charge of the new city charter. They think that by having all lines of merchandise put on the same plane as near as possible, so far as the imposition of special licenses is concerned, they can do away with the present oppressive tax on the sale of cigarettes. As a matter of fact, it is common knowledge that there are hun- dreds of saloons, fruit stores, etc., who manage to sell cigarettes without paying the tax. Of course this works an im- mense injustice to those legitimate and honest dealers who always make it a point to comply with the law, and who are the ones who are always held strictly accountable by the city authorities. Speaking of cigarettes. Miss Lucy Page Gaston seems to have relieved the city dealers from her vigorous attentions of late and to have transferred her activi- PR.OTEST AGAINST TARIFF CUT. NO TRVST IN MIShlSSIPri. New Engl&nd Growers' Association Asks Governor Varda.man Turns Down Fisher Con/iressmen to Preveat It. Tobacco Co, as a Violation of Law. The New England Tobacco Growers' West I'omt. Miss, Dec. 29. Association has placed itself on record as Governor Vardaman of this State has being firmly opposed to any further held up the charier of the Fisher Tobacco reduction in the Philippine tariti'. and is Co., of this city, on the ground that the makmg efforts to prevent any such action, company's charter is in violation of the In furtherance of this the association is spirit of the anti trust laws of the State, sending to each Senator or Representa- The charter was presented tor executive tive in the present Congress the follow- approval some weeks ago. and the Gov- ing letter, dated from Suffteld, Conn. : ernor's action was taken on account of a To aid the Philippines, the proposition clause in it which provides that any is made that there shall be a further tobacco company or corporation domi reduction of the United States tariff on ciled in Mississippi or in any other State ties to the country. It is quite possible the products of those islands. of the Union, can hold stock in the Among those products is tobacco, an West Point company, article holding a most important place in The anti-trust laws of the State provide the agricultural economy of the United that no corporation can hold stock in States. To make a further reduction of another corporation, since only in this the duties on Philippine tobacco would way can the State prevent combines, and that we may again hear of her in a very forcible way in the city in the not far dis- tant future. CLERGYMEN HELP INDEPENDENTS. IV .. n 4 1} -4 A rw« r •- ««««. transfer to those islands a very large part thus hinder one company from owning iron t Buy ak.i Unilea l..ig2Lr Co. s aiores n- u 1 r n in Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 29. Some of the clergymen of this city seem to be finding new duties which belong to their jobs. According to one of the local daily papers, which has been of the business which now supports and controlling the stock of all com- thousands of American citizens in the panies engaged in a similar line of busi- cigar leaf growing districts of the United ness This is the first time this provision States — citizens whose investments in of the antitrust law has been put into this speciaUzed form of agriculture can operation in Mississippi, not well be turned to other use. There is no chance of securing the If this plan of reduction comes before charter until an amendment is made plugging hard for the independents in ^^^ decision, we desire you to bear eliminating the objectionable features, to their fight against the encroachments of ^ .... , ., . , , . . the United Cigar Stores Co., many com- in mind the interests of the tobacco which the Governor has called attention. ^ , . growers of New England and of the other munications pledging support have been f . j . • . ^r ,u« it„;.^,4 r fa b rr leaf-producing districts of the United received by the former from "bankers. States. WILL TEST TKADING STAMP ACT. Before those principally affected will submit to the new excise law in Massa- chusetts, which taxes trading stamps, coupons, etc., test cases will be brought lawyers, clergymen, workmen and labor- ^^^ ^j^j^ appear as a blunt protest ^•■s«" against aid justly due to a newly acquired The article says: ^^^ unexploited dependency of the A clergyman writes that after reading nnitpd States we call vour attention to """/ ' ~'~]^ \ j / .u 1" the energetic articles against the New ^"''^ ^ ^ f T /rtnhT.r. .1.. and strong efforts made to prove the law York cigar and tobacco trust, he made ^he peculiarity of the leaf tobacco s.tua- ^„,„^,tUutional. inquiries of some of his flock as to the tion, whereby all tropical countries suited .... localities of trust stores, so that he could to tobacco culture and having supplies avoid bestowing his patronage by mistake Qf ch "' .. upon a trust store. To his satisfaction he found that those ^^^^ ^.^^^ protective tariffs. If it of his flock who were using the weed " , were not only posted as to the locations be the destiny of the Philippine Islands _ _^ ^ _ of the trust stores, but all were also in to produce leaf tobacco and cigars on a ^^^^^ Trading Stamp Co., and it was sympathy with him to avoid them. large commercial scale, such an industry ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ conference was held with It is probable that this man of God in will surely develop there without further his enthusiasm for a righteous cause reduction of our present tariffs, which are extends his help directly from the pulpit such as allow tropical countries having and delivers notices something like this : no 25 per cent advantage to ship tremen- "Remember the tegular prayer service dous quantities of tobacco to the United on Wednesday evening at half past States in competition with home growers, j^^ ^^g ^^t meant to apply to coupons seven We have received great spirit- The letter is signed by Edmund Halla- ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^y^^^^ ^,3^^ ^,■^^^ tobacco, ual blessing at these services lately and day, president, and Thaddeus Graves, w.^^^ a full attendance is desired. Brethren E. N. Phelps and Frank Abbe, commit tf^lEPHONE THIEVES ARE FOILED. are requested to get their smoking and tee chewing at Blank's; all independent A member of the legal firm of Platzek & Strooch, of New York, counsel for the leap labor are able to compete with ^^.^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ -^ the home producers in temperate cli- p^^ ^.^^,^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^-^^ j^^^ ^^^y. -^ consultation with City Solicitor Dubuque arid David F. Slade, counsel for the a view to bringing a test case for violation of the excise tax law at as early a date as possible. The American Tobacco Co.. as told last week, has taken the stand that the goods. Five-cent brands a specialty. Regular communion on next Sunday morning at 10:30." Extend Operations to Louisville And Fail to Get AwblV With the Goods. The telephone order thieves have BURNED TOBACCO IN OKDEK TO AC- COUNT TO GOVERNMENT FOK IT. Deputy Revenue Collector Feather ^^^^^^^^ ^,^^.^ operations to Louisville, burned about 150 pounds of unused ^^ ;,fter successfully working the game tobacco at Sinclairville. Pa., last week -^ j^^^ York and other cities, but m the Kentucky town the game was nipped in the bud after the cigars had been gotten out of the store. As in the other cases, an order for stuff was made by telephone, this time SANTELLA TOBACCO CO. MUST PAY while a curious crowd of residents of the DAMAGES OF $9,400. place witnessed the proceedings. The A case which excited much interest in tobacco, which was owned by F. C. the Northwest, and which has been vig- Holtz. was damaged, and he instructed orously contested in the courts, has been the deputy to destroy it. as every pound ^^^_^ ^_ ^ ^ settled bv the award of $9,400 to the of tobacco purchased by a manufacturer for 550 worth of cigars at J. T Stier & r.l.intiff The case was that of Otto F. of tobacco goods has to be accounted for Son. An employe became suspicious at plaintiff. 1 he case was inai 01 kjiiv r. «• & cu«„m h^ a remark made bv the expressman who Lange vs. the Santella Tobacco Co.. of by him to the government. Should he ajemaii. ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^j^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Dubuque, la., in which the plaintiff discontinue business at any time he ^^j,^^ ..^d recovered the cigars. claimed that the defendant company had must either sell the material on hand or dealers in all parts of the country are violated i,s contract in depriving h,nr of destroy U and he ,nu. first pay the ^^^^^^^^ ^^IX'^-'"" "" the exclusive agency of a certain cigar. government tax on lU ni^»e' "°"" • ' E. A. G^'-^^^ <& Go IMPORTERS Oi 'q^I^^AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST I' J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF ^Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. PODNDBD 1855. T. Dobaiw > »b &.T^ < Wm. H. Dohan. ^^ DOHAN & TAITT, ^f^j Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of Z^^^^*^ JO/ Arcb St. Leaf TobaccoK ^«»^ J philada. «y)\S BREM ER'S »K^_. >■ ^-*^2«.- £v>J, « t- Ji- \JC*^^ " IMPORTERS OP *y^ \ Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco nil' - |- Tfi M .r. 322 and 824 North Third Street, Philadelphia JULIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. tmporten of Havana and Sumatra ^*\ ^ ^ /^/>/^ Packers of* Seed Leaf J~ UfJctLyLyiJ 232 North Third St„ Phila. L. BAMBERGER Sc CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia i: Lancaster, Pft.; MiltemJuBctUn, Wis.; BaldwlMavffle.K.T. ^ SEED LEAF HAVANA w4 SUMATRA IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABE SIDNEY LABB BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SU MATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. liEOPOLiO liOEB 8t 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 Le^P TOBACCX) 238 North Third Street, Phila. i '^^Sir'Vi- ,>• ■ ■, < . •/• '?i •< jr\. •• ^-"-^ri?^^ Thfi "Pmrvir*^ Importers and Dealers in X UC JL^llUJAl V^ ALL KINDS OF L — ^ SEED LEAF, mi eaf lobacco "avana n SUMATRA lU 118 N.3(l St. Phila. Co., Ltd. :::s:;:2-::;:£r>i3cr**^?^ 1?-*ii-: J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOE /I ©(SO IMPORTMRS q£ r] YO Qng Cfc I^ ewmail,Sumatra ft Havana ([-sr&sr 2j^ M. rniRn st., Philadelphia, Patters of Seed Leaf ^ A. o^'-*^^® cS Co IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAO£LRHtA i The Old Salesman's Musings, l A FEW REMARKS A LA DR. SWALLOW He laughed it off at first, but grew Thanking you in advance for your kind more serious and admitted that he was attention, I think I shall use my space hitting it too hard. this week to preach a short sermon, out "I really have about decided to cut it of which I sincerely hope somebody will out," he said, "but 1 ought to change get some good. I, too, hate amateur my job to do it. Everywhere 1 go I'm preachers who butt cheerfully in where a mixed up in it. I have stopped for a wise gentleman would stay away or send while two or three times, and then got in his card, but I was so shaken up by an tied up in crowds with women and I experience I had the other night that 1 had to be either a dead one or a sport. • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ '-' La Imperial Cigar Factory ^' HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei©ARS* can't forbear. It's about Rum: Perennial old rum! And before I get any further I am willing to remark concerning myself, that 1 never and somehow the latter always won out. It seems like a cowardly admission, doesn't it?" he asked. I agreed with him, and mentioned . . , , . J u ~^ A numerous cases I knew of where bright, insisted on being gagged, bound and . j . .u ,, r J J . * ^^^^^ young fellows had succumbed to the chloroformed in order to permit someone ; ^ , . , . . r • ^ ,,1. J T o«. falsely seductive combination of wine, to force a small horn down me, so I am •' , • ,i , . r .. • J * 1 ^f »u«. women and song. He appreciated it all, not speaking from the icy pedestal of the ^ '^^ W. C. T. U. But there are per- ^"f "^ P^',''^' . . ^ , , , J , I saw him again in five years during sons who use alcohol, and persons whom , , , „ , j r , , , , . , , „ . which hme I had occasionally heard ot alcohol uses, and it s up to every man to r , i . J ^ , . , , ^^ him, always as a successful salesman make snap judgment on which class , . , ' , j ••. • , -. j\.. , f making lots of money and spending it in nature has fitted him out for. *» u u j i r. u- the same o I d way. He had left his To begin my story properly: On a ^^^^^^,^ employ because he thought he dark and snowy night, about ten years ago, I boarded a train in Western Penn- sylvania and soon got into conversation with the only passenger in the car, a young fellow not more than 23. wasn't making enough, and several sub- sequent houses had been obliged to let him go after particularly flagrant sprees. I was with him this time for about ten minutes in company with two or three For all his youth, he very evidently ot^cr men and I had no chance to talk had brains, was an unusually interesting ^^ Y\\m. He was more careless about conversationalist, was really witty without j^jg ^j^^gg although he wore expensive having to repeat, and altogether made clothes, and he looked decidedly bloated, such a strongly favorable impression on j^jg pockets were full of money and he me, that I made him promise to let me j^^j ^^ j^^^e idea of its value than a hear from him. cave dweller. lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc—Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ He was a frank youth and he told me About a year ago a sweet looking that his father was a member of a firm in ^oman called upon me who said she was Philadelphia, and was sending him out BiHy-g mother and explained that he had to learn the business on the road. I j^j^j j^^^ ^^ about me and my good ad- happened to know his line pretty well, ^jce, etc. The dear lady, much to her had made his territory many a time, and ^^^ annoyance, began to weep, and loosened up some pointers for which the finally asked me if I wouldn't try to find kid seemed properly grateful. hgj. go^ who was drunk, somewhere, and Well, I met h i m again in a few hadn' t been heard from for a week, months, and he told me he was getting j t^jg^ and didn't succeed but learned along finely. Before many more months j^at he got home a few days later. It had passed I began to hear of him from ggems that he still made his home with other salesmen, as having made a big hit j^jg family in Germantown, when he was both with his customers and his brother off the road. salesmen, and I felt glad of it. I said as j ^^^ ^j j^ in New York about six months much to one man who was praising the ^go^ and was delighted to see that he had boy to me. a clear eye and a steady grip. He was "Yes, he's all right," added the man. j^^ch more like the boy in the little mid- ••And the child's a perfect tank. I don't ^jgj^j t^ain, in Pennsylvania, and he told think he exactly looks for booze, but he j^g j^g ^as working inside, keepijig away naturally is mixed up with it a lot, and they f^^^ j^g gang, and was just finishing up tell me he can put some of us old ones ^ certain much advertised treatment for under the table twice, and then go out inebriecy. and sell a bill. " *'l feel different in every respect," "Well, I hope he don't push a good said he, "and I wouldn't go back to the thing too far," I remarked, and then old game for anything on earth. I'm forgot it. working for myself now, not a lot of I didn't hear from Billy (that is the saloon keepers and queer women. " boy's name) for a couple of years and I tried to tell him how glad 1 was to then I ran into him again. He was a hear it and we separated in the best of good deal wiser in the world's wisdom spirits. than he had been before, but he still had One night last week I was hurrying up an appearance of boyish innocence and lower Arch street, Philadelphia, when was at the same time as quick as a trick, as I reached Fifth street, a man crouch- He seemed glad to see me and we drifted ing by the meeting-house wall grabbed into a heart-to-heart talk over the dinner me by the arm with a frenzied grip and. ,, , , , . r u- 1 « u..r^,-. pointing to somethmg in the road, fairly table. He drank a lot of whiskey before P.^^^^ ^„^^^^ .^ ^^^f, ^^^ ^^^ ^^j, J^ during and after the meal, which struck ^y^^^ ^j^j^^ jgp.. me as a mighty bad sign in a boy of his it was a mere, harmless cat on a char- age, and I made some remark about it. (Concluded onlpage 7.) J, MflHliOn BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THM CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna. JOSEPH a KOLB, M»nuf»cl«rer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, the Uadin< 5c. CifM. Southeast Corner Second and Market Streets, Camden, N. J. 6 THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD ^:;;^-REALM OF TAB PETAILEPS JT IS the hope of the editor of this de- panatella is a long, thin cigar, with taper- to the ground, and when the rain splashes the smoking in the streets. ' This in a TsuWriVer'^^^^^^^^^ ing ends, whereas the breva is finished off mud on the leaf these little straw col- measure temporizes the habit with them every subscriber among the dealers will short at both find the page of constant use and aid to ""'"" "*' """'" ^"'^^ '^"^ ^^^ ^" *^^^" °'^<^ ^pots appear when the tobacco is and they do not do so much smoking him, and will come to watch eagerly for thickness throughout, except a slight cured. When these spots are genuine when they are at home, the paper. A number of dealers have narrowness at the end that is held in the the wrapper will be a good tobacco of its "This year we have had good pleasant adopted suggestions made he.e ftom time mouth. grade, but whether it is acid stain or not weather up till a few days ago. ' For the Undoubtedly the best tobacco smoked only t h e expert will be able to de- past month or six weeks the cigar trade to time and have reported gratifying success. in cigars in this country is the native termine. Whatever hints and suggestions to re- tailers are made during the coming year ^rown Cuban tobacco, and the cigar is will be carefully weighed and wherever further improved if it is made in Cuba, possible will be made from actual exper- particularly in the province of Havana. ience. In furtherance of this another For this reason many so called Havana XHERE is a general complaint among request IS made that dealers and readers ^:,,^„ „,^ ;„ ^^„i;*.. ^: „-j_ :_ .u:. 1 .-,•,, r .. . WHY DID THE RETAIL BUSINESS FALL OFF? in general write to us, telling us about ideas that have actually been tried or are proposed. Bear in mind that a scheme which might not be advisable under one set of circumstances might be the precise thing needed by some other man differently situated. You may have tried an idea which seemed good but somehow failed to bring results. Send it along and we will try to explain it. Again you may have tried something in a doubtful frame of mind and found that it brought lots of business. We would like to hear about that. If this page has ever helped you, help it to help someone else. Don't be so indifferent when it comes to helping some body else, and remember that this means YOU. LET A FEW FACTS STICK TO YOU AS YOU MOVE ALONG. TDECAUSE a man keeps a cigar store it does not necessarily follow that he is an expert judge of tobacco or that he knows all about his stock that there is to know. The ignorance of the usual customer and at the same time his belief that be is all wise, is proverbial, although sometimes his ignorance is not much greater than that of some of the small dealers. "Nine men out often when you hand them a cigar will roll it tenderly between the fingers and smell it knowingly before attempting to smoke it," said a cigar roan recently. "After puffing on it a minute, he will tell all about the cigar, its make, grade and price, and inform you cigars are in reality cigars made in this retail cigar dealers of the country QUEEN CITY TOBACCO CO.'S DISPLAY AT THE SHOW. has been falling off. There are not as many pipes or cigarettes sold and I am unable to account for the decline in the business. It may be that many young men have retrenched on their cigar money that they might save it for Christ- mas. If such is the case it is the first time in my memory that such retrench- ment took place prior to New Year's day. At that time the cigar business always falls off for at least one month. Thousands of men at that time 'swear off* with good intentions of not smoking any more. This lasts about a month or six weeks and we can easily see the way the resolutions arc broken by the steady advance in the sale of cigars." • • • PLAY CARDS FOIL CIGAR CHECKS. ^ HARTFORD CITY (Indiana) man who runs a cigar store is thinking seriously of taking out the pool tables and substitutii.g card tables. Checks are bought and played for in card games payable in tobaccos. In a number of neighboring towns this plan has been adopted. At Richmond the popularity of card games in these places has been growing so rapidly that the number of players had in some cigar stores increased beyond the capacity of the tables. • • • EASILY ANSWERED. A N exchange prints the following verses humorously settling the question of what should be done to the workman who ruins good tobacco by turning out inferior work under a standaid label and renders the dealer helpless in pushing the cigar: The best ci^ar-hand sometimes makes mistakes. Whereat the man's employer greatly grieves, And asks, "How shall we treat the man who makes in a confidential way that he knows all about tobacco, and cigars in particular. A ^^^^" *' ^^^ Tobacco Show in Horticultural Hall which attracted much In ninety-nine cases out of one hundred attention was the " Home of the Red Devil," conducted by the Queen City his information will be wrong, as only '^o'^accco Co., of Cincinnati, to advertise its well known brand of smoking and A bad cigar of good tobacco leaves ?" the tobacco expert can quickly' judge of ^^'''^'^^S tobacco. The Company secured the constant attention and interest of This problem he to arbitration takes, the intrinsic merit of a cigar, and fre- *^^ crowds by giving away chances on a gold watch, the winner of which was And in due course thej answer he quently he will be at fault ' determined at the end of the week. The display was in charge of W. J. Wood. receives, "For commercial n,.rr.«c.c ii • = — ^ An echo of his words, "The 'man who ror commercial purposes all cigars makes are divided into three grades of tobacco, country and shipped to the islands, of the falling off in the sale of cigars. It A bad cigar of good tobacco— leaves! ' known as dark, medium and light, but whence they are reshipped to the United is said that this decrease has been shown • • • there are forty or fifty shades, which are States and the revenue stamp is duly greatly in the past three months. TWO CATCHY SIGNS. grouped into five subheadings. pasted on the boxes to deceive the a prominent cigar dealer yesterday A MARKET STREET (Philadelphia) -The grade of a tobacco used in a "n»n>tiated. ^^j^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ learned from officials of dealer is caUing attention to a par- cigar has nothing whatever to do with its Many smokers who prefer a light the internal revenue department that the ticular brand of cigar by these two signs, size, and there is practically no limit to wrapper enjoy the flavor of the Manila entire sales of cigars in the United States the verse in each case being followed by the number of sizes. Any cigar manu wrapper with the Havana filler. To had decreased 40,000,000 last month over the name of the cigar ; facturer may bring cut a cigar of special satisfy this taste the Havana tobacco fre- that of October. I^ain or shine, size and give it whatever name he qnentlv is wrapped in Connecticut ..mtu »u u • j u • ui .. Wet or dry; ** ff • » N-v'iiicv.wv.ui "When the cold wind begins blowmg, tkjo ;., ♦ui • wrapper. . ,. ^ ^ ^^ . . ,, «■ ^"'^ '^ ^"« ^igar '^ ne continued, "then our busines falls off. You want to buy. "Inferior grades of cigars (frequently In the summer time our best trade is on. are made of doctored tobacco, acid being Men who usually smoke have a cigar ^^t too short, used to stain the wrappers and light straw in their mouth while walking down Not too long; and puritanos, the breva and panatella color in spots. The best leaf of the to- the street. As soon as snow falls and {Jo! T T^'^' having distinct shape of their own. The bacco plant is that which grows nearest the air is filled with frost they leave off Just right"^'. pleases. The best known and most fre- quently used sizes, however, in the cigar trade are the conchas, which are divided into bouquet and especial, regalia bouquets Snuff Out Old Methods Begin the New Year Right JI Resolution to Use a National Cash Register Means less XA^ork in balancing cash, l^ss worry, less bother and more money. A National will Stop Losses by Enforcing Carefulness, Efficiency and Honesty By furnishing an automatic record of every transaction in the store, showing its nature and who made it, a National increases the efficiency of clerks. Let us tell you how it pays for itself. National Cask Register Co. flra Havana 123 n. ^^mm^^^^ IMPORTERS OF^^ ~ » ' THIRD ST HILAOEI^RHIA gREMER gROS. 8z: gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T- BREMER. - 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ivnd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco iTaTaTaY^aTaTaVaTaY^aVaTa1^» I5 JOHN U. FEHR. EsUblished 1883. GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN©, PA. B0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS , No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA.'' PttlLIPpJ.KOLB CD^VyMl.COLGAN ORTH Th I RD STR EET, Philadelphia. Our Retail Department is Strictly Up'to'Date. G. H. BOESCH, Deafer in 1.^63,1 1 0 Dd/CCO \ SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Hayan« Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leat Tobacco & V. ■.TdMKfaik. VELENCHIK BROS. trty. LEAF T0B/ieARTAGAS YG a AdBAH^ Cif u«ntes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable : ClFER. Habana, Cuba. JosE Menendez, Almacenista de ±abaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Speciality in VueltaL Abajo, Semi Vueltat y Partidio, IndusiridL 176, HABAN^, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOSe Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114 y (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. TJ o Ko ri O Cable: Zalezgon. XXCtUCtllCt* AIXALA ^ CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, aivd CorrdLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. •9^PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUY£R&,0t P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JVI. GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER. IN Vueh2L AbaLjo, PdLftido dLivd R^emedios Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte ijs6, c.bie-'CAi.DA." HABANA, CUBA. Vv' m THE TOBACCO WORLD 11 goods in good-sized quantities, and arc ia receipt of new order from all markets, particularly England and Germany, which are ordering heavily. J. F. Rocha & Co. are likewise busy turning out close to 50,000 cigars daily in their Crepusculo tactory. They re- ceived orders of 400,000 cigars for Great Britain and her colonies, besides 150,000 for Australia, while Nene and Jefferson are called for from the United States. Enrique Dorado & Co. do not com- plain, as £1 Rico Habano is meeting with increased favor, whether shipped to the United States, Canada or Europe. Remigio Lopez y H no. are busy moving their factory to 113 San Miguel street. Baying. Selling a^nd OtKer Notes of In- terest. Julius and Bernard Lichtenstein, who left last Saturday, purchased nearly i, 500 bales of all kinds of leaf during their stay here. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez 'were sellers • the extent of 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo, but besides this they hare just closed a deal for the Spanish Regie of some 4, 000 bales of Yara tobacco, which were purchased at Manzanillo. Jose F. Rocha sold 400 bales of his Vuelta Abajo holdings. Celestino Vega secured 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo for his Chicago factory. Muniz Hnos. & Co. disposed of 400 bales of Montezuelo leaf. J. M. Garcia & Co. received 895 bales from the Vuelta Abajo, part of the finest of this year's crop, and running from $80 per bale upwards, all vegas, including colas, net weight per bale being f»om 80 to 90 pounds. Sobrinos de V. Diaz closed out 325 bales of Vuelta Abajo, and this made Don Narciso Gonzalez feel in excellent spirits when your correspondent called to see him last Saturday. Ed. Hilson, president of the Hilson Co. , did not tarry long, but he left quite satisfied with his trip to Cuba, and he secured about 700 bales of the best Vuelta Abajo leaf to be had. Gonzalez Benitez & Co. made several transactions amounting to 250 bales of Remedies and Vuelta Abajo. H. Upmann & Co. bought 500 bales of different kinds of leaf in the city, as well as in the country. ^ Aixala & Co. sold 200 bales of Reme- dios and Partido leaf. Joseph Mendelsohn arrived here in the best of health and spirits from his short vacation north, and can again be seen hustling daily in the market Men- delsohn, Bornemann & Co. have made the following shipments of leaf tobacco: 23 bales and 13 packages to Crump Bros., Chicago, via New Orleans; 28 bbls to Lilies Cigar Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., via Mobile, and 140 bales to Cohn Bros. , Chicago, via Mobile. B. Diaz & Co. made one deal of 200 bales of their fine Partido holdings. Faustino Lozano secured some 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo for his Tampa factory. Rabell, Costa & Co. disposed of 1 1 5 bales of Vuelta Abajo leaf. A. Fromherz, who arrived here from ■Chicago, has commenced operating by buying some good -sized vegas of Vuelta Abajo. A. M. Calzada & Co. turned over 86 bales of Vuelta Abajo to one of their Tampa customers. Jorge & P. Castaneda received 300 bales of a Rio Hondo escojida this past week. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. shipped 78 bales of Remedios, but, pending con- firmations by mail, they sold about 500 bales additional from their large stock of all kinds of leaf. Jose Menendez has done some busi- ness, but the number of bales could not be ascertained. Garcia & Co. have not been idle either, although when it comes to dis- closing transactions Don Manuel Garcia is like a sphinx. Receipt* From tke Oovntrir Week Ending Since Dec 24. Jan. i. Bales 1,870 100 177 Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara & Remedios 2. 100 Santiago de Cuba Total Bales 241,159 22, 264 57.592 334 84.563 657 406, 569 4.247 %^^^^%^ COUNTY CLUBS WILL MEET AT CHATHAM. Inter-State Tobacco Growers* Protective Association Issue Call for Jan. 16. Danville, Va , Dec. 31. The Pittsylvania executive committee of the Inter-State Tobacco Growers' Pro- tective Association have called an im- portant meeting of the county clubs to be held at Chatham, Va., at 11 o'clock a. m. on the third Monday in January, 1905. Every club will be entitled to send one delegate for every twenty- five members and fraction thereof over twelve. Each club, however small i n membership, shall be entitled to at least one delegate. All farmers in sections where no clubs have yet been organized are cordially in- vited to attend and take part in the de liberations, except that only delegates will be allowed to vote on measures com- ing before the body. It will be the effort of the committee to have several practical speakers on hand and make the occasion one of in- terest and instruction. No club should fail to send its full allowance of delegates, and all other farmers interested in the movement will be most welcome guests. Monday, Jan. 16, is the day. SALES RESUMED IN RICHMOND. Forty Per Cent of Crop Already Sold, Mostly Sun-Cured Tobacco. Richmond, Va., Jan. 3. Sales of tobacco were resumed yester- day at the local warehouses, and as all the farmers had been notified by the Board of Trade, many were on hand with their product Richmond has sold to date 3,295,312 pounds, which is generally thought to be 40 per cent of the crop. If true, these figures will make this crop 8,238,280 pounds, which is still more than the average for the last six years. About 90 per cent of the total sales are thought by tobacco men to have been sun cured tobacco. This class of the plant is steadily on the increase, both in point of amount raised and demand. The annual loose tobacco sales on the Richmond market for the last six fiscal years beginning October i, have been as follows: 1899, 6, 322,933 pounds; 1900,8,- 507,228 pounds; 1901, 6,564,269 pounds; 1902,7,189,345 pounds; 1903, 9,241,718 pounds; 1904, 8,245,220 pounds. Aver- age for the six years, 7,668,452 pounds. J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the *• *" ^* Celebrated Brands "Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Cfkpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 07 Broad Street, New York. Bruno Diaz R. Rodrigues B. DiflZ &C0. Growers eLi\d Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and P9LrV/V/ N h W^ l^i-ftSte^.^-^^ ^^H AV A M A f i 1 Q, A d^m* 1 M V M i>» M , w ii DM . Importers Sumatra Tobacco tmffatmc^* Joseph Hirsch & Son % X. vNoiiGVAi 227 Off Icc, 183 Water St NEW YORK. A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of FLORIDA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. Jos. Mendelsohn. Louis A. Bornemann. Manuel Suares. Mendelsohn, Bornemann ^ Co. Importers & Commission Merchants Specialty—HAVANA TOBACCO New York Office; H«LV«LncL Office: U. S. ARCADE BUILDING. AMISTAD 95. Water Street. Corner Fulton. Room 1. HAVANA. iMablishftd 1840. Cable '*lf«^* Hinsdale Smith & Co. tmaorters rf Sumatra & Havana.Tp -. 1^ ■r%^y-^y-^\, •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ODoCOO 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK mm»nMnT> H. SioTS VMM Smitt FkaZISR M. DOI3BBR G. p. SscoR, SpeciaL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ®, CO. Original **I^inde*' New York Seed I^eaf Tobacco Inspeoticm E«t«J»lisli«d 1864 PriAcipal Office, 180 Pearl Sirtei, New York Ciiy. Bonded and Free Warehouses, 178, 180, 182, 186 and 188 Pearl St Inspection Branches:— Lancaster, Pa. — G. Porrest, 140 B. Lemon St; H. &. Trost, 15 E. Lemon St.; Elmira, N.Y.— L. A. Mutchler; Hartford, Conn.— J. Me- Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O.— H. Hales, 9 ProntSt.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse, 233 Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sta.; Jersey Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Anti* Port, Pa.; East Wbateley, Mass.— G. P. Pease; Edgerton. Wis.— A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher •• Fred Schnaib^ RUSCHMR & CO. Tobacco Inspectoits Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AHended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin and C. L. Culton. Stoagbte% Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : I. R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut st Franb* lin.^O.: T. E. Griest Dayton, O. : F. A Gebhart, 14 Shore Line avc. Hartfon^ Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State sL South Decrfield, Mass. : John C. Deckel. Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmcyer & Cow Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight COWON C. Hamii^ton, formerly of F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co, %£iia3 M. CONGAI.TON, Frank P. Wishburn, Louis Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamii,ton. C, C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sampling In All Sections of the Country Receives Pronnpt Attention. Ptoest Bonded Storage Warehouse in Of OC C Anfl, Cf 11Ta«, YapV %Bcrica, Perfectly New, Eight Stories High,04"0D oUUlll OU) HCW lUri Pirst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: ao9 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; 138-138^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. •' Inspection Branches. — Thos. B. Earle^ Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, J06 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa. ; Henry F. Penstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L. Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day, Hatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billington, Corning, N. Y. m 'm constable New York ever had, let his cigar go out while temporarily dozing, and he of course was voted out of the contest, so he lighted a fresh cigar and watched the other contestants. The man who won out is named Clark, buyer for a Fifth avenue firm, but it is not my province to make mention of the name of the particular brand of the cigar he smoked. All I can tell you is that he smoked it incessantly for two hours and three minutes and then burned his lips. Five of the men smoked their cigars for an hour and a half and two for one hour and fifty-one minutes. My own experience is that the average cigar is smoked in twenty minutes, unless indeed it be an exceptionally good one. Messrs. J. B. Cobb, A. H. Burroughs and Harold Roberts, who returned from a business trip to Europe a few days ago, were not to be found at their re- spective offices at No. Ill Fifth avenue within the past few days owing to the holidays, and it is doubted if they will have much to say about their experi ences as yet, for excellent business reasons. • • • I am assured that Robert E. Lane, T. J. Donigan. W. W. St. John, F. B. Aschner, S. J. Freeman, D. Oshinsky, C. Blayney, I. W. Jacobson, M. Babaya, "Lou" W. Boyer and Charlie Fox, and the rest of the New York delegation, were so well impressed with the tobacco JAMES W. GEYER'S STORE IN NEW YORK. C. A. ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 15 ^TOBACCO IVBWS OF THB WEEK IIV GOTHAM New York, Jan. 3, 1905. Retail tobacconists and cigar dealers along Broadway and the main arteries of the thoroughfares of Greater New York assured me to-day that their sales on New Year's Eve broke the record for any one day in their experience, and the grade of cigars sold was generally higher than usual, a statement which proves that the best goods will have the best chance for ready sales in the future. In New York there is but little call for 5 cent cigars, and this is said to be largely due to the fact that there is more treating to cigars when friends meet on Broadway, on Fifth avenue and along the Rialto than ever before. It is considered better form to invite a friend to smoke than to drink, and aaturally the average man does not treat his friend to a 5-cent cigar. Two for a quarter or three for a half seems to have been the average price paid for cigars this New Year's, and dealers have had to work overtime counting up their day's receipts for the past week — a by no means unpleasant tax upon them. • • » [ The shops were kept open New Year' s Eve until the New Year was at least an hour old and the blare of the tin horn and the whirr of the creaky wooden rattle had subsided into silence. And during all this turmoil of seeing the old year out and the new year in, amid the noise of the horns, the sweet chimes of Trinity, Grace and other churches, and the ribald songs of roysterers on the prowl, there was being enacted a test of the endurance of a cigar, or rather of cigars, of differ- ent brands. This latter interesting pastime and educational event occurred in the "den" of Robert J. Ferns* residence on Neptune avenue, New Rochelle, where a dozen New Yorkers had been invited to escape the din of the city during the passing of the old year. Among them was "Billy" Proctor, at whose Pine street cafe it is the boast that only good cigars are kept Each guest was permitted to select a cigar from as many boxes of as many different brands, and at exactly 1 1 o'clock each man lighted his cigar and settled down to a calm, deliberate, thoughtful, silent, brooding smoke. The idea was to see how long, with one lighting, a cigar would last and yet burn out to the very tips. Scarcely a remark was made until the ship' s clock on the den mantel struck the midnight hour, and then each man solemnly raised his glass, bowed to his companions and said "A Happy and Prosperous New Year to You! " imme- diately relapsing into silence and the contemplation of his cigar. One hour had passed and no man had permitted his cigar to go out, and no cigar was much more than half con- sumed. It was curious to watch the smokers. Some sought to prolong the life of his cigar by puffing long, slowly and infrequently, while another tried frequent short puffs. One man, Benjamin Hayes, whose father was the only high /^NE of the most popular of the hundreds of retail cigar stores in New York city is "Geyer's," at 439 Tenth avenue, which is just above Thirty-fourth street. Mr. Geyer took hold of this store when it was by no means in prosperous condition. Energetic up todate methods soon brought the store up to standard and it acquired a wide reputation as a place at which to get right goods at right prices. Mr. Geyer has completely re-modeled and re-decorated the store until it is notable for its pleasing, businesslike appearance. The Indian's head on the sign at the top is very striking and catches the eye at considerable distance. Burling Slip has lost none of its old- time prestige, and, indeed, according to Darius Ferry, the well-known leaf tobacco broker of No. 7, it is gaining in popular ity in the leaf trade. This may be evidenced by the fact that carpenters and decorators are busily engaged in fitting up No, 19 Burling Slip as offices for the newly organized and incorporated firm of Heyman & Hollaender, brokers in imported and domestic cigar leaf tobacco. David Heyman and Maurice Hollaender are both well and favorably known to the trade, and for nearly a score of years were connected with S. Ashncr. exhibit in the Quaker City last month that they are in favor of a similar but more extensive, elaborate and exhaustive exhibition in New York during the coming spring. It is admitted that Madison Square Garden is too large and too expensive, but there are several other suitably situ- ated and spacious halls which may be negotiated at rentals which need not necessarily prove prohibitive. It is not unlikely that there will be a meeting of those interested at the Hotel Imperial early in February, when the subject of ways and means will be dis- cussed and a temporary organization etTected with, ot course, Mr. Lane high up in the directorate. There are admittedly many importers, manufacturers and dealers who were penny-wise and pound-foolish when the question of the Philadelphia exhibit was first mooted, and it is said slyly by the knowing ones that these dilatory gentle- men will not again let slip an opportunity to exploit their wares, but stand ready to avail themselves of the projected show in New York, should it assume tangible and material shape. • • • A petition in bankruptcy was filed on Friday against Maurice Kaim who did business as Maurice Kaim & Co., form- erly cii,'ar manufacturer at 1385 avenue A, by the Fidelity Bank, a creditor for I3, 898 for money advanced on two notes of the Juan Muriel Cigar Co., of which Mr. Kaim was president, treasurer and manager. It is alleged that he is in- solvent, that on December 5 he trans- ferred property at 137 and 139 Wooster street t o Charles Stich ; that h e has transferred part of his property to credi- tors, and has removed a part of his property. The Wooster street property is a six- story loft building assessed for $80,000, and was transferred to Mr. Stich for a nominal consideration, subject to a mortgage of $20,000. Mr. Kaim has been in the cigar business for over twenty years, and was succeeded by the Juan Muriel Cigar Company, which was in- corporated in July, 1903, with a capital stock of $40,000. Judge Truax of the Supreme Court appointed a receiver for that company on December 8. Its liabilities were $20,550 and assessed $11, 650.] • • • While the new year does not record as many changes in leaf circles as has been the case in some previous years, there are a few announced. I. M. Jacoby, who has been identified with the I. J. Schoener Co., will resign and become connected with the firm of S. Ruppin, Inc. M. Bauml, heretofore a salesman, will take an interest in Mr. Schoener' s business. Julius Schack, Canadian representa- tive of H. Duys &Co. ; Howard Kinney, Western representative of the firm, and R. R. Uhler, Pennsylvania representa- tive, have been in New York during the week planning a campaign for the com- ing year. Mr. Schack will return to Canada in about a week. Herman Rosenberg, of the Colonial Tobacco Co., of Philadelphia, has opened an office in the U. S. Arcade building of this city, and will make a specialty of Sumatra tobacco. Frank Pulver, who has occupied 'suite 3 in this building, will move into room 9 in Mr. Rosen- berg' s quarters. • • • Since The Tobacco World opened its New York office at No. 7 Burling Slip, several warm friends of the paper have called in to say "Howdy," place adver- tising contracts for 1905 with John S. Grey and to give pointers for informa- tion to Edward W. May. 14 For Geouine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esubiishcd iss*. L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SEU^ERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD AN EXCELltBNT TOBACCO FOR CHBWING AND SMOKING. Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of ♦♦♦♦ A Ready Selling Product i .35 ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ^■! ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO.. Reading, Pa. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Ttt-f Manufacturers of )lig|-lf[aile Seed & Havana Cigars Cincinn2Lti*s Dull LeeLf Tra^de. % CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. i B. i^ ABMLs HELLAM, PA. Manufacturer of Fine Seed & Havana Cig'ars Joe F. Willard '" °^ir'" Michael Hose A. F. BrillharL Dallas Cipr Ci. Manufac- turers of & Dealers m LEAF TOBACCO, 0 An. Fia. UNITED CIGAR 1 H BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim & Scbiffer Hirscbhoruy Mack & Co. Straiton & Storm, . Licbtenstein Bros, Co, Manufacturers] I0I4-I020 Second Ave., NEW YORK Market R.eports— The New Crop is Ex- pected to be Larger thaLix that of 1903. Cincinnati, O. ,Jan. 2. So far as the volume of transactions and the business of the commission leaf tobacco warehouses are concerned, the year 1904 will go down in the history of the local trade as the worst in many years. The tremendous upheaval which the combine gave the market last summer by going into the country and buying all tobacco they could lay their hands on inside of ten days is attributed as the cause. The brilliant coup of the combine buyers wiped out more than 13,000,000 of this market" s business as compared with figures for 1903. The Louisville market also suffered in common with Cincinnati but to a far less extent, for the reason that this is a white burley market exclusively and the heavy purchases of the Continental (now the American Tobacco Co.) extended only to that class of tobacco. The year opened with light stocks on hand, the total in all warehouses being less than 9,000 hhds. The market was fairly strong and active until about April I, with prices all around about i }4 cents higher than closing prices of the pre- ceding year. The long, cold, dry spring prevented the work of prizing and pack- ing and definite information as to the size of the crop was not ascertainable until this work could be undertaken. Then the entire trade— growers, jobbers and manufacturers — suddenly awoke to a realization of the fact that the crop was decidedly short, being variously estimated from 30 to 40 per cent Evidently the Continental Co. was first in possession of accurate information in regard to the shortage. In a quiet way, least calculated to arouse suspicion, it first absorbed the greater part of the white burley oflfered im the Cincinnati and Louisville markets. All this time it was planting its agents in every town in the burley belt and at the word they started buying. Prices went up by leaps and bounds, the general ad- vance being from 6 to 8 cents per pound. Then the independent manufacturers, badly frightened, entered the field in a mad scramble, only to find that it had been swept clean by the combine. Planters and growers benefited very little by the boom market as the greater portioB of the crop had passed into the hands of packers, jobbers and speculators. The failure of the planters to realize a share of the phenomenal advance in 1904 was the main incentive to there- organization of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association, The new 1904 crop which is beginning to come on the market, it is believed will show an increase in quantity of about 30 per cent over 1903. The in- crease, however is not evenly divided, the greater portion being in the Central Kentucky belt. Close observers assert that the crop will be largely a red one, color and especially colory goods of de- cided merit being most scarce. Weather conditions so far have been unfavorable for prizing and packing. There have been no auction seed leaf sales for the past two Saturdays here, the warehouses observing the holiday season. Buhrman, CLAIM DEALER SCHEMED TO PREFER. CREDITORS. The Shields & Wertheim Cigar Co. and the Louis Klein Cigar Co., of Cleve- land, O., through their attorneys have filed an involuntary petition in bank- ruptcy against C. M. Van Pelt in the United States district court. It is charged in the petition that Van Pelt transferred his cigar stand in the Baldwin hotel to Harry Bradbury, a cred- itor, with the intention of giving prefer- ence to Bradbury's claim. It is also claimed in the petition that Van Pelt arranged so that other creditors could have preference. — The Ward-Bowlin Cigar Co. is the name of a new corporation of Wheeling, W. Va., just formed with a capital of $10,000. The incorporators are'W. A. Ward, of Ward & Co., brokers; L. D. Bowlin, J. H. Klieves, F. L. Miller and W. H. Breidenstein, well-known busi- ness men of that city. The company has opened offices in the City Bank building, and will do a general broker- age, wholesale and retail cigar and to- bacco business. THE TOBACCO WORLD 15 Proms # # for Dealers Telephone Call, 432 — B. #|fice and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. ISISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of FINE CiGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty, Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove»"„our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P, O* Box 96* WALTER S. BARE, PeLcker of Fine t Connecticut :• Leaf Ready for tlie Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havaaa Seed Binderi Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted ^^^chPy^ny PagP of Fancy Packed Oebhart 1 O A O ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf 0 WIl l%J\Jj^ CONNECTICUT -^ 1 • . Packing In tMi Packer of • H. Weaver, Leaf Tobacco 241 and Z43 North Prince Street, LANCASTER., PA. ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Cilia r Leaf Tobacco OMce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO PACKER OF FeoM. Brial Leal and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 20J North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. 7. K, LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. United 'Phones LANCASTER, PA, B. F. GOOD & CO. # M rACKBRS AND DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 145 North Market Street LANCASTER. PA. J. W. BREN NEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, IIO& 112 W. Walnut St.' LANCASTER, PA. H, H, MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA j^7 and 329 N. Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, Packer, Dealer, and Jobber ii\ Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 Nortli Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. UNITED PHONBS. Leaf Tobaccos Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: Lancaster and Red Lion, Pa. We make Scrap Filler Ready for Use. 16 THB TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD 17 Established i&Si THE Incorporated 1902 W0E^ THE PHILADELPHIA TOBACCO TRADE. Published Every Wednesday BY THK TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKiaL T> -^ h^ Y'J^^^^'^' J. M. BuCKi^EY, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TEI.EPHONKS:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered I,et- ter. Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco Wori^d Pubi^ishing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada • PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 4, 1905. ABOUT OURSELVES. In pursuance of its earnest eflforts to make this paper of the most possible importance to advertisers and readers, the Tobacco World Publishing Co. has taken offices at No. 7 Burling Slip, New York city, from which address a large measure of its business will henceforth be transacted. The news staff in that city has been adequately enlarged, and the New York department will be one of wide interest. The advertising bureau of the five boroughs is in charge of Mr. John S. Grey who is a man of experience and resource in his particular field, and who will sec that the interests of our advcr- tisers in Greater New York are carefully conserved. The list of firms, corporations, mer- chants, and business houses generally, who believe they can get good results by telling about their business in our columns has been increasing largely and steadily of late and it will continue to. The business man of today is wise in the placing of his advertising and the Tobacco World will benefit from that fact, for it knows it can give results. When a man appropriates a certain sum from his business to be expended in advertising, he considers it as an invest- ment, and unless, as a result •{ the manner of expenditure, it becomes a profitable investment, he must change that manner or henceforth use his money to some other purpose. The Tobacco World's advertisers soon find out that their investment has been a judicious one. Our prosperity is depend- ent upon our making it a judicious one, and we welcome each new advertiser as one who is certain to receive as much if not more benefit than ourselves. A 25PER-CENT CUT IN THE PHILIP- PINE TARIFF. It seems fairly probable now that the most Secretary Taft will accompUsh in the Philippine tariff matter will be a cut of 25 per cent on the present Dingley rate, which, as Mr. John R. Young, of the National Cigar Leaf Association, asserts, would not be likely to do much harm. Whether the Secretary of War was most powerfully moved by the repre- sentations of Messrs. Bijur and Fox and their confreres at the recent conference, whether he has properly appreciated the force of the combined opposition, or whether he has simply discovered an error in his own premises, has not been officially stated, but belief is strong that the 50 per cent rate will be recommended to Congress, which is considered equiva- lent to its passing. It was made certainly plain to the highest officials at Washington that the tobacco trade of the United States did not propose to put up with a knock- off of 50 per cent or less if any legitimate means or measures would prevent it, and when business interests of this magnitude set their foot down, there is occasion for more to follow than a mere sneeze. Indeed the tobacco people have be- come very prominent in Washington lately in a number of affairs, and they are becoming used to conducting suc- cessful protests. Naturally, free trade in tobacco with the Philippines would greatly delight the consumer who might get his cigars a dollar or two a hundred cheaper, and it would certainly please Americans who have money invested in Porto Rican fac- tories. It might even cause a passing smile of interest on the face of the coolie laborer, provided he could understand it. But there arc interests infinitely more important to be considered. Among those discoverers such as Col- umbus, Franklin, Newton and the great host of others who won undying fame in their particular lines of achievement, must now be included one Dr. Kellogg of the Battle Creek sanitarium who, all by himself, has discovered the fact that tobacco and not a wild assassin's bullet killed President McKinley. In an address before the Young Men's Christian Association of that city, Dr. Kellogg announced his startling discovery and by reference to General Grant and others, intimated that our line of Presi- dents shows a very unsuccessful struggle against the terrible cigar. "And," declaimed Dr. Kellogg with terrible, upraised finger, after reading voluminous and exciting statistics, "in- stead of (decreasing, the habit is IN CREASING." We take the liberty of suggesting to Dr. Kellogg, whoever he may be, that if the use of tobacco can contribute to the making of such men as President Mc- Kinley and General Grant, then tobacco should be planted in every cornfield and a plug or two slipped into every Y. M. C. A. boy's little gymnasium locker. Report From InternaLl Revenue Office. Collector of Internal Revenue Mc- Coach has closed his books for 1904 and found the Internal Revenue office to be in good condition. The gross re- ceipts of the office were 16,998,675.66, which is about 1700,000 more than last year. Beer stamps were the leading figure as usual, and the sales amounted to |2,- 800,668.50. Next in volume come cigars and cigarettes, with 11,910,820. 15. Spirits, which is the internal revenue term for whiskey, realized $816,514.21, and snuff stamps were sold to the extent of $278,675.60. Tobacco brings up the rear with 180,237.57. There are many small items besides the above which in the aggregate amount to a good round sum. Collector Mc- Coach says that the figures for beer show little change from last year, but cigars increased to the extent of $50,000 and whiskey $40,000. Snuff increased $25,- 000, and the figures for the last few years seem to indicate that the old-fashioned habit is undergoing a revival. Here and There With the Retailers Prospects With the Retailers. The week was a fair one in the retail trade although as was expected, the box end of the business didn't amount to any- thing. Most dealers were glad of a rest after the strenuous week before Christ- mas and were satisfied with the fair measure of patronage, which showed that the market was in a healthy condition. There wont be a great deal doing in January as there never is, but so far from being duller than usual, Philadelphia dealers believe that the market will rule a little stronger than the average and will brisk up for the season sooner. A number of dealers are contemplating rather elaborate window displays, but consider it advisable to wait a couple of weeks before casting this bait Little money will be spent for tobacco until consumers get through paying the annual batch of their New Year's bills, and all the dealers can do is simply to wait. It was a good sign this year, though, that when the market did belatedly spring into activity just before Christmas, the nature of the business was especially good. More high grade cigars in regular or standard packages were sold and less of the marked down variety such as hit the eye on a Christmas when money is tight. Dealers consider this a fair indi- cation that the coming year's trade will be good and steady, and consequently aren't worrying over the brief period ahead of them during which the clerks wont be very busy. The manufacturers are still busy with their inventories and their books, but S9 far as can be learned at this time there is no dissatisfaction. Business for awhile was not of the best locally, but it has been unusually good in the West, quite «p f snuff in the South, and as much as wat expected in New England. The latter part of the year, especially, has been marked by good sales and very few sales- men have any kick coming. The most cheerful predictions are made for the coming year to the fulfillment of which everything points. Frank Comber, of the El Draco Man- ufacturing Co., sent a fine box of his new brand of Governor Higgins cigar to the New York executive last night, and by the looks of the cigars as they lay m their handsome package. Gov. Higgins will have some pleasant moments coming to him. B. Greenwald, Market street below Second, is pushing the Almeda 5 cent cigar, which is a winner for the money. Wm. H. O. Keefe reports very fair business for the time of the year. There is quite a run at present on El Rio 5 cent cigar and Royal perfectos, at 4 for 25 cents or $6 a hundred. George T. O' Keefe, South Fifth street dealer is making preparations for a Bayuk Bros, are installed in their new building at No. 50 North Third street, the old Boltz, Clymer & Co. building, and by the last pait of this week the im- provements and alterations which a#e being made will be completed. The re- moval of the firm from Market street was made necessary by increasing bMsiness which made the old quarters much f small. The new building is comfmlably spacious and will give more r««ni t* customers. H. Hilbronner has started on a trip South for Gumpert Bros., ia which tetri- tory he will remain for about two Months. The corporation of Morris D. Neumanii & Co. has sold out its business to Morris D. Neumann and Joseph Guckenheimer, who will continue the business of Morris D. Neumann & Co. from this date, at the same address, Broad and Wallace streets. The Berry-Suhling €•., of Bedford City, Va., commenced a vigorous cam- paign on the Philadelphia market this week, and will advance on the State later. The permanent local agents of the company are Arthur Hagen & Co., but the work this week was personally overseen by William R. Darrah, who is working up a run on the Staff of Life, Mason Co. Natural Leaf, Duke of Athel and Red Raven Scrap. Phil Verplanck, the junior member of Menendez Bros. & Verplanck, Tampa, was in town during the week and was very enthusiastic over business. Mr, Verplanck, who has for years been known as one of the best salesmen on the road, said that his firm now had orders for a million and a half cigars, and that handsome display to open up the New Year trade with. Considerable of the display will be taken up by Cuban Rib- bon, Mr. O' Keefe' s popular 5 cent cigar, while he will also show a number of high grade brands of Porto Rican goods. The Moor, 4 for 55 cents and La Danza, 7 cents straight, are being pushed at the Moore cigar stores. With MeLi\ufeLCturers and Jobbers. en You Ak© PUERTO pRiNcipe f*- COBR£ ^fe^^ Santiaco :^ H\ Your Hes^dque^rters At Our Office. ,^: vv m" m We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedios, Santa Clara "nd^Manicaradua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Vegas of Various Sized LrOts LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco CONSUUADO 14:2 and 144, Havana^ Cuba. lii WE INVITE ji CORRESPONDENCE Ql WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St. Cable Address: **REFORM" mj /^ Capacity for Manufactnnng Cigar Boxes is— Airways Room for On« Morb Good Customer. 18 L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Match It, if you Can— You Can't, l ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-It" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five — Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. Phila. Established 1864 Factory No. 20, 9th Dist., Pa.. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Ha.i\over, Pa.. Manufacturers of Fine C^^^i*^ ♦ ♦^♦4- <*•♦!♦♦ TQe Boll Bow-piaii an excellent 5-ccnt Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wliolesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. F. H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. Manufacturer of S Cent cigars The largest and best CLEAR HAVANA FILLED S-cent Cigair on the N^Lfket. Wc employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. he considered prospects for the new year as very fine. Samuel Sheppard, of S. Sheppard & Sons, Jobbers at 1520 Market street, has been seriously ill for some days, but his condition is now thought to be better. particularly the latter part of it, with a gratifying outlook. There is a good de- mand now for Pennsylvania broad leaf^ j R.obertson Issues New YeaLf Circular. F. B. Robertson, the local representa- tive of the Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co., has issued an interesting circular from his jobbing headquarters at 1004 Ridge avenue calling attention to this depot for goods made outside the American To- bacco Co., and asking retailers to call and see the complete line of independent goods. Mr. Robertson says: My attitude towards union-made and independent tobacco goods, as shown by my labors in their behalf the past year, is known. Again, my efforts in behalf of retail cigar and tobacco dealers, perse- cuted by the Sunday Closing Association, are also known. My labors in their behalf have extended over a number of years, and of course I have been criticised by certain people — the kind who think of self alone. The comments of these people have often been harsh, untrue and unfair, and retail cigar and tobacco dealers who do not know me are asked to look up my record as their strong and consistent friend, as well as a firm advo- cate of the use of union-made and inde pendent goods. Any movement favoring the interests of the retail dealers is sure of my cordial support at all times. 1 will add in this connection that I have been engaged to lecture to trade unions the coming year upon the advisability of using union-made and independent smoking and chewing tobaccos, cigars, cigarettes, etc. Lea.f DeaLlers' Jottings. Geo. Burghard has balanced his books and is able to report a satisfactory year to come. Albert Koshland, a well known leaf salesman, has become connected with F, Eckerson & Co., and w»ll shortly go oa the road for the firm. E. A. Calves & Co. report good de- mand for this season and thinks that the year will have an early start Frank Dominguez will remain in Cuba several weeks longer. Young & Newman have settled up their books and are satisfied to report a year which showed progress. 1904. closed better with this firm than 1903, and the present year opens up better thaa 1904. There is a fair demand already which bids fair to continue. B. Labe & Sons have had a good year and are preparing to do a big business during the coming one. {NEW CIGAR. FACTORIES IN YORK. The majority of the local leaf dealers have got their books sufficiently balanced for the year to tell them that there is no particular cause for feeling blue. The year was by no means a record breaker for prosperity, but many of the houses find themselves better off than they seemed to expect. The first six months of the year were flat and there was a general depression which was hard to lose sight of when business braced up, which it did in June or thereabouts. Since that time most houses have experienced a volume of business which brought the year up to good average proportions. Morcorer, the outlook seems much better than it was last January and there is a stronger feeling of confidence which is evidenced by the fact that there is some demand already in the leaf market whereas the first two weeks in January are expectedly slow. L. P. Kimmig, of L. P. Kimmig & Co. , went to Connecticut this week to buy tobacco. This firm reports a good year, Liceases Granted, While Deputies Get Inventories From Old Plants. York, Pa., Jan. 2. York county cigar manufacturers have closed a very satisfactory year, in fact surprisingly good, considering that for six months during the first of the year they had an exceptionally dull spelL The past month was as good in the cigar trade as could be expected at that season of the year. All the factories were kept running full with holiday orders. During the month licenses were granted for the establishment of 31 new factories. District Deputies have commenced to make a canvass of the 1,400 factories under their supervision to secure an in- ventory of all leaf tobacco (stemmed and unstemmed), cuttings, clippings, scraps, stems, waste, cigars, cigarettes and ca- pacity of each and unattached stamps held and owned by the various cigar men and tobacco dealers. The large plant of Celestino, Costella & Co., commenced operations today after a close down for one week, to allow for stock taking. D. Frank Kaltreider, of Red Lion, kas commenced the erection of a large aew cigar factory, immediately back of kis residence. Collector H. L. Hershey has notified F. B. Glenn, cigar manufacturer, of Red Lion, whose factory was seized by the revenue authorities, that the case has SPECIAI. NOTICE ( 12 j^ cents per 8-point measured line. ) "pOR SALE— Bstablished Retail Cigar ■^ and Tobacco Business doing a large trade; central location, retiring; investi- gate. Address Box 128, care of The To- bacco World, Phila. io-26-tf JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street. Philadelphia. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .'.vFIne Cigarsv.-. 1433 Ridge Ave., (BothPho«.) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. V i m I THE TOBACCO WORLD • • gr"** V Jf A. D. KILLHEFFER, MILLERSVILLE, Penna. Manufacturer of RADE ,T*t> PATRICK GORDON— Territory given good distributors evervwhere. -"-"^ ARS Warranted Havana Filler— Free from Flavoring. Some Mxcellent New Brands: Five Ceuts.-Lucky Drive, 4 sizes; Rexmond,6sizes; Havana Prize Ten Cents:-Ha\ana Dimes, Puro Mafois, Louis De Valois We employ no Salesmen. QUALITY is Everything, and that is what helps us to sell our goods direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. been settled. He was charged with re- moving unstamped cigars from the factory. He reimbursed the government and paid all taxes. John E. Olp, a cigar manufactur er at Jacobus, has been adjudged a bankrupt, and another meeting of his creditors has keen called for January 17, at the office •f J. £. Vandersloot, Referee in Bank- raptcy in New York. CHEERFUL NEWS FROM ILEADING. Splendid Outlook for the Tra.de in This Section. Reading, Jan. 2, 1905. With few exceptions, if any, the man- ufacturers of this section have had good leasons to enjoy a most happy New |Tear, for the reason that last year' s busi- ness shows highly satisfactory results. Julius G. Hansen has already com- menced the new year with a most prom- ising outlook. Regarding last year, he simply said, "I am well pleased." Charles R. Albright, who some months ago removed to his present location at Ninth and Douglass streets, is doing very nicely. His All Bright cigar is gaining a wide reputation, and in addi- tion he is doing a fine retail trade. Frank P. Kalbach will engage in the cigar manufacturing business at 545 Windsor street this week, and will also conduct a retail store there. He will make the F. P. K. his leader in nickel world. James Heist, on Oley street, has been working overtime to meet the demand for his Sentinel 5c leader, which has a good local trade. John U. Fehr & Sons, leaf dealers, at Seventh and Franklin streets, had the largest business year since they have been in the leaf trade, and propose to show a larger and more complete stock than ever before during the coming year. /f.> R.A.PATTER50N TOBACCO CO eSIAtLISHED 1096. RICHMOND. VA. 20 THB TOBACCO WORLD Cigar ribbons. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons* Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetias, Satin and Gros Grain. Write for Sample Card and Price Hot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. lYedeles brothers, PloriddL Sumatra. 182 E. Lake St. CHICAGO, ILL. DELA FLORA CUBAN STAR GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies, No. 2103 Peim Avenue, ^tadKi* PITTSBURG. PA. PAN Are You Still Watching? .^ G. H. SACHS, Mannfactnrer of FT N F r T a A T? 5=; Factory No. 7. Ninth Dial.. Pa. LANCASTER, PA. Integrity of Purpose and Earnest Endeavors, Coupled with Energy, Have Brought OUR CIGARS to the Front IT PAYS TO SELL THE BEST. B®-VVE MAKE THEM. I The Standard of Uniform Excellence in ) 1 Seed and Hand Made Havana. Cigars. ) Always the Same — The Highest Quality and the Finest Workmanship. Will submit samples and quote prices to reputable dealers. ^ '* Elstablished 1891. Factory No. 3765. Manufacturer of "i^" Cigars foS Grade Genuiive Union Made. Ephrata, Pa. ^ods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. LANCASTER. LEAF MARKET DULL. But Nothing Else Was Expected, and Prospects ak.re Good. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 2. During the past week there weie few transactions in the local leaf market. This dullness was not unexpected, how- ever, and the prospects for an early resumption of activity are excellent. In fact, inquiries were beginning to arrive to-day, and it is regarded as a favorable indication that stocks with manufacturers are low and will need early replenishing. W. E. Deitrich, purporting to be a Philadelphia cigar dealer, was arrested last week at the instance of L. E. Ryder, who brought charges of receiving goods under false pretenses. He was bound over for court and sent to jail in default of bond. The defendant has been in negotiation with numerous people in this and York county, and it is claimed that some goods were obtained, and that it is altogether likely that additional charges will be brought John F. Hare, of the stogie manufac- turing firm of John Slater & Co. , is this week on a few days' pleasure trip to South Carolina. William Fisher, with the same firm, spent Monday in Phila- delphia viewing the Mummers* parade. Business is opening auspiciously with this firm for the new year, with mail orders arriving on the first business day of the year for upwards of 100,000 of their product Imports of Tobacco, etc. Arrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week ending Jan. 3, 1905. Havana — J as. E. Ward & Co., 10 trunks cigarettes, 428 cases cigars, cigar- ettes, etc ; Havana Tobacco Co., 223 do. ; Gillespie Bros., 18 barrels cigarettes. Liverpool — American Tobacco Co. , 14 cases tobacco, 60 bales do. , i case cigar- ettes. S. Rossin & Sons Louis Ash & Co W. H. Stiner Bondy & Lederer J. S. Gans & Co E. P. Cordero E. Regensburg & Sons J as. E. Ward & Co F. Miranda & Co S. Rossin & Sons A. Blumlein & Co American Cigar Co 10 bales 9 " 6 •' 6 " 4 •• 81 bbls. 34 *• 20 •• 6 " 4 " 50 pkgs. Str. Monterey, arrived Jan. 2 : (444 bales; 14 bbls.) J. Bernheim & Son 243 balM E. M. Schwarz & Co 60 G. V. Watson & Co 56 M. S. Arrue & Co $0 B. Castellano & Co 3$ I. Menendez 14 bbU. «( 4« HAVANA CIGARS Str. Mexico, arrived Dec 28 : (113 cases) Park&Tilford 39 case G. S. Nicholas IT «< Wm. H. Stiner & Soa 12 <« National Cuba Co 10 i< W. R. Grace & Co 8 i 1 G. W. Sheldon & Co 8 <« Duncan & Moorhead s << B. Wasserman 4 i< Order 4 ( < M. D. T. Co 2 << L. J. Spence I case Garcia Pando & Co I 1 1 A. H. Hillman Co I It Strong & Trowbridge Co I 1 < PORTO RICAN TOBACCO. Str. Caracas arrived Jan. 2: 219 lales.) American Cigar Co 160 bales G. W. Sheldon & Co 41 " Sola & Co 18 " PORTO RICAN CIGARS. Str. Caracas, arrived Jan. 2 : (372 cases; i trunk.) SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Sloterdyk, arrived Dec. 28: (266 bales; 5 cases; i box.) Brown Bros. & Co. L. Friedman & Co. United Cigar Manufacturers E. Rosenwald & Bro. H. Duys & Co. G. Falk & Bro. Leopold Loeb & Co. J. H. Goetze & Co. Herz Bros. F. Richard 86 bales 43 " 42 " 32 '• 25 " 24 " 9 " 5 " 5 I (« (« case box HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Mexico, arrived Dec. 28: (1,938 bales; 154 bbls.; 50 pkgs.) Jas. E. Ward& Co 589 bales F. Miranda & Co 458 " J. Bernheim & Son 274 •• E. P. Cordero 163 " E. A. Kraussman icx) " E. EUinger 59 " E. Pascual 50 " Starlight Bros. 40 " Selgas, Suarez & Co 37 " Carl Vogt*s Sons 36 ' ' Leonard Friedman & Co 25 •• A. Blumlein & Co 22 " E. Rosenwald & Bro 16 " Max Schwartz * 13" A. Murphy & Co 11 '• Herz Bros 10 «' American Cigar Co A. W. I. T. Co Durlach Bros Rojas, Perez & Co Sola & Co Order C. Mendez West Indies Cigar Co R. A. M. Solas & Co A. S. Lascelles & Co Cadiz Cigar Co Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co C. D. Stone & Co G. W. Sheldon & Co F. Bonilla & Co Mateo Rucabado , DeFord & Co S. Ferrer Porto Rico Cigar Co W. L. Brown E. B. Goico Cuban & Pan-Amer. Exp Co TOBACCO TiLADE IN HOPKINSVILLE. Hopkinsville, Ky., Jan. 2. This is the annual report of 1904 : The beginning was all amuck, buyers saying the crop was so common and prices so low; no use for it even at low prices and planters begging for offers. Yet in face of all this Jingo, the crop has been sold and gone from the West leaving smaller stocks for sale than for years — only 620 hhds., about half 1902 crop. The situa- tion is much reversed now. Planters 135 cases 34 '• 32 „ 21 '• 18 " 18 " 14 " 13 " 13 12 10 10 7 7 6 5 5 5 4 2 " I case I trunk # tt J c THB TOBACCO WORLD Good to Keep Good Cigars Your Jobber wilt give you a Certifi- cate covering small Quantities, and When you accumulate Cer- tificates showing purchases of 6,000 CKEMO EXPOKT Cigars, you Will be entitled to one of these handsome Humidors free. • • •• r^'T^^I » i'-u V . i .-4 ; .". Size, 30 in. long, 22 in. wide, 25 in. high. Weight, 60 lbs. THE above illustration is an exact representation of the Humidor in which Cremo Export Cigars are packed and shipped by the manufacturer. This Humidor holds 6.000 Cremo Export Cigars in boxes contaming 100 cigars each. It is metal lined, metal covered, with strong brass lock, and heavy brass drop handles and brass trimmings, with moistener pad in top of lid, ventilator in each end, and attractively decorated in imitation cedar wood. Each humidor is shipped in a wood case to protect it from being scratched or damaged in transit. The purpose of the Humidor is to protect the cigars from the deteriorating effects of changes in temper- ature, and to preserve them in the same good order and condition in which they leave the factory. This it does perfectly for any length of time in any climate on the globe, until the last box is used. Cremo Export Cigars are made only in Londres, which means a straight cigar, being practically the same size from end to end. This shape is more generally smoked than any other, the world over which fact IS a pretty convincing proof that it is the most popular as well as the most desirable shape in which ciirars can be made. ^ If you serve your customer with a Cremo Export Cigar out of a Humidor, you give him the best five- cent cigar in the world in the best condition to please him and hold his patronage ; if he is pleased with one he will be pleased with every one. Send your jobber an order for 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars, and he will have them shipped to you direct from the factory in the Humidor, freight paid, and billed as 5,500, at ^^35.00 per thousand. The CREMO CIGAR is by several times THE LARGEST SELLER IN THE WORLD. ^ISK YOUKSELF WHY? C. A. ROST 8c CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 22 THE TOBACCO WORLD :^^. =• UNION T made: TKe ^ CIGAR is cut with a National Cigar Cutter. It cuts but one way, every time and all the time — perfect. Designed to take the place of all other Cigar Cutters— and it does. Has all their good points, none of their bad faults, and many advantages. A sprmg that never gets weak, a handle that cannot come loose, a knife that sharpens itself Handsomely finished of only the best material hadable. Cannot bunt, chew or tuck burst. Impossible to get weak or out of order. >M»t M To make cigars, and make them quickly but well, without dulling or turning your Cigar Knives and cutting away the board, you must use a National Cigar Board. Doesn't warp or split, for it's glued and triple bolted. Entirely select Rock Maple first kiln dried, then thoroughly linseed oil soaked, to preserve and keep moist. The special process treatment produces a permanent marble-like finish. No closer or harder gramed wood possible. No other as smooth or uniform in surface. Why not get them now? Prices are attractive— from lo to 25 per cent lower than others. Write for them to-day. N. B. We have a big line of Cigar Ribbons. Can match what I q you use. Come along with your samples and questions. Ends, Nati ONAL Selling (^ ALLENTOWN,RA EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN MANUFACTURERS. > :»^ REPUBLICADECUBA Kt PLBLICA.de. C LB A i)Hi' •« - o^f cJ,* r.f thP ^'vnort st^mo issue of which has been secured by the Union of Manufacturers of Cuba, anct which is designed to l'"''lr^et°;he effe^r^lhe rj ■nro''„%^^^^ tapoTt":!^ Tus. prrlpera.on i'„ .he United S.aL. The Cuban stanjp is no, .he same color as .he old United X offset '';« =,"^" "' ''?^was red but it is so large that it could no. well be overlooked when pas.ed on the box. The Union of Manufacturers will take steps to frrhalTtrsumpTunWersrii; identified by .he pullic. and .his work will be direc.ed by Rafael G. Marques, who is Presiden. of .he Union. only raised*6o per cent of a crop, and are organizing rapidly and placing values on their holdings, about double last year's prices, and arc not disposed to sell freely even at prices agreed on. The remnant of 1902 and 1903 crops left on sale is selling very cheap as compared to prices for new crop. Lugs— Common, 3>i 'o 4c; Medium, 4to4)4c;Good, VA to 5c. Very scarce. Leaf— Common, 5 to 6c; Medium, 6 to 7>ic; Good, nyi to 9c; Fine. 9 to 12c. Loose prices for New from planters: Lugs, 6 to 7c; Leaf. * to 15c. MONTHLY REPORT— DEC. 1904 1908 Receipts for month. 105 — M year, I4.390 ".3So Sales for month, 506 189 " year, 14,080 10,000 Shipments for month, 744 260 •• year, 16,415 11,010 Stocks on sale, 620 1,693 " sold, 722 742 Stocks on hand, 1,392 2,431 M. D. BOALES. FIFTY PER CENT. OF DINGLEY RATE LIKELY. Probable That War Department Will Re- commend Twenty-five Per Cent. Cut on Philippine Tariff. Washington, D. C, Dec. 30. The Philippine proposition is still hanging fire and it is impossible to say definitely yet whether the conference between Secretary Taft and the delegation from the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association will have any effect one way or the other. The committee which waited upon the Secretary was headed by A. Bijur, presi- dent, and Charles Fox, chairman, of the Legislative committee, and these gentle- men scenied disposed to feel hopeful. It is probable that some sort of a com- promise will be agreed to and it seems likely it will be 50 per cent of the Dingley rate as was intimated. Of course the only result of such a compromise would be a recommendation to Congress for the passage of such a bill instead of the 25 per cent bill which has been urged by the Insubr Bureau of the War Depart- ment. There is no doubt that Secretary Taft still favors free trade between the Philip- pines and the United States, but he has shown himself willing to investigate opposition and his consenting to 25 per cent of the Dingley showed that he was open to argument. It is understood that the trade interests would put up with less than 75 per cent of the Dingley rate, with a certain amount of cheerfulness if it became necessary, but will protest against the 25 per cent until the last horn. An official of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association said yesterday (Tuesday) that he believed that the trade would be satisfied with a rate that was not below 50 per cent of the Dingley rate and at this figure the cut would be only a 25 per cent one. THE TOBACCO WORLD ai "KING DUKE" SMOKING TOBACCO IS A WINNER. T^HE accompanying cut is a reproduction of a bag of King Duke smoking to- bacco which is manufactured by the Lancaster Tobacco Works, at Lancaster, Pa. The brand is a new one and is issued in packages of i % oz., 3>^ oz., and 8 and 16 oz. The tobacco has caught the market wherever it has been introduced, and has become especially popular in the Pennsylvania coal regions, where it is handled by practically every dealer. BOOKS SHOW GOOD INCREASE. Svmmin^ Vp of Year** Trade in Wis- consin Shows Bi^ Progress. Milwaukee, Wis , Jan. 3. Now that the old year has passed into history, and the various branches of the tobacco industry have looked at the books, it is understood that the past year has been a good one all around. First, the crop while not as large as hoped for, was o f good quality, and many cases of leaf will be found to be superior. This is what the leaf men have claimed right along, that the product of the Badger State while not as heavy as some of the others, has grown a quality of leaf that averages well with the best. The growers, however, are complaining, and the annual crop of rumors that there will be a short crop in 1905, are being spread broadcast. As as a matter of fact, the farmers have been offered adequate pay for their crops, and have been satisfied until the past two years. The growing of sugar beets within the past few years, has dis- turbed the minds of the tillers of the soil and they have been promised great profit from their land should they forsake to- bacco raising and plant their acres to beets. It is advanced that the cultivation of beets needs no attention whatever after the first pulling takes place, and all they have to do is to dig them up and sell them at so much per. This plan has been attractive to many farmers in the past, who are now raising tobacco again. Several of the large beet sugar concerns, which were going to do wonders right from the jump, have passed into the great beyond, and the machinery is for sale to any who de- sires it This has happened in Michigan and in two cities in this State. But, of course, there are factories which are prospering. There is no other crop which catches the farmer's eye, so until the beet sugar industry flourishes, there need be no fear of the tobacco crop in Winconsin being entirely neglected. From sources which are generally re- liable, it is promised that Wisconsin will again come to the front this year with a good crop of tobacco. Next comes the manufacturer, who feels that the past year has been fairly satisfactory. The average tobacco and cigar manufacturer in this State, or the City of Milwaukee, at least, undoubtedly has made a profit If he has not his business methods have been poor. The demand has existed, and if he has had the goods, he has sold them. The av- erage cigar manufacturer was satisfied with the leaf and fillers he purchased, and outside of a few tilts with labor, has operated regularly. Wages are the high- est ever paid in this city, and the work- men seem to be content with what they are getting, so long as they are not laid off too much. There were more pounds of smoking and chewing tobacco manufactured in Milwaukee last year than in any other year in the history of the corporation. More dollars were paid out than ever before. The aggregate sum paid to wholesalers and jobbers reaches far be- yond any other year. So there must be satisfaction in this quarter. The jobbing end of the business was also favorable. Most of the large con- cerns operating in this city are today employing more men in one capacity or another than ever before. This is explained by the fact that more help is needed. Business has grown right along, and new territory is taken in regularly, and as the demand increases, so must the facilities increase for handling larger business. There was not a time last year when good stocks were not carried ; neither was there a time when the manu- facturers fell down on advance orders. Everything seemed to work in harmony, and the jobber certainly figures he did exceedingly well last year. The retail end of these letters from time to time has set forth how business is going along in this city. There are more stores in the city today, than there were a year ago, and some of the old ones are nearly double the size they were twelve months back. Stocks are larger and of higher grade goods than was the case a year ago, and it might be inferred that the average retailer is more pros- perous. As a matter of fact some of the stores are conducting business in a differ- ent way than they did a few years ago. It formerly was the case that the proprie tor hired the clerks and paid little atten- tion to his customers. This is changed now, and most every dealer in the city takes particular pains to get acquainted with his trade. Reports from the tobacco growing sec- tions are to the effect that the recent rains saved the crop, as casing will now pro- ceed. Heavy rains fell for three days, and to say it was welcome, expresses it mildly. Nearly if not all the crop hang- ing in the shed has been taken down and within the next week or two all the big tobacco warehouses will b e running again. Milwaukee now has more than 2,600 saloons, and nearly every one sells • 'cigars. " ▲HDBRSGN. GEORGE W. McGUIGAN, Red Lion, Pa. Maker of High Grade Domestic Cigars r LIGHT HORSE HARRY I LA-DATA Leaders \ LA PURISTA I INDIAN PRIDE [LA GALANTEKIA Capacity 50.000 per Day. Prompt Shipnventa Guaranteed. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGAI^S R.F.D.No.8.YORK,PA.' A specialty of Private Brands for dii Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application^ Brands:— g^ Bear, 5^ C\ib. Essie, and M&ttliew Carey. 9 (OA C09 cos CO0 cos CO* •! § Factories: § 1 26 and 517 I 8coe coo COS (Oo coe coe e L. E. Ryder, 9 COS COS CO: COB ccvr roe •• i 9th District i \ Pei\i\8i. I Manufacturer of . .GlSARS. . For the Jobbing Tra.de Exclusively LANCASTER, PA. The Best Goods for the Least Money. A. F. HOSTETTER, Maaofacturer of Kigh-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. ■BTaob Favoritb," a 5-cent Leadtr, Imown for Superiority of Quality. JWflf^TIfl SLiABflCH, DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of ^^ t ^^ a t^ r^ High-Grade Union Made ^^ \ ^ P^ j[^ ^ SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (loc) HENRY GOTTSBLIG & BRO. No, 828 St. Joseph Street, I^ANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers o£ igh Grade Union Made Cigars **TKe Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced a< Sigkl Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. .. u THE TOBACCO WORLD l38ai40ffeNTRE§T. NEWYORK flANUPACTURCR OF ALU KINDS OF / r«- •- mil 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. ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ D. W. HUBLEY, Thomasville, Pa. Cigsir ]V[anufacturer For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Correspondence Solicited. Samples on Application. >♦ ♦♦ F. B. SeHlNDLEF^ I Acreage, Production and Value of Tobacco Crop in the United States for 1904. Washington, D. C, January 2. The following table showing the acreage, production and value, by States, of the tobacco crop of 1904 has been compiled by the Department of Agriculture in a regular annual report: * ** ♦ .c.^^c£lAu^c/^^ --^^ Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa. * ■^ ^ JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED * «.v.**v************************************************** *■•"♦■ States New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Acreage Acres 119 174 4.444 12,705 5.492 14.457 32,067 133,086 143,968 11.643 1,868 4.434 585 170 89 469 1.234 47.703 4.087 277,409 59.827 278 6,244 M55 40.931 1.771 Yield per acre Lbs. 1,610 1,685 1,690 1.685 1.145 1,289 621 725 685 703 650 815 479 408 438 600 565 730 710 827 849 675 691 670 1.282 626 Produc- tion Lbs. 191,590 293, 190 7,5io;36o 21,407,925 6,288,340 18,635,073 19.913,607 96,487.350 98,618,080 8,185,029 1,214,200 5,613,710 221,715 69, 360 38,982 281,400 697,210 34,823,190 2,901,770 229.417,243 50,793. > 23 187,650 4,314,604 773.850 52.473.542 1,108,646 Price per lb. Cents 15.0 15.0 18.6 22.6 10.0 8.9 6.5 7.4 8.6 8.2 20.6 31-5 155 15.6 :2i.5 19.5 12.0 5.8 8.5 6.4 8.0 6.5 8.5 5-4 7.8 8-5 Total Farm Value Dollars 28,738 43.978 1,396,927 4,838.191 628,834 1,658,521 1,294,384 7,140,064 8,481,155 671,172 250,125 1.138,319 34.366 10,820 8.381 54.873 83,665 2,019,745 246,650 14,682,704 4.063,450 12,197 366,741 41.788 4.092,936 94.235 United States 806,409 819.0 660,460,739 8.1 53,382,959 CSTABUSHCO laJirx- ■- ^ ■ ■ —— ^ - .A.B.CLIME>« STRICTLY UNION FACTORY r FABRICONAROLFESCHOICE ^l- POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPIRE • •• ' PRICE AND CONDITION OF THE^ CROP FOR 1904. Department of Agriculture Issues Detailed Report of the Yield for tke Year, by Types, Which Shows That Binder and Filler Crops are Late in Being Stripped and Sold. Washington, D. C, Jan. 2. and a much larger percentage of tke In the monthly Crop Reporter, the crop has been sold. Department of Agriculture publishes the Following are the reports in detail: following detailed reports of the year' s Cig«Lr Types. tobacco crops by types, showing the con- j^ ^^^ England. —Reports from this dition ot the tobacco, the proportion of section indicate that the prices so far yield and average price in 1904. It is a received for the fine crop of 1904 have noticeable feature of the crop that among been approximately 50 per cent higher the sections producing cigar tobacco, the than for similar grades last year. A great binder and filler crops of Wiscon- weighted average of all returns shows a sin. Ohio and New York were still hang- p^ice of 21.6 cents per pound, in the ing on the poles on December 20, practi- bundle, unassorted. Prices for Havana cally none having been stripped and very ^^^^ ^ange from 15 to 23 cents per little sold. pound; several sales of broad leaf re- New England and Pennsylvania had ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ marketed but a small percentage of their fourths of the crop has been sold, but on crops. An exception is noted in the case account of dry weather not more than 1 5 of the southern district, which is com- per cent has been stripped and delivered, posed of certain counties of Georgia and The cured leaf is of good color and Florida, about 70 per cent of this impor- weight, free from pole sweat, or other tant wrapper and filler crop having been damage, and is far superior to the crop sold and delivered. of 1903. Taken as a whole, the crop is In many of the districts producing considered one of the finest ever produced chewing, smoking, snuff and export in New England. types, the percentage of the crop marketed 2. New York. — In the Onondaga dis- up to December 20 is much smaller than trict the prices quoted range from 8^ to usual. In the burley district, the dark 12 cents per pound, in the bundle, the districts of Kentucky. Tennessee and average being about 10 cents. Compared Virginia, and in Maryland and Eastern with prices received for similar grades in Ohio dry weather has greatly interfered 1903. these prices are from 25 to 30 per with stripping and has delayed marketing cent higher. About half of the crop has the crop. In the remaining sections been sold on contract, but practically conditions have been more favorable, none of it has been delivered, dry weather THE TOBACCO W O R I. D 26 T LIBERMAN'S | Latest Suctioiv Machine 1 Adopted by the Leading Manufacturers. . Palm Rolling Essential to Hand-Work. m ^HIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TOOL yet introduced in connection with Cigar- A making. The cutting rollers are so equipped with ball bearings and exteriorj;springs that they only produce enough pressure to cut the leaf, thus maintaining a sharp edge on the die and: assuring a perfect, clean cut, superior to hand-work. The circumference of the cutting roller being greater than the length of the die, makes tearing or streaking of the wrapper impossible. Then, after the leaf has been cut, a slight depression with the right foot pedal will lower the die even with the table, thus making a perfectly smooth and rigid surface, enabling the operator to Roll with the Full Palm of the Hand, instead of pushing the cigar along with the finger tips. Changing of the die to any shape, or from right to left, or the reverse, is a very simple matter on this table, and can be done within two minutes time. These points of merit, coupled with others not mentioned, have won for this table the high standard of excellence maintained to-day, a fact that cannot conscientiously be claimed by any of our competitors. We stand ready to prove our statement, and all we ask is for the opportunity. We Think IT WILL PAY YOU to Investigate. LiBERMAN Manufacturing Co. Manufacturers of Cigar Machinery and Tools 240-42 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA., U. S. A THE TOBACCO WORLD < 0 > o pq < < H > REMEDIOS < (] > CALVES IMPORTERS OF TRADE MARK HAVANA J 23 NORTH THIRD STREET, Philadelphia > > O r PARTI DOS THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 #' <0> ( I It Por Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELI E^ R A HIGH GRADE R ' kjC.ClGAR FOR CJC Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO having prevented stripping. The aver- age quality of cured leaf is thought to be better than that of the 1903 crop, but this can not be ascertained with accuracy until tobacco is taken from the poles. In the Big Fl.«ts distiict prices quoted range from 9 to 1 1 cents per pound, being 20 to 25 per cent higher than prices received for similar grades in 1903. On account of dry, cold weather very little tobacco has been taken from the poles, but the average quality is thought to be superior to that of 1903 crop. 3. Pennsylvania. — The weighted aver- age of 8.9 cents per pound for the tobacco crop of this section is based upon the contract prices at which about 75 per cent of the crop has been sold. On account of dry weather, it has been im- possible to strip and assort the tobacco, hence not more than 10 per cent has been delivered. Prices so far have been 25 to 30 per cent higher than were received for similar grades last year. Average quality of cured leaf is thought to be somewhat better than that of 1903 crop. There was less damage during the process of curing and practically no injury by insects. The above estimates do not include hail cut and frosted to- bacco, very little of which has been sold. Prices so far quoted for such crops vary from 8 cents to as low as 3 or 4 cents per pound, depending upon the extent of damage. 4. Ohio — Miami Valley. — About 70 per cent of the crop of seed leaf and Little Dutch produced in this section is reported to have been sold on contract, at prices ranging from 6 to 9 cents per pound, the weighted average of all returns being 7)4 cents. No price for Zimmer Spanish has yet been established as practically none of this variety has been sold. On account of dry weather it has been impossible to strip tobacco, consequently none of the new crop has been delivered up to December 20. Compared with prices received for simi- lar grades in 1903, the prices so far realized for the new crop are from 15 to 20 per cent higher. Quality of the cured leaf cannot be accurately estimated at this time; but the prevaiHng opinion indicates that the 1904 crop is a very satisfactory one, and considerably better than that of last year. Damage from prolonged drying, from pole-rot in over crowded sheds and from a small per- centage of fat-stem in crops cut late, is reported in some cases, but the injury from these causes is thought to be slight. 5. Wisconsin. — Onaccountof the lack of sufficient moisture to produce a strip ping season, practically the entira crop is still hanging on the poles. It is therefore impossible to estimate accu- rately the quality and to determine the average price that will be realized. The price given, 7.8 cents per pound, is based upon the reports of sales which have been made on contract, but not yet delivered. In some parts of the district, from 50 to 75 per cent of the crop has been sold on contract Quality of cured leaf is considered better than that of 1903 crop. 6. Georgia and Florida. — Practically the entire crop of Cuban sun -grown tobacco produced in this important dis trict is reported sold. Prices received for this type average 15 cents per pound, in the bundle, for the unfermented leaf. Only about 40 per cent of the shade- J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o^clock. J, B, Milleysaek Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A J? S^ Hand-Made l^ ± KX^tJi JlLV O 615, 617 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. 1^1 THE AROMA THOUSANDS PR A ISM. Havana Box Aroma $12 per Gallon. ITS EQUAL UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE Cindnnati Fruit Refining Company, Cincinnati, 0. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. %v*********v*v*****v**** ******************************* \ * A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. % ^ The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. ^"fsof '' Marietta, Pa. '""ISSr" MAKERS OF High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars r JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c. Cigar Onr Leaders: ITN.^sc.^'lt "^- ^''" [ OUR LEADER 6c Cigar •^^Distributors Wanted Everywr ere ^ C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. £8 THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, PENNA. n C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE NfUFACTURERS OF Cigars For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. m THE LOUIS NEWBUR6H CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanisli and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Wartbouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ L/eaf Xohacco ZIMMER SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, UTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, PENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O, Branch — Yorkshire, O, Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ZIMMER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS And ^ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our* Fancy J'ackings. 4^ Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Zimmer Spa-nish Gebhari Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ♦Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely .f Tabled and Hand- ^ somely Finished. X None Better. ▼Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton, Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District/ grown Sumatra crop has been sold, prices ranging from 25 to 40 cents per pound, in the bundle, for the unfermented leaf. The average price for this type is esti- mated at 30 cents per pound. Owing to the prolonged drought in the early part of the growing season, the shade-grown crop is inferior in quality to that 'pro- duced last year, and a comparatively short yield of high grade tobacco may be expected. CHEWING. SMOKING. SNVFF AND EX- PORT TYPES. I. Burley District. Reports from growers and dealers throughout the counties of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, pro- ducing burley tobacco, indicate that not more than 3 per cent of the 1904 crop has been sold. Severe and prolonged drought throughout the entire district prevented growers from stripping and preparing tobacco for market as early as usual. As the weather continued cold and dry, only a few hogsheads of the new crop had been received up to December 20, on the Louisville and Cincinnati markets, to which the bulk of the burley crop is sent. A few crops are reported to have been sold at the time of cutting. Prices received so far indicate an average of 9. i cents per pound, and compared with prices re- ceived for similar grades at this time last year, are from 25 to 30 per cent higher. Quality of the cured leaf is thought to be somewhat better than that of 1903 crop, but this can not be satisfactorily estimated until the tobacco is stripped. 2. DA.rk Districts— Kentucky ah.nd Ten- nessee. Paducah District. — The average price of 4.8 cents per pound is based upon reports from this district, which indicate that while only about 5 per cent of the 1904 crop had been delivered up to December 20, a very much larger per- centage had been sold on contract. Compared with prices received f«r similar grades at this time last year, the prices quoted are said to be 25 per cent higher. On account of continued dry weather very little tobacco has been stripped. The average quality of cured leaf is con- siderably better than that of 1903 crop, being of better texture and body, and the leaf is larger and heavier. The new crop is said to be particularly desirable for export trade. Stemming District. — On account of dry weather, practically none of the crop of this district has been stripped or sold. It is therefore impossible to estimate accurately the average price that may be realized or the quality of the cured leaf. Reports indicate, however, that prices considerably higher than those received for similar grades at this lime last year are being offered. Upper Green River District. In most of the counties included in this district dry weather has prevented strip- ping and has delayed marketing. In the southern portion of the district, however, a considerable portion of the crop has been sold and delivered, or sold on con- tract for future delivery. The average price, as indicated by these sales, is esti- mated at 4.8 cents per pound. Com- pared with prices received for similar grades at this time last year, the prices so far realized for the 1904 crop are about 20 per cent higher. The average quality of the cured leaf is superior to 1903 crop, the early plantings having produced some very fine tobacco. There is a marked tendency to plant Burley tobacco instead of the dark types hereto- fore grown in this district, and where suitable soil was to be found a larger acreage than usual was planted to this type in 1904. Vpper Cumberland District. On the basis of sales made an average price of 4.7 cents per pound is indicated as a farm price of the crop of this district on December i. Prices so far received are 25 per cent higher than for similar grades in 1903. About 20 per cent of the crop had been marketed up to De- cember 20. Quality of the cured leaf is superior to that of 1903 both in color and body. Clarksville and. Hopkinsville District. Prices received so far have been from 25 to 30 per cent higher than those re- ceived for similar grades at this time last year. On account of dry weather not more than 7 per cent of the crop had been marketed up to December 20. The average quality of t h e cured leaf is thought to be superior to that of the 1903 crop. It is of a darker color and has more body, thus making it much better for many purposes, though not so suita- ble for the French market Prices so fat- will average close to 6 cents, though some tobacco has been sold below this price. It is generally conceded that the quality of this crop is better than that of 1903 crop, and as the yield in pounds will be probably 25 to 30 percent less, prices bid fair to continue good. In many counties of this district tobacco is being held by the farmers for better prices. They are selling more freely in this county, how- ever, probably 2, 000, 000 pounds or more having been sold up to December 20. 3. Virginia Sun-Cured District. About one- third of the 1904 crop of sun cured tobacco is estimated to have been sold up to December 20. The cured leaf is said to be sweeter and of better flavor than the 1903 crop, but somewhat thinner and lacking in body and gum. It is, however, of good rich color and well suited to domestic manu- facturing purposes. The average price up to December i was about 7^ cents per pound, but since that date a consid- erable decline is noted. In explanation of this fact, the following statement is made by a prominent dealer in this type: The demand for sun-cured tobacco has increased so much that in many of the counties south of the James River grow- ers have endeavored to sun-cure and air- cure their crops with the result that a great quantity of the so-called sun-cured to- bacco is appearingon the/'breaks." In consequence the price of the real sun- cured tobacco has been unfavorably affected. The point is emphasized that this type of tobacco can be ^successfully produced only in the counties lying north of James River and near tide water, which have been included in the sun- cured district, viz: Caroline, Hanover, Henrico, King William, Spottsylvania, Fluvanua, Louisa, and Goochland. C. A. ROST, & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA, THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. ^ Successors to S. L. Jolins, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦ ♦ A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer '.ESIIEMAN READING.PA. —OF— !• LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. -♦♦ F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. Geo. M. Wechter, ♦ CIGAR BOXES, ♦ 1 SHIPPING CASES. X ♦ ♦ ♦ LABELS, ♦ ♦edgings, ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦n ^ RIBBONS, Manufacturer off and i*ei©AR B0XES*! ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦ CIGAR X Manufacturers' ♦ t SUPPLIES. X Established A L^^^»% 0« Telephone, South Ninth Street, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Akron, Pa. Connection. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BBTHESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦0 J( V' J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. O HOLTZINGER. ®, SEITZ, Manafactorers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of PennsylvaixiaL Cigars l^ed Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO HEGAL'^DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTBD EVERYWHERB 80 THR TOBACCO WORLD We have the l«-2 o CIGAH BOX EDGINGS T. A. MYERS & CO. assorteen' " Cigar Box Bdgingt in the United States, haying over 1,000 designs in stock. Printer? and Engravers, EmJIiossed Flaps, Labels, Notices, etc. YORK, PENNA W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retaile.s of Leaf Tobacco SHADE-GROWN SUMATRA, in Bales. 12 S. George St., York, Pa. ■k«««.c 1 York, No. 130. ( Bell, No. 1873 A. SONNEMAN <& SONS, n Leaf Tobacco Packers an Dealers i Lar^e Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. Gcoriie St., YORK, PA. D. R. SCHRIVER ^ CO^ Wholesale and Retail Dealers in All Crad«8 of nnn imtiistiG&lniiioiteilTOBAC 29 East Clark Avenue, FTKB 8UMATRAS a apedalty. YORK, PA fl. KoriLER & eo. IliiiiLlFine Cigars DALLASTdWN, PA. Oapmckft 75,000 per day. Bstablished i87«. Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher &l Son Manufacturers of -Fine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsviile, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS t%:^^°tU.. "Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . IQc. **S. B." Half Havana, .... 5c. **S, B.*' Little Havana!, .... 5c. "Honest Bee" Jc. "2—1— No" Mildeat Cigar Made, 2 fOF 5c. Special Brands Made to Order. SUuf fer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa^. '^^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Smyc You Moaey. 4. Dark District of Virginia. On account of unfavorable weather for stripping the tobacco not more than 15 per cert of the crop of this- district had been marketed up to December 20. The average farm price on December i, as indicated by sales reported up to this time, is estimated at 6. i cents per pound. Prices so far received have been about 20 per cent higher than for similar grades at the corresponding time last year. The quality of the cured leaf though more useful and valuable than 1903 crop, is not as good as usual in this district. On account of severe drought in the late summer and early fall the plants could not be cured as successfully as usual. The leaf is of very satisfactory size, body and texture, but with the exception of certain grades, is deficient in color. 5. Bright Yellow District. Old Bright Belt, Virginia. — It is esti- mated that about 35 per cent of the crop in this district had been marketed up to December 20. On the basis o f sales reported, the average farm price on De- cember I is estimated at 8.6 cents per pound. Prices so far received are from 20 to 25 per cent higher than for similar grades in 1903. In average quality the cured leaf is somewhat inferior to that of 1903 crop. It contains a smaller pro- portion ot wrappers and common tobacco, the medium grades largely predominat- ing. The crop is deficient in body and color, but is thoroughly ripe and sweet Old Bright Belt, North Carolina. —The top prices reported from some of the markets in this part of the old belt are 2 to 3 cents higher than those quoted in the Virginia counties, but a weighted average will not exceed that given for the entire dis- trict. About 45 per cent of the crop of this district has been marketed up to December 20. Prices received so far have been about 25 to 30 per cent higher than for similar grades at the same time last year. The bulk of the 1904 crop consists of medium grades, there being a smaller proportion of real fine and real common tobaccos than last year. There arc more smokers and cutters, but not as many wrappers as in 1903 crop. New Belt, North Carolina —Prices quoted on the several markets in the counties of eastern North Carolina range from 7 to 10 cents per pound, a weighted average for the section being 8. 5 cents. The prices received for the various grades are from 30 to 40 per cent higher than for similar grades at the same time last year. It is estimated that at least 65 per cent of the crop has been marketed up to December 20. Compared with the 1903 crop, the medium and fine grades are of rather better quality, but common grades are inferior. New Belt, South Carolina. —About 90 per cent of the crop in this section had been marketed up to December 20, the estimated average price for the State being 8.2 cents per pound. Prices quoted on the several markets are from 50 to 75 per cent higher than those received for similar grades in 1903. Reports from counties in the eastern portion of this district indicate that the quality of the cured leaf is considered better ihan the 1903 crop; but taking the district as a whole, the prevaihng opinion is that the crop is slightly inferior to that of last year. 6. Maryland and Eastern Ohio -Export. On account of dry weather only about 9 per cent of the crop had been marketed up to December 20. Prices received for the few crops sold indicate an average farm price on December i of 6.4 cents for the district. In the Eastern Ohio counties producing tobacco of this type prices range from 5 to 6 cents per pound, or about the same as in 1903, but the quality is somewhat better this year. 7. Louisiak.na. Perique. — As compared with the crops of 1903 produced in this district, no marked deviation either as to average price or quality of cured leaf is noted. As an additional guide to a clear understanding of the condition of the crop, the following table shows, by types, the average farm price on December i in cents per pound and the estimated percentage of the tobacco crop of 1904 which had been marketed up to Dec. 20: Average Market- Types. Price ed to per lb. Cents. 21.6 Dec. 20 Per Ct. 10. o 8.9 7-5 7.8 38.8 91 4.8 4.1 4.8 4.7 15 o 10 o o 70 I. Cigar Types. New England New York Pennsylvania Ohio— Miami Valley Wisconsin Georgia and Florida II. Chewing, Smoking, Snuff & Export Types. Burley District Dark Districts— Kentucky and Tennessee: Paducah, or Western Dist Stemming District Upper Green River Dist. Upper Cumberland Dist. Clarksville & Hopkinsville 5 8 Virginia Sun Cured 7.4 Virginia Dark 6.1 Bright Yellow: Old Belt— Va. & N. C. 8.6 New Belt-E. N.C. & B.C. 8.4 Maryland & E. Ohio Export 6.4 Perique — Louisiana 21.5 — Preparations are being made to re- move the Henderson Tobacco Extract Works from Henderson, Ky., to Clarks- ville, Tenn. G. F. Gloystein is general manager. 5 o 20 7 35 15 40 84 9 50 R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKERS OW ▲KD DHAI^RS IV jdl .". 436 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa, Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar B6xes U— Ai.vAYS Room poe Onb Morb Good Custombk. L. J. Sellers & Son,Sellersviiie, Pa THE TOBACCO WORLD frr. 31 M. K ALISCH ^^^^^^»»»»»»%' John McLaughlin. j. k. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin < t Hfm m I |%^^%^%^%^%%%%^^^^^»»»»% ^^^^^^^^<^^^^^»^%»»%^%%»i %%%%%%«^'< «**««^^^^^^#*^*^^^^^^^^^^^^e^^^^^.^^^^^^^^^l E4: * C. A. KII^DOW. W. T. BOLON. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. * * S. N, MUMMA Packer of Leaf Tobacco • PennoL. Seed B's sl SpecidLlty Warehouse at R.ailroaLd Crossinjt LANDISVILLE, PA. R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Psl. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH grade Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 82 THE TOBACCO WORLD IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS WRITE TO C. RUPPIN-LANCASTER, PA ABOUT THE "BENJAMIN CONSTANT'lOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c. THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS. • W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. OUR SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Leaf Tobacco Markets. T. L. ADAIR, ^ WHOLHSALE MANUFA Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Fine Cigars SBD LION, PA. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. USED TWENT\^ YEARS WITHOUT A FAULT. HavansL Flavor Purely Vegetable. $12 per Gallon. DO NOT EXPERIMENT WITH OTHERS. Cincinnati Fruit Refining Co., Cincinnati, 0. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The Crafts Brothers finished stripping in October and did not deliver it to the assorting shop until about December 21, and as it laid in one tier of bundles high until the first of December before it was piled up, they probably lost 500 lbs by having the tobacco dry off, and their bank account is smaller by $80. In my estimation, the men who bought the crop hurried them in the taking down , as they wanted the tobacco for their shop. Had this tobacco been piled up one month earlier, covered well top and ends with corn stalks and weighted down a little, the crop would have weighed about 9 tons to the 10 acres. Our correspondents write : East Whately, Mass.: "I have to re- port the sale of one crop of tobacco or part of the crop, the balance, 6 acres, still hanging, 10 acres assorted and packed, raised by Lyman A. Crafts, for 21C, to J. Kieley, of Hatfield, for Lich- stenstene & Co. Conway, Mass., Dec. 19: "Everything in the tobacco line is very dull here; no damp, no buyers. So that all we have to do is to wait patiently. I hope the growers will keep a stiff upper lip and have their tobacco assorted and not give their tobacco away when it is as good a crop as it is this year," Conway, Mass., Dec. 26.: "C. F. Allis and A. G. Patterson sold at 13c, W. R. Batchelder and A. R. Cranson at 14c in bundle, about 8 acres in all. Very little tobacco has been taken down here, Dec. 22, 23, as it did not get damp." — American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The holiday week seldom brings much news in tobacco circles and the present season is no exception to the rule. Con- ditions have been improved amazingly by casing weather of sufficient duration to put the hanging tobacco into suitable case for removing from the sheds and the delayed work of stripping can now go forward. It is believed the greater portion of the crop has been taken down and busy times are now predicted throughout the tobacco sections of the State. Old leaf continues to be moved out of first hands though the late storms have cur- tailed riding somewhat during the week. The demand for low grade goods remains strong and dealers are enjoying a liberal trade from an export quarter as well as from the stogy manufacturers. An oc- casional lot of binder goods finds a more remunerative market, but the bulk of transactions are among cheaper lines. W. T. Pomeroy & Co. report the sale of a I DOCS lot and our Janesville correspond- ent tells of a liberal movement in tha market Shipments, 2oocs. — Reporter. DANVILLE BREAKS RECORD. Tobacco Sales in December Much More than Same Month Last Year. Danville, Va., Dec. 31. The sales recorded in this market, the largest in the world, during December, were enormous and a week ago had already shown an increase of more than 2,000,000 pounds over sales in Decem- ber, 1903. The farmers also received nearly $200,000 more this month th^n during the same period last year. The report of E. G. Moseley, president of the Tobacco Association, is very grati- fying to the local trade and shows much increase in the whole year. The follow- ing figures are included in the report: Total amount sold in December, 1904, 5, 148, 1 86 pounds, for ^435,364.72; sales for December, 1903, 3,360,246, for 1252,034.59; increase for December, 1904, 1,787,940, for $183,330.13. Sale^^^; for four months in 1904, 14,477,807, for^^ 11,221,481.99; sales for four months in 1903, 11,102,216, for $730,577.18; in- crease for 1904, 3,375. 59^ fo** ^499»- 904.81. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. 778. 2 1 1 Band ; George Arents, Jr. , as- signor to American Cigar Co., New York City. 778.212 Band ; George Arents, Jr., as- signor to American Cigar Co., New York City. 778,444 Electric cigar lighter; Wm. P. Carstarphen, Jr., Denver, Colo. 778, 362 Tobacco stemming and book- ing machine; Parrick J. Hart, Mendota, Illinois. 778,373 Apparatus for preparing cig- arette mouth pieces; Joseph and L. Przedecki, Breslau, Germany. 778, 274 Cigarette; Joseph and L. Prze- decki, Breslau, Germany. 778,817 Tobacco pipe; Harry Willis, Des Moines, la. A, C^ALVEs ^ Qo- <^j> Havana mi IMPORTERS O^^ "^ N. THIRD ST PniLADeLfHIA ^ Williams Suction Rolling Tables ocGepted by the Manufacturers as being the STANDARD Cigar RolHng Table, after an experience of 18 years. The John R. Williams Co. -* What Can Be Done by learners and experts on this Table can be seen at the School for Learners of the New York Ci- gar Manufacturers' Supply Co., 403 to 409 East Seventieth Street, New York. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 120-128 Pacific Street, NEWARK, N.J. ( Estabhshed 1877 New Factory 1904 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ J Dealer in J t Cigar Box humher, X Isabels, ^ ♦ Ribbons, ^ H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO, i4i> Manufacttirers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N, Christian St. L.ANC ASTER, PA /IDEN BUSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker Hopkinavlllc, Ky. CIGAR MOLDS OUR MOLDS "^^^^^o^^s^- "■"' ""' "'"• We will Duplicate Any Shape yon are now using, regardless of who made yonr Molds, or Furnish Any New Shape. Sample Sections submitted for your approval Free of Cost. THE American Cigar Mold Co I2IH23 WEST FRONT ST.. CINCINNATI, n CINCI NNATI, 0 FNBOSSED CIGAI ^^ Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampl^B^ William Steiner, Sons & Co. LARCEST LitKograpKers, cMMjma 1x6 and ii8 E. Fourteenth St., NEW YOBK. 84 MHanai THB TOBACCO WORLl> \ JOSEPH REED Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, per 1000. PA TRICK HENR F- jc. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $'Ao per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. Five Cent Cigar SOMETHING NEW^ AND GOOD -^ WAGNER'S Chban stogies MANUPACTURBD ONI,Y BY LEONARD WAGNER, •actory No. ». 707 Oblo St, AUeglieny, Pa. »» The Cigars You Want w. D. s)iriyvv's Union Cigar Factory Atk for Samples AKRON, PA. Correspondence Solidteo C. A. Rest ®, Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Tobacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers^ Binders WISCONSIN ^ OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, PdL. ■♦I Cable Addreat •'CLARK.* M. H. Clark & Bra Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Clarksville, Tenn ■OPKINSVILLE, KY. PADUCAH, KY. KLEINBERG'S "evil©® KING ofsc CIGARS AGAIN ON THE MARKET. Our famous "SMOKE-IT" Cheroots are selling faster than ever before. Pbiladelpbia, Business CKaLnges, Fires, Etc. Illinois Bloomington — John Thennes, chattel mtge., 11,310. Indiana Rochester — Rochester Cigar Co., (not inc.) succeeded by R. K. Gilliland. Kentucky Louisville— Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co., incorporated, capital, $64, 000 Wolf & Langbeck, cigar manufacturers, publish dissolution notice. Michigan Detroit — S. Beaneattie, cigar manu- facturer, judgt, I485. Grand Rapids — Chas. Reichert, whole- sale leaf tobacco Co., trust chtl. mtge., $1, etc. New York Yonkers — M. A. Bleich, cigars and to- bacco, bill of sale, I250. Ohio Findlay — H. Johnson, cigars, etc., deed, $4,000. Toledo — Henry Peiter, cigar manufac- turer, deed, $1,600. Pennsylvania Philadelphia— Doddy, Jourdan &Co., cigar manufacturers, adjudged bank- rupts. Scranton — Carney, Brown & Co. , cigar manufacturers, deeds, R. E., $6,000. Vermont Burlington— S. J. Ploof & Co., jobber of cigars, sold out. Washington Seattle — R. R. Young, cigars and to- bacco, chtl. mtge., $300. Tacoma— Pellegrine & Co., cigars, etc., succeeded by Finazzi & Co. Wisconsin Ashland — C. A. Driese, cigar manu- facturer, dead. Janesville — M. H. Knox, cigars, war- ranty deed, $s,aoo. Madison — Wisconsin Cigar Co., man- ufacturers and wholesale dealers, in- creased capital to $25,000. Superior — Henry Puis, cigar manufac- turer, chtL mtge., $1,400, The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, and fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEAI^INGS. It won't leave its position on the floor when a case falls on it. If you have an old wooden truck, or none at all. this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of Box 184, York, Pa* MkMw 1 \ FOR SALE. I0N4 TOBACCO CO. 336-33S North Charlotte St,M^ LANCASTER, PA. ^^ E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common ) inufacturer of Cigars i J''' I.'' Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day. PATENTS promptlj obtained OR HO PEE. Tr»cle-Mark«, Careati, Copyri5. WASHINGTON. IX C, OeaBaspoNDBS s»/>T,TrTTiei» CIGAR BOXES TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4' ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦♦^♦^^♦♦♦♦^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦W ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Parmenter WAX-LINED T Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAQ& Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVK advertising medium known. Racine paper goods Co. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, ^VACINE, -WIS . U S .<» The Cigars You Want w. B. s/iriyw's Union Cigar Factory Aak for Samples AKRON, PA« Correspondence Soliciteo rATATA^TA^Ti^^fATi^iTA^I^ rAVATA" C. A. Rost (h Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xobacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^ Binders WISCONSIN ^ OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana 1^ Red Lioiv, Pa.. ^▼▲▼▲▼▲▼▲▼▲▼▲▼ATATATi Cable Addrew "CLARK/ M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Clarksville, Tenn HOPKINSVILLE, KY. PADUCAH, KY. KLEINBERG'S "evil®® KING ofsc CIGARS AGAIN ON THE MARKET. Our famous "SMOKE-IT" Cheroots are selling f.isler than ever before. Pbiladelpbia, Business CKaLAges. Fires, Etc. Illinois Bloomington — John Thennes, chattel mtge., 1 1. 310. Indiana Rochester — Rochester Cigar Co., (not inc.) succeeded by R. K. Gilliland. Kentucky Louisville— Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co. , incorporated, capital, $64,000 Wolf & Langbeck, cigar manufacturers, publish dissolution notice. Michigan Detroit — S. Beaneattie, cigar manu- facturer, judgt., I485. Grand Rapids — Chas. Reichert, whole- sale leaf tobacco Co., trust chtl. mtge., $1, etc. New York Yonkers — M. A. Bleich, cigars and to- bacco, bill of sale, I250. Ohio Findlay — H. Johnson, cigars, etc., deed, $4,000. Toledo — Henry Peiter, cigar manufac- turer, deed, $1,600. Pennsylvania Philadelphia — Doddy, Jourdan &Co., cigar manufacturers, adjudged bank- rupts. Scranton — Carney, Brown & Co. , cigar manufacturers, deeds, R. E., $6,000. Vermont Burlington — S. J. Ploof & Co., jobber ot cigars, sold out. Washington Seattle — R. R. Young, cigars and to- bacco, chtl. mtge., $300. Tacoma— Pellegrine & Co., cigars, etc., succeeded by Fmazzi & Co. Wisconsin Ashland — C. A. Driese, cigar manu- facturer, dead. Janesville — M. H. Knox, cigars, war- ranty deed, $2,200. Madison— Wisconsin Cigar Co., man- ufacturers and wholesale dealers, in- creased capital to $25,000. Superior — Henry Puis, cigar manufac- turer, chtl. mtge., $1,400. The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, and fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEARINGS. It won't leave its position on the floor when a case falls on it. If you have an old wooden truck, or none at all. this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of Hox 184, Yofk, Pa* SffllS k li FOR SALE. I0N4 TOBACCO CO. 336-33S North Charlotte St LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa, Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 1890. Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day, inufacturer of Cigars PATENTS promptly obtained OR NO FEE. Trade-Marks, Cavents, C'>pvrieht« ami Labflg repistered. TWENTY YEARS' PRACTICE. ZligheB* references. Send model, sketch or photo, for free report on patontnhility. All business confidential. HAND-BOOK FREE. Explains everything. TelU How to Obtain and Sell Patents, What Inventions Will Pay, How to Get a Partner, explains best meohanical movements, and contains 800 other •ubjects of importance to inventors. Address, H. B. WILLSON & CO. '"""• 774 F Street, N. W., Attorneys WASHINGTON, 0. C. n m) i- t THR TOBACCO WORLD 11 JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke. KING DUKE 2K oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Mantifectttrer of High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. F. a— X mannfacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J Combination J — Established 1834 — WM. F. COML V & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St 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 4 ♦ ^^^^^^^IVih.l^^^^^*'^ LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS J^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl. il. f leiscKKa\ie Cigar Labels ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦"♦ ♦ St- ♦ ;♦' 1 1 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia, f : ♦ ♦ TELEPHONE 1561 t t t'*t^^.ti^;?:^f.it.t±t^^*^^>^^>^>>^>^4^^>^^^>^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦4 4- 4 LITHOGILAPHING ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i'tClA^L^DE^^ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ Parmenter WAX-LINED T Coupon CIGAR P0CKET5 Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. Racine paper goods Co. Sole Owners and Manufacturera, RACINE. WriS . U S .<^ WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TO Fries Bros. NaA\if2LCturii\g Chemists 92 Reade Street, NEW^ YORK. The First to Manufacture Sweetener In the United Stales eLYeesiNE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Also Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, TOBACCO and FRUIT FLAVORS. ISCRAPI i-Filler--i ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ Specially Cleaned and Care^ fully Graded. We make them for 6, 73^, 9, 10 and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. METZGER Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Ciffars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DdlVGr PS. P^^^^n + S Caveats, Trade Marks, r^dLCllLO Design-Patents, Copyrights/etai John A. Saul, he PPott Baildin^g. WASHINGTON. Do «c OeBBSSPONDBlVOa BOXES SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS rURNISHCD WRITE m smpuEsm RIBBON PRICES ^^--.MIXTURE^^^ IHS AMZBIOM IfOMOOO 00. OW INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ■ >< . A. G^i-^^s <& Go H iM IMPORTERS O^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HtLJkDBLf»HiA Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company Fiiiesl HaLvaLna. ,<^m^mm^. Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. \ / ■-m^^i ^^^..,. >?«'"^,i.^- This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. CIGAHS Factory, GaJiano 98, Havana, Cuba. . .r','t\|SliSi>'i/,'' NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sole Representative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water St, New York. Wl a>uijt<. >rc^b ',Sovrvfl- dL ^ JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of H«Lnd'Made LONG FILLER i^STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. E. i^OSENWALD & BR0. L/I BRARY Y> ik JAN 1 4 l^o* -jjj- fH(E / §' ESTABUSHBD IN 1881 Vol. XXV. 3D IN 1881 I ^, No. 2. ( PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY ii, 1905. { Ons nnw.AB not Ammum. Single Copim. Ff«» Cents. < WE ARE SELLING , Symatr^L Tobacco at the Right Prices. ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ IMPORTATIONS: 4,000 Bales Annually ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦'♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ H. BUYS & CO. No. 170 Water Street, New York. Branch of De Amsterdamsche Tabakshandelmaatschappij, Amsterdam — J C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 'ISENLOHRS PbilaJelpbia '■i^- M ^>' MANSS^'GAR 114 ^"^Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, ' (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Oiier Bk k Ci. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. . (NICBT LBY. 5c.) C banning Allen (H Co. Manufacturers of FINE CI 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. • ^99 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. EEKAHLER READING. PA. MANUFAaURtR CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN? PALACE SMOKER Monkey Brand WHITE CHIEf ^fl* National Bird/I^ King Louis Jl^ 'The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roeders Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Repntable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. # E. A. O^*-*^^® d& Qo. <^^O^j> f—/ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOCL^HIA 8 •^tHe T©B/[ WORLB-^ YEAR IN THE RICHMOND MARKET SHOWS GOOD INCREASE. DANGER THAT CHINESE WILL USE NATIVE TOBACCO E\CLl SIVLLY. Except for a Decrease in Revenue" Collections on Cigars, 1904 Has Been Remarkably Prosperous for the Tobaacco Trade. Many More Cigarettes Made. Richmond, Va., Jan. 5. Almost all the sun cured tobacco <,'rown The figures which are available in this is manufactured into plujj or twist here, city to show the condition of business for The supply is limited and the demand is 1904, exhibit a remarkable growth in the still increasing. city's commerce, at least in the tobacco The internal revenue collections for trade, and as regards the building trades the calendar year 1904 aggregate ;j52 324,- which are significent of all, the year was 832,93. a decrease of $21,505 06. com- the most active in the history of the city, pared with 1903. This decrease is chiefly In the tobacco trade more than five accounted for by the diminished produc thousand persons were employed in the ^'O" of cigars, the output of which de- cigar, cigarette and cheroot manufac- creased immensely, while the revenue taring interests alone, and a capital of therefrom fell off $167, 759. 21 cents dur- two and a half millions was invested, the iniJ the year. The production of cigar- sales for the year exceedmg five and a ettes and the revenue derived therefrom quarter millions. Nearly five thousand increased 534 47^ 43' while the revenue more were engaged in the manufacture derived from manufactured tobacco in its of tobaccos other than cigars, cigarettes various forms, other than cigarettes, ci- and cheroots, with an invested capital of gars and cheroots, increased ;?66, 453. 73. morethan three and three quarter niilUons ^"t for the falling off in the cigar out- of dollars, and sales for the year were Put the revenue receipts would have of nearly twelve and a half millions. shown an immense increase. The small The first quarter of the leaf tobacco Production of cigars is probably attribu- year shows large receipts, with prices very ^^^^^ ^° ^ transfer of much of this branch satisfactorily maintained. Alarger pro- of the manufacturing trade to otherpoints, portion of the crop has been sold in Oc- ""^" ^^^ "^"^ P^^" of operation put into tober. November and December than in ^^^^^ ^y ^^^ operating company. The the same period of the previous year or °"^P"^ °^ ^^''^ tobacco alone increased of several years preceding. Total sales M07. 562 pounds. for the quartet- were 3,295,312 pounds. ^^^ ^^""'^^ °" ^^« ^°^^' ^''Po^^s of to- compared with 1,335.704 for the corre- ^^^^°' ""'^^'^ ^"^ cigarettes for 1904 spending period of 1903, an increase of show a decrease of 1,228.183 Pounds. largely more than 100 per cent. ^^^ number of cigars exported during ^ , ^ „ .1 . J the year was increased 1,744,500 over Sales for December alone aggregated ' tt j U. S. Consul Anderson Says that Much More will he Grown at Home as Result of Economy of Chinese Officials, and American Tobacco May be Supplanted. Washini^ton, D. C. Jan. 6. "It will be notiied that the figures on According to George I'. Anderson, the importation of foreign tobacco do not American Consul at Hangchau. China, promise much for American tobacco in- it is likely if present plans are carried out, terests This, however, is not to be taken that tobacco of American product will as indicating too much. The impor- soon be supplanted by Chinese grown tation of foreign stalk and prepared to- tobacco unless the American trade devises bacco has ceased altoj^ether. Generally some ways and means to prevent it. speaking, the figures and other facts in- 'The tobacco trade of China at the dicate that the Chinese are commencing present time is in a critical stage," to improve their grades of tobacco and writes Consul Anderson, "and needs to their methods of handling it. The cig- be watched by American interests. He- arette factory at Shanj;hai, now owned cause of the comparatively large bum of very largely by Americans, has much to money expended for tobacco in its several do with the change. This enterprise is forms, the Chinese authorities have nat- likely to have large intluence on the to- urally turned their attention to the irade bacco business in China. At present it with a view of keeping as much of it as is using American tobacco to a great possible at home. It is a well known extent, but expert American tobacco fact that they are attempting to bring men are here with the purpose of adapt- more land under cultivation in tobacco, ing Chinese tobacco to its use by treat- and they are succeeding in their attempt ment of the leaf to remove some of the to supplant the foreign product. The rank cjualities. The change which is increasing purchasing power of the Chi- likely to come in a short time will be nese Ipeople is likely to be shown as important. The concern which controls quickly in tobacco as anything else, the foreign tobacco trade in China (the There are a number of changes in the British-American Tobacco Company) last course of the tobacco trade in China in year imported about $4,000,000 Mexican the past three years or so which merit (about $1,850,000 gold) worth of tobacco special attention. and tobacco goods. Some of this came Quantity and Value of Imports of Foreign and Chinese Tobacco at Hangchau, China, in 1901. 1902 and 1903. 1903, but the decrease in the number of cigarettes exported was 45,383,500. This great increase in the export of cigarettes, compared with the 1903 figures, is ^ , alleged to be aUributable to the cessation ably exceed the average for the past seven , , , » . •^ J .,, J • , •,,• ot the war between the American and the years and will exceed eight million „ . . , , , . , , ^, ••,. , British manufacturers, whereby the pounds. The average price will be up . . , , . '^ , , , r 1 Ametican company agreed to leave the to and even above that of last year. ^, . . , .^, , _ ^^^ ^,_^^^__^ ^ nearly two million pounds. The bulk of the crop consists of filler, but a small quantity of wrappers having yet been offered. The entire crop will consider British field to the British manufacturers, and the British firms agreed not to com- Richmond is essentially a market for sun and air cured tobacco, which, having r » • , ^. , . ,, . . ° pete for American trade. The large m- no odor of smoke, is especially desired . , . . J / , crease in the revenue from cigarettes, as for manufacturing fine grades of chewing , , , . ,. ^. J . ^ , . , shown by the revenue report, indicates tobacco. The production of this grade , , , . . Kind. F^oreign Stalk Prepared Cigars & Cigarettes Total Chinese Leif Prepared Stalk Total 1901. Quantity. Value. 1902 Quantity. V^alue. Pounds. 30.667 4 400 $302 393 10.523 Pounds. 26, 000 11,218 $398 io.99» 11.389^ 1903. Quantity. Value. Pounds. I o. 3 1 o 10.310 1,560.606 98,388 766,000 48,255 426,534 21,275 2.076.667 185.340 2,015,467 179.853 1.979.408 252.811 484.800 4,972 472.667 5.183 472.267 5,07s 4.122.073 288.700 3.254,134 233.291 2.878.209 279.161 of tobacco is largely limited to six or that the decrease in cigarettes exported is offset by the increased domestic sales. seven counties contiguous to this city, and that in turn by the withdrawal of which is its natural and logical markcL the British competition in America. POLICE SMOKING PROHIBITED. DEALER CAUSES ARR.EST OF BOYS. Chicago Civil Service Board Puts Tobacco Vnder Ban at Examinations. Chicago, Jan. 9. An order has been issued and put into effect by the police department of this city which is unique. For the first time in any municipal civil service examina tion, patrolmen were not permitted to use tobacco in the desk sergeant's test last Saturday. The majority of the policemen have smoked themselves blue in the face heretofore, during examinations and last week's applicants didn't like the new order for a cent. The edict reads : "The use of tobacco in any form during the examination is prohibited. Any violation of this rule will be considered sufficient cause to exclude the offender from the examination." Who Quickly Make Couater Charges That Dealer Sells to Minors. The dealer who thinks trade with boys is worth having, in face of the law and his own common sense, must bear in mind the old truism, that it is a poor rule that won't work both ways Fred Lough, a dealer in Portland, Ore. . has got himself in hot water by disregarding this fact. Lough caused the arrest of Thomas Campbell and Alexander McDonald, two minors, on the charge of using abusive language. A double complaint has been sworn to by the boys, charging Lough with selling tobacco to minors and allow- ing p;ambling to beconducted in his place. The boys were brought before Judge Hogue, where the case was continued, charges being made by the lads alleging that Lough has sold them tobacco and has allowed poker games in his store. 'These figures, of course, cover only the trade of this port and the country tributary to it. It must also be remem- bered in this connection that the differ- ences between the customs and likin systems ofTer opportunities for deductions which are not really warranted. However, it is probable that one or two facts may be taken from the figures for these years as pretty thoroughly established. The decrease in the total weight of tobacco brought to this port from other portions of the empire, while the value of the amount thus brought in remains about the same, indicates a decided bettering in the quality of the Chinese tobacco purchased. The average price of the gross amount imported in 1901 was a fraction over 7 cents per pound; in 1902 it was 7. 1 cents per pound, and the av- erage price in 1903 was 9.7 cents per pound. The fact that the amount of stalk tobacco bought in the three years remains about the same, and at about the same price, may reasonably be taken as indicating the decided change in the tobacco trade. from Japan, probably about $100,000 worth gold, but most of it came from the United States. Now that the Japanese Government has taken over the tobacco business in Japan as a monopoly, the importation from that country into China for the time being has practically stopped. ' The supplanting of the American pro- duct by native tobacco, therefore, will cut into the trade of the United States more than it will into that of any other nation. The immense increase in the use of the better grades of tobacco in China, however, is likely to relieve the situation to a great extent. Possibly this increase and the increased buying power of the Chinese generally will result in a considerable increase in the use of American goods in spite of the propor- tionate loss. The importation of cigars and high grade tobaccos from the Philip, pines into the parts of China frequented by foreigners is satisfactory in volume and constantly increasing. It can be further increased by reasonable efifort When once the Chinese are able to buy (Concluded on page 7.); '■"-"^W.^l C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD CIGAR 114 N 7^^ St ^^Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) ni Manufacturers, 615 Market $1, Philada. (NICr.rLBY. 5c.) Channing Allen® Co. Mar\ufacturf rs of n I Ul 419 Locust St. Philadelphia Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. * 59 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. EEKAHLER El-E YOMfS READING. PA. • MAHUFAaUBCR CHABLOTTE OlSHMANt? PAUCE SMOKER Monkey Brand WHITE Chief ^i ^National Bird/ ' 19 King Louis f, "The PhiladelDhia la A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. Oneof Roedel'sBest THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DRAL Sample! sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. # ''WW*'**** *■■ '^ '•-- — •?7,:5, 123 N. THIRD ST MILADEL^HIA 8 ^HE T0B/!eeO WORLB* YEAR IN THE RICHMOND MARKET SHOWS GOOD INCREASE. HANGER THVT CHINESE Will. USE NATIVE TOBVCCO EXCMSfVEIY. Except for a Decrease in Revenue Collections on Cigars, 1904 Has Been Remarkably Prosperous for the Tobaacco Trade. Many More Cigarettes Made. Richmond, Va., Jan. 5. Ahnost all the sun cured tobacco grown The figures which are available in this is manufactured into plu^ or twist here, city to show the condition of business for The supply is limited and the demand is 1904, exhibit a remarkable growth in the still increasing. city's commerce, at least in the tobacco The internal revenue collections for trade, and as regards the building trades the calendar year 1904 aggregate 52.324.- which are significent of all, the year was 832,93. a decrease of 521,505 06. com- the most active in the history of the city, pared with 1903. This decrease is chietly In the tobacco trade more than five accounted for by the diminished produc thousand persons were employed in the ^'o" of cigars, the output of which de- cigar, cigarette and cheroot manufac- creased immensely, while the revenue turing interests alone, and a capital of therefrom fell off $167,759. 21 cents dur- two and a half millions was invested, the ing the >ear. The production of cigar- sales for the year exceedmg five and a ^'tes and the revenue derived therefrom quarter millions. Nearly five thousand increased 534 476 43, while the revenue more were engaged in the manufacture derived from manufactured tobacco in its of tobaccos other than cigars, cigarettes various forms, other than cigarettes, ci- and cheroots, with an invested capital of gars and cheroots, increased #66,453.73. morethan three and three quarter milUons 1^"^ for the falling off in the cigar out- of dollars, and sales for the year were P"^ the revenue receipts would have of nearly twelve and a half millions. shown an mimense increase. The small The first quarter of the leaf tobacco Production of cigars is probably attribu- year shows large receipts, with prices very table to a transfer of much of this branch satisfactorily maintained. Alarger pro- of the manufacturing trade to otherpoints, portion of the crop has been sold in Oc- ""*^" ^^^ "^^ P^^" of operation put into tober, November and December than in ^^^""^ ^y ^^^ operating company. The the same period of the previous year or °"*P"^ °^ ^^'^^ tobacco alone increased of several years preceding. Total sales ». 107, 562 pounds. for the quarter were 3.295,312 pounds. ^^^ ^^""'^^ °" ^^« ^°^^' ^^Por's of to- compared with 1,335,704 j . . , . , great increase in the export of cigarettes, quantity of wrappers having yet been . , , .- ^^ J ^, . •,, J compared with the 1903 figures, is offered. The entire crop will consider ,, , , ., , , , alleged to be attributable to the cessation ol the war between the American and the British manufacturers, whereby the Ameiican company agreed to leave the British field to the British manufacturers, and the British firms agreed not to com- pete for American trade. The large in- crease in the revenue from cigarettes, as shown by the revenue report, indicates that the decrease in cigarettes exported is offset by the increased domestic sales, and that in turn by the withdrawal of which is its natural and logical markeL the British competition in America. U. S. Consul Anderson Says that Much More will he Grown at Home as Result of Economy of Chinese Officials, and American Tobacco May be Supplanted. Washington, D. C, Jan. 6. "It will be noticed that the figures on According to George K. Anderson, the importation of foreign tobacco do not American Consul at Hangchau, China, promise much for American tobacco in- it is likely if present plans are carried out, terests. This, iiowever, is not to be taken that tobacco of American product will as indicating too much. The impor- soon be supplanted by Chinese grown tation of foreign stalk and prepared to- tobacco unless the .American trade devises bacco has ceased altogether. Generally some ways and means to prevent it. speaking, the figures and other facts in- "The tobacco trade of China at the dicate that the Chinese are commencing present time is in a critical stage," to improve their grades of tobacco and writes Consul Anderson, "and needs to their methods of handling it. The cig- be watched by American interests. Be- arette factory at Shanj^'hai, now owned cause of the comparatively large sum of very largely by Americans, has much to money expended for tobacco in its several do with the change. This enterprise is forms, the Chinese authorities have nat- likely to have large intluence on the to- urally turned their attention to the trade bacco business in China. At present it with a view of keeping as much of it as is using American tobacco to a great possible at home. It is a well known extent, but expert American tobacco fact that they are attempting to bring men are here with the purpose of adapt- more land under cultivation in tobacco, ing Chinese tobacco to its use by treat- and they are succeeding in their attempt ment of the leaf to remove some of the to supplant the foreign product. The rank qualities. The change which is increasing purchasing power of the Chi- likely to come in a short time will be nese Ipeople is likely to be shown as important. The concern which controls quickly in tobacco as anything else, the foreign tobacco trade in China (the There are a number of changes in the British-American Tobacco Company) last course of the tobacco trade in China in year imported about $4,000, 000 .Mexican the past three years or so which merit (about $1,850,000 gold) worth of tobacco special attention. and tobacco goods. Some of this came Quantity and Value of Imports of Foreign and Chinese Tobacco at Hangchau, China, in 1901. 1902 and 1903. 1901. 1902 1903- Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. ably exceed the average for the past seven years and will exceed eight million pounds. The average price will be up to and even above that of last year. Richmond is essentially a market for sun and air cured tobacco, which, having no odor of smoke, is especially desired for manufacturing fine grades of chewing tobacco. The production of this grade of tobacco is largely limited to six or seven counties contiguous to this city. Kind. Foreign Stalk Prepared Cigars &. Cigarettes Total Chinese Leif Prepared Stalk Total Pounds. 30,667 4 400 I302 393 10,523 Pounds. 26,000 Pounds. $398 10,991 10,310 II. 218 11,389 10,310 1,560,606 98,388 766,000 48,255 426.534 21,275 2.076,667 185,340 2.015,467 179.853 1.979.408 252,811 484.800 4,972 472.667 5,183 472.267 5,075 4,122.073 288,700 3.254.134 233.291 2,878,209 279,161 POLICE SMOKING PROHIBITED. DEALEK CAUSES ARREST OF BOYS. Chicago Civil Service Board Puts Tobacco Under Ban at Examinations. Chicago, Jan, 9. An order has been issued and put into effect by the police department of this city which is unique. For the first time in any municipal civil service examina tion, patrolmen were not permitted to use tobacco in the desk sergeant's test last Saturday. The majority of the policemen have smoked themselves blue in the face heretofore, during examinations and last week's applicants didn't like the new order for a cent. The edict reads: "The use of tobacco in any form during the examination is prohibited. Any violation of this rule will be considered sufficient cause to exclude the offender from the examination." Who Quickly Make Couater Charges That Dealer Sells to Minors. The dealer who thinks trade with boys is worth having, in lace of the law and his own common sense, must bear in mind the old truism, that it is a poor rule that won't work both ways Fred Lough, a dealer in Portland, Ore. . has got himself in hot water by disregarding this fact. Lough caused the arrest of Thomas Campbell and Alexander McDonald, two minors, on the charge of using abusive language. A double complaint has been sworn to by the boys, charging Lough with selling tobacco to minors and allow- ing p;ambling to be conducted in his place. The boys were brought before Judge Hogue, where the case was continued, charges being made by the lads alleging that Lough has sold them tobacco and has allowed poker games in his store. "These figures, of course, cover only the trade of this port and the country tributary to it. It must also be remem- bered in this connection that the differ- ences between the customs and likin systems offer opportunities for deductions which are not really warranted. However, it is probable that one or two facts may be taken from the figures for these years as pretty thoroughly established. The decrease in the total weight of tobacco brought to this port from other portions of the empire, while the value of the amount thus brought in remains about the same, indicates a decided bettering in the quality of the Chinese tobacco purchased. The average price of the gross amount imported in 1901 was a fraction over 7 cents per pound; in 1902 it was 7. 1 cents per pound, and the av- erage price in 1903 was 9.7 cents per pound. The fact that the amount of stalk tobacco bought in the three years remains about the same, and at about the same price, may reasonably be taken as indicating the decided change in the tobacco trade. from Japan, probably about $100,000 worth gold, but most of it came from the United States. Now that the Japanese Government has taken over the tobacco business in Japan as a monopoly, the importation from that country into China for the time being has practically stopped. ' The supplanting of the American pro- duct by native tobacco, therefore, will cut into the trade of the United States more than it will into that of any other nation. The immense increase in the use of the better grades of tobacco in China, however, is likely to relieve the situation to a great extent. Possibly this increase and the in( reased buying power of the Chinese generally will result in a considerable increase in the use of American goods in spite of the propor- tionate loss. The importation of cigars and high grade tobaccos from the Philip, pines into the parts of China frequented by foreigners is satisfactory in volume and constantly increasing. It can be further increased by reasonable effort. When once the Chinese are able to buy (Concluded on page 7.); ''■'t^BJ^^*****'*--'' ■-•■ '^t' INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. O^^^^^ <& Go < o IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N.^THIRD ST ■ Phu^aoei-rhia J.Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T. DolMa. Win. H* Dohan. PODHDSD 1855. no. ^^ de DOH AN & TAITT, [) ^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of Z^^^^J^ 107 Arch St. heaf Tobacco^ ,«k^ ) philada. •Mcbliahal !•(( \J&^^ .MPORTERSOP ^^/VS Havana and Sumatra aod PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia .,»f^'^ / / ' 4 ..j-**?"?*^- amm \ IBNJ. LA BE JACOB LABii SIDNEY LABB JULIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg 8z: Bro. Importen of Havana and Sumatra /¥A^^ V^r^ /^d^d^ Packers oi Seed Leaf J^ vJiJctLy L/ \J 232 North Third St.. Phlla. L. BAMBERGER & CO. HAVANA aad SUMATRA X V/J^XXV/V/V/ 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancmster, Pa.; liiltoa Junction, Wis.; BaldwintTille.H.Y. BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers oi SU MATRa and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF" TOBA CCO 2JI and 2J3 North Third Street, PHIhADBLPHIA, PA. IiEOPOLiD LiOEB 8t 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 TOBACCC 238 North Third Street, Phila. The Empire ''"•^rtmalDe^lersin V ^-r^ S££I> LEAF, m 1 Leaf Tobacco -- Ilia Co., Ltd. SUMATRA 118 N.3d St. Phila. '- -v^^- :4^''-:.. i(-'{X' \h3^^W)mM^^ J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia. Broker in LEAF T0B/I(9©0 ^»»« f — -^ ^Y O TIT IMPORTERS of I • 1 1 OUng & JN ewman,8iimata"a & Havana (V&sr) p /\ (^AL.Vea ^ ^O. ^^j^'^ gy^g resembled nothing so much on in his store. ^s the marks made by a cigarette when At last they were running at a loss, and laj^ carelessly on a blanket and he was managed to dig up a buyer somewhere, accompanied by an overpowering odor miehtv dad to get the white elephants of Jpeppermint. calamus, sen-sen and "' o ' , brown taste. off their hands. His overworked nerves gave a sickening But the manager game is all right, you ^^^^ when he saw the customer, and in say Lots of stores are being run that his agitation he tipped his hat, said way. Perhaps so. But if you'll check "why'' twice, "you" once, and then up 1 little, you'll discover that quite a '"^^^^ ^f^'^^:^,^, contented himself by number of these managers have an interest ^g^^iy remarking: "Yaa-s!" and, to in the business, or else they' re plugging cut a painful episode short, the two for what they expect to clerks went — quick, and the manager lasted until Saturday night. The man tended shop himself with the aid of one clerk for two weeks, and although firmly convinced that he had what could soon be made a paying proposition, was com because he hadn' t th( and was afraid to risk 'La Imperial Cigar Factory '^ HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS* .iilfffGr i 1 lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc—Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. ^ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. .1 X*^ Capacity, 25.000 per Day. . Telegraph— York, Pa. ,^ ♦ J ♦♦ ♦ ♦t'»t« ♦ ♦♦♦♦ *^^^^' J, JffflHliOM BARNES CO. MAKBRS OP Only High Grade Cigars THE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION WADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. the game along get out of it later. How many cases can you think of right now, of managers who finally opened stores of their own, and took their trade along with them? What protection has the proprietor who pelled to sell out because he hadn' t the . . , . » .i,„o If »u- man lime to givc to it, and was afraid to risk doesn't clerk, against that? It the man- ""'^ & aoesn I ui^i IS, s any more managers. •aer hv hard work builds up a personal ' • j . !*at..stha.hehasaVtokeep ,„t"pV„°g o^urtSr-n^r,.""" ""'"""' {:;trer?in.«.r "' "" """"'"""^ . T„e O.o S....M... w. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna. JOSBPH a KOLB, Nftnufacturer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, the Uadinit 5c. Ci«»r. Southeast Corner Second and Market Streets, Camden, N. J. ZV K. THISn ST.. PHILADELPHIA Packers of Seed Leaf. THE TOBACCO WORLD THR TOBACCO WORLD ^-'TIEALM OF- THE I^BTAILERS CIGAR MACHINES BENEFIT THE DEALER. I TXTHAT a tremendous difference a slot machine makes to a store that has regular customers and does not have to depend largely upon transient trade. As a well known Philadelphia manufacturer declared in a recent article in the Tobacco World, there was a very noticeable difference in the size of orders which retailers gave the factories immedi- ately after all the slot machines were forced out by the authorities. There is probably no man on earth who has not the instinct of gambling in some degree at least, and as the cigar machine presents an opportunity of gratifying it in the most harmless way, hundreds of men take a chance in this way who would not think of throwing dice. There are plenty of towns where slot ma- chines are permitted or overlooked now, and they are operated in a quiet way in certain Philadelphia stores. Wherever they appear the dealer will tell you that they have made a difference in his sales. If they hadn't he wouldn't have them in, particularly in Philadelphia where he has to lake a chance. The machme which seems to be the most popular is the one which throws poker hands. This beats out the dice cup machine, probably for the reason that the average man would rather handle a poker deck than a dice cup. With some of the machines the plajer drops a nickel in the slot and is sure of one cigar, standing to win as many as twenty- five with a Royal- flush. This is considered less of a gamble than the machine which is fed with pennies and pays cigars for high throws only Dealers are of different minds as to which of these two varieties is the most lucrative, inasmuch as, while he of course disposes of more cigars on the nickel proposition, he frequently gets caught for a lot of big winnings all at once which he has to stand himself. On the other hand the penny play is made against long chances and the dealer gets a big per- centage of the gross receipts. Frequently, two or three customers will throw cold hands on the machine simply to make side bets and out of two or three hundred pennies the dealer may not be required to pay more than a half dozen cigars. Then there are machines in which the insertion of a cent or nickel, whichever it may be, will set a couple of dice cups turning until they finally make a throw. Besides these there are machines in which the coin percolates through a lot of pins to a chance destination, bicycle machines in which the hind wheel makes the run and numerous other devices, in all of which the dealer has the best percentage of chance whether the machine is "fixed* ' or not The chief value to the dealer of the .machine, however, lies in its stimulation of trade. The man who plays it once and loses is almost sure to try again and if he wins, he'll play once or twice more for the looks of the thing, or else to push his luck while he has it. When he "wins big" he usually treats everyone in the store and as a result needs cigars again just as quickly. Moreover it is quite possible to develop a cigar machine habit which will be quite as binding as a gambling habit in any other form. Some tmie ;igo there was a certain little cigar store in a town about twenty miles from Phil.idrlphia. The stock wasn t large, the store was miser- normal expectation and one or two other stores soon got machines in. The average salary of the customers was not high, say $1$, and it is no exag- geration to say that for two months, an average of one third of his saiary was left by each man. And it got worse instead of better until a few men got positively feverish over it, and their wives made so much talk over having nothing fit to eat on the table, that the ministers took the matter up and there was a great time. The dealers had to throw their machines DISPLAY MADE BY B. LIPSCHUTZ AT TOBACCO SHOW. A TASTEFUL display of well known brands of cigars and little cigars was made at the Tobacco Show by B. Lipschutz, of 44 North Twelfth street, Philadel- phia. The manufacturers popular "44" 5 cent brand came in for much admiring attention as well as "The Bride," label in cigars and little cigars. The Lipschutz booth was made unique by a novel feature in the shape of "Phroso, " the automatic man, which can be seen at the right of the picture. Phroso created much merri- ment during the week and attracted everyone's attent on to Mr. Lipschutz's pleas- ing exhibit. ably shabby and the most ornamental article in the place was a handsome, nickel plated slot machine. This was of the poker hand variety, and some of the customers had to be taught the value of the hands. In about two days there was a regular crowd around that machine during eveiy neon hour and immediately after supper until ten or eleven at night. And every son-of-a-gun who could, would break away once or twiceduring working hours to take a chance. The business done by the store was out of all proportion to any out and the first one lost considerable of his regular custom, because many custom- ers when they came back to earth started to save money or else were ashamed to go into the store again. That's only one case and it's literally true. So it is easy to realize the great difference which the machines m ike to the dealer in whose customers there is any sporting blood. • • • A Retailer should remember that he spends nearly half his lifetime in his store and for that reason should make it as at- tractive as his home. WINDOW DISPLAYS SHOW TOO MUCH DETAIL. ROM a cursory sizing-up of the gen- eral run of displays in cigar store windows there seem to be two particular faults which occur most frequently. One, a carelessness and indifference on the part of the dealer which is rewarded by a dead, stale, absolutely unattractive ap. pearance of the window, and the other an over-elaborateness which is apt to defeat its own purpose. The objects of a window display are, first and primarily, to tell the passerby whether the store sells cigars or leather goods or is a drug store, and secondly, to present a portion of the stock in a way which at once causes the passer by to feel a desire to make a purchase. It is not easy to see how this second object can be accomplished by a window which is loaded up to the gunwales with samples of everything in stock. There might follow an abstract desire to have some of the things, on the part of anyone who idly stopped to look in, but there would be no immediate, concrete longing for a certain article which, eight times out of ten, leads the consumer into the store. During the holidays, a Market street store gave over a whole window, and a large window at that, to one brand of ci- gars. The window was draped in green and decorated with a little evergreen and holly, and in the centre, resting on a large piece of draped velvet were two or three boxes of this cigar in its principal sizes. The cigar is lucky enough to have a striking package, and the simplicity of the thing was tremendously effective. Walking by, one stopped short and thought how very inviting the cigars looked. That was worth ever so much more than a window full of heaped up junk, on" the same principle that wise advertisers will insist on as much white space as there is ink and will stick to one thought Heie is a suggestion for a window which ihould by used by a dealer who is, intendiig to push one brand of cigars for a while at the expense of oiher brands. If your window is roomy enough, ge^^ two or three dozen empty boxes of othe brands. It is better to select brands fo«" this purpose which you are not handling yourself, or which are not particularly well known. Pile the boxes up in a pyramid heap, as if done carelessly. The more battered and old the boxes are, the better the effect At the front of the window, and directly in front of this nondescript heap, set a box of the 'orand to be advertised, on a hand- some stand. The box should be open and the label and cigars showing and on it should be a neat card, reading: THIS IS THE CIGAR THAT HAS SUPPLANTED THEM ALU Naturally, as was stated, this must be at the expense of other brands, but fre- quently dealers are in a position where they are willing to do this, particularly if it is their own brand, and if they can do it without knocking any other particular cigar or cigars that they have in stock, the effect will be striking and will be sure to bring results. us DEMON HOW YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY The success of any retail busi- ness is largely dependent upon the clerks. A NATIONAL indicates which clerks are careful and efficient. Good clerks make satisfied customersjwhich mean more prof- its and a bigger bank account. A NATIONAL makes good clerks. I own a. .store. Please explain to me what kind of a register is best suited for my business. This does not obligate me to buy^ CIT OFF HKRK AND MAIL TO IS T01»AY National Gash Register Go. Name Address DAYTON OHIO Tobacco Wo«i.o No. Clerks DANGER THAT CHINA WILL USE NATIVE TOBACCO (Concluded from page 13.) American! tobacco products they will probably furnish a steady demand for them, but until their purchasing power is materially increased the demand will be for the low grade i goods at the cheapest price possible. I "As stated heretofore, the officials of the several provinces are alive to the need of saving as much of the tobacco trade to China as possible, and are giving every encouragement practical to Chinese farm, ers who raise the tobacco plants. Chinese farmers have a number of advantages in this connection. In line with their usual intensive methods of culture, they are accustomed to plant tobacco in their mulberry groves. The stripping of the leaves from the trees for the silk worms gives the tobacco plants the light they need when they need it, and later the shade of the trees affords them protection when it is required. All Chinese culture is intensive and the tobacco plants are treated with the fertilizers peculiar to China. "The tobacco grown is rank in quality and would be rated very low in American markets, but it supplies the Chinese con- sumer with a product within his reach financially, and this is the chief thing to be regarded in the tobacco or any other trade in the far East. Methods of treat- ment of the tobacco plant are crude and are not such as to improve the product. The vast bulk of the prepared tobacco is fine, cut, qiade by pressing ^ quantity of the tobacco leaves together and plan- ing off the edges, with a tool much like a carpenter's plane. . The use of cigarettes is increasing. "The amount of tobacco used in China is enormous. Most of it is produced by the consumers or in the immediate vicinity of where it is consumed, and does not get into the trade reports at all The foreign tobacco trade has scarcely scratched the surface of t h e field. Whether the improveinent in the Chinese methods of cultivating and caring for tobacco plants and products will event- ually shut out the cheaper grades of goods from abroad remains to be seen, but at present the indications are that American manufacturers must handle the situation in China promptly and with tact if they are to hold the market they have and to obtain the market they ought to have." PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO. Etc. 779, 348 Match box; Edward C. Carris, Washington, la. 778,953 Match making machine; Jo- seph C. Donnelly, Philadelphia, Pa. 779, 368 Cigar bunch shaping machine; Joseph D. Lacroix, New Orleans, La, 779,095 Tobacco cutter and pipe filler; Austin Mclnnis, Northam, Canada. BLACK THREADS Long Cut The FioMt Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3>^ oz. packages. Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write ui for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO. 5 5 5 5 Si ^g^^^^mTATATATAlXrATATATATATATATATATATATAl R.K.Schna(ler&Sons PA.CKBRS 09 Ajrp DBAUIRS IV U 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster. Pa. A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealtrt. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain SprA.yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 ^;i.iUle Climax Toba^cco Pump 10.00 '"lN'«gress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur^c Field Sprayer which covers ,L h ^ four rowi at one time. *^ '^ ' Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO.. Sa$;'pni to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« """^ TDAY O. 8 E. A. G^LVEa (j^ Qo. li«hed ISM El ^ieo H^bano paetory INDEPENDENT OF ANY TRUST OF Enrique Dorado & Co. Vuelta Abajo Cigars Purveyors to H. M. The King of Spain Mstrella No. i^i—^j, cabie: chaoawa. Havana, Cuba. Narciso Gonzalez. Vknancio Diaz, Special. Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBACCO lOAnlelM St, H AVA N A , Cuba, p. O. Box 8S6. p. Neumann. O. W. Michabi3Bn. H. PmAats. FEDERICO J^EUjVlfl]4ri 8t CO. Commission Merchants SHIPPERS OF LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS Havana, Cuba. Ofl&ce, Obrapia i8. P. O. Box a8. Telegrams: Unicum. 10 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF HILADEL.RHIA Leslie Pantin-,'^' Tobacco Commission Reilly 50, '^ P. S".Sl';t".':Habana;Cuba RENS Mannfacturers of the Celebrated Brands, ^aIX SOI/ and MAJRX Jfijn Consulado 91, HAVANA. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) *::? D.^V«[: Leaf Tobacco Cabl* Address: "Cuetara." Figuras 39"4r, Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants eM€ Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 ^•Aktkro." ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en i^ama BSFBCIAUDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110x112 HABANA JOAQUIN HEDESA, n artinez^Tedesa « co. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar Stre^, « * « * m a ^im a Cable: "Jkdesa." HABANA, CUBA. Branch House: — 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Fla. & Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOf^GE 8t P. CflSTflflEDfl GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of H SI vana licaf Tobacco JOragones 108—110, HA VA NA f« .. ^ v.* .■w AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. j^fBjfif^Mista^ de Xabaeo en Rama PRADO i9^j Habana Royal Cigar Factory INDEPENDENT The Oldest Brand mmks. Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Cable: ClFER. Preprl«t«r» 174 industria Street Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Altnacenista de tabaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Spcudhy in Vueli*. Aba}*. Scmi VinUa. y P»riid*, IndusirisL 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON YHNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, (F. O. Box) Apmrtado 270. TJ o 'K O n O CaUe: Zalbzgon. X XCt LICtllCt* AIXALA ft CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Carilenas Z, and Corrales 6 anil S, HAVANA, CUBA. t0^rECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BVYEMS^m P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JW. GARCIA PULilDO GROWER. PACKEIL AND DEALER. IN VuchsL AbdLjo, PdLftido stivd Remedios Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte J s6, cabie-"CAu>A.' HABANA, CUBA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 11 f .. Bwyin^. Selling a^nd Other Notes of li\' funeral was attended by at least 300 terest. people, and the hearse was drawn by A. Fromherz, of the Fromherz, Berliz- eight horses. Two hearses were required to carry all the wreaths of flowers. heimer Co., Chicago, purchased 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo, among which was the famous vega "La Llanada" of San Luis, so they ought to turn out a superior cigar. Antonio Suarez closed the last week o 1904 by making a' transaction of 800 bales of Vuelta Abajo to a local factory. Leopold and Arturo Loeb, who leave Reoelpta From the Oovntrj Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara & Remedies Dec. 31. Bales 1.872 138 493 tomorrow for .their Philadelphia home, Santiago de Cuba 949 Jan. 1. Bales 243.031 22,402 58.085 334 85.512 657 J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. have done some good business, but are expected to return here by the end of this month. The Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. sold 375 bales of Remedies. Sdbrinos de A. Gonzalez shipped from their previous purchases for the Spanish Regie 3, 740 bales per German steamer Prinz Joachim to Santander, Spain, and Total 3.452 HAVANA CROP IN 1904. 410.021 Consul General SteinKoLft Tells WhA.t Wa^s Done With It. Washington, D. C, Jan. 7. United States Consul General Stein- they sold 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo from ^^''t- ^^ Havana, has made the following . . -fQpUg interesting report of the Cuban tobacco Frank Dominguez is again in town <^'-°P «' ^904 to the Department of Com trying to replenish the holdings of E. A. "^^^^^^ ^^^ Labor: Calves & Co., Philadelphia, and has The tobacco crop in the past year was started right in making some purchases, g^^^ >" ^oth quality and quantity, and Jose F. Rocha disposed of 200 bales of "^^y ^e safely valued at over $30,000,000 Vuelta Abajo '^^^ exports during 1903 were valued at Facundo Arguelles also paid another ^26.046.431. against $25,400,000 in the Havana, as their factory at Previous year. The exports of leaf tobacco in 1904 exceeded those of the previous year by $600,000, The total exports of leaf tobacco amounted to 40 977.946 pounds, valued at 113,245,- 187, 24, 1 28, 430 pounds of which, valued at $9, 93 1. 802. went to the United States, and 10,306,574 pounds, valued at |i,- 921,079, to Germany, the next largest "CrepustHilo/* "Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crkpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. q^ Broad Street, New York. Bruno Diaz R. Rodrigues B. DIflZ & CO. Growers etAd Packers of VueltdL Abajo and PdLftido TobdLCCo 125, HABANA, CUBA. PRADO Cable: — Zaidco visit to Havana, as Tampa is turning out goods faster than Arguelles, Lopez & Bros, expected to do. and he has already secured some 400 bales of choice Vuelta Abajo. A. M. Calzada turned over 125 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to one of their northern customers. Mendelsohn, Borncmann & Co. closed a very satisfactory year, having exceeded P^^^c aser. ,. . ' . , , f u r Tobacco stems, which are used in the i2,ooo.bale mark of purchases for the their customers. Gonzalez, Benitcs & Co. sold 125 bales of Vuelto Abajo and Remedios. Sol Hamburger is as usual going very carefully over the market in picking out only such lots as Hamburger Bros. & Co. can quickly dispose of, and he has already made some good-sized pur- chases. GRAU, ^L/INAS Y Q\/i- Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable : Graplanas, Habana, Cuba CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LBAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, cbie- Bi«co •• Habana, Cuba. manufacture of snuff, etc, were exported to the amount of 598, 178 pounds, valued at $9,959, principallv to the United States, Argentina and Germany. Cigars exported numbered 205,244,- 298, valued at $12,302,969, of which 45.769,422, valued at $2,888, III, went to the United States; 28.388,074, valued at $1,968,395, went to Germany, and 92.559,817. valued at $5,197,785. to Grau. Planas & Co. disposed of 120 England. Of cigarettes. 14.662.209 bales of their Remedios holdings. packages (each package containing about Sobrinos de V. Diaz turned over 80 14). valued at $404,173. were exported ui r p«,^^Hm«; during the year. Of these 287,767 pack- bales of Remedios. ages, valued at $7,055. went to the Joaquin Hedesa closed out 60 bales of ^^^^^^ g^^^^^. 16,693.372 packages, val- Partido, but has a very fine stock of y^d at $49,070, to Dutch possessions; Artemisa wrappers and caperos still for i. 323.1 27 packages, valued at $40,926, , to British islands; 7.259.354 packages, ^ o ^ 11 1 valued at $191,854, to Columbia, and Rabell, Costa & Co. were sellers only va^^^^ packages, valued at $17,632, to to the extent of 59 bales •( Vuelta Abajo. Germany. Much of the remainder went Vicente Pazos has just returned from to the Canary Islands. The export of a trio to the Vuelta Abajo, and while it cut tobacco amounted to 226,648 pounds, is too early yet, still he believes in mak- valued at $81,031. of which the United IS too cany yci, 31 States received 75, 205 pounds, valued at ing his arrangements for the coming ^^^^ ^g^ and Columbia 57,283 pounds, packing season so he can start in imme- valued at $21,201. diately the season opens up in Mayor Tobacco seed to the value of $3, 112 June. A. Pazos & Co. sold 50 bales of was exported to the United States. Vuelta Abajo to a local factory. The principal shippers of leaf and J ^- / * manufactured tobacco in Havana are as Garcia & Co. closed a very satisfactory ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ Company, and successful year, and will be heard (^^^an Land and Leaf Tobacco Company, from in 1905. G. Arostegui, Jose Suarez & Co., Luis lose Santalla died here last Wcdnes- Marx, Calixto Lopez & Co., H. Upmann day and was buried last Friday morn. & Co G. Solomon & Co., Bridat Mon- aay, anu was « ^ , r tros&Co., Federico Bauriedel & Co., ing. He was an old-timer m the leaf ^^^^^ Pantin, S. L. Goldberg & Son, tobacco business, of the well-known Leob-Creagh Havana Company, B. firm of SanUUa, Eschevarria & Co., and Baustista & Co., Garcia & Co., Antonio later Santolla & Co., although for the Suarez & Co., Locb-Nunez & Co., E. A. ,,,.,,, ^. . Kline & Co., H. J. Bemhcim, Cuban- last two years he had virtuaUy retired ^^^^-^^n c^^^Jy^ j. p. Berndes. from business. He was the ex president ^^^y^ ^ Pollock, Mendelsohn, Borne- of tke Centro Gallego, and a man mann & Co., Sidney Rothschild, J. G. univerMlly liked and esteemed. The Prendes. GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA eh^Qifi Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamika. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. giniaceiiistas De Tataco et (ama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Reform. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CI^UZ ''%tZ!.l'of LEAF TOB AeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. BsKimore Street. Baltimore. Nd.; P. O. Box 433. Tamp*.. Fltu EDEIN CIOAR FACTORY 0/ BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. ..l^'^ "-^ i M^iii^i^ii Tr^rv:-. y ii I ii u i' Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. Ctg«n mtdc tttictly of tke Tcry bcit VUELTA ABA]0 TOBACCO 12 THE TOBACCO WORLD C^^'n4/ei>♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t 4. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-*♦ [From The Tobacco World s Correspondent.] New York, Jan. 10. At the annual meeting in question the Last week's storm, which effectually following directors were selected for blocked traffic, kept the more fortunate 1905: Messrs Lane, Freeman, Donigan, ones indoors and paralyzed trade. The Fred B. Aschner, James W. Geyer and weather conditions were such that no one Charles A. Hilkenbach. attempted tosmokeon the street and retail The two latter represent 1,504 and tobacconists and cigar dealers found slim 1,503 shares respectively, while the receipts in their cash drawers when they former gentlemen each represents 1,537 counted up every night. shares. This week opens up brighter, however, In his annual address President Doni- and the prospects of a better retail trade gan spoke of the splendid growth of trade look encouraging. Of course the weather and alluded at length to the removal of did not greatly effect the wholesale trade the import stamp and the evident dispo- but many drummers have prolonged their sition on the part of the independent New Year's holidays and will not start firms and individuals to close up their out on their districts for a week or two. ranks and pull together for mutual in- , ^ , terests. He declared that in his opinion , ^, . J „ ^, , the high handed methods of the trust Accordmg to the United States Consul " General, in Havana, Frank Steinhatt, the total output of Havana cigars last year was to the value of $12,302,969, of which tidy sum $2,888,111 only were imported into the United States, chiefly through the New York Custom House. Comment is made in this city that while are no longer a menace and he fully be- lieves that from now on, the independ- ents will have a wider field and the best chance of success. As delegates to the Chicago National Convention, the Association selected Messrs. Aschner, Donigan, Lane, Frce- - 000 L r • * *u^ r"^" ^nd St John. $2,888,111 worth of cigars came to the _, , . . , .^ , . , ,-..,, _ , J. .J.- I he Association decided that hereafter United States, England imported twice as many Havanas at double the price. So far as domestic cigars are concerned there is a rapidly growing tendency to improve the grade and the "five center" is looked at askance both by maker. the annual meetings shall be held on the third Tuesday in January instead of the first Tuesday as heretofore. This action was found necessary as it has been in- convenient if not impossible to get in all annual reports in the first week in jobber, dealer and consumer, although i^^^^^^ their "day' may never go. ^^^ y^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^.^ According to statistics the total output ^^^^.^^ ^.^^ .^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ of cigars manufactured in the United p^^j g^^^^ Tobacco Works from St States in 1903 was 6,886,647.455 and ^^.^^^ Louisville, a move announced the total for the year just ended will by R. K. Smith, the vice president of the fall a little short of that the output for American Tobacco Co., who was form- the eleven months ending with Novem- ^^,y ^^^.^^^^ ^.^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ company in ber being 6, 484. 1 74. 1 50. While New Kentucky. This change in the policy of York is a greater producer of domestic .1 *^i ^ • j • g.v«it. P V jjjg tobacco company is made in pursu- cigars than Florida the total output in ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ contemplated and 1904 fell below that of the previous year, f^n details were given in The Tobacco and various are the reasons assigned for ^^^j^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ the interesting if not encouraging fact • • • More domestic cigarettes than ever are On and since last Monday the Morton made in New York which in its output Trust Company has been exchanging outstrips Louisiana and Virginia. The definitive engraved securities for certifi- output of cigarettes in the United States cates of deposit for the 6 and 4 per for 1903 was 3,210,325,015 while for the cent bonds and the preferred and corn- eleven months of 1904 there were made mon stocks of the American Tobacco no less than 3,584,654,161 with New Company. Bonds are issued in coupon York city a long way in the lead. form of $1,000 each and in registered The total output of smoking and chew ^orm in denominations of $50, $100. $500, ing tobacco in 1903 was 320,802,285 li.ooo, $5,000. $10,000, $50,000, and pounds and for the eleven months in 1904 lioo,ooo. The dividend of 1 )4 per cent 303,381,469 pounds, a very favorable declared by the American Tobacco Corn- comparison say the New York traders. P^ny on its 6 per cent preferred stock, payable to stockholders of record as of December 31 are also being distributed by the trust company. • • • B. S. Davis, R. Rodriguez and Mark • • Robert E. Lane, Thomas J. Donigan and Sidney J. Freeman, who were ap- pointed a committee at the annual meet- ing of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Kalish have secured incoporation papers Dealers' Association to formulate plans fo^ B. S. Davis & Co., of New York, to for the contemplated Tobacco Exposition deal in tobacco, with capital of $5,000. of the metropolis are all enthusiastic on • # t the subject and promise some definite Speciallnspectors Hoadleyand O'Neil plans for publication next month. visited the steamship Niagara on her C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 18 arrival from Havana last week and seized 275 cigars which were secreted in the wainscotting of the forecastle, and which were of a variety which would be worth 1 5 or 20 cents apiece in the retail trade. The same inspectors seized 600 cigars on board the steamship Olinda from Cuba. These were done up in twenty-four pack- ages and were secreted under the boilers of the vessel. Another seizure of 400 cigars and 25 packages of cigarettes was made by offi- cers from the Surveyor's office. The merchandise was found on the steamship Morro Castle, from Havana, and was in charge of the fireman. Each package contained 1 6 cigarettes. • • • Leaf tobacco men along Water street report a healthy activity despite the fact that most of the dealers and manufac- turers are busily engaged taking inven- tories of stock, which for January are said to be unusually small. In domestic stock the leaf in greatest demand is 1903 Pennsylvania broad leaf. For fillers there is a brisk demand for 1903 Zimmer Spanish and for binders 1903 Wisconsin Havana seed. A few lots of 1904 Connecticut Ha- vana seed have appeared on the market and have shown u p handsomely but prices rule high. I n Sumatra a fair business is doing with a prospect of increase. • • • The Convention of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America, now in session in Chicago, opened Monday and closes today (Wednesday). Robt. E. Lane, Presi dent of the Association, was unavoidably absent but sent an interesting annual report to be read before the convention. E. W. May. ILESVNE OF THE YEAR. J. B. Moos, of Chicago. Sums Up 1904 in (he Trade. Chicago, Jan. 9, 1905. J. B. Moos, of J. & B. Moos, one of the best known firms in this city, makes the following interesting general comment on the year in the trade: "Despite the fears prevailing a year ago, that the year 1904 would be marked by a further decline in business activity, the cigar and tobacco trade has had a prosperous year. Manufacturers found a steady, improving demand, and at the close of the year they found great diffi- culty in filling their orders. Unionism in the cigar and tobacco industry has been on the decline, and although a strong effort has been made to get the 'closed shop,' but few factories of any importance are now operated under union regulations. "The increasing prosperity of the country has had a marked effect on the growing demand for the better grades of cigars, and not only have the manufac- turers of clear Havana cigars increased in number throughout the country, but the manufacturers of the leading well known brands have all largely increased their output Another well-defined change has been the growing discrimination on the part of smokers of 5-cent cigars. '«The consumption of smoking and chewing tobacco has largely increased, and this increase has been chiefly on the old-established brands. Little success has been attained in the introduction of new lines. "Owing to the increase in the cost of leaf, prices of smoking and chewing tobaccos were generally advanced about 10 per cent early in the year, and there have been no price changes of conse- quence since. "The increased consumption of high- grade cigarettes is still a marked feature of the trade, and the granulated tobaccos used by the consumer for rolling cigar- ettes also show a decided increase. "The cigar and tobacco trade has no reason to doubt continued prosperity in all its branches during the coming year." %«%«%%%% GEO. K. GROSS <& SON SELL OUT TO ROBT. L. FEE. Geo. R. Gross & Son, one of the old- est cigar houses in Detroit, sold out last week to Robert L. Fee, and the business will henceforth be conducted at the same address, 209 Jefferson avenue, by the Robert L. Fee Company, which will de- vote its attention to the wholesale trade in the Sauthwest. Geo. R. Gross & Son is well remem- bered by the older Detroiters, and at one time the firm occupied a high posi- tion in the local cigar trade. The Ives bank failure three years ago started the firm' s financial difficulties, and the loss sustained at that time was never made up. Recently a chattel mortgage was placed on the company's stock to secure creditors, and yesterday negotiations were closed by Mr. Fee. INCORPORATIONS. The Walter Weaver Tobacco Co. has been incorporated with $15,000 capitaL The Axton-Fisher Tobacco Co.. of Louisville, has been incorporated in Kentucky with a capital of $64,000. Kenneth I. McKay, Edward Lynch and Henry L. Meyers have incorporated the Juan Cabanazon Cigar Co. with factories at Tampa. The MacCardy Cigar Vending Machine Co., of Chicago, has been incorporated by F. E. MacCardy, C. E. Collins and F. S. Abraham, with a capital of $50,000. The Urel Tobacco Company, of Gentry ville, Ind. , has been incorporated by William T. Urel, Leila O. Urel and Oakley H. Kellogg, with a capital of $10,000. Incorporation articles were filed in the Department of Secretary of State by the S. E. Rice Tobacco Company, of Muhlen- berg county, Tenn. It has $2,000 capi- tal stock. The Jamestown Cigar Co., of James town, N. Y., has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000 and the following directors: John F. Gustafson, Elmer W. Carlson and Axel F. S. Gustafson all of Jamestown. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Nicholas Kuhmen Cigar Co. , of Davenport, la., with a capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators are Alex Anderson, F. M. Rhodes and Chris Neiff, who are also the officers of the company. It is also provided in the in corporation papers that the company shall have the privilege of taking over the present cigar firm of D. A. Anderson and F. M. Rhodes for the sum of $18, • 000, the payment to be made in stock in the new company. A. COHN <& CO. import?:rs OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS UP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of FLORIDA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. Jos. Mendelsohn. Louis A. Bornemann. Manuel SuareiL Mendelsohn, Bornema.ni\ fH Co. Importers <&: Commission Merchants Specialty— HAVANA TOBACCO New York Office: H«k.vcLn«k. Office: U. S. ARCADE BUILDING. ANISTAD 95, Water Street. Corner Fulton, Room I. HAVANA. CabU "Ml irtablkhtd 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co* ^naorters of Sumatra & Havana •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. Tobacco D H. SioTa SioTr CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .•••.Fine Cigars '.v. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. FRAZIBR M. DOX38BR G. P. Sbcor, SpeciaL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O— H. Hales, 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. GroBse, 233 Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Gennantown Sta.; Jersey Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Antirf Fort, Pa.; East Whatcley, Mass.— G. F. Pease; EdgertoB. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher Fred Schnaib^ RUSCHSR & CO. Tobacco InspectoiTs Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stongbto^ Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : I. R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut st Franfe> lin.^O.: T. E. Griest Dayton, O. : F. A. Gebhart, 14 Shore Line ave. Hartford^ Conn.: Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State st South Deerficld, Mass. : John C. Decker. Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmeyer & Col Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight. COLSON C. Hamii,ton, formerly of F. C. I.inde, Hamiltod & Co, M. CofirGALTON, Frank P. Wiskburn, LoDift Busm^ Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamii,Ton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sampling In All Sections of the Country Receives Prompt Attention* Plaent Bonded Storage Warehouse In 01 QT CAnfli Cf f^aw Vtivk %serlca. Perfectly New, Eight Stories High,04"04l OvUlU Oli) Hvl I U1& PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: ao9 Bast a6th St.; 204-208 Bast 27th St.; i38-i38>^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. .> Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Earle^ Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, J06 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa. ; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton, O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L- Orotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day, Hatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billington, Corninjti N. Y. 14 for Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to .,rf ^ 'T L. J, Seller* A Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SEL1.ERSVILLE. PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD- AN MXCJ^LLBNT TOBACCO FOR CHBWING AND SMOKING, Bvery Dealer Should Have a Stock of A Ready Selling Product ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ It Big Proms for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO.. Reading, Pa.. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. ^ \- "^¥^ Manufacturers of pigl-liraile SeedSHnana Cigars 5 CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. (V ■^ 1 B. F, ABJBLs HMLLAM, PA. Manufacturer of Fine Seed & Havana Cigars Joe F. Willard '' ''^.IT'" Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of & Dealers LEAF TOBACCO, < BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertheim & Schiffet Hirscbhorn, Mack & Co. Straiton & Storm, w J^icbtenstein Bros. Co. UNITED CIGAR 1 Manufacturers! I0I4-I020 Second Ave., NEW YORK Trade-Mark Register. HAVANA NOODLES. 14,649 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Dec. 28, 1904, at 9 a m, by A. D. Engel, Phil- adelphia, Pa. FOXY GEORGE 14.650 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Dec. 28, 1904, at 9 a m, by A. D. Engel, Phil- adelphia, Pa. THE BIRSWAGER 14.651 For cigars. Registered Dec. 30, 1904, at 9 a m, by Samuel A. Sopher, Baltimore, Md, PHONOGRAPH 14,652 For cigarettes. Registered Dec. 31, 1904, at 9 a m, by I. Moguleski, Philadelphia, Pa. AMANCO 14.653 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Dec. 31, 1904, at 9 am, by William Anthony, Hanover, Pa. AMERICAN COUNTESS 14.654 For cigars. Registered Jan. 3, 1905, at 9 a m, by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. EPICUREAN 14.655 For cigars. Registered Jan. 3, 1905, at 9 a m, by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. WELCOMA 14.656 For cigars. Registered Jan. 5, 1905, at 9 a m, by J. L. Dimmig & Bro., East Greenville, Pa. OSTRO 14.657 For cigars. Registered Jan. 5, 1905, at 9 a m, by J. L. Dimmig & Bro., East Greenville, Pa. MYOWNO 14.658 For cigars. Registered Jan. 5. 1905, at 9 a m, by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. LOS ANGELOS PERFECTO 14,659 For cigars. Registered Jan. 5, 1905, at 9 a m, by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. VOLUNTEER ORGANIST 14.660 For cigars. Registered Jan. 5, 1905, at 9 a m, by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. SEENO 14.661 For cigars. Registered Jan. 5, 1905, at 9 a m, by A. P. Snader, Ephrata, Pa. WHITE HOUSE FAVORITE 14,662 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 6, 1905, at 9 a m, by I. M. Umstead, Phillipsburg, N. T. O. K P. 14.663 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 6, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Keystone Cheroot Co., Hanover, Pa. 186 (ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY- SIX) 14.664 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 6, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Keystone Cheroot Co., Hanover, Pa. TOWN TRADE 14,665 For cigars. Registered Jan. 7, 1905, at 9 a m, by John L. Fritz, Reanis- town, Pa. SEARCHES. Alhambra, Alcazar, Zembo, Rajah, Alleppo, Boumai, Lady Maud, Bohemia, D. A. M., The Old Fellow, El Claretta, Log Cabin, El Cabin, La Prosperity, Golden Gate Perfecto, Merchant of Venice, Opera Jewels, Seeko, Virginius, The Philadelphiaa, Chiclets, Spenders, El Brazil, Opera, Flor de Opera. GOVERNMENT WANTS EXPERTS. Tobacco Examiners for Service at Vari- ous Ports of Entry. Tobacco experts in the East and Mid- dle West will have a chance to work for Uncle Sam if they care to. The Treasury Department is having difficulty in getting expert tobacco examiners for service at the various ports of entry, and civil service examinations are being conducted without a great deal of success. The position pays $2,000 a year. A week or so ago the Civil Service Commission certified the names of half a dozen men who had successfully passed the examination required of applicants for these places, but upon investigation Secretary Shaw learned that not one of them knew the difference between a hand stem of natural leaf and a package of fine cut He, therefore, refused to place them on Jhe roll. The Civil Service Commissioi^ will hold another examination in Chicago in a short time. THE TOBACCO WORLD li • • Telephone Call, 432—8. 4ffioe and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. IsisSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B*s and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Bayers always find it a pleasure to look ove*'„our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P, O* Box 96* WALTER. S. BARE, PeLcker of Fine*: Connecticut :• Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LBAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. United 'Phones B. F. GOOD & CO. fACI^RS AND DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 145 North Market Street LANCASTEEL PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, H0& 112 W. Walnut St.fLANCASTER, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havaaa Seed Binders Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted ^^^^^^F^verV C^Sfi of Fancy Packed Gebhart Packer of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil I 51 U-^ CONNECTICUT -^ i» , Packing Leaf Tobacco 241 and g43 North Prince Street, LANCASTER., FA. I. H. Weaver, W. R. COOPER & CO PACKER OF and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 20J North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. H, H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA ga^ and 329 N. Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOPFER, Packer, Dealer, and Jobber in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 Nortli Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. UNITED PHONES. Leaf Tobaccos Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: Lancaster and Red Lion, Pa. We make Scrap Filler Ready for Use. 16 THB TOBACCO WORLD fee Established 1&81 THE Incorporated 1902 TeB/ieee Wqrld Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKicL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bdcki^ey, H. C. McManus, Prctident and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tklephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco Wori^d Publishing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada.* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ To Permit Sunday Cigar Sales. Cut Plug, which Mr. Banton says has Every magistrate in Philadelphia has made a belter hit than anything else he signed a petition which will be presented has ever handled, to the present Legislature asking for the *^ passing of the bill which will be attached. D. W. Glover, Western representative to permit the sale on Sunday of non- ^oi Vetterlein Bros., paid a short visit to intoxicating drinks, tobacco and cigars, the Philadelphia office last week.and has certain articles of food and newspapers, again returned to the West. Mr. Glover The bill, which is a result of the peculiar says that everything points to a splendid activities of the Philadelphia Sabbath business year in his section. Vetterlei» PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 11, 1905. THE ANNUAL CONVENTION C. D. A. OF A. Association provides that — "Hereafter it shall be lawful to sell drugs, medicines, soda and mineral wa- ter and other harmless nonintoxicating drinks, bread, oyster, cakes, pastry, ice cream, candy, milk, fruit, cigars and tobacco, to prepare, print and sell news- nue, suffered at the hands of burglars o» papers on the first day of the week, com- ^^^^ ^-^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^j^ ^.^^ ^.^^^ ^j^^ monly called Sunday. . , ». , . . , _;.,,_, ,. , genial Match It representative has beem "Provided, That nothing herein con- ° , . ^. .. , , , . ,, „ , located in Philadelphia. Mr. Robert. Bros, are still engaged with their invea- tory and balancing of their books. F. B. Robertson, who has a depot for independent goods at 1004 Ridge ave- Of THE PLANT 'BACCY INSTEAD OF COTTON. There are a lot of people who console — ^ the cotton grower who has managed to tained shall be construed to allow the The Cigar Dealers' Association of go broke on his industry, with the ad- sale of any nonintoxicant or other drinks, son figures out that he has lost about |20 in any saloon, inn or tavern licensed by ' law for the sale of intoxicating beverages." October Revenue Returns. The returns from the Internal Revenue Collector's office for the First District of Pennsylvania, for the month of Decem- America has been in session in Chicago monition to "go plant tobacco. " There during the early part of this week, and are several things readily to be thought of the enthusiasm and importance of the which are easier to cultivate with good gathering is significant of the progress of returns than tobacco, but there are quite the independent movement throughout a number of instances on record where the country. cotton soil has responded nobly to tobacco The national body is represented by a seed, and there may be something worth • , c ,u r u ■ t: J- • *u- /* . J .• f»^ ber, consist of the following figures local in nearly every large city in the regarding in this oft-repeated tip, after ' » » eastern half of the United States, and ^" << at caq. " though the local association in Philadel- ^^ '""^t be remembered, however, that cigarettes at $1.08 per M. phia has, for some reason not given, ^^^ Southern tobacco growers made a Cigarettes at 54c. " seen fit to remain outside the national S^^""^ clamor lately that they have been Manuf d Tob. at 6c per lb association, it is working in the same raising crops at a dead loss on account Snuff stamps at 6c per lb , , . ,. of a monopoly in the buying. The same ^ cause and toward the same object. „^,. ^r ^ A, ' i^;.,* u^^\^^ c, ^. ♦ ^ sort 01 a complaint has come from out The convention showed that the asso- Wisconsin way, and the Pennsylvania ciation is in a healthy, progressing con- crop went considerably to the bad this dition, one which bids fair for its future y*^^""' ^^ '^^' '^^ ^^'"'"^''^ ^°"^ "^^ ^^}^, ^° pay off very many mortgages. Like accomplishments, but the address of ^-^^^^ j^e Connecticut farmers were in President Robert E. Lane, which was the dumps a year ago. and while they read before the meeting and which is seem disposed to make up for it by the printed in full in another column, pre- P"^" °" ^9^4. the same thing may J . , , . happen next year, sented pertinent reasons why more has '^'^ ' . • r j . IV J.. . 11 . Still, tobacco growing is found to be a not been accomplished than actually has. ^„„„^„:^i ^^^..„!^»:^„ uf, ,,^or,„ or,^ \r o '^ ^ congenial occupation by many, and it a farmer must go broke, he might as well 4.039-74 82.08 8,475-63 21,388.02 Fred W. Hoch, of Fred W. Hoch & Co., of Columbia avenue, has named the new member of his family Anita, which is Mrs. Hoch's name. The firm also has a popular cigar label of that name. from the cash register. 500 cigars and 1. 000 cigarettes. Two other business places in the neighborhood were also robbed on the same night. Mr. Robert- son has recently moved to the above address from 11 33 Ridge avenue, and burglars entered the other establishment on four separate occasions. The police $ 1 50. 349. 20 were put on the case, but it is doubtful 46.98 if the thieves will be caught. Lester Newburger, of Stewart, New- burger & Co., will shortly leave on a business trip through the South, and at about the sametimeanother of the firm's salesmen will leave for his regular trip. C. C. Rosenberg, of the El Proved© Co. , left for Cuba at noon yesterday ,and after transacting his business in Havana With MaLAufdLCturers and Jobbers, will visit the firm's Florida factory to see that everything is in fine working order. %K%%^^l% Mr. Lane said: New Factory in Philadelphia. was stated this week by It is my opinion that we should depend upon ourselves even more than we have in the past; we are strong in numbers, influence and knowledge of our business, and should not lean on others and expect them to fight our battles, or even supply us with ammunition. Later, he said : The interest relaxed in certain local branches is to be regretted, and while the officers should not be has- tily blamed, they must to some ex- tent be criticised, and must regard themselves as servants of the organ- ization, and not as masters. I feel that the lack of frequent meetings is the main cause of apathy. It was stated this week by a well as not, do it on something new. At any known local retailer, who said he had rate, the soil gets a rest on cotton, been given the information in confidence. Tobacco is now raised in twenty-six ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ divulge the details, that a States, covering New England, the South , . , n l . 1. • r.1.1 j 1 . • and the Middle West. Of these, Virginia ^ig factory will be built in Philadelphia North and South Carolina, Georgia, this spring which will manufacture a Alabama. Mississippi. Tennessee and complete line of cigars. The plant will Kentucky produce an average of 75 per be operated by a firm which will be Roy Valentine, of A. S. Valentine & Son, is South on a well earned pleasure trip. The business done by this house last year was so gratifying that Mr. Val- entine thought he had a little rest com- ng to him. cent of the total crop. It is a Southern ,^^^ for the purpose, one of the industry, and though tobacco is an arbi- , «■ , • 1 j 1 j ^ trary plant, it has been proved that it members of which is declared to be a can adapt itself to almost any section of man already identified with the trade in the South. this city. Cotton farmers down in Texas, who ^'^ have tried switching their crops, have made out very well considering, and there seems no vital reason why the same thing can't be done through other sections of the South. «%%%%«%«^ This last sentence is particularly a keynote. No dealer who has the right c^w„*«u ^^ r * « ^ •^ ^ Some tobacco manufacturers may soon spirit can feel that the time he gives find themselves in the meshes of the to his association is a sacrifice. Neither pure food law if they don't watch out should he waste time in the belief that At Los Angeles the city chemist tried to excuse himself from examination under After being brought together for the annual banquet given by the Theobald & Oppenheimer Co.. at the Bourse last week, the firm's salesmen from far and %t% wide have all dispersed to their re- Sig. C. Mayer & Co. , the new firm of spective territories and are prepared to manufacturers at 417 Locust street, is jump into the New Year's work. E. D. starting the new year with a great many Marshall has left for San Francisco where orders in hand for cigars. The company he will push the William Penn, Royal has the brightest prospects, as their Lancers and the L a Toco along the brands have made a decided hit on the Pacific coast; W. S. Dennis has returned market. Mr. Mayer is about to leave to St. Paul, John Bain is about starting on a trip South to push Sig. C. Mayer for St. Louis; Ramon Fernandez, super* & Co. 's Verybest, George M. Dallas intendent of the Tampa factory, has gone someone else will be glad to do what he the pure food law, of campaign cigars, on and Sigwado, 5 cent cigars, and El South, John T. Dee left for Chicago yes- is unwilling to do himself. As Mr. Lane the ground that they vverenm^ Morento, a 10 cent brand. During his terday and Emory Reynolds went to puts it, "Unity should be the watchword the protestants countered by claiming that absence George J. Watson will have Boston on Monday. All the Theobald impressed deeply upon the mind and cabbage is a food if tobacco is not, and charge of the office. & Oppenheimer factories which were heart of every member,' ' and every mem- that to place a tobacco wrapper around ^ closed down to permit the taking account ber should make it a point to get out to a roll of cabbage leaves and sell the result to candidates for campaign pur- William H. Banton, jobber at 315 of stock, have resumed work on full every meeting, if only to swap cigars poses ought to be made a violation of South Fourth street, is having a very time, and the books of the Company with the man he sits next to. pure food ordinances. large run on his own brand. Pine Apple show the best year it has ever had. THB TOBACCO WORLD en Y<»« A^e IT # I DEU"RtO PUERTO pRlNClPE P- COBFTE ^ SANTIACO 1 Your He^dque^rters At Our Office. ^^^: ^» 5 -y Kv • • bv We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas off Remedies, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Ve^as of Various Sized L,ots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco OONSUUADO 14:2 and 144, Havana, Cuba« WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St Cable |Address: "REFORM" Cftpft«ity for Mantifacttiriag Cigar Boxes Always Room for Onb Mors Good Custombr. 18 L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Fa. THE TOBACCO W O R I. D ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Match It, if you Can-- You Can't. I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-lt" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five — Wrappea in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. P. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridg* Avenue. Phila. EalablisKcd 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dtat.. P«l. Geo. W. Bowman (& Co. Ha.AOver, Pa.. Manufacturers of Fine C'^^rs ♦♦^♦4- ♦♦^♦^ THe Boil Bow-maq an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OP UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. Manufacturer of scentGps The largest and best CLEAR HAVANA FILLED 5-ceivt Cigsir on the Matrket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Here and There With the Retailers Last week was another pretty good one with the retailers and the slumpy condition of the market seems so much a thing of the past now that many dealers are commencing to make opti- mistic predictions about the spring trade. There never is any rush early in January, but last week showed a good, steady demand and the majority of Chestnut and Market street dealers expressed themselves as satisfied. One man who is manager of one of the most important stores along Chestnut street, and who was extremely gloomy a few weeks ago, was in good spirits this week and expects to remain so. This man has been in the trade for years, and his former woniment was owing to the fact that the extreme stagnation of the market was seemingly unexplainable. He now believes that trade has fully re- covered its natural tone and will remain good through the spring. Many Porto ILican Brands On the Market. Porto Rican cigars of varied brands and prices are to be seen prominently displayed in a good proportion of the retail stores, and some dealers declare that the demand is an increasing one. These, however, are dealers who make more or less effort to push this particular product, and display it in a way to tempt the casual consumer to buy it. It is said that a good percentage of these experiments result in a regular cus- tomer on the line. On the contrary other dealers say that they have not had much demand for the Porto Rican smokes and that what inquiry there is, is de creasing. One dealer who has a good average class of customers declared that he did not see how the ordinary cigar from the Phihppines could possibly win out over a domestic cigar. • 'We wouldn* t consider for a moment, * ' said he, "handling any cigar made in Porto Rico, which was made to sell at more than $$ per hundred for it is very hard to get more than that for them. I have smoked them enough to make a fair test, and to me its like eating soup with- out salt. The leaf seems coarse to me and there is no distinct flavor. Of course the high grade brands are better but they aren' t the kind usually bought. In spite of what some dealers say, I don't believe there will be any great de- mand or even one large enough seriously to hurt the domestic cigar because I don' t think the cigar can compete on its own merits, even when it is sold at low price." Slot Machines Captured. A number • f Philadelphia dealers, appreciating the extra sales which slot machines make for them, have been operating them in a quiet way for some months. The ubiquitous Mr. Gibboney got wind of the fact some ago and in connection with several constables and a few of the Law and Order agents, raided a number of cigar stores and pool rooms for slot machines Saturday night and captured 1 7 of them. On Tuesday he again descended upon unwary dealers and captured 1 5 more. The result of the raids was as follows: Cigar store, Tenth street, south of Wal- nut, two machines. While at work the raiders discovered a poker room in full blast in the basement, and captured $2, the receipts for the house of the game. The players bolted with several hundred dollars, the stakes that were exposed on the table. At the cigar store on Sixth street near Chestnut three machines were taken, and one machine was confiscated in a cigar store on Arch street near Third. Two machines were found in a cigar store on Second street near Buttonwood; while two were captured in a cigar store on Fairmount avenue near Fourth street; one in another cigar store on North Twelfth street above Race ; two in a store on Tenth street above Spruce, and three in a pool room at the corner of Fair- mount avenue and Eighteenth street Tuesday's machines were confiscated at the following places: Cigar store Ridge avenue and Mount Vernon street, one machine; Tenth and Ogden streets., one ; one each at Cumberland street near Tenth, Germantown avenue above Cum. berland street, Susqu^anna avenue near Fourth street, Dauphin street and Ger- mantown avenue; four on Kensington avenue above Cambria street; one on Kensington avenue above Lehigh avenue; two on Kensington avenue near Somer- set street, and one on Buttonwood street near eighth. The machines made a full wagonload^ and at different points of the raid large crowds witnessed the raiding. Mr. Gib- boney says the city is again full of these gambling devices a n d t h a t he will continue to drive them out H. Jackson is opening a new retail cigar store at 160 North Ninth street and if the present arrangements go through^ will have everything in readiness for con- sumers tomorrow morning. The new store will carry a full line of popular brands. The popular proprietor of the Moore cigar shops is confined to his home, at present, suffering from an attack of grip, which malady has laid quite a number of the trade low lately. Hancock & Adams, Seventh and Chestnut streets, are making a handsome window display o f the Lyric Theatre brand which sells for 5 cents straight. N, W. Young, who is now conducting the store at Third and Chestnut streets, which was recently owned by Goldsmith & Co. , is having quite a run on the John Hay 10 cent cigar and Rugby 5 cent brand. Among the salesmen who got around among the dealers this week were Geo. Weiss, of the National Cuba Co., and Mr. Strauss, of Bustillo Bros. & Diaz. LeaLf De&.lers* Jottings. Geo. Burghard, has just received a large shipment of 1903 Wisconsin Ha- vana seed binders for which there is already a fair demand. The Amsterdam Sumatra Co. , which is one of the younger leaf firms on Third THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 # I I I s V/eW^B ^J# ^\i% f -; — •^k; Ks^=^ t<^^y^^^ We Want You to Know About NATIONAL CIGAR TOOLS Made for Work--dood work- -and plenty of It. Used by the Best Workmen, who make the Best Cltfars, and want only the Best Tools. NATIONAL CIGAR CUTTERS- -Made to cut. and wear and last— best crucible steel— self-sharpenind blades' riveted knohs— don't choke off or chew off. NATIONAL CIGAR BOARDS —Hard as Iron— no S'j soft spots — no streaks— no dryind— no crackind- ^ NATIONAL CIGAR KNIVES and NATIONAL CUBAN a BLADES— Best that money can buy. >J .. Strictly hidh-drade tools at low-drade prices— fully doaranteed. A unique sellind system that >' means a bid money difference to you. ■etum this Coupon, and tfet our Special Proposition. [National Selling Co. ALLENTOWN, PA., U.S.A. j^ ^^ given by a large number America met at the Sherman House in ^^ '^^ delegates as to the undoubted this city today in annual session. The b^^^^* ^*^*"l^>"g ^'^"^ ^*»« "^^-^^^ '^« *^- President of the Association. Robert E. ^°^»^t'*>" ^'^""^ ^^ '^ ^^ ^^^^*^^* '**** Lane, of New York, was unable to be *»»*« «"^ ^^ ^^« w^rk would bc^^wshed present, and the chair was taken by Vice- "^^'^^ vigorously during the comi^year. President Holton. The most important The committee on credentials liere business transacted at the session was reported that fifteen cities wer^^epre- the annual election of officers which sented by delegates, with sufficfent prox- resulted as follows: M.W. Diffley, presi- ies to amount to representationj^^ora dent: Robert E. Lane. New York, first thirty- four cities. "^ vice president; R. G. Fisherj 'Minneap- After some discussion resolutiS^ were olis, second vice-president; Henry Leo-, unanimously adopted c6mmendiA|^Fresi- pold, Chicago, secretary; Jacob Berolz- dent Roosevelt for his efforts t^^^eheck heim, Chicago, treasurer. . the trusts and to secure enlarged i^owers Mr. Lane's name was first proposed by of the Interstate Commerce Comn[iission. the nominating committee for reelection The general opinion of the convention as president, but was withdrawn by Sid- seemed to be that the President is willing ney J. Freeman, of New York, obeying to do everything in his power to help instructions from Mr. Lane, who felt that along the independent movement, and he would be unable to occupy the chief has already shown such disposition by a office for another year. The following number of his actions. A resolution board of directors was elected : Robert E. Lane, Sidney J. Freeman, T. J. Donigan, W. W. St. John, Fred B. Aschner, of New York; Henry Leo- was also adopted demanding the passage of the Hearst bill, and one commending the able administration of President L ane. Arrangements were made for a strong pold, Jacob Berolzheim, Albert Breitung, protest to be forwarded to President Otto Schraeder. Edward Holman. Jacob Roosevelt and Congress against any re- Benner, O. B. Eisendrath. J. J. Dolan, duction whatever of the present tariff Joseph L. Freidman. of Chicago; R. J. rates on cigars and tobaccos from the Fischer, of Minneapolis, and E. L. Smith. Philippine Islands, of Grand Rapids. Secretary Henry Leopold reported that The convention opened with a large the association's liabilities were $2,800 representation of delegates on hand who at the first of last year, and had not only were welcomed by Albert Breitung. who been wiped out, but there was a good expressed his gratification at the goodly balance on hand. He said that from attendance and hoped that all present the time of Secretary Case's resignation would hear something of benefit to take last year, the expenses were reduced back to their various locals. from I400 to less than |ioo per month. Sidney J. Freeman, of the New York After a brief consideration of the mat- Association, responded to the address of ter, it was decided to make no change in welcome and read the annual report of the constitution and by-laws. President Lane. Immediately following The board of directors of the National this the following committees were ap- Association met this afternoon and ap- pointed: Credentials, Mr. Breitung, Chi- pointed the following standing commit- cago, and Mr. Freeman, New York; tees: constitution and by-laws, Henry Leopold, Executive cominittee — President, M. Chicago, and E. L. Smith, Grand Rapids; w. Diffley; J.J. Dolan, Albert Breitung, resolutions, I. Latzar, Ed. Kolman, Henry Leopold, Otto Schrader, all of Joseph A. Moos and Col. Diffley. of Chicago. Finance committee — C. D. Chicago; nominations, Messrs. Dolan Alschul. Jacob Benner, Edward Kolman, and Leopold, of Chicago, and G. L. Chicago; T. J. Donigan, Sidney J. Hutchinson, of Minneapolis. Freeman, New York; Joseph L. Fried- These committees retired for confer- man. Chicago. Board of trustees — Al- JOSEPH BOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street. Philadelphia. # C. A. ROST Sz: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO WORLD 21 ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* Wc Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. % CO 73 o S I I I o ^^ ^^ AGOOD^ACOOL CHELW^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factery No. 38, YOM, PMNNA., U.S.A. Ninth Dist,, Pa, bert Breitung, Henry Leopold, J. J. Dolan, all of Chicago. Ways and means were discussed to interest more manufacturers and dealers in the association stamp, and during the coming year their sale will be pushed under President Diffley* s direction with renewed vigor. President Lane's report, which was read by Mr. Freeman, was very inter- esting and contained many pertinent sug- gestions. It is as follows: To the officers and members of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America, in convention assembled : Gentlemen — Owing to the circum- stances, over which I have no control. I regret that I can not be with you on the occasion of the third anniversary of our association, and although absent in person, you may be assured that I am with you in spirit and good will. In the past year, as your executive officer, I have endeavored to promote harmony and loyalty in our association ; neither praise or censure has influenced me to forget that harmony, the support of all institutions, must prevail in our ranks, that we may, when circumstances demand, present an unbroken front to our adversaries. The reason that our efforts in carrying out the objects of our organization have not been crowned with greater success is known to you all. That we are again free from debt is. I trust, a source of gratification to every member, as it certainly is to me. As your executive, it is my pleasure to announce that our existence has not been in vain. We are now recognized as a power in the land, and so considered by every allied trade and industry, as well as by the highest public officials; and although we have been defeated in Congress in some cherished aims, we must not give up the fight. There is still hope, especially in the ultimate passage of a measure similar to the Otjen Tawney bill, which is to be introduced in Con- gress in the immediate future. That we assisted, in a great degree, in securing the modification of the import stamp, must be considered as a decided victory for our association, and this was the first time that the trust has ever been defeated when seeking favors from the Government As your representative, I have also borne a part in the agitation against the reduction of the tariff on cigar imports from the Philippines, an agitation which we trust will prevent the American cigar industry being brought into competition with the coolie labor of the Orient. Notwithstanding the activity of the trust, and its retail auxiliary, our mem- bers seem to have prospered as though oppression had instilled them with new life and ambition, and forced them to become, through their own exertions, more prosperous and successful mer- chants, rather than serfs to the whims and caprices of the trust, as that cor- poration desired. It is my opinion that we should depend upon ourselves even more than we have in the past; we are strong in numbers, influence and knowledgeof our business, and should not lean upon others and expect them to fight our battles, or even supply us with ammunition. Let us be like the sturdy oak, rather than the clinging ivy. Let us be men, furnish the funds, and carry on the war of agita- tion, education and publicity throughout the land. Unity should be the watch-word im- pressed deeply upon the mind and heart of every member. The allied trades have wearied of supporting the association, since the in- dividual dealers have not made the most of their opportunities in the past. This matter, I trust, will be given earnest consideration at this convention, and it is earnestly hoped that some steps may be taken to continue our work through our own exertions. The interest relaxed in certain local branches is to be regretted, and while the officers should not be hastily blamed, they must, to some extent, be criticized, and must bear this criticism as a part of their official burden, as they must regard themselves as servants of the organiza tion, and not as masters. I feel that the lack of frequent meetings is the main cause of apathy. Our sole revenue during the past year has been from the sale of the association stamps. That these have not been more generally used by independent manufac- turers is due in a great measure to the fact that theh" purpose is not adequately appreciated by most of those who should be most deeply and sincerely interested in the success of our movement. As your president. I desire to express my utmost confidence, which I believe is fully shared by every member of our organization as well as by the independ- ent dealers, in the devotion of our Exec- utive Committee to the cause which our association represents. The cost has never been too great, the distance too far nor the time too precious for me, as president of the National Association, to assist in organizing or building up local associations ; and during the past year, as your executive, I have always stood ready to aid or assist in every manner possible in the upbuilding of such local organizations. In conclusion, I desire to congratulate the members of the association on the fact that while a few short years ago the pathway of the independent dealers and manufacturers seemed beset with difficul- ties, there is to day a movement well- nigh world-wide in its scope to correct the abuses of the tobacco trust. Practically every civilized nation is now moving against this giant monopoly. In England, in Australia, in Canada, in Germany, in Austria, in Japan, in Italy, in Spain and in Cuba, as well as in the South American republics, steps have cither already been taken, or are now under way, to check the further encroach- ments ot this great, soulless trust, which has sought to capture the tobacco trade of the universe. We, the pioneers of this movement, have every reason to feel that the people will not be content to long remain do»- mant in this endeavor to secure for every member of the trade the right to enjoy the liberty guaranteed by the Con- stitution of the United States of America. Wishing the association every pros- perity in the years to come, and trusting that my successor may enjoy the same loyal support that has been accorded my administration, I remain. Yours sincerely, Robert E. Lane. -' Loberg. 92 c 3 C 3 THR TOBACCO WORLD Good to Keep Good rigars Good Your Jobber Will give you a Certifi' cate covering small Quantities, and When you accumulate Cer' tificates showing purchases of 6,000 C1K.EMO EXPOK.T Cigars, you Will be entitled to one of these handsome Humidors free. :: :: Size, 30 in. long^, 22 in. wide, 23 in. high. Weight, 60 lbs. THE above illustration is an exact representation of the Humidor in which Cremo Export Cigars are packed and shipped by the manufacturer. This Humidor holds 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars in boxes containing 100 cigars each. It is metal lined, metal covered, with strong brass lock, and heavy brass drop handles and brass trimmings, with moistener pad in top of lid, ventilator in each end, and attractively decorated in imitation cedar wood. Each humidor is shipped in a wood case to protect it from being scratched or damaged in transit. The purpose of the Humidor is to protect the cigars from the deteriorating effects of changes in temper- ature, and to preserve them in the same good order and condition in which they leave the factory. This it does perfectly for any length of time in any climate on the globe, until the last box is used. Cremo Export Cigars are made only in Londres, which means a straight cigar, being practically the same size from end to end. This shape is more generally smoked than any other, the world over, which fact is a pretty convincing proof that it is the most popular as well as the most desirable shape in which cigars can be made. If you serve your customer with a Cremo Export Cigar out of a Humidor, you give him the best five- cent cigar in the world in the best condition to please him and hold his patronage ; if he is pleased with one he will be pleased with every one. Send your jobber an order for 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars, and he will have them shipped to you direct from the factory in the Humidor, freight paid, and billed as 5,500, at $35.00 per thousand. The CREMO QGAR is by several times THE LARGEST SELLER IN THE WORLD. ^ISK YOUn.SELF WHY? I THE TOBACCO WORLD 38 TILADE QVIETER IN BOSTON. AmericcLn Tob&.cco Co. Will Pa.ck No More Coupons for Massachusetts. Boston, Mass., Jan. 8. Trade with the retailers has quieted down considerably since the holidays. The sales of cigars by the box to the holiday buyers fell off, but the sales of pipes increased, there being plenty of calls for fine meerschaums. The cigar manufacturers have started in working again, and the majority of drummers have started out on their routes, but the orders they are sending in show trade to be quiet, especially in the nearby towns. The American Tobacco Co. caused considerable gossip this week by sending to both jobbers and retailers the follow- ing" circular: January 3d, 1905. Several cuscomers in Massachusetts have requested that we do not pack coupons in our tobaccos or cigarettes intended for shipment into Massachu- setts. In deference to this desire, and because of the obvious inconveniences that would be incident to packing cou pons in goods intended for some custom ers and leaving them out of goods intended for other customers, we have concluded to cease packing coupons into any of our tobaccos or cigarettes hereafter shipped into the State of Massachusetts. This, of course, does not apply to shipr ments made into the State of Massachu- setts by or for customers whose places of business are outside of that State. Chas. Stewart has been spending the week here doing some good work on Kismet, Brandy and Clawhammer plug tobaccos manufactured by Strater Bros.' Tobacco Co., Louisville, Ky. S. M. Frank, of S. M. Frank & Co., pipe manufacturers, New York, and H. Burger, representing the Manhattan Briar Pipe Co., New York, were both here calling on the trade. Postal cards have been received from Maurice Bondy announcing that he will call on the trade in a few days' time. The wife of Charles L. Polep, the Hanover street tobacconist, has presented him with a bouncing baby boy. The event was celebrated by a grand spread on Thursday, which affair was attended by many tobacco men, among whom were Joe Manning, John McGreenery, Louis Jeselsohn, B. M. Wollenberg and S. A Frank, L. Miller & Sons' North- east representative. N. Alfowich, of Alfowich Bros., spent the holidays visiting friends in New York. L. Miller & Sons arc doing good work here on their Kozy 2^ ounce package of cut plug, the sales of which are steadily increasing. Geo. Harris & Co. are now operating the cigar store at the corner of Howard and Court streets, formerly occupied by the Goodwin Sisters. The Mentor Co. has launched a new IOC Turkish cigarette on the market called Turkish Naturals. H. White has purchased the cigar store at 1279 Tremont street, formerly owned by S. B. Klein. J. Gordon, who operates a very f^ne cigar store opposite the Columbia Music Hall, has a fine window display this week of El Cafe and Grumbler cigars. The Marlboro Cigar Co. is pushing Stahl's Smokers in every cigar store possible. Ben All Imports of Tobacco, etc. Arrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week ending Jan. 10, 1905. Fime— M. L. Herzog&Co., 270 bales tobacco. Havana— Jas. E. Ward & Co., 20 trunks cigarettes, 9 cases cigars; Can. Pacific R. R. Co., 2 do. Liverpool — American Tobacco Co., 7 cases tobacco. SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Statendam, arrived Jan. 3; (550 bales) United Cigar Manufacturers 256 bales G. Falk & Bro 81 << F. Hirsch & Son 47 << S. Rossin & Sons 45 < 1 E. Rosenwald & Bro 33 < 1 Rothschild & Bro 28 ( < L. Schmid & Co 15 ( 1 E. Spingarn & Co 12 < • A. Cohn & Co 12 i 1 H. Duys & Co 8 1 1 B. & 0. Ry 8 1 • L. Friedman & Co 5 :o. 1 1 HAVANA TOBAC( Str. Morro Castle, arrived Jan. 3: (1,809 bales; 278 cases; I bbl. ) J-ichtenstein Bros 610 bales J as. E. Ward & Co 424 i 1 Green hall Bros. 130 i< Hamburger Bros & Co 103 < i E. A. Kraussman 100 << Leonard Friedman & Co 80 1 < Rothschild & Bro 6S (< M. Perez & Co S8 i< F. D. Grove 50 <• American Cigar C» 40 1 1 E. Regensburg & Sons 39 (< S. Ashner 35 and assets of about I300. Mr. Kasdin has been in business. for some years. GEORGE W. McGUIGAlN, Red Lion, Pa. Maker of High Grade Domestic Cigars fLIGHT HORSE HARRY I LA-DATA Leaders ^ LA PURISTA I INDIAN PRIDE i LA GALANTEklA Capacity 50.000 per Day. Prompt Shipments Guaranteed. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tbc Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— 5^ Bear, GAe Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. Q eoa cos ?0£ SOS 70s CO* 0 g Factories: j^ 1 26 and 517 I b cos cos coe (oa coc sOe b L. E. Ryder, 9(XC70e?0:cOccOecOS o 'i 9th District i I Pei\i\aL. jl Manufacturer of . .ei@ARS. . For the Jobbiivg Tr^^de Exclusively LANCASTER, PA. rhe Best Goods for the Least Money, 4. F. HOSTETTER, Haaufacturer of Kigh-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. ^Staob Favoritk," a 5-ceiit Leader, known for Superiority of Qualitv •■^ ■'\-r- IWflHTlN ShflBACH, DENVER. PA. Manufacturer of High-Grade Union Made 0I6ARS SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c) Union Stag (5c) Cuba- Rico (loc) HMNRY GOTTSSLIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Union Made Cigars **The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced s< Si| Samples snd Particulars to ICclisble People on Application. 24 THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF I I I I » ■ ■ I J I TT- Q8 ft 140 CENTRE §T N£W YORK . CIGAR Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRIN(^,ER, Mf/r. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. '" ^ '••••• ••n San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦♦ ♦♦ YORK WILL HAVE A GOOD YEAR V D. W. tlUBLEY. Thomasville, Pa. CigSir ]V[anufacturer For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Correspondence Solicited. Samples on Application. >♦ ♦♦ I F. B. SerilNDLER I * » F. B. SerilNDLEF^ Manufacturer, of Fine Domestic ^ Cigars Red Lion, Pa. JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED llm ****** *^***^*^* * * * * * * * * * ***** *^*^***^*.n. WASHINGTONlAK STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FAB RICONAROLFEiS CHOICE ' POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPI RE • • WKatt the Manufacturers Are Doin^ in this Busy Section. York, Pa., Jan. 0. The new year seems to be starting in Nurprisingly well with our local nianu- fnotnrers, a large majority having open- ed lor business again on Tuesday last. A recent distribution of cigars said to have been made by prisoners in the York County Jail aroused the suspicions of the Internal Revenue officials and resulted in a visit to that institution last week by Superintendent Alexander, As- sistant Superintendent Farrar, of Phila- delphia, and Deputy Collector Liggett, of York. Beyond the fact that large quantities of tobacco said to have been sent to the prisoners by their friends were found, nothing was developed. It is not yet known whether or not cigars were made from tobacco thus secured and sold in jail. Samuel A. Stump, a former Red Lion cigar manufacturer, who is charged with forgery, will not be tried at this term of Court by mutual consent of counsel on both sides, the case having been postponed until the April term. The Grand Jury has found three indict- ments against the accused. The new cigar factory being erected by M. Meyers is now under way and will be ready for occupancy early in the spring. A new scrap manufacturing establish- ment has been organized here by M. Kats & Son, who are located at Mc- Kenzie and Howard streets. The Hanover and McSherrystown manufacturers have opened the new year with excellent prospects. A. F. Hostetter, of Hanover, reports 1904 to have been the largest year he ever had, and continues to push with old-time vigor the "Stage Favorite," the most popular brand of 5-cent cigars made at this factory, the sales of which are increasing steadily. The Hanover Variety Works, printers of embossed cigar ribbons, labels and specialties, also had a very excellent year during 1904, and say that the pros- pects for continued good trade were never so bright as they are at this time. T. I. Smith & Co., of Centennial, Adams Co., has opened a new union factory at Hanover. The business of the Centennial Cigar Co. has been sold by T. I. Smith to G. F. M. Smith, who will continue the business in the old factory premises. They will not, how- ever, manufacture union-made goods. H. J. Roth & Co., of McSherrystown, will erect a new factory building on Ninth street, near the Square, early in the spring, which is calculated to give them the much-needed increased facili- ties. A. J. Brady & Sons, of McSherrys- town, reiwrt to the writer this week that orders continue to come in most encouragingly for their "Stephen Crane** and "Robert B. Pattlson" brands of 5- cent goods, as well as the "Havana Post" in the 10-cent variety. The McSherrystown Cigar Co. are planning for the erection of a new dgar factory, to be built early this spring. During the few short months in which they have been engaged in business here they have done remarkably well and have already found it desirable to secure additional factory facilities. George W. Parr, of Littlestown, is making a very aggressive campaign on his "Fernside" 5-cent cigar, upon which he was awarded a medal at the St. Louis Exposition last summer. George A. Buddy and James A. Col- lins, lately trading as the Littlestown Cigar Co., have dissolved partnership. Mr. Buddy will continue business at the old factory building, while Mr. Collins will re-enter the trade on his own be- half at his former factory building in Littlestown. Mr. Buddy, however, has not yet fully decided whether or not he will continue under the old firm name of the Littlestown Cigar Co. During 1904 H. F. Kohler, cigar manufacturer at Nashville, this county, had the most extensive trade he ever experienced. During the few short years in which he has been located there he has built up a reputation as a cigar manufacturer that will, no doubt, be a source of much benefit for many years to come. PILIZES FOR WRAPPERS. LOTTERY. Government So Decides, and Wisconsin Collectors are Up Against It. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 6. A certain tobacco factory here, which has been conducting a scheme consisting of the awarding of prizes in money to collectors of wrappers, will have to call it off owing to a ruling of the Govern- ment that the scheme is a lottery. Many consumers have formed clubs for the purpose of collecting the wrappers, and unless some way is discovered of evading the ruling, they are doomed to disap- pointment. According to the scheme as presented at Washington, the company advertised that on a fixed date a sum of money in gold would be given those persons send- ing forty or more wrappers. The per- son sending in the largest number of wrappers was promised I300 and the next person J200. Other prizes were oflfered according to number of wrappers pre- sented. It is held by the department that the scheme comes under provision of section 2, act of July I, 1902, because even after the wrappers have been presented there is an element of uncertainty as to what they are worth. SPECIAL NOTICE. ( 12^ cents per 8-point measured line.) pOR SALE— Established Retail Cigar ''' and Tobacco Business doing a large trade; central location, retiring; investi- gate. Address Box 128, care of The To- bacco World, Phila. io-26-tf P GOD NAME FOR A CIGAR.— I am ^-^ a newspaper man and have con- ceived a clever name for a good two-for- a-quarter retail cigar. It is a name of one word only. It is not the name of any place, person, animal or fabric, and will proTe fast as popular in Maine as in California or any intermediate point. I will sell this nam* for one hundred dollars Address Box 34, New York Prbss Ci,ub THE TOBACCO WORLD 25 ffffT|TfV^' LIBERMAN'S Lsitest Suction Machine Adopted by the Leading Manufacturers. Palm Rolling Essential to Hand-Work. , THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TOOL: yet introduced in connection with Cigar- making. The cutting rollers are so equipped with ball bearings and exterior springs that they only produce enough pressure to cut the leaf, thus maintaining a sharp edge on the die and assuring a perfect, clean cut, superior to hand-work. The circumference of the cutting roller being greater than the length of the die, makes tearing or streaking of the wrapper impossible Then, after the leaf has been cut, a slight depression with the right foot pedal will lower the die even with the table, thus making a perfectly smooth and rigid surface, enabling the operator to Roll with the Full Palm of the Hand, instead of pushing the cigar along with the finger tips. Changing of the die to any shape, or from right to left, or the reverse, is a very simple matter on this table, and can be done within two minutes time. These points of merit, coupled with others not mentioned, have won for this table the high standard of excellence maintained to-day, a fact that cannot conscientiously be claimed by any of our competitors. We stand ready to prove our statement, and all we ask is for the opportunity. We Think IT WILL PAY YOU to Investigate. LiBERMAN Manufacturing Co Manufacturers of Cigar Machinery and Tools 240-42 North ThirdPStreet, PHILADELPHIA, PA., U.fS.iA. TBB TOBACCO WORLD ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN. 51 MaLfket Street, La.ivcaLster, Pa,. ♦♦■♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ J. A. COLLINS. GEO. A. BUDDY. The Littlestown i^^^^^^^%»%<»%%%%^^%»»^^%%%^^^^^^ %^k»%%%»^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^i^^^^^^^% Cigar Company Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturers of STRICTLY VNION-MADE CIGARS OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Union Riders, Sweet Tips, Cuban Emulator, General Post, Pretty Nell. ♦♦♦ ♦♦ W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penua. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers Invited. •^"Telephone Connection ;♦♦ ♦♦! '♦♦♦ ♦♦♦! I For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/IN FELI R A HIGH GRADE p^ Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO SAN SHLEIFSTEIN SPIELS NIT SIENER FANILIA. Wooleverstettel, Pa., Dec. 30, 1904. Ich hop shere net der tseit cich tzu schriva de wuch, ovver wile ich far- sprucha hop yadura wuch tzu schriva, will ich duch a venich neichkata schicka. Mere hen om Dinsdawk tswa sie gschlocht und en ux, de sie wora now maraguartic fet und hen ocht hunnert pund gawoga, des hut ovver warsht geva, und fimf stenner full schmoltz. Ich bin fro os es farivver is wile de frau so grittlich wore, see hut butchera wella de lesht wuch we des duwock show im Philadelphy wore, ovver ich hop's net so sana kenna, while ich des show sana hop wella. De weipsleit sin eva so opsonaud und mana mere monsleit missa y usht donsa wund se pifa, und won mere net duna, is der deivel loase in de kich ; und doch hop ich see net feel blama kenna, while see bocka hen missa fer de Krishdawga, Der druvel is see mocha tzu feel kshis mit era schleck soch ; do mus mince pie, hocha kucha und dtzund onnera sotta kucha kabocka sie, yusht wile de Sarah, unser elsta duchter en bow hut. Weil ich gliech ein gavis net, ovver de mam mained ar ish galined mit guld, yusht wile eir bissel english schwetza kun, ovver ich hop era ksout des dut ken frau und familia enara, und ich hop sie fatter shund long kakend, ar wore der dumsht mon im township; ar hut amole en hinkle house kabowed und hut tswa lecher nie gamoched, en groscs und ein glanis; des hut mere wenich spossich gagucht, no hop ich ein gfroked fer wos OS ar de tswa lecher nie gamoched het; no hut ar gamianed — why du gross kup — es grosse luch is fer de grosse hinkle und es glayne luch fer de glana hinkle. Ich hop of course lacha missa, und de dseit wore ar mere a venich folsh, und hut I gamained ar und sie kinder sin schmarter OS mina, ovver on Mundawk ovct hen see en sot fun en entertainment kotta om greitzwake shule house, und while es shiita bowe so gude wor hop ich de fear schwartza aisel in der bluck shiita kspunned und hop de gonse wesh mit ganumma, yusht so os de weipsleit nimmy stutzich sie setta. De Sarah hut den teacher gude ka- kenned und see hut ein kfroched fer sot fun en spelling class nuch in era program tzu do, see hut of course gavissed os see und era bow grufa data wora. Well, es hut mich gude feela mocha yusht while era bow sie pap dat wore, so OS see sana hen kenna os de Sarah awe ken glutzkup is und kun awe english schwetza. Es wore dennawake. Dare OS de wotta ous gevva hut, hut es wort ' 'Delight" de Sarah are bow gevva tzu spella, und ar hutz farfailed, sis not tzu de Sarah kumma. Se hut mich oblinked und ich hop der kup gnucked, see hut mich ferstona, no hut see es wort a pore mole ivver ksaut, no funged se so long- some awe gfunga, d-e-l-i-g-h t, recht secht dar wu os wort ous gevva hut. No secht ar Sarah moch now en sentence in english und use es wort "delight," des wore ordlich tough, ovver de Sarah hut era kup net farlora im excitement, no funges see aw. ' 'De room is now dark, some one please turn on delight. " Des wore era bow sie fatter tzu feela und ar is blitzlich hame gonga. Sam Shleifstein. J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. %«^^^%«i THE AROMA THOUSANDS PRAISE. Havana Box Aroma $12 per Gallon. ITS EQUAL UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE Cindnaati Fruit Refining Company, Cincinnati, 0. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. Wl /. B, Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A J? Q Hand-Made \^ A. XJTjTI. J\. KJ 615, (>i7 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. Kl ^ •)f ^P ^^ ^^ ^p ^P ^p ■^^ ^p ^p 'r ^p J^ 3^ ^^ ^^ 9|C 4^ 3^ 3^ 3^ ?JC s^ 3fC 3|C tyk ^C ^^ 3^ 3^ j^ 3^ 3K 3K ^■* A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY. Treasurer. \ « ** # * ^f The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. "^'fs"? •" Marietta, Pa. '""SSr' NAKERS OF High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars Oor Leaders r JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c. Cigar J SUSQUEHANNA 6c. Cigar ] .S. & N. 5c. Cigar [ OUR Leader 5c. cigar M^OIstrlbutors Wanted Everyw# ere C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA ^ THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. 1 C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE Cigars For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. m THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War«boases: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A, PEARSON, Packer iS: Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ L/eaf Xobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, UTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, FENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ZINMER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and I FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4. Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Zimmer Sp^Liiish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 .f. Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^.Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. jWrite for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton, Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District/ THE WEEK IN CHICAGO. C. D. A. of A. Directors' Meeting Was 2l Pleasing Affair. Chicago, Jan. 7, 1905. The chief topic of interest in tobacco circles this weelc is, of course, the Na- tional Convention, scheduled for next Tuesday at the Sherman House, and of which a full report is given elsewhere in this issue. But few business changes arc noted thus far this year. Harry Allen, who for many years has been with W. F. Monroe, has resigned and will take charge of the new store of the First National Cigar Stores Company, which will be opened a few weeks hence in the Dearborn street side of the First National Bank Building. He is now at the company's stand in the rotunda of the building getting posted. George Renaud will be his successor with W. F, Monroe. The directors' meeting of the Chicago branch Cigar Dealers' Association of America took place Wednesday night at the association rooms, at which time the new ofl3cors-elect were installed in a manner most creditable and pleasing to all. While the organization lays no claims to being a secret society, it was evident that both Former President Kol- man and President-elect Albert Breitung were made to feel that they were vic- tims of no small amount of merriment during the progress of the meeting. One after another of the members arose, assuming a serious altitude, and critcized the official acts of F'ormer Pres- ident Kolman. After carrying the joke to a degree almost uncomfortable to that gentleman, a happy termination follow- ed, when President Albert Breitung, in a neat little speech, expressed the true sentiment of the members and presented Mr. Kolman with a handsome gold watch as a token of the high esteem in which his efforts had been regarded. On the other hand, Mr. Breitung had been generously "jollied" throughout the evening concerning the beautiful bunch of American Beauties that ornamented the table, which he was accused of hav- ing placed there in token of his great esteem for himself. This, too, finally proved to be but another expression of the high regard in which incoming President Albert Breitung was held by the members. Mr. Breitung is still en- joying the pleasant aroma of the flow- ers and has assumed his duties with full assurance of the hearty co-operation of his fellow-workers. Louis P. Wiser, a well-known South Side cigar dealer, shot himself and then jumped into the lake last Thursday night. He left a note at the store stat- ing that his body would be found at the foot of Fifty-third street, but gave no reason for the deed. He leaves a wife, but no children. His store at 103 Fifty-third street was a favorite resort for the wealthy citiaens of his locality, and he had a very excellent trade. The dealer who won't confess to a holiday trade considerably in excess of that of 1903 is as hard to find as the proverbial needle in the haystack. All lay stress on the increased demand for high-grade goods. While trade of course shows a marked contrast to that of the week preceding Christmas, the year has opened up in a good, healthful way, and everybody in the trade appears to be satisfied. Colonel James G. Davis, who, with his son Graham, so ably looks after the western interests of Bondy & Lederer, has been elected financial secretary of the Chicago Press Club. — L. F. Naftzer, of Wichita, Kan., has purchased the cigar and grocery store of Casey & Garst, for $24,100, and will close it out at once. LOBSUtO. INVESTIGATION IN WISCONSIN'S Tra^de Se^ys That Government Agents H«Lve Not Begun Yet. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 9. The trade in this city is still waiting for something definite to come out of the report that President Roosevelt's spe- cial appointee to investigate the Ameri- can Tobacco Company's operations would commence his work in this sec- tion. No one can be found in this city who will admit knowing anything defi- nite, and the general opinion is that if I the Government's agents are working around here they are going about it in a very quiet way. Predictions were made by those who are anxious for the investigators to go as far as they like that Wisconsin would be found to be a very fertile field and one from which a gratifying bunch of sensations would be sprung. A daily paper made the following statement: "While no further announcement is made than that Wisconsin is to become the seat of early operations, it can safely be said that the chief point in this State that will be covered will be Milwaukee and Edgerton— Milwaukee as the field for manufacture, wholesaling and retail- ing; Edgerton as the seat of the tobacco growing industry." A general canvass of the trade this week brought out a general round of denials that anyone had been approach- ed and these denials bore every appear- ance of sincerity. A bona fide investiga- tion conducted without fear or favor would undoubtedly cause a big agitation in the Wisconsin tobacco field. Figures of interest to tobacco grow- ers of Wisconsin are found in the an- nual report regarding the principal farm crops of the United States. In a comparative table showing the prices for the different grades of to- bacco grown in the United States, Wis- consin products are shown to rank fourth in point of price obtainable, being consid- erable in excess of the average price received by Ohio growers. While this State produces only the cigar type, used largely for fillers and binders, the quality has steadily increased, as the growers became more experienced, until at the present time Wisconsin tobacco stands well at the head among tobacco produc- ing States, both as regards quality and quantity. A notable feature of the 1904 tobacco crop, as shown by the table, is the very small percentage of the crop marketed up to December 20. Among the sections producing cigar tobacco the great binder and filler crop of Wisconsin was still hanging on the poles at that date, practi- cally none having been stripped and very little sold. BURLEY ASSO. MEETS IN SECRET Gel Together in CincinncLti \o Mtt.ke Good Subscriptions Lacking. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 5. Between thirty and forty members of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Associa- tion, which has been maturing its plans for some months to gain control of the entire hurley market in competition with the combine, held a secret meeting in Cincinnati this week. None of the mem- bers registered at any of the hotels, and the utmost secrecy was observed. It was stated that the object of the meeting was to make good a few subscriptions that had fallen down and fill out the required amouut of half a million dollars. To the correspondent of the "Tobacco World" President W. B. Hawkins, of Lexington, Ky., said: "I cannot give you the details of the meeting, but 70a may say that our work will be consum- mated in a few days, and not until then will the public know what transpired. The members are pledged to secrecy.** From other sources, belieyed to be re* liable, it was ascertained that efforts C. A. ROST, 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD S9 AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦ ♦ (iioiceo|«i' Market ^i) o^rsfi^^* A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF- LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. '.CSIIEMAN READING.PA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ F. M. HUNT, A. G. MARTIN. I Geo. M. Wechter, Manufacturer of ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ <:iGAR BOXES. X SHIPPING CASES, 4. ♦ LABELS, ♦ X EDGINGS, ♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ RIBBONS, ♦ and 4 4 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I CIGAR ♦ Manufacturers* ♦ ♦ ♦ HVNT& MARTIN Manufacturers of High- Grade Stogies BBTHMSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. |*ei6AR BexESi t South Ninth Street, X SUPPLIES. X Established AL-r^fl Pa Telephone, 4 J 1883. MlIWI UII9 1 €!• Connection. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • J. Fred Holtzinger. w. H. Scitz. © HOLTZINGER. 5 Cigar Bos Bdgingt in the United States, having over x,ooo dtsigni in stock. T. A. MYERS & CO. PRINTEF9 AND ENGRAVERS, - YORK, PENNA Embossed Flaps* Labels« Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retalle.s of Leaf Tobacco SHADE-GROWN SUMATRA, in Bales. "-- {^:n':•J:^8^;°: 12 S. George St., York, Pa. A. SONNEMAN class shape. But it could be handled very well. No sales to report as yet." South Decrfield, Mass.: "It is re- ported that Charles Williams & Son have sold their crop in the bundle at private terms, about ten acres." West Suflfield, Ct : • 'Leading tobacco growers here have formed a society for the improvement of the tobacco and other farming industries. The idea is to learn and introduce the best methods of cultivation, particularly of tobacco, for the excellence of which this district already has a good reputation. " East Hartford, Ct: "Growers have been making the most of the damp spell and have been hustling about taking down the rest of their crops. Hired help is at a premium for this work. Nearly the whole crop is now down." New Milford, Ct: "Farmers have been hindered in getting down the to- bacco by the scarcity of help and several hired women to do a part of the work. The crop is now practically all down." Windsor, Ct: "The crop is now ready for stripping and sorting, thanks to the wet spell. Some large growers worked all night." — Amer. Cultivator. for a critical examination buyers are ven- turing out again and a resumption of the buying movement isconfidently expected. A few deliveries have commenced to arrive at the warehouses and enough is already stripped to start warehouses han- dling at several market points the com- ing week, and others will follow shortly. Packers who have contracts booked for large acreage are anxious to get the as- sorting business under way. The United Cigar Manufacturers will begin handling ihe crop at Edgerton, Viola and Postage the coming week. Old leaf is still being vigorously hunted in country hands and the movement shows but little dimunition, though the remnants left are continually being reduced, with a prospect that it will be lifted at low prices. Mrs. Lee sold 24CS '03 at 5. 2 and ic. Reports coming from the western por- tion of the State are that growers were not so fortunate in getting down as large a portion of the hanging crop last week as in this locality. Shipments were 588CS. — Reporter. 169 hhds 267 •• EDGERTON, WIS. Interest now is centered largely in the new crop which the growers are hurriedly preparing for market. Another season of casing weather during the week has afforded an opportunity of removing the leaf from the curing sheds and stripping is being pushed as rapidly as possible in the country districts. Now that the great bulk of the crop is down and in condition CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Receipts in Dec. were Sales " •• Shipments in" " 868 Total stocks Jan. I, " 1,049 Buyers' stocks, Jan. i, 293 hhds; Sellers' stocks, 756 hhds. There were no transactions during Christmas week. Our receipts for two weeks were 1 1 hhds, offerings this week 17 hhds, sales 13 hhds. Market un- changed. We have had one rainy spell which enabled tobacco to be taken [down in the barns but it turned off cold, and but little stripping has been done. The actions of the Dark Tobacco Dis • trict Planters Protection Association has greatly restricted sales of loose crops, but sales have been made here and there. The Association is now contracting with dealers to prize the crop and propose holding it in that form until it realizes its ideas as to prices. The preparation of leaf for the British markets promises not to be large, and prices paid for loose crops are far above the parity of the prices in these markets for strips and dried leaf. For Old jTobacco, we quote: Low Lugs $3.50 to I3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4.00 Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf 4.00 to 4.25 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4.75 5.50 6.75 8.00 E. A. G^^vEs c£ Oo IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOElJ»HIA 38 Williams Suction Rolling Tables by the Manufacturers as being the STANDARD Cigar Rolling Table, after an experience of 18 years. ghe John R. fVilii^ii^s C®* What Can Be Done by learners and experts on this Table can be seen at the School for Learners of the New York Ci- gar Manufacturers' Supply Co., 403 to 409 East Seventieth Street, New York. PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 120-128 Pacific Street, NEWARK, N.J. [ Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box J Dealer in X X Cigar Box Lumber, X ♦ ♦ ♦ Isabels, X Ribbons, 4 Edging, X AA ff A Br.nas, etc. t Manuiaciurer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BHSEF^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco BodM," V. •. A. Hopkinsville, Ky CIGAR MOLDS OUR MOLDS are the Best GRADE, and Our Prices THE LOWEST. We will Duplicate Any Shspe you are now using, regardless of who made your Molds, or Furnish Any New Shape. Sample Sections submitted for your approval Free of Cost. The American Cigar Mold Co 121-123 WEST FRONT ST., C IN CINNATI, 0 FMBOSSED CIGAR BANDS M^ Ar«>. All thtf^ RAde. Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Samples^ William Steiner, Sons & Co. iMGisr LitKogr&pKers, cumn 116 and 1X8 M. Fourteenth St., NBW YORK. 84 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D JOSEPH REED Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigdcrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $(]() per 10()0. PATRICK HENRY-3C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S Cuban stogies MANUPACTURBD ONI^V BV LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. a. 707 Ohfo St, ADcgheny, Pa. The Cigars You Want Union Cigar Factory Ask for Samples AKRON, PA, Correspondence Solicited rATAl C. A. Rost ^ Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Tobacco A Specialty of Light Connectictit Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4 -¥ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ll« J. Ml leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ;/)♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X t TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4> -¥ LITHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS 4- ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ PARMENTER WAX-LINED ■ COUPON GIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, kacine:. \iris . u s .^ WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TO iFries Bros. 0# Maaufa.cturii\g Chemists 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. The First to Manufacture Sweetener in the United States SLYeeSINE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Also Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, TOBACCO and FRUIT FLAVORS. E. RENNINGER, I<:stablished 1889. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVCr PS,, 1^ ^ ^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r^d LC^n LrO Design-Patents, Copyrights, tii^ John A. Saul, U« Droit Banding. WASHINOT'ON. D. %, 0«mRll8POIfD CIGAR BOXES PRinERSOF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS ilanufaclLjrers:- 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES ANa QUOTATIONS rURNISNED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGAR RIBBONS For Sale by All Dealers m AHSBIOM TOBiOOO 00. RT TOBK. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE H. A. C c6 Qo- <^j>H^v*nA . IMPORTERS Op^^ " t23 N. THIRD ST HiLJktymu^HiA e?!- KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, He. ♦ HAVANA CHROMA Sweet, Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent. Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO., YORK, PA. wi oulA)-<, lao^ [hot ^owfl. dL ^ Ucrvc'H I JOHN SUTER & CO Manufacturers of H&.nd-Made LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 2 1 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. E. I^OSENWALB & BR0 ■ j « BSTABI,ISHBD IK 1881 Vol. XXV. !D IK 1881 I ^, No. 3. \ PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY i8, 1905. { Onb Docaar psr Annum. Single Copies, Vrr^ CenU. YOU WANT LEAF of the **Better Grade." You want it at a Fair Price. You look for Fair Treatment — A Square Deal. THEN give us a Chance. We're in business to stay, not to pump out of a customer every possible cent that is shining — that's like the man who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. REMEMBER that Sumatra, Havana and all kinds of Domestic Leaf are here in full stock, and when you lay in this year's supply get our prices. You will thank us for them later L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Packers, Importers and Dealers in 16 AR LE/IF T0BAee 240 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. — u -2 .4\ i C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MANETOCIGAI^ 114 Philadelphia *«■ HARTMAN & KOHN, 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. (lord LANCASTER. lOc.) ( Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada, (NICKTLBY.Sc.) Channing Allen ®, Co» Manufacturers of FINE mm 419 Locust St. Philadelphiac Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. • _M 'The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. ,: EEKAHLER READING. PA- MAHumeniRCR CHARLOnE CUSHMAN? PALACE SMOKER Monkey Brand White Chief ^/ National Bird/ [ KingLouu Jl — 1 CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Netttnana & Co. « PHILADELPHIA, PA. AC d& QO- (C^JO^^ H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF •^THE T©BAeeO WORLB^ RESOLVTIONSADOPTEDBYC.D.OFA. GOVERNMENT REPORTS ON TEXAS AND ALABAMA TOBACCO. Full Text of Those Passed hi Annual Convention Last Week. Chicago, Jan. 13. There is a feeling of much satisfaction at the headquarters of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America as a result of the annual convention held during the first part of the week, as the enthusiasm shown is taken as indicative of the present vigor of the association. Following are the resolutions in full, which, as stated in last Wednesday's paper, were recommended by the com- mittee on resolutions and adopted by the association protesting against the proposed Philippine tariff cut: Whereas, Secretary Taft is reported to be anxious to send to Congress a bill to reduce the Philippine tariff in compli- ance with a cabled request from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce; Whereas, Any reduction in the present tariff rates on tobacco and cigars pro- duced in the Philippine Islands would be extremely detrimental to the tobacco and cigar industry of the United States, as well as to all American labor engaged therein ; Whereas, A policy forcing the product of Chinese and coolie labor into compe- tition with the product of American labor is hurtful to all classes of labor, and beneficial to none; Whereas, A similar reduction in tariff rates heretofore granted to Cuba upon the pretext of assisting the needy island- ers has proven to benefit only American trusts, and not those for whom such reductions were pretended to be benefic- ial, therefore, be it Resolved, By the Cigar Dealers' Asso- ciation of America, in convention assem bled at Chicago, this loth day of January, 1905, that a strong protest be forwarded to the President of the United States and Congress against any reduction whatever in the present tariff rates on cigars and tobacco from the Philippine Islands. Following were the two sets of resolu- tions adopted, commending President Roosevelt and Robert E. Lane: Whereas, The President of the United States, in his efforts to stop illegal trusts in their purpose to crush competition; Whereas, The President of the United States recommends the enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which policies meet with the full endorsement of this association, be it , , Resolved, That the Cigar Dealers Association of America fully approves of the recommendations of the President of the United States and demands of Con- gress the passage of the Hearst bill now before Congress. Whereas, Robert E. Lane, of New York, National President of the Cigar Dealers Association of America, has filled this office under the most trying and discouraging conditions during the past year; and Whereas, During the administration of Robert E. Lane all the conditions injuri- ous to the existence and purposes for which this association is organized have been removed and perfect confidence and harmony restored, be it Resolved, That the Cigar Dealers* Association of America, in national con- vention assembled, this loth day of January, 1905, extends a vote of thanks for the great work done during his administration. Chief of Bureau of Soils Gives Encouragement to Farmers Who Con- template Planting in Texas or Alabama. Certain Soil Will Produce Fine Trade Leaf. In last week's issue of The Tobacco result was the discovery that the type of World was an editorial treating the possi- soil had a marked influence on the quality bility of growing tobacco in Southern of leaf produced, and that the leaf grown soil which had hitherto been used for on the type given the name Orangeburg some other purpose. The matter is one sandy loam (a reddis^h or grayish s indy which is just now exciting considerable loam with a red clay subsoil) possessed a interest among farmers, owing to the much finer aroma than the leaf grown on possibilities latent in the idea and the fol- any other soil in the area, lowing report made by Milton Whitney, Other surveys made in 1902, 1903 and Chief of the Bureau of Soils of the De- 1904 have established the fact that the partment of Agriculture, throws consid- Orangeburg sandy loam is a soil of wide erable light on the subject and defines distribution in East Texas, as well as in the opportunities which have been dis- the other Gulf and South Atlantic St.ites. covered to exist in East Texas and Ala- It is associated with other Orangeburg bama for the production of cigar leaf soils, of which the Orangeburg clay is tobacco. also believed to be a good tobacco soil. Chief Whitney says that a few years There is thus an ample area of soil ago the attention of the Bureau of Soils suitable for the growing of cigar leaf to- was called to a new tobacoo industry in baoco in Texas and other Southern East Texas, where it was reported con States, and in Texas particularly, and the siderable progress had been made in thought occurred that whatever deficien- growing a domestic filler leaf from Cuban cies formerly produced were due to an seed. It was found that qute an exten. indiscriminating use of soils might at sive acreage was being planted around once be eliminated in the light of knowl Willis, Montgomery Country, and that edge of soil adaptation gained during the several warehouses and cigar factories Willis and subsequent surveys. Follow- were in operation there. ing out this idea, the Bureau in 1903 An examination of the tobacco, made conducted a series of tobacco experi- by the Bureau expert, showed that some ments on the Orangeburg soils around of the leaf produced was of excellent Nacogdoches, Luskin, and Woodville, quality, surpassing in aroma any domestic Texas. examined up to that time, but that the This crop has been sold and distributed crop as a whole, for reasons not determ- among the pricipal cigar manufacturers ined, was not such as to warrant the pre of the country who have expressed prac- diction of any phenomenal development tically unanimous satisfaction with the of the industry. leaf. It is the general feeling of the The matter was again given some trade that this tobacco will fill an im- study in 1899 as the result of the notable portant place in the market, if produced superiority of some Texas samples ex- in sufficient quantities and at reasonable hibited at the Paris exposition. Owing prices. The tobacco being an entirely to the manner in which the collection new product, and having at present time had been made, however, it was im- no fixed status in the market, it is to practicable to determine whether this be expected that its introduction will be quality was the result of the particular more or less slow and tedious, and the soil upon which the leaf had been grown, growers of this Texas leaf must not at of the kind of seed used, of any special first look for the highest prices, system of fertilization, or of care and skill The value of this tobacco, as far as the in handling and curing. Bureau has informed itself to the present In 1 90 1 the Bureau made a survey of time, varies considerably, the prices for the soils around Willis, at the same time the finished product ranging from 25 to investigating the condition of the tobacco 40 cents a pound, according to the grade industry, and especially the relations of and quality of the leaf, but the grower the quality of the leaf to the soil pro- can not expect to obtain at the outset ducing it. The tobacco interests were more than 15 or 20 cents for the unfer- then found in a languishing condition, mented leaf. From computations based From a maximum acreage of 1,000 acres on the past work of the Bureau, it is planted in 1898. the plantings had de estimated that the cost of growing the to- clined to 500 acres in 1899, and thence bacco, under normal conditions, should to less than 100 acres in 1901 ; and the not exceed 10 cents a pound. The av- growers aUhough needing some crop, erage yield is estimated to be 600 pounds like tobacco, in which to specialize, had or more per acre. become very much discouraged. The During the past two years the Bureau causes assigned by the Bureaus agent for has also conducted experiments in Perry the decline in the production of this crop County, Alabama, and in Darlington and were mainly two— the lack of knowledge Orangeburg counties, S. C, upon the among the growers as to the methods of same types of soil as in Texas, handling the crop, and the peculiar The tobacco grown in Alabama, while market conditions always to be met with not considered quite so good as the Texas in a trade so highly specialized as the product, meets with much approval from tobacco trade. However, an important the trade, but the leaf so far produced in South Carolina is pronounced less satis- factory, and while the Bureau will con- tinue its experiments in that State on a small scale, in the hope that methoils for the improvement of the leaf product there may be discovered, it does not for the present recommend that the farmers enter into its produ( tion. Inquiries re;;arding tlie cooperaticm of the Department in t h e growing of to- bacco in any of these areas, may be made of the Chief of tlie Bureau of Soils, or of (i. T. McNess. the chief tobacco expert of the Department in Washington, or W. M. Hinaon, expert in i har^e of the work in Texas, whose present head([uar. ters are at Nacogdoches, Texas. TAMFF CUT WOULD WORK INJURY. Cincinnati Seed Leaf Boaird of Tra.de Expla.ins Why. Cincinnati, O. , Jan. 13, 1905. Editor Tobacco World: The cigar leaf trade and the cigar manufacturers of Cincinnati and the First Internal Revenue District of Ohio, in common with their colleagues in other parts of the country, are much concerned about the proposal to reduce the tariff on cigars and tobacco from the Philippines to 25 per cent of the present tariff rates. This industry has been for years singularly harassed by legislation affect- ing the national revenues, and which does not by far obtain to the same extent in any other branches of industry. The tariff on imported leaf tobacco and cigars excessive as it is on some kinds of leaf tobacco, is recognized as neces- sary. The tr.ide has adapted itself to the conditions, but it retjuires stability both in the tariff and the administr.itive features thereof, to insure continued success as a prosperous business and a national levenue producer. With the enactment into a law of the contemplated reduction to 25 per cent on all tobaccos and cigars coming from the Philippines, there can be no question but that everyone connected with the industry down to the humblest worker, both in shop and field, would be veiy materially injured and in m^iny cases ruined. 1-very workman in cigar facto- ries, every farmer, both land owners and tenants raising cigar leaf tobacco, would unquestionably have to abandon the manipul.ition and cultivation of cigar leaf tobacco, and to that extent depreciation in the value of tobacco lands would follow. Cheap land, the cheapest kind of labor, both of which everyone must admit exist in the Phili|)pines, coupled with a tariff of but 25 per cent of present rates, are the factors that will afford the aforesaid undesirable conditions. It has been amply shown that Philip- pine cigars and tobacco can be laid down in the United States under the 25 per cent rate at prices with which no dealer in tobacco and no manufacturer of cigars can possibly compete. The standard of wages and cost of living in the United States bears no comparison to the simpler necessities of the Philippines, and any discrimination in favor of the so called "poor Filippinos" that works a hardship on a deserving class of our own people is a violation of that sense of justice which has always characterized the American people. The Seed Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade of Cincinnati. Julius C. Fri:i, President. Jno. Staun, Secretary, C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO WORLD i^ii MANjFTOCIGAli 11,4 Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, liters oltlie FAMOUS r^^^ \ m 5c* Cigar (lord LANCASTER, lOc.) OIliiBr Bilft. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKrLBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co. Manufacturers of FINE 419 Locust St Philadelphia Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4S3t>-A. 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedei's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samplei sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. 1 I •1. EEKAHLER I READING. PA.' MMttmcniiKii (m dttBUOm COSHMANC PALACE SMOKER Monkey BiAND iWhitECMiEr ^ ' Kational Biro/ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. saiE^*^r«ii „«i *»•• ■*?'^^ ?»&S£sii^i&t liiMi^ K^^ (& Qo- Havana 123 N. THIRD ST JMPnRTERS OF Hll.ADEL.RHIA 3 T©B/ieeO WORLB^ RESOLVTIONSADOPTEDBYC.D.OFA. GOVERNMENT REPORTS ON TEXAS AND ALABAMA TOBACCO. Full Text of Those Passed at Annual Convention Last Week. Chicago, Jan. 13. There is a feeling of much satisfaction at the headquarters of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America as a result of the annual convention held during the first part of the week, as the enthusiasm shown is taken as indicative of the present vigor of the association. Following are the resolutions in full, which, as stated in last Wednesday's paper, were recommended by the com- mittee on resolutions and adopted by the association protesting against the proposed Philippine tariff cut: Whereas, Secretary Taft is reported to be anxious to send to Congress a bill to reduce the Philippine tariff in compli- ance with a cabled request from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce; Whereas, Any reduction in the present tariff rates on tobacco and cigars pro- duced in the Philippine Islands would be extremely detrimental to the tobacco and cigar industry of the United States, as well as to all American labor engaged therein ; Whereas, A policy forcing the product of Chinese and coolie labor into compe- tition with the product of American labor is hurtful to all classes of labor, and beneficial to none; Whereas, A similar reduction in tariff rates heretofore granted to Cuba upon the pretext of assisting the needy island- ers has proven to benefit only American trusts, and not those for whom such reductions were pretended to be benefic- ial, therefore, be it Resolved, By the Cigar Dealers' Asso- ciation of America, in convention assem bled at Chicago, this loth day of January, 1905, that a strong protest be forwarded to the President of the United States and Congress against any reduction whatever in the present tariff rates on cigars and tobacco from the Philippine Islands. Following were the two sets of resolu- tions adopted, commending President Roosevelt and Robert E. Lane: Whereas, The President of the United States, in his efforts to stop illegal trusts in their purpose to crush competition; Whereas, The President of the United States recommends the enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which policies meet with the full endorsement of this association, be it , , Resolved, That the Cigar Dealers Association of America fully approves of the recommendations of the President of the United States and demands of Con- gress the passage of the Hearst bill now before Congress. Whereas, Robert E. Lane, of New York, National President of the Cigar Dealers Association of America, has filled this office under the most trying and discouraging conditions during the past year; and Whereas, During the admmistration ot Robert E. Lane all the conditions injuri- ous to the existence and purposes for which this association is organized have been removed and perfect confidence and harmony restored, be it Resolved, That the Cigar Dealers* Association of America, in national con- vention assembled, this loth day of January, 1905, extends a vote of thanks for the great work done during his administration. Chief of Bureau of Soils Gives Encouragement to Farmers Who Con- template Planting in Texas or Alabama. Certain Soil Will Produce Fine Trade Leaf. In last week's issue of The Tobacco result was the discovery that the type of World was an editorial treating the possi- soil had a marked influence on the quality bility of growing tobacco in Southern of leaf produced, and that the leaf grown soil which had hitherto been used for on the type given the name Orangeburg some other purpose. The matter is one sandy loam (a reddish or grayish sindy which is just now exciting considerable loam with a red clay subsoil) possessed a interest among farmers, owing to the much finer aioma than the leaf grown on possibilities latent in the idea and the fol- any other soil in the area, lowing report made by Milton Whitney, Other surveys made in 1902, 1903 and Chief of the Bureau of Soils of the De- 1904 have established the fact that the partment of Agriculture, throws consid- Orangeburg sandy loam is a soil of wide erable light on the subject and defines distribution in East Texas, as well as in the opportunities which have been dis- the other Gulf and South Atlantic States, covered to exist in East Texas and Ala- It is associated with other Orangeburg bama for the production of cigar leaf soils, of which the Orangeburg clay is tobacco. also believe(^ to be a good tobacco soil. Chief Whitney says that a few years There is thus an ample area of soil ago the attention of the Bureau of Soils suitable for the growing of cigar leaf to- was called to a new tobacoo industry in baoco in Texas and other Southern East Texas, where it was reported con States, and in Texas particularly, and the siderable progress had been made in thought occurred that whatever deficien- growing a domestic filler leaf from Cuban cies formerly produced were due to an seed. It was found that qute an exten. indiscriminating use of soils might at sive acreage was being planted around once be eliminated in the light of knowl Willis, Montgomery Country, and that edge of soil adaptation gained during the several warehouses and cigar factories Willis and subsequent surveys. Follow- were in operation there. ing out this idea, the Bureau in 1903 An examination of the tobacco. made conducted a series o f tobacco experi- by the Bureau expert, showed that some ments on the Orangeburg soils around of the leaf produced was of excellent Nacogdoches, Luskin, and Woodville, quality, surpassing in aroma any domestic Texas, examined up to that time, but that the This crop has been sold and distributed crop as a whole, for reasons not determ- among the pricipal cigar manufacturers ined, was not such as to warrant the pre of the country who have expressed prac- diction of any phenomenal development tically unanimous satisfaction with the of the industry. leaf. It is the general feeling of the The matter was again given some trade that this tobacco will fill an im- study in 1899 as the result of the notable portant place in the market, if produced superiority of some Texas samples ex- in sufficient quantities and at reasonable hibited at the Paris exposition. Owing prices. The tobacco being an entirely to the manner in which the collection new product, and having at present time had been made, however, it was im- no fixed status in the market, it is to practicable to determine whether this be expected that its introduction will be quality was the result of the particular more or less slow and tedious, and the soil upon which the leaf had been grown, growers of this Texas leaf must not at of the kind of seed used, of any special first look for the highest prices, system of fertilization, or of care and skill The value of this tobacco, as far as the in handling and curing. Bureau has informed itself to the present In 1901 the Bureau made a survey of time, varies considerably, the prices for the soils around Willis, at the same time the finished product ranging from 25 to investigating the condition of the tobacco 40 cents a pound, according to the grade industry, and especially the relations of and quality of the leaf, but the grower the quality of the leaf to the soil pro can not expect to obtain at the outset ducing it. The tobacco interests were more than 15 or 20 cents for the unfer- then found in a languishing condition, mented leaf. From computations based From a maximum acreage of 1,000 acres on the past work of the Bureau, it is planted in 1898, the plantings had de estimated that the cost of growing the to- clined to 500 acres in 1899, and thence bacco, under normal conditions, should to less than 100 acres in 1901; and the not exceed 10 cents a pound. The av- growers although needing some crop, erage yield is estimated to be 600 pounds like tobacco, in which to specialize, had or more per acre. become very much discouraged. The During the past two years the Bureau causes assigned by the Bureaus agent for has also conducted experiments in Perry the decline in the production of this crop County, Alabama, and in Darlington and were mainly two— the lack of knowledge Orangeburg counties, S. C, upon the among the growers as to the methods of same types of soil as in Texas, handling the crop, and the peculiar The tobacco grown in Alabama, while market conditions always to be met with not considered quite so good as the Texas in a trade so highly specialized as the product, meets with much approval from tobacco U-ade. However, an important the trade, but the leaf so far produced in South Carolina is pronounced less satis- factory, and while the Bureau will con- tinue its experiments in that State on a small scale, in the h(ipe that methods for the improvement of the leaf product there may be discovered, it does not for the present recommend that the farmers enter into its production. Inquiries regarding the cooperation of the Department in t h e growing of to- bacco in any of these areas, may be made of the Chief of the Bureau of Soils, or of G. T. McNess, the chief tobacco expert of the Department in Washington, or W. M. Hinson, expert in ( harge of the work in Texas, whose present headciuar- ters are at Nacogdoches, Texas. TARIFF CUT WOULD WORK INJURY. Cincinnati Seed Leaf Board uf Tr&de Expl&ins Why. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 13, 1905. Editor Tobacco World: The cigar leaf trade and the cigar manufacturers of Cincinnati and the First Internal Revenue District of Ohio, in common with tlieir colleagues in other parts ot the country, are much concerned about the proposal to reduce the tariff on cigars and tobacco from the Philippines to 25 per cent of the present taritT rates. This industry has been for years singularly harassed by legislation affect- ing the national revenues, and which does not by far obtain to the same extent in any other branches of industry. The taritT on imported leaf tobacco and cigars excessive as it is on some kinds of leaf tobacco, is recognized as neces- sary. The trade has adapted itself to the conditions, but it requires stability both in the tariff and the administrative features thereof, to insure continued success as a prosperous business and a national levenue producer. With the enactment into a law of the contemplated reduction to 25 per cent on all tobaccos and cigars coming from the Philippines, there can be no question but that everyone connected with the industry down to the humblest worlcer, both in shop and field, would be very materially injured and in many cases ruined. Every workman in cigar facto- ries, every farmer, both land owners and tenants raising cigar leaf tobacco, would unquestionably have to abandon the manipulation and cultivation of cigar leaf tobacco, and to that extent depreciation in the value of tobacco lands would follow. Cheap land, the cheapest kind of labor, both of which everyone must admit exist in the Philippines, coupled with a tariff of but 25 per cent of present rates, are the factors that will afford the aforesaid undesirable conditions. It has been amply shown that Philip, pine cigars and tobacco can belaid down in the United States under the 25 jier cent rate at prices with which no dealer in tobacco and no manufacturer of cigars can possibly compete. The standard of wages and cost of living in the United States bears no comparison to the simpler necessities of the Philippines, and any discrimination in favor of the so called "poor Filippinos" that works a hardship on a deserving class of our own people is a violation of that sense of justice which has always characterized the American people. The Seed Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade of Cincinnati. Julius C. 1''ki:i, President. J NO. Staun, Secretary, INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ^ /\, C^AL.VE3 (^ O^' <^^ Havana 123 n. third ' - - iMPnR-TPRfi G^y^ ^ Philadelphia J.Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. John T. Dobaiu Win. H. Dohan. IKHJHDBD 1855. ^^^'^ DOHAN ATAITT, Sfv Q^j Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^^ Packers of /^*^^^^ I07 Arch St. Leaf Tobacco\ ,«»^ J philada. BREMER 3 \JC^^^ * IMPORTERS OP ^YO I Havana and Sumatra •od PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia ^mm m.-.m^^^M^ ^<^^ IMPORTERS OF Ip-^^"^ % ILADEL: BBNJ. LABE JACOB LABti SIDNEY LABB /UUUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. Importers of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed I^eaf BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers iSh Dealers in I^BAP TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third Street, PHIhADMLPKIA, PA. L. BAMBERGER & CO. ••4 Dealers to ^r% of SEED LEAF HAVANA end SUMATRA TOBACCO t 111 Arch St., Philadelphia l^at^owet: Lancaster, Pa.; If ilton Junction, Wis.; BaldwinsTiIle,lC.T« LiEOPOLiD liOEB 8t 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. TheE m ni rp Importers and Dealers In ^**t'^* ^ ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, V ^Y^ SEED LEAF, m 1 Leaf Tobacco -- llUjJi; Co., Ltd. SUMATRA 118 N.Sd St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia. Broker in LEAF TOB/I©©0 -I ^y O TIT IMPORTERS of r] 1 0 img «; 14 ewman, Sumatra & Havana (x&'Si 2Wr N. THIBD ST., PHILADELPHIA. ' Packers of Seed _ /\ Qalves ^ OOv^^ ~ Philadelphia ^5 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ I The Old Salesman's Musings. CViLB YOVR IMAGINATION. There was once a circus which fell by inheritance to a man who didn't know anything about circuses, but had ideas on everything. This man looked the show over after he had taken hold, and sized it up as a fair, average circus. He had a confab with his press manager, and took this position: • 'See here ; I am tired of seeing these glittering lithographs which promise all sorts of impossible things, and make any number of absurd claims. This is a pretty good show, but it isn' t any won- der of the world, and we' re going to take the public into our confidence and tell them just exactly what we have. When they come, and discover that, if any- thing, we have under- promised, we'll get to be the most popular show on the road. •'We haven't got three rings, and we aren't going to say so. We've got one elephant, not seven, four monkeys, not two cages full. Our acrobats are clever, but they're not the greatest in the world. The women trapeze artists are well worth seeing, but they aren' t unique. «'I simply want you to go over our ad vertising literature with a fine tooth comb and revamp it until we' ve simply got a straightaway outline of what really comes off," The press man shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, but he knew the folly of trying to convince a man who doesn' t know anything about it, so he went ahead. The hthographs and posters were a curiosity, from a circus standpoint, and the public didn't know how to take them at all. The majority of them apparently made the usual discount from the face value of the promises, and, figuring up the result, decided that they would wait for the next show. Business for three months was simply rotten, and made such a heavy drain on the wise man's bank account, that he finally had a quick heart to-heart talk with the press man, and gave him carte blanche. That foxy gentleman made not a single change in the performance, but got out a new set of lithographs. Business immediately picked up and made good, not only in strange towns, but on return dates, prov- ing that the patrons of the show did not consider that they had been fooled. All of which goes to say that you must put a certain amount of hot air into cir- culation to make good. As Pete Dailey sings in "A Little of Everything," You Wont Do any Business if you Haven't Got a Band. " That sterling line that we all used to scratch bum copy book imi- tations of— Honesty is the Best Policy- is considerably elastic now- a days, and practically every man in business is apt toexpand his statements to suit the occasion. You have to hypnotize a man to a cer- tain extent, to sell him goods now a-days, and the modern advertisement is a part of the process. Show a man a certain article, and let him examine it thoroughly without comment on your part, and if he is not already eager and ready to buy such an article, you will propably not ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ make a sale. Go at the man with a clever advertisement, and he is interested at once, it doesn't matter whether the ad. is verbal or printed. The advertisement may boom the ar- ticle to the skies, but if there is a reason- able percentage of truth in it, the man will not feel that his confidence has been abused. If your advertisement confined itself to the mere statement of bald facts, it wouldn' t attract for a cent. It is in the proper combination of truth and fancy that the value of advertising lies, and the most successful advertisers are those whose judgment is the best in determining this proportion. The man who lays it on with a paint brush defeats his own purpose and soon acquires a reputation by which the peo- ple to whom he makes appeal undervalue the grain of truth that does really exist m his statements. A certain business man in Philadelphia got into a habit not long ago of exagger- ating greatly, everything that he said or printed about his business. The habit grew until it was beyond all bounds and was doing him an amount of harm with his old established trade which was by no means made up by the new business resulting from these methods. He had a department store on a small scale, and it got so bad that when he happened to have two blankets of an odd lot left over that he wanted to sell quick, he would advertise "A thousand Navaho, superfine blankets come to our hands as the result of a mistake in the invoice. We are keeping them and standing the loss. Oar customers benefit. As long as they last today at $3." One day a couple of old time friends of his stopped in to see him. They hadn't seen each other for some time] but had corresponded. The merchant was proud of the business he was doing and began to talk fulsomely about it His friends were politely interested and asked questions, but always after the de- partment store man had finished a re- mark, the others would fall into a minute of silent meditation, moving their lips as if calculating. The merchant noticed it and finally asked about it. "What's the matter with you boys?" he said. "What do you do that for?" ••Oh, nothing," was the answer. The conversation was continued and in a little while the merchant asked again : "Tell me why you do that? You make me nervous." "Well," said one ot the visitors hesi tatingly, "we are just translating you as we go along. We have discovered that it is safe to reduce it to seventeen and a half per cent to get facts." The merchant was rather inclined to get mad but they laughed at him and then gave him a good talking to. They told him that everybody was getting on to him, that his statements published or other- wise were winked at and laughed at, and that it was up to him to work a quick reformation. The merchant had sense enough to take their advice, secured the services of a clever advertising man who knew his business, and is building up a reputation for reliabilty. All o f which can be summed up in the pithy statement that you can go as far as you like, as long as that isn't too far. The Old Salesman '' La Imperial Cigar Factory '^ HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiQARS* \&^- 1 ^^not*^ Oi^^oc^nmff vrheah^ sei.,K^»rv» fk.m/^ct so. "Yes," returned the other, -it'sone and it is likely to remain for an indefinite that the mere cost of the labor on the most of those you gave me yesterday." period. expensive of these cigars would be 1 5 or ONE of the large displays at the recent Tobacco Show in Horticultural Hall was the one made by the R. A. Patterson Tobacco Company of Richmond, Va. The picture shows how Patterson Seal and Lucky Strike, two of the best known brands on the market, were attractively presented to consumers. This exhibit wag much larger than the cut gives an idea of, and caused much favorable comment. 20 cents each. Nearly all of them are large, most of the costly cigars are also graceful in shape, but not all of them are. There is, for instance, a $2 cigar that is rather clumsy in its outlines; it is longer than the ordinary big cigar, much thicker, and its general build a stubby, chunky cigar. But while one may or may not admire its type, the cigar itself is made with the utmost perfection of workmanship. There is, for example, another costly cigar that is big, almost straight sided and cylindrical in form and stubby at both ends, certainly not a beautiful model, but the cigar itself simply perfect in its form. The same is true of all these costly cigars. Whatever the type may be, homely or graceful in outline, the work- manship displayed in the making of them is uniformly faultless, and not only is each cigar in every way perfectly made, but the cigars in a box will be found perfectly matched. These costly cigars represent, in fact, the highest art of cigarmaking. Such cigars may be found in the show- case, duly labeled, at |i, I1.25, $1.50, 1 1. 75 and $2, and there are some sold in the ordinary way to smokers. There is now and then a smoker who likes that kind of a big, heavy smoke, and who comes in and buys a $2 cigar and lights it up. The purchaser is quite likely to be somebody with plenty of money who is feeling cheerful over a good dinner, but while such cigars are sold at retail there is not often occasion to hand them out to a purchaser. As a matter of fact, there are not many men who pay a dollar or more for a cigar. No matter how much money a man has or how fond he may be of smoking, he hesitates to pay $1 for a smoke. It is not until a lower price still is reached, say in the 5o-cent cigars, that the costly cigar becomes an article of comparatively common consumption. And, indeed, 50 cents is about the top- notch price for cigars in the most expen- sive hotels and restaurants. Higher priced cigars may be had, but half a dollar for a cigar is about as much as men often pay. — Exchange. • • • DON'T BE TOO BIG TO LOOK AFTER YOUR STORE. T^HERE is a prosperous retail store in "^ Milwaukee which has built up the best part of its trade in the last two years. That length of time ago the pro- prietor didn't even have his name on the window. He was simply in the business for the money there was in it, and only went around to count up the money on Saturday night. Some of his friends told him, when he complained that he wasn't making a success, that he would lose every cent he had unless he got. busy. He took a tumble and did a little clerking on his own account. Now there is no friendlier man in the city. He even has a large sign hanging over the cash register, which reads: THl TOBACCO WORI^D AVOID DISPUTES Lose Trade. IT gives an al)solute check on cash and credit sales, on money paid out and on money received on account, tlicrcty preventing disputes atout accounts, the most fruit- ful source or misunderstanding. INational Cash Register Company Dayton, Ohio 1 UNION ASSISTS HEALTH BOARD. BE FRIENDLY. DROP IN OCCASIONALLY. Cigarmakers [Help Physicians Enforce Sanitary IS Laws. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 12. The cigarmakers of Milwaukee are co- operating with the local health authorities in enforcing the sanitary laws of the city. This was one of the first places in the country where the craft joined hands with the authorities in working for the public good. The idea of assisting che authorities in ferreting out places liable to breed disease has been in vogue among cigar- makers many years. They never permit a union shop to get in such shape as the majority of non- union shops are in most of the time, according to officers. This is the great reason why you find so many men who are bitterly opposed to organized labor always smoking union made cigars. They know that when they smoke a la- beled icigar there is little danger of it having been made in an unsanitary shop. Few people are aware, doubtless, that in a union shop men are not permitted to squirt tobacco juice about the floor. Every man working in a shop is provided with a cuspidor and he is required to use it They are death on all germ breeding factories and the filthy practices that pro- duce them. Union men say tobacco in itself is a germ destroyer, and that during the great cholera plague in Hamburg years ago it was found that men who were employed in the manufacture of cigars were in no danger of taking the disease. But when tobacco dust is permitted to accumulate on a floor, it is liable to become the breeding place of certain disease germs. Despite the vast number of factories here, the State factory inspector has found conditions excellent, with only occasional instances of complaint. SHOULD MARKET SLOWLY. R.ichmond Tobacco Farmers Advised Not to Glut the Warehouses. Richmond, Va., Jan. 16. This week and next will witness large sales at the local warehouses providing weather conditions are not too unfavor- able. One warehouse man of this city says: • 'There will be good demand for the present crop, and if the farmers will hold off" and not crowd the crop on the market within a few weeks, thereby causing a glut and consequent breaking of prices, they will obtain better results. "Loose sales on the warehouse floors will run until May i, which will give am- ple time to dispose of the crop without crowding the market, and if farmers will bear this in mind and distribute the offerings over this period of four months, it will add greatly to the price received.' ' FINED $25 FOR SELLING TO MINORS W. H. Minghini, who operates a cigar store on East Philadelphia street, Los Angeles, Cal., was convicted in Justice Gidley's court of selling tobacco to a minor and was fined $75, which he promptly paid. Minghini protested his innocence. ltl^AWATiyATyATaVyAT4^i kTATATATATATA^ATi BLACK THREADS Long Cut The Fintst Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3^ oz. packages. Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write Uf for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco DAYTON, OHIO. !♦♦ A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASINO WHITEWASHING Fountain Spn^yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tob«k.cco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make lar|e Field Sprayer which covers foar rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. 8 /^^ Qalve3 ^ Qo. ^^^ Havana 123 n. third ^^^mm^.^^ IMPORTERS OF^^ ~~ PHiiUkDBiJ'HiA GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. RREMER RROS. &l ROEHM, ^^^ ^*^ ^^^ Importers, Packers dLnd Dealers jn 119 North Third St., PHILADEL?HI4;:^,^,-p,„_^^^ £ #y^ ,j^ .^ - ., ^ - -^^^ 15 JOHN U. FEHR. ^ Established 1883. GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U. FEHR & SON, Leaf Tobacco! 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN©, PA. 00TTS&KEELY, Importers and Packers of I Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS . No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIAf PfflLIPPj.KOLB CDV^ywT.COLGAN Oar ReUil Depsiiment is Strictly Up-tO'Dste. G. H. BOESCH, Importer of ▼ /* ^ 1 ^ 1 Leaf Tobacco Dealer in SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. ORTH Third Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg. Tobacco IMPORTER OP Sumatra and Havana Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. m. VelMvMk. & Veleadiik. VELENCHIK BR.OS. tH^y. LEAF T0B/ieeO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA I^OUIS BVTHINER J. PRINCH LO UIS B YTHINMR <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers «)UO KSICC ^^*pf •« J 1 U* and Commission Merchants. 1 l\llftClClpni&* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Sumatra>»''Havana Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THBTOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y CA.~Leaf Tobacco ffarehouse-HABANA, CVBA NEPTUNO I70"i74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo. ^ Cable— RoTiSTA. NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers ai\d Dealers of TUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: ••Angel," Havana Keina. 20, Havaaa. p. O. Box 98 FIGURES FOR 1904 FROM THE HAVANA MARKET. A Synopsis Which Gives a Detailed Report of Sales in Havana and Stocks on Hand. — Present Market is Still a Little Dull, but Big Transactions are Early Expected. f Special Correspondence ot The Tobacco The following statistics are herewith presented to the readers of The Tobacco World in regard to the Havana market during the year 1904: Stocks on hand, as per report of Jan. 4, 1904, of all kinds of Bales, leaf Jan. i, 1904, 101,407 Receipts from the country Jan. I to Dec. 31, 1904, at Havana of all kinds of leaf, 420,031 Total supply, 521,428 Sales reported at Havana by your correspondent from J an. 9 to Dec. 3 1 , Bales . 1904, 322,936 Stocks belonging to the second hand upon Jan. I, 1904, as per report of Jan. 1 1 , and which ought to have been eliminated,as the sales should only be from first hands. 41* 4^7 Receipts from the coun- try sold direct by the farmers to manufactu- turers and a few American exporters not reported among Havana sales, 67,085 43'. 428 Balance o f stock o n hand of all kinds of leaf upon Jan. 1,1905, in first hands at Ha- vana and ascertained by the various dealers, 90, 000 The above clear synopsis ought to put a quietus for all time upon the malicious reports published, or expressed verbally, that the Havana correspondence of The Tobacco World publishes sales in excess of the actual transactions, and as one party even stated in a printed interview in a New York contemporary, three limes in excess of the crop of z. single year. The above figures prove conclusively that the reported sales constituted only about three fourths of the crop, and are therefore as nearly correct as they can be, as long as no official statistics are kept A few people may exaggerate the amount of their sales, while others on the other hand diminish them, but the average is approximately true, and answers all needful purposes. The 1904 crop can be estimated as follows : rReceipts from the country by railroads, steamers and sail- ing vessels at Havana Jan. i Bales, to Dec. 31/ 1904, 410,021 Estimated stocks in the country in farmers' hands, Vuelta Abajo and Partido, about 15,000 Received by carts, bundled to- bacco packed here, and baltd World.] Havana, January 9, 1905. tobacco from nearby points, about 10,000 Eastern end of the island, partly in hands of farmers and deal- ers, or exported from such ports as Santiago de Cuba, Manzanillo, Gabara, Caibarien and Cienfuegos(Manicaragua), 20, 000 455.021 Less received from the 1903 crop up to April 2, 1904, 12,001 Total estimated 1904 crop, 443,030 Or say, in round numbers, about: Bales. Vuelta Abajo, 350,000 24,000 66,000 83,000 20,000 Semi-Vuelta, Partido, Remedios, Mayari, Yara, Gibara, Remedios, shipped from Caibarien, and Manicaraguafrom Cienfuegos, 443.000 The new year has just opened, and while the transactions are not yet large, a good many northern buyers have arrived during the past week, and there is no doubt that this month will show some big transactions. Prices are very firm. The latest crop reports are mixed, and speak of a rather diminished growth in most sections for want of uniform rain- falls; still all judgment ought to be sus- pended as to quantity until next month. If the dry weather prevails the quality will be too heavy and unsuitable for the clear Havana manufacturers in the north as well as here. Sales ran up 103,516 bales in all, or 918 of Vuelta Abajo, 78 of Partido and 2,520 of Remedios. American buyers took 2,398, European exporters 393, and local manufacturers 725 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: — C. S. Egerton, of Egerton & Joel, Anto. Fanego Rico.Boston, Mass. ; Louis Goldsmith and Charles Barthen, of L. Goldsmith & Co., Max Stern, of Lewis Sylvester & Son, New York ; Harry Nathan, representative of Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., Philadelphia, M. Pareda, of Granda Hnos., H. L. Simon and Michael Hirsh, of Montreal, Canada; Harry Esberg and J. Lowe, of Esberg- Gunst Co., G. W. Nichols and F. L. Artolozaga, of G. W. Nichols & Co., and Luis Martinez, of the Martinez Havana Co., Key West; Wm. Hooker, of Hooker Cigar Co., Minneapolis, Minn.; Mens. Blondeaux, the French regie buyer, from Paris, France. Returned : — Sidney Gold- berg, of S. U Goldberg e Hijos, New York and Havana. r^ I ESTABLISHED 1844 (P) n^ H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. B^LtYkers and Commissi on Merch^^nts SHirPEPs^ OF CIGAF^^ and LEAF T01BACC0 The Celebr»te4 MAMUPXCTVRBRS OP W^ ClgKt Bf «Lndi raCTORYt PAS£0 DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE! AMARGVRA I HAVANA. CUBA, it J Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPMZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands La. Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83^ Amistad St., HABANA, CUBA. E«taLbl»h«d lata El ^iGo ]4abano paetopy INDEPENDENT OF ANY TRUST OP Enrique Dorado & Co. Vuelta Abajo Cigars Purveyors to H. M. The King of Spain MMtrella No. i^i—^^j, caWe: chaoawa. Havaua, Cuba. Narciso Gonzai,bz. Vbnancio Diaz, Special. Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBACCO 10 An Havana 123 n. third st 10 IMRORTERS O HILAOELJ»HIA Leslie Pantin-,^' Leaf Tobacco Commission Merctiant Rellly 50, 3 P. O. B«x 493, ; Habana; Cuba BEHi^ENS & eo. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands, 1 i r ^illlK SOL and '^^/sMJLtC*' LUIS MARX ^Aalnf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) and Dealers in L89l I 0D3CC0 FiguTOS 39-41, ^"cueu^= Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants CWbie Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 ^•Ant«ro. tt Habana. ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en i^ama B8PBCIAUDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA tlOAQUIN HED ES A9 NARTINEZ^'hEDESA ^ CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar street, „ ^„^-.. <-..,«* Cabte: "jvDBSA." HABANA, CUBA. Branch House: — 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Fla. S^ Jorge Y. P. Casuneda JORGE 8t P. ORSTRJiBDR GROWERS. PACKERS aad EXPORTERS of Hsivana Iieaf Tobaeco Dr»gones 108—110, HA VA NA AYMLIXO PAZOS & CO. JJma00nistas d* Tabaco en Ramm PRADO XMj, Habmnm Royal Cigar Factory INDEPENDENT The Oldest Brand mikm YG a 4^BAHh. Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: ClFER. Habana, Cuba. OniLBri # Jose Menendez, Almacenista de ±abaco en RamM Mspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Speci&Jty in Vuelta. Abajc, Semi Vuelta. y Partido, IndustrieL 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, m (P. O. Box) Ap«rt«do 270. Tjr o K on O Cable: Zalbzgon. X±CiUCiU.Ci» AIXALA ®, CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and t, HAVANA. CUBA. •V4PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BVYtMSjgt P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, -Aixalaco." Jtt. GARCIA PUmDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER IN VueltdL AbdLjo, PdLftido 9Li\d Hemedios Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte 1,^6, cabie-"CAi4>A. • HABANA, CUBA. THE TOBACCO WORI.D Bstablished 1834 iDdependent Voelta Abajo Factory ^iSfe Por Larranaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietreas ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Raleigh Lcl Columnia de 1«l VictorisL.. Lft. IrmaL. and Lsl Guipuzcoana. "^r Departures: — Facundo Arguellcs, for Tampa; Harry Esberg and J. Lowe, for Key Wiest, and to leave on the lolh, Frank Dominguez, for Philadelphia. iIav«Li\a Cigar Manufacturers are a trifle less busy now than is usual at this period, but the large independent factories are nevertheless well supplied with orders and have not discharged any cigarmakers. Everybody expects to see a good business for the next five months, and then it will depend upon how the prospects of the new crop are turning out as to wrappers, colors and quality. Busy factories are H. Upmann, Parta- tagas, Ramon AUones, Sol, Crepusculo, Por Larranaga, El Rico Habano and La mas Fermosa. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 400,000 cigars last week. J. F. Rocha & Co. 's strike lasted a couple of days and was quickly settled. The new label is now being used uni- versally by every manufacturer to all countries, and is a guarantee that the cigars are made in the island of Cuba. Buying, Selling aLnd Other Notes of In- terest. Frank Dominguez has been a heavy buyer in the Havana market, securing a large number of bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo leaf, so that E. A. Calves & Co. will have a choice stock to sell. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. were the heaviest sellers this week, disposing of 900 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo to a number of buyers in town. Sol Hamburger has made good use of his three weeks' stay in Havana, as he has already purchased fully a thousand bales and has not finished yet. That he has picked out only the best goods stands to reason, and as he is a close buyer, the high prices which he has been obiged to pay will be represented by the first quality. He has purchased principally Vuelta Abajo lea€ Sobrinos de V. Diaz commenced the new year well, selling 650 ^bales of Remedios. Facundo Arguelles bought in^all 789 bales of fine Vuelta Abajo fillers. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez ; turned over 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios, and are trading on some larger lots with a number of parties. Mendelsohn, Bornemann & ,Ca. are busy. Aixala & Co. disposed of 200 bales of ' Vuelta Abajo. Don Jose Aixala returned from his short trip to Tampa, bringing along several orders. Grau, Planas & Co. turned over 100 bales of Remedios. Joaquin Hedesa did a fair business in Key West on his last trip. A M. Calzada & Co. bought and sold 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. 950 bales 62 «• 76 •• 739 •• 169 •« 1,996 " J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. CO €• A. Waldman, of the firm of J. Fried' man & Co., Chicago, who was reported here as having arrived three weeks ago, has finally made his appearance in town, and it was rumored that he must have been hidden in the Vuelta Abajo all the time. Monsr. Blondeaux, the French regie buyer, is looking over the condition of the market preparatory to making his selection of leaf for this year. Rabell, Costa & Co. disposed of 64 bales of Vuelta Abajo. The two chief trust lawyers, Parraga & Covin, received orders by cable to come to New York and report at headquarters, 1 1 1 Fifth avenue, and left last week, with only a few hours' notice. People here are wondering what is up. Antonio Suarez sold 1 1 bales of wrap- pers for |6,ooo to a local manufacturing concern. Jose H. Cayro shipped 125 bales of his stock to Key West customers. Voneiflf & Vidal Cruz are busy at work stripping for their customers. Harry Esberg, with his foreman, J. Lowe, arrived on Friday and left again on Saturday. He had just time to regis- ter soihe tobacco. He left so quickly on account of the fact that his brother, Alfred Esberg, of San Francisco, is going to be married to Miss Sussman on the 17th, therefore Harry could not tarry if he wants to get to San Francisco in time for the wedding festival Reoelpts Froas the Couutrj for week ending Jan. 7, 1905: '' Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crepuscuug The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 95 Broad Street, New York, Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguex B. DIAZ & CO. Growers aLnd Packers of Vuelt^L Abajo and PdLftido Toba^cco PRADO 125, Cable:— Zaidco HABANA, CUBA. GRAH, PL/INAS Y ©1/1. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Vuelta Abajo, Semi Vuelta, Partido, Remedios, Santiago de Cuba, Total ACCIDENT POLICY FOR EACH OF ITS SALESMEN The Queen City Tobacco Co., of Cin- cinnati, manufacturers of the Red Devil brand of smoking and chewing tobacco, has sent the following notice to every salesman employed by the Company. We have decided to make you a pres- ent of an Accident Insurance Policy for $5,000 for one year from date, and en- close herewith blank application, which, if you have not already done so, you will please fill out and return to us at once. We sincerely hope that you will not have occasion to need this, but in the event of accident, which is apt to happen to us all, and especially to traveling sales men, it will come in very handy, carrying, as it does. I5.000 death insurance. It is also re- assuring to those depending on our salesmen, wives, mothers, etc., to know, that in the event of a mishap you will be paid for your loss of time while ill. Yours truly, Cable : Graplanas. Calzada de la Reina 22, Habana, Cuba CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi«co" Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BMNITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. BAF^ei/i Y e/1. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199. Cable: Andahika. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mnaceiiistas He Taiaco en im 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''ito^eTs'of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses:-616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Nd.; P. O. Box 433. TcLmp*.. FIcl. EDEN CIOAR FACTORY of BANCES & LOPEZ The Queen City Tobacco Co. ««i'-^ HAVANA. CUBA. 1,'->;.- Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to orders. Cig«ri made strictly of tkc very best VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO It THB TOBACCO WORLD «b^ d^ffJU4/tU ^f (^ ^u S^Hii-6 & B .•»s» LBAF TOBACCO. opriccs : yPETROIT,MICII. TCROAM, HOLLAND - MAVANA.CUBA. NewYoftll> MMmmnkii. *» March or April before returns in the shape of orders have been >^ ^o"^^ *»e sweated well enough to use. coming in slowly from the nearby cities W«"' ^^^ opinions have changed since already visited, and inside of a week then, and the Vuelta did not show the business is expected to hum. Quite a few Western buyers have ap- peared and acquired good blocks of the new force sweated Connecticut. This tobacco is showing great activity for so beautiful^tobacco we expected, while the Remedies jsi ready for use now, instead of March. As to prices being high, that is easy to account for. When the war closed every farmer planted tobacco and raised a crop— good, bad and indifTerent early in the season, and as soon as a lot . , , , , , 1 J . £ J A and the result was such a glut that prices is sweated and sampled, it finds a ready , , , , , ** *^ . went to the lowest^ebb. And every year since then there has been a reduced acreage in the Remedios section, and the farmers have turned their attentioa to planting sugar. "Certainly, during this past year fully 25 per cent less tobacco was planted \m Remedios. I should judge the crop to be, say 200,000 bales, of which 70,000 bales are ist and 2d Capaduros. Is it any wonder prices are high when the supply is so limited? Take my word for it, you will be glad to get aboard at 60c inside of six months. Even the manu- facturers who visited Cuba and kept posted, are at this time buying the new tobacco in New York. We in New York may think the Philadelphia manufacturer slow, but if this trade only kaew how much new Havana the cigar manufactu- rers of Philadelphia have acquired in the past month, they would allow that the Philadelphia pace was fully up to if not ahead of the New York standard. A word to the wise is sufficient " The manufacturers have taken hold quite freely of the 1903 Zimmer, and sales of 1,000 cases at I5^@i6c have been reported. Pennsylvania broad leaf, old Wisconsin Bs and quite some 1902 Wisconsin binders have changed hands recently. Sumatra is moving well, considering the low stocks the importers carry at this season. If what reports we receive from Holland are correct, every bale of this old crop will bring its price by summer, but the Amsterdam reports are some- tines like the Wall street tips. We all remember last year, we were going to have "large percentage of light colors and big yield," Havana is moving in an upward direc- tion, and the market is in a good, healthy condition. Limited stocks of old tobacco, and more inquiry as to the new crop are being heard. • • • A WORD TO THE WISE. We had a most interesting caller in The Tobacco World office the other day who is one of our successful jobbers in leaf tobacco, but who certainly can ^^^ trade the cause of so many unsuc- make "Ralph Rose" look like thirty cessful attempts at legislation in Wash- cents when it comes to handling the ington on behalf of the tobacco trade? * hammer. He started his conversation This question was asked of your corre- like this: "What in is the matter spondent^by a tobacco merchant of forty with those Havana importers — going to years' experience, who continued a» Cuba and running up prices the way follows: they have, and then expecting jobbers "Away j back in 1878 the Government like myself to sell our customers ist was considering the raising of the tariff Capaduros at 60 to 65c? They don't on imported" tobacco, and a meeting of realize that such prices are a temptation our Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade was to the honest manufacturer to water his called and a committe appointed, con- milk with seed, and the manufacturer sistingiof Edgar M. Crawford, Gerson who only uses half milk at the present Mayer, Darius Ferry and Simon Auer- time, will use all water in the future; bach, to 'go to Washington to confer with then what will the Havana importer do? the'Ways and Means Committee. On The devil only knows we use little their arrival they talked the matter over, Havana enough since the Spanish war." and each'member of the committee pre- During this monologue there entered ^^^^^^ his views, a man who is recognized as a very level- "Afterihaving done so, the chairman headed tobacco merchant, who buys (Congressman Abraham S. Hewitt, from tobacco in every clime. He took excep- ^«^ ^ox)^), addressed them as follows: tion to the remarks by saying: "Just "'Gentlemen, we would ask you to let me post you, my friend, as to the real '^oTa vZf^i'"^ ''^f ^°" ''I" ""^'^ . ^ . \' ' ^ , ^ among yourselves as to just what you situation in Havana tobacco. I have want, let us know, and we will try ^- been to Cuba investigating this crop grant your request * • • • CANT GET TOGETHER. ON TARIFF. "Did it^ever occur to the members of •1 • to C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD It "But up to this day no representative oeramittee of the tobacco business has ever been able fully to agree upon any tariff rate offered by the Government, and it probably never will. "The reason for this dissension is plain. We have three distinct interests to contend with — Havana, Sumatra and seed — and although they'are all classified under the head of cigar leaf tobacco, they are as different as trotting, truck and car horses, and can hardly be expected to travel in the same class. No matter what rate of duty is imposed, it necessa- rily works a hardship on one commodity or the other. I expect to be many years older before we see a 'community of in- terests' on tariff in the leaf tobacco trade." « • • JOTTINGS. John Wardlow, of Ruy Lopez fame, arrived at the home office on the 12th, looking exceedingly well and prosperous. He expects to remain with us about two weeks, when he will return to the factory at Key West The Florida Tobacco Co., in other words, Mr. Alex Shaw, of Quincy, Fla., has opened a very up to date office at 131 Maiden Lane. They are showing a few sample bales of their fine product, as a type of what kind of tobacco to expect when they get to rights. With the very able assistance of Edward C. Downs, who was for years with Schroeder & Arguimbau, success is assured. Charles P. Bidwell will shortly leave for the East, carrying the colors of S. Ruffin, Inc., importers of Havana. This firm has had wonderful growth since its conception, and with the added prestige of J. W. Jacoby, formerly of I. J. Schoe- aer & Co. , and Charlie P. Bidwell, should rapidly reach ^ position of even greater prominence. The offices of Ernest EUinger & Co. , 161 Water street have undergone ex- tensive alterations, and business has started up very promisingly. With the assistance of S. H. Friedlander, the suc- cess of this new firm is assured. J. H. Duys, of H. Duys & Co., in company with the firm's genial repre- sentative, "Bob" Uhler, sailed into Reading and York county the past week, juid as usual something was "doing." Henry Fisher, representing A Cohn & Co., has returned from Boston after spending a week selling Sumatra to his many customers. Chas. K Crawford, of Dohan & Taitt, of Philadelphia, closed out several lots of tobacco in this market this week. Charlie is certainly one of our "old timers, "but works like a "four-year-old. " Ben Rothschild, of Rothschild, Son & Co. , Chicago, was a large buyer in our market this week. We are always glad to see Ben. Harry S. Rothschild, and there is only one Harry S., returned from his Key West factories, and is again taking up the management of the immense Waldorf Astoria Segar Co. Jesse Falk, of G. Falk & Bro. , is hav- ing his samples of Sumatra made ready for another of his whirlwind trips on the road. Jesse' s great business has never tempted him to smoke a cigar, and still he does know how to sell tobacco. RETAIL NUBBINS. Richard Green, manager of the Norma Martinez Cigar Co. 's stand in the drug store at No. 240 Broadway, was for years the manager of the cigar department of the Hegeman Drug Co., at No. 200 Broadway, and is one of the best known cigar salesmen on lower Broadway. He reports a thriving business, and for a drawing card has in his window a photo- graphic group of school children on a Porto Rican tobacco plantation. Crowds stop to gaze at the photo, and their eyes naturally wander from the photograph to the stock of cigars and smoker' s arti- cles artistically displayed. "Tom" Roberts, who is the manager of the cafe of the Hotel Endicott, has always some eye-catching idea for the cigar stand, which is run by Thomas Buckley and William ^Ottman. The patronage of the Endicott is largely horsey and sporty, and not a few well- known medical men and newspaper men occasionally rest an elbow on the bar rail or on the cigar case. John Kennally presides at the cigar stand at the Hotel Majestic, and Chris Farley brags about the cigars sold over the glass case at the Buckingham. Among the visitors to the New York office of The Tobacco World, at No. 7 Burling Slip, yesterday was Charles Testera,the superintendent of the Colum- bia Yacht Club, whose beautiful club is at 83d street and Riverside Drive. An- other visitor was George Grant, who runs the cigar department at Kid McCoy's cafe, at No. 1432 Broadway, while an- other was John Fenton, who has charge of the cigar department in Wilson's drug store, at Broadway and 42d street. "Al" Gleaning, who has the stand at> the Montauk, at Maiden Lane and Will- iam street, reports a rapidly increasing business. In a cigar dealer's window 0:1 Nassau street I saw pedestrians stop to read a set of maxims said to have been compiled by Stephen Allen a former mayor of New York who, with others, lost his life at the burning of the steamboat '"Henry Clay" off Yonkers, several years ago. The maxims were as follows: "Keep good company or none. Never be idle If your hands cannot be use- fully employed, cultivate your mind. "Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets if you have any. "When you speak to a person look him in the face. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. "Good character is above all things else. Your character cannot be essen- tially injured except by your own acts. "If one speaks evil of you, live so that no one will believe him. "Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors. "Ever live (misfortune excepted) with- in your income. When you retire think over what you have done during the day. "Make no haste to be rich if you would prosper. Small and steady gains give competency with tranquility of mind. "Never play any game of chance. Avoid temptation through fear you may not withstand it" A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of FLORIDA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. Jos. Mendelsohn. Louis A. Bornemann. Manuel Suarea. Mendelsohn, BornemdLnn ^ Co. Importers & Commission Mercbanta Specialty— HAVANA TOBACCO New York Office; U. S. ARCADE BUILDING. Water Street, Corner Fulton, Room 1. HeLVCLHCL Office: ANISTAD 95, HAVANA. Cable ■titiHilitd 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co* Wiorterf of Sumatra & ^^^^ T^/xlv <^^>^>^v Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ODuCCO 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. TD H. Suits CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturf rof .•.••Fine Cigars •.•••. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phone.) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. FftAZISR M. DOI3SB& G. P. Sbcor, SpeciaL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON Qi CO. Originsd ^'Linde" New York Seed I^eaf Tobacco InapecUom E«t«Lblished I8M Principal Office, 180 Peari Street, New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses. 178. 180. 182. 186 and 188 Pearl $L Inspection Brancheat — Lancaster, Pa. — O. Forrest, 140 B. Lemon St; H« W^ Trost, 15 B. Lemon St.; Blmira, N.Y.— L> A. Mntchler; Hartford, Conn.— J. M»> Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, 0.~H. Hales, 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse, 333 Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sta.; Jersey Shore, Pa.— Wm. B. Gheen, Antk Fort, Pn.; Bast Whateley, Mats.— O. P. Pcaae; BdgertoB. Wis.— A. H. Clarke. ^ Framk Ruscher •• Fred SchnaiW* RUSCHMR <& CO. Tobacco Inspectoits Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton. Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC L. Culton. StovfktBi^ Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : L R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut st Fraal^ hn,^0.: T. E. Griest Dayton. O. : F. A. Gebhart, 14 Shore Line are. Hartfov^ Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State st South Deerfield, Mass. : John C DeckMi Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmcyer & Ci^ Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight CotSON C. Hamilton, formerly of F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co, M. CoNOALTON, Frank P. Wiseburn, Louis Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. B. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sampling In All Sections of the Country l^ecelves Prompt Attention. finest Bonded Storage Warehouse in Of Or Cnnfli Cf lUnm Vnnk %aierica. Perfectly New, Bight Stories High, 04"0 J OvUlU oli) llvV Ivil PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: eo9 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; 138-138^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 9191 John) New York, ^ Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Barle^Bdgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, 906 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. C; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L. Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day, Hatfield. Masa.; Jerome S. Billington, Corniof^, V /. 14 Por Geouine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to Esuwished iss*. L. J, Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERS VI LLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD !»■ AN EXCMLLnNT TOBACCO FOR CHBWING AND SMOKING. Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of ►♦♦♦ m A Ready Selling Product lil ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO., Reading, Pa. J, E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of Higl-lrraile Seed&HsYanii Cigars PR.ETTY GOOD IN CHICAGO. ^ CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. JOSEPH BOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Ci^ar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia. , "1 Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Dallas Ciiar C Manufac- turers of & Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO, V ^ BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim & Scbiffer, Hirschborn, Mack & Co. Straiton & Stornif L I/icbtenstein Bros. Co. UNITED CIGAR Manufacturers 1014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. Salesmen are Out and Business is Lively Enough to be Satisfactory. Chicago, Jan. 14. Considering that only two weeks have elapsed since the holidays, trade condi- tions in this part of the West are very satisfactory. Naturally enough, the lull that usually follows the holiday season is felt in some measure. The fact that no failures are reported, and that all hands are busy either making inventory, serving customers, or planning larger fields of operation, speaks plainest for general conditions in the western field just now. I. Latzar, who has been on a brief business trip to Cincinnati, is expected home tomorrow evening. Gus Hoefer, who has gone to represent E. A. & Co., at San Francisco, briefly visited friends here lately. W. F. Monroe, the popular down town dealer in the Tribune Building, is pre- paring for an extended visit to Florida in the near future. His wife and children will accompany him, and the trip will consume several months time. Leo W. Mayer, vice- president of the Hilson Company, was a visitor this week. Harry Harris, secretary of the Khe- divial Company, manufacturers of cigar- ettes, has returned from the East and will leave at once for an extended West- ern trip. Manuel Lopez, of Manuel Lopez & Co., New York, visited here this week on his way to the Pacific coast. C. J. Holton, of Detroit, and several other members of the Cigar Dealers* As- sociation of America, recently attended a meeting of the Chicago Retail Drug Association, which body they addressed on matters touching the cigar interests, and urged the handling of independent goods. The members of the National are doing good missionary work in more wavs than one. Your correspondent recently visited the Chicago headquarters of Geo. Schlegel, the well known manufacturer of cigar box labels and trimmings. £. £. Thatcher, the able manager of this end, spoke in good terms of the patronage enjoyed by the Chicago house. He anticipates a good year and says the tendency of the trade to adopt private brands, is on the increase. The E. Hoffman Co., Chicago's reli- able manufacturers and importers, con- tinue doing ^business at the old stand. They carry, |in addition to their well selected stock^of cigars and tobaccos, a large assortment o f smokers articles. The {firm are distributors for the well known^Bachelor cigar, in which they re- port an excellent^business. They also report good sales in Hoffman's Spillman mixture, which it is claimed, to "the man behind the pipe," makes an excel- lent smoke. Col. Diffley's several retail stores all appear to be enjoying their full measure of patronage, as do also those of Presi- dent Breitung. Among leaf men, some changes are noted. J. Waitel has associated himself with the Wedeles Bros., and Mr. Levi- son has gone to the Rothschild Sons & Co. Messrs. Hathaway, of H. Smith & Co., Springfield, Mass., Levison of J. Bernheim & Sons, New York, Chas. Waxelbaum, of A. Cohn & Co., New York, Soliday and Benno Newberger, of E. Rosenwald & Bros., New York, arc late trade visitors. Sol "Dewey" has joined the forces of Metzger & Co. The firm of L. Abeles & Co. have dissolved partnership, W. Wetzler retiring from the business, and L. Abeles & Son to continue the same. Leo iTuska, the busy broker in leaf tobaccos, appears to be enjoying his full proportion of business, and says the year is opening well with him. Loberg. • 1904 PRICES IN RICHMOND. According to an estimate made by several prominent tobacco men, of Rich- mond, a few days ago, the general aver- age I of prices received this season has been from 75 cents to |i a hundred pounds higher than the prices of last season. On the lower grades the increase has been larger. One man said that all his grades have cost him more than $1 higher this season than last On the "PP*"" gi'ades, however, the increase has been less, and so the general average has been made. THE TOBACCO WORLD 1$ Big ii Proms for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ Telepkone Call, 432— B. ^Ifice and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. ISISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers ^f FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove«-„our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O. Box 96« WALTER S. BARE, PaLcker of Fine I Connecticut 1 Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Cilia r Leaf Tobacco Of&ee and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. 7. K. LEAMAN, Bi tr - Packer of and Deader in LBAF Tobacco 138 NorthMarket St - LANCASTER, PA. \T m ' • B,F.GOOD&CO. Leaf Tobaccos 145: North Market Street LANCASTER. PA .^» ,..,,,1-, VACums ▲WD DSiLUUlSIN [**/*• <«s4t*y J. W. BRENNEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, 1I0& 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Ouf Owil 1\J\JZi CONNECTICUT LRWeaver, ' First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindem Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchF-.^^-. i^f^^^ Fancy Packed Oebhart Il^VCry V/dSC off J^EATED Our CONNECTICUT Packer of Leaf Tobacco ^41 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER., PA. W. R. COOPER & CO PACKER OP n PfiMil. B and Dealei in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Coimecticut Wrappers and Seconds Pine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA $97 and jag N. Queen Street, lANCASTBR, PA. ♦■i J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, Packer, Dealer, and Jobber in Leat Tobacco UNITED PHONB8. Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince SL, LANCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobaccos Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. 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No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco WoRi^D Pubwshing Co,, 224 Arch St , Philada.* GOODS ORDEHED ARC NOT ALWAYS PAID FOR. The trade is warned against the man who rented a store on Ninth street. Philadelphia, last week, and succeeded in getting several bills of goods on credit, sold them at cheap and hasty private sale and skipped out The man gave the name of "H. Jackson, ' and was apparently a perfect stranger in this city. He evidently expected to find Philadel- phia a very easy mark, and was throwing out his lines in other directions when forced to duck. Jackson ordered bills and had them sent C. O. D. He offered checks, which were refused in some cases but accepted by the expressmen in others, in which cases the goods were left If it were less easy to get credit in the cigar and tobacco business, swindlers of this soit would find themselves helpless. Anxiety not to lose any business, however, induces- some jobbers and manufacturers to take long chances, and it is by the purest of good luck rather than good management that Jackson did not succeed in getting away with more goods than he did. The following is taken from the Providence Journal : There is no ground for the pro- fessed fears of the tobacco growers of this country that lower duties on Philippine tobacco will unendurably injure them, as may readily be understood by those who note that about two- thirds of the country's crop is now exported. There we have it The only thing left now is for the tobacco trade to hide its diminished head m chagrined shame* PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 18, 1905 To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the"CorrespondenceEd)tor"andmust be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. PHILIPPINE COMMISSION RECOM- MENDS 25 PER CENT RATE. Seci^tiiry Taft' has ^submitted to the President the annual report of the Philip pines Commission knd the President ^as transmittcc}' iv to Congress. The Com- mission among other things, recommends that the tariff on sugar and tobadco be re* duced to not more than 25 per cent of the Dingley rate, and suggests legisla- tion authorizing the Commission to make reductions on present and future ^tariff •chedules when, in its opinion, to do so will be in the public interests. Secretary Taft's action would seem to indicate that he still believes the 50 per cent cut to be the only one advisable in spite of the rumor that he had consented to a compromasfEi at 50 per cent of the Dingley rate. The legislation has not yet been en- acted, however, and it behooves those who are fighting against it to continue operations. Each week produces a batch of additional protests from various trade bodies throughout the country and as all of these are sent to Washington, it must by this time be fairly obvious in the Capital that there are a few persons in the United States and in the Republican party who are rigidly opposed to any such change. The mere fact that the domestic inter- ests may not be of absolutely one voice as to precisely what the rate of duty shall be, does not seem to be a good reason for nearly eliminating it altogether. It would appear that while, personally rather inclined to t h e cut, President Roosevelt appreciates the fact that there may be more than one side to a ques- tion, and is desirous of satisfying himself of the rights of the matter before action is taken. WORRYING ABOUT THE CIGARETTE. The cigarette seems to cause an amount of trouble out of all proportion to its size. Medical authorities are con- tinually disagreeing as to whether it is deadly, and there are always to be found a half dozen or more cities where a fren- zied crusade is being waged against it Aside from the question of the potency of the commodity as a health destroyer on general principles, it does not seem quite clear why there need be so much worry about the cigarette habit in boys. A boy with the average boy's rugged health will not smoke more than a lim- ited number of cigare^t^es if he smokes any, for the reason that he wont crave \hem^ ,. i ; ./ Your cigarette fiend isn't healthy, and in the majority of cases he smokes con- tinually because 4»^«;;^ in bad health, instead of being in bad health as a re- sult of his smoking. The most forcible argument agiinst the sale of cigarettes to* boys is that it helps them to form a habit which they might otherwise not fofm un- til their judgment and selfcontrol were more matured. The child cigarette fiend in practically every case has the sort of nervous system that would have found some outlet whether it was cigarettes or not The tempera- ment of the American boy is such as largely to protect him against the desire for excessive cigarette smoking, and in his case, the father of the desire is merely the wish to be a hero. In Spain it is different The cortes has received a bill from the minister of the interior absolutely prohibiting the sale of tobacco, cigars or cigarettes to any person under 17 years, and provides a penalty carrying a heavy fine or im- prisonment. This is because of a claim that racial degeneration in Spain is due in a great measure to the use of cigarettes by the young, ¥ot^ it ls*doubtful if the race is confronted by any new conditions. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t ♦ t ♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade, j ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Swindler OpercLtes on Ninth Street store a day or two longer, so that he could A smooth proposition, who had chosen conduct his swindling operations with as a cognomen "H. Jackson," spent a this business address as a background, few busy hours in Philadelphia last week. It is said that a representative of a cer- and came mighty near making a number tain cash register concern wined and of manufacturers and jobbers sick at the dined "H. Jackson" at Green's in order pit of their stomachs. As it is, some of to effect a sale, and that when the newly- them are guessing, but it is not believed embarked cigar store proprietor casually that the man got away with very much, mentioned that he wanted to buy a. "H. Jackson" arrived in town and couple of diamonds for his wifes birth- rented No. 160 North Ninth street, pay- day present a friend of the cash register ing out 550 in real money. He had his salesman steered him up against a jew- sign put on the window in white enamel, «^ry house and showed a disposition to "Jackson's Cigar Store," and induced a vouch for him. "H. Jackson" ordered firm which sells cigar store fixtures to th« stones delivered at the Ninth street deliver a set of showcases, etc, for which address. Check O. D., but the jeweler did hie made an initial payment of |io. Thus fitted out "H. Jackson" visited a number of manufacturers^iind JQl>bers, who found him a very agreeable indi- vidual. at one place, and similar orders ^t others, the merchandise to be .paid for on delivery. The store was to be opened not seem to care to. do a face business. Here and There With the Ret^ileri ,, . , , , . While no retailer was doing a land He left orders for 4,000 cigars «- , . ,. , . , ** office business this week, there were few if liny kicks coming, as every dealer who was asked, declared that he thought the market at least normally active for this last Thursday afternoon. Many of the i- r c ^ u j i-^^i •'^i^i^vi- ' ^ time of year. Some had a little Tietter bills arrived, and those expressmen who kindly consented to be hypnotised wer<* presented with a brand new check which "H.Jackson" would remove from a book report than this to make, but it is safe to say that the average business done was as good as any January can show for 3ome years. There was in average of busy.4ooking stubs.. The only tiny demand at the Chestnut street stores, but irregularity important enough to mention j^ ^^^^ residence sections trade suffered a was the fact that "H. Jackson" had not ^^^^^ p„haps from the fact that the gone through the formality of depositing Christmas donations have not all been any money in bank. ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^j^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ Somebody gained a little wisdom and ^^^^^ ^^ ^nd well, however, and Febru- began to ask questions here and there, ^ry to open up better than ever, some friend told "H. Jackson" that it ^^ was about time, there was a sudden dis- z. John Norris, the local representative appearance, and those who had sold of the Thomas Allen Tobacco Co. and o f bills on credit gathered around No. 160 i. Lewis & Co., whose popular counte- to engineer a bunch of replevins. nance is extremely well known among About the first warning that the mo- Philadelphia dealers, spent last week in mentary proprietor was not AAAi was Newark and New York, planning the given by the Keystone Tobacco Co. , of local campaign for the coming year. North Ninth street, the members of %% which firm had watched with mixed Augustus Fleck, of Fleck & Co. , which interest • 'H. Jackson' ' carrying cigars firm recently retired from business at 220 out of the store and selling them around Market street is about leaving for an the corner. extended trip through the South. Mr. It is now believed that the man's plans Fleck expects to put in two months or originally admitted of his keeping his more down where it's warm. THK TOBACCO WOfttl» If ^fn ^»Hll fl Your Hea^dque^rters At Our Office. We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of^ Remedios, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Vegas of Various Sized L«ot3 LDCe-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of #1 Havana Tobacco CONSUUADO 142 and 144, Hdvana, Cuba. ^ \\ WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE an WILL CHEERFULLY II SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St. ^ Cable'] Address: "REFORM" OifMkjr f^r MantifiKCttirlng Cigar Boxes Is — ▲vnrATS Room for Ons Mork Good Custoioir 18 L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvlllei Fa. THE TOBACCO WORI.D ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Match It, if you Can-- You Can't. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-It" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five — Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. 8. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. PhiU. EsUblisKed 1864 Factory No. 20, 9lh Dist.. Pt».. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Haivover, Pa.. Manufacturers of fine Ci^^rs ♦ ♦^♦4> -f^J^^ THe Boll Bow-man an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. ~m Manufacturer of S Cent Cigars The largest aivd best CLEAR, HAVANA FILLED 5-cei\t CigOLf on the Market. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigafs^that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. The store at 144 North Eighth street, which is operated under the name of the Pennsylvania Cigar Stores Co., has been sold again and is now being operated by M. Gartner and Albert Lang as Gartner & Lang, although the establishment will continue to trade under the name of the Pennsylvania Cigar Stores Co. Both of the new proprietors are men of thorough experience as manufacturers and retailers, and are prepared to make the stand a very prosperous one. The two are New Yorkers, but are fairly familiar with this market. The store, until a few weeks ago, was operated by Wm. Catlin, who in order to join the Victor Thorsch Co., sold out to Hartman & Kohn, of New York. During the latter' s holding, the place was man- aged by E. E. Shaw. C. A. Smith & Co , jobbers at 18 South Delaware avenue, have retired from business and sold the stock, fixtures and good will to Runge & Co., who will conduct a retail store at that address. The latter company have been doing business at Delaware avenue and Chest- nut street, but have been compelled to vacate to allow the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. to erect a warehouse on the site. The removal took place late last week. Wm. H. O'Keefe, of South Fifth street, has decided to give up the cigar stand which he has been conducting in the front of the saloon at 835 Market street, and will close it up on Friday of this week. Mr. O' Keefe finds it necessary to devote more time to his main establish- ment. Walter H. Lazar, Chestnut street below Tenth, has a handsome window display of the La Verdad brand, which he offers in fifteen sizes. A report was circulated this week that the United Cigar Stores Co. had taken the Bainbridge Shoe Store at Second and Market streets, in which to open a branch. It seems probable that the report is true, although the manager of one of the local United Stores refused to confirm it. With MaLiiufeLCturers and Jobbers. street, who became insolvent some months ago with assets of about $11$, has been discharged in bankruptcy, and Albert Driver, Referee in Bankruptcy has sent out a circular to creditors announcing that there are no funds and asking the creditors to come up with the expenses which have already been incurred. Lea^f Dea^lers* Jottings. The leaf market has been fairly active during the week so far as inquiry is con- cerned, but there has been a dispositiom on the part of buyers who want goods to hold off a bit. The prices are ruling very high, much higher than this market is used to, and buyers don' t feel like paying what they will finally have to. Pennsyl- vania is scarce and high, Connecticut wrapper is high, and the buyers for the leaf houses who have already been to Havana, report the same conditions there. There does not seem to be any possibility of a much easier market. The inquiry, however, is quite good for this time of year, and the few salesmen who have already started on the road are making some returns. In a few weeks practically all the leaf salesmen will be out on their territory, and it is expected that the bus- iness will be average good. George Burghard received a nice lot of Connecticut wrapper this week. A. M. Lake will start out on the road in about two weeks. The leaf house of Morris Rosenberg, on Third street, was closed yesterday on account of the funeral of Joseph Rosen- berg, a brother of the leaf man, who died on Sunday. Walter T. Bremer, of Bremer Bros., has returned from a short trip on the road, and will go out again next week. He considers that he did very well for January. Jos. Wertheim, of Jose Lovera & Co. ; W. T. Taylor, the American representa- tive of the Punch and the Romeo and Juliet factories; and Tom E. Bowen, of Guerra, Diaz & Co., were among those who got around among the Philadelphia trade during the week. R. Choate, who was connected with Fleck & Co., 220 Market street, for seventeen years, has entered business for himself as a jobber at 1 1 1 Market street and will sell cigars and tobacco. Frank Win slow, manager of the cigar department of Finley Acker & Co., will retire from that position in order to become a full partner with Wm. H. Hartley, of 2333 North Eighth street, who is already well known upon the market with his American Traveler brand. The new firm will enlarge the present business extensively. Frank Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & Co., has returned from Cuba, where he was buying for the firm, and is anything but optimistic over the conditions as he found them. The tobacco was not of particularly high grade and the prices were very much higher than last year. W. H. Myers, of E. A. Calves & Co.. left last night to make the New York State trip. L- P. Kimmig, of L. P. Kimmig & Co., has returned from Connecticut where he acquired considerable tobacco which he will pack both at Hatfield and Lancaster. Mr. Kimmig says he paid stiff prices for his holdings, but believes it will continue to be a high market. George W. Newman, of Young & New- man, leaves today for a Western trip, where he expects to find things in lively shape. F. Eckerson has left for Cuba to buy for the Eckerson house. The new year is starting with a satisfactory demand with this firm. SPECIAL NOTICE. ( 12^ cents per 8-point measured line.) D. Dubin, jobber at 722 South Ninth TX7ANTED— City Salesman with some ^ ^ trade, by well-known Philadelphia leaf house carrying a full line. Address, with particulars, Leaf, Box 114, care of The Tobacco World. THE TOBACCO WORLD #^ Best Increase Your Business i is to buy the Very Best Tobacco you can get. We have it in all grades, at Reasonable Prices. Why not buy from us and get the Very Best in the Market? HIPPLE BROS. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. aqd PacRBFS ol LEAF TOBACCO WAITING FOR UNITED CO. TO ACT. %^) I I Milwaukee DesLlers Would Not Sta.nd for More "TsLg" Stores. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 17. The half dozen tobacco and cigar men of this city, who attended the sessions of the Cigar Dealers' Association of America in Chicago last week, are full of hope of great benefits from this meeting, and Milwaukee stands ready to do her share in "agitation, education and publicity" against the trust, as urged by President Lane in his written address to the con- vention. While not a single cigar dealer in Milwaukee or Wisconsin is named in Ithc list of officers or on the executive committee, still this section can be ex- pected to supply some of the funds and some of the hustling men needed in any war to be waged. Since the Chicago meeting local dealers are getting braver about discussing the probable action in this city against the chain of stores system. If the business done by the two local retail stores was heavy enough to affect the business of other first-class stores, there would have been joint action with the Chicago inde- pendent dealers when this plan was proposed some time ago. But thus far, no reliable dealer in this city has felt like making a fuss, simply because he has in no way felt the encroachment of the chain stores, which, on the other hand, have made Uttle noise, attending to their own business. Consequently, in Mil- waukee, there has been no trouble and no ill feeling. Just how long this will last is the length of time before other chain stor<;s axe established here. The advent of any more "tag" stores would mean that something had to give. As it is, local dealers do not want to be pushed into a fight of any kind until they have sufficient ammunition to carry it to the end. What is of more interest just now than the proposed war on the trust, is the plan of Secretary Taft to lower the tariff from the Philippines. Local dealers and producers are bitterly opposed to the contemplated action, and the Wisconsin members of Congress will be fortified with resolutions and many personal let- ters declaring against any such action. These resolutions will set forth that the great industry in this State would be practically wrecked should the tariff rates from the islands be reduced to 25 per cent of the present rates. It would work havoc with the producing and manufac turing interests in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the entire country at large, they will say. The Tobacco Workers' Union will at- tempt to give the B. Leidersdorf Tobacco Co. of this city as fair a hearing as possi- ble upon the question of whether or not it is entitled to the use of the union label. To avoid the display of prejudices that may have been formed as a result of the previous entanglements, the arbitor who will pass upon the case will be one who has heretofore had no connection with it. He will be Charles Hardy, president of the Tobacco Workers' Union No. 16, of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Hardy is here, and has declared he will put forth every effort to settle the trouble here in a fair and impartial manner, and will merely sift the facts as presented. The B. Leidersdorf Company operates a union shop and observes union rules, it is claimed by members of the organiza- tion. The reason the use of the union label has been refused is that it is claimed the company is a branch of the American Tobacco Co. The employes of the Leidersdorf factory side with the com- pany. Anderson. TOBACCO SHOW FOR NEW YORK. Will be Either in Madison Square Garden or Herald Squ«k.re HslII. New York, Jan. 17. Because one of the busiest, Thomas J. Donigan is one the hardest men to catch either at his Centre street store, his Cort- landt street shop or at Association head- quarters, but I coralled him this after- noon at the first address and asked him if it is true that he is one of the appli- cants for space in the Times building. ••Not much," he promptly answered, "not at a 15,000 rental. 1 don't think it would pay any cigar dealer to pay ^5,000 unless he got plenty of window space to show off his goods." Asked to review the business situation and trade conditions Mr. Donigan said : "There is a general feeling that trade is fair, but I think myself that this is an optimistic view. I should say it was only middling, and with many I know it to be dull. There are certain conditions in connection with the cigar and tobacco trade which are not important factors in other fines of business, or at least not so apparent. For this very reason you can- not always figure on the trend of trade. Last year was a very unhealthy year in New York and much pneumonia p « vailed, so that tobacconists and ci^ar dealers suffered a diminution of trade. "Tell The Tobacco World something about the proposed exhibition. The Committee of Three will report progress at the next meeting of the Retail Dealer^' Association on January 23, when Mn Freeman will report on the Chicago Convention. There are over eleven hundred members of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association, and if New York cannot make such an exhi- bition a success, I don't know any city that can. Aside from dealers and man- ufacturers I think that nearly everybody is interested in tobacco. Now the Phila- delphia contingent broke the ice and opened up a field for tobacco exhibits, and I think ours will be a hummer, but it may not be ready by spring. The committee has decided on one of two exhibition halls, either Madison Square Garden, which will cost about $7,000 a week, or the Herald Square Exhibition Hall, which will cost about half that sum and yet afford almost as much area sur- face for exhibits. "The objection to the latter hall is that it has to be reached by elevators, which is not the case at the garden. Still it will accommodate eighty exhibit- ors, including manufacturers of smoking and chewing tobaccos, cigars, boxes and labels. The admission should not be over 25 cents. The United Cigar Stores Co. , who a week ago adopted a system of insuring its adult employes, is gradually extend- ing the work, paying the premiums on $1,000 policies for all men who have THB TOBACCO WORLD r: ClGAJtt RiBB ONS ^•••"""' •' Pl^inandFancy Ribbons. Maaafactarcrs of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain, Write for Sample Card and Price Liot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. DCLA FLORA CUBAN STAR GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies, No. 2103 Peim Avenue, Goods Sold Direct to DiTTCnfTDr DA Jobbers and Dealers. rll IMJUKU, JTA. G. H. SACHS, Mannfactnrer of FT N R C T O A R .S Factory No. 7. Ninth Diat.. Pa. LANCASTER, PA. Integrity of Purpose and Earnest Endeavors, Coupled with Energy, Have Brought OUR CIGARS to the Front IT PAYS TO SELL THE BEST. Wog-WE MAKE THEM. :} The Standard of Uniform Excellence in Seed and Hand Made HavansL Cigara Always the Same — The Highest Quality and the Finest Workmanship. Will submit samples and quote prices to reputable dealers. 3|( PAN AMMRICAN Registered STOGIMS /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Jf^ A 1? Si Hand-Made K/ J. XJTJ^ JX. KJ 615, 6x7 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. been in their employ one year or more, at No. 126 East Pearl street, at $840 per The beneficiaries aie mostly the wives annum. The building will be used as a and children of the insured. The ad- warehouse, vantage to the company is that through Edward R Singleton and P. G. Gor- this free insurance good men are re- don, both of New York city, representa- tained and attracted to the employ and lives of the Continental Tobacco Co., there is an additional incentive to were mysterious visitors here last week. §y honesty and business integrity, E. W. May. SALES GOOD IN CINCINNATI. Record Price for a Year in Connecticut Wrappers. Cincinnati, 0.,Jan. 17. Offerings were fair in size at last Satur- day's cigar leaf sales, the total being 85 cases with sales at three of the ware- houses. Taken as a whole the quality was below the average. The Zimmers were the best feature, the greater portion of this type selling between 6^ and loc. In Connecticut wrapper the record price When asked their opinion concerning the possibilities of the Burley Growers' Association, concerning ithe 1903 crop, Mr. Gordon said: "The plan does not look feasible to me. They have tried it a number of times but we were never caught asleep. Whenever it is attempted you usually find two people playing the same game and there is generally a pretty loud crash. Suppose the Association does corner the crop? They think they will force us to buy, and so do others. If we cannot get burley, we can get a substitute. You know 'necessity is the mother of inven- ,, , tion* "significantly remarked Mr, Gordon. for over a year was established, a single a/* *i. 1 r.. »i. •.. _.. • j ^ - , ' .... After they left the city, reports arrived of case of fancy wrapper bringing the un usual figure of 42c, under keen competi- tion. Connecticut binders ranged from 7}4 and 15c, and fillers from 2 and 631^ c. heavy purchases by combine buyers in Kentucky. At Owingsville a number of crops were purchased at top prices from 1 1 and I3^c per pound. It is said that Wisconsin s ranged from 1 1. 55 and 2.60 ,. r, 1 a • ^ 11. , ^, ,•' the Burley Association people have in no per 100 pounds. The market was strong except on common stogie stock, averag- ing from }^ and ic higher than at the last break which was 3 weeks previous. The Planters' Warehouse, located at Vine and Water streets, resumed opera- tions last week after idleness of six months. Hereafter, according to Man- ager Lee Spalding, both burley and cigar leaf sales will be held regularly. Clement Mclntyre, who for years was a conspicuous figure on the burley leaf breaks, acting as buyer for various eastern independent companies, has removed to Louisville where he opines the market is better suited to his purposes. The following report was received Sat- urday by a local firm from Farmersville, Ohio: "Tobacco being stripped. It is in excellent condition, and general indi. cations are that there will be a good crop. ■ ' instance offered figures that high. At Lexington thousands o f pounds were purchased at a general acreage of $1 1. 50 per 100 pounds. Buhrman. COLVNBVS FACTORY GROWING. The business of the Martter Cigar Co. which established a factory in Columbus, O. , has grown so that the factory now gives employment to about 300 cigarmakers. The output of the Columbus plant will average 100,000 cigars a day. TTie offi- cers of the Martter Co. are Joseph F. Martter, president; F. A. G. Law, Sec- retary. Voneiff y VidaLl Cruz Bacck a^t Their Old Address. Voneiff y Vidal Cruz, of Baltimore^ have removed to the Marine Bank build- ing, at 33 South Gay street, their old quarters. The firm is one of the best The Wm. E. Fisher Tobacco Co. has known importers of Havana leaf tobacco secured a lease on the five story building in Baltimore. t-++++T-f 4- trH 'fTfMBTT I B t-h+^rH-+t+-f ■*+.4"bfi6h:icfcii±;i GET VOUR iJajTih Trade-Marks Registered m IN THE OFFICE OF The Tobacco World -^ .._*i_i^jtij*— i — i.. — __ — i. , ^ . i. — ION, PA -* % THE TOBACCO W O R I, D 3^31 CO § ♦OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* Wc Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. i5 AGOOD^ACOOL che:w<^ smoke THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No. 38, YOM, PMNNA., U. S. A. Ninth Dist,, Pa. I. R.OCHESTER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA- TION ELECTS OFFICERS. At the annual meeting of the Cigar Manufactur r»' Protective Association of Rochester, N. Y., the following officers were elected: President, P. Meagher; vice president, P. Werncke; treasurer, H. J. Veith; secretary, F. M. McJarthy; attorney, H. W. Martens; directors, P. Meager,; H. J. Veith, F. M. McCarthy, P. WeVnclce, R. E. Jones, John Nelson, Fred Graf, D. Harris, James Driscoll, H. J. Schmetser, Hi C. Gnaedinger,Otto Moeschler, J. U'Lintz, D. Stuck. OHIO AUTHORITIES CONFISCATE CI- GARS OF CUBAN SALESMEN. t'' Chillicothe, 0., Jan. 7. A sensation was created here last week when revenue authorities confiscated 2, • 500 cigars from Benjamin Sauases and I. Pinto, two Cubans, who claimed to be salesmen for a New York firm. It was alleged that the cigars were not properly stamped. At a preliminary hearing both men had their cases continued. WISCONSIN NOTES. Edgerton, Wis. , Jan. 14. The American Tobacco Co. will open several of their tobacco warehouses this week. In fact the Edgerton and Stough- ton warehouses are already in operation. William Brill, of the United Cigar Manufacturers, has returned to his home here after spending a pleasant holiday vacation in New York city. Max Cans, of Max Cans & Sons, of New York, has recently been doing con- siderable driving in this state. Joe Bimberg, of Elmira, N. Y., has also been looking over the markets here. L. Bincus, representing Taussig & Co. , of Chicago. 111., has been looking over ' this market in quest of old goods. Impts of Tobacco, etc. Arrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week . ending Jan. 17, 1905. .^ . Havana- — Trinidad Shipping & Trad- 10 bales 10 " lo* •• ^ 27; jbbls. 12 I •• Otto Malchow & Co S. Rossi n & Sons S. Ruppin S. L. Goldberg & Scms S. Auerbach & Co. Simon Batt & Co Order Str. Vigilancia, arrived Jan, ^ - -' (1,364. bales; 5l>bls.)""*' Jas, E. Ward & Co , i.035 bales J. Bernheim & Son 276 •• S. L. Goldberg & Sons 28 " G. Salomon & Bros • •. 25 •• Jas p. Ward & Co 5 bbis. I mg ^^0., 20 oarreis cigarette 5; ja LS. tL. Str. Morro Castle, arrived Ian. ] [7: Ward & Co., 21 cases do. :o. (2,264 bales; 48 bbls. ; Jas. E. Ward & Co. F. Miranda & Co 366 case 9»5 209 JS.) SUMATRA TOBACC bales Str. Amsterdam, arrived J an. 12: Hinsdale Smith & Co 175 (115 bales; 17 cases. ) Granda, Hermanos & Co H5 E. Spingarn & Co ss bales L. Goldschmidt & Co 131 G. Falk & Bro >9 <( Lewis Sylvester & Co 130 Otto Malchow & Co 17 < f A. Pazos & Co 106 A. Blumlein & Co II << J. Bernheim & Son 56 S. Auerbach & Co 10 ««' Hamburger Bros. & Co 48 S. Ashner 17 cases Starlight Bros 4» [). American Cigar Co E. Ellinger & Co 40 39 * HAVANA TOBACC< Manrara Bros. & Co 37 30 Str. Mexico, amved Jan . 11: Lopez, Grau & Co (1,435 bales; 39 bbls .) Brown Bros. & Co. 28 Jas. E. Ward& Co 418 bales A. Cohn & Co 23 Sartorius & Co 282 Havemeyer & Vigelius 20 D. Hevia IS8 E. Rosenwald & Bro 16 Order M7 A. Blumlein & Co 15 Leonard Friedman & Co 47 P. Fernandez & Co >3 M. Arue & Co 45 A. Murphy & Co II American Cigar Co 45 Suarez, Selgas & Co 10 W. Alvarez 40 E. Kleiner & Co 10 Cruz & Diaz 39 S. Lopez 10 V. Lopez .34 Louis Ash & Co 6 Simon Batt & Co .34 Hamburger Bros & Co 26 bbls. E. EUinger 27 M. D. T. Co 13 E. M. Schwarz & Co 25 Jas. E. Ward & Co 8 A. Murphy & Co 32 Lopez Grau & Co I bbl. A. Blumlein & Co 21 Jas. E. Ward & Co 365 cases Lewis Bros. 16 Havana Tobacco Co I case 335 cises 168 •• 25 15 1 1 JO 5 4 1 I 1 V ^ HAVANA CIGARS Str. Mexico, arrived Jan. 1 1 : (576 cases; i bbl.) Jas. E. Ward & Co Havana Tob icco Co fark & Tilford G. S. Nicholas National Cuba Co Wm. H. Stiner & Sons C. U. Stone & Co Calixto Lopez & Co W. O. Smith & Co Emanuel Hoffman Chas. h. Wyman & Co Jas. E. Ward & Co Str. Vigilancia, arrived Jan. 14 (9 cases.) Jas. E> Ward & Co. - • 4 ca^es National Cuba Co 4 *^ ' . L. G. Smith & Co 1 caf<^'' Str. Morro Castle, arrived Jan. 17: (263 cases) Havana Tobacco Co Park & Tilford G. S. Nichols & Co Calixto Lopez & Co Waldorf Astoria Segar Co National Cuba Co L. J. Spence G. W. Sheldon & Co C. H Wyman & Co Duncan & Moorhead A. Hollander & Co. J. W. Martinez A. E. Outerbridge & Co Selgas, Suarez & Co << < « It 173 cases 28 •• 21 9 8 8 •* 4 "- 3 •• 2 " 2 •• 2 •• I case 1 •• 1 •• HAVANA CIGARETTEa A. S. Lascelles & Co 6 bbls. Trinidad S. & T. Co 5 •• — The Merchants' Cigar Co., of Toledo, O., declared a dividend at the stock- holders* meeting and re-elected the following officers: President, H. A. La Vey; vice president, O. Clayton Reed; secretary and treasurer, C. E. La Vey. In. r i. "mtf-i^* THK TOBACCO WOKLD Good to Keep Good Cigars Good •>/• Your Jobber Will give you a Certifi" cate covering small Quantities, and When pou accumulate Cer^ tificates showing purchases of 6,000 CJK.EMO EXVOK.T Cigars, you Will be entitled to one of these handsome Humidors free, :: :: Sire, 30 in. long, 22 in. wide, 25 in. high. Weight, 60 lbs. iJOJ.V/ THE above illustration is an exact representation of the Humidor in which Cremo Export Cigars are packed and shipped by the manufacturer. This Humidor holds 6,ocx) Cremo Export Cigars m boxes containing 100 cigars each. It is metal lined, metal covered, with strong brass lock, and heavy brass drop handles and brass trimmings, with moistener pad in top of lid, ventilator in each end, and attractively decorated in imitation cedar wood. Each humidor is shipped in a wood case to protect it from being scratched or damaged in transit. The purpose of the Humidor is to protect the cigars from the deteriorating effects of changes in temper- ature, and to preserve them in the same good order and condition in which they leave the factory. This it does perfectly for any length of time in any climate on the globe, until the last box is used. Cremo Export Cigars are made only in Londres, which means a straight cigar, being practically the same size from end to end. This shape is more generally smoked than any other, the world over, which fact is a pretty convincing proof that it is the most popular as well as the most desirable shape in which cigars can be made. If you serve your customer with a Cremo Export Cigar out of a Humidor, you give him the best five- cent cigar in the world in the best condition to please him and hold his patronage ; if he is pleased with one he will be pleased with every one. Send your jobber an order for 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars, and he will have them shipped to you direct from the factory in the Humidor, freight paid, and billed as 5,500, at $35.00 per thousand. The CREMO CIGAR is by several times THE LARGEST SELLER IN THE WORLD ^ISK YOURSELF WHY? \ RLD. \f € THE TOBACCO WORLD « ooa cos coe cos cos CO* •! § Factories: g 1 26 and 517 I Scoe cOf cos (OS cos eoe 6 L. E. Ryder, Qcoscoecoecoscoscos • § 9th District \ I Pei\i\eL. • coacoiTocjojcoo JOS f. Manufacturer of . .Gl@ARS. . For tKe Jobbing Tratde Exclusively LANCASTER, PA. The Best Goods for the Least Money. JVIflf^TIJ^ SLiflBACH, DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of ^^^ -r High-Grade Union Made ^/ J Q ^ J^ § SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c) Union Stag (5c) Cuba-Rico (loc) HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade TJniqn Made Cigars "The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at SigM Samples and Particulars to Reliable People oti Application. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Uie Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioa. Brands:— 54? Bear, 5^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. A. F. HOSTETTER, ICaaufacturer of High-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. *8taob Favoritb," a 5-ceni Leader, known for Superiority of Quality GEORGE W. McGUIGAN, Red Lion, Pa. Maker of High Grade Domestic Cigars r LIGHT HORSE HARRY I LA-DATA Leaders \ LA PURISTA I INDIAN PRIDE I LA GALANTERIA Capacity 50.000 per Day. Prompt Shipments Guaranteed. NVCH CHEER IN LANCASTER.. Business is Better Than WaLS Expected and Trek.de is in Good Humor. Lancaster, Pa , Jan. i6. The volume of business done in the local leaf market during the past week has been an agreeable surprise since it was really larger than was expected it would be. The new crop has been pretty well cleaned up. It is estimated that about three fourths of the crop has been bought by packers and large manufacturers, and a considerable quantity of it is now be- ginning to arrive at warehouses. It is expected that, if the condition of the country roads improves any, it will not be long before sufficient tobacco will be in packers' hands to start up their respective warehouses in full blast The Lancaster County Tobacco Grow- ers' Association will hold a meeting today, which will be attended by Profs. Frear and Armstrong of the State Agricultural Department. It is also expected that resolutions will be adopted protesting against any further reduction in the tariff on tobacco from the Philippines. A request will also be made for governmental aid for experiments in curing tobacco in the shed. H. W. Killian,a cigar manufacturer of Ephrata, was spending a few days in Philadelphia this week. A charter has been applied for by the S. R. Moss Cigar Co., which is to have an authorized capital of |2oo,ooo, and which new corporation is to take over the present business of S. R. Moss, and also the Banner Cigar Com- pany. A. G. McLaughlin has discontinued the manu- facture of cigars, and the premises at 228 W. Grant street ar^ now occupied by C. K. Hengst & Co. T. D. Hene, with We- deles Bros., of Chicago, and R. M. Granat, of Gil- len & Granat, were cir- culating among the Lan- caster trade last week. Visiting leaf salesmen are out in force this week, a greater number having been encountered than were met in any week of this year. They generally report a fair outlook for business. WOR^LD'S FAIR TOBACCO SOLD. Three of the hogsheads o f tobacco shown in Kentucky's great exhibit at the St. Louis Fair were sold at auction last Wednesday on the Louisville breaks. One of these is a hurley, another a Green River and the third a one sucker, and all three were recognized not only by the DEISEL-WEMMER COMPANY'S NEW FACTORY. Erected 1901, Enlarged 1904, The above is an illustration of the president; Henry G. Wemmer, general enlarged cigar factory of the Deisel- manager, and R. J. Plate, secretary and Wemmer Co., at Lima, O., which has treasurer. just been completed. The main portion The company' s popular leader is the of the present building was erected about San Felice 5c cigar, but this is by no three years ago, and was 50x120 feet in means its only brand. The American dimensions, affording facilities for 500 Stag and Star Green are also good hands. sellers in the nickel variety of output. The addition in the rear is 65x80 feet, while the General Stark, made in four and permits the employment of 200 more sizes, is a strong leader with them in the people, giving the company an output of loc line. The firm caters largely but not exclu- sively to the retail trade direct, and em- ploys a force of ten salesmen. The product is almost wholly in hand-made goods, which are sold throughout the entire country. The San Felice has International Jury of Awards at the ex- *^°"* 1.000,000 cigars per week. Both position as the best types of their variety *^^ "'^^^ ^"'^^^"^ *"^ *""*^^ ^'^ ^""* ever displayed, but theyare conceded by °^ ^*°"'' *"*^ ^"''^' *"** ^^^^^^^^ ^^""^ tobacco experts of Kentucky to be the stories and basement. best of the crop of 1903. This business was established in 189 1 The hogsheads occupied conspicuous by Henry Deisel. and a few years ago become a veritable password throughout places in Kentucky's tobacco display ^^ incorporated under the name of the ^^io and other Middle Western States, which was given the largest amount of _, . , „, ^ , u- 1. *i. r 1 where the demand is growing at an space devoted to any one product at the D«sel- Wemmer Co., of which the fol- astonishingly rapid rate. These goods whole exposition. The money from tlie lowing arc the officers: Henry Deisel, are sold to the trade at I35, less the sale goes into the fund of the commission, president; William J. Wemmer, vice usual discount for cash in ten days. <^ THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTUmtR OF ALL KINDS OF 138 a 140 CENTRE 5t. NEWYORK^ *♦' 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. ♦♦ D. W. HUBLEY. Thomasville, Pa. C'igSir ]V[anufacturer For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Correspondence Solicited. ♦♦ ♦♦ Samples on Application. F. B. SePllNDLER Manufacturer of ■^■•l•**:^************ ****** *^ ****** 4f H-i- ■it » « Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa. JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ♦ ****************************5j- *4-+ CSTABUaHEO 1671^ jANIJ^ BY A.B.CLIME STRICTLY UNION FACTORY f fabriconarolfeSchoice, I- POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE 'r ■ ■ ' VAMPIRE • • • Trade-Mark Register. MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTU- RERS' 14.679 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco. Registered Jan. 7, 1905, at 9 a m, by George Steuernagle, Pittsburg, Pa. MONOGRAM, THE Y. C. Co. 14.667 For a firm name. Registered Jan. 7, 1905, at I p m, by the Yorkana Ci- gar Co. , at Yorkana, Pa. KUBIANO 14,668 For cigars, cigarettfrs and tobacco. Registered Jan. 9, 1905, at i p m, by Max Bekoff, Philadelphia. Pa. VESNA 14.669 For cigars. Registered Jan. 9, 1905, at I p m, by Henry A Fischel, Phila- delphia, Pa. BELA 14,670 For cigars. Registered Jan. 9, 1905, at I p m, by Henry A Fischel, Phila- delphia, Pa. WAITO 14671 For cigars. Registered Jan. 9, 1905, at I p m, by Henry A Fischel, Phila- delphia, Pa. CLADO 14,672 For cigars. Registered Jan. 9, 1905, at I p m, by Henry A Fischel, Phila. delphia. Pa. NIGHT QUEEN 14.673 For cigars. Registered Jan. 11, 1905, at 9 a m, by A P Snader, Ephrata,Pa. UNCLE FRED 14.674 For cigars. Registered Jan. 1 1 , 1 905, at 9 a m, by A P Snader, Ephrata,Pa. COMMERCIAL TIP 14.675 For cigars. Registered Jan. 14, 1905, at 9 a m,by Wallick & Gohn,York,Pa. O-WE-GO 14.676 For cigars. Registered J an. 1 4, 1 905 , at 9 a m, by Stautfer Bros. ' Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. VUELTA SPRIGS 14.667 For cigars. Registered Jan. 14, 1905, at 9 a m, by Stauffer Bros.' Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pa. CAYUGA 14,678 For cigars. Registered Jan. 1 6, 1905, at 9 a m, by John Sauer, Philadelphia, Pa. UNION PLUCK 14,679 For cigars. Registered Jan. 16, 1905, at 9 a m, by L L Schloss, Chicago, 111. UNION GRIT 14,680 For cigars. Registered Jan. 16, 1905, at 9 a m, by L L Schloss, Chicago, 111. REJECTIONS. Union Star, Cream Puff, Spanish Sweet, Oriental Star, Dawn, Delmarvir.Rising Sun, Twilight, Clio, Alexander, Lu- cifer, Uncle Rube, Foxy Grandpa, Old Chum, The Old Boy, Vesta, Maxim Gorki, Alexandra, Al- hambra. Alcazar, Zembo, Rajah, Alleppo, Boumai, Bohemia, D. A. M. COILILECTION. ^1 O. K. P. Registered Jan. 6, 1905, by the Keystone Cheroot Co. , Hanover, Pa., should have been "O. K. P., 186." CANCELLATION. "186." Registered by the Keystone Cheroot Co., Hanover, Pa., Jan. 6, 1905, has been canceled. "ORIGINAL PACKAGE" SETTLED. Iowa Supreme Court Sustained by U. S. Supreme Bench. Washington, D. C, Jan. 16. The Iowa Anti- Cigarette law was up- held by the Supreme Court of the United States today in the cases of Charles P. Cook and Robert E. Hodge, affirming the decision o f the Supreme Court of Iowa. The cigarettes were shipped int* the State in small boxes, and the conten- tion was made that, in enforcing the law, the State authorities were interfering with interstate commerce. The Court refused, however, to hold that the small boxes were original pack- ages, and concluded that the action of the State authorities in assessing a tax upoH Cook and Hodge was no violation of their constitutional rights. It has been understood that the Amer- ican Tobacco Co. was backing the plaint- iffs with the idea of getting a final ques- tion on this point of law. The law prescribes that no goods must be sold except from the package whick bears the stamp, and the controversy has been as to whether the large package im which the cigarettes are usually sold at wholesale is the original package from which, according to the law, goods must be sold, or if the small package of tea comes under the law. Small dealers who will sell less than ten, have contended that the second reading of the law is the correct one. In the cases appealed, the claim if that a package of ten cigarettes is aa original package in the meaning of the law. The packages were shipped loose to the retailers, without any other box, wrapping or other container. The posi- tion of the State authorities was that this method of shipping is altogether unusual, and is a mere subterfuge for the evasion of the law. They hold that the term "original package" means the package in which goods are usually sold at whole- sale. CHANGE IN H. N. NAILTIN TOBACCO CO.. OF LOUISVILLE. Casselberry Dunkersch has been elec- ted secretary and treasurer of the H. N. Martin Tobacco Co., of Louisville, Ky. He succeeds Edgar D. Martin, who has entered the tobacco business. W. G. Roark has been made manager of the sales department of the company. John W. Brown has been re elected president and W. S. Logan vice president and superintendent. THE TOBACCO WORLD i^ LANCASTER AGAINST TAMFF CVT. m F. H. POWELL'S "OXVS." """■" There is not another man in Camden County Tobacco Grower.* Association ^ho has done more effective work in the on Record a. Opposed to it. cigar industry than F. H. Powell. 126 Fed- Lancaster, Pa.. Jan. 16. eral street. "Oxus, ' which is the name The Lancaster County Tobacco Grow- of Mr. Powell's specialty has become a ers* Association held its annual meeting sort of pass word with the cigar-loving here today, when resolutions were unani- people throughout the State, and is fast mously adopted protesting against the becoming firmly entrenched in its border - reduction of the tariff on Philippine ing city Philadelphia, tobacco. The cigar has been on the market Several European manufaturers in- many years and each succeeding year's quired whether or not they could pur- sales show a healthy increase. The chase and pack in the local market, and sales in Philadelphia have grown marvel to this President Herr replied that they lously fast, and a branch office is being would be welcome here. conducted at 5 Market street. William DeHaven, who had charge of ^r. Powell is not only well known the Lancaster County cigar and tobacco throughout New Jersey, where he is exhibit at the Sl Louis Exposition, com- extremely popular, but he is also promi- plained that he had not been paid, but J^^ntly indentified with the trade in that the matter had been taken to Gov- Pennsylvania and is President of the emor Pennypacker, who directed the Powell- Witter, Leninger Co. , of Reading, Pennsylvania Commissioners to the Ex- extensive manufacturers of high grade position to pay the bill. cigars. It is at this factory that the A committee was appointed to ask the ^^"^ *^ "^^*^^ Legislature for an increased appropria- ^"""^ "'^"^^^ *«^° * "«^ ^"^^ ^^^ tion for conducting the State experimental f ^^'^ ^^^ ^^"^' ^^ich has greatly added stations in this county. FACTORIES BVR.NEO IN YORK. to its attractiveness and general improve- ment of its appearance. The brand is made up in several of the more popular sizes and is sold to retailers at I35 per thousand, less the usual cash discount. NUBBINS FROM READING. ALLENTOWN NEWS. Three CigaLf Flaunts aire Destroyed by Fire of Unknown Origin. York, Pa., Jan. 16. Fire of an unknown origin destroyed Good Business, but Not Much of News three large frame cigar factories, owned Interest, by Thomas Adair, A. Fauth & Co. and Reading, Pa., Jan. 16. James Adair, at Red Lion, and occupied jhe Reading trade continues in high by the respective owners and M. Kalisch spirits over the way business is commenc- & Co., at an early hour on Friday morn- j^g t^is year, and a majority of the fac- ing last, entailing a loss of approximately tories have ample orders on hand to I13 000, a small part of which is covered keep them running steadily. by insurance. The Fleck Cigar Co. is especially busy The three factories were twostory at present, and prospects are for a con- frames with attics, and all were used as tinued good trade. cigar factories. The fire was discovered john U. Fehr & Son in 1904 had the at 12:45 o'clock in the factory occupied biggest years business in the history of by Max Kalisch and James Adair, and it thg house. In fact, their business has spread so rapidly that all efforts of the gyo^n at a wonderfully rapid rate, firemen to save the factories were futile. The new factory of Otto Eisenlohr & Henry Obendorf, watchman in Miller Bros, is rapidly nearing completion, and Bros. • cigar box factory, gave the alarm, ^jn goon be ready for occupancy, and the people of the town responded promptly. The Dallastown firemen were tele- Allentown, Pa., Jan. 16. phoned to come to the aid of the Red ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ .^^^^^^ ^^^ )Lion department, but when it was seen ^^^^^ ^^^j^^^ .^ p^^.^^j^^ reporting a that the fire would not spread beyond the ^^i^ly good trade for this season of the burning cigar factories the request was ycflia countermanded. Julius Alvarez & Co. have the recently The buildings were all partly filled opened factory filled with a force of thor- with tobacco, cigars and machinery, oughly skilled cigarmakers and are turn- The losses sustained are estimated as jng out a fine large line of goods. follows : Victor Thorsch Co. open a new factory A. Fauth & Co., $1,200 on building, today at Coplay, with a force of seventy- $700 on stock, insurance 1 1,400; James five cigarmakers. They have been un- Adair, $5,000 on stock, fixtures and remittingly busy during the whole of the building, |2,8oo insurance; Thomas holiday season. Sales of the Bachelor Adair, $2,000 on building and stock, ^re growing steadily. Buster Brown is a insurance $500 on stock; Max Kalisch, new 5 cent product which they are just $3, 500 on stock and fixtures, $1,000 in- marketing, and an innovation for this surance; St Paul's United Evangelical firm is being introduced with this brand. The goods will be banded, and the bands will be redeemed at the firm's main office in Allentown. Berninger Bros, are operating with a exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition, full force and have a good lot of orders received the award last week and it is on hand for their Golden Horse Shoe now on exhibition. It is highly prized brand of 5 cent cigars. Bondy & Leder- by the firm. cr* s factory is also very busy. Allbn. Church, damage to windows and stable, $400, windows covered by insurance. Kohler-Snyder Cigar Co., of York, which won a gold medal for the cigars F. V. ESHELMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF ^-«4 ^ 4iaL^«yHi^t>jbfe ' ^■t^irite.5 m A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. JOHN ZUDJ^ELili Manufacturer of "'«" Cigars f;et Grade Genuii\e Union Made. Ephrata, Pa. «4oods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. \Yedeles Brothers, Florida. Sumatra. 182 E. Lake St. CHICAGO, ILL THE TOBACCO WORI.D LIBERMAN ■^PffipfTO Latest Suctioiv Machine 1 m Adopted by the Leading Manufacturers. Palm Rolling Essential to Hand-Work. THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TOOL yet introduced In connection with Cigar- making. The catting rollers are so equipped with ball bearings and exterior springs that they only produce enough pressure to cut the leaf, thui maintaining a sharp edge on the die and assuring a perfect, clean cut, superior to hand-work. The circumference of the cutting roller being greater than the length of the die, makes tearing or streaking of the wrapper impossible. Then, after the leaf has been cut, a slight depression with the right foot pedal will lower the die even with the table, thus making a perfectly smooth and rigid surface, enabling the operator to Roll with the Full Palm of the Hand, instead of pushing the cigar along with the finger tips. Changing of the die to any shape, or from right to left, or the reverse, is a very simple matter on this table, and can be done within two minutes time. These points of merit, coupled with others not mentioned, have won for this table the high standard of excellence maintained to-day, a fact that cannot conscientiously be claimed by any of our competitors. We stand ready to prove our statement, and all we ask Is for the opportunity. We Think IT WILL PAY YOU to Investigate. LiBERMAN Manufacturing Co Manufacturers of Cigar Machinery and Tools 240-42 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA., U.:S.|A # THE TOBACCO* WORLD 27 For Gentlemen of Good Taste s-S^N FELieE-5 B A HIGH GRADE R kJC. CIGAR FOR k-)C# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO CUBAN STAMP NOW ON BOXES. FARMERS MUSTN'T BREAK WORD. Pasted on (he Bottom of the Box and Has Not Attracted Great Attention. The export stamp which has just been issued by the union of manufacturers in Cuba is now in active operation and is seen on all the later importations in every cigar store handling that class of goods. Practically all Havana manu- facturers are using the stamps on goods shipped not only to the United States but to every other country. The stamp was reproduced actual size in The Tobacco World of two weeks ago and as was at once noticed, is consider- ably larger than the old red import stamp of the United States. It is of a quiet color, however, and all those which have been seen so far by the writer were pasted on the bottom of the package where it could not readily be noticed. A dealer whose trade is largely in im- ported goods was asked whether the stamp had thus far attracted much atten- tion among his customers: "No, it has not," he declared. "I don't think there has been a single com- ment made yet, although at that I have had the stamp in the store only a short time. "Oh, some men are very quick to no- tice such thmgs," he continued, in an- swer to a question. "But it has just hap- pened that none of that sort has seen the box yet. At a rough guess, I should say that with my trade, about seven men out of 25 would immediately notice any change in the markings or form of the package containing their favorite brand. "For instance, the very firsrtimel put out a box with a new U. S. stamp on to a customer, he exclaimed on the second: •I don't want that; where*s the red stamp?* "Of course it was precisely the same cigar in every way that he had been buy- ing, and I explained the situation to him and showed him the smaller stamp on the bottom of the box. He took it all in, and I suppose believed me, but he made me get a box with the old stamp on that I had in stock for him to select from. "On the other hand, the next five men who asked for imported cigars didn' t pay the slightest attention to what the box looked like, but simply verified the label at a glance, took their cigars and went out "And as I said, there hasn't a word been said yet about the Cuban stamp, but the next man who comes in is likely to see it at*a glance." Growers' Association Will Prosecute iff Tobacco is Not Forthcoming Clarksville, Tenn., Jan. 12. Chairman Felix, of the Dark Tobacco Growers' Association, has received in structions to take legal steps against farmers and buyers who violate their pledges to the organization. It is not believed that there will be many instances where such steps will be necessary, but it is considered best to be prepared and the chairman proposes to act vigorously if it becomes necessary. As a result of a conference between a special committee from the Association and the owners of a number of prizing houses, it has been arranged that the prizers shall furnish the house, hogs- heads, execute bond for faithful duty, uniform assorting and regularly packing oO as to prevent leakings. The prizer will also pay the cost of insurance while the tobacco is in their house. The farmer is to deliver the tobacco, be responsi ble for the order in which it is delivered and remove the tobacco to the storage house after it has been prized. It was agreed that the uniform price for prizing should be 75 cents per 100. The prizer will also give the farmer a certificate stating the amount of tobacco delivered, which can be deposited by those desiring to have money advanced. Twenty- two prizers in this section agree to prize for the farmers upon the above conditions. MARKET ACTIVE IN RICHMOND. Greater Now Than Any Time Since Holidn.ys. Richmond, Jan. 14. The local tobacco warehouses this week took on a greater amount of activity than at any time since the resumption of sales after the holidays. O. Shelburn' s warehouse reported a fine sale of about 40,000 pounds and a top notch price of I26, which is the highest price since the beginning of the new year. All grades sold well and the farmers went home well pleased and saying that they will return with more tobacco as soon as they can conveniently do so. £. Shockhoe sold about 40, 000 pounds at good prices. The other houses had smaller sales, but ones that showed the market to be in good condition. %»»%%%^ J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. |^^^%»%%^^^ %»«%»««<» ^>%>%%^»%' THE AROMA THOUSANDS PRAISE. Havana Box Aroma $12 per Gallon. ITS EQUAL UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE Cindnaati Fruit Refining Company, Cincinnati, 0. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. w***v*v*v*%****v****v*****************v.**v«* A. Z. SHERK, President E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. *, The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. Established 1898 * High Grade Marietta, Pa. MAKERS OF Incorporated 1901 Hand Made Cigars*; r JULIAN HAWTHORNE lOc. Cigar Onr Leaders: I^N.^sc^'ail^ '" ''"'" [ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar 'OUtrlbutors Wanted Bverywl;ore * * V* V* V* V* V* V* V***V* V**^V :V* V* V* V* V* I C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 28 THE TOBACCO WORLD fm VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of (he BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. ■% C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. Cigars m THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War«bouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A, PJBARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ L/^^f tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, WTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, PENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 X ZIMMER SPANISHt WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS ^ Too short for our* Fancy Packings. 4^ Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ immer opSLiiish X 1902—1903 Gebhari Little Dutch 4 Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. JWrite for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton, Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District. ^ RETAIL TRADE BETTER IN BOSTON. Some off the Brandt That are Moving Out Best. Boston, Mass., Jan. 15. The trade has improved a trifle during the past week on what it has been since New Years, and the wholesalers seem to be confident that business will improve much more in the next few weeks espe- cially now that the Falls River strike has been settled temporarily and the mills have started again. Many firms in this city were eflfected a great deal by this strike, and for months it was almost use- less for salesmen to go there. Sig. Baum, with the Turco-American Tobacco Co., spent a few days here this week, and had no trouble getting orders. The Omega is the best 5 cent Turkish cigarette selling in this locality. The American Tobacco Co. has a salesman here placing two new brands of Turkish cigarettes, Bizak, a 10 package plain tip, the price of which is I7.00 per M, (and they give gratis with each thou- sand 4 packages of Turkish Trophies and 4 packages of Moguls) and the Murad, a 1 5 cent Turkish cigarette, is being sold at I ID per M., a similar package to the Moguls. A H. Hill, the well known Water street cigar jobbers left on Thursday for a brief business trip to New York. Mr. Hall is the distributor for Boston for Straitton & Storm's goods. Geo. S. Harris & Co. are having quite a trade on their Prince ot Wales cigar, in their new Howard and Court street store. L. Miller & Sons, of New York, an- nounce a deal on their Kozy 2^ ounce 5 cent package and with every 5 pounds they offer 50 Puritans gratis. This deal terminates February 15. "Edgeworth" made by Lams Bros. Co. is selling nicely and is packed in three styles 4, 8 and 16 oz. tins. F. X. Obcrle Co.'s Bostonia 10 cent cigar is rapidly forging its way to the front in popularity. F. J. Greener, Jr., is now representing the firm on the road and suburbs. F. R. Grim & Co., 85 Dover street, who make a specially of jobbing union and independent goods exclusively, are increasing their business daily. Their leaders in 5 cent cigars are, U Can't Beat It and £1 Cafe Bouquets. Joe Gordon, of Gordon Bros., the south end tobacconists, contemplates get- ting married some time in March. M. Falk, of the Falk Tobacco Co. , is calling on the local trade. Mr. Falk is very popular here on account of his long connection with the late firm of Cameron & Cameron. The American Tobacco Co. is about to place on the market here a new short smoke similar to Leroy little cigars that will retail at ten for fifteen cents. The name of the brand is Flexo. A. Shadoff has been engaged by J. O. Cohn as city salesman. During the past week there has been quite some business done on the Pride of Virginia sliced cut tobacco, as many of the jobbers are well stocked with same. Having obtained it with tags and coupons of the Floradora Tag Co., it stands them very low in price. Grumbler cigars are selling well here. C. H. Camith & Co. who operate one of the largest bowling alleys here, placed a nice order for some of these cigars this week. Sam Marcuson, representing the Ameri- can Tobacco Co., is certainly making good on the Hassan cigarettes and these goods can be found in almost every first class cigar store in Boston. Ben All ROYAL CIGAR CO. ORGANIZED. ^^ New York Concern is Thought to be Part off United Cigar Stores Co. New York, Jan. 13. The Royal Cigar Co., with a capital of 1250,000 is the latest in the field in this city, and the new firm commences busi- ness with John F. Whelan.of the United Cigar Stores Co. at its head. The company last week purchased the cigar store at Twenty- sixth and Broadway, the fitting up of which place is said to have cost $150, 000. The change of own- ership took place on January 9. The Royal Cigar Company has been organized under the laws of this State. The capital stock is set at 1250,000. John F. Whelan, o f Syracuse, is the president, and several men well known in the tobacco trade are said to be in- terested. The company announces that it will run a chain of cigar stores in New York, to deal in high grade goods. It is said to be looking for other eligible locations, especially for one on Wall street The Whelan s who own and operate hundreds of stores throughout the United States under the corporate name of the United Cigar Stores Company are, it is believed, the principal owners of this new company, which while apparently a com- peting company, is apparently to work in harmony with it It IS thought that through the new com- pany, the organizers of the United Cigar Stores Co. desire to market a better grade of goods than is the case with the United Stores. The store in question was opened a year ago by the Havana Cigar Company and has been considered one of the hand- somest establishments in New York city. INCORPORATIONS. ^ Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin, of thAp' Superior Court has granted a charter to the Southern Cigar Co., the incorpora- tors of which are F. R. Jamison and E. W. HallowelL The company will deal in all kinds of tobaccos and manufacture cigars. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Secretary of State by Ferris & Grady, wholesale cigars and tobacco, Minneapolis. Capital stock $25,000. Incorporators, James R. Ferris, Wm. H. Burd, and James H , Grady. The Independent Cigar and Tobacco Co., of Boston, has been incorporated with a capital of $250,000. The pro- moters are P. S. Chase, A. P. Goodell and M. I. O' DonnelL The C. A. Smith Cigar Co., with a capital of $5,000, has been incorporated at Binghamton, N. Y., by Charles A. Smith, Menz W. Goodell and William S. Polly.' The Thomas Cigar Co., of Chicago, hai been incorporated by M. Salamon, N. A. Stem, and Menzo I . Rosenbaum, with a capital of |2, 500. C. A. ROST, & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 29* Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAGGO^ Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Bi-anch Office, Reading, Pa. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer JohnJ.Esheman READING.PA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. ♦ CIGAR BOXES, ♦ X SHIPPING CASES, X ♦ LABELS, ♦ ♦ EDQiNGS ♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ RIBBONS, 4 ^ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ X CIGAR X ♦ ♦ ♦ Manufacturers* ♦ X SUPPLIES. X ^^^i^s^«^ X X »883. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Geo. M. Wechter, Manufacturer of ^^^^^^^ ♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦. . hei©AR B0XES* X ♦ South Ninth Street, AKrOHf 1 9« Connection. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High- Grade Stogies BSTHESDAy OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ■xi • J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. ^ HOLTZINGER ®, SEITZ, Manofactarers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of PennsylvaiviaL Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Onr Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO RJBGALl^DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERB so TRX TOBACCO WORLD OIGAH BOX EDGIflGS W« Iuv« the U^gta awortMta' - * CIsar Bos fidglaft la the United States, having over i,ooo design* ia slack. T. A. MYERS & CO. - Printers and Engravers, YORK, PENNA. Embossed RapSf Labels* Notices, etc W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of Leaf Tobacco SHADE-GROWN SUMATRA, in Bales. '>»■«' I ^ Wo? .8^7°: 12 S. George St., York, Pa. A. SONNEM AN ® SONS, •••DtTrJ-J Leaf Tobacco Large Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 Vs. No. 105 S. George St., YORK, PA, D. fl. SCHRIVER ^ CO. Wholesale and Retail Dctlcri laAUGradatof imieiiUGSIiDiioiteilTOBAOCO 29 East Clark Avenue, KNB 8UMATRA8 • special^. YORK, PA. fl. KoriLER & eo. )te!!fti!«BJ_Fine Cigars DALLASTOWy, PA. Otptifditft 75*ooo per day. Brtablished 187c. Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher 8z Son Manufacturers of F^ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the i/luAKS Registered Brs^ds: "Brilliant Star** Clear Havana, . . lOc. **S. B." Half Havana, .... 5c. "S. B.** Wttle Havana*, . . . . Sc. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" Mildeat Cigar Made. 2 fof 5c. Special Brands Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Hig. Co., New Holland, Fql. ^ Sead Year Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save Yea Meaey. Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY For a distance of about one mile each way from my home, on the road from Greenfield to Northampton, there were raised last season 148 acres of tobacco, yielding on an average 1,500 pounds per acre, or 220,500 pounds, and the proba- ble price will not be far from 15c per pound. For this the farmers will receive over 131,000; how much of this will stick to the inside linings of their pock- etbooks is a problem. With a poor crop last year, and the probable indebtedness for fertilizer for the raising of this year's crop, and the paying for fertilizer for the coming crop, my opinion is that with some there will be a very small surplus left for a working fund. I wish it might be larger than it will probably be. With the increased amount of the crop to be raised this year I think more of the money coming may be allowed to stay with the workers. Our correspondents write: Montague, Mass.: "A. M. Lyman sold three acres at 13c. Donaldson & Brown, about two acres at I3>^c. I think farmers have their tobacco all stripped now.'* Hadley, Mass. : * 'The tobacco crop of 1904 has been about all taken down and is being stripped and in the bundle; i6c seems about what the buyers are paying per pound. No sales have been reported as yet this week." Conway, Mass.: "We have had con- siderable activity here in the past week in the tobacco business. We had a fine, damp time and all but one grower finished taking down and we are having a fine, nice, warm time to strip without taking it in by a fire. Nearly all the tobacco here is sold. Those who sold last week are H. T. Newhall, H. D. Pease, Charles Parsons & Son, G. H. Johnson,' D. New- hall, D. Weston; prices ranging from Ii@i4c in bundle." Suffield, Ct : "Tobacco men are in- terested in an experiment tried by W. S. Pinney, of Suffield, who this year, instead of cutting his crop in the usual way, picked ;six tons of it, using the method employed in the harvesting the shade- grown. Mr. Pinney is enthusiastic over the plan, but says its value cannot be es- timated until the crop has been through the sweat Now it is in excellent condi- tion and is a very handsome crop. He made two pickings; one included all but the four top leaves, and the second the top leaves. One leaf is packed at a time, and forty leaves put on one lath. As each leaf is separate there is no danger of polesweat He thinks by this method more weight to the acre can be obtained. The cost of picking, hanging and getting the leaves into bundles averages about $6, or ^3 more than the old way. The longed for damp spell came Tuesday, and all were quick to take advantage Of it and get their tobacco down. Buyers are looking at the crops, and I hear of one sale at i6c." Bradstreet, Mass. : • •! have to report the sale of one crop of tobacco of 14 acres at i8c, sold by Oscar Belden & Sons. Stripping all done." — American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The week has been largely a stormy one, holding back a good deal of riding in country districts that otherwise might have been done. The new crop is re- ceiving some attention but not much organized effort to take it over is notice- able. Prices for choice lots bring any- where from 7 to 10 cents for bundle de- livery. The search for old leaf continues so that the deliveries made at packing points are about equally divided between the new and cured tobaccos. F. S. Baines purchased a 175CS lot of old goods of Chris Olson of Stoughton. W. T. Pomeroy & Co. sold 3oocs of '03 and '03 leaf. The handling of the new crop is now under way at several packing points and the number of warehouses opened will be increased soon. It is believed the de- liveries will be sufficient to keep them steadily running, though not over 25 per cent of the Crawferd county leaf has been removed from the poles to date. The American Tobacco Co. intends to com- mence warehouse handling at several packing points the coming week. Shipments were 947CS. — Reporter. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 20 hhds., offerings on the breaks 45 hhds., public and private sales 93 hhds. The quality of the offerings was poor, with a full proportion of nondescript leaf. The market was active and rather stronger in price. Holders of what remains of the 1903 crop look for higher prices, as the new crop is held at very much larger figures than those ruling for old tobacco, the gap between the two is a wide one. The hands of the Planters* Association are strengthened by the steady signing of crops to its management and a full reduction of this year's planting is generally discussed. There is but little doing in the loose tobacco market The weather for the past week has been cold with one snow storm. For Old Tobacco, we quote: Low Lugs I3.50 to I3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4.00 Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf 4.00 to 4.25 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4.75 5.50 6.75 8.00 —The Cliff. Weil Cigar Co., of Rich- mond, Va., is being organized with a capital of #100,000, to conduct a cigar business on Main street Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes If^ Alvvays Room for Onh Morb Good Custqmsx. L J. Sellers & Son, Seilersville, Pa, THE TOBACCO WORLD m^ym ^ K|H€ N. KALISCH ®, CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiBAI^S l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦> WILLIAM J. NOLL Successor to J. Neff MANUFACTUREIL OF ♦♦ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. ♦ ♦ ♦♦-♦♦^^^♦♦♦4 La Adelphia Cigar Factory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Propriety, Seilersville, Pa. Manufacturer of CIGARS Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦^ Onr Leaders: { """"euiston"-"" } Cigars-6c, 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE lA ADELPHIA, 5-Cent hA FhOR DE A, C. P., lo-Cent # ^eaf-MU;^ P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium eisyiRs Dallastown, Pa. r GEO. F. NASH A SPECIALTY of Private Brands Special J JOHN SELDEN -^ >^ for Wholesale & jobbing Trade Brands:] gov. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. *[ BEN DEBAR Samples on application. =♦= C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- ♦ X4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦4•♦♦♦4•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'f♦♦♦♦♦«^4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ^ co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos Also, All Grades of ^ Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norf h Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. « « • ♦ • 1t1t***-h-tkMikii-ik-iiik*r:ii-)i-ikii-)iii*Hik*1t : S. N. MUMMA « PeLcker of : Leaf Tobacco » PennaL. Seed B s at SpeciaLlty * * Warehouse at R.ailroaLd Crossing * LANDISVILLE, PA. * * R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa.. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. , ) 82 THE TOBACCO WORLD IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS WRITE TO C. RUPPIN-LANCASTER, PA ABOUT THE "BENJAMIN CONSTANT"IOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c. THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS. W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. OUR SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. T.L.ADAIR, # WHOLSSALE MANDFA Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF GEILMAN FARMERS* QVAlNT WAYS Business CKeLi\ges, Fires, Etc. Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER- Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. '■ 'i t SED TWENTY YEARS WITHOUT A FAULT. Havanat Flavor Purely Vegetable. $12 per Gallon. DO NOT EXPERIMENT WITH OTHERS. Cincinnati Fruit Refining Co., Cincinnati, 0. Some of Them Cure Their TobaLCCO in Their Own Houses. Washington, D. C, Jan. lo. United States Consul Brittain.at Kehl, Germany, writes the following interesting matter concerning the small planters in Baden and their primitive methods of cultivating tobacco. Consul Brittain says that in the Grand Duchy of Baden during 1903 there were engaged in the cultivation of tobacco SSiOQI small planters who had under cultivation 16,610 acres, chiefly in the valley of the Rhine. Many of the plots contain but a few square rods of land, cultivated by men and women working side' by side in the fields. The total value of the crop harvestedin 1903 was 11,541,466. There were 848 less acres of land under culti- vation than in 1902, and 2,327 fewer planters engaged in the business, and the decrease in the value of the crop was ^393389- The leading causes for this decrease, says Consul Brittain, were the difficulty in obtaining young plants and the un steady condition of the tobacco market. While the crop of 1903 was below the average the quality was good and the planters realized an average price of a fraction over 5 cents a pound when the tobacco was dried. The 1904 crop has not been marketed, but will be less than that of 1903, as there were 903 acres less planted. In Alace- Lorraine 3,456 acres were planted in 1903, yielding 7,810,582 pounds which sold at an average of 5.7 cents a pound. The quahty of the tobacco in Alsace Lorraine was not very good, and the indications are that the crop of 1904 will be considerably less than that of 1903, as the area planted is 3, 348 acres less. The faimer or planter is not obliged to pay any tax on his tobacco, but as soon as it passes out of his hands an excise duty of $10. 71 per 220.46 pounds must be paid. Many of these small planters or farmers handle their tobacco in a very primiiive manner. When the tobacco is cut the leaves are hauled to the home of the planter in old wagons drawn by one or two cows. The leaves are then hung up to dry in rows around the outside of the house or other build, ings. Some of the more extensive planters have special drying houses. Connecticut Bridgeport — Rehstock Bros, cigar man- ufacturers; burned out Illinois Chicago — L Abeles & Co, tobacco, an- nounce dissolution; L Abeles continues under same style Louis P Weiser, ci gars, etc; dead Indiana Columbia City — O Hayden, cigars; succeeded by B Warren Elwood — Charles Cooper, cigars, etc, real estate mortgage, $250 Wabash — F H Richmond, cigars and tobacco; discontinued Iowa Vinton — John L Robinson, cigars; suc- ceeded by George N Ulrice Waterloo — Casebeer Bros, cigars; sold out Maine Auburn — Gauther & Wilson, cigar mfrs; succeeded by Mrs F D Hooker Bangor — F E O' Leary, cigars; burned out; partially insured Maryland Baltimore — ^J H Hays & Co, leaf to- bacco; succeeded by Gibson & Aubrey James Mather, retail cigars; damaged by fire Massachusetts Boston — D J Kouhry & Co, cigarette mfrs; chattel mtge, |2,ooo Michigan Detroit — Hutton Bros, cigar manufac- turers, bill of sale, $ i Minnesota Duluth — Kem merer & Schroeder, cigar manufacturers, succeeded by J W Schroe- der Minneapolis — Ferris & Grady, whole- sale cigars, incorporated, capital stock, $25,000 New York Elmira — Eastern Leaf Tobacco Co, damaged by fire Insured New York City — S Sumprecht, cigars, damaged by fire N Jacob, admitted into the firm of E P Cordero, cigar man- ufacturers, and style of firm name changed to E P Cordero & Co North Carolina Greenville— The following have been R.K.Schnd()er&Sons PACKBRS 09 AlTD DSAURS IV M :-: Tin 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. A. O^'-'^f e <& Co H ■ IMPORTERS OP^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MIUADBLPHIA 38 Williams Suction Rolling Tables flccepteil by the Manufacturers as being the STANDARD Cigar Rolling Table, after an experience of 18 years. The J ohn R. Williams Co« ' • What Can Be Done by learners and PRINCIPAL OFFICE, experts on this Table can be seen at the |4*/v i«>o w% sxs o^ m. School for Learners of the New York Ci- l-^U-l/O raClflC Otreetf gar Manufacturers' Supply Co., 403 to 409 East Seventieth Street, New York. NEWARK, N. J. Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFrENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Dealer in X X Cigar Box I^nmber, ♦ I Labels, X Ribbons, X Edging, X X Brands, etc, X ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^SMpping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER. PA /IBEN BUSEF^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., YORK, PA. R. F. D. No. 3, M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker BoOm," W. B. a. Hopkinsville, Ky CIGAR MOLDS OUR MOLDS "%t,":owEsT" "' **" "'"* We will Duplicate Any Shape yoii are now using, regardless of who made yonr Molds, or Furnish Any New Shape. Sample Section! submitted for your approval Free of Cost. The American Cigar Mold Co 121-123 WEST FRONT ST., CINCINNATI, 0 F NBOSSED CIGAR. BANDS ^-^ Are All the Rage. Rag< We have them, in large variety. Send for Samples, William Steiner, Sons & Co. iMGtsT Lithographers, a^tn 1X6 and ii8 B. Pourteentb St., NEW YORK. 84 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED wi^6.^^ Kstabhshed 1878. Factory 1508, inh Dist., Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufaciurer of Fine Ciga^rs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD _^ WAGNER'S C^BAN ST061ES ^^ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, factory No. «. 707 Ohlo St, Allegheny, Pa. The Cigars Yon Want W. B. ifl]A/A'i> Union Cigar Factory Ask for Samples AKRON, PA. Correspondence Solicitcc i g 5 R R R R R R R R R R C.A. Rostra Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of obacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers 'a Binders WISCONSIN m. OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lion, Pa.. Ji rr. Clark <£' Bro Cable Addre»« "CLARK." Leaf Tobacco Brokers, damaged by fire: PLvans, Hooker & Co, tobacco warehouse; E B Ficklen Tobacco Co; O R Jeffress, tobacco warehouse; E H Thomas & Co, tobacco; Thomas & Green, tobacco Ohio Cleveland — C DeArengo, cigar manu facturer, petition in bankruptcy Pennsylvania Philadelphia — Morris D Neumann & Co (Inc), cigar manufacturers, succeeded by Morris D Neumann & Co Reading — Julius G Hansen, cigar manufacturer, satisfied real estate mort gage, $4. 500 Washington Seattle — M B Lytic, cigars, chattel mortgage, $164 Spokane — Henry Davis, cigars, sold to Brown & Neuman S A Mills, cigars chattel mortgage, $600 A R Pratt, cigars, sold out to N J Sleem Tacoma — D A McLennan, cigars, sold to J P Sheriff J P Sheriff, cigars, real estate mortgage, |2oo Wisconsin Racine — Biddinger & I'ohl, cigars, M Bittinger, dead Sheboygan — John Vandervart, cigars, etc, warranty deed, 1^1,300 PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, ani<>l« rejristercd. TWENTY YEARS' PRACTICE, ilighem references. 8.111.1 mil!, fik.'tih "r i]<"t". for fr-e report Ion pit.Tititiilit V. All iMiHiiieiis contidential. HAND-BOOK FREE. Kxplniiia everything. TelU n iw t.) Olitain and Sell r:it.-iit». What Invention* Will Pav. H'>\v to (i<-t a I'lirtner, explains be«t nH"'haniiial inovHiiii-iits, and onntains SOO Other •ubjectiof iniportan''« to inventors. Address, H. B. WILLSON & GO. ^. THB TOBACCO WORLD JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke. KING DUKE 2)4 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWLST REBATE LONG CUT Mtmifnrtiirerof High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. ft &--Iaia]iiilactare all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples, — Bstablished 18^4— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merciiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Oigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles SPECIAL SALES OF LEAF TOBACCO Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale — ^^•^— 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4^ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ^ 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ tt ♦ ♦ i ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl# J« Jl leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦«♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦- > UTROGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS 4 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦f-r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokers, and ar« the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPEK GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufactureri, IWlUTE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TO p'nA'. &. Fries Bros. NaiwifaLCturing Chemists 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. it» First to Manufacture Sweetener In the United States LYeesiNE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Alio Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, kV ^^BACl» ana FRUIT Vt^AViMS. ^♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦JJJ^44^^44^4^ Specially Cleaned and Care^ fully Graded, X vOmblllfttlOIl : He make them for 6, 7'Ay 9, 10 ^^ ♦ and 12 cents per pound. Ready /N AN T^ A T% ♦ ^^'' "''*^ ^^^ Cigar and Tobacco Si I K A P^^'^^''^'^^ ^ TT'i 1 1 dV ^ Tobacco Co. |--r lllUl ~: Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' ♦♦♦ ♦ E. RENNINGER, P^stablished 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVGr PA. y D^i^^i^n^C Caveats, Trade Marks, Jl cHwO Lo Desii^-Patents, Copyrights* aiik John A. Saul, CIGAR BOXES prihersof Mtnsnc CIGAR UBELS rlanuldcfurers- 814-826 LawrenceSt. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGARMBBONS For Sale by All Dealers 774 F Street, N.W., WASHINGTON, D. C^ iuo^uLi foiAooo m. aw Ttu. l-»4''».% 34 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED .i^if^lS^^^ Ten Cent Cigar Kstablihhed IsTS. Factory 15o;>, '.Uh Dist., Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Exclusively JOSEPH KEED-ioc Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at .*<",() per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 5c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at .*;'..'> per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintainirg the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Ouality and Woikinanship. PATRICK HENRY pAT^^^ENf^Y Five Cent Cigar THB TOBACCO WORLD SOMETHING NEW^ AND GOOD ^ WAGNER'S Cuban stogies MANUFACTURED ONLY BY 'actory LEONARD WAGNER, NO.,. 707 Ohio St, Allegheny, Pa. The Cii>ms You Want W. B. s/iriM's Union Cigar Factory AKRON, PA. Correspondence Solicitcc Atk for Samples I g g g 5 g g g g g g g g g g g g I C.A.Rostans, Hooker & Co, tobacco warehouse; E B Ficklen Tobacco Co; O R Jefifress, tobacco warehouse; E H Thomas & Co, tobacco; Thomas & Green, tobacco Ohio Cleveland — C DeArengo, cigar manu facturer, petition in bankruptcy Pennsylvania Philadelphia — Morris U Neumann c\: Co (Inc), cigar manufacturers, succeeded by Morris D Neumann & Co Reading — Julius G Hansen, cigar manufacturer, satisfied real estate mort gage, $4. 500 Washington Seattle — M H Lytic, cigars, chattel mortgage, $164 Spokane — Henry Davis, cigars, sold to Brown & Neuman S A Mills, cigars chattel mortgage, 56oo A R Pratt, cigars, sold out to N J Sleem Tacoma — D A McLennan, cigars, sold to J P Sheriff J P Sheriff, cigars, real estate mortgage, J200 Wisconsin Racine — Biddinger & I'ohl, cigars, M Bittinger, dead Sheboygan — John Vandervart, cigars, etc, warranty deed, $1,300 PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. aOPKINSVILLE, KY. ?ADUCAH, KY. 779.687 Mouthpiece for cigarettes or cigais; George P. Butler, New York city. 779.688 Machine for making and ap- plying mouthpieces to cigarettes or ci- gars; George P. Butler, New York city. 779,411 Cigarette machine; Daniel J. Campbell, New York city. 776,694 Smoking pipe; George B. N. Dow, Manchester, N. H. 779,610 Match box; Joachim F. W. Kuehn, San Antonio, Tex. 779.430 Cigarette machine; Peter A, Lawless, New York city. 779.431 Cigarette machine; Peter A. Lawless, New York city. 779,495 Match holder and striker; Edmund A. Parker, Meriden, Conn. 779,674 Match composition; Henry Staler, Brooklyn, N. Y. 779,676 Combined flap and extension back for cigar boxes; Isidor Steiner, New York city. 779,817 Cigarette tip; H. P. Strause and L. Kehlmann, New York city. 779,629 Self-igniting match safe; Samuel A. Tescher, Noblesville, Ind. 779,980 Tobacco stemming machine; Louis P. Whitakcr, Washington, D. C. The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, and fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEARINGS. It won't leave its position on the floor when a case falls on it. If you have an old wooden truck, or none at all. this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of Hox 184, York, Pa» ■J-OR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-33S North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. ¥ E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer 01 Cigars Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day. PATENTS promptly oMaincd OR NO FEE. Trade-Marks, Cavnafs. Cnrvrichts aii'l Labels reRigtered. TWENTTYEAkS' PRACTICE. Highest references. S.Mid ini'l'l, sketuh or photo, for fr^e report I on patciitahilitv. AM bu.siness confidential. HAND-BOOK FREE. Explains everything. Tell* 1 H)W to Obtain and Sell Patentn. What Inventions Will Pay, How to Get a Partner, explains best I Tnf'haninal movements, and contains 800 other ■abjects of importance to inventors. Address, H.B.WILLSON&GO. A^'y. JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KlISG DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Miiitifiictarer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. F. a.-—! mannfactnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ 44- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^4,^^<^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ♦4^<4« ♦4.4..^ 4.4.4^ > ♦ NCTAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦44>^^*4-4444'4^^^-f>^^**^4^4^^*^^^**<4^«*-44^4^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Ha cla f leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ W^ ♦?♦ ♦ •♦ ♦§♦ 4Mt ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ 4'*'4.44.4^44'4^44^4>^4>'f4^^4'>>4>^4'4>>^4 444>4-4'4«^4 -f •44-> 4* 4- LITHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS 4^ 4> ♦♦♦♦♦4-4-^44-ff ♦4-4-44-4'>>4'>>44^4'^^44>4^^>4'4->4^4-4^4>4^4-4-'44>4-4>44-4'4-4 ♦ ♦ 4 4- ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ 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. Sole Owners and Manufacturera, racine:. -wis .USA. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TO iFries Bros. ^© Nanufa.cfurii\tf Chemists 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. The First to Manufacture Sweetener In the United States eLveesiNE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Also Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, TOBACCO and FRUIT FLAVORS. ♦ 44 4^^4^>^444>4^44444^4444^4 J Combination i iSCRAPi l--Filler--j ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦'♦♦4-4444'4'^4^4444444'<44' 4'4'4' 4- Specially Cleaned and Csure^ fully Graded. We make tbeni for 6, y}4, 9, 10 and lis cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVCr Pd,» r%n4'd^r%'i'C^ Caveats. Trade Marks, 1 ClLdlLo Design-Patents, Copyrights, di^ John A. Saul. Ue Droit Balldind. WASHINGTON. IX €| 0«mKSSPOIfBl WoT.TrTT*! CIGAR BOXES PMRIERSOF ARTisnc CIGAR UBELS hmulums- 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISHED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICED CIGAR RIBBONS For Sale by All Dealers 774 F Street, N. W., WASHINGTON, D. G^ 4% m imBiOiH TOBiooo n. nw tobl INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. C <& Go. H . IMPORTERB Or^-^ ^i Jrc-U-"'*. X" AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJU>mL^HIA ^^i^r ■^ ^^^ = UNION? made: {Q Tl\e Pf:RFECTLVclTP CIGAR is cut with a National Cigar Cutter. % "•*< 4. ^5. It is one Cutter which doesn't bunt, chew or tuck burst. Knife stays sharp— spring stays strong— handle ''stays put''— can't break up, act up, or do any "fool tricks". Cuts only one way— the rifEht way. All the dood points of all other Cutters— not one of their bad points. A durable, dependable, serviceable tool that satisfies — thousands in use. They sell to the class of workmen whose time is money— who know a really good thing when they see it — who are satisfied only with the best. National Cigar Board. '::^iZ^ZV:l^ ''"'^"' Selected Rock Maple Ends, thoroughly kiln dried, and soaked in linseed oil to preserve life and retain moisture — glued and triple bolted-^finished like marble by our own special process. No closer or harder grained wood ever produced — no other so smooth and uniform in surface. prices from 10 to 25 per cent lower than others- Quality so much higher they never can reach it. If you want any kind of Cigar Tools, isn't this about the kind you want ? ^^^ ^"^ Special Proposition. / (^ Coupon brings it. A i ^ '^ JAN 2 b 1005 ^:: ^^ I U. 8. Depart TPMlE / ESTABUSHBD IN 1881 Vol. XXV., No 1881 ) 4. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JANUARY 25. 1905. One Dollar pbr Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents. "O. ^x. ^. > 'p * X Ac Rational StLtrNc ^ lALLENTOWN.RA y\^cuJL^ >xo^ \f\jdf SSovwfl. Havana 123 n. third st IMPGRTERS OP^^ HILJtOBI-^HIA •^THE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ CALL IN SUCH SLUSH. CUBAN RECIPROCITY WISE MEASURE BUT TARIFF CUT BAD. TARIFF CUT WOULD AFFECT ALL. city was rem Independent Chicago Dealers Should Suppress Newspaper Silliness. Some time ago an extract from a Chi cago ;daily paper was printed in these columns and comment was made that such rot was domg the independent deal- ers in that city more harm than good in j^^^^ .^ ^j^.^ their fight against the United Cigar ^igor and enthusiasm which showed the Stores Company. The article in question ^^^^^-^^^.-^^^ ^^ be brimful of life and one was a highly flavored account of a re- of the strong bodies to be reckoned with puted encounter between a trust sales- ^^ ^,^^^^ -^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^,^^^^ legislation man. an independent dealer and a sym- ^^j^^j^^ ^^ ^,^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ thetic customer, in which the first was put ^^^ 5 ^^^^ ^^ Poquonock. who was to rout, and the affair was about as ^^^.^ ^j^^^^^ ^^ ^,^^ presidency after a plausible as a sale of rain coats in the ,.^^^^0^ f^om the office of two years. Sahara. made an e.xtiemely interesting address, Here is another, recently printed in of which a portion follows, placing him the Chicago Journal, the same paper ^^j^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ,^^ .^ ^-^^^^ ^^ (,^,^.^^ ^^^j, which has printed continued install- ^^^^j^^ j^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ cud^eU for ments of such slubh ; Senator Orville H. Piatt, whose measure 'Salting the brands" is a phrase that ^^^ originally opposed by fhe Associa- smokers are now oecoming well ac- »,,.,,, j smoKcrs . ^^nc^m,Rnr#» the tio"- ^I^. I" lye said th.n he accepted quainted with, and in consequence tne j r- goods of the tobacco trust are being left the presidency again as not only a vin- in their gaudy boxes instead of making dication of hmiself, but of Senator Piatt, Chicago smokers dizzy. ^ who had favored Cuban reciprocity President Frye, of New England Growers' Association, Defends Sena- Well Known leaf Dealer Explains the tor Piatt's Cuban Amendments which Association Originally Op- Situation. posed, but Scores Secretary Taft's Philippine Reduction. "All tobacco interests in the United Hartford. Conn.. Jan. 20. Now if Senator Plait was right 1 was States will be affected by the proposed r^, . . , -Kr t\„Ut ^f T ... .^ ,.,.r.n,T <-;*.n itr»r 1>1 itt u'i<; reductioHs ill the duties ol imi)orts" said The recent annual meeting of the New "«ht. If I wab wiong Senator 1 latt uas ^^^ _ ^, , , , r .. - r ,- . T- , , ^ , ^ . . «.rr»n.r Ui.t ^y^^r^ in thf- li.rVit nf ^irtii \1 ^ * • *" • i^nglehardt. of the tirm of Lnglr- England Tobacco Growers Association ^-rong. but who in the light ot actual ,___*>_ '. . . ^ arkable for its ^^cts today dares question the honesty, ^''^''tlt Brothers. . wholesale toboaco leaf the good judgment, or patriotism of dealers of Milwaukee, who is qualified to Senator Piatt in this matter ? But laying speak on such subjects, aside all that Senator Piatt knew or "l^e Philippine i^land^ raise enough said on the question, what did happen in tobacco to supply the whole of this coun- the absence of those two measures? ^^V- At the present time, duties remain - Porto Rico, a densely populated island, inj,' as they are. Philippine dealers are and the Philippines a vast archipelago a'^'e to deliver supplies of cigars in the with (it is said) S. 000, 000 of people, were States at from |i2 to $15. of a grade annexed. For a long time now Porto ^^'^'ch the dealer in this country pays his Kicin tobacco and cigars have been "^en from 512 to 5i 5 for making. To- coming here, free of any duty at all, and '^-^cco dealers might not be affected di- now you are up against the issue of a rectly but the result of such a reduction very low tariti" on Philippine tobacco, ^ouhl be felt by them. The grower and with the prospect of none at all in the cigarmaker would suffer directly, and in not distant fuluie— an issue vou will have ^^^'s way other departments of the ousi- to meet and one 1 expect you will have to accept, too, sooner or later, whether jf you like it or not. g And so now, in the light of expeiience and the logic of historical facts, justifying ness would be affected. "Cheap labor of the Philippines is responsible for these conditions. Where labor can be hired for scarcely a li\ ing wage the finished tobacco can be de- An amusing inddent. showing how ,,e (Mr. Frye) had been at home the fiv quickly smokers have caught on to the ,,/.,., . xxr u- . scheme of placing inferior cigars under years that he had been at Washington well known names, is related by a prom- he would have looked at the question in inent dealer. the same way as the fanners in this sec- •A well dressed man entered my store ^-^^^ Speaking further, he said in a few days ago, briskly laid down a quar- , ter. and asked for a couple of cigars. suDstance. When the clerk passed over the box the I fully endorse and heartily sympathize customer looked at them and became with the tobacco farmers in their opposi- very much confused. ^lon to the extremely low rates of duty ..Are those really good cigars?" he ^^ , ^„ Philippine tobacco, but I came I was not found lined up with that asked. I ^ ,, ^^. , ., , , . • , , cabal of beet sugar insurrectos whose '^acco growing States in the nation. II ^ c.,.,^r.H QCQnvinthp.ivirket •• have no sympathy with that bigoted fa- '-"'^'■' ^ ^ o .. Iheyareasgoodasan>inthemarket. > j ^ every claim wa. a falsehood, whose every replied the clerk. naticism which, stooping to misrepresen- ^vciy^-ia / ..1 don't think they are." said the tation and bearing false testimony, could prophesy proved untrue. "They look all right, but I guess ^^.j^^ ^^^ ^^^^, ^ngi^nd Association into The following resolutions were adopted as they do the prophesy of what would livered here, all expenses paid, at a figure have happened to Cuba had we be e.pial to that which it cost a deale. of the come a nation of repudiatois and through ^t iles to work up the article. 1 cannot servile fears refused to keep our pledges s ly whether the trust would * onirol the because we were vastly bigger and tobacco in the i..lands. if such a reduinion stronger than the child of our own ciea- was made. It is probable, however, tion.l tliank (iod when the crucial test ^'^at they would in time. "Wisconsin is one of the leading to- man. position to one of the wisest, one of by the Association: I won t buy. . ' What objection have you to this ^Fi ,- , , ,. brand'" asked the astonished clerk. the most just and equitable, one of the Resolved. 'I hat the New Lngland lo- "Well." said the doubting Thomas, most necessary and honorable measures, bacco Growers' Association regard with Other St.iles are nearly as greatly inter- ested. The plant is being cultivated until we are able to produce tobacco here that comp ires favorably with that grown in the Philippines, It may be necessary to develop the interests of oui new pos- sessions, l)ut I doubt if it is wise to do it ■ J , ^11 1 J J .. .1 u ereat interest the tobacco seed selection you people used to l>aye some good that have ever redounded to the honor ^J^^ ^^ the bureau of plant industry of at the expense of our home industries." cigars once on a time, but they are all out of the market. Yon control good lo- cations, but I may as well be candid. You are 'salting' the brands." Before the clerk could recover his breath the man was outside. and credit of this country; an opposition. ^^^ i:)epartment of Agriculture, which too. that could not be justified even un- aims to improve the strains ol tobacco der the most selfish considerations of seed through the closer observation and self interest, for the result has proved the selection of the seed plants and the dis , carding of the inferior individual [)lants, truth of my contention then, that reci- i^^tead of allowing such inferior charac- CiGAKMAKF.KS' UNION ACTS. back at the counter. 'Good Lord,' he gasped: "I thought amount of a single dollar. Circulars Have Been Sent Out instruct- in^ Protest Against Philippine Cut. General President G. W. Perkins, of tobacco interests of New England to the Resolved. That we urge theconiinuance the Cigarmakers' Union has sent out A minute later the same customer was procity with Cuba could not injure the teristics to be reproduced. this was one of those stores where they work ofT cheap cigars in high class boxes. The joke is on me and I'll take a box of those perfectos I was looking at " of the work of the bureau of plant indus- circulars to every local in the union urg- And today the whole diplomatic world try particularly to demonstrate whether j^^, t|jg recipients to communicate with , , ^ , flip imoroved characteristics as obtained ,, .. a a .. r .u • regards those two measures— Cuban re- ^"^ im|)rovcu ^.. ca .. ,\ a ^a the Congressmen and Senators of their ^ in the past two vears are sufficiently fixed " . , . . , ciprocity and its projenitor— the Plait j permanent' as to be regularly trans- ^^ate lecjuesting them to use their infiu- The sooner the independent dealers in amendments to the Cuban constitution— mitted in future plant generations ence against the bill proposing to cut the Chicago or anywhere else, awake to the as among the most noted examples of Resolved. That we request our senators tariff rate from the Philippines. f t th tsuch "pipes" as this will only wise statesmanship and diplamatic ben- and reprentalives in Congiess to aid in President Perkins writes that the cigar- in'ure^their cause the better ofT they eficence ever recorded. Through the continuing the appropriations for the makers in the islands are paid no more injure ineir cause, i..^ .^v.^x,. w„ . — j „ ^^^^ will be. The newspaper in question re beneficent effect of these two measures. cen than 37 cents per day, and that the freight charges are hardly a factor in the .,...,.. tr I 1 A • Resolved, That the present tarilTrate on ._tly printed a large advertisement for one of which the New England Associa- ^^^.^^^^ f^om foreign countries is satis- the independents and is evidently de- tion is on record as opposing, we were fatory to the New England Tobacco Grow- retail price. The general belief is thatif f making good. instrumental in founding a new republic, ers' Association and we earnestly request such a law is passed it will kill the cigar The Tobacco World would like to see struggling in poverty and clothed in rags our senators and representatives in Con jnduetry in every large city in the coun- u A o«Hpnu ^nrreed and offers as 'tis true, yet working bravely and hope- ^'^^^ ^° "^^ as far as possible their intlu- ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ accountof such the independents succeea ana oners as ^^ .y b y h ence to maintain the same rate of duty. ^ . ♦h b Dossible advice the suggestion fully on to the attainment of that dream low wages the Pnilippine product could th!t the dealers call off this Chinatown of every Cuban patriot, when Cuba shall ******** ^e laid down in New York for next become the home of a free, happy, con- — McCiee Bros., of Janesville, Wis., to nothing, driving out the cigars made ^;,;^^,^^f^ tented people. dealers in leaf tobacco, are building a in this country by better paid labor. —The Wisconsin Cigar Co. of Madi- I thought I knew something about the large addition to their warehouse on reporter. %%%%%%^ by its president. N. P. Strausc. and Cuban question, but Senator Piatt knew North Academy street, which will greatly —Robert Raphael, dealer in tobacco rctwv H M Curtis filed an amend- a great deal more about it than I did, faciUtate their handling the 1904 crop, and cigars, of 2144 Third avenue, New nt increasing its capital from 1 1 0.000 for his opportunities of knowing were The addition will contain 1,200 feet of York city, has been discharged in bank- son, secretary, ment increasing to >25»ooo. vastly greater and better than mine, floor space. ruptcy of liabilities amounting to 16,511. p- C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD M ANM^ GAR 114 '^^Philadelphia (lord LANCASTER, 10c.) Olifir Mil ft. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada, (niCKILBY. 5c,) HARTMAN & KOHN, Charming Allen ®, Co. Manufacturers of Fll CICIE 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836~A. W: 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. • _9f "The PhiladelDhia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedeFs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. Ilth Street, PHILADELPHIA. EEKAHLCR READING, PA. MAHUFAaURCR CHARLOTTt CUSHMAN Havana 123 n. third st IMPORTERS Or^-^ HILJKOeWHIA *TriE T0B/ieeO WORLB* CALL IN SUCH SLUSH. CUBAN RECIPROCITY WISE MEASURE BUT T\RIFE CUT BAD. TARIFF CUT WOULD AFFECT ALL. Independent Chicago Dealers Should President Frye, of New England Growers' Association, Defends Sena- Well Knowix leaf Dealer Explains (he tor Piatt's Cuban Amendments which Association Originally Op- posed, but Scores Secretary Taft's Philippine Reduction. Suppress Newspaper Silliness. Some time ago an extract from a Chi cago ; daily paper was printed in thcbe columns and comment was made that ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ,ight. If I was wrong Senator PlaU was such rotwasdomg the mdependent deal- j^^gj^^^ Tobacco Growers' Association vvrong. But who in the light of actual crs in that city more harm than good in ^^^^ .^ ^^.^ ^.^^ ^^^ remarkable for its their fight against the United Cigar ^,^^^^ ^^^ enthusiasm which showed the Stores Company. The article in quesUon ^^^^^-^^^^-^^ ^^ ^^ brimful of life and one was a highly flavored account of a re- ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^ ^^ reckoned with puted encounter between a trust sales- ^^ ^^^^^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ legislation man. an independent decder and a sym- ^^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ H. S. Frye, of Poquonock, who was again elected to the presidency after a Situation. "All tobacco interests in the United thctic customer, in which the first was put to rout, and the affair was about as plausible as a sale of rain coats in the ^^^^^-^^^ f^^^ ^^e office of two years. made an extremely interesting address, of which a portion follows, placing him Sahara. Here is another, recently printed in the Chicago Journal, the same paper ^^j^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ .^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^-^ which has printed continued install- ^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ments of such slush: Senator Orville H. Piatt, whose measure ••Salting the brands" is a phrase that ^^^ originally opposed by fhe Associa- smokers are now becoming well ac- ,. , -j , , j smoKcra a ^^nQi^mienre the ^lon. Mr. P ryc said that he accepted quainted with, ana in consequence me •' ^ goods of the tobacco trust are being left the presidency again as not only a vin- in their gaudy boxes instead of making dication of himself, but of Senator Piatt, Hartford. Conn., Jan. 20. Now if Senator FlaU was right I was States will be affected by the proposed reductions in the duties of imports" said W. F. Englehardt, of the firm of Engle- facts today dares question Uie honesty. ^''^^'1* Brothers. , wholesale toboaco leaf the good judgment, or patriotism of dealers of Milwaukee, who is qualified to Senator Piatt in this matter? But laying speak on such subjects, aside all that Senator Piatt knew or "Ibe Philippine inlands raise enough said on the question, what did happen in tobacco to supply the whole of this coun- the absence of those two measures? ^^y. At the present time, duties remain - Porto Rico, a densely populated island, '"^ as they are. Philippine dealers are and the Philippines a vast archipelago able to deliver supplies of cigars in the with (it is said) 8. ooo. GOO of people, were ^^^tes at from |i2 to I15, of a gr.idc annexed. For a long time now Porto ^^^ich the dealer in this country pays his Ricin tobacco and cigars have been men from $12 to Ji 5 for making. To- coming here, free of any duty at all. and bacco dealers might not be affected di- dTeii" for now you are up against the issue of a rectly but the result of such a reduction very low tariff on Philippine tobacco, would be felt by them. The grower and with the prospect of none at all in the cigarmaker would suffer directly, and in not distant future — an issue you will have to meet and one 1 expect you will have to accept, too, sooner or later, whether this way other departments of the ousi- ness would be affected. "Cheap labor of the Philippines is responsible for these conditions. Where Chicago smokers dizzy. who had favored Cuban reciprocity. If you like it or not u ^■ At 1 1 • An amusing incident, showing how ^^^ FrveUad been at home the five And so now, in the light of experience labor can be lured for scarcely a hvmg ^r'^'rnT'c'l^cLX'ferr'^^^^^^^^^ years that hi had been at Washington and the lo.ic of historical facts, justifying wage the fin hed tobacco can be de. scheme of placing mferior cigars under > , , ^ , ,u «♦•«„:„ as they do the prophesy of what would l»vered here, all expenses paid, at a figure .ell known names, is related by a prom- he would have looked at the qu stion in > P P V ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^,^^ ^,.^, .^ ^^^^ ^ ,^^j^, ^^ ^^^ inent dealer. the same way as the fanners in this sec- "'*^'= iiappt..»-»a e. .« . 1 .u .• 1 i ..A well dressed man entered my store ,.^„ 3 J ,^^^,,^^ ,, ^^,, ,^ come a nation of repudiators and through States to work up the artile. 1 cannot a few days ago, briskly laid down a quar- ^„^^,_^*1. ^ servile fears refused to keep our pledges s:iy whether the trust would control the substance: ter. and asked for a couple of cigars. When the clerk passed over the box the I fully endorse and heartily symp ithize he because we were vastly bigger and tobacco in the inlands, if such a reduc^tion customer looked at them and became with the tobacco farmers in their opposi- stronger than the child of our own c.ea tion to the extremely low rates of duty tion. I thank God when the crucial test tha they would nt.me^ , n, 1- • . . K .. K /t came 1 was not found lined up with that Wisconsin is one o. .... ..^..-..^ proposed on Pilippne tobacco but 1 .^^^J^^^^ ^^^^^ ,^^^^ ^^^^^.^^ ,^,^^3 •„ ^,^ „^,^„^ have no sympathy with that bigoted fa- ^ ,,^ _, falsehood, whose every Other States are nearly as greatly inter ,„cu....v....... , "^^'^'''"''^''^•''°''P'"^''''"'''^P'^'^" I..v^^^^^^ ested. The plam is being cultivatec ..I don't think they are." said the tation and bearing false testimony, could prophesy proved untrue man. "They look all right, but I guess ^^j^^ ^^^ ^^^ England Association into very much confused '•Are those really good cigars?' asked. "They are as good as any in the niarket, replied the clerk 1 wont buy." opposition to one of the wisest, one of by the Association: • W hat objection have you to tnis fi t- 1 j i- brand'** asked the astonished clerk. the most just and equitable, one of the Resolved, That the New England To- <;i5d the doubtinu' Thomas* most necessary and honorable measures, bacco Growers' Association reg.ird with bai^ 111^= 8 ^^^^^ interest the tobacco seed selection "Well." was made. It is probable, however, lie. Wisconsin is one of the leading' to- on. ter- plant is being cultivated '. /,,* . , .• 1 . J until we are able to produce tobacco here The following resolutions were adopted , ,, , , that comp ires favorably with that grown in the Philippines, It may be necessary to develop the interests of our new pos- sessions, but I doubt if it is wise to do it Circulars Have Been Sent Out Instruct- ing Protest Against Philippine Cut. General President G. W. Perkins, of u f . rhP clerk could recover his self interest, for the result has proved the selection of the seed plants and the dis Before the cierK couia recover nis • , . • carding of the inferior individual plants, breath the man was outside. truth of my contenUon then, that reci- ^^5^^^^ %f allowing such inferior charac- A minute later the same customer was procity with Cuba could not injure the teristics to be reproduced, back at the counter. tobacco interests of New England to the Resolved, That we urge the continuance the Cigarmakers' Union has sent out "Good Lord," he gasped: "I thought amount of a single dollar. of the work of the bureau of plant indus- circulars to every local in the union urg- this was one of those stores where they ^^^ ^^^^^ ^i^^ whole diplomatic world try particularly to demonstrate whether jj^g ^^^ recipients to communicate with wrtrt off cheao cigars in high class , , _ , the improved characteristics as obtained ,, ^. j c? . r .u • worK on cucap ^6 ^„j T'li »oU« regards those two measures— Cuban re- ine impruvcu cn.n a-^:^ ,\ fi„^^ the Congressmen and Senators of their boxes The joke IS on me and I 11 take & in the past two years arc sufficiently fixed " . , • . , aboxofthoseperfectos Iwaslookingat '* ciprocity and its projenitor— the PlaU ^^^ permanent as to be regularly trans- State reque.Ung them to use their intlu- The sooner the independent dealers in amendments to the Cuban constitution— mitted in future plant generations ence against the bill proposing to cut the Chicago, or anywhere else, awake to the as among the most noted examples of Resolved, That we request our senators tariff rate from the Philippines. f f th fsurh "Dioes" as this will only wise statesmanship and diplamatic ben- and reprentaiives in Congress to aid in President Perkins writes that the cigar- Sure their cause .he better off they eficence ever recorded. Through the con.Uuing the appropriations for the •11 u^ TVi«. n#»w<;naner in nuestion re beneficent effect of these two me isures, ' . ^, , . . •«• ^ will be. 1 he newspaper in qucsuuu ic Resolved That the present tariffrateon cently printed a large advertisement for one of which the New England Associa- ^^^^^^^ ^^^\^ ^^^^-^^ counUies is satis- *^^'«'^^ ^'^^''^'^^ ^'^ ^^'"^^y ^ '^^to"" "^ f^« the independents and is evidently de- tion is on record as opposing, we were fatory to the New Englmd Tobacco Grow- retail price. The general belief is that if of making good. instrumental in founding a new republic, ers' Association and we earnestly request such a law is passed it will kill the cigar The Tobacco World would like to sec struggling in poverty and clothed in rags our senators and representatives in Con industry in every large city in the coun- the independents succeed and offers as 'tis true, yet working bravely and hopc- mikers in the islands are paid no more than 37 cents per day. and that the the best possible advice the suggestion fully on to the attainment of that dream that the dealers call off this Chinatown of every Cuban patriot, when Cuba shall become the home of a free, happy, con- »'-''^s <& Co H^!^'* 123 N. THIRD ST PniukoeL^HiA J.Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF ^Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T. Dobaa. Win* H. Dohan. ypowMtD 1855. PI OR '%S^ t 7 '^^ DOHAN&TAITT, S^/ Dg,j Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^^ Packers of ^^^^^^^ ^O/ -^^^^ -Sft. I/ea/ Tobacco^ .^■►^ y philada. •ttaUiahad iS«$ -^\SBBEMERSsoyv« Y^1C#^ IMPORTERS OP ^Yo Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia JUhlVS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBBRG Julius Hirschberg 8z: Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. Importers of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed I^eaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO pf SBBD LEAF HAVANA aod SUMATRA 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsrille.lf.Y. IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNEY LABB BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SU MAT R A and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBA CCO 231 and Z33 North Third Street, PHIhADELPKIA, PA. LiEOPOLiD LiOEB 8t 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. TVi^ "Pmnirp Importers and Dealers in A lie J^^lllJ-Ill C ALIv KINDS OF _ . — ^ SEED LEAF. Leaf lobacco havana ^i,^ SUMATRA (^o., Ltd. 118 N. 3d St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/lOeO «■ m^ _ nr y ' p TLT importers of ^^ ^^ I • I 1 0 ling & Si ewman, Sumatra & Havana (V&3f 2J^ ^. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA, Packers of Sccd LsMf. I /\^ Qali/hs ^ GO'^<^o^^ Havana 123 n. third st iMFORTERa or^^ MtLAOmL^HiA ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»^>»%%>%»^»%^»>»»%<^^^^^»^^^»»»»% %<»»»»>%»' ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•*♦ I The Old Salesman's Musings. : A BILOTHCIL OLD-TIMER. MAKES A cash, they sold him at "long" price FEW REMARKS g^^d to take his promises to pay for what The musing habit among old time they had already paid duty. salemen seems to be contagious, as the Such competition makes a jobber feel following few remarks have been received like licking his grandmother, but that is from "an old Knight of the Grip.'* what he has to buck against and even kThis knight, after mournfully comparing worse. The evil of selling a man 50 cases the silver and gold days of the past to of tobacco, letting him take them as he the sad present, takes occasion to air a needs them, and settle from date of ship- grievance, the timeliness of which will be appreciated by many a leaf dealer. The Oi d Salesman. ment, storage and insurance free for an in definite period, seems 10 be increasing in stead of diminishing. Competition is so ^____^ keen that dealers give more liberal terms ,„. , . _ J . ^. Un^v than in any other legitimate business. When I get retrospective and look back ^ ^ T ,, . , .u- ♦.,^,.mi;r.rr "ohts are cut to a mmimum and at the to the good old times when the traveling . ^. w r^ , " . ,,. r :«., o«/i end of the year Mr. Dealer says: "1 have man's existence was a thing of joy and .. , • u i. • 1. done a big business but where is the compare it with the strenuous times we are now experiencing it makes me give expression to the old saying that "good things never last." money]*" I wish we could stamp out this evil If a man wants 5 cases of tobacco, let him buy it and not carry 50 when he needs When I first started on the road some only 5 at a time. The chances are if twenty-five years ago I simply had to the market slumps, the buyer will say present my card, to be sure of a hearty ^jth tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry but I reception and an invitation to call on the can't use your goods any more as they man's family. I was handed a good don't fit my combination." or give some cigar and was generally treated hail other frivolousexcuse while the seller may fellow well met My prospective have held the goods 2 or 3 months and buyer would call at my hotel, look over might have sold them a half dozen times, my samples and buy about twice, yes, if^ however, the market takes a bull three times as much as I could sell the movement the buyer has the safest in- same man now with the same amount of vestment in the world — making money working force. from other people's capital. I agree with Now. when I call on the trade I am an old friend of mine in saying that a given a more or less frosty reception, and tobacco man can never be happy, after separating myself from a quarter It is the hardest thing under the sun for which I get two, as a general thing, to make a manufacturer, especially a bum cigars the customer takes the other small one, believe that the market is high I am told with a glassy eye that but in "the sweet bye and bye" when ««Mr. Blank, your competitor, was here they find w h a t I tell them is true yesterday and sold me a case of tobacco they will be gnashing their teeth that that has yours "skinned to death," for they didn't take my advice. '' =- - a cents a pound less than you want Then I am asked to buy a ticket for a rafHe on a gold mounted pipe and to cap the climax my customer's children came in with miniature bricks selling at only 5 cents apiece to help build a church. Then I am likely to be told that when I call again and have sqme cheap goods (quoting price about 20 per It is a Herculean undertaking, in fact almost an impossible one for a importer to raise the price of his cigars, but at the leaf price ruling at present he must either do this or "cut" the quality of his cigars. Billy. TRAVELING SALESMEN AS TRADE GETTERS. United States Vice Consul General ent under market values) he* may look George h. Murphy sends from Frank me over. fort, Germany, the following statement The outlook for business this year is from a report of the French vice consul of the brightest. Tobacco is high and at Mogador, Morocco, in regard to Ger- for that reason none of the manufacturers man commercial activity in that country : large or small are overstocked and con- gy ^hcir astonishing activity and won- sequently salesmen will have no trouble ^j^^fui patience the Germans have dis- to dispose of goods that are desirable, tanced all competitors here. Our trade as I have never seen good tobacco scarcer -^ declining because we have no traveling that it is now. salesmen. On the other hand, the Ger- I can only explain this by saying that mans themselves offer their products for the demand has almost doubled, but the sale, gather information in regard to what acreage hasn't increased to any visible is wanted in Morocco, and carefully corn- extent. Would advise any farmer who ply with the demands of the market in has good rich soil to raise tobacco and he the matter of forms and colors. It is ac- can command a good price for it, and cordingly easy to understand why they get it at that. The jobber today is in an are succeeding, unenviable position. Formerly the large ^'^^^'^^^^ packers and importers sold only to job- — S. H. Gordon and E. W. Pamperin bers, whereas now they cater direct to the will organize the Gordon Cheroot Co., of manufacturers and none are- too small Richmond, and establish a plant at Fif- for them. I know of several instances teenth and Main streets. D. T. Manget where one of our leading concerns sent a & Co. will establish a cigar factory at small manufacturer samples of Sumatra Newnan, of which Bowen Reese^will be and he being unable to pay the duty superintendent F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Slreet, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia JOSEPH HOLURD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Ciub, Luxury, •ad NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia. J. JWrnHliOfi BARflES CO. MAKERS OP Only High Grade Cigars THM CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Nomstown. Penna. JOSEPH C. KOLB, Manufacturer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, the Uadintf 5c. Ci^ar. Southeast Corner Second and Market Streets, Camden, N. J. .'*"' -f' THE TOBACCO WORLD ^"^TtEALAV OPTHB i:^ETAILERS HOW THE LARGE HUMIDOR IS CON- tible to climatic changes as ivory is. The those who before they saw it had no idea window his place looked the hmit of STRVCTED. humidor humors the cigar— the dealer whatever of making a purchase. dinginess. He got busy at crce. Out ii\XTHAT would you think of spend- watches it with the care of a physician. The dealer whose store is situated in came ihe fly-specked stuff and everthing ^^ ing $150,000 for a humidor and the consumer appreciates this solid- a residence section of the city, or in a else in the window. It was a new game ^ just to keep Havana cigars moist?" asked tude. After all. its simply one of the small town, is apt to get the idea that a on the man. and he had the sense to hire the busy manager of the cigar depart- up to date phases of business. mentof abig distributing house. "Makes your $4 Christmas present of an oak humidor look rather insignificant, does it not? This costly vault is installed in one of the modern fire proof buildings in 'pH certain amount of trade will fall to him a professional window decorator. When anyhow, and so it is a useless proceeding the latter got through, the store Icokcd ACCOM^ to go to any trouble and expense attempt- like a different place, and attracted the ing any display changes. attention of cveiycne in the town. The ERE is every reason why just as It is a very mistaken idea. In a proprietor, who is a man with natural much care should be taken in pre flourishing country town not a great dis- good taste, at once began a study of WHAT A WINDOW DISPLAY PLISHED. New York-in the warerooms of one of paring the show windows of a small cigar tance from Philadelphia is a cigar store wirdow dressing, having the professional store, as is the rule with the enormous which was purchased about three years WEISERT BROS. TOBACCO COMPANY'S DISPLAY. the big cigar companies." The step from the animated office, thronged with salesmen filling out orders and stenographers busy with the firm's correspondence, into the cigar vault, through an armored door, is not unlike entering a cooling room at the Chicago stockyards. But instead of rows and rows of sides of beef cooling out, the cigar vault is lined with shelves on which rest the choicest importations from the Queen of the Antilles. The most striking feature about the big humidor is the center mat of plain red brick. This portion of the floor is what furnishes the humidity for the room. Made of a special kind of clay and burned with infinite care in a special kiln, these bricks reajly are sponges. They are dampened regularly and give off their moisture with such automatic regularity that the most precious fabric in the highly varnished box from Cuba will not be injured. Safely secured in each box, the fragrance and bouquet of each cigar is not permitted to escape. Although it is not contemplated tkat Havana stocks shall remain a long time in the vault, experts are agreed that they might be kept for months without loss of flavor, quality or value. The entire sheeting of the vault is ainc — a splendid nonconductor — a n d between that and the outside sheath of the big humidor are many thicknesses of felt The floors are set in a bed of cement and felt, and the porous bricks are laid with the care of mosaics. j j • v Essentially the big cigar humidor is TXTEISERT BROS. TOBACCO COMPANY, of St. Louis, displayed its Arrow store is never crowded with customers r.55cnuaiiy mc ^ig ^6 yw ,,, x. r .u u ^A ..* »u^ T«Koo,.« and to a Casual observer would apparently the same whether it costs only a few ^ ^ Plug Cut. Faust Granulated and a number of other brands at the Tobacco ^^^ ^^^.^ ^^ ^^ ^^.^^ ^^^ volume of bus- hundred dollars or as much as the most Show in Philadelphia, and, as the cut demonstrates, did it in a very beautiful wav. j^^gg ^^ ^j^ich the average city store can costly one in the country. It must have The company also gave away a large quantity of tobacco in souvenir packages boast a zinc lining.thick doors and the moisture- during the week of the show, and this, in conjunction with the artistic booth Nevertheless, it is a safe bet that the disseminating bricks. arranged and conducted by H J. and W. C. Miller, made a good deal of a hit In a well-appointed cigar vault the with consumers. temperature is just 50 degrees Fahrenheit. ri==i==^======:^r==============^^ come in once a week until he felt that he could try it alone. People began to watch for the displays. The dealer was just as careful with the interior of the store, and was one of the sort whose whole heart was in his busi- ness. Some of the best smokers in the town, who had been buying at some other store or getting their stuff in Phila- delphia, came to the conclusion that such local entei prise should be encour- aged, and stopped in to look the place over. They found the young proprietor to be an intelligent man, who took an interest in his customers' favorite brands and was always ready to receive or impart information. Every smoker, no matter how seldom he smokes, likes to consider himself a good judge of tobacco, and enjo}s an occasional conversation on tobacco with the man he buys his cigars from. They discovered that this man really had the interests of his customers at heart was always informed on the latest thing on the market and was dependable in everything that he said. And as was touched upon in a previous article, the customers began to take pride in the store as if they had a financial in- terest in it They looked for the window displays, often made suggestions for new ones, some of which were practical and good and made the concern a sort of CO operative one. The proprietor •{ that store bought the business at a ridiculously low figure, and today he has one of the tidiest businesses outside the big cities. The window and interior displays are a lot of trouble and^a^ some expense, but they pay him. The^^ The humidity is indicated by a system of windows of the modern department store, ago by the present proprietor, a man not dials. The latter varies according to the There never was a store so small that it more than thirty years old. The store is amount X)f moisture in the bricks, the didn't pay to display samples of its goods, near a drug store, the owner of which outside temperature and the draught from and, the merchant who is satisfied by the has progressive ideas, and makes at the opening and closing of the doors. mere act of dumping a quantity of stuff least one different window display, after Havana goods are delicate and have on the floor of the window and allowing the mannei of the Evans stores in Phila- to have considerable solicitude shown for it to remain there indefinitely, does not delphia. every week. their welfare. You majt take from a humidor or vault some of the choicest imported cigars for a European trip, only to find that alter crossing the Atlantic your cigars have lost many good quali- man's books will show up better than some of the pretentious stores in Phila- delphia, and the business is so settled that he can count with practical certainty on his income. Enterprise, if it is demonstrated in the proper way. will always be recog- nized by the buying public. TXTHEN you change your window • '^ display it is a good scheme to paste paper or some other covering back h Its regular traae oeiore anu aiiow uio rcinam asiiuninnc uunug aan took it. and the goods ^he day when people are passing. Sun- , , , day is best if you live in a good neigh- at the time of the purchase borhood. It stimulates curiosity, and if deserve to have a window in his store. The cigar store had been allowed to of the glass even, if you have a curtain. He would never dream of doing busi run along with its regular trade before and allow it to remain a short time during ness without a show case. As a matter the present m? of fact his window is a more important in the window tii^have taken on othcrs'not so desir- adjunct thin the show case, for it stands had probably been there six months, your store is located where many of the able as they mij^ht be. and you complain to reason that anyone who sees the show xhe old proprietor, being used to it, same persons pass every day, they will of them. case, sees it because he is inside for the didn't see an) thing out of the way, but be sure to watch for what is coming. The ocean voyage, plainly affects purpose of buying something, whereas, the new man saw it with different eyes. You thus secure just double the benefit fine tobacco. The cigars are as suscep- the window display is supposed to catch Beside the fre^h looking drug store from your display. THB TOBACCO WORLD OB A National Protects Profits AGAINST PILFERING MICE AND CARELESS MEN When Mr. Lensink and some of his clerks were cleaning up under the counters they came across a mouse nest in which they discovered a five and a ten dollar bill which the little fellows had abstracted from the till. Contrary to the custom of those animals the bills were still almost entire. — Orange City {Iowa) Jlerald. The point of this odd little incident of the mice and the money is that $15 was taken from the merchant's till without being missed. Had a National Cash Register been in use in the store, the money would have been missed at once. A NATIONAL IS INDISPENSABLE in every retail store because it detects and prevents losses. In writing please mention this paper. National Cask Register Company DAYTON, OHIO Jos. Hyink B«rnard J. Hylnk 500. WiPinl? Si Son General Aercbati5f0e Alton, Iowa, Oct. 22, 1904. N. C. R. Co., Dayton, Ohio. Gentlemen: We enclose a clipping taken from the Hull cor- respondence of the Orange City (Iowa) Herald — one of our local papers. It is the story of a mouse a.nddmopencash-dyazuer'iti'wtvxch. you probably will be interested. It occurs to us to wonder, if the firm in this case missed the money, which of its clerks was blamed for the loss. If a A'a- tioual had been on guard the bills would not have been lost, of course, but even if they were lost no clerk would have been unjustly suspected. If the mer- chant? did not m.iss the hills the mice borroived, they certainly were in need of a National to protect their cash. Such things as this can't happen to us. W'c use a A'a- tional Cash Kcgister. It is mouse-proof and gives absolute protection to our clerks. We would not be without it. The good it has done for us would fill many pages if we tried to write it. You may use this letter as you wish. Yours truly, Jos. Hyink & Son. •FOR LARRANAGA" FACrORYJENTER- 'J_«TAINS DISTINGUISHED GUESTS " Havana, Jan. 16, 1905. One of the pleasant incidents of the assembly of the "American Public Health Association," which held its sessions in Havana at the AtencolClub building last week, and at which there were |about two hundred prominent American physicians, was a visit to the "Por^Larranaga" fac- tory on Friday and Saturday! made in re- sponse to an invitation extended by^Don Antonio J. Rivero, the proprietor. It was evident that the medicos were greatly interested by their tour of inspec- tion, which was made much more enter- taining by the care which Don Antonio took to explain every detail of the factory work. After the guests had visited every room in the vast building at No. 2 Be- lascoain street, where 500 cigarmakers can work comfortably without being crowded, and were given minute expla- nations and descriptions of how the raw leaf is wetted, the stems taken out and the leaf after being dried is turned into cigars, which latter have to be selected ac- cording to 32 different colors, they became convinced that the successful manage- ment of an undertaking of this kind did aot require a vast amount o f capital alone, but also a thorough knowledge of where to acquire the right kind of leaf, and of the blending that is necessary in producing the mild sweet taste combined with the most subtle aroma. This factory only uses the choicest Vegas of the lowland districts of the Vuelu Abajo, and in order to obtain the right kind often enough, fabulous prices have to be paid as the competition is keen. The Havana cigarmakers make only handwork, no machinery is used, and they become artists in being able to twist the leaf in any kind of shape imag- inable. Don Antonio J. Rivero is a good type of the Spanish gentleman, and having lived for a number of years in the United States, speaks the English language as fluently as h i s native tongue. After having completed a tour of the factory, from the ground floor to the top, the guests were invited to the office and each visitor was handed a bunch of seven Deliciosos, enveloped in a yellow silk ribbon, which read thus: "For Larranaga" Established 1834 COMPI.IMENTS ^^^ CONGRKSSISTS Havana, Cuba, January 14th, 1905. The guests were pleased and charmed by the liberality of the host who also en- tertained them with a light lunch and wine, and some gave orders for hundreds and thousands of cigars before leaving the factory. Don Antonio J. Rivero evidently prof- ited by his stay in the United States, as he has acquired much tact in doing busi- ness, and by appointing Baron Taylor, son of the famous seller of imported cigars, William Taylor, his agent in New York City, and for the United States, has accomplished a shrewd business trans- action. ♦ ♦ BLACK THREADS Long Cut The Finest Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3^ oz. packages. Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write ui for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco DAYTON, OHIO. J^WmW^^^^^^ rATATATi^ATAl !♦♦ A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain SprSLyer for misting fillers . . - - $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobaLCco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 AUo make Ur|e Field Sprayer which covers four row* at one time. Send for free Catalogne. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Sac'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C* DAYTON, O. . J\^ Qali/hs (^ Qo. qe©O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BYTHINER J. PRINCB LOUIS BVTHINMR <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers «)UO KSICC ^^ • n« •! j i r • and Commission Merchants. A hllaaelphl&« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERRIANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L, G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of v6 ^^ Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra.'* Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240. Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. m THE TOBACCO W O R I* D R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. NEPTUNO 1 70"! 74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cubrvo Cable — RoTiSTA. NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA r S ei\ C Growers ai\d Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO.PARTIDOand REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: 'Angel," Havana ReindL 20. Havaiva p. O. Box 98 HAVANA MARKET ACTIVE AND TRANSACTIONS LARGE. Rush of Buyers from the North and Limited Supply of Choice Goods Have Made Prices Feverish. Demand May Exceed Supply. Consumption of the U. S. Has Greatly Increased. [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.] Havana, January i6, 1905. As was foreseen, the unprecedented enough stocks, have been following a influx of Northern buyers and the com. poHcy of living from hand to mouth, and paratively limited supply of choice goods, that possibly this may result in their particularly first and second capaduras of having to pay the piper for the little Remedios, has resulted in an exceedingly foresight shown in not believing the re- active market and the transactions have ports of the shortness of the Remedios been very large. crop. Prices were feverish, jumping upward Sales from day to day, and as one commission '^^t week amounted to 14,917 bales in house tersely expressed it, "the market ^^'' ^^ 5.265 bales of Vuelta Abajo has gone completely 'meschugge' as far ^>^^ ^^ Partido and 8,650 bales of as Remedios is concerned " With the Remedios. American buyers have exception of one good Santa Clara Exco ^^^«" 12,588 bales and the local manfac- jida, for which the owners will not take ^"""^'s and cigarette manufacturers 2,029 less than $55 per qq. for the first capa- ^^^«s, while Europe only participated duras and $36 for the seconds, there ^^*^ 300 bales. hardly remains more than a couple of '^^^ ^^^^^ exports from the port of thonsand bales of Remedios in first Havana were in 1903, 303.106 bales hands, and these are not of the finest ^^'*« »" *904 there were only 250.638 growth or packing. ^^^^- ^he seven prmcipal importing countries, exclusive of the United States, The American exporters have of course were: Bales. 1903 1904 46,155 32,639 32.153 8.730 5.329 5.305 1. 715 1,450 1.303 Buyers Come and Go. i.i 1 1 3.993 2.199 1,894 1,707 taken time by the forelock and secured as much as they possibly could for their Germany, steady customers, still as the demand Spain, may exceed the supply it would cause no Austria, surprise to see prices for first capaduras .^"^ ^ t^ 1 r -r . *.: AC Argentine Republic, rule from |6o to $65 per qq, and for prance seconds from $40 to I45 per qq. in the Great Britain, American market, just as soon as the stocks of theses grades in Havana shall Arrivals:-Simon Batt, of :S. Batt & have become exhausted. ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ ^ Good, heavy -bodied Vuelta Abajo Cohn, of J. Cohn & Co., A. Blumen- fillers have also been actively inquired stiel. of Levi. Blumenstiel & Co, Chas. for and round lots have changed hands Jacobs, of Chas. Jacobs & Co., Alfred at advancing figures. Light Partido and Victor Ettinger, of E. Hoffman & fillers were in demand by the clear Ha- Sons, H. Spingarn. of E. Spingarn & Co. , vana manufacturers for Tampa, who com- e. H. Smith, of Hinsdale, Smith & Co.. plain about scarcity of suitable vegas and Louis Hirsch. of Joseph Hirsch & Son. the high prices asked for same by the £. A Kline, of E. A. KHne & Co.,. and local dealers. Captain Mike Flaherty, the well known No matter what the final outcome of broker, New York; J. M. Fortier, of J. the new crop may be. by the time it shall M. Fortier & Co., Montreal, Can.; Wm. have been packed and becomes fit for the H. and H. H. Yocum. of Yocum Bros., cigarmakers' tables, it seems to become Reading, Pa. ; Matt Berriman. of Berri. clearer from day to day that the stocks man Bros. , Tampa ; Otto and Aug. Eisen- in the Havana market will barely suffice lohr, of Eisenlohr Bros. ; A C. Rosen- for the growing demand from the United berg, of A. C. Rosenberg & Son, Ven- States. tura Blanco and Jose Alvarez, of Phila- Evidently the consumption must have delphia; F. Opp, of Weinheimer & Opp, increased enormously, as Tampa alone a^^ T. Schutz, of The F. R. Rice Mer- is credited with 50,000 bales of Vuelta cantile Co.. St Louis, Mo. ; Wm. S. Abajo and Partido as its present quota Lightburn, of the Cortez Cigar Co., Key per year, therefore the total y^early needs West. oftheUnitedStatesof all kinds of Cuban Returned;— Louis C. Cantor, of L. leaf must be above rather than below Friedman & Co., New York and Havana. 300,000 bales, even if the exports last Departures: — Charles Landau and M. year amounted to only 196,861 bales, Pareda, for Montreal; C. S. Egerton, for against 206,698 bales in 1903. The Boston: Louis Goldsmith and Charles conclusion to be drawn, therefore, is that Earthen, for New York; G. W. Nichols the manufacturers, instead of carrying and F. L. Artolozaga, for Key West 1^ ESTABLISHEP 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA, CUBA. Bdctvkers and Commission Merchscnts I I SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF T03ACC0 The Celebraied HANUFACrURBRS OP W^ CigCLf Br a,nd FACTORYs PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. \t J Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RBMIGIO LOPEZ y HBRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands ■ La Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83* Amistad St.. HABANA, CUBA. Cs(».blished 1860 El f^ico Habano Factoi»y INDEPENDENT OF ANY TRUST OP Enrique Dorado & Co. Vuelta Abajo Cigars Purveyors to H. M. The King of Spain Eatrella No. iri-TJ, c*^'«= ch.oaiva. Havana, Cuba. Narciso Gonzai,bz. YbNANCiG iJiAZ, Special, Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBACCO 10 Angeles St.. HAVANA, Cuba. P.O. Box 856.' P. NBUMANN. G. W. MICHABLSBN. H. P&A88B. FEDERICO l^EUMflNN & CO. Commission Merchants SHIPPERS OF LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS Havana, Cuba. Office, Obrapia i8. P. O. Box 28. Telegrams: Unicum. E.A.G 10 <& Go H IMPORTERS OP"^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD 3T HIUADBI^RHIA Leslie Pantiii-,^o Leaf Tobacco Commission Merciiant, 'Reilly 50, O P. O. B«x 493,'' Habana; Cuba BEHi^ENS & eo. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands, ^<1X SOL and '^^/SM^^*' LUIS MARX ^fABAHf^ CoDsulado 91, HAVANA. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) and Dealers in L63f T0D9CC0 Cabl* Addrcsi: ••Cuetara." Figtiras 39-41, Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 *^"««> Habana. ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en l^ama B8PBCIALIDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA J O AQ U I N H E D ES A, MARTINEZ?HED£SA • CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar Stre^, ..a«a..,a ^.i»a C«bi«: «'j«DB8A." HABANA, CUBA. Branch House: — 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Fla. & Jorge Y. P. CastJUkeda JO!^GE 8t P. CflSTAJSlEDfl GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Hs^vana Iieaf Tobacco Dragones loS—iio, HA YA NA AYBLINO PAZOS & CO. Almat^mstas d* Tabaeo en Rama PRADO Its, Habana Royal Cigar Factory INDEPENDENT The Oldest Brand MTAGAS YG? 4MBAt4^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cubao Cable: CiPER. OifiuriL Jose Menendez, Almacenista de T^abaco en Rama Mspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpceiaJtjr in VueHa. Abaio, Semi Vuelta. y Ptrtido, industria. 176, HABANA, eUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. TJ o K O tl O Cable: Zalezoon. X XCLUCiLJLCL^ AIXALA Qi CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Carilenas Z, ai\d Corra.le8 6 an4 t, HAVANA, CUBA. a^-SFECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS^M P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JH. GARCIA PUmDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN Vuelta. AbdLjo, PdLftido dcivd Remedios Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte 1,^6, c«bie-"CAU)A." HABANA, CUBA. ri • e THK TOBACCO- WOBLD / — 5E It EtUblithed 1834 Independent Vaeita Absyo Factory r PO R. 1^ P^*" Larraiiaga ^^ttfi\im^d ^^^ar Manufactory LmV w^^^^*\*^^. A mjf^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress p ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Nsns^er 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Ralei^K La. Colunvnia de I«l VictorieL, La. Irma, and La Guipurcoana. HavsLiva Cigar Manufacturers are beginning to notice a better call for their product, and while the trust seems to be less busy and has discharged many cigarmakers for want of orders, the large independent factories have not only kept their forces at work, but in several instances have seated more cigarmakers. The exports of cigars show the following comparison between the years 1904 and 1903: Total exports of cigars from Havana, 217,645,082 in 1904; 208,077,091 in 1903; increase, 9,567,991. Destination. United States — 1904. 1 903* 60.745,446 45.800,429 inc. 14,945,017 Great Britain — 91,616.555 92,277,137 dec. 660,582 Germany — 27,147.516 31.560,509 dec. 4.412,993 France — 8,829,405 9,425,485 dec. 596,080 Canada — 6,264.984 7.193.740 dec. 928,756 Spain — 5,718,838 7,420,010 dec. 1,701,172 Australia — 3,124.280 2,663.800 Argentine Republic — 2,497,665 2.041,962 Chili— 2,215,601 2,553,859 Austria— 2,026,940 1,102,000 Belgium — 1,059,443 1,287,226 Busy factories are: H. Upmann, Par- tagas, Ramon Allones.Sol, Por Larranaga, Crepusculo, El Rico Habano and Lamas Fermosa. Baying. Selling a^nd Other Notes of In- terest. Weinheimer & Opp and the F. R. Rice Mercantile Co. were the heaviest purchasers of Remedies, as they have taken over 3, 000 bales of first and second Capaduras. Rodriguez Bautista & Co. sold i.ieo Dales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. had a very busy week, buying 2,000 bales of all kinds of leaf for their customers. Sobrinos de A Gonzalez disposed of 1. 000 bales of Vuelta Abajo, Remedios and Partido. Leslie Pantin purchased 1,200 bales of leaf for his various customers. Jose Menendez turned over 800 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Matt Berriman supplied himself with 600 bales of choice Vuelta Abajo and Partido fillers for his Tampa factory. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. were sellers to the extent of 550 bales of Remedios. C. S. Egerton was a buyer of 1,000 bales of Remedios. J. F. Rocha closed some transactions of 450 bales of Vuelta Abajo. G. F. Nichols and F. S. ArtoUzaga inc. 460,480 inc. 455.703 dec. 338,258 inc. 924,940 dec. 227,783 made some fair sized purchases for their Key West factory. Grau, Planas & Co. sold 400 bales of Remedios. H. Gagnier and twenty-two of the prominent cigar manufacturers and deal- ers of Montreal, Canada, arrived here last Wednesday by the steamship Morro Castle and enjoyed a three days' rest by seeing the sights of Havana, returning on Saturday by the same steamer for their Canadian homes. They expressed great satisfaction with their trip, but did not seem to care to talk business. A M. Calzada & Co. closed out some 325 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo. M. Pareda made some profitable pur- chases for Granda Hns., Montreal. Suarez Hns. disposed of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Louis Goldsmith and Charles Barthen secured between 600 and 700 bales of choice leaf. Sobrinos de V. Diaz turned over 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Charles Jacobs has started in to secure some vegas for his Las Palmas factory at New York. Jorge & P. Castaneda made one sale of 265 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to a Tampa factory. Simon Batt is still in the market pick- ing out some extra choice leaf for his La Verdad factory, Rabell, Costa & Co. sold 187 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to local facto- ries. J. Cohn purchased some very fine first capaduras of Remedios. Bruno Diaz & Co. closed out 185 bales of Vuelta Abajo leaf. J. M. Fortier, who came with the Gagnier excursion party, has stayed here to look over the market and eventually carry home some choice parcels of leaf. Receipts Froai tMe OovBtry Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara 4 Remedios Santiago de Cuba Toul Jan. 14. Bales 1,403 451 214 Jan. I. Bales 3.353 513 290 71 36 2.»75 4. 171 CHANGE IN NAME OF HAVANA BRANCH. Sincejanuary 17, the Havana branch of Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., of New York, has done business under the name of Manuel Suarez & Co., with which firm there has existed a co-part- nership which remains unchanged. J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crkpuscui.0 The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 9 7 Broad Street, New York, Bruno Diaz R. Rodrigues B. DlRZ^St CO. Growers atiid Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and PsLftido Toba^cco PRADO 125, Cable:— Zaidco HABANA, CUBA. SRAU, PL/INAS Y 61/1. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, .. . „ . Habana, Cuba CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, cbi.-- Bi«eo •• Habana, Cuba. Cable : Graplanas. GONZALMZ, BMNITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. sAF^eiyq Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, Cable: Anoamira. MONTE 199. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Wcegistas le TaM en Vania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "•Eto7te'A'of LEAFTOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses:-616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T».mp%.. Fhu CIOAR FACTORY sr BANCES A LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. ',-m^ Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders* Ctgtra aade itrictly of tkc Tcry bcit VUELTA ABAJO TOBACCO 12 ^ THB TOBACCO WORLD Established 1&81 Incorporated 1902 Te BR e e 0 We R ld Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Buckley, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Bditor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Telephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and mtist be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Publishing Co ,, 224 Arch St., Philada.* PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 25. 1905 THE TAILIFF HEARTING. Congress* Committee on Ways and Means is giving a hearing in Washington today to representatives of the domestic interests, who are in force at the Capital to protest against any decided cut in the duty rate on tobacco from the Philippine Islands. Hearings before the committee on the offending Curtis bill took place on Mon- day and Tuesday of this week but tobacco interests were not involved. Today is the time specified by Chairman Payne when the tobacco trade would be given full attention. Naturally it is impossible at this time to attempt to define what effect the hear- ing will have on the fate of the bill, and all speculation at such a time must be more or less idle. It is certain, however, that the domestic trade will present its point of view and define its attitude in a way which the administration cannot possibly mistake, and it would seem that in view of the forceful and momen- tous arguments with which the cause is endowed, adverse action would demon- strate a gratuitous stubbornness noteasily explainable. TOBACCO SHOW A POPULAR IDEA. The Tobacco Show proposition in on the boom just now and there are all sorts of alluring prospects in this direction. There has been some talk, most of it idle we admit, of a national exposition, in which the whole country would be reprcsented.whilcone enthusiastic penman went so far as to suggest a World s Fair of tobacco. The World's Fair is doubtless some thing which our great grandchildren may possibly enjoy but which is a little beyond us. Nevertheless, it seems reasonably positive at this time, that an exposition of national importance will be held in a few months in New York. As stated in The Tobacco World last week, pl.ins have gone far enough for it to have become a question of which building is most desirable and everything — as much as can be possible at this early date — points to a proper consummation of the project. The show will be under the auspices of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association of New York city, and as things point now, will be held in Madison Square Garden, or whatever else hall is selected, for a month and then transferred to a number of the larger cities of the United States. The proposed exhibit will be largely educational and will show the plant in the various processes of growing, harvest ing, curing, manufacturing, packing and as finally displayed on a retailer's counter for sale. The manufacture of cigais, ci- garettes, smoking and chewing tobaccos and of aromatic snuff will be revealed to the public in New York for the first time, and costly and interesting machinery will be shown in action. This is a pretty large proposition, much larger than the one carried through in Philadelphia, but the New York projec- tors have the advantage of following a precedent, whereas, the Philadelphia Association was not only making a pre- carious experiment, but was making it largely in the dark. It will be a very expensive affair, but judging by the interest manifested in the exhibit in the Quaker City which presented no miracu- lously attractive displays, it ought to be ago. SLOT MACHINE RAIDS REPRESENT MISDIRECTED ENERGY. A week or so ago, Secretary Gibboney, of the Law and Order Society of Philadel- phia, descended on a lot of local cigar stores and confiscated thirty or more slot machines which were operating against the law. There was a general clean up in this city about t«o )ears ago when a tremendous bonfire of the offending ma- chines was held on a vacant lot. The machines which were not caught in those raids were thrown out back or carted down cellar, but as time went on a few bolder dealers brought them tenta- tively out and operated them behind their counters. They grew less timid, until previous to the last raids, and indeed at the present lime, there are quite a number of them running in the city. Out in Des Moines a crusade is being waged against the machines which the authorities and newspapers declare have become so bad in some cases as to sub ordinite the cigar business itself. More or less feeble kicks have been made in other cities lately, but the most business- like incident in slot machine history was the rumpus in Portland, Ore., about three monthsjago, which resulted in the establishment of a periodical fine for dealers which acts as an excise tax and furnishes quite a revenue to the city. It does seem rather silly to invoke the specta* ular raiding machinery of the law in order to pounce upon one little de vice whose only offence is the affording of a diverting method of purchasing a five cent cigar. Every man resents any attempt to deprive him of liberty, particularly in such a small matter, and the mere taking away of the machine will not prevent him from gambling if he so desires. More over it is far better for him to spend his small change in a cigar store th m to throw dice or match for drinks in a saloon. It was stated at the time the machines were so numerous in Philadelphia during the clean up two years ago, that many wives had made personal complaint to the dealers asserting that their husbands took fiom the wife's allowance, the extra money spent in the slot machine. It is beyond dispute that there were entiiely too many machines in the city at that time and the wholesale raids were bene- ficial. As long as the condition is no worse than it is at this time, however, it seems like misdirected energy on the part of Mr. (iibboney, to go after the cigar dealers and pass by the dozens of gambling places, dives, and other illegal operations of a far worse nature. THE AMER.ICAN TOBACCO CO. AND THE AGRICVLTUR.AL DEFT. The poor tobacco trust has been ac cused of about every mean and unscrup ulous deed under the sun and has man- aged to keep on doing business. Now comes a charge whose very novelty may have an effect of which the others failed. The " Chronicle" of Clarkesville, Tenn., has printed a two column and a half article likening the situation between the American Tobacco Co. and the growers to the war in the East, and after drawing this parallel, accuses the trust of secretly engineering the Agricultural Department in its soil surveys and standing ready to cop out valuable land as soon as the de- partment discovers it. The article says in relation to this: We have seen in print and heard much talk of the valuable soil sur- veys promoted by the Agricultural Department for the benefit of farmers. But has it occurred to the public that the tobacco trust in disguise has been all the while urging these surveys that they might discover the most valu able lands for producing certain types of tobacco, and buy such lands cheap in large bodies, which has been tried in some localities for pro- ducing fine cigar tobacco ? The American Tobacco Co. is a prt^tty powerful proposition, and one which has gone far to attain its ends. It is hardly potent enough, yet, though, to own the Agricultural Department. The independent trade notes with re gret the resignation of .Assistant Secretary Robert E. Armstrong of the treasury De- partment, who will leave Washington to take an important place with an insurance company in New York. Mr. Armstrong leaves a small but potent monument in his official memory in the form of the new import stamp. The Assistant Secre- tary showed so effectively at the time of the controversy over the stamp that he was an active friend to independent interests and, moreover, could not be bluffed, thatihis exit from officialdom is greatly to be regretted by those same independent interests. LocallManufacturers and Jobbers. Marcus Kleinberg, jobber at 21^^ North Second street, has made applica- tion to thej United States District Court to be discharged as a bankrupt A hearing has been set for Friday of this week at 10 o'clock, when the creditors and those intere^sted will be present Weaver & Drake are attorneys for Mr. Kleinberg. Quite a number of salesmen were in town during the week, andjmost of them reported business on the road to be a little slow just at present, with every prospect for an early quickening. Henry Kraus, of Kraus & Co., Baltimore; E. G. Garner, American Tobacco Co. ; William Moulsdale, Sanchez & Haya; W. H. McBurney, Lozano, Nistal & Co. ; Albert Calis^ch, Cortez Cigar Co., and W. Y. Connor, Amo, Ortiz & Co., were among those who got around among the retailers. Ben Beecher, one of the El Provedo Co. 's well known salesmen, has resigned his connection with that firm and will enter the mattress business. «^ Thomas A. Fli e & Co. , dealers in fancy groceries an cigars at Chestnut and Juniper streets, »ave secured the entire building at 19S , th Second street, and will remove their establishment on June I. There were heads shaken in the tobacco trade over this proposed radical change of address, but the firm says that considerable of its cigar busi- ness is a family trade done by telephone and wont suffer by the change. Mitchell, Fletcher & Co. have pur- chased the business of E. J. Crippen & Co., Seventeenth and Chestnut streets, according to a report. Both are grocery concerns with a cigar department Edward A. Roberts has been engagedfll|| as salesman for the Philadelphia trade bj^*^ Gum pert Bros, and has already started work. ^^%%^»%% INCORPORATIONS. The Ferris & Grady Cigar and Tobacco Co., of Minneapolis, has been incorpor- ated by James R. Ferris and William H. Burd, of Minneapolis, and James H. Grady, of Fargo, N. D., with a capital of 1125,000. The Pierson Cigar Co., of Indianapolis, Ind., has been incorporated for carrying on mercantile operations and buying and selling cigars, with a capital of $25,000. Martin Johnson, Herman Eckhardt and L. Schoenbucher have incorporated the La Palma Cigar Co., of Milwaukee, with a capital of |io,ooo. D. B. Nusbaum, C. H. Jenkins and Joseph F. Levy have incorporated the firm of D. B. Nusbaum & Co., of Chi- cago, to do business in liquors and cigars, with a capital of 125,000. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD it enYouAfe DEU-RlO PUERTO pniNcipE ^1- COB«E ^ SANTIAGO xs; ^A' Your Hee^dque^rters At Our Office. \ ^^: m K) We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedios, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Vegas of Various Sized Lots (A| LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco CONSUUADO 14:2 arkdi 144, Havana, Cuba. WE INVITE J, CORRESPONDENCE (11 WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St Cable Address: (< REFORM" 14 F«r Geaulne S«wed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to L. J. Sellers A Sea, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., THE TOBACCO WORLD blkb«d !ESB AN MXCMLL^NT TOBACCO FOR CHUWING AND SMOKING, Mvery Dealer Should Have a Stock of A Ready Selling Product Big Pro£ts for Dealers ♦■»♦♦ tat ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOB ACCO, CO., Reading. PaL. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. ??f>^^. Manufacturers of mgl-lrraile Seed & Havana Cigars ^ CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. JOHH ZVDHEUU Manufacturer of ^^ Cigars foiJ Grade Genuine Union Made. Ephrata, Pa. «oods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. Michael Hose A, F. Brillhart <^ _ _ Manufac- turers of & Dealers LEAF TOBACCO, Idfi, Fei. Trade-Hark Register. FRANROY 14.681 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 18, 1905. at 2 p m, by the South Jersey Tobacco Co, Mt Holly, N J GOOD UNTIL USED 14,682 For cigars, cigarettfs and cheroots Registered Jan 18, 1905, at 2 p m, by John T Taylor, Reading, Pa GOOD BETWEEN POINTS NAMED 14.683 For cigars, cigarettes and cheroots Registered Jan 18, 1905, at 2 p m, by John T Taylor, Reading, Pa AND HER NAME WAS MAUD 14,684 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 18, 1905 by at 2 p m,by John A Schmidt, Cincinnati, O PAT HAVANA SCRAP 14.685 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered Jan 18, 1905, at 2 pm, by Joseph McCudder, Cincinnati, O MEXSUSUDIES 14,686 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 20, 1905, at I p m, by N Behrowsky, Philadelphia. Pa BIRNELL 14,687 For cigars Registered Jan 20, 1905, at 2 p m, by N Elmer, Bridgeton, N J EL MONTE 14.688 For cigars Registered Jan 20, 1905, at 2 p m, by E Montero, Philadel- phia, Pa FATHER GEORGE GOPON 14,689 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 23, 1905, at 9 a m, by H Rosenblum, Philadelphia, Pa MASTER KEY 14.690 For cigars Registered Jan 23, 1905, at 9 a m, by Yorkana Cigar Co, Hellam, Pa ST LUKE 14,691 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 23, 1905, at 9 a m, by John A Schmidt, Cincinnati, O GOLD DIAMOND 14,692 For cigars Registered Jan 23, 1905, at 2 p m, by T I Smith, Centennial, Pa REJECTIONS. O see-0. King Bolt, Honest Value, Molino, Republic, 0-Hi-O, Cos- mopolitan. Key West, Havana Cuttings. SPECIAL NOTICE. ( 12^ cents per 8-point measured line.) NEW CO-PARTNERSHIP. New York, Jan. 18. I beg to announce to the trade that I have this day formed a co-partnership with my brother, MAX h. KAUFMANN, under the style of A. L. & M. L. KAUF- MANN, for the purpose of manufactur- ing the highest grade of Seed and Ha- vana cigars. Having attended solely to the manu- facturing interests of the firm of A. L. & A. G. KAUFMANN, with my brother Max L. Kaufmann as office manager, and both of us having now withdrawn from the latter firm, I will be prepared withia a short period of time to have the new firm fill any orders that may be entmsted to our care. I shall be pleased to give any informa- tion regarding the abore, and solicit correspondence with reference thereto, in care of my temporary address, the Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co., Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, New York. Respectfully yours, ALEXANDER L. KAUFMANN. — i-25h FOR RENT Gi^ar Factory Building, Complete, in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 23 hands, and 35 hands available. Terms moderate. Address, FACTORY, Care of Box 112, The Tobacco World, Phila. i-asca THE TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B. 4ffice ami Warehouse, FLORIN, PA Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. m If E. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers alv^ays find it a pleasure to look ove*- .our Samples. Sample! cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q, Box 96 \ WALTER S. BARE, ^^ PaLcker cf Tine I Connecticut t Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco OMce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. 7. K. LEAMAN, ~ Packer of and Dealer in LSAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. United Thones B. F. GOOD & CO. # PACKERS AND DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 145 North Market Street LANCASTER. PA J. W. BRENNEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, fIO& 112 W. Walnut St., LANCASTER, PA. UNITED PHONES. Ready for the Market 1901 1 QUO F™E FORCB-SWEATED Ouf Owfl iaUZ CONNECnCTIT v»»ll Packing Leaf Tobacco I. H. Weaver, First Class Penniylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania HavaBa Seed Binden Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted Dutch pwrp--- Ca«Ji of Fancy Packed Gebhart Packer of 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER. PA. W. R. COOPER & CO PACKER OF PEW. Br n and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. H, H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA jijf and 329 N. Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFEI^, Packer, Dealer, W jP HH < and Jobber in L#CSll K ODSlCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobaccos Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: Lancaster and Red Lion, Pa, We make Scrap Filler Ready for Use. IC THK TOBACCO WORLD f LBAF TOBACCO oprices : DETROIT, MICH. ^9t«STE ROAM , HO LLANO HAVANA, CUBA NEwYoftil^ ■iAacNOCMcn. CABLE AOORCSS TACHUCLA' |06. 9. CANS MOSES J. CANS JKROMB WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDKR JOSEPH S. CANS (h CO. Importers & Packers of rei.phone-346 johd. No. 150 Waiter Street, NEW YORK. Leaf Tobacco Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF XiUbliihed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. LEAF TOBACCO No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.Bernmeim&Son HAVANA TOBACCO NEW YORK. Havana, Cuba Importers Samatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son % I mman a Office, 183 Water St NEW YORK ♦.^^^^^♦♦♦♦^♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4-* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t New York, January 21, 1905. THE WEEK'S MOVEMENT IN LEAF, others in securing documentary evidence ^ The market has shown quite a Uttle in support of their proposed vigorous improvement over last week in the protest, and Benno Newberger, president quantity of goods sold, the new force- of the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of sweated Connecticut receiving the most Trade, cut short a business trip in order attention. In fact.the demand far exceeds to appear before the committee, but he the supply. Pennsylvania broad leaf is told me today that after all he was afraid he would be unable to go to Washington this week, as business is pressing in other directions. The New Yorkers have been in constant telegraphic communication with able f a ready seller, and seems to be fast encroaching on the popularity of Zimmer as a filler. Sales of Boo cases of Zimmer are reported at i6c, about 3,000 cases 1903 Wisconsin were sold for export at 10c actual, and odd lots of 1902 Wiscon- representatives of the various branches sin sold at I4>4c marked. of the tobacco trade in Philadelphia. The Sumatra business shows large Chicago. Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincin- incrcase over the preceding week, about nati and other large cities for some days 500 bales changing hands. With the past, and a large gathering is expected first inscription announced for March 10, in Washington. it gives about six weeks for importers to In discussing the condition of trade dispose of any desirable tobaccos they before he left for Washington, Mr. Fox may hold. said that there is little if any change From present reports the new crop is from last week. "Things are going about 225,000 bales, or about 30,000 along much the same; business is lively bales less than last year. Out of 225.000 enough not to cause any complaint, and bales there should be at least 80.000 prices are about the same— not lower. " bales good first and seconds, the balance Mr. Bijur said that there is a great of 145,000 bales consisting of X Blad scarcity of binders, and that reports state (broken leaves) and undesirable tobaccos Wisconsin good, but the growth about 25 for this market. per cent less than last year. Of the 80,000 bales, this country needs "In the northern part of Wisconsin 40,000 bales, and we expect prices to the tobacco is almost cleaned out," he rule high. As to the merits of the crop, said, "and it is now all in the packer's no definite idea can be obtained at this hands. In the east side of Connecticut time, and it will be far safer to see the broad leaf is all bought up at prices tobacco from the ist, 2d and 3d inscrip- ranging at 25c to 38c through. On the tion before expressing an opinion. In west side of Connecticut some broad leaf the meanwhile we will hope for the best, has also been bought up quickly, but the The Havana market is improving pnce was not as high as was asked and every day ; what old tobacco we have is obtained on the east side. Havana seed fast disappearing, and one sale of new brought from 17c to 24c through." tobacco of 500 bales of 1st Capaduros A prominent member of the New York went to one of our large jobbers at 52c net Prices are certain to advance inside of four months. AGAINST TARIFF CUT. The all-absorbing topic of conversation this week in the allied tobacco trades is Leaf Board of Trade said : "New Connecticut Havana seed meets with favor, but the farmers demand so high a price for their crops that there is very little satisfaction or profit to the ^^ packer. Spanish 1903 is selling well at the public hearing to protest against the from 15c to i6c. There is a fair demand reduction of the tax on imported tobacco for everything in all lines, including and cigars from the Philippines. Several Pennsylvania broad leaf ; Wisconsin 1903 prominent men in the tobac;o world left fillers and Sumatra is asked for right this evening for Washington to speak along, with the supply none too large." before the Committee on Ways and Messrs. A. Bijur, Charles Fox and J. Means. Some of these gentlemen were p. Cullman, of the National Cigar Leaf especially invited to give their views by Tobacco Association ; James Ertheiler, Chairman Payne, and in the delegation of the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of are representatives of the cigar manufac- Trade; Chairman Andrus, of the Execu- turers, box manufacturers, cigar labor tive Board of the New England Tobacco unions, leaf tobacco dealers, growers Growers' Association, and President H. and even steamship lines. s. Frye, of the latter organization, were About fifteen interested persons left met at the Pennsylvania depot at 3:30 New York this evening in order to be at p. m. today (Tuesday) by the other the opening of the hearing at 10 o'clock delegates who will tomorrow appear tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. Some before the Ways and Means Committee will return as soon as they have entered in Washington. Among the latter were their protest, and others will remain as John Wardlow, of Key West, represent- long as the committee sits for this par- ing the Clear Havana Manufacturers' ticular hearing. Association; Mr. Dolbeer, of the Ware- Charles Fox, of F. Miranda & Co., houseman's Association; Walter Schiffer, has been busy all day with A. Bijur and of the Cigar Manufacturers' Association THK TOBACCO WOULO If of America; Mr. Lauchs, representing John Fielding, of Rothschild & Bro., the cigar box manufacturers; William intends sailing for Cuba very shortly. Bird, third vice president of the Ward For so young a man, John certainly line of steamships, and several well knows Havana tobacco, known men interested in the protest W. J. Gestal, of Perez. Rodriguez & against the reduction of the tax on Phil- Co., announces the lease of an annex ippine cigars and tobaccos. factory at 116 Pearl street, and avast Mr. Fox. who had charge of the extension in business. The firm took transportation, si^d that he was expect- on three more traveling salesmen this ing to be joined later in Washington by week, and will now cover the whole Daniel Harris, president of the New United States. Mr. Perez himself is York Cigarmakers' Union; Samuel Gomp- at present in Havana. "Nat" Rice is ers, President Perkins, of the Cigar- in Philadelphia this week, but will pro. makers' International Union; A. M. ceed to Pittsburg, Cleveland and there- Jenkinson, of Pittsburg, of the Manufac- abouts on a six weeks' trip, turers' Association of Western Pennsyl- Jacob W. Cronauer is booking large vania. and representatives of the Retail orders for Perez, Rodriguez & Co. COHN IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of FLORIDA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. Jos. Mendelsohn. Louis A. Bornemann. Manuel Suarec Dealers' Association. Mr. Bijur said: "Congressman M.E. DriscoU, of the New York State Tobacco Growers' Association, will act with us, as will many others whom I have not now time to name. We have had offers of co-operation from lumber merchants, banks and Western associations, but we LANCASTER MARKET QUIET. Action of Growers' Association on Tariff Cut HaLS Had Good Effect. Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 23. The local leaf market is moderately quiet this week, and transactions have «, . ,, mostly been small. Tobacco grow ers, ot think that our delegation is sufficiently ' . . » »u • J . , ,, course, are busy in trying to get their strong to compass our end without the , ^ , , , , ,. valuable aid offered." President Fry said that his address to Mendelsohn, BornenvdLniv ®. Co. Importers c& Commission Mercbanta Specialty— HAVANA TOBACCO New York Office: U. S. ARCADE BUILDING. Water Street, Corner Fulton. Room 1. Htt.V8Ln&. Office: AMISTAD 95o HAVANA. Gable "Ml crops stripped and ready for delivery. With the cigar trade generally in good condition, there is every reason to believe the Committee on Ways and Means ^^^^ ^^^ j^^^ market will before long would be short, but sarcastic. ^^^-^^^ j^j^ g^^^^g activity. "I often find that sarcasm counts a charter has been granted to the S. R. more than solid argument, which I shall ^^^^ ^j^^^. ^^^ ^j^j^ ^ ^^pj^^j ^f leave to others to adduce. Sarcasm tells |2oo,ooo, but a complete hst of the if not founded on fact, but when it is ^^^.^^5 j^as not yet been announced, built on fact it is well-nigh irresistible. j^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ the action of the Lancaster My brief will not take over five minutes c^^nty Tobacco Growers' Association. to read if I am allowed to go on uninter- ^j^j^j^ ^^^^ ^^^ adopted resolutions pro- ruptedly. but I expect somebody will j^g^jng against any further reduction of butt in on my most sarcastic points." ^j^^ ^^^j^ ^^ tobacco from the Philip- John R. Young is to join the New ^^^^^^ j^ ^^^ y^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ jj^g-^ ^^^^^^ Yorkers at the Philadelphia station, and ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ wholesome effect the whole delegation will put up at the ^^^^^ ^^^ Y^^^ ^^^^^^ among which an New Willard. association has existed for several years. The presentment covers between fifteen ^^^ which during the past twelve months and twenty type written pages. iM»bliah«d 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co» hwxMleri d Sumatra & Havana/" l^^%l^^fc A»^>^V •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 llllClx^\^0 125 Maiden Lane, -™s«?r^*°" NEW YORK. has fallen into a semi comatose condition. JOTTINGS. while some of the older members seem Benno Newberger, of E. Rosenwald & to have gotten cold feet Bro.. is in Chicago this week, and before But that the blood is again circulating leaving received a special rate from the is testified to by the fact that on Monday Western Union Telegraph Co., and he is evening last a meeting of the local leaf getting his money's worth. men was held, which was presided over George Dennerlein is on a purchasing by J. Gust Zook, the well known packer, tour in Connecticut, and his adjutant- while C. E. Long, of M. M. Fry & Co.. general. Max Herzog, is in command at was secretary, and Morris Rosenthal headquarters. treasurer. Charlie Waxelbaum is distinguishing I" ^u'^her view of the fact that the himself in the way of orders from Chicago trade can always rely upon the hearty , . , support of such other well known houses Julius Shack closed the banner sale in as J. D. Skiles, I. H. Weaver. R. K. Sumatra this week in Canada. One Schnader & Sons. Kramer & Goldberg, hundred and forty-eight bales are not E. M. Cohen & Co., etc., there is good .. ^, .„, Hair reason to beUevethat the local trade^now sola every cay. ... .,, i . Jerome Fisher, representing A. Cohn has an organization that will not only be & Co. in the Canadian market, sold 70 active and fully alive to the real interests bales in one lot "Romey" is a young of the trade, but that the personnel of its one, but certainly is a comer. offi^^^s ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^" i^^^^"" '^^' '*'»" Ed Kraussman intends leaving for be of permanent benefit to the organiza- Havana to day to replenish his stock of tion. ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ tobacco. ygj^i-s past with T. D. Shertzer. has Sidney Rothschild, of Rothschild & engaged with E. M. Cohen & Co. Bro., arrived from Havana, and is very %%<»»%%%» much pleased with the situation in Cuba. '^kOHLBERG «l CO. TAKE IN NEW Matt Rosenshine, of San Francisco, is MEMBER. •with us again, and we expect some good Kohlberg & Co. , dealers in leaf tobacco orders before he departs. in San Francisco, announce that they . . . , .. J r have admitted to their firm Robert B. Julius Lichtenstein has returned from ^^schM. who is already well known Chicago, where he disposed of large lots • ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Kohlberg & Co. feel that of his celebrated packing of Connecticut they have materially strengthened their Ibrce-sweated. house by this acquisition. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .v.Fine Cigarsv/. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Sampler. Peazikr M. Dojjxser G- P- Sbcor, SpociA F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON (Hi CO. OritiV^ **Linde" New York Seed I^eaf Tobacco Inapeotkm EattLblUhed 1864 Principal Office, 180 Pearl Street. New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses, 178, 180, 182. 186 and 188 Pearl SC Inspection Branchea:- Lancaster, Pa.— G. Forrest. 140 E. Umon St.; H. 1. Trost 15 E. Lemon St.; Elmira, N. Y.— L. A. Mutchler; Hartford, Conn.— J. Mo- Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O — H. Hales, 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse. 233 Warren St. ; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Gcrmantown Stsj Jef»*y Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Anti* Fort, Pa.; East Whateley, Maw.-G. F. PeMc; Edgertoa. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher .• Fred Schnaib^ RUSCHER & CO. Tobacco Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stoughtai^ Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : I. R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut tt Fi^^ lin, O.: T. E. Griest Dayton, O. : F. A. Gebhart. 14 Shore Line ave. Hartfec4 Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State st South Deerfield, Mass. : John C DeckCBi Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmeyer & C^ Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight -" i C013ON C. Hamilton, formerly of F. C. Lindc, Hamilton & Co, t^wa M. CoNGAi^TON, Frank P. Wiseburn, Louit Bom^ Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighert Sampling In All Sections of the Country Receives Prompt Attention. 2::Sl?.'^^«tf;Set*E.^"s?o;^^s"Hi'rh,84--8 Sonth St., New Yoil PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses t 809 Bast a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; i38-i38>^ Water St.; Telephone— 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. . Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Earler Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. MiUer, J06 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Rcadmg, Pa.. Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard U OrotU, 1015 Mala street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day, Hatfield, Masa.; Jerome S. Billington, Cornin-i, V /, u Q^mmty fmr UMm^aimctMrimg Cigmr Boxes 1b— Ai^Avs Room vok Onb Mok« Good Custombm L J. Sellers & Son, SellersvlUe, Pa« THE TOBACCO W O R I, D ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Match It, if you Can-- You Can't. : ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-It" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five— Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co, BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. PhiU Philadelphia Tobacco Trade, t ♦ ♦ 4. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦4^45JJ4 ^1^ ♦♦♦ t ^ ^ ^ ^ ♦ 4 4- ♦♦♦ ^44. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦44 4444 4444444' 4-444>44444444'444>4444-4'4>44>>44jJ4 ♦ ♦♦♦ ^^4 Here aivd There With Joseph S. Gilleland, who has for years conducted a retail store at the northeast his home for a week, suffering from a severe attack of tonsilitis. R. M. Boch in whose Broad street store Mr. Rogers* holds forth, started to be ill one day last week but suddenly changed his mind. LeaLf Dea^lers* Joititigs. L. S. STA UPPER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS corner of Ridge avenue and Wood street. Phil«.delphi* Let.! Board off Trade Joins died on Thursday at his home at the Protest A^SLinst Curtis Bill. same address. The funeraKervices were The following telegram was sent on held on Sunday at 1.30 o'clock at the Wednesday of last week to Sereno E. undertaking establishment of Albert Payne, chairman of the Ways and Means Moore. 829 Vme street. Interment was Committee, Washington. D. C. by the made at Chelten Hills Cemetery. Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco Board of •** Trade: The retail market was rather uneven The Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco Board last week for some unexplainable reason. °^ Trade earnestly protests against the Some stores did business enough to sat- Passage of the bill introduced by Repre- isfy lanybody. while others in the same pJllfl? .^"''i' '"^^^'^^^ l^*^ .^"'^ °" , , L L «. , Philippine products, and asks that your class and near enough to be affected by committee grant us a hearing to show the same conditions, reported things as why the bill is inimical to our interests. FOR THE Wliolesale Akron. Pa CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. F. H. BELTZ, SchwenksvUle,Pa. being very dull. The weather was of the best and trade should have been fair all over. Some of the dealers are taking ad- vantage of the usual light January to make alterations in their stores and to re- decorate for the coming year, and so do not particularly miss the business. Others have suffered lighter trade owing John R. Young, President J. S. Batroff. Secretary. The majority of the local leaf houses, at least those which are gunning for western trade now, did a fair amount of business last week, quite as much as could be expected at this time. Some firms reported business a little bet- to the fact that they have pushed big lots ^*^ ^^^^ ^^*^ January, and all agreed that, of special brands at low prices, and have ^^^'"^ prospects into consideration, there to wait until their trade catches up. On the whole, the average tone was fairly satisfactory, with room for hope. Manufacturer of Wm H. O'Keefe, Fourth street dealer, has a window display of Gumpert Bros.' was no fault to find. The main trouble is that customers are holding off on the high prices and busi- ness moves very slowly. At the same time, as one dealer put it, manufacturers can't make cigars out of hay, and have S Gem Cigars The largest and best CLEAR HAVANA FILLED Sceni Cige^r on the MaLfket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Royal Perfectos, and has quite a run on simply got to have tobacco. There was them at $6 per hundred or 4 for 25 cents. 8°°^ inquiry during the week, and the «^ prices quoted were just about as low as R. Goldsmith, of Goldsmith & Co., could be, for the leaf dealer to live. That who conducts a store at Fifteenth and being the case, the dealers in a good Sansom streets, has accepted the Wash- many cases merely have to wait for the ington agency for Stewart, Newburger & customer to make up his mind to come Co. Mr. Goldsmith will be in Philadel- "P- The latter part of the week showed phia only on Saturdays hereafter. * better tendency, however, and everyone %% looks forward to a very satisfactory Joseph I Levy, Eastern representative February, of the Ballard- Fernandez Co., Tampa, with headquarters in this city, has re- signed his Philadelphia connection with the firm and has a number of other plans under consideration. Jake Labe, of B. Labe & Sons, who is making the Western trip, has sent in a nice bunch of orders, and reports busi- ness in that section as good as he had expected it to be. ii i t i ^ THE TOBACCO WORLD COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HEARS PROTEST ON THE CURTIS BILL Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 1905. Representatives of tobacco growers, leaf dealers, cigar and tobacco merchants and other branches of the trade assembled before the Congrssional Commitee on Ways and Means in the Capital today and presented an overwhelming series 01 arguments against passage by Congress of the Curtis bill, which aims to reduce the duty on tobacco from the Philippines to 25 per cent of the present Dingley rate. Chairman Payne and the commit- tee will consider the evidence presented and report the bilU The hearing commenced at 10 o'clock, and was opened by H. S. Frye, who rep- resented the New England tobacco grow- ers. Mr. Frye did not speak at great length but very forcibly voiced his pro test against the cut. "As I understand the bill." he said, "it has two objects to accomplish; first, and primarily the rehabilitation of the industries of the Philippine Islands, and second, to increase the revenues of the insular government, and both by largely increasing exports from there to this country." Chairman Payne here said that the in- come of $400,000 lost by taking the duty from hemp was to be made up somehow and that Mr. Frye' s premises were wrong. The latter accepted the correction and continued. "It is an old saying, 'never look a gift horse in the mouth,' but in the privacy of our barnyard we arc all apt to disrc gard it, as it is decidedly unwise not to do so, and I propose to look this animal over before I go into ecstatic gratitude to the giver of it. Briefly, the proposition is to impose a duty of only 25 per cent of Dingley rates on sugar and tobacco. I will drop the sugar question and would consider that that industry was perfectly competent to Uke care of itself, if I had not recently learned that by its absurd opposition to a reasonably fair compro ■ mise proposition it had reopened the whole question. • 'Twenty five per cent of the Dingley rates means a reduction in the duty on wrapper leaf of $1. 383^ cents per pound, or from I1.85 to 46X cents and on filler leaf from 35 to 8)^ cents per pound: moreover as there never has been made a law and never can be that will justly and equitably collect wrapper duty on any appreciable quantity of leaf tobacco imported that can be used here for filler purposes (and Manilla tobacco can be) the result will be that nearly all Philip- pine leaf tobacco, wrapper and all, will actually be paying 8^" cents per pound duty. "We didn' t dream of such things when we got our low tariff Democratic friends to give us $1.50 a pound protection on wrapper leaf in the Wilson bill, and we've been so grateful for the $1.85 cents a pound duty the Dingley bill gave us, we've kept pretty much all this country Republican ever since. Now, it's pretty tough to endure the suspicions that our old friend and benefactor is likely to go back on us now, particularly when there It no question of national honor or repu- Station involved " A. Bijur, G. W. Perkins, H. S. Frye, B. Ezra Herr, Contiressinan Driscoll and Others Promi- nent in Various Branches of the Trade Make Stron^i Protest Atiainst Philippine Cut Rate. At this point Mr. Frye referred to the entire exemption from internal revenue taxes of Philippine tobacco which the trade understands will be the result of the bill. Chairman Payne questioned this and the matter was noted, to examine the law upon. Mr. Frye then said that there had been discrepancies in reports which should be looked into. Two years ago Judge Taft stated in a number of cablegrams that the cigar industry in the Philippines was very depressed and that the cigarmakers there were nearly starv- ing to death. Now it is stated that the wages on the Islands are greatly in- creased and factories are not able to keep up with their orders. "So that, boiled down." said Mr. Frye emphatically, "the proposition is simply to bring the tobacco and cigar industry of the Philippines to a condition of pros- perity by opening this market to it free. And it follows as a natural result, that to do so. involves the injuring of our own industries to the same extent that we im- prove theirs. A short time ago I person- ally acquiesced in a proposed compromise of 50 per cent of the present Dingley rate, but that project fell through, and I now most earnestly protest against any reduction. " Mr. Frye was followed by A. Bijur, representing the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, who delivered a very comprehensive argument, which succinctly embraced the complete situa- tion, which follows, in full : In presenting this statement we 8^)eak for a trade now thoroughly organized, including the National Cigar Leaf To- bacco Association, the Cigar Manufac- turers' Association of America, the Clear Havana Manufacturers* Associa- tion, the Independent Tobacco Manu- facturers' Association, the Retail Cij?ar Dealers' Association, the New England Tobiicco Growers' Association and other organizations of the cigar leaf growers in the various States. We are also ad- vised that our views are shared bv va- rious steamship companies, warehouse interests, cigar box makers, silk ribbon manufacturers, lithographers and others. The majority of these interests are rep- resented in our delegation here to-day. A special delegation, representing the Cigar Makers' International Union, will present their views, in which we heartily coincide. If a bill providing for a further re- duction on Philippine tobacco and its products passes at the present session of Congress it will be the fifth tariff reduction measure affecting the tobacco interest that will have been put into ef- fect in a period of seven years, in addi- tion to three changes in rates of internal revenue on tobacco products made by the Spanish war revenue act, its amend- ment and repeal. As a result of our war with Spain three great tobacco and sugar producing countries, Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippine Islands came into close relationship with the United States. A wave of philanthropy, care- fully fostered and developed by various business interests, swept over the coun- try and demanded that economic favors should be shown to what were variously known as the wards of the nation and our new colonial empire. This charita- ble sentiment reflected credit on the heart of the great A^nerican public, but the tobacco trade may be pardoned for its cynicism if it persists in wondering how much the demand for tariff reduc- tions would have been lessened had theee islands produced a variety of com- modities, tinnpotitors of domestic prod- ucts, in quantities relatively equal to their production of su^ar and tobacco. The tobacco trade, as a whole, has raise 1 3 OVR NEW CROP! The Finest Shade-Grown SUMATRA we ever Raised from Our Own Plantations It is to your advantage to see our tobacco before placing orders elsewhere Even, Uniform Colors Perfect Burn Enormous Yield Reasonable Prices We solicit the privilege of competing for your business Floridsi Tobacco 131 Maiden Lane, NEW Y0RK, N. Y. 1 ^ i EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba Either ihe name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear primed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. . . . IMPORTANT NOTICE . . . The preceding cut is a facsimile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cub* 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 pack- ages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, or cut loaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Govern- ment of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guarantee covered by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. smoked by our public, it will damage us while the matter is being tried out, and, from the false stimulus received by the Philippine cigar industry, will result in the great and certain injury of the cigar manufacturers of the islands. The cigars whose effects we chiefly fear are those that sell at from $10 to $15 per thousand. They are well made and pre- sent a good appearance. At the pro- posed reduced rate of duty, the duty on these would be $15 on an average. They would have an advantage, additional to the sixty-six and two-third per cent, re- duction from present Philippine duties of $3 per thousand, as compared with our cigars, as the Internal Revenue De- partment haa ruled that cigars coming from the Philippines need not have our revenue stamp attached, although it is affixed in the case of both Cuban and Porto Rico cigars. This is a dangerous precedent, and likely to cause many at- tempts to defraud the Government, and should receive special and prompt atten- tion by Congress. A great deal has been made, with ap- parent seriousness, of the part transpor- tation charges are to play in giving pro- tection against Philippine cigars and to- bacco. How absurd any such consid- eration is when directed toward tobacco can be seen from the fact that we im- ported more than 6,500,000 pounds of Sumatra tobacco, which were transport- ed from the island to Amsterdam, un- loaded and put in stores, and then again loaded on steamers and brought here. In addition, we paid $1.85 per pound duty on them. This should dispose pret- ty well of the transportation argument, as it affects the unmanufactured leaf. The reduction in duty proposed would be from seventeen and a half to ninety-two and a half cents per pound, and the transportation charges urged as an offset amount to perhaps a cent per pound. In regard to cigars, the cigar trade of the Pacific Coast is supplied mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. It is the custom for the manufacturers of these States to allow jobbers $1 per thousand to cover freight charges to the Coast, which would place our cigars delivered in San Francisco at a disad- vantage, as to transportation, with cigars delivered there from Manila, whence the freight would probably be inside of fifty centa per thousand. As it is declared the policy of our Government to put every business inter- est of the community on an adequately protected basis, we feel justified in as- suming that the measure of protection accorded the tobacco interests is ours by right; and as long as the policy of universal protection obtains, our rate of protection should not be lowered in favor of any one else whatever against our welfare. It is an indefensible scheme to put to- bacco in practically the same catt^gory as hemp or copra, tropical products which have always been granted free ad- mission under our protective system be- cause they compete with no domestic product. We grow enough tobacco our- selves, and our cigars are within the reach of the poorest of our citizens. We cannot consent to a tariff rate that will cut our industry from under us, and we should not be asked to do so. Mr. Curtis, father of the objectionable bill, interrupted Mr.Bijur once to declare that he understood there was a great decrease in exportations from the Philip- pines. "There was a decrease, but I under- stand that it has been followed by an increase," said Mr. Bijur. "A small increase," responded Mr. Curtis. "Isn't that a sign that the smokers don't want that product?" "I don't think the smokers have ever had a chance, commercially, to get them, " was the answer. B. Ezra Herr, president of the Lan- caster County Growers' Association, of Pennsylvania, submitted resolutions which had been adopted by his associa- tion, and spoke in endorsement of them. He said that the cut would be particular- ly detrimental in Pennsylvania and Ohio, for the reason that they are great filler States. ••It will injure us much more than Wisconsin and the other tobacco growing States," said Mr. Herr, •'and we wish to make the very strongest sort of a protest. We have given our money to better the situation in the Philippines; we have built schools for them ; we have sent our daughters to teach them; we have put down insurrections and we have estab- lished the Filipinos in everything they are capable of carrying out. "Is not that enough? "The wages paid to Philippine labor are such that no American can possibly enter into competition with them. We voted last fall for protection and it is not protection we are getting. However, the growers have by no means given up hope that the bill will be seen in the proper light and a tremendous industry protected." Before this speaker retired he answered a number of questions as to prices in Pennsylvania and the average condition of the crop. G. W. Perkins, president of the Cigar- makers' International Union of America, then presented the side of the cigar- makers, and began his remarks by say- ing that his constituents had no ax to grind, but were simply looking out for their livelihood. Mr. Perkins gave a very comprehensive and complete history of the cigarmaking industry, showing how it had grown in a half century from practically nothing to its present magni- tude. ••The increase in the output of cigars since 1863 is about 7,205,000,000 per year, or 3700 per cent," said Mr. Perkins. "The value of the output during 1900 was $160,223,152, showing an increase of 1159,223,152 over the value of the output of the Connecticut Valley in i860, which at that time was the principal cigar producing center of the United States. For the fiscal year of 1904 we paid a revenue to the Gov- ernment on cigars of 120,498,711.84. ••In 1863, less than 2,000 persons were employed in the cigar industry, while Government statistics show that there are now employed in the cigar trade about 125,000, fully 80,000 of whom are skilled workmen. In the Philippine Islands about 20,000 people are employed, at an average pay of $ia2i per month, or 37^ cents a day. "The American manufacturer now has to pay a tariff of $1.85 per pound on Cuban wrapper tobacco and 35 cents per pound for fillers. The Philippine Islands are favorably adapted to the growth of tobacco which will soon successfully compete with that grown in any other country, an advantage ours does not possess. "A good cigar can be bought i« Manila for a cent, while the home pro- duced cigar sells for 5, 10, and 15 cents apiece. Under the proposed reduction a cheaper grade of cigars could be laid down at San Francisco for I17.63 per thousand, and the higher grades from $4 to $6 above this price. 'Give this Oriental cheap labor a mar- ket here, and the results will be ruinous to our industry. We cannot understand by what right Congress can justify legis- lation which will surely result in lower- ing the standard of living of such a large army ol loyal .\merican citizens. ' ' We protest against being pitted against Oriental labor in our struggle for exist- ence. The act proposed will simply tend to drag us down to the level of the Fili- pino rather than raise him to ours. More- over, I understand that all the cigar fac- tories of Manila, thirty-one in number, are owned by foreign capital, except one. "This protest is respectfully submitted on behalf of 47i00o organized cigar- makers in particular and the entire craft in general." This closed the morning session and the committee adjourned until a o'clock. The second session did not last more than fifteen minutes, Congressman DriseoU, of New York State, representing a large body of growers in his district, speaking on geneial termsagainstthe passage of the bill. Mr. Driscoll said that he knew the New York Growers' Association would consent to a cut of 35 per cent., making the altered rate 50 per cent of the Ding- ley tariff, and urged the committee to report such a recommendation as the most satisfactory compromise. Thid ended the hearing in the tobacco interest. J. M. B. — The San Telmo Cigar Manufacturing Co., of Detroit, Mich., has increased its capital from |i 0,000 to 150,000. — The Beck Cigar Co., of Canton, O. , has been incorporated with a capital of lio.ooo. ( < THK TOBACCO WOELD ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ THB TOBACCO WORLD The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory v ,0^^ '% *>: i>1 Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Labels, Edgings and Ribbons 9'CeAi "Clga*" This is the cigar for you to sell-it will please your trade and increase your business. It IS an exceptionally good nickel cigar-strictly hand-made, from delightfully blended long Havana faller and imported Sumatra wrapper. A winning feature of the "Quo Vadis" is its handsome, up-to-date Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 MdLrket Street, LatacdLster, PaL. Diplomatico Shape, ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ which insures a rich and satisfying smoke and will attract attention in your show case. If you are not already selling ' ' Quo Vadis ' ' cigars let us ship you some. Somebody in your town is surely going to make money selling this cigar, so why not you? Price $33.00 per lOOO, attractively packed in boxes of 50. We invite correspondence from responsible dealers everywhere. Exclusive control given to prominent jobbing houses for territories not alreadv covered. Write us to-day. Alfred Eyer 6k Co., Ci^ar Mfrs., Allentown, Pa. vSample hox of 25 sent to dealers for $1 00, es press paid. J. A. COLLINS. GBO. A. BUDDY. The Littlestown Cigar Company W. C. Jackson, Littlestown, Pa, Manufacturers of STRICTLY VNION-MADE CIGARS OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Union Riders, Sweet Tips, Cuban Emulator, General Post, Pretty Nell. Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, : East Prospect, Penna. Oorrespondence with Wholesale DeaUM and Jobbers Invited. 'Telephone Connection.' .'♦♦♦ ♦♦♦» Gco.W. Newman, who went West last a picture of the cigar machine arc in week for Young & Newman, has already black on a white background, the whole made some good returns, and writes that sign being about fifteen feet high. It he is highly satisfied with the way terri can easily be seen and distinguished at a tory is opening up. considerable distance. *^ %% L. P. Kimmig, of L. P. Kimmig&Co., J. S. Vetterlein has been in Boston is dividing his time between Philadelphia for the last week, returning today. Mr. and Lancaster these days. This house is Vetterlein was looking over the New doing a good business in Pennsylvania England trade with a view to increasing broad leaf. their business in that section. gagement been connected with one of the largest and most successful tobacco plantations in the South. In any event those interested in Flor ida tobacco would no doubt do well by looking carefully into the merits of the offerings of this company, which for the convenience of the trade in the North now has an office and sample room at 131 Maiden Lane, New York, at which address samples and other particulars are obtainable. Leonard Friedman & Co M. Atak & Co Calixto Lopez & Co Edward Arendt & Son G. Salomon & Bros Hamburger Bros. & Co E, Rosenwald & Bro E. Ellinger & Co J. Bernheim & Son I. C. Calmet C. Castellanos & Co C. Castellanos & Co Jas E. Ward & Co 94 bales 50 •• 50 •• < < n << II 1 1 1 1 II # Julius Eckerson will take an extended business trip through the West as soon as his brother, head of the firm of F. Eck- erson & Co., returns from Havana where he is buying for the house. With MaLf\ufaLCturer& and Jobbers. I Orders arc coming in ni( ^1*, now with the manufacturers and it seem.^ evident that the holiday glut is well out of the way by this time and jobbers and re- tailers are ready to fill up again. There are no kicks coming on the way the month is closing up, and quite a number of Philadelphia firms are increasing their corps of salesmen. A good proportion of the business is still in the West and South, and very few manufacturers are running very heavily on this market just now. Everything points to a very good spring. The Liberman Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of modern cigar making apparatus, has a striking sign painted on the side wall of the building at Third and New streets. The name of the firm, and Jasper L. Rowe, the Virginia repre- resentative of Vetterlein Bros , was in the Philadelphia office this week for a few days. Mr. Rowe thinks it will be a banner year in his territory Charles S. Oettinger has been engaged by the Vicente Portuondo Co, and started yesterday for a three months selling trip through the East and South. Mr. Oettinger s long suit is on clear Ha- vana goods. The Vicente Portuondo Co. is pushing its nickel orands on the local market and has quite a number of extra city salesmen out. NEW CROP FL0R.1DA. On another page of this issue will be found the announcement of the Florida Tobacco Company, offering fine Florida tobaccos of the new crop which is claimed to be the finest ever grown in the South. Mr. D. A. Shaw, President of the Florida Tobacco Co., is one of the best known growers of tobacco in the Peninsula, hav- ing for years previous to his present en- Imports Of Tobacco, etc. HAVANA CIGARS Str. Havana, arrived Jan. Arrivals at the port of New York from (14 cases.) foreign points during the week jas. E. Ward & Co ending Jan. 23, 1905. Morten & Co 33 27 25 20 20 6 6 38 bbls. I case 22: 10 cases 4 *• Havana— Jas. E. Ward & Co., i case cigarettes. Liverpool — American Tobacco Co, 2 cases tobacco ; Amsterdam Supply Co, 30 cases cigarette paper. Palermo— Order, io}4 cases snuff and tobacco. Ponce — Rojas, Perez & Co, 4 boxes cigars. Trieste — M. Arkossy & Co., 2 cases cigarette paper ; Order, 19 barrels tobacco. PORTO RICAN TOBACCO. Str. Ponce, arrived Jan. 23: 181 Lales.) C. Mendez i ig Order 60 Durlach Bros 4 bales 1 1 i« SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Ryndam, arrived Jan. 18. (239 bales) H. Duys & Co 126 bales Pretzfeld & Co 50 A. Blumlein & Co 27 United Cigar Manufacturers 18 S. Rossin & Sons 13 Otto Malchow & Co 5 HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Havana, arrived Jan. 22: (474 bales; 38 bbls; i case.) Jas. E. Ward & Co 99 bales PORTO RICAN CIGARS. Str. Ponce, arrived Jan. 23: (204 cases) American Tobacco Co American Cigar Co West Indies Cigar Co Durlach Bros C. D. Stone & Co Am. W. I. T. Co F. Bonilla & Co Victor Malga & Co C. Mendez Arguelles, Manrique, Sola & Co Cadiz Cigar Co DcFord & Co G. W. Sheldon & Co Order Mateo Rucabado 62 28 »7 16 «3 II 9 9 9 7 7 5 5 4 3 cases II 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 II II II II It II II II 11 THK TOBACCO WO»tD Cigar ribbons. Largest Assortment of Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain, Plain and Fancy Ribbons. Write for Sample Card and Price Liot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORE. DELA FLORA CUBAN STAR. I GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies, No. 2103 PenA Avenue, fo'S^ers't" 'SraUr PITTSBURG. PA. CINCINNATI MARKET. A FEW CHANGES IN READING. ^ G. H. SACHS, M!!5?[ctTOif FINE CIGARS Factory No. 7. Ninth Di.t., Pa. LANCASTER, PA. Integrity of Purpose and Earnest Endeavors, Coupled with Energy, Have Brought OUR CIGARS to the Front IT PAYS TO SELL THE BEST. t&'WE MAK'E THEM. f The Standard of Uniform Excellence in ) ( Seed and Hand Made Havans. Cigars. ) Always the Same — The Highest Quality and the Finest Workmanship. Will submit samples and quote prices to reputable dealers. ^ *. Pan-American Pan-American No. 2 Pan-American Special PAN AMERICAN Registered STOGIBS Samuel Smith Sz 112—116 East JeffersoA Street, MADB BY Special Prices to Jobbers. Mention The Tobacco World. Allegheny, Pat. Latst Saturdays Sales Marked by Light Offerings. Cincinnati, O. ,Jan. 24. The cigar leaf sales last Saturday were marked with light offerings, the total be- ing but 91 cases, all of which were sold at one house. The quality of the offer- ings was very fair and the condition generally good. There was, though, an almost total absence of high grade fillers and wrappers. Good old Zimmers ranged from 6 to loj^c and a few new from 8>( to 1 1 34' cents. Connecticut binders and fillers sold from I4. 10 to $9 10 per 100 lbs. Wisconsins and Little Dutch sparingly offered and poor in quality. Prices on Little Dutch ran from $2. 30 to $5.40. Wisconsins ranged from $1.50 to $$. 10. — Mather Newberger, one of the best known men formerly connected with the trade in Southern Ohio died at his home here last week after a short illness with pneumonia. —The E. O. Eshelby Tobacco Co., of this city, purchased on the Louisville breaks last Thursday a hogshead of to- bacco from Kentucky' s exhibit at the' St. Louis World's Fair, for |ii. It was put up by J. M. Vaughn, of Owensboro, who selected it from a purchase of 3,' 000,000 pounds. — Joseph Sebastian's cigar store and factory at 1047 St. Gregory avenue was partially wrecked last Thursday evening by an explosion of illuminating gas. Several customers were slightly injured by the falling of the ceiling. All of Sebastian's show cases were broken and his stock badly damaged by falling plaster. The damage to stock and fix- tures entailed $1,000. Buhrman. NEW TOBACCO FUBLICATION- "Thc Tobacco Colonial Quarterly' ' is a new publication gotten out by "Tobacco" London, England. Its purpose i s to supply the colonies of England with full and complete information of events in the home trade and the happenings in the tobacco centers of the world. For those interested in the tobacco trade in the English colonies the new journal will be found to fill the bill. But all are in the Nature of Business Enlar^envents. Reading, Pa , Jan. 23. Chas. M. Yetter, of Mohnsville, near here, who during the past six years has built up an extensive cigar business, has secured a charter, and the business is being transferred to the new corporation which will be known as the Chas. M. Yetter Co. The capital stock will be I15 020. pratically all of which will be held by the Yetter family. Arrangements are being made to build a new factory building a few miles out- side o f Reading, a t Edison, ground having been bought some time ago with that end in view. The present factory is steadily busy, and plans arc laid for an output of 5, 000, 000 cigars this year. J. G. Hansen is having good success with his latest brand All Points and is looking forward to a j record breaking year. John G. Spatz, of J. G. Spatz & Co., summarized the conditions throughout the country as healthful, and especially n the West, where his firm's products have a large sale. H. S. Dibert, of the Industrial Cigar Manufacturing Co., is also very favorably impressed with the way in which trade is opening for the new year. F. P. Kalbach has opened his new factory at Sixth and Windsor streets and is very nicely located, with a modern re- tail department. His brands are the National Emblem, White Qwl, The Orig- inal and F. P. K. Chas. R. Albright has increased his working force. He now has orders enough in hand to keep all busy until February 15. F. H. Deibert & Co., cigar manufac- turers at Orwigsburg, have changed their firm name to Deibert & Yeager, but business will continue as before. /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of ^i'JS^ir CIGAR S 1 182 E. Lake Si. O15, 617 and big Lsike St. I/ancaster, Pa. \Yedeles Q^^^^^'®* PloriddL SumatrsL €> SWISHER. BR.OS. BUY BUILDING FOR NEW FACTORY. Chillicothe, O., Jan. 24. Swisher Bros., the stogie makers, have bought the big building formerly occu- pied by a wagon works here and will convert it into a factory at once. It will be made the distributing point for all the other factories in the State. CHICAGO, ILL < BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim & Scbiffer, HirscbhorUf Mack & Co. Straiton & Storm ^ Lichtenstein Bros, Co, UNITED CIGAR 1 Manufacturers} 1014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THB TOBACCO WORLD ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS- We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. CO I CO o AGOOD^ACOOL CHLW^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No. 38, YOM, PBNNA., U. S.A. Nintb Dist,, Pa. NOTES FROM THE YORK MARKET. York, Pa., Jan. 23. The York county trade is rapidly get- ting back into normal working order again, and the output for this month it is believed will exceed that of January a year ago. Visiting leaf men find a fair business, notwithstanding the fact that it is early in the year. The Dallas Cigar Co., of Dallastown, has closed its factory at Windsor and removed the busmess to Dallastown. G. W. Gable, of Windsor, recently secured several large orders for goods that are to be sent to the Coast. M. Katz & Son have commenced the manufacture of scrap tobacco for cigar filler purposes, and occupy a part of H. W. Heffener's old box factory building on Boundary avenue. J. Stanley Winger, of this city, has gone on a trip through the South in the interest of some cigar manufacturers whom he represented at St. Louis World's Fair. VETERAN IN SYRACVSE TRADE SELLS HIS BUSINESS. Homer A. Ostrander, one of the veteran tobacco dealers of Syracuse, N. Y., has sold his cigar store in the basement of the Gridley block to Charles Ball, who will take possession immediately. Mr. Ostrander has not decided what he will go into next. He says that he has been in the business so long he has tired of it. His first business venture was in 1875, when he and John J. Town formed a partnership and opened a stand in the old Syracuse house. He has been in his present location for nine years. Prior to the time he went into busines for him- self he worked for Lewis & Whelan. Mr. Ostrander, Michael Whelan and Henry Wood are the veteran tobacco dealers of the city. NEW FACTORIES FOR SEIDENBERG. STIEFEL 41 CO. Seidenberg, Stiefel & Co., whu have a number of factories in New York, have decided to open a branch factory in Mid- dletown within the next eight weeks, and will begin work there with a force of 100 hands. The company employs between 1,200 and 1,400 hands at the New York city factory, 98th street and First avenue. The cigars manufactured are the Grand Republic, William Tell, and the Buffo cigars and cigarettes, all tobacco. Will- iam Hollander, formerly of Newburgh, who has been employed at the Newburgh factory for the past two years, is men- tioned as the probable superintendent of the Middletown factory. The company is also negotiating for another factory which they hope to establish at New Haven, Conn., in the course of a year. A NEW LEAF TOBACCO BOARD OF TRADE IN LANCASTER. A new Board of Trade was organ- ized in Lancaster, Pa., last week by a number of the leading leaf packers and dealers. The following officers were chosen: President, J. Gust Zook; Sec- retary, Charles E. Long; Treasurer, M, Rosenthal. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ** La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiQARS* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,900 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ THE TOBACCO WORLD • ao* coe eOs 909 eoe CO* 4 I Factories: ^ 1 26 and 517 I C COS eot eos (oo :'Os cos c L. E. Ryder, Q COS cos ?03 soa coa cos § 9(h District I PeivnaL. 6JOSIOSJOC :<>:eO3?0J I Manufacturer of ei@ARS. For the Jobbing TrsLde Exclusively LANCASTEI^, PA. The Best Goods for the Least Money. MflRTir^ SliABACH. DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of High-Grade Union Made SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c.) Union Stag (5c) Cuba-Rico (loc.) e HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO No. 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of igh Grade Union Made Cigars **The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigh'. Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. JBEA^B Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— 5^ Bear. S^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of Kigh-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. '^▲OK Favoritk,»» a 5-ceflt Leader, known for Superiority of Quality Delegations Reach Washington. Leaf Tobacco Men are Ready to Meet the Ways and Means Committee. Washington, D. C, Jan. 24. A delegation from New York headed by A. Bijur arrived here at 9 o'clock this evening prepared to appear before the Ways and Means Committee tomorrow morning to protest against passage of the Curtis Bill. John Landstreet, President of the Independent Manufacturers' Asso- ciation of the United States arrived earlier in the evening. President Frye of the New England Tobacco Growers' Association accompanied by a few other gentlemen also arrived during the even- ing and registered at the St. James, the other party stopping at the New Willard. A number of others will arrive from New York and other points tomorrow in time for the hearing. Some little time was spent by the party this evening in an informal discussion of plans for the most effective presentation of arguments tomorrow, and it is now thought that everything can be gotten through with in one day. EMYLOYES ARE IN LUCK IN THIS FACTORY. A physician, two trained nurses, a class in first aid for the injured and beds for emergency cases are some of the many precautions taken by the National Cash Register Company, o f Dayton, Ohio, for the health and welfare of its employes. The Company believes in good health for its employes, has followed out such a policy for a number of years, and it is safe to assert that there is not another manufacturing concern in the United States which has healthier or happier employes. attention. The factory buildings arc clean and light and are supplied with pure air. Everywhere are unusual sani- tary provisions. In the polishing room, the air is changed every fifteen minutes, and the emery dust is drawn down by suction into a general exhaust pipe and conveyed out of the building. The Lock and Drill Department. The young women are provided with high back chairs and foot rests. They are also supplied with immaculately clean aprons and sleevelets to protect their gowns while at work. Every building has its bathroom with tubs and shower appliances, and em- ployes are given Company's time for bathing. All employes are given Satur- day afternoon as a half holiday the year round. Rest Room for Women Employes. Dining rooms are provided where em- ployes may secure warm lunches at a nominal charge. None but the purestjof foods are served. Lectures on health and food are frequently given in the Assembly Hall for all the employes by recognized authorities on these subjects. All the known hygienic laws are observed throughout the factory. In addition to GEORGE W. McGUIGAN, Red Lion, Pa. Maker of High Grade Domestic Cigars LIGHT HORSE HARRY LA-DATA Leaders \ LA PURISTA INDIAN PRIDE [LA GALANTERIA Ci^scity SO.tMH) per Day. Prompt Shipments Guarsntecd. J Ready for Emer({ency Cases. When a person makes application for employment at the factory one of the first requirements is that he shall submit to a physical and medical examination, as it is the aim of the Company to take into its employ only strong and healthy men and women, and its employes must be protected from all contagious diseases. A special study of means to promote the health of its employes is made by the Welfare Department of the factory. A physician employed by the Com- pany is at the call of all employes while in (he factory without cost to them, who conducts classes in first aid to the injured, aided by two trained nurses, who, them- selves, are in close touch with the young women employed in the factory. The rest room in which the girls may go when ill is under their charge. Ventilation and light receive special The Tool Room. all these precautions, the employes of the factory have a Relief Association in which its members are entitled to sick benefits and the services of a physician when needed. There is also a Men's Welfare League, which is the means of providing outdoor athletics of all kinds for the men em- ployes of the factory. — J. G. Teese, of the S. Omicron & Co., manufacturers of Turkish cigarettes, at 430 Walnut street, this city, who was confined to his Thirteenth street home, ii now able to be out again. # c c d THK TOBACCO WOKLD Good to Keep Good Ci Your Jobber Wilt give you a Certifi' cate covering small Quantities, and When you accumulate Cer^ tificates showing purchases of 6,000 C'KEMO EXPOK.T Cigars, you Will be entitled to one of these handsome Humidors free. :: :: Size, 30 in. long, 22 in. wide, 25 in. high. Weight, 60 lbs. THE above illustration is an exact representation of the Humidor in which Cremo Export Cigars are packed and shipped by the manufacturer. This Humidor holds 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars in boxes containing 100 cigars each. It is metal lined, metal covered, with strong brass lock, and heavy brass drop handles and brass trimmings, with moistener pad in top of lid, ventilator in each end, and attractively decorated in imitation cedar wood. Each humidor is shipped in a wood case to protect it from being scratched or damaged in transit. The purpose of the Humidor is to protect the cigars from the deteriorating effects of changes in temper- ature, and to preserve them in the same good order and condition in which they leave the factory. This it does perfectly for any length of time in any climate on the globe, until the last box is used. Cremo Export Cigars are made only in Londres, which means a straight cigar, being practically the same size from end to end. This shape is more generally smoked than any other, the world over, which fact is a pretty convincing proof that it is the most popular as well as the most desirable shape in which cigars can be made. If you serve your customer with a Cremo Export Cigar out of a Humidor, you give him the best five- cent cigar in the world in the best condition to please him and hold his patronage ; if he is pleased with one he will be pleased with every one. Send your jobber an order for 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars, and he will have them shipped to you direct from the factory in the Humidor, freight paid, and billed as 5,500, at $35.00 per thousand. The CREMO CIGAR is by several times THE LARGEST SELLER IN THE WORLD. JISK YOUn,SELF WHY? r 1: 84 •■f. THE TOBACCO WORLD 138 a 140 Centrist NeiW YORK HAN U FACTO Rtf? OF ALL KINDS OF Cigar Box Labels ' i AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office. 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, M<(r. Chicago, 56 P'ifth Avenue, E. E THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELU, Mgr. ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ D. W. riUBLEY. Thomasville, Pa. Ci&3,r ]V[anufacturer For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. INTERNAL REVENUE FOR DECEMBER. Cigars and Snuff the Only Commodities that Show an Increased Output. The Internal Revenue returns for the month of December, which have just been officially announced, show an increase in cigars and snuff during the month of December as compared with the previous year, while little cigars, cigarettes and tobacco show a considerable decrease. In comparison with the month of Novem ber last, all commodities show an expected loss in output. The figures are as follows: Dec. 1003 Dec. 1904 Correspondence Solicited. ♦♦ Samples on Application. ♦♦ Manufacturer of U%^ «^ ^^ ^^ •. 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SerilNDLER I « » ■K- Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Psl JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ii* ******* *^*^* ***** * * * * * * * * * * * * *^*^*-K+ MaNUFA CTURERSh ..<"'A.B.CLIME> STRICTLY UNIOK FACTORY FAB RICO NAROLFEiS CHOICE - POINTEDARROW-SHARPKNIFE , • • • VAMPIRE •• Cigars, $L 658. 768 95 $1,708,854.43 Increase, $50,085.48 Cigarettes, 255.654.54 249,220.68 Decrease. 6.433.91 Snuflf, 85.542.72 99,775.15 Increase, 14,232.43 Tobacco, 1,736,910.33 1,584,437.55 Decrease. 152.472.78 In figures, the comparative output was as foUoi .vs : Dec. 1903 Dec. 1904 Cigars, No. 542,328,185 560.287,800 Increase, 17.959.615 Little Cigars, No. 58,860.000 51,856,112 Decrease, 7,003.888 Cigarettes, No. 255.526.415 250,266.178 Decrease, 5.260.237 Snuflf, Lbs. 1,425.710 1,662,919 Increase, 237.209 Tobacco, Lbs. 28,948,505 26.407,293 Decrease, 2.541.212 In comparison with the month of November, 1904, the figures are as follows: Nov. 1904 Dec. 1904 Cigars, No. 602,481.067 560,287,800 Decrease, 42.193,267 Little Cigars, No. 60,162 185 51,856.112 Decr*'ase, 8.306,073 Cigarettes, No. 290.355,587 250.266.178 Decrease, 40.089.409 Snuff, Lbs. 1,730.076 1,662.919 Decrease, 67,157 Tobacco, Lbs. 28.264,337 26.407.293 Decrease, 1,857,044 CHICAGO TRADE SATISFIED. Busii\ess in the Windy City in liea.lthy Condition. Chicago, III., Jan. 21. Trade conditions for the past week have been on the wkole very satisfactory, and retail dealers in general report a healthy condition in business. Some are selling fair amounts in box lots, which indicates a return to normal conditions after the usual overloading experienced during the holidays. The wholesale houses as well appear satisfied with January business thus far. The behef is general from all sources in the business that the year is opening in a manner that pretty fully meets expectations. T. D. Hene, who represents the well known firm of Wedeles Bros., is at York, Pa., and reports a very satisfactory business in Florida Sumatra stock in that section. The American Tobacco Co. on Jan. 16 reinstated its former drop shipment deal, and on 50 pound plugs and over, deliv- ered direct from the jobbers' stocks, will return its check of one cent per pound to purchasers. The Steele- Wedeles Co. 's headquarters present a busy appearance, and good sales in their popular brand, the George W. Childs Cabinet 5 cent cigar, are reported. The pioneer firm of Sprague, Warner & Co. are enjoying their usual good trade, as is evidenced from the business of their several tobacco departments. A gratis deal of twenty Hoffman House little cigars free with each 100 magnums will be in effect until Feb. 15, 1905, at the J. & B. Moos headquarters. The firm is working along its usual lines, and reports a very good condition in trade. The new national board of directors of the Cigar Dealers* Association of America met Thursday under the able leadership of President M. W. Diflfley to discuss the best program for future work. While no details for publication were given out, it is evident that the new board is preparing to take up the battle with renewed energy, and will in due time be heard from. Monroe Adler, who has been some- what indisposed for several days, is again able to be at his office prepared for business. Albert C. Becker has bought the store of S. Marco, at 197 LaSalle street, adjoining the Home Insurance building. It is perhaps better known as the Inder- mille stand, having several times been owned and sold by Mr. Indermille. The bulk of the stock of the late owner, Mr, Marco, was moved to his Fifth avenue store. Mr. Becker has for several years conducted the stand in the Home Insur- ance building. Albert Breitung has again added to his growing business, and lately purchased the retail stand in the Old Colony build- ing from Alfred Moos. The business qualifications of Mr. A. B. can best be summed up in the expressive phrase, "Nothing succeeds like success." Sol Hamburger, of A.Santaella & Co., left recently for the company's factory at Tampa, and will from there go on a business trip to San Francisco. E. R. L. — A new invention is a thread inserted in the band of a cigar, to facilitate its removal without the danger of punctur- ing or injuring the wrapper with the fin- ger nails. THE TOBACCO WORLD COMMinEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WILL^HEAR TOBACCO MEN Various Branches of the Trade are Gathered in Washington and will Today Protest Against the Curtis Bill to Cut the Tariff on Phil- ippine Tobacco to One-third Present Rate. Washington, D. C, Jan 24. 1905. pine bill would name this rate. When The House Ways and Means Com- t^e measure was introduced on January mittee of Congress will give a hearing to- H they learned for the first time of the morrow to all those in the tobacco trade 25 per cent provision, who are interested in the tobacco trade Under the provisions of the Curtis bill, ar d a large delegation will be on hand Philippine cigars could more than com- m.ide up from the majority of the largest pete with the domestic 5 cent cigar and cigar and tobacco organizations in the would create a situation compared with country. which the complaint of domestic manu- The hearing will be given in the Capi- factuiers of clear Havanas against the tal at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning by Cuban treaty is as nothing. Chairman Payne and his committee and y^^^^^ j^^ q^^^^^ ^^jj, jj^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^j^^^.^ will continue until each spokesman is and cigarettes would be cut from I4.50 heard. per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem. On the other hand, Secretary Taft has \o %\.\i% per pound and 6^ per cent addressed a letter to Chairman Payne, ad valoiem. On wrapper leaf the rate explaining his purpose in transmitting would be cut from $185 to 46^ cents to Congress the bill to amend the Philip- per pound and on fillers from 35 cents to pinetariflF. TheSecretary says it was found ^-^ cents per pound. A still further re- that the original tariflF act of 1902 had a duction on the duty would be realized by number of defects, such as the prohibi- Philippine importers from the provision tion on the importation of machinery and of the 1 w which exempts the cigars of certain other duties not producing suflfi- the islands from the internal revenue tax cie>t revenue. of $3. I he present bill was prepared under The matter is one of great interest to the direction of Mr. Taft while Governor Pennsylvania, and growers, manufactur- of the islands after public hearings and ers and dealers have been working the most careful consideration by the steadily against the passage of the bill, commission and business interests in the Pennsylvania is now the largest manufac- United States, criticism and amendment turing State andthearmyof cirgarmakers by the latter being specially invited. employed would feel the eflfect of the cut Under the existing law the duty paid at once. As a matter of fact the grade on the Philippine tobacco is 75 percent, of tobacco raised in this State would of the Dingley rate. Tobacco men have come most directly into competition with expressed awillingness to accept a cut to the cheap labor product of the islands, 50 per cent and they consider that they Virginia and North Carolina, bright leaf 'were given to understand that the Philip centres being but little affected. HERE AND THERE IN DAYTON, O. American Cigar Co. is Buying Large Lots of 1904 Zimmers. Dayton, O., Jan. 23. The buyers of the American Cigar Co. weie last week actively engaged in the purchase of the 1904 Zimmers. If reports be true, the said company have purchased heavily of last year's crop of Zimmers, and have shown no disposition to discon tinue. The activity shown by them has stimulated others to follow, and in the past two weeks buying in general has been very noticeable. O'Neill & Ruge, the well known local packers, have vacated their old quarters in the Logan street property and are now installed in the Rosenwald warehouse in Edgemont, which, with its increased facilities for handling, is better adapted to their rapidly growing business. The O'Neill warehouse has been leased to George Kemp, the local agent of Elias Bach & Son, New York. This firm is now packing in this section, and has shown excellent judgment in the selection of its representative here. The rising temperature, accompanied by recent rains, has served the growers well, and a considerable amount of tobacco has been taken down. However. the opportunity thus afforded must be well utilized, for at this season of the year the uncertain weather conditions behooves quick action. The writer a few days since personally nspected the new warehouse of Heeter, on Hawthorne street, West Side, and was very favorably impressed with its excellent facilities for handling. It comprises a two story building, with cement basement, thoroughly equipped and finely adapted to the purposes for which it is intended. The Louis Heitman cigar factory was badly damaged by fire last week, entail- ing an almost total loss to the stock. The building, however.was not injured beyond repair, and carpenters are now busily engaged restoring the charred woodwork. The stock was fully covered by insurance. It will be several weeks before work in the old factory can be resumed. Mr. Heitman has secured temporary quarters in the H. C. Mahrt building, where the 175 employes of the company will be engaged in their various capacities until the needed repairs are completed. Mr. Heitman's trade, therefore, will not suffer in consequence of the unfortunate occur- rence. Among the out of town visitors to the local trade the past week the following representatives of well known houses were noticed: Ray C. Sutter, Sutter Bros., Chicago, and Charles Goldsmith, of Charles R. Goldsmith & Co., New York. Fred W. Miller, the Queen City broker, was a guest of Germantown, O., packers this week. Nix. — American cigars imported into Porto Rico pay a local tax of $1 80, as against I3. 60 for all other foreign cigars. >4j4-4- ♦ ♦ . SB MFG. CD. Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. «^ ^ «% WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦^♦> THE TOBACCO WORLD LIBERMAN ^ffffififfif^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Lditest Suction Machine! Adopted by the Leading Manufacturers. Palm Rolling ! Essential to Hand-Work. THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TOOL yet introduced in> connection with Cij:ar- making. The cutting rollers are so equipped with ball bearings and exterior springs that they only produce enough pressure to cut the leaf, thus maintaining a sharp edge on the die and assuring a perfect, clean cut, superior to hand- work. The oircumference of the cutting roller being greater than the length of the die, makes tearing or streaking of the wrapper impossible. Then, after the leaf has been cut, a slight depression with the right foot pedal will lower the die even with the table, thus making a perfectly smooth and rigid •Mrface, enabling the operator to Roll with the Full Palm of the Hand, instead of pushing the cigar Along with the finger tips. Changing of the die to any shape, or from right to left, or the reverse, is a very simple matter on tkk Uhl%, and can be done within two minutes time. These points of merit, coupled with others not mentioned, have won for this table the high standard •( •Kcellence maintained to-day, a fact that cannot conscientiously be claimed by any of our competitors. Wt stand ready to prove our statement, and all we ask is for the opportunity. We Think IT WILL PAY YOU to Investigate. LiBERMAN M^^^ACTURING Co Manufacturers of Cigar Machinery and Tools 240-42 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. PA., U. S. A. For Gentlemen of Good Taste J-SyiN FELieE^ R A HIGH GRADE R^ k3C. CIGAR F () R iJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISELWEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO DOESN'T WANT TO BE A LABEL. Cover nor of NinnesoU Turns Down Manufacturers Who Want a New Brand. Unlike the majority of public officials, Governor Johnson, of Minnesota , has resisted all appeals that he allow his mame and picture to be used as a label for a cigar package. More than a dozen applications of this Mature have been received by Frank A. Day, private secretary, and have been placed on file until the governor gets leisure to decide whether he wants to go •lown to posterity as the champion of the weed. One impetuous manufacturer, impa- tient to get the consent of the governor, yesterday called him up and beseeched kim over the wires to allow his picture to fo upon a brand of cigars he is about to place upon the market. The applications began to come in al most before those of the office seekers, and continue to come in with the same regularity. Gov. Johnson has been too busy to give them a thought, but it is said that the manufacturers will have to cast around for a new name for their products. ANOTHER WHELAN IN NEW YOR.K. other cities and to handle only imported and high grade cigars and tobaccos. The connection of the Whelans with the United Cigar Stores Co. has revived the rumor that the firm would take over the Whelan stores in this city, but this is denied. Those familiar with the doings of the big company, however, say that it is but a matter of time before the local stores will belong to the big company, and it is only on account of the influence of the Whelans that the company did not open several stores here sooner. NEW WAREHOUSE GETS BUSINESS. %^^»%i%^ Mich«Lel J. Will Manage United States Co.'s Ma.il Order Business. Syracuse, N. Y. , Jan. 20. Michael J. Whelan of this city has keen selected by the United Cigar Stores Co. to manage its mail order department and from now on will spend most of his time in New York. The new manager was until a few days ago confined to his residence at 612 East Genesee street by illness, but has recov- ered sufficiently to go to New York. Mr. Whelan has for many years been proprietor of the cigar store at the junc- tion of East Genesee and East Washing- ton streets, which has been run under the name of Lewis & Whelan. Since the death of his former partner Mr. Whelan has retained the old firm name. George J. Whelan is president of the United Cigar Stores Company and C. A. Whelan is vice president. Both were formerly in the cigar business here. John r. Whelan, proprietor of the Yates cigar stand, was recently chosen president of the Royal Cigar Co. , which proposes to open a chain of stores in New York and Cincinnati Sales Suffered On Account of Kentucky Convpetition. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 20. For some time business on the local breaks has been quiet for the season, so much so that certain men in the leaf commission business of the city have be gun to believe that the stagnation may be a result of the opening of a new to- bacco auction warehouse by the Burley Loose Tobacco Co., at Lexington, Ky., which it must be remembered is in the heart of the growing district. Sales at the local warehouses were a trifle better last week but were below the average. Farmers who are interested in the Burley Growers* Association are hold- ing their tobacco until the Association either raises sufficient funds to combat the combine or else disbands. It is reported in a semi- official way that if the Growers' Association is com- pelled to give up, its followers will ship their tobacco to Lexington, where it is thought the combine can be better fought than in the markets at Cincinnati or Louisville. Last year at the local warehouses on Front street 23,629 hogsheads were of fered, against 65,893 hogsheads in 1903. The aggregate cash amount of sales dur- ing 1904 were 12,415,760.53, compared to 15,435.453-58 during the preceding year, a loss to the city* s trade of more than three million dollars. It will be re- called that the combine purchased heavy supplies direct from the country, and the decrease in the year's business is largely atttributed to that account Whether or not the new ventures at Lexington will continue to take away that much of the city* s business in tobacco remains to be seen. J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No, 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Mvenings Until Nine lv»%%««%« e o'clock. |;| THE AROMA THOUSANDS PRAISE, Havana Box Aroma $12 per Gallon. ITS EQUAL UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE Cindnoati Fruit Refining Company, Cincinnati, 0. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. ♦ * ************** ************** *^ J^ A. Z. SHERK, President, E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. % * The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. ^^'fssf ' Marietta, Pa. '"^ToSr"" MAKERS OF High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars Oor Leaders f JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar SUSQUEHANNA 6c. Cigar I S. & N. 6c. Cigar ^ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar B^'Olstrlbutors Wanted Everywhere. \ B^'Olstrlbutors Wanted Everyw^ ere.4|t » ***************v**:^* :tijf ******:fc**« * * * :n * *Hi * * * * * ♦ * *^* *** « *^**« ; * * * * *^*** * * « C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. f8 THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, PENNA. m n "JUFACTURERS OF Cigars C E. MATTINGLY S CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. m ^ THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton^ Ohio, and FrankliUf Ohio LA. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ I/eaf Xobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH. IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, PENNA. BROAD I.EAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Mstin Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ZIMMER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4^ Write for Samples, t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ I Zimmer Spa^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I 1902—1903 4 Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somcly Finished. X Npne Better. ^Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton, Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District. " IMPHOVEMENT IN BOSTON. Brief ILepor(t|of WhaLt is Doing with the Trade at the Hub. Boston. Mass., Jan. 19. Business in the cigar and tobacco cir- cles for the week past shows signs of im- provement; the retailers are not com- plaining so much as they have been, and the jobbers seem to be satisfied, as many of them have been ordering goods just as if business was at its best. Many manufacturers of cigarettes and tobacco who heretofore packed coupons in their goods, have followed the American Tobacco Co.'s course, and have notified the trade that hereafter they would cease doing so on account of the new State law, which was aimed to do away with the trading stamp business, but is effecting nearly every branch of business, where premiums, etc., are given away to help the sale of goods irrespective of what they may be. Victor Sheppard who is now the gen- ial representative of the Khedivail Co. in this locality, is doing some clever work in advertising and placing the Turkish Delights and one by one the jobbers are taking hold of these goods. On account of the similarity of the pack- age to another brand made by the trust, these goods are being rapidly pushed by live dealers. Ed. Leader, with the Allen Tobacco Co., is about to start on an extended trip, and h e declares that Telonettes are selling better than ever. H. Van Buren, with the American To- bacco Co. , who is working on Cubanola cigars, and Sam Marcuson with the same concern, on Hassan cigarettes, are bdth in Lowell this week. The engagement is announced of Mau- rice Hanauer, who is connected with the firm of Louis Jesesohn, and Miss Fanny Friedlander, daughter of the popular south end jobber, S. Friedlander. Miss Baumgrass, who formerly was saleswoman for the Cafe Noir Cigarette Co., is now traveling representative for the Khedivial Co., of New York. 1 Wm. Norton, formerly with S. Mon- day & Sons, of New York, and Doc. Hammond, are now with the Victor Thorsch Co. , doing missionary work on the Bachelor cigars. Chas. Vetterlein, of Philadelphia, spent a few days here last week looking after the sale of their Saborosa brand which is said to be one of the best 5 cent goods sold in this market. Julius Becker and H. Burger, of the Manhattan Briar Wood Pipe Co., of New York, are still in town going the rounds. Sam. Harris, of the Khedivial Co., is expected to be in Boston in a few days. Sam. is very popular with the trade. Rosenthal Bros, have taken the Boston agency for the William the Fourth clear Havana cigars made by Cans Bros. , of New York. Julius O. Cohen, proprietor o f the Market Man's Cigar Store, has placed a nice order for some Espina cigars with the Straitton & Storm Co. Lee Hammond, of 4317 Boyleston street, has a nice window display [this week of the John Drew cigar. Leroy little cigars on accountj of the new gratis deal are selling better than ever. S. A. Frank, who represents L» Miller & Sons in this section is placing the Grumbler and £1 Cife cigars with good success. A. S. Bearse & Co. , 9 Greene street, are enjoying a good sale on Puritan lit- tle cigars and Kozy cut plug. Visiting salesmen, when calling on D. Benditson, the popular Hanover street jobber, are always given the glad hand by Israel Dane, the buyer, but when i^^ comes to giving orders, Mr. Dane alway^P^ manages to creep out of it somehow. Frank Grim, the principal jobber of union and independent goods in Boston and surroundings, is also the financial secretary of the Cigar Dealers' Associa* tion of America. The Boston local re- ports that at present the Association is in good financial condition and the mem- bership is gaining daily. Gordon Bros, have purchased the candy store located next. door to their store at 999 Washington street and con- template enlarging the same in connec- tion with their cigar business, Ben All REDUCED ACREAGE IN TODD CO.. KY Pl8k.nfers* Associ«Ltion Adopts Resolu- tions io Reduce 7 1-2 Per Cent. At a recent stated meeting the Todd County Tobacco Planters' Association adopted resolutions pledging the mem- bership to a reduction in acreage this year as follows : Five acres in tobacco for every fifty acres of tillable land and 2% acres for every additional fifty acres, making an average of 7^ acres to the hundred. The average planting in this county for the past four years has only been 2 y^ acres per hundred. Steps were also taken looking to the prizing of the present crop. rA.Huml LEAF TOMCCO CO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA « NEW YORK % CfflCAGO .1 ST. LOUIS & C. A. ROST, & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORtD a AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Go. INCORPORATED. ♦ ♦ i Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. \ Geo. M. Wechter, Manufacturer of ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦^ ♦ CIGAR BOXES, X SHIPPING CASES. X ♦ LABELS, ♦ ♦ EDGINGS ♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ RIBBONS, ♦ and 4 4 ♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X CIGAR X ♦ ♦ ♦ Manufacturers' ♦ ♦ ♦ X SUPPLIES. X Established Atrrfcfl Pa Telephone, X \ 1883. ^%I^I UII^ ra* Connection. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ :*eieAR B0XES*! ♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-I South Ninth Street, Akron, Pa. ♦ ♦ F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MARTIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BMTHBSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦♦ -♦♦ J. Fred Holtzint^er. W. H. Seitz. I HOLTZINGER ®. SEITZ, Manafactorers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of Pennsylvai\iaL Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO HEGAL DUK£ GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE to TftM TOBACCO WOELD CIGAH BOX EDGI]iGS Wt have the Urgtii ftssortven' * * dgu Box Bdgiagt in the United States, having over i,ooo designs in stoclc. T. A. MYERS & CO. Printer* and Engravers, - YORK, PENNA. Embossed Flaps* Labels, Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER ^ CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. «>ones{v-;;.^No.^i8o. ^2 S. GcoF^e St., YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN «l SONS, ^%ei\irit Leaf Tobaeco Urge Line of 1900. 190! and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. George St.. YORK, PA. D. A- SCHRIVER ^ CO. Wboleuleand Retail Dcaltts in All CradM of linn 29 East Clark Avenue, KKB 8UMATRA8 a •pcdalty. YORK, PA. imiestlGilniiioitiiilTOBAC fl. KoriLER & eo. fsoMm If Finft Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. Oipncitsr, 75,000 per day. BsUblished iStC BsUbllshed 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher Sc Son Manufacturers of Pine Havana Cigars And Packers of LEAF TOBACCO Wrightsvilie, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, A.r6 tn6 vldAKo Registered Brands: ** Brilliant Star" Clear Hayana, . . IOc. S. B.'' Half Havana, .... 5c. • • • • 9C. I • • • JC. WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff gh Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. ♦ ♦♦♦♦JJ^-f^^ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-f ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ^ Oqf LeaJm: | """Sis""" 1 Cigars-*., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WHOLESALE La Adelphia Cigar Factory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Proprieter, Sellersville, Pa. Manufacturer of LA ADELPHIA, 5-Cent /^ T f^ A T^ Ql LA FLOR DE A. C. F„ lo-Cent L/ ± fjrJ±.J\.VJ Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People, I Cigar Manufacturer, : Brownstown, Pa. J^.* CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦ ♦ J ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ John McLaughlin. JOHN Mclaughlin , \nh Uisi. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Ten Cent Cigar Maiuifaciurer of Fine CigOLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $('.0 per 1000. PATRICK HE:NRY-5c, Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $:;:, per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Wotkmanship. PATRICK HENRY i Five Cent Cigar .3«,i.;)!,:>#.'kJ.*/..j«>««s*!«*«*l«S," SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Chban sto ^^ MANUFACTUBKD ONI,Y BV LEONARD WAGNLR, ..ctory NO. .. 707 OWo St, Allegheny, Pa. The Cigars You Want Union Cigar Factory AA for Samples AKRON, PA. Correspondence Solicit C.A Si Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of f acco A Specialty of Light Coni'^ecticiit Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of I Seedl^ * 1 lifers® Binders WISCONSIN ® OHIO riorida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, PaL. R R R g R R R R R R R Cable Addre»«. "CLARK." M. // Clark &Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, ?A°wcAHyKv.^ '''' Clarksville, Tenn. Business CKaLnges, Fires.Etc. California Los Angeles — D. Brodia, cigars and tobacco, sold out; George W. Walker, wholesale and retail cigars, loss by fire, insured. Connecticut Waterbury— D. G. Davis, cigars and tobacco, petition in bankruptcy. Delaware Wilmington — W. R. Edwards, whole- sale and retail cigars, dead; S. Kasdin, jobber in cigars, petition in bankruptcy. Indiana Albion — Ira Kiblinger, tobacco, deed, $1,200. Fort Wayne— Joseph F. Getz, cigars and tobacco, sold out. Scottsburg — Ambrose Bennett, cigars, succeeded by W. Thompson. Iowa Cedar Rapids— B. F. Games & Co., cigars, sold out. Maine Lewiston— P. Adelson, cigars, etc., succeeded by Adelson & Co. Massachusettft Holyoke— Frank Rainault, cigars. etc., chattel mortgage, $312, discharged. Michigan Grand R^ipids— George A. Rysdale Cigar Co. (not inc.), manufacturers, style changed to C. J. Kern & Co. u\)\j '^Z Missouri ^;* Z^' joplin—J.W. Rosborough, cigars, etc., succeeded by F. D. Price. New York Homer— Charles L. Brown, cigar man- ufacturer, damaged by fire. New York City — Hirtenstein & Alex- ander, cigar manufacturers and retail dealers, dissolved; succeeded by Adolph Hirtenstein. Schenectady— H.C.Benthuysen.cigars, etc. , dead. Syracuse — Meagher & Cody, J. H. Meagher, individually, R. E. deed, $1; H. A. Ostrander, cigars, etc., sold out, Troy— R. T. Black, tobacco and cigars, sheriff in possession. Pennsylvania Pittsburg— Kilgore & Jamison, cigars, etc., closed by sheriflf. Washington £verett Strickland Bros., cigars, etc., bill of sale to P. E. Spencer. Spokane— J. Q. Yocum, cigars, sold out to B. W. Daries. The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, au'l fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEARINGS. It won't leive its position on the floor when a case falls tn it. If you have at old wooden truck, or no:ie at all this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of iujx 184, York, Pa. 0 'ii^ii, yilllliKXiJillll ^^OR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. jj6-'33S North Charlotte St, LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day. # I # uiufacturer of Ciga PATENTS prnmrtlr nUainM OR HO FEE. Tra-M«rk«, ("inputs' ( ..pv-riKlito «nd I-ftli«ls reuiiitered. TWENTY YEARS' PRACTICE. IligMi-st rpfprenoci. SpuiI -\, nkfUh r.r j.lx.tn. for fr.-e report on pnt-ntaViilitv All livisineo* cnfidentiftl. HAND-BOOK FREE. KitTl*i"'<'^*'''.Tt''i"K- Tellj How to (itihiin an^t Sfll I «t<'iits. What IiiYentioni Will I'lv. Mow tn (ipt a Purtiior. explaint b«fi meoluini.ftl !ii.>v(>mMit«, fttirl contains 300 othtr ■ubjHili iif importance to inTentonj. Addrcti, H. B. WILLSON & CO. .KU Jox 2. WillBon BIdg. WASHINGTON. D. 6.^ r THK TOBACCO WORLD JACOB G, SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2H oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leadln({ Chewing and Smoking Brands: CAKCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG vSHIRKS BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Ifamifectttrer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. R 8.— Itn*nnfftctureall gradesof PLUG, SIV10KING and CIGARETTES to suit the odd. Write for samples. — Established 1834 — WM. R COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St and 115 Dock St. PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smolders' Articles SPECIAL SALES OF LEAF TOBACCO Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦•♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4> •♦■ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- -f ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦«♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Il« I insured. Connecticut Waterbury— 1). G. Davis, cigars and tobacco, petition in bankruptcy. Delaware Wilmington — W. R. Edwards, whole- sale and retail cigars, dead; S. Kasdin, jobber in cigars, petition in bankruptcy. Indiana Albion — Ira Kiblinger, tobacco, deed, $ 1 , 200. Fort Wayne— Joseph F. Getz, cigars and tobacco, sold out. Scoltsburg — .Ambrose Bennett, cigars, succeeded by W. Thompson. Iowa j Cedar Rapids — H. F. Games cS: Co., { j cigars, sold out. I Maine l.ewiston — P. Adelson, cigars, etc., -uc reeded by Adelson & Co. IMatsa^busettft Hoiyoke— Frank Kainault, cigars, etc. , chattel mortgage, #312, discharged. Michigan Grand R.ipids— George A. Rysdale Cigar Co. (not inc.), manufacturers, style changed to C. J. Kern & Co. .;>K> ;^_\,^ Missouri . 7^ joplin — J.W. Rosborough, cigars, etc., succeeded by F. U. Price. New York Homer— Charles L. Hrown, cigar man- ufacturer, damaged by tire. New York City — Hirtenstein & Alex- ander, cigar manufacturers and retail dealers, dissolved ; succeeded by Adolph Hirtenstein. Schenectady— H.C.Benthuysen.cigars, etc., dead. Syracuse — Meagher & Cody, J. H. Meagher, individually, R. E. deed, $1; H. A. Ostrander, cigars, etc., sold out. Troy— R. T. Black, tobacco and cigars, sherifif in possession. Pennsylvania Pittsburg— Kilgore & Jamison, cigars, etc., closed by sheriff. Washington Everett Strickland Bros., cigars, etc., bill of sale to P. E. Spencer. Spokane— J. Q. Yocum, cigars, sold out to B. W. Darics. The Easy Truck Made of M4LLKABLE IROiN, Hw] fit'td with STEEL kULLER BEARINGS. It won't le ive it.s position on the floor when a case falls m it. If you have r. \ old woolen truck, or noae at all this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of Box 18 4, Yofk^Pa. FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. JJ6-33S North Charlotte St,^ LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 1890. Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Day. mufacturer of Cig PATENTS promptly nhtnined OB NO FEE. Trade-Marki, Cav(!!it.<. (Oiivrifflitu and Labels renisterea. TWENTY TEAR8' PRACTICE. Hig»ie8t reference*. Send model, gkeUh or {ihoto. for free report on pntontiihilitv. All businew confidential. HAND-BOOK FREE. Explain* everything. Tell* IIow to Obtain and Sell latentn. What Inrentioni Will V:\y. How to Get a Partner, explain! bett mechiinii'al moTementa, and rontaina SOO othw ■ubJHctn of im|M)rtance to inrentora. Addret$t H. B. WILLSON & CO. aKU Box 2. Willgon BIdg. WASHINGTON, D. ft.^ # ^ ( THB TOBACCO WORI^D G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke. KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Snnoklng Brands: CAKCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Murafoctmrer of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. F. 8.— X manufacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples, — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COML V cS: SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- ^ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tit tiX ft ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It. cl. f leiscKKauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ tt ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t^t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X X TELEPHONE 1661 X X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- 4 LITHOGRAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS -¥ 4^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ r •^■Cb^^M ^ 1 1 1 1 .---. _. __ ^^ 1 Darmenter 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. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, RACINE. WIS .USA* WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TO iPRiES Bros. @© NanufeLcturing Chemists 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. The First to Manufacture Sweetener In the United States eLYeesiNE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Also Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, TOBACCO and FRUIT FLAVORS. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ J Combination i iSCRAPt l--Filler--i ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Specially Cleaned and Care^ fully Graded. We make tbeiu for 6, 7>^, g, lo and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. E. RENIN INGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVCr Pft, pj X^^^^X^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r^fllCO Lo Design-Patents, Copyrights, John A. Saul, *^K;S;Sr- ^ ^^ BaUdbifl, WASHINatON. D. €9 CIGAR BOXES PRUnERSOF msBc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES ANO QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOR SAMPLES ANI> RIBBON PRICES CIGAR RIBBONS For Sale by All Dealers 4-% JttlXTTURE-^ fHZ AHIBICIH TOBAOCO CO. HIW TW?. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD 3T PHILAOmL^HIA AND THE MEANS ir There .re more w.js than ONE to do eTerrthlng-bat .Tery way Isn't the BEST way. nr If It 18 any part of your baslnesB to produce GOOD cigars, yon need ftOOD Cigar Tools. , NATIONAI, TOOLS are just a little bit BETTEB-aud a little bit CHEAPEE-tha. YOUR tools. TSTcanse we haTe the patents, the .killed labor, nnnsnal mannfactnrlng and Belling adrantages, and we know onr basiness. ^ NATIONAL CIGAB CUTTEES, gauged correctly, rlTcted handle, self-.harpening knife, tempered tool steel, and pnre brass spring. m NATIONAL CIGAR BOARDS, hard, strong, heaTj and smooth; no knots, streaks or spots; can't warp or split. H NATIONAL CIGAR KNITES and CUBAN BLADES hold their edge and neTer botch the job. U Another thing, w. don't charge seyeral prices for MATIONAL TOOLS, yTo^ and we glte your money back If they don't suit. ^^ ^ iAskfoFonr Special Proposition, meant particnlarlj for YOU. ^<^^y7^ ^ The coupon brings it. National Selling Co. Allentown Pa. Uxt- ^OVI'VA- I EsrABi^iSHED IN i88i I Vol. XXV., No. 5- PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1, 1905. j One Dollar per Annum. \ Single Copies, Five Cents. iPi^pmo^gi^iff^^^^^^ii^^ii rATATAl rATATAl JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of HaLnd-Made STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 2 1 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. 1903 Crop FLORIDA SVMATRA WRAPPERS All Grades and Sizes. Light, Medium and Dark Colors. Excellent Quality. Lowest Prices. Schroeder ^ Ar^uiinbau| No. 178 Water Street NEW YORK r ~ J ROSENWALB L — C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. E.A.G THE TOBACCO WORLD ' s M^NgrociGAi^ 114 N 7**^ St ^^Philadelphia (lord LANCASTER. lOc.) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKr LBY, 5c.) HARTMAN & KOHN, 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. Channing Allen ®, Co. Manufacturers of FINE 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. • ^99 *'The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of I^oedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street. PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON EEKAHLER ^ READING. PA. MANUFACTURtR CHARLOTTE CUSHMANt? PALACE SMOKER Monkey Bran White Chi AND !|?Yh National Bird J Igf King Louis J>^ White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. <& Go. H : IMPORTERa OF^'^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST PniLJiOCl^HIA J •^TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ GOOD siTVATioN IN owENSBORO. HOW FLORIDA TOBACCO HAS BECOME A FACTOR. Movement of Tobacco will be More Satisfactory to Auction Men. Owensboro, Ky., Jan. 28. A well known tobacco man in this city declared that tobacco will come in this year as it ought to, and in a way that will be perfectly satisfactory to auction house people. For some seasons now, condi- tions under which tobacco was marketed, have been not at all good. According to the man who predicts a beneneficial change there always have been consider- able quantities of tobacco sold by contract and considerable quantities at auction. When good tobacco seasons came those who sold their tobacco by contract brought it to town as rapidly as possible. At the same time those who depend on auction sales rushed their crops to the market. The result that the buyers were crowded with the tobacco bought under contract and were too busy to take much interest in the auction sales. Under this state of affairs those who sold at auction did not get as good prices as they would have gotten had buyers been more at leisure. This time, as usual, many farmers have sold their entire crops by the contract system. A great part of this has been delivered and the remainder is being brought in as rapidly as possible. Those who propose to sell their crops at auction and who do not belong to the American Society of Equity are beginning to market their holdings and the rush will be on in a short time. But the buyers are through with the heaviest part of their contract work and will be at leisure to devote their time to auction sales. Better prices will thus be realized on the same grade of tobacco than ever before. BROUGHT TOBACCO IN STORM. Interesting History of the Plant's Struggle for Recognition in the State. Which Began When it was a Territory Inhabited by Hostile Indians. Shade-Grown Has Gained Prestige. [Written for The Tobacco World. ] When Florida was a territory, Gadsden cate an article as wrapper tobacco and county was settled by people from the turn to the culture of cotton which then old Colonial States mostly from North brought fabulous prices. Carolina and Virginia. These sturdy Tobacco culture languished until Carl pioneers planted their homes in the Voghts' Sons, of New York, bought a midstof hostile tribes of Indians, because few crops in 1887 from one or two per- of the rich alluvial hummocks in this sistent growers who had continued in the partof the territory, and on account of its face of all difficulties to market their healthful hills and fertile valleys, watered crops, under conditions more or less ad- by immense bubbling springs |and ever verse. These crops resulted so satisfac- flowing brooks and rivers. torily to Messrs. Voght that they at once Among these settlers was one Smith, invested largely in real estate in C.adsden and to distinguish him from the numerous county. others of the perennial Smith family, he Then Siraiton & Storm, Schroeder & was called Virginia Smith. He conceived Hon, and A. Cohn & Co. also bought the idea of growing tobacco there, which heavily in real estate. These firms grew soon demonstrated the fact that (^.adsden large acreages of Havana seed tobacco and county was naturally adapted to the pro- thereby induced the growing of large duction of a marvelously fine wrapper quantities of the same by the independ- leaf. ent farmers, but this paid only in a noni- Buyers were attracted from all over inal way until in 1896 D. A. Shaw, of the the world for what was then called the Florida Tobacco Co., erected the first spotted Florida wrapper, and notable shade over tobacco in the world which among these buyers were Mr. Bergman has revolutionized wrapper growing, from Connecticut, and Mr. Vetterlein At first the idea was laughed at as from Philadelphia, the latter the father being contrary to nature, but now Florida of our "Prince of Brokers," Herman Vet- shade grown tobacco has passed the ex- terlein, of Philadelphia. So this leaf perimental stage and we see Florida grew to be the standard of merit as the again reaching out for the prestige indi- finest, thinest wrapper known tc the cigar cated by the soil and climate in produc- manufacturers of the world, as any of ing such fine tobacco as the old Florida our good old time manufacturers will spotted wrapper in "Ye good old times testify. of long ago." This condition continued until our war Sumatra seed, grown under shade in between the States, by which the planters Florida 1903 and 1904 has established were so impoverished that they were com- Florida shade grown tobacco as a factor pelled to give up the growing of so deli- in cigar manufacturing without a doubt. ANOTHER INSTALLMENT FROM THE CHICAGO JOUR.NAL. The following is dreamed exclusively for all those careless enough to read it, by the Slush Editor of the Chicago Journal: The Women's Anti- Trust Tobacco club is the latest development in the fight of the independent cigar and to- bacco dealers of Chicago against the to- bacco trust. The club was organized by a dozea South side women whose husbands, brothers, or sweethearts are smokers. Already the movement has spread to a considerable extent. The women will use their influence with the men, asking them to boycott the trust cigar stores and to use only the bet- ter quality of goods made by the inde- pendent manufacturers .ind sold by the independent dealers. The plan of the women originated at a cinch club. While the game was in progress the husband of the hostess came home smoking a cigar. One of the women remarked on the bad odor of the tobacco, and the smoker himself agreed the cigar was a poor one. He said he had paid 10 cents for it in one of the trust stores. The conversation turned on The Journ- al's articles against the tobacco trust Some of the women told instances in which they heard their male relatives express dislike for the cheap class of to- bacco palmed off on the public in the trust's retail stores under the names of popular brands. One of the women suddenly sprang up and cried. "Let's form the first women's anti-trust tobacco club." The proposition was put to vote and carried unanimously. The women believe the movement will prove a prominent factor in the war of extermination on the trust stores in Chi- cago. A large membership m the club is looked for. MOR.E SUN-CURED IN RICHMOND. WILL REMOVE MOULD FROM LEAF. Big Offerings at Richmond Warehouses in Spite of Blizzard. Richmond, Va. , Jan. 27. The great storm did not interfere greatly with the movements of the to- bacco farmers. Offerings at the local tobacco warehouses on Wednesday reached nearly 200,000 pounds according to estimates, and in spite of the bitter cold weather and snow, farmers appeared in large numbers. The wheels covered to hubs with snow and mud, attested the hardships of travel in many cases. Prices received were satisfactory. At Shockkoc warehouse a pile was sold for M. P. Stanley, of Hanover, at $27, the highest price of the day at the time. Will Hazel, proprietor of Shockoc, also reported several sales at prices ranging from I13 to 120.50. Two piles, each weighing more than 500 pounds, were sold there for M. T. Cobb, of Caroline, at I17.50 and |1S. respectively. ^The American Cigar Co.'s sorting sution in Sparta, Wis., has opened for the season' s business, with a crew of 300 persons. Considerable leaf is being re- ceived. New England Inventor Offers Process to Remedy Annoying Fault. A New England man, named Knox, claims to have invented a satisfactory method of removing mould from tobacco, which if it really does make good, will be of decided value to those interested. The inventor claims that his process is the result of forty years laboratory work and that its action will permanently re- move must and mould from the leaf oy the natural law of capillary attraction. It is a compound, which, being applied to the butts of the tobacco leaf, as packed in the cases, will pass up through the stems and veins of the leaf, removing all mould and must, and at the same time improving the burning qualities, without changing its normal color, but giving to the leaf brilliance, liveliness and silki- ness found in the highest grade only. It is a well known fact that crops of tobacco, wherever raised, vary in quality, much being so poor that it is unsalable, and on this account accumulates in various markets. To improve defective stocks of the ordinary tobacco leaf of commerce, by the simple law of capillary attraction, must be distributed throughout the leaves by only applying certain harmless in- gredients, which fill the want to make a perfect leaf tobacco. The mfluence of this preparation is carried throughout the entire leaf, removing all mould and mus and giving desirable capacity for hold ing fire. No odor or taste due to the process can be present, this infusion removing mould and must in all conditions short of rot- ting, as it cannot exist in its presence permanently restoring the tobacco leaf to a healthy condition. The plans hitherto adopted to r«medy this mouldy and musty condition of leaf tobacco have proved to be only tempo- rary, as the agents used are conducive to mould and must, and do not restore the tobacco to a healthy condition. BALTIMORE FIRM BANKRUPT. Charles H. Klemm, Jr., of Baltimore, trading as Charles H. Klemm & Sons, cigar manufacturers, has made applica- tion in the United States Court for the benefit of the bankrupt law. The Ua- bilities are placed at $11,799-78 and assets 13,663. 18, of which $2,005.42 a»e debts due on open accounts and $1,648.41 stock in trade. There are no secured claims. Warehouse Men Vr^e Farmers io Make Larger Planting. L. B. Vaughan & Co., proprietors of the Crenshaw warehouse, of Richmond, Va. , have made a statement declaring that there is every reason why farmers should plant more sun-cured leaf. They say: "The good prices should stimulate larger planting of sun-cured leaf, which is so much needed for the wants of the trade. We beheve the prosperity of this valuable tobacco is hindered by the in- sufficient quantity raised." The proprietors of Crenshaw warehouse have kept tab on local tobacco conditions for thirty years or so and know what they are talking about. They are by no means the only ones who see that the demand for sun-cured tobacco is ever on the in- crease and that the farmers are justified in increasing tkeir acreage of this crop and watching it more closely than ever so as to produce the best possible leaf. Tobacco men agree that there is little danger of growing too much sun-cured. John Duley, president of the Mays- ville, Ky. , Board of Trade, declares that the tobacco fair to be held in that town on Feb. 22 will be the biggest ever held. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MWNETOCIGAR GUMPERT BROS. Manufacturers 114 ^™'^Philade!pfiia Manufacturers, 615 ^larket St., Philada. (NlCPrLBY. 5c.) HARTMAN & KOHN, Channing Alien® Co. Manufacturers of 1 mi 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YOKK. Jobbing and WholesHle Trade solicited. 419 Locust St. Philadelphiao ' Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of J^oedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samplff Rent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO,, 41 N. Ilth Street, PHJLADELPHSA. wfomssniGlO^ Manufacturer (m CHARLOTTE CUSHMANo PALACE SMOKER fc^^ Monkey Brand White Chief National BirdjIJ^ King Louis J> CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. E. A. C^^^^s cS Go H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJKtymL^HIA ^w--* THE T©B/ieeO WORLB GOOD SITUATION IN owENSBORO. HOW FLORIDA TOBACCO HAS BECOME A FACTOR. Movement of Tobacco will be More Satisfactory to Auction Men. Owensboro, Ky., Jan. 28. ^1^ A well known tobacco man in this city ^^ declared that tobacco will come in this year as it ought to, and in a way that will be perfectly satisfactory to auction house people. For some seasons now, condi- tions under which tobacco was marketed, have been not at all good. According to the man who predicts a beneneficial change there always have been consider- able quantities of tobacco sold by contract and considerable quantities at auction. When good tobacco seasons came those who sold their tobacco by contract brought it to town as rapidly as possible. At the same time those who depend on auction sales rushed their crops to the market. The result that the buyers were crowded with the tobacco bought under contract and were too busy to take much interest in the auction sales. Under this state of affairs those who sold at auction did not get as good prices as they would have gotten had buyers been more at leisure. This time, as usual, many farmers have sold their entire crops by the contract system. A great part of this has been delivered and the remainder is being brought in as rapidly as possible. Those who propose to sell their crops at auction and who do not belong to the American Society of Equity are beginning to market their holdings and the rush will be on in a short time. But the buyers are through with the heaviest part of their contract work and will be at leisure to devote their time to auction sales. Better prices will thus be realized on the same grade of tobacco than ever before. BROUGHT TOBACCO IN STOR.M. Interesting History of the Plant's Struggle for Recognition in the State. Which Began When it was a Territory Inhabited by Hostile Indians. Shade-Grown Has Gained Prestige. [Written for The Tobacco World.] When Florida was a territory, Gadsden cate an article as wrapper tobacco and county was settled by people from the turn to the culture of cotton which then old Colonial States mostly from North brought fabulous prices. Carolina and Virginia. These sturdy Tobacco culture languished until Carl pioneers planted their homes i n the Voghts* Sons, of New York, bought a midstof hostile tribes of Indians, because few crops in 1887 from one or two per- of the rich alluvial hummocks in this sistent growers who had continued in the partof the territory, and on account of its face of all difficulties to market their healthful hills and fertile valleys, watered crops, under conditions more or less ad- by immense bubbling springs |and ever verse. These crops resulted so satisfac- flowing brooks and rivers. torily to Messrs. Voght that they at once Among these settlers was one Smith, invested largely in real estate in Gadsden and to distinguish him from the numerous county. others of the perennial Smith family, he Then Straiton & Storm, Schroeder & was called Virginia Smith. He conceived Hon, and A. Cohn & Co. also bought the idea of growing tobacco there, which heavily in real estate. These firms grew soon demonstrated the fact that (iadsden large acreages of Havana seed tobacco and county was naturally adapted to the pro- thereby induced the growing of large duction of a marvelously fine wrapper quantities of the same by the independ- leaf. ent farmers, but this paid only in a nom- Buyers were attracted from all over inal way until in 1896 D. A. Shaw, of the the world for what was then called the Florida Tobacco Co., erected the first spotted Florida wrapper, and notable shade over tobacco in the world which among these buyers were Mr. Bergman has revolutionized wrapper growing, from Connecticut, and Mr. Vetterlein At first the idea was laughed at as from Philadelphia, the latter the father being contrary to nature, but now Florida of our "Prince of Brokers," Herman Vet- shade grown tobacco has passed the ex- terlein, of Philadelphia. So this leaf perimental stage and we see Florida grew to be the standard of merit as the again reaching out for the prestige indi- finest, thinest wrapper known tc the cigar cated by the soil and climate in produc- manufacturers of the world, as any of ing such fine tobacco as the old Florida our good old time manufacturers will spotted wrapper in "Ye good old times testify. oi long ago." This condition continued until our war Sumatra seed, grown under shade in between the States, by which the planters Florida 1903 and 1904 has established were so impoverished that they were com- Florida shade grown tobacco as a factor pelled to give up the growing of so deli- in cigar manufacturing without a doubt. ANOTHER INSTALLMENT FROM TH£ CHICAGO JOUKNAL. The following is dreamed exclusively for all those careless enough to read it, by the Slush Editor of the Chicago Journal; The Women's Anti-Trust Tobacco club is the latest development in the fight of the independent cigar and to- bacco dealers of Chicago against the to- bacco trust The club was organized by a dozen South side women whose husbands, brothers, or sweethearts are smokers. Already the movement has spread to a considerable extent. The women will use their influence with the men, asking them to boycott the trust cigar stores and to use only the bet- ter quality of goods made by the inde- pendent manufacturers and sold by the independent dealers. The plan of the women originated at a cinch club. While the game was in progress the husband of the hostess came home smoking a cigar. One of the women remarked on the bad odor of the tobacco, and the smoker himself agreed the cigar was a poor one. He said he had paid 10 cents for it in one of the trust stores. The conversation turned on The Journ- al's articles against the tobacco trust. Some of the women told instances in which they heard their male relatives express dislike for the cheap class of to- bacco palmed off on the public in the trust" s retail stores under the names of popular brands. One of the women suddenly sprang up and cried: "Let's form the first women's anti-trust tobacco club. ' The proposition was put to vote and carried unanimously. The women believe the movement will prove a prominent factor in the war of extermination on the trust stores in Chi- cago. A large membership m the club is looked for. MOR.E SUN-CURED IN RICHMOND. WILL REMOVE MOULD FROM LEAF. Big Offerings at Richmond Warehouse* in Spite of Blizzard. Richmond, Va., Jan. 27. The great storm did not interfere greatly with the movements of the to bacco farmers. Offerings at the local tobacco warehouses on Wednesday reached nearly 200,000 pounds according to estimates, and in spite of the bitter cold weather and snow, farmers appeared in large numbers. The wheels covered to hubs with snow and mud, attested the hardships of travel in many cases. Prices received were satisfactory. At Shockkoc warehouse a pile was sold for M. P. Stanley, of Hanover, at $27, the highest price of the day at the time. Will Hazel, proprietor of Shockoe, also reported several sales at prices ranging from t\^ to 120.50. Two piles, each weighing more than 500 pounds, were sold there for M. T. Cobb, of Caroline, at 1 1 7. 50 and ^15. respectively. The American Cigar Co.'s sorting sution in Sparta, Wis., has opened for the season' s business, with a crew of 300 persons. Considerable leaf is being re- ceived. New En/{la.nd Inventor Offers Process to ILemedy Annoying Fault. A New England man, named Knox, claims to have invented a satisfactory method of removing mould from tobacco, which if it really does make good, will be of decided value to those interested. The inventor claims that his process is the result of forty years laboratory work and that its action will permanently re- move must and mould from the leaf oy the natural law of capillary attraction. It is a compound, which, being applied to the butts of the tobacco leaf, as packed in the cases, will pass up through the stems and veins of the leaf, removing all mould and must, and at the same time improving the burning qualities, without changing its normal color, but giving to the leaf brilliance, liveliness and silki- ness found in the highest grade only. It is a well known fact that crops of tobacco, wherever raised, vary in quality, much being so poor that it is unsalable, and on this account accumulates in various markets. To improve defective stocks of the ordinary tobacco leaf of commerce, by the simple law of capillary attraction, must be distributed throughout the leaves by only applying certain harmless in- gredients, which fill the want to make a perfect leaf tobacco. The mtluence of this preparation is carried throughout the entire leaf, removing all mould and mus and giving desirable capacity for hold ing fire. No odor or taste due to the process can be present, this infusion removing mould and must in all conditions short of rot- ting, as it cannot exist in its presence permanently restoring the tobacco leaf to a healthy condition. The plans hitherto adopted to r«medy this mouldy and musty condition of leaf tobacco have proved to be only tempo- rary, as the agents used are conducive to mould and must, and do not restore the tobacco to a healthy condition. BALTIMORE FIRM BANKRUPT. Charles H. Klemm. Jr., of Baltimore, trading as Charles H. Klemm & Sons, cigar manufacturers, has made applica- tion in the United States Court for the benefit of the bankrupt law. The lia- bilities are placed at $11,799-78 and assets $3.663. 18. of which 12,005.42 a»c debts due on open accounts and $1,648.41 stock in trade. There are no secured claims. Warehouse Men Vr^e Farmers to Make Larger Planting. L. B. Vaughan & Co., proprietors of the Crenshaw warehouse, of Richmond, Va. , have made a statement declaring that there is every reason why farmers should plant more sun-cured leaf. They say: "The good prices should stimulate larger planting of sun-cured leaf, which is so much needed for the wants of the trade. We beheve the prosperity of this valuable tobacco is hindered by the in- sufficient quantity raised." The proprietors of Crenshaw warehouse have kept tab on local tobacco conditions for thirty years or so and know what they are talking about. They are by no means the only ones who see that the demand for sun-cured tobacco is ever on the in- crease and that the farmers are justified in increasing tkeir acreage of this crop and watching it more closely than ever so as to produce the best possible leaf. Tobacco men agree that there is little danger of growing too much sun-cured. — John Duley, president of the Mays- ville, Ky. , Board of Trade, declares that the tobacco fair to be held in that town on Feb. 22 will be the biggest ever held. [*'* ' » INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE J.Vetterlein & Co. 123 N. THIRD ST PHILADBLfHIA Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. fOUNDBD 1855. T. Doham »D 8lT» < d^ DOHAN & TAITT, D j^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^*^^^^ IO7 Arch St. Leaf Tobaccos ^S^^ ) philada. SOAr r--^**'"* ^%5 BREMER'S _ \^0^ IMPORTERS OP ^^^ty^ I Bl Havana and Sumatra ■■d PACKERS of s> Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia HARRY HIRSCHBERG /ULIUS HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg ^ Bro. Lmporiers of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf 232 North Third St., Phlla. IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABii SIDNEY LABB BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in LEAF TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Tobacco L. BAMBERGER & CO. ;-^E-BO LEAF THB A OCO HAVANA and SUMATRA X V/JLFXa.Vy V/V/ 111 Arch St., Philadelphia • Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; BaldwlniTillclf.Y. IiEOPOliD LiOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana AND Packers ot Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. P^/UAOEUVOAjik. The Empire '""^rtm'!"?'"^'" L^_^ SEED LEAF, eaf Tobacco havana SUMATRA II8N.3(lSt.Phila. Co., Ltd. 123 N. THIRD ST Philadelphia ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« I The Old Salesman's Musings. ♦ ♦ HOW AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE also reminded me that they had in no STARTED ON THE ROAD. manner agreed to pay me unless I earned I met an old time friend of mine the something; that most of the sales were other day and we had a great chat on the worthless, and that I would get my com- ! dead past. And the dead past, by the mission when the buyers paid for the way, is never so dead that its contempla- goods they bought, tion does not beat out the actual present. "1 got back home and broke the news "I tell you, we had a lot of fun in as soon as 1 could and dug out my con- F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/I©eO IMPORTERS of r] Young & WeWinan,Siimatra&Havana(Jsr&sr 2J^ 14. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA- Paekera of Seed Leuf. those diys," is a common enough,ex- pression, and when we get down to |it, I tract and went over it carefully with my father. We soon discovered that there believe that ninety five per cent of what- was no way of holding the company for ever might be called pleasure in this life what 1 had spent. This so disgusted me is gotten from our reminiscent and an- ticipatory moods. What wcj actuiUy have, isn* t valued. For instance, 1 have a very vivid memory that when I was a kid sporting around among the dames, somehow the girl the other fellow had, dways seemed more desirable than the one 1 was with. with traveling that I went back to fizzing scda and selling pills, and stayed there until 1 had a bon.i fide offer from a square house, and that was the beginning ot my real life on the road. "I have found that to sell anything, a man must learn to size up his prospective customers. Without being a sucker, he must like what they like; talk about things that interest ihem; be triendly to MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. If I'd been with the second girl and seen everybody, and never try to get ihe best •..u ^-.u^^.. »io« u ..r/M.M Hav*» of a man, for if you do, he will find it mine with somebody else, it wouia have • . / , ,., . . ' out, and it wont be long until everybody been the same way. ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ j^^ But the only thing this has to do with «<0nce 1 sold a lot of 20,000 Havana the present subject is its relation to the fillers with rather a cheap wrapper. 1 happy chat we had in a little German was instructed to sell them around $22 r ; ,, 1 A ^,,«,r««r. per thousand, and when I found a man rathskellar over our, I daresay, common- H^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ j ^^.^ ^.^ ^^^ place lives. We hadn't a stenographer ^^^ ^^^j g^j j^ Qne of the other sales- with us, and I'd need the whole paper, men also had a few thousand to sell at anyhow to reproduce all that was said, $22, and he let them go at that The but my friend made some remarks which two buyers happened to be cousins, and ' . when one visited the other, the stock I believe will be interesting to every ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ,^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^-^^ reader of this column. He told me, ^^s said: 'Well, old man, I sec you first, how he came to go on the road, have some of Jimmie's specials I got ••and I can just state,' he declared, 20, 000, and he let me have them for $35 ' _^ „^^^ •• 'Thirty-five dollars!' exclaimed the -that my first experience came near ^^^^.^ J^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^ being my last house for |22.' » "I was only twenty years old, and "You can imagine the fireworks. The thought 1 would make just about the house offered and did make up the dif- j .Ko» «.,»r i*.ft a Qamnle ference. and I lied like the devil to cutest drummer that ever lett a sample • ,/•..» «- «.. a. a i \^.t , square m) self, but I never did I lost case while he went around the corner. ^.^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ j^ ^^^^^ ^^ forever from I was clerking in a drug store, and in working a double deal. Sell your goods spite of the fact that we handled the at the list price, and you wont have some «oods of only one house. I was firmly kicker on your neck for soaking him for . . u . T J J •. 1 .„> ., oK«..» a quarter more on the million, confident that what I d.dn t know about ^.^^^^j,^^ ^^j^g j ^^^^^^ ^^^^ -^ ^ all the different brands w.isn t worth ^^^^^ ^^ j^^ ^^j^jj ^^ ^y^^ customers of my remembering. customers. It never hurt me to stop and •«I saw a want ad. which conveyed the chin awhile with them, and 1 always generous informatian that al salesman managed to say a good word for the man »^ . ^Y^^ ^^g retailing to them. Every httle could earn big money selling cigars, kindness was likely to win a friend. The •liberal expense money allowed.' This ^g^y fellow I might be talking to seemed as if they had heard of me, so I would sometime, perhaps, own a store, sent in a bond, signed by my father and and would look me up sure thing." . , • A 1. «,-«,:. t«ri The Oi.D Salesman. another business man, and also remitted _ , _ %*^^^^^(%( $25 for the 'salesman s outfit. I was pHiLA. TRAVELERS* PROTECTIVE AS- permitted to pick my own route, and the SOCIATION IN NEW QUARTERS. first place 1 hit was fifty miles from ^^ ^ regular meeting of Post A, Trav- home. elers* Protective Association, held Satur- "I sold about $5 worth of cigars and day evening, January 21, it was decided sent in the order. I went on to another to move from the present quarters, at ,, .. r • .j^> I 1214 Arch street, to more commodious town and sold a pretty fair order. ^^J ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ went on again and in the next town I s^iturday, January 28, the association made a water haul. By this time I had has invited all friends to pay a visit to spent about $20. and my sales had not that address. footed up much more than that At the Owing to the constant increase of ^ membership, it was found necessary to end of the week I sent in my expense ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ amusement account which was $42. 5o« ^"^ ^ item- f^j. ^^e many that use the rooms. In ized my sales, showing that 1 had some line with this, there is being installed a cash coming besides the expenses. pool table, which will be a boon to many ,,T ,, T .. 1 **» (^^^ fi,«r« fKnt of the members. There will also be a ••Well. I eot a letter from them that i- j .u a *»cii, A 6" reading room, supplied with papers and was a pippin. They told me they wouldn t magazines, board room, ladies' room pay my railroad fare nor my hotel ex- and meeting rooms. penses- that I might stay in my own Through the energy of the ways and city and sell the cigars, if I wanted to. means committee there will be a play ' ° r , 11 I J given some time m March, and judging but until the profits for the firm would ^^^^ ^^^ .^^^^^^^ ^j^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ far exceed my expense account, they ^f j^e members, it will no doubt be an would not consider anything else. They assured success. Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia JOSEPH HOLURD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CI OARS. ^ CLEAR '^ HAVANA ^ fVEYWE&T CIGARS DUNCAN «l MOORHEAD. inc . Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. J. JttRHliOIl BARNES CO. MAICBRS OP Only High Grade Cigars TH£) CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parlies. Factory^ Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH C. KOLB, Manufacturer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, the Leading 5c. Ci^ar, Southeast Corner Second and Market Streets, Camden, N. J. THB TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD t-^TtEALM oPT/iB l^BTAILBRS PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK RE- TAIL MARKETS VERY DIFFERENT. 'HERE is a curious difference between the retail cigar market of Philadel- TACT AND DIPLOMACY INCILEASE five cents worth of cigarettes, thirty- five WOMEN BUY TOBACCO TO GET COV- SALES 300 PER CENT. centsof which he was counting on having PONS. TXTHAT a difference in a man's sales with him when he left the shop. A CCORDING to the following from ^^ a little diplomacy and tact make. So it went on, until the three men- a New York paper, the coupon The writer stood in a store for a half hour tioned in the first paragraph had been system is responsible for quite a num- phia and that of New York. Of course, the other day and saw at least three dol- made up. Then the writer went out, but ber of women customers who want the it is common knowledge that the five lars worth of sales that wouldn't have it is to be presumed that the dealer coupons as badly as they do trading cent cigar is a Philadelphia institution, been made if the salesman had not been continued to reap the value of his wise stamps, the two now being interchange- but the queer part of it is that the average on to his job. methods. No matter whether the first able at a number of places. The Philadelphia smoker is more critical and The $3 was all in small sales, one or customer ever came back to the store article says that a young lawyer in a and particular about his nickel cigar twocigarsatatime.anditwasafairexhi. again, the dealer was ahead the few down town office building, who has than the New Yorker is when he throws bition of the value of the clerk's methods, extra sales he made on him, and the more time to look out of the window than a dime down on the counter. For an instance, one man came in, a same way with the man who bought the he wishes he had, noticed that several A large number of the cigars sold in stranger i n the neighborhood, simply cigarettes. women were among the customers that New York for ten cents are practically stopping in the first cigar store he came If either of these customers were in a patronized a cigar store across the street, the same smoke that sells here for five. to after he felt a desire to have a cigar. position to come back, because they were Next time he went in for a cigar he spoke Some of them bear the same brand and ••Give me a good medium cigar about pleased with the way they had been to the manager about it. are put up in the same package. although two for a quarter or three for a quarter," treated, the dealer had gained a regular "Those women all come in to buy," this is not the case where the brand is said he. customer. A few. a very few only, of said the manager. "Some of them pur- universally known, which is true in only The man behind the counter in a very these every day would suffice to give him chase cigarettes, but whether they smoke a few instances. few seconds had four or five different an ever growing business which would them themselves or not I do not know. A well known Philadelphia dealer was boxes open in front of the customer, and be particularly valuable owing to tljc fact You see, we are in the line of a good over in New York a few days ago and bad something direct and specific to say that he could take it with him wherever many women on their way to and from stopped in a store on Broadway. "- about each brand in a way which at once ' He cave you the impression that he knew what he was talking about. The customer fingered the boxes and casually mentioned a certain brand, ten cent straight, that he had once tried. In a second it was down, and the dealer showing its good points, regardless of the fact that the customer had apparently almost decided to take some at two for a quarter. He selected a couple from the ten cent box and tendered a dollar. These will do, " he said. The dealer punched the cash register and then reached for another package. ••Here's a very pretty size i n that brand," ;he said. ••They sell two for a quarter and they' re made with unusual care. They' re one of the most satisfac- tory sellers I've got" The customer looked them over and selected a couple. As they were pnt into a THIS CARD IS SELF-EXPLANATORY. Wr^-CATLIK ^^EULs MY Cigars iBli!22£H Co. '^ Hl^'eKf 'mi^j^i called for a certain cigar which he, him- self, had usually sold for ten cents straight, but which he had temporarily been able to sell in small lots at about nine cents. He laid down a dime to pay for it ••Fifteen cents," said the dealer. ••Why, that's a ten cent cigar," pro- tested the Philadelphia man. ••No, sir; we always get fifteen cents for it," was the answer. This impelled the Quaker City dealer to look through the show case, and he found that in a large number of cases additional tariff was imposed. This, too, in the rank and file of the stores, the cigar stands in the Tenderloin in most cases getting even more money. ••That's the main reason why th« United Cigar Stores Co. 's places in New York have done so well," said the Phila- announcing a brand, and he examin cf that brand in a near-by box. u \KTILUAM CATLIN, of New York, who until a few weeks ago conducted the ^^^^^.^ ^^^^.j^^ „^^^^ ^^^^^^ generally . u K^ *^°'« »^ '^ N*^"'^ ^'^^'^ '*'"*' Pl'ilad^^P^i^ ""^«'' *^« "^"'^ °^**^* ^*"°' stick to one price, and a five cent cigar bag with some matches, he .^ ^.^^ g^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ .^ „^^ ^„ ^1,, ,„,d for the Victor Thorsch Co.. .^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ Of course, a was attracted by a card over the counter ^^ ^ii^„,„^„^ ^^tes that he has just returned to New York from Providence, dealer is supposed to sell according to «. « special pnce on a certain .i^^j^g „p ^ ^^ry satisfactory trip. Mr. Catlin will shortly leave for Maine, making ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^ork people xamined one of the cigars ^ ^^^^ .^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ will continue his energetic work on .'Buster Brown." p^^bably consider Philadelphia as a cut Mr. Catlin is using a novel card to introduce his goods (he seldom needs introduc The dealer at once explained why he ^j^j^ himself), a reproduction of which is made above, was able to sell the cigars at that price. and told the truth about it It struck , ., ,. ,^ ^r t. «• r • t> u»«» ♦!,-« /.»,,««»••• U,e customer that he was at least sure of »«« went and likewise count on building the North River f«nes Perhaps they chang.. up a new one wherever he went by bu, the cigarettes for friends. But we „,u^,op,^,gj^ ^„j SMOKES A HPE. (( T HAVE a customer who buys noth- ing but fine cigars, usually three for a half, but I have never seen him price market At the same time, the Phila delphian is apt to get a few sur- prises when he is getting rid of his small getting his money's worth, and he selected "P a new one wncrcvcr uc wc«v uy .„j, ».. ..s--— — ■;•-— ^"J ^« • r r .u u- u exercise of the same methods. have women who come in here regularly three or four of the cigars which were exercise oi mc same iiiciuu«a. The dealer did nothing remarkable in for cigars and tobacco. The coupon any way, or nothing that any man of business is responsible for that Men ordinary intelligence could not have let their wives buy they igars and to- ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ His conversation was not highly bacco so as to give them the beneht ol , j , u u- r ■ t L KiT^.^ »ko» /^n• i^oif tViA Milwaukee, dealer who runs a big store, nor crowded full of jokes or the coupons. More than one-half the ' , ^ -1 ■ ^ f^, ^ ofo*-^ Ti..TYiK*r r.f "But, he continued, ••he is always ing when he entered the store. A young striking in any way. At the same time articles we give for a stated number of ^^^^.^^ ^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^J^ he was Johnny-on- the spot, which a coupons are for women s use. Uptown ^^^^ ^j^^^ j ^^^j^j ^^^ ^j^^^ j^^ ^^^^ ^^j^^^ whole lot of those back of the counter or downtown, it is no strange thing now- ^vith the fine cigars. He cuts them up are not There are thousands of clerks adays to see women going into cigar and smokes them in the pipe, and he in the business who would never sell a stores where coupons are given away." remarked that this method supplied him single cent's worth that wasn't asked for • • • with the best smoke he could get - - ' ' "Many a smoker buys what his pocket cheaper in price, and then decided that be would take enough to make up the dollar's worth. There was eighty cents which the man had not the slightest intention of spend- done. brilliant fellow came in a little later and bought a ten cent box of cigarettes. A remark or two about cigarettes led to the mention of a new brand that is being widely adver- tised, the dealer exhibited a package. the whole year round. In fact they the young man became interested, other don't see why they should. They wait A NUMBER of tobacco dealers state book will stand. This man is president brands were exhibited and dilated upon, on a man and give him what he wants, " that the cigarette habit among boys of the largest foundry concern in Mil- !nd !s there's notle so attractive to a and that's all they are hired and paid j, ,„ .^e wane, and say there has been a waukee, and is worth half a million or and as there is nothing so attract ve to a p„haps that's all some of them . ^ • , ' , ^f ciearettes ""2'^' ^^^J"^ '"'°^*' * P'P^ continually, cigarette smoker as a new, rich looking ^^^ -^ ^^^ ^^^ jf j^ey'd get a little ^ig falling off in the sale ot cigarettes , have other customers who also smoke box, the young fellow was greatly inter, busy with their think tank, there might d""ng the last six months, due to a fad pipes, but who do so from necessity, ested and presently departed with forty- soon be more doing in the pay envelope, the boys now have of smoking pipes. rather than from liking." TO GET ALL YOUR PROFITS USE A NATIONAL Neither of these old systems gives an absolute check on your cash. A NATIONAL DOES. A National automatically records every sale and every penny received or paid out. All receipts must be on hand or accounted for. The little leaks that a National stops pay for the register. National Cask Register Company Dayton, Ohio In -n'riting fUase mention tin's f-aper STERNBERG :MANUFACTUR.ING CO. SETTLED. United Ci^arlStates Co. May Open More Stores in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 28. The Sternberg Manufacturing Com- pany, which recently moved here from Davenport la., is now located in its fine new building. E. A. Sternberg, secretary of the company, showed The Tobacco World correspondent over the large fac- tory and said that while the floor space occupied just now was not more than double that of the Iowa plant there were facilities for turning out triple the amount of work in the same amount of space. The company has been flooded with orders since starting, as the removal of the machinery, etc., and the engaging of expert workmen, put them far behind. Mr. Sternberg said that they were so busy just now that they were actually not soliciting any new business, and were not even sending out the new catalogues, which have just been printed. It is the intention of the company as soon as they have caught up with their orders, to start the manufacture of heavier machines. The rumor is again current that the United Cigar Stores Co., is negotiating for sites for at least two more stores. It is known that options are held on store rooms on the south side and on the west side, three blocks from the main business street. Very little has been said of late, however, as local dealers are ap- parently not anxious to join in the fight of the Chicago and San Francisco dealers against the chain stores. Anderson. STILL GUNNING AFTER. PLEDGES. Burley Growers* Association Needs lO,* 000.000 Pounds More From Farmers. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 27, 1905. As the result of a meeting in Cincinnati of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Associa- tion, buyers have been sent out under whip and spur to solicit contracts for 10, • 000, 000 pounds of tobacco still demanded by the New York capitalists who are ex pected to buy. This quantity will be sufficient to give them control of the the crop. The company is confident of contract- ing for all the tobacco needed in a few days. June W. Gayle said there was i,- 000,000 pounds in Henry county unsold, which he believed he could get. Mr. Brown, of Owen, said there is yet 1,000, 000 undisposed of in his county awaiting the company's final announcement. Like expressions were heard from other dele gates. It is a matter of great interest to the growers and tobacco dealers and manu- facturers generally to know who are the New York capitalists ready to advance $8,000,000 or more necessary to pay for the product. Members of the Broad of Directors stated that the financial stand- ing of the New York people operating with them, is perfectly satisfactory. Mr. Mc Ivor, representative of the New York capitalists said : 'The syndicate back of me. which includes three trust companies, insurance companies, and directors of national banks, are simply using me as a blanket, as they don't want their names passed about. What the different financial institutions have sub- scribed, or are ready to put into this enterprise would amount to a mere baga- telle to each one, such is their strength. BUHRMAN. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ BLACK THREADS Long Cut The Fin«st Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3)^ oz. packages Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write ui for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO. 2. ♦ ♦ A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«Lyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tobci^cco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur^e Field Sprayer which cover* four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Ni jon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. /\^ QaLVES (^ Oo. H IMPORTERS O^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST "hh.adel.rhia Leslie Pantin;^l^j;^.!^tt^;t°.'.'Habana; Cuba Royal Cigar Factory i^ENS & ec Manafactorers of the Celebrated Brands, INDEPENDENT SOL and LUIS MARX ^AaJinf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. ^/s ivi ^^* SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) ©rowers, Packers ^ggj TobaCCO The Oldest Brand MRTAGAS YC a 4^BAl^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: ClFER. Habana, Cuba* and Dealers in Figaros 39-41, Havana, Cuba. Cable Address: ••Cuctara." SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. CaMe: ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en Rama BSPBCIALIDAD MN TAB ACQS FINOS \ de VUMITA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Xabaco en R Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. imacenistas de Tabaco en Rama S|MdwJ«y in Vueltai Abaio, Semi Vuelta. j Partido. Industria. 176, HABANA, CUBA. J 0 AQ U I N H E D ES A, MARTINEZ.'hEDESA « CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar Street, GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, (P. O. Box) Ap»rt«do 270. XJ o V\£m 21 Cable: Zalkzoon. iXa,Ua.lXCl« AIXALA ®. CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and Corra.les 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. Cable: "Ikdesa " c. * ir w"^?^!!!^' CUBA.L ^pj-^j^^ ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYCRS^ai Branch House: — 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Fla. ■ •^ - & Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CASTAriEDfl GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana Lieaf Tobacco Dragon es 108— no, HA VA NA AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123, Habana p. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." Jtt. GflRCIfl PULilDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER IN VueltdL AbdLjo, P^Lftido dLi\d Kemedios ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. Cable:- Pulido. OM«: A. M. CALZADA Sc CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobaccbl aod COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte X56, c»bie-"CAij>A." HABANA, CUBA. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Eatabliahed 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory r jc^.^K^ ^\ PorLarraiiaga ^/teAftpi^ Cigar Manufactory ^^V ^'^^A»V^^^ ^ WW^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ■^ ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Maivager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Reeistered Cable Address: Por Laranaga, Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander IL, Flor de Rivero, Ready and Rou^K, Sir Walter Ralei^K LaL Colunvnia de la^ Victories., Lbl Irma., and Lk Guipuzcoana. conneclion with the National Cuba Co. they do an ever increasing trade in the United States. Don Jesus Vales, of La Eminencia cigarette fame, received some orders Aixala & Co. were sellers to the extent of 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Reme- dios. Charles Jacobs secured his share by bu)ing 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo for his from the United States, notwithstanding Las Palmas factory, the prohibitive duty on cigarettes. One Bruno Diaz & Co. made several trans- thousand cigarettes cost here a trifle less actions amounting to 450 bales of Vuelta than $2 while the duty is more than $11, Abajo and Partido leaf, a barbarous protection which benefits H. Spingarn was a heavy buyer of only the trust in the United States, as Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. the latter has almost a monoply in this Antonio Suarez turned over 450 bales article. of Vuelta Abajo. Buying. Selling «Lnd Other Notes of In- terest. J. Bernheim & Son sold 1,000 bales of Remedios second capaduras. Manuel Suarez & Co. is the style of the new firm that succeeded Mendelsohn. Bomemann & Co. , as per circular issued on the 1 7th inst. The change was only Lep Cohn was a heavy buyer in our made,asDon Jose Mendelsohn explained market, securing about 4,000 bales of to your correspondent, in order to please Remedios and Vuelta Abajo leaf, and he the many friends they have in this island, only bought the finest vegas and esco- as for the Spanish and Cuban population jidas. the name of Mendelsohn, Bomemann & Manuel Mendez Parra turned over an- Co. is too long to be easily remembered, other 1,000 bales of his Remedios pack- There is no change in the partnership or ing. its relations to each other. They are Otto and Gus Eisenlohr purchased very busy in buying for their customers 3,000 bales for their Cinco cigars during q^ the spot, and are also executing orders the past two weeks. by mail and cable for their United Sutes Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez shipped 1,839 customers, bales of Vara tobacco in the Spanish q. Salomon y Hns. sold 414 bales of steamer Alfonso XIII., consigned to the Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Spanish Regie at Santander, and they Sobrinos de V. Diaz disposed of 250 also disposed of 700 bales of Vuelta bales of Vuelta Abajo. J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— CHfcPUSCL'LO The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. gj Broad Street, New York, Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguei B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers ativd Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and PsLftido TobsLCCo PRADO 125, Cable:— Zaidco HABANA, CUBA. SRAU, PL/INAS Y ©I/I. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, -- . ^ . Habana, Cuba Cable : Graplanas. CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 2g, cbie- "BiMeo." Habana, Cuba. Abajo and Remedios to northern buyers and local manufacturers. Matt Berriman bought some 400 bales more of Vuelta Abajo, thus making his total purchases 1,000 bales. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. closed out 900 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios last week. A. Pazos & Co. were busy in turning over 234 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Par- tido to various customers. Rabell, Costa & Co. made several transactions amounting to 215 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Suarez y Hns. closed out 150 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. A. Blumenstiel was a buyer of over Jose Menendez sold 100 bales of Vuelta 1,000 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Reme- Abajo. dius. Manuel Garcia Pulido turned over 100 Grau, Planas & Co. turned over 700 bales of Vuelta Abajo to a northern bales of Remedios from their stocks. buyer. Alfred Ettlinger also secured 1,000 Garcia & Co. have done a big business, bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios for but Don Manuel refuses to give particu- his firm of H. Hoffman & Sons, and has i^rs. now, with his son Victor, gone to the Among the commission merchants Vuelta Abajo to get an idea of the new ^^o have done a good business were: '''^U>eb-Nunez Havana Co. sold 600 Charles Blasco, 2, 000 bales ;H.Upmann bales of Remedios and Semi Vuelta to & Co., 1,500; Leslie Plantin, 2,000; their customers. B"^^^*' M^^fros & Co.. i.ooo; Silveira Simon Batt purchased three vegas of & Co., i.ooo; Mark A. Pollack, 500. Vuelta Abajo fillers from the lowland section of and near San Luis, which will sum up a trifle over 500 bales. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. disposed of 600 bales ol Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Sol Hamburger is still here, and while his partners are closing out in New York his purchases, he keeps on laying in stock. His total purchases now amount to 1,800 bales. He knows he has to make hay while the sun is shining. GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tcbenitex.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. GAF^ei/i Y e/1. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Wenlstas He Tataco eq nama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ •'•EtoTters^'of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses:— 616 W. Baltimore Street. BaHimore. Nd.; P. O. Box 433. T«invp%., Fliu Receipts From the Coantrr Week Ending Since Jan. 21. Jan. I. Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 457 2,810 Semi Vuelta 8o 593 Partido 392 582 Matanzas 3 3 S. Clara & Remedios 1,616 2.426 Santiago de Ci Liba 205 Total 2,448 6,610 EDEN CIOAR FACTORY -aStei. irvv-:.--. BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. <;VBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to ordtrt* Cigtri Made strictly of tke very Usl VUELTA ABAJO TOBACCO 13 THB TOBACCO WORLD tLD 8c B -• Kl Water S-h ^ IMPORTERS AND PACKERSiS LPiAF TOBACCO OFP tecs : DETROIT, MICIi .iaSTCROAM.HOLLAMt. lAVANA.CUBA New Yowi€> (UlfCNOCNKR. CABIl ADDRESS TACN UCLA* uYBW YOR^. |08. S. CANS MoSISJ. CANS JKROMK WAiatR HUWIN 1 . AI.KXANDHR JOSEPH S. GANS >t« AddM» Sumatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son %. L iMinfif AL m Office, 183 Water St tmaaxim.mmL NEW YORK ♦^^4 ^^♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'*** New York, January 30, 1905. THE WEEK'S MOVEMENT IN LEAF. Dave Nusshaum, o f Nussbaum & The severe storm this week forced busi- Bower, left for the West to interest his ness almost to a standstill as no shipping many customers in leaf and incidentally could be handled. All types of bced are in fish stories fronr Greenwood lake, selling freely as the manufacturers are A. Cohn, Sr., of A. Cohn & Co., sails shortofstock. p.icesarehigh fordesira on Saturday for Europe and later will ble goods, Zimmer 1903 is changing arrive in Amsterdam for the inscription, hands at standard price iSc, Pennsyl- Lep. Cohn arrive from Havana where vania broad leaf is being picked up he purchased over 3.000 bales for A. close and Gebhardis are coming to the Cohn & Co. ^ front. The entire interest just ai present seems to centre on Havana. Firms that never handled Havana before have been large purchasers in Cuba, and prices are soar- ing to a high point # ON POINTS FOR. MANUFACTURERS FLORIDA WRAPPER It occurs to the writer that at this time an article on the knowledge necessary to bring out the true commercial value of Sumatra is selling in good quantities Florida wrapper may be of interest to every dav. There have been 300 bales our many manufacturing friends. There reported this week. It is expecttd that from now on until the new crop at rives. the Sumatra business will slacken up. • • • A LIGHT ON THE NEW CREDIT SYSTEM. There is a certain j bbing house in is no class harder to convince, once he has formed a prejudice in his mind, than the tobacco man. This prejudice which exists against Florida wrapper aro:e some twelve years ago, when growers, not understanding the curing of same, induced the manu- this city which makes a particular busi- facturers to try the tobacco. Of course ness of selling tobacco in small townships the leaf, not being properly sweated and miles away Irom the railroads. During raised on uncultivated soil, flaked and the period of financial trouble last year most of all burned badly. The manu> this firm did a credit business with a facturer at once condemned same, and customer in one of these towns who at that moment formed a prejudice bought bills to the amount of about that has taken the past twelve years to 1 1, 000. eradicate. On account of poor summer business Does it ever occur to our manufacturer the customer found he could not meet that his lack of knowledge of treating his notes, so he packed his carpet bag this kind of wrapper might have been the and came on to New York to explain the cause of his prejudice ? situation and make his peace with the It not only takes knowledge on the jobber. When the errand was explained, part of the grower, but also on the part the jobber quite used to the situation of the manufacturer to obtain the best said he was very sorry to hear of the results of Floiida wrapper. The writer embarrassment and inquired about how has followed the improvements made in much the man could pay in settlement. Florida tobacco from year to year, and The customer said: can safely say the prejudice is fast being "Why — er — what are they paying overcome and the tobacco improving be- now?" cause of our growers understanding the • • • culture more fully, and the manufacturer JOTTINGS realizing that he has to know more about the intricacies of raw material to make a Roy Barrett is on the road again with success than he did years ago. the Ruy Lopez cigars. Very often I have seen a bale of fine Maurice Newberger, of Bremen, was Florida wrapper left to the tender mercies presented with a little heiress this week: o^ * I5 per week caser in a factory, who •■heiress- ' is used not alone from a finan- "^^.^ f "V^ as though it were Pennsyl- .,.,.,, , vania heads. Of course you cannot ex- cial pomt of view, but because the young p^^t a "Yale graduate" for $5 per week, lady will doubless inherit the ever flow- ' ing geniality of her father. Geo. F. Bryan, cf Winnipeg, Mani- toba, was a visitor to this market. He certainly felt at home during our storm. but the manufacturer if he knows to- bacco should educate the caser so he will earn his salary, and not cost the manu- facturer more than he pays him. The Florida wrapper situation leminds me of the Sumatra tobacco when it was Jim Burns, foimerly of the Havana first imported into this country. No Commercial Co. , is visiting his friends manufacturer wanted to use it, ard pre- otiformer days on Water street. ferred to stay in the rut, using Pennsyl- John Schlange, of St. Louis, is a buyer, ^^^^^ wrappers. Consequently, Sumatra •',,., ^ had as rough a time as Florida ever had. reported this week. ^, ^ "L. , , , , r/- i- TT The manufacturer who lets well enough The bonded warehouse, of C. C. Ham- ^bne is bound to go back. He should ilton & Co., had a narrow escape from investigate all raw material intelligently. destruction by fire this week. The ad- The tobacco trade has always been too joining building was destroyed but the ^'o^, J^ ^^^^pt new reforms. The sue , 11 4i u u »u * cessful man of today must be ahead of warehouse was so excellently bu.lt that ^^^ ..^^^^ ^^g^^.. \^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^,j it is impossiole to claim even smoke engaged before the wagon leaves Fifth damage. avenue. THB TOBACCO W O It I. D «3 rs*» HEARINGS ON CURTIS BILL END LAST SATURDAY. Sessions of Ways and Means Committee Brought to a Close by Secre- tary Taft, Who Addresses the Committee in Answer to the Strong Protests Made by the Tobacco People Last Saturday. The scries of hearings before the Ways and Means Committee on the Curtis bill were brought to a conclusion today with the appearance of Secretary of War Taft as an ardent champion of the bill. The sugar people held the floor on Thursday. Secret iry Taft was to have made his argument before the committee Friday, but was unable to be present. Col. C. R. Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of In- sular Affairs of the War Department, appeared for him and submitted to the committee much detailed information bearing on the subject in the way of ta- bles and statistics Many of these tables and statistics related to tobacco. He also submitted a number of cablegrams relative to tobacco. Col. Edwards remarked to the com- mittee that he was much impressed by the presentation of the case of the tobacco and sugar people. They seemed so thoroughly in earnest that they have aroused the whole country. Looking at the maUer dispassionately, and from both sides. Col. Edwards thought there was no cause for apprehension, certainly not on the part of the sugar people. Secretary Taft, speaking in favor of the bill this morning, expressed himself as of the opinion that there was no danger that either tobacco or sugar would ever swamp or figure in to any material extent the markets of this country. He said every step taken toward the reduction of the present tariff would prove to those interested, both the sugar growers and the tobacco industries, that they would not be injured by the steps. The labor question was discussed at some length, and in this connection the Secretary stated that, in his opinion, our labor was not asked to compete with Chinese labor, as there was not all told at the present time in the islands more than 75,000 Chinese, and these were not engaged in agricultural labor. Speaking more directly to the point of the stand taken by the tobacco growers, Wa.shingtgn, D. C, January 28. cigar manufacturers and others interested in the the tobacco industry. Secretary Taft stated that the tobacco grown for exportation was principally in Cagayan and Isabella provinces. About 75 per cent of the tobacco lands aie owned and cultivated by natives. He tegarded the fear of the cigarmikers of this country that the free entry of Philippine tobacco into the United States would be injurious to them to be unfounded, and thought, on the contrary, that they would profit by the introduction of it. But few cigars, he stated, were made in the islands' as compared with the output in the United States, and in this connection it must be remembered that the demand in the islands for home consumption is some- thinj enormous, it being estimated that six sevenths of the Christian Filipinos smoke tobacco. The Secietary further stated in this connection that no Philip- pine cigars are now being imported into the United States. One of the most interested speakers who appeared before the committee was A. Determan, of Manila, who presented a memorial on behalf of the Philippine tobacco growers and manufacturers, in which a strong appeal was made for the free entry of Philippine tobacco. Speaking in response to a question as to existing wage conditions and their effect on the home trade, Mr. Determan stated that the subject of efficiency taken into consideration, the wages of cigar- mikers in the islands are not low. This, it will be remembered, is in direct oppo-. sition to the testimony of Mr. Bijur and Mr. Perkins, who stated that they did quite as efficient work as those of the United States. Mr. Determan said that the Filipinos feel that they have a right to the free entry of tobacco and other products into the United States in view of the fact that by reason of conditions through which they have recently passed they have lost the Spanish or home market for their products. COHN IMFORTERS OP Hay ana and Sumatra PACKKRS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of FLORIDA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. Jos. Mendelsohn. Louis A. Bornemann. Manuel Suaret. Factory 1839. Mendelsohn, BornemsLnn Qi Co. Importers & Commission Merchants Specialty— HAVANA TOBACCO New York Office: U. S. ARCADE BUILDING. Water Street. Coriver Fulton, Room 1. HcLV«Lntt. Office: ANISTAD 95o HAVANA. fciHhIiibed 1840. Cable "Natia.' Hinsdale Smith & Co. -«porter» of Sumatra & Havana •^Packers ol Ginnecticut Leaf 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. Tobacco noMtmD H. Sierra I1108 Smitf CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .•.•.Fine Cigars •••.*. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. PEAZIXR M. DOI39BR G. P. Sbcor, Special. F. C. LINDE» HAMILTON ^ Water St.? Telephone — 13 Madison Square »/(ain Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New YorlL w Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. KarlerSdgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, S06 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa. ; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwiusville, N. Y.; Leonard h, Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Conn.; James L. Day. Hatfield, liasa.; Jerome S. Billington, Cornin'^, V /. W^4-4^4444444f 444 4j4 I Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. * 4 ♦ 444 444 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦44 444^ ♦♦♦♦ 444 444 444 444 LeeLf DeSLlers* Jottings. Perhaps as fine a pair as can be seen on the street are the two which drowse over A petition made by Teller Bros., form- ^hg fireplace in Bremer Bros.' place, erly a well known firm of leaf dealers on ^^ Third street, for the refunding of about 5 Grabosky, of the Empire Leaf To- $25,000 in customs duties paid to the ^^^^^ ^^ Ltd.. has just returned from Government under an act of Congress in Havana, where he purchased some de- 1883. was^heard last week by General sjrable lots of Remedios and Vuel'as for Appraiser Sharretts, of New York, in the ^^^ company. # United States Appraisers' Building, in Second street below Chestnut street. The petitioners were represented by J. Stuart Tompkins, of the law firm of Hatch, Keener & Clute, of New York. The Government was represented by C. D. Lawrence, assistant counsel of the Treasury. With MaLi\ufaLCturers and Jobbers. Second Anniversary of the United News Company. Seasoned with wit and good fellowship, the second anniversary of the United News Co. was held at the Hotel Hanover The Tellers claim a rebate on 345 bales on Thursday evening, the 26th, Frank of Sumatra tobacco, which they imported S Brandt, the host, presiding, in 1890 and 1891. The act provided The spirit that laughs at obstacles, that where the grade of tobacco was such that makes possible by superb organ iza- as to require more than one hundred tion the distribution of hundieds of thou- leaves to the pound, a duty of 35 cents a sands of newspapers, using thirty eight pound should be assessed. When less wagons daily and eighty five on Sundays, than one hundred leaves were required, was evident in the sturdy, steady Amer- a duty of 75 cents was charged. The ican go aheadness of the men around the petitioners say it was of the lesser quality, board. but the Government endeavored to prove £. B. Hoppe is the right hand man of that the goods were of the better class. Mr. Brandt in the paper and periodical Many witnesses were examined. The department, and proudly boasts that general appraiser reserved his decision, during the last year the company in- ** creased the sale of New York papers 80 Things are coming a little slow just p^r cent, which at this early history of now in the leaf market, although the this distributing company is a remark- blizzard is responsible for the crippling of ^^le report. business during this last week. Buyers jhe United News Co. engaged in the are still looking for goods and prices are jobbing of independent cigars and to- still high, but quite a few satisfactory deals bacco August ID, 1904. When they entered the arena it was at the darkest »4' were put through during the week m spite of the weather, although some of them had been hanging fire for some time. In a short time practically all the salesmen will be out and returns will then constitute a fair test of just what the status of this year's market is. There is a good demand for Havana and Pennsyl- vania broad leaf, and in one or two cases sales were made at quite satisfactory prices for the dealer, Milton) Herald, of the Loeb Nunez Ha- vana Co., is in Havana looking after his firm's interests. period of the independent movement. But they knew no failure, and worked in calm serenity until they were able to cry victory. Today, less than six months from the date of this venture, a well trained force visits every retail store in this city and its environs, and is now distributing goods for the following well- known firms: R. A. .Patterson Tobacco Co., Larus & Bro. Co., Weisert Bros., Lovell & Buffington, Joseph G. Dill, Theobald & Oppenheimer, Bach Cigar Co., Eureka Cigar Factory, J. H. Lucke & Co., Byfield Snuff Co., Wells White- George ^Newman, who is West for head Tobacco Co., Asian Bros. Young &^ Newman, has had a run of The company has been phenomenally highly gratifying sales. successful, and has adopted means «% quite unique for the protection and A visitor among the leaf houses this timulating of trade, among which are the week commented on the large number of establishing of independent jobbers all fine looking cats which he saw in many through their field of operation, which of the places, and wanted an explana- includes Pennsylvania east of Altoona, tion. It is a fact that there are a lot of New Jersey south of Trenton, Delaware felines who make a comfortable home in and Maryland, with branch houses at the offices and warehouses, and don't Pittsburg and Baltimore. This is done have to do so much work catching rats strictly to protect their trade, that they aren' t fat and sleepy looking. A premium, based on the gross pur- # Qmx Capftirity for Manufacttiring Cigar Boxes is — Al.vays Room for Ons Mo&b Good Cu&tombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 15 chases of e.ich customer equal to 5 per cent in retail value, is given each cus- tomer, on the condition that he pays bills weekly. All goods are sold to dealers at strictly factory prices, as the firm will not sell any other kind, which is a guarantee to the dealer of fair dealing. Frank M. Toppin is the popular and able manager of the tobacco and cigar end of the business, and is a gentleman of undoubted integrity and business ability. Robbers attempted early Friday morn- ing to crack the safe in the office of M. C. Fisher & Co. , cigar manufacturers, 1244 N, Eleventh street. Their efforts were not successful, but they stole $400 worth of cigars and $3 in change from the coin boxes in the telephone pay stations in the store. Entrance was gained by use of a false key, and former employes of the firm are suspected of being implicated. An at- tempt was made to rob the store shortly before the Christmas holidays, but the thieves became frightened and ran off without securing any plunder. L. Podolnick. South street jobber, was on the sick list this week. The affairs of D. Margulis. 930 South Ninth street, have been settled and the name restored, the jobber to pay 25 cents on the dollar. Mr. Margulis went into bankruptcy about three months ago with liabilities amounting to about $5,000. The El Provedo Co. is launching a new nickel brand on this market called Flor de Apte which will be pushed hard. The cigar is described as a Key West 4^ inch Puritano finos shape. Mr. Rosen- berg of this company will return in about two weeks from an extended trip to Cuba and Florida. Fred A. Fowler, who has been promi- nently identified with the trade for four teen years, recently assumed rhanagement of the F. V. Eshelman establishment at Sixteenth and Arch streets. E. L. Nissley, Receiver for Doddy, Jourdan & Co. . manufacturers at Fifth and Race streets who went into bank- ruptcy a few months ago, has issued notices of the bankrupt sale of the stock and fixtures pertaining to the factory, at Marietta, which will take place tomorrow at I o'clock. The articles to be sold in- clude the usual paraphernalia of the factory and office and quite a quantity of tobacco and labels. A sale of cigar making machinery, business office fix- tures, etc., will take place at Fifth and Race streets, Philadelphia, on Friday at II o'clock, during which a long list of articles will be put under the hammer. The manufacturers art doing well these days and very few complaints are heard. Orders are coming in every day, and the majority of factories are doing quite as much as they want to or had made arrangements for. A number of new brands are in contemplation and will make their various appearances during the next several weeks. As is usual, the West and South seem to be the favorite stamping grounds for the local manufac turers, although some of them are doing a pretty fair New England business. Everyone expects to keep busy now right on through the spring. y/rong Stamps on the ** Orient." Much comment was caused this week by the movements on Monday and Tues- day of the internal revenue agents of this district in investigating an alleged itregu larity in the stamping of the "Orient" package, the cork tipped five cent cigar- ette manufactuied by the Khedivial Co. of New York. As a result of a special inquiry from Washington, Chief Agent Alexander sent his men out to examine the condition of the Orient package on this market, and on return of the findings Mr. Alexander made a confidential report to Collector McCoach yesterday afternoon, and it is up to the collector to decide whether it is advisable to make any confiscations or take action of any nature. The complaint is said to have been to the eflFect that a number of the packages of ten cigarettes bore the 54 cent stamp instead of j^i.o8, under which class cigarettes of this grade come. The in ternal revenue law provides that all cigar- ettes selling at more than $2 per thousand shall bear the $1 08 stamp, only grades cheaper than $2 being allowed to carry the 54 cent stamps. The Orient sells to the jobber for $3 70, less 2 per cent, and to the retailer for $3. 80. A gratis was recently given with every 500 Orients, of four packages of $7 cigarettes. These prices put the brand distinctly in the |i.o8 class. In the absence of an explanation from the Khedivial Co., which has not yet been notified of any irregularity by the revenue department, it is considered probable that a mistake was made in the distribution of the stamps, and that a quantity of the two denominations be- came mixed and were not noticed before the boxes left the factory. It is by no means thought that the Khedivial Co. was cognizant of the change, and aside from all other considerations, and look- ing at the matter in the abstract, such an attempt to save money would be fool- hardy in the extreme, inasmuch as it would be certain of very early detection. It is not thought that many of the misstamped cigarettes reached this mar- ket, as a visit to several establishments which had received consignments lately showed the stamps to be all right. The Orient is practically the pioneer of the 5 cent cork tipped cigarettes, as it was about the first brand in this form on the market to gain mucn sale or to last %%%%%«^ NEW FACTORY FOR YORK CITY CI- GAR CO. STARTED. Gilbert & Co., the contraciors, have broken ground on North Pcnn street, near Garfield, York, Pa., for the erec tion of the York City Cigar Company's new factory. The building will be pushed to completion as rapidly as pos- sible, and it is probable that the com- pany will be able to occupy it by May i. — John C. Horning, A. Lewyn and William L. Ahrens have incorporated the Premier Cigar Co., of New York, with a capital of I30.000. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦44444444^^^^^^^^^^^ Match it, If you Can-- You Can't. I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4^^^^4^^^^^^^^^^^^^4^44^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-It" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five — Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co* BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. Phila Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. Psl. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Haiiiover, Pa.. Manufacturers of Fine C'^^i*^ ♦♦^♦^ ♦ ♦^♦4 Tie Boil Bow-pian an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. €> Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF ^ HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES ^ OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. F. H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. Manufacturer of S Gent Cigars TKe largest and best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED 5-ccivt Cigar on the NaLfket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 W Published PA-ery Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street, PKiUdelpKia. Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^ky, H. C. McMands, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TKI.KPHONKS:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^- Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- Ushers Address Tobacco Wori.d Publishing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada. The ANTi-ciGARETTE league of Wiscon- sin apparently does not put any faith in half-way ' measures. Accoiding to a newspaper printed in that State, legisla- tion to prohibit absolutely the manufac- ture and sale of cigarettes in Wisconsin, and to make it a misdemeanor for a boy under 16 years of age to use tobacco in any form, will be sought by the anti cigarette league this winter. The league might just as well embody a clause making it a capital crime to be caught smoking a cigarette, as it should be quite as easy to secure legislation to that efTect as to prohibit manufacturing the alluring and, if sensibly used, harm little rolls of tobacco. The following paragraph appeared in a Western paper: The Unitarian minister at Topeka, Kan., was the victim of a dastardly attempt to maim or kill. Receiving a box by mail he opened it and found three cigars, each of which had an infernal machire concealed in the centre. One of them had been crushed, and this probably saved the minister from a horrible death. The postal authorities are ^^ endeavoring to locate the guilty ^| party Eich of the cigars contained a 32 calibre loaded cartridge. Needless alarm. This was probably only a new kind of brand which some manufacturer had adopted in these days of strenuous competition. HERE AND THERE WITH LOCAL RETAILERS. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. i, 1905. To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If )0u have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the"Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. THE HEARINGS ARE OVER: NOW WHAT? The hearings which were conducted all last week in the Capitol at Washington in order to give the Ways and Means Committee of the Legislature a chance to consider every phase of the Curtis bill before definite action was taken, came to a close on Saturday with Secretary Taffs appearance before the body, and it now remains to be seen what good was ac complished. Naturally everyone related to the to- bacco trade is in a position to permit the assumption that he is biased or at least partial, but at the same time his position gives him the ability to prove his claims and statements. The tobacco trade has some very strong arguments, and if every member of the Ways and Means Committee had been on hand with an earnest desire to learn a little, instead of something like an atti- tude of good-humored and kindly toler- ance, the week would have wrought more good for the domestic cause than it did. A man who dips however deeply into statistics relating to the growing, shipping and manufacturing of tobacco, does not necessarily become an expert on or in tobacco. Yet some of the distinguished committeemen did not hesitate to take issue with the speakers, on certain phases of the matter where any argument be- tween a layman and a professional was likely to become ridiculous. The Hon. John Sharp Williams in particular, seemed to think it necessary to draw upon his ▼cin of humorous sarcasm at intervals in order to help matters along, and in view jf the fact that the men who appeared before the committee had traveled a considerable distance, left their businesses and work and given their time to the most earnest advogacy of their cause which they could command, some of the Congressman's remarks seemed rather petty interruptions. The committee is bound to consider all the matter which was introduced before it; that being the case it is dififi cult to see how the 50 per cent, cut can be recommended. A COMMENDABLE ACTION. It is gratifying to note the various suc- cessive upward steps of the American employe as an individual and a man. En- tirely aside from the question of unions and other strong organizations of em- ployes which have by their united strength pushed their members up the ladder, there are now seen not infiequent instances where employing companies have demonstrated a human interest and consideration for their people which warms the cockles of a humanitarian's heart. Such, for instance, was the action of the Queen City Tobacco Co., which re- cently issued accident insurance policies also carrying a death premium to all its salesmen. The United Cigar Stores Co. has also announced that it will undertake to issue policies for eveiy one of its em- ployes whose salary is less than 12,500 a year, paying the premium as long as the man is in their employ, i he amount of the policy in this case will be the amount of the employe's salary for one ye.ir pro- vided it is not less than $1,000, in which cases it will be that amount. There are those who are inclined to sneer at such an offer and loudly declare that there is a string back of it some- where. About the only string that seems findable lies in the fact that the compa- nies may benefit from the fact that the offer will attract an unusually decent class of men to their employ. It certainly is likely to do that, and the companies de- serve all the benefit arising therefrom. If there were more of such "selfish" actions, there would be fewer anarchists, populists, socialists, Coxeyites and the like, who are are fond of regarding every man a tyrant who is in a position to hire a day' s work done by somebody else. RetaLiI Dea.ler»* Associa.lion Elects Officers. The regular monthly meeting of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Asso- ciation was held last Thursday evening at 1305 Arch street, James F. Hasson occupying the chair and J. Harvey Mc- Henry acting as secretary. R. W. Boch, chairman of the Tobacco Show Company, made a long report on the show, stating that at this time the association still owes about $100, but that some of the subscribers or exhibitors had not as yet made settlement. Mr. Boch was confident that all would remit within a few days, when they could liquidate all the bills and render a final report, showing that the receipts would equal the expenses. The committee on ami cutting made a report showing progress, but the com- mittee on anti-coupons made a rather pessimistic report, and did not seem to think that much had been accomplished. R. W. Boch read a communication from Sereno E. Payne, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, stating that Wednesday, the 25th, was the day set apart by the tobacco and ;igar trade to meet at Washington to protest against the Curtis bill. This matter was dis- cussed at some length, and the opinions of some of the leading local cigar manu- facturers and leaf dealers were quoted, among others, that of Charles Eisenlohr, who thought that the results of the sweeping reduction on Philippine leaf would be very damaging to the cigar industry. M. S. Frisbie moved, and was sup- ported by J. H. Mc Henry, to send a resolution of protest to Hon. Sereno E. Payne, and John T. Taylor was named as a committee to draft suitable resolu tions. Seventeen new members were received, and the treasurer's report read showed the association to be in a healthy condi- The store at the northwest corner o Third and Chestnut streets, vhich was recently sold by Goldsmith & Co. to N. W. Young, a contractor of Atlantic City, was emptied of its stock last Wednesday by an auction sale. Mr. Young has made a noble effort to make the store pay but was compelled to give up. There was not a great amount of stock on hand, and it and the fixtures brought very low prices, out of all proportion to what was hoped, A large wall showcase which had been listed in the sale announcement as worth 1 1, 800 brought $65. while another showcase yielded $55. There was very little bidding. It is considered very im- probable that the corner will continue as a cigar corner, although it was once con- sidered an excellent location. tion. These officers were elected: President, James I. Hasson; first vice president, B. F. Batten; second vice president, D. A. Schaible; secretary, J. S. Halfpenny; treasurer, B. N. Clapp; directors, J. Harvey McHenry and John T, Taylor. %/% C. C. Heisler, formerly with Fleck & Co. , 220 Market street, now a jobber at No. Ill, was very much under the weather for awhile, but is now at his office again. The Bainbndge Shoe Store a t the southwest corner of Second and Market streets announces that it will move to Fourth and Market, southwest corner, on the first of April, thus making room at Second and Market for the United Cigar Stores Co. , which has thus far been silent as to its plans. It was said this week by a salesman who claimed to have gotten it very authoritatively, that the cigar store would occupy 30 feet depth at Second and Market, for which it will pay a rent of 5130. The same man stated the United Co. had plans on foot for securing stores at both Fifth and Market and Sev- enth and Market streets, which if true, ^. shows that the company has evidently WU^ decided to go after the business in this town by way of pushing a store in front of every consumer until he patronizes it and then perhaps withdrawing the non- paying stores from the lot $130 seems a decidedly low figure for that location, and it is understood on good authority that the shoe people have been paying considerably more than that. Another rumor current during the week was that the United Co. expects to lease the whole building and sublet the part of it for which it has no use, playing up its own store largely on Second street rather than Market. Charles B. Smith, local representative of the Seidenberg, Steifel Co., New York, was presented with a handsome new daughter a week or so ago. Dr. Lowengrund, of Third andj Market streets, was incapacited by an attack of grip for a few day, but is about again. for Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to fi*ubiuhe■'• 1 A '*>f jg!i 'm ;f e/ mm m? piea^iq^ Our ''Quo Vadis'' is iin(lispii(a])ly the l)est live-cent cigar — uniforinl\' reliable (luality and absolute purity are its distinctive features. Its delightfully ])lended Havana aroma just suits the smoker and he enjoys the cigar from beginning to end. It is made strictly by hand, by exj)ert cigarmakers — only such can produce this beautiful, modern, full size Diplomatico sha])e. Though it costs more to make and requires more material than others, its combination of tine quality, carefully selected and well cured tobaccos coiddn't be improved u])on — every cigar is a fragrant and delicious smoke. If you're not already vselling ''Oiio \'adis Diplomaticos '' y(ni ought to do so by all means — yoifll tind it both ])leasant and proHtable. Price S33.00 per 1000, attractively packed in boxes of 50. Posters, and catchy signs furnished liberally. Send us a trial order to-day. Alfred Eyer 6i Co., Ci^ar Mfrs., AUentown, Pa. (■o're>«]>on'ence so'icited tr<.in re- s on- ihle de tie s ami jobbing hou t s. EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba i;<»ijliilllJJjlJjll:l«i»j^H:lllrf.EB^PllljS^J^ * ' UUniondeRbbicantesdeTabacosyCig/^rros IISLAdeCUBA Autbrlzada pore! Gobierno dela Repdblica -^sjy^ ^ Garantiza ^. que los tabecos.cigarrosy paq^jefes X dc f^caduraquellevenesfapracrnfa CVV^ son fabricadospor '^iX ff \ ¥3 \ V [ \ ^^acimittiiiiiii^^ — X 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, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authoiized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba 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 pack- ages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, or cut leaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Govern- ment of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, an) one who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guarantee covered by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA fac simile: black with pale blue ground ; fac simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. OLD TOBACCO INSPECTOR PASSES AWAY. W. B. Loughridge, twelve years a to- bacco inspector, died last week at his home in Louisville, Ky.,aged 76 years. His death was hastened by a recent fall down stairs in which he sustained a broken arm. Mr. Loughridge had lived in Louisville since young manhood, and had constantly been engaged in the to- bacco business, entering it as a member of the firm of John W. Brown Bros. Co. Later he accepted a position with the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Co. , and after severing his connection with the latter firm Mr. Loughridge was appointed tobacco inspector, and filled the posi- tion faithfully and with ability for twelve years, until age compelled his retirement. INCOILPORATIONS. ETC. The Lord Royal Cigar Co, of New York, has been mcorporated by C La- drers, J R Burns and George Douglas, with a capital of 1 10 000. T J Dunn & Co, of New York, a com- panv to deal in tobacco, has been incor- porated by B F Corell, M S Guiterman and Frank McCoy, with a capital of $ 1 , 000. The Charles P Stanley Cigar Co, of St Louis, has been incorporated by Charles P Stanley, Ralph L Stanley, Walter F Riley and Leo Heyman, with $100,000 capital. Wm Bartscher, Franziska Bartscher, H W Bartscher and Reinhart Reiss have incorporated the William Bartscher Cigar Co, with $6,000 capital, to manufacture and deal in cigars, tobacco, etc 20 THE TOBACCO WORLD J5he PROGRESS Short Filler Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES 9 THK TOBACCO WORLD The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELD, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAIN MFO. CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North 1 hird St., Philadelphia, Pa. # -» ■'- '• I LIBERMAN'S | r Lsitest Suction Machine % Adopted by the Leading Manufacturers. Palm Rolling Essential to Hand-Work. THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TOOL yet introduced in connection |with Cigar- making. The catting rollers are so equipped with ball bearings and exterior springs that they only produce enough pressure to cut the leaf, thui maintaining a sharp edge on the die and assuring a perfect, clean cut superior to hand-work. The circumference of the cutting roller being greater than the length of the die, makes tearing or streaking of the wrapper impossible. Then, after the leaf has been cut, a slight depression with the right foot pedal will lower the die even with the table, thus making a perfectly smooth and rigid surface, enabling the operator to Roll wllh the Full Palm of the Hand, instead of pushing the cigar along with the finger tips. Changing of the die to any shape, or from right to left, or the reverse, is a very simple matter on this table, and can be done within two minutes time. These points of merit, coupled with others not mentioned, have won for this table the high standard of excellence maintained to-day, a fact that cannot conscientiously be claimed by any of our competitors. We stand ready to prove our statement, and all we ask is for the opportunity. We Think IT WILL PAY YOU to Investigate. LiBERMAN Manufacturing Co Manufacturers of Cigar Machinery and Tools 240-42 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA.. U. S. A. ! 1 .1 •»■» THE TOBACCO WORLD • aoo xvs jcv 50 § Fdctories: g 1 26 and 517 I L. E. Ryder, 2 COfCOSTOSCOSCOSTOS % i 'i tith District < 6 30«?oaX\5X>icoosoo 6 e Manufacturer of I6ARS. . For the Jobbing Trdtde Exclusively LANCASTER, PA. The Best Goods for the Least Money. HENRY GOTTSSLIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers oF High Grade Union Made Cigars **T.\€ Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Stgb Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. TKADE IN NEW YORK. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tiic Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioa, Brands:— 5^ Bear, G^ C\ib. Essie, and Matthew Carey. La Adelphia Cigar Factory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Proprietor, Sellersville, Pa. Manufacturer of CIGARSl Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People, What Leaf Dealers Have to Say of Present Conditions. New York, Feb. i. "There's a good demand for binders, but we have only the new crop with which to supply that demand, and my brother, N. I. Bijur, is on his way back from Wisconsin, where we have six warehouses which we will have to close down next week for want of material unless we get another tobacco damp within a day or tA'o, " said A. Bijur yes- terday afternoon. "The Havana tobacco market here is inclined to be lively, but in Havana city the market is livelier than it has been in a year. "Deliveries of broad leaf in the broad leaf sections of Connecticut are very slow, and tobacco wont begin to come in in any considerable quantities for about three weeks. The season is six weeks late. Business generally is good if only there was tobacco enough to supply the demand. "New low grades of Wisconsin are being bought up rapidly and freely. The market is short of stock in every branch, and that condition bids fair to continue throughout the whole year. The volume of business is big, and there will be no necessity for carrying over new crops into the next year." Continuing, Mr. Bijur added reflec- tively : "So far as the tobacco and cigar busi- ness is concerned, the opinion of Secre- tary Taft is of exceptionally little value, if only for the one reason that he isn't even a smoker and knows absolutely nothing of tobacco." Another recognized authority said : "Business generally is good but the stocks of all grades and brands of tobacco are getting rapidly depleted and this is especially the case with good old filler tobacco. ( "There is quite a demand for 1901 and 1902 Wisconsin Havana seed B's owing to the fact that the crop of 1903 hardly contained its quota of tobacco of this character and good cheap fillers are scarce. "Several large transactions have oc- curred in Sumatra and the stocks now in the hands of importers are pretty well played out." Towards the end o f February will commence the exodus from New York of American buyers to attend the first in- scription at Amersterdam. There will be sales to the hichest secret bidders on March 10 and March 17, and rumor says that Benno Newberger, manager of E. Rosenwald & Co. , will sail for Am- sterdam on Feb. 21 on the Crown Prince Wilhelm. Among the latest arrivals in the New York market is D. M. Schoenfeld, of Jonas Schoenfeld & Co. , of San Francisco. The Brooklyn Division of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association met last Thursday and reelected its offi- cers without any change. The chief topic of conversation amongst the retailers is the rumored intention to break away from the trust of a large, prosperous and extensive fiim, whose sales cover many States but the name is kept quiet for awhile for excellent reasons. «%%%>%%%% BUR.LCY GROWERS COMPANY GETS MORE TOBACCO. A dispatch from Harrison county, Ky., states that growers in that section are jubilant over the great gains made by the Burley Tobacco Growers' Co. Although this county had already contracted 500 acies or 5.000,000 pounds and was the banner county, nevertheless, 1,250,000 pounds were secured in one day recently. Clarence Lebus, a speculator, who has 1,000,000 pounds, joined the Burley company, and 25,000 pounds besides his was coniracted. This is a long step to- ward the additional 10,000,000 pounds required by the Eastern capitalists who contracted to loan the growers company 1 1 0,000, 000 Reports reach here that nearly 1,000,. 000 pounds have been contracted for in Pendleton and Nicholas counties. l,A ADELPHIAy 5-Cent hA FLOR DE A. C. F,, lo-Cent Ji[RHTlj4 SLiflBACH. DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of ^^ y ^^ A T^ C^ High-Grade Union Made ^^ j[ ^ /\ J\^ ^ SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c) Union Stag (5c) Cuba-Rico (loc) QUATI LITY 5^' KS X We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedies, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Vegas of Various Sized L,ots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco COrSSUUADO 142 and 144, Havana, Cuba. M vf WE INVITE A CORRESPONDENCE ul WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St Cable Address: "REFORM" 1)1 34 THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF 138 a 140 Centre §T. New YORK, Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. I 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 1 1-1 Philadelphia Offic 573 Bourse Hldg, H. S. SPRINGER, M^r. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L, S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ D. W. riUBLEY, Thomasville, Pa. C'igsir ]V[anufacturer For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Correspondence Solicited. Samples on Application. >♦ ♦♦ j: F. B. SerilNDLER :j •je Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, P^l JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ** -N « ***** J*;^*^*^:*;^*^* * * * * * ********** * *^*^*-K+ ^cruRfo A.B.CUME> STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FAB R ICO NAROLFEJS CHOICE ' ' POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPIRE ••• THE FLORODORA TAG CO.'S NEW CATALOGUE. The Florodora Tag Co. has issued its new catalogue for 1905, which it sends by mail to any address for ten cents, ten tobacco tags, or twenty cigar bands. The book is a handsome demonstration of the printer's and lithographer's art and is profusely illustrated with half tone representations of the great number of varied articles which may be obtained by coupons, tags, etc. Some of these pages are tiken up by beautiful color pictures of a variety of rugs and carpets included in the premiums. The catalogue also advertises the Cremo pretty freely, by aid of attractive pictures. The ofiTets made are subject to discon- tinuance before Nov. 30, 1905, if any law should be passed forbidding the redemp tion of tags. SLOT MACHINE NEWS. In Gilroy, Cal,, it has been decided that cigar machines and other slot con- trivances that pay in merchandise are hereafter to be rated the same as the money-paying slot machines, and will be obliged to pay the same license of $10 a quarter. This ruling was made by the Council. O. B. Ross, of Spencer, la., has in- vented a machine calculated to simplify the retail trade in cigars. It is no game of chance machine, but strictly an affair of business. By dropping a nickel in a slot and working a lever a cigar is de- livered. There are no blanks, but every time a nickel is deposited a cigar is forthcoming. And while it never cheats, neither can it be cheated. There is no possibility of gcttmg more than one cigar for one nickel. Mr. Ross has applied for a patent. Incorporations, Changes, Etc. The Beck Cigar Co., of Canton, 0., has been incorporated by E. M. Beck, Sada B. Waters, and Laura H. Waters, with a capital of $10,000. J. Harry Smith, of Lebanon, Pa., has purchased the cigar store of H. C. Baney, at Eighth and Cumberland streets, in that city. The large retail cigar and tobacco store of R, B. Cowles, at Elwood, Ind. , has been purchased by Abe Wilson and Thomas Lewis, who have already taken charge. Sam H. Brunswick opened a wholesale cigar store in Pittsfield, 111 , today and vill carry on an extensive business. NEW TOBACCO COMPANY IS FORMED IN NEW ORLEANS. What argues well for the increased ac- tivity in the tobacco business of New Orleans is manifest in the formation of a new tobacco enterprise which has just been organized under the firm style of the Valloft & Dreux Company, Ltd. Both gentlemen whose names figure in connection with the new enterprise are among the best known men in the South, where Mr. Valloft. as the former president of the Southern Tobacco Company, was known from one end of the Southern ter- ritory to the other and where Mr. Dreux, as vice president and traveling repre- sentative of the Srime company, is equally well known and popular with the trade at large. SPECIAL NOTICE. [12% cents per 8-point measured line.) NEW CO-PARTNERSHIP. New York, Jan. 18. I beg to announce to the trade that I have this day formed a co-partnership with my brother, MAX L. KAUFMANN, under the style of A. L. & M. L KAUF- MANN, for the purpose of manufactur- ing the highest grade of Seed and Ha- vana cigars. Having attended solely to the manu- facturing interests of the firm of A. L. & A. G. KAUFMANN, with my brother Max h. Kaufmann as office manager, and both of us having now withdrawn from the latter firm, I will be prepared within a short period of time to have the new firm fill any orders that may be entrusted to our care I shall be pleased to give any informa- tion regarding the above, and solicit correspondence with reference thereto, in care of my temporary address, the Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co., Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, New York. Respectfully yours, ALEXANDER L. KAUFMANN. — i-a5h FOR RENT Gi^ar Factory Building, Complete, in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 hands, and 35 hands available. Terms moderate. Address, FACTORY, Care of Box 112, The Tobacco World, Phila. ^^_,^^___^_^_^_________ i-25ca \^ANTED-An experienced cigar sales- man for Philadelphia and near by trade; only those who have an established trade need apply. Address Box 11 1 care of The Tobacco World, Phila. a-ic C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 25 ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* Wc Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. t C CO ^) 7) :raoe MARK ^HEWlNGiSMOKlNG ■la^ifggwt] 13 <-♦■ to* o ft o »5 CO I I I O THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO Factory No, 38, YOB, PENNA., U. S.A. Ninth Dist., Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ '^ La Imperial Cigar Factory ^' HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manuf icturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick™5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-— Boston Beauties Puro-— Porto Rico Crooks. f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited, Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ »♦♦♦ «6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Your Jobber Wilt give you a Certifi' cate covering small Quantities, and When you accumulate Cer^ tificates showing purchases of 6,000 C'R.EMO EXPOK.T Cigars, you Will be entitled to one of these handsome Humidors free. :: :: ^■^^''» ' . , jr\ Size, 30 in. long, 22 in. wide, 25 in. high. Weight, 60 lbs. THE above illustration is an exact representation of the Humidor in which Cremo Export Cigars are packed and shipped by the manufacturer. This Humidor holds 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars in boxes containing 100 cigars each. It is metal lined, metal covered, with strong brass lock, and heavy brass drop handles and brass trimmings, with moistener pad in top of lid, ventilator in each end, and attractively decorated in imitation cedar wood. Each humidor is shipped in a wood case to protect it from being scratched or damaged in transit. The purpose of the Humidor is to protect the cigars from the deteriorating effects of changes in temper- ature, and to preserve them in the same good order and condition in which they leave the factory. This it does perfectly for any length of time in any climate on the globe, until the last box is used. Cremo Export Cigars are made only in Londres, which means a straight cigar, being practically the same size from end to end. This shape is more generally smoked than any other, the world over, which fact is a pretty convincing proof that it is the most popular as well as the most desirable shape in which cigars can be made. If you serve your customer with a Cremo Export Cigar out of a Humidor, you give him the best five- cent cigar in the world in the best condition to please him and hold his patronage ; if he is pleased with one he will be pleased with every one. Send your jobber an order for 6,000 Cremo Export Cigars, and he will have them shipped to you direct from the factory in the Humidor, freight paid, and billed as 5,500, at $35.00 per thousand. The CREMO CIGAR is by several times THE LARGEST SELLER IN THE WORLD. ^ISK YOU1i,SELF WHY? r f. THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE^ p:^ A HIGH GRADE R^ 3C. CIGAR FOR »| J. M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. %»%%»%%% i%«'%%%i«i%% %»<%%%^^^i BBN AU. Severa.1 Cig&.r F&.ctories Vndcr Bslh of BoaLfd of Heaklth. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 28. Proprietors of some of the cigar and toby factories of this city are considerably up in the air over the result of the Bureau of Health's investigation of con- ditions in the factories with regard to sanitation. The investigation is now completed downtown and as a result it is intimated that dozens of buildings used as factories will be condemned and the factory owners will not be permitted to operate until alterations ordered have been made. Many of the buildings, more particularly those of the Seventh, Eighth. Eleventh and Thirteenth wards, will have to be torn down, as no amount of refitting would make them sanitary. The inspectors are ready to go right on with the examination of factories in the East End and expect to find things in the same unsatisfactory condition, THE AROMA THOUSANDS PRAISE. Havana Box Aroma $12 per Gallon. ITS EQUAL UNKNOWN TO SCIENCE Cinciiiflati Fruit Refining Company, Cincinnati, 0. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. %v*********v*v************ ***********************.******* t* A. Z. SHERK, President K. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. *, * The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. l Marietta, Pa. MAKERS OF ^ ^"fr^" Marietta, Pa. '"^"SSr"' High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars f JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c. Cigar Oar Leaders; ^ SUSQUEHANNA 5c. Cigar S. & N. 5c. Cigar ^ OUR LEADER 5c. Cigar B^'Dlstrlbutors Wanted Everywt ere C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA 28 THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN. - - - PENNA. THE CHICAGO BUDGET. 1 C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. rUFACTURERS OF Cigars m THE LOUIS NEWBUR6H CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton^ Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ l/^^f Xobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, FENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Of&ce, West Milton, Ohio. BILUMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 £IMNER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and \ FILLERS ^ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4 Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Zimmer Spatnish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ♦Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely f Tabled and Hand> ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. ^Writc for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton, Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing, District. Wh&t the TraLde H&s Been Doing Dur- ing the Week. Chicago, Jan. 28, 1905. January trade conditions at this point appear to be pretty satisfactory. Several wholesale houses report a good increase over one year ago; leaf houses speak well of their outlook, and report new Conecti- cut tobaccos as moving in a very satisfac- tory way, and while with retailers trade is not overly brisk, it holds its own as well as can be expected at this particular time of year. The Philippine tariff question absorbs no small amount of attention among the leaders in tobacco circles her«, who are keenly alive to every imovement that aims to make for better or worse conditions in the tobacco industry. I. M. Lederer, the well-known repre- sentative of M. Stachelberg & Co., has gone to New York on a business trip. William Sellers, one of the oldest and best known salesmen of the Steele-We- deles Co., is enjoying a few days visit among friends at Chicago headquarters. Mr. Sellers lives at Cliffton, 111., and en- joysmostextansiveacquaintance through- out that entire vicinity. President H. P. Steele, of the Steele- Wedeles Co., is planning a pleasant trip to Baden Baden and vicinity, early in March. Manuel Lopez, of New York, has re- turned from his western trip to the Coast, and spent a brief spell greeting Chicago friends on his return east. Leo Abraham, one of Milwaukee's popular cigar retailers, lately stopped off a short time on his return from French Lick Springs. D. F. Whitbeck, representing V. Man- cebo, Muina & Co., New York, lately circulated among the Chicago trade, and no doubt carried away with him some good- sized orders. Ben Lesser, who tours the country'in the interests of Simon Batt & Co , New York, was noted in trade circles during the week. Although struggling with a severe cold, Mr. Lesser showed no tend- ency to relax his efforts in placing good- sized orders for the La Verdad cigar, and in his usual optimistic way, expressed his satisfaction with business conditions throughout the cities where his duties called him. Albert C. Becker's new store, adjoining the Home Insurance Building on La Salle street, is undergoing changes which, when completed, will place it among the best-equipped down-town stores. Mr. Becker has kept his stand in the Home Insurance Building for over fifteen years, and will continue same as of old, now giving his personal supervision to both places. M. S. Greenbaum, of Calerc & Co., appears to be doing good work for his house locally, in spreading the popularity of the Rio Visto cigar. Col. Ricksecker, of the Ricksecker Ci- R.K.Schndder&Sons PACKSRS OV AXX> T>%AJJKaS IM gar Co., of Kansas City, Mo., is enjoying a few days visit with Chicago friends in the trade. R. G. Fisher, a prominent cigar dealer of Minneapolis, passed through during the week, on his way to Canada, to which place he goes to visit his father, who is ill. George D. Bow, of the Nail-Williams Tobacco Company, Louisville, Ky., called briefly on the trade while passing through last week. J. W. Merriam, of John W. Merriam 8c Co , New York, whose presence among smokers makes one think of such favor- ite brands as the Henry Irving, "made at the sign of the Bulldog," recently glad- dened the trade by a few days visit. G. J. Brown, the popular young man who looks after cigar interests at the Steele- Wedeles Co., left yesterday for a two weeks sojourn at Old Point Comfort, Va. W. F. Monroe, the well-known retailer and jobber of the Tribune Building, left last Thursday, with his family, for an extended trip to Florida. George Diaz, prominently known in the trade as the popular representative of Bustillo Bros. & Diaz, has been doing business among the distributors during the week. Oscar Banghart, of Heymann Bros. & Lowenstein, was among the trade several days recently. Leopold Powell & Co., of New York, have opened an office at No. 36 Dearborn street. Gus Reddick will be their local representative. A number of other well-known travel- ing representatives of prominent firms have come and gone during the week, among whom were noticed: A. T. Kin- ney, of A. Rubles & Stock Co., St. Paul; G. J. Johnson, of G. J. Johnson Cigar Co., Grand Rapids, and C. R. Martin, of Ore- gon, Wis., a prominent cigar dealer of that place; also Howard Kinney and Charles Wax el baum, representing prom- inent New York leaf houses. Fa-husseyI LEAF TOMCfO CO. C. A. ROST, & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO \VORI.D \A :-: T m & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL 0EDE2 LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN ^isr AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeO+ Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer (iioiceo|*Maftel Johnj.Esheman READING.PA. ♦ ♦ :« —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. \ Geo. M. Wechter. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ CIGAR BOXES, 1 SHIPPING CASES, % LABELS. ♦ Manufacturer of I , ♦ TTT^i-TXTZ-C ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X KiBBONs. t*ei@AR B0XES*J I and 4 ♦ 4 44.4.^^4.>>4^4'*4-4'4'4-> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I MAN^p!^c in bundle." North Hatfield, Mass.: "E. C. Dick- inson has sold his crop of 12 tons of to- bacco to Fairchild of Sunderland, Mass., for 20c in bundle on private terms. C. B. Dickinson commenced assorting his crop of about ten tons, Jan. 23." Conway, Mass.: "Not much tobacco is moving here now. What was bought four weeks ago has not been delivered yet. One small lot that was bought Fri- day was delivered Saturday for 14c ia bundle. In Hatfield one of the Boyles sold 36 cases from his lot." — American Cultivator. Onr Capacity for Mantifacturing Cigar Boxes Al.vays Room for On« Moris Good CuftTOtopi. THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son,Sellersville, Pa* 31 N. KALISCH ^ CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ei6AI^S l^ed Lion, Pa, Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^«WMBlH(j^ fT ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦> WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTUREIL OF Successor to J. Neff ♦♦ /!. KOriLER & eO. pliMliiclflrere ol Fine Cigar DALLASTOWN, PA. C^MKsitr, 75,000 per day. Established 1876, Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of F'ine Havana Cigan And Packers of l:baf tobacco Wriffhtsville, Pa Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star*' Clear Harana, . . lOc **S. B.*' Half Havana, .... 5c. "S. B.** Little Havanas 5c. ** Honest Bee*' 3c. "2— I— No/* Mlld««t Cigar Made, 2 fOF 5c. Special Brands Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Psl. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Saye You Money. CONNECTICUT VALLEY Never has there been a time in my re- membrance when the tobacco crop was bought up so closely as at present. In this neighborhood there are but three or four lots left. In fact there are but few lots in town, not 25 per cent, and that 25 per cent does not represent at most over 10 per cent of the whole crop; for the largest lots were the first to be bought. Most of the lots lett are those that range, from 2 and 5 acres. Once in a while one of 10 acres is to be found This last week I heard of no less than 17 men around looking for tobacco, and when so many are looking a large amount is us- ually bought up. But in this instance the lots to be sold were few and far be- tween, so that the real business done was not large. The assorting shops were so full that it is diflficult to make them take in their buyings. Some lots have been weighed off and left in the buildings of the sellers. I have heard of two or three where the tobacco has been weighed and a new in- surance placed upon it in the growers' buildings. It has been no uncommon sight to see from 5 to 1 2 large loads, with at least 100 bundles to a load, pass in one day, and this has been going on for quite a number of days. The tobacco was being drawn to the local warehouses of Hatfield, Whately, Hadley and Sun- derland. Our correspondents write: Bradstreet, Mass.: "F. F. Cooley re- cently sold his tobacco to Myers & Men- dlesohn at i6c in bundle, about four acres. Harry Marsh has placed a con- tract with A. L. Strong of Hatfield for a tobacco barn to be 75x30 feet." Feedin<^ Hills, Mass.: "The sales of tobacco were lively all of last week. But few lots remain in growers* hands, and these mostly from difference in the price asked and offered. Most of that sold is to be delivered within the next two weeks. The prices ranged from 11 to i6c in the bundle. Some of it is to go to New York, but most it to Enfield, Ct." EDGERTON, WIS. Between the movements of old and new leaf the local tobacco markets are assuming a good deal of activity and the packing points present a liveliness re- sembling old times. Riding is being re- sumed in many of the growing districts, though the inquiry is directed towards the old stock more than new leaf and the deliveries show about an equal di- vision between the two. The new crop is being bought but sparingly and at prices shaded from early sales. Mcintosh Bros, purchased a 73CS lot of '03 of Holverson & Bitters, as well as about 1 50CS of old from growers during the week. The deliveries continue to be ample to keep the warehouses in operation, run- ning full force and the packing is going forward satisfactorily. Shipments were 500CS. — Reporter. High Grade Cigars ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ _ ^. - ♦♦! ♦ Oir Uiders: | """SifiT" I ClS«s-8c., 3 Sl2(s L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE ROBESONIA. PA. L F. HOSTETTER, Ifnanfacturer of Kigh-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. **tTAOB FavoritK," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Oualitv t ♦ X ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Cigar Manufacturer Brownstown, Pa. CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. %»»> rr . J .u great many more "fives than "hun- Welles & Co.. Henry P. Kent and other ^^^^^ .. ^'^^^ j^^^^,y ^^^^j, ^^^^ ^^an smaller firms, who, when ready to^sell two or three shops which worked over about August or September, came to fifty men, and they were considered very New York with the grading of their large concerns , . J wu » .^ 1 ^A The meii received $1 to |s for seed packing, and without samplmg would , , . ^ *o r o • u cu-, •^ ^' t- & work and $7 to $S for Spanish filler. find ready buyers for their goods at ^ ^^^y f^^ ^.,^3^ Havanas were made, about 15c, 18c to 20c through. for the reason, I presume, that one could In those days the buyer knew from ^uy a really good imported cigar for 3c experience, learned from his manufactur- '^^^'^-^ ^^^ ^^ -^^^ ^^^ manufacturers' ing customer, about what he might expect troubles at this time, but you may rest for his money. assured that they had their grievances in XT ^u u^ c 1- u- the i;os, with the exception that they No one ever thought of sampling his "■ ^ 5 • f j " '^ were generally free from strikes. Also. goods before the cold weather, when the ^j^g^ the boys (cigarmakers) became tobacco would be thoroughly sweated tired of one location they took up their and in condition to go into the cigar. In boards and walked out, while others those days a manufacturer would consider would walk in. Up to the time of the . . ,, - -- war of 1 86 1 the trade grew prosperous, himself fortunate to get. say. fifteen to q^ ^^^^,^^ ^^^^ misunderstanding pro- twenty thousand cigars from a case of duced great changes, some of which I best wrappers, weighing 400 pounds net. will relate in my next Old Timer. /\ (^ALVEs dS Go. < Havana t23 N. THIRD ST Williams Suction Rolling Tables HGcepled by the Manufacturers as being the STANDARD Cigar RoUing Table, after an experience of 18 years. ghe John R. \Villi^ins Q,o. What Can Be Done by learners and PRINCIPAL OFFICE, experts on this Table can be seen at the i^A I Oil DS#S^ ^%-m^A*- School for Learners of the New York Ci- l^V-I^O raCITIC OtrCCl, gar Manufacturers' Supply Co., 403 to 409 East Seventieth Street, New York. NEWARK, N. J, f Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.H£FFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK. PA. INLAND CITY CI&AR BOX CO 4 ♦ ♦ Dealer in X ♦ Cigar Box I^umber, ♦ ♦ Isabels, X 1 Ribbons, ♦ ♦ Edging, ^ Brands, etc. ♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes:e=5:Sliipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.AN CASTER. PA /IBEN BHSEF^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., YORK, PA. R. F. D. No. 3, f^, D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker i« BoaIm/' U. g. a. Hopkinsville, Ky FMBOSSED CIGAR. BANDS Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Samples, William Steiner, Sons & Co. LARGEST Lithographers, cHEAwtt 116 and 118 M. Fourteenth St., NMW YORK. THE TOBACCO WORLD "^ JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist . Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of , Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $:]5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar SOMETHING NE^V AND GOOD WACNER*S Cuban MANUPACTURKD ONLY BY Factory No. 2. LEONARD WAGNER, 707 Ohio St, AOegheny. Pa. The Cigars You Want at Union Cigar Factory AKRON, PA. Correspondence Solidtee Aik for Samples C. A. Rost 3Cco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^ Binders WISCONSIN ft OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa^. Cable Addre« "CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Clarksville, Tenn. HOPKINSVILLB, KY. FADUCAH, KY. Business CKaLAges, Fires, Etc. Indiana Huntingdon—Chas H Lewis, cigars, etc; suit to foreclose chattel mtge Indianapolis — S D Pierson, wholesale and retail cigars and tobacco; inc as Pierson Cigar Co Sorhage & Craig, cigar manufacturers; chattel mtge, I500 Kentucky Louisville — Truman & Co, leaf tobacco, damaged by fire; insured, |2,ooo Maine Lewiston — Jos Bergeron, cigars, to- bacco, etc; chattel mtge, I200 Chas Labranche, cigars, etc; chtl mtge, $800 Mattachusettt Boston — Justus & Gould, wholesale and retail cigars; advertise dissolution — Oreste Groppi, cigars and tobacco; chtl mtge, I400 Holyoke — Holton & Ingraham, cigars; chattel mtge, 1 1,000 Michigan Detroit— R J Cooney, cigars and to- bacco; chattel mtge, $100 W E Klin- nick & Co, cigars, tobacco, etc; sold out Minnesota Minneapolis — Manley & Hume Co, cigar manufacturers; changed name to Hume Bros Cigar Mfg Co Missouri St Louis— Chas P Stanley Cigar Co, filed articles of incorporation; capital stock, 1 1 00, 000 New York Lyons — E F Linsin, tobacco and cigars; assigned New York City— Crown Tobacco Co, (not inc); compromised Goldsmith & Glenn, wholesale and retail cigars: sold out H H Heert & Co. , cigar manu- factuVers, dissolved; H H Heert contin. ues under same style A L & A G Kaufman, cigar manufacturers, dissolved; business continued by A G Kaufman &Co Troy— R T Black, cigars; petition in bankruptcy Ohio Bowling Green— C E Miller, cigars.etc; real estate mtge, $100 Cleveland— W J Baker, cigars, etc; chattel mtge, $334 Newark— Fred G Speer, cigars, etc; canceled R E mtge, I466 West Alexandria— F E Vance, cigars, etc; succeeded by Vance & Halderman Pennsylvania Ephrata— J D Kline, cigar manafac- turcr; judgment, $1,500 Kutztown — Solon Wanner, cigars and tobacco; succeeded by Angstodt & Smith Rochester— W F Workman, wholesale and retail cigars and tobacco, satisfied R E mtge, 1 1 5, 000; gave R E mtge, $ 10,000 Washington Barrington — R Brenchlcy, cigars, etc; R E mtge, $6,658 The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON. and fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEAI^INGS. It won't leave its position on the floor when a case falls on it. If you have an old wooden truck, or none at all. this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of Box 184, Yofk, Pa» FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. | E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Pine and f^ | M M MA Common ViyClrO Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Diy* PATENTS promptlj obtained 0% HO TKt. Tr«de-M»i*J, CavekU. Ciipvriitht, and LaUli reRliUred. TWBWTT TEAM' PRACTICE. Uigheit refereBWi*. Send model, iketch or photo, for free report en patentability. All bnaineM confldentul. HAND-BOOK FREE. Explains ererything. TulU How to Obtain and Sell Patents. What InTentioM Will Pay. How to Get a Partner, explaina !>••» mechaniral itioyements, and eontaini *00 othfT ■nbjects of importanM to inTenton.- Addttttf H. B. WlliSON & CO. aSSS! Box 2. Willton BIdf . WASHINGTON, 0. JC JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: tAHCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT MMiiifiictsrer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. f».a— ItBMiQfactnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to tnit the orld. Write for samples. — Ustablished 1834— WM. F. COMLV d: SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 4*> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Combination! iSCRAPi l-Filler--i ♦ - ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ Specially Cleaned and Care^ fully Graded, We make them for 6, ^}4, 9, lO and J2 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobaeoo Factories J. L. MJETZGMR Tobacco Co. 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The First to Manufacture Sweetener in the United States @© "V eLYeesiNE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Also Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, TOBACCO and FRUIT FLAVORS. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DdlVCF Pfl,, pj X^j^^^-i-^ Caveats, Trade Marks, F^cl XwO 1^ Design-Patents, Copyrights, «!■• John A. Saul, CIGAR BOXES PMIIERSOF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES AND .QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOR 'SAHPLESAND RIBBON PRICES For Sale by All Dealero 4- %. ^^..JIUXTURE^-^ us IIDDHOIH TOiAGOO 00. BIW TQBE. THE TOBACCO WORLD *> Established 1H7H. P'actory 1508, Uth Dist. . Pa. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Ten Cent Cigar Manufacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC, Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $.;o per 1(H)0. PATRICK HENRY- 3c, Made in Six Si/.es. Go to the Tnide at ^:\r> per 10(H». Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should I'lace a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining tl>e Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of ( Quality and Workmanship. SOMETHING UEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban stogies ^^ MANDFACTURKD ONI*Y BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. .. 707 OWo St, Aflcgheny, Pa. The Cigars You Want Union Cigar Factory iUk for Samples AKRON, PA. Correspondence Solidteo C. A. Rost «1» reffiitered. TWENTY TEARS' PRACTICE. HigheBt referencei. Send model, sketch or photo, for free report on patpntahilitv. All bniineM confldentiaJ. HAND-BOOK FREE. Explains everything. TelU Hmw to Ol.tftin and .Qell patents. What Inventioni Will P;iy. How to Get % Partner, explaini bM* meoh.iniinl mnvpmenti, and contains SOO oth«r subjects of importance to inrentors.- Addrettt H. B. WILLSON & GO. ..KU Jox 2. WiHsonBldg. WASHINGTON, D. C^ G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. P/u^ and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRKS BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT llaiitifoctttrer of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. fl a— X tnanufacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Hstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. 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'X ^^\A'^ A^nA^ A?^'^ £^*. L€ TAV ^-A^TA^^P^'i^ -jl^' ^^^|l|^^^|l»^lyg^l^ly^^yilLjirTiLllLJ|r^lLj- 'mk^ C. A. ROST 8c CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD GUHPERT BROS. Manufacturers 114 Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) Oil Be Hi Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICJCI LBY. 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Co. Manufacturers of FINE CI 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DEAL Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. Ilth Street, PHILADELPHIA. EEKAHLER ^ READINC.PA.I^ Manufacturer ^ CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedeTs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samplei sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. '^■. J",., t^^-g* . :%i.:..^ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. C^'-^^^ c& Co- H^^»^^ . - Ml IMPORTERS Or^^ f23 N. THIRD ST HIL^DEt-fHIA ^tHe TOB/ieeo Worlb^ CUBA IS VERY PROSPEROUS. SKCRITARY TAFT'S LETTER TO CHAIRMAN PAYNE. tec will not be led in a spirit of com- promise to a reduction to merely 50 per Des Moines Tobacco Man Tells Why is- jj^g Former Philippine Governor Urges the Ways and Means Committee cent of the Dingley rates. 1 am confi- land Has Splendid Prospects. Des Moines, la., Feb. 3. W. C. Schultz, vice-president of the F. R. Rice Mercantile Cigar Co., who has just returned from a several weeks to Report Pavorably on the Curtis Bill and Not Coimte- nance a 50 Per Cent Compromise. dent that a 50 per cent rate would not do the islands the slightest good or result in any appreciable importation of either Washington, I). C, Feb. 2. end of the fiscal year 1904. It should tobacco or sugar into this market. At Following is the text of the letter be said that in order to make up the one time I hoped it might, but our trip to Cuba, where he was buying Ha- which Secretary of War Taft has sent to deficit caused by this appropriation of experience with a reduction of 25 per vana for his house, says that he believes Chairman Payne, of the House Commit- the revenues of the islands for the benefit ^ent satisfies me that I was mistaken. the Island has much brighter prospects tee on Ways and Means, summarizing of American labor and farm and business xhe only possible good that a 50 per than ever before, as all the industries are the reasons why he believes that the interests, a provision was made oy which cent rate would do would be to show in a very flourishing condtion. Curtis bill should be enacted. The Sec all duties collected on imports frpm the how ridiculous are the claims of the beet Mr. Schultz has been a periodical visi- retary says: Philippine Islands and paid into the g^gar and tobacco men who have ap- tor to Havana for fifteen years, and de- "Whatever ultimately will be done Treasury of the United States should be peared before you as opponents of this clares that he never before received such with the Philippine Islands, they are turned over to the Treasury of the Phil- bill, and thus to lead you slowly on to a favorable impression.. He said: necessarily for the next generation to be ippine Islands, but this was insufficient tardy justice to the Philippine Islands." "The city of Havana is undoubtedly a part of the United States, and the to meet the drain on the revenues of the now one of the cleanest cities in the people of the United States are trustees Philippines, so that the net loss sustained world, and we have very few cities in this in holding the Philippine Islands for the by the insular revenues on account of the country that will compare with it in that benefit of the people of those islands, repeal of the export tax on hemp during respect. The beautiful small parks and and are under a sacred obligation to treat the three years was ^329,000 at the end squares are finely kept and greatly im- the people of the islands as their wards, of the last fiscal year. Except for the proved. Havana can also boast of one FAILURES IN JANUARY. More Suspensions But Less Volume of Liabilities. Failures reported to "Hradstreet's" for Under the Spanish regime the Span- fact that Congress regarded the Philip- the month of January were more numer- of the finest driving places of any city, ish Government maintained a monopoly pine Islands as part of the United States, ous than in the same month of a year which is being buiU along the seashore in the manufacture and sale of tobacco, and felt justified, because of other bene- ago, largely because of the mcreased by the government. He also found and took all of its supply from Cuba and fits which it proposed to extend to those number of casualties in the South. It is through the country that the roads are the Phihppine Islands. Since that time, islands in aiding particular classes of its fue that the Middle and New England fine and well kept, and can easily com- as I am informed, the Spanish Govern- own citizens in this country, such legis- ^^a^es reported more failures than m pare in keeping and cleanliness with ment has purchased its tobacco where it lation would be unjust and improper. January a year ago. but on the other many of the best streets in our cities, could get it cheapest, and the Philippine We are not pressing at this time a bill hand, the Central West and the North- Everybody seems to be happy and con- markets have not necessarily been given which shall permit all the products of west reported a great many less, and it tented, and they show this in their faces, the benefit of the Spanish patronage, the Philippine Islands to enter without remained for the South to furnish the The country is peaceful and their crops The change of sovereignty, therefore, the payment of any duty whatever. If we «*-nt»re increase shown over the same arc large and abundant and the prices has taken away from the tobacco growers were to admit into the United States all month a year ago. Failure damage in good. The sugar crop is especially large and manufacturers of the Philippine products of the Philippine Islands free of the shape of liabilities was. however, and will amount to about 1,300,000 tons. Islands, and the sugar growers of those duty the reciprocal obligation on the much smaller than in January a year ago. Thepriceisabout 15 per cent higher than islands, the monopoly of the valuable part of the islands to admit merchandise and the January record of failures and it was three years ago. market of Spain. The United States is from the United States free of duty Labilities is really below the normal for "The tobacco crop was not as large as under an obligation to make this defi would probably arise, and merchandise the month just closed, which usually formerly owing to the increased planting dency good. In addition to this there irom the United States could not be witnesses much in the way of annual of sugar, and for that reason the price, has been imposed a heavier tax on to- admitted free under the Treaty of Paris balancing of books and elimination of on fine grades of Havana are very high, bacco and sugar in Japan and Australia, without extending the same privilege to weak vessels among the business com- Thcre is a great deal of shade grown to- which has much reduced the opportuni merchants from Spain until the year munity. bacco. but there are very few in Cuba ties for profitable sale of both products. 1909. a condition which would too seri- There were 1.203 failures, involving who seem to like iL It generally has a -The Congress of the United States ously impair the customs revenue of the $10,896,479 '" liabilities and I6.052.978 J L-.. .. » .• 1 f I J 1 u u- u f» »u icianHc '" asscts, rcuortcd to "Bradstreet's" for peculiar and bitter taste, entirely for- has enacted a law by which after the islands. • i €ign to the famous and renowned aro- first of July. 1906, all merchandise from "The House once passed a bill reduc- the month of January. This is an in- matic tobacco. Cubans claim that to- the Phihppine Islands carried to the ing the tariff on sugar and tobacco to crease of 7.3 per cent in the number over bacco cannot be grown under cover and United States directly or indirectly must the Philippines 25 per cent The bill January. 1904. but a decrease of 36 per retain its fine qualities and aromatic come in American bottoms. Unless passed without great opposition. There cent in the volume of liabilities. Com- smoke when treated like the famous Congress by its law shall make the mar- was no particular opposition because a pared with January. 1903. there is a gain American Beauty roses are raised in the kets in the United States peculiarly prof- consultation of the statistics showed that of 7.9 per cent in number and 3.5 per , ,, . ,, J 1 11 * 1 ^ n . fr tViAr*. n*»#«H nnt hp anv it was onlv cent in liabilities. New York city f.iilures United States. itable. and shall take down all tariff there neea not oe any. 11 was oniy / .•Some of the largest manufacturing obstruction to the passage of merchandise after the opposition, which we have now are slightly more numerous, but the lia- concerns on the island are working noth. from the PhiHppines to the United seen has been nursed by paid profes- bilities are only about one-third of those ing but shade grown tobacco for the fancy States, this law is a most unjust law. It sional agents, who have circulated un- of January last year, sizes. From a financial point of view cannot be assumed that Congress in founded statements among the trade and they cannot be blamed for doing so, as treating the Philippine Islands for pur- and have misled many persons not the wrapper for a fancy size on i .000 poses of the patronage of American ships familiar with the facts to enter a protest, cigars of the open-air grown tobacco cost as part of the United States, and thus The minute that these statements are care- about $40, while the cost of the shade- imposing a burden on the commerce of fullyexamined the portentious prophecies grown tobacco will only be I7 to $8 per the Philippine Islands, will now deny the of enormous stimulated production of an inspection trip through Kentucky, 1. 000. The consumers are the losers by corresponding and necessary benefit of sugar and tobacco m the Philippine said to the correspondent of The Tobacco this, as they do not get the genuine fine ^^^^ commercial relations. Islands and an obstruction of the sugar World: aroma of Havana tobacco of older times. ..Congress has for the benefit of the and tobacco interests of the United States "Cold weather has been general in the Money is very pkntiTuj ^^^.^^^oun^ °[ ^^^^^^^^^^ laborers' and cordage manufac- are seen to be only the product of timor- white hurley belt for the past ten days, course ^that'T creating a good deal' of turers of this country, repealed the export ous imaginations and to rest :on no and has seriously interfered with the happiness on the island." tax imposed by the laws of the Philip- credible evidence whatever. delivery of the crop, as it has delayed •v^'^^M^^ pine Islands on Manila hemp exported "For the considerations above stated, the getting of the weed ready for market. —The Robards Tobacco Co., of Hen- directly from the islands to the United I earnestly urge this honorable committee Growers are evincing a great deal of dcrson, Ky., will probably remove to states, and has thus reduced the revenues to report favorably the bill under discus- interest in the Hurley Tobacco Growers' Mayfield, in a short time, the president ^^ ^^^ jsl mds which otherwise would sion reducing the duty on sugar and Association, and the majority are of the of the company, ^f; J' ^^^^^;^[f^^^^^^ have been raised there during the en- tobacco to 25 per cent of the Dingley opinion that the venture will eventually S^e "er^^^^^^^^^ forcementofthisAct,^t.o5t.oooat.he tariff. I sincerely hope that the commit- prove a success." COLD WEATHER PREVENTS DELIV- ERY. Cincinnati. O. , Feb. 2. A warehouseman, just returned front A G^LVES rfi OO. H^»^>*'V^ '2^ N. THIRD ST JTT XJ_ 1 • P i^-. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA rp^>v'U ^ ^ p. ^ . V GtlBrlGin OC UO. «nd Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF 1 0 UdOOU 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. VODIfSBD 1855. T. Dohaiw >»D&.T»-^ Wm. H* Dohan. ^^ DOHAN & TAITT, D j^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^ IO7 Arch St. Leaf TobaccoK .«^^ ) philada. 46r\^ mfhOtbrniifS ^^\S BREMER S 50Ar. \JO^^ ^ IMPORTERS OP ^^^^ @l Havana and Sumatra and PACKBBS of s^ Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia JWLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg 8z: Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra /*\ 1,^ /^g~ti^ Packers o{"seed Leaf JL tJLfCti^i^iJ 232 North Third St., Phiia. L. BAMBERGER 8z CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia • Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsvillcll.Y. to ^ SBBD LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA /,//xmD P/OLAOELfVfJAjii, mm >^: •- '^*^v'i,*-^i>*#1»*''.-- ^'''•iJSte^-^.JIW**''-- .^*T^ bl;:ao.e:u ^-kLI^. lENJ. LABE JACOB LABU SIDNBlT U BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SU MAT RA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in LEAF TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third StreeU PHILADELPHIA, PA. liEOPOliD LiOEB 8t 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. The Empire '^P^^m^l^e^'^^ Leaf lobacco "avana ^^ SUMATRA lU Co., Ltd, SUMATRA 118 N.3d St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/ieeO \m\ YO Ung & W ewman, Sumatra & Havana ^x&lJf 2J* K. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA, Paekera of Seed Leaf. /\ (Halves Havana 123 n. third st - iMRnRTERS O^^ ~~ Phii.aDEWHIA OUATI UTY GAR f liicDBALD &OPPENHEIMER Cq.phiu.1 The United NEWsCD.PHiLiiPistrib5 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I The Old Salesman's Musings, THREE SCORE AND TEN MORE THAN -I see you use both telephones, Mr. MOST MEN NEED. Brown, " he said. "I have here a device Let me inform you, boys, that the way for registering the number of calls made. " things go now-adays, the customary three He stopped and gazed dreamily at us for score and ten are about all the years a minute. "It registers every call made, " that an ordinary man needs to have com- he repeated, • so that there is likely to be ing to him in this world. Unless your no dispute, where the service is limited." stock in trade is exceptional, you* re an The old man held up his little contriv- unburied corpse long before you've ance and fell into a deep reverie, checked up on that span. "No," said my friend, rather sharply The young man is the cheese today, I thought, "I'm not interested. You and he stays the cheese just precisely as were talking to me yesterday about it, long as he stays young. A man can plug you know." along soaking up just as much ex- The agent thought on for awhile and perience and ability as he can crowd into then gave a little start, the passing time, and when he gets by "Oh!" he exclaimed. "Was U To the fifty line, a whole lot of employers be sure I was." He hesitated again and are likely to begin to look askance at him. You can be as old as you like, if you're an employer and able to continue one, . ., , . , 1 • u ,1 .^ „ u« conversation; the old gentleman gazed at but if you re just a plam hired man, who ^ ^ , J . r i:r^.:^o. r^.. US sadly for a moment and shuffled out. have made a present of your lifetime for -^ enough of the emerald paper to keep the family dinner bell in its job, you'll lose an inch of your position for every wrinkle. Perhaps the argument is that the man who is worth anything ought to be an employer by the time he is fifty. It isn't every employer, however, that make the biggest piece of money in his establishment. This is not passed out as a new subject. "The Old Man, and How he Got it ^ beautiful, white beard and a magnifi. Where Tecumseh Wore the Elk's Teeth." ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ j^ ^ ^^^^^^^ is one of the heart dramas that we have ^^^ threadbare black frock suit and wore ever with us. I just happened to wit- ^^^ foshioned arctics. The loving, anx- ness a couple of instances within a week. .^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ faithful, old wife stuck though, that brought it forcibly to my ^^^ ^jj ^^^^ j^j^ j^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ "**"^* favored us with a smile whose genuine I was in an office on Chestnut street, ^^^^^^^^^ ^ a d outlived a great many Philadelphia, one day, talking to a friend ^^^^ knocks. when the door opened and a rather im- ..Gentlemen. " he began in a rich, cul- posing looking old man entered. I re- ^j^^jcd voice, "I am introducing a new cognized him as having been a cigar publication in which every man is natur manufacturer some fifteen or twenty ^lly interested. It is a history of the years ago, and at one time he was con- ^^^^^ peoples, dealing especially with •id^redin orosoerous circumstances. I ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^e Japanese, who are said slowly: "It's a very good thing. It registers every call that is made." Brown turned to me to continue the Energetic old party," said Brown. "He dropped in here yesterday and dreamed around awhile until I led him out." "It's a shame!' said I. "I used to know him when he was a good business man with a nice home and a happy family. I wonder how he came to such a pass as this?" The door opened, and curiously enough, in came another old gentleman. He had sidered in prosperous circum hadn't seen the man for years. He didn' t know me, and stood bowing. "Is Mr. Brown in?" he asked. "I am Mr. Brown," answered my friend. now at each other's throats in a world unprecedented struggle. This work, complete in — " "Excuse me," said Brown very de- cidedly, "most unnaturally, I am not The old man hesitated, and fumbled interested, and 1 am obliged to tell you with a green lawyer's bag which he car- that my time is limited." ried in one hand. (Concluded on page 31.) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, ji^f cJlj Makers of ^ I M^^l A a Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and INUMEROLS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-'TIEALM OP THE tJETAlLEPS TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- jj TERPRISING DEALERS. ^ 'T^HERE is no system of advertising that pays best for the comparatively small amount of money expended than the proper care of the show window. No method of advertising is more effec- tive, and easier and cheaper to control, than that of window displays. The first thing necessary in a good window display is scrupulous cleanliness. The next point is to secure a proper background for the display of your goods. This can be easily and cheaply done by putting up a curtain of a material that can be kept clean and renewed, prefer- ably of some dark color. This curtain may be stretched on a wire from one side •f the window to another, if necessary. The drapery or curtain should be sim- ple, as it is not the desire of the dealer to call attention to the drapery, but to the goods displayed. The one great cardinal principle in window displays i s simplicity. Win- dows are usually piled up with goods, which confuse the mind of the public, without attracting its attention to any particular thing in the window. It is a noticeable fact that, with crowded win- dows, the public leaves the display with no definite knowledge of anything be- yond a confused mass of goods. For the night display the lights in the window should be above the shade and out of the observer's sight A strong reflector should be used to throw the light directly on the article in the win- dow; but no light should be placed in the window so that it can be seen by the public, as it is an irritation to the eye, and distracts the attention from the goods displayed. The subject of window displays is too large a one for us to dwell upon at length. If the principles of cleanliness and sim- plicity, both in the draping of the win- dow and in the display of goods, arc car- ried out, any storekeeper can secure a window that will attract attention, whether he is able to employ more elab- orate devices, such a s automatic or moving displays, or not. Some one in the store should he de- tailed to attend to the windows, so that the proprietor may hold him responsible for their proper care, i • • • NO MORE POISON IN CIGARS. npHERE is said to have been discov- ^ ered a method by which cigars may be deprived of all poisonous quali- ties before being smoked, and it is said that as a result. Doctor Gautier, a promi- nent French physician, smoked thirty large, black cigars in twelve hours with- out ;any bad effects. The only trouble with the scheme is that owing to the per- versity of human nature, men will prob- ably scorn the cigar rendered harmless by such a method, just as the drinker won't touch drinks that taste and smell just like the real thing but contain no alcohol. The new scheme provides for the cigars being sterilized, and the process by which the nicotine is neutralized is a F'rench discovery and it is hoped that in time smokers will use only poisonless tobacco. It is not rash to say that tobacco is the more attractive to the majority because it is a poison. It is a peculiarity of this plant that it coaxes its users into the be- lief that they always avoid excess and can at will abandon its use. To make smoking harmless would rob it of a chief element of popularity. It was not until persons in autWority censured Sir Walter Raleigh for smoking and declared it to be a menace of health that the use of tobacco spread like a prairie fire. Wireless telegraph, horseless carriages, featherless chickens, boneless shad, and the like, may do, but a poisonless tobacco could not serve its purpose any better han could a toothless watchdog. • • • CIGARETTES AND DOPE. TT IS a cherished idea with many con- sumers that some tobacco and the majority of cigarettes, particularly the cheap ones, are doped. Just why the manufacturer should do this is not quite clear unless it would be with the idea of making the cigarette more seductive, so that the habit would be constantly grow ing. The cost and trouble, however, w«uld make it an unprofitable operation. A. H. Price, a wholesale tobacco sales- man, well known in the middle west takes no stock in the stories that drugs or opiates are used, and tells why he doesn't believe them. He says: "I have been in the business for years, and thought that I was pretty well posted. It there is any opium used in the prepa- ration of tobacco, I do not know it. "You often hear these stories, but I don' t believe that there is a word of truth in it "It's all according to taste. If you become accustomed to a certain brand of tobacco you will prefer it to a higher priced brand which you have never smoked before. I have seen that de- monstrated so many times that I know it is true." • • • HEAP BIG INJUN. IN front of a -cigar store on Twelfth street, just above Girard avenue, Philadelphia, is a wooden Indian that is probably the tallest in Philadelphia. The figure is fully eight or nine feet high, and perched upon a pedestal, it towers above passers-by in a very imposing, dignified way. The Indian is in good condition and does not look as if it had been made such a long time ago. The oft repeated statement that the Indian as a cigar store sign will soon be extinct does not seem to be quite true, in Philadelphia at least as there are plenty of them to be tocn^' particularly in the residential sections, on Ridge avenue, Germantown avenue, Manayunk, Ken- sington, and similar neighborhoods. Some new stores acquire them, and it is by no means improbable that there will be a revival of them to a certain extent WHY IS A CIGAR. STORE A LOAFING PLACE? TT'S a peculiar thing how definitely a ^ cigar store has come to be regarded as a loafing place. There isn't a store so high-toned and fancy that some of its customers don't occasionally steal a loaf after they have bought a cigar. Next to them is the class that spends a portion of every noon hour leaning on the counter and smoking, next to them is the man who makes it a point to stop in for a chat whenever he is in the neigh- borhood, next to him is the guy who makes the place a rendezvous and is on hand four or five nights out of the week and Sunday, if the store is open, and next to him and everything else he can get next to, is the skate who spends nearly as much time in the store as the clerk, has his mail sent there, has friends to meet him there, uses the store telephone, and buys a five cent bag of cigarette tobacco two or three times a week. People go into a drug store to consult the directory, and use a department store in which to wait for a friend, but there does not seem to be any other class of store in which they deliberately lounge, and the extent to which it is tolerated and even en- couraged is astonishing, particularly when it is borne in mind that the store's best customers are seldom numbered among the loafers. There is a certain store which the writer has in mind, in which a back room is occupied by a couple of pool tables. Three or four dozen chairs are ranged around the room, and early every evening there is a rush for these. It is not to witness the pool playing, for the reason that on many a night there will be practically no playing. Moreover most of the chairs were there before the tables were. This cigar store has more constant at- tendance than most clubs and none of the crowd seem to tire. If one man misses a night, he has to tell everyone where he has been when he shows up the next night On Sunday the proprietor buys all the Philadelphia and New York papers and puts them out on the pool table which aren* t doing business. They are leisurely read and discussed all day, and by night all the affairs of the country are comfortably settled. The proprietor takes an interest in the arguments occa- sionally, and his cle»k who is considered something of a cut-up, always. The day's sales from this crowd are never enormous and after the price of the paper is sub- tracted from the profits, hardly a good day's pay would be left It doesn't seem clear why the proprie- tor runs this sort of a place as he has sacrificed some of his trade in order to do it Sone men wont enter his store because they say it is always full of loafers. The dealer seems perfectly sat- isfied, however, and wouldn't drive the crowd out if he saw an easy way to do it and still retain their trade. Many a dealer has chairs and benches put in to accommodate his hangers-on, who on the strength of a dime spent can loll luxuriously the whole evening. Of course the big stores wont stand for any such chair warming, but their man- agers will tell you that they have a lot of customers who ought to know better, who would at once take advantage of any sort of encouragement in this direction. What is the particular attraction? • • • TO BRIGHTEN UP OLD STOCK. 'T'HE following is very good matter from the current issue of the Cana- dian Cigar and Tobacco Journal and should be noted by every dealer; "The line of goods generally designated as smokers' sundries is apt to become shop soiled, and materially deteriorate in value, when kept in stock for any length jof time. Many of them, that have thus suffered, can have their appearance much improved, 'however, by a httle eflFott on the part of the dealer. "Leather cigar and cigarette cases that have become soiled, can have their ap- pearance wonderfully improved by rub^ bing them with the white of an egg, and then polishing with a soft cloth when entirely dry. This should not be at- tempted, however, with the cheaper cases of so- called leatherette, as the least moisture is apt to ruin their appearance beyond repair. "Silver and plated match boxes that have become tarnished, can be readily cleaned with a piece of chamois skin and a little whiting, slightly moistened with alcohol. The silver mountings on pipes may be cleaned in the same way, but care should be taken not to soil or scratch the other portions of the pipe. Imme- diately after cleaning a pipe mount the adjacent parts of the pipe should be wiped first with a damp rag, followed by a dry, soft cloth. "Briar pipes of the best class improve rather than deteriorate by being kept in stock, particularly where they are exposed to a strong light in the shop window. The wood gradually becomes darker, and the grain shows up to better advantage. In the cheaper briar pipes, where the bad spots have been filled with putty, the exposure to a strong light causes these spots to stand out more prominently, as the putty becomes pale. At times a dealer may get a piece of briar wood that does not darken as it should. In such cases it will be improved by an applica- tion of olive oil, well rubbetd in. The only cleaning that an ordinary plain briar pipe requires, is wiping with a dry cloth. Carved briars should be cleaned with a dry, hard brush." TJERE is a tip for the retailer who ^^ stays in his own store from early in the morning until eleven o'clock at night: Go out regularly and get some fresh air, and make it a point to stop in a different store and buy a cigar as often as you can. Watch other dealers do business and see if your way is better or worse. The man who sticks in his own shell all the time isn't any better than a THB TOBACCO WORLD *mm saifc You Will Always Have Money IF YOU USE A NATIONAL The merchant who uses a National knows that all his receipts are on hand or accounted for. It auto- matically records every sale and all money received on account and paid out. A National pays for itself every year by stopping losses, pre- venting mistakes and enforcing carefulness. National Cask Register Company DAYTON, OHIO In zi'ritiii^ f-lias,- tmntion t/iis pa/'er ^^■<^^^^^9 "THE 400's" CIGAR CASE. clam. ^I^g^ VOU IIN IX? Supplying "The 400" with their favorite Cigars? If not, ^^QET UN IX .. n • .% __P I Rv nsint? '^The 400's" Cigar Case. This new and elegant style of case is made without frame, either of wood to'ge shabby or metal to famish and require cleaning. Nothing exposed to wear or v^^w except Pla^e^^^^^ Marble All cases are fitted with racks and water trays. Dimensions as follows: Top hgh , 26 inches wide, front light M^^^^^^ base, 7^ inches wide ; 42 inches high over all These dimensions can be varied Made any length from three to fourteen feet with one light in top and front. Price, $9.50 per foot. F. POLLARD, Manufacturer of ShOW ChSCS "l^A SaAX^ti ^ SOL and '^^Iswfx'^ LUIS MARX J^AaJinf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) •Td Delut": Leaf Tobacco Figuras 39-4^, Cable Address: ••Cuetara." Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. #• ▲irrsji*. ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en i^ama B8PBCIAUDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA tlOAQUlN HEDESAf N ARTINEZ^HEDESA <& CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar street, „.«.^. rl^^k Cable: ••Jkdesa.'* nAISAlNA, vUtSA* Branch House: — 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Fla. %> Jorge Y. P. Castancda JOHGE 8t P. CRSTflfiEDA GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana Iieaf Tobacco DrsLgones loS—iio, HAVANA AYMLISIO PAZOS & CO. Almat^aistas de Tabaeo en Rama PRADO IZ3, Habana Royal Cigar Factory INDEPENDENT The Oldest Brand 'ARTAGAS YG a 4^bah^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: CiPER. Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Xabaco en Rama Mspecialidad Tabaeo de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Ahnacenistas de Tabaeo en Eama in Vuelta. AlMiio, Semi Vudta. y Putidtt, Industria. 176, HABANA, eUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, Habana. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. i' THE TOBACCO WORLD II Established 1834 OlflLBVA. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalbzgon. AIXALA ®. CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, ai\d Corra^les 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. S9^PCCIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS^Ot P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." Jtl, GARCIA PULtlDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VueltaL AbaLjo, FaLftido a.nd Remedies Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco, and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte J56, cabie-'-CAiDA." HABANA, CUBA. Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade M^rk Registered ^^^le Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Waller Raleigh LaL Columnia de Ibl VictorisL. Lol IrmaL, and Lsl Guipuzcoana. S^^iRAfiN^ J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. Canada, Great Britain, Germany, etc.. to fact that he had given orders to buy place the Por Larranaga before the smok- suitable vegas before the rise, which he is ing public. While the stock of leaf is only inspecting now. large, of the very choicest lowland section Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez turned over of the Vuelta Abajo only, Don Antonio 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo, but have is already on the lookout to secure the other trades pending, most famous vegas this year, so that the Mark A. Pollack is a very busy man, factory shall be prepared to guarantee an and can be seen fl) ing around the market A No. I cigar in every respect. with his customers. Behrens & Co. report a brisk business Rabell, Costa & in their Sol factory. The National Cuba Co. is sending large, substantial orders from the United States, while Canada, Great Britain and Germany are calling Co. closed out 309 bales of Vuelta Abajo from their holdings to local factories. Sol Hamburger was busy up to the last moment before he left, and his ' Crepusculo," " Nene' and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Ckkpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 97 Broad Street, New York, Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguei for Sol cigars to the entire satisfaction of whole purchases were in ex ess of 2.000 the owners. b iles. Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja. under A. Pazos & Co. had a good week, as the management of Don Jesus Vales, of owing to the arrival of Don Avelino they the firm of Rabell, Ccsta, Vales & Co., are doing an excellent business for all parts of the world. Crepusculo, made by J. F. Rocha & Co., is called for in increasing quanti- ties from London, Germany and South America, while the brands Ntne and Jefferson are doing well in the United States. El Rico H .bino has no reason to complain, as orders are coming in at a lively enough pace to satisfy the owners, Enrique Dorado & Co. Buying. Sellini^ and Other Notes of In terest. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. sold 700 sold 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and secured some 200 bales of the same kind in the country. Max Stern has added about 2,000 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo to his holdings, and disposed of i, 190 bales right in town to his customers. Gr.iu, Planas & Co. turned over the remainder of their Remedios holdings, some 250 bales, but they still bold some choice Partido vegas. E. C. Crawfoid the genial buyer for Dohan & Taitt, has been gomg over our market carefully and selectmg several good sized lots of V^uelta Abajo. All the dealeis here have known him for the last twenty >ears, and arc anxious to sell him bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo to on the lowest possible margin of profit. Dates 01 ivcuic .F j^ .^ impossible for a new buyer to do as their northern customers. ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^f sterling character, who H. Spingarn, who was erroneously ^as gained a reputation for honest, square reoorted as having left, is still here, and dealing, although he may be sharp in while his purchases have amounted to considerably above 1,000 bales, he is still in the market, it seems, and open for more good goods. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. turned over 600 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo. Leslie Pantin has been a large operator the registering, and protect the interest of his firm all he possibly can. G. Salomon & Hnos. disposed of 206 bales of all kinds of leaf. Jos. Hollard, the well known Philadel- phia manufacturer, has made some ex- cellent purchases of Vuelta Abajo. Jose Menendez closed out 200 bales of B. DIAZ & CO. Growers eLi\d Packers of Vuelt^L Abajo and PdLftido TobdLCCO PRADO 125, Cable:— Zaidco HABANA, CUBA. 6RAU, PL/INAS Y Qlfl, Almacenistas de Tabaeo en Rama Cable: Calzada de la Reina 22, „ , />,.k- grahlanas. Habana. Cuba CHARLBS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- -Bwo ■ Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, snNITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: -Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. QA^Qlfl Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, for his various customers, although the Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. exact quantity could not be ascertained. A. M. Calzada & Co. sold 200 bales of lose F Rocha disposed of 450 bales Remedios. and bought for his several jose r. ixu^ , r 1 customers 400 bales of all kinds of leaf. of Vuelta Abajo to local factories and ^ ^.^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^ one sale of 150 northern buyers. bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to a Mat Wengler's business must be in- local factory, creasing substantially, as he only left a Garcia & Co. were actively buying in couple of months ago and is now back the country, and selling to their custom- h*»rP aaain looking for more tobacco. ^^^ *" ^°^"- here again looKing ^^^ Alfredo Uttlinger, after his return Aixala & Co. made several transactions ^^^^ ^,,g Vuelta Abajo, bought 1,000 amounting to 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo, i^aigg ,„ore of Vuelta Abajo, so his total Partido and Remedios. purchases are about 2.000 bales. Manuel Suarez & Co. are busy with Receipts From the Conntry Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB^NUNEZ HAVANA CO. piwceiitt de Tanaco en tarn 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA- Cable:— Reform. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "-eto^teTAf LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses:-6l6 W. Baltimore Sireel. Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. Ttt.mp«.. T\%^ CIOAR FACTORY several customers of theirs. Rodriguez, Baustita & Co. sold 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo. ^^^j^^ ^^^^^ Barney Barron, of Chicago, is here to g^^^- Vuelta look after his tobacco. Jorge & P. Castaneda disposed of 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo. L L. Kemper, of Baltimore, looks well and happy, probably owing to the Week Ending Jan. 28. Bales 942 1 1 208 Partido Matanzas — S. Clara & Remedios 2,007 Santiago de Cuba Total 168 BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. Cigtrs m«outh, and began the manufacture of cigars in 1853. The business was a few years ago incorporated as the American Consum- ers' Cigar Company, of which his son, Jacob Stahl, Jr., is now president, the factory being located in New Jersey. A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OP CONNECTICUT WA1LEH0V!»ES BUSY. Havana and Sumatra packp:rs op Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of FLORIDA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. expect before they purchase their passage cancel stamps and the using of refilled tickets. The crop on hand is fast disappearing, sales of over 500 bales changing hands the past week. The Havana market has been very active, especially in Santa Clara and Remedies. All old tobacco is bringing good prices and is in active demand on account of the new crop being a little raw and that the shrinkage will necessa- rily be large, which is an item to be considered. It is surprising to see so many buyers going to Cuba at this time. It is altogether too late at this day, and buyers would do better to look around the home markets, where we believe they might buy better tobacco at at least 5c per pound cheaper than they could do in Havana at the present time. boxed were due to the neglect or igno- rance of his son. The arrest of Mr. Novotny. who is one of the best known retailers on Broad- way, came as a complete surprise to Mr. Novotny and his many friends in the trade. The action was taken upon a purely technical charge of having had in his possession empty tobacco p ickagcs upon which the stamps had not been properly destroyed, and also of offering for sale cigais in boxes which had been previously used. Mr. Novotny states that the matter is due entirely to ignorance and oversight on the part of his son, who was in charge of the store while Mr. Novotny was ill, and it is generally believed that Mr. Novotny will be able to make a satisfac- THE NEW KAVFFMANN FACTORY. A L & M L. Kauffmann, a company recently formed for the purpose of en gaging in the manufacture of high grade seed and Havana cigars, have secured factory facilities at Fourth street and Supply of Leaf Ample to Keep Up Rush for Some Time. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 4. The tobacco warehouses in this State are quite busy now, and supplies of leaf are ample to keep the majority of houses in the broad leaf districts running on full time. Girls are now employed for the first time in sorting tobacco in the Hartman packing house in Manchester, and the middle of the present month. The premises are 50x100 feet, and there are six stories. The building will be mod- ernly equipped. * • * VNITED CO. BUYS A GOLDBERG STORE Quite some activity in the new Florida ^^'V explanation when the case comes up tobacco was reported, sales of 300 bales having been made this week. This tobacco seems to be taking hold, and we think it has earned its place in the weekly report. All old seed tobacco is moving in good sized lots; 1902 Wiscon- sin binders and Bs are being picked up. Sales of 400 cases Pennsylvania broad leaf 1903 at I2|^c, 600 cases 1903 Zimmer fillers out at 16^ c, 200 cases Gebhardt at l6c, are reported. One large transaction of 1903 Wiscon- sin was made consisting of one million one hundred thousand pounds. This is certainly a large deal for these days. before United States Commissioner Shields this week. • • • Imports of Sumatra in 1904, The following list shows the amount of Sumatra tobacco imported b y the principal leaf houses of New York city during last year: A. Cohn & Co., Rosenwald & Bio. Uuys & Co E. H G L S. J. L. E Falk & Bro. . Schmid & Co , Rossin & Sons, Hirsch & Son, Friedman & Co., Spingarn & Co., Rothschild & Bro., F. F. Cranz, M. F. Schneider, Preizfeld & Co., H. Smith & Co.. A creditors' petition i n involuntary bankruptcy has been filed in the United States District Court against Morris Fut- terman, dealer in tobacco and cigars at J. Holzman, No. 522 Willis avenue, by Louis Aaron- A. Blumlein & Co , son, 5300; Frank Mankiewitz, I250, and ^- Lo^b &. Co., Felix Philips, $225. It is alleged that "fison Co*.' Futterman is insolvent and has made 5. Ashner payments to creditors with the intent of S. Auerbach & Co., preferring them over the other creditors. J« H. Getze & Co., It is further charged that on January 12 ^""^"^ Bros., the bankrupt removed and concealed a Xmer' can Cigar Co., large part of his assets. The stock and United Cigar MTrs. , fixtures now remaining in the store are Order, said to have a value of about I2.500. • • • • • • William Catlin, with the Victor Thorsch Adolph Novotny, proprietor of a cigar Company, of AUentown, has just returned store at 1444 Broadway, was arrested at to this city after a ten days' visit through the instance of Chief Revenue Agent the New England States, where he didja 4,920 Bales. 3.955 " 3.898 " 2.185 2,007 '• 1,884 1,430 1,306 1,267 •• 1,220 " 829 " 369 354 •• 340 •• 338 " 319 .« 379 " 187 126 80 •• 70 •• 47 M S 4,072 3,726 2,756 1,010 Second avenue, and everything will be experiment is being watched with interest in readiness for operation by about the ^^^ '^ expected to succeed. A report fiom Greenfield, Mass., says there is talk among some of the tobacco growers of making one more experiment in raising shade tobacco through the use of the old seed leaf variety. It has been learned, however, that the old seed leaf The M. Goldberg Cigar Co., whose tobacco is better adapted to this use than headquarters are at 98 Liberty street and Havana, the latter being too papery. who now operate four stores in New Some experiments in growing this brand York and one in Brooklyn, has sold one under cloth are predicted for next spring of its New York stores to the United Ci- %%%%««%%% gar Stores Co. Transfer will be made as soon as Mr. Goldberg is able to leave his home, where he has been detained for several weeks by the serious illness of Mrs. Goldberg. The Hillman Co., of this city, is doing a very large business on the Bachelor cigar of the Victor Thorsch Co., of Al- lentown. • • • JOTTINGS. Frank Arguimbau, President o f the Schroeder & Arguimbau Co., sailed on Jos. Mendelsohn. Louis A. Bornemann. Manuel Suarea. Mendelsohn, BornenvdLniv ®. Co. Importers & Commission Merchants Specialty— HAVANA TOBACCO New York Office: Ha.VA.naL OfHce: U. S. ARCADE BUILDING. ANISTAD 95^ Water Street. Corner Fulton. Room 1. HAVANA. ^ \m »» Trade-Mark Register. LAMAR 14,693 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies and tobacco Registered Jan 24, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Colbro Cigar Co, Philadelphia, Pa. HONEST ISSUE 14,694 For cigars Registered Jan 24, 1905, at 9 a m, by Diebert& Yeager, Orwigs- burg. Pa. Saturday to visit the Company's farm at GENERAL ROLLER 14.695 Quincy, Florida. He expects to return For cigars Registered Jan 25, 1905, in about two weeks, at 9 a m, by A W Mentzer & Sons, Sigmund Rothschild has arrived from Ephrata, Pa. his home in Detroit, looking hale and j^^qi^ ^55 14,696 hearty and left New York for England on Tuesday. The "Field Mirshall," despite his many years in the tobacco business, is much up to date and has many origi- nal ideas. Bob White, representative of H. Duys & Co. .spent a few days with us and brought a few good customers from Penn- sylvania with him. Alfred Etlinger. and his son Victor, arrived on the Morro Castle from Havana on Tuesday. Julius Lichtenstein again in Connecti cut inspecting his packing of tobacco. He says he bought the best crops in the State and they are not good enough for him. Fred Rothschild, of Waldorf Astoria Segar Co. fame, is traveling to the Pa- cific coast and has been distinguishing himself by way of orders at every stop, ping point. For cigars, cigarettes, cheioots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 28, 1905, at 9 a m, by Jos McCudden, Cincinnati, O. OUR AMERICAN COUSIN 14697 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Jan 30, 1905, at 9 a m, by Henry Schumacher, Cincinnati, O. REJECTIONS. Lu Lu, Fairy Land, Nuf Sed, Arab, Square Deal, Egyptian, Arabian, Arabian Night, County Leader, Arabian Knight, USONA, Tadellos, Big Stick, Auburn, Asia, U. S. A. ««lablithed 1840. Cable "Ifaffgtt. Hinsdale Smith & Co. inoorters of Sumatra & Havana X rk K il /> /> A •^ Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 OLIClv/OtJ 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. mianjKT> H. Smitb tliOS SlflTr CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .v.Fine Cigars/.'. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. Pkazibr M. Dolbekr G. F. Skcor, Special. F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON re. anced by the fact that men stay in doors and do even more smoking than is usual. I don't believe it. There are a great many business houses in this city which do not permit smoking inside the office and every employe has to do his smokint R. D. Engel. formerly a superintend- ent for Gumpert Bros , who is now man- ufacturing for himself at Broad and Por- ter streets, reports business as very good. Mr. Engel has room for twenty five ana every employe nab 10 uo uis snmMni^ u j ^u u ■ ki^ *^ ^^ J ^ ^ hands mcire than he is able to get. when he's outside. They're not outside much this weather, and as a result the retailers are quick to feel the effect of it." Mr. Monellis, of Newark, was in this market during the week introducing a new brand of chercots called Zozo. Mr. A report came indirectly from the Bam- ..,,.., u ■ , a ^-^ ♦v,^ ^ , . 1 Monellis is the man who introduced the berger real estate offices this week that the r i- .1 u » ° , , ,. , AlasKa brand o f liitle cigars about a United Cigar Stores Co. had definitely .,.,,. year ago. closed the deal for the entire building at ,^^ the Southwest corner o f Second and ^t the store of Godfrey S. Mahn, at Market streets, for ;?$, 500 a year. This Eleventh and Chestnut streets, it was includes the property that was used for a stated that business is moving well now jewelry store on Second stieet, as well as ^^ both Philadelphia places, and also at the Bainbridge shoe store. It was stated jyj^ Mahn's New York stands. that the United building would be con- <««^ siderably altered and improved, and an w. T. Taylor, the representative of elevator and stairway put in, and that the Punch and the Romeo and Juliet the United people will occupy part of the factories, of Cuba, who has spent some first floor and sublet the rest of the time in this market recently, sailed on building. the Morro Castle last Friday. A meeting of the board of directors of ^. „ ,, ., ^. J T^ . I^ 1 . Thomas E. Bowen, of Guerra, Diaz & the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers _ , , . , , , ^ , r I I ^o > was among the salesmen in town Association was held at the store of J. I. ,.,„,,, -, ,,. „ , this week. The drummers were unable Hassen, 6633 Woodland avenue on , • , ., , , 1 L J- to report anything phenomenal in busi- Monday afternoon to considerthe sending *. , , , , , J ness for the past two weeks, of representatives to a meeting to beheld at 2215 Columbia avenue on Thursday, u u v r- 1. 1 . i_ 1 ^. ^ J ,,, , Boch & Co. , Broad street, below Chest- the qth, to be composed of delegates from ^ , . t> ^ o ^ . ^ ' ^ ^ nut, are having a run on Boch & Co. s the Northwest, Central, and West Phila- 0.1 j u • j j- . P anetelas, and have a window display of them. Business is pretty good up on Broad street just now. v%> delphia Business Men's Protective Asso- ciations, and also the German Alliance. The allied committees will run a special to Harrisburg on Feb. 14. when they expect to carry no less than five hundred men, who will voice their sentiments in favor of the McNicoU bill. Joseph E. Tuck, retiring president of the Philadelphia Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association, who is spending the winter at Los Angeles, has been forced by a rather serious affliction to abandon all use of his eyes for the time. Mr. C. Fraciscus, late of Evans, will open Tuck writes that he expects to be much a new store at 4203-5 Lancaster avenue, better in a few weeks, however, and ev- where he will carry a full line of Key eryone will join in the hope that his ex- West cigars, pectation is verified. *^ *^ S. Jacobs, of Gumpert Bros., was H. Steinberg, retailer and sub jobber, among the trade this week and showed of 1 63 1 Ridge avenue, has been laid up the hthographs of some prospective new for several days. labels. Authur Du"an, formerly back of the counter for Jos. Way. at 1105 Market street, is now handing out cigars at the Vendig Hotel cigar stand. Francisco Garcia, o f F. Garcia & Bros., Havana, was a visitor among the trade this week, and reported business as opening up well. THE TOBACCO WORLD 15 o ■*i'«c*<. 0 m *#^- o o. y DIplotnatico A good smoke, a quick seller, a profitable' cigar — that's our ''Ouo \'a(lis." You need it in your business, for it brings new^ trade and satisties the old. The "Quo \'adis'' cigar in your show case will add prestige to your assort- ment, because it re])resents highest quality and best workmanship. Its handsome, modern, full size DIPLOM ATICO shape is the favorite of all smokers, and everybody enjoys its fragrant aroma and ])leasant taste. It's the Ideal Five Cent Cigar, and we fully guarantee it to give satisfaction. Write to us for Sample Box and Price. We'll be pleased to answer questions. ALFRED EYER & CO., Ci^ar Manufacturers, AUentown, Pa. isn V James 1 Hassen, 6633 Woodland ave nue, is going to enlartje his present place of business by an additional story and 40 feet more depth. Mr. Hassen opened up in this section ab')Ut nine )ears ago. and by stiict and careful attentioti to business has built up a prosperous tr de both retail and jobbinj^. Mr. H.issen was the first dealer to return "Devd Heads" to the Oueen City Tobac o Co. for premiums, for which they congratu lated him by leter. Red D. is his lead ing seller in scrap goods With MaLi\uf2LCturers and Jobbers. Frank Teller, head of the firm of Frank Teller & Co., 125 South Second street, has just returned from an exten- si-i^ Western trip, and reports the best lary in that section in the history of .firm. si<^ 1 E. Cohn, of E. Cohn & Son. jobbers at 512 South Second street, experien;ed a i-ad bereavement last week in the death of 'nis only daughter, about 13 years old Mr. Cohn has seven sons. Mr. Jeffreys, of the Surbrug Co. , of New York, was in this market during the week purchasing the Milo cigar. This brand is to be worked on extensively. Dan McNeil, of A. B. Cunningham & Co. , has left for an extended road trip for his company. Beaston Bros. , manufacturers and job- hers at 55th street and Woodland avenue. are very busy at both their places of business, and are getting their goods well established in this city and up the Schuylkill Valley. «^ T. H. Hart & Co ,. the leading im- porters, manufacturers and jobbers in all H.ivana goods in this city, repoit a decided increase in business for January over last \ear, and attribute it to the I'ob icco Show The increase is espec- ially in the sale of Leda,all Havana, and on the Cayey Caguas, Porto Rico goods. rhis Company also reports that they are oversold on Ramesis cigarettes, the fac- tory being over a million short. I J R. Vetterlein, son of Joseph Vetter- lein, of Vetterlein Bros , st.irted on his maiden trip as a salesman this week. Heretofore Mr. Vetteilein has devoted considerable of his attention to Piinceton football, and has started out with the same vigor to "tackle" tl.is new propo sition. Bayuk Bros, have just put on the market a very handsome new 5 cent cigar which they call BB Blunts. The cigar is made in a large size and is taken on sight for a 10 cent article. The package is a handsome one. %/^ StepKano Bros. Will Erect Big Building Stephano Bros., manufacturers of Ramesis Turkish cigarettes, have pur- chased the properties at 1 01 4- 16 Walnut street, where they will erect a modern seven story building, drawings and plans for which arc now complete. s BLACK THREADS Long Cut The Finest Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3^ oz. packages Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write us for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO. 5 g 5 fJF^J^^^^^JffJWN^MfiWIff^iV^^V^^^^^^XX A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Sprayer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tob&.cco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. i6 Out Capacity for Mantiiacturing Cigar Boxes It — Al »AYS Room for One More Good Customsk. . THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son,Seilersville, Pa For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELI E^ pm^ A HIGH GRADE R^ 3C.CIGAR FOR iJL>. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO W. KrORESH ^ SONS. Makers. Norristown. Penna F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. Manufacturer of TKc largest and best CLEAR HAVANA FILLED 5-ccAt CigssLf on the Matrket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they arc Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. LeaLf DeaLlers' Jottings. I Dohan & Taitt, well known leaf dealers and importers on Arch street, above Front, have issued one of the most valu- able and useful calendar souvenirs that have been seen this year. The first page is occupied by the 1905 calendar, while around the border are flags of all the nations in their proper colors. On the second page is a map of Cuba, with a separate one of Havana, together with a description of all the tobacco raising districts of Cuba. The third page bears a map of Pennsylvania; the fourth page maps of the United States, the Isthmus ot Panama, Philippines, North America and Asia, and the last page maps of the world, the eastern and western hemis- pheres and the north polar regions. On the backs of these arc many valuable statistics relating to the area and popula- tion of the principal cities mf the world. F. Eckerson returned on Monday from his Havana trip, having after a hard hunt secured about 1,000 bales. Prices were very high, Mr. Eckerson says, and he had great difficulty in getting what he needed. Julius Eckerson will shortly leave for the West. Established 1864 Factory No. 20, 9th Dist., P&.. Geo. W. Bowman ®. Co. Hanover, Pa. Manufacturers of pine C'^^''^ ♦ ♦^♦4- '^'►♦^♦^ Tie Bod Bow-Plaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker E. A. Calves, of E. A. Calves & Co., sailed last Saturday for Havana. Mr, Calves will remain away about five weeks, during which time Frank Domin- guez will "tend store." Mr. Calves will meet many friends before he returns. George Newman, of Young & New- man, is back from his satisfying Western trip and is now taking frequent short runs up the State while preparing for his next trip. «^ cents per 8-point measured line. ) FOR RENT Gii^ar Factory Building, Gompletfj^, ia good section of First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 hands, and 35 hatids available. Terms moderate. Address, FACTORY, Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World, Phila. i-25ca "\7U^ANTED- An experienced salesman ^^ in tobacco or grocery trade to handle a line of good cigars on commis- sion. Man with established trade pre* ferred. Address, Box 308, Spring City, Pa ^ALESMAN OR BROKER WANTED ^ for the West to represent responsible Ninth District Factory. Address, Mpr., Box 1 10, care of The Tobacco World. 2-8h THB TOBACCO WORLD 17 m. •^ ^ \ Remember!! It will save you money to write or call on us before placing your order for Florida Shade -Grown Sumatra Our large packing of 1904 WRAPPERS cannot be surpassed for Style, Even, Uniform Colors, Burning Qualities and Yield. Prices Reasonable. Come, and you will be convinced. Floridsi Tobacco No. 131 MaideiV Lane, NBW YOflC Telephone "5276 John" Plantations— Quincy, Florida. i8 THB TOBACCO W O It L D KEYSTOME CHEMICAL CO. iu!^AY» Room" FOR Onb Mor« Good Customer. L U. OCllCrS & oOIlj oCIICrSVIIlC| I •• THE TOBACCO WORLD >9 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, He. HAVANA CHROMA Sweet, Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent. Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods w^ill always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. . ^. KEYSTOME CHEIMICAL CO., YORK, PA. UNITED CIGARl f ^?!:?«;. ?^«^'*";^' !.-*/?.^'^" Manufacturers f0i4-i020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. — J . . — — _ ) HirschhorUy Mack & Co. I- j Straiton & Storm, I Lichtenstein Bros, Co, ^ G. H. SACHS, Mannfactnrer of FINE CIGARS Factory No. 7. Ninth Ditt., P*. LANCASTER, PA. Integrity of Purpose and Earnest Endeavors, Coupled with Energy, Have Brought OUR CIGARS to the Front. IT PAYS TO SELL THE BEST. ffS^WE MAKE THEM. :} The Standard of Uniform Excellence in Seed and Hand Made Havanak. Cigars Always the Same — The Highest Quality and the Finest Workmanship. Will submit samples and quote prices to reputable dealers. ¥: ¥ » * ♦ ♦ Cigar Boxes ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLDMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 44 ♦ ♦^♦4 jjjij«jijHiiiMjtarainaiiiiJI^.^I.Bl-4jgjgjl 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... HT The preced,ng cut is a fac simile, i'n it's a^ual stze. of the new PRECINTA - warjan^ stamp .^^^ as ^l^^^^^^;::^^ c'u?.oba:co^^ac'^^^ i^ow used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee tnai c , . g ages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. j ;„ riiRA fmm nnre CUBAN LEAF should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, or cut loo The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in ^^B^ f^rcnn pure CU^ Y .^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ leTpackages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cgar and ^'g-rette M-nufactu ers ^ n>on of »he ^^^^"^ « ^ ^ ^^;, j^^ J^^^^^ ,y^^ guarantee ment of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will P'o^ecule before the courts, an) one who ma>attempt^m p eMdency ol the Republic: dark blue, covered by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA fac simile: black with pale blue gr. und , fac simile of the se.u oi me i re.i y k Imports of Tobacco, etc. |.|:=Kf I- Arrivals at the port of New York from Hambuigcr Bros & Co foreign points during the week Hinsdale Smith & Co ending Feb. 6, 1905. Bremen— A. H. Ringk & Co. 3 cases tobacco; The Hilson Co, 2 bales do.; Havana Tobacco Co Otto Malchow & Co, 21 do; Metropolitan p^^j^ ^ Tilford T-u^r^^^ r^n. t/-k />:>c«*c ricrarette naner. xT_t: 1 /^..w.« HAVANA CIGARS Str. Morro Castle, arrived Jan. 31 : " ' " 204 cases Tobacco Co, 10 cases cigarette paper. Flume— M L. Herzog&Co, 142 bales tobacco; 100 cases do. Havana— T S. & T. Co, 30 barrels cigarettes; Havana Tobacco Co, i case do.; W. R. Grace & Co, 1 case do.; J as. E. Ward & Co, 4 cases cigarettes. Havre— J. Monroe & Co, 5 packages cigarette paper. Liverpool— American Tobacco Co, 4 cases tobacco. San Juan— Order, 40 bales tobacco HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Morro Castle, arrived Jan. 31 : (3,023 bales; 174 bbls. ; 424 cases.) Cigar Box Lumber «4» Jas. E. Ward & Co A. Cohn & Co Hinsdale Smith & Co B. Diaz & Co E. Hoffman & Son A. Murphy & Co Simon Batt & Co F. Miranda & Co S. Rossin & Sons Steindler Bros. Hamburger Bros. & Co American Cigar Co J. Bernheim & Son S. L. Goldberg & Sons M. Schwarz Jos. Hirsch & Son Cane Bros Selgas, Suarez & Co Robert E. Lane L Bijur & Son G. Salomon & Bro Louis Ash & Co S. Ruppin J. Holzman F. Miranda & Co The Hilson Co S. Ruppin Jas. E. Ward & Co Herz Bros Hamburger Bros & Co Selgas, Suarez & Co Max Schwarz Jas. E. Ward & Co Str. Esperanza, arrived Feb. 4: (1, 5 10 bales) J. Bernheim & Son Jas. E. Ward & Co 363 329 " 180 •• 176 " 151 " 85 " 74 '• 70 " 62 " 58 " 50 " 48 " 38 " 35 " 30 " 27 «• 22 " 20 " 20 " 18 " 15 •• 13 " 5 " 57 bbls 25 " National Cuba Co G. S. Nicholas L. J. Spence Waldorf Astoria Segar Co Calixto Lopez & Co Michaelis & Lindermann F. R. Rice C. H Wyman & Co A. Hollander & Co. Watjen, Toel & Co Str. Esperanza, arrived Feb. 4: Jas. E. Ward & Co. 13 cases Park & Tilford 3 PORTO RICAN TOBACCO. Str. Coamo, arrived Feb. 4; 711 bales sir. \-oamo, ^ 1,134 bales American Cigar Co Durlach Bros 8 G. W. Sheldon & Co 36 " Arguelles, Manrique, Sola & Co 32 bbls. PORTO RICAN CIGARS. Str. Caracas arrived Jan. 31: American Cigar Co 106 cases 28 •• 27 " 22 " 21 " 14 •• 10 " 7 .. 6 " 6 " 5 " 4 " 4 " 4 " 3 " 4: 50 cases 22 " Factory No. 3765. Order Am. W. I. T. Co Mateo Rucabado West Indies Cigar Co Arguelles, Manrique, Sola & Co C. Mendez C. D. Stone & Co Antilles Trading Co Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co Cadiz Cigar Co F. Bonilla & Co A. S. Lascelles & Co G. W. Sheldon & Co M Menendez & Co Str. Coamo, arrived Feb. Durlach Bros A. W. IT. Co West Indies Cigar Co C. Mendez Arguelles. Manrique, Sola & Co A. S. Lascelles & Co M. Rucabado Victor Malga & Co 424 cases Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co Order Antilles Trading Co 657 bales J. J . Kebler 547 •' Pcrer, Rojas & Co I JOHN 2:UDREliLi '^ Manufacturer of High Cigars 5"""' Grade Genuine Union Made. lOCts. Ephrata, Pa* Qoods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart. 23 22 20 14 9 4 1 1 12 II 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 2 I case Dallas Ciiar Ci. MWac pip II no LEAF TOBACCO, 20 THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD ai Telephone Call, 432— B. Mfice and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R E. L. NISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B^s and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove** our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O. Box 96» Ready for the Market 1901 First Class Peunsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Binden Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted Dutch IT wrpi^mr C^St' Fancy Packed Gebhart l-^VCry Va^r I Qi^Q FINE FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil C! muz CONNECTICUT „ 1- ^ Packing Packer of HAAA Packer ot .Weaver Leaf Tobacco i 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER, PA. WALTER. S. BARE, PaLcker of Fine ^ Connecticut ^ Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Wareliouse, LITITZ, PA. J, K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO 138 North Market St I. W. R. COOPER & CO PACKER OF n Leal and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. 1 I United Thones LANCASTER, PA. \ B. F. GOOD & CO. FACKKRS AND DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 145 North Market Street LANCASTER. PA, w H, H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA 327 and 329 N. Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. I J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, ^i " "Ina ;:l . Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 Nortli Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office &: Salesrooms, ilO & 1 12 W. Walnut St.,'LANCASTER, PA. LeafT UNITED PHONES. Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: Lancaster and Red Lion, Pa. We make Scrap Filler Ready for Use. pvpfv^|TfP^I?fFfyf|V'f»TTfVTp^ THE JOHNS-BRASH CIGAR CO. Manufacturers of High-Grade cigars ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ Factories: I ♦ Lancaster ♦ ♦ McSherrystown ♦ Hanover ♦ Irishtown ♦ Gettysburg ♦ Strinestown ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦<•♦♦♦« ♦♦♦4^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Main Office: Lancaster, Pa EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. iili A AiiitiA iiiiliA AiiitiA aa iikikk iiiiliA JiiiiAAjaiJuA LANCASTER MARKET IMPROVES. A Number of Iinporta.i\t Leaf Tra.i\sa.c- tions Already This Month. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 6. February already shows some improve- ment in the local leaf market over Janu- ary, although we have scarcely concluded a whole week in this month. There have been qjite a few transactions of some importance closed, indicating a more active market. I. H. Weaver, W. R. Cooper & Co., Meiskey & Heiland and John D. Skiles have been the most prominent in recent transactions, having sold during the past week in the aggregate nearly i,7oocases, mostly old goods. Receiving days, which are usually on Friday and Satur day, are again becoming the scenes of much activity. This is particularly true of last Friday when some very large quantities of to- bacco were received at the four different warehouses of the United Cigar Manu facturers. An exceptionally large lot of the new crop was received at that time as well as at nearly every other warehouse in the city. Samuel C. Lentz, a well known tobacco packer of this city, died suddenly last week at the tobacco warehouse of Philip Wiseman, 12 Concord street, death being due to heart trouble. He was sixty five years of age and a veteran of the Civil War. He is survived by a wife and three children, one of whom is the wife of J. L Kauffman, who is with the Reed Tobacco Co . at Altoona, Pa. John F. Hare, the resident partner of John Slater & Co , the well known stogie manufacturers, informs me that during the month of January their business was the laigest of any month in the history of the house. 1 heir product seems to be expanding in sale constantly throughout the entire United States. It is no longer the East alor.e that is the large consuming territory for these popular whiffs, as the West is also developing at a large and wonderfully rapid rate, as many as loo,- 000 per week being shipped to one Western city alone. Trade is improving with our local job- bers. J. G. Shirk reports that sales are increasing for all the popular products of both chewing and smoking tobaccos. John McLiughlin & Co. also report steady improvement for the past week. Simon Shissler, a prominent retailer and jobber on North Queen street, likewise reports a very satisfactory business. A. W. Mentzer, one of the best known members of the cigar trade, died at his home in Ephrata on January 20 at the age of sixty nine years. Mr. Mentzer was one of the few really successful busi ness men who had a career extending over a period of more than forty-nine years, during which time he traveled much and built up a wide circle of valuable acquaintances throughout the country. Mr. Mentzer was formerly engaged in the general merchandise business at Schoeneck, Lancaster county, removing subsequently to Ephrata, where he con- tinued in the general store business and also branched in the cigar manufacturing business and numerous kindred interests. The immediate cause of his death was apoplexy, and, although all possible medical skill and attention was given him he died, after suffering thirty six hours. In 1894 he admitted to an interest in his business his three sons, Ur. J. F. , H. (i. and I. G. Mentzer, all of whom were practically brought up in the trace and who are thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business. In January of the present year Mr. Mentzer retired from business, leaving the same entirely to his three sons, by whom the business in its entirety will be continued. J. JVLflHliOfl BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicite I from Responsible Parties. Factory y Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. REGISTER YOUR BRANDS with The Tobacco World C. A. ROST 8z: CO , All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. S2 THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Write for Samples ^Prices Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 Ma^rkei Street, LaLivca.stcr, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD f*v ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ I GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of !♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ " ♦ ♦ yoRE> oi/r^ I STRICTLY UNION-MADE CIGARS OUR LINE: Lord Buie, The Buddy, Uaioa Riders, Sweet Tips, CubdLA Emuloitor, GeneraLl Post, Pretty Nell. W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penna. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers Invited. / -u !♦♦ '♦♦♦ Telephone Connection ♦♦J ♦ ♦♦ a3 SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MfNTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. AN APPEAL TO INDEPENDENTS. Manufacturer's Local Representatives Form Strong AssociaLtion. The Independent Tobacco Manufac- turers' Representatives, of Philadelphia, is the official name of a new association, which, as the name implies, is composed of Philadelphia representatives of inde- pendent tobacco manufacturers. Officers for the first year have been elected as follows: President, A. Fowler, with the United States Tobacco Co., of Rich- mond. Va. ; vice president, H. J. Miller, with Weisert Bros.. St. Louis, Mo. ; sec- retary, V. R. Newman, with Larus & Bros. Co., Richmond, Va. ; treasurer, Thos. F. Fitzgerald, independent jobber, 4261 Lancaster avenue, Philadelphia. Much practical work has been mapped out and an active campaign is to be en- tered upon at once and vigorously fol- lowed out. On February 4, the first appeal to independent manufacturers was made and already responses have been received from the United States Tobacco Co., Richmond, Va. ; Larus & Bros. Co., Richmond, Va. ; Weisert Bros., St. Louis, Mo ; Wells- Whitehead Tobacco Co., Wilson, N. C. ; United News Co., Philadelphia, and Thos. F. Fitzgerald, Philadelphia. The letter issued is as follows: Philadelphia, Feb. 4. 1905. Gentlemen: Reahzing the great im portance of interesting the members of the different unions in the fight that is being made for the life of the •• Tobacco Workers' Union," and in doing so to urge them to use only such tobacco as bear the union label, we respectfully ask your support in the matter. Our object is to do this work to the best advantage at the least possible cost to the manu- facturers. This Association has been organized. The purpose is to have each manutac- turer represented, contribute to the asso- ciation, ten dollars per month for a period of four months, should it prove satisfactory, the time to be extended in periods of four months. The Association will employ a compe- tent man to address the different unions and other meetings of working men, in the city and vicinity. It will also have printed a circular, containing a list of the brands sold in this market by each and every manufacturer contributing to this purpose. (Only those using the union label will be asked to join in this work.) These circulars will be distributed at each meeting. No samples will be dis- tributed. The speaker employed, as well as other members of the Association will make every effort to urge upon the union men and public generally, the vital im- portance of calling for and demanding only tobacco or cigaiettes that bear the union label. This matter has for some time been under consideration bv the representatives in this city as well as many others interested, and it is their belief that this effort to gain the co ope- ration of consumers will be productive of much good. The treasurer is a prominent jobber of this city. It will be his duty to render an itemized monthly statement to each contributing member. Address com- munications to T. F. Fitzgerald, Treas- urer, 4261 Lancaster avenue, Philada. DEATH OF REINHOLD STEINECKE. NEW YORK NANVFACTURER.. The sudden death of Reinhold Stein- ecke on Sunday last came as a great shock to his many old time friends in the tobacco trade. He died at the age of 63 years at his home, 20 East Seventh street. New York city, and by his passing the trade looses one of its oldest Seed and Havana cigar manufacturers. Mr. Steinecke about thirty years ago represented the old firm of Schroeder & Bon, selling leaf tobacco. After severing his connection with Schroeder & Bon to embark in the cigar business Mr. Steinecke started the now celebrated brand "Liederkranz Cabinet" which cigar has increased in popularity from year to )ear. The manufacturer was a highly educated and lovable man and his death will be a great loss to his many fi lends both socially and comner cially. BUSINESS QVIET IN BOSTON. Dealers Sore at United Co.'s Monopoly of Coupons. Boston, Mass., Feb, 5. Trade conditions are about the same, there being no material change for the past week. Business remains quiet, but the outlook appears promising. The filthy condition of the streets is affecting the retailers to a great extent, and many of the larger cigar manufacturers have been laying off some of their help. A great deal of comment has been expressed by the retailers owing to the United Cigar Stores posting on the show windows the following bulletin: Floradora Coupons. These brands, but only when pur chased in our stores, contain coupons: Tolstoi, Sweet Caporal, Bull Durham, Union Leader, Sensation Tobacco, etc. As no coupons arc being packed in the cigarettes and tobaccos sold by the other retailers, there are many complaints being made and some of the leading to- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Match It, if you Can--You Can't. : ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-lt" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five — Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. B. ROBERTSON. Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. Phila. DELA FLORA CUBAN STAR GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies, No. 2103 Peniv Avenue, %^t!t'i''n^er: PITTSBURG. PA. ! /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ J f^ A T? Qc Hand-Made V/ X ljr.nL XV O 4.* 615, 6x7 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. Yfedeles Qrothers, FloridaL Sumatra. 182 E. Lake Si. CHICAGO, ILL 24 THE TOBACCO WORLD me PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFO. CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North 1 hird St., Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD »S tVv ^ LIBERMAN'S "TfTfT^ Lsitest Suction Machine! Adopted by the Leading Manufacturers. Palm Rolling Essential to Hand-Work. THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TOOL yet introduced In connection |with Cigar- making. The cutting rollers are so equipped with ball bearings and exterior springs that they only produce enough pressure to cut the leaf, thus maintaining a sharp edge on the die and assuring a perfect, clean cut, superior to hand- work. The circumference of the cutting roller being greater than the length of the die, makes tearing or streaking of the wrapper impossible. Then, after the leaf has been cut, a slight depression with the right foot pedal will lower the die even with the table, thus making a perfectly smooth and rigid surface, enabling the operator to Roll with the Full Palm of the Hand, instead of pushing the cigar along with the finger tips. Changing of the die to any shape, or from right to left, or the reverse, is a very simple matter on this table, and can be done within two minutes time. These points of merit, coupled with others not mentioned, have won for this table the high standard of excellence maintained to day, a fact that cannot conscientiously be claimed by any of our competitors. We stand ready to prove our statement, and all we ask is for the opportunity. We Think IT WILL PAY YOU to Investigate. LiBERMAN Manufacturing Co Manufacturers of Cigar Machinery and Tools 240-42 North Third Street, PHILADELPHIA, FA., U. S. A. 26 THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 SCHVTTE & KOERTING CO. 1 PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, beind operated by city water pressure. 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs; humidity uniform. #. Correspondence Solicited. • »oa :05 jOs xw SOS CO* o ^ Factories: § §26 and 517 I 8 eoe cos CO8 "Oa ?Oo sO» 2 Ryde 5J 9th District i i Pei\i\aL. I 6 joa xss »: x>i cos tos '■ e Manufacturer of I6ARS. . For the Jobbiivg Tra^de Exclusively LANCASTER, PA. The Best Goods for the Least Money. HBNRY GOTTSBLIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, J^ANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers oC High Grade Union Made bacconists are talking about laying the year in the tobacco industry, matter before the district attorney. The Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Pack- W. Bacon, the representative here for ers' Association will hold a meeting at the Wryman & Bro.s Copenhagen snuff, PhiUips Hou^e. this city, early next reports a steadily increasing sale of this month. These meetings are instructive brand notwithstanding the fact that the and so far have been well attended. The America Tobacco Co. is offering some affairs of the organization are in the hands extra deals in connection with Horse of capable officials, and the Association Shoe Brand Snuff. Ralph M. Gans, of the William the Fourth cigar factory, spent a few days here calling on Rosenthal Bros , their distributors for this locality. Joe Manning, of McGreenery & Man- ning, is sojourning for two weeks at Palm Beach, Fla Many handsome window displays of Turkish Delights are in evidence and they are selling well for a new brand. Victor Sheppard and his high hat are certainly hypnotizing the trade. F. R Ginn & Co. recently placed a large order with L. Miller & Sons for some Kozy cut plug, packed 2}4 ounces, that retails for 5c package. (Goodwin Sisters' store at Scollay is in a flourishing condition. The J. P. Wolf warehouse, situated on East First street, on which the Germania Building Association, of this city, holds a mortgage of $ 1 00, 000 will be reappraised. It was appraised several weeks ago at $180,000 but no bids were offered hence the reapprjisement. It will be remem- bered that auction sales of leaf tobacco were conducted in this commodious ware house several years ago by J. P. Wolf and W. P. Sunderland, It is now occu- pied by two large manufacturing concerns. As stated in my last letter, the buying of the past two weeks of 1904 Zimmer has been prosecuted with such vigor that it would be a safe estimate to say that 80 per cent of last year's crop of said va- Square is in running order once more, riety has been purchased. Old tobacco and business has been fairly good with men in this vicinity agree that it has been '4 ••TT^e Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers ai\d Dealers Become Convinced at SigH Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. •551.^ -^^»Mi>fj> Bear Bros Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8.YORK,PA. them. M. Barnett, of Fleet street, spent a few days this week in Providence, and made a few satisfactory sales while there in leaf tobacco, Leo Bieringer intends going to New York on ihe 12U1 for a brief stay in the Metropolis. The genial Herman will take charge until Mr. Bieringer returns, and Puritan Little Cigars ought to go well. A. F. Rico. Havana importer, recently returned from a trip to Cuba The American Tobacco Co. has come out with a new brand of tobacco called Social cut plu^', at 33c a pound, and on many years since so lar^e a proportion of a new crop has been bought so early. The familiar face of William Linder, of Mianiisburg, was seen on the streets last week. Mr. Linder told the writer that he had closed out his entire holdings of old tobaccos. He spoke highly of the 1904 crop, and stated that there were still some bargains in the country. On account of the limited acreage of seed and Dutch of the 1904 crop these two varieties were "cornered' in short order. While the eariy purchases were, in tobacco parlance, bought right, the later buying brought good prices. William Gregg, the tobacco buyer of A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— 5^ Bear, 66e Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. JOSEPH a KOLB, Manufacturer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, tKe Uading 5c. Ci „ J^ • ^ , u ployees. and the proprietors report busi are par excellence. This firm through ness as flourishing. Some say they are the effective management of Baggott has considerably behind in their orders, all rapidly forged to the front, and the of which goes to show that business for ^^jual but steady increase of their out- ''rvrmrrrriol^s'Te'^Kraf. P- is a dean .esU.onia. o, hU effective encountered, 1905 should be a banner administraion of its affairs. Nix. WE INVITE A CORRESPONDENCE HI WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St. Cable Address: "REFORM" /^ '.^^^ 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTURtR OF ALL KINDS OF 138 a 140 Centre §T NEW YORK, Cigar box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. C- A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 29 Philadelphia Office. 573 Hourse Bldg. H. S. SFRIN(iER, Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. ♦ ♦ ♦♦ D. W. riUBLEY, Thomasville, Pa. Cigar Manufactur For Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Correspondence Solicited. Samples on Application. >♦ U ******************* *.*.*.*,* .*^*^*^*o.*^*«''^tl V* >r ************** * ***********^+^ F. B. SerilNDLEf^ CHAU/Ve^^ I Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa^ JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED « * * rA.B.CLIME>* STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FA BR ICO NAROLFEJS CHOICE { POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPIRE ••• CATALOGVE OF "BVSTER BROWN" PR.EM1UMS. The Victor Thorsch Co. . of AUentown, has issued an attractive little catalogue of the presents which are given for bands taken from the company's new "Buster Brown" cigar. The book is amusingly illustrated by the famous Outcault "Buster Brown" pictures, in addition to cuts of a number of the premiums offered, and contains the following pertinent intro duction: "We believe that every man who smokes is -interested in some boy, either his own or some other one that is dear to him, and we have therefore special ized our list of presents with a view of arousing the smoker s interest through his affection for the boy. The quality of of our cigar is unquestioned, and we offer the presents listed in this bo klet as a profit sharing plan, being convinced that a constantly increasmg business will be the result. The articles offered in our list are all of standard quality and made by reputable manufacturers. The list comprises mainly articles for boys' wear, instruction and amusement. To the smoker we desire to emphasize the fact that we are not a part of, nor do we have any connection with any other cigar manufacturers or corporations, being strictly independent. Smoke 'Buster Browns' and let the bands help to make some boy happy." WONT BUY FROM PLEDGED FARMERS. Continental Company Isn't An^ry. but Wishes to Avoid Litigation. Lexington, Ky, , Feb 3. Manager Toewater, of the Continental company, of this city, has declined to purchase any tobacco from the farmers who signed contracts with the Burley Growers' company. Mr. Toewater says that his action is not taken in order to demonstrate hostil- ity toward the farmers on the part tf the Continental company, but is due to the fact that the Continental is anxious to avoid any possible litigation that might likely occur through the purchase of tobacco already signed by the Growers* company. In some quarters it is said that the farmers who have signed a contract with the new company are bound by that contract and can not get out of it until the officers of the company announce that the deal is off. NEW FACTORY FOR DOYLESTOWN. The H. Sommer Co., of Quakertown, Pa., has leased a large four story and basement factory building at Doylestown, where they will at once open an up to- date cigar factory under the supervision of Orris Halderman. This old and established firm has had a very success ful business career, and this new factory is only another evidence of their aggres- siveness. CONTINENTAL CO. LOSES SUIT. ^\ k- Judge Miller Says Must Pay Back Taxes in Louisville. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 6. Judge Miller has handed down an opinion in favor of this city in its suit against the Continental Tobacco Co. to recover back taxes which are claimed to be due, approaching in amount $100, 000. The suit was brought some weeks ago on refusal of the Continental Co. to pay the charged taxes, on the ground that it was exempt under an ordinance of 1898 exempting new concerns and man- ufacturing plants locating in Louisville, from city taxation for five years. The ordinance was intended to attract capital to the city but in this case seemed likely to react against it. The Continental Tobacco Co., as a New Jersey company, applied for the five years of exemption. As required by the terms of the ordinance, the usual questions were put to the concern, asking it to stale its management, business and purposes, and among these questions was the following: "Is this a new con- cern ?" This query was answered by the statement that, while the companies ab- sorbed by the Continental had formerly done business here, the new concern had not, and, that, while it had before done business in New Jersey, it was new to Louisville. Suit was filed for the years 1899 1903 inclusive. The defendant company in- terposed the claim that the concern would have moved to St Louis except for the supposed effectiveness of the exemption, and that even if the city did not gain a new enterprise, it was saved from losing one. Judge Miller ruled that the merging of several concerns into one company, which did not palpably change the city's commercial resources could not benefit ^^M" ^^ by the terms of the ordinance which was flp<<^iiV^i|^ passed solely to encourage bona fide new T^?*^'. concerns to bring an addition to the * I ' ' city's industrial advantges. "This," said Judge Miller, "is not to be accomplished ^ by the absorption o f several already ^;' established concerns into one concern with a new name." MINNEAPOLIS DEALERS ARRESTED. ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. ■1:: Zs ''^''; ,,4i m mOEi Ou '^^///,/f// *•//.• •WW I s \\U, ll-f ll<>' MARK ^ c^ 0) CO a Iff' ^ m ^hewingssmoking ■w?nTO<] THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No. 38, YOB, PENNA., U. S.A. Ninth Dist., Pa, Mary A Steinhauer, the only female cigar manufacturer in this section of the State and who has been remarkably suc- cessful, is opening a new factory at Ridge Hill. Crusa.de Against Sale of Tob&cco a^nd Cigarettes to Minors. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb 2. The authorities in this State are deter mined to prevent the selling of tobacco and cigarettes to minors, and dealers are much more careful than they were. Charles Ross, who conducts a cigar store in this city, was arrested the other day on the charge of selling to minors, and plead guihy. He was fined $25 in the municipal court. W. E. Magie, Theodore Kovallis and other dealers were also arrested, but entered a plea of not guilty and were held for trial. The arrests were made at the instance of C. L. Davis, the truant officer. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ '^ La Imperial Cigar Factory ' HOLTZ, PA, J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of •^FIHE ei©ARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. » Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ♦ X*^ Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. .. « ** * ♦»♦♦*■ 30 THE TOBA'CCO world m IMPORTANT TO CIGAR DEALERS The American Tobacco Co. is making a special drop ship- ment of CREMO cigars (Perfecto style), for account of their customers, in an attractive HUMIDOR containing 3,000 CREMO Perfectos 1 20's. This very useful package for keeping cigars in perfect order for any length of time is sure to be appreciated by dealers who realize the importance of not only buying good cigars, but keep- ing them good until they reach the consumer. You can secure this HUMIDOR containing 3,000 CREMO cigars of your jobber for $103.00, less 10% trade and 2! '( cash discount. •« I THE TOBACCO WORLD 3» Cigar ribbons. Largest Assortmc Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5.) SALE OF HOME WAREHOUSE CO. select the most comfortable chair and proceed. This old gentleman cast upon us a look of gentle, impersonal reproof, delivered himself of another bow, and trotted out Your born and bred book agent would Louisville Tobi^cco Concerns Experience ., J ^, . • „ ..• » a^ Shake-up. have considered this as an invitation to Louisville, Ky. , Feb. 3. It is believed that the Home Tobacco Warehouse Co. and the State Tobacco Warehouse Co., will shortly become members of the Louisville Leaf Tobacco All the Homes must have gone on Exchange, the bum,- commented Brown, brutally. These were the only warehouses in the "or else these chappies are out after ^^'y ^^^^ide the Exchange, and with the tobacco money." P»^^«"' '^^ «"^y «"*^^ "^^ belonging ..All the same, it's a beastly shame." ^^ ^^e Louisville Tobacco Warehouse said I again. "Just think of those old Company. This latter company is un fellows chasing about from one office to stood to be m control of the Leaf another, getting turned down everywhere Tobacco Exchange. With the entry of they go. Thai last man has been some- ^he two remaining independent compan- thing in his time. too. It wouldn't have i« into the Exchange, the Louisville , ^ . ^^ „ „^r,«, t«r,» '• Tobacco Warehouse Company will have hurt you to use a sotler tone. ^ ' , „ practical control of the entire tobacco ..Yes it would, too. retorted Brown. '^ •.••. aw , , warehouse business in this city, and will "That was a good reception to what they , ,, ^ „ j , .• ° . r^ . , be able to fix all rates and regulations to usually get. I was in an office the other day, when one of them came in with some kind of a periodical and couldn't get any of the clerks to notice him. He finally accosted one of the firm who was passing through, who glared at him for a minute and then roared out: 'Who the h-U let a book agent in here ? ' ..I was polite to one of them some time ago, and he was so affected he almost wept Sat down there and told me his whole life story. Said he had been „t of Plain and Fancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price UM to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. -^ ■ — ^ __^^_^_^^^..,^^— La Adelphia Cigar JEactory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Proprietor, Sellersville, Pa. Manufacturer of hA ADELPHIA, S'Cent f^ T f^ A X> C LA FLOR DE A. C. F., lo-Cent %^ JL fjT .AXV O Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People, |«%^M«^%» %»%%%%V%%%%%%»1^| The Home Tobacco Warehouse Co. was reorganized at a meeting held in Louisville, a few days ago and a control- ling interest in the Company was sold to •I. P. Barnard. President of the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Co. The Home Tobacco Warehouse Co. has had a rather tempestuous career as an independent concern and Mr. Barnard stated after the meeting that he bought the stock in rate establishment. BANKS CAN NOW LEND MONEY. order to prevent a failure which would comfortably prosperous until he began to ^^^^ damaged the whole market. The get old and had sold out his share in a ^^^^^ ^jjj continue to be run as a sepa- small business and thought he would take it easy for a little while and then accept a remunerative job which a life- long friend had always offered him. His wife became seriously ill and stayed so for eighteen months and some operations and so on pretty nearly wiped him out. He decided to take the job and found that there wasn't any. He had become branded with the brand of ill luck and nobody wanted him. He had tried for one thing after another, until he had been J.M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. %»%%%%«% C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of i Tennessee Growers Able to Secure Loans on Their Tobacco. Nashville, Tenn.. Feb. 3. The State Senate has taken a radical step which will affect a great many grow- ers and which is expected to work great benefit to them. As a result of the agitation of the forced to\ccept a job as agent, as literally tobacco growers of Tennessee against the the only thing he could get. tobacco combine, the Senate has passed ..He told me that he was insulted every * bill amending the banking laws of the day of his life, that in some offices, the boys and even some of the clerks' would get behind the desks, if the boss happened to be out and bombard him with shot from an elastic, while the others in the office looked on and laughed. He told me a whole lot of other shameful things and said that he couldn't get results at State so that the banks are now allowed to lend money on tobacco, a privilege which was not granted under the old laws. Heretofore tobacco growers who needed money as their crops matured were com- pelled to deal with the agents of the combine and either accept such price as - jj^g ^gyg willing to pay or go without anything he tried, because he was always ^^^ money unless it could be obtained . J..:.„ ^f .U.^r.i. H5«ronr^a*»m#.nt. ^^^^^ private SOUrceS. i i i in a condition of chronic discouragement. ' "And he talked and talked and talked.* ' continued Brown, "until I had to tell him to go. So no matter how much I may sympathize with 'em, I can't afford to show it." . All the same, I say again, it s a beastly shame, and it seems to me that there isn't much difference morally, in knock- ing a man in the head when his powers begin to fail, as some ot the savages used to do, or jeering and insulting him The association of growers is making a hard fight, and the bill passed for their relief is said to be a step which will be followed by later legislation on the same lines. CINCINNATI RETAILER DEAD. Frank Otting, well known in Cincin- nati in retail circles, died last week. Heart disease and pneumonia was the in his pitiful attempts to keep himself cause. He was for years located at 536 from starving to death. Vine street A widow and one son sur- The Old Salesman. vive him. Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. %v***********v*****v****** ********** v*******v*^^^ * A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. \ :* The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. »: :* ^"fs^f Marietta, Pa. '"-SorV < ■* MAKERS OF *•• '* High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars ^ r JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar Onr Leaders: ITw.^g'lf ''■ "''" [ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar \ I^^Olstrlbutors Wanted Everywhere i(**4«**4(*4(i|(********«*** ;*******************» THE TOBACCO WORLD IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS WRITE TO C. RUPPIN - LANCASTER, PA. ABOUT THE 'BENJAMIN CONSTANT'lOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c. THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 3S Wl VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. A LITTLE DULL IN CHICAGO. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ I^eafXobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GBBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, FENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF OKio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 XLMNER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4- Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Zimmer Sp^^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t 1902—1903 4 Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely .^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somcly Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton, Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District/ NsLny TraLtle Visitors. But Cold Snap Interfered With Business. Chicago, 111., Feb. 4. The coldest snap of the present winter has been experienced here during the : past week, and has to some extent \ affected local trade, which at this writing is inclined to be dull. I In some instances, however, business I is reported better than at this time last I year, and on the whole keeps up to a j very fair point. I Drawing a conclusion from expressions \ that combine the wholesale, retail and manufacturing inteiests pretty largely throughout the trade, theie is no particu- lar cause for complaint. I. Wcrtheimer, of Wertheimer Bros., manufacturer of high grade cigars at Baltimore, Md , is in the city on a busi- ness trip. Mr. Wertheimer says business is exceptionally good with his house, as is evidenced by some of the big orders they are receiving from various points. The firm is especially gratified with the growing popularity of their La Rosa de Carroll and El Worth brands. John H. Rohrer, a prominent leaf man of Germantown, Pa., was calling on the trade a few days during the week. W. L. Lyon, one of the well known manufacturers of cigars of Appleton, Wis., is among late callers. George C. Knispel, of St. Paul, who is the secretary and treasurer of the Kuhles & Stock Co., spent a short time visiting Chicago trade this week, and left for his home again Saturday night. Mr. Knispel spoke very encouragingly of the business outlook for the season from indications of the present, and felt pleased with the liberal patronage enjoyed by his firm throughout the country. M. Newlander, cigar manufacturer of New York, is a recent visitor. Mr. New- lander formerly did business here, and his Chicago friends are always glad to see him. Charles Miller, the well known repre- sentative of L. Sanchez & Co., Tampa and New York, lately returned from a trip to the West and Northwest, taken in the interests of his firm. Jake Wertheim, president of the United Cigar Manufacturers, is among late visit- ors from New York. Sol Rosen or, vice president of the Havana- American Company, was among late business visitors. H. A. Robst. local agent of Celestino, Costello & Co., of York. Pa., speaks encouragingly of the growing demands, backed by constant orders, for The Bar- rister and Little Barrister cigars handled by his firm. The police department is sending out circulars among the dealers, the import of which is a strong warning against any violation of the cigarette ordinance. John J Dolan, the well known down town dealer, has enlarged his growing business by two new accessions during the past week. He has bought the cigar store of Louis Von Klein, at 71 Clark street, and will take possession March I. He has also leased the store now occupied by Phil Samuels, at 123 LaSalle street, of which place he will take possession about May I. E. R. L. Fa-husseyI LEAf TOMCCO CO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDEB LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA « NEW YORK \ CfflCAGO i ST. LOUIS i AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. m INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, ' Reading, Pa. ^i) A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer JOHNJ.ESHaMAN READING.PA. ♦ ♦- —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. ♦ CIGAR BOXES, ♦ X SHIPPING CASES. X ♦ LABELS, ♦ ♦ ♦ X EDGINGS, ♦♦-♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ RIBBONS, ♦♦ and 4 ♦ ♦♦♦♦ CIGAR X ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ 4 Manufacturers' SUPPLIES. Geo. M. Wechter, Manufacturer of ♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I6AR B0XES*: ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ South NintK Street, Established ^trm^^^wk D^^ Telephone 1883. >%lkrUllf ia« Connection. | F. M. HUNT. A. G. M.^iRTIN. HUNT & MARTIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BBTHESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. 4l J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. HOLTZINGER ^c. Leaf — Common, scarce; Medium, 6 to 7>4c; Good, 7;^ to 9c. Double Old Stock Dark Leaf, 16 to 22 in., 5 to 6>^c. MONTHLY REPORT— JAN. 1904 1903 Receipts for month, 1,000 10 " year, 100 10 Sales for month, 203 212 " year, 203 212 Shipments for month, 453 213 year, 453 213 Stocks on sale, 524 1,491 " sold, 660 524 Stocks on hand, 1,184 2,005 N. KALISCH ®. CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM /I. KoriLER & eo. lOawMrere of Fine Ciga DALLASTOWN, Cipadtsr. 75.000 per day. Established i87€« Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of Fine Hi And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrierhtsvil Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the ClilAKo Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star'* Clear Harana. . . fOc **S. B.** Half Havana. .... 5c. <*S. B.** Little Havana* 5c. ** Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No'* Mildeat Cigar Made, 2 fot 5C. Special Brands Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pcl. Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. EDGERTON, WIS. A week of almost continuous zero weather has interfered somewhat with the movements of tobacco dealers in country districts, but despite these dis- comforts a moderate amount of business has gone forward involving both old and new leaf. The activity of dealers to gather in the remnants of old stock left in country hands gives promise that very little will soon be left that can be lifted at anything like reasonable figures. There is also a quiet picking away at the new crop, but at prices that seldom exceed the 8c mark. Among packers a fairly good trade is reported, though generally of low grade goods in smaller lots. The Davidson packing at Westby of some 300CS of '03 has been sold to a local packer. While the deliveries so far have been ample to keep the packing houses run- ning, the time is soon coming when dealers must accept parts of crops or close down their sorting rooms to await the time when farmers can take down their hanging leaf. The Sparta branch of the American will about work up their goods already received this week. A season of casing weather would greatly facilitate the warehouse handUng of the crop. Shipments were 500CS. — Reporter. (t It CLARKSVILLE. TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Receipts in Jan. were 312 hhds Sales " '• •• 265 Shipments in" *• 430 TotalstocksFeb. I,** 1,132 Buyers' stocks, Feb. i, 329 hhds; Sellers' stocks, 803 hhds. Our receipts this week were 68 hhds; offerings on the breaks, 14 hhds; sales, 34 hhds. There is no improvement in the quality of the offerings, consisting of the lower grades of leaf and lugs. The market remains firm to strong. There is nothing doing in the loose tobacco market. The Planters' Associa- tion seeras at present to have firm control of the bulk of the 1904 crop, and reiterates its determination to largely reduce the planting this year. We have had a week of wintry weather, the thermometer registering 4 degrees on the 2d, and 5 on the 3d. We have had three falls of snow, and the Cumberland river is nearly covered with floating ice and may freeze over. For Old Tobacco we continue to quote as below, prices running mainly to the outside figures: Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf $3.50 to ^3.75 3.75 to 4.00 4.00 to 4.25 4.25 to 4.75 4.75 to 5.50 5.75 to 6.75 7.00 to 8.00 R.K.Schnader&Sons PACESRS 09 xwa DSAUtaS IM I I HOPKINSVILLE, KY. M. D. Boales. The month has been very cold, harsh weather preventing handling largely, as well as the organization of planters to combine and hold for higher prices. The movement is gaining rapidly and promises I I 11 I m SlMI W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. ARS l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^f^pAlt^ ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor ^ oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Miiiti&etaterof HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes, f»^ 8.-.I manufacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 Combination! ♦ ♦ SCRAP |--Filler--i ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ Specially Cleaned and Care- fully Graded. We make them for 6, 7 >^, 9, JO and J2 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacoo Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. — Established 1834 — WM. F. COMLY i& SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦±t^^:^^^.i:ti?;fffAtt^t^t^^ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦.-♦ 454 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4'4'44 4 4 ll. J* r leischhauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 UX 4"4 ♦§♦ 4trt4 ♦5^ TELEPHONE 1561 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 444444444444 ^ , LITHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS 4 4 ♦4-4444^44'4>«f^#'4444'4444444444444444444^44^4 44^^44444444 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ Darmenter WAX-LINED ? Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION a/ainst MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAO& Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturera, R.<\CIN£. l^IS .USA. WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES TO iFries Bros. #© NanufaLCturing Chemists 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. The First to Manufacture Sweetener In the UnlteirStatea eLYeesiNE 550 Times Sweeter than Sugar Also Headquarters for VANILLIN, COUMARIN, TOBACCO and FRUIT FLAVORS. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DenVCr, Pft. pj -^>^#-i4-o Caveats, Trade Marks, t^HXCn tS Design-Patents, CopyrighU, John A. Saul, ooa«»FOKD»i«a ue Diiolt BaMinQ, WASHINGTON. Du €i CIGAR BOXES PHRIERSOr ARTISTIC CIGAR UBCLS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS rURNISHCD WRITE m SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES ClfiARMBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-^ fHI AHSBIGAN "TOBAOGO CO. NSW TtmS. 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD THB T0 31ACC0 WORLD I JOSEPH REED pS«ffi*K«'^> Kstablished 1S7H. Factory loO:'., «tth Dist. , Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at .*•;() per IdOO. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at 5=:J.') per KHK). Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should l»lacea Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Ouality and Workinanhhip. PATRICK HENRY ;-r!i«.v Five Cent Cigar rv SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban MANUFACTURED ONI,Y BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factorr No. ,. 707 Ohio St, Allegheny, Pa. DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of ^^ y /^ A T^ O High-Grade Union Made ^^ J[ ^ /\ ]\^ Q SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c.) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (loc.) C. A. Rost 9CCO A Specialty of Light Connedicut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN (H OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lion, Pa^. |4 Cable AddrcM "CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, ?A°nucAHTKv?' '''' Clarksville, Tenn GROWERS SELECT PRIZERS. The Dark Tobacco Growers' Associa- tion of Trigg county, Ky., has selected the following parties as their authorized prizers in this county: J. W. Hancock & Co., Cadiz; L. M. Crutchfield. Canton, and Turner & McMurray, Cerulean Springs. Busii\ess CKeLiiges, Fires, Etc. California Los Angeles — Moses Dawson, cigars; discontinued Connecticut Deep River — J A O'Connor, cigars; dead District of Columbia Washington — W B Kirtley, cigars and tobacco; chattel deed of trust; $300 Indiana Albion — I Kiblinger, cigars; sold out South Bend — Harry B Alward, cigars; succeeded by (ieo D Beroth Maine Richmond — H H Hersey, cigars, etc; bill of sale, $1 Michigan Jackson — H J Olsen, cigars; chattel mtge, 15,000, renewed New York New York City — The following were damaged by fire: S Levy, cigars; Levy & Son, cigars; Zinser & Co., cigar boxes Morris Futterman, cigars, etc; peti- [ tion in bankruptcy Ohio Cleveland — Peter Weiss, cigars; peti- tion in bankruptcy Dayton— The Bucher & Bucher Co, cigar manufacturers; R E mtgc, ]f8,ooo Spencerville — J F Book, cigars, etc; sold out Oregon Portland — W A Moore, cigars, etc: sold out to C Scott Pennsylvania Reading — Charles M Yetter, cigar manufacturer; changed to Charles M Yetter Co (Inc) Washington Seattle — C M Mc Daniel, cigars, etc; bill of sale, $120 PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO. Etc. 781.488 Cigar perforator; Caspar Blu- mer, Guttenberg, N J 781.489 Tobacco stripping machine; John W Blundell.G J Ragsdale and H C Pledger, Nottingham, England. 781,181 Disinfectant holder for mouth- pieces; Wm K Brackett, Alameda, Cal 781,443 Match machine; Frederick J Miller, Wilmington, Del 781,019 Match holder and striker; Edmund A Parker, Meriden, Conn 781,354 Safety match box holder; Edmund A Parker, Meriden, Conn The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, and fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEARINGS. It won't leave its position on the floor when a case falls on it. If you have an old wooden truck, or none at all. this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of Hox 184. Yofk, Pa» FOR SALE. 10N\ T0B4CC0 CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Maniifactttrer of High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes* f. &->X manaf actore all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Combination! ISCRAPi -Filler--i — Established 1834 — WM. F. COML Y cS: SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ Specially Cleaned and Care- fully Graded. We make them for 6, tH* 9* ^o and J2 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacoo Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSStD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦§♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It. J. f leiscKKa\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ^ ^ TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APH1NG SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ th ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ S» E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer ot Cigars Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per Vasf. ^^^^^^^^^^r / ^■^^^^^^^^^IBhHKa ■ -* ^^^^^^r W^^BSMfX ' ^ '^M ^^^1 H^^BHI V ^''' ' ^m ^^^H ^H 9 Darmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AflFord perfect PROTECTION a/ainst MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers* ICA.CINI:. -WIS .USA. ^.^ PATENTS promptly nl.tained OR NO FEE. Trade-Mark*, Cnvi'.its. ('o|ivriirhfs and l^nhels registered. 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Here is a ])rop()siti()n that Will Brinti Results — and Results are What Count: We know of no better way of Gettinji and Holding business than by usin^ the VERY BEST LEAF TOBACCO that can be gotten. Vou may ask yourself, Where can I ;^et the best? WE have been supplying many in the trade for years, and Can Surely Fix You Up. THINK IT OVER We might i)reach to you until doomsday about our Sumatra, Havana and Seed Leaf Tobaccos, and our methods of doing business, and yet never tell you as much as a trial order would convince you of in a few days. COME IN TO SEE US We will show you the best leaf that grows, and no matter how small your needs may be, we give you the most painstaking attention. That is the wa}^ we keep our trade. And dcm't get the idea that we are high priced. We're not. While w^e have the qualities of high priced goods, our prices are really the lowest. HAEVSSERM ANN m. SONS Wholesalers, Retailers, Importers & Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia. p«^«^i — . :j C. A. ROST 8z CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MANProCIGAR GUMPERT BRO'5. Manufacturers 114 ^""^Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Sample! sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers, 615 Marlcet St., Philada, (NiCKr LBY, 5c.) Channing Allen ®. Co. Manufacturers of FINE CIGABS 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA MZM/^^i Mett Popvlir All Havjfia Cigar Ma4t KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN <£l MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. /\ QalVES ^ O^- <^0^/-/A^AAfA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF -^TriE T©B>qeeO WORLB^ REVENUE OFFICIALS SCORED. BUKLEY DEAL STILL HANGS FIR.E. CIGAR BUSINESS ON THE BOOM. MVST HAVE THE JOBBER. KKediviail Co. Says Seizure of "Orients Was an Outrage. Tobacco World Publishing Co.: In your last issue you have an article Growers' Association Delayed for the Skeenteeixth Time. Cincinnati, (). , Feb. lo. So far as can be learned from authori- New York Wholesaler Sa.y$ He Ca.n Never Be Eliminated. Binghanvtorv Reports Indicate Develop ment of Great Industry. Hinghaiiiton, N. Y.. Feb. lo. The (juestion which agitates m.my The January report of the internal ,etailers as to whether they ought to do headed "Wrong Stamps on Orients," in tative sources, the New York financiers revenue office in this city shows that business without the aid of the jobber which you comment upon the seizure by and the representatives of the Hurley the internal revenue agents at Philadel- Growers' Association have come to no Hinghamton is getting to represent a vvas discussed in an interesting article in very large cigar industry. Business in the Journal of Commerce a tew days ago phia of the stock of Orients in the hands definite agreement and the deal still general is on the mcrease, but particularly by Edwin H. Sayre, vice president of of Philadelphia jobbers and sub jobbers, hangs in the balance. i" the manufacture of cigars. There was the leorganized New York State Whole- Your remarks are absolutely wrong. Archibald Stewart, at the head of the considerable improvement in the number sale Grocers' Association, who argues and your information consequently in- association's representatives, has been in of cigars manufactured, but a slight very interestingly for the jobber. correct. The seizure was made by Chief New York a week, and daily conferences falling off in the sale of manufactured The lines between manufacturer.jobber Agent Alexander without authority, and have beer going on with the financiers, tobacco. and retailer are less sharply drawn in as soon as our attention was called to the On several occasions when it was re- During January the sale was: For the tobacco trade, as in many cases fact we communicated with the Commis- ported that the contract was ready to be beer, $1,823.50; cigars, 124,470. 58; ^inall and sometimes big houses manu- sioner of Internal Revenue at Washing- closed, something unforeseen aro" '^eer, and a decrease of $36.89 in those of an alarmist; for I feel confident stamped with the 54 cent stamp, and the deal was as good as closed, and they manufactured tobacco. that not in my time, nor in the time of cigarette is sold according to the revenue were in high feather in consequence. The sale of cigar st.imps indicates that ^ny of my immediate successors, will the law providing for the issuance ot cigarette The city was full of growers from Ohio there were 2.168.030 more cigars made bulk of trade commodities be delivered stamps at this price. This cigarette we and Kentucky, all in a happy frame of in this city during the past month than diiectfrom the hands of them inufacturers have made for us, and the manufacturer mind. of the cigarette complies with the law Then came reports from the Fast of and sells the same to us at the lawful various disagreements, and the planters, price, as provided for by act of Congress, many of them in financial distress, be Our contention is a just one — that in came alarmed. Some threatened to reality we are jobbers of this cigarette revolt from the association, their contracts and not manufacturers, and we have the having expired on February 1 . right to sell our goods at what price we Up to this time, though, Secretary E. pl^jise. E. Harton says there have been no The Orient is the most successful of desertions. in January, 1934 ANOTHER SLEDGEHAMMER. BLOW into those of the consumer, no matter what present tendencies may be. "It is absurd for any m.inufactuier to imagine for a moment that he ran Our Little Offering of Slush for This dispense with the services of the jobbers and make as much monev as he could Week. The Chicago Journal's Chinatown re- porter is still doing business at the old stand, slinging silly slush in the inde- pendent cause presumably. To wit: otherwise. No single manufacturer, nor any possible combination of m.mufac- turers such as has been suggested, could reach more th in 50 per cent of the retail grocers in this ( ity. and even to reach lU'HRMAN. Independent cigar dealers told their that 50 per cent at least 10 per cent all 5 cent cork tipped cigarettes, and has It is likely that the New York people customers with deight today the story of would have to be added to his annual forced our largest competitors to follow will send a representative here to con how a feud between two brothers was expenses. He might deliver in centrally us UD in this direction, and by the time tinue the conferences. There are various prevented by friends who separated them located districts by having his wagons *^ , . r V- • . • n .• A r\ ^ .k:^k as they were about to come to blows make that number of stops, but for him we get to the bottom of this seizure we stones floating around. One which ^^^^^^\ ..irusf cigar store. to reach the outlying and suburban trade will place the blame and instigation of seems ridiculous on the face is that the Asthetalewasrelated thetwowereabout would be a matter of absolute impossi- the same where it rightly belongs, and fine Italian hand of the combine has ^q enter the store run by the combine, to bility. purchase two smokes, when the elder "It is a pl.iin business proposition, turned back, remarking: "This is one The manufacturers— some of them— are of those New York places. I wont buy making an effort to skim off the cream of anything here. " the business for themselves in the hope The younger thought he recognized in that the jobbers will take care of the a clerk an acqu.iintance who frequently rem linder just for the sake of doing the had waited on him at an independent business. store. "No, it's all right; come in," he "In this they are much mistaken. The said. present tendency among jobbers is not Thedisputegrew to serious proportions to increase the volume of their business you can bet dollars to door nails that this caused the delays. was the work of one of our large com %%%%%%%/% petitors. We have all the information THE BVRLEY LOOSE TOBACCO WARE- we want, we believe, to make it very HOUSE CO. ADOPTS NEW METHODS warm for the revenue officers in Phila- Lexington, Ky., Feb. 12. delphia and the fellows they did business The Burley Loose Tobacco Warehouse with to start on this nefarious plan of Company, of this city, introduced an theirs. innovation on the local breaks today by One of the most extraordinary things way of selling tobacco in hogsheads as and attracted the attention of friends who so much as to h indle legitimate profit in connection with this seizure was that well as loose. The loose tobacco was stepped between the angry men. g'iving articles, the quality of which they , . , , J T • u uu f ij • L J .u 1 u ^A^ To settle the argument it was decided believe to be ot the best, and to gener- all the sub.jobbers and Jewish jobbers of sold ,n the morning and the hogsheads ^^^^° ^^^^^ ^^J^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ,„ ^^^ ally improve the service extende.l to Philadelphia and the large Jewish retail- this afternoon. ^^^ ^ ^-^^^^ pj^ ^id so, and when he ( ustomers ers all had their stocks seized; but the The change was made in order to came out the dispute was decided to the "Tiien, too, the retailer must be made stocks of the more wealthy and Christian enable the local company to compete satisfaction of all. to understand that his interests all lie dealers were unmolested. All the special with the Louisville and Cincinnati houses. "Phew." said the smoker throwing with the jobber^ He has had his own aeaicrswcicu. u . , , , j. •„ r • u the cigar away. "The smokes are on trouble with the chain stores; but he agent office did in this regard was to and the surrounding towns will furnish ^^ Come down here to this independ- soon learned that the danger was not so telephone these people not to sell the their quota of tobacco when it can be gnt store and I'll buy." great as he thought. No revolution in goods, but made no seizure. There is prized. The United States Tobacco Co. «/%%%%%%% trading has been brought about for the room to read between the lines in this and the Patterson Co. will have buyers ncW HOMEOF VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRVZ ""r^^"" ^^^fVJl^ ^'.T„^'^^^^^^/.°^.f ^^^'" action, and, as I have said previously, here regularly by the time we get through with the investigation, there certainly will be a hot time in the camp somewhere. Yours very truly. The Khedivial Co., Sam H. Harris, Pres. A FAIIL FOR RISING SVN. store don't do business as does the man Voneiff y Vidal Cruz, Havana leaf ^Yio owns and runs his own store. The tobacco pickers and importers, have just retailer's real trouble woiiLl surely begin moved into new office headquarters at »f he had to look entirely to the manu- The first tobacco fair ever held in 33 South Gay street, Baltimore, the same f^cturers for his supplies. His whole , , ,. , . . , . , , r I. t>tTie would be taken up in ordering Rising Sun. Ind., will take place March site as was occupied by them before the ^^^^^ and listening to salesmen. I and 2. The contest is open to growers fire "I am not greatly worried over the of Ohio, Switzerland and Dearborn coun- This firm engaged in the Havana 'direct selling' plan of the manufacturers, ties, Indiana, and Boone county. Ken- business about three years ago, and now It may sound simple enough, but if it ,, ,,., „ ,' „ '• -11 u f .u<. occupies commodious warehouses in became general the most complicated -W. B. La Vielle, C. V. Gilmer. Oscar tucky. Premiums will be given for the ^^^^P^^^ ^ ^^^^^^j ^^^^ j„ Baltimore, system of getting goods to the consumer Groshell, Lewis Schoppe and E. V. best samples of bright leaf and lugs. ^^^^ handle Havana tobacco exclu- imaginable would be the result. The Graff are the incorporators of the La The samples will be sold to create a fund gively, and their trade is expanding very jobbers of the present day are expert Vielle Annex Cigar Company. to be paid out next year as premiums. steadily and satisfactorily. distributors— and that's their business." C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD iSlNLOHR^ MANJFTOCIGAIi 114 ^^f^Philadclphia V PHiIaJelpbJa m€ Cigars MtriMMP**— I— 111 ■!•! in • ' HARTMAN & KOHN, 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. - ■£==• ■— — 1: — ^ -r /\!^^^^ffl y^^i 1 "' ' ' ^^L ' ^^p iftO^^ " "j.^ f 1^ I^^Bi.'''4>' %& ^Ik ' 1 U '^ m^ 1 ^B ^^^^ i^^id^HSi] |diffi^^ -t^v^^^^i^tjTO-l -'^i' --^••^■^^-^1 • _f5 ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) DlierBilCi. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Phllada. (NICKfLBY,3c.) 1 Channing Allen Qi Co. Nanufacturcra of FINE CIGARS 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA ttftt All Havana Cifar Ma4t HEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD, inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. AC cSOH I M PORTERS OF^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkOmL^HIA '^TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB> ILEVENUE OFFICIALS SCORED. BVILLEY DEAL STILL HANGS FIILE. CIGAR BUSINESS ON THE BOOM. MUST HAVE THE JOBBER. f KKediviaLl Co. Say* Seizure of "Orients" Growers' Association Delayed for the Binghamton Reports Indica^te Develop New York WholesaLler Says He C^n Was an Outrage. SkeenteentK Tin»e. ">«"* <>' Grea.t Industry. Never Be Eliminated. Tobacco World Publishing Co.: Cincinnati, O., Feb, lo. Binghamton, N. Y.. Feb. lo. The question which agitates many In your last issue you have an article So far as can be learned from authori- The January report of the internal retailers as to whether they ought to do headed "Wrong Stamps on Orients," in tative sources, the New York financiers revenue office in this city shows that business without the aid of the jobber which you comment upon the seizure by and the representatives of the Burley Binghamton is getting to represent a ^as discussed in an interesting article in the internal revenue agents at Philadel- Growers' Association have come to no very large cigar industry. Business in the Journal of Commerce a few days ago phia of the stock of Orients in the hands definite agreement and the deal still general is on the increase, but particularly by Edwin H. Sayre. vice president of of Philadelphia jobbers and sub jobbers, hangs in the balance. »" ^he manufacture of cigars. There was the reorganized New York State Whole- Your remarks are absolutely wrong, Archibald Stewart, at the head of the considerable improvement in the number sale Grocers' Association, who argues and your information consequently in- association's representatives, has been in of cigars manufactured, but a slight very interestingly for the jobber, correct. The seizure was made by Chief New York a week, and daily conferences falling off in the sale of manufactured The lines between manufacturer, jobber Agent Alexander without authority, and have been going on with the financiers, tobacco. and retailer are less sharply drawn in as soon as our attention was called to the On several occasions when it was re- During January the sale was: For the tobacco trade, as in many cases fact we communicated with the Commis- ported that the contract was ready to be beer, $1,823.50; cigars, |24.470- 58; small and sometimes big houses manu- sioner of Internal Revenue at Washing- closed, something unforeseen arose and manufactured tobacco, $448.53. During facture and sell much of the product ton, who ordered the seizure stopped caused a hitch. January. 1904, the sales were: Beer, over their own counters. Where the and the cigarettes returned to the dealers, It was supposed by the association $1,566. 50; cigars, $17,966.49; inanufac- distinctions are sharp. Mr. Sayre's state- all of which was done. people that when by tnidnight February tured tobacco, $485.42. ments will be as pertinent to this trade This seizure was an outrage, and is i they had secured options on 13.000.000 This shows an increase over January, as his own. Mr. Sayre says now receiving careful investigation by additional pounds of tobacco, which had this company. The Orient cigarette is been demanded by the financiers, the stamped with the 54 cent stamp, and the deal was as good as closed, and they cigarette is sold according to the revenue were in high feather in consequence, law providing for the issuance ot cigarette The city was full of growers from Ohio 1904, of $6,504.09 in cigars, and $257 ..My views as to this matter are not in beer, and a decrease of $36.89 in those of an alarmist; for I feel confident manufactured tobacco. that not in my time, nor in the time of The sale of cigar stamps indicates that ^ny of my immediate successors, will the there were 2.168.030 more cigars made bulk of trade commodities be delivered stamps at this price. This cigarette we and Kentucky, all in a happy frame of >" this city during the past month than directfrom the hands of the manufacturers have made for us, and the manufacturer mind. of the cigarette complies with the law Then came reports from the East of and sells the same to us at the lawful various disagreements, and the planters, price, as provided for by act of Congress, many of them in financial distress, be Our contention is a just one — that in came alarmed. Some threatened to reality we are jobbers of this cigarette revolt from the association, their contracts and not manufacturers, and we have the having expired on February 1 . right to sell our goods at what price we Up to this time, though, Secretary E. please. E. Barton says there have been no The Orient is the most successful of desertions. in January, 1904. ANOTHER SLEDGE-HAMMER. BLOW. into those of the consumer, no matter what present tendencies may be. "It is absurd for any manufacturer to imagine for a moment that he can Our Little Offering of Slush for This dispense with the services of the jobbers Week. and make as much money as he could The Chicago Journal's Chinatown re- otherwise. No single manufacturer, nor .,.,, J . , . , ., ^ij any possible combination of manufac- porter is still doing business at the old ' »^ . . . , , , . *^ *• turers such as has been suggested, could stand, slinging silly slush in the inde- reach more than 50 per cent of the retail pendent cause presumably. To wit: grocers in this city, and even to reach Independent cigar dealers told their that 50 per cent at least 10 per cent all 5 cent cork tipped cigarettes, and has It is likely that the New York people customers with delight today the story of would have to be added to his annual forced our largest competitors to follow will send a representative here to con how a feud between two brothers was expenses. He might deliver in centrally us up in this direction, and by the time tinue the conferences. There are various prevented by friends who separated them located districts by having his wagons *^ , ^ ' ,. . , ■ a .- A rk„- ,„k;^i, as they were about to come to blows make that number of stops, but for him we get to the bottom of this seizure we stories floating around. One which before a "trusf cigar store. to reach the outlying and suburban trade will place the blame and instigation of seems ridiculous on the face is that the As the tale was related the two were about would be a matter of absolute impossi- the same where it rightly belongs, and fine Italian hand of the combine has to enter the store run by the combine, to bility purchase two smokes, when the elder "It is a plain business proposition, turned back, remarking: "This is one The manufacturers— some of them— are of those New York places. I wont buy making an effort to skim off the cream of anything here. " the business for themselves in the hope The younger thought he recognized in that the jobbers will take care of the a clerk an acquaintance who frequently remainder just for the sake of doing the you can bet dollars to door nails that this caused the delays. Buhrman. was the work of one of our large com %%«%%%<%«^ petitors. We have all the information THE BVRLEY LOOSE TOBACCO WARE we want, we believe, to make it very HOUSE CO. ADOPTS NEW METHODS warm for the revenue officers in Phila- Lexington, Ky., Feb. 12. delphia and the fellows they did business The Burley Loose Tobacco Warehouse had waited on him at an independent business '^ ,. -'. , , r .• • J J store. "No, It s all right; come in, • he "In this they are much mistaken. The with to start on this nefarious plan of Company, of this city, introduced an ^^.^ present tendency among jobbers is not theirs. innovation on the local breaks today by The dispute grew to serious proportions to increase the volume of their business One of the most extraordinary things way of selling tobacco in hogsheads as and attracted the attention of friends who so much as to handle legitimate profit- in connection with this seizure was that well as loose. The loose tobacco was stepped between the angry men. giving articles, the quality of which they ,.., jTi-uu f ij- 1- j.uu u ^A^ To settle the argument it was decided believe to be ot the best, and to gener- all the sub-jobbers and Jewish jobbers of sold ,n the morning and the hogsheads ^^^^^^^^^ brother should go in and ally improve the service extended to Philadelphia and the large Jewish retail- this afternoon. ^uy a cigar. He did so, and when he customers ers all had their stocks seized; but the The change was made in order to came out the dispute was decided to the "Then, too, the retailer must be made stocks of the more wealthy and Christian enable the local company to compete satisfaction of all. to understand that his interests all lie dealers were unmolested. AUthespecial with the Louisville and Cincinnati houses, "Phew," said the smoker throwing with the jobber He has had his own uc*ici3wcic »' •„ r • u the cigar away. "The smokes are on trouble with the chain stores; but he agent office did in this regard was to and the surrounding towns will furnish ^^ Come down here to this independ- soon learned that the danger was not so telephone these people not to sell the their quota of tobacco when it can be ent store and I'll buy." great as he thought. No revolution in goods, but made no seizure. There is prized. The United States Tobacco Co. %»%<%%»%» trading has been brought about for the room to read between the lines in this and the Patterson Co. will have buyers NEW HOMEOF VONEIFF YVIDAL CRVZ reason that the hired manager of a chain store don t do business as does the man Voneiflr y Vidal Cruz, Havana leaf ^ho owns and runs his own store. The tobacco packers and importers, have just retailer's real trouble w«ulJ surely begin moved into new office headquarters at if he had to look entirely to the manu- in 33 South Gay street, Baltimore, the same ^acturers for his supplies. His whole _. . ^ .J ... , , », . . • J . . , f .1. t»"^e would be taken up in ordering Rising Sun, Ind., will take place March site as was occupied by them before the ^^^^^ ^^^ listening to salesmen. I and 2. The contest is open to growers fire <«I am not greatly worried over the of Ohio, Switzerland and Dearborn coun- This firm engaged in the Havana 'direct selling' plan of the manufacturers. ties, Indiana, and Boone county, Ken- business about three years ago, and now It may sound simple enough, but if it . ., ^ „ ^., ^ , , „ . _ -ii u „• .»„ r^.. tu.. occupies commodious warehouses in became general the most complicated -W. B. La Vielle, C. V. Gilmer, Oscar tucky. Premiums will be given for the ^^ J^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ -^ Baltimore, system of getting goods to the consumer Groshell, Lewis Schoppe and E. V. best samples of bright leaf and lugs. ^.^^^ handle Havana tobacco exclu- imaginable would be the result The Graff arc the incorporators of the La The samples will be sold to create a fund jjvely, and their trade is expanding very jobbers of the present day are expert Vielle Annex Cigar Company. to be paid out next year as premiums. steadily and satisfactorily. action, and, as I have said previously, here regularly. by the time we get through with the investigation, there certainly will be a hot time in the camp somewhere. Yours very truly. The Khedivial Co., Sam H. Harris, Pres. A FAIR. FOR RISING SVN. The first tobacco fair ever held distributors — and that's their business. ' INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE A. O^^^^® cS O^- <^^> Havana 123 n. THIRD ST HILAOELfHIA J.Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF rpTobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. POONDBD 1855. T. Dohaiw >^D8lT*<' ^™^ "• J^<>han. ^^ DOHAN & TAITT, D ^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of Leaf Tobacco Havana 123 n. third st SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. I The Old Salesman's Musings. \ CAN THE PMCE BE RAISED ON AN This is the situation, and, as I said, ESTABLISHED BR.AND ? there is nothing new about it, only I In another column of this issue appears haven't heard E. J.' s proposition to raise a letter to the editor from Mr. E. J., the price to the consumers for so long which I have had the privilege of read- that it sounds fresh to me. and I would ing and which interested me, although like to know whether it has really ever it broaches nothing new. been given a fair test on a cigar that The correspondent wants to know why commands its own trade, say like the all these infinitesimally close calculations Cinco, between grower, packer and manufac- It is a generally accepted fact that it turcr must take place whenever there is can't be done. "You can get out the a universally short crop or a blight, or, in same cigar under a different name and «hort, a great scarcity, when the whole trust to luck for it's catching on," say matter might be adjusted by simply soak the wise ones, "but you cant raise the ing up the price a little to the consumer, price of the same brand under any cir- The farmer finds that he will be able cumstances. It would ruin your market" to harvest only a small percentage of I am not in a position to say whether what he expected and what his soil that is merely everybody's opinion based usually yields. Prices arc not so high on what seem the probabilities, or at any time that he can afford to lose whether the thing has been tried by any of his prospects, and he must make somebody who got badly hit I would his short crop bring him in as nearly as like anybody who does know about it to possible what a good one would have tell me. done. This he it able to do by the law The consumer has to pay extra for all of demand. his necessities when there is a scarcity. The leaf dealer must have the leaf, and he has become so used to it that he and at a time when every grower is in hardly grumbles. Lots of men will do the same boat he has to pay what is without what are generally regarded as asked or go without The leaf dealer is necessities before they will call in their not in business for his health, and he tobacco, and the point seems to hang on figures out the usual expense of ouying, the question of how vital the quality of storing, selling and delivering, gives his cigar is to the smoker, ihimself a fair margin and quotes prices Certain men have smoked the same Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble StSa Philadelphia J. JVIflHliOrl BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THJE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory y Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. to the manufacturers. The manufacturer growls like the devil, but it is the same with every leaf house he goes to, or whose salesman „ „._ ^ ^ comes to him, and he finally buys what poorer for a while, and sometimes it h he has to have. He has a number of brand for ten years, and swear that it has been absolutely the same all the time. Of course it hasn' t been. Some- times the quality has been very much as been cheapened to remain so perma- cstablished brands which go to the con ngntiy. «umer at set and universally known j Relieve that it pays to take the prices. He must keep on selling to the consumer into your confidence, for it jobber at practically the same prices, g^^^g him a knowing feeling that he inasmuch as the jobber is not in a posi- jj^^^g j^ j^ave and is willing to pay for. tion to raise his prices to the retailer. p^^ instance, if the whole process were Accordingly, the manufacturer gets to explained to the consumer as to just why work with his pencil and does some he would have to pay six cents for a cigar mighty close figuring. If the prices he which he could feel sure was of the same has paid for his leaf are so high that, in quality that he had been paying five order to turn out the same cigar he must cents for, the chances are that he would do business at a loss or for nothing, he pay his little six cents cheerfully and doesn't hesitate. He simply works out pity the poor ignorant son-of-a-gun who a cheaper blend. was paying a nickel and getting a roll of Until times get better, the consumer cabbage, gets a poorer cigar for his money, and The trouble is that no manufacturer is sometimes he notices it and sometimes tumbling over himself to start it He he doesn't (Concluded on page 7) JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seel Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD THK TOBACCO WORLD ^^'TiEALM OP TAB tJETAILERS W TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- ^ TERPRISING DEALERS. KEEP THINGS LOOKING WELL. The interior of pipe and cigarette smoker's standpoint. The weather con- ^ ■\7'OUR spare time and many dealers holder cases should be brushed out from diiions in Cuba last summer are respon- "^ will find there is considerable spare time to time, and those covered with sible for the increased weight in the leaf, time in the aggregate during the week — leather in the natural color can be im- "Last year's tobacco crop was a large ^ NDER your counters, high up on your shelves or poked away some- where, is always an accunilation of old goods that lay there dead, they are likely to slay there forever, paying no rent for the space they occupy, TTNOER our counters, high up on cannot better be occupied than by bright- proved in appearance by the application one, probably the largest ever harvested U . u„i..^. .., ^,.i,lri o«,ov, tnm#». ening up your stock. There is nothing of the white of an egg, as in the case of on the island. Since American interests more depressing than a dingy, fly specked leather and cigarette cases. have assumed control the industrial con- Ofieniimes cigar store. Even a chronic loafer does The rewaxing of meerschaum pipes is ditions have shown wonderful improve- not feel like loafing in it. a most difficult operation to be undertaken men t, and the island is in belter shape A certain dealer in Philadelphia com- by a person withoiil previous experience, than ever before in its history. Ameri- less ou tike some rpeciarmeans'^ to pla»ns steadily of poor business. He It can. however, be done without a great can capital is responsible for that uness >ou a , ^ . .. .^ ^^_ -fi^. says that when he went into business at deal of trouble if great care is taken. American methods have supplanted seii them. It is tar oetier lo sacrintc j ,.,./- .u tu ,^ • i i j j .l . r .• , his present location he did very well. It is first necessary to removethe mouth- Spanish methods, and the transformation vour profit on sucn gooas tnan lo nang r •' ... , r l u? . . j r i m . r .i. \ u o^j are afraid of a Now he has to squeeze to get out a piece, and with a penknife thoroughly has been a wonderful one. Most of the mUe^lossTn t^he cost prices. It is simply living. Why? Well, for one big reason, scrape the whole outside of the pipe. Cubans. I believe, favor the island's be- the^differe'nce between ihe problematical because his store and stock are just as Remove also with the knife from inside coming a part of the United States, r theoretical value of the goods to you shabby as they could possibly have be- the bowl, the residuum adhering to it, although there aie some left who favor and thl' actual money you can obtain for came in the time they have been there, technically called the "coal." and clean the old Spanish regime. One by one the customers have been out the stem thoroughly. A little alcohol "American methods have made the won over by the brighter stores that poured into the stem will be found useful island, especially its cities, inhabitable sprinkle t h e neighborhood and there for this purpose. for Americans, and, as a result, many them and thus get the use of. Give this class of stock attention periodically. A good plan is to place certain ^. , , . , j v .u , t. r . t A «Ho, fV,* H;r*»rtJnn nf :, have been vcry few new ones. Here are Then cork the bowl and the mouth- people now go there from this country classes of goods unaer tne aireciion oi a j , r . • • l i m ^ n <- i_ • .. II u u^r. K «»«.«.« ..n ar a few hints which ought to be remem- piece end of the pipe up tightly. Place for vacations, as well as for business, certain clerk who when ne sees an ac- » r u i cumulation of stock, can notify the pro- bered by every dealer, and when he it m a saucepan of cold water on a slow orietor so that some method can be em- grumbles that it is poor policy to do fire until the water nearly reaches boiling *' , twenty five cents worth of work on all point Care must be taken at this point ploved to move these goods. ^ i. . i r. • .u One of the best ways to do this is to pipe. he must remember that he is get- that the meerschaum is not left in the offer them as a rebate or present to the »ng a benefit of 25 cents worth on the water until it actually boils, or the con- customer, as an inducement for cash improvement in the appearance of the sequences might be serious _ stock. When cold the pipe must be thoroughly ^j^^ p^^^^ i„ ^^y business. One is to Mouth-pieces to pipes often suffer well polished with Sapolio. finishing off ^g^^^^ y^,^^ operating expenses to the from exposure to the light, which causes by rubbing with a dry silk handkerchief, minimum. The other way is to increase them to take on a dull and sickly ap- Then heat some white wax. which must your sales and get the increased profit pearance. Those of amber and amberoid be heated on the top until it is melted ^^^^^ ^j^j^ increased business as an trade. Oftentimes goods lie upon the shelf because customers do not know their value. If they are offered as a rebate for cash trade, their value will become known and their sale stimulated LOOK TO YOUR PR.0F1TS. TTHE amount of profits you receive from your business does not depend alone upon the amount of business you do. There are two ways of increasing In this wavvou could use the check frequently assume a greasy appearance, down to the required state of liquefaction. .^he dealer, of course, should see at issued bv the register giving so much of ^"^ ^'^ '^^^"^ improved by wiping with While the wax is melting the pipe must ^,1 ^j^^^ ^hat his expenses are not unnec the goods for every $5 worth of checks apieceof tissue paper.slightly dampened, again be placed in the hot water, so that ^g^^^jy high. It must be remembered. returned. An electro can be made for a trifle ,of from forty to sixty cents, with such printed matter as may be desiied. It is well to remember that if, for in- stance, you should give 50 cents worth of goods for 1 10 worth of checks returned, these goods do not cost you 50 cents, although they are worth that to the cus- tomer. The actual cost may be 35 cents. this rebate to you. This check, upon which the rebate is advertised, will not however, that it is not always economy and best business principle to reduce your expenses to the point where your business suffers in consequence. Probably what will lead to increasing your profits more than any one thing, will Moisture cannot injure mouth-pieces of the melted wax may be applied with a this description. Horn mouth pieces piece of flannel to the hot pipe, require dry rubbing only. Cheap vul- This is the critical part of the operation, canite or rubber mouth- pieces are apt to and the greatest care is necessary in become covered with a sort of whitish applying the wax so that it may be put bloom if exposed for any length of time, on perfectly even. If this is done sue- but this can be quickly removed by cessfully the surface of the pipe when dry be to'piovide a system in your store that rubbing with a damp rag. will not break out in lumps or patches. will prevent the leaks and losses which now Plainmeerschaumgoodsmay becleaned The success of this experiment depends j^ssen the amount of your yearly profits. ^ , ^ , '"' with an ordinary silk handkerchief, but care to a great extent on the genuineness of wh<»r^v#»r anvthlncr ;« Uft tn, /ijc u 1 1 » r • . j * /^ , u u and water. In such cases extreme care " 'T^HE wholesale cost of imported as attractive as any in the store, with the ^^^^^^ ^^ taken not to allow any of the "*• cigars this winter.' ' said a well peared in a Kansas paper and which goods displayed to the best advantage. It should be kept scrupulously clean. water to reach the inside of the pipe, or know salesman to a retail customer, it will be practically ruined. As soon from seven to ten per cent greater than item he charges. • • • POOR TOBACCO! JJERE is a cheerful, unbiased little •* ^ comment on tobacco which ap. 1 in a Kansas paper and which ,g embodies a number of timidly expressed statements which every dealer will be " . , , , , .11 will uc uraciiciiiiy luiiicu. /\s suuii iiuin seven iw icn j/ci \.eiii K*dici luctii „i_j »., i__,„ ^ «.«:.^ /.l . . » The packages should always be clean. A . \.'^.A.^^ 1 » k u ,1 » »t r glad to learn to recite at the annual lodge inc pav. 6 / , as the washing is completed, the meer- last year, which is due to the fact that banauef clean and attractive counter, properly . . , j • 1 1 • j .u . u r .u 1 . - 4 • cicdii an ... J schaum should oe quickly wiped per the tobacco of the last season s crop is displayed, holding such goods at reduced ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^.^^ ^ ^.,^ ^^^^.^^ .^ ^ ^^^^ ,^^, ^^ ^^^ prices, «ill undoubtedly move them. h,„dk„,hief. before. Goods of this character can be sold , ,. , , , ... 1. u • j- j 1 • wuw a K^.,..o «f fK- Hq« «r on In t h c case of carved meerschaum "As a result, each individual cigar is between certain hours of the day, or on .,j. ,.... jj ^ ... certain days. A specified day in the goods, great care should be taken by heavier and the customs duty, which is week can be known as "Bargain Day," removing the dust, by means of a small, levied by weight, is greater. This differ- when goods of this character will be dis- gQfj brush, but, as a rule, only an expert ence will be divided between the manu- ens the moral sense.' played at reduced prices. should be entrusted with the work of facturer, the jobber and the retailer, but "t)uke, the millionaire manufacturer It is well to remember, in this as in ^ ^^ anything the customer will get a heavier cigar for his of^'gf*"" Coasts that he never smoked other points of store management, that » ^ \ r . ] • ^uC^ j one of the dirty things in his life-" ONLY UNUSUAL METHODS CAN ^"rther than the removal of the dust is money. This, however, does not mean Nearly all cigarette smokers have dis- ACCOMPLISH UNUSUAL RESULTS, required. that the cigar will beany better from a eased lungs. Tobacco. "Tobacco is inpurity's hand maid; no advertisements are so vile as those that advertise tobacco, no pictures so corrupt- ing as those on cigarette packages. Busi. ness men oppose the use of tobacco among their employees because it dead- JTHETOLDjSALESMAN'S: MUSINGS. / '^f (Concluded from page 5) ^ ould have to take more or less of a big chance in blazing the way, knowing that if!he|lost out|airthe]other manufacturers would give him the laugh, whereas if he won, they would come falling in after him. It would be missionary work of the purest, for every manufacturer is bound by hisjbrethren. - " liS P^If that were 'not so. a manufacturer after cheapening his brand and getting the same price for it. might maintain its low quaUty after he was able to buy leaf cheaper, and thus make all kinds of profit Alas, for that, the man who makes the rival brand does put the Havana back again, and if one consumer doesn't notice it another does, and it gets around, to the decided detriment of the the first brand. Independence is too often a costly quality. It certainly would be interesting, though, to see what would happen if. affer an unusually bad year for tobacco, some firm like the Cinco manufacturers, which cigar has got this market dead to rights if any cigar ever had, should announce that six cents was to be the price until things got better. A whole lot of other manufacturers would dance with glee, but there would be something doing for a while at any rate. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. 781,972 Match; Edward Thorn. Utica, N Y 37,327 Design, member for match safes; Albert T Ogden. Poughkeepsie, N Y ALAS ! THE CHEWER IS DOOMED. The Continental Tobacco Co. , or more properly speaking, the American To- bacco Co., together with the many other manufacturers of plug tobacco in this country, are about to receive a terrible blow. The business, as a business, may survive, but it will be sadly shaken. On the wings of disaster comes the following from Macon, Mo.: The most sinister bill before the Mis- souri legislature at present is being pro- moted by Jean Simmons of the adjoining county of Shelby. During vacations of the legislature Mr. Simmons operates a skunk farm near his home town of Clarence, and though twelve miles away, if the wind is right, the people of Macon are aware of any disturbance among the legistator's fur colony. Mr. Simmon's bill is aimed particularly at the men who gather around the village stores of an ev- ening and discuss the weather of '49 and methods of running the government. It says: "Every user of tobacco is prohib- ited from evidencing his habit by disfig- uring public sidewalks in any city town or village, or upon the floor, stoves, bar- rels, boxes or any article of merchandise or furniture in any store, public building, railroad or street car, church or school building in the state." Mr. Simmons measures 6 feet 2 inches toward the sky and weighs 225 pounds. During the season he umpires baseball games for the North Missouri league, and there is no recorded instance of one of his rulings being questioned. His skunk farm is his greatest source of rev- enue, and he says his stock is attar of roses compared with a man who chews. —William F. Foley, of Mahanoy City, has been engaged as salesman for the American Tobacco Company in Penn- sylvania and West Virginia. Write for Samples icPrices 8 ^ /\ Qalves (Sl O^- <^> Havana 123 n. THIRD ST MILADELRHIA RREMER BROS. Sc gOEHM, ^"■^ ^™^^ ^^"^ \n\nnrifi GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T- BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ivnd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco J. U FEHR & SON, Leaf Tobacco ^00 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., B0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of j Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. READIN©, PA. ir Rel&il Department is Strictly Up'to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, ,„po„„ . j^ J Tobacco Dealer in SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. ORTH Th 1 RD STR EET, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Havana Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leaf Tobacco H, Teleochik. & VeleoQlrik VELENCHIK BR.OS. as'i. LEAF T0B/ieeo Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA • LOUIS BVTHINER J. PRINCB LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Broilers •JUO K2tCC ^^*p|^*| J 1 L* and Commission Merchants. riVllEuCipHlE. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANIM CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN 8z: SONS, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra.«*navana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R/ BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO 170-174. Special Partner— GuMKRSmno Garcia Cuervo. NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S ef\ C Growers and Dealers of yUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel, " Havana ReindL 20, HavaivdL p. O. Box 98 HAVANA MARKET ACTIVE BUT BUYERS CAUTIOUS Owners of Certain Styles Ask Tip-Top Prices, and Buyers Cut Transac- tions Close for Fear of Being Caught With Big Stocks by a Large 1905 Crop. I [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.] Havana, February 6, 1905. The Havana market has continued Buyers Come and Go. active during the past week, the volume Arrivals: — Simon Heineman, of Mon- of transactions not reaching larger pro- treal, Canada; B. Wasserman, of the B. portions owing to the scarcity of certain Wasserman Co., Emanuel Friend, of styles, for which the owners asked prices Friend & Co., Morris Levi, of Levi, way above the ideas of the buyers. Blumenstiel Sc Co., all of New York; I. Many of the latter have on this account Bernheim, of I. Bernheim & Sons, curtailed their purchases for fear of being Havana; Milton Herrold, secretary of caught with large stocks on hand if the the Loeb-Nunez Havana Co., Philadel- coming crop should be a good and large phia and Havana; Gustave A. Mueller, one. of Gustave A. Mueller, N. Groomes and From present appearances, however, T. Elson, of the Groomes & Kennedy it does not seem as if the 1905 growth Co., Chicago; Salvador Rodriguez, of will be larger in the amount of bales; on Salvador Rodriguez, Tampa and New the contrary, reports still claim a shrink- York. age more or less in the tobacco growing Departures: — Captain Mike Flaherty, sections; therefore, as the stocks held A. and N. E. Guedalia, Morris Levi, here are greatly reduced, a retrograde Marcelino Perez, for New York; A. D. movement in the prices does not seem Eisendrath, B. Barron, I. Spector, A. probable. Waldman, Matt Wengler, for Chicago; As far as quahty is concerned, there Conrad Reichert, Milwaukee; Felix Eck- will doubtless be good, medium, indifier- erson, Ventura Blanco, G. S. Mahn, C^ ent and poor tobacco as every year, only C. Rosenberg, Charles E. Crawford, the respective percentage of each class is Joseph Hollard, for Philadelphia; A. in doubt until the leaf shall have under- Gestal, for Tampa; J. E. A. Blais, Roger gone all the various manipulations before Pierce, for Bos'on. it is placed in bales and has successfully H&.v&na Cigar M8k.nufacturers passed the last fermentation process. are fairly busy, and while there is no As far as Remedios tobacco is con- boom,orders are coming in in satisfactory cerned, one American export house here quantities from all parts of the world, was blamed for having paid high prices The 1904 crop cigars are more and more in the beginning of last year's packing appreciated as time passes, and importers season, but it seems now that after all and retailers ought not to be afraid to lay this was only a shrewd business operation in stocks to last them some time, as ^n order to protect the interests of their nobody knows how the 1905 crop cigars ^Lustomers, and which at present has may turn out, and it will be a long time placed this particular house in a position before any correct judgment can be to meet the wants of their friends, the formed. Exports per steamship Mexico high prices paid therefore being justified, were 3,986,855 cigars. Unless something unforeseen happens, H. Upmann & Co. are busy in their the 1905 crop of Remedios will be only H. Upmann factory, and they exported a small one, and prices for same may 525,000 cigars last week, rule as high or higher than last year. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. had noth- In the receii>t8 of tobacco from the ing to say. as Flor de Tabacos de Partagas country of last week there appear 3.200 are selling as lively as ever, bales as having been brought here from Por Larranaga is doing a very satis- Santiago de Cuba, and which, having factory business in the United States, been purchased by the buyers for the London, Europe. South America and Spanish Regie, do not increase the Australia. Don Antonio J. Rivero, the stocks The sale, having been reported manager, is restless and unceasing in his previously, is not included in this past efforts to constantly increase his sales. week's transactions from the port of Behrens & Co. are pleased with the business on hand in their Sol factory, as ' * Sale* they know they have a choice stock of foot up a total of 7.892 biles, consisting leaf on hand and that their cigars give of 6.217 bales of Vuelta Abajo. 575 of satisfaction wherever they are introduced. Partido and i.ioo of Remedios. The Rabcll. Costa. Vales & Co. have no American buyers took 5, 585. local manu- ^^^j^ ^^ ^^^^j ^-^^^ ^j^^ existing state of ^^rL"&X'rFrhRT,': affairsl„th..Ra.onA.lo„.s.„d Cr.. buyers. ^^J* factory, as Don Jesus Vales says ''^ ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA* CUBA. BQL.tvkers and Coinmission Merchscnts I I I SHITPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAP T03ACC0 MANUFACTURERS OP The Celebrated CigSLf Br a. lid FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA. Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPBZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands L^ Mas Fermosa y Magnetica de Cuba No. 83A Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. Est«Lblished I860 El t^ieo Habano pa^^topy INDEPENDENT OF ANY TRUST OP Enrique Dorado & Co. Vuelta Abaio Cigars Purveyors to H. M. The King of Spain Estrella No. i^i—^j, caWe: chaoaiva. Havana, Cuba. Narciso Gonzalez. Venancio Diaz, Specif. Sobrinos de Veaaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Ani^eles St.. H AV A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Box 856.* P. Neumann. H. PrassS. G. W. MiCHABLSEN. FEDERICO HEUjVIflflN 8t CO. Commission Merchants SHIPPERS OF LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS Havana, Cuba. Office. Obrapia i8. P. O. Box 28. Telegrams: Unicu« lo /\ (^AL.VES c& C®- <^o^j> Havana 123 n. third st Leslie Pantin;^iy^.!^''^T.^:?.f • Habana, Cuba BEHRENS & eO. MannfiACtarers of the Celebrated Brands, MIE Ta SOL and '^^/sM^tW*' LUIS MARX J^ABA^f^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) •r/ DeS:.t": Leaf Tobacco Royal Cigar Factory INDEPENDENT The Oldest Brand >ARTAGAS YG a AflBAH^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: ClFKR. Habana, Cuba. CakUAcMress: ••CueUra." Figuras 39-41, Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 ^^"•-•" Habana. ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Aimacen de Tabaco en l^a JUtPBCIAUDAD BN TABACOS FINOS de VUBITA ABAJO y PARTIDO R&yo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIN H EDESA, n.^rJlriSS^^ • co Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar StreM, .,.„.„. _.,_. "jscuA." HABANA, CUBA. Branch House: — 612 Simonton Stnet, Kcjr West, Fla. ».J«fe Y. P. CastaaeiU dOf^GE 8t P. CflSTflfiEDA GROWERS, PACKERS amd EXPORTERS of Havana Iieaf Tobacco Drugones 108-110, HA VA NA AVMLIifO PAZOS & CO. Alma§0mstas de Tabaeo en RamM PRADO i»3, omuMtA. Habana 9i Jose Menendez, A-lmacenista de tabaco en Rama Mspeeialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SneiiJty m Vuelt*. Ab^o. Saai Vatll». f FMUk Industria. 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArrilM Monte 114, % (P. O. Box) Apattado 270. TJT o K O « O AIXALA (h CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Caitlenas Z» aad CerraJet 6 and I, HAVANA, CUBA. •0-SPEaAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN WIPlfM%jm P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, • 'Aixalaco. ' ' Jff. GflRCIfl PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER IN VucltsL AbdLjo, P^Lftido SLivd Hemedios Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA 8z: CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. aid COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte 1,16, cabie-"CAu>A." HABANA, CUBA. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD If Batablithed 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory For Larranaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA. CUBA Trade M^rk RegiVtered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Waller Ralei#K Lsl Columnia de I«l Victoria^. L«l Irm«L, and L*. Guipuzcoana. 'HMh^^^. that orders arrive just as fast as they can possibly turn out their cigars. El Rico Habano is filling some good orders for the United States, London and Canada, therefore Enrique Dorado & Co. are kept busy. Crepusculo is working with full forces, while Don Jose was inspecting the grow- and the calls made upon J. F. Rocha & ing crop, and closed out 275 bales of Co. from every direction speak greatly in Vuelta Abajo and Partido from their own Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. disposed of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. \. Spector was a buyer to the extent of 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo. L H. Cayro e Hijo made some pur- chases of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo, J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. favor of their cigars. Remigio Lopez y Hno. are doing a fair trade in the United States in La Mas Fermosa and Magnetica de Cuba. Buying. Selling aLnd Other Note* of In- terest. Charles E. Crawford, who left today previous holdings. Felix Eckerson made some good pur- chases while here, amounting to 821 bales. Antonio Suarez disposed of 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. A. Waldman left satisfied with the in company with Joseph Hollard, via purchases made by him for his firm of Miami, for their Philadelphia homes, L Friedman & Co., Chicago. Crepusculo/' "Nene' "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crbpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 09 Broad Street, New York. Bruno Diaz R. Rodrig^ei has purchased very close to i .000 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios, and it is stated that he secured the very choicest vegas only from the most famous districts. Prices may be high in com- parison with former years, but Dohan & fillers for his El Taitt will surely be in a position to Tallahassee, Fla. furnish their customers with the finest Charles Blasco was a busy man in aromatic leaf, and at no higher cost than attending to the wants of five customers other houses can sell at. as Charlie Craw- at the same time. Manuel Suarez & Co. had a very busy week again looking after their numerous customers. C. C. Rosenberg was a careful buyer in selecting only choice Vuelta Abajo Provedo factory at ford is "persona grata" wherever he is seen looking at tobacco. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez sold 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week, and are A. U. Calzada & Co. had a good fort- night, as they shipped 970 bales to their United States customers last week. Exports to all ports last week were • A ♦«. Kit, th*., 500 bales 7,046 bales, of which the United States now gettmg ready to ship the 3. 200 bales 7^4 ^^^ ^ ^^^^^ Last B. DIAZ & CO. Growers a.i\d Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and P^Lrtido TobsLCCO PRADO 125, Cable :— Za 1 dco HABANA, CUBAe SRAU, PL/INAS Y ©I/I. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Cable: Caizads de la Reina 22, „ , g>..u. graplanas. Habana, Cuba CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo sg, cbi.- bi.«o ■ Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Yiveres Amargura 12 and 14, ^^d San Ignacio 25, Cable : • -Tebenitez. ' P. O. Box 396. HA BANA, C UBA . Receipt* FroM the Cowatry Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Feb. 4. Bales 1,566 12 106 Total Jan. I. Bales 5.318 616 896 3 6.589 3.40s 16,837 7,040 OHIO PACKERS DONT WANT CUT. Association Elects Officers and Protests Against Curtis Bill. Dayton, O., Jan. 10, 1905. The Ohio Leaf Packers' Association purchased by the Spanish Regie. year they handled close to 50,000 bales. E. P. Cordero has started in to pur- chase for his Mi Hogar factory, and has secured already some 800 bales. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. disposed of ^!/"*^^* 693 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios ^^^l^^^^ _ owing to the active propaganda made by g q^^^ ^ Remedios 2, 156 Don Milton Herrold, the secretary, Don Santiago de Cuba 3.200 Henry Nathan, as well as Don Antonio Dominguez. Gustave A. Mueller has bought 700 bales of Vuelto Abajo for his Chicago factory. A. Pazos & Co. hare been very busy attending to their various customers, and m,Wi\f Don Avelino would not mention ... . . , while uon avc ^^^ .^ ^^^.^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ formally any quantity, they must have turned ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^e Curtis bill which is over nearly 600 bales. ^^^ j^ the hands of the Ways and Means L. W. Scott was a buyer of 500 to 600 Committee o f Congress. Some days bales of all kinds of leaf, and he has not before the meeting W. J. Lukawitz, sec- retary of the Association directed a pro- finished as yet ^^^ against the bill to the Ohio delegation Jose F. Rocha made several transac- .^ Congress as immediate attention had tions amounting to 500 bales of Vuelta ^^ |jg given it The association unani- AWg^iQ mously endorsed this protest at its meeting Marcelino Perez selected some 550 and placed itself on record as unalterably . . xr 1. Au— •« r^* k:. opposed to the measure. bales of the best Vuelta Abajo for hi. PP^.^^^ ^^^ transaction of a quantity New York factory. ^f purely routine business the annual Sobrinos de V. Diaz sold 300 bales of election of officers was held with the VuelU Abajo during the past week. following results: President, John L. ,. « .- u— 1,-/1 . v*rv kii.v Brenner; vice-president, S. M. Krohn; Leslie Pantin has had a very busy ^^^^^^^^ ^ *'j L^kaswitz; Ueasurer. week again in attending to his customers, ^miam Miller; board of directors, W. and must have purchased at least 1,000 ^v. Hales, C. S. Billman, L. A. Wheeler, bales for them. George Kling and A B. Landis. GARei/i Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199. Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mweiiistas le laliaco et iwA 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rkporm. r. VIDAL CRVZ HENRY VONEirr VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ '%ton!rs\f LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T«Lmp%.. FW. EDEN CIOAR FACTORY ^■^- K. 9f BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. !L^rinnnfu-r-r':.- 1;:^' H 1 s u 1' Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. CtgAti aa^e lUictly of tke very Uai VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO 12 THB TOBACCO WORLD (H S^ii9n^€tA^ ,^y^ g> g\ •^ Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 OLFCIV/X^V 125 Maiden Lane, ^STs-.?;*"" NEW YORK CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of /.••Fine Cigars/.". 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Sample*. rmAZiBR M. DOI3KER G. P. Secor, Special. F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON Ql CO. OritinsLl **hinde** New York Seed Leaf Tobacco InspeotUm Established 1864 Prmcipal Office, 180 Pearl Street, New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses. 178, 180, 182, 186 and 188 Pearl St Inspectioiv Branches i-LancMter, Pa.— G. Porrest, 140 E. Lemon St.; H. 1. Trost, 15 E. Lemon St.; Elmira, N.Y.— L. A. Mutchlcr; Hartford, Conn.— J. Mo- Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O — H. Hales, 9 ProntSt.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse. 233 Warren St. ; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sta.; Je««y Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Anti* Fort, Pa.; East Whateley , Mass.-G. P. Peaae; Bdgerton. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. ^ Frank Ruschcr .• Fred Schoaib^ RUSCHSR & CO. TobaeGo Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. CuUon. Stoitfbtfl% Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : I. R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut »L Fran^ lin.^O.: T. E. Griest Dayton. O. : F. A. Gcbhart, 14 Shore Line ave. Hutfidf^ Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State sL South Dcerficld, Mass. : John C. DeckCBi Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmcyer & C^ Corning. N. Y. : W. C. Sleight. ^ '' COLSON C. Hamhton, formerly of P. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co, ^i<^M— M. CoNOAl,TOK, Frank P. Wiskburn, Louis Boim^ Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weigheri Sampling In All Sections of the Country Receives Prompt Attentloa. Plnest Bonded Storage Warehouse In O A OC CajijIi Cf lUpm VAfk UDerica, Perfectly New, Eight Stories High, 04"0 J OUUIU Olij nCB IViB PIrst-Clasa Free Storage Warehouses: 809 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; i38-i38>^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (TeL 2191 John) New York. . Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Earle^ Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, J06 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa.. Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton, O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L. Qrotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day, Hatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billington, Corning, H V. N 14 THK TOBACCO WOlttD n ■ Established iCSi THE Incorporated 1902 W0F^ Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKicL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Buckley, H. C. McManus, Preiident and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tki^EPHONks:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Publishing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada. of bonds, the expenditure of money, the SUMATRA "RED BOOK." awarding of contracts. Very naturally The Red Book of Sumatra Tobacco Congress passed that. But the Congress for 1904 has been issued by Henri Dentz, thai has given American ship owners a the well known broker of Amsterdam, monopoly of the carrying trade, against The volume is very complete, and gives the protests of Messrs. Root and Taft, the names of all the Anisterdam compa- is not likely to pass the tariflf bill that nies doing business during the year, the they urge when it is opposed by great crops, capitalization, amount of business sugar and tobacco interests. done. etc. THK TOBACCO WO»tD »5 i ♦♦♦ ^;^" X Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. : ^t* ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ^x^ October Revenue Returns. subscribe to the paper in question and The returns from the Internal Revenue very seldom sees it, and was not inter- Collector's office for the First District of viewed on the qualities of the pubhca- Pennsylvania, for the month of January, jj^^. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 15. 1905. A LITTLE HOMILY ON ADVERTISING. The year 1905 was ushered in with the vnost comfortable predictions as to its prosperity. It was believed that there were so many happy circumstances at- tending its birth that there could not fail to be a splendid business year. In some respects the first two months of the year have verified these predic tions, but in certain cases there is a disappointment This is the time to advertise. When a house is doing as much business as it can reasonably han- dle, it very frequently calls in its adver- tising as a luxury rather than a necessity. When it is doing very little business, it frequently refuses to advertise because of the expense. Yet It is the best possi- ble time to spend money in this way. An advertisement is a traveling sales- man with considerably more power than a traveling salesman. It travels to the people a merchant wishes to reach, and quickly and concisely puts the merchant's goods before them. It stands to reason that if the merchant hasn't been selling many of them, it is either because the people wont have anything to do with him for particular reasons or that they aren* t being placed before the peo- pie strongly enough. If yoM are doing so much business you can't afford to accept any more, you can take a short rest on advertising. If you aren't and few of us are — it ts because you are not advertising properly. The biggest business concern in the world is not big enough to get along without advertising in one form or another. A FEW WORDS ABOVT THE CIGAR- ETTE QUESTION. The enemies of the cigarette appear to be growing greater in number, or at least much more disposed to place them- selves on record. From standing on a single plank which opposed the sale of this form of smoking to boys, many of the anti-cigarette associations and agi- tators, are adopting a blanket platform which in effect would put the cigarette out of existence. It is an undeniable fact that retail to- bacco dealers — perhaps the expression '•many retail tobacco dealers" would be more fair — are responsible for this extra and growing agitation. If every dealer had always been careful to obey the law. which no man in his right mind can consider an unreasonable or oppressive one, there would be no crusades, or bills before State legislatures, except the usual innocuous measures pro- mulgated by women's societies in their efforts to keep themielves warm. A man has a right to make an effort to prevent his immature son from smok- ing cigarettes, and if it becomes evident to him that the only certain way of keep- ing cigarettes from those not fit to have them is by forbidding the traffic entirely, then his only reasonable course is to take steps to accomplish such a result Whether it is a function of the State to define what may and what may not be man- ufactured among things in common use, is a question, the settlement of which is not in order here. As was said, however, the pettily greedy dealer is responsible for all this hullabaloo, and respectable and dependable dealers should lose no time in showing that they are not in sympathy with fellows of that class. The following is from a daily paper of last week; Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee, is the first American citizen to bear the title of Governor General in the Philippines, the Philippine bill signed by the President authorizing the change of the title he now holds, namely Civil Governor of the Philip- pines. Secretary Taft sent the fol- lowing cablegram to the new Gover- nor-General: "I salute and con- gratulate the first American Gover- nor-General of the Philippine Islands and wish for him the same success which has attended his ad- ministration as Civil Governor." It is fervently to be hoped that Gover- nor-General Wright does not become so exhilarated by Secretary Taft's message of congratulation that he proceeds to cook up some more funny relief measures for the Philippines. The following was printed in the edi- torial columns of the Philadelphia Record: Secretary Taft says : "President Roose- velt has just signed the Philippine Rail- road bill, and I feel that a year and a half of my work has not been in vain. Now if we can only get the tariff matter fixed all right we will be just about as happy as we can ever hope to be. " The Secretary need not begin jubilating yet The railroad bill provided for the sale consist of the following figures: Cigars at I3 per M. 43,985,020 " at 54c. " Cigarettes at $3 " Cigarettes at 1 1.08 per M. Cigarettes at 54c. " Snuff stamps at 6c per lb Manuf'd Tob. at 6c per lb 70,000 11,500 4,540.000 "Somebody has been dreaming, that's all," said Mr. Boch, good naturedly. I. Lowengrund, the well known Pkila- 165,000 delphia retailer, who already has a num- 359' 0^5 ber of prosperous stands in operation in the city, last week acquired the handsome A novel premium scheme has been store on the south side of Chestnut street, adopted by the United Cigar Stores Co. owned by Walter Lazar. in connection with the Tabard Inn „ , « ^ u a ,.♦,..«♦ k.I/^ht , . Boch & Co., Broad street, below Library. In exchange for 50 of its cer- ^ , ^ . , . Chestnut are having a run this week on tificates, the company gives a subscrip- . ^^ » v- u ,u. «,. c«in«c ^t ^ 1,. , • .• Otto the Great which they are selling at tion to the library. The subscription is . a a t ^-«»o o«;.r* , ^ ^ J •. • » .K^ I4-50 a hundred, or 5 cents apiece, valued at fi.50, and it gives to the •^^ ^ •' . . " I u 11 1 « The cigar sells in three sizes— brevas, holder, according to the well known ^ aft Tabard system, one book, which may be P"" an a p . exchanged on payment of 5 cents at any ^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^ waTnarrowly averted in of the library's numerous booths. In ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ Goldstine, at Fifth and this case the books will be exchangeable t-u ^ c^a k«. , , „ . ^ ^ „ Locust streets, on Thursday, caused by at a number of the United Stores as well , ^ . « » •. *u 1 Ai a iiu I uc ,; ^ defective flue. As it was, the loss was as at the regular booths, and the com- pany hopes thus to attract many desir- able customer?. Here and There With the Retailers Something struck the retail market again last week, as most retailers com- plained that there was very little doing. Probably the weather was largely responsi not great Mr. Metzger, of Berriman Bros., ot Tampa, was in town during the week looking after business. With NdLAufeLCturers and Jobbers. The week was a rather dull one with ble for the condition of affairs, but as jobbers and manufacturers, the weather indicative of the market, one prominent extending its baneful influence to these retailer whose store is in the central part branches of the trade. The retailers of the city, and who manages to keep weren't doing anything in this market, pretty busy under any circumstances, ^^^ ^g^rly every other as well, and not without hesitation declared last week's ^^^^ g^^^jg ^^^^ ordered. business to be very bad indeed. Goods _ ^ ^ . o ** •^ Some manufacturers reported a pretty are not moving as they should any- ^^.^ ^^^._^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ g^^^^^ where, although there does not seem any ^^^ .^ ^^^ ^^^.^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ good reason to expect that the stagnation . i-..i u • • r »i. ^ *^ , r J IS very little business coming from the will continue more than a few days ^ , ^, , , East There are a good many orders on ^ * ,. . . , ., the files, but money is slow just at this There was very httle news in the retail . ^, . ,. , . • \ . . time. There is nothing to alter the im- trade for the week, no changes of any ... . • ,11. r • rr^J pression that a good spring will be ex- moment and no new stores of size. The . , , . . - ,, perienced. salesmen found it just as dull as every- ^^^ body else, and found very little doing. xhe Liberman Manufacturing Co., ol ^ ,,r T. , . ^ J . . J 1 this city, manufacturers of suction tables, R. W. Bock, the Broad street dealer, .... . , , , , J .- binding machines and various other was considerably amused and a trifle . , . , ,. . ,. ^. J ^ 1 . 1 cigar manufacturing paraphernalia, are indignant on Thursday of last week . . , , . , , . 1, 1 . •. enjoying a very busy season, being com- when his attention was called to an item „ , , , • . . , , , , , J. . , pelled to work their entire force many in the last column of the editorial page , . ^ ^ , , ,• 1 J • XT ^r 1 hours overtime every week, of Tobacco, published in New York. The article read as follows: R. W. Boch, of the Philadelphia firm McCaffrey's wholesale and retail store of R. W. Boch & Co. , chairman of the ^^ 4007 Market street has a very fine recently highly successful tobacco show window display of the El Draco Co.'s in the Quaker City, says: Hunter, which is a five cent cigar. ••Tobacco is a bright, readable paper, and we find it always entertaining and up to date. It is a trade journal which ^r. Ashburner is about sUrting for an accomplishes results." extensive Western trip for Duncan & The point is that Mr. Boch does not Moorhead. The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Company OF NEW YORK llmporters and Manufacturers of the Highest Grade Segars Special Sizes Manufactured for Us Exclusively from the Celebrated Factories in Cuba of Romeo and Julleta, Partagas, Upmann, Punch, La Corona, Waldorf, Waldorf-Astoria, La Imperial, Rey del Mundo, Hoyo de Aonterey, Eden, Por Larranaga. The Largest Stock of Fine Segars in Sensible Smoking Shapes m To THE Trade The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co. is a purveyor to the public taste. It strives to meet the wants of the consumer through the agency of the jobber and retailer and its own stores. It is connected in no way with any other Segar house in this country, and it is absolutely owned and controlled by the same interests as since it entered into the Segar field. Nor is any officer of the com- pany allied in any way with other institutions of a similar nature. This announcement is made owing to published state- ments of officers and salesmen (of other companies) with similar names, and constant inquiries being made of us. Very respectfully, HARRV S. ROTHSCHILD Secretary and Treasurer. cAj THE TOBACCO WORLD LV^ O ^ % •mr } /i o §jsm^% .^z DIplotnattco A good smoke, a quick seller, a protitable cigar— that^s our "Quo Vadis/' You need it in your business, for it brings new trade and satisfies the old. The ''Quo Vadis" cigar in your show case will add prestige to your assort- ment, because it represents highest quality and best workmanship. Its handsome, modern, full size DIRLOMATICO shape is the favorite of all smokers, and everybody enjoys its fragrant aroma and pleasant taste. It's the Ideal Five Cent Cigar, and we fully guarantee it to give satisfaction. Write to us for Sample Box and Price. We'll be pleased to answer questions. ALFRED EYER & CO., Ci^ar Manufacturers, Allentown, Pa. ^K- BLACK THREADS Long Cut The Pin«st Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3>i oz. packages. Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write ui for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco Co. John F. Scaifc, until recently foreman in Bock & Co.'s factory, is now doing business for himself on Eighteenth street, below Market, manufacturing and retail- ing. Business is starting up well with tha new concern. Sam Jacobs, of Gumpcrt Bros., left last Saturday for a ten days' trip through the Pittsburg section. handsome article, and will remain in perfect order for any length of time. This is sure to be appreciated by the dealer who realizes the importance of buying good cigars and keeping then^ good until they reach the consumer. SPECIAL NOTICE ( la)^ cents per 8-point measured line. ) FOR RENT ♦♦» A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«.yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobaLCCo Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Urge Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Snc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C» DAYTON, O. Over a hundred dollars was spent by the Bell Telephone Company to locate the thief who, on January 22, broke into the wholesale tobacco store of Maurice C. Fisher & Co., 1244 North nth street, and after packing up 2,000 high grade cigars, broke open a pay telephone sta- tion and stole the 55 cents it contained. After working on the case since the robbery, a detective employed by the telephone company on Monday morning arrested Maurice C. Fisher, the head of the robbed firm. Fisher admitted his guilt, and told of several other robberies he had perpetrated on his unsuspecting partners within the last few weeks, and declared that he was in desperate need of money. Magistrate Kochersperger, in City Hall police court, held Fisher in $500 bail for court. A HVNIDOIL FOR. DEALERS. Cigar dealers can secure an attractive humidor containing 3,000 Cremo cigars, the well known brand manufactured by the American Tobacco Co., for $105, less 10 per cent trade and 2 per cent cash discount, on an offer now being made by the company. The cigars are perfecto style, and are well enough known to obviate any spec- ial description. The humidor is a very Giijar Factory Buildinii, Complete, in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 hands, and 35 hands available. Terms moderate. Address, FACTORY, Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World, Phila. i-25ca . . . WANTED . . . An Bxpbribncbd Cigar Salesman for Philadelphia and nearby trade; only those who have an established trade need apply. Address Box 107, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 2-150 SALESMAN OR BROKER WANTED for the West to represent responsible Ninth District Factory. Address, Mfr., Box 1 10, care of The Tobacco World. 2-8h YOUNG MAN WANTED IN LEAF Tobacco House. Experienced and with some trade preferable. Address Dbaler, Box 109, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. POSITION WANTED AS SUPERIN- -*- tendent or foreman, by up-to-date man, employed at present in large cigar factory but desiring to make a change. Address, Ai , Box 108, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. 3- 15c Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes U^ Al.vays Room for On« More Good Custombx. L J. Sellers & Son, Seilersville, Pa^ THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 # For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELI R A HIGH GRADE p^^ ZjC cigar F O R iJC Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO Local R.etailers Go to Harrisburg in In* terest of McNicKol Bill. Among the delegations from this city and Pittsburg, which yesterday appeared before the Judiciary General Committee, in Harrisburg, were a goodly number of local dealers, who strongly favored the following McNichol amendment to the Blue Laws : AN ACT. Authorizing the sale of certain articles and the performance of certain labor on the first day of the week, com- monly called Sunday : Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby en- acted by the authority of the same, hereafter it shall be lawful to sell Drugs. Medicines, Soda and Min- eral Waters, and other harmless non- intoxicating drinks, Bread, Oysters, Cakes. Pastry. Ice, Ice Cream. Candy, Milk, Fruit, Cigars and To- bacco, to prepare, print and sell Newspapers on the first day of the -week, commonly called Sunday: Provided, That nothing herein con tained shall be construed to allow the sale of any non-intoxicant, or other drinks, in any saloon, inn or tavern licensed by law for the sale of intoxicating beverages. A special train left Broad street at 8 A. M. carrying about 300 representatives of the various associations from this city, vho were met by a similar delegation from Pittsburg. Senator Cyrus E. Wood, of West- moreland, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, called the meeting to order at 2. 30, and allowed each side one hour for general discussion, and thirty minutes for argument Attorney A. F. Daix, Jr. , of Philadelphia, stated the case for the Business Men* s Protective League, and was followed by C. J. Fried, secretary, Mayer Schwab. Jr., J. A. Borgfeldt, Rev. A. H. Wood, and others, who earn- estly plead for either the amendment or the strict enforcing of the law of 1 794. Among the leaders for the opposition were Rev. T. T. Mutchler, Bishop Ru- dolph Dubbs, Rev. Chas. L, Fry, and others. Just what action the Senate Committee will take is a question; judging from the arguments for and against the amend- ment it is only fair to suppose that they will legalize what is now done every first day of the week — called Sunday — and save such dealers who in the large cities are really forced to sell certain necessi- ties, and luxuries — the pain of being un- willing law breakers. The delegation from the Philadelphia cigar and tobacco retailers was headed by James I. Hassan, president of the lo- cal association, and F. B. Robertson. LeaLf DeaLlers' Jottiivgs. Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH ^ SONS. Makers. Norristown, Penna. Some of the leaf houses on Third street declared l.ist week's business to dave been very good, and expressed themselves as quite satisfied. This condition was by no means universal, however, as while probably every house did a little business, things were still coming slow. Stocks are pretty low, and as the demand exceeds by far the manufacturers* wiU lingness to pay existing prices, some firms aren't particularly keen on the proposition. Those who did good business got good prices, and it simply meant that these customers had reached the sensible con • elusion that nothing was to be gained by holding off any longer. Indeed, the majority of leaf dealers believe that if there is any change in prices it will be an upward one, and consider that those manufacturers who are buying from hand to mouth and waiting, are playing a penny wise, pound foolish game. Some considerable sales were made this week as a result of the fact that the customers suddenly got the idea that they had better get what they need now before prices reach the sky. L. A. Bornemann, of Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. , Havana leaf import crs of New York, was in Philadelphia this week looking through the market BILLIONS OF CIGAILCTTES. The Richmond branch of the American Tobacco Co. is manufacturing 50,000,000 cigarettes of an out-of date and obsolete brand which will be shipped to Shang- hai, China. It is also reported that the same factory is working on orders for an additional 600,000.000 cigarettes. F.'H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. Manufacturer of s Ciiiil Clgais TKc largest ai\d best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED 5-ccivt d Ciga^r on the MaLfket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. P*.. Geo. W. Bowman Qi Co. HeLivover, Pa.. Manufacturers of ♦♦^♦^ ^♦{♦^ THe Boa BQw-jQaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in J several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Partlculara. JOSBPH a KOLB, Nftnufacturer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, the Leading 5c Cif|V|VI'VYV|fl>VfT|flTiyvpr THE JOHNS-BRASH CIGAR CO. Manufacturers of High-Grade ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Factories: ♦ Lancaster ♦ McSherrystown ♦ Hanover ♦ Irishtown ♦ Gettysburg ♦ Strinestown ♦ ♦ •^♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Main Office: Lancaster, EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. d4ii t,Aik i.dAii i..i4ii *..d44l i.d4ii *.d4il ,,^A CINCINNATI SALES VERY LIGHT. items of Interest in the TobsLCco Tra^de From the Ohio Market. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 13. Offerings were the smallest of the year at last Saturday's public cigar leaf sales. The total break was 54 cases, consisting generally of poor types of Connecticuts, Zimmers Spanish, Little Dutch and Wis- consin stogie stock. Competition was lax and realizations were hardly satisfac- tory. Zimmers were the best features and brought from 6 to I2^c; Connecti- cuts ran from $6.30 to $8,60 per 100 pounds; Spanish from $$ to |io; Little Dutch from ^2.55 to $4, and six cases of Wisconsins $2 to $2.20. Receipts of the 1904 crop continue extremely light and warehouses have been forced to draw on their stocks the past week. The uncertainty of the Burley Growers attempt to control the market has caused many planters non- members of the association to also hold back their tobacco. The river has been closed by ice for some time and the shipments are being made by railroad entailing greater expense. The market has felt the effects of the uncertain con- ditions prevailing and last week ruled weak after a strong opening on Tuesday. Rejections were the heaviest for some time. The local trade has made arrangements to attend the Sixth Annual Tobacco Fair, at Maysville, Ky., on Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22, in a body. The Business Men's Club will also go, headed by a brass band. The Buckeye Tobacco Co., a newly incorporated concern, has opened a warehouse at 7 East Front street, and will hold public burley leaf sales when affairs are running smoothly. The new concern is independent Dr. W. A. Bradford is President of the company and A. D. Pryor, of Eminence, Ky., manager. D. A. Collins is to be the auctioneer and T. Quiesenberry, inspector. All are well known in the local trade. At present there are only four other Burley houses here, the Cincinnati- Miami and the Morris being recently demolished to make way for railroad terminal purposes. A large stock of tobacco belonginp^ to Henry Bremer, stored in a basement at 1422 Main street, was damaged by the bursting of a water main last week. Mr. Bremer's loss is estimated at $150. E. O. Williams and E. A. Ellis, well known local tobacco brokers, are stocking a mule ranch of 3,000 acres in Oregon county, Missouri. For the present at least they will remain in the tobacco business, the new venture being merely "a side line." John E. Tooney, formerly of this city, died last Friday at Columbus, O., of kidney trouble. He was the agent in this section of the country for the Conti- nental Co. for many years. A visitor to this city early last week when the success of the Burley growers' scheme seemed an assured fact was Powhaton Gordon, of New York, repre- sentative of the manufacturing depart- ment of the Continental Tobacco Co. He said to The Tobacco World correspon- dent: "Our company seems to be regaird- ing this so called corner complacently. I take it that they have a sufficient supply in stock to keep them running many months yet. I do not understand that the Missouri Burley growers are in this combination. While the Missouri Burley is not up to the grade of the white Burley grown in this section, it is nevertheless a market factor to be reckoned with. " BUHRMAN. ar Boxes ar Box Lumber 44 ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. 44 44 V'' WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦I^^ C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. t2 THE TOBACCO WORLD 6 HIPPLE BROTHERS Importers off Sumatra and Havana Tobacco ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦! X i t For Fine Imported or Domestic j ♦ . ♦ ♦ Tobaccos we can meet all competi- i ^ ♦ ♦ tion, both in quality and price. It j ♦ X X will pay you to look over our line, x ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Packers of Leaf Tobaccos INo. 231 Arch Street PHILADELPHIA Printing Presses FOR COLLAPSE OF BURLEY SCHEME. Cigar Box Work We have a large assortment of Second-hand Printing Presses Suitable for Cigar Box Work. Write for Particulars. Golding & Co. 134 North Tenth Street Philadelphia Things Look Like No Hope for Growers* Association. Cincinnati, C, Feb. 13. The collapse of the $10,000,000 loan with which the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association expected to corner the 1904 crop, was practically admitted last night in the statement that things looked very blue and that the only hope now held out to the farmers lay i n the arrival of Eastern representatives in this city with a new proposition This committee was to have arrived early last week, but from day to day new stories have been handed out that one thing or another had delayed its departure from New York. Various reasons have been assigned as to the cause of the failure of the deal. It is said that the tobacco trust forced several of the trust companies backing the scheme to withdraw. This was easy of accomplishmen t, when, as one paper puts it, "it is known that John D. Rocke- feller controls the New York money market, just as he does the tobacco com- bine and the tobacco markets." It is admitted that but $8,000,000 of the original $10,000,000 still stood ready to stand by the original contract Efforts were made to have Cincinnati capitalists increase their guarantees so as to make up the $2,000,000 deficit, but without success. One of the features which would have been of benefit to Cincinnati had the deal been successfully consummated, was the implied condition that practically all of their tobacco was to be sold here, making it thereby the leading market. For this reason, it is said that Louisville commercial interests added their influ- ence 10 that of the combine in discour aging New York bankers so that they would refuse the loan. On the other hand local warehousemen feel that the good offices which they ex- ercised in trying to put the deal through will have sufficient sentimental effect upon the farmers to lead them to ship their crops to Cincinnati anyway. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 13. President W. B. Hawkins issued the following statement, Sunday night, which is taken as evidence that the Burley Growers' scheme has fallen through: — ' 'Our Finance Committee is still in New York. I called my advisers, the old Board of Directors of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Company — W. C. McChord, of Springfield ; W. H. Booker, of Eminence; C. B. Sullivan, of Versailles; W. S. Os- borne, of Maysville, and J. W. Hughes* of Harrodsburg — to advise with me as to the best course to pursue to serve, as we have always done, the best interest of the grower. A committee was sent to New York to make final arrangements for procuring the money necessary to finance our organization. It has worked hard and assiduously, and has met with many obstacles unforeseen. It is still at work, with some hope of success. Un- der the existing circumstances, and, as I have said before, as the grower's interest is uppermost, we think it unwise at this juncture to take any steps until its report is final We take the stand in this way that the faithful men who are standing to the last will lose nothing by waiting. It is true that those who have grown weary in well doing and decide to sell their tobacco will be profited by our contin- uance, so that until our committee reports finally, which we have every assurance for thinking will be in the next day or two, we will stand pat and await devel- opments. Our members who have stood so manfully will be notified as soon as a decision is reached." 91 THE TOBACCO W O R L, D OUATI LITY GAR lHEOBALD&0PPEHHEIMERC0."pK]lHEUHIIEDNEWSCtP^ ?v.7♦iMl•._,-K^f^- DON'T WANT WAREHOUSE SOLD. tion. ' said he. "there would soon be a drop in the value of all the property in Baltimore Leaf Trade Protests Against ^^is vicinity. If we abandoned the dock Sale to City. , 1 .• .1. .. u scheme altogether, the propertv would Baltimore. Md. . Feb. 1 4. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^j^ ^^y ^^^^ ^^an it was before The tobacco interests of this city are ^^e fire, which is 50 per cent less than consider.ibly agitated just now over the now." efforts which are being made to save the Colonel Swann also stated Mgnificanlly State tobacco warehouse, for which the j^at if all the ground necessary was not city has offered $1 16.000. The property obtained the commission mijjht conclude is located at Long dock and the burnt ^ct to continue with the work, district commission considered that the The board of public «orks appeared to amount mentioned was a very fair price j^^ favorable to the transfer, the (Governor for the land. particularly desiring to help the commis The board of public w.rks has failed ^.^^ ^^^ ^jj ^j^^ „iembers evidently to set a value upon the desired ground. ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ j^^^j^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ nor are the members averse to selling it <^^^^^ Ihe city can not condemn the State' s property as it can that of an individual or corporation, hence it will be necessary to reach an amicable agreement. Incorporations, CKanf(es, Etc. to the city; but they made the point that the State should receive t h e actual value, which they believe to be in excess of the amount offered. A committee representing t h e leaf tobacco association made a formal pro- test against the sale of the warehouse a few days ago at which Joseph A Raw- lings presented the memorial 0/ the To bacco Association, protesting against the transfer to the city until the trade was provided for, and incidentally he declared that the ground was worth at least $250,000. The West Virginia Cigar Company, of A letter from State Wharfinger Cutino Wheeling, with $25,000 capital, has was also read, in which he said the State been incorporated by James B McKee, could derive a revenueof at least $24,000 William Welch and David J McKee a year by holding on The Northampton Tobacco Company, of Northampton, Mass., has been incor porated with a capital of $20 000 by Benj.imin M Warner, Thomas J Ham mond and Warren M. King The Beerbaum Company.of Milwaukee. Wis., has been inc rporated to deal in tobacco at wholesale and retail, by August F Martin and C and Henry H Beerbaum, with a capital of $25,000 The Louis Kindling Company, of M,l waukee, Wis., has been incorporated by Louis Kindling, H Buchenberger and Second — The building of a safer struc- Gustav Eichrodt to deal in cigars and ture over the ground to be ui-ed by the tobacco, with a capital stock of $50,000 tobacco people for inspection and storage, %% while the lower section could be utilized Richard D Bakrow & Bros.. Louisville. for dock purposes. Ky.. the cigar dealers, filed articles of ^, . . . , , .. „,„..„ J incorporation in the County Clerk's Third— An exchange of the ground ^ *^ . ^ . , , i office with a capital stock of $50,000, After the tobacco men and the inspec- tors had had their say, the board of pub lie works and the burnt district commis sion proceeded to consider the various piopositions made. Col Sherlock Swann, speaking for the commission, made three propositions: First— A diiect offer of $1 16.0:0. desired by the city for a lot at the corner of Lancaster street and East Falls avenue, which offers all the wharf facilities neces- sary for the tobacco trade. divided in $100 shares. Ihe incorpora tors are Richard D Bakrow, 50 shares; Emanuel Bakrow, 30 shares; Moses - , Bakrow. 3 shares. The maximum in When the Governor pointed out the ^^^^^^^^^^ -^ ^^^^^^ fact that the State vould derive more revenue by retaining the lot, Colonel The Frankle Bros. Co., of Youngs Swann replied that this was true, but toWn, 0., capital stock, $100,000; incor that the improvements contemplated porators, A M Frankle. Moses Frankle. made this possible. B Fiankle, Harry Schagrin and M P "If we lay down on this dock proposi- Goodman ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Match It, if you Can-- You Can'L : ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-It" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five — Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. PhiU DELA FLORA CUBAN STAR GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stogies, No. 2103 Peniv Avenue, ?„'^«s't"dKr PITTSBURG. PA. /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A 1? Si Hand-Made V/ JL fJT-ZX XV VC^ 615, 6x7 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. \Yedeles Qrothers, floriddL SumatrdL 182 £. Lake St. CHICAGO, ILL 24 THE TOBACCO WORLD J5he PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. THB TOBACCO WORLD 25 i^ Philadelphia Representatives: UIBBRMAIN MPO. Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. •» • Liberman's Latest JWachines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE u O P. O Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. r <: PHILA. PA. U.S.A, ^O J/^J. J/^S. Write for Catalogue and Prices Manufactured by j/^^. J^''^. ^^vT. Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphidL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street 2C 26 THE TOBACCO WORLD SCHVTTE & KOERTING CO. PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are: 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, bein^ operated by city water pressure, 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs; humidity uniform. Correspondence Solicited THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 HSNRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. No, 828 St. Joseph Street, L,ANCASTERy PA. Manufacturers oP High Grade Union Made Cigars •TTie Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sig% Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. Imports of Tobacco, etc. Arrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week ending Feb. 13, 1905. Str.Vigilancia, arrived Feb. 11: (1,209 bales; 36 bbls.) Jas. E Ward & Co. 796 bales J Bernheim & Son 354 " Hinsdale Smith & Co 59 " J. Bernheim & Son 31 bbls. Jas. E. Ward & Co 5 " epYau^^e PUERTO pRlNClPE f- COBF^E SANTIACO ^ X^. "t: C^.»CAJ, Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,YORK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Um Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Fiume^-Stephano Bros, 59 cases to- bacco; M. L. Herzog & Co, 1 box tobacco samples. Havana— Havana Tobacco Co, 163 cases cigarettes and cut tobacco; Jas. E. Ward & Co, 8 cases cigars. HAVANA CIGARS SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Statendam, arrived Feb. 7; (517 bales.) United Cigar Manufacturers G. Falk & Bro Pretzfeld & Co The Hilson Co H. Duys & Co E. Spingarn & Co 373 bales 74 " 25 " 21 •• 14 " 10 " Str. Mexico, arrived Feb (468 cases; i bbl.) Jas. E. Ward & Co Park&Tilfoid G. S. Nicholas Wm. H. Stiner & Son National Cuba Co L. J. Spence W. E. Caule M. D. T. Co F. Hirsch & Co G. Amsinck & Co Francis Taylor, Jr Garcia Pando & Co W. O. Smith & Co Jas. E. Ward & Co 7: 400 20 16 12 6 6 2 I I I I I I I cases 1 1 ^^: h 13: cas4s 1 1 II 1 1 < I < I << II II II II 1 1 II (I 1 1 case X We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedios, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Vegas of Various Sized Lots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco CX)IVSUUADO 14:2 and 144, Havana, Cuba. i\ Q^ LA FLOR DE A, C. P., lo-Cent \^ X fjr ./I XV O Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People. i^^^Mt%»^»%^<%%^% %%%%%%«% J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock j%»^<%^»^^^^^^^^^^ i%^^^^^<» <^»^^i^<^^^^^^» C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. ♦♦v***v***v*v***v*v******v***v*****v***v*v t* A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. \ Incorporated 1901 The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. ^'tg'^f*" Marietta, Pa. MAKERS or High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars^ Onr Leaders (-JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar SUSQUEHANNA 6c. Cigar S. & N. 6c. Cigar 1^ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar \ i^'DUtrlbutors Wanted Ererywiere ***^*%^* * * * * * ************ « ^P ^^ ^^ ^P ^p ^n ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ 32 THE TOBACCO WORLD ■f .'IMJ IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 WRITE TO C. RUPPIN -LANCASTER, PA m ABOUT THE "BENJAMIN CONSTANT'lOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c, THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS, ' VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY ' Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF iimmer Spanish and Little Dut( MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warghonses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Cii^^ h^af Tobacco ZIMMKR SPANISH. CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED. IMPORTED HAVANA, PENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses— West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 > Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- J somcly Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ♦ £LMMER SPANISHt WRAPPERS *i\d ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. ^ Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Zimmer Spanish Gebhart Little Dutch manufacturers in Windsor, is said to have had on hand about two million cigars, but the large number of orders which were received during January depleted this stock very materially. In fact, it is said that if Mr. Gable had not had a large surplus of stock on hand at the first of the year, he would have been unable to fill the orders during the past month. W. C. Jackson, of Easi Prospect, is continuing to work with a full force, and informs us that he has not noticed any perceptible falling off in trade since the first of the year. Holtzinger & Seitz, of Red Lion, one of the progressive firms of cigar manu- facturers of that lively borough, are making a special drive on their Governor Wright and Regal Duke, five cent cigars, which were prize winners at the St. Louis Exposition. Their product is now being sold throughout a large section of the country and appears to be giving uni- versal satisfaction. Both C. Fred Holt- zinger and W. H. Seitz are active young men and are building up a very satisfac- tory business. The Gladfelter Snyder Tobacco Co., of Yoe, manufacturers of the Big Bob and Uncle Jim scrap chewing and smoking tobaccos, have received an exception- ally large order from a big St. Louis distributing house for their product. They are now comfortably located, in their new factory building, which con- tains every convenience for the manu- facture of their product, which is meeting with exceptionally good sales every- where. On January 1st Geo. A. Kohler, of Geo. A. Kohler & Co., of York and Yoe, was admitted to an interest of the Gladfelter-Snyder Tobacco Co. H. F. Kohler, of Nashville, had an exceptionally satisfactory year during 1905. He is having a larger demand for his product than output owing to the impos- sibility of securing a sufficient number of hands to meet the requirements of his rapidly growing trade. THE READING BUDGET. A Few Changes ii\ the Trade to Be Re- corded. Reading. Pa., Feb. 13. Newcomet & Newcomet are closing out their business. Just what has brought about this action is not generally known, as this firm enjoyed a good trade. L J. Goldsmith is running full handed, having large orders for his popular brands. Diploma 5c and Amorelle loc goods. Charles R. Albright has remodeled his factory and put six additional men to work. Otto Eisenlohr & Bros. ' modern factory is nearing completion, W. D. Sands, now with Stewart, Newburger & Co., will be the superintendent of the new factory. Shiveley, Miller & Co., of Pottstown, Fa-husseyI LEAFT(M«Oa). AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L, Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Dich Office, leading, Pa. '= (lo ice oj-«« W. B. HOSTETTER «i CO. j Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP. Filler, Ready for Use. 1K:n1',S 12 S. Geor^ SU YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN »i ^^»%»^^%^^<%^^^^^ %%>%%%%%% *^t**«*****^«*^*****^-^ •)t***-)^**^^*«« C. A. KILDOW. ^' T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5e. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. S. N. MUMMA PeLcker of Leaf Tobacco Penna.. S«ed B's a. Speci&hy Warehouse at RailrosLd Crossing LANDISVILLE, PA. * * R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Psl. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. tablished 1880 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to c^tdo^^tt t t7 ma L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL.ERSVILLE. FA 36 THE TOBACCO WORLD AN BXCBLLENT TOBACCO FOR CHEWING AND SMOKING, Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of ♦♦♦♦ A Ready Selling Product m ♦♦♦♦ ♦4^ a Big ^ Prodis for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ ^■! ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO.. Reading, Pa. ^! C. E. MATTINCLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. UFACTURERS OF Cigars J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY For two miles on the road where the writer lives there is but one crop of to- bacco left in the hands of the grower, and that is owned by J. M. Crafts. It is a crop of about 10 acres, and is consid- ered by many to be a very nice crop, but he has maintained that good tobacco was worth a price, and is holding for that price, or as near to the price asked as he can get. An offer was made for it last week of i7>^c in the bundle. I, for one, hope he may get the price asked, and I think that he wiU. Our correspondents write: Conway, Mass. : "The tobacco crop is nearly all sold. Some tew lots that are sold have not been delivered yet. The crop weighed out extra well this year for such a good yield; 1 think on an average about 1800 pounds per acre." Hatfield, Mass: "B. M. Warner has sold his tobacco to Gans, of New York, at a price reported to be better than 25c, afier the crop passing through a forced sweat. Thaddeus Graves has sold to the same party at better than 21c. We hear of some farmers refusing 21c." North Hatfield, Mass.: "George B. McClellan has sold his tobacco to Bock, about 10 acres, at private terms. Francis G. Bardwell has sold at private terms about 8 acres. Charles Bardwell sold 5 or 6 acres; Frank Bardwell, i yi acres; Fay Bardwell, 8 acres; M. J. Hallorin, 10 acres; Mrs. Flavin & Sons, 10 acres; Conrad Wolfram. 4 or 5 acres, all these at private terms." — American Cultivator. George Burthe, 7a at 7 and ic E E Lunde, loa at 6 and ic L D Webb. 3a at 7 and ic E T Rockney, 6a at 6 and ic Fred Hyland, 5a at 7^ and ic M Jarlesberg, 1 2a at 6, 5>4 and ic John Fladen, 4a at 6 and ic A Danielson, 53CS '03 at 7>^ and 2>ic So far the deliveries at the warehouses have been ample to keep the packing forces busily employed, though the need of casing weather that will permit the growers in the northern and western sections to prepare their tobacco for market is becoming more pressing every day. The great bulk of the crop in these sections is practically hanging in the sheds, and dealers holding contracts for the same are as anxiously awaiting the coming of soft weather. Shipments were 1077CS, and 5 cars of bundles to Richmond, Va. — Reporter. EDGERTON, WIS. A week of heavy storms and drifted roads has tended to handicap the tobacco movement in the country, keeping buyers near home. The new crop continues to be sold sparingly and the demand for old leaf has no appreciable decline, dealers generally standing ready to take over everything at a price which will permit of turning. Sales coming to notice showing the trend of recent trans- actions are: G T Taylor, 8a at 8 and 2C Ole Seamonson, 7a at 7|i and xc F L Englestad, loa at 7>i, 6 and ic CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 96 hhds, as of late almost entirely of new tobacco; offerings on the breaks, 2 hhds; public and private sales, 30 hhds. Quality unchanged ; market firm. None of the new crop is yet offered for sale. We still have severe winter weather, preventing handling of the crop in the barns. Nothing doing in the loose tobacco market, partly from the cold weather, but mainly from the control of the sale by the Planters' Association, which is also making renewed efforts to get Con- gress to repeal the act of 1894 putting a tax of 6c per pound on sale of raw leaf tobacco to consumers. The repeal would give another outlet for their crops on the sugar and cotton plantations and in the Northwestern States. Quotations for old tobacco, unchanged. R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBRS OW A.in> OnAlMRS I« ;-:! 436 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster. Pa. /\ (^ALVEs c& O^- <^^^ Havana tMPORTERS OF 123 N. THIRD ST HIt-ADELPHIA 37 CIGAR MOLDS OUR MOLDS are the Best GRADE, and Our Prices THE LOWEST. We will Duplicate Any Shape you are now using, regardless of who made your Molds, or Furnish Any New Shape. Sample Sections submitted for your approval Free of Cost. The American Cigar Mold Co ?I~I23 WEST FRONT ST.. CINCINNATI, 0 W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. 9VR SPECIALTY is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Bstahlished 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER T.L. ADAIR, < WHOLESALE MANUFAC Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. I EsUblishcd 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. New Factory 1904 ♦ H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Dealer in J X Cigar Box Lnmber, ♦ ♦ Labels, Ribbons, Edging, I Brands, etc. X Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^SMpping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.ANC ASTER. PA /IBEN BUSEf^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. FMBOSSED CIGAR BANDS MJf Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Samplem, William Steiner, Sons & Co. tARCEST LitKograpKers, cmuMm 116 and 118 E. Fourteenth St., NMW YORK. THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED o«^^^««&. Established 1878. Factory 1508, Uth Dist., Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $»U) per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $l\o per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. SOMETHING NETW AND GOOD WAGNER*S Chb LEONARD WAGNER, ,„.„ N.... 707 Ohio St, Allegheny, Pa. MANUFACTURED ONLY BV JVIRHTir^ SLiflBflCH, DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of A^ T /^ A ]D C High-Grade Union Made |^ | Q- /\ JX C ~ SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (sc) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (loc) ^▲TaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTa1;| MTi^AVAl C. A. Rost (h Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xobscco A Specialty of Light Conneciicut Wrappers aivd Seconds Choice Assortment of I Seed Leaf Fillers ®^ Binders WISCONSIN (a OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa^. M. H. Clark & Bro Cable Addreat "CLARK." Leaf Tobacco Brokers, aOPKINSVILLE. KY. PADUCAH, KY. Clarksville, Tenn Business CKaLnges, Fires, Etc. Connecticut Hartford— M Cooper, cigar manufac- turer, files notice to sell out New Britian— R J McEnroe, cigars, etc, sold out South Manchester — L Savoy, manu- facturer and retail cigars; petition in bankruptcy Waterbury— John A DeVita, cigars: bill of sale District of Columbia Washington— C P Mack, retail cigars and tobacco; bill of sale to B A Mankin Jas A Moore, retail cigars and tobacco; chtl deed of trust. $150 Georgia Atlanta— Miller & Sharp, cigars; suc- ceeded by R E Sharp, agent Illinois Champaign — F L Barrum, cigars; damaged by fire Chicago— Frank Pettit, cigars; sold out Indiana Indianapolis— Sorhage & Craig, cigar manufacturers; succeeded by Sorhage & Robertson Kendallville — Moore & Leas, cigars, etc; sold out Iowa Council Bluffs — Thos Maloney. cigar manufacturer; succeeded by Maloney & Healy Red Oak — E A Frey, cigar manufac turer; burned out Maryland Baltimore — Neudecker Tobacco Co.; deeded R E, #6,250 Cardiff — G C Harris, cigars, tobacco, etc; bill of sale, $250 Matsachusettt Brockton — Brockton Cigar and To- bacco Co (not inc), cigar manufacturers; chtl mtge, I500 Michigan Detroit — G R Gross & Son, cigar manufacturers; sold out New York Brooklyn — Rapp Cigar Co ; bill of sale, 12,657 Ohio Miamisburg — C Brauer, cigarj manu- facturer; discontinued Toledo— A A Walp & Son, A A Walp individually, cigars; R E mtge, $30o];i Xenia — Frank M Hunt, cigars, ^etc; receiver appointed Pennsylvania Lock Haven — A A Narmern, cigar manufacturer; judgment, |ioo Washington Addy — Dudacek & Salvage, cigars; succeeded by F G Dudacek Cheney — O' Deill & Richardson, cigars and tobacco; sold out Wisconsin :^ .^B ■■ Milwaukee — Chas Fleishman, ^^ cigar manufacturer; damaged by fire The Easy Truck Made of MALLEABLE IRON, and fitted with STEEL ROLLER BEARINGS. It won't leave its position on the floor when a case falls on it. If you have an old wooden truck, or none at all. this is the Cheapest and Best Truck made. Write at once to JOHN L. DARON, Care of liox 184, Yofk, Pa» FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand pcrD^ inufacturer of Cig PATENTS promptly obtrxined OB KO FEE. Trade-M»rkJ, Caventx. (Ovvriithtii and Isabels reRistered. TWENTY TEARS' PRACTICE. Highest reference!. Send model, sketch or photo, for free report on rat^ntahilitv. All bnginesf conBdenti«l. HAND-BOOK FREE. ExplaindeverrthinR. TelU How t.i Obtain and Sell hatenta. What InTentloM Will P>iv. How to Get » Partner, explains bert mechanical movements, and conUins SOO other •nbjects of importance to InTentora. Addre9$t H. B. WILLSON & CO. aS^U Bex 2. WUwnBldg. WA8HINGT0II, 0. 0^ THB TOBACCO WORLD ■» i JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2}4 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LAHCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT IfarabctMier of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. fLS— I«Mitifactfii« all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES ta suit the orld. Write for samples. ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ Specially Cleaned and Cart' ♦ ^ -It It ♦ fully Graded. : vflTn hlTlflitilQIl ♦ We make them for 6, r>^, 9, JO and 12 cents per pound. Beady for use in Cigar and Tobaeoo iSCRAPi i-Filler--l ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Factories J. L. METZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merciiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles Special sales of leaf tobacco ^lonsignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS ^^^'■^T^*l'"''I'^'l^'^*Fi'f ^1^1^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ XsX ttx ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. J. r leiscKkauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tit ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ i ^ LITHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ ^ ^ Darmenter WAX-LINED 5 Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertiaing medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, KACINC "WIS .USA* ALBERT FRIES Harold H. Fries FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturem and Introducers of the * » • WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish ^ Betuns^ ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVer, PSU |-w A #^+0 Caveats, Trade Marks, t^HLCnXS Design-Patents, Copyrights. John A. Saul. Ut Dfolt BaUdif^. WASMINGT ON. D. ^ The Most Popular Flayon Since 1855. 0 iSrPlease write for them. Sutranteed to be the Strongest. Cheapest, and Best Sample Free CIGAR BOXES miniRsoF Mirisnc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISNED WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGARMBBONS For Sale by All Dealers fll AUSmCAH TOIAOOO 00. RW 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED '%.. .oSi^^««^ Kstablished isJS Factory 150H, «.tth Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Mamitacturet of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH RUED- IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at ^.io per Ukh.. PATRICK HP:NRY-3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at ^;;r> per ](•(•(). Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should I'lace a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining tlie Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Ouality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY MP^|y^ENny I ! Five Cent Cigar SOMETHING NEW^ AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban stogies ^^ MANUFACTURED ONLY BV LEONARD WAGNER, ractorr NO. ,. 707 OWo St., AUcgheny, Pa. ]VIflRTH^ SLiABACH. DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of /^^ j ^^ a ^^ Q^ High-Grade Union Made ^^^ | ^ /\ Jx ^ SPECIAL 1Hnt'.ihilitv. All business confidentiw. HAKD-BOOK FREE. ExplainopverythinR. Tell§ II.. » to (»l.t:iin awl SpII Jfttpnts. Whnt Invention! Will I'lv. How to (ict a Partiiir. pxiilnins b«Bt merh mill ill tii"v..inpnta. and omtnins 300 oth«r subjects of iiii|>ortaDce to inventors. AddreUf H. B. WILLSON & GO. ^Sj. ,Box 2. Willson BIdg. WASHINGTON, 0. Co THE TOBACCO WORLD- IP JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 or. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Snnoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT tfamt&ctmrer of High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. r>. a~I manvfactnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Established 1834— WM. F. COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission IVIerciiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t Combination i ISCRAPi |-Filler--i 4 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Specially Cleaned and Care- fully Graded. We make them for 6, ^^4, 9, 10 and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories /. L. unTZGER Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL rWNTED LABELS ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. J. r leiscKKaxier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. t5t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ LITHOGRAPHING TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦»♦ ♦§♦ th ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIGNS 4 4> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ _z Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVK advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, racine:. 'WIS .USA* Albert Fries Harold H. Fries FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturell and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish ^ Betuns, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. E. RENNINGER, Established i88y. Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVer, PSi. pw A ^ Caveats, Trade Marks, 1^3. LCII XS Design-Patents, Copyrights, afti. John A. Saul, U< Opoit Baildina. WAS HI NOT ON. D. ^ Sample Free The Most Popular Flavora Since 1855. p B^^Please "write for them SuBranteed to be the Strongest. Cheapest, and Best CIGAR BOXES PMIIEIISOF ARTisnc CIGAR UBELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE m SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGARFBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-^ fHI AMSRIGAH TOBAOCO SO. HIW INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . A. C c£ Co- <^i^> Havana 123 n. IMPORTERS OF^^ ^' THIRD ST HILAOmi^HIA AND THE MEANS %»^ •[ There are more ways than ONE to do everything— bat erery way isn't the BEST way. •i If it is any part of your business to produce GOOD cigars, you need flOOD Cigar Tools. •[ NATIONAL TOOLS are just a little bit BETTER-and a little bit CHEAPER-than YOUR tools. • Because we have the patents, the gkilled labor, unusual manufacturing and selling adyantages, and we know our business. •i NATIONAL CIGAR CUTTERS, gauged correctly, rireted handle, self-sharpening knife, tempered tool steel, and pure brass spring. •1 NATIONAL CIGAR BOARDS, hard, strong, heavy and smooth; no knots, streaks or spots; can't warp or split. ll NATIONAL CIGAR KNIYES and CUBAN BLADES hold their edge and neyer botch the job. ^ v ^ Another thing, we don't charge several prices for NATIONAL TOOLS, ^'^^ and we give your money back if they don't suit. •ly Ask for our Special Proposition, meant particularly for YOU. .^• .^■ \ :^^ V >' IT The coupon brings it. J ■^ >i- ^ .• .• ,0 o^ ^' c>^>^ 6-^^ National Selling Co. Allentown Pa. ^OVOL ci. ^ U Kit SUMATRA! INSCRIPTIONS S> ^^VK^^ ON TH^:^^ 1905 ""^-OH; March 10 Marcti 17 March 31 April 7 April 14 May 5 Buy Your Sumatra Tobacco^ o FROM H. OUYS & CO No. 170 Water Street, New York, N. Y. nay 12 nay 26 June 2 June 9 June 23 July 7 Cut This Out and Keep It as a Reminder. — . J C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THE TOBACCO WORLD MANSS CIGAR 114 N 7^"^ St ^'"^Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, (lord LANCASTER. lOc?) Oii Bi k Ci. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada, (NICKILBY, 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Co» Manufacturers of FINE mil 419 Locust St. Philadelphiao Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. Most Fopitltf All Havana Cigar Maa« KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Sample! sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. Ilth Street, PHILADELPHIA. A. C r^ Qo. a u ^ of the holders of the bonds Rider began With the wind up of ihe Ke>es Baker ^j^^ ^^^-^^^ ^^ foreclose the mortgage. Cigaj Rolling Co. by the sale in this city original trustees, then resigned, and John GIGANTIC INDEPENDENT COMPANY. A. Rider was appointed trustee in their CVRTIS BILL HANGING. Rumors of Such a Movement in Wiscon- The Advocates are Holding it Until Sen- son are Discredited. ate Can Be Won Over. Milwaukee, Wis. . Feb. 20. Washington, I). C, Felj. 17. Within the pist few days there has The Curtis bill still hangs tire, and The original inventors never made been considerable said in tlie local nobody seems to know certainly as to of its etifects a few days ago, there passes ^^^^y j^^j^^y out of the invention. Other papers regaiding the probable formation J"^t what is doing. It is generally be- into innocuous desuetude another of the Binghamton people sank a lot of money of a gigantic independent tobacco com- l>e\ed, however, that the Ways and many inventions which were to revolu- -^^ ^^^ invention before the bonds were pany. which will take in all the retail Means Committee, realizing that the bill tionize trade and make a boundless issued. About eight or nine years ago it interests in this city and nearby towns. '" ''» present form stands very little fortune for its inventor and projectors. ^^g reported that Frank Keyes had sold The intention, it is stated, is to build chance of going through the Senate, is The last operation in the life of the ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ parties in England for and operate a factory to sell its own holding it back in order to see if acorn- company was the sale by Attorney RoDin 5,, 500,000, and all the deal needed was product, each meml)er of the company promise of some kind cannot be etTected. W. Meeker, in the action of John A. ^ f^^ preliminaries to be completed in agreeing to dispose of a certain amount '^'^^ bill for the reduction on tob icco Rider, a trustee for the bondholders, ^^-^ ^-^^^ ^j^^ reputed sale was em- of tobacco and cigars per day. to 25 per cent of the Dmgley .ate can be against the Union Cigarmaking Machine blazoned in big black type in the local Just whether there is any foundation P"^ through the House any time the Co., pursuant to a judgment of the papers at the time, as it was believed for this report is hard to determine. I leaders see tit, or at least it is believed Supreme Court, of two parcel lots, the that it meant a big boom for Binghamton, have talked to several leading dealers that it can be, but it is not thought for a f^rst consisting of letters patent issued to ^^^ j^ ^^q^,^^ ^ veritable pipe dream, here who should know if anything of the "linute that the reduction could pass the the Union Cigarmaking Machine Co. j,^g majority of the patents were for a kind was on foot, and they only know Senate at this session, and a delay is by the United States, and the second of ^^^j^ machine, and are considered as what they have seen in the papers. regarded as the best expedient, m ichinery for the manufacture of ma- ^^.^^.^^ nothing at all. Others have con- The independent de ilers of this ( ity '"^^ advocates of the bill are doing chines. The property was sold to the g.derable value, but these are later have never been thoroughly organized, ^'^^ir be.t to get the consent of both International Cigar Machinery Co. for indentions. though steps have been taken several houses to stand for a 50 per cent com- The history of the cigar rolling machine times to bring about an organization. As promise, and it is impossible to say covers a period of twelve years, and is stated betore in this correspondence, the whether the attempt will succeed. A now, as then, so far as Binghamton is leiding independent dealers here are not ^"■''^^^'^ attempt, however, was blocked concerned, a dream ot the shadow of fighting the trust and do not care to »>>' Senator Teller, of Colorado, who. it is action and upon which judgment was ^^^^^^ ^nter any warfare. They have declared ^oped. may be induced to change his secured was entitled John A. Rider as -^^^ machine is all right for rolling time and again that the advent of the opinion. substituted trustee under a mortgage cheroots and waste tobacco, but it is chain stores has not affected them, and ^* ^''^ compromise is agreed to. the executed June i. 1898. by the Keyes- claimed that on Sumatra goods the waste this statement is borne out by the fact bill will be put through at once, but it is Baker Cigar RolUng Machine Co. to John more than equals the labor saved by the that the businesses of the leading stores t^^ought th it if there is a hitch in this Anderson and Sigmund J. Hirschmann ni^chine. has grown considerably from year to as trustees for the benefit, security and v««^%%%%% ^,^^^ protection of certain bonds of said NO CIGAR STANDS IN THE CITY HALL. ^eo Abraham, who does perhaps the corporation, against the Union Cigar Considerable effort is being made in largest business of any indepen lent or making Machine Co.. American Cigar Milwaukee, Wis., by a number of dealers chain store in this city, when asked Co., International Cigar Machinery Co.. to induce the municipal authorities to regarding the rumor, said: Sigmund Rosenwald, George P. Butler, permit the establishment of a cigar stand -I know nothing about it. and do not K^^cine Paper Goods Company Official Frank Telford. John Anderson and Sig- in the city hall. John J. Crowley has think any benefits would be derived by Secures Patent Over Dittgen er, a cigar manufac and fight you with your own we.ipons. ^, ,,^05. whijh einbmlies' the vital patent was issued in April. 1893; since turer of Milwaukee, died a few days ago Do you know anything about ii.'" He claim contested for. and which gives to then, from time to time, fifteen different at his home on Centre street. The dead replied that all he had seen or heard was Parmenter a patent covering the multiple #4.000 for the first parcel and the second parcel for $525. The Keyes- Baker Cigar Rolling Co was organized June, 189b. The original plan the VVa)S ami Means Committee will report the bill to the Lower House, which will pass it and put the subsequent de'av on the shouUlers of the Senate. O. L. PARMENTER WINS SUIT. patents have been issued which were man was very well known among the local acquired by the Union Cigarmaking Co. , trade the new name of the former Keyes- Baker Co., being the same corporation. Injune, l898,this company was managed by the late Edward L. Rose, and the company wanted to raise a lot of money to make improvements they believed the J. E. TOOMEY DEAD. J. E. Toomey. the Ohio agent of the Continental Tobacco Co.. and widely knojvn as a traveling man. died a few days ago in Columbus, O.. of Biights what was published in the papers. ^^^^ket or p.iuch put out by Dittgen .\: Co. One of the items which a[)peiied in %%<«^%%%v% the Milwaukee News, and which has the FLECK CO. WILL BUILD. earmarks of the sort of slush they are pi^^ y^^^^ (^x^^x Co.. of Reading, has dishing up in Chicago, is as follows:' completed plans for two additional stories ••The Milwaukee Project is a'ong the j,, ^\^^,^ factory, when they will be able to comfortably se.it 125 hands. same lines as the gigantic enterprise which is being worked out in Chicago, . 1 K H flisease. Mr. Toomey was with the ^^j^h the view of fighting the tobacco ^^ ^'- ^'^^^k left .Monday for an ex- machine needed, so they issued bonds j^rummond Tobacco Co. for many years trust with its own weapons. In that city tended trip through the West, going as to the amount of $20,000, executing a ^ith headquarters at St. Louis, but after ,5 000 tobacco dealers will combine in tar as Omaha, Neb. This firm has mortgage covering patents and machinery this company was taken over by the an independent association, with a woik- pUced a new brand on the market La Por to secure the bonds ^^hich matured in American lobacco Co he was placed in ing capital of 5500,000. for the manufac- P»^«aa new orana on t he market. La 1 or. to secure tne uonas ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^ j^ ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^ smoking, chewing ^^'^''' ^>^'^*^ »^ ^^•''"^^ ^^'""''^^ ^'^^ West, three year^. . r- ^ o years old. and plug tobacco, each member of the ^'%%%%%%% Before the bonds became due Edward %v»^%%%% association agreeing to sell five pounds MANUFACTURER. HANGS HIMSELF. L. Rose died, which seemed to take all WAREHOUSE ROOF CAVES IN. of tobacco per day. Under this agree James Lorenz, a cigar manufacturer of theinterestoutof the machine. Agroup The roof of the large Fruitema ware- ment the combine will have an output of Reamsto.vn, York county. Pa., became of New York capitalists who were inter- house in Murray, Ky., was crushed in 75.000 pounds of tobacco per day, or despondent last week, and, going to an ested in the machine at that time were by the weight of the snow and slush a more than thirty-seven ^^^^'" outbuilding on his place hanged him. 1. r *u T Ko..« TTninn ria^r few mornings ago and did a great deal of %v%%%%%% ^""^"•''ON. gg^f He was 35 years old. It is sup. members of the Tobacco Umon Cigar- ^ ^g^ ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^.^^ f^^Tto be erected at P^^^^ ^"^^ ^'^^ ^^^^ '"^^ "^^ ^^'^y^^^ making Co. and moved its office to the lessened by the fact that considerable of ""^ looacco factory is 10 oe erecien at ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^j^ ^^^ slander brought city of New York. John Anderson and the stock had been prized. The ware- Shelbyvillc, Tenn., by a number of the against him by Prison Inspector J. V. Sigmund J. Hirschmann, who were the house is a very large one. local capitalists. Hollenberger. .'>■' it V **f^i C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD l^/HRNFTOCIGAR 114 N . 7 *!^ St. (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) Oil Bns. k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada, (NICKI LBY. 5c.) HARTMAN & KOHN, Channing Allen ®, Co, Manufacturers of FINE 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA M«tt All Havaiui Ci|tr Mad* KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN «l MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. E.A.G <& Co H - IMPORTERa O^-^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST ^HILAOeL^HIA 3 ^TME T©By?ieeO WORLB-^ INVENTION ENDS IN SMOKE. original trustees, then resigned, and John A. Rider was appointed trustee in their place. The company made default in payment of the bonds and on the aemand of the holders of the bonds Rider began With the wind up of the Keyes Baker ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ foreclose the mortgage. Cigar Rolling Co. by the sale in this city jj^^ original inventors never made GIGANTIC INDEPENDENT COMPANY. CVRTIS BILL HANGING. Ci^ar Rolling Machine Was Expected to Revolutionize Tra.de. Binghamton, N. Y. , Feb. 17. Rumors of Such a Movement in Wiscon* son are Discredited. Milwaukee, Wis.. Feb. 20. Within the past few days there has been considerable said in the The Advocates are Holding it Until Sen- ate Can Be Won Over. Washington, D. C, Feb. 17. The Curtis bill still hangs fire, and local nobody seems to know certainly as to "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best ^ THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL ^ Sample! tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 4l N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. of its effects a few days ago, there passes ^„y ^oney out of the invention. Other papers regaiding the probable formation J"^t what is doing. It is generally be- into innocuous desuetude another of the Binghamton people sank a lot of money of a gigantic independent tobacco com- l»eved, however, that the Ways and many inventions which were to revolu- in the invention before the bonds were pany. which will take in all the retail Means Committee, realizing that the bill tionize trade and make a boundless jssued. About eight or nine years ago it interests in this city and nearby towns. '" '^s present form stands very little fortune for its inventor and projectors. was reported that Frank Keyes had sold The intention, it is stated, is to build chance of going through the Senate, is The last operation in the life of the j^e patent to parties in England for and operate a factory to sell its own holding it back in order to see if acorn- company was the sale by Attorney Rollin |,, 500,000. and all the deal needed was product, each member of the company promise of some kind cannot be effected. W. Meeker, in the action of John A. ^ ^^^ preliminaries to be completed in agreeing to dispose of a certain amount The bill for the reduction on tobacco Rider, a trustee for the bondholders, ^^^^^ ^j^y ^^^e reputed sale was em- of tobacco and cigars per day. to 25 per cent of the Drngley rate can be against the Union Cigarmaking Machine blazoned in big black type in the local Just whether there is any foundation P"^ through the House any time the Co., pursuant to a judgment of the papers at the time, as it was believed for this report is hard to determine. I leaders see fit. or at least it is believed Supreme Court, of two parcel lots, the that it meant a big boom for Binghamton. have talked to several leading dealers that it can be. but it is not thought for a first consisting of letters patent issued to ^^^^ ^ p^^^g^ ^ veritable pipe dream, here who should know if anything of the minute that the reduction could pass the the Union Cigarmaking Machine Co. ^Yhe majority of the patents were for a kind was on foot, and they only know by the United States, and the second of ^rude machine, and are considered as what they have seen in the papers, machinery for the manufacture of ma- ^^^th nothing at all. Others have con- The independent dealers of this city chines. The property was sold to the giderable value, but these are later have never been thoroughly organized, International Cigar Machinery Co. for inventions. though steps have been taken several The history of the cigar rolling machine times to bring about an organization. As covers a period of twelve years, and is stated before in this correspondence, the now, as then, so far as Binghamton is leading independent dealers here are not concerned, a dream ot the shadow of fighting the trust and do not care to 1 . f » .» Tu^., u^„^ ^-^Ur^^ hoped, may be induced to change his smoke. enter any warfare. Iney nave declared . . The machine is all right for rolling time and again that the advent of the op^nio"^- cheroots and waste tobacco, but it is chain stores has not affected them, and ^^ the compromise is agreed to. the executed June i. 1898. by the Keyes- claimed that on Sumatra goods the waste this statement is borne out by the fact bill will be put through at once, but ilis Baker CigarRolling Machine Co. to John more than equals the labor saved by the that the businesses of the leading stores thought that if there is a hitch in this Anderson and Sigmund J. Hirschmann machine. has grown considerably from year to P'^" ^he Wa>s and Means Committee as trustees for the benefit, security and %%%%%%«« ^^^^ will report the bill to the Lower House, protection of certain bonds of said NO CIGAR STANDS IN THE CITY HALL. Leo Abraham, who does perhaps the ^^^'^»^ ^'" P^^^ '^ and put the subsequent corporation, against the Union Cigar Considerable effort is being made in largest business of any indepen lent or delay on the shoulders of the Senate, making Machine Co.. American Cigar Milwaukee. Wis., by a number of dealers ^hain store in this city, when asked *^-va%«%% Co.. International Cigar Machinery Co.. to induce the municipal authorities to regarding the rumor, said: ^' *" PARMENTER WINS SUIT. Sigmund Rosenwald, George P. Butler, permit the establishment of a cigar stand ..j know nothing about it. and do not Racine Paper Goodi CompoLny Official Frank Telford, John Anderson and Sig- in the city hall. John J. Crowley has think any benefits would be derived by Secures PjsLlent Over Ditlgen er, a cigar manufac patent was issued in April, 1893; since turer of Milwaukee, died a few days ago Oo you know anything about it?" then, from time to time, fifteen different at his home on Centre .«treet. The dead patents have been issued which were man was very well known among the local acquired by the Union Cigarmaking Co.. trade. the new name of the former Keyes- Baker Co. , being the same corporation. Injune. i898,ihis company was managed by the late Edward L. Rose, and the company wanted to raise a lot of money . r- , u r^ r u • u.- to make improvements they believed the days ago in Columbus. O.. of Biights ^^ich is being worked out in Chicago, to maice improvcinc IS > ^ u^_^„ disease. Mr. Toomey was with the ^^^^ the view of fighting the tobacco Ditt^en & Co., of Cincinnati, O., which is evidenced by the issuing to Mr. Par- menter of Patent No. 781,455, of January 31, 1905, which embodies the vital J. E. TOOMEY DEAD. and said to the manager: "I see in the papers that the independents are going to organize a company on a large scale, and fight you with your own weapons. "® claim contested for, and which gives to replied that all he had seen or heard was parmenter a patent covering the multiple what was published in the papers. pocket or pouch put out by Dittgen & Co. One of the items which appened in %%«%%«%% the Milwaukee News, and which has the FLECK CO. WILL BUILD. T r. -r *K ou- .<■♦», earmarks of the sort of slush they are jhe Fleck Cigar Co., of Reading, has J. E. Toomey the Ohio agent of the Wishing up in Chicago, is as follows! completed plans tor two additional stories Continental Tobacco Co., and widely ..^,^ Milwaukee project is along the to their factory, when they will be able to known as a traveling man, died a few ^^^^ ,i,es as the gigantic enterprise ^^^^^^^^^ly seat 125 hands. D. F. Fleck left Monday for an ex- machine needed, so they issuea Doncs ^rummond Tobacco Co. for many years trust with its own weapons. In that city tended trip through the West, going as to the amount of |20,ooo, executing a ^ith headquarters at St. Louis, but after 15 000 tobacco dealers will combine in far as Omaha Neb This firm has hiortgage covering patents and machinery this company jas taken ^J" by^he ^^ independent association, with a work- j^^^^ a new brand on the market. La Por- to venire the bonds which matured in American Tobacco Co. he was placed in ing capital of $500,000, for the manufac- ^ , .... ,,. . ^ / f.; to secure the bonds v^nicn ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^g^ ^h ^^^ ^.^5^^ ^^ smoking, chewing "^^' ^^'^^ »« '!!^!L^''°"^*' '^^ ^^'^' years old. and plug tobacco, each member of the ^'•^^•♦•^ ^'•'•'•'•'•^ association agreeing to sell five pounds MANUFACTURER. HANGS HIMSELF. WAR.EHOVSE ROOF CAVES IN. of tobacco per day. Under this agree- James Lorenz, a cigar manufacturer of The roof of the large Fruitcma ware- ment the combine will have an output of Reamstown, York county, Pa., became of New York capitalists who were inter- house in Murray, Ky., was crushed in 75.o<^ pounds of tobacco per day, or despondent last week, and, going to an estcd in the machine at that time were by the weight of the snow and slush a more than thirty-seven tons." outbuilding on his place hanged him- estca m mc i few mornings ago and did a great deal of %%%%%•%% ^ndbbson. g^lf. He was 35 years old. It is sup. members of the Tobacco Union Cigar- ^^^ ^g^ f^j^ however, being . . /T^t k * a f P°^«* ^hat the dead man was worrying making Co. and moved its office to the ^^^^^^^^ by the fact that considerable of ""'^ tobacco factory is to oe crectca at ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^j^ j^^ gUnder brought city of New York. John Anderson and the stock had been prized. The ware- Shelbyville, Tenn.. by a number of the against him by Prison Inspector J. V. Sigmund J. Hirschmann, who were the house is a very large one. local capiulists. HoUenberger. 5,. three years. Before the bonds became due Edward L. Rose died, which seemed to take all the interest out of the machine. A group «.>i. cssiaik. • ^ w A. »■■ , INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE IMPORTERS OF J.Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF ITobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. VOUNDBD 1855. T. Oohan. > »D &.T>^ ^™» ^* I^o^an. ^^"^ DOHAN&TAITT, "^^ Dg^T Importersof Havana and Sumatra ^^^^ Pacters of ^^^^^^ IO7 Arch St L,eaf TobaccoK ,4m'^ ) philada. BREMERS tjv^ IMPORTERS OF ^V^ Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia /¥UUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg 8z Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. ^porters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO ••4 Oeatera to I,,, „ SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch St., Philadelphia Wsrehotises: Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinivillc.N.Y. IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNEY I^ BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SU MATRa and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBACCO 231 and 233 North Third Street, PHIhADBLPHIA, PA. liEOPOliD LiOEB 8t CO. Importersof Sumatra and Havana AND Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCX) 238 North Third Street, Phila. The Empire '•"P^rtmalDf ler^ Leaf lobacco havana SUMATRA iU M Ltd. ||8N.3dSt.Phila. c J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF T0B/I(3©0 IMPORTMRS of XT O HT IMPOI Young & Newman, Sumatra 2J' W. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. " PaekenofSccdLeaf. /\ (^ALVEs C& C^O-<^o^> Havana 123 n. third st^ ^^^ IMPORTERS O^^ " Philadeu»hia $ SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦ I The Old Salesman's Musings. SPR.1NGFIELD IS LOSING MONEY. reasonable to absunie that he would de- One of diose statistical individuals who sire the same conditions in every form of are forever compiling figures on every business, and it it: al^o only fair to argue known subject got busy in Springfield, that if jobbers aren't lo buy any cigars 111. alutlewhile ago and produced an from out of town manufacturers, the estimate of the cigars made and smoked Springfield manufacturers should not sell in the city each year. The table is given out of town. here n..t because it seems apparent that So that the city as a busmess proposi- any one is really sufTering to know just tion would simply be in the position of how Springfield is making out in the the South Sea Island colony, the mem- ci-ar business, but because it is a rather be.s of whom were said to have lived by cu"rious form of leasoning and deduction, taking in each other' s washing. Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited i Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia If a town were to live entirely within itself trade would be paralyzed and the world would become nothing but a series of little colonies gathered about the necessary places of business. And if a law were passed forbiddmg any manufac turer to sell outside his factory town there would be lots doing for awhile in the offices of Dunn & Hrdduireet. €JlM A good many of the statements will apply to any city, following out the same ratio, it being remembered, however, that in the largest cities, the proportion of consumers to cig trs manufactured will as a rule grow greater. According to the Springfield statistician there are 12,000 smokers in his city, and it is assumed that each one will average four cigars a day. He then pro- jj^jg vvinter is enough to discouiagean ceeds as follows: evangelist. With eveiy prospect for a Number of cig irs consumed in this good business year in the tobacco trade, city each day, 48,000. this miserable succession of blows, snows. Number of cigars consumed in this ^^^^^^^^ ^^_^^^^ ^^^^^ ^,^^^^^ ^^.^^j^^^ city each week, 336.000 Total number of cigars consumed in pours, fogs and the oiher temper destroy- this city each year. 17.472,000 cigars at ing things that the weather can do. had ^35.00 per M.. $611,000. to arrive with an evidently paralyzing Total number of cigars manufactured effect on the consumer's desire to con in this city each year. 6,760 000. sume Totalcostof 6,760.000 cigars at $35.00 it all hangs on the man who smokes per 1.000. $236000. or chews, and anything that puts a Amount of money sent out of city damper on his habits puts a damper on each year for cigars, which should be every bran, h of the trade. The man kept at home, $374,400. who hesitates a second at the cigar store j Number of cig.irmakers that should be and then lowers his frozen nose into his ! em. loyed at Springfield, 260. necktie, j ims his fists into his pockets Number that are employed in Spring and strides along without the cigar, field, 100. doesn't realize how far-iea(hing his act Number of cigarmakers supported by \^^ [q^ human nature is the same every the smokers of Springfield, who do not where, and there are others all over the live here. 160. city and other cities doing the same thing. Average wages of each cigarmaker per Then the business man who remembers week, $13. that he is about out of cigars at home. Amount of money in wages that should ^^^ gloomily reflecting on how slow circulate in Springfield each week instead collections are, goes in and buys a hall of going to other cities, $2,080, dollar's worth to do him for a while. Each year, $108,160. instead of a box. is one of a large num- Add to this seven cigar packers at ^^^ ^^at are helping to make collections $20.00 per week. $7,280. still slower. 70 strippers, at $300 per week. High prices for leaf make another $10,920. important element in the situation, and Grand total of wages that should re- g^ j^e manufacturers are rather getting main in this city instead of going to out- j^ ^^ two ends. side cities, $126,360. If spring, with its balmy breezes, sun- So i shine and happy promise ever arrives, it The Springfield man takes the peculiar is fair to hope that business will take a ^, \. .^ . . ^^ K- ^«m decided brace. It can't come any too position that the city ought to be com^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ >^^^^ pletely independent in its economy and j^j^seif ^ble to use very little of the get along without any commerce at all present weather in his own business, with outside cities, inasmuch as it is The Old Salesman. J, JVlRHliOH BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parlies. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, j^^f cJlS; Maliers of ^ | M^tB A a Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia. MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD THX TOBACCO WORLD ^-^TIEALM OFTHB PETAILBRS W TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- ^5 TERPRISING DEALERS. ^ T^HE most vital problem of store man- agement is that of organization. It does not matter whether the store is large or small, the necessity for thoroughly organized business methods is the same Too many storekeepers make the suc- cess or failure of their business depend entirely on their own resources. The most successful man today is not the one who tries to do it all himself, but the one who picks out good men and turns over to them certain poitions of his work, telling them what results he expects, but leaving t h e methods of getting thete results very largely to the men them- selves. You, as the heail of the business, can- not possibly look after all the details. If you try to do so, you will simply use up time that should be devoted to more important things. Keep up to date in all your methods, and in the class of goods you are hand- ling, rhere can be no better way to find out the weak points of your store than by a system of suggestion boxes, in which any clerk or employe in your store can drop a suggestion as to anything that he thinks might be improved. The sug gestions should be taken from the boxes at certain intervals, .ind prizes awarded for the best ideas. There is probably no dealer who cannot remember that in his early days when he clerked in a store, he recognized the need (or improvements, new ideas, or better methods, but either lacked the opportunity of offering them, or feared that the pioprietcr would take the suggestions in the wrong way. Asking for suggestions from your clerks creates among them a feeling of personal interest in your business which is conducive to the best results. One of the things such a system does is to create enthusiasm among the clerks, anc with out such enthusiasm and interest in his business, no employe can give his em- ployer the proper service. The plan of offering a series of prizes for the best clerks is an excellent one. Whether the judging of the clerk be based on the amount of business he does, or upon the fact that he makes the fewest mistakes, or upon the general average of work, the result cannot but be a good one. As a prize for the clerk having the highest average, a trip to some large city may be offered. Let the prizes for clerks be based on several things; The amount of business done, the fewest number of errots made, personal appearance, whetlier always cleanly shaved and neatly diessed and general attitude towardscustomers. These things could be noted every day, and the general average determined each week or month, or whatever the time set may be The clerk making the highest average would be the one to receive the prize. All these ieatuies tend to increase the enthusiasm of employ es and their interest in your business. DO A CASH BUSINESS. TN these days when the man who does a cash business is so much better off than the man with a fat ledger, it is up to every retailer to try to make as much of his busmess cash as possible. The best way to accomplish this result is to offer inducements to his trade that will interest cash buyers. One plan is to offer a rebate or discount on all cash sales. There are always customeis on the books who owe a small balance from week to week, and carry on all their tiade through a credit system. By offer ing a discount for cash, such buyers are easily induced to abandon buying goods on credit. One of the best methods to accomplish this is to use a cash legister which issues THIS WILL DRAW CUSTOMERS. A PRETTY fair plan to draw a crowd "^ to the store on the dullest evening of the week is the following. If the detler uses a newspaper it would be the proper thing to advertise the scheme there, but if he doesn't, an attractive window card might serve: .Make the announcement that on a cer t lin evening, beginning at a certain hour, a fifty per cent reduction will be allowed on any article in the store to the first one hundred persons entering. If the dealer does not believe that he could afford to give fifty per cent to get the crowd, let h m make it thirty or twenty- five, it being remembered that his indi- vidual s.iles would be much larger than usual as any one attiacted by such a scheme would buy as largely as conven ient to take advantage of it. added to the announcement as outlined above: "These tickets will be enclosed in en- velopes, and the customer must make his purchases before he bieaks the envelope and looks at the number on his ticktt' Of course, during the sale, the tickets must be deposited in the store, as an evidence of good faith to the customers who don't win. • • • AN IMPROVED TOBACCO POVCH. CALIFORNIAN has invented a rather novel tobacco pouch, which is provided with a measuring device which will measure out a quantity of tobacco necessary to fill a pipe or make a cigarette. The measuring de vice consists of a cylinder formed at the upper end of the pouch. This F,. POLLARD'S CIGAR CASE FOR THE "400." THE above cut gives an idea of the complete and handsome showcase for cigars which is put out by F. Pollard, of New York, Cleveland and Pittsburg. The case is made entirely without frame of wood or metal, and thus can not become shabby 1^*"^^^^^ tarnished. The only materials exposed to view are plate glass and marble. The cases are fitted with racks and water trays, ari^'*%fl|j^^^ are of the following dimensions: Top light, 26 inches wide; front light, 34 inches wide; marble base, 7)4' inches wide and 42 inches high over all. These dimensions, however, can be varied, and the case is made any length from 3 to 14 feet. a check with every purchase. Upon this check may be printed the amount of the rebate; and it is simply a question of advertising ability to interest your cus- tomer->in the discount, rebate or presents offered for cash trade. Another method to obtain cash cus- tomers is to set aside, on bargun coun- ters, such goods as the merchant desires to move. There is always more or less of this class of goods in the stoie that does not seem to take with the trade, but is still a first class article. If these are offered with a liberal discount for cash on certain days, and the subject is prop- erly advertised, it will undoubtedly attract the attention of cash buyers. WHAT IS there about a retail cigar store that makes any man witb a little money think it s a gilt edged proposition P^ Then again the dealer may choose to give variety and a gambling element to the offer by making it the first hundred alternately — the first, third, fifth, and so on, until the hundred have been made up. It could be announced that "on such and such a night at exactly 7. 30 we will commence is^uing tickets to customers as they enter the store. Tw » hundred of these tickets will be issued to the first two hundred peisons to enter and all the tickets bearing odd numbers will en- title the holders to a fifty per cent reduc- tion on the price of any article in the store." If the dealer proposes to make the offer on alternates, it would increase the interest and belter his sales, to distribute the tickets in envelopes, and in that case a sentence like the following might be cylinder is covered at the top by a lid, which is kept closed against the press ure ot a well actuated hinge by means of a spring latch. A sliding plate is provided within the pouch to close the lower end of the c) Under. This plate may be operated by a thumb piece, projecting through the upper wall of the pouch In use the plate is moved clear of the cylinder and the pouch inverted to fill with tobacco. Then the plate is moved to closed position and the lid released, causing the meas- ured amount of tobacco to flow out into the pipe. The measured chamber thus prevents waste. The pouch is particularly useful to smokers who make their own cigarettes. When adapted for that purpose the cylinder is made of a size to measure just the quantity of tobacco necessary for a single cigarette. ~-Ex. EVERY MERCHANT CAN IMAKE MONEY ^yHE up'tO'date merchant makes money by placing in his store a system which gives him Full information concerning his day's business at any time in the day. A National Cash Register Takes care of the smallest detail in any retail business. A merchant cannot afford to be without a system which is thoroughly reliable, fully guaranteed, which pays for itself out of the money it saves, and earns for its owner 100 percent, on the money invested. Write for fall infoniuitioii. C'l'T on THIS COrPON AM) MAIL IT TO FS TOUAY NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON. OHIO I aim a sUire. Pltasf ixplnin what kind of Havana 123 n. third st RREMER RROS. &z: ROEHM gL^ ^^ ^^^ Import! 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA GEO. W. BREMER. Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. ers. Packers 'ARTAGAS YG a Cif ucntes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: ClFER. Habana, Cuba. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) •TdD^S^i": Leaf Tobacco Cakla Address: "Cuetara." Figaras 39-41, Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNOS DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Tabaco en RamM Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. OiMc '•Ahtbko." ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en Ram BSPECIALIDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIN HED ES A^ nartinez^hedesa qNAS Y Ql/l, Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable : Graplanas. Habana, Cuba for the Spanish Regie the week's trans- actions amounted to 1,628 bales. In- stead of close to 50.000 bales having been handled by this house, the exact figures are 53.784 bales for the year 1904. Max Stern, of the firm of Lewis Syl- vcster & Son, shipped on Saturday by the steamship Morro Castle 1,640 bales to his New York house. The holdings Vuelta Abajo of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios are large Semi Vuelta and of a choice character; and having been bought early in the season, prices are reasonable, so Lewis Sylvester & Son ought to find no trouble in easily selling them to their United States customers. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. disposed of 600 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios to Northern buyers. L. W. Scott made some very fine pur- chases of Vuelta Abajo, and while prices may appear high, it is impossible to ob- tain the best goods at low figures. The nevertheless he has already secured some 300 to 400 bales and has not finished yet. Grau, Planas & Co. disposed of 1 50 bales of their Partido holdings. Antonio Suarez made several sales of Vuelta Abajo. Receipts Froaa the Oovntry Week Ending Since CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, c»bi.- B1..C0 Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BENITMZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. eAR(3i/i Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. ncimistas de laoaco eii (aiDa 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. Feb. II. Bales 574 Partido 112 Matanzas — S. Clara ft Remedios 146 Santiago de Cuba 1.228 Total Jan. I. Bales 5.892 616 1,008 3 6.735 4.633 18,887 HENRY VONCIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ '^it'oAers^'of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houset:-6I6 W. Baltimore Street. Baltiinore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. Ta.mp«L, PI%. EDEN ClOAR FACTORY 2,060 CHANGE IN MILWAUKEE FIRM. The Beerbaum-Jenkinson Co., tobacco jobbers, of Milwaukee, Wis., is being dissolved and a firm to be known as the Beerbaum Company will carry on the business at 224 Broadway. The capital is to be increased from $ 1 5.000 to $25 ,000. 9f BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. C\%u% Bide strictly of the very best VUELTA ABA]0 TOBACCO 12 THB TOBACCO WORLD 141 Wir _^_ LBAF TOBACCO. OPriCES : OETROIT, MICH. •MSTCRDAM.HOLLANO VIAVANA.CUBA New Yoftiig> •AtCMOCNCM. CABll AbDRCSS'TACHUCLA* J^jBW F0122f. |OS. S. CANS MOSKS J. GANS JKROMK WALLHR KDVVIN I. ALKXANDKR JOSEPH S. GANS />/v •^Packers of Connecticut Leal 1 UUCl^X^tJ J25 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. SMoa SuiTK CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .v.Fine Cigarsv.-. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. PKAZIBR M. D0I3aKR G' ^ Sbcor, SpeciaL F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON ®, CO. OrUinal **hinde'* New York Seed Leaf Tobacco Inspectiom Ett».blithed 1864 Priivcipal Office, 180 Pearl Street. New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses. 178. 180. 182. 186 and 188 Pearl St Inspection Br*nches:-Lancaster, Pa.— G. Forrest. 140 E. Lemon St.; H. B. Trost 15 E. Lemon St.; Elmira, N.Y.— L. A. Mutchler; Hartford, Conn.— J. Mfe Connick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati. O — H. Hales, 9 Front St ; Dayton. O.-- H. C. W. Grosse. 233 Warren St.: H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Stsj Jersey Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Antirf Fort, P«.; East Whateley, Maw.-G. F. Ttaue- Edgerton. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. Fred Schnaib^ Frank Ruscher RUSCHER & CO. TobacGO Inspectot's Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stoogbto^ Wis. : O. H. Hcmsing. Lancaster, Pa. : L R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut ft Franb lin,,0.: T. E. Griest Dayton, O. : F. A. Gebhart, 14 Shore Line ave. Hartfoni Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State sL South Decrfield, Mass. : John C. Deckct. Meridian. N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmeyer & Ca Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight "" COLSON C. Haiiii^Ton, formerly of F. C. I.inde, Hamilton & Co, tA»g«a M. C0NOAI.TOK, Frank P. Wiskburn, L0UI8 BlV^ Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighere Sampling In All Sections of the Country i^ecelves Prompt Attention. Plaest Bonded Storage Warehouse In 01 OC CAnfli Cf lUpiu VAfl UDerIca, Perfectly New, Eight Stories High,04""00 oUUlU Ol«) HCl lUiB PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: 809 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; i.^S-isSJ^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (TeL 2191 John) New York. .. Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Earle^ Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, «o6 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Hceter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard I*. QrotU, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point. Conn ; James L. Day, Hatfield. Mast.; Jerome S. Billington. Cornin-x, V /. 14 THE TOBACCO WORLD H.*iablishc(l loSi Incorporated 1902 i_ jLa>'t>aii«-vA j«^«ji TUT" ».»v»#. ^w — ».wx. .^— - T©B/ie©© W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^ey, H. C. McMands, Prciidcnt and Genl. Manager. Bditor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tei^EPHONES: — Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. 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Attention is called to an extensive arrival of the crossroads agent, his build- article printed in other columns of this ing up of a business in loose tobacco issue which presents an extremely inter to a point where he took the farmers' esting economical and historical study of entire crops and speculated in them, the the tobacco farmer in the South for the final assertion of the buyer and his past half century. journey past the agent to the farmer The article shows that when the himself, and the consequent turning of planter began the cultivation of tobacco the tables on the farmer until now the he was more prosperous than he has latter is struggling for protective organiza- been at any period since, not because of tion, make a highly entertaining essay slave labor, but for the reason that he to those not vitally interested, and a very marketed his own crop. The gradual instructive one to those who are. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t ♦♦♦ ♦!♦■ ♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. | ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ^ LeeLf DeaLlers* Jottii\gs. With MaivufeLClurers and! Jobbers. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 22, 1905. To Beivefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the "Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. A WASTE OF MONEY 7 Two different tobacco merchants who were called upon recently by an adver- tising representative of The Tobacco World, made the definite statement in the courseiof a brief conversation that any money^ spent in advertising was money thrown away. "We don't believe in advertising," they said. "It's simply a waste of money." With (due respect to the right of these gentlemen to hold an opinion, such an attitude 'as| this exci'es the same com- passion in our breast as would the spec- tacle of - some poor fellow repeatedly butting his head against a stone wall besidc^an^open gate. Therej would be! an absolute paralysis of trade 'ii |all advertising were to cease, and thelclearness of that fact is so simple that it seems silly to^discuss it. The historyjof every successful firm is the history^ of its advertising. The American Tobacco Co., for instance, would be the i first to admit that its present prosperous organization could never have been perfected if it had not been for^the intelligent advertising de partment. The man who declares that he is wasting his money when he advertises sounds suspiciously as if either he had nothing to_^ advertise or was merely tr)ing to conceal financial weakness. Or a more charitable interpretation may be that he has advertised, has advertised improperly, and in this manner failed to reap the benefit of his appropriation f(T tlwvr purpose. There was once a firm which got the idea that it could get along without advertising. This frame of mind was the result of some mixup it had experi- enced in its advertising campaign, and the firm became so wrathful in its opinion of the non value of advertising that it went to the other extreme and placarded the town with announcements that Jones & Co., First and Blank streets, did not advertise. "We are the people who don't advertise," they told everybody who passed a billboard or a blank wall, or rode in a street car or picked up a circular along the street. And the firm was so deficient in a sense of humor that it could not perceive the paradox, and noticed with fatuous satisfaction that business did not fall off to any appreciable extent. There is not a single successful busi- ness house in this country — a house which has something to sell in the open market — that is not obliged to advertise, and the sooner these two firms mentioned wake up to that fact the better it will be for them. SPICING! O SPRING! Everybody at present seems to be camp- ing out on their haunches waiting wist- fully for spring. Business is in ivore er less of a rut, but a rut that shallows up to grade as it approaches the season of promise. This winter has been an unusually hard one for the tobacco business. The roads have been tied up a great deal of the time, there have been constant standstills caused by a waiting for better weather which never came, the con- sumer has ^been nearly discouraged out of hisldesire to consume, and a scarcity of tobacco in many sections has re- sulted in abnormal prices. The majority of these conditions will be obviated by a pleasant spring, and the crop condition is not so serious that it need be worried over. March is nearly here, but as March in late years has exhibited a kaleidoscopic character en- tirely feminine, no reasonable prediction can be made as to what the month will serve up in the weather hne this year. It seems certain, however, that the first reliable harbinger of springtime will produce a sudden activity in business circles that will be universally gratify- ing. The leaf market was, generally speak- ing, in better shape this week than it has been for some time, there being a very fair demand and a number of good sales reported. The men who were out on the road had a hard time getting around on account of the closed roads, and those who went up the State found a number of factories working on short time. In spite of this, however, a number of jobbers and manufacturers were in the local market and found what they wanted, even if it was at considerably higher prices than they liked to pay. The business in Havana was as good as the dealers wanted it to be, as in view of the uncertain 1905 crop, dealers would prefer to wait a little before they reduce their stocks very materially. Pennsyl- vania filler was very high, at least 25 or 30 per cent higher than it was bought from farmers last year, and there was considerable inquiry. E. A. Calves, who is in Havana buying whatever he can find to suit him, is not having a very easy time. He writes that the market is pretty well cleaned up of the higher grades, and prices remain very stiff. It is impossible as yet to tell anything definite about the new crop. Mr. Calves, who will return in about two weeks, says that the weather down there has been very fine. Jake Labe, of B. Labe & Sons, has returned from his Western trip and re- ports good business, with still better to come. Bremer Bros, had a very gocd week, and expect the market to continue active from now on, unless there are some more serious setbacks on account of the weather. L. P. Kimmig is spending several days in town now looking after a big deal that is on the carpet. G. W. Newman, of Young & Newman, has just returned from a trip up the State, where he says he encountered snow drifts twenty feet deep. Mr. Newman says that in the sections through which he traveled salesmen found it very dififi- cult to get around at all. The market is looking up with George Burghard, who reported a better demand during the week for his well assorted stock. G. W. Bushnell, of the Scotten Dillon Co., tobacco manufacturers of Detroit, was calling on the trade during the week. Mr. Bushnell is looking after the eastern trade. A. C. Valentine & Son have had some new advertising pictures prepared which fully bear out the reputation which this firm has made for artistic and beautiful advertising matter. One very handsome picture of a woman's head exploits the Betsy Ross cigar. A large humidor has just been constructed on the office floor of the firm on Seventh street and a new electrical Paul Jones' sign, has been put up. Sam Jacobs, of Gumpert Bros. , has re- turned from his Pittsburg trip and reports fair business. He was considerably hin- dered, though, on^account of the snow. The t e'm p 0 r a r y difficulties of S» Omicron &|Co., which were caused by a dispute between the two partners have been settled! by the'purchase of his pait- ner's interest by J. G. Tecse, who will conduct the business as heretofore. Ap- plication was made some days ago by Spyro Cargas, the other partner, for the appointment of a receiver, and Judge Ralston named I. Dietrich, who has a cigar store next to the Omicron place on South Broad street. It was understood that the firm was not in financial diffi- culty and that it was only a matter of a few days before the matter would be set- tled. This was accomplished by the sale, as stated, and theiaffairs of the company will not be disturbed. It is reported that Mr. Cargas will go into the manufacturing business for himself.' The ignorance o f a thief, and the prompt action of Max Rappaport, manu- facturer at 702 South Fifth street, resulted in the thief's undoing on Saturday. Mr. Rappaport deserves much credit for the shrewd way in which he landed the man behind the bars where he is likely to stay for a time. The thief, who has given several names and addresses to the police, came into Mr. Rappaport' s place last Saturday and offered some tobacco for sale, offering a sample. He said that he would sell a package of it for $2. Mr. Rappaport re- cognized it as a very high grade of to- bacco for cigarettes, which would proba- bly cost the manufacturer $2 a pound. THK TOBACCO WORLD »5 The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Company OP NEW YORK ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We are Importers and Manufacturers of the Highest ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Grade ^^♦^♦^■^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦♦♦♦ Segars ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦**♦ .♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ c The Partagas "Belvedere " Made at the Celebrated Factory of PartagaS, in Havana', Cuba. A Perfectly-sliaped Segar, Banded, in Fortieth packing. As large and heavy as any DelicioSQS selling in other brands for more money TRADEMARK registered. SHAPE desitjned and RESERVED by Our Company. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ To the Trade at $135.00 per M. The Best Value to the Consumer at $13.00 per hundred; or at retail Three for Fifty Cents. •Weekly Shipments of PARTAGAS BELVEDERES, Fifteen Thousand. Send for Price Card. N. B.— These goods are GUARANTEED to be the BEST VALUE in Imported Segars in the United States. cAj .j^ THE TOBACCO WORLD Q O 0 i o /. .M DIplotnatico A good smoke, a quick seller, a profitable cigar-that's our "Quo Vadis. You need it in your business, for it brings new trade and satisfies the old. The "Quo Vadis" cigar in your show case will add prestige to your assort- ment because it represents highest quality and best workmanship. Us handsome, modern, full size DIPLOMATICO shape is the favorite of all smokers, and everybody enjoys its fragrant aroma and pleasant taste.. It's the Ideal Five Cent Cigar, and we fully guarantee it to give satisfaction. Write to us for Sample Box and Price. We'll be pleased to answer questions. ALFRED EYER ^ CO., Ci^ar Manufacturers, Allentown, Pa. ^^y ».^ BLACK THREADS Long Cut The Finwt Heavy Pipe Smoking Tobacco manufactured. Packed by hand in 3^ oz. packages. Union Made. The Wrappers are Good for Premiums. Write ui for Samples and Prices. The Gem City Tobacco Co. DAYTON, OHIO. ♦♦ ♦♦ g g g g g g 6 5 5 % 5 S A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spra.yer for misting fillers - . - - Simplicity Automatic Sprayer Little Climax JobuLCco Pump Progress Jr. Spraying Machine Also m»ke Urge Field Sprayer which covers four rows st one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. $4.00 7.50 10.00 16.50 The package offered by the man would run about 22 pounds. Naturally the manufacturer was suspi- cious, but parleyed with the man finally getting him to agree to sell the tobacco for $1.60. He didn't have the package with him but said he' d get it. While he was gone Mr. Rappaport sent for a po- liceman in plain clothes. The man returned with the tobacco and the officer arrived just in time to see him sign a receipt. The man said he had five more packages and would bring them one at a time. He was promptly arrested. Mr. Rappaport recognized the tobacco as a grade much used by Stephano Bros., and communicated with them. They examined their warehouse at 256 South Ninth street and found eight packages missing. The thief was given a hearing and held for court. It is believed that he must have secured the tobacco in the daytime as it would be practically impossible for him to get into building without detection at night During a conversation with Mr. Z. J. Norris, the Philadelphia manager of I. Lewis & Co., Newark, N. J., attention was called to a statement published in these columns to the effect that Mr. Nor- ris proposed to represent in the future both the houses of I. Lewis & Co., and the Allen Tobacco Co. This was a miscon • ception of facts. Mr. Norris has agreed to serve the Allen Tobacco Co. until such time as they may be able to make other arrangements. He is the regular representative in this territory of I. Lewis &Co., and will retain his connection with that house. George Frings and wife, of J. Frings* Sons, and Nelson Eberbach, of A. B. Cunningham & Co., have gone to Cuba for a six weeks' trip. S. S. Newburger, of Stewart, New- burger & Co. , is on the road for the firm and if he follows out his usual custom, will soon be sending in batches of orders. John M. Kolb, of Theobald & Oppcn- heimer Co., is on a trip to Florida and Cuba where he will look afte r the firm' s interests. There was a report on the street during the week that Harvey D. Narrigan was about to sell out his business. A number of people went to Mr. Narrigan to find out about it. "Yes," said Mr. Narrigan, "we are going out of business to every concern that can't pay its bills. As far as they' re concerned, we're not in business now, even. I am not running a banking house, and I can't do a credit business. Otherwise, we're still doing business at the same old stand." Here and There With the Retailers '^^ ^ri7vi°ko*'or/roKi mo^; Sr ^.r<^. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. . THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 C^ Business among the retailers was still pretty bad during the week, but there is a hope now that there is an end in sight unless March proves one of the typical old time Marches. A good many sales- For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELI R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ 3C.CIGAR FORiJL>. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO men were in town, and all of them reported things to be pretty slow. "The coal dealers are getting all the money in sight," said a Broad street dealer in explanation of the flatness, "and there's more truth in that than you think. Every householder in the city has had to spend more money for coal this winter than usual, and there's something about a big coal bill that always makes a man grouchy, and gives him the idea that he's got to call m a lot of his other expenses to make up for it. As a consequence, the cigar dealers suffer." Suprise will be caused in the trade by learning that B. Frank Batten, one of the most popular retailers in the city, has disposed of his store on Ninth street, just above Arch. Mr. Batten sold very sud- denly to Nathan Davis, a newcomer in the trade who took immediate possession. Mr. Batten was standing in his store one day last week when a stranger en- tered and promptly asked him if he didn't want to sell out. "I hadn't thought of it," answered Mr. Batten. ••Well. I want a store, and I want it in . this neighborhood where I' ve got a lot of friends, said the man, and if we can agree on a figure I'm ready to do busi- ness on the minute." This was a little sudden for Mr. Batten and he thought it over hastily and then named a figure. This was almost satis- factory, and after a little talk, the man handed over a roll of bills and got a bill of sale. The deal speaks well for Mr. Batten' s reputation as a square man. Mr. Davis is an old showman and well known in his business. He was with Buffalo Bill for many years and also with Batnum. He is a Civil War veteran , and feels now that he wants to settle down in one locality. The M. J. Dalton Co , at the Thir- teenth and Chestnut street store are hav- ing a run on Don Marino perfectos, at 5 cents straight. El Tributo, at $6 a hundred or 4 for a quarter, and La Pros- peridad, at $12 for puritanas and $10 for conchas. <^ Among the salesmen who got around among the retail trade this week were J. M. Batterton, of Ruy Lopez y Ca. ; Ar- thur Lincoln, of P. Pohalski & Co., Mr. Del Pino, of Del Pino & Williams; Leo Levy, of the National Cuba Co.; Al Metzger, of Berriman Bros., and Mr. Gleischman, of Leopold, Powell & Co. Robert E. Lane, the well known New York dealer, paid a quiet visit to Phila- delphia, last week, and shook hands all around, Irwin Dietrich, South Broad street dealer, is having quite a run on his Stratford Bellevue and Floradelphia 5 cent brands and the Dietrich Perfecto and Dietrich Rothschild 10 cent smokes. %%%%!%%%<% FRIES i cents per 8-point measured line. ) CIGAR FACTORY Building Complete, FOR RENT in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 23 Experienced Cii^ar- makers, and 35 hands available, in- cluding foreman. For further particulars Address, FACTORY, Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World, Phila. i-25ca S Cegl Cigais The largest and best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED 5-cci\t Ciga.r on the Matrket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they arc Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper^ Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9(h Dist.. Pbl. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Hanover, Pe^. Manufacturers of WANTED— Cigar vending machine, "Silent Salesman," 5c slot; must be in good condition and cheap for cash. 2-22-h A. B. CLIME, Terre Hill, Pa YOUNG MAN WANTED IN LEAF Tobacco House. Experienced and with some trade preferable. Address Deai,er, Box 109, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia. WANTED— Philadelphia leaf house, handling seed and Sumatra, and importing Havana, wishes to secure a salesman for the city. Must have estab- lished trade. Address BOX 106, care Tobacco World. c fine C'^^^s ♦♦!♦♦ -*•♦!♦♦ Plan an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in J several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. JOSEPH a KOLB, Manufacturer of the HAVANA BLOSSOM, the Uadin« 5c. C.#ar. Southeast Corner Second and Market Streets, Camden. N. J. I THB TOBACCO WORLD KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, Etc. HAVANA cAROMA Sweet Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. SuccessfuUy used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. ^ Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent. Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same. which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. a ■. t,„ For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO., YORK, PA. r BRANCHES: tlNITFI) CIGAR 1 \ Kerbs, Wertbeim & Scbiffe, \J\^ltl-y V/IUniV I 1 jjirscbhorn, Mack & Co. Manufacturers j y llftensfei^'nrll c. roi4-i020 Second A.ve.. NEW YORK ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ Are you looking for a Good PITTSBURG STOGIE? 99 Hund Made MADB BV ** Jolly peWoujis IS THE NAME. Lonii Filler Samuel Smith & Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World Allegheny, Pa. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory j; Cigar Boxes and Siilpping Cases G. H. SACHS Manufacturer of Best Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS 1 24S NORTH CONCORD ST., j Lancaster, Pa. 1 Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 Ma.rkct Street, La.ivcaLster, Pa.. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to c.raoirTrT'p* Ja L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL.ERSVILLE. HA. THE TOBACCO WORLD- _^^^ 19 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Repubiic of Cuba Uu MION DE F^BBIC ANTES deTabACOSyCiG^RROS ulonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza , que los rabacoscigarrosy paq(jetes dc picaduraqciellevenes^oprecinU son fabric ados por 7^: Main Office: Manufacturers of the Celebrated UNCLE DAN Absolutely Hand-Made UONDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Lancaster, Pa. EDW. IVI. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. Co., Alfowich Bros., G. F. Davenport. The Menoshi is a high grade Turkish cigarette that retails at 15, 20 and 25 cents a package. The Marlboro Cigar Co are the distributors of this brand. Charles Sherman, 288 Hanover street, is doing quite a little jobbing in connec- tion with his retail cigar store. BBN AU. BURLEY GOING TO THE BREAKS. Growers' Associatioiv FaLrmers Consider that Pledges No Longer Bind. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 18. A number of farmers who had pledged themselves to the Burley Growers' Asso ciation have taken it for granted that the Association has failed in its project and are sending their crops to the breaks. President W. B. Hawkins, of the Burley Growers' Association, who has been working hard for months for the success of his plan, is said to be in Florida. The farmers are placed in a position where they must either sell at once or take small prices later on, and they feel justified in marketing their crops. A. G. SEEGEIL A BANKRVPT. A. G. Seeger, a cigarmaker with the firm of Fred Seeger & Co., cigar manu- facturers at 227 Lincoln avenue, Chicago, has filed a voluntary petition in bank- ruptcy because he has been unable to meet debts amounting to $23,206. The debts have been incurred within the past fifteen or twenty years, during which time he had been in business for him- self. PHILADELPHIA CIGAR.MAKER SUES HIS PARTNERS. Manuel J. Portuondo filed a bill in equity in Common Pleas Court on Monday against his partners, Louis Weinberg and Samuel Spkoloflf, asking for the appoint- ment of a receiver for the Manuel J. Portuondo Cigar Company. According to the bill filed, the copart- nership was entered into on October 15, 1904, and Portuondo's name was used alone in promoting the sale of cigars. He claims that Weinberg and Spkoloflf refused him access to the books of the firm, and he said that he believes that they made false entries to deceive him. Besides asking for a dissolution of the partnership and an accounting, he re- quests an order enjoining the firm from using his name in connection with its cigars. lncorporatiof\s, CKan/ies, Etc. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The Maxwell Manufacturing Co., to manufacture tobacco, has been incorpor- ated with $50,000 capital, by P. R. Palethorpe, A. J. Simpson, of Louisville; C. E. Kersey, S. W. Smith and R. H. Stark, of Wilson, N. C. The Japad Company, of New York, has been mcorporated with a capital of $10,000 to manufacture cigar lighting devices, by W. H. Kirkwood, R. O. Hammond and E. L. Haynes, all of Bufifalo. J. Weinberg, of Ridgeland, nill erect a cigar factory at Beaufort, S. C. Youmans & Price, of Waycross, will remove their city factory to Savannah, Ga., and will largely increase its capital. W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penna. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers Invited. W^Telephone Connection. "^a ♦♦ ♦< ♦♦J ♦ ♦♦( %w»»^^^ ^^^^^^^H^' I C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD t2 BER! It will save you money to write or call on us before placing your order for Florida Shade Grown Sumatra Our large packing of 1904 WRAPPERS cannot be surpassed for Style, Even, Uniform Colors, Burning Qualities and Yield. Prices Reasonable. Come, and you will be convinced. Floridsi Tobsiceo No. 131 Maidea Lane, NCW YOfk Telephone "5276 John Plantations— Quincy, Florida. ^v^:\ i^ THB TOBACCO WORLD Trade-Mark Register. ARCHON 14.698 For cigarettes, cheroots, stogies and tobacco Registered Feb 7, 1905. at 9 a m, by F V Eshleman, Philada, Pa HAUSENPEFFER 14.699 For cigars Registered Feb 10, 1905, at 9 a m, by A P Snader, Ephrata, Pa EXTRA FINE CUT HAVANA 14.700 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered Feb 11, 1905. at 9 a m, by Chas L Feinberg, Brooklyn, N Y HURRY UP 14 701 For cigarettes Registered Feb i , 1905, at 4 p m, by I Moguleski, Phil adelphia, Pa LITTLE PETS 14,702 For stogies Registered Feb 16, 1905. at 9 a m, by Geo Steuernagle, Pittsburg, Pa SELECT 14.703 Forstogies Registered Feb 16,1905, at 9 a m, by Geo Steuernagle. Pittsburg, Pa SCHACKAMAXON 14.704 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered Feb 16, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Raleigh Tobacco Co, Philadelphia (By transfer from Crabtree Bros & Co, Philadelphia, Pa, who had registered this title June 20, 1904) PROPHET 14.705 For chewing and smoking tobacco' Registered Feb 16, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Raleigh Tobacco Co, Philadelphia, Pa (By transfer from Crabtree Bros & Co, Philadelphia. Pa. who registered this title March 12, 1904) RALEIGH TOBACCO CO 14.706 For firm name Registeied Feb 17, 1 905, at 9 a m. by the Raleigh Tobacco Co, Philadelphia, Pa I V 14.707 For chewing and s^moking tobacco Registeied Feb 17, 1905 at 9 a m, by the Raleigh Tobacco Co, Philadelphia. rAIHLY ACTIVE IN YORK. Pa REJECTIONS. Lew Wallace, Jay Cook, Night Owl, Arpad, Encore. Big 4. Primrose, Ben Hur, Bee Hive, Veribest. Our Governor CORRECTION ••Kubiano" registered Jan 9, 1905, by Max Bekoflf, should have been for Bekoff & Behrkowsky Considerable Leaf is Being Shipped to Lancaster Houses. York, Pa., Feb. 20. The tobacco business in th s section has been somewhat quiet for several weeks, yet cigar manufacturers aie keep ing fairly active, while in several sections of the county more hands are wanted. A considerable quantity o f leaf is again being shipped from this county, mostly to Lancaster houses. Theie have been rumors here for some time of the contemplated opening of a new tobacco jobbing house in this city, but it was not until last week that things began ty shape themselves definitely and it is now an assured fact that York will soon have another wholesale tobacco- nist's establishment. The name of the new firm will be Myers Brothers, who are sons of E. Myers, senic r member of the well known cigar manufacturing firm of Celestino Costello & Co. Tne new firm will occupy a building on North Beaver street at the intersec tion of the Pennsylvania railroad, known as the Myers & Adams Leaf Tobacco Warehouse. It is proposed by the new firm to handle independent tobacco ex- clusively. They are beginning business under very favorable circumstances and deserve success. In the vicinity of Red Lion, where business seemed 10 be a little quiet dur- ing January, there is a considerable im- provement this month. C. A. Rost & Co., leaf dealers at Red Lion, have recently received several car- loads of tobacco which is being inspected befoie it will be offered to the trade. Augustus Sonneman & Sons, received their first consignment of leaf some days ago at their warehouse in Court alley, near King street. Considerable of the tobacco came from Chanceford. The price paid was about 8 and 2. Charles A. Rost, leaf dealer, received two carloads of leaf a few days ago. W. H, Snyder & Co., cigar manufac- turers, of Windsorville, are drawing plans for the erection of a big factory during the coming spring. ihe new plant will be a three story building ana will permit the firm to increase its force 100 per cent. G. W. Gable, cigar manufacturer, has built an iron storehouse in which to store h i s surplusage o f cigars. Mr. i Match It, if you Can-- You Can't. : ^^.♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ "Match-lt" Cheroots are the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five— Wrapped in Foil, Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg. Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative for Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. PhiU GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED KoelOtDICd. "A^^r HAND-MADE ^^X ;o/ STOGIES. ^>^ Pittsburd Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers L 2103 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. J. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A T? Ss Hand-Made V/ J- \TJ:K. -I. V VJ? 615, 617 and O19 Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. \Yedeles brothers, Florida. S"*******^ 182 E. Lake St. CHICAGO, ILL C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 34 THE TOBACCO WORLD Bhe PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAIS MFO. CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD >5 • I iberman's Latest JWachines BRANDING MACHINE ! € ^o SUCTION TABLE > o o a* a* r o p a- 0 P P O CD Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. ^ LIBERMAN MFG. CQ> ^i PHILA. PA. U.S.A. ^^y. yy'^:2. y/o^, ^^. ^^V^. Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 NoriK Third Street, PhiladelphiaL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street 26 THE TOBACCO WORLD SCHVTTE & KOERTING CO PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUTTE--KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, beini operated by city water pressure. 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs; humidity uniform. Correspondence Solicited HMNRY GOTTSSLIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, I^ANCASTBR, PA. Manufacturers oP Gable has gone to this expense because J. Rosenberg & Co Order M Ciado E. Hoffman & Son %/^^^^wv^ High Grade Union Made I Imports of Tobacco.etc. Cigars •m\e Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sig%' Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. CM. ■EM. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for U>c Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. of the lack of adequate fire protection in Windsorville. J. H. Littles, of Hanover, has laid off a number of hands for a short period owing to the present inactivity in his Str. trade. J as, E Ward & Co Hav.ma Tobncco Co G. S. Nicholas Park &Tilford Arrivals at ihe port of New York from vy^ j^ Stiner & Son 132 hales 43 " 23 •• 8 •• HAVANA CIGARS Morro Castle, arrived Feb. 14: (662 cases; i box) 366 cases 235 •9 16 foreign points during the week ending Feb. 20, 1905. Havana— J as. E. Ward & Co, 9 cases cigarettes; 30 bbls. do. Rotterdam — A. Cohn & Co, 20 bales tobacco mats. Brands:— 54? Bear. 54? Cxib, Essie, and Matthew Carey. SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Amsterdam, arrived Feb. 18: (80 bales; l case.) A. Murphy & Co L. Friedman & Co A. Blumlein & Co Order Pim, Forwood & Kellock 32 bales 24 " 14 •• 10 " I case National Cuba Co Arthur Walsh L. J. Spence Arkell & Douglass A. E. Outerbridge & Co Chas. H. Wyman & Co Cuban & Pan Amer. Exp Co Str. Havana, arrived Feb. (27 cases) J as. E. Ward & Co F. Garcia & Bros G. Amsinck & Co 10 7 3 2 2 I case I I 17; box 21 cases 5 " I case HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Morro Castle, arrived Feb. 14: (3.337 bales; 40 bbls ) L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Louis Sylvester & Son Jas. E. Ward & Co Friend & Co Calixto Lopez & Co J. Rosenberg & Co, Hinsdale Smith & Co Levi Blumensteil & Co S. Rossin & Sons Guevala & Co S. L. Goldberg & Sons V, Lopez E. P. Cordero & Co E. Spingarn & Co American Cigar Co J. Bernheim & Son E. Regensburg & Sons Havemeyer & Vigelius Garcia, Vega & Carcaba S. Ruppin J. W. Merriam & Co R. M. Blake & Co Leonard Friedman & Co J. Holzman Laschter & Pletcher The Hilson Co M. D. T. Co 1,640 bales 559 •' 184 " 133 " 100 " 94 " 63 •• 59 " 55 " 55 •• 54 " 54 " 48 •• 40 •• 31 " 30 " 28 " 28 •• 22 " 16 " 13 " II " 10 " 10 " PORTO RICAN TOBACCO. Str. Ponce, arrived Feb. 20: (62 bales) West Indies Cigar Co 48 bales J Morris Levi 14 " PORTO RICAN CIGARS Str. Ponce, arrived Feb. 20: (280 cases; 2 boxes.) American Cigar Co 1 24 cases 33 33 31 25 II 8 8 6 1 case 2 boxes m West Indies Commercial Co Mateo Rucabado Am. W. I. T. Co West Indies Cigar Co Order Arguelles, Manrique, Sola & Co C. D. Stone & Co Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co DeFord & Co G. W. Sheldon & Co THE FAIR. AT MAYSVILLE. KY. A very handsome and elaborate fair is being held today in Mayville, Ky. , and if the arrangements are any criterion, the afTair will be a great success. The event is the sixth annual one of its kind and is known as the Northern Kentucky Tobacco I Fair. There is a large premium lis 25 bbls. including prizes for cigarette wrappers, ^5 " bright leaf, lugs and red leaf. Large Str. Havana, arrived Feb. 17; delegations are present from Louisville (l,436bales) and all the principal towns in Northern Louis Sylvester & Son 1,230 bales and Central Kentucky. THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 ^l!^X^^\ DEU-RtO PUERTO PRINCIPE f*- Cobre Santiago ^ ^^^-^NT >rv^ ^A' M Your He^dque^rters At Our Office. ^^ M ^v We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedies, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Ve^as of Various Sized L,ots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco OOIVSUUADO 14:2 and 144, Havana, Cuba. Vti WE INVITE ^ CORRESPONDENCE Ul WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES »; . l-^- Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St Al^J fv Cable Address: "REFORM" /^ 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTURCf^ OF ALL KINDS OF 138 a 140 Centre §T NCWYORK, Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. aat^^^t^ji'^ 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. 4k>^M«%%%%^ «^%i%%%«»« •/%'«%«/•(%% D. W. HUBUEV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade •"' Havaiia Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. F. B. SeHlNDLER * ..v^p^c gi^^^cf t. Manufacturer of ■X- 5jC IfC ^ 5fC JfC JfC 5JC 5r» '1^ 3K 5|C^n'*5|C5|C5iC5fC5TC,5fC3|C ^ JfC Jj^. 5t» 3|C ?|C 3|C TfC 3fC 7^ I ** •it ** Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa^ ¥r. ^ JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED * ^ %****************************************************** V*^ M/iNii^'BY A.B.CLIME STRICTLY UNION FACTORY I- FAB RICO NAROLFEiS CHOICE POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE f ■ • • VAMPIRE • •• THE SITUATION IN LANCASTER. Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 20. The local leaf market continues to be quiet in old goods, but it must be remem beied that stocks have been so greatly depleted that no unusual activity could be expected, even if general conditions otherwise were more favorable than they appear to be. Warehouses are receiving large quanti- ties of the 1904 crop now, and activity among packers is certainly at its height. Some buying is still going on, although crops not yet purchased are becoming more scattered and there appears to have been no material change in price. There is considerable tobacco being received here from York county. In manufacturing circles there is per- haps a slight improvement owing to the betterment in weather conditions. H. W. Killian, cigar manufacturer of Ephrata, was spending several days last week in the Philadelphia trade. S. R. Moss has gone on an extended Western business trip. THE SLUSH CONTRIBUTION. Leaf Tobacco Markets. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 65 hhds. ; offerings on the breaks, 3 hhds ; public and private sales 19 hhds. The receipts are of the new crop, and the sales except a few hhds. were of old crop. The market was without new feature, the qualities offering being of low grade, and prices firm and unchanged. Our severely cold weather has con tinued, preventing the handling of tobacco in the barns. There is such a small proportion of the crop not controled by the Planters' Asso- ciation that few sales of loose tobacco are made. As the factories handling for export to Great Britain have lost some three months of working time, owing to the delay of sale of loose crops from the actions of the Planters' Association, and cold weather delaying the movement of the crop, the quantity to be exported will be greatly less than intended at the beginning of the season. For old tobacco we continue to quote: Chicago Journal Still Doing Business at the Old Stand. The custard pie editor of the Chicago Journal is still writing fudge essays for the benefit (?) of the independents. Another mess: In order to observe the methods of the tobacco trust, three experts, under the direction of the publicity department of the Independent Cigar Dealers' Association of Chicago, have finished an interesting test. One of these experts disguised himself as a laborer and visited a trust store, purchasing a cigar. The second expert, dressed as a person of ordinary circumstances, bought a cigar of the same brand. The third expert, posing as a prosperous Low Lugs 13-50 to ^3-75 Common Lugs 3-75 to 4.00 Medium Lugs 4.00 to 4.25 Good Lugs 4.25 to 4.75 Low Leaf 4.75 to 5.50 Common Leaf 5.75 to 6.75 Medium Leaf 7.00 to 8.00 EDGERTON, WIS. A week of extreme winter weather and several blustering storms have served to reduce the tobacco movement in country districts to very light proportions. The drifted roads and zero temperature have kept dealers near at home as well as pre- cluded much delivery at receiving points. Under less discouraging conditions the buying movement might continue for merchant, asked for the same kind of both old and new leaf, as the disposition^Ji cigar the others had bought. *- : — - — *u- u^\a: 1 ^\ j_ ^.^P' Later the three compared their pur- chases. The cigars were dissected and it was found that the laborer had been given one of very poor quality; the second purchaser had received a cigar of slightly better grade, while the third purchaser had been given the sort of cigar that ordinarily sells at the rate of six for a quarter. In tracing the various grades of tobacco used in the manufacture of these cigars, the experts found that Wisconsin, Penn- sylvania, and Ohio furnished the raw material used. Not a trace of Havana tobacco was detected in any of the cigars. "Such is the benevolent spirit of the New York tobacco trust, which claims to to increase the holdings of these goods is evident Sales of the new crop coming to notice are: Ole Simonson, 12a at 7^ and ic G Halverson, 12a at 7, 6 and ic J Jorgenson, 8a at 8 and ic R Watson, 5a st 6% and ic C Schluter, 3a at 6 and ic J Hogie, 5a at 6 and ic Nick Prell, 6a at 6 and i^c M Anderson, 4a at 7^ and 2C M Campion, 6a at 51^ and 2c The rustle for the remnants of old leaf in country hands continues, when weath er conditions permit, and considerable quantities are changing hands among have opened cigar stores in Chicago ^^^^^^ packers. W. T. Pomeroy & Co. solely for the benefit of consumers, " said the head of the publicity department. "Like other trusts, it pretends to benefit the consumers, while in reality it is •working' the public. "Imagine the coal trust reducing the report the sale of about 300CS for the week. They have also received several car loads from the growing districts. The deliveries of the new crop are coming in slowly since the storms and some of the price of coal when it gets ready to sell packing houses have about consumed direct to the consumer, or the beef trust ^*^eir surplus of bundle stocks and may reducing the price of meat in the sweet possibly have to close down for a time, by. and by !" Shipments were 500CS. — Reporter. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 29 ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. o 73 s 0) ••s r«t< E^^EWlNGiSMOKlNG I o AGOOD^ACOOL CHEW^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No, 38, YOB, PENNA., U. S. A. Ninth Dist., Pa. GEORGE W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTURER OF High-Grade Cigars Goods sold to Jobbers only. Correspondence Solicited. A Medal was Awarded at the World's Fair, in St. Louis, in 1904, on our FEBHSIDE S-GENT CIGHK ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ '^ La Imperial Cigar Factory ' HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiBARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks— Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph — York, Fa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦•♦ 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD 3« Cigar ribbons. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons. Write for Sample Card and Price lioi to Department W Maouracturers of 'W'W T' "Wl" X • -t "F^ * t "f /^ Bindings, Galloons, Wm. Wicke RiDDon Co. Taffetas, Satin and GrOS Grain, j6 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK THE TOBACCO FARMER AND HIS CHANCES. IMPORTANT TO CIGAR DEALERS The American Tobacco Co. is making a special drop ship- ment of CREMO cigars (Perfecto style), for account of their customers, in an attractive HUMIDOR containing 3,000 CREMO Perfectos l/20's. This very useful package for keeping cigars in perfect order for any length of time is sure to be appreciated by dealers who realize the importance of not only buying good cigars, but keep- ing them good until they reach the consumer. You can secure this HUMIDOR containing 3,000 CREMO cigars of your jobber for $105.00, less 10% trade and 2% cash discount. { • With all the present agitation regard- ing the grower's proper position in the tobacco industry, whether he is becoming merely a slave of the soil to produce a certain commodity for just as much re- muneration as the buyer chooses to allow him, a lengthy consideration of the sub- ject is advisable before a conclusion is reached. The movements of the Burley Growers' Association in its effort to create a precedent in the establishment of what would practically be a farmers' trust, have been watched with much interest and the apparent downfall of the project is regarded with mixed sensations. The following article is an exhaustive study of the farmer's position and prospects from his earUest appearance in the United States to his present num- erous and ttentaively aggressive state. The article is by George L. Castner, of Clarksville. Tenn., who writes as follows: I have divided the subject into three separate periods of time. First, the era before the war of i86i. The distinctive features of handling and selling tobacco during this period were, (i) slave labor was employed ; (2) the tobacco was prized on the farm, and, (3) these hogsheads were then shipped to the market and sold there exclusively under competition to the highest bidder, sales being made for account of the grower, through ware- houses conducted by experienced sales- men, expert as to grades and posted on values and market conditions. This ap- pears to include every essential feature then employed, and while that period had its ups and downs, as all must, still as a whole it is conceded to have been an era of prosperity to the grower such as he has found in no period since that time. The second period chosen is that fol- lowing the war of 1 86 1 . On the resump- tion of farm work then, the same system was adopted. But changed conditions of labor presented a difficulty. Being free, labor was no longer subject to the same control and was correspondingly unre- liable. For ordinary farm work there was, however, no substitute for it. But for the more particular work of assorting and prizing, a substitute was not long in appearing. Competent parties seeing the opening for profitable employment, came forward proposing to piize for the neighborhood and establishing them selves for this purpose in some convenient center. The relief assured by this ar rangement is best evidenced by its grad- ual and extensive adoption. Farmers abandoned the screw, which had from time immemoiial been regarded as an indispensable implement of the tobacco grower, and turned this work over to the agent at the crossroads. Generally his work appears to have been well done. The tobacco when prized continued to be sent to the market, being sold for account of the grower, and netting profit- able and satisfactory returns. But from this new move there pro' ceeded an effect of such tremendous sig nificance it is impossible to conceive that it was in even the smallest degree antici pated in the beginning. Starting as the merest pebble, it was soon to dam the stream and finally to turn its current exactly backward. It was destined to sever the lines connecting the farmer with his market and to give him not a single benefit in compensation for this loss. It is easiest for me to describe it by a homely illustration: "Mr. Jones," when his prizing is completed, finds a remnant left over, 500 pounds, for example. What is he to do with it? "Mr, Smith" has tobacco like it waiting to be prized. He will see him, sell his remnant or buy enough from him to fill out his hogshead, or arrange to fill a hogshead jointly with him. But it lakes time and riding to find Smith. He may not be at home or may not agree to a trade and joint ship ments are not always satisfactory anyway. And so under the drift of such circum- stances it soon comes about that Jones, Smith and others are still selling their remnants to the prizino^ agent himself. He is always on the spot, sees these in teresled parties without leaving his place, and buying their odds and ends at bar j gain prices, prizes and ships and sells for I his own account. Bought low, the ven- ture results in an easy profit and the taste of blood -but whets the edge of appetite. He begins to "pick up" small crops, afterwards larger crops and finally the entire product of the community. Starting only as a prizing agent, he has become a fullfledged dealer — and the stream is dammed. He is in the market. The farmer is out of it. I have thus described in a general way the causes leading up to and developing the period of the country dealer. Of course in different cases or districts there was doubtless some variety of detail, but this is not material to the subject, for the ground plan was substantially the same in all cases. The dealer continued to prize and sell under competition, just as the farmer had done before him. His business prospered and it grew. What the farmer ever gained by the complete and unnecessary surrender of his entire position I have never been able to find out. Perhaps some who read will be able to inform us. And why he ever yielded his position of equal im- portance on the market or came to regard that as one branch of his business not worth his personal attention and con- cern, and why he ever consented to change from the payment of a reasona- ble fee for prizing to that of allowing the dealer instead a profit on his tobacco, and placing that dealer in a position whence he might eventually, if so in- clined, dictate his own terms, are two La Adelphia Cigar Factory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Proprietor, Sellersvillc, Pa. Manufacturer of I A ADELPHIA, s-Cent f^ T i^ 4 T^ Q^ LA FLOR DE A. C. P., lo-Cent \y ± fjr .^XV. O Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People. J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. %%%»»%%% l%%%««^«^»% <^^^»D%<» C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. Z* A. Z. SHERK, President E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. *» *$ The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. | ^* Established M-^-I-^ii-.. D«. Incorporated ** The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. ^^^189? ^"^ Marietta, Pa. ' 1901 ^* MAKERS OF ** >High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars ^ ^ * *» (■JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar Onr Leaders: ri'^^Z'Zr ''■ "'"" i ^ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar % \ t^'Olstrlbutors Wanted Evcryw» erejSH J^ *************** -**♦*. */f * * . * , *^* . * ^*^*^* ♦_ Wi LABELS -I ^^' i(VCV^S\VC\Q\AWi>ttO\1 ^f - : A ir ^ -r% Telephone ♦ .Qo. /^KrUII) ■ a« Connection. South Ninth Street, : SUPPLIES. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1883. Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of PennsylvaniaL Cigars l^ed Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SfXiNO REGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE 34 THE TOBACCO WORLD CIGRH BOX EDGINGS We have the l-g^s. fc«sort»eti ^ Cigw Bo» Bdgings in the United Stotes. having over i,ooo designs in stock. T. A* MYERS & CO. Printers and Engravers, - YORK, PENNA. Boibossed Flaps* Labels, Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. "«««•{ KnI'ict 12 S. George St, YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN «r €apa«{ity for Manufactnring Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for Ons Mo&is Good Custombk. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pt THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 t pnr KifiiQ \Jh= M. KALISCH ®, CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ARS l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^MPAlt^ ^ I ♦ ♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J. NOLL THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA « NEW YORK xa CHICAGO I i ST. LOUIS i MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff I Grade Ci ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦-^♦^^^♦♦♦^ Our Leaders: { """^ElusTSr*^" } Cigars-5c., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE 4. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of High-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. '*Btaos Favoritb," a S-ceui Leader kaowti ^or Superiority of Oua1't\ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦'r♦♦♦♦♦'^♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Cigar Manufacturer = Brownstown, Pa. X^ ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. %%%%i^»%% %%%%%%<%% %^%%>%%%% John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ft co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium Dallastown, Pa. r GEO. F. NASH A SPECIALTY o*^ Private Brands Special J JOHN SELDEN ^ v3 for Wholesale* jobbing Iracie Brands'] gov. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE bar Samples on application. C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. i i Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norih Queen Si LANCASTER, PA. ^/%<»%%%%% %%%%%%%» <^^%%%%» I : S. N. MUMMA * PaLcker of ; Leaf Tobacco » Peni\2L. Seed B s a. SpecidLlty * * Warehouse at Railroatd Crossing : LANDISVILLE, PA. * * « ^^^(.^i».^(.i(.^^i(.^*)(-*^*^4(-*7tJt^t^f^^f*i(-»*** "' — liPTSTJuXH-Nf "^ R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Psl. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. tablished 1880 i^or Genuine Sav^ed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to „^^^rTT t tr, ,^ a U J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. PA. 36 THE TOBACCO WORLD r:rS5» AN EXCMLLBNT TOBACCO FOR CHBWING AND SMOKING, Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of ♦♦♦♦ A Ready Selling Product ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ Big Proms for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO.. Reading, PaL. C. E. MATTINOLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. JUFACTURERS OF Cigars J. H. HOOBER, Packer «»f and Healer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. careful study of the subject will bustain but a very small p ut of this theory. The need of competition is plain— is a'ways plain. But competition which is not concentrated on its object does not com pete. And for our failure to get this concentration we are indebted soleh to the iniquitous system of sales at the barn. In total disregard of all sound rules, it distributes its buying power over the widest area, and practically, if not actu- ally, prohibits the appeanince of any two buyers at the same place at the same time. When competition is "spread so thin, " what wonder is it that men should feel the need for more? But not content with its peculiar theo- ries regarding competition, it goes further and stands squarely for the principle of "every owner a salesman." What ground has it for complaint, if its own "chickens come home to roost.^ ' What ground when, following its teachings, inexperi- enced men carry their crops to the market and, undertaking to make their own sales, accept prices ranging in a great number of cases from $1 to $4 below market values, as has been notoriously done? The loases thus sustained and the wholesale price cutting which results indicate nothing as to competition except its disregard. The thing that was lack- ing was the experienced sulesman and his knowledge of market values and conditions. Spasmodic periods of high prices may occur to renew incentive, but fair values will never be sustained under any system which neither upholds the division of competition, or which advo- cates this dangerous principle. People must die. Doctors are not necessary because they do. They are once knowing the market price, the far- mer can do as well without the ware- house in selling his tobacco as he can nov do in selling his corn. Geo. L. Castnkr. NIDDLETOWN WILL HAVE PLANT. All Help Available will be Employed in New Factory. Middletown. Pa., Feb. 17. Thirty or forty of the sub.-cii er-> to the proposed factory in this ciiy met the other day and listened to information concerning the projected industry given by General Manager Lichteastein of the United Cigar Manufacturers, of Harris- burg. Mr. Lichtensiein stated that his .om- pany was attracted to Middletown be cause it was believed it would be easy to get women and girls for the factory, of whom the company employs many. A brick building 40 x 100 feet is needed, three stories high for which a good rental would be paid on a five year lease. All the help that could be procured would be hired. Mr. Lichtenstein stated that his company would subscribe ^500 to ward the factory, and a committee was appointed which accompanied the general manager over the town to look at a num ber of sites. It is regarded as certain that the deal will go through. CHAIN OF STANDS IN IOWA. Frankel & Seigel, proprietors of the cigar stand privileges at The Elliott, in Des Moines, la , are acquiring similar privileges in the principal hotels of the State, and have already taken charge of the stands in the Commercial, at Musca tine; the Lacey, at Oskaloosa, and the Keokuk, at Keokuk. The stands will be run along the up todate methods which have characterized those already conducted by this firm. necessary only because people have a great variety of ills. When the afflic- tions of the human family are reduced to a single disease, doctors will disappear. They will not then be needed. Ware- houses do not exist because tobacco is produced, but because it is a crop of a very great variety of grades. When every farmer plants the same variety of seed, every man gives his crop the same care, and all soils produce the same grade of tobacco, one man's crop will be worth exactly the same as another' e, and R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBB^ 09 4Jen> DBALBRS IV n (1 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster. Pa. A (^ALVES (j^ O^- <^^^ Havana 123 n. third st i W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. ? UR SPECIALTY is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER T.L. ADAIR, ^ WHOLESALE MANUFA( Pine Cigars RED LION, PA. f Established 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. New Factory 1904 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦<-♦♦' ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Dealer in X X Cigar Box Lumber, ♦ Labels, X Ribbons, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Edging, Brands, etc. ♦ 1 jsranas, etc, 4 ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. LANCASTER, PA /IBEN BHSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. YORK, PENN'A. FMBOSSED CIGAR BANDS A-' Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Samplem. LARGEST William Steiner, Sons & Co. Lithographers, «""«^ ji6 and ii8 E. Fourteenth St., NEW YORK. 38 THR TOBACCO WORLD SEPH REED P^^^^^ Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 15(K}. VHh Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacuirer of Fine Ciga^rs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $<)() per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 5c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $05 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Prodi. ct is a Guarantee of Quality and Woikui.n^hip. 5> PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THB TOBACCO WORLD SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S C^BAN ST06IES MANUFACTURED ONI^Y BV LEONARD WAGNER, factory No. 2. 707 OWo St, ADcghcny, Pa. JVIARTll^ SLiflBRCH. DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of ^^ t •^ A T^ C^ High-Grade Union Made ^^ | ^ /\ J\^ q) SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (loc) rAVATAl g 5 C. A.Rost vri(rht(i and Isabels re»ti»tered. TWENTY TEARS' PRACTICE. Highest referenoM. Send model, sketch or photo, for free repori on pntontnhilitv. All bnsiness confidential. HAND-BOOK FREE. ExplainaeVerTthing. Telia Mow to Obtain and Sell i-atenti. What Inventioiu Will Par. How to Get a Partner, explain! bMi mrchanioal mnTPmenta, and contains 800 othw •nbjectfl of importanott toinTenton. Addrct$^ H. B. WILLSON & Ca ,^ Box 2. Willion BIdg. WASHINGTON, D.Oo JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Miiitifoetaier of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Clgarett f». a--I nannfacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to sttit the orld. Write for samples. ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 Combinations — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 SCRAP -Filler- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 Specially Cleaned and Care^ fully Graded. We make tbem for 6, 7)4, g, lO and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobaeoo Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H« J* V leischKauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tot ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DeilVer, PSLa |-^ A A Caveats, Trade Marks, |-^2lVCn XS Design-Patents, Copyrights, John A. Saul, o»>B»p«iiM»« iM Droit Balklif^. WA5HlN6t^N, D. C| i^A. LITHOGILAPIIING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Parmenter WAX-LINED I COUPON CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAQ& Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, racine:. ^wis . u s a^ OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH PRUNE and 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 1853 FRIES & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK CIGAR BOXES PRUIERS OF ARTisnc CIGAR UBELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISHED WRITE m SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGARWBBONS For Sale by All Dealers AUXTURE-— ' m lUBIOAB TOMOOO 00. HW TIBI. ♦ 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED pft«^^««^ Ten Cent Cigar Estabhshed 1S7H. Factory lod.;, "Hh Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. PATRICK HENRY Miiiuilacuirer of Fine Ciga^rs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-ioi. Made in Four Sizes. (io to the Trade at .*f,(i per Hi(U». PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at '^l\') per 10(10. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintainir g tie Standard of Our Tnidic t is a (iuarantee of Quality and Woikin.n-hip. SOMETHING NE^A^ AND GOOD ^ WAGNER'S C^BAN ST06IES MANUFACTURED ONLY BY 'actory LEONARD WAGNER, NO.,. 707 Ohio St, Allegheny, Pa. IVIRRTH^ SbABflCH, DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of High-Grade Union Made 0ieARS SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c.) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (loc.) rAVATAVA^ C. A. Rostra Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of I Leaf Tobacco A Specialty of Light Conneciicut Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of I Seed Leaf Fillers ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^♦^t^METALEMBOSSlD LABELS METAL PANTED LABELS ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. RIBBON PRICES CIGARWBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURIi-— m AUSBICAN TOBiGOO 00. BIW TOBI. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE F^ J\^ (^Au/E3 (^ O®' <^o^^ Havana 123 n. third st IMPORTERS O HILAOeUPHIA err? watt i N h^ : I 4^ IT We're ready to talk BIG and FAST about NATIONAL CIGAB TOOLS~lf you're in a PROTING mood. on suspicion "—If It ^^ T We'll send you anything that we make Isn't better than YOUR kind— back to the glimmering rails. •r You can't find a better Cutter than the NATIONAL, because It never gets dull of edge, weak In the spring, and loose in the handle. ^[ You can buy Cigar Boards almost anywhere, but not as good as the NATIONAL. Hard as steel, rigid as rock, smooth as glass, and STAYS that way. ^f There are all kinds of Knives and Blades— the good and the fairly good, the bad and awful bad— but you don't take chances when you order NATIONAL. «[ The most astonishing part Is the PRICE and our open-faced method of marketing. Bstabushbd in 188 1 Vol. XXV. tD IN 188 1 ) ^, No. 9. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MARCH 1, 1905. Onb D01.1.AR PBK Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents. \ ^A A 'A /»'" V. v \^<^^ O '^^^ *i ^**" ^*" afford to find out about this If you have any interest in producing good cigars. \ ^l \. 4^ '*y. •y The way to be SURE is to return this coupon and get our Special Proposition. NATIONAL SELLING CO. Wl OaAk, ^^/X^ iHxtr I FLORIDA SVMATRA WRAPPERS All Grades and Sizes. JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Ha.nd-Made LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. E. ROSENWALB & BR0. '▲TAYATAirATAYATAyATAVATA< 1903 Crop Light, Medium and Dark Colors Excellent Quality. Lowest Prices. Schroeder ^ Ar^uimbau No. 178 Water Street NEW YORK C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MANgroclGAR GUHPERT BROS. Manufacturers 114 ^^"^Philadelphia HARTMAN & KOHN, (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) ler Bris. k Ci. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (niCKT-LBY, 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co. Manufacturers of 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. FINE CIGABS 419 Locusi St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA «ost Popular All Havana Cigar Made KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON *'The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best ^ THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. I AC dJ Qo- <^p^j> Havana 123 N. THIRD ST MILADELJ^HIA •^THE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ ■ — — ^ WITH THE TRADE IN CHICAGO OFFICIAL OF INDEPENDENT CO. CHAR.GES STR.ONG THREATS. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ where they are. Trade is Better a.nd R.eta.ilers are More Cheerful. Chicago, Feb. i8. The better weather in the past few days has had the effect of stimulating trade somewhat, especially among retailers, which, in numerous instances, is reported livelier than last week. President Hreitung, of the Chicago Branch, Cigar Dealers' Association of America, reports a favorable increase in association stamps being used by the local manufacturers, a fact which is of great encouragement to all friends of the independent movement. John R. Thompson, the popular owner of numerous Chicago restaurants, has leased and reopened the large store on Randolph street, formerly owned by Charles H. Slack. In addition to the large stock of groceries, Mr. Thompson will carry a large line of cigars and tobaccos. W. F. Monroe has returned from his trip to Tampa and vicinity, and reports a very pleasant visit. The American Tobacco Co. is said to be inaugurating quite a lively campaign in this market for the Murad cigarette. S. B. Steele, of the Steele- Wedeles •Co., is in Atlantic City. Ralph Simmons, the energetic young representative at this place for Morris Jacoby & Co., New York, has returned from a several weeks' trip to Western points, where he got a good touch of zero weather and saw the "beautiful" in goodly quantities. Mr. Simmons thinks Chicago's a fairly good climate, after all. Leopold & Mergentheim, sole distrib- «tors of the celebrated La Tremona cigars, are exhibiting their usual up-to- dateness by a very attractive window display this week. R. L. Berlizhcimer, who has been struggling several weeks with a severe attack of pneumonia, is on the mend sufficiently to be able to sit up part of the time, but is not yet strong enough to meet his many friends. Leo Tuska, the well known leaf broker in the Northern office building, is extend- ing his Milwaukee patronage by several days' visit in that popular city. The well established firm of Charles D. Altschul & Co. continue to add laurels to their reputation as makers of clear Havana cigars, as is evidenced from the* growth of their business locally and else- where. A visit to their factory gives one at least a faint suspicion that "there's somethin' doin*. " Adolph Seckbach, of A. Santaella & Co., has left for a ten days* trip to Eastern points. E- 1^- L. -— The death is reported of Adam P. Hill, a man well known on the Louis- ville breaks as an auctioneer, who died at his residence, 1032 Hepburn avenue, Louisville, Ky., last week. Pneumonia, contracted while following his vocation, was the cause of Mr. Hill* s death. F. D. Ware, of Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., of Wilson, N. C, Swears that President of Wells-Whitehead Co. Threatened, as Part of Trust, to "Crush Hell Out of Mr. Ware's Company." A very dramatic controversy is being cern to succeed and buck the govern- conducted in some of the Southern news papers, which has for its cause the claim made by the Ware Kramer To- bacco Co., of Wilson, N. C, that ment ■ (meaning thereby tlie American Tobact.o Co.). "That finding it impos- sible for an independent factory to live, he had made terms" (or an agreement) Chicago Journal's Scheme to Prevent in- discriminatc Sandbagging. Tiieie is alw.ivs soinethini/ of tresh interest in these little extracts fro'.n the Ghic.igo Journil, ant! it is to be hoped that the writer of them is <;ettin;^ his me lis regularly. Any break in their succession would be a calamity. For those men who have not the time "with the trust whereby the Wells reports have been circulated by enemies Whitehead Tobacco Co. could live and to give to a thorougli memorizing of the of the company to the effect that the make money." list of proscribed stores, it is suggested Ware.Krame. Co. was organ.ed by .he't"r,™^,"„''1f'°.he%"^^:.Kr:t" "'- .•.'- J""'""' '^^ ^' -^">- ^'^"'"^ and illustrated text book that a man Boykin & Co., wholesale grocers of Xobacco Co. for the purpose of conduct Wilson, at the instigation of the American ing an independent cigarette business might consult when he wants to smoke Tobacco Co. for the purpose of killing the Wells-Whitehead Co., which concern the American Tobacco Co. had been making futile efforts to kill or buy. The officials of the Ware Kramer Co. say they have heard such reports as these a number of times, and they are decid- because he w.is convinced that The American Tobacco Co had secured control of the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co., as it seemed to be their policy to buy the controlling interest in certain factories which were injuring them, and afterwards allowing them to run as independent factories. At the first meeting of the stock- and finds himself in front of a store. In that way any dinger of being sandbagged by getting in the wrong >tore, would be minimized. The extract: Alarmed by the continuous agitation waged by the independent tobacco dealers against the tobacco trust and its cigar stores, the promoters of the trust h ive be- come alarmed at the decrease in their edly sore about them for the reason that holders of the Ware Kramer Tobacco they are calculated to do an independent Co., Mr. D. S. Hoskin, of the wholesale business and are seeking means to con- factory much harm. grocery firm of Boykin & Co , was unan- trovert the campaign of the small dealers. T,. .1 u . .u^ imously elected president because of his Warnmgs of these secret means have The company says the boot is on the 3,,penor business abilit> and recognized been received from the small de.lers other leg, and as a result, the following financial standing, affidavit was prepared and made public which is, to say the least, sensational: F. U. Ware, being duly sworn, deposes and says: themselves at the headquarters of the In- On about the 8th day of September, dependent Tobacco Dealers' association, 1904, after the organization of The Ware and in these letters the stand taken by Kramer Tobacco Co., the president of the Chicago dealers in their fi^'ht agiinst the Wells-Whitehead Tobacco Co., in a the New York trust is applauded. ihat he was from the organization of conversation with affiant relative to the Letters have been received from con- of affiants resignation as sumersaskmg to be posted on the location of trust stores. the Wells-Whitehead Tobacco Co. in acceptance January, 1 900,"" uritil YhVlth 'day of "^^"^ger of the Wells-Whitehead To- , ., . •' J y - •' - bacco Co and the organization of the "I want to know where these store are said to located so that I can avoid them," writes September, 1904, the manager of said company. That affiant learned on or about the 18th day of July, 1904, that a controlling interest in the stock of the Wells- Whitehead Tobacco Co. had been sold to parties whose names the president of the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co. (who negotiated and consummated the sale) refused to disclose. On that date, affiant tendered his resignation as manager of said company, which was not accepted, however, until the 8th day of September, Ware Kramer Tobacco Co. , affiant: one West side man, "I won't patronize "Do you know what the Standard Oil them knowingly, and think it woultl be a Co. is? good plan for all men who smoke and "Do you know what the American want to see fair play to communicate with Tobacco Co. is? the headquarters of the independent "Do you know what the Morton dealers and find out the standing of the Trust Co. is? man from whom they buy their tobacco "And you surely do know what the and cigars. Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co. is. "I don't want to be imposed upon, and "Now these four are one, and will I won't be any longer. I am ready to crush hell out of you and your new go out of my way to fight this trust. " 1904. That in the mean time the president company. If you go to China. Japan or vvi.vi^%% of the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co., anywhere in the world we will follow ^^y^ WAREHOUSE IN who was retained under the new regime y"".^/^" ^o the gates of hell and crush as president, used his best efforts to the life out of your company. ^ We will induce affiant to remain manager of the ^^ ^his by fair means or foul _______., r. U. WARE. company. That, after affiant tendered his resigna This doubtless made interesting read tion as manager, but before it was ing for the Wells Whitehead Co., which [CINCINNATI. It is Thought to be Part of Barley Grow- era* Association Prosposition. Cincinnati, O. , Feb. 25. A new independent warehouse was accepted, the president of the Wells- ^as always been considered a staunch opened in this city this week in the old Whitehead Tobacco Co. stated to affiant independent company. It is an important Collins house, 7 to 17 East Water street, that he "had tried hard to make success J^ disclaims anv connection which is known at the Huckeye Tobacco as an independent manufacturer, but it concern, ana disclaims any connection . / ,^ , was impossible for an independent con- whatever with the American Tobacco Co. Warehouse. A number of Kentucky people are said to be interested in the deal, but it does business under the name of A. Bradford & Co. Though nothing definite has been given out as to the identity of those who are financing the project it is believed that it is one of the ramifications of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association, and that the capital is money that was intended to be used in that deal. If the COMBINE RAISES BURLEY PRICES. Those who aver that it is another move against the Burley Association argue that Firmness in Cincinnati Market May be ^^^ raising of the prices will cause the Move Against Growers* Association. Cincinnati, O. , Feb. 24. The tobacco combine raised the price on white burley in this market and is buying freely. It is thought that the move is made as the driving of another nail in the coffin of the Burley Growers' Association, which is generally admitted farmers to unload in a very short time, so that there will not be even the slight- est chance of cornering the market by the association. It is said that buyers for the combine have been securing large lots of tobacco ^^^y j^^d gone through it is thought that _ direct from the farmers, which means a ^^^^ ^f ^^e crop would have come to .»,.... .^ c*v,.....vv,- ^Qnsiderable loss in warehouse receipts. .. • ^^.^rt^hnwn*^ to h#» marlfftpH to have failed because of the refusal of ... . ^ . at I warehouse to be marketed. Anticipating a tremendous inflow of As it is, the managers of the new ware New York capitalists to finance Its opera- ^^^^^^^ when the farmers, generally, do house expect to get considerable of the tions. begin to market their crops, circulars Kentucky business, and there was a very Others think, however, that there is a j^^^^ ^een sent to them calling attention fair showing on the first sales. Tandy more simple reason — that the combine to the advantages of this market over the Quisenberry, an old Louisville inspector, was running short and desired to secure Louisville market, and it is hoped and will do the inspecting, D. C. Collins, the an ample supply quickly even at consid- believtd that the major portion of the auctioneering, while Abner Pryor, of erable expense. crop will be marketed here. Eminence, Ky. , is the county agent. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD R^ENLOHR^ MISNETOCIGAR N 7*? St HARTMAN & KOHN, PbifaJelphia f>' (lord LANCASTER, lOcI) ill Ml k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKHLBY. 5c.) Channing Allen @. Co. Manufacturers of FINE CIGABS 419 Locusi St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE. NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA ■•St Popiiltf All Havana Cigar KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN (H MOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ""The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Reputable Distribntors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. /\^ Qalves (^ Qo. <^^^^ Havana 123 n. third st J M PORTERS Or^^ HILJkOei^HIA WITH THE TRADE IN CHICAGO OFFICIAL OF INDEPENDENT CO. CHARGES STRONG THREATS. ^^"^^ ^® ^^^"^ where they are. *.»/■ ■' -vj-^-y4''i^i i>kiL%.Aj Traide is Better «k.nd ILetoLiiers OLte More Cheerful. Chicago, Feb. i8. The better weather in the past few days has had the effect of stimulating trade somewhat, especially among retailers, which, in numerous instances, is reported livelier than last week. President Breitung, of the Chicago Branch, Cigar Dealers' Association of America, reports a favorable increase in association stamps being used by the local manufacturers, a fact which is of great encouragement to all friends of the independent movement. John R. Thompson, the popular owner of numerous Chicago restaurants, has leased and reopened the large store on Randolph street, formerly owned by -Charles H. Slack. In addition to the large stock of groceries, Mr. Thompson will carry a large line of cigars and tobaccos. W. F. Monroe has returned from his trip to Tampa and vicinity, and reports a very pleasant visit. The American Tobacco Co. is said to be inaugurating quite a lively campaign in this market for the Murad cigarette. S. B. Steele, of the Steele -Wedeles Co., is in Atlantic City. Ralph Simmons, the energetic young representative at this place for Morris Jacoby & Co., New York, has returned from a several weeks' trip to Western points, where he got a good touch of zero weather and saw the "beautiful" in goodly quantities. Mr. Simmons thinks Chicago' s a fairly good climate, after all. Leopold & Mergentheim, sole distrib- utors of the celebrated La Tremona cigars, are exhibiting their usual up-to- dateness by a very attractive window display this week. R. L. Berlizheimer, who has been struggling several weeks with a severe attack of pneumonia, is on the mend sufficiently to be able to sit up part of the time, but is not yet strong enough to meet his many friends. Leo Tuska, the well known leaf broker in the Northern office building, is extend- ing his Milwaukee patronage by several days' visit in that popular city. The well established firm of Charles D. Altschul & Co. continue to add laurels to their reputation as makers of clear Havana cigars, as is evidenced from the' growth of their business locally and else- where. A visit to their factory gives one at least a faint suspicion that "there's somethin' doin*. " Adolph Seckbach, of A. Santaella & Co., has left for a ten days' trip to Eastern points. £• R. L. — The death is reported of Adam P. Hill, a man well known on the Louis- ville breaks as an auctioneer, who died at his residence, 1032 Hepburn avenue, Louisville, Ky., last week. Pneumonia, contracted while following his vocation, was the cause of Mr. Hill' s death. conducted in some of the Southern news papers, which has for its cause the F. D. Ware, of Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co., of Wilson, N. C, Swears that ^^''""^^l^^^^l^^l^^^^^^ ^l^'"""* '"' President of Wells-Whitehead Co. Threatened, as Part of Trust, iscnmma c to "Crush Hell Out of Mr. Ware's Company." '^'^*^^^ *' ^'^^y^ something of fresh interest in these little extracts from the A very dramatic controversy is being cern to succeed and buck the govern- Chicago Journal, and it is to be hoped ment" (meaning thereby the American that the writer of them is getting his Tobacco Co.). "That finding it impos- ^^^,3 regularly. Any break in their ^ sible for an mdependent factory to live, ... , . claim made by the Ware- Kramer To- he had made terms" (or an agreement) succession would be a calamity, bacco Co., of Wilson, N. C, that "with the trust whereby the Wells- For those men who have not the time reports have been circulated by enemies Whitehead Tobacco Co. could live and to give to a thorough memorizing of the of the company to the effect that the make money." list of proscribed stores, it is suggested Ware-Kramer Co. was organised by .he^^^TarXn^rthtwl^lKrl':: "•« '"^ ■"""-' -^ \"""^ P""'-* Boykin & Co., wholesale grocers of Tobacco Co. for the purpose of conduct- ^"^ illustrated text book that a man Wilson, at the instigation of the American ing an independent cigarette business might consult when he wants to smoke Tobacco Co. for the purpose of killing because he was convinced that The and finds himself in front of a store. In American Tobacco Co. had secured control of the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co., as it seemed to be their policy to buy the controlling interest in certain factories which were injuring them, and the Wells -Whitehead Co., which concern the American Tobacco Co. had been making futile efforts to kill or buy. The officials of the Ware Kramer Co. that way any danger of being sandbagged by getting in the wrong store, would be minimized. The extract: Alarmed by the continuous agitation waged by the independent tobacco dealers against the tobacco trust and its cigar stores, the promoters of the trust h ive be- come alarmed at the decrease in their say they have heard such reports as these afterwards allowing them to run as . , . J , J J independent factories, a number of times, and they are dead- ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ edly sore about them for the reason that holders of the Ware Kramer Tobacco they are calculated to do an independent Co., Mr. D. S. Boykin, of the wholesale business and are seeking means 10 con- factory much harm. grocery firm of Boykin & Co , was unan- trovert the campaign of the small dealers. T-. ^ „ ., ^ , . • ,K-> imously elected president because of his Warnings of these secret means have Ine company says the boot is on tiie -l-*^..,- , -.u -ji u hji *^ -^ ' . superior business ability and recognized been received from the small dealers other leg, and as a result, the following financial standing. themselves at the headquarters ol the In- On about the 8th day of September, dependent Tobacco Dealers' association, 1904, after the organization of The Ware and in these letters the stand taken by Kramer Tobacco Co., the president of the Chicago dealers in their fight against the Wells-Whitehead Tobacco Co., in a the New York trust is applauded. 1 hat' he' was from the organization of conversation with affiant relative to the Letters have been received from con- the Wells-Whitehead Tobacco Co in acceptance of affiant's resignation as sumers asking to be posted on the location January, 1900, until the 8th day of "^^^^^ger of the Wells-Whitehead To- of trust stores. September, 1904. the manager of said bacco Co and the organization of the "1 want to know where these store a rnmnanv Warc Kramer Tobacco Co., said to located so that 1 can avoid them, writ affidavit was prepared and made public which is, to say the least, sensational: F. D. Ware, being duly sworn, deposes and says: are ites affiant: one West side man, "I won't patronize "Do you know what the Standard Oil them knowingly, and think it would be a Co. is? good plan for all men who smoke and "Do you know what the American want to see fair play to communicate with the headquarters of the independent the Morton dealers and find out the standing of the man from whom they buy their tobacco "And you surely do know what the and cigars. Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co. is. "I don't want to be imposed upon, and "Now these four are one, and will I won't be any longer. I am ready to crush hell out of you and your new go out of my way to fight this trust " 190^' Thit in the meantTme the'preside'nt «ompany. If you go to China. Japan or %•*%•%%% of the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co., anywhere in the world we will follow j^^.^ WAR.EHOUSE IN rciNCINNATI. who was retained under the new regime yo" even to the gates of hell and crush as president, used his best efforts to the life out of your company. ^ We will induce affiant to remain manager of the ^^ ^^'s by fair means or fouL company. ^^ ». Ware. That, after affiant tendered his resigna This doubtless made interesting read- tion as manager, but before it was ing for the Wells Whitehead Co., which company That affiant learned on or about the i8th day of July, 1904, that a controlling interest in the stock of the Wells- Whitehead Tobacco Co. had been sold to parties whose names the president of Tobacco Co. is. the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Co. (who "^^ V?" ^"o^ ^^^^ negotiated and consummated the sale) Trust Co. is. refused to disclose. On that date, affiant tendered his resignation as manager of said company, which was not accepted, however, until the 8th day of September, It is Thought to be Part of Barley Grow- ers' Association Prosposition. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 25. A new independent warehouse was accepted, the president of the Wells- j^^s always been considered a staunch opened in this city this week in the old Whitehead Tobacco Co. stated to affiant . , j » _ i. - „ :^„«,»..„» Collins house 7 to 17 East Water street that he "had tried hard to make success independent company. It is an important Collins house, 7 to 17 ^^^^ ^ater street, as an independent manufacturer, but it concern, and disclaims any connection which is known at the Buckeye Tobacco was impossible for an independent con- whatever with the American Tobacco Co. Warehouse. A number of Kentucky ^ people are said to be interested in the deal, but it does business under the name of A. Bradford & Co. Though nothing definite has been given out as to the identity of those who COMBINE RAISES BURLEY PRICES. Those who aver that it is another move against the Burley Association argue that Firmness in Cincinnati Market May be ^^it raising of the prices will cause the Move Against Growers* Association. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 24. The tobacco combine raised the price on white burley in this market and is buyi»g freely. It is thought that the move is made as the driving of another nail in the coffin of the Burley Growers* Association, which is generally admitted to farmers to unload in a very short time, ^^^ financing the project it is believed so that there will not be even the slight- ^^^^ j^ j^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ramifications of the est chance of cornering the market by g^^j^y Tobacco Growers' Association, the association. ^^^ ^^^^ ^j^^ c?,i^\X2>\ is money that was It is said that buyers for the combine intended to be used in that deal. If the have been securing large lots of tobacco ^^^j ^^^ g^„^ ^^rough it is thought that ^ ^ _^_ _ ^>''«ct from the farmers, which means a ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ave come to *"''*""""', ""7" " 6— "-'""/ .--......~- considerable loss in warehouse receipts. ., ;_ war#»hoii«!<» to he marketed have failed because of the refusal of ... . ^ , a c '"* warenouse to oe marketea. .,, „ , ... ^ . Anticipating a tremendous inflow of As it is, the managers of the new ware - New York capitalists to finance its opera- ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ generally, do house expect to get considerable of the tions. begin to market their crops, circulars Kentucky business, and there was a very Others think, however, that there is a j^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ calling attention fair showing on the first sales. Tandy more simple reason — that the combine to the advantages of this market over the Quisenberry, an old Louisville inspector, was running short and desired to secure Louisville market, and it is hoped and will do the inspecting, D. C. Collins, the an ample supply quickly even at consid- believed that the major portion of the auctioneering, while Abner Pryor, of erable expense. crop will be marketed here. Eminence, Ky. , is the county agent. TENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE A. C^^-^^^s Cfi Oo <^^p Havana 123 n. IMPORTERS OF THIRD ST HILAOeU^HIA JiVetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF ^Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ^ VOUKDXD 1855. T* Dohan. »D8lT»< Wm. H. Dohan. ^^ DOHAN & TAITT, D g, J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of f^^^^P^ IO7 Aich St. J^eaf Tobacco\ ^«»^ ) philada. j,^\S BREMER'S \JC^^^ ^ • IMPORTERS OP ^^ Havana and Sumatra aod PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia >A.ERS' -^'i^^^- ^ItM^WMM-:^ -^^^^m.-. ifi^yi>. J -*-- . ■ m^-^ismt JITLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg 8z Bro. Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^T^^^ ^ O /^/^/^ Packers of" Seed Leaf J^ LflJctLyLyiJ 232 North Third St., Phila. IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABu SIDNB¥ JJ/ BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBACCO 231 and 2J3 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO ^ SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA ^ HI Arch St., Philadelphia \: tanctster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwlntyffle.K.Y. liEOPOliD 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. ]§/-, PuOAOEU^^aAjiL The Empire '™P«rtmalD^^^^^^^ L — ^ SEED LEAF, m eaf lobacco havana SUMATRA iU 118 N.3(l St. Phila. Co., Ltd. IMPORTERS OF J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/ISeO IMPORTMRS 0/ I #1 1 Ollllg & a ewman, Sumatra & Havana ^s,^ 2J» N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. Patkmn of &eed LtAf. SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE N. THIRD ST PHILAOeLPHIA $ StIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. i The Old Salesman's Musings. X A LITTLE WISDOM THAT IS EVI- lessly handicapped at the start, that the DENTLY NEEDED. moral effect would prevent me from get- In the editorial columns of last week's ing any results. Tobacco World. I noticed an artitcle I honestly believe if. in the present which took for its motive the declaration day, a man were tostartinbusinessgiving of a couple of tobacco manufacturers that loi cents for a dollar, there would be few they were throwing money away when transactions if he didn't do any adver- they spent it for advertising. The editor tising. That may sound silly, but I've made a few remarks on the foolishness seen so many first class propositions go of such an attitude. to the wall because there wasn't sufficient I want to second those remarks, boys, capital to advertise properly, and I ve and to make the assertion that a man seen so many much poorer schemes sue who has a contempt for advertising is an ceed, when there was. that I've got a imbecile, to whom I wouldn't lend a two- right to be prejudiced. spot if I thought I would need it again. I don't mean to say that a man with a I'm a pretty old bird, I've seen the bad penny can sell it for a dollar if he world quite some since I've been around, advertises in the right way, but I will and it causes me a whole lot of surprise say that he stands a pretty good chance that any man level-headed enough to be of selling seventy- five cents for a dollar mt the head of a business, would make by that method, provided he doesn't lie use of hot air in that careless way. too much about it. , .. u. ««- irn*M» of the I'll tell you an incident that recently Whv. I thought every one knew o! tne ' . . , , »u- »« . r *u »i>o.,« K-*.n made came to my notice, which has nothing to numberless fortunes that have t)cen maae ^ , . , . numoeriess lori ^^^^„^]^re arti- do with business proper, but which shows from the sale of some commonplace arti- r j .• • irom luc ^^^ ^^jy^ ^^ advertising: cle. and that have been made solely as » m result of the tremendous investments in Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia In a town of six or seven thousand J. JttflHliOrl BflRflES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in ConQbas, Londres and Perfecto Sbapea. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA, advertising. not a great many miles from Philadel- ^ A u«-» fh^t a mer Phia, is a Methodist church, which as is I thouffht everybody knew that a mer- f > . , . • „. 1 tnougni CYC y 7 ^.^j^ .^^ ^ j^^g ^ . .yg^j^ai. ^ chant experiences a demand for what has „, ,^ , . ^ v cnam expend j u o «« winter To those who are not familiar K«*n and is beine advertised and has no wmtci. ±^M k , . , been and is Dcing aave ^^h the philosophy of this sect let it be call for what the consumer has no chance , . f ^ f \ u • »^ ♦« can lor "" explained that the church is supposed to to know anything about ^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ .^.^^^^ I thoueht everybody knew that the joD- ^ . . . . iinougmccjr J by md. winter and so a quickening is Kj»r ivniild rather deal in something that / 1 , . ber wouia rair^cr & advisable. This is brought about by he knows is being well advertised and ** * =» • ^ ' ne Knows « 6 meetings, and the presence of conseauentlyw 11 move more readily than ""* ^ , u • consequcuuy spe:ial evangelists who make a busmess experimental goods. .^ . .v, of conducting such affairs. The meet- I thought everybody knew that the ^^^ .posed to attract a number of jobber would rather buy what he has J^^.^^^^ .^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ seen advertised in an ad meant to appeal , , , • , t. . i o him. than the good, that a salesman In this church the revival has taken tries to shoot in on his own personality place according to schedule every year but of late years they have seemed more "*' I^n shorU thoughteverybody knew that - matter of form than anything else, and advertising h a s come to control the ^w converts have been secured. The market, and that the consumer is guided church is now in the hands of a new and by it, instinctively regarding the house young minister, who is more of a busi- that can't afford to advertise, as very ness man than a minister. In fact he , announced at the start that he considered tmy p^otatoe^s. ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ _^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ .^ ^^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ that constitute the first principles of he worked along those lines. business and I've never had any reason He planned an advertising campaign to change my opinion. I know that no just as complete and thorough as a New matter how good a salesman I was, I York business house would conceive and wouldn't be the poor son-of-a-gun to be^an operations. He had special meet- start out for a house that was never in the ini,a, or rather extra meetings, sometimes habit of advertising. I'd feel so hope- (Concluded on page 7) JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 Soutii Street, Philadelpliia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD t-'TlEALM OPT/IB l^ETAILETJS THX TOBACCO WORLD CIGARS AT $5 PER. y TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- ^ TERPRISING DEALERS. 25 "LJOW many dealers keep $5 cigars ir^ % stock? Not $$ a hundred, but $$ THE SHOW WINDOW. of the cheaper stock. A good line of THE show window is created solely quarter pipes can be made to look very that samples of the stock may be attractive to to a slender purse, but never shown to the very best advantage and by shoving them alongside $2 and $y act as a business getter, and if the pipes. arrangement is not always carefully In planning a general arrangement of studied for the best results, or if the dis- the stock bear in mind that there should apiece for every one that you buy — VERY effort should be made to keep J5 000 for one thousand of them, and the store clean, light and full of nothing off for cash? pure air. Nothing is more attractive to There's a certain dealer who claims to ■ h A • customers than these points. Too often, ^o some business on these high priced play is thrown up hastily.it becomes a be three ways of arranging the goods: windows are not only dirty, but are piled smokes. He says that every once in a complete waste of space which cannot first, for exhibition purposes; second, high with merchandise, which keeps out ^^-^^^ spprty-looking men will come in be used for any other purpose. ^or the same as the first, with the addi- the light and air. Spotless walls, clean, ^^d demand the best in the store, where- A show window is in a position where tional advantage of being close enough upon they are shown the $5 article. it must be looked into, and if it be prop- for examination; third, a respectable ..The cigars are all Havana." says the erly dressed, it presents the cheapest and arrangement of the stock from which sales well dusted shelves and counters, pure air and sunshine, are better advertise ments than six months' insertion in the dealer, '.including the wrapper. They most effective means of advertising the are to be made. And always remember newspapers. are five times as large as the ordinary goods in the store, because it costs noth. that you must please the buyer's eye, Too many dealers fail to see the value londres or perfccto, and as it is rather ing but the expense of the actual dressing, It is a much better plan to show a of the advertisement which is presented j^ard to get a Havana leaf large enough the material used in decoration being small stock and show it well and pack by the general appearance of everything ^o wrap cigars of this size, they naturally regular stock. t^e rest of the stock in the storage rooms, connected with the store. Windows ^ost I should say that in a thousand The decoration should be made with than to attempt to crowd everything m hands of Havana we wouldn't find more an abundance of light, which should not where it can be seen and accomplish than one leaf of the proper size and be allowed in any case to glare in the nothing but a confusing jumble of mis- quality. faces of the passersby or the lookers on. cellany. "The men who get them like them. The lighting should be arranged like a If a clerk shows a disposition or an though, and I think that it is often the stage, with footlights, sidelights and top. aptness for harmony of arrangement, the Push new ideas. Make your store ^ase where a broker or big business man lights. A row of lights at the bottom of dealer should encourage it and allow him the headquarters for them. Do not be ^ho has put through a juicy deal sue- the window, properly screened from the to develop it. Practice and ambition afraid to ask advice of clerks as to the cessfully, if he doesn't feel like going out outside and placed close to the glass, will soon make the clerk invaluable and adoption of new ideas or the purchase of ^nd drinking a bottle of wine, will send acts as footlights and keeps the frost will be sure to bring out the right ideas new merchandise. They have an inti- over and get a cigar for a five spot. from collecting on the window pane, mate acquaintance with many customers "The other day an errand boy came in The incandescent electric light is by should be kept well dressed and clean. While there may be no means of having moving or automatic displays, a simple, well kept, clean window is sufficient to attract attention. which you may not have, and in many cases can give advice that is worth hun- dreds of dollars. The subject of advertising plays a and sauntered up to the counter. .Give me a cigar,* said he, in a languid tone. .Aw — something for about $$.' .'I said, .Sneak out of here, kid,' but far the best for window purposes and justifies the expense. The light is clear and strong, and can be placed in any position among inflammable material even if they do not serve specifically to if he has them in kim. THEY WILL ATTRACT THE CR.OWD. TJERE are a few simple window dis- plays that will attract attention large part in the management of a store, ^g threw down a $5 and named the right without danger. advertise the goods; The principal point in advertising is to brand, so I knew he'd been sent to get The best results have been obtained A fountain playing in the centre of the place before the public attractive, new. j^^ yy^ don't keep more than a million from frequently changed aisplays, each window, with gold fish swimming in a «%i««/%%^ and if possible, original ideas. If your of them in stock, though." store is divided into departments, or if you have made certain clerks responsible for certain classes of goods, it will be well to consult with them as to whether they have anything special which they wish advertised for sale. Old goods can be brought forward in this way an into money. When goods are mentioned in an advertisement, prices should be men- tioned with them. Some one has said that an advertisement without prices is like a man without a soul. The most important thing about the advertisement should be the prices. Never let the public read the same in DIDN'T HAVE *£N THEN TX7ILLIAM PI NKERTON. the famous detective, was praising the vari- ous cash register devices which nearly J , J every retailer now has in his store, d turned ' "These machines." he said. ..have undoubtedly diminished crime. They have saved many weak persons from a daily, an hourly temptation hard to with- stand. They have also saved employers a great deal of money, for they have driven the dishonest out ofa field of work wherein they loved to labor in the past. display exploiting one article instead of bowl 'oelow. The stock can be displayed a number. It is unwise to mix too much, in the scenery effect surrounding the as the effect becomes less striking in fountain. proportion to the increase of detail. Automatic window features are novel, ****'•'•'•'•' and can be made very attractive. A THE STORE INTERIOR. little steam engine costs but a few dollars, A LWAYS remember that a well dressed can be run with alcohol or gas. and may window must be properly backed be made to keep comical toys, or things up by a well arranged store interior, or a of more serious character, in motion, large percentage of the benefit is lost. Frequently a crayon portrait or photo- Nothing more quickly casts a feeling graph of some prominent man or woman of gloom and causes more depression placed in a window and properly decora- among customers than to enter a dark ted attracts attention, and the attention store with the stock carelessly arranged, is likely to be carried from the picture to Appearance is not everything, but it has the goods around it. Have a cigarmaker or a cigarette- maker in the window, particularly if she is a pretty girl. The working feature will attract a large crowd and hold it seeing 1 o a great deal to do with the consumma- "I heard of a clerk the other day who jj^^j ©f trade. thing twice in your advertisements, was getting $S a week. He had to be on ^o matter how good a brand may be, What they look for is something new, duty at 7 in the morning, and he was not j^s selling value depends an your or its and if they do not find it they will soon through till 7. and sometimes 8. at night, manufacturer's ability to make people People are interested in pass over your advertisement as un- The poor fellow had no time for any- accept its value. common things are made. worthy of notice. *^»"g ^"^ "^^^^ ^"^ ^^®^P- It is just as essential that goods be well Keep changing working displays and One maxim might be made, which "He found time, though, to get mar- handled and arranged in the store as well have just as many of them as possible, will hold throughout every branch of ried, and the week after the ceremony he as in the window; remember the old say- Action is everything, and action in store management, and that is. that asked his employer for a raise. ing that one man may lead a horse to water window display to attract people is worth only unusual methods accomplish results. " .Why, Horace, the employer said, but six can not make him drink. You a dozen times as much as inaction. Careful study of the business; constant 7°" are getting |8 a week. What ails ^an get people to enter your store by an if the dealer will encourage one of his consultation with everyone interested; the yo"? When I was your age I kept a effective window, but if they are chilled clerks, by financial appreciation, to study attention of the management to the sug wife and two children on $S a week and q„ entering, they will make a small pur- window dressing carefully, and will give gestions of every employe, however hum- saved money besides.' ble: the constant effort to keep up to date, " 'They didn't have cash registers in and adopt new and good methods— these those days,' said Horace bitterly." make up the sum and substance of good 'V9^%/*fw*^*f% store management chase, if any, and never come back. him full scope, insisting on simplicity You haven't g o t anything in your and one thing at a time, the generally store that is so cheap or so unhandsome wasted space of the show windows in the that it cannot he made to appear to ad- country will yield a good return. — A cigar manufacturing firm from vantage. But always be careful not to ********' Perkasieis negotiating for the lease of show poor goods in close contrast to THEfirstshipment of leaf tobacco from , !_ r 1-1 J 1 _!.,. j-1- , , this country to England was made in tht Youicau t accomphfh special results the factory building recently vacated oy better goods in the same class, as the year 1616, when 20,000 pounds wert withouti special effort Boltz, Clymer & Co., at Coopersburg, Pa. only result will be to show up the defects exported. Every Store Can Afford a National M National is an Investment, Afot an Expense. Some merchants give as a reason for not purchasing a cash register that it costs too much. If you have such an idea in your mind wipe it out, for we can furnish you with cash regis- ters to fit your business and your purse. 'CUT OFF HERE' It Pays for Itself Out of the First Year's Savings. Our registers are fully guar- anteed and thoroughly reliable in every respect. We can sell you a register on Easy Monthly Payments Which enable you to pay for the register out of the money it saves. •MJUL TO US TODJtr- INATIOINAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, OHIO / ou'ti a. -sdn-e. PleaHC Name Addrexa explain vihat kind of a rcgixter ik best suited for my hit. tine ax. Thin dnt'H not obligate me to buy. The Tobacco World. Xo. Clerkn. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. Now. I don't want to hear anymore (Concluded from^page 5) about money being wasted on advertising, held in the little theatre of the^town. and for I'm apt to get disgusted and if the he preached a series of [sermons on worst comes to the worst 1 may have to catchy subjects. The public was told of all these ky cards in the newspapers, and circulars, folders, cards, etc., attractively printed and presenting its matter in an enter- taining form. The people began to take notice and to attend the services. When he judged the time was ripe, lower my opinion of somebody. The Oi o Salesman. WHY THE BURLEY DEAL FELL. Man Who Claims to Know Telia How H&.ppened. A Kentucky paper prints the follow the minister began his regular nightly i^g "^^'^^^ ^^ interesting, if correct, con- revival meetings, continuing his adver- ^erning the failure of the plan for the tising. He saw to it that everybody in farmers to corner the hurley market, town had a chance to read his literature. >^hich was engineered by President Haw- and old sinners who hadn't seen the in- kins, who blamed the Standard Oil Co. side of a church for years, began to rally and the American Tobacco Co. forhavmg round the organ. brought about the failure: The meetings lasted four weeks, and ^ "Edwards Ritchie, who was in New , , , , , u A York during the efforts of certam capi at the end of that time the church had ^^j.^^^ ^^ ^^^^.^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ an added membership of about 125, tobacco market in the interest of the which was at least a 35 percent increase, growers as against the tobacco combine. Nothing like it has been seen in the has arrived home. Mr. Ritchie is a , r 1 .- ^A «^ .„of»«r close friend of Archibald Stuart, the rhurch for a long time, and no matter _. . . , , l . • j ^ • cnurcii iwi «» o • 1 u Cincinnati broker, who tried to swing how long these new comers stick, they ^j^^ ^j^^^i Hence Mr. Ritchie had an are there now. and it is safe to assume opportunity to become acquainted with that a fair percentage of them will remain, the facts of the matter which had the ,, , , ,.^., attention of the entire tobacco interests As as a matter of fact, beyond a little ^^ ^^^ ^^.^^^ g^^^^^ ,^^^^ Standard extra music, the meetings consisted of qjj qq jj^d nothing to do with the nothing that had not been tried before, matter,' said Mr. Ritchie. 'The tobacco and the advertising cost considerably combine is second in power only to the , ,. ., v.,„. Standard Oil Co. It has an influence in less than the traveling evangelists have ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^^^ been in the habit of carrying away in ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ withdraw from the their pockets, no matter what their plan to take up the burley crop. Every- success thing went all right until the financial It was a case of advertising, pure and power of the tobacco combine was en- ^ . . , r u;ii:«„ «, countered. To use a figure of speech, simple, and it is only one of a billion or ^^^^^^^ ^^„ ^^ ^y^^ ^^^^^^^ combine more proofs. It's a rather new scheme, ^^^^^ above the horizon it melted the this exploiting of heaven by the modem opposition as easily as Old Sol does the ad-writer, but it worked all right 1 snow.' ' , A. Galves (^ Qo. ^^^ Havana 123 n. third st ^1 IMPORTERS O^^^ "^ PniLAOELfHiA BREMER BROS. & BOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ivnd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco JOHN O. FEHR. Es«»blUh.d 1883. GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U. FEHR & SON, Leaf Tobacco yoo Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READING, PA. B0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. S.Weinberg tAFijRTMti OF ^fumatra and Ha%fi8c!« Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal 120 North Third Street. ir ReUil Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. Philadelphia. Tobacco ■. YcfoKhik. Importer of G. H. BOESCH, AND Dealer in LCaf TofoaCCO SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. VELENCHIK BUGS. asfb LEAF T0B>q©©O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA I«OniS BYTHINBR J PRiNCB LOUIS BYTHINER & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 Race St. -j- ,- j i i^* and Commission Merchants. A Kll&dclpni&« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERIVIANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN . G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of ^^ Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in oumatra>''navana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo. Cable — RoTiSTA. MVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S en C Growers ai\d Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : •Angel," Havana 20, HavandL p. O. Box 98 HAVANA MARKET IS GROWING QUIETER. Stocks Have Been Well Picked Over, and Although There are a Few Good Vegas Left, Prices Asked are Above Buyer's Views. Economical Buyers Will be Disappointed. [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco Very little change has taken place in the market situation, sales show a further retrograde movement, and it almost looks as if the active season is going to give place to the coming quieter spring period, when the number of buyers is less, and the stocks having been picked over, offer less incentive to prospective purchasers. Nevertheless, there are some good vegas still to be had, only the holders are asking figures above the views of the buyers in town, and this prevents a larger business from being done. People who come here to find good tobacco will be sorely disappointed if they expect to get it at low prices. In fact, if it should prove true later on that the reports of the 1905 crop are not exaggerated in producing a shorter yield than i904ofVuelta Abajo, Partido and Rcmedios, then it will be impossible to count upon lower prices, and the present figures paid for last year's growth may still be considered low. There may be a diflFerence of opinion held, whether for a producing country it is preferable to have a short crop which sells at elevated prices, or to have an abundant growth which can only be marketed at figures which barely cover the cost of production. The buyers naturally prefer the latter state of affairs, but as they cannot always have their own way they usually try to make the best of existing conditions, at the same time trying to find cheaper substitutes. Supply and demand rule all commer- cial relations, and prices are regulated accordingly; therefore, if the former is too short and the figures asked are out of proportion, the demand becomes less, causing the desired reaction by the employment of an inferior, cheaper article. Tobacco undoubtedly may be termed nowadays a necessity, as the majority of the adult male sex cannot do without it in some form or other, but Havana tobacco is more of a luxury which only the well-to-do classes can afford to enjoy. Prosperity in the United States has undoubtedly stimulated the clear Havana industry wonderfully, and also helped to increase the importation of Havana cigars from this island; therefore, surely the farmers and dealers here will be only too anxious not to kill the goose which is laying the golden egg. On the other hand, the farmers here are also entitled World.] Havana, February 20, 1905. to a fair compensation for their arduou^ labors, which often enough in years when there was a large crop they have failed to receive; therefore, an equivalent rise in prices for a small crop ought not to work any injury to the northern buyers. Sales amounted 5,630 bales in all, or divided into 4,045 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 475 of Partido and i, 100 of Remedios. The United States buyers took 3,989 bales, the local cigar and cigarette manufac turers, 1,526. and for Europe, 115 bales were purchased. Total exports during the past week were 6, 724 bales, of which 6, 107 went to the United States, 597 to Europe (France, London and Germany), and 20 bales to Buenos Ayres. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: — E.J. Davenport, of Boston; Jules Zimmerman, of Chicago; Alfred Rossin, of S. Rossin & Sons, S. Ashner and George Kober, of S. Ashner, New York; A. Boasberg, of Kaiser & Boasberg, Buffalo. Departures: — Francisco Fonseca, Bar- ron Taylor, John Fielding, Leonard Friend, Isaac Bernheim, Domingo Villa mil and Max Stern, for New York; Oscar Reinach, Ignacio Haya and Facundo Arguelles, for Tampa. HaLvanoL Cigar MaLi\ufacturers in general are less busy, and while |new orders are coming in, they are in smaller quantities. As an explanation of this lessened demand, the extreme cold winter in the north, as well as in Europe, is cited, which undoubtedly affects busi- ness unfavorably. Several factories are said to have reduced the number of cigarmakers, although there are excep- tions. France is a good customer now, ordering at least 1,000,000 cigars to be shipped per month, which is however distributed among a limited number of factories only. Manufacturers look con- fidently for an increased movement next month. Exports per steamship Mexico were 3,697,740 cigars. H. Upmann & Co. are doing as well as they expected, and they shipped 400,- 000 cigars last week. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. have enough old orders on hand to keep them as busy as last month, and the call for Partagas cigars is as great as ever. Per Larranaga notes no diminution in the receipts of orders from the United I I I I I I I I I ^ ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Co ^ HAVANA, CUBA. Bdcrvkers and Coinmission Merchocnts I SHITTEP^S OF CIGAB^^ and LEAF TOBACCO I I The Celebrated HANUFACTURERS OP S^ CigSLf Bf ft.nd FACTORYs PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA. J Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopes RMMIGIO LOPEZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands La Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83 A Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. C«ta.blithed I860 El {^ico Henbane Faetot»y INDEPENDENT OF ANY TRUST OP Enrique Dorado & Co. Vuelta Abajo Cigars Purveyors to H. M. The King of Spain Estrella No. 171—7 ^y caWe: chaoaiva. Havana, Cuba. Narciso Gonzalez. Vknancio Diaz, Special. Sobrinos de Veaaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBACCO 10 AnH«s St.. H A V A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Box 856. P. Neumann. G. W. Michabi^sen. H. Prasss. FEDERICp IlEUlVIflrlN & CO. Commission Merchants SHIPPERS OF LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS Havana. Cuba. ^ Office, Obrapia 18. P. O. Box 28. Telegrams: Unicupw «sWitji .'•■ ' !• ^ /\^ Caz_i/e"s ^ Qo. <^o^j> Havana 123 n. third st PniLJiDEL^HIA IMPORTERS Leslie Pantin;'^' Tobacco Cofflmission Relliy 50, > P. S'^A'^*: Habana, Cuba BEHRENS & eO. Maattfactorers of the ^VCK ^^ Tji OlthrtLfd Braadt, <^5^^ ^'''^ ^^ M£:% SOX and '^^/sJirvtC*' LUIS MARX JfiAsAnt^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) and Dealers in LB3l I OuflCCO Figuras 39-41, ^'"'u^t^= Havana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. CMt Amtmo ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en l^ama BSPBCIAUBAD BN TAB A COS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIN H EDESA, martinez^Tedesa fn co. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco 102 Escobar Street, „^„^^,^ ^.,«^ cabio: *'Jxdbsa. ' HABANA, CUBA. Branch House: — 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Fla. & Jorf c Y. P. Castaaed* JOt^GE & P. CflSTflJlEDA GROWERS, PACKERS aad EXPORTERS of Ha^^^si lieaf TobacGO Dngones 108—110, HA VA NA AYMLiaO PAZOS <& CO. Almm99niaias d* Tabsfo 011 Mamu PRADO 1M3, HubMUM Royal Cigar Factory INDEPENDENT The Oldest Brand >ARTAGAS; YC 4^BAH^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Cable: ClFER. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Altnacenista de ±abaco en RantM Mspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Eama Specialty in Vueha. Abafo, Semi VueltoL y Partid«» IndustrieL 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOSe Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, (F. O. Box) Apartado 270. TJ o Ko n O ® Cable: Zalbzgon. JLIcIUcIIIcU AIXALA QL COm Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. •0-SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERSUBI P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." 1V[. GAHCIA PULilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER. IN VueltdL AbdLjo, PdLriido dLi\d Remedios cabic-Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. tid COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte j/s6, cabie--CAi*A. • HABANA, CUBA. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO W'ORLD II Established 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Nsnsger 2 Belascoain (B). HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mirk Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Ralei^K LaL Columnia de I«l VictorisL. Lbl IrmsL, and Lbl Guipuzcoana. r^«Afi^^ J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. States and abroad. The New York representative, Barron Taylor, was pleased with his visit to Havana, and promised Don Antonio J. Rirero, the manager, that Por Larranga will be pushed with vigor in the United States. The calls from Europe, South America and Australia are quite satisfactory. Behrens & Co. report a steady call for Sol cigars from all directions. The German man-of-war Bremen selected a large quantity of Sol cigars in preference to other brands. Rabell. Costa, Vales & Co. cannot complain about dull times, as Ramon AUoncs, Marques de Rabell and their other annexed brands are favorites with a large clientele in the United States and Europe. Crepusculo is doing a very fair busmess indeed, as J. F. Rocha & Co. are making 50,000 cigars per day and have no lack of orders, particularly from Europe. High Life, owned by Don Rafael G. Marques, has large orders for Spain, and the Chumica brand is gaining more friends in the United States daily. El Rico Habanero is progressing satis- factorily under the ownership of Enrique Dorado & Co., as the cigars sell well in tke United States, Great Britain, Canada and Germany. La Mas Fermosa and Magnetica de Cuba, made by Remigio Lopez & Co., kave constant orders from the United Sutes. Baying. S«llin| a^nd Other Notes off In- teresL Max Stern was again a hcary shipper tkis week, as he dispatched 2, 399 bales •f leaf tobacco to his house of Lewis Sylvester & Sons by the steamship Harana and Mexico, besides having made some additional purchases of fine VuelU Abajo leaf. G. Salomon & Hnos. sold 780 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios during the past week. Leonard Friend, who left on Saturday by the steamship Mexico, had purchased a few hundred more bales of the finest Vuelta Abajo, and only regretted that the stocks of the really choice growth were so reduced. Price was no object with him, as Friend & Co. only handle goods of prime quality of Vuelta Abajo, tierra liana district This has been the third visit of Don Leonard to Havana during the past six months, a proof that good tobaccos are easily recognized and are readily salable in the north. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. disposed of 605 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Ignacio Haya must have secured fully 1 ,000 bales of VuelU Abajo for his Tampa factory. Jorge y P. Castaneda turned over 525 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Facundo Arguelles did not leave empty handed this time, either, and his purchases have closely reached 800 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Rodriguez Baustita & Co. made some sales amounting to 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Oscar Reinach made some good pur- chases of Vuelta Abajo for the Fernandez Hnos. Co., of Tampa. Jose F. Rocha sold 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo. John Fielding secured some choice vegas of Vuelta Abajo for Rothschild & Bro., New York. Bruno Diaz & Co. disposed of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido of their select holdings. Francisco Fonseca left satisfied with the purchases made by him during his stay in town. Jose E Cayro e Hijo were sellers of 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. turned over 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez had a quiet week, the first one for a long time, as they only made one transaction of 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo. They have, however, some fine vegas left over for prospective buyers. Manuel Suarez & Co. are busy people; it seems they never lack customers. Manuel Garcia Pulido sold 170 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Leslie Pantin was a buyer for his customers to the tune of 600 bales last week. Muniz Hns. & Co. disposed of 150 bales of VuelU Abajo. Charles Blasco had a fair month so far, as his purchases for his customers already exceed 1,000 bales. A Pazos & Co. were kept busy by the sales of 131 bales of Vuelta Abajo to northern buyers. R«eetpta From th« Oemntrj Week Ending Since "Crepusculo," "Nene' and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crkpuscui:,o The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 9? Broad Street, New York. Bruno Diaz R. Rodrig^et B. DIflZ & CO. Growers atAd Packers of VuelidL Abajo and Pa^rtido TobsLCCO PRADO 125, Cable :— Z A i dco HABANA, CUBA, 6RAU. PL/INAS Y <2I/I. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Cable : Graplanas. Calzada de la ^eina 22, Habana, Cuba CHARLBS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo sg, cbi.- bi«co •• Habana, Cuba. GONZALMZ, BBNITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: -Tebenitei.- P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. SAReiyi Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mnaGeiiistas le Tanaco eii tania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cabler—RKFORM. HENRY VONEirr r. VIDAL CRVX Feb. 18. Bales Vuelta Abajo i.ioi Semi VuelU — Partido 35 Matanzas — S. Clara * Remedios i, 152 Santiago de Cuba — Total Jan. I. Bales 6.993 616 1,043 3 7,887 4.633 2,288 JOBBERS AILE NOT RETAILERS. The President of the cigar and To- bacco Merchamts* Association, of San Francisco, CaL, has called the attention of the members to the practice of Coast jobbers selling consumers cigars by the box at a very slight advance over the wholesale price to the retailer. VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''•E^*o7ter,''o, LEAFTOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. BaUimore Street. Baltimore. Nd.; P. O. Bok 433. TaLmpm.. Fteu CIOAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to order*. Cig«rt laidc strictly of tkc Tcry botl VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO la THB TOBACCO WORLD f^OTHSCfFfTC ^W^ Water _^ LBAF TOBACCO. opnccs : DETROIT, MICH. ROAM, HOLLAND HAVANA .CUBA. New Yoi»9C> ■AtCMOCNcn. CABLE AOORCSS 'TACHUCLA* JV^JSW YOR^. fOS. 8. CANS MOSKS J. CANS JKROMK "WALLER EDWIN I. ALKXANDRR JOSEPH S. CANS ^ CO. Importers & Packers of rekphone-346 John. No. 150 WsLtcr Street, NEW YORK. Leaf Tobacco Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF Bitabllihed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.BERNHEIM& HAVANA TOBACCO U&\ ISI^EA^ iBa^S^ c»05e. ^VANA tUBA Importers off Sumatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son % L KMinBGWAi m Office, 183 Water St iatcriukMtaii NEW YORK ♦.4.4^4.4.4.4.^*^4****4'*'*>*>*****^*->^'^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦J : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ New York, February 28, 1905. The Executive Committee of the Inde- or with, or formed a part of, or encircling, pendent Tobacco Manufacturers" Asso any man ufatuied tobacco, cigar or cigars, ciation held a meeting at the Hotel little cigar or little cigars, cigarette or Victoria, in this city, last week, at the cigarettes or snuff, or any stamped pack- call of President John Landstreet, and age or receptacle thereof," and is as discussed a number of important matters. The meeting adjourned on Thursday. The members of the Board of Directors arc: S. S. Block, of Wheehng, W. Va. ; C. Drucklieb, New York; A. Miller, of L. Miller & Sons. Brooklyn; R. F, Whalen, Rochester, N. Y., and J. D. Spencer, Danville, Va. The meeting was executive but there was said to have been much discussion follows: "Be it enacted, etc.. That there shall be levied, collected and paid, by adhe- sive stamps, a tax of two cents for and upon every coupon, prize ticket, or other device attached to, packed in or with, or forming a part of, or encircling, any manfactured tobacco, cigar or cigars, little cigar or little cigars, cigarette or cigarettes or snuff, or any stamped package or receptacle thereof, if any such coupon, prize ticket, or other device contains any over the point which is very vital to the cirect or indirect promise or proposition association, as to just how the association to make redemption, payment or ex- change is made or is to be made by a manufacturer of such tobacco, cigars. may be certainly assured of the non- connection with the combine of its members. This question was on the carpet during the meeting, in Philadelphia, which re cigarettes or snuff, or any other person, firm or corporation. "Sec. 2 That on or after the first day of April, nineteen hundred and five, there shall be levied, collected and paid, by adhesive stamps, a tax of two cents for suited in the amalgamation of the Inde- pendent Manufacturers' League with the and upon redemption, payment, purchase present association, and as a result, affi- or exchange of any coupon, prize ticket, davits were recently sent to all members, tag. band, or any other article, thing, or ... ^u- A A ».v P''irt of article or thing, which before bc- which must be signed and sworn to by r ^ , . 1 ^ j ** •' ing offered for such redemption or pur- the directors and officers of the various ^hase shall have been attached to. packed companies, |the affidavits being to the in, or with, or formed a part of, or en- eflfect that to the best knowledge and circled, any manufactured tobacco, cigar beliefof the affiant.' 'neither the American °'' ^'8*''^ ^'"l® cigar or little cigars, cigar- T, . ^ r •. II- J ctte or Cigarettes or snuff, or any stamped Tobacco Company nor any of its allied p^^^^^^ ^^ receptacle thereof. companies, commonly known as the To .'Sec. 3. Coupons, prize tickets, and bacco Trust, no officer of the trust, or any other things mentioned in the first sec- bank or banker or person for the trust, ^ion of this act, stamped in accordance «. .,«„ ««;-., «f ♦!,- ♦,..o» «, o„., «-^.«« with the provisions thereof, notwithstand- or any oiner 01 the trust, or any person ,Z- . • j • 1 . '' ^ . ^ ^ . , J ^'^g anything contained m the second sec- connected with the trust, holds or con- tion hereof, upon being offered for re- trols any of its stock, or has any interest demption or sale, shall not be required to in its business whatever. " pay said tax, but all coupons, prize Each director and officer is also re- ^'^.^^i^' and olher things mentioned in . .... J J J t *a*d first and second sections hereof, not quired to give the name and address of ,j^„,p^ ^^^^ j^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ manufac every other officer and director in the turer, or other person, firm or corporation concern, and each company be requested issuing the same, shall, if presented for to sign an agreement that a fine of $100 redemption on and after said first day of a day will be paid to the Association for ^P"*' "*"«»««« h|md«-ed and five, be ' , , , - stamped a s provided 1 n said section every day that the firm or company is hereof by the person, firm or corporation connected with the American Tobacco presenting the same for redemption or Co. withot the knowledge of the asso- exchange, ciation. • • Much of the discussion was caused by the fact that certain members considered that this and the other information re- quired makes it necessary that too many There has been considerable talk here during the week regarding the rumor that Henry W. Taft, a New York attorney, and a brother of the Secretary of War, business secrets be revealed and objec ^^^ ^*®" employed by the government tions were made on that score. • • • The executive committee also discussed President Landstreet' santi coupon bill to prevent the redemption of coupons in connection with premium-giving schemes and unanimously endorsed it. The bill, which has been referred to a number of to look into the affairs of the American Tobacco Co., but there is very little that will go toward making a definite con- firmation. It was said that Mr. Taft has been in conference with a number of independ- ents, and it was also reported that he would confer with the Executive Corn- times before and which is probably fairly mitteeof the Independent Manufacturers' fs^mi liar. to. certain branches of the trade. Association. This he did not do, how- is entitled "A bill to levy a tax upon the ever, according to President Landstreet, issuance of coupons, prizes, tickets and ^bo said that he (Mr. Landstreet) knew other devices, and the redemption, pay- nothing at all about the matter. If Mr. ment, purchase, or exchange of coupons, Taft is doing anything, he is certainly prize tickets, tags, bands or other articles, "o* working in the open, things, or parts of articles or things that • • • shall have been attached to,^ packed in (Continued on^'page 23) THE TOBACCOWORLD «J A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco JMiMlrifd 1840. CabU'lf Hinsdale Smith & Co* tmoortcrg of Sumatra & Havana TP^^ l^ ^y, ^^ •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ODoC^C^O 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. D H. Sioni SMrrr AND • \ • Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana* Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. Amlstad 95 COLSON C. HAifll«TON, formerly of F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co, M. CoNGAi,TON, Frank P. Wiseburn, Louis BovU^ Formerly with F. C. Unde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamii^ton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sampling in All Sections of the Country Hccelves Prompt Attention* P.-..t Bonded S..r.«. W.r..h.«.. ,„^ 34.35 Jj,jJ^ ^^^ JJg^ y^jj i» Perfectly New, Eight Stories Pirst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: 809 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; 138-138J4 Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. » inspection Branches. — Thos. B. Earle'Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, to6 North Queen street, Lanca.ster, Pa. ; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton, O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day Hatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billineton. Corniirj. V /. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .'.•.Fine Cigars '.v. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phone.) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. Vkazuui M. DOI3HBR G. F. Sbcor, SpedaL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON In other words, to the gates so that the visitor will be i" ' ' 'f cr«..i,*H , . T^ J • • u- u one twenty eighth of the cigars smoked able to determine the direction in which ""^ ' \/. ^ J „ . J u u u -ij- If in the United States are Key West, or to walk m order to reach the building. If, piorida^ade cigars. Pennsylvania man- on the contrary, it is to occupy the usual ufactures 2,000.000,000. New York, proportion of the land constituting it? 1,500.000,000, Oliio 750,000,000, Vir- site, it should be stated whether trolley ginia 500,000,000. PHILADELPHIA, MARCH i. 1905. INTERNAL REVENUE RETURNS FOR JANUARY. To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it. and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the • 'Correspondence Edi tor' ' and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. read of many more such acts on the part . , , of liquor-demented creatures, and we The Internal Revenue returns from the United States for the month of January also read of a considerable proportion of show an increase during that month in all commodities except hi tie cigars, as abnormal actions which cannot apparently compared with January of the previous year. The figures from the official reports be traced to any particular agent. are as follows : Jan. 1904 It is a reasonable assumption that a q-^ ^^^ "fiend" is born and not made, and that Little Cigars, the agent which he may select to exercise Cigarettes, his proclivities is simply the one that he Snuflf, may have hit upon and which would be Tobacco, a perfectly innocuous agent in the hands Totals, of a normal person. With the- numerous eminent and authoritative medical opinions in favor L-ftle'ciears No. of the cigarette, or rather in favor of the Cigarettes, No. theory that it can be smoked harmlessly, Snuff, Lbs. than which there is no more important Tobacco, Lbs. $1,404,827.14 33.972.89 254.682.50 95,829,90 1.192.704.10 Jan. 1905 $1,535,733.25 31,872.38 261 ,862 48 101,586.95 1,573.739.56 Increase. Decrease, Increase, Increase, Increase, 12.981.916.53 18,504,294.62 Increase, In figures, the output comparatively was as follows : No. Jan. 1904 468,275,715 62.912.760 253.899,800 1,693.116 19,878,400 Jan. 1905 517.075,061 58.097,000 265,292.096 1,597.165 26.228.993 Increase. Decrease. Increase, Increase, Increase. $130,906.11 2,600.51 7.279.98 5,757.05 81,035.46 $522,378.09 48.799.346 4,815,760 12,393,296 95.951 6,350.593 In comparison with the month of December, 1904, the figures are as follows: Dec. 1904 560,287,800 51,856.112 250.266.178 1,662.919 26,407.293 Jan. 1904 468.275.715 62,912.760 253.899.800 1,693.116 19.878,400 Decrease. Increase, Increase, Increase, Decrease, 92,012,085 11,066,648 3,638.622 30,197 6,528.898 ^i^ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ^.^^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ t I Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. : ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ '^X He^e aivd There With the Retailers Joseph E. Tuck, former president of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' ww^fwv^ one than the London Lancet, it is THE CIGARETTE IS GETTING NEWSY, difficult to sec how such a law as the one If business keeps up. this paper will before the public in Indiana can be ^Jft^^cigars, No.' have to institute a special department for constitutional Cigaicnes, No. exploitation of the weekly news of the u is not going very far out of the way Snuff, Lbs. cigarette. Whether there is a psycho to say that more harm is done a boy by Tobacco, Lbs. logical connection with the religious the mental process through which he has =11=1== revival which is said to be sweeping the to pass before he dares to smoke a cigarette country, of whether it is mere and in the face of his parents' and his Sunday customary contagion, is not clear, but school teacher's forbid, than by the the cigarette haters are certainly beating cigarette itself. all records. Some men who have a billiard table at As everybody has been told by the home, would not play a game in a public Bcwspapers, the an ti cigarette people place if they had to go through a barroom have succeeded in having a law passed to get to it. It is the association that is n^^.^ ^^^^^1 jH^^^ ^,in me H^e,l^„er5 j— j,.. ^ .— ~- r ^ in Indiana which practically legislates niadc more dangerous than the thing the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Aj^ the "coffin- nail" out of existence, and itsclt The spell of good weather arrived Association, who is spending the winter if the law ever gets into actual operation. In Spain. Cuba, Mexico. Turkey and most opportunely for the retailers, inas- in Los Angeles. Cal.. has recovered it will be extremely interesting to watch other countries where everyone smokes much as some of them were beginning from a rather severe affection of the eyes, its eflFect. One could always get a drink cigarettes, there arc no hysterics, there almost to consider closing their doors, which rendered him nearly blind. Mr. of whiskey in Maine, and it is stfe to are no nerve-crazed "fiends." and the The week's business was quite a little Tuck is nearly himself again, and able predict that it will always be possible to boy's desire to smoke is not given a keen better, owing to the let-up of the un- to enjoy the salubrious advantages of obtain and smoke a cigarette in Indiana, edge by the knowledge that in the com- pleasant weather, and the dealers are the city in which he is spending the er any other State in the Union. mission of the act he will become a now hoping that spring is near enough season. Assemblyman Sullivan, of New York "regular devil." at hand to be able to count on good ^ ta 1 . a State, is promulgating a bill which is -•^•^••^vi^ trade from now on. Not only the small . The Cigar and Tobacco Dealers Asso- similar in purpose to the Western gne. The tobacco trade is receiving blows s^o^es. but the Chestnut street establish- ^^^^^o" ""^ Philadelphia is in a way 10 and there are reports of a number of from all sides, and the opinion seems to be ments were seriously affected by the become a much more popular and other bills more or less prohibitory, in held by non voters generally, that it is a apparently universal stagnation, and busi- impoi^tant organization than »s now the process of formation or promulgation in nasty, wicked trade. Just at present, the „„s had gotten so bad that the slump ^^sc by virtue of a movement which ism a number of other States. city council of Mexico. Mo., which town is ^^s reaching the manufacturers. Things preparation to make the organization a Hardly a day passes without bringing reported on good authority to be on some ^g^e quite a little better this week, how- beneficial one. some crusade news of interest, and it is a maps, is up against a hard proposition. ^^^^^ and it is fair to presume that they ^he regular monthly meeting of t e matter for entertaining speculation as to A number of club women have protested ^^1 stay so. organization was held on last Thursday how long the agitation will last this time, against the painted signs advertising the ^ evening at the headquarters; Thirteenth The cigarette has been around a con- merits of a certain well known brand of Moore & Son purchased the store on and Arch streets, and there was quite a •iderablc while and there has always smoking tobacco, and a similar move- Fifth street, above Chestnut, which was satisfactory attendance. James I, Hassan., been a pretty equal division of authorities ment is being made in Chillicothe. The recently operated by a man named the new president was in the chair. Jas. as to its effect on the human system. Mexico women claim that the ads. are Simpson. They are doing very well in A. Halfpenny, the secretary, is still ill We read of crazed acts committed by degrading and a menace to public moraU their new stand, and handle all the and a committee was appointed to look supposed cigarette "fiends. " but we also and decency. ^ principal brands for their customers. after Mr. Halfpenny dunng his sickness. PERFECT ha. Magnita Segar HAVANA Made by our New York Factory in all shapes and sizes. THE CLUB HOUSE SHAPE AT $90.00 a Thousand. $n.00 a Hundred. Two for 25 cents at Retail. ^ Main Office and Humidors ^ ^[,).|il!l.llk-4J:IMI^^ Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or sUmp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut Is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Republic of to 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 ages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. . Ihe consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarette, or art l«af packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Oovert- ment of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guarantii covered by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. THE POPVLAR "LA MAGNITA." This cut is a reproduction of the label of La Magmta. the Waldorf Astoria Segar Co.'s popular brand, or rather one of its popular brands, and while ihe le- production gives an idea of the beauty of the picture, it conveys nothing of the artistic color work brought out in ^ "^^ the lithograph. La Magnita is made in thirty one shapes, so that every smoker can get whit he wants, and the quality of the smoke has endeared it to a very large number of consumers on this and other markets where it has | been offered. t The cigar sells to the trade, ac- cording to shape, at from $33 to $150. retailing at from five to 25, cents. Again every class of smoker \ can be fitted out to his satisfaction, and so far there have been no kicks. There was a great run on the brand during the holidays, and the company has had constant batches of orders ever since. As there grows a demand for new sizes, they are turned out and it is the company's intention to make the cigar the most popular smoke on the market. The greatest attention is given in the factory to see that the quality is not only kept up but improved, as the company has demonstrated that uniform high quality is the best seller in the world. ^ J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. ^A*' ^•v.: Manufacturers of jjigH-liraile Seed&HiTaia ars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIHLE HOUSES. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. TOBACCO & CIGAR IMPORTS Port of New York, Week endins; Feb. 27 SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Ryndam, arrived Feb. 21. H. Duys & Co 73 ^^les E. Spingarn & Co 35 " G. Falk & Bro 22 •• HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Mexico, arrived Feb 4 2 2 44 30 15 1 1 6 3 bales bbls. Louis Sylvester & Son E. Fascual & Co Rothschild & Bro Keiser & Boasberg Friend &Co Jas. E. Ward & Co A. Pazos & Co F. Alvarez L Bijur & Son American Cigar Co G. Salomon & Bro S. Rossin & Sons E. Ellinger J. Bernheim & Son R. W Blake Herz Bros A. Cohn & Co Hinsdale Smith & Co Victor Lopez & Co A. Murphy & Co S. L. Goldberg & Son J. Gonzalez & Co Havemeyer & Vigclius S. Ruppin Louis Ash & C« 21 1,169 305 190 188 168 147 131 102 84 70 53 49 43 41 39 36 34 27 24 20 15 9 5 S 5 bales C. Rodriguez L. Friedman & Co Jos. Hirsch & Son M D. T. Co E. Regensburg & Sons Hambuiger Bros & Co J. Bernheim & Son Jas. E. Ward & Co Rothschild & Bro Str. Mc. terey, arrived Feb. 26: J. Bernheim & Son 428 hales Jas E. Ward & Co. 153 " S. Rossin & Sons 9^ " A. Murphy & Co 37 " C. Garcia & Co 30 " Hamburger Bros & Co '5 " Kohlberg Bros & Ruthenberg 12 •• M Flaherty 10 " Louis Sylvester & Son 9 " J. C Calmet 5 " Jas. E. Ward & Co 45 bbls. Str. Yucatan, arrived Feb. 26: 1. Kaffenburgh & Sons 183 bales J. H. Movins & Sons 5 bbls. HAVANA CIGARS— Str. Mexico % JOHTl ZUDRElili Manufacturer of '"'^^ Cigars fo-H Grade Genuine Union Made. Ephrata, Pa. Uoods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. Havana Tobacco Co Wm. H. Stiner & Son G. S. Nicholas Park & Tilford W. R. Grace & C« Calixto Lopez & Co Chas. H. Wyman & Co G. W. Sheldon & Co Duncan & Moorhead 177 »3 12 10 9 4 2 3 2 cases Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of & DealMt LEAF TOBACCO, Din, rem 90 THE TOBACCO WORLD THR TOBACCO WORLD 21 Telephone Call, 432— B. Office and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R R E. L. ISISSLEY & CO. Ready for the Market First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Cass Pennsylvania Havana Seed Binders Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted Dutch £^y^|,y Q^SC of Fancy Packed Gebhart 1 nnO PINE FORCE-SWEATED Quf OwH 1 ^ U Z CONNECTICUT f • • H. Weaver Packing » \ Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove*" pur Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O. Box 96. 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTEH. PA. WALTER S. BARE, Fine : Connecticut ^ Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci|(ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LMAF TOBACCO 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. United Thones B. F. GOOD & CO. Leaf Tobacco: 145 North Market Street H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA ai\d much Fiive Filler Stock 5^7 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. lACKERS AND DEALERS IN LANCASTER. PA J. W. BR Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, 110 & 112 W. Walnut SL/LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, Packer, Dealer, and Jobber ii\ Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St, LANCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobacco UNITED PHONBS. LeafT Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: Lancaster and Red Lion, Pa. We make Scrap Filler Ready for Use. I i f The Johns Brash Cigar Co (( Manufacturers of the Celebrated VNCLE DAN ^^ Absolutely Hand-Made UOISDRES AND F>ERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa EDW. IM. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. :*E GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Cigar Box Lumber Largest stock of ** Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, * Veneered Cedar, X Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AYENOE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦^♦4 \^0RE>T5ijff^ T? Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Unioix Riders, Sweet Tips, CubsLiv Enwilsvtor, GeivereLl Post, Pretty Nell. :♦: at THE TOBACCO WORLD en ^<^ A^e THR TOBACCO WORLD D6U-RI0 PUERTO •pRiNCiPE f*- Cob RE Santiago %^^ vv Your Hed^dqueirters At Our Office. I .^: vV ^v V^ We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedies, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Ve^as of Various Sized Lots LOCB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco OOINSUUADO 142 and 144, Havana, Cuba. i\ m ^> WE INVITE >j CORRESPONDENCE ul WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St AJ^/ Cable Address: "REFORM" Tobacco News of New York. |(Conc1uded from page 12) Louis P. Sutter, of Louis P. Sutter & Bros., sailed last Saturday on the Cam- pania, to be in attendance at the inscrip- tions at Amsterdam. George W. Bremer, Jr., of Philadel- phia, was looking through the market this week, and shaking hands with his host of friends. The trade sympathizes with Joseph Hirsch, of Joseph Hirsch & Son, whose wife died a few days ago at their home, 140 West 1 1 8th street. The death was quite sudden. H. Duys, of H. Duys & Co., leaves today for Amsterdam to attend the Sumatra inscriptions. • • • Cifuentes & Co. , manufacturers of clear Havana cigars, have secured a lease of the building at 72 6 Fulton street, to which the firm will remove on May 1. The present address is 271 Pearl street • This change is made necessary by the expanding business o f t h e company which has literally crowded it out of its present quarters, and as the new building will give the occupants a space of nearly 50,000 square feet the plant will be a roomy one Among the visitors in town last week was Harry B. Allen, who is manager of the National Cigar Store, incoporated, of Chicago, who was i n this city to acquire new lines of stock, and attend to ether business necessary to a change of address which is soon to be effected by tbe Chicago concern. • • • Some little talk has been created by Assemblyman Sullivan's anti cigarette bill which he has introduced in the as- sembly at Albany, but consumers are not commencing to stock up yet. and it is not considered precisely probable that the entire cigarette industry in this State will be put out of business. The bill, which seems to be of a piece with the Indiana measure, wants to pro- hibit the sale and manufacture of cigar- ettes by the establishment of a penalty of not less that I50 or more than $1,000. The principal share of the interest excited, seems to be divided among a number of High School girls who are not particu- larly pleased with Mr. SuUivan's state- ment that the smoking of cigarettes is a popular habit among High School girls in gcncraU "Do you know that any number of our High School girls, as well as boys, smoke cigarettes, and do you know that many foolish women are beginning to believe that it is real smart to learn to smoke cigarettes?' asked the Assemblyman. This seemed to be more in nature of a statement than a question as the speaker continued thus: ••I can back up what I say with facts. My bill ought to became a law if only for the sake of saving our girls and boys and some of the lightheaded women who think they are society matrons because their husbands get a salary of $2,000 or $3,000 a year. Women in society have taken to smoking cigarettes, and persons who are on the ragged edge of society think that they have as much right. All roads to ruin are open when they begin to smoke." A goodly number of rosy cheeked school girls contented themselves by merely turning up their dainty noses, but others are remarking in more eloquent rhetorical form that Assemblyman Sullivan would do well to go back up. Cigarettes are still being sold in New York city and it seems likely that they will continue to be sold for some time. • • • NEW YORK LEAF MARKET. There has been little or no noticeable change in the leaf market of this city during the past week, there being more activity than usual during February, but not a little of the activity consists of seeking the desired goods, the stocks of which are being rapidly depleted. The 1903, which are about the only available Pennsylvania filler goods, are in strong demand, as is also Wisconsin, and prices are firmly maintained. Several transactions of some import- ance were consummated last week in Florida Sumatra, the use of which seems to be growing steadily, and particularly through Pennsylvania. Sumatra is moving in moderate quan- tities, and no particular increase in activity of this class of goods is now looked for until more detailed informa- tion of the new goods is obtainable. There was considerable of an exodus for Amsterdam this week to attend the first inscription. The Havana market is also steady, with a moderately good demand for old goods. Stocks in the hands of manu- facturers generally are believed to be running low, and that present purchases are for early use. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> Match It, if you Can-You Can't x ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦•♦♦♦^♦♦^ "Match-lt" Cheroots arc the finest product of the kind on the market. The ORIGINAL and ONLY GENUINE Sumatra Wrapped Cheroot, put up in Packages of Five— Wrapped in Foil. Manufactured by The Manchester Cigar Mfg, Co. BALTIMORE, MD. THEY ARE ON SALE EVERYWHERE. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative f»)r Pennsylvania. 1133 Ridge Avenue. Phila GEO. STEUERNAGLE, THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories /V/ HAND-MADE (^X \Y STOGIES. ^ 2103 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers J, B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A T? Ss Hand-Made V/ J- UTXl. XV V^ 615, 617 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. \ \Yedeles Qrothers, Florida. S«>wa c «-»■ a a* tr r a P- P p P P O P a 8 Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade o y/i^^. ^-^. ^vT. Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240"42 North Third Street, Philadelphia. New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street 36 •THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD *7 SC9< PE & KOERTING CO PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTIUTOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unhmited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothinii. beind operated by city water pressure, 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs ; humidity uniform. Correspondence Solicited, HENRY GOTTSSLIG & BRO. No, 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers oF High Grade Union Made THE TR.UTH ABOVT THE BURLEY 'g •TTve Great Poe< Needs no Praise.- Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigh Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. 'H**, Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8.Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tb€ Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— 5^ Bear, 6Se Cub, Essie, and Natihew Carey. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOLICITED. Just Why the Association Was Forced to Come to Nothin/^. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 27. Simultaneously with the official an- nouncement last Friday that the deal to corner the white burley tobacco market by the Burley Growers* Association had been declared off, and the farmers' to- bacco released, it become known that J. Edward Addicks. of Delaware, known throughout the financial world as "Gas" Addicks, was the one man Archibald Stuart, representing the growers, could find in the East "with enough money," as one of the directors of the defunct as- sociation put it "and the nerve to buck Standard Oil by backing the corner." Stuart brought home from New York a written proposition from Addicks not only to put up the money for the fight but to take a hand in it himself. His offer was turned down, though, because the warehouse men here backing the corner would not agree to share in the I isk by putting up an additional $250,000. Addicks' proposition was along these lines: He offered to put into the corner at once, providing he found Stuart's rep- 1 esentations correct, $ i , 000, 000, and after this was spent, to guarantee the raising of an additional $5,000,000. He gave his name as a guarantee that this money would be forthcoming at the proper time, intending to raise it on the warehouse receipts for the tobacco as it was bought from the farmers. He had made arrange ments so that he could get the $5,000,000 without delay, he declared. But he required that after the first $1,000,000 was spent, the company put up an additional $250,000. This money, considering t h e delays that already threatened the corner, would have to come from the warehouse men. They would have been making a big profit all the while on handling ihc tobacco, but they decided that the proposition was too risky and thus the deal fell through. When Stuart went to Addicks, after one hope and another had failed, Addicks was not only affable, but anxious to put his money into the deal that would op- pose Standard Oil. Addicks told him that he wanted to give the Standard Oil crowd a dose of the same medicine he had been forced to swallow, and after looking into the proposition enough to convince him- self that it was a good investment he made the written proposition. Before seeking Addicks Stuart had ne- gotiated with the National City Bank, of New York. J. P. Morgan & Co., and several individual financiers, including J. B. Haggin and Senator Clark, of Montana. It is said that when those who were interested in Stuart's proposi- tion, learned that the American Tobacco Co. consumed from 60 to 70 per cent of the tobacco they refused to go into the deal. It is said that Thos. F. Ryam, vice president of the American Co. , dis- couraged J. P. Morgan & Co. , when there was a likelihood that they would loan the association $8,000,000. The formal declaration declaring the deal off and releasing the growers from their contracts was issued Fiiday: / Burley Tobacco Growers's Company, Lexington, Ky. Branch Office: 227 West Pearl St., Cincinnati, O., Feb. 24, 1905. To the Hurley Tobacco Growers of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky At a meetmg the Board of Directors of the Hurley Tobacco Growers' company this day, held at the office of the company, the following resolution was adopted: "In view of the fact that this company has been unsuccessful in securing the necessary funds with which to pay for the 1904 crop of burley tobacco, and in view ot the fact that on account of the lateness of the season, we deem it inadvisable to further delay the matter or make fuither efforts in that direction; therefore. Be it resolved. By the Board of Di- rectors of the Burley Tobacco Growers' company, that all contracts giving options on tobacco to this company be, and the same, together with all of said options, are released in full and surrendered to the respective signers. "(A copy). Attest: E.E. Barton, Secy. ••W. B. Hawkins, Pres't. "E. E. Barton, Sec'y." Andrew J. Burns, cigarmaker, of Quincy, Mass., has made a petition for bankruptcy with liabilities of $4,494.76 and practically no m i o bi Is bi is o o bi bJ GO O O I. LEWIS & CO. /. LM WIS & CO. I. LB WIS & CO. "A SGREAMER >> The above, fac-simile "GOLDEN EAGLE' ' package, represents the new style packing of our celebra- ted and long established brand, which we will present to our friends and the public in a few weeks . It will be our special aim and effort to embody in the manufacture of the GOLDEN EAGLE CIGARS a SUPERIOR QUALITY, EXTRA LARGE SIZE and PERFECT WORKMANSHIP, thus insuring to all lovers of a short smoke, the finest little cigar ever offered. Newark, N. J. P. S. Would be pleased to book your orders for early delivery. I. LMWIS & CO L LB WIS <& CO. L LM WIS <& CO. o o o CO O I C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. %9 THE TOBACCO WORLD MANUPACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF 138 & 140 CENTRE St. New YORK, Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Ph a<'elphia Ortice. 373 Bourse Hldg. H S. SPRINGER. M?r. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. (^y^yyy^/^ %V»»»»»»%»%»^»»%1>^^^*^^^^^^^^>^^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^»*^***^^^' D. NV. HUBUEV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade NEWS OF CINCINNATI. Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. F. B. SerilNDLER Manufacturer of U ******************* *.*.*.*,* ,*^*,,*.,,*^*-..*„*tl ^*^*% ********** * * * * * ***********^-t-i * Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, P^l JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED «,%^**v*************v***v*%**************************t: w*fiSltl*" to* >rA.B.CLIME STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FAB RICO NAROLFES CHOICE { POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE / ■ • VAM PIPE • • Things of Interest That HaLppened Dur- ing the Week. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 27. Offerings at last Saturday* s cigar leaf sales were the smallest of the year, the total being but 49 cases, all of which were sold at one warehouse. The qual- ity was generally poor, especially in Wisconsin and seed leaf tobaccos. Old Zimmers ranged from 3@8c, and the new 8jb^@ioc. Onecaseof Little Dutch sold at I3.30 per 100 pounds; 10 cases of Wisconsins from 1 1.90(^3. 00; 4 cases of seed leaf from 12.85^4.70, and 10 Connecticuts from $3 05(^8.25. The offerings of new white burley at the auction warehouses last week amounted to 555 hhds, against 573 for the corresponding week last year. Only 96 hhds of old were up, compared to 1,042 for the same week in 1904. The market was strong and active throughout, and on the whole prices scored a general advance of from i @2c per pound. Ware- house men look for heavy receipts, now that the Burley Growers' Association has collapsed, as soon as navigation on the Ohio river, which is frozen tight, is resumed. William Eddy, general manager of the leaf department of the Continental Co. . was here last week superintending the work of the company's buyers on the burley breaks. The Continental absorbed the greater portion of offerings at the three sales. The Buckeye warehouse, at 7 East Water street, held its first public sale last Tuesday with 28 hhds of 1904 tobacco. The trade gave the new com pany a glorious send off. They expect to hold daily sales on regular d^ys, starting within ten days. Clement Mclntyre, who formerly made this city his headquarters, but is now located at Louisville, was here last week. At the burley sales he was a liberal purchaser, representing a number of big independent Eastern manufacturers. E. O. Eshelby, head of the E. O. Eshelby Co., is in New York on business. Nicholas Manderer, the well known manufacturer, has gono to Havana. He will combine business with pleasure while there. A new swindle was attempted last Saturday on the clerk at J. S. Hill's store. Fifth and Vine streets. A well dressed young man entered, and after purchasing a cigar asked and was granted the privilege of using the telephone. Later, a party called up, representing himself as one of the store' s customers, and asked that the fellow who had previously used the phone be given $$, which would be returned as soon as the second party could get to the store. The scheme looked raw to the clerk, and he advised the fellow still in the store to decamp, or he would call a policeman. The Voige & Winter Co. gave a banquet to their traveling salesmen at the Business Men's Club last Saturday evening. President George A. Winter and John H. Dickerson, secretary and treasurer of the company, delivered short speeches. Slot machines have been ordered removed from all candy stores in this city. It is said that like orders will be issued to cigarists and saloonists as soon as the mayor, who is in California, returns. Buhrman. %^Ka/%<%^% THE NAYSVILLE FAIR. It Wbls a Success. «Li\d Brought Out the Finest Tobacco. Maysville, Ky., Feb. 22. The sixth annual tobacco fair was held today, with the largest crowd in its history in attendance. The day's exercises consisted of the invocation by Burris A. Jenkins, President of the Kentucky University; address of welcome by N. C. Curran, secretary of the Board of Trade; response by H. N. Hennessey, of Au- gusta, and an address on tobacco by Judge Mat Walton, of Lexington. The samples of tobacco were pronounced by the judges the finest they ever saw. Louisville tobacco men were here in full force. The Cincinnati tobacco and business men arrived at noon. Many Ohio growers were unable to attend on account of the condition of the river. Cincinnati and Louisville tobacco men acted as judges and awarded the follow- ing premiums: Cigarette — First, Galbreth Bros., May- lick, Ky. ; second, Teager Bros., South Ripley; third, William Brooks, Mason county, Ky.; fourth, Patsy Devire, Minerva, Ky. Lugs — First, Clay & Edwards, Clark county, Ky. ; second, William Kreble, Mason county, Ky. ; third, Jesse Thomas, Dawes, Ky. ; fourth, King & Calvin, Bracken county, Ky. Bright Leaf — First, J. A. Lewis, Mason county, Ky. ; second, William Brooks, Mason county, Ky. ; third, Mike Brannon, Mason county, Ky.; fourth, Joseph Easybuck, Mason county, Ky. Red Leaf — First, William Drianage, Bracken county, Ky. ; second, Frank List, Bracken county, Ky.; third, P. H. Kimbrough, Bourbon county, Ky. ; fourth, V. L. Jordan, Brarken county, Ky. R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBKS Oy AKD DBAI«8&S I» THE TOBACCO. WORLD 39 ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. 439 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. CO I O CO £HEWlNGi5M0KlNG CD to* o CO CO I I I O A GOOD,. A COOL CHEW^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factery No, 38, YOB, PBNNA., U. S. A. Ninth DisU, Pa. GEORGE W. PARR Littlestown, Pa* MANUFACTURER OF Hi^h-Grade Cigars Goods sold to Jobbers only. Correspondence Solicited. A Medal was Awarded at the World's Fair, in St. Louis, in 1904, on our FEBHSIDE S-GEHI « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ '^ La Imperial Cigar Factory '^ HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of •FIRE eiBARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. ♦♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦■»♦ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ THE TOBACCO, WORLD ' I ",ii J IMPORTANT TO CIGAR DEALERS The American Tobacco G). is making a special drop ship- ment of CREMO cigars (Perfecto style), for account of their customers, in an attractive HUMIDOR containing 3,000 CREMO Perfectos 1/20's. This very useful package for keeping cigars in perfect order for any length of time is sure to be appreciated by dealers who realize the importance of not only buying good cigars, but keep- ing them gooa until they reach the consumer. You can secure this HUMIDOR contaimng 3,000 CREMO c^ars of your jobber for $105.00. less 10% trade and 2% cash discount THE TOBACCO WORLD 3> Cigar WEATHCIL GIVES TRADE A CHANCE. ifactarers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Gordon, of Gordon Bros., 999 Washing- ton street, to Miss Annie Ostrowsky, to BostoA Jobbers and ReUilert Find Things j^ke place March 12, at Minot Hall, Much Better. j^avc been sent out The American Tobacco Co. is placing with the trade their new brand of cigarros called Flexo Giants, that retail at ten for 1 5c, a much larger cigar than the Telon ette. The jobbing price of the Flexo is 1 1 2, less 10 and a per thousand. Smith's cigar store, on Bedford street, has changed hands. W. Epstein is the new proprietor. H. M. Rose, retailer and Jobber, of Irvington street, is about to enter the field of matrimony. The lady is at present a bookkeeper for one of our most popular jobbers. Kozy cut plug, 2 >^ ounce foil, is becoming very popular here and is being featured in many of the retailers' windows. W. B. Markle, the Chelsea pharma- cist, has already established a good sale for the popular William the Fourth clear Havana cigars, of which Rosenthal Bros, here are the distributors. The Goodwin Sisters have put in two new brands — Goodwin Sisters' Little Perfectos and Goodwin Sisters' Invinci- bles — manufactured expressly for them by L. Miller & Sons, New York, who make the well known Leroy short smoker. The Commonwealth Cigar Co., who operate a very fine cigar store on Scollay Square, has placed a sign in the show window stating that they have no con- nection whatever with the trust stores. Boston, Feb. 26. Trade is improving here daily, and the improvement is, of course, greatly wel- comed. The weather has been very favorable during the past week, which is the main cause of the better condition. Business with the retailers was very good on Washington's Birthday; most of the business houses were closed, which gave the employes a chance to go out and spend their money. The American Tobacco Co. is oper- ating ten or twelve stores here, and it is said that the best paying store they have in Boston is the one located in the Boston Journal building, Washington street, on what is called Newspaper Row. Boston boys and girls who smoke cigarettes will be asked next week to sign the anti cigarette pledge. The New England Anti Cigarette League, with a girls' auxiliary, will be formed Tuesday night in Dorchester. Miss Lucy Page Gaston, of Chicago, representing the National Anti- Cigarette League, is now in Boston to start the work. She recently had an audience with Governor Douglass, and will try to secure the passage of an anti cigarette bill. Miss Gaston says that her league has a women* s auxiliary, as girls and women in every large city in the country, she declares, are fast becoming cigarette smokers. Rockwood & Reidt, manufacturers of the Sam Kay loc and Rox V. 5c cigars, ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^ .^ report a very satisfactory business. The -^^^y^-^^^^ ^^e wisest thing they Sam Kay can be found ,n almost every ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ prominent cigar store here. «%%(«%%%% Lee Hammond, of Boyleston street, j^^^s |pj jhe LANCASTER MARKET. has a window display this week of Kara clear Havanas, five for loc, made by WKaLt Has Happened in the Trade During Landsfield Bros. Co. , of New York. the Week. L. Bieringer, the Dock Square tobac Lancaster, Pa.. Feb. 27. conist has added to his establishment The local leaf market has been agam some of the finest cigar show cases ever rather quiet except with the packers who . „ . are now at their busiest. In old goods seen m Boston. , , • j W Higgins, tobacconist, 2 i 4 ^here was but a moderate busmess, not Hanover street, has been confined to his that there was no demand, but owing house by illness for the past three weeks, largely to the growing scarcity of goods. H. Kurkjan,of Kurkjan Bros , makers and particularly of the cheaper grades, of the Fair Harvard Turkish cigarettes. Indications point to a fair volume of contemplates spending a few weeks in business with cigar manufacturers, al- New York during the month of March, though one hears some complaints in Thieves attempted to break into the some sections of the county, while in store of D. Bendiston last Friday night, other sections there seems to be a steady but were scared off, the only damage improvement, done being a window broken. With John Slater & Co., Lancaster's A. Bclanger, a small tobacco jobber principal but not only stogie factory, of North Cambridge, made an assign- business during the month was more than mcnt last week for the benefit of his usually good for February, which is gen- creditors erally somewhat duU. Some heavy ship- The R. A. Patterson Co. has been giving ments were made. Mr. John Slater is away during the past week thousands of expected on from Washington, Pa., some handsome calendars advertising their time soon to spend a week or more at Patterson's Seal cut plug. the factory headquarters. John McGreenen', of McGreenery & Jos. GotUelig, Jr., of H. Gottselig & Manning, is spending his five weeks' Bro., was last week on a business trip vacation at Hot Springs, Va. through the Sute and captured some Invitations to the marriage of Joseph very satisfactory orders. This firm con- 2ji i«i"m.-t of Plain and Fancy Ribbons. Write for Sample Card and Price Liot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 Bast Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. La Adelphia Cigar Factory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Propriety, Sellersville, Pa. Manufacturer of hA ADELPHIA, s-Cent f^ T d^ A Z> O LA FLOR DE A. C. J^., lo-Cent \^ JL Lt ./XXvO Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People. J.M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o*clook. %»%»%%%%<^»%%^^ !%%%«%•%% C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. %v*^v*v***v*v*****v ***********************. v*v t* A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. « The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. « ^'ts"?*" Marietta, Pa. MAKERS or High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars* Incorporated 1901 f JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar Onr leaders: f IT^.'^c^fat "^ '''" [our LEADER 6c Cigar aOTDIatrlbutors Wanted Breryw*ere. *v*v*v«v*v***v*v*V # % % # 3» THE TOBACCO WORLD I- IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS WRITE TO C. RUPPIN-LANCASTER. PA » ABOUT THE "BENJAMIN CONSTANT'IOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c. THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS. VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN. - - - PENNA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio 2.. A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ 2/ea/ Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, PENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. template some important changes very soon, which will be duly announced in these columns, but at present details are not yet perfected. J. B. Milleysack has been for some months past enjoying a good steady trade on several of the more popular brands of his manufacture. A tobacco shed on the farm of J. Hay Brown, located near Buck, this county, was destroyed by fire last week with its contents of the 1904 crop, entailing a loss of about $3,000. A. D. Killheffer, proprietor o f the Eureka Cigar Factory, returned to factory headquarters several days ago, after a several weeks business trip, during which time he exploited much new territory and brought in a good lot of orders for his products. Among recent visitors to this city were Benj. and Jos. Perlman, of Perlman Bros. & Co., Baltimore; Chas. Cohen, repre- senting B. Labe & Sons, Philadelphia; Fred. Bauer, with L. E. Neuman & Co., lithographers, New Yoik, and Chas. Michener with Bremer Bros., Phil- adelphia The members of Cigar Makers' Union, 288, of Lincoln, Pa., have been sus- pended and the officers of the union expelled for allowing the blue label to be fraudulently used by a manufacturer. The Globe Cigar Co., of Ephrata, has secured a much larger factory building, which was needed to meet the rapidly growing demand for its product. YORK NEWS OF INTEREST. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 UMMER SPANISH^ WRAPrERS and ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. ^ Write for Samples.^ I Zimmer Spa.nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X 1902—1903 4 Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. jWrite for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton,^Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District/ What is Doin^ in the Trade in this County. York, Pa., Feb. 2. Considerable tobacco is still being shipped from here to Lancaster ware- houses, and leaf dealers all report a quiet but steady trade, as the cigar manufacturers seem to be meeting with some improvement in business. There is considerable talk of a new cigar factory being erected at Yoe, in which several prominent local manufac- turers are said to be already interested. Included in this list is George A. Kohler, Isaac Kohler, A. W. Kohler, Samuel and T. A. Carman. A company is to be formed with a capital of |i 0,000, and it is intended to erect a large new factory just outside the Yoe borough limits. The company is to be known as the Mer- chants' Cigar Co., and thirty-four acres of ground is said to have been secured, on which, in addition to a factory build- ing, a number of dwelling houses are also to be erected for the benefit of employes, and building lots are also to be sold off of the plot. A. F. Fix, a cigar manufacturer of Dallastown, has recently invented an automatic cigar machine which his friends believe will revolutionize the industry, as it is said to turn out sixty cigars a minute when run at full speed. The machine is operated with electric power. Little detail of the machine has so far been made public, and will not be until it shall have been even more thoroughly tested. The Porto Rico Cigar Co., of Red Lion, has been dissolved by mutual consent of the former partners, whick was composed of T. B. Brooks, S. S. Sechrist and D. A. Horn. S. S. Sechrist and his son James B. will continue the business, Messrs. Brooks and Horn retiring from the firm. Peter McGuigan, of Red Lion, is erecting an addition to his cigar factory. The Glatfeltcr-Snyder Tobacco Co., of Yoe, is now crowded with orders for new brands of pouch goods, and in fact orders are being accepted only for later shipments. Several factories for the manufacture of scrap for cigar manufacturers' use have been regularly bonded for that^^ purpose. Among them are T. D. Shertzer, S. J. Herman and the American Cigar Manufacturing Co., all at Red Lion. BILLIONS OF CIGARETTES SMOKED IN MEXICO. The Mexicans smoked so many cigar- ettes last year that it is not easy too see how they found time to do anything else. The consumption of the little white rolls reached the enormous total of 3,456,- 000, oox This was more than one hundred millions more than were consumed in the entire United States during the same year, and there are five times as many people in the United States as in Mexico. Three of the largest cigarette factories in the world are located in the City of Mexico, and in the largest of these, cigarettes are manufactured at the rate of 12,000 a minute. Last year the sales of this factory amounted to 13.770,00a Ten years ago the sales amounted to but >t. 059-337. showing a big increase in consumption. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. ^ Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. oi£eoj*Mai1(el ^% ♦♦ A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer JohnJ.Esheman READING.PA. —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley ♦♦- ♦♦- p. M. HUNT, A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MARTIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BJETHMSDAy OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^♦♦^ ♦ Lrrr„ I geo. m. wechter. Manufacturer of 5 SHIPPING CASES, J I LABELS, I * EDGINGS ♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X ♦ RIBBONS, and CIGAR I heieAR B0XES*: X ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Manufacturers* ♦ ♦ Established AL-rntl Pjl Telephone J 1883. /^IVI UII9 Jro« Connecrion. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SUPPLIES. South Ninth Street, Akron, Pa* J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitj. HOLTZINGEH ^ and 2C J L Green. 3>^a at 6 and 2c J Furand, 4}^^ ^^ ^ *"^ ^^ H Hawkinson, 49CS '01 at 8c E. C. Hopkins has purchased about 50,000 pounds of new leaf in the western portion of the State during the week. There are some indications that the soft weather of the week may bring about the much desired casing weather, but at this writing that condition has not been reached. The amount of bundle goods on hand at the warehouses is becoming low and assorting must close soonjunless the balance of the hanging crop can be removed and prepared for delivery. Shipments were i,28ocs. — Reporter. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS "Honest Bee f> «^c "2— I— No" Mildert Cigar Made. 2 fOF 5c. Special Brands Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pa.. ^ Sead Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save To« Meeey. CLARKSVILLE. TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 71 hhds., almost entirely of the new crop; offerings on the breaks, 32 hhds., which included a few hhds of new tobacco, which sold relatively high ; public and private sales, I ID hhds., consisting mostly of low grade Leaf Lugs of the 1903 crop, for which the market was generally firm and unchanged. The severe winter weather has been broken by a milder damp spell, and toibacco can again be handled in the FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA, E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capadty, Twenty Thousand par 1kf» inufacturer of Cig i Capaitity for Manofactorinj^ Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for Onb Mors Good Cubtoiibk. THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellcrsville, Pa. 35 L i J iTY KlN€ M. K ALISCH ®, CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiBAI^S ^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^fSPAl,^ ♦♦♦♦^^♦♦♦♦> WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Succeaaor to J. Neff High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ u\ .. _ . .. ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Om Iwte: ( """S.,?,;;'-" I Cigirs -6c, 3 Sfees L. R. BROWN, , WHOLESALE Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. A. f. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of High-Grade Domestic Cigars HANOVER, PA. "QTAO^a f-AVoRiTB," a s-ceat Leader ^jBo-w*- 'o* Snnerioritv t>f '')m ' • y John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin (H co. Wholesale Deslers in All Kinds of Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium Dallastown, Pa. r GEO. F. NASH A SPECIALTY of Private Brands Special J JOHN SELDEN -^ ^ for WholesalL& jobbing Trade Brands: 1 GOV. THOS. HUTCHINSON correspondence solicited. [ BEN DE BAR Samples on application. I _ ^ C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5a Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. Also, All Grsdes of Fine Cigars QJL Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER, PA. : S. N. MUMMA 4( Paicker of I Leaf Tobacco * PenivaL. Seed B s a. Specia.lty * M Wareliouse at R.ailro2Ld Crossing * LANDISVILLE, PA. * ■>f^^^f^***^f^^^^*^^*^<-^^*<-********^** R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, P^l. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 Por Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to cTaQA/TT T tt pa L. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SEL1.ERSVILLE. PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD =^^— == AN MXCBLLBNT TOBACCO FOR CHEWING AND SMOKING. Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of A Ready Selling Product m Big Profits for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ til Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO COm Reading, Pa.. C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. LEGISLATOR. WAS BRIBED? of UFACTURERS OF Cigars Undue Influence Charged ii\ Case Indiana Anti Cigarette Law. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 24. An afifadavit has been made for the arrest of former State Senator O. A. Baker, of Marion, as the result of a highly sensational charge made by Representa- tive Ananias Baker, of the Lower House, that the former Senator made an attempt IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO. SHOWS GAIN The Imperial Tobacco Co., (Ltd.), of London, with which the American To- bacco Co. is pretty closely affiliated, has issued a report ending in October, 1904, which shows an increase in net trading profit and interest of about $965,000. After the payment of dividends, the placing of 1 1,000, 000 to the general reserve fund and the allowance for six months* bonus to customers, there is a to bribe him to vote against the anti- ^^^^^^^ j^ ^^ugh figures of $482,000. an cigarette bill which was up before the j^^rease over 1903 of about $323,000. legislature Representative Baker is from ^,»r*,w%^ Fulton and Cass counties. BURLEY FLOODING THE MARKET. When the bill came up on Tuesday, Mr. Baker arose and very dramatically Xobacco Havana 123 n. third st New Orleans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels CIGAR MOLDS OUR MOLDS "'Z^^oTzT """ ""' ""• We will Duplicate Any Shape you are now using, regardless of who made your Molds, or Furnish Any New Shape. Sample Sections submitted for your approval Free of Cost. The American Cigar Mold Co New York. 121-123 WEST FRONT ST., C IN CINNATI, 0 Chicago. Cincinnati. W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. Mm SPfX:iALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER T.L.ADAIR, < WHOIvESALE MANUFA Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. I Established 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. New Factory 1904 i H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Dealer in X i Cigar Box Lumber, X Labels, X Ribbons, ♦ Edging, X Brands, etc. > _ ♦ •h YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO. Manufacttirers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTERJPA /IBEN BUSEF^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., K. F. D.No.3, YORK, PA. FMBOSSED CIGAR. BANDS JL^ Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampi^m, William Steiner, Sons & Co. lARCEST LitKograpKers, ««4ffli ii6 and iz8 B. Pourteentb St., NSW YORK. THB TOBACCO WORLD 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 1508, IHh Dist.. Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY )^B|gM(Em^y Five Cent Cigar SOMETHING NEW^ AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban MANUFACTURED ONI,V BV Factory No. 2. LEONARD WAGNER, 707 0hio$L,Agegheny,Pa. ARE FARMERS BEING BOYCOTTED 7 Busiivess CKaLAges. Fires, Etc. RepresenUtive Kehoe. of Keatucky. Wants to Krvow if There it a Tobacco Trust. Washington, D. C, Feb. 24. A resolution was introduced in the House yesterday looking toward an in- vestigation by the Department of Com- merce and Labor as to the causes of the difference between the price of leaf California Sawtelle — J O Ramirez, cigars, etc; succeeded by Mrs Olivia Peck Georgia Savannah — J S Oppenheimer Cigar Co, cigars and tobacco; petition for charter Illinois Chicago — Lessaris Bros, cigars, etc; DENVER. PA. Manufacturer of /^ T /^ A ID Q High-Grade Union Made \^ ^ lQ[ J\ ]\^ O " SPECIAL BRANDS: United Labor (5c) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (lot) G^^aTaTaTaTaTaTaTa' 'A^tl g g C. A. Rost (h Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xobacco A Specialty of Light Conneciictit Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ;. i,i„„ ;„ bankruptcy especially in Kentucky, Ohio and 1 en- Indiana nessee, and whether such difference is Auburn— S M Miner, cigars, etc; due to a "trust" or combination which removed to Sturgis, Mich could be said to be operated in the form Bluffton — J W Deardorf, tobacco, etc; of a conspiracy to create an illegal sold out .,, ^ ^ 1 u- u iA -ef .:« fro^- Evansville— Otto Georges, cigar manu- monopoly which would restrain trade ^^^^^^^^. succeeded by Georges & Weyer The resolution was introduced by p^^^ Wayne— C B Tolan, cigars, etc; Representative Kehoe, of Kentucky, who chattel mtge, $600 desires to know what determines the Indianapolis — E D Siemens, retail price of leaf tobacco, and whether any cigars, etc; chattel mtge. |ioo corporation ©r company is enforcing a boycott or black list in its purchases, or has taken any improper measures to prevent competition. COMBINE GETS BIG FilLNS. Consolidation of Nilw«Lukee Concerns. «Lnd A. T. Co. ToLkes Control. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 25. The American Tobacco Co. has secured control of two more large concerns in this city. The Leidersdorf and Adams tobacco companies have been consoli- dated and will be under the control of wholesale Maine Ogunquit— LJ Littlefield, cigars, etc; real estate mtge, $200 Maryland Annapolis — Isaac Hohbcrger, manH- facturer and retail dealer in cigars; real estate mtge, 1 1,000 Hagerstown — EW Householder, cigars and tobacco; closing out Massachusetts Worcester — C D Shea, tobacco, etc; chattel mtge, 1 100; canceled Michigan Detroit — Chas Mickle, wholesale leaf tobacco; damaged by fire; insurance, partial Louis Kuttnauer & Sons (Inc), leaf tobacco; succeeded by the combine. The purchases are said to have in- volved more than $500,000. Bernard Leidersdorf, who founded the business Louis Kuttnauer Minnesota Minneapolis — A G Anderson, cigars and tobacco; succeeded by Williams Cigar Co Watt Cigar Co, wholesale 1^1 ♦I Cable Address ••CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Clarksville, Tenn HOPKINSVILLB, KY FADUCAH, KY. nearly fifty years ago, and who worked cigars ; incorporated ; capital, $100,000 it up from a very small beginning, is to Missouri retire from active business, and his son ^Carthag^-S A Forsythe. cigars; chattel Carl will be superintendent of the factory. ™ ^®' ^' ^^^ Jersey ******** Orange — Isaac Schoenthal, incorpora- THE AMEILICAN SMOKE STORY. jed as the Schoenthal Cigar Co The American Cigar Company is dis- New York tributing through the Ben B. Hampton New York City — M S Marks & Co, Co., advertising agents, New York City, leaf tobacco; sheriff in possession r 1^ \ A u u ^ u^A Troy — S H Williamson, cigars, ate; a beautifully printed brochure called ^j^^-jj^ ^^^ * "The American Smoke Story," which is Qhio a detailed history of the company and its Marion — Paul S Short, cigars, etc; career. closed on attachment The book contains cuts of the com- Napoleon— C C Hillabrand. dgar , 1 ^ ■ ., -^- -»« -«/i manufacturer; sold out pany s factories, warenouses, etc., ana • interior photographs showing the details p.,^. „ r *,°°t^ vr^ir r^^r>m 1m/ of the manufacture of the compa.y's ^ R^drng-J L & M F Greene, leaf product Thepages are margined Indian tobacco; judgment, $3,115 designs, and the cover bears beautiful Washington drawings of the same nature, the whole Spokane — Julius Lund &. Co, T J being printed in brown, yellow and red. Johnson, individually, wholesale cigars; The book is altogether a work of art. deed, $500 JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chcw or Smoke. KING DUKE 2H oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LAKCASTKR LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT IfKiiifiictaxer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. fLa^Iflumnfactare all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ iGombiiiationi ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ SCRAP |-Filler--i ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ Specially Cleaned and Care" fully Graded. We make them for 6, 7)4, 9, 10 and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobaooo Factories. J. L. MSTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. t t ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦i^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦±l^^-^i;^.t:?i?.f^ti^-tt^t^t^^ > ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tx xh ♦ ♦ ♦ X tl. J. r leisckKaMer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ XX Ix x^x X9X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X 4> UTHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGNS 4- 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-r-r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦ XX XX Parmenter WAX-LINED I Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AflFord perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAQB. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertielng medium known. RACINi: PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturer^ KACINi:. 'WIS ,VS^A^ AI3BRT FRIB8 Haiioi,d H. Frib FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest Hotiae in the Trade. ManufactureiB and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD.RENOWNED Spanish ' Betuns, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. C ^ -«^ -. 1 ^ H— The Most Popular Flmyoit Sample Free ^^/j^-^j^, ^ Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DcnVCr, Pft. pj -i-^x^-i-^-o Caveats, Trade Marks* r^£l Xwll Lo Design-Patents, Copyrights* ili^ John A. Saul, he Dfoit BoUdM. WASHINGTON. D. €i CIGAR BOXES PMIIERSOF Aiinsnc CIGAR UBELS 814-826 LawrehceSt. SKETCHES AND .QUOTATIONS fURNISNCD WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AN0 RIBBON PRICES For Sale by All Dealers WE AMSmOifl TOMOOO 00, THE TOHACCO WORLD 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED j-'stablibhed Is/S. Factory 15(»:;, \nh Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Mamifacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED- IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at 5^»;(. per Uioo. PATRICK HENRY- 5c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at ^l\r> per U'OO. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY DAT"!"* Henry Five Cent Cigar SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban ^■^ MAN UFA LEONARD WAGNER, F„,„N<,... 707 Ohio St, Allegheny, Pa. MANUFACTURED ONI.Y BY ARE FARMERS BEING BOYCOTTED? Busiivess CKaLAges, Fires, Etc. JfllRRTH^ SLiRBACH^ DENVER, PA. Manufacturer of High-Grade Union Made " SPECIAL liRANDS: United Labor (5c.) Union Stag (5c.) Cuba-Rico (loc.) e C.A.Rost9Cco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers h^MANA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF^^ Phiuadbwhia ¥ AND THE MEANS % * ^ There are more waji than ONE to do everything— but erery way Isn't the BEST way. ^ If It is any part of your business to produce GOOD cigars, you need ftOOD Cigar Tools. M NATIONAL TOOLS are just a little bit BETTER— and a little bit CHEAPEB-thaa YOUR tools. •[ Because we have the patents, the ikiUed labor, unusual manufacturing and Belling advantages, and we know our business. *\ NATIONAL CIGAR CUTTERS, gauged correctly, riveted handle, self-sharpening knife, tempered tool steel, and pure brass spring. % NATIONAL CIGAR BOARDS, hard, strong, heavy and smooth ; no knots, streaks or spots; can't warp or split. •f NATIONAL CIGAR KNITES and CUBAN BLADES hold their edge and never botch the job. , ^"^ .♦%** •I Another thing, we don't charge several prices for NATIONAL TOOLS, ^^ r9' .n*.o^ and we give your money back if they don't suit. 11 Ask for >ur Special Proposition, meant particularly for ¥0U. % The coupon brings it. ^^ ^. ESTABUSHED IN 1881 Vol. XXV., No I88I I 10. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. MARCH 8. 1905. Onk Doixar per Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents. m -J'- SUMATRA INSCRIPTIONS «** .'^d- ^ "^l^AND ON THE ^^ s> National Selling Co. Allentown Pa. WicuJ^ ~vrcrb («A3tr 1903 March 10 March 17 March 31 April 7 April 14 May 5 Buy Your Sumatra Tobacco^ % o '^^ FROM } JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of HaLfid-Made LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. DUYS & CO No. 170 Water Street, New York, N. Y. nay 12 nay 26 June 2 June 9 June 23 July 7 Cut This Out and Keep It as a Reminder. - . -J E. I^OSENWALD & BR0 C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD SMOKE. . I MANETOCIGAR HARTMAN & KOHN, 1552 and 1554 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK. Jobbing and Wholesale Trade solicited. (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) Oiiiir Ml \i Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) Channing Allen ^ Co. Manufacturers of FINE CI 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA Most Popiifar All Havina Cigar Made KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN m. MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA, PA. **The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigmr. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar factory W, K. I^OEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. y\^ C^Au/Es ^ O^' (C'p^^ Havana 123 n. third st IMPORTERS OF^^ HH-JkOCL^HtA +tHe TeB>qeeo Worlb^ INDIANA DEALER.S DON'T WORRY. CAN'T BE GR.OWERS IN A MINUTE. RIVAL BUYERS ON BURLEY BREAKS GROW TOBACCO IN CANADA. They Aren't Taking the New Anti-Ciga.r- ette Law Very Seriously. Indianapolis, Ind., March 6. There hasn't been a great deal of excitement in this city yet over Governor Hani) 's signing of the Park anti cigarette law, and it is safe to say that the dealers haven't lost any sleep over it. As a matter of fact, they are probably pa>ing less attention to the bill than those outside the State who read about it in the newspapers. Moreover, there are a lot of cigarette smokers in this city who haven't stopped yet, and evidently don't intend to. They take the attiiuile that it would be ridiculous to suppose that the authorities will engage a corps of Sherlock Holmeses to tiace the origin of every lighted cigarette they see in the street. It is also considered doubtful if the police department would raid private dwellings where they suspected the man of the house to be enjo>irig a cigarette behind locked doors, although they admit if it was the Thiladelphia police they had to contend with there would be no telling. A number of dealers say that they wont care much if they are obliged to throw out the cigarette, inasmuch as there is not a great deal of money in handling it. The difference would be noticed far more on the sale of tobacco for cigatettes to be rolled by the consum ers, as there is a large business done in certain of such brands of tobacco. There is understood to be nothing in the law to prohibit the sale of this tobacco to the consumer, although the dealer is not permitted to sell the pack- ages of p;iper in which the tobacco is to be rolled, and the consumer in rolling a cigarette would virtually be breaking tiie law against the manufacture of this form of smoking. There is really as muchjaughmg over the new law as any other sentiment, and it is said if an attempt were actually made to enforce the law in its letter cigarette smokers would do like Kansas people did when the law took their liquor away — simply get it. It is said that Ohio dealers who live near their side of the State line expect to reap a harvest from the law, as they count on getting the patronage of Indi- anians for miles the other side of the line. ASSETS OF SHADE-GR.OWN.TOBACCO COMPANY AT PUBLIC SALE. The Connecticut court has been asked by Hugh M. Alcorn, one ot the receivers for the United States Sumatra Tobacco Co. ,to order a public sale of the assets of the company for next Monday, March 6. This request was made because it is believed that a more satisfactory settle- ment can be secured than at private sale. as already ordered by the court. The company was one of the best known of those that conducted shade-grown tobacco properties. Texas Farmers thinks Tobacco Raising Prices in Cincinnati are Jumped by Government Will Establish Experimental too Simple an Operation. Combine and Independents. Stations in Northwest. Houston, Tex., Match 2. Cincinnati, O. . March 4. Ottawa, March i. The tobacco raising idea has become Things are still very lively on the local During a discussion In the Ho i>e on so popular in this State that there is evi breaks owing to the intense comfietition toiiaoco, it was suggested that the (iov dence that wildcat tobacco raising wilj between the combine buyers and those ernment should try the growing of tobacco be engaged in extensively throughout the of the independent manufacturers. in the Northwest. State, and the Government experts are As a result of this, prices on all grades Mr Hrodeui stated that whatever not by any means pleased. have advanced and the breaks are feeling there w.is against Canadian Expert Shelfers, at Nacogdoches, re- crowded with growers from Ohio and tobacco was one of prejudi( e. He was gards the outlook as unfavorable on this Kentucky who are here to lind out just satisfied that the (joveinment was deter- account and has said so publicly. He what is doing in the hurley deal and to mined to do everything possible to thinks it is a great mistake for farmers to take advantage of the best opportunities encourage its growth in Canada, and rush into the work before they get any afforded them. with that end in view, tliey had men kind of a proper idea of how to do it, and When river transportation is fully watching the seeding and curing ( pera- it has been stated by some that the shade opened, which will be very >oon, it is tions. He saiil tliat agents were now in grown imiustry in Connecticut failed for considered practically ( ertain that burley Wisconsin in connection with this, and just these reasons, and not by any fiiult growers will ship their entire cro[) to the Governor of the Stale had pi n ed a of the Government experts. market and this will cause prices to retro large firm at their di-posal, where Mr. Shelfers, says the farmers who in- grade again. Very little attention is experiments were being carried on Iheie tend to go intothe matter properly should being paid by the farmers to the various were suggestions th.it the Govemment do nothing until they are first instructed schemes which are said to be on foot should establish exi)etiiiiental stations, in the proper method o f cultivation, from day to day to revive the burley ICxperiments were now carried on at the secure the tight seed and then goto association bubble. It is now a case of experimental farm at « )ttawa. work on scientific lines. He says that if every man doing the best he can with there is no worse result, the promiscuous his crop, raising will result in greatly lowering the GOOD LEAF IN IDAHO. general average of Texas tobacco which so far has been of a high grade. Farmers are advised to have their soil tested before they plant, and to study up on the matter and be sure they are right ANOTHER ANTI TRUST BILL. Connecticut Jobbers Ask Assembly to Present "Restrictive Methods..' New Haven, Conn., March 2. Tobacco iobbers of this city have sent before they go ahead. The idea that a petition to the general assembly asking they simply have to plant seed in any for the passing of a bill whi h is pending ^oil in the Stale is likely to result very befoie that body entitled "an act to Belated Returns From World's Fair Award Prize to Orifino Firm. For several years the experiment of raising toh.icco was trieil in Idaho, in a small way, and while the })lant grew well no particular attention was paid to de- veloping the industty. Last fill Dunlap & Huckley, of Orofino, try in the State. UNITED PEOPLE IN BINGHAMTON. . sent samples of their tobacco to the St. disastrously for the growth of the indus- nrevent mononoh and for the orotection i • j r ^ / '^ prcveni monopoi) aiiu lor uic proiccuon i oy,^ exposition, and a few d.iys ago of trades." The bill is in line with the ^^^y received notice that a diploma for Massu husetts bill passed a few months ,^^g,u ^.^^^ ^een awarded to them. Ihe ago, and it is undetstood by the trade to ^,,„^pies sent by them to the exposition Arran/Jing to Enter New York Town for be aimed at the American Tobacco Co. ^^^ ^.^j^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^y,,,^ „f j,^g l.,rgest Retail Campaign. Some of the jobbers who signed the ,g^^,g^ ^f tobac 0 ever seen, anil they Hinghamton. N. V.. March 3. petition assert that the combine agrees to ^^.^^^ without blemish of any kind. .>ev- The United Cigar Stores Co. is to enter give every dealer who buys exclusively eral persons will plant tobacco there this this city, and it is now believed that they the American Tobacco Co 's goods, a ^^,^^011 will have at least two stores in operation discount of eiglu per rent, while the man vv*(%^-vfc/%. within a few days. It is not known who has a trade on other goods and re- HAVANA-AMERICAN CO. WILL HAVE whether they intend to invade the field fuses to be bound by such an agreement, NEW FACTORY. verv extensively, but the local dealers gets no discount. The petition was also The MankinCo., 81 2 Fast .Main street. are not overjoyed at the prospect. signed by wholesale grocers who handle Richmond. \'.i , has the tonlract to erect Efforts have been made this week by tobacco. proposed hollow cement block factory agents of the United Co. to locate places w%%vi^ building for the Havana American Co., in certain choice localities and it was ^^ TRUST PROBE. ^^^ j^^^ ^yg^f. ^^^ j^^ f,,^,^ stories, 52x152 said that a big bonus was recently offered Government Will Not Act on Kehoe Reso- /-/ — iMPaRTEita or^'^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Pi -^TriE T©B>qeeo Worlb^ INDIANA DEALERS DON'T WORRY. CAN'T BE GROWERS IN A MINUTE. RIVAL BVYERS ON BURLEY BREAKS GROW TOBACCO IN CANADA. They Aren't Taking the New Anti*Cigak.r- tXXe Law Very Seriously. Indianapolis, Ind. , March 6. / There hasn't been a great deal of excitement in this city yet over Governor Hanly's signing of the Park anti cigarette law, and it is safe to say that the dealers haven't lost any sleep over it. As a matter of fact, they are probably pa>ing less attention to the bill than those outside the State who read about it in the newspapers. Moreover, there are a lot of cigarette smokers in this city who haven't stopped yet, and evidently don't intend to. They take the attitude that it would be ridiculous to suppose that the authorities will engage a corps of Sherlock Holmeses to tiace the origin of every lighted cigarette they see in the street. It is also considered doubtful if the police department would raid private dwellings where they suspected the man of the house to be enjoying a cigarette behind locked doors, although they admit if it was the Philadelphia police they had to contend with there would be no telling. A number of dealers say that they wont care much if they are obliged to throw out the cigarette, inasmuch as there is not a great deal of money in handling it. The difference would be noticed far more on the sale of tobacco for cigarettes to be rolled by the censum- crs, as there is a large business done in certain of such brands of tobacco. There is understood to be nothing in the law to prohibit the sale of this tobacco to the consumer, although the dealer is not permitted to sell the pack- ages of paper in which the tobacco is to be rolled, and the consumer in rolling a cigarette would virtually be breaking the law against the manufacture of this form of smoking. There is really as much^laughing over the new law as any other sentiment, and it is said if an attempt were actually made to enforce the law in its letter cigarette smokers would do like Kansas people did when the law took their liquor away — simply get it. It is said that Ohio dealers who live near their side of the State line expect to reap a harvest from the law, as they count on getting the patronage of Indi- anians for miles the other side of the line. ASSETS OF SHADE-GROWN,TOBACCO COMPANY AT PUBLIC SALE. The Connecticut court has been asked by Hugh M. Alcorn, one ot the receivers for the United States Sumatra Tobacco Co., to order a public sale of the assets of the company for next Monday, March 6. This request was made because it is believed that a more satisfactory settle- ment can be secured than at private sale. as already ordered by the court. The company was one of the best known of those thatconducted shade-grown tobacco properties. Texas Farmers thinks Tobacco Raising Prices in Cincinnati are Jumped by Government Will Establish Experimental too Simple an Operation. Combine and Independents. Stations in Northwest. Houston, Tex., March 2. Cincinnati, O. , March 4. Ottawa, March i. The tobacco raising idea has become Things are still very lively on the local During a discussion In the House on so popular in this State that there is evi breaks owing to the intense competition tobacco, it was suggested that the Gov dence that wildcat tobacco raising wilj between the combine buyers and those ernment should try the growing of tobacco be engaged in extensively throughout the of the independent manufacturers. in the Northwest. State, and the Government experts are As a result of this, prices on all grades Mr. Brodeur stated that whatever not by any means pleased. have advanced and the breaks are feeling there was against Canadian Expert Shelfers, at Nacogdoches, re- crowded with growers from Ohio and tobacco was one of prejudice. He was t,'ards the outlook as unfavorable on this Kentucky who are here to find out just satisfied that the Government was deter- account and has said so publicly. He what is doing in the hurley deal and to mined to do everything possible to thinks it is a great mistake for farmers to take advantage of the best opportunities encourage its growth in Canada, and rush into the work before they get any afforded them. with that end in view, they had men kind of a proper idea of how to do it, and When river transportation is fully watching the seeding and curing opera- it has been stated by some that the shade opened, which will be very soon, it is tions. He said that agents were now in grown industry in Connecticut failed for considered practically certain that hurley Wisconsin in connection with this, and just these reasons, and not by any fault growers will ship their entire crop to the Governor of the Stale had pi, iced a of the Government experts. market and this will cause prices to retro large farm at their di^posal, where Mr. Shelfers, says the farmers who in- grade again. Very little attention is experiments were being carried on. There tend to go intothe matter properly should being paid by the farmers to the various were suggestions that the Government do nothing until they are first instructed schemes which are said to be on foot should establish experimental stations, in the proper method o f cultivation, from day to day to revive the hurley Experiments were now carried on at the secure the right seed and then go to association bubble. It is now a case of experimental farm at Ottawa, work on scientific lines. He says that if every man doing the best he can with there is no worse result, the promiscuous his crop, raising will result in greatly lowering the GOOD LEAF IN IDAHO. general average of Texas tobacco which so far has been of a high grade. Farmers are advised to have their soil tested before they plant, and to study up on the matter and be sure they are right before they go ahead. The idea that they simply have to plant seed in any ANOTHER ANTITRUST BILL. Connecticut Jobbers Ask Assembly to Present "Restrictive Methods..* New Haven, Conn., March 2. Tobacco jobbers of this city have sent a petition to the general assembly asking for the passing of a bill whi h is pending Belated Returns From World's Fair Award Prize to Oriffino Firm. For several years the experiment of raising tobacco was tried in Idaho, in a small way, and while the plant grew well no particular attention was paid to de- veloping the industry. Last fall Dunlap & Buckley, of Orofino, soil in the State is likely to result very before that body entitled -an act to ^^nt samples of their tobacco to the St. disastrously for the growth of the mdus- prevent monopoly and for the protection try in the State. UNITED PEOPLE IN BINGHAMTON. Arranging to Enter New York Town for Retail Campaign. Binghamton, N. Y. , March 3. Louis exposition, and a few days ago of trades." The bill is in line with the j^ey received notice that a diploma for Massachusetts bill passed a few months ^^^j^ ^^^ ^een awarded to them. Ihe ago, and it is undeistood by the trade to samples sent by them to the exposition be aimed at the American Tobacco Co. ^^^ ^^j^j ^^ j^ave been some of the largest Some of the jobbers who signed the 1^,^^^^ ^f tobacco ever seen, and they petition assert that the combine agrees to ^.^^^ without blemish of any kind. Sev- The United Cigar Stores Co. is to enter give every dealer who buys exclusively gral persons will plant tobacco there this this city, and it is now believed that they the American Tobacco Go's goods, a 5^35,0^ will have at least two stores in operation discount of eight per cent, while the man v»»**%%%%% within a few days. It is not known who has a trade on other goods and re- HAVANA-AMERICAN CO. WILL HAVE whether they intend to invade the field fuses to be bound by such an agreement, NEW FACTORY. very extensively, but the local dealers gets no discount. The petition was also The MankinCo., 812 East Main stieet, are not overjoyed at the prospect. signed by wholesale grocers who handle Richmond, Va., has the contract to erect Efforts have been made this week by tobacco, agents of the United Co. to locate places in certain choice localities and it was said that a big bonus was recently offered Government Will Not Act on KeKoe Reso- NO TRUST PROBE. for the lease of the store now occupied by J. J. Burns a t Court and Water streets. Another store near State street is also desired by the company. The persistence with which specific locations have been tried for, has given lution for Some Tinve. Washington, D. C, March 3. It is extremely improbable that any proposed hollow cement block factory building for the Havana American Co., of Key West; to be four stories, 52x152 feet, have tile roof, copper gutter and downspout, electric lights, two-story fire- proof vault and electric elevator, and to cost 135,000. A 15,000 gallon tank in the tower. action will be taken for some time on the extended 30 feet above roof, and a 90,000 gallon cistern, from which water will be conveyed to tank by an electrically driven pump, will also be installed. resolution offered by Representative Kehoe asking for an investigation of rise to the rumor that the United people ^^^^ of j^g movements of the American are after certain dealers but there is Tobacco Co. nothing more definite upon which to Representative Smith, of Kentucky. found this report. .^^1,0 was delegated by the Judiciary tion in Oneida, N. Y., by Andrew S. It is certain that while not much is Committee to consult the Attorney Gen- Hummell and Charles A. Smith, under said by local independent dealers, the „,^i on the subject, has found it impossi- the firm name of Smith & HummclL United Comoanv will bv no means be . r • . • Both men are expenenred in the trade, ^ve„1hegThaUby.heo°heTciKaris.s •>'« "> -""S' « sausfac.ory interview. ^„, ,^^ ^,^^^V^ „, „,), f^^^^ ^i„ in the city, as there is a fear that the and as a result expressed the opmion doubtless be a popular addition to the comoanv may be intending to cut prices that with steel, beef, oil and the various market, for awhile in order to get the trade. other commodities, the monopoly of «»%.%«%%«%% which is being looked into now, the —Hirschhorn, Mack & Co., cigar man- , J , * u nenartment of Labor and Commerce ufacturers. of New York city, have leased tueVT,!!ro1luT.!Sno"'ar;e"'''sre wUlT::" its^Ulie^at.en.ion occupied .he B,im building at Coopersburg. Pa.. NEW FACTORY IN ONEIDA. N. Y. A new factory has been put in opera* than the introduction of printers ink. for some time to come. and are about to begin operations. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ,E. A. O^*-*^^® cfi O^- <^^^ Havana 123 n. third st 4 ' .IMPORTERS ^^^ RHII-AOeLfHIA J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. PODNDBD 1855. #olM T. Dohan. > »D&.T*< W™* "• Dohan. ^^^ DOHAN &TAITT, V^V Dg,T Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^^^^ Packers of ^/^^^^J^ JO/ Arch St. Leaf Tohacco\ ,«l»^ ) philada. ■MabUahed i8as e'*'^* BREMER'S SOyy, l^l^^'' ' IMPORTERS OF ^^^V^ B I Havana and Sumatra •od PACKERS of s^ Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia /TTLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Thrrd St., Phila. ^porters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. pff SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO ( 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; BaldwinsyiUe.N.V. PaOLAiiEUWMjii, TheR m ni rp Importers and Dealers in "^^*Jt-'** ^ ALL KINDS OF Leaf lobacco havana n jopn ^i^ SUMATRA 1 UUllU ^o., Ltd. SUMATRA XUUUUU 118 N.3d St. Phila. IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNB¥ 1/ BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers oi SU MATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in Z/J^AF TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third Street PHIhADELPHIA, PA, liEOPOLiD LiOEB 8t 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. O J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOE ^©(30 f — 1 XT ' 0 "HT IMPORTMRS of r#l 1 Oimg& 14 ewmaU, Sumatra & Havana (x&sr 2JT N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. ~ Paeken of &e€d L^Mf- ^ /\ (^ALVEs (j^ Qo. <^oy Havana 123 n. third st _ jmmmm,^^^ IMPORTERS Op^^ ~ Philadblrhia 5«CIGAR SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. I The Old Salesman's Musings. : A WOR.D ON THE CIGARETTE AGI- That s all right and perfectly laudable; TATION. but there has got to be some better way It beats the mischief how everybody is hit upon, if it is to be successful. Such beginning to jump on the poor little a rigid law as this is so manifestly unfair, cigarette. One might think that it was not only to a man's moral freedom, but as A>*kward a proposition for humanity to a great business interest, that it can to solve as is the social evil. not possibly be entirely successful as a The Hoosiers are carrying the banner l^^- in the van just now, but there are a Assume that every State passed such a whole lot of other zealots trying to catch measure— and if the cigarette is objec- up, and there is no telling what fool bills tionable as a common evil in one State, will be introduced in the legislatures »t must be in another— and consider the before all the agitatorsget through calling effect. There were 265,292,098 cigar- attention to themselves. ettes produc ed in the United States in The most sensational incident of the January, which showed some gain, but doings in Indiana was the dramatic dis- which is a fair average. A very large play of a $100 bill by one of the Repre- majoiity of these are consumed in this sentaives. who declared that he had country, and if the industry were wiped received it as an inducement for him to out at one sweep, what would become of vote against the bill prohibiting the ^^^ capital tied up in the business, of manufacture or sale of cigarettes in the the men who represent the capital, and State, and who asserted that the money last, but by no means least, the tremen- had come from a lobbyist in the employ ^ous army of workers in the factories, in of the American Tobacco Co.^ the offices and on the road? What would Whatever may be said about the become of the bright leaf farmers, who American Tobacco Co. by its friends or supply the material for the domestic its enemies, there is never any dispute cigarette? The tobacco made up in any as to the fact that the organization is other form would still contain the pre- conductedby men who have cut their sumably harmful ingredients of a cigar eyeteeth, and who, granting for the sake ^tte. of argument that they might consider it necessary to apply a little financial around the country aren't properly grease, would hardly be likely to shoot spanked when they need it. Of course, hundred-dollar bills around promiscuous- if »» can be proven that the cigarette ly without having gained a fair idea of industry is a great and gio^^ing menace what would become of them. to the health of the next generation, it On the other hand. I don't suppose should not be permitted to stand, merely that any one seriously supposes that in order to prevent throwing a multitude cigarettes will never again be sold in of people out of work. Indiana, or that travelling men who smoke them will throw their supply out Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia J. JVIRHLiOri BflRHES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factoryy Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. All this because a number of kids But this has not yet been proved, and a strong infusion of common sense will of'the car window as they speed over the be necessary before these crusaders accomplish much in this direction. A "fiend" cannot be cured by putting JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, J^f (^JS Matters of A ■ I^tB^ a Matters of Hollard*s Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NLMEROLS PRIVATE BRA>DS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia. m State line. The moment you tell a man who has been in the habit of smoking fifteen the cigarette out of business, for if by a cigarettes a day that he must not buy or miracle of effort he were prevented from smoke any at all because he is not securing "the makings." he would simply capable of determining what is good for turn to something worse. Drug "fiends" him, that man immediately finds it in every city or town in the Union have necessary to smoke thirty a day. and little trouble in gratifying their needs, will cheerfully go to any amount of and it is going a little far to class the trouble to get them. cigarette with the opium layout. It is presumable that the most part of So much for the "fiend, ' (bless him. all this talk and monkey business has for the crusader could'nt do without him.) been brought about primarily because a The average cigarette smoker certainly lot of people want to stop kids from would not stop because somebody told smoking or being tempted to smoke. (Concluded on page 34) F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arcfi Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THB TOBACCO WOltLD ^"'VtBALfA OF- THB l^BTAILERS TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. to a certain amount, say $5 or $10 While this seems a large rebate, it must be remembered that this is done to peo- ple outside of your immediate vicinity, TTHE only way to do more business ^^q .,re ^Qt regular customers at your now a days than is being done by 5^0^^ j^ ^.jn enable you to interest new the man across the street is by adver customers, who will thereafter be attracted tising more effectively than he does. The ^Q your store by your up to date methods public is like a coy fish that hangs off ^nd by the class of goods sold them. for the most attractive bait, and the ;^ store often has an accumulation of dealer who doesn't give customers some ^^js and ends. These may be got to- particular reason lor coming to his place getherin boxes, neatly wrapped and tied. is like the fisherman who expects fish to They could be displayed in the wm- rise to an empty hook. dow, with an advertisement on cards By advertising, the taking of space in ^j. j^ ^^e newspapers, that on a certain a newspaper or other publication, is not day these boxes, containing valuable ar- necessarily meant, but anything which jj^les will be sold, say at I5 or 50 cents serves to exploit the business. The apiece. The purchaser buys "sight clothier who commences to give a pair unseen.' The package is sure to contain of suspenders Iree with every pair of something of value, probably of consid- trousers purchased is advertising, and if drably greater value than the price asked, he keeps his books properly, will charge xhe curiosity o f t h e public will be the cost of the suspenders up to his ad- artuscd, and the stock of odds and ends, veriising account. In fact there are so qj. ^\Qy, selling merchandise, which has many methods and ideas of advertising bothered the merchant, will be disposed that it would be foolish to attempt to say ^f ^q j^e satisfaction of the public and certainly which is the best method. the proprietor; and at the same time One good schrmc consists of the acttract a number of customers to your issuing of rebate checks which can easily store. be done by the dealer who uses a cash register. Upon the check issued by these ma< hines can be printed any new idea QMOKERS arc always glad to have that will be attractive from an adver- • • • A GOOD SUGGESTION. tising standpoint. dealers give them hints during sales, for whether he is or is not, every You might say: "Return $10 worth of ^^^l" appcars to his customers as an these checks and receive 50c value in "pert on tobacco. Here is a suggestion me.chandise." Then upon this check ^^ich comes from a medical authority you could print a mixed lot of letters, and which many smokers will be glad These letters properly arranged, would ^° know. spell a certain word or motto. Advertise Those who use a mouth piece while that any person who rearranges these smoking, or are careful not to permit the letters so they will properly spell the wo, d ^nd of the cigar to get saturated with or motto, will receive an extra rebate, or s^^i^a are much less liable to suffer from J . , . .^ the absorption of the various products of a double rebate. *^ ^ It might be advertised that on every ^^e burning tobacco. "Dry smokers- hundredth purchase the money will be run much less risk of harming themselves refunded. This hundredth check can be ^hari those who chew the ends of their ascertained by the consecutive number of cigars. A little piece of absorbent cotton the check issued by the register. saturated with chloride of iron and placed When a rebate is given for cash sales, *" '^^ ^o^^" ^'»^ ^«"^^'' innocuous most it is sometimes an excellent point to ad- of the harmless products of combustion, vertise that double rebate will be given. This could be done on dull days, when it is a well known fact that trade is not so brisk. It is a good idea to post in the window a weather bulletin, printed in large let- ters. This weather bulletin can be se- TEST CIGARETTES IN THE MORNING. "'T'HE time to test a cigarette is before breakf.\st,* ' said a dealer who makes a specialty of these articles. "The cigarette connoisseurs are on to that. Whenever I get anything new in curtd from the postmaster each day. If ^^e way of a high class cigarette, I write printed in letters large enough, it will at- to ^y best customers and they drop in tract the attention of the public, which is a'o"g '" ^^^ forenoon, before they've always interested in the weather, and thus «aten or smoked, to try it. call attention to the goods displayed in "The most expensive cigarettes I cairy, the window. considering the size, are specially made A new plan suggested is to secure the ^^r ladies. They cost only 4 cents a , , , piece, but there's only a pinch of tobacco names of a number of customers, say 500 r , u ji n r * ' ^ ' in each one — hardly one pull for a man. or 1,000, outside the immediate vicinity My best woman customer buys a hundred of >our store, and outside of your regular boxes at a time, and she's back with a trade. To them, send once every so new order pretty frequently. I don't often, a rebate check, or sight draft for, ^uppose she smokes them all herself. ^ ,, . , , She entertains a great deal, for instance. Si. State in the letter ac- • • • companying this, that if the person will . .. , \ . , , 1. 11 The man who can t use advertls- present this check at your store, he will j^g j^ his business, has no business to receive a credit of |i on sales made up be in business, and usually isn't. PERSONAL APPEARANCE IS A icise the clerk's. The average business WHOLE LOT. man now a days, is well dressed and is "PVERY man who has entered the careful to have a good appearance. If ■^ average well kept saloon has prob- his personal inclinations would not nat- ably noticed at some time or other, the urally induce such a condition, he is fact that one of the attractions was the forced to look after such details because air of cleanliness and neatness about the it is expected by others, bartenders. The majority of them wear And if he is one of the kind that obeys freshly laundered linen coats, are usually such a reason, he will be all the quicker careful about being shaved, have clean to notice defects in others and resent* collars and the electric light shining on them. them gives them a very agreeable, hos- It may seem a ridiculously small thing pitable look. Their trousers and shoes to make a fuss about, the passing over the may be off color, but you don't see counter of a cigar box, by a clerk who them. needs a shave, or whose linen is soiled, The bartender may copy after the old but a good many permanent customers time hotel clerk with the expanse of have been lost in just such a way. It is gleaming shirt front set off by a paste close attention to little details and the headlight, but he has interest enough in bettering of small things that makes the his business to take the trouble to keep successful dealer. himself in trim, and that is the point If he were not able to accomplish it in that is being brought out any other way, the wise dealer would It is probable, too, that no matter how make his clerks an extra allowance every sloppy the bartender allowed himself to week sufficient to insure clean face and get, he would still be kept pretty busy, linen. He will find it to be the best But with a cigar store it is different The investment he ever made, average cigar smoker is more fastidious It is not the purpose of this article ta than the average frequenter of barrooms, designate the cigar store clerk as a mis- and he will select the best kept erably shiftless, untidy individual. It is store every time. That being the case it only stated that a good many clerks are is surprising, the carelessness and indif too careless in this respect lor their own ference which is displayed in a great good. They may count up their weekly many stores whose proprietors ought to wage, and figure out that it doesn't pay know better. to spend money in such a way. They Not long ago the writer visited a num- may simply be ordinarily careless, or ber of the stores with the express inten- th'nk it doesn't particularly matter how tion of noticing such things, and was they look while at work, considerably astounded to behold the It's the greatest mistake in the world, large proportion of clerks that needed a though. The man whose appearance is shave, and needed it badly. There is irreproachable is bound to attract favor- no law which compels a man to keep able attention and the more favorable himself shaved but when, to a certain attention he attracts, the more his value ex»ent, he is in the position of a servant increases; if his employer docs not re- to the public, ordinary ambition ought to cognize that fact some other wilL He induce him to try to make a good will also find that the difference it makes impression. in his own self resspect will be worth the In some of the places the clerks had price, dirty collars, their hair was not even brushed neatly, and their hands were anything but pleasant to look upon. A 'J'HE DEALER who wants to keep his man's hands will get dirty in spite of friends reminded that he is still in him. but he has a right to wash them business, and who wishes to acquaint ,, J . u • . u others of that fact, would be hkely to get occasionally, and t h e proprietor who good results if he had neat cards printed knows his business will take the trouble bearing his name and address and a to afford the facilities and insist upon it. little cut of his store, if it has a good No one expects a man who gets the ^^°"J' ^^^'^j? i*.*^ "^'f^^ ^^^^ "^t the Sign ,■ , , , of tne Good Cigar, salary given the usual clerk to appear as Qn the back of the card it would be a Beau Brummel, but if he is in a posi well to print a humorous little conceit of tion where he is always on view and some sort, for it is an ancient fact that a comes into cantact with customers, he J^k® travels faster and further than any- should be compelled properly to attend f*^'"^ ^^'^- . So^^ething like this would '^ r r 7 be appropriate : • • • FOR ADVERTISING CARDS. to the care of his person. There should be nothing about the clerk to repel the casual customer, and the man who en- ters a strange store to get his cigars, is much more likely to notice such things than he would in the store he usually patronizes. As a consequence he wont come again. As was said at first, the better class of stores are referred to, not the hang- up joints where the customers don't care anything about their own appearance, and would certainly not be likely to crit- Johnny's Composition on Tobacco. Tobacco grows something like a cabbage, but I never saw none cooked. I have heard men say that cigars that was given them on elec- tion day for nothing was mostly cab- bage leaves. Tobacco stores arc mostly kept by wooden Injuns, who stand at the door and offer them a bunch of cigars, which is glued into the Injun's hand, and is made of wood also. I tried to smoke a cigar once, and I felt like Epson salts. Tobacco was invented by a man named Walter Raleigh. THX TOBACCO WORLD . Increase Your Bank Account PLACE IN YOUR STORE a system that protects your customers, your clerks and your profits — a system that tells you the amount of your business at any time in the day. A National Cash Register Enables you to complete your bookkeeping before your customer leaves the store and to post your accounts not only to the day, but to the minute. Pays for Itself Within a year out of the money it saves and then pays 100 per cent, on the money invested. write for full informj^tion (IT (H-'l- HKKK AM> MAll. TO IS TOI>\> NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., Dayton, Ohio / own a. .store. PJensc explain to we what kind of a refjister /s best suited for my biisiiie.^-^. This does not obligate me to bmj. Same Adttrtits Sn n. rkx Please Mention The Tobacco World h €) "THE 400's" CIGAR CASE. ^I^g YOLJ IIV IT? Supplying "The 400" with their favorite Cigars? If not, **OET IN IT" By using "The 400's" Cigar Case. This new and elegant style of case is made without f™™*' | *«' °f *°°^ to get shabby, or metal to tarnish and require cleaning. Nothing exposed to wear '»'• v'e* except Plate Gkss«^^^ Marble All cases are fitted with racks and water trays. Dimensions as follows: Top ligh , 26 inches wide front WS4?nc1,\s wide ; marble base, 7K inches wfde: 42 '"ches high over all. These dimensions can^^^^^ varied. Made any length from three to fourteen feet with one light in top and front. Pnce, sa.so per root. F. POLLARD, 33-37 Betbune St., NEW YORK Manufacturer of ShOW CrSCS 734 & 73^ Superior St., CLEVELAND, O. 949 Liberty St., PITTSB URG. PA E. A. G^^^^^ C& Co- ^^^ Havana ^.^^mm.m— IMPORTERS OF^^ 123 N. THIRD ST Philadelphia gREMER BROS. & BOEHM GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ivnd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., D0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 251 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. READING, PA. ORTH Third Street, Philadelphia. S. Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Hayant Dealer in all kinds of Seed Lea Tobacco H. Velspchik. ir Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, '"DelLt Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. VELENCHIK BROS. •m^b LEAF T0B/ie©O Sumatra and Havana 154 N. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVT3INER J PRINCE LOUIS BYTHINMR c& CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 Race St. -J- . I - 1 ij^ aivd Commission Merchanis. T IVlIattClpnia* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. 9 • L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Sumatra.'* Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO 170 — 174. special Partner -Gumkksini>o Garcia Cuervo. NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers and Dealers of TUELTAABAJO.PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO 20, Havai\8L p. o. box 98 Cable: ••Angel," Havana r I I I NEW BUYERS IN HAVANA MARKET. No One is Buying Largely, But There is Some Hope to the Trade. Should Be About 44,000 Bales in First Hands. Most Demand for Remedios and Heavy Vuelta Abajo. rSpccial Correspondence ot The Tobacco World.] ^ Havana, February 27, 1905. Quite a number of new buyers made was sold to a local factory at a compara- their appearance in the Havana market tively high figure. last week, and while the majority of It is stated that a few farmers have them have not operated largely, the again begun to throw some of their aggregate of their purchases has helped new tobacco upon piles, which metlcd to give life to the trade. ought to be severely condemned. Force Receipts from the country have fallen sweated Connecticut wrappers may have off 10 a minimum of a few hundred bales given good results in the United Slates, last week, indicating that the stocks in but forcing Havana tobacco with the farmers' hands cannot amount to any present appliances so far has always quantity worth taking into consideration, resulted in losses to the manufacturers at According to the number of bales received least The farmer miy possibly reap from the interior of the island and the some benefit, if prices rule high and he sales reported, there should be a trifle finds a dealer ready to take chances in over 44,000 bales in first hands, but a. trying to palm off such imperfectly cured some receipts from the country were tobacco upon a manufacturer, shipped direct instead of coming into In order to make the dried new tobac the market, the actual stocks may be co pliable, continuous humidity or heavy . ' rains are needed, so that the bundled On the other hand, the American tobacco when thrown upon piles will at exporters have looked out for their cus- once begin fermentation. This process tomers, so the latter if they come here is of the utmost importance, and formerly will be able to fill their wants. A curious used to require forty days, while of late, fact however, is that it has been demon- in order to retain the light colored wrap, stra'ied through the stamps sold by the pers. less time is given to it by the government on cigars and cigarettes farmers. consumed in the island, that the latter is Some of the latter in the sime manner far l.rger than had been imagined by in o.der to satisfy the craze for light col- most people, and that fully 500.000 ors. cut their tobacco plants before the bales of leaf tobacco are required to be leaves are properly matured. A false produced each year to meet the home humidity may set in for a day. or only consumption and exports of leaf, cigars, for a few hours, and if the greedy or cigarettes and cut tobacco. unthinking "veguero" uses this oppor- As the 1904 crop only produced 450,- tunity to bundle his tobacco and throw 000 biles, surplus stocks from previous it into piles, no fermentation will take vears have been reduced 50,000 bales, place if the weather turns dry again, and As the majority of authorities claim that the tobacco will become hard and resent the 1905 crop may yield only 400,000 the violence done to it. Such tobacco bales it would require 100,000 bales to will always show the false treatment.and make up the shortage to cover the de- no after- fermentation can improve it. mand and as the stocks were only 90.000 Even the best crop grown under tne bales 'on January i. 1905. the actual most favorable circumstances can be shortage would be 10.000 bales. turned into poor looking (and tasting) The statistical position is. therefore, stuff. The rainy season varies according undoubtedly very strong, and in view of to the years. Sonietim^s it sets in as such figures high prices appear inevita- early as the middle of April: then again ble in order to prevent a further expan- not until the latter part of May, and .ion of the consumption. Strange as it there have been exceptional years when may appear, the greatest demand is still the rains only became general in June for Remedios and heavy Vuelta Abajo At the moment there is a complaint of styles while the lighter fillers of Vuelta drought all over the country, and that the /^"hlio and Partido particularly are almost plants still in the field are stunted in ^^ected at the moment. However, if growth, therefore fillers will be heavy m ^e that the coming crop will consist body and not plentiful, as many plant, p^ncipally of medio tiempo and tardio after the first cutting have dri^ up and *^ / 1- ur.A.A »»,«in the tables wiU give no chance for a second or third leaf(orofaheavierbody).then the tables ^^^^.g ^^ .^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ may be turned and all lighter styles may ^^^^^^^^ ^f course, are favored in times be sought after again. One bale of ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ estimate of 400,000 • •libre de pic" (ground leaf new crop) bales is based upon the good yield in from Rematcs arrived here last week and these districts. ESTABLISHEP 1844 I I I I I I I I H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. Bdcrvkers and Commission Merchscnts ■I I SHIPPEP^^ OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TO'BACCO MANUFAQTURBRS OF Tbe Celebrated Bf «LAd FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA« Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopei RBMIGIO LOPMZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands La Mas Fermosa y Magnetica de Cuba No. 83A Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. Est«Lblish«d I860 El Rieo Habai^o Factory INDEPENDENT OF ANY TRUST OF Enrique Dorado & Co. Vuelta Abajo Cigars Purveyors to H. M. The King of Spain Eatrella No. 171—73, cawe: chaoaWa. Havana, Cuba. Narciso Gonzalez. Vbnancio Diaz, Special. Sobrinos de Vcaaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 An-^ Independent Cigar Factory SOL and ^^isM^K'^^ , LUIS MARX ^ABAnt^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNOS DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. The Oldest Brand _ _ ^ _._ , Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Cable; ClFER. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. '•Antbro.' ANTONIO SUAREZ '' S en C Almacen de Tabaco en Rama MaPBClAUDAJ) MN TABACOS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO IUyoU0yll2 HABANA Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Tabaco en RamM Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba, JOAQCIN H EDESA, MARTINEZ,*HEDESA « CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco ^u: ........ '*' ^•^"''" f "t HABANA. CUBA. Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street. Key West. Ha. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpraaUy in Vueltai Ai>aio, Semi VueHtL y PaHkk IndustridL 176, HABANA, CUBA. & Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTflflEDfl GROWERS. PACKERS Md EXPORTERS of Havana lieaf Tobacco Dragones 108-110, HA VA NA GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de V'uelta AbajOjPartidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalbzgon. AYMLINO PAZOS & CO. Alma€0nistas de Tabaco sn Rama PRADO 123, Habana AIXALA a." HABANA, CUBA. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Bttablished 1834 Independent Vneita Abajo Factory Por Larranaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO, ProprietreM ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mirk Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brand. : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^h. Sir Walter Raleigh L«L Columnia de I«l Victori«L. La. IrmeL, and La. Guipuzcoana. ^RAfiN^ J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. Sales last week are reported as 5,480 biles in all. or 4.535 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 135 of Partido and 810 of Remeoios. The American buyers are credited with 3.475 bales, local manufacturers with 1,605 and Europe with 400 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: — Arthur Hunter, of Hunter, Wiltshire & Co , London ; John Wardlow, president of the Ruy Lopez factory. Key West; J. W. Merriam and J. Weinberg, of J. W. Merriam & Co. . Joe Cullman, of Cullman Bros., Fernando Alvarez, of Fernando Alvarez, M. Cane, of Cane Bros., M. Schwartz, of M. Schwartz, New York. A. Aarons, of A. Aarons & Bro., Ltd., New Orleans; Jake Benner, of Benner Bros. , Otto Schrader, of Otto Schrader & Co , and John T. Dolan, of John T. Dolan & Co , Chicago; John N. Kolb and R imon Fernandez, of the Theobald & Oppenheimer Co., Tampa; Frank W. Taylor, of Hull & Lyon, and F. Eaton, of Estabrook & Eaton, Provi- dence, R. I. Departures:— Alfred Rossin. Fernando Alvarez, Richard Sichel and Joseph Mendelsohn, for New York; Jules Zim- merman, Jake Benner and Otto Schrader, for Chicago; W. W. Stewa.t. for FhiladeU phia and Reading. Pa. HoLvanoL Cigar M«Lnufacturers had only four working days the past week, as by the interference of the national holiday, "El Grito de Baire." on Friday last. Hardly any of the inde- p«ndent factories worked on Saturday cither. The large independent factories, such as H. Upmann&Co.. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co, of the Partagas; Antonio J. Rivero, manager of the Por Larranaga; Behrens & Co, of Sol; Rabell. Costa, Vales & Co, of Ramon AUones; J. F. Rocha. of Crepusculo; Rafael G Marques, of High Life, are however fully occupied, and receive steady orders from the United States. Europe and South America. Exports per steamship Morro Castle were 3 143.- 792 cigars. Buying. SelliKl n.nd Other Note, of In- terest. John N. Kolb made one purchase of 700 bales of fine Vuelta Abajo vegas. lowland section. Fernando Fernandez & Bro. sold 737 bales of Vuelta Abajo. 400 of which were to the French regie. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 420.000 cigars of their own and other independ- ent brands last week. SobrinosdeA. Gonzalez disposed of 700 bales of Vuelta Abajo and shipped 3,496 bales of leaf per steamship Regina Maria Cristina to the Spanish. regie. Manuel Suarez & Co. have had a very busy week looking after four customers of theirs. Don J« se Mendelsohn thinks he can take a short respite in seeing his family, and left by the steamship Morto Castle on Saturday. However, as he is a hus tier, it is to be assumea he will not rest long upon his oars. G. Salomon y Hns. turned over 600 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedies A. M. Calzada & Co. have purchased 500 bales of Remedios in the country, and had no trouble in finding ready bu)ers of 300 bales of Vuelta Aoajo and Remedios. Alfred Rossin is said to have made some good sized operations in Remedios and Vuelta Abajo. Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. sold 430 bales of Vuelta Abajo. W. W. Stewart bought between 200 and 300 bales of fine Vuelta Abajo leaf for Stewart, Newberger & Co. A. Pazos & Co. were very busy selling over 3C0 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Rodriguez Baustita & Co disposed of 267 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Jose F. Rocha closed out 200 bales of their stock of Vuelta Abajo. Bruno Diaz & Co. were sellers to the extent of 200 bales of Vuelta Abejo and Partido. Loeb Nunez Havana Co turned over 200 bales of Remedios. Suarez Hno found buyers early for 150 bales of their fine holdings of Vuelta Abajo. Muniz Hns y Cia made one transac tion of 150 bales ot Vuelta Abajo last week. Jobe Menendez sold 135 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Pariido. Grau, Planas «& Co. disposed of no bales of Remedios without any trouble. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. purchased the famous vegas of Santiago Plasencia & Bro., called "El Retiro," of San Luis, Vuelta Abajo, and some other choice vegas ol the cuchillas of San Juan y Martinez, making in all some 2,000 or 3,000 bales of the new crop. In starting early to buy of the new crop it shows from which side the wind is blowing. Naturally, this tobacco will only be packed when the proper time for handling the same arrives, and there will be no precipitation, as the Partagas factory would even have enough stocks on hand to run their business if there was a crop failure. Reoelpte Vroia the Coantri Week Ending Since Crepusculo," " Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Ckkpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40.000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. gj Broad Street, New York, SRAU, PL/INAS Y ©I/I. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable: Graplanas. Habana, Cuba CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 2g, c»bi.- BiMco • Habana, Cuba. GONZALBZ, BENITMZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamika. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-^UNEZ HAVANA CO. mweiiistas le Taiaco et ism 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEirr r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ '-^tfoTteTA, LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. BsKimore Street, Bsltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T».mp%.. Fl*.. Feb. 25 Bales Vuelta Abajo 104 Semi Vuelta — • Partido 60 Matanzas — S. Clara k Remedios 99 Santiago de Cuba — Total 263 Jan. 1. Bales 7.097 616 1.103 3 7.986 4^633 21,438 FACTORY 9f - BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to ordeti. Cigtts made strictly of the very bett VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertheim & Scbiff&r, Hirscbhorn, Mack & Co. Straiton <& Storm, UNITED CIGAR 1 IVI anUtaCtUrCrS J [ i^tcbtenstein Bros. Co. 1014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. IS THB TOBACCO WORLD •>♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦' ♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦'♦♦■♦ *^*"*^'* 4, ♦TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t New York, February 27, 1905. them, they having been obtained in this \ LKAF TOBACCO orr ices : DETROIT, MICH. ^M«STERDAM,HOLLANPt XAVANA.CUBA NewYowio i^tCNOCNCfl. While there were one or two days last week when the retailers could have done more without being rushed, the general trend of things was much better and business was of a steadier character. If continues way. The suit was in the much mooted case in which the| Falk firm sued the Ameri- can West Indies Co. for damages for CABLE AOOKC^'TACHUCLA* the milder weather continues dealers allcj^ed infringement of its brand El FaU figure on being busy now right on through con by use of the name El Falco, and the spring. Ihe Broadway stores did secured five consecutive judgments. On better during the week than had been the appeal by the defendant company the case for some time and altogether things case finally leached the Court of Appeals are brighter. which reversed the lower courts on the Orders (or ihe spring trade are reaching sole point that the plaintiff company had the manufactuiers, who were beginning no right to the name of El Falc( n, inas- to be affected by the general slowness in much as it had acquired itbytransler from the retail trade over the country, and there another firm unaccompaied by any other is a sigh of relief that February is out of part of the business. The fiim origi- the way. It is probable that an authenic nally using El Falcon as a brand was report from the large majority of manu- Lichtcnstein Bros., who first used it for facturers would show the last month to cigars more than thirty years ago have been the worst February for years, and any lessening of the conditions which were responsible is of course eag- erly^welcomed. The leaf market was steady and fairly In 1898, the corporation which comprised the original firm of Lichienstein Bros., went out of business and assigned the brand in question to S. Falks' Sons. The West Indies Trading Co., got its JVBW YOR^. 9O8. S. CANS MOShS J. CANS JEROMK WAI.I,ER EDWIN I . ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS g> g\ •^ Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ULFClv^V'V J25 Maiden Lane, SSTs-.?,*"^ NEW YORK. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANIN MANUEL SUAREZ Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Aerchants N«w York Office: 106 WATER STREET Havana. Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. Amlstad 95 CoLSON C. Hamilton, formerly of F. C. I.inde, Hamilton & Co, M. CONOAI.TON, Frank P. Wishburn, LouiS Fonnerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamii,ton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sanpllntf Id All Sections of the Country Receives Prompt AttentloD. 2ESl?.'iS:!f~«1'*SeW"^.o^ Sonth St., Nei Yori PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: aoo Bast a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; i38-i38>4 Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York ^ inspection Branches.— Tho8. B. Earle^Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller. to6 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstcrmacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwiusville, N. Y.; Leonard L Orotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Conn.; James L. Da^ Hatfield. Mass.; Jerome S. Dillington. Corning. T" /. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .•./Fine Cigars"./. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. rmAZiKR M. DOI3EKR ^' ^' S«coR. SpeciaL F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON ®. CO. Oriaival "Linde" New York Seed Leaf Tobacco InspecUom C«t«J»liahed 1864 PriACipal Office, 180 Pearl Street. New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses. 178, 180. 182. 186 and 188 Peat! Si Inspection Branches :-Uncaster, Pa.— G. Forrest. 140 E. Lemon St; H. E. Trost 15 E. Lemon St.; Elmira, N.Y.— L. A. Mutchler; Hartford, Conn.— J. Mo Cormick. 150 State St.; Cincinnati. O — H. Hales. 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse, 233 Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sts.; Jers«7 Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Antirf Fort, Pa.; East Whateley, Mass.-G. F. Fearo? Bdgerton. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. Fred Schnaib«l Frank Ruscher ,. RUSCHSR cfe CO. Tobacco Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stovfhta^ Wis. : O. H. Hcmsing. Lancaster. Pa. : I. R. Smith, 610 W. Chestnut ft Frank Un, 0.: T. E. Griest Dayton. O. : F. A. Gebhart, 14 Shore Line avc. Hartfefd, Conn. : Jos. M. Glcason, 238 State sL South Deerfield, Mass. : John C. Deck*. Meridian. N. Y. : John R- Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed, Wischmcyer & €• Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight •" fK^ TWENTY-FIVE BALES OF OLD SUMATRA a! $2.30 per pound retail, or $2.40 per pound by the bale. This tobacco has rich brown colors, burns and yields well, in fact it is better and cheaper in every way than the new tobacco. It can't last long at this price. Now is the time to buy, before it is all gone. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA -cA^ 14 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1&81 THE Incorporated 1902 W©F(LD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKicL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki,by, H. C. McMands, PreMdert and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Telephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^- Cable Address, Baccoworld Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter Draft, or Express Or^er. and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Publishing Co , 224 Arch St , Philada. The excitement and interest attending the inauguration, the war in the East, the Department of . ommerce and Labor's investigations, etc., etc., is likely to be transferred to Ma>fiJd, Ky., until a frightful error which was committed has been corrected and the peace of mind of the State as nearly restored as is possible under the circumstances. In the vicinity of Mayfield is a farmer named W. B. Usher. Somehow the hateful rumor has gained body that Farmer Usher was in the habit of GROWING tobacco. Try to grisp the awful significance of this gratuitous canard and then, after reading the ring ing, manly defense which Mr. U^her wrote for publication dismiss, if possible, the subject from mind. He wroie: I wish to correct an error as re gards my actions in regard to tobaci o growing. I have not grown nor had grown ;^ny tobacco since the year 1868 It is true I have permitted some children to grow some little crops in which I had no intetest. I have said since the year 1869 I believed it sinful to jjrow it If that proposition should be denied I think I am fully able to sustain the affirma tive. Now. brother fatmers, I am sure you will not agree with me in all I have said, but you will please think about it; and while )OU are thinking about it, let me ofifer you another suggestion and that is, to reduce your acreage to about half and then you can raise more corn, more wheat, more hogs, etc., and that would not be sinful. W. B. Usher. Not even Socrates could have so aptly condensed the proposition into one predicate. Reduce your acreage to about half and that would not be sinful. PHILADELPHIA. MARCH 8. 1905. THE CURTIS BILL. Congress has taken a recess, and the fate of the Curtis bill is still in doubt. A majority of the Ways and Means Com- mittee reported the bill favorably, which action surprised no one, and there will probably be no difficulty in getting the measure through the Lower House when the matter comes up. The determined, concerted opposition which was evidently more or less uncx pected and unprepared fcr by Secretary Taft, produced a natural hesitation on the part of some of those who had intended to railroad the bill through, and it was finally decided that the safest thing was to halt it at the Lower House. Let the trade continue hammering away on the proposition, and they will carry their point yet. Among the noticeable features of the campaign so far has been the air of affected surpiise on the part of the stand patters that the tobacco trade could pos- sibly have anything like a serious objec tion to an arrangement wheieby it was coolly to be deprived of a goodly share of its bread and butter. "Always thinking of yourself" seems to be the attitude of theWaysand Means Committee toward the trade. John Sharp Williams said to Mr. Bijur: "You seem to think that the duty you pay is in the nature of a charity." R. Bourke Cochran said on the floor of the House while speaking of the Phil ippines. "We have said if we admit their tobacco it will hurt the tobacco growers of Connecticut and Penns>lyania; if we admit their sugar, we will hurt the sugar trust; if we admit any of their commodi ties, the richness of their soil, the pro ductiveness of their climate and the cheapness of their labor will enable them to overwhelm our markets with commod itics the production of which constitutes their chief industry. Not one word has been said about promoting the expani^ion of their trade. Much has been said about expanding our own. Who has spoken for the Philippine Islanders?" Well and good. By all means let us look after the proi-penty of the Philip pines if they are a part of us. But sometimes we seem to own them and sometimes we don' t The ac tions of the stand- patters wiight be said to be speak ing loudly thus to the tobacco and sugar industries: "Pay attention! We ve got to do something for those fellows because they are part of our glorious :ountry, >ou know; and beside that, we took away their hemp income. Now you're a patriotic set of men. These people have special facilities f »r raising sugar and tobacco. If you'll just kindly consent to be the goat, well let them shoot their stuff into this market while we wave the flag and cheer, and everybody's satisfied. See? I tell you its a great opportunity for you!" It's a great opportunity, indeed — for the Philippine cigar factories. But a law destined to benefit one class solely at the expense of another, for which benefit no sort of return is given, is not a law which carries out the spirit of the constitution. The Department of Commerce and Labor has evidently gagged a little at the load of detective work which is being piled on its shoulders. There has been more or less talk of a look in on the American Tobacco Co for some time and a special agent named Garner was supposed to have started out for the tobacco fields. Nothing has apparently come from this, but it did look a little like business when Representative Kehoe introduced his resolutions before the House the other day asking that information be obtained as to how greatly the tobacco combine is able to regulate the prices which growers receive. The Judiciary Committee appointed Representative Smith to consult the At- torney General, but so far nothing en- couraging is reported. Mr. Smith meiely refers to all the investigations that are on foot already and intimates that the de par men t will not be very likely to get around to tobacco for a considerable while. It is perhaps just as well that all the trusts aren't to be put out of business at once. There would be too awkward a vacuum. Advertlsln{{ seldom sells ifoods directly. The burden upon advertising is to draw attention to the articles for sale, teaching the first lesson in pros- pective purchasing. ♦:!:♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦— ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*******Hr ♦♦♦ ♦ \ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. ♦ ^ New Revenue Decision. sponsible for the proper stamping of the . J • • ( :^-.oKi» imnnrtanrc Koods they offer for sile. in accordance A decision of considerable importance h^ j ■ ^A S • • ANNO UNCMMMNT WE BEG to call the jobbers' attention to our New York and Key West Factories. We have every facility to produce the finest CLEAR HAVANA SEGARS either under our own trade- marks or under private controlled brands. €> I # .^'fl°"^tiM.~-e, Main Office and Humidors -^']- CHAMftToo ST^ t WEST ^ THE TOBACCO WORLD A Quick M If We sell lots of them, and so will you, if you'll only give them a trial. There is no better nickel cigar made than our ''Quo Yadis"— every one is a fragrant, pure and satistymg smoke. It's the kind of cigars your customers will call for again, and even the most fastidious men enjoy their tine aroma. Besides the big, fat Diplomaticos, which we told you about alreadv, we also make a more slender shape, a rea handsome Concha Especial. Both are of the same good quality and of the same reliable workmanship— strictly hand made. We'll be pleased to send you a sample box of one or both sizes, and to tell you about our Special' Introductory Offer. Yon mav return the samples at our expense if not satisfactory, or we allow you their cost Trom your tirst order for a thousand -Quo Vadis"-thus you'll not risk any- thing either way. Write us today— we want your trade. Alfred Eyer & Co., Cigar Mfrs., AUentown, Pa. •» . • TOBACCOS THAT SELL. "DARK HORSE"-Tbe fruU fl^vortd scrap chewiog. ..on i;i7n iirkn\]<< The best grauulated smokiuK for either pipe oi 3ILVLK MUUli "cigarette. The Muoke lor the man who knows tt it BLACK THREADS"- i^'-r,.«:i.'' '" "' '"'"' "' """'"'' "'"'" "SUN TIME"— A loug cut iinoking that aUa)S ^ives sati&f ctiou. "RED SETTER"— l'^* natural leaf t-ciap sm .wing. SLOlll and —Good grades of granulated sn oking. OLE VIRGINY" UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package fo''.JjJ^£°"'*""'^' ^ .V''' FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each . arton of "DAKK HUR^^L. •SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS." for the rctiler Write us for samples and prices. T.E GEM CITY lOBAllO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. ^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦* ♦♦->♦ ^♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • ♦ Are you looking for a Good PITTSBURG STOGIE? "Jolly F^l^o^^s Hand Made MADE BY IS THE NAME. Lontf Filler Samuel Smith & Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World Allegheny, Pa. J rfta A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf ']fobacco Dealtrs. MISTING* SPRAYING FLAVORING CASINO WHITEWASHING Fountain SprCLyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobeLCCo Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Alao make lar^e Field Sprayer which covers four rowa at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ►♦♦♦ G. H. SACHS Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes it — Alvvays Room for On« Morb Good CuSTOiflSX. L J. Sellers & Son,Sellersvilie, Pa THK TOBACCO WORLD 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/IN FELI r a high grade r^ ZjC cigar f o r s grew to great dimen- sions. Of recent years this business has been carried on by Mr. Batchelor's son, the factory now being situated at 459 North Orianna street. For some years Mr. Batchelor also engaged in the leaf busi ness in Water street, but retired from that when he became interested in real estite which formed the site of what is now known as Avon by the-Sea, and which was founded as a resort, by Mr. Batchelor, who named it Key East after one of his successful brands. The name was changed later, but its founder continued to devote his time and ability to it, and at the time of his death was president of the Avon-by-the Sea Land and Improve ment Co. The funeral services took place Friday afternoon from the residence, interment being made in Central Laurel Hill. A widow, a son, Edward C. . and a daughter, Mrs Charles G. WiUis, survive. Factory 1839. y. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers. Norri?^town. Penna. F. H. BELTZ, Schweiiksville,Pa. Manufacturer of Best Grade Seed and Havana HandMade CIGARS 245 NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Pa. . D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker Hopkinsville, Ky. V.I»A. *lll* ft DeMh of Edward Ba.tchelor. With the death of Edward Batchelor at his residence, 886 North Sixth street, there passes the oldest cigar manufacturer in Philadelphia, the founder of cigar factory No. i, who though he has not been actively engaged in the manufacture of cigars for some years, was known to all the older members of the trade in this section. Mr. Batchelor was born on September 32, sixty- eight years ago in Philadelphia. His mother was the descendant of an old Colonial family, while his father was English. 1 he boy was given a grammer school education and then entered busi- ness, being contented as a starter with the munificent wage of $1 a week. This did not last long, though, as the boy, full of ambition, worked himself up in his employer' s esteem. He became very familiar with the tobacco business, and about a half century ago founded a factory on Market street above Eighth. He developed this plant until he had by far the largest factory in Philadelphia. Change ii\ El.Provedo Firm. In recognition of practically eighteen years of faithful attention to his employers' interests, Harry N. Goldsmith, who is extremely well known in the Philadelphia trade, has been appointed the senior member of a firm which will constitute the Eastern distributors of t h e El Provedo Cigar Manufacturing Co. The other member is Max S. Arndt. who has been connected with Julius Hirschberg & Bro., leaf dealers, of North Third street. The new firm affects the status of the El Provedo Co. in the business world only as an enlargement, which has really been necessary for some time as',the result of increasing Western business. The company's business will be trans- acted from the same address on F'ourth street, and as Mr. Goldsmith has been the right hand man in the establishment for years, the change will not be greatly noticeable except for the fact that he will have a freer hand to develop his end of the business. The entire East will be covered from this point. Mr. Goldsmith has been connected with the El Provedo Co. since its inception 12 years ago, and was with C. C. Rosen berg, one of the members of the Company, for six years before that. Manufacturer of TKe largest aivd best CLEAR, HAVANA FILLED 5-ceivt Ciga^r on the MaLfket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. P«l. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. HaLAOver, Pa.. Manufacturers of ♦♦!♦♦ -^♦^♦^ m an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in J several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence >vlth the WholTaale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. ^^ M. H. Clark & Bro Cable Addrcaa "CLARK." Leaf Tobacco Brokers, iOPKINSVILLE, KY. PADUCAH, KY. Clarksville, Tenn. THE TOBACCO WORLD Tmv'ff ff v'i f f|i"» f ff 1"' ri '"^ IMPORTANT!!! m . • Our New Shipments of LIGHT FLORIDA Sumatra Wrappers ARE IDEAL in every respect. We believe we can show you a Surprise in FINE QUALITY and LOW PRICES. Call or Write, and you will be Convinced. Florida Tob^LCCO Co. No. 151 MaideiV Lane, NBW YOfk Telephone "5276 John 99 Plantations— Quincy, Florida. IH^If I ..d4tl k.Jni iinlif f i*** *t4ti *..itiii for Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to pwsVTLLE PA I I ^^u^TM. & Son KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELl-ERSVlLLfc-, fA. L.J.SelIers&5on. TOBACCO WORLD _== ■9 EXPORT Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cu^« TabacosyCig^bros utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza rabacos.cigarrosy paqtjeies -a que llev«n es^a precinta fabncados por H A B AN A SSlf REPL'BLICAOECUBA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^^^^ Either ,he name of .he Manufacturer or tha. of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. IMPORTANT NOTICE... ■ The preceding cu, Is a facsimile, i^n it's a'ctna, size, of the new ™NTA ^ ^arrant^^^^^^^^ « ^^^ ^X:^::;^^ ^ fuT.l'l^co'^ If BOW used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers Union ot the Islana ot ^.uoa as a g ages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. rilRA from oure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, or ad 1 paLXrh-ril^^\°:^^Mrp"^^clNTT^s;^^^ Hd' ifej:;-' ^""c^^tl^'^^^I^rSS-:^^^^;:^:^"^^ Q. .^e l^eslde,?;. C the Kepuhlic. dark hUe. Sig. C. Mayer, of Sig. C. Mayer & Co.. has just returned from a very sue cesslul Southern trip. Mr. Mayer had to cut his trip a little short on account of a double abscess on the drum of his right ear, causing him great pain and «eriously threatening his hearing. This new firm has so far met with gratifying success, and are already receiving dupli- cate orders by mail. John Boltz, of Bollz. Clymer&Co., who recently returned from Cuba, has started on a Western trip to be gone five weeks. "44 Cigar Co.. Inc." B. Lipschutz, manufacturer of the pop- ular "44" 5 cent cigar, has incorporated his business under the laws of this State. The new firm is known as the • '44 Cigar Co., Inc.," and has the following officers: B. Lipschutz, president and treasurer; I. Saeger. secretary; M. Funck, Sol Lip. fchutz and Sarah Lipschutz. directors. E. M. Schwarz & Co., cigar manufac- turers of Seventy third street and Second avenue. New York, are being kept busy at the Philadelphia offices which the firm has recently opened at 60 North Fourth street. Finley Acker Co. is making arrange- ments to occupy the old Bailey, Banks & Biddle building at Twelfth and Chestnut street, into which they will move as soon as the interior is properly prepared. Mr. Acker pays an annual rental of $24,000 for his new address, and promises that he will have the finest store of its kind in Philadelphia. Arrangements are being made to have a particularly complete cigar department, and strong bids will be made for this end of the trade. It is ex- pected th.it considerable of a box trade will soon be developed. There will also be an elaborate cafe. The question Is not whether to ad- vertise, but how to advertise most sue- ccssfully. Advertising not only brings trade— It directs trade; it creates trade. LeoLf DeaLlers* Jottings. There is still an average fair demand in the leaf market, especially in Havana and 1903 Connecticut, but the trouble some question of price is holding up many deals. Stocks are low in many instances, and the men on the road have hard work getting to their customers when there is any driving to be done. It is reasonai le to hope that the reason- able to hope that the roads will be open in a short time now. and there will be an immediate improvement. With Havana, it is not so much a question of how much to sell as how little. There is by no means a great abundance for everybody, and the dealers are doing the best they can to suit all their regular customers under the circumstances. Dotts ^ Keeley A^ain Robbed. For the second time within six weeks, the establishment of Dotts & Keeley, leaf dealers on Second street, was en tered by burglars, and for the second time the intruders retired without getting enough to repay them for their risk. When Mr. Keeley re »ched his office this morning he found the place in great dis array and discovered that the thieves had entered by a rear window of the second floor, had hastily gone through the desk, and finally taken a suit case full of leaf samples which were ready to be ex pressed to Mr. Dotts. who is on the road in the South. They then went down stairs and rifled the cash drawer in the office of an oil merchant, securing some- thing like $S Mr. Keeley thinks they are the same men who broke in before. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. JOHN ZUDREliLi Manufacturer of High Cigars^""'' Grade Genuiive Union Made. lOCts. Ephrata, Pa t;ioods Sold Direct to TOBBERS and DEALERS. A. F. Brillhart The Philidelphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade will hold its annual meeting on March 14, in the Harris club. The meeting will be called to order at 3 o'clock, when officers will be elected for the ensuing year. Harry Dolinsky. of H. Dolinsky & Son. leaf dealers, left for Connecticut on Mon- day to be gone about a week. Michael Hose Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, THE TOBACCO WORLD THR TOBACCO WORLD ai Telephone Call, 432— B. MRee and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R E. L. NISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers ^ FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove** our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O, Box 96» WALTER. S. BARE, PdLcker 0^ Fine ^ Connecticut «• Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Gi^ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. Ready for tlie Market ^ ^^ ^V ^ First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's V f m M m V First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Binder* ■ ^B ■ ■ ■ Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish ■ m mm m Fancy Table Assorted DutchFy^-y T^^f JL %ir XF M. Fancy Packed Oebhart ' *^ ^| mnO F^NE FORCE-SWEATED Quf Owil 1 5IUZ CONNECTICUT Packin[| Im m % Al Packer of .H. Weaver, Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER. PA. I- J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LnAF Tobacco ij8 North Market St. '^^ LANCASTMR, PA, B. F. GOOD & CO. fACKBRS AND DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos i4t North Market Street LANCASTER. PA. J. W. BREN NEMAN Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office 8z: Salesrooms, IIO& 112 W. Walnut SCLANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke 8L LANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA and much Fine Filler Stock J27 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOPFER, Packer, Dealer, W ^^X and Jobber iiv JL^CCil Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St, LANCASTER, PA. Tobacco UNITED PHONES. Leaf Tobaccos Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: Lancaster and Red Lion, Pa. We make Scrap Filler Ready for Use. i \ # i 1 ~ The Johns-Brash Cigar Co a Manufacturers of Ifie Cefebrated UNCLE DAN ^f Absolutely Hand-Made UONDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. E. A. Calves, of E. A. Calves & Co., who has been in Havana for some weeks replenishing the firm's stock, will arrive in this city today and has the satisfaction of having obtained what he wanted after the exercise of considerable hard work and patience in searching the market. M. Myers, of this house, has just re- turned from a trip through New York State from where he turned in a satis- factory amount of business, although he kad no little difficulty in getting around. A. Pareira, of D. Pareira & Co. , leaf dealers, fell down a flight of steps, at his home last week, and sustained severe and very painful injuries. Mr. Pareira is a heavy man and may perhaps consider himself fortunate that his accident did BOt result even more disastrously. He is still confined to his home M. H. Myers, well known on Third street, is now on the road for Kohlberg Bros. & Ruthenberg, of 131 Water street, New York. He will have as his terri- tory Pennsylvania and part of New York State, where he is thoroughly at home. With L. P. Kimmig & Co. there may be said to be more demand than the firm has goods. Mr. Kimmig has inquiry everyday which he is really unable to meet owing t o low stocks i n certain grades, although in others he has enough to keep him busy. B. Labe, of B. Labe & Sons, is in Am- sterdam to attend the Sumatra inscrip- tions and will tell his sons how things look to him, by cable, the last 'of this week. This firm always manages to get its share of the best Sumatra there is to b« bought. SPECIAL NOTICE. ( I2>i cents per8-point measured line ^ IMPORTANT NOTICE. ALFRED F. ORERA y CA. HaLve Opened Offices and Salesrooms as CIGAR BROKERS At 417 Heed Building, Philadelphia, Where they will be pleased to meet the manufacturers and explain their methods. • They respectfully invite correspond- ence with First District Pennsylvania Manufacturers. 3*^^ CIGAR FACTORY Buildinif Complete, FOR RENT in good lection cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 Experienced Ci|{ar- makers, and 33 hands available, in- cluding foreman. For further particulars Address, FACTORY. Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World, Phila. i-asca \^ANTED— A cigar saletman with ea tablished wholesale trade dress Box 103, care Tobaccj World Ad 3ih SITUATION WANTED by an experi- enced cigar salesman. Good refer- ences, etc. Address Salesman, Box 104, care Tobacco World c BROKER WANTED FOR EAST AND South ; fine line of cigars from four- teen up ; must have good reference. Ad- dress Box 105, care of The Tobacco World Philadelphia. 3->l» W. K. GRESH SONS' "RECORD." The well known cigar manufacturers of Norristown have placed a new brand of cigars on the market, which is as unique as it is go d, and which embodies the experience of a life lime devoted to the study of the trade This firm can say of this package what probably no other can — that every part is made by them under one roof with the single exception of the U. S. revenue stamp. This guarantees patrons all that experience can put into a cigar for the money, three for a quarter. G. W. Hall, of Scranton, who proudly holds the record of selling more Path- finder cigars last year than any other man in the United States is very successfully representing this firm through the coal fields, through C. P. Wentz Co. The package is gotten out in green, gilt and red, and is very artistic. The paper flap over the cigars is green, stamped with a red monogram seal and bears the embossed signature "W. K. G. & Sons." The label consists of a white scroll on a green back ground, the scroll bearing the brand name, "Record ' in red, under which is the line, in black, "the result of a life time experience." The whole has a very pleasing effect. LANCASTER. MARKET THE SANE. Crop is Nearly all Bought Vp and Buying Season Practically Over. Lancaster, Pa., March 6. The local leaf market has undergone little or no change during the past week; there is ample mquiry for old goods but the stocks aie so vastly depleted that business has naturally been effected. The cigar industry for the month of February shows an expected falling off in output. Of course it was not only a short month but there were a number of holidays all of which had its effect. The total output for the month was 54,922,000, which was about 2 785.000 less than during January and 2 765,000 less than during February of 1904, but the output for the two months of the present year is still nicely ahead of the corresponding period of last year. The buying season seems to be draw- ing to a close as the crops are pretty closely bought up. Terree S. Bitzer, a well known local tobacco buyer, who for several )ears past had been in the employ of Morris Levy, the Lancaster representative of the United Cigar Manufacturers, was asphyx- iated by escaping gas some time during Saturday night. For some years past he had boarded at the Sorrel Horse Hotel. He retired to his room shortly before twelve o'clock on Saturday night, and was not seen again until the escaping gas was first noticed by an employe of the Hotel who discovered the lifeless body. Coroner Witmer decided the cai-e to be one of accidental death. One of the important transactions in the local leaf market last week was a sale of 385 cases mostly of 1903 Pennsylvania seed, made by W. R. Cooper & Co. Raymond Heiland, a son of John F. Heiland, of Meiskey & Heiland, recently entered his father's employ, and is ni>w representing Meiskey & Heiland and John F. Heiland & Co. on the road. 1. H. Weaver leaves tonight for Elmira,. New York, where he will receive in the next day or two about 100,000 pounds of tobacco which will be brought to Lancaster for packing 22 THE TOBACCO WORLD en ^<*" Ai-e # ©EL 'Rio PUCFTO -pRiNcipe Pt- Cob RE SANTIA.CO £A' ^ KV Your Headquarters At Our Office. We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedios, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Ve^as of Various Sized Lots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO -i Packers of X Havana Tobacco COrSSUUADO 142 andi 144, Havana, Cuba. WE INVITE WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES CORRESPONDENCE Ql PhUadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St Cable Address: "REFORM'' THB TOBACCO WOULD TOBACCO NEWS OF NEW YORK (Concluded from page i 2) and T. J. Donigan were unable to be present and so missed a treat, but the chair was gracefully occupied by Vice- President Fred B. Aschner, who wel- comed everybody. There was a good entertainment provided by talent right in the trade, punctuated with speeches by S. J. Freeman, H C. Silversione, W. J. Joyce, a lormer president of the Boston local; I. W. Jacobson, B. F Kuriz, C. Blayney. and a number ol others. Of course there weie refreshments. Speaking of the local association it is well to make mention of the appoint mem of A. U. Scholz, as mat.ager of the sales department, vice John C Rue. who resigned. Mr. Scholz has been working under Mr. Rues direction for some weeks preparatory to the latter' s depart- ure, and his acquaintance with the local trade will help him greatly in his work. • • • On May i, the A. Schulte successors will add another store to their chain by opening t h e stand at Broadway and Cortland street, which was one of the United Cigar Co * s original stores It was the first Broadway store opened by that concern and has generally been regarded as a profitable stand. The Schulte peo pie now have an establishment at Broad- way and Liberty street, which is near by. The United Cigar Stores Co. cannot be considered as cutting down, however, as they are acquiring new locations con- stantly and expect to open the place at Broadway and Wall street on May i. A branch was opened on East Forty-second street about a week ago, another one on Fourteenth street is in hand, and it is understood that the company has quite a number of others immediately in pros- J. Edward Cowles, well known as manager of t h e cigar department of Austin, Nichols & Co., has recovered from his troublesome illness and is back at work looking after the good prospects of the year. At the annual meeting of the board of directors and stockholders of the Galiano Havana Co., Fred Wilcox was reelected president of the company. H. and H. M. Duys, ^nd Howard L. Kinney, Western representative of H. Duys & Co., are on their way to attend the Sumatra inscriptions. A return will b« made in April. Ludwig Lasker, known by everyone in the trade, is traveling through the South, and will be gone quite a while. John H. Goetze, of John H. Goetze & Co., will sail on March 21 for Amster- dam, to attend the inscriptions. The ofifices and salesrooms of the firm have just been removed from 190 Pearl street to 140 Maiden Lane. The Montauk Cigar Co., which man ufactures Association Seal Cigairos, «ill on May i, move its factory to 72-76 Kul ton street where there will be much moie room. • • • F. R. Hoisington, President of the Cayey Caguas Co., of New York, is in Porto Rico looking after that end of the company's business. Mr. Hoisington expects to be back in town by the 13th of this month. BOSTON TRADE QUIET AGAIN. A Number of Br&.nds are Being Well Pushed by Salesmen. Though. Boston, Mass., March 5. Trade was again quiet for the week past, the retailers and jobbers alike com plaining of dull business. J. N. Finkelstein expects to have his new cigar store in the Post Office Squaie building opened for business by March M. Reisner, representing B. Levison, manufacturer of briar pipes. New York, is making his headquarters at the Quincy House here with an extensive line of pipe samples and novelties. J B. Bruce, of the Mt Vernon Cigar Manufacturing Co., Seven Valley, Pa., is here showing samples of their various brands. R. L. Cleveland, of Danvers, Mass., has been advertising in the local papers that he wants cigar salesmen in every city to sell 40 year old Havana cigars bearing the revenue stamp of 1867. N. Brenner, of 34 Bedford street, sold his cigar store this week to A. Cunco. Invitations are out for the Barmitzvah of Edward WoUenberg, son of the popu- lar Tremont street tobacconist. L. Cooper, retailer o f Cambridge street, has an elegant window display of Kozy cut plug this week. W. A. Wile, a former tobacconist of East Boston, has acquired the cigar and periodical store under the Hotel Rexford on Bowdoin street. L. A. Marget, a cigar manufacturer in Chelsea, has been granted a liquor license FLOR DE MANCHESTER . . . 3-Cent Cigars . . . and JVIflTCH-lT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, are made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. of Baltimore, Md. J GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED Trad.© ^^srlc. tVlCH4iVr 1 Pittsburg Stories A^, HAND-MADE ^^ ■0/ STOGIES. ^ Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 2103 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. J. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A J? Ss Hand-Made V/ X UT^X -I.V Vs_7 615, 6x7 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. \Yedeles B^^*!*®^®' 182 E. Lake Si. CHICAGO, ILL. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 24 THE TOBACCO WORLD B/)e PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFC QO^ Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. *■ V THB TOBACCO WORLD a$ 1 iberman's Latest |V\achines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE u O u O a u o Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. ^ LIBERMAN MFG. CO < PHILA. PA. U.S.A ^O ^V. y)^:s. y/o^. ^-^. yi^vT. Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 NortK Third Street, PhiladelphissL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street s6 THB TOBACCO WOKLD SCHVTTE & KOERTING CO PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, ttius enabling goods to be stored for an unhmited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, beini operated by city water pressure. 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs; humidity uniform. Correspondence Solicited HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, hANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers oP igh Grade Union Made and intends operating a very fine saloon at work vigorously and on larger lines than the corner of Bivay and Congress avenue ever before. . ,, ^ in that city. J°^" ^- ^°'^^' ^^^ pop^^a*" Northern f . u » r«„ri#.r Illinois salesman for Strater Bros., is Max Cohen, of the Boston Courier *""»" ,..,11^ a Max v^oncii, u visiting the firm at Louisville, Ky., and Cigar Co., reports a steadily increasing vibiuug uc ;_,;„„ ^^ • *^ ^ . . , willsoon return, with renewed inspiration, trade for the Boston Courier s cent cigar, win soon rciui , ^ irauc mi I c ;, to increase hs firm's popularity through- and has lately put on ten more cigar- ^o incrcdb , / ."^ makers so as to be able to fill all orders out his accustomed erritory. mAKers so as 10 uc ^^^^^^ Breitung leaves today for an extended visit to California. 'g •TTve Great Poet Need, no Praise." Jobber, and Dealer. Become Convinced at Sitf% •nive ureal ^^^^^^^ ^^^ Particular, to Reliable People on Appl.cat.on. I. M. Lederer, the popular representa- tive of M. Stachelberg &Co., has gone to San Francisco and will tomorrow make a Miss Wilson, of that city, his bride. Mr. Lederer has hosts of friends whose Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS Brands R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. 5^ Bear. 6/^ Cub. Essie, and M&tthew Carey. promptly. R. L. Armstrong, with the American Tobacco Co., is herewith a corps of salesman placing Recruit, a i 2^ oz. gran- ulated tobacco, and Sledge, a 16 oz. chewing plug, both new goods in this market. ^^^ wishes will attend him on that R. Barrett, also vith the American f _, .^ ^. ^^ ,.,_ Tobacco Co., has been spending a few da>s with us looking after the sale of Cremo cigars. Alfowich Bros, are kept busy with the Trixters, of which they are the sole dis- tributors here, and have same well placed. S. A. Frank, with L Miller & Sons. L. S. STAUFFER. MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS journey and await his speedy return. President H. B. Steele, of the Steele- Wedeles Co., leaves today for a three months' trip to European points. Otto Schrader and Jacob Benner have returned from their enjoyable trip South and are again shaking hands with friends in their respective places of business. — J. J. Dolan returned several days ago New York, was kept very busy the early ^.^ ^^^ ^^^ Orleans route from a very part of the past week on account of the pigag^nt three weeks' sojourn in sunny deal on Leroy's Little cigars, terminating ^^Qu^i^grn ports. March i. He secured orders reaching ^ j^ Sprague, of Sprague, Warner almost a quarter of a million. ^ q^ jg ^^^^y ^ few days in Tennessee, Larus Bros. Co. have issued a circular having been called there on the sad announcing a combination offer to which mission of the sickness and death of his is given gratis a handy bread and cake mother. Mr. Sprague is expected home box. Ben All early next week. H. E. Havemeyer, K. Cowan and R. H. Ross, have incorporated the Turban Company, and will shortly begin the Association Stamps Are Now Being Used manufacture of a high grade cigarette. CHICAGO TRADE SATISFACTORY. Extensively. Chicago, 111., March 4, 1905. There is little to indicate any decided The new company will announce further progress in the near future. A. Boyd Wilson, of Truiillo & Co., FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. change in trade conditions, which, at Key West, has been among late callers this writing, seem very satisfactory with in the trade. the majority during the past week. H. Nathan, of the Loeb-Nunez Havana The officers of the Cigar Dealers' Asso- Co., leaf house, has been among the ciation of America report a very pleasing trade several days. progress in the use of Association stamps Wm. Best, Jr., of Best & Russel Co., among manufacturers. Twenty- five of ij in Dallas, Texas, superintending the the leading firms of the country have opening of a branch house at that point, agreed to put the stamps on their entire The Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade will product, and the good habit is on the have its annual meeting next Tuesday, increase. The Association also has in Jose Pendas, of Y. Pendas & Alvarcr, prospect a steady income of sufficient has been visiting in trade circles during proportions to enable it to pursue its the week. K. r. L. O O u 0 d) c d) 0 0 o THE TOBACCO WORLD *7 I.LMWIS & CO. GOLDEN EAGLE. LLJEWIS&CO. "A SGREAMER >> The above fac simile "Golden Eagle" package rep- resents the new style packing of our celebrated brand. The "Golden Eagle" Cigars will be THE BEST ever offered to the American Public, and will please the discriminating consumer. They are Extra Large, Havana Blend, and Perfect Workmanship. Newark, N. J. (sJ^^y^k^^^^-l^^-^^^T^ p s.— Would be pleased to book your orders for early delivery, either direct at factory, or with Z. JOHN NORMS, at our Philadel- phia Office, 111 Market Street. 7 LEWIS & CO. GOLDEN EAGLE. /. LEWIS & CO. 0 0 a m CD 0 CD O I THE TOBACCO WORLD ffANUFACTUR^R OF ALL KINDS OF 138 a 140 CENTRA- St NEW YORK . ■^'1 1 1 1 ■ i ■ r" Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. C. A. ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD »9 Philadelphia Oitn »• 373 U 'i»rse lildg. H. S. S' RIN(;ER. Mgr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELU. Mgr. t^i.wwtww^t^^^w^rww^iviv^^i^fiii ,«>»%<>>>>>^^^» LITITZ LITHOGRAPHIC COMPANY. W. HUBUEY, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. I F. B. SerilNDLER I Pjj^r ' ^ Manufacturer of r^^^ccn^ce, pjj^^ Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pat ^f ^ * ■> ^ * *. ^ JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED «.%*.*****-**»***V*****V*********************************ti Lancaster Lithographing Co. is Em- bodied in New Concern. ■ The Lancaster Lithographing Co., of which J. E. Hertgen, is proprietor, will go out of existence in the course of the next few months. Mr. Hertgen has just completed the formation of the Lititz Lithographic Co., with a capital stock ot 550,000, which will take over his busi- ness. An organization was effected as follows last week: President, Dr. I. C. Hrobst; vice president, P. B. Bucher; secretary, J. E. Kisling; treasurer, H. Reist. Lancaster. ). E Hertgen is gen- eral manager. The plant has been in existence for fourteen > ears at Lancaster, and did a business of $60,000 annually, but the limitations of space and special inducements offered by Lititz capitalists convinced Mr. Hertgen that he could double the capacity of the plant by moving it to Lititz. Imports of Tobacco, etc. \rrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week ending March 6, 1905. Havana— Jas. E. Ward & Co, 6 ca;es cigarettes; Gillespie Bros, 20 bbls do.; Jas. E W-ird & Co, 4 cases cigars ; Hijos J. Veduga, i box do. Liverpool — American Tobacco Co, 10 cases tobacco. Pv;rto Rico — Porto Rico Cigar Co, 2 cases tobacco; American Tobacco Co, 2 cases cigarettes. San Juan — Durlach Bros, 11 bales to- bacco. 17 " 15 " 13 " 10 " 10 " 9 " 6 " 5 " 30 bbls. 3 " 15 cases bales A. Blumlein & Co 20 bales R. M Blake & Co 18 •• A. Cohn & Co Keiser & Boasherg W. H Siiner & Co A Murphy Jt Co Manuel Alvarez & Co Hinsdale Smith & Co Herz Bros Manuel Garcia E. Regensburg & Sens Jas. E. Ward & Co Jas. E. Ward & Co Str. Esperanza, arrived March 4: (236 bales; 42 bbls.) J. W. Merriam & Co 105 J. Rosenberg & Co 39 " Jas. E. Ward & Co 33 " R. A. Jenkins & Co 3» " F. Eckerson& Co 23 " A. Murphy & Co 5 " Jas. E Ward & Co 36 bbls S. Ruppin 6 " HAVANA CIGARS. Str. Morro Castle, arrived March i : (630 cases; 3 boxes) Jas. E. Ward & Co -^72 cases Havana Tobacco Co Park & Tilford National Cuba Co Wm. H. Stiner & Son G. S. Nicholas Calixto Lopez & Co Acker, Merrall & Condit Co C. D. Stone & Co M D. &T. Co E. A. Kline & Co Can Pacific R. R. Co Samuel Hermanos & Cummings i •• G. Amsinck & Co i *• Victor Lopez i " Lewis Sylvester & Co i " Cuban & Pan-Amer. Exp Co 3 boxes 372 It2 18 13 10 10 7 4 4 2 2 2 SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Rotteidam, arrived March i; (77 bales.) G Falk & Bro 29 bales H. Duys & Co 24 Otto Malchow & Co 19 lierz Bros 5 < • 1 1 (< -rA.B.CLIME STRICTLY UNION FACTORY If FABRICONAROLFEiSCHOICE . POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE • • • VAMPIRE •• • HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Morro Castle, arrived March i : (2,978 bales; 33 bbls.; 15 cases.) B. Rosenbluth 515 bales Lewis Sylvester & Co 297 •• J. W. Merriam & Co 236 •• A. Pazos & Co 201 " M. Alvarez 200 •• Wicks & Co 186 •• Jas. E. Ward & Co 146 " Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co 108 " Ernest Ellinger 107 " F. Miranda & Co 103 •• E. Rosen wald & Bro 90 " F. E. Fonseca & Co 87 " L Bijur & Son 78 •• American Cigar Co 70 " S, Ashner 63 " Rothschild & Bro 56 •• E. Hoffman & Son 54 " F. D. Grave 50 •• Victor Lopez 49 •• S. L. Goldberg & So» 39 •• Leonard Friedman & Co 35 " G. Salomon & Bro 33 Mer. Des. & Trans. Co 37 G. V. Watson & Co 35 «i ^* MAKERS OF ^ >High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars*: A. Z. SHERK, President. The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. :• Marietta, Pa. MAKERS OF High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars f JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar SUSQUEHANNA 5c. Cigar S. & N. 5c. Cigar OUR LEADER 5c Cigar 10^Dt8trlbutors Wanted Everywhere. Onr Leaders » * * * . *^*^*_*^*^*^*^*^* ♦a.* :|( :|c 4c :•» * * *.* *J*'.*Jf '^'^^r*^* * * itr* * * *^*"^« * * ♦ :******************•* t 32 THE TOBACCO WORLD IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS WRITE TO C. RUPPIN-LANCASTER, ABOUT THE "BENJAMIN CONSTANT" lOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c. THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS. r VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR Trade-Mark Register, ALLENTOWN, PENNA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Wartbouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Cig^^ Leaf Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH. CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, FENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses'" West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Distiicts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos UNCLE ELI 14.707 For cigars, cigarettes, cheioots and stogies Registered Feb 21, 1905, at 9 a m, by Cnas E Althoff, Hanover, Pa REGENTSCHOICE,EACHONEGET ONE 14.709 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Feb 21, 1905, at 9 a m, by Fothergill& Martin, Philadelphia, Pa UNION SPIKES 14.710 For cigars, cheroots and stogies Registered Feb 21, 1905, at 9 a m, by A B Clime, Terre Hill, Pa UNION HAVANA SPIKES 14.7" For cigars, cheroots and stogies Registered Feb 21, 1905. at 9 a m, by A B Clime, Terre Hill, Pa GLASS FINISH 14712 For cigars, cheroots and stogies Registered Feb 21, 1905. at 9 a m, by A B Clime, Terre Hill, Pa GLASS GUARD 14.713 For cigars, cheroots and stogies Registered Feb 21. 1905, at 9 a m, by A B Clime, Terre Hill. Pa LITTLE KNICKS 14 7^4 For cigars and cigarettes Registered Feb 2 , 1905, at 9 a m, by E & A 1 Frankel. Brooklyn, N Y ORO HONDO 14,715 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Feb 27, 1905, at 9 a m, by James McGaughey, Philadelphia. Pa CUBAN LEAGUE 14716 GENERAL STIRLING 14,723 For cigars Registered March 3, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Enterprise Cigar Co, Trenton. N J METAL TIP 14.725 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 3, 1905, at 9 a m, by Frank Tclchcr, Cincinnati, O QUEEN CITY TWINS 14.726 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 3, 1905. at 9 a m, by Frank Tclcher, Cincinnati, O MARKET HALL 14.727 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 3, 1905, at 9 a m, by Frank Telchcr, Cincinnati, O REJECTIONS. Mikado, House of Lords, Mutual Friends, Companions, Trix, R Cade, Phone, Bestovall, Overall, Pitro, Silver King, Royal Oak, Our Mutual Friends, 1 Go, U Bet. Cuban Colors, Cu- ban Club, Town Talk, Foxy Grandpa, First Principal, Liberty Bell, Lew Wal- lace. Jay Cooke, King Arthur. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ♦ CINNER SPANISHt WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4' Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Zimmer Spa^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ♦Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- J somely Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ TAX ON TOBACCO SHIPPED FROM CITY WOVLD BE HARDSHIP. Henderson, Ky., March 4. Tobacco dealers of this city consider the tax of fifty cents a hogshead on all tobacco shipped from the city a hardship For cigars Registered Feb 27, 1905. and have petitioned councils to rescind at 9 a m, by E Montero. Philadelphia, its recent action inserting the tax item in P* the special license ordmance. The protest was submitted at the last meeting of council and signed by a ma- jority of the dealers who pleaded that a continuation of the tax would work a great injury. After considerable discus- the matter was referred to the finance and ordinance committees who will report at another meeting. It is considered probable that the tax will be lessened if not abolished. West Carrollton,^MontgomeryCo.,0. The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District/ CUBAN POSTAL 14.717 For cigars Registered Feb 27, 1905. at 9 a m, by E Montero, Philadelphia, Pa EVERY S.\TURDAYS SPECIAL 14.718 For cigars Registered Feb 28.1905, at 9 a m, by A P Snader, Ephrata, Pa sion SEMI HAVA 14.719 For cigars Registered Feb 28, 1905, at 9 a m, by J Milton Althouse, Read- ing, Pa DUTCH ZIMM 14.720 For cigars Registered Feb 28, 1905, at 9 a m, by J Milton Althouse, Read- ing, Pa SPECIAL DELIVERY 14.721 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered March 3, 1905, at 9 am. by the Wholesale Tobacco Dealers' Association of Philadelphia, Philadel- phia, Pa DOCX 14.722 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 3, 1905, at 9 a m. by the Wholesale Tobacco Dealers Association of Phila- delphia, Philadelphia, Pa R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBRS OW ▲KD D«AU(ltS IX 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa« C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 ^oiceo)*M4fk«t -^^^ ^1) JohnJ.Esheman READING.PA. J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPOfcATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeo-^ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ M A. G. MARTIN. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley J p. M. HUNT. HUNT <& MAR TIN Manufacturers of High'Grade Stogies BETHESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦♦ ♦♦ tt J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. HOLTZINGER ®. SEITZ, Manufacturers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories and All Grades of Pennsylvania. Cigars l^ed Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO RXGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE THE TOBACCO WORLD CIGrtR BOX EDOIIIOS W. have the l-^:*. ..scrti^ ' Clg« B« EdgliM. to the United SUU.. h..l»g over ..ooo '^«~^*^'^ T. A. MYERS & CO. Printebp and Engravers, - YOKJS., rciNiNA, Eabossed Flaps. Labels, Notices, etc« W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Boles We make SCRAP Filler, Reads' lor Use. """IKC-r. 12 S.Geor^ SU YORK. PA. A. SONNEMAN <& SONS, "^J:";.". Leaf Tobacco Urte Line of 1900. 190! and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. Georj^c St.. YORK, FA. D. fl. SCHRIVER ^ CO, WbolcMleftnd Retail Dcaltit ill All Gradas of 29 East Clark Avenue, HKB 8UMATRAS • •pecWty. YORK, PA imillistiG&IiDiioitiiilTOBAC' Pi. KoriLER & eo. |toi&Hiirei8 Bf Fine Ciga VALZASrtOVm, dfmOer, nfioo pet day. BiUblished i87<. EstablUhed .870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Mantifacturers of Pine Havana Cigan And Packers of LEAF TOBACCO Wrightsville Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS Regis^rwl Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear Havana, . . 10c. **S. B.'* Half Havana. . . • • Sc **S. B.** Little Havanaa, . . . • 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. «2— I— No" Mildeat Cigar liade. 2 fof 5C. Special Brands Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, P«l. * Seod Y»ur Cigar B-yer Hera. We Will S.ve Yon M««ey. OLD SALESMEN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) him he would have to, and, anyway, the ami cigarette people don't 1 a y much stress on the mature average smoker. Now for the boy, the graceless cause of all the trouble. When I was an angel child I smoked cornsilk, cinnamon, cubeb and occasionally a cube of rolled up paper. When I was in a mood of such dark daring that I simply couldn't put up with anything less than the real article 1 went out in the woods and hur ricd through a tobacco cigarette and held my breath at the dinner table, "so's they couldn't smell it on me." for three days afterward. 1 think the same is true of the average boy and I have never exactly thought that 1 suflFeied seriously and permanently from the lack of beneficent legislation. There is also the tough boy class, made up of ne^^s and messenger boys, street gamins and the like, but if these boys were not smoking cigarettes once in a while they would probably be do- ing something worse, a n d it hardly seems worth while to overturn a long established and prosperous industry in order to do missionary work among a few newsboys. Chemists whose word is beyond dis- pute have told me that the average brands of cigarettes offered in the open market contain no poison that cannot be found in any form of tobacco, and that they could not understand why this form of the commodity should be selected to bear all the odium unless it was because of the common practice among cigarette smokers of inhaling the smoke. As a matter of fact, it is the very mild- ness of the cigarette that induces the smoker to inhale. Time and time again, enemies of this form of enjo>ment have dissected the cigarette, bent upon discovering some potent argument against it, and every- time with most disappointing results. They have simply had to work to foster the prejudice which already exists in some quarters. If it should become evident to the cig- arette trade, however, that it was in any real danger of being legally forced out of business there would be hubbub sufficient to last the crusaders for the remainder of their natural lifetime. The Old Salesman. THE MARKET IN RICHMOND. Richmond. Va., March 2. As indicative of the market at the warehouses in this city last month is the following report made by L. B. Vaughan & Co. , proprietors of Crenshaw Planters' warehouse : "Sales for February, 965,445 pounds, and for the season 5,823,246 pounds, which is an increase of 1,287,052 pounds over last year's sales. The market closed very strong on wrappers which have continued to show up in small quantities'" A large proportion of these sales was suncared tobacco, which is steadily growing more popular. — W. S. Buckles, of Carlisle, Ky., will organize the Maysvillc Tobacco plant for the purpose of manufacturing all to- bacco grown and delivered to it by Kentucky, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee. PATENTS RELATING toTOBACCO Etc. 783.541 Box for tobacco, etc.; Louis Raisler, Chicago. III. 783,848 Receptacle for cigarettes; Arthur Q. Walsh. New York city. a.husseyI LEAF mm CO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM r AMERICA « NEW YORK 1! CHICAGO I i ST. LOUIS i CftpMity for Manofacturlng Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for Onb Morb Good Customxr. THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Seilersville, Pa. I M. KALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ARS ^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Kesponsihle Houses. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦> WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTUREIL OF Successor to J. Neff I gh Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Y* Onr Leaders: { """"AI.ston'-"" } Clgars-5c, 3 Sizes * 1 ♦ ♦ Our leaders: ( ■"?i,s",;;'-" | Ci{«rs-5c, 3 Siies L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE A. F. HOSTEHER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE ♦ J4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Cigar Manufacturer Brownstown, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Hanover, Pa. '*Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. \^^\^4 ^'•H^ 1^^^^^^^ %%»»»^^^»%%^^^^^^^^^^^ John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN Mclaughlin ^ co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of rCEO. F. NASH t Svecial ] JOHN SELDEN ^^ vJ ^r Wholesa it & Jobbing Trade Brands: \ gov. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence sohatea. BEN DE BAR P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium 6I6/IRS Dallastown, Pa. A o FECI ALTY o^ Private Brands C . Samples on application. Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norih Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. ^^»%%^»i%^^%%^>%%^^^^^'%^%% %%<%%%%%>* ^OR SALE. 10N\ T0B4CC0 CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common EttabUshed 189a C»pKlt]r» Twenty Thousand p« Di|^ inufacturer of Cig C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. * : S. N. MUMMA « PeLcker of : Leaf Tobacco * PenivaL. Seed B's a. SpeciaLlty * Warehouse at RailroaLd Crossing < : LANDISVILLE, PA. ' 11 R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa.. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. ^r- -^^^nnrsuiTfHTW '^''^m 4 and 2C S. Johnson, 66a at 7 and ic \\ UUius. 13a at S'A and 2C P. N. Johnson. 7a at 5c C. E Langworlhy, loa at 5c John Kealey. ba at 5>4 and 2c ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigars Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Labels, Edgings HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 N&rkei Street, L&nc&ster, ?&.. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ /\ O^^^^^ <& O^ <^j Havana ^.^^^^^ IMPORTERS O^^ 123 N. THIRD ST HILADELfHIA 37 CIGAR MOLDS /\im 1Ui/\T 1\C are the Best GRADE, and Our Prices OUR MOLD^ THE LOWEST We will Duplicate Any Shape you are now using, regardless of who made your Molds, or Furnish Any New Shape. Sample Sections submitted for your approval Free of Cost. The American Cigar Mold Co. ?I~I23 WEST FRONT ST.. CINCINNATI,©. W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. MIR SPECIALTY is (he "THREE BEAUTIES put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. jf T.L./IDAIR, ^ WHOLESALE MANUFA( Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leftder: WEALTH PRODUCER f Established 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. '. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Dealer in X 1 Cigar Box Lumber, t ^ Labels, X Ribbons, ♦ Mdging, X Brands, etc, X ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^SMpping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St- L.ANC ASTER, PA /IBEN BHSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. We have them in large variety. Send for Samjdi LARGEST William Steiner, Sons & Co. LiiKograpKers, I 116 and xiS B. Fourteentb St., NEW YORK. THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD Established 1878. Factory 1508. \h\\ Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC Made in Four Si^es. Go to the Trade at $r,0 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 3c, Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $:?5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. AH Goods Sold Under Strict (kiarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE aUOBE CIOAR CO Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES;— .One at Ephrata, two at Hahnstown one at Mariindale, two at Tcrrc Hill, one at Fritztown. SOMETHING NE^AT AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban stogies ^^ MANUFACTURED ONtY BY LEONARD WAGNER, ,.c~, Nc... 707 Ohio St.. AOegheny, Pa. Paul Jenson, 4a at 5>^c H. Marsden, 6a at 5 >^ and 2c A. Torgerson, 2ics '03 at 6^c .E. Tusler, 14CS 03 at 7c Old leaf is also receiving considerable attention in all quarters. There is a good demand for serviceable binders as well as the cheaper grades. C. R. Bent- ley has recently disposed of something like 500 cases to New York and local parties. A few days of casing weather extending over the entire State has permitted grow- ers to remove the balance of the hanging tobacco, and the warehouse handling, which has been delayed, can now go forward without interruption. Shipments were 1.722CS. — Reporter. been made in limited quantity of sale* made last fall and December. Very few sales now on account of organization tying up the crops and arrangements being made for prizing and selling by the organization ; hence the new crop will move slower than formerly. The move- ment also curtails planting to limited amount. Sales made on loose floor: Lugs, 3 104c; leaf. 5 to 8c. Planters' sales, 5 >4 to 6c. MONTHLY REPORT— FEB. ' C. A. Rostra Co Wholesale Dealers in g R S 5 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R All Grades of Leaf Tobacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers aivd Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DetlVer^ Pft, P^ J ♦•'4-c^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r^fl, tCn LS Design-Patents, Copyrights, ctfo John A. Saul. Ue Droit Baildinfl. WASHlNO'TONt Du€c OoaRsspoifDawm CIGAR BOXES PIH11ERSOF ARTisnc iflanuiaclLTErs- ■. 814-826 LawrenceSt. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISNED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGARlBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE--^ fHS AMHBIOAH TOBAOGO GO. KIW TQBI. to 1 1 00, 000 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED Kstablished 1S7S. Factory 15o;;. '.Hh Dist. , I'a lOSS^«^ J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Maiiutaciurer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH RUED- IOC. Made in Four S./.es. Go to the Trade at m^ per ^OiHK PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six S./.es. (^o to the Trade at $:;:> per luoc Dealers Catering to F.ne Trade Should I'lace a Sample Order AH (ioods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Ouality and Woiknian.hip. THE OUOBB CIGAR CO Manulaclurers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jol)bin^ Trade onlv FAC r< )l^ and 2C A. Torgerson, 2ics '03 at 634'c E. Tusler, 14^5 '03 at 7c Old leaf is also receiving considerable attention in all quarters. There is a good demand for serviceable binders as well as the cheaper grades. C. R. Hent- ley has recently disposed of something like 500 cases to New York and local paities. A few days of casing weather extending over the entire State has permitted grow- ers to remove the balance of the hanging tobacco, and the warehouse handling, which has been delayed, can now go forward without interruption. Shipments were i,722cs. — Reporter. been made in limited quantity of sale* made last fall and December. Very few sales now on account of organization tying up the crops and arrangements being made for prizing and selling by the organization ; hence the new crop will move slower than formerly. The move- ment also curtails planting to limited amount. Sales made on loose floor: Lugs, 3 to 4C ; leaf, 5 to 8c. Planters' sales, 5 12 to 6c. MONTHLY REPORT— FEIL I C. A. Rost acco manufacturers; increased capital to $100,000 JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos f LAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Manalactaxer of High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes* f. a— I in«nn'«cture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 Combination*: ISCRAPi |-Filler--1 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Specially Cleaned and Care- fully Graded. We make them for 6, 7}^, 9t ^o and J2 cents per pound. Beady for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J L. MMTZGER Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. — Kstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission IVlerchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦4 ^♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ tt.V ^♦♦♦♦♦♦j^lrT/l^PRiNTED^LABAs^t^t^'^ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD L^ BELS . . .W^^^k*^*r5^i*''L!:^^^i^l^I-».-*. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ^ ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H# J# K leiscKKaxier Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ LITHOGHAPHING ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ > ♦ S»4 ♦5t TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIGN! 4- 4^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦ ♦J'*'^'^'^ ♦ ♦ DARMENTER WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertiaing medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturer*, kacine:. 'WIS .USA. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH •"^PRUNE 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 & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DenVCr, PcL> P^ J A Caveats, Trade Marks* t^fl XCn LS Design -Patents, Copyrights, tllo John A. Saul, Ue Ofoit BaUdifi^. WASHINGTON, D. «c OOmBBCSPOHDBHO* CIGAR BOXES PRIKIERS OF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS ■ (lanufacturers- 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISNED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CI6ARRIBB0N5 For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE--^ fm AMSBIOAH TOBACCO GO. USW YtOI. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE _/ /\ O^^^^^ C& 0<=> Havana 123 n. THIRD ST HILADBL^HiA AND THE MEANS %^ ^ There are more ways than ONE to do everything-but erery way isn't the BEST way. ^11 If it is any part of your bnsiness to produce GOOD cigars, you need GOOD Cigar Tools. % NATIONAL TOOLS are just a little bit BETTER-and a little bit CHEAPER-than YOTR tools. TI Because we hare the patents, the skilled labor, unusual manufacturing and selling advantages, and we know our business. ^ NATIONAL CIGAR CUTTERS, gauged correctly, rireted handle, self-sharpening knife, tempered tool steel, and pure brass spring. m NATIONAL CIGAR BOARDS, hard, strong, heavy and smooth; no knots, streaks or spots; can't warp or split. II NATIONAL CIGAR KNITES and CUBAN BLADES hold their edge and iierer botch the job. •[ Another thing, we don't charge several prices for NATIONAL TOOLS, ^^ ^ ^.^^ .. .. ^ and we give your money back if they don't suit. yf^ ^5^ ^^^^c'^ ..•• / ^ ^ Ask for our Special Proposition, meant particularlj for YOU. % The coupon brings it. J"^ / >^"- ^^^ sP cX National Selling Co. Allentown Pa. -mcuJj^ na Ucf ^oryyyJL. H — .IMPORTERS OF^y^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILADCL^HIA ^tMe TeB>qeeo Worlb^ KENTUCKY LEAF COMING IN. Delivery was Commenced at Henderson Last l^ednesday. Henderson, Ky., March 9. Delivery was begun at the Barret 10 bacco factory on Wednesday with a good showing. A meeting of the f.itmers h id been held a short time before and every- thing was in readiness. The contract for prizing, which was ratified with J. Ewing Rankin, Jr., pro- vides th.it he handle, redry. prize in good cooperage and insure until November i, 1905. and deliver at the depot in Hen- derson as prized in one hundred hogs- head lots at the following rates: If number of pounds received dry weight amount to from one million and one and a half million pounds at ^1.20 per 100 pounds dry weight; from one and a half million pounds to two million pounds or over at $1.05 per hundred. If the tobicco is to be retied he is to receive 20 cents additional per hundred pounds. The scale of prices and the classes into which the tobacco is to be graded was adopted by a un.inimous vote at the meeting. The committee determined up )n the following scale: Tobacco worth from 7 to 8 cents for leaf shall be cl issed as A tobacco; tobacco worth from 6 to 7 cents for leaf shall be classed as B to- bacco; tobacco worth from 5 to 6 cents for leaf sh ill be classed as C tobacco; tobicco worth from 4 to 5 cents for leaf shall b e classed as D tobacco; h lil beaten, damaged, etc., tobicco shall be classed as nondescript, marked X All clean, sound trash worth 2 cents or more sh ill be classed as A trash; trash worth less than 2 cents, that is dirty or dam- aged, will be classed as B trash. All tobacco must be received in crop order and any moisture in excess of crop order must be deducted. SENSATIONAL TALE OF CERTAIN PHASES OF BURLEY DEAL. Conduct on the Part of Some of the Promoters of the Burley Groweis' Association Anything but Straightforward. Secret Contracts and the Like Lost the Farmers Their Chance. Owensboro, Ky. , March 9. The whole crop is about ready for market, owing to the fact that the moist air and the fog have caused the tobacco to come in "case" and large quantities of it had already been stripped and pre- pared for market some days ago. The thaw made the roads very muddy to a considerable depth owing to the deep freeze. For a time the Equity people, were in- diflferent about stripping their tobacco, but now that the warehouse plan is about perfected all are getting ready to deliver their crops and they are bending every energy to strip and bulk their holdings. It is very probable that the very bad con- dition of the roads will delay for a while yet the delivery of large amounts of the "weed" even if other reasons for delay have disappeared. Advertising is not an experiment, nor is it a business side issue; it is a part of the paraphernalia of business necessity, to be studied and experi- mented upon as one studio's and experi- ments upon the other departments of the business house. Cincinnati, O. , March 10. A new chapter m the failure of the burley growers' deal to control the 1904 crop came to light last week. Hanging over the association since last December, was a secret contrac t signed in New York it is alleged between President W, B. Hawkins and Joseph Huffaker, a pio moter ot Louisville, Ky., which at several petiods of Archibald Stuart's negotia- tions with eastern capitalists threatened to wreck the association. The story as told by a local paper is as follows: "When Stuart first went into the dea' he and Hawkins went to New York to see if the plan ot getting money there was feasible. They found conditions rather favorable, but atTairs were in such shape that Stuart considered it necessary to re turn to Cincinnati and get the capital stock of the company in bank and the contracts with the farmers listed, "He left Hawkins in New York to keep in touch with the financial men, but a short lime after he reached Cincinnati he found thai Hawkins had left the hotel where they had been stopping, and that these financial men had been unable to locate him in New York. Next came a telegram from Hawkins, saying that he had made an agreement to finance the corner and that he would at once come to Cii cinnati, "When he anived Stuart and other backers of the organization, with an at torney, were in session at the Grand Ho tel. Hawkins said that he had the money for the deal. Stuart got Hawkins into another room with Hutfaker and the at- torney. At first Hawkins and Hutfaker both denied they had a copy of the con- tr.ict, but finally Hawkins produced one. "This contract, ai cording to a copy now in Siuart s hands, bound the asso ci ition, first of all, to give HuffiUer 60 per cent of the profits on the corner. In consideration of this Halfaker was to tloat the association" s paper, backed by ware- house receipts for the tobacco it would buy, in New York, " rhe paper was to be discounted at 20 per cent. Since the association had only $500,000 capital stock, Stuart figured that even putting all of the capital stock into an arr.ingement of this sort the asso ciation would only be able to raise about $2, 5000,000 Hawkins and HufTa- ker admitted that as a part of their agree- ment Huffaker had agreed to give Hawkins indvidually 5 per cent of the profits of the corner. "Huffaker was to keep 30 per cent and giver 25 per cent to F. F, Mclvor, a New Yorker, who had made a trip to Louis- ville to investigate the ability o f the Louisville warehouses to handle the to- bacco. "But there was no provision in the contract for the money that was to start buying the tobacco and provide ware- house re eipts for the notes Huffaker proposed to float in New York. "Ives has since shown, Stuart charges, that he is a part of the Standard Oil financial underground system in New York. "The session in the hotel room be- came heated, and at one point Hawkins, it is declared, fell on his knees before Huffaker and begged him to release the association from the contract, but Huffa- ker refused. Some of the farmeis from Kentucky, who had been in session with Stuart when Hawkins arrived, were so incensed when ihevheird of the atTair that they made threats and Hufitaker left at midnight for L'uisville "For a time it looked as if the entire deal would have to be declared off, but when the negoti iiions were reopened in New York Stuatt got Huff iker and Mc Ivor to enter an agreement with him that was to overcome the H.iwkins contract, although in this agreement the Hawkins contract was relened to as a "paper writing " and not as a contract. In it Stuart merely agreed to try to get, through the Directors of the Burley Asso ciation, an agreement that if Huffaker and he, working together, should succeed in getting anyone to finance the corner, Hutfaker was to let the association off by taking a to per cent share of the profits, Mclvor and the financial people putting up the money were to get 25 per cent and the assori ition 65 per cent. "One expiess proviso in this supple- mental contract was that H.iwkins should release Huffaker from any previous agree- ment, entered into between them indi- vidually, to cover the 5 [)er cent of the profits H iwkins was to have received on the quiet, Stuart charges. "No effort was m ide as that time to oust Hawkins from the presidency, as to have shown up the condition of affairs, it was feared, would have wrecked the as sociation "But in the New York negotiations the Hutfaker supplemental agreement, giving him 10 per cent of the profits, bobbed up every time the details of the project were laid before financiers. This, it is charged, was responsible for some of them losing interest in the deal." Mr, Hawkins was interviewed regard ing this account of the affair and said: "The story is correct in many respects, but in many others it is full of inaccu racies. The contr.ict with Huffaker was not for an individual commission, but what was called in the transaction 'the Hawkins crowd' was to have this com- mission. Our Finance committee had full knowledge o f everything done. Huffaker' s financiers balked, and then we went to Archibald Siuart, of Cincin- nati, who opened up negotiations which looked to be promising of success. "I did try to get Huffaker to release us fiom the contract we had with him, but saying that I did it on my knees is putting it rather strong. I am satisfied that Mr. Ives was acting in good faith, but there was an underground work of the trust against us, and when -we put up the pins they began knocking them down,* Huffaker was called into the deal a second time, and we tried to float the warehouse receipts, but got no agree- ment as to the detail. There was nothing wrong with Huffaker. We sought him because he succeeded in financing the building of the new bridge over the Ohio river at Louisville. He is a good man and would have succeeded under ordi- nary circumstances." Archibald Stuart styles the story as an outrage, and declares that it does Col. Hawkins much injustice. He says: "He has worked assiduously in form- ing and building up the association during the past two years, and is lining up the growers to resist the methods and tactics of the tobicco combine," There i s much criticism going the rounds because .Mr. Stuart, whom the association sent East to secure the finan- cial barking to swing back the de d went to the p irties he did for assistance. It is claimed that he tried to secure aid from high financial "guns." whose in- terests aie very closly allieil wih those of the American Tobacco Co. NEW AMERICAN MANAGER. FOR IM- PERIAL COMPANY, Richmond. Va., March 13. James M icdt)nald, who ha-, been situated here about two years as le^ident director in Americ.i of the Imperial Tobacco Co., of Great Britain, will letire from his position by the first of .May and will be NU( ceeded by F. 11. Thorpe who has heretofore managed the coinpan)'s European tiade. M, Thorpe is expecteii soon to at rive from Bristol, the main offices of the company, andwill takeoverthe Richmond office on his arrival. There will be no other changes in the personnel ot this branch except m the transfer ot Mr, Macdonald's two sons to Bristol. The resident manager is very much liked socially, as well as anion.; the trade, and his voluntary retirement is leg.irded with great regret by his many friends. He will live hereafter at his home in Glasgow. OHIO RIVEK AGAIN OPEN. Cincinnati, O, , March 10. The Ohio river i> open again to n.ivi. gation after having been closed, owing to heavy ice. since the early part of Deceinlier. White Burley w.itehonsemen ;ire in high feather in consequence, as their c (NICKXLBY.Sc.) Channing Allen ®, Co» Manufacturers of mHi FINE CIGABS 5t 419 Locust St. Philadelphia^ Factory Na 909. Bell Telcphohe 4836-A STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA All NavaiM Cl|w ■atft KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MILJkOmLJ»HIA -^TriE T0B/ieeO WORLB-^ KENTUCKY LEAF COMING IN. Delivery was Commenced at Hendersoiv Last llVednesday. Henderson, Ky., March 9. Delivery was begun at the Barret to bacco factory on Wednesday with a good showing. A meeting of the farmers had been held a short time before and every- thing was in readiness. The contract for prizing, which was ratified with J. Ewing Rankin, Jr., pro- vides that he handle, redry. prize in good cooperage and insure until November i, 1905, and deliver at the depot in Hen- derson as prized in one hundred hogs- head lots at the folloveing rates: If number of pounds received dry weight amount to from one million and one and a half million pounds at |i.2o per 100 pounds dry weight; from one and a half million pounds to two million pounds or over at $1.05 per hundred. If the tobacco is to be retied he is to receive 20 cents additional per hundred pounds. The scale of prices and the classes into which the tobacco is to be graded was adopted by a unanimous vote at the meeting. The committee determined upon the following scale: Tobacco worth from 7 to 8 cents for leaf shall be classed as A tobacco; tobacco worth from 6 to 7 cents for leaf shall be classed as B to- bacco; tobacco worth from 5 to 6 cents for leaf shall be classed as C tobacco; tobicco worth from 4 to 5 cents for leaf shall b e classed a s D tobacco; hail beaten, damaged, etc., tobacco shall be classed as nondescript, marked X. All clean, sound trash worth 2 cents or more shall be classed as A trash ; trash worth less than 2 cents, that is dirty or dam- aged, will be classed as B trash. All tobacco must be received in crop order and any moisture in excess of crop order must be deducted. SENSATIONAL TALE OF CERTAIN PHASES OF BURLEY DEAL. Conduct on the Part of Some of the Promoters of the Burley Groweis' Association Anything but Straightforward. Secret Contracts and the Like Lost the Farmers Their Chance. Owensboro, Ky., March 9. The whole crop is about ready for market, owing to the fact that the moist air and the fog have caused the tobacco to come m "case" and large quantities of it had already been stripped and pre- pared for market some days ago. The thaw made the roads very muddy to a considerable depth owing to the deep freeze. For a time the Equity peoplcfwere in- different about stripping their tobacco, but now that the warehouse plan is about perfected all arc getting ready to deliver their crops and they are bending every energy to strip and bulk their holdings. It is very probable that the very bad con- dition of the roads will delay for a while yet the delivery of large amounts of the • 'weed' ' even if other reasons for delay have disappeared. Advertisln|{ Is not an experiment, nor is it a business side issue; it is a part of the paraphernalia of business necessity, to be studied and experi- mented upon as one studies and experi- ments upon the other departments of the business house. Cincinnati, C, March 10. A new chapter m the failure of the burley growers" deal to control the 1904 crop came to light last week. Hanging over the association since last December, was a secret contract signed in New York it is alleged between President W. B. Hawkins and Joseph HufTaker, a pro moterol Louisville, Ky., which at several periods of Archibald Stuart's negotia- tions with eastern capitalists threatened to wreck the association. The story as told by a local paper is as follows : "When Stuart first went into the dea^ he and Hawkins went to New York to see if the plan of getting money there was feasible. They found conditions rather favorable, but affairs were in such shape that Stuart considered it necessary to re turn to Cincinnati and get the capital stock of the company in bank and the contracts with the farmers listed. "He left Hawkins in New York to keep in touch with the financial men, but a short lime after he reached Cincinnati he found that Hawkins had left the hotel where they had been stopping, and that these financial men had been unable to locate him in New York. Next came a telegram from Hawkins, saymg that he had made an agreement to finance the corner and that he would at once come to Cii cinnati. "When he artived Stuart and other backers of the organization, with an at- torney, were in session at the Grand Ho tel. Hawkins said that he had the money for the deal. Stuart got Hawkins into another room with Huffaker and the at- torney. At first Hawkins and Huffaker both denied they had a copy of the con- tract, but finally Hawkins produced one. "This contract, according to a copy now in Stuart s hands, bound the asso ciation, first of all, to give HuflfaUer 60 per cent of the profits on the corner. In consideration of this HatTaker was to float the association's paper, backed by ware- house receipts for the tobacco it would buy, in New York. "The paper was to be discounted at 20 per cent. Since the association had only $500,000 capital stock, Stuart figured that even putting all of the capital stock into an arrangement of this sort the asso ciation would only be able to raise about $2, 5000,000 Hawkins and Huffa- ker admitted that as a part of their agree- ment Huffaker had agreed to give Hawkins indvidually 5 per cent of the profits of the corner. "Huffaker was to keep 30 per cent and giver 25 per cent to F. F. Mclvor, a New Yorker, who had made a trip to Louis- ville to investigate the ability o f the Louisville warehouses to handle the to- bacco. "But there was no provision in the contract for the money that was to start buying the tobacco and provide ware- house re-eipts for the notes Huffaker proposed to float in New York. "Ives has since shown, Stuart charges, that he is a part of the Standard Oil financial underground system in New York. "The session in the hotel room be- came heated, and at one point Hawkins, it is declared, fell on his knees before Huffaker and begged him to release the association trom the contract, but HufTa- ker refused. Some of the farmers from Kentucky, who had been in session with Stuart when Hawkins arrived, were so incensed when iheyheird of the affair that they made threats and Huffaker left at midnight for Louisville. "For a time it looked as if the entire deal would have to be declared off, but when the negotiations were reopened in New York Stuart got HufT.iker and Mc Ivor to enter an agreement with him that was to overcome the Hawkins contract, although in this agreement the Hawkins contract was referred to as a "paper writing" and not as a contract. In it Stuart merely agreed to try to get, through the Directors of the Burley Asso ciation, an agreement that if Huffaker and hcj working together, should succeed in getting anyone to finance the corner, Huffaker was to let the association off by taking a 10 per cent share of the profits. Mclvor and the financial people putting up the money were to get 25 per cent and the associ ition 65 per cent. "One express proviso in this supple- mental contract was that Hawkins should release Huffaker from any previous agree- ment, entered into between them indi- vidually, to cover the 5 per cent of the profits Hawkins was to have received on the quiet, Stuart charges. "No effort was m »de as that time to oust Hawkins from the presidency, as to have shown up the condition of affairs, it was feared, would have wrecked the as sociation "But in the New York negotiations the HufTaker supplemental agreement, giving him 10 per cent of the profits, bobbed up every time the details of the project were laid before financiers. This, it is charged, was responsible for some of them losing interest in the deal." Mr. Hawkins was interviewed regard ing this account of the affair and said: "The story is correct in many respects, but in many others it is full of inaccu racies. The contract with Huffaker was not for an individual commission, but what was called in the transaction 'the Hawkins crowd' was to have this com- mission. Our Finance committee had full knowledge o f everything done. Huffaker' s financiers balked, and then we went to Archibald Stuart, of Cincin- nati, who opened up negotiations which looked to be promismg of success. "I did try to get Huffaker to release us from the contract we had with him, but saying that I did it on my knees is putting it rather strong. I am satisfied that Mr. Ives was acting in good faith, but there was an underground work of the trust against us, and when 'we put up the pins they began knocking them down.' Huffaker was called into the deal a second time, and we tried to float the warehouse receipts, but got no agree- ment as to the detail. There was nothing wrong with Huffaker. We sought him because he succeeded in financing the building of the new bridge over the Ohio river at Louisville. He is a good man and would have succeeded under ordi- nary circumstances." Archibald Stuart styles the story as an outrage, and declares that it does CoL Hawkins much injustice. He says: "He has worked assiduously in form- ing and building up the association during the past two years, and is lining up the growers to resist the methods and tactics of the tobacco combine. " There i s much criticism going the rounds because M^. Stuart, whom the association sent East to secure the finan- cial backing to swing back the deil went to the p irties he did for assistance. It is claimed that he tried to secure aid from high financial "guns." whose in- terests are very closly allied with those of the American Tobacco Co. NEW AMERICAN MANAGER FOR. IM- PERIAL COMPANY. Richmond, Va., March 13. James M.icdonald, who has been situated here about two years as resident director in America of the Imperial Tobacco Co., of Great Britain, will retire from his position by the first of May and will be succeeded by F. H. Thorpe, who has heretofore managed the company's European trade. M. Thorpe is expected soon to arrive from Bristol, the main offices of the company.and will lake over the Richmond office on his arrival. There will be no other changes in the personnel of this branch except in the transfer of Mr. Macdonald's two sons to Bristol. The resident manager is very much liked socially, as well as among the trade, and his voluntary retirement is regarded with great regret by his many friends. He will live hereafter at his home in Glasgow. OHIO RIVER. AGAIN OPEN. Cincinnati, O. . March 10. The Ohio river is open again to navi. gation after having been closed, owing to heavy ice, since the early part of December. White Burley warehousemen are in high feather in consequence, as their country agents report that the farmers are ready to send their crops here with a rush. The burley market has been rather unsatisfactory from the shippers' point of view, buyers being more cautious in their bidding,and prices were not run up to the high figures that existed at the lime when growers had the centre of the stage with their corner scheme. Offerings were liberal, largely drawn from warehouse stocks. $1 FOR $1,500,000 PROPER.TY. Formal Transfer of Continental Tobacco Co. Realty to American Tobacco Co. Louisville, Ky., March 10. By a deed filed in the County Clerk's office for the stated consideration of $1 property estimated at $1,500,000 in value changed hands, although the actual sale occurred last December, when the Amer- ican Tobacco Company absorbed the Continental Tobacco Company. The deed is that conveying to the larger concern all the property owned by the Continental in Louisville, and it includes sixteen pieces of realty at the following locations: Twenty-fourth and Main streets, two parcels; Eighteenth and Broadway, one parcels; Eighteenth and Anderson, two parcels; Eighteenth and Main, one par* eel : Fountain Ferry road and Kentucky & Indiana right of way crossing, one parcel; Thirtieth and Walnut streets, three parcels; Ninth and Magnolia streets, two parcels; Twenty- sixth and Courtenay streets, two parcels. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ^H J. Vetterlein & Co Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T. Dohaiu Wm. H. Dohan« Pouxn>BD 1855. ^^^ DOHAN&TAITT, D 3, J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^?^ J07 Arcb St. M^af Tobacco\ ,«fc'^ ) philada. ^ \JO^ IMPORTERS OP ^Vo Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia JITLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. Importers of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. ef SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia 1: Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsyille,N.Tc PfprAnr-rJvnrA. A. •BNJ. LABE JACOB LABU SIDNBYIrf BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers oi SU MATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^EAF" TOBACCO 231 and 2^3 ^ortb Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. LiEOPOliD LiOEB 8t CO, Importers of Sumatra and Havana AND Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila, GEO. EURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. TheE Leaf Tobacco 'h^^ana'* Tn|j][| ^^ SUMATRA lUUllU \^o.y Ltd. fn ni r p Importers and Dealers In A"i-'^'l >^ ALL KINDS OP SEED LEAF, m L nnn SUMATRA XUUUuU 118 N.3d St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOERQQO ^'XT ' '^ P TIT IMPORTBRSof r 1 1 Oling (fc JN ewman, Sumatra & Havana (j£^ &3r 2J* N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. Packers of Seed Lea f. F^ y\^ Qau/es (^ Qo. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦< I The Old Salesman's Musings. ♦ THE CALLING IN OF CILEDIT. "It wont work." said the jobber. "It Since the first of the year it has been wont work for a cent. Not long ago just one fourth less easy for a Philadel- when I had a special deal on, I tried it phia cigar and tobacco retailer to get it in a hundred cases on a test On credit from his jobber, providing he had seventy five of "em, Dunn said -don't been doing a credit business. This rep- deliver.' I used my own judgment resents the beginning of what the job- after all and as they looked pretty good bers of this city believe will result in a to me, I delivered in every case. I col- great betterment of the conditions be- lected loo per cent." tween the retailer and jobber and manu- "Well, then, I dont see what your facturer, and which I believe are unique kick is." I said. in the business world. "Because that was only one instance. The peculiarity of the situation when and money happened to be pretty easy you get down to it struck me the other at that time. It wouldn t happen again, day during a conversation with a certain and I just cited it to show the waste of Philadelphia jobber who was bemoaning time and money this getting reports on the fact that so many retail dealers seem people is, in a situation like this." to think that the credit system was in- The retailer isn't so much to blame, vented for their especial benefit by He was originally eagerly offered credit philanthropic wholesalers. a^^ accepted it. He was offered it and The funny part of it is that, in a way, he accepted it so many times that it it was. And the unfortunate part of it finally came to be considered a sort of is that the sins of the father jobbers, or vested ri^ht And in spite of all the rather the preceding generation, are credit, which I should think would be visited upon their sons, the present. If very tempting to a small thief, there are the old firms, say Lewis Bremer's Sons, less than ten per cent of the dealers -when it dealt in manufactured tobacco, who are being carried by their jobbers had known what would finally come of who are at all dishonest in their intent, it, when they began to extend ciedit to A lot of customers will pay %\o on old their customers, who represented neigh- accounts and want $25 worth of goods on bors and friends, they would probably time right away, and because this was bave thought awhile before they did it. allowed for a long time, is the reason It is a common saying that a great why the jobbers' ledgers are so fat. tnany more men push their way into the Now it is not permitted so much, retail branch of the cigar and tobacco The winter just ending has been a bad business who have failed at four or five one in the retail end of the trade, and a lot other things, than is the case in any of dealers can't pay anything on their old other business. They bring nothing accounts. The jobber has the alterna- -with them but a hope that they will sue- tive of cutting them off, and knowing ceed this time, and they find no diffi- that a "for rent" sign will soon go up «ulty in getting credit, after they have on the store, or he can carry them along paid foi their first bill. In some cases on a one bill credit they do find it necessary to pay for that By this latter process, if he can figure «ven,if they look like a good proposition, out a ten per cent margin, it only takes They get a bill of goods from this jobber nine 1 10 bills of goods actually paid for and that, on seven days. If they choose to pay his cost on ten bills, or to even to sell these goods over the counter, and him up exactly, if the retailer fails to pay devote the money received to store ex- for the tenth bill He gives him a bill penses, paying the jobber nothing, and on seven days which must be paid for perhaps dropping out of business as before the customer gets another. adopted this idea in a certain tonn, the co iiinission being alowed on box business, and it has proved quite salislactory. Atieniion is again called to the plan for moving stuboorn stock by making attractive propoaiiions to your customers. Wrap up in packages, gOuds that are not selling pioptily, and put on each package a number, s.iy 1763 Adverii=c to your customers to wai h the number on the check. 1 lie per on receiving regis ter check 1763 will leceive the package of that number on ihe gift coun er, free. The point of all rebate advening is that it is not only attractive to tiie public, but that it conceniraies the attention of the custt mer on the chci k issued by the register, upon which is piinted the amount ot the pur^ h se. I'his inoicaiion ot the purchase, haiu.td to the customer, renders mistakes in rc^i>terii>g cash sales impossible, it matters not where the register is placed. The selling aside ot a certain day for bargain day, and the tnorough adver- tisement of the s ime, is aiso a good idea. Certain counters or tibles ^hould be arranged for bargains, .ind mer handise that is slow of salr, but perhaps good in quality, can be exhibiied there. GET WISE TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS. /^NE significant reason why there is not a greater percentage of suc- cessful retailers in the tobacco business, is because there is such a large percentage of de tiers who are practically destitute of any important knowledge of the busi ness, and are apparently content to remain so. If a retailer in any other line attempted to conduct his store with the same mini- mum of preparation, knowledge and attention, he would fail just as suiely as a lot of tobacco dealers are failing, and a whole lot more would, if credit did not save them. The reckless way in which some men butt into the business without an> training has been dwelt upon before in these columns, but it will bear repetition. The other day a certain man bought out a cigar store not more than a million miles from the Philadelphia puolic build- ings. His qualifications consisted of a sufficient amount of money to buy the store, the fact that he smoked himself, and the possession of a few friends who i^moked, and who were presumably sup po^ed henceforth to get iheir smoking at his store. In the cours-e of a conversation wiih a man who was tr>ing to sell the new dealer something, the l ter lemarKed: "Oh, 1 haven t any use tor anything like that; I don t know an thing about the tobacco business and don't expect to." Poor fool! As long as a man comes in and asks lor a certain band of cigar or smoking tobacco, and perhaps points out the spot where it has usuaLy been kept in the stock, this man will be able to meet the lequiiements of , his store. Thais just aa long as people in the ne^hborhood do come in, and as long as the present stock lasts. The real p irl of the running of the store he is just as ignorant of, as his most casual custo mer, and it is only a question of how much money he s got beiore he gets out, as he doesn't seem t'> appreciate the lact that itieic is anything that he might possibly le irn. Iheie aie a whole lot ot dealers, who are just like this man, perhaps not so bad, liut at least content to remain in ignorance ot their own business, the most important thing in the world to them. What is there about a ci^ar store that gives the impression to so many that it is automatic and sucitssfully runs itself. It takes a giocer to run a grocery store, and sometimes even a grocer can t do it. It takes a man who knows the leather business to run a shoe stoie, and a man Would not open a candy store even, until he hid made some study ot the businrss. but a crgar store. A chap has a litile money, he wants to put it into business. He looks around, and solely because he smokes and has on that account been in cigar stores quite a little ot his time, he goes out and buys some ni e, attractive gold brick, thus helping the good wi rk along. In the majority of cases, such a man makes little effort to get down to the IMPROVING THE APPEAR. ANCE OF boitom of his business and study the YOUR STORE ECONOMICALLY conditions of the trade, to learn why cer- 'pHE percentage ol retail cigar dealers tain things are so, to find out what is who can afford to sumptuously out- going on and to gain inside information fit their stores in the style of the best on the stocking of his store with a view to stands in the large cities, is small. And obtaining the best results as a matter of tact, the only reason the He is either ignorantly obstinate in money is spent m these cases is because the hands of the traveling salesman, or the amount and quality of the business the easiest sort of a mark, or else simply warrants it. It has been discovered that buys on ciedit, taking it for granted that money spent in this way is a paying his business will be such that he will investment, and, accordingly, the money never have any trouble in meeting his is spent, paper. ^^ the great majority of cigar stores. All this concerns a certain proportion of the proprietor is not making much more the dealers in every town and city Those than a living, and would resent as foolish,, who have earned their experience in the any suggestion that he put in more business, will welcome this article in the expensive furnishings, hope that it may do some good. Those In many such cases it would be foolish, who get mad will be those who, uncon- but considerable of the same effect may sciously, perhaps, feel that the shoe fits, be arrived at by other and more econom- and realize the fact that they are asleep ical means. A dingy ci^ar store is onr at the switch. of the dingiest places on earth and Try to gain some additional informa- certainly the least inviting. This being tion rel «ting to the business you are in an indisputable fact, it is astonishing the every day, and you will soon wonder number of dealers who are satisfied with how you ever got along weltering in the such a store, apparently believing that as ignorance you onre did. long as^ it is a cigar store, it doesn't • • • matter how it looks. FIRST MEERSCHAVM. Biing your wife, or your mother, or "LIOW many dealers have any idea of your stster, or your best girl, or whoever •^ the origin ot the first meerschaum of your women folks is nearest to you pipe and how it was discovered that the down 10 the store st^me off day, and after material was suitable? Here is one she has looked around, address her account that is preity well authentirated: somewhat thus: There lived in Festh, the capital of " This place is distinctly on the punk. Hungary, in 1723. Karlo Kowatee. a It looks a whole lot dirtier than it really shoemaker, whose ingenuity in cutting is, Just because it is so dingy. Iwantta and carving on wood bi ought him into brighten it up but I can't afford to spend contact with Count Andrassy, with whom much money ou it. I want you to take he became a great favorite. The count another good look around and then tell brought with him a piece ot whitish clay me what you think would be the bes- which had been presented to him as a way to go about it." curiosity on account ot its extraordinary She 11 be able to fix you up every time, light specific gravity. becau-e that's her stunt. A man accepts It struck the shoemaker that, being "all the comforts of home* as a matter of porous, it would be well adapted for course, very seldom remembering tnat pipes, as it would absorb the nicotine, they are all arranged by the women who The experiment was tried, and Karlo cut long ago accepted that part of life a» a pipe tor the count and one for himself, their duty. He notned that the wax from his hands Moreover, they 11 be pleased that gave the pipes a beautiful polish, and you ve thought enough of their judgment also that they smoked more sweetly. to consult it, when as a matter ot fact, in The natural scarcity ot this new clay suh a case as this it s likely to be twenty and the great cost ot importation in those times better than your own. Then again days of limited facilities for transporta- most housev^ives have a strong streak of tion rendered its use exclusively confined economy in them, and what they propose to the richest noblemen of Europe up to will doubtless cost considerably less than 1830, when it became a more general any thing you would frame up yourself, at tide ol trade. Tne first meerschaum Try it just once. Give them a free pipe made by Karlo Kowatee has been hand, and then call some other man in to preserved, and is the museum at Pesth. , • ^ ». ,^ w .n u • 1 1 j . ^i«i9^i*v , look at the result. You 11 be tickled to death. DON'T HUDDLE. BUT SPREAD OUT. • • • ••/^NE of the best things for a city is A HINT TO RETAILERS. yJ to have its retail business pre. d ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ f,^^ , ^^ ^ out instead ot being centered within a tew .... j . ,r ^ Ai ;., < r'^Kn th» TTnirtfi A window dressed in the self-same way, squares said Alvin b. Cahn, the Union '' T- I. 1 , • . I /":«^.,>,vo,i .« Becomes so tired, he d like to break Trust Bull ting cigarist. ot Cincinnati, in a trade discussion last week. "I notice The panes, for mere re>entment's sake. this tendency lor the retail trace in this A window s like a pretty maid, citv to spread, which is a healthy indica y^^d should be often new-arrayed, tion. The cen.e ing of a retail d.stri t ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^ means high rents, while the sp eading . . out of the stores means tair rents and in ^^ «very man who passes by. creased business." — Australian Tobacco Journal. THB TOBACCO WORLD Work Less; Earn More Money Let a National Help You QTime, labor and money are saved by systematizing the handling of money and enforcing accuracy, honesty and carefulness. A NATIONAL CASH REGISTER SAVES MONEY By accurately recording cash sales, credit sales, money received on account, money paid out or money changed. It pays for itself within a year out of the money it saves and then earns 100 per cent, on the money invested. QLet one of our representatives call and explain how it is done. Cut Off Hmre and Mail to Us Today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, OHIO I own a of a register is best suited for my busitiess. This does not obligate me to buy. jtore. Please explain, to tne what kind .Same Addresf A'o. Clerks Please Mention The Tobacco World THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page; 5) ited (many of the customers along with the rest of the encumbrances. Some of these had owed money for years and had been carried along by the original jobber. They expected it from the new firm, and in some cases their expectations were realized and in some they were not. Those that were not dropped, the firm found itself unable to dig anything out of and simply stalled them along. Those that were dropped simply went to another jobber and got credit for a bill of goods. As long as business is good they will pay for these bills, When it fails they will be forced to ease up a little and it then depends on the jobber how much these accounts accumulate. A certain formerly very well known jobbing house in this city sold out and formed a new company. At least the deal had all the earmarks of a sale, but was merely a reorganization in order to close the books. That was the only way the firm could think of to get in any appreciable amount of its money, and as times were pretty easy just then it is understood that the move was fairly successful. But it isn't business, or at least it isn' t good business, and the credit game has got to a point where a good many jobbers don't like to do business with re- tailers that might be called disgustingly prosperous because the fact that their payments are sure entitles them to claim concessions that wipe out the jobber's margin. I asked a'number of jobbcrs^to tell me approximately the proportion of retailers they believed would have to^suspend if every jobber called them to time, andM am afraid to print the proportion that was mentioned because I feel that it must be exaggerated. As 1 said at the commencement of this article, credit is gradually being called in, and it is safe to say that it is 25 per cent harder to get credit in this city now that it was in December. If an im- provement can be brought about grad- ually in this line, it will be quite as much of a blessing for the retail trade as for the jobbers. The market will gain an intrinsic healthiness which it certainly does not possess at this time.' The Old Salesman. AMERICAN TOBACCO AND CIGARS IN HUNGARY. In reply to Virginia tobacco houses desiring to export their products to Hun- gary,United States Consul- General Frank Dyer Chester, of Budapest, reports that he has been informed by the Royal Hun- garian Tobacco Regie that its American purchasing agents are L. Borchers & Co. , 4 Columbia Block, Richmond, Va. , to whom all applications for the sale of American tobacco for Hungary should be addressed. Consul-General Chester further reports that the "Virginia" cigars sold in Hungary by the Government of Hungary are of poor quality. To take your advertisement out of the paper during the so called dull times, is about as bad as to stop feeding the horse because the present weather is un- suitable for using him. The total profits on the balance sheet at the end of the year depend largely on the sales of the so called dull season. A . A. O^'^^^® c£ O^- <^> Havana 123 N. THIRD ST PHILJkDEL^HIA gREMER gROS. 8z: gOEHM > GEO. W. BREMER. Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA porters, Packers tvnd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St. and loi, loj, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN6, PA kTATi 0TTS & KEELY. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. PniLIPPJ.KoLB CdwamhT.Colgan HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. 0«r Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, Importer of X /* ^ ■ ^ 1 Leaf Tobacco rer- ^ Third Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, lMPOKT«R OF Sumatra and Havana, Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Tobacco Veleachik. & V- Dealer in VELENCKIK BROS. KiSl^i. LEAF T0B/lQeO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia, I«OniS BVT2INKR J. FRUfCM LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers «)UO K&CC ^^^pf •! J 1 l.* and Commission Merchants. 1 lVll&ClClpni&« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERIMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBRMANN L. G. Haeussermann Sc Sons, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Sumatra.*' Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R/ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO 170-174. Special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo. NVNiZ HERMANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers and Dealers of mLTAABAJO,PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO "Angel," Havana MVCIIISL ZU^ IlSlV3lI\dL p. O. Box 98 The Havana Market Was a Rather Dull One. The Northern Buyers Bought Little Because of Difficulty in Obtaining Suitable Goods. Bulk of the Warehouses Are More Depleted than Since 1900. New Crop Likely to be High in Price. I ;=^ ESTABLISHED 1844 (Special Correspondence ot The Tobacco The past week in the Havana market must bo designated as a dull one, the few Northern buyers here only operat- ing to a small degree, partly owing to the high pretensions of the holders for choice parcels and partly to the diflficulty of finding the styles of goods they were principally in want of. While there is no absolute scarcity of tobacco, the majority of the stocks con- sists of undesirable, nondescript leaf, •which nobody seems anxious to take hold of even at reasonably low figures. Since the year 1900 there has been no time •when the bulk of the warehouses were as depleted hs they are at present. Although a member of the staCE of a New York contemporary has published an account of his trip to the Vuelta Abajo and claims that (from his obser- Tation) the coming 1905 crop is going to be abundant and of exceptionally fine quality, being particularly fine in its large proportion of wrappers, it is wiser to auspend all judgment until the season is further advanced, and the crop can be judged with more accuracy. "El Tabaco de Cuba" in its edition of February 28, states that while the 1904 crop produced 280,000 bales, the 1905 crop will probably not exceed 200.000 bales, a reduction of more than 28 per cent., and also that the quality would be heavier as a rule. As more than three- quarters of the Vuelta Abajo crop is ■ased by the clear Havana industrj-, which only wants light fillers, it is a dis- advantage to have heavy fillers. The Partido crop of this year also seems of a heavier body, and from all re- ports there will be hardly any fillers this year. As it has not rained at all during the month of February, arid so far March shows no signs of rain, the RemedioB crop, even though it may yield more first and second capaduras, may be considerably shorter in quantity than even the exceptionally short one of 1904. That under these circumstances prices are bound to rule high appears to be a foregone conclusion, and people who imagine that they can buy at lower prices later on will be sorely disappointed. The shade-grown wrappers this year are judged rather adversely by most of the independent manufacturers, as well as dealers, and it is claimed that the colors are "manchados" (not clean). Undoubtedly it will require more time and experience before this new mode of raising wrappers can be considered a suc- cess. On the other hand the tearing oflf of the leaves singly, when ripe, and stringing them on a thread is an improve- ment upon the old way of cutting part of the plant, two leaves with the stem at- tached thereto, and letting them dry. The former process is quicker and more uniform, although a trifle more expen- rive, while by the old process the leaves had to hang a longer time, owing to the World.] Havana, March 6, 1905. sap in the stems, and some leaves were ripe while others were not quite matur- ed. Sales during the week amounted to 3506 bales in all, or 2426 of Vuelta Abajo, 480 of Partido and 600 bales of Remedios. The American buyers have taken 2183 bales, while the local cigar and cigarette manufacturers have bought 1323 bales. Exports last week were: 4273 bales all to the United States, except 40 to Mexi- co and 30 bales to Chile. Boycrk ( oiue antl Go. Arrivals*— Bernard Lichtenstein, of Lichtenstein Bros., Mortimer and Mel- ville Regensburg, of E. Regensburg & Sons, and Robert £. Lane, of Cifuentes & Co.. New York; E. H. Gato.of E. H. Gato Cigar Co., Key West; J. Boltz, of Boltz Clymer & Co.; Joseph P. Vet- lerlein, of Vetterlein Bros., and Her- mann G. Vetterlein, "the broker," of Philadelphia. Departures: — Isidore Weinbaum. J. W. Merriau, Joe Cullman, S. Ashner, George Kober, E. £211inger, Francisco Garcia, M. Cane and M. Schwartz for New York; John L. Kolb and Ramon Fernandez, for T:imi)a; John Wardlow for Key West, E. J. Davenport for Bos- ton, .fohn T. Dolan for Chicago. Havana. Cigar Manufacturers as a rule, are complaining that orders are not coming in freely enough, still the large independent factories are working satisfactorily, more or less, and have not discharged any cigarmakers to speak of. The busiest months in the year are Usually the five months from August 1 to December 31, but after a dull spell of two months there is a reaction as a rule in March and April, when May, June and July are again very quiet; al- though this year may perhaps form an exception in case the new crop should not be ready to be worked as early as in ordinary years. H. Upmann & Co. are doing quite a steady business and have no lack of orders, their cigar shipments during the past week amounting to 450,(X)0 cigars. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. have no reason to complain as they are favored with enough orders from the United States. Ix)ndon and South America to keep them busy to the tune of 40,0(X) cigars a day. Por Larranaga is doing very well, thanks to the push exercised by Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, and the eflacient missionary work of Barron Taylor in the United States. Ramon Allones is selling very largely in the North, owing to its representa- tive, the National Cuba Co. Behrens & Co., of Sol fame, are work- ing steadily upon good orders from all directions. J, F. Rocha & Co., of the Crepusculo factory, say that business is a trifle quiet- er, but they are nevertheless turning out H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. Bd^nkers and Commission Merchscnts I SHITTEP^^ OF CIGAF^^ and LEAP T03ACC0 I I I The Celebrated MAllVPACTOKlRt OP W^ Ci MteiiocNKii. CABU AOORtSS'TACHUCLAt iyr^Bw YORlsl. |08. S. CANS MDSIS J. CANS JBROMK WAUHR EDWIN I. ALBXANDBR JOSEPH S. GANS ^ CO. Importers & Packers of reiephcme-346 John. No. 150 Walter Street. NEW YORK. Leaf Tobacco Starr Brothers ■^ IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF StUblished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. LEAF TOBACCO No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J. BERNHEIM#S0N HAVANA TOBACCO %P^^ ^^pHAVANA , Cuba Importers Sumatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son jn 1 vMoncwAi 227 Office, 183 Water Si ^mtaim.mmL NEW VORK ♦'♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-« ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦^ : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK 1 ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ New York, March 13, 1905. The trade, generally, was in better On May i, the A. H. Hillman Co. spirits all o f last week, owing to the will remove to 437 Pearl street, from its reasonably good weather which gave present location on Park Row. A por- promise of better to come. Business tion of the buildmg will be sufficient for was quite a little better with the retailers the needs of the company at present, who are , preparing for a spring rush, alihough the lease includes the entire Manufacturers are booking good oiders structure, and it is fairly probable that from theWvSt and South and a very with its growing business the firm will cheerful spirit pervades the trade. soon need all the space available. The leaf trade has experienced a com- Among the New Yorkers who made paratively quiet week, and had it not recent departures for the Sumatra in been for the interest incident t o the scriptions, are Joseph Hirsch, of Joseph years first inscription of Sumatra tobacco. Hirsch & Son, and Max Meyer and Ben at Amsieidam, it would be even more G. Meyer, of Meyer & Mendelsohn, dull Business, however, never stops George Alces. of the R. Steinecke Co , entirely and there was much inquiry for manufacturers of this city, who was hurt goods, but all were not fortunate enough by a fall at the Barclay street ferry a few to have the stock on hand to meet the days ago, is doing very nicely, demand, particularly in the case of old Pennsylvania Broad leaf and Wisconsin. The Sumatra market has naturally been somewhat quiet, owing to the ad- vent of the new goods, and the waiting of buyers to see the samples of new offer- ings, which will be on exhibition in about three weeks. Havana alone re. mained fairly active. H. Duys&Co., Sumatra importers, at 178 Water street were the first pur- chaser of the new crop, having secured out of hand 81 bales of the L P. Deli just two days before the regular inscrip- tion. The goods will be promptly for- warded, and should reach here in about two weeks from the time of purchase. According to report at the first in sciiption of this season, more than the usual interest was aroused. The offer ings, however, showed only a compara- tively small portion suitable for the American market and purchases by American buyers were correspondingly small — possibly 1,600 bales, out of a A case that will be of interest to tobacco importers has come before the Board of General Appraisers for a ruling as to the reappraisement on an importation of cigars from Cuba. The importation in question was made through the Philadel- phia port, and had been assessed by the Collector of that port according to it» market value. Owing to the internal revenue tax that obtains in Cuba of $2 per thousand on cigars the Collector decided that the market value of the cigars was increased by that amount, and assessed the duty accordingly. The importers protested against the decision ol the Collector, contending that the tax did not in any way affect the market value of the cigars. The Government, on the other hand, insisted that as the tax necessarily increased the selling price of the article their market value was consequently raised. r , ., „„.„, „„, „, ^ The case is being watched closely by total offering of o v e r 15,000 bales, ^o^'^cco merchants, and a ruling by the These purchases are said to have been ^PP'^^'^^'' is expected shortly, the smallest made for many years by • • • American buyers at the first inscription. The annual meeting of the stock hold- Among the successful bidders were: H. ers of the American Tobacco Co., which Duys & Co., of about 375 bales for was held in Jersey City last week, brought transhipment; A. Cohn & Co., who se forth a treasurer's report which must cured about 600 bales; S Rossin & have caused a glow of righteous satislac- Sons, 288 bales; Pretzfeld & Co., 200 tion to pervade the breasts of those bales, L. P. Sutter & Bros,, 75 bales. present. • • • The report shows total net earning* Wm. Steiner, Sons &. Co., litho- for the year ended Dec. 31, 1004 of graphers, of 116 122 East Fourteenth ^22,304696. This compares with I22.. street, New York, have issued an artistic 228,182 in the previous >ear, or an in- circular, printed in colors, illustrating the crease of $76. 5 14. The amount of such company's latest designs in band strips, earnings applicable to surplus account is on which the firm has quite a reputation. $12,296,666, making the total surplus • • • ^39.531.796. Less the difference be- The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co. will tween the fpar value of the preferred open a new store on or about April i, at stocks of the American and Continental 50 East Fourteenth street, which they companies and par value of the American announce will be sumptuous in its Tobacco 6 per cent gold bonds, into appointments. The location of this which they were converted, leaves the store which has just been secured is in surplus on Dec. 31, 1904, at |2q 518 proximity to one of the United Cigar 880. Stores Co. s stands, and it is likely that The report of the treasurer, in detail, rivalry will be rather keen. showing the earnings and balance sheet] THE TOBACCO WORLD m will be interesting to a great many read •rs. It is as follows: The net earnings of the merg- ing companies from Jan. 1, 1904, to the time of merg- er (not counting dividends received by one merging company from another mcrgmg company), togeth- er with net earnings ol this company from the time of merger to end of the year, after deducting all charges and expenses for manage- ment, etc., were $22,304,696 Deduct interest on Consoli- dated 4 per cent (Jan. 1 to Oct. I) $4,721,346 Two quarterly dividends of 2 per cent each on Ameri can Tobacco preferred 560,000 $2 per share in conversion of American Tobacco pref'd stock in lieu for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1904 280,000 Six per ct. dividend of Amer- ican Tob. common stock (not counting dividend paid on stock held by Con- solidated) 13.527 Three quarterly dividends of i^ ler ct. each (not count- ingdividendspaid on stock held by American and Consolidated Tobacco) 1,684,069 Twelve per ct. dividends on Continental Tob'co com- mon stock (not counting dividends paid on stock held by Consolidated) 2,040 Interest (Oct. i to Dec. 31) on American Tobacco 6 s 841,357 Interest (Oct. i to Dec. 31) on American Tobacco 4 s and remaining 4 per cent bonds of Consolidated not yet exc hanged 7 86, 89 1 4}4 perct. dividend on pre- ferred stock for quarter ended Dec. 31 1,180,336 Total deductions $10,069,565 Net applicable to surplus account $12,235,131 Surplus of merging compa- nies as of Dec. 31, 1903, 27,296,666 Total surplus $39, 531, 796 Less difference between par value of the prei'd stocks of the American and Con- tinental and par value of the American Tobacco 6's into which they were con verted 10,012.917 Surplus Dec. 31, 1904, $29,518,880 Assets — Real estate, machinery, fix- tures, trade marks, patents, good will, etc., $139,604437; leaf tobacco, manu- factured stock, operating supplies, etc., $24 405,452; stocks in foreign companies, $23,925,420; stocks in other companies, $55,532,890; cash, $8,028,236; commis- sions and allowances to customers pre paid, $600,964; bills and accounts re- ceivable, $41,522,716; total assets, $293,. 620,115. Liabilities — Capital stock, preferred, $78,689,100; common stock. $40,242,- 400; 6 per cent gold bonds, $56,090,400: 4 per cent gold bonds and remaining 4 per cent gold bonds of Consolidated To- bacco Co., not yet exchanged, $78,689,- 100; 7 percent gold debenture bonds of Continental Tobacco Co., $1,581,100: provision for dividend on preferred stock for quarter ending Dec 31, 1904, $1,- 180,337; accrued interest on 6 per cent bonds, payable April i. 1905. $841,356; accrued interest on 4 per cent bonds, pay- able Feb. 1, 1905, $1,311,485; accrued interest on 7 percent bonds of Continen- tal Tobacco Co. , payable April 1, 1905, $27,669; provision for commissions and allowances, $221,525; advertising fund, $2,399,280; accounts and bills payable, $2,827,484; surplus. $29,518,880; total liabilities, $293,620,115. The common stock, of which there are 402,424 shares, was represented at the meeting by 39 '.768 shares. The follow- ing were re elected directors for the year; George Arents. Anthony N. Brady. Paul Brown. John B. Cobb. Thomas Dolan, James B. Duke, Caleb C. Dula, Robert B. Dula, Charles E. Halliwell, Wm. E. Harris, George A. Helme. Percival S. Hill, Herbert D. Kingsbury, Pierre Lor- illard, Thomas J. Maloney, Rufus L. Patterson, Oliver H. Payne, Frank H. Ray, i homas F. Ryan, Grant B. Schley, R. A. C. Smith. Robert K Smith, Chas. N. Strotz. George W. Watts. Harry Weissinger and P. A. B. Widener. The following have been re elected directors of the FJ.ivana Tobacco Co. for a term of three years: H. B. Holhns, R. Govin, Thos. F. Ryan, O. H. Payne, Grant B. Schley and G. G. Finch. The retiring board of the American Snuff Co. was also re elected. H. DUYS iew York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SLAREZ y GA.. Amlstad 93 CoLSON C. Hamilton, xormerly ot 1\ \^. J.iude, Hamiltou & Co. M. CoNGALTOK, Frank P. Wiskburn, Louis Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamiltou & Co. C. E. HAMII.TON. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sampling In All Sections of the Country Receives Prompt Attentloa* %»ertca.*Perfectly New,EigM'stoH?*Hi"h,o4--o5 SODtll St., NCW YOlfc Plrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: 809 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; 138- 138 >^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 8191 John) New York. ^ Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. EarlerEdgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, io6 North Queen street, Lancaster. Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton, O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard U Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day. ?Tatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billineton. Cornin-x. T' /. iMilillsliad 1840. Cabla 'TImjI ^ Hinsdale Smith & Co* famortcrg of Sumatra & Havana T^ ^^ l^ <^ ^> ^> ^v •-'Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ODoC^OO 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. MDMJXil} H. SlUTB iMoa SmTr CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .'.•.'Fine Cigars •••.•. 1433 Ridge Ave., (BothPho.es) PHILADELPHIA i^orrespondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplef. VKAZISR M. DOI3KKR G. P. Sbcok, SpedaL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ' "" '"""'"■« "'""'■ "SUN T1ME""A. long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETrER"-The natural leaf scrap smoking. ^PTIIIT" OLE VIRGINY''"^"^^ ^^""^^^ "^ granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also fiVE UNIVEKSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DARK HORSE," "SILVER MOON," and "BLACK THREADS." for the n tailer. Write ua for samples and prices. THE GEM CITY lOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. 44 t« tt A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«k.yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tob&.cco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make larj{e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. i ♦ ♦J4-4 He Bon Bow-n an excellent 5-ccnt Cigar, made in ' ^ several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with th« Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars. i8 THE TOBACCO WORLD I'f f ff v'» f f f fi'» f ?f V'f Hf i"» Hfi"' f f |1"' n^^'» f 'f f'j IMPORTANT!!! Our New Shipments of LIGHT FLORIDA Sumatra Wrappers ARE IDEAL in every respect. We believe we can show you a Surprise in FINE QUALITY and LOW PRICES. Call or Write, and you will be Convinced. % Florida Tob^LCCO Co. No. 131 MaideiV Lane, NeW YOfk Telephone "5276 John " ^ 't # Plantations— Quincyv Florida. * ^ii.i4ii *.A4ii iiiitii iiiitAii..i4ii t^tkiik i.itAil *.it4il i.dtii For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ubiished tm* L. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELL-ERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 ■<"^- EXPORT Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUmiondeFabR'cantesdeTabacosyCigabros ^11 REPUBLICADECUBA REPUBLICA.DEXUBA DELA ulorizadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los tabacos.cigarrosy paqtiefes Je picadursquellevenes^aprednU son fabncadospor HABANA I ^gjgmg™yj.lilJU4.1BHJrJJJN.M.H1:4iktMMil!l.llhi:IMIi-^<^^ Either the name of tKe Manufi«cturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... The preceding cut is a facsimile, in its actual s^ize, ot the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cub* If now used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigaieties and cut tobacco pack- l^es which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, orcvl Itaf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp ot the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Unicn of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Govern- ment of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will picsecute belore the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless theguarantai covered by this stamp. Colors of the I RECINTA fac simile: black with pale blue ground; fac simile of the seal ot the Presidency of the Republic: dark blue. A. Sch vartz, at 246 Arch s reet. is o*^- fcring for sale his retail cigar store, owing to failinj^ health. Mr. Schwartz contem- plates a trip to Southern California, where, if the dim ite is suitable, he may remain for an indefinite period. LedLf DeeLlers* Jottii\^s. The very fair demand continued during the week, but as was said last week, the dealersscarcely hadthe tobacco to meet it, although a few customers paid the prices that were asked, willingly. There was more doing in Havana than any other grade, owin? to the fact that domestic stocks were pretty well cleaned out, and th'Jse who wanted Sumatra were waiting for the returns from the inscription?. Trade-Mark Re^ls'er. VITO 14.728 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 4, 1905, at 12 m, by P Hochman, Philadelphia, Pa NEVERBETTER 14.729 For cigars and tobacco Registered March 6. 1905, at 9 a m, by H D Narrigan & Co. Philadelphia, Pa RIGANNA 14.730 For cigars and tobacco Registered March 6, 1905, at 9 a m, by H D Narrigan & Co, Philadelphia, Pa P. of H. I4.73» For cigars Registered March 8, 1905, at 9 a m, by E M Dinger, Co- calico, Pa NATIONAL GRANGE 14.732 For cigars Registered March 8, 1905. at 9 a m, by E M Dinger, Co- calico, Pa CUBA DE CUBA 14.733 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tol>acco Registered March 10, 1905, at 9 a m, by I Lowengrund, Philadelphia, Pa TITANIC 14.734 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 10, 1905, at 9 a m. by I Lowengrund, Philadelphia, Pa METOL 14,735 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies and tobacco Registered March ID, 1905, at 9 a m, by 1 Lowengrund. Philadelphia, Pa PHILADEL 14,736 For cigars cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies and tobacco Registered March 11, 1905, at 9 a m, by I Lowengrund, Philadelphia. Pa A RUN OF LUCK 14,737 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered March 13, 1905, at 9 a m, by Thos Fitzgerald, Philadelphia, Pa RUFUS K. POLK 14.738 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies and tobacco Registered Maich 14, 1905, at 9 a m, by E E Kahler, Reading, Pa NEXBEST 14.739 For cigars Registered March 14, 1905. at 9 a m, by J Milton Althouse, Reading, Pa REJECTIONS. Gen. Oyama, Jiujitsu. Vuelta Ribbon, Greater Pittsburg, Vueltas Ribbon, Reco, Just Right, Chestnut, Golden Lyon, Nips. CORRECTION. "Semi Hava." registered Feb 28, 1905, by J Milton Althouse, Reading, Pa. should have been "Semi-Havana" Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH ^ SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna. Established 1891. ««%«%«<%i%%% WHERE TOBACCO GROWS. How the Growth is Divided Among the Different Sf&.tes. There are twenty six States of the Union reporting fractions of the country's commercial tobacco crop, iand as these reports cover portions of New England and northerly portions of the middle West — notably Wisconsin — it cannot be said that climate sets arbitrary limits to the growing of the plant, such is the vari ation in its character and habitat. How- ever, the South is preeminent in tobacco production, and when this is said it may Factory No. 3765, JOHN ZUDI^Elili Manufacturer of "i^" Cigars .Vet Grade B^fv WW W« W WWWWv Genuine Union Made. Ephrata, Pa« *^oods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Dallas Ciiar Co. Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD SI Telqshone Call, 432— B. 4ffice and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R E. L. NISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B^s and Tops Our Specialty, Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ovc.pur Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O, Box 96* WALTER S. BARE, PeLcker of Fine-t Connecticut ^ Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Cifiar Leaf Tobacco O&ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. 7. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LMAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. Ready for ttie Martcet 1901 First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindei» Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted I^^^cbPy^-y Pag^- of Fancy Packed Gebhart Packer of 1 QAO ^^^^ FORCE-SWEATED Ouf Owil I 51 U^ CONNECTICUT p i» ^ Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER, PA. H. Weaver, W. R. COOPER S CO. PACKER OF n ( and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER, PA. United •phones B. F. GOOD & CO. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA and muck Fine Filler Stock 5^7 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. PACKERS DEALERS IN Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. . J. W. BR Packer and Dealer in J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, Packer, Dealer, W ^^t%S and Jobber m l^Ccll Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. Tobacco Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Miller sville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, IIO& 112 W. Walnut SLfL AN CASTER, PA. ♦ ♦ TRUMAN Dealer In iLeaf Tobaccos I ♦ ♦ ♦ and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing | Warehouses: LANCASTER and ^ RED LION, PA. MAIN OFFICE : UNITED PHONES. ; 1 ♦♦♦♦♦ Lancaster, Pa. \ m \ I # i I The Johns-Brash Cigar Co ii Manufacturers of tlie Celebrated UNCLE DAN f^ Absolutely Hand-Made UOINDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: 1 1 h Lancaster, Pa EDW. M. BRASH, Sec*y & Treas. %^»%<%<»v» ♦♦^^ 4 «% ♦♦♦♦♦«%1 ^^^♦♦♦^MM«^^M^^«« ♦ be idded that Virginia, iNorih Carolina* South Carolina, Geoigi i, Alabama, Mis. sissippi, Tennessee and Kentucky pro duce an average of 75 per cent, of the commercial crop, the percentage holdmg good as to the number of acres devoted to the plant, the number of pounds of farm product and the farm value of that product. In 1903 Virginia produced 120,913.500 pounds on 162,300 acres; North Caro- lina, 134,728,506 pounds on 214,878 acres; South Carolina, 24.490,890 pounds on 40, 149 acres; Georgia, 1,299, - 2CO pounds on 2,030 acres; Alabama, 354,745 pounds on 629 acres; Mississippi, 84,336 pounds on 168 acres ; Tennessee, 49,838,60a pounds on 71, 198 acres ; and Kentucky, 267,260,160 pounds on 338,- 304 acres, making a total of 829,656 acres cultivated and 589,869,937 pounds produced, which product was valued at ^37339.913 This was the farm value, which should not be confounded with export or other values. The various handlings, gradings and other manipulations to which the crop is subjected add greatly to the value of leaf tobacco in its journey from pro- ducer to consumer, more noticeably, perhaps, than is the case with any other important farm crop. PHILIPPINE IMPORT DUTY. Text of Payne Bill Which Becomes Oper- ative MaLy I. Folk wing is that portion of the Payne bill, now a law. whi( h affects the tobacco trade. The bill regulates the tariff on goods entering the Philippines. The bill becomes operative May 1. 183. Lithographs, chromolithographs, oleographs, and so forth, printed from ftone, zinc, aluminum, or other material, used as labels, tlap^ l)and> ani wrappers for tobacco or other purj.ises: (a) Oi one to tlnee primings, inclu- sive, including articles solely piinted in bronze (uronze printing to be counted as three primings), but not including any article printed in whole or in part m meial leaf, N. W., kilo, five cents; (b) Of four to seven printings, ii du sive (bronze printing to be counted as three priniinj^s), but not including jiny article prmted in whole or in part in metal leaf. N. W., kilo, twenty cents; (c) Of eight to thirteen printings, inclusive (bronze printing to be counted as three printings), but not including any article printed in whole or in part in metal leaf, N, W. , kilo forty cents; (d) Of more than thirteen printings (bronze printing to be counted as thiee printings), including all articles printed in whole or in part in metal leaf, N. W. , kilo, eighty cents. 188 Cigarette paper, printed or un printed: (a) Cigarette paper, printed or un printed, in books, N, W., kilo, twenty cents; (b) In rolls, reams, or other forms, N. W., one hundred kilos, nine dollars. 364. Tobacco : (a) In the leaf, unmanufactured, N. W., kilo, fifty cents ; (b) Manufactured, N. W., kilo, one do'lar. EXPORT DUTIES. 403. Tobacco, manufactured, of all kinds and whatever origin, one hundred kilos, one dollar and fifty cents. 404. Tobacco, raw. grow n in the pro vinces of Cagayan, Isabela, and Neuva Vizcaya (Luzon Island), one hundred kilos, one dollar and fifty cents. 405. Tobacco, raw, grown in the Viz- cayas and Mindinao Island, one hundred kilos, one dollar. 406 Tobacco, raw, grown in other provinces of the archipelago, one hun dred kilos, seventy five cents ; GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of yORI>o(y7^ Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, id Ui\ioa Riders, Sweet Tips, ^ C\ibaLi\ Eii\ul2Ltor, GeneraLl Post, Pretty Nell. 22 THE TOBACCO WORLD ^JZ"^" >n THR TOBACCO WORLD as €) PUERTO PRINCIPE ^^ COBRE :^ SANTIAGO >rS:= '«M|, Your He^dque^rters At Our Office. .^; M \. We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedios, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Ve^as of Various Sized Lots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco OOINSUUADO 142 and 144, Havana, Cuba. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE WILL CHEERFULLY 1 SUBMIT SAMPLES Third //iiii Cable Address: "REFORM" mj j^ QUATI UTY GAR 1 1iiEOBALD&0PPENHEIMERCO.STHEllNITEDNEWSCD.PHIL^P>strlb$ LANCASTER AGITATED But United Cigar Stores Co. will not In- vaLde that Section. Lancaster, Pa., March 13. Not for many a day has the retail trade of this city experienced so much excite- ment as it did during the past two weeks as the result of a rumor that the United Cigar Stores Co. had secured one of the choice locations of this city, and proposed forthwith to open a fine cigar store here, and that if the venture proved profitable others would be opened. The report had gained considerable credence, and it was beginning to be believed that the north east corner of Queen and King streets had been secured for the purpose. As a result, there was considerable agitation among a half score of dealers near that vicinity. The location was admitted by all as next to ideal and everything looked favorable. It remained, however, for a Tobacco World representative to make a careful investigation to ascertain the fact that the present occupant of the premises still held a long time lease, and not only had not offered it for sale, but on the contrary had not been approached nor even thought of such a move. When pressed still further he declared most emphatically that he would not even consider a prop- osition of that kind at this time. Subsequent interviews with dealers who would likely have been most affected by such an event, revealed the fact that the reports had caused considerable dismay. CINCINNATI BREAKS LIVELY. Lots of Action While the Combine Needs Tobacco. Cincinnati, March 15. With the Aniorican ToVtacco Com- pany—the trust— snapping up tjbacco at the rate of .$5(X>.00<> woith in one week, prices on Cincinnati brcakh lor white hurley releaswl by the collapse of the growers' corner, still remain firm. When last week's market closed the average for all the different :.'rades of tiie tobacco was better tlian at any time since the few days when it seem- ed assured the corner would be financed. One of the factors resp<»nsil(le for this is that the farmer>: are continuing' their "'bull" movement on the market by holding all the tobacco possible back, and letting the crop they must sell go to the market as grabially as possible. Another element is that specr.lators are buying up large quantities, on the theory that they can hold it up till the trust and other manufjictnrers have to pay even better figuri's than thfv are giving now. T. H. Kirk and others are liidding high for all kinds (»f luu-ley. Kirk has bought so much In- is having trouble LM'ttiiig warehouses for all of it. Otlu'rs arc dealing on the same s«-ale. it is said. Still one of the wareliouse men said he did uot believe the speculators had quite so much on their hands this year as last, because of the tobacco coming in so slowly. LANCASTER GROWERS' MEETING. FLOR DE MANCHESTER . . . 5-Cent Cigars . . . and Discuss the Injustice of the Philippine Bill to ILeduce Tariff. Lancaster, Ta., March 13, 1JH>.'). The Lancaster County Tobacco Orow- ers' As.sociation held a meeting this af- tei'uoon in (Jrand Army Hall. Ther'- was a very small attendance of mem- bers. President B. Kzra Ilerr wais in the chair. The re|»<»rt of the coinndttee on the hearing before the Ways and Means Conimlttee of (Nuigrcss ou the tax on I'hili|>pine tob.acco was presi-nted by .Mr. Ilerr. He said that previous to g<»ing to Washington he h.-id written out a few remarks to n»ake befitrc that couimittee. They met the «-onnnittee on a Wednes- d.ay thmugh the i-ourtesy of Congress- nuiu Cjissel and indorsed the position taken by the New England Association. The tax on IMiilippine t(d»acco would hurt Pennsylvania and Ohio more than any other State in the country. The cooley laborers of the l*hilii»pines can work so very idieaj) that those <,f this country cannot begin to comp«'te with them. This country is one of the biggest raisers of tobacco, and it would be a big loss to the farmers if this bill should be passed. The local delegation pointed out to the commitiee how unjust the bill was to the Lancaster County raisers. lMulip)»ine toba<'co sells at .^^.TjO per hundred jtounds. The secr«Tary of the committee asked if 4assed. It was brought out that the loi-eign growers did not benefit by any such bills, but that it was beneficial to the pa< keis. ''What Seeds to Plant and What t.. Grow" was then taken up by the so- ciety. Mr. Oreider. of Mt. .loy. said there is a . HAND-MADE C^ I ■;°/ STOGIES. ^ 2103 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers J. B, Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ J f^ A 1? Ss 613, 617 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. \Yedeles 3^^^^^'''^* 182 E. Lake St. CHICAGO, ILL. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 24 THE TOBACCO WORLD m PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFO. CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD »5 Liberman's Latest JWachines • BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE u o d ■4-) C sir ll:i- vana h\ an Ohioan. In that Stat.' and with their soil the leaf would liav«' been very thick, but in this county it was iliin. Mr. Bricker. of Lititz. said that to- bacco Kfowini: in Ohio is mainly > by Mr. Bricker. who ask- e AM3 11»Ol. The f«dlowin« from the "Crop Ke- porter." piiblished monthly by the I)ti- partment of ("omnterce and Labor, will be iiuerestin^' to a i^reat many who pa\ attention to 4atistics of past years. Tlic r-.'port is as follows: In presenlinj; herewith tiyures show- in;; the acrea;;e. oroduction and value <»f the toba.co cr<»p of the United States for the years IIMM) and r.M)l. not hereto- fore published h\ this dei)artment, a word should be said in explanation. The Ki'eat dirlicidty of accurately es- timating' the tobacco crop from year to year has h)!»>; been appreciated. In the ( rop report f3 no returns of tobacco were pubhsheut in IS'.iT no estimate was made and the following statement of the stat- istician was publislied in his final report on the crojis of that year: •'It is exceedingly doubtful -whether the t0 were available .1 thorough investigati«ui was iindert.tken in and 10()1. There is just as much danger of not advertising enough as there is of ad- vertising too much. In one case you decrease >our sales, in the other jou waste your money. One advertisement well written and well displayed is worth a dozen care- lessly made up ores. Well written ad- vertisements are more than 50 per cent, newsl FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOLICITED. !♦♦♦: =♦♦♦ = llllii "NANINE., ^ A3 Cent G^ar of Distinctive Qaality. ^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. THE TOBACCO WORLD Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company Finest Hft-vaLna. Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to tiuarantee the Ouality of its Products. 1 .' ■■'.»£- T^rr*- 'T5»--T-; **-.v . %t;'*;^^^ ^^' ■^^^M^-r- r -^ ^ .^f ) jss' B^m ■\<-^n%h^ ''S-. ..-I'vr; ^ ,. ,-^.-- r-.- ^ ' ■ CIGARS Factory, GeLliaivo 98, Havaiva, Cuba. ■ J'- ^ iiffilBiliilM ' s* w- W>' " 1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^a^^^l f M| VBB^^BHC 1 i)iiJui2:ij?"-5.'^J/V ? fe. '■'i* ^^^iL^^* ■-■ />^ Bis. ,<) 1 ilJ 1 II NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sole Representative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water Si, New York. INQVIR.Y GOOD IN LANCASTER. But Old Goods Are Scarce and Prices Very High. Lancaster, Pa., March 13. Inquiries in this market are plentiful, but tobacco— in old goods — is not, and transactions arc consequently restricted, both i n number and volume. There would be plenty of ready sale for goods at anything like reasonable prices, and some little of the new goods have already been sold. This was, of course, cured by the bulk sweating process, but not yet in sufficient quantities to make it a criterion. Considerable quantities of new goods are being brought to the local ware- houses, most of which now have a sufifi- ticnt stock on hand to keep their present forces busy for several weeks to come. Following the favorable stripping weather of the past week, deliveries are likely to increase. On Thursday next a meeting of the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade will be held when it is expected to com- plete the preliminaries of organizing the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade Inspection Co., which is to be incorpo- rated, with a capital of 1 10,000, consist- ing of 1,000 shares, at $10 each. It is required that each member of this asso- ciation shall hold at least one share in the corporation, but that none can hold more than twenty shares ($200). It will also be provided that members of the Board of Trade can be stockholders in the inspection company. Two inspectors are to be provided for, a chief inspector and assistant, each of whom is to be bonded in the sum of $1,000, and these inspectors will not be permitted to be dealers either as buyers or sellers. A uniform charge of 35 cents per case is to be maintained for sampling, which receipts are to be paid into the treasury of the company. The samplers are to be chosen by the board. Any member of the corporation to be eligible to elec- tion as a director must hold at least five shares of stock, and no member of the organization will buy any cased goods unless inspected by the official Inspec- tion Co. of the Association. The Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade is officered by the following men, all well known in the trade: President, J. Gust Zook, an extensive leaf packer; vice-president, J. Goldberg, of Kramer & Goldberg, packers and dealers ; Sec- retary, Charles E. Long, of M. M. Fry & Cor, packers and dealers ; Treasurer, M. Rosenthal, of M. Rosenthal & Co., pack- ers and dealers. The directorate is com posed of the following : Wm. DeHaven, J. H. Weaver, J. W. Brenneman, S. Siesel, and W. R. Cooper. As will be observed, the local board is composed of some of the most prominent men in the trade, and the newly pro posed inspection company will, of course, be closely allied with this board, although a separate and distinct body. H. G. Sachs has completed prepara tions to launch a new brand of nickel cigars under the name "Lew Morris." He has so far been highly successful in placing his goods with the local trade, and is now having some specially de- signed labels lithographed. GEORGE W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTURER OP^ Hi^h-Grade Cigars Goods sold to Jobbers only. Correspondence Solicited. A Medal was Awarded at the World's Fair, in St. Louis, in 1904, on our FEBNSIDE S-GEUT eiGlill aS THE TOBACCO WORLD HA«UfACTU»?€»» OF ALL KINDS OF, 08 a 140 CENTRIST New YORK. Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Phiia lelphia < )ttir e 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. S' KINCiKR, Mgr. Chicago. 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. y^%%%%%» %v^^^»^^i%%<^^^%^^^^^»»^^<^^»%%^%%%^i^^»^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^< > D. W. HUBLBV, Thomasville, Ra. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. F. B. SeHlNDLER Manufacturer of 4.4•**:^**************^^:****>I•******■X■ I ¥■ Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa^. * * 4<- 4t » m ************* * * * ************* *4-+ JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ***;f*:t:***^*** ^*^*^* . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * rA.B.CLIME> STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FA B RICO NAROLFEiS CHOICE i- POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPI RE • • • Simon Shisler has taken the local dis tributing agency of the La Verdad, brand of clear Havana cigars from the La Verdad factory of S. Batt & Co , New York, Henry G. Alces, representing the factory, recently visited this city and closed the arrangements. H. H. Miller, leaf dealer on North Queen street, is on a pleasure trip to New Orleans for the benefit of his health. He took the ocean loute from New York. Edw. F. Law, of West End avenue, has been away on a week's trip among his jobbers. John F. Schnupp, representing L. G. Haeussermann & Sons, of Philadelphia, was visiting the manufacturing trade in this vicinity last week Frank Pulver, a leaf tobacco broker of New York, was also a visitor; he was ac- companied by George Johnson. H. S. Hartman, a cigar manufacturer NEW MILWAUKEE HOUSE. Sherburn M. Becker, and his uncle, Volney D. Becker, have purchased the stock of C. E. Hansen, in the Hansen- Schmitt Tobacco Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., and the capital stock has been in- creased to $100,000. The company has now the following officers : President and manager, M. F. Schmitt ; vice president, S. M. Becker ; secretary and treasurer, V. D. Becker. Imports of Tobacco, etc. Arrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week ending Man h 13, 1905. Havana- — Trinidad S & T Co, 19 bbls. cigarettes; Jas. E. Ward & Co, 17 cases cigars Laguayra— American Tobacco Co, 3 cases cigarettes; Durlach Bros, 9 cases at 46 North Market street, has launched cigar boxes. his Marine and Bucknell 5 cent, and Liverpool — American Tobacco Co, 88 Citizens' Club 10 cent cigars on the cases cigarette paper Ponce — L Dassau, Clyde S S Co, 4 do Vera Cruz — Jas. E. bales tobacco. market. J. K. Leaman, leaf dealer, was con- fined to his home several days last week, owing to a severe cold. There is constant buying and selling among jobbers who are depending largely upon a more or less local territory. With the packers however, there is no lack of 1^^ £ Ward & Co activity with several receiving days each A. Gonzalez 8 cases cigars; Ward & Co, 201 week and larger forces at work in handhng the leaf. An advance by the Cigarmakers' Union of from 25 to 40 cents per thousand for packing has caused considerable agitation and at least a partial suspension at several factories. I. H. Weaver, a well known leaf packer of this city, accompanied by a half dozen or more friends, has been spending several weeks in the South on a pleasure trip, and contemplates a visit to Havana. J. J. Levy, of the Ashland Cigar and Tobacco Co., of Ashland, Wis., extensive jobbers of cigars and tobaccos, has been here on one of his periodical visits to the trade. He made many new contracts for supplies of goods during the present year. BURLEY LEAF IN SWITZEHLAND. Cincinnati, 0., March 13. Henry Burrus, a big manufacturer at Boucart, Switzerland, was a recent visitor at the tobacco sales at the Front street auction warehouses. HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Mexico, arrived March 8: (2,865 bales; 6 bbls.) 414 balet 361 •* 313 " 252 " 193 .. 180 •• 159 " 130 •• 112 " no " 100 " 72 " 65 •• 55 " 45 " 44 •• 36 •• 30 " 30 •• 29 •• 25 " 25 •« 23 •• 21 " 15 •' II 10 " 5 " 5 bbls. I bbL F. Miranda & Co S. Ruppin E. Pascual & Co Levi Blumensteil & Co S. Ashner Ernest Ellinger & Co G. V. Watson & Co Max Gans & Son Calixto Lopez & Co E. Hoffman & Son American Cigar Co S. L. Goldberg & Son Union Line Continental Line, N Y A. Diaz & Co J. Bernheim & Son E. Regensburg & Sons Leonard Friedman & Co Weil & Co A. Arendt R. W. Blake M. Rivera Rollin H. Mills J. Holzman of the Kentucky burley is well known in Switzerland," he said, "and we use a great deal of it — so much that it has been profitable for me to come to this country annually and canrass the situation. Heretofore our purchases have been made exclusively in Louisville, but it is probable that a local representative, to buy in the open market here, will be selected." Selgas. Suarez & Co Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co Jas. E. Ward & Co American Cigar Co Str. Vigilancia, arrived March 1 1 : (818 bales) J. Bernheim & Son 347 bales Jas. E. Ward & Co 220 " "The superiority Hamburger Bros & Co Otto Eisenlohr & Bros Jose Benito Ergia S. Rossin & Sons E. Hoffman & Son G. Falk & Bro 79 75 36 30 16 15 Jas. HAVANA CIGARS. Str. Mexico, arrived March 8: (573 cases) E. Ward & Co 383 cases : C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. CO o 73 i 5^ '4^'^/ .^ m :raoe '/yy '/// ^l; 111/ I'M. I • ■ ■ \\\M\m \ fl' MARK £HEWIN6j5M0KING IIof?mgti 13 o g« s CO Cl AGOOD^AGOOL CHELW^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. FactTy No. 38, YOB, PMNNA., U. S. A. Ninth Dist,, Pa, Havana Tobacco Co 123 cases Park & Til ford 15 1 < G. S. Nicholas 11 1 • Wm. H. Stiner & Son 11 • < L. J. Spence 9 1 < National Cuba Co 4 f I Michaelis Lindeman 4 1 i G. Amsinck & Co 3 1 • Calixto Lopez & Co 3 1 1 W. E. Caule 2 t < E. A. Kline & Co case Garcia Pando & Co 1 < G. W. Sheldon & Co 1 1 A. Murphy & Co 1 1 R. Brauss & Co \cco. ( 4 PORTO RICAN TOBy Str. Philadelphia, arrived March 13: (40 bal es) Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co 18 bales Sola & Co 12 1 < American Cigar Co 10 << — The cigarette trade in India has in- creased 90 per cent in four years. The amount of cigarette tobacco imported last year was 2 24.0,200 pounds. The stoppinit of an advertisement, even for awhile, brings a liability of counteracting the success already ac quired during the time the advertise- ment has been running. SPECIAL NOTICE (12^ cents per 8-point measured line. ) PORTO RICAN CIGARS. Str. Philadelphia, arrived March (281 cases; i pkge) American Cigar Co 130 Am. W. I. T. Co 32 Durlach Bros 28 West Indies Cigar Co 22 C. D. Stone & Co 13 Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co 12 Mateo Rucabado 9 Arguelles, Manrique,Sola & Co 9 DeFord & Co 7 United Cigar Manufacturers 5 G. W. Sheldon & Co 4 Antilles Trading Co 4 A. S. Lascelles & Co 3 Victor Malga & Co 3 Cuban & Pan-Amer. Exp Co i 13: cases < < < I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 II < I pkge. Alfred F. Orera y Ca« HflLve Opened Offices and Salesroonvi as Gi^ar Brokers At 417 Heed Buiidin^, Philadelphia, Where they will be pleased to meet the manufacturers and explain their methods. They respectfully invite correspond- ence with First District Pennsylvania Manufacturers 38a ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ** La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS- To iet iood out of advertislniJ, one must adapt the quality and quantity of the advertising to the goods he has to sell, and to the people who may buy them. CIGAR FACTORY Building Complete, FOR RENT in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 Experienced Cl|{ar- makerSf and 35 hands avallablet in- cludiog foreman. For further particulars Address, FACTORY, Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World. Pbila. i-25ca EXPERIENCED Cigar Salesman want- ed, salary and commission, to handle Philadelphia and| loval trade. Address Box loa, care of The Tobacco World, c 7i '0 AnoHs Ot Qoot/ fluntf yyfte/ihM J^^e^a itJ" lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-~Boston Beauties Puro-— Porto Rico Crooks. f Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. » \^^ Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ^\ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦'» '*■ 30 THE TOBACCO, WORLD American Tobacco Company Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Neivsboy Plug Drummond Nat. Leaf Plu J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug They Please all 9(»IS Always Uniform and R^eliable THE TOBACCO WORLD J« f^ jr\ JO J?TTlJRrkl^^ irsfrtmcnt of PlaJii and Fancy Ribbons. ^ ^ ijr.^.iV XV AJ3XJ kJ±M O • ^^^.^^ ^^^ sample Card and Price lioi to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. HaDufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. SPRING HAS STRUCK BOSTON. Retailers and Jobbers are Quick to Feel the Benefit. Boston, March 3. 1905. Ouiii;,' to the springlike weather whi< h reached hero during the past we«'k trade with the retailers and job- bers alike showed signs of improvement, and one and all look dagerly for a good spring trade. Some of the large cigar manufai turers have already started in to advertise their various brands. Waitt & B()n«l are placing about town hand- some enameled signs of- the Totfem 5» cent cigar, Jos. F. McGreenery is dis- tributing gratis some very handy cigar .ca<* ounce cut plug. It seems as if Kozy 2V^ onnce package will soon be one of the leading sellers in this market. A new cigar manufacturer here is N. M. Levenson, 28 Newland street. Mr. Levenson was formerly associated with the -Boston Courier Cigar Factory.. . Turkish Delights, the Khedival Com- pany's popular 10-cent cigarette, are selling well for the brief time they have been palced here. Many handsome win- dow displays are in evidence. J. Cooper, a popular Cambridge street tobacconist, reports a fairly good trade for the past week. The Negroe's De- light and Blue Buds are enjoying a good sale, and Mr. Cooper contemplates en- larging his store in the near future and putting in new show cases. HBN ALL TRADE IMPROVING IN CHICAGO. Business Livelier In All Branches and Goods Are Moving Well. Chicago, March 11. 1905. There apepars to be a very good feel- ing among retailers over the present con- dition of trade, which, in many in- stances, is reported to be on the in- crease. Leaf meii are looking forward to the expected shipments of new Sumatra goods some weeks hence. Association men are feeling good over the continued increase by manufacturers in the use of Association stamps, and, on the whole, feel encouraged with the progress of the work in general. The Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade held its annual election of officers last Tuesday, making a few changes in its official staff for the ensuing year. . Fol- lowing is a list of those elected: Ernst Hecht. of E. Hecht & Co., president; Fred Meyer, of John H. Meyer & Sons, first vice president; William Taussig, second vice president; Jonas A. Brown, leaf broker, secretary; Samuel Stern- feld, treasurer; delegate to the national convention at Lancaster, Pa., in May, William Taussig and Leo Tuska. Victor Ettlinger, of E. Hoffman & Sons' New York leaf house, is among late trade visitors. The Tnrban Company, whose advent in business has been previously mentioned under this head, will open headquarters at 6 and 8 Sherman street on Monday. The young men comprising the firm are all well known in local business circles, Messrs. Kennett Cowan and R. Ross being connected respectively with sta- tionery and fire insurance houses, while H. R Havemeyer is connected with the widely-known house of W. A. Havemeyer & Co., agents for the American Sugar Refining Company, hav- ing continued the business so firmly founded by his father, since the latter's death. The new firm will make a spe- cialty of putting out a high-grade ci- garette. J. & B. Moos will this week put on the market a new 10-cent cigar to be known as the "EJrlington." The first shipment has just arrived. S. J. Brown, the well-known manu- facturer of Sedan-Havana cigars, has been a late visitor from New York, Golonel M. W. Diffley has spent a La Adelphia Cigar Factory THOMAS A. WAGNER, Proprietor, Sellersville^ Pa. Manufacturer of LA ADELPHIA, S'Cent f^ T d^ A !> C LAFLORDE A.C.P., lO-Cent \^ JL fjr.AxvO Samples and Prices Sent to Responsible People. i««%%%»%» %<%%%%'%<%% %»%%1»»V> J.M. MITTLEMAN , IX^aler in / .;' Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. .f¥t^^^^ C.S.COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. LABLubi i'W'' =Qa^^\ ^mw)sl 1? »l\\ViKt\\V\\Y*\Vv\^] lit acXtVMsXwVTi ^\>a\>ox> !t •K^2-*>-^-¥|?^SBK^:-' ^-l' t". of. ^^^*.,n|6'^" 4^ oTSxWex STOCK CARDS &'*.. . '<.. ■■■rit--", HBti 4t* A. Z. SHERK, President E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. \ Incorporated 1901 The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. « "'?89r Marietta, Pa. MAKERS or High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars*; mm Our Leaders > JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar SUSQUEHANNA 5c. Cigar S. & N. 5c. Cigar ^ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar •^'Distributors Wanted Bvcrywfen THE TOBACCO WORLD IF YOU WANT A LEADER IN UNION-MADE CIGARS WRITE TO C. RUPPIN-LANCASTER, PA ABOUT THE "BENJAMIN CONSTANT'lOc. and "THE CRAFTSMAN" 5c. THEY WILL ANSWER YOUR REQUIREMENTS. VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN. - - - PENNA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PA.CCBRS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War«boases: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ L^^f Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS. LITTLE DUTCH. IMPORTED SUMATRA. GEBHARDT SEED. IMPORTED HAVANA, FENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. WarebouseS'-'West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKBRS OP Ohio Leaf Tobaccos busy week overseeing the work of in- stalliug new fixtures in his location at 72 East Madison street, where the new 16-8tory structure just completed ena- bles him to reopen his choice location at that point. The new place will be among the very finest downtown stores, and will in all probability be ready for business about one week hence. I. M. Lederer and wife are expected home to-day after a pleasant honeymoon of several days enjoyed on the Pacific Coast. Ben Rothchild, of the well-known lo- cal leaf house of Ben Rothchild Sons & Co., is away on a business trip to Cuba. A. T. Berlizheimer, of the popular firm of Fromherz & Berlizheimer Com- pany, manufacturers of Havana cigars, has been on a busines trip to Spring- field and neighboring points during the week. The Royal Tobacco Company, headed by W. F. Monroe as president, and C. W. Browne secretary and treasurer, have secured a charter and will shortly open a place for manufacturing and dealing in tobaccos and merchandise rel- ative thereto. The company is capital- ized at $25,000, and will soon be in full working order. The making of a high- class cigarette will be among its special- ities at the outset. R. M. Berlizheimer is handing out re- moval notices these days to his many patrons, who will, after April 1, be asked to call on him, four doors north of his present location, in more com- modious quarters, at 118 La Salle street, in the Stock Exchange Building. Mr. Berlizheimer is steadily improving, but still feels the ill effects of his long struggle with pneumonia, from which he was so fortunately rescued. The Steele- Wedeles Company are booming their new brand of "Liko" ci- gars with very gratifying results. Albert Breitutig wires home that he is enjoying the sights and climate of Pasa- dena, Cal., to the fullest extent. George Anderson, head salesman of the cigar department of Reid. Murdock & Co., has been a visitor to Milwaukee and other points during the week. EL R. Lk LARGE SHIPMENTS FROM YORK CO. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 unnerspanishX WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. I Write for Samples.^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Zimmer Sps^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ^Fancy Natural Bulk J Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ^ somely Finished. 1 None Better. ^Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton,^MontgomeryCo., O. ' The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District ' Most of th« Tobacco is Goi«g to Lancaster Houses. York, Pa., March 13, 1905. The York county cigar factories expe- rienced a slight falling; off in output dur- ing February, as compared with January, but it must be remembered that it was a particularly short month, considering the holidays that occurred during the period of only 38 days. Large shipments of leaf tobacco con- tinue to be made from rarious points in York county, and a very large proportion of it is going to Lancaster for packing. From 7 to 9 cents per pound are prevailing prices for wrapper leaf. The Hoffman Leaf Tobacco Co. has been a large buyer and some big shipments were made to this company during the week. The goods were sent to Marietu for packing. Local leaf dealers report a somewhat improved condition in trade, as cigar manufacturers appear to be getting in larger orders for goods, although quite a number have been stocking up for several weeks, in order to keep their hands employed. At one factory it is jaid that at least 160 cases are now on hand, but the writer remembers a time last year when this same factory had on hand 200 cases, but it was not long until the entire amount had been shipped, and the manufacturer was wishing he had more on hand. It is to be hoped he will have an equally good experience this year. Myers Bros., the new jobbing house, are now about ready for business and have laid in a considerable stock of cigars, tobacco, etc Ellis Myers, of the firm, was recently visiting other sections in search for certain goods. Samuel Rider, cigar box manufacturer, at Tilden, this county, will close down the factory, it is said, and retire from the business. A public sale of the busi- ness and equipment is to be held on March 20. G. W. Gable, of Windsor, is reported to have made a statement to a local daily paper, to the effect that during the year 1904 he has sold 9,812,300 cigars, and that he had paid out for revenue $29,- 436.90. He is further reported to have said that he used 176.621 pounds of tobacco, which cost him 129,436.90, and that the making and packing repre- sented a cost of $30,418.13 and the boxes $13,637.22. a total of $103,929. 1$. This sutement has been made the subject of some comment. The total as per the figures given does not correspond with the total given, as it amounts to only 197,929.15 or $5,000 less than the published figures, which would in itself represent quite an item of additional profit, if the published figures showed any profit at alL The figures show an average cost per pound for the tobacco of about 16^ cents. The average cost for making and C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD S9 m IP oiceo|*Mafk(!l JohnJ.Esheman READING.PA. J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^-TOBAGGO-^ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦♦- ♦ ♦- A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of Hi BETHESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. HOLTZINGER ®. SEITZ, Hanofacturers of High Grade CIGARS and Controlling Independent Factories. All Grades of PennsylvaIvi^L Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO HEGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE THB TOBACCO WORLD QIGAH BOX ED0H4GS Wc have the Urgssi, a&sort^ti ' ClgM: Box Bdgingt in the United States, haring ow: i.ooo design* in stock. T. A- MYERS & CO. Printers and Engravers, - YORK, PENNA. embossed Flaps* Labels, Notices, etc. ^^^ W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. n.oncs{^:fJ:'j:^Jf3. 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN ® SONS, "oSi.v.i'n Leaf Tobacco Larjie Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. George SU YORK, PA, D. A. SCHRIVER ^ CO. Wholesale and Retail Dcalcrt in All CradM of nnf\ UiQiStlG&lniiiteilTOBAC 29 East Clark Avenue, KKB 8UMATRA8 • •i>«d«l^. YORK. PA ^.KOriLER&eO. phmBcterers of Fine Cigar DALLASTOWN, PA. Ci|iMdtr.7S/noi)er^ or 2 inch plank — oak. or timber that will not warp and leak steam. This box can be made any size desired, but 6x10 feet would be about right. The plank should be six inches wide — this for the frame, 4 sides, 10 feet long and 6 feet wide, several narrow braces level with the top side, which is covered over with tongued and grooved flooring plank. This in turn should be covered tightly with sheet iron to keep in the steam. The open side, of course, goes next to the ground, and dirt should be packed around the edges to keep the steam from escaping. An auger hole should be bored either in one side or end as may suit best, for the accommo- dation of a hose pipe, which is attached to the steam chest. The steam apparatus of a threshing machine or anything else may be used. Any one can very easily improvise a boiler and steam chest by the use of a large kettle or make a cheap one for the purpose out of sheet iron. After steaming one spot ten or fifteen minutes the box is moved over another spot and so on. This leaves the bed wet. It must be allowed to dry, however, before sowing. It is best to pulverize and prepare the ground well before steaming. Preparing seed, however, can be done afterward. cmr Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes 1»~ I I CpHnfte Jt ^An ^pllprCVlllP ^U Al.vats Room for Ons Mo&b Good Custombr. L« Ua OCUCl 5 (X OUII9 OCllCl OVlUl/f 1 O* THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 KlHS ^ M. K ALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM I6AKS Red Lion, Pa Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. Fa-husseyI leaf tomcco co. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. ION\ T0B4CC0 CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capadtsr, Twenty Thotisand per Dif^ inufacturer of Cig ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦> WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff ♦♦ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ♦♦ ROBESONIA. PA. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦-* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Odf Leaders: { """^/i.^sroN'-"" } Cigars-5c., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE ■• A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. STTifffAVORlt!** %»%»^>%%^^^^^^^% %»»»»»»%%%%%%%%»^%%%»»^^l Hanover, Pa. "Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. Special Brands: P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium ei6/IRS Dallastown, Pa. AO PECIALTY o^ Private Brands .yjniM oci^iyiLi^ ^ for Wholesale & Jobbing Irade (iOV. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale De»lera in All Kinds of Plug Qi Smoking Tobaccos Also, All Grades of Fine Cigars ®. Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St. LANCASTER, PA. %»%»»»^>%^^^^^^^^^^^^^ rGEO. F. NASH C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. ^^>%^»%>%%^»%%^c bl. a r- u /-u i t a 1 a r-u M .,»u ,«-, of r i/,^ A. Fisher, Charles L. Ackerman and Chas. Neath, loa at 5>^c. George B. Pfenning. The Smith & Keffer Tobacco Co. , of Harrisburg, Pa., has been incorporated with a capital of $55,000. The Central Pennsylvania Cigar and Jens Utter, lo.i at b%c. A. Halverson, 6a at 7 and 2. J. Wallen, 8a at 6 and 2C. S. Gjellum, 6a at 7 and 2C. Old stock in growers' hands is being hunted and quite a little traffic is still Boiiei,'* U. a. A. Hopkinsville. Kv maintained in the export lines of these Tobacco Manufacturing Co., of Belle- goods. Local packers report an excel- ^onte. Pa,, has been incorporoted with a lent demand for binder stock, though capital of $5,000. sales are mostly for moderate sized lots. The De Leon Cigar Co., of Richmond, A good deal of receiving is being done Va., has been incorporated with a capital in the Vernon county district this week stock of $15,000, to deal in tobacco, el- and warehouse handling is resumed at gars, etc. L. L. Strause, of Richmond, the packing points with a prospect that is President. A. L. Mullen, of Peters- packing will not again be interrupted burg, Vice President, and Philip E. until the close of the season. Strause, Richmond, Secretary-Treasurer. Shipments were i,886cs, and 3 cars of The Durham Tobacco Storage and In- bundle goods. — Reporter. spection Co., of Durham, N. C, has been incorporated, with an authorized capital stock of $25,000, by R. L. Di- brell, H. L. Boatwright and Sterling CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 216 hhds, gmith, to deal m leaf tobacco. offerings on the breaks 5 1 hhds, public »,, ^ „ ^ , , , o iij The Symons, Kraussman Co., to ma«- and private sales 84 hhds. r . .. u l l • j ^, .. , ^, ufacture tobacco, has been incorporated The receipts arc all new crop, and the t t- ^ , • r u,r CL J c„«*««» T £ Oppenheimer with a capital of $50,000, to do business in New York. The United Cigar Stores Co. Agency, . , ,. , by G. L. Symons, L. E sales almost entirely old crop, composed , , x? /-» , , , J . 1 J r and J. E. Oppenheimer, of a few Lugs, and the lower grades of ' . , , . Leaf. Market unchanged. The mild weather has permitted the handling of the crop in the barns, and o^ New York, with a capital of $50,000, the strippers report the smallest per ^a» »>een incorporated by H. S. CoUint centage of Lugs of any crop for five ^^^ Michael Whelan, of Syracuse, and years. The crop has hung long in the £"»«" Averett. of New York city. I barns and the stems thoroughly dried out, The Lester- Adams Tobacco Press Co. ' and the crop will probably sweat out as has been incorporated with a capital of IMPORTERa O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. MSH SPECIALTY is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1895. WHOLE<=^ALE MANUFACTURER OF T.L./IDAIR, ^ WH01,E"=^ALE MANUFA Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Our Leader; WEALTH PRODUCER [ EsUblished 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. New Factory 1904 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 ♦ ^ Dealer in % X Cigar Box Lumber, t Labels, Z Ribbons, ♦ H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Edging, Brands, etc. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxesi^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER, PA ABEN BHSEF^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. FMBOSSED CIGAR BANDS ^^ Are All the Rade. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampli LARGEST William Steiner, Sons & Co. LitKograpKers, cmum J 16 and 1x8 B. Ponrteeatb St., NEW THB TOBACCO WORLD tS THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. SS^^^^. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacuirer of Fine Ciga^rs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $G0 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUCBE CIOAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES:— One at Ephrata. two at Hahnstown. one at Martindalc, two at Terre Hill, one at Fritztown. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S ChBAN ST06IES ^^ MANDFACTURKD ONLY BV LEONARD WAGNER, ractoTT NO. ,. 707 Ohio St, Aflegheny, Pa. ' C. A. Rostra Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xobacco A Specialty of Light Conneciicut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦2* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ II II* 4l« r leiscKKauer ' Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. ^ ♦ I Ux TELEPHONE 1561 48^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 4^ LITHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGN! ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦ ♦♦♦♦♦^ XX ^ xx_ Parmenter WAX-LINED ! Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AfiFord perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAO& Indorsed by all Smokers^ and are the MOST EFFECTIVK advertiaing medium known. * RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, KACINC "WIS .USA. Albert hiiB FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. ManufacturefB and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish BetunSt ONI.Y NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. O _ _ I l> The Most Popular Plavoft OUIlipil/ I 1 VV/ j^please write for thSa. ^u*ranked ^o kihe Slror^estAhcaDCSt.and Best. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 Combination i SCRAP i-FiUer--l ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ n^ E. RENNINGER, :^stablished 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Specially Cleaned and Cai^ fully Graded. We make tbetn for 6,^}4, 9, 10 and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. MnTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. Cig ars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DenVCr PA. p^ ^ ^^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r^SXCn Vo Design-Patents, Copyrights, MOT.TrTXKT John A. Saul, IM Droit BaUdina. WA5HINOTON, DuCi CIGAR BOXES mnERSoF Airrisnc CIGAR UBELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES EBONS BY All Dealers MIXTURE-^ fHI AMSMOAH TOSAOdO CO. BSW TOBL I THE TOJACCO WORLD- S8 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED oS]^S^%fi Established 187S. Factory loOo, \nh Dist., Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Mamifacuirer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH RliED-ioc. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at *•;() per Icoo. PATRICK HENRY- 5c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at ^oo per 10(K.. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. AH Goods Sold Under Strict Ciuaranlee. Our Interest in Maintaining tlie Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workni. unship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE GUCBE OIOAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES:— One at Ephrati. two at Hahnstown. one at Martindale, two at Terre Hill, one at Fritztown. SOMETHING NE\Ar AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban MANUFACTURED ONLY BV LEONARD WAGNER, ..ctory No. ,. 707 Ohjo St., AUcghcny, Pa. C.A.Rost^Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Tobacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦-♦•♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^^♦•^ ^^^^4,^^^ 4- 4 METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4-*^4^444>>> ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦£♦ ♦^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. J* f leiscKKa\ier CiGAR Labels 238 Arch Street Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 24. ♦*♦ ♦*♦ 4Si4 ♦ 54 ♦?♦ 4> ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X X TELEPHONE 1561 X X " ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^4<44 ♦♦♦♦4.^^*-V>4444>44'>444444>44>44*^44444'* 444><44>»<4-4-44"4 ♦ ♦ LlTHOGlLAPHiNG SPECIAL DESIGN* <4 4- ♦♦♦♦4'4'4>4-r"f^'r*4'4"44-^444>4'444444^44^444444'4'^'44'44>'44>4 44 44'4^ tt tt Parmenter WAX-LINED ' Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford pierfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE adverUsing medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, KACINi:. 'WIS . U S uV. Albkrt Hues Haroi«d H hUE FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest Hotise in the Trade. Manufacturefi and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betuns^ ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. , The Most Popular Flavon Since 1855, f9 81^ Please write for then ^iiAranleed ^o hefhe Strorjjtst.lheaDCSt.anrt Best. Sample Free ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ 4'4-44'4'<44'44>44>4444 44 4*4 j Combination i ISCRAPi l-Filler-i ♦ ^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4'44>44 44 44444' ♦♦♦ 4- Specially Cleaned and Care* fully Graded, We make them for 6, 7}^, 9, lo and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig ars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVer PS,. 1^ ^ ^^ Caveats, Trade Marks, t cl Lwll Lo Design-Patents, Copyrights, cii^ John A. Saul, U€ Opoit BaUdina. WASHINGTON. D. d OOKBS8POK DB»0» sioT.rrTxwr CIGAR BOXES PRIHIERS OF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS Manufacturers - 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS rURNISHED WRITE roe 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGARRIBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-^ fEZ AMSBICAfi TOBACCO CO. MW •U^ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. G^'-^^^ <&. Co IMPORTERS O AVANA N. THIRD 3T PniLJkDeLfHiA n ul BRARY PFrtTTVKD 'j^r.MAR 2 5 1905 i:t flH(E V. : ] !*l # IHED IN 1881 ) XV., No. 12. ) ESrABLISHED IN 1881 Vol. XXV. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MARCH 22, 1905. ( One Dollar per t Single Copies, Fi^ One Dollar per Annum ive Cents "•-j»T~rT % Tf We're ready to talk BIG and FAST aboat NATIONAL CIGAB TOOLS— If jou're in a PROVING mood. ^ We'll send yon anythinir that we make "on suspicion V— if It iin*t better tlian YOUR kind— back to tlie glimmering rails. If You can't find a better Cutter than the NATIONAL, because it never gets dull of edge, weak in the spring. and loose in the handle. ^ You can buy Cigar Boards almost anywherii. but not as good as the NATIONAL. Hard as steel, rigid as rock, smooth as glass, and STAYS that way. •: There are all kinds of Kniyes and Blades-the good and the fairly good, the bad and awful bad— but you don't take chances when you order NATIONAL. nr The most astonishing part is the PRICE and our open-faced method of marketing. i V yr. <>..^ %^-S'.'^<^> v; •> ^^ ■So^wA. ci. ^ LcrtJL K^ aduuisville, Ky., March 19. For several weeks nej^otiations have been pending lookingtoward the handling of a large proportion of the 1904 crop of by the sale at auction, two or three days ■AAO, of the real e>tate .mil buildings of the Company, to Albert N. Cr.ives. of Springtield. Mass. for 5v). 500. The purchases included 150 acres of land, six tobacco barns, a hoise and car- Washington. D. C. March 17. . . ... Secretary Taffs plan for a jiunt to the prevent misconstruction of mv remarks dark tobacco. So far this market has Philippines is developing rapidly into except by repeating to you what I actu handled very iittle of the crop, but by what is likely to be a trip around the ally think in regard to the matter. The the arrangements now in progress, the world in company with a goodly party of poli y of the Administration is the in crop of the 0.vensboro district will be -Senators, Representatives and other definite retention of the Philippi-^e handled here. official people. It is now considered Islands for the purpo.se of developing While there is no contract betvveenihe probable that the party will take in the prosperity and the self governing farmers and the Louisville Tobacco China, Japan, Italy, France, England, capacity of the Filipino people The' • Warehouse Company to that end. a deal and possibly Germany, and it is a signi policv rests on the conviction that the ''^"^^ ''°'"^' '"""'*^'*' ''"'^ """^ '''''''^' ha^ been made with the Owensboro ficant fact that the entire ocean trip will people are not now capable of self- '"^'.^ ''""^ ^^'■^'■^' ^''^'""'^"^^ ♦"^t^^ ^^ '^''i^'^er rehandiers which means that the tobacco be paid forby the FhilippmeGovernment, government, and will not be for a Ion- '^'"'''' ^""" ^''^ ^''"''^'' supporting the rehandled, dried and prized in Owensboro although the members of the party are peiiod of time; certainly not for a gener" ""'^^^ '^''''^'^ ^""""'shes the shade over the vill be ultimately shipped to this market expected to pay their own traveling ex- ation. and probably not for a longer time ^ tv!^' for sale The rehandiers agree to take penses while in the Philippines. than that, and that until they are readv l '^""^''^'^ °^ ^^'^ company who the tobacco from the farmers, making It is safe to say that the Philippines forseh government it would be a violation th ! K " ""''.."V k '^r^""'^ "^ '"'"^ °^ certain advances per pound, according consider the outlay as a good investment of trust for the United States to ab indon "^ ^""^'^^^^ ^^/^'^^^ ^^'^^^ '^e^" "-^'^ed. held to quality, handle it for them, put it on and one from which an early return can the islands. The question as to the ''^'^t'"" *^y order of the Superior sale here when market conditions are be expected and as this can be done by future, however is one wholly of conjee- sTm "^ '"^- ""^'' ^^- '^'''^'"' °^ fav.rable. and after the payment of all the aid of the Curtis bill it is easy enough ture. The important fact is the present ferTe Cit'^^ ^ ^^^""'^^ ^' '^""■'"*' °^ expenses, to pay the farmer his po rata to see that Secretary Taft is still prepared policy, which is that of indefinite retention xt^ '^^' " ^' over and above the original advances to carry his point. of the islands. co.iipany was one of the largest of made. It is easily possible that between '" connection with this is a letter "What shall be done in the future ^^°'*' '"■^''"'/^'^ *« ^^'^^^ ''^^^"^ '«e of the four and five million pounds of tobacco written by Mr. Taft to a correspondent when the people have reached a condition ^°''""'"*"^ ^ experiments in shade- will be handled in this district, who had inquired about the reluctance where they can be safely trusted with ^'''^'' ^"n^atra and much of the stock Ofificials of the Louisville Tobacco which according to the Bureau of Insular their own government, is a question ^1' ^'7, '^y ^''^^^'ers for whom the Warehouse Company, while reticent on Affairs, exists on the part of American which will doubtless have to be settled ^'i" 'was ^^^^^^''''^^''''^''^ *' '^'■'""' ^^°'^- the subject, admit that negotiations are capitalists to invest in Philippine enter by another generation than the present, of S'oo^ """^ "^ '^°' "^'^^ ^capital pending to handle the crops of several Poises owing to the uncertain future of both of the American and of the Philip' °ubsaibeT\'' ^ H ^ ^^^^^ of which was other counties in the dark tobacco district the Islands. The Secretary writes stating pine peop'e to whose wisdom and gener 1 ♦« ^ art on people. At in the same way. his position to be one in which he would osity we may safely trust the solution of pTam^tlonThT '" '''""^' "'' '^"^ The year 1905 promises to be a v ery favor waiting a while before the Filipinos the problem. Should the Philippine eirs'beLe i^ ^ ^ f '" °''^'^'^'.°" ^""^ prosperous one for Louisville warehouses are given independence, but by the aid people, when tit for self government, de- xh -"^^ ' ^^^ "'^* ^" ^^^^ "^ Sales of Burley tobacco ate now heavy, of the tariff, wants to give them • a taste mand independence, I should be strongly ^j^.^j bec-aV^'"f 'T'^'''"'" .'"'**'* ^^ *** and are surpassing all previous records, of our prosperity." The body of the in favor of giving it to them, and 1 have mone • ^"^'^'"^ " ^ ^ remainder ot the The rush of business has been on for letter is as follows: no doubt that the American people of phg ,^,r h C • • several weeks and receipts are I irge. "' ^^ave your letter of March jih. in the next gener.ition would be of the same «^o „f pure laser. .raves, is ( on^dered h- t_ .1 one or ine lar^iest. 11 not thp Linrpct »/-» w^wwwww, "ch you say that a common reported opinion. . ,4 ^ • . . .■ c . . , nacco land owners in this sec lion Hi< FOUR. MARKETS WILL BE USED. >nterpretation of my remarks before the ' 1 think it much m.)re likely, however i„.iHi., , i^ i ff ,- • ... . /• »- > iioiaings inciuae 100 acres un(h*i niWi House Committee on Ways and Means that after the Filii-ino people shall have , „ . a- . / Dark Tobacco Planters' Association of i. that it is the nnmn.e of th. ah.^- u. . u ^' ^/'^ ;"-*" "^"^^^ vat.on. bounding the north and east of ... „ . 1-. mai u IS ine purpose of the Adminis been assocMte-i with the Ameiiran oeoole i,;^ .,«. . . Kentucky Adopts Resolutions, tr .tion to aiv*» .n.Un^n.l«« - » .u ir i- * "^ ^ '"''''*" P^^'P'^ his nev acquisition, the two divided by tration to give independence to the Fill tor a generation or more, and shall have . . .^ \ 1 . . Hookinsville Kv Marrh 17 • u i r . >'^, '>mw Mian iia\ c a road. A week or so aeo he a so boutrhf HopkinsMlle, Ky March 17 pinos w.th.n the next four years, and that tasted the prosperity they will find behind Hftv ac res all of wh..h i ! f\ At a recent meeting of the execut ve this nrnH.irfx; ar*.at timiHif,. oK^. » •., » .u . 1 . cc .. \ ,. - acres, all ot which land is supplied 6 ^. inis produces great timidity about invest the national tariff wa . they v\i prefer a „,;,k .1,^ .,^^^ 1 , j •roinnmtpe of the Dark Tnhprrn PlantPrc- . .u i^u-.- - ^ ^J m picicr a with the necessarv bin diniJS. comnrntee ot the Dark lobacco Planters ments in the Philippines, growing in relation to America like ihat of Canada %%.%.m*.^ A-soc ation of Kentucky and Tennessee ar#»at mrt out ^f th« nn-^ior^....^^.,* ^r ^ u» \ . 1 r- 1 ^ ,- . , . ^j , . "" S'^^^^t part out ot the undercurrent of doubt or Australia to Englani to one of absolute BROWNTOWN PA MANl/F Arri/urD resolutions were adopted dec arm l' it to as to what thp fi.tnrA of fK^ « ; \^^a ■ ■ a a x' r , »v^^i'«. tm , riAnvr al I l/KEK ^^ ^ " as to wnat the future ot those islands is independence. \ erv respectfuUv Nour^. HAS SUCCESSFUL Trip be the |)urpose of the Associ ition to give to be '..\v h T ' • ■•^-'r- equal recognition to the four regularly , "" '"' ^- ''^- hooper, of Hrowntown, Pa., has est iblir)!ied markets of the district which comprises Clarksville, Hopkinsville, Maytitld and Padu ah. Al tvpes of tobacco taken from hogs- he id> in storage are to be sold at the NEW REVENUE BUSINESS. Caution Notice Labels Must Not be Separated in Printing. The Commissioner of Internal Reve market where stored, which is a change nue has ruled that "cauian r otice la from the plan requiring all samples to be bels' ' on small packages of m mufactured sent to Clarksville to be sold. This tobacco must be printed solid, action was taken to prevent any feeling Manufacturers' labels with advertising of rivalry between different markets from matter in the center, showing the name interfering with the success of the tobacco and address of the manufacturer, and groovers' plans to better the prices offered brand of tobacco, one half ot the caution by the combine. notice being printed on one end of the label and the other hall on the (opposite TOBACCO FOR. JAP SOLDIEKS. Baptist & Gooch. leaf ton. Va. , have sold a leaf tobacco in hogs just returned fiom a verv ^uc< essful business trip in the eastern patt of New Jersey and Delaware where he captured JANESVILLE FOLKS ARE GR.EAT SMOKEKS. A salesman who writes from Janesville, ^ "''^ bun. h of orders for his new brai.ds. the Red Hook and Red Fo\ ci gars. The Red Fox is Mr. Cooper s leading 5 cent cigir. and it i, making Wis, says th it for the size of the town it IS a wonder for smokers. He got h. Id of some st.tist.cs which show that a hit, Mr. Cooper made several heavt one hundred and five thousand cigars .lie sliipmenis West the past week and he consumed in the t >wn everv week and anticipates that the coming spring trade 5.4^)0.000 each \e.r. Ot 'the weeklv )^'". be the 1 .rgest since he h.is been in , .,, ,. ■ business, stint Janesville supplies itself with only %%%%%%%% 14.000. manufactuiing 7.000 more but JUSTIN SEUBERT FIRM. OF SYRACUSE semiing them out of town. N. Y.. TO BE REORGANIZED. P, ,- , , ^. ,- i) ''•" "' "'"'^of the stock and good Ihe Colonial Cigar Company, of will of the J istin Seubert cigar factory, of is figuied at 1^15, 500, C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^^l. MANETOCIGAR 114 Philadelphia ^ JOHN HAY, JUNIOR, has proven a worthy son of its distinguished Senior, JOHN HAY. It has developed into one of the important five-cent cigars of the country. It is clear Havana filler, and for the trade that wants quality rather than size, this four-inch cigar is a gem, STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO.. Lid. Ci^ar Manafadarers, ''"'pTrMRev ofsmct Pa. 29 North 4th S»., Philadelphia. HSENLOHRS PbifaJelphia '*' (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKT LBY. 5c.) Channing Allen Ql Co. Manufacturers of 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA ■Mt All Havam ClHr KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA. PA. • ^99 ''The Philadelphia A Matchless S cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. :,.ir^,.a^. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. r A. C^'-'^^S C6 OO. <0>/-/^»^>*'V>l t23 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OP^^ HILJtOBLJ'HIA lTHET©B^eeO MSfORLB LOUISVILLE TO GET DARK CROP. SECRETARY TAFT WILL CONTINUE WORKING TILL HE SUCCEEDS. Sumatra growing co. sold. ^'^'rl/smuZ^^^^ ""'" ^.^'^ Senators and Representatives A.ound the World to the Phil- Receiver, of Co.nTcUcu. SHade.Grow.n, ippmes so They May See Value of Curtis Bill. Writes that Concern Sell Effects at Auction. Filipinos Should Taste Prosperity by Tariff. Hartford. Conn . March i8. Another chapter in the demise of the Pounds Will be Hamdled Here L'luisville, Ky., March 19. For several weeks negotiations have been pending looking toward the handling of a large proportion of the 1904 crop of dark tobacco. Washington. D. C. March 17. "In reply. I beg to say that I cannot rTT^ ^"T^' '" »ne uem.se 01 tne Secretary Taffs plan for a jaunt to the prevent misconstruction of my remarks r ^^^"*^\^""^;»^^ Growing Tobacco So far this market has Philippines is developing rapidly into except by repeating to you what I actu ^-^"I^P^"^; ^t W mdsor Locks, took pi ,ce ' ■ - - •- ' • 1. . - t> J by the sale at auction, two or three days ago. of the real estate and buildings of handled very little of the crop, but by whit is likely to be a trip around the ally think in regard to the matter. The the arrangements now in progress, the world in company with a goodly party of policy of the Administration is the in ,u ^ crop of the Owensboro district will be Senators. Representatives and other definite retention of the Philippine '-o'"P»ny. to Albert N. Gr.ives. of handled here. official people. It is now considered Islands for the purpose of developing ^P""^^^'^' "^'^^^ • ^or $9. 500. While there is no contract betweenihe probable that the party will take in the prosperity and the self governing ^^ P"''chases mcluded 150 acres of farmers and the Louisville Tobacco China. Japan. Italy, France, England, capacity of the Filipmo people jhe' k*'' ^°^^"° ^*'"^' ^ ^°''^ ^""^ '^"* Warehouse Company to that end. a deal and possibly Germany, and it is a signi policy rests on the conviction that the "^"^ "" ^''"'*'' ''°"''^* ^""^ "^"^ ^"'''^' has been made with ihe Owensboro ficant fact that the entire ocean trip will people are not now capable of self- '"^.^ ^"^ ^*^*''*' *^°"''»"^ ^^et of lumber rehandlers which means that the tobacco be paid for by the Philippine Government, government, and will not be for a Ion ^ "^^^'^^ ^°'^'" ^^^ ^^^"^" supporting the rehandled. dried and prized in Owensboro although the members of the party are pe.iod of time; certainly not for a gener" '^'^^•' '*'^'*^*' ^"»'"»*^^es the shade over the will be ultimately shipped to this market expected to pay their own traveling ex- ation, and probably not for a longer time ^°^h^°* for sale The rehandlers agree to take penses while in the Philippines. than that, and that until they are ready u t •"^^^^^s of the company who the tobacco from the farmers, making It is safe to say that the PhiHppines for self government it would be a violation tV""! k " ^'^l^Vt ^J'^^'* °^ '"""^ °^ certain advances per pound, according consider the outlay as a good investment of trust for the United States to abandon h '''' k' ^*'*" '^'^^^' ^^^"^ to quality, handle it for them, put it on and one from which an early return can the islands. The question as to the r ^"^^'^^ ^V order of the Superior s.de here when market conditions arc be expected and as this can be done by future, however is one wholly of conjee- cTm ^^"'^ '*'^- ""^^ ^- ^"'°"' °^ favorable, and after the payment of all the aid of the Curtis bill it is easy enough turc. The important fact is the present y "rs c N I ^^ ^' '^*'""'''"*' °^ expenses, to pay the farmer his po rata to see that Secretary Taft is still prepared policy, which is that of indefinite retention t^ '^^' * over and above the original advances to carry his point of the islands. . company was one of the largest of made. It is easily possible that between In connection with this is a letter "What shall be done in the future ^^°'* "''S^"'."^ ^° ^^'^^ ^^^^nt.ge of the four and five million pounds of tobacco written by Mr. Taft to a correspondent when the people have reached a condition ^°'^^'"'^*"^ ^ experiments in shade- will be handled in this district. who had inquired about the reluctance where they can be safely trusted wiih ^''°'^" i>"niaira and much of the stock Officials of the Louisville Tobacco which according to the Bureau of Insular their own government is a question Tl' ^'7^ ^'y g^^^^rs for whom the Warehouse Company, while reticent on Affairs, exists on the part of American which will doubtless have to be settled ^' "'**'°* t»ie concern was a serious blow, the subject, admit that negotiations are capitalists to invest in Philippine enter by another generation than the present f * "^"^ . *'' '^°' ^'^^^ ^ ^^^'*^* pending to handle the crops of several P"ses owing to the uncertain future of both of the American and of the Phihp' "ubsc^eTb H^ f °^ "^^'^^ ^" other counties in the dark tobacco district the Island^,. The Secretary writes stating pine peop'e to whose wisdom and gener i" \t^ ^ artord people. At in the same way. his position to be one in which he would osity we may safely trust the solution of J!?' .f ""^uT " '" ^"'"^ "^ ^^* The year 1905 promises to be a v ery favor waiting a while before the FiUpinos the problem. Should the Philippine ears before it wal'f '" .'*P*"'''^'.°" *'*° prosperous one for Louisville warehouses are given independence, but by the aid people, when fit for self government, de- jh "^^^ ^ ^^^ ^'^-^ *° ^*^* "^ Sales of Burley tobacco are now heavy, of the tariflf. wants to give them ' a taste mand independence. I should be strongly whIt\ec^aV°'^f ^""^'"" "^^^^ ^^ ^° and are surpassing all previous records, of our prosperity." The body of the in favor of giving it to them, and I have mon ^^^^^ ° remainder of the The rush of business has been on for letter is as follows: no doubt that the American people of several weeks and receipts are I irge. FOUR MARKETS WILL BE USED. "" uuuui iiiai inc nmencan people of rh* m.rrhac^r rra„-o • j •■.have your ,e,.er of March ^.h, in .he „ex. gener.U.on would b. of .he sa.. <.„e of ^h U e ..^ " \:Vr:i "^^ the largest, if not the largest to bacco land owners in this section. His loldings mclude 100 acres, under culti which you say that a common reported o^;inion. interpretation of my remarks before the 'I think it much more likely however H/- ••- M,, . ' ""ivjuji's iiii.iuuc icxj acres unripr miti ouse Committee on Ways and Means that after the Filipino people shall have .• u a- u . D»rk Tobe^cco Planter.' A.soci«.tion of is that it is the ournose of rh. AHn,; k. . . f opcopie snail nave vation. bounding the north and east of V A t .J . n . . !-> mai 11 is me purpose of the Adminis been associate.! with the American oeoole k;c ^« , ^ • .• i_ K.„.ucl.y Aa.p,. ^'.•'«.-«.. .r„.io„ .o give independence .o .he Fili for a generation or ,nore, and shaU ha' e ," „: ' 7:To:\':'Z ,' f k' Hopk,nsvl le. Ky March ,7 pi„os within .he nex, four years, and ,ha, .as.ed .he prosper,.y ,hey will find behind fif " acres aT of whth lld Tl At a recent meeting of the execu.tve. ,his produces grea. timidity about invest the national tariff wall, hey .ill prefer a „?hThe „,t ""'"V " ^"PP"<"' comnu.teeoftheDarlc Tobacco Planters- ments in the Philippines, growing in relation .0 America l,ke , hat of Catda *'"'"'« """saoM^ngs. Asocmton of Ken.uckyandTennes.ee greatp,irtoutof the undercurrent of doubt or Aus.r.Ua.o EnglanJ ,0 one of absolute BROWNTOWN. PA MANUFACTl/RPI. resolutions were adopted declaring it to as to what thp fntur*. r.f ^h^c- ; \.^a^ : i^A^ a ^r r ,, iw t^ t^ i v »▼ i^,, r« , riAnvr ACIVKER. r ^ \. as 10 wnai tne tuture of those Islands IS independence. Very respectfully yours. HAS SUCCESSFUL TR IP be the purpose of the Associauon to give to be ..vv u T • •'■»«^w»- iivir. equal recognition to the four regularly ^ " M.H.I aft C. S. Cooper, of Browntown. Pa., has «stiblished markets of the district which comprises Clarksville, Hopkinsville, Maytitld and Padu ah. Al types of tobacco taken from hogs- he ids in storage are to be sold at the NEW REVENUE BUSINESS. Caution Notice Labels Must Not be Separated in Printing. The Commissioner of Internal Reve mark^ P'^^^^ at|99.8oo. Thegood^^ .1 uuniuiucu. Fisher, three well known business men. is figured at J 15. 500. Baptist & Gooch. leaf dealers of Boyd- around the package on the tobacco the ^^P^*^0"eta. U., which has bee ton. Va., have sold a large quantity of separate parts of the caution notice will »ng a large plant, has been abs< leaf tobacco in hogsheads, which has ^^ brought together and united, one the Perfecto Cigar Company, w been shipped to Kobe. Japan, where it ^T' 'j.^";!!"' ^'l^A^^^'"'"^' ^''? "?"• '\^,?<^^?or^^^A a few days ago 1 / INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ^°>H J. Vetterlein & Co [mporters of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. KOOWPjCD 1855. Wm. H. Dohan. T. Dohaiu ^)^^ DOHAN &TAITT, ^V Dg,T Importersof Havana and Sumatra ^^^ Packers of /^^^^^ JO7 Atch St. lUilUiLed i8»5 ^^IS BREMER 5 5q \y^^^ ' IMPORTERS OF 'V^ Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia \\X^B IMPORTERS OF ^m^ n't care for the rebate;chcck he can deposit it in the globe, and ihe.amount of the rebate will be given to a certain charitable society. Again, an announcement can be made that a double rebate will be given on certain goods, during a certain day, week or period. Appreciate the fact that in order to increase your business you must interest people and appeal to their human nature. The average man likes to spend morey and when he once gets the idea that he is being given the best of it, he falls over himself getting his money down. Very few stop to try to figure out how the store keeper can aflford to do it, if the proposition is only made to look good enough to them. • • • A NOVELTY CIGARETTE CASE. /^NE of the largest jewelry concerns in Boston is manufacturing a novelty for feminine wear that proves the asser tion that Boston women are becoming addicted to the cigarette habit. It is a neat little gold box n easuring about two by three inches, and one half an inch thick, which could never be taken for anything but a cigarette case. Attached to the box are two little gold chains about five inches long, meeting at hold enough to last for an evening, unless milady has developed the habit to the extent of being a cigarette fiend. Altogether, it is one of the most delicate little novelties which has been produced in a number of years. More than that, it fills a long felt want, and is durable as well. And it costs only $160. Perhaps that is why so few of them are being worn. • • • SUGGESTIONS FOR. THE CLERK. A good suggestion is made in the re- tail dfp irtment of the Cannadian Cigar and I'obacco Journal, which says that every customer who enters the store should be promptly asked what can be done for him, and no person should be allowed to remain standing at a counter without being given the early attention DISPLAY OF EL DRACO CO/S HUNTER BRAND The above picture is a reproduction of a very attractive display of the Ei Draco Cigar Manufactuiing Company's popular Hunter brand which is being made at McCaffrey's, 4007 Market street. This cigar, an excellent five cent brand, is well known in this market, and has also justly ea-ned a favorable reputation elsewhere. The neat label lends to the effectiveness of the display. a solid gold rii»g, which is worn on the finger. A 'vanity box," the jeweler calls it. It opens like a book, disclosing on wh.»t might have compared with the middle leaf ot a book a flat surface on which a mirror is set on one side, and a cellu loid memorandum on the other. On either side of this leaf, with its gold edges, is a shallow compartment, in one of which milady stores her cigarettes. The other cover tlT divided into two com partments, one of which contains a tiny little powder puff, the other being u:ed as a receptacle for bon bons. On the back of the little affair, ex tending the entire depth of it, is a tiny little gold pencil in which tiny leads are placed. The compartment for cigareites will of one of the attendants. Every dealer, and every clerk, should take it upon himself to speak to the cus- tomer as soon as he can, as it puts the man at ease and assures him that some one is going to attend to his wants as soon as It is possible. Tnis impression so easily crea ed must not be abused and destroyed through subsequent negligence. No customer whom the dealer or clerk may be waiting on has any right to be offended if the clerk turns for an instant to the newcomer and after asking him what he wants, requests him to wait a minute. Whan a customer comes in a store, it is presumably for the purpose of transacting some sort of business which is of importance to him^elf, and it should at once be made of impoitance to the man behind the counter. FAY YOUR CLERKS SALARY AND COMMISSION. Every man who has ever bought any- thing in a cigar store has at some time or other noticed the difference between the clerk who is there to sell goods, and sell all he can make people buy and the one who believes he is there simply to wait on customers. The value of the clerk who quickly learns the individual wants of customers and caters to them, is too frequently un- derestimated, as there is nothing which tickles the average man more than for his identity and tastes to be remembered. For this reason a clerk has a right to expect to be paid not only for special work, but for the possession of brains. If he devises means of bringing in extra trade solely by the judicious exercise of his own personality, he ought to be paid for it This can best be done by a salaiy and commission plan, which has proven most successful in the cases of numerous up-to-date stores in ihe country. It has been demonstrated beyond question that the plan reduces the cost of selling, the clerk makes better earn- ings, and the amount of goods which are put out is largely increased. The prin^ ciple is one of the soundest because it is based on the old saying that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and it makes a man hustle to keep up to the procession, which is what the proprietor most wants. In short, it eliminates t h e "dead ones," and if the proprietor arranges his salary and commission scale so that he is keeping well within his profits, which is easily possible, he is largely increasing the volume of his business at no expense to himself as it stands to reason that an $S clerk who isn't worth $S is a more expensive adjunct than a ^15 clerk who is worth $15 or more. Even if a man has but one clerk, he is in a position to try the experiment which really isn't an experiment at all, because any store at- tendant is in a po ition to attract trade or drive it away, whichever he sets out to do. Always remember that the con- sumer makes it a point to go where he is well treatea. • • • SELF MEASURING TOBACCO POUCH. The old time powder pouch, by which the charge to be placed in a gun was measured as it passed from the interior of the pouch into the barrel, is more or less familiiar to the older generation to whom the use of the m( zzle lo ding weapon was somewhat familiar. These guns are so scarce they are encountered only semi occasionally, and, co. se quently. the device by which they were loaded is something m the nature ot a curiosity. This pouch had a long neck and a valve which permitted only a cer- tain amount of powder to pass from its interior at one time. This idea has been untilized by a recent inventor in the construction of a tobacco pouch which is more particularly meant ^for the man who rolls his own cigarette This is quite the common practice at present, and the device is arranged so that the smoker receives just enough to roll a cigarette. THB TOBACCO WORLD Your Profits ^^vw HERE IS THE PRINTED PROOF T^HE check issued by a NATIONAL * CASH REGISTER identifies the clerk making the sale with the transaction. This enforces accuracy. The check furnishes an absolute record which cannot be changed. A INational Cash Register Issuing such a check secures more trade, satisfied customers, and increased profits. IT PAYS FOR ITSELF Out of the money it saves. Our regis- ters are sold on EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS CUT OFF HEKK AXD MAIL TO IS TODAY NJlTlOJ^JiL CASH REGISTER CO. DJtYTOM, OHIO I own store. Please explain to me what kind of a register is hest suited for my business. This does not obligate me to huij. Please Mention The Tobacco World THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from pages) as it has been from time immemorial. No modern method has* been found for packing it that will allow it to retain its coolness and moisture as well as does the old fashioned stone jar. Tins are used for small packages, and some paraffin cardboard cartons and glass bottles are also utilized. Neither of these forms of packing answers the purpose with entire satisfaction. The stone jars hold from one to twenty pounds. Snuff packed in this manner and hermetically sealed will retain its flavor and aroma indefinitely. "The work of making the snuff is sarly wholly in the hands of men. vjirls arc employed to do the packing. The men who stick at the work for any length of time invariably become ad- dicted to the use of the article they man- ufacture. It is seldom that a girl is found who does not abhor it; although among the people who are addicted to snuff as a national habit, the women are not far behind the men as users. "Seventy- five per cent of the snuff manufactured in this country is made for what is termed 'dipping,' or snuff chewing. The 'snuff dipper' carries his snuff in a receptacle with a small brush, or stick with the end smashed so as to hold tiny particles of the stimulant. The brush or stick is touched lightly to the nostrils, the user 'snuffing' in the mean while. The snuff chewer uses snuff much as plug tobacco is used. A small wad is rolled and placed between the gum and the upper lip. It is allowed to lie there much as a piece of tobacco is tucked into the cheek." There are quite a number of men in the trade who believe that the habit is due for quite a revival and that a snuff box may soon become as common a sight as a cigar case. The Oro Salesman. GET IN YOVR BIDS. The bureau of supplies and accounts. Nav> Department, at Washington, will open bids on April 12 for 150,000 pounds of tobacco to be delivered in May or June. Hereafter bids for the supply of tobacco will be received in the fall. ^^^%%^»% SUN-CVRED BEING MARKETED IN RICHMOND. Richmond, Va., March 18. All of the sun-cured leaf left from last year' s crop in the hands of the farmers is in good handling order as a result of the rainy season, and it is probable that the bulk of it will be marketed within the next two weeks. The agents of warehousemen who have been out in the country report that there is very little more to come. Offerings now are mostly common to medium stocks, and buyers arc of the opinion that there are few fine goods left. The breaks were heavy this week. CHANGE IN A LOUISVILLE WARE- HOVSE COMPANY. The Tobacco Warehousing and Trad- ing Company, of Louisville, Ky., which occupies three and a half acres of space at Eleventh and Magnolia streets, will discontinue its present line of business April I, and will undertake a general manufacturing and merchandise business. y8»! % i £vii^ IKl wmm MADE iSiCIGAR ^ ontheMarket /M.STEPPA[I1ER I Manufacturer ! Reading.pa X»*^>i;pi Write forSamples&Prices E. A. C^^^^® C& 0<=>' <^> Havana 123 N. THIRD ST Philaobl^hia gREMER BROS. & BOEHM GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T- BREMER. f 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ^lhcI Dealers in Leaf Tobacco JOHN U. FEHR. Established 1883. 0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. J. U FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco ^oo Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN6, PA. #L> HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in ' LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. ORTH Third Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Havanaf Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal Tobacco H.T«lMchik. ir Retail Department IS Strictly Up-to-Dste. Importer |of AND- Dealer in G. H. BOESCH, Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. VELENCHIK BROS. SatSfb LEAF T0B/IQQO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVTHINER J- P*INC» LO UIS B YTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. -j- .| . | - . and Commission Merchants. T IVlIaaClpIlia. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. €^\ L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBRMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra.'*Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ■ '•-V.,' THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74, special Partner -Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo. NVNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJ0,PART1D0 and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: ••Angel," Havana Reina. 20, Havan^L p. O. Box 98 Not Much Movement in the Havana Market. Vuelta Abajo Slow, and Partido Fillers are Almost Entirely Neglected. Some Buyers are Visiting the Tobacco Fields to Try to Get a ' • Line on the New Crop. Two Days' Rain Needed. (Special Correspondence of The Tobacco While quite a number of new buyers from the United States have made their appearance, the number of transactions ■reported do rot reflect the whole move- ment, as some sales were made from second hands and these are not men- tioned. There is still a strong demand for first and second capaduras, as well as heavy Vuelta Abajo styles for mixing purposes, and these classes are either woefully missing or are held at figures way above the views of buyers, and for this reason the market has not been as active as it might have been had the prevailing con- ditions been different. Medium qualities in Vuelta Abajo are moving off slowly, and Partido fi lers are almost entirely neglected. The attention of some of the Northern buyers has also been directed to the coming crop, and several of them have gone to the Vuelta Abajo and Partido districts to form their own opinions, although owing to the continuous drought very little can be seen, and it is still loo early to form any absolutely correct judgment. While light rains have fallen in the city of Havana, they were only from pass ing clouds, and did not even extend all over the town, so the same conditions have prevailed in the country. It is a pity that some farmers for the sake of trying to bring their crops to market are till zing the little moisture that may be in the air to take down their oujes (poles), and commence bundling and piling their their tobacco. Men of experience are averse to this practice and contend that the latter pro- cess ought not to begin until it has rained steadily for a couple of days at least, so the ground is soaked, and that then only the true and lasting "blandura" com- mences, which will produce the correct fermentation process in the piles. By following these rules the experienced veguero will obtain thoroughly cured tobacco, which will always keep, be free from worms and command the best prices. On the other hand, the tobacco which is taken down too early and piled up when the air is yet more or less dry, will aever ferment thoroughly and will re- main raw and uncured even in the bales all the time, and thus fetch only low prices. When there is an excess of jnoisturc the piling process ought not to be underuken, as then the fermcnUtion ESTABLISHED 1844 I World.] Havana, March 13, 1905. will be too strong and the tobacco likely to burn and become almost worthless. One dealer and packer of tobacco, who also exports directly to the United States, gives as his opinion that the Vuelta Abajo and Partido crops will be fully 25 per cent, shorter this year, while as far as Remedios is concerned he pre fers to wait one month before committing himself as to the possible quantity, as everything will depend upon the weather this month. Sales last week are reported as 2,625 biles in all, or 1,972 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 95 of Partido and 558 of Remedios. The American buyers are credited with 2.275 bales, and the local factories with 350. Exports last week were 3,823 bales, all to the United States, excepting 5 bales, which were shipped to London, England. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: — B. J. Krausman, of Have- meyer & Vigelius, M. Heuman, of M. Heuman, Ed. Manrara, of E. Manrara & Co., Hubbard Park, of Park & Til- ford, and N. Mooyer, of G. S. Nicholas, New York; Pantaleon Carcaba, of Gar- cia, Vega & Carcaba, New York and St Augustine, Fla ; Eugene L. Kohlberg, of Kohlberg & Co., San Francisco; Ben Rothschild, of Rothschild Sons & Co., Chicago; E. J. Stachelberg, of M. Stachelberg & Co., and Vicente Guerra, of V. Guerra, Diaz & Co., Tampa; H. Esberg, of Esberg, Gunst & Co., Key West; Tom Pallister. of Tom Pallister, Ottumwa, Iowa; S. S. Swarts, of Loeb- Creagh Havana Co., Philadelphia and Havana; Robert Middlemas, of Walters & Co., London. Departures: — A. Blumenstiel, for Porto Rico, via Santiago de Cuba; B. Lichten- stein, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Robert E. Lane, for New York; E. J. Stachelberg, for Tampa. Havana. Cigar Manufacturers are, collectively speaking, doing a fair business according to the time of the year, although the larger factories are getting a proportionately larger share than the smaller ones, and particularly the so- called Partido factories are suffering most The market for the latter is principally Great Britain and Germany, and as the United States demand mostly Vuelta Abajo cigarros, the tendency is undoubt- edly to use Vuelta Abajo leaf in substitu- tion of Partido fillers. H. Upmann & Co. 11 HAVANA. CUBA, BdctYkers and ^ ComiTiission Merchscnts SHIPTEI^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF T03ACC0 IfANUFACTURBRS OP I The Celebrated Cigecf BreLiid FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA« Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RBMIGIO LOPMZ y HBRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands 2/^ Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83A Amistad St.. HABANA, CUBA. BANCES & LOPEZ '"^ -■* _■ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to ordert. Cigtti atde ttrictly of tke very bttl VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO NaRCISO GONZAtEZ. Vknancio Diaz, Special* Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO • 10 An/^eies St.. H AV A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Bo« m: SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. enC.) KandlDealersIin 1j62II iOD£ICCO FIGURASM39-4I, cab c. •cueura- HAVANA, CUBA. 1« . A. C^*-*^^® dS O^- -J Independent Cigar Factory WiitW SOL and '^Otm;.^i^ LUIS MARX ^Ajilnf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. The Oldest Brand 'ARTAGAS YG? ^^BANi^ SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca» Cable: Cl PER. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. Amraao. ANTONIO SUAREZ S enC Almacen de tabaco en i^ama BSPMCIAUDAD BN TABACOS FINOS de VUSITA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA Jose Menendez, A-ltnacenista de JLabaco en RamM Mspecialidad Tabaco de Partido Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpeenJtr in Vuella. AImio, Semi Vueltft. j ParibU. IndusiriaL 176, HABANA, CUBA. JOAQUIIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA ^ CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf S3a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: ' Jhdhsa." Branch Horse:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. Sw Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOI^GE 8t P. CASTflflEDA GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Hsivana Iieaf Tobacco Dragones 108-110, HA VA NA GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de /uelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Aptrttdo 270. Cable: Zalezgon, AVMLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Ra PRADO 193, Habana AIXALA ^ CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. W-SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS,^ P. O. Box 298. Cable Address. -Aixalaco." ^^ ^m Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguei B. DIAZ & CO. Growers atAd Packers of VueltdL Abajo and PdLftido Toba.cco PRADO 125, Obie>-ZAii>co HABANA, CUBA. JW. GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER IN VucHa. Abatjo, PaLrtido sind R.emedio8 cabie-puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA. CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte js6, cbi.-..CAu,A." HABANA, CUBA. » cHW C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO W O R I, D II EaUblithed 1834 Independent Yaelta Abajo Factory Por Larranaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga, Havana Aancxed Brandi : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K, Sir Walter Raleigh L«L Columnia de I«l VictorisL, Lbl Irmak, and Lsl Guipuzcoana. :^'^Iuft^?2 As far as wrappers are concerned the so called Vuelta Abajo factories, with very few exceptions, are compelled to use Partido wrappers on account of the •demand for light colors. If the smokers would only stop asking for light colors they would get a better cigar, that would last mild and sweet, and be of a higher aroma. H. Upmann & Co. are working all right, and shipped 400,000 cigars last •week. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. received •orders for 150,000 cigars from London, mostly all high priced goods of the famous Partagas brand. Their United States trade is steady. Australia s call is constantly increasing. Por Larranaga js getting out a new box made from "majagua" wood in the shape of a minature bale of tobacco, which is a work of art, fitting the excel- lent quality of the cigars contained there- in. Don Antonio ]. Rivero is certainly one of the up to date manufacturers, who exercises his brain to please the cus- tomers of Por Larranaga. Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. are busy in their Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja factory. Behrens & Co. received another order for Sol cigars packed in glass tubes from His Holiness, Pope Pius X, Behrens & Co. were the originators of this style •of packing, and have held letters patent since the year 1891. Owing to the -exclusion of air, the cigars retain their freshness for years, and never become wormeaten, even if kept in hot climate like Cuba. Don Carlos Behrens is said to have cigars packed in these tubes since the year 1891, which he gives away to intimate friends to prove his assertion J. F. Rocha & Co. arc continuing to receive orders to keep them as busy as heretofore in their Crepusculo factory. Rafael G. Marques is doing as well as any independent manufacturer, in his High Life factory. The National Cuba Co. is selling his Churruca brand with remarkable success. La Mas Fermosa, of Remigio Lopez y Hno, is getting ahead in the United States and elsewhere. Exports per steamer Monro Castle were 3.393. «30 cig*^ IvyiAtf. Selling %.nd Other Notes of In* torest. Barney Krausman has already pur- chased 700 bales of VuelU Abajo and Remedios, land docs not seem to have filled the wants of Havemeyer & Vige- tiut. Gonsalez, Benitez & Co. disposed of 350 bales of Vuelta Abajo. G Salomon y Hnos sold 475 bales of Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedios last week. B. Lichtenstein was a careful buyer of 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios during hi^ 10 days' stay. The death of Don Federico Neuman in Germany was announced here last week, and caused much sorrow, as he was universally liked and was a compara lively young man. having reached only 50 years of age. The firm of Federico Neuman & Co. will be continued as heretofore until the end of the original contract by the surviving partners. A. Pazos & Co. did a fair business last week upon the return of Don Avelino from the country, by turning over 350 bales of their fine Vuelta Abajo hold- ings. Edgar J. Stachelberg secured 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo for his Tampa factory, La Fama Universal. The Loeb Nunez Havana Co. sold 328 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Garcia & Co. reported no sales, but they have already purchased some 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo, tierra liana sec tion, of the coming 1905 crop, and as Don Manuel is a connoisseur, and only buys of the choicest growths, it is to be presumed that in starting in so early, he has not made any mistake. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez disposed of 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios last week. Antonio Suarez has also made some purchases of the new leaf in the country, and will open his packing when the proper time arrives. Rodriguez, Bautista &Co. closed out some 272 bales of Vuelta Abajo from their fine stocks. A. M. Calzada Sc Co. were busy, al- though no number of bales sold could be learned this time. Muniz Hnos & Co. turned over 200 bales of VuelU Abajo. Jose Menendez has gone to the country to prepare for his escojidas in various parts of the country this year. Jose F. Rocha sold 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara 4 Remedios Santiago deCuba Total Mar. II. Jan. I. Bales Bales 87 7.841 31 648 76 1.363 — S s 266 8.454 — 4.633 J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crkpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C B. TAYLOR, No. gj Broad Street, New York. GRAU, PLy^NAS Y @\/l. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Relna 22, Cable : Graplanas. Habana, Cuba CHARLMS BLASCO, COMlinSSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi«co" Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BBNITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 und 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: «'Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. BAF^ei/i Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mnaGeiiistas de Tataco eg tania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''lt*oru«of LEAFTOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. BrancK Houses:— 616 W. Bsltimore Street. Bsltimore. Nd.: P. O. Box 433. T«,mpm.. Ftau BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim & ScbifFtty , Hirscbborn, Mack & Co. Straiton & Storm, I Licbtenstein Bros. Co. 450 a 2. 944 UNITED CIGAR 1 Manufacturers} 1014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. WANTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHILandJUAN BAZAN CombmdLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHIINOER & CO. Sole Owners •nd Manufacturers The Smokers' Favorite Brands- RED LION, PA. It THB TOBACCO WORLD c/u^. (H /^ ^m^ HSC IMPORTCR#7lN LSAF TOBACCO OPnces: DETROIT, MICr«. TERDAM.HOLLA^NO HAVANA .CUBA New Yoitil^ MltCMOCNCR. CABLf AOOI^CSS'TACHUeiA* JVJBW YOR^. S. «ANS MOSES J. CANS JBROMB WALI.KR KDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS m. CO. Packers of J.^63/1 1 O D3/CC0 iUtphone-346 John. No. 150 WsLler Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF bliihed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. HAVANA TOBACCO «.^^^4^4.4.^^^4 4.4.4.4 ^^.^.f 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦ ♦-^^♦^•t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦' : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t New York, March 20, 1905. Goods were moving pretty lively over at the Inscriptions and prices ruled higher the retail counters last week owing to the than for some years. The American continued good weather, and unless there buyers have secured some splendid to- is another spell of winter or unpleas- bacco comparatively speaking but the am atmospheric conditions, good busi- grade of the crop seems lower than last ness will continue. The trade is con- year while the prices are higher. This siderably heartened up by this fact and fact will doubtless better the chances of the better business is naturally reacting the domestic crop, particularly the Florida on jobbers and manufacturers who are tobacco which ismaking a good reputation booking lots of orders. There was on this market, and the new crop of plenty of business along the Broadway which will be eagerly awaited, stores, and down in the financial district Among those who bought Sumatra was money was easier and the dealers were M. F. Schneider, who secured 73 bales accordingly benefited. at the first inscription and about 300 • • • afterward. Havana, Cuba Importers ftamatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son % 1 vNoasffAL 227 Of f IcCt 183 Water St A«Matt.Mni NEW YORK :0 It looks now as if there might be an- other definite struggle between The United Cigar Go's stores and the other firms which have small chains of stands, particularly the A. Schulte Co. The United Co. is continually opening up new stores and in nearly every case they have been in a position to take some business away from long established Stores. On the other hand, new stands have been opened by rivals of the United people in similarly near locations. This movement was apparently begun by the United Cigar Stores Co., and was really a force put owing to the fact that they had invaded all what might be called new territory there was for them and any further development was necessary in already occupied sections. So far there seems to be enough busi- ness for all, when business is good, but if the campaign continues at its present rate there can be but one ending. New York is densely populated but there is a Hmit to the aggregate amount of the cigar and tobacco business and after a certain point, competition will be cut throat in the purest sense. Meanwhile the manu> facturers and jobbers are benefiting by the increased call for goods and they, of course, are willing for the retail dealers to go as far as they like. Goods are moving well for the manu- facturers both in the West and South and there is a very steady demand for both Havana and seed Havana goods. The month is coming up well and is very far ahead of February. • • • The leaf market for the week was rather dull, not because there was any particular reaction but for the reason that there were not many old goods on hand. There was some business done in Havana but not in any large lots. Dealers are not anxious to move their Havana unless they get the prices which they had set upon it, and there is still considerable reluctance on the part of buyers to pay this. Very little was done in other goods with the exception of Sumatra towards which all eyes are now turned. Some of the Sumatra has arrived in this market and samples are ready. There seems to have been the annual scramble At the regular meeting of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers* Association, held at their headquarters last Tuesday- evening, very little of trade interest was transacted except the reading of the report of Sidney J. Freeman, chairman of the Exposition Committee. He re- ported that there would be room in the Exposition hall for 147 exhibits, allowing 100 square feet to each exhibit It had been decided to make a charge to the exhibitor of %\ per square foot, and from letters which had been received, the committee believed that they would have no difficulty in disposing of the entire space at this rate. President Robert E. Lane was back from Cuba and said that while on the Island he had looked into the Havana customs records and had learned that the independent factories were now shipping moie than fift) per cent, of the cigars exported instead of twenty per cent, which they controlled when the Havana Tobacco Co. was formed . • • • The trade is still talking a great deal about the decision* in the Falco- Falcon brands, the details of which were given in this letter two weeks ago. The exact status of the matter seems to be anything but clear and many of the manufacturers appear to be considerably bewildered as to "just where they are at." It is not probable that the decision will have anything hke the effect which many fear and it seems unlikely that the matter will go much farther. Some manufac- turers have gotten the idea that anybody can manufacture any brand which at one time had passed from hand to hand not accompanied by the original owner's •business. While there has been no definite decision given on this particular point it is not considered likely that any trouble will be caused owing to the fact that the law is simply to prevent fraud. The man who rightfully owns a brand can have it manufactured by whoever he wishes so long as it is manufactured under his direction. The trade mark is part of his business and he can have his business transacted where he chooses ; on the same score he cannot sell his trade mark unless he sells his business with it. ^\:m THE TOBACCO WORLD »3 Announcement is made that the United NARIAHUANA THE WORST EVER. Cigar Stores Co. has purchased the in- terests of the M. Goldberg Co., which conducted stores at 217 and 260 Green- wich 'street, 98 Liberty street, 2 West Broadway in Manhattan and another one on Fulton street, Brooklyn. These stores are said not to be exclusive of the le-ases which the United Co. is said to have gotten for prospective operation on J May 1st. • • • I. Lewis & Co. , of Newark, are doing much missionary work in Greater New York on their Golden Eagle little cigars. They have a strong corps of salesmen in the field in charge of their well known representative Wm. Turk, who has ar- ranged a number of handsome window displays of the cigars scattered throughout the five boroughs. Wm. Catlin, who is in New England pushing the Victor Thorsch's Buster Brown brand, writes that he finds every- thing to his liking and is sending good -batches of orders continually. The cigar is proving quite a seller. Gea H. M. Wyatt, well known man ager for E. A. KUne & Co., is in Ha- vana, where he will remain for some time looking over the market Nelson Wasserman, of B. Wasserman Co., announces his engagement to Miss Dorothy L. Cohen, daughter of Albert Cohen, of Brooklyn. Simon Batt, of Simon Batt & Co., is out West where he will remain for a number of weeks. He will probably stay near the Pacific Coast during a con- siderable part of his trip. Guy S. Kellogg starts through New England to sell his clay pipes. Every- body knows Mr. Kellogg and he always has something new in the clay pipe line in his sample case. F. R. Hoissington, o f the Cayey Caguas Tobacco Co., is at his desk after a very pleasant trip to the Porto Rican end of the business. Mr. Hoissington says the company has a new factory at San Lorenzo near Caguas, where they will take care of the orders with which their other factories have been unable to cope. Mr. Hoissington made a thor- oughly complete visit to every branch of the business in Porto Rico and expresses ' .it ii g"*i*ly s--*-"*^ *• *1^* ^*y 1** id things. • • • Partial schedules i n bankruptcy of Morris Futterman, dealer in tobacco and cigars at 522 Willis Avenue, were filed last week by Nelson A. Miller, one of his creditors. The liabilities as far as known are $5,738, and assets I500 cash in hands of the receiver. • • • E. Regensburg & Sons, of New York, kave received a decision from the Treasury Department, at Washington, which di- rects that on the exportation of the firm's America and La Melville brands of cigars, which are made from Havana in various sizes, an allowance for drawbacks may be made equal to the duty paid on the tobacco imported, less the legal deduc- tion of I per cent. — ^The Commercial Cigar Co., of Chi- cago, for manufacturing tobacco sundries, has been incorporated by J. H. Heldman, Edward Everett and C. S. Heinmann, with a capital of $2, 500. This Substitute for Tob&.cco Causes Madness |and Murder. Professor Starr, of the University of Chicago, in his innocent search for a substitute for tobacco evidently hit on a loaded shell which is guaranteed to ex plode at any moment according to an American correspondent from Mexico, who heard of the Professor's discovery of mariahuana, and who writes that the trade can await with deep interest any popularity which the substitute may ac- quire, especially among the co eds of the University. The writer states that mariahuana grows wild in many of the southern sections of Mexico, and is one of the most dangerous drugs found in the coun- try. So dangerous, in fact that in the city of Mexico, and other municipalities, the Government keeps special inspectors constantly employed to see that the weed is not sold in the markets. Its potency as an intoxicant has long been known among the natives who go on wild orgies with it A few years ago it was found that many of the prisoners in the Belem prison in the city of Mexico were losing their minds. An investiga- tion was started and the discovery was made that they were all addicted to the use of mariahuana which was smuggled in to them by the guards, who had been bribed for the purpose. Since then strict orders prohibiting the use of mariahuana by prisoners have been enforced. The poisonous weed also finds favor among the soldiers, who mix it with tobacco and smoke it The sale of the weed to the soldiers is strictly prohibited, and severe punishment is provided for any one guilty of the offence. The habitual user of mariahuana finally loses his mind and becomes a raving maniac. There are scores and scores of such instances in Mexico. It is said that those who smoke mariahuana fre- quently die suddenly. Leaf tobacco bears a close resemblance to the leaves of this weed which is usually smoked in cigarette form or in a pipe. A few Americans in Mexico have ex perimented with mariahuana. A few years ago Henry Hommert a former well known citizen of San Antonio, pur- chased a large coffee plantation in southern Mexico. He was induced to try smoking mariahuana. He became addicted to the habit, which rendered him insane and finally resulted in his death. In another instance the superintendent of a mine in Mexico, who was an American, became the object of hatred of one of the men in his employ. The Mexican mixed mariahuana with the American's tobacco. The latter was made wildly insane from smoking the mixture and made a vicious attack upon a party of miners. He was shot and killed in the affray. So much for Professor Starr's great and tonic substitute for tobacco. — The Joplin Tobacro Co., of Joplin, Mo., has been incorporated with $5,000 capital, by James W. Rosborough, Thos. D. Williams, of Joplin, and John Davis, of St Louis, to manufacture and deal in ! cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. A. COHN <& CO. IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS UP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BOINEMANN MANUEL SUAMBE Mendelsohn, Bornemann Sl Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Aerchants New York Office: 196 WATER STEEET Havana* Cubat MANUEL SUAREZ y GA.. COL8ON C. HAMii,Toif, formerly of F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co, M. CosiOAl,TOM, Frank P. Wiseburn. LooiS Formerly with F. C. Linde. Hamilton & Co. C. B. HAMItTON. C, C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighen Sampling In All Sections of the Country l^ecelves Prompt AttenttoM* %Merlea,r«rfectl7 New, Bight Stori^High,o4"05 oODlIl ot«) NCW YW PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses t •09 Bast 36th St.; 204-208 Bast 27th St.; i38-i38>^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. ^ Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. BarleTEdgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Mill«r« •06 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard U Orotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James L. Day, f^atficld. Mass.: Terome S. ftillineton. Cornin-7. J' /. Srtshliihed 1840. Csbia **llMi^» Hinsdale Smith & G)* anoorters of Sumatra & Havana TP^^l^-<^^>.^>^^ •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 OOclC^C^O 125 Maiden Lanc^ ^ ~^sL?;'^ NEW YORK. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .•••.Fine Cigars •.*.•. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. 9BAZIS& M. DOI3SB& G. P. Srcor, SpedsL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ^- Manufacturers of Hlgl-liiaile Seed &H8f ana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. F. H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. Manufacturer of s Gem Giyais TKc largest ai\d best CLEAR, HAVANA FILLED 5-ceivt CigaLf on the Ma^rket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they arc Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. Pal. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Haivover, Psl. Manufacturers of fine C'S^*** i^'Telephone Connection. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦J ♦ ♦♦' ♦♦J^^ -••♦J^^ me Bon BoiN-jnaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in 1 several sizes, is our specialty. ^»»i>KU%<»»%»»»%%%%»*^»^»^'^'»^*'»^»*'»»^ %»/%%%%v%,%»»»t^%%%%>%»»»»»»»»»»y%%% Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade iavltei. I Write for Particulars. i8 THE TOBACCO W O R L, D 'ffflV'ffffV IT NOW! r This is the time to place your orders with us and take advantage of OUR CHOICE LOTS LIGHT FLORIDA Sumatra Wrappers OUR TOBACCO grows in favor ALL THE TIME, and is Moving Rapidly. Florida Tobacco Co. No. 131 NaideiV Lane, NCW YOfk Telephone "5276 John" « Plantations— Quincy, Florida. # liinA Aiiilii iiiilAAiiiiJAAiiiitAii For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ubushed x U J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELJLERSVILLE, PA THB TOBACCO WORLD «• 13" il , EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Autliorized by the Governnnent of the Republic of Cuba ^iiifif:IMIKl.lJJII.f.Wl^llJII.IIIJ.llJMII:ailll^^ UUniomdeFxbRICanjesdeTabacosyCicarros ^rrs ladecuba ulorizadaporel Gobierno delaRepoblicd Garantiza que los fabacos.ci9arTOsy paqoeJes cfe picadura quelleven es^aprednfa son fabric ados por HABANA ■Hi RLPiRLicAPrxuBA nnPRnpirnftnoRTiSTirflEiNDumiflLESTAiREGISTRflDflENTODOSlOSPfliSES-^^RCPUtJi 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 (ac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authoriied by the Government of the Republic rf( li mow 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 which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, dgarettts, or ( packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers* Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Gon mt of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guaraalM wered by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bla«. & Son, has been confined to his home at Womelsdorf for some time, owing to ill- ness, but is now hoping to get out again soon. Business with this firm has been all that could be expected. They are fortunate in the possession of a number of popular brands. The El Draco Cigar Manufacturing Co. is doing a good out of town business, which is constantly growing under the able direction of Frank Comber whose headquarters are at Second and Arch streets. The firm has one or two new brands in contemplation. John N. Kolb, manager for the Theo bald & Oppenheimer Co., sailed from New York yesterday for Amsterdam, where he will take in the inscriptions. Frank Teller, whose place on Second street, below Walnut, was recently burned out, is temporarily occupying a building on Dock street which he found suitable fer immediate occupancy. Meanwhile his factory is being rebuilt as quickly as possible and will have better facilities than ever. The new firm of Goldsmith and Arndt, distributors in the East for the El Provedo Manufacturing Co. is starting out with a rush and bids fair to break records. Mr. Arndt, who has been well known on the road as a salesman for Julius Hirschberg & Bro. , is now on his first trip with a full line of the company's best brands. Business is coming up very well with the Vicente Portuondo Co., and the men on the road are sending in a splendid lot of orders. John Hay, Jr., manufactured by Stew art, Newberger & Co., Ltd., has caught on and is hitting the trade just right. The cigar is a worthy son of John Hay. Bayuk Bros. Cigar Co. 's new brand, BB Blunt, which has recently been put on the market to sell at 5 cents, is dupli- cating rapidly and the factory is having hard work keeping up with orders. The cigar has a good package and makes an excellent appearance. ANOTHER. TELEPHONE THIEF. Operated Successfully ii\ Memphis, Tenn.. ii\ Spite of Warnings. The telephhone thieves are operating again and in spite of the fact that the trade has been warned time after time, lately, this crook had no difficulty in securing 1,000 cigars by means of a tel- ephone and a bad check. An order was received a few days ago by Lee Morton, of Memphis, Tenn., for the amount of goods mentioned. The buyer stated that he was unable to come after the purchase himself, but that the firm should send the goods to the Planter* s building C. O. D. The purchase was wrapped up and sent to the place named by a porter. He found the man who had made the order and delivered the cigars. In payment the porter was given a check for I32.87, it is alleged, on the Security Bank. The porter accepted the check, but when it was presented for payment, it was dis- covered to be worthless. The check was signed by S. A. Coston. The police were notified and are work, ing on the case. Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS. Makers, Norristown, Penna. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. JOHH ZUDRElili Manufacturer of High C]\ aa ra 5 and Genuine Unioiv Made. Ephrata, Pa. Uoods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. JAS. ADAIR A. B. REIFF A0AIR & REIFF, Packers and Dealers in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Larife Stock of PENNSYLVANIA BROAD LEAF, ZIMMER SPANISH, LITTLE DUTCH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of &Dealcit LEAF TOBACCO, THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD ai % i ft' Telephone Call, 432— B. and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of r^E CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove«' our Samples. Samplei cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q. Box 96* WALTER S. BARE, ^^ PeLcker cf rines Connecticut : Leal ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco OfSce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. 9 J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in PACKERS and DEALERS IN LEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St JSont LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD Si CO. Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. - J. W. BRENNEMAN, packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office 8z; Salesrooms, \m 112 W. Walnut St.,*LANCASTER, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindeiv Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTwrArv Cu^t^ Fancy Packed Gebhart r/VCry VaSC 1 OAO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil V%3\3^ CONNECTICUT -^ 1 • > Packing Packer of I. H. Weaver, ' Leaf Tobacco ^'^-^ 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF PBiia. Br n ( and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER. PA. UNITBD PHONB3. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA and much Fiive Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber in L^CSlI Jl O JjClCCO i Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦1 ♦ ♦ ♦ I » ♦♦♦♦♦«%%'•%•%%««% ♦♦•♦^♦•f v»%%%%%% %»♦♦♦♦ ■»%»%%»>%»»♦♦♦ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing ♦ ♦ Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION. PA. MAIN OFFICE 1 Lancaster, Pa. I The Johns-Brash Cigar Co Manufacturers of the Celebrated "UNCLE DAN 9^ Absolutely Hand-Made UONDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa EDW. M. BRASH, Sec*y & Treas. ♦♦♦ •^♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ Cigar Boxes and Sliipping Cases ♦♦^♦> The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 NdLfket Street, LoLACdLster, Pa.. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ■Y H. B MFG. CO. ♦♦ Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber Largest stock of || ♦ ♦ ♦ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES GOLUHBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦••♦ ^♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ••♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦" m •t THB TOBACCO WORLD en Yo" Are ^^ PU£«TO pRiNCtpE f*- Cob Re ^b^ '.^.-^^F SANTIAGO ^ ^Ni E\i:?^ 1 AS MS w. t Your Hea^dque^rters At Our Office. ^^: K\ ^ We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedios, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Ve^as of Various 3izecl L,ots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of Havana Tobacco CX)INSUUADO 142 and 144, Havana, Cuba. % WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES I Philadelphia OKice, 306 N. Third SL Cable Address: "REFORM" V > THB TOBACCO WORLD 23 aUATI IITY 5 a o o a cr cr. r P 2 c P o p a CD Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. LIBERMAN MFG. CO- PHILA. PA. U.S.A. J/^0 JTU. J/^S. J/^^. ^-rf^ ^vT. Manufactured by . Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphiaL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street S6 THE TOBACCO WORLD SCHVTTE & KOERTING CO PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. B SCHUnE-KOERTING MOIST VENTIUTOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, bein^ operated by city water pressure, 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs ; humidity uniform. Correspondence Solicited. HENRY GOTTSBLIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers oP High Grade Union Made Cigars **The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigk* Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Che Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application* Brands:— 5^ Bear, 5^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. -^ J^ Lji (■"'^ j^ ^ L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE I i Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. ment does not concern itself with such a package. For a long time it has been the prac- tice of manufacturers to supply retailers with these dummy boxes when asked for. The small retailer or perhaps the drug- gist may want to mike an inexpensive display of a ceitain brand which he can do in no better way than this. In many cases quite imposing window displays have been framed up with this material, and lately a number of manu- facturers have been adding the factory number and caution notice to the box with the idea of making the display look like regular stock. The revenue department has been cognizant of the matter for some time and the present ruling is a result of its deliberations. Notices have been sent to the trade from Washington to take effect in sixty days. BUSINESS ALL RIGHT IN THE HUB. The Spring Spell Has Brought Prosperity to Everybody. Boston, Mass., March 19. The weather for the past week has truly been real spring weather, and it naturally was welcomed by the trade. As one retailer rem irked, "trade generally is good when I can leave my store door open,' ' and 1 think this dealer voices the sentiment of the majority of the store keepers. The jobbers seem to be complaining of poor collections but the ci^ar manufac- turers are working full forces and as I reported in last week's letter, are doing plenty of effective advertising. Visiting salesmen seem to be contented with the amount of business they secured here during their stay in the Hub. H. Uday, of Uday Bros., New York, is in town 'calling on the retailers with a variety line of bits, stems, corncob pipes, etc. Julius Weiss, with Kaufman Bros. & Bondy, is expected here the coming week. The C P. F. line of pipes are very popular here. H. E. Johnson has purchased the cigar store and pool room located at 374 Tremont street. S Epstein has sold his cigar store at 14 Bedford street to M. Levine. M. E. Shattuck, a cigar manufacturer of Worcester, Mass .suffered considerable damage by fire yesterday during a $200,> 000 conflagration which visited that city yesterday morning. F. R. Ginn expects to make a business trip to New York this coming week. E. J. Mulligan, with the Menashi Cigarette Co . is kept constantly on the go. His window displays of Menashi cigarettes are very fine and are causing considerable comment The Menashi is fast becoming the leading seller in 15c package goods. This cigarette is said to contain nothing but the best Turkish tobacco with a very fine blend. The factory is at present overrun with orders and such jobbers as Estabrook & Eaton, D. A Frank & Co. ,G. F Daven port are doing all they can to make the Menashi popular. The trade was very much surprised this week to receive a circular letter from the E. Seidenberg Steifel Co., of New York, stating that henceforth, all pur chasers of their goods would have to stand all the freight or express charges Sam Harris. President of the Khedivial Co., spent a few days here this past week going the rounds with Vic Sheppard their local salesman. While here he scooped in quite a bnnch of orders for the Duke of York and Turkish Delights cigarettes. Thomas Charak, the popular Cambridge jobber, is having quite a run on his Charaks Original Smokers Leroy Cu banos are also selling well at his estab lishment. J. S. Brown, of 8 Washington street, is f*;aturmg Grumbler cigars in his window and consequently is selling plenty of them. At H. E. Lombard's cigar store, on Court street, Leroy Little Cigars are enjoying a good sale. When it comes to making elegant window displays Chester is certainly in a class by himself "Innerseal " Ross, the Irvington street tobacconist, is having quite a sale on Virginia Blossum long cut. S. S. Pierce Co. is displaying in the window of their Tremont street store a number of brands of imported cigars among which are the Eden, and Romeo and Juliet in various sizes. Kozy cut plug is selling well here. 2}4 ounces of tobacco for 5 cents is what the laboring man is looking for, Kozy combines quality and quantity. L Miller & Sons, New York, announce the following deal: With every thousand of their Puritan Litt'.e Cigars they are giving gratis two boxes (24) Leroy Cubanos Cigars, this brings in the retailer an additional profit of 50 cents on each thousand. L. Bieringer, ot Dock Square, intends giving up the manufacturing of his cigars, owing to his large retail trade. He finds it more profitable to purchase his cigars and can also give more attention to his retail customers. Ben All THE TOBACCO WORLD 27 Rabelly Costa, Vales & Company ^ Finest HaLvaLnai Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. 1^^W"mi)=^: v/ 'i'^'^r ■■;■:«<■ >1E!S. This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to (luarantee the Quality of its Products. CIGARS Factory, Ga.liaivo 98, Havaiva, Cuba. 1 v'•^ -"-;^ ■• ^ 3^^:c'^: NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sole Representative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water St., New York. TAX COFFEE INSTEAD OF REMOVING DUTY ON TOBACCO. Plan on Foot to Place a Small Tax on Coffee Grown Outside Our Pos- sessions, so that Tobacco and Sugar Industries Will Not "be Obliged to Make Up Deficit. Good Arguments in Favor of the Bill. The tobacco trade will welcome the present agitation of a bill which if its progenitors are successful will come up at the next session of Congress, having for its purpose, the placing of a small tax on foreign coffee in order to make up the deficit, which it is considered important to make up before another Congressional election. The project is one intended to relieve the tobacco and sugar interests from the imposition of a reduction of duty on tobacco from the Philippines, which has been fought so strenuously by the trade since the proposal was first made by Secretary Taft. The opposition has become so pro- nounced that the adminisrration wuold like to avoid any further trouble if pos sible, and while it is understood in some quarters that the proposed coffee bill originated in the brain of some beet sugar Republicans, it is known to be looked kindly upon by a number of Congressmen and Senators who would like to find some such way out of the difficulty without having to offend the tobacco and sugar industries. The current expenses of the Govern- ment will increase during the next two years, and in view of the decided demand for public improvements, there will be many extra expenses, so that the only way to remove the deficit is to increase Washington, D. C, March 20. the revenue. There are numerous objections to do ing this by internal revenue, and the attention of members of the Senate Committee on Finance and of the Ways and Means Committee turned to coffee and tea as taxable possibilities. Certain suggestions made to the Ways and Means Committee during the hearings on the Curtis bill to reduce the duties on Philippine tobacco and sugar afford what many believe will be an effective answer to any charge of taxing the poor. This suggestion was that, instead of encouraging the Philippines to compete with American sugar and tobacco inter ests by giving them free entry to our markets, they should be encouraged to produce subtropical products, which can never be raised in the United States, and which are now imported in large quantities from subtropical countries that take very little from us in return. Rub ber, spices and fibres were mentioned, but especially coffee, of which this country imports immense quantities. All of these articles, it was represented, could be produced in our own possessions, Porto Rico and the Philippines. It was argued that by the imposition of a slight tariff on foreign coffee and ad- mitting coffee from American possessions free the attention of the Philipppines could be diverted to a highly profitable GEORGE W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTURER OFk High-Grade Cigars Goods sold to Jobbers only. Correspondence Solicited. A Medal was Awarded at the World's Fair, in St. Louis, in 1904, on our FEBPE S-GEHI filGRil St THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTUmLR OF ALL KIWOS OF 138 ft 140 Centre St NEWY0RK3 Cigar Box Labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER, M^r. Chicago, 56 Fifth Avenue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands ot Fine and Mediam I need CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only D. W. HUBUBY, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade naviiiia SPECIAL NOTICE. ( 12^ cents per 8-point measured line. ) Alfred F, Orera y Ca. Have Opened Offices and S«le«reome ea Gi^ar Brokers > Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. ******* ^-i^ n* * * * * * * * * *.* * * * * * * * *.*.*.*,*...^...,.,,.^... **%**************** **********4f F. B. SerilNDLEF^ Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Psl industry. Meanwhile, as it would re- Co., and the Campbell Tobacco Factory » A^ ^\^^ ^r.(r^m ^rrrtur have merged and taken into the combi> quire some years to develop coffee grow- "• .^^ 6 r *u •«-»««. / . .. . , , ij • naUon a number of other prominent ing in the islands, the duty would raise business men of that place. The author- large sums of money, afford the desired j^ed capital stock of the merger is I50,. relief for the United States Treasury and 000 and the output of the company it be of inestimable assistance to Porto estimated at 1,000.000 pounds of to- j». bacco annually. Since it is now considered imperative that some such measure be adopted, the arguments have been considered by the Senators and the members of the Ways and Means Committee and are meeting with much favor. It is argued that, in addition to relieving the Filipinos and the Porto Ricans and, above all, the United States Treasury, an ugly contest At 417 Beed Building, Philadelphia, with the beet sugar and domestic tobacco Where they will be pleased to meet interests may then be averted. the manufacturers and explain their methods: On the basis of the present importa T^ey respectfully invite correspond- tions of coffee in the United States, it is ence with First District Pennsylvania figured a duty of five cents a pound Manufacturers 3^-^ would yield fully $50,000,000 a year. IT A r" T O » Y This is on the assumption that an in. VulOAH ril.v^I\JIl.l| crease ot five cents a pound in price Building Complete, would not cause a curtailment of con- FOR R Ej N T ! sumption. in good lection cf ■ Secretary Taft is to take a party of p,^^j District of Pennsylvania Senators and Representatives to the capacity of 25 Experienced Clrfar- Philippines this summer, among them ^lakers. and 35 hands available, in- Speaker Cannon, Representative Payne, eluding foreman. For further particulars chairman of the Ways and Means Com- Address, miitee, and other members of that com- FACTORY, mittee. I. is proposed that these gentle- '^'^^"Vob.cco World, Phil..*" V.?ic men shall study the possibilities of coffee «-.— ^-^^^i^_^_.._.._.^^.i» in the islands while there and it is piGAR MANUFACTURERS IN PHIL- . , , .,, 4U .. ^ -. .U-. adelphia want first class foreman for expected that they will enthuse over the ^^^ ^^ their country factories Must be prospect. experienced in taking full charge of large In 1 87 1 Congress repealed the duty on number of hands and have complete ,. . , , knowledge in handling leaf tobacco, coffee in comphance with a general permanent position with good salary to public demand. Brazil immediately im capable man. Address Box 98, care of posed an export duty and transferred The Tobacco World. Philadelphia. 3-230 $8,000,000 per year from the United ^^ANTED-A FEW MANUFACTUR- States Treasury into hers, and the price ers who make union made goods r «■ „^j ^K^ o«w«*» q;«/.» for $20, less 10 per cent, and 20 per cent, of coffee remained the same. Since ^^^ for cash, to^bmit samples; can use then, it is argued, the United States has entireoutput. Also non-union goods from lost on Brazilian coffee alone I304.869, 17-50 up. Must submit samnle. AHrli*. 852 in revenue, "'*^'i» *^'^ Rrayiiian trnH#» '^' * 3*2af rA.B.CLlME> STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FABRICONAROLFEiSCHOICE, ' POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPIRE • ■ balance against the United States during \X7 ANTED— CHEWING ANDSMOK- that period has aggregated $1,328,167,- . ^ ing tobacco salesmen for the follow- mdi pciiuu BB 6 .J . /. ing territory: Pennsylvania.Ohio Indiana 670. New York and New Jersey. Must have France raises a heavy amount of experience, and furnish good reference, revenue by a duty on coffee of almost 15 Addre|»s^TH« Gi,atfbi,tkr-Snyder Tob. cents a pound; Italy taxes it almost as '— ^^— — —— ^» much as France; Germany at the rate QiGAR SALESMAN for city and near- of 5 cents; while England. Austria and ieoe'^L^wL c?:il»rnd trld^^^Xld Other countries derive large revenues apply. Good opening for live man. Also, from this source. The United States, » salesman who has experience selling goods from a wagon. Call in person, the greatest coffee consuming nation, Bayuk Bros., 50 North Third St. TPhila. alone derives no income from this article. TOBACCO COMPANIES MERGE. Tennessee Concerns Consolidate and will do Large Business. Memphis, Tenn., March 20. "PXPERIENCED MAN IN EVERY -"-^ department of cigar mannfacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first -class factory. Best of reference. Address, Forbman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World, Philadelphia, tf Will buy for cash-tobacco Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable An important consolidation of tobacco ^7 Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags, . , . , , Box loi, care of Tobacco World, Phila t# companies has just taken place here ' which is expected to result in much in- \^ ANTED —SALESMAN TO SELL creased business for the enterprise. i^uu.JJ^!*^!??, ?"''^^ ^l^% °^ *=^«*" t«> "r ^ .„ XT. ^xM r . ' JobberswestofSt. Louis. Address Waltz, The Greencville(Tenn.) Manufacturing Maursr & Co., Orwigsburg, Pa. 3-23r i C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. "" — •^HE TOBACCO WORLD ■JFT* " ' ■ -j-n -OUR TWO BIG SELLERS- Wc Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. > o 00 > W'' •^'/i ;radei ii'i ii>> ^w lilr rifo fi'i MARK £HEWIN6j5M0KING ■la^nawtii 55 s AGOOD^ACOOL CHLW^ SMOKE. THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No, 38, YOM, PMNNA., U. S.A. Ninth fist., Pa, CREDITORS OF FOND DV LAC CON- CERN LOSE ALL.: Milwaukee, Wis., March 18. It is understood that the creditors of J. S. Hall, manager of the Metropolitan cigar store, of F"ond du Lac, Wis., who disappeared in December, will not realize any part of their claims, which amount to a considerable sum. The creditors are all Milwaukee and Chicago jobbers. Imports of Tobacco, etc. Arrivals at the port of New York from foreign points during the week ending March 20, 1905. Havana— Jas. E. Ward & Co, 3 cases cigarettes and tobacco, 7 do cigarettes Carl Vogt's Sons Green hall Bros Leonard Friedman & Co J as. E. Ward & Co E. M. Schwarz & Co Levi Blumensteil & Co A. Gonzalez & Co Rothschild & Bro Wm.Bader R. M. Blake & Co A. Murphy & Co E. Spingarn & Co Max Schwarz Rollin H. Mills E. Regensburg & Sons Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co Hinsdale Smith & Co A. Diaz & Co Rothschild & Bro J. Bernheim & Son Jas. E. Ward & Co Havana Tobacco Co American Cigir Co Havana Tobacco Co I « 90 bales 79 " 37 36 35 3« 26 20 12 13 I I 10 " 8 " 4 " 30 bbls. 20 " 19 " 18 I < ( I 1 1 I f 10 3 15 cases I " 15 pkge. I •• SUMATRA TOBACCO. Str. Noordam, arrived March 1 (137 bales; 565 cases.) Otto Malchow & Co 73 E. Spingarn & Co 36 H. Duys & Co 28 American Cigar Co 500 A. Murphy & Co 34 Penna. R. R. Co 17 H. Duys& Co 12 Pim, Forwood & Kellock 2 HAVANA CIGARS. baleb < I cases < < I < I I Str. Morro Castle, arrived March 15 (615 cases) Jas. E. Ward & Co HAVANA TOBACCO. Str. Morro Castle, arrived March 15: (1, 588 bales; loobbls; i6cases; 16 pkgs) Sartorius & Co 418 bales Benito- Rovering Co 331 L. Goldschmidt & Co 123 Hamburger Bros & Co 110 K. Rosen wald & Bro 100 Lichtenstein Bros 95 Havana Tobacco Co Pither & Leiser Park & Tilford National Cuba Co G. S. Nicholas Wm. H. Stiner & Son L J. Spence Hesslein & Co M. E. Caule W. A Brown & Co F. Hirsch & Co Garcia Pando & Co K. A. Kline & Co C, A. Van Rensselaer & Co F. E. Fonseca & Co P. H. Petry & Co Everett Heany & Co 366 163 20 15 13 12 9 3 3 2 2 cases case «« (< ♦♦t ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ** La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiBARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick™5c.---Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-— Boston Beauties Puro-— Porto Rico Crooks. t Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ^ J*^ Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ^'^X ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ THB TOBACCO WOELD THE TOBACCO WORLD 3« I American Tobacco Company Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper HeidsiecK Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug New^sboy Plug Drummond Nat. Leaf Plu J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug I They Please all MS \ AlAvays Uniform and Reliable Cigar Largest Assortment of N»aufactarers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Plain and Fancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price Lioi to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. "^ CHANGES IN CHICAGO PEALERS. Col. Difffley Opens His New Saor) :^. 0> X 1 it ovSuNex 11 STOCK CARDS ♦ ***5fC******5i«** * * ************* *^** :^ A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L NISSLY, Treasurer. \ ¥t The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. :• ;; '=«■*'■•' M»rieM»,P». ""S^ > ** MAKERS OF \ :;;High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars*: \ f JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar *« :* Onr Leaders: f IWA^^af ^- ^'«" < 'f'^ \ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar \ \ ai^'Olstrlbutors Waoted Everywl ere.0t |^ 3» THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN. - - - PENNA. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF linmier Spanisn ana Little vuu MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Cii^^ Leaf Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH. CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, TITTLE DUTCH IMPORTED SUMATRA, rHBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, Senna BROAD leaf, domestic Sumatra & havana. Warehouses— West Milton, O. Branch— Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF OKio Leaf Tobaccos The (ileim Cigar Co. is ac i* aaaking active preparations for the i^arJy ccni- inenoement of business It i^ ii corpo- ration chartered in this State, and the principal nienibcrs of the company are John S. Gleini. a veteran cigar manu- facturer of this city, with whom are associated his two sons, William S. and E. S. William S. Gleim is practically in charge of the business, and will de- vole his entile time and energy to the manufacturing department, while the company will be repi-eseuted on th" road by thoroughly experienced sales men. A bui'ding has been secured on Water stivet, between Chestnut and Orange, and is being equipped with all modern improvements an-1 facilities and has room for a birge number of hands. George Stumpf, of Stumpf & Hoas. has just returned from a week's business trip. A. D. Killheflor, of the Eureka cigar factory at Millersville, is employing a force of tifty-tive hands, and has a very steady trade. .lohn Slater, of John Slater & Co.. was at the factory headquarters last week, and has just returned to his home at Washington, Pa. W. E. Shepp, of the Ycuk I^af To- bacco Co.. was a visitor in this market last week. Walter S. Bare, < igar manufacturer at Lititz, is on an extended Western business trip and may go as far as Min- neapolis. He IS expected to return in about a fortnight. Luther M. Case, a Connecticut leaf packer, was through this section last week and while here purchased the 24 horse power Winton touring car from J. V. Usner, the well-known cigar manu- facturer at Rothsville. Case is to re- turn as soon as the roads are in a fit condition for autonu)biling to take les- sons from Uncle Jeff, under whose ex- pert directions he is likely to develop into a first-class chauffeur. Mr. Usner will buy a 30 horse power Winton car of the li>05 type. DELIVERIES CONTINVE IN YORK ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 lUMMERSPANISHX WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ^ Too short for ourj Fancy Packings. 4- Write for Samples. J ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ O • f ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Zimmer SpaLiiish X 1902-1903 ♦ "^ * ^Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- Gebhari Little Dutch *♦ somely Finished. 1 None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton,^MontgomeryCo.,0, The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District' But Bad Country Roads Considerably Delay Progress York, Pa., March 20. Deliveries of the new crop continue to be made at different points in this county, and it is estimated that only about one half of the crop has so far been delivered. This work was much retarded during the past week, owing to impassable country roads, which have not been in a worse condition for years. A local tobacco packer gives it as his opinion that some of the buyers of the 1904 tobacco crop will lose money. He says: "They have paid too much for the tobacco and unless they sell it be- fore next fall they will lose money. It will not pay to hold the packing a year or more. Next spring, tobacco planting in York County will likely be more ex- tensive than it was last spring, as the crop has been profitable to the farmer. All farmers will be planting tobacco, and if the yield is anywhere near the average low prices will prevail again, and the 1904 crop connot be offered in competition against the 1905 crop." But one York firm, so far as could be ascertained, is packing tobacco of the 1904 crop. This will pack 1000 cases, if it is possible to purchase that quan- tity of the lead. The firm is Augustus Sonneman & Sons, who pack annually from 500 to 1500 cases. They and a few cigar manufacturers in the county are the only local packers of leaf. The bulk of the tobacco grown in York County is shipped to the Lancaster County warehouses for packing. R. M. Granat, of Gillen & Granat, who has been on a Western business trip of several weeks, is now in Pitts- icrg on his way East, and will r«ch .?o?k sometime this week. Rod lAon. A new cigar box factoiT is to be started at Red Lion in a few weeks. I.. W. Jackson, a cigar manufacturer, will be at its head. Mr. Jack.son is also interested in the American Cigar Manufacturing Co., of Red Lion, and it is a portion of their building that will be occupied by the box factory. Al- terations are now in progress, and the machinery is being installed. S. S. Sechrist has purchased from T. E. Brooks and D. A. Horn, all right, title and interest in the Porto Rico Ci- gar Co., which will be continued under the old name of the Porto Rico Cigar Co. A goodly number of orders are at present in hand, and prospects are excellent. T. E. Brooks will open a cigar fac- tory as soon as the details can be ar- ranged, and will confine himself exclu- sively to that business. D. A. Horn will soon u\un\ a leaf to- bacco warehouse, and has already re- ceived several lots of tobacco recently purchased. D. C. Kaltreider, who started a fac- tory here last winter, is making good progress and extending his trade. The Cuba Rica Cigar Co. is occupying a new cigar factory and T. L. Adair occupies the building formerly occupied by the Cuba Rica Co., while M. Ka- lisch & Co. are in possession of the S. A. Stump building. A. Fauth & Co. have also secured new premises. The last three mention- ed were all burned out by the recent fire. As soon as the weather permits Mr. Adair will begin the erection of a new building on the site of his old one, which is immediately in the rear of his residence. A. C. Frey reports a steady business at his cigar factor^ and a good trade in leaf tobacco, of which he is quite a large handler. Holtzinger & Seitz are making very satisfactory progress with their line of goods. Thomas F. James, cigar broker, of New Y'ork, last week visited several lo- cal factories whose lines he is handling. S. T. Banham, of S. T. Banhain & Bros., cigar and tobacco jobbers at Manayunk, Philadelphia and also Nor- ristown. Pa., was a visitor among cigar factories in this section last week, and left orders for a large variety of goods to be delivered during the present year. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Max Kalisch, of M. Kalisch & Co., cigar manufacturers, to Miss Anne Cohen, of New York. The wedding is to take place on June 11, after which they will make their resi- dence in York. NEWS OF THE CIGARETTE. C. A. ROST 8z CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 (iioiceoj^Wct AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. •^^ Successors to S. L. Johns, It's Little, but Causing all Kinds of Commotion. On Friday the Ware bill was signed by the Governor of Pennsylvania making it illegal to sell cigarettes to any person uuder 2i years of age, or to give minors cigarettes or cigarette papers. The act provides that • 'if any person or persons shall furnish cigarettes or cigarette paper, by gift, sale or other- wise, to any person or persons under 3i years of age, he or she so offending, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than I300 or not less than $100." Dealers generally do not believe that the new law will make any difference, unless, for a short time, it encourages the antl- cigarette societies to obtain evi- Packers of and I .1 - ,'♦. ■ • /v .tf- I JohnJ.Csheman Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeo-^ Main Office, Mo Sherry stown, Pa. Mlli 3 Branch Office, 1 Reading, Pa. k ^ t J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located HVNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BBTHBSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. -♦♦ iti J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. HOLTZINGER Q3l SEITZ, Manatacturers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of PennsylvaiviaL Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars : DON SEGNO RXGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE Capa^fity for Manutacturiiig Cigar Boxes 1» — Always Room for Ons Mokb Good Custoicbk. 34 THB TOBACCO WORI.D 9BB CIGAH BOX EDGINGS We have the U^gz&i ftssortowra T. A. MYERS & CO. " Cig«r Bos Bdgingt in the United States, haTing over i,ooo designs in stoek. Printers and Engravers, - YORK, PENNA. Embossed FlagM* Labels, Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP Filler. Ready for Use. '*'^'^&Z:rlTs. 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. dence on which to make a few airests. This they think will be very temporary. A. SONNENAN <& SONS, Leaf Tobacco Packers and Dealers in Lar^e Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B*s. No. 105 S. GeoT^t St, YORK, PA. Madison, Wis., March 17. A drastic anti cigaiette bill passed the Senate today. It had previously been passed by the Assembly. It makes un- lawful the sale, gift or importation into Wisconsin of cigarettes or cigarette ma- terials. The action followed a spirited debate in which the American Tobacco Co. was charged with being the sole objector to the bill, which is similar to the one which is now a law in Indiana. "5. And when the Trust people saw there was tobacco in Kentucky the Trust said to her agents: Why do ye look one upon another? "6. Behold! I have heard there is to- bacco in Kentucky. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence. "7. And the Trust buyers even Ed- hodgeheimerand laybedukesky Gallahe- robervitchsky, went down to buy tobacco in Kentucky. "8. And Equity was governor now over all the Black Belt, which groweth L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 M. KALISCH (H CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiGAf^S i^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ D. R. SCHRIVER ^ CO. Wholesale and Retail Dctlcrt In All Grad«8 of nnn nmesllG&liiiiioiteilTOBAC 29 East Clark Avenue, riNB 8UMATRAS a •pedil^. YORK, PA fi. KoriLER & eo. |b!!i!wjLFine Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. OapmtAf^ 75«ooo per day. Brtablished i87«. Milwaukee, Wis., March 18. The American Tobacco Company will fight the anti cigarette law in Wisconsin and in Indiana Throughout the pro ceedings at Madison the tobacco interests had an attorney on the ground, but little activity was shown in opposing the bill, because it is hoped to declare it unconsti- tutional after it takes effect. rA.HUSSEvl LEAFTOMCCOCO. I WILLIAM J. NOLL ^^ Successor t Successor to J. Neff MANUFACTUREIL OF ♦♦ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. Boston, Mass., March 18, It \* as the intention of the leaders of the anti cigarette movement just started in Boston to have a mammoth meeting in Faneuil Hall today, but in order that it may be more complete, the meeting has been postponed a week, so that it will be held o n Saturday, March 25. Governor Douglas and Charles Bulkley Hubbell are among those invited to speak. Delegates from all parts of New England will be invited. Bstablished 1870 Factory No. 79 > S. R. Kocher Sc Son Manafacttirers of JFine Havana Cigars And PackeiB of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are trie ClllAKo Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . lOc. •*S. B.*' Half Havana, .... 5c. "S. B.** Utile Havana*, . • . . 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" MUdart Cigar Made, 2 fOf 5c. Special Brands Made to Ordar. Stauf f er Bros. Nf g. Co., New Holland, Pau '^ Send Your Cigar Buyor Mere. We Will 5ave Yott Mooey. -; rf^VTiif ^^rrty-r ^ '^f^^^ ■ i 1 1 i- 1 t 1 1 (From The London Cigar and Tobacco World.) An influence making strongly for higher prices in the Turkish tobacco market is the large purchases by Germany. Throughout Germany the pipe and the cigar, which have for years been engaged in the struggle for supremacy, have been forced to retire before the march of the ever conquering cigarette. PHAILOAH DOWN TO DATE. ♦ ♦ ♦♦-♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE A New Version of the Situation in tKe Kentucky Tobacco Fields. The following unique version of the situation between growers and buyers in the Kentucky tobacco fields, appeared in a daily paper of that State and pretty aptly describes things as they arc: "And the seven years of tobacco plen- teousness that was in the land of Ken- tucky was ended. • '2. And the seven years of dearth be gan to come according as the Society of Equity had said ; and the dearth was in all the lands; but in the land of Kentucky there was tobacco. «'3. And when the land of Liverpool, and all the land of New York was famished, the people cried to the Society of Equity for tobacco, and the Society said unto all the trust people: Go ye unto the Governor of the Black Belt, for the same have we appointed to rule over us; What he saith to you, do. "4. And the tobacco famine was over all the face of the earth ; and all countries came into Kentucky to Governor Equity to buy tobacco. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM AMERICA « NEW YORK X CHICAGO ST. LOUIS Hanover, Pa. "Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Oar Leaders: | "'^'^'/Juston'-'" } Cigars-8c, 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WHOLESALE Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. I I 4.4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦# ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^^%^^%% '»%%%%%%% »^%t%i%% ^^^^^^^»%%»^%%l <^^^^%»%%>%%»»%%%%»%%%%»»l John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN Mclaughlin qRS Dallastown, Pa. AOPEClALTYo^ Piivate Brands ^ for Wholesa'c& Jobbing Irar'e GEO. F. NASH JOHN SELDEN GOV. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence soliciied. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer of Cigars Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos Also, All Grsdes of I Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norih Queen Si. LANCASTER. PA. S. N. MUMMA It ic PaLcker of I Leaf Tobacco * PenivaL. Seed B's sl Speciality k Warehouse at RailroaLcl Crossing : LANDISVILLE, PA. * Established 189a Captdty, Twenty ThousaBd p« Thift, R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ^^^^^ '^ L. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL.ERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD _^_^^_ **s AN MXCBLLBNT TOBACCO FOR CHEWING AND SMOKING, Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of A Ready Selling Product m ♦♦♦♦ Big Prodis for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ m Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO., Reading, Pau !^ M. ^UFACTURERS OF Cigars C. E. MATTINCLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. M. H. Clark & Bro ""cIarIT Leaf Tobacco Brokers, f^l^ll.ir^^^-''^ Clarksville. Tenn M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker . "Bo»lei,"U. S. A. Hopkinsville. Kv tobacco in Kentucky, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land; and the Trust buyers came down and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. "9 And the Governor saw the buyers, and he knew them, and made himself strarge to them, and spake roughly unto them, and he said unto them: Whence come yc? And they said from Yankee land, and Ireland and England, for to buy tobacco. "II And the Governor said unto them: Ye are spies, to see the nakedness of the land you are come. And they said unto him: Nay, my lord, but to buy tobacco are thy servants come. "II. Then the Governor spake roughly to them, commanding: Fetch hither your Wallets, that your words may be proved, whether theie beany truth in )Ou. Where be the Simoleons ? "12 And it came to pass as every man emptied his Wallet, every man's bundle of money was in his Wallet. "1 3. Which, when the Governor saw the bundles of money and that there was a sufficiency thereof he was exceedingly glad. And he turned aside and said: Behold! now will I despoil the despoiler. And he returned to them again and saiih: "1 4. Aforeiime Ye came to Kentucky tor to buy tobacco: And ye did wickedly combine to take the farmer by the scruff of his neck and the slack of his breeches and despoiled of his tobacco; giving him therefor three Simoleons per hundred. Now, therefore, shall ye pay ten Simo- leons per hundred. So much shalt thou pay for Equity. "1 5. And he spake roughly to them. Then they were sore afraid, and said^one to another: Behold! the Governor is on to us, Yea, he knoweth our vain tricks. "16. And they returned and said. Thy servants perceive they are right up, against it, wherefore take, we pray thee, all of a sufficiency and roll out the tobacco. "1 7. Then the Governor opened all the store houses and sold unto the inde- pendent buyers also. Yea, even unto Ar- thurjarvisky, and to Jonandtomhodge- heimer and Nosworthyoberlinsky. But from these he exacted in Equity only eight Simoleons per hundred; but from the trust buyers he taketh ten Simoleons per hundred in Equity. " 1 9. And the people said : Behold how good is Cohesive Organization, Selahl" Leaf Tobacco Markets. EDGERTON, WIS. The buying movement is under a good deal of momentum in all the tobacco sec- tions of the State where buyers are riding extensively, and the aggregate purchases amount to a good many thousand acres for the week. The activity at piesent displayed would seem to indicate a gen- eral cleaning up of the crop, even at the ruling prices, which are lower than here- tofore paid. That considerable is being moved around six cents is evident. Sales coming to notice showing the trend of prices are: Larson Bros., 17a at 7 and 2c T. O. Mandt, 15a at 7 and 2C J. A. Quale, 12a at 7 and 2C H. Teixet, 5a at 8 and 2c asst O. Otteson, 10a at 6^ and 2c E. A. Wright, i la and 6 and 2c J M. Bailey, 7a at 8 and 2C Die Moe, 8a at 7 and 2c John Crowley, 3>ia at 7^ and 2C A. A. Watson, 3a at 6^ and 2c Carl Keil, 15a at 6c A. Halverson, 3a at 7 and 2c J. K. Daley, 6a at 6 and 2c Felland Bros., loocs '01 at lo^c O. C. Moen, 65cs'oi at loc Old leaf in country hands is still being sought for and the lifting process is all the time reducing the unsold remnants. Packers arc receiving a fair demand for cased leaf and liberal sales are reported. Large quantities of the crop are being delivered at receiving points and in some localities the railway facilities have been R.K.Schnd(]er&Sons PACKSKS 09 AWD DBAI,8RS I« JU( '-* TiiImppii .". lUIKluull 439 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. •^ # M fiTrrrrrrrTT of^^ "^ 123 N. THIRD ST HIL.ADEU'HIA 37 Solid and We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1935—1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. MIR SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. >j Established J893. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER T.L.ADAIR, ▼ WHOLESALE MANUFAC Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. f Estoblished 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade Telephone Connection New Factory 1904 ♦ 4 ♦ H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in X Cigar Box Lnmber, X Labels, Ribbons, ^ B^i'X I Manufacturer 1 Brands, etc. X ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Howard 8z: Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER. PA ABEN BHSEI^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. We have them in large variety. Send for Samplem» LARGEST William Steiner, Sons & Co. LiiKograpKers, azmn J16 and 118 E. Fourteenth St., NEW YORK. 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED o«3^^^ Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1508, {hh Dist., Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLts Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC, Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $;!5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Woikin..nbhip. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUOBE CIOAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES: — One at Ephrati. iwu ai Hahnstown, one at Martindale, two at Terre Hill, one at Fritrtown. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S UHBAN STOeiES MANUPACTUBBD ONLV BV LEONARD WAGNER, fTactory No. .. 707 OhIo St, Allegheny, Pa. I 5 R R R R R I C.A.Ros« ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦^^ :|: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Hs ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGNS Du €i CIGAR BOXES PRinERS OF ARfisnc CIGAR LABELS ManbfO[[urors - ' 814-826 LawrehceSt. SKETCHES ANir QUOTATIOHS FURNISHED WRITE rov 'SAMPLES m RIBBON PRICES CIGARlBBONS For Sale by All Dealers jmXTURB-^ fHS AMSBIGAH TOi&GCO CO. 5SW TWL 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOUACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED fd'^^B^eo^ Ten Cent Cigar Kstablished \>i Factory \')0:>, '.'th Dibt. , I'a. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. PATRICK HENRY Manufacturer of Fine Ciga^rs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at .*•".» > per lodo. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Co to the Trade at .*.;."> per Idttd. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Ciuarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of (Quality and Woikiu-.n^hip. pATR^^t^Ni^y Five Cent Cigar BVRi THE OUOBE CIGAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars in idequate lor handlin^^ the traffic during the week. Shipments were i, 106 cases — Reporter. For Jobbing Trade only lAPa FACTORIES: — One at Ephiati. iww ui Hahnstown. one at Martindalc, two at Terre Hill, one at Fritztown. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD _^ WAGNER'S Chban stogies MANUFACTURED ONI^Y BY LEONARD WAGNER, 't.ctoTT No. ,. 707 Ohio St, ABegheny, Pa. CLARKSVILLE. TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 286 hhds, offerings on the breaks 32 hhds, public and private sales, 30 hhds. The sales were almost entirely of old crop at unchanged prices, much below those asked for the new crop. Not enough ot the new tobacco has been sold to form regular list of quotations The weather this week has continued mild, and the crop is moving to the prizing houses of the Planters' Associa- tion, and the few dealers who are operating. The Association's crops will come upon the market very late in the season Its eft'orts are now strongly made to secure a full and uniform reduction of the planting of this ye.ir, and full meet- ings are held regularly all over the district. For old tobacco we quote: Low Lugs 53.50 to $3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4.00 C. A. Rost 9CCO A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN (H OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioi\, Pa.. Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leaf Medium Leaf 4.00 to 4.25 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4-75 5.50 6 75 8.00 Business CKairvges, Fires, Etc. California Oceanside — Mrs S E McCrary, cigais, sold to Oscar Anderson Oakland — B Abbott, cigars and toSacco bill of sale. $1,360 Connecticut New Haven — Chas 1> Wirtz, cigars, quit claim District of Columbia Washington — J Mackessy, letail cigars, etc, sold out to L Ge iger & Co Illinois I Marshall — Ernest VV^iiker, tobacco, s )ld out Peru — Walther & Hunt, cigar manu- facturers, succeeded by VVm Walther Kansas ^ Wichita — Casel Mercantile Co, whole- I sile cigars, J G C.tsey, manager, dead Kentucky Lexington — Blue Cirass Tobacco Co, cigar manufacturers, increased capit d to 5 1 50,000 Marylaud Baltimore — .S Bar^n, cigars, closing out Massachusetts Fitchburg — A M BelUean cigars chattel mortgage, $100 Middleboro — D H Farrar, cigars, damaged by fire Worcester — Y H Kunitz, cigars, sold out to David Mason Micbifi'an Grand Rapids— E R Carpenter, cigars, succeeried by EC Judd Grand Rapids Leaf Tobacco Co, tobacco, discontinued Port Huron — S Armstrong, whole>ale tobacco, closing out Minnesota St Peter — John Walters, Jr, cigar man- ufacturer, suit $300 New Hampshire Manchester — N Phillippe, cigars, e'c, damaged by tire Ohio Ottowa — John Fritz, cigar manufacturer sold out X'^an Wert - Jackson & Gleason, cigars, dissolved Wapakonet i-Colonial Ci^ar Co.ci;^ars, succeeded by Perfecto Cigar Co Chillicothe— V H Fuchs, cigars, chattel mortgage, ^270 Xenia — A Faul, cigars, real estate mortgage, S565 Oregon Portland — T Oramas & Co, cigats, real estate mortgage, 5500 Pennsylvania Scranton — A R Alexinder, cigars and tobacco, succeeded by Ch is Cohen Chas H Dickman, cigar manufacturer, judgment $400 John Schneider, cigar manufacturer, judgment, ^^450 Rhode Island Providence— United Cigar Stores Co, cigars and tobacco, damaged by fire Texas Fort Worth — E F Von Trease, cigars, damaged by fire Virginia Richmond — J G Dill, tobacco manu- facturer, succeeded by Joseph G Dill, Inc Washington Seattle — T P Window, cigars, sold out to V Grimes Wisconsin Milwaukee — C B Henschel Mfg Co, cigar boxes, increased capital to 1150,000 %<%/%<%%%%% — The Bluegrass Tobacco Co. , of Fay- etteville, Ky., has been incorporated, with a capital of $150,000. r' JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KlING DUKE 2/2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Mannfartttrer of titgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. F. a-4 tnaanf actuK all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit th« orld. Write for samples. — Kstablished 1834— WM. F. CO ML V c& SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ -4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦■♦♦ ♦■■♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4' ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD Lit »ELS NET AL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ lit ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl« 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^'♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- ♦ 4 4 ♦ ♦ 4 4 ParmenterWAX-LINED l Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVK advertising medium known. Racine paper goods Co. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, RACINX:. ^WIS .USA. ^.««**«s i t 1 t — OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH PRUNE and 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 & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK 4 444 4444444444444 44444 44 44 ♦ 4 4 J Combination i iSCRAPl j-Filler-i 4 4 ♦♦♦444444444444444 4444-4 444 4 Specially Cleaned and Care* fully Graded. We make them for 6, y^ QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE m 'SAMPLES m RIBBON PRICES CICARlBBONS For Sale by All Dealers *% ^ ^ MIXTURE-^ mz AMSHICAH TOSAGCO CO. BIW TWL INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE '^iW'^?vl?^n<:^""?lP E.A.G <& C^- H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS O^-' — " Phiuaobu'hia IPItilE / i h>^ ^ : J -■■f<' EsrABI.ISHBD IN 1881 Vol. XXV., No 13 [881 ) 13- ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 1903. ( Onk I)oi.i.ar pkb ( Single Copies, Fi Onk I)oi.i.ar pkr Annum. five Cents 4>. ^ We're ready to talk BIG and FAST about NATIONAL CIGAR TOOLS-lf you're in a PROVING mood. IT We'll send you anything' that we malie "on suspicion "—if it isn't better than YOUR liind— bacli to tho glimmering rails. . •; You ean*t And a better Cutter than the NATIONAL, because it never gets dull of edge, wealc in the spring, and loose in the handle. % You CiUi buy Ciarar lloard-i almost anywhere, but not as good as the NATIONAL. Hard as Bteel, riiriil as roik, smooth as irLiss, and STAYS that way. ?>^^ • There are all liinds of Knives and Blades— the good and the fairly good, tli) bal niitl awful ^ '^i^V. bad— but you don't take chances when you order NATTOV\L. <->» V, 'V!^ T The most astonishing part is the PRITF and our open-faced method of mirketiiig. V^v ^^ LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and l\^arietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. XX W Ti -I XX L ul ^ s. k 1903 Crop FLORIDA SUMATRA WRAPPERS All Grades and Sizes. Lig-ht, Medium and Dark Colors. Excellent Quality. Lowest Prices. fSchroeder ^ Ar^uimbau| No. 178 Water Street NEW YORK E. I^OSENWALB & BR0. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD AC r^ O^- <^^0^/-/A^A/y>* f23 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS or HILAOBLRHIA MANSiClGAR \ 114 ^^S^PhiiadelDhia That frosty look when the retailer shoves out the ordinary five cent ciga ! Discouraging, isn't it? Our RUGBY is a cure for such troubles. STEWART, NEWBURGER &. CO., Ud. Ci^ar Manufacturers, Factories 206 and 212, Firbt Rev. District, Pa. 29 NoHli 4lli St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER, lOcT) Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICJIT LBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co. lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 483G-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA Wort Popuftf All Nayina CIgtr Made KEYWE5T CIGARS DUNCAN qeeo Worlb^ FROM PLANT BED TO MARKET. J. N. Harper Gives ain Interesting Talk on this Subject The following interesting points on «'Toba CO from Plant 15ed to Market" were given by J. N. Harper, of the State Experiment Station at Lexington, Ky., at the recent Daviess County Farmers' Inst tute in Owensboro: " I'he plants in the bed should be fed, that is fertilized, but they should not be overted In the ashes of the burned bed there i-> much of the nitrate of soda; sometimes there is too much. This shcmld be raked off. Sometimes over- iee ling will cause the plants to 'french.' A fer ili/er may be sprinkled on the beds wiien sowing, or just after. "In preparing the beds I plow as early as possible six inches deep. Sometimes it IS well to skim the top and plow deeper, subsoilmg. We put out our lobacco as earl) as po-sible. about June i. All our experiments have been to produce the best leaf. The most desired is the thin cig ireite wrapper. I believe the firmers in thi> district could get much better re- sults in their tobacco if they would fertil ize more :>nd plant closer. The belter way is to fertilize in the hills. We had small cups made like pepper boxes, with the perforations larj^er, and had boys to shake the feitilizer in the hills. "We are always very careful in setting out tobacco. 'Frenchiiig' is often due to bad setting. In the bed it is often due to an insect or defective root. 1 don't think it is due to heredity in the plant I h ive saved ^eed successi\ely ifrom two crops of the 'frenched" tobacco, but did not find that it produced any great portion of 'french' tobtcco. " RICHMOND CHEKOOT PLANT. Operations Have Been Begun arvd Hand Made Goods are Turned Out. Richmond, Va , March 23. The Gordon Cheroot Company is the latest enterprise to begin oper'rtions in this city. The plant is located at Fif teenth and Main streets, and there a-e about 20 people employed in the place, exclusive of the managers and owners. Fifteen of the most expert cheroot rollers in the city are employed. All the work is done by hand, no machine- made ^oods being turned out. Manaj;er G. H. Gordon, who was with the Whitlock cheroot factory as manager for many years is in charge of the new place, and he is giving his personal di- rection to the concern. Only one grade of goods is being made — "Gordon Hand- Made Cheroots." The factory is inde pendent of the combine. Mr. Gordon said: "We will undertake to demonstrate that it is possible and profitable to employ cheroot makers to make the smokes by hand, give employment to the best class of labor, cater to the local trade, invest money here and enable the merchants and the public to get all the benefits possible out of an enterprise for and by local capitalists. The success we have so far met with is most encouraging." Mr, Gordon said that he had ample room to quadruple the output and that he believed the day was not far distant when he would have every available inch of the plant going full blast. AUSTRALIA COVLD RIVAL I). S. As Tobacco Producing Country it Has Great Possibilities. The following interestmg article on the possibilities of Australia as an extensive tobacco producer has been received from John Plummer, of Sydney, New South Wales, who has thoroughly investigated his subject. Mr. I'lummer writes: "A considerable portion of the Austra lian Commonwealth, an area of at least several thousand acres, is, like many of thel.mdsin the American Southern Stales, ad«nirably adapted fortobacco cultivation, although the industry, after years of ex- perimental l.ibor, is yet in its infancy, Americans visiting Australia expressing surprise at the limited attention it has received in many places. "In New South Wales, we are told, the systematic cultivation of tobacco d.ites ftom 1875, in which year it was introduced by three Chinese settleis, who produced within a few months a sufficiency of cured leaf to bring them ^180, the S\d- ney selling price being 6d per pound. Four years later the prices rose to 8d and yd per pound. In i 880 the area under cultivation in the Tumut district was 1,400 acies, on which 400 Chinese were employed. Two years later the price diopped to ^t^d per pound, then to 5d, and, finally, to 4;2d, a* which it did not pay the growers. "Recently the rise of keen competition in the Australi.m tobacco manufacture has occasioned a demand for locally grown leaf. "The State (lovernment has fully re- cognized the importance of encouraging the tobacco growing industry by estab- lishing a couple of pl.intations, in which the practicability of obtaining a first class article has been clearly shown. Yet, notwithstanding this encouraging result, the area under cultivation in the State during 1903 4 was only 407 acres, the production being 5,220 cwt of leaf. "In 1888, 4,883 acres were under cul- tivation, producing 55,478cwt of leaf, but there was no over sea market for it, and growers became discour,»ged. It was much the same in Victoria, where the area under tobacco in 1903 was 129 acres, against 2,029 '^cres in 1895, and in Queensland, where the area in the same year was 772 acres, against I,c6i acres in 1895. ' 'The cause of this decline is readily ex- plained. The leaf had not, save by way of experiment, been prepared in such a manner as to find a sale in over sea markets. Much of the curing has been done in a somewhat primitive fashion, Australian farmers too frequently imi- tating the crude methods of the Chinese growers, who aim at quantity rather than quality. "What can be done in the right direc- tion is shown by the fact that, at the close of 1903, a number of test samples of manufactured tobacco, from leaf grown at the Victoria State tobacco farm at Edi, were prepared by the manager of an Australian tobacco company, who ex pressed himself pleased with them gen- erally. All the leading importers in Melbourne also spoke favorably of the samples, and it was fully demonstrated that if due attention be given to the de- tails of cultivation and curing, tobacco can he as successfully grown as any other agricultural crop in the Commonwealth. The sole difficulty has been the imperfect curing of the leaf. At the State tobacco farm at Texas a couple of tons of tobacco were raised, notwithstanding the absence of rain, which, when cured, realized iid per pound at public auction, the highest price yet obtained in (^ueenslaml under similar conditons. Small cjuantities of tobacco are grown in South .Australia, where there are extensive tracts suitable for the purpose, but at present remaming unutilized. In fact, it is believed that the Australian area c.ipable of producing commercially valuable tobacco is larger than that found in the American Southern States. The quantity of unmanufactured lobacco imported into the Commonwealth during 1903 was 5 156,793 pounds, value ^'232.884, of which 4,998,969. value ,{'224,961, came from the United States. " BIG DEAL FOR. LOUISVILLE TRADE. Ryan-Hampton Tobacco Co Absorbs e in these sections for some time. The company's clerks are already in these stores .and the establish- ments are being run .dong the chain store companv's methods. The business was established in the old Arcade by Sigmund Levyn in icS67, and w.ts later removed to Main and Niagara streets, and still later enlarged to the store at Main and South Division streets. The present business was man- aged by Sidney G. Metzler and .Mark Rafalsky. MUST NOT MAIL CIGARS HERE FROM PORTO RICO. A decision was recently made by Commissioner Yerkes at Washington, to the effect that cigars and cigarettes nmst not be mailed from Porto Rico to this country, owing to the fact that the prac- tice, if it became at all extensive, would seriously interfere with the revenue system. Packages of cigarettes or cigars coming into this country through the mails as merchandise or otherwise not put up in statutory sizes, stamped and in other respects not complying fully with the laws and the regulations, would be diffi. cult of detection and would prevent the close supervision which is necessary to insure the collection of taxes on such goods. C. A. ROST & CO., AU Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. AC THE TOBACCO WORLD -^' ^^ SMOKE SAB ORG SO cc MANETOCIGAR GUMPERT BROS. _ Manufacturers ""^^"^^^f^PtiiladelDhia 114 That frosty look when the retailer shoves out the ordinary five cent ciga ! Discouraging, isn't it? Our RUGBY is a cure for such troubles. STEWART, NEWBURGER ^ CO., Ltd. Ci^ar Manafactarers, Factories 206 and 212, First Rev. District, Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER, lOcI) Oilier Bres. k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKTLBY.Sc.) Channing Allen ®, Co. lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphiar Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDAKD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA ttott PopiUir All Navain Clitr Ila4« KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN «l MOORHEAD. Inc. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. -The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI, Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. <& Go. H IMPORTERa O^-^ AVANA 123 N, THIRD 8T HILJKOmL^HIA -^TriE T©B^eeO WORLB-^ FROM PLANT BED TO MARKET. J. N. Harper Gives a.n Interesting Talk on this Subject The following interesting points on ••Toba CO from Plant Bed to Market'* were given by J. N. Harper, of the State Experiment Station at Lexington, Ky., at the recent Daviess County Farmers' Inst tute in Owensboro: "The plants in the bed should be fed, that is fertilized, but they should not be overled In the ashes of the burned bed there is much of the nitrate of soda; sometimes there is too much. This should be raked ofif. Sometimes over- ice ling will cause the plants to 'french.' A fertilizer may be sprinkled on the beds when sowing, or just after. "In preparing the beds 1 plow as early as possible six inches deep. Sometimes it is well to skim the top and plow deeper, subsoiiing. We put out our tobacco as early as possible, about June i. All our experiments have been to produce the best leaf. The most desired is the thin cig.irette wrapper. I believe the farmers in this district could get much better re- sults in their tobacco if they would fertil ize more and plant closer. The belter way is to fertilize in the hills. We had small cups made like pepper boxes, with the perforations larjjer, and had boys to shake the fertilizer in the hills. "We are always very careful in setting out tobacco. 'Frenching' is often due to bad setting. In the bed it is often due to an insect or defective root. I don't think it is due to heredity in the plant I h ive saved seed successively from two crops of the 'frenched' tobacco, but did not find that it produced any great portion of 'french' tobacco." RICHMOND CHEKOOT PLANT. Operations Have Been Begun and Hand Made Goods are Turned Out. Richmond, Va., March 23. The Gordon Cheroot Company is the latest enterprise to begin oper":tions in this city. The plant is located at Fif teenth and Main streets, and there a-e about 20 people employed in the place, exclusive of the managers and owners. Fifteen o f the most expert cheroot rollers in the city are employed. All the work is done by hand, no machine- made ^oods being turned out. Manaj^er G. H. Gordon, who was with the Whitlock cheroot factory as manager for many years is in charge of the new place, and he is giving his personal di- rection to the concern. Only one grade of goods is being made — "Gordon Hand- Made Cheroots." The factory is inde pendent of the combine. Mr. Gordon said: ••We will undertake to demonstrate that it is possible and profitable to employ cheroot makers to make the smokes by hand, give employment to the best class of labor, cater to the local trade, invest money here and enable the merchants and the public to get all the benefits possible out of an entrrprise for and by local capitalists. The success we have so far met with is most encouraging." Mr. Gordon said that he had ample room to quadruple the output and that he believed the day was not far distant when he would have every available inch of the plant going full blast. AUSTRALIA COVLD RIVAL U. S. As Tobacco Producing Country it Has Great Possibilities. The following interesting article on the possibilities of Australia as an extensive tobacco producer has been received from John Plummer, of Sydney, New South Wales, who has thoroughly investigated his subject. Mr. Plummer writes: ' 'A considerable portion of the Austra- lian Commonwealth, an area of at least several thousand acres, is, like many of the lands in the American Southern Stales, admirably adapted for tobacco culti vation , although the industry, after years of ex- perimental labor, is yet in its infancy, Americans visiting Austraha expressing surprise at the limited attention it has received in many places. "In New South Wales, we are told, the systematic cultivation of tobacco dates from 1 875, in which year it was introduced by three Chinese settlers, who produced within a few months a sufficiency of cured leaf to bring them ^180, the Syd- ney selling price being 6d per pound. Four years later the prices rose to 8d and 9d per pound. In 1880 the area under cultivation i n the Tumut district was 1,400 acies, on which 400 Chinese were employed. Two years later the price diopped to 5;^d per pound, then to 5d, and, finally, to 4>'2d, a* which it did not pay the growers. "Recently the rise of keen competition in the Australian tobacco manufacture has occasioned a demand for locally grown leaf. "The State Government has fully re- cognized the importance of encouraging the tobacco growing industry by estab- lishing a couple of plantations, in which the practicability of obtaining a first class article has been clearly shown. Yet, notwithstanding this encouraging result, the area under cultivation in the State during 1903-4 was only 407 acres, the production being 5,220 cwt of leaf. "In 1888, 4,883 acres were under cul- tivation, produring 55,478cwt of leaf, but there was no over sea market for it, and growers became discouraged. It was much the same in Victoria, where the area under tobacco in 1903 was 129 acres, against 2,029 acres in 1895, and in Queensland, where the area in the same year was 772 acres, against 1,061 acres in 1895. "The cause of this dechne is readily ex- plained. The leaf had not, save by way of experiment, been prepared in such a manner as to find a sale in over sea markets. Much of the curing has been done in a somewhat primitive fashion, Australian farmers too frequently imi- tating the crude methods of the Chinese growers, who aim at quantity rather than quality. "What can be done in the right direc- tion is shown by the fact that, at the close of 1903, a number of test samples of manufactured tobacco, from leaf grown at the Victoria State tobacco farm at Edi, were prepared by the manager of an Australian tobacco company, who ex pressed himself pleased with them gen- erally. All t h e leading importers in Melbourne also spoke favorably of the samples, and it was fully demonstrated that if due attention be given to the de- tails of cultivation and curing, tobacco can be as successfully grown as any other agricultural crop in the Commonwealth. The sole difficulty has been the imperfect curing of the leaf. At the State tobacco farm at Texas a couple of tons of tobacco were raised, notwithstanding the absence of rain, which, when cured, realized iid per pound at pubUc auction, the highest price yet obtained in Queensland under similar condiions. Small quantities of tobacco are grown in South Australia, where there are extensive tracts suitable for the purpose, but at present remaming unutilized. In fact, it is believed that the Australian area capable of producing commercially valuable tobacco is larger than that found in the American Southern States. The quantity of unmanufactured tobacco imported into the Commonwealth during 1903 was 5 156,793 pounds, value ^^232, 884, of which 4,998,969, value £22^,()6\, came from the United States. " %%%«%%%«% BIG DEAL FOR. LOUISVILLE TRADE. Ryan-Hampton Tobacco Co Absorbs a. Number of Factories. The Ryan- Hampton Tobacco Com- pany has closed a deal by which it takes over the factory of Hetterman Bros., on Floyd and Breckinridge streets, Louis- ville, Ky. ,and will consolidate with it their factories at Bowling Green, Ky., and Martin, Tenn. The deal was handled by C. J. Meddis, Chairman of the Merchants* and Manufacturers' Com mittee of the Commercial Club. H. A. Wartmann is President of the company; R. W. Hampton, Vice Presi- dent; W. E. Massey, Secretary and Treasurer, and W. B. Blakemore, general manager. They will employ about 250 people, and state that they will bring 100 or more skilled laborers with them, thus adding to Louisville's population. They manufacture a number of brands of plug and smoking tobacco, and their output of natural twist is the largest of any factory in the South. WELL-KNOWN CIGAR MAN DIES AT HIS HOME IN ST. PAUL. St. Paul, Minn., March 23. Samuel Lowenstein, prominent in the cigar tiade of this city and in Republican politics, died at his home on Selby ave nue this week, 57 years old. Mr. Lowenstein, who has been in fail ing health for the past two years, was for years affiliated with the St. Paul Repub- lican organization, and for ten )ears con- ducted a cigar stand in the old state capitoL He had a wide acquaintance with state politicians of both parties, and as late as the last gubernatorial campaign exerted an influence in Republican poli- tics in the Seventh ward. He had been a resident of St. Paul for twenty five years and for years conducted a cigar factory and store on Jackson street, near the Merchants Hotel. In recent years he had conducted a cigar factory at 193 North Western avenue. He is survived by a wife and daughter. SLOT MACHINES THROWN OUT. DeaLlers in Cincinnati Will Have to Do Without Them. Cincinnati, O., March 25 All slot machines such as are used in cigar stores or saloons must be thrown out of local stores before the first of next month, one week from today. This is by order of Mayor Fleischmann, and it is believed that several thousand dealers will have to get rid of machines of vari- ous sorts under the order. It is estimated that these machines have been averaging a business of from a few dollars to I50 per day apiece, and it is a pretty universally expressed opin- ion that their banishment will have a noticeable effect on business. Some dealers believe that it will really benefit the cigarists proper, as it is probable that quite a little saloon cigar trade will be diverted their way. The jobber expects to suffer, as he believes that consumption will be decreased. In practically evrt-y city where these machines have been thrown out suddenly trade has immediately slowed up. UNITED CO. BUYS IN BUFFALO. Two of the Best Stores in the City Pur- chased by Chain Store Concern. Buffalo, N. v., March 15. The United Cigar Stores Company has purchased the two stores which have been conducted by S. Levyn, at Niagara and Main streets an'^ at Main and South Division streets. Both stores are among the finest in the city, and, in fact, were recently refurnished at considerable ex- pense and present a noticeably hand- some appearance. This means that the United Company has made up its mind to capture a share of Buffalo's good retail trade upon which it has had its eye in these sections for some time. The company's clerks are already in these stores and the establish, ments are being run along the chain store companv's methods. The business was established in the old Arcade by Sigmund Levyn in 1867, and was later removed (o Mam and Niagara streets, and still later enlarged to the store at Main and South Division streets. The present business was man- aged by Sidney G. Mctzler and Mark Rafalsky. MUST NOT MAIL CIGARS HERE FROM PORTO RICO. A decision was recently made by Commissioner Yerkes at Washington, to the effect that cigars and cigarettes must not be mailed from Porto Rico to this country, owing to the fact that the prac- tice, if it became at all extensive, would seriously interfere with the revenue system. Packages of cigarettes or cigars coming into this country through the mails as merchandise or otherwise not put up in statutory sizes, stamped and in other respects not complying fully with the laws and the regulations, would be diffi. cult of detection and would prevent the close supervision which is necessary to insure the collection of taxes on such goods. "O INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE *E. A. C^ALVEs ^ Qo. <:^o^j> Havana 123 n. third st ^ PHILJkDELRHIA IMPORTERS Oi J.Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T. D*lMii. ii^ DOHAN &TAITT, ^''^^ D a,T Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /''^*^^^pf!if\ ^^^4 u cxl w ^ I A \ ^^7 ^J'ch St. Leaf TobaccoK *^ ) philada. ^^IS BREWERS o^^ \X^^^ • IMPORTERS OP A^ Bl Havana and Sumatra aod PACKERS of s^ Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia JfVLIFS HIRSCHBBRG HARRY HIRSCHBBRG Julius Hirschberg &l Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. fmforten of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER 8z: CO. TOBACCO to SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; MUton Junction. Wis.; Baldwinsvffio,N.V, PULAnEUWMjii, TheE Importers and Dealers in mpire Xr ^^ ALL KINDS OP L- fj^ , SEED LEAF, eaf lobacco havana "I'nnnni Co., Ltd. and SUMATRA ^vERS ^^^.0^' W-Mr-'^^-'^i'^-m^ '-^•r m^wa^mtm^ IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABii SIDNEY I4 BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SU MATRa and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^EAF TOBACCO 231 and 2JJ North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. LEOPOLD LOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana Packers oi Leaf Tobaccc 306 North Third St., Phila. AND GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LeAF TOBACCC 238 North Third Street, Phila. 118 N.3d St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB>qeeO [ti Young & Newman,SuBiateT& Havana L-..4 2J' «. THIH,) ST.. PHILADELPHIA ' Packers of Seed Leaf. ~ T&3f .> ^ . A. GalVES (^ Qo. <:^O^^HaVANA 123 N. THIRD ST - ■! IMPORTERS e^^y^ — ID SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE I EVEF HILJkDEL^HIA 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers, Philadelphia. i The Old Salesman's Musings. . ILETAIL TAX li WHAT WE WANT, advantageous move for the retail cigar Boys, it seems to me that the retail end and tob.icco dealer if the government of the cigar and tobacco business has "^^^^ to pass a law providing a license reached a pass where something ought to system for dealers in this branch of the be done, and done quick Otherwise, trade, to cost about 5 50 a year, and re if things go on at the present rate of pro- vokable if the dealer proved unfit to hold gress, the average retailer will have to ^^' j"st as in the case of a saloon keeper. take in washing to help him out on his ^^ would knock out all these butters in meal ticket. who are selling out of two or three boxes, It certainly looks as if the time has ^^ that the business would be divided -come, if it is ever possible for it to come, legitimately; and what's more it would for the imposition of an annual tax on ^c^^^er unnecessary all the feeble, abortive, the cigar and tobacco retailer. The in^practical, feminine, laughable, and proposition has been brought up in many at the same time bothersome laws that places and in numerous instances, but the "reformers" frame up with the tiniest -so far. it has never gotten bevond talk, grain of knowl d^e of lu tual conditions. Naturally there isconsiderableopposition It would result beneficially to manu among the smallest retailers, and from facturers instead of otherwise, for it those who are really outside the trade, ^^O"!'! legitimize business aid make col- but who have a cigar department in a '^^tions easier and surer without de^re is- small way. I understand that a good '"S consumption, many manufacturers also, would be op- posed to such a tax, but I think that in such cases, strictly in the trade, the op- position is a result of a misunderstanding of the effect the tax would have. Every year, now, seems to bring along a bunch of new laws which make it . - •- ■■ harder to run a retail cigar store, and the ^^^^^^, ^" average of difference made by fool cigarette laws that will make this ^''''^'"« the amount of trade choked out year memorable, are typical. Step by ^y the new tax. by ihe number of dealers the business is gettir.g more hedged ^'^o 'emain in busine>s, a..d while 1 ut by obsta:les than is the. liquor ^^""^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^" operation would be saloon business. ' extremely theoretical, it would quickly be The man who owns a saloon is under P^^'ceived that there would be a decided ^the ban of a license that carries with it a ^'^f^e^ence by which the dealer would special tax. In return for his tax money "^^^^^ally benefit he has the benefit of the restriction of -^"^^ ^° demonstrate what a fierce prop- competition which it provides as a °^'^*°" »* '^ nowadays for the man who natural and inevitable result. '^ trying to make an honest Hving out of A saloon proprietor in Philadelphia ^ ^'^^^ ^^°^^' ^"^ nothing but a cigar pays 51,000 for his license. The mere ^^^l"*^' '^^ "^ suppose the following case, fact that he does pay it proves that he ^^^^^ '^ '" "° ^*y impossible; can afford to. In a way, he is glad to ^ ™^" ^^^^^^ ^'s house in the morn- pay it, for he has no fear that every '"?' Maybe he feels a little rocky. Such Tom, Dick and Harry who can get hold *^*"SS are 1 likely to happen, so him for of a keg of beer, will start a rival thirst ^^^ ^''"^ ^^°^^- ^« gets a bromo, but in parlor a few feet away. ^^^^^ ^^ ^ort of square it, he stops at the In short, the liquor business, in a cer- ^'S^'' ^^^^ ^"^ purchases. He may be tain sense, is under a ban and has to pay ^ niarried man, and it is not unlikely for that fact, but at the same time re- ^^^* ^^ ^^^ ^° ^^^^^ an order at the ceives a distinct and valuable return for ^^^^^^V- The grocery has a cigar de the outlay. The cigar dealer is getting P^ftment, and the clerk calls his atten- to be treated as if he were under a ban. 'lor br.nJThl'.'h'^^^ "*"" ^"^ ^^^^^ ^"P*^ from which he experiences all the disad- purchase. '^"" ^°' '"^ ^''"'''^' vantages and none of the benefits. But he may not be a married man or I tell you it would be a wonderfully (Concluded on page 7) The dealer who decl .res that he could not pay ^50 a \ear for the piivile^e of conducting his s.ore has not thought it all out If he is doi .y much of a buii- ness, let him count up I, is present mer- cantile tax for a year and subtract it from the $50- if he can. Then let him Sulzberger- I Oppenheimer Co. (Llmlled) Cigar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sis, Philadelphia J. JVIflHLiO|4 BflRflES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made ia Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicile I from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of « Hollard's Premeers, hranklin Club, Luxury, and INUMEROLS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphio, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $3S to $300 per thousand. TIIK TOBACCO WORLD w TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- ^ TERPRISING DEALERS. "TF I had my time to go over agam," said an old cigarist recently, "I would ^"^TIEALM OPTHB RETAILERS tlireeieallygoodpositionsihrou>;h friends, is worth anything his ambition, and if he DON'T CHEW THE RAG. and though they p lid quite as much if not exerci-es his ambition by throwing him "TXON'T ARGUE, more than the average job of the same self heart and soul into his business to Don't argue among yourselves or sort, the money looked very small to this the extent of forgetting himself entirely, with customers. If the customer starts fellow, and he left one after another. he is doing simply what every business an argument, answer his question in a Lately he got in pretty hard case and man does. In fact a mans business pleasant way but don't carry along the make it apoint to get nearer my clerks, ^^^j jq j^^^g something quick. A friend ought to be himself, at least during busi discussion. It always takes two to make I don't mean by that I would tell them all spoke to the proprietor of the cigar store ness houis, and he ou^^ht to have no an argument. my affairs, or get garrulous in any way, j^ question, and as he had a vacancy, identity separate fiom it. You may know ten times more about he agreed. The clerk is a business man, and hopes the subject than the customer, or you ••Give him a fair salary." suggested ^q bg more of a one someday so he had may think you do, but the chances arc the friend, "and though he hasn't had any better regulate his life along bu'.iness nine to one, that if you win out in the experience in clerking. I think it 11 pay methods. Don t by any means be an discussion you will mifT the customer ness to give him a sense of responsibility, ^^^ j^e man's got a lot of good automaton, but remember that your sole and perhaps lose him. and make him feel that he was pait of clothes and he looks like the real thing, ex. use is to sell goods or give the customer No matter how often a man says "Well the business and not just a day laborer, ^e II be an ornament to your store." a reason for returning to the store. You when Im wrorg I want to be told of it, ' A clerk I couldn't follow that plan with, ..^jj ,ight," said the dealer, "send are NOT behind the counter simply to it isn't the truth. No man likes to be but I would watch a clerk until I made up my mind I could trust him, and then I would have little talks with him. •'Id tell him enough about my busi I wouldn't keep in my store. I know my pay roll would be larger, but so would my returns be," This man has the right idea of it, and him along. " So the man went to work, and he looked much more like a swell customer than a clerk, and he acted much the occupythehoursuntilquittingtimecomes. put down in an argument. He may like It doesn't make the slightest difference to find out that he is wrong, but he to the work of a good clerk what his ^o"»d P'^^^' »« ^"^^ ^^^ at some other wages may be. while he is working for time. That is the reason lots of men one which all the big successful stores game way. It irked him like evcr> thing ^^^^ He may know they are too small will stubbornly continue their side of an are coming to have. The day of the to be cooped up in su:h a place, obliged a^d may decide to quit, but until he has argument after they become morally clerk, who is either a dirty boy. or a j^ ^e at the beck and call of every man ^^^^^ ^^^ ^j ^^ic store, he will pay just convinced that they are wrong, simply in as careful attention to business as if he order to brazen it out were getting a president' s salary. That And it is nearly as bad to argue among is self respect. The man' s sense of pride yourselves while customers arc in the in his own ability will not allow him to sh'rk under any conditions. . . . J . And whatever you do don't whisper And when any clerk has reached that , ^ . . __ store. Don't even talk among yourselves on extraneous matters at such a time. point he is on the right road, and on the among yourselves when anyone is being waited upon. It gives a customer an annoying idea that he is being talked about. If you must chatter, wait until no one cheap sport, is passing, and dealers are ^y^^ j^^^j ^^^ ^^^^^^ jq spend, and to take recognizing the necessity now of having ^j^^t he considered insults and all for a gentlemen back of the counter who use weekly sum which formerly wouldn't their head as well as their hands. have kept him in cabs. It used to be that a man would spend y^g ^ consequence, in about two weeks, a lot of money on the furnishings of his every old customer avoided this particular store and put the cheapest sort of clerks ^letk whenever it was possible, and when in, men who wouldn* t even do at the rib- jj wasn't hastily bought what they had to bon counter, who couldnt begin to tend j^^ve and ducked. The other clerks road to prosperity. bar even. The idea was simply to get nicknamed him 'languid Gus" and it somebody to wait on the customers, and ^^s an actual fact that he was losing the TIPS FOR THE CLERK. that is precisely what that class of em- ^^^^^ ^^^e trade every week than his pay A CLERK must never let a customer ^\^^ jg j^ the store. ployesdid. Outside of an occasional clerk amounted to. wait while he puts an article back Some clerks will read this and sneer who forged to the front in spite of his j^e proprietor began to realize how in the show case. The boxes will do no ^j^^t the writer ought to be running discouraging handicap, the average clerk things weie, and finally spoke the man harm on the counter for a minute. The heaven. Not at all. Such things as some years ago was little more than an j^ ^ very decent way. The latter gave customer is not interested in the tidying this make the difference between a first automation. him a well bred stare for a moment and up and does not want to have to loiter (.jasg store and a second rate one. You Now in the big stores you will see a ^Yien said: around until you get through everything ^an use your own judgment as to which bright snappy lot of men who know their .-Why. really, I give the Indians just else. The sooner he gets what he wants yo^ would rather be in. If you arc business, and who are getting ready to ^j^^j they ask for." and leaves, in most cases, the better he worth enough to bring business to your own a store themselves some day. The ji^^ dealer saw the case was hopeless, is satisfied. store such questions will solve themselves, average tobacco smoker appreciates alert- ^nd after putting up with him for two It is just as important that the sales- for you will be too busy to think of such ness and intelligence when he is buying ^gcks longer for the sake of the mutual man i n a retail store should have a things. his cigars, more than is the case in a f^jgnd, gave him the gentle good by. thorough knowledge of the goods he is Bear in mind that the store is neither dozen and more other kinds of stores, ^^^ j^ your search after the ideal selling as it is for the travehng salesman ^ nursery or a play room but just as and a set of clerks that embody these ^-jg^j^ don t travel beyond your desti- who goes out with a line from the manu- much of a business place as the office of qualities is the best equipment a store nation. facturer. He should carefully study his the President of the Standard Oil Com- • • • stock, and study prices, wholesale and pany. BE FORGETFUL OF SELF. retail He should simply fill himself as Another thing: Devote yourself to I HE CLERK who will be successful full of information as he can, and he will doing things with the least number of in his chosen business, is the one find that it will always be valuable to motions. This is to save yourself work, wrong extreme and get one who is too who is able to forget himself while he is him, something that will greatly increase but also to get the things done in the much of a gentleman to be a cleik. He back of the counter and remember only his value. quickest possible time, or rather the will cause )Ou more loss than the dirtiest, that he is in the store to satisfy the needs It will pay him even, to know a lot other way around. When you get profi- shock headedest boy that ever was. of the customers whoever they may be or about the manufacture of cigars, for he cient in this respect you can have a A certain store in Philadelphia took on whatever they may want. can not tell how soon or at what time he number of customers waiting their turn a man of this sort some time ago, and the The clerk who is conscious of himself might need such knowledge. The man and none of them will get impatient. result was deplorable.' The clerk in all the time, is thinking of his last night s who soaks up his own business until he When a customer, in a hurry or not, sees question had been well brought up with fun, or his date (or the coming evening, is a walking encyclopedia, is always that a man is doing his best, and a pretty pretty good expectation?. He did come or who glances in the mirror every five much more valuable to his employer and good best at that, he never makes a kick. into some money, but not as much as he minutes to see if his locks are still smooth, himself than the man who doesn't. And if, along with this, you are very expected, and he proceeded to blow it or who gives a hitch to his tie every liitle For one thing his work becomes inter- careful to serve each customer in the as fast as he could. Incidentally, he mar- while, is going to stay exactly where he esting to him and it is a pleasure to turn in which he entered the store, play- ried a woman who had been brought up is, not moving forward an inch, until talk to customers. Don't be bombastic ing no favorites, you will find things will in the same manner. perhaps someone kicks him out. or seek to tell all you know at every op- go very nicely. When the money was gone it was a if the clerk has no respect for himself portunity, as an opposite effect will be The American public long ago formed case of work for the fellow. Naturally as a clerk, he will never succeed and has produced. Salesmanship or clerkship itself in line, and there is no being, so he didn't welcome it, and he tried to ap- no business to be in the business; but can be made a profession and secure the unpopular as the man who tries to push ply what little had clung to him during self-respect is not shown in that way. It same degree of respect as is accorded to his way ahead of his turn on acco-mt ** his college years. He secured two or is taken for granted that every clerk who ^ny other profession. imagined importance. can have. But above all, when you are engaging a clerk, and trying to get one which will answer this description, don't go to the THB TOBACCO WORtD The Latest Cash Register THE NEW IV1ACHIINE A MONEY AND LABOR SAVER A CASH REGISTER that not only records all '^ Cash Saks, Credit Sales. Monty Received on Account, Money Paid Out or Money ChanL^rd. hut in addition issues a check which sho\ys the total amount of the sale made, the clerk who made the sale, and i)rints m red a separate amount showing a sale has been made of a certain line of goods. This cash register enables you to keep an absolute and accurate record of any particular line of goods, as you are able to compare the sale of 'one brand of goods with another, as to which pays you the most money. A INational Cash Register Saves money and pays for itself out of the money it saves. Let one of our representatives explain how this system is carried out. OfT OVV HEBK AND MAIL TO IS TODAY NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY. DAYTON. OHIO / oirn a. store. Plrtisc rxjtlain to me what kind of a reijUter /,s In'st .suited for my buftiness. This does not ohii Havana 123 N. THIRD ST PniLJkDBLRHIA gREMER BROS. &z: gOEHM f GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMBR. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers dLnd Dealers m Leaf Tobacco fJ^J^J^J^ JOHN U. FEHR. rATATATATATATATATAYATATATATATAVAyATAl • Established 1883. f^^^^im^^N^^^Aw^ms GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I ^oo Franklin St. and loi, 103, J05 and loy South Seventh St., READIN6, PA. » B0TTS & KEELY. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PhilippJ.Kolb CoWAaoT.COLGAN Si£^ IS^^MfoRTH Third Street, Philadelphia. ir Retail DepaHment ia Strictly Up'to*Date. G. H. BOESCH, '°""' ' Leaf Tobacco Dealer in SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Havana Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal Tobacco 9L Y«kKhik. & Vefenb*. VELENCHIK BROS. !a:s'i. LEAF T@B/iQQO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVT3INER J- PRINCB LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers •JUO KEC6 ^^*p|^*f J 1 t* and Commission Merchants. riVll&(lClpni&« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Su matra .»' H a va na Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. t) THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74, Special Partner— Gumkbsindo Garcia Cuervo NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S eA C Growers ai\d Dealers of TUELTA ABAJCPARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ••Angel! Havana Reina. 20, HavaivdL p. O. Box 98 American Buyers Flocking to Havana Market. They Evidently Believe What Stocks are Left Can Be Picked Up at Bargain Prices, But This is So Only With Classes of To- bacco Which Deteriorate With Age.* [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.] Havana, March 20, 1905. The cry is "still they come," which in Sherrystown, Pa.; D. Nussbaum, of this instance, however, does not lefer to Nussbaum & Bower, Wm. Baeder, of the swarm of tourists which has visited \Vm. Baeder, Lewis Cantor, of L. Fiied- Havana, greatly in excess of any pre man & Co., and George Wyatt, of E. A. vious year, but to the American bu\ers Kline & Co., New York; M. & H. Davis, of leaf tobacco, who have flocked here of Davis Bros., Cincinnati; George either because there must be a scarcity Mitchelson, of G. W. Mitchelson &Co. , of tobacco in the United State=, or per- St. Paul. haps they thought no other buyers would Returned: — Don Gustavo Bock, di- be here and they would be able to rector of the Havana Tobacco Co., pick up what slocks are left at bargain Havana, figures. Departures: — E. J. Stachelberg, for The latter view is erroneous, because Tampa; Ben Rothschild, for Chicago; while there are still enough goods on B. J. Krausman, and H. Mooyer, for hand to supply the newcomers, prices New York; S. S. Swartz, for Philadel- have not gone down for any vegas of phia; Eugene L. Kohlberg, for San merit. The holders, knowing the situa- Francisco; H. Esberg, for Key West. tion thoroughly, prefer to keep their „^^^^^ ^,.^^^ Manufacturer. coods rather than to let them go at any ^ 11, ■ . * J ,. ,, • , report very Utile change in the previously concession, and this naturally restricts the r.«»«H ^««H. ♦.«„.- Orders are arriving r number of transaction?. * On the other hand, there are certain growths and classes of tobacco which will not improve with age, and these the owners are willing to let go, meeting the buyers in their views. As regards the new crop, it is now said that owing to the rains in the Santa Clara province, there may be a chance of making another cutting of capaduras, so the number of bales may perhaps be a trifle larger, provided the rainy season does not set in too early to destroy the present hopes. As far as Vuelta Abajo and Partido are concerned, it is too late now to increase the quantity of the crop. The few days ot rain have enabled some farmers to take down the dried tobacco rom the poles, making it into bundles and to throw the latter into piles, so if the weather should prove favorable, the escojidas may start up some time in April. Sales =1 ESTABLISHED 1844 I noted conditions in small quantities with regularity from nearly all the consuming countries, but the smaller factories are still complain ing that business is not what they expected it to be at this season of the year. Statistic?, however, show that during the first two months of this year there has been an increase of about 9 per cent in the exports to all countries as compared wiih the year 1904; therefore, matters are not as bad as pessimistic manufiicturers are apt to proclaim. H. Upmann & Co. are doing a fair business, having received some good orders from the United States, Great Britain, South America and France, which may necessitate their seating more cigarmakers. Their shipments last week ran up to 475,000 cigars. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. have noted no falling off in the demand for their Partagas brand since the beginning of this year, and they still turn out on H. Upmann & Co HAVANA* CUBA. ^ Bd^nkers and Commission Merchscnts SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAR^^ and LEAF TO*BACCO The Celebrsted MANUFACTURERS OT ^^ Cig8Lf Br a, nd FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA. last week are reported as 3.434 bales in »" average 45.000 cigars daily. Maquila all. or 2,581 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 230 (^°" Jos« Fernandez), who went to the of Partido and 623 of Remedios. The Vuelta Abajo to inspect their recent pur- American buyers are credited with 2,255 chases of the new crop, is highly pleased bales, and the local factories with 1,199. '^^^*'' ^^^ "*'*' tobacco, and is sure that Exports during the past week were *^« ^^"^« °^ *^« Partaga-, factory cigars 4.929 bales, all to the United States, ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^y maintained during this and excepting 4*4 bales which had been ^hc coming year, even if in order to do previously purchased and were shipped so they had to pay very high figures for per steamer La Normandie to the French *^^ '*^**^' j> -g Por Larranaga has made some good Buyers Come and Go. progress in the United States, since Don Arrivals: — S. S. Swartz, of LoebCrcagh Antonio J. Rivero has been installed as Havana Co. , and Leopold Loeb, of Loeb- the manager and Barron Taylor the sole Nunez Havana Co., Philadelphia; S. L. agent for the United States. While Por Johns, JohnsBrasch Cigar Co., Mc- Larranaga is one of the oldest factories, Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPMZ y HERMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands Lb^ Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83 A Amistad SU HABANA, CUBA. EDEIS CIOAR FACTORY of BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. Cigtti made itrictly of tke very best VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. Vknancio Diaz, SpecUU Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBACCO 10 Angeles St. HAVANA, Cuba. P.O. Box 856." SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) Hand Dealers in L63I iOOdCCO FIQURAS 39-41, cab«: "c«ura" HAVANA, CUBA. m IMPORTERS Op^-^ ^ 123 N. THIRD ST HILADELRHIA Leslie Pantin;"^ Leaf Tobacco Commission Mercliant, 'Reilly 50, P. O. Box 493, Habana, Cuba BEHRENS & eo. Manafactorers of the Celebrated Brands, ^:ti^^. SOL and '^Vt^f.^i^ LUIS MARX JffAdlnf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA, SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. '•ANTBftO. ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en ^ama B8PMCZAUDAD MN TABACOS FINOS de VUELTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA ^ CO. Packer and Exporter of 83a Amistad Cable: "Jhdhsa." Branch House ., Habana, Cuba. 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. *• Jo'^&« Y. P. Castancda JORGE 8t P. CASTflflEDA GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana lieaf TobaGco Dragones loS-iio, HA VA NA AYBLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almateniatas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO itj, Habana Bruno Diaz R. Rodri^et B. DIAZ 8t CO. Growers aLi\d Packers off VueltdL Abajo and PdLftido Toba^cco PRADO 125, Cabio-ZAiDco HABANA, CUBA. 5-«PARTA@AS>-5 Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand mmAs YG? 4^BANfi. Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca Cable : ClPBR. Proprietors 174 Industrla Street Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, A-lmacenista de JLabaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidf Vegas Proprias Coseebado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpacnJOr m Vueltai AUjo. Semi Vudtai j PtetUU, Industria. 176, HABANA. eUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de /"uelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalbzgon. AIXALA ®, CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and Corrales 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. |0^rECIAL ATTENTION f AID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS.^ P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JV[. GARCIA PUmDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER. IN VuchsjL AbaLJo, FaLrtido aLnd Remedios Cable- puiido. ESTRELLA 25, habana, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte xl^ A fipi^^ ^W Manufactory LmV ^ ^^Xmi^r- M mm^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress p ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Narva«er 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga, Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II., Flor de Rivero, Ready and Rou|(K, Sir Walter Ralei/(K L&. Colun\nia de Ia. VictoriflL, La>. Irma., and Lsl Guipuzcoaiva. and has always pteserved its reputation as a prime ci^'ar in every respect in Europe and South America, the United States market had been neglected. Now. thanks to the wide awake and up to date methods of Don Antonio J. Rivero it is almost a foregone con lusion that Por Larranaga will be as popular as any imported cigar in the North American Republic. Ramon Allones keeps up its accus- tomed activity, and Rabell, Costa Vales & Co have no lack of orders from all quarters of the globe. Bebiens & Co. are working steadily in their Sol factory, having enough orders on hand to keep all their hands busy. J. F. Rocha & Co. experience a fair demand for Nene and Jefferson from the United States, while the Crepusculo factory is woiking actively for the English market and South America. Exports per steamer Mexico were 3,- 328.717 cigars. Buying. Sellin/f A-nd Other Notes of In terest. Ben Rothschild was a liberal buyer, making purchases of from 600 to 700 bales of hi<>h class Vuelta Abajo, and Remedies tobacco. G. Salomon v Hnos were the heaviest tellers the past week, delivering 700 bales of Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedies to local and American buyers. B. J Krausman besides his previous purchases for Havemeycr & Vigelius, «ecured 300 bales additionally of very fine Vuelta Abajo? Jose F. Rocha disposed of 400 bales of Vuelt I Abajo. Robert E. Lane was fortunate in ac- 4iuiring >ome of the high class Vuelta Abajo, lowland leaf, from the Partagas factory, about 225 bales, and with such m supply of leaf the firm of Cifuentes & Co., is bound to make cigars that will equal the imported Havana cigars as the secret of pmducing a high class aromatic smoke depends more or less chiefly upon the raw leaf which is employed. A. Pazos & Co. have been busy peo- ple, buying in the country at the right prices and thus finding no trouble in disposing of 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo to various customers. S. S. Swartz has been actively canvass- ing the market in company with John Creagh, and purchased some 500 bales of good, serviceable leaf for the Loeb- Creagh Havana Co. B. Diaz & Co. turned over 330 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. D. Nussbaum posted himself thor- oughly in looking over the various lots itiU to be had, and after purchasing tome very fine Vuelta Abajo, lowland leaf, has gone to the country to have a look at the new crop. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. sold 323 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. M Garcia Pulido made some trans- actions footing up 320 bales of V^uelta Abajo. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez are busy making a big shipment for the Spanish Regie by the Spanish mail steamer leaving on the 20th inst. They closed out 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. disposed ol 146 bales of Vuelta Abajo Jose Menendez was a seller of 125 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Recelpta From the C'unntry Week Ending Since Mar. 18. Jan. I. Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas 356 98 96 8,197 746 1.459 5 S. Clara b Remedios 42 Santiago de Cuba — t: ()! 8,496 4.633 Total 592 23.536 WILL HOLD WHITE BVILLEY FOR PRICE. Ripley, O., March 28. White hurley raisers in Brown County met last week and decided not to force their crops on the market now, but instead to hang them in their barns when stripping is finished, and to place them in bulk in "keeping order" thus enabling them to sell whenever prices suit. A fund was provided to meet the immediate money demands of tenants %»%^^^ STARTED AS A JOKE Was tKe Cigarette La^w.^but LegislcLtors Couldn't Stand for Bribery* Cincinnati, O., March 28. State Senator S. K. Ruick, of Indiana, while in this city last week said that the anti cigarette law recently passed by the Indiana Legislature originated as a joke, but after the expose of the effort to bribe Representative Annan ias Baker to vote against it, other members feared if they voted "no," people would think they had been bribed so the bill passed. It prohibits anyone having cigarettes in his possession. Advertise goods, not the men who sell them. If one half the space is used tor the firm's name, nine tenths of that half is wasted. Spasmodic advertising is as silly as spasmodic eating. To expect a single advertisement to pay is as foolish as to hope to grow fat from the effect of one dinner. Persistent advertising is absolutely necessary to success. The substance of a year's advertising cannot be done up in a ball and fired at a single load. J, F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crepusci'lo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. Q7 Broad Street ^ New York. eRAU,PLyqNAS Y eiyq. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzadade la Reina 22, ., , ^ . Habana, Cuba Cable : Grapi^nas, CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LMAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 2g, Cable- Bi«co" Habana, Cuba. GONZALBZ, BMNITSZ <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio ^5, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, Cable: Andamira. MONTE 199, HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-JSUNEZ HAVANA CO. mmaceiilstas le Taiaco en Hania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA* Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "lto7teTs''of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T».mp».. Fl^ UNITED OIGAR 1 [ ^erhs, WertTdmiS: Schiffer. _ _ c t M Hirscbhorn, Mack & Co, Manufacturers J 1 s;?«.".*-.*'^;-'. co. [014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. . NVANTBD!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHILandJUAN BAZAN Combiiva.tioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHIIVOER <& CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers The Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA, 13 THR TOBACCO WORLD (H ^u ^f!t^t4/u4/m'99*'. IHI HSCH LSAF TOBACCO^ oprices : DETROIT, MICH. PDAM, HOLLAND >4AVANA,CUBA. NewYoitl^ itCNOCNcn. CABLE AOORCSS 'TACHUCLA* JSBW YORlS!. |OS. S. GANS MOSLS J. CANS JHROMK WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS ®. CO. Importers & Packers of Leaf Tobacco jtUtphoDe-346 John. No. 150 W&ter Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO BlUblished i88S. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.BernheTm&Min HAVANA TOBACCO N EW Importers cd^it Ad^u Bamatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son jk L vNoiiGWia 227 Of flcc, 183 Water St New YORK ^^^44^44 ♦.^♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦' : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK I ^^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* New York, March 27, 1905. The weather wasnt so uniformly good develop a stiffness that will alarm buyer* last week that retailers were singing who are already grumbling at what they pears of joy for the opening of the are asked, and on this score, many dealer* ijpring rush, but there was still enoujjh hate to let go of what they have in hand, improvement felt to make the dealers There was some business done in Havana, grateful for what is evidently soon to but prices were higher and dealers were come. The box trade has picked up not anxious to sell. Quite a number of and that is an infallible sign of a sub dealers are now in the Havana market stantial improvement. with the idea of picking up what is left The United Cigar Stores Company there at good prices, but they are likely continues to do a veiy large business in to be disappointed. this town, and judging by its actions, Those manufacturers who have waited it is evident the company believes it to take what they want, hoping that the can do a lot more. The policy seems prices would recede are finding it a bari to be a good deal on the ' 'make or break" move, as every change is an advance one, order, but at the same time, the past has A little Sumatra was bought for immc- proved that the chain store people have diate use. but the majority are waiting,, never taken a location without looking when they are able, until they can see all considerably ahead. The new branches the new goods, although it is likely that of the company at 175, 196 Broadway, there will be a great gagging over the and at the corner of Liberty and Church prices that must be demanded. This will streets are now running full tilt and the react greatly in favor of Florida tobacco clerks seem to be kept pretty busy all and will be a good thing for those who through the business day. The company have been handling it The lower grades has made it a point to attract notice to of filler were in demand during the week their new stores by giving a premium on but stocks are low in this respect and no purchases made the fiist day, and the large transactions are recorded, fact that by expending ^5 in smoking, a • • • customer could get a Tabard Inn Library '^^^ funeral of Jacob Bernheim, head membership, or for $25 in smokes, a I5 °^ *^« ^f"^ ^^ J- Bemheim & Sons, im- hat, all "for nothing" brought customers PO^ters of Havana, who had died three in droves. ^^y^ before, took place on Wednesday This seems to have been the secret of ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ "^^" passed to his last rest- the success of this company, simply '"g place amid the mt-uming of a large pl..> ing on the desire of most men to feel ^^umber of loving friends, that they arc getting a little more than ^^- Bernheim* s two sons, Isaac J. and the worth of their money. A number of "eniy J , survive him in the firm, and other new stores will be opened up veiy ^^"^ **° ^^^^ ^^^ y«^'s profited by the shortly and a similar plan will be followed <^xample of their father' s business ability in their case. to a n extent which will enable them • • • worthily to act as his successors. Beside With the manufacturers, or at least a these, Mr. Bernheim left two other sons, good portion of them, the bulk of the and three daughters, business continues to be done in the Jacob Bernheim was born about 74 West, , although the New England and years ago in Germany and came to tl.is Southern business is f lir. Most of the country when he was eighteen. He tried factories ate being kept busy on spring his hand at two or three different busi orders, and if the weather settles within nesses before he settled in the tobacco the next few dajs these will be greatly business and it has been proven irdispu- increased. A number of manufacturers tably that his final choicewas a wise one, are commencing an aggressive campaign He commenced in no very larj.e way on their best brands and in such cases about tnirty years ago, but steadily ad- the goods seem to move pretty freely, vanced and developed his business until No one is doing exactly a land office bis retirement in 1899, since which time business, but there is very little real com- his sons have conducted the concern plaint. which well bespeaks the untiring ambi * * * tion and ability of the boy who arrived The leaf market recorded nothing of in a strange country practically pennilesi. special interest during the week, except, • • • perhaps, the tendency toward Florida Last week provided no actual news of Sumatra, which was a natural result of the coming tobacco exposition except the the extremely stiff prices at the Amster fact that things are moving along without dam inscriptions. There were a number a hitch, and the committee is well saus- of transactions during the week in most fied with the way things aie going. There grades of leaf, but trading could not be is no doubt that the affair will be some said to have been brisk, and the market thing even for New Yorkers to remember, was hindered quite a little by the feeling and with all the big, unique shows of of uncertainty which the dealers have, ^*"^^ character that may be seen in , ... »»u * • 11 town every year, this is saving a uood owing to the prospect that prices will con- j , / / • j & ^ gww^ tinue to advance on the new crops. • • • So far as can be seen the market will Robert E. Lane states that he has # m THE TOBACCO WORLD 13 secured the cigar privileges in the Trinity building on Broadway above old Trinity church, which he will use himself, and iivhich will doubtless be an acceptable ad- dition to Mr. Lane's well managed inter- ests. The deal has been pending for some time, and as it went through, Mr. Lane has all the convenience privileges on the ground floor of the new building, such as news stands, telephone booths, boot blacking stands, etc., which it is prob.ible he will sublet. The cigar stands will be in a very valuable neigh- hood and in a short time should develop into a gilt edged investment. The firm of Kahn & Zenn <. of 300 Canal street has become Kahn, Zenn & Heine by the addition of Bernhard C. Heine, who is well known in the trade. The junior member of the firm is about to take the road for the house to which end of the business he will devote him- self. The firm manufactures a good line of clear Havana goods. By the first of next month A. Rodena & Co., of 78 80 Murray street, manufac- turers of clear Havana cigars, will re- move their plant to 355-7-9 Greenwich street where the company will have the room which it has been needing for some time. The concern is comparatively a new one, but is a very lusty infant Alfred Meyer, of Alfred Meyer & Co., sailed on Saturday for Cuba where he will inspect the market. Mr. Meyer re- turned from Europe a few days ago. The Florida Tobacco Co., of Maiden Lane, is profiting by the fierce prices which have obtained at the Sumatra in fcriptions and a great many orders are being received for the company's excel- lent stock o f light Florida Sumatra wrappers. Charles S. Morris, of Charles S Morris & Co. , who is in the West for the house, has scarcely gotten a fair start yet, but reports business as opening up well. Edward Hilson, of the Hilson Co , is on his way to Holland where he will attend the remainder of the inscriptions. Geo. V. Watson & Co., leaf dealers, are now located on the second floor of the Oppenheim building at 133-137 Front street where they are ready to have the trade drop in on them. — It is reported that C. S. Gordon, representing the Interstate Tobacco Grow- ler*' Accrtriatinn^ jc arranging for the es tablishment of a $50,000 tobacco factory at Clarksville, Tenn., with a capacity of 600,000 pounds. —The South Atlantic Cigar Company, of Petersburg, Va., will increase its cap- ital stock from |i 0,000 to $20,000. R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBRS OW AKD DEAUKS IX Ifial :-: » 1) 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster^ Pa. WITH THE TRADE IN YORK. Many Tr«Lvelin^ Men Here 8k.nd Im* provement is Noticed. York, I'a., March 27. There is a feeliiiir that tht're is some little iiuproveuient in the • lays of the month, and it is now iK'lieved that the month's business will not show iil» so badly after all. Tiavelin^ men hav«> again been en- ert^etit-ally i-overiii^ this section, and all seemed to secure satisfactory results. Win. Taussij;. ul° Taussig & Co., Chi- cago, was iu this city during the past week, visiting the trade in comi)any with .1. Kosminsky. the firm's local repre- st'iitative; C'has. Cohen, with B. Lube «fc Sons, Phila.; (J. W. Kreider, with .1. Vetterleiu & Co., IMiila.; Thares Hilde- brand, with .1. V. Fehr & Son, Itead- ing: M. Banml, of L .1. Schoener Co., Inc., New York, and W. 10. (Jheen, of .Tersey Slu»re, Pa., were among the week's visitors. The Ued Devil scrap cheAving and smoking tobacco is being advertised here this week. W. .J. Wood, a factory rep- resentative, and a f«irp, an experienced tobacco sjilcsman, formerly employed by the Liggett «Sc Myers Tobacco Company, has taken a position as salesman with the Kohler-Snyder Tobacco Company, of Yoe, and will enter on his new duties on April 1. II. F. Kohler, mannfa. It is intimated that Mr. H<)se intends erect- ing a new building on the premises. P. C. McCoy, of Dallastown, has been suffering for some weeks with an attack of bronchitis, but is now soniewhat im- proved. .1. I'. Spatz, a veteran cigar maini- fa^>/% •^ Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ODclv/OV 125 Maiden Lane^ STs^^""" NEW YORK CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of ./.Fine Cigars*./. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA i!orrespondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. PBAZISR M. DOI3SBR G. P. Sbcor, SpedaL F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON (H CO. Original **Linde*' New Yorlc Seed Leaf Tobacco InapeoUom E«t«LblUlied 1864 Principal Office, 180 Pearl Street. New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses, 178. 180, 182. 186 and 188 Peari 9t Inspection Branches:— Lancaster, Pa.— G. Forrest, 140 E. Lemon St; H. &. Trost, 15 B. Lemon St.; Elmira, N.Y.— L. A. Mntchler; Hartford, Conn.— J. Mfr- Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O — H. Hales, 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse, 233 Warren St. : H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown SU.; JerMf Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Antirf Fort, Pa.; East Whateley, Maas.-G. F. Pea^J Edgerton. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher •• Fred Schnaib^ RUSCHER c& CO. Tobacco Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly Attended (o. BRANCHES.— -Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stoughtfl^ Wis. :0. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : I. R. Smith, 610 W. Chestnut st Fraa^ lin,,0.: T. E. Gricst Dayton, O. : F. A. Gcbhart, 14 Shore Line ave. Hartfbf< Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State st South Deerfield, Mass. : John C. DeckMb Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmeyer & Ci^ Coming, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight 14 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established i&Si Incorporated 1902 T0B/iee0 W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO.. 224 Arch Street. PKil&delpKitiL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bdcki^ey, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tki^EPHONks:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Publishing Co , 224 Arch St , Philada. ^^1^%%%^% PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 29. 1905. The weather exercises such a tremendous or Havani aren't giving out. Will to- effect on the amount of consumption over bacco soon be seriously and not humor- and above that which can always be ously in a class with the cabbage? Over counted on, that a particularly bad win production always brings a swift penalty, ter is something of a disaster to the and while such a happening seems by tobacco trade. no means likely within the next few That amount of business, which, as years, it is just as well to use discrimina- said, can aUa>s be counted on. is be- tion in assisting the development f an coming divided into smaller and smaller industry, shares, however, as competition increases, and long ago. the profits of a man's busi. ^ number of Pittsburg girls among ness consisted largely of what he could ^^^^rs, have set their small feet down snatch out of "the dull sea.on." ^g^'"^^ ^^^ cigarette, and have adopted a "lips that touch tobacco shall never touch mine" platform. So far, it has set them back many plates of ice cream, but up to going to press, they were still holding out The fiat is that no boy in their set may smoke cigarettes. If a boy in their set does smoke a cigarette ard they find it out the boy is no longer m their set. In some cases it is reported a» having come rather hard for the girls, To Benefit Our Readers. nphe Tobacco World wants to receive ^ from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to ihcCorrespondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. CIGAR RETAILER HAS MORE CON- PETITION THAN IS THE CASE IN ANY OTHER. BUSINESS. Is there another business on earth which has so much competition as the retail cigar and tobacco trade .'' It is possible to stand in any civilized community and throw a stone in any di. rection far enough to reach a cigar store. So much for "legitimate competition." It is possible lo stand in the same spot and throw a brick far enough to reach a place where a cigar may be bought. It has got so everyone peddles cigars, because of the popular idea that there is a lot of money in it As a matter of fact, considering all his expenses, the out and out cigar retailer secures a very small profit. There are a whole lot of dealers today, who are doing a big business, but doing it practically at cost, because they have apparently been unable to keep their expenses down to a proper pro- portion. To them, the drug store cigar depart- ment, that of the grocery, the saloon or liquor house, the news stand, the restau rant, the hundred and one places where a man can stop in and buy a cigar, con- stitute a serious menace which is most •erious because it is on the increase. The majority of these outside people put in a half dozen boxes of cigars just "to accommodate our customers." But they have plenty of room for the cigars and are handicapping the legitimate re- tailer by the fact that they have to charge up no rent for them. Their profis accord • ingly seem large, and they soon begin to push that end of the business. TOBACCO EVERYWHERE. If things keep on, w-e will soon be growing tobacco in our back yards like we do onions and radishes. Eveiy few minutes now, somebody discovers soil "p irticularly adapted to the cultivation of tobacco" in a Stale that had never been thought of before, while other countries besides the United Stales are , , , , , , • , • but they declare they will carry it to a On the other h.ind there is the grocer, preparing to branch out extensively in ^^^j^j^ who is becojiiing more and more of a this direction. ^/»%%%«%% factor in the cigar business. When the Elsewhere in this issue is printed an Ananias Baker, of Indiana, who re- department stores commenced to handle article by an Australasian who claims for cently caused a sensational scene in the gioceries the grocers sent up a most the soil in certain sections of his country Legislature by accusing a man, who he piteous wail that they were being robbed special qualities, and believes that in a said was a lobbyist in the employ of the hands down by a set of pirates who if short time local planters would rival American Tobacco Co , of having sent allowed to go ahead would soon be taking those of the United States. him $100 to secure his vote against the the counter from under them. ^'P >" Canada they are commencing anti cigarette bill, is so pleased with The connection between a cigar store government experiments which are con himself, that he is likely to become a and a grocery is not so clear on the sur- fidently expected to open up considerable regular cut up in the reformer line, face as to form an immediately valid ex- new area for the raising of the plant. Representative Ananias has shown a cuse for the grocer's breaking into the Certain Western States are learning to commendable readinees to be interviewed former business so extensively. make profitable use of the soil in this since the exciting episode in which he A great many manufactuiers regard way and an appreciable quantity of figured so prominently, and in a recent the situation with perfect good nature be- tobacco seed has already been used sue- talk with a reporter is quoted thus: cause they believe that the more places cessfuUy in Texas. " We're not through yet with reform- their cigars can be bought out of the box. Secretary Taft is insisting on having ing," said Baker. 'There are lots of the better it is for them. It is doubtful the Filipinos turned into a happy band things in this State that need 'cleaning whether this is so in the long lun, con- of prosperous tobacco planters at our up,' and they are going to be cleaned sidcring collections, t h e multitude of expense, and there are other places up, too. I may take a hand in it myself, small accounts and salesmen's time, but wheie similar operations are on foot The work against the bribers is not going on its face it appears to them like an at- Where is it all leading to? The Southern to stop; no, sir; it's not" tractive proposition. States, or New England, or Wisconsin, Happy Indiana! Careless lobbyist! Meanwhile, cigar store rents go up, — -- more stores are opened, jobbers have to ^^^ ^^^ ^^ stiffen their prices on popular brands of ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦f smoking and chewing tobacco now and ^ ♦ again, and all the retailer can do is sit ♦ Philadelphia TobRCCO TtadC. ♦ tight, giit his teeth and hope for the best ♦ X Is there a better remedy for the situa- 4>>4>4^^4 4-^4-^«-4^'f-f44>4^4^444>4-4^4>4>m the Association which will visit the Exposition to be held in New York in a %% «% ^ Largest stock of P Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. ^ i WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦!♦♦ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ubiished ksso. L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. ^ THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 BXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFAC Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza qtje los tabacoscigarrosy paqoeles Je picaduraquellevones^aprecip^a son fabric ados por HABANA 71;(e his bu iness. Responsible parties may apply with references, (which I shall also furnish) by letter to V. Jordan. P. O. Bos 107, Key West. Florida. 3-29r TX^ANTED-A FEW MANUFACTUR- ^ ers who make union made goods for $20, less 10 per cent, and 20 per cent, off for cash, to submit samples; can use entire output. Also non-union goods frow $7.50 up. Must submit satnnles AHHv«ic Box 99. care of Tobacco Woild. 3-221 TX7 ANTED— CHEWING ANDSMOK ^ ^ ing tobacco salesmen for the follow- ing territory: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana New York and New Jersey. Must have experience, and furnish good reference. Address The Gi,atfbi,Tkr-Snydrr Tob. Co., Yoe, Pa. 3-22r "pXPERIENCED MAN IN EVERY ^-^ department of cigar manufacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference. Address, Foreman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World, Philadelphia, tf TX7ILL BUY FOR CASH-TOBACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags. Box loi, care of Tobacco World, Phila. tf X^ANTKD -SALESMAN TO SELL a medium priced line of cigars to jobbers west of St. Louis. Address Waltz, Maurbr Si Co., Orwigsburg, Pa. 3-22r Factory 1839. ^. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. r ^ i JOHN ^iJDRELiLi ^ Manufacturer of High Grade rianuiaciurer oi Cigars f;"!! Genuine Union Made. Ephrata, Pa. Uoods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of & Dealflit LEAF TOBACCO, ao THE TOBACCO WORLD THR TOBACCO WORLD 4 Telephone Call, 432— B. Office and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. nIsSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of fNE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove*" pur Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q. Box 96* WALTER S. BARE, PaLcker $f Fine-; Connecticutn- Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. 7. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. U»tted B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Piftcker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, M4 112 W. Walnut St./LANCASTER, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Binders Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTwr-^-wr C^^m- Fancy Packed Oebhart *-#VCIjr VA9V of 1 OAO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED QuT Owil l\j\j^ CONNECTICUT -^ 1 • , rackinfi IU tli Packer of .H. Weaver, Leaf Tobacco 2^j and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER.. PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF n Ltll Pniii. Biud and Dealef in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke QL LANCASTER. PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA and muck Fine Filler Stock 327 and 32g North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFEI^, »nd Jobber iiv L^ColI I OD8ICCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦>♦♦♦♦ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in I Leaf Tobaccos i 4 and Manufacturer of * Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing UNITED PHONBS. Warehouses: LANCASTER and J RED HON. PA. MAIN OFFICE i Lancaster, Pa. 21 ® Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company I \ Finest H2LV&naL Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. ) This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. CIGARS 1. ;:■> .v^ > > Factory, G2Lliaivo 98, ^ Havaiva, Cuba. ,. , ■... ^Ji-- •"^v,i«««- II |ii IMM»" 1 W^* '^^^^Kk IH|£qB||^ * ^^H u f < m^^^ f^' l:.^ 'vJ I- ^1^ I^S^^MB •^^v-ig ^V.^-iyr- ' ;^: J I n TOBACCO Trade Directory and Ready Reference Price, y. '^'p"'* ♦♦♦ published by The Tobacco World Publishing Co. „. Arch Street, No. 224 ^^'' PHILADELPHIA T^ vJ^^lftr NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sf'le Representative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water St., New York. NOTES OF THE TRADE. — The Beam Dean Co., of Canton, O. , has been incorporated under the laws of Illinois, for the purpose of making cigars, stories, cheroots, plug tobacco and other tobacco supplies, with acapital of $50,000. — E. A. Saunders, Jr., has purchased a site on West Broad street, Richmond, Va , on which to erect a cigar factory, for which the plans are now in preparation. About $100,000 will be invested, — The branch wholesale office of the Mortis Cigar Co., of Cincinnati, of which Clyde Poulter is manager, h .i s been moved from Fraker & Co.'s, on East Main street to J. W. Roberts tonfec- tionery on West Main. — Plans have been prepared for .1 four story brick addition to the cigar factory of J. G. Moyer, at Pcrkasie, Pa. Money can be lost in advertising and in some cases will continue to be lost, until the advertiser gives the same thor- ough attention to his advertising that he gives to every other vital department of his business. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. V(«* SHIR(f)^ iDaUastown, Pa. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Hi({hest Quality Finest PackaiJes Wholesale and Jobbing Trai.'e oily Correspondence with Aciive Houses Invited ^ ♦♦♦♦«»«•%«%•♦♦♦•♦ ♦ %% ♦♦■t« ♦ %»«%•%%«%% -f ♦'•♦-♦♦ ♦♦♦♦- JAS. ADAIR A. R. REIFF ABAIR & REIFF, Packers and Dealers in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Lariie Stock of PENNSYLVANIA BROAD LEAF, ZIMMER SPANISH, LITTLE DUTCH and GEBHART. 23 THE TOBACCO WORLD 'KX^^h ©cu -Rio PUERTO PRIMCIPE f*- Cobre ^ SANTIACO >rs= .«; rfe :/' Your Headquarters At Our Office. We are Headquarters for Choice Escojidas of Remedies, Santa Clara and Manicara^ua, Vuelta Abajo and Partido Factory Vegas of Various Sized Lots LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO Packers of ^v Havana Tobacco COINSUUADO 142 and 144, Havana, Cuba. o WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE WILL CHEERFULLY SUBMIT SAMPLES Philadelphia Office, 306 N. Third St Cable Address: "REFORM ft 7^ TBB TOBACCO WORtD »3 QUATI LITY GAR lHEOBALD&0PPENHEIMERC0.PHiiA]THEUNITEDNEWSCo.PHILApistrib5 nNANCIAL STATUS OF THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. How Much the Public is Concerned in the Great Combine, the Recent Reorganization of Which Was One of the Largest Financial Undertakings of the Day. The follo\vinj; Mitirle which shows the ins and outs ol the rocoiit leor^aniza- lion of llie three aruis iue into tlie iiresent American Tobaceo Co.. ai.d its pn-sent relation to the puhiic was prepared lor the Boston Transcript and is well worth careful perusal. About $2ir>,(K)(MH)(> par value of the securities of the new American Tobacco Company are distributed in the hands of the publie. Thus the importance of the American Tobacco Company as a financial undertaking is not to be lightly considered, as regards its bearing: upon the general investment situation. For, with one or two exceptions, possibly Avith the single exception of the Steel ('..rporatzion, the American Tobacco Company embraces more capital than is included in the make-up of any other itidnstrial corporation. It is in keeping with our great industrial prosperity as a nation, to record that this great trust is. in prosperity also, in the front rank of American industry. However, there has rarely been so complicated and .so little nnderstood a financial condition as has resulted f ronr the various consoli- dations and reorganizations of the to- bacco companies. The Trust issued its annual report for 1JMJ4. last week. An- alysis of the conditions there set forth, and of the latest reorganization of the comiiany, will help investors, present and future, to understand the situation oi the property. The old Consolidated Tobacco Com- pany was formed in liK)l by the amal- gamation of the American and Con- tinental companies. Additional capital to the amount of $40,000,000 was pro- vided by subscription at par to an initial $30.(100,000 of common stock, and by a later subscription to $10,000,000 Avorth. This common stock was taken by the in- side interests. The Consolidated Com- iiany then issued $157,378,200 of bonds, and these bonds have represented the public interest in the tobacco properties for several years. The reorganization perfected recently, increases the public holding of the secur- ities without nuich increasing the par value. Bnt, by an ingenious device, the preferred stocks which were held in Iho treasury of the Consolidated Com- pany, are funded into bonds, and the control of the entire corporation is vest« e iin- tiually. The four per cent, bonds fol- low the six per cent, in their <-laini niion earnings, and amount to $7S.r(SJ>,- 1(M>. due in 1J>51. N«'ithcr of these bonds is a mortgage, luit they are secured simply by tlie collateral for which they have been exchanged. There is the s.'ime amount of new preferred stock as there is of four per cent, bonds; and this .$78,080,100 of six per cent. proportionate f»nly to the earning power and assets. It is gratifying to find, as we shall jwint out below, that the earn- ing power and income afford a very sub- stantial basis of value. 'nie difterence between the market value placed upon the outstanding Cen Ihe two issues. AVln>n the reur- gani/.ation was proinidgated holders of a nnijority of the $1.57..37S.200 of con- solidated fours dejiosited their bonds with a connnittee and agreed t<» accept for them an eqinil amount of the (5 p«'r cent, preferred stock, thus guaranteeing that the full authorized issue of pn - ferred stock woidd be made. Meantime an off»'r was made to all hcdders of the old fours to exchange their bonds foi- one-half preferred stock and one-half new fours. The preferred stock to be issued was limited to one-half of the par vabie of the old bonds, so that had all the bondholders assented the pre- ferred stock wouhl have been ex- changed. When the time expired for the public to exchange its securities the (ommittee. which had deposited a ma- jority of the bonds exchanged the re- quired amount of them for the balance of the preferrcil stock, and the i)ubiic were left with no privilege save to ex- change their old bonds for the new bonds, or. if they preferrcMJ. lo keep their bonds as they were. nie issue has shown that the insid." interests, undeistandiiig the whole situa- tion, profited largely by exchanging their b(Mids for preferred stock, whereas the public were left unenlightened as to the value of the new bonds, and many of them di«l not make the exchange. It now develoiis that, in accordance with the tern;s of the tn st ;pj:reement, holders of a majority of ihe old 4 per cent. FLOR DE MANCHESTER . . . S-Cent Cigars . . . and IVIATCH-IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and ahogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, are made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 10U4 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. ?f Baltimore, Md. /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A J? Q Hand-Made l^ ± fjTXX Xv V3 615, 6x7 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. 1^1 GEO. STEUERNAGLE, THE CELEBRATED Manufacturer of Xzskd.* XwCe^Ic. ] Pittsburg Stogies /'^, HAND-MADE ;^>\ | Goods sokl direct to <°/ STOGIES. ^<^ Jobbers and Dealers 2103 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. \Yedeles Brothers, Florida. Sumatra. 182 £. Lake Si. CHICAGO, ILL. MbaWMaaHi«M» C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. U THE TOBACCO WORLD r- 6Ae PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAIS MFQ. CO.» Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORI,D »5 Liberman's Latest JVlaehines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE •a o 53 o d I— H o a n Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade ■ # Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphieL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East FiityNmth Street 'r 96 THE TOBACCO WORLD 'I rE & KOERTING CO PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUnE-KOERTING MOIST VENTIUTOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unhmited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, bein^ operated by city water pressure, 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs ; humidity uniform. Correspondence Solicited. ^ HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. No, 828 St. Joseph Street, I^ANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers oE High Grade Union Made Cigars •TTie Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigh Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. iB^ARBR^I^j^ Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8.Y0RK,PA. A specialty of Private Brands for the Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— 5^ Bear. G6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFER. MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOLICITED. bonds have voted an alteration in the terms of tlie a-^'reenienl, t^o as to reduce the issue by one-half, and to allow the outstanding new American Tobacco bonds to share ratably with the old fours, in all the terms of the ajireemeut. Thus, unless this nicely completed scheme is upset by some process of liti- gation those who were well informed have been able to get for their bonds a preferred stock which sells fifteen points higher; and those who were not on the inside sharing in the underwrit- ing, and who did not make the half and half exchange offered to them have no other course than to see their old securi- ties gratiually selling toward the same figure as the new American Tobacco fi.urs bri'.ig in the market. The value of the Tobacco securities is of more public interest than is the finan- cial engineering by which the capitaliza- tion has bten reorganized. The Tobacco Trust controls the old American Tobacco (Jompany, which makes smoking tobacco .ind cigarettes, and the Continental To- bsscco Company, which makes phig to- bacco. Control is also held of the Hav- ana Tobacco Company, and of the American Snuff Con)pany, of which $10,- (MK>.(X)0 par value or nearly half of the (•ai)ital sto«k is owned. There is also included the American Cigar Company. .$7,000,000 out of the $10,000,000 of this rompany's stock being owned. There are .i;20,00f>,(XX> of American Cig:ir Com- pany four per < tut. bonds guaranteed by the Trust, but the Ameri«an Cigar Com- p.iny earned $807,012 above its fixed charges in ISHC;. and )t:M(>.;;70 in ItMM. The American Tobacco Company, which is the name by which the old . The deductions to be made from these earnings are $3,305,425 for inter- est on the six per cent, bonds, $3,147,504 for interest on the 4 per cent, bonds and $4,721,340 for dividends on the preferred stock. These payments total $11,234,335, so that there is a balance for the $40.- 242,450 common stock of over $11,000.- 000. It is stated that these earnings are reported after large expenditures are made to maintain and to improve the properties. An initial dividend of two and one-half per cent, has been paid upon the common stock, which is thus seen to be earning above twenty-five per cent. The value of this stock is the cou- cern only of the inside interests, who have distributed the prior stocks and bonds, with their limited dividen with a majority of only $40,000.()itl», especially since the connnou stock is wow earning twenty-five per cent. Tobacco people are very enthusiastic over the prospects for this company, which, be- fore receiving the benefits of the ' « "^ c^^^r Havaua cigars, stant flock of drummers to the Hub Huj h Campbell, President of the U. further evidences this fact. Theweather, S. Tobacco Co., is in to An. cigarette wrappers brought 20^ cents BUHRMAN. STILL BETTER IN BOSTON. with the exception ot one day during the past week, has been at its best, and even on that day though quite a snow storm visited the city, the majority of retailers claimed to have had a good day's trade, and the cash registers were kept going at a merry pace. J. N. Finkelstein's new store on Fed- eral street opened for business yesterday under the title of the Norma Cigar Co. Johnson & Co, expect to have the new store on Federal street ready for business in about two weeks time. With the Uni ed Cigar Store, and Rosenbaum & Co., also The local cigar manufacturers continue «" Federal street, and Jaynes & Co. and to advertise their various brands. Schu- bert Bros, are putting out a lot of attrac- ti ve advertising matter for their Schuberts' Walker Rintal & Co.'s stores not far distant, it looks as if there must be plenty of money in this locality. One thing is Havana Smokers, which enjoy a good sure the rents are steep ;ale throughout New England. Joe Mc- Greenery has put on a corps of salesman who are doing plenty of canvassing on the Poet cigar. Baker Bros.' Smokers are being well distributed throughout the city. Traiser's Harvard cigar, with the new box label of a Harvard student, looks very attractive. At the convention yesterday afternoon , held at Faneuil Hall, of the Anti-Cigar ette League, H. Butterworth, president of the league, presided. Hon. Chas. B. Menaski cigarettes are having a good run. £ J. Mulligan, who has charge of the advertising depaitment certainly has shown his skill in the display he made in the window of the Lexington Hotel on Bo\ leion street. El Cafe Boquet Cigars continue in favur and can be found at every first class leiail store heie. i urkish Delights, with the cork tip, have made a hit. On account of the good margin to be made on these goods, the Hubbell, first president, of the Board of retailers are pushing same. Education of Greater New York, made Boston Cigarmaker's Union 97, last the principal address. "The cigarette," night voted I1.65C in death benefits to said he, "is a greater menace to this beneficiaries of three deceased members country today than either rum or opium." each to receive ^550. The members are Dr. H, O. Marcy told of the suffering Wm. Garner, Paul Lehman and J. Olden- caused by the cigarette habit, and Miss broock. who all died during the week. Lucy Page Gaston, uf Chicago, told of Alfowich Bros, are having quite a sale he work of the league in the West and on their Trixters. C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD »♦ t ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* \Vc Gmrantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, oy placing them Over Our Own Signature. > CI o 73 'i 'K ^~ '-^''j '■sian teas It is reported tli.u 'Innerseal" Ross 5old his lilock of stock in the N. B. Co Mr Ross is having quite a sale on the Zu Zu little H.ivanas. The question whether a commercial traveler may legalK offer goods of his house on nuie favorable terms if the customer shall agree not to deal in the goods of any other fitm. is mvolved in a case now before the full bench of the Supreme Court I he constitutionality of the statute gov ern.ng the matter is al o at stake. The case is th.it of the Commonwealth vs. Abe Strauss, a tr.weling silesman employed by the Continent il Tobacco Company. The defeiidant was found guilty of offering a special discount of six per cent if certain lirockton and Bridge- waterdealers would cease handling union or independent goods and contends that the statute is unconstitutional, because it impairs the rights of private persons re g.irding matteis not affecting the public interest. It is also argued that the acts of the defendant come within the scope of every-day competition. The Common- wealth urges that the law is valid, as coming within the police power of the State as a regulation of trade rivalry which is a violation of the moral and economic law, in that it enjoins some thingdeclaredto be against public policy. It further ur^es in support of the validity ol ihe a t that it prohibits any attempt on the p irtof manufacturer-, or producers to fo ce th' i-e who deil with them to reluse iiusines^ lelations with an)body el^e Be.n A LI. MUSTN'T VSE FLAG ON BOXES. New York Legislature Bak.rs Stars and Stripes for Advertising Purposes. Albany, N. V., March 27. Much commert will imdoubtedly be caused in the trade by the signing by Governor Higgins last week of the Wain- wright bill which makes for the protec- tion of the United Stae flag from dese- cration, mutilation or improper use of any kind. The bill is now chapter 80 of the laws of 1905,, and has attracted p irticular attention because it is sup- posed to be directed particularly at the tobacco trade, there having been fre- quent instances where the manufacturers have used pictures of the st irs and stripes on their advertising designs and pick- ages. The new law provides that any article or device for carrying or transporting merchandise shall not have upon it any representation af the fl.ig, under penalty of $50 for each offense, to be recovered in an action that may be brought by any citizen. The act takes effect Sept. i This measure is understood par>icularly to be aimed at packages or boxes used by cigar or cigarette or tobacco com- panies When lold that the tobacco companies would contest the measure in the courts. Gov. Higgins replied, "That is what our courts are for." • ♦-♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ** La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS* ^ lOc— UNCLE JOSS-Sc. York Nick— 5c.™Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-— Boston Beauties Puro-— Porto Rico Crooks. f Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ^ ^^A, Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph — York, Pa. 4.^4 ♦♦' ♦ ♦ ♦♦ THE TOBACCO WORLD American Tobacco Company t Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Ne-wsboy Plug Drummond Nat. Lreal J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug They Please all I «tK Al'w^ays Uniform and R.eliaible 1 THK TOBACCO WORLD y C/lGJiJi Ribbons A:;rr?mcntof Plain ana Fancy Ribbons. Hanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Write for Sample Card and Price Liai to Department W Wm, Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. INTERNAL REVENUE RETURNS FOR FEBRUARY. • The Internal Revenue returns from the United States for the month of February show an increase over February, 1904, in the output of cigars, while in li tie cigars there was a falling off of nearly 20 per cent. The only other commodity in which there was a really notable change was tobacco, which indicates an increase of 10 per cent. Snuff shows a falling off of 12 per cent. In cigarettes a fair increase is again shown. The figures are as follows: Feb. 1904 Feb. 1905 Cigars, $1,399,532.74 $1,493,728.17 Increase. $95,195.43 Little Cigars, 37.146.06 29.264.49 Decrease, 7,881.57 Cigarettes, 232 000.24 251 ,503 19 Increase. 19.502.95 Snuff, 110,255 29 97,052.63 Decrease, 13. 202 66 Tobacco, 1,490,564.25 1,504.255.49 Increase, 13,691.24 Totals, 13.269.498.58 $3,375,803 97 Increase, $106.305. 39 In figures. the output com ^aratively was as follows : Feb. 1904 Feb. 1905 Cigars, No. 466,510,915 497,009,390 Increase. 31.398.475 Little Cigars, No. 68,789,000 54,193,500 Decrease. 14.595.500 Cigarettes, No. 237,844.470 267,716.045 Increase, 29.871.575 Snuff, Lbs. 1.837.590 1.552.739 Decrease. 284.851 Tobacco, Lbs. 24,842,735 25,070.925 Increase, 228.190 In comparison with the month Jan. 1905 of January, 1905, Feb. 1905 the figures are ; IS follows: Cigars, No. 468.275,715 497.909.390 Increase, 29.633,675 Little Cigars, No. 62,912.760 54.193 500 Decrease, 8.719.260 Cigaie^ies, No. 253.899.800 267.716.045 Increase, 13.816,246 Snuff, Lbs. 1,693.116 1.552.739 Decrease. 140,377 Tobacco, Lbs. 19,878,400 25,070.925 Increase, 5.192,525 ANOTHER FROM THE JOURNAL. t^^eir own stores, causing frenzied finance statements to eo out to the Dublic. and what not, we manage to get at the inside of actual facts.'" RIVALRY TO SUPPLY TOBACCO TO NAVY DEPARTMENT. The contract for tobacco supplies is This Time Consumers a.re Bein^ Sys- tcmaiticslly Poisoned. The Chicago Journal,, which had rather fallen down for a little while on its exciting serial graphically illustrating how the consumer is knocked down, gagged, maced, robbed and poisoned among the most valuable in the com- when he happens in the wrong store, mand of the Navy Department, and reappears with another thrilling number much interest is manifested in its cap. which is reproduced with sincere pleas- ture among the tobacco manufaciurers urt. The thrill: o^ Richmond. The firm of Butler & ••A secret bureau, whose members are Bosher, of Richmond, Va., had been the not known to each other, has unearthed successful bidders for many years until valuableinformation concerning numbers last year, when the contract went to of alleged illegal acts of the trust, and , „,„ ^ , t^ , ..,■, these in due time will be brought before ^"""^ *'^'^°^- ^^^ ^»^° ^»" »>« t^^^*" the proper government authorities. ^O"" ^^^ present year. •'After thoroughly analyzing certain . The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts brands of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes has decided that in future all bids for the sold in the stores of the New York to ^„„„^, ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ intended for bacco trust, the chemists have reported ,• unu j „ r that matter positively injurious to the J^^ "*^^^ ^«'"^»" ^hall be advertised for health of the smoker has been found. in the autumn instead ot as at present •"Tobacco experts have been em- and hitherto, in the spring. The bureau (ployed by our association for some lime ^m open bids on April 1 2th for the to investigate this matter thoroughly,* current year's supply, about 150,000 said the head of the publicity deparlmtnt pounds, of the Independent Dealers' Association. %%>%<»^%<%<% • We have endeavored to ascertain the CHATHAM WANTS BUYER. cause of complaints made by consumers <-. . in the habit of smoking these brands. Chatham, Va., March 25. •••The astonishing result of the exam- The executive committee of the local ination by the experts was that out of board of trade has appointed H. D. seven different brands five were found to Shepherd to consult with the American be injurious, while the other two contained Tobacco Company, as to placing a buyer only the cheapest grades of young and upon the market. If the committees uncured tobacco, which in itself is dan- action meets with success the establish gen us to the health of the smoker. ing of a tobacco market will be assured. •• 'This partly explains the seductive Mr. Shepherd is about to leave for New and impossible prices made in the trust York, stores on goods at 6 and 8 cents that ^^*'*^*'»*^ are supposed to be worth 10 or 15 cents. The house which advertises liberally Irrespective of these prices, which are must be known, by name at least, through- calrulated to catch the bargain hunter, out the, country, and while that advertis such goods should be debarred entirely ing seldom sells goods directly, every from the open market at any price. drummer who has studied the subject is •"With all the tricks and tactics em- impressed with the tremendous advantage ployed by the trust, such as misrepre- given him in making sales by the per sentations of facts, hiding its identity sistent, regular, dignified and liberal ad- behind assumed names over the doors of vertising of the firm which he represents. "rTANWE*"* 1^ A 5 Cent Gi^ar of Distinctive Qaality. ^ Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. h^^^^^^^^^»»^ «««%^i%%^' %%^^^^^i J.M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. h^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^* A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY. Treasurer. \ i The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. :: ^-f3''r Marietta, Pa. ** MAKERS OF High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars^ r JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar Onr Leaders: HT5^.^cTaf'^-^'^" [ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar Incorporated 1901 * ■}f * •Jt l^rOlstributors Wanted Brerywliere 1 THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. I Trade-Mark Register, ESTABUSHED I87I.I— — .y~ -;7'-a COLLEGE-HAISED TOBACCO BRINGS FOVILTEEN CENTS. Louisville, Ky., March 24. ZENCO 14740 Henry F. Ware, of this city, bought For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- ^^^^ p^.^^- ^ j^ Scovill and D. F. gies and tobacco Registered March 14. p^g^ee. a few days ago some 8,000 1905, at 3 p m, by Z J Norris, Phila- p^y^js of tobacco which had been delphia. Pa raised at the experimental station of the PEGGY FROM PARIS i4.74i Kentucky State College, the Board of For cigars and stogies Registered Trustess of which Mr. Frazee is Prcsi- March 15, 1905, at 9 a m, by R H jgnt A price of fourteen cents a pound Heller, Canton, O was paid for the lot, which is probably DECK'S KING QUALITY 14.742 the best average which has been paid in For cigars Registered March 15, this section this year. The tobacco 1905, at 9 a m, by John Deck, Con- was grown under the personal super- neaut O vision of the two men mentioned as UNION MAKE 14.743 conducting the sale, and was said to be For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- as fine a crop as has ever been raised m gies and tobacco Registered March the Stale. 17, 1905, at 9 a m, by H Rosenblum, C. s. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. THE LOUKNEWBURGH CO. MUSTN'T GIVE *EN AWAY in CHICAGO The Appellate Court in Chicago, on Monday, affirmed a ruling of a lower — - r> - court upholding the validity of an ordin- March 17. 1905 at 2 p m, by H D ^^^^ ^f ^^^ ^.-^y ^f Chicago prohibiting the giving away of cigarette papers with tobacco. Philadelphia, Pa GOLDEN GOOSE 14.744 For cigars and tobacco Registered Narrigan & Co. Philadelphia, Pa EVER- IN 14.745 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 18, 1905. ^t 9 a m, by Geo H Goebel, Philadelphia, Pa. CALENDAR 14.746 For cigarettes Registered Much PACKERS OF Lmmer Spanisn ana Little uuk MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War«AoBses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Cii^r I^eaf Tobacco J^WRHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, Senna BROAD leaf, domestic Sumatra & havana. Warehouses— West Milton, O. Branch— Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF OKio Leaf Tobaccos NO MORE SLOT MACHINES. Tw.o Thousand of Them Will B« Cast Out in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, O. , March 27. Taps have been sounded here and in 18, I905.at3pm, by IsaacMoguleski, ^^^ suburbs of Madi.onville, Norwood, Philadelphia, Pa Bellevue, and Newport, Ky., for penny CHAS. BRENDEN 14.747 slot machines. Agitation, which has For cigars Registered March 20, \)ccn conducted intermittently for years, 1905, at 9 a m, b> Ad.\m Baker, decided the authorities to banish the "si- Windsor, Pa lent salesmen." VULETAS RIBBON 14 748 It is roughly estimated that there were For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- more than 2,000 of the devices in cigar gies and tobacco Registered March stores alone. Naturally, the majority o^ 21, 1905, at 3 p m, by P McPhelin, cigarists regret the passing of the ma- Philadelphia, Pa chines. At one down town place regular Fl WILO 14 740 credit books were kept of patrons' win- For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- nings when they did not care to collect, gies and tobacco Registered March It is said that several customers have a 21, 1905. at 2 p m,by A D Killheffer, thousand or more checks to their account. Millersville, Pa REJECTIONS. Umpire, War Medal, First Mortgage, Broadleaf, Spitfire. Flor de Eureka, Maniola, Pig A-Back, La Dirico, Golden Light, Priority, Dido, The Novice, Union Made, Minute Man, Union Maid, Simplicity, The Rustic, Red Ox, Little Jap. THREE DEATHS IN THE TRADE. Dice games have been started in sev- eral places. Joseph A. Busse, at Fifth and Elm streets, is one of the few who believe business will increase rather than decrease with the slot machines gone. He said to the Tobacco World corres- pondent: "Temporarily, receipts may fall off, but in the long run 1 think that much of the cigar trade which has hith- erto fallen to the saloons as a result of the machines will revert again to the cigar stores. Men often won more than they wanted in the way of drinks, and quite naturally the surplus checks were C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦! 1903 EINMER SPANISH 4. WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4^ Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Zimmer ^paLnish X i^oi-mi ,♦ ^^ iFancvNaturalBi: Gebhart Little Dutch ♦Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. 1 None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ L. A. Brown, a prominent tobacconists, applied to the purchase of smokes at the well known throughout Southern Ken saloon cigar counter. " tucky, died at Clarksville suddenly of Buhrman. heart failure. He was connected with ********* the tobacco business in Clarksville for AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. HANDS ON twenty years, removing therefrom Owens boro, Ky. The remains were shipped to Owensboro, where interment took place this afternoon. F. W. Loudenber, aged fifty-seven STR.IKE. Owensboro, Ky., March 27. Forty hands at the factory of the American Tobacco Co. have gone on strike. They were employed in the West C£irrollton,^MontgomeryCo., O. '^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District/ , , tying room, and received thirty-tive years, a well known cigar manufacturer ^^^^^ ^ hundred for retying tobacco. who formerly resided in Columbus, Ga., when a five cents increase was refused died at his home in Chattanooga. His they walked out. wife and five children survive him. *^%%%%%% L. E. Shaw, of the firm of Shaw Bros., Advertising is both a preventive cigar dealers. No. 457 Woodland avenue, ^"^ ^ ?^" u ^°'J*"" ''T t, .• ^" ^°?t '!^hl , J ^ J- J 1. A-i 1 J It should be taken ;m dull times It must be Cleveland, O., died at the Cleveland ^^^^^^ It should be in the system all the General hospital after an illness of sev- time; the more sickly the business out- eral months. look, the bigger should be the doses. AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAGGO-^ Main Office, Mc Sherry sto wn, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦ J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. :; F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. HUNT dt MARTIN Manufacturers of High' Grade Stogies b:bthesda, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. W. H. Seitz. J. Fred Holtzinger. HOLTZINGEH ^ SEITZ, Manafactarers of High Grade CIGARS and All Grades of PennsylvaAidL Cigars Independent Factories. I\CO 1^1 Oil 9 ff^O« Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO REGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE THB TOBACCO WORLD OIGIAH BOX EDGIflGS Wc have the tn-gcs^ assoTlveTi "^ Cigtr Box Bdgingt in the United States, having over i,ooo designs in stoek. T. A. MYERS & CO. Printebp and Engravers. - YORK, PENNA Embossed Flaps* Labels, Notices, etc W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP Filler. Ready for Use. '''^{Sf^N^o^^^^ 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN «l SONS, """"Slizit Leaf Tobacco Lar«e Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. Gcoriie St., YORK, PA. . WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra ^►TOBACCO^ 29 East Clark Ave. YORK. PA. A. KoriLER & eo. IMmyLFine Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. OBpudtsr. 75.O0O per day. Bitablished |87<. Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of F^ine Havana Cigars And Paclters of LEAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are tne V/lljiVKo Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . lOc. **S. B.*' Half Havana. .... Sc "S. B.** Little Havanat 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. ««2— I— No" Mildeat Cigar Made. 2 fOf 5c. Special Branda Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pql. ^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. KANSAS A TOBACCO POSSIBILITY. Farmers are Devoting Considerable Acre- age to the Flaixt. Leavenworth, Kan., March 24. Quite a number of farmers in Platte county, particularly in this section are devoting considerable of their acreage to the cultivation of tobacco, as it has been successfully demonstrated that the land is available for a superior quality of leaf. As a result of the developing industry, a number of warehouses are being built throughout the country at favorable points. The farmers who have tried tobacco, report their crops to have been profitable so far, but say they require a tiemendous amount of hard work. One man cleared $1,904 from fourteen acres last year and considers that he did very well. The farmers say that the soil is in fine condi- tion for the raising of the plant, and will last a long time under proper manage- ment, which they propose to see that it gets. Leaf Tobacco Markets. that will bring to the grower as much or more money than can be procured by the tobacco now raised and called Havana seed ; for there is now little resemblance to the Havana as raised fifteen or twenty years ago. The Havana as commonly grown is fast losing its toughness and it has to be handled almost as carefully as the old seed. Our correspondents write: Conway, Mass. — Nothing done about tobacco beds here yet, but the thaw of the last few days has taken the snow off, Fa-HusseyI LEAf TOMCCO 0). CONNECTICUT VALLEY Which kind of tobacco shall we raise in the valley to suit the buyers and the packer, broad leaf or Havana seed? These are the two leading kinds grown by the farmers of the valley, and these are enough without turning to the raising of tented Sumatra, for from all reports the prices of the latter are not so high in proportion to the cost of raising as to make it desirable for the average farmer to indulge in, and in all probability only the broad leaf and Havana will be raised to any great extent for the present. When the farmers began t o raise the Havana it was said by many that the Havana was the more preferable on ac- count of its easier handling, and that was not the only reason. The buyers liked the broad leaf over and above the old seed for its better burning qualities and for the fine glossy appearance. At that time it showed a finer surface than did the old seed, for it had been raised here only a few years, and the shape and coloring of the leaf were fine in comparison with the old seed. But the tobacco has been raised here so long that the gloss has faded from the surface, the lustre has left it and it has become the color of the old seed. No doubt more pounds can be raised to the acre, but its superiority over the old seed has vanished with its glossy appearance. It is not so elastic as formerly; the form of the leaf has changed to a more pointed leaf, much longer and wider, with a larger vein, and its real worth as a wrap- per has diminished in proportion to the size of the leaf In point of fact it is approaching the broad leaf type as fast as climatic changes can operate. If the farmers will procure seed that has not been grown here for more than six or seven years, they will produce a tobacco THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA ^ NEW YORK ^ CHICAGO i ST. LOUIS ^ FOR SALE. ION\ TOBACCO CO. 33^-'33S North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer of Cigars Established 189a Cnpndty. Twenty Thotisand per Dq^ Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is — Always Room for Ons Morb Good Custombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 M. KALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ARS l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ,«j!i«ftlSP««r 1 WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER OF Successor to J. Neff gh Grade Ci ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦«♦•♦ JJJ^^^^ A. F. HOSTEHER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. *'Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. Onr Leaders: } """^Auston'-^'' } Cigars-5e., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, j WHOLESALE ♦ Cigar Manufacturer, | Brownstown, Pa. ^ X4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> %^»»»^^%^^^^^^^ %»»»»»^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ n SHAW Manufacturer of /John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin *> K Hopkinsville. Kv. price?. The new crop is selling rela- tively much higher than the old tobacco. We have spring weather now, and the deliveries are full to the prizing houses, which pass from there to the sale ware "I report the sale of houses, from whom the planters can ob- crop of tobacco to t\in advances of money. Carl, of Hattield; some five acres in the The Association reports large signing lot, sold cased, I think. There istnly of pledges for a full reduction of plantings one lot left in growers' hands, L. H. this year. Wights, which is now in the sweat room For old tobacco we quote: tobacco pass by every few days to be de- livered that weie sold some time ago. Also load after load of cottonseed meal that is to be used as fertilizer for the next crop. " Bradstreet, Mass Henry S. Moore" s of L. F. Graves of Whately." — Ameii- can Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The annual spring break up of the roads has begun to interfere with tobacco move- ments in the country, curtailing riding and delivery of purchases; but despite PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO. Etc. these impediments business is pushed in Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf ;^3-5o to ^3.75 3.75 to 4.00 4.cx> to 4.25 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4.7s 5.50 6.75 8.00 %««%%»«%% some quarters and under more favorable conditions the volume of sales would be fully maintained. The bulk of recent sales are made at moderate prices such as would move the balance of the crop, the following being samples: J. M. Estcs, loa and 7 and 2c J. Christianson, i6a at 7>^ and 2c E. Gunderson, 9a at 7 and 2c O. Greteback, 7a at 6^ and 2c B. Gjestad, 12a at 8 and 2c M. C. Olson, 8a at 6;^ and 2a W. LaFay, 8a at 6 X and 2c N. Olson, 8a at 6 and 2c 785,476 Match making machine; F. Czerweny, Deutschlandsberg, Austria- Hungary. 785,416 Cigar vending machine; Melvin L. Frank, St. Louis, Mo. 785,672 Cigar cutter and match de- liverer; Otto Jaeger, Philadelphia, Pa. 785,500 Pocket safety- match holder; Julius Karpen, Chicago, IH. 785*377 Cigar holder and ash recep- tacle; Jesse G. Poppert, Milwaukee, Wis. 785,688 Cigar rolling machine; A. F. Wallbillich, Princebay. N. Y. iM IMPORTERS O^^ ^^ • N. THIRD ST Philadelphia 3T Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GI^ADE CIGAR MOt D. Our prices are the lowest Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1935— 1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. tim SPECIALTY is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. T. L. /IDAIR, Mstahlished 1893. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Fine Cigars 'DTT'Tk T Tf\ \r r> A Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade J^^J-!/JLf J^±\J±yl f Jrj±. Telephone Connection. f Established 1877 New Factory *1904 I H.W. HEFFENER, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in J Cigar Box Lumber, t Labels, ♦ Ribbons, X Edging, t Brands, etc, t Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER. PA ;iBEN BUSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. FMBOSSED CIGAR. BANDS ^"^ Are All the Rage. We have tbem in large variety. Send for Samplet^ William Steiner, Sons & Co. y^!:^ Lithographers, cheaww 116 and 118 E. Fourteenth St., NEW YORK. THK TOBACCO WOKLD THE TOJiACCU WORLl' Established 1878. Factory 1508, iUh Dist. , Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY^sc. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY THE OUOBE CIOAR CO. A. T. CO. REPRESENTATIVE TALKS. Business CKeLivges, Fires. Etc. [ > ti lU Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES:— One at Ephrati. two at Hahnstown. one at Martindalc, two at Terre Hill, one at Fritztown. Cu •toty ETHING NEW AND GQOD WAGNER'S BAN STOGIES MANUFACTURED ONl^Y BV LEONARD WAGNER, NO.,. 707 Ohio St, AOegheny, Pa. ^i^m^i^i^i^AVATAl g R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R I •5 C. A. Rost ac<^o A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^, 9, lO and JS3 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J L MMTZGBR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. California San Francisco — S Hoffman, cigars; meeting of creditors held Connecticut Bridgeport— Jacob Arnold estate, cigar mfr; bill of sale to W A Arnold Illinois Chicago— E Eshert, cigars; bill of sale, ;^i^5oo Louis Von Klein, cigars; sold out —A L West, cigars, etc; bill of sale, $1 Genoa— Kanies Bros, cigar mfrs; quit business Indiana Indianapolis— Wm H Dodds. retail cigars, etc; receiver appointed Iowa Mapleton— John H Vogel. cigar mfr; succeeded by H V Chapin Louisiana New Orleans— Guirand & Kiefer, re- tail cigars and tobacco; dissolved. M Guirand succeeds Maine Guilford— C Sperindio, cigars, etc; chattel mtge, I400 Maryland Baltimore— United Cigar Co, receiver appointed Matsacbusettft Boston — J:)hn Ceimerblatt, manufac- turer, and retail cigars and tobacco; chat- tel mtge, $1,500, discharged James P Whelan & Co. James P Whelan, propri- etor, leaf tobacco ; chattel mtge, JJ200 Chelsea — Wm Kotzen, cigars and to- bacco; chattel mtge, $250 Pepperell — Ralph Scipioni, cigars, etc; chattel mtge, $200 Wes. field— M E Shattuck Cigar and Tobacco Co damaged by fire New York New York City— J Eisler, cigar mfr; damaged by fire Ohio Uayton — J Roberts, cigars, etc; suc- ceeded by Roberts & Moore Pennsylvania Harrisburg — C A Straub, cigars; satis- fied judgment, ^282 Lebanon — Mrs M J Long, Justice Ci- gar Factory; judgments, 118,739 Reading — Newcomet & Newcomet, ci- gar mfrs ; dissolved Scranton— F W Stahlhcber, cigars, etc; judgment, I425 South Carolina Charleston — H Bakerding, cigars and tobacco; dead Summerville — John Lovatt, cigars, etc; dead Utah Ogden — Theo Phurmar, cigars ; sold to C H Myers Wisconsin Sheboygan — Adam Herringcr, cigar mfr ; real estate mtge, |6oo — Bstablished 1834— WM. R COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S- Front St. and 115 Dock St 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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦«♦ ♦«♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦?♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ XX ^^ Darmenter 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. Sole Owners and Manufacturers* KACINE^ 'WIS .USA. ALBERT Fries Harold H. Frie^ FRIES & BRO 92 Reade St., New York. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. Deliver^ PgLs 1^ J A Caveats, Trade Marks, |-^£lLCn LS Design-Patents, Copyrights. 0OB»X8POWD»»C» John A. Saul. Ue BwXt BoUdidfl. WASHINOtON. D.C CIGAR BOXES CIGAR LABELS ilanufacturers- 814-826 LAWrtENCfSr SKETCHES AND .QUOTATIONS niRNISNED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND 'RIBBON PRICES For Sale by All Dealers The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufactureti and Introducers of the * * ♦ . WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betans, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. Q I C '^^* "M-ost Popular Flavofi odlll|llC n CC gg^piease write for them Soaranteed to be the Strongest. Cheapest, and Best MIXTURB-^ IN T01AGt3Q 00. Wfi YOBSL 38 THR TOBACCO WORLD THE TOJiACCU WORLl> JOSEPH REED t o«^^««^ Kstablished l.s78. Factory 15(».S, '.Hh Dist., Pa. \ Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $.;o per UUUK PA TRICK HENR F- 50. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $;?5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Ouality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY rtBlCjtlJENRy Five Cent Cigar THE aUOBE CIOAR CO. A. T. CO. REPRESENTATIVE TALKS. Business CKsvnges, Fires, Etc. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES:— One at Ephiat i. iwu at Hahnstown, one at Martindalc, two at Terre Hill, one at Fritztown. SOMETHING NE^A^ AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban stogies ^^ MANUFACTURED OiaY BY LEONARD WAGNER, -torr NO. ,. 707 Ohio St., Allegheny, Pa. 5 5 5 5 5 5 S 5 5 B K B B I •5 C. A. Rost acco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN m, OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pat. Thinks Owensboro Will Lose Preslige as Second Largest Market. Owensboro, Ky., March 24. One of the newspapers of this city has printed the following as the result of an interview with a representative of the Ameiican Tobacco Co , whose name is I oi given: "My company beg.m operations in Owensboro in 1891. That year the I amount of tobacco sold in Owensboro was between 12,000,000 and 14,000000 ;,)unds. Of the 1903 crop there were ^1,000,000 pounds sold here This shows a gain of at least i ,000,000 pounds for Owensboro. Of course, this lepresents the increase of tobacco attracted to the Owensboro market, not the increased >'rowth in Daviess county or in any speci il district In the me.intinie the export of the Owensboro type of tobacco has actu ally decreased. "It is an interesting fact, but there are i those who do not know that Owensboro is the largest loose leaf tobacco m tiket in the world, with the single exception of Danville. Va. The way m>tteis are woiking now Owensboio will lo>e this prestige and it will go to Louisville, as the Equity plan seems to be to store and veil the tobacco from this region in Louisville. This does not matter much to my company. We have bought as much as 4,000,000 pounds in Louisville before in one year and while we would much prefer to buy large quantities in Owensboro, we can buy it in Louibville just as well. It is probable that not more than ii>,ooo,ooo pounds will be sold in Owensboio of the 1904 crop. This is a big falling otT from last year. The crop of 1904 is only about sixty per cent, of the crop of 1 903. At this rate the prices are about on this proportion: Where we paid $4 last >ear we are paying I5.60 this yeir, and for the quality that we paid $s 1^^^ y^^*" ^^ ^""^ "°^ paying $7, with other prices in proportion. It would seem, then, that the withholding by the organized farmers has had little or no effect on the market price. "Lastly, a fact worth mentioning and which some overlook is this: there are now in Louisville and for sale 6,700 hogsheads of tobacco and in Owensboro and for sale 1,000 hogsheads." There is no better way of building up business standing than by free and lib- eral, and at the same time dignified, business advertising. San California Francisco — S HoiTmin, cigars; meeting of creditors held Connecticut Bridgepoit— Jacob Arnold estate, cigar mfr; bill of sale to W A Arnold Illinois Chicago— E Eshert. cigars; bill of sale, ^1^500 Louis Yon Klein, cigars; sold out —A L West, cigars, etc; bill of sale. 5i Genoa— Kanies Hros. cigar mfrs; quit business Indiana Indianapolis— Wm H Dodds. retail cigars, etc; receiver appointed Iowa M,ipleton--John H Vogel. cigar mfr; succeeded by H \' Chapin Louisiana New Orleans— Guirand & Kiefer, re- tail cigars and tobacco; dissolved. M Guir.ind succeeds Maine Guilford— C Sperindio, cigars, eic; chattel mtge, #400 Maryland Haltiniore— United Cigar Co, receiver appointed Alassa liusettft Boston — Jjhn Ceimerblalt, manufac- turer, and retail cigars and tobacco; chat- tel mtge, $1,500, discharged James P Whel.in & Co. James P Whelan, propri- etor, leaf tobacco ; chattel mtge, $200 Chelsea — Wm Kotzen, cigars and to- bacco; chattel mtge, $250 Pepperell — Ralph bcipioni, cigais, etc; chattel mtge, $200 Wes field— M E Shattuck Cigar and Tobacco Co damaged by fire New York New York City— J Eisler, cigar mfr; damaged by fire Ohio Dayton — J Roberts, cigars, etc; suc- ceeded by Roberts & Moore Pennsylvania Harrisburg— C A Straub, cigars; satis- fied judgment, $282 Lebanon — Mrs M J Long, Justice Ci- gar Factory; judgments, $18,739 Reading — Newcomer & Newcomet, ci- gar mfrs; dissolved Scranton — F W Stahlheber, cigars, etc; judgment, I425 South Carolina Charleston — H Bakerding, cigars and tobacco; dead Summerville — John Lovatt, cigars, etc; dead Utah Ogden — Theo Phurmar, cigars; sold to C H Myers Wisconsin Sheboygan — Adam Herringer, cigar mfr; real estate mtge, $600 JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA, Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leadinii Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT MMinfectttter of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes, 9 8— ImMiofacture all grades of PLUG. SMOKING and CIGARETTES * to suit the orld. Write for samples. —Established 1834— WM. F. COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles SPECIAL SALES OF LEAF TOBACCO Consignments Solicited Advances Madr Settlements Made on Day of Sale ^♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Combination i Iscrap! |--Filler-i ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ Specially Cleaned and Care- fully Graded. \Vc nuike them for 6, r'Af 9» ^O aud 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J L, METZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. i 1 ♦ ♦ *^rt MET AL^EMBOS^SLD LABELS^ MEIAL PRINTED F.ABELS ♦♦ E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DenVCr, L 8i. r^ A 4^^ Caveats, Trade Marks, t^3.tCnXS Design -Patents, Copyrights. ete» John A. Sauu ^e OMt Baildina. WASH INQ'! ON. IX #, 'OB,KS8POWDBPC» Srt rriTl ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J CiCtAR Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ LITHOGRAPHING TELEPHONE 1561 f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦»♦ ♦ («♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ , ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIGN! 4- ♦ CIGAR BOXES XX LL- Darmenter WAX-LINED I 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. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, racine:. w^is .USA. PRINTERS OF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS /lanufacturers- 814-826 Lawrence Si SKETCHES ANf> .QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CI6ARMBB0NS For Sale by All Dealers ALBERT Fries Harold H. Frie^ FRIES & BRO 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. Manufacturers and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish Betuos, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. r> I I> The Most Popular Flavcfi Samnip rrpp since 1855 «» OQIlipiV I 1 V/V 5@-piease write for theut Suaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapest, and Best MlXTURJi-^ i!»HB AMSBIOAH TOIACCO CSO. HIW r»"i INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF HILJkDBLPHIA aB9 AND THE MEANS %»^ nr There are more ways than ONE to do everything-bnt every way isn't the BEST way. ^ If it is any part of your business to produce GOOD cigars, you need OOOD Cigar Tools. ■[ NATIONAL TOOLS are just a little bit BETTEB-and a little bit CHEAPEB-than YOFB tools. ^ Because we have the patents, the skilled labor, unusual manufacturing and selling advantages, and we know our business. ^[ NATIONAL CIGAB CUTTEBS, gauged correctly, riveted handle, self-sharpening knife, tempered tool steel, and pure brass spring. •I NATIONAL CIGAB BOABUS, hard, strong, heavy and smooth ; no knots, streaks or spots; can't warp or split. II NATIONAL CIGAB KNITES and CUBAN BLADES hold their edge and never botch the job. ^ Another thing, we don't charge several prices for NATIONAL TOOLS, J^ ^J^'^^^ and we give your money back if they don't suit. ^ Ask for our Special Proposition, meant particularly for YOU. % The coupon brings it. %^ ♦' /' ^ -^^ kP (3* <^ National Selling Co. Allentown Pa. ';^o-yr\JL. ci. ^ H^^ 4-2>o UJoJUt-utr^ S. D. F THlE BSTABUSHBD IN l88l Vol. XXV., No i88i ) 14. \ PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK. APRIL 5, 1905. j Onr Doi.i,ar per Annum. \ Single Copies, Five Cents \ ( O JOHN SLATER & CO ■"ni!«!. Manufacturers of HsLnd-Made LONG FILLER STOGIES ♦♦ ■^ Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. i E. I^OSENWALB & BR0. f 1.1 We are extensive purchasers of The New Crop, ♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ But if, after looking at The New Sumatra, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ You decide to buy Old Tobacco, 4 4.4.^ «.«.♦♦ ^♦♦^ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ write to . DUYS & CO. 170 Water Street, New York Tlfi Iwl Mra Smtf a Hbi I'i C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MAN ETO CIGAR N 114 ^^Philadelphia We make a Seed and Havana cigar, JOHN HAY, that's a dandy. We have some of the best distributors in the country using it. Why not get in line with them? STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., Ltd. Ci^ar Manufacturers, Factories 206 and 212, • >• 1 r. m •• 1 1 1 • First Rev. District, Pa. 29 Nofth 4th St., Philadelphia. ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 3 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples sent to Reputable Distributors (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) Manufacturers, 615 Market St.. Philada. (nick? LBY, 5c.) Charming Allen Qi Co Manufacturers of mm 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. i»rAlNDAKD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA ^^^ Host Popiittf All Havina Cigar Made KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD. Inc . Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. ( Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. I I E.A.C f^ C^O. <^Cr> /—/a van a 123 N. THIRD ST HILADEI-PHIA ^THE TeB/ieeO WORLB-^ NEW TR.ADE MARK LAW IN EFFECT Became Operative April I, and Every Manufacturer Should Learn Points of Interest. Washinj^ton, D. C, April i. My an act of Congress which takes effect today the law authorizing the regis AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO TRADE DEPENDS ON UNITED STATES. $^«4,66o for. EXPERiMENr. _, T,. •oiii.t./^ .» T^. ^ Bureau of Soils is Given That Amount Tax on Tobacco is So High in that Country, and American Tobacco Co. ^j,,^ Which to Grow Tobacco. Such a Factor Indirectly, that Many Manufacturers are Discouraged. w u . i^ ,• >« i ' A • n;, , . ,, . A J . «. r^ . , Washngton, \). L., March 30. American Methods will he Adopted More Extensively. The annual agricultural appropriation law; and in additiori, the new law pro vides that any mark which was in actual New York. Mirch3i to pay the dollar of tix to the govern- which has been passed by the House, In a ronversiiion with a mm from nient will demand fr)iii the consumer idiots to the Bureau of Soils, for mapping tration of trademarks in the Patent Office Australia who is on a visit to the United n )t merely its return, but interest on that ;>nd studying tobacco soils, the unusu.tlly is amended to permit the registration of States representing prominent tobacco (ioUar for ihe time it was locked up in the huge amount of $204,660. The duies trademarks used in interstate commerce, interests in that country, the man fiom product. If tlie consumer should refuse of the bureau, in relation to tobacco, are as well as those used in commerce with the Antipodes let fall some very interest to pay the dolhr, plus interest, to re- specified as follows: foreign nations and the Indian tribes, ing facts relating to the conditions of the < ompense the manufacturer for his outlay "To map the tobacco soils of the and subject to registration under the old trade in that C( untry as relites to mo of the tax. then the manufacturernaturally ^^'ted States; to investigate the soils ■ „ „i II ^- . . r ^^^^ conditions of totjacco growth in nopoiy. will discontinue to manufactute. r,.u^ c .^ . > .1 .1 ' . Cuba, Sumatra and other tobacco com- Anyihing of this nature is deeply in • Hence, tlie consumer of tobacco must peting countries; to investi^^ate. in co- and exclusive use as a trade mark of the teresting to our trade, as the best part of in the end pay the t ix levied upon pro- operation with the Bureau of Plant In- applicant or his predecessors from whom tobacco used in Austr.lia is grown in duciion, pi is interest upon the amount ^"stry, the methods of (urin-, with par he derived title for ten years next preced- our own States. The percentage of Ha ofthatt.x ^'^"'''' reference to fermentation, to incj i\\f m also be ,.,,^,, ^,ed is comparatively small, .nd -.The Ifusine^s in Australia has not ing. impioved varieties for the princip.d registered; thus permitting the owners ot g^j^g tobacco has been taken from the been on the highest wave of prosperity, tobacco di>tricts of the United States. a diss of trade marks for which registra- Philippines but has not g lined much ot although the snne is true of every busi- '^"<^ ^^ secure as far as may be a change tion has heretofore been refused to obtain ^ market. The -entleman with whom I ness trade ^'eneially being rather slow '" ^^^ methods of supphing tobac o 10 registration; that is. ma.ks which may ^,„,ed derlared that the Australians le To remedy this condition a number of !Sns?e"nTrh;.ildiV"'n''r? °^'^d • . 1 r 1 L- V, J ' Stations, rent ot buildings, not to exceed consist meiely ot words which are de- g^^^d American manufactureis as by far pi .ns have been proposed. $4,000 per annum, for office and labora- scriptive of the good results with which j^e most progressive, and propose to in- ••The proposal with regard to tobacco tory purposes; the employment of local they are used, or of the name of an augurate American methods of manufac- mav be divided into two parts. One ''^"^ special agents, clerks, assistants and individual or firm, corporation, or as- ture to a greater extent in Australia. relates to the revenue. It is argued by "^^^^ ^^^^^ '^^""''^^ in conducting ex- cnriatinn nr i irencrra nhinl name or r . , . . j i . ■ o j periments in the City of Washington and sociat.on, or a geoc.raphicaI name o. .. in Australia,' said he. -there is also some that the government would get elsewhere, and in collecting, digesting, **'''^" a heavy tobacco tax which seriously more revenue from this source if the rep )rting and illustrating the results of The new law also provides that the hinders the man wno has a small capital, selling of tobacco products were a gov- such experiments; the preparation and Commissioner of Patents may cancel the ^^^ tg^^s to centralize the business in ernmeni monopoly. Butthis is answered Panting of reports, drawings and illus- registration of any trade mark, on the ^^^ f^^^ ^^ ^ig corporations or trusts, by the fact that more revenue is now """ " application of any person injured by such ^^^ ^^^ perfectly satisfied with the raised in Australia per man by the registration, if it shall appear after a hear- highest kind of a tax, because the higher present tobacco tax than is raised per ing before the E.xaminer of Interferences, j^ j^ ^i^^ ^^re it drives the liule fel- man by the tobacco monopoly in France, and he shall so decide, that the registrant j^^^ ^^^ ^^-^^^ -^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ prosperous tobacco was not entitled to the use of the mark at "This is how the tax works: Suppose monopoly _ountry in Europe. the time of his application for registra- ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^j ^^^^ ^j- ^^^ pounds of a cer- -But aside from the revenue question, tion, or that the mark is not used by the ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^f tobacco in the hank is $1, some want the tobacco industry to registrant, or has been abandoned; and ^^^ suppose that this tobacco can be be nationalized because they want all whenthereareinterferingtrademarks.any ^oiked up and put upon the market for industries taken over by the government. person interested in any one of them may ji more, so that, when |2 has been paid They select tobacco now because the have relief against the interfering regis- j^^ -j^ ultimately the cost of growing the revenue question has raised the question trant by suit in equity, and the court may j^^^^ ^^ manuf.icturing it into the smoking of a government monopoly. order the certificate of registration to be ^^ chewing commodity and of selling it • It is certain that the tobacco industry new ADDRESS FOR BALTIMORE CO delivered up to the Commissioner of ^^ ^^^ p^^iic is all paid for. is capable of great development, if the Patents for cancelation. *'^u\. suppose the government puts a right methods are employed, but too Lilly. Dungan ® Co. Will Move Into trations. The Secretary of Agriculture is also authorized to engage such experts as may be for the best interest of the service, as hitherto the strict enforcement of the civil service rules has hampered the Department in securing, in particular, tobacco experts. It is thought this au- thority will help the Department s work, but the salary of such special scientific help is limited to $3,000 per annum, which is regarded as a very moderate salary. ««%»»%«««%% It is further provided that before tax on this qualitv of tobacco amounting, many are afraid, because, in addition to granting registration the Commissioner ^^ ^^ Then the manufactured pro- the t^ix. the American Tobacco Co. is so shall cause the mark to be published at , ' .. ^ ^^ ^^^ 3^,^ ,^^ . j^. much of a factor in the s.tuauon. inas- i r^^ • 1 ^ . r u dUCt would nave to oe soio tor ^3. in- ^uch as itcontrolssuch a large proportion least once in the Official Gazette of the ^^^^ j^ ^^^j^ ^^^^ ^^ ^e sold for more of the American plant" Patent Officcand any person who beheves ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ manufacturer who has E J. Marquetie that he would be damiged by the regis tration may oppose the same by filing Quarters ii\ 3-Story Building. Baltimore, March 31. Lilly, Dungan & Company, of this city, will shortly be installed in the three- story building at Baltimore and Liberty streets and Hopkins place, in which registered. The latter provision enables the true owner of the trade mark to prevent his right to its exclusive use from being jeopardized by the registration of the the amount of such verdict. Under the provisions of this act a larf;e class of trade maiks may be registered, for which no provision to register was same or a similar mark by an applicant "lade under the old law. To obtain the who may not be entitled to registration. with the anti cigarette States, and the ^^'ch can be used for display purposes, Wisconsin Senate has just passed the ^"<^ "'^^e" ^he refurnishing is concluded Evans anti cigarette bill, after a long which is now going on, the establishment debate. will be one of the handsomest of its kind. Like the one in Indiana this measure ^^^ basement will be largely occupied absolutely prohibits the sale or manufac- ° ' ^ benefits of registration under the new law ture ot cig.-rettes or cigarette paper, and by humidors which will have a capacity owners of trade marks heretofore regis- nothing is needed now but the Governors of several hundred thousand cigars. The ... . J signature. comp iny now has quite a chain ot stores, tered may have theirs re-registered. ^ vv%,^.%^ whirh includes 7 West S iratoga street The Chief of the Trade Mark Division SALESMAN INCREASES SALES BY '^"<^ two stands soon to be opened in the AR.TISTiC TALENT. Continental Trust building. The com- pany now has the agency of the Romeo and Juliet factory of Havana. , . ^ . . ..... ness as a cartoonist. He uses his talent — I'he American Stogie Co. will erect Registration will afford prima facie use in foreign countries exclusively, it is .^ this -direction to advertise his goods, a large factory building on Ontario street, evidence of ownership, and any person already amply protected under the old and gives specimens of r.ipid drawing in Allegheny, Pa , plans for which are now using any registered trade mark, without law. every town he takes in. in preparation. The life of a certificate is changed from thirty years to twenty years, but the certificate may be renewed, from time to time, upon certain conditions, and the of Patents Office unofficially advises all payment of the required fee. The manuf icturers to re-register all their A salesman lor a tobacco house, whose government fee is reduced from ^^25 to marks if designed to be used in interstate name is Baker, is making quite a hit |jo. commerce. If the mark is entered for through the Virgmia trade by his clever- CiLRb^ & CO., !Ss of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MANETOCIGAI^ V 114 Philadelphia It We make a Seed and Havana cigar, JOHN HAY, that's a dandy. We have some of the best distributors in the country using it. Why not get in line with them? STEWART, NEWBURGER fii CO., Ltd. Q^ar Manafadnrers, * First Rev. District! Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Sample. Knt to Reputable Distributors (lord LANCASTER. lOc?) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKLBY. 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Co lanufacturers of 5im CIGABS 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA ■ott Popiilir All Havana Cliar Madt Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. HEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN Havana 123 n. third st HILJiOEU^HIA -^TriE T0B/ieeO WORLB^ NEW TRADE MARK LAW IN EFFECT Became Operative April 1, and Every Manufacturer Should Learn Points of Interest. Washington, D. C, April i. By an act of Congress which takes effect today the law authorizing the regis AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO TRADE DEPENDS ON UNITED STATES. *^o*'66o for, experiment. -r Ti- -o Ti-L-.i-.^ ~ . » ^ , ^ Bureau of Soils is Given That Amount Tax on Tobacco is So High m that Country, and American Tobacco Co. ^jj,^ Which to Grow Tobacco Such a Factor Indirectly, that Many Manufacturers are Discouraged. American Methods will be Adopted More Extensively. Washngton, D. C, March 30. The annual agricultural appropriation New York, M.irch 31 to pay the dollar of tax to the govern- which has been passed by the House, In a ronversaiion with a man from ment will demand from the consumer nllots to the Bureau of Soils, for mapping tration of trademarks in the Patent Office Australia who is on a visit to the United not merely its return, hut interest on that 'ind studying tobacco soils, the unusually is amended to permit the registration of States representing prominent tobacco dollar for the time it was locked up in the large amount of $204,660. The dunes trade marks used in interstate commerce, interests in that country, the man fiom product. If the consumer should refuse of the bureau, in relation to tobacco, arc as well as those used in commerce with the Antipodes let fall some very interest 10 pay the dollar, plus interest, to re- specified as follows: foreign nations and the Indian tribes, ing facts relating to the conditions of the compense the manufacturer for his outlay "To map the tobacco soils of the and subject to registration under the old trade in that country as relates to mo of the tax, then the manufacturernaturally United States; to investigate the soils law; and in addition, the new law pro vides that any mark which was in actual and exclusive use as a trade mark of the applicant or his predecessors from whom he derived title for ten years next preced- nopoly. Anything of this nature is deeply in will diiicontinue to manufacture. and conditions of tobacco growth in Cuba, Sumatra and other tobacco com- ' Hence, the consumer of tobacco must peting countries; to investigate, in co- teresting to our trade, as the best part of in the end pay the tax levied upon pro- operation with the Bureau of Plant In tobacco used in Australia is grown in duciion. plus interest upon the amount ^"stry, the methods of curing, with par- ticular reference to fermentation; to originate, through seleciion and breed- "The Ifusmess in Australia has not ing, improved varieties for the principal our own States. The perceiitage of Ha of that tix ing the passage of the act, may also be ^^^a used is comparatively small, and registered; tnus permitting tne owners 01 gome tobacco has been taken from the been on the highest wave of prosperity, tobacco districts of the United States. a class of trade marks for which registra tion has heretofore been refused to obtain registration; that is, matks which may Philippines but has not g lined much of a market. The j^enileman with whom I talked declared that the Australians re consist merely of words which are de- ^^^^ American manufacturers as by far the most progressive, and propose to in- scriptive of the good results with which they are used, or of the name of an individual or firm, corporation, or as- sociation, or a geographical name or term. although the same is true of every busi- ^^^ ^o secure as far as may be a change ness, trade geneially, being rather slow, j." *^^ methods of supphing tobacco to T, J L o . .. r foreign countries; the location of the To remedy this condition a number of stations; rent of buildings, not to exceed pi ins have been proposed. $4,000 per annum, for office and labora- •'The proposal with regard to tobacco tory purposes; the employment of local augurate American methods of manufac- may be divided into two parts. One ^^^ special agents, clerks, assistants and ture to a greater extent in Australia. relates to the revenue. It is argued by °^^" ^^^''' '^/l"*''^^ »" conducting ex- ^ ■' periments in the ( , . , .. J . . . . . . periments in the city of Washington and "In Australia, said he, -there is also some that the government would get elsewhere, and in collecting, digesting. a heavy tobacco tax which seriously more revenue from this source if the reporting and illustrating the results of The new law also provides that the hinders the man wno has a small capital, selling of tobacco products were a gov- such experiments; the preparation and Commissioner of Patents may cancel the ^^^ tends to centrahze the business in ernment monopoly. Butthis is answered Panting of reports, drawings and iUus registration of any trade mark, on the j^e form of big corporations or trusts, by the fact that more revenue is now application of any person injured by such ^^^^ ^^^ perfectly satisfied with the raised in Australia per man by the registration, if it shall appear after a hear- highest kind of a tax, because the higher present tobacco tax than is raised per ing before the Examiner of Interferences, j^ j^ ^^e more it drives the little fcl- man by the tobacco monopoly in France, and he shall so decide, that the registrant ^^^^ ^^^ ^^.^^ is the m o s t prosperous tobacco was not entitled to the use of the mark at "This is how the tax works: Suppose monopoly -ountry in Europe. trations. The Secretary of Agriculture is also authorized to engage such experts as may be for the best interest of the service, as hitherto the strict enforcement of the civil service rules has hampered the Department in securing, in particular, the time of his application for registra- ^^^^ ^j^^ ^^^j ^.^st of ten pounds of a cer- -But aside from the revenue question. ^ tion. or that the mark is not used by the ^^^^ g^ade of tobacco in the hank is $1, some want the tobacco industry to ^^^'^.'^^ "ff '' J' '' '*'''"^^' '*"'' *"' registrant, or has been abandoned; and ^^^ ^^pp^^^ ^^at this tobacco can be be nationalized because they want all J»»o"ty >-'» help the Departments work. whenthereareinterferingtrademarks,any ^o.ked up and put upon the market for industries taken over by the government. ^"! *^^ ^^^V f '"^^^ "P^"^^ scientific person interested in any one of them may j, ^ore, so that, when $2 has been paid They select tobacco now because the ^elp is hmited to $3,000 per annum. have relief against the interfering regis- f^^ j^^ ultimately the cost of growing the revenue question has raised the question "^ , ^ '" '"^"^^'^ ^' ^ '''''^ moderate trant by suit in equity, and the court may j^^^^ ^^ manufacturing it into the smoking of a government monopoly. * ^'y* <^»%^^^ order the certificate of registration to be ^^ chewing commodity and of selling it -It is certain that the tobacco industry n£^ ADDRESS FOR BALTIMORE CO delivered up to the Commissioner of ^^ ^j^^ p^^lic is all paid for. is capable of great development, if the But suppose the government puts a right methods are employed, but too It is further provided that before tax on this quality of tobacco amounung. many are afraid, because, in addition to Patents for cancelation. I^ranting registration the Commissioner shall cause the mark to be published at ♦« «. Tk-« fK« ^o»..ro^*......^ ^,^ the tax, the American Tobacco Co. is so say, to Si. Ihen the manufactured pro- , r r • l • , u ij I much of a factor m the situation, inas- • *i, r.«; • 1 r- », f,i, duct would have to be sold for $3. In- ^^^h as itcontrolssuch a large proportion least once in the Official Gazette of the ^^^^ -t ^^uld have to be sold for more of the American plant ' ' Patent Officcand any person who believes ^^^^ ^^^^^ f^^ the manufacturer who has E J. Marquette that he would be damaged by the regis- tration may oppose the same by filing Lilly. Dungan ^ Co. Will Move Into Quarters in 3-Story Building. Baltimore, March 31. Lilly. Dungan & Company, of this city, will shortly be installed in the three- story building at Baltimore and Liberty streets and Hopkins place, in which notice of opDOsition stating the grounds the consent of the owner thereof, will be WISCONSIN LINES UP WITH OTHER, they will occupy the basement and nonce 01 opposiuon, siaung mc grounub . , . Ata-rt ri^.i^ovr-rv ctatfc first flnnrc t„h.l#.HincT tl.* ,,r>n.r ct«r;« ANTI-CIGARETTE STATES. first floors, sub- letting the upper stories. Madison, Wis., March 30. ^"^ o^ the greatest advantages of the Wisconsin is desirous of taking rank building donsists of the eight windows with the anti cigarette States, and the ^hich can be used for display purposes, Wisconsin Senate has just passed the and when the refurnishing is concluded Evans anti cigarette bill, after a long which is now going on, the establishment debate. will be one of the handsomest of its kind. Like the one in Indiana, this measure therefore, within thirty days after the liable to an action for damages, and on a publication of the mark sought to be rendition of a verdict for the plaintiff, the reeistercd. court may enter judgment for three times The latter provision enables the true the amount of such verdict. owner of the trade mark to prevent his Under the provisions of this act a large right to its exclusive use from being class of trade marks may be registered, jeopardized by the registration of the ^r which no provision to register was ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^,, ,„u.aua, uu:, ...cct^u.^ ^^^^ basement will be lareel ' d same or a similar mark by an applicant made under the old law. To obtain the absolutely prohibits the sale or manufac- . v.- v, ^, ^, occupie who may not be entitled to registration, benefits of registration under the new law ture of cigarettes or cigarette paper, and bj humidors which will have a capacity The life of a certificate is changed from owners of trade marks heretofore regis- nothing is needed now but the Governor s of several hundred thousand cigars. The ineliteot acertincaieis cnangea irom » signature compiny now has quite a chain of stores, thirty years to twenty years, but the tered may have theirs re- registered. K vi.%.%^%%% certificate may be renewed, from time to The Chief of the Trade Mark Division SALESMAN INCREASES SALES BY time, upon certain conditions, and the of Patents Ofifice unofficially advises all AR.TISTIC TALENT. payment of the required fee. The manufacturers to re-register all their A salesman lor a tobacco house, whose and^ uUet factorv o^f^ H^avan ° government fee is reduced from $25 to marks if designed to be used in interstate name is Baker, is making quite a hit ^^ *,o commerce. If the mark is entered for through the Virginia trade by his clever- .'"^'^^r^ ^ '' ..^,. ,. r- II- ness as a cartoonist. He uses his talent — I he American Stogie Co. will erect Registration will afford prima facie use in foreign countries exclusively, it is .^ this -direction to advertise his goods, a large factory building on Ontario street, evidence of ownership, and any person already amply protected under the old and gives specimens of rapid drawing in Allegheny, Pa. , plans for which are now using any registered trade mark, without law. every town he takes in. in preparation. which includes 7 West Saratoga street and two stands soon to be opened in the Continental Trust building. The com- i,<- INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE H JiVetterlein & Co Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. VOOlfDSD 1855. v^i^/ T. Doban. Win. H. Dohan. ^^ DOHAN &TAITT, ^"V Dg,T Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^^ Packers of /'^^^^J^ J07 Arch St. Mfcaf Tohacco\ A^ PHILADA. -^\S BREMERs soyv, \jO^ • IMPORTERS OP ^To Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia ,|WLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. Importere of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. pf SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancmster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; BaldwinfTille,N.V. pMLAOEUVSaAjiL BBNJ. LABE JACOB LABi$ SIDNBl "U BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers oi SU MAT RA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^J^AF TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third Street PHIhADELPHIA, PA. LtEOPOLiD bOEB 8t 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. TheE m ni rp Importers and Dealers in '^**i-'*^ ^ ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, Y ^-r^ S££I> LEAF, m 1 Leaf lobacco havana 1] jonp ..^ SUMATRA 1 UUUUU Q^o., Ltd. SUMATRA 118 N.3(l St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/IOOO -) ITT" » P TkT IMPORTERS of r] Young G;rlewman,Sumatra&HavanaC-£%sf 2J» N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA ^ Paekeia^Seed ^ y\ Qalves ^ Qo. <^py> Ha, van a 123 n. third st _ .^m^^^^ IMPORTERS O^^ ~~ Philadelrhia $ SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CiGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers, Philadelphia. I The Old Salesman's Musings. I LAUGH. BVr BE SUR.E THE WOR.LD lean do just as well elsewhere, but the LAUGHS WITH YOU. principal reason is that I don" t care to do A ple^isint smile is < good asset for a business with this D-nicular salesman, traveling man, an \ a hearty laugh is a I don't like his < ethods. " better, provided the latter is backed up This buyer and I were pretty good ac- hy a proper amount of judgment. Many quaintance-^, and some time later in the a man has sold many a bill of aoods on conversation when we were discussing the strength of two or three laughs in the the characteristics o f a mutual friend, right place, but they have got to be in the buyer of his own accord reverted to the right pl^ce. the salesman, in order to illustrate a point A goodly number of persons who were he was making, bon without a sense of humor, and have "Now, there's that fellow," he said, recognized the f "Ct have adopted as a "If you ever had much to do with him, means of concealing it. the simple expe- you will appreciate it when I say that he dient of laughing very frequently, tmst- illustrates just what I'm trying to tell you. ing to luck in hitting the right times, or Wnen he first began to come to mv else being re^arled as unusually expert place 1 thought he was a jolly good fel in the detection of humor. low; always had a good word and a lau^h The trouble is that these persons fall and never seemed down in the mouth, down on the proposi ion too often for Well he laughed so much when he was their own good and so the plan isnt a in my company, fully halt of which emo safe one. Every mm wants you to laugh tion I was unabe to tra< e to any irresist with him, but the mmute he suspects you ible humor on my part, that I began to of laughing at him, you are a gone goose, chafe under it • There is one salesman I have in mind "It got so the l.«ugh grated on me, and at this moment, who is accounted a f .ir I hegan to hesitate before I uttered ;i talesman but who is compell^^d to avoid remark in order to rid it of any «erm of certain houses which used to be good humor. The best 1 got was always a customers of his employer because he h^ppy, silly lau^h, though, and it finalK can t get along with the people. He told got on my nerves. I thought the man me once that he had offended them he must either be an idiot or was trying to supposed, but he couldn't for the life of kid me. and I dreaded his approach, him tell how. "One day the boss, who is abroad "Ive always trefaction. * possession ol that nose of his. He never I h id an idea at the time that I v,en>ed drinks a drop, but you know how bul the trouble, but forgot about the matter bous and red it is, and the contrast is till one day I happened to be in conver- so sharp with his otherwise pale lace. I sation with one of the very buyers that skate mighty slow around that nose, and had been mentioned, when this s ilesm^n found out long since, that he imagined passed us in the hotel lobby where we things about it that nobody would were sitting. dream of. Some remark was made about him, "Well, the salesmm shook hands cor- and I said: "Arc you buying anything dially, and expressed his pleasure at from his people, now?" meeting the head of the firm with which ••No," was the answer, "I'm not The his people had been dealing so long, goods were always satisfactory, although (Concluded on page 36) Sulzberger Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia J. JVIflHLiOH BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^•"'REALM OP THE tiETAILERS P TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- ^ TERPRISING DEALERS. T^HERE are entiiely too many cigar •■■ dealers who think too murh of present sales and too little of future busi- ness. They will take a chance of disap- pointing a ;ustomer when he begins to use his purchase, for the sake of making the sale. That is such an obviously penny wise, pound foolish proposition that it is aston- ishing that anyone would adopt it, but the number who lose business this way is surprising. Remember that you expect to be in business next year and the year after that, and in five years; in fact as long as the business pays you, which won't be long if you do business from day to day. There are numerous cases where it would be the height of folly to call the customer's attention to some slight and unimportant defect which he would prob- ably rever discover himself. Such over- developed honesty on your part would receive no credit, in fact it might make the customer suspicious that you were trying to get him off his guard in order to do him in some larger way. But never under any circumstances allow a man to walk out of the store with goods which he bought under any mis- understanding, however slight. Don't promise anything for your goods that you know they cannot fulfill. If a cigar is worth five cents by the hundred to a smoker it is better to convince him that they are worth five cents, than to give him the idea while he is buying them that he is getting a ten cent article. It is true that 50 per cent, of the men who come in your store are no real judges of quality, but if you get a man s ideas way up, the tendency will be, when he comes to smoke the cigar, to believe it poorer than it really is. The result is either a lost customer or one who will never after believe anything you tell him; whereas if he had not ex- pected a great deal of the cigar, he would be likely to believe it better than he paid for, as every man likes to persuade himself that he has got good quality foi his money, provided he did it himself. There is one well known dealer in Philadelphia who has a large box trade and -vhosc customers are nearly all regu- lars. Whenever any cigais are sold in this store the man who is selling them says emphatically to the customer some- thing like this: ••If there is anything about these that doesn't satisfy you 1 want them back. No matter what it is, it you aren't entirely suited, I want >ou to let me buy them back or exchange them." There ate very few cigars come back, for if by accident there were something a little off color, the customer would regard the dealer in such a kindly light that he would not mention it. And aside from this point, the dealer in question makes it a point to know what goes over his counter, so that he always feels safe in making such an offer. That's the reason he serves the same men day after day. A GENUINE FIRE SALE. A CORRKSI'ONDENT sends an inter- "^ esting description of the prepara- tions which are being made for a genuine fire sale in his town, where some of the cigars have not only come through fire, but have been more or less injured by water. Sometimes a manufacturer or dealer after a fire in his plic-, is unaMe to get fair prire- for his k< ods. even for those which may have been en tirely unharmed. This is because the Kiefer drug house was burned. Theie a-e thousands of these cigais scattered over the floor of this room. Many of them .ire heyoi d rcdemptim. Many are not. Sine e the fire they have been drying out on the floor of the storeroom, three men turning them fiom time to time with shovels and pitchforks. For the last few weeks the three men have been going over them, assorting those ih it can be redeemed and sold as fire sale stock Only about one fourth of the cigars can be used and the remainder will be thrown away or disposed of otherwise. RECENT CATCHY DISPLAY OF "COUNSELLOR" CIGARS. The well known brand is manufactured by Allen R. Cressman's Sons, Sellersville, Pa. public is suspicious of the stock and is afraid it will be buying water-logged goods. The fire spoken of by this correspond. ?nt occurred in the establishment of the Keifer Drug Company, in Indianapolis, Ind., and in the storeroom of this con cern cigars of all shapes and varieties have been strewn over the floor for some d-ys so that those that are least damp can dry out. The cigars are those rescued from the big fire several weeks ago when the TWr ANY RETAILERS who are wonder- "'■''*• ing why the spring trade doesn't boom more swiftly forget the fact that a large proportion of their male customers are laying in a stock of spring clothing and regard it as a time for economizing in other directions. This hits the cigar man as well as the liquor dealer, and the condition is likely to list pretty well up to Easter. Particularly if a man has been induced by a wily tailor to pay moie for his cloihes than he expected, he will cut d'^wn sharply on his habits fu'~h .ns smoking. TIPS FOR THE CLER.K. TV/TAKE it a point to make a favorable impression on a custottier when- ever you can. Show him clearly, and you can do that in five seconds by your very manner, that you are entirely at his service. Don't pick out the best diessed men to be the most civil to. You are not running a tailor shop, and while you can't afford to dress carelessly yourself, there are plenty of men who can, Russell Sage is one of the least swell men in the world, when it comes to clothes. Above all, don't take it for granted that a man whose trousers aren't pressed and whose hat is a bit frayed on the binding, is going to buy stogies. A man may be careless enough to be willing to look xheap, but he isn't willing to be considered so, particularly at sight, by a clerk in a store. Cultivate the habit of remembering what a man buys so that when he comes in again you can be ready for hira. This may seem like a hard proposition, but it comes very easy after a while, and you will be able to do it unconsciously. When a man enters a store the second time and discovers that he and his tastes have been remembered, he will be tickled to death and will be sure to come back again. When you are waiting on a customer who has an idea of what he wants but, perhaps, hesi'ates a little, let him exer- cise his own choice. Don t try to change it unless he asks directly for your advice and you feel that you are able to benefit him by your superior knowledge of the goods. Never under any circumstances, switch on him because the jobber's price on the goods you want him to buy may be little lower. Always, if possible, give him what he wants. When he gets that, he has no chance to complain, provided the goods are up to standard. If he has bought at your suggestion, and alterwaid imag- ines something is wrong with it, he will put you down on his black list at once. If a customer enters the store and asks for an article which you don't handle, don't try to convey the idea that you haven't got it because you don t think it is good enough for you to have in your stock. Neither work the "just as good" racket. In the first case you arc insulting the customer by accusing him of buying something that isn't worth selling, and in the second he will think you are string- ing him to make a sale. By insulting his judgment you send him away mad, when left to himself he might have bought something. You can reply pleasantly that you are out of what he wants, or aren't handling it just now, = and then mention a number of other brands which you have got, that arc similar in quality to what he has asked for. Don't volunteer the statement that they are just as good or better but allow him to infer as much. II he asks you, then you have a right to express your opinion. Never hesitate to take down boxes because of the bother of putting them back again. Your game is to be just as courteous and obliging to the man who looks at 5.000 cigars and buys one as to the customer who looks in the door and orders "a hundred more sent around." You never can tell when that courtesy will reap manifold results. ■*\J^' i THK TOBACCO WOKLD TO SAVE MONEY A MERCHANT MUST BE UP TO DATE Old Methods Were all right in their time, but the man who clings to them is sure to tail. The man who succeeds today takes advantage of every new method. Today 436,000 Merchants Are using up-to-date methods in handling the money received in their stores. A National Cash Register Means less work in handling cash : less worry; less bother and more money. MODERN CASH REGISTER CUT OFF HERE AND MAIL TO I H TODAY NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, O. / orvn a. .Morr. Please Sam I explain, wlmt kiiitl of a reijister is best suiteil for in if husiness. This does not obliijate mc to hnij. Addreiis So. CU rkx The TobaLCCo World. "THE 400's" CIGAR CASE. ARE YOU IN IX? Supplying "The 400" with their favorite Cigars? • If not, *^OET IN IT'' By using "The 400's" Cigar Case. This new and elegant style of case is made without frame, either of wood to get shabby, or metal to tarnish and require cleaning. Nothing exposed to wear or view except Plate Glass and Marble. All cases are fitted with racks and water trays. Dimensions as follows: Top light, 26 inches wide; front light, 34 inches wide; marble base, 7H inches wide; 42 inches high over all. These dimensions can be varied. Made any length from three to fourteen feet with one light in top and front. Price, $9.50 per foot. F. POLLARD, Manufacturer of 33-37 Bethune St, NEW YORK Show Cases 734 & 736 Superior St., CLEVELAND, O. 949 Liberty St, PITTSBURG, PA, ^ A Galve3 c& Oo- <^j> Havana 123 n. third st gREMER BROS. & gOEHM 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA GEO. W. BREMER, J». WALTER T- BREMB&. mporters. Packers «LnH Leslie Pantm;''^Jl:i^™.!'™pT.!!ttt': Habalia, Cuba RENS Manufacturers of the '-$ Independent Gigar Factory The Oldest Brand MRTAGAS Okiueva. Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguei B. DIflZ-& CO. Growers e^nd Packers of VueltdL Abajo and P^Lftido TobaLCCo PRADO 125, HABANA, CUBA. YG a 4^1 bah^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Cable: ClFER. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Xabaco en Rama Especialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Specia-hy in Vueltft. Abafo. Semi Vuelta. y Partido. IndustriaL 176, HABANA, CUBA. 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, Jti, GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER IN Vuelta. AbsLjo, PdLftido dLi\d Remedios cabie:-Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. Cable; — Zaidco A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte iji6, cabie— -CAtDA." HABANA, CUBA. AIXALA OH CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco ^ Cardenas Z, and Corrailes 6 and 8, . HAVANA, CUBA. wer^rzciAL attention paid to the wants of American buyers^oi p. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Established 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory L^^illAfiN^ Por Larranaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietre.. ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: Por Laranaga, Havana J. F. ROCHA & CO. Trade Mark Registered ^Annexed Brand. : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir wlhir RaleUK L^Columnia de la. Viclorin^ L«l Irme^. and La. Guipuzcoana. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. alertness of Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, who is doing everything in his power to please his customers. Sol — Don Carlos Behrens reports busi- ness as steady, and says that the Sol cigars were also in big demand among the officers of the American fleet, so much so, that they were unable to get off other pending orders, as the officers had the preference owing to their departure last Saturday. Don Carlos Behrens in tends to leave for the Vuelta Abajo, next week, to arrange for making a packing of the new crop. Ramon Allones is busy, and it is stated that the officers of the American fleet left two thousand dollars with Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. , for cigars furnished to them. J. F. Rocha & Co. do not complain although the Crepusculo factory is per- haps a trifle less busy now than during the active season. Remigio Lopez y Hno have a fair call for La Mas Fermosa and Magneiica de Cuba from the United States. Buying. Sellii\| tt.nd Other Notes off In terest. Pantaleon F. Carcaba bought 600 bales of Vuelta Abajo for Garcia, Vega & Carcaba. Loeb-Nunz Havana Co. did a good business in selling 535 bales of Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedies. Leopold Loeb, the President, will leave next Tuesday, for Philadelphia, after having made good use of his time in selling goods right here on the spot, besides having made arrangements for packing extensively this year in the Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedios sections. A. Pazos & Co. disposed of 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo, while Don Avelino was still here. This house is also going to ack largely in the Vuelta Abajo and 'artido. Vicente Guerra made some good pur- chases of Vuelta Abajo leaf for his Tampa factory. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. turned over 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. John Wardlow is said to have bought some fine vegas of Vuelta Abajo which have been reserved for him. Bruno Diaz & Co. closed one trans- action of 150 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. The demise of Jacob Bernheim which became known here last week, has caused no surprise as he had been re ported as dangerously sick some time ago. The -Diario de la Marina' ' a local Spanish newspaper, paid him a glowing tribute, and the trade here extends its sympathy to his surviving sons, Isaac and Henry. Voneiff & Vidal Cru z have been do- ing a good business during the long stay of Don Pancho Vidal Cruz at Tampa, although the latter is expected back here tomorrow A. N. Calzada & Co. sold 100 bales of Remedios last week. Jose F. Rocha disposed of ico bales of Vuelta Abajo. Garcia & Co. were kept busy. They shipped 438 bales by the steamer Morro Castle, and stiil hold some choice vegas of Vuelta Abajo. Sobrinos de V. Diaz turned over 1 50 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Don Narciso Gonzalez went to the country to look after his coming escojida. The American fleet was dined and wined here last week, and Havana donned its holiday attire. Both the officers and men were sorry to leave, and the Cubans themselves saw them depart with regret. S. L. Goldberg e Hijos reported sales of 788 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Reme dios. Dave and his bride left by the Morro Castle, while Sydney is getting ready to supervise his escojida m the Vuelta Abajo and Alquizar. He intends to start up the latter just as soon as the weather will permit, as he has made some heavy purchases of Tumbadero leaf. Receliita Pruoi the Cuamtry Week Ending Since "Crepusculo/' "Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habaaa, Cuba Cable: — Crepusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, ^«- 93 Broad Street, New York. @RAH, PL/INAS Y Ql/l. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable: Graplanas. Habana, Cuba Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara & Remedios Santiago deCuba Total Mar. 25, Bales 373 36 140 64 Jan. I. Bales 8,570 782 1.599 5 8.560 4.633 CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, cbie- BU.CO Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BENITMZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. 6AF^ei>q Y e>q. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. 24.149 m 613 WILL TAKE BACK CIGARETTES AmericaLiv TobaLCco Co. Will Sa^ve Loss To Dealers Under New Law. Columbus. Ind., April i. Tobacco dealers in this city have re- ceived notification from the American Tobacco Co., in New York, that the stock of cigarettes which the dealers have on hand will be taken by the com- pany when the anti- cigarette law goes into effect. Some of the dealers were about ready to cut the price to get rid of the stock on hand, but the news that the combine will redeem the goods will keep the price up until the day the act becomes a law. — W. H. Ogden & Co., cigar manu- facturers, of Binghamton, N. Y., have materially enlarged their factory on State street, and have increased the force of employes. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mmacemstas ic Taleco eq (ania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "if;o?te?s''of LEAFTOBAeeo 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Hou.e,;-6l6 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T«.mp«.. FW. UNITED CIGAR Manufacturers M BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim & Scbiffk Hirschborn, Mack & Co. Straiton & Storm, I Lichtenstein Bros, Co. 1014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. WANTBD!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivdLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOER Sz CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers The Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA. 13 THB TOBACCO WOKLD cfn^'04Ai4 Y (H ^44 LKAF TOBACCO ' TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK X *^ New York, April 3. 1905. Trade with the retailers last week was There was very little doing in the lea no better or no worse speaking in aver market during the week and no transac ages than t h e week before, every tions of any moment are recorded. Duys pleasant day showing good returns. The & Co. were showing their Sumatra pu bigger dealers are doing the greater part chases and it is ""^^f °°^^.f f /^! of the retail cigar business, nowadays, firm was the first on the Philadelphia and the little man in a great many cases, market with this line of goods. There is barely making expenses In numer- was somewhat of a lull in the demand ous instances, the man who keeps a for all grades and as stocks are low in small store w.ll go out to work during the nearly every instance, the dea ers aren t day time and let his wife or a boy tend worrying. Old stock can still he sold i^^ OPriCES : OETROIT, MICH. ;9MSTERDAM, HOLLAND HAVANA .CUBA. NewYoiCA ktCMOCNER. CABLC AOORCSS'TACHUCLA* ^nW YOR^* |0S. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS m. CO. Importers & Packers of fd«phonc-346 John. No. 150 Walter Stfcct, NEW YORK. Leaf Tobacco Stapp Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO itablished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. shop. By this means he is able to meet ex- penses where he otherwise could not. It IS extremely probable that his finish is in sight in this town, however, owing to the fact that the man who buys his cigars by the box will invariably go to one of the larger stores, and the smoker who buys his cigars one at a time will buy that one wherever he happens to be, which in this town is likely to be a saloon, drug store, restaurant or barber shop. The good saloons in New York sell standard cigars to answer the demand, and a customer is no longer taking much of a chance when he orders cigars brought with the drinks. The man with the small shop does most of his business on ci~arettes and smoking and chewing tobacco of the cheaper grades, and as his profits are small on these, he usually has hard work to get along. • • • The United Cigar Stores Company has secured 1292 Broadway, which has been the location of oneof the Mercantile Cigar Co. s stands, and while the new tenants will not state just what they intend to do with the building, as they already have a store running a few feet away it is re garded as probable that the company will either subject the new place, or use it itself lor other purposes, being satisfied to remove the competition of the Mer cantile establishment This move shows how far reaching and important the leal without any trouble, but there was na great activity. A number of revenue men were out in the city during the week taking a casual look over the cigar stores to find out whether the dealers were paying attention to the recent ruling of the department, particularly in connection with the use of empty cigar boxes for advertising pur- poses and in the form of window displays. The Commissioner has reassured the trade by the statement that there is no law to prevent the use of genuine cigar boxes provided they have come from the factory full and been sold in the store. These can be used by the dealer himself for display purposes providing he does not allow them to go out of his possession without destroying the government marks. Dummies, however, must bear no official marks whatever. • • * Sydney J. Freeman, chairman of the Exposition committee of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Association says that his contracts are all ready now and some of them will be sent out this week to those who have intimated a desire to close the deal as soon as possible. Interest m the afifair remains keen, and Mr. Freeman says the committee will not have the slightest difficulty in getting rid of all the space it has to offer, in fact it now seems likely that it could have used con- J. &E'RNaEIMi& H^AN A TOBACCO siderable m^re. Some firms expect to ..V,.. — o . spread themselves and will take a good estate department of the chain stores ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ gp^^,^ jj^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^o it, and 1 xK«r» iG nr, jf gy(,jj js ti^g case i« many instances, i' PsTE^ vork. m^mi^- Havana, Cuba Importers Samatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son %Lmmmn m Office, 183 Water St NEW YORK company i s becoming. There 1 s no doubt that the company is in the game for keeps, and it would be interesting if a peep could be had at the local retail trade ten years ahead in order to see how the proposition had worked out. • • • The manufacturers claim to be busy, and there is no reason why they should -Mi will have its effect on the number of e^^ hibits. To offset this, however, a little additional space has been given the com- mittee over and above what it had ex- pected which will allow perhaps 20 or 25 more exhibits. • • • H. Duys & Co. last week received a lot not be, or at least why they should of Sumatra which the firm had purchased not be filling orders. It is probable, at the inscriptions, and which represents however, that many of them are able to among the finest of the tobacco sold at fill ta good many of the orders which Amsterdam. The trade will thus benefit really are coming in, from the stock which by the enterprise shown by the company, has accumulated during the dull season which is characteristic, for the retailers, when the men on the • • • road found it like pulling hen's teeth to The Falk Tobacco Company will move get an order out of a man. its New York office to 149 Broadway, Rather than haul in their horns a good sometime during the latter part of this many manufacturers kept their factories month. The firm now has quarters at going, and the product began to pile up. Warren and Church streets and the new This is now being got rid of, although most location in the Singer building will be ^{ the factories are still run on good time, much more comfortable and attractive. THE TOBACCO WORLD «3 I. Masskoff, who has attracted atten lion on Broadway near Fulton street, by his slashing of prices is about to move into Rosenberg & Co's old Nassau street «tore. He i s not able to remain on Broadway on account of building ope- rations. A new clear Havana brand ^with an attractive label named El Sustento, will shortly be put on the market by Stephen G. Condit The cigar will be manufac tured in 20 sizes, and the^attractiveness of the package backed by the Condit reputation will send- the smoke a long ^way in the right direction. The A. H. Hillman Co. are now the local distributors for S. F. Hess & Co.'s Backbone chewing tobacco; i packed in one dozen i X oz. cuts in one pound tins at 45 cents. William Bernstein, the Allen Tobacco Co 'snew advertising man, has gotten up some noticeable window displays of the company's products, notably their famous Telonette brand. These are scattered pretty well over town and are attracting considerable attention. M. Simon, who has had a cigar store on Third avenue, pretty well up, for some years has removed to 64 East 11 6th street. . , ., , _ John L. Fielding, of Rothschild & Bro., left for Key West and Havana last Saturday, where he will remain sometime. Simon Batt, of Simon Batt&Co., who has been West as far as the coast, and Ysidro Pendas, of Y. Fendas & Alvarez, who has been in Havana, are back in town. • • • Straiton & Storm are pushing their Owl brand vigorously, and are spending a lot of money in the daily papers. In the Sun of Sunday is a large advertise- ment, the reading matter of which is printed inside the outline of a large owl. This consists of a receipt for catching an owl, and the reader is told to "warily approach a cigar store—open the door with care— tip toe up to the counter- place five cents on it, then with swift gUding movement put your hand in a box labelled Straiton & Storm's Owl cigar, pounce upon the first owl that comes to your hand— cut off the end- apply a match— lo! You have captured the best five cent cigar in the world." The distributors of the cigar are Geo. L. Storm & Co., 24 and 26 Murray street. MOVING YOILK COUNTY TOBACCO. Nearly 200.000 Pound* of 1904 Leaf Transferred During the Week. York, Pa., April 3, 1905. The cigar industry of this county has not undergone much change for the past month, and trade is still reported as be- ing quiet in many sections of the county, while in others .there appears to be some improvement. Several heavy shipments of York county tobacco of the 1904 crop were again made during the past week. About 80.000 pounds were consigned to H. H. Snyder, of Lancaster, who is packing for Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., large cigar man- ufacturers in Philadelphia. 70,000 pounds were sent to Lancaster for Sneeringer & Co., which had been bought by R. D. Zech, of this city. 35,000 poundswere sent to A K. Mann, to be packed at his warehouse at Millers- ville, near Lancaster. This tobacco was bought for Mr. Mann by S. W. Hykes. It is now practically confirmed that A. Sonneman & Sons is about the only local house that is packing any of last year's crop. They will probably have 1 ,000 cases. Stamps to the amount of $93,000 were sold ai the local office of the Ninth In- ternal Revenue District during March. These receipts are about $8,000 in excess of those of last month and about $1,500 less than those of the same month last year. The entire receipts of the quarter, totalling $269,000, are not as large as usual. This is due to the cigar industry in this county notbemgas flour ishing at the present lime as it was during the early part of last year. Fourteen licenses for the opening and transferring of cigar factories and tobacco manufactories were granted during the month. This number is equal to that of the corresponding month of last year and is thought to be a good showing, inas- much as the district of York county now contains more shops than ever before. Two of the new factories are to be located in this city, while another was taken out by a Littlestown cigar manufacturer. Following are the licensees for March: Oggie Bell, 403 West Mason avenue, this city; George H. Lawson, Hanover; Harry C. Smith, Red Lion; Latimer Innerst, York, R. F. U. No. 2; Simon P. Kinard & Son, Wrightsville; Sarah J. Lutz. Win- terstown, R.F. D. No. i; George Graham, Wrightsville; Charles A. Bayler, rear of 213 South George street, York; Henry W. Shanebrook, Hanover; Charles W. Anstine, Bittcrsville; David Kyle, Uallas- town; Sarah E. Gulden, Yoe; Samuel G. Runkle, Red Lion ; Harry G. Duitera, Littlestown. H. E. Raber, who was for some time with B. F. Abel, at Hellam, has opened a cigar factory in this city. D. Curvin Kaltreider, a cigar manu facturer at Red Lion, has purchased a 50 feet lot at the corner of West Broad way and Park streets, in that borough, for $1,000. J. F. Reichard. a leaf tobacco dealer at Cralcy, has made foundation excavations for the erection of a new leaf warehouse. T. A. Winter, cigar manufacturer, formerly located at New Bridgeville, last week removed his factory to Craley. W. C. Jackson, of East Prospect, con templates removing his residence to Dal 1 ji ctowri T. A. Myers, of T. A. Myers & Co., specialists in edgings and box trimming, manufacturers, of this city, has returned from a two week's pleasure trip to Hot Springs. ^ v •■ • 1 Gus Stefifens has just made his ini lal trip through this section in the interest of Heywood. Strasser & Voigt, lithograph ers, of New York, and reports a very satisfactory trip. Sam. Kaufman, with Wm. Steiner. Sons & Co., has also been here during the week. He says that Henry Steiner, of his firm, is expecting to visit this section during the next ten days. H. E. Spannuth, with Lewis Bremer's Sons, L. F. Mueller, with Dohan & Taitt, both of Philadelphia, and R. R. Uhler, of Lebanon, were visiting leaf men here during the past week. P. H. Grove, whose factory is located at Rye post office, has experienced a very satisfactory increase in his business since his removal from Loganville. where he was formerly located. Bear Bros. . of Zion's View, have had an exceptionally good trade this spring, and recently introduced a new brand which is meeting with fine success. COHN IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco ^ AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New Vork. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUABBS Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission iAerciiants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. AmlstadM COL8ON C. Hamii,ton, iormeriy of F. C. Juinde, Hamilton & Co. M. CONGALTON, Frank P. Wiseburn L0DI8 Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Welghen Sampling lo All Sections of the Country Hecelves Prompt Attentio*. 2;::?^"i^ettf;s;t*'Ei'^"str &!«"h,8 Sonth St., New Yo* PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: aoQEastaethSt.; 204-208 Bast 27th St.; 1 38-1 38 J^ Water St.; ^^ Telephone— 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New Yorlu Inspection Branches.-Thos. B. EarleT Edgerton, Wis.- Frank V. MiUjf, •06 North Queen street. Lancaster. Pa.; Henry F; f«?*t«r,°^acher Reading, Pa^ Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton, O.; John H. Hax. Baldwmsville, N. Y.; Leonid U Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehou.e Point. Cotju.; James L. Day. fjatfield. Mas*.: Terome S. Billington. Cornin';. V /. Hinsdale Smith & Co, /> A -'Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 ULFQv^V^W. 125 Maiden Lane, j^^--- NEW YORK. CHARLES BOLLSTATTEK, Manufacturer of ... Fine Cigars.v. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplei. _ G. F. Secor, SpeciaL VEAZIXR M. DOI3RBR -^— ^mT >-v ^^ Y. C. LINDE, HAMILTON accoIas^ Principal Office, 180 Pearl Stfeet. New York Ci^. Bonded and Free Warehouses. 178. 180. 182. 186 and 188 Peart » ,n.p.c.i.» B,»«h..:-L.nc.ster. P..-0. Forr.^^^^^^^ %Zk "ir-V^'aX™, A«i.?^ P~r^t V.teley. M-..-G. F. F.«- Bdgerton. Wis.- A. H.^Clarke. , o . ^, Fred SchnaiW Frank Ruscher „ ^ ^ .r^ RUSCHSR & CO. Tobacco Inspectot's Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMf LING Promptly AMended to. ■ BRANCHES.— Edgerton. Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. CuUon. Sto«|hti% , Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster. Pa. : L R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut $t Fia^ I Un. O.: T. E. Griest Dayton. O. : F. A. Gcbhart, 14 Shore Line ave. ""■««% Conn.: Jos. M. Gleason. 238 State st South Deerficld. Mass : John C. DecM ' Meridian. N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.; Ed. Wischmcyer & C^ I Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight 14 THB TOBACCO WOlttD § Quicl\ We sell lots of them, and so will vou u 3'ou'll onlj' give them a trial. " ' ,, .Jhere is no better nickel cigar made than our "Quo V adis —every one is a fragrant, pure and satisfying smoke. It's the kind of cigars your customers will call for again and even the most fastidious men enjoy their fine aronia. ' Besides the big, fat Diplomaticos, which we told vou aDout already, we also make a more slender shaoe a real handsome Concha Especial. Both are of the same good quality Ind of the same reliable workmanship-strictlv hand made ^ " to teir^'di^'aiotTu^ tifd/z::^-£.xtT' "^ '"' ''-' ^'^^ t'he„-^:^tTrr>rr\SoXP\l^r:\roL?n^d^^'Su^ ^P^''^^'^ °-^r^%^"T ^°" thing either way. Write us today-wewlnt your trade ^ ' " "°' "'^ ^"-'- Alfred Eyer ^ Co., Ci^ar Mfrs., AUentown, Pa. # G. H. SACHS Manufacturer of fiest Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Pa. ♦ ♦ M M TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. "SILVER MOON"-T^® ^^^^ granulated smoking for either pipe or iTiwi^ii cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS"-?^^ ^°f^' ^^^^^ ^°°8 *^»^ smoking manu- tactured. "SUN TIME"— A long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking "SCOUT" a„„ ^ ^ , . . **OLE VIRGINY"" **** grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADE "'^l.y5?^.^i'.,^P„^'*^r'^ packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UN1VER.5AL COUPONS in each carton of "DAILK HORSE " "SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS." for the rcta^er Write us for samples and prices. THE GEM CITY lOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. Are you looking for a Good PITTSBUI^G STOGIE? ** Jolly Fellocjus** Hand Made MADB BY IS THE NAME. Lonrf FlHer Samuel Smith & Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Special Prices to Jobbers A 11 ji ¥^ Mention Tobacco World All6&U6ny 1 fl. : # m ♦ 4 I A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and lycaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spraiyer for mistintf fillers .... Simplicity Automatic Sprayer Little Climax TobaLcco Pump Progress Jr. Spraying Machine ^ Also make lar^e Field Sprayer which covers lour rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C» DAYTON, O. $4.00 7.50 10.00 16.50 /^ ■ , "i~* x^^^ ^LL- ^ \§iH?^ CITV Brass _0 AjAutom ATK, 50 nM m\ i^V m ' m 1 1 1 ?"^ Sli li -,., ,^ '. THB TOBACCO WOXLD »5 r lS/)e Johns-Brash Cigar Co (( Manufacturers of the Celebrated UNCLE DAN ff Absolutely Hand-Made UOINDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. EDW. M. BRASH, ■ Sec y & Treas. < DANVILLE. VA , WILL HAVE BIG INDUSTRIAL PLANT. The Commercial Association Proposes to Establish a Joint Stock Tobacco Manufactory to Help Farmers to Compete Against the American Tobacco Co., to be Capitalized at Not Less Than $150,000. Danville, V'a., April 4. The question of erecting in Danville Such a business also has the effect of a joint stock tobacco manufactory, such giving an outlet at home to the manu , - J . facture of the raw mHterial produced on manufactory to produce goods in com- ^^e farms, which, instead of being ship petition to the product of the American ^^^ ^^ Q^^gj. places where profits will be Tobacco Company, which idea has been made, and sold again at home at double advocated by the Commercial Associa- the price, which latter profit might have ^. . ^. J . . ^^^- been saved had the raw material been tion, IS creating considerable gossip "^"^" , • . • . a r .u ^ or gi^aped within the confines of the raw among the business men. material market, should be kept at home. The proposed project, if successful, is ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ y^^^g ^g^ ^^ere were to be capitalized at probably $150,000, thirty or more tobacco factories m active the majority of the stock to be held by operation in this city. These factories the farmers. It is intended in this way employed thousands of laborers who are , , . ^ . J • .u now either idle and a burden on the to have the farmers interested in the ^^^.^^^j^y ^, j^^^^ drifted to other staple Virginia product, not only insofar places. as the actual production of the weed is In those days, too. tobacco sold on concerned, but in the various evolutions the open market at figures that made it of the article as it progresses towards a to the interest ot the planter to raise the '' weed in prefeience to other crops pur state fit for the mouth of the consumer. ^^^^^^^ jf need be, the home supplies in The shares of the stock are to be the city. From six to eij^ht millions of small enough to be within the reach of pounds of tobacco were manufactured all. By carrying out the plan proposed yearly and placed on the markets ot the ' . ij u . world from Danville The output of the the oroducer of tobacco would be inter- r ^ j j ■ .u J u ^ uic t^njuuv-ti wt iuwav, v/ manufactured weed m those days when ested in the article from the time it is ^^^ prices on tobacco were high, yielded placed for sale in the stores, and would to the city something like five to seven be benefited by the profits accruing not millions of dollars. In the place of that only from the first sale, but from the sale 8^"*^^ ''"''"ft -^^^ "^"^ '?"^' t^ ' ghostly pile of brick representing what of the finished product. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^e hum of industry. Such a project as the one advanced in the general development of the by tkc Commercial Association has been south, the farmer alone has been left out launched in other places with more or in the cold by his more pr gres-ive neigh less success — some of which places arc bors. He is fretting away his life in the not half so well located nor yet so robust same old channels, growing the same old in industrial growth as Danville. Every crop, and selling his product at a figure manufacturing plant erected in a place that is more than changed from the con means so much money kept at home. ditions that surrounded the same crop during the days of his father. It is a matter of habit with the farmer to raise tobacco, and a habit that must change if he would get out of the rut and make good use of the opportunities before him. These facts were realized in the forma tion in the city some years ago of the Inter State Farmers' Protective Associa tion, of which H. C. Adams, of Red Oak. is President. This association has done a good work in stimulating the farmer to greater exertions in his own behalf-— in showing him the necessity for diversifying his crops — of impressing upon him the necessitv of holdmg his tobicco if need be until he can secure a price which is a reasonable advance over the cost to him of production. It is believed that the idea which the Commercial Association has in mind of forming a stock company for the manu- facture of the raw material with the far- mer as a large holder in the concern will be the means of forcing a legitimate price for the loose leaf on the market and curtailing the operations of the so- called trust. The Commercial Associa- tion will not rest until something has been done in this direction — until the farmers have shown whether or not they will take part in the formation of such a bu>-iness. The merchants of the city, too are talking of the venture in a favorable light. W. R. DRUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers ot Fine Domestic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Packai^es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited JAS. ADAIR A. R. REIFF ABAIR & REIFF. Packers and Dealers in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Ofl&ce and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Lar^e Stock of PENNSYLVANIA BROAD LEAF, ZIMMER SPANISH, LITTLE DUTCH and GEBHART. i6 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D Established 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 World Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street, PKiladelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^ey, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TEI.EPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld . Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union. $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or Relieved to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers Address Tobacco W0R1.D Publishing Co , 224 Arch St , Philada. probably feoon have a bill passed estab- lishing a municipal zenana, and forcing all bachelors to disrobe in the dark. The following from a medical authority in the London Lancet seems fairly con- clusive : In the course of my association with tobacco, about twenty- five years. I have known men all this time, working every day. to be inhaling tobacco dust or fumes produced in the process of manufi>cture. Uninterrupted good health is the general rule of all persons engaged in tobacco proceedings of every kind and generally of large consumers. PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 5, 1905 To Benefit 0\ir Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the"Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. THE LEAF BOARD OF TRADES PLAN. The Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade proposes to adopt measures which it believes will infuse the organ i- zation with more vigor. Attention i s here called to a letter which is being circulated by the Board and which appears in another column of the paper, and as announced in this, the first step in this missionary plan will be the giving of a dinner to the trade in Philadelphia on the 17th of this month. Every leaf dealer in Philadelphia will be invited to this, and it is intended to be an informal gathering of men who have the same interests, which interests will be better conserved by mutual understanding and effort. It is a self evident fact that the larger and more vigorous an organization the greater its power to accomplish important results for itself, and particularly when such matters as the Philippine contro- versy and question of dock weight are on the tapis, should the men who make up the trade stand shoulder to shoulder. There is room for a considerably larger and yet more compact organization oft his character in Philadelphia, and it is evident from the manner in which the committee in charge of the movement is directing its efforts, that the city will soon have one. A Bill which embodies more common sense than have the run of anti- cigarette measures is proposed by Representative Bringham, of Chouteau, Montana, who believes that his plan will be more effective and less injurious to the dealer, than any other bill yet proposed. Representative Bringham' s plan is to go after the consumer as well as the dealer. There is now a law in Montana providing a penalty for the sale of cigar- ettes to mmors, but as is usually the case, the law is a dead letter. Should the proposed law pass, a youth under eighteen will be committing a misdemeanor if he smokes on the street or in any other public place. At home he may do as he chooses. Thus any boy caught smoking can be arrested on sight, and in addition to being prosecuted himself, can be forced to tell where he procured his cigarettes or whatever form of smoking it may have been. Such a law really enforced would go a long way toward breaking up the objectionable part of the trade in cigar- ettes. Arkansas legislators have also been thinking over the cigarette problem, but have dropped it as a bad job and the prohibitive bill that was started died an early death. Those who were responsible for this, took the attitude that it is prac- tically impossible to stop cigarette smok- ing, and accordingly, it would be bad policy to pass a law that would not only prove impractical, but would excite an unwholesome contempt for the law as a power. To Work off an old and pretty bad joke, the Mayor of Richmond must be afraid to go in a public restaurant for fear he might see the salad dressing. Indeed, the Mayor's purity of mind has no place in these rough days, and it is too bad that others should be obliged to suffer as a result of his peculiarities. It is usually the case that these extra- ordinarily modest persons will strain at a gnat and cheerfully swallow a camel. The tobacco posters which the Mayor forbade the display of, had done duty elsewhere without exciting any riot of immorality and are exhibited even in Philadelphia without calling down the wrath of the Gibboney or occasioning any extra prayers. By declaring that they were unfit for display in his city, the Mayor insulted the Ricnmond mind by inferring that its lecherous character could not bear the slightest excitement. The Mayor will THE TAXING OF THE RETAILER FOR HIS OWN SALVATION. The following very interesting letter has been received /rom a long established and important sub jabbing and retail concern in Germantown. As the reader will appreciate, the letter proceeds straight from the heart and contributes valuable evidence to the prima facie case which the "Old Salesman' tried to make out. The Tobacco World is heartily in sympathy with the retailer in this matter and is willing to do anything in its power to bring about the tnxing of that branch of the trade, which we sincerely believe is the best, and indeed only remedy. Let us hear some more opinions, no matter on which side they may be. It is probable that every dealer has thou^^ht over the matter not once but many times and an interchange of thought will be helpful to those who are not finally satisfied in their own mind. — Editor. Philadelphia, April 4. 1905. empt from all mercantile taxes, rents and Editor Tobacco World: other sundry expenses that we who are Dear Sir:— Upon reading your "Old trying to live by our trade are compelled Salesman's Musings' in the last issue of to pay? The Tobacco World, I cannot but con- I tell you, sir, that it is an injustice, eratulate you upon so splendid an article, and when I say that it has a most dis- His suggestions regarding the placing of astrous effect on the daily receipts, you a tax on the retail dealers in the tobacco will see that I have ample room for pro- and cigar business must 1 am sure meet testing against the depredations of these with the hearty approval of all members pirates. You will perhaps upon reading of the trade, who desire to make an this sav, why don't you appeal to the honest and legitimate livelihood out of mercantile appraisers? our business. I have not made a direct appeal to As our worthy old salesman says, why j^ese gentlemen, but I have indirectly should the druggist, the restaurant keeper, ^^^^ ^^ ^^ jj^^ above office when pa>ing the grocer, the news stands and in fact ^^ mercantile tax (of course they never most anyone and everyone who carries • • - ^ on some small business be allowed to steal our very existence from us? To quote my own case in particular: (and 1 am sure there arc hundreds of other tobacconists in this city who have the same cause to complain). In my locality are some of the largest steel and manufacturing plants that we have in the State, and I know positively that in said works, tobacco and cigars are sold by the employees during working hours. These men. aside from realizing a pro fit from cigars, etc.. also receive their weekly salary. Now the question is. forget to let me have my annual tax), and it is mighty small consideration you get there 1 should indeed welcome any advice that you or any of your staff would be pleased to offer me in my present pre- dicament, for a continuance of this state of affairs will eventually eradicate a once prosperous business, one whose pro- prietor believes that the only salvation for this tiouble is taxation, and let us have that good and heavy. Thanking you in advance for any ad- vice that you or any of your readers weekly saiary. i^uw mw v^-*— — --. ,, . 1 j . u * t ^ , . , u^ oii««,«H would be pleased to submit, I am, sir, why should these employees oe allowed vvuu p to do this and at the same time be ex One Who Would Gladly Be Taxed. The Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. Here and There With the Retailers While business was still picking up in the retail trade during the week, it did not have the snap it should have had considering the fine weather, and those dealers who were unable to report the amount of business which they believe the weather should have brought, came to the conclusion that a lot of their customers were laying off until after Easter. This comes unusually late this year, just 20 days later than last, and in addi- tion, spring has apparently begun earlier, so that if this is the cause of the lack of animation, the dealers lose both ways. Then again many men leave town at this time, either on business or pleasure, and it is a well known fact that the Philadel- phia spring colony at Atlantic City grows larger every year. This hits into the box trade done by the larger stores which is the best end of the business. The United Cigar Stores Co. has com- menced alterations in its new store at Second and Market streets, heretofore occupied by the Bainbridge Shoe store, and General Manager Barney Greenburg expects to be open for business in a couple of weeks or so. The interior will be refashioned in the form which char- acterizes all the stores in the chain. The company will sublet the «mall store on the upper side which goes with the lease. Quite a number of salesmen visited the trade during the week and voiced a practically unanimous declaration that things are rather slow on the road. Some of them blame it to the Lenten season during which so m?ny consumers deny themselves. Among those who were seen during the week were : Victor Lopez, of Trujillo & Co., New York; Henry Kraus, of Kraus & Co., Baltimore; Arthur Lennox, of Manrara Bros. & Co., I #' Otir Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes It— I I Cplliirc £ Qaii ^Ailpr^villP Pa Ai,vVAYS Room for On« Morh Good Customsk. L* U» OCIICI O iX OUIlj OCilV/l OY iiiCf I Qi THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELI E^ R A HIGH GRADE R^ L)C« CIGAR FOR iJLx. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO New York; Mr. Re^ensburg, of E. Regensburg & Sons, New York, and Leo Weiss, of the National Cuba Co. The United Cigar Stores Co. designated last Wednesday as a • 'quadruple certifi- cate' ' day on pipes and as a result, did a land office business in that class of goods. With every 25 cents worth bought, the customer received four certificates instead of one, and in order to take advantage of this, many customers loaded up with more pipes than they could burn up in a year. In the window of James I. Hassan's cigar store, 6633 Woodland avenue, there is displayed a fine and interesting collec- tion of war relics that is attracting much attention. The various articles were Some houses are doing a little all the time, but no big buying has been re- corded. If the manufacturers finally be- come convinced that waiting wont bring better prices, goods will move in a much more lively fashion. Benjamin Labe and his son Jacob Labe. of B. Labe & Sons, both attended the inscription at Rotterdam last Friday, and while they picked up a few bales, prices were still out of proportion, and it was considered better policy to wait a little longer. Mr. Labe believes that after the rush and excitement are over, prices will right themselves. A. M. Lake will start next Monday on his regular trip for George Burghard. Mr. Lake has been detained thus far by illness. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of '[ \ . w lilgti-lriaile M&Haiana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. loaned by old soldiers that reside in the neighborhood or by the families of de ceased soldiers. The collection com prises swords, bayonets, pistols, daggers, muskets, bullets found at Gettysburg and Antietam, pieces of trees showing bullets imbedded in them, spurs, and various other articles. Some of the most inter- esting pieces are a piece of the bedstead on which Colonel Ellsworth died ; an ink well from Jeff Davis' plantation in Mis- sissippi; a flag which was used in the navy during the Mexican and Civil Wars ; a mortar made from old bullets; a dagger, captured from one of Mosby's guerrilas; a flintlock musket which was carried during the wars of the Revolution and 1812. and knives, revolvers and arrow heads from the Philippines. An interesting part of the exhibit is an oil painting, entitled, "Where is your regiment," a scene in the present war in the Far East. The picture is the work of Wash Anderson, of Paschall, and is a fine piece of amateur work. Lee^f DeaLlers* Jottings. H. Duys & Co. were the first to offer any of the new Sumatra tobacco on the local market They offered some of their fine purchases to the trade last Wednes- day and made a sale. The leaf market is still dull, most of the transactions being with out of town buyers. There is still the; reluctance shown by buyers when they are given quotations, and while there was a fair movement in Havana, little else was done. George W. Newman, of Young & New- man, returned from the West this week, although he had expected to stay a week or ten days longer. Mr. Newman booked a good list of orders while he was away, and says he would have scooped in a lot more if it had not been for the nearly in- variable tendency of manufacturers to buy just as small lots as they can get through with, in the hope that the next they get will be at better prices. F. H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. F. Eckerson, reports business to be satisfactory, particularly in Havana, of which the firm makes a specialty. The Philadelphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade is today sending out a letter to every member of the leaf trade in Philadelphia which it is expected will accomplish important results looking to war-^ the benefit of the organization. The present members of the Board feel that its membership list should include every local leaf tobacco dealer, and the dinner announced i n the latter part of the letter is part of the plan to interest those in the trade who are not members. This affair was origi- nally intended to take place at Essington in the afternoon, but it was thought that by having it in the evening and in the city, the attendance would be appreciably larger. The Board states that the dinner will not be an elaborate or excessively formal occasion, but is simply to consti- tute a friendly gathering of those whose interests are identical. The letter is as follows : ••Gentlemen: — The seventh annual Manufacturer of 5 cent Cigars The largest ai\d best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED S-ccivt Cig&r on the MaLfkct. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. Pa.. Geo. W. Bowman Qi Co. HaLivover, Pa.. Manufacturers of pine C'^^*'^ ♦♦!♦♦ ♦♦^♦♦- fan an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is ou»- specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Partlculara i8 THB TOBACCO, WORLD f wii'f f f n"f |if i"» f »f 1"' PROGRESS! S f Why people use OUR FLORIDA SUMATRA. PERFECT IMITATION OF THE IMPORTED ARTICLE IN STYLE AND QUALITY. FAR SUPERIOR IN YIELD. Our Tobacco Substantiates these FACTS Those Who Look Ahead Will Buy NOW. Florida Tobsicco Co. No. 131 MaideiV Lane, NCW YOrk Telephone "5276 John ' I Georgia Rlantations^ and Florida Racking Houses Quincy, Florida. ^jjiiJAi AiiilAiiiAitiAAiiitAAiiiilAA iiii4AAiiii4AAiiiiAAAiiiitAAi CftpaMty for Manafacturing^ Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for Onb Mors Good Customer. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pi. THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 EXPORT Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUmiondeFi^RICANJesdeTabacosyCigarros DELA utonzadaporel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza qae los I'abacos.cigarrosy paqaefes Je plcaduraquellevenes^aprecinU son fabncadospor HABANA ^^jlljJJII:»IJJJilJH:miJJrl.lJ|jJ.|.MJ;4Jktil»>..|l*l!l.llk'ti:lfJMi'^^^^ 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 i.i2e, ot the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Republic li acw 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 Ages which bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, or l#af packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Gorerm- »ent of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute belore the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guaraiuai •overed by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bluSi convention of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association will be held in Lan- caster on May i. According to its by- laws, every member of the organization has the right to be present at its delibera- tions and is accorded the same privilege as the delegates with the exception of the right to vote. ••The most vital questions to our trade will come up for consideration, princi- pally dock weight and the Philippine question. As to the first, we have the promise of support from the Secretary of the Treasury and are assured that the measure will be taken up by the next Congress. As to the second, we have secured the presence of the Chief of the Bureau of Commerce and Manufacturers, who will assist us to counteract the per- nicious policy of Secretary Taft threaten- ing the free importation of Philippine tobacco and cigars into this country "All tobacco centers are aroused to unusual activity this year and the ofificers of our organization desire that Philadel- phia shall not take a second place. "At the last meeting of the Philadel- delphia Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade it was decided to add social features to our organization in order to promote more intimate relations among the members. With this end in view it was decided to postpone the meeting and to give in its stead at the organization's expense, a dinner at which time delegates to the next annual convention will be chosen. The committee has selected April 17 for the dinner and meeting and enclose a card of invitatian, which is extended to all the members of your firm. Wishing to make the occasion a thorough success it appeals to you as members and friends to aid it to your utmost so that an inter- change of views may lead to a mapping out of the work that will insure the de- sired benefit. "Kindly address a prompt reply as to how many members of your firm will participate, to Mr. E. A. Calves, 123 >Iorth Third street, not later than April 41, so that covers may be reserved for Ihcm." Very truly yours, Harry W. Bremer, Geo. Burghard, Geo. W. Bremer, Jr., Harry Hirschberg, John R. Young, Morris Rosenberg, Felix Eckerson, E. A. Calves. With MeLAufaLCturers and Jobbers. Hollard & .Sons, South street manu- facturers report business to be on the boom with them with a very satisfactory flow of orders on all their brands. The firm is having a particular run on its popular brand, Hollard's Star. Business is picking up decidedly with A. S. Valentine & Son, and the factory now has pretty near as much as it can handle. The firm has some new picture advertising of its brands, and these are of the same handsome character which has always attracted such favorable no- tice. J. R. Vetterlein, son of Jos. S. Vetter- lein. of Vetterlein Bros., has returned from his maiden trip for the house. Mr. Vetterlein hustled through the West, and discovered that a traveling salesman has to do considerable hard work. Frank Teller & Co. who were recently burned out of their factory on South Second street, are advertising for cigar- makers to apply at 125 South Second. The H. H. Sheip Manufacturing Co., of 529 Columbia avenue, is making im- portant additions to its plant which will greatly add to the facilities with which the Sheip Co. will be able to meet all orders. These will consist of a dry kiln 20 feet high and 133 by 70 feet, and a complete four story mill 56 by 190 feet on Randolph street above Columbia avenue on the east side. $200,000 WORTH OF OUR. TOBACCO GOES TO JAPAN. The Portland and Asiatic liner Arabia sailed for Japan from Portland, Ore., last Thursday, carrying a shipment of 920 hogsheads and 235 tierces of leaf tobacco and 375 cases of cigarettes. The ▼alue of the tobacco is nearly $200,000 and it is said to be the largest single shipment of tobacco ever made from a Pacific coast port. Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna. Established 1891. Factory No. 3765. JOHN ZUDJ^Elili Manufacturer of "'^^ Cigars foS. Grade Genuine Union Made. Ephrata, Pa. ^oods Sold Direct to JOBBERS and DEALERS. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of & Dealest LEAF TOBACCO, 20 THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD 21 Telephone Call, 432— B. #Nice and WareKouset FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of fWE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ovc our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. 0« Box 96* WALTER S. BARE, PeLcker of Fine : Connecticut i Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Of&ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in I^BAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. United •phones LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD a CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, V packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville , Pa. Office & Salesrooms, nO& 112 W. Walnut St .fLANCASTER. PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bind Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted Dutch £^y^|,y (^^5^ of Fancy Packed Gebhart 1 OnO ^™^ FORCE-SWEATED Ouf Owil I 5IU>^ CONNECTICUT p i- ^ III \mm Packer of • H. Weaver, Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER. PA. # W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF Feia. Broal Leal and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke 8L LANCASTER. PA. Leaf Tobacco ■ ^ ^ ■^ %/*/%/%/%/*m^ *♦♦♦ ♦%%»%»%<«/%%% «^ ♦^^"^^ »%»♦♦♦♦ ♦^^t^^^i^ »■»♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ UNITED PHONBS. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer In I Leaf Tobaccos | ^ and Manufacturer of 7 I Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing ! Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. MAIN OFFICE: ♦ ♦ Lancaster, Pa. ! I 1 H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock: 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, Packer, Dealer, and Jobber m Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St, LANCASTER, PA. • I 1 Scrap Filler, Ready for the Cigar Clean, Dark and Good Quality In manufacturing our Scrap we use nothing but old, ripe, well sweated tobaccos which make exceptionally dtsirable Scrap for any grade of Short Filler Cigars. Prices ranging from 6 to 15 cents per pound HAVANA SCRAP in any quantity, at 30 eents per pound We have a complete line of GEORGIA WRAPPERS put up in bales, Sumatra style, prices from 25c. to $1.00 per pound. WALTER B. HOSTETTER m. CO 26 South George Street, York, Pa. Correspondence Invited. »%» 4^4^4^4.^ %%%%«%%%«^4^ ^^^^ ♦♦♦♦♦ NO SUNDAY CIGAR STORES IN NO- BLESVILLE. A crusade against the Sunday cigar stores is being started at Noblesville, Ind., and as a starter, Elmer Crane, of H. Crane & Son, Indianapolis cigar job- bers, who have a branch store in Nobles- ville; Walter Brown, proprietor of another cigar store in this city, and Harry Ben- ner, who conducts a fish market, were arrested yesterday afternoon on the charge of keeping their places of business open on Sunday. This is the first step on the part of the Anti Saloon League of Ham- ilton County, which proposes to close busines houses of every kind in Nobles ville on Sundays. NEW YORK'S REVENUE REPORT. Figures from 14 Counties Have been Sent to Washington. Lockport, N. Y. , April 3. Deputy Revenue Collector Doty, of the 28th collection district of New York, which includes 14 counties in the western part of the State, has completed his an nual report and transmitted it to Wash ington. The reports show there are 670 cigar manufacturers in the district, and that during the year ending December 31, 1904, 63,033,923 cigars were manufac- tured and 310,606,900 cigarettes were turned out Five-sixths of the output of cigars and cigarettes were consumed in the local district, according to the report. The estimated taxes on the total output of cigars and cigarettes is $524,019.33, of which $189,101.76 was on cigars and $334,917.56 on cigarettes. The report also shows that 3,267,589 pounds of tobacco were manufactured during tRe year, together with 28,427 pounds of snuff. It is expected that the next annual report will show a^greatjfalling off in all branches of tobacco industry, owing to the closing down of the American To- bacco Company's plant. INTERESTING DECISION; IN TRADE- NARK APPEAL. In an appeal from the^ Examiner of Trade Marks, in which registration was refused for the reason that, in his opinion, the word chosen had a geographical meaning which outweighed any fanciful meaning which might be ascribed to it, it has been held that while the word, which was of Indian origin, and had in that language a meaning other than the geo graphical one commonly ascribed to it, yet it was believed that its significance as such would only be known to students of Indian languages and could not, there- fore, be held to have to the general public any arbitrary significance which would outweigh the geographical mean- ing which is originally ascribed to it. For this reason the decision of the Examiner was afilitmed. CONTINENTAL BONDS PAID. The. 7 per cent gold debenture bonds of the Continental Tobacco Company — $1,581,100 — issued April 1, 1900, were paid at maturity,;^together with the in. terest due, on Saturday last, at the ofifice of Barney, Magoun & Co., New York. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Cigar ■[r^ Boxes ^^^^^H'^f^^^B and ^HnB^^ Shipping ^^^B Cases ^^1 Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 MaLfket Street, LdLivcdLster, Pql. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ 23 THB TOBACCO WORLD MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT Is given the Most Careful and Pains-taking attention. i Every reply is taken up by One of the Firm, who sees that you get Just What You Ask For, and that Shipment is Made Promptly. The careless man, without a system, gives your letter to one of his clerks, or an errand boy, and he attends to it any old way. That's good enough for the firm that does not care about future business But We Do Care. SMALL THINGS DONE RIGHT Made Us What We Are To-day. L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Wholesalers, Retailers, Importers & Packers of Cigar Leaf Tobacco No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia aI cAj THB TOBACCO WOKtD QUATI LITY I GAR Iheobald slOppenheimer CoB] The United NEWsColHiLApistribs CINCINNATI BUSINESS POOR.. Slot NaLchinea Out ak.nd BblcI WeaLther C&.use Slump. Cincinnati. O. . April 3 Offerings at last Saturday's cigar leaf sales were the smallest so far this year, the total being but 55 cases, all of uhich were sold at one house. With the ex- ception of the Wisconsins. the quality was good, condition fair and competition keen and active. The best of the old Zimmer binders and wrappers ranged from 6X to ^3/4 cents and new Zimmer from 4 to 1 1 X cents. Wisconsins sold from $2 to $3.40 per 100 pounds. Only two cases of Havana wrappers were oflFered and one of these sold at 14 cents, the other at 1 5 cents. The warm weather of the past two weeks has put the burley tobacco at the leat commission houses in very bad con- dition and with buyers discriminating, last weeks' market was unsatisfactory Incidentally farmers are holding their tobacco back and the break in prices which was anticipated, when the growers* deal fell through has, as yet, failed to materialize. A meeting of the stockholders of the Haas & Maier Co. will be held on April 24 to dissolve that corporation. The company is capitalized at I2 5, 000. Morris Haas is President. The corporation is owned by Haas Bros, and they now do their business under that name, and have no further use for the other title. The Tobacco Workers' Union has renewed its agreement with the Cincin- nati factories, outside the combine. No increase in wages was asked, because the workmen considered the high price the manufacturers were forced to pay for raw material. The firms interested were Spence Bros., Day & Night Co., Duwel Co. , Queen City Co. and Sea Lion Co. The (2ueen City Co., makers of Red Devil chcA^ing and smoking tobacco, is using unique methods to advertise that brand. Nightly a wagon filled with ••human devils" traverses the streets and by the aid of megaphones the public is informed of the good quality of the to- bacco. Samples are also distributed from the wagons. With the opening of the baseball season a crack collection of players has been secured by the Queen City Co. They will sail under the name of the Red Devils and will visit neigh- boring cities. With slot machines gone, and a spell of bad weather come, dealers state that business over the counter is in bad shape. A clever down- town cigarist put crepe on his slot machines on March 31 — the last day they were ailowed. Another gave his machines away to the high'^st hands. At one cigar store it is reported that more than 1,700 chips were won on March 31. Ellis Bonte, for six years general man ager of J. S. Hill & Co. *s seven retail stores, resigned his position on April i. He may go into business on his own account. Jos. Cantor has removed from Fourth and Walnut streets to 139 East Fourth street. He had a special sale of old stock last week and as he said "prices were slau;ihtered. ' Buhrman SPKCIAL NOTICE ( 12% cents per 8-point measured line. CIGAR FACTORY Building Complete, FOR RENT in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 Experienced Ci|{ar- makers, and 35 hands available, in- cluding foreman. For further particulars Address, FACTORY. Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World, Phila. i-25ca WANTED— A PARTNER WITH capital, to associate with a Clear Havana Cigar Factory, established at Key West Fla Person rtinning the factory is a man of large experience in the cigar manufacturing business, and requires more capital to enlartje his bu iness. Responsible parties may apply with references, (which I shall also turnish) bv letter to V. Jordan. P. O. Bos 107, Key West. Florida. 3-29r WANTED -A PEW MANUFACTUR- eis who make union made goods for $20, less 10 per cent and 20 per cent, off for cash, to submit samples; can use entire output Al.so nonunion goods fron: I7.50 up. Must sub n it samples AHHiot Box 99. care of Tobacco World. 3-22t WANTED-CHEWING ANDSMOK ing tobacco salesmen for the follow- ing territory: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana New York and New Jersey. Mu^t have experience, and furnish good reference. Address The GLATFEi^TtR-SNYDER Tob Co., Yoe. Pa. S^^r EXPERIENCED M.\N IN EVERY department of cigar manufacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference Address, Foreman, Box ico, care of Tobacco World. Philadelphia, tf WILL BUY FOR CASH-TOtf ACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc., redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags. Box loi, care of Tobacco World, Phila. tf WANTED -SALESMAN TO SELL a medium priced line of cigars to jobbers west of St. Louis. Address Waltz, MaureR & Co., Orwigsburg, Pa. 3-22r FLOR DE MANCHESTER . . . 3-Cent Cigars . . . and ]VIATCH-1T CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, are made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia. of Baltimore, Md. /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Jf^ A T? Q Hand-Made V/ J- ljr./X XV Vs^ 615, 6x7" and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE. Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED rm:±A Tza.die l^arlc. Reg)iot3rcdl. Pittsburg Stories .-%'', HAND-MADE ^X vO/ STOGIES. Xf^ Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. \Yedeles 3^o^^^'^> 182 £. Lake St. CHICAGO, ILL. C. A. ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THB TOBACCO WORLD »5 »4 THE TOBACCO \VORI.D f m PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGAR£ The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFO. Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ' ... ■ . ■•.*'■» iberman*s Latest |V\achines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. € ^ LIBERMAN MFG. CO. ^^ PHILA. PA. U.S.A. Jif^O j)ru. y/^s. j/^'^^S. Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, Philadelphia. New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street -; THE TOBACCO WORLD 36 THE TOBACCO WORLD SCHVTTE & KOERTING CO PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. Twelfth and Thompson Streets. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTIUTOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factor- ies and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time, without deterioration. The principal advantages are : 1. Low cost and simplicity. 2. Cost of maintenance is nothing, beind operated by city water pressure, 3. Needs no attention. 4. No drip occurs ; humidity uniform. • Correspondence Solicited. HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. No, 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. " ' n Manufacturers ot CFEATPOtt^ , High Grade Union Made 'g March 1905 $184,894 so 2.386.58 26 40 -The Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sig^i Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8.Y0RK,PA. NINTH DISTRICT OUTPUT FOR MARCH The internal revenue returns for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania for March have just been issued, and the figures show a small increase as compared with March, 1904. The amounts are as fol- lows ; March, 1904 Cigars. $183,898.65 Tobacco, 2 787.00 Snuff, 26.00 Showing an increase of receipts in March. 1904, of $992 85 on cigars, a decrease of $400.42 on tobacco, and an increase of 40 cents on snuff. The comparative output was as follows: March. 1904 March. 1905 Cigais, No. 61,294 550 61,630.500 Tobacco. I.bs. 46.450 39-776 Snuff. Lbs. 433 44° An inn ease of 330.950 cigars, a decrease ot 6674 pounds of tobacco, and an in- ( rease of 7 pounds of snuff. NEW RULING ON PATENTS. A specialty of Private Brands for die Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioo. Krands — 5^ Bear, 54? Cub. Essie. ^" Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH ^nd MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. Inventor Can Improve His Article but Must Not Change It. Washington, D. C. April j A decision of general interest has been handed down in the Court ot Appeals for the District of Columbia in two cases presenting a similar que^tion, ;ii d for that reason were consideied together, which was not one of patentability, but the right of the applicant to make cer- tain claims in the two applications. The following rulings have been made in con- nection with these c-ises: An applicant in his endeavor to pro- tect his invention may amend the S| edfi- cation and claims so long as he keeps within the requiiements and the rulesof the Patent Office: but this does not mean tnat he will be permitted at any time to introduce new matter into his application and obtain for the same the date of the original application. Nor does it mean that newelements can be introduced in this manner for purpose of enlarging the field of usefulness of a patent. Any radical departure from the invention as oiiginally shown and described is unwarranted, and is alone sufficient ground for adverse action by the office. Trade-Mark Register. SWhlETGEM 14.749 For cigars Registered March 28, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Winget Mfg Co, York, Pa CHIEF PHOENIX 14.750 For cigars Registered March 28, 1905, at 9 a m, by A P Snader, Ephraia. Pa BRICKO 14,751 For cigars cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered March 29, 1905, at 9 a m, by Geo W Mc- Guigan, Red Lion, Pa B. B. BLUNT 14.752 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies and tobacco Registered Maich 31, 1905, at 9 a m, by liayuk Bms Cigar Co, Philadelphia, Pa ANNAMOUNT 14.753 For cigars Registered March 31, 1905, at 9 a m, by F B Trout, Lan caster. Pa THE ORIGINAL KENWOOD CLUB 14.754 For cigars and cigarettes Registered March 31, 1905, at 9 a m, by the Baer Sprenkle Co, West Manchester, Pa HAVANA CREAM 14. 755 For cigars Registered March 31, 1905, at 9 a m, by S R Kocker & Sen, Wrightsville, Pa SWAMP FOX 14.756 For cigars Registered March 31, 1905, at 9 a m, by F M Meads, Wind- sor, Pa HONEY BEAN 14757 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, ito- gies and tobacco Registered April 4^ 1905, at 12 m, by James J Doyle, Elizabethtown, Pa # REJECTIONS. Honey Bee, Kuroki, Oyama, W. W , Green Label, Parlor Pride, Nodzi, Grand View, Nogi, Wheatland, Oku, Lombardy, Everybody's Chicko, Spitfire, Broadleaf, Gem, Umpire, War Medal. 2' STAUFF^R BROS. MFG. CO. Makers of High- Grade Seed and Havana Cigars ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ The Factory that Never Shuts Down. The Reason Why: GOODS of MERIT Alwavs Go r^r ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Reliable Distributors Wanted. New Holland, Penna. PRESIDENT COULD NOT POSTPONE TREATY TEN DAYS. So Decides Board of U. S. General Appraisers in the Protest Brought by M. J. Dalton & Co., of Philadelphia, Against Having to Pay Full Duty on Consignment Arriving During the Ten Days. A decision has been announced by Board No. 3 of the United States Gen- eral Appraisers at New York, in the case brought by the M. J. Dalton Co., of Philadelphia, which maintains that the Cuban reciprocity treaty went into effect on March 31, 1903, and accordingly protest againsts the imposition of the full duty on a consignment of cigars by the Collector at Philadelphia made on ac count of the postponement of ten days by President Roosevelt of the time when the treaty should go into effect. The Board holds that the President liad no such authority, but at the same ^^ne it is pointed out that the clause in question was doubtless inserted because of the confusion in dates which was in- evitable from the unusual circumstanres of the whole affair. The exchange of ratifications occurred on March 31, 1903. The importer in the case before the Appraisers, the Dal ton Company, maintained that the treaty went into effect on that date, and pro- tested against the imposition of the duty by the Collector. The United States Senate in ratifying the treaty, however, inserted an amendment that it should not take effect until approved by Con- gress. That was not done until Decem- ber 17, 1903, and the President issued his proclamation on the same date. Judge Somerville writes the opinion of the Board. He says that the amendment made by the Senate is as much a part of the treaty as though it had been origi nally inserted, and its vahdity cannot be challenged before the courts. The ques- tion as to whether the treaty is retro active, however — that is. whether i t s effectiveness extends back from December 17 to March 31 — has been passed upon in previous decisions, and settled in the negative That point is not considered in detail, therefore, but attention is given chiefly to the new point raised — namely, as to the legality of the ten day clause in the President's proclamation. Judge Somerville calls attention to the fact that the first clause in the act of Congress of December 17 provides that the treaty shall go into effect when the President has received satisfactory evi dence that it is the intention of the Republic of Cuba to give full effect to the convention, and issues a proclama- tion accordingly. Judge Somerville then says: "The proclamation itself, however, recites that such evidence has been received by the President. Its language is, 'And whereas satisfactory evidence has been received by the President of the United States that the Republic of Cuba has made provision,' &c. It is difficult, therefore, to see why the convention did not, by its very terms, become immedi GEORGE W. PARR Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTURER OF Hi^h-Grade Cigars Goods sold to Jobbers only. Correspondence Solicited. A Medal was Awarded at the Worid's Fair, in St. Louis, in 1904, on our FEBHSIDE S-CEVT CIBflK THE TOBACCO WORLD ciiE^B 138 a 140 Centre NEW YORK WAHurACTUwcw or ALU KiwDS or Cigar Box labels AND TRIMMINGS. P» iladelpbia 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. W. H. Snyder Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands ot Fine and Medium Triced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Whn1es;.le& Jobbing Trade only W. HUBUEV, Ttiomasville, F^^. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade ^ J i»vii<>a from Responsible Houses. Correspondence lo>Hedtrom^P^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ tt**v»v*v*******************************************^^^^ F. B. SeHllNDLER Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, P^l MAN"" BY A.B.WLI n ll PA' STRICTLY UNION FACTORY [ FA BR ICO NAROLFES CHOICE i POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE , • • • VAMPIRE •• ,,r , ( «« rnn selling Moguls and Shinasi Brothers' ately operative. We know of no con seiung mogu rrpmo s.i.u.iora, autho.,y which would author Na.u.aU - ■; «ms a P-'=ai • C- .e .he E«cu.ive .0 pos.pone Us ope.a --;/;-, "I:;,::-, ca.e/on.y tion a day after this time. ^^^ "'''" " ^^ . . ^^^^^ , , _ „. :r nv 11 « «;r trade, it now looks as 11 "If he could defer its oper.ition for ten to tne very nnc ua c. , . , r It he couia aeier p satisfied with any kind of da>s there would seein no reason why tney woui . r ♦uo It trade As there ate ten or more cigar he might not do so for ten months It traae. /^b i. c ^ ko^„ „^t nc iiiigiii W.I cfnrps in the vicinity who have been get- -""■ r- •'•^^v:; a"::::; dut z^^^X^. thiJcer..,.n,y wm do no raXd''r„"hT :J Va.rrs.a.u/e gofd, as Lny of ,he o.he. reuj.e. con- ratmea, man template doing a little cuitmg also, duly enacted Yesterday being all fools' day quite a "As a matter of tact, in tne prcbcm / ^^ • j^„^„ instance it seems too clear for doubt that few trick cigars were in evidence, instance it seems 100 . . ., . ^^^^ £. Bendheim. representing the Metro- the action of the ^^^^^"^1^^^^^^ p^,,,^ Tobacco Co.. of New York, is in to the ambiguity of the language of he P ^^^^_ ^ ^^^ ^.^^ treaty tself and the confusion ot the town « . u- u •„ u th*» harmonizine Of briar and meerschaum pipes. dates which occur in It. the harmonizing Ampriran of which has requi.ed .he closest San™. Marcuson. »..h .he Amencan snrny arid s.udy-the firs. d.,te for i.s Tobacco Co., has just .eached Boston p" .on being ,hat fixed by the diplo- alter v.siting the P"-H -"« ■" ff" opeiat.on o g j Hampshire. He reports having had a mats who negotiated it. namely, mc k „. „ , ,-•„. , L ( o»;fi pood sale on Hassan, ihe ne^f 5 cent .en.h day after the exchange of rat.fi^ ^^.i/^ ,ig,,e..e. while in thu territory, cations; the second being that fixed by Turkish c^ . ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ,he senate, namely, the time when t ^; «J ' ^ ^^^ , ^,„ should receive Congressional approval, corns., spci i / and a .bird elenient of uncertainty be ^"'^ j^^'^ ^=;,';^„., ^„, j„„. «. van ing involved in the language of the ac J' J' American Tobacco Co., of Conj^ress stating that the President sycKci. wm of congress siaung effective missionary work 'is hereby authorized to issue his proc- ^*'= "" & ^ , ■ u «♦.,« is nercoy auiuu ^„ on Murad. the 15 cent Turkish cigarette, lamatinn * ♦ * and thereupon on «" a**"''*". ^3 lamation i- Integridad. clear Havana cigars, the tenth day after exchange of raUfica- ^"^ *"^'=b ' ^^ ,, •)?/-« me lenm uay a I & ^ from the factory of Chas. Morns & Co., finn^ • &c the treaty should become "^o™ ^"*= i«iciuiy tions. ac, mc lie y ^cw York, are being featured this week "'onTpTotest, for goods entered on De- in the window display of Erhliclc and cember . 8, 1 903. is sustained, the others Kopf ^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^,^ for goods entered prior to December .7, J^^l, of Ne«York, hasmadehisini.ial are overruled. .. ,Hp here in .he interest of I. Lewis & Co. , The soecific contention made by the tripncic. ... „„ .= inc !>pc>."i-- Newark N. I., and is showing samp es importers was .hat the treaty took effect MewarK. in j., a r„w.„ F„ leri tl days after the exchange of ratidca of the much heralded Golden Ea.le c. Is on March 3.. Judge Somerville gars, similar goods to the Telonet^s. The ays that The usii ,„ e if that treaties jobbers price on these cigars is »,., less says tnat tne >» 3„" '"« 'o"' J""''"'- _^. IKAUE. Jilt- ^ ^ j^ Brown, who is operating a ciga- Weather is Ideal and Goods Moving store at 1)4 Providence Court, has la ely Very Satisfactorily. added to his establishment some hand. Boston, Mass.. April 3. some silent salesman show cases, and is Business is in the same flourishing con- carrying a full assortment of all the dition it was last week and is improving popular brands of domestic and im- daily. The weather is ideal. ported cigars. Chas. McGoldrick. the The large cigar manufacturers here are manager.is a valuable adjunct tothestore. doing plenty of missionary work on their and his very pleasing ways have attracted various brands. The American Tobacco and made good customers of many of Co , has a corps of salesman here and our Back Bay merchants whose places oj many of the independent concerns are business are in that locality, doing considerable advertising. The R. The Baltimore Dairy Lunch, on news- A Patterson Co. is placing in many of paper row, is running a cigar stand in the prominent cigar stores an electric conjunction with the restaurant, a special sign advertising Lucky Strike tobacco. feature being that no paper cigarettes The Commonwealth Cigar Co., whose whatever can be purchased there. Leroy store on Court street has been opened Little Cigars also the Puritans, are hav- only about three months, has been doing ing a good sale on this account a great deal of slasiiing in prices of late Floradora. formerly sold at 3 for 10 land during the past week they have been cents are now being sold at 3 for 5 cent sand C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS* Wc Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. > O CO MARK ^f1EWiNGsl0KlN(5 iia?nTOij 1:1 O ^ •^ d I AGOOD.ACOOL CHELW^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No. 38, VOE, PENNA., U. S. A. Ninth rist., Pa. in consequence the jobbers have laid in a stock. Trimount. C C. A., and the M. C. A., all 10 cent cigars, are being largely ad vertised here in various ways. At Rosenthal Hrov business is very active. This fiim is rapidly forging to the front and their retail and wholesale business alike is at its best. WiUiam the Fourth and El Cafe Bouquet cigirs are great sellers with this firm. C. L. Polep, the Hanover street cigarist, has placed a standing order to handle 25,000 Puritan little cigars monthly, and has just received the first shipment. M. Barnett. leaf dealer of Fleet street, contemplates a busines trip to New York this coming week. E. J. Mulligan, with the Menashi Cig- arette Co., is deserving of great credit, for his handsome original window dis- plays and it seems as if Menashi cigar ettes have come to stay. Victor Sheppard, the Khedirial Co.'s representative here, expects to go to Providence in the near future to make some window displays and do missionary work on the Turkish Delights which are enjoying a good sale here for a practi- cally new piece of goods in this market Rexford Hotel is getting to be the headquarters for the majority of cigarette and tobacco salesmen. Ben All UNITED CIGAIL STORES CO. LEASE NEW LOCATION IN MINNEAPOLIS The ground store space in the Temple Court, Minneapolis, Minn., from the entrance to the corner has been leased by Horace Lowry to the United Cigar Stores Co. for |6,ooo a year. The lease is for 1.4 i 7 square feet of floor space, making the rental #4. 1 5 i square foot. Possession commer.ced April 1 and will continue ten years. NEW WAREHOUSE AT MILLERSVILLE- A. D. Killheffer. of Millersville, Pa., has just completed a new leaf tobacco warehouse, 28 x 40 feet in dimensions, arranged specially for convenience. He is also building a tobacco shed on his Prince street property. In the factory he is exceptionally busy, being scarcely able to fill orders as rapidly as the goods are desired. TOBACCO IN SOVTH DAKOTA. W. H. Lyon Makes Liberal Offer to Induce Planting. Sioux Falls, S. D., April 3. W. H. Lyon, of this place is convinced that as good tobacco can be grown in South Dakota as in Wisconsin, and he is looking for some one who knows how to grow this plant. Mr. Lyon makes a liberal offer to such person. He will furnish the land and buy the seed and and will give all of the crop to the grower. "I make this offer," said Mr. Lyon, •'in order to bring to the front some man who knows something about tobacco culture. I am informed that $100 an acre is made from tobacco culture in Wisconsin, and I believe that our chmate and soil are all right for this crop. , If such shall prove to be the case, we would have developed another crop of great value in this State. I would like to see the experiment tried and for that reason I would like to get hold of some old Indiana, Wisconsin or Ohio farmer who knows how to grow the tobacco and properly cure it afterwards." If any such person sees this item, he should communicate with Mr. Lyon. 29 THK TOBACCO WORLD 31 3« THK TOBACCO WORLD •-*»rM-*.»L:'.^«.*.«v- v^--.4i4fc« ^«>«» American Tobacco Company Makers of the Famous Boot JacK Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 Nat. Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug im Always Uniform and R^eliable (T^ TC^ 4 t? J?TTiTi(U\f^ ■ '^"•''"«'« •' Plmn atidl^ancy Ribbons, vtl:i.-i.- HaBufacturers of ...,^ ^^ Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Write for Sample Card and Price Lint to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. MOST GOODS IN PACKERS* HANDS. GILDED PALACES OF GILAFT. Lancaster Trade Moving Along Well and Nobody Has Any Kick. Lancaster, Pa., April 3. The leaf market in this city remains practically unchanged, so far as business with the various packers is concerned, and there is but little old stock on hand excepting some goods of the 1901 crop. The 1904 crops are also pretty well in packers' hands and each week deliveries are becoming lighter. A large portion of the tobacco now coming in is from York county. Business with the jobbers is just mod- erate although a feeling of some improve- ment in the cigar manufacturing trade is manifest and nearly all factories are working, with some very busy ones. Staufifer Bros. Mfg. Co. at New Holland has been steadily busy all this year and at present are still somewhat behind with their orders. They recently placed a new brand of 5 cent goods on the market which is meeting with most encouraging success. A. D. Killheflfcr, proprietor of the Eureka Cigar Factory at Millersville, is among the busy ones in this vicinity, with the seating capacity of his factory filled to the utmost. A new cigar concern will soon be started here, and it is their object to open several first class retail stores in this city. Frank B. Trout, a well known local stock broker is interested in the project The revenue returns for February as published last week, for the United States, contained in its amounts a full share of progress from this district, and March has of course exceeded February as was expected, although it will not be phenomenally large. H. Gotselig & Bro. , cigar manufactur- ers, formerly located on St Joseph street, this city, have removed to Danville, Pa., and are reported to be doing very nicely in their new venture They are two ambitious young men, and deserving of the fullest success. M. R. Hoffman, of the Hoffman Leaf Tobacco Co., at Marietta, has been in the West looking over the leaf markets there, and last week was heard from at Dayton, O. , where he is putting up a packing. John R. Young, of Young & Newman, and F. Eckerson, of F. Eckerson & Co., both of Philadelphia, were visitors in this city during the past week. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. the United Cigar Stores So Styled in Inimitable Chicago Journal. Thanking you one and all for your kind attention we take great pleasure in presenting another hot budget of poison news from the dear old Chicago Journal. The dose: Chemists and expert tobacco men, working in the interests of the Independ- ent Cigar Dealers' Association, have been making additional investigation into the effect of adulterated tobacco, as sold by the trust stores in Chicago. The re- searches of these men have proved con- clusively what the independent association has claimed — that the trust's goods are decidedly detrimental to the health of any one who uses them regularly. Concerning the researches of the ex- perts, the head of the publicity depart- ment of the association said : ••When it becomes necessary to hide the identity of the real owners of a cigar store or chain of stores it is evident that customers who patronize such stores are being imposed on. Men who buy their cigars and tobacco at the trust stores certainly will suffer injury to their health. "Consumers who pe'-mit themselves to be lured into these gilded palaces of graft and misrepresentation, attracted by cut rate prices in the show windows, will soon learn to keep away from these self- styled 'largest people on earth.' They will find that the goods are not worth half the price charged for them, and that these apparently cheap cigars are harmful ••Clerks in the trust stores will regret, too, that they have been used as cat's- paws and have induced their personal friends and following to patronize the trust stores. ' ' NEBRASKA'S ANTI-CIGARETTE BILL 786,247' Cigar bunching machine; Nathan CalocofT, Indianapolis, Ind. 786,012 Toy cigar for blowing smoke rings: Noble J. Dilday, Indianapolis, Ind. 785,777 Tobacco hanger; Joseph H. Sylvester and P. Weckbecker,Quincy, Fla. 786,078 Attachment for smoking pipes; Isaac N. Weitzel, Rochester, N.Y. 12,332 Re issue — Match; Bartholo- mew Jacob, New Rochclle, N. Y. Pastes Both Houses and Now Lacks Only Governor's Signature. Lincoln, Neb., April i. The anti cigarette bill which has been before the Nebraska Legislature, and which absolutely prohibits the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper, ha« passed both houses and lacked only the signa- tures of the presiding officers before being sent to the Governor. It is understood that there was consid- able opposition to the bill which it was said was conducted by the American Tobacco Co. Some little commotion was caused by apparent loss of the bill this afternoon which was found in a pigeon hole only after a long search. RECEIVER FOR EXCELSIOR CONSVM- ERS' CIGAR CO , OF NEW YORK. Judge Truax, of the Supreme Court, has appointed John J. Mackin, receiver for the Excelsior Consumers' Cigar Company, formerly at 126 Broad street, New York, on the application of Joseph S. Cans & Co., judgment creditors for 1668. :♦♦♦: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ NANINE ♦♦ ♦♦ :♦♦♦ :♦♦♦ A 3 Gent Q^ar of Distinctive Quality. ^ Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. 1%^^^^^ J. M. MITTLEMAN ^ Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods. Sold in Any Quantity, Open Mvenings Until Nine o'clock. «%«%%•%«< ovSvXNex %V***V*V*****V*V*V****^**V***V*V***%*^^^^ (* A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. \ ^f. •Jt 4t Incorporated 1901 The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. I ^ns"? '' Marietta, Pa. MAKERS OF High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars*^ Onr Leaders - ^c— generally small crops of common grades. Old tobaccos on sale in hogsheads are quoted: Lugs, 4 to 5c; Leaf— Common, 5 to 6c; Medi um, 6 to 7c; Good, 7 to 8>^c. MONTHLY REPORT— MARCH. 1905 Receipts for month, 980 " year, 1,160 Sales for month, 20 « ' year, 298 Shipments for month, 312 " year, 1,143 Stocks on sale, 1.494 " sold, 533 Stocks on hand, 2,027 1904 360 415 140 837 333 961 1,261 476 1.737 HOPKINSVILLE, KY. M. D. Boales. The past month has been very quiet; nothing doing in hogshead tobacco— sales only 50 hhds. There has been no sam- pling, the trade standing still wailing the results of Farmers' Organization to offer. Quite free deliveries are being made and prizing going on, which is put in ware- houses subject to sale committee of the Organization, who have selected Mr. O. F. Jarrett, an old and efficient tobacco man, for salesman of their tobacco on this market. Loose deliveries of tobaccos sold early in the season are coming in to prizing houses; not much being sold now CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 634 hhds, offerings on the breaks 29 hhds, sales 19 hhds. The receipts are largely swelled by the deliveries from the factories of the "Dark District Planters* Protective Association," which are now receiving the loose crops freely. A portion of the prizings are now stored temporarily at the country ware- houses, which have been built for the purpose the type samples being sent to the central office and sample rooms here. The sales this week were of old crop except a few hogsheads, prices were firm and unchanged. The small old stock here is oflfered but sparingly and firmly held, hoping for higher prices. Not enough new crop has been sold to make reliable quotations. We have now spring weather, and winter seems over. For old tobacco we quote: Low Lugs $3.50 to I3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4.00 Capacity for Manutacturlng Cigar Boxes 1» — Always Room for Ons Mors Good Cubtombs. Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD— 35 4.00 to 4.25 4.25 to 4.75 4.75 to 5.50 5.75 to 6.75 7.00 to 8.00 — According to the annual report of Internal Revenue Inspector Garling, of the Twenty-third District of New York, 361,336,335 cigars were made in the dis- trict during 1904. SpoR-TY Kins My* M. K ALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of u HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiBAI^S l^ed Lion, Pa Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^l^PAlf^ ■'^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J. NOLL ♦♦ MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff ♦♦ ♦♦ Higti Grade Cigars ♦ ♦ ROBESONIA, PA. •♦•"♦-♦'♦^^^♦♦♦^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. **Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Special Brands: Fine and Medium 6l6;qRS Dallastown, Pa. GEO. F. NASH A SPECIALTY o^ Private Brands JOHN SELDEN -^ ^ for Wholesalc& Jobbing Trade GOV. THOS. HUTCHINSON Correspondence sohcited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOU)N. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. ^4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦ ^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦'♦■♦♦♦♦-♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦'» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ |%»%<%%%%%%i%%%^^ »%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %^%%i%%%% > John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ^ co. i Wholesale Uealers in All Kinds of • Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos ' Also, All Grades of \ Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si LANCASTER, PA. %»%>%^^^%»»%%%%%^^^^^^^<» mH*1k'tkii*^-tkii-H^***1t*^-it^-it**ii*it*^-HHm S. N. MUMMA Packer of 9 Leaf Tobacco Peniva.. Seed B's ^ SpecisLlty Warehouse at KailroaLd Crossing LANDISVILLE, PA. R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa.. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 56 THB TOBACCO WORLD CIGAR BOX EDGinOS We have the U^z'^i asscrtoea* * C4g«r Box Edging! in the United States, having over 1,000 designs in stock. T. A. MYERS & CO. - Printers and Engravers, - YORK, PENNA. Bmbossed Flaps* Labels, Notices, etc. _^__^____«_ _- W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. Wholesalers and Retailers of LEAF TOBACCO Shade-Grown SUMATRA, in Bales We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. »>°nes{|:[^^x^s?^: 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN «l SONS, Packers and Dealers in Lar«e Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B*s. No. 105 S. George St., YORK, PA. Leaf Tobacco WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra ^TOBACCO^ 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. /I. KoriLER & eo. piiiiiiiacnirers of Fine Ciga DALLASTOWN, Otp^otr, 75.000 v* ^y* BaUblished iStC Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher Sl Son Manufacturers of Pine Havana Cigan And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS Regis*ter°ed Brands: ''Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . lOc. **S. B.'* Half Havana, .... Sc «3CCO A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers QUOTATIOMS niRNISHED WRITE f Off SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGAR RIBBONS For Sale by All Dealers fas AUSBICAH TOB&OOO 00. KIW • ;t 38 THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOHACCO WORLD qr JOSEPH REED Established 1S78. Factory loO"., '.>th Dist. , Pa. o«^5ffi**f«d Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Mamifactiirer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSliPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at SCO per lOOO- PATRICK HENRY- 3c, Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at .*;;5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. AH Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintainirg the Standard ot Our Product is a Guarantee of (Quality and Woikin.-n^hip. PATRICK HENRY DATBJ^Henry Five Cent Cigar I THE OLCBE CIOAR CO. MONTANA HAS A CIGARETTE BILL Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only FACTORIES:— One at Ephtat i. iw., .a Hahnstown. one at Martindale. two at Terre Hill, one at Fritztown. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER*S Cuban stogies ^^ MANUFACTURED ONLY BV LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. . JQJ Ohjo St, Aflcghcny, Pa. ^ C. A. Rostra Co Wholesale Dealers in But Arkans&s Turns Down Proposed Measure as Impractical. Helena, Mont., March 30. The anti cigarette bill which has been introduced in the House by Kepresenta tive Hringham, of Chouteau, is meetin*^ with more general favor than has appar ently been accorded bill>o(simdir purpose in other States, and it is consid-ied fairly probable that the bill will go through, although like all the others it will doubt- less be foiced to pass the Supreme Court before those interested in the cigarette business will allow it to become operative. There is already a State law which provides a penalty for dealers who sell cigarettes or cigarette paper to minors, but it has never been enforced, and the Bnngham law is meant to carry along the purpose of the one already existent, as It makes it a misdemeanor for a boy under the age of eighteen to smoke in any public place, which of course includes the streets. By thus hitting the illegal consumer directly, it is hoped to dis- courage him from buying, it being recog- nized that as long as boys have the money and inclination to buy cigarettes, they will have little difficulty in finding dealers who are willing to sell them. 5 5 R R R R R R R \\ !i 4 All Grades of Leaf Xo*>3CCO A Specialty of Light Connedicut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4> 4> METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4> H ^IMPORTERS Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST ^ HILAOmt^HIA ^ y TPMlB HANDY Cigar Box Opener IVIadc to work well— look well and last well. Slips into your vest pocket and takes up no more room than a flat latch key. Just the thing to tickle the trade with. Is of best tool steel and finely nickeled— bright as a new silver dollar. Has a liardened edge that is sharp — handy to cut labels, edging and stamps — a feature the common kind don't have. We stamp your ad clearly and deeply into each of them, so that wear can't remove it. Don't this strike you as some thing extra good in the line of an ever- lasting advertisement, and a tool that would please the recipient? They make a favorable impression on those who get them. They would help to sell more of your goods. Wh}' not let us fix up enough for you to give one to each of yoi customers? It's a splendid way to show your appreciation of their trade. Write for prices — state quantity, and the ad wanted on. National Selling Co., ALLENTOWN. PA.. U. S. A. Established in i88i Vol. XXV. •SO-VKlA. ci. ^ I "VltrtiL KKt ouI<1a51^* t JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers ^ Ha.nd-M&dc LONG FILLER STOGIES Corner Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. E. I^OSENWALB & BR0. ID IN 1881 ) ^, No. 15. } PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, APRIL 12, 1905. One Doli^ar per Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents We'll Sell You Leaf by Mail and Guarantee You Satisfaction in every way, or You Can Have Your Money Back. You write us what you want, and we'll select and send you the same tobacco as you would buy if you came personally in the store. Among our replies last week was one from a manufacturer who told us the "Old Story': ''I want to tell you how I got some leaf from another house. ''I ordered samples; they were tip-top. Our order naturally ' ' ''followed; the tobacco turned out fair. Then we sent them ''a larger order, and the tobacco was just as poor as could be. "We won't buy any more from this party. Besides, in both ''cases we sent our check in advance. Now, if you will treat "us honest, we will buy from you." YES, WE'LL TREAT YOU HONEST. By doing so we have Established a Confidence among the trade. That's why we are doing a successful business. Perhaps your experience has been similar to that of our friend quoted above. Have you been caught by some ''smart Aleck?" If so, Give Us a Trial, which will do more toward convincing you than a verbal cyclone of words would do from now on till Doomsday. * L 6. HAEUSSCRMANN & SONS Wholesalers, Retailers, Importers & Packers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO, No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia cAj v---;:a>^.^..:.--^h- reduce acreage and to withhold their organized selling. rially exceed the record of any earlier cigars were m ide, of all grades, which is years. an increase of 9,496,546 over the pre- During the eight months ending with vious >ear February 1905, manufactured tobacco to This district of Ohio contains hundreds the value of 579,879, as against a value of factories, large and small, and is noted of 578 570 for the eight months ending for the numerous brands of cigars that February, 1904. are put on the market, especially from ^'*'*'*'*'*'*^ the southern part, which includes the REVENUE INCREASE OF 12 PER CENT IN 26 OHIO COUNTIES. Toledo, 0., April 7. Whether it be that there are more smokers in northwestern Ohio now than there were one year ago the records of the internal revenue office show that there has been an increase of 12 per cent in the number of cigars made in the tenth district, comprising 26 counties, over which Col. Waldorf has supervision large factories of Lima. WILL HOLD T03ACC0 FOR BETTER PRICES. Cloverport, Ky., April 7. At a meeting of the tobacco growers of this district, held here, a committee was appointed to raise money and to ing Company; J. W. Newman, State Senator; John Skain, Director Phoenix National Hank; C. F. Brower, J. T. T.inis. merchants; S. T. Harbinson, of the firm of Harbinson, Jewell & Patterson; Charles Patrick, William McCord, plant ers; A. Smith Bowman, Secretary of the Southern Mutual Investment Company, and A. S. Winston, President of the First National Bank. TO RAISE TOBACCO IN OVTAGAMIE COUNTY. WIS. Tobacco is to be given a trial in Outa- gamie county, Wisconsin, this summer. A firm composed of Max Shapiro, E. Ressman and D. Shure, has rented five acres ol land two miles north of the city where they expect to set out tobacco rent a tobacco warehouse, in which to J • ..• • ^f plants about May is. They have put up and prize this years crop 01 *^ ^ ' ^j '^y^ , T-u f t . already planted the seeds in hot houses, tobacco. The fanners propose to store , as collector of internal revenue. During away their tobacco till better, prices are Shure has been in the tobacco business the year 1904 in this district 92,973,368 reached. in Russia for the past thirty live years. X C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MlKNggCIGAli 114 N 7*? St. RUGBY 3-cent CifEar is in a class by itself. It's just a good, honest, old-fashioned smoke. It will suit more people than any similar price ci- gar you ever handled. STEWART, NEWBURGER &. CO.. Ltd. G^ar Mannfadorers, ^'T^lfy. ofswa Pa. 29 North 4th Si., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER. lOci) Oil Ml Ci. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKJTLBY, 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Co lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA GIG AlRJS, CLEAR HAVANA All Havam Cifar KCYWE&T CIGARS DUNCAN ^ NOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. It n.. '*The Philadelphia" A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL, Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. Il^h Street, PHILADELPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neamana & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ^ A. QalI/HS ^ O^- <^^^oy HAVANA 123 N. THIRD ST iM PORTERS OF^^ HILADCL^HIA •^TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ OUR TRADEiWITH CUBA. BRIGHT BELT FARMERS HAVE FEASIBLE PLAN FOR ORGANIZATION big tobacco faiil in Lexington. l905*Exports and Imports Compared with those of Other Years Washngton. D. C , April 9. According to the government reports which are being issued today, exports from the United States to Cuba in the eight months ending with February, 1905 amount to $24,126,687 and are larger than in the corresponding period of any fiscal year in the history of our trade with Cuba. Compared with the corresponding period of last year they show an increase of over 42 per cent while the imports Irom Cuba in the same time show an in- creisc of only 16 per cent. The state ment of trade with Cuba during the eight months with February, just issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statics, shows an especially rapid growth in exports to that island, and that the increase occurs in practically all articles entering into that trade. In imports the growth is not nearly so rapid and occurs in but two or three arti- cles, chief!/ sugar. The exports to Cuba in the eight months ending with Feb ruary were valued at $24, 126,687, against $16,898,884 in the corresponding months of last year, an increase of 42 per cent, while the imports from Cuba were 542,- 260,359. as against $36,230,060 in the corresponding months of last year, an increase of but 16 per cent. It is quite apparent from these figures that the exports to Cuba during the fiscal year which ends with the month of June will be larger than in any earlier year. The largest exports to Cuba in the history of our commerce with that island were those of the fiscal year 1904. when the total was $2 ,377.465, and as the exports during the eight months of the present fiscal year show an increase of 42 percent over those of the corresponding period of 1904, the largest earlier year, it is quite apparent that the total fjr the year 1905 will materially exceed that of any pre- ceding year. On the import side, predictions as to the comparison of the fiscal year 1905 with earlier years are more difficult. The increase in imports from Cuba in the 8 months ending with February is, as already indicated, but i6per cent over the corresponding months of 1904, while the imports from Cuba in that year \*ere less than those of 1873, 1874, 1892, and 1893. The year of the largest importa- tion from Cuba was 1874, when the total value of merchandise imported from that island was $85,428,097. The total for the fiscal year 1904 was $76,983,418, and as the figures for the 8 months of the present year were but 16 per cent in excess of those of the corresponding months of last year, it seems scarcely likely that the total for the fiscal year will reach the high water mark of 1874, though there can be no doubt that the exports to the island in 1905 will mate- Richmond, Va., April 8. crops from market until prices are right. They Will Attempt Nothing of Magnitude of the Burley Growers' Million It Will Be Held in the Fall and $10,000 Dollar Project, But Will Borrow Money From Banks on Value i«v Prizes Will be Distributed, of Individual Crops, Through Organization Officers. Lexington, Ky., April 8 Plans are on foot to hold a grand fair in this city next fall and it is the idea of Reports received here from the old These organizations are receiving much ^^^ Tobacco Growers' Fair and Pure bright beltofVirginiaand North Carolina encouragement in a quiet way from banks p^^^ Exhibit Company, recently op.an- show that the acreage of tobacco will be and capitalists who are apparently quite j^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^ p^^-^^^ j^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ further decreased this spring. Farmers ready to advance money on the crop ^^^ ^^^j^j^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ,^^g^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ are now far enough along in their work under conditions by which their invest- ToaccompHsh this it is intended to offer of seeding to show what will probably be ment is safeguarded and which are «,o qoo in orizes the total acreage, and there is no doubt carried out by the officers of the Associ $10,000 in prizes which will range in value from $10 to $500 each. The exhibits will be made in the Burley Loose Tobacco Warehouse Co's warehouse, and each farmer who exhibits tobacco will be required to bring 500 pounds. The fair will last four days and at its conclusion the tobacco on exhibition will be sold and the proceeds paid to its owners. Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural Department, will be asked to open the fair with an address, and a ticket of ad- that it will be from 15 to 30 per cent less ations. than last year. Piofiting by the failure of the burley The shortage of tobacco raised in the tobacco growers ol Kentucky to capitalize strictly tobacco States last year was large thei'- business for millions, the organiza- and that there will be a still greater tions throughout this section are very shortage this year there can be no doubt, wisely confining their efforts to the capi- The reduced acieage in Virginia. North talization of small groups of growers. Carolina and Kentucky in 1904 was due No attempt is being made to finance all more to the efforts of farmers' organiza of the tobacco growers through one source tions than anything else. The executive as that undertaking has been deemed too committee of the Interstate Tobacco large and too uncertain of results. Growers* Association of Virginia and Some of the organizations are now North Carolina sent out a strong appeal arranging with local capitalists by which '"'ssion will be sent to every grower who before planting time last year urging the farmers who are members can obtain ^PP"*^ or one. farmers to curtail their tobacco crops and the necessary money to enable them to Among the Directors who have been put the land to other uses. hold their crops until market conditions selected are: W. J. Loughridge, Presi- They pointed out that this was the are right, by applying to their local dent of the Third National Bank; R. M. only means by which better prices could officers. These officers inspect the to- Allen, Secretary of the National Pure be obtained, as the over production was bacco, report on its value to the bank or Food Departments; M. A. Scovill, Dean so great that buyers were able to wait groupof capitalists that supply the money o^ the Kentucky Experimental Station; until the warehouses were glutted and and the farmer obtains his loan. W. B. Hawkins, President of the Burley then fix their prices. This appeal was If a great majority of the farmers can Tobacco Growers' Company; F. R. Toe very generally observed by the farmers be brought into the organizations— and Water, manager of the Burley district for and the result was all that could be it seems a matter of easy accomplishment the American Tobacco Company ; T. A. hoped because prices in these two States now — they will pledge themselves to Combs, Mayor of Lexington ; H. P. have ranged higher lor all grades than borrow no money except through their Headley, President of the Headley Lum- for many years before. own organization, thereby enabling their ber Company, and a wealthy breeder of Encouraged by this success they sent own officers to control the market in a thoroughbred horses; H. F. Hillenmeyer. out another strong appeal last winter large measure. Director of the City National Bank; J. urging farmers to further curtail their If tobacco dealers,.and manufacturers Embry Allen, State Senator; Desha crops and this is being generally observed, imagine that the organization movement Breckinridge, of the Lexington Pubhsh- The Tobacco Growers' Protective As does not amount to much they are greatly ing Company; D F. Frazee, President of sociation has about 11.000 members and mistaken. Tobacco growers all through the Phoenix Hotel Company; F. A. Bul- it is g|pwing at the rate of about 600 per the South are deeply stirred up over the lock. County Judge of Fayette county; L. montff It is believed that within twelve subject of organization and are not only G. Cox, capitalist; T. C. McDowell, months every tobacco grower, in both pledging their support, but are putting up turfman and breeder; D. B. Jones, Treas- the light and dark belts, will become their money for a war fund to carry on urer of the Southern Mutual Investment members of an organization pledged to the work of systematic planting and Company ; S. J. Roberts. Leader Publish- reduce acreage and to withhold their organized selling. rially exceed the record of any earlier cigars were m ide, of all grades, which is years. an increase of 9,496,546 over the pre- During the eight months ending with vious year February 1905, manufactured tobacco to This district of Ohio contains hundreds the value of $79,879, as against a value of factories, large and small, and is noted of 1^78570 for the eight months ending for the numerous brands of cigars that February, 1904. are put on the market, especially from ''•'•^^'•'•^ the southern part, which includes the REVENUE INCREASE OF 12 PER CENT i.,rge factories of Lima. IN 26 OHIO COUNTIES. Toledo, O., April 7. Whether it be that there are more smokers in northwestern Ohio now than there were one year ago the records of the internal revenue office show that there has been an increase of 12 per cent in the number of cigars made in the tenth district, comprising 26 counties. WILL HOLD T03ACC0 FOR BETTER PRICES. Cloverport, Ky., April 7. At a meeting of the tobacco growers of this district, held here, a committee was appointed to raise money and to rent a tobacco warehouse, in which to J . ., . , c plants about put up and prize this year s crop ot ^^^ over which Col. Waldorf has supervision ^^bacco. The farmers propose to store as collector of internal revenue. During away their tobacco till better i prices are the year 1904 in this district 92,973,368 reached. ing Company; J. W. Newman, State Senator; John Skain, Director Phoenix National Bank; C. F. Brower, J. T. Tunis, merchants; S. T. Harbinson, of the firm of Harbinson. Jewell & Patterson; Charles Patrick, William McCord, plant ers; A. Smith Bowman, Secretary of the Southern Mutual Investment Company, and A. S. Winston, President of the First National Bank. TO RAISE TOBACCO IN OUTAGAMIE COUNTY. WIS. Tobacco is to be given a trial in Outa- gamie county, Wisconsin, this summer. A firm composed of Max Shapiro, E. Ressman and D. Shure, has rented five acres o( land two miles north of the city where they expect to set out tobacco May 15. They have already planted the seeds in hot houses. Shure has been in the tobacco business in Russia for the past thirty five years. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE JiVetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF ^kTobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. fOONDSD 1855. ^Mt JahB T. Dohan. X »r» u, 'r* »D8t.T»< ^^ DOHAN & TAITT, D 1^7 Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^^ IO7 Arch St Leaf TobaccoK ^«»'^ ) philada. £^\S BREMER'S XJO^^ ^ * IMPORTERS OF ^^ Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia ,i^'m^IUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. tsporten of Havana and Sumatra /^\ ^ O /^/^/^ Packers oi Seed Leaf J^ LfLfCLLyLyKJ 232 North Third St., Phila. L. BAMBERGER 8z CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwlnsvilla,N.Y» lENJ. LABE JACOB LABtf SIDNB¥£4 BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in X EAP TOBA CCQ 2JI and 333 North Third Street PHILADELPhilA, PA. o, SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA LiEOPOliD LiOEB 8t 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. Sr. PUBLAOEUWlAjiL The Empire l'"P»rtmal»?alersin ^^^■^ SEED LEAF m ' Leaf iobacco havana It IQ j] ^^ SUMATRA lUUUU Co., Ltd. nnn SUMATRA XUUUuU 118 N.3d St. Phila. ■jmn^ww ^|0BACCO. Ptiiladclphia. lii'iirmfartmro. A J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TOB/IOSO V^mrmm ?\ YO Ung & Newman, Sumatra & Havana ('•sr&sr 2J^ >W. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA, ^ Paekera of Seed Leat ■*- ^^ ' E A 0^^»^^® c£ O^- <:^o^^ Havana 123 n. third st 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. I The Old Salesman's Musings. X PATIENCE IS A HARD VIRTUE TO discarded cigars to some order. ACQUIRE. There was another man standing near I notice that the editor of the retailer's the cigar lighter who had watched the department of this paper is never ;.t a entire operation with deep inteiest. He loss to supply a pige of bright sngges was evidemlv a very profane man and he tions to retail deale-s. as to how to run felt likeexe ci^^in^ his gift. Af-er sundry their stores successfully. and various r^iiia k^ that would not go For the most part these are all ri^ht through the French mails, he wound up and I believe that every retailer can at with tie pithy statement that led be times profit from the department, accord if re d s-ell .i ci^^ar to a ing to his circumstances. Some of the hke that. advice would be pretty hard to follow "Well, you noticed I didn't pay anv under certain conditions, however, and I attention tJ him," answered the deale.. think that in every case laid down there "1 just allow him to wait on himself and are likely to be exceptions. then ^x up the wreck. He acts that way The dealer and hisclerks are frequently every time he comes in and at fitst i- told always to be courteous and accom made me hot under the collar. I dirx, and with a deep trown f i r^wm^ I. is in slammed the lid to and put the box away, tellectual brow, glated them r»ver. " 'See here young man, 1 says, 'you Finally one box was unfortun..«e don't want to buy a ci;;ar!' enough to claim his detirite attei tion "Well h-^ just gave me a sui prised lock and he commenced i > paw o\er the on and walked out without saving a word." tents. He would take up a handtui of "Good enou^jh for the . ' com- cigars and examine earli one minutely mented the man who was profane, from end to e: d an. 1 then throw the let "Nj, ' i.nswered the de.iler, "I back into the box. shouldn't have done it. It isn't a ques I give you my word he did this with tion of merely losing the sale of one cigar, the whole box and ende l b\ takmg a That's a minor point. My idea is that bunch over to the dwor for inire ligl t. tho successful clerk is t h e one who Here they were subj -cied to the clo-est docsn t regard hmiself and his customer possible scrutiny, a d at last tl^e \tMith as man to man, but as merely a salesman selected two, with the air of • on-ei tir>g to a rustomer whose relations begin and to be victimized forties ike of ben g a end with the actu il transaction of the sport. He handed ihe iKrk a dine and business. The cranky customer very went out. probably makes a fool of himself wherever The latter, who is the proprietor of the he goes and the clerk, personally, does store, came aiom d in front Ol the counter not figure in his spleen at^all. Conse- and meekly Le^an to reduce the ciia.bof (Concluded on page 34) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia J, JttflHLiOri BRRHES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Mailers of Hollard's Premiers, hranklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street. Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD ^"'TIEALM OFTHB f^BTAILERS f > I C n 1 W M J 1 1 h ; ( n 1 1 I Ml I L of the company was so large a man that realized that a thief is bred in the bone, teams of special agents operate contm CIGAR STORES COMPANY. he knew perfectly the secret of the sue- and it became inexorable. It discharged ually from the two centers, regularly for TN the April number of the Business cessful conduct of large enterprises-the upon reasonable suspicion, and it jailed the making of monthly mventories and. ^ Man's Magazine and the Book- utilization of t h e maximum initiative upon flagrant guilt. as occasion demands, for the making of keeper is an article by Camillus Phillips possessed by subordmates. In March, Within one year the percentage lost by the initial inventory at new stores under the title given above. The article 1903, he called a conclave of all general petty peculations was reduced below the Part of their work is educational, for it is lengthy but uniformly interesting and managers, and of all city or district man normal of the average well conducted remains tor them finally to impress upon a careful perusal of it would benefit every agers. They met at the Imperial Hotel cigar store outside of t h e company's the chief clerk the value of neatness and retailer in the trade, whether he is a rival in New York and all came with a written control. attractive display of stock and, more of the United Cigar Stores Co. or not. plan designed, i n compliance with a The system, of which the foundations than all else, the unvarymg importance The writer of the article is a frank ad- previous request of the president, to are complete fixation of responsibility and of every minute detail, so that he shall mirer of the system which he explains, remedy the looseness which was known precision of inventory, begins before the realize how the entire inventory system doorsof a new store are opened to custo operates upon a unit basis, with every chief clerk with all his individual package of tobacco, every cigar . and every cigarette reckoned a s one, the district managers was merr. The WINDOW DISPLAY of 1. LEWIS & CO.'S "GOLDEN EAGLE" but explains it with such admirable de- to prevail tail as to give a good reason for his Among admiration. — The independent dealer reading this, will undeistand how seriously he is hand- icapped by such a system, which natur- ally is impossible to himself, or to any interest short of a great corporation. To read it is to understand how the company has been successful in invading conserv- ative fields, but at the same time to understand that this success has never been^ accompHshed without hixhes or without having to overcome the disad- vantages which were a result of its very magnitude. The article commences with a brief description of how the company came into existence, and then says: President Whelan himself enlisted the aid of the wholesaler who. in every city, was to be local adviser and, probably, the local supply agent. He himself in- spected the stores which were purchased — always for cash and always without regaid to purchase price if the location and the trade promised a legitimate return on the investment. He engaged the owner as *he store manager, termed chief clerk; he paid better wages to store clerks than were paid before, often ad vancing stoie salaries 25 per cent. He was able to transfer, in toto, the good will and the allegiance of every store organization in his company. He founded new stores, in a proportion of from 30 to 50 per cent of the number of established stores he bought out; and he solved the problem of the fresh, unskilled labor, by placing, in every store, 50 per cent of I. LEWIS & CO.'S new "Golden Eagle" brand of little cigars is being skilled labor to train 50 per cent of pushed extensively in N«w York city, and. according to dealers who are handling unskilled labor. it. is catching on. William B. Turk, gene'^al advertising agent for the company. But he could look only to time and who is handling the force which is exploiting the brand in New York, is responsi- hard work for the re establishment of the ble for some effective window displays. The above cut gives a view of H. Brand' g normal two per cent of damage to stock window. 458 Brook avenue The bottom of the window is in puffed red cheese- when it receivrs expert handling. When cloth ; the eagle is made of papier mache. and the centre design on which the eagle a campaign opened i n any city, the lests is plaited around the edge with cheese-cloth. The sign in the centre is ordinary run of injury was from eight to yellow, with black letters shaded with blue. 12 per cent — a loss eliminating all profit. distinct unit i n a decimal system of accounting. He learns, then, the lesson that he is personally responsible for everything within those four walls, down to the value of a fraction of a cent. The special agents, making their re- cords in his presence and with his verifi- cation, set down the total number of units in the stock, to the last cigaiette and the ultimate package or plug of to- bacco. He is debited with all. as if he were the independent dealer, but at the idling price at which he is to dispose of every distinct group of units. The chief clerk is thus in debt to the company at the full retail price, for all the stock found in his store by the special agents. With the departure of t h e special agents, the chief clerk is at liberty to open his store doors and sell his first cigar, cigarettepackageorplugof tobacco. He knows that one month later, there will be a fresh inventory by the agents and that, meanwhile, it is incumbent upon him, at any hour of any day, to be prepared to show either the original stock as inventoried or the money for every missing portion of it as appraised at the retail price with which he h a s been debited. The one disturbing factor for the full retail appraisement is the box trade — a very important element in the business of the company, whose aim it is that all cf its stores shall secure as large a sale as possible for full boxed goods are necessarily made at a reduction from the retail price arbitrarily fixed as the stand, ard of value. The "General Braddock" cigar, for instance, with its retail ap- praisement at $4. 17 as sold in groups of sixes, is disposed of at $4.00 per box of 100, a difference against the chief clerk of 17 cents. The adjustment of the dis- crepancy incidental to the box trade is arrived at by means of a rebate for the amount of the difference, which the chief clerk credits to himself in the form of a He could look only to time for the cor Samuel Bloch. whose territory extended stock, old or new. or both, comprised discount, in a special report on box lection of the neophytes' ignorance of from Canal street, south, in Nev York within the store's four walls — is there on gales. the stock, which was bad enough, and of city. He was the man who had defined the selected day nominally a selling agent Being debited with the goods at full the wants of the customers, which was the essentials of the problem and the for the company, practically in the posi- retail price, the chief clerk must watch far worse. conclave dissolved shortly after he read tion of an independent dealer awaiting all his rebates on box sales for his own But neither time nor haid work could his paper. Within three weeks his plan inventory of his stock, down to the last protection, and only by making an ex- cver enable the company to stop the was in operation, and its author was in- half cent of values, by receivers for his act rebate which must fit in precisely petty thievery which, in the aggregate, ventory manager, practically adminis creditors. To him come a "team" of with the condition of his stock, can he made killing inroads upon its profits. trator of the accounts of the entire business two special agents of the company, from keep his account straight with the com- Some months elapsed. The volume of throughout the United States. New York if the store is in Philadelphia, pany. Before the system was instituted the losses was enormous.. A general. The thieves dropped into detection like Pittsburg, Buffalo or any other center the store clerks could readily find in the comprehensive system had become an ripe persimmons. The company was east of Chicago; from Chicago, if it is box sales opportunities for false state essential for salvation. The president merciful — for two months. Then it west of that operating center. Several ments, by which they could put into • # • The Best Means for Protection IS A NATIONAL CASH REGISTER nE^D IVHMT THE mRECTOtj OF COMCESSiONS OF THE IVORLD'S FAIR SAYS DAVID R. FRANCIS, President WM. H. THOMPSON, TREASURER WORLD'S FAIR, ST. LOUIS 1904 LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION DIVISION OF CONCESSIONS AND ADMISSIONS WALTER B. ST2VENS, Secri MORRIS B. GREGG. Director OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR ST. LOUIS, U. S. A. December 5. 1904 Gentlemen: ^ ^ .^ ■ ^ •♦ ,« After careful consideration of all other systems for handling cash, it was decided that, for the quick and accurate accounting of ^^^ daily receipts the con- cessionaires on the grounds of the Exposition should use the NATIONAL CASH REGIbliLRb. We are entirely satisfied with the working of the one thousand or more registers which were in use on the Exposition Grounds. Your machines furnished information and protection to both the concessionaires and the Exposition Company which could not have been obtained in any other way. We believe the NATIONAL CASH REGISTER is the best means of protection to all concerned wherever cash ia handled. Very truly yours. National Cash Register Company, Dayton. Ohio. Director of Concessions and Admissions. Please Mention The Tobacco World their private pockets the difference be- tween the retail prices, and the box prices at which they alleged they sold the cigars. The system of debiting the stock to the chief clerk at the full retail prices, put upon him the onus of proof of saie at the lower price permissible for box trade, while the rebate or discount put it in his power to safeguard himself to the extent of the actual returns. The rebates as reported from all the stores, are tabulated in the New York office by a large force of tabulating clerks and are compared with the condition of stock as reported periodically by the inspecting teams of special agents. It has hap pened repeatedly that a month's inven- tory of all stores doing $5,000 monthly business, has balanced with the monthly account of the daily report with no greater discrepancy than ten cents. The article by Mr. Philips is much longer than this and includes some mat- ter regarding the cash register system in the United stores, and the manner of making out reports which will probably be taken up on this page at another time. What is printed above, however, shows how small details were considered in the making of the system, and how just that very care has made the great chain of stores possible. NOR.E RABID POISON NEWS. • • • THE Eskimos of Point Barrow know good tobacco from bad, but have a peculiar way ofshowing their appreciation. The habit of chewing the weed seems to be universal Men, women and even unweaned children keep a quid, often of enormous size, constantly in the mouth. The juice is not spit out, but swallowed with the saliva without producing any symptoms of nausea. Our Weekly Extract from the Chicago Jourival. The following is about as rabid as any of the poison articles which have been appearing in the Chicago Journal. The most charitable interpretation is that the writer has no clear idea, himself, of what he is trying to do. The article: "A striking example of the results of the tobacco trust' s methods is shown in the case of a young man, the son of a widow, who is dangerously ill in a West side hos- pital, suffcnng from the excessive use of adulterated tobacco. A lot of tickets, found in the patient's pockets, are re deemable at some distant date in cheap jewelry and other useless things. The trust's retail stores throw them in as a sop to purchasers. ••The case ought to be a warning to every consumer who is in the habit of patronizing the trust's retail stores," de- clared the head of the Independent Dealers' publicity department. "Furth- ermore it ought to be a lesson to all storekeepers who keep for sale trust made cigars and cigarettes, if they care to save their reputation as handlers of independent made goods only. These goods can always be guaranteed to con- tain nothing injurious to the health of the smoker. ••Look at the large quantities of cigars marked down to 2, 6 and 8 cents daily, displayed in the trust* s store show win- dows, and which are continuously ex- posed to the rays of the sun and to germs of all kinds of disease. They must be disposed of at some time, after they have served their purpose to beguile the con- sumer. ••The tickets going with the purchase, at a cut rate price, find occasional vic- tims, as in the case cited." Write for Samples itPrices A Calves c& Go. <^^ Havana 123 n. third st GEO. W. BREMER, jR. WALTER T- BREMER. ■RREMER -RROS. & "ROEHM, ^J i^ *^ Importers, Packers a^nd Dealers ia Leaf Tobacco 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA 'i!(a^l!9j!IS^2!(^ll^^ JOHN U. FEHR, Established 1883. GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U. FEHR & SON, Leaf Tobacco • ^oo Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St READIN6, PA. •i 0TTS & KEELY. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. Oar Retail Department ia Strictly Up-to-Date. PlflLlPPJ.KOLB Cdwabb»T.G)lgan RD Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Havaaa Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal Tobacco ■»T«la«diilL G. H. BOESCH, "°DelEl Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Speciahy, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. VELENCHIK BR.OS. SX?!. LEAF T0B/I©eO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVTSINKR J PRINCE LOUIS BYTHINSR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. p|^M . | g . and Commission Merchants. T KllaaClpllia. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Su matra .»" H a va na Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo NVNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: •* Angel, " Havana Kein^L 20, HavaivdL p. O. Box 98 HAVANA MARKET REPORTED TO BE FAIRLY ACTIVE. Stocks of Old Crops are now Practically Exhausted and Some of the New Tobacco is Commencing to Arrive. Ramy Weather Has En- abled Farmers to Take Their Tobacco Off the Poles andi Begin Handling It. [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.] a s Havana, April 3, 1905. the weather conditions will Notwithstanding the fact that there are early no new arrivals of buyers to speak of, the permit. market has been well sustained and, con- That wrappers do not promise to be sidering the season, fairly active. The plentKul must be the prevailing opinion trust and commission houses^have been among dealers, as otherwise it cannot be the chief buyers, while some of the local explained how some of them have started dealers have also operated more or less in to buy m the Partido section, raising I I =;^ ESTABLISHEQ 1844 H. Upmann & Co. I in picking up desirable lots which are not likely to deteriorate. Exports during the week amounted to 4,216 bales, of which 3,858 bales went to the United States, the remainder going to South America, Europe. Mexico and Australia. As the stocks of the old crop are vir- tually exhausted and some new tobacco the prices from $2 to $2.50 per bundle up to $3 and $4 per matule. Salea amounted to 3 291 bales in all, divided into 2,031 of Vuelta Abajo, 270 of Par tido and 990 bales of Remedies. The buyers for the American market have taken 2,011, the local cigar manufac turers 1,224, 3nd European exporters I I HAVANA. CUBA, BdctYkers and Commission Merchadits ^ I I I SHITTEF^S OF CIGAB..^ and LEAF T03ACC0 IS beginning to arrive, thej receipts from 5^ hales the country will henceforth mostly con- sist of the 1905 crop. Rainy weather prevailed last week over the eastern and western ends of the ishnd, enabling the farmers to take down the dried tobacco from the poles and commence the first part of the handling of the new crop by making the so called "matules" or bun- dies, and throwing them into piles. As far as the httle tobacco that is left in the fields is concerned the problem is whether the rainy season has really set in early, or whether the atmosphere will turn dry again. In the former case there will be no further cutting, while in the latter there may be some cutting in the Santa Clara province, as well as in the Semi Vuelta and the Lomas of the Vuelta Abajo. This is the only chance which the farmers may have to collect some capa- duras and short fillers, thus possibly in- creasing the quantity of the crop to a small extent Don Luis Marx, the enterprising and wealthy planter, has opened his escojida in Havana for about a week past and already has some beautiful wrappers which may be in workable condition next month. Bruno Diaz & Co, have also received 100 bales of new Partido wrappers from the country, and others expect to receive small lots| before long. While opinions are divided as to Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: — Alfred Meyer, of Hamburg; David del Monte, of New York. Departures: — Max and Morris Davis for Cincinnati, Leopold Loeb for Phila delphia, John Wardlow for Key West, Otto Sariorius, and Charles Blasco for New York. HavansL Cigar Manufacturers Business is described as pickmg up in some of the larger factories, while the majority of the smaller ones still complain and note no change in the receipt of orders from the United States or abroad. Until the new leaf becomes workable, as far as wrappers aie concerned, it is not very likely that there will be a great increase in the demand Exports per steamer Mexico were 4, 175,610 cigars. H. Upm mn & Co. report business as good with them, so much so that they I I I The Celebrated ICAMUFACTURBRS OP W^. CigfLff Bra. fid FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPMZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands La Mas Permosa y Magnetica de Cuba No. 83 A Amistad St.. HABANA, CUBA. may be forced to increase the number of their cigarmakers. They exported last week 5 10,000 cigars. Heinrich Upmann, the senior member o f the firm, who usually lives in Hamburg all the year round, arrived heie last week on the steamer Mexico on a visit. Gustav Runken, a former member of the firm, now retired, passed through here with his bride, en route for Mexico. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co., of the Partagas factory, do not seem to know any dull times to speak of, as they have whether it is good policy to start the ^^^g^ ^^^^^8 from Australia. England, packing of the new crop early, or later ^^^ ^^e United States, when the real humid summer weather p^^^ Larranaga is doing a fair business of BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to orders. Cigars made atrictly of the rery best VUELTA ABA10 TOBACCO Vbnancio Diaz, Special* Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Angeles St.. H A V A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Box 856.' Narciso Gonzalez. has set in for good, the manufacturers are the only competent judges to decide, but as long as the craze for light colors continues, and there is usually a scarcity of such wrappers, the packers are more with Great Britain and the United States, where Barron Taylor seems to be hustling all the time. Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, also says that their Cana- dian representative, Charles Landau, is or less forced to start their escojidas as giving a good account of himself. SUAREZ HERMANOS, ( S. 1 n C. I and Dealers in lj63i iODSCCO FIQURAS 39-41, Cable: -Cuetera" HAVANA, CUBA, H Leslie Pantm/^^HltT.!''"'"l^S".5!n'r^; Habana, Cuba FENS Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands. »*^%%c >-'PARTA6AS>-5 Independent Cigar Factory SOL and "^^iswC^-^ LUIS MARX JffABAfif^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS, YG a AflBAl*^ Cifuentes, Fernandez y Ca. Cabl«: ClFER. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. "Ahtbiio." ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en Rama BSPMCIALIDAD MN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA Jose Menendez, Altnacenista de Tabaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba, JOAQUIIV HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA <& CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf 83a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: ' Jkdesa." Branch House: -512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. Sw Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTAflEDfl GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana lieaf Dragones 108-110, HA VA NA FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Spectahy in VueltSL Altai*, $«»> VueltaL y Partido, Industrie. 176, HABANA, CUBA. 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. AVMLINO PAZO^ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama : PRADO mj, Habana AIXALA -- C*.e^ZA.DCo '■ HABANA. CUBA. Jfl. GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VuchsL AbsLjo, PdLftido atixd Remedios Cable - Puiido ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA Sc CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHAN'ra, Monte is6, cabie-"CAu>A." HABANA, CUBA. m C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Bttablithed 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprielre«» ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA. CUBA Trade Mirk RegiVtered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brand. : Alexander IL. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^h. Sir Walter Ralei^K •> L«L Columnia de K VictorisL. Lbc IrniBL. and L«l Guipuzcoana. l^fnuM J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" Sol is working satisfactorily. Behrens Charles Blasco. who left >esterday per & Co. expect theirifactory will be one of steamer Mexico for New York, has done the first to work the new wrappers, as a very fair business last month, and his they have already made some trials with a object in leaving temporarily is more in few leaves. As the tobacco is bound to the nature of a rest, as he had been improve in texiu e and colors, however, working very hard last winter, they will not send off lany samples.until Sobrinos de A. Gonziles sold 250 they are thoroughly convinced that the bales of Vuelta Abajo to local buyers, new wrappers will be perfect in every Joige & P. Castaneda are buying respect, and give eniire^isatisfaction to leisurely in the Partido section, as they the smokers. " ^° "°^ think the high pretensions of the Ramon Allones is working steadily farmers are justified, and they are trying to protect the interest of their clients all that lies in their power. Rz. Bautista & Co. made several sales aggregating 250 bales ol Vuelta Abajo. Pancho Vidal Ciuz arrived in the best of spirits from his trip to Tampa, and soon expects to start the escojidas of Voneiff & Vidal Cruz. Bruno Diaz & Co. disposed of 220 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Luis Muniz, of Muniz Hnos. & Co., has gone to San Diego de los Banos for a short sojourn. Suarez Hnos. turned over 140 bales of Vuelta Abajo to a local factory. Leslie Pantin executed some good orders for his customers in the North. Antonio Suarez closed out 106 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. Narciso Gonzalez, of Sobrinos de V. 100 San Miguel St Habaiva, Cuba Cable:— Crepusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. 93 Broad Street, New York, is upon orders from the United {States, Europe and South America. Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co's cigars are getting to be more liked as time passes. Crepusculo is doing as well as J. F. Rocha & Co. expected, and has no lack of orders. Cahxto Lopez & Co. have some'very fine orders from Germany. Remigio Lopez ;y Hno. are getting their share of business^in their La Mas Fcrmosa factory. Buying. Selling a^nd Other Notes of .in- terest. The trust has been thej heaviest | buyer of all kinds of leaf for its factories] here as well as those at Tampa, the amount being above i.ooo bales. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. sold 532 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo to SRAU, PL;aNAS Y Ql/l. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable: Graplanas. Habana, Cuba CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, cbie-' Bi«co ■• Habana, Cuba. w«.*.^ -. - ...^ Diaz & Co. , is making his preparations local buyersjas well as loitheir northern ^^ g^^j.^ ^j^gj^ packings in the country as soon as the weather will permit. Jose Menendez sold 93 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. Recelpta From tke Coantry GONZALEZ, BMNITBZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura is and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: .'Tebenitez.- P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. eAB,Qi/i Y e/1. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. customers. Germany refuses to accept any Cuban cigars as genuine unless the boxes con- tain the warranty stamp with the name of the manufacturer or his brand, and also the seals of the Republic of Cuba and that of the Presidency. American importers, retailers as well as smokers, should insist that each box has this stamp affixed, or otherwise reject it as being of doubtful origin. Morris and Max Davis secured some choice vegas of Remedios for their Cin- cinnati firm of A. Davis' Sons & Co. G. Salomon y Hnos, disposed of 500 biles of Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedios. According to the Spanish paper, "El Tabaco de Cuba," Don Gustavo Bock has been appointed Honorary President of the Havana Tobacco Co., and thus ceases as managing diretor of this com Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara b Remedios Santiago deCuba Week Ending Mar. 31. Bales 895 35 201 21 Since Jan. 1. Bales 9.46s 817 1,800 5 8.581 4.633 LOEB-NUNBZ HAVANA CO. mnaGenistas lii Ttto eq im 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ Total 1,152 25,301 Recent Incorporatioi\s, Etc. VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ""etonfr-s'of LEAF TOB AeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T».mp».. Fl^, The Export Tobacco Company, of New York, has been incorporated with a cap- ital of 1 100,000. The directors are A L. Lowenstcin, Saml. Lipmann and H. H. Kutner, of that city. The Majestic Cigar Company, of Cleve- land, O. , has been incorporated by Joe ^ ^...^ H. Levy, John L. Miller, Jr., Frank r.:.nv As hc had an ironclad contract Schnelbly, William Davis and Chas. H. LrTlone term of years as director of the Taylor, with a capital of lio.ooo. for a long term ot ye ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ Springfield, former Henry Clay and Bock & Co., Ltd ^^^^^ has been incorporated to deal in it i s doubtful whether this could be jj^^ors, cigars and tobacco, with a capi rescinded except by his voluntary resig- ^^\ of $10,000. The incorporators are ^„.. _ Sylvester A. Ryan and Charles H. Bailey, nation. , ^ . r o • c u Aixala & Co., closed out 500 bales both of Spring fie d. , ,, ^, , Aixaia ^ '-°" "- ; The La Leal Cigar Co.. of New York, of Vuelta Abajo and Partido from their ^^^ ^^^^ incorporated to manufacture holdings last week, which included 50 ^.jg^rs, with a capital of $10,000. Tht bales tor Mexico. It seems they are the incorporators are E. T. Pfaflf, of New only exporters to Mexico from here. York, and B. R. Bauscha. of Newark, N. J. (INITFD ClfiARl f Kerbs, W€rtblfm& Schiffef. UlU I LU V/IU/\IV I I jiirscthorn, Mack & Co. Manufacturers J 1 ficil'ensfein'Br'^L co. I0I4-I020 Second Ave.. NEW YORK. WANTBD!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN Coinbiiva.tioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINGER «& CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers The Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA. 13 THB TOBACCO WORLD LBAF TOBACCO. OPriCES: PETROIT, MICH. PMSTERDAM, HOLLAND HA VAN A, CUBA. NewYofti^ MtCNOCNcn. CABU AODRCSS'TACHUCLA* ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦- JV.BW FO JS!]K'. yOS. S. GANS MOSES J. CANS JBROME WALtER KDWIN I. AI,EXANDBR JOSEPH S. GANS m. CO. Importers & Packers of feiephone— 346 John. No. 150 Walter Street, NEW YORK. Leaf Tobacco Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO blished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.#ERNnEiM Sc Son HAVANA TOBACCO i.fKf^Er. N E W PRK '^ 'Iavana, Cuba Importers "■'•-..' of tamatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son a X. vBoaiiGWAi 227 Office, 183 Water Si A«terdaB.MMl NEW YORK 4.4-^44-444 «-<*^^<* 4.>444^<*^444^*4444 J TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t ^♦♦♦♦♦444444444444^^^^44444444444444444>44>4^^>^^*^^* New York, April 10, 1905. The retail market in this city is not weeks ago a well concocted plot to vie- precisely dull but could be much brisker timize this house was put on foot, the without bothering the dealer to keep up thieves working the old trick of ordering with the movement This maybe the goods by telephone and sending for result of the turn of seasons and doubt- them by messenger, the order being sup- less will be very temporary. Last week* s posed to come from a reputable customer, weather included some that was not at This time the boot was on the other leg all good for the retail business but as the and the mysterious customer represented rest of the month is expected to be more themselves as being a buyer for Park & pleasant the dealers will probably benefit. Tilford. The order was made on Ben- The majority of the retailers have been nett, Sloan & Co , and the voice at the booking their spring orders and as the other end of the telephone ordered 25,- movement of the goods over the counter cxdo cigars for Park & Tilford, and de- has been, at its poorest, much better than clared that he would send a messenger a month or two ago there is little fear for the goods. that the goods when they arrive can be The messenger arrived a few minutes gotten away with. *^^^^ ^^^ telephone call and presented a The manufacturers report themselves very decent appearance. He was given to be quite busy and declare that orders the igoods and returned a receipt which are coming in from all parts of the coun- he signed for Park & Tilford. At once try in gratifying measure. This, despite placed under arrest, he gave the name occasional grumbling from road salesmen of Charles Tiel, Baltimore. He said he ho perhaps have been expecting too had been looking for work and had been hired by a man whom he had never be- fore seen, to go after the goods. He was held until a man who answered the de- scription he gave might be found. • • • The Esberg & Gunst Co. and M. w much all at once. The salesmen who have been covering the West have sent in the most orders and speak most cheerfully. Some firms are doing very good Southern business and the trade in Boston and that section is also reported to be improving steadily. Stachelberg & Co. , both firms well known in this market and elsewhere will here- • • • Following a week of comparative dull- ness the leaf market picked up appre- ciably and considerable business was done all last week. This is the natural result of the increased cigar factory out- put, and shows that the manufacturers who were holding off as long as possible are |now forced to lay in leaf. Many manufacturers are buying just as little as after do business practically as one con- cern. Negotiations to this effect have been under way for sometime and were concluded last week by the signing of all the papers necessary. The Key West and Tampa factories will be run separately, but it is under- stood that these may be consoUdated when the new arrangements are well they can get along with, but according to underway. The manufacturing end of some leaf dealers, last week the buying the combined business will be under the was more liberal. ^^'® direction of Edward G. .Stachelberg^ It seems likely that prices will stiffen who will also purchase all the leaf to- instead of becoming easier and the man- bacco for the house. The present ad^ ufacturers are beginning to recognize that <*ress of the concern is No. 7 West 18th fact It is a matter of common knowl- street, but this address is temporary and edge in the leaf market that manufac- announcements will be made at an early- turers would have done better by buying some grades earlier, when they believed that prices were higher than they could remain. The scramble for Sumatra at the in- scriptions, regardless of the fierce prices which prevailed, will have a reactionary effect on all grades of wrapper, and will not only secure better prices, as has been stated, for the Florida grown article, but will effect all leaf of this description. < Stocks are still very low and as it is believed that a great many manufactur- date where the firm will permanently locate. The B. Wasserman Co. , which has b6en acting as an exclusive distribu- tor of the Stachelberg plant this section, will continue in that capacity. | • • • The Royal Co. will establish itself at No. 37 Wall street the Metropolitan Trust Building, where a show room and general depot will be arranged. This will help box deliveries in the lower sec- tion of the city and will act as a splendid advertisement for the company. As a ers are short on wrapper it is extremely . special inducement the company sent probable that they will have to pay pretty out letters to the principal dealers offer- heavily before they can secure what they '"g them a discount of 5 per cent on all ^g^^j imported cigars purchased from the Havana moved well last week, and a company. As similar offers have been goodly quantity of some forms of domes- made by other concerns, this looks as if tic filler changed hands. competition in high grade goods will be- m m 0 come much more active than heretofore* The firm of Park & Tilford was again The new Wall street establishment will bothered by telephone thieves. Some be handsomely furnished and one of the- THB TOBACCO, WORLD 13 # # principal features will be the installment of the most approved devices for the stor age of the finer grades of cigars • • • The regular meeting of the Retail Ci- gar and Tobacco Dealers' Association of this city will be held at their headquarters on Third avenue tomorrow night. The members of this association are strongly urged to put in a more frequent appear- ance, as the discussions which take place at the meeting are frequently of such a nature as to be of great benefit to those present. The A. Hillman Co. is now ready to receive its friends and customers in the company's new quarters at 437 Pearl street It will at once be seen how much more conveniently the Hillman Co. is now situated and the members of the firm have been receiving congratula- tions on the constantly increasing busi- ness which made the removal necessary. C. A. Clark, representative in this country of Adolph Frankau Co., (Ltd.), pipe manufacturers of England, was in this city last week showing his samples. Mr. Clark says that the pipe business is looking up, and as a result has a more handsome and extensive line of goods to show than for sometime. In line with this, local dealers report that they have been selling quite a large proportion of this class of goods lately. Thomas C. Connor, for several years local representative of Sanchez & Haya, has accepted a similar position with Sal- vador Rodiguez.. His territory will in- clude New Jersey. Secretary Webb, of the Cuban Ameri- can Manufactunng Co , will reach this city early this week after quite an exten- sive trip to Havana and Tampa. John H. Harris, of the South Jersey Tobacco Co., of Mt Holly, is frequently seen in town. This company is one of the important jobbing houses of its sec- tion of New Jersey and the firms busi- ness has so increased lately as to make larger quarters necessary. The American Stogie Co. is meeting with considerable success with its new stogie Princeton Puffs, which the com- pany recently put on the market The stogie is attractively put up in regular cigar boxes, 100 in a box, which are ar- tistically decorated with the Princeton arms. They sell 3 for 5 cents. The United Cigar Stores Co. reports a good run of business at its new store at 627 Fulton street. Brooklyn, which was opened a week ago. As usual, extra coupons and presents formed a feature of the opening, cigar boxes and were primarily designed to attract holiday purchasers by their unusual features. As the evidence showed that these coverings had been used for transporting such cigars for many years, particularly about the holiday season, the Board sustained the importers' con- tention that the boxes should have been passed free of duty as usual covering,. • • • H. Duys & Co. last week purchased out of hand of tobacco to be offered at inscription at Amsterdam on April 7, 300 bales S. K. Deli and 133 bales My j St Cyr I Deli, and resold it to a large American manufacturer, whose buyer is attending the inscriptions. Prices are again running very high they say. Sam- ples of this firm' s purchases at the earlier inscriptions are now ready to be shown the trade. They claim the tobaccos which they have thus far purchased are by far the handsomest they have ever had to offer. COHN IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAKBK Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: HANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. Amlstad OS The protest of the Havana Tobacco Co. against the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at this port has been sustained by Board 3. The articles in question consisted of certain cigar boxes differing from the ordinary cigar boxes, made of heavier material, with beveled edges, divided into compartments, and having hinged lids fastened with small brass hasps. They were classified as unusual coverings, in accordance with the provisions of section 19, customs ad- ministrative act of June 10, 1890, the appraiser reporting that they undoubtedly cost several times as much as the regular Trade-Mark Register. CAP. WILLIAMS "THE SCOUT" 14.758 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 4, 1905, at 3 p m, by John Shull, Jr, Philadelphia THE JOHNSON SPECIAL 14.759 For cigars Registered April 4, 1905, at 3 p m, by the Johnson Pharmacy, Inc, Hampton, Va APPETITE 14,760 For cigars Registered April 7, 1905, at II a m, by Joseph Drucker & Co, Philadelphia 570 (FIVE SEVENTY) 14.761 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 8, 1905, at 9 a m, by Frank Telscher, Cincinnati, O STATE'S RIBBON 14,762 For cigars Registered April 8, 1905, at 9 a m, by Halberstadt Bros, Phila THREFERENI 14,763 For cigars Registered April 10, 1905, at 9 a m, by F B Trout Lan- caster, Pa EL MI LLC 14.764 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 10, 1905, at 4 p m, by Miller Bros, Philadelphia PATH MASTER 14,765 For cigars Registered April 10, 1905, at 9 a m, by G Arthur Reed, Telford. Pa ROYAL TALLENT 14.766 For cigars Registered April 10, 1905, at 9 a m, by G Arthur Reed, Telford, Pa REJECTIONS. Receda General Oyama Yellow Brand Nicholeni Dimero Rialto Clio Jersey Blue Bond CORRECTION. CotSON C. Hamii:,TON, tormerly of F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. M. CoNGALTOK, Frank P. Wiseburn, LouiS Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighers Sampling Id Ail Sections of the Country Receives Prompt AttentloD. 2ES\Wettf;s;^rE.^hrsts?s'&^ Sonth St., New YmI PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: 909 East 26th St. J 204-208 East 27th St.; i38-i38>4 Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Earle^ Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Miller, io6 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading^a^ Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton, O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L> Qrotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehoute Point, Coou.; James L. Day, Hatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billington. Coroin^. r /. JMia>liahad 18^ Cable "Vmg^.' Hinsdale Smith & Co^ !moorters ci Sumatra & Havana ^Y*' f\w\^ gr g> £^ •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf I ULFClV'V^M 125 Maiden Lane, SKT^^^"^ NEW YORK. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .v.- Pine Cigars -.v. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both -phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Sample.. F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON ®, CO. OrUJnal ''Linde" New York Seed Leaf Tobacco Inspeotim E*t«Lblished 1864 « i r»»^ Priivcipal Office, 180 Pearl Street, New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses, 178, 180, 182, 186 and 188 Peari St Xrost, 0 W Grosse 2^^ Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sts.; Jtnmf Sh^; Pa -Wm E. Gheen Anti- Fort, Pa.; East Whateley. Maas.-G. F. Peaaar Edgerton. Wis.- A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher Fred SchnaiW •• "Annamount," 14.753- registered on March 31, 1905, for F B Trout, Lan- caster, Pa, should have been Annamont — Edward Whitlock will establish a ci- gar factory in Richmond, Va., and has secured a building on Twelfth street, which will be remodelled for the purpose. RUSCHBR & CO. Tobacco Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly Attended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stoiigbta% Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : L R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut st Fr»* lin, O.: T. E. Griest Dayton. O. : F. A- Gebhart, 14 Shore Line ave. Hartfof^ Colin.: Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State st South Deerficld, Mass.: John C. Deckifc Meridian. N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore. Md.: Ed. Wischraeycr & C% Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight THB TOBACCO WOlttD A QuicK §)eller- (^af ll^ We sell lots of them, and so will you, if you'll only give them a trial. There is no better nickel cigar made than our "Quo Vadis"— every one is a fragrant, pure and satisfying smoke. It's the kind of cigars your customers will call for again, and even the most fastidious men enjoy their fine aroma. Besides the big, fat Diplomaticos, which we told you about already, we also make a more slender shape, a real handsome Concha Especial. Both are of the same good quality and of the same reliable workmanship — strictly hand made. We'll be pleased to send you a sample box of one or both sizes, and to tell you about our Special Introductory Offer. You may return the samples at our expense if not satisfactory, or we allow you their cost from your first order for a thousand ''Quo Vadis"— thus you'll not risk any- thing either way. Write us today — we want your trade. Alfred Eyer Sl Co., Cigar M!rs., AUentown, Pa. • .) k Best Grade G. H. SACHS Manufacturer of Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Pa. Are you looking for a Good PITTSBUHG STOGIE? "Jolly Felloms** Hand Made IS THE NAME. Lontf FlHer """""Samuel Smith & Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World X Allegheny, Pa. C m ♦♦ TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. .*cf I i/UD linniM*' The best granulated smoking for either pipe or "SILVLK MUUlN —cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS"-S:„fer ""'^ """' *="* '""""* "'""" "SUN TIME"— A long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "OLE^RGINY ^''^^' "^ granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for tjj« consumer Also FIVE UNlVEILJkAL COUPONS in each carton of "DARK HOR.SE. "SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS," for the rttailer. Writs ■• for aamples and prices. ^THE GEM CITY lOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. w ♦ ♦ A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr&.yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobaLCCo Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make lar^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one tinve. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixoa Nozzle & Mach. C* DAYTON, O. THB TOBACCO WORLD •5 6/)e Johns-Brash Cigar Co. ii Manufacturers of the Celebrated UNCLE DAN ^^ Absolutely Hand-Made UONDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. TRADE WITH THE PHILIPPINES. Commercial Museum Curator Tells How to Compete with European Countries. Washington, D. C, April ii. The Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor has received an interesting letter from Samuel B. Shiley who has charge of the Commercial Museum at Manila explaining the only terms on which customers in the Philip- pines can successfully deal with United States manufacturers. Mr. Shiley writes: The Commercial Museum of the Phil- ippines has been in correspondence with a large number of American manufac- turers for some time, and it appears that they are not properly informed about certain matters, or they are not willing to meet the conditions existing here. With )our permission and aid, the museum %vould like to call the attention of manu- facturers who are interested in the trade with the Philippines to a little matter that will have an important bearing on the success or failure of their trade m these islands. With regard to terms of payment for goods ordered from the United States, nearly all with whom the Commercial Museum has corresponded demanded one half cash with the order and the balance as soon the goods arrive at Manila. Taking into consideration the time con- sumed by sending an order to the United States, the time required to place the order, have the goods packed and sent to the Philippines, plus the delay in the custom house, the local importer will be out one half the purchase price, at the very least, three months, mote likely four months, before he gets the goods. He must then pay the balance, and after wards distribute the goods among his patrons in Manila ond other cities of the archipelago. In from one to three months later he will realize on the goods from his customers. The importer has thus been out of his money three and six months. Who can best afford to carry these credits — the importer in Manila or the exporter in the United Sta'es? By special inquiry at one of the Manila banks today, it is learned that the demand for money at 2 per cent per month is far in excess of what the bank is able to supply. This condition of the money market and this same rate of interest has been with us practically unchanged for the past three years. The exporter in the States should grant from three to six months' time computing interest at an ordinary rate, and adding a reasonable percentage for the risk of deferring payment, his goods would still gain an advantage of from 5 to 7 per cent of the purchase price, as compared with the prevailing terms of payment. There is a universal disinclmation to pay for a thing before you get it. There is an established custom in the Philip- of more liberal terms in matters of de- ferred payments. It frequently occurs that both large and small purchasers who have sufficient resources to make a time sale derfectly safe have no ready cash, and, in consid- eration of deferred payments, would gladly pay a higher price. Many must buy on time or not at all— that is pxactly the situation. The exporters of America or Europe who will meet these peculiar conditions will secure the most profitable trade these islands afford. The Commercial Museum is always ready to give correct inf rmation about the reliability of an; Philippine firm. Under this protection exporters of the States may place themselves in a more favorable position to compete with ex- porters of other countries. They should take into consideration not only the prices of their competitors, but also their terms of payment, the peculiar situation in the Philippines, the customs, and the prejudices of the natives. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic Cigars Highest Quality Finest Packai^es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited pines on the part of the importer, the re tailer, and the consumer to buy on tune. In addition to this, European countries are in the market, fieely cfTering from three 10 twelve months' time. With such conditions m force here, the American exporter cannot help but see the wisdom JAMES ADAIR, Successor to ADAIR *» REII- 1 . Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a LanSe Slock of PENNSYLVANIA BROAD LEAF, ZIMMER . SPANISH, LITTLE DUTCH and GEBHART. i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. B0CKI.EY, H. C. McMands, Pretident and Genl. MaiiHger Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TKI.EPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^. Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana OfTice, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- -■^-— Address Tobacco W0RI.D Pubushing Co , 224 Arch St , Philada. lishers. Journal declares the United Cij^ar Stores A Western Paper prints the following Co. is able to foist on a trusting public jn its editorial column: month in and month out without detec- ..j^ is*suggested that all that is needed tion. Truly if such could be the case, it " ., ^. , ..^„-_. ,-,.^t isi for^.the would seem scarcely worth while to use to smash theutobacco.; rust is, for^.the any tobacco at all. people to quit smoking for a short term Briefly, the Journal's articles are an a^fj stop spending their two hundred insult to the smoker's intelligence, and ^-jjuion dollars annually for tobacco in its would be so regarded by every independ- ^^^.^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ smokers will decide, ent dealer, no matter how biased, it he were to apply them to some other form after careful deliberation, to leave the of business and regard them from the matter to the departments of commerce standpoint of the consumer. and labor and of justice. THE TAXATION OF THE DEALER FOR HIS OWN SALVATION. PHILADELPHIA. APRIL 12. 1905 To Beivefit Our R.eaders. The Tobacco Work! wants to receive from week to week all questiops relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If >ou have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the"Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. Another sufferer f.om the lack of a proper retail tax h=is written us. and hopes, as we do. that he will hear from others on the matter. It is certain that, in order to preserve his identity as a cigar and tobacco retailer, the dealer must see to i that some restrictions are provided for the discouragement of pirates. As our correspondent says, it is simply maddening to feel that a business is crumbling to nothing while its proprietor must sit with his hands folded. It is heart breaking, and all the more so when there is a certain remedy which could and should be put in oper.ition. Philadelphia. April 12. 1905. That is the point exactly. It would do .^•" "",'.',. ^h.nhP Editor Tobarco World : very little good to impose a tax of a few open a new and additional store when he ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^j^^ ^^^^^ f ^^e offer dollars, for the reason that nearly every gets a chance to do so profitably and to ^^^.^^ ^^^ ,^^.^^„ ^,,^^,,,3 ,, express outsider who is doing enough business c nt.nue that policy until he is the p^o^ .heiropinionson the taxingof theirbranch to hurt the regular trade, could afford to prietor of a small chain himself And if ^^^P^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ .^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^ all those who visit the United stores to ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ,^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ proportion of rent or buy their cigars oaobacco were t, transfer H'^^^' J^ ^^ ^,^ ..^j, ,,3 ,,,,,^^,,, ,., _,d be. if he was their trade to his smaller chain, to an "•wvcuicm. az, ^ j • • . j ^. men iirt c I Qoi-cman's" column conducting a Cigar Stand proper. ex.en,. even. .ha. »ould pern,,, h™ .o Sa|esmans^^ co u„,. ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^g_^^^^_^ ^.^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ add ,0 >., no complam, a. all would .^^^^^^^^^^.^^^^^^^^^■^^^^,,^p^,i„„_ dealers and some of .hem say, •■bu. such proceed from im .... ,^^^ omns to the great number of outsiders a .ax would drive ou. a grea. manysmall So much for .he live and le. live phase ""■"*> ^" >- & -, . -. . r K, r .K f ,1 f -h ..Lrt,. who are invading .he field wi.hou. any re.allers whose expenses are qui.e as of ,.. Now for the folly of such attacks „„,,/ ^s the Old Salesman heavy now as .hey can s.and.' Not at as are votced ,n the Chicago ourn.,1, no g ^^.^ ^^^^,^,^^ .^ ^^ .^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^,| We do no. wan. .o drive anybody out ma..er from wha. source. In .he fir.. ^^.^^^^ ,^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^, ^ ^^^.^^^ .^ ^, ,^^ ,^^^^ ^^^ .^ ,^^.^^ ,^ ^^ ^ j^^j^. place the consumer >s no. so helpless ^ ^^ ,„|„^,^j ;„ ^ ^er business, ma.e business. On the contrary, we are that he has to be looked after like an wouiu uc lu c 7 DON'T STAND IN YOVIL OWN LIGHT. mate business that he has to De lookea afier iikc an - • ,.l- .. * u 1 .u 11 ^ , . , . ^ ^ u . If matters keep on the way they are proposing this tax to help the small mbeci e in a drug store. On the contrary, ^' '"=»^^^'= h , ., . , . u -^a u- u -ru- K . , . , goine now. the cigar dealer will soon dealer to build his business up. The he IS extremely quick to form unshakable 8"'"& •»" , & ... n j 1 ^A u ^u ne IS cxirc I c y 4 h^ve no individuality at all. and his only small dealer would be the very man to opinions of his own regarding hissmok- ^^ ^^^.^^ ^.,j ^.^ .^ the fact that cigars be most benefited by such a tax. because From time to time in this paper have ing. based on nothing stronger than his ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^e only things he has to the little cigar showcases and such been printed extracts from the Chicago whims or fancies. So much can be ^ ^^^ ^ ^„ ^^^ , Hvelihood. things, in newsstands, restaurants, etc.. Journal, written for the purpose of driving testified to by every cigar clerk. ^ J .^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^^ competition with the business away from the United Cigar In the second place, a customer gives ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ small de.ders than with the big fellows on Stores Company's branches in that city, his trade to a particular store because he ^ ''^^ ^^ increase their Chestnut street. The mijority of the articles were radical believes he can receive a better return for partmen s or s g I am a small dealer myself and there in the extreme, if not absolutely rabid, his money there. His loyalty to the stocks so that they were selling every- could not be any one more anxious for a intneexiremc.il y . _.^^,„, r^, ,u^ ^P^^nn that it thing. Their complaint is a very small tax than I am. I calculate that I will be and among other accusations, charge the store is ephemeral fo the reason that t I ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ department store able to do business at a decent profit un- concern in question of deliberately adult is based solely on selfishness, and lasts ^ .^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^.^^^.^^^ der s u c h circumstances. Now I am eratine the cigars which it sells with only so long as the man continues to ... .1 _ ♦ barely able to get along. I tell you it if cTdujig iiic v-ig ,...,.. r of large c ties, whereas a retailer, no mat- r n j- u . • jj • most harmful ingredients, of a nature very believe he is getting the extra return for o^ '^^^"^ ^'^ \' awfully disheartening and discouraging to most narm.i g . / ^ ter what he has to sell, has any residence f^^, j^at a once tidy little business is slip- Quickly to destroy the health of a smoker, his coin. , , 11 r u 1 ^ ^ 7 / » ^ ,„!,»„ section open to him. He can be hurt pmg slowly away from you while you are They further accuse the clerks of the It is true that a great many smokers sec ^^ J^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^,^ ^^ ^ ,,^,,^^ P^fble in any way to prevent it. company of substituting inferior cigars are no proper judgesof cigars, and would y On the contrary the cigar dealer The situation is going from very bad for those of a good brand name wherever be unable by smoking to tell a ten cent ex en . n , , ^ ,j to much worse and though I have spent Dossible and of taking means to get the brand from one which would retail for a is hit on every an , ecause any o ^^^^ anxious hours on the problem I possiDic, ai u 1 , . » T« «th^r „,nrd« thpv Are unable thing, from a bootblack stand to a soda can think of no other way than the taxa- best of the customer by fair means or quarter. In other words they are unable J ^^.^^^ .^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^ ^J^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ foul, even intimating thattheshort change to distinguish average or ordinary tobacco ^^ ^ ^,^^^ ^, ,,,,• ^.^ business. I sincerely hope that you will hear racket is Hkely to become popular. from good tobacco. Moreover the .^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ .^ something ^•■«"™ °^*;*^^ ^«^!f ^ °" '^'^ ^^^Jl^" ^' ^ The Journal poses as the champion of blending is of necessity, gradually / .• . ^ ^^nt to know if anyone else has any- the iniependen. associa.ion of cigar changed in every brand on the market. ''"'• •'°"' ^ '"' T/lX^ tlVd •• I'j"! ^'^^ .r^"'- .'r'"*/",'' dealers in its city, and permits .he re.der for wi.h the vagaries of the plant, i. would "One who would gladly be taxed, hke to know .f there .s a s.ngle good at- aeaiers in lib ciiy, rtiiu pc ,.. j .u whoever he is, knew what he was talking gument against such a tax. to infer that the attacks are inspired, be impossible to produce the same cigar ^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^^ Thanking you for the interest which oreoared and directed by officers of that year after year. It is also a fact that this * °" ^ , . , , . t- u Mr u >«" have already taken in our affairs, association variety is established without the con- appeared in last week s Tobacco World. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^ j ^^^^ ^^^ The Tobacco World does not wish to sumer s knowledge. But there are few He says the only salvation for the trouble ^ni do. I am believe that the association could be so smokers who stick to one brand, who is taxation, and let that be a heavy one. 0^E Who Must be Taxed. misguided as to fall over its own feet so would not know it on the instant if some persistently. This paper has no desire entirely different cigar were substituted. or license to take up the cudgels for the If this were not true it would be idle to United Cigar Stores Co. On the contrary NaLfch Revenue Returns. The returns from the Internal Revenue v^u.icv, ^.6« .. ^ . work for different blends for different Collector's office for the First District of iT'beHever'in The dWine right of the brands, as a cigar would mean a roll of Pennsylvania, for the month of March, single-handed dealer, who is making a tobacco and nothing more. consist of the following figures: struggle to help himself. On the other hand, every smoker, Cigars at $3 per M. Such being the case we feel pity for however ignorant is quick to convict " at 54c- ;; 3UCIIUCI. g f / that terrible article, vulgarly known as a Cigarettes at I3 "stinkadora." whose relation to the cigar Cigarettes at |i.o8 per M. is that of the straw man to a real one. Cigarettes at 54c. " And these adulterated, poisoned, odor Snuff stamps at 6c per lb that dealer if he beats his head against a stone wall And aside from this divine right, precedent has proven it a natural endencyof the independent dealer to iferous no- cigars are what the Chicago Manufd Tob. at 6c per lb TRAVELING MEN TO MEET. The best means to protect traveling men from poor hotel accommodations and railroad injustice will be discussed next Saturday at the annual convention 53,971.420 of the Pennsylvania State Divisionof the 128,000 Travelers Protective Association, in the 19,500 rooms of Post A. No. 1602 Arch street, 5,022,000 Philadelaphia. State President Robert 190,000 Henniss will preside. State officers and 534i7i7 a delegate will be elected to the national 129,825 convention.! # •.J °°' ^j[rJ7vX"or/orolri mSb goo" ?;;;T«a» L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvjile, Pa . THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste 5-S/IN FELI R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ CDC. CI GAR FOR iJU* Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO n* I Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. M. C. Vanaman, of 9 North Juniper ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ^> Here and There With the Retailers Moses H. Lichten was fairly well known by the local trade a few years ago and The retailers had occasion to be a attracted attention by the very elaborate little more cheerful this week* as con- store which he opened on Chestnut street gumers seemed to have taken to the habit above Seventh, about three years or so again and bought with gratify ing freedom, ago and which was practically a failure That invariable thermometer, the box He also imported considerable Havana trade, was appreciably better and dealers tobacco but these and other ventures are once more permitting themselves to were not attended with much success. feel that the spring boom will have no more set-backs. That is hard to say, _ ^ however, as the market appears to move street, reports business on the increase, principally by fits and jerks. There xhe store is well stocked with a line of were some stores this week that com- j^jgh grade goods. E. W. Rugby, the plained bitterly of the slo*' market, while ghow card and sign writer, has an office other stands in the same class a block ^jjjj ^^ Vanaman. Mr. Rugby's work away were quite busy. Next week it jg ^gn known among local dealers, may be just the other way. %% *^ The Moore store, at Second and Mar- I. Lewis & Co's ne^ Golden Eagle ket streets, has not felt the dullness, as brand of little cigars is moving very well there is always something new to attract in this maiket. but would establish a the customer s eye The United store much more substantial trade if short on the opposite corner is bound to get sighted dealers could be restrained from some of the trade, however, when it opens cutting the price. The brand was put shortly. nut to sell at ID for i^ cents and I, Lewis . /- ^ out to sen ai 10 lur > ^ . , ,- ■ „ B. Frank Batten is getting the first &Co.have been carrying their advertismg „ ^ ^ ^. , • u:.u u. J b puff of the big summer business which he to that effect. The cigars are worth the ^^ f . to inai cncci. s ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^ season in his cosy, new money and would have no trouble in . , », , . r • money anu ,a .u u a store opposite the Market street ferries, pettinff it. Some dealers sold the brand =* ^^ . ^ , ^ r .u geiung 11. oii ^ . . . . ^,„ Mr. Batten is a hustler and if things ftt a cut of -i cents during ttie week, how- -m ^ i^ aiacuioi 3^^= fe J ^ ,^ ^jjl tjg because ever This is mistaken and suicidal "" ' ^ , 1 • u • thev are tied fast, policy and dealers who run their business ' ^ on business principles always feel like ^^ ^ Toomey, of the well known La Union factory at Hanover, Pa., was in the local market this week, and se- cured orders for 43,000 cigars. This A carbon copy of the missing will of ^^^^^^^ ^.j^ ^^ j^^^^^ ^^^ ^j^^ ^^.^^ j^^el Moses H. Lichten. a former cigar dealer, who died recently and whose home was »t 1853 North Park avenue, was last J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of ^^\^ ^ Seed & Havana CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. Manufacturer of S Cent Cigais The largest and best CLEAK HAVANA FILLED Scent Cige^r on the MaLrket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. throwing an article out that is being so juggled by the greedy. .stablisKed 1864 Factory No. 20. 9(h Dist., Pbl. as its entire product will be non-union. ^w .wjj - Yahn & McDonnell, the Fifteenth and week produced at the request of the ^-j^gg^^ut street cigarists, are doing a legatees and proved before Deputy Regis- ^^^^ business these days although this ter of Wills Charles Irwin. This was an ^^^^^ ^^^^ j^ ^^^^^ enough to have a unusual proceeding, as evidence was ^j^gntgie ^^ich can be counted on all the produced of the execution of the missing ^^^^ ^^^^^ document and a carbon copy of the m original document submitted for probate. Godfrey S. Mahn's stores are being The will disposes of an estate valued at kept fairly busy now, and the New Yoik 1 1 0.000 and the copy of the will is dated stands are also making good returns. November 6, 1900. The entire estate is Mr. Mahn's adequate staff of assistants directed to be held in trust for the use of represents an important factor in this |he decedent's brother during his life, success. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. HaLAOver, Pa.. Manufacturers of pine C"^3^* ♦ ♦^♦4 ♦ ♦^♦4- m I an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars i8 THE TOBACCO WORLD »' '■ ■' THE GILT EDGE Cigar Box Factory Cfl ■^ CJ ho G • ^H Ou a j^ • ^4 J3 U) tifPWBtS'.i'N*? ■ TJ A ^ a # c^ 1 C/3 V.S 0) ^' |K| m^'' O mF"- PQ P--*^ Vh ct f .■>^- he u CO Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of All Kinds Daily Capacity, 3,000 Boxes J. FRANK BOWIVIAN 51 Market Street Lancaster, Penna. *^S« L^rrriffi S c;;;xouBK L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pi. . THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 EXPORT Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba fKBRlC ANTES deTaBACOSyCIGABBOS utorizadaporel Gobierno delaRepublica Garantiza qtje los rabacos.ci9arrosY paqoetes Jc picadura q^ and 30}^ HIGH-GRADE CIGARS I ®t/pERlE "The Quality Cigar It's Full of Havana. Thai's Enough for 5 Cents. Correspondence Invtted. Samples on Application. THR TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD 33 Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company Finest HatvaLna. Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. CIGARS Factory, Ga-liaivo 98, ^ Havaiva, Cuba. NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sole Representative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water St., New York. w JAMES ADAIR Successor to ADAIR & REIFF Packer of and Dealer in BeywESTie LEAFToBAeeo Office and Warehouses: YORK, PENN/I. g We Carry a Large Stock of % Pennsylvania Broad Leaf, I Zimmer Spanish, Little Dutch and Gebharl. (iioiceoj*M* 0 JOHNJ.tSliaMAN READING.PA. cents; Lipfert Scales Co , Winston Salem, N. C, one sample, 40 >^ cents: Man hattan Supply Co., New York city, four samples, 3$ 'A- 3 -3^ a"^ 39 cen;s: R. A. Patteison Tobacco Co., Richmond, four samples. 36, 38. 40 and 41)^ cents; Rucker Witten Tobacco Co., Rich- mond, four samples, 38, 40, 42 and 46 cents; United States Tobacco Co. , Rich- mond, four samples, 38, 39, 40 and 41 cents; Wright Caesar Tobacco Co., Rich mond, two samples, 45 and 48 cents. The lowest bidder cannot, of course, be determined until the navy officials pick out the sample o f tobacco they prefer and select it. It is not so much a question of the lowest bidder as the grade of goods desired, except that in the case of two men submitting about the same grade of goods and having different prices the award would go to the lowest. %««^%%^ LEAF IMPOILTS IN MEXICO. tion of forgein tobaccos, but principally through the demand for foreign leaf to blend with the native leaf in the manu facture of cigars. SPORTS MISS SLOT MACHINES. CompaLrative Number of Pound* Taken From tKe Va-rious Countries. Washington, D. C, April 11. United States Consul James A. Le Roy, writes the following interesting matter to the Department of Commerce and Labor from Durango, Mexico, where he is stationed, regarding the relative Mexican imports of leaf tobacco from various countries: Mexico imports considerable tobacco in the leaf, as well as in the manufactured form, principally Cuban cigars and ciga rettes, American cigarettes and pipe and chewing tobaccos, and some French and German cigars and Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, the importation of Vir- ginia leaf tobacco amounted to 2,468, 773 pounds, valued at $147.1 3^ »" gQ^^' the importation of all other tobacco in leaf was valued at $32,896 in gold. Of this "Other leaf tobacco" the United States also contributed 4.675 pounds. The Netherlands and Cuba contributed 17.332 and 15,890 pounds, respectively, and Sumatra and Germany were next in order, with small quantities from India, Belgium, Turkey, Persia, and even China, part of the tobacco from various sources coming through Great Britain. Higher duties were paid on Virginia leaf last year, and this operates somewhat to change the course of the trade. In general, however, the importation of leaf tobacco into Mexico is increasing, partly through the increased comsump- And Mayor of Cincinnati Has Ordered Substitute Dicing Stopped. Cincinnati, O., April 8 The sports of this city are having a hard time to satisfy their instinct for taking a chance, owing to the sudden removal of the slot machines and the subsequent placing of dice machines under the ban. Dice games of various descriptions were recently introduced as a substitute for the slot machines which cigar dealers were forced to remove from their stores, but were at once ordered stopped by Mayor Fleischman today. Dealers were given notice that the games have been construed as gambhng and must be dis continued. The Mayor acted on the principal that it was better to act before the new amusement gets any worse. ••The cigar manufacturing business has felt the healthy boom in trade caused by the dehghtful spring weather," said Charles K. Davis of the A. Davis's Sons & Co., cigar manufacturers, at 209-219 East Third street. "The unusually severe winter had a depressing effect on the cigar business. The country roads were in a miserable condition. The farmer did not get around rhuch to make purchases, the salesman couldn't get over the ground readily to make sales and business was. in a measure, tied up. The endless chain of unfavorable condi tions in the country, of course, reacted on us. But the warm weather has given a remarkable impetus to business. A prosperous season is assured. NOVEL ASH RECEIVERS. 1V1ATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars and MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. sf Baltimore, Md. /• B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Jf^ A T? Si Hand-Made \y J~ \jrJ±. ^V VJJ 615, 6x7 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. They Are Made With Cigar Bands and Yacht Flags From Stationery. Cigars had been brought to the party of diners. They had bands around them showing that the brand was a good one. Just as one of the men was about to re- move the band on his cigar a girl in the party said; ••Please let me have that band, and don't tear it as you take it off. " The band was removed carefully and handed to the applicant, and at the same time the donor asked what she wanted it for. GEO. STEUERNAGLE. Manufacturer of Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED \y^^ '^,m Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers , /A HAND-MADE (^ I i cents per 8-point measured line. ) R' CIGAR FACTORY Buildinii Complete. FOR RENT in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 Experienced Cltfar- makers. and 35 hands available, in- cluding foreman. For further particulars ^^^'^^^ FACTORY. Care of Box 112. The Tobacco World, Phila. i-^5Ca WANT ED -A PARTNER WITH capital, to associate with a Clear Havana Cigar Factory, established at Key West Fla Person running the factory is a man of large experience in the cigar manufacturing business, and requires more capital to enlarge his bu iness. Responsible parties may apply with references, (which I frhall also turnish) by letter to V. Jordan. P. O. Bos 107, Key West Florida 3-^9^ ELIABLE BROKER WANTS a good — all round line of cheap as well as medium goods in union and nonunion. Only factories that can ship promptly and make reliable goods need reply. Terri- tory—Colorado and surrounding country. Address, Broker, Box 97, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia c WANTED -A FEW MANUFACTUR- eis who make union made goods for $20, less 10 per cent and 20 per cent, off for cash, to submit samples; can use entire output Also non-union goods front I7.50 up. Must submit samnles AHrliiie BOX 99 care of Tobacco Woi Id. 3-221 WANTED-CHEWING ANDSMOK- ing tot)acco salesmen for the follow- ing territory: Pennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana New York and New Jersey. Must have experience, and furnish good reference. Address The Gi.atfei.tkr Snyder Tob. Co.. Yoe. Pa. i22T EXPERIENCED MAN IN EVERY department of cigar mannfacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference Address, Foreman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World, Philadelphia, tf WILL BUY FOR CASH -TOBACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, TaGS, Box 10 1, care of Tobacco World, Phila tf WANTED -SALESMAN TO SELL a medium priced line of cigars to jobbers west of St. Louis. Address WaLTZ, Maurbr & Co., Orwigsburg, Pa. 3-22r m Henry Gottselig ®. 6ro. ► ♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ •■♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ HENRY GOTTSELIG Danville, Penna. JOSEPH GOTTSELIG. Jr. DEALERS ARE CALM IN INDIANA. Do Not Regard Anti-Cigarette Lslw n.s Great Hardship. Indianapolis, Ind., April 10. The cigarette dealers of the city arc regarding the situation which has arisen from the Parks law with much calmness and apparently do not expect to be greatly harmed by it. Most of the dealers of the city have on hand large stocks of the weed in the form of cigarettes or tobacco that is meant to be used in their manufacture, and efforts have been made to dispose of the stocks as rapidly as may be. Several dealers in tobacco were talked with yesterday and all say that they will probably not suffer through the opera tion of the law. "We shall be able to dispose of our stocks of cigarettes and cigarette tobacco," they say, "and as smokers will smoke something we shall recoup on other forms of tobacco. "The big jobbers and manufacturers have not been shipping any tobacco for cigarettes, or cigarettes, in quantities to the Indianapolis dealers for some time. The act of the Legislature in passing a stringent law prohibiting the use or sale of cigarettes came early enough to allow them to deflect orders that were originally intended for Indianapolis shipments. "It is said, too, that manufacturers and jobbers have arrangements with Indian- apolis dealers whereby unsold stock may be returned after the Parks law goes into effect. ««You know people who have con- tracted the smoking habit will smoke something, " said one dealer. • 'There are many men in the city who smoke ciga- rettes and who will be compelled to give them up. They realize this and in con- sequence, our sale of pipes has greatly increased. When the Parks law goes into effect you will see men who are accustomed to smoke cigarettes along the streets carrying pipes in their mouths. There is always a law of compensation, and what local dealers will lose through the prohibition of cigarettes and ciga- rette tobacco and papers, they will make up in the sale of pipes and diffeient grades of smoking tobacco " CARNIVAL OF MISHAPS. I A Milwaukee Cigar Dealer H«l» Many Narrow Escapes All at Once. Milwaukee, Wis.. April 8. A regular carnival of mishaps attended an incipient conflagration which slightly damaged the Kalman cigar store, 130 Wisconsin street, a lew nights ago When employes were closing the place for the night, it was discovered that water was dripping through the ceiling. An investigation of the office of Dr. W. E. Scollard, directly above, proved that a sink had overflowed. The water was turned off. but when the store was again reached, it was discovered that the water was leaking through an electric fan open ing and was being converted into a miniature water fall. Before order had been restored, fire was discovered under an electric can- delabra. Efforts to remove the lamp proved useless, as it was heavily charged with electricity and all persons who attempted to handle it received heavy shocks. After the wire had been cut, a slight fire was discovered in the base- ment of the building, which was extin- guished with little loss. -♦♦♦ *;i^ W.C.Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penna. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers Invited. B^"Telephone Connection. "^a ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ t ,%/^yyyyy^ %»»»^»»»%»^^^^^^t^»^^^^^»»<^^^^^^^ I i '\i THE TOBACCO WORLD ftAHUFACTUREW OT ALL KINDS OT 138 a 140 CENTRA St. NEW YORK, 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medium Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only YORK FIRM DISSOLVES Adair ^ cent each. The cut plug is packed i % oz. and the price is 38 cents a pound with four packages of tobacco given gratis with every five pounds; and with every ten pounds of Sensible sliced cut plug purchased i pound of Tilton's plug is being given gratis. The Cigarmakers' Union is doing lots of advertising to keep the Blue Label before the public. Recently they dis- tributed match safes and ash trays bear- ing the Blue Label at vaiious union meetings and now they are going to pro- vide 5,000 sun umbrellas for the use of union teamsters on their teams. Of course the label will be there HENRY GOTTSnLIG & BRO. No. 828 St. Joseph Street, I^ANCASTBR, PA. Manufacturers o£ High Grade Union Made 0Ll^]^^lt Cigars -Txe Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigkl Samples and Particulars to Reliable Feople on Application. I^^M««^% J.M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. ^M«%«^k% lw%IW^fW*f% %fv%%«««« BBN AU. THE NEWS FROM LANCASTER. A Few Changes to be Recorded but Busi ness About the Same. Lancaster, Pa., April 10. The lo:al leaf market remains un changed; trade seems quiet and the members of the newspaper trade, who volume of business done was only moder- when purchasing cigars usually leave it ate. Of the new crop there is practically to Mr. Mahoney' s judgment. Owing to no more to be had, and a large portion of the latters vast experience as a cigar jt has already been delivered to the vari- buyer he is regarded as a pioneer in this qus warehouses. Ime, and is said to be one of the highest i. h. Weaver this past week made a salaried men in his line of business. flying visit to New York. M Freeman, of 71 Kingston street, is l. N. Oliver a well known cigar broker, making some improvements in his estab of Boston, is in Lancaster on a week's lishment, by adding more floor space so business trip among his factories, as to accommodate his ever increasing Luther M. Case, leaf packer of Winsted, business. His new electric elevator to Conn., left this city on Friday evening the clear Havana and meerschaum pipe last, for his home in Connecticut and will department will soon be ready for use make the entire trip on the Winston I S Brown at 8 Washington street, touring car which he recently purchased who operates a'barber shop in conjunction from J. F. Usner, cigar manufacturer at with his cigar store, reports a fairly good Rothsville. He was accompanied part of trade El Cafe and Grumbler cigars sell the way by his sister m law. who is a well at this store. Friends of Mr. Brown daughter of H. G. Shirk, a local leaf to Ire talking of putting him on the Alder- bacco broker, Mr. Kreider, an automobile manic slate this fall. expert of this city, and a representative of William Alfowich, of Alfowich Bros., The Tobacco World. The actual running the Franklin street tobacconists, has pur- time as far as Philadelphia was about 3)4 chased a Pope Toledo automobile, and hours, can now be seen nearly every afternoon Revenue Collector Hershey has an- ov SWn ev ■SiTOCK CARDS ^ Established 1898 I* A. Z. SHERK, President. E. L. N I SSLY, Treasurer. ^^ The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. f Marietta, Pa. '"'"[IT'' < MAKERS OF ^^ High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars «: r JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar ^^^ SUSQUEHANNA 5c. Cigar ^ S. & N. 5c. Cigar ^ ^ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar ^ B^^OIstrlbutors Wanted Everyw* ere. ■)t ^ Oar Leaders: •}f ¥r ******»***-*-****************** *v.v*v :******************'. 3« THE TOBACCO WORLD f VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - " PENNA. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF limiiier SpanisnanaLiuie vvlu MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Cig^^ L^^f Tobacco CEBHrRDT SEED. IMPORTED HAVANA. MnSa BROAD LEAF. DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses— West Milton, O. Branch— Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ♦ tLMNER Spanish; WRAPPERS aivd ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our* Fancy Packings. ^ Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Zimmer SpA.nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X 1902—1903 jFancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. 1 None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton,MontgomeryCo.,0. The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District. nounced the appointment of Christian The MacSherrystown C.gar Co. re- Shenk as a deputy collector to succeed ports a quite satisfactory business, con- S. S Clair of Columbia, recently resigned, sidering that the trade generally, appears Waller S. Bare, of Lititz, who has been to have suffered, on an eight weeks' western business trip. The Keystone Cheroot Co . of Han- is expected back today. over, is now completing preparations to E. F. Law was last week on a short place on the market a new brand of business trip to Philadelphia and points cheroots, under what is thought to be in New Jersey. the most attractive proposition ever A. B Levinite has a large number of offered the trade. The goods will be orders on hand and is scarcely able to get put up under the .itle of Our Virginia goods out fast enough just now. In fact Cheroots, at $io per thousand, and with he is contemplating larger quarters as each thousand will be given as a pre- presentfacilitiesarebecominginadequate. mium a 555 page Webster Dictionary Geo. B. Brenner is located in new The goods will be attractively packed premises at 759 Manor street, recently and a uniform quality guaranteed. B. purchased by him. He reports a satis- J. Fisher of this company is now on an factory trade. extended trip through the South and W. H. McLaughlin, leaf dealer, has Southwest, meeting, it is reported, with also secured new warehouse facilities and excellent success. will take possession about May i. on Fisher Bros. & Parker, of Hanover^are East Marion street just opposite the placing with the trade a new brar.d of post office C. K. Hengst & Co.. cigar clear Havana filled goods retailing at 10 manufacturers, will occupy a portion of cents straight, known as the Colonial the building just secured by Mr. Mc Governors. They have already secured LaughUn. It is now undergoing exten quite a demand for the goods in nearby sive alterations. territory. Several new cig.r stores will be opened H. V Klunk & Co. are operating the on Queen street within a short time. M. old J. D. Markle f.cto.y at Hanover. Straus will be open for business wiihin a G. F. Fink is the active member in the week or ten days. factory, and he has a host of f.iends m Recent trade visitors were L R. Eisen the trade, brand, with L. Bamberger & Co.; B. W. L. Toomey trading as the La Union Livingston, with K. Straus & Co . of Cigar Co . at Hanover, has discontinued Philadelphia: Jesse M. Falk. of G. Falk as a union factory and will hereafter con- & Bro and D. Kalbermann. with Jos. duct an open shop. Hirsh & Son. both of New York. T. D. Hene the energetic representa- J. G. Shirk, wholesale tobacconist, has tive of Wedeles Bros., of Chicago, was a secured the entire building at 40 East visitor here last week, and placed quite Orange street and will occupy it in its a few lots of his firm's packings of entirety. Florida Sumatra. J. B. Mille>sack is having a fairly A. J. Brady & Sons, of MacSherrys- good trade. town, are much pleased with the fact H. S. Hartman. manufacturer, is that their goods are meeting with dupli- pushing most vigorously the Bucknell 5- rate ordeis from all jobbing houses who cent cigar ^^^^ so far handled any of their product. %%%%»»»<%<» Henry D. Knight, the Philadelphia MANUFACTURING IN YORK BETTER, representative of the fiim. started last - week for New England teritory. He Box Manufacturer. Give Best Evidence of ^.^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ '"Yo7k"*Pa.. April 10. The Keystone Variety Works, printers There is some evidence of a general of cigar ribbons, labels, flaps, caution improvement in the cigar manufacturing notices, etc. are unusually busy at trade throughout this county, notwith- present. standing continued complaints from leaf Geo. W. Bowman & Co. who some dealers Again we can rely more im- time .go removed into a new factory u ^ c ^.^ ^;r,or K«v building on Pleasant street. Hanover, plicitly upon the reports from cigar box ouiiumg u , . „ . « _,„ - manufacturers, and several of them are now pushing their Bob Bowman 5 informed me last week that orders were cent cigars with renewed vigor, coming in now at a more rapid rate and Smith & Sheffer. leaf dealers of Han- for larger quantities than for s-me weeks over, are fast building up an extensive trade. Both members of the firm arc previous. ua^c. ^ ^ a A new cigar factory is proposed for thoroughly progressive, have a wide Cly along the Northern Central Railroad acquaintance in the trade, and are richly between York and Harrisburg. which is de^erving of a full measure of success, to employ about 30 hands and to be The Ideal Cigar Co. at Centennial, operated by E. J. Shelly, who. it is also Adams County, is a comparatively new said, will open in addition a cigar box firm operating a union factory. The ^^^^' company is rapidly extending its busi- Excavations have been made for the ness. erection 6f a new factory building at Miller & Markley at New Oxford arc Red Lion by Blochingcr & Co. working about 20 cigarmakcrs, and have C. E. Miller operating a union factory several brands on the market that arc at MacSherrystown. is again gradually meeting with success, increasing his force of cigarmakers since B. F. Zarfos. of Red Lion, has just a recent difficulty owing to what is bought a lot of ground on Broadway on claimed was a most unwarranted raise in which he will erect a new cigar factory, the scale of packers' wages, as a result of Jas. Adair, of Red Lion, has pur- which he had reduced his force to less chased a tobacco warehouse, which will than one half of what he had been em- be used for storage purposes by Adair & ploying. R«i^' 1«*^ dealers of York. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ 4 '' La Imperial Cigar Factory ^' HOLTZ. PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS* AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co INCORPORATED. lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc—Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Pure— Porto Rico Crooks. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ Capacity, 25.000 per Day. Telegraph — York, Pa. J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. Successors to S. L Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF ♦^TOBAeGG' Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦ ♦ :« #!• A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. p. M. HUNT. A- G- MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BETHESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. Seitz. HOLTZINGER. ^ SEITZ, Manafacturers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories and All Grades o! Pennsylvatvi^L Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO REGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE For Genuine Sawed Cedar ^^&?|:i^^^^V?2 V? L. J. Sellers & Son, 34 " toblished 5880, Keystone CIGAR box co.. sell-ersville. pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD i U* ANMXCELLMNT TOBACCO rujs^ 1.21^ w zx^ .x^-- Bvery Dealer Should Have a Stock of >♦♦♦ A Ready Selling Product ♦♦♦♦ Big ProAts for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ M»n..f«rself;* s.id I And there IMPORTANT LEAF DISCOVERY. E. G. Eckert. of Hannover. Ca.n Recla^im Musty Tobacco. E. G. Eckert. a tobacco chemist, and proprietor of the Acme Extract and Chemical Works at Hanover, Pa. . believes naa sam 11 unscn, oa»- * that he has discovered a valuable treat really is a lot of truth in it. H you will ^^^^^ ^^^ unsound tobacco paiticularly ._ ii__* ..^.^^ f'lTYiA un vou felt . . ^.. try to recollect some time when you felt mean and worked the feeling off on some innocent party, you will remember that tobacco that is musty. Some extensive experimenting has been done by one of the largest manu- in cases where you were answered back (^^.^u^ing establishments in that vicinity, with a little for good measure, )0u ^^^ they pronounce the results as very scrapped away for awhile, cheerfully gj^jjsfactory and destined they believe, to M. H. Clark <& Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Cable AddretM, "CLARK." satisfactory and destined they believe, to produce an important change in the manipulation of leaf, "that has gone wrong." In an interview with Mr. Eckert by a Dy iccuiig itiv^ » — } Tobacco World representative the "to- would subsequently go out of your way ^^^^^ doctor" as he is familiarly known blamed the scrap on the other fellow, and on the whole felt much better. When the other fellow dignifiedly refused to notice your trouble microbe, you ended by feehng like a skunk yourself, and HOPKINSVILLE, KY. PADUCAH. KY. Clarksville, Tenn M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker. to make amends. I know an actual case of a man who had a sullen, hold-over jag and felt that if he didn t call somebody all the names he could think of he'd go crazy. He went into a cigar store, found fault with all the clerk offered him, cursed the place, the proprietor, the cigar business and made an ass of himself generally. by his friends in the tobacco trade, stated that it was duiing a convers-ition with an old German cigarmaker he had received some very valuable pointers. During that night he dreamed of the conversation, and remembers that he awoke with the thought of certain chemicals in his mind. He noted them down on a cuff and thought no more about the matter until w mm 6 Hopkinsville. Ky. OLD HICKORY 'wmkWL M)^ WAXHAW 18 THE 6^141 The clerks were civil through all the j^e next day when he noticed something abuse and when the man recovered his written on his cuff, but for a time could equilibrium some time later, he felt like ^q^ jhink what it was or how it came crawling into a rat hole and pulling the j^ere. because written while still half hole in alter him. He was ashamed to asleep, it was almost undecipherable, go into the cigar store again and didn't jhe incident finally dawned upon him for months, but he took a good deal of g^d soon he recalled the entire circum- trouble to steer his friends there and in- stances. He immediately telephoned to creased the store's list of regular custo- ^^^ York making inquiries for certain mers by at least twenty or thirty. chemicals with which he wished to ex- Quite a while later he met the proprie- periment. but found that they had to be tor of the store in a way which made imported, and that caused a necessary some conversation unavoidable, and delay. ihere ensued a little heart to heart talk. They were finally obtained, however. The ex groucih consented to enter the and the result is regarded as a most store again when he became convinced complete and satisfactory vindication of that everybody had forgotten his unfor- the theory which suggested the expert- tunate break, and the two men are warm ment. The Acme Extract and Chemica ^^.^^^^ Co. is now ready to make practical " K the disturber had been answered in demonstrations of their claims and those his own coin he would have left the store interested might do well by writing them firmly convinced that the people in it '^^ .j^^f^ J^^/J^^^ ^^t yet given the new were to blame, and would doubtless have preparation a name, but will do io in the taken an equal amount of pains to knock ^^^^ future. It is a colorless and icStc ess Cftpa«ity for Mantifacttiriag Cigar Boxes li — Always Room for Onb Mors Good CufiTOMBx. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 # the place to his friends. The Old Salesman. liquid, somewhat resembling the white ot an egg, except that it is thin as waitr. M. K ALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ARS l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^l^PAlt^ WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER OF Successor to J. Neff gh Grade Ci ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦-♦•♦^^^♦♦♦^ X4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. **Stai{e Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. 1%%%%%%%%^^%^^^%% %^%%%»»%'%>%>%>%^^%%%^>%%%%%» %»»^^^^^^»%^^^^ %»»^^^^^%%%%%<%'%%%%*<%<%'%^ P i John McLaughlin. J- K. KauflFman. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of \ Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos ^ Also, All Grades of Special Brands: P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium Dallastown, Pa, rGEO F NASH A OPECIALTY o^ Private Brands JOHN SELDEN ^^ O for Wholesa!c& Jobbing Irade GOV. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Sf. LANCASTER. PA. W. T. BOtON. C. A. KILDOW. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5a Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. : S. N. MUMMA ^ PzLcker of ": Leaf Tobacco I PenivaL. Seed B's a. SpcciaLlty * Warehouse at RailroaLcl Crossing : LANDISVILLE, PA. « » » ^^^^^^i(r¥r^*^^*^^^^**^***^*^**** R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Psl. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. < '■ THB TOBACCO WORLD __ CIGAR BOX EDOIflOS W. h.ve the X^-^ ^.scr*^' ^ Clg« B<« Bdgtog. in «« UnlUd SUtes. ha^ng over ..oco '^•^^•^- j. j- . T. A. MYERS & CO. Printer" and Engravers. - YUKJS., toinin/^. ji em^MSsed FlagM. Labcte. Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER a CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. Leaf Tobacco Markets. Phones 1 Voik. No. loO Ht I. N". ISTI) 12 S. George SU YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN way. I am of the opinion that it would be as well with the present out look 10 stick to r.u-ing tobacco. Our correspondents write: Hatfield. Mass : "Charles L. Warner. F. H. Bcud.ve.l and John Winsel are the first to sow their tobacco beds Others will follow the first of the week The. land is fast coming in shape for working, except in the low lands in the meadows and coveted by the high water trom Connecticut river. Bradstreet. Mass.: "C. L Warner, of Elm street, reports tobacco plants under ^lass up in fine shape. April is too cold .»s >et. Not many beds sown, as the land is not in good condition." i Conway, Mass. : "A few tobacco beds ^^e^e sown last week, the rest will prob ably be sown this week. The snow has ^one very fast the last few days and there is very little frost in the ground so we will soon be in the hurry ot farm work." — American c ultivator. EDGERTON. WIS. The movement to round up the bal- ance of last year's tobacco is still being carried forward in most of the growing districts and leaf of all descriptions is being closely gathered in. too. In many localities only scattering lots remain and from this time on a good deal of riding will be required to secure any results The buyers of the American Cigar Co. are yet in the field, which with the late comers and the representatives of the exporters, the movement does not exhibit much decline. Sample sales coming to notice are ; C. Fingum. 8a at 8, 3 and 2C asst McCornb Bros . 7a at 7%c asst Carl Munson. 33CS at 7, 3 and 2C asst Theo. Larson, 5a at 7;^, 3 ind 2C asst Jacob Sty, 5a at 7 >^. 3 and 2C Old leaf is also being sought after in country hands, while trading among packers continues to receive considerable attention all along the line. Deliveries are continually coming to the warehouses where packing is being carried along with full forces. A few seed beds for another crop have been laid but a cold, rainy week has de- layed this work for more favorable weather conditions Shipments were 700 cases — Reporter. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Hro. Receipt? in March 1,890 hhds. Sales " •• 208 " Shipments in •' 929 " Total Stocks April 1st 2.645 " Buyers' stock, 152 hhds; unsold stocks, HB 2,493 hhds. The receipts were almost entirely of the new crop, < s is the bulk of sellers' stock Our receipts this week were 857 hhds, largely from the Plantations' Association; offerings on the breaks, 20 hhds: pub- lic and private sales, 67 hhds— nearly all old tobacco. Market was unchanged, and possessed no%pecial feature of interest The sto k of old tobacco slowly melts away, and as the new crop will come later than usual 1'. HUSSEY "lEAf mm CO, THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA ^-^ NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. 10N\ TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per I>■^ Cig F^ A Calves r£ Co. ^fp^^ Havana 123 n. third st < Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD, Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., IQ35—1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. HJR SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF .L.ADAIR, y WHOLESALE MANUFA Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Our Leader: iVEALTH PRODUCER Established 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, ♦ Dealer in X ♦ Cigar Box Lumber, ♦ ^ ♦ ♦ Labels, t Ribbons, Edging, Brands, etc. Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA- INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO ♦ ♦ ♦ ^ t Brands, etc. > J4.4.4.4. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St- LANCASTER, PA ABEN BHSEP^ MANUFACTURER OF Ci^ar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. FMBOSSED CIGAR. BANDS M^ Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampl^m* William Steiner, Sons & Go. i>ARGEST LiiKograpKers, J16 and 118 n. Fourteenth St., NEW YORK. THB TOBACCO WORLD THE TOJACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $('.0 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C' Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar I " I 1 woiiMPaai THE Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars CIOAR CO. For Jobbing Trade only upon the market, the usual busy months will be quiet ones. The very small sales at the loose to bacco warehouses is an indication of how largely the Association controls the crop. It is reported that the planters are sign ing the pledges for reduction of plant ings, with very few refusing. We have had a cold snap, the mercury falling to 39 deg., with a spitting of snow, on the 6th insL For old tobacco we quote : Low Lugs $3-50 to ^3-75 Common Lugs 3.75 ^o 4- 00 SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Chban MANUFACTURED ONI^Y BV LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. 2 jflj OWo St, Aflcgheny, Pa. ri^ATAl g g B B B B B B B B B B C. A. Rost .tA<^ ♦ ♦ y H. J. FleiscKKavcr U E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DcnVCr, PR.. |-^ J ♦•'^c^ Caveats, Trade Marks, Jr^Q^UdlXS Design-Patents, Copyrights, iftm, John A. Saul, Ue Droit Balldiiifli. WA5H!NQ'Jt)N, D. Cj CIGAR BOXES ♦^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ xt Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 tot ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^ I LirioGlLAPilTNC SPECIAL DESIGN! ♦ ^ ♦ ^^ ♦ ♦ Darmenter WAX-LINED ! Coupon CIGAR POCKCTS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertiding medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufactuten, ic^cine:. i^is .USA* ALBERT FRIKS Harold H. Frib FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest Hotise in the Trade. Manufacturcft And Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish BetunSt ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. Q I C ^^* ^o&t Popular Flavoffr OulIipiC rrCC j®-piease*writSor thSa Suaranked to he the Strongest. Cheapest, and Best SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNI5HED WRITE m SANPLES^D RIBBON PRICES BBONS BY All Dealers MIXTURE-^ in TOllGGO C!tO. HSPB Ttffil. IRREGULAR PAGINATION f THB TOBACCO WOltLD JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 15():>, '.Hh Dist. , Pa. oS^^««^ J . B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of , ■,*>.*r'''-.'^ Ten Cent Cigar Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $8CCO A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers® Binders WISCONSIN ® OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pat. g B B R R R R 1 upon the market, the usual busy months will be quiet ones. The very small sales at the loose to bacco warehouses is an indication of how largely the Association controls the crop. It is reported that the planters are sign ing the pledges for reduction of plant ings, with very few refusing. We have had a cold snap, the mercury falling to 39 deg., with a spitting of snow, on the 6th inst. For old tobacco we quote: Low Lugs $3- 50 to $3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4- 00 Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf 4.00 to 4.25 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4.7s 5.50 675 8.00 Busiivess CKeLAges, Fires, Etc. Arkansas Fort Smith— O D Weldon, cigars, real estate mortgage, $2,000 Little Rock— S Frank, cigars, etc, warranty deed to real estate, ^4.500 California Healdsburg — Wm A Sharp, cigars, bill ot sale, $500 Los Angeles — Mount & Steele, cigars, succeeded by J N Rushton San Francisco— S W Campbell, cigars, tobacco, etc, sheriff's sale Colorado Florence— Riddle & Charest, cigars, closed Georgia Atlanta— H H Griffith, retail cigars, petition in bankruptcy Athens Prattes, cigars, etc, chattel mortgage, $300 Illinois Gore, cigars, petition in -M Chicago- bankruptcy Indiana Fremont — C W Buck, tobacco, etc, succeeded by Buck & Wood Indianapolis- 1 Strack, cigar manu- facturer, real estate mortgage, $700 North Manchester— C E Nagle, cigars, etc, dissolved Iowa Clinton— G C Piper, cigars, succeeded by D H Piper Davenport— H C Potts, cigars, suc- ceeded by Horace Lawton Kansas Americus— Mrs E Brines, cigars, sold out Maryland Biltimore— Philip Friedel, retail cigars and tobacco, burned out Maasachusettft New Bedford— Joseph Cunha, cigars, etc, chattel mortgage, $300 Springfield — E L Roberts, cigars, chattel moitgai^e, $500 Missouri Kansas City— Mrs J Remniiz, cigars, etc, sold out North Carolina Louisburg — C B Cheatham, leaf to bacco. damaged by fire Ohio Cincinniti — Emil Trautman. of Emil Trautman Co, wholesale cigars, dead Oregon Arieta — Cunningham & Scott, cigars, dissolved Continued by Scott Ashland— Geo E Weber, cigars, sold to Rose Bros Pine — F Craig, cigars, real estate mortgage, 5 150 Pennsylvania Scranton— F Armengel, cigar manu- facturer, discontinued John Schneider cigar manufacturer, dead Williamsport— John G Hartman, man- ufacturer and retail cigars, damaged by fire Vermont Barre — E O Marrion, manufacturer and retail cigars, succeeded by P N Wheeler Virginia Abingdon — Barrow & Giles, cigar manufacturers, sold out Washington Seattle — Stephen Mattler, cigars, bill of sale to McManus & Co Tacoma— C I Knaggs, cigars, etc, sold out to Mrs W D Richardson G C VanAmburgh, cigars, sold to J Sheridan Vancouver — J P Weinberg, cigars, etc, sold to M B Johnson PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. THE T0 3JACC0 WORLD JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leadlnii Chewing and Smoking Brands: LAKCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Manafactarer of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes, m 8.^1 manufacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J Combination I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 786,629 Making matches; Jens H. Christensen, Copennagen, Denmark. 786,514 Cigar cutter; James T. Pater- son, New York. R.K.Schnader&Sons FACKB«.*i or A.tliU DSALBRS I» 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLV & SON Auctioneers and Commission IVIereiiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 SCRAP j-Filler-l ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Specially Cleaned and Care^ fully Graded, We make them for 6, 7^, 9, 10 and J2 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. MMTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. ♦* ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦!♦♦ y H. J. FleiscKKaMer U E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. Deliver^ P^^ *-^ J J Caveats, Trade Marks, |-^3,uCn iS Design-Patents, Copyrights, cte; John A. Saul, Ue Droit Balldin^. WASH ING': ON. D. Cg <30mBS8POWDKlM» CIGAR BOXES Cigar Labels r* 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia, ft ♦2^ TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ^^4-4 ♦44-4 -♦-♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL DESIGN! 4- 4 Darmenter 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. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, io\cine:. ^wis .USA. PtinERSOF Aimsnc CIGAR LABELS ■ rtanufacturers- 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOR 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES Albert Fries Harold H. Frib For Sale by All Dealers ■«n»»u 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 & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. C* I f> The Most Popular Flavotr Samnip rrpp since 1855. « OUIllplV/ 1 I VV/ 5^»piease write for the» Siiaranked to hethe Strongest, Cheapest, and Bcs* MlXTURjE-^ IRREGULAR PAGINATION /\ (^ALVES (^ Qo. <^oy Havana 123 n. third st v^ ^ flUlE ^> 3tn?eaa of Statistioa. 1905 Ti HANDY Cigar Box Opener IMade to work well— look well and last well. Slips into your vest pocket and takes up no more room than a flat latch key. Just the thing to tickle the trade with. Is of best tool steel and finely nickeled — bright as a new silver dollar. Has a hardened edge that is sharp — handy to cut labels, edging and stamps — a feature the common kind don't have. We stamp 3'our ad clearly and deeply into each of them, so that wear can't remove it. Don't this strike you as some thing extra good in the line of an ever- lasting advertisement, and a tool that would please the recipient? They make a favorable impression on those who get them. They w^ould help to sell more of 3'our goods. Wh}' not let us fix up enough for 3^ou to give one to each of your customers? It's a splendid way to show }'our appreciation of their trade. Write for prices — state quantity, and the ad wanted on. Ir. National Selling Co., alli:ntown. pa., u. s. a. Bstabushbd in 188 1 Vol. XXV. tD IN 188 1 ) \, No. 16. j PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, APRIL 19, 1905. { OnB DOI.I.AR PBR AnNOM. Single Copies, Fire Cents M yvxcuJ^ l/V<^ Uctr ^orvYyJL <^ '^ ■o- I S. O "KKLCOiuOrvu « 69 301 125 144 53 35 28 u a u a a u a u ik a 1232 bales E. I^OSENWALB & BR0. Up to Date: bales S P 1 Deli St. Cyr I Deli Amst. Deli Co. IJ H Deli Ba My L P C I Padang Brahrang Aandi Angin Deli - A S K I Deli Sumatra Plantage !\y ADClDeli B A I Langka! H D I Langkat J HAIDeli-C H. DUYS & CO. 170 Water Street, New York %»^i -«.: \ .::'''^J i II iln Vai, '^v^'^f ji^t. ^■>..,. ._. f ItJtVj-bin' C. A. ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MAttPTOClGAR 114 ^^Philadelphia The Rli^by Nickel Cigar has a fine flavor; mild yet tempting to the average palate. Youll like it. So will your customers. STEWART. NEWBURGER & CO., Ltd. Ci^ar Manufactnrers, 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. Factories 206 and 212, First Rev. District, Pa. (lord LANCASTER, lOcI) Oieer ta. k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada> (NICKLBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co Manufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. ""The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best < THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DEAL Samples sent to Reptitable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. l^OEDEL CO.. 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGA R:S. CLEAR HAVANA ^^^ ^ ^ ■•ft Popoiar All Havsna Cliar Ma4a KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ®. NOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. A. O d& QO' Havana 123 n. third st HILJkOEI^RHIA -^THE T0B/ieeO WORLB^ KENTUCKY GROWERS UNDECIDED. Don't Know Whether to Hold Tobacco in Warehouse or Home. Owensboro, Ky., April 15. The proposed plan for tobacco growers of Kentucky to hold their tobacco in warehouses until they are able to demand better prices, is not meeting with uni- versal favor, as the majority of the growers in Breckinridge county believe that the crop should be held at home, and a great many of them intend to do this. Those farmers that feel that they need help are trying to decide which plan is the most likely to accomplish the pur- pose, and the various more or less large meetings of farmers which are being held are for the purpose of debating this ques- tion. The tobacco growers of Hancock county are opposed to any pooling plan, as the affair has more than once been voted down in meeting. BIG PLANT FOIL GILBERTSVILLE. PA. The Gilbertsville Cigar Company, of Gilbertsville, Pa., which opened a factory there about a year ago, has found its present quarters inadequate, and will shortly erect a new factory building. This plant will be put up and owned by a stock company of local citizens and has already been leased by the cigar company for five years. The building will be three stories high, 80 X 32 feet and will be located on a large lot which is at present vacant. It will be a model factory in every par- ticular and will seat about 150. The present plant employs little more than a third of that number. The enterprise will prove a decided boom for the town as the present plant has already livened things up consider- ably. Plans for the new building have already been completed and are in the kands of the contractor. \ HEAVY SALES IN PREBLE CO.. O. INDIANA PROGRESSING AS A TOBACCO-RAISING STATE. CIGARETTE AGAIN IN TROUBLE. More than $100,000 Spanish and Seed- leaf Bought in a Week. Richmond, Ind., April 16. Heavy sales of tobacco have recently been made in the tobacco-growing terri- tory a few miles east of this city, in Preble county, Ohio. Within the last two weeks agents of Eastern tobacco companies have bought considerably more than J 100, 000 worth of Spanish and seedleaf varieties near West Alex- andria. As a result of the recent sales the "holdover* crop in this territory is rap- idly disappearing. The prices paid were 7c to 9c for Spanish. Seedleaf brought 10 cents. Little tobacco is raised by Wayne county farmers, but as soon as Preble county soil is reached the tobacco crop seems to be the stand by. Western Ohio farmers have for half a century been cultivators of tobacco, but the Indiana State line appears to mark the western boundary of this particular "belt." Increased Acreage Every Year Brings Good Results, and Preparation Reading Railway Official Forbids Their is Being Made to Use Considerable Virgin Soil for the Plant. ^" '"^ Stations and Trains. Tobacco Was Once an Important Crop in this State. Mahanoy City. Pa., April 14 One more knock for the cigarette. Indianapolis, Ind., April 15. in descending proportion. Indiana stood Superintendent Turk, of the Mahanoy. Indiana is yearly growing more im- twelfth in the list, producing 6,882.470 Shamokin division of the Reading Rail- portant as a tobacco-producing State, and pounds. In 1890 this State produced way Co., has issued an order forbidding it seems very hkely that before long it 7,710,297 pounds; in 1880 it produced the smoking of cigarettes in stations or in will rank well among the other States in 8,872,842 pounds; in 1870, 9,325,392, passenger trains. Station agents and which the cultivation of the plant is an and in i860, 7,993,378. In i860 Indiana train hands are urged to enforce the or- important industry. Reports of increased ranked eighth in the production of to- der vigorously, in the interest of the acreage are coming in continually and bacco and in 1900 it ranked twelfth. traveling public. in nearly every case the result is proven As far as climate and soil a»-e concerned The notice reads very nicely, but it is satisfactory. the conditions are as favorable for tobacco not believed that the company would go Stoughton A. Fletcher is about to en- culture now as they were forty years ago. to extremes if it were violated in the trains, gage in tobacco culture on quite a large The climate of Indiana is much the same If a man lighted a cigarette in a smoker, scale, for this part of the country. On as that of Ohio, which in 1900 produced and flatly refused to put it out on the or- his farm, about six miles south of the 65,957, 100 pounds of tobacco, or nearly der of the brakeman, it is hardly likely city, he is preparing to put in about fifty ten times as much as Indiana. that the train would be stopped and the acres of tobacco. The land which he Probably the best tobacco lands in the passenger ejected. As it is now, a man will plant has never been cultivated, and State are in the southern counties, but it can sit in a train and absorb the contents the stumps of trees are now being blasted can be grown successfully as far north as of a flask of whiskey until he becomes out for the first time. Virgin soil is the the central portion, and even farther, intoxicated, and unless he makes an ac- best for tobacco growing. Mr. Fletcher Large crops and a superior quality of tual disturbance, he cannot be touched, is using white burley seed, obtained in tobacco are raised in Connecticut, which That being the case, it is scarcely reason- Kentucky, is considerably farther north than Indi- able to ostracize the poor little cigarette. Tobacco is by no means a new crop in ana. In 1900 Connecticut produced Indiana, though there is not as much 16,930,770 pounds, or considerably more The company has also issued an order raised here now as formerly. Indiana than twice as much as Indiana. from its headquarters in Philadelphia, got the industry from Kentucky. During Of the total crop in this State in 1900, intended to discourage cigarette smok- the colonial period tobacco was grown in Switzerland county produced 2,410,050 ing in its stations as well as in the smok- Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland, pounds; Spencer county, 1,250,500 ing cars of its passenger trains, especially About the beginning of the last century pounds; Warrick county, 990,680; Ohio on the part of boys and youths. No the industry spread westward to Kentucky county, 394,160; Randolph county, 261,- attempt will be made actually to prohibit and Tennessee and then to .Southern 600; Dearborn county, 158,910; Dubois, it, as reported, as the ofificials recognize Ohio and Indiana. 122,760. Marion county produced only full well the difficulty and danger attend For many years Kentucky has been 200 pounds, but Morgan county raised ing such a course. The order is th« the leading tobacco State, and in 1900 it 1,730 pounds; Putnam county, 2,170; result of recent complaints by passengers produced 32 per cent of the total crop of Shelby county, 4,010, and Wayne county, of disorderly and annoying conduct on the United States. The total crop that 24,080. Some counties north of Marion one of its trains by a party of cigarette year was 868,163,275 pounds, of which produced much more tobacco than this smoking boys. What the order really Kentucky produced 314,288,050; Vir- county did — as Montgomery, 2,000 contemplates is to prohibit the selling of ginia, 122,884,900; Ohio, 65,957,100; pounds; Madison, 1,630; Wabash, 11,- cigarettes upon the company's property Tennessee, 49, 157,550, and other States 000; Miami, 4,920; Delaware, 7,640. by the Union News Company or other agents, and conductors o f passenger trains are to exercise discretionary judg. ment in determining what constitutes excessive or annoying use of cigarettes by boys on trains. SUPPRESS CHICAGO REFORMER.S. WISCONSIN BILL NOW A LAW. NEW RE-DRYING PLANT OPEN. Cigarettes. TobaLCCo or Papers Cannot Be Sold or Given AwsLy. Madison, Wis., April 14. Governor LaFollette, of this State yesterday affixed his signature to the bill which prohibits the sale or manufacture of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, paper, or the giving away of the same, and the bill is now a law, until, perhaps, it is broken. So far, according to traveling salesmen, the sale of the cigarette in its various grades has not fallen off at all, and it is Burley Tobacco Warehouse Co.'s Ad- junct Doing^a Bi^ Business. Lexington, Ky. , April 14. The Burley Loose Tobacco Warehouse Co'*s newly-equipped redrying estab- lishment has been open for more than a week now and is running in pot pie order. August S. Volkers, of Freeport, III., is in charge. State's Attorney Investigating R.eprehei\< sible Methods of Getting Evidence. Chicago, 111., April 4, 1905. State's Attorney Healy has begun an investigation of the movements of W. V, Theplantis in the rear of the company's Tyler, the Citizens' Mutual Alliance and warehouse on South Broadw^ay and is Louis Grossman, a constable, who have evident by this, that dealers generally, equipped with the latest improved com- been prosecuting cigar and tobacco deal- believe that the law either will not or bination apron and stick Proctor drier ers for selling to minors. The State offi- cannot be enforced. They at least count which has a capacity for drying, cooling cial believes that the reformers are not Z^^X^t^^7^Z tr ^l;: ^"^ ordering' 5.000 pounds an hour. It working in good faithand if his investiga- money, and failing results, to take back »s one of the largest and best equipped tion results as he expects, he will take the banished stock. machines of its kind in the State, and steps to have them suppressed. It stands to reason that the dealers the plant as a whole is excelled by no Mr. Healy declares that the methods could stop the use of the cigarette them- other. of securing evidence which have been selves if they wanted to, merely by refus- , . T t, , ing to keep it in stock, and it behooves ^^^' Bohmer, the general manager, adopted by Tyler and the Alliance the combine to protect the dealers' inter said that the plant was working satisfacto- have been altogether reprehensible and ests, if it expects them to carry out rily, and that farmers who can not get on out of order and he has demanded of their end of the business. Consumers ^h^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^,,.,t they believe to be an Justice Roth that he dismiss several cases are waiting interestedly to see whether ,, • c .x, • . ^^ ,j now pending. This, the justice has not the retailers will continue to display acceptable price for their tobacco, could ^^^ consented to do. as it is understood cigarettes in their windows or show cases ^^^e it re-dried and packed in hogsheads hequestions the right of the State's justice in defiance of the law. for storing at a moderate cost. to take a hand in city cases. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD BROS. ^^^ ^'^Philadelptiia The Ru^by Nickel Cigar has a fine flavor; mild yet tempting to the average palate. Youll like it. So will your customers. STEWART, NEWBURGER A. CO., Ud. G^ar Mannfadnrers, First Rev. District,' Pa. 29 Nofth 4th St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER, 10<0 Oiiiir Mi k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (niCKLBY. 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Co Manufacturers of mi mm 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. FKtory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGA R'S. CLEAR HAVANA ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Repntable Distribntors ;■■>.. Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. All Havana Clfar KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN (H NOORHEAD. inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ^(fH .. f^j, Vlo^ ff 1 tK 1 r-":, rS/ r v^TJE^ 1 ■i%.. ^CUHi mm ^^^^H v^H^^^^^^^IH \'\1\\J\\)lJ^\\\A\Cro/\fi^yf CAMDEW , AC <& Go. <<0^ l-{ AVANA ■ IMPORTERS O^^ "^ t23 N. THIRD ST HIUkOBL^HIA -^THE T©B^eeO WORLB^- KENTUCKY GROWEILS UNDECIDED. Don*t Know Whether to Hold Tobacco in Warehouse or Home. Owensboro, Ky., April 15. The proposed plan for tobacco growers of Kentucky to hold their tobacco in warehouses until they are able to demand better prices, is not meeting with uni- versal favor, as the majority of the growers in Breckinridge county believe that the crop should be held at home, and a great many of them intend to do this. Those farmers that feel that they need help are trying to decide which plan is the most likely to accomplish the pur- pose, and the various more or less large meetings of farmers which are being held are for the purpose of debating this ques- tion. The tobacco growers of Hancock county are opposed to any pooling plan, as the affair has more than once been voted down in meeting. BIG PLANT FOR. GILBERTSVILLE. PA. The Gilbertsville Cigar Company, of Gilbertsville, Pa., which opened a factory there about a year ago, has found its present quarters inadequate, and will shortly erect a new factory building. This plant will be put up and owned by a stock company of local citizens and has already been leased by the cigar company for five years. The building will be three stories high, 80 X 32 feet and will be located on a large lot which is at present vacant. It will be a model factory in every par- ticular and will scat about 150. The present plant employs little more than a third of that number. The enterprise will prove a decided boom for the town as the present plant has already livened things up consider- ably. Plans for the new building have already been completed and are in the kands of the contractor. j HEAVY SALES IN PREBLE CO.. O. INDIANA PROGRESSING AS A TOBACCO-RAISING STATE. CIGARETTE AGAIN IN TROUBLE. More than $100,000 Spanish and Seed- leaf Bought in a Week. Richmond, Ind. , April 16. Heavy sales of tobacco have recently been made in the tobacco- growing terri- tory a few miles east of this city, in Preble county, Ohio. Within the last two weeks agents of Eastern tobacco companies have bought considerably more than 1 100, 000 worth of Spanish and seedleaf varieties near West Alex- andria. As a result of the recent sales the "holdover" crop in this territory is rap- idly disappearing. The prices paid were 7c to 9c for Spanish. Seedleaf brought 10 cents. Little tobacco is raised by Wayne county farmers, but as soon as Preble county soil is reached the tobacco crop seems to be the stand by. Western Ohio farmers have for half a century been cultivators of tobacco, but the Indiana State line appears to mark the western boundary of this particular "belt." Increased Acreage Every Year Brings Good Results, and Preparation Reading Railway Official Forbids Their is Being Made to Use Considerable Virgin Soil for the Plant. "•* '"^ Stations and Trains. Tobacco Was Once an Important Crop in this State. Mahanoy City, Pa., April 14 — One more knock for the cigarette. Indianapolis, Ind., April 15. in descending proportion. Indiana stood Superintendent Turk, of the Mahanoy- Indiana is yearly growing more im- twelfth in the list, producing 6,882.470 Shamokin division of the Reading Rail- portant as a tobacco-producing State, and pounds. In 1890 this State produced way Co., has issued an order forbidding it seems very likely that before long it 7,710,297 pounds; in 1880 it produced the smoking of cigarettes in stations or in will rank well among the other States in 8,872,842 pounds; in 1870, 9.325,392, passenger trains. Station agents and which the cultivation of the plant is an and in i860, 7.993.378. In i860 Indiana train hands are urged to enforce the or- important industry. Reports of increased ranked eighth in the production of to- der vigorously, in the interest of the acreage are coming in continually and bacco and in 1900 it ranked twelfth. traveling public. in nearly every case the result is proven As far as climate and soil a»-e concerned The notice reads very nicely, but it is satisfactory. the conditions are as favorable for tobacco not believed that the company would go Stoughton A. Fletcher is about to en- culture now as they were forty years ago. to extremes if it were violated in the trains, gage in tobacco culture on quite a large The climate of Indiana is much the same If a man lighted a cigarette in a smoker, scale, for this part of the country. On as that of Ohio, which in 1 900 produced and flatly refused to put it out on the or- his farm, about six miles south of the 65,957, 100 pounds of tobacco, or nearly der of the brakeman, it is hardly likely city, he is preparing to put in about fifty ten times as much as Indiana. that the train would be stopped and the acres of tobacco. The land which he Probably the best tobacco lands in the passenger ejected. As it is now, a man will plant has never been cultivated, and State are in the southern counties, but it can sit in a train and absorb the contents the stumps of trees are now being blasted can be grown successfully as far north as of a flask of whiskey until he becomes out for the first time. Virgin soil is the the central portion, and even farther, intoxicated, and unless he makes an ac- best for tobacco growing. Mr. Fletcher Large crops and a superior quality of tual disturbance, he cannot be touched, is using white hurley seed, obtained in tobacco are raised in Connecticut, which That being the case, it is scarcely reason- Kentucky, is considerably farther north than Indi- able to ostracize the poor little cigarette. Tobacco is by no means a new crop in ana. In 1900 Connecticut produced Indiana, though there is not as much 16,930,770 pounds, or considerably more The company has also issued an order raised here now as formerly. Indiana than twice as much as Indiana. from its headquarters in Philadelphia, got the industry from Kentucky. During Of the total crop in this State in 1900, intended to discourage cigarette snok- the colonial period tobacco was grown in Switzerland county produced 2,410,050 ing in its stations as well as in the smok- Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland, pounds; Spencer county, 1,250,500 ing cars of its passenger trains, especially About the beginning of the last century pounds; Warrick county, 990,680; Ohio on the part of boys and youths. No the industry spread westward to Kentucky county, 394,160; Randolph county, 261,- attempt will be made actually to prohibit and Tennessee and then to Southern 600; Dearborn county, 158,910; Dubois, it, as reported, as the officials recognize Ohio and Indiana. 122,760. Marion county produced only full well the difliculty and danger attend For many years Kentucky has been 200 pounds, but Morgan county raised ing such a course. The order is the the leading tobacco State, and in 1900 it 1,730 pounds; Putnam county, 2,170; result of recent complaints by passengers produced 32 per cent of the total crop of Shelby county, 4,010, and Wayne county, of disorderly and annoying conduct on the United States. The total crop that 24,0X0. Some counties north of Marion one of its trains by a party of cigarette year was 868,163,275 pounds, of which produced much more tobacco than this smoking boys. What the order really Kentucky produced 314,288,050; Vir- county did — as Montgomery, 2,000 contemplates is to prohibit the selling of ginia, 122,884,900; Ohio, 65,957,100; pounds; Madison, 1,630; Wabash, ii,- cigarettes upon the company's property Tennessee, 49, 157,550, and other States 000; Miami, 4,920; Delaware, 7,640. by the Union News Company or other ____-_________-^ agents, and conductors o f passenger trains are to exercise discretionary judg- ment in determining what constitutes excessive or annoying use of cigarettes by boys on trains. SUPPRESS CHICAGO REFORMER.S. WISCONSIN BILL NOW A LAW. NEW RE-DRYING PLANT OPEN. Cigarettes. TobaLCco or Papers Cannot Be Sold or Given Awak.y. Madison, Wis., April 14. Governor LaFollette, of this State yesterday affixed his signature to the bill , .... .. , ,...» *u 1 r . Co*s newly-equipped re-drymg estab- which prohibits the sale or manufacture / n rr , c . ^^ .. . t- lishment has been open for more than a of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, paper, or , . , . week now and is running in pot pie Burley Tobacco Warehouse Co.'s Ad- janct Doingja Bi^ Business. Lexington, Ky., April 14. The Burley Loose Tobacco Warehouse the giving away of the same, and the bill is now a law, until, perhaps, it is broken. So far, according to traveling salesmen, the sale of the cigarette in its various State's Attorney Investigating ILeprehen* sible Methods of Getting Evidence. Chicago, III, April 4, 1905. State's Attorney Healy has begun an investigation of the movements of W. V. order. August S. Volkers, of Freeport, III., is in charge. The plant is in the rear of the company's Tyler, the Citizens* Mutual Alliance and grades has not fallen off at all, and it is warehouse on South Broadway and is Louis Grossman, a constable, who have evident by this, that dealers generally, equipped with the latest improved com- been prosecuting cigar and tobacco deal- believe that the law either will not or bination apron and stick Proctor drier ers for selling to minors. The State offi- cannot be enforced. They at least count which has a capacity for drying, cooling cial believes that the reformers are not Zt:.^::^t^''lTo^''Z tr t ^"^ •-« 5.000 pounds an hour. It working in good faith and if his investiga- money, and failing results, to take back ts one of the largest and best equipped tion results as he expects, he will take the banished stock. machines of its kind in the State, and steps to have them suppressed. It stands to reason that the dealers the plant as a whole is excelled by no Mr. Healy declares that the methods could stop the use of the cigarette them- other. of securing evidence which have been selves if they wanted to, merely by refus- , j t t 1 ing to keep it in stock, and it behooves ^^' Boomer, the general manager, adopted by Tyler and the Alliance the combine to protect the dealers' inter said that the plant was working satisfacto- have been altogether reprehensible and ests, if it expects them to carry out rily, and that farmers who can not get on out of order and he has demanded of their end of the business. Consumers j^e loose floor what they believe to be an Justice Roth that he dismiss several cases are waiting interestedly to see whether , , , • r .u • . u u now pending. This, the justice has not the retailers will continue to display acceptable price for their tobacco, could ^^^ consented to do. as ii is understood cigarettes in their windows or show cases ^^ve it re-dried and packed m hogsheads he questions the right of the State's justice in defiance of the law. for storing at a moderate cost. to take a hand in city cases. ■ Ji'^JkiMi^£i')lMi^:^^^ .'■: 't j^-^^ib'-i->ia>a'jiSi>i>I2{>fc!Wi'.iL I... 1 L. y •% '-■ '.•- .'1 .ktV^AiiCjii';' liU^.^.,^.^ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . A. Galves (^ Qo. <^^j> Havana 123 n. ■ IMPORTERS O^-^ ~ P' THIRD ST HILJkDEU*HIA J;Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF ^Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. XHJwmtD 1855. T. Dobaa. > »D &.T*T W"* H. Dohan. #LOR '^^^ 0^ DOHAN &TAITT, ^'^^^ D ^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of ^^^^^5^ JOT Arcb St. Mfcaf Tobacco\ ^ A)" J philada. ©la f.V.Ef?S -^'iN**^ "■^*iiiHiJjp-»--sa*- ■■ ev^^^ . BREMER'3 ^Oyy, \JCf • IMPORTERS OP '1^ Bl Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS •t s^ Leaf .Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia tO' .«iiA-l3EL^ JVLinS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St.. Phil«. Iters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed I^eaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; BaldwinsvWo.N.Y. •f SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNB¥ h/ BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBA CC0 231 and 3J3 North Third Street PHIhADBLPKIA, PA. liEOPOIiD bOEB 8t 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. P/aLAOEU^OMjlL m ni rp Importers and Dealers in •'■^^r''^'^ ^ AH KINDS OF SEED LEAF, TheE eaf Tobacco ^-*v*».J|]|j|j.|||j Uo., Ltd. ||8N.3(lSt.Phila. i642-44;^XleVe;sIt/\ §t. ER HSfLEAF TCteACCOj Philadclphia irM/aremeo. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/I(S©0 I # I Y 0 Ung & Newman, Sumatra & Havana L.nl 21" N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. ~ Fatten of Seed Leaf. ~ T&jsr /\^ O-Az-i/Hs ^ O^- <^o^ Havana 123 n. third st IMPORTERS OF HILADELRHIA 5'CI6AR SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 The Old Salesman's Musings. DON'T HABITS CUT ANY ICE AT ALLT alroholic contempt, and then let drop Good morning, lads; have you all used on the floor. He had a companion, pre soap of some sort? Well, I^feeliso clean sumably a friend, whose chief duty myself, that I think I am'about due for seemed to lie in picking the money up another of my little moral talks. again and jamming i t back i n the You see I keep noticing so many faults other's pockets, and blemishes in other people that I am "Lcm certainly is an awful tank at beginning to believe I am the only per- nights," volunteered the manager. "He feet human in the world, and sometimes cultivates a steady series of Brannigans I feel Hke throwing up my job of licking that make an ordinary corn look like the you-all into shape for the judgment. essence o f dignity. Only a t nights. I'll give you fair notice, though, be though." fore I do, and I've got a few more re- "Well, in my observation." said I, marks to make anyway. Just at present "the sharp and complete separation of I am consumed by a wonder as to how one's nocturnal habits from those of the some salesmen make a living, when you day, when the former include a pursuit consider the way they go about it. The of the ruddy fluid, has. after a short time fact that they do, simply shows that you proven impossible. In short, a man can't lay down any hard and fast rules finally has to hang over.' that will be applicable to every case. "Lem always gets around in the day There is a certain salesman on the time, ' the clerk assured me, "By the road today whose description many will way, did you ever hear him swear?" recognize. He may see this himself, and "1 don't know him personally, you if he does he will probably get mad. know,* I answered, "and nearly every He ought to get mad, but his passion time I have seen him. ithas been in a cigar should be directed at himself, and not at storewhere he was supposed to be selling me for the only thing I am doing is goods. Naturally he wouldn't do himself I reminding him of what every one else justice then. Can he really swear some? ' already knows. ^he manager gave me a peculiar look The salesman I am talking about is and grinned at the head clerk who was accounted a first rate salesman. He is giggling merrily. employed by a good house, has an ex- "Well." said he reflectively, "I've tremely wide acquaintance and undoubt- heard a considerable variety of cussers cdly makes good in point of the number and some of them had come through on of orders he brings his house. But his the limited straight from Cusserville. I faults are indisputably faults, and faults have also heard the story of the youth who that have ruined more men than one broke words in half in order to push in a meets in a day. Therein hes the mys- swear. And all I got to say is that such tery. Does he make good despite his verbal pikers aint in Lem' s class at all. personality or on account of it? Why oftentimes, after I've listened to I was in a Baltimore cigar store not Lem when he felt a little like talking, long ago when this man came in, jerked I've wondered how he managed so much out a remark to everybody including the out of one deity. He oughta been born colored porter and was off again. in ancient Greece. "Lem seems almost sober," said the "And don't get any idea that Lcm is head clerk to the manager. The man's too stingy to swear during business hours, name is not Lcm, and it is not necessary Not never so. That's his favorite time for you to know what it is. because his mouth ain't so otherwise The clerk's remark made me remem- busy as it is at nights. It aint all straight bcr that I had seen the man in the bar of profanity, either. When he happens to a hotel two or three nights before m a feel that way, he can make an ordinary state of almost helpless intoxication and foul mouthed man's line sound like the evidently glad of it At the time, he conversation of an English purist who was amusing himself by plunging his had never heard ot but one sex. And hands into his pockets and withdrawing the things he calls a manP* them full of wads of crumpled bank The clerk proceeded to give me a few notes which he would stare at for a mo- samples, and it appears that the mildest mentwith an expye^sion of deep and (Concluded on page 7) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia J. JWflHLiOfl BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory J Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphlo, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $3S to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO W O R I. D e ^-'TtEALM OPT/IB l^ETAILEI^S P TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- ^ TERPRISING DEALERS. ^ TT IS FAIR to assert that one of the most potent trade killers to be con- sidered is indifference on the part of the clerk. Frequently this may not be in- difference at all but merely a pose, assumed in order that the clerk may show what an old and blase hand he is. They say the successful war correspond- ents, and newspaper reporters, whose names grow familiar to the reading public all over the world, are successful because they have the faculty of becoming just as enthusiastic over every piece of news, however unimportant, they report now, as they were when they were detailed on their first "story." In a musical comedy recently running in a Philadelphia theatre, one of the actresses, to illustrate a song, burlesques the haughty and indifferent salesgirl in a department store. Ot course her imitation is greatly ex- aggerated, but there is a foundation for it all, and it is not the glove counter girl alone .who is guilty of the fault The writer has been in entirely too great a proportion of cigar stores, where the clerk languidly reached after an asked for cigar box, shoved it indifferently out on the counter and wearily awaited the cus- tomer's pleasure. It was done in a sort of "You see, old chap, I'm just doing this to help the cigar store fellow out, you know." A good many of these clerks looked as if they would be good, sensible, wide- awake fellows if they were given the chaiK:e and it's a tremendous pity that they can't get wise to themselves before their employer gets wise himself. Remember one undying fact; one cer- toin, nail on the head fact, a fact just as much of a fact as the certainty that the sun rises and sets every day. That is, that the easiest way to create an un- favorable and unpleasant impression is to act as if you thought you were above the work you are doing, or that that work was not worth while giving your best attention to. The man who quarrels with his bread and butter is fouling his own nest and putting himself in a position that is really far below that of the clerk without any ambition at all. The writer not long ago said something like this to a young clerk who was bright and anabitious, but who had gotten sick of his job and felt that he wasn' t getting anywhere. "I don't want to be a cigar clerk on a bum salary all my life," he faid peevishly. "I haven't gut -any interest in my work any more, and 1 suppose I show it I'm not like some of these dubs that seem satisfied if they get enough to buy a loud suit and a.eane •nee in a while and have three or Your tough girls on their staff." "*' This boy was 20 years old and had been in the store a year. He seemed to think he ought to be the proprietor by that time. In the first six months he had been in the store the writer had heard more than one man speak of the boy's courtesy and alertness and say that they liked to have him wait on them. There had been no such remarks in the last six months and this, the writer told the boy and told him why. He seemed thought ful and there has been a noticeable change since. His case is like a hundred others, and the best consolation is to remember that successes aren't made over night, but if they are to be permanent, mean long, patient work and attention to details. Don't be a quitter. H ades is full of them. operation, and the magazine advertising it is doing to enlarge its mail order business, the shield is used conspicuously, and in order to emphasize its importance as a trade mark, every announcement carries a catch-word with the shield as a text. Beside m this form of advertising, the Company has adopted the trade mark on all the windows of its stores, until it has come to be identified with everything about the business except the cigar boxes themselves. To a certain extent this has been a forced put, owing to the fact that some of the Com pany' s early windows were copied, when the distinctive form con- sisted merely of the banding of the tops and bottoms of the windows in red and GEO. W. PARR'S NEW "FERNSIDE" BRAND "PROMINENT among the new brands of popular priced cigars that are making a hit on the market is the "Fernside," which was recently gotten out by George W. Parr, of Littlestown, Pa. The cigar has not been out long enough yet to have become widely known but on account of its astonishingly good quality, is making very rapid progress. As will be seen by the above cut, the label is an attractive one, and the cigar is quite as desirable as the lady. The package is built to correspond. The cigar is made in a dainty size and is just the thing to tempt the fastidious smoker. It retails for five cents, and is graded as Havana filler with Sumatra wrapper. Mr. Parr will push its sale vigorously and from the way the brand is already duplicating, he will Vtwv^ Kttlc trouble in securing for it a wide market THE "UNITED" SHIELD. TXriTH the constantly increasing ad- ' • vertising of the United Cigar Stores Co. and the likewise increasing number of stores, the trade mark of the company, which consists of a shield formed of a crown over the word "United," is becoming more and more known, until every cigar dealer in the country, and nearly every consumer is familiar with its appearance. ' Although the shield is a sufficiently attractive symbol to be remembered on its own account, the promoters of the United Cigar Stores Co. have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in pop- ularizing it, and in all the advertising it is buying in the twenty*five or thirty cities in which the Company's stores are in printing the sentence, "Largest Retail Cigar Dealers in America." Apparently the only way to prevent this was to give the windows further in« dividuality by a trade mark, and the shield was finally evolved and steps were at once taken to protect it by every means known to registration laws. The originator of the shield was F. A. Whelan, head of the Construction De- partment of the United Cigar Stores Co., and brother of the president. Mr. Whelan, who is an architect and draughts- man, whose work is well known in his profession, was giving the choice of a symbol for the Company his attention for some time before he conceived the shield. He was seeking to evolve a design in which the word "United" would work out in cipher. A lucky chance suggested the shield, not because it was new, but because when he came to adapt the word to that form, he was himself astonished to discern that, taking a designer's license with the six letters, it was possible to give them seven heavy strokes, these heavy strokes correspond- ing to the seven stripes in the National flag, and their correlative emblem, the shield. At first glance, few people notice the fact that the bottom part of the shield is composed of letters and that it is nothing but a word, and some objection was raised to it on that account. This was over ruled, however, as the fact was recognized that the mark would have ad- ditional value after the discovery of the word "United" had been made by the observer. • • • A LITTLE TIP. f^ ET out some advertising card bear- ing your name and address and perhaps a picture of your store if it is a handsome one and on the card print some brief suggestion to smokers that is likely to attract attention. This might do for instance: If you will observe the following rules you may smoke as much as you like without any harm: In the first place, smoke a good cigar. In the second place never light a cigar the second time. The other rules are never to stay in a cloud of smoke and never chew the end of a cigar. • • • TOBACCO WHISKERS. npO obtain custom a tobacconist in a London suburb informed the public that on a certain day his assistants would wear whiskers and mustaches of the favorite brands. The effect was not so ludicrous as many imagined. The light, straw colored mustaches of the young men were so very natural that they might have passed as real adornments, while the dark, long beard of the proprietor himself, matched his own whiskers and kair to perfection. After use, the tobacco was wrapped in packets and given to anyone who cared to ask for it • • • "TPHE manner in which some dealers •^ conduct retail cigar stores is be- yond me," said a large consumer in a Milwaukee store the other day. "For instance, in many places where a man goes in to buy a cigar the clerk will remove a number in his hand and spread them over the counter, to allow the cus- tomer to make a selection. It does not matter how dusty the case may be, or what the clerk may be working in, the cigars are handled like hardware. "When you stop to think that every one of the cigars that goes out of such a store may have been handled fifteen or twenty times, and probably has swept up a lot of microbe bearing dust from the top of the show case as well, you will probably wonder why the dealers do not make a practice of pulling out the box, and letting the customer select his cigar from that I believe there is some gov* ernment regulation preventing the other way of doing, but it is not observed in 50 per cent of the stores. " THR TOBACCO WORLD STRIKE FOR SVCCESS ! A National CasH Register enforces carerulness, Lonesty and accuracy among tke clerks. IT PAYS FOR IT5ELF ivithin a year out or the money it saves and tnen earns 100% on tne money invested. Let one or our representatives call and explain our system to you. rrT OFF HKRE AND WAIL TO FS TODAY National Cash Register Co. DAYTON, OHIO I own a_ More. Please explain to me what kind of a registers best suited for my bminess. This does not obligate me to buy. Name Address So. Clerks PleaselMention The Tobacco World THE OLD SALESNAN'SJNUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) pet name the salesman has for his cus- tomers is that distinctively American epi- thet, the use of which is usually supposed to mean fight. "Why, I wouldn't stand for anything like that for a minute," said I. "I'm surprised that anyone does. In fact I don't see how the man c a n do any business or how he escapes complaints being made about him. Most men swear and occasionally use worse talk but they don't use it in that lavish way, and I certainly never considered it a diplo- matic move to address such language to a prospective customer." ••Some of 'm don't stand it," said the manager. "One man got sore the other day, and dressed him down in great shape. Said if he intended to enter a gentleman's store, he would have to imi- tate the conduct of a gentleman, as nearly as his brutish intelligence and natural instincts would permit. Lem told it himslf, and thought it was a great joke." "A great joke, eh," said 1, "Well, if that man had taken the trouble to come out in front of his counter and cane the chump, the application would have reached a spot not so thick as his skull. For the life of me I don't see how or why anybody puts up with it." ••I don't either, when I think of it in cold blood and when Lem isn't here," replied the manager. "But it's differ- ent when he is. You see if you, or any other average man were to come in here and call me a foul name, I would prob- ably bang you. With Lem it is different. He He talks that way all the time doesn't know anything else. I f you were to choke his cussing off he wouldn't be able to make himself understood. He'd simply have to open his mouth and shut it again without saying anything. "And it would puzzle you to pick out any particular name to jump him on. Everyone knows that he doesn't mean it for an insult, and to kick up a great row and demand an apology and retraction would be a good deal like the yap who had been called the unmentionable name and made the fellow who had called him it write a note to the effect that he didn't really believe the other was what he had called him. Then h e triumphantly showed the paper around as a vindica- tion, and you can imagine what people thought. No; Lem has reached such a pass that he wouldn't be able to under- stand such indignation and resentment." And as I say, this fellow is employed by a first rate manufacturing house, and is regarded as a good salesman. He gets the business. Explain it, for I can't. The Old Salesman. BIG MEETING OF GROWERS FOR. OR- GANIZATION. Madisonville, Ky., April 13. Tobacco Growers of Webster county held a meeting at Slaughterville last Sat urday fur the purpose of considering ways and means of closer organization. Felix G. Ewing, President of the Dark Tobacco Growers' Association, of western Ken- tucky and eastern Tennessee, Congress man John W. Gaines and A. O. Stanley were present and made stirring address. ^ /\^ (^ALVEs c& Oo. <^> Havana 123 n. third RREMER RROS. 8z: ROEHM ^^^ ^^ ^^^ Importi > GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMEa. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA porters. Packers d^nd Dealers m Leaf Tobacco GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I "joo Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READING, PA. B0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street* PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 23! Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PfflLlPPJ.KOLB lDWAMmiXx>l6fiM ORTH Third Street, ir Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, Importer of T ^ ^ | ^ i^ Dealer in Leai lODaCCO SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPOKT«R 0»' Sumatra and Hayanac Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Tobacco VELENCHIK BROS. SaS*!. LEAF T0B/ie©O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVT2INER J. PRINCB LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers •)UO KdCC ^^*pf *! J 1 L* and Commission Merchants. ilVllEuClplllft. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN 8z: SONS, Importers of Sumatra.'* Havana Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. NEPTUNO I7O--I74. special Partner— Gumeksindo Garcia Cuervo. "^ Cable — RoTiSTA. NVNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers ai\d Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTI DO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ••Angel,' Havana MVCHlfiL ZO, llEVdllVdL p. O. Box 98 HAVANA MARKET HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET. One Big Northern Buyer About All in Sight. Good Demand for Remedios From Commission Houses, But Stocks Are Low and the Prices Asked Are Above the Limit. [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco World.] Havana, April 10, 1905. Business during the past week in the crop raised in the whole world, in the Havana market has been quiet, and if it year 1904 seems to , have been rather had not been for the presence of one deficient in quantity, and if there had Northern buyer who has already pur- not been «ome surplus holdings, the chased nearly 1,000 bales, it would have situation would be still more difficult for been the dullest week yet recorded. the manufacturers. There is still a strong demand for in all likelihood the prices for Vuelta Remedios first and second capaduras. but Abajo and Partido fillers of fine quality the stocks in first hands, with one or two y,\\\ bg higher than last year, as the exceptions, are exhausted, while the demand may exceed the supply. Some prices asked for the few unsold holdings people claim that there may be more in the hands of exporters or speculators wrappers than during the previous year, are above the limits of the orders in the but it remains to be seen how the colors hands of commission houses. may be after the tobacco has been baled Still, as the new crop will not be fit for and passed the last fermentation. There working by the manufacturers until next ^^^g one rainy day last week, but since year, the latter will have to pay dearly to Thursday the weather has been dry and supply their pressing needs, or use sub- cool, stitutes. During the year 1901 Remedios Saleii first capaduras of the 1900 crop sold as foot up to 2,004 bales in all, divided high as $65 per qq., and second capa- into 1,258 of Vuelta Abajo, 250 of Par duras brought as high as I45 per qq. in tido and 496 bales of Remedios. The the Havana market. Since that time buyers for the American market have prices have been dropping, until in the taken 1,618, the local cigar manufac beginning of 1903 the low tide was tureis 320, and European exporters 66 reached, when good first capaduras of bales. the 1902 crop sold as low as $30, and Buyers Come aixd Go. seconds fetched from $15 to $18 per qq. Arrivals: Charles Vogt, of Carl Vogt's As the 1903 crop was mostly flimsy Sons, New York; Angel Cuesta, of Cuesta and only a very small part of it was Rey & Co., Ignacio Haya, of Sanchez & suitable for the United States, prices Haya, Vicente Guerra, of V. Guerra, gradually advanced again. The 1904 Diaz & Co., Vicente Bustillo, of Bustillo crop, while of good body and strong in Bros. & Diaz, A. Santaella, of Santaella flavor, was too short in quantity, even & Co., all of Tampa; E. A. KHne, of E. with the assistance of the surplus left A. Kline & Co., New York, Tampa and over from 1900 and 1901, to meet the Havana. demands of our Northern factories, thus Departures: Louis C. Cantor, for New raising prices to a still higher level. As York. Ithe 1905 crop is also without doubt not Havana. Cigar Manufacturers sufficient in quantity, high water mark Business is perhaps a trifle better just prices are more than likely in 1906. at the moment, as the larger independent A reaction may perhaps be in sight for factories have received a number of the year 1907, provided the farmers orders from the United States, Great should plant more tobacco this fall, be Britain and its colonies, notably Canada, favored with a good growing season, and where Havana cigars seem to be more harvest a large, suitable crop in 1906, called for. It is still too early to look which could be worked during the year for any lasting improvement, however, _ unless the importers of cigars perhaps From this it will be seen that the fear, that owing to the high prices which manufacturers have no possible relief in the manufacturers may have to pay for sight for them until the end of two years their leaf supply, the latter should raise from now, and even then it will all depend their prices. upon favorable circumstances. In the This contingency is of course possible, meantime they ought to try to secure and ought not to be lost sight of by the enough stocks for their running needs, as importers of cigars, because the small they may have to pay still higher prices margin with which the local factories next year, unless some unforeseen cir- have to work would not allow them to cumstances should develop to destroy all continue to work as heretofore, if they present calculations. should have to pay higher prices for To some extent all the cigar tobacco Cr I I I I I I ^ ESTABLISHEP 1844 H. Upmann & Co. I «»• HAVANA. CUBA. BdLtvkers and Coinmission Merchdctits SHITPEP^S OF CIGAB<^ and LEAP T03ACC0 I I The Celebrated IIANUFACTVRERS OF W^ Cigecf Brand I I I FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. I J Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RBMIGIO LOPSZ y HBRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands La Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83A Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. Cigars midc itrictly of the very betl VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. their raw material. Vknancio Diaz, Special* Sobrinos de Veaaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Angeles St.. HAVANA, Cuba. P.O.Bo»85t.' SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) and Dealers in LiCSI lOuQCCO FIQURAS 39-41, Cable: 'Cuetara" HAVANA, CUBA. y^ (^ALVEs c& O^- <^G^J> Havana 123 n. third st — iMPr^tP-rpoci o^^^ ^ Philadelphia IMPORTERS OF Leslie Pantin;''S^It?.f""l''r ^tt; Habana, Cuba BEHI^ENS & eO. Mannfactnrers of the Celebrated Brands, ^sj?*' - -'''^ •"-' % ':^4eAt*f< SOX anJ '^^/sM^t^-'^ l^ZJIS MARX ^ABA^f^ CoDSulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. HpAKTA6ASH Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG a 4^BANb. Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable: CiPER. Habana, Cuba* '•Antbro.'* ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en l^am BSPBCIAUDAD MN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUMLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA <& CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco S3a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jedesa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. %» Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTflfiEDA GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana Iieaf Tobaceo Dragones 108--110, HA VA NA AVBLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO i»3, Habana Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguet B. DIflZ*& CO. Growers etivd Packers of Vueltat Abajo and Pairtido Tobacco PRADO 125, Cable;-ZAiDCO HABANA, CUBA. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de tabaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba* FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpectaJtr in Vueltak. Abajo, Semi Vuelt&. y Putido, IndustriaL 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArrilMI Monte X14, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalezgon, AIXALA ®. CO., Havaiva Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, ai\d CorreLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. 10-SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS^M P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JV[. GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER IN VueltoL AbdLjo, PdLftido dLad Remedios Cable:- Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA &: CO, Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte is6, cabie-"CAM>A. • HABANA, CUBA. m C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA, THE TOBACCO W O R I. D II Established 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mirk Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Ralei^K ^ L«L Columnia de I«l Victoria^ Lcl IrmaL. and Lsl Guipuzcoana. r^^iRAfi^^ J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. Exports per steamer Morro Castle were 3,799.615 cigars. H. Upmann & Co. have received some good orders from Europe and the United States. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. report no change in their Partagas factory; they are working as always, and the demand for Flor de Tabacos de Partagas & Co. never ceases. Por Larranaga is doing well. Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, states that their sales to Canada in two months this year have already equalled their whole output of Por Larranaga cigars in 1904. London is sending good orders, and the demand from the United States is increasing. Sol is noting an improvement in the orders from Great Britain and the United States, to the satisfaction of Behrens & Co. Ramon Allones is working steadily nearly the whole year through, and there is very little difference noticeable even in dull times. Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. are using good material, and the smokers are not slow to find this out. Crepusculo has no reason to complain, having received some very good sized orders for Jefferson from the United States, and J. F. Rocha & Co. are working actively for London and South America. Calixto Lopez & Co. are doing a fair business with Germany and the United States. Remigio Lopez y Hno. are doing as well as can be expected, and La Mas Fcrmosa and Magnetica de Cuba are steadily gaining more territory in the United States. •vying. Selling a^nd Other Notes of In- terest. Aixala & Co, were the heaviest sellers last week, disposing of 400 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Charles Vogt was a heavy buyer in our market, and says he has already pur- chased 1,000 bales of Vuelta Abajo and apparently has not yet closed his deals on pending lots. Miguel V. Perez closed out the balance of his Remedies holdings, 306 bales. Voneiff & Vidal Cruz are stripping on account of their Northern customers. Jose H. Cayro e Hijo turned over 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. A. Pazos & Co. have several trades pending, which very likely will result in some good transactions this week. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. disposed of 125 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo. The four large Tampa manufacturers, Antonio Santaella, Vicente Bustillo, Ignacio Haya and Vicente Guerra, have arrived here with the principal object in "Crepusculo," "Nene" and "Jefferson" view to raise $50,000, in order to con- struct a sanitarium for their cigarmakers in Tampa, and there is no doubt that they will be able to raise a large sum from the local dealers and commission merchants with whom they are doing business. Charity amongst the Spanish and Cuban population is never asked in vain, when some laudable enterprise is planned, and contributions are generally very liberal. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. sold 125 bales ol Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. Manuel Suarez & Co. are very busy shipping goods and stripping for their customers Don Manuel Suarez is always on the alert, going to the country and inspecting the new crop, as well as pick- ing up isolated lots of merit that were left over with some farmers who demanded too high figures in the beginning. Bruno Diaz & Co. made one sale of 100 bales of Partido to a local factory. Antonio Suarez is buying quite actively in the country of the new crop, and will start his packing next month. Jose Menendez turned over 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. A. M. Calzada & Co. are more or less busy all the time, executing orders for their customers. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. have some trades pending examination this week, and soon will start their escojidas. Reoelpta Froaa the Conntrj Week Ending Since 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crepusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No, Q7 Broad Street, New York. SRAU, PL/INAS Y ei/l. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable : Graplanas, Habana, Cuba CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi»co" Habana, Cuba. GONZALMZ, BMNITMZ & CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Ylveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: -Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA, Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara ft Remedios Santiago de Cuba April 8, Bales 493 69 3 15 Total 580 Jan. I. Bales 9.958 817 1.869 8 8.596 4.633 257881 BARei/i Y e/1. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. ncenlstas le Talaco en Hama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Reform. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ Recent Incorporatioivs, Etc. — Incorporation papers have been granted to Mayer & Co., of Chicago, to deal in cigars and tobacco, with a capital of I5.000. The incorporators are John S. Butler, Duncan, Moore & George Hartfield. — ^The Standard Cigar Co. , of Galena, has been incorporated with a capital of 125,000 by E. K. Blewett, J. T. Dawson and D. B. Blewett — Jacob Sutter & Sons, of Chicago, have been incorporated to deal in to- bacco, with a capital of $10,000. The incorporators are C. R. Poppemhuscn, J. L. McNab and E. T. Fox. The Potts Vogel Co., of Boston, has been incorporated with a capital ot $25.- 000 to deal in cigars, tobacco and groce- ries. The incorporators are Sanford F. Potts, L H. Vogel, John Burrows, Elisha M. Rogers and Howard D. Nash. — The E. M. Schoenborn Cigar Co., of ColTimbus, O. , has been incorporated with a capital of $100,000 by E. M. Schoenborn, L. S. Hugentugber, J. A. Rigby. J. D. Ellison, Henry E. Seibert, Jr. , and William James. VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "-EtTte^s^of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Housei:— 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. T».mp%.. Fl^ ( BRANCHES: KerhSy Wertbeim & Scbiffdgt I Hirschhorn, Mack & Co, ^ Straiton & Storm, Lichtenstein Bros, Co. UNITED CIGAR 1 Manufacturers} 1014-1020 Second Ave., NEW YORK. WANTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivaLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BLOCHINOER <& CO. Sole Owners and Mnnu/acturers The Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA. It TRB TOBACCO WOULD .LSAF TOBACCO. OPFICes : /IptTROI T.MICH. TCRDAM, HOLLAND >«AVANA,CUBA. NEwYoPtiC^ Mk^CNOCNCR. CABU AODlteSS 'TACNUeU* |W. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JKROMB WALTER KDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS m. CO. Tr/rs o1 Leaf Tobacco lw.phone-346 John. No. 150 WssLtcr Street. NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF blished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.Bernheim&Son HAVANA TOBACCO "^ Havana, Cuba Importers Sanatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son %!. fMoottf Ai m Office, IS3 Water Si NEW YORK I ♦♦^^♦♦♦♦»'»<»4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦'»♦♦♦•»■»♦♦♦♦< M I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'»♦♦♦♦ J TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK X ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ New York, April 17, 1905. Trade was steadier last week with the New York held its annual meeting and retailers, although the weather was not re-elected all the officers of the board for quite as springlike as it had been. The another term. These arc Benno New- box trade was better, and the Broadway berger, President, James Ertheiler, Vice- stores say they did more. President; F. Cranz, Treasurer, and Sig New stores are continually being Koenig, Secretary, opened in every section of the city, and The following were elected delegates more and more stands are being placed to the annual convention to be held in in office buildings, until one wonders Lancaster, Pa. : Charles Fox, F. M. how they are all able to pay their rent Dolbeer, Benno Rosenwald, Ed. Smith, The consumption in New York city is M. Levy, E. Arndt, H. Spingarn, E. A. something tremendous, and of course is Kraussman, James Ertheiler, Jos. Mayer, constantly increasing, but hardly, it and William E. Bird, seems, in proportion to the increase in Alternates: F. Cranz, J. F. Cullman, the number of places where a cigar may Chas. Waxelbaum, H. S. Rothschild, be bought. J. Alexander, J. Duys, A. Pazos, S. Cigar stores in New York are getting Schleuchterer, A. Bach, J. M. Congal- a reputation among occasional visitors ton, and Jesse Falk. from out of town, of being evanescent. An amendment was made to the by- because men who come to town at inter- laws providing for the increase of the vals of two or three months complain that number of members of the Board of they never know whether they will find Directors from twelve to fifteen. A a store at the same address or not. number of other matters of routine nature Of course it is not really as bad as were discussed and settled, that, but it is a fact that removals arc • • • very frequent, owing to building changes. The Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' raismg of rent and so on, for unless he Association of this city held its regular has a long established trade, a dealer meeting last Tuesday evening, and Sydney must be a wise guy these days to have a j. Freeman. Chairman of the Exposition balance at the end of every year. Committee, reported that every thing was This sprmg will probably be a good moving along in fine shape. Applica- one m the retail trade as the country is tions for space at the Exposition are bc- supposed to be m a prosperous condition ing received from some of the largest and when much money is floating around, and most important manufacturers in the New York merchants always get their country, and now that the space con- ^^t!r** , tracts are finished these manufacturers Manufacturers are still being kept will be closed as quickly as possible, fairly busy and while all of them could r» i. . t- t A L\ ^ -.u J Robert E. Lane, President of the doubtless get away with more orders, a , ^"uimc J. . r . Association, reported that the as«nria there is no dissatisfaction to speak of. ,. . ,, \ ^ associa- c 1 .u J 1- t*°° ^ March business was the largest Sales on the road are coming up better. . j , , . *^ Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New York. Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. EarleTEdgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Millet^ to6 North Queen street, Lancaster. Pa.; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa^ Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard U Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coou.; James L. Day, Hatfield. Mass.; Jerome S. Billineton. Cornin-r. T /. JiBlablkhad 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co> iaoorteri of Sumatra & Havana Tr^^l^-c^^>^>^^ •■^Packers of Connecticut Leaf I UOoCOO 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. i> H. Slant Sicnr CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .•./Fine Cigars v.*. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phces) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplei. VBAZIXR M. DOI3SBR G. F. Sbcor, Specii4 F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON ^ CO. Original **I^inde" New York Seed heaf Tobacco Inapeotim Esta^blislied 18«4 Prmcipal Office, 180 Pearl Street, New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses, 178, 180. 182, 186 and 188 Pearl Si Inspection Branches:— Lancaster, Pa. — G, Forrest, 140 E. Lemon St.; H. IL Trost, 15 E. Lemon St.; Elmira, N.Y.— L. A. Mutchler; Hartford, Conn. — J. M»- Comiick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O — H. Hales, 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse, 233 Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sts.; JerMf Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Anti# Fort, Pa.; East Whateley, Maas.— G. F. Peaaai Edgerton. Wis.— A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher Fred Schnaib^ RUSCHER <& CO. Tobaeco Inspectot's Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin and C. L. Culton. Stoaghta% Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : L R. Smith, 610 W. Chestnut st Fraa^ lin, 0.: T. E. GriesL Dayton, O. : F. A. Gebhart, 14 Shore Line ave. Hartfbs^ Conn. : Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State st South Deerfield, Mass. : John C Deckflb Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmeyer & C^ Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight THE TOBACCO WORtD A QuicK feller- Cfeaf We sell lots of them, and so will you, if you'll only give them a trial. - There is no better nickel cigar made than our ''Quo Vadis" — every one is a fragrant, pure and satisfying smoke. It's the kind of cigars your customers will call for again, and even the most fastidious men enjoy their fine aroma. Besides the big, fat Diplomaticos, which we told you about already, we also make a more slender shape, a real handsome Concha Especial. Both are of the same good quality and of the same reliable workmanship — strictly hand made. We'll be pleased to send you a sample box of one or both sizes, and to tell you about our Special Introductory Offer. You may return the samples at our expense if not satisfactory, or we allow you their cost from your first order for a thousand "Quo Vadis" — thus you'll not risk any- thing either way. Write us today — we want your trade. • Alfred Eyer 8i. Co., Ci^ar Mfrs., AUentown, Pa. G. H. SACHS Manufacturer of I Best Grade I Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS i 24^ 24S NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Pa. Are you looking for a Good PITTSBURG STOGIE? "Jolly Fellouis** IS THE NAME. Lontf Filler Samuel Smith & Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Allegheny, Pa, Hand Made MAAB BY Special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World # ♦♦ TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DABK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. noif I7l?l> linnv* The best granulated smoking for either pipe or dlLVUl jnUUli "cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS^-^a^etufeT' """^^ '°°^ '"' "°''''*°* """ "SUN TIME"— A long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "SCOUT" and "OLE VIRGINY „ — Good grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVEILSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DAR.K HOR.SE." -SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS." for the retailer. Write ■• for •amples and prices. .THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON. OHIO. A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«Lyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobaLCco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. THB TOBACCO WORLD 1$ Ijhe Johns-Brash Cigar Co. (( Manufacturers of the Celebrated UNCLE DAN 59 Absolutely Hand-Made l^ONDRBS AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. QUERIED. Cincinnati* Bank Wants to Know What is Doin^. Cincinnati, O. , April 17. A demand has been made on the offi- cers of the Merchants' National Bank by Tax Inquistors Morgan thaler and Arnold for a complete report of the amount of money which the American Tobacco Co. and subsidiary interests had on deposit in their bank on April i of this year and the year preceding. Under the power of Tax Inquisitor this is made compulsory on request with the provision that a failure to comply em- powers the fnvuisitor to summon the officials before him in person to give the information. The order is the outcome of a disagree- ment between the Board of Supervisors and the American Tobacco Company over the valuation of the trust's local plants, known here as branches of the American Cigar Company. A few years ago the American Cigar Company operated three cigar factories in this city and turned out triple the number of cigars and stogies turned out at the present time. A little more than a year ago two of the plants were closed down and all the product intended for consumption within the radius of the Cincinnati market was ordered turned out of the remaining plant The two abandoned plants were par tially dismantled, and it is because of this condition of affairs that a dispute has Arisen which has been carried on for the last six months, and which resulted in the determination of the tax inquisitors to go deeper into the dispute and levy an additional tax upon assets held in bank. The supervisors fixed the levy for the present year upon the company's plant at a valuation about equal to that of the past years. Agents for the combine protested, claiming that the board was unjust in its valuation, lor the reason that the two plants which were idle and partly dis- mantled were not worth anything like what they would be if they were in ope- ration. The amount involved in the dispute will reach thousands of dollars. BUHRMAN. HAAS <& MAIER TOBACCO CO. WILL BE DISSOLVED. A meeting of stockholders of the Haas & Maier Tobacco Co., of Cincinnati, O., will be held at the offices of Kramer & Kramer, in the Union Trust building, April 24. 10 dissolve that corporation. The company is capitalized at $25,000. Moritz Haas is president. The corpora tion is owned by Haas Bros., cigar man- ufacturers and they now do all their business under that name and have no further use for the other corporation. PORTVGVESE TOBACCO MONOPOLY. The Portuguese governmeat has signed with a tobacco company and a number of foreign bankers a contract extending the tobacco monopoly till 1926 and rais- ing a loan of $70,000,000 in 4 per cent bonds with the same guarantees as the A,yi per cent bonds of 1891 and 1896, which will be liquidated. W. % DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manuf.icturersoi Fine Domestic Cigars Hiiihest Quality Finest Packaijes Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cable Address: "BUCKY" Arnold's Code No. 5. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. 61 CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Manufacturers 213 Eleventh Street, Looisville, Ky. We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS, FILLERS and BINDERS Also SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Correspondence Solicited. Samples Sent on Approval. J NATIONAL CIGAR CO. OFFICE Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St., Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM & CO., New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO.. Tampa, Clear Havana Cigars MAKERS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION Bell Telephone : 44-67A Filbert. GEO. E. CLAYTON. Maaatfer. i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established i88i THE Incorporated 1902 TeB/ieee W0rld Published Every Wednesday BY THK TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street, PKiladelpKia. Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Buckley, H. C. McMands, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tei«Ephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Oflfice, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco W0R1.D Pubushing Co , 224 Arch St., Philada. for more interesting meetings, and has some liberty. He was meant to have a made an appeal to local dealers, who are great deal. And until the testimony that non- members, to come inside the fold the cigarette is an active poison becomes and work for the common cause. more reducible to concrete evidence, A circular letter has been sent to every such laws as this will fall because of ina- dealer asking him to become a member bility to support their own weight, of the association and urging him to enter The American Tobacco Co. is in the a contest which has been started to secure best position to have the anti cigarette the best ideas as to the most practical law relegated to the legislative bone- method of bettering the organization, yard, because it is no stranger to the Desirable prizes are offered, the contest courts and is best prepared for battle. It to end May 15. costs money to prove a thing or disprove There should be good returns from this it by law, but the American Tobac( o Co. plan, especially when it is considered long ago learned to class its legal bills as that every effort made is a self helping so much regular expense, one. Particularly with conditions in the It is understood that dealers in the two retail trade as they are now, it is up to Western States have been advised by every member of it to extend a helping the company to continue the sale of cig- PHILADELPHIA. APRIL 19, 1905 To Beivefit Our Readers. ' I 'he Tobacco World wants to receive * from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the"CorrespondenceEdJtor"andmust be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. THE RETAILER MUST BE TAXED. We desire to call attention to the let- ters which are appearing in this paper from cigar and tobacco dealers, urging that a tax be imposed on the retailer, as the only method by which he can suc- cessfully compete with the horde of pirates who are stealing his business from him in fragments. Those who are writing these letters know what they want to say. It is a matter that is as vital as can be to them and one which has occasioned a tre mendous amount of hard thinking. A cigar store is no longer a gilt-edged proposition. For those dealers who are not in a position to count on a high class box trade, it is a very dubious propo- sition. In one sense, mianufacturers cannot be blamed for getting their goods into as many stands as are likely to sell them. In another sense they are to be blamed, for an error of policy if nothing worse. It will be a poor game in the long run, for as consumption does not increase in the same proportion as the number of "ac- commodation" cigar cases in barber shops, etc., the manufacturers' and job bers' accounts become smaller and more numerous, customers last only three months, a month, a fortnight, until the formers' books becomes a mess. Those humanitarians who put in a doxen boxes of cigars just to accommo- date their regular customers, are careful to include no brand that is not fairly cer- tain of a ready sale. And the average consumer would as lief buy a well known brand in a restaurant as in a cigar store proper, because he has no doubt that he is getting what he asks for. The remedy lies with the retailer alone. Other branches of the trade have shown that they could unite for their common good, with effective results, and the retailer must do the same. It is deplor able that the tendency heretofore has been the other way. Retailers haven't pulled together for a cent, and there has too frequently been an unneighborly at- mosphere of hostility. The Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Asso- ciations have a long way toward bettering these conditions, but the members of these unfortunately do not embrace a majority of the dealers. A great many of those dealers who have not joined have remained away because they would rather go it alone, and not much help can be expected from them in a united movement for the purpose of securing the tax. It is not necessary at this time to pre- sent any more arguments in favor of such a tax. Those dealers who are already for it — and their number is legion — do not have to be convinced, and those who do not see the utihty of it, can best be won by the arguments which are being ad- vanced in these columns by those who are speaking from bitter experience. Frankly, we are unable to perceive any disadvantages which could result from the tax : we are unable to imagine any. We should like to hear both sides of the matter discussed and ask everybody who has an opinion, to express it. Then we will talk about the best way of taking action. THE BENEFITS OF ORGANIZATION. The Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association of Philadelphia is inaugurat- ing a movement which should be encour- aged by every cigar ist in the city. The plans of the association are for the pur- pose of enlarging and invigorating itself, and resultantly every one of its members. The organization has suffered more or less ever since its inception, from lack of interest on the part of many Philadelphia retailers, and this considered, the To- bacco Exposition successfully held in December, reflects all the greater credit on its conductors. The ..association has now moved into more attractive quarters, has provided hand. ANTI CIGARETTE LAW IS BORN TO DIE. Governor LaFollette has signed the Wisconsin anti cigarette bill, and cigar- ettes and their constituents are now con- traband. Thus the work of reforming arettes, and, in fact, to court arrest, in order that a test case may be made. The company, of course, will back the dealer, and the result is not hard to predict. Tobacco has always been given credit for stimulating romance, but in most cases i t has been reflective romance, the world by removing its habits goes u r .l .i. j r ._ •' ** ** such, for instance, as the dreams of the merrily on If these laws in Wisconsin, Indiana, or wherever they may come into existence become an acknowledged success, we will be willing to admit that the Millen- ium is at hand. But they will not be a success and never could be, unless inau- past which the old bachelor spells from out the smoke clouds which circle his pipe. We now have the news of a more ac- tive part which the plant has played in bringing together affinities. Three girls employed in one of the large tobacco fac- tories of York, Pa. , became wistful and gurated on a desert island or in some other locality where there is not sufficient 1 j . . • u- ' , ^ enclosed amatory notes in shipments, cigarette smoking to be objectionable to anybody. The constitution was not written on rub- As the worst of luck must work itself out, the notes were opened by men who some time since had been careless enough ber, and under it a man will always have to select mates. THE TAXATION OF THE DEALER FOR HIS OWN SALVATION, Editor Tobacco World: I am certainly glad somebody is agitat- ing the retailer's tax business. I have thought about it, and thought about it and thought about it, and realized how little, mere thinking did towards any re- sult. I am positive that the only solution of this problem is in a tax for us. It is a sure fact that something must be done very quickly to protect our branch of the trade, and after considering the expedi- ents I can select nothing better than the tax proposition. I hare a regular trade consisting of men who buy all their boxes of cigars from me. They would not think of go- ing anywhere else. At the same time, these men frequently, through the day want a cigar, and if they are able to find their desired brand in a restaurant, drug Philadelphia, April 17, 1905. store, or lunch cafe, think nothing of getting it. They buy it where it is most convenient. What can I do against that, when there is no limitation to the number of people who can provide a cigar to any one who has the price.-* The box trade is all right, and a very important item in a retailer's books, but the single sales of the cigar or a quarter's worth of cigars always serves to turn the books in the right direction. If we can't count on this drop in trade, we can' t count on making a living. Every trade should have some measure of protection, if only to preserve the trade, and unless the retail end of the cigar business is protected in some way — and the only way I can see is by a tax — we are doomed. Keep up the good work One Who Courts a Tax. ANOTHER FROM THE JOURNAL. The following is another extract from the Chicago Journal, quite as mushy as the rest: The tobacco trade's retail stores at Minneapolis and St. Paul are being boy- cotted by the smokers of the Twin Cities. Men are said to be ashamed to be seen entering a trust store, and the. result is that the monopoly will soon give up its retail business in those cities. Were it not for the large number of strangers in the downtown districts every day, who, unknowingly patronize the tobacco trust's retail stores in this city it would have given up the retail business here long ago, said the head of the publicity depart- ment of the Independent Dealers' Asso- ciation. A list of the locations of trust retail stores can be had at the independent dealers' headquarters for the benefit of strangers who would not patronize such stores in their own cities. Chicago con- sumers who have been sufficiently edu- cated as to the locations of trust stores seldom, if ever, patronize them. They know that the goods displayed in their show windows marked down to impos- sible prices for a good article are injij^i- ous to their health. fl #) 1)«f Capacity for ManvtactiirlBg Cigar Boxes la — Always Room for Ons More Good Custombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORI.I} 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste E^ J-SyiN FELI R A HIGH GRADE R iJC.CIGAR FOR CJC 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^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦f ♦♦♦ ♦t^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ I Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. The United States Civil Service Com- mission has announced an examination to be held May 17 in the Post Office Building in Philadelphia to secure eligi bles to fill a vacancy in the position of would always lead in every honorable move to bring about better conditions. The following matters were discussed and acted on : To reconsider the action of last meet- examiner of tobacco in the Custom House ing as to the election of delegates to the at Philadelphia. The position will pay National Convention, and such delegates f 1,400 per annum. The principal por- paying their own expenses, tion of the examination will consist of It was moved, seconded and carried to practical tests in the examination of leaf have the old way of the chair appoint- tobacco, cigars and cigarettes. ing the delegates in regular order, and '%/^,^/%/%,%/%/%, for the association to bear all expenses. UzLi DcaLlers* JottilVgS. '^^^ following were then appointed. Delegates: — John W. Wartman, L. P. The most important happening of the Kimmig. Saml. Grabosky, Geo. Burg- week was the dinner at Kugler's on Mon- hard, Julius Vetterlein. ■day night given by the Philadelphia Alternates: — Chas. Hippie, H. E. Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade. The Stevenson, L. Kruppenbach, W. E. meeting was primarily to elect delegates, Dotts, Henry Hirschberg. but was also conceived with the purpose It was also moved and seconded to of cementing the leaf trade in Philadel- instruct the delegates to nominate A. phia into something like a compact, Bijur as his own successor as President fingle-minded organization. of the National Association and to work The entire trade had been invited and for his re- election, as a reward for faith- a very appetizing repast was prepared ful services rendered. for the guests. This was as follows: Celery, Olives, Bluepoints Snapper Soup Plank Shad— ala maitre d* Hotel Chicken Croquettes with Peas Fillet of Beef, Mushrooms Lettuce and Tomato Salad Ice Cream, Cake Coffee, (Cigars). A resolution presented by M. Rosen- berg to demand the abolition of the • 'dock weight" system, was unanimously adopted. It was also decided that this board go on record as being unalterably opposed to any reduction on Phillipine cigars and tobacco. Juluis Vetterlein, a veteran leaf dealer After the consumption of this, Felix moved and was supported by E. A. Eckerson, master of ceremonies, told the Calves, to advocate a lower uniform duty purpose of the meeting, namely, to culti- on imported cigar leaf — consistent with vate good fellowship and brotherly love the Government and the best interests among the members ot the tobacco trade, of its people. John R. Young, President of the Mr. Vetterlein has labored for fifteen Board, followed with a very concise talk years to have such a matter properly along the line of co operation and the presented, and earnestly hopes for its more vital questions at issue relative to enactment tariff and reciprocity, and urged the Among those who were present were: members of the board to lay aside all J. S. Batroff, G. H. Boesch, G. W. petty affairs and stand unitedly for the Bremer, Jr., Harry W. Bremer, George common good of the trade, in order to Burghard, L. Bythiner, E. A. Calves, impress upon the Government the legiti- W. H. Dohan, F. Eckerson, J. W. Eck- macy of such claims as are needed, and erson, Saml. Graboskey, Ben. L. Gra- the oneness of the trade members. boskey, Carl L. Haussermann, L. G. Mr. Young expressed great satisfaction Haussermann, Fl-ed. Hippie, Chas. Hip- at the good work heretofore done by the pie, Harry Hirschberg, L. P. Kimmig, Philadelphia trade, and hoped they Irvin Labe, John B. Creagh, Harry J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of pigH-liiaile Seed & Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. F.'H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. Manufacturer of s Gent Clgais TKe largest and best CLEA^ HAVANA FILLED 5-cei\t Ciga.r on the MaLfket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. • OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. Pol. Geo. W. Bowman Qi Co. Manufacturers of fine C^^^i*^ ♦ ♦^♦4> ♦ ♦^♦^ me Bod liow-lllaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. ^ Write for Partlcalar» |8 .THE TOBACCO WORLD FLOHIDA!! Sumatra Wrappers We Handle Exclusively. Believe we can fill your re- ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Floridsi Tobsicco No. 131 Maideiv Lane, NbW YOfk Teleph Rlantetions Georgia and Florida quirements and save you money if you will permit us to do so. Call or write t and be convinced. who look ahead are buying NOW. €?^ Our Capacity lor Manutacturmg Cigar Boxes U- I I Cp||^,,o JP^ C.xp CpllArCvillA Dn Al.vAYS Room for Ons Mokb Good Custombk. L* U* OCllCl 5 (X OUll| OCIICl oVillC| ICU THE TOBACCO WORLD 19 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba UUMIOMDEF^BBlCAMTESDETABAC0SYClG^RR0S 1^' ulorizadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza (\ue los tabacos.cigarrosy paqoetes cfe picadura quelleven es^a precinct son fabncadospor 4(1 HABANA ^g7«mS!firJJ.iJ14ii:f.WHJ:l.ldN.]..l.M1:4iktJI»»%%%>%%<»»»»^'»%<%^%%%»<»<^ ♦♦♦♦♦%» MAIN OFFICE: Lancaster, Pa. ►♦♦^♦* ♦♦♦♦ I \ I #) I Scrap Filler, Ready for the Cigar Clean, Dark and Good Quality In manufacturing our Scrap we use nothing but old, ripe, well sweated tobaccos which make exceptionally desirable Scrap for any grade of Short Filler Cigars. Prices ranging from 6 to 15 cents per pound riAV^qNA SeRAP in any quantity, at 30 cents per pound We have a complete line of GEORGIA WRAPPERS put up in bales, Sumatra style, prices from 25c. to $1.00 per pound. WALTER B. HOSTETTER. ^ pounds of to- bacco made into smoking tobacco. This shows conclusively that the peo- ple of Texas are great tobacco consumers, as these figures only embrace one half of the State. It is also a wonderful increase over the amount consumed in previous years. %%%%%•%% NEW SCHEME TO GET PHICE ON BUILLEY. In Owen county, Ky., at a recent meet- ing of the tobacco growers a question was proposed whereby the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company offers to receive 50,000 hogsheads of Burley and advance seven cents per pound to the shippers. This tobacco is to be held by the ware- houses till such time as the farmers want to sell, charging the legal rate of interest on this money so advanced. It is be- lieved these 50,000 hogsheads stored away from the open markets, would effect better terms. A committee was appointed to confer with the other forty Burley counties. L. S. STAUFFER, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF ^^ UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRBSPONDBNCB SOUCITED. THE TOBACCO WORI*D 97 O ♦♦^^♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Brands: ♦♦♦« ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Henry Heymann's Sons CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Philadelphia Office 614 Betz Building Nickel Goods, CAMELA Seed and Havana, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ Henry Heymann t Julian Hawthorne ; : t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-•♦♦♦^ Factory— MARIETTA, Penna. QUIET MARKET IN ILANCASTEIL. Everything is Pretty Well Cleaned Up. Even Damaged Crop, Lancaster, Pa., April 17. Lancaster had a quiet leaf market during the week, with only a regular routine business by the jobbing trade. Little of interest transpired with the packers. Buying, of course, is done, and everything is believed to have been pretty thoroughly cleaned up even that damaged by hail and frost, a large quantity of which has been bought up at prices ranging from 3 to 4c per pound. In former years it was a matter of utter impossibility for farmers to realize anything on tobacco so damaged, but this year, in some instances, it has netted them a considerable sum. The weather conditions during the week were somewhat favorable to the rapid preparation of seed beds, and already the talk of the trade is the prob- ability of increased acreage this year, and the proportion of increase. It is regarded as reasonably sure that there will be at least 25 per cent more planting done than was the case last year, and should the season be a very favorable one the crops may amount to fully 50 per cent more than last year's strictly good com- mercial tobacco was. Packing has progressed most satisfacto- rily so far, and quite a large number are pretty well through with the work. Others are pushing the work forward as rapidly as possible. A. D. Killheffer, of Millersville, near here, is still advertising for more cigar- ■lakers. He is well filled with orders. Walter S. Bare, of Lititz, returned last week from a six week business trip in the interest of his cigar business. His trip covered the entire middle West, and Mr. Bare appears much pleased with the prospects as well as the way in which The Doctor, his leading brand of nickel cigars, is increasing in popular demand and consequent larger sales. The M. Kinports Cigar Manufacturing Co., of Manheim, also reports a very sat- isfactory business on their La Flor de Kinports, loc and the American Duchess 5 cent cigars. Business seems particu- larly good with them from western points. R. E. Jacoby, of Rothsville. has had but a very short period of trade since New Year, and is working full forces, with good shipments to points in New England and Pacific Coast States. Prin- cipally the La Prima 10 cents. Las Reinitas 10 and 5 cents sizes, and New Queen and La Sultana in 5 cent goods. During an interview with C. M. Cline, of C. M. Cline & Bro., at Terre Hill, I was told that 1904 was the biggest year in point of output that the firm had ever experienced, and not only that, but that the first three months of the present year have again broken the record indicating, he thought, that the year would eclipse even the splendidid results of last year. S. S. Watts, of Terre Hill, is again pushing the cigar business with his well known old time energy, and is having a large volume of business. He is just placing on the market a new brand of goods of the nickel variety which will be known as the Felix Grundy and for •^^^^^%»%»%<%%a%»'»^a%»i%%^ti^»%»»^^ %%%»»%%%^^<»^^^^^ni%i^^fc^»^%%^^^% ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penna. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealtrs and Jobbers Invited. •^"Telephone Connection.' ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦? I St THE TOBACCO WORLD CHIEFS i38ai4o Centre: NCWYORK HAMUPACTURCR OF ALL KINDS Ot »(' 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Mediam Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only «%x^^^^^^^^^^^^%<^>%'%^^^^^^%%^%<%^t%%%^i^%%%i(%»»^^^»»%»»»%»»»i D. W. HUBUBV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade ^HaYana Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. »*****=.****** v*v***v*v*******v***v*************vn R B. SerilNDLEf^ •)t Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pat •jf « * ♦ * * * * * ^k^S-^* >H * * * JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED * ^ % ************ ****■!-+ A.B.CLIME STRICTLY UNION FACTORY FAB RICONAROLFEiS CHOICE POINTED ARROW-SHARP KNIFE - • • VAMPIRE • •• ' which a newly designed label has been mann Co. , has returned from a swing adopted. through the white burley belt The situa- E. Reininger, who operates the largest tion is all that could be desired he said, union factory in that section, is having a from both the shipper's and warehouse- good trade. His Cavalier a 10 cent man's point of view, product, is meeting with rapidly increas- Gassman & Verkamp, at present on ing success. Fountain Square, have signed a lease for M. C. Killian, of Reamstown, also store room in the German National Bank reports a good business on his old estab- building at Fourth and Vine streets, in lished brands, t h e Little Rebel and course of construction. An annual rental Mexi Flora. of 14,500 for five years will be paid with J. G. Root, Reamstown, is again more privilege of renewal. A number of than ordinarily busy. dealers were after the location. The charter o f the Lancaster Leaf The building at the northeast corner Tobacco Board of Trade, has been filed of Sixth and Main streets has been and shows the incorporators to have been : leased by E. Metz, for twenty- six years J. Gust Zook, A. B. Hess, I. H. Weaver, on East Fourth street He will conduct Wm. DeHaven and M. H. Ranck. The a retail store on the first floor and a capital is $10,000. factory upstairs. A charter has also been granted at A Davis' Sons & Co., 209 East Third Harrisburg to the Gleim Cigar Co., with street, have secured an option on a tract a capital of $15,000. The incorporators of land in Cuba, about one hundred were: Johns, William and Edgar S. miles from Havana, and if negotiations Gleim, all of Lancaster. now pending with the owners in Spain Henry Heymann's Sons were incorpo- go through, they will in a few months rated at Harrisburg, some days ago, with enter into an extensive plan for raising a capital of |2o,ooo, by Eli L. Nissley, of tobacco and the manufacturing of cigars Florin, Pa. ; A. Z, Sherk, Marietta, Pa. ; in Cuba. Morris and Max Davis re- J. C. and R. A. Heymann, both of Phila turned last Friday from a five weeks' delphia. They will operate a factory at trip through the interior of the Isknd. Marietta, but the sales headquarters will "Our scheme will be to supply the better be at Philadelphia in the Betz Building, class of trade all over the country," said %%%«»«i«<%% Max Davis. CINCINNATI TR.ADE GOOD. "^^^ burley leaf market was strong last week on heavy purchases by the Amer- Thin^a Are Doing in TKia Weatern City, ican Tobacco Co., and the old story to Cincinnati, O. .April 17. the effect that prices were being put up In quantity the offerings at Saturday's ^V ^^« combine to induce raisers to cigasleaf sales were the lightest of the increase their acreage was revivified, year, the aggregate being but forty-two N° credence was placed in the story, as cases all of which were sold at one house, published by a local newspaper. Inde- The quality, however, was the best in pendent buyers are of the opinion that several months in Zimmers and Connec- *» this is between redrying seasons, the ticut cinders and wrappers, the former American Co. was laying in heavy sup. ranging from 6)^ to 15 cents and the pHes to tide them over, latter from 7>i to 15 cents. ^.%^%%.a^ Buhrman. The quality of the Wisconsins being SELLING OUT ACCOUNT NEW LAW. received in the local market for some time has been poor, stogie stock and Indiana Deaiera are Cloaing Out Cigar- "throw outs" of a very inferior class ettea at Bargain Pricea. comprising the extent of the offerings. Indianapolis, Ind., April 17. Saturday's realization ranged from $2 to Indiana tobacco dealers that have in- $2 55 per 100 pounds. Three cases of cidentally handled cigarettes are now Little Dutch sold from $3. 50 to $6. 80 making preparations to dispose of the and one case of seed leaf at $2.90. remainder of the stock they have on hand Joseph Cantor has fitted up his new before the new ami cigarette law becomes establishment at 139 East Fourth street effective with the publication of the acts, with the latest fixtures. He is carrying some time this week. One Indianapolis a full line of cigars and reports a flourish, dealer who has several stores in different ing trade. P*'^^ °^ *^® *^'^y' ^^^ already made a cut Edward Beck, the Chamber of Com- P"ce on some of his brands of cigarettes. merce cigarist, has installed new fixtures ^e said those brands that were manufac- and an additional line of the latest brand f"^«^. ^V '^''''f' ^"Id not be reduced **" in price as the trust had agreed to take of cigars. back any surplus stock that the dealers Edward Louden, the broker, was in had on hand. Louisville last Tuesday, buying dark This same announcement was also tobacco. He said the market there is made by one of the independent dealers, ... , . ^ but all ot the other independent dealers acuve and realizations are pleasing to ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ,^ ^^^^ ^^^P ^^^ stock thit shippers. has been bought and these brands are James Greene, Treasurer of the Bod- to be sold at reduced prices. C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 39 -OUR TWO BIG SELLERS- We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect by placmg them Over Our Own Signature. ' CO (ft s CO tr THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factory No, 38, YOE, PENNA., U. S. A. Ninth Dist., Pa. GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of ar Box Lumber Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Unioiv Hiders, Sweet Tips. Cuba.f\ Emulator, GeAersil Post, Pretty Nell. COLOMBIA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦^♦4 JO THE TOBACCO WORLD American Tobacco Company Makers of the Famous Boot JacK Plug Piper HeidsiecK 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 Nat. Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug i$m They Please all k Alwrays Uniform and Reliable THK TOBACCO WORLD 3> IfW Cigar ribbons. Mttoufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price IJoi to Department W Wm, Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. AMOS DVNKEL'S SAYINGS. He Discovers the Toba.cco Farm in the Susquehannak. River and Also How Cigars Are Made So Cheaply In Some Sections of the State. Hinkeltown uf dem pike, dar ijtsd Obril, 1905. Mister Editor: Ich denk du glabst ich hob dich gons forgessa ovver ich hob net. Ich wahr do de letcht woch a mohl uf so a glany trip gawest dirch em lend nunner un no whara mier ewer so a grossa rafer kumma. Es hut mier eber gsawt es wara so grossa blets in dara rafer un dat data se duwak druf tsega. Ich hob des ding net recht glava kenna un so hob ich de mind uf gamocht os ich wet sel a mohl for mich selver aus finna un sana we de socha don aw wara. So bin ich yust a mohl hee ganga. Now kon ich der aw awar saga ich hob es aus gafunna, un es is ovver aw wohr. Es wahr varhoftich so an marickgwardich a grossa bauerei grawd in dara rafer gawest, un dat hen se duwak druf kot letcht yohr. Se saga mier es wahr aw a shaner krop gawest letcht yohr, ovver eb se dar duwak ob grickt hen is ar farfrora un no hut es nix geva drous os we misht, un dot broucha se net so fehl misht for des lond is so so fet OS de socha sheer gawr tsu gross warra. Dar mon wu ols dot duwak tseght is gawis tsu dowera. Letcht free yohr a yohr is dar gons krop de rafer nunner gswempt un hot em nix galost, un no letcht yohr is dar gons krop farfrora un no wahr es widder nix. Es hot mich gawis sheer lade gadu, un ich denk es hot dem mon anich how aw a mohl sheer gawr des hame way gamocht for so feel unglick tsu hava. Ich bob net recht aus finna kenna ever se weder a mohl es brovera des yohr udder net. Weil ich so tsimlich nekscht dot wahr, hob ich de mind aw uf gamocht os ich date a mohl gleicha dirsh dem Yirk Kounty tsu ga. So sin mier ob gstart un wara aw noch net irck wide gawest bis mier awar bagreislicha barga aw gadruffa hen awer mier sin nivcr gagroddled. Ever weil sin mier awer un so a gons glany schtodt kumma, un dat hot es fehl glany segar shops kot. No is es mehr yust ei gfalla OS du mier a mohl qsawt husht os es wara so bletz in dem Yirk Kounty wo se so gons wolfel segar mocha data un no bin ich so a bissel wunner fitsich warra, so bin ich on ctlicha bletz nei gangwa un hob se so a bissel aus froga wella, awer ich hob aus gfunna os se sheer gawr so gscheit wara os ich, un hen mier net fehl qsawt; ghaga es letcht aw hob ich awer doch so on older mahn aw gadruffa un dar hot a bissel aw gfunga tsuschwctza, un hot mier gsawt os a dahl leid in seina nochbarshoft data so in dem shpootyohr acha lava (oak leaves) tsumma shaffa un no won se so a bissel aus galasa whara data se som lava uf mahla mit dem duwak lava un won se so tsimlich gud rum gshoft hen date es en recht gud filler mocha for in de wolfia segar tsu do. Se hem mier gsawt os se data segars dat mocha so wolfel os 25 sent for a gons hunerd, un sell is yust tswa dawler un an holve for a gons dousand, un 50 ken mier denka os se so sheer anich ebes brovera missa for sel so tsu do. Ich hob awer now noch soordlich wide bis ich hame kum so os ich noch dar breef schicka kon os ich denk ich mus es lossa his de neckst wock ferlicht for der wider tsu shriva, Kum bol a mohl widder ruf. Amos Dunkeu WEATHER STILL GOOD IN BOSTON. Trade is Healthy and All Good Brands Are Moving Well. Boston, Mass., April 16. Business is about the same, the weather continues to improve, the jobbers report business very good for this time of the year, plenty of salesmen have been flocking here and apparently leave town again well satisfied with the amount of business secured. The Commonwealth Cigar Co. which made an assignment last week for the benefit of its creditor, has its store on Tremont Row open and is doing busi- ness under the receivership. The lia- bilities are said to be about $16,000. Most of their creditors are clear Havana cigar manufacturers. The Common- wealth Cigar Co, is the distributor here for the Preacher cigar from the factory of Louis Ash & Co., New York. The sub jobbers here have drawn up a petition which when signed by them will be forwarded to the American Tobacco Co. The petition in effect is a plea from the sub jobbers for protection. It is urged that the cutting in prices should cease, and if this is not granted, the jobbers naturally will use their best efforts to push union and independent goods. One of our largest American Tobacco Co. jobbers here to increase their busi- ness, have been selling to the retail trade and allowing them the 5 and 2 per cent which is just what these goods would cost the sub jobbers. With this going on, the sub-jobbers would soon be wiped out of business. Chester A. Haines who for the past four years served as clerk in H. E. Lom- bard' s cigar store on Court street, died suddenly on Wednesday evening after a days' illness with spotted fever. Chester will be very much missed by his host of friends. Louis Jeselsohn who has been in the wholesale cigar and tobacco business for years at 2 F3 Hanover street, will on or about June i move into larger^quarters at 128 North street A representative of the Phoenix Ameri- can Pipe Co., Washington, Mo., was here yesterday with an assortment of fancy corn cobs, etc H. King of the Monopole branch of the American Tobacco Co. is here sell- HMNRY GOTTSELIG c& BRO. No, 828 St. Joseph Street, LANCASTER, PA. Manufacturers of High Grade Union Made Cigars "The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at SigM Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. I«M«%«%«^%» %%%%»%%%%%»»»»»%l J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No, 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. ^1%%%%%%' LABELS H iupmniMiTv .1 4(. ^* A. Z. SHERK, President. \ ^^ Established E. L. NISSLY, Treasurer. * ♦' * The V. A. Collins Cigar Co. i Marietta, Pa. "'^79°^'' i MAKERS OF * High Grade Union Hand Made Cigars* Onr Leaders * f JULIAN HAWTHORNE 10c Cigar SUSQUEHANNA 5c. Cigar j S. & N. 5c. Cigar ^ OUR LEADER 5c Cigar I^^Olstrlbutors Wanted Byerywiiere. 32 THE TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hatnilioiif Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio. L. A, PEARSON, Packer iS: Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ L/^^f T^obacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH. IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED. IMPORTED HAVANA. lENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in AH Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ♦ CLMNER SPANISHt WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4. Write for Samples.^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ immer opa^nish t 1902-1903 ^Fancy Natural Bulk Gebhari Little Dutch ♦ Sweated, Closely «^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carrollton,^Montgoniery Co., O. ' The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District ing high grade mixtures, Havanettes, Egyptian Deities, Cairo cigarettes, etc, J. W. Higgins tobacconist at 219 Han- over street is attending store once more, having recovered from a serious illness. M. Glickman, of Glickman & Sons, New York, was in town Friday showing samples of both imported and domestic cigarette tubes. A handsome window display of Pur- itan little cigars, is in evidence this week at Leo Bieringers' store on Dock Square. Herman Levinne the general manager certainly does like to sell Leroy's and Puritans to his customers when they inquire for a package of good little cigars, knowing one package generally makes a steady customer on same. Carl Berger with the Manhattan Briar Pipe Co., New York, is here once more at the American House. His firm cer- tainly must have a large trade here judg- ing from the frequent visits of Mr. Berger to the Hub. M. Falk of the Falk Tobacco Co. passed a few days calling on some of his numerous friends here. Henry Abbey operas retailing at 10 for 5 centsjfrom the factory of I. Lewis & Co., Newark, N. J., have made their appearance in many of the jobbing houses. Estabrook & Eaton have advertised this week in some of our local papers, that they have just received an importa tion of 93, 500 cigars from Havana. The new Sovereign cigarette with a Turkish mouth piece similar to the Tol stoi and retailing at 10 for 5 cents is being placed here. Under date of April i the Khedivial Co., New York, has issued a circular stating the prices of Orient Cork Tip at $3- 70 per M. Orient No. i Plain Tip 53.50 per M less 2 per cent freight pre paid. In 25.000 lots there is a rebate of 30 cents per M. Mort. Frank, a leaf tobacco salesman from New York, is spending the week calling on cigar manufacturers here with a full assortment of leaf samples and is meeting with fair success. The 50,000 union cigarmakers in the United States and Canada have recently voted on and adopted a proposition to number all Union Labels consecutively. The Union orders one million labels at a time, and when numbered the label sec retaries will keep track of every label given out. In this manner the cigar- makers believe they can prevent the use of genuine labels upon non union made cigars. H. Robbins & Co. wholesale tobacco- nists are doing a very large business in the buying and selling of Floradora tags, bands and coupons. They are paying 40 cents per 100 each, and are receiving daily thousands of these coupous from all parts of the country. Mr. Robbins is doing plenty of advertising such as this: 000 coupons to a Cincinnati party who sent the money in advance. Mr. Kahner, of L. Kahner & Co. , New York, manufacturers of the Wedding Bouquet cigar is in town. Feldman & Wile, leaf dealers here, have dissolved partnership. Mr. Lippman, of Lippman Bros., New York, pipe manufacturers has been calling on the jobbing trade. BON AU. YORK COVNTY TRADE IS 1NCR.EASING OVERHEAR.D ON THE L. MIKE— 1 sold 250 tobacco tags yes- terday to H. Robbins & Co , for |i.oo and 1 had a great time. PAT— And I sold them 250 tags last Christmas and I got a Genuine French Briar Pipe with Amber mouthpiece and a plug of tobacco, and I'm still enjoy- ing it. This concern shipped last week loo,- Leaf Salesmeiv Report a Noticeable Improvement Everywhere. York, Pa., April 17. The York county trade is once more showing signs of real and increasing ac- tivity. Visiting leaf tobacco salesmen whom 1 saw during the week all confirmed this view although not all of them met with anything like a burdensome amount of business. Of course there were some exceptions in which some large orders were secured, but they were truly the exceptional ones. Yet the cigar manufacturers are now finding orders coming in much more regularly and for larger quantities of goods, and altogether the conditions are changing. The announcement of the dissolution of the leaf firm of Adair & Reiflf. of this city, which was first made public last week, in the columns of the Tobacco World, came as a complete surprise even to the local trade. The firm has been doing a prosperous business for several years, and a business that was constantly growing to larger proportions. It was rumored here that the dissolution came as a result of a disagreement between the two members of the old firm but these statements were emphatically denied by both gentlemen, and it was stated by Mr. Reifif that it was only because of a per- ceptible failing in his health that he was forced to retire from the strenuous activity to which he had been subjecting himself since establishing the business. W. E. Gheen, of Jersey Shore, Pa., has recently been making fiequent visits to the headquarters of the York Leaf To- bacco Company in which he is interested. This house is apparently making good progress under the management of A. M. Shepp. R. M. Granat, of Gillen & Granat, made a flying trip to Philadelphia and New York during last week. Wairen Beck & Bro. , have rejuvenated their business very materially since the recent trips of the senior members of the firm to different points where their goods are being distributed. W. A. Lahr, of Red Lion, has rented from Chas. A. Rust the cigar factory on West High street, formerly occupied by Mr. Rust, and will have facilities for seating 50 hands. Business is now improving steadily with J. F. Sechrist, at Holtz, and he finds the demand running much stronger on his higher grades of goods than ever before. BURLINGTON JOBBER CHANGES AD- DRESS. J. H. Doyle, the well known cigar and tobacco jobber, formerly at Burlington, N. J., removed his business on April 12 to Trenton, N. J., and is now comfort- ably located at 1 56 South Broad street in New Jersey's capital city. Mr. Doyle gains increased facilities by the removal. I. C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 e=s • I ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ " La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiSARS* '^^noMiS a ^o o (^hi/Iff tr/ie/iho sees it.'*" ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦■♦■•* 4- lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-~Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeO-^ Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER. PA. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. ♦♦- « F. M. HUNT, A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of Higb-Grade Stogies BBTHBSDAy OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ■♦♦- J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. SeiU» HOLTZINGER ®. SEITZ, Manofactnrers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of Pennsylvania. Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Onr Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO RJXSAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERE tablished ^SSa <'J For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SEL1.ERSVILLE. PA. 34 THB TOBACCO W O R L D -^ AN MXCiaLLnNT TOBACCO FOR CHEWING A^ Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of A Ready Selling Product > lit ♦♦♦♦ Big ProAt3 for Dealers ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ Manufactured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO., Reading. Pa. 1^ 1 u C E. MAHINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. ^UFACTURERS OF Gig :^I Cable Addreaa, ••CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, f?mc^H.Kw^-^''' Clarksville, Tenn NOTES HERE AND THERE. State Factory Inspector August Lehnhoflf. The latter testified that the defendant Phillips Bros. Co.. has opened a hand- ^^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ he was break- some cigar store in the Sibley building in .^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ p^.^ ^^ attention to Rochester, N. Y.. and is attracting trade jhe warning. Willmes said that he hadn't by the coupon plan. The county is also ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ f^^^^^^ j^ ^ a manufacturing concern with a good ^^^^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ stopped working in line of brands. jj^^ basement. Sentence was sus- C. B. Cheatham has let the contract pended. for rebuilding his warehouse at Louis- burg, N. C. , which was destroyed by f:rc recently. The building will be of brick with metal roof, 6o x 150 feet and equipped with steam heat and automatic tobacco dryer. %»%^»i^ Leaf Tobacco Markets* M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker *-^ "^^^ Hopkinsville, Ky. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The farmers in this locality have as a general thing got their tobacco beds A report from Hopkinsville, Ky., ^^^^ Some are reporting the appcar- states that the Imperial Tobacco Co. ^^^^ ^^ ^y^^ jj^y pj^^^g ^^ gjgjjj^ ^ut I has purchased a site in that city on ^^.^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^^^j^ ^^ jj^^g^ ^^y y^j ^^^n which to erect a $100,000 factory. ^^^ ^^^^j^ ^ ^^jgj^^ ^^out as well be so, Henry W. Overbreak.a tobacco dealer ^^^ ^j^^ ^jgj^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^aise of St Louis, Mo., has filed a voluntary g^^^ ^y^^■^f^^ tobacco plants. Farmers petition in bankruptcy with liabilities of j^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ff ^^^^^^ ^^ats to try to pro- duce another crop. They know that it will be needed as soon as it can be put in shape to be used. Necessity is the mother of inventions, and scarcity of good tobacco is father of a howl sent out by the manufacturers of cigars, for with- 17,335.98 and no assets. HOW THE NEW CHOPS ARE DOING. Reports From the Tobacco States From the Weather-crop Bulletin. Washington, D. C. , April 14. The latest weather-crop bulletin from out plenty of tobacco they cannot hold the weather bureau issued by the De the trade. At present they are asking of partment of Agriculture in making a you in no uncertain language to raise complete report on the various crops in another crop, and have it ready so that all the States, includes t h e following they can begin to work it in November regarding tobacco : i^ possible. That is one of the incentives Maryland— Tobacco plants coming up that is pushing you to the making of in southern counties. tobacco beds, when the weather is several Virginia— Tobacco beds seeded. degrees below the point of freezing and North Carolina— T o b a c c o plants the old frost still in the ground you have small. started, and now don't flag or turn back, South CaroHna— T o b a c c o injured but keep on with your work, ^.lightly by hail. O"'' correspondents write: Kentucky— Tobacco beds promising Suffield. Ct. : "Myer & Mendlesohn of plenty of good plants. Ohio — Tobacco plants starting well. NVST MAKE CIGARS ABOVE STREET LEVEL. Milwaukee, Wis., April 14. Judge Neelen had Gustav Willmes, a New York and J. Koffenburg & Sons of Boston have finished packing tobacco and have closed their Suflfield ware- houses. E. A. & W. F. Fuller will finish and probably close Monday. One of Suffield's tobacco growers has plants up and growing finely. But few have as Twentieth avenue cigarmaker, brought yet put their seed into beds, as it is before him the other dav, charged with rather cold and t h e ground has not maintaining ts a cigar factory below the warmed up enough." ground floor of the building in which he Wethersfield, Ct. "Not much doing in is located, which a violation of the the tobacco line; some have sprouted statutes. The complainant was Deputy their seed, but I have heard of no beds Onr Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes ii— Ai«.vAYS Room for Ons Mokb Good Custombk. L J. Sellers & Son,Seilersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 3«: M. KALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiGAI^S l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J. NOLL Successor to J. Neff ^ MANUFACTURER. OF ♦/ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ♦♦ ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦^♦^^^♦♦♦4 A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Ra. "Stage Favorite," a 5-c«nt Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium ei@/iRs Dallastown, Pa. A OPECIALTY of Private Brands GEO. F. NASH Special J JOHN SELDEN -^^ ^ for Wholesale & jobbing Trade Brands: \ gov. THOS. HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. C A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for Sc Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Our Leaders: { "•"'^/lustSn''^'' } Cigars-8c., 3 Sizes L, R. BROWN, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WHOLESALE ♦ ♦ X^ ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN. Salesman. ♦ ♦ Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. t ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ J. K. KaufTman. ; < ^ V John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin %<^^^^^t^^l^^^^^ I: S. N. MUMMA : PaLcker of « Leaf Tobacco : PenndL. Seed B's a. SpecidLlty « Warehouse at RailroaLd Crossinit ^ LANDISVILLE, PA. I / \ R.E.Jacoby Rothsville, Pa.. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE __^ Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. \ -^ J ■i THB TOBACCO WORLD Ae9! CIGrtR BOX EDGINGS We have the lo'gcs;, afeScrioieTi' ' * Cigar Box Edging* in the United States, haTiog over 1,000 design* in Steele. T. A. MYERS & CO. Printeh" AND Engravers, Embossed Flaps* Labels, Notices, etc. YORK, PENNA. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler. Ready for Use. »"«- { ItZ^-.lfs 12 s. George St., YORK, PA. A. SONNEM AN ® SONS, "••olaSr:"' Leaf Tobacco L&Tge Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. Gcoriic St., YORK, PA. .WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra ^►TOBACCOh 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. AKoriLER&eo. phMlacniiBRi Dt Fin ft Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. Cupmdtf* 75f000 per day, Bitablished 187C Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of F^iae Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. £ being sown as yet. There will be about the same acreage as usual. The 1904 crop has been pretty much all sold.*' Hatfield, Mass.: "Sowing tobacco beds and putting out onion sets now claim the attention of our farmers. Charles L. Warner has tobacco plants up from his sowing of March 28. The assorting shops are closed except the American Tobacco Company, at Mr. Roswell's buildings. — American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. The work of gathering in the remnant of last season's tobacco crop is still going forward in many of the country districts, though the volume of trading is contin ually dropping off owing to the scarcity of unsold lots. The movement seems destined to continue so long as anything to trade in can be found in growers* hands, though the end of the buying season cannot be so far distant either. While many of recent transactions are of low grades on an export ba->is, the fol lowing show the trend of prices ; A. O. Rorge, 35CS at 8 and 3c asst Aug. Walton. i8cs at 8 and 3c asst B. Sandy, 4a at 8c asst Hans Sperle, 2ocs '03 at 6)^c H. S. Aaker, 15CS '03 at 7c Ole Void, 5a at 4c bl H. E. Nichols, 6a at 4^c bl. Old leaf is receiving the usual atten- tion and anything of a binder nature is in good demand. Mcintosh Bros, report the sale of 164CS of '03, and some export has also found an outlet during the week. About all the tobacco bo'ught under contract has been delivered. A few of the packing houses are about through with the season's handling, the United Cigar Manufacturers having closed their warehouse in this market this week. Others have work in sight for some time yet Seed beds are being sown quite generally and the white canvas coverings dot the fields of the growing sections. Shipments were 572 cases — Reporter. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, A.r6 tnC vlllAHo Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" cic*rH«Tana, . . lOc. **S. B." Half Havana. .... St. "S. B.*' Little Ha4aiu», . . . . ' 5c. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" MUdtrt agar Made. 2 fOF 5c. special Braiida Made to Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pql. "^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will SBr0 Tou Meoey. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 666 hhds; offerings on the breaks, 26 hhds; total sales, 45 hhds, nearly all old crop at steady prices. The market at present is devoid of in- terest, the sales of old crop small, and the new crop not yet upon the market, except small offerings of wrappers, for which there are good demands from several quarters. The proportion of lugs in the new crop is found to be small, and they seem to have an upward tendency. We have had some cool weather, but vegetation is fairly well advanced. For old tobacco we quote: Low Lugs $3.50 to I3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4.00 Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leaf Medium Leaf 4.00 to 4.35 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4.75 5.50 6.75 8.00 Fa-hisseyI LEAf TOMCeO (0. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM AMERICA « NEW YORK t CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. iON\ TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and O | M M MQ Common ViyCir9 Established 189a Capadty. Twenty Thousand per D9^ A Southern Location GOOD TOBACCO LAND| and LOCATIONS for FACTORIES mCAITTII is now making greater •3" U 1 11 progress than an y other section. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our pubHcations, which will be sent free on request ^ y RICHARDS, Land & Indaatrlal Ait., Southern Railway. Washington. D. C. ffiTrnrrrr~ o^' — "^ 123 N. THIRD ST HILADEL.RHIA 37 W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. MIK SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF T.L. ADAIR, ^ wwnr.ESALE MANUFA Fine Cigars RMD LION, PA. Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. f Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, J Dealer in J t Cigar Box Lumber, X ♦ Labels, ♦ ♦ Ribbons, Edging, Brands, etc. ♦♦♦♦♦»»4 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BUSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1933—1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio FMBOSSED CiGAH BANDS *^ Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampi^m^ William Steiner, Sons & Co. t*55isT Lithographers, cjumi 116 and 118 E. Fourteenth SL, NEW YORK. 38 TRS TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED ^S*^ Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, yth Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC, Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $(30 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-3C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $85 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE aUOBE CIOAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havaaa Cigars For Jobbing Trade only Business ChjLixges. Fires. Etc. '^°^''T.^''- P"'"°" '" ^^^'J^'TZ SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S (jHban stogies ^^ MANUFACTURBD ONtV BV LEONARD WAGNER, 707 Ohio St, Anegheny, Pa. Wm A Moore, cigars, etc; Wm A Moore Co succeeds Ohio Cincinnati— Charles W Rothkopf, cigar mfr, dead California Los Angeles — Fred W Eaton, cigars; attached, 1 500 Florida Jacksonville— Dozier Bros, cigars and Dayton— C & S Kramer, cigars, etc; tobacco; Jacksonville Cigar Co. succeeds ^ .f, ' ^ _,, ,, „ - . , , . Zanesvillc — Tony Elum, tobacco, etc, Huau & Lorraine, cigar mfrs; J A „f k,.,:„^„ Factory No. 2 Huau dead Robertson & Floyd, cigars; Oregon Jacksonville Cigar Co succeeds Chas Astoria — W J Hamlin, cigars, etc, dead E Smith, cigars; Jacksonville Cigar Co Pennsylvania succeeds Walter C Privot, cigars, Ashland— Clifford Rich, tobacco and Jacksonville Cigar Co succeeds cigars; satisfied judgment, ;|9 18 Illinois Cresson — J B Gauntner, cigars, etc; Chicago— William Juhl, cigars; bill of judgment, $1,900 g^jg -J Reading — Eureka Leaf Tobacco Co, ^, ^_ . J J Morris Goldman satisfied real estate mort- Homer — Chas F Core, cigars, etc ; dead fgoo Lagrange-J D Burch, cigars, etc; sold Sc'haeflferstown— T T Zerbe & Bro. out cigar mfrs; judgment, |6oo, against Thos Peoria — Utella Cigar Factory; absorbed T Zerbe, individually by Julius Frankel Scranton— Short & Cummings, Peter J Indiana Cummings et al, cigar mfrs, real estate Fort Wayne— Wm H Starke, cigars, ^^&^' ^H.ooo etc; receiver appointed , ^ ?°"'uJ?*^°'* . . ^ Wabash-Dorsey E Weesner. cigars; P^^er-G L Dibble, cigar mfr. closed s S C. A. Rost d. WASHINGTON, D. f^ 0*BaX8POH]> sioT.TnTTirr CIGAR BOXES pinirERS OF Aimsnc CIGAR LABELS 8I4-8Z6 LAWREfiCESr. SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISlfED WRITE FOB 'SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES For Sale by All Dealers JIUXTURE fES AMSBICAN TOIACKSO CO. NSW TQU. 38 THK TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED pS]^^«o r ^,* Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 150o, *tth Dist., Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $<;() per lOlK). PATRICK HENRY- 3c, Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $.")0 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUGBE CIGAR CO, Business CKa^nges. Fires. Etc. Tobacco Co. petition in bankruptcy Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only California Los Angeles — Fred W Eaton, cigars; attached, I500 Florida Jacksonville — Dozier Bros, cigars and . u T 1 11 ^- /- ^^^..,4, chattel mtge, $190 tobacco; Jacksonville Cigar Co. succeeds ^ .° ^^_^ Huau & Lorraine, cigar mfrs; J A Huau dead Robertson & Floyd, cigars; Jacksonville Cigar Co succeeds Chas Wm A Moore, cigars, etc; Wm A Moore Co succeeds Ohio Cincinnati— Charles W Rothkopf, cigar mfr, dead Dayton — C & S Kramer, cigars, etc; SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S (jHban stogies ^^ MANUFACTURED ONI.Y BV LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . JQJ Qhlo SL, Allcghcny, Pa. E Smith, cigars; Jacksonville Cigar Co succeeds Walter C Privot, cigars, Zanesville — Tony Elum, tobacco, etc, out of business Oregon Astoria — W J Hamlin, cigars, etc, dead Pennsylvania Ashland — Clifford Rich, tobacco and cigars; satisfied judgment, I9 18 Cresson — J B Gauntner, cigars, etc; Jacksonville Cigar Co succeeds Illinois Chicago— William Juhl. cigars; bill of judgment. ^1,900 1 - Reading — Eureka Leaf Tobacco Co, ^, ^^ . J Morris Goldman satisfied real estate mort- Homer — Chas F Core, cigars, etc ; dead f8oo Lagrange-J D Burch. cigars, etc; sold SchaeflFerstown— T T Zerbe & Bro, out cigar mfrs; judgment, $600, against Thos Peoria — Utella Cigar Factory; absorbed T Zerbe, individually by Julius Frankel Scranton— Short & Cummings, Peter J Indiana Cummings et al. cigar mfrs, real estate Fort Wayne— Wm H Starke, cigars, ^^^^' ^H.ooo South Dakota R R R R R R R R R R R R R R C. A. Rost ^ Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xol>3Cco A Specialty of Light Conneciictit Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN ®. OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa. etc; r«ceiver appointed Wabash — Dorsey E Weesncr, cigars; real estate mtge, I900 Iowa Villisca — J P Underwood, cigar mfr; Myers & Robinson succeed J P Un- derwood, cigar mfr, bill of sale, $1,950 Kentucky Louisville — Jos Steinberg, cigars and tobacco; sold out Parker — G L Dibble, cigar mfr, closed Utah Ogden — J C Baker, cigars, etc, sold to A Macbeth Washington Spokane — L W Woodmansec, cigars, etc, real estate mtge, $2,000 Waitsburg — A S Dickinson, cigars, etc; sold to C A Jones Wisconsin Milwaukee — J P Brill & Co, cigars, etc; '^Mi«%%^ Maine Camden— Knox Cigar Mfg Co (not inc) Sam Yatters succeeds mfrs; closed Madison— H A Soucie & Co, Henry A PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc Soucie, individually, cigars, etc; chattel mtge, {^300 MaisachusetU Boston — Commonwealth Cigar Co, as- signed M C Krickstein, cigars and tobacco; chattel mtge, I300 Chelsea — Abbie Spence, wife of Robert W, cigars, etc; files certificate, etc Springfield — Schenck & Ellis, cigars, etc; chattel mtge. $800 Worcester — Jos Simard, cigars and to- bacco ; dead Michigan Detroit — William E Sewell, cigars, etc; bill of sale, $2, 500 Missouri Joplin — A A Kennedy & Co, cigars, etc; chattel mtge, $2,000, pool table pur- chase price Nebraska Omaha— Jos Rex, cigars, dead New York New York City — Brobcrg Snuff and 787,334 Combined match deliverer, lighter and cigar cutter; Peter La Belle, Anderson, Ind. 787,100 Machine for making up cigar- ette packages; Ygnacio Lazaga, Havana, Cuba. 786,979 Cigar rolling table and wrap- per cutter; Isadore Liberman, deceased. B. Liberman and L. Gross, executors, Philadelphia, Pa. R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBRS OV AKD DBAI,SRS IH :-:T 435 &,437W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke. KING DUKE 2^ oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: lANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Mtnufiictttrer of High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. ^. &^I ■MnnfftCture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. 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D IN 1881 ) ,, No. 17. j PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, APRIL 26, 1905. One Dohar pbr Annum Single Copies, Five Cents Don't this strike you as some thing extra good in the line of an ever- lasting advertisement, and a tool that would please the recipient? They make a favorable impression on those who get them. They would help to sell more of your goods. Why not let us fix up enough for you to give one to each of your customers? It's a splendid way to show your appreciation of their trade. Write for prices— state quantity, and the ad wanted on. National Selling' Co., ALLENTOWN. PA., U. S. A. 'WI0^^ "=*•«**. :^^' yss \V Wl ^vxCrb (rwvo-vt,o-« o^ (n£t7 5Sov»^A. <^ ^ e< JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of HaLnd*M&dc LONG FILLER. STOGIES ^ Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. I 1903 Crop FLORIDA SVMATRA WRAPPERS All Grades and Sizes. Light, Medium and Dark Colors. Excellent Quality. Lowest Prices. Schroeder ^ Ar^uimbau No, 178 Water Street NEW YORK mi E. I^OSENWALD & BR0. I '^^>^r^*^'^^>'"*^'' rj C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA, THE TOBACCO WORLD MANFTOClGAli 114 "^Philadelphia Most 5c. cigars suffer because the manufacturer wants too much profit and cuts down the grade of tobacco, or maybe he don't know how to combine tobaccos. The RUGBY is particularly good. STEWART, NEWBURGER 8i CO., Ltd. O^ar Mannfadnrers, Factories 206 and 212, t m , c^ m •■ 1 1 1 • First Rev. District, Pa. ^9 North 4th St., rhiladelphia. "The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. (lord LANCASTER, lOcI) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (niCKT LBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA C I G a:r:S. CLEAR HAVANA Mgg^MA Mast Popalir All Havsna Cigar Maat KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN m. MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. . A. C^f^L.\fEQ ^ O®' ^^o^j> Havana 123 n. third st HILJkDBLRHIA +tHe TeB/ieeo Worlb-^ BURNT WAREHOUSE SITES. Private Individuals of Baltimore Want to Buy Them. Baltimore, Md., April 20. It has been unofficially stated that a number of private individuals have been negotiating with the Board of Public Works for the purchase of the tobacco warehouse sites in the burnt district, which are needed by the city for dock extension purposes. City Solicitor Bruce has sent a letter to Col. Sherlock Swann, chairman of the Burnt District Commis sion, in which he stated that there were two special enactments of the Legislature whereby the Board could dispose of the property to the city or to a private indi- vidual. These, he said, were both oper- ative at the present time and did not conflict. Concerning the rumor, Mr. Bruce said that in the event of the purchase of the sites by private individuals the city would be in a better position to acquire the property, as in that case it would be con demned, while the city has no power to condemn State property for municipal purposes. Governor Warfield says that he has learned nothing of such a prospective purchase. "Individual members of the Board may have been approached upon the subject," he said, "but the Board as a body has given it no consideration. 1 personally know nothing about any offer having been made for the sites." CHICAGO CIGAR THIEVES CAUGHT INDIANA NOW WRITHING IN ANTI-CIGARETTE THROES. Observance by Dealers of Prohibitory Law is Fairly General, But the Cigarette Fiends are Still Fiending. One Consumer, Arrested, Disgustedly Leaves the State. Test Cases Will be Brought. Indianapolis, Ind., April 21. Lafayette dealers expect to raise a fund This week has shown that opinion is to make lest cases, and it is believed they much divided in this State, as to the will be helped by the combine. The amount of importance that must be at- idea is to carry the matter to the Supreme tached to the law which went into effect Court, if it should become necessary, last Sunday forbidding the manufacture, The retailers in Logansport, -r at least sale or handling of cigarettes. some of them, have agreed to take no Those who wanted cigarettes have ap- notice of the new law until specific warn- parently smoked them all the week, but ing were served by the police. The police there were a few instances where men say they will enforce the law. even to the was actually arrested for smoking. One was at New Albany, where an electrician named James McNerney was taken into custody becausehe was caught smoking. He was released in a little while because there did not seem to be anybody to try him, but was so utterly disgusted, that it is said he immediately resigned his job in order to leave such an impossible State. Many Indianapolis dealers attempted extent of arresting smokers on the street. Cigarette smoking has not stopped any in South Bend, and there are some places where a package of cigarettes can be bought openly, in spite of the fact that the police have sent out a warning. Laporte dealers made an attempt to close out their cigarettes by offering them in bargain lots, as did those in Hammond, and while a great many extra to close out their stocks of cigarettes last ^^^^' ^^'^ "^^^^' ^^^'^ '"''^ ^«"^^ ^^^^^ week before the edict became operative. '^^*' ^^'^^ '" "^"^^ ^'^^^^ ^^^ ^^•'^^^ ^"^ and there were a lot of bargains offered. ^"^ '" °^^^'^^ ^^^ •"^^"•^"^^ ^« '^^ ^"^^''^ Generally speaking, though, in this city ^^" Tobacco Co.. on an arrangement the sale has been stopped, and those con- sumers who are still smoking them, either bought them last week, or got them se- cretly. Judge Whalen, of the local police court, in an opinion on this point, decided that which the company had granted. The Richmond dealers also tried the former method of squaring themselves against loss. One dealer in Fort Wayne, rather spectacularly, made a bonfire of his stock. While the majority of dealers resent $2,000 Worth of Property Recovered that was Taken from Cigar Stores Chicago, 111., April 20. The police of this city have arrested four men who have confessed to robbing cigar stores, ana have recovered stolen property valued at $2,000. They believe that their success has broken up a form- idable gang of thieves that has been op- crating in Chicago for some time. The men arrested gave their names as John Kraft. Daniel McNamara. Adolph Emerson and John Smith. The first named was arrested at the Mayflower Hotel, and gave his pals away. The men operated boldly by forcing a door or breaking a window, and they suc- ceeded in getting together a large amount of stuff which they would sell or pawn. They have had some narrow escapes, having been chased by policemen who detected them in the act of entering stores, but have always managed to get away up to this time. %%«%/%»%%%% NATCH TRUST SUED BY THE STATE OF ALABAMA. The Attorney General of the State of Alabama has brought suit against t h e Diamond Match Co. to recover $20,000 in penalties on a charge that the com- pany has failed to comply with the cor- poration laws of the State before doing business there. It is believed that this is one of a number of suits which the Attorney Geneial is preparing to bring against various corporations. the law did not affect consumers, and the attempt to take away their liberty, that the clause which forbids the posses- there are many who would welcome the sion of cigarettes means dealers only, abolishment of the cigarette as part of The large majority of consumers ridicule their stock in trade, if it were followed the idea that they can be forced by law by a proportionate increase in the con to use tobacco only in certain forms, and sumption of cigars and pipe tobacco, evidently expect to continue smoking as Some think that the little cigars are des long as they can get the materials. tined to displace the cigarette, as soon as In some cities and towns hardly any cigarette users become accustomed to effort has been made by retailers to ob- them The margin on cigarettes is so serve the law, while there are two towns small, that dealers would rather sell al- which are practicall/ not affected by it. most anything else. These are Valparaiso and Evansville. in Nobody seems to take the law very both of which heavy license fees were seriously, except perhaps Representative some time ago imposed by councils, and Annanias Baker, however, and nobody which had the effect of making the cigar believes that it will last any length of ette a rarity in a dealer's stock. time. KICK OVER. NAVY TOBACCO. Independent Manufacturers Say A. T. Co. Submitted Too Many Samples. Washington. D. C. April 21. Considerable anxiety is being mani- fested over the government contract for 150,000 pounds of tobacco to be fur- nished to the navy. Quite a number of independent manufacturers are compet- ing this year, each one submitting sam pies, with prices, which are to be thor- oughly tested and considered before any award is made. Some of these manufacturers assert that the American Tobacco Company has succeeded in submitting eight samp'es through its various companies, and thus has an unfair chance of c.irrymg otf the contract. The usual way by which a decision is arrived at is for the ofificers, jackies, and marines to chew and smoke the samples which are submitted, and by the process of elimination, come down to the most desirable. The ones which receive the popular vote, should they fulfill the chem- ical requirements laid down by the De- partment, and provided the price is not too hi^h, will be selected for general use throughout the navy. Ttiat being the case, it will be seen that the larger the nambet of samples of fair quality, the better the chances of those who submit them. There is a provision which provides that it any bidder e.vceeds the four sam pies which he is required to submit, his bid may be rejected on that sc )re. The independent manuf icturers claim that tlie American Tobacco Co bample^should be thrown out. It i> undei stood that the Depaitment is considering the matter. FARMERS SELL SOON Manager Bohmer says Big Crop Will Keep Prices Down Lexington, Ky. , April 22. C. W. Bohmer, m.inager of the I'urley Loose Tobacco Warehouse Company, of this city, has made the following state- ment as to the burley situation in his State- "In December a year ago when 1 sent out thousands of circulars begging the farmers to hold their tobacco until the manufacturers could realize how short the 1903 crop was, 1 did so with a view of enabling the farmer to reap the benefit of the advance in prices which was sure to come. This advance did come the fol- lowing May, but unfoitunately only a few farmers had any tobacco left on hand, and only the speculators and those who had studied t h e situation reaped the benefit therefrom. "When the 1904 crop began appeiring upon the market manufacturers, who had been caught short of stock the previous year, began buying freely and notwith standing the enormous rush of tobacco to market after the Burley Tobacco Growers' Association had announced their inability to finance their scheme, prices continued fairly firm, and the bulk of the farmers sold at approximately satisfactory values. "All manufacturers using Burley to- bacco have supplied themselves pretty liberally and are prepared to hold off the market if necessary for the next twelve months. Farmers encouraged b y the prices realized this se.ison are making preparations to put in an enormous big crop and there is but little probability that Hurley tobacco will again show an advance in prices until another shortage in the crop occurs. "The facts exist that preparations are being made to set out a big crop, and the farmers who are hanging up their tobacco with the expectaiiors of getting an ad- vance later on are speculating purely and simply on the chance that the big crop now about to be set out will not materialize. My advice to all farmers holding tobacco is t j sell, and that as soon as possible." WELL KNOWN WISCONSIN CIGAR MANUFACTURER DIES. Herman W. Peek, for a number of years a prominent and widely known ci„'ar m mufacturer of Oshkosh, Wis., died in that i ity a few days ago after a lengthy illness. His disorder was mental and he died in a hospital where he was undergomg special treatment. Mr. Peek was born in Germany 52 years ago and during his lifetime accu- mulated a large list of warm friends. He spent practically all his life in Oshkosh. and of late years manulactured the Aiheain cigar, a well known brand. A widow, a daughter, and three sons sur- vive him. — Franz Retzlaff, a cigar manufacturer, for thirty five years a resident of Milwau- kee, is dead, at the age of 7 i years. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA^ >'••*■ THE TOBACCO WORLD CIGAR 114 N7*?St. Philadelphia Most 5c. cigars suffer because the manufacturer wants too much profit and cuts down the grade of tobacco, or maybe he don*t know how to combine tobaccos. The RUGBY is particularly good. STEWART, NEWBURGER 8l CO.. Ltd. Gi^ar Manafadnrers, Factories 206 and 212, First Rev. Distnct, Pa. 20 North 4th St., Philadelphia. ""The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigmr. One of RoedePsBest THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reputable Distributors PMladelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROBDEL CO., 41 N. lUb Street, PHILADELPHIA. (lord LANCASTER. Uk) Manufacturers, 615 Market $t, Philada> (nicktlby.Sc.) Channing Allen ® Co lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA C I G A]R:s. CLEAR HAVANA ■•ft All Havsm Cigar Matfs KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA. PA. — 1 CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. E. A. G^^vBs c£ 0> IMPGRTERa O AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MILAOML^HIA ♦^TriE TBBJieeO WORLB-^ BURNT WAREHOUSE SITES. Private Individuals of Baltimore Want to Buy Them. Baltimore, Md., April 20. It has been unofficially stated that a number of private individuals have been negotiating with the Board of Public Works for the purchase of the tobacco warehouse sites in the burnt district, which are needed by the city for dock extension purposes. City Solicitor Bruce has sent a letter to Col. Sherlock Swann, chairman of the Burnt District Commis sion, in which he stated that there were two special enactments of the Legislature whereby the Board could dispose of the property to the city or to a private indi- vidual. These, he said, were both oper- ative at the present time and did not conflict. Concerning the rumor, Mr. Bruce said thai in the event of the purchase of the sites by private individuals the city would be in a better position to acquire the property, as in that case it would be con demned, while the city has nj power to condemn State property for municipal purposes. Governor Warfield says that he has learned nothing of such a prospective purchase. "Individual members of the Board may have been approached upon the subject," he said, "but the Board as a body has given it no consideration. 1 personally know nothing about any offer having been made for the sites." CHICAGO CIGAR THIEVES CAUGHT INDIANA NOW WRITHING IN ANTI-CIGARETTE THROES. Observance by Dealers of Prohibitory Law is Fairly General, But the Cigarette Fiends are Still Fiending. One Consumer, Arrested, Disgustedly Leaves the State. Test Cases Will be Brought. $2,000 Worth of Property Recovered that was Taken from Cigar Stores. Chicago, 111., April 20. The police of this city have arrested four men who have confessed to robbing cigar stores, ana have recovered stolen property valued at |2,ooo. They believe that their success has broken up a form- idable gang of thieves that has been op- erating in Chicago for some time. The men arrested gave their names as John Kraft, Daniel McNamara, Adolph Emerson and John Smith. The first named was arrested at the Mayflower Hotel, and gave his pals away. The men operated boldly by forcing a door or breaking a window, and they suc- ceeded in getting together a large amount of stuff which they would sell or pawn. They have had some narrow escapes, having been chased by policemen who detected them in the act of entering stores, but have always managed to get away up to this time. %%%%%%%% NATCH TRUST SUED BY THE STATE OF ALABAMA. The Attorney General of the State of Alabama has brought suit against the Diamond Match Co. to recover $20,000 in penalties on a charge that the com- pany has failed to comply with the cor- poration laws of the State before doing business there. It is believed that this is one of a number of suits which the Attorney General is preparing to bring against various corporations. Indianapolis, Ind., April 21. This week has shown that opinion is much divided in this State, as to the amount of importance that must be at- tached to the law which went into effect last Sunday forbidding the manufacture, sale or handling of cigarettes. Those who wanted cigarettes have ap- parently smoked them all the week, but there were a few instances where men was actually arrested for smoking. One was at New Albany, where an electrician named James McNerney was taken into custody because he was caught smoking. He was released in a little while because there did not seem to be anybody to try him, but was so utterly disgusted, that it is said he immediately resigned his job in order to leave such an impossible State. Many Indianapolis dealers attempted to close out their stocks of cigarettes last week before the edict became operative, and there were a lot of bargains offered. Generally speaking, though, in this city the sale has been stopped, and those con- sumers who are still smoking them, either bought them last week, or got them se- cretly. Judge Whalen, of the local police court, in an opinion on this point, decided that the law did not affect consumers, and that the clause which forbids the posses- sion of cigarettes means dealers only. The large majority of consumers ridicule the idea that they can be forced by law to use tobacco only in certain forms, and evidently expect to continue smoking as long as they can get the materials. In some cities and towns hardly any effort has been made by retailers to ob- serve the law, while there are two towns which are practically not affected by it. These are Valparaiso and Evansville, in both of which heavy license fees were some time ago imposed by councils, and which had the effect of making the cigar ette a rarity in a dealer's stock. Lafayette dealers expect to raise a fund to make lest cases, and it is believed they will be helped by the combine. The idea is to carry the matter to the Supreme Court, if it should become necessary. The retailers in Logansport, '^r at least some of them, have agreed to take no notice of the new law until specific warn- ing were served by the police. The police say they will enforce the law, even to the extent of arresting smokers on the street. Cigarette smoking has not stopped any in South Bend, and there are some places where a package of cigarettes can be bought openly, in spite of the fact that the police have sent out a warning. Laporte dealers made an attempt to close out their cigarettes by offering them in bargain lots, as did those in Hammond, and \^hilea great many extra sales were made, there was some stock left, which in some cases was thrown out and in others was returned to the Ameri- can Tobacco Co., on an arrangement which the company had granted. The Richmond dealers also tried the former method of squaring themselves against loss. One dealer in Fort Wayne, rather spectacularly, made a bonfire of his stock. While the majority of dealers resent the attempt to take away their liberty, there are many who would welcome the abolishment of the cigarette as part of their stock in trade, if it were followed by a proportionate increase in the con sumption of cigars and pipe tobacco. Some think that the little cigars are des tined to displace the cigarette, as soon as cigarette users become accustomed to them The margin on cigarettes is so small, that dealers would rather sell al- most anything else. Nobody seems to take the law very seriously, except perhaps Representative Annanias Baker, however, and nobody believes that it will last any length of time. KICK OVER. NAVY TOBACCO. Independent Manufacturers Say A. T. Co. Submitted Too Many Samples. Washington, D. C, April 21. Considerable anxiety is being mani- fested over the government contract for 150,000 pounds of tobacco to be fur- nished to the navy. Quite a number of independent manufacturers are compet- ing this year, each one submitting sam pies, with prices, which are to be thor- oughly tested and considered before any award is made. Some of these manufacturers assert that the American Tobacco Company has succeeded in submitting eight samples through its various companies, and thus has an unfair chance of carrying off the contract. The usual way by which a decision is arrived at is for the officers, jackies, and marines to chew and smoke the samples which are submitted, and by the process of elimination, come down to the most desirable. The ones which receive the popular vote, should they fulfill the chem- ical requirements laid down by the De- partment, and provided the price is not too high, will be selected for general use throughout the navy. That being the case, it will be seen that the larger the number of samples of fair quality, the better the chances of those who submit them. There is a provision which provides that it any bidder exceeds the four sam pies which he is required to submit, his bid may be rejected on that score. The independent manufacturers claim that the American Tobacco Co samples should be thrown out. It is undei stood that the Department is considering the matter. FARMERS SELL SOON. Manager Bohmer says Big Crop Will Keep Prices Down. Lexington, Ky. , April 22. C. W. Bohmer, manager of the Hurley Loose Tobacco Warehouse Company, of this city, has made the following state- ment as to the hurley situation in his State- "In December a year ago when I sent out thousands of circulars begging the farmers to hold their tobacco until the manufacturers could realize how short the 1903 crop was, I did so with a view of enabhng the farmer to reap the benefit of the advance in prices which was sure to come. This advance did come the fol- lowing May, but unfortunately only a few farmers had any tobacco left on hand, and only the speculators and those who had studied t h e situation reaped the benefit therefrom. "When the 1904 crop began appearing upon the market manufacturers, who had been caught short of stock the previous year, began buying freely and noiwith standing the enormous rush of tobacco to market after the Hurley Tobacco Growers' Association had announced their inability to finance their scheme, prices continued fairly firm, and the bulk of the farmers sold at approximately satisfactory values. "All manufacturers using Burley to- bacco have supphed themselves pretty liberally and are prepared to hold off the market if necessary for the next twelve months. Farmers encouraged b y the prices realized this season are making preparations to put in an enormous big crop and there is but little probability that Hurley tobacco will again show an advance in prices until another shortage in the crop occurs. "The facts exist that preparations are being made to set out a big crop, and the farmers who are hanging up their tobacco with the expectations of getting an ad- vance later on are speculating purely and simply on the chance that the big crop now about to be set out will not materiahze. My advice to all farmers holding tobacco is to sell, and that as soon as possible." WELL KNOWN WISCONSIN CIGAR MANUFACTURER DIES. Herman W. Peek, for a number of years a prominent and widely known cigar manufacturer of Oshkosh, Wis., died in that city a few days ago after a lengthy illness. His disorder was mental and he died in a hospital where he was undergoing special treatment. Mr. Peek was born in Germany 52 years ago and during his lifetime accu- mulated a large list of warm friends. He spent practically all his life in Oshkosh, and of late years manufactured the Athearn cigar, a well known brand. A widow, a daughter, and three sons sur- vive him. — Franz Retzlaff, a cigar manufacturer, for thirty five years a resident of Milwau- kee, is dead, at the age of 71 years. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE /^ J\^ QAL.VE3 (^ Qo. <^joy> Havana 123 n. J. Vetterlein & Co. THIRD ST HILJiDELRHIA Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T« Dohaii. POOWPjtP 1855. >»D&.T*< Wm. H. Dohanu ^^ DOHAN&TAITT, ^^ pg,"!" Importers of Havana and Sumatra ^^ Packers of /^^^^t^ lOT Arcb St. I^af Tobacco\ ^M^^ J philada. , ^«,\S BREMER s So \jO^ • IMPORTERS OP ™0 Havana and Sumatra aod PACKERS of Leaf .Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia 'mmmm^^^^ JfTLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. Inforters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed heaf L. BAMBERGER &l CO. ( TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsvifle.ll.T. off 5EED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA ^Cet^ ,^^ ^^iffh^^^^-M ^■^«.-„^:"-*^ ^>f*»-^ i^a^^ioi l!imm^> ^m:Am K L: lENJ. LABE JACOB LAB±$ SIDNBIT U BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers oi SU MAT R A and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF" T0BACC9 231 and 233 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. IiEOPOliD LiOEB & CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana AND Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. I GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, Phila. Sr, PUBLAaELPHnAjiL TheE m ni rp Importers and Dealers in ^^*'\f^»^^ ALL KINDS OF Lj^j^ SEED LEAF, eaf lobacco havana ^ and C SUMATRA o., Ltd. 118 N. 3d St. Phila. r!642-44^ EleVej>Ita\ §t. R IISI LEAP TOBACCO; PlIlLADLLPlILK Jir0fsrgttro. Jl J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St«, Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TOB/l©eO p -— T XT » '^ O "mT IMPORTBRS of 1*1 lOimgCK;r«ewma]l,Sumatra&Havaiia L7rJi 21" W. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. ' Packers of Seed Leaf . y:sc:^j F^ /\^ ^ALVES ^ Qo. ^py> Havana 123 n. third st SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ I The Old Salesman's Musings. ♦ ., — — ._.._- _ . - „ _ ♦ THE GROWTH OF THE NAIL ORDER, the mail order firm reaps its rewards in BUSINESS. sums not exceeding an average of I5 so Day by day the mail order business is that in order to secure a large enough increasing, and day by day the retailers' number of returns, the advertising has to business is decreasing in exactly the same be as nearly universal as the firm can proportion. It is now impossible to pick aftbrd. up a magazine without seeing a new ad- The manufacturer gets his returns in vertisement offering to send you various big orders and b y n o means has to kinds of smoking for temptingly small cover so complete a field. So when the fums. mail order man talks about saving the "Save the Middleman' s^ Profit" they middle man's profit, and being able to cry, and the readers come on "quick. A ship direct from the factory, almost at goodly proportion of the'"advertising is cost, he is telling the truth all ri~ht but from firms of this order, and a large pro- doesn't say that the cost includes the cost portion of that proportion is done by the ot advertising. And maybe that doesn't United Cigar Stores Company, which is make a little difference. spending enormous sums to keep its The mail order firm has an insupera goods before the public. ble advantage, however, in the fact that The mail order people adopt different the average man likes to buy by mail. It •ways of attracting their fish, some of is just one of those little touches of "them baldly offering to sell cheaper than human nature that make the consuming anyone else, others appealing to the world kin. A man takes a certain de smoker's aristocratic notions. Some of light in undoing the wrappings from the Turkish, Rtissian and Egyptian cig- something he has sent for trom an ad- arette people, for instance, are getting vertisement. out the daintiest of literature^which offer Every boy will pour over cheap cata Nicotian joys that would tempt a hermit, logues that offer a thousand and one Such firms as these take]especial pains things, from a marvelous trick to a with the looks of their goods, and go mustache, for a dime "and six cents for strong on the made-to-order idea. Con- postage," and he will send along his six sequently they win all sorts of business teen cents and then dream about it till from the man who has to make a good the wonderful package shows up. A appearance on a small income, and who man, when he gets his box of cigarettes is able by patronizingjthese.firms to open or cigars takes as much pleasure in up a box of a hundred swell looking cig- opening it up, but of course does not arettes,when he asks his friends around, allow himself to get so excited. while he remarks in an off-hand way, I have known lots of men who had '«I have them made for me by So- and- money enough to buy whatever they So, you know; it's a special blend." needed without trying to save, who would And he secretly feels like a regular pour over catalogues, and the advertising <:lubman. pages of magazines and then send off for Of course you can buy many|brands of the most absurd things such as they <;igarettes and cigars through the mail could not possibly have any use for, from an advertisement, that will be quite simply to experience that feeling of as fine as you could possiblyfget in any pleasurable expectation when they took retail store for the same price. It may the packages from the mail carrier. be possible in some cases to do better. And it is that feeling that helps the But it must be remembered that in order mail order business along and makes it for a mail order firm to do a suflficent the success that it is rapidly becoming. amount of business for it to save money The fact that new ads are constantly by large buying, etc. , it must advertise appearing, and new concerns starting, throughout a wide territory. proves that there is money in it, and a They must place their advertisements good deal of money. New schemes — in popular mediums, and the morejpop- and in point of tobacco this is practically ular medium, the higher the price. Ad- a new scheme — aren't s o extensively vertising is one of the most expensive imitated unless they have proved pros- charges in a business man's accounts perous. Naturally, the increase cannot today, and it will be remembered that (Concluded on page 7) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphio, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-'•REALM oPT/iB 13ETAILEPS EXECUTIVE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED CIGAR STORES COMPANY. TN the article printed on this page a couple of weeks ago legarding the intricate system that has made the United Cigar's Company's chain of stores possi- ble, as described in The Business Man s Magazine in an article by Mr. Phillips, the reader was shown how the system was gradually evolved, so that each store does business in practically the same manner as an independent dealer, but at the same time is so completely account- able to the New York office, that he has no chance to vary a cent in his accounts. As said in the last article, this matter is interesting to the independent dealer, if only to show him what he is up against in regard to competition. The following matter selected Irom Mr. Phillips' article, gives an idea of just how closely the company keeps tabs on its men. In re- gard to keeping the stock up to the nee essary quantity, Mr. Phillips says: In the intervals between inventories of stock, it is inevitable that portions of the stock become so depicted that they must be renewed, sometimes immediately, but, ordinarily about twice a week. It is the chief business of the chief clerk to order from the local supply depot, by an emer gcncy requisition and by a semi weekly order, whatever he may require for the renewal of his stock; and it is all debited to him at the retail selling price, as on the occasion of the initial inventory. He is empowered, also, to spend cash for minor items of expense incidental to the conduct of business, such as stationery and other small necessaries. The chief clerk, being actually store manager and, at the same time, oiten head salesman, has a variety of re^pon sibilities engrossing him during the day. He must not only supervise the condition of the stock, but he must direct the sales work of the other clerks, handle special customers himself, and particularly watch the work of the cashier or the operation of the cash register. It is in the register, as an automatic recorder, that some of the greatest results in the saving of labor, the fixation of re- sponsibility individually throughout the store, and the minimizing of purely cleri- cal work, are attained. The special cash registers are equipped with attachments that register specifically sales of pipes and of boxes of cigars, as well as of the ordinary run of trade. Every cash reg- ister is provided with nine separate let- ters, to one of which every individual clerk is assigned, should the force of the store embrace that number of sales per- sons. The sales of every clerk, and the precise nature of every sale made by the clerk, are thus separately and individually registered, affording a record of the actual value of the clerk's services day by day. At the closing hour, every day, the chief clerk prepares h i s daily reports which, as soon as completed, are for- warded to the New York office. He cuts off the tape from^the cash register and marks, on the bottom of the tape, the date and the store number. The com pletetape, necessarily without any change in pencil or in ink, affords the detailed record of the day' s sales, specifying sales men, articles sold, and prices at which sold. Upon a form known as "The Daily Box Trade Report," he writes in ink. at the top, the letter to which every cletk is assigned; and as many daily box trade reports as there are clerks are made out in duplicate, the original copy going to the New York office while the duplicate remains as a stub, in the store's book of daily box trade reports and so becomes part of the store's own accounts. The quantity and the brands of all boxes of cigars sold are set forth, together with the box price and the retail price. The rebate appears in the discount column of the home office a daily record ot total makes out a semi weekly order, in du- volume of business which can be footed plicate. The original is retained by the np within five minutes. supply depot on which it is drawn; the A third report, known as the daily full duplicate remains, for reference, with the report, is the chief clerk's record of the chief clerk who gives the order, precise condition of his stock. He gives Once every week — ordinarily on Satur- the quantity of every brand and article day — a weekly expense report is made he ordered on that day from the local out in triplicate, the destinations of the supply depot, with sizes and other differ- three copies being the same as those of entiatmg details; and he specifies the the triplicate daily full report and their retail prices and the retail values. That utilizations being similar. The form list, of goods received, constitutes the itemizes in totals the cash on hand from daily debit he places against himself ; and the previous weekly expense report, the it is, of course, similarly itemized by the cash or check receipts which are furnished management of the local supply depot, specifically for expense uses, and the dis Under the head of "Credits," upon the bursements during the week. After the same report, he allows himself the total balance has been struck, an itemized of the rebates on the day's box trade, as statement of the disbursements is pre- apparent from the daily box trade report, sented by dates, recipients of payments, and the total retail valuations of any items of expense, and amount for every goods he may have returned to the sup- item, should the amount be as little as -one cent. Long as the description of the reports may appear to be, and numerous as arethe items they apparently cover, the universa testitimony of chief clerks is tha the actual work of preparing the leports daily occupies no more time than would be required for the careful reading of the explanatory portion of this article. After a few days of practice, the chief clerk does far less accounting than doe» the proprietor of the successful in- dependent cigar store having an extensive and profitable trade; and he has a more complete, yet ex- tremely simple record, not only of purchases and sales, but of the actual selling capacity of every in dividual employe. At the same time, the management of the whole huge system of stores is equipped with an accurate daily inventory of stock and a balance of accounts so perfect, so thorough, so minute, that within half an hour any new clerk assigned to the task can tell the name of the salesman who, six months previously and 1,500 miles away, sold a customer a pack- — age of Sweet Caporal cigarettes, ply depot. He carries over from the Meanwhile the periodical inventories previous day the total of that report, adds ^y *^® special agents go everlastingly on, it to the net goods received during the *" infallible check upon the most astute day just closing, and gives the addition, ^"^ "^ost conscienceless chief clerk who which is the total debit against him up '"'ght elaborately plan peculation, for any to the hour of making the daily full re- appreciable falling off in daily cash re port. That particular report is made out ceiptswould be instantly remarked in New in triplicate, one copy being retained by York while the total of small thieveries the chief clerk, while the original and a "^"st cease within one month at longest, duplicate accompany the cash register %%%%%<%%%, tape, the daily box trade report and the CIGAR IS BEST BAROMETER. daily receipt report, to the New York /^OUNTRY people have a great con. office. There the original goes to the tempt for those who cannot tell auditor of the general expense account, what the weather is going to be till they while the duplicate goes to the book- have looked at their expensive barome- keeping department. Thus the company ters, or seen the weather indications in can tell almost instantly, the total amoimt the morning papers. They have so many of stock in all its various stores, down to simple ways of finding out what they the particular of one cent's worth of wish to know about the weather, and arc values. so accustomed 10 doing this, that they Twice every weeV, the chief clerk make the observations almost mechani- Interior of the Flat Iron Store in New York of the United Cigar Stores Co. the report. The chief clerk thus secures his rebate, the individual sales of box goods can be instantly checked off on the tape against the report, and the settling of the chief clerk's account with the com- pany is immensely expedited. A daily receipt report, with the form printed in red ink, devotes an entire, separate sheet simply to the total of the day's sales, with a blank space for any remarks the chief clerk may think advis- able to make — remarks sometimes em- bodying useful suggestions and, again, amounting to nothing more than a com- ment upjn the weather, which may serve as obvious explanation of a small volume of sales for that day. The individual memorandum is far from being superer orgatory. It facilitites the quirk ac- counting, in the home office, of the totals throughout the country; indeed, it gives THB TOBACCO WORLD The five great troubles of a merchant the handling of cash sales, credit sales, money received on account, money paid out and money changed for customers are taken care of by a National Cash Register. Let us explain our system to you. NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO.. DAYTON, OHIO / own a. jstore. Please explain to me Name what kind of a register is best suited for my business. This does not obligate me to buy. Addreax St), rirrks Please Mention The Tobacco World cally. Ask one of them how to do this, and he will give you a long list of simple weather guages. For instance, if you are a smoker, look at your cigar tip. If it burns with a clear, red glow, the day will be fine, but if it has a charred end that refuses to burn brightly, take your umbrella. If a slip- per creaks, it is sure to be fine; if it is silent it will be damp. In damp weather newspapers are easily torn, gloves con- tract and are difficult to put on, matches will not light easily, silk hats become dull, awning cords are tight, boot laces snap, and a score of inanimate things tell to the initiated that there is rain to come. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) keep up indefinitely and make a living for everyone. ^ The mail order business hasn t made any sort of a hit with the retailers, and there is no reason why it should. Their business is being drained in a dozen or more different ways already, and the sale of cigars and cigarettes by mail is a direct and most alarming inroad on the retail end of the business. i^The United Cigar Stores Company started its mail order agency in order to get hold of all consumers who are not in a position to take advantage of the com- pany's stores. The company's policy has been to establish its branches only in the large cities, and that leaves a big gap, that the company evidently thinks it can • As a matter of fact, people who live in the country and smaller towns are much more susceptible to such a proposition as this than the man who lives in the city, and who is tempted every day by the show windows and city advertising. The thing grows apace, and it is hard to tell where it will end. The Old Salesman. INDIANA LAW HELPS CINCINNATI. Dealer* Think Cigarette Prohibition Will Bring Much Business. Cincinnati, O. , April 22. It is the opinion of a number of cigar and tobacco retailers of this city that the an ti- cigarette law, which has been in force for a week now in Indiana, will work not a little benefit to the trade of this city. This is, of course, providing the law is really enforced. The trade in this city is watching the situation with the greatest interest, and although Cincinnati jobbers did little business with the Indiana dealers, it is thQught that there will be considerable importing of cigarettes across the State line from local jobbers and retailers. Henry Straus, a local cigar dealer, thinks that the law will prove beneficial to Cincinnati. • ' There is practically no cigarette business in this city now," said Mr. Straus. "Although the cie^arette may be made here, besides the cigar in- dustry, the business is very insignificant "Men of means in Indiana who smoke fine cigarettes will certainly not stop on account of this silly law, and they will buy their cigarettes by the thousand and use them in their homes and their offices. "They certainly will not be interfered with by the officials, and the only differ- ence will be that they will be obliged to buy their cigarettes somewhere else. That is as likely as not to be in Cincin- nati, and while, as I say, the cigarette business does not amount to a great deal at present, it will certainly grow to meet the demand. "Aside from this point, what cigar business we now do 'in Indiana will be increased, owing to the decrease in the cigarette business. We will certainly get 1 r-tr ?__ It • II our share of this increased business." Write for Samples iiPrices « A. G^^vEs (Si. O- H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST ^HILAOELRHIA gREMER BROS. & gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers sxnd Dealers ia Leaf Tobacco J. U FEHR & SON, Leaf Tobacco I ^oo Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN6, PA. B0TTS & KEELY. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PtflLIPPj.KOLB CDWAwTCoUiAN ORTH Third Street, Philadelphia. ir Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. Importer of AND Dealer in G. H. BOESCH, Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPORTER OF Sumatra and HayaB&i Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Tobacco VELENCHIK BUGS. iSCi. LEAF T&E/iQQO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA I^UIS BVTSINER J- PRINC» LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers %/UO KACC ^^'pr •! ^ 1 t^* and Commission Merchants. A lVllft(lClpniS« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBRNANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Sumatra.'* Havana Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No* 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. # THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. Special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo. "• NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of TUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: *• Angel, " Havana IteindL 20, HavaivdL p. O. Box 98 HAVANA MARKET AGAIN PICKED UP SOME. Beside a Few More Noithern Buyers, Local Manufacturers Are Buying Some Little Tobacco For Their Use. Prices Are Still Firm, With the Chance of an Upward Movement in Vegas. {Special Correspondence oi The Tobacco Last week in the Havana market wa« more active again, as besides a few more buyers from the United States, the local manufacturers have stepped into the market and have taken a number of so- called factory vegas of Vuelta Abajo, as well as some colas, for their uses. Prices rule firm and as there has been •quite a buying movement in the Vuelta Abajo and Partido of the new crop at very high figures, the chances are that a further upward movement for all vegas of merit is more than likely. The weather, which in the beginning of last week was wet, with some very good showers every day, turned dry and hot towards the end, but since yesterday the rains have commenced again, so it really teems that the rainy season has opened for good this year. The different escojidas in the country ^uelta Abajo and Partido) are partly opening this week, and others will start in the first week of May, so during that month all the packings will be actively at work, which is fully one month earlier than usual. A few small lots of early ^own and packed tobacco are already in town, and one Tampa manufacturer is said to have opened the campaign by securing the refusal of it. The so-called "temprano" Vuelta Abajo leaf is favorably spoken of. Some people claim, however, that there may be a scarcity of fillers this year, as there has been no second cutting and the so called capaduras will be missing. While the leaf may be large enough in size, it re- mains to be seen whether there will be the right colors and fineness of texture to use them as wrappers, or whether there may not be an abundance of "resagos" and coarse leaf unfit f.r wrappers but too large to be used as fillers, therefore neither flesh nor fish. In the month of June some appropriate judgment of the ^juality of the 1905 crop may be formed. That in quantity this years crop will be smaller is now a foregone conclusion. Packing in the Santa Clara province ■cannot begin before the end of May or beginning of June, as Remedios tobacco needs fully forty days of pilon, and only a small part is dry enough to be piled up now. Sales amounted to 3,62 bales in all, divided into 3,074 of Vuelta Abajo, 203 of Par tido and 350 bales of Remedios. The buyers for the American market have I World.] Havana, April 17, 1905. taken 1,510, for Europe 400, and for South America and local consumption, 1,717 bales were taken out of the market. Exports during the week ending April 15th were to the United States, 3,402 bales; Europe, 405; Buenos Ayres, 877; and Australia, i bale; total 4,685 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: G. Mora, of Gonzalez, Mora & Co., Joaquin Lopez, of Arguelles, Lopez & Co., A. A. Martinez, of J. M. Martinez, Tampa; Charles B. Cameron, of the Waldorf Astoria Segar Co., D. Hevia, of D. Hevia, John Fielding, of Rothschild & Bro., New York; Henry Bernheim, of L Bernheim & Sons, New York and Havana; Fred Davis, of Sam I. Davis & Co. . New York and Tampa. Departures: G. Mora, Joaquin Lopez. V. Bustillo, V. Guerra, Angel Cuesta. for Tampa: Arthur Hunter, for London; Charles B. Cameron, Charles Vogt, for New York; Manuel Cifuentes, for New York and Europe. Havana. Cigar Manufacturers Business is described as dull in the majority of factories here, and while some have back orders to fill, new ones in sufficient quantities are not coming in to take their places. A very important decision has just been filed in the courts here as regards the brands of the Havana manufacturers. According to a royal decree of the Spanish Government it was required in 1884 to have all existing brands newly registered, and in 1885 this was revoked again. However, as hardly any of the existing factories had taken any notice of the decree, and one or two were notified by the government that it was not neces- sary to register the old brands in use for some years, nobody took any further steps in the matter. However, one unscrupulous small manufacturer, who, with the aid of a commission house, thought he saw a chances to take advantage of the world- wide fame of the Flor de Tabacos de Partagas & Co. sold cigars under the brand of "Partagas & Co.". as he had a man named Juan Partagas in his employ, and believed that the registered rights of Flor de Tabacos de Partagas & Co. had ceased to exist. The owners of the latter, Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co., have now successfully won their suit in the first court of law, and in addition, the Secretary of Agricul- ture (who has charge of all registrations I I I I ^ ESTABLISHEQ 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA, CUBA. ^ B^d^rvkers and Commissi on Merchok-nts I SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF T03ACC0 The Celebrated HANVFACTURISRS OP W^ CigKt Br «LAdi FACTORYi PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA* It J Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPMZ y HBRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands LsL Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83^ Amistad St., HABANA, CUBA. FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to ordeit* CigttB midc Btrictly of tkc very beH UrMmmm^^i^-- VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. Venancio Diaz, SpeciaU Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBAGGO 10 Angeles St.. H AV A N A . Cuba. p. 0. Bo» 85t.' SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ ^^£ T^l^^^^^ and Dealers in Leat lOOaCCO FIQURAS 39-41, Cable: 'Cuetara HAVANA. CUBA. A C^AL.VES x& Qo- <^o^^ Havana 123 n. third st • iMBrso-reg^R ^^y^ ' Philadelphia IMPORTERS OF Leslie Pantin;^*s' Leaf Tobacco Commission Merchant 'Reilly 50, ( P. O. Box 493, BEHI^ENS& eO Mannfacturers of the Celebrated Brands, .% 11 r % SBP.^Ti SOI/ and '^^Iswfx'^ LUIS MARX JfABAt^t^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. Aktxao. ANTONIO SUAREZ S enC Almacen de Tabaco en ^ama MSPBCIAUDAD MN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUMLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo no y 112 HABANA JOAQUIIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA 41 CO. Packer and Exporter of Lreaf S3a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jbdbsa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. lb Jorjc Y. P. Castaiied* JOI^GE 8t P. CASTflflEDA GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana Iieaf Tobaceo DrsLgones 108—110, HA VA NA AYBLIiHO PAZOS & CO. Almaeemaias de Tabaeo en Rama PRADO 1*3, Habana Omilbva. Bruno Diaz R. Rodrigues B. DIRZ^& CO. Growers aLi\d Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and PdLftido Toba^cco PRADO 125, Cable >—Zaidco HABANA, CUBA* • Habana, Cuba HpARTAGAS*-? Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand mmAs YG a 4^BAHfc. Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 2 74 Industria Street Cl PER. Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Xabaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpedaJty in VueltaL Abaio. Semi VueUeL y PariUk industria. 176, HABAHA, eUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arribft Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalezgon. AIXALA ^ CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Carcienas Z, and CorraLles 6 and S, HAVANA, CUBA. WSrSnClAL attention paid to the wants of AMERICAN BUYEft&^l P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." Jfl, GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER IN VuehdL AbdLjo, PdLftido dLivd Remedios Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA Sc CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte xs6, caWe- "calda.- habana, CUBA. C. A. ROST &L CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Established 1834 IndepeDdent Ynelta Abajo Factory r x-x^»^ ^\ PorLarraiiaga "^"ftU/vfiPi^^ Cigar Manufactory LmV w ^^♦••^^. A mW^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietreii ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II., Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Ralei^K ^ La. Columnia de let. VictorisL, Lsl irmck., and L«l Guipuzcoana. and patents here in Cuba) denied the application for registering the brand of Partagas & Co., thus recogniz ng the prior rights of Flor de Tabacos de Part- agas & Co., which has been used since 1856. If the decision had been different all the well known brands such as H. Up- mann, El Aguila de Oro, La Flor de Murias, Romeo y Julieta, Por Larranaga, Pedro Murias, La Carolina, Flor de P. A. Estanillo, and many others, would have been in danger of being falsified by un- scrupulous manufacturers palming off inferior Partido cigars for high class Vuelta Abajo cigars. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 552,000 cigars last week, but report business quiet Manuel Cifuentes, of Cifuentes, Fer- nandez & Co., left on Saturday by the steamer Mexico for New York and Lon- don, later on to take a trip around the world to visit the customers of Flor de Tabacos de Partagas & Co. Por Larranaga, Sol, Ramon A Hones and Cruz Roja, Crepusculo, Eden, La mas Fermosa are all working more or less regularly on old orders, while new ones are coming in more slowly. B«ying. Selling a.nd Other Notes off In- terest. Leslie Pantin has had another good fortnight, as he purchased over 1,000 bales for his customers. Sobrinosde A. Gonzalez sold 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. They have commenced buying upon a large scale in the Vuelta and Partido sections, and will open their escojida in Bejucal this week. Among the famous vegas secured by them in the Vuelta Abajo are: the vega of Bencomo which will yield about 800 bales, and which i* said to be one ot the lightest and finest grown in the "tierra liana" section of the 1905 crop; furthermore the equally renowned vega Betancourt, of San Luis, of about 400 bales, and many more of San Luis, Ovas, Barbacoas, Rio Seco, etc. As the large clientele of this house only want the finest vegas ot Vuelta Abajo, Don Antero Prieto y Gonzalez, and Don Antonio Quesada are always on the qui vive to fill this demand in time, and their buyers are all over the field picking out the choicest vegas grown. John Fielding, in company with Don Sidney Rothschild, has made some good sized purchases of the old Vueta Abajo crop for Rothschild «& Bro , of New York. Rabell, Costa & Co. disposed of 257 bales of Vuelta Abajo to local factories. Jose H. Cayro e Hijo purchased close to 300 bales of Vuela Abajo, and at once turned over 100 bales to his customers. G. Salomon y Hnos. made sales of 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios to local factories and their Noithern cus tomers. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co., sold 250 bales of Vuelta Abajo and will start their several escojidas belore long. The Tampa Commission of cigar man ufacturers is said to have collected from $10, 000 to |i 1,000 here for the sanitarium for their cigarmakers, and left much pleased with the liberality shown. Jose Menendez disposed 203 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. He will open his several escojidas this week in La Salud, Caimito, and later on in Artemisa, Palacios and Las Ovas. Praviano, his partner, has bought two vegas of fame such as Mamey Grande and Mortimer Aguiar o f Trancas, besides some i n San Luis. Jose F. Rocha turned over 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Don Jose is in the country buying heavily. Muniz Hnos. & Co. closed out 200 bales of Remates, the balance of their old stock. Don Luis Muniz has just returned from San Diego de los Banos, and wil! open his Remates escojida on May i. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. sold 168 bales of Abajo and Remedios. Garcia & Co. , shipped 327 bales of leaf by the steamship Mexico. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. closed one transaction of 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Joaquin Hedesa made some sales last week, and still holds some very fine lots of fillers, caperos and wrappers of the 1904 crop. Suarez Hnos. will open their Puerto de Golpe Escojida this week, where they pack only their famous Rio Hondo to- bacco, and in which section they own six large vegas. Don Antonio Galzada has gone to the country to look over the situation. Jorge & P. Castaneda will open their several packings in San Antonio de los Banos by the end of ihis month. Manuel Garcia Puiido intends t» start his escojidas in the Vuelta Abajo and Partido upon May i. The friends of Don Bruno Diaz will be sorry to learn of the death of his beloved wife, although the end did not come sud- denly , as she had been in a dangerous state of health for two months. The funeral on Saturday last showed, by the large number of people present, in what high esteem Don Bruno is held here. Reoelpta ProBi tke Oonatr? Week Ending Since J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crepusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. gj Broad Street, New York. @RAU, PLyqNAS Y Qljl. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzadade la Reina 22, „ . „ . Habana, Cuba Cable : Graplanas. CHARL£)S BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi«co" Habana, Cuba. GONZALnZ, BMNITBZ & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama yViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Mm\^i (e TaDaco et tana 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable: — Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ April 15. Jan. I. Bales Bales Vuelta Abajo 565 10.523 Semi Vuelta 4 821 Partido 192 2,061 Matanzas I 9 S. Clara & Remedios 10 8,606 Santiago de Cuba — 4.633 VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''lto'rVr"s'of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amlstad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch llouses:-616 W. Bahimore Street, Baltimore. Md.; P. O. Box 433. TcLinptt.. FI^ BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim & Scbiffmg, ^ Hirscbhorn, Mack & Co, Straiton & Storm, . Licbtenstein Bros. Co. Total 772 26,653 UNITED CIGAR 1 Manufacturers! 1014-1020 Second Ave.. NEW YORK. NVANTBD!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHILandJUAN BAZAN CombiivdLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOER «& CO. Sole OwDcrs and Manufacturers The Smokers' Favorite Brands. RBD LION, PA. TRB TOBACCO VOItLD Cft9^0^t/i^i4 ^ ^^^ ^U LfSAF TOBACCO opnces : OCTROIT, MICIl. ^;«STERDAM,HOLLAIMt. i^AVANA .CUBA NEwYoiti€> tteNOcNcn. eABU ADDRESS 'TACH UCLA* |M. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JKROMK WALLHR EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS ^ CO. Packers of jLr63/I 1 O Do^CCO ftkphone— 346 John. No. 150 Watter Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO blished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J. B-ER'IWEIM & h^anFtobacco Havana Cuba Gfebk Adili— Importers Svmatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son %t. mmmn m Office, 183 Water St NEW YORK : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t New York, April 24, 1905. Return of the warm weather brought maker of the Jules Verne cigar, one of out the consumers pretty well, but the the best known on the market, is prepar- retailers suffered to an almost balancing ing to occupy quarters which will be extent on account of Holy Week. Then, more commensurate with the company* s too, a good many people went away present business. The new address will about the middle ol the week for Easter, be 79 Chambers street where the firm and that also had its effect. will occupy a six story building. This This week the retailers expect to bring company has been one of the very bu»y a perceptible improvement which will ones lately which fact necessitated the last until New Yorkers begin to hurry removal. out of town at the end of every business Another move into larger quarters will day. When all the beaches and resorts soon be made by Kahn, Zenn & Heine, which makes it so easy for everybody to of 300 Canal street, who are looking get out of the city, open for the season, about for a suitable new location. The Broadway stores suffer, as during the firm is badly crowded in its present hot season of the year the most part of building and is unable on that account, the smoking is done in the evening. to fill all its orders. As soon as a dcsir- This particularly is true in the finan- able place is found a change will be cial district where as little of the day as made, possible is spent in town from the end of May until September. This slump The argument which took place be- extends pretty well up Broadway until tween local leaf dealers and the Ward the edge of the Tenderloin is reached, line as to who should pay the expense* where there is a pretty good trade all of freight delivery while the steamship year. company is making repairs to its Man- hattan piers and on that account setting The manufacturers declare that they ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ .^^ Brooklyn piers, has have lots of orders on hand at present and report the outlook very good. Judg- ing by the good missionary work which is being done by many firms there should be considerable doing. Traveling sales- men who are? returning from their various trips say that while they broke no records they got satisfactory returns. The manufacturing end of the busi- ness has been rather uneven so far this year according to as reliable reports as been settled. The discussion was ended by the company agreeing to provide teamsters to cart the goods from the Brooklyn piers at the same rate as ob- tained from those on the Manhattan side. This is in case the regular team- sters employed by the leaf dealers make extra charge. • • • As was announced in last week's letter. can be obtained. Some houses complain the marriage of Maurice Robinson, of that they have fallen considerably below George L. Storm & Co., and Miss Rose the average for no reasonable cause that Spiegel took place at Sherry's last Tues- they can place. Other firms are un- day night, and the couple are about doubtedly very busy. Money is quite a ready to start on an extended bridal tour little easier than it was and collections through the West The large number have been satisfactory. o^ handsome presents received testified 9 0S to the popularity of the bride and groom. The condition of the leaf market last ^dolph Levy, also employed by the week was about the same as has been ^torm Company, acted as best man and recorded for two or three weeks, there being no great drive or any noticeable dullness. Manufacturers who were will- ing to pay the prices asked bought of the decreasing stocks on hand, and these Miss Jennie Spiegel, a sister of the bride, was maid of honor. There was a largt attendance. Charles S. Morris, of Charles S. Morris & Co. , who has been bringing in the were in sufficient quantity to constitute a sheaves in the West will soon be at his good average demand. desk again in New York. Mr. Morris Dealers are considerably puzzled as to ^^s been out a long time this trip, but what will happen when their warehouses ^*s continued absence was made neces- are bare of all goods, as comparatively sary by the splendid business he was little can be looked for from the new doing. Mr. Morris's many friends will crops. Prices will be out under the ^e g^^d to welcome him back, sky and quality for most part indifferent. The Waldorf Astoria Segar Co. will Havana may come up all right, but will open its new Fourteenth street store to be high priced and the general schedule the public before many days. This will of prices will be such as to scare manu be one of the handsomest stores which facturers stiff. the company has conducted, and will be • • • a formidable rival to all the other stands There is nothing of particular news in its vicinity. The furnishing will be interest to record this week, there having elaborate and substantial, been few^changes and no developments Louis Schramm, well known represen- of importance in the trade. tative of Herz Bros, is on a European The Sieber^ Cigar Manfacturing Co. tour which will occupy a month or two. • • THE TOBACCO, WORLD 13 PIPE A NOLA" Unique New Cigar Shape, Made by [[C. G. Singley, Manheim, Pa. T^HE ABOVE CUT is a reproduction of a new- shaped cigar that is quite unique, and which can be manufactured satisfactorily only by the use of the newly- invented cigar shaper which has been patented by C. G. Singley, of Manheim, Pa., a cigar manufacturer of large experience, and who is recognized as ■one of the most expert cigarmakers of Pennsylvania. These patent shapers are now offered to manufacturers, who, by a special arrangement which can be made with Mr. Singley, or with H. S. Wallick, of York, Pa. can secure not only a shaper with which to make cigars similar to the above, but many other sizes and shapes as well, and the right to use same for that purpose. These gentlemen propose to make liberal terms with manufacturers who ■desire to use the invention and thus market a new product. They can be addressed as stated above, by those interested, who will at once be acquainted with full par- ticulars. A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUARBK Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. AmUtad 99 and during which he will attend the remaining inscriptions in Holland. Mr. Schramm sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. The cntainment which will be given by the Brooklyn branch of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers* Association has been arranged for next Thursday evening. The members of the New York association have been invited to- gether with numerous other friends of the Brooklyn local. A very pleasant enter- tainment will be provided. Paul F. Treft, who is in the cigar busi- ness at 222 South street has filed a petition in bankruptcy in which he atates his liabilities as $3,407 with no assets. This sum is divided among several creditors. Edward L. Patterson has been ap- pointed receiver for Louis Todd, who was proprietor of the Hotel Vcndome, and who a short time ago filled a petition in insolvency. • • • Leonard Cohn of A. Cohn & Co., and Kauflfman Falk, of G. Falk & Bro. reached New York on the Deutschland last Thursday, direct from the Sumatra inscriptions. Both gentleman bore out previous reports as to the extremely high prices which have characterized this year's sales. A new brand of domestic cigarette is seen on some of the counters about town. It is made of Virginia tobacco by the Ware- Kramer Tobacco Co., of Wilson, N. C, who call it the White Roll. The trade get it at I3.70 and the consumer at c cents for ten. ' • • • The Frisch Cigar Co. is trying the scheme which has proven successful else- where, and which was described in The Tobacco World three or four months ago, of returning at the end of the month, the face value of the purchases made on a certain day in the month, not previously known either to the dealers or their cus- tomers, but designated by a reliable outside party. A card bearing the date and amount of purchase is given each customer, and there is no doubt that the arrangement acts as a great magnet. The scheme was choked o ff somewhere though, as a gambling scheme, and so dealers in certain sections who would have liked to try it had to abandon the idea. It is improbable, however, that any objection will be made in this city, • • • Judge Gildersleeve of the supreme court has appointed August R. Baur receiver of the assets of the firm of D. Muehlenthal & Co., retail dealers in cigars at No. 168 Lenox avenue in a suit brought by Anna Schatz,"the company," against David Muehlenthal for a dissolu- tion of the partnership on account of disagreement. • • • Joseph Mendelsohn, of Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co. , left town on Saturday for an indirect trip to Havana. Mr. Mendelsohn has one or two cities to visit on the way. WELL KNOWN THENTON CIGARIST DIES. The death is reported of Charles Slee, one of the well known cigar dealers of Trenton, N. J., who was only 53 years old but who had served under Admiral Farragat. He had been identified with Trenton retail tobacco circles for more than fifteen years during which time he built up a wide friendship both in and out of the trade. He was a member of several orders, and was fairly prominent politically. —Milton J. Daboll and William E. Patte, comprising the cigar firm of Daboll & Patte, of Syracuse, N. Y., have filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. They conducted the cigar stands in the St. Cloud and Jefferson hotels. The total liabilities of the firm are $5,814.52 and the nominal assets are $5,742.18. Of the assets the worth property is scheduled at $4,000 and the stock of goods and fixtures comprises the rest of the assets. The failure of the firm will have no bearing, it is understood, on the four stores of Patte, Underwood & Daboll in New York. COLSON C. Hamilton, lormerly of b\ C J.inde, Uamiltou & Co. M. CoNGALTON, Frank P Wiseburn, Louis Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamiltuu & Co. C. E. HamiWON. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Welghen Sampling la All Sections of the Country Hecelves Prompt Attention* Ptaest Bonded Storage Warehouse in Of OC Caii4|| Cf Npin Viok yDertca, Perfectly New, Eight Stories High,04"0D oWulU Oli) HCH IWl PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: 809 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; 138-138^4 Water St.; Telephone — 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New Yorlu Inspection Branches.— Thos. B. Earle^Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. Millai^ «o6 North Queen street, Lancaster, Pa. ; Henry F. Fenstermacher, Reading, Pa., Daniel M. Heeter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; Leonard L» 3rotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Cotrn.; James L. Dsji oatfield. MaM,: Terome S. Billinpton. Cornin-x. T' /. lirtabliahad 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co* iaworters of Sumatra & Havana " l^/v 1^ ■*>/>/> ^ •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 iJLrCl^^OM 125 Maiden Lane, Sgrs^?;^"" NEW YORK. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .v.Fine Cigarsv/. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both 'Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplei. 9BAZISR M. DOhBSBB. ^' ^' SSCOR, SpcdA F. C. LINDE. HAMILTON Cormick, 150 State St.; Cincinnati, O— H. Hales, 9 Front St.; Dayton, O.— H. C. W. Grosse, 233 Warren St.; H. Hales, cor. Pease & Germantown Sts.; Je««r Shore, Pa.— Wm. E. Gheen, Anti* Fort, Pa.; East Whateley, Mass.— G. F. Peasal Edgerton. Wis.— A. H. Clarke. Fred Schnaib^ Frank Ruscher ,, RUSCHnR & CO. TobacGo Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Stoaghta% Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : I. R, Smith, 6io W. Chestnut sL Fraa^ lin, O.: T. E. Griest Dayton, O. : F. A. Gebhart, 14 Shore Line avc. Hartfef^ Conn. ; Jos. M. Gleason, 238 State sL South Deerfield, Mass. : John C. Dedcfik Meridian, N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore, Md.: Ed. Wischmcyer & Ciw I Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight 14 THB TOBACCO WORtD Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company Finest HaLVSLna. Sole Purveyors, by Request, to the Royal House of Spain. ^•M.W*'' "^^ '■*^-- - ^■'- w^^ ^- \/-^ f" ' CIGARS This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. Fadory, Ga-liaAO 98, 1^ Havana, Cuba. ■m-^rf^^ HiS^^^i IP' •1-W ^-.v f 'i •.^^a: i..-.'. •%,.M -«- 1 -/■ Kl^ilH BP^^^>^pg »'*',: -.w-r - ^■^ ■■ ,i,?;'.>'^.>. ■ 'jOpf/- ^^'\>»^*V '>R^'"' ^^M»/j- **-»isi/j\(=ViVi»!t/-'' NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sole Repiesentative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water St., New York. m G. H. SACHS Manufacturer of Best Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS 243 NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Pa. ♦'»♦♦••♦ •» ♦♦♦♦ Are you looking for a Good PITTSBURG STOGIE? ** Jolly Felloujs** IS THE NAME. Lontf FtlUr Samuel Smith £i Son, 112-14.16 East Jefferson Street, Allegheny, Pa. Hand Made MADB BY Special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World ) ♦ ♦ TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. ••CIl VITP linnM"—^^^ '^^®* granulated smoking for either pipe or ML V fill JTlUUli cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS"-?.^etureT' "'"^ '""^ '"' "°°"°' """^ "SUN TIME"— A long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETTER"-The natural leaf scrap smoking. "SCOUT" and JV/ "OLE VIRGINY „ — Good grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADB UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVEILSAL COUPONS in each carton of 'DARK HOILSE.** ' "SILVER MOON," and "BLACK THREADS." for the retailer. Write ■• for samplea and prices. •THE GEM CITY fOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. ♦I A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealtrs. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain SpreLyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tobaicco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make lar^e Field Sprayer which covers four row* at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. THB TOBACCO WORLD IS Ijhe Johns-Brash Cigar Co. (( Manufacturers of the Celebrated UNCLE DAN 95 Absolutely Hand-Made UOIVDRES AND PERFECTO SHAPES Main Office: Lancaster, Pa. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. CINCINNATI OEFERINGS DULL. Government investigators ii\ the Market Getting Facts. Cincinnati, O. , April 25. Offerings decreased to the lowest figures ever known at last week's cigar leaf sales, only 33 cases being shipped at one ware- house. Zimmer Spanish formed the greater portion, and these were unusually good in quality, nearly the entire lot of binders and wrappers selling from 6yi and 13c. Four cases of Wiscensins sold from $2. 10 and I5.55. A representative of the Department of Commerce and Labor, with letters from Secretary of War Taft, wh« is tempo- rarily assuming President Roosevelt's •duties, and United States Attorney -General Moody, was in this city last week and conferred with Archibald Stuart, for the purpose of getting facts and figures to show the methods used by the com- bine to prevent the white burley growers from financiering their 1904 crop scheme. The agent left with the inten- tion of seeing some of the men whom Stuart used as go-betweens in his New York negotiations. Chas. Milhiser, •f Richmond, Va., has brought suit in the United States Circuit Court here against John H. Lucke and Nora Freiberg, doing a cigar manu- facturing business in this city under the firm name of Lucke & Co. for the alleged infringement o f a trade mark. The usual injunction and accounting are sought. Elias Boute, for six years, general manager of J. S. Hill & Co.'s seven retail stores has opened two stores in Toledo, O. Later he may start a business in this city. Cigar men report that representives travelling in Ohio. Kentucky and Indiana are sending in healthy orders. Local cigar manufacturers believe that with the banishment of cigarettes in Indiana they will do an increased business with dealers in that State. Retail trade is, of course, not as good as it was before the slot ma chines were taken out, but the situation is hopeful. The Cincinnati Presbytery, at its meeting last Wednesday, adopted a resolution deploring the use of tobacco by members of the church, elders and ministers. A spirited debate was held before the resolution was put through. A number of ministers selected for their topic "Sunday Tobacco, " dwelling on its alleged disastrous effects. Buhrman. UNITED COMPANY IN FORT WAYNE. W. f^. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic Cigars Hl({hest Quality Finest Packa|{es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Ci^ar Dealers There Much Stirred Up Over Intrusion. Fort Wayne, Ind., April 24. An agent of the United Cigar Stores Company, the retail branch of the trust, came here last week and caused a heavy jump in rentals on certain desirable cor- ners. The proprietor of the Aveline corner drug store, who has been in one place thirty- five years, was found unpro- tected by a lease, and the trust offered $40 increase a month for the room. The druggist met the increase. Then the trust went diagonally across the street and offered $1,000 more a year for the building in which a men's furn- ishing store is conducted. The proprie- tor was forced to meet the offer or vacate. Other holders of desirable corners are much disturbed. The Retail Mer- chants' Association has passed reso« lutions against this attempt to make in- roads on the business of the local dealers. f Cable Address: "BIJCKY" Arnold's Code No J. M. BUCKNER, JR. & CO Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Maaufacturers 215 Eleventh Street, Louisville, Ky. We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS, FILLERS and BINDERS Also SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Correspondence Solicited. Samples Sent on Approval. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. OFFICE Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St., Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM ^ CO,, New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Cigars MAKERS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION Bell Telephone : 44'67A Filbert. GEO. E. CLAYTON. Manager. i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established iS8i Incorporated 1902 XVSlauiiaucu iuua TUT »^^w.^- -^~- T0B/iee0 Wer^LD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^ey, H. C. 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There are a great many important newspapers in the United States whose editors ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Time was when every newspaper accepted its responsibility as a serious thing not to be juggled with whenever it became thus possible to bring in an extra dollar. The attitude of the majority of the mustard colored dailies on the anti- cigarette agitation has been childishly illogical and femininely hysterical, and in no way worthy of a responsible publi- cation. The greater number of newspaper men smoke cigarettes, perhaps for the reason that the necessary irregularity of their movements induces a recourse to "short smokes." And the writer has seen numerous editorial and news writers en- gaged in the construction of anti cigarette and anti rum articles and stories, who penned them with a package of cigarettes at easy hand, and who slipped out between paragraphs to get a drink. These men believed they were good enough to demand and accept large salaries. This is stated, not as an indictment of newspaper workers, but simply to show that the writers of such articles are not Ijccessarily sincere or convinced of what they say. William R. Hearst's papers are leading in the present weak outburst against the cigarette, not because Mr. Hearst cares whether anyone smokes cigarettes or drinks poison, but because it is possible to build from it a sensation, such as it is. The "Crazed by Cigarettes" news story has long been a favorite in the Hearst offices and in most cases the motive is deliberately supplied at the copy desk. The Chicago American has been gloating over the scarehead possibilities of the Indian I situation and has already printed columns of rot that has no foundation. One article in particular, dated Indianapolis, is illustrated by grue- some pictures showing various forms of horrible deaths, suicidal and other, dis- reputable characters suffering arrest, etc., etc., all supposed to represent cigarette tragedies that have happened since the new law went into effect Near the top in prominent boldface type is printed the^ following, as some of "the startling results" of enforcement of the law : One man deprived of his cigarettes died. Two men unable '^to secure cigarettes committed suicide. One man born and reared in the State has forsaken it and moved to where he can get cigarettes. Hundreds of men are secretly smug- gling the material for making cigarettes into the State. Thousands are smoking in secret at their homes. Many are being arrested for selling, giving away or having in their possession cigarettes or the "makings." The price of the forbidden articles has risen three hundred per cent Such methods as these should by any means be suppressed. They cannot affect those who are familiar with the subject, but such wantonly distorted facts serve to convince those merely inclined to be prejudiced against the cigarette in an impression which bears no relation whatever to the truth. Why, one might suppose from some of these articles that the country was rapidly being strangled by an insane habit beside which the hasheesh and opium enslaved races appear as expon- ents of hygienic perfection. In sharpest contrast to such frenzied monitors of the masses is the New York Times, admittedly one of the ablest and most substantial newspapers in the coun- try. In the editorial columns of this journal appeared the following: The enactment by the Legislature of Indiana of a law not merely making it a misdemeanor to sell cigarettes, but penal- izing the having of them or of the paper used in rolling them in possession, is an example of the flagrant abuse of the police powers of a Commonwealth under the stimulus of ignorant and prejudiced monomaniacs. The cigarette is a roulette of tobacco incased in a shell of paper. Obviously the smoking of tobacco is not the offense penalized, since one may smoke it in a pipe, meerschaum or corn- cob, as he pleases, with impunity, if not with legislative approval. What remains is the paper. This is as nearly pure cellulose as can be manufactured. It gives in burning carbonic acid, pyrolig- neous acid and a&h. The carbonic acid is harmless, and from a dozen packages of cigarettes one would get less of it than he would absorb in a glass of soda water. The pyroligneous acid is a product of the destructivedistillation of all hydrocarbons, and less of it would be taken into the system as the result of a day' s smoking of cigarettes than from a pipe. In either case it would be less in volume than a dentist would put into the cavity of an aching tooth. The ash remains behind and is not taken into the system in any way. Of the cigarette it may truthfully be said that the worst thing in it is the tobacco, and this is, as a rule, better and less sophisticated than that prepared for pipe smoking. For the prejudice against the cigarette there is absolutely no intelligent basis. If one opposes the use of tobacco his position is perfectly mtelligible and to a great extent defensible If he tolerates it or approves it, but denounces cigarette smoking as a vice, he is not necessarily a fool, but he certainly displays an ignor ance of the elements of chemistry and hygiene of which a man of average in- telligence should be ashamed. The Indiana cigarette law is an outrage in its invasion of personal liberty and its inter- ference with legitimate trade. It cannot for a moment be defended upon any ground that the suppression of the cigar- ette comes within the police powers of a State. If it could, precisely the same argument would apply with greater force to other forms of tobacco and with equal force to the sale and use of tea and coffee, which probably do a much greater amount of harm than results from tobacco. This article provoked a number of replies from anti-cigarettists who sent the Times into mortified seclusion by the crushing rejoinder that the vile cigarette should be abolished because the corres- pondents in question didn' t approve of the smell. Not to do these good witnesses injus- tice, we reproduce two of the answers: I read the editorials in The New York Times very much as a theological student may be supposed to read his Bible — with reverence and respect But I cannot agree with your cigarette editorial in this morning' s issue, which says, among other things : "For the prejudice against the cigarette there is absolutely no intelligent basis." If there is any intelligent basis for the prejudice we know exists against all bad odors, may not the same prejudice be justly extended to the smoke of the cigarette, on the ground that it is an unmitigated nuisance to a very large majority — a stench in the nostrils of civilization which issues, seemingly unre- stricted, at all times and in all places, from the mouth of the callow youth and the sallow man — a weak, poor and ineffi- cient apology for a pipe — an insult to a good cigar, and a pernicious, pestilential outrage upon the general public from which there seems to be no possible escape unless the Legislature of the other States follow the example of Indiana. If, as you say, there is no intelligent basis for the prejudice against cigarettes, there should, I am sure, be none against Barren Island, the bone boiling factories of the Newark meadows, or any other similar establishment W. W. H ALLOC K. I read with interest and much surprise your editorial regarding "Cigarettes" in this morning's issue. Putting it mildly, I was astonished at the -.tand you have taken. I am sorry you cannot under- stand the prejudice against cigarettes, for it does exist on an intelligent basis, and I am not the only one who thinks so; witness the many banks which show a placard, "Don't smoke cigarettes in front of this window. Did the writer of that editorial ever stand back of a grating and have the vile smoke puffed at him, or has he ever been in a closed office reeking with cigarette smoke? How did he like it? The newer Turkish and Egyptian brands are the worse offenders, (or whatever it is they contain (no smoker can tell hie), it makes a most disgusting and offensive odor, very unpleasant to many of us. In our office cigarettes are not per- mitted, while cigars and pipes 'go" as much as desired, and I, for one, do not consider that a man's intelligence and appearance aie much improved by hold- ing a little roll of paper and tobacco between his lips, and emitting clouds of foul smoke, making himself a nuisance. W. J. BOUCHER. This conception of the subject is almost poetic. "Dake it away, id shells bad!" The world is to be legislated into ah olfactory Paradise, with the execution of the cigarette as the first important step. Oh, well! One has all sorts of ideas; as the man said who invented a valise for flies to carry their specks in. THERE IS USUALLY MORE THAN ONE POINT OF VIEW. Taking as its motive the meeting of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Associ- ation at Lancaster, Pa., next week, one of the most important of whose business items will be the arrangement of a further campaign against the Curtis bill, one of the pro Philippine dailies which like most of its kind speaks with a half- knowledge, asserts that the opposition to the bill, as proceeding from the tobacco trade is unreasonably selfish and nothing less than a plot to keep the consumer out of his rights so that the tobacco business may continue to fatten. It says; The tobacco interest does not want American smokers who are com- pelled to smoke 5- cent cigars be- cause they cannot afford to pay for better ones, to buy a better grade for the same money, and it does not want the smokers of lo-cent cigars to buy a good article for 5 cents. We do not know whether reciprocity would bring a lo-cent cigar into the American market at so low a price as 5 cents or not; but it probably would not. It is certain, however, that wiping out the duty would greatly improve the quality of the cigars that smokers buy for 5 cents, and there are many miUions who buy cigars at that price. Why should the government concern it- self about the wishes of the tobacco men, who are comparatively few, and pay no attention to the wishes of the consumers, who are many ? This is just about as far into the sub- ject as most of these editorial wiseacres go. Presumably they would like the tariff to be regulated so that the con- sumer could purchase every necessity and luxury foreign made and very cheap. The insignificant fact that in many cases, as in that of PhiUppine tobacco, we might not have anything to exchange for the goods set down so cheaply on our shores is not permitted to mar the beau- tiful chain of reasoning. And the absurd probability that a number of domestic industries would thus be put much to the oad to the con- sequent financial dismay of hundreds of thousands of employees — consumers — is not allowed to butt its awkward way into the question. But if a starving man knows where he can purchase an entire bakery for a # i • • Oftpacity for Manufacturing; Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for Ons More Good Custombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste 5-S^N FELI R A HIGH GRADE R iJC. CIGAR FOR OC Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States E-5 SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO dollar, and yet has no means of procuring that dollar, the knowledge simply adds to his troubles. Money has no denomi- nation of value beyond what you can get for it, and the man who makes $15 a week and pays 5 cents for a cigar of a quality for which, making $30 a week, he formerly paid 10 cents, is retrograding rather than progressing. According to a number of reports from the seat of the cigarette war in In- diana, certain manufacturers and retailers are getting around the law by making up and selling cigarettes in the form of • 'lit- tle cigars " Of course the paper wrap- per is dark instead of white but it is said that the cigarette smoker can pull the same old kind of smoke through the back end. It seems to us that this is an outrage. It should be stopped at any cost It is a wanton violation of the sanctity of a law that was not passed as a joke, and of course it was NOT, and means should at once be taken to prevent further outrage. The Tobacco World suggests that the Indiana legislature pass a law providing that any man desiring to smoke may submit to an examination by a public health officer. If he passes, he can be given a certificate entitling him to one <;igar— no other form of smoking being allowed. This certificate with his ap- plication he should forward to the com- mittee on If He Must Smoke Let Him Smoke a Good Cigar, to be appointed by the Legislature, which committee will pass on the application and if it is in form send it to the Governor for his signature and the State seal The order can then be forwarded to the State plantations where a scientifically sterilized seed shall be planted, the growth of which will later be garnered, cured and ctripped and sent to the State We Do You- No- Harm Factory. Here the cigar will be made, hygienically, shipped to the State Chemist's laboratory, o n to the legislative committee and then to the man. The man can have waited either in the doctor' s office or on a part bench. Sir William C. MacDonald, the millionaire tobacco manufacturer of Mon- treal, has made an offer to the Protestant committee of the council of public in- struction of that city, to endow an agri- cultural training college for the training of school teachers, which would cost from two to four million dollars. So far, no tendency to spurn this money has been shown, but it is getting the fashion now to look a gift horse m the mouth and declare him tainted before accepting him; and when we think of the awful evil which is supposed to lie in the tobacco business, this would seem to provide a good opportunity for a sniff on the part of the recipients. YORK 1904 BUYING ALL DONE. Manufacturers in This County Note Some Improvement. York, Pa., April 24. During a recent interview R. D. Zech who has been buying extensively of the 1904 crop informed me that the buying is done and that the crop is practically all bought up, he, having secured for his various customers 1,400 cases. He recently engaged himself with Walter B. Hostetter & Co. as a salesman and will cover the country in another's interests. He reports business as start- ing out very nicely, and as he has been engaged in this line for the past thirty- seven years, he is undoubtedly a very widely known man among both growers and manufacturers. York County manufacturers find some improvement in their trade, and their output is increasing steadily with very few exceptions. The proposed new cigar manufacturing company in Yoe is now an actual fact, a charter having recently been received for the State Seal Cigar Company. The incorporators are: Geo. A. Kohler, I. Kohler, A. W. Kohler, Samuel Fiddler, and T. A. P. Carman all residents of Yoe. A considerable tract of land has already been secured upon which a factory will be built and sufficient space will remain for the erection of a number of new dwelling houses which it is in- tended shall be erected and probably sold in the course of time to employes on easy terms. —Samuel S. Reymer, of Allegheny, son of Jacob Reymer, the big candy manufacturer, who also has a large to- bacco business, has been married to Miss Nellie H. Paris, who was first seen by Reymer dancing at a carnival given by the Elks in Allegheny. J. E. SHERTS 8l CO. Lancaster, Pa. Manufacturers of HlgH-liiaile Seed&HsTiuia Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. Manufacturer of S Gem cigars The largest ai\d best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED S-ceivt Cig^Lf on the Matrket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20, 9th Dist.. P*^ Geo. W. Bowman ®. Co. HaLivover, Pa^. Manufacturers of fine C>^di*^ ♦♦i>> -*•♦!♦♦ THe Bob Bow-maii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with tli<; Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for P8rt1eMlar» i8 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D fff f '' fif !"' f f| W|ffV^ Where to Obtain the Best LABELS LABELS Of Every Description. Fine Color, Gold Leaf and Embossed Work a Specialty. Metropolitan Work at Less Than Metropolitan Prices. ^ i New and Origi- nal Designs. ♦ ♦ Send for Samples Estimates and Sketches. ♦ ♦ ♦ Also have a large line of Stock Labels, Flaps, Etc. ♦♦♦♦♦♦ You owe it to yourself to be- come acquainted with us. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ We will show you a saving of dollars on your work and guar- antee the article. P(. S. SOUDER General Color Printer and Embosser of CIGAR LABELS • Private Designs a Specialty SOUBERT0N. PENNA. 0 0«r Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes Ai«wATS Room for On« Morb Good CuSTOMSK. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD «9 ■XPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUrAC Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba RKPUBLItADLCUBA KtPLlBLICADtXUBA S'lU^ ;^JJil'.lll»l>W.I««lll-l.«ilal!Jll;lWJ-tl.»aM«»l:* (Is CUBA > UUmiohdeFabR'cantkdeTabacosyCigabbos ^v \CA 'r mi 103 s^'O ulorizada porel Goblerno dela Repablict Garantiza qae los rabacos.clgarrosy paqoe^et Je picaduraqaellcvwesfappedirf* sonfabncadospor jff Rr.PL'RLICADI m.l.|,l-JIJ.I.l.y,l:>MJU.l.ll L4MI.HHI.|l:U4'H^H.I.MJH.I.I.mi'HJ'IHa HABANA li B«W 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... , r . •. * •.* *. 1 * ti,««*«, PR FriNTA or warranty Stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the RepoWlcrf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the C.gai and C'8««"« M»»»»2^ counterfeit. imiuHr in any way «nder u.de» the pi« Here and There With the Retailers According to reports made, the last six days have been uneven among the retail trade again, some dealers declaring that business was as good as they wanted, other complaining that there were only one or two good days in the lot The fact that everyone packed his suit case and journeyed to Atlantic City on Satur- day, practically wiped three days out of the week, Monday being included for the reason that each traveler evidently came back in an economical mood. Outside of that, business probably averaged up quite well with prospects good for May. B. Frank Batten, at the toot of Market street, keeps his door open all the time now, and the summer traveling rush is commencing. Mr. Batten is making a display of the Red Devil brand, now, and is having quite a run on it. «% Geo. O'Keefe, Fourth street dealer, is making a special ofifer on Gumpert Bros.' Runnymede. offering them six for a quarter, or $2 for a box of fifty. its success to provide a sure and im- portant future for the Association. Those present will have an opportunity to wel- come back to their midst ex- president Joseph E. Tuck, who spent the winter in Los Angelos, and who returned some days ago. A cigar stand was recently started in the "House of Lords" lunch place at the northwest corner of Third and Chestnut streets, which was recently vacated as a cigar store by N. Young, who had pur- chased the stand from Goldsmith & Co., and failed to make it pay. This corner has been ill fated for some time as a to- bacco corner, and the hoodoo is evi dently still operative, as the place was suddenly closed yesterday and by the abrupt departure of those interested has apparently taken its place in the unhappy history of the corner. Leatf DezLlers* Jottings. MATCH=IT CHBROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars and MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON. Factory Representative, 1004 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia. of Baltimore, Md. Fire, which started in the store of the Lafayette Cigar Co., William Worthing- ton, manager, at I4i6>^ Chestnut street, early Sunday morning, did considerable damage to the furnishings before it was checked. The water and smoke also practically ruined the stock. L Lewis & Co.'s Golden Eagle brand of little cigars is duplicating in this market and without doubt is proving a success. The Philadelphia Cigar and Tobacco Dealer's Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at its new headquarters tomorrow night when several matters of importance will be discussed, principal of which is the Association's project to establish its own distributing bureau and sell direct to jobbers and retailers. Ol course, all the goods handled will be of independent manufacture, and the scheme is large enough in conception for This week will close another month, and one which from all accounts, has made no records either way in the local leaf trade. The demand has \)een good enough, at least it has been as good as stocks and prices would allow, and there is probably not a dealer on the street who could not have cleaned out his entire stock if he had been willing to come off the perch a little in the matter of quotations. Every dealer is firmly convinced, how- ever, that it is good policy to hold on as long as he is able, to what goods he has, and only where he had to supply his regular trade did he loosen up to any extent. The men on the road for the most part have had average good trips, and while there has usually been a lot of talk necessary before any deal was closed, at least the deals were closed, and the orders sent in. All agree that tobacco is going to be mighty scarce and high, and a large majority of the dealers would like to look ahead a bit and see what will happen with the new crop. So far as can be JAMES ADAIR, Successor to ADAIR & REIFF. Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Large Stock of PENNSYLVANIA BROAD LEAF. ZIMMER SPANISH, LITTLE DUTCH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Ballas \m Cn LEAF TOBACCO, Manufac- turers of ao THE TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B. and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. . « e. L. INISSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of r«NE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B^s and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ovc our Samples. Sample! cheerfully submitted upoa request. P, Q, Box 96* Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bind«l9 Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted I^'^^chPygj.y Pao^ of Fancy Packed Gebhart WALTER. S. BARE, ^^ PdLcker sf Fine : Connecticut ^ Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci|(ar Leaf Tobacco OfG.ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. 7. K, LEAMAN, 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCE-SWEATED Ouf Owil I J/U^ CONNECTICUT « i» , Packinft I tli Packer of I. Weaver, LeafTobacw 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER. PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF a. DlUQU IibQl and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, ^01 and 203 North Duke 9L LANCASTER. PA, Packer of and Dealer in i H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds LMAF Tobacco^ nne Flonaa Sumatra ^ ^ ^, , ,^ X, 'MPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA Ts8 North Market St, Vaked LANCASTER, PA. B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, FlAcker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, lia& 112 W. Walnut StfLANGASTER, PA. : AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber in L#eaT M. OJjaCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦♦♦♦^'%>i^»»%%%^ »♦♦♦%%%%%%%% V% ^^^^^ %%%%%%%>% ♦♦♦♦^^l TRUMAN D. SHERTZER >♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer In I Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION. PA. MAIN OFFICES Lancaster, Pa. I UNITED PHONBS. ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦••♦t •^♦•f4^%% ♦ ♦^♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦ • t % 5 21 .^rr •* Scrap Filler, Ready for the Cigar Clean, Dark and Good Quality In manufacturing our Scrap we use nothing but old, ripe, well sweated tobaccos which make exceptionally desirable Scrap for any grade of Short Filler Cigars. Prices ranging from 6 to 15 cents per pound Hav/ina sgrap in any quantity, at 30 cents per pound We have a complete line of GEORGIA WRAPPERS pi^t up in bales, Sumatra style, prices from 25c. to $1.00 per pound. WALTER B. HOSTETTER i cents per 8-point measured line. ) CIGAR FACTORY Buildin|{ Complete, FOR RENT in good section cf First District of Pennsylvania Capacity of 25 Experienced Cl|{ar- makers. and 35 hands available, in- dudiog foreman. For further particulars Address, FACTORY, Care of Bo» 1*2, The Tobacco World, Phila. i-25ca EXPERIENCED M-\N IN EVERY department of cigar manufacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference. Address, Foreman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World, Philadelphia, tf WILL BUY FOR CASH-TOBACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc., redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags, Box ioi, care of Tobacco World, Phila. tf — Alexander Bros. &Co., tobacconists ot 14 South Main street, Wilkesbarre, Pa. , have sold o u t to Alexander £. Cohen, who has been identified with the firm for some time. Trade-Mark Register. SUNSHINE 14.777 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 18, 1905, at i p m, by Abram A Reiff, Lederachville, Pa LA ZINA 14,778 For cigars, cigarettes, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 19, 1905, at 10 a m, by Louis Halpern, Philadelphia, Pa EL MILLERO 14,779 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 19, 1905, at 9 a m, by Miller Bros, Philadelphia, Pa EL BALMICO 14.780 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 19, 1905, at 2 p m, by Teller, Kleinsmith & Co, Phila, Pa LUMINA ROSA 14.781 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 19, 1905, at 2 p m, by Teller, Kleinsmith & Co, Phila, Pa POUR LES CONNOISEURS 14.782 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 19, 1905, at 2 p m, by Teller, Kleinsmith & Co, Phila, Pa PINKEY 14.783 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 20, 1905, at 3 p m, by George A Bixler, Westminister, Md REGNIS 14.784 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 22, 1905, at 11 a m, by Fred B Wallace and A Singer, Philadelphia, Pa XTRAGOOD 14.785 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 24, 1905, at 1 1 a m, by Chas E Altloff. Hanover, Pa JUDGE NOAH 14.786 For cigars, cigarettes and cheroots Registered April u, 1905, at 4 pm, by Samuel Wagner, Stanford, Conn (Continued on page 26) Factory 1839. - v.- ,/ fft f S! , 14 It '^-^ /Mi t ■'. i ^..•C^v ''r^'^^-^'fy'n^^:.^^..:-- W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna. /. B, Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ T/^ A T? ^ Hand'Made Ky ± KJTjHL XV O 615, 617 and 619 Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED I Pittsburg Stogies , /^y HAND-MADE ^^ I Goods sold direct to I \,y STOGIES. ^^ J Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. \Y®deles Brothers, f loriddL SumatrdL 182 £. Lake Si \ CHICAGO, II>U C. A. ROST Sz CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 39 GAe PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBBRMAIV MPC3. CO^ Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORtD a$ a_-^.« Liberman's Latest |V\achines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE o d d e to «> m d a Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphidL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street 26 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D SCHUTTE «& KOERTINO OOMPAINV, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Rhiladelphia, Pa. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants Correspondence Solicited. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR € Manufactured by . H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. • Samples Sent 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:— S^ Bear, 6^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFGR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS TRADE-MARK REGISTER Continued HARRIS BROS., H. B. 14.787 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 25, 1905, at 11 a m, by Harris Bros, Atlantic City, N J REJECTIONS. Royal Blue, Golden Eagle, Famous, Pride of Camden, Only the Best, King Philip, Capt. Wainwright, Lucille, A. C. H. Special, Excello, John Barry, CORRECTION. "Royal Tallent," 14,766, registered April 10, at 9 a m, for cigars, by G Arthur Reed, Telford, Pa should have been Royal Talent — ^The Interborough Cigar Company, of New York, has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000, by Jerome W. Rosen- thal, Leon Forest and Emanuel A. Busch, all of New York. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Labels, Edgings and Ribbons FOR THB Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCB SOLICITBD. Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 Ma,rket Street, LaLAca.ster, PaL. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ THE TOBACCO WORLD 37 # ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ JUST OUT ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ OUR NEW PRICE-LIST, covering our entire line of goods. It will pay you to write for it, and we will be pleased to send you one. ♦♦♦♦♦ SPECIAL THIS WEEK ♦♦♦♦♦ A GOOD OLD CLEAN HAVANA that can't be duplicated in Aroma, at 43c. in bond. In small quantities from our retail department, at 80c« duty paid. L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS ;; Wholesalers, Retailers, Importers & Packers of m CIGAR. LEAF TOBACCO. J 7 No. 240 Arch street, Philadelphia \ cA^ THE TAXATION OF THE DEALER FOR HIS OWN SALVATION. Editor Tobacco World : I have been reading with much interest the letters that have been appearing in your paper regarding the taxing of the retailer. I have had an opinion on this matter for years, and I used to express it, but I have been keeping my mouth shut lately. What's the good of getting oflf a lot of talk and doing nothing? 1 can remember lots of times when the matter has been "agitated* ' in different places, by a dozen or more dealers at a time, and nothing ever came of it. It was just talk and nothing more. I got sick of the whole question. I hesitated a good deal before I wrote this, because I vowed I wouldn* t get mixed up in such a discussion again. But I have been very much interested in the articles and letters that have al- ready appeared, and I will say for you, Mr. Editor, you and your writers have handled your subject well, and I thought that I would have my little say once more, although I don't expect any good to come of it. You can keep on writing, and I can write, and a thousand other dealers can write until they get paralysis and it wont help us get a tax, until somebody up and does something. There isn't any other way out of it but a tax, unless all these outside competitors are systematically murdered, and it stands to reason that that tax isn't going to arrange itself. It ought to be imposed by the Govern- ment at Washington, and not a State tax, and that will never happen until the Reading, Pa., April 24, 1905. retailers get together and work the matter up just as the great body of the people do when they want any new law passed. If it was any other trade, representative members of the trade would get together, form a committee to form an organiza tion, send out a circular letter providing a small initiation fee which would gladly be paid, I believe, and take the proceeds to get the thing fairly started. It wouldn't cost a great deal, as the largest part of the expense would be for printing and postage. The members would be asked to give their opinions and whatever contributions they felt like, an executive committee should be elected by popular vote with power to act, and in addition to bringing every influence pos- sible to bear on the dealer's representa- tive in Congress, and on those who have influence with that representative, every dealer would be expected to get signa- tures to a tax petition from all his custo- mers. This would be a cinch, and as each customer is a constituent, the aggre- gate result would be very imposing when it reached Washington. That's the way I'd go about it, if you want to know, and although I may be wrong, I don't see anything impossible about the scheme. At any rate it would be doing something instead of taking it out in talk. And if anybody's got any- thing to say against the scheme let them suggest a better one. If they've got any- thing to say, let them say it. I sign myself, with best wishes for you, A Doer. i I •^^^^^^^%%^^^^^^l^^^^^^%^^^^^^%» ^%^^y^^^»»%V»»%%%»»»»»%%»%»^^^^MO ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penna. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers Invited. li^Telephone Connection. "^ii ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦I THK TOBACCO WORLD HANurACTUvrcR cr all kinds of 138 a 140 CENTRE St N£W VORK^ 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medinm Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only ^^^^%%^ W. HUBUBV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade Mm Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. ttv*v*v*v*******v*********v*****v*%**^^^^ ^ F. B. SefllNDLEf^ * ** Manufacturer of * Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pat ^ 4f ^ ^. JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ^ *» tt.**^V*********V*********V*%V***********************tt A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of LANCASTER BUSINESS MODERATE. READING DOING BIG BUSINESS. 011 Flw worKmagsiiip. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. MIUUERSVIUUE, PA. Interest Centered in National Leaf Con- vention Next Week. Lancaster, Pa., April 24. During the past week there was a mode- rate volume of business done by local leaf dealers but not as much as it would seem should have been the case, considering the increased activity which is now ex- isting among cigar manufacturers of this section. Buying is done and packers are already beginning to close up the season's work with the exception of a few of the larger ones who will buy for several weeks. A great deal of interest is centering in the annual sessions of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association which takes place in this city next week, covering the first, second and third days of the month. Arrangements have been made by the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade to take care of the delegates who are ex- pected to be present, and the delibera- tions will be held at the Hamilton Club, a more suitable place than which could not have been found. On Wednesday last, a meeting of the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Trade Inspection Company was held at the City Board of Trade's room on King street. Perma- nent officers and a number of directors were elected as follows: President, J. Gust Zook ; Vice- President, E. M. Cohen; Secretary, Charles E. Long: Treasurer, Morris Rosenthal; Board of Di- rectors: J. Gust Zook, E. M. Cohen, I. H. Weaver, Morris Rosenthal. Menno M. Fry, Joseph Goldberg, William Dc Haven, J. W. Breneman and A. B. Hess. A letter was authorized to be issued to Secretary Roenig, of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, advising him that the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade had completed arrangements for holding the national convention of the National Association here on May first. I. H. Weaver, of this city, recently returned from a short visit to Dayton, and other points in Ohio where he was inspecting the packings of leaf, and re- ports that he finds things to be in satis- factory condition. Xenophon Hanna, of the Hanna Bros. , of Dayton, O., was a recent visitor in this market. The new cigar store of F. B. Trout, at 168 North Queen street, is now open to the public and is one of the most attrac- tive places in the city. The establish- ment will be known as "Everybody's Cigar Store." H. D. Frey, near Lititz, reports busi- ness quite good in the cigar line with him at present. Mr. Frey devotes a great deal of his spare time to music, being a skillful violinist, which instru- ment he has studied since he was 14 years of age. He is now the leader of a local orchestra. Manufacturers Want More Hands and Can't Catch Vp On Orders. Reading, Pa.. April 24. Reading can truthfully boast of as good cigar business as there is in any section of the State today, and several factories are wanting more hands. W. H. Yocum.of Yocum Bros, informs the writer that for a number of weeks past they have been working overtime during two nights of each week, and have not yet fully caught up with their orders. J. G. Patz, of J. G. Patz & Co., returned on Saturday from among some of his wholesale houses. Dan Fleck, of the Fleck Cigar Co., returned on Saturday last from a two months trip around the middle Western States having gone as far as Minneapolis and St Paul. During his trip he visited many of the old customers of the firm and was favored with numerous duplicate orders. Upward of sixty cigarmakers are being steadily employed in this fac- tory and business is still gaining at a rapid rate. E. E. Kahler is looking most serene since his return from the Western trip, during which he found business in a very satisfactory condition. Trinitario Vila, a native of the island of Cuba, was a recent very interesting visitor among the manufacturers in this city. Mr. Vila represents the well known house of Sylvester & Son of New York. S. Waterman, representing Max Gans & Son of New York, was also here last week after a Western trip covering a period of nearly two months. John U. Fehr was spending last week in the Connecticut Valley inspecting his firm' s packing of new goods. Charles Potteiger, at Sixth and Wash- ington streets, is making a special win- dow display of the Mercury foot 5 cent cigar, made by Frank Weber of this city. Henry Rindskopf, leaf dealer at Fifth and Washington streets, left for New York City on Friday evening last, to spend the Easter holidays. The Old Honest Cigar Box Co. has removed its plant from Cherry street to the rear of 634 Washington street It is reported here that at Pottsville there is prospect of a new cigar factory being located which would requiie from two to three hundred hands, and that the Baltimore Cigar Manufacturing Co. had been there for several days quietly look- ing over the ground, but it has not yet been ascertained as to whether any thing actually definite has been done by the prospective manufacturers. — A new cigar factory has been opened in Cosebeer's former stand in Waterloo, la ,by G. W. Armagost, of that city and D. O Long, of Kalmazoo, Mich. C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORI,D »9 ♦ OUR TWO BIG SELLERS- Wc Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. # CO CO § 50 s CO ••s I o AGOOD^ACOOL CHLW<^ SMOKE THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Factery No. 38, YOB, PMNNA., U. S. A. Ninth Dist., Pa. GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of ♦♦>♦ VORO^i/J^ ^^^'- Jg^^ j^h< Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Unioiv Riders, Sweet Tips, CubdLA EmulaLtor, GeivereLl Post, Pretty Nell. ♦♦ HENBYEMMfCCO. Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦♦ ♦♦ Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. ♦ m ♦ WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦!♦♦ 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD American Tobacco Company ii' Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck Plug Star Plug Standard Navy Plug Planet Plug Horse Shoe Plug Spear Head Plug Climax Plug Old Kentucky Plug Jolly Tar Plug Ne-w^sboy Plug Drummond Nat. Leaf Plug J. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug • THB TOBACCO WORLD 3» They Please all 9^ Always Uniform and R^eliable Cigar ribbons. |l«aufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain, Largest Assortment of GOOD INCREASE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. According to the returns for the month of March from the tobacco division of the United States Internal Revenue Department at Washington, just made public, there is shown an increase of $59,469,323 in the output of cigars, compared with the same month a year ago. Similar good showings are made in tobacco and snufT. Little cigars are about the only class of tobacco products showing a decrease. The figures are as follows : March, 1905 $1,760,240.74 Increase, 37,622.88 Decrease, 811,510.02 Increase, 140,781.30 Increase, 1,977,121.78 Increase, Cigars, Little Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff, Tobacco, Totals, March, 1904 $1.581, 832. 71 41,122.84 268.253 50 115,211.71 1,747,09L]5 $3,753,511.91 $4,227,276.72 Increase. $473,764 81 A comparison of the output for the month of March in 1904 and 1905 shows the following figures : Plain and Fancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price Hot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. HENRY GOTTSELIG <& BRO. Danville, Pa. ?1 Manufacturers oS High Grade Union Made Cigars "The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at SigU Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. $178,408.03 3,499.76 43,256.52 f5.569.59 230.030.63 Cigars, No. Little Cigars, No. Cigarettes, No. Snuff, Lbs. Tobacco, Lbs. March, 1904 527,277,590 76,153,408 269,579,110 1,920,195 29,118,185 March, 1905 586,746.913 69,682,962 313.999,600 2,346,355 32,954,030 Increase, Decrease, Inciease, Increase, Increase, 59.469,323 6,470,446 44,420,490 426,160 3.835,845 In comparison with the month of February, 1905, the figures are as follows: March, 1905 586,746,»13 Increase, 88,637,523 69,682,962 Increase. 15.489.462 313,999.600 Increase, 46,283,555 2,346,355 Increase, 793,616 32.954.030 Increase. 7.883.105 The first three calendar months of the present year, in comparison with the same period of last year, show the following results: Cigars, No. Little Cigars, No. Cigaie'ies, No. Snuff, Lbs. Tobacco, Lbs Feb. 1905 497.907,390 54,193,500 267.716,045 1,552.739 25.070,925 I^^^^^/» ^^^»^^^^^»»*^ %»WM«^ %«•«%«%%««» Cigars, No. Little Cigars, No. Cigarettes, No. Snuff, Lbs. Tobacco, Lbs. 1904 1,458.064.220 207.855.168 761.323,380 5,450,901 73.839.320 1905 1.601.731.364 181.973.462 847.007.741 5.476.259 84,253.948 Increase. 143.667,144 Decrease, 25,981,706 Increase. 85,684,361 Increase, 45,358 Inciease. 10.414,628 BOSTON HOLDS HER OWN. Retail Trade Keeps Up and Manufac- turers Are Busy. Boston, Mass., April 23. Trade is about the same as I reported in my last week's letter. The base ball grounds have opened for the season and this of course will do the cigar business a lot of good. Although the weather for a few days this week was not at its best, Wednesday was "All Patriots' Day" and Friday was Good Friday, still the retail business was very satisfactory to all concerned. Cigar manufacturers are working full forces and their respective salesmen are doing plenty of canvassing. Among the independent concerns doing business here caa be mentioned the firm of L. Miller & Sons, New York, which concern is get- ting quite a hold on the market. Their Puritan little cigars that retail at 10 for 5 cents are steadily gaining ground, and their Grumble and El Cafe popular 5 cent cigars can be seen in nearly every retail cigar stand here, while their Kozy cut plug is selHng well for a 2}4 ounce package, and Leroy little cigars that re- tail at 10 and 15 cents a package, have for a long time been in public favor. Leo Mayer, of the Hilson Co , New York, called on their jobbers this week in company with Mr. Hyneman. of Hyneman Bros. , who are the New England distributors for the well known Hoffman House Bouquet cigars. Isaac Weil, cigarist, was in Gotham this week calling on the trade in that city. Mortimer Frank, a leaf tobacco sales- man from New York, is still here and reports doing a very satisfactory business. Murad cigarettes are being well adver- tised in the local newspapers. Emil Abrahams is doing some tall hustling in placing the Golden Eagles for 1. Lewis & Co., of Newark. Avery Asker has purchased the cigar store located at 536 Tremont street formerly run by J. Mitchell. A representative of Mates Rucabado, New York, called on the jobbing trade this week with a line of Porto Rico cigars. L. Miller & Sons have come out with a deal in their Old Pepper cut plug i % 02. tin foil, 5 packages of Puritan little cigars being given gratis to the dealer with every 5 pounds purchased of Old Pepper cut plug. Ben Lett, with Hyneman Bros., spent a few days in New York. CoL James Davidson, of Chicago, president of the National Anti-Cigarette League, has begun his crusade in Boston at the Y. M. C. A. It was at the request of the New England An ti Cigarette League that Col. Davidson came here. "It is our intention to nationalize the league which is doing a great deal of good," says he. "Newsboys and public school boys are our special objects, much injury having been done them by the use of tobacco. College students also J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. ^f¥^WWW%' l%^^»M^» J. ]«[flHLiOri BflRflES CO. MAKBR9 OP Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 3> THB TOBACCO WORLD VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of (he BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN. - - - PENNA. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio. L. A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ I^eaf Xobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, UTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, lENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Omce, West Milton, Ohio. n BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 JUMMER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS ^ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4. Write for Samples, t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Zimmer Spatnish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ^FancyNatural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. 1 None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ West CarrolltonpMontgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District. are almost universally addicted to the cigarette habit, and you will always find that the heaviest smokers are the poorest students. Cigarettes are injurious to ev- erybody, but not so much so to mature men as to boys between the ages of eight and fifteen, because at that period it affects their growth.' Lois Jeselsohn, wholesale tobacconist, spent a few days in New York, and while there called at the headquarters of the American Tobacco Co. on Fifth avenue. With the Cigar Manufacturers. M. Cohen, maker of the Boston Courier cigar, reports a very fair trade. N. Levenson, who has been in the manufacturing business but a few months, is gaining quite a little prominence. His Boston Smoker is selling well wher- ever placed. Gordon and Abrahams are working full force. Gordon's Smokers is their leading brand, and has been on the market for a few years. J. Dolf, maker of Dolfs Smoker and the Boston Traveler cigar, is finding it hard to keep up with the orders. H. J. Albert, who has a retail store and manufactures cigars at Friend street, enjoys a good sale on the Nickel Lion and the H. A., his two main brands. Elcho, from the factory of J. Driscoll, is fast becoming very popular in the line of 10 cent cigars, and can be found in mostly every bar room here. J. Halperson, cigar manufacturer at 99 Cambridge street, is also doing a retail and wholesale leaf tobacco business un- der the name of the Hub Leaf Tobacco Company. Goldsmith Silver & Co. have acquired the exclusive privilege of selling their M. C. A. and 108 brand of cigars on the grounds of the Boston American Base Ball Club for the season. Menaski cigarettes continue to sell well and are being largely advertised by handsome window displays. E. J. Mul- ligan is a pioneer in the art of window dressing. The Allen Tobacco Co. , of New York, has issued a circular letter stating that from May i all gratis on their brands Telonettes Small La Leso, Royal Badge, Artist and Subway will be discontinued and the gratis on Telonette extra large will be 20 per cent in Allenette, their new and attractive brand, 10 for 10 cent package. The price of Allenettes, which are similar in every respect to Be- tween the Acts, is ^7.50 per M., less 10 and 2 per cent. A sample package of the Allenettes is being mailed gratis to all the wholesale tobacconists here. • Of late many outside firms are trying to get a hold on the Boston market with their various brands of little cigars and it seems the quicker they come the better Leroy little cigars sell. J. S. Brown, retail tobacconist at 8 Washington street, has also entered the real estate fields and has put through a few large transactions. At Robbins & Roitman's store can be seen signs of activity. They have just added a new clerical force to meet the ncrease in trade, and report collections good with a big sale on El Cafe Havana Bouquet cigars. Sam Robbins is a hard man to find in when one calls as he is kept busy on the outside. Ben All AMOS DUNKEL'S SAYINGS. He Scents Something Wrong, and Will Go to the Convention of Leaf Dealers. Hinkeltown uf dem pike, der 24, Obril, 1905. Mishter Editor: Es is mier yust bei gfalla os ich het deer de letcht woch shriva soUa irck note wenich waga som socha, ovver ich denk es het dich doch so sheer gawr forschreckt for es tsu drucka, Un won ich es gshriva het, denk ich ovver het es a mohl so a dale leid aw sheer gawr forgelsktered kot, for ich wase os es gawis ols so a bissel ungamechlich is for some fun ena. Es is ovver doch gawis shawd os mier not grawd rous kumma kenna mit, un a mohl de woret tsu saga, now os mier a mohl aus gfunna hen was aw de woret is. Won ich de tseiting het date ich ovver forhoft- ich a mohl los brecha un date es some fun dena crooks a mohl so tsimlich gud ilecka, for ich kon deer saga es hot so ordlich fehl os es broucha un ich glab won es shun so edlicha farleicht so tsim- lich gud dreffa date un aw a paar data de tseiting farleicht op stuppa for a weil, se data all widder strick humma evver^eil, un OS es aw farleicht nocht fehl neya ischriver mocha date. Meir kent es ena blain mocha os wier ken favorites moch fon anich eber, un won mier aus finna data os anich eber net eirch straight bleiva will don mus ar yust forwarda os ar date a mohl ever de koals garecht warra, un won sell nix bot don brovert mier a mohl for en grawd in dechailtsu bringa, no missed deskrooked wasa gshtupped warra. Ich wot yust ich dauft dere fortsala we an sertain segar mohn so eirch wolfa wrapper duwak grickt hot, for uf some fun sina segar tsu do. Es date eirch gud lasas mocha. Es is ken wonner os some onnera leid in seina nochborshaft net so wolfella segar gamocha hut kenna, ovver ward yust, es kumpt noch a mohl a dawk recht rous, un no gebts ebbes in sellum schteddel glab ich. Es hut shun so ordlicha socha gava in dem Lengeshter Kounty, ovver des is net dar anlicha blotz wo es ollsa- mohl net ollas is grawd we es si suit. De Lengeshter duwak daler sin ovver now recht bissy. Necht woch sol es so a grosse tseit dat gava. Se forwarda a grosse forsumling fun oil de grosa leid in de bissness for dat hee tsu kumma, un no wart es a mohl so tsimlich grose ordich tschwetzed farleicht Se wallen des legislaturing now a mohl selver do. Se mana es wahr tsu fehl tox tsu batsoUa of dar duwak wo net do dahame woxt, un wu se ols missa fun unnara weldeilen hahra bringa missa, for unsra segar damit helfa tsu mocha. Ich glab ich ga aw a mohl hee for a bissel tsu hara farleicht was es don aw gebt drous, un no shreib ich der widder amohl farleicht. Gud by, Amos Dunkel, —William Black & Co., of New York, have secured incorporation papers to manufacture cigar boxes, etc., with a capital of $20,000. The incorporators are William Black, Alerander Ungar, New York, and Henry L. Merry, of Brooklyn. — Geo. H. Martin and H. C. Martin have incorporated the Martin Cigar Co., of Davenport, Va., with a capital of $10,000. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TQBACCO WORLD 33 ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ * La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei@ARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro-— Porto Rico Crooks. ^ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ^ X^^ Capacity, 25,900 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. 4,^% ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦■»♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to 8. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF -^TOBAeeo-^ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, lANCASTER, PA. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. ♦♦- ♦♦- n F. M. HUNT, A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of Higb-Grade Stogies BMTHESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. a '♦♦• \U J. Fred Holtzinger. W. H. SciU. HOLTZINGEH ®. SEITZ. Manofacturers of High Grade CIGARS Controlling Independent Factories. and All Grades of PennsylvaAiek. Cigars Red Lion, Pa. Our Leaders in Five Cent Cigars: DON SEGNO RXGAL DUKE GOV. WRIGHT DISTRIBUTORS WANTED EVERYWHERB 34 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, goto ^ t=*T=»oTrTTT^^^i^A L. J. Sellers A Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELJ.ERSVILLE. PA. , THE TOBACCO WORLD- ^ AN MXCMLLMNT TOBACCO FOR CHBWING A^ Every Dealer Should Have a Stock of A Ready Selling Product Big Prodis for Dealers ♦♦♦ Manufadured by KEYSTONE TOBACCO CO.. Reading, Pa.. 1 C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. ;rUFACTURER9 OF Cigars CIGARS FILON TEXAS TOBACCO. ^ Cable AddreM, "CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, ^AnrcAH^'KY ^- "^"^ Clarksville. Tenv M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker Hopkinsville. Kv here is somewhat colder than in Hatfield, consequently the growers are later in Nacogdoches Factory Has Turned Out sowing their beds, still last week quite a 40.000 for the City. number of beds were made. Indications Nacogdoches. Texas, April 22. point to a much larger acreage on tobacco The Nacogdoches cigar factory which than last year; in fact all feel encouraged is producing a fine grade of cigars from with the prices of 1904 crop, and arc Tex^s tobacco has delivered its first order looking forward to good prices for this to city customers, the invoice consisting year's growth." of 40.000 cigars. Conway, Mass. : "Tobacco beds have As the occasion was considered a gala all been sowed here now, and those who one. the team of horses and the wagon sowed sprouted seed report it coming up which bore the first product of the new good. The warm weather o f the past Texan industry, was brilliantly decorated week made it seem as if it were time to and driven around the town so that all work the soil; but it is cold again now." might see. There was considerable East Deerfield, Mass.: "No tobacco cheering ^®*^^ sown yet, but I think the most of The officers of the factory are L. P- them will be before the 25th. Most DeMouch. general manager, and Dr. J. every one sows sprouted seed under cloth ; E. Mayfield, secretary and treasurer, not much glass used here. The acreage The plant employs quite a number of will be about the same as last year. hands and has orders enough ahead to Some will set more and a few a little less. keep them busy six months. The force Seed leaf doesn't seem to take very well will be rapidly increased, and altogether here; no one will raise any this year." it looks as if Texas tobacco had come Feediug Hills, Mass.: "Some of the . ^ farmers have their tobacco beds sown and Leaf Tobacco Markets. r.MCUME&BRo V * TERREHILL.PA. ^* We Sell to JobbingTrade only OLD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARE WAX HAW teKSON THE GREAT others will sow this week. Fully a s many acres will b e raised this year as usual. At the Hinsdale Smith farm more CONNECTICUT VALLEY will be raised under cloth tents (about I was talking with a man who has been forty acres) and a hundred more in the one of the inspectors in a large assorting open field. Their plants are up in good shop at Hartford, and in the course of shape." — American Cultivator, the conversation he said thai it would be i^ww^mmt^t^ hard lines for the manufacturer before EDGERTON, WIS. another year; for at the shop where he The scarcity of goods remaining in the was working they began to ship the new growers' hands is ample reason for the leaf from the shop to New York some marked decline in the buying move- time in January to be put on the market, ment. though buyers are still riding the and it was snapped up in a hurry. Now growing districts, ready to take over de- this simply shows the condition of the sirable lots of both old and new leaf, tobacco trade, and it satisfies us all that There never was a time when old goods tobacco cannot be had for the asking, were so thoroughly gathered in, and even although he who asks may have the '04 crop is much more closely ab- his pockets lined with gold, silver or sorbed than the market imagines. A few bank bills; for there certainly is a short- recent transactions show prevailing prices: age, and as one writer from San Francisco Lars Severson, 5 a at 7 >^ a»d 2c asst has put it, "if we cannot get desirable leaf to work we shall have to do the next thing, and that is to shut our shops down, as much as we dislike to do it. " Our correspondents write: R Sorenson, 5a at 6}^ and 3c asst Simon Berg, 19CS at 7 and 2c asst Frank Patterson, 15CS at 7 and 2c H. W. Collins, loa at 6Xc C. E. Sweeney has sold something over I DOCS of '03 leaf during the week to a Hadley, Mass.: "The weather for the J anesville packer, past week has been very unfavorable for The most important transaction of late the making of tobacco beds. The soil is the purchase of three local packings of Our Capacity for Mannfacttiriiig Cigar Boxes It— Ai^.vAYS Room for Onb Morb Good Cubtombk. THE TOBACCO WORI.D L J. Sellers & Son,SellersvilIe, Pa, 35 M. K ALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiBAl^S l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J, NOLL Successor to J. Neff NANUFACTUREIL OF ♦♦ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦ ♦♦-♦•♦^^^♦♦♦^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Ra. "Stage Favorite," a 5-ccnt Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of I Special Brands: Fine and Medium eie/iRS Dallastown, Pa, r GEO. F. NASH A OPECIALTY of Private Brands JOHN SELDEN -^ >^ for Wholesale & Jobbing Trade GOV. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Onr Leaders: { """^Auston"'^^ } Cigars-5c., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X 4.^ ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^B i>m iniHf* n 11 nm mn > n/ww^ww^^ ^^\\i%m\m*\ '»«»iii»i»>»»»s» Labels* Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER Si CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra ■ We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. p-o- { Lt-N? i^fs 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. A. SONNEMAN «l SONS, ""tt^iit Leaf Tobacco Urge Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. Gcor/ie St., YORK, PA. . S.WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra s^TOBACCOh 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. '04 crop, amounting to about i.Soocs, by VV. S. Brill for account of the United Cigar Manufacturers, making this firm the largest holders of last year's Wiscon- sin product. Warehouse handling is still progress- ing, with the end ot the season's work now almost in sight. A week of unusually cold weather has delayed the laying of plant beds some- what, many growers preferring to hold their sprouted seed for the advent of warmer weather, which is now due. Shipments were i coo cases — Reporter. /!. KOriLER & eo. phmliicniiBBi of Fine Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. C^iaclty. 75,000 per day. Established i87«. Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manafactorers of F'ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. HOPKINSVILLE, KY. M. D. Boales. The first public sale was held this week — only 31 hhds of Low and Medium grades : Lugs — Low, 3^; Common, 3^ to 4}^; Medium. 4X to 4^; Good, 4^ to 5. Leaf — Low, 5 to 5^4!^; Common, 5>i to 6jl^; Medium, 6^ to 7^, Private sales, 144 hhds of good to fine wrappery Leaf, at 1 1 to 14}^. The sales will continue from week to week. The weather has been cold and dry, prevent- ing movement. Loose sales small: — Lugs, 3^ to 5; Leaf, 5 to 8. The Planters' Organization is deliver ing to prizing houses and prizing is being done. They have appointed an inde- pendent inspector, but no committee as yet to act on samples returned for re- clamation. They are very firm and con- fident of being able to carry out their plans, which will revolutionize the trade. Plants are plentiful, and early planting will be done in the first half of May. Labor is scarce, and the curtailing of the crop by the Planters' Organization, as part of their plans, will probably make the crop smaller. Fa-husseyI leaftomccoco. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS Register«l°Brands: "Brilliant Star** Clear Harana, . . lOc **S. B.'* Half Havana, .... Sc "S. B.** Little Havanaa 5C. "Honest Bee"^ 3c. "2— I— No** MUdaat Cigar Made, 2 fof 5c. Special Branda Made fc Order. Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau ^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts of the new crop continue good, and were for the week 689 hhds; offerings on the breaks, 4 hhds; pub- lic and private sales, 23 hhds — partly old crop, partly new wrappers. The trans- actions are too small to be worthy of comment. The new crop is held for high prices, and will come on the market unusually late, too late for much of it to go to Europe by way of New Orleans ship- ments. Planters seem very determined to re- duce fully the plantings this year. We again have a touch of winter, the mercury falling to 31 deg. on the i6th and 28 deg. on the 17th, damaging the fruit prospects, and checking growth of the plant beds, and plantings may be later than calculated upon. For old tobacco we quote: Low Lugs $3.50 to $3.75 Common Lugs 3.75 to 4.00 Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf 4.00 to 4.25 to 4.75 to 5.75 to 7.00 to 4.25 4-75 5.50 6.75 8.00 THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IW r AMERICA >a NEW YORK t CHICAGO I ST. LOUIS i FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St, LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST^ Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and O ! fi Q ^^ Common Vll|Cll O Established 189a Capacity. Twenty Thousand per Olf. A Southern Location GOOD TOBACCO LAND and LOCATIONS for FACTORIES mCAITTII is now making greater ^"IJJIU progress than any other section. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request j^ y RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Ait., Southern Railway* Washington. D. C. ,\ 7^ /\^ QalVES (^ O®' 3Cco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN 735 Radial cigar bunch machine ; Napoleon DuBrul, Cincinnati, O K.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBSJ OV AKD DKAI,BRS IW Lai :-: T 436 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster* Pa JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chcw or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: tANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Mamiffipfrerof HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes, ^•&— iBManfactare all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to rait the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ . 4 4' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ 4±4^4^4'4'4"¥ ^^'♦-♦^♦♦•♦"♦-♦♦♦♦♦4-<*>4^<» ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl« per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict (Hiaraiuee. Our Interest in M;iintaining llie Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Ouality and Woikni.inship. PATRICK HENRY pATBjCKHENBY Five Cent Cigar THE GLOBE CIOAR CO. MUCH LEAF FROM VIKGINIA. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEW AND GCX)D WAGNER'S Chban MANUFACTURED ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. 2 JQJ Qliio St, Alleghcny, Pa. rATAVATAVATAVATAVATAl 5 C. A. Rost orld's importation of Virginia leaf to- bacco as amounting to 2,468, 77j pounds, valued at $147,131. The Netherlands and Cuba contributed 17,332 and I 5,890 pounds, respectively Sumatra and Germany were next in order. Small quantities were imported from India, Belgium, Turkey, Persia and even China, part of the tobacco from various sources going through Great Britain. Hijjher duties were placed on Virginia leaf last year and this operated some- what to change the course of the trade. In general, the importation of leaf to bacco I n Mexico i s increasing partly through the increased consumption of foreign tobacco, but principally through the demand for foreign commerce of the principal ports of the manufacture of cigars. Busii\ess CKaLAges, Fires, Etc. California San Pedro — Allen & Baly, cigars, etc ; extension granted District of Columbia Washington — Gustav A Koenig, cigars, tobacco, etc; bdl of sale to Harry Kron- heimer Louis E Paxson, cigars, to- bacco, etc; chattel deed trust, JJ750 Illinois V^irginia — A Kessler, cigar mfr; sold out Wyoming — Terrell & Thompson, cigar mfrs; Wm Terrell succeeds Maine Auburn — Mrs F D Hooker, cigar mfr; sold out Bangor — Frank E O'Leary, cigar mfr; assigned Massachusetts Fitchburg — Wm H Savage, cigars, etc; chattel mtge, $150 Lowell — Harry H Ullock, cigars, etc; succeeded by Joseph Dube, Jr Wakefield-Iiertha Frankel(Mrs Philip) wife of Philip, cig mfr; files certificate, etc Michigan Adrian — Wm G Gidley, cigars and to- bacco; deed, $2,000 Missouri Kansas City— Ben McKay, cigars, etc, chattel mtge, $400 New Hampshire Claremont— Thomas R Keating, cigar mfr, dead New York Buffalo — EUes Bros, wholesale pipes and tobacco, dissolved ; W EUes succeeds New York City — Engleman & Hirsch- field, cigar mfrs; dissolved Syracuse — Daboll & Patle, cigars, etc, petition in bankruptcy Ohio Bowling Green — J N Coleman, cigars; chattel mtge, $400 Dayton — Louis Chackers & Co, cigars; Harry Chackers, individually, chattel mtge, $208 Toledo — Maumee Cigar Co, cigars; dissolved Pennsylvania Fredericksburg — John M Hoffa, re- tailer and mfr cigars; Judgment, $325 Hamburg — Elias Kummerer, retail to- bacco; revival judgment, $400 Reading — Bon Ton Cigar Co (not inc) mfrs and retail cigars; Edwin Hellerick dead Sinking .Springs — Charles W Steele, cigar mfr; real estate mtge, $500 Rhode Island Providence — J J Quinn (firm name) wholesale and retail tobacco, etc; J J Quinn dead Washington Bellingham — C E Fowler, cigars, etc; succeeded by Joseph Lopas Spokane — George Maurer, cigars; sold out to Arno Marsh West Virginia Huntingdon — American Stogie Co, mfrs cigars; damaged by fire PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. 787,611 Treating tobacco; John L. Daniels, Jr., New York 787,735 Radial cigar bunch machine; Napoleon DuBrul, Cincinnati, O R.K.Sclinader&Sons FACKBS z' OW AND DBALHHS I» :-: Tin m & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Flag and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chcw or Smoke. KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT UMiofactMrcrof High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. F* S^I flMnaf ftctnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. 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Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, kacine:. 'WIS .usj^ I OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH -^PRUNE 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. Eatabllshed 1855 FRIES & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK 4- ♦ 4* ♦♦♦♦4>44''f44'44444444444>44> : Combination i iSCRAPl l-Filler-l ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ specially Cleaned and CaTe- fully Graded. We make them for 6, ^}4, g, i6 and 12 cents per pound. Ready for use in Cigar and Tobacco Factories J. L. MSTZGMR Tobacco Co. Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO LANCASTER, PA. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVGr Pft. 1^ ^^^^^-i.^ Caveats, Trade Marks* F^dlwO Lo Design-Patents, Copyrights, cit. John A. Saul, °*"t:^Tr.^Sr* ue Opolt Baildinfl. WASHINGTON, D. €i CIGAR BOXES PRUnOISOF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS rURNISHED WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CI6AR RrBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-^ 9HB AUSEICAN TOBACCO CO. MW X INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE AC <& Go. H IMPORTERS Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST PniUkOBL^HIA i^V ^i HANDY Cigar Box Opener Made to work well— look well and last well. Slips into yonr vest pocket and takes up no more room than a flat latch key. Just the thing to tickle the trade with. Is of best tool steel and finely nickeled — bright as a new silver dollar. Has a hardened edge that is sharp — handy to cut labels, edging and stamps — a feature the common kind don't have. We stamp jour ad clearly and deeply into each of them, so that wear can't remove it. Don't this strike 3'ou as some thing extra good in the line of an ever- lasting advertisement, and a tool that would please the recipient? They make a favorable impression on those who get them. They would help to sell more of your goods. Wh}^ not let us fix up enough for j^ou to give one to each of your customers ? It's a splendid way to show your appreciation of their trade. Write for prices — state quantity, and the ad wanted on. BSTABUSHBD IN 1881 Vol. XXV., No [881 ) 18. } National Selling Co., ALLENTOWN. FA., U. S. A. ; Uef .So^wfl. cL ^ Klo^'U ■-tfeiL/m. I JOHN SLATER & CO is^ip^!^, ._^.3_^!«ni^ mfftttr. Manufacturers of HaLnd-Madc LONG FILLER STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. E. I^OSENWALB & BR0. fWlE s / PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 3, 1905. Onb Doli,ar pbr Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents Our Purchases of NEW SUMATRA TOBACCO Up to Date : bales S P 1 Deli St. Cy r I Deli Amst. Deli Co. | J H Deli Ba My L P C I Padang Brahran^ nandi An^in Deli ■ A SKI Deli Sumatra Plantage Ay ADCIDeli Langkat Langkat JHHlDeli-C H. DUYS & CO 170 Water Street, New York C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THE TOBACCO WORLD CIGAR 114 ^^Philadelphia A smoke made from an honest, old- fashioned combination of good tobacco, well cured, and put together by hand. That's the RUGBY nickel cigar. STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., Ltd. Gi^ar Mannfactarers, Factories 206 and 212, r*^ mt >■ /i.i o. ni •! 1 i i • First Rev. District, Pa. 29 Norlh 4th St., Philadelphia. ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. (lord LANCASTER, lOc?) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKT LBY, 5c.) Channing Allen ® Co lanufacturers of m\ CIMHS 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA Most Popular All Havana Cigar Maila KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN m. MOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. AC f^ Qo. Havana 123 n. third st iMPORTPI9fi ri^^y^ Pun Mnei ouiM HILJKDEL^HIA •^THE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ GOING SLOW IN INDIANA AivtiGigareUe Governor Firm, but Other Officials Hesita-te. Indianapolis, Ind., April 27. Governor Hanly evidently signed the anti cigarette bill with full knowledge of all the dust it was going to kick up, and with the firm intention of standing by his guns. He was asked what he was going to do about the law, and answered in a way to change the opinion of those who believe the Governor never intended the law to be enforced in its letter. "The law is on the statute books," he said, "and 1 pledged myself and the people of the State that I would enforce it. 1 will see to its enforcement insofar as it is possible." It is the opinion at the office of the Attorney General that the anti cigarette law that became effective with the publi cation of the acts is' absolutely prohibi tory, and that not only can cigarettes not be sold or given away, but they can not be fsmoked or even owned, no matter how the possessor obtained them. At- torney-General Miller will not give an official opinion on the question until he has been asked to do so officially. Among the officials of this city there seems to be an attitude of uncertainty, which as much as anything else, proba- bly arises from the fact that the police don't want to make themselves a laugh- ing stock as they aie likely to do if they get too enthusiastic, and the general tendency seems to be to go slow and feel the way. With some justices declaring the law a dead letter and others in the country towns grabbing off all the fines they can while the good time lasts, the city's guardians are sadly perplexed. Some days ago Mayor Holtzman said: "Should one of our city police officers arrest a man who was smoking a cigar- ette, he would not be dismissed at my instance. Since there is some question as to the application of the law, I think it would be fair for the police to warn all persons smoking cigarettes before mak- ing' arrests. Owing to this uncertainty, I ain anxious to see the question of the law's significance established and have no doubt that a test case will soon get into the courts. Until such time, or un- til the Attorney General tells us just what it means, there is no definite basis to proceed on." CIGAR FACTORY REMOVES FROM WAYCROSS TO SAVANNAH. Savannah, Ga., April 29. Arrangements have been made for the early removal from Waycrossto this city, of the El Crecero cigar factory. It is now hoped thai the plant will be in operation here in a few days, in the big building at the corner of Drayton and Macon streets. About 25 operatives will come from Waycross with the machinery, and it is expected in a short time to increase this number to 100. V. C. Estrada will be manager of the factory. WAREHOUSE PROPERTY SOLD. Baltimore Buys Sites of Burnt TobaLCCo Buildings for $182,500. Baltimore. Md., April 27. The deal for the purchase of the State tobacco warehouse property in this city needed for the completion of the dock improvements on the proposed Pier 4 has finally gone through, and the pro- perty purchased by the burnt district commission for $182,500. The sale was consummated at a joint meeting of the burnt district commission and the state board of public works, which was held in the office of Governor Warfield, in the Fideht^ building and the price was arrived at after a long struggle. Some time ago the commission wrote to the state authorities and offered $116,- 000 for the property. The offer was declined, and after repeated efforts a joint meeting of the two bodies was held when the state announced that it would not take less than 1225,000. The com mission declined to accept these figures, and experts were asked by each body to place valuations on the property. Nine experts served on the part of the city, and the highest valuation made was $175,000, None of the state's experts put the value at a lower figure than $200,000. The meeting consumed more than two hours, and was marked by long discus- sions. The state at first offered the property for $195,000 and afterward at $190,000. The city held to the figure of an expert, but finally, at the sugg' tion of Mayor Timanus, a comproiWlse was effected and the sale price y^ a s unanimously agreed to. With the acquisition of the wa/ehouse property, the city has now obt;/ned all the property necessary for Fier/4 It is also thought that by the sale ^e stand- ard of value for other property not >et acquired in the dock district! has been fixed, and that the work of purchasing the property in the district will soon be completed. CUBAN WORKMEN STAND STILL. in our trade on the island since 1886. True, they have had the resitancia, com- posed of Spaniards, and the La League, composed ot Cubans, but these crude organizations were divided against them- selves and accomplished nothing in so WILL OHIO; BANISH CIGARETTE. Tliere is Some Talk Which Probably Worvt Amount to Much. Cleveland, O. , April 28. Legislators in this State are evidently far as improving the condition of the getting jealous of all the notoriety which workers was concerned. is being gained by their neighbors across "I visited four or five large cigar facto- the Indiana line, and some of them are ries and saw only one woman making beginning to talk anti cigarette them- cigars. I was informed that very few selves. In fact if nothing happens to women were employed at cigarmaking make it ridiculous, it is probable that an on the inland. There are no restrictions attempt will be made to introduce a pro- as to wages as far as the cigarmakers are hibitory cigarette law at the next session concerned, and no restriction as to ap- of the legislature. prentices. In one shop, employing 300 Of course some of the newspapers are cigarmakers, there were [eighty- five ap taking the matter up at the first hint of prentices. such an action, and are inclined to exag- "Mf^lds and the bunch breaking and gerate the sentiment. Nevertheless, it is roll up system have not been|introduced known that some of the members of the on the island. legislature are in favor of such a measure, "The great bulk of cigarmakers in Ha- although no particular one has yet al- vanaworkon jobs ranging from $ioto $14 lowed his name to be used in a quotation, per i,ooo.and they have to make very fine "If the Republicans of Cuyahoga work and strictly on the so called Spanish county see fit to renominate me as a style. The average wages are from $9 to candidate for the house of representatives $12 per week when they work a full 1 shall make it one of my first duties to week. Some jobs run up to $34 per thoroughly inquire into the anti cigarette 1,000. but they are the exception instead laws of Indiana and Wisconsin with a of the rule. I saw one cigar which pays view of introducing a bill calling for sim $225 per 1,000 for making. The shops ilar legislation in this State," said one are all large, as a rule. They, however, member of the Cuyahoga delegation to have the 'Buckeye" there, in which the the lower house. prevailing prices are from $5 to $8 per It is expected that church organiza- 1,000. X^^ese shops dispose of their tions, the Anti-Saloon league. W. C. T. produff'by peddling them around the U., and similar influences will combine stri^, hotels, boats and depots." for the purpose of urging and supporting .^^^i^,^,^^^^^^ the passage of an anti cigarette bill in GROWN IN THE EMERALD ISLE. this State. Those favoring anti-cigaiette legisla- tion predict that every school teacher in the btate will be pers )nally appealed to NEW TOBACCO PUBLICATION First Raised For a Century to be Sold in Dublin. The first tobacco grown and manu- and the weight of their influence toward facturecl in Ireland K;r over a century and legally ostracizing ihe cigarette fiom Ohio, placed on the market under ordinary conditions will be on sale in Dublin and elsewhere throughout Ireland in six weeks It has been grown by Colonel Everard, of Randlesiown, in Meath, who last year visited America and sub mitted some samples of it to connoisseurs, who warmly commended it. Cigarmakers Have No Organization and and are not Progressing.! According to President Perkins, of the National Cigarmakers' Union, the cigarmakers in Cuba are not progressing very fast. Mr. Perkins has just returned from a tour of the island during which he studied the conditions. H e says the workers have no system, and no organi- zation worth considering. "In Cuba," he says, "I ound a de- plorable condition of affairs, as it not only concerns our trade but all others. There are estimated to be about 20,000 cigarmakers on the island, of which number about half, or 10,000, are located at Havana. The American trust has a strong hold in Havana, employing about 4,000 cigarmakers. There has been no organization worthy of being called sue" Clinton M. Schultz will Start One for Farmers and Warehousemen. Clinton M. Schultz, publisher of the Southern Tobacconist and Modern Farmer, has applied for a charter to The tobacco is said to be of excellent P^^^^'^'^ ^ ^^^^'y P'-^Pe"" ^^ ^^« '"^^^-est of quality, and the success of Colonel Ever- ^^e Inter State Tobacco Growers' Asso ard in its culture and cure confirms the ^i ^tion of Virginia. The style of the opinion long held by a section of Irish corporation will be The Farmers' Co Op- agr culturists, that the island, and espe erative Publishing Co., and the concern cially the eastern portion of the country, ^^^ s^^^^^'^g ^'^^ ^ ^^P'^^^^ ^tock of 515.- is fitted for tobacco culture. o°°- T^^^ name which the new paper Colonel Everard has raised a crop of ^'^^ ^ear has not yet been announced. 1. 000 pounds to the acre at Randlestown, ^r. Schultz said that he would proba- and is confident that the results he has ^^V P""^ ^^^ o'-g^" >" Danville and said attained can be attained in the majority ^^at he would devote the columns of the of the Irish counties. But there is a P^per to market and crop reporting and cloud in this bright sky for Irish agricuU ^o the work of o.ganizaiion. The journal turists. The government looks coldly ^i^l ^^^o be printed in the interest of upon its project to turn Ireland into one warehousemen as well tobacco growers, of the tobacco growing countries, and has ^'- Schultz says that he will cover the up to the present refused any rebates on situation as no paper at present covers it. Irish grown tobacco If it persists in its f^^^^ directors of the coroporation will refusal tobacco growing can scarely be- t>e elected from the Inter-State Associa- come profitable; but Colonel Everard, tion three froni the Tobacco Growers' Asso- ^ . ... , , , r • ciation and three from the North Caro- whois a unionist, is still hopeful of in- H^a Association. The first appearance ducing the government not to dash the of the paper is awaited with interest by bright prospect. the trade. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO W O R I. D MANFTOCIGAti 114 Philadelphia A smoke made from an honest, old- fashioned combination of good tobacco, well cured, and put together by hand. That's the RUGBY nickel cigar. STEWART. NEWBURGER & CO., Ud. Ci^ar Mannfadnrers, "piret Rev. District! Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. ""The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigtr. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. (lord LANCASTER. lOc?) Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKTLBY.Sc.) Channing Allen ®, Co lanufacturers of ;iNE CIGARS 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. I STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA K0St Popiilir All Havana Ciiar Ila4t KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN (H MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR » MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. A. O^'-*^^® d& O^- <^o^^ Havana 123 n. third st IMPORTERS ar^^ HILAOeL^HIA •^tHe xeB/ieeo Worlb-^ GOING SLOW IN INDIANA AnVith some justices declaring the law a dead letter and others in the country towns grabbing off all the fines they can while the good time lasts, the city's guardians are sadly perplexed. Some days ago Mayor Holtzman said: ••Should one of our city police officers arrest a man who was smoking a cigar- ette, he would not be dismissed at my instance. Since there is some question as to the application of the law, I think it would be fair for the police to warn all persons smoking cigarettes before mak- ing arrests. Owing to this uncertainty, I am anxious to see the question of the law's significance established and have no doubt that a test case will soon get into the courts. Until such time, or un- til the Attorney General tells us just what it means, there is no definite basis to proceed on." CIGAR FACTORY REMOVES FROM WAYCROSS TO SAVANNAH. Savannah, Ga., April 29. Arrangements have been made for the early removal from Waycrossto this city, of the El Crecero cigar factory. It is now hoped thai the plant will be in operation here in a few days, in the big building at the corner of Drayton and Macon streets. About 25 operatives will come from Waycross with the machinery, and it is expected in a short time to increase this number to 100. V. C. Estrada will be manager of the factory. WAREHOUSE PROPERTY SOLD. Baltimore Buys Sites of Burnt TobaLCCo Buildings for $182,500. Baltimore. Md., April 27. The deal for the purchase of the State tobacco warehouse property in this city needed for the completion of the dock improvements on the proposed Pier 4 has finally gone through, and the pro- perty purchased by the burnt district commission for $182,500. The sale was consummated at a joint meeting of the burnt district commission and the state board of public works, which was held in the office of Governor Warfield, in the Fidelity building and the price was arrived at after a long struggle. Some time ago the commission wrote to the state authorities and offered $116,- 000 for the property. The offer was declined, and after repeated efforts a joint meeting of the two bodies was held when the state announced that it would not take less than $225,000. The com mission decUned to accept these figures, and experts were asked by each body to place valuations on the property. Nine experts served on the part of the city, and the highest valuation made was 1175,000. None of the state's experts put the value at a lower figure than $200,000. The meeting consumed more than two hours, and was marked by long discus- sions. The state at first offered the property for $195,000 and afterward at $190,000. The city held to the fig of an expert, but finally, at the tion of Mayor Timanus, a compronilse was effected and the sale price ^ a s unanimously agreed to. With the acquisition of the w property, the city has now obt the property necessary for Pier also thought that by the sale rkie ard of value for other propefty not yet acquired in the dock district! has been fixed, and that the work of purchasing the property in the district will soon be completed. CUBAN WORKMEN STAND STILL. in our trade on the island since 1886. True, they have had the resitancia, com- posed of Spaniards, and the La League, composed ot Cubans, but these crude organizations were divided against them- selves and accomplished nothing in so WILL OHIO! BANISH CIGARETTE. There is Some Talk Which Probably Wont Amount to Much. Cleveland, O., April 28. Legislators in this State are evidently far as improving the condition of the getting jealous of all the notoriety which workers was concerned. is being gained by their neighbors across •'I visited four or five large cigar facto- the Indiana line, and some of them are ries and saw only one woman making beginning to talk anti cigarette them- cigars. I was informed that very few selves. In fact if nothing happens to women were employed at cigarmaking make it ridiculous, it is probable that an on the inland. There are no restrictions attempt will be made to introduce a pro- as to wages as far as the cigarmakers are hibitory cigarette law at the next session concerned, and no restriction as to ap- of the legislature. prentices. In one shop, employing 300 Of course some of the newspapers are cigarmakers, there were [eighty- five ap taking the matter up at the first hint of prentices. such an action, and are inclined to exag- ••Molds and the bunch breaking and gerate the sentiment. Nevertheless, it is roll up system have not been | introduced known that some of the members of the on the island. legislature are in favor of such a measure, • 'The great bulk of cigarmakers in Ha- although no particular one has yet al- vanaworkon jobs ranging from $ioto $14 lowed his name to be used in a quotation, per 1, 000. and they have to make very fine "If the Republicans of Cuyahoga work and strictly on the so called Spanish county see fit to renominate me as a style. The average wages are from $9 to candidate for the house of representatives. $12 per week when they work a full I shall make it one of my first duties to week. Some jobs run up to $34 per thoroughly inquire into the anti cigarette 1,000, but they are the exception instead laws of Indiana and Wisconsin with a of the rule. I saw one cigar which pays view of introducing a bill calling for sim- $225 per 1,000 for making. The shops ilar legislation in this State," said one are all large, as a rule. They, however, member of the Cuyahoga delegation to have the 'Buckeye' there, in which the the lower house. prevailing prices are from $5 to $8 per It is expected that church organiza- 1,000. ^^»fese shops dispose of their tions, the Anti-Saloon league. W. C. T. by peddling them around the U., and similar influences will combine s, hotels, boats and depots." GROWN IN THE EMERALD ISLE. for the purpose of urging and supporting the passage of an anti cigarette bill in this State. Those favoring anti-cigarette legisla- tion predict that every school teacher in the .'^tate will be personally appealed to house ed all It IS stand- NEW TOBACCO PUBLICATION. First Raised For a Century to be Sold in Dublin. The first tobacco grown and manu- and the weight of their influence toward factured in Ireland for over a century and legally ostracizing the cigarette from Ohio, placed on the market under ordinary conditions will be on sale in Dublin and elsewhere throughout Ireland in six weeks It has been grown by Colonel Everard, of Randlestown, in Meath, who last year visited America and sub mitted some samples of it to connoisseurs, who warmly commended it Cigarmakers Have No Organization and and are not Progressing.! According to President Perkins, of the National Cigarmakers' Union, the cigarmakers in Cuba are not progressing very fast. Mr. Perkins has just returned from a tour of the island during which he studied the conditions. H e says the workers have no system, and no organi- zation worth considering. ••In Cuba," he says, "I ound a de- plorable condition of affairs, as it not only concerns our trade but all others. There are estimated to be about 20,000 cigarmakers on the island, of which number about half, or 10,000, are located at Havana. The American trust has a strong hold in Havana, employing about 4,000 cigarmakers. There has been no organization worthy of being called sue" Clinton M. Schultz will Start One for Farmers and Warehousemen. Clinton M. Schultz, publisher of the Southern Tobacconist and Modern Farmer, has applied for a charter to The tobacco is said to be of excellent P^^Hsh a weekly paper in the interest of quality, and the success of Colonel Ever- the Inter State Tobacco Growers' Asso ard in its culture and cure confirms the ^'^^'O" °^ Virginia. The style of the opinion long held by a section of Irish corporation will be The Farmers' Co Op- agriculturists, that the island, and espe erative Publishing Co., and the concern daily the eastern portion of the country, ^^ starting with a capital stock of $15.. is fitted for tobacco culture. °^' ^be name which the new paper Colonel Everard has raised a crop of ^'^^ ^^^' ^^^ ^^^^ y«» b««" announced. 1. 000 pounds to the acre at Randlestown. ^r. Schultz said that he would proba- and is confident that the results he has ^^y P""^ *^« ^''g^^ >" Danville and said attained can be attained in the majority that he would devote the columns of the o f the Irish counties. But there is a cloud in this bright skyjfor Irish agricul paper to market and crop reporting and to the work of organization. The journal turists. The government looks coldly ^i" als° b« P""^^^ »" 'he interest of upon its project to turn Ireland into one warehousemen as well tobacco growers, of the tobacco growing countries, and has ^r. Schultz says that he will cover the up to the present refused any rebates on situation as no paper at present covers it. Irish grown tobacco If it persists in its ^ive directors of the coroporation will refusal tobacco growing can scarely be- ^^ elected from the Inter-State Associa- come profitable; but Colonel Everard. tion three froni the Tobacco Growers' Asso- . .,,, ,,r- ciation and three from the North Caro- who is a unionist, is still hopeful of in- Una Association. The first appearance ducing the government not to dash the of the paper is awaited with interest by bright prospect. the trade. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE C^>H J. Vetterlein & Co Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. POONOSD 1855. >»D&,T*< Wm. H. Dohan. ^ T. Dohaa. ^^ DOHAN &TAITT, ^""^^ ^ ^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^J^ J07 Arcb St. \jO^ • IMPORTERS OP ^TO Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphia 17LIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg 8z: Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St.. Phila. .[♦Tiiporters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER &l CO. KMjidkntm mm4 Dealers to ,,» off SEED LEAF HAVANA and SUMATRA X V/XixX\jVy V/ 111 Arch St., Philadelphia ^•i^cmses: Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsvilk.N.V Sr. PiaLAaEuvf/A./ii. TheE m ni rp Importers and Dealers in ^^^yj^'^ V^ ALL KINDS OF SEED LEAF, L^y^ SEED LEAF, m 1 eaf lobacco havana (j IQnn .^^ SUMATRA lUUUUU Q^o., Ltd. SUMATRA ll8N.3dSt.Phild. «BNJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNB^ li, BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SU MATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^EAF TOBA CCO 231 and 233 North Third Street PHILA DELPHI A , PA. liEOPOliD LiOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana AND Packers ot Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCC 238 North Third Street, Phila. l642-44i^ E.J'EVejnIM §t. - hhZn IIS[ LEAF TOBACCO.I PniL\Dr.Li>niA. imnTKitro. J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TOB/qeOO r I X Oling & Si ewman,Sumatra & Havana Ar&jj Zr* W. THIBD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. ' Patkttmof&eed L«»f' ^"^ — ' ' /\^ Qal-ves c& Go. <^^ Havana f23 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF HILAOeLfHIA SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. I The Old Salesman's Musings, t LEST YE BEAR FALSE WITNESS. captive and mo-t reflective minds I have I came across an article in one of the ever been fortunate enough to benefit by, largest daily' papers last week which who used to smoke ten or twelve Virginia started this way: cigarettes while writing an articleor letter . . J c 4. .^-«fe ;« that might not occupy him longer than An mquiry made of students m , j . , u .u u • .n the Ohio State University as to how an hour. I don t know whether he is still many cigarettes the ordinary smoker will consume in a year has developed the fact that ten average students, none of them regarded as unusual fiends, smoke 25 000 in the college year of 8>^ months. The investi gators were greatly surprised at the result of their investigations. doing it for I haven t seen him for two or three years. 1 wouldn't recommend anyone to follow his example, but 50 far as I could tell he was apparently as well as ever after I had seen him smoke that way for three years. But let us go a little further in our cal So am I. I'm not surprised in any culations We left the college student such ignoramus way as these "investi- smoking his nine and a fraction cigarettes gators" but I'm wondering whether they a day, and by imputation of his investi don't get any decent cigarettes in the gators, digging his own early grave. University town. Few cigarettes will burn more than 8 If anybody took the trouble to buy minutes, Turkish and kindred v arieiies twenty five thousand cigarettes and piled don't last that long, neither does the one them up in a heap, they would make a man rolls for him^el^ something of a pile, and would doubtless But al'owing an average of eight min- appall any ten smokeis who looked the utes to the smoke and multiplying that bunch over, with only one match by nine and a half, we get the al.irming amongst them. The amount of fotd we result of seventy six minutes, or an hour cat in a year piled u p in the same and a quarter, which the college student picturesque way would excite the same steals from the twenty four for his bmok feeling of impotent awe. ing. A little more than one twenty fourth It s the unfairness of thus flinging to- of his time is thus occupied tals at people's heads, in an effort to We will now pass on to the harmless create a startling and utterly wrong im cigar, that innocuous, innocent article pression. When the investigators an- that is always prescribed the cigarette nounce their horrible findings, they do it smoker by his censors. in such a way that the reader gets the An ordinary cigar smoker will average single, striking impression of ten, imma eight cigars a day. Indeed there are so ture, sickly students frantically puffing up many men whom I can think of at this TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND cigar- moment who smoke more than double ettes. The time it takes them to do it is that number that 1 pat myself on the lost sight of. back for making the average so low. That being the case, we will do a little Taking the same 260 days, and counting figuring on our own hook. ten smokers with the daily average of There are 25.000 cigarettes to be eight cigars^ we have a total of 20.800. or smoked, and ten men to smoke them; 420 less than the cigarette average. That's they have got eight and a half months to pretty good, but that's not the way to look do it in. There are about 260 days in at it the college year. A decent cigar will burn at least forty Accordingly each man. in 260 days minutes. Many men can make their must smoke 2, 500 cigarettes and a frac- smoke last them a full hour. We 11 say tion not even an entire ordinary pack forty minutes. Eight times forty minutes ^£ ^gjj make 320 minutes, or five hours and As a matter of fact. I am perfectly twenty minutes that the cigar smoker wiUing to admit that the usual cigarette gives over to h i s habit Four hours smoker considcrabl) exceeds this average, longer, and more than four times so long In fact a man doesn't get into the fiend as the college boy on his stint of nine and class until he is burning up forty or fifty a fraction. The cigar smoker is puffing a day, often more. busily away during one third of his waking I know one man in particular, who hours, and probably seventy five per possesses one of the brightest, most re- (Concluded on page 36) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia IF YOll WANT to be in HAVANA Smoke K^ 5c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office. No 614 Be/'st si(itenif. A' (MIC ii VVm. r77;7,-7 Please Mention The Tobacco World "THE 400's" CIGAR CASE. Ippi:i;ii!i!i'"'"'"iiii!iiii;;""i;iiiii;:'iiii|:'' '■;iiiii;.i::i"i!;iiiiiiii'i!!'i]iii"'''iiiii!irV!!'''i''"i''"'Mi^^ " i^ a!''- ii'ii ';;i|i|l i ''' il|||||iiiiiiiiiii'ilUiii"''il'ii li^"ii|^ ;i;iI|";:;;;m" I iiil' il ' , !;il il'''""'j I :; *■■" ill ' .1. Iliii *ai"li iiiii" 2 ARE VOU IIN IT? Supplying "The 400" with their favorite Cigars? If not, "GET IIN IT»» By using "The 400's" Cigar Case. This new and elegant style of case is made without frame, either of wood to get shabby, or metal to tarnish and require cleaning. Nothing exposed to wear or view except Plate Glass and Marble. All cases are fitted with racks and water trays. Dimensions as follows: Top light, 26 inches wide; front light, 34 inches wide; marble base, TH inches wide; 42 inches high over all. These dimensions can be varied. Made any length from three to fourteen feet with one light in top and front. Price, $9.50 per foot. F. POLLARD, 33-37 Bethune St, NEW YORK Manufacturer of ShOW CaSCS 734 & 736 Superior St, CLEVELAND, O. 949 Liberty St, PITTSBURG, PA. F^ /{ (^ALVEs ^ Qo. ^^^ Havana 123 n. third j^^^ IMPORTERS O^y^"^ ' Phh.adelj»hia gREMER BROS. & gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMEN. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ivnd Dealers mi Leaf Tobacco Established 1883. GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I 700 Franklin St. and loi, loj, lo^ and lo^ South Seventh St., READING, PA. D0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, . PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 251 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. ir Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, Deafer in LfQdit lO DcLCCO SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. PlflLIPPJ.KoLB CdwumTColgan 1 S^PNoRTH Thi RD Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPORTVR OP Sumatra and Havaii')^ Dealer in all kinds of Seed Le^l^ 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. Tobacco velenchik bros. bJ:^>. leaf t0b/i©(3O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA I^niS BVTHINKR J. PRINCS LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Brokers v^UO K21C6 ^t'p|^«| J f t.* and Commission Merchants. £ Kll^ClClpnift* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HABUSSERMAMN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Sumatra."' Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. # THB TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo. "* NVNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers ai\d Dealers of f UELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : ••Angel," Havana 20, HavaAdL p. O. Box 98 AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. BUYS HEAVILY IN HAVANA. The Combine's Buyers Took Nearly 2,000 Bales Out of the Market Dur- ing the Week, Most of Which Was of Low Priced Goods. Other Activity Shown in Spite of Easter Vacation. [Special Correspondence of The Tobacco Quite a movement took place in the Havana market notwithstanding the fact that the past week was Holy Week and the majority of the business places were accordingly shut up from Thursday after- noon till Saturday morning. The trust was the heaviest single pur- chaser, as it took from 1,500 to 2,000 bales of old Vueltas out of the market, mostly low priced goods. The independ- ent manufacturers from the North, and also from here, operated quite largely in old and new crop styles, however, so the aggregate sales reached a fair total, con- sidering the season of the year. Prices remain firm with a hardening tendency, as the dealers have refused to accept bids which did not come up to their expectations on all vegas which will keep during the summer. Partido tobacco seems in no demand at the moment, al- though if it should prove true that the new crop will give us a smaller amount of fillers than usual, there ought to be a call for it later on. Remedios tobacco is actively solicited, but as the stocks are insignificant in Havana, while for the few unsold parcels very high figures are asked, no business can be done to merit attention. As far as the new crop of Vuelta Abajo is concerned one large Northern manu- facturer stated to your correspondent that, from what he had seen so far, he believed the 1905 crop would be about evenly divided in the styles produced by the 1902 and 1903 growths, or in other words one half would be of the desired light, aromatic quality, while tke re- mainder would be of the heavy, rank and uncured yellow leaf, which caused such a heartburn to all manufacturers who were finally compelled to use it because there was no better to be found, but which hung as a drug on our market for over two years. The explanation is easily to be found in the state of the atmosphere, as part of the crop had beneficial, timely rains, while the remainder was raised and har- vested without the showers. As Vuelta Abajo is principally used by the clear Havana industry, and only a small part for the so called seed and Havana cigars, light, aromatic fillers are chiefly called for here as well as in the United States. Partido wrappers owe their popularity to the lighter colors of the leaf, and not- withstanding all the agitation made so far, are still more called for than ever. r I I I World.] Havana, April 24, 1905. The difference in the taste of a Vuelta Abajo wrapper and one from the Partido is as day to night; still the smoker who wants to please his eye more than his palate prefers the latter, because he im- agines a light colored wrapper must be indicative of a mild tasting cigar. The Remedios crop may be a trifle larger than at first anticipated, provided the green tobacco on the poles should dry off in good condition. Sales during the past week run ujj to 5,311 bales in all, vr 4,846 of Vuelta Abajo, 1 1 5 of Partido and 350 bales of Remedios. The American buyers took 2, 195 and the local manufacturers and a few dealers 3, 116 bales. Exports during the week just past were 3,840 bales to the various ports of the United States and 25 bales to Buenos Ay res. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals: Oscar Reinach, of Fernandez Hnos. & Co., E. J. Stachelberg, of M. Stachelberg & Co., Tampa; Milton Herold and C. G. Delone, of the Loeb- Nunez HavanaCo., Philadelphia; Albert KaflFenburgh, of I. Kaflfenburgh & Sons, Boston; Simon Batt, of S. Batt & Sons, B. Wasserman and Sam Wasserman, of B. Wasserman Co., Victor Ettlinger, of E. Hoffman & Sons, New York. Departures: John Fielding, Fred Davis, Simon Batt, Alfred Meyer, Bruno Diar, for New York; Milton Herold and C, G. Delone, for Philadelphia; Joaquin Hedesa and Jose F. Iribarren, for Key West, Tampa and New York; Sol G. Salomon, for Vera Cruz, Mexico. Havana. Cigar Manufacturers this week worked only four days instead of six, as all of the factories shut down on Thursday and started up again today. Business is slack, and there is no incen- tive yet to hurry the few accumulating orders, which are mostly from the United States and South America. H. Upmann & Co. are doing a satis- factory business in the famous H. Upmann brand, and shipped 400,000 cigars last week. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. work the same as previously reported on Flor de Tabacos de Partagas & Co. Por Larranaga cannot complain, as Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, holds good orders from the United States and Canada. Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. bought 500 I I I =:» ESTABLISHEP 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA. ^ Bdcivkers and Commission Merchscnts I I I SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TOIBACCO The Celebrated MANUFACTURERS OP W^ CigKt B tta^nd FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPBZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands La Mas Fermosa yMagnetica de Cuba No. 83 A Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to ordezB. Cigtri made tttictly of tkc rery botl VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. Vknanciu Diaz, SpeciaU Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Anrfeles St.. H A V A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Box 856.' SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) ^'"a'idDeaieMta Lcaf Tobacco FIQURAS 39-41, cbu: -ceut.- HAVANA. CUBA. /\ (^AL.VEs ^ Qo. -ZAiDco HABANA, CUBA. 5-«pARTA©AS>-J Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG a 4^BANb. Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca Cable: CirvR. Proprietors 174 Industrie Street Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de ±abaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba* FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacemstas de Tabaco en Rama Specially in Vuelta, Abajo, Semi VuelioL y Partidb, IndustridL 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOSt Especlalidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArritMl Monte 114, (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. TJ o K O n ^ Cable: Zalkzgon. XXCtUCtilCi* AIXALA ®. CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. •0-^P£CIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYER&.OI P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JA' GflRCIfl PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER AND DEALER. IN VueltdL AbaLjo, PdLftido dLivd Kemedios Cable - Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte js6, cabie-*CAu>A. • HABANA, CUBA. # [ • THE TOBACCO W O R I. D II Established 1834 Independent Yoelta Abajo Factory I Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir IValter Raleigh Lbl Colun\nia de I«l Victoria^, Lal lrm&., and Lbl Guipuzcoana. J. F. ROCHA & CO. bales of Vuelta Abajo this past week, a Vuelta Abajo and Partido during the past sure sign that Ramon AUones must have week. Voneiff & Vidal Cruz continue actively at work stripping for their customers. Don Francisco Vidal Cruz will start his Vuelta Abajo escojida at the beginning of May. G. Salomon y Hnos. turned over 197 bales of Vuelta Abajo, and while Don Sol has gone to look at their Mexican leaf interests, Don Harry has gone to Mani- caragua, thus leaving Don Jose Gonzalez at the helm in Havana. The Norma Martinez Cigar Co. has bales of high grade Vuelta Manufacturers of thfe Celebrated Brands S. en C. orders. Behrens & Co. are quite contented with business in their Sol factory. J. F. Rocha & Co. are buying heavily of the new crop, and while their Crepus- culo factory may be temporarily less busy, they are looking forward to an active season this summer and fall. Calixto Lopez & Co. continue to receive good orders for Eden cigars from Ger- many. "Rafael G. Marques, in his High Life bought 250 factory, is as busy as ever in making Abajo leaf. shipments to Spain. Bruno Diaz & Co. disposed of 160 Buying. Selling and Other Notes of In- bales of Vuelta Abajo, including 10 bales terest. ©f new Partido wrappers, to a local factory. Santaella & Co. purchased 700 bales Manuel Suarez & Co. are very busy of Vuelta Abajo. here, while Don Jose Mendelsohn keeps Manuel Lazo sold 1.500 bales of old up the good work at the New York end. and new Vuelta Abajo. He will move Fernando Gutierrez & Co. made a few to 199 Manrique street on May i, where small sales, amounting to 146 bales of he will have larger accommodations for Vuelta Abajo, to local factories and also his increasing business. He has bought to one Northern manufacturer. They quiteheavily of the new crop, and among start today the escojida of their famous his purchases is the famous vega of Pinar vega Cayo la Rosa in the Partido district, del Ri , El Incinan." f< ''^ Jose F. Iribarren has established him- Fred Davis was a buyer of nearly 400 self at 94 Dragones street as a dealer in bales of Vuelta Abajo for his firm of Sam leaf tobacco, and intends to make several I. Davis & Co. escojidas in the Vuelta Abajo and Partido Manuel Garcia Puiido made some sections, with the assistance of Don good sized sales of old and new leaf, Alfredo Valdez, who was formerly with amounting to 950 bales. the Luis Martinez Havana Co. Don Jose Oscar Reinach has secured between left last Tuesday on a business trip to Key 300 and 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and West, Tampa and New York to see his Remedios leaf for the Fernandez Hnos. various customers personally. Co., of Tampa. Rodriguez, Bautista & Co. sold 140 Loeb- Nunez Havana Co. disposed of bales of Vuelta Abajo. They started 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedios their Artemisa packing last week, and at leaf. Milton Herold, the secretary of the the head of it is Don Manuel Santi Banez, company, brought some good orders the well known and intelligent veguero. along, and posted himself thoroughly They expect to open their San Antonio about the new crop. de los Banos packing on May i, under Simon Batt has made some purchases the supervision of the highly esteemed of the new leaf already, and as usual and experienced veguero Don Jose " Crepuscuio," " Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St. Habana, Cuba Cable :— CREPUSCUI.0 The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. o^ Broad Street, New York, 6RAU, PL/INAS Y 61/1. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, ._ , . . Habana, Cuba Cable : Graplanas. selected only the finest for his La Verdad factory, which will thus be in a condition to compete successfully with any Northern factory. Jose F. Rocha closed out 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo. S. L. Goldberg e Hijos have done an CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LBAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 39, Cable- Bi.«=o- Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BBNITBZ <& CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANAf CUBA. ©A^Ql/i Y Q/{. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: An dam ir A. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. pimaGenistas (e Tanaco eq tania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Reform. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''"i^^of^^^of LEAFTOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses:— 616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Nd.; ** O. Box 433. TcLmpft.. FI«l. \ Mendez Sierra. Your correspondent saw these vegas personally and they contained some of the finest, silkiest, light colored leaf that could be raised. Jose Menendez closed out 128 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. Aixala & Co. have secured and pur- excellent business, as they had a number chased extensively of the finest grown of customers to attend to. vegas in the famous Tumbadero district. A M. Calzada & Co. sold 225 bales of They paid a very high price for one Vuel a Abajo. They bought two large large vega and will commence packing vegis of Vuelta Abajo in Las Ovas and early in May in San Antonio de los Paso Viejo which they will pack them- Banos. Of Remates they have bought selves They shipped 60 bales to one of sufficient to make 2,500 bales, and will their r.impa customers. open their escojida there about May 15. Davul del Monte has made some good, Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez continues to large i/.ed purchases of old and new leaf, buy heavily in the Vuelta Abajo and but le uses to give further particulars. Partido. He is >till in town and hard at work. Garcia & Co. shipped 335 bales of A. Pazos & Co. sold 215 bales of leaf per steamer Morro Castle, but Don Dof Smokers' FaVOritC Brands. BRANCHES: Kerbs, Wertbeim 4S: Scbiilwg, Hirscbhorn, Mack & Co. Straiton & Storm^ Licbtenstein Bros. Co, UNITED CIGAR Manufacturers 1014-1020 Second Ave.. NEW YORK. WANTBD!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiaaLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BL^OCHINGER & CO. Sole Owners aad llanufactarers RED LION, PA. TBB TOBACCO WOBID LBAF TOBACCO. oprices : DETROIT, MICH. |M«8TERDAM, HOLLAND HAVANA .CUBA. NewYowHlk HitMOCNEW. CABU ADDftCSS'TACHUCLA* Manuel is non-committal as regards his of experts declared it to be Partido leaf, doings in the country, although it is This hastcreated a momentary stir, but known they have already operated ex- it is hard to understand how any foreign tensively. tobacco could be brought here with the MunizHnos. & Co. have bought 65.- stringent rules adopted to prevent any 000 matules of Remedios leaf in Santi smuggling of foreign leaf, unless there Spiritu. paying as high as $14 to $15 per was collusion between the exporters and qq. which is a very high figure. They the custom house officials abroad. The expect to open their escojida about manufacturers and dealers here are too Tyjjg J jealous of their interests to permit any Antonio Suarez has opened his pack- smuggling of another country's tobacco, ing in La Salud, and has purchased as it would destroy the supremacy of the largely of this year' s crop of Partido. leaf which Cuba enjoys. Jose H. Cayro e Hijo are working al- The upshot ot this may be that a law ready in their Vuelta Abajo escojida at will be passed to prohibit the free re- Puerta del Golpc, and will skortly start importation of Cuban leaf, and that in two packings in La Salud and Santiago future all tobacco or cigars will have to de las Vegas. pay 1^5 per PO""*^ ^"^X' whether foreign On account of a cry of fraud raised by or re imported Cuban leaf, a local contemporary, that other than Receipt. From tiie coantry Cuban leaf was returned to the port of Havana lately, special experts among dealers and manufacturers were appointed ^^^j^^ ^^^^^ to examine the importations. Two of the g^^^j Vuelta latter were declared to be unmistakable Partido Vuelta Abajo and Remedios. The third Matanzas lot, however, brought here from Germany, was declared by one set of experts as not being of Cuban origin, while another set Week Ending Since S. Clara & Remedios Santiago de Cuba Total April 22. Bales 624 113 77 2 58 Jan. I. Bales 1 1. 147 934 2.138 II 8,664 4.633 874 27.527 <^V^WW9f^^/W^f^/^fV%^f*^^f*f^f^^ NEW YORTSf. lie. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JBROMK WAI^tER BDWIN I. ALEXANDKm JOSEPH S. CANS for their leaf, but a number of them are finding consolation in the fact that busi- ness is so good that they have to buy it. and has not hesitated to sacrifice his own time and interests to the betterment of the association. Mr. Bijur is one of the best informed and most progressive men in the leaf business in this city and n . *u . »u- .v,-,;^..;*., country, and the association is to be con- If the season was so flat that the majority '' c iA ko„o tr. ia« gratulated on being able to secure the of the manufacturers would have to lay b ,. , ^ ^, , • J r J — *:..;« r, f«, »Vi*m services ot such a leader, off hands instead of advertising tor ttiem, they wonld be in much worse shape than they are now placed in by the uniformly The officers and directors of the Inde- high quotations in the leaf market pendent Tobacco Manufacturers' Asso- Very few complaints are heard from ciation met at the Hotel Astor last Tues- such traveling men as are returning from . ^^^ discussed, principally, the resig. their trips or passing through the town, ' , , , , ", , . ,1 *u r> a and there seenis to be a reasonable cer- nation of John Landstreet and the R. A. I tainty of a steady spring and summer. Patterson Tobacco Co. of which Mr. # • i> THE TOBACCO WORLD 13 Landstreet is President. It was decided ported the progress which it has made, that no immediate attempt be made to In order to facilitate certain work, fill this vacancy. First Vice-President H. this committee was discharged with J. Miller serving in the executive chair thanks, and a new one appointed This until the next annual meeting of the asso ciation in October. Mr. Landstreefs action has been dis- cussed by the trade at large ever since he announced his purpose of withdrawing from the organization, and it now de consists of Robert E. Lane, Thomas J. Donigan, W. W. St John, Sydney J. Freeman, and Fred B. Aschner. • • • The following was sent from Elmira, N. Y,, in reference to the judgment A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND velops that the Patterson Co. had really against Joseph Mayer's Sons, of this never been a member ot the association, city, in favor of M Rothfuss, of Corning, owing to the fact that its credentials and as administrator of the estate of John M. resignation were presented at the same Burt, the latter of whom was one of the time. farmers with whom the New York firm Considerable regret was occasioned ^^^ ^^ argument over tobacco contracts by Mr. Landstreefs action, as he is a ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^-j^^ gj^^y ^g ^q\^ by very popular man. It is known that ^^^ Elmira correspondent is as follows: some of the association's views did not ^^ ^.^^ ^^ remembered by tobacco meet those of the retiring President, that gQ^^^s and jobbers that four years ago his step was taken because he believed i^st month there was considerable ado that the least trouble would be caused as a result of the socalled general repudia by his quiet withdrawal. Mr. Landstreet tion of a contract of purchase ^r tobacco uy Ilia 4Uitv , , m what IS known as the Big Flats dis- statcd that his action was taken because ^^.^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^ • ^^ ^ j^^g^ territory, he was not in sympathy with the policy embraced i n Chemung and Steuben adopted at the annual meeting in Phila- counties, where some of the finest and delphia some months since, and under most saleable tobacco in the country is those circumstance he felt that he could g'^^^"- ^^^^^^^ repudiation was by Joseph not properly remain President. He said j^^yer's Sons, of New York city, whose that, personally, he had the best feeling representatives had been to this vicinity toward the association and its members, and contracted for large quantities of r^y * „♦ ♦!,« m-AtmcT «r«»re- tobacco to be delivered at the cars by Those present at the meeting were. ^^^^-^^ . . .• r ..u j i- »vl inosc prcac c Ri«^v growers. At the time of the delivery the Vice President H. D. Miller, S. S. Block, representatives of the Mayers, who came C. Urucklieb, A. Miller, R. F. Whelan, ^^ gjg YXaXs and vicinity, are alleged to Hugh Campbell, John W. Surbrug, J. have brought with them summonses in Larus Chairman Membership Com- large number, and according to the ' ,T TT • A »• c^^^^*n.^^r Statements of the growers, were served on mittce. Saiu H. Harris. Acting Secretary. st^J ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ examinations of the Mr. Larus, Chairman of the Member respective crops at the point of delivery, ship Committee, reported that his com- r^^^ growers had previously been noti- mittee had several properly qualified ^ed by the New York firm to bring the aoplications for membership before it, tobacco to the Big Flats station for de- and the same would be reported upon Hvery, and they had no suspicion that and the same wouiu "^ F ^ ^j^^j^ ^^jg ^^^1^ ^^^ ^e accepted, and after investigation. Hugh Campbell also ^^^^ ^^^ .^ ^^^ j^^^^ prepared for the reported that several manufacturers had sensational turning down that tobacco asked that proper forms for application got generally in the neighborhood, be sent them. The Secretary was ordered The circumstances that papers had to see that papers were sent to the names been prepared in New York before the to sec indi paj^ persons to examine the tobacco came given by Mr. Campbell. .^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ Chemung, indicated John W. Surburg, Treasurer, stated ^^ ^^^ farmers, according to subsequent that the association had now more paid contention made formally in court, no and reeular members than it had intention on the part of Joseph Mayer's J- . i>;e K««i,« the nrevious vear Sons to take the tobacco. Tobacco was according to his books the previous year. ^ ^^^^^ generally on the ground that it and that both the treasury and member- ^^^ ..green, unripe and not in a mer- ship were in excellent condition. Several ^han table condition." of the officers present made enthusiastic jhe complaints against the farmers remarks w®''« practically identical. The action It was regularly moved and seconded by the Mayers against the farmers was 11 was regain y „.^Hna nf to recover damages claimed to have been that the next regular annual meeting ot ^^^^^-^^^ y^^ ^^^ ^^^ york firm through this association he held October 3. 1905, ^^le failure of the farmers to deliver the at Cincinnati, Ohio. kind of tobacco contracted for. This • • • stand of the Mayers was considered re Apropos of this, the Retail Cigar and markable and unusual in the light that Tobacco Dealers' Association of this city, the complaints had been drawn, it is also met last Tuesday evening, and dur Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. lOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAIBE Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cubai MANUEL SUAREZ y GA.. AmUtedOa CoLSON C. Hamilton, formerly of F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co, li. CoNOAi,TON, Frank P. Wiseburn. LouiS Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Ham I WON. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weigtien Sampling In All Sections of the Country Receives Prompt Attenttoa. '«rS5,?;^^~.f;r.rE.^"s^^^^^^^ Sonth St., New Yak PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: 809 East a6th St.; 204-208 East 27th St.; 138-138?^ Water St.; ' Telephone— 13 Madison Square. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 Jobn) New Yorlu Inspection Branches.-Thos. B. EarleT Edgerton, Wis.; Frank V. MiUjIW to6 North Queen street, Lancaster. Pa.; Henry F. Fenstcrmacher, Reading. P»^ Daniel M. Hceter, Dayton. O.; John H. Hex, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; LeonardU Grotta, 1015 Main street, Hartford, and Warehouse Point, Coon.; James h. Day, Hatfield. Ifawi.! Teroni<» S. Rilline*"". rornin-r T" V JM«Miil»»d 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co* taoorters of Sumatra & Havana HP/X fV^ ^4^ A •^Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 vl/OV/\^M 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. claimed, before the tobacco had been aisu iiiw. *. — ., w examined by the Mayers, and was the ing the session expressed deep regret ^^^^ tobacco that the growers could hare over Mr Landstreet's resignation. The raised for that particular season. In subiect was introduced by President fact the defendants claimed that it was suDjeci w ^ 1 ^ 'f Mr T :,nd a^ that they had agreed with the Mayers Robert E. Lane, who spoke of Mr. Land- ^^^^ .^ ^^J^^ ^^ street's splendid qualities and tried to ^^^ utigation with the Mayers on ac describe the loss which his retirement ^^^^^ ^f t^g season's crop took in be- would represent to the Manufacturers' tween two and three dozen farmers, and Association It was decided to send a all but one complained at one stage utter to this effect from the association or another of the proceeding with the letter lo mis cuc^i. Mayers; in each case as understood the to Mr. Landstreet. plaintiffs paying more or less substan- It was also decided at this meeting to ^j^^j g^^^g to the farmers in settlement, eive an entertainment on the evening of The amount, however, was much less the regular meeting, May 23. for which than the farmers felt themselves entitled some unique feature will be arranped. ^"g^gj^^^ defending the actions brought The members of the Brooklyn Association ^jy ^^e Mayers the farmers commenced will be invited. cross actions They sold the rejected The committee on the exposition re- tobacco in the local market at the be^t ro H. 8: Baos Smxtt CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .v.Fine Cigars -v. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence aolicited with large handlers. Write for Samplea. ' ^ G. F. Skcor, Spedi^ F. C. LINDE, HAMILTON (H CO. Original "Linde" New York Seed Leaf Tobacco " Principal Office. 180 Pearl Street, New York City. Bonded and Free Warehouses. 178, 180. 182. 186 and 188 Peaii St Inspection Branches :- Lancaster. Fa,-p. Forrest J 40 EU^^^^ r* vj CXrntK'i^ 2XX Warren St.; h. tiaies, cor. j-caac «. w..^^-- ;; « SW.^a -Wt^ E. Gheen. Anti* Fort. Pa.; East Whateley. Ma.s.-G. F. Edgerton. Wis.— A. H. Clarke. Frank Ruscher Fred Schnaib^ RUSCHER & CO. Tobacco Inspectors Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMPLING Promptly AMended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis. : Geo. F. McGiffin and C. L. Culton. ^^o^^^"^ Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster. Pa. : I. R. Smith, 6io W. Chestnut $L FrMj lin, C; T. E. Griest. Dayton, O. : F. A. Gebhart, u Shore Line ave. "»™5 Conn.: Jos. M. Glcason. 238 State st South Deerfield, Mass. : John C. DecM Meridian, N Y. : John R. Purdy. BaUimorc. Md.: Ed. Wischmcycr & C^ Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight u THB TOBACCO WOEtD G. H. SACHS Manufacturer of Best Grade Seed and Havana HandMade CIGARS 243 NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Pa. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. ♦♦ ••^11 VFK HlflfllM"— ^^^ ^^^^ granulated smoking for either pipe or k3lljV£J\ IilUUii cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS"-?,!jf„fer' "'"'' '°°* "' '"'"'"* """■ "SUN TIME" — A. long cut smoking that always gives satitfaction. "RFD SETTER"-The natural leaf scrap smoking. "SCOUT" and "OLE VIRGINY „ — Good grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DAR.K HOR.SE," "SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS," for the retailer. Write as for samples and prices. THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. Are you looking for a Good PITTSBURG STOGIE? ** Jolly FelloLUs** Hand Made IS THE NAME. Lontf Filler -^"^ Samuel Smith Sl Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Allegheny, Pa. special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain SpraLyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobeLCCo Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make lar^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. €• DAYTON, O. price obtainable and sued to recover the difference between the selling price and the contract price, also asking damages for the alleged refusal of the Mayers to live up to their part of the agreement. One man who refused to settle was M. Roihfuss, of Corning, as administrator of the estate of John M. Burt, deceased. Mr. Rothfuss obtained a verdict before a New York city jury in supreme court for the full amount of his claim for the sale of tobacco with interest and costs. The Mayers appealed, and the past week the appellate division of the fiist depart- ment handed down a decision affirming the verdict of the lower court in favor of Mr. Rothfuss. The affirmance was unanimous. Mr. Rothfuss' claim when he began suit in the spring of 1901 was $»,ooo, and it is now {^1.900. He has been rep resented throughout the proceedings by A. C. and J. P. Eustace, the Mayers hav- ing promment New York attorneys. To- bacco growers and jobbers throughout the country have been watching the pro- ceedings, and lawyers, too, have had an eye on the progress of the case. • • • Louis Klein who has been conducting a retail store at 35 New Chambers street, has sold out to Sam Smalowitz, who will refurnish the place and run it m progres- sive fashion. E. Regensburg & Sons have sent a circular letter to the trade announcing the fact that their well known Havana brand of cigar. The American, is now being sold by leading dealers in England, the Eng- lish colonies, Germany, Switzerland, Bel- gium, Holland, Norway and Sweden. E. A. Kline, of E. A. Kline & Co., has made preparation to sail tomorrow on the Kronprinz Wilhelm, and will remain in Europe between one and two months. This is a business trip tor Mr. Kline, and he has a long list of visits to make. C. Vogt, Jr., of Carl Vogt's Sons, who has been buying in the Havana market, is back in town again and reports having secured some very fine leaf. An auction sale will be held at the New York Custom House on May 18 of unclaimed and seized tobacco including cigars, cigarettes, wrappers, filler and smoking tobacco. John Driscoll, who for a long time has been with the Hillman Tobacco Co., an- nounced that he has accepted the New York agency of the McConnell Scgar Co. ,^of Indianoplis, Ind., for their Sir Jonathan brand. READING BUSINESS ALL RIGHT. Factories slII Have a Share and Steady Volume is Recorded. Reading, Pa., May i. There is a fairly good business among Reading manufacturers, as a rule, and a lew factories are very busy. Howard W. Reigel, who had been for everal years at 317 Penn street, is now superintending a factory in Iowa, and has sold his business out to one of his former cigarmakers. Geo. W. Lehr has been on a week's trip in the coal regions, and just returned on Friday evening. Dan Fleck, of the Fleck Cigar Co., is now busy in helping on the shipment of goods, and is again preparing for another extended business trip through the West, on which he will start about June i. Chas. Fleck, the senior member of the firm, is still covering local territory, but is bringing in a large number of orders. The Penn Cigar Co., which recently bought all the brands of Newcomet & Newcomet, have moved their headquar- ters to the building formerly occupied by the latter at 1138 Franklin street. Kline & Hughes, who some time ago succeeded to the cigar box business of Boyer & Heilig, at 208 Cedar street, are doing nicely. Cressman, Belknap & Cressman, pro- prietors of the Old Honesty Cigar Box Co. , now at 634 Washington street, have changed their firm name by the retire ment of one of the Cressman' s, the firm name now being Belknap & Cressman, E. E. Kahler reports a steady trade but no particular boom, which is perhaps a more wholesome condition, all things considered. J. G. Spatz, of J. G. Spatz & Co., in- forms me that he has every reason to feel satisfied with this year's business and the prospect for continued good trade. Before leaving for his next western trip Mr. Spatz will have completed prelimi- nary details for the launching of a new brand of seed and Havana goods, which will be put up under the name of Heidel- berg, and which is calculated to make a pleasing effect. In the first place the goods are to be strictly high quality, and made under the personal direction of Mr. Saltz, a member of this firm, who devotes h i s energy exclusively to the manufacturing department. In addition the goods and packages will be supplied with a label of highly artistic effect, with all other trimmings to suit, together with some of the most novel and effective advertising. J. W. Ramsey, who has for eight weeks been confined to a hospital here with a broken ankle as the result of a fall on the ice, has at last left that insti- tution, and taken up apartments at the Hotel Lauer. It is hoped that within a week or so he will again be able to get about. A change has resulted in the the Bon Ton Cigar Co., at Ninth and Elm streets. Mr. Edwin T. Hellerick died about two weeks ago, and H. S. Hassler, the other member of the firm, has bought all Mr. Hellerick's interest, and is making some extensive improvements, both exterior and interior. H. R. Eisenberg, a son of Mose Eisenberg, a well known cigar leaf broker of Cincinnati, was a visitor to this city last week, in the interest o f L. Schmidt & Co. , of New York, Sumatra importer, which firm he is representing, with local headquarters at Lancaster. %%%!%%%% Recent IncorporatioAs, Etc. — The Majestic Cigar Company, Cleve- land, Ohio; capital, 1 10,000. Incorpor- ators, J. H. Levy, J. Iv. Miller, Jr., Frank Schenebly, William Davis, C. H. Taylor. — C. A. Tuttle, Huldab Arnberg and A. J. Samuelson have bought the Ross & Swaubon cigar factory, at Moline, 111., and will continue the business. — H. N. Waterfall Company, Chicaf o; capital, 55,000; magazines, tobaccos, etc- Incorporators, Warren Nichols, Harry A. Warren, Joseph M. Griffin. — C. A. Freudenberg Company, Chica- go; capital, |5,ooo. Incorporators, Chas. A, Freudenberg, S. William Polkey, War- ren Pease. —The H. & H. Cigar Company, Petot- ky, Mich; capital, |io,ooo. i ® ) t< ^ a ti ■!) THB TOBACCO .WORLD dAe Johns-Brash Cigar Co. i( Manufacturers of the Celebrated UNCLE DAN 9$ Absolutely Hand-Made LONDRBS AND PBRFECTO SHAPES Main Office: a Lancaster, Pa. L EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. LANCASiTER. MARKET QUIET. Trade Occupied in Entertaining National Leaf Association Convention. Lancaster, Pa., May I. The local leaf market has had another ■quiet week, with a moderate volume of business among local jobbers. Packers have, of course, been giving their attention to the new goods, and in fact, the stock of goods remaining in their hands is comparatively small, and <:an be sold without much effort. Several advance examinations of seme of the early spring packing appear to in- dicate that the goods are sweating finely and that there is much promise of the crops coming out very satisfactory. With continued favorable weather, seed beds will make rapid progress. It will not require a great deal of time until plants will be large enough for setting out. There is still much talk among farmers of the proposed increased acreage. They have, of course, felt much elated at the high prices they have been getting dur- ing the past couple of years, and seem to feel confident that in view of the present apparent scarcity of old goods, prices are likely to remain high, even with an in- creased acreage, and abundant crops. There is, if anything, an improvement in cigar manufacturing circles, and busi- ness seems generally to be more active. The advent of the open door season is regarded as most favorable, and several manufacturers are now feeling its effects. John Slater & Co., stogie manufac- turers, are among the more fortunate ones who are in receipt of orders demand- ing rush shipment. A. D. Killheffer, o fMillersville, made a short special visit last week to some of his customers in Philadelphia and other nearby points. His factory is running full handed. The charter of the Lititz Lithographing Company has been placed on record. The capital stock is $50,000, and the offi- cers are: President, Dr. J. C. Brobst; vice-president, P. B. Bucher; secretary, W. J. Kressling; treasurer, H. Reist Landis; general manager, Joseph E. Hertgen. The plant of the Lancaster Lithographing Company, which is ab- sorbed by the new company, will be re- moved to Lititz in a few weeks. Everything is in readiness for the con- vention of leaf dealers which opens today. A great deal of enthusiasm has been aroused, and there is every indication that the occasion will be one of the most interesting as well as most largely at- tended of any during the past few years. Under the auspices of the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade, the delegates will be royally entertained, and every effort will be made to make their visit to Lancaster so thoroughly enjoyable and profitable, that it will be long re- membered. The trade here is a unit in expressing happiness at having the con- vention held in this city. — Every union cigar factory in Lans- ing, Mich., was closed about a week ago, on account of the demand of the em- ployes for an increase in the scale of wages. The workmen asked one dollar a thousand more. W. H. DAUGHERTY 8t BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers or Fine Domestic Cigars Hif^hest Quality Finest Packai^es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Cable Address: "BUCKY' Arnold's Code No. 5. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. & CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Manufacturers 215 Eleventh Street, Louisville, Ky. We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS, FILLERS and BINDERS Also SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Correspondence Solicited. Samples Sent on Approval. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St., Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM & CO., New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Cigars MAKERS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION Bell Telephone: 44.67A Filbert. GEO. E. CLAYTON, Manager. I [li |6 THE TOBACCO WORLD 3 Established 1&81 THE Incorporated 1902 T@B/ieQ0 World Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^by, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. TEI.BPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Pubushing Co , 224 Arch St., Philada. suggebt that the publicity m in go a little the law, would be to get after the con- slow on that, for there are a whole lot of sumer who takes the package out of the sore corns waiting to be stepped on. If mail, and arrest him for having cigarettes every cigar advertised Havana or con- in his possession. But there is a judical tained in a box marked Havana or difference of opinion on this point, even, Habana were to be thrown out on failure and it is not believed that such extreme to pass a test requiring its filler to be measures will be adopted as a rule, made of tobacco grown in Cuba, there Advertisements are appearing in the would be a considerable number of largest newspapers in the State, placed independent as well as chain stores with there by mail* order concerns, who ob- sadly depleted stocks. It is just as well viously expect to reap a splendid reward not to dwell on this point. as a result of their timeliness. One adver- What we take most exception to is the, tisement offers "all the popular brands tiresome reiteration of the accusation of cigarettes at regular prices, adding one that the trust's stores sell poisonously cent per package for shipping; also ciga- adulterated cigars, with no direct evi- rette papers five cents a package." dence to back it. Such statements carry It is truly an ill wind that blows good no weight with the fickle public and to nobody. The unfortunate part of this breeze is that it is blowing a lot of money out of the State that should remain in. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 3, 1905 AN ERROR. OF JUDGMENT. The Tobacco World has taken occasion in several issues to reprint certain articles from the Chicago Journal comprising attacks on the United Cigar Stores Co. These articles have been reproduced for the single and only reason that the Editor ^^^ independent dealers of The Tobacco World believed that they Continuing, he declares that Chicago were doing the independent cause much smokers will in time appreciate the ag- more harm than good. gressive and fearless stand taken by The Chicago Journal in exposing thie foul and An effort was made editorially and f^^^^^ j-j^^ methods pursued in the trust's otherwise to point out the weakness of the retail stores in contrast to the paid for articles and the illogical and utterly un- pro trust articles referred to in the eastern trade paper. defeat their own purpose. Use your own judgment. A customer goes into a chain store and receives ^«%%%«%«« prompt attention, and at least gets what At its spring meeting the Cincinnati he asks for. He goes into an independ Presbytery passed a resolution "earnestly ent store and hears a lot of abuse deploring" the use of tobacco and intoxi- showered on the chain store. Which eating liquors on the part of ministers, store is he likely to select for regular elders and members of the church. One member, who is probably not We assuredly hope the Chicago dealers precisely anxious to give up his tobacco, of adulterated cheap cigars purchased in maintain their independence on a profit- made an eloquent statement to the effect these stores," says the tobacco expert of able basis and in order that this hope that it made no difference what went into may be consummated, we again ask them a man's mouth, but what came out of it to think it over and see if we' re not right, was a matter of vital importance, and %%%%%%%•> that tobacco and wine were not to be INDIANA LAW A BOOM FOR MAIL ORDER HOUSES According to Assistant Attorney Gen- eral C. C. Hadley, cigarettes can be been opened by them solely for the bene- fit of the public. "The consumer who knowingly patron- izes the tobacco trust's stores is his own patronage? enemy and has only himself to blame if '^ ^^^^ „^^,„ he finds his health shattered from the use considered in comparison with scandal, gossip and backbiting. There is a goodly proportion of decid- edly wholesome truth in the reverend tenable standpoint from which their writer - .^. _ ^^^^^ .^^^ ^^^ 5^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^^ ^.^^^^^ gentleman's remarks, penned hts attacks. The Chicago Journal J-he ^^^ ^P^^^ ^^^^^^ any infringement of the new anti- cigarette ^..^ Journal is hopelessly confirmed in the statute. Moreover, a firm can advertise Cigarettes or cigarette paper cannot has felt the force of this comment suffici *i ♦^..„« 4rx*v,« ««rViirQor» ;nH*.n*»nd*»nt joumai IS nopeiessiy connrmcu in iiic " • - ^ - „ ^ ^ H 11° ouWkUv de?a"men " and ask error of its ways. In sorrowfully accept- in Indiana newspapers a promise to de- be purchased on the passenger trains of f„' "l':!'rrJrr:„ wer Sefu ! ingtheabove'printed interview as bona Hver the forbidden commodity by mail the Lake Shore any longer. The news fide, we dismiss the newspaper from the on order, and the authorities cannot raise case with the statement that the news de- ^^^^^ hand. The only way in which it might be companies have just been notified that the sale of them will not be tolerated on the trains. Other roads, it is believed, to supply some sort of an answer. Secur ing this, the Journal then rushed into print with an accusation as unveiled as it dared that this paper is paid by the trust partment of the paper commenced the • r •„, k • •, the matter it print; relating to the crusade after its advertising department possible to prevent such an evasion of will take similar action. had secured a handsome advertising con- tract from the independent dealers. The head of the independent dealers' The article in ques- for affairs in Chicago. tion is as follows : That The Journal's articles exposing the methods of the tobacco trust's retail stores drive home and are telling blows is shown by the championing of the trust stores' cause of an eastern tobacco trade paper. How much per line the trust pays for the attempted whitewashing process thi^ugh the columns of that paper is conjectural. "Its editors' cry for the live and let live phase of the question might appeal %»%%«^««% «<%%%%«%%% v%%%%«%%% The Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. publicity department certainly must be a H^^g ^j^^ There With the Retailers man of intelligence and discernment or he wouldn't have been selected for the Cutting out the rainy weather, last position. Surely he knows that there is^ week was a good one for the retail mar- nothing so reactive as mere abuse such ket. The Chestnut street stores espe- up in the characteristic style of ?«ll the company's stores. The usual first day inducements were offered of a double certificate to every purchaser, a metal ash tray to the purchaser of a box of as has been heaped on the chain stores cially, did good business, some of them cigars, a Tabard Inn Library member- in The Journal's articles. Surely he does reporting the best week since the first of ship as a premium on $5 worth, a Dun- not approve such raw and crude methods, the year. lap hat on an additional percentage The policy of this paper doesn't enter Taken all in all, though, April has of value, and so on. The store had a to every right thinking consumer if that jnto the question. So far as that goes let been an unpleasant month and one good run of business, and as it is in a dared'^h'^head^of^hVchi^cag^^ '^ ^^ ^^^^^^ o"^® ^^^ ^^^' "^^^ Tobacco which has brought little joy to the re- good location will probably continue to ent dealers' publicity department, "but World is not a trust paper, and neither tailers. It is fervently hoped that May have. The United has been after this the well-known fact that the sole purpose the trust itself nor any member of the will behave itself and give a man a section of the city for a long time, of the trust's entry into the retail business corporation so called, has the slightest chance. Box trade was pretty good last «» is to crush competition and to drive in- influence in its editorial columns. On the week and is likely to continue so, al- L Lewis & Co. sent a big crew of men deoendent dealers from the field answers ,,, .v »,j<-..,,. the trade paper's appeal to 'live and contrary, this paper has the greatest though as the warm weather arrives more over on Monday of this week under the let live.' interest in the independent retailers' men are likely to buy their cigars as they direction of Wm. Turk, and the men "It is true that a great many smokers associations and has always been eager to go along, in the evening. will do missionary work in this city on are no proper judges of cigars and would p^jnt the news of their movements. We Atlantic City is getting a perceptible the company's new Golden Eagle brand brand^from^orTwhk^ ^^^^ "° sympathy for the chain store share of the week's business, and will get of little cigars. Mr. Turk will arrange a quarter,^' ■ admits the trade paper. idea, for its inevitable goal is the throttling an increased portion as the season ad- number of effective window displays, "And right here is where the trust gets of a free business. vances. Dealers have learned 10 expect and he will find that under the direction in its work with the smoker, playing upon It is for this very reason that we have this, however, and some of them have of Z. John Morris, the brand is pretty his ignorance by displaying in their show j-jdiculed The Journal's misguided articles gotten away with the situation by estab- well known in this market already, windows cigars said to be made from the ^^^ ^^^ y^^^- ^^^^^3 i„ ^he City by the Sea. %% best tobacco grown in Cuba for 5 cents. /r/ ° j-.u- jji This is a bare lie on the face of it." con- independent dealers in the Windy City, ^ I. Lowengrund is catching a good deal tinned the independent dealers' official, we ask them to think it over carefully The United Cigar Stores Co. opened its of business at his Tenth and Chestnut else all cigars sold above 5 cents before passing judgment, and see what new branch at Second and Market streets street store, the indow in which is •or must be fakes.' proportion of statements they will admit last Saturday evening at 7 o'clock. The always arranged with a view to catc The public understands well enough ^^ ^^ ^^^ truthful and not even plausible, store is on the southwest corner in the the Chestnut street promenader's eye the philanthropic principles of all trusts j . .u • 1 • j 1. u- r 1 j u *u r» • and is fully alive to the tobacco trust's In •'ceard to the cigar claimed a building formerly occupied by the Bain- %% alleged pretensions that retail stores have Havana, and sold for a nickel, we would bridge Shoe pied by store, and has been fitted Coates Coleman, on Fifteenth street. # <» c i^ \j Always Room for Ons Mors Good Custombk. L« U« oCllCrS & oOH) oCllCrSVUlCf I 8« THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELieE^ R A HIGH GRADE OC.ci GAR FOR 5c. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO says he has no complaint at all on his business this month, and the same can also be said of Yahn & McDonnell, a half block away. W. K. Roedel. E'eventh street dealers finds his The Philadelphia cigar as popular as ever, and he is proud of the fact that he has a cigar good enough to always duplicate. Hancock & Adams says they're busy, and they ought to be. These energetic partners have always got an idea for a good window, and the result is that their stand is one of the tastiest little places along the line The United News Co. is having a new itore fitted up near t h e Fifty second street station 0.1 the Pennsylvania Rail- road, where all the brands handled by this company may be obtained. «%%^««%%«% With MaLaufaLCturers and Jobbers. Manfacturers report that with the close of the Lenten season and the arrival of May, one of the best months of the year, orders are coming in much more freely. Those local manufacturers who do much business in Atlantic City have been busy keeping up with their orders, as the leap in the retail trade down there has been something. One or two manufacturers, during the week, admitted that they were more or lets surprised at the number of orders which their road men had sent in during the last few days. It was expected that business would be fairly good but it was hardly hoped there would be a sudden jump immediately after Easter. Some factories are working all the hands they xan get and have quite as much business as they want to attend to. In these cases, though, it is usually one particular brand that, for cerUin reasons, is being driven. «^ Every few days we hear of a new firm of manufacturers commencing business and they all seem to be able to get their ■hare. As a traveling salesman remarked in a Chestnut street cigar store the other day : "There is always room for one more and one more is always taking advantage ! of that fact" The month undoubtedly shaped up well with the majority of man- ufacturers and they will carry forward a • good balance. B. Lipschutz, head of the new ' '44' ' Cigar Co., named from the address of Mr. Lipschutz's store on North Twelfth street, is pushing his famous brand into a wide market, and the cigar can now be seen nearly everywhere one goes. The quality of the brand has carried it a long way and the company's energetic methods and have done the rest. Teller, Kleinsmith & Co. , of 8c6 Wal nut street, a new firm of manufacturers, have entered the market for keeps and will put out a number of brands of high grade cigars. Leopold H. Teller and Isidor Kleinsmith are the two partners named and both of these gentlemen are experienced in the cigar and tobacco business. They already have a good line of custom upon which they can count. H. BJumenthal, of Jeitles & Blumen- thal. Ltd., is at present in the West, and when heard from during the early part of the week, he was in Kansas City, and had booked some good cigar orders for the firm's Masterpiece and Statesman brands of cigars. F. B. Robertson, the factory represen tative of the Match It cheroot manufac- turers— the Manchester Cigar Manufac- turing Co., of Baltimore, Md , has just returned from a week s sojourn at Atlantic City, where he had gone upon the advice of a physician, to recuperate. He was quite sick for several weeks, and his many friends will be glad to see him about again. The Vicente Portuondo Cigar Co., of Cuthbert street, is receiving some nice orders from the South on its clear Havana brands and the company reports April as a good month. The factory is working to its capacity now with a considerable .Aumber of orders ahead. J. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. A,\AM4 Manufacturers of W7 pigH-liiaili! Seed&HaTani Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. The manufacturers are glad to see the open trolley cars come gliding out of their winter stables for it means increased business. A surprising number of men have to spend a good share of their busi- ness day on the trolley cars and in the winter time they are unable to smoke. With the arrival of the summer car these men immediately crowd on the three back seats and there is a jump in retail sales at once. Owing to the untiring efforts of Arthur Hagan & Co. the Red Devil brand is to be seen everywhere in this section,and is having a good local sale. Hagan & Co. have the direction of a large number of well known brands of tobacco in this section, and as a result each one of them is popular. No little share of this missionary work must be credited to J. Harvey McHenry. W. J. Thompson, formerly a leaf to- bacco salesman with Sutter Bros, and other houses, has taken a position as traveling representative with Julius Alvarez & Co., of Allentown. His terri tory includes Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other more Southern points. He is now on a trip South. Manufacturer of OUR s Cent Cips TKe largest ai\d best CLEAK. HAVANA FILLED 5-ceivt Cigair on the Md^rket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they arc Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. P«l. Geo. W. Bowman ®, Co. Haivover, PaL. Manufacturers of fine C^S^*** ♦ ♦^♦4- ♦ ♦J-f^ THe Boti Bow-man an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars^ i8 THE TOBACCO WORLD The National Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Association Meets in Seventh Annual Session. DELEGATES ENTERTAINED ROYALLY AT LANCASTER. A. Bijur Re-elected President, Charles Fox Elected Secretary in Place of S. H. Koenig. Association Adopts Resolution on Dock Weight and Opposes Further Reduction in Philippine Tariff. Next Convention to be Held in Dayton, Ohio. Lancaster, Pa., May 2. 'pHE NATIONAL CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO ASSOCIATION opened its seventh annual convention in the Hamilton Club in this city yesterday, and while a considerable amount of business was disposed of, it was done so systematically that the convention was able to adjourn this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The majority of the delegates remained over this evening to take advantage of the attractive en- tertainment features so lavishly provided by the local association. One of the most important items of business transacted by the convention was the election of officers and the appointment of committees. The officers were selected as follows: President, A. Bijur, of New York; Vice-President, Louis Newburg, of Cincinnati; Secretary, Charles Fox, of New York; Treasurer, Felix Eckerson, of Philadelphia. Board of Directors : B. A. Kaiser, Boston ; Wm. Lukaswitz, Dayton ; Julius Frei> Cincinnati; Julius Vetterlein, Philadelphia; J. Gust Zook, Lancaster; William Taussig, Chicago; L L. Kemper, Baltimore; B. Haas, Hartford; T. Menninger St. Louis. The following standing committees were appointed : Legislative: John R.Young. Philadelphia; Joseph Cullman, New York; Henry S. Rothschild, New York; E. R. Hecht, Chicago; J. Oberhelman, Cincinnati. Credentials: M. M. Fry, Lan- caster; B. A. Kaiser, Boston; L. A. Wheeler, Troy; Leo Tuska, Chicago; H. Meyer, Cincinnati. Finance: B. Rosenwald, New York; L H. Weaver, Lancaster; Frank Inkstatter, Elmira. Conference: Joseph Friedman, Chicago; J. S. Batroff* Philadelphia; F. W. Miller, Cincinnati. Trade Representations : F. E. Cranz, New York; Robert Granat, York; R. W. Jenkinson, Pittsburg. Arrangements: A. H. Reeder, Dayton ; Louis Newburg, Hamilton, O. ; Thomas Menninger, St. Louis. There was no contest over any of the elections. That the delegates enjoyed themselves both in and out of convention sessions was evident, and the comfort and agreeable entertainment which was provided for them, speaks well for the Lancaster association. Everything passed off in the best manner possible, and reflects great credit on those who had the affair in charge. The local entertainment committee consisted of I. H. Weaver, A. B. Hess and M. Rosenthal The opening of the tirst session yester- day morning found a goodly number of delegates in atteudauce, and it Avas an- noiimed that more were to arrive during the day and the next day. Among those presenting credentials yesterday were the following BALTIMOUE, 1. L. Kemper. BOSTON, B. A. Kaiser. CHICAGO, Wm. Taussig, Leo Tuska. CINCINNATI, George Burger, Fred W. Miller. CLEVELAND, Geo. Lindmueller. DAY ION, Wm. Lukaswitz. DETROIT, H. S. Rothschild. ELMIRA. N. Y.. Frank Inkstatter. HARDFORD, B. Haas. LANCASTER, J. Gust Zook. Menno M. Fry. McSIIERRYSTOWN, I'a., S. L. Johns. NEW YORK, Charles Fox. F. M. Dolbeer, Beuno Rosenwald, E. A. Krausman, W. E. Bird, Fred Cranz, Jos. Cullman, Leopold Colin, E. J. Alexander, E. P. Wisenbanm, .Jas. Ertheiler. PHILADELI'HIA, .Tnlins V.lterlein, .1. S. Ratroff, Chas. Hippie, L. r. Kimmig. J> Griuoaky. PITTSRTRG. I. A. Ri.li. REAIUNG. .John V. IVhr. SAN riiANClSCO, V. (ioslinsky. ST. LOlIS, Tl»os. Meininger. TROY. O.. L. A. Wheeler. WINSTEI), Conn., L. yi. Case. YORK. V.\.. R. M. Cininat. MeetlHHT <'mII«'<1 to Order. The convention was cjilled to order by President A. Rijnr. and in tlie absence of Secretary Koenig. W. L, Cronnse, the association's Wjishington reprej^entative, was appointe*! secretary pro tern. J. Haiii|»t«>ii M4M»r«* Tnlkf*. •T. Hampton Moore. <'iiief of the Rn- rnea of Manufactures of tiie Depart- ment of Commerce and I^alior. was then introduce*! and spoke for about a half hour, lie spoke in favor of the Depart- ment of Commerce and Labor, and the ac«'o State, and ex- plained the suitability «»f I^ancaster as a meeting place for the National As.socia- tion. THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. President A Bijur then read his an- nual report, as follows: (Jentlemen of tli»' Convention: In tendering my rejKtrt t«» the Seventh Aimual Conventii>ine reducticm project. All of the cigar leaf growers' associations, retail dealers' associations, tobacco manufac- turing .-issociatioiis. :iiid the Cigjir-Mak- ers* I'nion, have joined us in (»ur light: and when the Southern growers' asso cialifMi learn. ;is we have done only lately, that the rMiili|>i»ine Islands manu- facture annually 4,.'> T'nited St.-ites. we believe they will l.'iid us enthusiastic aid: this will make the entire toba<'ci» industry .•I unit in <)pi>osition to the Philijtpin'e tiiriff reduction measure, with the reser- vation^ that the position of the Anieri- «an 'I\»b:icco Company is unknown as regards tliis matter. You know of the storm of protests that i)oured in on Congress from the ti>- bacco trade when the W.iys ami Means C*> revived in the next Con- gress, and that it will r*'(|nire our utnirist *'fr<>rts to defeat the s«-lieme. The demand for a n'duf War, Mr. Taft. an*! fn.m lh*> Phili|.i.in<. toW.cc trade, .-i .'n-nt |)jirt ..f whi«-h is in the hands of lOuroiM'Mus. These Manila *'onceriis naturally clamor for entrv into om* markets, but they abso- lufdv fail to make «Mit their case that ♦^he T^hilinnine tol»ncco iT»dustry Jms -.snf- f'Mcd "voMti'- because of th^ Americnn "c<-iipation of the island.s. There is no interest taken by the American public in the matter, aud the many newsi>aper editorials endorsing the reduction on l'hilii)pine tobacco are so obviously in- spired by the War Department in Wash- ington that they may be disregarded as reflecting in any way public sentiment. We can dismiss the influence of the riiilippiue tobacco trade's demands with small consideration, because we can dis- prttve their statements; we can disre- gard the newspaper editorials, because they contain little but abuse of us, and it is so screamingly obvious that we as toltacco men know better what will in- jure us than editorial writers, Avho know nothing of our business. But Secretary Taft's activity is a matter of the great- est concern to us. Every one knows him to be an able and energetic gentle-^ man, with goodness, ability and re-*' sourcefulness written all over his per- son. He has great influence with Presi- dent Roosevelt, and his position as Sec- retary of War adds to the influence his personality alone would have on Con- • gress. He has not hesitated to use any means in his power to further the claims of the Philippine Islands, whose cause he has made his own; it is peculiar that, blinded perhaps to the niceties by the desperate desire to carry out a philan- thropic purpose, tliis high-minded gen- tleman should use methods that he would be the first to condemn were they employed by a professi*mal lobbyist. If the proposed junket to Manila, on which Secretary Tah intends taking an in- fluential body of Senators and Repre- sentatives at the expense of the Philip- pine treasury, under the scarcely de- cently veiled pretext that a ten-days* stay in the islands will enable them to become familiar with Philippine trade c*>nditions— if this junket is not a bare- fa<'ed bid for voters in favor of the fariff- reductirity f<)r the rhilippin«'s may be achieved in other w.iys than at the expense <.f our industry! and that the IMiilippine tobacco tra*le will |>e made prosi>er(»us l)y its home oses an expense th;it .ill of onr people and industries will sh.-ire. an*l do«'s not put (he <-(»st of ssi<>ns. and resort to other metli«>ds than continuous atta<'ks on our sugar an*! toba<'*'o iiulnstries. I urge that a very full dlscussi«)n of the Philippine tariff probl.-ni be lield at this Convention, and tliat plans f(U' ur trade with the island of Cub.q ai-p concerned, statistics are yet lacking f0.'> were in- fluenced by the pendency of the reci- procity treaty, dealers and manufactur- ers carrying snuUl stocks to avoid loss should the treaty unexpectedly go into force. A very determined effort has been made in certain (piarters, .ind especially by those who have urged the revt'nue stamp, to be placed on the bi)ttoin of the box, and in due course made public his ruling in the matt<>r. Although, as you are well aware, the subject was one that had beeu freely canvassed in the trade for more than a year no lu-otest against the prop*)sed action was made in any quarter until the plates for the in>w, stamps were well under way, when the American Tobacco Ciunpany, through its legal department, filed a formal ob- jection, whi*h it subse*iuently sui)ported in an extended brief. Not content with these measures, the trust also invoked powerful political influences, and brought strong pressure to bear upon Mr. Armstrong to induce him to rescind his ruling. The tactics thus employed were thoroughly characteristic of this corporation, and their failure in this in- stance will afford all independent to- bacco interests far more gratification than was d<»rived from the mere aboli- tion of the old import stamp. Following the usual practice in such cases, Mr. Armstrong gave a hearing to the protestants at the New York cus- toms house, but subsequently announced that no evidence had been adduced that would justify any modificatiou of his ruling. President Roo.sevelt's attention having been drawn to the matter, he decided that, in view of the peculiar features of the c*introversy, it would be advisable to permit both sides to be heard at a public hearing before the Ace ing Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. H. A. Taylor. This hearing proved a notable event. Resides the officers and repre- sentatives of your association, there were present representatives of the Clear Havana Manufacturers' Association, a number of well-known cigar manufac- turers, representatives of the Independ- ent Tobacco Manufacturers' Associa- tion, several oni(.*ers of the American Federation of I^abor and the Cigar Makers' International Union. The trust was represented by a member of its law department and an official of one of its constituent companies. The hearing was protracted and elaborate, and exhaust- ive arguments were presented on both sides. A complete stenographic report of the hearing was then laid before President Roosevelt, and after several conferences at the White Hou.se, parti- cipated in by the President, the Attor- ney General and the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, a decision was ren- dered which was subsequently an- nounced by Secretary Shaw, 'who re- turned to VVashington to give the matter his personal attention. In deciding the case the Secretary said: "The testimony establishes the fact that the pre.sent stamp is used as a trade-mark by the cigar importers; that this trade-mark is valuable to them and confers an advantage upon them as against the manufacturers of cigars in the United States, and that cigars are, in effect, the only commodity imported into the United States that receive the benefit of such a trade-mark. In view of the fact that this Government stamp, in its present form, undoubtedly gives a pecuniary advantage to those using it, it seems that the order already issued by the Department is, in its essence, proper. The Government's business is to collect the revenue and to provide so far as possible against fraud; but it is not the Government's business to fur- nish a guaranty in the form of a trade- mark for the benefit of the goods. This should be left in the tobacco business exactlv as it is in all other business. "The Secretary permits the order made bv Mr. Armstrong to stand so far as it relates to reducing the size of the stamp and to attaching it in a less con- spicuous place on the box. He reverses the order wherein it required the stamp to be of the same color as the mtemrtl revenue stamp, and it will be placed on the bottom of the box, instead of the top, but at the end where it now ap- pears opposite the internal revenue stamp. . . .„ "The result of the decision will pro- tect the domestic manufacturer from a customs stamp available as an adver- tisement, and it protects the importer also by giving him a stamp of a dis- tinctive color, which can be seen by the purchaser if he cares to make examina- "The Secretary has given orders that new plates be prepared for printing the stamps, and placing them upon the boxes of imported cigars, in acordauce with the decision reached." Tt would be idle after so short a lapse of time to undertake to measure the ad- vantages secured by the domestic cigar trade in the important modification of the import stamp thus brought about. The overshadowing consideration to be kept in mind is the notable victory oyer a powerful corporation by a combination of independent interests banded together in a just cause. The far-reaching effect of such a triumph cannot be overesti- mate*!. an*l slwtuld inspir*> us with an ir- resistiide enthusi.'isni in all onr future canipaiuiis. "i-:s(i»iiiitiiiiK-" CmitcstM. The National Cigar Leaf Toi)acc*. As- sociation has lt*'en <-oiMpletely su<-«'essful in establishing its view that lln' t'stiinat- ing coi!l«'sts coutbicted by the Floradora Tag Comi'any have bc'U in .'ff»Ht lot- teries and, therefore, illegal. You will remember in this connection that it \yas de*'m*Hl in'cessary in the ♦'fl'ort to bring this «piestion properly liefore the Court to cause the technical and purely fility for whatever appeared in his journal did away with a great many legal ditlicul- ties surrounding an attempt to bring the question at issue home t*t the editors of other papers publishing the adver- tisement complained of. District Attorney Jerome, Assistant District Attorney Gans and Samuel II. Guggenheimer, counsel to the Asst)cia- tiou, all of New York, conducted the case brought to sustain our contention. Defeated in the New York Supreme Court, and in the Appellate Division, our case was appealed to the highest State Court, the Court of Appeals. By a unanimous decision that Court found the advertisement complained of to be the advertisement of a lottery, and its fur- ther publication was necessarily stopped in New York at once upon the rendering of this decision. Immediatelv after the announcement of the decision of the New York State Court of Appeals in this case I forward- ed a copv of the opinion of the Court to the Association's Washington repre- sentative, with instructions to take the matter up with the Post Office Depart- ment, in the hope that the Postmaster General would see his way clear to es- tablishing a comprehensive rule covering all such contests. At that time a pe- culiar condition of affairs existed in the Post Office Department. Rulings simi- lar to that made by the New York Court of Appeals had been handed down by other tribunals in various jurisdictions, but the preponderance of opinion in Federal Court decisions favored the le- galitv, though not the morality, of this class of contests. The decision in the Floradora case, however, was so sweep- ing and so strongly fortified in law and good morals that the Postmaster Gen- eral at once decided to refer the entire subject to the Attorney General for his opinion. When Attorney General Moody took the matter up for consideration he found on the files of the Department of Justice the opinions of two of his ijrede- cesors declaring such contests to be within the letter, if not the spirit of the law; nevertheless, with the addition- al light shed upon the subject by the decision of the New York State Court of Appeals, he had no difficulty in reach- ing the conclusion that such schemes were unquestionably in violation of the Federal Anti-Lottery laws. In the course of an elaborate opinion forwarded to the Postmaster General, Gen. Moody s&id * "The Court in this case proceeded upon the broad ground that it was not necessarv to bring a scheme within the inhibitions of the statute that the dis- tribution of prizes should be dependent whollv upon chance, but that if the scheme was not a 'legitimate business enterprise,' and the distribution was de- pendent largely upon chance, the statute was violated. ... . "Conceding that the estimates in such a contest will be to some extent affect- ed bv intelligent calculation, the ques- tion "is. nevertheless, irresistible that it is largelv a matter of chance which com- petitor will submit the nearest correct estimate. ^ , j«^*„j "The estimates cannot be predictea upon natural and fixed laws, since the total number may be affected by many conditions over which the participants in this scheme have no control, and can- not possibly foresee." /^ „„i In conclusion the Attorney General said that in view of the construction giien the law by the Supreme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, he was "constrained to disregard the ruline of this Department previously referred to " nnd to advise the Postmaster Gen- eral that he was authorized to deny the use of the mails in the future to all such schemes. The opinion thus rendered was promptlv adopted by the Post Office Department, and has been promulgated for the guidance of the entire service. Manv contests were at that time under w'av*on the basis of permission previ- ouslv obtained from the Department, but So permits for such schemes have since been issued, and contests of Jhis charac- ter have now been entirely abandoned. Having lieen established beyond ques- tion that the enterprise con*lu«'t*'d by the Fliu-;idora Tag Company was a lott*>ry run under th»' name of an t'stiniating contest, it is the contention of *>ur As- sociation that this violjition of the law, even though carri*'*! on in a guise that made it se**ni i»roliabI»' that th<» provi- sions of the various anti-lottery statute's had been suc<"essfully evaded, shoiihl not go !)y without some deterrent jienalty being visited upon the offemling com- pany.or the corporations for which it was serving as ;i clo.-ik. To this end w*' have worked with the I>istrl<'t Atorney of New York County. Mr. Jerome, ami urged him to bring s\iit aciinst the Florailora Tag Company, tlie American (^igar <'om- panv, the American Tobac*'o Company and* the Continental Tobacco Company to recover from them the sum *»f .$2K7, 500, the amount offered as ])ri/es for the so-called estimating cont«'sts, and which is forfeited to the poor of the County of New York under the State anti-lot- tery statutes. It is to be expected that the American Tobacco Company's attor- nevs will endeavor t ) prev<-nt the luing- ing of this suit on the ground that they made inquiry of the Post Office Depart- ment and discovered that it would not at the time of inquiry ex- clude newspapers carrying this 'es- timating" advertisement from the mails, and on the ground that some of the lower courts virtually de- clared that the scheme successfully evaded the anti-lottery statutes. Our Association is not actuated by motives of spite or revenge: but if a trust can gather the fruits of an evasion of the law for three vears, and when this eva- sion is finally laid bare and made in- effective, and a clear violation of the law on its part shown, if the trust is to go free simply on the ground that its hope of having successfully evaded the law has been disappointed, then it becomes a hopeless task for an inde- pendent as.sociation to see to it that the law is observed with equal respect by the great combination and the small in- dividual merchant. Our counsel, Mr. Samuel H. Guggenheimer, has been in- structed to assist the District Attorney in anv wav possible in the carrying on of this suit, and it is our reasonable hope that Mr. Jerome aud Assistant District Attornev Gans will bring this case to a successful issue. The suit has been be- gun, and if success can be attained, a sturdv blow will have been struck at the miserable practice of the great corpor- ation in perhaps following the letter, but violating the spirit of the law, a repre- hensible effort that seems to occupy a great part of the time of tlie learned legal gentlemen whom they retain an- nually. ,, . .. ^ In this connection, as well as in the probable event of an investigation of the trust by the Federal Goverument, it la to be carefully noted that we have never expressed hostility to corporations as such, nor do we in any way deny their absolute right to compete with us fairly and legally. But we have long felt it necessarv to keep close watch on their business methods, as it has seemed to us that they have been ever ready to take advantage of loopholes left in the laws. Whenever and wherever it is possible, it must be our function to call the attention of public officials to evasions of the law, and to call on them to inflict the penalties provided when we can prove that the law has been violated. The great corporation has me advantage of its wealth, in that it nai no additional expenses for legal service* in meeting suits we may cause to be brought, and it almost always reaps the full advantage of its misdeeds before their illegalitv can be established: but bv adhering firmly to our policy we can make this svstem of evasion eventually unprofitable, and too dangerous to be in- dulged in. InveMtlsation of the Tob««co Tr»«t. The methods pursued by the so-called Tobacco Trust, not only in the purchase of its raw material, but in the sale or its finished products, have attracted much attention during the past year, and it will be gratifying to our memberi to know that the methods employed by this concern are now being carefully scrutinized by the Department of Jus- tice with a view to ascertaining whether an action for violation of the anti-trust laws can be sustained. At the date ot our last convention there was pending in the House a resolution prepared by Representative Tawney, calling for an investigation of the Trust by the Bu- reau of Corporations of the Department of Commerce and I^abor. At the same time. Representatives John Wesley Gaines, of Tennessee, and several other Congressmen from the export tobacco districts were using their best efforts to induce the Attorney-Geueral to make a case under the Sherman law. Mr. Gaines' efforts finally resulted in in- structions to the United States Attorney 20 THB TOBACCO WOULD THE TOBACCO WORLD for the District of 'romn'sscc to hejrin an iiKiuiry, jukI suliseinuMitly si sin'cial attorney was ai>i»ointe(l to assist him in the work, the selection falling: upon a hiwyer peculiarly well ei>ointed by the lutlepcutlent Tohact-o Mauufa**- turers' Association called upon the At- torney (leneral and the Chief of the Bureau of Corporations, and laul he- fore them a larjre amount of informa- tion with respect to the methods em- ployed iiy I he Trust in the enf«n-cement of ex<-lusive coutrai-ts desi;rued to shut independent ;:oods out of the markets. Not lout: after a second special attorney was appoii'.ted to assist iti the incpiiry. It would not he proper at this sta>re of Mr. Louis Nkwburgh, « Elected Vice President proceedings for me to attempt to out- line what has been accomplished in this investigation, hut it is confidently be- lieved that the results will he of preat value to all indeitendent interests. Durinj: the closing days of the Jast session, Representative Ivehoe, of Ken- tuckv, presented a resolution in the House callinp upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to make an m- dependent investigation of th«' sitim- tion,in the export tobacco districts with special reference to the manipulation of E rices, and the restriction of competition y the Trust. Had it been deemed ad- visable to pass this resolution it would have been broadened so as to include the sale of manufactured products, btit after conferences between the advocates of this measure and the Attorney General it was decided that the work of the Department of Justice would probably be embarrassed by a second investiga- tion, and the resolution was, therefore, permitted to die in the House Judiciary Committee. 1 violate no confidence in sayinjr that while the Department of Commerce and Labor has as yet re- ceived no instructions from Congress to investigate the methods of the Tobacco Trust, it is gathering a large amount of valuable information concerning its practices, and is in a position to report thereon upon very short notice should Congress deem it advisable to direct a special inquiry to be made. 1 call upon all of the members of our association to extend their aid in every conceivable way to the representatives of the Department of Commerce and Labor, should assistance or information of any kind be asked for. Anti-Coupon Liefflslation. No attempt to secure the enactment of a Federal anti-coupon law was made during the last session of Congress, as it was recognized that no measure of this kind would have an opportunity of consideration. As the Otjen-Tawney bill, which had received our endorse- ment, and been favorably reported to the House in the previous session, had lately disclosed certain possibly uncon- Btitutional features, it was determined that a new bill be drawn up ready for introduction at the first favorable mo- ment. This has been undertaken by Mr. John Landstreet, and he has evolved a measure whose main feature is that it provides a tax on the redemption of every premium device possible in connec- tion with packages of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff, etc. This measure is constitutional beyond doubt, and has the endorsement of our association. I bespeak for it the hearty support of all of our members. |}o«'k Woiuht aiul 'I'arifl' KevlHtoii. We h.ive met with no success at all in oin- efforts to have the (iovernment levy tluties on the withdrawal weights of i)ackages of tohacct) inst«'ad of on dock-weights. liut a sjilendid oppor- ttmity to secure this change will come next fall, if, as is probable. Congress shall decide to revise the tariff. There will be no opposition to this change in duty assessment from any tobacco in- terest, and 1 believe it should be pos- sible for ns to come to an luiderstanding with the growers' associations, so that they will aid us in securing relief from the unjust imposition of customs duties involved in the method used at present. 1 am sanguine of securing the growers' assistance for any fair relief we may ask, as 1 take it that we all recognize that the tariff readjustiui nt conn ni- l)lated will he a very moderate one. and that our expectations will express them- selves in accord with the possibilities. If we can agree with the growers and manufacturers before revision of the to- i»acco schedule is taken up by Congress 1 feel confident that we shall find that biidy very ready to give us fair and reasonable treatment. I recommend the matter of the revision of the tobacco tariff schedule to yt)ur earnest considera- tion, and advise that you indicate as plainly as possible the course retrarding it you desire your new administration to pursue. ing this n'port may he gathered from the following extract therefrom: "It has never been the policy of the I'nited States to have a permanent bank- ruptcy law. Wt' think that the i)resent law has served its i)uri)ose, and that it should he repealed. . . . We do not believe that there is any necessity or any general public demand for the longer retejition of the law. It has tended to burden the Federal Courts with litigation which, we believe, could be just as well condutted by the Courts of the States. Doubtless the people of the various States uphold honest laws, and the Courts of the various States administer justice as honestly, faithfully, and fully as do the Federal Courts. Bankruptcy law and other unnecessary (Congressional legislation, creating new civil remedies an •will be of even greater service in times of depression and business adversity. For these reasons we earnestly iuote'st against the passage of the bill, and the conseipient repeal of the law." llie argument so vigorously presented in this prot«'st served to deter the House leaders from providing an opportunity for the consideration of the Clayton bill, and it, therefore, failed of passage, much to the satisfaction of the entire business comnuinity. 1 would earnestly request you to keep this important subject in mind, and to be prepared to respond promptly should your officers find it nec- essary to call upon you to co-operate in the efl'ort to prevent the repeal of this most efficient and desirable law. Rt>Mti-lctlon 4>f niilk SuleH. Your attention was drawn by my pre- decessor to a measure pending in Con- gress at the date of our last annual convention, which is directly related to the subject of bankruptcy, namely, the enactment of a Federal law prohibiting the unrestricted sale by mer<'hants of their stock of merchandise in bulk in the District of Columbia and the Terri- tories. This bill, which was drawn on the lines of the present New York State law, passed the House of Representa- tives early in the last Congress, and was pending in the Senate at the date of our last annual meeting. It was subse- posed sale, and of the said cost [irice <.i the merchandise to he sold, and of the price proposed to he paid therefor by the purchaser. "The seller shall at h-ast five days lie- fore such sale fully and truthfully an- s\yer in writing, under oath, each and all of said inquiries. "Sec. 2. That nothing contained in this act shall apply to sales matle by executors, administrators, receivers or any public officer conducting a sale in his official capacity. "Sec.3. That except as expressly pro- vided in this jict. nothing therein con- tained, or any act thereunder shall change or affect the present rules of evidence, or the present presumptions of law." While the operation of this statute is restricted to the District of Columbia and the Territories, its chief importance lies in the fact that, being a Congres- sional enactment, it will serve as a mod- el for the Legislatures of those States which have not yet provided similar leg- islation. Several States have jiassed laws modeled laint regarding lack of uniformity in the sampling of domestic tobacco has devel«»ped in the «'0urse of the year. In any treatment of this question it must be remembered that while it is important that every safeguard shall be offered to the purchaser of to- bacco, uo unreasonable burden must be placed on the sampler. A sampler's guar- antee must have established limitiitions. but these should V)e so jilain as to be readily comprehensible to the bny«'r; ami above all, a sampling standard must he fixed. A very able committee of the New York Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade recommended a number of pro- visions covering this subject to that liody, aft«'r long consideration of the methods of sampling now in vogue; 1 31 rectmimend tlu'ir report, which ftillows: to the consitleratiiiu ot this j-tinvention: 1. Inspectors shall use only "(Juaran- teed" for "Top Sample" tick«ts. A. Samples hearing guaranteed tiekets shall lie guaranteed liy the mspe. Where the contents of a case of tfibacco is in unmerchantahh' order, u ri'cord of such case to be kejit by the inspector and the party for whom such tobaccti may have been sanqiled so no- tified in writing. 4. No tfibacco to be sam])led with a gnaranteeil sanqile tickt't affixed whi. Inspectors shall agree with the Trustees of the Leaf Tobacco Beard of Trade during the month of .Inly in each year on a period as to their liability on their samjiles of all new tobacco, which shall he advertised to the trade. I recommend very earnestly that the services of Mr. W. I^. Crounse. who has so ably represented our interests in Washingtoration, the change resulting greatly to his financial advantage. Mr. Armstmng's successor, .Tames B. Reynolds, has been in office less than two months, but is rapidly mas- tering the intricacies of what is un- doulitedly the most important division of the Treasury Department. The rela- tions of the re|>resentatives of your asso- ciation with the new Assistant Secre- tary are most cordial, and in every way satisfactory. to of in- of Mr. I. H. Wfavhr, Chairman Committte on Airangementa Lancaster Leaf Tob. Board of Trade. you that he requires neither introduc- tion nor commendation from me. but I cannot refrain from saying that his splendid intelligence and wide grasp of toba«co trade matters have nnide him invaluable to the tobacco industry of the entire country. I desire to ex|)ress my gratitude Messrs. Young. Cullman ami Fox. the Legislative Committee, for their variably ready a.ssistance ami advice. I want to thank the I-eaf Board riiiladelphia and New York on behalf of our association for their very generous voluntary contributions to our funds. 1 am delighted to say that I can single out no Leaf Board to thank for its ac- tivities in response to requests from the National Association, as ea.MJIM.IIL>^i:ll.lli'^<.H;M 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 Mze, ot li mow used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers rhich bear these stamps were manulactured in Cuba. the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Republic ciOAm Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobacco The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, ag"*"": tmf packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba. who. jomtly with the Oo of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, 5d by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the stamp mitate, or in any way render useless the guaraalH Presidency of the Republic: dark bio*. 1VIATCH=IT Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars and MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., Baltimore, Md. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. honorable reKJird Iroin our iieoiile ami from our le;.'islators; it is the tuuotioii of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco As- sociation to safeguard tobacco interests, and to insist on their proper recotrnition. There will be no practical Ihnit to the amount of good the association can do, if its new officers receive the same cor- dial and enthusiastic assistance from its members that has been accorded the re- tiring administration. Credential Coimiilttee. At the beginning of this morning's session, Mr. Cullman offered a substi- stute for the sixth clause of the resolu- tions regarding sampling, which clause failed yesterday. This read: Inspectors shall be liable f o r their samples of old tobacco for a period of six months, unless it can be proven by the inspector that the damage occurred after inspection. This substitution was carried without discussion. Mr. Newburg, chairman of the com- mitte on resolutions, reported a num- ber of resolutions which the committee I JAMES ADAIR, I Successor to ADAIR & REIFF. ^ ; Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco OflSce and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Larije Stock of PENNSYLVANU BROAD LEAF. ZIHIIER SPANISH, LIHLE DUTCH and GEBHART. After the appointment of a Committee • lu Credentials the meeting adjourned until after lunch. At the oi)eniug of the afternoon ses- sion the Committee on Credentials, which consisted of Messrs. Burger, Cin- cinnati; Fox, New York; Kaiser, Boston; Tuska, Chicago, and Rosenthal, Lancas- ter, reported, and the meeting proceeded, had prepared, and which were taken up The next hour and a half was taken . i r j tu c » ««. up by a discussion over the advisability separately for discussion. The first was. of adopting the sampling provisions Resolved, That we reaffirm our posi- '{,lHf^Z', ';Jf 'TradX^nd t 'imliued t-n favoring a sp«ific rate of duty on all in the latter p«.rtion of President Bijur's imported tobacco Mr. Vetterlein, of Philadelphia, offered an amendment mentioning 25 cents a pound as the specific rate, which was address. After a lengthy argument the resolutions were adopted practically in- tact and as follows: Saniitllns: ProvlMions. 1. Inspectors shall use only "Guar- anteed" or "Top Sample" tickets, (a.) Samples bearing "guaranteed" tickets shall be guaranteed by the inspectors, (b.) Where the samples are drawn it shall 1)6 conspicuously so stated on sample t ickets 2. Tobacco to be represented as found, either dam- opposed, and on motion, lost The orig- inal resolution was carried. The second resolution read: Resolved, That it is the sense of the convention that the efforts here- tofore made t o reform the dock ;;'^eVm"%'"mordyT^n\igroaBe:'?o weight question are heartily approved, be so marked on sample tickets. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of & Dealeiv itt LEAF TOBACCO, .3. Where the contents of a case of tobacco is in unmerchantable condition a record of such case or cases to be kept by the inspector, and the party for whom such tobacco may have been sampled to be so notified in writing. 4. No tobacco to be sampled with a guaranteed sample ticket affixed which is not sound as the sample ticket shall indicate. 5. Inspectors shall agree with the trustees of the various Leaf Tobacco Boards of Trade, in connection with the directors of the National Cigar Leaf Association, during the month of July in each year, on a period as to their liability on their samples of all new tobacco, and which shall be advertised to the trade. A suggested additional clause, to the effect that inspectors should be held liable for their samples of all tobaccos, fxcept for damages occurring after in- spection, was denounced as ridiculous and impractical and failed of adoption. At the close of the afternoon session and the officials of the association are hereby authorized to continue the work along the same lines and to obtain the desired legislation in connection with any revision of the tariff that may be under- taken by the administration. This resolution was unanimously adopt- ed without discussion. Mr. Newburg then rjead three resolutions on the Phil- ippine question which were not taken up until afternoon and which will be treated in proper sequence in this article. A resolution was then adopted to re- tain for another year the services of Wm, M. Crounse, the association's represent- ative in Washington. . This was followed by the quick and unanimous adoption of resolutions that the thanks of the association be tendered the guests entered special trolley cars to all the tobacco trade journals for their and were taken to Pequa, on the Susque- active support of the association's meas- hanna river, where a delightful shad ures, to the Lancaster Leaf Tobacco dinner was served and the balance of the Board of Trade for the courtesy and con- evening was agreeably spent, the party sideration shown in its entertainment of returning about 1 1 o'clock. the delegates, and to J. Hampton Moore, • For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tabushed ^sso. k. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD as =ren CO § CO -OUR TWO BIG SELLERS- We Guarantee them to be Free from Adulteration, Full Weight, and Choice in Every Respect, by placing them Over Our Own Signature. CO s CO if is^TJ^ *' '^Z .^^ . li. ill!) ^\)':,i\ ■mi ^^^//f//// *,//,' ..A\V ll'ri. Ii>i- MARK 11' L^HWIN6J5M0KING ■I3?nagt] o , THE GLATFELTER-SNYDER TOBACCO CO. Pactery No, 38, von, PMNNA., U. S. A. Ninth Dist., Pa. GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa* ♦♦':♦♦ Manufacturer of ^ORD%(/|«^ '.1 fl|^BBB Mgi^ggm-Xf Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Uaioa Riders, Sweet Tips, Cuban EmuleLtor, GeneraLl Post, Pretty Nell. inryisheipmh;.™. Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦♦ Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. ♦♦ ♦♦ WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AYENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦^♦^ 24. THE TOBACCO WORLD > ■ I .• -*• OUATI UTY GAR I lHEOBALD&0PPENHEIMERC0.PHiLA.lTH[lJNITEDNEWS[O.PHILAP>stribi Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Jf^ A T? ^ Hand-Made %^ JL Kjrjr±. XV O 615, 6x7 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster^ Pa. —a — ■ ""ft' .-.yrLnr- I GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED ift, HAND-MADE ■ STOGIES. 1 Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. \Yedeles Qrothers, Florida^ Sumairat 182 E. Lake Si. CHICAGO, MX. for his in'eresting address made yester- day morning. Mr. Taussig here made a motion that the constitution be amended through the by-laws, to provide for the regular meet- ing of the association to be held at the call of the chair, instead of on a set date annually as at present, the meetings to occur at least as frequently as every two years. After some discussion this was defeated. Mr. Eckerson's report as treasurer, showed a balance on hand of $2,489 21. Mr. Eckerson, for John R. Young, of Philadelphia, who was unable to be present, offered Mr. Bijur's name in nomination for reelection to the presi- dency, after declaring that Mr. Bijur had rendered the organization the greatest service that any man ever could. Mr. Taussig dwelt on Mr. Bijur's able management of an exacting office that was virtually forced on him in the first place, and Mr. Dolbeer told how the president had sacrificed his business af- fairs at times and spent his own money freely in the interest of the association. The election was then enthusiastically carried through by acclamation. Mr. Cullman offered Mr. Ncwburg's name for vice president; Mr. Batroff, Mr. Fox's name for secretary; Mr. Kemper, Mr. Eckerson's name for treas- urer, and Messrs. Tuska, Cullman, Zook, Wheeler and Kemper were appointed a committee to name the board of directors. I Ins committee reported as detailed in the introduction. On behalf of the Dayton, O., Board of I'r de, William Lukaswitz extended a warm invitation to the Association to !)• Id its next convention in that city. Mr. Cullman said that New York had hoped tu have the honor of entertaining the urbanization next year, but consented to wait a year in favor of Dayton. On vote it was decided to accept this invitation and the 1906 convention will accordingly open on the first Monday of next May in the Ohio city. The convention then ad- journed until afternoon, on the opening of which session, following announcement of the standing committees appointed, the Philippine resolutions were at once taken up separately. The first one read : Resolved, That we oppose any and all reduction in duties on Philippine tobacco or its manufacture. Mr. Newburg moved that this be adopted. Mr. Alexander thought it ought to be modified in some way as he believed it conflicted with the resolution adopted in the morning regarding the specific rate of duty on imported tobacco. Mr. Vetterlein did not see this and thought it I would be quite consistent One or two of the delegates thought it would be advisable for the association to pass such a resolution as opposing the reduc- tion on account of what it was hoping for in the matter of Sumatra tobacco. Mr. Crounse said that it would be disastrous not to oppose it He said the association must stand shoulder to shoulder with the beet sugar people, that the association had already outlined a policy and must stick to it. Mr. Newburg, the father of the resolu- tion, explained its origin by saying that while there was no intimation that Con- gress would or could be induced to do anything in the matter of the reduction in the tariff on Sumatra, it was known that it was likely to reduce that on Philippine tobacco, and it was therefore important that such a dangerous step be forestalled. Mr. Bijur said that the minute the re- duction was permitted to go below the present 25 per cent, a beautiful chance for smuggling would be opened which would at once be taken advantage of. The question was then put and carried. The second resoiution offered was ; Resolved, That the views of the Philip- pine question as expressed in the docu- ment presented by our Mr. A. Bijur be adopted as the sense of this convention. To this resolution Mr. Bijur read a care fully prepared and comprehensive state ment of the association' s position in the Philippine question which outhned the history of the industry on the islands and showed how extensive and rapid a de- velopment was possible It was urged that the placing of a duty on coffee would solve the question, which plant can easily be raised in the Philippines. This resolution was carried by a rising vote and the last one read as follows: Resolved, That the legislative com- mitiee be instructed to prepare and have printed a circular letter oh the Philippine question, and distribute the same to all parties interested in the cultivation and manufacturing of American cigar leaf tobacco. Mr. Newburg said that this resolution was meant to provide a way to appeal to the farmers whose vote was so powerful, and the letter was meant to show him how his prosperity was also considerably jeopardized. The resolution was carried unanimously. John T. Taylor, representing the Phila- delphia Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association, asked the the association to endorse a project set on foot by the allied trade in the Quaker city to hold a tobacco exposition at some future date. As the result of a motion, Messrs. Cull- man. Eckerson and Fox were appointed a committee to investigate and report later. After a vote of thanks to Mr. Bijur for his untiring services on a motion by Mr. Zook, the convention adjourned. The delegates were entertained at the roof garden tonight and'later by a smoker in the Hamilton Club. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^5 SCHUTTE & KOERTINO COMPANY, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. ) _, SCHUTTE-KOERTING ^ MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. - 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 3. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants Correspondence Solicited. Trade-Mark Register. EXTRAGOOD 14.788 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 26, 1905, at 2 p m, by Chas E AUhoff, Hanover, Pa INFIELD 14.789 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 28, 1905, at 1 1 a m, by J L Dimmig & Bro, East Green- ville, Pa SELECT MILD 14,790 For cigars Registered April 29, 190,, at 9 ;i m, by John Mersinger, Reading, Pa TRIBE NO. 30 14.791 For cigar Registered April 29, 1905, at II a m, by H C Wunder, Phila, Pa PREMIER CIGAR CO. 14.792 For cigar factory name Registered April 29. 1905, at II a m by Harrison Fauth, Hellam, Pa WASEDA 14.793 For cigars Registered May i, 1905, at 10 a m, by Howard R Gerhart, Pailadelphia, Pa WILGO 14.794 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered May i, 1905. at 1 1 a m, by John J Palmer, Philadelphia, Pa DOCTOR BILLY 14.795 For cigars, plug and smoking tobacco Registered May 2, 1905, at 1 1 a m, by Old Virgmia Tobacco Works, Bedford City, Va BUS FIDDLE 14.796 For cigars, plug and smoking tobacco Registered May 2, 1905. at 11 a m, by Old Virginia Tobacco Works, Bedford City, Va REJECTIONS. Canto, Unoa, Takahoma, Vitality, Aleda, Nips, Venia, Beneto, Kipling, Sunny South %%%%%%%% MASSACHUSETTS CIGAR. CO. IN BANKRVPTCY. The Commonwealth Cigar Co., a Massa- chusetts corporation, and the Cafe Noire Cigarette Co., which was incorporated in Maine, but doing business in Boston, have een petitioned into bankruptcy in the United States District Court. In the case of the Commonwealth Ci, gar Co. the petitioning creditors are the Philip Morris Co., Ltd., of New York, with claims amounting to $212.85, the McGreenery & Manning Co., of Boston, with claims of $178.98, and the Franklin P. Shumway Co., with $351.22. The other company is said to owe be tween three and four thousand dollars. OUR BOSTON LETTER. Retail Trade Improving. A Batch of Interesting Locals. Boston, Mass.. May i. There is no material change in bnsi ness from the condition reported in my last week's correspondence and trade continues to improve. The appearance of open cars during the week has done a lot of good for the retail cigar stores, and the weather has been very favorable for the tobacconist. The Commonwealth Cigar Co., which made an assignment about two weeks ago, is being put through bankruptcy by the creditors. Among the many creditors of this concern can be mentioned: Wm. De muth & Co., New York; Arguelles Lopez & Bro., Tampa; McGreenery & Manning, Boston; Phillip Morris & Co., New York, and many clear Havana cigar concerns, etc. M. Frye, of Frye Bros. , wholesale tobacconists, Silem, Mass., was in town one day this week. M. Barnett, of M. Barnett & Co., cigar manufacturers and dealers in leaf tobacco, SPECIAL NOTICE. ( I2>^ cents per 8-point measured line. ] EXPERIENCED M.\N IN EVERY department of cigar manufacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference. Address, Foreman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World, Philadelphia, tf T^ILL BUY FOR CASH— TOBACCO ^ ^ Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags, Box loi, care of Tobacco World, Phila. tf T^ANTED— A SITUATION WITH A ^^ good manufacturer, to sell a lii e of 5-cent cigars to the jobbing trade through the Middle and Western States, by an experienced and reliable Salesman who is acquainted with all the trade and can give good reference. Address, H. C Bi^ACK, 238 Chestnut St., Dayton, O. c THE THE THE THE THE THE BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL CIGAH CIGAR CIGAR CIGAR CIGAR CIGAR < 9 Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Chc Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands: — ly^e Bear, 5^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFGR. MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOUCITED. C. A. ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 16 THE tobacco' WORLD me PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARfifTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: LrlBBRMAN MFQ. CX>t Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD 27 f Liberman's I atest /Viachines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE O T3 a cd a a o a CL > o a* tr P s p p P o C •-I Warranter/ Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. ^ LIBERMAN MFG. CO. ^ PHILA. PA. U.S.A. Ji^O JiTu. ^''^^ j/^''^4^ Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphiaL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street THE TOBACCO WORLD OS ft 140 CENTRE 5T. NCW YORK HANUFACTUWER OF ALL KINDS OF 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medium Friced CIGARS I Correspondence Invit ^ Wholesale & Jobbing ted with the Trade only Thomasville, Ra. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade Hafana Correspondence invited from Responsible Houses. tt*****x**V*****************V***V*S****V*V***V*****" F. B. SefllNDLEF^ ■)t * * «» Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa. ^ JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED * ^ ^ •5t W********V***************************U A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of Hill He I d Pli Fine Wortnsliip. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. MIUUERSVIUUE, PA. spent the greater portion of the week in Chester H. Carruth. of Carruth & Co. , New York. Hanover street, has just returned from a A representative of the International brief vacation spent at Old Point Com- Match Co. is here, calling on the local fort, Va. jobbers and large retailers. L. A. Marget, a cigar manufacturer of M. Cohen, manufacturer of the Boston Chelsea, Mass., is opening a very fine Courier cigar, has removed his factory to saloon at 265 Broadway, in that town, Roslindale, a suburb four miles from and has engaged the services of A. R. ^Q^^Qn. Shadoff (Sporty Cohen) as general man- Floradoras are selling well here since ager. Mr. Shadofif has applied for his the price of the same has been reduced license in the A. O. of R. L. and P. to three for five cents. Hyman Stahl, manufacturer of Stahl's A new chewing and smoking tobacco Smokers and the Broadway Extension being placed here is called Boston Butts, cigar, is finding it hard to keep up with packed ly, oz., retailing at five cents a his orders, and is working overtime, package. The Boston Tobacco Co. arc It has been decided by the internal the manufacturers. revenue authorities that the Union label McGreenery & Manning's salesmen of the Cigarmakers' Union can be placed are making as a leader Checkerberry on cigar boxes in any place or manner, Snuff (similar goods to the famous Red so long as it does not encroach on or Top Snuff). The price is 58 cents per over the internal revenue stamp, factory pound and 20 Floradora tags being given brand or caution label. The decision is uratis with i }4 pounds Each one ounce a victory for the Cigarmakers' Union and can contains a coupon good for two cents the label, over the tobacco trust, which in cash, redeemable by the dealers. tried to secure a decision opposing the Joe Manning, of McGreenery & Man- label being placed on boxes of union Ming, has been on a business trip to New made cigars. York. A representative of Durlach Bros., Hiram Hammer, representing Arguelles, New York, was in town Friday, showing Lopez & Bro., of Tampa, Fla., is in samples of his firm's Porto Rico cigars, town, calling on the trade. J. B. Everdeen, wholesale tobacconist, Jos. Chamberlin has purchased from of Chelsea, Mass., is moving into a E A. MacKenny the cigar and tobacco larger store in that town, store located at 144 Broadway, South Chas. Ellis, former manager of Ward- Boston, well Spa cigar stand, and recently with S. B. Klein, who formerly manufac- the Commonwealth Cigar Co. in the same tured cigars at 1279 Tremont street, has capacity, is to be the New England rep- opened a store at 218 Broadway, South resentative for the Cortez Cigar Co., of Boston. Key West, Fla. There is a handsome window display o. Henault, the enterprising manager of Pall Mall cigarettes this week at the of Woodward's Pharmacy cigar stand. Hotel Lexington cigar stand. has been in full control for nearly three The American Tobacco Co. is placing years, and in that time has increased the on the market a piece of chewing plug, business to a large volume. Mr. Henault Lotus, similar in style and quality to has a host of friends who, when purchas- Piper Hiedsick. The price of Lotus is ing cigars, usually leave it to his judg- 40 cents per pound, one package of ment. El Infinito clear Havana cigars Duke's Mixture being given gratis with are favorites with many of his patrons, each pound. H. K. Brown, the popular cigarist of Alles & Fisher have reduced the price Province Court, reports a good trade for on their J. A. 10 cent cigars. $2 per the past month. Mr. Brown is very en- thousand when purchased only in 5,000 ergetic. and is always scheming how he lots, making it $64. per thousand, packed can best suit his many customers. Mr. in tenths, and $63 per thousand, packed McGoldrick, the manager, is well liked, in quarters. and his art in window dressing is the talk I. Frankel and L. Peretti, who operate of the court, cigar stores on Columbus avenue, will j, p. Mahoney, of the Baltimore Dairy have to seek other locations, as the whole Lunch cigar stand, has worked up a good box trade with many tenants of the neighboring buildings. Since the base ball season opened he has invented a scheme displaying a score card showing the results by innings, which attracts block of stores is about to be torn down to make room for a large automobile garage to be erected on this site by the Eben Jordan estate. After being disappointed three times, on account of the "goat" not being in much attention, prime condition. Maurice Hannington, H. Traiser & Co. are putting out for of A. S. Bearse & Co., is now slated to window display boxes advertising their ,. , . J J • ^u^T n r\ V ^ry Pippin and Harvard cigars, get his third degree in the I. O. O. F. on PP ^.^^^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ Friday evening. ^^^^ ^^^ ^-^^^ another deal on their Le- Harring & Son. makers of the Napone j^^y Little Cigars, giving gratis four boxes 10 cent cigar, have recently started a ©f their new LeRoy Cubanas with each retail cigar store at 46 Poplar street. thousand LeRoys purchased. Ben All C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 39 KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, Re. HAVANA cAROMA Sweet, Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO YORK, PA. THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manLifacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. SINGLEY, Manheim, Pa, H. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. MANUrACTURER OF HIGH-GRADE CIGARS ®t/PERl©\3^^ "The Quality Cigar It's Full of Havana. That's Enouiih for 5 Cents. 99 Correspondence Invited. Samples on Application. 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD Telephone Call, 432— B. and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. IsisSLEY & CO. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove«* our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P, O. Box 96* Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bind«« Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTvprv f^Sk^M Fancy Packed Oebhart i:/VCry V/a»« 1 QAO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil IaJIJa^ CONNECTICUT p 1 • ^ IU mAf Packer of • n. Weaver, Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER, PA. WALTER S. BARE, Pa^cker of Fine : Connecticut 1 Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Cifiar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K, LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St, LANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF 0 Qrnqd | on! a. uiuuuLbQi and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke 9L LANCASTER, PA, Unrt€d ' Plumes B. F. GOOD Si CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BR PteK:ker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Miller sville, Pa. Office 8z: Salesrooms, M& 112 W. Walnut SCLANC ASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber m Leal JL ODaCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦♦♦♦^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER ^♦♦♦♦♦^ Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos UNITED PHONES. and Manufacturer of i Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing MAIN OFFICE t Lancaster, Pa. Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION, PA. ♦ ♦♦♦♦%%%%%^i^» ♦♦♦■»< k^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ^%t^%^^<%%<%» »♦♦♦ t ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ . I THE TOBACCO WORLD 31 Cigar ribbons. Manufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons. Write for Sample Card and Price lioi to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. Leaf Dealers Combine for Mutual Pro- tection and Benefit. York, I'a., May i. The leaf dealers and packers of York and vicinity met recently and formed an association for mutual benefit and protec tion as well as to become a part of the National Association of the United States. The city of York has the distinction of being the third city in the State in point m NEW ASSOCIATION IN YORK. apparently doing very nicely on their 10 cent leader, the Colonial Governors, and are building up a good local trade on the goods. Smith & Sheflfer, leaf dealers at Han- over, are having a good volume of busi ness and say the greatest difificulty just now is the getting of goods that are suit able at a reasonable price. They sell themselves just now. A. J. Braoy & Sons, of McSherrjs town, are finding a very healthy lot of of vaiied m .nufacturing industries — in- duphcate orders coming in for their pro eluding, of course, a large proportion of duct, and are naturally very much en the 1,500 cigar factories in and within couraged in consequence. easy access to the city — while the quantity and fiequently the quality of the tobacco raised in this county compares favorably to that of Lancaster county. Such facts are probably true of no other tobacco and cigar section, and the need of urging the products and distrib uting a more general idea of the position in the trade of this city prompted the promoters of the association to act promptly. R. M. Granat, of the firm of Gillin & Granat, was selected a delegate to the National Convention meeting in Lancas- HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers off igh Grade Union Made DIDN'T PAY TAX ON STOGIES. Internal Revenue Officers Make Arrests for Defrauding Governnvent. Cleveland, O., April 30. Internal revenue officers after weeks of investigation have arrested three Italians and it is expected there will be uncovered an extensive scheme for defrauding the government. The men arrested are Joseph Naples, Joseph Laurionzo and Nicoli Poco. According to theauthorities hundreds of , . J „ • » J »u * u^ 11 thousands of stogie cigars have been d is ter today, and it is expected that he will ^ ^ , 1. .. .• i^ c posed of in Ohio without the payment of be among the most active members oi ^ '^ ' the convention, and will see to it that Cigars The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigh! Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. York is well represented. Louis While, of this city, is perhaps the oldest cigarmaker in the United States He began at the bench in 1840, and has worked at the trade incessantly, with the exception of a short interval, when he plied a boat on the Mississippi. He is now 80 years old and works con- stantly at the bench. He is reported to average 400 cigars a day. White says the greatest number of cigars that he has ever made in any one day was 2,000, whenheroUed that number of stogies. He has worked in almost every cigar factory between this point and Philadelphia. White was born in Pittsburg, and, judging from his activity and keen vision, he bids fair to make many more cigars. Manufacturers throughout the county are not so busy as they should be at this one cent of internal revenue In addition to being a distributor for a New York stogie manufacturing concern that manufactured and sold the goods without the payment of the required tax, it is asserted, Poco is charged with man ufacturing stogies i n violation o f the internal revenue laws. According to the government authori- ties the discoveries already made show that the government has probably lost something like 150,000, with the likeli- hood that additional information will show a largely increased loss. The officials also expect to arrest the New York manufacturers, who, it is charged, have been making the illicit goods for distribution. CIGARETTE YIELDS TO THE PIPE IN MARION. IND. Marion, Ind., May 1. Cigar and tobacco retailers in this city J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Mvenings Until Nine I %«%»»•%% me o'clock. \\\\ time of the year, but there is an improve- report a continued demand for cigarettes, ment setting in. in spite of the law. Among those who John E. Olp, formerly in the cigar ^^e inclined to abide by the edict, how manufacturing business at Jacobus, this gygr, the pipe seems to be the favorite county, but who also recently went substitute for the cigarette. Dealers in through bankruptcy proceedings, is said jj^jg j-jjy g^y since the cigarette law has to be taking hold of the Lafayette Cigar g^^e into effect the sale of pipes has Store on South George street. ^ore than doubled. The small pipe, The Fernside cigar, made by Geo. W. suitable for carrying in the pocket, seems Parr, which is on sale at the National to be the demand. A number of the Hotel, this city, was recently given a smokers substitute cigars for their smok great booming, when a number of travel- ing men who knew Mr. Parr, started to plug for the Fernville, and in a very short time there was quite a run on it, in fact so much so that proprietor Reist could scarcely keep a stock of them on hand. Fisher Bros. & Co., of Hanover, arc ing, but the pipe is the general favorite. — Work on the new factory of the Rucker & Wittcn Tobacco Company, at Martinsville, Va., is progressing rapidly. and the new plant will be completed at as early a date as the weather will per mit. J, IVIRHliOri BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory^ Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 32 THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« ♦^♦'♦-♦^^ BRANDS: J "MANO" lOc. Ci^ar ♦ •• Modjeska*' ♦ and •'La Mano*' ♦ 5-cent Clears ♦ ♦^♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦* ■» • - ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ H.C. LONG & CO Manufacturers ofQjgarS^ LEBANON,: PaL. ♦ ♦-♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦J ♦ OFFICE: '♦ ♦ 118 Mifflin Street | FACTORY: X ♦ vjor. Maple and Plum Aves. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. AMOS DUNKEL'S SAYINGS. NEW PLUG PLANT IN CAR.ROLLTON, THE LOUIS NEWBMGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ I/^^f Xobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, BENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. r BILL'MAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 £LMM£R SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4- Write for Samples. ^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ Zimmer Spatnish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 4Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- J somely Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West CarrolltonpMontgomeryCo.,0. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District. Anticipates the Convention. Expresses Some Views on Salesmanship. Hinkeltown uf dem pike, der I St Moi, 1905. Mishter Editor: Ich hob sheer ken tseit for der tsu shreiva heit for ich mus mich reddy mocha for noch dara konvention tsu ga. Ich forward es gebt so a grose tseit in Lengeshter de woch a mohl farleicht, won de leit aw recht rous kumma. Dar Bresident fun dara assosiashun is glab ich so an eirck ar shmarter mahn, un weer wellen en al a mohl hahra sei speech mocha, mier kenna noch feel fun em lanna farleicht, un won ar net a guter speech mocht warra a mohl feel leit grose gadisapoint farleicht, for se hen al era mind uf gamocht os es gebt ebbes bodiches des amohl. Un ich har se kumma bei fun Nei Yirk, Filadelfia, und de wesht un al ever hahr. £s sol aw da no noch so en grasar banquet gevva, ovver dat ga ich net he. Ich kons net recht shtanda may, for ols so feel wei tsu dhnka, un rch denk se hen blenty ei galeckt. Es kent aw sei os es noch onnera hot wu so bissel dar kop way hen bis dar nexsht dawk farleicht, ovver ich wase wul os se ols gleicha so mit mocha, un no mocht es nix ous won se aw shun so a bissel kotzsa missen ols a mohl. Ich hob ols gament ich date aw gleicha so an duwak agent tsu warra, ovver ich hob shun fehl gsana in de letchta paar wocha. Un yust dar onner dawk hob ich aner gsana, un dar hut now so en marickgwardich ar groser pock bei sich kotta, un den hut ar al ever mit he draga missa, os ar sheer gaw grum bucklich is warra da fun. Ich hob se shun oft hara saga we en grose bissness os se gadu hetta, dahl fun sella kal, un os se ols a hunert boxa un noch may farkoft hetta uf a mohL Ovver dar arm drup, sheints hut not gons so gud aus gamocht, for ar hot seller bundel dar gons dawk rum gadraga, un wahr en no noch net los, OS es mier shint sei wahr mier tsu harde arvet. Ich hob ovver aw aus gfuna os se net so a grosa bissness du we se aw lossa, OS es gincki by em hunert weis. Ich bin aw shure os es dahl leit hut wu froh sin wons se by em pund recht gud farkoffa kenna, won se aw shun aw ossa os se a grosa bissness du date. Ich feel shure OS es hot fehl so kal wu may bissness du met em moul, os anich onnera wake. Won mier es bissel in nocht memma date denk ich data mier aus finna os oft mohl the bissness wo some fun dena agents saga se hetten gadu. date may duwak geva, os im so a gons yohr wockst, in a dahl fun denna shtate wu duwak uf gatscuga wert for segars dufun tsu mocha. Un es is aw net yust de agents wu ols amohl aw lussa se data so feel bisness, dahl leit wu sich packer hasa wellen sin yust so shlim for sei, farleicht. Wei, gud by, Amos Dunkel. Wright le*,"0. 8. A. HoDkinsville Kv r#CUME&BRo V TERREHILL.PA. ^« We Sell toJobblngTrade only LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARB Wax HAW ^^ACKSOH THE GREAT Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY It is said by many firmers that their tobacco plants are coming up in fine shape, although I have not heard of any having more than two leaves, except a few like Mr. C. L Warner, of Hatfield, and it was said that he had them with three and four leaves. The plows and carts are very busy now and small heaps of manure begin to show on most of the fields in this locality, and the \nok is that fully as many acres will be set to tobacco as last year. Our correspondents write: Conway, Mass.: "The tobacco plants are coming on well, some that were sown April 6 now have four leaves and are growing fast The gro^rers here are be ginning to realize more than ever before the value of early tobacco, and are trying to get it in early and do for it just the best they can. Two new barns are being built here, but there will not be much increase in areage." Bradstreet, Mass.: "The reports from farmers are to the effect that considering all the cold wind we have had our tobacco plants are doing well in covered beds." East Whately, Mass,: "No sales to re port on accout of there being no tobacco to sell. George Dickinson has put up a new tobacco barn about 100 x 30 feet.^ American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS The process of gathering in the rem- nant of last season's tobacco crop is still going forward under about the same cir- cumstances that have prevailed for several weeks past. Buyers in the field show a disposition to continue riding as long as any stock remains in growers* hands. With the country districts already more closely picked over than for many years it is easy to see the movement will exhaust itself before very long. Very little change is noted in prices as the following late transactions will show: K. Obnstad, 7a at 7c asst D. B. Coon, 31CS at 7« asst M. Halverson, 4a at 7c asst E. Haylo.k, 10a at 7 and 4c L L. Bronte, loa at 6^c O. E. Turner, 6a at 6c E. Charles, 8a at 6c Nordlen Bros,, 12a at $)4c P. Andeison, 15a at 5c J. J. Bickly, loa at 5c. A loocs lot put up by Ladd & Thron- s(m has been sold to H. W. Child. Mc- intosh Bros, report the sale of a loocs lot of 03. Old stock of the cheaper grades especially is in strong demand, while good binder lots find ready sale. The season of warehouse handling is fast reaching an end, though several con- cerns have stock in sight for some weeks yet. The seed beds for another crop have been about laid and the young plants have commenced to show. Shipments 400CS. — Reporter. CLARKSVILLE. TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week, all new crop, were 512 hhds; offeiings on the breaks, 10 hhds; public and private sales, 30 hhds, old tobacco and new wrappers. Market unchanged in price. Warehouses have now full stocks, which will steadily increase, as there seems to be no disposition to reduce them by sales for a long time to come. We have now warm spring growing weather. For old tobacco we quote: Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leal Medium Leaf $3 3 4 4 4 5 7 50 to $3.75 75 to 00 to 25 to 75 to 75 to 00 to 4.00 4.25 4.75 5.50 6.75 8.00 Ottr Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes ii — Alvvays Room for Onb More Good Custoicbx. L J. Sellers & Son,Seilersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 M. KALISCH (& CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiBAI^S ^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ WILLIAM J. NOLL ♦♦ Successor to J. Neff ^-^ NANUFACTUREIL OF ♦♦ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ♦♦ ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦> A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. 'Sta^e Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ V* ♦ Oar leaders: { HONEST CHAKLEY ELLISTON } Cigars-5c., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. ^4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN. Salesman. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦•♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> ^l%»»%»% %%%%%%%» <^%<%%»%% John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauflfman. JOHN McLaughlin m, co. P Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Special Brands: P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium 6l6;qRS D*allastown, Pa. GEO. F. NASH A OPECIALTY of Private Brands JOHN SELDEN -^ ^ for Wholesale & Jobbing Trade GOV. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for Sc. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos * Also, All Grades of ^ Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. ^^k»»»%% %%%%%>%%% |^»%%%^»%I : S. N. MUMMA PeLcker of * * * * * Leaf Tobacco Penaa. Seed B's dL SpecidLlty Warehouse at RaslroaLcl Crossing LANDISVILLE, PA. R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, P^l. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. He |Hb^^^a 1 / -I y 1 ' C^^ 1 ^^1 Wm |*f k, ■■'-. . - 36 THE TOBACCO WORLD '!>MT=^ OiOAH BOX EDOH^IGS Wc have the t^**;;:*^ MSC*i««t7 ^ Cigar Box Bdgings in the United States, having over 1,000 designs in stock. T. A. MYERS & CO. Printer* and Engravers, • YORK, PENNA Embossed FlapSa Labels, Notices, etc* W. B. HOSTETTER Sl CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. 12 s. George St., YORK, PA. Phones f York, No. 130 I Pell. No. 1873 A. SONNEMAN ®. SONS, "o'.""";' Leaf Tobacco Larxe Line of 1900. 1901 and 1902 B's. No. 105 S. Geofi^e St., YORK, PA. .WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra ^TOBACCOh 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. A- KoriLER & eo. phnmHoreRi 01 Finf! Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. "^^^apmOtf^ 75.O0O per day. Bstablished x87tr Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of Fine Havana Cigars And Packers of LJSAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) cent ^,t the men in the Uniied States sm"ke cigars. So you see ihe poor little college bo>, in the hands o\ the relentless long nosed investigators becomes iiie pitiful shadow of a habit when we get down to facts. The unfoitunate par* of it is that the daily news^papers dont bother to go behind iheir news reports for the actu il facts as a rule, for such an operation is almost certain to spoil a "good story." I have no doubt that thousands and thousands of anxious mothers read this article about the Ohio University and felt a great sinking of the heart at the fright ful condition revealed of college life. I dare say many of those mothers as they reverently knelt that night, asked that their Father might extend His blessing and help on those who are laboring to stamp out this great evil. I tell you these mothers have my ut- most sympathy and pity, and I am gen- erous enough to give the same to Miss Lucy Page Gaston and her devoted and blundering followers. I hate to see any one worrying and making themselves constantly unhappy on account of troubles which they imagine other per sons are suffering under, but which don't exist at all. My idea of the best remedy, is for us to have a little more of the truth of things, expressed so that everyone can understand and appreciate it. We all know the old story of the Irishman who volunteered to tell his neighbor that her cow had died, and as a means of break ing it gently, promptly announced the violent taking off of the woman's hus- band. These good people who are worrying so over the cigarette curse will be all the happier when they learn how flimsy a foundation supports their fears. But just as long as standard newspapers take ad- vantage of the delusion to foster sensa- tional stories, just so much harder will it be finally to straighten the matter out. The Old Salesman. HUNDREDS OF ACiLES INCREASE Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS Regis^terWe^s^ds: "Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . lOc **S. B." Half Havana, .... 5c. "S. B.'* Little Havanat, .... 5C. "Honest Bee" 3c. "2— I— No" Mild«rt Cigar Made. 2 fOF 5c. Special Branda Made fc Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau '^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. Will be Made in Connecticut Tobacco but No More Shade-Grown. Hartford, Conn., April 27. The large yield of tobacco last year, supplemented by the high prices secured for the crop, will stimulate the tobacco farmers of the Connecticut River Valley greatly t o increase their acreage this year. Reports from various large growers scattered through Hartford county indi cate that the total number of acres to be planted this year will be greater by several hundred than the figure for 1904. The towns on the west side of the Con- necticut River will be largely given up to the growing of Connecticut Havana, while the towns on the east side will be devoted to Connecticut seed leaf. No Fa-husseyI LEAF mm CO.' THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. 10N\ TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St, LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and f* I n 9 PQ Common Viy Cll 9 Established 189a Capacity, Twenty Thousand per D«f A Southern Location GOOD TOBACCO LAND and LOCATIONS for FACTORIES THP CnilTH *^ "°^ making greater ini^ 3UUilI progress than any other section. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request M.V.RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Ait., Southern Railway, Washlndton. D. C. Ml fnTrniTrnT"r of^-^ N. THIRD ST Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1935~I93T Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. NIK SPECIALTY is the "THREE BEAUTIES put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. 39 Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF T.L. ADAIR, ^ WWO RESALE MANUFA Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER f Established 1877 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. New Factory 1904 ♦ ♦ J Dealer m J ♦ Cigar Box Lumber, X H.W.HEFFENCR, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO ♦ Labels, Ribbons, Edging, Brands, etc. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BUSEH MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. FMBOSSED CIGAK BANDS A-' Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampl^m, William Steiner, Sons & Co. tMctsT LitKograpKers, «_ ' iz6 and xi8 M. Fourteenth St., NBW YOBK. IRREGULAR PAGINATION 38 THB TOBACCO WORLD TRS TOBACCO WOKtD JOSEPH REED Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigeLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $60 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $'S5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUCBE CIOAR GO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD -^ WAGNER'S ChBAN STOeiES MANUFACTURED ONLV BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. 2 jQj OhJo St, ADcgheny, Pa. 5 5 5 5 5 5 g g g g 'I C. A. Rost ®. Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xobacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ®. Binders WISCONSIN (H OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lion, Pa.. shade grown experiments will be tried this year. Last year's crop was on the )»hole the most satisfactory ever raised in Connec- ticut. Not only was the yield abundant, but the average range of prices was high. The tobacco farmers are just now in clover. Business CKeLi\ges, Fires, Etc. California San Francisco — Estate of A Sutliff, cigars and tobacco; meeting of creditors Connecticut New Haven — John H Haydon, cigars; business for sale L L Stoddard Co (inc), cigars and tobacco; L L Stoddard, President and Treasurer, dead C J Rabanus, cigars and tobacco; quit claim Idaho Coeur d' Alene — Boyer & Reilly, cigars, etc, attached $295 Illinois Galena — Edw K Blewett, cigar manu- facturer; Standard Cigar Co succeeds Hillabore — Geo A Schwartz, cigars; Fred E Schwartz in charge Mason City — L C Cooper, cigar manu- facturer; sold out Indiana Indianapolis — Sorhage & Craig, cigar manufacturers; chattel mortgage, $500 Iowa Clinton — H F Jacobs, cigar manufac- turer; bill of sale, 13,000 Des Moines — J F Donovan, cigars; bill of sale, $1,975 Maine Bath — John H Currier, retailer of ci- gars ; sold real estate deed $ i Bridgeton — Algie J Parker, cigars; mortgaged real estate, $365 Massachusettft Boston — Cafe Noir Cigarette Co, cigar manufacture's; petition in bankruptcy Common wealth Cigar Co, wholesalers and retailers; petition in bankruptcy Lawrence — Salem Mageed, cigars; chattel mortgage, $300 Michigan Ann Arbor — James W Reid, cigars; Roscoe B Huston succeeds Saginaw — Frank H Pohlmann, cigar manufacturer; F H Pohlmann & Son succeeds Minnesota Duluth— Wright & Fcrgy, cigars; chattel mortgage, $680 New York New York City — Wm Russack, retailer of cigars; out of business D Muehlen- thal & Co, retailers of cigars; receiver appointed Ohio Quaker City — John B Hunt, tobacco; John B Hunt dead Pennsylvania Washington — T J Smith, cigar manu- facturer; deed, $6.000 T J Smith, cigar manufacturer; satisfied real estate mortgage, $2, 500 Rhorle Island Providence — W J McComb, cigars and tobacco; J Friedrich succeeds H Nor- berg, cigars; H Norberg dead Wisconsin Milwaukee — Francesco Ippolito, cigar manufacturer; bill of sale 58oo Sheboygan — Henry Wiehn, et al, cigars and tobacco; warranty deed, $1,000 %%»%<^^^^ PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc '; 88.478 Cigar mold, Alfred S Koch, Lancaster, Pa 788, 370 Match box; Thomas H Pace, Richmond, Va 788,425 Cigar cutter; Frederick W Parris. Brighton, Mass 788,494 Cigarette packing machine; Manuel Placer, Havana, Cuba 788,331 Combination match safe and cigar cutter; Bert Rivkin, New York 788,077 — Tobacco leaf sizing machine; Albert R Tiffany, Dayton, O MUCH TOBACCO FROM RICHMOND TO ALASKA. The R. A Patterson Tobacco Co., of Richmond, Va. , has made a shipment to Nome, Alaska, of two solid carloads of tobacco. One car contained ' 'Lucky Stripe," and the other "Westover," and the two cars carry about 50,000 pouads, worth $36,600. The shipment g©es to Nome by way of Seattle, Washington. R.K.Schndder&Sons PACKBRS OV AND DBAZ«SB3 I« Mr.m m & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. # JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chcw or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Snnoklng Brands: tANCASTER I.ONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT MaimffiPtttrerof Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. 1^* S— I ttiaiinf actnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Ci0ars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles ' SPECIAL SALES OF LEAF TOBACCO Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^4' ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ll* 3CCO A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN m. OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa.. shade grown experiments will be tried this year. Last year's crop was on the \»hole the most satisfactory ever raised in Connec- ticut. Not only was the yield abundant, but the average range of prices was high. The tobacco farmers are just now in clover. Business CK2Li\ges, Fires, Etc. California San Francisco — Estate of A Sutliff, cigars and tobacco; meeting of creditors Connecticut New Haven — John H Haydon, cigars; business for sale L L Stoddard Co (inc), cigars and tobacco; L L Stoddard, President and Treasurer, dead C J Rabanus, cigars and tobacco; quit claim Idaho Coeur d'Alene — Boyer & Reilly, cigar?, etc, attached $295 Illinois Galena — Edw K Blewett, cigar manu- facturer; Standard Cigar Co succeeds Hillabore — Geo A Schwartz, cigars; Fred E Schwartz in charge Mason City — L C Cooper, cigar manu- facturer; sold out Indiana Indianapolis — Sorhage & Craig, cigar manufacturers; chattel mortgage, $500 Iowa Clinton — H F Jacobs, cigar manufac- turer; bill of sale, 13,000 Des Moines — J F Donovan, cigars; bill of sale, $1,975 Maine Bath — John H Currier, retailer of ci- gars; sold real estate deed $1 Bridgeton — Algie J Parker, cigars; mortgaged real estate, $365 Matsachusettft Boston — Cafe Noir Cigarette Co, cigar manufacture's; petition in bankruptcy Common wealth Cigar Co, wholesalers and retailers; petition in bankruptcy Lawrence — Salem Mageed, cigars ; chattel mortgage, $300 Michigan Ann Arbor — James W Reid, cigars; Roscoe B Huston succeeds Saginaw — Frank H Pohlmann, cigar manufacturer; F H Pohlmann & Son succeeds Minnesota Duluth — Wright & Fergy, cigars; chattel mortgage, $680 New York New York City — Wm Russack, retailer of cigars; out of business D Muehlen- thal &. Co, retailers of cigars; receiver appointed Ohio Quaker City — John B Hunt, tobacco; John B Hunt dead Pennsylvania Washington — T J Smith, cigar manu- facturer; deed, $6.000 T J Smith, cigar manufacturer; satisfied real estate mortgage, $2, 500 Rhode Island Providence — W J McComb, cigars and tobacco; J Friedrich succeeds H Nor- berg, cisjars; H Norberg dead Wisconsin Milwaukee — Francesco Ippolito, cigar manufacturer; bill of sale 58oo Sheboygan — Henry Wiehn, et al, cigars and tobacco; warranty deed, $1,000 PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Ett. ',88,478 Cigar mold. Alfred S Koch, Lancaster, Pa 788, 370 Match box ; Thomas H Pace, Richmond, V'a 788,425 Cigar cutter; Frederick W Parris. Brighton, Mass 788,494 Cigarette packing machine; Manuel Placer, Havana, Cuba 788,331 Combination match safe and cigar cutter; Bert Rivkin, New York 788, 077 — Tobacco leaf sizing machine ; Albert R TitTany, Dayton, O MUCH TOBACCO FROM RICHMOND TO ALASKA. The R. A Patterson Tobacco Co., of Richmond, Va. , has made a shipment to Nome, Alaska, of two solid carloads of tobacco. One car contained "Lucky Stripe," and the other "Westover," and the two cars carry about 50,000 pounds, worth $36,600. The shipment goes to Nome by way of Seattle, Washington. K.K.Sctinader&Sons PACKBS.S Oy AKD DSAI.BRS IV in \A :-: T 438 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa« # JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-^Chcw or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER I.ONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT KuitifiEictarer of High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. W- a.— I OMnnfactare all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ ♦ ♦ LITHOGILAPHING SPECIAL DESIGN! ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦U*O* CIGAR BOXES PRimmoF Misnc QGAR UBELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNiSNCD WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND RIBBON PRICES CIGAR MBBONS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-— - m AU2BICAH TOBACCO CO. SSW •::♦ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE AC <& C^ Havana IMPORTERS O^^ 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkOmL^HIA «— ! HANDY Cigar Box Opener Made to work well— look well and last well. Slips into yonr pocket and takes up no more room than a flat latch key. Just the tin to tickle the trade with. Is of best tool steel and finely nickeled — bright as a new silver dollar. Has a hardened edge that is sharp — handy to cut labels, edging and stamps — a feature the common kind don't have. We stamp your ad clearly and deeply into each of them, so that wear can't remove it. Don't this strike you as some thing extra good in the line of an ever- lasting advertisement, and a tool that would please the recipient? They make a favorable impression on those who get them. They would help to sell more of your goods. Why not let us fix up enough for j^ou to give one to each of your customers? It's a splendid way to show your appreciation of their trade. Write for prices — state quantity, and the ad wanted on. • 'lfeij*fc^fc Bstabushbd in i88i Vol. XXV. ID IN 1881 ) ^, No. 19. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 10, 1905. One Doi.i,ar per Annum. Single Copies, Five CenU. Yi)u Can II ore c^^ National Selling Co., alli:ntown. pa., u. s. a. You Can GIVE More Satisfaction >XCrb Ucf I You Can CAIN More Popularity With your Cigars by dealing with us. Our frequent repetition of Our Methods of Dealing; About Our Everlasting Stick-to-it-iveness and Our Particular Straightforwardness, is Evidence that we give all A SQUARE DEAL ^^^%l^%%%%^%%%'%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%!% %%%%<%%/%<% JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers sf Ha.nd-M&de LONG FILLER STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. QM op Af2 AIM f ^^ ^^y ^^^^ ^^'^ ^^ your advantage to have %»%%%»%%»»^»%%%%»%>%%»%%vt%%%%%»%»%>% %%>%%%>%%% v-F^l\ i^lZj ¥¥ JL JR.JIv^JLj"JLj J.»3 J. f jUSt ISSUeQ. Write for it. Well be pleased to send YOU one. It may be the means of Putting You Next to saving money. ^<%%%%*%%%»%%%%%%%K%%%%<%%%»<%%%1%%%%>%%%%%>% « G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS I. E. ROSENWALB & BR0. Wholesalers, Retailers, Importers & Packers ol CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO. 7 No. 240 Arch street, Philadelphia \ L cXa ,A^J.-'j..., -j-fcr^-' C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MSNgrOCIGAR 6UMPERT BROS. )llaniifacturers 114 N7l^St. (lord LANCASTER. l(kC) Oii M. k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Phllada. (NICKKLBY. 5c.) \ The RUGBY is distinctly different from all other nickel cigars. Why? Possibly because we let it cost us more than most other cigars at that price cost the manufacturer. STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., Ltd. Gi^ar Manafactarers, •^"FtrR^v. ofsma Pa. 29 North 4«h St., Philadelphia. Channing Allen ^>*.^ifj>*'*'-. ''Vrfit^*>.t*»».^-. > '■>■■' i^fth^iiiri nONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . /\, C^ALVEs (^ Qo. ^G^j> Havana 123 n. third st - IMPORTERS O^^ ~ PhiL^DEWHIA J; Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ■ • 1^9B8H9 Wm. H. Dohan. POOIfDXD 1855. £^ DOHAN &TAITT, 0 1,7 Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of /^^^^J^ 107 Arcb St. Mfcaf TohaccoK ^«»^ ) philada. \JO^ * IMPORTERS OP ^Vo Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and S24 North Third Street, Philadelphift ;^VLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG jMpBrters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed I/Caf Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. L. BAMBERGER 8z CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; BaldwinsviBe,N.V. of SEED LEAF HAVANA aad SUMATRA mnirp Importers and Dealers in ^'^^^J*-*'^ AI,L KINDS OF SEED LEAF, -The E LjPj^ 2^EED LEAF, m 1 eaf lobacco havana || mf C SUMATRA lUUUUU o., Ltd. UMATRA 118 N. 3d St. Phila. lENJ. LABE JACOB LAB« SIDNBIT U BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers oi SU MAT R A and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^EAF TOBA CC9 231 and Z33 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. IiEOPOIiD LiOEB 8t 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 TOBACCC 238 North Third Street, Phila. -ar l642-44i^ CleVe;sIt/\ §t. LER IN LEAF TOBACCO^ Phiudelphia ifriSTtmeo. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St.. Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TOB/lC2eO r* — iTT ,> '^ Q TkT IMPORTERS of l#l Young &^eWIUan,Sumatra&Havaiia L....J 2J» W. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. ^ PaekmmtfSecd Leaf. ~ T&3r /\^ ^ALVES (^ O^' <^O^HaVANA 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS OF MILAOEL^HIA SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5tlGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ 1 The Old Salesman's Musings. SCANDAL AND TOBACCO. bacco Association was being held, I see by last week s Tobacco World and 1 was struck by the uniform that the Cincinnati Presbytery had a huskiness of the bunch. So far as 1 rassle with the tobacco question. They could see every man there with un- talked it over for a while and then de- varying regularity stabbed himself in the cided that no minister ought to use mouth with a cigar about every hour, and tobacco in any form. with the only intermission, one for sleep. One old chap, though, who probably Presumably these men have been do- ■enjoys his little chew, made a spirited ing the same thing for years and years, speech to the question, and declared and if they have been poisoning them that it mattered more what came out of a selves all this time I should think some man's mouth than what went in. He thing ought to begin to show. As 1 said «aid something to the effect that the before, though, you wouldn't ^nd a minister who encourages or carries gossip, huskier, more substantial h oking set of slander or any of the other delightful men in a month's travel and it is hardly forms of feminine pastime, was to be fair to assume that the tobacco trade is considerably more censured than a man peculiarly fortunate in its possession of who inoffensively gratified himself by the unusually healthy men. tise of tobacco. These men all seem to be sound in This man evidently spoke right out in wind and limb and seem not only in meeting, and held nothing out in his average good health but rugged, and they mind. He is evidently there all right all smoked away like a furnace in a gale with the sense goods and he certainly has the whole time I was around. Further the right idea of it. The time is long more I notice it is usual for a man in the past when the useoftobaccowasconsidered tobacco business to have a lighted cigar either a crime or a reprehensible luxury, near him all the time. Our journey through this vale of tears is If tobacco is a poison it must be the sad and motonous enough, anyhow, slowest poison known to man. Every withouttrying to cut outall the trimmings, once in a while I notice that death claims My grandmother used to regard a man some careless and reckless victim of who smoked as a devil's deputy and as tobacco at the age of about 117, and I simply hurrying his smoking this side of think you will find that nineteen out of the grave. In her eyes the smoker had every twenty men 70 years old, or more, no more chance of Heaven than a fish- use tobacco and have all their lives, worm, and if she were living today to Nothing doing in the early taking oflf hear that a member of the Presbytery line for them. had in any degree countenanced the use So far as the money end of it is con of tobacco, she would wonder why God cerned, it is generally accepted now a- had permitted such a wolf to stray into days that a man can go as far as he likes the fold. with his own money and anyone who A rather goodly proportion of the suggests that the chap who spends a ■clergy uses tobacco and loses nothing in nickel for something he does not really the estimation of any sane man. I be- need is throwing down his chances of lieve that the two principal arguments future salvation, writes himself down as a advanced against the plant are that its chump and a hopeless back number, use necessitates the expenditure of money To return to the sensible, old Presby- that would better be put to other purposes terian, who would rather smoke than and that the "weed" has a deleterious cf- talk behind a neighbor's back, I would feet upon the human system. In short the like to have the pleasure of buying that non tobacco advocate declares that the man one of the best cigars that could be smoker throws away money in order to found. A minister has to deal more poison himself. directly with women than with men, and It is not particularly up to me, boys, this fact breeds a gassiness that is fre to take out a brief for tobacco and there quently a nuisance. More than one is not anything so very fresh in such a pastor who had not a malicious thought subject. I happened into Lancaster a in his brain, has become a cheap gossip few hours last week, however, while the simply from mixing so much with the annual convention of the Cigar Leaf To- (Concluded on page 7) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Hranklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory 2203 South Street, Philadelphia Tj^ #* F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD aer ^"^TIEALM OP- THE l^ETAILBRS EXECUTIVE SYSTEM OF UNITED CIGAR. STOR.es company. POLLOWING is another installment of the article on the splendid exec- utive system of the United Ciji;ar Stores Company, two sections of which have already been printed on this page, and read with interest. The present matter deals with the coupon system and the company's advertising: Almost coincident with the recognition by the public of the fact, that the coupons accompanying purchases made at United Cigar Stores have a stable value determ- ined by the value of the premiums for which they were exchangeable, sale agen cies sprang up where the coupons were bought and sold. It would have been and, indeed, was no difficult matter for the store clerks to steal coupons, or to appropriate those unused, and to sell them to dealers at prices varying from one cent to one and one-half cents each for the green coupons that are given at the rate of one for every 25 cents* worth purchased. It is well worth incidental mention that the immediate fixation of coupon cash values by the public was a remarkable evidence of the manner in which the public invariably acknowl- edges the desirabihty of an assuredly safe investment. The United Cigar Stores premiums, from the day when they were first put on the market, were pre emi nently the safe investment — as safe, within their limitations, as United States government bonds. The comparison is by no means a hyperbole; and it is a universally conceded fact that the public has treated them, as investments just as it treats government bonds. The achieve- ment was more a matter of careful judg- ment and straightforward dealing, than of business shrewdness or adroitness. A limited premium list was devised, with excellent quality as the prime essential for every article included ; and, in every instance, something was actually given for nothing, as an investment of nothing was defined in the form of premiums as an unearned increment of every purchase. The quality, of the premiums never dete- riotrated. Every premium possessed a considerable intrinsic cash value. Scarcely a month elapsed before the cou- pons had a fixed value, as a currency much smaller in denomination than the old government "shinplasters, " but very nearly as negotiable. The strong temptation to juggle cou pons pressing upon the store clerks was recognized from the outset; and, from the outset, the requisite, safeguards were estab- lished. When the store is called upon to deliver to a certificate holder a premium worth, for example, 50 certificates, the certificates received in exchange for the premium arc required to be inclosed in a special envelope. The envelope is inscribed with the exact character of the premium chosen, the number of certifi- cates received for it, the date of delivery of premium, the store number, and the name of the particular clerk who delivers the premium to the customer. In the New York office a record is kept of the total number of coupons and certificates sent out at any one time to any one chief clerk; and the record specifies by totals the denominations of coupons and cer tificates. At the usual monthly inventory, the team of special agents count, by actual count, the number of certificates and coupons in the chief clerk's possession. Of course, the general public can never take more coupons from any one store than the number furnished to the store; and, from the time of the inventory, the total face value of the coupons and cer- tificates corresponds to the retail value of the entire stock debited to the chief clerk. The point is that the general public invariably omits to accept a certain percentage of the coupons which are in hand for delivery if the customers will accept them. It would be in the non- acceptance of certificates and coupons that a clerk could find opportunity for private profit, for he could sell those coupons the customers decline to accept. The safe- guard was found in application of the simple law of average. The company de- termines, by general average of all stores, what is the percentage of coupons ac- cepted upon the volume of business. When all changing conditions were taken into account, it was found that the cou- pons accepted amounted to 80 per cent upon the total retail trade throughout the country. There should, therefore, be on hand, with the average store, a running surplus of 20 per cent. In the light of the company's instructions to clerks that every tactful endeavor must be made to accept coupons and certificates, no rigid line of inference as to a clerk's integrity was ever drawn, so long as his surplus was greater or less than 20 per cent. But, if there was no surplus whatever — no "overage," as it is called — it was ob vious that there must be some unwar- ranted abstraction of coupons; and, in such a case, there was almost prima facie evidence of hypothecation on the part of the clerk. This is the limit of regulation which the coupon system has thus far attained ; but the accountants in the New York office keep constant record of the national average. It is rising, slowly but steadily. As it rises, the clerks of all stores are expected to furnish the average overage. The advertising done by the company, while^it has attained more slowly towards perfection, was from ihe outset charac- terized by the same return to first princi- ples. The stores themselves were re cognized as the advertising points of departure, to be accorded first attention. Newspaper publicity, and publicity in general, were regarded favorably, but cautiously, as media to be systematically experimented upon — an attitude common to all large inveitors not thoroughly grounded in experience yet endowed with the spirit of intelligent enterprise. The display opportunities of the stores themselves afforded something tangible at once, and every nettle, old and new, that was discernible was vigorously grasped and crushed. It was decided that there must be a uniform scheme of interior iirrangement and of window dis- play, so that a man who had once laid eyes on a United Cigar store would re- coijnize its brothers, from New York to San Francisco. The rear of every store was allotted to smoking and chewing tobaccos; the middle sections to cigars of low and medium grades and to ordinary brands of domestic and Turkish cigar- ettes; the front portion was reserved for Havana and Turkish goods of the highest grades. The whole aim of the general enterprise — sale i n unusual quantity of goods of high quality, with seizure steadily upon the full volume of middle class trade — must have been ap- parent to the discriminating eye at a single, comprehensive glance Admira- bly adapted to its ultimate purpose as the arrangement was, it presented no such brilliancy of innovation as attended the handling of the windows, the head and front o f every retail store. Window depth, that relic of older time, was re- morselessly cut down, to the advantage of interior selling space. But window height was tenderly respected; and win- dow breadth was cherished like a miser's hoarded riches. So every United Cigar store was equipped with a high, broad, but very shallow window in which all arrangement of wares must hit the passing eye, for general effect and for conspicuity of detail alike at the same instant. Today, at the company's executive of- fices on West Seventeenth street, in New York, in jealously guarded privacy on the second floor, there is continually in course of design a model window, constructed by the chief window dresser, in infinite variety but always in strict subordination to the fundamental principles of the com- pany* s store windows, — base for small, bright packages certain to catch the eye and fitted for minute inspection; back- ground for artistic arrangements of cigars and large packages : and special points of vantage utilized for those articles which, at the time, the company is pushing hardest. A similar model window center exists in Chicago, for the west. Every two weeks, expert subordinates — num- bering 16 now in the eastern or, as it is designated. New Jersey Corporation Ter- ritory—depart on tour from the model center, where they have studied and sketched the perfected window. Within a few hours after their arrival, every store in every city blooms forth in fresh win- dow garb, everywhere identical, every- where the product of the highest skill possessed by the most capable expert, everywhere striking the same blow called for in the progress of the company's formulated policy. The first consistent employment of ink was on the company's own store window. It was a master stroke of effectiveness and economy. Paper signs, from very light material, were so cut that they were all border, in the form of ovals, triangles and diamonds — the simplest game to learn among the plays o f childhood. Pasted on the windows, often as they were torn down by the sympathizers of competitors, they interfered to no appre- ciable extent with the view of the display, yet sufficed to draw in hundreds of the earliest customers by their advertisment of bargains. As the quality of the model window rose, with time, and as the finer art of sign placing was comprehended by the chief clerks the border plan lapsed to a pronounced degree; and uncut paper signs were used. The use of newspapers was inaugurated, with advertisements which should afford the most immediate and directly appre- ciable returns — t h e advertisement of bargain days. Never was there more in* disputable proof o f the worth of ad- vertising. On those bargain days bus- iness jumped, like a spurred horse. After a year or so this company took its bachalaureate degree i n advertis- ing; it bought more space — sometimes as much as one- quarter of a page — and used that space, not so much for the promotion of bargain business as for the commendation of its staple lines. It was the company's acknowedgement o f its comprehension of the great main fact, that advertising pays all the time. Not quite a year has elapsed since the company was suddenly numbered among the Doctors of Laws in advertising. It had grown up to the magazine field, that highest and most difficult, yet most re- munerative branch of the modern learn, ing. Wedded to a mail order business, magazine advertising gives the richest direct returns. The company, now as- sured b y ample practical experience, wedded its advertising to a mail order department, and on no mean scale. The returns were so considerable that, today, a force of nearly two- score people is con- tinually at work making up packages for delivery in compliance with mail orders. • • • THE SEDUCTIVE HAVANA. /^NE night Sir Henry Irving, the great English tragedian, on getting into a cab, gave the driver a fine Havana cigar. By the time the end of the journey was reached the cabby was put- ting on airs. His hat was on one side and sitting bolt upright, he was smoking with keen enjoyment — an enjoyment that rejoiced the heart of the actor, who told him he was glad he liked the cigar. "Yes, 1 do, I never dreamed of such tobacco!" Thereupon Irving gave the Jehu another cigar of the same brand, with the instruction to smoke it after supper. "No, sir, I won't, for the very smell of such a cigar as this in my house would make the landlord double my rent." « • • INDIANA CHORVS. In the spring the young man's fancy • Lightly turns to cigarette; When he dies these coffin nails They are with him yet, you bet. THE TOBACCO WORLD A National Cash Register saves time, labor and money, because it furnishes an accurate and automatic system for the handling of all the transactions in your store and enforces carefulness and accuracy. Your sales are guarded, the small leaks in your business are stopped. Mistakes are prevented and you have more satis- fied customers. All this means greater efficiency and increased profits. Let one of our representatives call and explain our system to you. Cut off here and mail to us today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON. OHIO / own a. M«• A" Ctrrks Please Mention The Tobacco World The "Felix Grundy" Cigar. Made by S. S. Walts. A cigar which makes an excellent smoke and has built up a strong measure of popularity on that account is the "Felix Grundy," manufactured byS. S. Wattsi of Terre Hill, Pa. The brand is a five-cent one, put up with the above attractive label, which bears a quiet distinction that is very pleasing. The cigar is a good exponent of the fact that a smoke of quality can be made to sell for five cents, and it is found to duplicate in nearly every case. THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) women and desiring always to have something interesting to say. One of the finest men I know, keeps a cigar store, and makes his living from the sale of tobacco. I hardly know whether this man could be regarded as a Christian, in the church sense of the term, but I do know that there is no whiter man living. He has a great deal of respect for the Christian religion, and absolutely forbids the use ot profanity in his store. Of course if a stranger comes in and chooses to swear while he is mak- ing his purchase, the proprietor can do nothing, but if the customer is known to my friend, he will hush him up quickly enough, if there is a slip in his conversa- tion. This man would rather do a favor than eat a meal and he has probably helped more persons when they certainly needed help, than any minister who ever lived. Yet he makes his living by the sale of cigars and tobacco, and it is by these commodities that he is able to extend such a persistant helping hand. What argument non tobacco people would make against him, I do not know. Neither do I care. Rut 1 have never heard this man speak an ill word about anyone and I would rather take his word than that of any other man, Cincinnati Presbytery included, that I can think of at present. The Old Salfsman. E. A. C-^^^^® <& C®* <^O^HaVANA 123 N. THIRD ST gREMER gROS. & gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers svnd Dealers mi Leaf Tobacco J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READING, PA. B0TTS & KEELY. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 251 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PfflLIPPj.KOLB Ct)V>MMlT.COL(iAN ORTH Third Street, Philadelphia. 0«r Retail Department is Strictly Up-to'Date. Importer of AND Dealer in G. H. BOESCH, Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPORTBK Oi? Sumatra and Hayasa Dealer in all kinds of Seed Lea 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. fj. Tobacco VELENCHIK BR.OS. SLS*!. LEAF T0B/I(2©O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVTSINKR J PRINC» LOUIS BYTHINER & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers J UO KStCC ^^*n|^*| j fl |^» and Commission Merchants. llVlmuClpnH* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Sumatra.'*Havana Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; # THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA, NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cuervo. ^ Cable — RoTiSTA. MVNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers ai\d Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: • * Angel, "Ha vana ILeina. 20, HavaiveL p. O. Box 98 BUSINESS IN HAVANA MARKET SATISFACTOHY. Some Vuelta Abajo Remains Unsold, However, but the Prices Asked are Regarded as High. These are Largely Regulated by the Relative Anxiety of the Buyers. ]Special Correspondence ol The Tobacco World.] Havana, May i, 1905 Business during the past week did not the tobacco cut during the month reach the same proportions as during the April may be fit only for manure, thus previous one, still it can be called satis- reducing the quantity by perhaps 30 per factory, taking into consideration that rent, and as this represents the first and this was the tail end of the season. The second capaduras principally, the outlook Spanish leaf dealers mostly close their for the United States market is gloomy books by the end of April, and com- indeed, provided reports are not exag- mence their commercial yeir with the gerated. first day of May, as this date corresponds Sale* closest to the beginning of the new crop, during the week amounted to a totd of Under normal circumstances the old 3-448 bales, divided into 3 300 of Vuelta crop has disppeared from first hands, Abajo, 50 of Partido, and 98 of Reme- excepting trifling quantities which play no ^ios. Buyers for the American market role to speak of. This year, however, secured 2,438 bales, and for local con- there are still some stocks left umold, sumption i. 010 bales were written off. chiefly Vuelta Abajo, for which the ov%n- Exports during the week to the several ers are asking higher figures, as they are American ports amounted to 4 633 bales. under the impression that they will all while only 27 bales were shipped be wanted, as the good part of the new Europe. , , . , , , ^ Buyers Come and Go. growth may be higher than last year. Prices, however, are regulated more by Arrived :_Sol Hamburger, of Ham the buyers than by the sellers, as accord- burner Bros. & Co., New York, ing to the more or less urgent necessities of the former they will go up, remain stationary or decline. The sellers, who in this instance comprise the leaf dealers and packers of tobacco, on their part are buyers originally, and they are certainly I I ESTABLISHED 1844 I to Departures: A. A. Martinez, Osczr Reinach, E. J. Stachelberg, for Tampa; M. A. Pollack, for Mobile; B. Wasserman and Sam Wasserman, for New York; Heinrich Upmann, for Hamburg. H&vanaL Cigar Manufacturers I I I I I I H. Upmann & Co. I HAVANA. CUBA, B^k^iYkers and Commission Merchscnts SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF T01BACC0 MANUFACTURERS OP The Celebri^ted Cigacf Br a. lid FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA I HAVANA. CUBA. exercising their best judgment in secur- are working steadily, although the volume ing the new crop from the farmers as of business does not show any signs of cheaply as they possibly can, in order to expandmg yet, as the orders are mostly be able afterward to dispose of it with a for current sizes in small quantities. Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RBMIGIO LOPMZ y HMRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands 1/a Mas Fermosa y MagneticR de Cuba No. 83A Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. H. Upmann & Co. say that their fac- tory is busy enough in executing orders for their celebrated H. Upmann brand, chiefly for the United States and South America. They shipped 400,000 cigars last week of their own and other inde- living profit, to which they are entitled. They are risking their capital and a mistake made b y them results often in losses, which are usually heavier than the legitimate profit on their purchase of a vega. While a few large factories buy directly from the farmers, the majority of pendent manufacturers* goods, them prefer to employ the middleman, Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. are per and it is an open question which of the fectly satisfied with the business they are two classes fare the best. 1 n theory doing, as no matter how poor business many things can be figured out to the may be in general, Flor de Tabacos de advantageof buying directly from the pro- Partagas & Co. always are called for ducer, but in reality the middleman is a from the principal markets of the world, necessity, and is bound to exist until the Por Larranaga is doing fairly well m millenium takes place. the dull season, and in order to extend its Even the trusts, which started out with relations, Don Antonio J. Rivero, the the idea of suppressing the middlemen, manager, intends to leave on Saturday have found out that the idea of doing away next for the United States and Europe, with them entirely is an impossibility, as Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co, are in they only created a new set of middle- receipt of respectable orders from the men of their own by forming .separate United States, Europe and South companies which do the buying, others America for Ramon Allones, Cruz Roja, that manufacture, and finally others that Marques de Rabell and other annexed attend to the sale of their commodities. brands. It is claimed that owing to the contin- Behrens & Co. are doing a satisfactory uous rains in the Santa Clara province business in their Sol factory, and are the green tobacco still hanging on the constantly receiving sufficient oiders to poles is showing signs of rot, and that all keep all of their forces fully occupied. BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to order*. Cigars mtdc strictly of the Tcry best VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. Vknancio Diaz, SpeciaU Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Angeles St.. HAVANA, Cuba. P.O.Bo»856.' SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) and Dealers in Ij6fll iOOdCCO FIGURAS 39-41, Cble: •Cuetara- HAVANA. CUBA. /\ C^Au/ES^C& O^- <^6y Havana 123 n. third - IMPORTERS O^y^ ~ Philadelphia Leslie Pantin/ o Leaf Tobacco Commission Merctiant 'Reilly 50, • P. O. Box 493. : Habana, Cuba BEHi^ENS & eo, Mannfacturers of the Celebrated Brands, If SOL and "^f^lsm^^a^ LUIS MARX JH^alnf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. '•Antkro.** ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en Rama mSPBCIAUDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA <& CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf S3a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: • Jkdksa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. %» Jorge Y. P. Castancda JORGE 8t P. CflSTflflEDA GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana Lieaf TobacGO Dragones 108--110, HA VA NA AYMLINO PAZOS <& CO. Almaeemstas de Tabaco en Ranm PRADO 1x3, Habana Onitank, Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguer B. DIflZ^& CO. Growers eLnd Packers of Vuelt^L Abajo and PdLftido Tobacco PRADO 125, Cable:— Zaidco HABANA, CUBA* HpARTA6AS>-5 Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG a 4^BA»4^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industrla Street Cable : ClFXR. Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de tabaco en RamA Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba* FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpeeiaJty ia VueltaL Abaio, Semi VueHa y PiHMo, Indusiria. 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS^ Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArrilMI Monte 114 y <,P. O. Box) Apartado 270. T-To1^0nO Cable: Zalhzgon. X XCt LiCtllCLo AIXALA ^ CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. i9-SP£CIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS.0I P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." }fi, GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VueltsL AbaLjo, PdLrtido ativd Cable -Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobaccd aad COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte is6, cabie-"CAW)A.' HABANA, CUBA. • C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Batablished 1834 I Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietresa ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade M^rk Regf.tered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana AnACxed Brands : Alexander IL. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Raleigh ' L». Columnia de le^ VictorieL, L*. IrmflL. and L«l Guipuzcoana. r^'iRAfi^^ At the moment your correspondent walked in he witnessed the placing of a large order for dark colored cigars for the Archbishop of New Orleans, Mon- scignor Chapelle, which is a proof again that the real connoisseurs prefer the dark to the light colors, as the former are the most aromatic and sweetest in taste. J. F. Rocha&Co admit frankly enough that business is temporarily quiet in their Crepusculo factory, although Nene and Jefferson have enough friends in the United States who do not fail to order them steadily. Bwying. Selling a^nd Other Notes of In- terest Edgar J. Stachelberg, was a large buyer this past week, as he secured over 1, 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo leaf for the new combination of M. Stachelberg & Co., and Esberg-Gunst Co., Tampa. Antonio Suarez sold 392 bales Vuelta Abajo last week. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez are very busy now buying new tobacco in bundles in all the tobacco growing sections o f t b e Vuelta Abajo. Partido and Santa Clara province, for their various escojidas. They have the honor of having s»ld the first vega of new Vuelta Abajo to a local factory, some time ago, although for some reason this was not reported at the right time. Their Bejucal escojida is working with full forces. Jose F. Rocha turned over 325 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Jorge & P. Castaneda are hard at work in their three escojidas at San Antonio de los Banos, and will receive the first lots of new tobacco this week. Muniz Hnos. & Co. disposed of 305 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Oscar Reinach purchased 200 bales additional of Vuelta Abajo for his firm of Fernandez Hnos. Co., Tampa. Bruno Diaz & Co. sold 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido, nearly half o- which was of the 1905 crop. Manuel Suarez & Co. are as busy as ever, and Don Jose Mendelsohn is ex- pected here next week from New York to help Don Manuel. Loeb Nunez Havana Co. made sales to the extent of 198 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Remedies. Garcia & Co. ate as usual non com mittal. although, as they shipped 496 bales of leaf last week, it stands to reason that they must have done some good new rade. A. M. Calzdda & Co disposed of 129 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week, Don Antonio will leave for the Vuelta Arriba to make some arrangements for their coming Camajuani picking. S. L. Goldberg e Hijos have made J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. "Crepusculo," "Nene" "Jefferson" some purchases of extra fine vegas in the fine vegas in the Rio Seco district, where they expect to open their escojida about May 15 th. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. turned over 128 bales of Vuelta Abajo. G. Salomon y Hnos. closed out 107 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Jose H. Cayro e Hijo shipped 125 bales of leaf to Key West, and have already received some bales of new tobacco of their three packings. Aixala & Co. sold 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. According to a circular issued by the U. S. Consul General at Havana, in future all Consular invoices will have to be made out either in United States currency, o r otherwise the Spanish gold dollar has to be reduced to currency at the rate of 96 >^ cents. This order was issued by the Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, and very likely will lead to a test case to be decided by the U. S. Su- preme Court, as all the importers of cigars will pay the higher duties under protest. It is also possible that the Cuban Minis ter at Washington will use his diplomatic powers to bring about a revocation of this order. It does not matter at all to the leaf trade, as there is no ad valorem duty, but for the cigar importers it will mean an increased duty of $1.10 per thousand, if the cigars here cost |ioo. Evidently the Secretary of the Treasury has been misinformed and his action has been too hasty, because if he understood the true facts, it is not likely that he would have issued this order. To make the Spanish gold dollar to be equal to <)6% cents U. S. currency would mean an exchange rate of about 103 >^ per cent, while the monetary 3 days rate is 109 >^ percent. In Spain $5 SLig6y^c would be $^.S2}4, which may be the true gold value, but here in Cuba the $5 Spanish gold piece is worth $5.30, or a premium •f six per cent, therefore the true equiv alent is almost 91 cents, at which rate the invoices used to be calculated in the U. S. Custom houses. Receipts From the Coantrjr Week Ending Since April 29. Jan. i 100 San Miguel St. Habaiva, Cuba Cable:— Crkpusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. gj Broad Street, New York. GRAH. PL/INAS Y Qlfl. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Relna 22, H^^ana, Cuba Cable : Graplanas. CHARLES BLASCO, , COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, c,bi«- Bi.»co " Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BENITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Mcenistas de Tataco en lama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA Cable:— Reform. F. VIDAL CRVZ Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara & Remedies Santiago deCuba Total Bales 531 53 193 14 791 Bales 11,678 98 2.331 1 1 8.678 4^633 28,318 [Special.] Havan;i, May 5. I learned today th.it Don Gustavo Boch had tendered his resignation as president of the Hav.ma Tobacco Co. to the Fifth Avenue Council. HENRY VONEIFF VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "•Etfofte^s^o, LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Br4ncK Houses:— 616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Md.; "* O. Box 433. Ta.mp%.. Fhu CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of ' ./.Fine Cigars.v. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA l^orrespondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplei. WANTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivdLiioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOER & CO. Sol* Owaars aad llannfactiirers k Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA* IS THB TOBACCO WORLD LBAF TOBACCO opnces : y^£TROIT,MlCH. ,TERDAM,HOLLAI*0 WAVANA.CUBA. NcwYo»i€> eABii aodrcss'tachucla* JV^^W F0122J'. |W. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALLER EDWIN I . ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS m, CO. Importers & Packers of lw.phone-346 John. No. 150 Walter Sircci. NEW YORK. Leaf Tobacco J TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK X ^^ New York, May 8, 1905. Brooklyn retailers say they did very Taft. brother of Secretary of War Taft little business this last week. Things and a New York lawyer, and it is known were not that way in Manhattan, as goods that independent dealers have been ap- moved very freely over the counters and proached in different cities and asked ta the first steady warm weather brought an volunteer testimony. What this collec actual influx of customers. Just why tion of evidence may result in. is un Brooklyn should have suffered is not known to the trade at large, but. as was clear but it is a fact that a number of said, many independents hope that the Fulton street dealers were very grouchy real proceedings have now been started, over the week' s business. I" regard to the action of the Grand Jury. For some reason there seems to be a a daily paper prints the followmg under mania at present to cut prices as far as it date of May 6: is possible to go and save the cost This Independent manufacturers and dealers ^ s in tobacco by the score have been asked cannot be blamed on the United vulgar ^^^ ^^^.^ testimony. Every person who Store's Co., but seems to have started all ^jght have cause for complaint at the of itself ; every other cigar store that you trust's treatment has been questioned until oass will have some tentatively attractive the evidence accumulated might be meas- u J 1 J :« o r^rr^mi ur«d by the bushel basket It was to this price-cutting schedule posted in a promi- ^^^^ ^^X ^^^^^^.^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ nent position in the window. called on its first day's session last Mon- • • • day and subpoenas issued for officials of The manufacturers are still shaking various companies controlled by the main , f ,v,« corporation, the American Tobacco Com hands with themselves on account ot the »- steady and most substantial volume of ^j^j^ jj^g ^^^^ witness, Edwin F. Hale, business. Returns from the roadmen Secretary of the McAndrews & Forbes are still good and judging by reports Company, one of the largest subsidiary • 1 1 -^1 ^r.r^\r^c. from concems, it became known that a bitter there is not a single kick coming from ^^^^^ ^.^^'^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ this end of the trade. Retailers are or- ^^^^ -^ contempt proceedings will depend dering well and must be disposing of the whether a score or more of great finan- goods, or else their orders would not ciers will be called and the books of the , ^„.i„ companies opened for Federal inspection, repeat so frequently. ^^ ^H ^^ ^^ F^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ yesterday civil • * * proceedings to enjoin or restrain the trust The leaf market for the week yields no have not yet been instituted, and may news, practically the only action being depend upon the outcome of the other the inquiry for Sumatra. Even in this undertaking. . ^ ' j» „ >« So quietly have the investigators worked there were not a great many orders re- ^ J' . ? Start* Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO blithed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. that not even regular assistants at the corded, but lots of manufacturers mam- pg^eral Buildings knew of the inquiry fested an interest in the samples and until yesterday afternoon when the Grand gagged a bit on the price. The old Jurors entered the court presided over goods sold more readily than the new by Judge Lacombe Accompanying them ^ , • , J u • r were Mr. Taft and Mr. Levy. A mo- crop. There was fairly steady buying of ^^^^ j^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ Havana goods, but no very large trans- Lancey Nicoll and his partner, John D. J J T-_j -..:aU t :_ r»__i .. 1 aU^ Lindsay, with Louis Parker, entered the court room and took seats. Then W. E. Henkel. United States Marshall, came in with Mr. Hale, who had come in answer to a subpoena. With all wondering at the strange pro- % HAVANA TOBACCO ^^tDEN, LANE.; o. o Importers Sumatra Tobacco Joseph Hirsch & Son %i. . I',, fAL m Office, 183 Water Si NEW YORK action was recorded. • • • The New York Cigar and Tobacco Retailer's Association is cutting consider- able ot a figure in the present trade situa- tion The association is in a decidedly ceedings. Judge Lacombe turned to healthy condition, and is fortunate enough Thomas S^ Folsom. foreman of the Grand ^ ^ . ^ . , t^ J , Jury, with the question, "Gentlemen, to number in its official board several \^^^^ ^^^ anything to present? ' men who are noted for their penchant p^^ answer Mr. Folsom produced a for progressiveness and hard work. The bulky roll of typewritten paper, which he membership of the association grows carefully unfolded and handed to the continually, and it is hoped that before judge. It appeared soon after that the , ^ paper contained questions to the number long It will embrace a large percentage ^^^^^ ^^an one hundred, which the of the entire retail trade. foreman set forth Mr. Hale had refused • • • to answer. Immediately after Mi. iaft There was a lot of talk last week again arose. J- ^u .: *\^^ ^f »v.» A.^^^; 'Your Honor." he said, pointing to reeardinK the investigation of the .A.meri- », ,. , . ' . .u- .• ^ ^ ° Mr. Hale, who was by this time sur- can Tobacco Co. and the action of the ^^..^ded by Messrs. Nicoll, Lindsay and Grand Jury last Monday in asking Judge Parker, "this witness has refused to an- Lacombe to direct a witness, an official swer some of the questons on the ground of a subsidiary tobacco company, to that the answers might tend to incrimi- , ,, . , nate him and also on the ground that answer questions fully is by some, con- ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^,^ ^^ ^^^ voluminous to sidered significant Others think that produce at such short notice. Following the combine was not aimed at in this the procedure in such cases I would instance and believe that the matter has request that you direct the witness to , . ,, ^ „i ,:♦.,„♦:«„ retire with the Grand Jury and answer no bearing on the general situation. '^ » • j • »u * ^ ^ , . the questions contained in the present It has been stated by certain persons ^^^ who claimed to know, that an investiga- Mr. Nicoll, arising at once and annouc tion was being prepared by Henry W. ing himself as counsel for Mr. Hale, said VJ '1 # THE TOBACCO WORLD 13 lie had no objection to this procedure and the judge at once ordered that this be followed. It was during the argument attending the decision of the court that it first became known that the government had begun proceedings against the tobacco companies in hke manner as against the Beef Trust in Chicago Although all counsel were sparing of words and all declined to discuss the case it was gen- erally understood that Mr. Hale by advice of counsel, would again refuse to speak, and on Monday Mr. Taft will ask for a rule against him to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt By this means the constitutionality of the act will be determined, as well as the request of the federal government to see books and papers. • • • The cigar manufacturing establishment of Samuel Kaskel. at Bowery and Stanton street, has been robbed dozens of times and last week another burglary was added to the number. The place was entered, the safe opened, and money and goods to the value of $500 taken. The rear door had been forced and the safe opened by the discovery of the combination. In the numerous times the Kaskel place has been robbed, but one arrest has been made. • • • M. F. Schneider, of Burhng Slip, has recently concluded the purchase of more than 1,000 bales of new Sumatra tobacco which he is now oflfering to the trade. This lot includes the following excellent marks: W. and V. S | Deli Langkat | B I — T. T. R— Amst. Deli Co | A | — p^^ D. M— H I Deli. Buyers are invited to inspect samples of the purchases or the house will be pleased to submit sam- pies for inspection, believing that the quality of these goods will quickly demon- state itself. moved. The present quarters are much more commodious and better in every way. The last lot of Sweet Caporal cigarettes sent out in this market contained no coupons. There has been only a half coupon issued in the small package for some time, and this latest reduction is thought to be in line with the company's policy to reduce its coupon system. Charles Vogt. Jr.. will go to Germany on the 9th, sailing on the Kaiser Wil helm der Grosse. This trip will not be entirely one of business, but will furnish recreation for Mr. Vogt that has been sorely needed. The United Cigar Store Co. opened two new branches within the past week at 531 Broadway and at Thirty third street and Fourth avenue. The company made the usual attractive offers for the opening. The Buster Brown cigar made by the Victor Thorsch Co.. Allentown. will lie pushed locally by the A. H. Hillman Co. who has taken the local agency. Tlie bands on this cigar are now redeemable. A new and nice looking cigar store has been opened by L. Frankel at 2201 Seventh avenue. LARGE BURLEY CROP THIS YEAR. cohn IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS UP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAIBX Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA., Amlstad BS M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co. is con- ducting a very successful new store on Union Square. M. H. Apfel is manager and says that the public has not been at all reluctant so far in patronizing the new store. The stand carries a full line of Havana and seed good, with the Partagas, Romeo and Juliet and H. Up- mann as leaders. Victor Mancebo, o f V. Mancebo, Muina & Co. departed for Europe last Saturday. Mr. Mancebo has not been in the best of health lately and takes the trip with a view toward restoration. He will go back to the climate which he enjoyed as a boy. Joseph F. Sinclair is now running the cigar store at No. S Ann street which has been popularly known among its customers as the "Hole in the Wall." On acquiring this stand Mr. Sinclair had the furnishers and renovators in with surprisingly happy results. The stock carried by this store is very complete. The new store of I. N. Maaskoflf at 48 Nassau street is now running regularly and so far has had a good trade. This store can be numbered among the cut price establishments, and it is that fact announced by a circular letter sent out by Mr. Maaskoff that is responsible for the large number of daily visitors. Mr. Maaskoff also has a knack of dressing windows effectively. The Sicber Cigar Manufacturing Co. is now ready to receive callers at 79 Cham bers street, where the company has Growers' Association Will Make Another Attempt to Corner It. Cincinnati, O.. May 8. Predictions are being made by some of the warehousemen of this city that it will be the largest tobacco crop this year for a long time. W. H. Whiteman, of the Globe Tobacco Warehouse, made this unqualified statement yesterday: "All indications this year point to the largest tobacco crop the country has seen in a decade. The excellent prices real- ized on all grades of tobacco during the past few months is perhaps the prin cipal reason why tobacco farmers will set out a much larger acreage this year than they have done for some time. Farmers also have reason to believe that they can dispose of much more tobicco than they have sent in for the last ten years. "Not since 1892 has there been any surplus of tobacco in the warehouses, and practically all the offerings have been sold to the home trade. "The foreign demand is becoming greater every year, and more tobacco is needed to supply European countries." The Burley Tobacco Growers' Associa- tion will get together again to discuss ways and means, and a meeting is ar- ranged to be held in this city at the Grand Hotel on Wednesday. W. B. Hawkins, who was at the head of the affairs of the Association in its recent efforts to corner the Burley crop, and Archibald Stuart, who also took a promi- nent part, will attend. The Association still believes that it can create this corner, and will make another attempt on the coming crop. The principal object of the meeting is to find out just where the Association stands as regards financial backers, and as Mr. Stuart has been in communication for some time with financiers, it is believed that very favorable reports will be pre- sented. NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG AMSTERDAM. TELEPHONE. 337 JOHN 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, BilKbliahtd 1840. ^^^^'^^ '*»•■■■• Hinsdale Smith & Co. inMorterf of Sumatra & Havana T^/X fV^ />|>/¥ "< Packers of Connecticut Leaf 1 Ul/a\^\^V 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. MziBfUND H. Smsni SUDS Smxtf COLSON C. Hamilton, formerly of F. C. IJnde, Hamilton & Co. M. CoNGALTON, Frank P. Wiseburn, Louis Formerly with F. C. Linde, Hamilton & Co. C. E. Hamilton. C. C. HAMILTON & CO. Tobacco Inspectors, Warehousemen & Weighen SampllDC In AH Sections of the Country Receives Prompt AtteotloB. 2S?J=?.v;J?^tf;rw''E.^"stres*H!^^^ Sonth 8t.,Nei YMk PIrst-Class Free Storage Warehouses: flOQ East 36th St.; 204-208 Kast 27111 St.; i^S-i^Sji Water St.; ^^ Telephone— 13 Madison Square. xr -1. Main Office, 84-85 South St., (Tel. 2191 John) New Yorlu inspection Branches.-Tho8. B. EarleT Edgerton Wis.; Frank V.MiU«J to6 North Queen street, Lancaster. Pa.; Henry F.FenstermacherReadmg.Pa^ ^niel M Heeter Dayton, O.; John H. Hax, Baldwinsville, N. Y.; LeonardL- G??tta. 1015 Main street, HartfVrd, and Warehou.e Point. Coou.; James L. Dsy. Hatfield, Mass.; Jerome S. Billington, Cornin^j. T /. - ,- 1 r> U-, Fred SchnaiW Frank Ruscher ,. ^ « ^ .^^ RUSCHBR & CO. TobaeGO Inspeetofs Storage: 149 Water Street, New York. COUNTRY SAMFLING Promptly Attended to. BRANCHES.— Edgerton, Wis.: Geo. F. McGiffin andC. L. Culton. Sto«^ Wis. : O. H. Hemsing. Lancaster, Pa. : L R. Smith, 610 W. Chestnut ft Fw lin, O.: T. E. Griest Dayton, O. : F. A. Gcbhart, 14 Shore Line avc. "™^ Conn.: Jos. M. Glcason. 238 State st South Deerfield, Mass : John C. DeM .Meridian. N. Y. : John R. Purdy. Baltimore. McL: Ed. Wischmcycr & C* » Corning, N. Y. : W. C. Sleight 14 THR TOBACCO WOULD THE TOBACCO WORLD G. H. SACHS 1 LANCASTER NOT VERY BUSY. Manufacturer of Best Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS ] 24S NORTH CONCORD ST., | Lancaster, Pa. ] C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. ments for the National Convention which was held here last week and the enter- Some Transactions Were Closed Though j^j^^^^^^ ^f the delegates, have been the During Na^tional Convention. . . -. i- . r^. recipients of numerous compliments for Lancaster. Pa.. May 8. ^^^ ^^^ .^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ conducted the The local leaf market has been expect- jiff^ir. edly dull for the past week, and the market was augmented only by the pres- ence of several out of town buyers who were attending the convention. It is reported that several packing were con- tracted for. as they were found at the present time. YORK BUSINESS BAD. ♦♦ TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored acrap chewiag. MCti \jvu MnniM** The best granulated smoking for either pipe or alLVEill MUUii "cigarette. The smoke for the man who knowa. "BLACK THREADS"-S?u«T' ''"' '""^ "' "'°"''* "*"'" "SUN TIME"— A. long cut amoking that alwaya gives aatiafaction. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "oLE^VraGINY""^"^ ^''^''' °* granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVER-SAL COUPONS in each carton of "DAR.K HOR.SE.- ••SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS." for the rttailer. Writs ■■ for samples aad prices. .THE GEM CITY lOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. Are you looking for a Good PITTSBURG STOGIE? "Jolly Fellouus** Hand Made IS THE NAME. Lontf Filler """•"Samuel Smith Sl Son, 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, Special Prices to Jobbers Mention Tobacco World Allegheny, Pa. : Manufacturers, with Few Exceptiona. Are 6omplainin|(. York, Fa., May 8. A general complaint is voiced, in this No large business could be expected county by cigar manufacturers, of slack in old goods for they are no longer in business. In fact there are few excep- packers' hands. While inquiries are tions to this report Among these few is beginning to arrive and buyers are look- F. Able, of Hellam, who recently re- ing at the new goods, a great many are turned from a western trip, during which being turned down for the simple reason time he disposed of not only all the that holders of the new goods feel com- goods he had in stock but now has on pelled to give a part first to their old hand orders for more than a half million customers which would seem to be only of his product, running largely in five and fair and right. ten cent varieties. C. D. Collins, of the Duquesne Cigar Harrison Fauth, of Delroy, has taken Co., of Pittsburg, was an interesting the factory of Jos. DehufT, at Hellam, Pa., visitor to our city last week attending and is expecting to operate on an extcn- several sessions of the leaf dealers' con- sive scale. He will, however, continue vention and took a casual look over the his old factory at Delroy. The product leaf market here, but found very little from the Hellam factory is to go over available stock for their purpose among largely to a New York house, their packing houses. Max Gans, of Max Gans Sons, New A rather interesting law suit was ex York has been spending several days in pected to come up in our county court this country in company with the firm's this week in the case of HoflFman Bros., representative, Mr. Waterman, and they of Bainbridge, vs. Walter S. Bare involv- have been visiting many of the larger ing an amount representing forty seven factories. cases of seed leaf which had been D. E. Woodmansee, of Spring Grove, if purchased by Bare from Hoffman Bros, also among the exceptionally busy ones, upon inspectors' samples which were having at present writing, plenty of guaranteed. It is alleged, however, that orders on hand. L. L. Schloss, a well when the goods arrived and were ex- known cigar broker, recently made a fly- amined they were found unlike the ing visit through this section, sample and so payment was refused. G. W. Parr, at Littlcstown. is moder- The seller, however, would not permit ately busy and he is pushing with a the goods to be shipped back to them great deal of vigor and much success, the and the goods were finally sold at a Fernside cigar, which he recently placed public sale, realizing 6 cents per pound, upon the market The question will now arise as to how George A. Buddy, of Littlestown, is far an inspector's sample will go and the making preparations for a trip to the case, therefore, becomes more complex West, which will cover, probably, four or and inteiesting with a great deal of six weeks, interest to tobacco men. A. B. Hess, a leaf tobacco packer of this ciiy lecently purchased the proper- ties of 630 and 632 North Prince street upon which is a three story brick ware- house 645 X 65 feet. Mr. Hess, however, comtcmplaies erecting thereon at an early A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«Lyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Aulomatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobaLCCO Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur/(e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one tinve. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O. INHOFF'S NEW FACTORY AT DEN- VER. PA. Imhoff & Co., extensive cigar manu* facturers at Denver, Pa., have taken possession of their new factory building at S. Union street, which will be a model date an addition of 45 x 33 feet, making establishment in every particular. The the building all told 45 x 100. B. H. Nis^ley and Elmer dood, tobacco growers, recently drew a suit against Hoffman Bros., leaf packers at Bain b idge, to recover for a breach of con- tract on a lobucco transaction. The case came up last week before Judge Hassler, and the verdict w^s rendered in favor of Nissley for jj(io2. 28 and in favor of Good for III 1. 05. The S. R. Moss Cigar Co. has com menced the erection of a new building at Prince and Lemon street, and it is progressing quite satisfactorily. The International Revenue in this dis- trict for the month of April shows an output of 57,408,000 cigars which is a entire building has been divided into numerous departments calculated for greater convenience in handling the busi- ness promptly. Beginning with the basement, which is cemented, there is found a specially constructed storage room for Sumatra and Havana tobacco. The first floor proper of the building is used for offices, shipping and packing room and strip- ping department. The second floor is given over in its entirety to the manufacturing, and has a seating capacity for 75 hands. The third floor is divided into packing rooms, dry- ing rooms, etc. The building is equipped with safety automatic elevator and is steam heated throughout. It is also excellently lighted considerable decrease as compared with and well ventilated. The firm has long the month of March. catered to the trade, handling only the -,,,,. ., • r> highest grades of product and feel that Messrs. I. H. Weaver. Morris Rosen- ^hcy a,e now in a better position than thai and A. B Hes?, who were the ever to supply their trade with a superior committee having in charge the arrange article. '5 Qr^ \y' -©-^G LA FLOR De SANTA CLARA Highest Grade DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by ^^^ Johns Brash Cigar Co. Main 0£(ice, LANCASTER, PA. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. ©-<^3 -~« ■■<•* Kit #) JAMES ADAIR f Successor to AD AI R & REI FF Packer of and Dealer in BeywESTie LEAFToBAeeo OflSce and Warehouses: GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTURER OF HIGH-GRADE CIGARS YORK. PENNyq. We Carry a Large Stock of Pennsylvania Broad Leaf, Zim^er Spanish, Little Dutch and Gebhart. I6 THE TOBACCO WORLD THE TOBACCO WORLD Established iGSi THE Incorporated 1902 T0B/I©e© W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY XHfi TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKiaL ' Jay Y. Krout. J. M. Bdcki,ey, H. C. McMands, Prenident and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tbi^Ephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45*39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. 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Address Tobacco World Pubushing Co , 224 Arch St , Philada. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦!♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'f ♦♦♦ ♦!♦' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade, ♦ i ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ^1^ ♦ ♦ ♦ Here and There With the Retailers Since the Bingham Hotel made its alterations and erected its handsome Business is just fair and no more in ^j^^^. ^^^^^ j^^gj^j^ ^^e swinging doors the retail market, and it really does seem outsj^e of the bar, business has much that the only way to make a good market improved in the cigar line. This stand in this city is for about half of the re- ^^^.^j^^ ^ ^-^y^ g^^^e of smokes, tailers in the city to go out of business. ^^ In a tour through the principal stores it ^ ^ Vanaman. of Ninth and Juniper is not hard to find dealers who report a ^^^^^^^ ^^^ purchased the entire stock of satisfactory trade, but the average is not ^^^ Lafayette Cigar Co. . I2i6>4 Chestnut street, which is now on sale at the Juni- PHILADELPHIA. MAY;;io, 1905 To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the "Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. what it should be, and it is a well known fact that it is a veiy hard thing to get a new brand on the Philadelphia market. Peculiar conditions obtain in this city which are probably not duplicated in any other city of its size, and these are such as to hold business back. The Retail per street store, man, assists Mr. hours. E W. Rugby, the sign Vanaman in the busy B. F. Batten, at the foot of Market street, is putting 'em out over the counter in lively shape, principal in which move- With MaLi\uf2LCturers and Jobbers* They embody a number of important quest.ons. and as entered upon the Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association minutes, represent the careful thought of is making a determined effort at present ment is the Oxus cigar, the delegates. ^° remedy some of these conditions, and It is regarded as a good thing that it it is hoped that it will succeed. The was decided to go to Dayton. O.. next organization is being strengthened mate- year as. just as Mr. Lukaswitz said when rially, and if the members stick together extending the invitation, the Western and work toward a common cause, much delegates will be given a better chance to will be accomplished, attend without sacrificing several days from their businesses and incurring a rather considerable expense to their various Boards. to. THE NATIONAL CIGAR LEAF BACCO ASSOCIATION. The seventh annual convention of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association The most screaming climax of the anti cigarette comic opera being con- ducted in Indiana, has been reached. In South Bend an ape was The same old report comes from the manufacturers that the most and best of the business is being done in the West ^^ and South, and from these sections alone Extensive preparations are being made are coming sufficient orders to keep for the picnic of the retail dealers as- factories average busy. Very few manu- sociation, to be held at Maple Grove, on facturers can be found who will own to the Reading, on June 21, and judging anything like a good business right here from the enthusiasm of the committee a in the city, or even in this section, and gala day will be enjoyed. those who do, are those who for years One of the features will be a ball game have made a specialty of Philadelphia arrested for ^V ^^^ ^^** Devil team against a picked cigars, and upon whom the Quaker City smoking a cigarette during a performance of trained animals. The "taoun constable" arrived at the show, backed by all the dignity and held in Lancaster last week, was a notable majesty of the law, to say nothing of a gathering, and brought together a number warrant, and pulled the management of men who, m being representative of right in, b*gosh. the tobacco trade spoke forcibly for the The trial will be formally held in a substantial character of that trade. justice's court, and it is understood that The delegates were not only business the defendants will be represented by A. men and gentlemen, but men who in Chimpanzee, of the well known legal firm debate showed a keen grasp of the of Chimpanzee & Baboon. The other nine of the retail dealers. consumer It is hoped a neat sum will be realized, smoking. has come to depend for his which will be devoted to the New York Tobacco show. James I. Hassan, the well known re- tailer at 6633 Woodland avenue, will A good many manufacturers complain that they have to sell too much on con- signment, and when asked why they do it, the answer usually is "because others do and we must " It is by no means an give a little stag parly tonight, to some of .^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^.^^ business and there i his friends in the trade for which a jolly entertainment has been provided. Mr. Hassan is a genial soul and he likes to get his pals around him. This store does one of the nicest businesses in West Philadelphia, and i t s proprietor says is no doubt that every manufacturer would be glad to get away from it. A firm who is eager to get a certain brand on the retail counter, finds that most retailers won't put the cigar in on any other basis, utterance. One of the pleasing features of the convention was the manifest popularity of Mr. A. Bijur, and the unanimity with which he was returned to the chair. It was very patent that the delegates liked mits. exigencies of the trade, and no small trained animals will prepare and circulate facility for concise and comprehensive a petition to the Indiana legislature asking "hTngrarmovin^ pVrtkula^^^^^^ ^""^ '^"^ manufacturer accordingly sub lor a special allowance of three cigarettes tmt* a day. Great Caesar's ghost! Hasn't anyone in Indiana a sense of humor ? now. ^^%%%%%% A tasty window display of the Golden Eagle little cigar has been arranged in the window of E. N. Moore's store at An instance of the unfortunate part of the credit business is the case of J. S. Geller Sons & Co., of this city, a petition for a receiver for which was made on _.^ ^ „ The Kansas City authorities are follow- Second and Chestnut streets, by Joseph their president not only for his executive ing the example of the Ma) or of Rich Hubert, who is a well known city sales- Monday by J. P. Hale Jenkins, a Norris- but for his attractive person mond, and are commencing to raid man. Wm. Turk, advertising man for ^°^" attorney, at the instance of Wm. K. Gresh Sons, manufacturers of the same city. ability ality as welL Mr. Bijur' s annual report, in addition to being a model of clear and rhetorical English, showed the great amount of work necessary not only in actual prepara- tion of the paper, but in the study which had obviously been put on each subject dealt with to the last detail. It was demonstrated at these sessions that the Association is by no means yet ready to yield to Secretary Taft his point on the Philippme tariff, and at the next session of Congress„the opposition will be as strenuous as, ever. The resolutions adopted by the con- vention were the result of extended debate which produced a number of * 'immoral* ' stores will changes in the original resolutions offered, print their names. are commencing to raia man. tobacco pictures. Cigar I. Lewis & Co. , worked through the city be visited, and advertising last week with a crew of men and framed pictures found that shock any of the up some very good displays. The brand The application was made before Judge raiders, will be torn out and the proprie is being pushed on this market by Z. "«"^"^ »" ^*»« ^""'^^^ States District tors dealt with. It is understood that John Norris. C^"*-*' ^"^ ^^"^ ^^^'^^ '^''^ '^^«" ^i^^ * ceruin citizens have not been pleased ^ view to saving as much to the creditors The Edison is a five center that is as possible. The appraisers appointed making quite a little hit in the Philadel- by Judge Holland commenced yesterday phia market and it is duplicating pretty to appraise the stock, which Mr. Geller welL This smoke is made by Shively, estimates as worth 15,000. The liabilities Miller & Co., of Pottstown, and is looked are said to be about $10,000, of which after in this town by John T. Taylor, the Gresh firm has accounts amounting to «% $7,990 Mr. Jenkins sent notices to all Jos. Way, Market street dealer, is one the other creditors this week, and as good of the retailers who has very little com- a settlement as possible will be made, plaint on business, but then Mr. Way The point of the situation is that the they didn't think it was with the character of some of the posters on view and appealed to the police com missiontrs. We certainly are getting good lately. New Y0RKER.S are fond of declaring that Philadelphia is not on the map. It must be so, for none of the New York trade papers discovered the fact that there were any delegates present at the convention in Lancaster last week from the City of Brotherly Love. If they did, uri-^,,.-^,.^ worth while to h*s a large trade that wont go anywhere members of the Geller firm declare that else. they have outstanding accounts on their C) # 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE-5 R^ A HIGH GRADE C^ iJCx.CIGAR FORi!3C» Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO |Cdger to the face value of $18,000 and if these could have been Collected in anything like due time, no suspension need have occurred. The accounts are for the most part small, however, and the company has been unable to do much with them. %^ Vetterlein Bros, report a good sale in the South on their brands, which the firm expects will keep up. «/% Jacobs & Hilbronner, the new firm of manufacturers, whose address is on 'Eighth street near Vine, have not actu ally started in business yet owing to a delay in getting out their packages. In about two weeks, however, the goods wil probably be on the market. A. S Valeniine & Son are filling lots of orders these days, and their Paul Jones brand is cheering up many a smoker. W. G. Thompson, representing the well known cigar factory of Julius Alvarez & Co., AUentown, Pa., was in this city last week and reports having placed their Quo Vadis, Flor de Alvarez, and other brands with a number of prominent houses here. He will leave shortly on an extended Southern trip. LeaLf DeeLlers* Jottings. News items are few and far between in the leaf market this week. Business trails along and not much more, but the same is true in New York, so nobody is particularly discouraged. Some Havana was sold during the week and there was inquiry in other goods. Prices are still stiff and there is no likelihood of anything else. All the delegates who went to Lancaster for the convention last week had a good time and a word of praise for their Lan caster entertainers. It was too bad that Mr. Young was unable to be present, out his detention was unavoidable. His voice was missed. Mr. Eckerson did not arrive until the second day and his name did not appear in the list of delegates on account of the fact that the list was made up the first day of the convention. Mr. Batroff was one of the first on deck from this city, and everybody made a grab for his hand. Jacob Labe, who with Mrs. Labe has been in Holland attending the Amsterdam inscriptions has returned to this city. The firm secured some nice marks but they waited until some of the scramble was over. «^ Julius Vetterlein was no silent delegate to the convention. His voice was heard more than once in bringing forward some important point. Jesse S. Batroff has put up a handsome new sign beside the door of his office. The sign is a winner, but nobody ever had any difficulty in finding their way to Mr. BatrofTs sanctum. The Philadelphia delegates to the convention had less trouble in finding their way about Lancaster on their arrival than some of the others. Toward the end of the second day, though, nobody had any difficulty in this respect. DECISION ON DRAWBACK. Amount Allowed £qu8k.l to Duty Paid Less One Percent. The following decision has been issued by James B. Reynolds, Assitant Secretary of the Treasury to the New York Customs Collector in the matter of the drawback rate on cigarettes and smoking tobacco manufactured by the British-American Tobacco Co. in part of imported Turkish tobacco with or without glycerin refined from imported crude glycerine, as wholly from domestic tobacco with the use of glycerine : On the exportation of cigarettes and smoking tobacco manufactured by the British. American Tobacco Co., Limited, when the cigarettes are made with the use in part of imported Turkish tobacco in combination with domestic tobacco, with or without glycerin refined from imported crude glycerin, or made wholly with domestic tobacco with the use of said glycerin, and smoking tobacco made wholly from domestic tobacco with the SPECIAL NOTICE. ( 12% cents per 8-poiat measured line. ) pXPERIENCED MAN IN EVERY ^ department of cigar manufacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference. Address, Porbuan, Box 100, care of Tobacco World, Philadelphia, tf \X7lLL BUY FOR CASH-TOBACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags. Box loi, care of Tobacco World, Phila. tf E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. fV" ;-v .'• ^''^•.*- Manufacturers of PigH-liraile Seed & Havana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. Manufacturer of 5 Cent Gioars The largest ai\d best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED 5-ccivt Cigar on the N2Lrket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist^ Pau Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. I Manufacturers of fine C^^^r^ ♦♦!♦♦ -^►♦^♦♦- THe Boll Bow-piaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in sereral sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Partlcularsr #ipa>ity fmt Maaisfmelitrl»g Cigar Boxes It — Airways lUmm for Oku ICo&s Good Custombr. i8 L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvillc, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD TT[7"E desire to call the attention of the trade to our recent purchase at Inscription of more than 1,000 BALES 9f l/^ New SunvatrsL Tobacco The following desirable marks are included in the purchase: W& VSIDeli LangkatIB! T T R Amst. Deli CoiAi ADM HIDeli i Samples are Ready for Inspection Correspondence Invited. M. F. SCHNEIDER, No. 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK D. E. WOODMANSEE, Manufacturer of Fine Seed and Havana ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ CIGARS ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ Spring Grove, Pa. Some of Our Best Sellers in Ten and Five-Cent Goods are the La Flor de Bismark, El Trafico, Havana Puffs, Burnett, Fine Smoke. We have also an attractive line of MEDIUM PRICED Goods. Correspondence invited with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade. Samples submitted to Responsibltf Houses Uniform Quality Guaranteed. fl) i ♦ ♦ ♦ -m^*^- . Onr Capacity tor Manutacturing Cigar Boxes U^ Ai<.vAYS Room for Onb Mora Good Cubtoicbk. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvillc, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 23 PORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by ttie Government of the Republic of Cuba REPUBLKADECUBA RtPUBLICA.DEXUBA "-""I^ / . UUniondeFabRICANTesdeTabacosyCigabros lV \CA 10) JD utonzadaporel Gobierno delaRepablica Garantiza que los rabacos.cl9arrosy paqte^es de plcadur8quellevenes^appecin^• son fabncadospor ^f( RFPUBLiCADECUBA HflPRQPiEDADflRTISTICAE;iHDUSTRIflLESTA:REGISTRflDfl:EN:TODOS;LflSPAiSESvREPUg^ 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... preceding cut is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorized by the Government of the Republic of used by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobaoM vklch bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarettes, or packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers* Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the Go^" It of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the guar red by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bl use of said glycerin, a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the duties paid on said imported materials, less the legal deduction of i per cent The preliminary entry must show the marks and numbers of the shipping packages, and, in the case of cigarettes, the number of cartons of each size, to- gether with the quantity of cigarettes of each grade contained therein, stated separately for each size of carton and grade of cigarette, and for each shipping case. All boxes and cartons in which the cigarettes are packed for export will be labeled to show the quantity and grade of cigarettes contained therein. In the case of smoking tobacco, the said entry must show the number of unit packages of each nominal size and net weight of tobacco contained in each case separately and in the aggregate. The drawback entry must show the quantity of cigarettes and smoking tobacco of each grade of each factory exported, together with the quantity of imported tobacco and refined glycerin consumed in the manufacture of each grade of each factory of cigarettes and smoking tobacco, and, in addition to the usual averments. that the merchandise was manufactured of materials and in the manner set forth in the manufacturers' sworn statement, dated April 19, 1905, transmitted here with for filing in your office. In liquidation, the quantity of Turkish tobacco in condition as imported, and the quantity of refined glycerin, with 22 per cent added, as provided in T. D. 17355' which may be taken as the bases for allowance of drawback may equal the quantities consumed, as declared in the drawback entry, after official verification of exported quantities, provided that in no case shall it exceed the quantities shown in the manufacturers' sworn state- Supplemental sworn schedules of other grades of cigarettes and smoking tobacco than those named in said statement, with the quantities of sard imported materials. may be filed. Samples may be taken or sworn sam- pies furnished, as ordered by the col- lector, for required determination. WASHINGTON DVKE IS DEAD Father of A. T. Co's President Passes Away Near Birthplace, After an illness of some months. Wash ington Duke, practically the founder of the great tobacco combine known as the American Tobacco Co. , died on Monday at his birthplace near Durham, N. C, at the ripe age of 84 years. He had been declining for some time and the fracture of a leg which he sustained sometime ago hastened the end. The dead millionaire is survived by three sons, Brodie L. Duke, of Durham ; J. B. Duke, President of the American Tobacco Co. of New York, and B. N. Duke also of New York, all of whom were with their father at the end. The funeral services will take place today, in Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, where, several years ago, Mr, Duke built, at a cost of more than ^550,000, one of the finest mausoleums in the country. Washington Duke is a striking example of the hardy American pioneer who fought his way into great wealth from a boyhood of poverty and privation. The result of his work is one of the gieatest and most powerful corporations in the world, and one which doubtless exceeds its founder's most ambitious dreams. The growth of this mighty concern from its earliest conception in the mind of Washington Duke, is a matter of but forty years. That time ago Mr. Duke and his sons began the manufacture of tobacco in a very small way m the country near their birthplace. Durham. The business grew with surprising rapidity until a comparatively lew years ago his plant went into the American Tobacco Co., one of the sons, John B. Duke, becoming President. What has happened since that time is common knowledge to the tobacco trade as is the present status of the company and the importance of the Dukes. VVashmgton Duke has had nothing to do with the business of late years, but can certainly be regarded as one of the most important factors in its birth. •r IVIATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars and MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. 2f Baltimore, Md. JAMES ADAIR, Successor to ADAIB & REIFF. Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Larife Slock o( PENNSYLVANIA BROAD LEAF. ZIIIHEB SPANISH, LrrtLE DUTCH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Dallas Ciiar CI LEAF TOBACCO. IRREGULAR PAGINATION 24 THE TOBACCO WORLD TIUTY GAR THB TOBACCO WORLD 25 € I .KliUHlTEDNEWSC0.PHILApigl>5 Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penns !t( /. B, Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Jf^ A T? ^ Hand-Made %^ JL \jrJ±. JX. KJ 615, 617 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. Cable Address: "BLCKY" Arnold's Code No. 5. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. fii CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Manufacturers 215 Eleventh Street, Lonisville, Ky. We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS, FILLERS and BINDERS Also SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO f»r Rrport Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Correspondence Solicited. Samples Sent on Approval. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. O F" P I C E Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St., Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM 8l CO., New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Cigars MAKERS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION Ball Telephone : 44>67A Filberi. GEO. E. CLAYTON. Manager. FINED $5 FOR SILENCE. Wouldi\'t Tell Taft on A. T. Co. and Was Punished. New York, May 9. United States Circuit Court Judge Lacombe has signed an order fining Edwin F. Hale, Secretary of the Mc- Andrews& Forbes Co., $5 for refusing to answerquestions relative to the company's business, and another committing him to the custody of United States Marshal Henkel until he purges himself of con- tempt. The questions were put to him by Henry W. Taft, brother of Secretary Taft, who is inquiring into the affairs of the American Tobacco Co. , of which the McAndrews & Forbes Co. is said to be a subsidiary. In fact it was to determine the relations between this Company and the American Tobacco Co. that the questions were asked. A stipulation was entered into between counsel that Hale should not be formally placed in the Marshal's custody until his counsel had had time to prepare a writ of habeas corpus and certiorari to be presented to the United States Court of Appeals, so that the legality of the entire proceeding may be here reviewed and passed upon. The presentment made by the Grand Jury on Friday last anc' later filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court shows that Hale was asked and refused to answer questions relative to what business he himself was engaged in, what business he was engaged in before he came to New York city, who was president of the SCHUTTE & KOERTINO OOMPANV, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. SCHUTTE--KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants^ Correspondence Solicited. ; ! "♦♦♦ ♦♦♦« W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Penaa. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers Inrited. ISf i^'Telephone Connection. '♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ € '(; »^^^^^^%»^^^»^^^^%^^^^^^^^i^^^^% ^^^^^»»<^%»»»»»»»%^%»»»rv»»»»»»^ I !*l McAndrews & Forbes Company, and what its business was. He also refused to tell where the office of the McAndrews & Forbes Company was, as well as the office of the American Tobacco Company and the name of its president. He also refused to say whether any agreement or understanding or arrangement existed between the American Tobacco Com- pany and the McAndrews & Forbes Company in relation to the trade or business in licorice paste or mass in the several States of the United States. Neither would he tell whether his company sold licorice paste to the manu- facturers of plug tobacco throughout the United States. The presentment showed that Taft had informed Hale at the beginning of the examination that the investigation was under the act to protect trade and com- merce from unlawful trade competition, and that he could not be punished for evidence given during the course of the examination except for perjury. Hale respectfully declined to answer the questions upon the ground that the answers might incriminate him, and fur- ther that he had not had time in the few days given him to prcduce the vast amount of records and data called for in his subpoena. Those who have been watching the movements of Attorney Taft, who was specially appointed by the President to conduct an investigation, believe that this looks more like business than any- thing that has yet happened although no faith is put in the story that an attempt will be made to hale the officers and directors of the American Tobacco Co. into Court. KAUFMAN S. ROTHSCHILD DIES. Kaufman S. Rothschild, a brother of Sigmund Rothschild, of New York, and head of the DeU-oit branch of Rothschild & Bro., died last Friday, after having been in poor health for some years. He was buried on Monday. Mr. Rothschild was 67 years old and was a pioneer handler of seed leaf to- bacco. He is survived by a widow, a son and three daughters. PHILADELPHIA BOURSE ELECTS. Officers and Directors Chosen Same as Last Year. All the officers and seven directors of the Bourse were re elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, held in the Assembly Room of the Bourse Building, yesterday. The officers are: President, George E. Bartol; first vice-president, Francii; B. Reeves; second vice-president, Lincoln K. Passmore; secretary and treasurer, Emil P. Albrecht; solicitor, John F. Lewis; directors, Richard L. Austin, Louis H. Ayres, Francis B. Reeves, Walter Wood, C. N. Weygandt, Walter A. Bailey, C. Cresson Wistar. The annual report showed that both income and expenses of the Bourse de creased last year, the decrease in income amounting to $11,191 and the decrease in expenses being $14,109. The cash balance in bank December 31 last was $7,814. There was $6,752 less paid for coal last year than in 1903. LINCOLN CIGAR. BOX FACTORY DE- STROYED BY FIRE. Addison M. Wechter's cigar factory at Lincoln, Pa., was desUoyed by fire late Monday night, and the flames raged so fiercely that two barns some distance away caught fire and were burned down. The fire started from a glue lamp and the high wind acted as a fan. Several nearby residence were also more or less damaged. Considerable excitement was caused. NEWCONET MAKES A CHANGE. John Newcomet, who was one of the members of the firm of Newcomet & Newcomet, Reading manufacturers, which firm was recently dissolved by the death of one of the members, has entered into partnership with W. Shaffner, a well known Womelsdorf manufacturer. CUBEBS UNDER BAN. NOW. Crawfordsville, Ind. , May 8. There seems to be no limit t j the anti cigarette law. Several druggists here will throw out cubeb cigarettes because they are afraid of getting into trouble. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. THE BUCKNELL CIGAH THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. •V OCVEM. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tfat Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— SJKf Bear. 66e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. s. STAyppeR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CX)RRESPONDBNCE SOUCITED. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA b6 THE TOBACCO WORLD 'i\ GAe PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARfifTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBBRMAJN MFC CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD ar Liberman's latest JHachines • BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. ^ LIBERMAN MFG. Ca PHILA. PA. U.S.A ^V. ^''^. ^//^-#. Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphioL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTUVrER OF ALL KINDS OF I38&I40 Centrist. New YORK 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medium Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only ^^/^w^%t%/y^%nf%i*^^w*^ ,%%%%««%%%•%% W. HUBUEV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade I - Correspondence Invl.ed from Responsible «°-*^^^ \ Trade-Mark Register^ DIAMOND T 14.797 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered May 6, 1905, at i p m, by F B Trout, Lancaster, Pa SWATORA 14.798 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered May 6. 1905, at i p m, by F B Trout, Lancaster, Pa REALTY 14.799 For cigars Registered May 8, 1905, at 1 1 am, by J F Albriuht. Ephrata. Pa REJECTIONS. Broad Ax, Old Colony, Belevedere. Marcella. Jersey, Carola, Ziska, Glencoe, B. &M., Vinco CANCELLATIONS. XTRAGOOD 14.785 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered April 24, 1905. at 1 1 a m, byChas & AUhoff. Hanover. Pa, has been cancelled ' EXTRAGOOD 14,788 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco llegistered April 26, 1905, at 2 p m, by Chas E Althoff, Hanover, Pa. has been cancelled HOPKINSVILLE MARKET GOOD. leaf. $5.75 to 7.00; good leaf, $7 00 to $8.25. The inspectors' report shows receipts for past week to be 340 hogs- heads, and for the year 2.605 hogsheads. Sales for past week, 55 hogsheads, and for the year 725 hogsheads. DON'T LIKE ANTICIGARETTE LAW. ;^ ^ ;p -f- -1* Ti '!• •" irs F. B. SerilNDL-ER I ;-.r -^ ^ r— — -^=^ Manufacturer ol ^ ■Jt ■^'-~^..'-'' Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa. ■X- ^ * ^ ¥: JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ¥:. «.%%************** V*V***V*%**V*********V*Vj.^^^ «i A, D. KILLHEFFER "^ - »*_! ^^f Maker \>f III Fine wm^% >rrf t')Ji fff Goods jSold|Direci t^ Jobber^ ai^d: J'^^\ Dealers. 1 Comrhuhickte with ' .tlie Factgiiiy. We Can Inspectors Report it the Best far .Some Time. < |t > '•^^ »'* Hopkinsville, ky'l May 8. Reports received from the Board of Inspecibrs aiW IWai^hoM^e^eh for the week just closed show the tobacco market to be in better shape than for spme time past, with both receipts and sales being among the heaviest of tlie^aion, while the volume of bus^nes^'by comparison shows a liealthy incre^e over'tUt of the earlier weeks of the s^on. vj The weather has been more favorable for the handling of th6 weed than it was some time ago, and the farmers have taken advantage of it for prizing their crops and getting them ready for delivery. Over 50.000 pounds of the weed were sold in the loose condition -upon the Warehouse floors, and tfeV pri..9<^V»g in- crease from now on. $2.75 to $3.ooMugs, $350 to %^'^\ common leaf. $5 00 to l5-75; medium Logansport Police Didn't Like Sleuth Work For a Cent. Logansport, Ind., May 7. The police of this town showed that they were not in sympathy with the anti- cigarette law, by a tilt which they had a day or so ago with representatives of the American Anti cigarette Society, who were Sherlocking aroUnd to see what they could see. Judge Browp, of Salt Lake City, founder of the League, and W. A. Shaw, of Indianapolis, secretary, arrived in town and at once bent their eagle eyes on the reckless villagers. Not far from the sta- tion were a couple of boot blacks pulling hard at cigarettes. "What is this? ' exclaimed the out- raged visiting sleuths. "Help! Police! Anybody! Everybody! Arrest these mis- creants." With some effort, a policeman was located. •'Officer, do your duty," was the stern command. , _^ "Not the same,'* said tli> cop, and absolutely refused to move. Yhe two reformers passed on and secured Police Captain Foley. That official also refused action and backed his subordinate up. Much incensed the two visitors ap- pealed to the prosecutor, who referred them to the police board, each member of which referred them to another mem- ber, until they finally reached the chair- man. The latter finally issued an open order to Captain Foley to arrest the first v^blator at\d there may be sotiiething do- ttg later. '.The anti?dgarette ijeople re- gard it rather discouraging* Recent Incorporations, Etc. The C. A. Freuderberg Co. has been incorporated in Chicago, for cigar manu- facturing, by Charles A. Freuderberg, S. William Polkey and Warren Pease. ' Joseph F. Cotter, John A* MacPeak and George H. B. J^artin, of] Camden, bavejncorporated the Cuto Land Co., of Cuba, for tobacco. Capital, $150,000. The Samson Tobacco Co., of Glasgow, Ind., has been incorporated by T. I. Samson, P. W^ Holman and others, to manufacture smoking knd chewing to- bajccoi (I 'The United Cigar Coi-poration, of Bal- timore, Md., has been incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing cigars, by Charles J. Weiss, Samuel J. Walz and ^wisf M. Lang, of iB^altimore, John L. )r*vr^n, df l'hi)^k^i»iiia, and Samuel L. Rosenburg, of Annapolis. The capital stock is ^5,000. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCOWORLD KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, He. HAVANA cylROMA Sweet. Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. SuccessfuUy used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent. Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. . ^_^_ KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO, YORK, PA ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦^♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. SING LEY, Manheim, Pa H. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Labels, Edgings and Ribbons »9 Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 Nstrket Street, L&nc&ster, P&.. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar ribbons. Haoufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of Plain and Pancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price Hot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. HENRY GOTTSELIG c& BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers off High Grade Union Made BOSTON WEATHER. BRINGS TRADE. At S. S. Pierce Co.'s Tremont street store can be seen this week a window Summer Breezes. Open Beaches and Ball display of E. L. Leon del Rey and Eden Cigars The Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigb^ Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. i%^»»^»%%»^^^^^^^ %%»»^»^ J.M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. Games All Help. Boston. Mass., May 8. The retailers are enjoying good busi ness here as the weather has been very warm and much like summer. The nearby summer resorts, Revere Beach and Nantasket have done an extra good business for this time of the year and especially yesterday, being Sunday, there were many thousands of visitors to the beaches. According to the schedules of the American and National Leagues, there is to be a game of professional base ball played here daily throughout the season, and this naturally will be very good for the retail cigar trade. The merry war in price cutting on the products of the American Tobacco Co. de Bances y Lopez, Havana cigars. Epstein's cut rate drugstore will remove about June i to 28 Tremont Row, corner of Pemberton Square. A. S. Bearse, of Bearse & Hannington, expects to make a business trip to New York this week. B. A. Abrashkin, representing Butler & Butler, is in town and is doing some clever work on Pall Mall and Egyptian Straights cigarettes and the St. Leger little cigars. M. Rosenthal of Rosenthal & Han- nington, South End jobbers, has been wearing a broad smile on his face of late. Mr. Rosenthal is soon to be married, and the bride to be is at present busily en- gaged in a Greene street tobacco store proaucis 01 u c ^u.c».a» ^"— — ' ■ Kozy cut plug over the counter, by one of our largest American Tobacco F b 7 f t, . ^ „ ^^ The new Leroy Cubanas have caught Co iobbers here, contmues to cause . , , r .u . 1 r i^o. jooucs , uK-rconrf on nlcely wlth the users of that cUss of much excitement among the jobbers and ' sub iobbers. This concern has been ^^^aJ'S' r *u o ♦!, TUa,u-f ■^ ^ , «, . J iv/r «o Tulius O. Cohen, of the South Market selling of late B. L. Planet and Mayos J"""' ' bcuiug u . /- * 1 «o OK- Cigar Store, is certainly selling a large plug at less than cost Cut plugs are ^'S • ' „ j ;« /,«* ^ ^ , J . »u ;o «« quantity of Porto Rican cigars, and is fast also being sold at cost, and there is no 4"** "^ y «> ^ • ° becomng one of our largest importers in telling what will happen next. , . , r • ^ . ^^ this class of cigars. D. Benditson, Hanover street jobber. j%<»%%^i^^%^^^^^^^ 1^^^^^^^ ot S\\n ex J. MflHliOn BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THE CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. spent a few days in New York during the week. Joe Manning, of McGreenery & Mann- ing, and Louis Jeselsohn also visited the Metropolis this week. Alfowich Bros., of 152 Franklin street, say they have no kick coming on the amount of business done during the past month. Nathaniel is out most of the time attending to their wholesale trade, while Billy is kept quite busy in the store looking after the retail end of the business and counting Florodora coupons. Sig. Baum, of the Turco American Tobacco Co., was here last Monday booking orders for Omega their popular 5 cent Turkish cigarette, which enjoys a good sale. Henry Goulston Sons Co. will, on or about June i , remove to larger quarters at 2085 Washington street. Carl Berger, of the Manhattan Briar Pipe Co., New York, has been going the rounds. Postals have been received by the tobacconists announcing that Maurice Bondy, of Kaufman Bros. & Bondy, will call on them this coming week. M. Rieser, with B. Levenson, has been here showing his sample line of pipes to the jobbers. E. J. Mulligan, with the Menashi Cigarette Co. , spent the greater portion of the week in Providence, and while there placed Menashi with thirty new retailers. Rosenthal Bros, are working both night and day to make a success of William the Fourth cigars for which they are the Boston distributors. Although the sale of clear Havana cigars here is limited this brand duplicates wherever placed. Golden Eagle cigars are selling nicely and are displayed in the windows of many of our prominent retailers. "Trade has been very good with us," reports Miss Alter, of 880 Washington street, "and on account of the big sale we have on Level Head tobacco, it makes it difficult for us to close up much sooner than midnight." Chas. Sherman the Hanover street tobacconist is always smiling and really takes life easy. His wholesale business consists mostly of cash customers, and so Charlie has very few headaches. El Cafe Havana Boquet cigars are favorites with many of his patrons. Charles Polep of 326 Hanover street has the reputation of making a new window display daily. Mr. Polep enjoys a good sale on briar and fine meerschaum pipes, and his store is one of a very few that don't keep T. D s in stock. Although Victor Sheppard of the Khe- dival Co. has not been here in four weeks, Turkish Delights are fast becoming the most popular 10 cent Turkish cigarette in the Boston market A. Greenberg, i Commercial, is doing quite a little jobbing business in connec- tion with his two retail cigar stores. J. N Finkelstein and Bieringer Bros. Greenberg is a pusher; his leader in 5 are now on the list of American Tobacco cent cigars is the A. G , a union piece of Co. jobbers and henceforth will buy goods manufactured for him by a local jjj,g^,^^ cigar manufacturer, Ben Ali. THE TOBACCO WORLD 31 Telephone Call, 432 — B. and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L, NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of PWE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ovc our Samples. iamplei cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q, Box SO© WALTER. S. BARE, PeLcker of Fine : Connecticut : Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed BindMi Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted ^"^^^F\YerV Ca.S6 of Fancy Packed Gebhart Packer of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Ouf Owil 1 if U ^ CONNECTICUT -^ 1 • , racking Leaf Tobacco Si 41 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER. PA. I. H. Weaver, J. K. LEAMAN, W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF no Qpnnd T onl ua. uiuuuijbai and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER. PA. Packer of and Dealer in H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds T T^ A T^ ^T^C\ HA C^ (^ Ck Fine Florida Sumatra ^JJ^Ji.T' ± UrkJ±LyLyW IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA ij8 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. Umted B. F. GOOD 8i CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. W Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, nO& 112 W. Walnut SCLANCASTER, PA. \ AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber m L#CaT 1 ODaCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in I Leaf Tobaccos \ and Ma;^u(acturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing 4- t Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED LION. PA. MAIN OFFICES UNtlED PHONBS. ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦< ^^♦♦♦♦4^%% Lancaster, Pa. ♦♦♦♦4 ♦ ♦^♦♦4 'I 32 THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BRANDS: J X " MANO" 10c. Ci^ar t t "Modjeska" j X and "La Mano" ^ ♦ 5-cent Cigars J ♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ H,a LONG & CO Manufacturers of QigarS, ^^^^^^^"* PSJL. ^^4,^4. »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J OFFICE: ♦ J 118 Mifflin Street ♦ FACTORY: J ♦ Cor. Maple and Plum Aves. ♦ r — - 1 WITH THE TRADE UP THE STATE. VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. I What the Manufacturers. Jobbers ai\d Dealers are Doing. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War«bouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio Norristown. W. K. Gresh & Sons are experiencing a thorough revival in trade, and are again working with a full force. To meet ur- gent requirements, this firm recently in stalled a complete printing outfit, by adding to the previous equipment a large cylinder press, and the company is now in a position to do all printing for com mercial purposes, as v/ell as a consider- able portion of its label printing. B. F. Rittenhouse is making very good progress on his David Rittenhouse brand, and employing thirty-six hands. His goods are well represented in Philadel phia, which territory is looked after by Aleck Adams, a salesman well known to the local trade, while in other sections Mr. Rittenhouse personally supervises the distribution of his product. ScKwenksville. F. H. Beltz is adding additional cigar- makers to his already good sized force. His trade is growing rapidly and a larger output is imperatively necessary to meet the demand. He has been especially successful in introducing his American Cup, and it has become by long odds his leading product in the nickel variety. L. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci&^r Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH. CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS. LITTLE DUTCH IMPORTED SUMATRA, rKBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, Senna BROAD leaf, domestic Sumatra & havana. Warehouses-" West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. o BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF OKio Leaf Tobaccos Green Lane. The factory of Jeitles & Blumenthal at this place is somewhat dull, at any rate there is a comparatively small force of cigarmakers at work at present. Consumo; J. Weingartner's Sons' (North Wales) J. W. 's Sons, and others, while in Key West goods Duncan & Moorehead's Marcello has the lead. J. E. Hallman has lately opened a new cigar store and pool room at 19 South Gay street, where he carries a nice line of goods, including Eisenlohr Bros' (Philadelphia) Cinco; Pent Bros' (Phila- delphia) Tahoma; J. E, Shertz & Go's (Lancaster) Wyno, and B. F. Ritten- house's (Norristown) David Rittenhouse, in five-cent goods; also. Pent Bros' (Philadelphia) Duke de Oro, sold at five cents, and the Asphodel, sold at ten cents. This establishment is a branch of Mr. Hallman's main store at 19 South Main street, T. B. Buzzard, on Bridge street, carries a general line of all the more popular brands of ciga-s and tobacco. DeWann Bros., cigar manufacturers, are contemplating the erection of a new factory in the rear of their present es- tablishment. Spring City. The Active Cigar Co. has practically closed down its business, and after the disposal of some stock yet on hand will retire from the field altogether. The Reliance Cigar Co., which was started after the Active Cigar Co. was given up, is continuing, and working ahead slowly. They are at present do- ing only a small business, but think they have fair prospects before them. C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. the tobacco WORLD S3 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ " La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiBARS- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ILMNER SPANISH 4. WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS 4^ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4- Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Zimmer Spa^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦ 1902—1903 Jpancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- "♦ somely Finished. 1 None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West CarrolltonpMontgomeryCo.,0. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District.^ Red Hill. L. B. Millers factory is operating about 250 people at this time, and yet they claim to be only moderately busy. %/^ East Greenville. J. L. Dimmig & Bro. will soon incor- porate as the Dimmig Cigar Co., and under some special arrangements which have been made there is good reason to believe that this factory will soon begin to grow at a very rapid rate. In fact, it is not so long since the present building was erected, but even this it is thought will have to be materially enlarged in the course of another year. %/% Phoenixville. I A. Keely & Son, jobbers and dealers, are most comfortably housed in a new building which was erected on the site of their old premises. William L. Carter, at 26 South Main street, is perhaps one of the best known, as well as one of the oldest, retail dealers here. In his stock is included a large line of the products of John H. Witter, of Newmanstown; Eisenlohr' s (Philadel delphia) Cinco; H. F. Fiddler & Co's (Womelsdorf) El Rocco; Bayuk Bros. Cigar Co. (Philadelphia) Havana Rib- bon ; Dempsey & Koch' s (Philadelphia) Royersford. James B. Brown, who succeeded De- Huff & Brown, is working a moderate sized force, but his efforts are confined almost entirely to local trade. Mr. De- Huff has also resumed business on his own account. Pottstown. Shively, Miller & Co. are experiencing a steady increase in trade. Mr. W. H. Sassaman, of this firm, has again gone on the road, and is securing his usual good volume of business. The firm has also added to its selling force Mr. John T. Taylor, who was formerly in the to- bacco manufacturing business at Read- ing. Mr. Taylor has been looking after Philadelphia trade. J. Carl Brill, f«r. merly a member of the one-time jobbing firm of Brooks & Co., on North Third street, Philadelphia, also has a general selling agency for the products of Shively, Miller & Co. F. S. & H. C. Roesch report a better trade than for some time. Their product is not only having an immense sale at home, but is meeting with a great increase in several of the larger New Jersey towns. Boyertown. D. S. Erb & Co., of this town, report very favorably of the prospects as they appear to them, and believe that the year's business should prove wholly sat- isfactory. They are, of course, continuing to push vigorously their Castle Hall 5c 'Wtf kn(jh'S»yooif Jfiuiy when he sea^^ (^- AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro-~Porto Rico Crooks. 4 Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ^ X^4 Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ♦^ J ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ , ♦♦♦♦♦ J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, lANCASTER, PA. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeo-^ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown. Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦- F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High' Grade Stogies BBTHBSDAy OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦4 '♦♦ Ccble Addreaci, •CLARK. '^ M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobaeeo Brokers, Clarksville, Tenn. lOPKINSVILLE, KY. MDUCAH. KY. IVI. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker "Boalfis,"n. 8.A. Hopkinsville, Ky. \) 34 ^ - ' tablished ^l IZ s'n.T» ^r" """' '"'ke?I¥S'n*S CIGAR BOX CO , SELXERSV.U-E, PA. L. J. Sellers & SOB, ^^^ TOBACCO WORLD ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ATTENTION, » » ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ Choice Natural Leaf CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO (UNION LABEL GOODS) 8 and 16 ounce Packages 2 1-2 ounce Packages 20 Cents 21 Cents GOOD. CLEANED, SEASONED CUT SCRAP Packed in 5 Pouivd Cartons. Freight Prepaid. Send for Sample. ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ READING TOBACCO George W. Green, Prop. MFG. CO., READING, PA. ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ 1^ :^! C E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. ^UFACTURERS OF Cig and the Flor de Erb loc goods in all setting w.U begin by May 25 in good earnest. A few growers will begin before sections. %* that time. " Quakertown. South Ueerfield, Mass. : "I am informed H. Sommer Co. lately opened a cigar pranklin Belden, of East Whately sold factory at Doylestown, which is reported j^-^ j^q^ ^.^^p j^gt week for 20c. To- to be progressing well. The main factory, b^cco plants are growing finely in spite at Quakertown, is well filled with orders, ^f ^^le cold, dry winds, and will be ready The M. A. S. Cigar Works have been ^^ transplant earher than last year. The removed to new quarters on Main street, acreage will be slightly increased with where increased facilities are provided. ^^^^ ggg^j ig^f than last year. Every- RicKlandtown. J. F. Walp, of this place, is making satisfactory headway, and is putting out an attractive line of goods. W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. ^Dallastown, Pa. thing possible is being done to insure a fine crop which will be had if suitable weather is given. Only two crops are left in this vicinity, E. J. Everett, of Deerfield, Mass., and W. W. Sanderson, of South Deerfield, Mass. Each have ,1 about 75 cases of as good crops as were A. R. Cressman's Sons have greatly ^^^^ .^ _^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ reasonable prices. In Hatfield, Mass., 4 new to- bacco barns are being built from 75 to 100 feet long by 30 feet in width." — American Cultivator. Sellersville. . yi* SHlRtfy^ Manufacturers or Fine Domestic Cigars Blithest Quality Finest Packaffes Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited improved their plant and office head quarters, and have equipped a special label stock room, as well as enlarged storage vaults. The offices are also finely appointed and luxuriously comfortable. Business with them is reported as excel- lent, and in fact larger than ever at this time of the year, requiring the output of full forces at their three factories. L. J, Sellers & Son, cigar box manu- facturers, are exceedingly busy, and are V * TERREHiLL.PA. ^< We Sell toJobbingTrade only LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARE Wax HAW JfjACKSON THE GREAT EDGERTON. WIS. While some riding is still maintaiined and the hunt for desirable, lots still kept up in the growing districts, the buying movement is surely falling away and the aggregate transactions steadily declining, obliged to work overtime to get orders g^g^y scattering lot is being looked up out promptly. They will soon begin the ^^^ brought in from country hands, all erection of a large addition to their fac- jooi^jng towards a thorough gathering in tory, which will about double the present ^f j^^^ ^^ f^^^^ hands. One farmer's lot capacity. of the '97 crop has been unearthed and H. S. Souder, cigar box manufacturer marketed during the week. Chas. Geary and label printer, is also exceedingly ^^^j i la of "05 at 6c in bl. and 40CS of busy at the present time, in both the box -q^ at 6>^ cents. C. E. Langworthy de- and the label departments. Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The tobacco plants continue to grow very well for all the cold wind, and in this locality setting will begin probably about the usual time. I have heard of one or two beds where a half dollar would hardly cover some of the plants, but in the majority of the beds that 1 have seen a 25 cent piece would cover the plants easily. Our correspondents write livered 34CS of '93 to Jenson and 49CS of '03 delivered by the Hardwick Bros, at probably the best price paid for '03, comprise some of the sales from growers. The 500CS packing put up by Peterson & Heme at Orfordville is reported sold to M. H. Bekkedahl, the Westby packer, for the account of his New York connec- tion. S. C. Chambers reports the sale of I DOCS to a Detroit manufacturer All goods of a s^erviceable binder nature or answering the demands of the exporters are in strong demand. A few warehouses, are still engaged in handling the new crop but generally speaking the season is NorthHatfield, Mass. -."Tobacco plants about closed. The" weather of late has are looking well in this locality, the beds been decidedly favorable for the starting being well stocked. It is thought that of the plant beds which are now showing Vmi Capacity tor Manufactunng Cigar Boxes ts— Al^vays Room for Onb Mors Good Custombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 •set I '*" [fY Kiipts M. KALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eieAi^s ^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^&Ait^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J. NOLL Successor to J. Neff MANUFACTURER. Of ♦/ ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦-♦^♦^^^♦♦♦^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. "Stai^e Favorite," a 5-c«nt Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. ♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦•♦♦■♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦4 Onr Leaders: { """'/luston'-^'' } Cigars-Sc„ 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, WHOLESALE ♦ ♦ X** ♦ ♦ t^. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN. Salesman. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦^'f ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦> Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. I X ♦ ♦ ♦ < > «%%^^^% %%%%%•%% «%«%««%% Special Brands: P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium D'allastown, Pa. AOPECIALTY of Private Brands iwniN oii.i^i^'iz.i^ '^ for Wholesale & Jobbing Trade GOV. THOS HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. fGEO. F. NASH C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. KILDOW John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin i to 3^c; Com- mon, 3^ to 4c; Medium, 4 to 4^c; Good, 4)^ to 5XC' Leaf — Low, 5X to 5ji^c; Common, 6 to 7>^c; Medium, 7^^ to 8^c; Good, 8 to IOC. Condition — New showing much soft- ness and in sweat. The Planters' Association is prizing, storing, holding. They have appointed an inspector to sample their tobacco, and a salesman to sell in lots for classification or as a whole when buyer wants it. Planting will commence soon. Plants are plentiful, but labor is scarce, having found other vocations more remunerative. Crop by organization is to be curtailed, and it looks as if the movement of pres- ent 1904 crop will be late. Offerings for the week, 63 hhds; sales for the week, 5 1 hhds. Note. — It is estimated that two-thirds to three quarters of the receipts is Italian Regie, and A. T. . Co's own prizing, and will not be offered on sale; also organiz- THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. I0N4 TOBACCO CO. 336--33S North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST. Danastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer of Cigars Established 189a Capodty, Twenty Thousand per Vtf, » IMPORTERS OF^-^ "^ 123 N. THIRD ST HILAD£Lf»HIA M W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. mnt SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1893. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF T.L./iDAIR, ^ wwnr.ESALE MANUFA Pine Cigars RED LION, PA. Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. f Established 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W. HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO J Dealer in J X Cigar Box I/umber, X ♦ ♦ ♦ Isabels, ♦ X Ribbons, X t Edging, X X Brands, etc, X ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦»»< » ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar BoxesiE^SMpping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BUSEF^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA, Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO^ 1935—1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio F'MBOSSED CIGAR. BANDS ^-^ Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampi99k William Steiner, Sons & €o. t^y^55^ LitKograpKers, ? 116 and 118 n. Fourteenth St,, NUW YORK. 38 THB TOBACCO WORLD TRB TOBACCO WORLD ses t m\i \ ii>-i JOSEPH REED fiiffi^^ Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1508, Dth Dist. . Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. Yo rk, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigdLrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $(iO per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $85 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY pATB^ENRY ^ ^flH'' ■as' Five Cent Cigar THE OUOBE OIOAR OO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S UHBAN STOGIES ^^ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. . jQj Qhio St, AOcgheny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE. Manufacturer of Pittsburg THE CELEBRATED %fAClVS^ 1 <,y STOGIES. ^^ 3 143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVCr PSi. D^-l.^^-^-i-^ Caveats, Trade Marks, 1 dLwllLo Design-Patents, Copyrights, et^ John A. Saul, ••"S^rSiT^r* ^ ^^ BaUdiug. WASHINGTON, Du tl^ RETIRES FROM SACR.ANENTO. (Concluded from page 3) resorted to in San Francisco for increase of business were never employed here. Trust methods, it is explained, were ef- fective only in cities having a population of 80,000 or over, and in future the United Cigar Stores Company will con- tine its operations to San Francisco, Port- land. Seattle and Los Angeles. There is a prospect, however, that another branch of the trust, known as the Royal Cigar Stores Company, may make an effort to secure a portion of Sacramento s retail tobacco trade at any time within the next few years. This branch is intended to cover cities of Sac- ramento's size, but its representatives are just now engaged elsewhere. The Capital Cigar Store has been pur- chased by Ed Bowen, who has been, for some time, the manager for Blaskower & Co. He announced yesterday that all connections with the firm had been severed. Business ChaLAges, Fires, Etc. California San Francisco — Hoffman Cigar and Tobacco Co; incorporated Connecticut Hartford — Frank M Villa, cigars, to- bacco, etc; sold out at auction Wm Lutevack, cigarette mfr, real estate mort- gage, 12,500 Illinois Chicago— Jos Goodman, cigars; out of business F L Loer, cigars; sold out Nicolis Handt, cigars; bill of sale $1,400 Marseilles — R N Thompson, cigars; A Kowalk succeeds Indiana Bluffton — Earl Myers, cigars; sold out Fort Wayne — Frank Thompson, cigar mfr; sold one-half interest Iowa Boone — Geo Moerke & Co, cigars; sold out Emmetsburg — J W Barling, tobacco; J W Darling succeeds Iowa Falls — C F Hicks & Co., cigar mfr; Hicks & Gregg succeeds Kansas Fort Scott — S P Armstrong, cigars, etc; sold out lola — Levan & Brown, cigars, etc; dis- solved, R C Brown succeeds Massachusetts Boston — ^Tenny Assner, wife of Philip, tobacco and cigars; files certificate to do business as Philip Assner & Co Minnesota Minneapolis — Ferris & Grady Co, ci- gars; incorporated, capital stock ^25,000 C E Raney, cigars; C E Raney dead St Paul — WmH Griffin Co, cigars, etc; bill of sale $1 Missouri St Louis — Evans Bros, Tobacco and Warehouse Co; assigned Alfred La- verdure, cigars and tobacco: real estate deed of trust $1,500 New Hampsibre Penacook — Wm B Quimby, tobacco, etc; real estate mortgage $500; discharged North Carolina Henderson — J P Taylor & Co, leaf to- bacco; J P Taylor Co succeeds Pennsylvania Philadelphia— John S Geller Sons & Co, (inc) cigars mfrs: petition in bank- ruptcy Scranton— Geo F Soden, cigars, etc; judgment, 1 1,000 — Stephen Spott, cigar- maker; judgment, $500 Texas Fort Worth — Geo Lettler et al, cigars and tobacco; warranty deed considera- tion $2, 500 Washington Spokane — Guy F Skillman, cigars, etc; sold to M S Town send Tacoma — A E Dietrich, cigars, etc; sold to J Gray PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc 788,636 Cigar; Oscar Denker, Pots- dam, Germany 788,767 Cigar branding machine; Paul Gebhard, New Haven; Conn 788.583 Cigar cutter; 'John W Hile- man, Walkerton, Ind 788,727 Tobacco stemmer; Frank Munsey, Persia, Tenn 788,730 Match box; Edward Rogers, New Swindon, England R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKSRS 09 AKD DSAZ,B&S IV :-:T til 436 &.437 W.Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. # I JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tabaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smokinf^ Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT K:ING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Htnufiictttxer of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. »«a— iMMinfactnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. - ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦t^t-fv 1 1 *1^ Parmenter WAX-LINED ; Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AflFord perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAO& Indorsed by all Smokers, and art the MOST EFFBCTIVB advertising medium known. RAClNi: PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Mannfacturera* KACINX:. l^IS .USA. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH •"-PRUNE Also of the World Renowned and Nori-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS, Gl^ar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc Write for Free Samples and Particulars. Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best. Established 180d FRIES & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK g R R R R R R R R R ■ I i C. A. Rost 3CCO A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers per lODO. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY pATB^lENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUGBE CIGAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEW^ AND GOOD -^ WAGNER'S C^BAN STOeiES MANUFACTURED ONI^Y BV LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. 2 707 Ohlo St, Allcghcny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE. THE CELEBRATED Tro.d.e 3>^ar3c Manufacturer of Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers , /l^ HAND-MADE ;%X 1 <°/ STOGIES. ^ 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVCr PO,. p^ X^^^^-i-^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r^cHCn Lis Design -Patents, Copyrights, islk- John A. Saul, RETIRES FROM SACRAMENTO. (Concluded from page 3) resorted to in San Francisco for increase of business were never employed here. Trust methods, it is explained, were ef- fective only in cities having a population of 80,000 or over, and in future the United Cigar Stores Company will con- fine its operations to San Francisco, Port- land. Seattle and Los Angeles. There is a prospect, however, that another branch of the trust, known as the Royal Cigar Stores Company, may make an effort to secure a portion of Sacramento s retail tobacco trade at any time within the next few years. This branch is intended to cover cities of Sac- ramento's size, but its representatives are just now engaged elsewhere. The Capital Cigar Store has been pur- chased by P2d Bowen, who has been, for some time, the manager for Blaskower & Co. He announced yesterday that all connections with the firm had been severed. Business CK2Li\ges, Fires, Etc. California San Francisco — Hoffman Cigar and Tobacco Co; incorporated Connecticut Hartford — Frank M Villa, cigars, to- bacco, etc; sold out at auction Wm Lutevack, cigarette mfr, real estate mort- gage, $2,500 Illinois Chicago — Jos Goodman, cigars; out of business F L Loer, cigars; sold out Nicolis Handt. cigars; bill of sale tobacco and cigars; files certificate to do business as Philip Assner & Co Minnesota Minneapolis — Ferris & Grady Co, ci- gars; incorporated, capital stock $25,000 C E Raney, cigars; C E Raney dead St Paul — Wm H Griffin Co, cigars, etc; bill of sale $1 Missouri St Louis — Evans Bros, Tobacco and Warehouse Co; assigned Alfred La- verdure, cigars and tobacco; real estate deed of trust $1,500 New Hampsihre Penacook — Wm B Quimby, tobacco, etc; real estate mortgage $500; discharged North Carolina Henderson — J P Taylor & Co, leaf to- bacco; J P Taylor Co succeeds Pennsylvania Philadelphia — John S Geller Sons & Co, (inc) cigars mfrs; petition in bank- ruptcy Scranton— (}eo F Soden, cigars, etc; judgment, $1,000 — Stephen Spott. cigar- maker; judgment, $500 Texas Fort Worth — Geo Lettler et al, cigars and tobacco; warranty deed considera. tion $2,500 Washington Spokane— -Guy F Skillman, cigars, etc; sold to M S Townsend Tacoma — A E Dietrich, cigars, etc; sold to J Gray PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc be Droit Buildif>3, WASHINGTON, D. %. $1,400 Marseilles — R N Thompson, cigars; A Kowalk succeeds Indiana Bluffton — Earl Myers, cigars; sold out Fort Wayne — F'rank Thompson, cigar nafr; sold one-half interest Iowa Boone — Geo Moerke & Co, cigars; sold out Emmetsburg — J W Barling, tobacco; J W Darling succeeds Iowa Prills — C F Hicks & Co., cigar mfr; Hicks & Gregg succeeds Kansas Fort Scott — S P Armstrong, cigars, etc ; sold out lola — Levan & Brown, cigars, etc; dis- solved, R C Brown succeeds MaMacbusettft Boston — Tenny Assner, wife of Philip, 788,636 Cigar; Oscar Denker, Pots- dam, Germany 788,767 Cigar branding machine; Paul Gebhard, New Haven; Conn 788,583 Cigar cutter; 'John W Hile- man, Walkerton, Ind 788,727 Tobacco stemmer; Frank Munsey, Persia, Tenn 788.730 Match box; Edward Rogers, New Swindon, England K.K.Schnader&Son$ PACKBKS OW A.KD DBAI«BRS IV :-:T 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. I i^L.f a—*"'**-!— — • i • G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-^Chcw or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT liurafactttrer of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarett 9 a— I««imf«cture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES * to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission IVlerciiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 5 5 5 5 5 i > I s I i ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H* J« f leisckkaMer ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 54 TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ '^^X^I^LiTHOGILAPIIING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦^♦^^ ♦ ♦ Darmenter WAX-LINED ! Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AfiFord perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokera, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE adTertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufactnrera* KACINi:. 'WIS .USA. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH --PRUNE 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 1853 FRIES & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK. C. A. Rost 3CCO A Specialty of Light Connectictit Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers /-/ AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T 'HILJkDSL^HIA TPItKE / T^ HANDY Cigar Box Opener • Alade to work well— look well and last well. Slips into your vest pocket and takes up no more room than a flat latch key. Just the thing to tickle the trade wdth. Is of best tool steel and finely nickeled — bright as a new silver dollar. Has a hardened edge that is sharp — handy to cut labels, edging and stamps — a feature the common kind don't have. We stamp your ad clearly and deeply into each of them, so that wear can't remove it. Don't this strike you as some thing extra good in the line of an ever- lasting advertisement, and a tool that would please the recipient? They make a favorable impression on those who get them. They would help to sell more of j^our goods. Why not let us fix up enough for you to give one to each of your customers? It's a splendid way to show your appreciation of their trade. Write for prices — state quantit}^, and the ad wanted on. BSTABUSHBD IN 1881 Vol. XXV., No. 20 !'} c^'^ National Selling Co., ALLENTOWN. FA., U. S. A. r — WIov.Jk- TXCrb &^ d. ^ ty JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of Hand'Hadc LONG FILLER. STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. ~ E. ROSENWALB & BR0. , PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 17. 1905. Onb DoLi«am rsR Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House -VW%>V%%<% >«'^ > w%««^%«^ .»» %»»»»»%» %»V%%»^>%^»»»»*^'^ ^^^^^VX^*^ %>%<%>%%»%>% %%%%!»»<%» Our Purchases of NEW SUMATRA TOBACCO Up to BALES 8 1 S P I Deli 211 St. Cyr | Deli 1 10 Amst. Deli Co. | J H 50 Deli Ba My 69 Mandi Angin Deli A 25 L P C I Padang Brahrang 406 S K I Deli 125 Sumatra Plantage My 144 A D C I Deli Date: BALES 53 B M I Langkat 74 Deli My | K 92 J H M I Deli 202 A F M I S 120 Langkit | Tab My 65 T T R I Langkat 4 1 Deli Ma | A 200 Various Marks H L 2,068 Bales We will continue buying at every inscription, in order to supply our trade. We are holders of One Thousand Bales of Old Sumatra at Old Prices. H. DUYS & CO. 1 70 Water Street, New York — . J C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE^TOBACCO WORI.D J MSNFTOCIGAti 114 (lord LANCASTER, lOc^ Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada, (NICKELBY, 5c.) Have we been neglecting JOHN HAY cigars in these ads.? Didn't intend to, for it's the best Havana filler, Sumatra wrapped cigar we know of. STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., lid. Ci^ar Mannfactarers, ^Trs^Rev. District! Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. •*The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of l^oedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. Channing Allen ®, Co lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A 2»rANDARD OP ALL HAVANA CIGaKS. CLEAR HAVANA ^^^ ^ ^ Host PoguM All NaviiHl CIgtr MtdS KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN (H MOORHEAD, Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON Wliite Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. . A. G^^'^^s c£ Oo H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkOEL^HIA ^THE_T©B^eeO WORLB^ WASHINGTON DUKE IS AT REST. The Funeral was (he Largest Ever Held in Durhanx. Durham, N. C, May il. The last tribute of respect was paid to the mortal remains of Washington Duke, the tobacco magnate, yesterday in the Main Street Methodist Church and in Maplewood Cemetery, where the body was laid to rest in the great mausoleum. Never before has there been such a largely attended funeral in Durham. Long previous to the ceremonies floral designs came into the town in carloads and were banked in beautiful profusion at the Duke residence. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, assisted by the Rev. Drs. E. A. Yates and T. A. Smoot. The gathering was enormous and beside the out of town people included the trustees and students of Trinity College, the board of county commissioners, the fire department, militia, and nearly every citizen not in- cluded in these. The pall-bearers were: Captain E. J. Parrish, J. B. Cobb, F. L. Fuller, C. W. Toms, W. T. O'Brien, W. A. Erwin, T. J. Walker, James H. Southgate, Professor A. H. Merritt and W, H. McCabe. Special trains bore officers of the Amer- ican Tobacco Company and many prom- iment men from Northern States to Dur- ham so that they might attend the funeral. Telegrams of sympathy have reached the bereaved family from all parts of the coantry. Those who witnessed the pomp with which Washington Duke was laid to rest and saw the sorrow that was written on the face of every townsman would find it hard to realize the man's humble be- ginning. His life was the uneventful life on a small southern farm until the civil war commenced. Then he joined the army of Northern Virginia. When the struggle was ended, he was landed in the city of Newbern and dis- charged with only a silver halt dollar in his pocket. He walked home and again took up his work on his farm with energy. He commenced manufacturing to- bacco in an old log house, and it was here that the foundntion w.is laid for the immense fortune that he accumulated. After a short time he came to Durham, where he began business on a larger scale. At that time t h e manufacture of tobacco was simple and in its infancy, but he used only the best tobacco that was to be obtained, and it was not long before he had a large sale, mostly in the Eastern counties of the .State, where he carried it in a one horse wagon and sold it. At first he granulated the tobacco by beating it with frails It was slow work, but at that time there was no michinery for the manufacturing of the weed. It was then packed in small bags and it was ready for the market. But the trade soon grew to such dimensions as to re- quire the use of machinery, that at this time began to make its appearance in the country. And this continued it until the business developed into the greatest to- bacco factory in the world. EFFECT OF INDIANA LAW A SURPRISE. Traveling Man Writes that its Enforcement is Much More Complete than was Generally Expected, and that the Outcome seems Doubtful. Comment on Tennessee Law Enacted in 1897. Indianapolis, Ind., May 13. Editor Tobacco World: A traveling man, passing rapidly from one city to another, has a good chance to size up, if he wants to, the degree of respect paid to any particular law, when that law provides for the restriction of an act that is usually indulged in publicly. In the course of my business, 1 have visited a number of towns in this State lately, and I am free to admit my sur- prise at the seriousness with which the anti - cigarette law has been and i s regarded. To all outsiders, I think, it appeared ridiculous to suppose that any freeborn American citizen would actually be taken into custody for commiuing the time-hon- ored act of smoking tobacco — in whatever form — and a substantial sum of money taken from him as a penalty. I say, I think, no one believed that such a law would really be enforced for the reason that such a proposition harks back a couple of centuries to a time when human life and liberty were so cheap, and in- stinct generally so strenuous, that the punishment invariably outweighed t h e offense. We all thought that the Indiana legis- lature merely carried out one of those peculiar whims which occasionaaly seize all legislatures, and that Governor Hanly signed the measure as a sort of polite thing to do. The law passed, would have a certain moral effect and would constitute a sword of Damocles perpet- ually threatening the imprudent dealer. Further than that, we had no idea the thing would go. But it has. Its effect has been posi- tively surprising. Naturally, few smokers for the sake of defying a foolish law, care to risk I25 or more; and when the news of various fines imposed and paid begun to be printed, those who had been impudently indifferent began to thmk a little. Nobody' sopinion of the liwischanged, but the undeniable fact that a policeman can arrest a man and lock him up for cigarette smoking just as surely as if he had broken into a bank, has had its effect as a cooler. 01 course, sales of cigarettes are made, and, of course, cigarettes are smoked; but I have seen no \[ lunting of it and the moderation of the habits, at least in pub- lie, is very noticeable. I enclose an ex- tract from an article in a local paper on the subject of anti-cigarette law which I think is pertinent and will prove inierest- ing to youi readers. And now I must s.iy goodby as I am going down in the cellar to have a little smoke. Yours, etc., R. G. B. The accompanyingextractisas follows: Learned judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, a few years ago, de- liberated long on the anti cigarette law enacted by Tennessee in 1897 as it af fected interstate commerce, and by the close vote of five to four sustained the conviction in the State courts of one Austin, who sold a package of ten cigar- ettes to W. G. Brown, of Madison ville, Monroe county. The decision of the United States Supreme Court in this case, which is found in 179th United States Reports, affords little comfort to the resi- dent of Indiana who has been longing for a smoke since Governor Hanly pro- claimed the anti cigarette law in effect. The decision does not throw any light on the question that has been raised in In- diana as to whether one may have cigar- ettes in one's possession and may smoke them, but it has much to do with the question as to how cigarettes could be brought into the State in the event the courts should hold that it is not against the law to have them in one's possession and smoke them. Justice Brown delivered the opinion in which Justices White, Gray. Harlan and McKenna joined. Justice Brewer wrote a dissenting opinion of much length and in this he was joined by Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Shiras and Peckham. The Supreme Court of Tennessee held that cigarettes were inherently "bad and bad only," and said the courts would take judicial knowledge of the cigarette evil. The United States Supreme Court did not go thus far, but said the courts could not well overlook the opinion of many people, as expressed in cards to the newspapers and elsewhere, that cigarettes were an evil and on these grounds the Leg islature of Tennessee had a right to exer- cise the police power of the State. The decision of the United States Su- preme Court, boiled down, was this: Tobacco is a legitimate article of com- merce and the courts can not take judicial notice of the fact that it is more noxious in the form of cigarettes than any other form. Tobacco is. like intoxicating liquors, within the police powers of the State. States can prohibit the sale of cigar- attes entirely after they are taken from original packages. A package of cigarettes three inches long and one and a half inches wide, containing ten ci^'arettes, is not an origi- nal package. Tlie Tennessee I iw is a great deal like the first half of the Indiana law. The latter, after foibidding ihe sale or giving away, however, adds "or keep or own," and this has raised the question as to whether a man can smoke a cigarette without violating the law. The Tennessee law is as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assem bly of the Stite of Tennessee, that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer to sell, or to bring into the State for the purpose of selling, giving away or otherwise disponing of. any cigarettes, cigarette paper, or substitute for the same, and a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a mis- demeanor punishable by a fine of not less than 550. " The next section gives grand juries inquisitorial powers and the last says the law shall tike effect in May, 1897. Says the United States Supreme Court: "There is no reason to doubt the good faith of the Legisl iture of Tennessee in prohibiting the sale of cigarettes as a sanitary measure, and if it be inoperative as applied to sales by the owner in the original p ickages, of ci-arette-. manufac- tured in and brought from another State, we are remitted to the inquiry whether a package of three inches m length and one and a half inches in width, containing ten cigarettes, is an original package pro- tected by the constitution of the United States against any interference by the State while in the hands of the importer? This we regard as the vital qaestion in the case. " In thedissenUngopinion Justice Brewer insisted on the supremacy of Congress and thought Congress and not the States should say what articles should be imported. As he looked at the matter a package of ten cigarettes was an original package. He thought it better to let a State be annoyed for a while than to destroy the commer- cial unity created by the constitution by relegating to each State the determmation of the articles that it will allow to be im- ported. Justice Brewer summed up the Tennessee law and the prevailing opinion of the United States Supreme Court thusi "It will, therefore, stop all importa- tions of cigarettes for sale, and the only permissible importations will be those for personal use.* ' DANVILLE WILL NOT CLOSE. Market Will Remain Open During Month of July. Danville, Va., May 13. The Danville Tobacco Association has decided not to close the market during July, the decision being made in response to a communication from the South Bos- ton Association which suggested the closing during the month named, of the Danville, South Boston, Martinsville, Greensboro and Roxboro markets. The local association considered the question and then adopted the following resolu- tioas: The opposing resolutions of the Dan- ville Association read in part as follows: "Whereas, the conditions are such that the Danville market is peculiarly situated as to other markets, being the largest loose leaf tobacco market of the world, and, unlike other loose markets, being not local in scope, but wide and far reaching in territory, selling tobacco from every section of the bright belt and at all seasons of the year, and "Whereas, the marketing of the east- ern and southern crop usually begins in July; therefore be it "Resolved, That we, as a body and as individual members of the trade, are opposed to the cl )sing of our m.irket and of our warehouses for any month of the year. ' ' TO FIGHT AGAINST COMBINE. Plan to Reorganize Texas-Cuba Company Beaumont, Tex., May 11. Charles F. Taylor, of Chicago, and attorney, George S. Kmg, left here a day a two ago for Nacogdoches to hold a conference with reference to the reor- ganization of the Texas-Cuba Tob\cco Co.. which went out of business some months ago. Following this, Mr. Taylor announced that he would go to Chicago to confer with-Mrr,. Alice Webb-Duke, who is interested in the company. Mr. Taylor expects to be able to raise sufficient money to carry out hi^ plans for a big tobacco plantation in competition with the tobacco combine. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK^TOBACCO WORI^D J MSHggCIGAR 114 Philadelphia Have we been neglecting JOHN HAY cigars in these ads.? Didn't intend to, for it's the best Havana filler, Sumatra wrapped cigar we know of. STEWART. NEWBURGER 8i CO., Ltd. Gi^ar Manafadurers, %irst Rev. District! Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI, Samples lent to Reputable Distributora Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. KOEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. .AC (lord LANCASTER, lod) Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Co lanufacturers of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA CIGaKS. CLEAR HAVANA All Navtna Cifar ll«4t KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN H IMPORTERS OP^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOCL^HiA ♦^TriE TeB/ieeo ^qrlb^ WASHINGTON DUKE IS AT REST. The Funeral was the Largest Ever Held in Durham. Durham, N. C, May ii. The last tribute of respect was paid to the mortal remains of Washington Duke, the tobacco magnate, yesterday in the Main Street Methodist Church and in Maplewood Cemetery, where the body was laid to rest in the great mausoleum. Never before has there been such a largely attended funeral in Durham. Long previous to the ceremonies floral designs came into the town in carloads and were banked in beautiful profusion at the Duke residence. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. J. C. Kilgo, assisted by the Rev. Drs. E. A. Yates and T. A. Smoot. The gathering was enormous and beside the out of town people included the trustees and students of Trinity College, the board of county commissioners, the fi r e department, militia, and nearly every citizen not in- cluded in these. The pall- bearers were: Captain E. J. Parrish, J. B. Cobb, F. L. Fuller, C. W. Toms, W. T. O'Brien, W. A. Erwin, T. J. Walker, James H. Southgate, Professor A. H. Merritt and W. H. McCabe. Special trains bore officers of the Amer- ican Tobacco Company and many prom- iment men from Northern States to Dur- ham so that they might attend the funeral. Telegrams of sympathy have reached the bereaved family from all parts of the country. Those who witnessed the pomp with which Washington Duke was laid to rest and saw the sorrow that was written on the face of every townsman would find it hard to realize the man's humble be- ginning. His life was the uneventful life on a small southern farm until the civil war commenced. Then he joined the army of Northern Virginia. When the struggle was ended, he was landed in the city of Newbern and dis- charged with only a silver half dollar in his pocket. He walked home and again took up his work on his farm with energy. He commenced manufacturing to- bacco in an old log house, and it was here that the foundation was laid for the immense fortune that he accumulated. After a short time he came to Durham, where he began business on a larger scale. At that time t h e manufacture of tobacco was simple and in its infancy, but he used only the best tobacco that was to be obtained, and it was not long before he had a large sale, mostly in the Eastern counties of the State, where he carried it in a one horse wagon and sold it. At first he granulated the tobacco by beating it with frails It was slow work, but at that time there was no machinery for the manufacturing of the weed. It was then packed in small bags and it was ready for the market. But the trade soon grew to such dimensions as to re- quire the use of machinery, that at this time began to make its appearance in the country. And this continued it until the business developed into the greatest to- bacco factory in the world. EFFECT OF INDIANA LAW A SURPRISE. Traveling Man Writes that its Enforcement is Much More Complete than was Generally Expected, and that the Outcome seems Doubtful. Comment on Tennessee Law Enacted in 1897. Indianapolis, Ind., May 13. Editor Tobacco World; A traveling man, passing rapidly from one city to another, has a good chance to size up, if he wants to, the degree of respect paid to any particular law, when that law provides for the restriction of an act that is usually indulged in publicly. In the course of my business, I have visited a number of towns in this State lately, and I am free to admit my sur- prise at the seriousness with which the anti - cigarette law has been and i s regarded. To all outsiders, I think, it appeared ridiculous to suppose that any freeborn American citizen would actually be taken into custody for committing the time-hon- ored act of smoking tobacco— in whatever form — and a substantial sum of money taken from him as a penalty. I say, I think, no one believed that such a law would really be enforced for the reason that such a proposition harks back a couple of centuries to a time when human life and liberty were so cheap, and in- stinct generally so strenuous, that the punishment invariably outweighed the offense. We all thought that the Indiana legis- lature merely carried out one of those peculiar whims which occasionaaly seize all legislatures, and that Governor Hanly signed the measure as a sort of polite thing to do. The law passed, would have a certain moral effect and would constitute a sword of Damocles perpet- ually threatening the imprudent dealer. Further than that, we had no idea the thing would go. But it has. Its effect has been posi- tively surprising. Naturally, few smokers for the sake of defying a foolish law, care to risk $2$ or more; and when the news of various fines imposed and paid begun to be printed, those who had been impudently indifferent began to think a little. Nobody' sopinion of the lawischanged, but the undeniable fact that a policeman can arrest a man and lock him up for cigarette smoking just as surely as if he had broken into a bank, has had its effect as a cooler. Of course, sales of cigarettes are made, and, of course, cigarettes are smoked; but I have seen no flaunting of it and the moderation of the habits, at least in pub- lic, is very noticeable. I enclose an ex- tract from an article in a local paper on the subject of anti-cigarette law which I think is pertinent and will prove inierest- ing to your readers. And now I must say goodby as I am going down in the cellar to have a little smoke. Yours, etc., R. G. B. The accompanying extract is as follows : Learned judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, a few years ago, de- liberated long on the anti cigarette law enacted by Tennessee in 1897 as it af fected interstate commerce, and by the close vote of five to four sustained the conviction in the State courts of one Austin, who sold a package of ten cigar- ettes to W. G. Brown, of Madisonville, Monroe county. The decision of the United States Supreme Court in this case, which is found in 179th United States Reports, affords little comfort to the resi- dent of Indiana who has been longing for a smoke since Governor Hanly pro- claimed the anti cigarette law in effect. The decision does not throw any light on the question that has been raised in In- diana as to whether one may have cigar- ettes in one's possession and may smoke them, but it has much to do with the question as to how cigarettes could be brought into the State in the event the courts should hold that it is not against the law to have them in one' s possession and smoke them. Justice Brown delivered the opinion in which Justices White, Gray, Harlan and McKenna joined. Justice Brewer wrote a dissenting opinion of much length and in this he was joined by Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Shiras and Peckham. The Supreme Court of Tennessee held that cigarettes were inherently "bad and bad only," and said the courts would take judicial knowledge of the cigarette evil. The United States Supreme Court did not go thus far, but said the courts could not well overlook the opinion of many people, as expressed in cards to the newspapers and elsewhere, that cigarettes were an evil and on these grounds the Leg islature of Tennessee had a right to exer- cise the police power of the State. The decision of the United States Su- preme Court, boiled down, was this: Tobacco is a legitimate article of com- merce and the courts can not take judicial notice of the fact that it is more noxious in the form of cigarettes than any other form. Tobacco is, like intoxicating liquors, within the police powers of the State. States can prohibit the sale of cigar- attes entirely after they are taken from original packages. A package of cigarettes three inches long and one and a half inches wide, containing ten cigarettes, is not an origi- nal package. The Tennessee law is a great deal like the first half of the Indiana law. The latter, after forbidding the sale or giving away, however, adds "or keep or own," and this has raised the question as to whether a man can smoke a cigarette without violating the law. The Tennessee law is as follows: "Be it enacted by the General Assem- bly of the State of Tennessee, that it shall be a misdemeanor for any person, firm or corporation to sell, offer to sell, or to bring into the State for the purpose of selling, giving away or otherwise disposing of, any cigarettes, cigarette paper, or substitute for the same, and a violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a mis- demeanor punishable by a fine of not less than I50." The next section gives grand juries inquisitorial powers and the last says the law shall take effect in May, 1897. Says the United States Supreme Court: "There is no reason to doubt the good faith of the Legislature of Tennessee in prohibiting the sale of cigarettes as a sanitary measure, and if it be inoperative as applied to sales by the owner in the original packages, of cigarettes manufac- tured in and brought from another State, we are remitted to the inquiry whether a package of three inches in length and one and a half inches in width, containing ten cigarettes, is an original package pro- tected by the constitution of the United States against any interference by the State while in the hands of the importer? This we regard as the vital question in the case." In the dissenting opinion Justice Brewer insisted on the supremacy of Congress and thought Congress and not the States should say what articles should be imported. As he looked at the matter a package of ten cigarettes was an original package. He thought it better to let a State be annoyed for a while than to destroy the commer- cial unity created by the constitution by relegating to each State the determination of the articles that it will allow to be im- ported. Justice Brewer summed up the Tennessee law and the prevailing opinion of the United States Supreme Court thusi "It will, therefore, stop all importa- tions of cigarettes for sale, and the only permissible importations will be those for personal use." DANVILLE WILL NOT CLOSE. Market Will Remain Open During Nontfa of July. Danville, Va., May 13. The Danville Tobacco Association has decided not to close the market during July, the decision being made in response to a communication from the South Bos- ton Association which suggested the closing during the month named, of the Danville, South Boston, Martinsville, Greensboro and Roxboro markets. The local association considered the question and then adopted the following resolu- tioBs: The opposing resolutions of the Dan- ville Association read in part as follows: "Whereas, the conditions are such that the Danville market is peculiarly situated as to other markets, being the largest loose leaf tobacco market of the world, and, unlike other loose markets, being not local in scope, but wide and far reaching in territory, selling tobacco from every section of the bright belt and at all seasons of the year, and "Whereas, the marketing of the east- ern and southern crop usually begins in July; therefore be it "Resolved, That we, as a body and as individual members of the trade, are opposed to the closing of our market and of our warehouses for any month of the year. ' ' TO FIGHT AGAINST COMBINE. Plan to Reorganize Texas-Cuba Company Beaumont, Tex., May 11. Charles F. Taylor, of Chicago, and attorney, George S. King, left here a day a two ago for Nacogdoches to hold a conference with reference to the reor- ganization of the Texas-Cuba Tobacco Co., which went out of business some months ago. Following this, Mr. Taylor announced that he would go to Chicago to confer with -Mrs. Alice Webb-Duke, who is interested in the company. Mr. Taylor expects to be able to raise sufficient money to carry out his plans for a big tobacco plantation in competition with the tobacco combine. » i»- ^L^ -4. i^JPi^-aiB^-wi*! liit'tf-.-Lrf-'Si/-^ INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . A. C^'-'^^s IMPORTERS or H 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkDEL^HIA J; Vetterlein & Co Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. POOZVDXD 1855. 4;"^ DOHAN&TAITT, 1^ IS, J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of J^af Tobacco \JO^ * IMPORTERS OP ^Vo Havana and Sumatra aBd PACKERS of Leaf .Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia 10^ Arch St. PHILAJDA. JVLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG tiniforters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. L. BAMBERGER &l CO. TOBACCO IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABn SIDNB^T U BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^EAF TOBACCO 231 and 233 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. «f SEED LEAF ■AVAMA md SUMATRA ^ ^ 111 Arch St., Philadelphia 1: Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinivillc.N.V IiEOPOLiD liOEB 8t 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, PmLAOELPmAji^ ^The Empire '"^p;|^^^^^^ Leaf Tobacco havana Tn ] c ll8N.3(ISt.Phila. |l642-44i^ EleVe;sIt/\ §t I'lIIL\Di:i,PHIA. J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch 8t^ Phll«4elpMa, Broker in LEAF TOB/ieeO Ydimg & Newman,Sumator*HaTaiia 2J» M. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. &«e4 . A. O^^^^® Havana 123 n. third st --^— IMPORTERS OF^^ ^ RniLAoeLfHiA t 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers. Philadelphia. I. The Old Salesman's Musings, t A WOEFUL TALE. pain, as his mug is not accustomed to Oh me, oh my, but this is a knrck, smiling. boys! I'll bet after this sizzles its way Then you talk a woid or two about the through the retail trade there won t be a ^^^ or you ask him what he thinks of dealer left with strength enough to say *^^ ^^11 season chances. But alas! You where he wants to be buried. ^^^ his skull too thick for any question The thing originated this way: I got of even general interest, so you take an into conversation with a salesman the other full breath, and say: other day, a rather young chap, and "Well, how do you find business, and when I saw how properly he admired how are things generally.?" Immcdiatel> and respected me, I let him listen to you'd give much to recall those words, two or three of my experience when I ^® looks a look that would turn milk used to have 'em all pointing me out. ^our, and tells you he don't think it an) ••Thingswereevidentlydifferentinthose °^ your business, as he is not telling his days," said he, and at once launched business to anybody. Then you collect into a story of his troubles. *^^ your faculties and go back at him ••Write it out and send it in, my boy," once more. You tell him you did not 4aid I. ••If it don't melt the type, we'll ^^^^ ^o be impertinent, but that you print it." were trying— with the accent on the"t*'— So yesterday I got it; seven sheets of ^o introduce a new cigar of exceptional asbestos paper all nicely done up. And quality, and at a price more than con here it is: sistent with the merits of the goods, and that you will allow him ten cigars free Probably no other vocation under the simply for his good offices in getting his «un offers such a variety of •'hard luck" friends to try the brand. «tories, as that of a cigar salesman, sell Here again he spouts like a peevish tng retail trade. whale, and says, "I have no Iriends in Neither does any other business pro- t^is business; and I keep only what people vide such a variegated bundle of human f '!" ^°''- .^'"^ """l^ ^ machine back of ,*'.,. J , this counter, and I'm not a fool to com mature as the retail cigar and tobacco ^it business suicide by trying to sell a dealers of a big city. Indeed, to ade cigar I have no call for." -quately describe some of them and their Then you feel like saying what is'nt business tactics would be utterly impos- ^^^^ht in Sunday School, and are only .. , r 1 . /ae • .1 icstrained by your early training to re «ble, for our language is not sufficiently ^p^ct old age and pity a lool With ample in scope to do 'em justice. what little ambition you have left, you There are, however, many men in this pack up your samples and get out. 1)U8iness who are bright and up to date ^^^ "^^^ P^^^e you strike is a store of business men, and gentlemen the whole ^^Tu^, ^'Pf'^J; ^j^^ ^^^* ^'^«^ ^^^^ , , J J u 11 1 1- *"^ shelves full of dummies. You en- clock round, and who really know how counter a good-natured proprietor, who to treat a salesman. They are men to makes you forget your late episode, and whom you can address an interrogation you hope to interest him in your goods, and get an intelligent answer. "* ^^"^^^ y°" over, tries 'em all and But the other fellow: When you enter ?ru%e^7o\Irow^hrh?~^"'* '?^' ^•''" •^ you get to know that he is a rank cutter, his store, or to be a little more exact, and you feel like getting a job as street 4iis shack, and try to create an impres cleaner, when he tells you he sells his c sion by acting like a gentleman, he c®"* cigars, seven for a quarter. looks at you with about the same degree ^ |^*"" ^^ ^'^ ^^"^ ""J windows tells , • • ♦!, » T J D • y°" ^^^ ^^"^* ^^°^y ^or, there you find a ^f suspicion that a Jap regards a Russian, few boxes of reputable cigars that he is You feel a chill chasing up your back ; selling at about cost, as he says, as an you look around to catch something to advertisement — a sad thing for him — for give you an inspiration for an attempt at ^" /">[ estimation he is even a bigger • .V. •. ^ 1 J .u . oub than the self styled machine man storming the citadel, and then you stam- tk- „,^o. r . . i ""-"'"*= ""*"• * . ^ ,. , _, ^ J , The most frequent tale of woe, how- tner out with httle regard for the truth: ever, comes from the Smaller store, who « 'I see you carry a very complete stock, constantly cry ••dull business," ••can't 4iave a good location, fine window," etc., '^^ anything." which, if the fellow is not too calloused, , ^^ ^ salesman I would like to suggest a .„ . . .,, 1 . u r few reminders for some of the evils that iprill bring a sickly smile to his face- exist in the trade but will refrain from which when it comes off leaves traces of it until later. A Cigar Salesman. Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sis. Philadelphia f IF YOU WAl Smokf WANT to be in HAVANA Smoke CN ^"^h m 3c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office. No. 614 Betz Building. Philadelphia. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO W O R I. D aen^ ^"^TIEALM OP- THE I^BTAILEPS TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. I^HE editor of this page was in conver- sation with a cigar dealer some time ago, and the conversation fell upon the suggestions made here from time to time on store management. The dealer was kind enough to compliment them, but ventured the opinion that some of them involved too much expense. ••There isnt so darn much profit in this business, now a- days, " said he, "that we can afford to waste any of it on un- necessary schemes " He is quite right. There certainly is not. But if these schemes are worth anything, they do not represent a penny wasted, but so much investment, and investment made necessary for the very reason that profits are not large. Certainly every retailer reaUzes that he has to do something to meet competition, beside merely opening a store and wait-- ing behind the counter until sufficient customers find their way into the place to buy his stock. He's got to advertise in some way, whether it is by newspaper, mail literature, window cards or displays, street freaks with placards, or any of the hundred different ways. The most con- servative way is by special offers occa- sionally displayed in the windows. This is also the cheapest way, for in many cases it represents only the time and the cost of the materials. Every dealer does tkis at times. Another way is to arrange more or less elaborate window displays from time to time, in order to provide a variety. This costs more, and the majority of dealers use the plan. And the fact that they do, proves that they know they must do something of the sort and make some such investment Now, a good window display brings more business than a window card, un- less the offer the latter bears is phenom- enally attractive. It also costs more, and thus follows out the rule of investment, that the more money invested, the larger the returns. Of course this rule is sus- ceptible of modification, but it can be stated as a fact that the more money ju- diciously invested, the greater the return. And the whole point hinges on the word "judiciously." The dealer who starts to make a splurge without carefully thinking it out beforehand, or employing an expert to think it out for him, might as well throw his money into the gutter. But if the dealer would spend the time he usually spends worrying over bad business, in framing up some way to make it better, and laying the results of his thinking before his clerks or his friends, before he experiments, he would find that the bad business would take care of itself. Always put yourself in the place of the man you want to appeal to, and remem- ber that while you've got a special reason for selling, he, as yet, has no special reason for buying. You have to provide that reason. The public long ago reasoned out that the man who advertises in dull times must be the man who is doing the busi- ness, and they figure that there must be a good reason why. Consequently, they take their trade to him. • • • SOME WINDOW CARDS. A S was stated a couple of weeks ago, now is the time to display window cards most effectively. Passersby will pay attention to almost any thing, days like these, and the better bid you make, the more attention they pay. Here are three cards that will help, if you will get them up neatly. The first is for a dealer who wants to push a specal cigar for a time, which may be either a new or an old brand. The card wants to be flanked by an arrangement of boxes of the brand, some of them open, and it is taken for granted that the package rs a good one for display. Here's the card: YOU'RE A GENTLEMAN. At Least We Hope So, and So WeCall Your Attention to A GENTLEMAN'S SMOKE It's the PULLMAN Best for 'he Money We've Ever Seen, And Weve Seen a Few. Dare You to Spend — Cents? The second is to advertise cigarettes and of course, to fulfill the card, must be some good grade with a dainty pack- age. With the artistic style of packing now in vogue, there is nothing easier to make a good showing with than cigar- ettes. If you want to stand a little ex- pense it would better the card a great deal by having an artist draw around the wording a picture of long whiskered hay- seeders, supposed to represent the Leg- islature. This is the card: The Poor Indiana Legislators Never Smoked One of Our DOODLEDUM CIGARETTES If Th«y HtSLd. TKey Wouldn't Have Acted So Foolishly. Mr. F. B. ROBERTSON OF MATCH-IT FAME. TJERE we have Mr. F. B. Robertson in the act of telling you why you ought to * buy Match It Cheroots and so be happy and prosperous. The camera was snapped just as Mr. Robertson had reached the point where you feel you can't refuse, and a picture taken a few minutes later would show our subject in the act of putting your order into his pocket ready to send to the Manchester Cigar Manufac- turing Co. in company with a lot of others. The only way in which Mr. Robertson's pleasant expression, as seen in the picture, can be induced to come off, is for someone to mention the word "trust." That means battle to this independent warhorse, and he looks up, prepared for anything. Mr. Robertson's best friends call him "Robbie." He has a depot for his goods at 1004 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia, where he can now be seen, restored t* health after a sojourn in Atlantic City on the advice of his physician. The third card lends itself readily to illustration, too, and of the lot will prob- ably prove the most attractive. There is an indefinable magnetism about a pipe, in itself, and when the reader imagines himself in some sweet smelling orchard leaning comfortably back against a tree trunk, lazily puffing away, and occa- sionally turning the leaves of a book, he is caught right away. He 11 get the to- bacco and imagine the rest. The card: In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, With a Good Book, and a Supply of Our Cut Pluij, and Who Cares Whether School Keeps or Not? JAPAN IS THE PLACE FOR. A TO- BACCONIST. TTOU retailers who are grumbling be- cause you have to reach way down to the bottom of the cash register drawer at the end of the day, why don't you move your store to Japan ? Everybody is always smoking over there, they say, and it must be a cinch for a dealer in posses- sion of a corner stand. The foreigner, landing in Japan for the first time, is inclined to believe that the whole nation, men and women, are slaves to tobacco, so constantly is the pipe and cigarette seen. The clerk who sells you a stamp at the Post Office, the cashier who deals with your circular notes at the bank, the offi- cial who "vises'* your i>assport, the cus- toms officer who looks at your baggage — all have a cigarette between their teeth or puff at a pipe. You will even see a nurse- maid indulging in a quiet pipe while her baby charge sleeps. In fact, Japan is now looking to her smokers for financial salvation. The interest on the new loan, and the heavy war expenditure, will largely be defrayed by the taxation of the tobacco monopoly and the liquor trade. A tourist recently returned from the Land of the Wistaria declares that he does not remember a single non- smoking Japanese male, and met very few w»mcn who did not smoke. Yet, he says, he never heard o'f a case of a Japanese suffering from what is known as a "to- bacco heart" or "smoker's blindness." Japanese wonven are great smokers, though the habit does not seem to lessen their womanliness or destroy any of their ■^4 THB TOBACCO WORLD / Insurance of your money and accountsmade possible by machinery, you shouw know the amounts and relative proportion of your cash sales, credit sales, payments received on account, money paid out. These fig^ares you should compare with those of previous days and so test the health of your business. A National Cash Register tells you the detailed history of a day's business, saves time and worry, pays for itself within a year, and then earns 100 per cent, on the money invested. Let our representative call and explain our sys- tem to you. Cut off Here and mail to us today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON, Ohio / own a. Name Please explain to me what kind of a register is best suited for my husineiis. This does not obligate me to buy. Address Si>. (^lirks Please Mention The Tobacco World charms. Two or three dozen cigarettes a day seem to have no effect in sullying the gleaming ivory teeth or dulling the brilliancy of the soft almond eyes of those fair devotees of Lady Nicotine. It is not considered at all a rakish thing for Japanese women to smoke. A pretty, well bred girl of i8 will produce her tiny silken pouch and dainty silver pipe with as much matter-of fact calm as might a man of 50. Among the old women the pipe, which is often as long as a walking stick, is frequently used as an instrument of cor- rection for children and others. The «'Oba-san," or grandmother, rules her son's wife with a rod of iron, and often the pipe is the convenient symbol of her authority. A few smart blows with this redoubtable weapon soon bring the erring girl to a proper sense of her position. HOW THE CROPS ARE DOING. Oovernment Bulletin Issues a Generally Favorable Report. Washington. D. C, May 12, The latest weather- crop bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture, in- cludes the following reports on tobacco in the various States Speaking generally, the report says: A large part of the to- bacco crop has been planted in North Carolina and planting his begun in Ten- nessee. Plants are plentiful in Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia, but transplant- ing has not begun in these States. In New England, tobacco is good but the season is ten days later than the average. The following is said of the States sep- arately : Maryland — Tobacco plants satisfactory. Virginia — Plants growing fast, some large enough to transplant, but fields not yet prepared. North Carolina — Large part of crop transplanted under favorable conditions. South Carolina — Tobacco doing well. Tennessee — Tobacco setting in pro- gress. Kentucky — Plants generally plentiful and nearly ready to set, but damage by cut worms increasing. Ohio — Tobacco plants small, but grow- ing well. TRADE ORGANIZATION DEAD. New Orleak.i\s Associ«k.tioi\ Sak.ys No Inter est is Shown and Wai\ts to Wind Up. The members of the Louisiana Liquor and Tobacco Dealers and Manufacturers' Co operative Association of New Orleans, La., have petitioned the Civil District Court to permit the affairs of the associa- tion to be liquidated. There is a sum amounting to about $1,000 in the hands of the Treasurer, and it is desired that this amount be divided among the re- maining members of the association. The organization was originally formed for the purpose of testing the Sunday law and to form a sort of alliance be- tween the liquor and tobacco interests of the city. The present petition is based on the claim that interest in the affair has been lacking for some time, and the meetings have not been attended. ST. PAUL HAS NEW CIGAR. CO. St. Paul, Neb., May 12. The St Paul Cigar Co., with Charles Tenopir as President and Frank Bar- tunek as Secretary and Treasurer, has just been organized in this city, and will take it place among the large business concerns of the place. A factory has already been opened and work started. Write for Samples itPrices P J\ Qali/hs (j^ Qo. ^^j^^ Havana 123 n. third st _- , ' gREMER BROS. & gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMBR, Ji WALTER. T. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers dLiid Dealers ia Leaf Tobacco JOMN U. F^HR. EstablMhed 1883. J. U. FEHR & SON, GEORGE N. FEHR. "^ Leaf Tobacco! 700 Franklin St. and loi, loj, lo^ and 107 South Seventh St, READIN©, PA 0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA Oar Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G, H. BOESCH, Deafer in LfGSit lO D3.CC0 SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. PtflLIPPJ.KoLB CDWAMBf.G)L(iAN RD Street, Philadelphia. ^.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street* Philadelphia. Sumatra and Havanc Dealer in all kinds of Seed LeffV Tobacco VELENCHIK BROS. EiS'i. LEAF T0B/I<9eO Sumatra and Havana m N. THIRJ) ST.. PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVTaiNER J- PRINC* LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. leal Tobacco Broilers J UO KSICC ^t* nf •{ j i L.» aivd Commission Merchants. rlVllaaelpnia* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HABUSSBRMAim L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, > Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra.»*navana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia,'Penna. THE TOBACCO WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CVBA. Cable — RoTiSTA. NEPTUNO 170-174. Special Partner— Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo. NVNIZ HERNANOS y CIA S ei\ C Growers ai\d Dealers of TUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: ••Angel," Havana Kein^L 20, HavaivdL p. O. Box 98 r i rACTOHIES ARE NOW BUYING IN HAVANA MARKET. New Tobacco From Vuelta Abajo and Partido Sections is Now Arriving and Receipts Will Become Heavier Each Week. Manufac- turers Are Not Very Busy. [Special Correspondence ol The Tobacco World.] Havana, May 8, 1905. While there is very little variation in Sale* the total numbers of bales, which changed during the week amounted to a total of hands last week, as compared with the 3.322 bales, divided into 2 702 of Vuelta previous one, the difference is that the Abajo, 370 of Partido, and 250 of Reme local cigar and cigarette factories were dies. Buyers for the American market the principal buyers and the Americans have taken only 1,241 bales, while local only operated sparingly, thus reversing manufacturers have purchased 2,081 bales the relative position of the two chief Exports to all ports during the week forces which keep the Havana market were 3,298 bales, of which the various alive. American ports will receive 3,212, the Old crop (1904) styles of Vuelta Abajo remainder going to Europe, South Amer- were mostly traded in at high prices, ica and Australia, although a sprinkling of the new growth, Buyer* Come aivd Go. Vuelta Abajo and Partido, was taken Arrivals: Bernard Lichtenstein, of upon trial by a few local factories, as Lichtenstein Bros., and Max Stern, of well as by a couple of Tampa manufac- Lewis Sylvester & Son, New York, turers. Departures: Sol Hamburger and David The new tobacco from these two sec- del Monte, for New York, tions is now arriving from the different I I I I ESTABLISHEP 1844 H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA, Bocrvkers and Commission Merchscnts SHITPEP^S OF CIGAB^^ and LEAF TOBACCO HANUFACTURBRS OP packings, and receipts will become heavier with each successive week, so that with the beginning of July the Hav- ana market ought to offer a fair selection Havana. Cigar Manufacturers do not complain, because it would not do them any good, but business in gen- eral is dull, and very likely the tide will not commence to turn until July, when of these called factory vegas to American Germany usally is the first in the field to manufacturers of clear Havana cigars. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ Then a better judgment may be formed ^^^^^ .^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^^^ .^ .^ ^^^ as to the quality, while at the moment. ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ crossing a with the green tobacco still in fermenta- ^^^^^^^ ^^^ evidently the trust does not tion in the bales, there is no possibility of a taste. However, one good point seems reason- ably certain, and that is that the 1905 crop is a free burner. A couple of vegas of temprano growth which arrived here very early had an excellent aroma; but one or two swallows do not make a summer. The Celebri^ied Bra. fid FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA. believe it. There have been wholesale discharges of foremen from the various factories, or perhaps it has been intimated that in order not to be dismissed it would be well for them to hand in their resig- nations. The latter may be the more polite form, but in the end it amounts to the same thing. The new manager from Tampa, evi- The heavy part of Vuelta Abajo may ^^^^^^^ ^^^ something up his sleeve, and not be ready for shipment unul October. ^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^,^ approved methods in Remedios is backward, and the bulk of j^^^^f^^ture ought to be abolished and the escojidas may not open before the ^^^ ^^^^ substituted. Men who have middle of June, exceptions to be made of ^^^^ employed in the factories from ten the lighter part for Germany which may ^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ be started earlier. As the farmers have obtained higher prices for their bundled tobacco every- thing will now depend upon the yield in the escojidas, although it would be a delusion to speak of lower prices, when everything points the other way. The unexpected may happen, but )t is un- doubtedly saier to base calculations only upon what is in sight. The best judges say that in quanUty the 1905 crop is shorter than the previous one. As the unsold stocks of the 1904 growth are so much reduced, they cannot play any role to speak of, and unless reports from the North are misrepresented the American manufacturers carry no surplus stocks to fall back upon. Remigio Lopez Benjamin Lopez RMMIGIO LOPEZ y HBRMANO Manufacturers of the Imported Brands | La Mas Fermosa y Magnetica de Cuba No. 83^ Amistad St, HABANA, CUBA. BDEN CIGAR FAOTORV BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. for new brooms and consolidation and retrenchment of expenses are the watch- words. Things have come to such a pass that finally Don Gustavo Bock, the president of the Havana Tobacco Co. at Havana could stand it no longer, and handed in his resignation to the Fifth Avenue Council at New York, which undoubtedly will be accepted, or has perhaps been acted upon already, as the whole man- oeuvre seems to have been carefully planned. However, it remains to be seen how the trust may fare in trie luture. That a concern, even if managed well, cannot pay dividends upon an inflated value or Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St., New York Will receive and attend to orders. Cigtrs mtdc itrictly of tbc Tcry best VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Vknancio Diaz, Special* Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Anjieles St.. H A V A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Box 856.* Narciso Gonzalez. SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) and Dealers in Ll6£II iOO£ICCO FIQURAS 39-41, Cable: 'Cuetara" HAVANA. CUBA« J\^ (^Ai.vEs^C& Qo- <^6y Havana /23 /v. THIRD ST HILADELPHIA Leslie Pantiii;^'?^ Tobacco Commission Mercliant, Reilly 50, ^ P.O. Box 493,* Habana, Cuba BEHRENS & eO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Bratuis, (« 55^^>^I^4A SOL and '^f^/sMX^ LUIS MARX ^Aalnf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. ^▲NTXJtO. ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C Almacen de Tabaco en ^ama BSPBCIAUDAD MN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA <& CO. Packer and Exporter of Lreaf S3a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jedesa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. Mk Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTflflEDfl GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Havana Iieaf Tobacco Dragones 108—110, HA VA NA AYMLIifO PAZOS & CO. Alma—aiaisis de Tabaeo en Rama PRADO 1*3, Habtina Bruno Diaz R. Rodrigues B. DlflZ-& CO. Growers ativd Packers of VueltdL Abajo and Pa^rtido TobsLCCo PRADO 125, Cable;— Zaidco HABANA, CUBA. HpARTA@AS»-J Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG? 4^BAt^ Cifuentes, Fernandez yCa Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. Cable: Cl PER. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de ±abaco en Rama Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y UNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SptenJty in VuehoL Abajo* Semi VueUa. y Parthk, Industria. 176, HABANA, eUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS^ Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. TJf o Ko n o Cable: Zalbzgon. XXCtUCtilCt* AIXALA fa CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and Corrales 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. MTSPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS^OI P. O. Box 298. . Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JiL, GARCIA PUlilDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VueltdL AbdLjo, P^Lrtido dtnd Remedios cabie-puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MBRCHANTaL Monte x,s6, c«bie-"CAM>A.' HABANA, CUBA. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO W O R I, D II Established 1834 # « Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larranaga I It^-ftllAfiPJ^ Cigar Manufactory LmV ^ ^^X^i^ ^ A mff^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO, Proprietress ^ ANTONIO J. RIVERO, Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga, Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander IL. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Ralei^K • Lft. Columnia de Ibl VictoriaL. L&. IrmaL. and La. Guipuzcoana. J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. excessively watered stock is easily enough understood, and there have been enough examples of trusts, or would be trusts, whirh have gone under, or passed through a reorganization, before they finally, on a reduced capital, could be made to pay. It is said that Don Gustavo Bock may establish himself as an independent manufacturer, and as he is universally esteemed and well liked success cannot fail him in any new undertaking, espe- cially as his private capital is estimated in the seven figure mark. That the independent manufacturers are rejoicing it is needless to say. H, Upmann & Co. are doing better this year at this period, and while the quantity of cigars is larger, the bulk is also more of Regalia cigar. They ship- ped 430,000 cigars last week. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. are quite content with their daily output of Flor de Tabaco de Partagas & Co. Behrens & Co. are woking as usual in their Sol factory, and report satisfactory business. Por Larranaga is likewise doing a fine business. Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, postponed his departure until the 13th inst., per steamship Mexico. Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. have good orders from the National Cuba Co. for Ramon AUones, Cruz Roja and Marquez de Rabell. J. F. Rocha & Co. are working steadily in their Crepusculo factory, although Don Jose F. Rocha has seen fit to avail him- self of the dull period of the year to become a benedict, and left with his young wife last week for a bridal trip to the United States. Calixto Lopez & Co. are busy enough in their Eden factory. Don Calixto Lopez left on Saturday, per steamship Morro Castle to take a well earned vaca- tion, leaving the management during his absence to Don Manuel Lopez. B«jring« Selling c^nd Other Notes of In- terest. Sol Hamburger did not make a very long stay this time, but managed to pur- chase 700 bales of very fine Vuelta Abajo leaf, which Hamburger Bros. & Co. will have no trouble in disposing of quickly. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez sold 315 bales of Vuelta Abajo, and have received the first lot from their Bejucal escojida. Their buyers in the meantime do not stop buy- ing a fine vega whenever they can find it in the Vuelta Abajo, Semi Vuelta or in the Partidos. Max Stern left for the Santa Clara province to form his own impression about the new Remedios crop. Suarcz & Co. closed out 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week, and are receiv ing fairly good sized lots of their several Vuelta Abajo escojidas weekly. Joseph Mendelsohn returned from New York last Thursday, looking as chipper as ever, and has been seen all over the market hustling as usual. Manuel Suarez & Co. are never idle, even in the dull season. A. Pazos & Co. shipped 150 bales of leaf during the past eight days, while Don Jesus Vazquez is in the count-y looking after the buying part and also superintending their escojidas. G. Salomon & Hnos. made several transactions, amounting to 245 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Muniz Hnos. & Co. have purchased 20,000 matules additionally of the famous Santi Spiritu tobacco, which is considered eqnal to the Manicaragua leaf in flavor. They will open their escojida June i, and calculate that the yield will be from 3,000 to 3.500 bales. Manuel Muniz, who has charge of all the buying and superintending of the escojida at Santi Spiritu, was here last week for a fev/ days, but left again for the Santa Clara province. Hilario Muniz, the youngest brother, is in charge of the two packings in the Remates and Montezuelo districts, where Muniz Hnos. & Co. have pur- chased enough matules to result in from 2.000 to 2,500 bales of Remates and from 4,000 to 4,500 bales of the highly prized Montezuelo tobacco. Don Luis Muniz, the head of the firm, is usually at Havana, although he also goes to the country occasionally in case of need. B. Diaz & Co. sold 1 70 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido, 60 bales of which were of the new crop. Jorge & P. Castaneda have already re- ceived some bales from their famous Tumbadero packings, which are now turning out weekly shipment of fine sizes. Rz. Rautista & C. disposed of 161 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Jose F. Iribarren returned from his trip to the United States well pleased with the promises of support given to him, and will soon open his escojidas in in the country. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. closed out about 120 bales of Vuelta Abajo local factories. Charles Blasco returned from his trip to the United States in the best of health, and is ready to do some hustling work in the interest of his customers. Jose F. Rocha turned over 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. Manuel Garcia Pulido is in the country making some heavy purchases in the Remates and Partido section. Sobrinos de V. Diaz have already re- ceived some new tobcaco from the Vuelta Abajo. Receipts From the Coxktktry Week Ending Since "Crepusculo," "Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel St Habana, Cuba Cable: — Ck epusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C, B. TAYLOR, No. 9 J Broad Street, New York, eRAH, PL/INAS Y Ql/l. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la Reina 22, Cable Graplanas. Habana, Cuba CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi„co- Habana. Cuba. GONZALMZ, BBNITMZ <& CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: "Tebenitez." P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOEB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. mmacemstas (6 Taiiaco eii lama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara k Remedios Santiago de Cuba Total May 6, Bales 1,260 200 438 156 2.054 Jan. I. Bales I2,9i8 1,187 2,769 II 8.834 4>633 30.372 VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''•Eto?te?s''of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amlstad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Hou.e,;-6l6 W. Bahimore Street. Ballimor.. Md.; ^ O. Box 433. Tamp... Fl^ CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .-.•.Fine Cigarsv.-. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplef. Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivaLiioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOBR «& CO. Sola Owaars aad llanaf«otiir«rfl Ik Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA* II TBB TOBACCO WORLD LSAF TOBACCO. oprices : DETROIT, MICH. ;BMSTE ROAM , HO LLANO >4AVANA,CUBA. NcwYoft* JBROME WALLER JOSEPH S. CANS ®. CO. Tct:" ol Leaf Tobacco IWephone— 346 John. No. 150 WsLlCf StfCCt, NEW YORK. Stat»p Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF blUhed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J . B'EK^^EiM «Sf Son HAVANA TOBACCO NEW Yt) PPK^ Havana. Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE: 0. z. vooRBURGWAL 227 183 Water St. Amsterdam, Holland. NEW YORK. Cable Address: "HERE" ♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦-•►♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦-^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t ^♦.^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦** New York, May 15. 1905. With the opening of Luna Park and secured by New York houses: A. Cohn the beaches, business took a hump and & Co., 400 bales and 350 bales out of from now on the number of cigars sold hand; E. Rosen wald & Bros., 665 bales; in Greater New York will be largely Leonard Friedman & Co., 400 bales; L. increased. The summer street cars are Schmid & Co., 350 bales; H. Duys & now running freely, and that also makes Co., 334 bales; S Rossin & Sons, 250 no little diflference. Of course, the bales; L. P. Sutter & Bros, 25 bales, beaches will draw quite a little business The Havana market is fairly uniform, from Manhattan, but a number of dealers that is to say the lateness of new goods either conduct or are interested in stands coming in makes it necessary for manu- along the shore, and so are able to come facturers to take such goods as can be out even. The weather was first rate procured, if needed for immediate use. last week and on the whole, a good week's It may be also said that the Cuban business was recorded. market is so thoroughly cleaned up of • • • old goods as to make it impossible for Orders kept up pretty well with the importers to increase present supplies to manufacturers, last week, most of them any appreciable extent, still coming from the West and the South. In fact more effort is being made for It is said that within a short time, goods that trade with few exceptions, as the shipped from Havana by the Havana market in those sections seems to be Tobacco Co. for Boston concerns will be more capable of expansion Two or entered at the Boston instead of the New three manufacturers about the middle of York port, which latter has been the case the week said their factories had all they for nearly a year. This is in line with a could do and that they were seated to general effort which the commercial or- capacity. What proportion of the goods ganizations at the Hub are making to turned out are sold outright, it is impos- increase the volume of the port's busi- sible to say. ^^^'' * • • The business represented by the de- The leaf tobacco markets seem to have flection of the Havana Tobacco Co.'s been universally quiet during the past goods will not amount to more than week, and New York was no exception, $300,000 a year, but it is probable that so far as sales of seed leaf go. this will constitute only a portion of the Business consisted mostly of answering business that the port will lose. the many inquiries which are coming in It was after a decision of the Treasury concerning the new goods, which are Department that the Cuban internal just now in process of natural sweat or revenue tax of $2 a thousand should be fermentation, consequently the present added to the value of the invoice in time may be called the in between season, figuring the advalorem duty on the cigars, for until the final results are definitely that the Havana Tobacco Co. withdrew known no general revival is looked for, its entries from Boston, because of the and in view of the exhausted condition strict interpretation of the Boston officials in old goods, no large business is on the ruling of the department, as com- expected immediately. Indications at pared with the more lenient interprets.- present of the new goods comirig out of tion at New York. the sweat satisfactorily are good, which Accepting tentatively the ruling by the isatleastsomeencouragement to packers, Treasury Department on the Cuban in- and it is a source of satisfaction to manu- ternal revenue tax, while not admitting facturers and jobbers as well. its justice — for the export value of cigars In Sumatra several houses have had a from Cuba was higher than the domestic fairly active business for a month or wholesale price, even with the internal more, and some good sized lots of the tax added to the latter — the company new goods have already been sold to instructed its agents in this country to manufacturers. Old goods also seem add the value of the internal revenue tax to have been more diligently looked after, at the bottom of invoices, for the purpose buyers fully realizing perhaps, that there of figuring the advalorem, duty thereon, is certainly no present indication, or which action was taken to avoid being even possibility, of lower prices judg- penahzed by the Goverment, for trying to ing by the scant stocks of old goods and enter goods at below their market value the apparent comparatively small quan- from the country whence they came. titles of new goods suitable for American The product was accepted at New York, manufacturers that have been secured New Orleans and San Francisco. this year so far, and the result of last M. Barton, the customs officials took Friday's Amsterdam inspection seems to the ground that the goods were consigned fully substantiate the' thories advanced, and not purchased, as they were billed Even with an addition of 2, 500 bales from the Havana Tobacco Co. of Cuba to the list of purchases this year by to the Havana Tobacco Co. of New York, Americans the total is not yet up to the therefore that under the law the value of average of recent years. the internal revenue stamp could not be At the inscription of Friday last at added by the agents but should be added Amsterdam the following purchases were by the appraisers, together with the pen- • • llrii»d 1840. C»>*« "K-lfi.- Hinsdale Smith & Co* tinDoi'ter« of Sumatra & Havana HP^ tv^ £^€^£^ •^Packers of Connecticut Loaf I ULrdv/V^V J25 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK JI0MOND H. SmITS J. Bernheim & Son, Havana leaf im- porters, are showing callers a new leaf sample cabinet, which is pretty near as much of a novelty as it is possible to get in the leaf business. The cabinet is seven feet or so high and perhaps ten feet wide, made of quartered oak with handsome brass mountings. It has three compart- ments, one of which holds wrapper sam- ples. The cabinet is air-tight and is lined with white porcelain. Each of the three divisions has several sub compart ments and the mechanism is arranged so that moisture can be applied to as few or as many of these compartments as is desired. • • • Adler & Sukovice have opened a fac- tory at 243 Pearl street, and will direct their energies to the manufacture ot high grade goods only. • • • C. E. Michael's resweating plant at 173 Front street has been much enlarged by taking in the whole of the building besides making many and extensive im provements, which will not only afford greatly increased facilities in handhng tobacco and in their storage capacity, but will secure a reduction in insurance rates. Edward H. Michael a son of C. E. , who has been very active in his father's behalf for several years, will in CO. AMERICAN TOBACCO Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 THBY PLEASE ALL TASTES Always Uniform and Reliable 14 THE TOBACCO WORLD Best Grade G. H. SACHS i I Manufacturer of C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. ♦♦ TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK B[ORSE"-The fruit flavored scrap chewing. ••^II.VPR MfiniV"—^*** ^^^^ granulated smoking for either pipe or i31Lif£iII JnuUll cigarette. The smoke for the man who k£owa. "BLACK THREADS"— ^^* ^°*''* ^**^y ^°°*5 ^°* smoking mmnn- "SUN TIME"— A long cut smoking that always gives satitfaetioii. "RFD SETTER"-The natural leaf scrap smoking. "SCOUT" and ••fit F VroniVY" — ^^^***" grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DAR.K HOILSE,** *'S1LVER NOON/* and "BLACK THREADS." for the reUiler. Writ* ■■ ior •amples and prices. THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. ♦ ♦ PITTSBURG STOGIES 3 o H o H H East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH Sl son. MANUFACTURERS 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. H H H o £ A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«Lyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tobacco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Abo make lar#e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Snc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O Seed and Havana J HandMade CIGARS 1 NORTH CONCORD ST., J Lancaster, Pa. j the near future be admitted to an interest in the business. • • • Louis Hirsch, of Jos. Hirsch & Sons, Sumatra importers, has just returned from a short trip through Pennsylvania, during which he closed up several im portant sales of goods. • • • Capt. M. E. Flaherty, the well known leaf broker, left last week on a combined business and pleasure trip through New York State. • o • R. G. Sullivan, of Manchester, N. H., maker of the popular 7 20-4 cigar, was a visitor in this city last week. Mr. Sullivan just returned a few days ago from a \ isit to Europe. ATTORNEY WILL TEST LAW. Isadora Steiner, of the lithographic firm of Wm. Steiner' s. Sons & Co., 112 to 116 East Fourteenth street, sailed on Thursday per steamship Blucher of the Hamburg American Line for Europe, and will be gone two or tliree months. He is accompanied by his family, and is making purely a pleasure trip. This firm is exceptionally busy at present in their cigar labeling department. They contemplate the erection of a model new building in the near future, and arc now looking around for a suitable site. LIVERPOOL TOBACCO REPORT. Parry, Crosbie & Go's Circular reports for April: 1905 1904 Stock in warehouses, hhds April I, 122 681 3.970 115,983 6,046 126,651 3.755 122,029 5.742 Imported in April, Total, Deliveries in April, In stock, April 29, 122,896 116,557 The imports for the month were: From Baltimore, 2,854 hhds; Newport News, 378; New Orleans, 364; New York, 186; Boston, 116; Pensacola, 62; Philada., 10 There has been a good business done during the month. The inquiries men- tioned in our last report resulted in sev- eral important transactions in Western Strips, and since the Budget date, the position of Old Strips has become stronger and better prices have been obtained, as buyers now sec that the stocks of Strips in this country cannot be replenished ex- cept at the higher duty of 3s 6d per lb. VNITED ENTERS SAGINAW. is IncrecLsing CKsLin of Stores in Michi- gan to De«k.lers* Disin«Ly. Saginaw, Mich., May 12. The United Cigar Store Co. has leased the cigar store o f M. V. Foley, o n Genesee avenue this city, negotiations for which have been pending for two or three months. The company has a large store in Grand Rapids and one in De- troit. Their new acquisition will consti- tute their third important stand in this State. The retailers in this city are not pre- pared to welcome the newcomers with anything hke open arms, as it means that outside 'goods will now be pushed in the city to a much greater extent than heretofore. The new branch will be altered to the;company's!uniform style as soon as possible, [and the store opened. Ci^areUe-Smokfn^ Indiana Lawyer Will Find Out Wh8Lt's WhaLt. Indianapolis, Ind., May 16. William W. Lowry, a well known young lawyer of this city, has made up his mind to make a decisive test of the Parks anti- cigarette law, and caused him- self to be made the subject of an indict- ment returned by the Grand Jury, charg- ing him with a violation. Mr. Lowry was in the Criminal Court room some time before the jury rendered its report and at once accepted service of the customary capias issued as warrant of arrest and furnished a bond signed by leading Indianapolis business men whose 2igg''egate capital will approximate $1,- 500,000. His sureties were H. S. Ohmer, Allan Lowrie, Alexander W. 1 hompson, George J. Marott, James L. Gaspar, W. A. Rhodes, Ernest H. Tripp, George B. Gaston and Henry W. Lawrence. This bond, as might reasonably be supposed, was very promptly accepted by the SheritT and Mr Lowry returned to his ofifice. Mr. Lowry is a man of means and is also an inveterate cigarette smoker. He has hitherto expressed himself strongly against the new law and insisted that its constitutionality would never be upheld by the Supreme Court to which tribunal he will appeal the case for the purpose of securing the test desired. The Lowry cigarette case will in due time be set down on the Criminal Court calendar for trial. Mr. Lowry will enter a plea of not guihy, permit a finding of guilty under the indictment to go against him and at once take the case to the upper couit. It has been the desire of State's At- torney Benedict to have the law passed upon by a court of final resort and to that end Mr. Benedict and his chief deputy, Mr. Groninger, cast about for some one to indict who would be finan- cially able to "carry an appeal up" for a final decision. And thereto "hangs a story." One day recently Mr. Lowry, who is seldom without a full cigarette holder, had occasion to go to the Grand Jury room on a professional call upon Deputy Prosecutor Groninger. When conversing with Mr. Groninger in the outer corridor directly in front of the open door of the Grand Jury room, he drew a package of tobacco from his pocket, with the tell tale paper, deli- cately and deftly rolled a cigarette, lit it and literally puffed smoke into the Grand Jury room. That was Deputy Groninger' s long- sought for opportunity. He called two members of the jury to the door to note the cigarette smoking and then he and Mr. Lowry separated. They did not meet until after the indictment had been returned into court. Three other citizens equally as promi- nent as Mr. Lowry were indicted, but the indictments will be "held up" to await the termination of the Lowry case before the Supreme Court — Three indictments for cigarette smok- ing were returned by the Indianapolis Grand Jury, and the accused were arrested and released on bond. The defendants propose to carry their cases to the high- est court. TRB TOBACCO WOfttD r # LA FLOR De SANTA CLARA Highest Grade Pive=Cent Glgar DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by 5^^ Johns Brash Cigar Co, Main Office, LANCASTER, PA. EDW. M, BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. # Cigar Boxes ar Box Lumber •^ «% «% ^ Largest stock of R Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ♦ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. ^ WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AYENOE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦^♦4 i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 T©B/iee0 W0RLD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKia. Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^by, H. C. McMands, Preiident and Geiil. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tei^EPHONES: — Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Pubushing Co , 234 Arch St., Philada.' PHILADELPHIA. MAY 17, 1905 To Beivefit Our Readers. he Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any ii^lormation in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of cur»ent trade topics. If you have a decified opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to thC'Corre^pondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. primarily to promote good fellowship and found that they are thus defying the law. union, and also to provide funds with There is nothintj unreasonable about which to send a strong delegation from such an attitude. Authorities that could the Association to the New York Exposi- take into custody an ape for violation of tion, but if by any chance the former a farcical law, could not be expected to purpose only was accompHshed, the time make any exception in favor of anything and labor of those in charge of the affair whose only excuse was that it was sup- could by no means be accounted a loss, posed to be medicinal and beneficial. Not every retailer loves his brother in- The Indiana druggists will do very well trade, and with the independent trade to go slow, menaced by a corporate foe whose ambi 'w/%iw%/%m% tion is limitless, it is decidedly well to The Indianapolis May Grand Jury has establish as complete unity as is possible returned three indictments against as under the circumstances. The principal many heretofore reputable citizens charg- trouble is that in these days, when we ing them on specific dates with "owning don't wear uniforms, each man is apt to and keeping a cigarette and cigarette look askance at his neighbor, fearing paper." This majestic phraseology sug- that he will turn out a spy in the camp, gests the following: %v%«%»«^%%% Brown — "They say Smith has gone Several Indiana druggists are agitated completely to the dogs." by the fear that they will he pinched if Robinson — "Yes, he's about lost to all they continue to sell the deadly cubeb sense of decency; and you probably zzzzzzziziz^ir cigaiette to ailing customers. They argue haven't heard the worst." view of the fact that the goods had been that under the law. a cigarette is still that Brown-(with bated breath) "What selling we'l awful thing a cigarette no matter what its is that?" This the dealer admitted, but declared contents, and the officers of the law are Robinson - (in hushed tones) "He that his was not a cut price store, and as likely as not to raid their stores if it is keeps a cigarette paper now." that he could not afford to turn it into — ~— one. in order to help a manufactmer to boom his product. The salesman pleaded that his house not only did not authorize a cut but would like very much to stop it. The dealer was obdurate. He said he had a decent trade of his own, and that it was no money in his pocket to sell this particular brand at the price he would have to, in order to meet the fellow down the street. So the sales man lost a customer that would have ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-r******"* ♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ '*"J^' I Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Here ai\d There With ttie Retdiler& %«%%%%%% TO CUT PRICES IS TO CUT YOUR. THROAT. Business in the retail market has been no more than fair this week, the been more valuable to him than a dozen ^^^gg ^^ four days of beastly weather cut price artists. interfering to a large extent with the Now, again the question: Why will a number of goods moving over the coun- retailer make such an unnecessary cut? ^gj-s. The box trade was not so good as One dealer replied to this question with j^ has been, either, and the retailers gen- the statement that the United Cigar g^ally were not very cheerful. It looks Stores Co. was constantly making cuts on ^s if summer had arrived to stay and if kindred brands, and these had to be met, the coming week brings clear skies, even if a loss were necessary. business will probably take a brace. It Billingi was made wiih this fact very much in mind, and the manufacturers expect it to give as much pleasure as did its famous namesake during his lifetime. The package is a neat one in green and gold, and the label bears a picture of the humorist surrounded by miniature reproductions of his works. There is also a fac simile of the author's signa- ture. The cigar, which comes in the various popular sizes, will be pushed on this market by the firm's representative, Z, The United Cigar Stores Co.. backed j^ certainly time it did in this town, for j^hn Norris, and to the many who are by millions or not, is no more anxious the dealers with some exceptions are get- acquainted with Mr. Norris's thorough to sell at a loss than the smallest dealer ting to be a disgusted lot. The market ^^y ^f looking after his trade, that is at a country cross-roads, and with the has been so uneven for months, that a p^gtiy nearly enough said. Why will retailers persist in cutting their own throats by slashing the price of a brand that is already selling well ? There have been certain brands intro- duced on the market lately, the names of which it is not necessary to mention, which started to sell in a very satisfactory way. They were well advertised by the manufacturers and, as they seemed to be ^^^^^^^ percentage of dubious stores on delle7nev7r knows what" he can coum what the consumer wanted, they dup 1- -^^ jj^^ ^^e company is probably not pin- q^^ ^^d the proposition is getting to E. G. Steane & Co., retailers at Tenth cated in every important instance. In -^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ constantly for a fight be a very uncertain one. Some of the and Chestnut streets, will shortly remove each case the manufacturer advertised a ^s seems to be the general impression, chestnut street stores have reported a fair from their present location to a surface certain price and authorized no change in Naturally, when the company finds that May so far. while others complain bitterly store. This should result in increased it. Consumers were evidently willing to the slightest cut finds an immediate and ^f the slowness of the trade for which business for the company, as some pay that price, aad it looked as if the hysterical response from the independent they cannot ascribe any definite cause, persons object to going below the side brands were going to make livings for store across the street, it finds it very easy it is probable, all things considered, walk for their goods, themselves purely on their merits. ^^ j^^^^g ^hc chances of any new inde- that the latter half of the month will be «% Suddenly one dealer put a sign up in pendent brand, a cut on which is not better than that which has already his window announcing a cut of nearly protected against by understanding or passed. 20 per cent, in these brands. Actually contract. *• the cuts were made at different times on But the man who slashes his goods I" ^he course of a week or so a new Ihe different brands, but as they were right and left for no better reason than «gar ^iH be on the local market, which all made in the same way the description that here given would seem to be a sadder ^rom the way it looks, the way it smokes of one instance will serve tor all. The victim of non reasoning than the man ^^^ the way it is packed, ought to make who accepted a thousand dollars to go off » killing. The brand h a s just been m the woods and shoo* himself. The go«en out by I. Lewis & Co., of Newark, ,31 South Tenth street by R. B. Semon, cigar dealer hasn't even anything to leave makers of the Golden Eagle little cigar, ^ho formerly conducted a store on Chest and they call their new smoke the Josh j^yt street. Billings after the famous American *% humorist of that name. sign went up and attracted a rush of temporary custom. After a time another dealer followed and then two or three more. Near the first dealer was a store which E. A. Bowker & Co., Market street grocers, who have a well equipped cigar department, are making preparations to remove from their present location at Thirteenth and Market streets to 121 3 15 Market street. A cigar store will shortly be opened at to his heirs. The situation would be bettered con- had had a good sale on the brand at the siderably, if every cigir dealer took a price at which it was advertised. Of course when the cut went into effect, sales fell off with the nearby dealer, and when the salesman for the brand came around, the dealer guessed he didn't want very many more. The salesman demanded the reason, particularly in thorough course in oookkeeping. THE RETAILERS' PICNIC. Davidyan, Jr., & Co., at Ninth and The cigar will sell for five cents, and Arch streets, southeast corner, have an the firm stakes its reputation on the attractive display of I. Lev^is & Co.'s quality of the smoke for that price. Phil- Golden Eagle little cigars, and these It is to be hoped that the picnic shortly adelphia is definitely a five cent cigar goods are moving out well. to be given by the Philadelphia Cigar and town, and the manufacturer has to hustle %» Tobacco Retailers' Association will be a some to keep up to the demands of the The committee appointed by the Phila- great success. The affair was instigated consumer. It is stated that the Josh delphia Retai4 Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' THK TOBACCO WORLD 17 m • # ^ For Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S^N FELieE-5 B A HIGH GRADE R^ ZjLjm CIGAR FOR ^y^. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO Association to look after the program for the picnic to be held June 21, will meet tomorrow night at the home of D. A. Schaible, 41 1 Girard avenue. The stag party which James I. Hassan gave to a number of his friends in the trade at his home 6633 Woodland ave- nue, last Wednesday night proved a decidedly enjoyable affair. A number of well known city salesmen were on hand and Mr. Hassan turned the whole house over to them. An entertaining program was rendered informally, in which every- body took part and by which everybody was amused. There were enough re- freshments to go around several times and to spare, and when the affair finally broke up, which was some few moments after eight o'clock in the evening, every- one voted "Jimmie" the best host in the world. With MaLi\ufaLCturers and Jobbers. The majority of manufacturers are keeping fairly busy, most of the goods go- ing West, and while a land office business is not the rule, no particular dissatis- faction is manifested. The 5 cent cigars are running well, although there are a number of 10 cent brands made by Philadelphia manufacturers that have a very large sale in the West and South. H. Rosenblum, manufacturer of the Belharen cigar, formerly at Second and Chestnut streets, has removed to 2323 German town avenue, where he will con tinue to manufacture in connection with a retail stand. Thomas C. Fluke & Co. , grocers and cigar dealers, will, as announced several weeks ago, remove the first of June to Second near Market, where the company has leased a large building. At the time this change was announced many shook their heads over it, and considered that the company was making a mistake in deserting such a prominent location for oae, which comparatively speaking, is obscure. Especially was it predicted that the cigar department would suffer. This possibility will be obviated to some extent, however, by the company's estab hshment of a depot in the Mint Aicade building, where much of the retail trade will be cared for. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. .;>«■ tK..i ^^^\ Manufacturers of K^^'C^ I Biol-liiailii Seed&HaYiUia Cigars John N. Kolb, of the Theobald Oppen heimer Co , is back from his visit to Amsterdam, and has already taken up his duties on this side of the water. Mr. Kolb secured some fine Sumatra while he was abroad W. W. Stewart, of Stewart, Newburger & Co. , Ltd., is also back from a successful attendance of the Sumatra inscription. Good, snappy business is reported by Sig C. Mayer & Co, manufacturers, at 417 Locust street. This is a compara- tively young firm, but is more than hold ing its own. Mr. Mayer is at present having a fruitful Southern tripand his returns are keeping the factory hustling. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Announcement is made that Scheinfeld & Batzofin will in about two weeks open a jobbing and retail place at 434 Market street Mr. Scheinfeld, is already known to the trade as a dealer at Sixteenth street and Ridge avenue, and Mr. Batzo- fin recently returned to this country after a lengthy absence. Channing Allen & Co. are settled in their new quarters at 60 North Fourth street, where they removed from 519 Locust street The firm has much more room in the new building both for office and factory, and is in every way better prepared to attend to the desires of their various customers. T. H. Hart & Co.. report that they are oversold on both their blunt and point end Ledas, and that their factory is con- siderably behind on the orders already on hand. LeoLf DeaLlers* Jottings, Another uneventful week can be re- corded in the leaf market, very few transactions that amounted to anything having come off. The situation in Ha vana is still more or less of a tie up, caused by the reluctance on the part of the manufacturers to pay the prices which necessity demands, and while there was some inquiry, buyers contented them- selves with just as small lots as they required to get out their orders. Why this should still be so is not quite clear, as manufacturers seem at last to be get- ting wise to the fact that there is abso- lutely nothing in sight to' justify them in F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. -^ Manufacturer of miCIIII GDP s Gtm Dip The largest and best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED 5-cciv4 CigaLf on the MaLfkcl. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. P«l. Geo. W. Bowman QJL Co. H2Li\over, Pql. Manufacturers of F»nc C'^3^* ♦ ♦^♦4- <«►♦{♦♦• m an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in sereral sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade lovlte4. Write for Particular* l8 THE TOBACCO, WORLD B23- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MICHAEL HOSE A. F. BRILLHART Dallas Cigar Company • • t I Manufacturers of] MEDIUM GRADE CIGARS and Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Dallastown, Pdi. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Correspondence with Wholesale Dealers and Jobbers invited. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Capacity, 30,000 to 73,000 per Day I 1 1 ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ OoT Capacity lor Manutacturing Cigar Boxes U — Al.vays Room for Onk Mokb Good CuSTOifSK. THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son,Sellersville, Pa «s EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Qovernment of the Republic of Cuba gi:laiJtl:UI»W11Jli:M:IJJIi:IHqiISaiia|j RKPUBLICADf. CUBA RL PUBLICA.DL CUBA ^'^/^ UOniomdeFabR'canjesdeTabacosyCig/irros .^ .V \CA mrrs ladecuba u 10 iUtorizadaporel Gobierno dela Repablict Gar A NT! Z A (que los tabacos.cigarrosy paq^tes 'Je plcadu^8(|uellev0n9S^appedn^• 'son fabric ados por m ^gSfi REPUBLiCAD.rctJBAvUPtstrlb$ Factory 1839. NOTES FROM CINCINNATI. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna /. B. Milleysack Offerings at Ciga^r Leaf Sales Heaviest for Weeks. Cincinnati, O., May 15. Offerings at last Saturday s cigar leaf sales were the heaviest for several weeks, amounting to 72 cases, consisting princi- pally of Zimmer Spanish. The market was strong under keen competition. The Zimmers ranged from ^^2,30 to |i2 25 per 100 pounds; Little Dutch from |io. 50 to ^12.25, and Wisconsins from I2.60 to $3 70. ••The cigar business in both wholesale and retail lines has been especially good for the past two weeks" said Henry Straus. "The coming of the summer weather, and the consequent increase in outdoor life has helped business." Reports to Cincinnati handlers of white burley from Kentucky and Ohio districts state that the plants have been delayed by cool weather and damaged by con- tinuous and an unknown insect. The loss though, will be light and indications are that the crop will be a large one. The official announcement that the American Tobacco Co. is out of the market on 1903 tobacco has caused a withdrawal of offerings in that crop in the local burley leaf market. Brokers who held the tobacco in anticipation of a higher market are making private sales. F. W. Galbraith, president of the Red Devil Co. returned from a business trip to Boston. A number of agents were appointed by him while in that city. Dealers generally do not believe that another boom market, as was experienced last year, will be developed before the summer. Last year all the tobacco was in the hands of speculators while now the farmers control the situation. J. C. W. Frishmuth. of Frishmuth Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, visited the local office last week. Buhrman. Manufacturer of msRTsmsRmsr^x Fine Havana r\ J f^ A |?0 Hand-Made V/ X UT^HL JL V KJ7 615, 617 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. JAMES ADAIR Successor to Cable Address: •'BUCKY" Arnold's Code No. 5. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. & CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Manufacturers 215 Eleventh Street, Louisville, Ky. We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS. FILLERS and BINDERS Also SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Correspondence Solicited. Samples Sent on ApproTal. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. Heed Building, 1215 Filbert SU Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM A CO., New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Citfars M A K E BS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION mM TaUpkoMi 44-e7A Pllb«t. OKO. B. CLAYTON. IUa«tf«r. ADAIR & REIFF Packer of and Dealer in BeywESTie LEAFToBAeeoi •» Office and Warehouses: YORK, PENN/1. We Carry a Large Stock of Pennsylvania Broad Leaf, Zimrer Spanish, Little Dutch and Gebhart. For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tabUsher -sso Le J.Seliers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL.EPSVILLE, J^A THE TOBACCO WORLD 25 TTg SCHUTTE & KOERTIING COMPAIVV, Twelftli and Thompson Sts., Phiiadelplila, Pa. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity £; Uniform. 3. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants Correspondence Solicited. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKIiELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR € 9 Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. TOBACCO NEWS FR.ON LANCASTER. i Le&f MaLrket Continues Dull. Notes About the Manufacturers. Lancaster, Pa., May 15. The local leal market continues in a lethargic condition. Nothing is doing in old tobacco for the simple reason that there is scarcely any in the hands of packers, it having been so thoroughly cleaned up, and in the new leaf, of course, interest is entirely centered in its condition and progress. Seed beds have been progressing quite satisfactorily, and with continued warm and sultry weather such as we are having today, the young plants will make even more rapid progress. The belief is still generally prevalent that the acreage will be greatly increased if the plants con- tinue to thrive as they appear to be doing now. So far as can be ascertained, the earlier packings of the 1904 crop are going through the fermentation process very nicely, and indications now point to a fairly early selling season. The plant of the Minnich Machine Works at Landisville, Pa., which is a two story brick structure 40 x 120 feet in dimensions, will probably be somewhat enlarged in the near future, by the installation of a foundry for making their own castings. This concern is of greater importance than may be generally known, for they are the makers of a patented port ible bailing press, which press is in use by quite a number of packers in this section, by whom it is pronounced the most satisfactory apparatus of its kind known to the trade here. It is an in- geniously devised machine adaptable to many purposes, and should be more widely known to the leaf tobacco packers of other states. It is the intention of the Minnich Machine Co. to acquaint the leaf trade with this fact through the columns of The Tobacco World, and their announcements willappear regularly hereafter in the advertismg columns of this paper. The Minnich Bailing Press is constructed for hand or steam power. A. D. Killheflfer, of the Eureka Cigar Factory, at Millcrsville, has just returned o the factory headquarteis after an ab sence of nearly three weeks, and brought back with him quite a large number of orders for his product. The cigar box factory of A. M. Wechter, at Lincoln, was completely destroyed by fire last week, entailing a loss of #5,000 which is believed to be fully covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the explosion or ignition from a lamp used in heating glue pots. It is expected that he will rebuilJ. J. E. Hertgen, lithographer, is now busy in making preparations for the removal of his plant to Lititz, where it will be merged with the Lititz Lithograph ing Co. This company, it will be re- membered, is now erecting a building specially designed for that purpose. The structure is progressing very nicely, and will be under roof by the end of the present week. J. K. Brenneman, of Bareville, this county, was on a visit to Philadelphia and other nearby points during the early part of the week. The cigar industry throughout the country is not any too good at the present time. Quite a number of factories are working either on short time or short handed. We know of some few excep- tions, of course. AGED KENTUCKIAN DIES. John P. Gray, of Eliza bethtown, Ky., and well known in Louisville, Ky. .where he was for years a member of the old tobacco firm of G. Spratt & Co., which conducted the Pickett Warehouse about the close of the civil war, died a few days ago in a hospital, following an operation. He was eighty two years old. PIPES For Wholesale Dealers Only Ofe CHEAPEST ESTABLISHMENT for WOOD and CUY PIPES Clay Pipes Our Specialty Write for Catalogue and Prices I. schilz-mOllenbach Manufacturer and Exporter HOHR, (nearCoblenz) GERMANY Brands: — G^ Bear, S^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for thi Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioiL L. S. STAypFGR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOUCITED. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 26 THE TOBACCO WORLD me PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFO. CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD »7 Liberman's Latest /Vlachines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE M u o X d c 10 IB d o a Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphioL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUrACTUTRtR OF ALL KINDS OF 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 » Q8 a 140 CENTRE 5t. New YORK^ 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medium Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only i^vt^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^^^ «^%%«^«%^ W. HUBUEV, Thomasville, Pa. ii Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade TKADE KEEPS GOOD IN BOSTON. Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. 3 i%%>%»%>%%%»%%%%»%%>%^%%%^^^»^'%^^*^^^^^^^^^<»^ tt*****.******v*v***v*****************^^^^ F. B. SerilNDLEE^ F^oCl^CCI^Cfu Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa. JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED * ** ** ** ** *« » « «.***.******************** V***V*********************V***K A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of Ml mi Fine womstip. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. I American Tobacco Company's Goods Sold at Cut Prices. Boston, Mass., May 14. There is no material change in trade for the past week. The American To- bacco Company's products are being sold at very low figures and the retailers are hoping f ( r a continuance of the same, but it is expected that by June first, the cutting in prices will cease, and that there will be some understanding established between the j bbers and the sub jobbers a'j to a schedule of prices. There has been a big demand for Sweet Caporal cigarettes in which cou- pons were packed, as the news had spread around that the American Tobacco Co. had ceased packing coupons in these cigarettes. Every one was eager to buy as many of the old as they could get. These coupons will never reach the consumer of the cigarettes as they are being ex- tracted from the packages before they even reach the retailer. The Uniied States Tobacco Company, which manufactures a brand of cut plug tobacco known as Central Union, popular in New England, has brought a bill of equity in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, against McGreenery & Manning, of Bos- ton, who are the largest distributors of the trust goods in New England. The United States Tobacco Company claims that McGreenery & Manning are oflfering for sale and distributing a brand of cut plug manufactured by the trust, called Union Leader which is a close imitation of the complainants' brand of tobacco, Central Union. It is claimed by the United States Tobacco Company that the trust brand was gotten out in its present form and dress of package to mislead the consumer. The name of the trust does not appear anywhere upon its package, but it is alleged that the wrap- ping, packing and labeling of their Un- ion Leader package so closely resembles the Central Union package, that persons desiring to buy Central Union are liable to be deceived and misled into purchas- ing Union Leader. The attorney of the United States Tobacco Company, Paul Blackburn, is also the general counsel for the Independent Tobacco Manufacturers' Association of the United States. Mr. Blackburn, when seen, declined to say more than that a suit had in fact been commenced against McGreenery & Manning to enjoin them from selling Union Leader, that counsel for the trust had been notified to withdraw the objec- tionable brand and that they had refused to do so, whereupon as service couldn't be obtained upon the officers of the trust in New England, suit had been brought against the largest distributors here of the trust goods in question which were Mc- Greenery & Manning. Mr. Campbell, pte5>ident of the United States Tobacco Company, has been closely identified with the fight in New England against the trust. The cigar and tobacco store of M. J. Rosendorf, 33 Beach street, was visited by f^re last Sunday night. The damage done is said to be in the neighborhood of $1,500 John McGuire, who operates a cigar stand in the cafe at 17 Court square, carries a full line of imported and Key West cigars and enjoys a good trade. Messrs. Green wald, Welch and Arm- strong, with the American Tobacco Co., are here doing missionary work on Lotus, the new chewing plug, similar tobacco to Piper Hiedsick. M. Bondy.of Kaufman Bros. & Bondy, was here with his samples of C. P. F. pipes, and i s reported t o have done very satisfactory work in his brief stay in the Hub this trip. Robert Stephenson a boy of twelve years was arrested yesterday morning in Thomas Clark's store, Cambridge, and was later held under $500 bonds charged with the larceny of tobacco. It is claimed fhat it has been the custom of the young man to visit Clark's store mornings to make small purchases. Each time he had with him a large basket, and after he had gone goods were discovered to be missing. At 1.30 last night a thief broke into the cigar and tobacco store of Chas. Sherman, 288 Hanover street, and while attempting to depart with $5 in cash and $50 worth of cigars, tobacco and cigar- ettes, was caught by the policeman on the beat. Kozy cut plug enjoys a good sale on Hanover street, and it seems to the writer, as if the people were so anxious to get it, that they would even go so far as to burglarize a tobacco store to gain their desire. Edward Wischmeyer, Jr., of E. Wisch- meyer & Co., Baltimore, Md. , spent a few days in town calling on the whole- sales trade with a line of cheap Penn- sylvania cigars. Joe Manning, of McGreeney & Man- ning, went on a week's vacation to Maine to indulge in the sport provided by the rod and reel. A handsome window display of Pall Mall cigarettes is in evidence this week at G. Frank Davenport's, 422 Washing- ton street. Frank Coleman, a wholesale tobac- conist, of Portsmouth, N H., was in Boston the early part of the week. E. Sterling, tobacconist, of Worcester, Mass., was doing some buying in town on Wednesday last The Waitt & Bond Co. is doing plenty of local advertising on Totem, their leader in nickle goods. Frank Pike, local representative of the Globe Tobacco Co., is well pleased at C. A. ROST 8z CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THE TOBACCO WORLD »9 KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, Etc. HAVANA cAROMA Sweet, Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. . KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO., YORK, PA. THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. SINGLEY, Manheim, Pa H. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of ^jORO^Vr^ ■ t^ '■ A Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Ui\ioA Riders, Sweet Tips, CvbdLiv EmulaLtor, GeiveraLl Post, Pretty Nell. 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar ribbons. Largest Assortment of Ha-nufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Plain and Fancy Ribbons. Write for Sample Card and Price Lioi to Department W Wm. Wieke Ribbon Co. 56 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers off High Grade Union Made Cigars *The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. N^^^^^^^»a%»»»%» ^^^i%%<^^^^^^»»» J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. i^^>a%a<»%» ^^%%^%%% the way their Duke of York granuliated tobacco is duplicating. J. S. Brown, 8 Washington street, has been selling Cremo Experts, three for ten cents for the past week. Mr. Brown has been feeling happy of late ; the fact is he recently invented a "hair restorer," and is now one of his own best customers. A. S. Bearse, of A. S. Bearse & Co., made a flying business trip to New York this week. A new brand of 5 cent cigars soon to be placed with the retail trade is the Boston Belle, of which Alfowich Bros. are the manufacturers. Ben All %%%•%«%% YORK TRADE NORMAL. Manufacturers Have Frir Amount of Or- ders But Are Not Rushed. York, Pa., May 15. The industry in this county at present is in a normal condition. A majority of manufacturers are working steady forces but not one of them can be said to be rushed. The leaf dealers are also com- plaining somewhat of the inactivity of the manufacturers as buyers. The State Seal Co., a recently organ- ized project, which is composed princi- READING UP TO SNUFF. Manufacturers are all Moderately Busy and Apparently Saitsfied. Reading, Pa., May 15. In view of the reported present condi- tion in the cigar manufacturing trade of other sections of the State, Reading can justly claim to be getting its full share of business as quite a number of cigar man- ufacturers are moderately busy and it is not hard for cigarmakers to find employ- ment, which is an unmistakable indication of a good business being enjoyed by our manufacturers. J. W. Fehr, of the leaf firm of J. W. Fehr & Son, recently returned from a trip through Connecticut where they have put up a packing of 1,000 cases of leaf, and speaks most encourageingly of its pro- gress. To a World reporter he said he believed his firm would be able to show the trade the nicest lot of Connecticut tobacco that had ever been shown in Con- necticut unless all signs failed. H. E. Spannuth, the veteran repre- sentative of Louis Bremer Sons. Phila- delphia, was a recent visitor among the trade here. The Womelsdorf factories are busy without an exception, H. F. Fiddler & / pally of members of the manufacturing . __ trade at Yoe, this county, is pushing its ^o* ^'C having as large a trade as they plan to completion with considerable have ever experienced at this time of the rapidity. Several dwellings are in course y^^^- William Schaflfner & Co. are also of erection and the cigar factory which is pushing the cigar manufacturing business also to be built on the grounds (which "^o^e vigorously than they have done for are just immediately beyond Yoe on an some time past. Weidman & Moyer, cigar box manu- facturers, say they are very busy, which is conclusive evidence that the cigar tr^de in this vicinity is having its full share of business. M. Steppacher, of Reading, informs me that orders are beginning to arrive very satisfactorily for their union made product and they are employing a force of cigar makers to the full capacity of their factory. Frank S. Rader, of the cigar manufac- turing firm of I bach & Rader, met with a serious accident several days ago which has landed him in the Lebanon Hospital. He was driving from their factory to elevation jof a couple of hundred feet above the borough proper), will be undertaken next. It will be so con- structed that should it be desir^ible at any time it can readily be changed into dwelling houses. John E. Olp , formerly in the cigaj manufacturing business at Jacobus, this county, but who was more recently put through bankruptcy, and only a few weeks ago came to York to open a cigar store on George street, was arrested last week on a charge of forgery by H. G. Reevcr, o f Springfield township. He entered bail before Alderman Owen for a hearing. The prosecutor claims that j; IWflHliON BflRflES CO. MAKBR9 OF Only High Grade Cigars THM CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfeeto Sbapea. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and f Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. he endorsed a $50 note for the defendant, S^*^"^^"- on'X a mile distant, in a small and that he also endorsed one renewal of deTeVtn th^'T^ h^?*°^ ^°u°^' ^^' , , . , delivery to the railroad station, when the the note; but that subsequently several horse suddenly took fright and threw Mr renewals were made of which he had no Rader violently to the roadside. The knowledge, and to which his name had injury from the fall was declared to be a been forged. compound fracture of one limb necessi- V. R. Welsh & Son, manufacturers and ^^T^ u'^ removal to the hospital as .. 1 , /-,,» m< . stated above, retail dealers, of West Market street, this city, are building an extension to their manufacturing department. Noah Gillcn, of Gillen & Granat, has just returned from a flying visit through the leaf centers of Wisconsin, John E. Detwiler and Fred Smith, cigar box manufacturer, and cigar manu- facturer respectively, of Red Lion, re- cently made a business trip to Pittsburg. %i%a%a%a g B H — An anti cigarette bill, similar tofthe Indiana law, has been introduced in the Legislature of Florida. R.K.Schndder&Sons m ft 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa* THE TOBACCO WORLD 31 Telephone Call, 432 — B. le and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove*" .our Samples. iamplet cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q. Box 96. WALTER. S. BARE, PaLcker of Fine : Connecticut « Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco OfG.ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K. LMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LBAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTMR, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindtrv Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTwr^-wr l^^oji Fancy Packed Gebhart 1-^VCry VdSIC ^ of Packer of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil l\j\j^ CONNECTICUT , Packing Leaf Tobacco ^41 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTEH, PA. I. H. Weaver, W. R. COOPER S CO. PACKER OF 0 Drnnd I on! Q. UlUUUlJbai and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 20J North Duke SL LANCASTER. PA, VBked Thooes B. F. GOOD ^ CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, UNCASTER, PA. Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, BOA 112 W. Walnut St.?LANCASTER, PA. : J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber m JUColT Jl OJjClCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 Nortli Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦%%%•%%%%♦ ♦♦♦♦^ k«» ♦♦♦♦♦ %«%%%%i%^ ♦♦♦«%% ♦♦♦♦♦♦ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Ma.^ufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouaet: LANCASTER and RED UON. PA. MAIN OFFICE t Lancaster, Pa. UNITBD FHONBS. ♦ ♦♦4»%»i<^%»»%%»»»4» ^♦♦-♦'♦♦l C. A. ROST, & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 3« THE TOBACCO W O R I. D ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BRANDS: J ; " MANO" lOc. Cigar ♦ H. C. LONG & CO Modjeska" ♦ ; and " La Mano" t ♦ 3-cent Cigars J ♦ ♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigars, LEBANON, I PaL. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X OFFICE: X t 118 Mifflin Street t FACTORY: J J Cor. Maple and Plum Aves. X J>^44 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. R.UNPUS IN STOGie COMPANY. SMOKING TOBACCO RESTBICTIONS. THE LOUIS NEWBUR6H CO. PACKERS OF Zinuner Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War«boases: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PEARSON, Packer iS: Dealer in All Kinds of Cig^^ Leaf Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS. LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, FENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. WarebouseS'-West Milton, O. Branch— Yorkshire, O. in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. Pittsburg Stockholders of the Stogie Trust Want an Accounting. Pittsburg, May 15. Much talk has been occasioned in the trade by the actions of the Pittsburg stockholders of the American Stogie Company in adopting toward the con- trolling New York crowd, a "show me" attitude. The local stockholders de- manded some days ago that the officers be required to make a statement at once, under pain of being brought into court. This action was taken, following a meeting of the Pittsburg people and At torney M. R. Trauerman, H. V. Curil and S. Vandersall were appointed to de- mand the statement from President C. M. Logue. Attorney Trauerman made the followtng statement: "The American Stogie Company was organized in 1903 by George B. Hanford of New York and C. M. Logue of Pitts- burg. It is capitaUzed at almost $12, • 000,000, of which about 14,500,000 is held by Pittsburg people, the remainder in New York, states that the company Internal Revenue Commissioner De- livers an Important Opinion. Washington, D. C, May 13. The commissioner of internal revenue has issued an opinion, partly in answer to questions submitted to him, regarding the sub division of packages of tobacco. The commissioner's letter states: The present law and regulations re- quire that all smoking tobacco shall be put in packages containing i, 1%, 2, 2}4, 3. 3>^, 4, 8, and 16 ounces, and in no other manner, and that each such package shall be properly labeled and stamped before removal from the factory. Such statutory packages cannot legally be sub divided into parcels of tobacco inclosed in envelopes or other wrappers to be distributed gratuitously as samples, nor can the tobacco be taken from such statutory pack iges after removal from the factory and be repacked in envelopes or other inclosures and then be sold or given away. The report of the directors It is illegal for a manufacturer of to- the company is making bacco to put up and remove from his factory sub division packages of smoking tobacco of the character referred to, and such packages found on the market or outside of the fav.tory premises will be money, but it has never paid a dividend and to us at this end all information as to the standing of the company has been refused. <• At the annual meeting of the stock- promptly seized and forfeited to the holders in Jersey City. April 3. Pittsburg United States, and if deemed necessary stockholders had a representative present criminal proceedmgs will be had against to go on the directorate who made a de- the offending manufacturer under the law. mand for a financial statement to learn -phis paragraph disposes of the inquiry why no dividend has ever been presented, ^g ^q whether one would be permitted to This report was ignored in the vote for distribute the envelopes containmg frac- directors and the directorate was made up tional parts of an ounce of tobacco di- of the New York people and two men meetly from the stamped statutory sixteen who, though Pittsburgers, have been ounce packages as put up by the manu- Buyers working with the New York people in the company. These two are President Logue and E. A. Katzmiller. "The stockholders in Pittsburg then consulted me and I make a trip to New York to find some information about this company, but I was simply referred to the New York counsel who said no report was required under the charter and none facturer. The commissioner was asked by a manufacturer whether he would be vio- lating the law if he, or persons under his direction, took the tobacco from regular statutory packages and replaced it in en- velopes, with o r without advertising labels thereon, in quantities less than one ounce, and then distributed the small BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ♦ eiHMKRSPANISHt WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ^ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4> Write for Samples. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Zimmer Spanish Gebhart Little Dutch would be made. We naturally do not sample packages gratis to the public, like this style of business, and want to preserving the stamped sacks and other know" evidence as to his having taken the to- The defense made by President Logue bacco from regular stamped statutory is to the effect that the dissatisfaction packages. He was advised that this exists on account of the fact that the would be illegal, and that the sample company has deemed it wise to call in packages would be seized and he would some fat salaries that he says have been be proceeded against for violation of the paid in Pittsburg and which were not law. earned. Regarding this, the commissioner writes: "If he (or his agent) removes tobacco from statutory packages and re- Samuel Smith & Son, stogie manufac p^^^^^s the same in subdivision packages tureis, at 1124-6 East Jefferson street, containing less than the statutory quantity STOGIE FIRM DISSOLVES. a formal ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ♦Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely .„ . t, u a ^Tabled and Hand- Allegheny. Pa., have made ^ somely Finished, announcement to the trade of the dissolu X None Better. \ tion of that firm, by the retirement of ♦Write for Samples, j Samuel Smith, who proposes to conduct ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦"*"*■'*■'•' a retail store at Olin street and Cedar avenue. and then distributes these small packages to the public or to the trade as samples, even if he can prove that he took the to- bacco from regularly stamped packages , , . for such purpose, i n the opinion of this ^^ -- -mm- ^ m /^ ^ /^ avenue, Allegheny, while the busmess „ , . ... . ., , . , West CarrOUtOnMontgOmery Co., O. of manufacturing win be continued by -^'^' heortheywm be guilty of viola. IT C«5 1 V^€t±J. UA±LlJ^, AJ xj^ ^ . \ r^. . J . r his son. Sidney S. Smith, under the old lation of the law and subject to prosc- ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing Uistrict. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^muei smith & son. cution. • C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO WORLD 53 ♦ ♦ ♦ " La Imperial Cigar Factory " HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS* AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED, lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. ♦♦•»♦♦ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph — York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦I Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF ^TOBAeeO^ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦ J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER. PA. ♦ ♦ « F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. ! I HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Hi BBTHBSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly FIrst-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. */ //. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Cable AddreM, "CLARK." jOPKINSVTLLE. KY. ^ADUCAH, KY. Clarksville, Tenn, W. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker Located on Line of MillersviUe Trolley, j '^.j^llZ^t^^ Mopkinsville, Ky. 34 Ww Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to MubUiOied 88* L. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SEL1.ERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD i.-nr K ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ATTEINTIOIN, TOBACCO f » Choice Natural Leaf CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ (UNION LABEL GOODS) 8 and 16 ounce Packages 2 1-2 ounce Packages .... 20 Cents 21 Cents ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ GOOD. CLEANED, SEASONED CUT SCRAP Packed in 5 Pound Cartons. Freight Prepaid. Send for Sample. READING TOBACCO MFG. CO., George W. Green, Prop. READING, PA ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ n C E. MATTINGLV & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. Cigars on in the completion of its work and then to call a general meeting of the association either in this city or at Lex- ington, Ky. It is understood that Mr. Archibald Stuart has a plan to finance the deal for Wednesday which had Ween heralded for ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^ .^ MEETING DIDN'T PAN OVT. Burley Belt Wasn't Sufficiently Repre- sented SLt Cincinnak.ti Meeting. Cincinnati, 0., May 15. The meeting of burley growers last . crop 01 1905, a couple of weeks or so. and at which it ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^ was promised to solve the burley ques- tion and arrange for a corner on the coming crop, did not pan out. The attendance was poor and little business of importance was transacted. The meeting was held at the Grand Hotel, and so few sections of the burley Recent Incorporations, Etc. W. The Albert Speirs Manufacturing Co., New York, to manufacture smokers arti- cles, cigars, etc., with a capital of $2$,- 000, has been incorporated by Albert belt were represented that it was at once 5. Speirs and William H. Van Wynen, appreciated that nothing could be done of New York, and Marcia Speirs, of At- at the present time. lantic Highlands. Among the officials of the association j^e charter of the Shyer Cigar Com- ^. DflUGHERTV 8t BRO. Dallastown, Pa. and leading planters present were Presi- dent W. B. Hawkins, of Lexington, Ky. : Archibald Stuart, of this city; M. I. Bar- pany has been filed in Nashville, Tenn., with a capital of 13,000. The incorpo- rators are L. and A. N. Shyer, M. Teitle- Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic Cigars Hliihest Quality Finest Packaf^es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited ker, ef Carrollton, Ky. ; Scott Osborn, of baum, S. Agatstein and Loyis Leptwich. Dover, Ky. ; Henry C. London, o f The company will manufacture cigars. Georgetown, Ohio; Wm. Adams, of Cyn- The House Highland Cigar Company, thiana, Ky. ; W. C. McCord, of Spring- of Columbus, O., I31 000, was incorpo- field. Ky.; Wallace Sharp, of Sharps- S'*'^, ^^ ^i}'*^"; "' "?"'*"' t^c-^' "^u ^ . ^ T o, ,0 XM J- Highland, Ed DeLancy, John J. Silbaugh burg, Ky. , and T. J. Skeldon, ot Madison, ^^^j Lewis G. Silbaugh They will make and job tobacco and cigars. r.MCUMe&BRo V* TERREHILL.PA. ^< We Sell to JobbingTrade only ld hickory virginia dare Wax h aw |JACKS0N THE GREAT The Marion Tobacco Co., of Pilot "Mountain, N. C, has been incorporated with a capital of ;^ 15.000, by R. N. Marion, N. C. Marion, J. S. Atkinson M. Ind. In the informal discussion which took place various plans to finance and con- trol the crop were brought forward. The representatives from the Carroll County section favored cooperative buying and J- R; ^^'}^I'.' of Siloam, and M. , , • » J r *u ♦ Marion, of Pilot Mountain, selling through agents appointed for that purpose, advocates of this plan claiming it would eliminate the packer and ship- per, or "middleman." Another plan suggested was the estab- lishment of district warehouses through- out the burley belt, which would receive the tobacco from the planters and issue The Richlands Tobacco Warehouse Company, of Richlands, N. C, has been chartered with a capital of $20,000. The object of the company is to operate a warehouse for the purpose of buying and selling leaf tobacco. The GhioGirbau Cigar Co , of New York, for manufacturing tobacco, cigars, etc., with a capital of $25,000, has been stock certificates therefor on the basis of incorporated by Applolonio P. Ghio, of I5 per 100 pounds, sampling and ware- St. Louis; Juan Gerbau and Jose Nigrcira, house charges to be a lien on the tobacco ^^ ^^^ ^^rk when sold, but leaving it optional to the ^ The Kraus Cigar Making & InstrucUon „ . u A ■ ^A Co., of New York, to teach cigar making, planter to sell whenever he desired. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ incorporated by John J. It is not evident how this plan differs Hayden. Charles MacLaren and W. Rus- in any essential particular from the cus- sell Osborn. tom which has prevailed for many years The Lopez Cigar Co., of Montezuma, of selling through the commission ware- Ga-. has been organized, all the promi- houses in this city and Louisville. [^^^^^J business men of the city subscribing „ J -J J » * »i,^ '<* * " ® stock, which will amount to It was finally decided to await the 1,0000. action of the committee appointed at the ^^^^ ^^^^^^ McNamara Cigar Co.. of Lexington meeting, but President Haw- Milwaukee, has been incorporated with kins was requested to urge the committee a capital of $5. 00a Dw Capacity for Maattfinctiirkig Cigar Boxes Is — AifWATS Room for Onb Mors Good Custombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 ^ M. KALISCH (t CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ARS l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff High Grade C ROBESONIA, PA. ♦ ♦-♦'♦JJJ^^-f^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. **Stage Favorite," a 5-c«nt Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. Special Brands: rCEO. F. NASH JOHN SELDEN GOV. THOS. HUTCHINSON BEN DE BAR P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium D*allastown, Pa. A SPECIALTY of Private Brands ^ for Wholesalc& Jobbing Trade Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Onr Leaders: { "•"'".Ius'ton''"^ } Cigars-Sc, 3 Sizes '1 L. R. BROWN, I WHOLESALE J Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦J ■Si |%%»%%%%»%^i%^i%% <%%%%<^»%%»»»^i^»%^^^i<^^^ John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. mmm nmmBB J. K. Kauffman. Wholeakle Dealers in All Kinds of I Plug QJL Smoking Tobaccos * Also, All Grades of ^ Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. ^%»1^^%%<^%^^^% %«%%««%« •ll«««««««««-)(#-K«^«^««^^^^«««««««« S. N. MUMMA Pa.eker off C A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. I T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 8& Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. \ Leaf Tobacco ^ PenivdL. Seed B's sl SpecidLlty k Warehouse at R.aalro8Ld Crossing " LANDISVILLE, PA. « R. C. Jacoby Rothsville, Psl. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. ^9^T^ 1 1 r^!^? ^. kii ^ JB '^VlJ^ jg^mBy^E^fc? k; ' "S^R^-^^^^Sl^DiR^Ul 4 r r- s« THK TOBACCO WOfttD E. A. O^'-^f ® <& O®- - { Lt'N? 1^?^ 12 s. George St., YORK, PA. .WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra hTOBACCO^ 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. A. koHler & eo. llliknjLFine Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA. Otfttcttf^ 75/xx> per day* Bsteblished 187C Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Mannfactarers of F^ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsviiie, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Arc the ClClAKo Registered Brands: ••Brilliant Star" Clear HaT«na, . . lOc. ••S. B.** Half Havana, .... Sc. •*S. B.** Little Havanaa 5c ••Honest Bee" ^ 3c. "2— I— No" Mildert Cigar Made, 2 fOF 5c. Special Brands Made te Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau '*^ Send Your Clf{ar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. i , ■ 1 1 1 1 k F 1 A SOUTHERN LOCATION Good Tobacco Land and Locations for Factories THE SOUTH is now making greater progress than any other sec- tion. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Atfent. Southern Railway. WASHINGTON, D. C. Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY Our correspondents write : Hinsdale, N. H. : "Tobacco plants are up, bu* on account of the cold weather are backward. About the same acreage will be put out as last year. There are two crops of 1904 tobacco in town and fifty cases of 1903 crop, and it is good tobacco. " Wetherfield, Ct. : "The weather is too diy and cold for tobacco plants to grow well. Some are watering their beds and some are waiting for rain, thinking if they begin to water they will have to keep it up. I hear there will be a little more raised this year over last year's production. " Bradstreet, Mass.: "The last assort- ing shop closed Saturday. A small crop of 3.000 pounds is the only tobacco in the place and was assorted and packed by Oscar Belden&Sons. Tobacco plants are doing nicely and setting will be in order soon. " Conway, Mass. : "Tobacco plants are coming on well, in spite of the cold weather. Some of the earliest will be ready to set next week, but that will be rather early if the weather does not change before that time." East Whately, Mass. :• "Dennis Hayes is building a tobacco shed 8 x 32 feet, three tiers high ; tobacco plants are look- ing well, and setting will probably begin about the usual time, the 20th to the 25th of this month." North Hatfield, Mass.: "The tobacco beds are looking fairly well and setting will be fully as early as usual. I have seen some beds in which silver dollars would hardly cover some of the plants, and such plants uill in the ordinary course of events be ready to set inside of ten days. iMr. R M. Swift ha*? some good beds. He thinks he will be obliged to take off his glass or the plants will be too early. Smith Briggs, Willis Holden, F. A. and C. H. Crafts will all have plants early." — American Cultivator. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 627 hhds; offerings on the breaks, 118 hhds; public and private sales, 224 hhds. The sales were of old leaf at firm prices, and new crop, in which not all of the grades were represented. Cigar and plug wrappers, and German spinners were in much request at very full prices, but sellers seemed not fully satisfied, and expect more when orders increase in the market. The prizing pf the crop shows the small percentage of lugs. We have had good planting weather all the week, whick was taken advantage of by all who had their land ready for the setting of plants. Planting at this period of the year is usually damaged by cut worms, and com- plaints will probably be heard next week. Not enough of the new crop has been sold to furnish reliable quotations for all grades. For old tobacco we quote ; Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leal Medium Leaf 5^3.50 to I3.75 3.75 to 4.00 4.00 to 4.25 4.25 to 4.75 4.75 to 5.50 5.75 to 6.75 7.00 to 8.00 8 PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO. Etc 789.489 Cover for tobacco paili; Ed- ward Coe, Battle Creek, Mich. 789.490 Leaf tobacco packing case; Wm. De Haven, Lancaster, Pa. LEAF TOMCCO CO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 33^"33S North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Pine and Common inufacturer of Cigars Established 189a Capadty, Twenty Thousand per Dti§» ] I 37 Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD, Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1935 "1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. mm. SPECIALTY is (he "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. T.L./IDAIR, W TX7Wnr.W<;AT.W MAMTTKAt Estahlished 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Fine Cigars "n T^ Y^ T Ti^ \r 'P A Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. J\.X1^±J J^±\Jjy f Jrj±. Telephone Connection. f Established 1877 New Factory 1904 } H.W. HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Dealer in J t Cigar Box I^nmber, X Isabels, ♦ Ribbons, X Edging, X ♦♦♦♦♦♦««»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Brands, etc. Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANC ASTER, PA /{BEn BUSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. PMBOSSED CIGAH BANDS *^ Are All the Rage. We have them in large variety. Send for Sumpimk William Steiner, Sons & Co. •^^^^^ LiiKograpKers, 116 and 118 M. Fourteenth St, NEW YORK. 38 THB TOBACCO WORLB THB TOBACCO WOBI^D JOSEPH REED fiilffiS^^. Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. Yo rk, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigdLrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PA TRICK HENR F- jc. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY ^tfflH^^^^V^Bi^^ ■ Five Cent Cigar THE OUOBB OIOAR OO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only DUKE MONEY GOES TO CHURCHES. SOMETHING NE^V AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S Chban stogies MANUFACTURED ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jflj Qhio St, AOcgheny, Pa. f GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer off THE CELEBRATED I ■Txaide TxTitTlr Pittsburg 1::^ Stories , /^, HANDMADE C^ 1 •♦• II tot ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tx ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It* J* r leiscKha\ier Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦1^*A**t*t*t** ♦ -f UTHOCItAPBING SPECIAL DESICN5 * -f^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ tx xx_^ Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAa& Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertiainr medium known. * RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manafactorera* RAciNi:. inris . u s u\. Albert Fribs Harold H. Fribs FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and Largest House in the Trade. ManufacturetB and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish BetunSt ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. C ^••••v I ^ F— ^ ^ The Most Popular Playon Sample Free ^^.Se-'^^AS^o. ^ fiuiranteed to be the Strongest. Cheapest, and Best rATATAl i C. A. Rest ^ Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xobacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers , * iC-^-'.'.l it.. ■• • ' -C E Cole, cigars; bill of sale Great Part of the Magnate's Wealth Left to Ministers and Asylunvs. Durham, N. C. , May 15. The will of the late founder of the To- bacco combine disposes of an estate valued at about $i, 000, 000. To some 30 nephews, nieces, grand nephews, grand- nieces and other kinspeople he left $1,000 each; to the North Carolina Methodist Conference. $10000; to Home Missions, $5,000; to provide a fund for taking care of the aged and infirm ministers of the Conference, $5,000; to the Western North Carolina Conference, $10,000; to Home Missions, $5,000; to care for aged ministers $5,000; to the North Carohna African Conference and the Western North Carolina African Conference of the Methodist Church, $2,500 each; Watts Hospital, Durham, $,3,000; Oxford Orphan Asylum, $3,000; Methodist Or- phanage, Raleigh, $3,000, and Kittrell Institute, colored, $5,000. There is set aside in trust 30 per cent of the entire estate, to be divided at dif- ferent times until the youngest heir has reached 35 years of age. Thirty per cent of this trust fund goes to B. N. Duke and a like amount to J. B. Duke, 28 per cent to Rrodie L. Duke and the remaining 12 per cent to the heir? of Mrs. Lyon, the only daughter, I who (lied a number of years ago. I Brodie L. Duke's 28 per cent of the trust fund is to be divided so that he will I get half the fund during his life. The I remaining half of this fund will go to his children, the sons to get one third each I at 20, 25 and 30 ye.irs of age, and the daughter to get one third each at 25, 30 and 35 years of age. Business CKacnges, Fires, Etc. California Alameda — \Vm Patton, cigars, etc; bill of sale ?^ 1,000 San Bernardino — Frederick Roesen- berg, cigar manufacturer; files homestead Connecticut Bridgeport — A Lamond, cigars, etc; files notice to sell his business •. Malio Twin Falls — Hays, Heap c^ F'rankel, cigars; dissolved, Heap & Frankel con- tinue Illinois Chicago — Ben H Newman, cigars; sold out- $ 1 . 000 Evanson — Fred W Whiting, tobacco; discontinue Indiana Rochester — B K Gillliland, cigar mam- ufacturer; chattel morgage $462 Iowa Des Moines — W R Alexander, cigars; discontinued Kansas Marion — Chas Whipple, cigars, etc; sold out Kentucky Lebanon — Abell & Abell, cigar manu- facturers ; succeeded by Abell Cigar Co Louisville — Martin, Martin & Co., leaf tobacco; out of business Massachusetts Holyoke — Eureka Cigar Co,( not inc), manufacturers; dissolved Michigan Adrian — Michigan Tobacco Works, tobacco; F L Moreland sold an interest Detroit — Rothschild & Bro., Imp and packers of leaf tobacco; Kaufman S Rothschild dead Saginaw — Wm Stange, cigars and to- bacco; out of business Minnesota Duluth — Ernst Goering, cigar manufac- turer; warranty deed $400 -Wright & Forgy, cigars; satisfied chattel mortgage $680; discontinued Missouri Joplin — L C McCarn, cigars, etc; C H Garvin succeeds H M Stout, cigars; R C Barbee succeeds St Louis — Wm Eustace, cigars and to- bacco; Wm Eustace dead Mrs Julia Grass, cigars, etc; bill of sale $700 New York Rochester — Hates Arnold & Co (inc) cigar jobbers; sold out Syracuse — Galvin, LaPrette, Fitzgerald & Hennessy, cigar manufacturers; Jesse Galvin dead Ohio Fremont — I G Bower «S: Son, cigars, toljacco, etc; dissolved Lima — C A Negelspach, Metropolitan Cigar Co,; chattel mortgage $1,800 Newark — C V Keller, cigar manufac- turer; real estate mortgages $2,800 Peuiisylvania Philadelphia — Wm F Steigerwald, cigar manufacturer; adjudged a bankrupt Wisconsin Milwaukee — Bolton McNamara Cigar Co, (inc), cigars; authorized capital $5,000 THB TOBACCO WOKLD JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT llttnifectarer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. 91 a^I flMHuf acture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY c& SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- ^ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED F.ABELS 4- > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦»♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Hs Js f leischkaxier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Sireet, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦*♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦r ♦ ♦ , ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4^ 4^ LlTHOGHAPHiNG SPECIAL DESlGNl 4 ^^^ Carolina-Tobacco starting off 5^3 p^^^js sold for l45-5o. the 883 States Circuit Court for the northern "Touth Carolina— Tobacco doing well. PO""ds sold for %2>i.o(), and the 1,350 district of Illinois. The court held that Tennessee -Tobacco being set. pounds sold for 5i 11.29 the railroad was right in decUning to Kentucky— Tobacco setting begun but "^'^^ the first acre we spent I30 for accept the shipment of beer in the face delayed by rains; cut worms damaging labor and $10 for fertilizer, or a total of of the Iowa statute. The case was tobacco beds. I40. The gross receipts were $45.50 appealed to the United States Supreme Indiana — Tobacco being transplanted, showing a net profit of $5. 50 per acre per Court, and was there reversed. The Ohio— Tobacco only fair. annum. On plot No. 2 we spent I44 for opinion was written by Mr. Justice Mat- %%%%%%%% labor, ora totalof JJI60, which fromlSi.og thews, and is supported by copious ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW PUT HIM OUT leaves $21,09 profit per acre per annum, quotations from former decisions of the ^^ BUSINESS. On plot No. 3 we spent 550 for labor, or Supreme Court. Lafayette, Ind., May 19. a total of $82, giving us per annum profit "The court said: 'It has never been The first failure from the enforcement per acre of 29.29, which is just six times regarded as within the legitimate scope o of the anti cigarette law, is announced in the profit possible under the old scheme, inspection laws to forbid trade in respect the suspension of George M. Timberlake, If the fa-mers will accept this and do as to any known article of commerce, irre- cigar and tobacco dealer, who blames we recommend they will all die rich and spective of its condition and quality, his insolvency on the law in question prosperous." merely on account of its intrinsic nature combined with the disastrous eviction of While the experiments of the deoart- and the injurious consec(uences of its use the slot machine. The Timberlake store or abuse. * * * Can it be supposed was a favorite resort for Purdue University that, by omitting any express declarations students and as the attention of these was on the subject. Congress had intended to occupied almost exclusively with the two ^^ ^" ^^'° ^"^ °^^*^'' tobacco growing submit to the several States the decision banished articles, the cigarist's trade has states, and what will apply to Virginia of the question in each locality of what dropped off lately as it he had the pest. \ Chicago and tendered them to the Chi- cago & Northwestern Railroad, request ing that the beer be transported to Marshalltown, la. The railroad declined ment in this respect have been carried on only in Virginia, the soil is the same will apply anywhere else. :. A. ROST Sc CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, R£D LION, PA THE TOBACCO WORLD ERT IS. turers a combination of the highest grade labor, the baccos, and "knowing how to do it" makes a jar, then the JOHN HAY is a good ten-cent [t is a combination of these three items. Write amples. STEWART, NEWBURGER A CO., Ltd. Gi^ar Mannfadnrers, > 206 and 212, ^^ 1 ^ ■ o ni •! 1 I 1 • Rev. Distnct, Pa. 29 North 4th St., rhiiadelphia. • _M e Philadelphia \. Matchless 5 cent Cigar. }f RoedePs Best IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL s sent to Reputable Distributors elphia Cigar Factory V. K. ROEDEL CO., h Street, PHILADELPHIA. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co Hanufacttirers of 419 Locust St Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A STANDARDOF ALL HAVANA CIGA R:S. CLEAR HAVANA All Havaoi Cliar KEYWE&T CIGARS DUNCAN ^ NOORHEAD. inc.. Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CEJ^T CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumaoa & Co. PHILADELPHIA. PA. E. A. CALVES fSe. Co IMPORTERS AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HIUkOmi^HIA ♦^TriE T©B;^eeO WORLB-^ NEW CUBAN CUSTOMS RULE. WILL FIGHT TO BITTER. END. J. HAMPTON MOORE RESIGNS. Change in Red Tape Around Entrance Indiana Lawyer, Arrested for Cigarette and Exit of Travelers* Samples. Smoking, Will Prove La^w Invalid. Washington, D. C, May 20. Indianapolis, Ind., May 19. shall not be articles of traffic in the inter- state commerce of the country? •••If so, it has left to each State, Chief of Bure».u of Ma.nuf«Lctures is Now according to its own caprice and arbitrary will, to discriminate for or against every President of Trust Company. Washington, D. C, May 18. United States Minister Squiers, at WiUiam W. Lowry, who has been m- . , » , , , t u . »* r tm-u i i.- TT r- u 1. w . .V T^ . J- . J I- . ^ J T r , . article grown, produced, manufactured or J- Hampton Moore, of Phildelphia, Havana, Cuba, has written to the Depart, dieted by the Grand Jury for smoking , , . „ , ' . . /-u- r r .u n f »* r . r ,^ JTU • . ,j\^,. . sold m any State and sought to be intro- <-nief of the Bureau of Manufacturers, of mentof Commerce and Labor announcing cigarettes, has asked that his case be the fact that by a decision of the depart- continued, and will put up a determined ment of finance, when a foreign commer- fight to prove the absurdity of the law. ^e constitutional. any btate ana sought duced as an article of commerce into any the Department of Commerce and Labor, other. If the State of Iowa may prohibit has resigned, in order to attend to his the importation of intoxicating liquors duties as President of the City Trust, Safe from all other States, it may also include Deposit and Surety Company, of Phila- tobacco or any other article, the use or delphia, to which office he was recently abuse of which it may deem deleterious, elected. * * * In view of the commercial Mr. Moore attracted the attention of anarchy and confusion that would result the tobacco trade by an address which copy of the verbal declaration on which "While I have every confidence in the /• 1^ ,• . ,. , u« ^-1: ^ ^a ■ 1 . ^ r , *ul :,«^^«,.t ^..t;-c ,„»r» Koc-,1 «...c» K- ij • 1. , J i.,- rr j ^^^^ the diverse exerlions of power by he dehvercd in Lancaster before the the import duties were based, must be world in the honesty and ability of Judge ^ ' after it has been brought into the State, presented to the custom house of the Alford," said Mr. Lowry. "if I find that port of clearance in order to secure the , . - ...,,•, reimbursement of 75 per cent of the ^« ^^ ^"""^ »" ^'^ belief that the present duties paid. statute covering the cigarette law is con- The following is a translation of a stitutional. I shall ask that my case be circular (No. 345) issued for the Havana tried before another judge, as I wish to customs upon the subject: ^^^^ x^ ^ t„t case." The delay caused by the procedure up ..j believe that the law is an interfer- to now to make reimbursements, which, .v • * . . ..l i- j in accordance with the note to paragraphs encewithmterstatecommerce. he replied, does not carry with it the right and power 326 and 327 of the tariff, are made to "There is a case reported in the one-hun- to prevent its introduction by transporta- commercial travelers when, within three dred-and.twenty-fifth volume of the tion from another State * " months, they re export the samples which United States Reports, which, I think, is they bring in their baggage and whose ^^^^ -^ . ^^^ ^^is decision value does not exceed $500. forces this ^ '^ . department to adopt means to prevent seems to touch our cigarette law in more the frequent difficulties which are caused places than one. The State of Iowa to custom house functionaries by the passed a law forbidding the issuing of delay in the return of 75 per cent of licenses for the sale of liquor; the Legis *^ TL*iefor*'eTtTs provided : ^^^"'■<^' "°* ^^^^^^^^ ^'^^^ '^^ ^°''^' P^^^^^ I the several States of the Union, it can recent annual meeting of the National not be supposed that the constitution or Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association. In his Congress have intended to limit the free- letter of resignation, Mr. Moore states dom of commercial intercourse among that he is reluctant to reUnquish the oppor- the people of the several States. * * * tunities for public service, but is com- It is enough to say that the power to pelled to do so by considerations of a legulate or forbid the sale of a commodity personal and domestic nature. MONEY SAVED BY FERTILIZER. THE NEW TOBACCO CROPS. Government R.eports Showing Its Condi- tion in All the States. Results of Agricultural Depa^rtment's Experiments in This Direction. Washington, D. C, May 20, George T. Mc Ness, one of the Agricul • tural Department's tobacco experts has made the following report concerning the Washington, D. C, May 20 The latest weather crop bulletin issued proper fertihzing of soil for tobacco: That in tlie*^ future the full amount another law making it an offense for a by the Department of Agriculture, states '-The Agricultural Department secured •f the duties assessed in the custom common carrier to accept a shipment of that the transplanting of tobacco has five acres of ordinary ground at Appomat- hoMses on samples imported by commer. liquor consigned to any person in the been begun in Virginii, Kentucky and In- tox. Va.— almost the spot where General forln'sTfort'h itlL^'no'e^trpLgraph State of Iowa, unless the consignee had diana, and plants generally are abundant. Lee surrendered-^and planted tobacco. 327 of the tariff in force. ^ permit to sell liquor. Of course, as no Much tobacco land is prepared and with We did not plow deep except in the first 2. When samples are exported from permits were issued, no railroad or other the favorable conditions resulting from acre, where we followed the methods of the custom house of the port of entry common carrier could accept a shipment the rains of the latter part of the week, the farmers round about and used |io within a period of three months, to which ^f ^^^^^^ without laying itself liable to the this work will now be prosecuted actively, ^orth of fertilizer. On the next two custom house wa?pro?eed^to^de^ penalty under this last mentioned law. Dealing with the crop by States, the acres we increased the amount of am- the amount deposited 25 per cent of the "A firm doing business in the State of bulletin makes the following reports: monia and spent |i6 for fertilizer. On lawful duties for final collection, as it Iq^^ purchased 5,000 barrels of beer in ^*^^ England—Tobacco excellent the remaining two acres we put still belongs to the State, and the 75 per cent ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^. shall be returned to the commercial « ^r , r. . ^ cago & Northwestern Railroad, request Pennsylvania— Tobacco ground being more ammonia and spent $32 for fertilizer. prepared, but no transplanting. From the first acre we got 673 pounds of in which the period of ing that the beer be transported to transpfan" " 0 a o rea y o gahed tobacco; from the second plot w shall traveler 3. In cases three months mentioned shall have Marshalltown. la. The railroad declined Virginia— Tobacco transplanting be 8°* ^^3 pounds of salted tobacco per passed without the exportation of the to accept the beer because the consignee gun, weather favorable, plants abundant acre, and from the last plot we got 1,350 ^^'^rl! K^?!rj» ch.^r^r^ Ji^^nT^^^^ at Marshalltown had no permit to sell and vigorous. pounds of salted tobacco per acre. The custom houses shall proceed to the tinal *^ Knrth Tarolina Toharrn Havana 123 n. third st J. Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF X U UcLIjIjU 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. POONDKD 1855. T. Dohaii. Wm. H. Dohan* FLOR de DOHAN & TAITT, D ^ J Importers of Havana and Sumatra Packers of I^af Tobacco ^qUELT^ 4SR\^b^ I c;^ Arch St. PHILADA. e^^* . BREMER'S SOyy, \^^^ " - IWPORTEI^S OP ^^^V^ Bi Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia JVUITS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. Iters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of ^eed J^eaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 5EeO LEAF HAVANA aad SUMATRA - Ill Arch St., Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsyille,K.V. The E m ni r p importers and Deakrs in ■•■^•'i^^^ ^ All, KINDS OP » t^Y^ SEED LEAF. Leaf lobacco havana v^o., Ltd. and SUMATRA 118 N. 3d St. Phila. lENJ. LABE JACOB LABii SIDNm U BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SU MAT RA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^EAF" TOBA CCG 231 and 2J3 North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA, LiEOPOLiD LiOEB 8t 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 TOBACCC 238 North Third Street, Phila. 1642-44^ Ei.EyE/jf/\ §t:' IN LEAP TOBACCOI l^mLxnriPuiA. ^rtttareneo. J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/IGGO ^ — 1 ^Y * 0 HT IMPORTERS of I f^ 1 1 0 Ung & S\ e Wman, Sumatra & HaTana 2J^ W. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA. ^ Patken •£ Seed Leof. ^ Y&K ^ /^^ Qau/es (j^ O^- <^p^j> Havana 123 n. third st SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ »%%<%%%%%%%%%%%«%%« .%%%%%%«^4-4-4-4-4^4-^-*^> i The Old Salesman's Musings, \ ♦ THE PR.EMIUM SYSTEM IS DOOMED, ashamed. It would have been natural Believe me fellow patriots, human na- enough if she had not wanted people to ture is a grand, grand, old thing. It s know that she had been gulled by the what takes the place of instinct in the trading stamp idea. But that wasn't it. dumb animals, and it's equally wonder- She evidently imagined that people ful, unexplainable, and at times laugh would think she was poor, because she able. We go ahead and do things that hadn't bought all her furniture. we know are foolish, and we not only go Foolish vooman vat she vass! She ahead and do them once, but repeat the had paid three times as much for the act time and time again, even while we chair as if she had walked into a first may be declaring to ourselves that we class furniture store and planked down are dummed fools. t^« cash. And before I leave this part We go even further. We will patiently of the subject let me remark that during lie to ourselves about a certain thing un- the evening, a small boy, son ol the til we make ourselves make believe that woman who owned the stool, came into we believe it, and then regulate our the room, and the irrepressible daughter actions accordingly. All the time we of the house whispered to me that the know that we really don't believe any- little boy's suit had been obtained with thing of the kind, but we simply keep cigar bands or some such thing. that knowledge buried deep in our mind Now let's get to the point I make a beneath all the sophistry we have man- predicton here, and I'm by no means the aged to cook up. until we finally get tired first to make it, that it will not be a long of the whole thing, and give our sane time before premium coupons, tags, and selves a look in. ^igar bands will be done away with. I I think every one can plead guilty to believe this will be the result of a natural this, some of us more guilty than others, reaction, and already, the heaviest com It is the human weakness of us demon- pany in this business is gradually con strating itself, and it is what provides us densing the number of its premium certifi- with the quality of sympathy. cates issued. The trouble with the scheme This heavy, philosophical introduction is that it necessitates a tremendous outlay, came to me after a short meditation on an incredible amount of trouble, and coupons and trading stamps; and if there practically pays no profits. Moreover, ever was a scheme that fattened on hu- the majority of those who take advantage man nature it is that. I found myself at of the proposition are those who may be an informal littie company the other classed among the least valuable of the evening, which was enlivened by some customers. very fine music In order that a piano It is very probable indeed, that if the duet might be pulled off scientifically, progenitors of the premium idea had the hostess touched up a neighbor, who known as much at the first as they do was in attendance, for her piano stool, or now. the system would never have been rather chair, for it was one of those fancy started. As a matter of f a c t , cigars, boys with tall backs. cigarettes and tobacco sell themselves "Just look. Uncle Jasper," exclaimed more readily than perhaps any of the the daughter' of the house, directing my commodities with which trading stamps attention to the borrowed article. "Isn't are usually given, and the birth of the that great? And only two billion trading coupon, brought no great increase in stamps." (That was not the exact num consumption. ber, which I forget, but it is near This being a fact, the death of the , V coupon will be followed by no material "Sh! Hush, dear!* ' warned the mother, decrease. The consumer is pretty nearly ••You shouldn't tell that." ready for it. He is getting a little tired I said it was very nice, and changed of the idea, and the vagaries of a number the subject in my graceful, self-possessed of the trading stamp companies have way, to the evident relief of the owner of helped him to change his mind. The the stool, who sat near. But why she sudden removals and dissolutions and should be ashamed of the way she got the evasions have made him rather intolerant thing. I can't for the life of me see. of the whole premium scheme, although That is, how she could consistentiy be (Concluded on page 7) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia 5c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office. No. 614 Betz Buildin/^. Philadelphia. JOSEPH HOLURD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Streets Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch SIreet, Philadelphl«». MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. TIJE' TOBACCO WO-R.I^D V I .1 ■*• t-' TIEALM OP Trt B -R ETAI LEI^S TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. TN your desire to have a spick and span store, don t have things so neat that you .ire afraid t j disturb anythinjj to find a I ustomer what he wants. There is nothing disgusts a man so much as an appearance of impatience on the part of the clerk. Nothmg makes him mad so quick, and nothing is so likely to keep hmi out of your store forever afterward. I he writer has stood in cigar stores wheie a clerk has dragged down a dozen or two boxes and spread them out all over the counter, in order to help a man to spend a dime. After the man had gone out, the clerk patiently replaced everything and said never a word. Some- body else did say something. "Well," said the clerk, in explanation, • 'that man buy s every cigar he smokes right in this store, and I know he sends a lot of other people here. I admit he's a good deal of trouble, and I understand that he tried about fifty other stores before he hit us. But he's a satisfied crank, and they're valuable customers, for their very crankiness is likely to cause them to ad- vertise widely a place that hits their fancy. ' ' A dealer cannot be too careful how his stock looks. He can't be too finicky as to dust, dirt or untidiness, and he wants to drill his clerks in this respect, until it becomes second nature to them to follow out his ideas. But in doing this he has to guard against the danger of defeating his own purpose. The clerk may become all that could be desired in the matter of neat- ness, but may get so he fairly hates to disturb anything no matter for how short a time, and though he may not mean to let it do so, this is very apt to crop out in his manner o f treating a difficult customer. Most smokers have a favorite cigar store where they feel at home and where their tastes are understood and promptly suited. When such men enter a strange store,if they are at all particular about their smoking, and most men are, they don't feel at home, and at once assume an attitude of defense. They are afraid they aren* t going to get just what they want, and they keep the clerk busy handing out boxes. If this is done unwillingly, or the man behind the counter exhibits (uncon- sciously perhaps) the slightest reluctance or impatience, the customer at once puts the store down on his black list On the contrary, if the new customer is made much of, he is likely to get the idea that it might not be a bad thing to switch stores for a while and so enjoy the extra attention which comes to a customer who cannot be counted among the rei^ular ones. There was one instance the writer knew of which worked out this way quite lately. It was in Philadelphia, and dur- ing the time when every day brought two or three sudden showers. A certain business man was overtaken by one of these not a great way from his office and stopped in a cigar store. This store was only a block from the place where the man had been accustomed to buy all his cigars. The proprietor of the store made some remark about the uncertainty of the weather, and said pleasantly that he was glad to extend shelter. The business man replied in kind, and moved up to the counter to get a cigar. He asked for a certain not very well known brand which he liked, without much expecta- tion of getting it, but he was promptly supplied, and even offered a new size in the brand which he hadn't seen before. This started him telling why he pre- ferred that particular cigar and a brisk conversation ensued for three or four minutes, or until the rain stopped. The business man forgot all about the incident until about a week later when the store attracted his attention as he hap- pened to be passing, and he thought he would stop in and buy a couple of cigars more from courtesy than anything else. He went in and walked to the counter. The man behind smiled pleasantly and reached for the brand he had bought be- fore. When the customer had selected his cigars, the clerk got another box and pushed it on the show case. "Here is a cigar that we are pretty sure will suit your taste, Mr. Brown," said he. "It has a full flavor, without being too strong, and I think on the average, it will burn a little better than the brand you have been using." Mr. Brown, who was rather surprised to learn that h i s name was known, selected one of the cigars, and laid down a quarter. The clerk behind the counter waved it away. "We want you to smoke this on us,'" he said, "because we're after, your opinion." This also sounded good to the custo- mer, and that night he smoked the cigar with much critical enjoyment. And of course he had to step into the store to tell them what he thought of the cigar, and he took occasion to buy some of them while there, and hardly knowing how it happened, he found himself going to that store exclusively for his cigars. Naturally, by the same rule, some other store may wean him away from this one sometime, but they have got to be pretty foxy to do it, and the chances are that the enterprising dealer will have evolved a better scheme to hold his customer. • • • TXTHEN a strange salesman tomes into your store and tries to sell you a new brand, treat him courteously, even if you can t buy anything of him. He is trying to earn his living just as you are, and he has a right to the civility of one gentleman to Another. At the end of a hard day he* 11 remember you gratefully. HOW ABOUT A TURKISH SMOKING PARLOR? 'T'HE consumption of Turkish cigarettes in this country is increasing so rapidly that it is a wonder that more smoking pailors lor the public are not opened. Every city of size has a tea room like the English, where the fashion able can stop in at tea time and have their tea and cakes. Why shouldn't there be a place where a man or a couple of men who want to rest for a while or discuss some business matter can do it amid luxurious surroundings and the en- joyment of a pleasant smoke. New York has some of these rooms and they are well patronized. Philadel- phia had one on Walnut street some years ago which was a dismal failure, and the nearest approach at present, is the establishment of Notara Bros, on Chest- nut street, which is not really a smoking parlor at all. The place should be supplied with Turkish furnishings exclusively and should be shrouded in the Oriental half gloom which lends much ot its fascination to it. Properly advertised, such places shouldlpay in every city. When a man got used to turning abruptly from the hot, steaming streets, into a languorous Cairo, there to cuddle up in a corner, smoke fine cigarettes and drink the rich Turkish cofTee while chatting with a friend, hc^ would become a very frequent customer, and as the scheme would not be intended to appeal to any but men with money in their pockets, the prices which the proprietors would be able to charge for their cigarettes and coffee would make the place pay. The water pipe might also be included in the list of refreshments. In New York, the Bohem- ian atmosphere of these places has been their greatest drawing card. DOIYOUILIVE IN YOUR STORE? A CUSTOMER was chatting with the proprietor of a certain Philadelphia cigar store during a dull hour the other night and took occasion to remark on the fine and harmonious furnishings of the place. "Why one might think you were furn- ishing your best room at home," said the customer. "You've certainly taken a lot of trouble, and from things I've heard myself I know your customers ap- preciate what you've done for them." "I haven't done anything for them," said the dealer. "Not a darn thing. Of course I like them to have the advantage of it, but I've done this all for myself. I'm in this place from twelve to fourteen hours every day of my life, so this is really more my home than where I sleep, for I don't see anything much there. I woke up to that fact some time ago, and I made up my mind I was going to have a pleasant home. I called in the decora- tors and spent a whole lot more money than I would otherwise have felt justified in doing. And this is pretty near good enough for any white man," he added, as he looked proudly around. DARK HAIRED CLERKS THE MOST VALUABLE. "TF I was going to open another store and had to hiie clerks for it. Id get men that were just as swarthy as I could find," said a retired cigar dealer, the other day, who had formerly con- ducted large stores in more than one city. "Why? Well, III tell you. I believe they can sell a whole lot more goods, and with more satisfactory results. Have you ever been approached by one of those dark, mysterious, romantic looking chaps, who snap their eyes around on all sides to see if anyone is looking, like the villain on the stage, and then propose to sell you smuggled cigars at a small price? You know the cigar will be made of cheap domestic filler with a dark wrap- per, although the sample he gives you to smoke will be all right, and if you buy of him, you will pay about half again what the goods are worth. "You don't see the connection be- tween this and dark haired clerks. It's this. If these pseudo smugglers looked like light haired college boys they wouldn't make a sale. You wouldn't even listen to them. But when this for- eign looking individual with his piercing black eyes, and little mustache glides up, sugt^esting all sorts of possibilities, you are hypnotized right away. "Just so with the retail clerk that looks something like a Cuban or Spaniard. A Cuban is popularly supposed to know alj there is to know about tobacco, and I am pretty sure that the lay mind believes that no Cuban would demean himself by handling anything but the finest cigars. "Consequently, when a customer is waited on by a man who looks as if he might have come from the land of tobacco and who handles the stock with a fine contempt, born of supposed lifelong familiarity the customer is pretty sure to be pleased with whatever he gets, and to accept the advice of the clerk as law. "This may sound like hot air, but it's gospel truth in my own experience. When a light haired and dark haired clerk were in the same store, practically every customer who could selected the latter. "Why didn't I hire Cubans as clerks? I'll tell you why. I don't think you could get many Cubans who could stand the wear and tear on their nerves. The American is inordinately fond of what we call kidding or jollying, and when he gets to like a clerk a little, he will hand out an installment of jolly every time he comes in the store. The average Cuban, or in fact any foreigner, would not under- stand this, and I don't think he would take very kindly to it. The American puts up with it, because he feels that way himself. " TXTALK by your store on the other side of the street once in a while and see how it looks to you. Try to put yourself in the place of the casual passer- by and see if the place attracts you. THB TOBACCO WORLD A customer who always pays cash for her purchases gave the following reason for preferring to trade with a merchant who uses a National Cash Register: "I trade with Mr. Hardy because mistakes are seldom made in handling cash purchases. When I make a purchase a National Cash Register shows me the amount I have paid for the article and I know it is correct. "If I hand a clerk a dollar to pay for a 25 -cent purchase, he goes to the cash register in order to make change. A bell rings and an indicator shows that the amount of my purchase was 25 cents. Mr. Hardy and his clerks handle all cash sales in the same way. I am never over- charged. It is a pleasure to trade with a merchant who uses a complete system." With a National Cash Register in your store you are equipped to handle the business of your customers to their perfect satisfaction. A National Cash Register pays for itself in the time we give you for payment. Let our representative call and explain our system to you. Cut off Here And mail to t&s today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, DAYTON, OHIO / own a. Please explain to yame me wJiat kind of a register is best suited (or my business. This does not obligate me to buy. Address .V«. ('Inks Please Mention The Tobacco World THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) he knows that the tobacco premium com- panies are substantial concerns and that he will get the advertised returns for his certificates. But after a wilfully blind belief of long duration that companies actually exist for the sole purpose of presenting the gen- eral public with something for nothing, the consumer is reasoning a little, and is reaching the point where h e believes he would just about as lief pay for what he gets, and feel that he is buying his money's worth. When a merchant sets a price on his goods, he is supposed to give as good value for the price named as he can af- ford. That is as much as can be ex- pected of him. Consequently, if he sud- denly offers a bonus on this price, unless the goods have not been selling at all, it stands to reason that this bonus will be taken out of the consumer somewhere. The merchant is not, and very much not, in business for his health. The argument is made, and in some respects it is a fair one, that this bonus increases sales to such an extent, that though the profit is reduced, the aggre- gate is satisfactory. This may be true in some instances, but in the case of the trading stamps, the merchants who use them usually do so because they are practically forced to by the methods of the trading stamp companies, while in the cigar and tobacco business, the con> sumption is not so mercurial as to fluc- tuate greatly on account of premiums. If a certain article has been selling at A fixed price, an article which has already gained a steady patronage, and the con- sumer discovers one day that his pur chase is accompanied by a certificate supposedly worth ten per cent of the face value of his purchase, he naturally won- ders why he gets it. It is announced as a free gift, one which really takes nothing from the quality of the goods. But it must be charged up on the manufactur- er's books somewhere. Where do you think is the most likely place? Now, on the other hand. Suppose the article in question has not been selling but is new on the market, and with it is issued the free certificate. It is pretty hard for the consumer who reasons it out, to believe that the manufacturer made no allowance for his premiums when he prepared his article. In cither case, we will admit that the consumer gets his money's worth. But he get no more than his money* s worth, and though it has taken a long time, as I say, I believe he would rather have his money's worth in tobacco or cigars minus the extras; and as soon as he can be con- vinced that the elimination of the coupon does not mean the deliberate filching of his ten per cent back again, with no change in quality, he will welcome the return of the old system. But in convincing the consumer that he will receive ten per cent better quaUty, the manufacturer will virtually have to admit that the quality of his goods had been reduced that much. That is, he would be obliged to make such an ad- mission, if the consumer was much of a reasoning animal. Fortunately he isn' t, and as I told you before, tobacco sells itself so readily, that when the coupon is wiped out of ex- istence, the consumer will keep on plank- ing down his little nickel, just the same, and he' 11 take what he gets. And the manufacturers will be mighty glad to get rid of the whole cumbersome, trouble- system of premiums. The Old Salesman. Write for Samples &Price3| 8 , /\^ QaLVES (j^ Qo. <^p^H^fANA 123 N. THIRD ST Ijm^i^^,^.^ IMPORTERS O^'^ ~~ Philaoelrhia gREMER gROS. & gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, J». WALTER T- AREME&. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers dLiid Dealers is Leaf Tobacco J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN6. PA B0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PtflLIPPJ.KOLB fDV^b^BvT.COLGAN Third Street, Philadelphia. Retail Department is Strictly Up'tO'Date. G. H. BOESCH, Importer of TT ^ ^ ■ ^ i^ Dealer in Leat lOOaCCO SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPORTXR OP Sunatra and Nayaaat ^Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leaf 120 North Third Street* Philadelphia. Tobacco VELENCHIK BR.OS. "'i. LEAF T0B;ie(3O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIHD ST.. PHILADELPHIA I^OUIS BVTHINER J. PRINC9 LOUIS BYTHINMR <& CO. Leaf Tobacco Broilers «)Uo KdCC ^^*pf •! j f f^* and Commission Merchants. A lVllftClClplll&« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSBRNAMH L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, importers of Sumatra .'* H a va na Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia,^ Penna. # # THE TOBACCO W O R I. D R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumkrsim>o Garcia Cuervo ' Cab e — RoTiSTA. LVIS MVNIZ MANUEL NVNIZ HILARIO MVNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUEI TA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable: D^!*^Zaidco HABANA, CUBA* HpARTAeASj-S Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG a 4^BAH^ Clf uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Cable : ClFER. Habana, Cuba. Jose Menendez, Almacenista de tabaco en Rama Uspecialidad Tabaco de Partidt Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Imacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpwiaJty in VueltssL AUfo, Sem! Vueha. j Partido. Industri2L 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arribft Monte II 4 y Habana. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalezgon. AIXALA ^ CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, ai\d CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. •V^PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYER P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JVL. GflRCIfl PUmDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VuehaL Abatjo, PaLftido a^nd R,emedio8 obie-Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Dealers in Leaf Tobacco. and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Monte xj;6, cbie-'CAw*." HABANA, CUBA. m # C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II { E...bu.hM 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory r jp-^^jTv ^\ PorLarraiiaga ^AlJAa^i^ Cigar Manufactory ^^V ^^^^♦••^^ A wM^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO, Proprietress p. ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II., Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^h, Sir Walter Raleigh Ltt. Colun\nia de lac VictorisL. Lbl Irmak., and Lsl Guipuzcoana. orders to execute yet for Flor de Ta- bacos de Fartagas & Co. ••Sol" has received lately some pleas- ing orders from the United States, and soon Behrens & Co. expect to hear how the sample boxes of new cigars have been judged abroad. PorLarranaga — Don Antonio J. Rivero sailed Saturday by the steamer Mexico, leaving his brother, Don Ricardo, in charge of the factory as manager pro tem. Por Larranaga cigars are always called for from the United States, Great Britain, Germany and South America. Rabell Costa, Vales & Co. cannot complain, as Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja keep up activity considering the season. Their brand Amor en Sueno is a good seller in Boston and is constantly ordered. J. Vales & Co.'s cigarettes. La Eminencia, continue as the leading brand in the iland of Cuba and abroad. Crepusculo in doing a fair enough bus- iness, and J. F. Rocha & Co. get their full share of all that is going. In the United States Jefferson is a winning card for any dealer to handle. Cabxto Lopez & Co. are still in receipt of good orders from Germiny and fair ones from the United States. Buying. Selling and Other Notes of In- terest. Don Bernardo Lichtenstein, who left today, purchased about 500 bales of Vuelta Abajo — less than half what he intended to buy, but he complained that the market had been picked over too much, and that for the few remaining good lots the holders' prices were beyond his reach. Loeb-Nunez Havana Co. sold 390 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo to their customers. Don Emilio Auerbach has already several hundred bales of Vuelta Abajo, and is trading upon several fair size vegas. Muniz Hnos. & Co, turned over 280 bales of new Vuelta Abajo, libre de pie Rcmates, to local and Tampa factories. John Wardlow, President of 'the Ruy Lopez Cigar Co., made a flying trip from Key West to look over hisj previous purchases, and to have a look at some of the receipts of the new crop. Jorge & P. Castaneda closed out 300 bales of old Vuelta Abajo Colas to local cigarette factories. The new Tumbadero wrappers of their three escojidas arc far superior to last year's crop in color, burn, texture and quality Suarez Hnos. disposed of 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo to Northern customers. Antonio Suarez sold 200 bales of Vuelta J^bajo to a Key West manufacturer. Voneiflf & Vidal Cruz are doing a fair J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. business. Don Pancho Vidpl Cruz is always in the market or in the country buying. Manuel Suarez »& Co, are busy always buying. They are stripping 25 bales of leaf per day, which results in their ship- ping 100 bags and barrels of booked fillers per week. Jose F. Rocha made one transaction of 200 bales ol Vuelta Abajo to a local manufacturing concern. S. L. Goldberg e Hijos has just received the first lot of Tumbadero from their Alquizar packing. B. Diaz & Co., turned over 187 bales of new Partido and Vuelta Abajo. Don Bruno Diaz arrived here in good health from New York. They have received some large quantities o f new Vuelta Abajo and Partido. Joaquin Hedesa returned from his trip to the United States and brought along some good orders to be filled. Rz Bautista&Co, disposed of 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. They have some very fine Artemisa and Partido wrappers, but will not show them until they have passed the sweat. Leslie Pantin is busy as usual, having made some good purchases for his cus- tomers. J. M. Garcia & Co. closed one trans- action of 130 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to an American buyer. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez had a quiet week as far as selling was concerned, but they arc busy paying out money for country drafts which means heavy pur chases of Vuelta Abajo, Partidos and Remedios. Their receipts from the country of the two former districts are already beginning to be quite heavy. Jose Menendez sold 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo to city manufacturers. A. Pazos & Co. have sold some vegas to local factories. Don Avelino is ex pected here by the end of May. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. turned over 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Manuel Lazo has gone to the Vuelta Abajo, supervising his packings and making some new purchases. Don Sol. G. Salomon has left Mexico and ought to be in New York by this time. He is expected here the latter part of this month. Sobrinos de Gregorio Palacios.— Don Pablo Hernandez returned from his late trip to the Vuelta Abajo. This firm has already bought 7,000 bales of Vuelta Abajo, 4,000 of which are factory regas A No. I from the "tierra liana," and 3,000 bales of Remates. Their escojidas are at San Luis and Remates de Guane. They will handle no Remedios. Aixala & Co. are very busy in the country, and have already received good "Crepusculo," "Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable:— Crepusculo The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. Q7 Broad Street f New York, SRAU, PLy^NAS Y Ql/l. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama Calzada de la ^eina 22, Cable : Graplanas Habana, Cuba CHARLES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT i LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi.»co- Habana, Cuba. GONZALMZ, BBNITBZ <& CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoen Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: «'Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA , CUBA. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. Sinaceiiistas le Tanaco en Kama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA, Cable:— Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''Etfo7te?s''of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md.; ^ O. Box 433. TA.mp».. Fl%. J. H. CAYRO &: SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office, 92 Dratgoives Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: ' Josecayro. Correspondence solicited in Enj^lish EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE IVI. GARCIA JOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIAS San Nicolas 126 y 128, Cable: jomagarcia" HABANA, CUBA CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .'.•.• Fine Cigars •.•.*. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phone.) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplea. IS THB TOBACCO WORLD LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : PETROIT, MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLi-ANO. ^Xmavana.cuba. New^York^ CNOCNCN. CABU AOOKCSS'TACNUCLA* ^nw YORlSi. . S. GANS MOSES J. CANS JEROMK WAI^LER EDWIN I. AI^EXANDKR JOSEPH S. GANS m. CO. Packers of J.^6ctl 1 O Dd/CCO Mcphone— 346 John. No. 150 Wa.ler Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers iNrpAclE^soF LEAF TOBACCO blUhed 1888. No. 163 Water Street, Telephone, 4027 John. NEW YORK. J.BERNHEIM b t> city. They could get the prices." • • • It was gently explained to him that Probably the least really active branch competition was at white heat in the of the business last week was the leaf metropolis just now. and that all dealers market, in which^ there was demand except those whose trade is firmly estab- enough for certain varieties, but nothing lished believe it neaessary to make ex- in hand to satisfy them. For instance traordinary inducements. Whatever the there are a lot of manufacturers who reason, there are some astonishing cuts need old Pennsylvania filler and are un- to be seen advertised in the windows of able to find it. There was some sale in some of the stores both in Manhattan 1904 Connecticut Havana seed at good and Brooklyn, and it is not easy to see prices. Very little was doing in Ha- how the dealers do it. When goods are vana, and no dealer can be found who cut in a department store, it is usual to believes that prices will moderate Ap- make some other department pay the parently nothing can be expected from freight, but this cannot very well be done Havana. It is believed that there will in a cigar store. soon be more doing on the new Sumatra, These methods are bringing business the market being pretty well emptied of all right, but it is a question of how val old stocks. # # THE TOBACCO WORLD '3 ^K Judge Wallace, of the United States Circuit Court, in Albany, issued a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Edwin F. Hale, which is returnable this coming Wednesday on which day argument will be held by Judge Wallace, in the United States Circuit Court in this city. Mr. Hale is the man who created a mild sen- sation in the trade by refusing to answer questions put to him by the Federal •Grand Jury, in its efforts to find out things about the American Tobacco Co. and the Mc Andrew & Forbes Co., the latter of which Mr. Hale is secretary. The trade is still talking about this in- vestigation, but there are plenty o f prophets who do not hesitate to predict that t h e whole matter will come to naught. "They're simply stalling," say some of the seers, "and what little gunplay we have, will be made with blank cart- ridges." There is no doubt that agents ■of the government have been around in more cities than New York] asking questions, but how successful they have been in gathering evidence, and^what will be done with what they have gath ered, remains to be seen. • • • The Board of Directors of the Cayey- Caguas Tobacco Co., at its recent meet- ing voted to double the capital stock of the company, and in every way enlarge the business of the concern. This action ■was practically forced on the officers as a result of greatly increased business. The Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association of this city will hold its Tegular semi-annual meeting tomorrow night at the headquarters on Third avenue. The routine business has been set aside for the occasion, and an enjoy- able entertainment will be provided. One of the nicest stores in the city, is the new one of A. Schulte. at Broadway and Cordtland street, in which the clerks are already kept quite busy. In opening a new place, the Schulte people are able to take advantage of their reputation for fair dealing, and it is by no means like starting a new enterprise. The present «tore was one of the pioneer stands of the United Cigar Stores Co., and it is stocked with a full line of all the goods that are to be found in the other Schulte stores. The stand will catch considerable transient and suburban trade. The New York Cigarette Machine Co. is the name of a new concern which has been organized for the purpose of start- ing on the market a new scheme of put- ting cork tips on cigarettes by machine instead of hand, as has been the case heretofore. Although the firm is new, it is formed of old acquaintances, the in corporators being Sam H. Harris. Charles A. Drucklieb and John W. Surbrug. The method is said to save much time and expense. Mr. Surbrug, of the Surbrug Co. men- tioned above, leaves today for an exten- sive trip through the West, during which bis firm will hear froM his substantially more than once. The real estate department of the United Cigar Stores Co. is inclined to work overtime these days. They have ju«=t put through two big deals which will enable the company to get its shield and name up on as many more important addresses. These deals take in the Knox building at the corner of Broadway and Fulton street and the building at the northwest corner o f Park Place and Broadway, and it is said that the leases have been taken for a long period. Both buildings will provide good stores. The United Cigar Stores Co. will hold its annual meeting next Friday inl'Jersey City. A new cigar will soon be put on the market by Simon Batt & Co., an J Mr. Batt has used the firm name for a label, as the cigar will be called the Simbatco. The product will be a clear Havana, and will sell at varied prices for its different grades. The Waldorf-Astoria Co. has been making itself more poplar than ever by the distribution of a handsome leather match book, the contents of which the company offers to replenish as often as needed, A. Daussa. of L. Daussa & Co., is making a business trip through the Mid die West for his house. Ricardo Gonzalez, of Gonzalez & Caras, is in Havana for a few days looking after some business for his firm. John H. Goetze, of J. H. Goetze & Co., who has been buying Sumatra at the inscriptions in Holland, will reach New York on the Kronprinz Wilhelm which is due here on tomorrow. COHN IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York JOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BORNEMANN MANUEL SUAMBS Mendelsohn, Bomemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants Ne%v York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana, Cuba: MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. AmUUd 9« H. Weil. President of the David Weil Sons Co.. 14 and 16 Lispenard street. New York, sailed last week on the "Grosser Kurfuerst," for a two or three months absence in Europe. Mr. Weil was accompanied by his family. The company of which he is President, does hthographing and embossing, as well as manufacturing folding boxes. The cigar label dep.irtment is complete in every respect and many of the most attractive and best known labels emanate from this plant. The company is ably represented in Pennsylvania by William W. Reynolds who has made hosts of friends among the trade in the Keystone State. • • • The American Tobacco Company has declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2}4 per cent on its common stock, payable June i. Books closed April 19 and will reopen June 2. BIG PLANT FOR LOUISVILLE. M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER or Sumatra Tobacco NES. CORNER KUIPERSTEEG AMSTERDAM. TELEPHONE. *'^37 JOHN" 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, aititiliilied 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co> loisorters ol Sumatra & Havana TP^ Vk ^ £*d*£% •^Packers of Connecticut Loaf I ULrCll-'V»V 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. 4»EOA Suitr British Trust Has Bought Site on Which they will Shortly Build. Louisville, Ky. , May 19. The Imperial Tobacco Co., through its local representative, has bought and paid $7, 500 for a lot in the eastern por- tion of the city, on which they will erect a plant costing from $50,000 to $75,000. This is one of the largest and strongest tobacco trusts in the world, being in re- ality the British government, and they se- lected this city as the location of this enormous plant after carefully consider- ing several other places. This plant will handle millions of pounds of tobacco each year, and will give employment to over a hundred people, besides the several buyers who will be employed to ride through the country making purchases of the crops. American Tobacco Co Makers of tbe Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 14 THE TOBACCO WORLD G. H. SACHS 1 Manufacturer mt Best Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS 245 NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Ra. C S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. ••ClI VFP mnniM"—^^® ^^^^ granulated smoking for either pipe or 3lijV£iIl JflUUii cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK TBREADS"-?,^emfer' """' '°'"' '"* "°°"°' ""'" "SUN TIME"— A. long cut smoking that always gives satisfactioa. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "SCOUT" and ♦♦ "OLE VffiGINY „ — Good grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVEILSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DARK HOR.SE.** **SILV£R MOON," and "BLACK THREADS." for the retailer. Write ■• for aamples aDd prices. .THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. 14- »♦ PITTSBURG STOGIES s o o 09 H S East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH 8l son. MANUFACTURERS 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. 2 H H O H o 2 S PITTSBURG STOGIES A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spraiyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobaLCco Pun\p 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle &. Mach. €• DAYTON, O AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. WINS IN MASSACHVSETTS, Appealed Case of Continental Co.'s Agent, Convicted in Lower Court of Using Illegal Methods to Restrict Trade, is Reversed by Supreme Court Which Declares Such Methods Proper. Boston, Mass., May 21. Edson, Robert F. Owen tobacco dealers The Supreme Court has reversed the o{ Brockton, Richard J. Carsey, o f lower court in its finding for the Common- Bridgewater, and offered them a discount wealth, in the case of Abe Strauss, o( 2 per cent, with 2 off. and at the end representative of the Continental Tobacco of a year a further discount of 6 per cent Co., of New York, who was charged i^ they would handle no other plug with having employed unlawful methods tobacco than that dealt in by his firm, to secure the exclusive sale of his com- Judge Lawton said in his charge: "If pany's goods by the plaintiff tobacco "PO" all the evidence you are satisfied j^f jj^g the defendant, acting for the Continental The first finding was against the de Tobacco Company, offered his tobacco for fendant, and the case was carried up on sale to persons or concerns upon more exceptions. Strauss has now been de favorable terms, if such person or con- clared not guilty. ^^^^ should not sell or deal in plug The case was heard before Judge Law- tobacco made by any other firm or cpr- ton, in the Plymouth county session of poration. it would be your duty to find the Supreme Court, and was decided in the defendant guilty," and guilty the favor of the Commonwealth. Ju^y found him ♦ r ^ u u.. • .. Strauss appealed and in the decision rive counts were brought against ^*^ Strauss under Section i. Chapter 56. of handed down by Chief Justice Knowlton the Revised Statutes, which says: ^'^ ^PP^^^ ^^^ sustained. After stating that the purpose of the "A person, firm, corporation or asso- - . ^i^t,r.,.\.f ^^,c c A^.^Su, o; <-o ;., *v,;o Statute is to prevent unfair competition ciation 01 persons doing business in this ^ ^ Commonwealth shall not make it a con- to establish a monopoly, but that it gives dition of the sale of goods, wares or the right to make proper contracts for merchandise that the purchaser shall the advance of one's own interebt, the not sell or deal in the goods, wares or f ,, l^„^. j»^:^;„^ „^„^ „„ ♦„ ^ ^ .. , J. . , =» - full bench decision eoes on to say, merchandise of any other person, firm, ° corporation or association of persons; "There is a great difference between but the provisions of this section shall saying you cannot buy my goods except not prohibit the appointment of agents, upon the condition you will not sell or special agents for the sale of. nor the g^^ds obtained from others. If you sell making of contracts for the exclusive sale . , ... r „j _ _ u ^A-^^ \x7u^ goods manufactured by others you can- of goods, wares or merchandise. Who- *> •' ' ever as principal or agent violates the not have any of mine, and saying, I am provisionsof this section shall be punished ready to sell you my goods freely and tor the first offense by a fine not less you may sell goods of others as much as than $50 nor more than |ioo. and for ^, ^ „^ u . t :ii ~» 1 - ^ , -' . „ •^ ■ , you choose, but 1 will make you a reason each succeeding offense not less than $100 nor more than $500. or by im- prisonment of not more than one year, or by both fine and imprisonment." The courts charged that Strauss went to Frank J. Dutsa, E. C. Hall, Scott the defendant. able offer as an inducement to increase the sale of my goods and I will give )0U a discount to sell mine exclusively " Chief Justice Knowlton then found for Ben All SLOT MACHINE KING. Fifth and Locust and he has a very am- — — — bitious scheme mapped out He has "Automatic Cigar Salesman" Trust on put in all the machines so far and makes Foot in Des Moines. th^ statement that he has the exclusive Des Moines, la., May 22. agency for Des Moines and that he will The slot machine question is likely sell the machines for $2$ apiece, but soon to come to an issue in this city, and would prefer to put them in on com- cigar dealers are greatly interested to mission. know whether these trade-bringers will Gutfreund's proposal is that he is to survive the investigation which Mayor take as his bit, every seventh nickle Mattern declares he will undertake in the played into the machines. The machine matter. is equipped with an automatic adding de Within a comparatively few days, a vice that indicates the number of nickles large number of slot machines labeled played in the machine, and his repre- ••automatic cigar salesmen" have ap- sen tative calls each day, reads the record, peared in suburban stores. These ma- gives a receipt indicating its condition chines are manufactured b y the Mills and takes out every seventh nickle. Novelty Manufacturing company and on Mayor Mattern was told about this each of them is the following label: sudden and wholesale arrival of the cigar ••This machine is the property of Gus machines and said that he had not before Gutfreund." heard of them, but would make an in- The machines are equipped with three vestigation without delay, disks on which numbers appear from "^ ^o"t know what they are and can- , , , . J u- u I u J^ot express an opinion on them," said naught to nine and which revolve when , ^ .;, _ ^ j » 1 * u- ^ he. "I am opposed to slot machines a nickle is dropped in the slot. The odd that are gambhng devices and if these combinations pay and the even combi- are such, they will have to suffer." nation are blanks. There are prizes of %»«%%«%% one cigar for a majority of the combina- — Efforts to organize the Havana cigar- tions, of three cigars for three combina- makers have met with poor success, the tions and of twenty cigars where the ^^^^ ^^ harmony between the Cuban and , ^ ^ , ^ ^ T,, Spanish elements being the chief cause, numbers total twenty- seven. The pay- Vu- u ... 1 r u t . ' ^ ^ The better class of Havana manufacturers ments are in trade only in 5 cent cigars, now use Vuelta Abajo tobacco exclusively Gus Gutfreund is a cigar dealer at West for their American trade. THR TOBACCO WORLD »$ &>: # LA FLOR De SANTA CLARA Highest Grade DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by s«^ Johns Brash Cigar Co Main Office, LANCASTER, PA. EDW. M. 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Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco WoRi,D Publishing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada.* won't amount to shucks. The proposi- tion is described as follows in the London Lancet: In Debember last A. W. Martin, the medical officer of health of Gorton, recommended the smoking of d ried chrysanthemum petals as a pleasant and harmless substitute for tobacco. Perhaps he thought that it woijld be a gentle mode of warning those in danger of becoming slaves to the pipe, or provid- ing a pleasant substitute for those with whom tobacco did not agree. But a case has been reported of unlooked for improvement, attributed to chrysanthe- mum smoking, in a person who had been a victim for fifteen years of frequent and violent epileptic fits, due to chronic dyspepsia. He smoked his first pipe on January i, and began at once ta improve, so that now he is able to take his half-hour's walk without a stick in- stead of being afraid to cross a space of nine feet with it. He can get six nights rest out of seven instead of one out of four, and can even attend church. However sceptical any one may be as to the cause of the improvement, and however mindful of post hoc propter hoc, the patient is to be congratulated. He adds that the flowers act best when mixed with cascatilla bark, as suggested by Mr. Martin. Should this case attain much publicity there will soon be a run on chrysanthemum blooms. In view of this it seems fairly likely that the smoking of geraniums might be good for ingrowing toe nails. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 24, 1905. To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the "Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO WINS. The American Tobacco Co. has in Massachusetts gained what may be re garded as a signal victory. By virtue of the Supreme Court, the company* s agents can now go to a jobber and "induce" him to throw out independent goods. If he doesn't want to do it, the agent can hold on to his inducement and it is hardly necessary to explain the result of such an action as that As told fully in our news columns, the case was the suit of the Commonwealth against Abe Strauss, an accredited agent of the Continental Tobacco Co. , when that company existed under a separate name, who was convicted in a lower court of offering discounts to jobbers in return for the exclusive handling of the company's^ goods, which Judge Lawton charged was flatly against Section 1, Chapter 56, of the Revised Statutes which states that no person, firm or corporation fball make it a condition of the sale of their goods that the purchaser shall not deal inithe goods of any other firm, per- ion or corporation. The jury found Strauss guilty, and there was much rejoicing among the Massachusetts jobbers. So important did the victory seem that independents in others States began to think about fram- ing a similarjlaw and having it passed. But of course the American Tobacco Co. carried the case up on exceptions and it got into the Supreme Court The appeal was sustained on the ground that a company had alright to offer an induce ment in the way of a discount to a cus- tomer who was willing to discrimiiiale against other goods. In his decision the learned judge does not admit that the company can delib- erately refuse to sell its goods to any customer who will not promise to disre- gard rival goods, but he says the com- pany can say: "You may sell goods to others as much as you choose, but I will make you a reasonable offer as an m ducement to increase the sale of my goods, and I will give you a discount to sell mine exclusively." This sounds very plausible and appar- ently permits no more liberty than is consistent with a competitive business. Unfortunately, however, the court did not touch the crux of the matter at all. If A is a manufacturer controlling a large number of goods in imperative demand which go to the consumer at a fixed price say of ten cents, and A goes to B, a customer, and offers his goods for ^1.25 a dozen, B will throw up his hands and promptly refuse to lose five cents on every dozen. Then A explains that the goods really do not cost that much, as there is a dis- count which will bring the price down to a dollar. "We offer this discount as an inducement to customers who think enough of us to decline to handle rival goods," says A. B has his own customers to consider, who are not dealing with him for senti- mental reasons, and he has to have the goods. He can't put the price up to his customer, for there is a man down the street who by virtue of his discount is selling at regular prices. B consents. There has been no threat, and no actual restriction ; but in order to live B must get that discount in whatever way he can. The Superior Court of Massachusetts did not'attempt to deal with this phase of the question, consequently the complain- ing jobbers are worse off than they were before they started, for now the American Tobacco Co. can transact its business, happy in the knowledge that its methods have passed through legal fire and es- caped unharmed. ONE MORE "SUBSTITUTE." Still another "something to smoke," and this also is supposed to be a pleasant and harmless substitute for tobacco, but like all other substitute; heretofore, it transient trade and has no kick on busi- ness whatever. Although The Tobacco World did not ^i^ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ I Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. \ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4%><»%>%%% ♦♦♦■♦■ 4 ♦ 4 4 «»»%%%^%%% ♦ 4 ^ « G. W. PARR Littlestown # ]1 4444^»»«%«%%4444 ' ■»444'%<<>»>^>^»»4444 ^ ♦♦♦%%%•%•%% 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ««•««%•«« 4 4 4 4 44-»^'Vt/%%»%%%444 4 4444%»%%%»%%44>44 Maker of I \ High Grade Cigars and Especially the (i FERNSIDE )> Our Quality Ci^ar 4444 4444 4444 = 44444444: 44444444 44444444* "It's Full of Havana and Sells for Five Cents 55 FAC SIMILE OF LABEL. 4444 44444444: 4444 4444E E44444444 :44^444444 4>4>4 Correspondence invited. Samples on application. I 7J/ I 0«r Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes it — Al.vays Room for Onb Morb Good Custoiibx. L J. Sellers & Son,Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD CB ■ I !■ — — jgg; -^T-— EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba REPUBLICA.DLCUBA- REPUBLICA.DEXUBA j;:^J ISLAde CUBA utorizadaporel Gobierno delaRepdblica Garantiza que los rabacos.ci9arrosy paq(jeJet Je pic£dura(]ueIlev«n»8^appeGint« son rabncadospor jC HABANA arRCPiBLicADECUBAviaPRnPlPnttnflRTISTin/lT:iNDUSTRIflLESTA:REGISTRflD^IN:TOD0S:L0SPAISESv^ 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... Tke preceding cut is a facsimile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorised by the Government of the Republic rf oied by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobaoM Udi bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars. dgarettM, packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturer!' Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the '^ t of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the g " by this sump. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bl package for their popular Lillipuritanos, little cigars, which will be a decided im- provement on the old form. The new style will be out in about a week. The present form of packing the brand is in a paper roll like Cuban cigarettes; the new package will be a box so that the smokes can be carried with no danger of breaking. It is gossip among the trade that the Penn Tobacco Co. will shortly move to the building at the northeast comer of Sixth and Cherry streets, which building has been acquired by the company. It is thought by some that the company will remove its entire business there, while there is also a report that the place will be used only for storage for a time. LeaLf Dealers* Jottings. There was a few leaf dealers who de- clared that the last week was a splendid one for business, but in nearly every case, these dealers were the fortunate ones who had some Pennsylvania broad leaf. There is still an eager hunt for this class of goods, and an almost vain hunt. Prices are so high that the manufacturers are getting along with as small quanti- ties of Havana as they can manage, and the demand for this class of tobacco was not very heavy during the week. There was something doing in Sumatra, but no particular activity. The market will probably be rather dull for some time. Charles Robinson a salesman for the Amsterdam Sumatra Tobacco Co. has returned from a trip during which he covered the State, and says he did very good business. The house disposed of some good lots of Pennsylvaria bread leaf during the week. Charles Moulter, a well known leaf dealers of Buffalo is in town looking for some good deals, and may be shaken hands with at Jesse S. Batroflf's office. A. H. Reeder, of the Miami Valley Leaf Tobacco Co. was among the callers on the local trade last week. L. Kruppenbach, leaf dealer, has taken a portion of the building which adjoins his present address, 1642 4, on the north side, and will make good use of the added quarters. Mr. Kruppen bach's businesshas been crowded for some time, and the change will enable him better to look after his extensive trade. NEW THEATRICAL CIGAR LABELS. Wm. Steiner, Sons & Co. , well known lithographers, of New York, are getting out some very handsome cigar labels of which they make a specialty, the titles of which are taken from the most popu- lar stage celebrities of the day. Among these are the names and pictures ol George M. Cohan, James 1. Powers, Alice Fischer and others. Labels of this sort, which are doubtless destined to be- come popular, can be obtained by com- municating with the firm at its offices 116 122 East Fourteenth street SPECIAL NOTICE ( I2>i cents per 8-point measured line. ) All Kinds and Sizes WOOD, PORCELAIN .ndCLAV Pipes Clay Pipes a Specialty Send for Illustrated Price List I. SCHILZ=MULLENBACH Manufacturer and Exporter HOBR, (near Coblenz) GERMANY EXPERIENCED MAN IN EVERY department of cigar mannfacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference. Address, Foreman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World. Philadelphia, tf EXPERIENCED CIGAR SALESMAN with large trade in Philadelphia and vicinity, wants line of well made goods from $12 to $60 per 1,000, on commission basis Apply Box 96, care of The Tobacco World. Philadelphia. 5-^4^ ANTED- SITUATION AS SALES- MAN for a reliable Leaf House, carrying a full line. Thoroughly ac quainted, and can give best of references. Address Box 107. Ephrata, Pa. 5-^4-h ILL BUY FOR CASH-TO BACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, TaGS. Box 10 r. care of Tobacco World. Phila. tf EXPERIENCED CIGAR SALESMAN wants line of stogies on commission basis, as side line. Address Box 94, care of The Tobacco World, Philadelphia, c <^ MATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars and MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. 2f Baltimore, Md. JAMES ADAIR, Saccessor to ADAIR & REIFP. Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Larde Stock of PENNSYLVANU BROAD LEAF, ZIHIIER SPANISH, LIHLE DUIGH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A, F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of LEAF TOBACCO, IRREGULAR PAGINATION THB TOBACCO WORLD QUATI LITY GAR I lHEOBALD&0PPENHEIMERCO.KTHEUNITEDNEWSColHILAP>stribi Factory 1839. A PROGRESSIVE HAVANA TOBACCO FIRM. J. M. Garcia & Co. are Justly Ranked Among the Most Substantial Leaf Dealers of Cuba. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna \tt jr. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A J? Si Hand-Made L/ X VTXX JLV kU 615, 6x7 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. Cable Address: "BUCKY" Arnold's Code No. O. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. «i CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Manafactnrers 215 Eleventh Street, Louisville, Ky. We nuke a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS, FILLERS and BINDERS A\ao SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Cerrespoadence Solicited. Samples Sent on Approml. EvARiSTo Garcia J. M. Garcia & Co. is a firm established as Almacenistas (leaf tobacco dealers) in Havana at 126 and 128 San Nicolas street for the last five years, the members of which are Don Evaristo Garcia, J. M. Garcia and Don Jose Diaz. The por- traits of the first and the last are repro- duced above. Don Evaristo Garcia began work when he was seventeen years old and is now in the prime of life, being only thirty seven years of age. He has been a hard worker and a frugal liver. Don Jose Diaz was the founder of the ••Mazzantini" cigar factory, way back in 1886, and which was quite successful until the year 1890, when owing to the McKinley bill, this and a great many of the other cigar factories received their death blow. Don Jose started in to work NATIONAL CIGAR CO. O F P 1 C E Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St., Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM & CO., New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Ciiars MAKERS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION B«B TsUphonai 44-67A FUbect. GEO. E. CLAYTON. Mannder. JosB Diaz when he was sixteen years of age and now has the experience of thirty- eight years. J. M. Garcia, who is at present in Spain, also has one of the largest litho- graphing establishments in the city of Havana. The firm of J M. Garcia & Co., has made a speciality of handling only the finest factory vegas of the Vuelta Abajo, but it also works an escojida of Partido leaf at Santiago de las Vegas. They have farms in the Vuelta Abajo which they own and let on shares to their ten- ants, Teceiving the product for sale at their warehouse. Anybody who wishes to purchase fine Vuelta Abajo never fails to see this house, as it has a good reputation of handling the best vegas and is fair in all its dealings, besides being classed among the best judges of tobacco. INDEPENDENT MANUFACTURERS' AS- SOCIATION STRONG. Secretary Friedlander Says Or^&.nizatioi\ is Purged of all But Stalwarts. In the campaign which is being urged to better the condition of the independent in the trade in the United States, the In- dependent Tobacco Manufacturers' Asso- ciation will take a prominent part and the association now regards itself as in a position to conduct a fight to the finish. The association is greatly encouraged by the evident intention of the govern- ment to suppress the tendency to complete monopoly in the trade and hopes for very important things to happen during the year. Walter J. Friedlander, the energetic secretary of t h e association, voiced this in an interview with The To- bacco World. • 'The results of the investigations which are being undertaken, one by the Department of Justice and the other by the Department of Commerce and La- bor,'" said Mr. Friedlander, "will be at the disposal of the next Congress, when we hope to bring sufficient influence to bear, to have it take some action upon the existing evils of the tobacco business. m m for Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to "^^ t. J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERS VI LLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD »5 SCHUTTB «& KOERTIINO COMPAINY, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. SCHUTTE-.KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants. Correspondence Solicited. Our association has now purged itself of all tobacco manufacturers who are in any way connected with the trust and all those who are averse, in case they should sell the control of, or all of their business, to the trust, to have it generally known. ••While we cannot claim that every independent tobacco manufacturer in the United States is a member of our asso- ciation, we do guarantee the entire trade that every member is an absolutely inde- pendent manufacturer. The quality of our membership is far more important than numbers and though we are anxious to have every independent manufacturer join our association, as much for his ben- efit as for ours, we will never accept any one who will not sign affidavits and con- tract of resignation which the present members have. "We have already had ample proof of the sincerity of President Roosevelt's declaration to give every one a square deal and believe that even the mighty trust will be compelled to desist from its most questionable methods of stifling competition." THE NEWS IN CINCINNATI. Business is Fair but Bad Weather Had Some Effect. Cincinnati, O., May 23. Offerings were light, amounting to 62 cases at last Saturday's cigar leaf sales at the Front street commission warehouses. The variety was limited to three types — Zimmers, seed leaf and Wisconsins. The Zimmers and binders 34 cases were the best stripped for more than two years, the greate- portion selling from 6^@r2^c, the latter being the record high price for Zimmers in five years. The quality of 18 cases of seed leaf was about the aver- age, the lot selling from $5.9o@$8 60 per 100 pounds. The Wisconsins as usual were poor and mostly stogie stock. Realizations on 10 cases ran from |;i.6o@, $2. 90. The Ezekiel& Bernheim Co. auctioned 125 packages at their warehouse on Main street last Friday. There was a good attendance of buyers and satisfac- tory prices obtained as follows : Connecticut wrappers and binders, 19 boxes at $^. 30 to |8. Connecticut broad leaf, 10 boxes at I3 5oto $5.50. Connecticut wrappers, 26 boxes a t I4. 50 to $11.25. New York State. 6 boxes at I3. 50 to $4-25. Spanish, 1 box at $6. 25. Wisconsin binders, 39 boxes at $4- 25 to I9.25. Connecticut shade grown, 1 1 bales at $5.50 to $39.50. The sales we^e different from those held at the commission houses, in that no rejections were allowed. Retail business the past week suffered to some extent owing to rainy weather on a number of days. Box trade though was fairly good. The Burley leaf market was a listless affair last week, and average lealizations were 30c per 100 pounds lower than during the preceding week. M. L. Kirkpatrick, manager of the Farmers & Shippers Warehouse Co. , is home from a ten days trip to Hot Springs, Ark. The American Cigarette Machine Ca. , of this city, with a capitalization of |3,ooo has been incorporated by Lewis 0. Maddox, James M. Seldon, Thornton M. Himon and E. C. Phelps. They will manufacture a pocket cigarette making device, with a lead pencil attached. Several cigar packers left the •'open shop" of L. Newberger & Bros., East Eighth street, on the i8th, on account of a wage dispute. Their places were promptly filled and the firm was not in- convenienced. M. Eisenberg, a prominent leaf dealer, of this city, has the sympathy of the trade in the recent bereavement of his wife who died as the climax of an illness of some duration Buhrman. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAH THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tlic Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioBk Brands:— 5^ Bear, 6^ Cub, Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFeR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FLORODORA COUPONS FOR SALE in Lots of 10,000 Address OF IVIore A. M. HIRST, 134 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOUCITED. ' C. A. ROST 8z: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. a6 L. . THE TOBACCO WORLD Bhe PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARfifTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFO. CO., Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD »7 Liberman*s Latest Machines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE ^ €) Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphiaL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East FiftyNmth Street 28 THE TOBACCO WORLD HANUFACTURCR OF ALL KINDS Of -»— f^n^F^'T~T' OS a 140 Centre 5t. New YORK, 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. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Mediam Friced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only READING 6IGAIL TRADE IS O. K. LANCASTER MARKET PICKED VP. >%»^%^»%>^^k%%%^K%%^'X^>^^M»%^^^^^^^^< D. W.-HUBUBV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade Havaiia Correspondence invited from Responsible Houses. #%»^»»»%» %%%%%<%^%%%^^^^^^^^^^<*'*^^ •)t F. B. SerilNDLEE^ Manufacturer of *. ^ Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, P^l % JOBBING TRADE ** SOLICITED ♦* A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of A Few Interesting Personals Bunched for Quick Perusal. Reading, Pa , May 22. The local cigar trade is in a fairly sat- isfactory condition in this section. The factory of John H Witter, Newmans town and oiher plants are again more active after a dull period of a few weeks. W. W. Stewart recently returned from a buying expedition of Amsterdam at the Sumatra inscriptions. Lengel & Ernst have removed from West Button wood street to new factory headquarters at 1 53 North Third street. Some of the local and other papers erroneously stated that L. E. Reigel & Son, of J. H. Reigel, cigar manufacturer of this city, had purchased a cigar factory in the West The facts in the matter are that the owner is Howard W. Reigel, v\ho is not a son of John H. Reigel, and who has purchased the business of the Nusbaum Cigar Co., at Marysville, Mo. Mr. Reigel went West in March after having disposed of his business on Fenn street, of this city, to take charge of this factory and as reports would indicate, has bought the entire business. There is talk of the erection of two new cigar factories at Gilbertsville, not far from Pottstown, but nothing definite could be learned regarding this. PICKED FROM THE FIELD IN YORK. nil Flqe woMsmi. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. MIUUERSVIUUE, PA. Newsy Notes of What is Doing in the Trade in this Section. York, Pa., May 22. There is very little noticeable change in the trade in this section that has oc- currcd since the last report. The manu- facturers experienced rather dull business and consequently the leaf dealers are complaining, while none of t h e box manufacturers have had any rush, which would seem to fully confirm the report o f uniform dullness. Most factories, however, are working steadily with a few exceptional ones busy. George W. McGuigan, of Red Lion, has just returned from a trip to Pittsburg and other points during which he also took in a shooting tournament in which it is rumored, he was one of the success- ful contestants for a trophy. At any rate George is a good shot and his friends declare he is entitled to a mark of merit of some kind. S. S. Sechrist and B. A. Horn, of the Porto Rico Cigar Co., were on a short business trip to New York City last week and were rather pleased with their success. Meyers & Waughtel, cigar manufac turers, of Red Lion, are excavating for a new cigar factory on Lancaster street. The new Blockinger Cigar Factory is practically finished although Mr. Louis Blochinger, the head of the firm, has been laid up with rheumatism for some weeks past He is now able to be about again. The Week S«lw sl Sudden Activity in Smaller 1904 Pa^ckings. Lancaster, Pa., May 22. The local leaf market during the past week, much to the surprise of many of the older members of the trade, became suddenly more active and quite a few lots of goods changed hands. The trans actions consisted, principally, of pur- chases of the smaller packings of the 1904 crop, and a few lots of old goods which appeared to have been just lately located. The cigar trade in this country is at present in an unsatisfactory condition. There appeared to be a general lack of orders with only an occasional factory here and there really busy. The cigar factory of George Fritsch, of this city, was robbed some days ago of considerable Sumatra tobacco and to say that George, as he is familiarly known here, was "hoppin' mad" is putting it mildly, for on the next night the thieves returned. Fritsch was on the lookout for them with a shot gun already loaded and cocked. What makes him so mad is that they did not tarry long enough to give him a chance to fire the volley which he meant to make disastrous. He is still lying awake at night for another chance to fulfill the promise he has made to some of his friends. In fact it is said he has offered a wager that he could hit the bull's eye if he was again put to the test. L. D. Zugschmidt, representing the American Stogie Co., of New York, was recently visiting the local jobbing trade. The new building of the S. R. Moore Co. at North Prince and Lemon streets, is now progressing quite rapidly and will soon be ready for occupancy. When this is completed the Moore plant here will be among the very largest in the country. The Clime Cigar Co. , of Water street, is now beginning to progress with con- siderably rapidity. Sample lines have been completed and representatives are now on the road energetically at work in placing the new line of goods. It is reported that several of our local manufacturers were somewhat affected by the receivership for J. S. Geller Sons & Co., of Philadelphia, to whom they had sold considerable quantities of goods. Howard Stevenson, representing E. Rosenwald & Bro. and Dave Kalberman, representing Jos. Hirsch & Son, both of New York, and Simon Swartz with the Loeb Creagh Havana Co., were visitors here during the week. R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBRS OW AND H^AIXRS IV n :-:T 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa« # C. A. ROST, & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD >* KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, Etc. HAVANA cAROMA Sweet, Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma, Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO., YORK, PA. THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. SINGLEY, Manheinif Pa. U. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. »»»»»^»»%»»»»»»%%»%»»»^>^»%»»»»»»» %^^^^^<^^>^^^^^^^^^^^^^%<^'*^^y^o W. G. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No, 1596, East Prospect, Penna. Correspondence with Wholesale Dcaltrs and Jobbers luTited. i^*Telephone Connection.' ,♦♦♦ ♦♦♦< I 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar ribbons. Hanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons. Write for Sample Card and Price Hot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers ol^ gHEATPOEt 1 High Grade Union Made Cigars •TTie Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sighit Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. i««%«^^« ^^^%^^ %%%%%%%% J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. f%nt^^^%>9/%VW^%fV*/^f% %%%»%%%% ov S\\n ex STOCKCARDS J. IWflHiiOri BARNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars THM CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION WADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and, Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. ANOTHER BURLEY MEETING. Held Yesterday in Lexington. Ky.. to Talk About a Corner. Lexington, Ky., May 23. The district convention of the Burley tobacco growers, representing each of the thirty. four counties in the Burley while single KAUFMAN S. ROTHSCHILD'S WILL. The will of the late Kaufman S. Roth- schild, who died in Detroit about two weeks ago, arranges for the payment of $4,000 annually to the widow, a marriage portion of $3,000 each for the daughters, and the interest from $8,000 for each belt is being held in this city today. A large attendance of delegates is on hand, who were selected at county conventions held ten days ago. The convention is discussing ways and means of financier- ing the next Burley crop and it is hoped The deceased was a brother of Sigmund Rothschild, of New York, and head of the Detroit branch of Rothschild & Bro. %^^t^f%^v%i Recent Incorporations, Etc. The El Crucero Cigar Co., of Sav- that the meeting will be more decisive annah, reported incorporated last month than the one held in Cincinnati recently, with $10,000 capital stock, has completed President W. B. Hawkins. Archibald organization with J H. H. Entelman, president, and F. W. Henges, vice presi- Stuart and Charles S. Moore, a special ^^^^ ^he company has secured a build- government agent, are here. BIG ORDER FOR WEST TENNESSEE PLANTERS. Memphis, Tenn. , May 22. The Dark Tobacco District Planters* Association in West Tennessee is in receipt of an order for one thousand hogsheads of tobacco from a importer at Bremen. It ing, and machinery is being installed for the manufacture of cigars. The Kiessling Cigar Company, of Chi- cago, has been incorporated with a capital of $2,000 to manufacture tobacco. The incorporators are George J. Kiessling, Carl Von Hermann and Joseph Weissen- bach. The Noah Foster Co., of Buffalo, has large ^^^^ inrorporated for tobacco and cigars; J capital, $10,000. Incorporators: Elkin was reported a j ^^^.^ ^^^^^ j Jungferman and John short time ago that foreign buyers would j CrumUsh, Buffalo. attempt to boycott the association, buying only from those not identified therewith, but it is now conceded by buyers that they will have to patronize the organiza- tion because of the grip it has on the old tobacco crop. «/v»«%%%%% THE KENTUCKY CROP. Reports are made from Louisville, Ky., The Edward H. Weiler CigarCompany, of St. Louis, has been incorporated with a capital of $20,000, by Louis N. Stein- lein, Edward H. Weiler and Abram M. Frumberg. The Amsden Band Cigar Company, Marinette; capital, $2,000; incorporators, Arthur Amsden, Richard C. Vent, and Nelson B. Newell. on the State's crop to the effect that there PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. has been some progress made in setting out tobacco plants, but the work has been hindered by the rains, also by the flooding of bottom lands. Plants are plentiful in most localiiies, but there is considerable complaint of cut worms. 790,111 Match delivering device; Charles C. Crossley, New Britain, Conn. 789,906 Press for cigar molds, etc.; Alexander Gordon, Detroit, Mich. 790, 1 36 Cigar reamer or drill ; Otto Jaeger, Philadelphia, Pa. RESERVED FOR lONA TOBACCO CO. Lancaster, Pa. # VS^AINTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivaLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHIINaER «& CO. Sol* Owaara aad Haanfaotarcra IWe Smokers* Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA« THE TOBACCOWORLD 3» Telephone Call, 432 — B. and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. I«ocated on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. INISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of PNE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove^" our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O. Box 96* Ready for the Market WALTER. S. BARE, PaLcker of Fine ^ Connecticut ^ Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco Oi&ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LMAF Tobacco 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindctt Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted I^'^^chryguy f2a.S# of Fancy Packed Gebhart 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCE-SWEATED Quf Owil I ilU^ CONNECTICUT «. %• , racking In tli Packer of • H. Weaver, Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF Ihiited 'Phones B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos Ppnno Qpnod I oaf and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER. PA, H.H.MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER. PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, B0& 112 W. Walnut St.*LANC ASTER, PA. Packer, Dealer, and Jobber in Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦^ i%l^ •^♦♦♦■^ %l/%i%%%i%%«->^4%%1 >♦♦♦♦♦♦ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in ! Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer off Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: MAIN OFFICE I UNITED PHONES. * LANCASTER ? and X RED LION. PA. Lancaster, Pa* t C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 3» THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦ ♦ t%MXSUS: ^.ad ♦•La Mano' 0*c«Bt Cl^«r» H.C. LONG & CO lhoiito.irersofQid;|r«jt LEBANON,! X OFFICKi J t 118 Mifflin Street t ♦ ♦ FACriOICYi ♦ Psl. iAtr, Maple and Plum Aves. X ♦ VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY M«JLers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. ^-^ wn.Pa. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L, A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ Leaf Tobacco ZIMMER SPANISH. CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH. IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED. IMPORTED HAVANA, tENKA. BROAD LEAP, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouaes—West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OP OKio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 £1MMER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS aivd X FILLERS ♦ Too short for our* Fancy Packings. Z Write for Samples. J ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ : Zimmer Spa^nish Gebhart Little Dutch REVEIfV'E SWOOF IN BOSTON. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 4 Fancy Natural Bulk J Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. JWritc for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West Carronton,'>MontgomeryCo.,0. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District ^ Agents Confi»caie Stuff for Non-Stamp- ing and Other Offenses. Boston, Mass., May 22. Business for the last week has been vcr>- fair, considering the unde>irablc weather we exj>crienced for three days. The local cigar manufar.turcrs arc pushing their various brands: H. Traiscr ic Co. have engaged the services ot a professional window dresser, who lias already made a number of disfjjays ad- vertising both the Harvard and Pipjjin cigars. Tlie U. S. revenue officers have been going the rounds, and during the past week seized quite a number of cigars made up by some of the smaller manu- facturers here. Some of the cigars were no: cancelled according to the law and the officers claim that in some cases the boxes were used more than once. In one of our prominent cigar stores the officers confiscated twelve packages of Teloftettcsand fifteen packages of Golden Eagle, which were exhibited in the show window without being in the stamped box according to the law. Most of the retailers have been looking over their stock and preparing things properly should the revenue agents call. Claiming that the United States gov- ernment, through its internal revenue department, has defrauded him out of $ 1 , 800, and that his rights as an American citizen have been usurped. Henry M. Hyams, senior member of the Henry M. Hyams Tobacco Company, proprietors of seven tobacco stores in Boston, is anxiously awaiting the decision of Judge Hale of the United States District Court in his suit against Collector of Internal Revenue James D. Gill, later transferred against the United States Government. Over 14,000 has already been spent to win the suit of $1,800, Mr. Hyams says. Collector of Internal Revenue James D Gill said: "In 1902 manufacturers and dealers in tobacco having stocks on hand were entitled to a rebate of 3 6- 10 per pound, that being the amount of the re- duction in the tax. Some 650 claims were filed with me, Mr. Hyams' being among them. His claim was not allowed by me because I was unwilling to certify it, as I deemed it excessive." An alleged present of tobacco valued at $6 sent to him by his father in Canada may cost Joseph O. Vandal of Fall River a couple of hundred dollars, the value of a carload of hay in which the tobacco was sent, and which Collector Marble of Fall River is seeking from Judge Dodge in the United States District Court permission to confiscate. Vandal is a grocer and hay dealer. He claims that he was not informed of the present of tobacco until after the hay had already been entered at Richford, Vt. , and was on its way to him. The tobacco is the native Canadian leaf, and is dutiable at 5 cents per pound. Collector Marblediscovered the tobacco betwe«rn two bales of hay but failed to find It entered in the manifest As a result he held the entire consignment. Assistant United States District Attor- ney William H. Garland is representing Collector .Marble. Confiscation is asked on the ground that the hay was used as a means to conceal the tobacco. John F. Keeler, formerly with Esta- brook & Eaton, is now one of the city salesmen representing the cigar depart- ment of .McGreenery & Manning. Mr. Keeler is at present working on Conti- nental IOC cigar. Little Continentals 5c cigar and Cubanola Icndrcs, all trust made brands. McGreenery & Manning have secured the New England agency for the Anna Held cigar and intends to do considerable work on same. Joe Manning has just returned fiom a week s vacation down in Maine. M. Cohen & Co.. dealers in leaf to. bacco, are now located at 3313 Washing- ton street. The Allen Tobacco Co. has secured the services of Frank Locke, who in con- junction with Ed. Leader, their New England representative, is doing plenty of missionary work and advertising on Telonettes. Frank Goodwin, of Lecky & Goodwin, tobacconists, Portsmouth, N. H., spent a day in the city this week and while here purchased a quantity of cigarettes, to- baccos, etc. Myer J. Haim, representing Schinasi Bros., New York, was in town Monday and departed well satisfied with the amount of Egyptian Prettiest and Naturals he sold during his brief stay here. N. Brenner has purchased the cigar and tobacco store located at 188 Main street, Charlestown. Notification has been received by Boston Cigarmakers' Union that the amendment levying a ten cent assess- ment upon all of the members of the International Union to advertise the blue label of the cigarmakers at the Fair at Portland, Ore., has been passed. The Label Committee of Cigarmakers' Union, No. 97, is distributing a new card of unique design advertising the blue label. Fire alarm cards have been distributed in Waltham and a list of fire alarm boxes in Medford will also be dis- tributed the coming week. E. Van Syckel with the American Snuflf Co. is here distributing free i oz. samples of Checkerberry Snuff to con- sumers of snuflf. Each box contains a coupon good for a rebate of two cents in cash. Mr. Van Syckel is creating quite a demand for this snuff and the orders are coming in quick and fast to the jobbers. \V. Bacon, with Weyman Bros., is putting out some attractive advertising matter on Copenhagen Snuff. H. M. Ross, the Irvington street to- bacconist, placed a large order with L. Miller & Sons, New York, for some of their Grumbler and El Cafe Bouquet cigars. Bkn All C. A. ROST ^i 1:0., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD $S ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ** La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei@ARS* lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick— 5c.™Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet-— Boston Beauties Puro-— Porto Rico Crooks. ^ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. X^^ Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ^^J ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF ♦^TOBAeeO*^ Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦ A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. ♦ ♦- <♦« P. M. HUNT, A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BBTHMSDAy OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ■♦♦ -♦♦ M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Cable AddreM, "CLARK." dOPKINSVILLE, KY. ?ADUCAH, KY. Clarksville, Tenn. »l- D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker. Stillti*. Hopkinsville, Ky. 34 Per Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, goto ^^^^ttj t i7 t=>a L. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL.ERSVILLE. PA. , THE TOBACCO WORLD ____^— -^ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ATTENTION, TOBACCO Choice Natural Leaf CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ■«f (UNION LABEL GOODS) 8 and 16 ounce Packages 2 1-2 ounce Packages .... 20 Cents 21 Cents GOOD, CLEANED, SEASONED CUT SCRAP Packed in 5 Pound Cartons. Freight Prepaid. Send for Sample. READING TOBACCO MFG. CO., George W. Green, Prop. READING, PA ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes is— Ai.wAir3 Room for Onb Morb Good Customer. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD «-«ai 35 Sfom, M. KALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM Red Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WILLIAM J. NOLL ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff n C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. [UFACTURERS OF Cigars RICHMOND EXCHANGE VERY BUSY. KENTUCKY COMPANY INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK. Amended articles of incorporation have been filed by H. W. Martin & Co., to- Biggest SclUs in Lea.! TobaLCco Been Seen in Years. Richmond, Va. , May i8. bacco manufacturers of Louisville, Ky., There was animation and great activity increasing their capital stock from |200,- on the tobacco market yesterday There oqo to $300,000. Of the new stock $75,- were no sales of loose leaf on the ware- qoo is preferred and |;2 5,ooo common, house floors and the exchange had it all The increase is to furnish funds for an its own way. One hundred and eleven increase in the company's plant. >d W. H. DRUGHERTY & BRO. Dallastown, Pa. 1^ SHIRI^ Manuf.iciurersoi Fine Domestic Cigars Hli^hest Quality Finest Packa|{es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited packages, great and small, mostly small, were sampled, and with much of the stock better than any sun cured seen here for a long time, and all the buyers out in full force, the bidding was lively from the time the first sample was thrown on the bin until the last package was knocked out. Silas Shelburne & Son, of Shelburne's High Grade Cig ROBESONIA, PA. ♦ "♦-♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE ie Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The movement in the markets have been light and slow for the past few months, but in the near future we may see quite a change in the business of warehouse, sold a crop of 5.000 pounds tobacco handling for there is likely to be for Mr. J. W. Bell, of Caroline county, for prices that created enthusiasm among the buyers as well as sellers. One pack- age of sun-cured wrappers from this crop was knocked out to W.T. Hancock for the Ricker Whitten Company for $66. Other piles were bought by the same concern at $46, I39. $}7, ^35 and ^30. Other packages of the crop went to various buyers at from $14 down to $8.25. The whole crop averaged $20. W. D. Butler & Co. also got some fancy prices for the crop of E, C. Beckley, of Louisa county, such as $36, $32 and I28 All wrappers are selling high, while good fillers are bringing from $8 to |ii, a rush as soon as the packers announce to the public that packings are ready for inspection. Our correspondents write: Feeding Hills, Mass. : "Young plants are doing well. No setting here as yet, but the farmers will begin the last of this week on the earlier pieces and will be well under way by next week." Conway, Mass.: "Tobacco setting will begin here this week. The plants have come on very well for all the cold weather. We have had a few light showers, but the ground is far from being soaked in good shape." Hatfield, Mass.. "Charles 1. Warner began setting his tobacco the tenth. Hanover, Pa. "Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium eiSy^RS D*allastown, Pa. GEO. F. NASH A OPECIA\TY of Private Brands Special J JOHN SELDEN -^ ^ for Wholesale & jobbing Trade Brands: ] gov. THOS. HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. BEN DE BAR Samples on application. Onr Leaders: { "'^^^.H.^s'ton'-"^ } Cigars-5c., 3 Sizes L. R. BROWN, ♦ WHOLESALE I Cigar Manufacturer, ! Brownstown, Pa. t> ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦ ^1 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I I J. K. KaufTman. ' John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Tvnoiesaie vesiers in All Kinas ot ( Plug ®, Smoking Tobaccos < Also, All Grsdes of Fine Cigars ® Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si. LANCASTER, PA. V ' TERREHILL.PA. "* only We Sell toJobbingTrade )LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARE; WAX HAW |JACKSON THE Great and common and medium grades are Plants are now plenty and looking well, and many will be transplanted next week. •• Bradstreet, Mass.; "Oscar Belden & Sons set out today i ^ acres of tobacco, being the first to transplant the weed in holding stiff at former quotations. CREDITORS OF SHADE-GROWING COM- PANY GET ADDITIONAL DIVIDEND. The creditors of the International To bacco Culture Corporation of Connecticut Bradstreet this season." are to receive an additional dividend of North Hatfield, Mass. : "There will II percent. Judge Alberto T. Roraback be very little setting here this week, in the Supreme Court, on application of Those who would have been ready re- Fred B. Griffin, the receiver, passed an moved the glass from their beds to check order for Mr. Griffin to make the pay- the rapid growth, claiming it to be a ment The creditors had previously little early to set." received 25 per cent. Windsor Locks, Ct. : "Twenty-five Mr. Griffin was appointed receiver on acres broad leaf tobacco will be raised November 18, 1903, and he asked Judge under cloth in this town the coming Roraback that he be allowed $3,000 for season, in addition to a large acreage his services. Mr. Griffin explained the outdoors." nature and character of the service he Tariffville, Ct. : "It is expected that performed. Judge Roraback allowed the average this year will be from one- him the compensation he asked. fifth to one-third greater than last year. C A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLOK. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. : S. N. MUMMA * Pa.cker of : Leaf Tobacco » Peni\9L. Seed B's sl SpecidLlty * Warehouse at R.ailroaLd Crossing * LANDISVILLE, PA. * R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 TRX TOBACCO WOfttD GIGAI^ BOX EDGIflGS Wc have the \»-zz^ kiscT^m^* * Cigar Bos Bdgingt In the United States, haTlng over i,ooo dtsigna In atock. T. A. MYERS & CO. Printer* and Engravers. • YORK, PENNA. Bmboased PlagMt Labels, Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. ^^ones { l-t^-:',Z 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. \i ' .WILLIS. Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra J-TOBACCOh 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. M. koMler & eo. fteHwjLFine Cigars DALLASTOWS, PA. dpmdtf^ 75«ooo per day. Batablished 1876* Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of F'ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa, Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, x\.r6 1116 ClllAKo Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear H*v«n», . . 10c. "S. B.** Half Havana, .... Sc. "S. B." Little Havanaa, • . . . 5c. "Honest Bee"^ 3c. "2— I— No** MUdcat Cigar Made. 2 fOF Sc. Special Branda Made to Order. Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau ^ Send Your CItfar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. A SOUTHERN LOCATION Good Tobacco Land and Locations for Factories THE SOUTH is now making greater progress than any other sec- tion. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Ai{ent, Southern Railway, WASHINGTON. D. C. Many growers have bought new imple- ments, also large amounts of fertilizer. The winter vetch has been used to some extent as a cover crop on tobacco beds and endured the winter without injury, giving a moderate growth *o plow under this spring. Growers here have had good success in destf^oying cutworms by using one tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine to each barrel of water at time of setting the plants." Glastonbury: "Recent sales have been made here at 24 to 30 cents of crops ranging from two to thirteen acres." A crop of 13,644 pounds of tobacco on 5J^ acres is reported by A. B. Taylor of Middlesex county, Ct. The crop was sold for 18 to 20 cents for $2,682, The soil was fertilized with one ton cottonseed meal, 500 pounds complete fertilizer, 1 200 pounds lime ashes and 7 cords stable manure. The variety was Havana seed. Plants were hoed four times and culti vated nine times. The manure was applied with a spreader, which Mr. Taylor considered a great advantage. — American Cultivator. EDGERTON, WIS. Business in the local tobacco markets is on a declining scale. Some leaf is yet marketed, though there is little riding being done this week, Walter Little sold 36 acres of his '03 and '04 crop in bundle to Geo. Rumrill. Ole Saunderson sold 6a to a Stoughton dealer at 7^c asst. and John Hyland 65CS '03 at 8c comprise some of the movements from first hands. N. E Nelson's packing of '04 some 225CS. has been sold to Culton & Weil. Halverson & Bitters sold 1 13CS of '04 to Child and 70CS of '03 to New York parties. Pomeroy & Co. are load ing seven cars of export and have received four cars of northern leaf, are some of movements with packers in a dull week. The weather of the week has been extremely unfavorable to farm work and growers have been unable to do but little in the way of preparing their fields for the new crop. The plant beds are mak ing but slow progress, but the plants are in abundance and healthy. Shipments 300 boxes. — Reporter. CLARKSVILLE. TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 960 hhds, offerings on the breaks 2c6 hhds, total sales 283 hhds, nearly all new crop to- bacco, running from Lugs to Fine Leaf. The market was active and strong. It is reported that the Planters Asso ciation has virtually closed a deal which will give it a good outlet at lull prices for its entire holdings, and samplings of the initial deUvery are now being made. There is a strong undercurrent in Lugs, and speculative offers and purchases are being made, based upon the practical ex- haustion of stocks of old, and the small percentage of lugs in the new crop. Planting continues favorably though complaints of cut worms are numerous. Planters say there is no surplus supply of plants. For new tobacco we quote: Low Lugs JJ53. 50 to 14. 00 Common Lugs 4.25 to 4.50 E. A. C^'-'^f s <& O H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILADEURHIA »7 New Orceans. San Francisco. Cigar Labels ^•^ Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leat Medium Leaf Good Leaf Fine Leaf 4.50 to 5.00 5.00 to 5.50 5.00 to 6.00 6.25 to 7,00 7.50 to 8.50 9,00 to 10,50 1 1. 00 to 13 00 Fa-husseyI LEAf TOMCCO {0. New York. V- Chicago. Cincinnati. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAILORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA « NEW YORK \ CfflCAGO ST. LOUIS tfj* FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte SU LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRISTi Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common inufacturer of Cigars Established 189a Capadty, Twenty Thousand per Difb W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. Mm SPECIALTY Is (he "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. T.L. ADAIR, Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. f Zatablished 1877 New Factory 1904 i H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO ^ Dealer in J X Cigar Box Lnmber, t ♦ Labels, J ^ Ribbons, X Edging, X X Brands, etc. X ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BUSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. Vertical Top Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices- are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1935 "1Q3T Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio PMBOSSED CIGAK BANDS ^^ Are All the Ra^e. We have them in large variety. Send for Sampii William Steiner, Sons & Co. ^MGLST LitKograpKers, — ij6 and ii8 M. Fourteenth St,, NMW YORK. ^ii y ■ .»• t,'-' \ 'j,,,/* .»•-. 38 THB TOBACCO WORLD *"»• .ty»- i'i *" THB TOBACCO WOBLD t JOSEPH REED Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigdLrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $60 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 5c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars CIOAR 00. For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NE^Ar AND GOOD _, WAGNER'S Chban stogies MANUFACTURED ONtY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jQ/ Qhlo St, Allcglieny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of I THE CELEBRATED ^ Government Agent in Cincinnati Admits Hunt For Evidence. Cincinnati, O., May 19. An admission has at last been gained from Charles Moore who has been in this city for several days, that he is here to secure testimony in regard to the tobacco combine. Mr. Moore is an attache of the Bureau of Corporations at Washing- ton, and on his arrival in this city he denied that his object was the one named. Mr. Moore has now stated that he will extend his work to Louisville, and a number of other cities. Previously he contented himself with the statement made to interviewers that he was simply spending a vacation in the city. To a friend he at last stated the real purpose of his visit and said that he would make Cincinnati his headquarters from which he will visit a number of the Kentucky tobacco markets. BRITISH TRVST WILL SOON BVILD IN HOPKINSVILLE. Hopkinsville, Ky. , May 20. The British trust will begin work on its large plant in this city as soon as satis- factory arrangements have been made for letting the contract. The lot purchased on North Clay street cost $7,500, and two buildings will be built on this site, each being of brick with asphalt floors two stories in height and of the most sub- stantial type. This plant will not be termed a manu- factory as it will be used for packing to- bacco and getting it ready for shipment to England. The plant will cost from 150,000 to 170,000 and it will give em- ployment to about one hundred and fifty people. Business CKeLivges, Fires, Etc. California Hanford — N M Rafailirch, cigars, etc; notice sale to £ Kauntze Los Angeles — D C Peterson & Co, ci- gars, etc ; transferred assets Connecticut Hartford — H & S Hartman, wholesale leaf tobacco; receive warranty deed to real estate and give mortgage, $6, 500 Florida Tampa — J M Martinez, (firm), cigar manufacturer; applying for charter Illinois Chicago— Henry M Berger, cigar man- ufacturer; petition in bankruptcy Indiana Indianapolis — LG Deschler, wholesale and retail cigars and tobacco ; real estate deed, I3, 100 Kentucky Mayfield — James A Wright, leaf to- bacco; petition in bankruptcy Massachusetts Boston — Michael J Rosendorf, whole- sale and retail tobacco; suffered by fire Chelsea — Sarah Berenson, cigars, to- bacco, etc ; files certicate Michigan Detroit — Leman B Dean, cigars, to- bacco, etc; chattel morgage Gustav Zinn, cigar manufacturer; judgment,|i03 Lansing — Chas P Lesher' s Sons, cigar manufacturers; changed style to Lesher Cigar Co (not inc) Missouri Joplin — F D Price, cigars; assigned Maryville — Nusbaum Cigar Co, cigar manufacturers; sold out New Hampshire Manchester — Geo N Varney, cigars, etc; succeeded by Frank J Peterson New York Yonkers — N A Ball, cigars, etc; out of business New York City — M Ratner, retailer of cigars; sold out at auction Scanga Bros, cigar manufacturers; dissolved Ohio Dayton — Louis Chackers & Co, cigars; chattel mortgage Newark— C V Keller, cigars; cancelled real estate mortgage, $2,623 F H Shone, cigars, etc; refiled chattel mort- gage, $190 Ottowa— Henry Furest, cigar manu- facturer; sold out Oregon Eagle Point— Inlow & Smith, cigars, etc, dissolved; J H Inlow continues Rhode Island Providence — J Canada, cigars and to- bacco; chattel mortgage, 1 1,000 Virginia Danville — Wemple, EUerson & Co, tobacco manufacturers; succeeded by Wemple, Gravely & Co Washington Cunningham — A O Lee, cigars, etc; chattel mortgage, I300 * I JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chcw or Smoke. KING DUKE 2H oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: fcANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT lltiia&ebuerof High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. 9* a— I flMnnfactnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES ' to suit the orld. Wvite for samples. —Established 1834— WM. F. COMLV & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St and 115 Dock St. PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers' Articles SPECIAL SALES OF LEAF T^OBACCO Consignments Solicited Advances Made Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^•f ♦ METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4 4* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ^X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ti« ^^^>^^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^^4' LITHOGRAPHING SPECIAL DESIGN! ♦ 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ tt tj^ Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR P0CKET5 AflFord perfect PROTECTION againat MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAQ& Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertiaing medium known. Racine Paper goods Co. Sole Owners and Manufactttrens, hacine:. -wis .USA. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH --PRUNE Also of the World Renowned and Non-Evaporating SPANISH BETUNS, Gigar and Tobacco Flavors, Sweeteners, etc Write for Fred Samples and Particulars. Guaranteed to be the Strongest and Best. Established 1805 FRIES & BR0. 92 Reade Street. NEW YORK a R g 5 C. A. Rest ^ SbiJ^^tkjLLm' i'3l i^l^^H Mm 'JH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^v '^ ^^^^^^^^r .^ Bh '''-^fl ^^^^^^^^^^^ )^J^r.f ^ ^^^^^^^^1^^^ M , ^^■BP^V',^-^ ^ ' -• ' *«^fl Five Cent Cigar THE OUOBE OIOAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only ANOTHER. INVESTIGATOR. BOBS UP. Illinois Chicago — Henry M Berger, cigar man- Government Agent in Cincinnati Admits ^f^cturer; petition in bankruptcy Hunt For Evidence. ^. . . ^ «, Indiana Cmcmnati, O., May 19. An admission has at last been gained from Charles Moore who has been in this Indianapolis — LG Deschler, wholesale and retail cigars and tobacco; real estate SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD _, WAGNER'S CWBAN STOGIES MANUFACTURED ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jQj Ohjo St., Allcglieny, Pa. city for several days, that he is here to ' *•'' secure testimony in regard to the tobacco combine. Mr. Moore is an attache of the Bureau of Corporations at Washing- ton, and on his arrival in this city he denied that his object was the one named. Mr. Moore has now stated that he will extend his work to Louisville, and a number of other cities. Previously he contented himself with the statement Kentucky May field — James A Wright, leaf to- bacco; petition in bankruptcy Massachusetts Boston — Michael J Rosendorf, whole- sale and retail tobacco; suffered by fire Chelsea — Sarah Berenson, cigars, to- bacco, etc; files certicate Michigan Detroit — Leman B Dean, cigars, to- ^P'^ made to interviewers that he was simply bacco, etc; chattel morgage Gustav spending a vacation in the city. To a Zinn, cigar manufacturer; judgment, I103 friend he at last stated the real purpose Lansing— Chas P Lesher's Sons, cigar of his vis't and said that he would make manufacturers; changed style to Lesher Cincinnati his headquarters from which Cigar Co (not inc) he will visit a number of the Kentucky tobacco markets. [ GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED fc^ TroAo ai-Xarlc Sc '~^. ~' i Pittsburg Stogies '4?. HAND-MADE ;%X Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers I g, WASHINQTX)N, D. %^ two stories in height and of the most sub- stantial type. This plant will not be termed a manu- factory as it will be used for packing to- bacco and getting it ready for shipment to England. The plant will cost from 150,000 to $70,000 and it will give em- ployment to about one hundred and fifty people. Busii\ess CK2Li\ges, Fires, Etc. California Hanford — N M Rifailirch, cigars, etc; notice sale to E Kauntze Los Angeles — D C Peterson & Co, ci- gars, etc; transferred assets Connecticut BCi^iCiTEr. THK TOBACCO WOKLD Bros, cigar manufacturers; dissolved Ohio Dayton — Louis Chackers & Co, cigars; chattel mortgage Newark — C V Keller, cigars ; cancelled real estate mortgage, 12,623 "^ ^ Shone, cigars, etc; refiled chattel mort- gage, %\f^O Ottowa— Henry Furest, cigar manu- facturer; sold out Oregon Eagle Point— Inlow & Smith, cigars, etc, dissolved; J H Inlow continues Rhode Island Providence — J Canada, cigars and to- bacco; chattel mortgage, 1 1,000 Virginia Hartford — H & S Hartman, wholesale Danville — Wemple, EUerson & Co, leaf tobacco; receive warranty deed to tobacco manufacturers; succeeded by real estate and give mortgage, ^6,500 Wemple, Gravely & Co Florida , Washington Tampa — J M Martinez, (firm), cigar Cunningham — A O Lee, cigars, etc; manufacturer; applying for charter chattel mortgage, I300 JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our LeadlniS Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT tttntifactttrer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. W» S— I mannfacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES ' to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Kstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLV c& SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- ♦ METAL ENBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- <♦> ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tit ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl* Jm E leisckKauer Cigar Labels 238 ArcK Street, Philadelphia. u ♦ ♦ ♦-♦ ♦;♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X X TELEPHONE 1561 X X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 4- LITHOGHAPHING SPECIAL DESIGN! 4^ 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4>4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- ♦ ♦4- Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokera, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, kacine:. -wis . u s .<\. OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH --PRUNE 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 & BR0. 92 Reade Street, NEW YORK i C. A. Rest (h Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Tohacco A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers^ Binders WISCONSIN Qi OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa.. CIGAR BOXES PtHIERSOF ARTisnc CIGAR LABELS 814-826 Lawrence St. SKETCHES AND .QUOTATIONS fURNlSHED WRITE m RIBBON PRICES CIGAR RIBBOWS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-^ ms AUSBICAN TOBAOCO SO- KfV TOBB. INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE /\ a^AL-VEs (^ Qo. <^p^j> Havana 123 n. third "V IMPORTERS OF )h THIE It Clips a V in Ends of Cigars — National Cig'ar Clipper A LiTTlvK vest pocket instrument for the smoker that "^^ puts a \^ in ends of cigars — neatly — accurately — without breaking wrapper, no matter how dr}^ or brittle the cigar is. Tt doesn't bite and pull and squeeze; but cuts ''shear ways/' the common sense way — a way that can't dull the ,^ the cutter and disfigure the point of cigar. Design is elegant — nothing like it on the market anywhere Finest tool steel — nickel plated, and pol- ished. Makes an effective and lasting piece of advertising for the cigar manufacturer and distributer because of its ability to attract attention — its utility and durabilit}-. The dealer can't put a better selling novelty before a smoker. Hits two ways, — snug profit when sold — fetching advertising with name on. NATIONAL SELLING CO., Allentown, Pa. Sample 1 5 cents. Dozen lots with* out ad. $1.25. Gross lots without ad. $ 1 4.00 ; with ad. if not more than three lines, three eighth of an inch long, $16.50. I Bstabushbd in 188 1 Vol. XXV. {D IN 188 1 ) \, No. 22. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, MAY 31, 1905. Onb Doi.i,ar pbr Annom. Single Copies, Five CenU. ^f\^cuJJ^ >XCrt» KnJiXr '^o-vrxA. ci. ^ Ucru.'M 4-2»o to oJlvuutr Sx^ JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers sf HaLnd«Made LONG FILLER. STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. t ■ -v^i t ^ § w E. ROSENWALB & BR0 The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Our Purchases o£ NEW SUMATRA TOBACCO S P I Deli St. Cyr I Deli Amst. Deli Co. | J H Deli Ba My Mandi Angin Deli A L P C I Padang Brahrang S K I Deli Sumatra Plantage My A D C I Deli B M I Langkat Up to Date : BALES 74 Deli My | K 92 J H M I Deli 202 A F M I S 120 Langkat | Tab My 63 T T R I Langkat 4 1 Deli Ma | A 300 Mandi Angin | Deli— A H L 44 P V d A 27 P V d A 200 Various Marks 2,439 Bales We will continue buying at every inscription, in order to supply our trade. We are holders of One Thousand Bales of Old Sumatra at Old Prices. H. DUYS & CO. 170 Water Street, New York — J C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MlSHFfgClGAIi 114 ^^Philadelphia The Ru^byis not "the best cigar ever made," but it suits the average taste — and grows in popularity; good enough for the most critical. It's a duplicating 5c. cigar. STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., Lid. Ci^ar Manafactarers, '"" nr "r:^. ofstrict! Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER. lOc^ < ■ \ 1 Y Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Phllada. (NICKJSLBY. 5c.) A. O^'-*^^® d& Qo- <^^p^j> Havana 123 n. third st SM PORTERS or HILJkDEL^HIA Channing Allen ® Co Manufacturers of ""The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. ;iNE mm 419 Locusi Si. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. afANOARD OF ALL HAVANA ( I G A R S. CLEAR HAVANA ^^^ Most PoputaP All Havinft CiHr Mada KCYWEBT CIGARS DUNCAN «L MOORHEAD. inc., Makers, PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. f *^tHe TeB/ieeo Woi^lb^ PORTO RICO \S LOOKING VP. As a Custom District of UnitedJStates it Does a Big Business. Washington, D. C, May 26. The numerous inquiries for informa- tion regarding Porto Rico received by the Department of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics has led that department to prepare the following statement regarding the area, population, resources and commerce of the island: The beginning of the present month marked the completion of the fifth year of civil government in Porto Rico, which dates from May i, 1900. While the governor and executive council, consist- ing of six heads of departments and five natives, are appointed by the President of the United States, the house of dele- gates, consisting of 35 members, i s elected by the people, the council and the house of delegates together compris- ing the legislative assembly. Porto Rico has an area of 3,606 square miles, or about half the size of New Jersey. Its population in 1899 was 9S3i- 243, or about the same as that of West Virginia, Coffee is the staple product of the island, the product in 1903 being 33,- 450,000 pounds from a cultivated area of 1 70, 000 acres. About 62, 000 acres are devoted to sugar, from which 234,000,- 000 pounds were produced in the year named. Under tobacco there were 14,- 000 acres, yielding 12,000,000 pounds. Experiments in the cultivation of cotton are under way. Porto Rico finds her best markets in the United States, Cuba, France, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Canada, Germany and Italy, their relative importance being in the order named. Her exports to the United States increased from 17,018,697 in 1901 to $12,963,483 in 1904. The advantage accruing to Porto Rico following its establishment as a customs district of the United States on June 22, 1900, and the free admission of its pro- ducts into our markets following the enactment and putting into operation of a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, July 25, 1901, is shown by a very large increase in the value of the mer- chandise shipped from Porlo Rico to the United States and that shipped from the United States to Porto Rico. The following table shows the values of the principal articles shipped from Porto Rico to the United States in the calendar year 1904, compared with 1898: Articles. 1898. 1904. Total imports from Porto Rico, $2,382,170 112,963,483 Psincipil Articles Brown sugar, 1,912,965 9,491.757 Cigars & cigarettes, (None) 1,770,569 Fruits and nuts, 1,167 3^3.295 Coffee, green or raw, 24, 2 1 7 292,781 Leaf tobacco, 76,140 3839' 7 Molasses, 364781 332.079 —There are 679 cigar manufacturers in Western New York, and last year they paid Uncle Sam 1198,101.76 taxes on their products. TO FIGHT THE COMBINE WITH ITS OWN WEAPONS. Growers of Virginia and North Carolina Have Taken Over Factories and will Form a Trust to Manufacture 80 Per Cent of Tobacco From Bright Belt and Drive Out American Tobacco Co. Danville, Va., May 26. The tobacco growers of Virginia and North Carolina have commenced to man ufacture their own tobacco. The To- bacco Growers' Protective Association of these two States now has a membership of about 5,000 in the Old Bright Belt. The work of organization has proceeded rather slowly until the last few months since the plan of building independent factories has been advocated when greater interest has been manifested and farmers are joining the local organizations very rapidly. S, C. Adams was the prime mover in organization work and it is through his effo-ts mainly that the association now exists. He has gone about the country urging the farmers to organize, holding out the hope that when eighty per cent of the growers had pledged themselves to stand together they could control the sit- uation by holding their crops back and thus forcing living prices. As fully sixty per cent of the tobacco growers of Virginia borrow money on their crops before they are planted, the warehousemen seemed to have a pretty firm grip on the situation and it was diffi- cult to convince the average farmer that he would be wise in cutting loose fron his money supply and pledging himself to obey the orders of the organization which did not take the place of the ware- housemen in the matter of advancing money on his crop. President Adams hit upon the plan of estabUshing small factories on the joint stock plan, seUing stock to the farmers and taking their tobacco in payment. This plan has aroused great interest and subscriptions to these factories are being eagerly taken and several companies are now being formed. The plan is to buy factories wherever they can be obtained instead of building new ones. Owners of small factories who have felt the heaay hand of the American Tobacco Company are approached with the prop- osition to turn over their plants to a oint stock company of farmers taking stock in payment. In most cases the owners of these plants are to be engaged as managers under a board o f directors elected by the stockholders. The first factory in full operation is at Copeland, N. C. A man named Doss had been conducting a small factory there with indifferent success for some time and several months ago turned it into a stock company which is controlled by farmers. Arrangements have been made with some State banks by which as m u c h as ninety per cent is ad- vanced on the stock in the shape of loans. This enables the farmer to take stock in the company, pay for it with his own tobacco, then take his stock to the bank and borrow ninety dollars on every hundred dollars of its face value. In most cases, however, this financial arranagement is conducted by the factory itself, the stock remaining in the posses- sion of the board of directors until the loan is paid. The last statement of the Doss factory shows net earnings exceeding forty per cent and that is being used ef- fectively in the campaign to promote factories in other towns. Philadelphia and New York capitalists have sent men down into this country to look into the factory plan and they have reported favorably on the Doss factory plan and expressed a willingness to ad- vance as much money as may be needed to handle the crop in the manner hereto- fore described. Of course this money will b e distributed through the local banks and in some towns the local bank ers themselves have pledged the neces sary money, and taken stock in the com- panies. If this plan becomes general many of the warehouses would be obliged to go out of business, though President Adams and the executive committee of the asso elation deny that there is any intention of interfering with the business of the warehousemen and say that the inde- pendent factories will have their buyers on the warehouse floors competing with other buyers for anything that is offered. Co operative tobacco factory compa- nies have been organized at Clarksville, Chase City and Danville, Va. , and at Rocky Mount and Oxford, N. C, and subscriptions have been offered quite freely. It is understood that the Clarks- ville factory will be in operation within sixty days and the one at Danville will also be ready for the new crop. At Chase City a meeting was held to organize a company at which every business man of the place and a large number of farmers were present. A vigorous canvass is now being made in more than a dozen towns in Virginia and North Carolina and within the next sixty days the success or failure of the co-operative plan will be demonstrated. HOPKINS CO. CROP WILL BE SHORT. Kentucky Tobacco Plants Damaged by Heavy Rains. Madisonville, Ky., May 26. The heavy rains have greatly damaged tobacco plants. Reports from Hopkins county are to the effect that at least 50 per cent of the tobacco plants are ruined and it is thought that unless weather conditions change the remainder of the plants will be killed. Heavy rains cause stems to rot. This rot has been noticed in several places. Only about 5 per cent has been planted in Hopkins county, and unless bright weather prevails, this county will have a short tobacco crop. ONE MORE BURLEY SCHEME. Kentucky Burley Growers Again Figure Out a Corner in Crop. Maysville, Ky., May 27. Tobacco growers of Kentucky have figured out a way for financing their company in the proposed 1905 tobacco corner, which is unique if nothing else. The new scheme is to organize county associations i n every county in the tobacco belt, each to have a capital stock of 150,000. It is suggested that this stock be taken by the tobacco growers in exchange for their tobacco at the rate of $5 for each 100 pounds which means that they are to get at the rate of 5 cents a pound for all the tobacco they turn over to the association in the shape of stock. When it has all been issued the com- pany will then have 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco. Should the tobacco sell for more than that figure, after c^xpenses have been deducted, there shall be paid to the county associations 80 per cent of the proceeds, the remainder to go to a controlling company. This company will have $50,000 capi- talization and is aimed to do business a s the Burley Sales and Warehouse Company. The county companies are to make advances to growers who need the money before their crops have been disposed of. Selling prices are to be determined by the parent company. This company is to exact a commission and then return proceeds to the various subsidiary com- panies in proportion to their offerings of tobacco. The plan is considered impracticable in Cincinnati tobacco circles, as it makes no provision for the raising of money needed when the $50,000 of each com- pany's stock has been used up. It will take $15,000,000 to buy the coming crop, and the promised plan would create only about twenty companies in as many counties, or a total working capital of about $1,000,000. MEXICAN TOBACCO ON THE BOOM. The constantly increasing demand by France and Germany for Mexican to- bacco is expected either to work a cor- responding increase in the price of cause the planting of an increased acre- age. In either case, Mexico will be the gainer. To the uninitiated it may seem strange that Mexican tobacco and Mexi- can coffee are not as favorably regarded in the United States as in Europe. To the initiated it seems quite clear that it is not a question of merit, but of naanip- ulation. CIGAR MANUFACTURER CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Feter E. Sandhagen, of Pittsburg, filed a suit against Leonard W. Schafer, asking damages and charging fraud in the pur- chase of a half interest in Schafer Bros. Cigar Works. He claims that he was induced to pay $1,500 for the interest, being infoimed that the firm owned pro- perty valued at $3 000 and had no liabili- ties. He claims these statements were false. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THB TOBACCO WORLD offiggciGAti 114 Philadelphia The Ru^byis not "the best cigar ever made," but it suits the average taste — and grows in popularity; good enough for the most critical. It's a duplicating 5c. cigar. STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., lid. Ci^ar Hannfadarers, ^"^iS^R^. Dfstt«: Pa. 29 Norih 4th St.. Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER, lOci) Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKgLBY, 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Ca Manufacturers of mi CIGARS 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. :»rANt>4RD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA M^MTMM ■Ml I ''The Philadelphia A MatchktM S^eeiit Cigar. One of Roedel's Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. All Havaaa aiar Ma4s KEY WE5T CIGARS DUNCAN (H NOORHEAD. inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA. PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co.^ PHILADELPHIA, PA. E. A. G <& Go H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOeL^HIA •^tHe TeBjieeo Worlb-^ PORTO RICO IS LOOKING VP. TO FIGHT THE COMBINE WITH ITS OWN WEAPONS. ONE MORE BURLEY SCHEME. As a Cuitom District of UnitedJStates it Does a Big Business. Washington, D. C, May 26. The numerous inquiries for informa- tion regarding Porto Rico received by the Department of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics has led that department to prepare the following statement regarding the area, population, resources and commerce of the island : The beginning of the present month marked the completion of the fifth year of civil government in Porto Rico, which dates from May i, 1900. While the governor and executive council, consist- ing of six heads of departments and five natives, are appointed by the President of the United States, the house of dele- gates, consisting of 35 members, i s elected by the people, the council and the house of delegates together compris- ing the legislative assembly. Porto Rico has an area of 3, 606 square miles, or about half the size of New Jersey. Its population in 1899 ^^ 95 3>' 343, or about the same at that of West Virginia. Coffee is the staple product of the island, the product in 1903 being 33,. 450,000 pounds from a cultivated area of 1 70, 000 acres. About 62, 000 acres are devoted to sugar, from which 234,000,- 000 pounds were produced in the year named. Under tobacco there were 14,- 000 acres, yielding 12,000,000 pounds. Experiments in the cultivation of cotton are under way. Porto Rico finds her best markets in the United States, Cuba, France, Spain. Austria, Hungary, Canada, Germany and Italy, their relative importance being in the order named. Her exports to the United States increased from I7, 01 8,697 in 1901 to 112,963,483 in 1904. The advantage accruing to Porto Rico following its establishment as a customs district of the United States on June 22, 1900, and the free admission of its pro- ducts into our markets following the enactment and putting into operation of a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the Government of Porto Rico, July 25, 1 90 1, is shown by a very large increase in the value of the mer- chandise shipped from Porto Rico to the United States and that shipped from the United States to Porto Rico. The following table shows the values of the principal articles shipped from Porto Rico to the United States in the calendar year 1904, compared with 1898: Articles. 1898. ■ 1904. Total imports from Porto Rico, $2,382,170112,963,483 Pfincipal Articles Brown sugar, 1,912,965 Cigars & cigarettes, (None) Fruits and nuts, 1, 167 Coffee, green or raw, 24, 2 1 7 Leaf tobacco, 76,140 Molasses, 364.781 — There are 679 cigar manufacturers in Western New York, and last year they paid Uncle Sam $198,101.76 taxes on their products. Growers of Virginia and North Carolina Have Taken Over Factories and will Form a Trust to Manufacture 80 Per Cent of Tobacco From Bright Belt and Drive Out American Tobacco Co. 9.491.757 1.770.569 3»3.295 292,781 383.9' 7 332.079 Kentucky Burley Growers Again Figure Out a Corner in Crop. Maysville, Ky., May 27. Tobacco growers of Kentucky have Danville, Va., May 26. into a stock company which is controlled figured out a way for financing their The tobacco growers of Virginia and by farmers. Arrangements have been company in the proposed 1905 tobacco North Carolina have commenced to man made with some State banks by which corner, which is unique if nothing else, ufacture their own tobacco. The To- as m u c h as ninety per cent is ad- The new scheme is to organize county bacco Growers' Protective Association of vanced on the stock in the shape of associations i n every county in the these two States now has a membership loans. This enables the farmer to take tobacco belt, each to have a capital stock of about 5,000 in the Old Bright Belt, stock in the company, pay for it with °^ l5o,ooo. The work of organization has proceeded his own tobacco, then take his stock to ^^ '^ suggested that this stock be taken rather slowly until the last few months the bank and borrow ninety dollars on ^y ^^^ tobacco growers in exchange for since the plan of building independent every hundred dollars of its face value. ^^^^^ tobacco at the rate of $5 for each factories has been advocated when In most cases, however, this financial *°° pounds which means that they are greater interest has been manifested and arranagement is conducted by the factory *° ^^^ ^^ ^^® ^^^^ °^ 5 cents a pound for farmers are joining the local organizations itself, the stock remaining in the posses- *^^ '^* tobacco they turn over to the very rapidly. sion of the board of directors until the association in the shape of stock. S. C. Adams was the prime mover in loan is paid. The last statement of the When it has all been issued the corn- organization work and it is through his Dossfactoryshows net earnings exceeding pai^Y will then have 1,000,000 pounds effo-ts mainly that the association now forty per cent and that is being used ef- °^ tobacco. Should the tobacco sell for exists. He has gone about the country fectively in the campaign to promote ™°'^* ^^*" *^** figure, after ^penses urging the farmers to organize, holding factories in other towns. hzvc been deducted, there shall be paid out the hope that when eighty per cent of Philadelphia and New York capitalists ^° *^* county associations 80 per cent of the growers had pledged themselves to have sent men down into this country to *^* proceeds, the remainder to go to a stand together they could control the sit- look into the factory plan and they have coJ^^oih^^g company, uation by holding their crops back and reported favorably on the Doss factory ^*^ company will have $50,000 capi- thus forcing living prices. plan and expressed a willingness to ad- talization and is aimed to do business As fully sixty per cent of the tobacco vance as much money as may be needed a s the Burley Sales and Warehouse growers of Virginia borrow money on to handle the crop in the manner hereto- Company. their crops before they are planted, the ^ore described. Of course this money The county companies are to make warehousemen seemed to have a pretty will b c distributed through the local advances to growers who need the money firm grip on the situation and it wais dififi- banks and in some towns the local bank before their crops have been disposed of. cult to convince the average farmer that ers themselves have pledged the neces Selling prices are to be determined by he would be wise in cutting loose fron sary money, and taken stock in the com- the parent company. This company is his money supply and pledging himself panies. to exact a commission and then return to obey the orders of the organization If this plan becomes general many of proceeds to the various subsidiary com- which did not take the place of the ware- the warehouses would be obliged to go panies in proportion to their offerings of housemen in the matter of advancing out of business, though President Adams tobacco. money on his crop. and the executive committee of the asso The plan is considered impracticable President Adams hit upon the plan of elation deny that there is any intention in Cincinnati tobacco circles, as it makes establishing small factories on the joint of interfering with the business of the no provision for the raising of money stock plan, selling stock to the farmers warehousemen and say that the inde- needed when the $50,000 of each com- and taking their tobacco in payment, pendent factories will have their buyers pany's stock has been used up. It will This plan has aroused great interest and on the warehouse floors competing with take $15,000,000 to buy the coming subscriptions to these factories are being other buyers for anything that is offered, crop, and the promised plan would create eagerly taken and several companies are Co operative tobacco factory compa- only about twenty companies in as many now being formed. The plan is to buy nies have been organized at Clarksville, counties, or a total working capital of factories wherever they can be obtained Chase City and Danville, Va., and at about $1,000,000. instead of building new ones. Owners Rocky Mount and Oxford, N. C, and of small factories who have felt the subscriptions have been offered quite heaay hand of the American Tobacco freely. It is understood that the Clarks- Company are approached with the prop, ville factory will be in operation within France and Germany for Mexican to- osition to turn over their plants to a oint sixty days and the one at Danville will bacco is expected either to work a cor- stock company of farmers taking stock also be ready for the new crop. At Chase responding increase in the price of in payment. In most cases the owners City a meeting was held to organize a cause the planting of an increased acre- ,,, ,, , ..Lu u- r age. In either case, Mexico will be the of these plants are to be engaged as company at which every business man of ^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ uninitiated it may seem managers under a board o f directors the place and a large number of farmers strange that Mexican tobacco and Mexi - elected by the stockholders. were present. A vigorous canvass is now can coffee are not as favorably regarded The first factory in full operation is at being made in more than a dozen towns '^ the United States as in Europe. To Copeland, N. C. A man named Doss in Virginia and North Carolina and the initiated it seems quite clear that it . , , . . „ , .,. , . J , is not a question of merit, but of manip- had been conducting a small factory within the next sixty days the success or elation there with indifferent success for some failure of the co-operative plan will be «%«%»%«^ time and several months ago turned it demonstrated. CIGAR NANVFACTVRER CHARGED _______________________^ WITH FRAUD. HOPKINS CO. CROP WILL BE SHORT, and it is thought that unless weather , sutt^L^s'tonfrd W.'s"^ conduions change the remainder of the j.,^, ° .,„j ^Ko..,t;«„ f^^,.A ;„ .u^ Kentucky Tob«.cco Plants Damaged by plants will be killed. ^^""^^e" and charging fraud in the pur- „ _ . -J j/iaiiwo «iii UM •.iiitw. chase of a half interest m Schafer Bros. Heavy Kama. Heavy rains cause stems to rot. This cigar Works. He claims that he was Madisonville, Ky., May 26. rot has been noticed in several places, induced to pay $1,500 for the interest, The heavy rains have greatly damaged Only about 5 per cent has been planted being infotmed that the firm owned pro- tobacco plants. Reports from Hopkins in Hopkins county, and unless bright perty valued at $3 000 and had no liabili- county arc to the effect that at least 50 weather prevails, this county will have a ties. He claims these statements were per cent of the tobacco plants are ruined short tobacco crop. false. MEXICAN TOBACCO ON THE BOOM. The constantly increasing demand by INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE /\, C^ALVEs (^ O^- ^^J> Havana 123 n. third JrVetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATELA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T« Dohani Win. H. Dohaiu 1855. firm ^^^ !fe DOHAN & TAITT, 0 1^ J Importers of HavaDa and Sumatra Packers of /^*^^^ 107 Arch St. Established 1825 ^* I s >N^^ BREMER*^ "tV^^ IMPORTERS OF "^ fij Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia J^TLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. rten of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. ^ SEED LEAP M4VAIU md SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia : Lanesster, Ph.; Milton Jocctioa, Wis.; Baldwia»iFllfe,]f.Y« fTVkt^ T^mrkirt^ Importers and Dcalcrs III •^ * i-lC J^^llipil C AL,, KINDS OP -i 4—^ SEED LEAF. ^eai lobacco "avana C SUMATRA o.,Ltd. 118 N.3(l St. Phila. lENJ. LABE JACOB LABti; SIDNBT E Havana 123 n. third st . .a^t^m..^^^ IMPORTERS O^^ ~ Philjkdelj»hia SOLD BY LEADIHG DE&IERS EVERYWHERE 5tlGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« I The Old Salesman's Musings. %%%%<%<»»^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦ ♦ ••THE RULING PASSION IS STRONG man, and had never been sick in his IN DEATH." ^'fC' In two months he lost forty pourds, I was in the office of a certain tobacco and was commencing to look like a vie- firm last week, and in the course of con t'^ of hasty consumption. He averaged vcrsation with the senior member, asked about two hours of fitful napping every whether the traveling member was on ^ight. He began to look around for a the road at the time. pleasant, sunny graveyard, in which to "No, he's in." was the answer, "but invest some mote money. he took a little trip out of town for the He met an old friend one day. N»howas day." Then he laughed. ^° shocked by the man's appearance that "The trouble with him." he went on he could hardly talk, and who finally after a minute, "is that he can't stay recommended a certain physician so home. He comes down to the office strongly, that the sick man made up h,s after a trip, and he can't even sit in the "^»«d to look him over. The doctor in same chair ten minutes at a time. He question lived about a day's journey from fidgets around the place, in and out, the salesman's home, and h« decided to down stairs and up. here and there, until "™ake it a night trip. he has everybody around here as nervous "^ sat up smoking a half dozen cigars as a cat. He's the most unhappy being and then crawled in. f icing another when he's not out with his samples, that "ig^t of torture. In three minutes he - ^ „ _^^ .. was slumbering as pearefully as an in- % ever S3w« And he's like a whole lot of others, ^ant. and the porter had a hen of a time who have been traveling salesmen for getting him out in the morning. He years and who couldn't be hired to do ^elt like a different man. He went to the anything else. Some o f them don't physician who looked him over and gave know they couldn't be hired to. and they h>m a general tonic, telling him that the might consent to take a chance at an in- abrupt change of his habits had thrown •ide job, but it wouldn't be a month be- ^^s system out of gear. fore they were handing in their resigna The man went home the next night, tion with a big R. ^"^ ^g^'"^ pounded his car to his heart's Not long ago I read an amusing story, content. But the next night at home, it I don't remember where, about a drum- ^as another case o f open eyes. No mer who had sold goods on the road for sleep at aU. That started him thinking, thirty years and had managed to put by and after several hours of profound med- a little money each year. He was a itation. he went out and looked up a con- good salesman, b u t when h e wasn't tractor. grumbling over the bum hotel meals, he To him he gave copious instructions, would be dreaming of the days when he and then bought a ticket all the way could retire, buy a house and lot in some across the States. For a month he was quiet place, and have a home of his own, Jerked here and there by trains all over just like a white man. the great United States, putting in nine According to the story, this man had a lonely moving hours of sleep every night, quick route, didn't stay a great while in and at the end of the month he took a any one place, so that a big majority of train home. He had regained 25 of his the nights in the year would find him ^o^ty pounds and he was eating like a tucked away in a Pullman berth. horse. Well, when he got to be about fifty or so. ^hen he got back, the contractor met him with a smile, and a big bill, and showed him a nice little circular railroad in the lot back of the house. On the track was a cute little engine, to which somebody died and left him some money, which with what he had saved, made him quite a magnate. "This is where the worm turneth," quoth he to himself, so he wrote into the house and told them ^as attached a car just about big enough they were about to lose a good man. He fo'' a soft, dreamy bed. There was also then proceeded to look around for an a grinning engineer. The ex salesman estate to acquire, and after due search looked on the work and saw that it was ,. , , . , ^ good, and paid the contractor on on got a nice little place in the country, ^^^ ^ ^ within convenient distance of the city. At bedtime that night, he clambered The salesman was a well preserved (Concluded on page 38) Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia IF YOU WANT to be in HAVANA Smoke CN ?\^^ m 3c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office. No. 614 Betz Buildin/^, Philadelphia. JOSEPH HOLURD & SONS, Mailers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia, F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphio, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-^l^EALM OP TAB PETAILEPS TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. MONEY-MAKING RULES FOR RE- TAILERS. wanted, or rather what they were willing girls, to look after one of his counters, to put up with, and left the store. When The girls were pretty and the contrast of they got outside, one of them said to the a good looking girl in a cigar store acted Rise early and be at business when the other: as a great magnet. Men crowded in store is opened. . , , . "i"*:*- ,, , ,, , • J r .u- ^f tv,-,f Attend well to business during business HE average salary of the clerk in a 'Never again! That boy was the and bought all kinds of things at tnai Yioms. cigar store is small, and it is kept dumbest specimen of humanity I've ever counter, each one plunging recklessly in ^^^^ everything in the store neat and small by th« fact that any number of tried to communicate with." order to win a smile. orderly. young men can be obtained who will ac- -He was pretty fierce " admitted the "I thought I'd discovered a gold Keep the windows clean and nicely cept a position of any sort for very low other. "But we don't have to go there mine," said the dealer afterward. "I pay. Many a dealer argues that he again, fortunately." got to dreaming about buying brown would be a fool voluntarily to pay more The dealer had certainly saved a lot stone fronts and all kinds of things and than he has to to get assistants. of money on his cheap clerk, in this then I woke up. I had forgotten the But there is another side of it. Unless case, and it is pretty probable that it is fickleness of the American public. It the clerk is one of those rare boys, such no isolated instance. was all right for awhile, but after two or dressed. Have a place for everything and keep everything in its place. Buy from the best firms and don't open too many accounts. Never allow due prompts to remain un- ^^^^ ^^ ._ „ paid. as^figured as heroes in the old fashioned u is worth money in your business to three trips, each customer would begin Attend well to the counter and address as nguitu cia i.x- w J J . , • T- 1 • 1 I Ki riisifnmpri; immediatelv on aooroach- Sunday school library books, who were get away from the feeling that nothing will to think it over. The girl probaDiy so full of ambition that they seldom left be done properly unless you do it your didn't look quite so pretty the third time, their jobs long enough to sleep, the clerk self. You give an order and then hang and the men began to realize that they who is willing to work cheap will give around, anxiously standing over the man couldn t haggle over their purchases, or his employer just as much as he abso- to see that it is done right, thus givmg couldn't even exercise judgment in mak- lutely has to, and not a bit more. up not only the clerk's not very valuable ing their purchases. If the girl turned His thoughts will be outside the store, time, but your own as well. It's a money- on her bewitching smile, and, gazing he will spend most of his time looking at saving scheme that doesn't save, the clock, and wishing he had a decent job, or else had so much money that he didn't have to work, and every one of his movements in the store, will be one he is forced to make to hold the place. It stands to reason, that a man who is • • • GIR.LS AS CLERKS. TN certain sections of certain cities, a good proportion of the cigar stores employ girls as clerks. Sometime the girls are the proprietor's daughter or wilhiig to accept small wages is either members of his family, and they are there would never come in again. And a worth nothing, or knows he is worth j^ order to reduce the expenses. Some good many of them didn't So on the more than he is getting, and re- u^es they are good looking dames whole deal I figured that I had really gards his present job as a makeshift, brought in to attract trade. And some- lost, for even after 1 got lid of the girls. The-e two classes, of course, do not in jj^es they attract it. and sometimes they some of my regular customers had been elude the ambitious clerk wo is wo.k- ,epel it captured by another store, and never . r e cui,i ..• , ■ c came back, ing definitely for a future, but his kind ^ prominent dealer, in a large city of ..Qneof those girls was certainly pretty, the Middle West, being of experimental though," concluded the dealer with a frame of mind, employed a couple of dreamy expression custome'-s immediately on approach- ing. Don t walk up to the counter and leave your tongue behind you. Be as polite to the customer who spends ten cents as to the one who spends a dollar. Give the best possible value in all things. Never practice deceit, trickery or tell lies, even white ones. soulfully at the guy, asked him if he ^^^^ yourself smart and neat, wouldn' t like to try this new brand, only Cultivate a ready money trade, and under two for a quarter, he just had to fish out ^q circumstances give long credit, a half dollar and take what she gave jjg steady, industrious and careful. Re- him. member the good motto, "waste not» "When he got outside he would kick want not." himself around the block, and swear he Be methodical and punctual. Method is the very hinge of business and there is no method without punctuality. Read and study good works in conncc* DAVIDYAN, Jr.'s, DISPLAY OF GOLDEN EAGLE CIGARS. are few and far between. It ought to be clear to every dealer, however small his store, that a clerk who takes an interest in the business, is worth any number of times as much as the man who doesn't. The feeling that a proprietor can leave his store for an hour, or a day, or a week even, and know that his interests are being as carefully conserved as if he were present, and in- deed that his assistants are making a special effort to make a good record to show him on his return, as mur h for their own sake as his. is worth paying for, and the proprietor who begrudges three or four dollars a week for the sake of that feeling is making a tremendous mistake. When this proposition is put to a dealer who employs cheap help, he us- ually argues that his payroll is just as large as his receipts will stand, and that to increase the former would be business suicide. So it would, if he paid more money for the same kind of service as he is getting for what he is paying now. But he must remember that he is to get infinitely better service which inva- riably has its effect on the receipts. A couple of men walked into a cigar store in Philadelphia the other day and had occasion to look at two or three dif- ferent boxes and brands of cigars befo-c 'T^HE accompanying picture is a reproduction of one of the numerous displays of circulars inviting suggestions can be they made their selections. The stoi e I. Lewis & Co.'s Golden Eagle cigars which are to be seen about Fhiladel printed and distributed in the neighbor- was unfamiliar to them, and they were phia. This shows the well stocked establishment of Davidyan, Jr.. at Ninth and hood. This will show that the store- waited on by a boy. or rather young Arch streets, which is one of the best known stores in the city. There is always an Jlf^P^'^/^^PJ.^h?^^^^^^^ U man. by whom the proprietor was evi attractive display to be seen in these windows, and the present arrangement can ^jjj ^j^^ ^^^^ attention to his store and dcntly economizing. With considerable be ranked among the best. Golden Eagle little cigars are proving very popular in serve as a strong general advertisement difficulty, the customers got what they this market and are duplicating rapidly. — Exchange. tion with the trade. Commit useful things to memory, and never fail to put them into practice — Salesmanship. • • • CONDENSED WISDOM FOR DEALERS. 'T' H E storekeeper's prosperity de- •^ pends upon his keeping up to date by continually introducing changes for the better. He should remember, how- ever, that he has only one pair of eyes to take note of conditions that should be improved. He should thcrefoie endeavor to interest everyone who sets foot in his place to make suggestions. He ought to call clerks togetherand say to them: "You and I want to make more money in this store, but in order to do that we must do more business. Now I want suggestions from all of you about anything you think we can ao to increase profits by holding present trade and securing new customers and reducing expenses. I f you see any waste going on that we might save. I want you to tell me." The proprietor can offer small monthly or quarterly prizes for the best suggestion adopted, or he can offer a small prize of 25 cents or 50 cents for every suggestion adopted which makes or saves him money. Let him place a small autographic reg- ister in some convenient place where a clerk may write down a suggestion as soon as it occurs to him. The proprietor should also give his employes an opportunity to make com- plaints to him for adjustment. Dissatis- faction among employes kills loyalty and interest in the business. Bulletins should be posted in conspic- uous places in the store, inviting sugges- tions and complaints from customers^ and offering prizes in money or mechan- dise for the best suggestion received. THE TOBACCO WORLD A customer who always pays cash for her purchases gave the following reason for preferring to trade with a merchant who uses a National Cash Register: "I trade with Mr. Hardy because mistakes are seldom made in handling cash purchases. When I make a purchase a National Cash Register shows me the amount I have paid for the article and I know it is correct. "If I hand a clerk a dollar to pay for a 25-cent purchase, he goes to the cash register in order to make change. A bell rings and an indicator shows that the amount of my purchase was 25 cents. Mr. Hardy and his clerks handle all cash sales in the same way. I am never over- charged. It is a pleasure to trade with a merchant who uses a complete system." With a National Cash Register in your store you are equipped to handle the business of your customers to their perfect satisfaction. A National Cash Register pays for itself in the time we give you for payment. Let our representative call and explain our system to you. Cut off Her* and mail to us today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, DAYTON, OHIO J own a. Please explain to Name me what kirul of a register is best suited for my btisiness. This does not obligate me to buy. Addrexs yo. Cltrks Please Mention The Tobacco World "THE 400's" CIGAR CASE, YOU IN IT? Supplying "The 400" with their favorite Cigars? If not, ^^OET IN IT^ By using "The 400's'; Cigar Case ™s new and elegam^^^^^^ to get shabby, or metal to tarnish and require cleaning. Nothing ^xposea to wear or view ca^ F POLLARD, 33-37 Betbune St., NEW YORK Manufacturer of ShOW CciSeS 734 & 736 Superior St., CLEVELAND, O. g4g Liberty St., PITTSB URG, PA. ^^ THIRD ST HILAOeL^HIA gREMER BROS. &z: gOEHM GEO. W. BREMER, JE- WALTER T* BREME&. J 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA mporters, Packers «Lnd Dealers mi Leaf Tobacco • B0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco He. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. ir Reiail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, "°SE°1 Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. PtHLIPPJ.KOLB CkAMMlTCoijCMN 1 S^NoRTH Thi RD Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER OP Sumatra and Hayaaat* Dealer in all kinds of Seed Le«l Tobacco " VELENCHIK BROS. asfb LEAF T0B/I©(SO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVT2INKR J- P*INC« LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCC St. p- .| . • - . and Commission Merchants. F IVllaaClpllia Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HABUSSBRMANH ' L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, importers of Paclcers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra.'* Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, PhiladelphlarPenna. -THE TOBACCO. WORLD R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse— HAB AN A, CVBA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gumkrsindo Garcia Cubrvo. '^ Cable— RoTiSTA. LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANGIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO MUNIZ MUNiZ HERMANOSyCiA S en C Growers and Deaiers of VIELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO ReinaL 20, HavanaL Cable : •Angel," Havana P. O. Box 98 I I ESTABLISHED 1844 A VERY DULL WEEK REPORTED IN HAVANA. What Buyers Are on Hand Seem Inclined to Study the New Before Making Purchases of Any Size. This Year's Lowland Vuelta Abajo Superior. Crop [Special Correspondence oi The Tobacco World.] Havana, May 22, 1905. The past week has been one of the is all right, but the chief yield is wrap- dullest as far as sales were concerned, pers or large, lighter leaves called 6a, although as most of the dealers here are and mostly exported to Germany, while now busy receiving the new tobacco the American buyers usually care only from the country and looking after their for the second or third cuttings which escojidas, they are quite satisfied with give the Capaduras. Time will deter- the present state of affairs. The old mine the final outcome, stocks need not occasion any worry, as Salea they will find takers later on. foot up to a total of 1,429 bales, of which The buyers who have arrived here 1,074 were of Vuelta Abajo, 55 of new lately seem to be intent upon studying Partido, and 300 bales of Remedies. the new crop before they make their American buyers provided themselves accustomed purchases upon a large scale, with 661 bales, while the local cigars and cigarettes factories purchased 768 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals — F. San Martin, of P. San Martin & Co., Facundo Arguelles, of Arguelles, Lopez & Bros,, Ignacio Haya, of Sanchez & Haya, M. Menendez, of Menendez Bros. & Verplank, Tampa; L. W. Scott, of L. W. Scott & Co. , Bos- ton; Luis L. Cantor of L. Friedman & Co. , New York. Departures — Emil Auerbach, Antonio Rocha, Norberto Cueva, Manuel Garcia, for New York. Havana. Cigar Manufacturers Business continues dull, and while H. Upmann & Co HAVANA. CUBA, Bdctvkers and Commission Merch^a^nts The local independent manufacturers seem to have grasped the true situation correctly as they have not hesitated to purchase quite freely in the country, while a few have also secured a temprano vega here and there from the Havana dealers. The opinion «^eems to begainingground that the larger part of the lowland Vuelta Abajo of this year's cjop is superior to the 1904 crop, as it is lighter in leaf than expected and therefore just what the clear Havana cigar manufacturer is always looking for, light filler, but at the same time of a subtle and penetrating aroma. Besides this, the leaf is of good size and there will be more light colored wrappers there are always some orders coming in, than was anticipated, therefore, even they are more in the nature of a little though the price for a vega may appear mountain brook which never dries up, high, it will be more profitable to work but which has to travel for quite a dis- in a factory. tance before it meets the big stream. The burning quality is excellent and it Until the new tobacco is fit to be worked looks as if the tobacco will pass the fer- upon a large scale, no revival in the mentation in the bales sooner than usual, bigger orders is looked for. and thus be fit to be worked before long. According to a local daily, "La Lucha." As far as the hilly portion of the Vuelta Don Gustavo Bock replied to a reporter, Abajo is concerned it is too early to say as regards his tendered resignation, thus: anything, although this class of leaf is "It was simply a little misunderstanding said to have more gum, and therefore which arose between myself and the may need more time to cure thoroughly, company in New York, and which 1 am The Partido tobacco this year is said happy to say has been arranged sat have more body, generally speaking, and isfactorily to both parties." Don Gustavo for this reason may need more time to admits, however, that the resignation of cure thoroughly, although there will also the different managers of the several undoubtedly b e a portion o f lighter factories had been accepted as a matter growth, which might be worked sooner, of economy, in order to retrench the Late reports from Remedios say that a finances of the trust, large portion of the last cutting in April This action of Don Gustavo Bock is is rotting in the piles, and as these very unfavorably commented upon in were the so-called Capadaras, the chances independent circles, and it has cost him are that the final sound quality niay be the friendship of many who considered even less than calculated upon at first, him of too strong character to submit provided the above reports are trust- tamely to the dictates of a manager sent worthy. The first cutting of the original from Tampa, while he was the President plant, or whs^t is called here "Principal," Of course he may continue as President I I SHIPPEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TOBACCO The Celebrated HANUFACtURlSRS OF ^^" Cigecf Bta.ndi FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURiV 1 HAVANA. CUBA« CIGAR 2f BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to ordetA. CigAtB made strictly of tke very bttl VUELTA ABAjO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzawz. . Vknancio Diaz, SpeciaU Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Angeles St.. H A V A N A , Cuba. p. 0. Box 856.' SUAREZ HERMANOS, ^r/S/a?:';:; Leaf Tobacco FIQURAS 39-41, SaWe: •Cuetaia" HAVANA. CUBA* JOSE F. IRIBARREN, '''^'e'xp"' er of H a V a n a Leaf Tobacco Vuelta Abajo aivd Partidos a Specialty Dragones 94, HAVANA, CUBA Special attention paid to tobacco suitable for the American market N. THIRD ST Philadel.phia Leslie Pantin-.'^o Leaf Tobacco Commission Merchant, TJo Vvq -n n P|-i| \\ex •Rellly 50, ^ P. O. Box 493, • LlXXi UdiliCi^ \J U. UP BEHI^ENS & eO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands, ^<^^V^e, %\W, SOI/ and ^/sM^Pt^^ LUIS MARX ^AaJinf^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. ^Ahtbho. ANTONIO SUAREZ S enC Aimacen de Tabaco en l^am S8PBCLAUDAD BN TAB ACQS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo 110 y 112 HABANA JOAQUIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA <& CO. Packer aod Exporter of Lreaf 83a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jedbsa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. Mk Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JORGE 8t P. CflSTAflEDfl GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of , H€iM€LnEi lieaf Tobaeeo Dragones loS—iio, HA VA NA AYMLIXO PAZOS & CO. AhuM^oaiaias de Tabaeo en Ramm PRADO 1*3, Habana Bruno Diai R. Rodriguei B. DlRZ*8t CO. Growers aLAd Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and PdLftido TobaLCCO PRADO 125, Cabie>-ZAiDoo HABANA, CUBA* S-»pARTA6AS»-J Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand MTAGAS YC a 4^BAHSt Clfuentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street ClPBK. Habana, Cuba. MANUEL LAZO Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama Remates a Specialty English Spoken 199 MANRIQUE Telephone 6146 HAVANA Jose Menendez, Almacenista de T^abaco en Ramm Mspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26. Habana, Cuba* FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpecnJty in VuelteL Aba)*, Semi Vuelta. y Partklo, Industria. 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArrUMI Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apftrtado 270. Cable: Zalhzgon, AIXALA Monte 1,^6, c.bie-"CAUA." HABANA, CUBA. «•, -» TRB TOBACCO WOBtD f^t9§tJi^4Jii4 €^ f^ ^^»^»t)ca, /^ca^|;.-.i-ai«- SiM4,U. mP^RiTWS^ND PACKERl^^l LE AF^TO B ACCO. r OPFices: ^PETROIT,MICH. AMSTERDAM, HOLUANO. >vHAVANA ,CU8A. ^ NEW^YORKi eMOCNCM. CAftU AOOteSS 'TACNUCLA* JDS. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JBKOMB WAI.I.ER BDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. GANS m. CO. Packers of 1^63^1 1 O Dd^CCO liii«phope-346 John. No. 150 WgLtef Stfcej. NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF blished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.Bernheim&Son HAVANA TOBACCO NEW YORK. *T Havana. Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE! 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 183 WatCF Si. Amsterdam, Holland, NEW YORK. Cable Address: "HERE" business only a little over a year. During the war he was a Colonel in the liberating army and before the Republic was in- augurated he was elected Senator for the Province of Pinar del Rio. There is no man better liked in the Vuelta Abajo than Don Manuel, who is working inde- fatigably to further the interests of his beloved province, Pinar del Rio, of which he is a native. He knows the majority of the vegueros personally, and most of them will not only give him the preference but actually sell to him cheaper than to a less known buyer, therefore he is in a favorable position to sell as low, or lower, than the other dealers here. He has received already 1,300 bales of the new crop of about 4,000 bales purchased so far, and will leave again tomorrow for Pinar del Rio to receive the balance of his purchases and perhaps increase them yet to 5,000 bales. Amongst the famous vegas ac- quired by him are El Conuco de la Yuca, Felix Pulido, Patron Lazo, Poli- carpo Fajardo, Ricardo Abreu, Cayo de los Peladas, Marqucz, Padillo. Pulgaron, etc. Don Manuel handles only Vuelta Abajo leaf, and his specialty is Remates. The third anniversary of the Cuban Republic, May 20th, was celebrated in the same style as the 4th of July is ush- ered in, year after year, in the United States. Firecrackers, bombs, cannon salutes, parades, regattas, official recep- tions by the President, fireworks and balls in the evening, were in order, and everything passed off pleasantly, and the people were happy. Receipts From Clie Country Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara k Remedios Santiago de Cuba Total May 20. Bales 3. "4 377 1,701 70 5,262 Jan. I. Balei 18,673 i,8is 5.321 13 9.081 4.633 39.536 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-•♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦-*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK X New York, May 29, 1905. Business in town is satisfactory with volume of business is quite up to the most of the retailers, but the warmer late spring "average. It is apparently weather has caused a rush to the beaches safe to count] on a steady Western busi- which reduces the evening trade in Brook- ness, and] those manufacturers who have lyn and Manhattan considerably. Ac- established [a [clientele in the best terri- cording t o reports, the straight cigar tory to that'section find that their goods stores lose some of their trade to the move very steadily, saloon stands about this time of year. The only complaint that can be made although at first thought, it would seem is on the prices at which a good many probable that the saloons would do more manufacturers declare they have to sell in the winter. their product. Those who are not able ••It's this way," said the proprietor of to demand a certain figure are obliged to one popular stand, in a well known sa- put out a veryjgood cigar at an extremely loon in the Tenderloin, "Men seem to low margin, which with the present high have more time on their hands in the prices of leaf, which seem likely to last summer time, somehow, at least they arc for awhile, brings^calculations down to a willing to act as if they had. Then again very close basis. C Even j[at that the sit- they are on the streets more than during uation is a great deal better than if there the cold season, and a man is much more were no orders to fill, and the atmosphere likely to meet a friend. Each is in is generally {very cheerful, search of something to while away the • • • evening, and they adjourn to the nearest Buyersi,that:wereiin| the leaf n?arket saloon to have a drink. jj^jt week were on the lookout for cheap -Once there, they are likely to sit fiUcr and binders. There was very little down for a little chat and before they ^f either, and those'dcalers who have it. have gone, they will probably have are pretty (nearly able to» make their own bought more than a half dozen cigars, terms. Wisconsin lenders seem to be sometimes a good many more. When fevorite in demand, and something was there's a group, and they spend two or done in thisjline of goods. Anyone who three hours in the place, they are likely h^d a stock o f Pennsylvania tobacco to alternate by taking cigars, and some could sell it^as fast as he wanted to but of them may 'have a cigar' every trip. ^^^^^ 43 very^little in sight, and those Of course we dont get any box trade that ^^o have any are inclined to hang on way, but the other sales mount up sur- wherever possible. There was almost a prisingly. ' ^ ^ , stagnation in'Havana, manufacturers ev- ^^ c . u idently trying to get along with as little The manufacturers appear to be com- .' ,,. , . , . .- <: ^ •»», »u K t^^ possible, although prices still rule pletely satisfied with the number of ^ ^. , , *^ _, ' , . . ., , firm. There were a few sales made of orders they are receiving, and a visit to , the principal factories was productive of new Sumatra with a fair prospect of busier market Prices are scary, nothing but favorable reports. On cer- ,, . j .1. •_ ^ . , *; u J though, and the buyer hangs off to the tarn occasions such reports may be made , ^ - ^ ^ ' last minute, a little too sanguine on general princi- • • • pies, but it is likely that the present The trade was shocked at the news last # TBS TOBACCO WORLD 13 Wednesday that Louis F. Fromer had died of heart trouble the night before at his home on Long Island. Mr. Fromer had been a large manufacturer and well known in the trade. He had not been in good health for some time, but it j was not sup- posed that his trouble was of so serious a nature, and the news of his sudden taking came as a sad surprise to his many friends. The dead manufacturer was a native of Austria and came to America 'when a young man. H e traveled for a pipe house and later accepted a position «with Morris Jacoby. selling so many cigars for that manufacturer that it was not long before the firm of Jacoby & Co. was formed. Mr. Fromer being taken into the firm. Later the head of the firm bought out Mr. Fromer who formed a new firm of Fromer & Hirsh, and still later manu- factured under his own name alone. This last arrangement continued until about 1903 when the business became a corporation. Since 1896 Mr. Fromer has had his brands made for him by outside factories, operating none himself. His wife survives him. • • • The meeting and entertainment which was to have been held last Tuesday night by the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association was postponed until a week from tomorrow night, when the affair will be all the better for the delay. A number of members who hadn't heard of the postponement showed up last week and had a pleasant little chat on asso- ciation affairs. them. Mr. Roberts has been with this company for more than a quarter of a century and is fully calculated to guide it in continued prosperity. Louis P. Sutter, of Lonis P. Sutter & Bro., is back from Amsterdam where he attended all the inscriptions and secured some good Sumatra for his house. John I H. Goetz, of John H. Goetz & Co., has also returned from Amsterdam with some good purchases to his credit. • • • Argument was heard last week by Judge Wallace in the United States Cir- i cuit Court in the habeas corpus proceed- ings in behalf of Edwin F. Hale, who was taken into custody in contempt of j court on account of his refusal to answer questions in connection with the business affairs of McAndrejv & Forbes, of which , Mr. Hale is secretary. An effort was made to show that this firm was con nected with the American Tobacco Co. Elihu Root, De Lancey NicoU and John D. Lindsay appear for Mr. Hale, and Henry W. Taft, special assistant United States district attorney for the government. The main point of the attorneys for Hale was that the grand jury had no right to demand the firm's papers in an investigation involving no charge against anybody. Judge Wallace said he wished to decide the question as soon as possible and asked that briefs be submitted within a week. CVT-WORMS VERY DESTRUCTIVE. Richmond Farmers Asking for Means of Destroying Pests. COHN IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. lOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BOBNEMANN MANUEL SUAMK Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havanat Cubat MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. Amlatad M M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG AMSTERDAM. TELEPHONE. "a? 7 JOHN." 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK, Cahk Joseph Berran & Co., cigar manufac turers at Forty -second street and First avenue, have secured the services of Julius Hirsch, one of the best known drummers on the road. Mr. Hirsch will start out in about a week with an assorted line of samples which will include the best known brands of the firm. A reorganization is taking place in the affairs of the firm of Park & Tilford, and under the new style, a practically new concern will be conducted with H. J. Park, as president The company will continue to operate its stores at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street at the en- trance of the Park and at Columbus avenue and Seventy- second street, the companies retaining the places on a lease. • • • In a week the United Cigar Stores Co. will open another store in Harlem. The company has taken a store in the Marion building at Lenox avenue and 125th street, and will furnish it in the usual style. Last Friday represented the fourth anniversary of the United Cigar Stores Co. , which was celebrated by the giving of double certificates in all the branches. The original store on Nassau street was also "fixed up" in honor of the occasion. • • • The R. Steinccke Co. has announced a change in its affairs. William Roberts, who has been president of the concern since the death of Mr. Steinecke, and Thomas W. Maley, Jr., secretary and treasurer, have succeeded as proprietors of the company and extend an invitation to all their friends and patrons to visit Richmond, Va. , May 29. There was a very unusual amount of complaint made by farmers at the Tobacco Exchange last week regarding the dam- age which they say is being done the crops in several counties by cut-worms, and Commissioner of Agriculture George W. Koiner has been asked to supply the farmers with information as to how to S*a)liahed 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co* Inwortew of Sumatra & ^^^'^ nP^f\^/>|>A -'Packers of Connecticut Leaf I UllCIV/V»V. \2S Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. NOMDND H. Sioni Bmm Smrr rid themselves of these pests. Professor H. Garman, of the Kentucky experiment station, in discussing how to destroy the worm, says: "The strip of ground to be used for a bed, and if possible the soil for fifteen or twenty feet on all sides of it should be thoroughly burned over in the fall, say in September or October, and then plowed to destroy vegetation present on it and with it any worms in the ground that may have escaped the fire. Grass and weeds should be kept from it from this time until the tobacco seed is sown. "When no precaution of this sort has been taken and the young plants are in immediate dinger from cut worms a \ thorough spraying with arsenate of lead (three pounds in fifty gallons of water) will destroy the worms, though if abun dant they are likely to do some mischief before this is accomplished. Good will be done by dipping bunches of red clover ; in paris green water and scattering them about the beds before the young plants come up. "I have used the word 'spraying' be- cause it indicates the best condition in which to apply poison to plants, but arsenate of lead, unlike paris green, does no injury to plants in any ordinary strength in which it may be used, so that when no sprayer is at hand in may be applied with a watering can. It sticks, too, much better than paris green, so that if it were not for rapid increase in leaf surface, due to growth, one spiaying would be enough." American Tobacco Co. Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 14 THE TOBACCO WORLD G. H. SACHS Manufacturer •t Best Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS 245 NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Ra. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. ♦♦ It TOBACCOS THAT SELL ''DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewiag. mCII 171;t> linniM*> The best granulated smoking for either pipe or MLVI^ JnUUll ""cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADy-J.^etoed." """' '°'"' "' '°"'"°' """" "SUN TIME"— A. long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RFD SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "OLE^GINY""^^*^ ^""^^ °^ granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also riVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DAILK HOR.SE.- -SILVER MOON," and "BLACK THREADS." for the retailer. Writ* ■• for samples and prices. .THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. 1^ PITTSBURG STOGIES 3 o H O ;^ flQ H H C East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH Sl son, MANUFACTURERS 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. H H C O o 2 S PITTSBURG STOGIES A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«Lyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Toba.cco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also make Ur^e Field Sprayer which covars four rows at one tinve. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Snc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. Cm DAYTON, O U. S. BOARD OF GENERAL APPRAISERS RE- VERSES BOSTON COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS IN CASES OF LEWIS, AND BEMIS & CO. The Board of U S. General Appraisers ject by law at the time of such withdrawal; in'an opinion hnnded down by H. M. Provided. That nothing herein shall af. ^ • ..: . . , ,. 1 • f feet or impair existing provisions of law Somerville have sustained the claims of .^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ disposal of perishable or Chas. B. Lewis and Emery Bemis & explosive articles. Co , of Boston, which decision reverses Qn December 15, 1902. Congress the action of Collector Lyman. The passed an act amending said section 20 point of the decision is that tobacco im- ^y inserting before the existing proviso ported from Havana and lodged in an additional proviso, as follows: bondcdwarehouses before the convention Provided, That the same rate of between the United States and Cuba duty shall be collected thereon as may was proclaimed by the President, is sub be imposed by law upon like articles of ject to the 20 per cent reduction in duties provided for in the convention. The decision in full is as follows; Each of the importations under con sideration consists of tobacco which is shown by the testimony to have been produced and exported from Cuba. The goods were imported in January, 1901, and entered for warehousing in the merchandise imported a t the time of withdrawal. This law was construed in Mosle et al. v. Bidwell and often has been referred to by the Board in previous decisions. It was decided in the case above cited (Anglo California Bank v. Secretary) that where certain steel rails had been im- ported and placed under bond (the ware- house entries having been liquidated un- months of February and May. 1902. re- ^^^ ^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^gg^^ ^^^ spectively. The portions of these entries ^^^^-^^^ -^ ^ond over three years, that now under consideration were withdrawn ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^ ^^^ from warehouse on September 6. 1904. ^^ ^gg^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ McKinley more than three years after the date of ^^^ ^^ ^g^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^g^^^ being placed in bonded warehouse. ^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ subsequent to the While the goods were in bond, how- i^p^g ^f g^jd j^ree years and were in ever-^that is to say, between the time existence at the time of withdrawal. It they were enered in bond and prior to ^^^ y^^^^ ^y j^e court that as the goods the time they were withdrawn from bond ^ad remained in a bonded warehouse be- —the convention between the United y^^d the three years after entry, they States and the Republic of Cuba was should be regarded as abandoned to the proclaimed by the President on Decem- Government and that the rights and lia- ber 17. 1903. This convention has been bilities of both the Government and the construed to have become operative and importer were fixed at the time of such in force on December 17 of said year, abandonment. The claim urged in each of these cases is jhe existing law at the time of this that inasmuch as the tobacco in question abandonment was that promulgated in was produced in and exported from Cuba, ^Yie Cuban treaty, under which the claim it is liable to pay duty only at the rates ig ^ade. which, as we have said, was put prescribed by the tariff act of 1897 less in force while the goods remained in the 20 per cent reduction allowed by the bond and prior to the lapse of the three reciprocity treaty above named. years. If the tobacco had been with- ^ . . r L r. • J o. . drawn immediately after the Cuban treaty Section 2971 of the Revised Statutes, became operative and prior to the lapse which has a bearing on the question at of the three years from the date of entry, issue, reads as follows : there could have been no question as to Sec. 2971. All merchandise which the right of the importer to have had the may be deposited in public store or duties assessed under the provisions of bonded warehouse may be withdrawn by this treaty, under the principles settled in the owner for exportation to foreign coun- the Mosle case. tries; or may be transshipped to any port When goods are in bond, their impor- of the Pacific or western coast of the a^^on is regarded as incomplete. They United States at any time before the ex- ^^V *>e withdrawn for exportation, and piration of three years from the date of °^^ore withdrawal are subject t o any original importation ; such goods on ar- change in the rates of duty imposed by rival at a Pacific or western port to be a^X ^^"^ '^"ff enacted by Congress. So, subject to the same rules and regulations i^ withdrawn for consumption, the new as if originally imported there. Any law controls the rates of duty as fully as goods remaining i n public store or ^^ ^^^ importation had been made subse- bonded warehouse beyond three years qucnt to said law. shall be regarded as abandoned to the I^ follows from these principles that Government and sold under such regu- ^^^ Cuban convention having been put lations as the Secretary of the Treasury »" ^o^'ce while the tobacco was in bond, may prescribe and the proceeds paid into a"d prior to the date of abandonment, the Treasury. '^® rights of all parties as to the dutiable ,T-i • ..• » J u *u • character of the goods accrued on De- This section was construed by the cir- , , „ , ^ , v.v, u*; u-w 1^%. ... r A , cember 17, 190 . and were not affected cuit court of appeal in the case of Anglo- by the fact of abandonment under said California Bank v. Secretary of Treasury, section 297 1 o f the Revised Statutes and was held not to have been repealed above cited. by any provision in the McKinley act of October i, 1890, the Wilson act of Feb rury 28, 1894, nor section 30 of the cus toms administrative actot June 10, 1890, which reads: Sec 20. Any merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded ware house may be withdrawn for consumption within three years from the date of origi nal importation, o n payment o f the FLORODORA COUPONS FOR SALE in Lots of 10,CX)0 Address OF More A. M. HIRST, THK TOBACCO WORtD 15 S^ LA FLOR De SANTA CLARA # Highest Grade Five=Cent Cigar DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by s«^ Johns Brash Cigar Co. Main Office, LANCASTER, PA. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. GEO. W. PARR, Littlestown, Pa. MANUFACTURER OF HIGH-GRADE CIGARS •.::^,,^f^.:^t^'til^. >-:■'■: ■•• duties and charges to which it may be sub- 134 Underhill Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of Strictly Hidh-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, UAioa Riders, Sweet Tips, Cuba^a EmuiaLtor, GeaeraLl Post, Pretty Nell. i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1881 THE Incorporated 1902 W0RLD L Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. Philadelphia. Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bucki^ey, H. C. McManus, Preiident and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Telephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A. Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE I One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Pubushing Co , 224 Arch St , Philada. pulled forth a ciga.eite case and the the crowd went wild and for a'iew a'ud.ence which c'cmpletely filled the moments tbe ent.re ^-se was .n, an house held the.r breath in expectancy, uproar and some of '^^ P^'^'J^'-^'^ll M.ss Clark held the case in her hand a out in front endeavored to lasso one or mordent and then opening it i. < k out a two rings of the fragrant smoke to keep rrenough cigarette, the like of which them in remembrance of the occasion has not beea sLn in this city for some The fact that a t.ny little woman defied dme Net a sound could be heard in the Sta.e law .nd smoked a c'.arette m the house as she placed it in her mouth spite of it in a public place will go V%i^»%>%^i% •/%%%<%<%<%<% V%%%'%^%'%^ The Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. PHILADELPHIA, MAY 31, 1905 HE SELLS CIGARETTES BY HIS POP- ULAMTY. The American Tobacco Co. seems to have more ways of selling its goods than all the outside manufacturers put together. The Company grinds almost any kind of grist in its mill, and a large part of its success has been due to its constant tak- ing advantage of human nature. In the current issue of McClure's Magazine is an article by Henry Beach Ncedham on "The College Athlete." Mr. Necdham speaks bitterly of what he calls the growing commercialism in our colleges, and cites a number of instances to illustrate. One of them is the employ- ment by the American Tobacco Co. of James T. Hogan, Yales famous football captain, to push the sale of the com- bine's cigarettes in the college clubs. "Hogan entered Exeter, a poor boy, at the age of 23," Mr. Needham writes. "He had been earning his own living when he set about to complete his edu cation. His ambition was praiseworthy, and Exeter gave him the chance to work his way through the school. Hogan took his preliminary examination to enter Harvard. Harvard joined Yale and Princeton in competition for this great •prep" athlete. Claim is now made at Cambridge that Harvard lost him because no definite promises would be made. As proof of this contention are cited the facts that Hogan passed all of his Harvard entrance examinations satisfactorily, and that he applied for and was assigned a Price Greenleaf Aid (a scholarship paying about $200 the freshman year). But Hogan went to Yale. "The career of this athlete has been one of marked success. Hogan, with his room mate, Rockwell, the star quarter- back, occupies a suite in Vanderbilt Hall, tlie most luxurious of the Yale dormitories, which is the 'hangout' for seniors. Hogan has forsaken the eating club he formed in his fre^hman year. He takes his meals at the University Club. This is an expensive undergraduate organization similar to any social club. The initiation fee and dues are remitted in special cases, however ••Hogan receives |ioo a year, the in- come of the John Bennetto scholarship. In additicjn, accoiding to the dean, his entire tuition is abated. The baseball association gives to Hogan, Rockwell and another athlete the score card priv- ilege. Hogan' s income is further aug mented by commissions paid him by the American Tobacco Company, whose agent he is. It is well known about the campus that, through the influence of Hogan, the brands of cigarettes which he sells were placed on sale at 'Mory's,' a New Haven gr 11 room frequented by Yale men These brands are spoken of at Yale as 'Hogan's cigarettes. It is not to be argued that this employment affects Hogan's ama'eur standing. The •business arrangement" is important only as showing the growth of commercialism in collegiate sport" J. T. Wilcox, secretary of the American Tobacco Co., is quoted in the article as declaring that the scheme was an experi- ment but that it has succeeded so well that it will probablv be inaugurated in other colleges. Hogan gets a commis- sion on every box of cigarettes sold in his territory and he has done well. It is good business for the American Tobacco Co., and nothing can be argued against that concern. But it seems rather cheap for one of the biggest men in a college to finance his popularity in this fashion. It is fair to presume that the quality of the cigarettes has nothing to do with his efforts, and if some other concern offered him a larger commission, he would doubtless switch his allegiance, and just as enthusiastically praise the merits of the new brands. That is true of every traveling sales- man, but the traveling salesman wins as many friends as he can, solely to sell his goods, and never travels under false pre- tenses The college scheme is too much on the order of a famous hero, while the nation was resounding with praises of him, taking advantage of the ovation to push a brand of wine. ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW STILL FOOD FOIL DAILIES. The famous Indiana anti- cigarette law certainly is toothsome meat for the daily newspapers, and in the comparatively short time since the law has been in operation, there have bten about 400 different kinds of storiop printed from out the situation. The .following is re printed from a Richmond daily of recent issue: The unpopularity of the anti-cigarette law in Richmond was clearly demonstrated in Richmond last evening. Not the fact that it disposed of cigarettes but of the fact that it deprived persons ot their personal liberty, fhe occasion in which the demonstration occurred was in the 'production of the opera "Wang" at the Gennett theatre. Miss Marguerite Clark, one ot the stars of the production, in one part of the play is compelled to smoke a cigarette. Miss Clark, last evening. Here ai\d There With the Retailers The Retailers Meet. The regular monthly meeting of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Asso- ciation was held last Thursday night. Business incident to the picnic at Maple Grove on June 21 was transacted, and the reports of the various committees in dicate that the alTair will be one long to be remembered. Among the feitures will be the giving away of money prizes by a drawing, each purchaser of a ticket receiving a chance. Much interest is being manifested in the ball game between the Arthur Hagan Red Devil team and the United News Co's Invincibles. The association was shown to be in good condition and as the Board of Trade Committee is formulating new and bene ficial features soon to be incorporated, a steady healthy growth is confidently assured. The time for the awarding of the seven prizes lor ideas on how to increase the membership of the association has been extended until June 19, on which date the association will meet to award these prizes, and to complete the arrangements for the picnic Several new members were elected. James I. Hassan, the hustling dealer at 6633 Woodland avenue, and B. M. Clapp, of Leda fame, spent Sunday at Reading, the guests of John D. Taylor, representative of the Edison cigar in this city. A delightful day was spent riding over the mountains, and the guests were much impressed with Reading and its environs. In the window of the Moore store at Second and Market streets, is a model of a racing shell made so beautifully and with such faithful attention to detail that it has attracted a constant crowd. The Saturday specials, at two of the stores near the new United store at Sec- ond and Market streets, are moving out well and have proven a good offer. The store of R. B. Semon, at 131 South Tenth street, presents a very pleasing ap- pearance to the eye of the passer-by, ow- ing to the aitistic arrangement of the stock and the store furnishings. E. G. Steane & Co., the Tenth and Chestnut street dealers, show no signs of moving to the opposite side of the street, although it is still presumed that the re- moval will shortly take place. The opening of WashingtonjPark on the Delaware, has fcdded seme business to that already enjoyed by the dealers near the fcot of MarVet and|Arch streets. The regular summer transient trade has be- gun, and especially on Saturday after- noon, business brisks up materiall) . Many smokers^wbo are [going away for over Sunday, will 8t« p in a store near the ferry and buy'.erough smoking; or chew- ing tojlast them;.until their rttuin. With N2Li\ufa.cturers and Jobbers. E. Montero, manufacturer at 1603 Sus- quehatna avenue, has Ijeen for several years engaged in building up good pa- tronage in higher grade goods, among consumers in his immediate neighbor- hood, and has met with substantial suc- cess. He now employs about fifteen ci- garmakers, and his product ranges in orice to. bos trade from $5.50 to $25 per hundred. Lately he has placed his goods among the retail dealers, and now does a very fair wholesale trade. He is special- izing his Bouquet de Montero 10 cents and Pride of Susquehanna 5 cent cigars. Rubenstone & Fisher, at 202 North Seventeenth street, are now forging ahead on their Union Ribbon 5 centcigar,which will also soon be placed on the market, Flora Montez, is a brand used on a 6 cent cigar and El Impartial and La Geografia on 10 cent goods. They are building up some western in addition to a good local trade. Barney Greenburg, manager of the United Cigar Stores Company's Philadel- phia branches, says that business is all that he could ask, and declares that he is kept just about as busy as he wants to be looking after the various stocks. Policeman Parker, of the Lehigh ave- nue station, saw two men one evening last week leave Tresler's cigar factory, on Dauphin street, and gave chas**. He captured one, who was carrying sixteen boxes of ten cent cigars and a jimmy. The other man, who had no plunder, escaped. At the police station the prisoner said he was Robert Smith, and that he had several addresses. Ihis is the second time the factory has been broken into by two men recently, and on each occasion Policeman Parker caught one of the robbers. The manufacturers are still keeping pretty busy and are making no kick on the number of orders received. Busiuess in town could be better, but the road men are sending in enough to make up for this slight dullness. Collections are better, and the general atmosphere is cheerful. Sig. C. Mayer & Co., of 417 Locust street, are building up a firm trade on their high grade cigars owing to the enterpr sing methods of those who look after the busine- s. Especially is the office business kept in shipshape order by George I. Watson, treasurer of the company. Bajuk Brothers are still having a very large sale on their BB Blunts, which for a five cent cigar is all the money. Ever since this smoke was put on the market THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 # # For Gentlemen of Good Taste 5-S/IN FELI R^ A HIGH GRADE R^ 3C.CIGAR FORiJL>. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO,, Makers LIMA, OHIO the firm has had to increase its factory force to keep up with orders. A. S Valentine & Sons have not fully decided yet to what use they will put the first floor of the Seventh street building, which they have just leased, but the of- fices on the second floor will not be dis- turbed. It is thought probable that the floor will be used for the shipping de- partment. Business with Gumpert Brothers is re- ported good, in fact all that could be asked at this season. The El Draco Co., at Second and Arch street, is being kept busy these days filling orders on its popular brands. This house is branching out more in the West now, and its brands make a good name for themselves wherever they go. LeaLf Dea.lers* Jottings. Customs Inspectors Hartman and Welsh, who had charge of the Pennma- nor. had suspected the two sailors and watched them from the start. Von Ende came from the Viking and was seen assist ing Fransea carry the tobacco ashore in bags. Hewas arrested at once, butFransea ran away and hid in the hold of the Pennmanor. Word was sent to Captain Maclver, Jr., of the night force, and with Lieutenant Wetzner and Inspectors Sullivan and Barnes he started for the ship at once to look for Fransea. After two hours' search he was found hiding in the extreme lower portion of the vessel's stoke hole. It is believed that the men belong to a regularly organized band of tobacco smugglers. Fransea claimed to have obtained the tobacco from a Rotterdam firm and said that he was to make a return of 5i per pound. iT VOU CAN BUV WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT ALL JOBBING HOUSES There is still nothing of great interest in the local leaf situation, some dealers doing a fair business on certain scarce goods, while others havent any tobacco to sell. There was not much doing in Havana during the week, as buyers don't seem very anxi )us for this grade of tobicco at present prices. Whenever good stocks of cheaper filler were heard of there was immediate inquiry which in many cases resulted in a sale. The brokers are not finding it easy to get samples of Pennsylvania goods, and are finding those up-the-State packers who have anything on hand to be very inde- pendent, as they can well afford to be. Theodore Bixby and D. A. Shaw, of the Florida Tobacco Co , were in town last week on their way back from Quincy, Florida, where they have been paying a visit to the plantations of the company. Both gentlemen were very enthusiastic over the way their goods have been moving lately. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of ...Fine Cigars/.. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phone,) PH'LADELPHIA Correspofdence solicited with Urge h..dle,s. Wnte for Sample.. F. H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. Manufacturer of L. G. Hauessermann & Sons have just received some fine marks of Sumatra leaf which they purchased out of hand, and which they offer their trade. Captain Maclver, Jr., of the customs inspectors made a seizure of Sumatra leaf at the Port Richmond piers last week, and arrested Rudolph Von Ende and Philip Fransea. sailors, both of which men were held in bail and sent to jail. The captured tobacco consists of three bags of Sumatra leaf brought from Hoi land on the Pennmanor, weighing 140 pounds, the duty on which is $1.85 per pound. Captain Homewood, of the steamship Pennmanor from which the tobacco was taken, was later taken into custody and given a hearing before Collector Thomas. The Utter fined the man I300 because the tobacco was not entered in the vessel's manifest. This fine was protested and will be fought out in court, although the captain gave bond so that his vessel might clear. B. Labe & Sons are managing to keep pretty busy, and report a good steady demand. LANCASTER BOOM DIDN'T LAST. Business is Fair but Few Old Goods Are Obtainable. Lancaster, Pa., May 29. The local leaf market is again in normal condition, a moderate and mostly local business only being transacted. The recent spurt was but short, princi- pally it seems, for the reason that goods are not obtainable, that is to say old goods, of which the recent transactions mostly consisted. The planting of the new crop is now going on and with continued favorable weather, is likely to progress very rapidly. At that particular season of the year when local packers are inspecting their packings with a view of determining as closely as possible, the amount of dam S Mt ClpiS TKe largest ai\d best CLEAR HAVANA FILLED 5-cci\t Jl Cigatf on the MaLfkct. "Wc employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. niTR GUARAN FEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they arc OUR GUARAN^i.^^g^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^ g^^^^^^ Wrapper. E. SHERTS & CO. Lancaster, Pa. ^\\i jjifMd^ ^Jif xNn»'~| >y^. yv Manufacturers of lH-Giaile Seed&H9iaiia CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. THE TOBACCO WORLD UNIVERSAL COVPONS NVRITB TODAV UNiVERSALCOUPON i» vr r is&vud , and is redeetwisU ottwdin^ to our :N9 527437 . WRITE TODAV ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ^HE OLD AND ANCIENT ORDER of independently redeemable coupons has passed away. 5 A J The consumer is tired of mismated, mismatched coupons that are waste-paper — to him ♦♦♦♦^♦'^ — unless he uses an inordinate amount of one brand or article. Manufacturers, why not give coupons which can be reinforced and supplemented by the makers of cigars, cereals, soap, condensed milk, crackers, canned goods and the hundreds of other people from whom the con- sumer must eventually obtain his supplies of the necessities, and even luxuries, of life ? Can you conceive of a universal co-operative coupon which will be redeemable with those of other manu- facturers? Your business will be benefited by an interchangeable, yes even a universal, coupon. If you try to run your own coupon business, you will find it expensive ; you will need more help ; you will overstock ; you cannot buy right ; you have breakage, interest, cartage, expressage, disgruntled patrons, and five per cent, cut clean out of your profits. We do all the work for you ; give you an absolutely superior premium, and by our co-operative method you share onlv a part of the expense ; cut your premium expenses in half, and double your sales. The profits will look after themselves. You cannot buy Morris chairs by the hundred. If you did, where would you store them? Let us buy the Morris chairs by the thousand, and save you money in buying, storing, and all the other things which go to make up profit and loss in the premium business. Remember, you are in business to sell goods. Keep up your product and let others do the giving away at a minimum expense. Let everybody run their own business and leave the premium worry to us. We will sell more goods for you than you thought could be sold. We are salesmen of the twentieth century. We will furnish the experience, and your customers do not have to wait years for the dress-suit case, umbrella or desk. No painful filling of stamp books. Our coupons, derived from all sources, multiply like compound interest, and are redeemed by us — yours among the rest — in large blocks. You can never hope to suc- cessfully compete with vast corporations in the premium field ; but you can become an integral part of our system, and derive all the tangible benefits of large merchandizing at a minimum of cost. The value of having a co-operative interchangeable system at your elbow must be appar- ent to all. If there are details, such as "What will it cost?" write us and receive the fullest pos- sible information by return mail. We have already done so, and intend to cut a great, wide swath in the premium field, and we invite you to become participants in the assured profits. What we want are results; and what you want are results. Yoor prodact is ^ood — why not sell more? We can increase your sales without trouble to you and at very little expense. Try to let our Association butt into your tobacco business for a while, jand watch the results. What we have done for others, we can do for you. The strenuous competition of modern business is handled by us on •'mutual" lines, for the benefit of all manufacturers. Our universal coupon Is the most valuable premium voucher in the world, and inter- ested parties should make application at once to be enrolled in the Association, as the number of firms represented in the system will be limited. The fullest information, sample coupons, and catalogues showing premiums, etc., will be mailed on application. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-r* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦, Manufacturers' Trademark Association No. 253 Broadway, New York City { o I # Capacity for Manafacttiriiis^ Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for On8 Morb Good Custombr. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pi. THE TOBACCO WORI.D 23 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba •'TKKPLBLItADL.CUBA RKPU8LICA.DE:CUB A M UFTc ' I hHJIhlll*l,WJUI.«M'JH:HlJII,HIJI];l.l \CA i^rrs LADE CUBA iLi 10)' a&D utonzada porel Gobierno dela Republic« Garantiza q(je losrabacos.clgarrosYpaq(jetet Je picadura ({uellev9n os^apredMa son fabricadospor HABANA ^il:yjli.41IJJilJI^MA«MJ:<.UN.M.MJ:tiL^iU.M:MI!l.ll^^ 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... preceding cut is a fac-«imile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorised by the Government of the RepvUla if •fled by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobaeea bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. . The eoaflumerfl of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars. a^rettM, •ackages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Ishind of Cuba, who, jomUy with tha G of the RepubUc of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imiute, or in any way render usdess the guar by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA fac-similei black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark M age which is likely to be shown when the packings shall have been through the fermentation process, there seems always to be a few people, who for reasons not clearly definable, yell murder before they are even touched. We had an illustration of this not many days ago when a certain individual of this city who is doing a heap more harm to tobacco interests of this section than he ever did it good, set up a howl about the immense percentage of dam- aged tobacco the new packings were likely to show, judging by the advance inspections which are now being made, which has been a detriment to the pack- ings and to the undoubted injury of holders of tobacco for there was not a scintilla of truth in it Every responsible leaf packer in this city will tell you that there never was a packing put up yet that was absolutely perfect, sometimes there being shown, of course, a greater percentage of damage than at other limes. While this year is no exception to the rule, yet the condi- tions of the packings are not nearly so bad as was undertaken to be proclaimed by the alarmist before referred to. On the other hand the amount of damage thus far noticeable would appear to be a trifle less than the average year's results and packers certainly have no reason to feel in the least dismayed concerning the ultimate outcome of the present sweating season, if matters do not go any worse than they are so far. It is the opinion that the chap who first circulated the false rumor is a fit subject for the Osier treatment and that he has attained the age limit. The cigar industry throughout this county is in anything but a satisfactory condition. It cannot be said that there is no business for there is lots of it, but it is dragging along in such a way that neither manufacturer, leaf dealer or others are making any actual progress. In October of 1904 a leaf tobacco warehouse and other buildings belonging to Tobias Hershey, at East Petersburg, were destroyed by fire which is believed to have been caused by the spark of an engine of the Philadelphia & Reading Company, trains of which company run close by. Mr. Hershey, sustained a loss placed at |2 1,000 and has brought legal preceedings against the company to re cover his loss alleging that the defendant company was negligent i n allowing sparks to be thrown out from its locomo tives. Attorney John M. GroflF, i s counsel for Mr, Hershey and the suit has caused considerable interest in the local leaf trade. Wm. G. Kendig, attorney for W. H. McLaughlin, leaf tobacco dealer of this city, has issued an excution in the sum of #525 against H. S. Graybill, a cigar manufacturer of Litiz. Since the return of A. D. Kilheflfer, of Millersville, from his recent trip he has been adding daily to his force of cigar- makers and is now advertising in the Lancaster papers for a dozen or more experienced cigarmakers for steady work. PIPES R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKSKS Oy AKD DSAXJNLS IX 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. For Wholesale Dealers Only s/ie CHEAPEST ESTABLISHMENT for WOOD and CLAY PIPES Clay Pipes Our Specialty Write for Catalogue and Prices I. schilz-mOllenbach Manufacturer and Exporter HOHR, (nearCoblenz) GERMANY MATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER 3-Cent Cigars MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., Baltimore, Md. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. JAMES ADAIR, Sncoeaaor to ADAIB & REIFF. Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Garry a Larde Stock of PENNSYLVANU BROAD LEAF, ZIHHER SPANISH, LrriLE DUTCH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac- turers of &DealMt LEAF TOBACCO, IRREGULAR PAGINATION THE TOBACCO WORLD aUATI UTY 5.--. ^"^t ^"^ J. M. BUCKNER, JR. ^ CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Mannf actnrers 215 Eleventh Street, Louisville, Ky. we ».k. . SpecUUy of CIGA« WRAFPERS^ ^J^x" TObXcCo'"*™* Also SNUrr TOBACCO and BLACK FAT lOUAi-i^w for Export. Packed in Hogsneads and Cases. S mole " — * — *~«— .w«l- Correspondence Solicited. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. Heed Building, i215"Filbert SL, Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM 8l CO., New York EL NACION AL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Citfars MAKERS OP CLAYTON'S CHAMPION .cA-flTA P111..H. OBO- ■• CLAYTON. H.Mtf«. 5aBT«l«ph«Mi 44-e7A Fllbatt. Trade-Mark Register. MINER'S SOLACE 14,807 For chewing and smoking tobacco Registered May 17. 190S. at 9 a m, by Raleigh Tobacco Co, Philadelphia, Pa MIDNIGHT SUN 14.808 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, and chewing tobacco Registered May 18. 1905, at 9 a m. by C Olden- dich, Bellevue, Ky PURA PULLMAN 14.809 For cigars Registered May 22. 1905, at 9 a ni, by T S Albright, Reading, Pa THE ORIGINAL AND CELEBRATED BERLIN TOBIES 14810 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto gies. chewing and smoking tobacco Registered May 23. 1905. at 9 a m, by T H Floto, Berlin, Pa THE SILENCER 14 811 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered May 25, 1905, at 9 a m, by D A Minnich, York, Pa LA MOVANO 14.812 For cigars Registered May 25, 1905. at 9 a m, by Teller, Kleinsmiih & Co, Philadelphia, Pa NADA MEJOR 14 813 For cigars Registered May 25. 1905, at 1 1 a m, by Mr Martinez, German- town, Pa FRITZY 14 814 For cigars Registered May 25, 1905, at 3 p m. by J L Dimmig & Bro. East Greenville, Pa PYRUS 14.815 For cigars Registered May 25. 1905, at 3 p ni, by J L Dimmig & Bro, East Greenville, Pa PEACEFUL HENRY 14816 For cigars Registered May 25. 1905, at 4 P m, by M H Smaltz, Stouchs- burg. Pa GILLELANDS LEADER 14.817 For cigars cigarettes and cheroots Registered May 25, 1905, at 5 p m, by the Keystone Cigar Store Co, Philadel- phia Pa OLIO 14.818 For cut plug Registered May 26, 1905 at 9 a m, by Raleigh Tobacco Co. Philadelphia, Pa PRINCESS ENA 14.819 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, chew- ing and smoking tobacco Registered May 29. 1905, at 9 a m, by Brucker & Boghein, Philadelphia, Pa IDAHO TWIST 14.821 For cigars Registered May 30, 1905, at 9 a m, by C E Bair & Sons, Harris burg, Pa BLONTEE 14.822 For cigars Registered May 30, 1905, at 9 am, by Rubcnstone & Fisher, Pii.adelphia, Pa REJECTIONS. Miner's Union, Miner's Friend, Ajax, Grand Mogul, Nufccd, Diamond D, Robert G IngersoU, The Bumper, Lorraine, Sylvie. Bob White, Masono, Aprecio, EI Sello, Northern Lights, Bluntee, Cion, Hobo, Paul Revere. Sweet Princess, Lyric. GOOD RETAIL [DEMAND IN BOSTON. WKaLt the Dealers Are Selling Mo»t of a.t the H\ib. Boston, Mass., May 28. Summer weather predominated nearly all of the past week, and with the re- tailers there was quite a demand for panatelas, bouquet ponies and all sorts of short smokes. Business was fairly good. A noticeable uneasiness can be seen on the part of many of the sub- jobbers, on account of the slashing in prices by our largest American Tobacco Co. jobbers here and there is no telling what may happen next on account of the American Tobacco Co. being the vic- tors in the recent law suits against the trust. H. C. Traiser & Co have about fifty window displays about the city advertis- ing both their Havana and Pippin cigars. The R. A. Patterson Co is extensively advertising its Lucky Strike on every available wall or fence, while down Maine this concern is largely advertising its Patterson Seal cut plug. Jonas Gans, of Gans Bros., New York makers of the renowned William the Fourth clear Havana cigar was in town Thursday calling on Rosenthal Bros, their local distributors. Mr. Gans left town again Thursday night for Worces- ter, well satisfied with the good sale his cigar enjoys here. J. A. Pearlston, E. M. Stern and a crew of salesman representing J. White- law & Co , New York, are placing with SPECIAL NOTICE \ 12^ cents per 8-point measured line. ) Per Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tablished *880i ' o EXPERIENCED M.\N IN EVERY department of cigar manufacturing is open to position as Superintendent or Foreman in first-class factory. Best of reference. Address, Foreman, Box 100, care of Tobacco World. Philadelphia, tf WANTED- SITUATION AS SALES- MAN for a reliable Leaf House, carrying a full line. Thoroughly ac quainted, and can give best of references. Address Box 107. Ephrata. Pa. 5-a4-h WILL BUY FOR CASH -TOBACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address. TaGS, Box loi, care of Tobacco World, Phila. tf y ^ Le J. Sellers & Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD- »5 SCHUTTE Sz KOERTINO COMPAINV, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants, Correspondence Solicited. the trade a new little cigar similar to Leroy called Glorifier. The jobbing price on this brand is $1 1 less 10 and 2 per cent with i o per cent additional gratis in goods. A new cigar manufacturer here is R. A. Dashever, located at 17 Milk street. Sam Marcuson with the American Tobacco Co. is once more in town, put- ting out some handsome advertising matter on Hassan the 5 cent cork tip Turkish cigarettes. S. Strauch, of the Strauch Co., New York, makers of the Hygienic unpasted cigarette tubes, and importers of French cigarette paper, spent the greater portion of the week here visiting the cigarette manufacturers. On Sunday, May 21, a small fire visited the cigar store of H. E. Lombard, of Court street, the damage done amounting to 1 1 50. Andrew Kelper a cigarmaker in the employ of Frank Smith, 251 Cambridge street, died from hemorrages, in front of the shop Wednesday evening. E. Sterling a tobacconist from Wor- cester, Mass., was in town this week. Mr. Sterling reports having had a good trade during the past month and has recently added to his establishment the El Cafe Havana Bouquet cigar from the factory of L Miller & Sons, New York. An attractive window display of the Menashi cigarettes holds sway this week at Gorden Bros, cigar emporium, 999 Washington street. In Springfield, Mass , the closing of the «'Lid" will make serious inroads on the profits o f most holders o f liquor license?, who assert that the License Commissioner had overlooked altogether the f.tshionable hotels where wearers of diamonds and rustling silks are served regardless of results. One hotel man stated that the restriction upon the sale of liquor to women would mean the loss of halt his cigar stand trade, the fcir sex being inveterate smokers of the most expensive brands of cigarettes. Wm. Norden formerly with T. Rosen baum & Co. as city salesman for liatch ellor cigar has served his connection with that concern, and henceforth will be one of the salesmen of McGreenery & Manning. H. J. Mandel has leased the store at the corner of Bowdoin and Cambridge streets, and intend to have a first class cigar and periodical store similar to the one he now runs at 49 Howard street, Mr. H. J. Mandel will give h i s personal attention t o the new store while h i s brother will take care of the Howard street branch. A visitor in this market last week was A. Ellen a tobacconist of Bangor, Me. Louis Jeselsohn, wholesale tobacconist has removed from 214 Hanover street to larger quarters at 128 North street. The Allen Tobacco Co., of New York, intends shortly to place with the trade a cigar packed 3 for 5 cents. According to Ed Leader's opinion it will be a "hummer." James M. Farren one of the city sales- men for J. McGreenery is doing clever work in placing the Poet panatelas. Mr. Farren is well liked and his many friends greatly assist him. On or about June 10, Joseph Strauss, of 37 Washington street, will open his new cigar store at 121 Hanover street. S. A. Frank, representative o f L. Miller & Sons, of New York, of Leroy fame spent a few days the past week canvassing Lynn, Mass., with good sue cess. M. Schlesinger, tobacconist of Wor cester, Mass , was in this city on Thurs day. Joe Kramer, manager of B. M. Wollen berger's East Boston store left o ri a pleas-ire tip to New York. Joe certainly needs a vacation. Ben Alt. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. THE BUCKNELL CIGAH THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR Manufactured by jiik H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa.i Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. cj*.iE-m. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for Cfac Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands:— Sfe Bear, 5^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. OF ALL KINDS. BOX STRAPPING AND SEALS BSPECIALtY ADAPTED FOR THE CIGAR TRADE. steel and Wire B« St-.p.^2j^Pg{?f,rF'JS?SN°£Ki'd''LEAD SEALS. StaMard Metal Strap Co,, 336-342 East 38tli St., New Tort L. S. STAUFFGR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MAOE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDENCE SOUCITBD. C. A. ROST Sz CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. a6 THE TOBACCO WORLD 6Ae PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAIN MFO. Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD *r m Liberman's Latest ]V\achines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE \^^^^, % I I w S M ' > yf ni Rapid, • n ^^^^^^ j^ymm^^ ^■Tv v^^R\AKH YAT'GX^.^^^^^ W T^^ 1 m p""*^^^^ ^S ^1^ Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFa.co. X LIBERMAN MFG. CO. > -J PHIL A. PA. U.S.A. J/*J. j/'*'9. J^ Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphioL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street s8 THB TOBACCO WORLD HAHUPACTUmR OF ALL KINDS OF t38ai40C^HTRC§T New YORK3 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. W. H. Snyder Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medinm Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only «v«%%%«%i i%f*^yy^^/*f^%i¥^f9fvw9f%^/9^^^^^^^^i D. \V. HUBUBV, Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade APRIL REVENUE RETURNS AGAIN SHOW AN INCREASE. From the official reports of the U. S. Internal Revenue Department there is shown an increase of $5,455.44 from the sale of cigar stamps as compared with April 1904. Little cigars have again shown a slight decrease, while cigarettes, snufiF and tobacco all show a fairly good increase. The figures are as follows: April. 1905 $1,599,013 21 Increase, $5,455.44 38,565 92 Decrease, 1,7G1.69 238,048 49 Increase, 3,215.23 111,665.31 Increase, 12,306.96 1,617,886.52 Increase, 3.064.21 Cigars, Little Cigars, Cigarettes, Snuff, Tobacco, April. 1904 $1,593,557.77 35.327.61 234.833 26 99,358 35 l.(')14,822 31 Totals, |3,577.S99 35 $3,600.279 45 Increase. $22,380.15 A compaiison of the output for the month of April in 1904 and 1905 shows the following figures : Cigars. No. Little Cigars, No. Cigarettes, No. Snuff, Lbs. Tobacco, Lbs. April, 1904 531,185,925 65.421,500 235.610.975 1.655.970 26,913,700 April, 1905 533.004.410 62.159.900 241.167.000 1.861,089 26.964,775 Increase, Decrease, Increase, Increase, Increase, 1,818,485 3,261,600 5.556,025 205,129 51,075 In comparison with the month of March, 1905, the figures are as follows: Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. Cigars, No. L ittle Cigars, No. CigateHes, No. Snuff, Lbs. Tobacco. Lbs. March. 1905 586,746,913 69.682.962 313.999.600 2.346.355 32,954.030 April 1905 533.004.410 62.159.900 241.167.000 1,861.089 26.964.775 Decrease. Decrease. Decrease, Decrease, Decrease, 53.742.503 7,523.062 72,832.600 485,266 5,989,255 The first four calendar months of the present year, in comparison with the same period of last year, show the following results: ttv*^v***********v*****v***********v***v*******v^ F. B. SeHlNDLEf^ ^ 9i Manufacturer of Fine Domestic Cigars Red Lion, Pa. JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED ** ** ** *« ** ♦ fuv.**v***v*******v*v*v*v***********************Ji Cigars, No. Little Cigars, No. Cigarettes, No. Snuff, Lbs. Tobacco, Lbs. 1904 1,989.250.145 273,276,668 996,934,355 7.106.871 100,753.020 1905 2.134.735,774 244.133.362 1,088 174,741 7,337,348 111.218.723 Increase, 145,485,629 Decrease, 29.143,304 Increase, 91,240.386 Increase. 230.477 Increase. 10.465,703 INCREASE DEMAND IN TENNESSEE. MORE TEXAS-MADE CIGARS. A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of MI nil Flge WortHSliip. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen. Employed. 1 SoLles Will Be Held Oftener a^nd Prices Better. Memphis, Tenn., May 29. Owing to the increased demand for tobacco in the west Tennessee and south- western Kentucky dark tobacco districts, sales will be held every week from now on at the various warehouses controlled by the Planters* Protective Association. Several bogheads of western Kentucky tobacco have been sold at prices ranging from $6. 30 to $8. 90 for the leaf. This represents the beginning of the sales of western Kentucky and Tennessee tobacco which was bought early in the season at $5 50 to $7 per 100 by the independents, as well as the trust, as a subtitute for the tobacco produced in the Clarksville,Tenn., dark leaf district. The effort to substitute this tobacco in the foreign field has failed, it is said, because of the vast difference between the types. As giving some idea of what the firm stand taken by the planters through close organization has done for prices in the Clarksville district, it may be stated that the American Tobacco Co. has purchased on the breaks a boghead of tobacco at $ 1 2, 7 5 per 1 00 which could have been bought at the same time last year for about one-half of that figure. The Planters' Protective Association controls 50,000 hogsheads of the dark tobacco crop, which is the bulk of it. Offerings outside of the association are light and mostly of low grade. Another Manufacturing Company is Formed in Naco^docKes. Nacogdoches, Tex., May 28. The cigar manufacturing industry in this State is steadily increasing and a considerable quantity of Texas grown to- bacco is already being used in the pro- duct of a good grade of cigars. A few days ago a number of cigar- makers employed in the Nacogdoches Cigar Factory met and organized them- selves into a company for the purpose of growing and curing tobacco, and also to purchase real estate. At this meeting, permanent organization was entered into and articles of agreement signed. An ideal farm has been purchased and will be known as "The Blue Label To- bacco Plantation." The first crop will be grown next season, which will con- tain about fifteen acres. The officers of the new company are: L. P. Demouche, president; C. K. Luden, vice-president; John F. Glaze, secretary- treasurer; directors, H. F.Wilson, C. T, Skoog, O. C. Mickey. The president, Mr. Demouche, is the general manager of the Nacogdoches Cigar Factory of this city and is an ex- pert tobacco man. The cigarmakers entering the combination are experienced tobacco men as well as cigarmakers. I C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD «f Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company :/.^.^- ^-C*T~;-^'r^ W7'"' Finest HdLvaLnaL itrm Sole Purveyors, by Request* !• Hm Royal Hoase of Spain. WJ v^''^-^ i : /_ "" " •■■iU 'J \- -^^} CIGARS This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. Factory, GaJiano 98, f Havana, Cuba. NATIONAL CUBA CO. Sole Representative of the United States and Canada, 147 Water Si, New York. THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. SINGLEY, Manheim, Pa. n. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. ♦♦ Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ Largest stock of ^ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ♦ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. t WRITE FOR PRICES I COLUMBIA AVENUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦^♦^ . c THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar ribbons. |l»Buf«ctarer8 of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of HENRY GOTISELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers off High Grade Union Made Plain and Fancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price Hot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 Bast Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. JULIUS ALVAREZ & CO.'S FACTORY. Model New Structure at Allentown, Pa., Built Specially for Cigar Manufacturing Purposes. BRIEF SKETCH OF THECAREER OF A SUCCESSFUL HOUSE. 'g •The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigkt Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. I<%»»^^^^ %»»»^»»»^^^»%^» %%«%»»^' J, M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. i^»%%^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^% ^^%^»^' LABELS 1> 5 ^^ oC^jilH^Hi J. JttRHliOrl BRRJ^ES CO. MAKBRS OP Only High Grade Cigars THB CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and, Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. It is just about eight years since there was hung out in front of a small building in Allentown a small siga bearing this announcement: JULIUS ALVAREZ & CO. Manufacturers of FINE CI GARS And it was in this humble manner that Julius Alvarez & Co. announced their advent in a field hitherto unex- ploited in the particular direction and manner in which they proposed to do business — principally by mail. But the methodic and thoroughly systematic way in which they set about it soon made it ev- ident that their plans had been fully form- ulated and thoroughly thought out before anything in particular was attempted, and then it was done with a vim and energy that fairly astonished many older houses in the trade who marveled at the appa- rent rapid progress which was made. The merit of their product soon began to assert itself, which together with a system atic method of publicity, promoted the welfare of the young firm at an astonish- ingly fast rate. The only deviation from the original principle upon which the business was founded consists of a more elaborate sys- tem for marketing its product, by the addition of a force of traveling salesmen and resident agents in various sections of THE TOBACCO WORLD 31 of the country. Their rapidly increasing output soon required a practical revolu- tionof the entire plant and its equipment, resulting in the erection, in 1904, of a fine new building, which is herewith shown for the first time in public print, from which it will be readily understood that the new building is a large modern struc- ture, possessing every known improve- ment and convenience. This building, which was completed in August of last year, was taken possession of in the following month, and every de- partment is now in complete working order, and is operated to its full capacity. It is a four- story structure, built entirely of brick, and in point of sanitary arrange- ments and in the matter of ventilation it has been pronounced practically perfect In addition to its excellent natural light, it is also equipped with electric lighting throughout, electric elevator power, etc. The interior of the building is uniquely and most conveniently arranged. The firstfloor isdivided into a reception room, private offices, and general offices or counting room for the convenience of the several bookkeepers and stenographers. In addition there is also a well appointed shipping room, with cigar box storage facilities and a label department A portion of this floor is also set apart and partitioned off by a brick wall, and made into what is known as an up-to-date stock storage vault, for the preservation Telephone Call, 432 — B. le and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. ISISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of FINE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCI Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove«'^puf Samples. iamples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. 0* Box 96* WALTER. S. BARE, ^^ PaLcker of Finei Connecticut i* Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ciiiar Leaf Tobacco O&ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J, K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LEAF Tobacco 138 North Market St. LANCASTER, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindtft Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTvArv Paqa Fancy Packed Oebhart *-/VCIjr V/a»« of Packer of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil I if Uii CONNECTICUT -^ t* . racking Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street^ LANCASTER, PA. I. H. Weaver, W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OF n Drnnd T aq{ a. DiuauLbai and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTKR. PA, Ihiited B. F. GOOD 8l CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Pftcker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, BOft 112 W. Walnut St.fLANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock: 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber in L#CaT 1 ODaCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦%%%•%•%%♦♦♦♦♦ V^ ♦♦•♦♦♦ %«%%%!%%%♦ ♦♦4^ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER ♦♦♦♦>♦ Dealer in UNTTBD PHONBS. Leaf Tobaccos and Mannfactarer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehonaet: M LANCASTER ' and X RED UOFI. PA. HAIN OFFICES Lancaster, Pa. ^'♦^♦♦^ C. A. ROST &: CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 3» THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BRANDS: J ♦ " M ANO" lOc. agar ♦ t "Modjeska" ♦ ; and •• La Mano" X ^ 3-cent Cli{ars ^ ♦ ♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ H. C. LONG & CO Manufacturers of Cigars, LEBANON, I Pa. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ X OFFICE: X X 118 Mifflin Street X FACTORY: ♦ Cor. Maple and Plam Aves. X •[ VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, - - - PENNA. ESTABUSHED 1671 THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OP Zmuner Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. War»bouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio. L. A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ l/eaf Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH. CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS. UTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, fENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warebouses-'West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main O&ce, West Milton, Ohio. BILUMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ fw 9 ^ • t903 X iLrimmer opaLiii UMMERSFANlSHt r\ t t Gebhari of finished goods, keeping them in excellent condition for shipping as needed. It is equipped with patented moistening devices, and at the time of the writer's visit contained about 500,000 cigars, all in a perfect state of preserva- tion This is about its capacity. The basement contains another storage vault of similar size and capacity. Be sides this, the basement contains the casing department, resweating rooms and leaf storage facilities. On the second and third floors are the • main workrooms of the cigarmakers, strippers, etc., while the fourth floor con- tains the splendidly lighted packing de- partment, drying and storage rooms, etc. The Products. The products from this factory are of high grade goods only, ranging from clear Havana to nickel lines, and a large variety of styles, shapes and sizes well adapted to meet the pecuUar requirements of the firm's increasing business, which covers a large portion of the jobbing trade in the West, New England, Middle Atlan- tic and Southern States, in each of which sections the trade is being looked after by a personal representative direct from the house. Tbe Brands. Among the various brands of this fac- tory which are regarded as its leading sellers are the La Primicia, in clear Ha- vana; Flor de Alvarez, Royal Emblem and La Insignia, in seed and Havana; Quo Vadis, O. I. C, Yours Truly, Santa Clara, First Prize and The Capitol, in nickel goods. Wholesale dealers and jobbers are cordially invited by this firm to commu- nicate with the factory at any time, and are assured that all inquiries will receive prompt and careful attention. JOHN SWARTZ DIES. Well Known Pou^Kkeepsie Jobber Suc- cumbs to Heart Trouble. John Schwartz, well known tobacco merchant of Poughkeepsie, died suddenly a few days ago at his home on Mansion Square. He succumbed to heart trouble. John Schwartz was born in Bavaria, Germany, September 9, j 839, and among the prominent citizens of Ger- man birth in Poughkeepsie none held a higher place in the estimation of the community. When he was ten years of age he came with his mother to America, landing at New York city, and in Jan- uary, 1850, the entire family came to Poughkeepsie. He became an appren- tice to learn the cigar business with Geo. M. Welker, with whom he remained six or seven years, and on May i, 1864, en- gaged in the tobacco business for himself at 315 Main street. He made a success of this enterprise and in 1879 he pur- chased the store at 313 Main, where he carried on the business to the time of his death. Although having a large retail trade, h e was principally engaged in wholesahng, and his goods have been shipped to all points of New York as well as to other States. He has con- ducted the largest business of the kind in this section. %«%%%•%% Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The tobacco season is once more upon us. To be sure, only upon a small scale at present, but from this time on it will be growing quite fast, as one grower after another begins to transplant the delicate little things from the plant beds to the open fields. With the cold, drying northwest winds that we have had this last week one would almost think that RESERVED FOR lONA TOBACCO CO. Lancaster, Pa. WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS 4> Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4^ Write for Samples.^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 1902—1903 ♦Fancy Natural Bulk 4 Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- J somely Finished. X None Better. Jwritc for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West CarroUtonpMontgomeryCo.,0, ^ The Centre of tbe Best Zimmer Growing District.^ V/AIVTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivaLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOOHIISfOER «& GO. foU mmI HaavfactaTM'. Smokers* Fayorite Brands. RED L.ION, PA« C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ " La Imperial Cigar Factory ** HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE (SI6ARS* AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. 1 INCORPORATED. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc—Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa. ♦ 44 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦I J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, lANCASTER. PA. Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF *^TOBAeeO+ Main OfHce, ♦♦ Branch Office, Reading, Pa. Mc Sherry stown, Pa. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer — OF— F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. T LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High' Grade Stogies BMTHMSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ■it Cable AddreM, "CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, fi^^^m^-'"''- Clarksville, Tenn. M. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker, Hopkinsville, Ky» '•Ba*I«i,"1I.8.A. 34 Por Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to c-Tao-irtT t c p»a t. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE. PA THE TOBACCO WORLD _— — ^— -=== ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ f f ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ATTENTION, TOBACCO Choice Natural Leaf CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO (UNION LABEL GOODS) 8 and 16 ounce Packages .... 20 Cents 2 1-2 ounce Packages 21 Cents GOOD. CLEANED, SEASONED CUT SCRAP Packed in 5 Poui\d Cartons. Freight Prepaid. Send for Sample. READING TOBACCO MFG. CO., George W. Green, Prop. READING, PA. ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ the litttlc plants would be blown from the and over again concerning the gathering soil. The weather has been too cold the in of the few remaining lots in growers* last few days for rapid growth, and with hands, especially as they involve the the dry condition of the soil it is a little cheaper grades generally. Some riding risky and slow in getting started. is still indulged in and sales coming to Our correspondents write: notice are: Bradstreet, Mass. : "O. Belden & Sons O. E. Severson, 26cs at 7^ & 3c asst. are nearly half through setting tobacco. They raise about twenty acres. Those who have made a beginning are John Brcnnon, Edgar H. Field, C. W. and Harry Marsh and Walter Langdon. W. R. DflUGHERTV 8t BRO. Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic Cigars Hliihest Quality Finest Packaffes Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited E. Penewell, 4a at 7&3C asst T. H. Femrite, 7a at 6^&3C asst. A. Thompson, 4a at 6^&3C asst. O. L. Stenson, 6a at 6>^c. Among packers there is a moderate amount of business being done, the Tobacco setting will be quite general this cheaper grades being especially in de- week. Look out sharp for frost " mand. W. T. Pomeroy & Co. purchased "Suffield, Ct. "Tobacco plants are 1 50 cases of fillers of a Stough ton concern, making a slow growth, the nights are so and H. T. Sweeney sold a car load of low cool. But a few of our tobacco growers grades. have begun to set their plants, and others The weather so far is much too cold are getting the ground in shape, and as for rapid growth of the plant beds, which soon as plants are ready will begin to set jn fact have made but little progress for them." the past two weeks. Warm days are Conway, Mass. : ' 'Tobacco growers specially needed now to bring them on have had a hard time to transplant their for the usual transplanting season. Shipments 200 boxes. — Reporter. Our Capacity for Mannfacttiring Cigar Boxes li — Al.vays Room for 6nb Mors Good Cu8TOIISK. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 Sporty Kins Ik M. KALISCH WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff i Grade Ci ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦-♦•♦ JJJ^-f^^ A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. "Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. ♦♦♦♦♦-♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦♦♦♦•♦■♦♦ Onr Leaders: { """^"/lustSn'-''^ } Cigars-5c, 3 Sizes L. H. BROWN, ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WHOLESALE Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. I t ♦ I J4. ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^♦♦♦♦♦♦<» 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ J. K. Kauffman. I John McLaughlin. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. I Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of \ Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos > Also, All Grades of I P. G. SHAW Manufacturer of Fine and Medium I6/IRS D*allastown, Pa. (-GEO F.NASH A OPECIA\TY of Private Brands Svecial JOHN SELDEN -^ Ofor wholesale & jobbing Trade nranrl^A GOV. THOS. HUTCHINSON Correspondence solicited. Jirunub. Samples on application. BEN DE BAR C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOLON. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. » Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5a Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. Fine Cigars ®, Leaf Tobacco No. 307 Norf h Queen St. LANCASTER. PA. |V^%^%^^%%^%%^*'%'%^>^^^^^^^ %%%%%<%%% ^^%%%%%%<^^^^^%%| %%%%%%%«^ ****««*#**^<***-Jt****->^*-J^**^**-^*«« • S. N. MUMMA PeLcker of Leaf Tobacco l PennaL. Seed B's aL SpeciaLlty Warehouse at KailroaLcl Crossing landisville, pa. 4(.^^***X-^^^it^^«-^*^^^^^^^^^^t^«-^»*** R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, PdL. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH grade Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 THE TOBACCO WOmLD OIGAH BOX EDOiriOS= We have the l*»'o^' T. A. MYERS & CO. 'iTJ' " Cigar Box Bdgings in the United States, having over 1,000 designs in stock. Printer? and Engravers, • YORK, PENNA. Embossed FlagiSt Labels* Notices, etc. ■H»UH> W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. p"°°«- { lt'Z':\Z 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. e. ©.WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra )^TOBACCO^ 29 East Clark Ave. YORK. PA. /I. koHler & eo. pamacnirers of Fine Cigars DALLASTOWN, PA, CNpsdty» 75/»o per day. Brtablished i»7C COMBINE WON'T HELP? Get Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of F'ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. IndieLna. Ciga-rette Smokers Must Themselves Out of Trouble. Tcrre Haute, Ind., May 26. While no arrests have been made in Terra Haute of men and boys violating the cigarette law, there have been num erous arrests in other cities. In a number of cities men have been encouraged, it is alleged, to violate the anti cigarette law in order that their ( ases might be taken to the Supreme Court. In numerous instances, it is said, ihe violators were committed on the ad vice and in collusion with lawyers who wish to attract the attention of the tobacco iiust, from which it was believed financial support would be received. Now comes the information that the tobacco trust does not care for the anti cigarette law. The trust attacked similar laws in Tennessee and Iowa and failed. The Indiana law is said to be far safer from attack than the acts of either Ten- nessee or Iowa. The trust recognizes that it is beaten and does not intend to squander money in Indiana on lawyers and briefs. The trust will do consider- ab e cigarette business through the mails and will rest on iis oars. Th« men who have submitted to arrest and have been fined will be left to fight their battle alone. RICHMOND TOBACCO BOOM. CIGARS DETERIORATING IN LONDON. A report comes from London to the effect that many Americans are complain, ing of the inferior quality of the cigars sold in many places in the British metro- poles. It is alleged that some brands which have been favorites for years past have deteriorated during the last two years. Clerks in at least twenty shops say the statement is true. Retailers allege that the goods put on nowadays are lighter in weight and that prices are higher than two years ago. a.hiisseyI LEAFTOMdCOtO. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, Are the CIGARS Regls^ter'^Tr^ds: "Brilliant Star** Clear Harana. . . lOc **S. B." Half Havana, .... Sc **S. B." Little Havanaa, .... SC "Honest Bee** 3c. "2— I— No** MUdeat Cigar Made, 2 fOF Sc. Special Branda Made tc Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau "^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. A SOUTHERN LOCATION Good Tobacco Land and Locations for Factories THB SOUTH is now making greater progress than any other sec- tion. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Atfent. Southern Railway. WASHINGTON. D. C. But Farmers in That Section Distressed by Cut Worms, Richmond, Va., May 26. An encouraging and decided change in the condition of the tobacco market prevailed here yesterday. Prices were higher and finer grades of wrappers sold from I40 to $50, about the best prices of the week. Planter Martin, of Caroline county, received I50 for his lot of wrappers. B. W. Palmer sold two lots for another farmer for $40. Some grades sold low. One of the finest lots of sun-cured pro- duct offered for sale today was that of J. M. Bell, of New London, Caroline county. Mr. Bell is a brother of J. W. Bell, of Central Point, Va. , who sold a lot of tobacco here about two weeks ago for $66, averaging $20 on 5,000 pounds. A lot of sun-cured tobacco belonging to Mr. Grant, of Louisa, averaged $25. Silas Shelburne & Son's warehouse sold 70 packages on the exchange, the highest price being $50. All good, rich wrappers offered by Shelburne & Son sold high, the market being very low on medium to good fillers. The sales of these classes are very unsat isfactory to the planters. Farmers from the surrounding coun- ties are much wrought up about the damage being done to tobacco by what they call the "cut worms. ' John Pickett and T. J. Whitiker, of Caroline county, and James F. Wright, of Louisa, who have been here looking ji'ter the sale of their product at the Tobacco Exchange declare that the worms have done incalculable damage *o crops in their counties. C. L. Gray, of Caroline county, does not think that the next crop will be as large as that of the last year. He, too, is much exercised about the damage be- ing done by the worms. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IM AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. iONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRISTt Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common mufacturer of Cigars fc- . A. 0^^*^f ® <& O®- Havana 123 n. third st ■ * IMPORTERS O^^ ^ Pmiuadbi^hia 37 W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. Mm SPECIALTY Is Ihe "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF T.L. ADAIR, < wwor.ESALE MANUFA Fine Cigars SBD LION, PA. Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. I Istablished 1877 New Factory 1904 I H.W.HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. = YORK, PA. ^ Dealer in X X Cigar Box Lnmber, X Labels, X Ribbons, X Edging, Brands, etc. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716-728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA, Established 189a Cftpadty, Twenty Thousand ABEN BUSEP^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO^ 1Q33— 1937 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Oliio i 116-122 E.I4^"ST NEW YORK. 9 ORANCH FACTORY S-IO - bbO W 58fM5T NY 1 CATALOGUeS Or OUR STOCK CIGAR LABELS. FLAPS, BAr^DS ^ ETC.. ETC., SE/>/T GRAT/5 UPON REQUEST PhtEPAID WRITE US BEFORE RL^ACtNG ORDERS "-:> .. > FOR PRIVATE L^ B E LS . B AN DS . E TC , s« THB TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED ■-.,-.-■ ' A •it-J-'-*'lj^»'Ji0. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. '^ >■ PATRICK HENRY pATR^gUlENl^Y Five Cent Cigar THE OUCBE OIGAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & flavana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Chban stogies MANDFACTURKD ONI^Y BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. 2 jQj o))jo St, ADcgheny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of Pittsburd THE CELEBRATED •Xrma.* Xtm.rlr Stories I ^^ HAND-MADE ^^X y STOGIES. ^^ Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. E. RENISTINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DdlVCr Pfl,. Q^X^^^^-i-^ Caveats, Trade Marks, I d LvO Lo Design-Patents, Copyrights, cit John A. Saul, THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) into his private car, the engine gave a de- mure little toot, and started ofif. And all night the outfit sped around the track, ^vhile its owner softly slumbered, a sweet ^mile on his face. And I suppose he is -.till doing it, if the story is true. Whether it is or not I have no means >f knowing, but 1 have seen case after (:ase, where a man's health suffered se- verely from such a change. Two in- stinces in particular that came near home, ire those of two men, relatives of mine by marriage. They are pretty well along by this time, and the lives of both have been spent on the road. They are brothers, and lately, one of them decided that he would like to settle down and become acquainted with his family. He secured an office job, and thought everything was just lovely. But it is an actual fact that after the novelty had worn off, the man began to pine away until he got so he would spend all his time moping and brooding, until he was no good to himself or anyone else. He was used to traveling, it suited him, he had done it all his working years, and it was too late to change. He went back to the road, and there never has been a happier man in the world than this one the day he started with his simples. The other has not so fortunate an ending. He is a pretty old man, and it WIS decided that he would be better off the road than on. He came in and worked in the office, and the thi^g acted in precisely the same way. But this man brooded so often over the fact that his road days were over for all time, that he finally had to take his bed, and at this moment he is a very sick man, with a poor chance of ever being anything else. His heart is always following the course of his route, and he is as pathetic a sight as could be. So that is the penalty which the man who jumps a sample grip around the country must pay. Some day he must bring his samples back for the last time, and enter upon a period of listlessly wait- ing for the final call. The Old Salesman. WEATHER-CROP BVLLETIN. Department of Agriculture's Weekly Report on Tobacco Washington, D. C, May 26. The latest weather- crop bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture reports that tobacco plants are plentiful in Ken- tucky, and transplanting continues in that State as well as in Indiana, Maryland, and North Carolina. Considerable has been planted in Virginia, but the soil is too wet, locally, for this work. The crop is suffering from lack of proper cultiva- tion in North Carolina, and the weather has been unfavorable for plants in Ohio. In New England the the tobacco crop is reported as good to excellent. Taken by States, the report is as follows: Pennsylvania — Tobacco plants thrifty but backward. Maryland-Tobacco being transplanted. Virginia-Considerable tobacco planted but land too wet locally for this work. North Carolina — Tobacco crop gener- ally good suffering from lack ot proper cultivation. South Carolina — Tobacco promising. Tennessee— Tobacco plants growing well. Kentucky — Tobacco setting co«tinues as ground permits, plants plentiful, some damage by insects. Indiana — Tobacco plants transplanted. Ohio^Weathcr unfavorable for to- bacco plants. Business CKaLAges, Fires, Ete. Illinois Evanston — Chas Stineback, cigars, etc; sold out Indiana Indianapolis — Barl Bros, cigars; sold out; Rinehart Weber, cigar manufac- turer; real estate deed $1,700 Marion — Leroy Weaver, retail cigars and tobacco; out of business Iowa Muscatine— Arthur J Wagner, cigars, etc; bill of sale of one-half interest, 11,500 Kentucky Paducah — Brown & Shelton, cigars and tobacco; assigned Massachusettt Athol — Guiseppe Natanelick, tobacco, etc; chattel mortgage, $185 Michigan Kalamazoo — Baxter & Marston, cigars, tobacco, etc; D U Baxter, individually, chattel mortgage, $625 Missouri St Louis — Edward H Weiler Cigar Co ; filed articles of corporation ; capital stock $20,000 New Jersey Jersey City— Libow — Chrystol, cigars; chattel mortgage, $437 Harry Sel- man, cigars, etc; chattel mortgage, $868 Ohio Cincinnati— -Chas E Halley, manufac- turer and leaf tobacco; succeeded by Hill. Halley & Co Van Wert, O J Corned, wholesale cigars and tobacco; O J Corned dead Pennsylvania Philadelphia — Duncan & Moorhead (inc), wholesale cigars; Jacob M Duncan, president, dead Pittsburg — Israel Myers, cigars, etc; execution, $387 ; closed by sheriff JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT tftnofectttier of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarett F a— Itnanofacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. \ — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Mercltiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦^* ♦»♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H* J. f leisckha\ier Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 X X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tlx ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X I LITHOGILAPIIING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦^♦^^ ♦ ♦ - I I ♦ ♦ ♦ ^ Darmenter WAX-LINED ■ COUPON CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAQ& Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturera, kacine:. vris . u s a. Albert Fribs Haroi^d H. Frib R R R R FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and largest Hotise in the Trade. ManufactureW and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish ^ Betuns, ONLY NON-EVAPORATING Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. Sample Free The Most Popular Flftvon Since 1855. 9 B^*-Please write for them. C. A. Rest Havana f23 /v. THIRD ST HILADCL^HiA TMIE National Cig'ar Clipper It Clips a V in Ends of Cigars — A LITTLE vest pocket instrument for the smoker that '^^ puts a V in ends of cigars — neatly — accurately — without breaking wrapper, no matter how dry or brittle > the cigar is. / "^ It doesn't bite and pull and squeeze; but cuts ''shear ways," the common sense way — a way that can't dull the the cutter and disfigure the point of cigar. Design is elegant — nothing like it on the market anywhere Finest tool steel — nickel plated, and pol- ished. Makes an effective and lasting piece of advertising for the cigar manufacturer and distributer because of its ability to attract attention — its utility and durability. The dealer can't put a better selling novelty before a smoker. Hits two ways, — snug profit when sold — fetching advertising with name on. Sample 1 5 cents. Dozen lots with* out ad. $1.25. Gross lots without ad. $14.00; with ad. if not more than three lines, three eighth of an inch long, $16.50. v/ /y BsTabushbd in i88i Vol. XXV. NATIONAL SELLING CO., Allentown, Pa ^'ovf^fl. c4- ^1 i> JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers of HaLnd-Nade LONG FILLER. STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. E. I^OSENWALB & BR0. {D IN i88i ) \, No. 23. ) PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JUNE 7, 1903. Umk i^uLLAR ^kiU. Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents V GET ACQUAINTED WITH US! k ^t%»^»»%%^»%^%%% %%%%%%%% ^%%%%>%% %»%%%%%% It will be a Step in the Right Direction. We Import Our Own Sumatra. We Handle Everything in Leaf, both Wholesale and Retail. We Guarantee Satisfaction, and Ship on Approval. Our Mail Order Business Reaches All. In short, We are After Your Business on the Long Run. 'yyy^f^n/y^%n/%/v^w^/%^fw^/y^fv^^fvwyw^^/v¥^fyv%f% L. 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO. ^ No. 240 Arch Street, PhiladelpMa i L cAj C. A. ROST. & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD . A. G^^^^s A Cy>- <^> Havana ^^m^—— IMPORTERS O^-^ " 123 N. THIRD 8T 'HIUkOBL^HIA MSNgroClGAR 114 ^^Philadelphia TrytheRu^by — try it! That isn't ask- ing much of you. We promise you'll like it. Then if you don't sell it, it will be be- cause you don't trust your own judgment STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., Ltd. Cigar Mannfactarers, '"TSTr^. nfs^^' Pa. 29 North 4th St.. Philadelphia. 615 Market St., Piiilada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) Channing Alienist Co Manufacturers of HNE CIGARS 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CG aRS CLEAR HAVANA ^^^ ■tit All HavaM Clfar KEYWE&T CIGARS DUNCAN (h MOORHEAD. Inc., Makers, PHILADLUPHIA, PA^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 4 +TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ EXPORT OF CIGARS FROM CUBA. Statistical BureoLU a^t Havana Publishes Statement for Nine Months. Washington, D. C, June 3. Consul General Guenther, at Frank- fort, Germany, has written to the De- partment of Commerce and Labor the following regarding the exports of cigars from Cuba for the last nine months of 1904. Since April i, 1904, the statistical bureau at Habana has published monthly statements of the exports of cigars, which shows the name of the manufacturers and the destination of ihe product. Ac- cording to these data the exports during the last nine months of 1904 were as follows : Exported by Exported by Whither Exp'd. trust facto- independent ries. factories. Number. Number. England, 33,740,000 32,801,000 United States, 28,446,000 16,976,000 Germany, 11,562,000 12,525,000 Canada, 2,530,000 2,540,000 Other countries, 10,348,000 17,242,000 Total, TO BE OR NOT TO BE. 86,626,000 82,084,000 These figures show that 51.3 per cent of the total exports came from the trust factories and 48.7 per cent from the independent concerns. When the trust was formed the trust factories supplied about 75 per cent — according to the statement of the trust itself, 85 per cent —of the total exports. It is therefore evident that the trust, up to December 31, 1904, has lost at least 30 per cent — more than 50,000,000 cigars — in trade. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that while the exports of the independent factories to the United States are not very great, it should be borne in mind that the trust, in consequence of its almost complete roonoply of the trade in cigars, cigarettes, and smoking and chewing tobacco, exerted great pressure upon American importers and dealers, and, besides, shipped several millions of so- called reciprocity cigars and cigars of very low grade. If these millions of trust cigars had been deducted, the showing 0{ last year would have been in favor of ihe independent factories. From all appearances the attempted monopoliza- tion of the cigar trade of Habana is not a success. ^VRLEY COMMITTEE CAN'T AGREE ON PLANS. Cincinnati, O., June i. Archibald Stewart, who was in Lex Ington to meet with the Ways and Means Committee of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Company for the purpose of (Jcvising a plan to secure the money to finance the organization this year, is back in Cincinnati this morning, the committtee having failed to agree on any of the plans suggested by the Cincinnati promoter. Another meeting will be held in the near future, but several members stated that it now looked as if the committee was hoplessly hung, and would be un fible to agree on the plans so far outlined. Des Moines Sports Don't Know Whether They Will Keep Cigar Machines. Des Moines, la., June 3. This city is still wrestling in the throes of the cigar machine problem, and it is now believed that the authori- ties may follow the example of those in Portland, Oregon, who some months ago, after throwing the machines out of all cigar stores, tacitly allowed the dealers to put them in again, with the under standing that they would be jacked up every three months and fined for violat ing the law. Whether the Des Moines officials will work it in this Yankee fashion or not remains to be seen, but unless Mayor Mattern sets his foot down flat, some scheme will be devised to regulate the number of machines. The majority of dealers seem to be favorable to the machines, nearly all of which pay in cigars, and say that they increase business. They also say that the authorities should not raid these practically harmless devices, and allow big gambling houses to run under cover, but known to all sporting men as is the case now. The officials most interested, so far as can be learned, have no special objection to the machines, if they can be limited. The undesirable thing would be for every cigar store in town to get them in, which it is argued, has always proven disastrous. Police Judge J. A. Mathis advocates regulating the machines and collecting a monthly fine, "just," as he explains not very complimentarily, "as is done with disorderly houses." By this scheme the city would get a very satisfactory rev- enue. Mayor Mattern has not yet come out in any definite statement, and has evi- dently not completely made up his mind, as to what will be the best thing to do. Meanwhile the sports are trying hard to throw all sixes and royal flushes. HERE'S RED TAPE FOR YOU. In its last issue. Printers' Ink prints the following regarding the registration of labels, etc. Korea has no trademark registry law, but protects trademarks in a unique way. The agent of the British and American Tobacco Co. recently visited the Ameri can Consul at Seoul, Korea, and asked to have the company's trademark regis- tered in that country. The consul sue ceeded in having an imperial proclamation issued, forbidden the counterfeiting of of the labels of this company and the use of its boxes for containg spurious goods. NEW FACTORY IN CHASE CITY. VA. The banks of Chase City, Va., are re ceiving stock subscriptions for a new tobacco factory to be erected there. Among those interested are: S. C. Adams, president of the Interstate Tobacco Growers' Association; B. D. Adams, of Red Oak; C. Gordon, of Union Level, and W. D. NorveB, W. H. Jeffreys, Jr., N. H. Williams and W. F. Clark, Chase City. SECRETARY TAFT OFF JULY I. He and His Party will Leave for Philip- pines to Look Things Over. Washington, D. C, June 6. Secretary Taft and his party will leave for the Philippines on July i and com- mence a junket which may be of very great significance to the tobacco trade. Secretary Taft goes ostensibly to interpret to the Filipinos some of the laws which the United States is preparing to enforce, but it goes without saying that this father of the Philippines will neglect no oppor- tunity to further the interest of his pet Curtis bill, which he failed to have passed at the last session of Congress. The Filipinos have been complaining of some of the new laws which they do not understand, an important instance of which is a new set of internal revenue laws which taxes many of the chief com- modities of the island, including tobacco, cigarettes and matches. These articles have always been free of these taxes in the islands and the islanders cannot un- der stand why they should be taxed. It is the first step toward ultimate free trade between the islands and the United States. Secretary Taft declares that this prin- ciple would be advocated more heartily at the present time by the administration were it not for the fact that the treaty of Paris gives to Spain equal trade rights in the islands with the United States for a period of ten years after the signing of that treaty and that inasmuch as it is expected that during those ten years Spain and the United States will almost corral the commerce of the Philippines, it is manifest that a promulgation of free trade at this time would practically de- prive the Philippine government of all revenue from customs. It is in looking forward to the time when the goods of the United States are admitted free to the islands that the rev- enue laws now opposed in the islands were prepared. Tobacco, being one of the principal products of the islands, can always be depended upon to yield a large revenue, which in time may be expected to take place of revenues now derived from taxing American goods. LYNN. MASS . IS A BUSY TOWN. Money is Easy and Ci^ar and Tobacco Trade is Doing Well. Lynn, Mass , June 3. The shoe fiictories here are working full force and have plenty of orders on hand to keep them busy for some time. The General Electric Co. whose massive plant is located in West Lynn is also working full time. Lynn is a great town for union made goods, and Dills, Lucky Strike, Sensible. Central Union, Kozy, Big John and many other brands of union made tobacco are in public favor. J. N. Pike & Co.. wholesale tobacco- nists, operate a's 1 retail cigar stores both here and in Salem, Mass., and^enjoy a good trade. Davis & Young, druggists, have two stores here, and keep a full line of all the popular cigars. W. F. Greene, druggist at Franklin street corner Western avenue, retails all 10 cent cigars at 7 cents, 3 for 20 cents, and all 5 cent cigars at 3 for 10 cents. C. S. Bird, proprietor of the Post Office Pharmacy also has a store in West Lynn. Mr. Bird recently took hold of El Cafe, the popular 5 cent cigar. J. W. Doty, of 3 Andrew street, has a pool room adjourning his cigar store and carries a large assortment of both do- mestic and imported cigars. The Grum- bler 5 cent cigar is a favorite with many of Mr. Doty's patrons. A. S. Hovey runs one of the neatest cigar stores here. Among his leaders in clear Havana goods is the Regenburg American I'rincipee de Gales and various brands of R. A. Bachia & Co. clear Havana. A window display this week of Berkley clear Havana little cigars retailing at 30 cents a package is draw- ing much attention. Tucker & Co,, wholesale tobacconists, report a good trade on little cigars such as Leroy, Telonettes, Golden Eagles, etc. Ben All %%%%%%«/% ONE PROSECUTOR COMPLAISANT. Goshenites Ca^n Snvoke Ciga.rettes to Their Heart's Content. Goshen, Ind., June 2. Indiana's cigarette law is not enforced in Elkhart county. When the law went into effect there was a general conceal- ment of the outlawed article. Recently a young man, member of a farmer family, was in the city to attend church. As he walked down the street smoking a cigar ette Marshal Banta stepped up and ordered him to throw it away, with the advice that arrest would follow the second offense. The next day Prosecutor Hile an- nounced that the law did not apply to cigarette smokers, and there was no prosecution. Attorney General Miller has stated that the law is constitutional and applies to the cigarette smoker as well as the dealer. But Prosecutor Hile is fixed in his views and states that there will be no prosecutions. A few evenings ago a young man sat next to Marshal Banta in a cigar store. While he sat watching a game of "pitch" several persons decorated his broad- brimmed hat with cigarettes, sticking them in his hat band and around the rim. Then they added a cigarette pre- mium card. Banta later marched up the street in all the splendor of his decora- tions. There is a great deal of cigarette smok- ing in seclusion and little in public. The non-smokers feel that it wouldn't cost Prosecutor Hile anything to change his mind and come to an agreement with the legal views of the attorney general. The Price Cigar Co., of Benton Har- bor, Mich., has been incorporated with a capital of $3,000. C. A. ROST. & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD i 4rii 'i\i^ .,< «M«^ Pr^..{, ^_ /\_ (^ALVEs (^ O^' Havana 123 n. third ar u^gaciGAii 114 Philadelptiija Try the Ru^by — try it ! That isn't ask- ing much of you. We promise you'll like it. Then if you don't sell it, it will be be- cause you don't trust your own judgment STEWART, NEWBURGER fii CO.. Ud. Ci^ar Manafadarers, "T^Tr^J. ofsrt^ Pa. 29 North 4th a.. Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER. lOc!) Oiier Bris. & Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) Channing Allen® Co Manufacturers off 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4886-A. STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA CGaRS CLEAR HAVANA Ail NavtM Ci|if KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ^ MOORHCAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA. PA. ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples sent to Reputable Distribntors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. ^*V^^ CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 4 iMPnRTERs ar^^ HILJki>mU^HtA +TriE T©B/[eeO WORLB-» EXPORT OF CIGARS FROM CVBA. Statistical BurecLU &.t Havana Publishes Statement for Nine Months. Washington, D. C, June 3. • Consul General Guenther, at Frank- fort, Germany, has written to the De- partment of Commerce and Labor the following regarding the exports of cigars from Cuba for the last nine months of 1904. Since April i, 1904, the statistical bureau at Habana has published monthly statements of the exports of cigars, which «hows the name of the manufacturers and the destination of ihe product Ac- cording to these data the exports during the last nine months of 1904 were as follows : Exported by Exported by Whither Exp'd. trust facto- independent ries. factories. Number. Number. England, 33,740,000 32,801,000 United States, 28,446,000 16,976,000 Germany, 11,562,000 12,525,000 Canada, 2,530, 000 2, 5 40, 000 Other countries, 10,348,000 17,242,000 Total, TO BE OR NOT TO BE. SECRETARY TAFT OFF JULY L 86,626,000 82,084,000 These figures show that 51.3 per cent of the total exports came from the trust factories and 48.7 per cent from the independent concerns. When the trust was formed the trust factories supplied about 75 per cent — according to the statement of the trust itself, 85 per cent —of the total exports. It is therefore evident that the trust, up to December 31, 1904, has lost at least 30 per cent — more than 50,000,000 cigars — in trade. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that while the exports of the independent factories to the United States are not very great, it should be borne in mind that the trust, in consequence of its almost complete monoply of the trade in cigars, cigarettes, and smoking and chewing tobacco, exerted great pressure upon American importers and dealers, and, besides, shipped several miUions of so- called reciprocity cigars and cigars of very low grade. If these millions of trust cigars had been deducted, the showing pi last year would have been in favor of jthe independent factories. From all appearances the attempted monopoliza- tion of the cigar trade of Habana is not a success. BVRLEY COMMITTEE CAN'T AGREE ON PLANS. Cincinnati, O., June i. Archibald Stewart, who was in Lex ington to meet with the Ways and Means Committee of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Company for the purpose of {ievising a plan to secure the money to finance the organization this year, is back in Cincinnati this morning, the committtee having failed to agree on any of the plans suggested by the Cincinnati promoter. Another meeting will be held in the near future, but several members staled that it now looked as if the committee was hoplessly hung, and would be un fible to agree on the plans so far outlined. Des Moines Sports Don't Know Whether They Will Keep Cigar Machines. Des Moines, la., June 3. This city is still wrestling in the throes of the cigar machine problem, and it is now believed that the authori- ties may follow the example of those in Portland, Oregon, who some months ago, after throwing the machines out of all cigar stores, tacitly allowed the dealers to put them in again, with the under standing that they would be jacked up every three months and fined for violat ing the law. Whether the Des Moines officials will work it in this Yankee fashion or not remains to be seen, but unless Mayor Mattern sets his foot down flat, some scheme will be devised to regulate the number of machines. The majority of dealers seem to be favorable to the machines, nearly all of which pay in cigars, and say that they increase business. They also say that the authorities should not raid these practically harmless devices, and allow big gambling houses to run under cover, but known to all sporting men as is the case now. The officials most interested, so far as can be learned, have no special objection to the machines, if they can be limited. The undesirable thing would be for every cigar store in town to get them in, which it is argued, has always proven disastrous. Police Judge J. A. Mathis advocates regulating the machines and collecting a monthly fine, "just," as he explains, not very complimentarily, "as is done with disorderly houses." By this scheme the city would get a very satisfactory rev- enue. Mayor Mattern has not yet come out in any definite statement, and has evi- dently not completely made up his mind, as to what will be the best thing to do. Meanwhile the sports are trying hard to throw all sixes and royal flushes. HERE'S RED TAPE FOR YOU. In its last issue, Printers' Ink prints the following regarding the registration of labels, etc. Korea has no trademark registry law, but protects trademarks in a unique way. The agent of the British and American Tobacco Co. recently visited the Ameri can Consul at Seoul, Korea, and asked to have the company's trademark regis- tered in that country. The consul sue ceeded in having an imperial proclamation issued, forbidden the counterfeiting of of the labels of this company and the use of its boxes for containg spurious goods. NEW FACTORY IN CHASE CITY. VA. The banks of Chase City, Va. , are re ceiving stock subscriptions for a new tobacco factory to be erected there. Among those interested are: S. C. Adams, president of the Interstate Tobacco Growers' Association; B. D. Adams, of Red Odk; C. Gordon, of Union Level, and W. D. Norveft, W. H. Jeffreys, Jr., N. H. Williams and W. F. Clark, Chase City. He and His Party will Leave for Philip- pines to Look Things Over. Washington, D. C, June 6. Secretary Taft and his party will leave for the Philippines on July i and com- mence a junket which may be of very great significance to the tobacco trade. Secretary Taft goes ostensibly to interpret to the Filipinos some of the laws which the United States is preparing to enforce, but it goes without saying that this father of the Philippines will neglect no oppor- tunity to further the interest of his pet Curtis bill, which he failed to have passed at the last session of Congress. The Filipinos have been complaining of some of the new laws which they do not understand, an important instance of which is a new set of internal revenue laws which taxes many of the chief com- modities of the island, including tobacco, cigarettes and matches. These articles have always been free of these taxes in the islands and the islanders cannot un- derstand why they should be taxed. It is the first step toward ultimate free trade between the islands and the United States. Secretary Taft declares that this prin- ciple would be advocated more heartily at the present time by the administration were it not for the fact that the treaty of Paris gives to Spain equal trade rights in the islands with the United States for a period of ten years after the signing of that treaty and that inasmuch as it is expected that during those ten years Spain and the United States will almost corral the commerce of the Philippines, it is manifest that a promulgation of free trade at this time would practically de- prive the Philippine government of all revenue from customs. It is in looking forward to the time when the goods of the United States are admitted free to the islands that the rev- enue laws now opposed in the islands were prepared. Tobacco, being one of the principal products of the islands, can always be depended upon to yield a large revenue, which in time may be expected to take place of revenues now derived from taxing American goods. ^^^^^^^ LYNN. MASS . IS A BUSY TOWN. Davis & Young, druggists, have two stores here, and keep a full line of all the popular cigars. W. F. Greene, druggist at Franklin street corner Western avenue, retails all 10 cent cigars at 7 cents, 3 for 20 cents, and all 5 cent cigars at 3 for 10 cents. C. S. Bird, proprietor of the Post Office Pharmacy also has a store in West Lynn. Mr. Bird recently took hold of El Cafe, the popular 5 cent cigar. J. W. Doty, of 3 Andrew street, has a pool room adjourning his cigar store and carries a large assortment of both do- mestic and imported cigars. The Grum- bler 5 cent cigar is a favorite with many of Mr. Doty's patrons. A. S. Hovey runs one of the neatest cigar stores here. Among his leaders in clear Havana goods is the Regenburg American Principee de Gales and various brands of R. A. Bachia & Co. clear Havana. A window display this week of Berkley clear Havana little cigars retailing at 30 cents a package is draw- ing much attention. Tucker & Co, , wholesale tobacconists, report a good trade on little cigars such as Leroy, Telonettes, Golden Eagles, etc. Ben All ONE PROSECUTOR COMPLAISANT. Money is Easy and Ci^ar and Tobacca Trade is Doing Well. Lynn, Mass , June 3. The shoe factories here are working full force and have plenty of orders on hand to keep them busy for some time. The General Electric Co. whose massive plant is located in West Lynn is also working full time. Lynn is a great town for union made goods, and Dills, Lucky Strike, Sensible. Central Union, Kozy, Big John and many other brands of union made tobacco are in public favor. J. N. Pike & Co.. wholesale tobacco- nists, operate a'so retail cigar stores both here and in Salem, Mass., and^enjoy a good trade. Goshenites Ca.n Smoke Ciga.rettes to Their Heart's Content. Goshen, Ind., June 2. Indiana's cigarette law is not enforced in Elkhart county. When the law went into effect there was a general conceal- ment of the outlawed article. Recently a young man, member of a farmer family, was in the city to attend church. As he walked down the street smoking a cigar ette Marshal Banta stepped up and ordered him to throw it away, with the advice that arrest would follow the second offense. The next day Prosecutor Hile an- nounced that the law did not apply to cigarette smokers, and there was n • prosecution. Attorney General Miller has stated that the law is constitutional and applies to the cigarette smoker as well as the dealer. But Prosecutor Hile is fixed in his views and states that there will be no prosecutions. A few evenings ago a young man sat next to Marshal Banta in a cigar store. While he sat watching a game of "pitch" several persons decorated his broad- brimmed hat with cigarettes, sticking them in his hat band and around the rim. Then they added a cigarette pre- mium card. Banta later marched up the street in all the splendor of his decora- tions. There is a great deal of cigarette smok- ing in seclusion and little in public. The non-smokers feel that it wouldn't cost Prosecutor Hile anything to change his mind and come to an agreement with the legal views of the attorney general. The Price Cigar Co., of Benton Har- bor, Mich., has been incorporated with a capital of $3,000. t *\--^ [NTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE THIRD ST HILJiOBLfHIA J^ XT JJ_ 1 • P i^^ Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA FP^i^'U^ m\ i V GltGrlGin CK VO. «"d Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF 1 U UdUUU 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 1855. ^"^ DOHAN&TAITT, ^^ 0g,j Inporters of Havana and Sumatra ^^^ PacJre/s of /^^^^^ IO7 Arcb St. Leaf Tohacco\ ^wft»*^ J philada. Established 1825 >N^^ BREMER'S -€^^^ ' IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS o( Leal Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia ^^^iT'^ € v^'^'^^* ^y*5^**§|fc5. , > , ~-!^~- ;- ■•,--■ ■ - •■ " -;*j^ -*;.•.»> .' _ i*!>^*^ADE:l^ IVLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. IB of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf L. BAMBERGER & CO. ■SS» tEAF TflT} A flCO ■4VAIU and SUMATRA X V/J^XXV/ V/\/ ^ HI Arch St., Philadelphia : Lantaster, Pa.; IfUtaa Jusctiea, Wi».; BaldwIiiaTae,K.V. ■BNJ. LABE JACOB LABH 8IDNBS W BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SUMATRA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBACCO 231 and 2J3 North Third Street PHIhADELPEIA, PA. liEOPOliO liOEB 8t CO. Importers of Sumatra and Havana AND Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCO 238 North Third Street, TUti "PmnirA Importers and Dealersfai ^ X lie Xi-^^^ r^ ^ ALL KINDS OP ^^ SUMATRA X UUUUUU Co» Ltd. L4_.^ SEED LEAF, eaf T.obacco "avana SUMATRA 118 N.3d St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF TOB/ie©0 IMjPORTMMS of ?\ Young & NeWman,Siimatra k Hayuia (V&Sf Jl 2JV N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. Pactum •l$k—4 h—i^ A C^Au/Es c& Go. <^j> Havana 123 n. third st SOLD BY LEADING DE&LERS EVERYWHERE StIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS, Philadelphia. I The Old Salesman's Musings. X IT IS TIME THIS FAKE IS EXPOSED, portant instance, for it harms every ciga When the average layman, passing manufacturer, more or less, and deceives along the street, sees an Italian or a sensible people, who, knowing nothmg small boy stoop and pick up a cigar or of tobacco manufacture could not be cx- a cigarette butt and put it in his pocket pected to perceive at once how fallacious or in a bag with some others, he believes such a proposition is. that the boy or the man is a scavenger In making a cigar or cigarette from collecting material for some cigar manu- fragments of old ones, half smoked and facturer. thrown away, one of two things would This belief is fostered by the daily result. Either the new cigar would have newspapers, either wilfully or through the distinctive butt odor in such a strong careless ignorance, until probably seven degree as to cause instant detection, or out of every ten persons outside the trade, the manufacturer in eliminating that odor believe that cigar manufacturers re-use has destroyed the nicotine, thus render- these filthy stinking butts. Could any ing the tobacco tasteless, and hence, out belief be more silly? of the argument. Acase in pointisillustrated by an article Many smokers never relight a cigar which appeared in an issue of the Brook- that has gone out. ro matter how little a lyn Citizen a few days ago. which paper proportion of it may have been smoked, is by no means alone in the printing of on account of the offensive smell, and such stuff. In fact both reporter and the difference of taste noticeable. This news editor usually take it for granted odor never leaves as long as any of the that butts are used in re manufacture and cigar remains, and would slick to the butt write and edit their "story" from that through all the rejuvenation process un viewpoint The article is as follows: less overcome by chemicals, which, as I For picking from the sidewalk and said, would also take all the life out of streets all the cigar and cigarette butts the tobacco. they could find along lower Fulton street j suppose, of course, everybody in the seven boys at 5 o'clock this mornmg ^j ^^ ^^^^e knows this, and pays no at- were arrested by plain clothesmen Chris ^ . . . u tian and Peterson of the Adams street tention to such stories as these when they station. The boys are Frank Culivar, 9; come out in the newspapers. Other per- his brother James 8. of No. 461 Adelphi sons don't know it, though, and those street; Jas Larkey. 8, of No. 481 Adelphi ^^^ ^^^ opposed to the tobacco business street: Frank Mocase, 10. of No. 4 Front , • • 1 ha . . a street-. Frank Quale. 10, of No. 31 Front on moral principles find a text ready street; Salvatore Lombardo, 10. ef No. made to hand. 27 Fiont street, and his brother Eugene, I should think, though, any sensible The lads were arraigned in the person ought to realize that the health Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia IF YOU WANT to be in HAVANA Smoke ch ^^^ rri 5c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office, No. 614 Betz Buildini^, Philadelphia. JOSEPH HOLLARD & SONS, d^f dJS Matters of A ■ l/m^ A 12 ^^'\^' Wilkin'''"'^ ^^'' ""^'"'"^ ^^^°'^ authorities would never permit such a ^"xhe boyr"have made a practice of thing, which would undoubtedly spread rising early in the morning for the pur- all kinds of diseaee. pose of hunting butts. After collecting Qf course the butts are collected, and a large quantity of the cast off tobacco ^^ ^^iking along the streets of a city, the lads said they sold it for 1 5 cents per ° •, . .u pound They would not tell, however, you are likely any day to see the scaven- to whom they had been selling the butts, ger at his work. They are also sold, but The boys reaped the largest harvest in seldom at so much a pound, and never front of theaters and saloons. ^q ^ manufacturer. Certain smokers, Agent John Ludecke of the Children's ^^^^^^j. ^^^ ^^ ^ ^igh order of Society said that this practice was a . , ., u .. a 1 means of spreading disease, inasmuch as society, break the butts up and smoke the butts which were thrown away and them i n their pipe. Such smoking picked up by the boys were often smoked doubtless has a gaminess of flavor which by persons who had consumption. The ^^^ .^^ appeal, but I don't think I would disease might be acquired by smoking . cigars that are made by dealers to whom "re for any in mine, the boys sold the cigars. The sale is usually made at the rate of There have been other articles printed so many for a cent, and the butts are in The Tobacco World pointing out the usually bought in by what might be called carelessness of daily newspapers in pub- a tobacco butt jobber, on a small scale, lishing statements that cause and nurse who sorts them over according to length, misapprehensions. This is another im- (Concluded on page 38) Matters of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia- m F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $33 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-^TIEALM opT/iB tJETAILERS ACTOR-CLERK BOOMS BUSINESS. 'T^HERE is a cigar store on Broadway, ■* New York, that has done a largely increased business since the employment of a certain clerk about two months ago. This clerk, until he secured his present job, was an actor; not a great actor, or a particularly poor one, but a man who bad been all over the country and has played a good many character parts His health began to fail a few months ago, and his doctor told him that he would have to quit th« road for at least a year, and do something where he could live and sleep regularly. The actor pleaded that he didn't know anything else, and that he hadn't saved enough money to keep him a month. But he had to quit all the same, and by pure accident he heard that a clerk was needed suddenly at the Broad- way store, and applied for the job. The actor has a rather distinguished appearance, and he applied for the job in such a peculiar way, that the proprie- tor forgot to ask him whether he had had any experience. The actor said : • «I haven't been used to living on the wages you have been accustomed to pay, but I can always manage to live on just as little or as much as I am worth. If it becomes evident to you that your trade has increased after I have been here awhile, are you willing to pay me ac- cordingly?" The cigarist is a sensible man, and such a proposition as this appealed to him. He agreed, and in the two months, the man has had his pay raised twice, and is now getting a pretty fair salary. When he was an actor, the man made it a point to absorb as much of all he saw as he could. He learned all he could of men and manners, in order to make good his character work. He found time to keep posted on racing, pugilism, baseball, all men's sports in fact, and could make about as good an impression in the first five minutes as any man you ever saw. One of the first days he was in the store, the proprietor overheard him talk- ing to an old Southerner who occasion- ally came in to buy a cigar. He bought his cigar this time, and when he pro- duced the dime, the clerk gave a little bow and said: "Thenk y, suh." The customer perked up a little, and made a remark. The clerk answered with a dialect from ' way down in Ala- bama. That started the ball, and in ten minutes he had sold the man a box of cigars and received a promise from, him that he was going to send two or three ••Cunnells" around. A Westerner came in a little later, some sporting men, and so on and so on, and whenever he could, the ex actor clerk regulated his conversation to his customer. In nearly every case he sold more than he otherwise would have, and without saying or doing anything that was likely to mix him up in a break later. He works along that plan today. and is always the suave, courteous, well- informed gentleman. He represents the difference between the intelligent sales- man and a dummy, and he has learned enough about the stock to save any loss on account of inexpert handling. The proprietor, is much pleased with his bargain, for his box trade has in- creased, and he is beginning to get or- ders from clubs. He is only afraid that it is too good to last. • • • CIGAR DEALERS AS TICKET BROKERS. TT IS rather odd that the practice of selling theatre tickets in cigar stores at bargain rates, has not become more prevalent outside of New York, although it could not be carried on to entirely the same profitable extent in any other city, owing to the absence of some of the favorable conditions. On Sixth avenue. New York, below Thirty third and for a good many blocks down, nearly every cigar store has a sign offering "theatre tickets." Each store has a large number of regular customers for these, who are also always sending transients around to the store, so that a very tidy business is done. The man who wants tickets, stops into one of the stores and looks the list of theatres over, tickets for which may be had. These comprise a majority of the best houses in the city, although when a certain house is doing an exceptionally fine business, there are likely to be no tickets for sale in these stores, as practi- cally everything that is sold there is what is termed in theatrical parlance "paper,*' that is, complimentary. Some of them may be given for the placing of lithographs in windows, some for other privileges, and many of them will have been given here and there by the press agent of the show for various reasons. The recipient may not want to or may not be able to avail himself of the tickets, so he brings them to the cigar store. Here they will sometimes bring as much as half price, sometimes more. When the tickets are for a certain date, and a customer stops in a few minutes before the performance is to commence for which the tickets are good he can get them for about a quarter of their face value, as otherwise they would probably not be used. This has grown to large dimensions, and the theatres apparently do not ob- ject. As a matter of fact they frequently profit from the scheme. A young fellow who has to economize and refuses to patronize the "peanut gallery" but who can't pay $i. 50 or $2 lor a seat, will go to the cigar stote, buy admission tickets for fifteen or twenty five cer>ts, and then go to the theatre, and for a half dollar or seventy- cents more, get a reserved seat. There is no doubt that the scheme could be worked in every large city, but it would have to be done in a mere limited way, as no other city has anything like so many theatres, nor are so many com> plimentary tickets given away. CHARACTER. BY CIGARETTES. A MEXICAN writer gives the following •"• rules for judging character by the manner in which cigarettes are smoked: He who smokes his cigarette down to the bitter end is either a miser or an egotist. Out of each ten, nine are misers. He who smokes fast without ever tak ing the cigarette from his mouth is hot tempered, jealous, of strong character and quarrelsome. Those who knock off the ashes at short intervals have something on their mind or are worrying over their bad luck. Those who play wich their cigarettes until they burn their fingers or their tips are either poets or newspaper men. Out of every ten, eight are newspaper men and two are poets. Those who carry their cigarettes deli- cately between the index and the middle finger are first-class liars, and the truth is not in them. Those who puff out the smoke in big clouds enjoy good health. Those who blow it out in thin, little streams are invalids or lazy. Those who take great pains to prevent the ashes dropping from the cigarettes are foolish and weak minded. Those who smoke in front of the ladies have never read a work on good manners. The ladies who smoke believe in exer cising the rights of men. And those who do not smoke at all have the best sense and health of all. ALSO RETAILERS' PARADISE. TJOLLAND is the smoker's paradise. Not only is the climate one which almost compels indulgence in tobacco, but the fragrant leaf may be had in abundance and at small cost The humidity of the climate leads naturally to continual smoking, and so common is the habit that instead of measuring distances by miles it is custo- mary for the boatmen to declare a place to be so many pipes distant. On entering the house of a friend a cigar is offered you, the host sees that you are kept well supplied during your visit, and a fresh cigar upon leaving is as necessary as a hat Old friends are not permitted to depart until their cases have been refilled, and the necessity for this becomes apparent when it is known that a smoker usually lights his fresh cigar from the stump of the previous one, keeping one in his mouth continually. Pipe smokers are equally devoted to their habit taking their pipe to bed with them and only lay it down when they be- come sleepy. Should they awake during the night they indulge in a short smoke before going to sleep again, and they al- ways light their pipes before getting out of bed in the morning. In spite of this devotion to tobacco there are few who feel any harmful effects, and physicians declare that the habit is ac- tually beneficial DINGY STORES. TXTHY is it so many retailers in the cigar and tobacco business are content with dingy, uninviting looking stores? Give a drug store the same gen- eral appearance, as far too many cigar stores have, and there wouldn't be a pill sold. Sometimes it isn't untidiness, or dirt but just that dingy look, caused perhaps by a careless or unintelligent ar- rangement of stock. The man may have new goods, and plenty of room to show them, and yet nothing in the place will look worth buy- ing. If a dealer realizes that he is not capable of making his place look smart, he will find that it is much cheaper in the end to hire somebody to supply him with ideas, than to keep on letting bis store look like despair. Nobody buys anything in a place like this unless there is no other store in sight, and the dealer who is content with that class of business would be much better off working in a milL • • • ANOTHER GIRL CLERK. A RETAIL tobacco company man- aging a number of branch stores throughout Milwaukee has introduced a novelty in the employment of a young woman clerk in one of them, that in the New Insurance building. She says, she likes her job very much. She says: • 'The men in these four buildings on this street are among the best in the city and they all treat me as perfect gentlemen should. The store was started three weeks ago. It is going to be fixed up, the walls touched up, the window pro- jected for a show window, new fixtures and lights, a big rug, and made pretty all over." During this conversation a slick young fellow dropped in and asked for "a good nickel cigar." "This is a fine nickel cigar," said the clerk, shoving out a box. The customer obediently took what, was passed him and went out "We do a good business, " said the clerk. • • • PIPES COMING INTO FAVOR. "•T^HIS summer is going to see a great increase in pipe smoking," said a tobacco salesman in a Kansas City store. "The custom has been growing quietly for months. We did not notice its rapid increase so much on account of the de- mand for pipe tobacco as from the sale of the pipes. Better quality pipes are in request, J3 and $4. being given readily for the imported brands, and a steady preference being shown for the curved stems with the plain black mouth-pieceSt Plug cut tobacco is the best seller and the public is refusing to look at the mix- tures common in the New York and Lon- don market There is probably no city in America with a lower aggregate sale of cigarettes than Kansas City. But if you watch the streets for the next month you will notice the increase i n the pipe smokers. The custom is not being en- gineered any. I guess it's just the de sire for a change." THB TOBACCO WORLD Protect Your Customers and Increase Your Business A customer who occasionally pays on account gives the following reason for preferring to trade with a merchant who uses a National Cash Register: I would go out of my way to trade with a merchant who uses a National Cash Register. I have had so much trouble because my account has not been credited when I have paid money on account and I have been asked so many times to pay a bill which I knew had been paid. "The National Cash Register owned by Mr. Hardy records all money I pay on account at the time I pay it. It is impossible to credit that payment to anyone else. For further protection I receive a receipt printed automatically by the register when the money is received and recorded.'* A National Cash Register increases your trade and your profits by preventing mis- takes and avoiding disputes with customers. Let our representative call and explain our system to you. l^iWUWT- O^iRCHftSE:^ Cut off Hero And mAil to us today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, DAYTON, OHIO I own a. Medse explain to Same me what kind of a rrgistcr is best suited for my husinens. This does not obligate me to Inuj. Addrexs Xo. Clerks Please Mention The Tobacco World ♦ ♦ ♦ I SHORT TALES OF DRAMATIC INDIANA— No 1 ^^^4 4.4 44.4. 4 4.» 4.4 4 ^^%)%%%%%*^^%%<%%%»^%»^^^v%^^^^^»i »♦♦■♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The two men stole softly up the street, there was a sound of stiff bolts, and the They stopped opposite a low, forbidding door swung open. archway and gazed furtively about them. The men passed in. They were ushered It was dark and still. into an inner apartment and finally to a One man put his mouth to the other's private room, in which there was no 0gi>, opening or exit save the one door. ••Are you sure this is the place, Jim?" The servitor gave them a key, bowed he whispered. and withdrew. ••Ay, sure enough, Frank; I've been The door was slammed to after him, and here too often to mistake it." was the with feverish hands, Jim shot the bolts bitter answer. and the key-lock. He passed over to The pair glided silently up the dark the table and throwing himself upon a alley until they reached a door. It was chair drew from an inner pocket a small complete night, but the leader did not package, hesitate. "At last! At last!" he sighed in an "Follow me closely now, Frank, and ecstacy of anticipation. The other man don't stumble," he breathed over his was following his example, and as the shoulder. dim light gleams fell on their fluttering He pushed back the door and the fingers, the packages discovered them two passed through. A long corridor, selves. traversed amid Stygian gloom, and another They were Sweet Caporal Cigarettes! ^oor. ^Imost in a frenzy of impatience the Beyond this steps, downward, and a men lighted the small rolls and fell back faint light glimmering at the end of a in their chairs with a tremendous inhala- long, sable vista. tion of relief. For a time they smoked "Keep your heart, Frank," said the in silence, and then Jim turned his pale, leader hoarsely. heavy-lined face to the other. Down they went and on and on in the '«It is terrible!" he exclaimed, "it is darkness, until the light grew more and awful, how a strong man can let himself more material and they at last found go like this!" Tears of self-pity rolled themselves opposite still another door, down his cheeks, this time of heavy iron. "I smoke seven a day, now," he said, The man in front clanged a massive weakly. knocker, and a smister boom resounded ^ .u • i j r « o . . , , ^j . — On the island of Porto Rico 14,000 a response. A tiny hole was opened in ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^f to. the portal. bacco. and the annual yield is 12,000,000 The leader uttered some strange words, pounds. Write for Samples &Price$ ^^ /\ (^ALVES (j^ O^- <^O^^htAVANA 123 N. THIRD ST t , ' -i: gREMER BROS. &l gOEHM, GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers eLnd Dealers ia Leaf Tobacco J. U FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READIN6, PA. D0TTS&KEELY. Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. Omr Retail Department IS Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, 'TelEl Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, I In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St, Philadelphia. l>|fflUPPJ.KOLB CmWOMff.COLGAN bRTHTHIIW STREBT, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. XMPORTSR OV Sumatra and Hayana Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leal Tobacco a VELENCHIK BR.OS. SZ?i. LEAF T0B;fle©O Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA ]/>UIS BVTHINKR J- PaiNCl LO UIS B YTHINMR & CO. Leaf Tobacco Broilers «)UO K&CC ^t* ^i^ •! j « * • and Commission Merchants. rl\llaaelpnia« Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN r^, L. G. HAEUSSERMANN 8z: SONS, > Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers In Sumatra."' Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia,^ Penna. 1 -THE TOBACCO WORLD R/ BAVTISTA y C A.-- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse-HABANA, CUBA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner— Gdmersindo Garcia Cuervo. ' Cable — ROTI3TA. LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner HILARIO MUNIZ IMUNIZ HERMANOSyCIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : 'Angel," Havana 20, Havana. p. O. Box 98 THANSACTIONS IN HAVANA MARKET SHOW INCREASE. New Remedies Will Be Short of Last Year's Insufficient Crop and Buyers of This Grade Will Have to Pay Stiff Prices For a Year to Come. New Vuelta Abajo is Fine. rr I I [Special Correspondence ol The Tobacco While business in the Havana leaf tobacco market remains quiet, there was ■till an improvement over the previous week, and the transactions repotted show an increase. The last lot of prime Santa Clara, first capadura, of the 1904 crop (in first hands) was sold finally to an American exporter at ^55 per qq. and this closes out Remedios tobacco in the Havana market, excepting what the few American exporters may hold for their wants; otherwise there is not a sprig left, so to speak, of first and second capa duras. Some escojidas may start this week in the country, and when the first lots arrive here something more will be k»own about the quality. That the quantity under the most favorable conditions can hardly reach last year's insufficient crop is now a foregone conclusion. As high prices have been paid for the tobacco in bundles and nearly everything is bought up in the country, buyers of this style ot leaf aext Fall, must be prepared to pay high figures, or do without it Any Northern manufacturer who has Co figure upon using Remedies for his cigars had better lay in enough stock now, as in all likelihood prices will be higher, rather than lower, for the next twelve months. The new Vuelta Abajo leaf which has reached the market so far, is unexceptionally fine and suitable for the clear Havana cigar manufacturers in every respect. Should the majority of the later receipts turn out as good as the early ones, there can be no complaints, although as every crop has good, poor and indifferent to- bacco, the 1905 growth cannot be counted upon to form an exception to the rule. The Partido variety is also very favorably spoken of, and will undoubtedly give some very choice light colored wrappers. Semi Vuelta in bundles has been paid for at very stiff figures in the country, and the packers comment upon it in glowing terms as to its superior quality, although the quantity is stated to be smaller than Ust year. The new Vuelta Abajo and Partido wrappers are commencing to sell, in small lots so far, as only a few complete vegas have arrived, but in August and September the annual heavy sales are expected to take place. New Vuelta Abajo Colas were bought up at a fair World.] Havana, May 29, 1905. price, as the opinion is gaining ground that there may not be enough to go around this year for the cigarette industry, in case the Spanish Regie should need this style of goods later on this year. Sales were 2,247 bales last week, consisting of 1,503 Vuelta Abajo, 419 Partido and 325 bales of Remedios. The American buyers took 1,036, local manufacturers 1,103 and European exporters 108 bales. Buyers Come and Go. Arrival — Richard Sichel, oi B. Rosen- blueth, and Arturo Ruiz, of Arturo Ruiz, New York; C. F. Koop, manager of the Manicaragua Tobacco Co. , Manicaragua; Antonio Rico, of El Arte Cigar Co., Tampa. Departures — Antonio Santaella and Antonio Rico, for Tampa; Vicente Muniz, for Spain. Hav&ncL Cigar Manufacturers are beginning to note an improvement in their orders, particularly from the United States, as far as the independent manufacturers are concerned, and the situation has never been better than it is now. Last week alone, four factories received orders amounting to half a million cigars, amongst which were the Partagas H. Upmann, Romeo and Julieta and Sol Factories. The bombastic praise of Don Gustavo Bock by the trust in a pamphlet and in some newspapers in the United States, as the most intelligent and most notable manufacturer, that is or will be. must be taken as a satire, or otherwise the trust must think the intelligent readers are nothing but ignoramuses. The Havana cigar industry was founded before Don Gustavo Bock ever came to Cuba and the notable men who created the fame were: Anselmo Gonzalez del Valle, Julian Alvarez, Antonio Caruncho, Ramon y Antonio Allones, Jose Gener, Larranaga, Manuel Valle, H. Upmann, Juan Runken, Jaime Partagas, Alejandro Villas, Pedro Bances, Juan Romero, Segundo Alvarez, Perfecto Lopez, Juan Valle, Pedro Roger, Manuel Garcia, Alonso and Gumersindo Garcia. The present men at the head of the inde* pendent manufacturers are at least equal if not superior, in intelligence to Don Gustavo Bock. Enrique Runken and Teodoro Gabaide, of the H. Upmann factory, Ramon Cifuentes and Jose Fer I I ESTABLI8HBD 1844 H. Upmanii & Co HAVANA. CUBA. Bdctvkers and Commission Merchscnts SHITTEP^S OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TO'BACCO The Celtbrkted 11JINVFJ.CTVRBRS or ^^" CitfCLff Br^fkdi I FACTORYt PASCO DE XACON 159-169 OFFICES AMARGVRA 1 HAVANA. CUBA* EDEN CIOAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. ■^r^- A rii ^ f ^^-?^- liijiiiiiS-n-iiirl Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water Si., New York Will receive and attend to ordext* Cigtr> made itrictiy of the very bsfl VUELTA ABA]0 TOBACCO Narciso Gonzai,bz. Vbnancio Diaz, Special* Sobrinos de Veaaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAP TOBACCO 10 Angeles St., HAVANA, Cuba. P.O. Box 856.' SUAREZ HERMANOS. (S. en C.) and Dealers in JuBSli iOOflCCO FIQURAS 39-41, g«ble; 'Cnttaim" HAVANA. CUBA* JOSE F. IRIBARREN, '^^'^Exp'orter of H a V a n a Leaf Tobacco Vuelta Abajo ai\d Partidos a Specialty Dragones 94, HAVANA CUBA Special attention paid to tobacco suitable for the American market ro A. O^'-^^^^cfi Qo- Havana 123 n. ' ' ^^^mmmm^^ IMPORTERS OF^' " ^' THIRD ST HH.ADEl.RHIA Leslie Pantini^o Leaf Tobacco Commission Mercliant 'ReJIly 50, ^ P. O. Box 493, ; Habana, Cuba BEHi^ENS & eo, Manafiacturers of the Celebrated Brands, ^^^-i^w*. ■\ SsP^^h SOI/ and ^isMX^^ LUIS MARX ^Jiaitif^ HAVANA. S-^PARTA@ASH Independent Cigar Factory Consulado 91, SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. ••Antkro. ANTONIO SUAREZ S enC Almacen de Tabaco en Rama B8PBCIAIJDAJ) MN TABACOS FINOS de VUBITA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayo no y 112 HABANA JOAQUIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA 41 CO. Packer and Exporter of Lreaf 83a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jedbsa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key Weat, Florida. & Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOJ^GE A P. CASTflflEDR GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of Ha^^^si lieaf TobaGeo Dragones loS—iio, HA VA NA AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Ramm PRADO las, Habana ONILKViL Bruno Diaz R. Rodrigucf The Oldest Brand >ARTAGAS YC a 4^bah^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street CaUe: Cl FER. Habana, Cuba. MANUEL LAZO Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama Remates a Specialty English Spoken 199 MANRIOUE Telephone 6146 HAVANA Jose Menendez, Almacenista de Xabaco en Rama Especialidad Tabaco de Partid( Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba. FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almaeenistas de Tabaco en Rama Speciaihy in Vuelta. Abaio, Semi VueHcL y Pwtido, IndustriaL 176, HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS. Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArribA Monte 114, Habana. B. DIflZo& CO. Growers OLivd Packers of Vuelta. Abajo and PsLftido TobsLCCO PRADO 125, HABANA, CUBA. Cable >-Zaix>oo (P. O. Box) Apmrtado 270. Cable: Zalhzgon. AIXALA ®. CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. f9^rEClAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYER&JH P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." JtL, GARCIA PUUIDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN Vueha. AbaLjo, P^Lftido ^Li\d Kemedio* cabie-puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. • C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO W O R I, D II Bttabliahed 1834 POR Independent Vuelta Abajo Factory Por Larranaga ^ApAftPi^il Cigar Manufactory ^i^V w^^^fcA*^^. A mlf^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietreu ^ ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Aaaaxed Brands : Alexander IL, Flor de Rivero, Ready and Rou^K, Sir Walter RaleijK i Lql Columnia de l«k. Vietori«L, Lai. IrmaL, and L«. Guipuzcoana. J. F. ROCHA & CO. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands S. en C. Sierra & Martinez made some transac-> tions, amounting to 128 bales of Vuelta nandez. of the Partagas, Pepin Rodriguez, Jose Menendez turned over 235 bales of the Romeo and Julieta, Manuel Lopez, ©^ new Vuelta Abajo. of the Punch. Calixto Lopez, of the Eden, Rodriguez Bautista & Co. sold 140 ! Antonio J. Rivero, of the Por L.rra. ^^^^' °^ Vuelta Abajo. naga, Pablo Quadreny and Francisco Abella, of the La Escepcion, Jesus Vales, Abajo. of Ramon Allones, Carlos Behrens, of Aixala & Co. disposed of 100 bales of Sol, Rafael G. Marquez, of High Life, their excellent Tumbadero (new crop) and otheis too numerous to mention escojida. „ ^ l 1 j . , . . T^ A- Muniz Hermos & Co. have already re- hcre. A fact is, that with Don Gus- ^^-^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^f ^j^^j^ Remates pack- tavo Bock as President of the Havana jng and some few bales of their Monte- Tobacco Co the output has constantly zuelo escojido. diminished, while the independent manu- Antonio Suarez is receiving steadily - , . .u r . .1 now 100 bales or more from their Vuelta facturers have come to the front, so the ^^^.^ ^^^ p^^^.^^ packings per week, latter aie pefectly satisfied to let the trust ^nd states that he is very well satisfied continue with Don Gustavo Bock in the with the yield so far and the fine quality chair, as they feel strong enough to pad of the new tobacco "Crepusculo," "Nene" and "Jefferson" 100 San Miguel Si. Habana, Cuba Cable;— Crkpuscui,o The Output of these Brands is 40,000 Cigars per day. United States Representative, C. B. TAYLOR, No. gj Broad Street, New York. @RAU, PL/INAS Y Qlfl. Almaeenistas de Tabaeo en Rama Calzada de la l^eina 22, ^^^^^^ ^^^^ Cable : Graplanas. die their own canoes and win the race. H. Upmann & Co. shipped 450,000 cigars last week of their own and other independent manufacturers. They con- tinue to be very busy and have good orders. Cifuentes, Fernandez & Co. arc like- wise busy, and orders are coming in Jorge & P Castaneda have made seme transactions of their superior Tumbadero packing of San Antonio de los Banos, but would not state any futher particulars. Jose H. Cayro e Hijo shipped 66 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido last week to their customers. Don Jose has just returned from the country and is very much satisfied with his late pur- chases, which together with their esco- regularly. Your correspondent saw some jij^s are arriving in weekly lots. bales of the new San Luis leaf just com- j^g^ p iribarren is now busy at his ing from the country when he called, escojida at Dragones 94. One vega. El Rctiro, was particularly f.ne Joaquin Hedesa will start his escojida in aroma, silky in leaf and of light colors, i" ^^? T mk'""" i°*!f ^* ' ' J T' . J r. S* L' Goldberg & Sons are receiving No wonder the Flor de Tabacos de Par- regular shipments from the country every tagas & Co. arc selling better and better ^cek from their Vuelta Abajo and Par- every day, when the owners employ only tido escojidas. the choicest Vuelta Abajo leaf grown in Vonciff & Vidal Cruz arc very busy, Cuba. CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARa. Obispo 29, cbie- •Bi««;o. ■ Habana, Cuba. GONZALMZ, BBNITBZ & CO. Almaeenistas de Tabaeo en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebcnitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. BAF^ei/I Y Qfl. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. as Don Pancho Vidal Cruz is almost constantly in the country securing the Sol received some very good orders ^cst vegas to be had, in order to be able to fill the future wants ot their customers. Manuel Lazo is continuously receiving from the United States, England and Germany, and therefore Behrens & Co. had to seat more cigarmakers this week. Por Larranaga. Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja, Calixto Lopez, and J. F. Rocha & Co. , of El Crepusculo, are all doing a fair business in accordance with the season of the year. Exports per steamship Mexico were 3.955' 856 cigars. Bayifv^ Sellin| A-nd Other Notes of In- terest. J. Bernheim & Sons were the heaviest buyers this week, as they purchased more LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO. nceiiistas (e Taoaco en im 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable: — Rbporm. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CI^UZ parts of the vegas from his escojidas and purchases made by him in the Vuelta Abajo. Gonzalez & Co. are going to do a big business this year in Remedios. as Don , — . _ ^.^ -_^ _ ^„^ ^.^ ^^^ Ignacio Gonzalez has personally, in con Packers and j p A p T^fJ R A ^^ l^lJ 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Br«ncK Houses: -616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Md.; '* O. Box 433. TeLmptt.. Fl%. junction with their buyers, supervised all the purchases made so far, which ought to yield some 8,000 bales in all. The\ will make three escojidas, one in Sancti Spiritus. another a t Placetas and the third one in the town of Remedios. Ramon Cifuentes & Co who handle only the finest lowland Vuelta Abajo, have received the first few lots from San than 600 bales of old and new Remedios Luis and Martinez, which are superfine and Vuelta Abajo leaf. in every respect, as your correspondent B. Diaz & Co. sold 400 bales of new can testify to from personal inspection^ D. uiie. «. v,w. o ^ ^j^^ j^^^j si^ipments j^om Havana last Vuelta Abajo. week were 3.160 bales of which the sev- SobrinosdeA. Gonzalez disposed of 300 ^^al United States ports received or will bales of old and new Vuelta Abajo, and receive 3,052. while 108 bales were des receiving weekly large shipments tined for Germany. J. H. CAYRO &: SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialtv: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse and Office, 92 Drsigoives Street, HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: ' Joskcayro." Correspondence solicited in English EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSB DIAZ are from their diflferent packings in the country. Fernando Gutierrez & Co. closed out 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to local and Northern buyers. G. Salomon y Hnos. made sales of 233 bales of Vuelta Abajo, Partido and Remedios. They were the heaviest ship- pcrs per steamship Mexico, as they tor- warded 679 bales. Receipts From the Conntry Week Ending Since May 27. Bales 5.729 397 1,271 9 56 J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almaeenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo HABANA, CUBA CON Jan. I. San Nicolas 126 y 128, Bales _.i-^_— ^-1^— n^— »i^— ^— i VEGAS PROPIAS Cable: "Jomagarcia' Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara & Remedios Santiago de Cuba Total - 7.462 24,402 2,212 6,592 22 9.137 4.633 46,998 A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in L,e£if .d COMMISSION MERCHANTS ant Monte 156, p. O. BOX. 595. HABANA, CUBA. Cable: "CALDA." II TSB TOBACCO WOKLO ♦.^-^^^.♦♦♦♦^.♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦.♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦ ,LEAF_TOBAeCOr OFFICES : DETROIT, MICH. AM8TEROAM,HOUl.ANO. XHAVANAfCUBA. NewJlToRjcifc fUtCMOCNen. CABLE A60K ess 'TACH UCLA* ^JBW FOJKlt'. |06. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROMK WALLER EDWIN I. ALHXANDBE JOSEPH S. CANS (SI CO. T":" S Leaf Tobacco fikphone— 346 John. No. 150 WaLJcf Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF bliihed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. d.BEI*N#lElM&50N HAVANA TOBACCO NEW YORK. s^t ^es H AVANA . Cuba Joseph Hirsch 6c Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICES 183 Water Si NEW YORK. { TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK J ^♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦****' New York, June 6, 1905. June has apparently brought in good quite a little Wisconsin binders are be weather, and now that summer has set ing sold. ^. in, the dealers are boasting of a satis ^ ^^ factory amount of activity. More goods The Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers are sold at nights, as in the summer time Association h a s decided to hold its New York is a city where everyone lives postponed entertainment a week from to- on the streets. Some retailers report morrow night, when the nature of the that the opening of the beaches has not affair will be a trip to Dreamland. Coney hurt their business so far. as many cus Island. Both the New York and Brooklyn tomers will stop into their stores before branches will be represented, and if the taking a car for the beaches, and buy present plans carry, the evening will be enough cigars or cigarettes to last them, one of the most enjoyable ever spent by The stores to benefit in the case, however, the Association. The Manhattaners will at least in Manhattan, are those near meet at the Twenty second Street pier Brooklyn Bridge. where the Coney Island boats leave. The senseless price cutting continues while the Brooklynites will go by trolley, at full blast in this city, and it is not that route being much more convenient easy to tell when the craze will react on The reunited party will enter Dream- itself. The occasional cutting of a single land together and see all there is to be article to attract customers into seen, the store, in order that they may be induced to buy stuff that is not cut, may It is reported that the American To- occasionally do some good, but by no bacco Company will establish a bonded means as a rule. The average consumer warehouse in this city, which will be who enters a cigar store to take advan- large enough to store all the tobacco tage of a price cutting sign buys what he brought to thisj port until it is needed, goes in for and nothing else. In com- The building and its arrangements will parison with cigars and tobacco, it is a of course be a very complete affair, and cinch to sell groceries out of the regular it is understood that customs officials will stock in combination with a cut article, be detailed by the government for duty because the grocery customer is a woman, at the warehouse. The scheme will re- who knows that she will have early use duce the expenses of the company by for anything she might buy in the store, concentration, and will enable it to keep whereas a man hates to load up his its tobacco in better condition, when the pockets with a lot of stuff that he will company has the entire control of the either have to drag around with him leaf itself, until he goes home, or else give away. But the merry rivalry continues, and in Charles Frankenthal, of Joseph Marx view of the extent of some of the cuts, it &Co.. returned last week from his trip is not easy to see how the retailer man- abroad and has brought a number of pipe ages to pay his rent, inasmuch as he is novelties with him which will be put on unable to balance the loss on some the market this falL/^Mr. Frankenthal other article, unless it might be one of declares that his trip was in every way his own brands. successful 0 9 9 John W. Merriam, has been back in town nearly a week from his Western There is nothing much to report from ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ j^e sold as many as usual the manufacturing field. Buisness is all Mr. Merriam was in Chicago while they ^ right, and'an average number of cigar were cutting up labor didoes, but found ^j^ makers are .being kept busy. Several that the people were still buying things. manufacturers show nice batches o f "• ^uys & Company are able to re- , . , , 1 J • . J J port a sale of i, 500 bales of Sumatra orders which they had just received, and {^^^^^^ ^^^j^^ ^p^jj ^^^ j^^^^ ^^^^^ declare that their road men are all finding speaks for itself. The house is doing business in good shape. well on the new goods, and has no com- % % ^ plaint on the market at all. Charles S. Morris and wife left on the Transactions in the leaf market last grgn^en last Thursday to take that long week were rather better than they had delayed vacation throughout Europe, been, and some houses kept fairly busy. Mr. Morris deserves it and expects to There i^ still the hindrance to business enjoy 11. D. H. Lowenstein, who was connected with Manrara Bros. Co. will enter busi- ness in the West Salvador Sola, of M. Sola e Hijos, if in town from Porto Rico, and reports 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 Amsterdam, Holland. Cable Address: "HERE" caused by the low stock in a good many grades, and those dealers who are selling Havana, and the demand is pretty good just now, are selling it without knowing yet what the new crop will bring them, that the factory at Caguas is being kept There was considerable doing in Sumatra constantly busy. at stiff prices and it isjevident that manu- T. J. Donigan had a pipe sale at his r . c ^ ^..» ♦!,„♦ fv,*,. Ko«« ♦« Cortlandt street store last week and sold fdcturers figure out that they nave to ^u j- 1 ^a ** ./-J J quJ^e a number. The display arranged have this tobacco even if it does stand f^^ ^^^ occasion never failed to attract them a good deal. The market was not admiring attention and corralled a pipe very lively on domestic tobacco, although smoker every time. TBX TOBACCO WOBLD 13 A. T. CO.'S CVTS MAY SOON €EASE. Boston Retailers lare Taking Advantage of Easy Prices. Boston. Mass., June|4. Rumors are afloat that the cutting in prices here on the American Tobacco Co. 's products is likely to cease any day without formal notice being sent out and owing to this report, many retailers and «ubjobbers alike have placed orders for large quantities of these goods. The various jobbers* salesmen report extra good business for the past week; they have been informing their customers of the contemplated raise in prices and most dealers are taking advantage of the low schedule of prices, as now there is some money in handling the trust goods. With B. L. and Mayo's plugs at the old prices of 53 cents a pound there was very little profit in handling them. The weather has been very summery all week and business continues to im- prove. A $150,000 fire visited Renere Beach our local summer resort last night and quite a number of cigar and tobacco stands were wiped out of existence. The semi-annual election of officers of Cigarmakers* Union 97 will be held in various factories, and at cigarmakers' headquarters on Appleton street on June 13. For the first time in many years, Henry Abrahams, the popular Secretary of the union, will have an opponent in the person of Charles Claus. Geo. Ditmar formerly a salesman for F. R. Ginn & Co., is now selling the Tri- mount 10 cent cigar and is meeting with fairly good success. M. Levine is now the proprietor of the Palace Cigar Emporium on Court Street Nathan Goldman who recently started a retail cigar store at 204 Essex street reports a steadily increasing trade. Mr. Goldman keeps a full line of all the lead- ing brands and has for patrons many of the Essex Hotel guests. D. Bendheim representing the Metro- politan Tobacco Co.. and J. Kroog rep- senting Wm. C. Dcmuth & Co., New York, were both in town showing their respective lines of pipe samples. M. Hobart local salesman for the Greater Boston 10 cent cigar has already worked up a good trade on this brand, and owing to his jolly good fellowship and liberality with samples he has made many friends. C. A. Bryant from Buffalo, N. Y. , the window dresser now in the employ of H. C. Traiscr & Co., has already made some fifty window displays advertising both the Pippin and Harvard cigars. Mr. Bryant is very original in his ideas and at the present rate of increase, the Har- vard will soon become the leading brand of 10 cent cigars in this market On Decoration Day the outside sales- man and the indoor help of McGreenery & Manning had a baseball contest. Joe Manning played second base for the in- door team, and in the ninth inning with the score 20 to 20 with two men on bases, knocked a safe hit and brought in the winning run making the indoor team the victors by a score of 21 to 20. Sam Robbins, of Robbins & Roitman. is the proud father of a "bouncing" baby boy. The christening took place on Wednesday at which the|child|was"named Samuel David Togo'Robbins. A new granulated tobacco being placed with the trade is called Pick manufac lured by the American Tobacco Co. It is packed in 1% ounce packages and goes to the retailer at 37 cents a pound. With every five pounds purchased goes five packages of Duke's Mixture gratis. A. Chertoff spent a few days in New York this week. M. J. Rosendorf the Beach tobacconist has just returned from a business trip taking i n Pennsylvania and Virginia. While in Richmond, Mr. Rosendorf made arrangements with the new Whitlock concern to distribute theis cheroots in this market The American Tobacco Co. has issued a circular dated June i. giving notice of an advance of 3 per cent on all their plug tobacco, taking effect from above date. B. Frankel cigar manufacturer from Wakefield, Mass.. was in town today. Alfowich Bros, are about to place with , the trade a new 5 cent cigar called La 1 Paloma. According to thfe amount ofi advanced orders already booked it looks 1 as if the goods will enjoy a good sale. I J. Ocohen the popular Merchants Row j tobacconist reports a steady increase in j business. Mr. Ocohen has added a new clerk Mr. Christein to his establishment who is a capable man having had a number of years experience with the better class of trade when he was formerly in business on Fleet street Mr Ocohen makes a specialty of engraving initials of his customers on T. D. pipes. Fred. Weil is canvasing this city with a line of Porto Rican cigars in the inter- ests of his father, Isaac Weil, the Wood- bury cafe cigarist E. C. Van Syckel. of the American Snuff Co. spent a few days canvasing the surrounding towns and report very good trade on both Checkerberry and Honest ! snuff. G. F. Briggs the popular Newton re- 1 tailer was in town yesterday and did j considerable purchasing while in town. 1 Mr. Briggs is very popular and is ever i ready to add new brands to his stock. j Victor Sheppard with the Khedival Co. blew into town last night He reports having had good trade on Turkish De- lights while on his trip. S. A. Frank representative of L. Miller & Sons, New York, had his son Joseph L. Frank put out some Leroy advertising matter this week. Mi. Frank. Jr. , made : a hit I Smiling Mr. Binns, manager of the H. 1 C. Carruth & Co., was kept quite busy on Thursday when no less than ten cigar salesman called to see him. Mr. Binns imforms me he received enough samples to last him the coming week. H. K. Brown, of Province Court con- templates summering at Bar Harbor. Mr. Brown is a hard worker and the change no doubt will do him good. Mr. McGoldrick will take charge of the busi- ness during Mr. Brown's absence. Ben All —Negotiations are pending for the re- moval to Des Moines, la. . from Ottumwa, of a cigar manufacturing and jobbing concern which will give employment to a large number of operatives. COHN IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. M03. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BOINEMANN MANUEL SV Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Offices 196 WATER STREET Havana. Cnbai HAFfUEL SUAREZ y CA.. AmUtad M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEO AMSTERDAM. TELEPHONE, "a?? JOHN." 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. 1840. Hinsdale loDoottert o( Sumatra & ^^*^ T^/\lv^/>^A -< Packers of Connecticut Leaf I Lflf01^\^V 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. H. Skub Surrr American Tobacco Co Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 14 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D G. H. SACHS 1 Manufacturer •! l^est Grade Seed and Havana Hand-Made CIGARS 24S NORTH CONCORD ST., Lancaster, Ra. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewiag. mCTT VFP linniV" The best granulated smoking for either pipe or aiLiTllin MUUli "cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS"-5LctureT* ^"'"^ ^"""^ "' "°*'"°' """" "SUN TIME^—A long cat smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RFD SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "OLE^VroGW"""^^^^ ^''^^ **' grsnulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DARK HOR.SE.** •*SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS." for the retailer. Writ* ■■ for aamples and prices. •THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. LIVE NOTES FROM LIVE TRADE. PITTSBURG STOGIES 3 o H H H East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH Sl son, MANUFACTURERS 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. H H tP C o H o 2 S PITTSBURG STOGIES A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING PLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Sprayer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobcLCco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also nvake Ur^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogne. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Snc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O Internal Revenue Figures. New FaLCtories and Manufacturing Invprovements. York. Pa., June 5. The Deputy Collector of Internal Rev enue ot this division of the ninth district of Pennsylvania has given out some interesting figures of this office's trans- actions during the past month. In May the sales of cigars and tobacco stamps amounted to $52,000 — which was $5,000 more than during May of 1904 and $10,- 000 more than during April, 1905, show- ing that this division is certainly not falling behind in the output of cigars, with twelve new factories added to the list of this division during the month of May, which were as follows: James Adair, Red Lion; Minnie R. Lutz, Felton; J. E. Miller, New Oxford; W.W. Kopp, Red Lion; Harrison Fauth, Hellam; Strinestown Cigar Co., Strines- town; Ed. H. Wagner, Red Lion; Adam A. Young, Red Lion; Annie C. Miller, Glen Rock; Annie Boyd, Stcwartstown, Alexander Houssill, Red Lion; Phares Hilderbrand, Red Lion. Albert Noll, cigar manufacturer of Arbor, York county, gave a reception to his employees one day last week, with a splendid entertainment furnished by the Troubadour Mandolin Club. Guests from various points were present. The Pennsylvania Tobacco Co., of York, has taken the building belonging to H.W. HeflFener, and formerly occupied by him as a cigar box factory, and is now installing modern and lately im- proved machinery for the manufacture of scrap tobacco. The company hopes to be in full operation by August i. It is putting on the market a new 2^ ounce package of scrap smoking and chewing tobacco. A.Sonneman a wellknown leaf tobacco packer of this city has torn down his late residence on South George street, and will erect a new building, which will be fitted out for stores on the first floor and apartments for the remainder of the building. The apartments are to have every modern improvement and comfort obtainable. S. R. Kocher & Sons, of Wrightsville, report business as fair with them, and that the sales of their leading brands are keeping up very well. J. F. Sechrist, of Holtz, this county, reports an improving trade and has a normal force of cigarmakers at work. He contemplates a short business trip to Philadelphia and vicinity this week. Holtzinger & Seitz, of Red Lion, have lately found a very satisfactory improve ment in business, and have happily gotten over a short dull spell. J. G. Spatz, of Dallastown, who re cently sold his former property which constituted his old residence and cigar factory, is erecting a new building. A. Kohler & Co., of Dalle«town, report a fair increase in their business lately. FLORODORA COUPONS FOR SALE in Lots of 10,000 Address OF IVlOTe P. 0. Box 669, New York City. QUIET NOW IN LANCASTER.. Leaf Board of Trade Will Close at Noon Summer Saturdays. Lancaster, Pa., June 5. The local leaf market continued rather quiet last week, transactions being con- fined almost wholly to the local trade. It has been definitely decided by the Lan- caster Leaf Tobacco Board of Trade to close their offices and warehouses at I a o'clock on Saturdays during the months of June, July and August. During the past week planting of the new crop was going on quite actively and already several instances of serious dam- age by cut-worms have been displayed. A suit of J. D. Owens vs. B. E. Ken- dig, an action to recover commission for the alleged sale of 147 cases of tobacco at one dollar per case, came up for trial last week. The plaintiff claims that it was through his agency that this tobacco was sold, but E. L. Nissley & Co. , of Florin, for the defendant, claim that the tobacco was sold direct and without the medium of Owens. A verdict was ren- dered in favor of the defendant. J. Frank Bowman, box manufacturer of this city, informs me that he is kept working up to his full capacity, and that he has experienced very little of a dull period yet. John Slater & Co., the prominent stogie manufacturers of this city, are having more than usually brisk days. Their shipments during the month ot May were the largest of any month in the history of the firm, exceeding by half a million, the shipments of any previous month. It will be remembered that they were awarded a gold medal at the St. Louis exposition for the general excellence of their product. J. B. Milleysack has been, for some time, packing Milleysack choice scrap for smoking and chewing tobacco and now reports a nicely growing trade on the same. ALLEN STERNER'S NEW BUILDING. The cigar manufacturing and jobbing business of Allen Sterner, 119 E. Main street. Lock Haven, Pa., was established as early as 1865 by Wm. Sterner, who was subsequently succeeded by Wm. Sterner & Son, which firm was succeeded by Allen Sterner. In the manufacturing department the house employs about fifty hands having turned out several millions of their product a year for some time past. Our Fritz, which is made in several sizes and sold to the trade direct at $35 per thou- sand, has been the leading brand of the firm, although «everal other brands have grown rapidly in popularity and at this writing are not only holding their own but are increasing in sales as well. Mr. Sterner is now erecting an addition to his factory which will cover 121 East Main street and will about double the capacity. 1 he additional facilities are needed to meet the rapidly increasing requirements of a growing business and it will make, when completed, one of the most modern as well as one of the largest ci^ar factories in that section of the State. The Viedomosti, of St. Petersburg, says the government is contemplating establishing a tobacco monopoly. THR TOBACCO WOmtD »«a # *'i LA FLOR De SANTA CLARA Highest Grade r DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by s^^ Johns Brash Cigar Co. Main Office. EDW. M. BRASH, LANCASTER, PA. Sec'y & Treas. I »^^»%yi%»%%%%%i%%%%%%%%%%%%%i%»%»%» %»%%%%%%%»%»%)»%%i»%%^>%)tit)»^^^<%^^i>%)^»t(^ W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, ! East Prospect, Penaa. Correspondence with Wholesale Dealds and Jobbers Inrited. ♦ ♦♦ i^'Telephone Connection ♦I ♦♦J ♦♦♦( i f "M i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1&81 Incorporated 1902 T0B/ie©0 World Published Every Wednesday BY THB TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bdcki^ey, H. C. McManus, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tei,bphones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco WoRi,D Pubi,ishing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada.* PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 7, 1905. To Benefit Our Readers. nphe Tobacco World wants to receive ^ from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the "Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. MISTAKE THAT CAN BE REMEDIED. A certain advertising solicitor was com- plaining the other day o f what he termed the contented ignorance of a class of business men, who, he declared bit- terly, were like to keep him out of an honest living. Asked to reduce his grievances to a •ingle proposition, he told of a visit to a manufacturing firm, made for the purpose of securing an advertisement for his pa- per. The house counts itself as one of the large concerns, although it has not been in the field a long time, and when the senior member had heard what the advertising man had to say, he promptly turned him down with the declaration that advertising didn't pay. Asked how he knew, he stated that he had advertised in another paper and bad got only two or three replies. Pressed further as to the nature and extent of his advertising venture, he explained that he bad placed an ad. in two consecutive weekly issues of the paper and had then withdrawn it and prepared to get busy opening mail. Asked to show a copy of the advertise- ment as it appeared, he produced an issue of the paper in question, which contained a general statement of the firm's qualifi- cations to supply the trade with the va- rious goods it had to selL The advertising man asked the manu- facturer what he had expected. The lat tcr repfied that he had expected to get bis money back and more too, and added that if advertising was a paying proposi tion he had a right to expect that much. The same being unimpeachable logic. The advertising man said that he ad- mitted it was logic, but improperly re- duced, and proceeded to explain that ad- vertising was not such a simply concrete science, and that the principal revenue from it consisted of returns that were in- direct and often practically untraceable. He also explained that the advertiser, particularly the manufacturer, who ex- pected to capture an immediate great in- crease of business by the promulgation of one or two advertisements, was in the po- sition of the man who might swallow one or perhaps two glasses of beer, and then hopefully await intoxication. The advertising man said he did this and much more, while the manufacturer listened in an amiably indifferent way, which spurred the other on to renewed efforts, until he had himself absolutely convinced that unless the manufacturer advertised at once, his business was doomed to failure. But he was unable to move his listener, and that was the first [of thiee similar turn downs he got that day. He was thoroughly disgusted, not at the ig norance of the men who had refused him, but for the reason that they were not amenable to reason. He complained that he was not asking anybody to take his unsupported word for it, but only to consider the history of successful ad- vertising. And that is the point exactly. Too many advertisers put themselves com- pletely on the defensive, the minute they enter into or allow themselves to be dragged into conversation with a solici tor, and force themselves to believe that the man is saying whatever comes into his head simply in order to Und his man. If the advertiser's own customer were to act in the same way about the former's goods hei would either get angry, or dismiss the customer as a pigheaded fool. The advertiser doesn't consider the fact that the solicitor is in the business to make a permanent living, and has to give results for value received just as surely as the stamp clerk in the post office. He doesn't perceive that it is just as much feo the solicitors' advantage to see that his advertiser gets results as it is for him to secure the contract. And if, perhaps, this type of merchant or manufacturer is finally won over in a half hearted way, his investment is such a feeble one that the line is jerked from the water before the bait has sunk the length of its drop. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. Seldom has such a pronounced case of police negligence, indifference, or in- competency come to our notice as was exhibited by some of the Quaker City' s ••finest" last Friday night in connection with robbery of the cigar factory of Weaver & Son. Goodness knows enough bad has been said about Philadelphia lately without adding anything to it, but when careless- ness or worse reaches a point where the presumed guardians of the law not only take no action to guard a threatened property, but send its proprietor away from thcT place before the crime is to be com- mitted, with complete assurances of safety, it seems as if something ought to be done, and done quickly. Robberies of cigar stores, factories and leaf houses have been frequent, of late, as indeed have robberies of every sort of business house and of dwellings as well. Most of these depredations have been committed boldly and the thief or theves have escaped. Heretofore, however, the police have not been placed i n possession o f a detailed advance program of the rob- bery including exits, entrances, time of action, and practically everything except the list of goods to be taken. This was done in the Weaver case, and the police, accepting it gratefully, evidently thought that the whole drama was to be conducted without their assistance, and so sat around the station house waiting for the robbers to come smiling in with their booty. This didn't happen, and the Weaver firm is out six or seven hundred dollars' worth of stuf!'. And to come to the main purpose of this article, it is advisable that every member of the trade in Phila- delphia make his own anti-burglar ar- rangements without taking the police into the question at all. By making a self defended fortress of his establishment at night, a man may be able to regard his stock as fairly safe. SECRETARY TATTS TRIP. It is now reported that Secretary of War Taft will start on his trip to the Philippine Islands about the first of next month. Just who will accompany him does not seem very definite, but there does not appear to be anything like the enthusiam among the Capitol people generally, as was reported to be mani- fested at first, when the jaunt was framed up as a free and luxurious tour around the world. It now apparently becomes necessary largely to reduce the itinerary for various grave and important reasons, personal expenses heretofore unconsidered loom up, and altogether, the journey ceases to be such a felicitous prospect of killing time educationally. Doubtless Secretary Taft is much dis- appointed, but it is a long way from certain that his "hope would have come out' had his original program remained intact. He would probably have had little difficulty in making out a case for the Philippines which, were there noth- ing else to be considered, would win for him his object. But however potent his arguments for the little brown man, the domestic tobacco and sugar industries long ago went him more than one better in their argument for the constitutional right of protection. The Filipino has a cause, Mr Taft, but you will have to work out his salva- tion in some less harmful way. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦f ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦. ♦ ♦ ♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. | ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Here and There With the RetaLilers. Thirteenth and Market streets on account of a change in the lease, and the rumor The retailers reported business as better ^^nt so far as to announce the northwest this and last week, Saturday particularly corner of Ninth and Market street as the being a good day. The box trade is not location to which the so good, of course, as not so much smoking is done at home, but the trade is enjoy- ing that temporary period of good busi- ness which precedes the going out of town of many Philadelphians for the greater part of the summer. It is true that perhaps the majority of business men remain in town for three or four store would re- move. Barney Greenburg, general man- ager of all the Philadelphia stores, denied this rumor. "We have absolute posses- sion of the place for two years longer," he said, "and there is not a particle of truth in the report. There was a change in the ownership some time ago, but it , ^ did not affect us. " Mr. Greenburg says days of each week, but an appreciable ^n i,:^ c*^ -.« j • n j . ' '^'^ »^*.i«wtc all his stores are doing well now, and rs inroad is made in the trade. The run- particularly pleased with the new branch ning full blast of the nearby resorts has ^, gecond and Market streets. He says stimulated trade, as the average smoker ,y^ recent celebration of the fourth anni- will buy what he needs before he takes his car or boat. The stores at and near the foot of Market street are doing a good business and catching a lot of transient trade. versary of the company, when four certificates were given, brought great crowds to all the branches. Z. J. Norris, the local representative There was a rumor in the trade last of I. Lewis & Co., of Newark, was over week that the United Cigar Stores Co. at the factory last week and returned would be forced to vacate its branch at with a lot of new samples. This firm's # # 1^; THE TOBACCO WORLD 17 Por Gentlemen of Good Taste ^S/^N FELieE^ O ^ A HIGH GRADE R kJC.CIGAR FOR CJC. Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO new Josh Billings 5 cent cigar, is about ready to be put on this market now, and is expected to make as much of a hit as tke firm* s Golden Eagle brand of little cigars. J. Murphy, who has the retail store at No. I Market street, Camden, and who formerly occupied No. 3. has altered and improved the store to such an extent that it is now one of the very finest establish- ments in the city across the river. Mr. Murphy carries a complete stock which he disposes to good advantage, among his best sellers being £1 Emilio, which he has reduced to 6 cents, Henry Abbey and Violetta. O. Monellis, of I. Lewis & Co., and well known in Philadelphia, was in this market last week. ^k%^^^ With MoLiYufaLCturers and Jobbers. Sometime between dark last Friday night, and opening time Saturday morn- ing, the factory of Weaver & Son, at Sixth and Race streets, was robbed of more than $600 worth of cigars and cig arettes. Early this week none of the goods had been recovered, and the fol- lowing list of the stuff taken is printed in the hope that it may aid recovery: Cigars — 6, 000 Americanos id's, value, $210 or more; 2.000 Americano 20' s, value, I70 or more; 1,000 Allied Clubs, value, I50 or more; 1,200 La Diosa, value, $42 or more; 3.000 Boquet Especial, value, $90 or more; 1,500 Lit- tle Ponies, value, $42 or more; 1,000 El Dorado, value, I28 or more. Cigarettes —10,000 Sweet Caporal lo's, value, JJI38; small lots of cigarettes in boxes of 100 as follows: Royal Bengals, Hoffman House Magnuims, etc., value unknown. The success of the robbery is entirely inexcusable, as the police were warned in detail. The Weaver people are con- ducting an investigation. On Friday evening a man, who was a stranger to Mr. Weaver, entered the place and was allowed to see the senior member of the firm. The visitor said he boarded at 902 Spring Garden street in which house he had heard a gang of men plotting to rob the Weaver factory that night. Mr. Weaver at once sent for Lieutenant Lynch, of the Fifth district, who brought with him two special offi- cers. To them the man repeated his story going into details to the extent of telling them how the thieves intended to effect an entrance. The police took the man in tow and asked Mr. Weaver to close his place and go home, assuring him that everything would be perfectly safe. The latter com- plied with this request, and the police- men left with their informant, presuma- bly to go to the Spring Garden street house. When the Weavers got down the next morning they found that the place had been broken into in precisely the way the informant had predicted, and that! the stuff detailed above had been taken. The police knew nothing about the robbery despite the fact that an officer was sup- posed to have been specially detailed to look after the factory. The strange man who had given the warning, was not to be found, it being only natural that he should make himself scarce as he would stand in danger, not only of hav ing to incur the revenge of the burglars, but of being made the scapegoat by the police. On Sunday Wm. Anderson, of Ninth and Spring Garden streets, and James Handley, of Sixth and Vine streets, were arrested on suspicion and held for a further hearing, although no cigars were found in connection with the arrest The whole affair is very mysterious, and Weaver & Son intend to know more about it before they are through. A number of local jobbers are expect- ing that every new shipment of plug to- bacco which they receive will be minus the paper backs of the tin tags, which is the only thing redeemable about the tags. A prominent local jobber said yesterday that while he had heard nothing official — and no official notice would be given anyhow — he had heard that! the Ameri- can Tobacco Company intended to withdraw these coupons very shortly, and issue all its plug without them. The company has withdrawn a number of coupons on various brands ef cigarettes, cigars, etc., and it appears to be its policy to do away with the system grad- ually. As a matter of fact business has already fallen off in these to such an ex- tent locally, that the Florida Tag Co. has closed its branch at Ambler and Norris streets. VOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT ALL JOBBING HOUSES CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Mannf acturer of .v.* Fine Cigars v.*. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both pbones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. F. H. BELTZ, Sch wenksville, Pa. Manufacturer of 5 Cent cigars Tke largest and best CLEAIL HAVANA FILLED 5-ceAt Ciga.r on the Ma^rket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. Local manufacturers generally seem well pleased with May's volume of busi- I8 THE TOBACCO, WORLD UNIVERSAL COUPONS WRITE US TODAV IjnittcniHgSiiiS^ N >VRITE UNiVERSAI^COUPON THtsCoufON is th^ »tiflstKttUtal)^4*hiENtuM Coupon f I r »■ t .s&u««l . tt riH is re^^tm^jit^ uixonli ng to our >'? 527437 TODAV ■■A.-'-S: ♦♦♦♦♦♦ : 'pHE OLD AND ANCIENT ORDER of independently redeemable coupons has passed away. X ^ X The consumer is tired of mismated, mismatched coupons that are waste-paper— to him ^***'^^ —unless he uses an inordinate amount of one brand or article. Manufacturers, why not give coupons which can be reinforced and supplemented by the makers of cigars, cereals, soap, condensed milk, crackers, canned. goods and the hundreds of other people from whom the con- sumer must eventually obtain his supplies of the necessities, and even luxuries, of life ? Can you conceive of a universal co-operative coupon which will be redeemable with those of other manu- facturers? Your business will be benefited by an interchangeable, yes even a universal, coupon. If you try to run your own coupon business, you will find it expensive ; you will need more help; you will overstock; you cannot buy right; you have breakage, interest, cartage, expressage, disgruntled patrons, and five per cent, cut clean out of your profits. We do all the work for you ; give you an absolutely superior premium, and by our co-operative method you share only a part of the expense; cut your premium expenses in half, and double your sales. The profits will look after themselves. You cannot buy Morris chairs by the hundred. If you did, where would you store them? Let us buy the Morris chairs by the thousand, and save you money in buying, storing, and all the other things which go to make up profit and loss in the premium business. Remember, you are in business to sell goods. Keep up your product and let others do the giving away at a minimum expense. Let everybody run their own business and leave the premium worry to us. We will sell more goods for you than you thought could be sold. We are salesmen of the twentieth century. We will furnish the experience, and your customers do not have to wait years for the dress-suit case, umbrella or desk. No painful filling of stamp books. Our coupons, derived from all sources, multiply like compound interest, and are redeemed by us— yours among the rest— in large blocks. You can never hope to suc- cessfully compete with vast corporations in the premium field ; but you can become an integral part of our system, and derive all the tangible benefits of large merchandizing at a minimum of cost. The value of having a co-operative interchangeable system at your elbow must be appar- ent to all. If there are details, such as "What will it cost?" write us and receive the fullest pos- sible information by return mail. We have already done so, and intend to cut a great, wide swath in the premium field, and we invite you to become participants in the assured profits. What we want are results; and what you want are results. Your product is good— why not sell more? We can increase your sales without trouble to you and at very little expense. Try to let our Association butt into your tobacco business for a while, fand watch the results. What we have done for others, we can do for you. The strenuous competition of modern business is handled by us on **mulual" lines, for the benefit of all manufacturers. Our universal coupon Is the most valuable premium voucher in the world, and inter- ested parties should make application at once to be enrolled in the Association, as the number of firms represented in the system will be limited. The fullest information, sample coupons and catalogues showing premiums, etc., will be mailed on application. ' ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<*♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦•r^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦, Manufacturers' Trademark Association No. 253 Broadway, New York City # i "^ h I I # » tiftfMMeity for Manoiiictliriog Cigar Boxes Is— AXrWAVs Room for Ons Mors Good Custombx. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^M^rtW 23 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba iaiimtiT.i.iiHiiiiiniji|iitiiriV,i#iHhi^i!llpit^^t^ UUniokdeFabR'^^antesoeTabacosyCibabros .*^^<. ulonzadaporel Goblerno dela Repdblica Garantiza q£je los rabacos.ci9aiTOSYpdqciet^ Je picadura que llevsn «t^0pr9Cm• son fabncadospor ^^iiaaaa3mititiH4.wi!ij.i'ijH«[ii'iis!;tiiHiWj^i;i-ii^^ mairiBiitiiiT 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... TW preceding cat is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty sUmp which, as authorized by the Government of the Repnbllc •# ued by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobaces bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba, The coasumert of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from ptire CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars. dgarettM, packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba. who. jointly with the ' ?A ^* ^5P"**^*^ °' Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imiute, or in any way render useless the g •^ by this stomp. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bl ness. and as the present activity seems likely to continue, there is an atmosphere of content all around. Cigarmakers ar e finding it very easy to get a job, in fact a number of manufacturers advertised widely for them during the month, and they are still just as much in demand. City sales are not particularly good, .although according to most of the manu* facturers for that matter, they hardly ever are, and with the exception of one or two of the larger manufacturers, not a tremendous amount of work is put on the. local trade. New bands are going well in a number of cases, showipg that the consumer never gets tired of trying something he hasn't had before, but this popularity in many cases proves to be ephemeral. C. C. Rosenberg, of the Vicente Por- tuondo Co. ,is in bad shape just now, and is confined to his bed. Some time ago he underwent an operation for appen- dicitis and has not yet rallied from the shock. Lea.! Dealers* Jottings. Last week was a better one in the leaf market than had been the case for some time past, and whatever was oflFered, was picked up readily. Inquiry, in fact may be said to have overbalanced stock, and several nice transaciions were put through. It look now as if the manu- facturers are in a position when they must absolutely have the t ibacco, as the prices ruled firm all the week and there is no prospect^of anything else. There was little Pennsylvania to be had and not a wide selection of Havana. Most of the business was done i n Wisconsin binders, Connecticut and Zimmers. United States Commissioner Bell, in the Federal building, had two more sailors before him last week charged with smuggling tobacco into this port and held them in I300 for court. It was only a week or so before, that two other sailors were held on a similar charge. About a year ago tb« local United States custom officers made scores of ar rests of sailors on the charge of smuggling tobacco into this port. At that time it was shown that a conspiracy existed be tween certain European shippers and the sailors. The government, it was shown, had been defrauded out of hundreds of dollars by this evasion of the law. So strenuous was the crusade waged by the custom men against this practice that for a long time the habit was broken up. These recent arrests seem to indicate that it has been started again. Tomasso Graniero and Piero Voteri were members of the crew of the steam ship Oxas, from San Antonio. At the hearing Captain Mclver, of the night custom watch, testified that when arrested after leaving their vessel the men were searched. Several bottles of gin and several hundred Havana cigars were found upon them. Na.y Revenue Returns. The returns from the First Internal Revenue District of Pennsylvania for the month of May show the following figures as comparing this and last year's returns; 1905 Cigars at I3 per M. II II j^c II Cigarettes at I3 " II II I 08 '• " " 54c " Snuff at 6c per lb. Manuf'd Tobacco at 6c per lb. 7.951 85 1904 Cigars at $3 per M. II 11 j^c << Cigarettes at $3 " II II 1.08 " " " 54c " Snuff at 6c per lb. Manuf'd Tobacco at 6c per lb. 7, 234 84 STORM DESTROYS $50,000 WOiLTH OF WISCONSIN CROPS. Janesville, Wis., June 5. Fifty thousand dollars' worth of dam age was done in the city and county yesterday by a severe wind and hail storm. Reports frem the surrounding country are that whole fields of beets and tobacco are ruined and corn is badly damaged. Reads are swept out badly. I167.688 96 82.62 33 00 5.466.15 9045 33.688.86 $154,970.43 17.28 45.00 4.550.85 76.68 22.392 90 9^ MATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. of Baltimore, Md. JAMES ADAIR, Successor to ADAIR & REIFP. Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Lar^e Slock of PENNSYLVANU BROAD L£AF. ZIHHEI SPANISH, LmiE DUTCH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart. Dallas Ciiar Cl Manufac- turers of ScDeaitm vm LEAF TOBACCO, IRREGULAR PAGINATION H THK TOBACCO W O R I, D QUATI LITY I GAR IhEOBALD &OPPENHEIMER [Q.PHiLA.i The lJNITEDNEWS[0.PHILAP'istrib5 Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penna /. B. Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A 1? ^ 615, 6x7 and big Lake St. I/ancaster, Pa. Cable Address: "BUCKY" Arnold's Code No. O. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. Sl CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Maaafactarers 213 Eleventh Street, Lonisville, Ky« We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS. FILLERS and BINDERS Alto SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. Crrespondence Solicited. Samples Sent on Approval. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. O F P I C B Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St, Pliilada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM & CO.. New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, dear Havana Gtfars HAEBRS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION CIGARETTE STAMP DEFINED. R.evenue Dept. Says Denomination De> cided by Distributor's Price. It has been definitely decided by Act- ing Commissioner Wheeler of the Bureau of Internal Revenue at Washington as to who makes the wholesale price of cigar- ettes. According to the Commissioner, the price is determined by the distributor and not by the manufacturer and the value at which the goods are to be taxed is that which the jobber places on them when he sells to the sub jobber or retailer or by the manufacturer if he sells in the open matket This decision was necessary in view of the fact that manufacturers have applied for 54 cent stamps for certain brands of cigarettes on the ground that the price at which they went to the jobber was less than $2 a thousand. The jobber dis tributed these cigarettes at a price above the $2 however, thus, under the present decision bringing them in the |ti.o8 stamp class. The decision does not apply if the manufacturer is willing to sell to everyone at a price less than $2, as that precludes the jobber from fixing the price, but only when the manufacturer has a special ar rangement with a certain distributor who takes the product and controls it. Commissioner Wheeler's letter read: Sir: — This office is in receipt of your letter of the 19th inst. , stating that , proprietor of Cigar factory No. , in your district, has applied to I 44-e7A PUbatC OBO. ■. CLAYTON. WUmmimr, you for stamps for the payment of tax at the rate of 54 cents per thousand on Cigarettes of the wholesale value or price of not more than $2.00 per thousand. You further state that has filed an affidavit as to the Cigarettes he pro- poses to manufacture and sell at that price under the brand name of (sample box submitted), and you ask whether he will be privileged to buy stamps as above stated. In reply you are advised that if, from the evidence furnished, you are satisfied that the Cigarettes will be sold by the manufacturer to jobbers and the trade generally at a wholesale price not ex- ceeding $2 per thousand (which price shall include the tax), you are authorized to sell stamps for these Cigarettes at the rate mentioned, viz., 54 cents per thou sand. In this connection, I would say that when selling stamps at that rate it will be well for you to cause an investigation to be made in order to ascertain positively whether the manufacturer will sell his Cigarettes to any one, jobbers or dealers, at a price not exceeding $2 per thousand, or whether he is under contract or agree- ment to manufacture and sell his Cigar- ettes to one or more persons exclusively — for instance, to persons who may own the trade mark brand and take the entire product of that brand and then sell or distribute the goods to the trade at a wholesale price fixed by them at a price exceeding $2 per thousand. In such a case the jobber or person purchasing the Cigarettes and distributing them to the trade would fix the wholesale price and not the manufacturer, and the Cigarettes would properly be subject to the higher rate of tax, |i.o8 per thousand, as indi- cated in Treasury decision 871 of March I, 1905. It would also be well for yon to re- quire the manufacturer to state in his affi- davit that the cigarettes manufactured by him of a special brand are to be sold by him generally to jobbers, or the trade, at a wholesale price not exceeding $2 per thousand, and are not to be sold ex- clusively to one or more persons at that rate under either a written or verbal contract or agreement. James C. Wheeler. Acting Commissioner. — J. N. CuUingworth has been incor- porated with principal office at Richmond, Va. Incorporators are: J. N. CuUing- worth, president; T. M. CuUingworth, vice president; Frank T. Bates, Jr , sec- retary and treasurer, all of Richmond, Va. Capital stock: Maximum, $50,000; minimum, $30,000. Objects and pur- poses: To conduct the business of manufacturing tobacco. SPECIAI. NOTICE ( 12% cents per 8-point measured line. ) pOR SALE— Complete Cigar Factory: ''- twenty suction tables, one power bunching machine (Miller, DuBrul & Peters), motor presses, scales, shafting, pulleys, etc Address Box 03, care of The Tobacvo World Phila ' c \X7 ANTED- SITUATION AS SALES- ^ ^ MAN for a reliable Leaf House, carrying a full line. Thoroughly ac- quainted, and can give best of references. Address Box 107, Ephrata, Pa. 5-34-h T^ANTED— PARTNER in established cigar factory; goods well known. Must have $3,000 to $5,000. Address Manupacturxr, Box 92. care of The Tobacco World, Phila. c T^ILL BUY FOR CASH— TOBACCO Tags, Cigar Bands, etc. , redeemable by Florodora Tag Co. Address, Tags, Box 101, care of Tobacco World, Phila. t£ # ^ For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tabiished xssob L. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELLERSVILLE, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 23! 35 SCHUTTE <& KOERTINQ COMPANY, Twelfth and Thompson Sis., Philadelphia, Pa. SCHUTTE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR. used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressnre. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occnrs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants. Correspondence Solicited. JOS. HIR.SCH (H SON PURCHASE VAL- UABLE SUMATRA. Joseph Hirsch, senior member and Amsterdam buyer of Jos. Hirsch & Son, 183 Water street. New York, secured last week at the Rotterdam and Amsterdam sales about 800 bales of choice Sumatra tobacco. He bought the entire lots of L P C I Soenga Gerpa Deli Ba My Senembah My also 200 bales of N A T M ( S K out of hand. Taking into consideration the choice grades, the price paid was very reasonable, as several buyers had left the country in disgust, and Mr. Hirsch was in a position to make a coup. Four hundred bales of the tobacco bought will be here this week, while the balance is on the way. SUCCOR. FOR CIGARETTE FIENDS. NOTES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. William L. Taylor Will A^ain Legitimize the Paper Tubes. LaPorte, Ind., June 5. William L. Taylor, lawyer, politician and statesman, is the man to whom In- diana cigarette lovers are looking to re- store the paper pipes to their former legal standing. He has been retained by the tobacco trust to test the constitu- tionality of the anti- cigarette law which went into operation in this State on April 15. Mr. Taylor, who is one of the leaders ot the Indiana bar, declares that the law is unconstitutional throughout, and that the Supreme Court will give an immedi- ate decision, as the questions involved do not require much study. Mr. Taylor was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor at the last election, and has been promi- nently associated with the State man- agement of the party for more than fifteen years. He has held many State offices, the last being that of Attorney General. It is said that Mr. Taylor received a retainer of $10,000 in the cigarette case. The Smoke Shop, of Chicago, has been incorporated by Joseph Goldberg, Jacob Brill and Maurice Berkson, with a capital of $2 500. Ssn Francisco Business was a Trifle Slower in May. San Francisco, June 2. Business in this city and hereabouts has not been quite so good during the last month for the manufacturers as the month before, but as there is no special reason or cause for this, it is believed to be only one of those temporary little slumps that are likely to come along any time. On Monday the Supreme Court heard arguments on the State anti- trading stamp act, and requested the case to be sub- mitted on briefs. It is believed that this will put off the decision a number of weeks. The Pacific Retailers' Exchange has removed its headquarters to 1538 Market street, from which address all business will henceforth be transacted, such as the issuing and redeeming of its certifi- cates, etc. The American Tobacco Company commences a new plan on its plug to- baccos this month, the regular contract expiring with May. There have been a number of suggestions and complaints made to the company, and the changes will be made on this account, although they are not expected to reach the con- sumer. The plug department of the American Tobacco Co. now offer their Pick Leaf g-anulated smoking tobacco in i^ oz. cloth bags, 5 lb. cartons, 25 lb. cases, the price of which to the retail trade will be about 38 cents per lb. less the usual dis- count, and each 5 lb. carton contains a gratis for thf dealer of five i % oz. cloth bags of Duke's Mixture. Pick Leaf may be assorted with their plug and twist tobacco in shipments from jobbers' stocks of 50 lbs. or over, and 25 lb. case lots may be used to make up drop shipments ot 100 lbs. or over ot their plug and twist tobaccos, entitling the retailer in either case to an allowance of i cent per lb. Pick Leaf is manufactured at Durham, N. C. , and can be shipped from there in lots of 100 lbs. or more; and for making up drop shipments it is carried in stock at St. Louis, Louisville, Jersey City and Richmond. Jobbers* salesmen receive a certificate equal to one tag for each pound of Pick Leaf that they sell. THE THE THE THE THE BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL BUCKNELL THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. CIGAH CIGAH CIGAR. CIGAR CIGAR Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for tht Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. Brands: — S^ Bear, 5^ C\ib, Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFGR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOLICITED. C. A. ROST 8z CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 36 THE TOBACCO WORLD 6Ae PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARfifTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: LrlBERMAIN JVIPQ* Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD a? 1= Liberman's Latest |V\achlnes BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street, PhiladelphioL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street s8 THE TOBACCO WORLD ffAHUFACTURCR OF ALL KINDS or I38&I40CCNTI^^T. Cigar box labels AND TRIMMINGS. Philadelphia Office, 573 Bourse Bldg. H. S. SPRINGER. Msrr. Chicago, 56 Fifth Av«nue, E. E. THATCHER, Mgr. San Francisco, 320 Sansome Street, L. S. SCHOENFELD, Mgr. W.H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medium Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only A GARDEN PARTY AT A FACTORY. I >»%»%»»^»«»»»1^»»»^<^»»^^^^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^^^^^^ Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of i^h-Grade When the National Cash Register Co. recently invited the people of Dayton, O., to spend an evening at its model plant, it was really a garden party which the 25,000 guests attended. The factory, itself, was not open, but the big buildings were illuminated from top to bottom by 10,000 incandescent lights and 300 arc lights — more than the average city of 25.000 uses. The grounds. Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. RESERVED FOR lONA TOBACCO CO. Lancaster, Pa. Power Plant Entrance lawns, flower beds and shruobery patches were all open to the people, who spent their time strolling about the beautiful N. C. R. vista, listening to the music cf the N. C. R. band, and enjoying the brilliant spectacle of the illumination. Lights, music, flowers, shrubbery, green- sward, trees, guests in summer clothing — all the characteristic features of a garden party were there — and all this at a fac- tory. The "garden party," which lasted for three evenings, was arranged by the N. C. R Company to celebrate the com- pletion of its new power plant, and to give the people of Dayton a chance to and solidity. Shrubbery about the base of the building and vines around the large windows relieve the walls of mon- otony. Inside the power house the visitor is struck with the beauty of the engine room. Polished maple floor, walls wainscoted with white enamel brick and finished above in cream color, make the interior as bright and clean as any parlor or ball room. Contrasting with the light color of the walls and floor are the dark green bodies of the four big engines, their som- bre hue relieved by polished steel trim- mings. The boiler room of the power house is not less interesting than the engine room. Though, of course, not so beautifully fin- ished, it impresses the visitor by its cleanliness. Aatomatic stokers feed the sixteen great furnaces with coal, and the ashes are removed through a tunnel un- der the grates almost entirely without the intervention of human labor. Perfect ventilation keeps the room comfortably cool "«Mjh, iiiUM IW i'^'M^i A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. MIUUERSVIUUE, PA Boiler R.oom and Coal Chutes see what experts declare to be the hand- somest and, for its size, the best equipped electrical station in the country. The new power plant of the N. C. R. is interesting as showing what can be done in the way of making attractive an ordinarily prosaic part of a big industrial establishment. Externally, the building, itself, is unusually handsome. Built of warm red brick, its architecture is sim- pie and dignified. It does not pretend to be anything but a power house, and accordingly its characteristics are strength Engines and Dynamos The equipment of the power house is an outward sign of the growth of the business of the N. C. R. Company. Until six years ago a single engine of 300 korsepower was sufficient to turn the wheels of the entire plant. In 1899 a 600 horsepower engine and dynamo were added. Before three years had passed, however, increased demand for the fac- tory's output necessitated further enlarge- ment of the plant and consequent exten- sion of the power station. In 1902 a 1,200 horsepower compound engine and generator was installed. Two years later it was necessary to duplicate this unit, and now the total equipment of the plant is 3.300 horsepower. The boilers are Visitors on Opening Ni^ht C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ?9 KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, Etc. HAVANA cAROMA Sweet. Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. "With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO YORK, PA. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. SINGLEY, Manheiniy Pa. H. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 NaLrket Street, Lft.nctt.ster, Pa.. ♦ ♦♦ ♦'♦^♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ THE TOBACCO W O R I, D Cigar ribbons. AllVrlLnt .f Plain and Fancy Hmufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Write for Sample Card and Price Liot to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORR HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa, Manufacturers off High Grade Union Made Cigars The Great Poet Needs no Praise." Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Samples and Particulars to R.eliable People on Application. %^^^^^^^| %%««%««^' J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'cloek. ^f¥¥^^f%^ 2?22?SS?B y "^6 '^ 4wS^MWu0n ^ cents by Butler & Bosher, of Richmond. The award was made on recommenda- tion of the paymaster general of the navy after all the bids and the samples of the tobacco had been submitted to the offi- cial requirements. Butler & Bosher is generally accepted as one of the American Tobacco Com- pany's concerns, and the giving of the contract to that firm will create more or less feelmg among the independent bid- ders, who protested at the time the bids were submitted that the contest was an unfair one. It is not implied that But- ler & Bosher are not in a position to fulfill the contract satisfactorily. The point hinges on the restriction imposed by the government that but three sam- ples were to be entered by each concern bidding. The independents argued that the American Tobacco Co. by having a num- ber of its companies bid was thus ena bled to offer a proportionate increased number of samples and so had an unfair advantage over the independents. Ttie government after considering the protest, disregarded it and Secretary Morion awarded ihe contract as has been stated. The independents cannot but feci that this is the result of the condition of which they complained. The amount of the contract will be For cigars Registered May 31, 1905, at 3 p m, by Haskins & Co, Phila, Pa KEYSTONE CIGAR STORE CO 14.825 As a trade name Registered May 31, 1905, at 3 p m, by Keystone Cigar Store Co, Philadelphia, Pa WHITCHER'S HILL SIDE SCRAP 14,826 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered June i, 1905, at 9 a m, by J P McCudden, Cincinnati, O ROSTRA 14.827 For cigars, cigarettes, stogies and cheroots Registered June i, 1905,31 9 am, by Keystone Cigar Store Co, Philadelphia, Pa HADRIAN 14,829 For cigars, cigarettes, stogies and cheroots Registered June 1, 1905, at 9 a m, by Keystone Cigar Store Co, Philadelphia, Pa THE LABARUM 14,830 For cigars, cigarettes, stogies and cheroots. Registered June 1, 1905, at 9 a m, by Keystone Cigar Store Co, Philadelphia, Pa PHILLIES 14.831 For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, sto- gies, chewing and smoking tobacco Registered June 2, 1905, at 9 a m, by P Hochman, Philadelphia, Pa REJECTIONS. America's Pride La Pomado CORRECTION. NADA MEJOR 14.813 For cigars Registered May 25, 1905, by Mr. Martinez, should have been by Philip Martinez, Germantown, Pa ..-"— ■ ''.'..■ — ■ — — I .— .-...I .. ._.■■..,.. , , # R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKSRS 09 AKD DBAXXRS IV 1 lib lal :-: TbImi 430 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORI.D $« i 'iVkphone Call, 432 — B. Oifice and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of PNE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCi Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove«' our Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O* Box 96* Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindtft Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted I^"tchpyg|,y Pa «£ of Fancy Packed Gebhart Packer of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCE-SWEATED Quf Owil 1 \7 U ^ CONNECTICUT -^ t • , Packing Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTEH, PA. I. H. Weaver, WALTER. S. BARE, PeLcker of fine ! Connecticut: Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci|(ar Leaf Tobacco Ofdce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OP and Dealer in All Grades of DomestiG Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke 3L LANCASTER. PA, H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds T J^ A J^ ^J^f^ Tl A r^ f^ n Fine Florida Sumatra XyX^^J^ ± UI3J±LyLyU |jv|poRTED SUMATRA and HAVANA 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. United •Pboncs B. F. GOOD & CO. AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 337 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BR Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, 110 & 112 W. Walnut St.f LANCASTER, PA. \ > ._ — ^ . _ ▲ J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, '"""iT^L, u Leaf Tobacco Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. 4 ♦ ♦4^> v«%«%%%»^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ' k«% ^^■^^4. %«%%%%(%%♦♦ ♦♦^^^ ►♦♦♦♦♦♦ TRUMAN Dealer In I Leaf Tobaccos 4 and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED UON. PA. MAIN OFFICES Lancaster, Pa. UNITED PHONBS. ♦ ♦♦♦♦%i)iO..» ■.^^"^ THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OP Ziiuiner Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. "Watmhonses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A. PMARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ l/^af Xobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, UTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, f ENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Omce, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF OKio Leaf Tobaccos 1903 ZLMMER SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS 4> Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4^ Write for Samples, ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Zimmer Spa^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t 1902—1903 -t Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely ^Tabled and Hand- X somcly Finished, X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West CarrolltonpMontgomeryCo.,0. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District^ Leaf Tobacco Markets. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The tobacco season has opened in good earnest. Box after box of plants are being transported from the beds to the fields to be there transplanted into their new conditions. And such condi- tions as they have had to undergo! First the cold drying winds, then the hot sun of midday and lastly the three frosts. Many of the fields have to bereharrowed and reset. Some must be twice set, and there are some that must be set the third time. It was a lucky strike when those who set early had plenty of plants to re- set with. Loads and more loads of water are being drawn to supply the setting machines. The land is so dry that an abundance of water is required to make the plants live. Most of the large growers are busy with their transplanting, and some are from one half to three fourths through. A correspondent reports : Agawam, Mass. : "On account of the cold weather tobacco plants have been kept back somewhat. Transplanting began last week. Havana plants are plenty, but broad leaf plants are scarce. Some beds have not come forward at all " — American Cultivator. MONTHLY REPORT— JUNE i. 1904 1905 Receipts for month, 20,60 • ' year, 4, 480 Sales for month, 566 " year, 1.259 Shipments for month, 820 year, 3,457 Stocks on sale, 4.041 " sold, 746 Stocks on hand, 4.788 Sales for the week, 364 hhds, all pri vate. Sampling and selling continues. 1.975 3.675 710 1.723 529 2,063 3.167 348 3.515 HOPKINSVILLE, KY. M. D. Boales. Since last writing, sales have been larger with good demand for all oflferings at satisfactory prices. The bulk of the crop now in and the new crop planted, with some curtailment of acreage in some localities. I quote market: New Lugs — Low, 3;^ to 4c; Com- mon, 4 to 4c^ ; Medium, 4^ to 5c; Good, 5 to 6c. Leaf — Low, 5 to 6c; Common, 6 to 7}4c; Medium, 7}4 to 8>^c; Good, 8^ to loc; Fine, 10 to 14c. Loose floor sales small in quantity, good in prices — Lugs, 3 to 5c; Leaf, 5 to 13c. Farmers' association tobacco being stored in warehouses subject to their in- spection and sale by their salesman. EDGERTON, WIS. Trading from first hands continues to receive about the same attention as for several weeks, except the aggregate business is all the time declining, though the growing districts are all the time be- ing hunted over. A few recent transac- tions coming to notice are: Ole Gunderson, 2ocs at 8 asst O. N. Luraas, i8aat7casst Nick Anderson, 26cs at 7^ and 2C asst Chas. Carrier, 7a at 5 and 2c bl A. Jenson & Sons have received about 80CS of '03 from growers; 62cs 1901 02 crop was sold by O. N. Luraas to O. K. Roe at IOC. Old leaf is traded in moderately by packers, though the low grade goods have the stronger call. The Silverthorne pack ing of 1 90 1 of 250CS is reported sold to the American Tobacco Co. Wet weather has delayed the preparing of the tobacco fields somewhat, but a commencement of planting will be started the coming week. Ten days of good growing weather is needed to bring the great bulk of plants up to standard size for setting. They are in abundance and ought to be ready by the time the average grower has his fields in condition. Shipments 500CS. — Reporter. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts in May were 4,833 hhds, sales, 1,563 hhds, shipments, 969 hhds, total stocks Jyne i, 9,478 hhds Buyers stocks were i, 167 hhds, sellers stocks, 8.31 1 hhds. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. P«l. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Hpitr ■%t m ■ ^^^^ WMm kj^v ^^HsHmi « 1 ^i^^l^^^^li ■' Hb • HaLAOver, Pa.. Manufacturers of fine Ci^di"^ ♦ ♦^♦4 ^4'Z^^ TQe Boo Bow-piaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Particulars C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ' La Imperial Cigar Factory ** .HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SBCHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei@ARS* f lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. 4. Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. ^ t^^ Capacity, 25,900 per Day. Telegraph— York, Pa, 4^X ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, ■ LANCASTER, PA. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer Successors to S. L. Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF *^TOBAeeo+ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦- =n p. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa HUNT & MARTIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BETHMSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦♦ *^» it Cble Addrew, "CLARK." Located M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, itl^r^.'ii^-''^- Clarksville, Tenn. m. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker Boda," V. B. A. Hopkintville, Ky. 34 For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to v^bush,^ .ssa L. J. Sellers & Son. KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELL-ERSVILLE, PA. THB TOBACCO WORLD- "'•'■' ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ATTENTION, TOBACCO JOBBERS ! ! Choice Natural Leaf CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ "♦♦♦♦ (UNION LABEL GOODS) S and 16 ounce Packages 20 Cents ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ 2 1-2 ounce Packages 21 Cents GOOD, CLEANED, SEASONED CUT SCRAP Packed in 5 Poui\d Cartons. Freight Prepaid. Send for Sample. READING TOBACCO MFG. CO., George W. Green, Prop. READING, PA ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ if\ C. E. MATTINGLV & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. rUFACTURERS OF Cigars m WANTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivaLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHIIVOER & CO. Sol* Owaara aad Haaafactarara Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA. r.H|CUME&BRo V * TERREHILL.PA. ^* We Sell to JobbingTrade only LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARB Wax HAW ^^lACKSON THE GREAT Our receipts this week were i ,262 hhds offerings on the breaks 471 hhds, total sales 490 hhds. The market was active and strong, with an advance oi % \o }ii cent on all substantial sorts, and still farther ad- vances are looked for by the warehouses. But few lugs appeared in the offerings, there is an undercurrent of speculation in this grade, and sizable lots are bought privately to be held for a full advance. The report above is of our open market, the Planters' Protective Asso- ciation is at present dealing in large lots, of which samples have gone forward for approval. The planting weather has continued, and perhaps 90 per cent of the proposed crop is now in the field with a generally good stand. The reports to the Association indi- cate an area about 10 to 15 per cent less than in 1904, the opposition's estimates are larger. The moderate crop of 1904 is coming in rapidly, and will soon all be in the warehouses. We quote: Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leaf Medium Leaf Good Leaf Fine Leaf TRUST MAY BE TRIED 'AGAIN $3.50 to I4.00 4.25 to 4.50 4. 50 to 5.00 to 5.00 to 6.25 to 7.50 to 9.00 to 10.50 5.00 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.50 11.00 to 13 00 The Shyer Cigar Co., of Davidson county, Tenn., has been incorporated with a capit^il of $3 000 All Kinds and Sizes WOOD, POiCELAIN and CLAY Pipes Clay Pipes a Specialty Send for Illustrated Price List 1. SCHILZ'MilUENBACH Manufacturer and Exporter H'dHR, (near Goblenz) GERMANY Massachusetts District Attorney Thinks of Having a New Trial. Boston, Mass.. June 5. District Attorney French will probably ask for a new trial of the trust cases as soon as he has studied the decision of the supreme court in the Strauss case. When asked as to his intention he de- clined to talk for publication except to say that, so far as he had learned, the de- cision contained nothing which would make it impossible to retry the case un- der an indictment similar to that on which the case had originally been brought. The supreme court decision was almost entirely upon the meaning of the statutes. The court held that the legislature did not intend to go quite so far as the trial court intimated in its instructions. It is understood that the suprenre court did not pass upon the question of the exact application of the statute beyond de- termining that the trial court had stretched the construction of its applica- tion too far. The interpretation of the law on constitutional grounds or as ap- plying to interstate commerce was not fully settled by the decision just made. SINKING SPMNGS* NEW FACTOILY. Reading, Pa.. June 5. Sinking Springs is having a'new manu- facturing plant added to its list of enter- prises. The new building belonging to Dr. James Y. Shearer, at Sinking Springs, and which for a couple of years past has been used for a leaf tobacco warehouse, has been rented to Henry Heymann's Son's cigar manufacturers of Philadelphia, who are expecting to start operations there today beginning with between twenty and thirty cigarmakers. This firm, I have been informed, has an established line of goods on the market and it is confidently believed in Sinking Springs that the inauguration of this en- terprise will be a valuable acquisition for ihe borough. The Connelton Tobacco Manufactur- ing Co., of Connelton, Ind., has been incorporated by Martin P. Casper, Henry Heck, John L. Irvin, James R. Hay, Thomas W. Irvin, Anton J. Kirst and Jesse M. Cunningham. Onr Capacity for Manufactttring Cigar Boxes is— • AlvVAYs Room for Oni^ Morh Good Customsx. THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. 55 ■LJtJ M. KALISCH (Si CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ARS l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff High Grade Gig ROBESONIA. PA. ♦ •♦-♦■♦^^^♦♦♦^ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ r * Our Leaders: | """"/Juston''"" } Cigars-8c, 3 Sizes * 1 X WHOLESALE I uigar manufaciurer, ; ♦♦J ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Onr Leaders: { """^tusroN^^ } Cigars-Sc, 3 Sizes L. R, BROWN, WHOLESALE Cigar Manufacturer, Brownstown, Pa. X^ ♦ CHARLES D. BROWN, Salesman. A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, ¥^^. '^Stagc Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superiority of Quality. P John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. ! JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of 1 Plug Qi Smoking Tobaccos * Also, All Grades of W, R. DAUGHERTY 8t BRO. jDallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic Cigars Hiffhest Quality Finest Packafjes Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited C A. KILDOW. W. T. BOlXm. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Oar Leader: HALF SPANISH. 3 for 6c Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. Fine Cigars Qi Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen St LANCASTER. PA. ^^^»^i<%<%<^^l^^%%<^^^^^^^ %»%%%•%« : S. N. MUMMA * PeLcker of \ Leaf Tobacco * PenivaL. Seed B s a. SpecidLlty * Warehouse at RailroaLd Crossing : LANDISVILLE, PA. R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa.. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 THR TOBACCO WOEtD i.-j^--.' ' OIGAH BOX EDOIflGS We have the l«»-2;:si. 'tV T. A. MYERS & CO. * Cigmr Box Bdgingt in the United States, haTing over 1,000 designs in stock. Printer? and Engravers, - YORK, PENNA. Embossed Plag>s» Labels, Notices, etc. '. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Fllier, Ready for Use. p""- { 'AT.m 12 s. George St., YORK, PA. AMOS DUNKEL'S SAYINGS. WILLIS. Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra ^TOBACCO^ 29 East Clark Ave. YORK. PA. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc Established WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: C^S •*% ^V WEALTH PRODUCER T 1 fl C ADAIR / wwnLESALE MANUFJ Cigars ij__ _^ _. ^ ^^^ IkT -n 4 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. JJ^X) JviOiV, JrLA. Telephone Connection. Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of Fine Hi And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bond Are the CIGARS " *' '""'"""^ * Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . lOc **S. B.** Half Havana, .... 5c. **S. B.'* Little Havanai 5C "Honest Bee"^ 3c. ««2— I— No*' MUd«»t Cigar Made, 2 fof 5c. Special Brands Made to Order. Stauffer Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau * Send Your CItar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. A SOUTHERN LOCATION Good Tobacco Land and Locations for Factories THE SOUTH is now making greater progress than any other sec- tion. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Arfent, Southern Railway. WASHINGTON. D. C. R.elates an Experience with Leaf Sales men He will Try Tobacco Plantin/{. Hinkeltown uf dem pike, dar 31 Moi, 1905. Mishter Editor: Wei es is now ever. Ich mane, of korse, die grose fortsumling fun de duwak leid. Sie sin al gud ous gadrate, un ich glabe OS sie aw al a gud tseit kotta hen. Enichow, necht yohr wellen sie a mohl widder tsomma kuinma, ovver no gaya se noch Ohio om Dayton. Sel sol aw so an eirch ar grosar duwak blotz sei. Sheer gawr so grose os Lengeshter, farleicht. Es hut enich how so a paar leit do os ols dat nous ga for ols duwak tsu kaufa, un no duen sie aw a dale dat packa. Ich was noch os mi gros mommy ols amohl gsawd hut; Mer maint ols amohl sheer net os so an olde frau an mensh sei kent. Ovver sie sin dock Un dreva im Yirk Kounty is ane os amohl a rechte frau is, un ane os aw a segar factoiy runna kon un dut aw, so a tsimlicha grosa. Sie dut net yust a segar fatory runna, ovver sie dut aw era segar farkofa, un ordhch feel da fun da bei. Ich wahr he gonga un hob sie slver gsana. Sie farkoft era segar in feel fun dena grosa stodt we Filadelfia un Nei Yirk, un aw onnera bletz. So kommer wissa os sie a mohl aw gawis a mensh is. Do de letcht wock hob ich ovver a mohl so paar duwak agents aw gadruffa, un de hen era bossa bei sich kot. Ich denk farleicht se hen a mohl sanna wella we don aw de kal shoffa won sie drous im lund sin un om gelt schpenda. Aner fun sella kal hot gsawt tsu de leit, wos an grosa bisness sei boss ols gadu het. Ich denk ar hot as a bissel gros ardich shina mocha wella, un hut gadenkt sel date helfa, farleicht. Yust a paar dawk noch dem hob ich dar kal widder aw gadruflfa un no hot ar sei boss bei sich kotta. No hob ich ovver farvard a mohl abes tsu hara, ovver ich wahr gadissapoint warra, for dar boss hot gawr nix gsawt fun de grose bisness os ar ols gadu het, un net yust sel ala, ovver ar hot varhoftich gaglaght was a longsumma bisness olla weil ware. No hob ich my mind uf gamocht os dar onner kal date gleicha tsu lega farleicht. Ovver ar fint noch ous us ar kon net do segar leit immer foola mit so grosa gswetsch. Ich hob farsprocha tsu helfa duwak blontza de woch a mohl a dawk, for a mohl a bissel tsu larna we se aw du for dar duwak recht stirck woxa tsu mocha. Es hut eva feel bauerei do rum, un sie dua al duwak tsega, un des mocht so feel arweit os se sheer gawr net ganunk leit grega kenna for dirch tsu kumma. Of korse, ich hobs ena gsawt os iech ken bauer bin, ovver ich date sie doch net stecha lossa, un so denk ich mus ich a mohl stuppa shreiva bis anonera woch farleicht. Gud bei. Amos Dunkel, — An order for Virginia tobacco seed, lor use in Africa, has been received by the Slate Seed Co., of Hyco, Va. 791,004 Match splint forming ma- chine; Almon B. Calkins, Frankhn, N. J. 791,246 Cigar making machine; George H. Catt, Hythe, England. 791,257 Cigar holding device; Thos. B. Erwin and H. C. Meyer, Britt, Iowa. 791,222 Match box; Arthur E. Smith, Geneva, Pa. 791,049 Cigar cutter and advertising device; Purnell W. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa. 791,224 Cigar vending machine; Lee C. Spooner, St. Louis, Mo. Fa-husseyI lEAFTOMCCOCO. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN r AMERICA NEW YORK CHICAGO ST. LOUIS FOR SALE. 10N4 TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRISTi Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a Capadty. Twenty Thousand par Dl^ inufacturer 01 Cig 1 ! \ A /^ (^ALVES (^ O^- <^[oy Havana 123 n. third st 'i - ^ IMPORTERS ok^^ ~~ Phiuadelrhia '^ Solid and Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 193S— 193T Western Avenue. Cincinnati, Ohio W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. Mnt SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. BOX STRAPPING AND SEALS 7.^%"^ ESPECIAL.I.T ADAPTED FOB THE CIGA^ TRADE. Steel and Wire Box Strape, Flat, Plain, Embossed or Twisted „ . ^ „„ . , „ ° ^1«> CORNER FASTENERS aud LEAD SEALS. Staniari Metal Straii Co, 336-342 East 38tli St, Hew Tort. f latablished 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFFENER, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in X Cigar Box humher, X Isabels, ♦ Ribbons, Edging, Brands, etc. ^♦♦♦<»»»» »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. - YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^SMpping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N- Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BUSEH MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. ^M STEINER,S0NS a co \ 116-122 E.I4-^^^ST NEW YORK. 9 BRANCH FACTORY S-^O - 5bO W bafHSTNi" \ CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK CIGAR LABtLS. FLAPS. BAf^DS A ETC., ETC, SE/VT GRAT/5 UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS ' -^ ^,-, FOR RRIVATE L^ 8 E LS . B AN OS . E TC . ^ THB TOBACCO WOKLB OSEPH REED . .. ll.Li- ■'."~lT.'.r'<'-r-.-Tj-'-*;'«ctnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to tnit the orld. Write for samplet. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. PHILADELPHIA Regular Weekly Sales Every Thursday Cigars, Tobacco, Smokers^ Articles SPECIAL SALES OF LEAF TOBACCO Consignments Solicited Advances Mads Settlements Made on Day of Sale ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ . ♦ ♦ ♦•♦^4^^4>4>^ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦-♦^-^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4^ 4 METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS •♦> ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ X xt xh ^x ♦ ♦ II* tl* r leiscKhauer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 XX Ix ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ XX XX ♦ ♦ LITlOGILAPaiNG SPECIAL DESIGN! ♦^♦^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦ XX XX Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AflFord perfect PROTECTION againat MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAICAQ& Indorsed by all Smokers, and an the MOST EFFBCTIVK advertising medium known. RAClNi: PAPER GOODS COl Sole Owners and Manofacturera, KACINC y^ns ,\JSJ^ OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF PEACH "-PRUNE 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. Eatabllahed 18AA FRIES & BR0. 92 Reade Street. NEW YORK Si C. A. Rest (t Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xohacco A Specialty of Light Connecticdt Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ®. Binders WISCONSIN ®, OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa. CIGAR BOXES pianEiisof Airrisnc CIGAR LABELS SKETCHESAND QUOTATIONS fURNUHCD WRITE fOt PLESTAND RIBBON PRICES CIGARWBBONS For Sale by All Dealers V" MIXTURB-^ m. AMSMQ&fi TOiAflQO 00. THE TOBACCO WORLD TRK TOBACCO WOftLD JOSEPH REED Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1508, *.Hh Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Exclusively JOSEPH REED-joc. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PA TRICK HENB F- jc. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $o5 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUOBE OIOAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEV7 AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S (JHBAN STOeiES ^^ MANUFACTDRBD OiaV BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jQj Oblo St, Allegheny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED ^^ HAND-MADE ' STOGIES Pittsburg Stodies L^ Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig, ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DCIlVCr Pft. T^grk^g^t^^C Caveats, Trade Marks, m dXCO LS Design -Patents, Copyrights, 9«BKXSPOIfBB SOUeiTKB- John A. Saul, be ftrott BalkUofl. WA5HiNQ90N« B. ft THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) and either sells them that way or already broken up. You can get quite a number for a nickel, as the price has to be lower for the same quantity than any brand of smoking tobabco, but after the scaven- ger's eye is trained for cigars, he can get together an incredible number in a day's time. That is all there is to it, and^ there never was or will be a manufacturer who tried to make a cigar from what men of all sorts and conditions had spit out of their mouths into the gutter. It seems to me that it is almost crin i- nal to spread such a belief, particularly when it would involve so little trouble to get the thing straight. As a prominent jobber said when he read the article in the Brooklyn paper: "The reporter could easily have followed those boys u p and learned what they really did with the butts, instead of assuming that they sold them to manufacturers or dealers." That might spoil the "story," though. The Old Salesman. WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN. Department of Agriculture's Weekly Report on Tobacco Plants. Washington, D. C, June 2. The latest reports by States from the weather-crop bulletin of the Department of Agriculture on the condition of the tobacco plants throughout the country is as follows: New England — Tobacco ten days late, but outlook favorable. Pennsylvania-Some tobacco replanted. Maryland — General rain needed for transplanting tobacco. Virginia — Tobacco planting well ad- vanced. North Carolina — Transplanting lobaccd nearly finished; crop doing well. South Carolina — Tobacco not doing well. Tennessee-— Tobacco is mostly set and doing well. Kentucky — Rapid progress with trans- planting tobacco; plants mostly doing well, but cut worms injuring. Indiana — TransJplanting tobacco con- tinues. Ohio — Tobacco I affected by cold; set- ting going on rapidly. PROMINENT ST. LOUIS TOBACCO MAN DIES. H. Charles Hauptmann, youngest son of the late Peter Hauptmann, and Vice- President of the Peter Hauptmann To bacco Company, of St. Louis, died last week at 4718 Gieer avenue. He was taken ill five weeks ago from bronchial pneumonia, which developed into tuber- culosis, and caused his death. He was born in St. Louis 32 years ago and after receiving his education began at the bottom and worked his way up until at the time of his father's death, December 21, 1904, he was superin tendent of the business. He inherited a controlling interest in the company. Mr. Hauptmann was mariied Septem- ber 29, 1897, to Miss Annie Heidemann of Brighton, 111. Besides his wife, Mr. Hauptmann is survived by two brothers, William and Henry, both of whom art employed by the Continental Tobacco Company. Business CKa.i\ges, Fires, Etc. California Los Angeles — L E Goodman, cigars; transferred assets. Connecticut Norwalk — Charles Johnson, cigars; sold out New Haven — Charles B Wirtz, cigar manufacturer; real estate mtge, J8,ooo District of Columbia Washington — Louis E Paxson, cigars, tobacco, etc; sued on debt of $127 Illinois Bloomington — Fred Pietch, cigars; dis- continued Massachusetts Boston — Herbert E Lombard, cigars and tobacco; damaged by fire The Talk & Nathan Cigar Co, whole- saler and retailer of cigars; petitioned court for dissolution of corporation Michigan Benton Harbor — Ralston & Newton, cigar manufacturers; chattel mtge, I122 Detroit — Bertrand Buchanan, retailer of cigars and tobacco; chattel mtge, $700 New York Newbufgfe-==-fi McEwen, cigars; out of business New York City-^^ Louis F Fromer & Co, wholesale cigars ; Louis F Fromer dead Ohio Paulding — Palm Cigar Co (not inc); dissolved. Toledo — Dennis Molony, cigar manu- facturer; Dennis Molony dead Pennsylvania Lebanon — Mrs Margaret Long, Justice Cigar Factory ; petition in bankruptcy. f t JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Snnoklng Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT lliiicifiEictarerof High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes* f». 3,^1 Biantif acture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COML Y & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ . ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 'f ^ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 4- > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ UX ^^ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ It. 3Cco A Specialty of Light Connedictit Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ®. Binders WISCONSIN (H OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa.. LrATi CIGAR BOXES PRIiniRS OF ARTISTIC SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS niRNISHED WRITE FOff AMPLESJWD RIBBON PRICES BBONS For Sale by All Dealers I MIXTURE >-^'f INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ^LvE3 ^ Qo. IMPORTERS O, AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJkDBI^RHIA TPHIE National Cigar Clipper It Clips a V in Ends of Cigars — A LITTLE vest pocket instrument for the smoker that '^^ puts a V in ends of cigars^neatly — accuratel}' — without breaking wrapper, no matter how dry or brittle the cigar is. It doesn't bite and pull and squeeze; but cuts ''shear ways," the common sense way — a way that can't dull the the cutter and disfigure the point of cigar. Design is elegant — nothing like it on the market anywhere Finest tool steel — nickel plated, and pol- ished. Makes an effective and lasting piece of advertising for the cigar manufacturer and distributer because of its ability to attract attention — its utility and durability. The dealer can't put a better selling novelty before a smoker. Hits two ways, — snug profit when sold — fetching advertising with name on. Sample 1 5 cents. Dozen lots with* out ad. $ 1 .25. Gross lots without ad. $14.00; with ad. if not more than three lines, three eighth of an inch long, $16.50. NATIONAL SELLING CO., AUentown, Pa. I . BSTABUSHBD IN 1881 ) ). 24. ) Vol. XXV., No. PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1905. OnB D0LI,AR PBM A.NNUM. Single Copies, Five Cents. ' Wl axjj6-C. >xo^ Uef '^oyyySL. '^^^^ JOHN SLATER & CO ^_:2JIJBtk.. Manufacturers «f HaLnd'Nade LONG FILLER. STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. 1 E. ROSEN WALB & BR0. The Leading Exclusive Sumatra House Our Purchases of NEW SUMATRA TOBACCO Up to BALES 8 1 S P I Deli 211 St. Cyr | Deli 1 10 Amst. Deli Co. | J H 30 Deli Ba My 69 Mandi Angin Deli A 23 L P C I Padang Brahrang 406 S K I Deli 123 Sumatra Plantage My 144 A D CJ Deli 33 B M I Langkat Date: BALES 74 Deli My | K 92 J H M I Deli 202 A F M I S 120 Langkat | Tab My | H L 63 T T R I Langkat 4 1 Deli Ma | A 300 Mandi Angin | Deli— A 44 P V d A 27 P V d A 200 Various Marks 2,439 Bales We will "continue buying at every inscription, in order to supply our trade. We are holders of One Thousand Bales of Old Sumatra at Old Prices. H. DUYS & CO. 170 Water Street, New York |V%«%| K H C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 114 ^^Philadelphia Sumatra Wrapper — Vuelta Havana filler — the highest grade workmanship. There's a combination that makes the finest cigar we know of. The name of the cigar is JOHN HAY, and it sells for ten cents. STEWART, NEWBURGER d CO., Ltd. Gi^ar Manofactarers, '^^^^Fire? Rev. District! Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER, lOcT) iier to k Co. Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada. (NICKELBY. 5c.) Channing Allen ®, Co 'Manufacturers of 419 Locusi Si. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA Mott Ail ^ Hvntm Cigv M«tft KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ®. MOORHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. •"The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of Roedel's Best I THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples tent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. pp^.-f^rfl* rE»^ HlQu^ ■ii B *« "l^^^^H 1 ^ ^3r^v» t-,.4' 1 ^B im CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumana & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. / /\, QalVES ^ O©. <^0^ /~-/a van a 123 N. THIRD ST IMPORTERS or HILJkOELRHIA +TriE T©B>qeeO WORLB> WEEKLY CROP REPORT. Latest Bulletin on Condition of Tobacco From Department of A|!riculture, Washington, D. C, June 9. The Department of Agriculture's latest bulletin of the tobacco crops throughout the country, shows that good progress with planting has been made in the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic States where the outlook for this crop is promis- ing, although cut worms are causing injury in Virginia and Kentucky. The report categorically is as follows: New England — Tobacco good, but much resetting necessary; insect pests numerous in the South. Pennsylvania — Large acreage of to- bacco transplanted; permanent damage by recent frosts. Maryland — Much tobacco set. Virginia — Tobacco planted and doing very well, though complaint of cut worms locally. North Carolina — Tobacco in excellent condition. Tennessee — Tobacco growing well. Kentucky — Tobacco planting nearly completed, healthy and promising; cut worms still injuring. Indiana — Transplanting tobacco con- tinues. Ohio — Tobacco fair. CAN IMPORT CIGARETTES. retrieve his cotton losses, and also to ex pand the domestic industry. tobacco, as witness the following letter received from them by the department: Dear Sir: Your communication of the ist instant at hand and carefully noted. In reply to same, would say that we Indiana Judge Decides Smoker Can Work It That Way. Indianapolis, June 8. Under a decision rendered today by Superior Court Judge James Leathers smokers may import cigarettes from other States and smoke them in Indiana, but cannot sell them or give them away in the State. This makes it imperative for every man wh© wants cigarettes to import them himself. The decision was in the case of W. W. Lowry, who was indicted for smoking a cigarette. He proved that he had im- ported the cigarette from another State and pleaded his right to do so under the Interstate Commerce law. Judge Leathers sustained the plea. The Commonwealth will appeal. Lowry was a martyr for the cause of the cigarette smoker, but feels that he is repaid for his trouble and annoyance. %^^^%<%^ ROCKFORD. ILL . SNUFF COMPANY CHANGES HANDS. The Rockiord Snuff and Tobacco Com- pany, of Rockiord, 111, incorporated under the laws of the Stale in 1887, is now in the posse -sion of Victor Nelson and Augustus Gustafson, of Chicago. The company has been doing a thriv- ing business under the management of E R. jonson and it is for the purpose of getting away from the business cares that he has sold out almost the entire stock, retaining the minority merely as an in- vestment. The new managers are both expeii- enced in the manufacture of snuflf, and Victor Nelson has for seventeen years past been actively engaged in producing the commodity, which has a ready sale in Rockford. The two gentlemen will move their families to the city in about one month. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICl'LTURE'S REPORT ON TE.XAS TOBACCO, grades-tops, middles, and sand or bot- torn leaves This selection was made so Crop was Handled by Philadelphia Broker Who Declares Tobacco "Su- that the tobacco could be better handled perior Piece of Filler" for Mixing with Havana, with Chance for a in the warehouses /-> J T- ^ r\ i\/i c ^* ..;„ c- M * o c ui After it had been thotoiighly fermented Good Future. One Manufacturing Firm Not So Favorable. ,.^ f^Ko^^^ . ..o f»J^ ; ^ ♦ ^ .k the tobacco was assorted into three ,,, , . , TA i- r grade?, namely, heavy, tlimsy, and Washington, I). C. June lo. ? 1 « f;n^ -ri, r »/ i ° ' J ^ broken tiller. The first two grade repre- The United States Department of Agri The report of Messrs, McNess and sented perfect leaves, the only difference culture has received a complete report of Hinson, detail completely the experi- in the leaves being that iho^e classed as the experiments in growing Cuban seed ments conducted during 1902 and 1903 heavy contained more body than those tobacco in Texas, conducted by (ieorge and then states in part; PJf ^^ '" the flimsy grade. The broken , A L u r . T^ filler consisted of imperfect leaves tiom T. McNess and Walter M. Hinson. with At the beginnmg of 1904 the Bureau ^oth the heavy and light leaves, which a view of enabling the Texas firmer to had ascertained, through the two years' because of this condition would not com experiments the types ot.uil upon which ^.and as high a price as the other t*o a tobacco nearly approaching the Cuban trades leaf, and surpis.ing any rtllernow being The* total production from the 8|/ After the tobacco had been cured it grown in the United States. coulJ be acres harvested was 5.461 pounds, or an was placed in the hands of a prominent successfully produced; but it seemed ad- average yield per acre of 624 i pounds broker for sale, in order to ascertain the ^^^^^^J^ ^<^ continue the experiments dur- ^he total cost of production was $1. 180.. • . , r . , r A L 1"^^ the season of 1004 to see if by differ- -o ^. -,, r. ,.^ntc r.«.r r.r,i,r.H commercial value of the leaf. A number ^ mPthnd^ t^i f*.rtni7^finn =,nH rnUiva ^ ;^? P pound. f ,, , , ui ent methods of fertilization and cultiva- There is no doubt whatever that the of the reports were tavorable, although t,on. and by eliminating past mistakes a f^^mer can grow this tobacco at a much Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., of Philadelphia, still better leaf could be grown. i^^^ ^ost than in these experimental were not particularly impressed by the Headquarters were established at Na- crops, in which all the labor and teams cogdoches. Nacogdoches county. Tex., ^ere hired at very liberal prices, a cash where the Bureau had the previous >ear ^^^^^1 paid for the land and barns, and established a warehouse Substations n^^^h experimental work performed by were also established at Crockett, Hous ^^^ Bureau" sown force, which is charged ton county, and at Giddings. Lee county. ^^ the uniform rate of 10 cents per hour, ,., , Each of J^^ese stauons was placed m and materially increases the cost of pro have given the tobacco of which you charge of an assistant expert, whose duction as given in the following tables, speak a thorough test. We find, how duties were to supervise and assist in the ^ j^ believed that the farmer having all ever, that the quality is not good enough work of growing an experiment crop. ^^e facilities on his plantation can grow to use as a substitute for Havana tobacco. The first step in fitting the soil for the this tobacco at a cost not exceeding 10 in fact it is hardly equal to the filler to- reception of the plants were taken in ^^^^^ ^ pound. In fact, an estimate baccos which are grown in the better Nacogdoches county the latter part of based upon the foregoing statement of sections of Pennsylvania. February. The land had been planted expenditures and other data gathered We have only worked a small portion >" corn for several years In the latter during the progress of this work in Texas of the bale. The remainder we still have P^rt of March the field was laid off in 3 indicate that the tobacco can be produced, in stock and will eventually work it with foot rows, and prepared for setting the ^^^^^ normal conditions, and with a the other seed fillers. P^*"^^ throwing the soil into beds with a ^^^.^^^ yjeid of 600 pounds for less Trusting that this information will be turn plow turning four furroA^s to each of service to you, we are, "-o^- , Later on. about the ist of April, two furrows were turned back into the water furrow, leaving a list i foot wide and above the level of space between The department also received the fol- the rows. This left the soil in good lowing report on the sale of the tobacco condition for transplanting. from Herman G. Vetterlein, of Philadel- Transplanting was begun on April 8. .... u J •. 1 ^^ The plants were placed 10 inches apart phia, in whose hands It was placed: ^ .*^ . , . . ^. ^.,^ ^ ' *^ in the row, and just before setting the Dear Sir: The tobacco raised in Texas lists were leveled olT by means of a board has closed hete, and about 4,ooo.coo under the supervision of the Bureau of attached to a plow, which left the soil in pounds have been secured, of which the Soils, being now sold. I would herewith a loose, moist condition, so that the roots Connental Tobacco Co. got 3, 263, coo, report that while there was a very com- of the young plants would not be injured .u .1 u j • ' ,*^ J ., u J- . u *• \.c .1 , • • .. -.u ^^ t ■ more than they have secured in any pre- plete and thorough distribution ot the by coming in contact with or by being ■' ^ *^ catalogues calling attention of the manu- set in the dry surface soil. The setting vious year. facturers of cigars and dealers in leaf to of plants was continued in this field up The tobacco cost an average of ten bacco to the experiments made in the to April 30, and a good stand was secured, cents per pound and has been delivered. above mentioned State, the demand for necessitating very little resetting. ^^^ ^^^ ^bove the average and samples to test the merits of this tobacco The flower bud appeared from seven to , , , . ... was not as great as one would expect, and eight weeks after setting out the plants. ^^ouj,\vi good prices, the highest price this can readily be accounted for by the The first topping was done at Nacog- P^'^ '^V ^^is company being fourteen fact that the manufacturers of cigars are doches, about June 5, exactly seven loath to take up anything new or differ- weeks after the first setting, and it was ent to what they have been using, for continued at different intervals upon the fear of injuring their established brands various fields until all the plants were of cigars, the results of years of work and topped. , ... , ^ expense. Harvesting was commenced atthenorth ^^^'^.^ ^rop of 1 904 will place over $350 - However, various bales and samples field, Nacogdoches, on June 20, when °o° '" "-^^ hands of Montgomery county have been sufficiently distributed to war such plants as had reached the right P ^"ters. ,^^^^^^^^ rantlthestatement that the department has stage of ripeness were cut and speared p,^,^,^^, .,-1 inRRiiur tidm rp Awriir« succeeded in raising a superior piece of upon lath in the field, from 10 to 20 CINCINNATIJOBBING FIRM BRANCHES filler tobacco, part of it being smooth and plants being placed on each lath. The OvT. mellow in taste and part of it being with laths were then placed upon racks built The A. T. Moiris wholesale cigar firm a trifle more body, but both being very in the shady part of the field, and there of Cincinnati, O , expects to open a suitable for mixing with Habana or even the tobacco was allowed to hang until it wholesale branch store in Stealing, III,, using it entirely clear, and with the con- wilted. »« the near future and the firm has secured tinuance of the care in raising and hand- After the tobacco had remained on the the services of Charles Plunkett to take ling of it, and the natural improvement racks in the field long enough to allow it charge of the work in that city. He that one would expect in its continual to be handled without damaging the leaf expects to receive his samples in a few production, in the end it should find it was hung upon the tier poles to cure. days, they having been shipped. Mr. a position in the market where its merits During the first damp weather after the Plunkett is a good man, and there is no should create satisfactory demand. tobacco had been thoroughly cured it doubt but that he will make a success of To secure this desirable result it will was taken down. The night before, the the venture. For the next four or five be necessary for the growers to be satis- barns were opened, to allow free circula- weeks he will labor in the city and neigh- fied with small profits in the beginning, tion of moist air to put the tobacco in boring towns and after the creation of a and prices should be made accordingly, good "kase" or "order " The tobacco demand for the products of the company, so as to invite purchasers was then stripped from the lath and the fifteen brands of cigars in number, the Yours truly. Herman Vetterlein. leaves picked off the stalks, making three firm will open a branch house here. you. Yours, very truly. Otto Eisenlohr & Bros. than 10 conts a pound. MONTGOMERY CO . KY . CROP SOLD. Continental Tobacco Co. Makes Lar^fer Purchases Than Ever Before. Mt. Sterling. Ky. , June 8. Purchasing of the 1904 tobacco crop cents. Independent dealers purchased 200000 pounds at an average of nine cents. The year was a money maker for che majority of raisers and increased acreage will be put in this year. The C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO WORLD MsngrociGAfi £UMPERT Bros. Manufacturers 114 Philadelphia Sumatra Wrapper — Vuelta Havana filler — the highest grade workmanship. There's a combination that makes the finest cigar we know of. The name of the cigar is JOHN HAY, and it sells for ten cents. STEWART. NE WBURGER 8l CO., Ud. Ci^ar Mannfadarers, 'iSri^. D^ii^ Pa. 29 NoHh 4th St.. Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER. 10c?) Manufacturers, 615 Market SU Philada. (NICKELBY, 5c.) Channing Allen Qi Ca Aanufacturers of 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. BcU Telephone 488&-A. STANDARD OP ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA All ' NavMA Cifar KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN (H MOORHEAD, Inc., Makers. PHILADELPHIA. PA. ""The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best n : THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAI. Samples sent to Reputable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDBL CO., N. llih Street, PHILAOBLPHIA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ; AC <& Go. H IMPORTERa or^-^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MILADML^HiA +TriE TeB/ieeo Worlb-^ but pests WEEKLY CROP REPORT. Latest Bulletin on Condition of Tobacco From Department of Agriculture. Washington, D. C, June 9. The Department of Agriculture's latest bulletin of the tobacco crops throughout the country, shows that good progress with planting has been made in the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic States where the outlook for this crop^is promis- ing, although cut worms arc causing injury in Virginia and Kentucky. The report categorically is as follows: New England — Tobacco good, much resetting necessary; insect numerous in the Souih. Pennsylvania — Large acreage of to- bacco transplanted; permanent damage by recent frosts. Maryland— Much tobacco set. Virginia — Tobacco planted and doing very well, though complaint of cut worms locally . North Carolina — ^Tobacco in excellent condition. Tennessee — Tobacco growing well. Kentucky — Tobacco planting nearly completed, healthy and promising; cut w«rms still injuring. - Indiana — Transplanting tobacco con- tinues. Ohio — Tobacco fair. CAN IMPORT CIGARETTES. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S REPORT ON TEXAS TOBACCO, grades^tops, middles, and sand or hot- tom leaves This selection was made so Crop was Handled by Philadelphia Broker Who Declares Tobacco "Su perior Piece of Filler" for Mixing with Havana, with Chance for a Good Future. One Manufacturing Firm Not So Favorable. Washington, D. C. The report of Messrs. June lo. McNess and The United States Department of Agri culture has received a complete report of Hinson, detail completely the experi- the experiments in growing Cuban seed ments conducted during 1902 and 1903 tobacco in Texas, conducted by George and then states in part: T. McNess and Walter M. Hinson, with a view of enabling the Texas f Armer to retrieve his cotton losses, and also to ex- pand the domestic industry. After the tobacco had been cured it that the tobacco could be better handled in the warehouses After it had been thoroughly fermented the tobacco was assorted into three grades, namely, heavy, flimsy, and broken filler. The first two grade repre- sented perfect leaves, the only difference in the leaves being that those classed as heavy contained more body than those placed in the flimsy grade. The broken filler consisted of imperfect leaves from both the heavy and light leaves, which because of this condition would not com- mand as high a price as the other two At the beginning of 1904 the Bureau had ascertained, through the two years' experiments the types ot soil upon which a tobacco nearly approaching the Cuban grades leaf, and surpassing any filler now being j^e total production from the SU grown in the United States, could be ^^res harvested was 5.461 pounds, or an was placed in the hands of a prominent successfully produced ; but it seemed ad- average yield per acre of 624. i pounds, broker for sale, in order to ascertain the ^'^able to continue the experiments dur- ^he total cost of production was |i. 180.- ilue of the leaf Anumber '"^ *^^ f^^f°" ?^/904 to see if by differ- ^g. or 21.6 cents per pound, liue o! tne leat. Anumoer ent methods of fertilization and cultiva- xk.« ;. «« aL„u. ,..u...,.^. ♦k,* .k. commercial value of the leports were lavorable, although tjon, and by eliminating past mistakes a Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., of Philadelphia, still better leaf could be grown. were not particularly impressed by the Headquarters were established at Na- tobacco, as wi,n«, the following l«.«r 'j°^t'^'J,^:y^°?Z':^:!.'^l-J.'r: received from them by the department: Dear Sir: Your communication of the 1st instant at hand and carefully noted. In reply to same, would say that we have given the tobacco of which you speak a thorough test. We find, how where the Bureau had the previous >ear established a warehouse. Substations were also established at Crockett, Hous There is no doubt whatever that the farmer can grow this tobacco at a much lower cost than in these experimental crops, in which all the labor and teams were hired at very liberal prices, a cash rental paid for the land and barns, and much experimental work performed by the Bureau' s own force, which is charged ton county, and at Giddings, Lee county. ^^ j^e uniform rate of 10 cents per hour, Each of these stations was placed m ^nd materially increases the cost of pro duction as given in the following tables. It is believed that the farmer having all the facilities on his plantation can grow this tobacco at a cost not exceeding 10 cents a pound. In fact, an estimate based upon the foregoing statement of Indiana Judge Decides Smoker Can Work It That Way. Indianapolis, June 8. Under a decision rendered today by Superior Court Judge James Leathers smokers may import cigarettes from other States and smoke them in Indiana, but cannot sell them or give them away in the State. This makes it imperative for every man whe wants cigarettes to import them himself. The decision was in the case of W. W. Lowry, who was indicted for smoking a cigarette. He proved that he had im- ported the cigarette from another State and pleaded his right to do so under the Interstate Commerce law. Judge Leathers sustained the plea. The Commonwealth will appeal. Lowry was a martyr for the cause of the cigarette smoker, but feels that he is repaid for his trouble and annoyance. ROCKFORD. ILL . SNUFF COMPANY CHANGES HANDS. The Rocklord Snuff and Tobacco Com- pany, of Rocklord, 111, incorporated under the laws of the State in 1887, is now in the possession of Victor Nelson and Augustus Gustafson, of Chicago. The company has been doing a thriv- ing business under the management of E R. Jonson and it is for the purpose of getting away from the business cares that he has sold out almost the entire stock, retaining the minority merely as an in- vestment. The new managers are both expeii- «nced in the manufacture of snuff, and Victor Nelson has for seventeen years past been actively engaged in producing the commodity, which has a ready sale in Rockford. The two gentlemen will move their families to the city in about 4>Be month. charge of an assistant expert, whose _ _ duties were to supervise and assist in the ever, that the quality is not good enough '^ofk of growing an experiment crop, to use as a substitute for Havana tobacco. The first step m fitting the soil for the in fact it is hardly equal to the filler to- reception of the plants were taken in baccos which are grown in the better Nacogdoches county the latter part of ^ _ -.-^— -^ sections of Pennsylvania. February. The land had been planted expenditures and other data gathered We have only worked a small portion >" co""^ »«; several years In the latter ^j^^ing the progress of this work in Texas of the bale. The remainder we still have P^^t of March the field was laid off ins indicate that the tobacco can be produced, in stock and will eventually work it with »oot rows, and prepared for setting the ^^^^ normal conditions, and with a the other seed fillers. P^»"^^ throwing the soil into beds with a ^ij^ij^um yield of 600 pounds for less Trusting that this information will be turn plow turning four furroA^s to each f service to you, we are, ""O^- , Later on, about the ist of April, two furrows were turned back into the than 10 conis a pound. you. Yours, very truly, Otto Eisenlohr & Bros. The department also received the fol- lowing report on the sale of the tobacco from Herman G. Vetterlein, of Philadel- phia, in whose hands it was placed: Dear Sir: The tobacco raised in Texas under the supervision of the Bureau of Soils, being now sold, I would herewith report that while there was a very com- plete and thorough distribution of the catalogues calling attention of the manu- water furrow, leaving a list i foot wide and above the level of space between the rows. This left the soil in good condition for transplanting. Transplanting was begun on April 8. The plants were placed 10 inches apart in the row, and just before setting the lists were leveled off by means of a board attached to a plow, which left the soil in a loose, moist condition, so that the roots of the young plants would not be injured by coming in contact with or by being set in the dry surface soil. The setting facturers of cigars and dealers in leaf to of plants was continued in this field up MONTGOMERY CO . KY CROP SOLD. Continental Tobacco Co. Makes Larger Purchases Than Ever Before. Ml Sterling, Ky., June 8. Purchasing of the 1904 tobacco crop has closed here, and about 4,000, coo pounds have been secured, of which the Connental Tobacco Co. got 3,263,000, more than they have secured in any pre- vious )ear. The tobacco cost an average of ten bacco to the experiments made in the to April 30, and a good stand was secured, cents per pound and has been delivered, above mentioned State, the demand for necessitating very little resetting, samples to test the merits of this tobacco The flower bud appeared from seven to was not as great as one would expect, and eight weeks after setting out the plants. was above the average and prices, the highest price this can readily be accounted for by the fact that the manufacturers of cigars are loath to take up anything new or differ- ent to what they have been using, for fear of injuring their established brands of cigars, the results of years of work and topped, expense. However, various bales and samples have been sufficiently distributed to war ranti the statement that the department has succeeded in raising a superior piece of The first topping was done at Nacog- doches, about June 5, exactly seven weeks after the first setting, and it was continued at different intervals upon the various fields until all the plants were The crop brought good paid by this company being fourteen cents. Independent dealers purchased 200000 pounds at an average of nine cents. The year was a money maker for the majority of raisers and increased acreage will be put in this year. The Harvesting was commenced atthenorth «"t»^« "/>P/>f 1904 will place over $350,. field, Nacogdoches, on June 20, when <'^ >" '^^ ^ands of Montgomery county such plants as had reached the right Planters, stage of ripeness were cut and speared upon lath in the field, from 10 to 20 filler tobacco, part of it being smooth and plants being placed on each lath. The mellow in taste and part of it being with laths were then placed upon racks built a trifle more body, but both being very in the shady part of the field, and there suitable for mixing with Habana or even the tobacco was allowed to hang until it using it entirely clear, and with the con- wilted, tinuance of the care in raising and hand- After the tobacco had remained on the CINCINNATIJOBBING FIRM BRANCHES OVT. The A. T. Moiris wholesale cigar firm of Cincinnati, O , expects to open a wholesale branch store in Stealing, IlL, in the near future and the firm has secured the services of Charles Plunkett to take ling of it, and the natural improvement racks in the field long enough to allow it charge of the work in that city. He that one would expect in its continual production, in the end it should find a position in the market where its merits should create satisfactory demand. To secure this desirable result it will to be handled without damaging the leaf expects to receive his samples in a lew it was hung upon the tier poles to cure. days, they having been shipped. Mr. During the first damp weather after the Plunkett is a good man, and there is no tobacco had been thoroughly cured it was taken down. The night before, the be necessary for the growers to be satis- barns were opened, to allow free circula- fied with small profits in the beginning, tion of moist air to put the tobacco in and prices should be made accordingly, good "kase" or "order" The tobacco so as to invite purchasers was then stripped from the lath and the fifteen brands of cigars in number, the Yours truly, Herman Vetterlein. leaves picked off the stalks, making three firm will open a branch house here. doubt but that he will make a success of the venture. For the next four or five weeks he will labor in the city and neigh- boring towns and after the creation of a demand for the products of the company, INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE . A. C^'-*^^® cSl G^ H^*»^^ '^^ %\ JMRORTERS O^^ THIRD ST 'MILJtOBLRHIA JTT J_J_ 1 • Q r\^ Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA HI ^"U ^ rv r% ^ i Ve t teriein & Co. and packers of DOMESTiriiTF i Q Dacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 1855. T.Dobaiw >D &.T^ ^ ^tn. H, Dohan. ^^'^ dohanTtaitt, "^^ j)g,j Importcrsof Havana and Sumatra ^^^ Packers of /"^^J^ J07 ^rcA St. Established 1825 ^S BREMER'S sojy^ \\y^ IMPORTERS OF •* t^J Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia JULIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg 8z: Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. lESportcn of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed Leaf BBNJ. LABE JACOB LABn SIDNBV W BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers of SU MAT RA amd HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^SAF TOBACCO 231 and 23s North Third Street PHILADELPHIA, PA. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO ( SEED LEAF HAVANA aod SUMATRA ^ 111 Arch St, PhUadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; Baldwinsville.N.Y. liEOPOliD IiOEB 8t 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. The Empire '"P'^ersa^^^^^^^^^^ Leaf lobacco havana n HP SUMATRA lUUUUU Co., Ltd. SUMATRA 118 N.3d St. Phila. J. S. BATROFF, 5 224 Arch St.. Philadelphia. ' Broker in LEAF TOB/I(9eO |i» — 1 ^7" » ^ Q JTT _ IMPORTERS of l#l I OlUlg CK I4ewmail,Siimatra&Havana^-£%3!-' 21* N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA, " Packer* of Seed Lsuf. ~ H.AC <& Go. H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILJKDmU^HIA SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CieikR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦%%%%%•'•* I. The Old Salesman's Musings. ♦ ♦ "LOOKING PLEASANT" OFTEN MEANS years. He is the proprietor of a medio- NOTHING. ere business that nets him a fairly good Prominent among the various brands living for the reason that he has a capa- of hot air that are wafted into the public ble manager. His father left him a ether by the literary enthusiasts or space- splendid, live business that could easily fillers, is the "look pleasant" spiel. have been made into one of the big in- We are being told continually by some- dustrial concerns of the countiy. body, that no matter what happens, or I remember when the young fellow how badly things are going, we ought to stepped into his inheritance, everyone wear an expression of cheerful, good was so glad for him, and I recollect one humor. One writer boldly asserts that young matron saying: "Tom will go ••it makes all the difference in the world further than his father, for nobody can to you and to those whom you influence help liking Tom. He has the nicest what kind of an expression you wear," smile I've ever seen." and then askes his reader if "people Well, he has. It hasn't come off in smile and look happier when you ap- all these fifteen years, and I fancy it proach, or do they shrink from you, and would take the Council of Ten to chisel feel a chilly goose flesh sensation come it off. Tom has a wide circle of friends, over them as they see you approach ?" any and all of whom are willing to sub As a matter of fact I remember but scribe to the statement that Tom is a two occasions and twj men who uni- corking, good fellow. Butnotjoneof them formly produced the two effects described, would be willing to go into a business The happiness dispensing chap was a deal with him, or trust any of their paymaster who had been delayed two money in his business, or even |,'ive him days, and the other gent was an unfortu an executive job, if he were to go broke. nate individual who showed up in the Tom goes along his amiable way, bland village one morning after indiscreetly at- and cheerful, shaking everyone by the tacking a skunk, while intoxicated. (In- hand and leaving a distinct impression toxicated, meaning the man was ) nowhere I have had a pretty wide acquaintance That's one kind of habitual smiler, with business men in my time, and and he's the best kind at that. The though I may be very different from other is a cruel bird that tries to escape other persons, I always feel like fighting the odium of his cruelty, by a hateful shy of one who has a smile on wreath of his lips. At base, a smile is tap, and whocontinually wears that air of not so tremendously different from a easy good humor. I have usually found scowl, around the mouth, and if you will either that he was a man with no backbone study the lower lines of such a man's who was quite satisfied as long as his face when he doesn't know you are lines were cast in pleasant places, or that watching him, you will perceive that he was a man whose smile masked com- while they may have the elements of a plete heartlessness. made to order smile, there is nothing The best business man I ever met, had humorous or kindly about them a face not unlike a professional gambler. I have such a man in mind. Every He met everybody as man to man, and time I meet him he greets me with a whoever entered his office was received hearty laugh and a shake of the hand, calmly and listened to calmly. You had If the laugh is very hearty, I feel as if I the privilege of talking to an e)e that were going to get bad news from home, was clear with intelligence, and you felt and if it is only a little smile, I think at once that the passive demeanor meant perhaps the man has perhaps found a neither weakness in or indifference. So far way to do himself a favor, part of the as I am able to say, that man was abso- good of which may reflect on me. lately just in all his deahngs, and though The man is absolutely and completely he rarely smiled, either at his employes heartless. Two or three years ago one of or customers, he had the respect and his employes was injured in his factory liking of all. *"*^ ^°^* * ^^S* ^^ ^^s one of those cases I have met many a man with • 'the where the employer could not legally be smile that wont come off." One man held liable and the man was compelled in particular, I have known for fifteen (Concluded on page 7) er- I imerCo. Sulzberger Oppenheimer (Limited) Gi^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia IF YOU WANT to be in HAVANA Smoke CN ^^^< ■n 5c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office, No. 614 Betz Building. Philadelphia. JOSEPH HOLURD & SONS, Makers of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphlo, MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $35 to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD t'-^TlEALM OPT/IB PBTAILERS ceeding occasion frets less and less until CIGAR STORE DE LUXE. better business than their father ever did. he rather welcomes the lazy periods. 'pH ERE is a ce. tain cigarette and cigar are doing it at less expense, and so As a matter of fact, if the man can't •■■ sto.e in New York, or perhaps cigar quietly that probably half the business possibly find anything else to do. it would -establishmenf would be better, that houses in the immediate vicinity never be better for him to do crochet work than is about as highfalutin a place as the heard of the place. They go after a to do nothing but gas. It's all right to most luxu.ious soul could desire. The specialized trade, and it pays them. TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. "PlON T allow your store to make a loafer of you or give you an in growing tendency. Many a good man ^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^ ^"^^ ^^^.^ ^^ -^ J^^i^g ^^^^^ j^ ^^^ ^^ ^ y^ung man and his sis- '' '"" business hours. ter. and it is the sister's idea. Needless -IMPROPER" PICTURES. There is one dealer who studies Latin to say. it is a typically New York idea. JN various parts of the country at va- during his off hours He may never Not a great while ago. the sudden "ous times occur spasmodic crusades- have any use for Latin, but it is good death of the father, brought the young against the pictures which some agar. is learning man from an uncompleted course in col cigarette or tobacco mar ufacturers issue lege, and t h e daughter from a girl's 'or advertising purposes, and which school. The mother has been dead many retailers display m their stores. r Tu- f^fU-» Vio^ r.«,n«»H a There are twoor thiee such crusadesgoing for some years. The father naa ownea a » » * ^ , „♦ i--^cf o ctr>r*. on now in many benighted settlements, prosperous cigar store, or at least a store " / £> that had been prosperous but after his has been spoiled by a comfortable cigar store. He has started in full of energy and progressiveness, and in a compara- tively short time has wound up a tame edition of himself, content to dope around ^.^^ training. Another his own store day after day and year Sp^^ish. and th it will be of benefit to him for he intends to take a trip to Cuba to study tobacco conditions. Another after year until he gets to be more like a cow than a man. When a man is running a moderate sized store, with one. possibly two clerks. there will be days when there won't be anything much for him to do but sit around the store and talk about hard man works out puzzles in Sunday papers, magazines, etc. , and has already won a and it is claimed that the pictures with watch, some money and various other death, his books showed that his business which fault is found are immoral and things. All these men are better o ff h^d been running down for some time debasmg. than if they were doing nothing, but until it was practicallv no longer a pay- times to anybody who is w.lhng to listen, ^heyare not so well off. as three other jng proposition. He left only two or There is likely to be a dull day patron- ^^^j^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^p^ ^y^^.^ ^^^^^ ^.^^ ^^ age, the members of which are willing to figuring out window displays, advertis- loaf around indefinitely, and indulge in just as idle talk as the proprietor will encourage or stand for. The proprietor has a comfortable chair in the store, of which he grows more and more fond, until he is spending most of his time in it. That is. some pro prietors, but it is a very natural ten- ing cards and the like, which they put into service One of these has some little talent for drawing and he utilizes it to good effect. 'I very often have three hours or so a A few of them doubtless are. There certainly have been pictures printed that had no artistic value and whose only value lay in the suggestion conveyed. , But these are greatly in the minority, and mayed, for they hadn't expected any . • -. u- u n i .1 ^ .. r a • A \. A- A in a minority which will always take care three thousand dollar*. The children were considerably dis such condition of affairs, and they did some hard thinking. Finally the girl evolved the proposition, and put it be of itself. The reputable cigar dealer does not care to advertise his store by the aid of such pictures, and the disreputable fore her brother. He laughed incredu , , , , ,, , dav all told" he said 'when there is , , , -j 1 j-j .. • j * i- dealer who does, usually has a patronage aay, ail loia, nc saia. wncn mere is lously. but said he didn't mind taking a ,-ii .u oracticallv nothing doing that I need '^^ which would be very unlikely to be practically nothing doing umi i nccv* ^.j^j^^^-g . . ,^ ^ ;jT attend to, and I used to mope around Accordingly a suite of office rooms was ''"^k '^''^"h dency. for a man who hasn t a steaaly ^„^^g^^ ^^ g^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ j ^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ .^ g X^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^.^^ ^^^^^.^^ could be devised. window display up town one day that ^hich were fixed up according to the girl's hit my fancy, and trying to describe it to ^^^^^ r^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^0^. the someone later. 1 made a rough sketch. ^^^^ ^xo^tx, which contains a desk, "That gave me the idea, and the next day I started to design a window on paper for myself. It didn't look as well as I thought it was going to. so I started harmed by about the worst pictures that lively business. It is a good plan when a man feels himself getting lazy or indifferent, or stale, to go away for half a day, or even a day. If his store is in a good-sized city, all right; if it isn't, let him take a trip to the nearest one of size. Let him spend his timewalking around the streets ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ j ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ and sizing up the different cigar stores, store window, and I received a good many typewriter, and the other necessary phara- phernalia. Back of this with its own en- trance, is the reception room beautifully furnished so that it is a pleasure to enter it. and much more one to stay. In one corner is a little stand, on which are The crusaders, however, see a picture of a woman in tights, such as may be seen in reality i n any theatre today., hanging in a cigar store window, and hold up their hands in horror. A few doors away they will pass an art store where may be displayed pictuies of la> dies who have not gone through the for- mality o f putting o n any clothing at Let him see how their windows are ^^-^^Xxrx^^nXs. So I keot on and I got . \ u T u , ? \ k a f all. and it's all right. J J k ♦ .,„.» «f „««^c o,- compliments, bo 1 kept on, ana i goi pjaced open boxes of the latest brands of ' ° arranged, and what sort of goods are _ .. ^„^,„ ^^^ . .,^^ ^^,,. . H V _ Hang one of the so about every one in three would be ^j^^^^ ^^^ cigarettes. The room has a Hang art pictures up in a most pushed, and how it is done. Then „tUfartnrv to me Then I wrote adver- ^'6"'" """ "'&""'"*•'• --—•-- - ^j ^^ ^^^ ^ ^ manufacturer's u- u t^ ^„o« .,» /<:«•-,•«♦ satisfactory to me. 1 nen 1 wrote aaver- p ^no in it. In the rear of this room is ^ ,J ,j . . let him buy a few cigars at different ^.^.^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ business has in^ . .. ._u .v name on it, and there would be the same places, and size up the interior of the the stock room proper, although the con complaint' How do these crusaders .rnre the clerks and evervthing about "^*''''* '° °'' ^''*'°""^ °^ ^''^^' *^^V tents of this are scarcely more than sam- know these tobacco pictures are immoral? store, the clerks, ana everytning aoout ^^^.^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^y^ ^j^^ ^^ ^^^ the place. pies now. as the firm has come to them as I used to. For. awhile, though, ^^ders direct from the jobber. fill Has anyone told them so, or do they feel immoral when they gaze on them.^* If that is the case they would better go dis He can have many a valuable five , ^^^^ ^^^^^ ,^ j^„ ^ f^^ ,^ ^^^ nrenared en- """ '= ""= "~ '""' """'" """=' B" •"' minute cha. during the afternoon, and he ^^^^^ , knew in another par. of the „,Ted "a ds Te senTom tra'uh. reg- i-'"! "-«- ow" 'Jjo^ghts before attempt -.;ii ^««- KorU fr*.ch^neH in everv wav. ^ graveQ caros werc seni oui 10 ail me rcg ^^ regulate the privileges of othe will come back freshened in every way. It miy be a lot of trouble, but it is presumed that a man is in business for the sake of making a success, and is willing to take a lot of trouble to accom- learning what to leave out and what to pli->h it. When the man gets home, he can start . .„ u i- , ^. . put in. so he will soon be making very his brain to work to conceive something ^ .' ^ ,, that is better for his own purpose than any- thing be has seen. He doesn't have to ing to regulate the privileges of other *°^"* ular customers of the old store, whose persons. It is a striking illustiation of "Any dealer can do this if he has as names were obtainable, to college stu- "evil to him who evil thinkcth." much talent for drawing as the average dents, and selected business men. The • • . person. It is good practice, and a man ^^^^ in- itself was a work of art. suffi- WASHINGTON AS A TOBACCONIST. finds himself getting better at it. and cicntly so to attract 50 per cent of the re "'pHE leading tobacconists of Great cipients out of curiosity. ^ '^'''"'" ' ' "^'^ " "'"' '""^'"' ' ''"" They came, and were sumptuously re steal other people's ideas, for he will be able to work out his own. The man living in a great city is many times as creative as the man on a desert island. few mistakes.' • • • CIGARS OF ANCIENT VINTAGE. NICOTINE treasure- trove was un- earthed in the ganet of the house of the late Henry Prentiss, of Danvers, Conn., a few days ago, when i.ooo boxes but that does not prove that the former of imported cigars bearing revenue steals ideas. He simply receives a con- stant stimulus to his thoughts. Sometimes a man becomes a loafer in his own store in spite of himself. He will have time hanging on his hands, and nothing to with it. The main point stamps dated 1867 were brought to light. Those who have smoked some of the cigars declare that they are not bad. in spite of their age. — Enterprising manufacturers are now Cigarettes are put out with the custo IS whether he would rather do nothing said to be flooding the States of Indiana mer's monogram, and there are a num- with it. or be busy. It may be that for and Wisconsin with advertisements in ber of other kinks that have helped to a time the man frets and frets, and wishes which they make allui ing offeis to sell make the hit. There is no doubt that something was done, but on each sue- cigarettes by mail. the young man and his sister are doing a Britain,' ' said a pipe maker. ' 'are the Wills firm. This *^rm is over 200- years old and in its office in Bristtl there ceived. The girl is a splendid looking j^^^gg ^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ autograph lettter girl whose dignity is sufficient unto itself, of George Washington. and she had got a pretty little rosy "Washington worked for this firm. He cheeked contrast of a girl, who was also a »"aiscd tobacco for it on his Virginia e»- , , , ^, ,, tate. The letter runs as follows: stenographer, to help her. Of course all ,,. . . , xt ..r. A \. ' J- A " 'Virginia, 25 th November. 1759 their friends turned their trade in, and a ...Gentlemen: Some time this week substantial box trade developed in an i expect to get on board the Gary for astonishingly short time. your house 50 hogsheads of tebacco of If a customer who seems inclined to my own and John Parke Guslis' s. which ... ,, J • ui •« u^ please to insure in the usual manner. I make himself undesirable comes m. he *^ ,, , , ^, , . , ._ ' shall also by the same ship send you 10 somehow is made to feel that his trade is q^ ,2 hogsheads more if I can get them not desired, and seldom repeats the visit, on board in time; but this, I believe, will be impracticable, if Gapt. Tulman uses that dispatch in loading which I e now has in his power to do. •"I am, gentlemen, your most obe- dient, humble servant. "•G. WASHINGTON."- ♦ THB TOBACCO WOKLD / The best thing that can happen for you and your customers is to insure the correct handling of every account. A customer who settles his accounts at the end of each ^veek said: "When my bills come to me I know they are correct. Mr. Hardy has a National Cash Register and he never makes a mistake in a single item in my bills. When I have anything charged I know that a printed record is made of the transaction by the register. The clerk is compelled to make a record of the sale as well as the customer's name at the same time. I have a great deal of confidence in the system Mr. Hardy uses." A National Cash Register is sold on easy monthly payments which enable you to pay for the register out of the money it saves. Let our representative call and explain our system to you. Cut olf H*r* anci anail to us todaT NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, DAYTON, OHIO / own a. Please explain to Xame me what kind of a register is best suited for my business. This does not obligate me to buy. Addrexa So. Clerks Please Mention The Tobacco World THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) to live on his scanty savings while he was getting well. Fmally h e got around again and bought himself a cheap artificial leg. He had usually sat down at his work, and he figured out that everything would be all right to go on again. He went back to the factory, shook hands all around, and then hopped into the office. His employer got up from the desk, held out his hand, and fairly beamed on the man. "Well, well, now!" he exclaimed with great heartiness, ' 'who'd have thought it ! I certainly am glad to see you about again, and looking so well, too." The workman's face brightened and he felt a glow o£ happiness spread over him. ••I'm glad you stopped in, too, Jenkins," went on the other, turning his cheery smile full on his ex employe. "I had something to say to you " He com- placently fumbled with his watch chain. "You have been with me for several years, and I know you have always had a proper appreciation of my in- terests. " ••I've always tried to have, sir," said the other, gratefully. "That being the case, you will under- stand at once how reasonable is the posi- tion I must take in this matter." The fatherly smile broadened. "No one knows better than you, that everything around a factory must be productive. The life of the factory depends on it. You have been very unfortunate. You have, I do not say through carelessness, reduced your capital, which is the power and endurance of your body, to a very doubtful working basis. You are thus unable to retain your place among well and sound men. As I say, you have been very unfortunate, but the fact re- mains that you can no longer offer the company adequate return for its money, and the company will therefore have to replace you, However, I have decided to give you a $5 bill from my own pocket to make up for any inconvenience. I will notify the cashier.' He turned, his lips still grinning, and again extended his hand. The poor devil took it mechanically, and passed out without a word. He was absolutely dazed. He got home before he knew where he was and sat around all day as if hypnotized. That night his fever returned and the next day found him seriously ill. And to shorten this story, while he was convalescing, his poor half starved wife went to the factory and begged on her knees that the man might be given the job of night watchman or some other half man's job. And when, still smiling his d d old smile, the brute turned her down, she fell in a dead faint on the office flx>r. There was a great commotion, and after the woman had regained conscious- ness the monster asked her if she didn't think she ought to clean up a little of the iness that had been made on her account, which the wretched, shivering creature did so well, that the thing that owned the factory promptly engaged her as char- woman, at fifty cents a week less that the woman he had, had been getting. A pleasant expression, like beauty, is one of the most superficial and mean- ingless things on earth. The Old Salesman. 8 t23 N. THIRD ST Philadelphia gREMER BROS. & gOEHM GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T- BREMER^ } 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers ivnd Dealers in Leaf Tobacco GEORGE N. FEHR. J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and lO'j South Seventh St, READIN6, PA. 0TTS & KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PniLIPPJ.KOLB CdwaroT.Colgan 1 5^W6rth Thi rd Str eet. Philadelphia. Oar ReUil Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, Importer of AND Dealer in Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. S. Weinberg, 120 North Third Street, Philadelphia. IMPORTER Oy Sumatra and Hayanriv Dealdrin all kinds of Seed Leal* Tobacco a V«leachik. VELENCHIK BROS. -•TaS^b LEAF T0B/I(3eO Sumatra and Havana 154 N. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVraiNKR J PRINCB LOUIS BYTHINER & CO. leaf Tobacco Brokers 308 RaCe St. p- .| f | f • and Commission Merchants. rlVllaaClpnia. Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERIVIANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, Importers of Paclcers and Exporters of and Dealers In Suinatra.«'Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, PhiladelphiarPenna. -THE TOBACCO WORLD R/ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse— HAB AN A, CVBA Cab'e — RoTisrA. NEPTUNO I70--I74. special Partner -Gumersindo Garcia Cuervo. LUIS MUNIZ MANUEL MUMZ HILARIO MUMZ VENANCIO DIAZ. Special Partner MUNIZ HERMANOS y CIA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDIOS TOBACCO Cable : "Angel." Havana ReindL 20, Havaiv^L p. O. Box 98 r i^^^i CONSIDERING FEW NEW BUYERS, HAVANA MARKET IS VERY FAIR Vuelta Abajo Crop Has Been Approved by One United States Buyer, at Least, Who Made Heavy Engagements. Receipts From Country Increasing, But Buyers Should Not Come Too Soon. [Special Correspondence ol The Tobacco Although only a few buyers made their appearance last week, the business done shows that a very fair activity prevailed and that oesides the Havana cigar manu- facturers, one Tampa firm has put the stamp of approval upon the Vuelta Abajo crop for clear Havana cigar purposes, and made heavy engagements. While the dealers and growers are as a rule always more optimistic on their judg- ment of a new crop, it is prerogative of the Northern buyer to concur in the favor- able opinion held here or to be more skeptical in the beginning and wait until the new tobacco has had more storage in the warehouse and become further advanced in the curing process. For this reason the early purchases of the new leaf must indicate that the manufacturer i n question not alone found the Vuelta Abajo fi t for early working, but also that he was convinced that the prices were right and that he would gain nothing by waiting. While the receipts from the country are increasing in magnitude and import- ance from week to week it would, how- ever, be too early to have too many buyers flock down right at once; as the vegas arrive from the country only par- tially complete, it would therefore be folly to urge Northern manufacturers to come here so early in the season. One or the other, who is anxious to form his own opinian, will come anyhow and pick his choice from the goods which are here. Partido wrappers are being examined, because after all, Vuelta Abajo will not be able to supply the demand. In the Santa Clara province a few packers have already started, others are going to open by the middle of this month, and all of them will be in full operation ^by the end of June. As regards prices there is more diver- sity of opinion, and while Vuelta^ Abajo may be somewhat higher than last year, the manufacturers may have a better yield in the stripped fillers and their cost may be only a trifle higher. Semi Vuelta will be higher, as the crop is shorter and very high figures were paid for the raw leaf in bundles, so unless the yield in the escojidas is far superior, prices will be higher than in 1904. Partido is also said to be shorter in quantity, still there ought not to be a big r.iise in the figure*, World.] Havana, June 5, 1905. as packers of experience can always equalize the cost to some extent. Reme- dios will be higher than in 1904, but until the yield in the escojidas becomes known, no figures can be even approxi- mately stated. The average price paid for the bundled tobacco is however from 20 to 30 per cent more than during the previous year. Saltta amounted to 5, 820 bales in all, or divided into 4,883 of Vuelta Abajo, 737 of Par- tido and 200 bales of Remedios. Two thirds of the above quantity were of the 1905 crop. American buyers supplied themselves with 3,550 bales, while the remainder of 2,270 bales were taken by the local industry. Buyers Come and Go. Arrivals — E. J. Stachelberg. of M. Stachelberg & Co., and O. Reinach of the Fernandez Hnos. Co., Tampa; L. Greenhall, of S. Bach & Co., New York. Departures — Richard Sichel, Victor Ettlinger, and Max Stern, for New York ; O. Reinach, for Tampa. HavancL Cigar Nanufacturera as a rule are quiet aad there is a lack of orders, as is usual at this season of the year. The large independent manu- facturers of standing form an exception, however, and they have no reason to complain of dull times, as the United States particularly is asking continually for the famous Vuelta Abajo brands. The smaller Partido factories though, have a hard road to travel, and it is said that a few of them work next to nothing, and may shut down until a revival sets in from Europe, as soon as the new crop is called for. H. Upmann & Co. received good orders from Germany, Austria, the United States, Great Britain and South America, so their factory is quite busy. Their shipments, however, show a falling off, as they only amounted 10 350,000 cigars during the past week, of their own famous H. Upmann brand and other indepen dent manufacturers, the latter being the sufferers temporarily. Cifiientes, Fernandez & Co. are like- wise constantly in receipt of good orders from the United States, England, South America, and last but not least Australia, where La Flor de Tabacos de Partagas & Co. is a leader. Sol is working steadily upon f^ir or- =1 ESTABLISHED 1844 H. Upmann & Co I HAVANA. CUBA. Bo^nkers and Commission Merchscnts ^ SHirrEP^^ OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF T03ACC0 I IIANUFXCTURfiRS OP The Celebrated CitfCLf Bra.ndi FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA« BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St.. New York Will receive and attend to orderto CigArt made ttiictly of the rery baaf VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. Venancio Diaz, Specif Sobrinos de Veivaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 An/{eles St.. HAVANA, Cuba. P.O. Box 856.* ANTONIO SUAREZ S en C \lmacen de Tabaco en Rama BSPBCIAUDAD EN TABACOS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO Rayon0yll2 HABANA • . A. G^^^^^,C& QO' <^o^j> Havana 123 IMPORTERS O N. THIRD ST PHIt.ADEL.PHI A Leslie Pantin;''*o!«lt'?o.''"ttB!:tt';Habana, Cuba RENS Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands, .% f r ^^^^J-^V^^. Ssj^^Ti SOL and LUIS MARX JfiAain^ Consulado 91, HAVANA. ^/s M ^t^^ SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 Habana. CiUe '•Antkro. JOAQUIIV HEDBSA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA <& CO. Packer and Exporter of Lreaf 83a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jkdesa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key W^t, Florida. JW. GflRCIfl PUlilDO GROWER, PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VuehsL AbaLjo, PdLftido slacI Cable:- Puiido. ESTRELLA 25, HABANA, CUBA. AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Ram PRADO 123, onilbfa. Habana Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguet B. DIRZ«& CO. Growers e^nd Packers of VueltdL Abajo and PdLftido TobsLCCo PRADO 125, Cable >~zaidco HABANA, CUBA, ^^^^^_ JOSE F. I RI BARREN, ''"''Expo"r'ier of H a V a n a Leaf Tobacco Vueha Abajo and Partidos a Specialty Dragones 94, HAVANA. CUBA Special attention paid to tobacco suitable for the American market SUAREZ HERMANOS. (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ f HP L and Dealers in Leat iOOaCCO FIQURAS 39-41. r^bie: ••c«eur« • HAVANA. CUBA, S-'PARTAeASH Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand MRTAGAS YG a 4^BAV1^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca. Proprietors 174 Industria Street CabAe: ClPER. Habana, Cuba. MANUEL LAZO Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama Remates a Specialty English Spoken 199 MANRIOUE Telephone 6146 HAVANA Jose Menendez, Almacenista de T^abaeo en Rama Especialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba* & Jorge Y. P. Castaneda JOJ^GE 8t P. CflSTflflEDfl . GROWERS, PACKERS and EXPORTERS of , Hcivana Lieaf Tobaeeo Dragones 108-110, HA VA NA FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Eajna SpeciaJty m Vuelta Abajo, Semi Vuelia y Partido, Industria. 176, HABANA, CUBA, GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS^ Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, (P. O. Box) Apartmdo 270. TJT f\V^f\r\^ Cable: Zalbzoon. XXClUCtUd* AIXALA ®. CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and CorraLles 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. t9^PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYER5.0I P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." • C. A. ROST Sz CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA, THE TOBACCO WORLD II Established 1834 Independent Ynelta Abajo Factory I ^Al>Af5l^i^ Cigar Manufactory ^k-w^ '^VfcVV^* A mmf^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietresi ■ * ^^ ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mirk Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II., Flor de Rivero, Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Raleigh I L«L Columnia de Ia. VictoriaL. La. IrmSL. and L«l Guipuzcoana. JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO, Cable: "Donalles." HABANA. CUBA. ©RAU. PL/INAS Y Ql/i. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama ders from the United States. England and Germany, to the entire satisfaction of Behrens & Co. Por Lairanaga is doing quite well dur- ing the absence of Don Antonio J. Rivero, the manager, and the latter will undoubtedly meet with good success upon his travels in Europe. Don Ricardo Rivero, the manager pro tem, is satisfied with the sale of Por Larranaga cigar dur- ing the dull season. Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja reports fair business, and Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co have no complaints to make. The La Eminencia cigarettes of J. Vales & Co. do not know any dull season, as their output is constantly on the upward trend. Crepusculo is busier again, particularly as J. F. Rocha & Co. received good orders for Jefferson and Nene from the United States, while the demand from London has also increased. Don Jose F. Rocha returned with his bride last week, in the best of health and happier than ever. Calixto Lopez & Co. received some pleasing orders from the United States and Germany for their Eden cigars* Exports per steamer Morro Castle were 2,550.694 cigars. Edgar J. Stachelberg is said to have made some very heavy purchases of new Vuelta Abajo leaf, and while the exact quantity is unknown and he is still here looking over the market, it would cause no surprise if his purchases came close to 3.000 bales. As your correspondent did not see him personally, further par- ticulars must be reserved until next week. Richard Sichel bought several hundred bales of old Vueltas, and regretted that the market was in such a shape as not to allow him to invest more heavily, as either he found the tobacco held too high or it was too poor, or both combined. Max Stern, who left on the steamer Morro Castle, is making a packing of Remedios for his firm of Louis Sylvester & Son, and after having attended to the buying of the bundles and started their escojida he is now taking a short trip North, having left a good man in charge of the packing. Manuel Lazo reports sales of 500 bales of old Vueltas, 800 bales of new Remates, and 1,200 bales more to be delivered as they arrive from the country this week, which is a phenomenal business so early in the season, but speaks volumes for the good quality of the 1905 crop, as well as for his ability to sell tobacco at the right prices to the buyers. He will receive 2, 500 bales from the Vuelta Abajo this week. B. Diaz & Co. sold 359 bales of new Vuelta Abajo and Partido to local and Northern buyers. Muniz Hnos. & Co. have purchased the famous La Majagua vega of Remates, and while they paid a stiff price for it, on the other hand it is considered one of the best which Remates produces, and has been worked continuously for sixteen years by the Henry Clay factory. Jorge & P. Castaneda disposed of 300 bales of their excellent Tumbadero pack ings to domestic and Northern manu facturers. Sobrinos de A. Gonzalez have just commenced their Camanjuans escojida and in addition will have four more packings in the Santa Clara province, viz. : Placetas, Las Vueltas, Sancti Spiri. tus and Cabaiguan. They expect to pack at least 15,000 bales. Intelligent buyers and connoisseurs of Partido tobacco state that there is no better Partido to be found in the market than what they are packing. They turned over all of their new completed Vuelta Abajo vegas, amounting to 250 bales, but they are constantly receiving fresh lots. Rz. Bautista & Co. started the ball rolling by selling 240 bales of their new Artemisa packing. Manuel Garcia Puiido has bought in all from 3, 500 to 4,000 bales of Remates, and has four escojidas going i n Las Martinas. He has already received some 700 bales of the new crop which is of , excellent quality, making very fine fillers, ' although wrappers are not so plentiful this year. Suarez Hnos. sold 180 bales of Vuelta Abajo, old crop, to Northern customers of theirs. Jose F. Rocha has already received more than 1,000 bales of San Luis, San Juan, Martinez and Las Ovas some of the best vegas grown this year. Loeb-Nunez Habana Co. disposed of 1 56 bales of Remedios and Vuelta Abajo. This firm is making seven escojidas in all this year, distributed as follows: one [ each in Santa Clara, one Nueces, one Remedios, one Jicotea, and one San Cristobal, and two in the Partido district, so their customers will have a choice selection later on. Grau, Planas & Co. commenced their Camajuani packing on the 31st of May. The second one, at Mayajigua, they will not start before a week or ten days. They expect to make about 4, 000 bales in all. Jose M. Cayro e Hijo turned over 138 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido last week, and are very well pleased with the appearance of the new Vuelta Abajo and Partido as the bales [arrived from the country. Jose Menendez has already received large stocks of new Vut-lta Abajo and Cable: Cslzada dc la Rclna 22, />„k« graplanas. Habana, Cuba CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, Cable- Bi.«o" Habana, Cuba. GONZALMZ, BBNITEZ & CO. AlmacenistasdeTabacoenRamayVlveres Amargura 12 und 14, and San Ignacio 23, Cable: -Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. 6ARei/i Y e/i. Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, Cable: Andamira. MONTE 199, HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNEZ HAVANA CO, mmacenistas le TM eii lania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cnble:— Reform. HENRY VONEIFF F. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''-EtoneTAf LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houses: -616 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Md.; '^ O. Box 435. T».mp».. Fl%. J. H. CAYRO 8z: SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialtv: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse a^d Office, 92 DrMoaes Street. HAVANA, CUBA Cable Address: ' Josbcayro." Correspondence solicited in English EVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSE DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON VEGAS PROPIAS „ . . , . ^^,,0. San Nicolas 126 y 128, cable: • jomagarcia" HABANA, CUBA A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packers and Dealers in ..a COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. P. O. BOX. 595. Cablet "CALDA." IS TBB TOBACCO WORLD ^^^V^*^/ aku^g^ V /44 C?^^*U4^ 3S»9t4. LEAF TOBACCO. OFFICES : DETROIT, MICh. AMSTERDAM, HOLuANO. >VMA VAN A , C U BA. New York, nteNOCNCR. CABIl AftORCSS'TACHUELA* HEW YORK, Leaf Tobacco S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROMB WALtER EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS ^ CO. Importers & Packers of iWephoiie-346 John. No. 150 Wsiter Street, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF LEAF TOBACCO blithed 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J.BERNHEIM«Sf50N HAVANA TOBACCO N EVV YORK: Havana. Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE: 0. Z. VOORBURGWAL 227 183 WatCF St. Amsterdam, Holland. NEW YORK. Cable Address: "HERE" Partido, which are in excellent condition Joaquin Hedesa is making some sales as regards aroma, while Li Serafina and every week not very large perhaps, but . r, • r . • 1 * enough to keep him busy, others of his famous vegas contain plenty a. P.zos & Co. a.e receiving weekly of light wrapper. shipments horn their Vuelta Ababja Manuel Suarez y Ca. have shipped 307 escojida. bales to Wengler & Mandell, Chicago, via Voneiflf & Vidal Cruz are fairly busy New Orleans, and 136 bales to Grommts & Kennedy Co., Chicago, via Mobile. J. M. Garcia & Co, sold 125 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week to local and Northern buyers. Jose F. Iribarren continued to pur- chase in the country right along, while his escojida is turning out superior to bacco which is bound to please his cus- tomers later on. Gonzalez, Bentez & Co. closed out 100 buying and selling, although Don Fran- cisco Vidal Cruz seems to attend more to the former operation just now. Sobrinos de Gregorio Palacio are con. stantly receiving good sized lots of Re- mates by every steamer. Receipts From the Country^ Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas bales of Vuelta Abajo. A. M. Calzada & Co. opened the r g^ Clara k Remedios Camajuani escojida yesterday where Don Santiago deCuba * ... . .. .t-- pgj. June 3 Bales 6,542 815 1,015 Antonio went to start the same sonally. Total 8.629 Jan. I. Bales 30.944 3.027 7,607 22 9.394 4.633 55.627 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦^♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4-*»4-* ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦- X TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ New York, June 12, 1905. The weather last week was pretty in New Yoik as it is now. When a man uneven, but retail business was good; in deliberately throws away what little mar< fact if it is as good all the month, it will gin is left him, however, what can be considerably beat May. After June is expected.? over, there will be a gradual sliding off until fall, which is no more than is to be "^^^ manufacturers, one and all. tell expected in view of the great many peo- ^^PPy *^^« °^^»»^* ^^« ^^y^ <>" ^^^ ^^'^^ pie who get out of the hot town during ^'^ ^°»"g' ^"<^ ^^ ^^^ ^"g« o'*^"^ that the sultry period. ^^""^ °^ ^^^^' customers are voluntarily There is usually a good spring, though, ^^"^>"g '"• ^^^ °"« ^"^^ ^11, the factories and this is up to the average so far, ac- "^"^ ^° ^^^« «« much as they care to do. cording to a number of representative ^'^sn'tfor a mere correspondent to say dealers in various sections of the city. ^^^*^" ^^'"^ ^^ »^«^« g^o^^ are being Retailerswouldbemakinggoodinthis P'^^** "P *" *^« ^^^^k rooms, wait- city now, if they could resist the accursed »ng ^or orders or not. but from the best tendency to slash prices. Some of them evidence obtainable, this branch of the do-those who are fortunate enough to ^"^iness is really in a prospe.ous shape, have a firmly established trade— but they The consignment plan seems to be pop- arc in the minority and for every one of "1*^ with the manufacturers, perhaps in- them, there are several who are always voluntarily so, now, that it is not easy to- putting up a card or two in their windows say how many of the cigars which are announcing that some leader can be ^^"^ i being turned out so rapidly, are bought below cost. likely to reach the consumer in the near It never has paid, and it never will future. Some salesmen declare they are pay, and the dealers would soon learn forced to put in goods to be "paid for that fact if they would keep closer tabs wb«n sold' * almost altogether, when the on their accounts. A cigar store is too brands arc not particularly well known, small a proposition to get away with cut- ^^ ^^^ ^^^> >" oider to get them in the ting satisfactorily, for there is nothing to stores alongside those favored brands that make it up on. Prices on cigars and ^^ known from coast to coast, cigarettes will work but one way. If a One factory representative not long ago- cigar usually sells for five cents, you can had a new brand to handle and corn- reduce it to four, but you can't raise it to menced to put it in on this plan. I» six, if you arc trying to make up for the this case the factory grumbled and de- cutting of some other cigar. The public clarcd they'd lose half the cigars they knows the price, and refuses to pay any made. As it happened, this particular more. man has considerable drag, and although One dealer isees another dealer who he put out something more than a hun- hasn't the business he has, making cer- drcd and fifty thousand, at the start-off tain cuts, and he believes that if that he declares he lost less than a thousand, man can. he can. That is true enough. The brand still has a fair sale, but ihe but the fiist man has no right to. cither, company is now selling it on a diflfercnt It is on account of such things as these, plan, and the dealers are not so ready to that so many complaints arc heard, and promise to push it that the cigar store business is nothing like • • • as good a proposition as it used to be. Judge Wallace, in the United States Profits are legitimately smaller anyway, Circuit Court, announced his decision but any dealer who kno^f his business last Thursday in the case of Edward F. ought to be making moijty with business Hale, secretary of McAndrews & Forbes,. • THE TOBACCO WORLD 13 who refused to answer questions put to him by the Federal Grand Jury, and was held in contempt of court. The decision is rather divided in its nature, as while the court declares that Hale must answer the questions which were put to him, it avers that he cannot be compelled to produce the books and papers of the ■company of which he is secretary, the Judge holding that to^force him to do this would be a violation of his constitu tional rights. Hale has been technically under arrest for two or three weeks following the re- fusal to answer the questions, most of which tended to show whether the Mc- Andrews & Forbes Company is controlled by the American Tobacco Co. Judge Wallace's decision, of course, greatly interests the trade, but it, can scarely be regarded as definite, inasmuch as it is understood that the case will be carried up to the United States Supreme Court. If this case should fair through, it is hard to see how the government investigators of the tobacco trust will be^ablc to ma- nipulate the case which they have build- ing up, through the courts. • • • The four-story building at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, was sold last week for Jl7oo,cxx), the sale subject to the lease of the United Cigar Stores Co. which will not expire until 1908. The purchase was madc^by L. E. Ander- son, vice president of the Mercantile Trust Co., of St. Louis, who has not made public whom he represented. The rent under the United Cigar Store Co.'s lease, countingi in the taxes, said is to foot up nearly to $35,000 a year. • • • Sam H. Harris is back^in town after a trip through the West, during which he found everything O. K., and says he is not all satisfied with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue's decision in regard to the proper stamp to be placed on cigar- ettes. As was printed in The Tobacco World last week, the commissioner de- <:ided that the price set by the person -controlling the distribution of the goods, must be the price to be considered in determining the denomination of stamps to be affixed. Thus, though the Khe divial Co may be placed in the position of the jobber, by buying a certain brand of cigarettes from the manufacturer, it cannot take advantage of the fact thst it buys the cigarettes at less than $2 per thousand, and so use the 54 cent stamps, but must be guided by the fact that the company itself distributes the goods at more than $2, and must therefore use the .|i.o8 stamps. Harris has declared his intention of asking for a rehearing from the commissioner, and if this is refused, or the case goes against him, to place the •question in the courts. • • • The Circle Cigar Store, in Broadway, near Fifty eighth street, is pushing Ar- cadia smoking tobacco, and has an un- usually good window display. The back of the window is filled in with a canvas screen, on which is painted in outline a map of the world. Slits in the canvas permit colored ribbons to be run from various parts of the map to a number of bowls in the foreground, each containing fMf of the classes of tobacco used in the Arcadia Mixture. From the Island of Cuba a ribbon descends to the bowl containing Havana tobacco; from Louis- iana a ribbon runs to bowl containing perique, and so on. Canisters con- taining the Arcadia Mixture are also displayed in the window, together with a placard reading: These Tobaccos are from all over (he world, are used ii\ ARCADIA So delicactely blended tKi\t they make «L mild, aLfomaLlic smoke. A. COHN & CO. IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. The United Cigar Stores Co. has taken the store at 136 Fifth avenue and will arrange it in the usual way for an opening in a few days. The funeral services of David Block, of Block Bros. , Maiden Lane retailers, who died suddenly, last Tuesday, at Bayport, L. I. , took place last Thursday, interment being made in Long Island City. Mr. Block, who was young man left a wife and child. Leslie Pantin and family, of Havana, are in this city where they will remain some weeks. Mr. Pantin is well known in the trade, and expects to get around a good deal while here. Avelino Pazos, of A. Pazos & Co , is on a southern business trip which will last about a month, and will take in a number of points in Florida and Havana. Wm. Catlin, the energetic representa tivc of Victor Thorsch C, of Allen town, is certainly having hard luck. He is suffering from a bad attack of rheuma- tism, and to Mr. Catlin, no small part of the annoyance results from the enforced inactivity. C. Schlesinger is again running a store on Broadway. Mr. Schlesinger formerly conducted the store at 1393 Broadway but sold his lease. He has now taken a place, a block or so further down, and is already prepared to look after his trade. j The Falk Tobacco Co. is offering to the trade some Brazilian tobacco which seems to be giving satisfaction. The to bacco, which looks like perique. is shredded and packed in tins, for use either in pipes or with cigarette papers. The flavor of the tobacco makes it especially suitable for blending purposes. | It is now expected that the Royal Co. s store at 37 Wall street will be opened to the public in about ten days. The store will be one of the handsomest in the city, and the stock will be made up largely of high class goods, it is probable that some of the financial big guns will do business here. %%%%%«»% I — Griffith & Sherrill's tobacco ware house, at May field, Ky., containing 600 hogsheads of tobacco, was burned. The loss was $60,000; insurance, $30,000. FLORODORA COUPONS FOR SALE in Lots of 10,000 Address OF More p. 0. Box 669, New York City. lOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BOBNEMANN MANUEL SU Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana* Cubat HANDEL SUAREZ y CA., AmUUd OA M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco NES. CORNER KUIPERSTEEO AMSTERDAM. TELEPHONE, "377 JOHN. 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. 1840. Cdbte «1UfglL' Hinsdale Smith & Co* o( Sumatra & ^^^''^ nP/\f>^/>4>/% •^Packets of Connecticut Leaf 1 ULrOl^VrV 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK. «Moa Sicrrr American Tobacco Co. Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 14 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D ss FACTORY No. 7 r G. H. Sachs, Lancaster, Pa. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. iti ♦♦ TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"-The fmlt flavored scrap chewing. MCll vn> linniVI"—'^*** ***** granulated smoking for either pipe or ML V till jnUUn cigarette. The smoke for the man who know*. "BLACK THREADS"-J,^e?u?eT' """^^ ''°* '"' "°'"°' """ "SUN TIME"— A long cut smoking that always gives satisfactioii. "RFD SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. "SCOUT" and "OLE VIRGINY „ — Good grades of granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DAR.K HOR.SE,** "SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS," for the reUiler. Writ* ■• for ■•mples and prices. .THE GEM CITY fOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. PITTSBURG STOGIES 3 o H H East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH ^ SON, MANUFACTURERS 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. H H O O 2 S PITTSBURG STOGIES A LTNE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories aad Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«Lyer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobsLCCo Pun\p 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also nvake Urje Field Sprayer which covers four rows st one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Suc'ors to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O : SHORT TALES OF DRAMATIC INDIANA--N0 2 I The scene is in Indiana's most splendid captain's eyes fall. Straight at him he city. An avenue where dwell only the points a finger. elite. It is midnight. One of the "Thar he is, b'gosh," he says de- most imposing mansions in the stately terminedly. "Men, errest thet feller!" row flings out light from roof to basment. He, himself, leads the rush across the Strains of gay music are wafted out into room. The officers seize the young fel- thc night mingled with the silvery laugh- low and handle him roughly, ter of beautiful women. "What means this highhanded out- A ball is in progress, attended by In- rage?" he demands, diana's proudest sons and daughters. "I allow yew know," replied the cap- Wit, mirth and happiness prevail. It is tain, undauntedly. "Best put th* darbies one of the great social occasions of the on 'im, men," he added as he draws a year. Handsome, clean limbed men, warrant from his pocket. "Here, read garbed in the conventional black and thet thar," he says, white, saunter through the rooms pausing The prisoner takes the paper in his occasionally before beautiful dames in manacled hands and glances through it dazzling gowns. For the first time his face is pale, and All are heedless, careless, giving no fear lurks in his steel grey eyes. thought to the morrow. "It's a lie," he falters. U p t h e deserted street come soft- The guests, transfixed with astonish- footed men, in uniform and in marching mcnt, begin to murmur, order. On each suspender gleams a men- "Easy, thar," admonishes the captain acing, tin shield. They are headed by a pulling a sinister horse pistol from his stern faced captain, alive only to his belt. "Jcs, to show thar's no hard fcclin's duty. His set features, relieved only by we'll sarch the feller." the bristling chin beard, sticking straight Regardless of the blushing, terrified out in front, betoken the man never to women, his men go through the prison- be turned aside from his purpose. The cr's clothes. Five form a close ring men pause before the entrance of the around him as a screen, while another mansion. prosecutes a closer search. Nothing is In the rear three other men have si- found. The pr isoner's face grows lently climbed the iron fence and are brighter, drawing up to the house. "Oh, we ain't through, yit," says the The captain raises hands to his mouth, captain. "Off" with 'is shoes." and the crow of a cock resounds oddly Off they come, off come the silk half against the music from inside. hose, there is a sudden, eager movement It is the signal. The men rush up the from one of the searchers, and he holds steps, throw their combined weight something up so that all may see. The against the door, dash past the frightened captain smiles grimly; there is a shriek butler, and on into the ball room. of agony, and the prisoner's mother sinks There is instant confusion. Across unconscious to the floor. The prisoner the room is th. son of .he house, leaning ''-f.t'JirstlV'rivoVt.rda.ning indolently over the fairest debutante of the evidence above his head so that none season. She peeps up at him with timid may fail to witness. Alas! too, true! It admiration. Upon this young man, the is a crumpled cigarette paper. FRENCH TOBACCO MONOPOLY. Receipts. Imports and Sales Show ai\ Increase in Consumption. Washington, D. C, June 13. United States Consul General Skinner, stationed at Marseilles, France, has writ- ten to the Department of Commerce and Labor, stating that the report of the French tobacco monopoly for 1903 has just been made public. The receipts for the year amounted to 187,534,516, an increase of |2, 634, 900 over those of 1902, and the expenses amounted to 115,609.. 745, a decrease of $305,429 from those of 1902. The sales to the public were: Kind. Quantity Pcrc't'ge tion and in part to the increase in the price of scaferlati of Maryland. The average rate of consumption per individual in 1903 was 34.54 ounces, of which 4.128 ounces represented tobacco in powder and 30.412 ounces smoking and chewing tobacco. Of the total per capita purchases of tobacco— -i 2. 1 1 francs (I2.33) — 1 1. 14 francs (I2. 1 5) returned to- the treasury. The production of domes<^ tic tobacco is authorized under supervi- sion in twenty five departments. The following shows the amount of tobacco imported into France in 1903: Average Kind. Quantity price per 220 lbs 5,796.647 6.87 4.695.495 556 61,361,865 72.69 Cigars, Cigarettes, Scaferlati* Roll tobacco and chewing tobacco, 2,522,036 2.99 Powder, 10.039,708 11.89 Total 84,415,751 100 00 ♦Scaferlati is the name given to cut packet tobacco, the superior quality of which is composed principally of Ameri can tobacco, the product of French cul tivation being used for the ordinary quality. The increase in net profits was due in pirt to the natural increase in consum^- Leaf tobacco from Ken- tucky, Maryland, Ohio and Virginia, Leaf tobacco from Ha bana, Mexico, Brazil, Sumatra, Java and the Levant, Leaf tobacco from Hun- gary, Ukrainef, Astra- khan, Java, etc., for scaferlati. Cigars of foreign manu- facture. 12,235.935 in number. Cigarettes o f foreign make. Tons Dollars^ 13,972 21.25. 3,174 44.56- 3,122 15.98 48 41.72^ 68 3.17- TRB TOBACCO WOmtD— — ■S LA FLOR De ...n •/ SANTA CLARA Highest Grade DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by s^^ohns Brash Cigar Co. Main Office, EDW. M. BRASH, Vi ^»^- LANCASTER, PA. Sec'y & Treas. ■^^1^ -^ • f ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦! ♦♦ ♦♦ W. C. Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, East Prospect, Peima. Correspondence with Wholesale Dcaltn and Jobbers InTlted. Telephone Connection.' ♦ ♦( ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦!. \ ! I« THE TOBACCO W O R I, D Bstablished 1&81 ■THE Incorporated 190a Wei^LD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiUdelpKi«L o iA ^^^ yV.^",^^'^' J- ^- BUCKI^EY, H. C. McMaNUS, President and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tei^Ephones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39A Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Inci- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco Wori,d Pubushing Co., 324 Arch St., Philada • this man's appetite for tobacco. A Utlca, N. Y., special to the Washington Post says: While a fast freight on the New York Central road was speeding along cast of Rome before dusk last night, the attention of the engineer was attracted by a man standing on the track ahead frantically giving the stop signal. The train was brought to a halt and the engineer climbed down from the cab to learn the trou ble. The engineer asked the stran- ger what was wanted, and the stran- ger replied: "Give me a chew of tobacco. " The train went on to Rome where the incident was reported. Officer! went to the scene of the hold up on a shifting engine and arrested the individual who was found importu* ning a switch tender for a chew of tobacco. He gave his name as Jamei Hill. Perhaps though this is only another of the million advertising dodges. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 14. 1905 ♦ ♦ ♦ .♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦t ♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦►♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦j^ Here and There With the Reteiilers. With Ma.Aufa.cturers and Jobbers* To Benefit Our Readers. nPhe Tobacco World wants to receive ^ from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the "Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. ON THEIR OWN HEADS. The foolish anti cigarette law in In. diana has reacted to the very benefit of those whom it was expected to harm most in a business way, namely the American Tobacco Co., so that that con- cern can now boast of a profitable and extensive mail order business which it could not possibly have built up under any other circumstances. Indeed, the new business is such a good thing that it is an open secret that the combine no longer thinks it worth while attempting to attack the measure i n t h e^icourts. By selling cigarettes directly to the consumer through the mail, the company saves the jobber's price and all, bother of collection, as every transaction is for spot cash. Thecompany advertises widelythrough« out Indiana offering prompt and reliable mail order facilities, and the result is a considerable sum of money being steadily sent out of the State. It is not improb- able that this sum ^is larger than was formerly spent for cigarettes, as the natural tendency to reduce the bother and trouble of, securing the goods by getting a larger quantity at a time, would be likely to induce a smoker unconsciously to increase his regular allowance. This fact should ^cause the reformers to weep and,.gnash|^their teeth, which operation isn't like to improve the situa tion. The only thing, is for Indiana Solons to go a little slower in future when they are attempting^ to; deal with restrictive legislation. TRULY A CHINESE PUZZLE. In speaking of the Indiana cigarette law, the Chicago Record Herald most aptly nominates it as "a law that is worse than a Chinese puzzle," basing the as- sertion on the fact that no one has yet been discovered that was able to give a definitely clear reading of the law. One putative authority says one thing, another says another, another says an- other and the poor, befuddled consumer reading one decision after another, iKrishes heartily that cigarettes had never been invented. Those who, so far, are ahead of the game, are the ones who have accepted Judge Leather's decision, who defined that Indianians may smoke, pro vided they have obtained the materials in an original package from outside the State, in other words, by mail He can smoke thus, but he can't give a cigarette or the paper and tobacco to a fellow smoker, to save his life. That is Judge Leather's decision and it is about the easiest one for the smoker yet made. Others slide backward from this to complete prohibition. The Record- Herald in expressing the vague and confusing character of the phraseology of the law says: The exact scope and meaning of the law no one seems to know. Edi- tors and judges differ, and some in- timate that the law may not mean anything at all, so vague and con- fused is its phraseology. Cigarettes may not, by the terms of the statute, be sold, bartered or "given away" in the State. Does this apply to dealers only or to indi vidua! smokers as well? Does the law, by implication at any rate, pro hibit smoking under any circum- stances? No one knows, and the Supreme Court alone can unravel or cut the legal knot In regard to Judge Leather's decision, the Indiana newspapers in general seem to believe the decision about as fair a stab at the ambiguous wording of the statute, as mere man can hope to ac- complish. This man had the courage of his con- viction at least, and it seems as if he deserved a better fate than incarceration. History has recorded numerous instances of men who were willing to go to any length to get hold of a drink; seldom has anything been chionicled so siitnuous as Next Wednesday is the day of the picnic when Quaker City retailers far and wide will garb themselves in outing dress, hie themselves to Maple Grove and proceed to have a good time. As has been mentioned before, an enter taining program has been arranged and there will be "doings" all day. The money brought in by the affair will be used in the fall to take a delegation from the Philadelphia Cigar and Tobacco Dealers* Association to the Tobacco Show in New York. Every dealer who can should put in an appearance Wednes- day and be prepared to help make the function a success. Jos. E. Tuck smiles on the world these days, owing to the handsome business he is doing. R. M. Bock & Co. have an attractive display in their window on Broad street this week. Mr. Bock is fortunate enough to have a very desirable class of trade. Hancock & Adams, Seventh and Chestnut streets, also invariably have something worth seeing in their window. George O. Keefe says May business with him showed no great decrease, but was not as good as it might have been. This seems to be the consensus of opinion among the dealers who think that if business is ever going to brace up, it ought to under present conditions. It seems likely that the real reason after all, is that the market is simply too crowded. There are as many smokers proportion- ately, in this city as elsewhere, and it stands to reason that if business month in and month out, is not good it is be cause there are too many avenues for the smokers' money. From, all accounts, the local factoriet are doing a better business than for some time, all plants being busy, and a num- ber working over time right along. Ordert average well with everybody, and there is a steady demand not only for the best known brands, but for the new ones that are being pushed. The unfortunate part of this activity is the fact that no other branch of the local trade is getting the benefit. The manufacturers are not buying very heavily of Philadelphia leaf dealers, and not selling heavily to Phila- delphia dealers. Many of the manufac- turers' own buyers have bought their leaf in the open market in Havana, Holland, Pennsylvania, etc, and the majority of the finished cigars are being shipped West One manufacturer, who is doing a good business is A. D. Engel, at Broad and Porter streets. This house is making a specialty of Havana Noodles, a 5 cent cigar that is made in five popnlar sizes. This is a Havana filler and is making good wherever placed. Jacobs & Hilbronner, of North- Eighth street, have been showing samples of their new goods, and in a lew days will be prepared to fill all orders. The Keystone Tobacco Co., of North Ninth street, is said to be in financial trouble owmg to the old complaint, de linquent collections. The liabilities of the company, which is composed of three well liked young men, are said to be about #3,000. Several dealers report the sale of Turkish cigarettes to have increased lately and if this is so the sale has grown more than the dealers allow for, as no small number of smokers now buy their cigarettes by mail "made to order." Oace a man commences this practice, he seldom gives it up, and if the legiti mate sale has grown as much as seems the case, there must be a decidedly large aggregate increase in consumption. The El Draco manufacturing Co., Second and Arch streets, is having good business or all its leaders and Manager Comber is much gratified with the out- look. James I. Hassan, who has the neitest store on Woo Hand avenue, will be one 01 the most active figures at the picnic, next week. H. D. Narrigan says business isn't ai good as it ought to be. Mr. Narrigan* • place always looks pretty busy, though. B. Lipschutz, of 44 Notth Twelfth, says that sales are still keeping up on the Bride and "44" brands. Mr Lipschutx'i delivery wagons are to be seen every, where about town. The Queen City Tobacco Co. certainly believes in unique advertising. A num- ber of baseball clubs in Philadelphia have been the recipients of Red D caps, and # m THB TOBACCO WORLD 17 For Gentlemen of Good Taste FELieE-? B ^ A HIGH GRADE R^ iJC.CIGAR FOR OC* Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO as these look very smart, the boys are extremely proud of them. Application for a patent on a new bunching table has been made by E A. Harris and B. N. Berman, of E. M. Schwarz & Co. Some of the tables are now being used at the Schwarz factory, and it is said they will make bunches as well as those made by hand. Stewart, Newburger & Co., (L»d.), are very busy and their cigarmakers have been forced to work a good deal of overtime. Sheinfeld & Bitzofin, jobbers and sub jobbers, at 434 Market Street, are now ready for business and invite all their friends to call in. The first floor of the building has been fixed up in up to date style, and with the large window at the front of the store, the appearance is cverylhing that could be desired. LeeLf Dealers* JottiAgs. The leaf market did not move much either way this week, transactions on the whole not being so good as the week before. There was demand for cheap filler which was very hard to get, and there will continue to be a demand with- out any adequate means of satisfying it. The brokers do more or less dickering with the customers, but in cases where they have any tobacco to sell, it is very hard to get big enough prices to save themselves on the deal. The atmos- phere was not very encouraging this week, and the market seems as if it would be likely to remain dull lor some time to come. At the inscription held in Amsterdam on June 9, B. Labe purchased the lot of Deli My | P. B, This adds to some fine Sumatra that Mr. Labe had already secured. E. A. Calves & Co. are managing to keep pretty busy, considering. It will toon be time for Frank Dominguez to be taking one of his periodical trips to buy Havana. The Amsterdam Sumatra Company is doing as well as could be expected under the present dullness. Both Mr. Colgan and Mr. Kolb are young men of energy and ability, and the firm has made out well so far. The Loeb Nunez Tobacco Co. has bought considerable tobacco in Havana lately. This firm manages to keep as busy as any along the street. NUBBINS FROM YOILK. It is nearly time the local dealers who handle much Havana tobacco were find- ing out-something definite about the new crops. Favorable reports have come so far on the Vuelta Abajo. How York County Farmers Could Real- ire More on Crops, York, Pa. , June 1 2. H. W. HefTener, the pioneer cigar box manufacturer of this city, was highly honored last week by being elected sec retaryof the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry. Myers & Waughtel, cigar manufactur ers, at Red Lion, are erecting a new factory building on East Broadway in the rear. J • B. Brady, of Hanover, who was a delegate to t h e convention held last week, was held up and robbed on South George street, this city, near College avenue, and as a result, four men of the Tenth ward, are under arrest. Mr. Brady had two hundred cigars in his possession when three colored men sprang upon him, threw him violently to the pavement and made off with his cigars. The cigar and tobacco store of D. Mc- Gee Newcomer, of Hanover, was very badly damaged by fire, which occurred there last week and which entailed a heavy loss. W. H. Miller, of Windsor, has completed the erection of the addi tion to his cigar factory. According to a local reporter, a York tobacco dealer, and his identity may be guessed, is responsible for the statement that York county farmers could earn thirty percent more on their crops every year if they knew how to sort their to bacco. He says if more pains or skill were taken during the few days at strip- ping time to sort properly there would be that percentage less loss. The dealer says if the tobacco was brought to him after having properly been sorted he could "make more money and still pay thirty percent higher price if the tobacco growers of this county would sort their tobacco properly. Pennsylvania leaf is the very best for many purposes but the VOU CAN BUV WEAVER'S ORIGINAL | HAVANA SHORTS I AT ALL JOBBING HOUSES CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of .'.•.Fine Cigars v.*. 1433 Ridge Ave., (BothPhone.) PHILADELPHIA (Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. F. H. BELTZ, Schwenksville,Pa. r- "^iB Manufacturer of S Cent Cigars The largest ai\d best CLEAIL HAVANA FILLED S-ceivt Ciga^r on the MaLfket. We employ no s i I, i ^^^^^^^»%<^^^%^^>^^^^^i%<^^^^^i^^^^^^% L 6. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS Importers, Packers, Wholesalers and Retailers of CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO, # & ^ No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia ^ ^ — cAj t t ^ ^llflYtR^u'^oTo^n u^l G°c^D c^TOMw. L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvjile, Pa* THK TOBACCO WORLD ^aj EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba m.JUilllJ,U,laMlllii:gllHt/J;l^rik^i:H.lHi'i^l.l.k^l.kiJfU«;HJ^^^ 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... preceding cut Is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorised by the Government of the Repablk 9l osed by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobaooo bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, cigarette^ packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers* Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the of Che Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the ~ by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA fac-simile: black with pale blue ground; fac-simile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bli manufacturer who plays to the fastidious must have a high grade and to such dealers I could easily sell properly sorted tebacco at even a better percentage of profits than I do now. " LANCASTEIL LEAF TRADE THE SANE Nay ILevenue Returns Show Big Ii\- crease on Last Year. Lancaster, Pa., June 12. The local leaf trade is keeping at about an even tenor, although attention is now necessarily directed more and more to the 1 90 1 goods for the reason that there is little else left that is available. Packers have already begun to overhaul the new goods and to remove such damage as may be found. Copious rains have fallen during the past week, much to the gratification of the farmers, but up to the present, the weather has not been as warm as might be desired for the young and tender plants. This district has again done itself proud in the output of cigars, having to its credit 65,087,000 for the month of May, which is all but 5, 000, 000 more than during May of 1904. This is an agree- able surprise to the entire trade as reports were continuing to come during the en- tire month, reporting rather a dullness among the cigai manufacturers. C. Ruppin is erecting a large addition to his cigar factory at Akron, which will nearly double his capacity. It is stated that his trade is growing at an enormously rapid rate, making the addition most necessary. An accident occurred last week in the cigar box factory of M. Kin ports, in Ephrata, when Charles John"? was caught in a trimming machine sustaining several ugly wounds, and severing a number of tendons. The injuries were dressed by Dr. John F. Mentzer. head of the firm of A W. Mentzer & Son. H. S. Hartman, of this city, is now energetically pushing his Dorcas, a four and one half inch, Havana filled five cent cigar. This is the newest of all his brands, but in a conversation with the writer he stated that the quality of the leaf that he was using in the manufac ture, he felt confident would prove an excellent success. Mr. Hartman i is one of the most active of the younger mem bers of the trade here and deserving of the fullest benefit of his enterprise. L. S. Stauflfer, of Akron, is running with a full force, and reports sufficient orders on hand to keep him busy for some weeks to come. CANADIAN CASE SETTLED. Imperial Tobacco Company Wins Suit Brought by Hay ^ Co. Toronto, Can., June 10. Judge Snider, of Hamilton, has made his award in the arbitration of Hay against the Imperial Tobacco Company, and it was taken up by the plaintiffs so- licitors, Nesbitt, Gauld & Dickson. The Judge holds that the quality of the veneer supplied by Hay & Co., of Wood stock, to the defendant company, Eng land, was not up to the standard agreed on, and the defendants were entitled to cancel the contract His Honor holds that the Imperial Company paid for all the goods under the contract No allow- ance is made for the counter claim. The action was brought to recover about $30,000 for veneer contracted for by the English tobacco manufacturers, and the case was referred by the High Court to arbitration. The arbitration cost I690.90, without the lawyers' fees. The Judge's fees were I522. 30. George Tate Blackstock, K. C, Toronto, and John G. Gauld were for the plaintiff, and Walter Cassels, K. C. , Toronto, and S. F. Washington, K. C, for the defendants. NEW TOBACCO WAREHOUSE AT VIROQUA. PA. Hazen & Bekkedahl, of Viroqua, Pa , have plans most completed for a new to- bacco warehouse on their lot just south of the C, M. & St Paul depot It will be a modern building, 48 feet wide and 180 feet long. Some stone is already on the ground. ^ MATCH-IT CHBROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER 3-Cent Cigars and MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., of Baltimore, Md. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. 1 JAMBS ADAIR, S«oc«s«er to ADAH Sk REIFP, Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA, ^^ We Carrr a Lar je Siock of PENNSYLVANU BROAD LEAF. ZIHHEI SPANISH, LHTLE DUTCH and GEBHAKT. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufaco turers of LEAF TOBACCO, IRREGULAR PAGINATION THB TOBACCO WORLD I QUATI UTY " "GAR Ihcobald &OPPENHEIMER CoS.1 The United NEWsCoPHiLApistribs Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penni. /. B, Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r\ Tf^ A 1? ^ Hand-Made 1^ ± KTjC^. XV O 615, 6x7 and 6ig Lake St. Lancaster, Pa, Cable Address: "BUCKY" Arnold's Code No. 0. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. «i CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Manufacturers 215 Eleventh Street, Loaisville, Ky. We make a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS. FILLERS and BINDERS Also SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed In Hogsheads and Cases. Corrcapondence Solicited. Samples Sent on ApproTal. Ill'il NATIONAL CIGAR CO. O F P I C E Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St, Fhilada. DISTBIBUTOBS FOR GEO. L. STORM & CO.. New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa. Clear HaYima Ci^rs HAIEES OP CLAYTON^S CHAMPION OBO. B. CLAYTON. THIS POINT NOT WELL TAKEN. What Independents Really Complained About is Very Different. The Western Tobacco Journal prints the following defence of the method of awarding the contract for tobacco to be used in the navy as a part of its Wash- ington correspondence: The navy contract for tobacco which has been awarded to Butler & Bosher, of Richmond, Va., is so out of the ordinary in the manner of letting the bids and finally awarding the contract that few persons not intimately associated with the workings of the Government under- stand how it was done. In the first place, the Government a short while back, asked parties desiring to sell tobacco for the officers andjackies of the navy to show what they had to sell. The call resulted in twenty two bidders being represented. Each bidder had the privilege of submitting four sam- ples, and each bore a different price, if he wanted it that way. The outside of each box bearing a sample was marked with the name of the bidder and his individual sample mark. There was no mark on the tobacco itself. The bids were then opened and the bidders and prices were made public. Then the department opened the samples of one bidder and marked that A. then opening the box of another bidder and marked that B, and so on. After the department had arranged all the samples thus, the key to these secret marks was locked up in a safe, and no one could use it With these new marks on them the department sent half a dozen plugs of each samples to the commandant of the New York navy yard at Brooklyn, who appointed a special board of five com- missioned officers to try the tobacco by taste, smell, chewing, smoking, and every other possible way. The examination, however, was not completed until the navy yard chemist had analyzed the samples and the blue jackets and workmen at the navy yard and on board the receiving ship had a chew and a smoke to determine the rela- tive merits. After excluding all of the samples which the board considered unsatisfactory for any reason the board voted on the merits of the several satis- factory samples and submitted their report in writing through the commandant to the Paymaster General of the Navy as to the relative qualities of the vaiious brands. These test were made and the report submitted without any knowledge of who the various samples belonged to, so that when the report reached Washington it was neccessarily a report on tobacco and nothing else whatever. It was impossible, with all the precaution used, for the slightest discrimination in the matter in any way. The Government does not buy this tobacco for its men, as is sometimes misunderstood. Tobacco purchases stand on a different footing from all other sup- plies. The Government merely handles the weed under an appropriation from Congress, and sells it to the blue jackets or officers, if they want it, at cost price, plus a very small charge for expense of handling. It is not probable that anyone supposes that government officials deliberately jockeyed the contract. Nobody ever did suppose such a thing. The complaint from the independents was made purely on the ground that according to the law of percentage, the companies controlled by the American Tobacco Co. had more chances than should have been allowed according to the specifications which chaskeu'S ^AVOPS CHASKEL'S HAVANA 1(1 JU SPANISH BETUNE, MATADOR and LA VUELTA Our Flavors Surpass All Others in STRENGTH and NATURAL AROMA. Write for particulars. Ghaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway NEW YORK # # M Por Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to ubushee iflao, L. J. Sellers A Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO:, SELUERSVILLE, PA. THB TOBACCO WORLD as SCHUTTE <& KOERTINO COMPAIVV, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. SCHUrrE-KOERTING MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: !• Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressare. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occnrs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Planti. Correspondence Solicited. limited each bidder to four samples. I306.61 5 in 1904, but the average annual The independents claimed that the com- earning, per individual, of wage workers, bine was thus enabled to submit a much increased from I275 in 1900, to $327 in larger number than any other bidder, 1904, or, approximately, $1 per week and if these samples were examined Consolidations of tobacco manufactuurs without marking and there was not a and subsequent starting of new enter piises great deal of difference in quality or in consequence, after the consolidated prices, the concern that had the greatest plants had been closed for some time, number of entries stood the best chance. preclude a fair comparative estimate be ^'•'•'•'•'•'•^ ing made with conditions existing prior MICHIGAN'S FACTORIES FIRST RE- to these consolidations taking efTect. PORTED ON BY CENSUS BUREAU. The first report to be made on the quinquennial census of manufacturers which was taken by the Census Bureau of the United States Department of Com- merce and Labor is from the State of Michigan. For the cigar industry of this State the figures show that the number of factories operated increased from 600, at the close of the previous decennial NEW MOVE IN TOBACCO INQUIRY. Supreme Court to Pass Upon R.i^Kt to Investigate Under Sherman Law. New Yoik, June 14. William H. McAllister, secretary of the American Tobacco Co., was adjudged guilty of contempt in the United States THE BUCKNELL CIGAR. THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR THE BUCKNELL CIGAR Manufactured by H. S. HARTMAN, Lancaster, Pa. Samples Sent to Responsible Houses. Circuit Court for having refused to an- census, to 696 in 1904 5 — an increase of swer questions before the Federal Grand exactly 16 per cent The annual value Jwy »" the so called Tobacco Trust in of output in the same period increased from $5,558,982 to $7,995,2 o, or ap proximately, 44 per cent. There is an increase in working capital invested in lands, buildings, equipment and cash on hand (exclusive of stocks and bonds) of quiry, and to produce papers and con tracts concerning the export business of the American Tobacco Company. A writ of habeas corpus was denied, but McAllister was released on $1,000 bail pending an appeal to the United about 25 per cent Detroit contains one- States Supreme Court The higher court third of the total number of cigar factories, will be asked to pass upon the constitu- and turns out one-half the total annual value of the output The number of factories turning out chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff increased from 8 to 10 — all but one in Detroit The capital invested increased from $894,400 to $ 1, 684. 50 r, or approxi- mately 88 per cent The value of the annual output however, was only $3,- 868,729. as against $3,746045 in 1900 — 3 per cerit increase, the fact that large tionality of the requirement that he an- swer the questions and produce the papers. This involves the right of the Federal Grand Jury to conduct the investigation under the Sherman anti trust law. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.N0.8.YORK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for dM Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples oh application Brands:— 5^ Bear. S6e Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. QUEEN CITY TOBACCO COMPANY'S NEW OFFER.. The following notice has been issued Notwithstanding by the Queen City Tobacco Co. to job- quantities of lower bers, regarding drop shipments : grade goods are turned out yet the item "Until further notice, we will bill Red for cost of material shows a heavy in Devil drop shipments from factory to crease, while, on the other hand, the your customers, in 100 pound quantities item of general expenses shows an equally f* 9° '^''''^^^'^''t^^JP''^^^^ ^^ .,,**, ^ L J 55 pounds, freight paid. This will net striking decrease, suggestive of changed y^^ ^^it full profit on the goods, and we methods of keeping accounts. trust that you will find it to your advant- The number of employes in this branch age to make this known to your trade. " of the business declined from 1,173 ^^ %»%i^%%>» 1900, to 937 m 1904 — a decrease of about —The American Tobacco Company 20 per cent The aggregate of wages has declared a dividend oi i}^ per cent paid declined from $322,817 in 1900, to on its preferred stock, payable July i. L. S. STAUFFeR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOUCITBD. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. 36 THE TOBACCO WORLD m PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARfifTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORGFELDT, Nos. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: LrlBGRMAIV MPO. CO«» Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WORLD JJ Liberman's Latest JV^achines # BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFS.CO. X LIBERMAN MFG. CO- X PHILA. PA. U.S.A. y/*J. ^'%«^>%%%^^^^»^^»^^^^<^^»^*^t^< D. W.*HUBUEV, Thomasville, Ra. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade . s Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. CAN'T REDEEM TOBACCO BAGS. RESERVED FOR lONA TOBACCO CO. Lancaster, Pa. A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of gii Fiw woftnsmii. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. MIUUERSVIUUE, PA. Established 1864 Factory No. 20. 9th Dist.. Pbl. Geo. W. Bowman 01 Co. HaLAOver, Pa.. Manufacturers of fine C'S^"** ♦♦^♦> ♦♦!♦♦ Ttie Bon Bow-piaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in several sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade invited. Write for Particulars No Traffic on Boxes or Bags That Have Been Removed From Factory. Washington, D. C, June lo. According to a decision just handed down by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, manufacturers can no longer offer to redeem empty tobacco bags by the payment of a half cent each, even if the purpose in securing them is to de- stroy them. The decision which was rendered as a result of a letter to the Commissioner, read as follows ; Sir- — This office is in receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, Inclosing a I ounce package ot smoking tobacco put up by the Company, factory No. — , your district, to which is attached, by pasting across one side so that it can be easily detached, a "sticker" on which it is desired to have printed ' 'This empty bag worth one-half cent each at any dealer all this year, the purpose, as stated by the manufacturer, being to have the dealers receiving these empty bags re deem them at one half cent each and then destroy them, as they are not intended to be returned to the factory, or to be re- used; and you desire to know whether there is any reason why this is not permissible In reply, you are advised that traffic in statutory boxes or bags which have been removed from the factory, and which have contained cigars or tobacco upon which the tax has been paid, is prohib- ited by section 3455 of the Revised Statutes, from which I quote so much as relates to this subject as follows: Whenever any person sells, gives, purchases, or receives any box, barrel, bag, vessel, package, wrapper, cover, or envelope of any kind, stamped, branded, or marked in any way so as to show that the contents or intended contents thereof have been duly inspected, or that the tax thereon has been paid, or that any provision of the internal revenue laws has been complied with, or whether such stamping, branding, or marking may have been a duly authorized act, or may be false and counterfeit, or otherwise without authority of law, said box. barrel, bag, vessel, package, wrapper, cover, or envelope being empty, or containing any thing else than the contents which were therein when said articles had been so lawfully stamped, branded, or marked by an officer of the revenue, he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than fifty nor more than five hundrd dollars. * * * It was the evident purpose of this law to prevent the accumulation in the hands of any person of empty boxes, bags, wrappers, etc., which have contained tax paid products and which still contain the stamp (although it may have been broken) the caution notice or any of the marks or brands purporting to show that any provision of the internal revenue laws has been complied with in respect to such emptied packages, and to guard against the fraudulent re-use o f such emptied packages. The use of empty tobacco bags as proposed by the Company would be regarded as a very dangerous practice and as being clearly in violation of the law, and you will so advise them. The regulations No. 8 (pp. 44 and 45) permit manufacturers of tobacco to place within their statutory packages of tobacco or snufT small advertising cards, coupons, certificates, paper bands, circulars, trade mark tin tags, and trade mark strips of inappeciable size and weight intended as an advertisement of their business, and which concern the manufacture and sale of their tobacco and snufif. and no other business, provided the manufacturer s name and address and registered factory number shall appear on each card, cou pon, or certificate placed within a statu- tory package; and as further provided on page 25, such. advertising matter will not be prohibited although intended to be returned to the manufacturer, or to some person designated by him on the coupon, and exchanged for other articles, provided the distribution of the prize article does not depend upon the event of a lottery. The company mentioned will be re- quired to bring their advertising matter within the scope of the law and the regulations as above outlined. %»»%i%^»»% REVENUE SHAKEVP IN BOSTON. Small Dealers Guilty of Refillm^ Will be Wiped Out of Existence. Boston, Mass., June 12. The Boston revenue officials are in- augurating a campaign directed against crooked traffic in cigars and cigarettes by small dealers which they believe is going on in this section. Several arrests will probably be made in the near future. Collector Gill and Internal Revenue Agent Kincaid being in charge of the movement. Penalties have been assessed thick and fast of late, but this has not been suffi- cient to stop illicit trade. Smaller dealers are selling in boxes which foimerly con- tained the products of reliable companies cigars of the cheapest make. Many of the popular brands of cigars have been counterfeited by smaller dealers, and in the North End some of the peddlers have had the effrontery to sell as popular 10 cent cigars, unboxed goods which they have bought for 80 cents a hundred. The commonest violation of the law with which the agents have to deal is carelessness and ignorance of smaller manufacturers in the cancellation o f stamps. The stamps and the boxes are to be destroyed when the box is empty, and the failure to do this by larger dealers has made it possible for the boxes to get into the hands of dishonest smaller dealers. The box is then refilled with a cheaper grade of cigars and sold at the regular price of good goods. In the North End it is alleged that there are teveral "still" cigar factories running without being registered at the collector's office. These "stills" supply peddlers and the small grocery stores with cigars in bundles, which are never boxed and stamped with the levenue stamp as required by law. Many of these cigars find their way into boxes formerly filled with high grade cigars, and are sold at stands in the district. Some of the small cigar factories in the C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THE TOBACCO WORLD 29 ♦♦?♦♦ ♦♦ ■!lSHEIPMfK.Ca, Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of ♦♦ ♦♦ Largest stock of fj Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ^ Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLOMBIA AYENOE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. li ♦♦^♦* UT^ Strictly Hi^h-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Uaioa Kiders, Sweet Tips, CubatA EmuldLtor, GeAera.! Post, Pretty Nell. THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C G. SINGLEY, Manheim, Pa. U. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of ail Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 NaLfket Street, La.ivcaLster, Pa.. ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ 30 THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar HsBufacturcrs of Bindings, Galloons, Taffefeas, Satin and Gros Grain. HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers off High Grade Union Made ;^ k:;*."m.ot of Plain and Fancy ^' Write for Sample Card and Price List to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 Bast Twenty-second Street, NMW YORK. NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS 'g -The Great Poet Needs no Praiee.- Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sighf Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. %^^^^^%l %%^^^^»^l^^^^^^| J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock. j^»»»»^^<^^^^^i^^ l^^%»»%% %^^^^^»»i^^^^<^ fiV S\\n ex STOCK CARPS district arc also charged with complicity with peddlers in their efforts to defraud government. What is said of cigars is also true of cigarettes. Different brands of Egyptian cigarettes are counterfeited, and o 1 d boxes filled with the inferior brands. The smaller dealers are the only viola- tors of the law, as the larger companies are never penalized. On the contrary the larger dealers are after the smaller fry tooth, and nail, and often furnish im- portant evidence. The penalty for selling, buying or re- filling stamped empty cigar boxes is a fine of not less than $100, or imprison- ment for one year. The penalty for not cancelling stamps is a fine of I50, or imprisonment for six months. Collector Gill said that the office had treated the less important violators of law with great leniency in the past. The Of Interest to Buyers Who Deal in Pal- metto State. Richmond, Va. , June 12. Farmers from the tobacco growing sec- tions of North and South Carolina report crops to be in favorable condition. Al- though they have suffered from rain in certain sections, the North Carolina crop has increased 25 per cent. W. C. Scott, of Drake's Branch, Va., gives out a report on the condition of the tobacco crop in South Carolina, which will prove of interest to buyers of this city, who frequently go to the Palmetto State to purchase the weed. Some of the South Carolina tobacconists write as follows: B. B. Anderson, Fairbuff: "In this immediate section the crop is about dou- bled over last year's. The weather has been very unfavorable, raining nearly penaltiesforviolationshavebeenassessed, ^^^^^ ^^^, ^^^ ^^^^ -^ ^^^^ grassy." and the violators of the law let go with out criminal prosecution. "It will be the policy of the office here- after to deal most severely with the box stuffer and refiller, " he said : "Leniency in many of these cases teaches the men nothing, and after rais D. K. McDuffie, MuUins: "I am hold- ing up to my estimate, that the crop will be 23H P®*" ""' °^ ^^^ '9°3 ^'"^P' °' about 30 per cent increase over the last one. The tobacco has not been worked until this week on account of the wet weather. I believe the tobacco is being ing the money to pay the penalty, they better taken care of than any other crop, go right to work again to violate the law. I see fields of cotton looking like fields ^ , , . , *^ of oats and grass. Corn is three feet In the future we arc going to prosecute ^^^ ^J ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^j^^ the cases, and have the offenders given fi^st time." a good stiff term. Mr. Scott says: "Taking these letters, "Lesser violations of the law are to be I estimate the increase for the South stopped as well, and we are going to see C^olina crop to be 30 per cent oyer that *^*^ ' „ , ^ of last season, about 40 per cent of the that customers shall get what they pay ^^^ ^^^^ .^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^d in South for in the cigar and tobacco line." Ben All W. H. BERGER <& BROS. IS A NEW FIRM OF WILMINGTON JOBBERS. The Delaware Tobacco Co. of Wil- mington, Del., has gone out of business and W. H. Berger, secretary of the said company has formed a partnership with his brother, and opened a wholesale Carolina in 1902 about 22,000,000 pounds, in i903about 42,000,000 pounds, and in 1904 about 11,000,000 pounds. I estimate the next crop to be about 16,- 000,000 pounds. NEW FACTORY IN DES MOINES. Des Moines is to have a new cigar box factory, the Cramer- Hughes Box Co , re- moving to the city from Davenport and reincorporating under the name of the J. MflHliON BflRNES CO. MAKERS OF Only High Grade Cigars XflJS CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. store at 508 Market street under the firm Des Moines Cigar Box Co. Amendment name of W. H. Berger & Bro. Mr. Berger' s place will be in order in a few days and the firm will be able to boast of one of the finest establishments in Wilmington. It is the intention of the firm to handle both independent and combine goods and will lay in a com- plete stock suitable to its trade. The company has opened with an ar- tistic window display, in which Lucky Strike bears a prominent part. R.K.Schndder&Sons to the articles were filed with the county recorder today. — The Brownall- Lafayette Cigar Co., of East Orange, N. J., has been incor porated to manufacture and sell cigars, etc. Capital, |2o,ooo. Incorporators: Wm. R. Frey, Jersey City; Henry Weiss, David J. Davidson, Jas. Flaherty, Isaac M. Aron, all of East Orange. PIPES PACKS&S OV Atm DBAUIRS IM T lull 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa< For Wholesale Dealers Only G/ie CHEAPEST ESTABLISHMENT for WOOD and CLAY PIPES Clay Pipes Our Specialty Write for Catalogue and Prices 1. schilz-mOllenbach Manufacturer and Exporter HOHR. (nearCoblenz) GERMANY THE TOBACCO WORI.D 3« Telephone Call, 432 — B. ^MBce and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. I«ocated on Main Line of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. ISISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers of fWE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove*" pur Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. O. Box 96» WALTER. S. BARE, PaLcker of f'mei Connecticut t- Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci|(ar Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. Ready for the Market 1901 First Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindtn Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted Dutch jTwrmt^r f*««A of Fancy Packed Gebhart Packer of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCE-SWEATED Quf Owil I JIU^ CONNECTICUT -^ i« , racking Leaf Tobacco S141 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER, PA. I. H. Weaver, W. R. COOPER & CO. PACKER OP Pppo Drnnd T oaf and Dealer in All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco, 201 and 203 North Duke SL LANCASTER. PA, J. K. IMAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds T 'p.AF ^f) K A O C'O ^^^^ Florida Sumatra "^ ^i^Xi^AV^^iy ,j^poRT£p SUMATRA and HAVANA 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. United *Phones B. F. GOOD Si CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BREN NEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, UNCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, and Jobber in L#Cai V O DaCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, no & 1 12 W. Walnut St.f LANCASTER, PA. : ♦ ♦♦♦♦%%%%•*•%•♦♦♦♦♦« iV^ ♦♦^♦♦^ %%%%%%%« ♦♦♦4%% ♦♦♦♦♦♦ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer In I Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehooaea: MAIN OFFICES M LANCASTER ' and UNITED PHONES. RED UON. FA. Lancaster, Pa. ^♦♦^♦4 I C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA s» THE TOBACCO WORLD H. C. LONG & CO ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ BRANDS: J : " M ANO" lOc. Cigar X t "Modjeska" ♦ 0^m ^ \ srciri^"**" \ Manufacturers of Cigars, ♦ ♦>♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^^ ^"^ ' ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■•♦♦♦♦♦ 4 OFFICEx 4 t 118 Mifflin Street t LEBANON, t FACTORY: ♦ ♦ PaL. X Cor. Maple and Plum Aves. X ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of the BACHELOR CIGAR - MORRIS S. WISE. EDITOR TRADE-MARK RECORD DIES. He Had Beei\ in Poor Health for Some Time ai\d «Ke End Was Not Entirely Vn- exptcied. He Was an Important Man in iKe Tobacco Trade. ALLENTOWN, PENNA. eSTABUSHED 1671 THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OP Zunmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Wsifhouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio L. A, PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Cii^^ h^sif Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, LITTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT ^^^ED, IMPORTED HAVANA, fENNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses—West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of the World Main Office, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OF Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 ♦ CLMNERSFANlSHt WRAPPERS and ♦ FILLERS ♦ Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. 4 Write for Samples. ♦ 44>^4^4'4'4'4^4'4'> Zimmer Spa^nish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t 1902-1903 4Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely 4Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MORRIS The t ade lost an important man last Thursday, by the death on that day of Morris S Wise, of the law firm of Wise & Lichtenstein, who publish the "Trade- mark Record." Mr. Wise had been in poor health for some time, and the end was not entirely unexpected. He had been able to come to his office but sel- dom, of late, remaining at his home in Bayshore, L I., where his death occurred. Mr. Wise was very widely known, and not only respected for his ability, but universally liked because of his genial qualities. He was a valuable man, and the trade will miss him very decidedly. Morris S. Wise was born fifty- five years ago in New York, in which city he received his education. At the age of eighteen he entered the law office of Board man & Boardmen, as a clerk. He S. WISE. also read law, and was admitted to the bar about four years later. In 1873 ^® formed the firm of Wise & Jacoby. After two years spent in this connec- tion, Mr. Wise practiced law by himself until about 1880, when he formed another firm. Wise, Jaros & Mayer. Mr. Jaros finally retired from this firm, Mr. Mayer died, and S. K. Lichtenstein, who was in the employ of the firm at the time, was taken into partnership, under the present firm name. Mr. Wise founded the • 'Trade mark Record" and acted as its editor. He was a member of several social and com- mercial organizations and had wide connections. He left a wife, a daughter and a son, the last being a member of the firm. The funeral took place on Sunday. JOTTINGS FR.ON BOSTON. West CarrolltonpMontgomeryCo.,0. ^ The Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District.^ What is Happening Amon^ the Trade in New England. Boston, Mass., June 12. There was no material change in bus- iness last week, the weather being very changeable. One day was very cold here, in fact not more than 200 miles from here in the State of New Hamp shire, the white mountain section was visited by quite a downfall of snow. Yesterday the tempcratuie was 82 de grees, and the crowds hastened to the near-by summer resorts. It is understood that the cutting in prices on the American Tobacco Co.'s plugs and cut plugs to the retailers, will end tomorrow, and these tobaccos will be advanced to their old price. Mc- Greenery & Manning's salesmen are pushing the sale of the new brands ol cigars of which their firm recently be- came distributors, such as Anna Held and Buck cigars, two brands manufac- tured by the Ameiican Tobacco Co. C. A. ROST & CO., Ail Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD 33 144 ♦ " La Imperial Cigar Factory '^ HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiBARS" AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. Successors to 8. L. Johns, Packers of and lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc— Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c, Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Pure— Porto Rico Crooks. ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ 44^44 Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph — York, Pa. ♦♦ 4 4 4»444l J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER, PA. Wholesale Dealers in LEAF Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. 4> 14 >♦- ♦ 4- A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer F. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BB THESDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. 44 -4< '4< M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Cable AddreWp ••CLARK.'' JOPKINSVILLE. KY ?ADUCAH, KY. Clarksville, Tenn, W. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker. Boaim," U. & A. Hopkinsville, K]r% 34 Cftpa%;ity for Manufmcttirlng Cigar Boxes Is — Always Room for Ons Mors Good Custombr. THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersville, Pa. m ♦♦♦♦ -♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ ATTENTION, TOBACCO » » Choice Natural Leaf CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCO ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ (UNION LABEL GOODS) S and IG ounce Packages 2 1-2 ounce Packages .... 20 Cents 21 Cents ♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ GOOD, CLEANED, SEASONED CUT SCRAP Packed in 5 Poui\d Cartons. Freight Prepaid. Send for Sample. READING TOBACCO MFG. CO., George W. Green, Prop. READING, PA. ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ 1 C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. Cigars m >VANTED2! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZA^ CombiiYdLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOER «& OO. Sols Owaara aad Manafactarsra fhc Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA. I'- r#CUME&BRo V ' TBRREHiLL.PA. ^» We Sell to JobbingTrade only LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARB Wax HAW ^^ ^^jACKS0NTnEGREAT]O WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ♦♦ ROBESONIA, PA. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦•♦■♦^ A. F. HOSTEHER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medinm Priced CIGARS ■ Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only Hanover, Pa. '^Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Snperioritj of Quality. John McLaughlin. J. K. Kauffman. JOHN McLaughlin ®. co. P Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of \ Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos * Also, All Grades of W. H. DAUGHERTY 8t BRO. iDallastown, Pa. Manufacturers 01 Fine Domestic Cigars Hiiihest Quality Finest Packa|{es Wholesale and Jobbing Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Fine Cigars (& Leaf Tobacco No. 307 North Queen Si |{ LANCASTER, PA. I I%%%^^^^»^^^^^^^^<^^^^^^% ««««««««««««-)(«^«-K«-)(-»e«^-)(«-)««««««« * u 4c I* 4c 41 4» 41 C A. KILDOW. W. T. BOIX>N. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader: HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5e. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. S. N. MUMMA Paicker of Leaf Tobacco • PenivaL. Seed B's ^l SpecidLlty « * * ;(c Warehouse at RailroaLd Crossin|{ ^ : LANDISVILLE, PA. * * ♦ R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, Pa.. Wholesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 THR TOBACCO WORLD Wc have the l^^^s; «i»k T. A, MYERS & CO. OIGAH BOX EDOIflGS ^ Cigar Box Bdgiagt in the United States, haTing over i,ooo designs in stock. - Printer?? and Engravers, • YORK, PENNAr Embossed PlapSt Labels, Notices, etc. -mm W. B. HOSTETTER 8l CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler, Ready for Use. ^-°°'-{^:?'n?-i^^7^ 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. e. e. WILLIS. Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, flavana, Florida Samatra and Samatra hTOBACCO^ 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. Established 1895. WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER OF T.L. ADAIR, < WHOI^ESALE MANUFA Fine Cigars "RED LION, PA. 0«ir Leader; WEALTH PRODUCER Sstablished 1870 Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher & Son Manufacturers of F^ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonda^ Arc tnC L/lljAl\0 Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear Harmna. . . lOc. **S. B." Half Havana, , . . . Sc "S. B.*' Little Havana*, • • • • 5c* 1 i "" " (( Honest Bee *t «y\«* "2— I— No" Mildett agar Made, 2 fof 5c. Special Brandt Made ls> Order. Siauff er Bros. Nfg. Co., New Holland, Pau '^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save You Money. A SOUTHERN LOCATION Good Tobacco Land and Locations for Factories THE SOUTH is now making greater progress than any other sec- tion. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request. M. V* RICHARDS, Land and Inda»trlal Atfent. Southern Railway. WASHINOTON, D. C SALES ON RICHMOND EXCHANGE WILL DISCONTINUE 10 DAYS. The officers of the Richmond Tobacco Exchange have decided to discontinue the sales from the week ending June 30 to July II. This 10 days discontinu- ance is made in order to give the buyers a rest and observe the Fourth of July, after which the buyers will attend the meeting of the Tobacco Association of the United States at Old Point. Business CKeLi\ges, Fires, Etc. Arkansas Little Rock — Jas B Dodd, cigars, etc; succeeded by Jas B Dodd & Bro California Gazelle — David Young, cigar; trans- ferred assets Connecticut Shelton — John McGuigan, cigars and tobacco; advertising business for sale Delaware Wilmington — Robert Ken>on, Jr, ci gar and tobacco jobber; succeeded by Kenyon Bros Chas E Sparks, cigars ; discontinued Indiana Palmyra — Noah Mosier, cigar manu. facturer; out of business Iowa Cedar Rapids — Wm Gardner, cigars; sold out Muscatine — W B Luellen, cigars, etc; Wagner & Bennison succeed Maine Pittsfield — F S Bagley, cigars, etc; Estes Bros succeeds — Estes Bros, cigars, etc; chattel morgage, $1,400 Presque Isle — Samuel D Howland, cigars, etc; damaged by fire Maryland Baltimore — Geo L Kunkel & Co, leaf tobacco, dissolved; succeeded by God- frey Fisher Michigan Bay City — John G Clarkson, Mgr, wholesaler and retailer of cigars and tobacco ; succeeded by Ella M (Mrs John G) Clarkson Minnesota St Paul — Edward Welsh, cigars; judg- ment, $115. New York Oneonta — Doyle & Smith, cigar man- ufacturers; damaged by fire Sandy Hill — Chas E Dwyer, cigar manufacturer, real estate mtge,| 1,000 Ohio Toledo — Samuel Epstein, cigars, to- bacco, etc ; chattel mtge, renewed, $217. Pennsylvania Denver — Martin Slabach, et al, cigar manufacturers; judgment, I105 Womelsdorf — Levi D Brindle, cigar manufacturer; satisfied real estate mort> gage, I700 Wisconsin Milwaukee — Chas Krimmer, cigar manufacturer; real estate mortgage, $700. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO. Etc. 791,749 Match striker; Jos B Cham- berlain, Philadelphia, P. 791,454 Smoker's article; James M. A. Darrach, New York city. 791,479 Tobacco case; Arlin E. and P. F. MaGee, Janesville, Wis. 791,638 Holder for matches, tooth- picks, or like articles; Frank B. Metzger, Bayonne, N. J. 791,495 Mouthpiece for tobacco pipes, etc. ; Charles Peterson, Dublin, Ireland. 37.459 Design, cigar band; Louis C. Wagner, New York city. 37.460 Design, cigar band; Louis C. Wagner, New York city. Fa-husseyI LEAF mm io. THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST MAIL ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA « NEW YORK X CHICAGO ST. LOUIS ■ai Scrartli FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-338 North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E, S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa* Manufacturer of Pine and Common inufacturer of Cigars Established 189a Capedtjr, Twenty Thousand ptr D&f, A. G^^vEs c£ Oo- /-/ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILADBLRHIA J7 W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. MIK SPECIALTY Is (he "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. BOX STRAPPING AND SEALS OF ALL KINDS. ESPECIAI.I.T ADAPTED FOR THE CIGAR TRADE. Steel and Wire Box Straps, Flat. Plain, Embossed or Twisted. Also CORNER FASTENERS aud LEAD SEALS. Staniari Metal Strap Co, 336-342 East 38tli St, New Yori. I Ittahlished 1877 New Factory 1904 H.W.HEFrENER, Dealer in ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ X Cigar Box I^umber, ♦ ♦ Labels, j Ribbons, Edging, Brands, etc. Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. I YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦J Manufacturers of Cigar Boxes^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. Tie— 728 N. Christian St, L.ANCASTER, PA /IBEN BUSEf^ MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DEALER IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. Solid and Durable Wc Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices arc the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO., 1935— I93T Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 116-122 E.I4^"ST NEW YORK. BRANCH FACTOMY S^0-5S.O W 58 ^"ST N r CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK C/OAR LABELS. fL^PS.BAf^DS ETC.. ETC, SE/\/T GRAT/S UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE RL-AC/RO ORDERS ^-. .. FOR PRIVATE LABELS. BARDS. ETC^..-^ s« THB TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $G0 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY- 3c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $85 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. "w > PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE aUOBE CIGAR CO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEVVT AND GOOD WAGNBR*S Cuban stogies MANUPACTURBD ONLV BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. . jQj Qhlo St, ADegheoy, Pa. ( GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED i.^ HAND-MADE STOGIES Pittsburd StoSes Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. E. REIN INI INGEK, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig ars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVCr PSi. Caveats, Trade Marks, r^£lX6ri XS Desisnn-Patents, Copyrights, John A. Saul, kt DiK>il BalkUofl, WA5HINQ70N, D. ijk FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOBACCO CONTRACT IS AWARDED. The French government contract for 1,500,000 pounds of American leaf lobacco has been awarded to G. Haufer & Co., of Paris. The American leaf tobacco required by the French govern- ment, which holds unto itself a monopoly of tobacco manufacturing in France, is mainly very dark tobacco, some of which is bought on the Richmond market, some on the Louisville and Cincinnati markets. A. B. Eddins represents Hufer & Co. in Richmond, Va. , and will buy for them ihe Virginia grown tobacco necessary to fill the French order. It is understood that the board of governors of the Tobacco Association of the United States, of which T. M. Car- rington, of Richmond, is President, will hold their annual meeting at Old Point, July 4th.6th. Leaf Tobacco Markets. the large growers have finished setting their tobacco, and are all ready to start the hoeing. Some have already begun to hoe. Mr. Oscar Belden & Sons have hoed out two pieces. R. M. Swift has an acre or two hoed. Tobacco is looking very well, considering the weather we have had. This week we have had light showers, and a very fine mist fills the air. We need lots of it" — American Cultivator. CONNECTICUT VALLEY The injury to the tobacco crop result- ing from heavy winds, dry weather and frost has been nearly corrected, so far at least as the missing plants are concerned, and in fact much that was almost a total failure. A large part of the transplant- ing has been already done by the large growers, and by some of the smaller growers, although these as a rule need to wait until the large growers are through. The people have outgrown transplanting by hand, and as they do not possess a setter they have to wait for a machine and team Our correspondents write : Conway, Mass. : "Transplanting of tobacco is progressing very well, although some pieces have had to beset three times. What has started is growing well, and will be ready for hoeing this week. Very few cut worms are troubling the plants this year." Bradstreet, Mass.: "Tobacco setting is proceeding slowly. There is consider able complaint of wire worms, also cut worms. Tobacco plants are in demand. It is feared there will be quite a shortage of plants." East Deerfield, Mass. : "No tobacco has been set here yet A few will set this week, but more next week. To- bacco beds are mostly very poor. Sev* eral growers will buy all of their plants. " North Hatfield, Mass.: "Several of EDGERTON, WIS. The buying movement is dwindling so that scattering transactions embrace most of the business being done in local mar- kets. But few buyers are yet in the field, while growers are extremely busy prepar- ing for the new crop soon to be set. There is inquiry for old stock, but sales are largely of the cheaper grades. Good binder stock is in demand, though the supply with local packers is none too large. A. Wallach, of Chicago, has pur- chased a hundred cases, or such a mat- ter, from local packers during the week. The weather of the week has improved the prospects of the new crop by bringing along the plant beds so that transplanting can now go forward as rapidly as the fields are prepared to receive the plants. This work will be well under way in all sections the coming week. Shipments 300CS. — Reporter. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 1,259 hhds, (our receipts include the Association to- bacco); offerings on the breaks, 591 hhds; total sales, 613 hhds. The market was firm to strong on all desirable sorts — common nondescript leaf was a shade easier, and lugs were rather stronger. But few lugs appear upon the breaks, most of them being bought pri- vately and held on speculation. About 90 per cent of the proposed crop has been planted, with generally a good stand The weather is now hot and dry, and good rains are needed to finish the planting and replanting, which may come at any tinr.e. We quote: Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leaf Medium Leaf Good Leaf Fine Leaf $3.50 to J4.00 4.35 to 4.50 4.50 to 5.00 5.00 to 5.50 5.00 to 6.00 6. 25 to 7 00 7. so to 8.50 9.00 to 10.50 11.00 to 13 00 THB TOBACCO WOmLD SB JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewin|( and Smoklnj^ Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT MMnt&etBrer of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes, ff». a-^I B>«nnf«cture aU grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to tnit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ > ♦ NETAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS 3CCO A Specialty of Light Connectictit Wrappers aivd Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ^Binders WISCONSIN (H OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lioiv, Pa.. CIGAR BOXES PRHrrERSOF ARTisnc 5KETCHESARI^ QUOIATIONS FURNISHED WRIT! rot PIES AND RIDBON PRICES BBONS For Sale by All Dealers fix AMS^ttl TOMOn 00. BV THB TOBACCO WORLD THB TOBACCO WOBLD SEPH REED p9J^^«o Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1508, VHh Dist., Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $<;() per lOOO. PA TRICK HENR F- 5c . Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at So.j per lOOU. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. "^ > PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUCBE CIOAR GO. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING UEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER»S Chban stogies MANUFACTURED ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jflj ojijo gt., Allcgheny, Pa. 1 GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of FRENCH GOVERNMENT TOBACCO CONTRACT IS AWARDED. The F^rench government contract for 1,500,000 pounds of American leaf lobacco has been awarded to G. Haufer & Co., of Paris. The American leaf tobacco required by the French govern- ment, which holds unto itself a monopoly of tobacco manufacturing in France, is m duly very dark tobacco, some of which IS l)ought on the Richmond market, some on the Louisville and Cincinnati markets. A. B. Eddins represents Hufer & Co. in Richmond, Va. ,and will buy for them ihe Virginia grown tobacco necessary to fill the French order. It is understood that the board of governors of the Tobacco Association of the United States, of which T. M. Car- rington, of Richmond, is President, will hold their annual meeting at Old Point, July 4th.6th. Leaf Tobacco Markets. the large growers have finished setting their tobacco, and are all ready to start the hoeing. Some have already begun to hoe. Mr. Oscar Belden & Sons have hoed out two pieces. R. M. Swift has an acre or two hoed. Tobacco is looking very well, considering the weather we have had. This week we have had light showers, and a very fine mist fills the air. We need lots of it." — American Cultivator. THE CELEBRATED , /x«^~ HAND-MADE (^ I 4.oo Common Lugs 4.35 to 4.50 Medium Lugs 4.50 to 5.00 Good Lugs 5.00 to 5.50 Low Leaf 5.00 10 6.00 Common Leat 6.2s to 7 00 Medium Leaf 7.50 to 8.50 Good Leaf 9 00 to 10.50 Fine Leaf 11.00 to 13 00 JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS— Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2^ oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewlnig and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Mttiafaetttxerof High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes, f». 8,^1 mantifacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ > ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tix ft ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tl« J* r leiscKkaMer Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. xt ♦ ♦ ♦«♦ ♦»♦ ♦§♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ X X TELEPHONE 1561 X X ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦^4>4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ «.4-4>>^4-4^>4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR POCKETS Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Sinokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertiaing medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and ManufacturerSt Albert Fries Harold H. Frie 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 & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. Q^»^w^i^ C-^^ The Most Popular Flavoff l^Ullipi\y 1 I \,V/ 8®>^piease write for thSa Guaranteed to be the Strongest, Cheapesf. and Best ^t^ATAT^Ti^ATAVATAVAl I R R R R R R R R R R R C. A. Rost acco A Specialty of Light Conneciicut Wrappers ai\d Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ®, Binders WISCONSIN Qi OHIO Florida and Imported Sumatra and Havana Red Lion, Pat. CIGAR BOXES PRUriEIIS OF ARTisnc aCAR UBELS SKETCHES AND QUOTATIONS FURNISHED WRITE FOff ANPIESAND RIBBON PRICES CIGAR BrBBOMS For Sale by All Dealers MIXTURE-^ ^12 AMSMO&H T(»ftNQ OO^SBW INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE ■u. . A. C^'-'^^s <& O H —I fiT rrrrrrrrT of^^ ' Vf^ ^^* IJ' ■'■■IIM»..> AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST HILAOeL^HIA \l National Cigar Clipper It Clips a V in Ends of Cigars — A LITTLE vest pocket instrument for the smoker that '^^ puts a V in ends of cigars — neatly — accurately — without breaking wrapper, no matter how dry or brittle the cigar is. It doesn't bite and pull and squeeze; but cuts ''shear ' ways," the common sense way — a way that can't dull the the cutter and disfigure the point of cigar. Design is elegant — nothing like it on the market anywhere Finest tool steel — nickel plated, and pol- ished. Makes an effective and lasting piece of advertising for the cigar manufacturer and distributer because of its ability to attract attention — its utility and durability. The dealer can't put a better selling novelty before a smoker. Hits two ways, — snug profit when sold — fetching advertising with name on. Sample 1 5 cents. Dozen lots with- out ad. $1.23. Gross lots without ad. $14.00; with ad. if not more than three lines, three eighth of an inch long, $16.50. NATIONAL SELLING CO., AUentown, Pa y BSTABUSHKD IN 1881 1 Vol. XXV., No. 25. j PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JUNE 21, 1905. Onb Dohar per Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents. ^^ ^■yicrb Ucf ,S> QAAX>c^ ' JOHN SLATER & CO. Manufacturers of Ha.nd'Made LONG FILLER STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. 1903 Crop FLORIDA SUMATRA WRAPPERS All Grades and Sizes. Light, Medium and Dark Colors. Excellent Quality. Lowest Prices. Schroeder ^ Ar^uimbau No. 178 Water Street NEW YORK i%i E. ROSENWALB & BR0. ■.JiL!iimMii!u.\ ■ii^Ot'- C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO W O R I. D *'.. .i.t'.b: MANFTOCIGAIJ 114 ^^^Philadelphia We claim that the RUGBY 5c. cigar is the handsomest package on the market, and the Quality of the cigar equals its beauty. Have you seen a box? May we send you a sample? STEWART. NEWBURGER A CO.. Ltd. i Ci^ar Manufadnrers, (lord LANCASTER. lOcI) OiBr ta. & Cb. Manufacturers, 615 Market St., Philada. (niCKZLBY. 5c.) \ Channing Allen ®, Co lanufacturers of 419 Locust Si. Philadelphia* Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. Factories 206 and 212, ^ • 0 w»i 1 1 i 1 • First Rev. District, Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. CLEAR HAVANA -The A Mate One of R delphia ^igar. JN^t THAT IS SAYING^Hto DBAI. Samples tent to ReputaRcBKribators Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO.. 41 N. nth Street. PHILADELPHIA. Most All Havana CIgir Mada KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN ra MOOKHEAD. Inc. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST MILAOmL^HIA . A. G^^^^s <& Go H ^ ■ IMPORTERS Or^^ •»-TriE T©B/ieeO WORLB^ GERMANS ARE CLOSEMOUTHED. ACREAGE OF TOBACCO IS GENERALLY INCREASED THIS YEAR. The seed to be separated is poured into the receptacle usually about 1 to 2 ounces Government Warn* Manufacturers Not Jhis Is So For All Types of Cigar Tobacco, For Burley and Regie, at a time, the glass tube set in place, and Virginia Dark District Acreage Remains the Same, a current of air pumped into the seed. But Old Bright Belt Decreases. The largest seed and the chaff are first Washington, D. C, June 17. growing counties of the State are too blown out of the tube, and next the The Crop Reporter has issued its meager to base any statement a s to small seed. Small seeds of the same to Give Out Trade News. Washington, D. C, June 17. Writing from Frankfort, Germany, where he is stationed, U. S. Consul-Gen- eral Guenther addresses interesting infor annual exhaustive report on the acreage acreage upon. Reports from some points character as the larger seeds have pro- mation to the Department of Commerce ^^ tobacco in 1905 which statement re- state that scarcity of labor may result in portionally more surface than^the larger; and Labor regarding the extreme cau tiousness of the Germans in their manu- facturing affairs. He says: The chamber of commerce of Sorau, Prussia, recently addressed a communication to the manufacturers and selling agents of that district in which it warns them against giving information of the condition of the markets and of the lates to the acreage planted, in tobacco the planting of corn on ground intended consequently the small as well as the during the present year, and is based for tobacco. Some damage has been light seed is removed by this machine, upon the information obtained from some done to the seed beds by frost, and in a U is beheved that machines constructed 1,200 special tobacco correspondents in few sections a scarcity of plants and a on this principle will be (found satis- various tobacco sections of the country consequent high price is reported. Many factory. to whom special letters of inquiry were farmers are hesitating as to whether to A large number of tobacco growers in sent. plant binders or narrow leaf Connecticut. Connecticut are this year following Mr. it, principally concerning As a whole, a small decrease in acre- oi. 1. j • ,. . .u • a ' ^ ^ ' «= Shamel s advice to separate^ their seed Some of it, principally concerning As a whole, a small decrease in acre cigar leaf tobacco is reproduced here, age is reported for Wisconsin, Dane mnnufactring interests in their reports to ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ave already county, the largest producing section, ^^^ ^row their tobacco only Irom the the press, etc. The circular letter says ^^^^ printed. It is not easy, however, showing at this time an apparent falling heaviest and best seeds they have, in part: ^^ ascertain the probable acreage with off of at least 10 per cent. Reports show, The reports in our technical and trade accuracy thus early in the season, and however, an increase of from 5 to 10 per papers are most assiduously studied ' . . .. • .1. • r> 1 j ^r abroad, and by representatives of our ^his year it is especially difficult as the cent m the acreage in Rock and Vernon foreign compectitors residing in Ger- season has generally been backward and counties. The causes assigned are cold many, especially by the consuls of the transplanting late. weather, excessive rains, high wages for United States. j^ general, it may be stated that there farm labor, poor markets, and the fact : BVTLER FOR TOBACCO IS SOLD. plant food to support the seeding until Houston, Tex., June 16. it has developed roots and leaves so as to Information has been received at the ^^^^ ^^^^^^' Southern Pacific headquarters that the remainder of Redfields at Nacogdoches, plarits— t at is, ^"- ^^ ^°P °''| P'^ ^he seed, having the diameter of the long Tobacco Co. is only a holding company." the famous tobacco lands owned by Lol. turely or differ in shape and quality of . ,' / , - , z: , *> r / S F B. Morse, had been sold. This leaf from the bulk of the crop-is the ^^^'^ ^''^^' ^"^ ^^ arranged with a finely was the first land to be tried f.r the ^^^-^^ ^f small and light seed. In a ^o^^" wire screen m the bottom as to raising of fine cigar tobacco by the United ^^^.^^ ^^ extensive experiments in the hold the seed in the receptable and at La Crosse, Wis.. June 26. ?Tth^.f AUcrW^bl^Du^^^^ Connecticut Valley, the writer separated the san.e time freely admits a current of Local cigar dealers are making an ef- ^d over which there was so much talk, samples of seed of the varieties grown in ^^' ^''^^'^y '"to the seed. The top of fort to dispose of their stock of cigarettes The land was purchased by Ohio this region into light, medium, and heavy this receptacle is fitted with a coupling-as rapidly as possible. The new law It ^ ,, u 11 J 1 u *"to which the long glass tube can be goes into effect July 1 and it is proposed using the heaviest seeds. seed by screening with any kind of sieves, and Butler & Bosher' s brands, which This is partly because the heavy seed The common method of water separa- had previously been manufactured by has the most perfect embryo or plantlet tion was found to be thoroughly unsatis- Butler & Bosher and recently the same in it and the largest supplv of available ^^^tory. brand manufactured by the P. Lorillard A seed separator making use of an air Co., showing that they were virtually current was therefore made and was under one control. Notwithstanding this, successfully u::ed. This consisted of a the acting secretary of the navy decided glass tube i inch in diameter and 5 feet they were separate concerns and entitled long, and a glass receptacle for holding to bid. He also held that the American ;ma- NO CIGARETTES AFTER JULY I. 1- ..,v.« ,.r!U rl#»v*»lr»n t at once It , , ,. , ,. • • 1 mio wnicn inc tone giass luuc can uc k"cs uuu ciic<_i. juiy 1 anu 11. is piupuscu fsTelrnrdtha;" good Ice wis obtained 8'»des. In all cases ,he small and l.ght ,,, ,„„ ^^la i„ pud ^The current of air To get rid of the slock by tV,a. time if f th land There was about 800 acres ^^^^ produced the earliest plants in the js generated by a common foot bellows, possible. According to the law no more for of the land left. seed bed, and these plants when set in and regulated with a valve. cigarettes can be sold in Wisconsin. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO WORLD '* ' ■>'■* "^ SS9 1 : ■ • , -"-T '-^ c- ^"^ 1 "/o /- MANETOCIGAR 114 Philadelphia ? We claim that the RUGBY 5c. cigar is the handsomest package on the market, and the Quality of the cigar equals its beauty. Have you seen a box? May we send you a sample? STEWART. NEWBURGER & CO.. Ltd. Q^ar Manofactnrers, Factories 3o6 and 212, First Rev. District, Pa. 29 North 4th St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER. IQcT) m Manufacturers, 615 Market $t, Philada, (NICKEIBY. Sc.) Channing Allen ® Co lanufacturera of 419 Locust St. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. STANDARD OF ALL HAVANA CIGARS. CLEAR HAVANA Most it-^ ■^ A. "The A Mate One of R THAT IS SAYINtf Samples tent to Reputa Philadelphia Cigar Fltory W. K. ROEDEL CO.. 41 N. nth Street. PHILADELPHIA. All HavsM Ciftf KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCVN (h MOOKHEAD. Inc.. Makers, PHILADELPHIA, PA. f CHALLENGES COMPARISON White Knight FIVE-CENT CIGAR MADE BY Morris D. Neumann & Co. PHILADELPHIA, PA. i AVANA 123 N. THIRD 8T 'MILAOML^HiA E. A. G*^^^^ <& Oo.H M»i fntr^irrrnrrr or^^ Ik +TriE TeB/ieeo Worlb-^ GERMANS ARE CLOSE-MOUTHED. ACREAGE OF TOBACCO IS GENERALLY INCREASED THIS YEAR. Government Warns Manufacturers Not to Give Out Trade News. Washington, D. C, June 17. Writing from Frankfort, Germany, where he is stationed, U. S. Consul-Gen- The seed to be separated is poured into the receptacle usually about i to 2 ounces facturing affairs. He says: The chamber of commerce of Sorau, Prussia, recently addressed a communication to the manufacturers and selling agents of that district in which it warns them against giving information of the condition of the markets and of the This Is So For All Types of Cigar Tobacco, For Burley and Regie, at a time, the glass tube set in place, and Virginia Dark District Acreage Remains the Same, a current of air pumped into the seed. But Old Bright Belt Decreases. The largest seed and the chaflf are first Washington, D. C, June 17. growing counties of the State are too blown out of the tube, and next the The Crop Reporter has issued its meager to base any statement a s to small seed. Small seeds of the same eral Guenther addresses interesting infor- annual exhaustive report on the acreage acreage upon. Reports from some points character as the larger seeds have pro- mation to the Department of Commerce ^^ tobacco in 1905 which statement re- state that scarcity of labor may result in portionally more surface than^he larger; and Labor regarding the extreme cau- j^^^^ ^^ ^^^ acreage planted, in tobacco the planting of corn on ground intended consequently the small as well as the tiousness of the Germans in their manu- during the present year, and is based for tobacco. Some damage has been light seed is removed by this machine. upon the information obtained from some done to the seed beds by frost, and in a It is believed that machines constructed 1,200 special tobacco correspondents in few sections a scarcity of plants and a on this principle will be (found satis- various tobacco sections of the country consequent high price is reported. Many factory. to whom special letters of inquiry were farmers are hesitating as to whether to A large number of tobacco growers in sent. plant binders or narrow leaf Connecticut. Connecticut are this year following Mr. Some of it. principally concerning As a whole, a small decrease in acre- ghamel's advice to separate, their seed cigar leaf tobacco is reproduced here, age is reported for Wisconsin, Dane manufactring interests in their reports to ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^p^^jg ^^at have already county, the largest producing section, *"** ^row their tobacco only trom the the press, etc. The circular letter says y^^^^ printed. It is not easy, however, showing at this time an apparent falling heaviest and best seeds they have, in part: ^^ ascertain the probable acreage with off of at least 10 per cent. Reports show, %•%%%•!•% The reports in our technical and trade ^rcuracy thus early in the season, and however, an increase of from 5 to 10 per I BVTLER <& BOSHER WIN OUT. papers *' * * iL ^r ^.., this vear it is especialk- difficult as the cent in the acreage in Rock and Vernon • . .. ^ m » . * r- - abroad, and by representatives of our """ ^^ ^ ' ^ Protesting Manufacturers Are Given a. foreign compectitors residing in Ger- season has generally been backward and counties. The causes assigned are cold Hearing, but Contract Holds, many, especially by the consuls of the transplanting late. weather, excessive rains, high wages for Richmond Va. June 16 ^TJ^.'^^^tTrlV; r^ublished in our iournals ^" ^^"^'''^' '' ""^^ ^"^ ''^'^"^ '^^' '^"^ ^''''^ ^^^*'''' P''°'' '^'''^^''' ^""^ '^"^ ^^^' Notwithstanding the fact that the inde- aBI^:arp:;e'^^^^^^^^^^ -^1 ^^ - --r '^rT\ '" '!! that in many places sugar beets are being pendent bidders for the contract to furnish prices of our manufactured articles, how types of cigar tobacco, for Burley, and raised on ground which formerly pro- the navy department its tobacco for this their cost compares with that of similar for the Regie or dark tobacco grown m duced tobacco. ^^^ protested against the award of the goods produced in competing countries, Kentucky, Tennessee, and a small sec- From Georgia and Florida, where the ^.^j^tpact to Butler & Bosher of this city nis'ld'wlTthlTad^ '^°" °^ ^"^•'"'- ^" t»^<^ Virginia Sun. shade grown Sumatra is grown, principally ^^d were given a hearing'this week be- S^tatd Selcrijt!^^^^^^ cured and the Virginia Dark districts the in Decatur county, Ga.. and Gadsden ^re the ply-master general of the navy even the secrets of manufacturing, form acreage remains about the same as last county. Fla., complaints are received of and Acting Secretary of the Navy Darling, an excellent weapon in the hands of our year. In the Virginia Bright district and cut worms and other injurious insects, but ^^^ ^^^ mentioned will be allowed to fill competitors and serve to injure German ^^^ qJ^j Bright belt of North Carolina, reports indicate that with no unforeseen business interests. All public reports acreage will be decreased to some calamity this district will this year pro should refiain from giving details. The ° t, • v u 1. r vt .u j .u 1 * tu Chamber is careful not to mention such extent. In the new Bright belt of North duce the largest crop ever grown The in its annual reports. No complaints Carolina and South Carolina, the acreage present mdications are for an increase in about bad business should be published, ^\\\ be increased, the increase in South acreage of at least 30 per cent. The as this is hurtful to our export trade. Carolina to be auite laree ^*^^*°" ^"^^ *'**" unusually fine, a"** ^ ..,.,, , , . .... We therefore beg of ycu to promote '-^'^^""^ ^° ^^ "1""^ '^'^S^' . transplanting is over. Some reports show brief which had previously been filed in German business interests by (i) Spread- I" Lancaster county, Pcnnsylvama, a ^^ p„ ^^^^ ^f the sun grown tobacco their cause. ing this warning; (2) abstaining from considerable increase in acreage is indi- already contracted for at from 15 to 20 Of the protesting manufacturers, CD. giving publicity to any details which cated, but reports from other tobacco cents per pound. Larus, of Larus & Bro. Co., Hugh Camp- should only be confidentially communi. -——----—--— ==:======i==zz====i=====^=i=====::^ bell and E. P Crumo were oresent. cated to the proper authorities: (3 urging " 7— °«" \\ P.^rutnp were present. this upon your employees who may have HEAVY SEED GROWS BEST PLANT, the field developed a large percentage of These and the other independent bidders intercourse with newspapers, and (4) undesirable plants which are almost a were greatly disappointed at the decision keeping your factories shut to foreigners 3^,,^^, ^f pUnt Industry Explains This total loss to the grower. * * * Heavy rendered as they claim they will have or strangers. Fact. seed produces large., healthy, uniform, very little chance in the future, owing to • •How do these German chambers of ^^ ^ bulletin of the Connecticut State and well-developed plants. * * * the fact that under this ruling, the Amer- commerce which represent the manufac- ^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^ .^^^^.^^ ^^^^^ .^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^„^^^ turing and commercial elements ot their r u n c n .^.nt are of the same size as the heavy and thirty five or forty bids by using its /.«.,t,trv r^ronrile this illiberal soirit with Plant Industry of the U. S. Department , , , ^.^ • • r^ -j * country reconcile inis iiuocrai spun wuu / r desirable seeds, and the difference gen- various companies. One man said at the fact that Germany sends individuals, of Agriculture, calls attention to the fact ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ j^ the close of the hearing: official delegates, and even ministers of ^^at the most vigorous and productive gjjgj^^^ g^ ^bat it is not possible to sepa- "We submitted packages of tobacco state to the United States to ^"*P«*=^ o"'' tobacco plants can be obtained only by rate the desirable from the undesirable manufactured by the P. Lorillard Co. using the heaviest seeds. seed by screening with any kind of sieves, and Butler & Bosher' s brands, which This is partly because the heavy seed The common method of water separa- had previously been manufactured by has the most perfect embryo or plantlet ^ion was found to be thoroughly unsatis- Butler & Bosher and recently the same •^'^rtf^'^'wwm J ,. , , , , -uKi- factorv. brand manufactured by the P. Lorillard ..»<.'■<■ «MnTDiirn nv rAVFRNMFNT m It and the largest Supply of available "»^^"'r- , . , , . „ "" FOR TOBACCO IS SOLD plan, .ood .o support .hV seed.ng unul A seed separator „,aki„g use of an a.r Co.. sho«,„g that they were v.rtually FOR TOBACCO IS SOLD P ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ,^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ current was therefore made and w a s under one control Notwithstanding th.s Houston, lex., June 10. t a. \c successfully used. This consisted of a the acting secretary of the navy decided Information has been received at the ^e 1 se ^. ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ tobacco 8^*^^ ^^^^ ^ '"^^ *" diameter and 5 feet they were separate concerns and entitled Southern Pacific headquarters that the j^^"^^_°j^^^ .^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^_ long, and a glass receptacle for holding to bid. He also held that the American remainder of Redfields at Nacogdoches, P an s '. " ^ ^ *, the seed, having the diameter of the long Tobacco Co. is only a holding company." the famous tobacco lands owned by Col. turely or differ m shape and quality of ^"^ ^*=*= ' / ^ -.u ^ 1 SFB Morse, had been sold. This leaf from the bulk of the crop-is the g^-^* '^^^' ^"^ «° ^"^"^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^'^^^^^^^^ was the first land to be tried far the ^^^j^g ^f ^^^^ and light seed. In a ^0^*=" ^''^ s^'«<^" '" '^^ ^^"^"^ ^^ ^° "^ CIGARETTES AFTER JULY I. raising of fine cigar tobacco by the United ^^^.^^ ^^ extensive experiments in the hold the seed in the receptable and at La Crosse, Wis., June 26. ?Tth^.f 'lucrW^bb^Dukrexploited Connecticut Valley, the writer separatid the san.e time freely admits a current of Local cigar dealers are making an ef- iL"d over whth th^^^^^^^^ samples of seed of the varieties grown in -^ directly into the seed. The top of fort to dispose of their stock of cigarettes The land was purchased by Ohio this region into light, medium, and heavy this receptacle is fitted with a couphng-as rapidly as possible The new law 1 v>« «,;ii H..v#.lnn it at once It "'"/^^ "^ „ ^ , j, / into which the long glass tube can be goes into effect July i and it is proposed people who win ^^«^^^°Pj;J^^^3°^b7^i„;^ grades. In all cases the small and light ^^^ ^^^ held in place. The current of air fo get rid of the stock by that time if is ^^^^ There was about 800 acres ^^^^ produced the earliest plants in the ,5 generated by a common foot bellows, possible. According to the law no more f the^land left. *®**^ ^^^' ^^^ these plants when set in and regulated with a valve. the contract Junius Parker, counsel tor the Ameri- can Tobacco Co. and Mr. Butler of Butler & Bosher were at the hearing and had no remarks to make further than the factories, for the purpose of obtaining knowledge and benefitting German inter ests? ' asks Consul Guenther. cigarettes can be sold in Wisconsin. .w.i»>t. '<:.^j^ - INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE E. A. O'^'-v^^ <& O < o IMPORTERS O AVANA 123 N. THIRD 3T r^HILJiOBLPHIA J; Vetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATItA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 18J5. >»D&.T*< Wm. H. Dohaiu T. Dohan. ^^ DOHAN &TAITT, ^V ^g,T Importersof Havana and Sumatra ^r^ Packers of /^*^^^^ 107 Axch St Leaf Tobacco\ ^«»^ J philada. B ^OAis ^"""'y ''''^ ^^^ BREMER'S \S>^ IMPORTERS OF Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia JPVLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG rteii of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers «f Seed I/Caf Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco 232 North Third St., Phila. L. BAMBERGER & CO. TOBACCO 111 Arch St., Philadelphia I^atieaster, Pit.; Ifiltea Jtmction, Wis.; BaldwinsTiUe.H.V. If SB6D LBAP B4VAHA and SUMATRA -TheE L^j^ SEED LEAF, m 1 eaf Tobacco .-M j||jlj||n mnirp Importers and Dealers in ■^^^i'^^ ^ AH KINDS OF SEED LEAF. ^o., Ltd. SUMATRA 118 N.3d St. Phila. IBNJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNB^ £^ BENJ. LABE & SONS. Importers ot SU MAT RA and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in L/^AF TOBACC^ 2JI and sjj North Third Street PHII^ADELPHIA, PA. liEOPOliD IiOEB 8t CO. Importersof Sumatra and Havana AND Packers of Leaf Tobacco 306 North Third St., Phila. GEO. BURGHARD Importer of Sumatra and Havana and Packer of LEAF TOBACCC 238 North Third Street, J. S. BATROFF, 224 Arch St., Philadelphia Broker in LEAF TOB/I(9(90 P -" T XT J ^ O TkT IMPORTBRS of I « 1 1 Oimg & ^4 ewman,Suiuatra & Havana l...r^ 21' M. THIRD ST.. PHILADELPHIA. ' PaeknaofSced Leaf. ~ T&3f p^ J\^ Qalves ^ C®- <^^> Havana 123 n. third st . Mil IMPORTERS Op^^ ~~ PniLJkDmi^HiA % SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FUli PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. MAKERS. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦ 4-><^>%»%%M%%1 l^The Old Salesman's Musings. ♦ ♦ HOW MANY LIVE RETAILERS AR.E going it alone and cutting prices. It ap THERE IN PHILADELPHIA? pears to me, though, that if they were In a large number of cities are Retail really convinced of this, they would do Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Associations, less kicking over no profits. Philadelphia has one which was organ- I will now produce what I think is very izcd between two and three years ago. It striking evidence of a wholesale lassitude is not a member of the national associa that absolutely precludes the possibility tion but it has a fair list of members of organization. Sometime ago, the re- which include some good workers. Just tailers' association decided to make an- who those workers are it is not necessary other effort to woik up interest, and sent to name here, as every one in the asso- out a circular letter to the retail trade, elation will know. It ofTered several prizes to retailers who Now, perhaps, some may think that it would sit down and write in good sug- is not in the province of the old salesman gestions as to how to increase the mem- to hand out knocks on retailers but he bership of the association, has been watching a certain existent con- Let me state again, lest anybody should dition ot affairs for some time, and has overlook the fact, that the association is lately heard a number of complaints a co operative organization formed purely from others. So let her go. for the universal good of the independent Let me state at the start off that there retailer. Such organizations in other are some retailers in Philadelphia who trades have done wonders. The one in haven't got enough initiative to lick a this trade in New York has done a tre- stamp. They will fall out of bed in the mendous lot. mornings, crawl into the store and loaf The Philadelphia association, then, there all day, complaining bitterly of was paying dealers to suggest a way by business and wondering what they have which they could benefit themselves, done to be so persecuted. Bah ! Moreover it was submitting no problem It was not a particularly hard matter to that ought to have been difficult, get retail dealers to join the association Nearly four thousand of these letters when it was started, for it sounded like a were sent out in this city. That means good thing. The idea of union, and that practically the whole trade was cov- working in a common cause, combining ercd. Now let me say it again Nearly for protection and all that, seemed like a four thousand of these letters were sent fine proposition and lots of dealers joined out. in and came to the first meetings. They Precisely one reply was received, came and sat around, and whether they The letters were sent out two or three expected gold ingots to be given out, I months ago, and there has been plenty don't know, but they soon began to miss of time for any man, however chary of meetings and it would take a feast for ideas, to dig up some sort of a sug- the gods, the prospect of a scrap, or a gestion. bomb to bring out a representation. The man who did answer, certainly This may be slightly exaggerated, but would seem to be wasting his talents in it was seldom indeed that any were Philadelphia. It cannot be presumed present but the faithful little band that that he is the only cigarist in the city who was doing all the work. And certain in- ever learned to write or that he is bribing fluential dealers in town who were ap- ^^ **»« o^^^'s to remain out of the proached to join refused because they said ''^pe'haps if hundred dollar bills had the members didn't thmk it was worth ijeen offered as prizes there would have while attending their own meetings and it been as many as three replies. I don' t didn't look like a good game. know, though. Three are a good many As far as that goes, it was up to those out of four thousand, and, a man isn' t ' , . . going to slave his life away getting up a dealers to come in and show them how ^^ole letter, address and everything, and to do things, if they felt that way about it, putting the stamp on it, and mailing but they didn't care to take that much it, unless he has to. The fellow with the trouble. **°*^* °" *^* opposite corner wouldn' t do , . ' 1. .u . Tiu-i J 1 u' It and there's no use being a sucker. It just goes to show that Philadelphia Meanwhile, the poor neglected prizes dealers evidently don't care, or else are ..remain uncalled for." convinced that every man is better off The Old Salesman. Sulzber^er- Oppenheimer Co. (Limited) Ci^ar Manufacturers Broad & Noble Sts. Philadelphia vmrn Mmrm ■ i^iin^ ui^^m urn IF YOU WANT to be in HAVANA Smoke 3c. Cigars MADE BY HENRY HEYMANN'S SONS Office, No. 614 Betz Buildin|{. Philadelphia. JOSEPH HOLURD & SONS, Matters of Hollard's Premiers, Franklin Club, Luxury, and NUMEROUS PRIVATE BRANDS. Seal Cigar Factory, 2203 South Street, Philadelphia F. V. ESHLEMAN, 1600 Arch Street, Philadelphia. MAKER OF A Cigar of Real Quality, made in various sizes, ranging from $3S to $300 per thousand. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^-^TIEALM OP THE T^ETAILEPS TIMELY TALKS WITH EN- TERPRISING DEALERS. "T VE about made up my mind," said an enterprising cigarist the other day, • 'to start what I believe is a new scheme, this summer, and one which I am confident will be a success. I really thought of it, or at least got some idea of it, late last summer. "It's this. You see my store is fixed so that it has a room directly in the rear. When my family lived here they used this room as part of the living quarters but since we moved out and they altered the dwelling part for business purposes, I have retained the room to keep part of the stock in, an ice cooler, two or three chairs, etc. It was these things that gave me the idea. ••I'm going to fix that room up into a lounging room. If I can get any com fortable mission furniture that doesn't cost too much, I'll fit the room out in that style. I'm going to have electric fans put in and have the place just as cool as anybody could want. It'll be like the back rooms of some of the saloons that make a specialty of summer trade and it is going to be so attractive that I expect I'll want to be in there all the time myself. "There will be a few tables, match- safes and ash trays, and I'm going to have a girl in attendance. This will necessitate my taking another little room in the rear of this one and in that room we' re going to brew the best iced tea you ever tasted. Now do you sabe? "Iced tea is the best summer beverage that was ever invented. It invigorates, and it actually cools, it' s good for one* s stomach and it's a delicious drink. I have taken the trouble to find out from a number of restaurants, that the habit is largely increasing and that those who tiy it for the first time, though they miy say they don' t like it, invariably ask for it again, and finally drink nothing else. "I'm going to have a big placard out- side the door with a thermometer on it, and some reading matter depicting the horrors and danger of heat prostration and then telling the readers that half an hour in my little cosy cooler will set them right, for three or four hours. Be- side the thermomter will be a photograph of the room, fans and all for the benefit of those who have never been in yet. ••Now, how's that for a 'spider and the fly' frame-up. Only I'm a very benev- olent spider. I'm not benevolent enough to run behind though, like I did last summer. Of course this will involve a good deal of expense, but i f it works out all right, I may work it for tea and coffee in the winter. "The iced tea game is the best though, for a whole lot of men who are thirsty go into a saloon and get beer or something stronger because they don' t want to go up against a soda water fountain, for a number of reasons, one of which is that a man doesnt as a rule like soda water, and another that he likes to sit and smoke a few minutes while he is resting. "No one who comes in my place will have to buy anything, but very few would take advantage of that fact. I'll charge ten cents for a glass of tea which, everything considered will be worth it, and I'll make a handsome profit. It won't be long before I'll have a regular list of business men who will make it a point to get around once or twice during the day and refresh themselves for a little while. "And if there is a demand, I'll serve more stuff and go just as far as it is a money- making proposition. "Yes sir, it's the scheme of a life- time," concluded the dealer sanguinely. handsome little rolls, "had a rather curious origin. It is distinctly an Amer- ican form of cigar making, and if it obtains in any other country was copied from our model. Itw.is a good many decades ago, 1 think along about the time of the revolution, that it came into being. There is a stron^' grade of to- bacco grown in Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, near Conestoga, and the town was virtually supported by the freightage business to Philadelphia. "The teamsters on the Conestoga wagons were fond of smoking their native Lancaste- tobacco, but found it difficult to manage teams, pipes and heavily laden wagons at the same time. So they took to rolling up the natural leaf in forms roughly similar to the stogie of today. WHERE F. H. POWELLS "OXUS" CIGAR. IS DISTR.1BUTED. The above piciu e represents the store at 126 Federal street, Camden, which is headquarters for the famous Oxus, manufactured by F. H. Powell. The cigar is widely known for its excellence as a five center, and those who smoke it usually refuse everything else. As will be noticed, Mr. Powell has an eagle eye for win- dow displays, and his place, on this account, is one of the most attractive in Cam- den. This cigar has a good sale in Philadelphia. "and if I don't win out I'll give you my stock next fall." On its face, the scheme does seem like a good one, and one which any dealer whose store has extra space, could put into operation with profit. There is a tremendous amount of drinking of iced drinks during a hot summer and men like a cool place to sit and smoke while they are drinking them. Much good could be done by judicious advertising of the proposition and as any novelty is bound to attract attention, there would be plenty to come in the first time. Whether they repeated, would depend on how comfortable they had been made. • • # THE BIRTH OF THE STOGIE. "T^HE good little stogie, that will- ing economizer for those who haven't an educated palate," said a tobacconist, holding up one of the un- it was easy just to roll a few leaves to- gether, twist them at the end, and the result made a smoke possible without very much trouble, such as that attending the pipe. "Gradually the rolls were belter made, and soon the strong smoke of the teams- ters came to be known in Philadelphia, and in the West as far as Pittsburg. Men who liked such smokes began to place orders with the teamsters, and for want of a better name the cigars were known as Conestoga' s, which soon came to the abbreviation of 'stoga's. ' and the transi- tion from that to 'stogie' was very easily made. The wagoners and Lancaster people generally called them 'rat tails,' however, and by that name they arc known in the town and county of their origin even to this day." • • • — The four story building at Broadway and Wall street. New York, now leased by the United Cigar Stores Co., was re- cently sold for $700,000. A LITTLE TALK ON CIGARS. 'T'HERE are fads in cigais, just as well as there are in hats, cravats and wearing apparel, said a well known cigar dealer today. "Long cigars of the panatela shape are the stuff right now," he said. 'A year ago if you wanted to be in it you had to smoke a club house shape, one of those big fat cigars that were so cumbersome." "What is the weight of an average cigai?" queried the reporter. "It all depends upon the tobacco. One cigar that sells for ten cents, weighs a quarter of an ounce, while another ex- actly the same size and price, weigh* half an ounce. " In answer to the question of whether the trend was toward bettter or poorer cigars, the dealer stated that he believed the trade on five cent cigars had increased recently. He accounted for this by the effect of the anti cigarette law. He stated that a cigarette smoker did not want a Key West or clear Havana cigar, but a mild smoke that he could inhale readily and thus bought a domestic five cent cigar. Speaking about the peculiarities of the custom of the store, the dealer remarked that he did not have over half a dozen patrons who invariably smoked the same cigar. He stated that the ordinary smoker wants a change occasionally, and while each has his preference, he is fickle to that cigar at times. It is not because the cigar is different, but because his taste becomes depraved. A few days' change and he will return to his first love rejoicing. • # • 'HERE is a particular way in which all dealers can appeal directly to the people who pass their stores, by the nature of the window display. It is evi- dently starting out to be a hot summer, when men will fag along the streets gaz' ing lustfully at every cake of ice they spy. Anything to remind them of some- thing cool. The dealer wants to take advantage of this fact by arranging winter picture scenes. Put in a Santa Claus figure, a toy church and house or two, which can be bought cheap, get some scenic snow and sprinkle it around, and if you like, hang some snow scenes higher up in the win- dow. You can add to the effect by get- ting some newspapers, printed the pre- ceding winters, cutting out the blizzard and "frozen to death" accounts Cap- ping all this could be a sign something like this: With Our Electric Fans WE FEEL ALMOST LIKE WINTER Inside This Store. And under this you should announce a good leader that you are offering. Of course your window dressing can't do more than attract aittention to the store, but on a hot day many men will go any- where to cool off and stop mopping. THB TOBACCO WOKLD PROFITS GUARDED BY SYSTEM Costly and embarrassing mistakes mean loss of customers and loss of trade. You should insure against mistakes. A careful customer gave the following reason for preferring to trade with a merchant who uses a National Cash Register: "Mr. Hardy is so anxious to avoid mistakes that he pays a money penal to any customer who does not receive a printed receipt from his cash register for the amount of each purchase. With each sale he gives this printed check on which he announces to pay this penalty. " He advertises special bargains on this check. This gives me notice of sales 1 would otherwise overlook." A National Cash Register insures your profits by enforcing carefulness and accuracy among your clerks. This prevents disputes and increases trade. Let our representative call and explain our system to you. Cut off Here and mail to tis todays NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON. OHIO / otvn a. Please explain to Xamt me wJuit kind of a register is best suited for my business. This does not obligate me to buy. Addresii .Vo. clerks Please Mention The Tobacco World ♦ I SHORT TALES OF DRAMATIC INDIANA— No. 3 : ^ ♦ ^ 4^ 4^ 4 4 4 4 4^ ♦ > 4^ -^ 4 4 4 v«%%%«%« * '*'«%%'«%% «'«'%%«^«^ v««»%%%^» ♦ ♦ 4^ •♦ ♦ 4^ ♦ ♦ 4 4 4^ 4^ -^ -^ It is after midnight. This time the exhortation in a low tone, they are on •cene is in the business section of In- their feet again, the jimmy is applied, the dianapolis. Occasionally a minion of door flies open and the men are inside the law passes along, idly swinging his the store. club and tramping heavily for the com- Brother Palmleaf, evidently familiar pany of the echoes. with the surroundings steps quickly to the Now there is an interval. The rounds wall and flashes on the electric light. A man will not be along again for an hour, startled, sleepy clerk is just emerging Up the street come three men. Each from his night couch behind the screen. wears a loose rain coat and wide felt hat. At sight of the intruders he gasps with In appearance they might be Sabbath fright, but pluckily runs for the cash school superintendents. drawer. He is looking into the mouth They walk easily, even carelessly, yet of a gleaming revolver, there is an indefinable air of purpose "Up with your hands, brother," is the about them. stern command. As they approach a particular corner Reluctantly he obeys and is soon they look sharply about them. Not a bound and trussed up on a chair. Then fioul is in sight. They turn into the side these strange marauders proceed. With street, which is darker, and continue up practiced eyes they go through all the perhaps a block and a half. They stop stock, in the show cases, through the directly before a store door. A drug drawers, back of all the bottles, cans, in ^IQX^ in the soda water fountain, even down Their appearance is no longer indiffer- cellar they pursue their relentless search. cnt Their faces are set and grim. One They have broken open the cash drawer man produces a jimmy from his pocket, but after a glance leave its contents un- while the others draw revolvers. touched. Are these men burglars? Merciful At last they stand, looking helplessly heavens, perhaps they are murderers! at the clerk, chagrin in their counte- In the name of Indianapolis, where are nances. her policemen? Suddenly Brother Palmier catches sight But no, it cannot be. For see, the of a cabinet of pills that had somehow man with the jimmy is turning to another escaped the search. He notes a flicker and saying: of the clerk' s eyelid. He springs to the ••Before we go further. Brother Palm- cabinet It contains remedies for every leaf, wont you lead us in a brief word of malady in the world, prepared by the prayer on the success of our mission?" distinguished savant, Dr. Bunyon. They kneel, there are a few words of (ConcUded on page ii) . A. O^*-^^® <& G^- <^> Havana 123 N. THIRD ST Phii^adei-rhia gREMER BROS. & gOEHM 1 GEO. W. BREMER, Jr. WALTER T. BREMER. 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA Importers, Packers «Lnd Dealers ia Leaf Tobacco J. U. FEHR & SON. Leaf Tobacco I* 700 Franklin St. and loi, 103, 105 and 107 South Seventh St., READINe, PA. I i B0TTS&KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 231 Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PWIUPPJ.KOLB Edwi\b»1.Colgan RD Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPORTER OF Sumatra and Hayaa«{ J)ealerin all kinds of Seed Leai 120 North Third Street* Philadelphia. Tobacco Oar Retail Department is Strictly Up-to-Date. G. H. BOESCH, '"Sri Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. VELENCBIK BROS. isa^^'u. LEAF TQBflQQO Sumatra and Havana 134 N. THIHD ST., PHILADELPHIA LOUIS BVTSINfiR J- PKINC* A LOUIS BYTHINMR & CO. i,caf Tobacco Brokers J UO Kd.C6 ^t« .^i^ •! « « 1 • and Commission Merchants. rUllaaelpnia* Long Distance Telephone, Market 3025. L. G. HAEUSSERMANN CARL L. HAEUSSERMANN EDWARD C. HAEUSSERMANN rr L. G. HAEUSSERMANN & SONS, > Importers of Packers and Exporters of and Dealers in Sumatra.»*Havana Leaf Tobacco LARGEST RETAILERS IN PENNSYLVANIA No. 240 Arch Street, Philadelphia;Penna. -THE TOBACCO WORI^D R.^ BAVTISTA y C A.- Leaf Tobacco Warehouse— HAB AN A, CVBA. Cable— RoTiSTA. special Partner— Gdmersindo Garcia Cukrvo. LUIS HUNIZ MANUEL MUNIZ VENANCIO DIAZ, Special Partner HILARIO MUNIZ MUNiZ HERMANOS y CiA S en C Growers and Dealers of VUELTA ABAJO, PARTIDO and REMEDI08 TOBACCO r I Cable : "Angel." Havana Reina 20, HavaivaL p. O. Box 98 I I ESTABLISHED 1844 HAVANA MARKET NOT ACTIVE, BUT CHANGE EXPECTED. If Receipts from the Country Continue to Increase There Will Soon be Sufficient Quantity on Hand for Buyers to Select. Fifty Per Cent More Already Received Here This Year Than Last. [Special Correspondence ol The Tobacco I Last week in the Havana market was not so active, as the number of buyers in town was limited, but it would not cause surprise to see a complete change here in July, and if the weekly receipts from the country of the new Vuelta Abajo and Partido continue to arrive in steadily Increasing numbers of bales, there will be a sufficient quantity on hand for the buyers to make a selection. Comparing the 1905 crop with that of 1904, it is readily seen that we have received nearly 50 per cent more already this year than at the same period of the previous year, which favorable result is owing to the early commencement of the packings in the country, as the rainy leason set in fully one month sooner than usual Of Vuelta and Semi Vuelta we have received nearly double the number of bales, while of Partido we are over 30 per cent short in quantity this year. As principally the temperature— or light- part of Vuelta Abajo has come to market, this style of leaf will be ready for work- ing quite early, say in July and August. 01 Partido there is a small proportion of temprano growth which can be worked at once, while the balance may need more time to cure thoroughly. A few sample bales of new Remedies have arrived and denote a good, heavy quality, althought it is stated that there will be enough of the lighter styles later on. The escojidas are Just as backward as last year, as the weekly receipts from the country indicate, so it will be July before any quantity may come to market; and as this class of tobacco is unsuitable for tarly working in the United States, there is no necessity for buyers of these styles to come here before November or De cember, particularly as there are no old lots for sale in first hands. As an indication, however, of how prices may rule, it can be stated that for 3d Capaduras one seller was asking a figure 50 per cent higher than last year, and as the new tobacco is bound to ihrink heavily in weight the cost to the buyer would be still more enhanced. It needs two parties t o make a bargain, though, 90 it remains to be seen whether the American dealers and manufacturers are willing later on, for the sake of ob- taining Remedios tobacco, to pay near the asking figures or not. Worid.] Havana, June 12, 1905. Some party was ready to make a bet at heavy odds, however, that by Decem- ber I, all suitable Vuelta Abajo and Partido tobacco (for the clear Havana industy) would be no longer in first hands. This prediction was based on the belief that the crop would prove to be from 25 to 30 per cent shorter than last year, owing to the personal inspec- tion made by this party on going over the whole Vuelta Abajo district talaa last week were 3,223 bales, or 2.167 of Vuelta Abajo, 700 of Partidos, and 356 bales of Remedios. The American buyers took 2,423, the local cigar and cigarette manufacturers 674, and European ex- porters 126 bales. Buyers Come aivd Go. Arrivals — Leonard Friend, of Friend & Co., Manuel Alvarez, of Manuel Al- varez, New York; M. Garcia, of Perfecto Garcia & Bro., Tampa and Chicago ; Salvador Rodriguez, of Salvador Rodri- guez, Tampa and New York. Departures — Domingo Villamil and Arturo Ruiz, for New York; Edgar J. Stachelburg, for Tampa; A. KafiFenburgh, for Boston (omitted last week). Havana. Cigar Manufacturers are still lacking orders in sufficient quan- tities to create the longed for revival in the factories, and there are but few ex- ceptions to be noted amongst the inde pendent manufacturers, who work high class Vuelta Abajo leaf and have thus secured a reputation of excellence, which the smokers of the world are quick to notice. The article in The Tobacco World of May 31st headed "Cigars Deteriorating in London" was commented upon in independent manufacturing circles as not being quite explicit, as the New York Herald of May 21st stated that the re- retailers in London blamed the inferiority of the imported cigars upon the trust, which also has cut down the profits of the retailers by raising the prices to such an extent that the consnmer would not notice it. The trust has made a heavy purchase of 650 bales of the shade grown Partido leaf, besides which it is said to be in treaty for more wrappers of this nature. H. Upmann & Co., of the famous H. Upmann brand, Cifuentes, Fernandez & I H. Upmann & Co HAVANA, CUBA. Bankers and Commission Merchscnts I I SHIPPEPs^ OF CIGAP^^ and LEAF TO'BACCO HANUPJLCTtJRBRS OF The Celebrated CUCLff BrnLndi FACTORYt PASEO DE TACON 159-169 OFFICE: AMARGURA 1 HAVANA. CUBA* CIOAR FACTORY BANCES & LOPEZ HAVANA. CUBA. Calixto Lopez & Co. 180 Water St. New York Will receive and attend to ordett. Cigttt «adc ittictly of tke very btsl VUELTA ABAIO TOBACCO Narciso Gonzalez. Venancio Diaz, Speci.1. Sobrinos de Veaaivcio Diaz, (S. en C.) Packers, Growers and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCO 10 Angeles St.. H AVANA. Cuba. P.0.Bo»a5t.' ANTONIO SUAREZ S enC Almacen de Tabaco en Rama MSPECIAUDAD EN TABACOS FINOS de VUBLTA ABAJO y PARTIDO RayollOylia HAB AN A M fiTrrrrrrm- or^^ N. THIRD ST Philadelphia Leslie Pantin;^ a Tobacco Commission Mercliant, Reilly 50, P.O. Box 493,* Habana, Cuba BEHRENS & eO, Manufacturers of the Celebrated Brands, ^"^^ ^ ^^^^ - ^ \ SOL and '^(^/sWx'9^ 1 LUIS MARX JffAai.nf^ CoDSTilado 91, HAVANA. SoBRiNos DE A. Gonzalez Leaf Tobacco Merchants Principe Alfonso 116 y 118 *-aktk.o." Habana. JOAQUIN HEDESA Successor to MARTINEZ. HEDESA (Q. CO. Packer and Exporter of Leaf Tobacco S3a Amistad St., Habana, Cuba. Cable: "Jbdbsa." Branch House:— 512 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida. JVI. GARCIA PULilDO GROWER. PACKER. AND DEALER. IN VuchaL AbsLjo, PaLftido aLi\d Hemedio.^ Cable- Puiido. ESTRELLA 25. HABANA, CUBA AVMLINO PAZOS & CO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama PRADO 123, Habana Bruno Diaz R. Rodriguet B. DIAZ0& CO. Growers eLnd Packers of VuelidL Abajo and PdLftido Tob^LCCo PRADO 125, Cabio-ZAiDco HABANA, CUBA, ^^^^ jJOSE F. I Rl BARREN, '"'''Exp'o'Vter of H a V a n a Leaf Tobacco Vueha Abajo and Pariidos a Specialty Dragones 94, HAVANA CUBA Special attention paid to tobacco suitable for the American market SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ £ 11 1 and Dealers In LCai iOOaCCO FIOURAS 39-41. cwe: •cu.tan- HAVANA. CUBA. HpARTA6AS>-J Independent Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG? 4^BAN^ Cifuentes, Fernandez yCa* Cabie: Ci Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba. MANUEL LAZO Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama Remates a Specialty English Spoken 199 MANRIQUE Telephone 6146 HAVANA Jose Menendez, Almacenista de ±abaco en RamA Bspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosecbado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba* S. Jorge Y. P. CastanedA JOJ^GE 8t P. CASTAflEDA GROWERS, PACKERSand EXPORTERS of Havana Iieaf Tobacco Dragones 108— no, HAVANA ~ FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama SpecieJtjr in Vueha. Abaio, Semi VueltsL y Partido, Industria. 176, HABANA. CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y tllNOS, Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta Arriba Monte 114, Habana. (P. O. Box) Apartado 270. Cable: Zalezgon. AIXALA QJl COm Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, and Corra^les 6 and 8, HAVANA, CUBA. t9^PECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERS^H P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." 1 • C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II Eitabllibed 1834 Independent Yneita Abitjo Factor; ^/^iJAftPi^ Cigar Manufactory ^k^ ^X^Xsk^^ \. A mM^ ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO. Proprietress ^ ^^ ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Nans^er 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade M^rk Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga, Havana Aniicxed Brsnds : Alexander II.. Flor de Rivero. Ready and Rou^K. Sir Walter Raleigh L&. Columnia de 1«l Victoria^, L«l IrmSL, and La. Guipuzcoana. JOSE F. ROCHA, Havana Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO, Cable: "D0NAI.1.ES." HABANA, CUBA. Co , ot the celebrated Flor de Tobacos de Partagas & Co., Antonio Lopez Cuervo, o f the universally liked Por Larranaga, Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co., of the old established Ramon AUones and Cruz Roja, Behrens & Co., of the highly appreciated Sol, and Calixto Lopez & Co , of the delicious Eden brands, are all busy in executing good orders for the United States, Great Britain and its colonies, Europe in general, and South America. ■•ying. Sellinl a^nd Other Notes of In* terest. Edgar J. Stachelbcrg, when seen by your correspondent, was enthusiastic about the good qualities of the new Vuelta Abajo crop, and while he stated that he had purchased more than 4,000 bales before he left, other parties claim that the firm of M. Stachelberg must have bought fully 5.000 bales in all. Don Edgardo pronounced the shade grown Partido leaf as not very good. The Fama Universal ought to do a splendid business this year, with Don Edgardo's experience as a connoisseur of the best grown leaf and his thorough acquaintance with the secrets of blending different vegas, in order to get the most aromatic but mild smoke. Other manufacturers may succeed in making equally good cigars but none will do better. Manuel Lazo was again the heaviest sellers last week, as he disposed of 1,500 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Don Manuel has just returned from a trip to the Vuelta Abajo, and very likely will leave again to invest more heavily in this year s crop. Fecundo Arguelles, who just left here, has also commenced to purchase quite liberally of the new Vuelta Abajo crop. So Arguelles, Lopez & Co. will have a choice stock of leaf on hand for the com- ing season. Luis Marz turned over 650 bales of his high class shade grown wrappers. Arturo Ruiz, who left on Saturday, secured from 200 to 300 bales of Vuelta Abajo. Rz. Bautista & Co. sold 467 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido new crop. Leonard Friend has been seen all over the market and doubtless must have al- ready purchased some goods, although your correspondent could not get par- ticulars yet Loeb Nunez Havana Co. disposed of 306 bales of Remedios to Northern cus- tomers. Manuel Alvarez has bought 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo since his arrival. Grau,Plana5 & Co, made several trans- actions to local manufacturers of 100 bales of Remedios and Partidos, old crop goods. Garcia & Co. are making an escojida in Las Ovas among which is one extra choice vega which will yield about 350 bales when complete. This is destined for R. A. Bachia & Co., of New York, Don Manual Garcia returned this week from the fishing excursion to Key West, via New York, looking the picture of health, and ready to regale his listeners with a story about the big tarpon and sharks which h e caught while i n the yacht of John Wardlow off Key West. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. sold 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. Receipts From the Country Week Ending Since June 10. Jan. i. Bales 10,144 718 2.455 GRAU, PL/INAS Y 61/1. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama ''^::.u..^ ^''"'•'' •** '" '^*'"'' "' Habana. Cub. CHARLMS BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, cbie- •Bi«eo." Habana, Cuba. GONZALEZ, BBNITJEZ & CO. AlmacenlstasdeTabacoenRamayViveres Amargura 12 und 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: -Tebenitez.' P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA. Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara k Remedios Santiago de Cuba Total 43 Bales' 41.088 3.745 10,062 22 9.437 4.633 68,987 Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, 12,360 TALES OF DRAMATIC INDIANA. (Concluded from page 7) One wrench and the door is open. Anxious eyes search the interior. The contents are tumbled out regardless. Poor Dr. Bunyon! Ha! Hist! The first from the three, the other from the clerk. Brother Palmleaf snatches forth a little box. He passes it to the others. They shake their heads in sor- rowful but righteous indignation. ••We need no more evidence than this* ' says the leader. On the label of the box flare out these damning words: ••10 Cubeb Cigarettes 10. Guaran teed to relieve all cases of asihma, hay fever, or colds with like symptoms." The clerk stirs miserably in his chair. A gleam of defiance lights his eye. ••We never thought you'd look there," he hisses. "Let us atjain give thanks for the sue- cess of the Anti cigarette League," says Brother Falmleaf MONTE 199. Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO. mniaGeiilstas He Tataeo et tama 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— RSPOKM. HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ "-EforVrs^'of LEAF TOBAeGO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch Houiei:-6l6 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore. Nd.; '^ O. Box 433. TaLmp*.. Fl^ J. H. CAYRO &: SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido Warehouse aivd Office, 92 Drsigones Street, HAVANA. CUBA Cable Address: "Joskcayro." Correspondence solicited in English All Kinds and Sizes WOOD,POItCEUIN .»d CUV Pipes Clay Pipes a Specialty Send for Illustrated Price List I. SCHILZ'MIILLENBACII Manufacturer and Exporter H&HR, (near Coblenz) GERMANY EVARISTO GARCIA iioa i San Nicolas 126 y 128, Cable: "Jomagarcia" HABANA, CUBA A. M. CALZADA & CO. PackersIandlDealers in Leaf .nd COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, p. O. BOX. 393. HABANA. CUBA. Cnbl.: "CALDA." mtBSBt TBB TOBACCO WORtD ^ /-^ ?^* -*- j^ pQ RTE RS AN D PACKERS^ LEAF TOBACCO. orncES : OETROlT.MICh ^U*ISTERDAM,H0L4_AN0. ^HAVANA, CUBA. New York, ntCNOCNCR. CABLE ADDRESS TACH UCLA business. The summary way in which Secretary McAllister, secretary o f the American Tobacco Company, was adjudged guilty of contempt of court, as told in last week's paper, for retusing to ^^^^^^^^^^^A ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦«♦'♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'^'^ ^ : TOBACCO NEWS OF GREATER NEW YORK t New York, June 19, 1905. The trade has at last reached the be throw of the Grand Central Depot. The Ihe traae nas at lasi re building has every convenience, and on lief that the Federal Grand Jury means ^^.^ occasion will be fitted out in a way that will insure all requirements in the way of edibles, etc. It will be held under the auspices of the New York Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association. The purpose of the association, in hold- show his company's books, appears ing this exposition, is further to carry out much more significant than did the their aim, which, as is generally known, same action in regard to Edward F. is to protect the rights of all independent same acuon in rcga ^^^^.^ ^^^j^^.^^ ^^ ^g^ ^^ j^e independent Hale m mufactuiers, and to advance their The purpose was to learn what sort of j^terests at all times, an arrangement exists between the it is simply another advance step on American Tobacco Co., and the Imperial the p ,rt of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco ^ ,. r- r r 1 „^ Mr MrAl Dealers' Association to effect a closer re- Tobacco Co, of England. Mr. McAl- i^^,^„ between manufacturer, retailer and lister refused to produce the papers but ^.^gj^j^g^ ^he Association believes that would answer no questions, on the ad- -^^ order to be successful it is obviously vice of his counsel, NicoU, Anabel & necessary for the manufacturer to keep Lindsay, who took the ground that the in close touch with the consumer and '^' . . , ... 1^ .1,,.- that through such an exhibition as here- witness's constitutional rights would thus ^ -- - unvf YORK. be violated. The grand jury duplicated its action in the case of Hale, by going before Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court and the latter after receiving an- other refusal from McAllister fined him inbefore stated, this object will be brought nearer to a satisfactory reali- zation. It is clearly an impossibility for the individual manufatuier or retailer to attract public attention so effectively as can al ied capital — millionaire combina- tions—who use daily half page advertise* |08. S. CANS MOSES J. CANS JEROME WALWR EDWIN I. ALEXANDER JOSEPH S. CANS (g CO. Tr4 f, Leaf Tobacco IWephonc— 346 John. No. 150 Wa^tCf StfCCt, NEW YORK. Starr Brothers LEAF TOBACCO I5 and committed him into the nominal ments in the most expensive newspaper custody of the U. S. Marshall, Applica- xti^^^^^xt^^• n..Ur.' ^ , • f . u The Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers tion was made for a writ of habeas corpus ^gg^^j^^i^^^ K\ixoyxg\i the proposed expo- which was denied, and McAllister was sition. affords an economical opportunity compelled to furnish $1,000 bail before for the aggressive, independent manu U. S. Commissioner Shields pending an facturer to make eflTective display of his .u TT ,,^A c«.,f-e c:.,r.r«.m*. goodsand verify their merits, anneal to the United States Supreme 0 j • vt appeal lu iiic yj r p ^ experience has proven in New IMPORTERS AND PACKERS OF lirtablished 1888. Telephone, 4027 John. Court which will settle how much investi- gating a Federal Grand Jury can do un- der the Sherman act Until this is definitely decided, nothing much can be done, but should the court No. 163 Water Street, NEW YORK. J..EEfiMJiEIM&50N HAVANA TOBACCO [JDE^f Havana, Cuba Joseph Hirsch & Son IMPORTERS OF SUMATRA TOBACCO OFFICE: 0. z. vooRBURGWAL 227 183 Water St. Amsterdam, Holland. NEW YORK. Cable Address: "HERE" Yotk City, as well as other large cities, that such expositions, of whatsoever trades, have drawn large crowds. There is every assurance that the Tobacco In- dustrial Exposition will be no exception. Conservative estimates from competent decide that the books must be produced, sources places the probable daily attend- the trade will expect some lively doings ance at from 25,000 to 35,000 persons. for awhile. Even though not so many should visit • • • each day. the vast deal of good to the tobacco trade in its varied branches The Exposition Committee of the Ke ^^^^^^ tg ^.ver estimated. tail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers Associa- if each manufacturer and each retailer tion of this city have sent out a very hand- will put his "shoulder to the wheel." the some prospectus of the Tobacco Show to Exposition will be a grand, overwhelming , , J . /-. . u * «.*!,.., ,.,:.K e«,«« triumph for the independent tobacco beheld in October together with some . ^ ^^ , ^, tt •» j 5^ ^ DC ncm ill vyciuu^^ B interests of the United btates. other literature calculated to draw the jj^g^e will be ample space allotted for favorable attention of the manufacturer, exhibitors and visitors. There will be The main pamphlet on the outside bears 275 spaces set aside for exhibits, leaving a picture of Grand Central Palace, where ^mple aisles and • 'cosy corners" for V , ,, J . ,1 ^ J visitors, the affair <\\\ be held, and is illustrated ^y^^ committee has already prepared by large halftones. The reading matter every item of comfort for exhibiters and is as follows: those who attend, and has engaged the As a result of the competitive strife in services of one of New York's best mill- all lines of business, especially those of a tary bands. Every convenience will be character where the connection between provided and no pains will be spared to manutactu.er and consumer is so vital, have the large industrial hall clean well veariy public expositions have become a lighted and m perfect order. Every necessitv and have proven of vast im- precaution will be to maintain the best portancc and benefit. Where advertis order, and make it a place safe for any ing is so essential a factor, especially who may attend, have pleasing results been obtained. Recognizing t h e value of such a method of publicity as being almost in- dispensabl t for manufacturers and deal- ers alike, a Tobacco Industrial Exposi- tion will be held in Grand Central Palace, New York City, during October, 1905. The Grand Central Palace is one of the most spacious exposition halls in New York City and is located at a point Business was very good last week. The retailers did well, some of them reporting a red letter week. The weither was pretty fierce some days, but it did not prevent people from buying. Men are beginning to drop out of town now, though, and it is probable that the easily reached by all surface and elevated retail trade will drop off a little until late lines, and is practically within a stone's in August or September # THE TOBACCO WORLD 13 The manufacturers say they are still rushed and all the factories are busy. Road sales are good, and city sales, still pretty good. The various resorts have booked large orders, and these mount up very largely in the season's aggregate business. All good brands are ordering well, and the manufacturers expect to remain busy. • • • Buying in the leaf market was rather free last week, high prices prevailing, but being accepted. There is very little old stock in the market, but almost any kind of binder can find a market. The new Sumatra is now selling well, and there was mure demand during the week for Havana. It is evident that the manu- facturers must have the leaf and are making the best bargains they can. • • • The Edwin Cigar Co., which now has three stores in Harlem, has taken the place at 130 Nassau street and will shortly open it. This is decidedly a new departure for this company as it hae been regarded as a Harlemite exclusively. Their ^udden entrance into one of the busiest sections of the city may precede the establishment of another chain of stores. « • • Charles A. Campbell, junior member of the firm of Breslin & Campbell, manu- facturers of seed and Havana cigars, died suddenly a week ago at the Waldorf Astoria. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Campbell had not been robust for some time, but his trouble was not thought to be serious. The funeral ser- vices took place in Boston where Mr. Campbell lived and conducted his busi- ; ness. This will probably now be con- 1 ducted by a brother of the deceased, Wallace M. , who since the death of the senior partner, some years ago, has been important in the affairs of the concern. With his package of Royal Bengal lit- , tie cigars, the consumer now gets a ' picture of a famous Japanese general. 1 H. G. Taussig, of Taussig & Co., left on Friday for the West. Don Marcelino Sob, of M. Sola e Hijos, is on his way to New York from Porto Rico, and is expected to | reach here about the last of this week. • • • Announcement was made on Thursday of last week at the appraiser's warehouse, that the government will hold a public sale at the seizure room next Friday of miscellaneous goods, including a large quantity of cigars and cigarettes. The offerings comprise 9 475 cigars; 123,514 cigarettes, yilYz pounds leaf to bacco, 142 gallons liquor. 2 panama hats and one suit of clothes All of the goods may be inspected on the day of sale between the hours of 9 and 1 1 a. m. • • • E. Locker & Co., jobbers of Brooklyn. comprising John A. and Elma Locker, have commenced their suit in the Su preme Court for $ioo,oco damages against the American Tobacco Co., or its old branch the Metropolitan Tobacco Co. The firm declares that it is fighting for its life, and will present testimony to show that the defendant company piac tically ruined the plaintiffs' prosper- us and long established business, by its hazing methods, applied because the Lockers resisted, in an effort to save their identity. The trade is watching the suit very eagerly, as it is regarded as a test case. COHN IMPORTERS OP Havana and Sumatra GEO. A. BUDDY Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of I- "TT ^ffPW' ^-'-^ |'4f»< Strictly H Wh-Grade Cigars OUR LINE: Lord Bute, The Buddy, Unioiv Riders, Sweet Tips, CubeLiv EmulaLtor, GeivcraLl Post, Pretty Nell. PACKERS OP Seed Leaf Tobacco AND Growers of GEORGIA SUMATRA 142 Water St., New York. lOS. MENDELSOHN LOUIS A. BOKNEMANN MANUEL SU Mendelsohn, Bornemann & Co., Importers of HAVANA TOBACCO and Commission Merchants New York Office: 196 WATER STREET Havana* Cubat MANUEL SUAREZ y CA.. AmUtad 9B M. F. SCHNEIDER IMPORTER OF Sumatra Tobacco NES, CORNER KUIPERSTEEG AMSTERDAM. TELEPBONE, "a?? JOHN." 2 Burling Slip, NEW YORK. artibliah«d 1840. Hinsdale Smith & Co. ImportMi ol Sumatra & Havana "l^^l^^^^^ •^Packets of Ccmnecticttf Leaf 1 Ut/Ov^V^V. 125 Maiden Lane, NEW YORK jUJiiijwp H. Smixb MmoB Smxtt American Tobacco Co. Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 ■4 THE TOBACCO WORLD FACTORY No. 7 I L0T5 DOING IN BOSTON. G. H. Sachs. Lancaster, Pa. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fmit flavored scrap chewing. ••C¥f \TVU linniVI" The best granulated smoking for either pipe or MLVeJI MUUii "cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK TeREADS"-S,^eta«r' "'"' '""^ "' '"°"°' """■ "SUN TIME"— A. long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. ••OLE^GINY""^^^ ^^^''' °^ granulated smokin,. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DARK HORSE," -SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS," for the retailer. Writs ■• for •amples and prices. .THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. ♦♦ PITTSBURG STOGIES o o o flQ H East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH Si SON, MANUFACTURERS 112-14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. H H C O H o o 5 PITTSBURG STOGIES A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«k.yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax Tob&.cco Pump 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 AUo make lar^e Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO.. Sac'oca to Nixon Nozzle & Mach. C« DAYTON, O All Goods are Moving Well Over the Retailers* Counters. Boston, Mass., June i8. Business with the retailers foi the past week has been fairly good and on my rounds I heard very few complain of lack of trade. The weather has been very warm and the nearby summer resorts have been well patronized. Yesterday was a holiday, "Bunker Hill Day," and it was, as usual, celebrated in grand fashion in Charlestown. There was a large parade including the"Jackies" from the various United States warships which are in the harbor: Missouri, New York, Illinois, Prairie and West Virginia. With the jobbers business is all that can be expected at this time of the year. Many of these firms have their salesman canvasing the nearby summer resorts and they are having quite a demand for cheap Pennsylvania cigars. Last Monday the pi ices of plug and cut plug tobacco of the A. T. Co. ad vanced to their old prices. Cigarettes, etc., are being sold at cut prices, but this, too, will soon end. McGreenery & Manning's salesmen are giving the cigar end of their business special attention. The Anna Held and Buck, two trust made brands of 5 cent cigars are being pushed with vigor, and dummy cigar boxes and show cards are liberally being given gratis. Turkish cigarettes and short smokes of all de- scription are enjoying a good sale during this hot spelL R. Schwartz, a New York cigar manu- facturer was in town this week and sue ceeded in taking many orders for Tres Sellos, a clear Havana piece of goods. Julius O. Cohen the Merchant Row tobacconist, tells me he purchased 2, 500 as a trial order. McGeenery & Manning have placed a large order for Leroy little cigars with L. Miller & Son's agent, S. A. Frank, who is the latter firm's local representative. Mr. Van Losberg with the American Tobacco Co. is here doing missionary work and making numerous window dis- plays on Royal Bengals. Sam Harris, of the Khcdivial Co., New York, was here Thursday and Friday calling on the many jobbers, in company with Mr. Swick the firm's new local agent and departed well satisfied at the way Turkish Delights are selling here. Victor Sheppard is expected here on Monday and will in conjunction with Mr. Swick, attempt to paint the town red with Tur- kish Deiignis. The Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co., of New York, which not long ago opened an office here has secured the entire cigar privilege at Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, which is run similar to Luna Park at Coney Island. A handsome window display of Golden Eagle little cigars can be seen this week at Beiringcr Bro. Co.'s store, 12 Dock Square. Last week Puritan little cigars were featured. Mr. Beiringer enjoys a good sale on all classes of short smokes, and is ever ready to add new brands in this line. Hassan, the new cork tip 5 cent pack- age of Turkish cigarettes made by the trust, is selling well, in fact the company is rushed with orders. As there is a notice- able falling off in the Tolstoi, it is evi- dent that the Hassan is taking its place with the smokers of that class of goods. On Wednesday there was a break in the 24 inch pipe in the subway workings on Newspaper Row, The water leaked into the cellar of Daniel Frank & Co., cigar dealer at 232 Washington street, but not in sufficient quantity to cause much damage. D. Frank & Co are the New England distributors for the Bar- rister cigar, also for Regensburg's Amer- ican clear Havana cigar. H. Traiser & Co. notified the jobbers on Friday of a discontinuance of their deal with every 500 Pippins and 100 Harvards. In o n e shipment to the retailer there was a rebate of |i on the Harvards. Goldsmith, Silver & Co., makers of the celebrated M. C. A. 10 cent cigar, are placing with the trade a new nickel cigar. Black Hen, the price of which is $33 per M. At Revere Beach a nearby summer resort, can be found plenty of handsome advertising signs of the Harvard and Pippins cigars. Mr. Rosenfield the New England rep- resentative of Geo. Flattauer, New York, is certainly "making good" on the Union League 5 cent cigar. He has it well placed, and it is duplicating in large quantities. Chas Ellis is also plugging away, con- tinually getting new trade on the Cortez clear Havana cigar, made by the Cortez Cigar Co., of Key West. I. Dane, of D. Bendetson the whole- sale tobacconist, informs me that he soon will enter the field of matrimony. Mr. Dane' s best friends were shocked at the sudden news as they considered Mr, Dane a confirmed bachelor. Frank Ciambelli & Co. have opened a cigar and tobacco store at 8 Prince street, and the indications point to a successful business venture. Harry Mandel who recently opened h i s cigar store on Cambridge street, reports a very satisfactory business. El Cafe little Havana cigars are taking well with his new customers. Morris Wollson, corner Friend and Traverse streets, is serving all sorts of cool dnnks during the summer monthly Mr. Wolfson enjoys a good retail cigar trade, but informs me that there will be no cutting in prices on his tonic trade like on his cigar trade. ' Seldom has there been an election of officers in trade union circles which has- caused the intense interest among all crafts as that of cigarmakers Union 97 which was held last Tuesday. The result of the election was made known at a special meeting held Friday night at Faneuil Hall. Henry Abrahams who has been Secretary for the past fourteen years was re-elected, receiving a vote o 887 against 736 for his opponent ChaSr Claus. The result of the election shows that the Socialist vote was split as the Socialists are in the majority in the organization. The officers elected are as- follows: President, Chas. J. Lamb; Vice» President, James Blyth; Secretary and Treasurer, Jack Lipp; Recording and Corresponding Secretary, Henry Abrt» hams. Ben Ali.. # THS TOBACCO WOKLD It's Traiser & Co.'s Famous HARVARD ::In a New Package:: Look the cut over, for it shows a hundred of the HARVARD cigar, manufactured by H. Traiser & Co., of Boston. Both brand and firm are known everywhere in the United States. The firm was established in 1852, has been sell- ing good cigars ever since, and now runs the larg- est union factory in the United States. The HARVARD is one of the best and widest known brands the company puts out. The cigar had so well earned that reputation that it was thought deserving of a new label. It's a handsome label and you'll see it in a good many places. Now, a last word. H. Traiser & Co.'s output is so much larger than that of other manufacturers, they are able to secure the pick of raw material. And in selling their goods they so far consider the Retailer that they were the only factory in New England to stop ruinous cutting on their brands. TOBACCO CROPS INJURED. Heavy Rains in €linton County do Great Damage. [Special to The Tobacco World. ] Lock Haven, Pa., June 21. During the past twenty four hours we have been experiencing deluges of rain which were accompanied by hail, caus- ing great damage in this section. Fields have been almost stripped of growing crops It was the most disastrous storm since the memorable flood of 1889; over there inches of rain has fallen, and it is still raining. Reports of immense damage to crops are coming in. Much tobacco has been completely ruined and replanting will be absolutely necessary if any crop at all is desired. At least one barn and tobacco shed has been struck by lightning and burned. The storm's path seems to have bee 1 through the centre o.^ what is known as the Clinton county tobacco belt. It has already become known that the loss sustained by farmers and tobacco growers has had a depressing effect, and to estimate the probable loss would be the merest guesswork. Neither is it possible to indicate to what extent repa ration can be made, at least in part, by replanting, but it is believed that many will do so, although the shortage of desirable additional plants will prove an- other serious obstacle. REMOVED FOR WEAVER ROBBERY. quiry that they had been guilty of uc gleet of duty in not having prevented a robbery at the cigar factory of Henry Weaver. No. 155 North Sixth street. Other officers and policemen of the dis trict, who were also before the Board on the same charge, were found "not guilty," and continue in service. Ex Lieutenant Lynch was appointed a patrolman on March 4, 1887, in the Nineteenth district, and was made house sergeant there in 1892. On November 6, 1898, he was demoted and transferred to the Third district, after he had been accused by his wife of association with the notorious Annie Fries. On January II, 1 90 1, Lynch was sent back to the Nineteenth district, and on March 17, 1902, was made house sergeant. He was appointed acting lieutenant December 29, of last year, and on January 17, 1905. became a full fledged lieutentant. This doesn't bring the cigars back, though. SPECIAL NOTICE. 12)^ cents per S-point measured line, ) Philai Police Lieutenant Negligent in Al- lowing Burglary of Ci^ar Factory. With the sanction of the Mayor, Di- rector of Public Safety Potter, of Phila- delphia, this afternoon, dismissed from the police force. Lieutenant John J. Lynch and Special Policeman David McBeth. The discharge was due to the finding of a recent Police Court of In- ^^ANTED — Cheap Cigars running from $Q to |i4 per A]., by a cash buyer No job lots; regular goods on ly Address Box 91, care of The Tobacco World, Philttda. 6 21 h QirUATION W.ANrRD.-Young. ex- ^^ perienced man would like to repre- sent cigar or tobacco manufacturing firm in New York State. Address SAi,>sa«AN Box 89. care of The Tobacco World, c ' QALESMAN- Wanted, a good reliable ^ cigar salesman, by a Pennsylvania manufacturing establishment making a line of medium grade goods. Address MANUFAcruRBR, Box 90, care of The Tobacco World. 6-21 c i6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1&81 THE Incorporated 1902 T0B/ie(30 Wer^LD Published Every Wednesday BY THE TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PKiladelpKiaL Jay Y. Krout, J. M. Bdcki,by, H. C. McManus, Pt««ident and Genl. Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tei^EPHONES:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^. Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 362. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco World Pubushing Co., 224 Arch St., Philada.* ments" of any youth under 20 years are FINED $25 FOR SELLING CIGARETTE confiscated by the authorities, as well as PAPERS. his tobacco if he happens to have any. L. |E. Stultz. of Tcrre Haute, Ind., Parents and guardians who knowingly was arrested on a charge of selling cigar- permit the offense are liable to af^neof paper and fined $25. The evidence 50 cents for each time, and dealers who showed that he carried the paper in a furnish a minor with the wherewithal are satchel and had regular customers in the subject to a fine of $5. This law was red light district, whom he supplied with passed in 1900. the goods as needed. ♦ ♦♦ Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. I ♦^^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦o ♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ A4. ♦♦♦^ ♦^^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The United Cigar Stores Company's Here ai\d There With the Reteiilers. stores invariably do a largely increased PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 21. 1905 To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the"Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the i>ame and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. Although the past week brought Phila- business on the days when extra certifi- delphia the first sweltering weather of the cates are given, showing that there is a summer, business kept good among the large class of consumers who watch for retailers. It apparently wasn't too hot these and take advantage of them. The to smoke and several of the larger re new store at Second and Market streets tailers reported a lively trade. The box does a big business on Saturdays. Assistant Secretary Darling said that the ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ particularly good and few ^ department did not recognize the Amer ^.^^^^ ^^^^ ^^j^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ j D^vidyan, at Ninth ican Tobacco Co., nor know of it in the pg^g^ns who were going away. As usual and Arch streets, has a nice window dis- question, that it was simply dealing with .^ ^^^ summer, the stores and stands near plays including a number of the store's the popular exits of the city, such as leaders. jected more than its quota of bids, Coates Coleman, on Fifteenth street, is near enough to the Broad street station to benefit from the summer crowds. Jacob Weiner's Sons, of Sixth and the individual firms. This may be all right, but what seems Broad street station. Market street ferries, so odd, is the contrast between this cheer- gj^., are doing a lot of increased busi- ful official ignorance on one hand, of a ^ess fact that every consumer knows, and the ** definite announcement which has eman- The Retail Cigar & Tobacco Dealers' ated from the Department of Justice Association is having its picnic today at during its investigation of the American Maple Grove. The monthly meeting of Chestnut streets, are making a handsome Tobacco Co. that such and such smaller the association was held last Monday display of Henry Heymann's Sons well concerns were the property of the large night instead of Thursday on account of known Camela cigar, one. This, in addition to the fact that this aflfair, and the final details were ar- %%%%i%%i^ one of the American Tobacco Co.s ranged. The picnic committee announced H^ith MecAufaLCturers and Jobbefl, principal attorneys was present at the that everything promised success, and hearing, to represent the Butler & Bosher bespoke a good attendance. The manufacturers are making lots of Company. The association adopted resolutions of goods, whether they are selling them or It is a Biblical injunction not to grant deep regret at the sudden death of the not, and most of them say they are selling your left hand any information concern- mother of R. W. Boch. them. Business is certainly up to the ing the doings of your right, and it is ^^ mark although there will doubtless be evident that the Government finds it a Qgj,^ O'Keefe, South Fourth street something of a lull in a f-w weeks. The good policy. It makes a queer perspec- dealer, says the Golden Eagle brand of majority of roadmen are reporting well, tive though, to witness a Government \{[\\q cigars is still selling well. This particularly in the West. Business right store manages to keep pretty regularly in the city is a little better than it was. busy. ^^ *** The jobbers say they are not making Yahn & McDonnell report business as any money these days on account of close good these hot days, aUhough there margins. Another of the American To- clubs out in Indiana now, in o^der"to get aren't so many people in that section of bacco Co.'s circulars, dated June 17, more cigarettes into the State at a time, the city during the evenings. was received this week, which so far as Not the sort of club a man goes to for *^ could be noticed, brought no delight to dinner with a friend, but a subscription The sudden death on Monday of his the heart of the jobber. The circular club. A chips in so much, B chips in mother, Mrs. Annetta Boch, came as a followed an introductory one to the re- so much. C chips in so much, and so on great shock to R. W. Boch, of Boch & tailers. through the club and as many cigarettes Co., Broad street dealers. Mrs. Boch The circular was headed — "Union as the aggregate resultant amount will was 76 years old, and had been in com- Leader Cut Plug Free," and announced buy, are ordered by mail. paratively good health. She was taken to the jobber, that in Maine, New * If there can be said to beany meaning ill very suddenly. The funeral services Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, atallin the anti cigarette law. this scheme will take place today from Mr. Boch's Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, jected" which is interpreted to mean that is an infraction of it, as even under Judge residence 2242 South Seventeenth street. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, "a bidder shall not be interested in more Leathers decision, the goods can b e *^ Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia aniJ shipped to but one person, who cannot The new establishment of Finley the District of Columbia, the jobber was transfer them. Acker Co., at Twelfth and Chestnut authorized to give to retail dealers one 5^ No one in particular cares, however, streets is nearly completed and is ex- cent foil package of Union Leader cut as it is but one more turn in the inimit pected to be opened in a short time, plug free with each 2 ipounds of any of able legal gymnastics that have been There have already been several dates the company's listed brands of plug amusing the country. set but the work has been delayed. The chewing fine cut, twist. Old Virginian %•%«%%%% store will be one of the handsomest in cheroots and all brands of smoking to« The Japs, as usual, come out ahead Philadelphia, and will include a complete bacco, also Town Talk plug. ioochcroot» on the • 'sale of smoking to minors' ' prob cigar department which will be in charge count as 2 pounds, to the'argument of the independents at 1cm, with a scheme that really works. of J. G. Athcrholt, who was formerly Should the jobber not have enougk their hearing, that the American Tobacco According tcViscount Hay ashi, of Japan, with the Lowengrund stores and later Union Leader in stock to commence this Co. had, through its concerns, Butler &- #!» informed the Scottish Anti-Tobacco local agent of the R. A. Patterson To- deal, he is requested to place an order Bosher and the P Lorrillard Co., sub- Society of the fact, the "smoking instru- bacco Co. immediately for the same, which will be DON'T LET YOVR LEFT HAND GET WISE TO YOVR RIGHT. It will be rather a relief when the Government finds out whether the Amer- ican Tobacco Co., and its various sub- sidiary concerns is a trust or not. Judging entirely by actions of federal representa- tives, one minute the corporation is a blood sucking corporation, or at least in a fair way to be proven so, and the next "the Amarican Tobacco Co. is not rec- ognized." To the ordinary lay]mind it would seem that the independent manufacturers who bid for the navy contract, found them- selves sadly handicapped, because they did not do business under two or three different names, and so made a strenuous effort to get what they regarded as only fair play, had a just case. After definite specifications had been laid down to the effect that "if more than one bid be offered by any one party or hif partner, all such bids may be re- than one bid on the same class without violating the statute, which will be deemed sufficient cause for the rejection of all bids in which he is so interested' ' — after these' had been put before the bidders by the Government, it seemed senseless to disregard them. Why Institute them in the first place, if they were to be ignored? In answer pounding the mischief out of a concern with one hand, while it breaks its own rules to give it contracts with the other. It seems they are forming cigarette THE TOBACCO W O R I. D 17 m For Gentlemen of Good Taste ■S^N FELieE^ H A HIGH GRADE H ^ OC.CIGAR FOR c-)L.# Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO A, D. KILLHEFFER Maker of m u am mi Fine wortmagsiip. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the Factory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. VOU CAN BUY WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS AT ALL JOBBING HOUSES ^ CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of •v.Fine Cigarsv.-. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both 'Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samplet. F. H. BELTZ, Schweiiksville,Pa. t Cigar Box Lumber t «» «« Ml ^ P Largest stock of R ♦ Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, ♦ Veneered Cedar, t Imitation Cedar. WRITE FOR PRICES COLUMBIA AYENDE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦!♦♦ Manufacturer of s Cent Ciyais I The largest and best CLEA^ HAVANA FILLED S-ccaI Cig2Lr on the Neirket. We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they art Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. SHERTS & CO Lancaster, Manufacturers of )llgli-ll[aile Seed&HaTana Cigars CORRESPONDENCE INVITED FROM RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Oor Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes it — Alvvays Room for Onb Mora Good Custombx. It THE TOBACCO ,WORLD Our New Directory of the Trade w ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •♦♦♦ •♦♦♦♦♦♦«^4.^4«^^44««4«««^^«^^^.^v^^« ♦^♦♦4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ E HAVE BEEN WORKING all kinds of overtime on our new '* Tobacco Trade Directory and Ready Reference/' The end is in sight, and we can promise the most complete, correct and standard work of the sort ever published. We have beaten our last Directory a hundred per cent, and we have gotten to- gether a book that will find its way to the elbow of every wide-awake member of the trade. In a week or two we'll give you a definite date of publication. TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. PHILADELPHIA, PA. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I ! ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ m I This One Will Be a Record Breaker ■..1tf¥ i 0 I I THE TOBACCO WORLD L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvilie, Pa 23 EXPORT STAMP ISSUED BY CUBAN CIGAR MANUFACTURERS Authorized by the Government of the Republic of Cuba wii:f.«iiajiiJifj.gTMirani)ll{j^j^ ulonzada porel Gobierno dela Republics Garantiza que los rdbacos.ci9arTOSY paqoe^et Je picadura queilevan «3^appeciffl« son fabricadospor ^«:4iJII:IIIJJJlJ4:fi|B^|j;;|j|||,|.Y|.^||.^|,^.||^,;|.|lt.^|.j|j HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamp. . . . IM PO I^TANT NOTICE... n« preceding cut is a facsimile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorised by the Government of the RepobHs rf osed by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tobacM ■di bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The consumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pure CUBAN LEAF, should buy no other cigars, dgaxettM, packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly with the ' Of the Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imiute, or in any way render useless theg by this stamp. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bl billed ia the regular way and at the reg- ular price. The jobber is instructed to fill in a report at the end of each month, on blanks, furnished by the company, com- prising all goods put out under the offer and the company will ship the proper amount of Union Leader to reimburse. The circular further says: "No jobber will be permitted to buy from retailers the Union Leader given to said retailer, exchange other goods for it, or )n any way divert it from reaching and bring sold to consumers." The tobacco must n . t be given to other jobbers or to any direct customer of the company, and the company states that: • 'This offer will be withdrawn from ary jobber who violates or evades its provisions, or who does not act in good faith with us in carrying out all its pro- visions in letter and spirit " The jobbers feel that "withdrawing the offer" means nothing less than with- drawing all goods, and while they are by no means stuck on making out these lengthy reports each month, just because they are told to do so, it is not likely that any particular jobber is going to volunteer as a personally conducted sac- rifice. The offer is largely regarded as an attempt to pump interest into the Union Leader, which has not sold well for some time. These schemes are not always successful, however, and some jobbers do not think this one will be. J. Harvey McHenry, of Arthur Hagen & Co., who has been South on a business ir p for the concern, has returned and is m his usual good spirits. He is a bu>y man at the retailers' picnic today, hai diing the enterprises conducted by the various firms represented by Arthur H.gen & Co. For instance there will be a Red Devil orchestra and a Red D. ball team which will play a team made up from the retailers. The Berry Suhling Tobacco Co. has a display of the leaf tobacco from which its Staff of Life plug is made. With the display is a jar full of tags. Every retailer is entitled to a guess on the number of tags in the jars, and several prizes are offered for the best answer. The Butler Butler Co. is giving away cigarettes and a number of other manufacturers are advertising in various ways. Up to last night, several thousand cigars had been presented to the associa tion by Philadelphia manufacturers and these are being sold at the grounds today to help swell the exposition fund. The Henry H. Sheip Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of cigar boxes, rib bons, labels, etc., is greatly pleased with the new lumber drying house which is 133 X 70 feet, and has 14 departments. The building is fire proof throughout and one-half will be used for storing the lum ber after it is taken from the kiln. Bayuk Bros, are still tremendously rushed on their BB blunts and find it hard work to keep up to orders. The firm seemed to hit it just right on this smoke. Goldsmith & Arndt, Eastern distribu tors for the El Proved© Co., have taken on Bondy & Lederer's Tom Keene cigar, which is widely known as a first class nickel smoke. The firm intends to do hard work on this brand, and it is easy to foretell results. The Stewart Newburger Co., (Ltd.), is having a big run on its John Hay, Jr., and Mr. Newburger reports everything as in the best of shape. E. Oppenheimer, of the Vicente Por- tuondo Co., is back from New York, and will start immediately for the West. Mr. Kors, of this firm, is also just from New York State whe e he had about the best trip ever. Vetterlcin Bros.' factories are running full force, and goods are moving fairly well in all directions. A. B. Carpenter, the Southern representative of this firm is receiving the sympathy of the trade on account of the death of his wife. MATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for iO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER 5-Cent Cigars MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CICAR MNUFACTURJNG CO., of Baltimore, Md. F. B. ROBERTSON, Factory Representative, 1004 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia. JAMES ADAIR, SvccMsor to ADAIR & REIFF. Packer of and Dealer in Domestic Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouses, YORK, PA. We Carry a Larife Stock of PENNSYLVANU BROAD LEAF, ZIHHEI SPANISH, LmiE DUTCH and GEBHART. Michael Hose A. F. Brillhart Manufac* turers of &Dea]«t LEAF TOBACCO. IRREGULAR PAGINATION THE TOBACCO WORLD QUATIUTY GAR lHCOBALD&0PPENHEIMERCQ.STH£UNIT[DNEWSMlLhPWib$ Factory 1839. W. K. GRESH & SONS, Makers, Norristown, Penni /. B, Milleysack Manufacturer of Fine Havana r^ T f^ A |?0 Hand-Made \^ ± fjTXX XV VO 615, 617 and big Lake St. Lancaster, Pa. Cable Address: "BUCKY** Arnold's Code No. 0. J. M. BUCKNER, JR. & CO. Leaf Tobacco Dealers, Exporters and Maoafactarers 215 Eleventh Street, Loaisviile, Ky. We Buke a Specialty of CIGAR WRAPPERS. FILLERS and BINDERS Alao SNUFF TOBACCO and BLACK FAT TOBACCO for Export. Packed in Hogsheads and Cases. GMrMpondence Solicited. SwBpIes Sent on Approral. NATIONAL CIGAR CO. Heed Binldin^, 1215 Filbert St, Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L. STORM & CO., New York EL NAGIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Gitfara UAEERS OF CLAYTON'S CHAMPION OBO. ■• CUiAYTON. MaMtfar. LeeLf Dealers* Jottings. There was a little business in the leaf market during the week, but not enough to make anybody rich. There was a demand for Pennsylvania broadleaf if anybody had any to sell, but little de- mand for Havana. So far, in this grade of goods, June has run behind May. A little of the new Sumatra is being sold at good prices, as the manufacturers have to have it and are consequently forced to pay the price. On the whole, business has been much worse than it was during the week although it was not "what it used to be." Carl Haeussermann, who is in town again after a selling trip through the State, said on Monday he was hunting for a cool place. He had no fault at all to find with his trip and said all the manufacturers were in good humor. Jacob Labe, of B. Labe & Son, came back last week from a Western trip and said things were very fair. This firm reports good average business. Frank Dominguez, of E. A. Calves & Co., will not go to Havana until about August, unless he decides to go there via Europe. There was a report on the street dur- ing the week that a Third street leaf firm had failed, but it was apparently impos- sible to trace the rumor to any definite source. — ^The Ogden corn cob pipe factory at Columbus, Ind. , one of the five factories for the manufacture of this article in the country, has been purchased by Louis and George Mellinger, of Muncie, Ind., who will probably remove it. The new firm has arranged to have a Chicago house take their output. I f ♦♦ ♦♦! W.C.Jackson, Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Factories No. 34 and No. 1596, I East Prospect, Penaa. Correspondence with Wholesale Dcaltn and Jobbers Invited. i^'Telephone Connection.' , ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦' I ^ • I For Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, goto ^^o^rrr t'T'^qT" L. J. SeUers A Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO.. SELLERSVILLE, PA. . THE TOBACCO WORLD. »5 s^^ SCHUTTE «& KOERTIINO COMPANY, T>velfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. ^J-^.. — 2^ — ..v ,. J SCHUTTE-KOERTING ^ MOIST VENTILATOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 5. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants. Correspondence Solicited. GROCCRS DON'T LIKE TAGS. Want to Secure Legislation to Do Away with Tobacco Premiums. Theodore Melchers, President of the South Carolina Wholesale Grocers' As- sociation, has sent out the following circular letter to dealers in general in the State: "This association has been approached by certain retailers here and at interior points to solicit your aid in the abolish- ment of the tobacco tag nuisance. "You are fully aware of all the bad features connected with the use of these tags as a cash or premium value, the frequency of having to sell a tag or two worth of merchandise, and such petty annoyances, inconveniences which you many times sufifer to redeem them, none of which you are compensated for, as manufacturers invariably add the cash or premium value to price of tobacco. "Why, then, should we have a method continued that pays no extra profit, but gives instead trouble and annoyance? We want your aid in having this move- ment brought to the attention of Congress through our Senators and Congressmen, and have Congress make it illegal to put avalue of either cash or premium on tags or bags. "The State Legislature of Ohio has already passed such an act and our own legislature should give us the same relief and protection, "If Congress will hear our prayer, this great country will be relieved of a burdensome tax, not only in a monetary way, but also a tax on time. The nuisance of this tag and premium tax is growing in greater proportions every day and should be vetoed. "If you are in favor of this movement, and we feel that you are, kindly affix your signature to the four copies herewith enclosed, forwarding one each to our two State Senators, one to the Congressman from your district and the other to this association. "When the Southern Wholesale Gro cers' Association meets in Norfolk on the 20th we will take the matter up with them and through their influence secure similar action, from all the wholesale associa tions in the South. "It is most probable that the Eastern, Middle and Western States will join us in this fight, which certainly is for the good of the country. ' 'Please do not delay therefore in giv- ing this your prompt attention, as it is most important that we should receive your reply previous to the meeting of the association. Theo. Melchers, Charleston, S. C. President." This looks like business, and reports from grocers in that section of country indicate that the movement is a well con- certed one. Indeed the grocers are doing harder work on it than the tobacco trade itself. There has been much grumbling for a long time, as the system is growing to such an extent that many consumers would rather use the tags than real money in making purchases, and the work of calculating and taking care of these ac- counts involves a tremendous amount of labor for which there is absolutely no return. The consumers themselves are by no means pleased at this attempt on the part of the grocers to get back to straight business principles, as they have become firmly rooted to the tag habit, so that some of them say they will feel as if they had no mission in life should the incen tive for saving them be removed. The thing has long been voted an unmitigated nuisance by the dealers, however, and there is little doubt that the circular letter will receive large returns. FINE jj ^YA N A "'^'"" 4 ^+ inch CIGARS o™tIaIght A Great Five-Cent Cigar H. S. H ARTMAN, Manufacturer. Lancastcr, Pa. 1 PIPES For Wholesale Dealers Only 5^ CHEAPEST ESTABLISHMENT for WOOD and CLAY PIPES Clay Pipes Our Specialty Write for Catalogue and Prices 1. SCHILZ-MULLENBACH Manufacturer and Exporter HOHR. (nearCoblenz) GERMANY Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for dM Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on application. —5Ae Bear, G^ Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFGR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES ' OF UNION-NIAOE CIGARS FOR THE Wbolesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE SOUCITBD. ' 26 THR TOBACCO WORLD me PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARETTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAIV MPQ. CO.* Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. THB TOBACCO WOKX,S ■•s • ay Liberman's Latest /V\achines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade li MFG. CO. ^ LIBERMAN MFG."ca PHILA. PA. U.S.A. >»X ^^^. ^ Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Street. PhiladelphiaL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street 28 THE TOBACCO WORLD ffANUFACTURtR OF ALL KINDS OF 138 & 140 Centre 5t. NEWYORK CIGAR Box LABELS AND TRIMMINGS. JJLUilATt T H 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. »%%%f%%%%»»i^%%%%%%^ DETROIT FORMER. JOBBER. DIES. ABOVT INDIANA'S TOBACCO NV. Thomasville, Pa. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. John Buehler. Once Quite Prominent, Succumbs to Long Illness. Detroit, Mich., June 19. John Buehler, former prominent whole- Acreage is Continually Increasing and State Will Soon be a Factor. Richmond, Va. , June 18. Although Indiana is not known as a RESERVED FOR lONA TOBACCO CO. Lancaster, Pa. sale tobacconist of this city, but for sev- tobacco raising State, comparative figures eral years retired, died at his residence, for 1904 and 1905, compiled from town- 364 Brush street, on Saturday, following ship assessors' reports by Jos. H. Stubbs, a long illness from a complication of chief of the bureau of statistics, show maladies. that the acreage used in tobacco culture Mr. Buehler was born in Wittenberg, increased about 70 per cent in 1905 over Germany, in 1846. and came to Cincin- the acreage in 1904. The figures indi- nati at the age of 15, enlisting shortly cate that about 13,500 acres of Indiana afterward in the Fifth Ohio cavalry, in land is devoted to the raising of tobacco which he served three years until the this year. There were 8,361 acres of close of the war. Subsequently he went tobacco in Indiana last year. to work for John R. Becker, in Cincin- Six Indiana counties raise the bulk of . . , J thi» tobacco and in each of them the nati, remaining there many years and ^^^ looacco, . , . acreage this year shows a large mcrease. rising to high place in the company. In ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ .^^^^^^^^ .^ ^^^^^^^ 1 880 he moved to Detroit, where he ^^^^^^^ f^Q^ 726 to 2,308: Switzerland founded the John Buehler Company, from 2,106 to 2,232; Spencer from 1,388 tobacconists, and continued active in the to 2,201; Vigo from 563 to 2, 181 ; War- commercial life of the city until a few rick from 1.032 to 1,770, and Ohio from years ago, when he retired to private life. 399 t o 635 Nevin township, Vigo He was a member of Detroit Post, G. county, had the largest acreage of any, A. R., and of the Loyal Legion. A the number being 2, 165. Even Marion widow and two children. Oscar and Miss county had 113 acres in tobacco, as com- Bertie Buehler, survive him. pared with 31 acres the year before. E»€ LA FLOR santa'clara Highest Grade DIPLOMATICO and PERFECTO SHAPES Manufactured by s^^ Johns Brash Cigar Co. ^ ^^ Main Office, LANCASTER, PA. EDW. M. BRASH, Sec'y & Treas. C. A. ROST. & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA THE TOBACCO WORI,D »9 KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigar and Tobacco Flavor, Sweetener, Etc. HAVANA cAROMA Sweet, Aromatic and Lasting. Imparts to Tobacco a Real Havana Aroma. Successfully used for past five years by largest manufacturers in the United States. Costs only 7 cents per thousand cigars. It will increase sale of cigars 100 per cent Why not get in line with the successful manufacturer and use our Havana Aroma. With the use of our Havana Aroma your goods will always be uniform and taste the same, which is the secret of successful cigar manufacturing. For 50 cents we will send one-half pint, enough to flavor about seven thousand cigars. Try it and be convinced. KEYSTONE CHEMICAL CO., YORK, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. 8INGLEY, Manbeim, Pa. U. S. WALLICK, York, Pa. The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 MaLfket Street, LsLncaLster, Pa.. ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ I 3« THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar ribbons. Httoufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taffetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbonik Write tor Sample Card and Price Liat to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NEW YORK. HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Manufacturers off High Grade Union Made Cigars •qiie Great Poet Needs no Praise/* Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at SighH Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. ABOUT SO-SO AT LANCASTER. CIGARETTE CLUBS NOW. Indiana Smokers Find a Convenient Way to Beat the Law. Indianapolis, June 18. Cigarette clubs the object of which is »%^K»^^' >^M««%«>»^| J. M.MITTLEMAN Dealer in Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity. Open Evenings Until Nine o i^»»»»»^<^^^^^^^ h^^t^^^^ 'clock. Ill; Some Inquiry and Fair Business. Good Weather For New Crop. Lancaster, Pa., June 19. There has again been some little move- ment in the local leaf market during the to provide them in bulk outside of the past week. Considerable inquiry was State have been formed here and in rife concerning Pennsylvania and Ohio other cities of the State, and thousands tobacco and several local packers report of packages are now coming into Indiana a fairly active business. through the mails and by express. The weather for some days has been in nearly all the outside counties the most favorable to the new crop. The decision by Judge Leathers, holding that cigar industry seems in a more prosper- cigarettes so bought may be smoked ous condition than for some weeks past, legally, has been generally accepted. Cigarmakers are more anxiously wanted Local dealers who refuse to handle cig by manufacturers, many of whom are arettes are taking the orders for the making strenuous endeavors to increase clubs, their working forces. ******** Visiting traveling salesmen report uni- GOOD MARKET IN KOREA. ormly quiet but fairly satisfactory busi- A taste which has been enormously ness in all sections. developed in Korea lately is one for In the vicinity of Wrightsville, York cigarettes, and in view of this fact the Co., tobacco growers have an unusual American Tobacco Co. has had some of its brands protected by imperial edict ^^^(^^^^^^ Native tobacco is used by the country- men in their long pipes, but in the cities and even among the laboring classes, when they can afford it, the use of the cigarette has become almost universaL Cigarettes were heretofore imported almost exclusively from Japan, made partially at least of American tobacco. In 1902 a cigarette factory, on rather a large scale for Korea, was opened by a British concern at Chemulpo, but for some reason did not prove a success. There is at present, however, a small factory at Chemulpo making cigarettes from a mixture of American and native amount of difficulty with cut worms. STOCK CARDS J. MRHliOfi BflRriES CO. MAKBR9 OF Only High Grade Cigars THH CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and, Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Trade-Mark Register. BANHAMS 7c SPECIAL 14.832 For cigars Registered June 9.1905, at 9 a m, by ST Banham & Bro, Philadelphia. Pa DONNELLY'S NORMAL BLEND 14.833 For cigars Registered June 9. 1905, at II am by Frank P Donnelly, Wilkes. Barre, Pa AND MY NAME IS SI 14.834 For cigars Registered June 9, 1905. j^baccos, which is reported to be doing a at 3 p m by John A Schmidt, Cmcin- ^^^ business. Recently the American *****' ^ and British company established an THE PLAZA HOTEL CIGAR 14.835 agency in Korea and will bid for a share For cigars, cigarettes, cheroots, ^f this growing trade. The figures show chewing and smoking tobacco Regis- ^n increase in value of imports of over tered June 12, 1905, at 9 a m, by 85 percent for the past two years. Chas L Feinberg, Brooklyn. N Y %*%%•%*% TOGO 14.836 For cut plug Registered June 15, 1905, at 12 am, by Raleigh Tobacco Co, Philadelphia. Pa TERRY DUFFY 14.838 For cigars Registered June 16. 1905, at 9 a m, by Wm W Reigel, Reading, Pa PETE M ALLOY 14.839 For cigars Registered June 16. 1905, at 9 a m by Wm W Reigel, Reading, Pa WINNEBAGO 14,840 For cigars Registered June 20, 1905. at 9 a m, by A P Snader. Ephrata, Pa STAR OF WISCONSIN 14.841 THE TOBACCO WORLD 3» Telephone Call, 432 — B. « and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Line of Pennsylyania R. R. E. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers gf fWE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove*" pur Samples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q. Box 96. WALTER. S. BARE, ^^ PaLcker sf Fine ^ Connecticut n- Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Ci^ar Leaf Tobacco OfB.ce and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. j: K. LEAMAN, Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havaaa Seed Bindtm Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTypity (2aS£ of Fancy Packed Oebhart 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil ItjU^ CONNECTICUT -^ 1 • ^ racking I. H. Weaver,'" Leaf Tobacco 241 and 243 North Prince Street^ LANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPER Sz CO. PACKERS of Penna. Broad Leaf 201 & 203 N. Duke St. DEALERS In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco LANCASTER, PA. Packer of and Dealer in (t Recent Incorporations, Etc. — ^The High Glenn Orchard Co., of Nocogdoches, to sell tobacco, has been incorporated, with a capital of |2o,ooo, by H. C. Bailey, B. Livingston, Fred. W. Mally, all of Nocodoches; Sam A. DixoM, of Houston, and W. Y. Garrison, of Garrison. — The Jamaica Tobacco Co , 104 First street, Jersey City, has been incorporated to cure leaf tobacco, with a capital of 150,000, by C. F. Haights, D. W. Con- nell and F. D. Fallon. — ^The Fuller Tobacco Co., 259 Wash, ington street, Jersey City, has been in- corporated to manufacture and deal in For cigars Registered June 20, 1905, tobacco, with a capital of 150,000. The at o a m, by A B Snader. Ephrata, Pa incorporators are H. C. Thompson, Syd- ney Schoor and E. P. Carlton. REJECTIONS. _The Norfolk Tobacco Co , of Not- William Tell, Havando, Juno, Pride of folk, Va., has been incorporated with a Wisconsin, Frenzied Finance, Lex- capital of lio.ooo to manufacture by »# 1-- »* J X r> 1 machmery or otherwise, plug twist and ington. Mohican. Mandate. Royal ^^^^^^^ {^^^^^^^ cigarettes, cigars and Mandate. Old Moroccoo snuff. The incorporators are A. E Krise, Big Stick E. L. Mahoney and R. E. Fagan. • H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds L:BAF Tobacco Fine Flonda Sumatra o XT . , ^ . r. IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA 138 North Market St LANCASTER, PA. United 'Phones B. F. GOOD & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS IN Leaf Tobaccos 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Packer and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, IIO& 112 W. Walnut St.fLANCASTER, PA. I AND MUCH Fine Filler Stock 327 and 329 North Queen Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFEI^, and Jobber in JUCaT JL ODaCCO Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 North Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦♦ TRUMAN D. SHERTZER Dealer in Leaf Tobaccos and Manufacturer of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing Warehouses: LANCASTER and RED UON. PA. HAIN OFFICE! Lancaster, Pa. UNITED PHONB3. »♦♦♦<• ♦%i«%^^^ ♦♦♦•♦♦ D9AIXRS IV West Carrollton,'^Montgomery Co., O. ^ The Centre of the Best Zhnmer Growing District.^ 435 & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. John Auer. of Niddletown, Well Known Throughout United States. Middletown, O., June 15. John Auer, aged 71, a retired tobacco manufacturer, died of heart trouble yes- terday at his home here on Clark street He was well known in tobacco circles throughout the United States. He was a prominent Democrat and Elk. He was born in Bavaria in 1834, came to this country in 1844 and was engaged in the manufacture of tobacco in Cincin- nati from 1 864 to 1 869, removing to this place where he formed a partnership with the late Paul J. Sorg and built^a large factory. A widow, daughter in-law and two grandchildren survive him. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. BOUGHT LARGELY IN RICHMOND. Richmond, Va., June 17. The American Tobacco Co. bought a large number of packages on the ex- change here yesterday. Prices were about the same, but a better feeling was maintained, and the market seemed a little firmer. C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THK TOBACCO W O R I. D 31 '■ ■»- ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ 4 " La Imperial Cigar Factory " HOLTZ, PA. J. F. SECHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE eiBARS* AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co. INCORPORATED. ] . lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc—Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c, Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph — York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue, LANCASTER. PA. Successors to S. L. Jolins, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeo^ Main Office, Mc Sherry stown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦ ♦♦- -r A. G. MARTIN. A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer — OF— ' LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. F. M. HUNT, HUNT i& MAR TIN Manufacturers of High-Grade Stogies BBTHMSDAy OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. ♦♦ *^«> XX M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Cable AddretM, "CLARK." iOPKINSVIIylvE, KY. >ADUCAH, KY. Clarksville, Tenn. NL. D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. 1 *^ 4« BcmAm,** V. a. a. Hopkinsvillft, Ky. 34 Ai^ATS Booif voR Ons Mors Good CusToim. . L« J« bCUCrS & bOIl) bCllCrSYlUCi I t» THE TOBACCO WORLD C. E. MATTINGLY & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE UNION MADE For Wholesale Trade Only, McSherrystown, Pa. ^UFACTURERS OF Cigars m WANTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHIL and JUAN BAZAN CombiivaLtioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOER & CO. Sol* Owaara aad ll«nafactar«rs Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA- r.MCUME&BRo V * TERREHILL.PA. " We Sell to JobbingTrade only LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARE Wax HAW ^^IMSONTHEGREAT CHASKEL'S HAVANA chaskcu'S *»CLIABUt CieAR*To9AC CiiilTia in JU Tl H m SPANISH BETUNE, MATADOR and LA VUELTA Our Flavors Surpass All Others in STRENGTH and NATURAL AROMA. Write for particulars. Ghaskel Chemical Works 265 West Broadway NEW YORK IMPROVEMENT OF TOBACCO BY BREEDING AND SELECTION. Archibald D. Shamel, Scientific Assistant, Plant- Brcding Laboratory. Bureau of Plant Industry, has wiittcn a lengthy article for the Department of Agriculture which contains a mine of information, important and interesting not only to growers, but to manufacturers and leaf dealers. In order to give our readers the benefit of this, we have decided to print it in serial form, the first installment following: The production of different types of ported varieties and possess their desir- tobacco adapted to the many demands able qualities. This can doubtless be of the manufacturers is one of the most done by careful breeding and selection, important problems confronting t h e In the varieties grown for plug wrappers growers of this crop. The market grades and fillers, the export trade and the are clearly defined and classified accord- manufacture of pipe tobacco, the develop- ing to the character and quality of the ment of new types is less important. In manufactured product. The value of the these types, however, there is need of a crop depends upon the ability of the general improvement of the crop, more grower to produce a type conforming especially in yield and quality, most nearly to the market standard for The many varieties of tobacco now in each particular grade. Of particular im- existence are supposed to have had a portance is the production of a superior common origin, and the different types grade of cigar leaf tobacco. We are are the result of seed selection or hybri- dependent today upon tobacco from for- dization, either accidental or intentional, eign countries for most of the wrappers The value of selection in tobacco is shown and fillers used in the manufacture of by the oiigin of some of the most im- the better class of cigars. It has been portant varieties now under cultivation, demonstrated that there are certain well These varieties lor the most part have defined areas in this country where the been developed by the selection of seed soil and climatic conditions are favorable from sports or striking variations, which to the production of types of tobacco have accidentally appeared in the estab suitable for the manufacture of the best lished varieties. The differences which grade of cigars. These areas will produce now exist among these varieties, and more profitable crops than are at present their marked and continuous variability, grown of this sort of tobacco, when uni is sufficient evidence of the possibility of lorm types have been developed and the production of new and improved established by careful breeding and selec- types superior to those now under culti- tion. The value of this addition to the vation. The purpose of the selection of tobacco industry lies in the fact that the a variety depends on the use of the crop money now expended for the imported by the manufacturer; as, for instance, the article will be distributed among the qualities of aroma and flavor are im- American growers. portant in filler varieties, but not so The inferiority of a large proportionof important in wrapper types. The general the tobacco produced in the long estab methods of seed selection, however, ap- lished tobacco regions from native varie- ply to all types and varieties, ties may be attributed in part to deteriora- Tobacco is more highly specialized and tion of yield and quality due to lack of grows under a more intensive system of systematic and careful seed selection. It cultivation than any other general farm is a well known fact that the proportion crop. It is a well known fact that the of the poor grade tobacco in some of tobacco plant is exceedingly sensitive and these districts is increasing, resulting in responds readily to soil and climatic a corresponding loss to the growers. conditions. Varieties grown in the Con- Pennsylvania and Ohio fillers sell for necticut Valley are recognized as cigar lo cents to 25 cents per pound, while wrapper type, while varieties produced in imported Cuban fillers bring from 50 Pennsylvania and Ohio are used for the cents to $1 25 per pound. We can cer- most part as cigar fillers. Owing to the tainly produce a filler that will take the great influence of soil and climatic condi- place of the ordinary to medium Cuban, tions and methods of culture on the yield An increase in yield in the native varieties and quality of the crop in areas adaped due to improved methods of cultivation to tobacco growing, highly improved and fertilization involves greatly increased machinery and methods of cultivation cost of production. Some other means have been developed by the growers in of increasing the value of the crop is order to increase the profits from the necessary and new types more nearly crop. Instances of this tendency to approaching the Cuban standard should adopt the most advanced methods of be developed in order to supply the culture are shown by such practice as the demand of the trade for a better grade application of |ioo worth of commercial of filler tobacco. The development of fertilizer per acre, coving the fields with such types depends upon seed selection slat or cheese-cloth shade, and the instal- as well as upon improved methods of lation of extensive systems of irrigation, cultivation and fermenUtion. Wrapper in some cigar wrapper districts. This tobacco grown in Massachusetts and attention to certain phases of tobacco Connecticut brings from 40 cents to 80 production has resuhed in the partial cents per pound, while the imported neglect of the equally important factor Cuban and Sumatra varieties bring from of seed selection. Methods of selection ^1.50 to I3 per pound, to which must be have not kept pace with the improve- a duty of $1.85 per pound for Sumatra, ments along other lines, and today are and 1 1. 48 per pound for Cuban tobacco, essentially the same as those used by the To produce a wrapper leaf in the Con- pioneer tobacco growers, necticut Valley which will compare with The suggestions which are made here the Cuban and Sumatra standards, new lor the improvement of tobacco by breed- types must be developed which will more ing and selection are based on the result nearly approach the standard of the im- of a careful study of cigar wrapper varie- • Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cig:ar Boxes !•— I I Cp|||^re Jt ^AH ^Pllprcviltp Pn Al.vays Room for Onb Mors Good Custoiibx. L« U* OCIICI 5 iX OUll) OCIICI o V lllC| I O* . THE TOBACCO WORLD 35 M. K ALISCH ® CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM eiBAI^S I^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. ^^J^Alt^ J ♦♦♦♦^^♦♦♦♦^ WILLIAM J. NOLL Successor to J. Nell ^ MANUFACTURER. OF V High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA. PA. ♦"♦-♦♦^^^♦♦♦^ A. r. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE IG k Hanover, Pa. **Stage Favorite," a 5-c«nt leader, known for Superiority of Quality. W. H. Snyder &Co. Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medimn Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only John McLaughlin. %»»%»»^>^^^^^^^^l |»»»»»»»»^^<^^^»<%^^^^^^^I J. K. Kauffman. { JOHN McLaughlin (h go. Wholesale Dealers in All Kinds of Plug ®. Smoking Tobaccos i Also, All Grades of W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO. Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FINEST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade only Correspondence with Active Houses Invited Fine Cigars A Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. JiJj/XJ d^AyJjyi f -£ -A. Telephone Connection. r Established 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher 8z: Son Manufactnrers of Fine Havana Cigars And Packers of LMAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds, A.r6 tnC V/lllAKo Registered Brands: "Brilliant Star" Clear Haran*, . . lOc. **S. B.** Half Havana, .... 5c. * Havana 123 n. third st M* IMPORTERS O^-^ "^ Pmi.ADEWHlA V W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. 0 -5^0 W 58 ^m ST NY CATALOGUES OF OUR STOCK C/GAR LABELS, FLAPS, BANDS ETC.. ETC., SENT GRATIS UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS ^-> ^ FOR PRIVATE LABELS. BANDS. ETC..^ 3« THB TOBACCO WORLD TBS TOBACCO WOBLD JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist , Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $G0 per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. '^ PATRICK HENRY Five Cent Cigar THE OUOBE OlOAR GO. Manufacturers of . Seed & flavani Cigars For Jobbing Trade only quite all transplanted here, but will probably be finished this week. A few pieces show the work of cutworms, but where ihey are not working the tobacco is starting to grow nicely. We have had a few little rains that helped the tobacco. — American Cultivator. SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban MANUFACTURKD ONtV BV LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jQj Qhlo St, ADcghcny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED 1 CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 1,069 hhds; offerings on the breaks, 493 hhds; total sales, 520 hhds. The market was animated, strong and higher for all desirable Leaf, which could be used for spinning or cigars. The market opened strong, closing irregularly ^ to ic higher, except for the nonde- script Leaf, which was dull. Lugs con- tinue bashful, and but few parade them selves to the public view The weather remains hot and dry, but rains may fall at any time. It is esti- mated that 10 per cent of the area laid out is yet to be planted, and 10 per cent to be replanted. Plant beds, or what is left of them, suffer under the dry weather. We quote: .• >ig*TlC. ift" HAND-MADE STOGIES Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave.. Plttsbiir({, Pa. Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leal Medium Leaf Good Leaf Fine Leaf $3.50 to I4.00 4.25 to 4.50 4.50 to 5.00 to 5.00 to 6.25 to 7.50 to 9.00 to 10.50 11.00 to 13 00 5.00 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.50 E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig. ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DcnVCr, Pft. Caveats, Trade Marks, Pfl^tCri tS Design-Patents, Copyrights, ite John A. Saul, kt Dvott BaUdlfifl. WASltlNQtON^ IX ft EDGERTON, WIS. Sales (rom first hands are now reduced very largely to scattering lots which are all the time being hunted out and ab s'jrbed. Dealers assert there has never been a time when the country districts were so thoroughly cleaned up as the present and very shortly there will be little if any tobacco left to trade in. Sales of the '04 crop coming to notice are: A. Skolaas, 30CS and 3c K. Midland, 5a at 8c John Melass, 30CS at 7 }4c Andrew Jenson & Sons have succeeded in picking up about 400CS of '03 goods recently, in part i6ocs from Thomas Thronson, 41CS of L. C. Jordalen, 39CS of C. Berge, 35CS of K. Jordalen, 41CS of Lars Lein, 19CS of Edw. Attlesey, and 20CS of Jens Johnson. Packers report a very fair inquiry for old leaf, though the bulk of the sales is confined to the cheaper grades. The new crop is now being transplanted o the fields very rapidly. The weather of the week has been decidedly favorable for this work and growers arc able to secure a satisfactory stand. Shipments 2oocs. — Reporter. Business CKaLivges, Fires, Etc. Idaho Moscow — Bowers & Bumgarner, cigars, etc ; sold out to W O Nelson Illinois D wight— John Gels, cigars, etc; sold out Indiana Indianapolis — J O Warner, cigars, etc; succeeded by Warner & Lamb. Kentucky Mayfield— Griffith & Sherrill, tobacco rehandiers ; burned out I nsurance $4$, 000 Maine Eastport — Geo E Clark, cigars, etc, quit claimed real estate, $1, etc Eustis — M H Wyman, cigars, tobacco, etc; sold real estate, $1, etc Massachusetts Boston — Elizabeth Chamberlain, wife of Harry G, cigars and' tobacco; files certificate, etc Angela Ciambelli, wife of Francesco, cigars, etc; files certificate to do business under style Ciambelli & Co Sadie Himmelfarb, wife of Abra- ham, cigars, etc; files certificate, etc, Michigan Mount Clemens — Groesbeck& Kracht, cigars, etc; succeeded by H Q Groesbeck Minnesota Thief River Falls — Emil E Zeh, cigars, tc ; bill of sale, |8oo Montana Hissoula — T H Dustin, cigars and tobacco; sold out Nebraska Lincoln — Fred A Powell, cigars; sued on account, $121 New Hampshire Berlin Mills — J L Oswell, cigar retailer; Geo W Brown succeeds Pennsylvania Pittsburg— P F Kane, tobacco; P F Kane dead Pottsville — Chas S Haeseler, cigars; execution, $462 Quebec Montreal — Imperial Cigar Store, dis* solved PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. 792>385 Match box; Edward Antoni, Pittsburg, Pa • 792,335 Match box holder; Wm. G. Lewi, Albany, N. Y. 792,430 Match lighter; Albert C* Loomis, West Orange, N. J. 792,453 Tobacco cutting machine; Eduard Quester, Berlin, Germany. 792,236 Cigar holder; Wm. M, Ran- dolph, Pittsburg, Pa. JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St, LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chcw or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: tAKCASTER I.ONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT Mtnafiietverof HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. ae fL&^IflMirofactare all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to rait the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 EMBOSSED LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ H* J* f leiscKKaMcr Cigar Labels 238 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TELEPHONE 1561 ♦ ♦ XX ♦-♦ ♦•♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦tit:fJ^fAt±t^^^^>^^^^^>^*>^^*^>^^>^^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^^♦^♦^UTHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGNS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦^"^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦"♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ XX :: Parmenter WAX-LINED ■ Coupon CIGAR P0CKET5 Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVK advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers* ANPLEfAND RIBBON PRICES For Sale by All Dealers ID akhkmlh TOMBio so. 38 THB TOBACCO WORLD TBS TOBACCO WORLD JOSEPH REED Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist. , Pa. Ten Cent Cigar J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine CigaLfs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $(K) per 1000. PATRICK HENRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $85 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. ?» PATRICK HENRY Manufacturers of Seed & Havan Cigars OlOAR OO. For Jobbing Trade only quite all transplanted here, but will probably be finished this week. A few pieces show the work of cutworms, but where ihey aie not working the tobacco is starting to grow nicely. We have had a few little rains that helped the tobacco. — American Cultivator. SOMETHING NE^A^ AND GOOD WAGNER'S Cuban MANUFACTURKD ONLY BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No . jQj Ohjo SI, Allcglieny, Pa. GEO. STEUERNAGLE. Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED Pittsburg Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg. Pa. CLARKSVILLE. TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 1,069 hhds; offerings on the breaks, 493 hhds; total sales, 520 hhds. The market was animated, strong and higher for all desirable Leaf, which could be used for spinning or cigars. The market opened strong, closing irregularly ^ to ic higher, except for the nonde- script Leaf, which was dull. Lugs con- tinue bashful, and but few parade them selves to the public view The weather remains hot and dry, but rains may fall at any time. It is esti- mated that 10 per cent of the area laid out is yet to be planted, and 10 per cent to be replanted. Plant beds, or what is left of them, suffer under the dry weather. We quote: (^^ HAND-MADE ^^ "^ STOGIES ^^ Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leal Medium Leaf Good Leaf Fine Leaf $^.$0 to $4.00 4.25 to 4.50 4. 50 to 5.00 to 5.00 to 6.25 to 7.50 to 9.00 to 10. 50 1 1 . 00 to 1 3 00 5.00 5.50 6.00 7.00 8.50 E. RENNINGER, Est.iblished 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig ars Strictly Union-Made Goods. DcilVer, Pft. Caveats, Trade Marks, PHLCII iS Design-Patents, Copyrights. John A. Saul, he t)fK)tt BaMtog. WA5HlNGrC>ON, D. fc ••KKX8P01T SOLIOiT EUGERTON, WIS. Sales (rom first hands are now reduced very largely to scattering lots which are all the time being hunted out and ab s )rbed. Dea'ers assert there has never been a time when the country districts were so thoroughly cleaned up as the present and very shortly there will be little if any tobacco left to trade in. Sales of the '04 crop coming to notice are: A. Skolaas, 30CS and 3c K. Midland, 5a at 8c John Melass, 30CS at 7>^c Andrew Jenson & Sons have succeeded in picking up about 400CS of 03 goods recently, in part i6ocs from Thomas Thronson, 41CS of L. C. Jordalen, 39CS of C. Berge, 35CS of K. Jordalen, 41CS of Lars Lein, 19CS of Edw. Attlesey, and 20CS of Jens Johnson. Packers report a very fair inquiry for old leaf, though the bulk of the sales is confined to the cheaper grades. The new crop is now being transplanted o the fields very rapidly. The weather • of the week has been decidedly favorable for this work and growers are able to secure a satisfactory stand. Shipments 2oocs. — Reporter. Business CKeLi\ges, Fires, Etc. Idaho Moscow — Bowers & Bumgarner, cigars, etc ; sold out to W O Nelson Illinois Dwight— John Gels, cigars, etc; sold out Indiana Indianapolis — J O Warner, cigars, etc; succeeded by Warner & Lamb. Kentucky Mayfield— Griffith & Sherrill, tobacco rehandiers; burned out InsuranceJ45,ocx> Maine Eastport — Geo E Clark, cigars, etc, quit claimed real estate, $1, etc Eustis — M H Wyman, cigars, tobacco, etc; sold real estate, $1, etc Massachusetts Boston — Elizibeth Chamberlain, wife of Harry G, cigars and' tobacco; files certificate, etc Angela Ciambelli, wife of Francesco, cigars, etc; files certificate to do business under style Ciambelli & Co Sadie Himmelfarb, wife of Abra- ham, cigars, etc; files certificate, etc Michigan Mount Clemens — Groesbeck& Kracht, cigars, etc; succeeded by H Q Groesbeck Minnesota Thief River Falls — Emil E Zeh, cigars, tc; bill of sale, $800 Montana Hissoula — T H Dustin, cigars and tobacco; sold out Nebraska Lincoln — Fred A Powell, cigars; sued on account, $121 New Hampshire Berlin Mills — J L Oswell, cigar retailer; Geo W Brown succeeds Pennsylvania Pittsburg — P F Kane, tobacco; P F Kane dead Pottsville — Chas S Haeseler, cigars; execution, $462 Quebec Montreal — Imperial Cigar Store, dis- solved PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long Cut Tobacco Our Leadlni^ Chewing and Smoking Brands: tAKCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT liiiia£Eictarer of Hlgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. p. 8w— I manufacture all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834— WM. F. COMLY c& SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4- 4- METAL EMBOSSLD LABELS METAL PRINTED LABELS > 4- ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4>44>>4^^^^4^^^^^^^'f^^^4>-4>>44'4> ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4" 4- ♦g4' ♦«♦ ♦m4- ♦ ♦ ♦ 4" ♦ ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ H. ^4>4.^^^4^4>4>^4^4^4>^444>4>^4'4-44-4'444'^4^<44'4'^4 44>>^4>^4>^{4'> 4^ 4- LITHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGN5 4^ > ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4^'r44>444>44>44>44>4444444444>4444^444 444444 tt xx_ Parmenter WAX-LINED ; Coupon CIGAR P0CKET5 Afford perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAGE. Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufacturers, KACINC:. "WIS . u s .^ OLDEST MANUFACTURERS OF Efflffi 7921385 Match box; Edward Antoni, Pittsburg, Pa • 792,335 Match box holder; Wm. G. Lewi, Albany, N. Y. 792,430 Match lighter: Albert C* Loomis, West Orange, N. J. 792,453 Tobacco cutting machine; Eduard Quester, Berlin, Germany. 792,236 Cigar holder; Wm. M, Ran- dolph, Pittsburg, Pa. PEACH "■^PRUNE 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. Ectablished 1855 FRIES & BR0. 92 Eeade Street, NEW YORK rAVAl i C. A. Rest BL^HIA \ THlE <\' National Cig(ar Clipper It Clips a V in Ends of Cigars — A LITTLE vest pocket instrument for the smoker that "^^ puts a V in ends of cigars — neatly — accurately — without breaking wrapper, no matter how dry or brittle the cigar is. -,^' It doesn't bite and pull and squeeze; but cuts ''shear < ways," the common sense way — a way that can't dull the the cutter and disfigure the point of cigar. Design is elegant — nothing like it on the market anywhere Finest tool steel — nickel plated, and pol- ished. Makes an effective and lasting piece of advertising for the cigar manufacturer and distributer because of its ability to attract attention — its utility and durabilit3^ The dealer can't put a better selling novelty before a smoker. Hits two ways, — snug profit when sold — fetching advertising with name on. Sample 1 5 cents. Dozen lots with* out ad. $1.25. Gross lots without ad. $14.00; with ad. if not more than three lines, three eighth of an inch long, $ 1 6.50. NATIONAL SELLING CO., AUentown, Pa. r: B 1/ Estabushed in 188 1 Vol. XXV. ID IN 188 1 ) \, No. 26. j I lit P 1'^ ^l^Crb Uef So-vwA. cl» ^ { S». C »lA.CA-Or»a. J^ ;. JOHN SLATER & CO Manufacturers sf iIa.nd'Nade LONG FILLER STOGIES Comer Columbia and Marietta Avenues LANCASTER, PA. AND No. 21 North Main Street, Washington, Pa. t j E. ROSENWALB & BR0. f PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK, JUNE 28, 1903. Onb D0LI.A& PBR Annum. Single Copies, Five Cents. -1 ii^ C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MfNirociGAii 114 ^^Philadelphia The RUGBY nickel cigar is a good thing! Help us to push it along. Our customers are all enthusiasts. So would you be if you smoked one. Shall we send you some to try? STEWART, NEWBURGER & CO., Ltd. Gi^ar Manafactnrers, 29 North 4lh St., Philadelphia. (lord LANCASTER, 10c!) I Manufacturers, 615 Market St, Philada> (NICBXLBY, 5c.) Channing Allen QJL Co Manufacturers of ;iNE CIGABS 419 Locusi Si. Philadelphia. Factory No. 909. Bell Telephone 4836-A. I .1 r Factories 3o6 and 213, First Rev. District, Pa. ''The Philadelphia A Matchless 5 cent Cigar. One of RoedePs Best THAT IS SAYING A GOOD DBAL Samples tent to Reptitable Distributors Philadelphia Cigar Factory W. K. ROEDEL CO., 41 N. nth Street, PHILADELPHIA. STANDAKO OF ALL HAVANA CIGA R^S. CLEAR HAVANA ^^^ ^ ^ MotI Popiiiar All Havsnt Cliar Moa KEY WEST CIGARS DUNCAN H AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST - —II JM PORTERS Q^^X^ — ^«.. -#**. -^.^ HtLAOeL^HIA -^TriE T©B^eeO WORLB^ WEATHER-CROP BULLETIN. Tobacco Planting is Largely Finished Except in Northerly Sections. Washington, D. C, June 23. The latest weather crop bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture, re- porting on tobacco, states that the plant- ing of the crop is nearly finished except in the northerly sections, and the crop generally is doing well. The report by States: New England — Tobacco nearly all set and progressing rapidly. New York — Tobacco doing well. Pennsjlvania — Tobacco transplanting unfinished. Maryland — Tobacco a good stand, be- ing cultivated. Virginia — Tobacco fair, locally dry weather has delayed transplanting and stands are poor. South Carolina — Tobacco unpromising. Tennessee — Tobacco growing nicely. Kentucky — Tobacco practically all set ioing well. lie — Tobacco improving. .» '.'fHCflTloln— Tobaccosettingin progress CUTTING TEXAS TOBACCO. LOCKER SUIT AGAINST COMBINE AN IMPORTANT ONE. Plaintiffs Declare that Their Brooklyn Jobbing Business has Been Damaged $100,000 by American Tobacco Co.'s Refusal of Goods, and the Suit will Determine a Manufacturer's Liberty. Houston County Crop is Contracted For at 15 Cents a Pound. Crockett, Tex., June 23. In a few days, the tobacco crop of Houston county will be ready for cutting. Considering the extremely wet spring, the crop is very good. It is believed it will cut from 500 to 600 pounds per acre, principally all of which has been con- tracted for at 1 5 cents a pound. The farmers here are very much elated over their success with this crop, since Houston county has an abundance of Orangeburg soil, so richly adapted to the growth of tobacco. It is a well known fact that the tobacco crop requires less than half the work of a cotton crop, the entire crop being cut and moved by July I, while at that time the cotton crop is less than half made. And, then, the farmer derives from $75 to $90 per acre for his tobacco, while he often gets less than $10 per acre for his cotton. The success of this year's crop has led many farmers to express the desire of planting from thirty to forty acres each next year. There is a vast amount of this orange- burg soil in Houston county which can be bought for such a reasonable sum as to enable the purchaser to pay for it out of his first crop of tobacco. The Crockett Cigar Company can manufacture all the tobacco that can be raised, thus giving the farmer not only a sure market, but a home market for his product. The government expert who is here superintending the growth of the tobacco crop, expresses the belief that as soon as the tobacco growers over the country learn of the abundance of the cheap Orangeburg soil, which is very rich with potash, Houston county will be a great tobacco center. The growth of tobacco here has long ago passed the experi- mental stage, and it is beyond any question that a superior grade of tobacco, producing the very finest cigar fillers, can be grown in Houston county. The suit which E. Locker & Co., of Brooklyn have brought against the Amer- ican Tobacco Co , is chiefly remarkable for the dogged persistance with which the plainiffs have laid their plans. Months ago the Locker peoplo sent out a circular to the independent trade fully presenting their side of the case, and asking for suggestions or comment of any kind. The suit is brought to recover $100,- 000 from the combine for alleged perse- cution which the Locker firm claims laid waste its business and gave it the altern- ative of being bound hand and foot to the American Tobacco Co., or. going into banktuptcy. E. Locker & Co. are one of the old concerns of Brooklyn, and they have prepared their case with the greatest care. It is not to be supposed that the Ameri- can Tobacco Co. will let the case go by default, so that the result will determine accurately how far a manufacturer can coerce a jobber in the way in which he shall handle the former's goods. Some months ago the story of the bringing ot the suit was printed in The Tobacco World with an account of the relations of the Locker Co. to the Amer- ican Tobacco Co., as told by the former. In view of the importance of the case it is well to review some of these facts. The plaintiffs are John A. Locker and Elma Locker, comprising the firm of E. Locker & Co., wholesale and retail to- bacconists, at 267-273 Bushwick avenue. The concern, which was established in 1862 by the late Henry Berbert, is known in the trade as the largest inde- pendent dealer of its class in Greater New York, and one of the largest in the United States. The defendants are the American and Metropolitan Tobacco Companies. The attorney for the plaint iff is Lawyer Frederick P. Bellamy, of 204 Montague street The fight by the Lockers is for legal protection against what the firm declares and believes to be an unlawful combina- tion in restraint of trade, whereby they are restricted in the free pursuit of busi ness in New York State. They even go so far as to declare that the whole weight of the combined capital of the two de- fendants, is thrown against them in an effort to either crush the firm out of business, or to buy them out at the trust's own valuation. The plaintiffs claim that they have al- ready been damaged to the extent of ^100,000 through the alleged unlawful acts of the defendants, and they ask the courts to declare unlawful and void the combination, agreements and arrange- ments between the defendants com- plained of; also that the defendants, their officers and agents, and each of their respective managers, officers, servants and attorneys, be perpetually enjoined and restrained from acting with the com- bination and under the agreements and arrangements ; also that they be restrained from refusing to sell their tobacco or its products to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs further ask that the defendants be en- joined from resorting to threats of any sort, intimidation, force or fraud, either oral or written, calculated to interfere with any purchases o f tobacco, o r its product, by the plaintiffs from those who are customers of the defendants, and from inflicting or threatening to inflict penalties upon customers of the^trust who do sell to the plaintiffs. For more than forty years the Bush- wick avenue concern has been in busi- ness as jobbers and dealers in tobacco in the same place. Under the manage- ment of the founder and the successors, the plaintiffs, was built up a business said to be second to none in the United States, doing both a wholesale and retail business. In the complaint in this suit the plaintiffs say that they enjoyed the advantages of competition until after the formation of the American Tobacco Co. in 1890. This was followed by the ab- sorption of nearly two hundred tobacco manufacturing houses; then, inii899, by the incorporation of the Metropolitan To- bacco Company, a combination of the tobacco jobbers of New York] City to control distribution in Greater New York. In this way, say the plaintiffs, the two companies, closely allied, got^,control and market at least 90 per cent of the tobacco output, which is. ^marketed in Greater New York, thus leaving ^about 10 per cent to be handled by independ- ent dealers. Following the organization |of the to- bacco trust, the American. Tobacco Co., say the plaintiffs, solicited their business and through the representatives of the trust urged them to d o business with them, promising, the plaintiff declares, that at all times the firm's iorders would receive prompt attention upon the most favorable ruling terms. The plaintiffs say that they relied uponjthejrepresenta- tions of the American Tobacco Company and finally handled almost exclusively the products of the company. This situation! continued, says the plainiffs, until 1899, when ^the| Metro- politan Tobacco Company was incorpo- rated. The latter company js. made up o f jobbing concerns i n [^Greater New York and has a capital of »$ 1,000,000. Just what happened jafter |thel forma- tion of the last company, according to the plaintiffs, is told in^the. circular sent to the tobacco trade by E. Locker & Co. "The American Tobacco Co.," states the circular, "having quietly^secured and put out of business all the,,eoncerns of which we could buy the merchandise which had thus by its actj. become indis- pensible to our business, notified us in substance that, under arrangements made with the Metropolitan Tobacco Co., the tobacco trade of Greater New York, in- cluding ourselves, would thereafter be supplied with goods only through the Metropolitan Tobacco Co. , as its repre- sentative and distributer, and that there- after it would not fill any further orders in Greater New York, except those which came through the Metropolitan Tobacco Company." The plaintiffs say further that in com- pliance with this arrangement the firm did business through the Metropolitan Tobacco Co. until May or June of last year, when, without any just cause or complaint of the firm' s course of business, and in defiance of the previous under- standing, the Metropolitan Tobacco Co., as they believe, through the direction of the American Tobacco Co. , has refused to fill the firms orders at any price for any of the merchandise marketed or con- trolled by the American Tobacco Co. The reason for this move, from the stand- point of the plaintiffs, is indicated in their complaint as well as in the circular quoted from above. THEY SMOKE ALL THEY LIKE. This Correspondent Says Indiana Law is a Dead Letter. Brazil, Ind., June 25. In spite of the fact that at several places over the State arrests have been made lor violating the anti cigarette law, it is felt that to a large degree the law is a dead letter. In nearly every instance in the State where arrests have been made there was something back of the cases, usually the victim being a stranger. An arrest under the new law was made at Terre Haute, the victim being a poor fellow that was trying to get a lew dollars together by selling cigarette papers. There can be no doubt that cigarettes are smoked here, some of them on the street, but usually it is done a little more slyly than in the past. Still the sticks are smoked. There is no trouble experienced in getting cigarette papers, although they are not being sold here. The big tobacco people, as soon as the law was passed, set about to find some way of eluding the law. They saw to it that the law did not apply to the furnishing of cigarette papers to private parties from out the State. Hence these companies furnish papers free. While the authorities here are as anxious as could be to enforce the law they are finding it very difficult to do so. WEATHER HELD UP CONNECTICUT CROP FOR A FEW DAYS. New Haven, Conn., June 23. According to the reports as given out by the main office of the weather bureau the peculiar recent antics of the weather have been favorable instead of a hindrance to the crops throughout the country with the possible exception of the tobacco crop in Connecticut. The work of transplanting, which had been begun when the unfavorable weather started, was retarded to some extent, necessitating especial care of the crop while the weather lasted. The work has been started again, however, and no serious results are looked for, the only trouble being on account of insects, C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf ^Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD MSNgrociGAR 114 (lord LANCASTER, IO Havana 123 n. third st JiVetterlein & Co. Importers of HAVANA and SUMATRA and Packers of DOMESTIC LEAF Tobacco 115 Arch Street, Philadelphia. T. > »D &.T*^ '*'•■• H. Doha*. fLOR ^%is^ t 7 Jfe"^ DOHAN&TAITT, ^7 0D,j Inqrarters of Havana and Sumatra ^V^ Packers of ^^^^ j,^^ ^^^ ^ X«A/ TobaccoK WB»^ PHII^ADA. Established 1825 \X> IMPORTERS OF ^ nV Havana and Sumatra and PACKERS of Leaf Tobacco 322 and 324 North Third Street, Philadelphia IDLIUS HIRSCHBERG HARRY HIRSCHBERG Julius Hirschberg & Bro. Tobacco St., Phila. rters of Havana and Sumatra AND Packers of Seed heaf 232 North L. BAMBERGER &z: CO. •f SEED LEAP ■AVANA ead SUMATRA TOBACCO 111 Arch St, Philadelphia : Lancaster, Pa.; Milton Junction, Wis.; BaldwinsvlIle.K.V* ^The Empire '"P^rtersaridlDeaiersiB L- fj^ SEED LEAF, eaf lobacco havana ^o., Ltd. and SUMATRA II8N.3(lSt.Phila. lENJ. LABE JACOB LABtt SIDNB¥ IM BENJ. LABE & SONS, Importers ot SU MAT R A and HAVANA Packers & Dealers in I^BAF TOBACCQ 2JI and 233 North Third Street PHILADMLPSIA, PA. IiEOPOliD LiOEB 8t 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. J. S. BATROPF. 224 Arch St., Philadelphia, Broker in LEAF T0B;I©©0 I ^ I 1 0 ling & JN e Wman, Sumatra & Havana 2J» N. THIRD ST., PHILADELPHIA, ' Packers of Seed Leaf. ~ T&3r . A. O^*-^^® dS O^- <^o^j> Havana 123 n. third st IMPORTERS O^^ "" RmutOMLfHlA SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS EVERYWHERE 5'CIGAR WRITE FOR FULL PARTICULARS MENTION TOBACCO WORLD BAYUK BROS. CIGAR CO. Makers. Philadelphia. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I The Old Salesman's Musings. DON'T GET TOO FAMILIAR. I believe that some, in fact a good many, salesmen, after they have swung around their territory two or three years, and got so they could call half their cus tomers by their first names, begin to be- lieve that neither their own concern or their customers' could possibly get along without them. They acquire a cock sure, always at home air that to some men would be maddening. Years ago, I may have done it myself, I don't know, but it really appears to me that the younger breed is a good deal perter than the preceding generation. For instance I was in an office the other day when a youngster stepped in with a couple of cases. "Hello, Chollie," he said to the boss. "Good morning, Mr. Green," was the answer. ' 'Chollie' ' is a man of about sixty, and he has always had so many friends, that a large proportion of those who enter his place will address him — by right — by hit Christian name. This young fellow had been in a half dozen times, had heard others call the man by his first name, and had promptly followed suit Whether it's in the copy books or not, there is a respect due irom youth to ma- turity, that is too frequently disregarded these days of butt- in and climb over. But to go back to the original proposi- tion, I don't want to knock my own craft except for its own good, but if you'll notice, you will see that 1 am speaking the truth when 1 say that too many sales- men are getting to be matter-of-course loungers. I have in mind one man in particular. I have never come into personal contact with him, and I dare say he is a fair enough fellow in his own way. What I have seen of him, though, has not pro- duced a very favorable impression. We all have our faults and virtues, and this fellow is probably no worse than the everage, but he ought to keep his faults out of his business. The man has his own route, and ever since I have been seeing him, has never deviated from it That fixes it so that he stops m the same places in the same towns at regular times.- He works for a house that puts out cracker jack goods, and though this fellow originally built up his ♦ kw«%«%«%%-f >^ they would get the full value of their money, and probably more. So they would be in the position of saving the whole ot their money, by spending a third or half of it. It is true that the average dealer counts on running his business pretty closely himself, and needs or thinks he needs his clerks only to help him out, but in this he is making a big error. He is liable to sickness at any time, he is likely to have to leavc^the store and go away at different times, there are a hundred and one things that he can't expect to be able to do himself, and he is compelled to be continually haunted by the feeling that unless he is on deck, everything is going or likely to go wrong. It's worth money just to get away from that feeling, and in view of the fact that every sue- cessful cigar and tobacco retail business in the country owes its success to the personality or personalties back of it, it would seem a self evident enough pro- position that the dealer would be making money when he is buying assistance, to buy some brains along with it. • • • A HEART TO HEART TALK WITH THE CLERK. T ET every clerk ask himself once in a while, unless he is above such old- fashioned ideas, whether he is working ten or twelve hours a day just to draw his pay at the end of the week, pay his board and spend the remainder on his night off, or whether he is a clerk because it is necessary to be a clerk before he becomes something more important. As a rule a cigar clerk does not make enough to buy many diamonds, and if he is young h e will probably a good many times a week, wish he was as well fixed as some prosperous looking cus- tomer. It's easy to wish, but outside of fairy- tales, wishing never brought any tangible results. Moreover, the great majority of the prosperous customer, never reached their condition of prosperity by wishing, but by years of hard work. Advice is always tiresome to the young, and it's the easiest thing in the world to write when you have a pen in your hand. But it still stands to reason that if a man has a job that he thinks is no good, his only hope is to get a better job, or make the ene he has got worth more. If he is capable of holding a better job right off, let him go ahead and get it. If he isn't, the thing to do is to forget his troubles and plug away to make the one he's got size up more like a real position. If by your actions you make it evident that you aie "on to your job," that you know your business, and that, as your mind is on your work all the time, you are a little quicker than the next man to understand a thing, your boss isn't going to loose you. He may think he can't afford to pay any more, but when it comes to the point of losing you he 11 come up. Besides that, you'll gain con fidence and self respect. You'll get that feeling of knowing that you are worth something and can command something. That asset alone, is worth more to a man than the best of luck. This is not to be mistaken for the know it all air. That manner is pos- sessed by the man who never took the trouble to learn anything, but at the start off knew more about it than the inventor. He can always be detected, so if you have got the real goods, you don't have to worry about any such rivalry as that. Now while you are going along trying to improve yourself, remember that in addition to working so many hours a day for your employer, you owe just as much to the customer. Every customer pays a percentage of your salary, and is en- titled to some of your work, just as much as the man who actually hands you your money. If the customer could get along without you, he would not have to pay as much for his cigars or cigarettes You have a right to count each pleased cus- tomer, as a step toward a more important position Remember another thing. Nothing gains a customer's confidence so much as an evident desire to see that gets what he wants and his money's worth. The customer is quick to appreciate such an attitude, and he will invariably go out of his way to come to you again, if he can. He will take your word for it, and he will depend on you. And the proprietor is very quick to notice these little things. There is an old, but true story which perhaps you have heard, of a millionaire who walked into a friend's jewelry store in New York to buy a wedding present for his daughter. He was one of the self made variety, and his clothes made him look more like a Sunday farmer than what he was. The supercilious clerks looked him over and when he approached looked another way. Finally the old chap got way back in the store in front of a young fellow who was anxious to make good. The strange looking customer asked for some dinner plate, and the young clerk brought out a set costing a couple of thousand dollars or so. He was all attention, listened closely to everything the old man said, and did all he could to follow his wishes. The millionaire looked at several sets that didn't seem to suit, each one more expensive than the last Finally he said : "Haven't you got anything better than this junk?" The clerk hesitated a moment and then said that they had. He remembered a set that had nearly been finished for a royal family of Europe, but which for some unavoidable reason had been re- fused before the crest had been put on. He brought it out. It tickled the old man immensely. "I'll take it," he said. "Yes sir," said the clerk. "How large a deposit do you care to make? ' "Oh, I'll pay for the whole thing," said the farmer looking customer indif- ferently. He drew out a check book, and wrote his check for fifty thousand, the price of the set. The clerk took the check into the office and showed it to one of the firm. "Is this good?' he asked. The firm glanced at the signature. "Good as gold, ' he replied and hurried out all bows and smiles. The old man came back Christmas, and though every clerk in the store bowed low as he passed, he trudged back to the young fellow in the rear and bought thirty thousand dollars' worth of stuff from him. And, of course, the young clerk has now got a very good job with the firm, for a clerk with an eighty thou- sand dollar a year customer is not to be treated lightly. And the young fellow got his good luck, if you can call it good luck, because he was not too good to treat a mean look ing customer civilly. THB TOBACCO WOKLD Make Change Without Loss Mistakes that occur in making change are avoided by system, customer gave this reason v^hy she trades with Mr. Hardy: "Mr. Hardy's National Cash Register counts the money that is taken in, and if a mistake is made in making change you can always have it corrected. "I once made a 1 0-cent purchase and handed the clerk $5. He handed me 90 cents. I did not notice the error until I reached home. I called Mr. Hardy's attention to it and he opened his National Cash Register and balanced his cash. It showed that there were four dollars more in the drawer than called for by the sales record." A National Cash Register accurately records each transaction, whether cash, credit, money received on account, money paid or money changed, and shows the clerk's initial. Let our representative call and explain our system to you. Ctx.t off Here andl snail to us today NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO., DAYTON. OHIO I own a. Please explain to yumr me what kind of a register is best suited for my business. This does not obligate me to buy. A'ldrum .\". dcrks Please Meation The Tobacco World THE OLD SALESMAN'S MUSINGS. (Concluded from page 5) — — , travels for So & So You don't have to pay any attention to him." At that time, a deal was in progress, by which the visitor entered into part nership with the man he was talking to. And the next time the salesman came around, he was installed at the main desk, the other man being out of town. The salesman came m like a ton of coal, ms usual, threw his cases down and fell into a chair. "Gawd, I'm tired," he shouted. As it happened, there was no one else in the office but the new member of the firm and myself. That gentleman never made a move to look up from his work. ••Where the 's Jim," continued the talesman, brightly. "I'll bet the old son of a gun is off on a drunk. ' ' Still no move. The salesman didn' t teem to mind it much, for it had never entered his head that anybody was trying to snub him. He lighted a cigar, puffed it for a few seconds, and threw it into the cuspidor. "Gimme a decent cigar," he said. "This one burns like a bum rag." Still no sign. ••Siy, this place is like a damn morgue," went on the salesman, appa- rently in a sohloquy. ••Nobody around, Jim on a drunk, and the joint run by a guy with a shy receiver." At this, the man at the desk turned around very dignifiedly, and said: "If you mean in your peculiar patois to im> ply that I am deaf, I am not. If you mean by your frequent mention of 'Jim, ' Mr. , my partner, I am pleased to inform you that he is out of town. If you have anything like a business proposition that we are likely to be interested in, and that you can reduce to three minutes, that much of my time is at your dis- posal. If you haven't I must say good morning. I'm busy, and you seem rather noisy." The salesman opened his mouth and shut it about three times, and then, Uter- ally speechless with wrath and wonder, grabbed u p his case and hiked out. When he got about a block away he re- covered himself enough to ejaculate, ••Well, what d'y'u know about that?" When the senior partner of the firm re- turned, the other man, after discussing some immediate matters, said : ••Do we absolutely have to do business with So & So? " (the salesman's firm.) • •No, I don' t suppose we have, to but they sell good stuff on good terms." "Well, it will be a great favor to me, if you will write them either to send an other salesman, hereafter, or make us out a statement up to date. ' ' The letter went, but it was only a little while ago, and I don't know how it has come out. As I said at first, though, there are a whole lot of salesmen who are likely to be a little too confident and too much at home in another man's office, and it doesn't always pay. The Old Salesman. — ^The Verdon Cigar Company, ot Kalamazoo, Mich. , has increased its cap- ital from |6o,ooo to 1 100, 000, and will make extensive improvements in the plant. John A. Hoffman is President of the company. E. A. O^*:*^^® <& Oo» <^^^ Havana 123 n. third st OBO. W. BRBMBR. Jm. WALTBR. T. BRBMBl^ BREMER BROS. Sc BOEHM, -^^ Importer 119 North Third St., PHILADELPHIA v C ^T^ 1 Leaf Tobacco Importers. Packers stntf Dealers ia B0TTS&KEELY, Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco No. 148 North Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. HIPPLE BROS. Importers and Packers of and Dealers in LEAF TOBACCOS No. 23! Arch Street, PHILADELPHIA. PfllUPPJ.KoLB EdwamiT.Colqan RD Street, Philadelphia. S.Weinberg, IMPORTER OP Sumatra and HayanCi ^Dealer in all kinds of Seed Leaf 120 North Third Street* Philadelphia. Tobacco Oar Retail DepartmeM U Strictly Up-to-Date. Importer of AND Dealer in G. H. BOESCH, Leaf Tobacco SUMATRA and HAVANA a Specialty, In Quantities to Suit Purchasers. 312 North Third St., Philadelphia. VELENCHIK BR.OS. h LEAF T0B;I-Zaidco HABANA, CUBA, Pacer .n/^^^*^ F. I Rl BARREN, '"^ Bxp'o'Vter of H a V a n a Leaf Tobacco Vveha Abajo and Partidos a Specialty Dragones 94, HAVANA CUBA Special attention paid to tobacco suitable for the American market SUAREZ HERMANOS, (S. en C.) Growers, Packers ¥ i! Tl 1 and Dealers In MjBSLI iOOaCCO FIQURAS 39-41. caWe; •oaum" HAVANA. CUBA« HpARTAeASj-S Independeot Cigar Factory The Oldest Brand PARTAGAS YG? 4&9BAN^ Cif uentes, Fernandez y Ca« Cable: CiPBR. Proprietors 174 Industria Street Habana, Cuba# MANUEL LAZO Almacenista de Tabaco en Rama Remates a Specialty English Spoken 199 MANRIQUE Telephone 6146 HAVANA Jose Menendez, A^lmacenista de JLahaco en Rama Sspecialidad Tabaco de Partidi Vegas Proprias Cosechado por el Monte 26, Habana, Cuba« ^ Jo'"*^^ Y. P. Castaneda JOJ^GE 8t P. CASTflJlEDA GROWERS, PACKERS_and EXPORTERS of Hsivana Iieaf Tobaeco Dragones 108-110, HA VA NA FERNANDO FERNANDEZ y HNO. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Kama SpeciaJ<]r in VuelttL Abtjo. Scau VoeU*. y PartUa. Industrie. 176, ^ HABANA, CUBA. GUSTAVO SALOMON Y HNOS, Especialidad en Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Partidos y Vuelta ArrU» Monte 114, (P. O. Box) Ap«rt«do 270. TT -1- , , C«ble: Zalbzgon. JlIcLOSLIISL AIXALA ®. CO., Havana Leaf Tobacco Cardenas Z, aiul Corrailes 6 and t, HAVANA. CUBA. ••"""^l^ ATTENTION PAID TO THE WANTS OF AMERICAN BUYERJLM P. O. Box 298. Cable Address, "Aixalaco." ^^^^ # # C. A. HOST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD II E*t*bli*hed 1834 Independent Vnelta Abajo Factory Por Larraiiaga Cigar Manufactory ANTONIA LOPEZ CUERVO, Proprietress ANTONIO J. RIVERO. Manager 2 Belascoain (B), HAVANA, CUBA Trade Mark Registered Cable Address: Por Laranaga. Havana Annexed Brands : Alexander II., Flor de Rivero, Ready and Rou^K, Sir Walter Raleigh Lcl Colunvnia de Ibl Victori«L, Lbl IrmeL, and L«l Guipuzcoana. ^^'ifiAfiP^S Por Larranaga, under the management of Don Ricardo Rivero, is doing a very satisfactory business, although a large share of the credit belongs also to Don Antonio J Rivero' s propaganda i n Europe. Ramon Allones and Cruz Roja is doing well likewise, so Rabell, Costa, Vales & Co. are quite satisfied with their share of the orders that are coming in. The death of General in-Chief Don Maximo Gomez, on Saturday evening, has caused a deep felt sorrow in the whole Island of Cuba, as next to the invaluable aid given by the United States in creating the Cuban Republic, his ser- vices as commander in chief of the Cuban liberating forces during the ten and three years war will never be forgotten. Havana is draped in mourning, all amusements JOSE F. ROCHA, HavanR Leaf Tobacco Especialidad Tabacos Finos de Vuelta Abajo, Fartido y Vuelta Arriba San Miguel lOO, Cable: "DoNAi.i,ss." HABANA, CUBA. SRAU, PLyqNAS Y ©I/I. Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama CalzadadelaReina 22, „ ^ ^ ^ Habana, Cuba Cable : Graplanas. CHARLJES BLASCO, COMMISSION MERCHANT LEAF TOBACCO and CIGARS, Obispo 29, c.bie-'Bi«co." Habana, Cuba. Sol has already received large orders were stopped as soon as the news of his for new cigais from Germany, a proof death had been spread, and the funeral that the samples sent out some time ago services tomorrow will be observed with have been very acceptable. Behrens & the same pomp as if he had been th Co. have made some heavy purchases of President of the Cuban Republic. His the finest Vuelta Abajo lowland vegas, a body is lying in state in the red room of guarantee to the smokers that the Sol the palace, and there is a ceaseless cigars will be extra choice this year. stream of people trying to say a last Eden has steady customers who always goodbye to his mortal remains. Officially ask for them, therefore, Calixto Lopez & all business is closed for three days, in Co. are working with good forces t» fill respect to his memory. Receipts From the Conntry Week Ending Since Vuelta Abajo Semi Vuelta Partido Matanzas S. Clara t Remedies Santiago de Cuba June 17 Bales 1 2, 290 983 2,071 I 140 Jan. I. Bales 53.378 4.728 12,133 23 9.577 4.633 Total 15.485 84,472 BIGGER NEW YORK CROP THIS YEAR. orders for the United States, England and Germany. Storing. Selling tt.nd Other Notes of In* terest. Mat Berriman, who came over here in company with his foreman Jose Sanchez, has made some heavy purchases amount- ing to over 1,000 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido, part of which came from escojidas packed expressly for Berriman Bros. Sobrinos de A Gonzales sold 600 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to Northern buyers and local manufacturers. H more vegas had been completed they would have done a larger business still. Leonard Friend, who left here on Satur- day after a ten days' stay in Havana and the country, has purchased close to 500 bales of the best styles of the old Vuelta Abajo leaf, and it is stated, that he has J ^„.„ „ „ ^ „^«^:.,i account of possible chilly weather; but made arrrangements upon some special *^ ' ' vegas and packings of the new crops of '^"^ ^^^^^ ^'"^ ^°°k'"g ^^"f^y ^"^ ^^"« Vuelta Abajo and Partido for his firm of ^'^ P^«"^y °^ P^^"*^' Wayne county was formerly an im GONZALMZ, BSNITBZ <& CO. e Almacenistas de Tabaco en Rama y Viveres Amargura 12 and 14, and San Ignacio 25, Cable: "Tebenitez.* P. O. Box 396. HABANA, CUBA, Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, MONTE 199, Cable: Andamira. HABANA, CUBA. LOMB-NUNMZ HAVANA CO, giDiaGeiiistas le Tanaco en nania 142 and 144 Consulado Street, HABANA. Cable:— Rbporm. Prospect of Good Prices Induces Farmers to Plant. Rochester, N. Y., June 26. The warm weather is a very welcome change for the tobacco growers of this State. The work of putting out the plants is about to begin, although some growers prefer to wait a little longer even, on HENRY VONEIFF r. VIDAL CRVZ VONEIFF Y VIDAL CRUZ ''"Etorte^s^'of LEAF TOBAeeO 73 Amistad Street, HAVANA, CUBA. Branch iIoasei:-616 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Nd. O. Box 433. TcLmpa.. Fl^ Friend & Co., New York. Jorge & P. Castaneda were sellers to the extent of 300 bales of their choice Tumbadero leaf. Joseph Mendelsohn, of Manuel Suarez & Co., has been very busy the past week with several customers. Bruno Diaz & Co. disposed of 200 bales of Vuelta Abajo and Partido to Northern buyers, but several large trans- actions are still pending. Simon Batt and his son Jesse have been seen all over the market, and will leave for the Vuelta Abajo tomorrow. Gonzalez, Benitez & Co. turned over 100 bales of Vuelta Abajo last week. portant tobacco producing section, but the low prices which prevailed for several J. H. CAYRO & SON Dealers in Leaf Tobacco Specialty: Vuelta Abajo and Partido years drove the farmers from the business Warehouse and Office, 92 DrdLgOAes Street, HAVANA, CUBA until last year the acreage was the small est that has been known for more than twenty years. Not more than twenty- five acres were raised in all of Wayne county, where formerly hundreds of acres grew. This year the prospects are better and the acreage will be increased. NEW FIRM OF JOBBERS IN NEWARK Newman & Lewin are a new firm of wholesalers and manufacturers' agents, in cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, which has been recently started in Newark, N. Cable Address: ' Joskca.vro.' Correspondence solicited in English BVARISTO GARCIA JOSE M. GARCIA JOSB DIAZ J. M. GARCIA Y CIA. Almacenistas de Tabaco Partido y Vuelta Abajo CON San Nicolas 126 y 128, VEGAS PROPIAS Cable: "Jomagarcia" HABANA, CUBA Avelino Pazos, who arrived this week, j. The company, which is composed has come principally for the purpose of of Joseph Newman and I. Lewin, is inspecting the receipts of the new Vuelta doing business at 1 17 Commerce street, Abajo from his own packings, and says and is handling the Allen Tobacco Co's he is highly pleased with the appearance well known brand of • 'Teloncttes" in of the 1905 crop. New Jersey. A. M. CALZADA & CO. Packersland Dealers in ..d COMMISSION MERCHANTS Monte 156, HABANA, CUBA. p. O. BOX. d93. CabUi **CALUA.** IS TBB TOBACCO VOELD <^h^^^^^ aku^g^ ^44 ^fn*d^0l€Ai^0^. ^LEAFLTOeACCOr OPPices : ^OCTROIT.MICM. jM8TERDAM,HOl.l.ANO. AHAVANAfCUBA. NcwJYbRfe AteMecNKn. CABU aOokcss'tachucla* NEW YOR^. fOB, S. GANS MOSES J. CANS JSROMS WAI.I,ER BDWIN I. ALBXANDBS JOSEPH S. CANS ®. CO. Packers of L^&CLL L O D3/CCO Ktophone-346 John. No. 150 WoLtcf S" "^"^*» °^ ^ ^^^^^ turer who has a number o f standard S°'"« °" ^^* assumption that by waiting brands was complaining the other day ^^^^ ^*" ^^ ""^^^ *° g«* *'«"«'• P""»- on account of the way certain new brands ^^^'^ '^ ^^" ^*^*" imperative that they are put into the stores. '^^^^^^ **^^* '*^^ ^"'^^^X' ^^^V have ••It hurts legitimate business," said he, **°"Sht, but grumbled at the prices. It "and there is no excuse for it. because ^""^ '° *"* **** general impression it very seldom pays. A manufacturer ^'"^"S the manufacturers that when the gets out a new brand that he wants to "^'^ "^'^P °P*"'' '°^*' P"*^^^ will prevail get into the retail stores. He knows he °" *^^ important grades. There is abso- will have hard work to get the retailers ^^^^^^ "° ^ood reason for supposing this, to buy his cigar, unless he is doing a ^""^ '^ " ^^"^ P°''*^^*= ^P^"*^'* ^^ *" ^^^ tremendous amount of advertising, and n wait awhile, that his stock is full up and ^°^^ °^ *'*''^''^° ^^^'^ ^^^y ''^^^sed in the he's got a lot of dead ones on his hands ^"^ P^^*^®* • • , already, the salesman says: Considerable disappointment is mani* 'Well, I'll send you a thousand and fested among the trade at the apparently you can pay for them when they are sold, necessary postponement until fall of the And remember that^.I've always been a trial of E Locker & Co. 's suit against the good friend to you, so speak a good word American Tobacco Co. Everybody was for them when you can, will you? watching the case and was eager for the • 'The dealer accepts them on those developments which it is promised it will terms andjon^account of his desire to do bring out Then again the outcome will the salesman a favor, does try to sell a be very significant to jobbers in their few. 1 he cigar may go all right, and it relations with the American Tobacco Co., may not. The chances are that it wont, and it is with much impatience that those for a good many more brands will fail interested prepare to wait until November, than succeed. Anyhow, while four or • • • five hundred dealers are trying to make A number of jobbers, manufacturers, the thing go, the business on the regular dealers, etc. . were visited during the # m THB TOBACCO WORLD 13 week by special agents of the department of justice who are collecting investigation evidence. S o far, nobody has been found who was willing to repeat categori- cally a conversation with one of these gentlemen, and so it is not possible to say how well they are making out. When it gets down to the pinch, however, a good many jobbers who feel that they have a grievance, don't like to go on record, even in confidence as making their charges in detail. • • • J. W. Surbrug, of the Surbrug*Co. , is back in town from an extended trip through the West and Northwest and has nothing but good to say of how the Sur- brug goods are moving in these sections. The new Grain Plug Cut has made a kill- ing and Mr. Surbrug says he was really surprised at the way it caught on every- where it has been placed. Charles Wasserman, of the B. Wasser- man Co., will spend a couple of months in Europe. He left last week on the steamer Grosser Kurfuerst. George Wyatt, of E. A. Kline & Co. , left last Thursday for Cuba, where he will spend two or three weeks for the house. George V. Watson, leaf importer, and William J. Hazlewood, of Leopold &Co. , are on a fishing trip in Canada which may last as long as the sport is good. Samuel Hamburger, of Hamburger Bros & Co., is another one to join the colony of American buyers in Havana. Mr. Hamburger left last Saturday and will be away a couple of months. Sam. H. Harris, president of the Khe- divial Co., who has just returned from a trip to New England, states that the firm is about to put a new plain tipped cigar- ette on the market called the Oxford, which will go to the trade at $10,50 and sell to the consumer at ten for fifteen cents. The Allen Tobacco Co, has an nounced the withdrawal of all gratis offers on their Telonette extra large little cigars to take effect after July i. All orders mailed prior to this date will be accepted on the present arrangement. The A. H. Hillman Co. is giving two packages of Patterson Cut Plug with each dozen packages of Patterson Seal, at 47 cents. This deal has been in affect since June 19. • • • On last Tuesday the board of United States general appraisers made an at- tempt to settle the controversy between importers and customs officials regarding the monetary values used in making out invoices •i goods from Cuba. The protests decided by the customs tribunal stood in the names of the Ha- vana Tobacco Co.. G. S. Nicholas, and the Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co., all of New York. Most of the merchandise affected by the decision are cigars and cigarettes. It seems that the phrase "Spanish gold" is used upon the in- voices, to express the monetary unit in which they are made out The collector of the port assessed upon the merchan- dise the proper rate of duty, reducing the money in which the invoices are ex- pressed to the money of the United States, giving each unit the value of 96.5 cents. It is against this action that the im- porters protest contending that the value should have been found to be 92.6 cents. Two grounds are assigned by the im porters as the basis for their contention. That a clerical error was made in making out the invoices, in that they should have been made out in Cuban pesos instead of Spanish gold, and that the collector erred in the value which he placed upon the monetary unit used in the invoices. Although the director of the mint of ficially recognizes the Cuban peso, Gen eral Appraiser Hay, who writes the de cision for the board, thinks the director's action has no weight of authority for the reason that Cuba has not adopted a national currency. The board finds that inasmuch as Cuba has not a monetary standard, it will be incumbenton importers to prove to the satisfaction of collectors of customs the exact amount paid by them for the merchandise appearing on the invoices. Mr. Hay acknowledges that his ruling will work a hardship to importers. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, re- cently issued a letter stating that the Cuban peso should be converted into United money on the basis of 91 cents. As the protests acted upon by the board were filed prior to Mr. Shaw's order, it is possible that the importers and the treasury authorities may reach an agree- ment ANOTHER PA. CIGAR FACTORY. One Being Built at Em&us to be Occupied by Jeitles ^i»^fc •^Packers of Connecticut Laaf 1 vf LIClv/\^V 125 Maiden Lane^ NEW YORK. rD H. SmzXS American Tobacco Co. Makers of the Famous Boot Jack Plug Piper Heidsieck 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 /. T. Plug Battle Ax Plug Always Uniform and Reliable They Please All Tastes 14 THE TOBACCO W O R I. D as aE=c FACTORY No. 7 ]0I MORHij BAD WEATHER AT THE HVB. G. H. Sachs. Lancdster, Pa. C. S. COOPER, Manufacturer of Fine and Domestic Cigars WEST EARL, PA. TOBACCOS THAT SELL "DARK HORSE"— The fruit flavored scrap chewing. ••CTI VFtt MflflN"— ^^* ^®®^ granulated smoking for either pipe or MLiVIlill JnUUli cigarette. The smoke for the man who knows. "BLACK THREADS"-?,^J„fer' ^^"^^ ^°°^ *'''' '"**''*"* "*""" "SUN TIME^—A long cut smoking that always gives satisfaction. "RED SETTER"— The natural leaf scrap smoking. MCpnilT" A "OLE VIRGINY"'"^^'^ *^*^" °^ granulated smoking. UNION MADE UNIVERSAL COUPONS packed in each package for the consumer. Also FIVE UNIVERSAL COUPONS in each carton of "DARK HORSE,** -SILVER MOON." and "BLACK THREADS." for the retailer. Writ* ■■ lor aamples and prices. •THE GEM CITY TOBACCO CO., DAYTON, OHIO. 3 o H East Jefferson Little Prince Pan American S. SMITH Si SON, MANUFACTURERS 112.14-16 East Jefferson Street, ALLEGHENY, PA. S H H C o H o 2 S V3 PITTSBURG STOGIES A LINE OF HIGH-GRADE Tobacco Spraying Goods For Cigar and Tobacco Factories and Leaf Tobacco Dealers. MISTING SPRAYING FLAVORING CASING WHITEWASHING Fountain Spr«k.yer for misting fillers .... $4.00 Simplicity Automatic Sprayer 7.50 Little Climax TobcLCCo Punvp 10.00 Progress Jr. Spraying Machine 16.50 Also nvftke Ur^ Field Sprayer which covers four rows at one time. Send for free Catalogue. DAYTON SUPPLY CO., Buc'ors to Nixon Nozxle & Mach. Cm DAYTON, O, Continual Rain Made a Difference in Week's Retail Receipts. Boston, Mass., June 25. Five consecutive days of rain this past week caused quite a shrinkage in the receipt of many of the retailers. Yester- day was a nice day. and many dealers claim their Saturday's business was better than it usually is. The American Tobacco Co. has sales- men here selling Union Leader cut plug who are securing all available win- dows for a display of the same. Sample packages of this tobacco in i ounce tin foil are being distributed freely to the consumer of such class of tobaccos. A new deal is in force this week, to the effect that with every purchase of 2 pounds of plugs or cut plugs of the American Tobacco Co. brands, the retailer is getting one package of Union Leader i ^ ounce gratis. Horseshoe snuflf in the form of a 5 cent package has made its appearance here. Peter Woodland, a 5 cent cigar guar- anteed strictly long Havana filler is being placed with good success at Revere Beach. A new 5 cent cigar is being advertised hereon the bill board thus: "Get the Happy Habit. Sir Jonathan cigar made since 1893." Kozak, the new 5 cent mouth piece Turkish cigarette of the Khedivial Co., New York, with 10,000 guarantee that the cigarette contains nothing but pure Turkish tobacco is being successfully placed by H. Swick the local agent for this concern. James J. Condon the popular salesman for McGreenery & Manning was recently married to Miss Mary E. Healy an assistant editor on the "Youth's Com- panion." The happy couple spent their honeymoon seeing Niagara Falls. Myer J. Haim, with Shinasi Bros., is here once more, and as usual is kept busy booking orders for Naturals and Egyptian Prettiest H. Block, of Chas. Goldsmith & Co., leaf dealers, New York, was a recent visitor here, and managed to put through a few deals with some of the prominent cigar manufacturers. The Sweet Cherry Tip Cigarette Co., of 60 Merrimac street, is placing with the retailers a novelty in the line of paper cigarettes, viz. , a cigarette with a cherry tip in the fashion of a cork tip cigarette. Frank P. Norton, of F. P. Norton & Co., well known in business circles of this city, and for more than 35 years interested in the manufacture of cigars, died Monday morning and was buried on Thursday. Mr. Norton was a member of Boston Lodge Protective and Benevo- lent Order of Elks, and about 100 mem- bers of the lodge attencled the funeral. The Allen Tobacco Co. , of New York, has come outiwith a circular notifying the jobbers that on and after July i, all gratis on Telonettes extra large will be discontinued, and aill orders received prior to that date will be shipped in rotation to the best of their ability, and must be paid for within 20 days after shipment to obtain benefit of full dis- counts. A. Goldsmith, of Goldsmith, Silver & Co., left last night on an extended trip through the West. It is Mr. Goldsmith's intention to open many new accounts throughout the West and to put the M. C. A. cigar on a good footing in that territory. The United Cigar store located on Bowdoin square now closes evenings at 8 p. m. This store formerly kept open evenings until 11 p. m. J. Halpersohn, of the Hub Leaf To- bacco Co. , was a recent visitor to New York, and reports that the leaf dealers there are asking high prices for all kinds of desirable leaf. "Old Sport" Zugsmith, with the Ameri- can Stogie Co., is once more in our midst. At Harry Mandel's new store on Cam- bridge street, Harry says business is getting better daily and the constant clicking of his new cash register would verify his statement. El Cafe Bouquet cigars are getting to be favorites with many of his patrons. Gordon Bros., of 999 Washington street, reports trade quiet since the Co- lumbia Theatre opposite closed for the season. Although many worthy com- petitors sell the popular brands at cut prices, Messrs. Gordon are averse to this kind of business, and believe that successful cigar stores are the ones that sell goods at regular prices. It was decided by the label committee of Cigarmaker's Union 97 last Tuesday night, to address a letter to the labor unions of New England regarding the use of union made cigars and tobacco, and asking each union to make special efforts in its vicinity to advance the cause. Chas. L. Polep, a Hanover street job- ber, made a big purchase of cigars, to- bacco and cigarettes, from a revenue sale in New Hampshire and is now very busy disposing of the same. Porto Rico cigars must be coming into demand once more; Julius Cohen, the Merchants' Row cigar dealer tells me he has just purchased almost 50,000 of these cigars, and that his many customers prefer them to our popular domestic brands. Mr. Cheinstein, the manager of the cigar department, contemplates sailing for San Juan, P. R., on or about July I. Ben Ail AUTOMOBILE WITH 1.000 CIGARS. Some One Will Get Horseless Carriage at aL Low Figure. There have been coupon schemes and coupon schemes, premiums and premi- ums, but here is one that is perhaps hard to beat — a locomobile to the purchaser of 1,000 cigars at $30. Seems almost impossible, doesn't it? Yet it isn't. To be sure, there is not going to be a loco- mobile given with each thousand cigars purchased, but someone is going to get a locomobile valued at I7 50 for a purchase of 1,000 cigars at $30. The proposition comes from Shively, Miller & Co. , cigar manufacturers, at Pottstown^ Pa., and is made by them in absolute good faith, and will be carried out, as they arc thoroughly responsible and are not in the business of "promise breaking." This is the way it is done: With their F. F. V. brand of cigars, # )\ # TBS TOBACCO WOEtD If Rabell, Costa, Vales & Company Finest HeLva.na. Sole Purveyors, by Request, to tile Royal House of Spain. This Factory Being Independent is Enabled to Guarantee the Quality of its Products. CIGAHS Factory, GeLliaAO 98, \ Havaiva, Cuba. NATIONAL CUBA CO. S'^le Representative of tl e United Stntes .nrd Canada, 147 Water St., New York. which are regularly sold at I30 per M , there will be issued to each purchaser of 1,000 cigars a ticket, lArhich tickets are numbered consecutively. When the whole number of tickets allotted to this purpose shall have been distributed to purchasers a drawing will be held, and the holder of the coupon to the third ticket drawn will be presented with the locomobile. Not a bad scheme, that; is it? The manufacturers of the F. F. V. brand claim that the cigars are a combination Havana filler and Sumatra wrapper, hand made. If you want it, write them for full particulars. HOPEFUL BUDGET FROM LANCASTER Slight Improvement in the Leaf Market. What the Manufacturers are Doing. Lancaster, Pa., June 26. The local leaf market showed some slight improvement during the past week, and at least one transaction worthy of more than passing notice was reported. Tobacco growers are being favored with excellent growing weather, and the plants are showing it too. Manufacturing generally throughout the country seems in a more prosperous condition now than it has been for some weeks, and many factories continue to advertise for more cigarmakers. John Slater & Co , the well known •togie manufacturers, contemplate the erection of a new factory building in the near future, which will afford largely in- creased facilities. The new site is on Columbia avenue, almost opposite their present building, the ground having been secured. Business with this firm has been exceptionally good this year, and it is now believed the year's output will exceed that of any previous year by nearly 50 per cent. A. B. Levinite, of this city, has jast returned from a short business trip to Philadelphia and New York. Mr. Levi- nite is having the best year's business in his experience. His last trip increased his orders on hand to a considerable extent. A. D. Killheffer, of the Eureka Cigar Factory, at Millersville, states that he can scarcely get goods out fast enough to meet the demand. This is undoubt- edly one of the busiest factories in that section. Mr. Killheffer is placing on the market a new brand of goods un- der the title of Louise de Valois, which is a ten cent product, put up in highly artistic packages. It is made in eight sizes. J. G. Shirk, of this city, who is one of the best known wholesale tobacconists in the entire State, has been on a short business trip to New York, Philadelphia and other points, and placed considerable quantities of his special lines of goods with dealers. David Bricker, son of Capt. J. R. Bricker, formerly a well known cigar manufacturer of Liberty, this county, is spending a vacation period with his father. For over three years Mr. Bricker has been studying tobacco growing in the South, a short portion of the time having been spent in Florida, and the remainder in Cuba. He will return to Florida, to remain perhaps permanently |6 THE TOBACCO WORLD Established 1&81 THE Incorporated 1902 TeB/iee© Wgrld Published Every Wednesday B Y TH B TOBACCO WORLD PUBLISHING CO. 224 Arch Street. PhiladelpKioL Jav Y. Krout, J. M. BucKi,EY, H. C. McMands, President and Genl Manager. Editor. Secretary and Treasurer. Entered at the Post Office at Philadelphia, Pa., as second class matter. Tbi^Kphones:— Bell, Market 28-97 ; Keystone, Main 45-39^ Cable Address, Baccoworld. Havana Office, Post Office Box 36a. SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: One Year, $1.00 ; Six Months, 75 Cents; Single Copies, 5 Cents. In all countries of the Postal Union, $2.00 per year, postage prepaid. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION. Advertisements must bear such evidence of merit as to entitle them to public attention. No advertisement known or believed to be in any way calculated to mislead or defraud the mercantile public will be admitted. • Remittances may be made by Post Office Money Order, Registered Let- ter, Draft, or Express Order, and must be made payable only to the pub- lishers. Address Tobacco Wori,d Pubushing Co,, 224 Arch St., Philada.* PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 28, 1905 To Benefit Our Readers. The Tobacco World wants to receive from week to week all questions relating to the trade which may be puzzling its subscribers, and will be glad to supply any information in its possession or obtainable. The columns of the paper are also open to readers for the discussion of current trade topics. If you have a decided opinion on a matter, express it, and see if some one else has good reasons for thinking otherwise. All letters should be addressed to the'*Correspondence Editor" and must be accompanied by the name and ad- dress of the writer, which may be withheld when desired. "Upon bringing to us at dental coupons, we will give you 40 LET OUR CONSULS HELP THE AMER- land, information could be disseminated ■CAN MANUFACTURERS. in far greater abundance than at pres- In response to a request, made by the ent. bureau of manufacturers at Washington, "This would mean the systematizing the Massachusetts State Board of Trade of the collection of news and suggestion* has addiessed a communication to the from our corps of consuls, in place of chief of the bureau, comprising several what appears now to be a- somewhat suggestions for the promotion of manu- haphazard method of reliance, in whole facturing interests in the United States, or in part, on the enterprise and ingcnu- One of these suggestions appeals ity of the consul himself. Today it particularly to The Tobacco World as a seems much as if a managing editor good one and it hopes for the benefit of were to say to his staff: 'If you run its subscribers, that the bureau will con- across any news, write it up.' You sider it favorably. have at hand 200 or 300 trade journals This part of the communication from anxious to print any good matter you the Board of Trade explains that in the can get for them. Why not organize last 30 years the publications known as the collection with the system and thor- trade papers have come to be of very oughness that a great newspaper office great importance in the industrial and would devise?" commercial world. Each trade paper of There is no doubt that a consul with standing is carefully read by all progres- his wits about him has a splendid chance sive and ambitious merchants and man- to size up trade conditions in the vicinage ufacturers in that trade, and each paper of his station and to appreciate generally is resultantly anxious to print all the neglected or specif opportunities for 7^ helpful information it can secure. The American manufacturers. A great deal _ __ _ an oruer »^ , , -^.^ i. . • on'our own dentarsurge^n, who is a duly communication then says : of the matter now written by certam con • qualified Licentiate in Dental Surgery of "If, acting through the medium of the suls shows what can be done when they set the Royal College of Surgeons, and is editor of the consular reports, every about it particularly, and if the Govern- also appointed a dental surgeon to one of ^g^^^er of the consular force could be ment decides to urge that they do, there '"'teSman'u oneof ,he finest made an occasional correspondent of is no doubt that business in the United scientific dentists in the country. The every considerable trade paper in the States will receive no little benefit. order will direct the dentist to do all that _____ -^irr^^^zzz:zzi=zziizzi:z=i=i^^^zizz. is required and everything that is neces- sary. You will be able to have hrpe- lessly decayed teeth taken out painlessly under gas or chloroform. Other teeth which may be useful you can have pain- lessly filled or crowned, and in addition, you will be supplied with as many per- fectly fitting artificial teeth as you may require, or, as may be necessary, and lastly, you will be able to call upon the dentist at any time you desire and as often as you choose, and have your teeth kept ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦f ♦♦♦ ♦!♦* Philadelphia Tobacco Trade. * ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ The leaf market is rather spiritless time, and it is not expected that there these days, and no one is doing a great will be much doing until fall. deal of business. A little Sumatra is ^'^ THIS OFFER IS THE BEST YET. The coupon scheme may be dying, but during its life it has certainly given birth to some weird propositions for the giving of the consumer something for nothing. Years ago, the presentation of a boy's k«nd. The dentist will be paia oy us. ouioiii. dui muc ^uw.^^wv. .v.«- «. --- - - -— — - - - t f lothinetoa man for the faithful ^^ ^^^^^ S** ^ valuable advertisement sold for the reason that there isn't much store door is always open, there are suit o c g , , . and you will receive incalculable benefit. . ^ u j There was a light demand times when he can hardly hear himself consumption of some thousands of cigars, ..We want you to fully understand. "/^^^^^^ ^ut manufacturers are evi- think. This by no means interfere, would have seemed to exploit rather un- that in the ordinary sense of the word, ^^"^ Havana out manufacturers are cvi v,„^:' *u„„„u ^uj^u ;, ^,1 usual business methods, but now. a little this offer does not. and obviously cannot dently waiting, whenever possible to with ^.s business, though, which ,s all pay us. We shall, however, receive our learn more about the new crop before that couW be desired. in perfect order for the space of 1 2 calen t. x- 1 n • 1 dar months. In fact, you will have being sold, because manufacturers can* t B. Frank Batten is learning to con- everything that the most advanced dental gg^ along without it, and good prices verse largely by signs. During the busy science can offer; that which costs the ^^^^ obtained as the buyers were evi part of the day, the constant stream of average person from £s to ^10. you will convinced that there was no way trolley cars at the foot of Market street receive free of any cost or expense of any acnuy louviuv-cu ma , . -ui ^- j x/r t> *. •- kind. The dentist will be paid by us. out of it But little domestic tobacco was make a terrible dm, and as Mr. Batten • thine like that is quite in order. --,.,, ^ . „ j • , . ^ H^ri. iQ a scheme though olaced ^^"^^^^ ^V t^« benefit we shall derive they consent to pay the prices that are consumer^ If the S 'V"' advertisement which this extra- J^ ^his will avail them nothing. Notaro consumers of the United ...,„, .,, „,„ .,.. „.. Onr ^^^^^^^ ^^ .^ .^ ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^.^^^ their new store at Tenth and Chestnut before the ordinary proposal will give us. Our Bros, are comfortably fixed in Kingdom, whicb for sUrtUng originality .tanding in the tobacco trade is a guar^ ,h., ,h'„,w cron will brine iust as stiff »"«'. where they removed from a loca. Uke. all bets. A certain firm has issued |m.ee that the offer w.U be carried out to that the new crop wrll br.ng just st.ff ^ J th<> fnllnwinff circular* *"* letter. pices. J^ r\i. 1 .u • "The name of every person taking ad- !« a news way there was nothing stir- quite successful in this city, and hat "The ingenuity of the keenest brains ^ ^^ ^his proposal will be kept ,:„. in thlleaf market There were no succeeded in getting a very good clasi has been taxed to the utmost m evolving strictly private. ring m the icat mariceL mere were no 6 6 /* new advertising ideas. Many and strange i^rhe 40 coupons are available for any changes, and no fluctuations in prices to <>' customers, hare been the devices submitted to an ^^^ person, man, woman, or child, record. The market has apparently admittedly critical public, but we venture, gj^^^^j^ not wish to use them your- settled down into a summer listlessness i^^^rTik::^'^^^:::^ «■:• rjr,i 'rr ° SffS :."ii '••»"' -«"•' ^ ^"^^ --" "- '- *« new crops. . one person you choose. and for the pubhc, so advantageous, an ^^,^ ^, ^^^^^ December, 1906." ^:r^l^r^:\'r;j:Tf," to ge. forty of these coupons it would senting in this little pamphlet be necessary to mvest only about I13. for Here and There With the RetaLilers. Barney Greenburg. city manager o f the United Cigar Stores Co. 's local branches, declares that his stores are all as busy as they can be, and that the number of regular customers is increas- ing. Jos. Way is selling plenty of goods at ••If you desire to be beautiful, if you which one is supposed to get full value , .. 1 . 1 desire (o be healthy, and yet you are not i„ tobacco. And armed with the forty. The hot weather of the last week or so _ , „ possessed of sufficient means to invoke ^ ^^^ ^.^^^ ^ ^^^^y^ ^^^^ ^ decayed Wasn't helped the retail market any, and ^.^^ ^^^ Market street stores, and layi the highest art in the attainment of your j . ^^^ j„ the though something like a fair trade was that the hot weather hasnt affected his object, we propose showmg you how you graveyard, can caimiy camp ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ business. may be both healthy and beautiful ••It will cost you nothing. We shall get a good advertisement, and you will get the health and beauty. And what could you wish for more ? ••The scheme, like all good things, is simplicity itself We supply a full range of tobaccos and cigarettes in ^ 'b. tins and boxes at popular prices, to suit the pocket and palate of any and every smoker. Each X ^b. tin contains a pleased with their picnic, held last week, numbered coupon. All you have to do that they are considering making it an is to collect 40 of these coupons. annual affair. Seems like a good idea. dentist's chair and stay there until he ^ »i. lu 1^ . , ,., J .• » «f /«„^ Little cigars, cigarettes and the like, sold looks like an advertisement of fancy ^""'^ ^,. ' , . j , ,, «• . pretty well, but the cigar trade fell off, tooth powder. , , , j j r •* v. j , » »!.-* f^^ ♦-« «,«*• and the box trade seemed as if it had It seems to us that for ten more "" ' ,.,... i^u * coupons, the company ought to dig up a been struck by lightmng. The stores m business any to speak of. Licentiate in Corns and Bunions and fix residence sections are doing better for gj^ There were a number of traveling salesmen in the town during the week, some of whom reported that things were a fellow's feet up. The Philadelphia reuilers are so wing up a little on the road in antici- the reason that more men sit around on potion of the summer dullness. Business their porches and stoops at night and seems to be better the farther West a smoke steadily to keep the mosquitoes drummer gets, and flies away. Business is never very *% brisk i n Philadelphia in the summer If the red devils in the hereafter are as THE TOBACCO WORLD If fj) For Gentlemen of Good Taste 5-S^N FELI ^ A HIGH GRADE R^ L)CeCIGAR FOR iJL». Sold Extensively by Leading Cigar Dealers and Druggists Throughout the United States SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES THE DEISEL-WEMMER CO., Makers LIMA, OHIO entertaining individuals as those that were at the retailers' picnic, the bottom less pit won't be such a bad place after all. Robert H. Driver, for years extremely well known as one of the prominent re tailers and jobbers in Philadelphia, was killed last week by being thrown from a carriage. The accident occurred near Fifteenth and Dauphin streets where the horse attached to the carriage became frightened at some passing cars and bolted. Mr. Driver was thrown violently out. and died almost instantly. The former retailer was about 65 years old and lived at 1631 Francis street with his sisters. Until a few years ago he con- ducted a large store at the intersection of Broad street and Ridge avenue, and built up a very wide acquaintance. He was intensely fond of horses and was well known among horsemen generally. Mr. Driver was regarded as a wealthy man, and owned considerable real estate in Francisville. The funeral took place on Sunday. Wm. Watkins, retail dealer at Six- teenth and Race streets, who carries a rather exclusive line of goods for his patrons, is now devoting some space to a display of the new Match It cheroot advertising cartoons. Mr. Wilkins is one of the few dealers of this city who carry a line of H. F. Fiddler & Co.* s famous El Rocco brand of nickel cigars. With MaLaufaLCturers and Jobbers. which was recently organized in this city, has been dissolved by the withdrawal of Mr. Kleinsmith, and the style of the new firm is now Leopold Teller & Co. The company will continue to manufac- ture a high grade of goods. The El Draco Manufacturing Co. is working its factories hard and everything is being rushed to keep up to orders. This firm has several brands that have earned decided pobularity so that there is a steady run on them. Dempsey & Koch are being kept busy in their new home. A great many of this firm's goods go West where they seem to have hit the consumer's taste just about right. VOU CAN BUV I WEAVER'S ORIGINAL HAVANA SHORTS I AT ALL JOBBING HOUSES It is a pleasure to announce that Lieut. Lynch, the police official through whose carelessness the faciory of Weaver & Son, Sixth and Race streets was recently rob- bed of $600 worth of stuff, was discharged from the force after an investigation by the police board of inquiry. This is decidedly a step in the right direction, as the undertaker says. CHARLES BOLLSTATTER, Manufacturer of ••/.Fine Cigarsv/. 1433 Ridge Ave., (Both Phones) PHILADELPHIA Correspondence solicited with large handlers. Write for Samples. F. H. BELTZ, Schweiiksville,Pa. , : — 5 — Tvia Manufacturer of r The manufacturers report that business is keeping up, and the factories are still working full time, and some of them overtime. Eisenlohr factories have been outdoing themselves and so many Cincos are being made that it is a wonder how they are all smoked. The firm is con- stantly enlarging its territory, and it will not be a great while before their famous cigar will be known in every town from coast to coast. The men who are on the road are still returning satisfying lots of orders and expect to be able to continue them for some weeks to come. The manufac- turing end of the trade is the big end just now, but it will probably have to take its turn at being dull during mid- summer. The firm of Teller, Kleinsmith & Co., A. L. Valentine & Son, in their en- larged quarters, are managing to fill the space all right. The firm says it has about all the orders it can handle. Maybe those fine looking signs do it. Shively, Miller & Co. are pushing their Thos. A. Edison cigar on this market by various advertising methods. The latest is the extensive free distribution of caps made in two or three colors, which bear the name of the cigar. Those who deal with Harvey D. Nar- rigan & Co , and few retailers don't, have noticed that one of the features of his place are the bright little girls who see that a customer gets what he wants in the shortest possible time. Everyone has a good word for these girls, who are atten- tive and capable. One of them was Miss Josephine M. Saunders. As the daily papers told at length. Miss Saunders took two of her younger brothers to Washing ton Park last Sunday evening for a breath of fresh air, and while engaged in hunt- ing for one of the boys who had become separated from her, fell through a hole in a platform and was drowned. The girl was barely nineteen years old. At S Gent Dips The largest and best CLEAR. HAVANA FILLED 5-ceat Cigatf on the Matrket* We employ no salesmen, saving you that expense. OUR GUARANTEE goes with the AMERICAN CUP Cigars, that they are Clear Havana Filler and Sumatra Wrapper. SHERTS 6 Lancaster, Pa. 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UOMIOMDERBBICANmPETABACOSYClCABBOS c^i^>^ \0A ilSLADECUBA \U\ Sio iutorizada porel Gobierno dela Repablica Garantiza hm los tabacos.clgarrosYpaqcjetet 'Je plcadu^aquellev•no8^app•Gira• son fabricadospor \m HABANA Either the name of the Manufacturer or that of his Brand will appear printed in the blank space of this precinta or stamps ...IMPORTANT NOTICE... preceding cat is a fac-simile, in its actual size, of the new PRECINTA or warranty stamp which, as authorised by the Government of the Repnbit d I by the members of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers' Union of the Island of Cuba as a guarantee that cigars, cigarettes and cut tebaeoi bear these stamps were manufactured in Cuba. The eoasumers of these goods, who wish to acquire the genuine article made in CUBA from pare CUBAN LEAF, should bay no other cigars, dgaretta^ packages but those which have this PRECINTA or stamp of the Cigar and Cigarette Manufacturers* Union of the Island of Cuba, who, jointly widi the \ of die Republic of Cuba, or separately, will prosecute before the courts, anyone who may attempt to counterfeit, imitate, or in any way render useless the ' by this sump. Colors of the PRECINTA facsimile: black with pale blue ground; facsimile of the seal of the Presidency of the Republic: dark bl times the power which selects those of us who are to go first is most certainly inexplicable. The Havana Tobacco Co. is advertising its Bock panetela by a quarter of a page ad. in the local daily papers. An actual size fac simile cut of the cigar is printed and the rest of the ad. is taken up in a description of the brand. The price is 15 cents or 1 12. 50 a box of 100. The ad. states that "the cigar itself weighs two pounds per thousand heavier than it used to— costing $7. 50 more import duty on every thousand, yet the price remains the same." The ad. further states that the Bock panetela is on sale in all repu- table cigar stores where imported goods are sold. The advertising cartoons recently adopted by the Manchester Cigar Manu- facturing Co. , for the well known Match- It cheroots are bow much in evidence, and a number of attractive displays are noticeable throughout the city. Thos. F Fitzgerald, jobber and dealer at Forty third St. and Lancaster ave. . is devoting one of his fine large bulk windows this week to a display of the Match It cartoons and the other to the Golden Eagle little cigars, with telling effect F. B. Robertson, factory representative of the Match- It cheroot, has been on a week's trip through eastern and central Pennsylvania. The itinerary included Trenton and Phillipsburg, N. J,, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Reading, Milton, Altoona, Harrisburg and Lancaster, Pa. Judging from the numerous window displays of the Tom Keene cigars now being made in this city, there is every evidence of energetic work, on the part of the newly appointed distributors o f those goods. Goldsmith & Arndt One of the most attractive window dis- plays of the Tom Keene cigars is now on exhibition at Davidyan. Jr. Co.'s store at Ninth and Arch streets. THE i^ETAIl^ERS' PICNIC. The first picnic of the Retail Cigar and Tobacco Dealers' Association of Philadel- phia was held last Wednesday, June 21, at Maple Grove (Fox Chase), and has been pronounced a success, financially and otherwise; so much so that a strong sentiment has arisen favoring it as an annual occasion. The atmospheric con- ditions were not very favorable and no doubt were responsible for the fact that there was not an even larger attendance. Various games and sports were provided and all were fully enjoyed. The Ball Game. One of the most interesting and excit- ing events of the day was the ball game. The opposing sides were the • 'Red Devil" and "Arrow" teams. J. Harvey McHenry was captain of the former and H. J. Miller of the latter. It was found neces- sary to call the game in the seventh in- ning on account of the lateness. The final score was : Red Devil 18 Arrow 17 There was some fairly heavy batting produced by the Red Devil team in the second and fifth innings. The Arrow team got in most of their runs in the first, fourth and sixth innings, but the strong lead that was secured by the Red Devils in the fifth inning could not be overcome. The excellent work of Clapp Patterson, Fitzpatrick and Sheldon, of the Red Devil team, overweighed the efforts of H. J. Miller, W. C. Miller, Groves and Evans of the Arrow team. As an umpire D. A. Schaible was there with the goods. The score in detail : RED DEVIL R. H. E. Clapp, lb 4 2 2 Toub. p 3 2 I Patterson, c 3 3 0 Fitzpatrick, 2b 3 3 0 Sheldon, ss 3 2 I Griffiths, 3b 0 I 0 McHenry, If I I 0 Taylor, cf I I 0 Gilhool, rf 0 3 0 18 18 •r. MATCH=IT CHEROOTS Five for lO Cents. Sumatra wrapped, and altogether the Best Cheroot on the Market, FLOR DE MANCHESTER S-Cent Cigars MANCHESTER STOGIES all made by the MANCHESTER CIGAR MANUFACTURING CO., F. B. ROBERTSON. Factory Representative, 1004 Rid^e Ave., Philadelphia. 2f Baltimore, Md* JAMBS ADAIR, Sno b b what fatigued, they were none the worse was held which proved a great attraction ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ and an unqualified success. Now They Say: In a sealed glass jar were a certain ^^^^ j^ ^ Schaible was the most grace number of tin tags such as are used on ^^j ^^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^^ "Staff of Life " tobacco. Tickets were issued which entitled the bearer (provided he was a retail dealer in tobacco) to a guess on the number of "Staff of Life" tags contained in the jar, which was ex- NATIONAL CIGAR CO. Heed Building, 1215 Filbert St., Philada. DISTRIBUTORS FOR GEO. L, STORM & CO., New York EL NACIONAL CIGAR CO., Tampa, Clear Havana Qim '^MAEERS OP CLAYTON'S CHAMPION OBO. ■• CLAYTON. That A. M. Griffis showed good taste in his selection of a dancing partner. That Thos. A. Edison Taylor was the heavy weight in the ball game. hibited. Seven prizes were offered, as That Lcda Clapp was the champion M^ follows: runner. ^^ * ist Prize.— 6 pounds Duke of Athol, That Jesse Groves was little, but— $y^ ozs. ; 5 pounds Federation, i^ ozs ; That several pairs of trousers suffered 3 pounds Staff of Life, 5 to lb. misfortune in the ball field. 2d Prize.— 6 pounds Duke of Athol, That the ladies regret that McHenry is a 5}^ ozs.; 5 pounds Red Raven, 2)4 ozs. groom. 3d Prize. — 3 pounds Duke of Athol, That Jas. A. Halfpenny had a very S/i ozs.; 3 pounds Staff of Life, 5 to lb. popular job. 4th Prize. -3 pounds Duke of Athol, That Jimmy Hassan was everywhere at 5K o". 5th Prize. —5 pounds Federation, 1% ozs. 6th Prize. — 3 pounds Staff of Life, 5 to lb. 7th Prize. — 5 pounds Red Raven, 2^ ozs. the same time. RVN SLOT MACHINE IN SPITE OF THE MAYOR. Cincinnati, O., June 26. The slot machines which Mayor Helm- bold ordered out of Newport recently The goods serving as prizes were, of were put in operation again a few days course, donated by the manufacturers. ago by cigar dealers who claim that the During the course of the evening the Mayor went beyond his authority, as exact number of tags in the jar was there is no law on the statute book against announced to be 4,032, and an examina- the use of the machines. So far the lion of t h c tickets which had been dealers* have been unmolested. Ifor Genuine Sawed Cedar Cigar Boxes, go to tabii*hec? irsso. U J. Sellers Sl Son, KEYSTONE CIGAR BOX CO., SELJLERSVILLE, PA. THB TOBACCO WORLD 35 ' ^ ■»-» " - r^ SCHUTTB & KOERTIIVO COMPANY, Twelfth and Thompson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. ^'^-^^ ^ — ^ SCHUnE-KOERTING MOIST VENTIUTOR, used in connection with store-rooms of cigar factories and to maintain a certain degree of humidity, thus enabling goods to be stored for an unlimited time with- out deterioration. PRINCIPAL FEATURES: 1. Low in Cost. 2. Operated by City Water Pressure. 3. Requires No Attention. 4. No Drip Occurs; Humidity Uniform. 3. No Wear and Tear. We estimate on Complete Humidifying Plants. Correspondence Solicited. CLEARING SKIES IN YOILK COUNTY. Cirgar Manufacturers Expect Improve ment in Their Business. York, Pa. , June 26. York county business is beginning to look up. The clouds of uncertainty which darkened this section for several weeks are clearing away, and gleams of hopes are beginning to be felt. Reports from various sections of the county indi- cate these facts, and in other ways there is evidence of a speedy improvement Greater activity is being assumed by nearly all members of the trade, and we now venture the assertion that ere long the improvement will be an accomplished fact. Whenever one sees a united effort in a certain direction it is almost sure to bring its result, and that is just about what is going on now. Warren Beck, of Warren Beck & Bro., who is well known in the trade for his reliability, sUtes that while the demand for their lines of higher grade goods has been fairly good all the year, there is in- dication of considerable early improve- ment. Jacob A Mayer, of J. A. Mayer & Bros., of West York, has returned from the West, where he met with a hearty reception everywhere, and again shook hands with many old customers, some of whom he had not seen for years, and some of whom he had not met personiilly before. He speaks most encouragingly of prospects. H. F. Kohler, of Nashville, this Co. , reports progress, for ever since the first of the year he has been unremiuingly busy, and the only change he says he has noticed is that the demand is running stronger and stronger in the line of finer and higher priced goods in his products. Peter McGuigan, of Red Lion, is erect ing an addition to his factory on East High street. Blochinger & Co.'s new factory is prac tically completed, and will soon be ready for occupancy. Some days ago an excursion was given to the employes of Miller Bros' Cigar Box Factory, of Red Lion, to their lumber camp at Mt. Washington, Md., which was thoroughly enjoyed by all the par ticipants. S. F. Snell, formerly of Red Lion, but now living at Dowagiac, Mich., where he is still engaged in the cigar manufacturing business, was a recent visitor to Red Lion, GOOD REPORTS FROM READING. Factories Busy and Competent Ci^ar- makers are in Demand. Reading, Pa., June 26. The cigar industry in this section can be said to be good. There is scarcely an idle cigarmakcr, who is worthy of his hire, to be found anywhere, and some factories seem desirous o f employing more hands, if the right kind of help can be secured. The cigar factory of Eisenlohr & Bros., at Seventh and Washington streets, is one of the busiest in Eastern Pennsyl- vania. Owing to the rush of orders the place is working until 9 p. m. on Tues- day and Thursday of each week. The factory, which is equipped with every convenience, is gradually filling up with employes and the force has now reached 1 70 hands, of whom 1 30 are cigarmakers. The outlook is regarded as bright by Mr. Eisenlohr, who visits the factory every week. The firm makes only high grade cigars and expects within a year to employ 400 hands. Their Reading fac tory contains more floor space than the Boyertown plant, which has an annual output of 10,000,000 cigars. Curtis E. Crouse is the superintendent here. H. S. Hosier, now sole proprietor of the Continental cigar store, at Ninth and Elm streets, had a gala day at the reopen ing of his establishment, which has been thoroughly altered, Saturday a week ago, upon which occasion he had a band of music in attendance from 9 to 1 1 o' clock, and a souvenir was given to each caller. John J. Seitz has opened a cigar fac tory and retail store opposite Carsonia Park, one of Reading's famous resorts. W. W. Riegel is running a full force, principally on fine nickel goods. Fleck Cigar Co. , Ltd. , reports an ex ceptionally good business. ' 4'^ inch CIGARS r.T/RS]^HT A Great Five-Cent Cigar H. S. HARTMAN, Manufacturer. LaHcaster, Pa. Bear Bros. Manufacturers of FINE CIGARS R.F.D.No.8,Y0RK.PA. A specialty of Private Brands for dM Wholesale and Jobbing Trades. Correspondence solicited. Samples on applicatioSi Brands:— G6ff Bear, 6Ae Cub. Essie, and Matthew Carey. L. S. STAUFFGR, MANUFACTURER OF HIGH and MEDIUM GRADES OF UNION-MADE CIGARS FOR THE Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Akron, Pa. CORRESPONDBNCE 80UCITED. 26 TRB TOBACCO WOftLD me PROGRESS SHORT FILLER Bunching Machine For CIGARS and ALL-TOBACCO CIGARfiTTES The DUPLEX The STRAIGHT The IMPROVED PERFECTO Long Filler Cigar Bunching Machines Are Recognized by the Trade as The Best Bunching Machines in the Market. Manufactured by N. H. BORCFELDT, No8. 341 and 343 East Fifty-Ninth Street, NEW YORK CITY. Philadelphia Representatives: UIBERMAN MFQ. CO.* Nos. 240 and 242 North Third St, Philadelphia, Pa. TBB TOBACCO WORI.9 >r a m Liberman's Latest |V\achines BRANDING MACHINE SUCTION TABLE I \ Warranted Hand Forged Steel Blade MFG. CO. LIBERMAN MFG. CO- PHILA. PA. U.S.A. m I • y^j. ji^a. j/^o. j^ Manufactured by Liberman Manufacturing Company 240-42 North Third Sireet, Phil&delphiaL New York Representative, N. H. BORGFELDT, 341 East Fifty-Ninth Street as •8 THE TOBACCO WORI^D HAWUFACTUirEW OF ALL KINDS OF 138 a 140 CENTRE §T N£WYORK^ %ii 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. D. W. HUBUEV, Thomasville, Ra. Manufacturer of Hi^h-Grade i^HaTana Correspondence Invited from Responsible Houses. RESERVED FOR lONA TOBACCO CO. Lancaster, Pa. A. D. KILLHEFFER Maker of mi Fine wortwnsi. Goods Sold Direct to Jobbers and Dealers. Communicate with the P'actory. We Can Save You Money. No Salesmen Employed. MIUUERSVIUUE, PA. Established 1»64 Factory No. 20. 9tb Dist., Pcl. Geo. W. Bowman ® Co. Haivover, Pa.* Manufacturers of Fine C'SQ"'^ ♦♦^♦4- ♦ ♦J^^ THe Bod Bow-piaii an excellent 5-cent Cigar, made in sereral sizes, is our specialty. Correspondence with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. Write for Partlcniar* SHORT TALES OF DRAMATIC INDIANA— No. 4 »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦%%%%%%%% '%'*^%%%%^ V%»%%%%%(% %%%^%%%*»» ♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ The young man boarded the express though the village is close by. A sharp and selected a seat in a corner of the look around him and he enters the hovel. He did not smoke, but he smoker. watched the other men between their teeth, with a pression of contempt and triumph. With a sudden intaking of breath the with cigars man in the rear comes to a stop. And mixed ex- now he advances more cautiously. He is but fifty yards away. Down on his Just as the train was about to pull out, stomach he goes, and the rest of the dis« a quiet looking man stepped aboard, and tance is fairly crawled, after giving one keen lightning like He reaches the door. He peers in. glance around the smoker, from behind For a full minute his eye searches the half shut lids, settled himself not many interior. And then, his face deadly stern, seats from the young man. He wore a he whips a wig from his head, tears off slouch hat, which he pulled down over his false mustache, draws an air gun his eyes and settled himself as if for a from his trousers and steps inside, doze. There, he stands, grimly silent. But dozing? No. An unusually acute The young man looks up. "Binger- observer might see that those colorless ton!" he gasps, and then, utterly eyes lost not a movement made by the broken, he moans in terror. Something young man. drops from his nerveless fingers. On flies the train carrying the watcher "So I've tracked you at last, have I ?" and watched, each apparently intent says Bingerton, his face tense with awful upon his own thoughts. satisfaction. "Through jungles and At last a station well in the country is across plains have I followed you, in the reached, one of the few stops the train midst of silent forests and through the makes. The young man gets up from wicked din of busy cities. At last I've his seat, brushes the dust from his cloth- found your lair. Here is where you ing and descends upon the platform, perpetrate, aye perpetuate your crime. The other man also alights from the and here is where the death knell of your train — but on the other side. He career is sounded." crouches low in the sparse bush. He advanced to the sobbing man and The train steams away from the little picked up the thing which had dropped station leaving the young man apparently from his hand. alone. He heaves a sigh of delight and "I have even seen you in the commis- strikes out across country. Occasionally sion of your unspeakable fault," he con- he chuckles, and had there been anyone tinued. "I have seen you in your secret near to observe, they would have noticed shame. Your race is surely run. the malevolent purpose which his coun- "Geoflfrey Tinkletop," he said with in- tenance denoted. tense earnestness, "I arrest you in the But softly as an Indian, a hundred name of fair Indiana on the charge of yards back, comes the passenger who keeping a cigarette paper." He held was so quiet and seemed to doze. out that which he had picked up. At last, after a mile and a half has But there was no one to see. Tinkle- been covered, the first man comes to a top, seasoned criminal as he was, had huL He is practically in the woods, al fainted. SALES SMALL IN DANVILLE, VA. that Little Coming in and Loose Market En* tirely Without Interest Danville, Va. , June 24. Sales on this market have been very small for several weeks, not averaging thirty minutes a day, and are expected to continue small for some weeks to co: The loose market is entirely without^ terest. There is so little coming i there is a small corps of buyers an#very little interest taken in the sales. iMost of the larger buyers are entirely olf the market, and have left the buying to the smaller concerns. Prices are without change and are not altogether regular. Occasionally some very cheap tobaccos sell, and then again high prices are occasionally paid for something special. There is nothing selling in the way of good to fine to- baccos, and no wrappers in the breaks at all. The weather has been fairly favorable on the crop. There is some little trad, ing in roumj^iots, but no large tra tionsJia^'eDeen consummated, %«%%»^^^ 'URKISH TOBACCO IS BEING GROWN IN VIRGINIA. The tobacco trade and the United States Department of Agriculture are watching with interest the developments in growing a cigarette tobacco in Virginia to resemble Turkish tobacco. R. W. Boch, of Philadelphia, requested a sam- ple, which was immediately forwarded by the officers of the Department This sample on which experiments in plant breeding are being made in Vir- ginia has proved of a quality resem- bling closely the Turkish cigarette. It is claimed to be the first Virginia tobacco which does not become soft and tend to cake with heat. C. A. ROST. & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO W O R I, D 39 ^ THIS SHAPE is something entirely new and novel and any manufacturer desiring to manufacture this cigar can do so by contracting for the shapers and the right to manufacture same. We feel confident that the cigar will be a seller and that it can be manufactured at the same cost as almost any other shape. Any manufacturer wishing to consider the cigar can secure such rights from the undersigned. C. G. S INGLE Y, Manbeim, Pa, n. S. W A LUCK, York, Pa. ♦♦$♦♦ ■yym'm.cD. ♦♦ Cigar Boxes Cigar Box Lumber ♦♦ ♦♦ Largest stock of Sawed Mexican and Cuban Cedar, Veneered Cedar, Imitation Cedar. ±A ♦ ♦ WRITE FOR PRICES GEO. A. BUDDY, Littlestown, Pa. Manufacturer of COLOMBIA AYEHUE and SIXTH STREET PHILADELPHIA. ♦♦^♦^ I • ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ Cigar Boxes and Shipping Cases The Gilt Edge Cigar Box Factory Labels, Edgings and Ribbons Cigar Manufacturers' Supplies of all Kinds. Daily Capacity, Five Thousand Boxes. J. FRANK BOWMAN, 51 Ma.rket Street, LaLivca.ster, Pql. ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ 3« THE TOBACCO WORLD Cigar Ribbons. Hanufacturers of Bindings, Galloons, Taflfetas, Satin and Gros Grain. Largest Assortment of Plain and Fancy Ribbons, Write for Sample Card and Price Liat to Department W Wm. Wicke Ribbon Co. 36 East Twenty-second Street, NMW YORK. HENRY GOTTSELIG & BRO. Danville, Pa. Man nfacturers off High Grade Union Made Cigars *The Great Poet Needs no Praise.** Jobbers and Dealers Become Convinced at Sigl^ Samples and Particulars to Reliable People on Application. H^'M^*'^^ ^b%»%%^ J. M. MITTLEMAN Dealer iin Leaf Tobacco No. 1619 South Street PHILADELPHIA Goods Sold in Any Quantity, Open Evenings Until Nine o'clock* <^>»%%i%ai STOCK CARDS J. JWIflHliOW BARJ^ES CO. MAKERS OP Only High Grade Cigars THM CO. CIGAR, Five Cents, HAVANA TOPS, Ten Cents, Made in Conchas, Londres and Perfecto Shapes. ALL UNION MADE. RIGHT PRICES TO JOBBERS. Correspondence solicited from Responsible Parties. Factory, Park Avenue and, Wallace Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. FAILURES DUE TO CREDIT GIVING. Dealer Should Prefer Small Cash Trade to Lar^e Shaky Credit One. An article which should be read and heeded by every cigar and tobacco retailer who is in business to make a living is printed in the last number of "The Irish Trade Journal," under the title "On Giving Credit." There is a great deal of truth in every sentence of it, which applies just as forcibly in the United States as in the country in which the article was written. The writer says: "The subject of giving credit to custo- pressure, although he gets paid, he wil| make, perhaps, a life- long enemy for the future of his former customer. "We do not, of course, mean to im- pute that every man who asks credit of a trader intends to swindle him, but from experience we have found that it is the wiser plan to refuse credit unless the trader is fully satisfied as to the bona fides of the applicant, and that prompt payment will be forthcoming. How to manage this must be left to his own discretion. No general rules can be laid down, as he must be guided by circum- stances. • 'Perhaps the most general method of mers by retailers is of such vast impor- tance to the trade that we makeno apology obtaining goods under false pretences is for devoting our leading article this by means of the post. A trader gets a month to discussing it. It cannot be letter on fine toned notepaper handsomely disputed that four fifths of the failures embossed, with perhaps a crest, and amongst Irish traders may be traced to signed with an aristocratic name, order- bad debts made through giving indis- ing some goods on approval. The trader criminate credit. When a trader finds himself unable to pay his accounts and the inevitable meeting of creditors fol lows, very probably his explanation is: •I would not be in this position if I could collect the money that is due to me. is impressed with the magnificence of the notepaper, and without hesitation forwards the goods, without the least chance of ever getting paid. A case in point is that of the Wexford 'gentleman* who, some weeks ago, wrote to several There are hundreds of pounds owing to DubUn houses for goods, styling himself me throughout the country which I can- Captain or Major— we forget which— not get • Very true, but in the eyes of amongst the goods being some valuable business men it makes the trader* s failure jewelry. He got the goods, but he after- look fool. worse for being such a gullible "Competition is very severe, and it is to this competition that the giving of in- discriminate credit is attributable. In- wards got some months in one of His Majesty's prisions, as it was found that he had no means whatever, and was never in the army. "Let traders remember that a small. deed, the competition is generally so safe, cash trade is infinitely better than a keen that one shopkeeper looks with large, shaky credit one, and that it will jealous eyes on another if he notices any show up considerably better when the of his customers patronizing the latter* s scales are being balanced at the end of shop; consequently, in order to retain the year." his customer, a trader has very frequently to 'oblige him' with credit 'until he comes in again. ' Considerable discrim- ination must be used in such cases, for the usual result is that in nine cases out of ten when the customer has some ready money about him, he will round the TOBACCO ASSO. MEETS NEXT WEEK At Old Point. Va. Questions of Import- ance Will be Discussed. The Tobacco Associatton of the United States will hold its fifth convention on corner to the opposition shop that does '^"^'^^y* ^^^nesday and Thursday of next week, at Old Point, Va. From in- dications there will be a good attendance, and there will be a number of interesting discussions on methods by which the members will be benefited. Among the questions that will come up will be those of Parcel Postage and the Insurance System, which in most States is arbitrarily controlled. It will also be argued as to whether, from the standpoint of the American shipper, it not give indiscriminate credit, and buy his requirements for cash. The very fact of owing money to one house is sufificient inducement for him to bring his ready money custom elsewhere, and doubtless a good number of o u r readers have learned this to their cost. "It is against this system of giving in discriminate credit that we would warn our readers. The desire to secure a big turn over and have a large number of clients on one's books is a praiseworthy '' ''"'"'''* '° ''t^' '"^""d «««» d"'/ one, but the trader should bear in mind °" ""P= '" ^"«'»"<'- This question i. that one bad debt is more than sufficient to wipe out the profit on the cash sales on many days. Besides, even if such credit transactions do not end by becom- ing bad debts they often, as we said be being actively agitated in England, and it is believed by some that the next Parliament will bring about the reduc- tion. —Another Red Cross scandal has d«. fore, hamper future dealings. We have veloped near Kazan, European Russia, known parties who, having obtained through the discovery that a contribution credit from traders, on being asked to of 5,000 pounds of tobacco, intended for pay, deliberately transfer their custom distribution among the soldiers in th« elsewhere, and if the trader puts on any field, is now on sale at Harbin. THB TOBACCOWORI^D 3« Tetopkone GtU, 432 — ^B. and Warehouse, FLORIN, PA. Located on Main Une of Pennsylvania R. R. E. L. NISSLEY &C0. Growers and Packers gf PNE CIGAR LEAF TOBACCO Fine B's and Tops Our Specialty. Critical Buyers always find it a pleasure to look ove*- pur Satnples. Samples cheerfully submitted upon request. P. Q. Box 96 Ready for the Market 1901 First- Class Pennsylvania Broad Leaf B's First Class Pennsylvania Havana Seed Bindin Fancy Packed Zimmer Spanish Fancy Table Assorted DutchlTwrArv Cik^m Fancy Packed Oebhart A-rVCry V/aoC of 1 OnO ^^^^ FORCB-SWEATED Quf Owil I J/U^ CONNECTICUT Packing Leaf Tobacco ^41 and 243 North Prince Street, LANCASTER., PA. Weaver Packer of , WALTER. S. BARE, ^^ Pak.cker gf r inen Connecticut 1 Leaf ALL GRADES OF DOMESTIC Cilia r Leaf Tobacco Office and Warehouse, LITITZ, PA. J. K. LEAMAN, Packer of and Dealer in LSAF Tobacco 138 North Market St, LANCASTER, PA. W. R. COOPBR & CO. PACKERS of Penna. Broad Leaf 201 & 203 N. Duke St. DEALERS In All Grades of Domestic Cigar Leaf Tobacco LANCASTER. PA. United "Phones B. F. GOOD & CO. Leaf Tobaccos PACEERS and DEALERS IN 142 N. Market Street, LANCASTER, PA. J. W. BRENNEMAN, Psicker and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco Packing House, Millersville, Pa. Office & Salesrooms, HO* 112 W. Walnut St.fLANCASTER, PA. H. H. MILLER, Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Fine Florida Sumatra IMPORTED SUMATRA and HAVANA AND MUCH Fine Filler Stoolc 387 and 329 North Queen Street. LANCASTER, PA. J. W. DUTTENHOFFER, Packer, Dealer, W ^ V HH t «.d Jobber i. Leaf ioDacco Pennsylvania Broad Leaf Our Specialty. 33 Nortli Prince St., LANCASTER, PA. ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦•♦♦♦ «% ♦♦♦♦♦ «%%%%%%%♦♦♦♦%% TRUMAN D. SHERTZER D«al«r In Leaf Tobaccos •■d Mannfactnrcr of Scrap Filler for Cigar Manufacturing MAIN OFFICE! UNTTBD PHONB3. WarehooMs: LANCASTER X **REDUON.PA. Lancaster, Pa. 3« C. A. ROST & CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1 BRANDS: ^ t "MANO" lOcG^ar ♦ I "Modjeska" t and "La Mano*' t 5-cent Ciiara ^ ♦ ♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I H. C. LONG & CO. LEBANON, i Manufacturers of Cigars, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4.4.^ ♦ OFFICE « X I 118 Mifflin Street t FACTORY: I PaL. 4 Cor. Maple and Plam Aves* X VICTOR THORSCH COMPANY Makers of (he BACHELOR CIGAR ALLENTOWN, PENNA. mm ^^'fi^^4 y^yv^/v4C7Y//7rMS^^^^ Vj^^ ESTABLISHED 1671. THE LOUIS NEWBURGH CO. PACKERS OF Zimmer Spanish and Little Dutch MAIN OFFICE, HAMILTON, OHIO. Warehouses: Hamilton, Ohio, and Franklin, Ohio. 2/. A. PEARSON, Packer & Dealer in All Kinds of Ci^^^ I/eaf Tobacco ZIMMBR SPANISH, CONNECTICUT BINDERS & WRAPPERS, UTTLE DUTCH, IMPORTED SUMATRA, GEBHARDT SEED, IMPORTED HAVANA, BBNNA. BROAD LEAF, DOMESTIC SUMATRA & HAVANA. Warehouses — West Milton, O. Branch — Yorkshire, O. Buyers in All Tobacco Districts of tlie World Main OfSce, West Milton, Ohio. BILLMAN BROS. PACKERS OP Ohio Leaf Tobaccos ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 1903 £IMM£R SPANISH^ WRAPPERS and ^ FILLERS X Too short for our^ Fancy Packings. ^ Write for Samples, t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ I Zimmer SpaLiiish Gebhart Little Dutch ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ t 1902—1903 4 Fancy Natural Bulk ♦ Sweated, Closely •f Tabled and Hand- ♦ somely Finished. X None Better. ♦Write for Samples. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ West CarrolltonpMontgomery Co., O. ^\Tbe Centre of the Best Zimmer Growing District.^ IMPROVEMENT OF TOBACCO BY BREEDING AND SELECTON. (Continued from last week) The Adaptation of Tobacco \o Soil and iform in type and closely resembled the Climatic Conditions. parent plants in all characters. The general principle of the necessity One of the best illustrations of the ef- for the adaptation of seed to soil and feet of the change of soil and climatic climatic conditions, which is recom- conditions upon tobacco is the experience mended by the best authorities in plant of the growers who used imported Cuban breeding, is forcibly emphasized by the seed for the production of wrappers in experience of the writer with tobacco. In the northern districts of the United States, the case of cotton and corn Dr. H. J. The crops grown from such seed pro- Webber has made the observation that duced a large proportion of the so called evidence is accumulating which shows freak type of plants, which are very un. that these crops must be bred and adapted desirable and bear a large sucker or to soil and climatic conditions, and that branch at the axil of every leaf. The in order to obtain the best results growers leaves of such freak plants are very small, must select their seed in the locality sharply pointed, thick and heavy, and where the crop is regularly grown. From practically worthless for wrapper ' pur- the fact that the tobacco plant is in flu- poses. According to a very careful esti- enced in such a marked degree by soil mate this type of plant constituted at and climatic conditions, this crop is a least one third of the crop grown from particularly striking example of the freshly imported seed from Cuba. Among benefits to be derived from the selection the types constituting the remainder of of seed in districts where it is to be the crop were typical Cuban plants pro- S''^'*'"- ducing a desirable tobacco which was During the seasons of 1 901 and 1902 used as a substitute for Cuban grown Florida grown Sumatra seed was intro- wrappers. This variation in type was duced into the Connecticut Valley by the commonly attributed by the growers to Bureau of Soils and grown extensively on the Cuban practice of saving seed from the tobacco plantations of that region, sucker plants. However, seed selected This tobacco seed was imported into in the season of 1904 from the most de- Florida from the island of Sumatra sirable plants that could be found in several years previous to its introduction Cuba, and taken from the main stalks, into the Connecticut Valley and had be- produced crops in the Connecticut Valley come adapted to Florida conditions. The which showed only a slight improvement crops grown in the Connecticut Valley in uniformity of type over previous crops from this seed showed a lack of uniform- grown from the ordinary Cuban seed ity, which resulted in the breaking up of taken from suckers in the usual way the variety into a number of distinct The crop in Cuba from which this espec types. A small proportion of the plants ially selected seed was harvested was in these fields held true to the Sumatra particularly uniform in shape and size of type and produced a satisfactory yield of leaf and general type; therefore, the desirable wrapper leaves, but not more variation in typeobserved in the northern, than 5 per cent of the first generation grown Cuban plants must be attributed were typical Sumatra plants, and the to the effect of the change of soil and remainder were divided into a large climate conditions. In 1903 plants number of distinct, clearly defined types, grown in the Connecticut Valley from most of which were radically different Florida grown Sumatra seed were grown from the parent variety. Some of these in South Carolina with a view to produc- types were apparent reversions to varie- ing cigar wrappers. The leaves harvested' ties not adapted for wrapper purposes, from these plants were very thick and the leaves lacking the proper shape, heavy, resembling the South Carolina body, elasticity, gloss, and other charac- plug- filler type of tobacco. They pos teristicsof the Sumatra tobacco. The wssed none of the characteristics of cigar individual plants in these types also wrappers except the shape of leaves showed great variability, and the cultiva- This change of type was doubtless due tion of such a mixed and variable crop to the influence of the soil and climatic entailed a great loss to the growers on conditions in this section of the South account of the small proportion of high- It has been frequently observed that priced tobacco obtained and the increased when a variety of tobacco has been cost of sorting this irregular product, grown in a particular region for a num The crop of 1903, grown from seed saved ber of years it undergoes a gradual from that of 1902. according to the change, and produces a type peculiar to ordinary custom of tobacco planters, that region or locality. This condition showed continued variability and a re- explains the adaptability of certain sec production of the undesirable types. In tions for the production ot types of to 1903 typical plants of all the different bacco supplying special market demands types were selected for seed purposes and In most of these crops a small proportion the seed protected from cross fertilization of plants is found which produce leaves by covering the flowers with paper bags, most nearly conforming to the market In 1904 the plants grown from seed standard for this class of tobacco. By saved in this manner were strikingly un- saving the seed from these plants accord- C. A. ROST dz CO., All Grades of Leaf Tobacco, RED LION, PA. THE TOBACCO WORLD SI ♦♦ ♦ " La Imperial Cigar Factory'** HOLTZ, PA. /. F. SMCHRIST, Proprietor, Manufacturer of ♦FIRE ei6ARS* AMERICAN Leaf Tobacco Co INCORPORATED. lOc— UNCLE JOSS— 5c. York Nick—Sc—Best Known Two Cracker Jacks — ^Two for 5c. Oak Mountain Bouquet— Boston Beauties Puro— Porto Rico Crooks. ^ Correspondence with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only Invited. Capacity, 25,000 per Day. Telegraph — ^York, Pa. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦ J. H. HOOBER, Packer of and Dealer In LEAF TOBACCO No. 2 Tobacco Avenue. LANCASTER. PA. Successors to S. L Johns, Packers of and Wholesale Dealers in LEAF •^TOBAeeo*^ Main Office, McSherrystown, Pa. Branch Office, Reading, Pa. ♦♦ ♦ ♦ A. K. MANN, Grower and Packer —OF— LEAF TOBACCO Millersville, Pa. Located on Line of Millersville Trolley. -♦♦ ?. M. HUNT. A. G. MARTIN. HUNT & MAR TIN Manufacturers of High- Grade Stogies BMTHMSDA, OHIO. Recommended for their Exquisite Aroma and Excellent Workmanship. All Goods Strictly First-Class. Correspondence, with the Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Only, Solicited. -■it Cable AddreM, "CLARK." M. H. Clark & Bro Leaf Tobacco Brokers, Clarksville, Tenn. JOPKINSVILLE, KY. ?ADUCAH, KY. AL D. BOALES, Leaf Tobacco Broker. Hopkinsville, Ky. V.&A. «»» CiipMity for Manttiaetiinng Cigar Boxes .^ Always Room for Ons Morji Good CusToiout. .M L J. Sellers & Son, Sellersvllle, Pa. THE TOBACCO WORLD ^! MATTINGLY S CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Cigars esale Trade Only, ystown, Pa. m NVANTED!! Distributors for the Celebrated GOOD POINTS, HAPPY PHILandJUAN BAZAN Combmaiioiv Filler CIGARS Samples and Prices Cheerfully Furnished. BUOCHINOER & CO. Sol* Owaars aad Maaafactarers Smokers' Favorite Brands. RED LION, PA. r.MCUME&BRo V TERREHILL.PA. ''^• We Sell to JobbingTrade only LD HICKORY VIRGINIA DARE... Wax h aw "Wll 'JACKSON THE GREAT IC^ CIGAR *toSAC^ !t».Avops CHASKEL'S HAVANA CiliiiTBliflFlirs SPANISH BETUNE, MATADOR and LA VUELTA Our Flavors Surpass All Others in STRENGTH and NATURAL AROMA. Write for particulars. Ghaskel Chemical Works 263 West Broadway NEW YORK ing to the methods of selection to be described later, a uniform crop of the desirable type may be secured which will be adapted to the local soil and climatic conditions. The character of the soil in any region varies to such an extent that every farm presents a different set of conditions peculiar to its location. In view of the effect of a change of conditions upon the character of the plants, it is important that the grower select his tobacco seed on his own farm. After a variety has become adapted to the grower's condi- tions of soil and climate the yield and quality of the crop can be improved by the selection of the most desirable plants in the field for seed production. In buying seed the grower has no evidence from the seed itself as to the nature or quality of the plants which it will produce, and he is likely to lose a crop owing to the use of undesirable seed. The type of tobacco grown on the individual farm establishes a reputation in the market and determines to a considerable degree the value of the crop produced. The careful selection and improvement of the type by the grower not only increases the yield and quality of his crop, but the reputation thereby acquired insures a high price and a ready market for such tobacco. Many tobacco growers follow the plan of saving a large amount of seed from a desirable crop, and using this seed for several years, instead of depending on the selection of seed from every crop. They entertain the idea that vitality of tobacco seed does not deteriorate with age and that the continued growing of the same tobacco on one farm causes a deterioration in the yield and quality of the crop. Such a practice may be ad visable where the farmers give no atten- tion to seed selection or follow the ordinary method of saving seed without a careful study of the seed plants and the quality and yield of leaves they produce. Tobacco seed is known to retain its vitality for several years if kept under the proper conditions, but it has been demonstrated that the vigor of germina- tion is reduced and the value of the seed impaired by age, even though the cir- cumstances of storage are very favorable. Owing to the possibility of the failure of a crop, due to unfavorable seasons or the destruction of the plants by storm or other accident, enough seed should be selected from every successful crop to produce plants for two or three seasons. The surplus seed need not be used for planting, unless the resulting crops are injured or destroyed by unfavorable cir- cu'mstances, in which case this plan will prevent the loss of the type grown and selected by the farmer. The yield and quality of the crop will certainly deterior- ate where the best plants are topped, where proper attention is not given to the principles of seed selection, and where the injurious effects that may follow from cross pollination in the to- bacco plant are not recognized. (Continued next week) BUR.LEY SCHEME IS HEALLY DEAD. R.K.Schnader&Sons PACKBR3 O* AlfD DBAIAB.S IV m & 437 W. Grant St. Lancaster, Pa. Efforts to Revive the Growers* Associa- tion Meet with No Success. Lexington, Ky., June 24. Efforts to revive and reorganize the defunct Burley Tobacco Growers' Asso- ciation, which went to pieces last year after a futile attempt to control the Bur- ley crop, are not meeting with the suc- cess hoped for by the reorganizers. Ac- cording to the statement of a prominent tobacco grower here, who has heretofore been identified with the movement, but who has declined to be further allied with the organization, the scheme is as dead as free silver, so far as resurrectmg it on the old lines is concerned. Discussing the question of reorganization Irom he standpoint of the grower, the gentlenan above quoted said : "The tobacco growers, of which I am one, are going to be very careful in the future before they enter such an arran~e- ment. Believing they would win, they went into the association with enthusiasm, blind to the consequences that ensued, when the failure of the scheme was an- nounced. Hundreds of farmers and growers had signed the contract, giving the association an option on their crops, and this tied up their tobacco so com- pletely that it was difficult for them to dispose of it when it was discovered that the association was unable to redeem its promises and pay for the tobacco it had bargained for conditionally. "This worked a great hardship on the tobacco growers. When it finally dawned on them that they must sell or keep their crops at a luinous sacrifice, they found that the Continental Tobacco Company, which was the head and front of the tobacco trust, would not hsten to negotiations looking to the sale of their tobacco. "Hundreds of growers in the counties surroundingLexington made frequent trips to the Continental plant in this city hoping to find a market, but were turned down. The manager, assured them that the Continental would like to have their tobacco, but that it did not want to buy a law suit with each crop, thus intimating that the grower was tied up by contract with the Burley Association and any violation of that contract meant legal proceedings. Thus it was that many growers were compelled to hold their tobacco until ve-y late in the season and when they finally let it go, it was at a sacrifice and at the risk of a law suit. " Leaf Tobacco Markets, CONNECTICUT VALLEY The crops are growing very fast, espe- cially tobacco that was set before the last shower. I have seen some fields where dining plates would not make a cover for the plants, and some that will stand eight or ten inches high. Such a field gives good promise of growing tobacco that will pay to raise. The crop will probably be early enough to cure down before the cold weather of fall comes to pinch the sap out of the Our Capacity for Manufacturing Cigar Boxes It — apacuy lor aianuiacranng w;igar iJoxes li^ IICll O O Oil •■! f\ AI..VAYS ROOM FOR oni» mor« good cusTdott. L. J. oelleFS ot ooii, oellersville, Pa* THE TOBACCO WORLD aac M. KALISCH (& CO. Manufacturers of A Large Line of HIGH GRADE and MEDIUM ei@Ai^s l^ed Lion, Pa. Correspondence with Wholesalers invited. Free Samples to Responsible Houses. [•• ^^6BKi.ae*ERAt y'^im^ 'i>^ , '**^^ ..A-^^r^un ,'.. -^y'^^^^ 35 •I l_ ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦4> WILLIAM J. NOLL MANUFACTURER. OF Successor to J. Neff ♦♦ High Grade Cigars ROBESONIA, PA. A. F. HOSTETTER, Manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE Hanover, Pa. "Stage Favorite," a 5-cent Leader, known for Superioritj of Quality. ♦♦♦♦^^^♦♦♦4 W. R. DAUGHERTY & BRO Manufacturers of Fine Domestic Cigars Dallastown, Pa. HIGHEST QUALITY FI^EST PACKAGES Wholesale and Jobbinii Trade only Correspondence %vith Active Houses Invited i vW, ^^^ca w^ C. A. KILDOW. W. T. BOIX)N. T. M. KILDOW CIGAR CO. Wholesale Cigar Manufacturers Bethesda, Ohio. Our Leader; HALF SPANISH, 3 for 5c. Specialty: Cigar Shaped Stogies. W. H. Snyder Windsor, Pa. Manufacturers of Popular Brands of Fine and Medinm Priced CIGARS Correspondence Invited with the Wholesale & Jobbing Trade only ^»%i»»»%%<^»%%»%%» ^^^^^^%»%%<%%%<%%»%%%%^»%%l J. K. Kauflman. P JOHN McLaughlin 4(.^^4f**4t^*^Jt^^^^^*^(-^^^t**(-***^»^*# R. E. Jacoby Rothsville, PdL. Whojesale Manufacturer of Strictly Uniform Quality of HIGH GRADE Seed & Havana CIGARS Correspcmdtnce with Wholesale and Jobbing Trade Invited. 36 THK TOBACCO WORLD QIOAH BOX EDGIflOS We have the to'gss; wsolveti • '^igu Bos Bdsiog* in the United States, haying over i.ooo design* la stoek. T. A. MYERS & CO. Printef* and Engravers. . YORK, PENNA. B«tt^»»ed Flaps, Labels, Notices, etc. W. B. HOSTETTER & CO. PACKERS and DEALERS in LEAF TOBACCO Georgia Wrappers Packed Like Sumatra We make SCRAP Filler. Ready for Use. «■»- 1 ^ATiZ 12 S. George St., YORK, PA. e.e. WILLIS, Dealer in All Grades of Domestic, Havana, Florida Sumatra and Sumatra ^TOBACCOh 29 East Clark Ave. YORK, PA. T.L./IDAIR, ▼ ^X7PTnr.W<5AT.W TtTAVTTTJAi Established 1895. WHOLESAI^E MANUFACTURER OF Our Leader: WEALTH PRODUCER Fine Cigars RED LION, PA. Special Lines for the Jobbing Trade. Telephone Connection. Estoblished 1870 Factory No. 79 S. R. Kocher Sc Son Mannfactnrers of F'ine Havana Cigars And Packers of LEAF TOBACCO Wrightsville, Pa. Brilliant as Diamonds, Fragrant as Roses, Good as Government Bonds^ Are the CIGARS t^^£^A^.. "Brilliant Star" Clear Harana, . . IQc ''S. B.*' Half Havana. .... Sc. "S. B." Wttle Havanat, • • • • 5c "Honest Bee"^ 3c. "2— I— No" MUdert Cigar Made. 2 fOF 5c. Special Brands Made te Order. Stauf f er Bros. Mfg. Co., New Holland, Pau ^ Send Your Cigar Buyer Here. We Will Save Yoa IMoaey. A SOUTHERN LOCATION Good Tobacco Land and Locations for Factories THie SOUTH is now making greater progress than any other sec- tion. If you would learn about its developments and the opportunities for good locations along the line of the Southern Railway, write for copies of our publications, which will be sent free on request. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Ajent, Southern Railway. WASHINGTON. D. C hanging plants. It may be too early to suit some of the late setters. But keep in mind the old saying: "If you do not mow you cannot cart hay," and a crop of tobacco got into the sheds and cured down and stripped out early is the crop that sells. But the one that the frost threatens is the crop that comes down late, is stripped late and sold late, if sold at all. Our correspondents write: Feeding Hill, Mass. : "Tobacco set ting is practically finished for the year, except where the cut worms and wire worms have worked. These worms have been more numerous this year than usual. 1 have made a practice of plowing in the fall and seeding to r)e and am not trou- bled to any great extent." Northfield, Mass.: "Those who in- tend raising tobacco this year are busy setting it out. Plants are scarce. There will be a smaller acreage this year. The old crop is all sold." Bradstreet, Mass.: "Tobacco setting has been finished here and the crop is started. We notice some pieces where plants were thick on the beds there is occasionally a large plant to fifty small ones. We had a fine rain Sunday night and since, which gives a new lease of life to all growing crops. Sunday the thermometer was 91 degrees in the shade, hot enough to satisfy alL — American Cultivator. crop is now in the field. The early plantings are growing off well. In some neighborhoods the rains were heavy and damaging. We quote: Low Lugs Common Lugs Medium Lugs Good Lugs Low Leaf Common Leal Medium Leaf Good Leaf Fine Leaf $3.50 to I4.00 4.25 to 4.50 4.50 to 5.00 5.00 to 5.50 5.00 to 6.00 6.25 to 7.00 7.50 to 8.50 9.00 to 10.50 11.00 to 13.00 rA.HUSSEvl lEAF mm eo. EDGERTON, WIS. The work of transplanting the plants from the beds to the fields is occupying the attention of growers early and late. The close of the present week will see the bulk of the crop safely transplanted, and the weather continues especially favorable for securing a good stand. Many of the progressive growers have finished and report the plants well rooted and but little replanting necessary. The indica tions now are that the crop will go out at a trifle earlier date than usual in this Sute. Trading in cured leaf in first hands has dropped off almost entirely, only an occasional lot being marketed. Just a moderate business is transacted among packers, though a firmer demand is reported, and good binder stock is be- ing sought after in all the markets.— Reporter. CLARKSVILLE, TENN. M. H. Clark & Bro. Our receipts this week were 777 hhd; ofTerings on the breaks, 435 hhds; total sales, 625 hhds. The market was active and strong at last week's advance on all desirable Leaf — nondescripts and poor Leaf were easy. Lugs were again a shade higher, and rule now with our outside quotations. We have had showery weather for four days giving an abundant season for plantmg, which was taken advantage of by all who had plants, and the whole THE BEST ORGANIZED MOST COMPLETE AND LARGEST Jmi ORDER LEAF TOBACCO ESTABLISHMENT IN AMERICA ^ NEWYQRK ^ CHICAGO I ST. LOUIS i FOR SALE. lONA TOBACCO CO. 336-33S North Charlotte St. LANCASTER, PA. E. S. SECHRIST, Dallastown, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine and Common Established 189a CSpMJty. Twenty Thousand per tklf^ inufacturer of Cigar Ml IMPORTERS Or^^ AVANA 123 N. THIRD ST Philju>bl^hia iJ W. E. KRAFT MANUFACTURER Havana and Seed Cigars East Prospect, Pa. 9itt SPECIALTY Is the "THREE BEAUTIES" put up in 80th packages only, and a ready seller everywhere. OF ALL KINDS. BOX STRAPPING AND SEALS ESPECIAXI.T ADAPTED FOB THE CIGAR TRADE. Steel and Wire Box Strape, Flat, Plain, Embossed or Twisted. Alio CORNER FASTENERS aud LEAD SEALS. Slaiaril Metal Strap Co,, 336-342 East 38tti St„ New Yorl I iMablished 1877 o New Factory 1904 ••♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦'♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Dealer in J t Cigar Box Lnmher, X H.W. HEFFENER, Steam Cigar Box Manufacturer Howard & Boundary Aves. YORK, PA. INLAND CITY CIGAR BOX CO Isabels, Ribbons, Mdging, Brands, etc. ►♦♦♦♦ » » ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Manufacturers of Cigar Boxesi^Shipping Cases Dealers in Labels, Ribbons, Edgings, etc. 716—728 N. Christian St. L.ANCASTER, PA, /IBEN BUSER MANUFACTURER OF Cigar Boxes and Cases DBALBR IN Lumber, Labels, Edging, Etc., R. F. D. No. 3, YORK, PA. Solid mi Durable We Furnish BEST GRADE CIGAR MOLD. Our Prices are the Lowest. Sample Sections Free. THE AMERICAN CIGAR MOLD CO^ 1933— 193T Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio , W^STEINER,SONSaco^ 116-122 E.I4T"ST NEW YORK. I CATALOGUES Of^ OUR STOCK C/OAR LABELS. FLAPS, BA/VDS ETC.. ETC, SE/VT GRAT/S UPON REQUEST PREPAID WRITE US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS *7> — ->^ EOR RRIVATE LABELS. BANDS ETr , s« THS TOBACCO WOKLD JOSEPH REED r Ten Cent Cigar Established 1878. Factory 1503, 9th Dist , Pa. J. B. BUDDING, Sr. York, Pa. Manufacturer of Fine Cigatrs Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PATRICK HMNRY-5C. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. ; ^ PATRICK HENRY Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars CIOAR OO. For Jobbing Trade only WESTER.N CICAR. BOX MFRS. MEET. SOMETHING NEV7 AND GOOD WAGNER'S ChBAN STOeiES MANUPACTDRBD ONtV BY LEONARD WAGNER, F«.ory No. , jflj Qhio St, AOcglieny, Pa. \ GEO. STEUERNAGLE, Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED I ^^ HANDMAID v^X STOGIES ft Pittsburd Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 3143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. E. RENISriNGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cig. ars Strictly Union- Made Goods. DCIlVGr Pfl, r>^-i.y^^-|-4.Q^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r dLCll L& Desig^n-Patents, Copyrights^ ite John A. Saul, iie Brott BaildiDd, WASHINQ'fON, Di. fc •ONMUMA eMX.ICITKX»^ Business Not Very Good On Account of Over Production, St. Paul, Minn., June 24. Thirty- five members of the Western Cigar Box Manufacturers' Association met at the Merchants' Hotel this week in the seventh annual meeting of the asso ciation. Not a great deal of business was transacted, and a number of reports made showed comparative dullness in trade as the result of overproduction. President R. G. Hayssen, of Milwau- kee, announced that the association now contains ninety- two members in ten States — Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Ken- tucky, Nebraska and Colorado. Reports of the president and price list committee were adopted in executive session, when trade conditions were also considered. Officers were elected, as follows: A. O. Fisher, Chicago, President: W. H. Wil- son, St. Paul, First Vice President; A. H. Wcidmann, St Joseph, Mo., Second Vice President; E. H. Defebaugh, Louis- ville, Secretary and Treasurer. Business CKoLAges, Fires, Etc. California Oakland — B Bercovich Cigar Co. ; in- corporated Connecticut Windsor — Wm Cornwall, cigar manu- facturer; dead District of Columbia Washington — Louis E Paxon, cigars, etc. ; out 01 business Georgia Atlanta — Carlos & Paulos, cigars, etc. ; dissolved; Chris Carlos succeeds Illinois Chicago — Louis Silversmitn, cigar manufacturer; bill of sale, 5 1,200 Louisiana New Orleans — Louis Meyer, et ux, wholesaler and retailer of cigars and to- bacco; transferred real estate, 1 18, 000 Massachusetts Boston — Breslin & Campbell, cigar manufacturers; Charles A Campbell, proprietor dead Barnett & Co., leaf tobacco, etc. Max Barnett, proprietor, bill of sale $\, etc Thomas Frye, ci- gars; chattel mortgage, $1, etc — Henry S Howard, cigar manufacturer, chattel mortgage, $100 Edward Olsson, ci- gars, etc.; chattel mortgage, I175 Michigan Adrian — Wm G Gidley, cigar, etc; deed, $1,150 Detroit— Royal Cigar Co, retailers and jobbers of cigars; A A Bergcr, bill of sale, $1, etc New York New York City— Block Bros. , cigar retailer; David E Block, dead — Jacob Reich, cigar manufacturer and retailer; advertised to sell out Flushing— F T Whiting, cigars; dead Ohio Dayton — Benson & Koestcr, cigars and tobacco ; Benson & Kloeb succeed Paulding— Palm Cigar Co, (not inc); ownership changed Pennsylvania Lebanon — Milton C Trantz, cigar manufacturer; judgment, $100 Mahanoy City— Cohns & McBreen, wholesaler and retailer of cigars and tc bacco; succeeded by Collins & Ryan Philadelphia — Keystone Tobacco Co, (not inc), jobbers; petition in bankruptcy Williamsport— B Hoden Taylor, mgr, cigars; judgment and execution, |86o Rhode Island Central Falls— Willctt C Southwick, cigars and tobacco; John F McQuillin succeeds— John F McQuillin, cigars, to- bacco, etc; chattel morgage, $1,600 Utah Salt Lake City-Jacob Green wald, cigars; sold to Stephen McMurrin Vermont Burlington — C F Rockwood & Co, cigar jobbers; C F Rockwood succeeds Washington Albion — M M Lawler, cigars, etc; deed, $500 Cunningham— A O Lee, cigars, etc; real estate martgage, $125 Spokane — Stern's Commission Co; wholesale cigars, etc. ; L Stern dead. PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc 792,738 Electric cigar lamp lighter; Frank W Smith, and W H Smith, New York, N Y 792.864 Cigar t i p cutter; Edwin Walker, Erie, Pa 37.463 Design— Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York 37.464 Design — Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York 36.465 Design — Cigar band ; Louis C Wagner, New York 37.466 Design— Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York THS TOBACCO WOKLD JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plu^ and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke. KING DUKE 2y2 oz. Manufacturer of Lancaster LongXut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: LANCASTER I.ONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT |fcmifnrit«rerof High-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. It a— IflManfactiue all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to (rait the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merciiants 248 S. Front St. and 115 Dock St. 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 44^444444>44>4444444444t44^^ ^ . ♦ ♦ LITHOGR.APHING SPECIAL DESIGNl ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Parmenter WAX-LINED T Coupon CIGAR POCKETS AflFord perfect PROTECTION against MOISTURE, HEAT and BREAKAOa Indorsed by all Smokers, and are the MOST EFFECTIVE advertising medium known. RACINE PAPER GOODS CO. Sole Owners and Manufactoren, KACINC WIS . V 3J^ Al^BBRT FRIBS HAItOI.D H. Frie FRIES & BRO. 92 Reade St., New York. The Oldest and I«argest House in the Trade. Mantifacturefi and Introducers of the * * ♦ WORLD-RENOWNED Spanish ^ Betans, ONLY NON-EVAPORATINO Cigar & Tobacco Flavors; Sweeteners, etc. Sample Free The Most Popular PlavoM Since 1855. «# a^Please write for fhn Guaranteed to be the Strongest. Cheapest, and Best faTaTaTaTaI g g g g g g g C. A. Rest ®. Co. Wholesale Dealers in All Grades of Leaf Xot>3CCO A Specialty of Light Connecticut Wrappers and Seconds Choice Assortment of Seed Leaf Fillers ®. Binders WISCONSIN PATRICK HENRY Manufacturer of Fine Cigars Exclusively JOSEPH REED-IOC. Made in Four Sizes. Go to the Trade at $00 per 1000. PA TRICK HENR Y- 5c. Made in Six Sizes. Go to the Trade at $.'35 per 1000. Dealers Catering to Fine Trade Should Place a Sample Order. All Goods Sold Under Strict Guarantee. Our Interest in Maintaining the Standard of Our Product is a Guarantee of Quality and Workmanship. THE OUOBE OIOAR OO. WESTERN CIGAR. BOX MFRS. MEET. Manufacturers of Seed & Havana Cigars For Jobbing Trade only SOMETHING NEW AND GOOD ^^ WAGNER'S ChBAN STOeiES MANUFACTURED ONI^Y BY LEONARD WAGNER, Factory No. . jflj oi]]0 St, Allegheny, Pa. f GEO. STEUERNAGLE. Manufacturer of THE CELEBRATED 1 i# 1^ HAND^IAEKE STOGIES Pittsburd Stories Goods sold direct to Jobbers and Dealers 5143 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. E. RENNINGER, Established 1889, Manufacturer of High and Medium Grade Cigars Strictly Union-Made Goods. D^IlVGr Pfl, r>^ 4.^^-1 4- Q^ Caveats, Trade Marks, r dLCllLO Design-Patents, Copyrights, otfe John A. Saul, Business Not Very Good On Account of Over Production, St. Paul, Minn., June 24. Thirty- five members of the Western Cigar Box Manufacturers' Association met at the Merchants' Hotel this week in the seventh annual meeting of the asso ciation. Not a great deal of business was transacted, and a number of reports made showed comparative dullness in trade as the result of overproduction. President R. G. Hayssen, of Milwau- kee, announced that the association now contains ninety-two members in ten States — Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Ken- tucky, Nebraska and Colorado. Reports of the president and price list committee were adopted in executive session, when trade conditions were also considered. Officers were elected, as follows: A. O. Fisher, Chicago, President; W. H. Wil- son, St. Paul, First Vice President; A. H. Weidmann, St. Joseph, Mo., Second Vice President; E. H. Defebaugh, Louis- ville, Secretary and Treasurer. Business CKaLiiges, Fires, Etc. California Oakland — B Bercovich Cigar Co. ; in- corporated Connecticut Windsor — Wm Cornwall, cigar manu- facturer; dead District of Columbia Washington — Louis E Paxon, cigars, etc. ; out 01 business Georgia Atlanta — Carlos & Paulos, cigars, etc. ; dissolved; Chris Carlos succeeds Illinois Chicago — Louis Silversmitn, cigar manufacturer; bill of sale, 5 1,200 Louisiana New Orleans — Louis Meyer, et ux, wholesaler and retailer of cigars and to- bacco; transferred real estate, $18,000 Massachusetts Boston — Breslin & Campbell, cigar manufacturers; Charles A Campbell, proprietor dead Barnett & Co., leaf tobacco, etc, Max Barnett, proprietor, bill of sale $1, etc Thomas Frye, ci- gais; chattel mortgage, $1, etc — Henry S Howard, cigar manufacturer, chattel mortgage, $100 Edward Olsson, ci- gars, etc.; chattel mortgage, 5 175 Michigan Adrian — Wm G Gidley, cigar, etc; deed, $1,150 Detroit — Royal Cigar Co, retailers and jobbers of cigars; A A Berger, bill of sale, ;^i, etc New York New York City — Block Bros., cigar retailer; David E Block, dead— Jacob Reich, cigar manufacturer and retailer; advertised to sell out Flushing— F T Whiting, cigars; dead Ohio Dayton — Benson & Koestcr, cigars and tobacco; Benson & Kloeb succeed Paulding— Palm Cigar Co, (not inc); ownership changed Pennsylvania Lebanon — Milton C Trantz, cigar manuficturer; judgment, $100 Mahanoy City— Colins & McBreen, wholesaler and retailer of cigars and to- bacco; succeeded by Collins & Ryan Philadelphia — Keystone Tobacco Co, (not inc), jobbers; petition in bankruptcy Williamsport— B Hoden Taylor, mgr, cigars; judgment and execution, $860 Rhode Island Central Falls— Willett C Southwick, cigars and tobacco; John F McQuillin succeeds— John F McQuillin, cigars, to- bacco, etc; chattel morgage, $1,600 Utah Salt Lake City-Jacob Green wald, cigars; sold to Stephen McMurrin Vermont Burlington — C F Rockwood & Co, cigar jobbers; C F Rockwood succeeds Washington Albion — M M Lawler, cigars, etc; deed, $500 Cunningham — A O Lee, cigars, etc; real estate mortgage, $125 Spokane — Stern's Commission Co; wholesale cigars, etc. ; L Stern dead. «^»%%^%%% PATENTS RELATING to TOBACCO, Etc. 792,738 Electric cigar lamp lighter; F'rank W Smith, and W H Smith, New York, x\ Y 792,864 Cigar tip cutter; Edwin Walker, Erie, Pa 37.463 Design— Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York 37.464 Design — Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York 36.465 Design — Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York 37.466 Design— Cigar band; Louis C Wagner, New York THX TOBACCO WOKLD JACOB G. SHIRK, 40 W. Orange St., LANCASTER, PA. Plug and Smoking Tobaccos PLAIN SCRAP, SELECT BUTTS-Chew or Smoke, KING DUKE 2y. or. Manufacturer of Lancaster Long 'Cut Tobacco Our Leading Chewing and Smoking Brands: tAKCASTER LONG CUT KING DUKE GRANULATED KING DUKE CUT PLUG SHIRK'S BEST TWIST REBATE LONG CUT liiiitifaotaier of HIgh-Grade Turkish & Egyptian Cigarettes. fi a'—I aMtiaf actnre all grades of PLUG, SMOKING and CIGARETTES to suit the orld. Write for samples. — Bstablished 1834 — WM. F. COMLY & SON Auctioneers and Commission Merchants 248 S. Front St and 115 Dock St. 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 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^^.♦^♦^♦♦♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦'♦^♦♦♦♦♦♦♦^ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ METAL EMBOSSED LABELS liETAL PRINTED LABELS ♦♦ 'ATATATATiTATATATATATATAi; R R R C. A. Rost